The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
THEATRICALS IN EUROPE.
WHAT rs BEING DONE BY FOREIGN
STAGE FTCTIOSISTS.
A Bit of EKtrnneous Pun misunderstood by
an Italian Audtcnce-The Vogue of Won
MoSCr Seemingly Exhausted in Germany

Participation In a theatrical performance by
an actor seated in tho parquct n trick now re-
vved in London. Is not always successful with
uneophstcated audiences. 1t was tried re-
Gently in an Italian city. police officer. with
greater idea 81 his duty than experience III
the theatre. seized the man after no hal called
out 20 his colleagues on the stage You arc
arrested" said tho officer for disturbing
the Performance" Tho actor protested. and
the audience. thinking that the policeman also
was in the play. laughed and applaudcd heart
ily When 1t was learned that he was in
reality trying to arrest the actor n highly
characteristic Italian theatre scene followed
The SPECTATORS shouted insults at the officer
who sttll thought he was doing his duty and
summoned platoon OF comrades who marched
proudly out OF the theatre guarding the rris-
oner. Tho other actors and tho people
followed TO the Police Bureau. where
the error was explained and the man
discharged. All hands then returned to
the theatre. where tho performance was
carried through. Another example OF Italian
theatre customs seems just IA curious. 4
manager in Milan offered a god medal in ad.
ditioN 20 the royalties for the best onc-art play
submitted to him. Thirty-nine were sent in.
md NJ these two were to hn acted. As tho
Judges were unable to decide, tho question
was LEFT 10 tho public Each person received
on entering tho theatre two tickets. ono
marked Life" and the other Death" At the
door were two boxes. inscribed with the names
~ III" plays. In tho presence NJ the INSPECTORS
the plays was torn up. The play voted worthy
Of life was wrItton hv a woman. several sue
ccssful works by women havs recently been
given IN lay
Gustav Won Moscr. who has been writing Ger
man farces for thirty years. produced his latest
effort in Berlin few weeks ago. 1t is built on
tho principle OF al his preceding works. and
the Old material has grown hopciossly stale
Even his best known example here, The
Passing Regiment" would probably meet with
little success to-day. A professor determined
to marry young girl. who is in love with a
officer. Two fathers oppose the young man
md accidentally his PLANS. A mother paints in
order to get whatever she wants. The GUS
tomary smpering herones complete the char
acters. The devices OF hunor wcrc old fash
toned. and the audience laughed chiefly out OF
respect for Won Moser practically the creator
try and the nted State f1TtWenty years. .s gou
waSS never accepted in England. His latest is
Johann strauss estate is in litigation over
his last comic t %PSra; 1.-The Goddess Of Rsa,
here. Heinrich Conred had the American
rights to al Strn aus later works and would
also sold the rights to German firm. which is
seeking to RECOVER DAMAGES for the error The
English was THE Gy "s baron" 10 ma mana a..
ger ATTEMPTED his COMPOSITIONS after that.
the search to find fitting medium for Lillian
Hn:fS !, was once pr9p3sed to give version
its production at the Terrace Garden in Cor
nan. A subsequent revival with Kopacz-
In the recent theatrical season in St Peters
burg several dramqs written by Russians
cepted for production in other countries,
Georges de Porto Richie is the last French
hS Freh
Porto Richie acquired his reputation as dra-
9 mtst ~ Of mGs,
vived IN Paris. NJ, Iavedan. lately elected also.
wrote lie Vi"uH Marehour," the last word In
catherins to the dam9ds frap;as s e t
,sRow thought to be n dc Porto Riche.s duty
10 win the honors OF the Academy.
The vogue Of the costume drama is said to
have passed temporarily in England. but there
IRE still signs OF a lingering activity in that
field. Sir Walter SCOTS =" Kenilworth was re-
Iently tried with success in dramatic form
The story was changed by restoring Ann
RobSdrt to her husband. but in other ways the
play followed the novel closely The text used
IN the five acts and seventeen scenes was taken
Almost entirely from the book. The charac.
}~rs spoke the language OF the great author
John Glcndenning and Maude Hoffman were
were, given. Marie. WAINWRIGHT. Blanche
Walsh and Henry Miller were seen in an
ATS S rey72p Of the novel some years axe
foundation OF a new romantic PLAY. called The
ketels WIZ, , which presented the incidents
George Jessup in his operate version OF the
In "A Soldiers Wife" London military
drama the interest turns on the strong rcsem-
! hlance between two sisters. one Is, stolen In
In India. while the other grows up in wealth
| She Tits Captain who has been caught cheat
| Whom she lives happily Her d iscarded love,
finds the other daughter living In humble cir.
make her sisters husband believe that his own
wife is unfaithful to him by showing the other
ing in which the husband thinks that he sees
his wife in the arms of her former lover, and
aen " as she her ars the
leaves her and they are not reconciled unit
The Brtish taste for melodrama was not tic
nd al fhe
play were chiefly Irishmen. Chinese and ne.
He "e q sS m Efy ha
1re the neglected son of an Egyptian wife anf
Sss. ii. Ss sHi BuS;s cs
ns,iSoaI ys9 ~ was Ths FiTaspa BGsG r.
not yet had a Londen production The younG
woman who taxes the leading parts il
principal boy" In England. In this cas-" she
comes for lodgings In house Of which
young man without friends has been left II
charge The other honrlcrs who amply wher
he advertiscs are Grcengrocer and his wife
Alderman musician and Il "rOunder" The
antics furnish the nun, which Ia -aid, to he a,
good as tho average in these farces; The det
StooIs to Conquer" down to THE iIote
Tupsy Turvy"
il took Victor Hugo's angelo" given Fl
1880 more than sixty Years to reach the Lon
don stage. II was acted there short time aG
a. a Woman's Sacrifice" Tho interest wa
made to centre on n woman; and not on tn
The action passes in 1910 in Padun. Its hero
Inc is an actress, who saves the lie Of he
rival a princess. who had rescued the nctresS'
mother from tho death to which she had bee"
condemned for singing In the streets verse
Objectionable to the Government
NEW Long ISLiND FREIGHT DEPO7