The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-01
TWO MORE THEATRES OPEN.
NEW DRAMAS At THE ICIDEHT
AND THE FOURTRESTH STREET.

Depletion of New \ ork Lie Dy Illlotsoh.
Most OF the people who nod the Academy OF
Music at its opening last night seemed to
know Andrew Mack very we'll and to like him
very much He was greeted with enthusi-
nsm. and every thing that he did in the new
Irish drama THE Last OF tho Rohnns." found
irataut favor II was clear that Mr.. Mack was
already an established favorite with the
minority in that audience. To the more ex-
netting minority. who had not seen
hin, before, no was an agreeable revelation
NJ, natural and acquired abilities. He IL
handsome young fellow. with an unaffected air
Of Intercollegiate modesty. and mani so
spontaneous that his acting does not look
ike acting. Thus 1t happens that the
audogE,ics Il ecessary to player OF sero comic
Irish characters do not in him seem moro
than sly humor. Mr.. Mack is like the late Mr..
, Boucicault in that respect. He Ia lust about
tho most Irresistible OF wooinG lovers
on the stago to-day. He sings his own
original ballads capitally. He has the same
kind II personal attraction that set up j. X.
Emmett and W. j. Seaman as idols OF the tho
,,r,,al multitude Besides that. close study
ofhis performance last night convinced the
writer that Mr. Mack is an actor fit to. and sure
TO gain the esteem OF the most critical people
who 20 to the theatre
Tho new play The Last OF the Rohans"
had been written by Ramsay Morris. A for
tuneteller, ono OF the important characters.
vas apparently in with" the author. In
dream which she had before the play COM
mcnced she foresaw all OF its principal events.
Or perhaps she had seen some Irish roman
sic dramas before and knew what TO
EXPECT For though tho new book de-
lighted the audience originality was not It's
strong point. Clifford Rohan has been Kept
from his rightful possession OF large estate
by a distant relative who also intends forcing
the girl Clifford loves Into marrying him.
knowing that she is Pledged to another an
old priest has exactod a promise from Ctpora
that no will not tell her OF his
love. Thus the girl thinks that her affections
are not returned. and instead OF turning TO her
lover to save her from marriage with the man
she hates she agrees to elope with the
wicked villain OF the play who Glorles
in the name OF Neil Mcneil. He. how
ever. has some deep plot on hand.
audience much about. He arranges to meet t
her at ruined abbey Just to be IN Roou 90
ITsM syIS wo%Sn habit Of telling dreams
comes in. For as torewarned Is Iorearm nft
Clifford is on hand dressed IN tho ioGse " an9
shirt that represents me!odrama' Virtue anu
hrroism. .,ro.
her perched behind him on horse. on very
exciting qnd ride 6fros sad fa9f has
GT' nces As and M0 EnSTs they want
Rsa. 4 past Of tRs re
hal comE?sed fer himself P Ra charm ARM
VA 'E T catchy waltz 1 chorus Within two weeks:
ob every cook will chiTp It as she soma %aS Sr
MsSts somPSnyt MIS- tss 5 JSssBhins
sharninsly y%Pathsto i and I % a,.
om sroS 9ysf a fato an aau'' auditorium
So large as the Academy Miss Lovett also has
s !" de soco Sn q Mr. Isef It wa. tho more
%s0 a he e1rtbs est She sSssw
Hsss and an Intensity oi feeling into
hF 1s AND md'fs Is not dsae IN tho market
hsrs rR' ob Tis e. aaf 9p
anectation than most stage children.
It was a new Fourteenth Street. as to in
terror, that opened last night for start OF its
season. Walls and ceilings were freshly deco
rated. carpets and drapsries were new. and
altogether the theatre had taken on quito
different look since last 1t was In use. The
pay with which tho start was made
was a four-act melodrama. "A Young
Wife," by j. K. Tillotson. Two acts were placed
in New York house Of wealth. another was In
asuburban residence Of similar grade. and the
remaining one was in the headquarters OF
thieves and outcasts. Murder and robbery
were frst-aot develop%9ents suspicion 6nnl
ce 1s and and through, circumstances that
Tie love affairs Of two couples supplied senti
mental interest a-plenty and thS eohie scenes nSs
en n'p prSve SI as bright as they make EN-
whole act this fGubhsFy hs s.9 1s, %a1 nt IN
the thle H den had been robbed and kept a
prisoner. Here. also. the heroine was held
1d sr to epp F%sPi too
hs% %bS fS sss STanR K nGsr by TheS
their other captive had treated with their own
supn Of drugs SO see9nS stan "a. 81 ah tns
WAS finished the whole, crew was detsnceless:
This was an unusual triumph otinno S oyer
same characters love max ing. though his sue:
gmse as w S2nsaa as his other Victory 70 these
lighter passages was enough OF mater In
Tisht door o until nth there had passed many move
ment7 q the sort sI Of suspense in which lovers
The players yer Con concerned were . rarely able
lo' From maidssIvant and r2lice detective
none who did not do all for which his or her
share called Some OF the more M conspicuous uoIt
Ts sss J. AaE m% %ndePson Ghsriotts df%ns
ByInsy Cowell and Claude Gil!ingwater; Two
"ra .o that Of tSe thieves resort was sspec
Tally picturesque.
William Furst. musical director OF the Empire
Theatre, is writing tho music for children OF
tho Ghetto" Special prominence will be given
It and the orchestra will be enlarged TO the
number OF twenty-five pieces "
Stuart Robson brings to Wallack's in three
weeks. has been given out. Including super
numeraries 1t will lumber almost q hundred.
Tho better-known players In It are Marie Bur;
, roughs Ernest Hastings. Fred Cook. CLIFFORD
Leigh and Gertrude Perry. The Gadtiy" wi!
y lie given trial hearing in Providence the week
before its New York production. =,
James A. Hcrne will commence rehenrsals OF
his latest play. sag Harbor," immediately
afr the first performance Of Children Of the
Washington Sept. IL.
.,IIchier 4 60. are considering rowling
Monte Cristo" in New York late this season
on an elaborate scale. In case they decide to
do no James O'Ne will play the leading role
in which he is so familiar to thcatre-goers
"HRS. LAHGTRY'S" NEW PLAY.