The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS,
\ WEEK PROLIFIC IN NEW PLAYS OF
MANY KINDS IN CONTRAST

lar Extravaganza. n Local MeIodramn,
Alderman Comedy and nm English Sketch
in Their First New York Performances.
This week at the theatres will be prolific in
new plays. It Is a humorous ono that will be
presented at the Madison Square. although IL
bears the sentimental title OF Because She
Loved Him So" In Paris, where IL was given
in the original French OF Alexander Bison and
Henri Leclerq. It was called "Jalouse." In
London a translation bore the title of THE
Doveeote." Here In New York we shall get an
adaptation of 1t by William Gillette. who has
hitherto blended many OF his own ideas
with the foreign matter whenever he has
taken a French or German farce In hand.
II IL said that he has done so In the
present instance. It is easy enough to
cut. out that which would offend a polite
American audience. but IL Is quite another
thing to put clearly comic things into the
spaces thus made. A young wife's suspicion
that her husband is inconstant is the cause Of
numerous and complicated troubles. which
break up a household. lead to divorce proceed
ings, and get worse and worse until n climax Is
reached. This piece has been in Boston use n
month or more, and will conn to us with all
the improvements which repetition usually
produces. Charles Frohman is the owner Of
IL. and he has assigned to It's cast Ida Conquest
and J. l.. Dodson from his Empire company.
Others among the actors in a promising cast
are Edwin Arden. Bijou Fernandez. Kate Meek
and Leonora Braham.
Andrew Mack will appear at tho Academy of
Music tomorrow night in The Ragged Earl
an Irish drama not yet performed in this city.
though used by him elsewhere this season.
Mr.. Mack is one OF those graceful. hearty young
actors who are scarce indeed on the stage. and
whom the public takes to whenever and wher-
nCnr if linda thnn, III pA6enCena thn H ~ ~
nett" quality by nature. and. besides that. he
isa facile artist. The play was written for him
by Ernest Lacy and Joseph Humphreys. 1t is
a comedy at the start and a melodrama at the
finish. with the essential amount OF Irish
humor and a great deal OF serious excite
ment. The hero is an impoverished Earl.
who isn't cast dow by his lack of
money. but stands up manfully for his sweet
heart against all the villains that beset her.
He fights a duel with a sword against two
OF them, and that episode is treated sin
gulariy enough to distinguish it from the
ordinary theatric combat. But the dead-in-
earnest passages in the role do not crowd out
the Irish songs which audiences expect Of Mr..
Mack. They include selected old ballads and
original new ones. The musical element is to
be augmented at the Academy by forty choir
boys in a church wedding. ShowiIy fine
scenery is promised. Annie Ward Tiffany will
play an eccentric Irish woman. and other
names in the company that indicate suitable
talent are Henry Hermann. Josephine Lovett
and Florence Opp. This is one of Rich & Har-
ris's enterprises.
Two women are responsible for THAT Man."
the farce which will be new at the Herald
Square tomorrow night. Vivanti Chartres is
the author and Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer is the mana
ger. Here again the subject treated humor-
opsly is jealousy. and the fun Of it is said to be
OF the French kind. though Mrs. Charities is Ital-
ian and the work is original with her. Its lead
ing male character. that man" would seem
to be a novel creation. He is a specialist in
cases of neglected wives. and his method OF
cure is to excite the suspicious OF the husbands
that the women have formed sentimental at
tachments with him. This character will be
impersonated by Reuben Fax. The three wives
who place themselves under treatment are to
be represented by Isabelle Evesson. Stella
Kemp and Ada Deaves. An adventures who
poses as an Italian artist. a French dancer and
a Spanish widow. and causes much OF the comic
commotion. will be played by Olive Redpath.
Robert F.. Cotton wi. figure as a butler and
Ramie Austen as a housemaid. These and
others have been rehearsed by Edward F..
Rose OF the Lyceum.. 1t will be seen that Mrs.
a PasRe VIA hhs b safe ha hoId Of She fme tired PFodd""GTTib2 5t yMjG 6n;
briefly in Washington last summer and il
made the capital laugh.
The Evil Eye" brought out by Charles H..
Yale. It bears the descriptive subtitle OF
w tihsd @ &ond aeFTWS a niiSrhns OF Of N ssl apr Pro }@e
bly, it is to be classed as a spectacular extrava-
CANA. with considera bile resem blapce TO what
much that is vaudeville in songs and dances.
The scenery, includes elaborate transforma-
tons: The characters travel from Holland to
Russia, France and other. countries. and have
adventures such as befall nobody outside of
Lavine are in the company. which is declared
TO number fifty.
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many melodrqmas for the ppltitude This
I Ia esIIe SSom#BB0 0atbter hot Of from tFs P ais eYc! Tbs g nen;
poverty he illustrates are New Workers.
and they figure in scenes locally familiar, such
Brooklyn Bridge, and the roof Of a big tene,
m ! 3 Nc hog Marb IL have hny .t tried sG1t to tel the 81 story Z
dier's mother and sisters. who are starving in
our great wilderness Of civilization. while their
Q only boy and sppP G,te y is rig lighting the battles
theme. sure enough. and no doubt it will be
presented so plainly that paIrquet and gallery
be fun, too, through the Interpolation OF vaude-
vile Davis & Keqgh are the producers.
Couple" will have its first American, perform
ance at the Irving Place next Thursday night.
Accounts Of i from Berlin have described II as
nature. THE Inheritance" has made a strong
impression upon its German, audiences at this
house, and it will be retained during the first
half Of the week.
Two new short plays by Justin .Huntley Nc
earthly will be performed A. at the Waldorf sto-
ria on the mornings OF next Tuesday and q
week from Tuesday, at dramatic breakfasts"
in aid OF the Society Of Decorative Art.
Seekers for vaudeville diversion this week
will be we'll repaid. Some new material will be
provided for the continuous bills. Keith's will
have a new farce. entitled. The Highball
Family" by Edwin Milton Royle. and played
by the author and Selma Fetter Royle. An
other farce will be for Amy Lee and Eugene
and Is the work Of f.. Z. Kiddor. In
the speciality way. but standing out from the
other variety folk. will be Marie Jansen and
the Gypsy Quintet. The only inning held over
from last weeks bill is that filled by a lot OF
well-trained dogs.
An unusual speciality will be done at Proctor's
by thirty lads from out the West. They are the
streator Zouayes. and their exercises consist
OF complicated drill and evolutions, which
they perform with remarkable precision, The
player here will be Miller Kent, who