The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-08
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
ruREE NEW PLAYS OF IMPORTANCE
PFtDT FOR Production.

colo in 9TH Termagant,'' Chaunce,
OIcott in "a Romance of Athlone," ant
lillian Russell In "LR Belle Helene
rbree stars. Mrs. Leslie Carter. Olga Neither.
,oIo and Chauncey Olcott, will shine out to.
sorrow night in plays not yet performed here
war" is the piece in which Mrs. Carter will
oorc forward at the Garrick Theatre. In ite
orioinal French it was the work OF Pierre
pcrton and Jules Simon. It was a successful
venture in Paris at the Vaudeville. with Nine,
pfianc ne its heroine. The English version by
nayid Belasco is moro than a free translation
4, ,s said to be an adaptation involving much
o,rinality. as well as nice discrimination
between the tastes OF French and Ameri-
ssn audiences. However. with all the
Manages that Mr.. Belasco has made. the
,bcmc Ia one to provoke assault by those
who hold that vice should never be illustrated
IN n play. But the majority OF the more dis
rrininate supporters OF the theatre are not OF
tbo. way OF thinking. The woman whom Mrs.
Carter is to portray is a singer and dancer in a
low concert hall. She makes no ~pretence OF
purity in her mode OF life. She fasclnates a
middle-aged man. whose gentlemanliness Of
manner in turn wins her heart, and she quits
the stage TO live with him. After awhile she
learns that he is a husband. whereupon she
goes rcvengefully to expose him to his wife.
hut enp Is luTHtu uHCh ITOm vengeance by npr
~paramour's little child. and so goes away to
lead a ~virtuous life. Much is expected OF Mrs.
Carter and the company. The production is
made by Charles Frohman.
Olga Nethersole will figure at Wallack's in
"The T~ermagant." by Louis n. Parker and
Murray Carson. whose best collaborative work
yet known here was Rosemary" The newer
drama is a Spanish romance written to some
extent in blank verse. The aim and purport
are idyllic. Tho heroine is something OF a
vixen, as the name OF the piece implies. She
Is whimsical. changeable and capricious. But
she is also womanly in better ways. as she
proves when the time comes for her to love the
right wooer. The character would seem to be
an amalgamation OF the cold katherine and the
warm Juliet. The action is placed at a castle
IN Spain at the time OF Columbus's return from
the discovery of America. The man who is to
win her heart has been off on that voyage.
and as he is repellantly unkempt upon his
arrival she rejects him with contumely.
Whereupon he goes away. improves his aspect.
pays court to her in the guise Of a slightly gal
liant. and captivates her before she knows that
he is the spurned sutton. This Spanish Petru-
chic tames his beloved shrew by audacious wit
rather than physical force. Miss Nethersole is
said to like her role and to enact It with all
her fine ability. She has put the play on the
stage In q manner which. rs to costumes and
scenery. is described as sumptuous. She will
follow 1t with THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
Camille" and The Power of Wealth."
Chauncey Olcott will bring a new play to the
Fourteenth Street. 1t is the composition OF his
manager. Augustus Pitou. and is named "A
Romance of Athlone." In the earlier pieces
written by Mr.. Pitou for his star. the require
ments have been met completely in the writing.
and there has invariably been a handsome
mounting. Mr.. Pitou Is an expert producer.
The new example OF his stagecraft is Irish
through and through. OF course. but he says
that il will not be found conventional. Such
timeworn elements asthe priest. the peasantry.
the military and the overdue mortgage have
been left out. The character for Mr.. Olcott is
that OF a frank. open-hearted young Irishman.
son Of a Baronet. and half brother Of a
contrastingly wicked fellow. These two are
opposed In affairs OF love and money.
There is n plot with gypsies to abduct a little
sister of the hero. The successful operation Of
the scheme up to a certain point and then its
defeat make up the serious action. The time
Is a hundred years ago. when the vicinity Of
Athlone was sufficiently picturesque and pc
culiar to warrant the location OF such a ro-
nance there. A realistic duel is fought with
swords by the half brothers. and it is the hero's
victory in this affair OF honor that brings the
story to n happy conclusion. Mr.. Olcott has
contributed a set Of ballads. They are entitled
MANY Years Ago." We'll Drown 1t in the
Bowl" Lullaby 1.-The Irish Swell" and
My Wild Irish Rose" A fine display Of scenery
may be expected.
Anew adaptation Of la Belle Helene" will
be produced az the Casino on Tuesday night.
The music of Ofenbach will. of course. be re-
tanned intact. but the English version Of the
hbtetto is said to be considerably original with
louis Harrison. who has a knack at colloquial
wit'icisms and jingling rhymes. The perform
ers will be George W. Lederer's stock COM
pany. organized for comic opera purposes. It
is led by Lillian Russell. and the cast which it
provides for the opening play includes John F.
fsrf RRTcn 4; q " M W. Bla Gho s@i so2Io;m SSasrf Edns
Wallace, Hopper; Carolyn Minerva Heustis.
Vashti Earle and lima Pratt.
Couple" will hnye its American introduction
a. tn" Irving Place next THURSDAY night; It.
clever work in literary quality and amusing
value The Inheritance" will fl the first
R RRl, q fof ff FriG TeeR Rigbt w onIx' NTH us4 Eug wIl se ee rf5
At the matinee Of the Academy of Dramatic
entitled The Strange Scandal OF @Eew Eng
land Town."by Pauline Phelps. will 1--we a first
Performance.
The demand for vaud eville diversion Is good
and keeps more than half OF its resorts open
Sundays. Proctor's and the Pleasure Palace
have bills to-day that extend over both after
noon and evening. the contributors coming. in
the main. from last weeks rosters. Weber Il
Fields's, the Dewey and the Harlem are the
music halls that give performances tonight.
For tonight. too, the Murray Hill Is held by
vaudeville vocalists. Sundays arrangements
etthe Eden Musee are much like those OF week
days. Band concerts and marionette shows
Tor afternoon and for evening, the war piano.
rama Of motion pictures is exhibited hourly.
ana the waxworks collection is on view during
the hours the MusGe is open.
In the bills arranged for the week there is
little that is new. but much that is OF high
Grade. Each Of the continuous houses has its
dramatic bit. At the Pleasure Palace this item
Ia broadly farcical. John @. Rice and Sally
Cohen giving it. in a piece named Our Honey
NOON whose author bore well in mind this
actors nimbleness and his wife's ability as a
vocalist. Sketches in the variety way here will
De those Of Thorne and Carleton, Marion and
he McCoys. the plot in their case being sub
eergiput IN ginuipu and dopoinU and pf Morton