The sun., 1899-11-28
INCIDENTS In STAGELAND.
D,yIEL FRoBNAN's STOCK CoMPANH
NOW Ar D1LY'S THEATRE.


% broadway As many OF the Iyceum
actors AZ were necessary to make up a
suitabe cast for Tho Mnnnuvres OF Jane "
vere introduced at Days Theatre in
,hs, comedy by Henry Arthur Jones.
Tbe audience was OF the mixedly fashionable
and intellectual kind usually seen on opening
nights AT the two houses mentioned. The play
xns politely humorous and it's performance
i,r,proachably artistic There was an
annie display OF good will toward tho
new yet well.known management OF the
house. II was brilliant occasion. The new
NAV EXPLAINS itself considerably in its tito
which could hardly mean anything else than
that the heroine is plotter In love
AFFAIR Further particulars arc that the
Jane who manpuvres Is wllful young
hsress enamored OF \ worthy but poor
George. while her father means that she
shnll marry Lord Bdpchild. very silly chap:
,hot she has a chum. Considntid. who wishes
N got the Lord for a husband. and that the
Girls are guests at his country place.
where Jane endeavors to match them
N their own liking. She Is an uncon-
,cionnble liar. and some OF her devices
are clear outside the boundaries OF maidenly
cirrumspcc;ion. She pretends to like Bdpchild
nj the very same time that sho Is secretly doing
all she can to fix his affection on ConSidniid.
and CARRYING on an intrigue with the forbidden
fellow. Bdpchili IL too big q chump to find out
tha, he il being fooled. The maidens are artful
dodgers and they play their complex game OF
hearts without detection 10y even Aunt Beechi-
,n-, under whose surveillance Jane has been
racel The deceptons are supposed to last six
mon,hS before the final manruvre. Jdne's faith
or persuades Bdpchih to go boating with her
BY moonlight. so that hc may make proposal
c' marriage Thereupon she sends Cons'dn,id
In her stead, and arrangcs for herself
simultaneous clopemcnt with George Both
these trips are misadventures. yet they
lead TO victory for the girls. Through the
l5.s Of an oar the boat drifts twenty
miles down stream during tho night,
and Cons'dniid. when they arrive at n
riverside cottage in the morning. persuadcs
Bapr1ii that no ought 10 marry her in
ORDER to save her namc from rcproach.
Jane and George meet at tavern.
but he is tarly. she il iil-tem pered. and they
70 TO their separate bcds miserably unmar-
RED Next morning the two couples return
home after their compromising night out. and
make clean breast Of their pcccadllocs.
They are forgiven. and their matings OF thsm-
selves are ratified.
This play is singular in containing no ami
hU.e person. II ia a humorous and cynical
study In III nature. With a broadening and
coarsening Of It's humor. il might be PLAYED
with uproarous effect as n farce. But It was
treated last night as a comedy. following the
authors Intentions aud the London Haymarket
precedent. Mary MannerinC was chief maupuv-
rer and the gentle sweetness Of the actress soft
ened the haruness Of the character. SO that the
lies did not sound wicked. the ou;tursts Of
anger did not seem very yiNcniSh. and q Nio-
Int shaking up oi q halt;grUwn girl looked
more comic than nplldy.ik", The assaulted
child, typical meddl"r. was played comicaly
~ Jessie Bnshy. The second Vlotter was en-.
bodied by Elizabeth Tyr"c. The older set ot
I..o &S: Wa Mr.! W1Sa rnSa as Mr Msrbnrg nqy
denote The hes, on ortunites, and there;
ly ferdiuanG Got :chalk as tho foolish
wG.f w.gor bap3rfsa rss WI, wh an an oTlt,h ar "i
cSse to carcararr nni " Mr. Go,tsch"ie
emphasized IL erc.ntricities in aspect and
action. In scene where h" and his boat COM
RAMON aFpeared after their night out hungry.
vet. seaS,gS aud cold, lac was mirthigI object
ildesa nn1G, Hc groPosai Of marriage under thess,
droIery This play did n6' ~ get - m much
praise as literature when first produced
london, q; ,rt%G but !, naa year and
who saw last nights performance, ard had
zen zen the English one say that the former was
was less complete. II Is an entertainment
which. therefore. is all but sure 10 give good
fhtt 70 thl- frohinan company IN 10 season
h, IL new home.
The Girl with the Auburn Hair" was dis
closed Yesterday at keiths as a singer Of church
music. She had been heralded as some one
remarkable for beauty and talent and after
herspec!a,ty began no trick that could be turned
toward Intensi'ying expectancy was neglected
Between her own and the preceding special
" was an unusually long wait The theatres
of " m i,ft .al
In the ways OF the continuous shows indi-
Gated that the next specialist was Of that upper
strata that carries its own musicians A
long haired. scholarly-ooking musician toted
hv'o!lnc"l'o down one aisle and waited The
curtain rose and II was seen that the stage
trained In stunts. was shocking for most ot
the performers who are thus crowded away
,& Ia. to the front are lesser lights. But
,ain which wa, painted 70. represent
the sri size Of church, Chimes rang.
ana siMssn an v org1mist began hymn, Then the
stage tack Of the curtain was gradually lighted
sni through 1t could be seen the lights about
% .0r ~ ehnrch. organ. organi,t and singer. She
ccnull be clearly seen atthe end u third stanza.
Ihere were above her surnlce, iark red locks
aud fresh young face TO which the almost
trarsparent curtain was kind. as was disclosed
%n"n' When a, the end OF the specialty. tho singer
iSetions Of familiar church music followed.
inr contralto tones We're full and sweet, They
showed no trace of the wear and tear known
hs Soubrrtte's rust. and which IL commonly
attributed 10 the dscUmfOrts OF one night
rThhds. 80 the vocalism was quite unusual.
IN" setting, toO wns more elaborate thnn
hmllar pictures that are displayed in the
continuous shows behind boy sopranos. The
use OF lights was effective and new for such a
sle.laiy Altogether ii was pleasing, dis
thrt tetterment upon somewhat similar In
h'hgs that have preceded It.
number OF facts about Oscar Ham,
m"Fstens new theatre to be built in
lorty-second street. adjoining his VIC
tofa, were given out last night. II
VIII have frontage Of 20 feet. and will be
loi leet deep with alleys on either side and
outside starcases leading from the gallery.
Inc playhouse will seat ! 100 people. 400 down
hhirS, 800 in the balcony and 300 in the
gallery II will be called the Republic and MIR,
ran.merSt"in will open II on Sept 3. 1000,
u possible Arrangements have been
made for Liebler 4 Co. to supply
ehe plays; 1t will be opened with the
mst production IN this city oi " Sag
mhrhor,' James 4. Eerne's play that has met
Mlh success out Of town this season Follow
ing Ar licrnc will come Viola Allen in the
Iew drama being dramntiZrd for her hy
latest book
,.slgn9r Galiante. who ran for Assembly
LON ION me Twelfth district was added to the
,' ,an' ol Hound New York in Eighty Minutes"
.o ms, Alght lie appeared In the Madison Square