The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-29
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THREE NEW PLAYs OF THREE KINDS
IN DISTINCT CONTRAST


smith mud he Koyen-PRrisian Farce 4
mile. Fih,'' by Dumnnoir and Care
THE Three Dragons" will be new at tn
Broadway Theatre tomorrow night. II Is
comic opera, with words by Harry Is. SmitI
aud notes by Reginald de Koyen. men accus
toned TO work together in writing musica
plays. They are said TO have striven this tim,
FOR serio-comic romance. with the seriousness
not too heavy and the comicality plentiful
The action Ia incidental to the expedition Of tht
British army under Wellesley into Portugal in
1909. The three dragons are AN lrishman
an EnRlishman and n Scotchman. to be impcr.
sonated by William II. Clark. Joseph 0'Mara
and Robert s. pigott, respectively, In tenor,
bass and baritone. The four important female
characters are an heiress. a gypsy. a waitress
and q pretended valet. These roles are assigned
IN the order named to Marguerite Lemon.
Linda da Costa. Leonora Gnito and Fannie Bris-
coe. There are funny parts for Jerome Sykes
as the King OF %PortuRal's chief cook with po-
litical aspirations and Richard f.. Carroll as the
servitor OF q British army officer. The aspect
OF this comic opera will be military. IL Is said.
with bright pictorial effects. The costumes
have been designed by Archie Gum. The
three acts are In the courtyard of an Inn. a
ballroom In n palace with a masquerade In
progress. and n fortress in n mountain wilder
ness. The music is described as mineling
English. Irish and Scotch tunes, at times with
piquant effect, in connection with Spanish
airs. No doubt the production. in which An
drew A.. Mccormick has had n hand. will be as
ornamental IA those which he has already made
at tho Broadway In this same line.
The Rev. Griflth Davenport" will be intro
duced at the Herald Square on Tuesday night.
1t is a drama OF Southern life Just before the
civil war. The basis OF IL is Helen NJ. Gardeners
novel. IAN Unofficial Patriot" In which the
story Is told Of n Virginia stakeholder who be-
comes an abolltionist. sets his negroes free and
quits his Virginia home. where he has been a
Methodist circuit rider. When the war breaks
out he reluctantly but conscientiously serves as
n guide for the Northern army and is captured
by his own son. who is n Southern officer.
These points from the book have been taken
by James A. Herne and worked into a drama.
1t was Mr.. Herne who once delighted some
critical observers. though not the general pub
lie. with liberalism in Margaret Fleming" and
later gained wide fame with the excellent
:" Shore Acres" in which quiet realism was
relieved and strengthened by a strongly melo-
dramatic episode. 1t Is said that he has put
his best and hardest work into the new play.
He has been at 1t several years. He disclaims
any intention to make n war drama, though 1t
does contain a Shenandoah Valley scene of
mllltdTy movement. lTOll WHICH IuuCn Is OK
pected. He says that he has endeavored
primarily to develop characters. Chief among
them is the Req. Griffith Davenport, OF course.
and in that role he will himself appear. There
Is q part for Katherine c. Herne. that OF the
abolitionist's wife, and she is an actress capa-
BILE OF realizing its whole value. There are
speaking persons. Among the recog-
nizable names in the cast are those OF Sydney
Newton Chisnell. Mollie Rsvel and Sadie
%Stringham.
Mile. Fiji" will be presented at the Man
haitian on Wednesday night. the theatre being
in the meanwhile for dress rehearsals.
The play is OF Partisan origin. Its authors are
the same Dumanoir and Carre who have de-
voted their talents to immodest compositions
pretty much. The character of 1.-The Turtle
which has been at the Manhattan six months.
may lead to the expectation OF more OF the
same kind ofthing. On the other hand. Manager
William A. Brady says it is unfair to PREJUDICE
i Mile. Fiji" and he protests against the sur
nise that it is unclean. So we shall all have to
wait and see what Leo Dietrichstein. the
has done in the way Of publication. 1t
5 certain that a promising lot OF actors has been
Rose Coghlan will impersonate a
breezy Boston widow. who figures in Paris as
he mother OF a nobleman's bride. Grace
1eorge will stand for the daughter and Aubrey
" WY vi IA DOouuCb !
will be the FIJI. a gay and frolicsome concert
hall singer: John Y. Sullivan a Jew money
ender, Thomas II. Burns a veteran beau. E..
Fraser a fop. Uric Collins a valet, and
Kate Sanger a maid. The three acts are sue
In a Counts kitchen. chamber and
lrawing room. The theme Of the farce is tho
roubles which the naughty young actress
auses In the noble family.
The first American performance OF Busch
Reichenbach." a German farce by Heinrich
zee and Wilhelm M~eyer-Forster. will be given
t the Irving Place on Thursday night. It's
onceit OF comicality is that a notably hand
ONE man. distracted by the attentions OF
namored women, seeks a respite in feigned
insanity, He also becomes involved sentimen-
business. The other plays Of the
yeek here wiz be The Inheritance, AT the
Anew pantomime. The Traitor Mandolin"
" Edwin Star Belknap and Harvey Worthing-
2" Th ao2 TrIam aad o. enc ea 9St Gns Of b a new Wv dc S1%Sm ns.
tame, will be performed by pupils Of the
,merlean Academy OF the Dramatic Arts at the
me Will also be given.
Neither OF the Frohman stock companies will
a change OF play for a long while.
Phroso" at the Empire has had a fashionable
as one more example Of Anthony
style Of fervid and active romance. The
~ssential qualities Of the book have been trans
erred to the stage with much facility. or the
sveral other plays set down for production at
ne Empire this season. 1t is now said that only
ne 10 likely to get an opening.
The Lyceum stock actors will have no change
employment this season. "Trelawny OF the
has Roadway enough to carry it along
Asily until the spring engagement OF James
l.. HacRett in Rupert OF Hentzau." 1t was
lie intention to bring out here an English
Of the German comedy AT the
'hite Horse Tavern" but that will be done
ext week at Wallack's instead. with a cast
1osen from various Frohman companies.
eatrice Herford. whose monologue was a fea- I
Ire at the last Waldorf-Astoria dramatic
reakfast, will give It at the Lyceum a week
ON tomorrow afternoon. )
A nrst-rate Pitou example OF Irish drama Is j
A Romance Of Athlone" at the Fourteenth !
rect. 1t is unconventional in discarding most
the features OF its class. At the same time ]
contains things essential to Irish entertain 9
.ent, or course the central figure is Chaun- G
~ Olcott. with five songs to sing In his un- !
vailed way. and a duel in which to display. 8
lth Mr. Malchien. O great deal Of real skill In q
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