The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-05
THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS.
THE HIGHLY sATISFACTORY FAIL
IRE OF MILE FOUGERE

o,c Sauseous Dose of French Nnstiness
That = Now York Audience Rejected
New Notes of the Stage in London.
Itisnot often that satisfaction can be dee
rived from tho failure Of an actress In an ear
nest endeavor to entertain an audience. such
sthing happened when Fougere. the French
balladist. was introduced In The Man In the
Moon" at the New York Theatre. No one with
any regard for the status OF the stage or the
esteem OF woman could help being glad 10 see
that her indeoenoy aroused nothing but dis
gust On that same stage the art OF iVeue
Guilbert had atoned for the indeicacies OF nor
ballad impersona atoms. The subjects OF some
OF her songs may have given offence 10 actusHy
modest persons. But our theatrical pubic even
the most discriminate OF 1t. 10 not squeh"ish
when there 10 m arked merit IN moraly ques-
ton BILE performance. There was no such SAVING
grace in Fougere's case. she was known from
previous visits az brazen creature whose prass
had no soft note nor bright polish. Neverthe-
lass. she gave a shock OF surprise when she
sang and acted ditty about massage. In which
a roRuisb voman y manipulation OF lecherous
man WINS described in words and pantomime.
Foupere had been arplauded lightly for two
clesnly songs. but this exploit In foulness was
disiked almost unanimously. Its lewdness
presented no sort OF charm. Not bubble OF
untainted air came to the surface OF It's soggy
filth SO it was that woman's strenuous enort
TO please an audience gave pleasure only In Its
hasco. The general silence, the several misses
and the faint applause proved that things
wholly meretricious and not at all meritorious.
are not marketable on our stage. Fay Tenn
pleton was another recruit in the extrava-
eanza An attempt was made to utilize her
mimicry in travesty OF The Tyranny OF
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made nobody laugh. The ksteh had no points
OF wit or satire. But Miss Templetop con:
trbuted a new song. written on the old line OF
bIae hl man Of her choice, That theme is pretty
nearly worn out but the actress took II up
She realized in appearance a mplatto Of the
yoluptuous type Her face was s br on ed her her
s sbhs Her was In
with gay colors and exaggerated shapes. She
delivered the dogGereps Iaudation OF neE Fei
fury. 1t was broad. coaree humor. but in
wholesome contrast with tho FouRere offence.
London has unhesitatingly rejected Bernard
shaw's play THE Devils Disciple" which
New York was almost persuaded by Richard
Mansfield to accept. Murray Carson. known
here through several of his own pieces. enacted
the hero a chap whom even Mansfed's
authority failed to make us esteem. The feel
ing against France arising from the Dreyfus
case is strong in the London theatres. In
forthcoming comic opera. Tho Prince Of
Borneo." the scene has been shifted from
Toulon to Genoa. and the French characters
turned into Italians. for fear that the audiences
might vent their prejudice. N. G. Goodwin will
sail for home with his company week from
tomorrow De Wolf Hopper and his company
will remain over there all winter. Mrs. Lang
try has struck what may be called pay dirt
with her photographed role in The De-
generates" We shall get her and It In Decem-
Der. The Lliputians. whom the London
critics disfavored. seem to be progressing
with the public. though they had to in
troduce an undressing scene by two OF
their miniature actresses In order to
get attention. Henry Irving's health re-
mains good. and he 10 almost ready to embark
with the actors and outfit u "RobesPIerre"
are Trumps."a new Drury Lane, melodrama,
but not in a way to make US blnsh when that
an ths Ssad
: HI: esH' Il. to her re as :uo 81
an assistant villain. who becomes repentant
sa sst fSs aTss @ S.T prq
psated The painter Of the malicious portrait
gets sorry. and In reparation saves the cir!
his own lie: That Is done in the sensational
episode 81 the meiodrame which 10 Immensely
buccebSIul IN lOnQOn Inc prActlCRl utility OF
the sub villain who becomes a sub-hsro. is
that his lie can be terminated IN catastrophe.
whereas tho principal hero must be kept alive.
1t was arranged yesterday that the Empire
Stock Com pan ylshould go to the Knickerbocker
week from next Monday and perform Lord
and Lady Algy" during fortnight OF the time
allotted to Francis Wilson. Mr.. Frohman said
that Ny Ladys Lord would by this shift. be
produced at the Empire at the start OF the
regular season.
Stuart Robson has decided to abandon The
Gaday." and take up in it's place q comedy.
oliver Goldsmith" which Augustus Thomas
Is hastily completing. though most OF 1t was
written last spring.
Mortimer Raphan. an actor. was recruiting
yesterday-he said 30. anyway-for a company
OF actors to volunteer for the British campaign
in South Africa. He had a list OF eight. none
otthem known to fame. and he seemsd to be
y dead earnest. Here is promise Of relief to
the crowded ranks OF the players.
Girls in neat uniforms sell ices and drinks
not a!coholic to the audiences between acts in
aChicago u satre. That cannot be done here
under the law against Mattresses in concert
halls. The late Lester Wallack once intro
duced barmaids in the basement OF his theatre
n the English fashion. but the police enforced
the mentioned statute.
Theodore Hamilton was out Of the cast Of
IN, IN Paradise" Yesterday. AT both perform