The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-22
AFFAIRS OF THE THEATRE.
UOV "LES TENITLLBS" ENDED IN
THE ORIGINAL ERENCH

,,. u,air,. Productions Not AItopetber
independent of the Conventions MIR.
IInrv"y's Doctrine Ihat virtue Grows In
the Country and Vice In the Town.
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Tho English version OF Les Tenailes"
p.cl by John Blair In his Independent" pro-
duction at Carnegie Lyceum on wednesday.
and again last night u not bravery iaitntul 10
the French original. The piece Is one OF those
rhl'."',.eu ., .I.,s A.. s
which. IL only thcy satisfied the demands OF
general audiences. would so simplify tho work
81 t"' u.d 'i,,. - =, III. $500 =. =,
literary facility could do IL with success. IL Is
utterly unimaginatiye. Creative art Is abb
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mIEh' nav " Wv" , =, ,
human I h".n, ,
some 1,n, ,.,s. 1T
wiz VI 'he,, sIc".' ,
h'out 'uu"u, . n'' 80, -, ~,
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cuh'n' 'or 'ne o',o u, ,"' o,"e' -
siEht 'heatr'c sur VIII 'no ""e, oe'lI ~
ins'da divorce Wy w. , nuoani. .',tu"s .,e,
sell INTO the arms OF 'ne 'oNe, whom sue "ou,u
Ike 70 marry o',u II uc,'. ,","eu w n"'e VIZ
anyway Ih're u more Vi rise GU. Vi 'ne
commonplace when. ten years later she
nefounds her husband with the information
tina, not he, bu, the now deai.ond-sonc lover,
was the father OF her boy That Is at the, cni
Q, the play. the climax OF which. ns paii
Hevieu wrote y. nnd bs u was acteu br'rny
insal In crturn {, consent to the divorce which
terry. That made a tit-lor-tat conclnsion and
VII. quite sufficient Tor rlece OF ,un omnntlc
realism. But Mr BAR seems to De not alto
gcther independent 81 the convchtions.
hm An r F' SaIsnccs rs" 70 plays end hap.
riy So h.. or his trausntors for him, make
The husband aimi: that he has. been half
wrong. which IL tn snv that the wite has been
half right aud thr in'mn,lGn Is given Sr INA, the
been ma /. in view Of The nature O. Mr.. Blairs
-
ray wv before this. So ha. tina, ., city
ne with no such geographical limits. 1t is
not only tradition OF the stage. but oifctlonnl
whereas only vice rro'rers easily in metro
roran life Thi, convention has various
effects II me coun.ry encourages virtue;
It Is also equal to reforming vice Men ard
women who seemingly revellcd in the seven
Io,uv attn. so long ne they were conanel
within the city limits. are in the cool and rure
a,mosrhnre Il hills and fields turned into
Iirntons IN me SANE way me CITY demot3l.
"a; ,rs, .Gfor,"",aiion has been most of,sp
selected for use on the stage. Frank
Harvey shows ms week AT inc Ihird
aSrDi,irns ~ civ grii. AMI ruroi in n%nnn"a
English authors 81 m"lo rama might often
have used IN" titlr NlcEcl I1ndon nm!
c,sa In THE irbt1 Of Iond1" among III.
frst OF a new style 81 play. 1t was the purity Of
The coup'ry that was e9rruItrd by cry innu-
cbor,ct,r has seps rated ;he cooi and the L,I
T. this fashion down TO The sporting play Of
me present. uay. ~ u, ohy me roaGher osen-
Car 70 ~, once had and Sucn'ic and aIher.
still 10 the trad ons Of mslodrama. II Is not
aoNr 10 sHen r,ays a. theSe that the ihnnence
Martha Morton i'm "A Bach"lor's Ennancc"
needed not more than month OF country lie
10 transform selfish. worldly ard heartless ~
people into noble characters. The
hrures in earlier plays Ey Frank
Harvey, such as The WAGES 81
Sin" had also their blame less country lives
into which the poison OF the city tnsidiously
entered. They had. however. something moro
striking quality OF Wicked London" and Inter
ceSmrositions by the same author In Tact.
Thy helped 10 grove ibe existence Of an tnd!-
cate described IN that way: Otherwise there
would be good grounds for the syndicate
theory.
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seN"rM OF the pays iateS oroaucen IN o'her
,bsm smro y, sattInr into Now y"rI Or. f..
. So ~, 'H ..",,. :, =,
Augustus Ihohdss oINer p"uSmllh' IN
which stuart Robson !mpcrsonatcs the title
ch,r,n,ar ana nth.r Nuurns from reoI iifa ara
Cit al Will ,rho ,n,ta, oo,o,.,,,
u",,EA "H HoS"'',, ~. "S''"" c"'F''"'
Gold.m.th's love OF Mary HornecE. a famous
,o,,-,,or..,. -. -, ..Sho So, g.
nrr," w. ~, ,n,"Hs' Of sne s.o%ps S, 20 So ~,
his r6c
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"1t'ha'&a'on "' quo Nadls' ny s'nh's-
laus STANCE. rs icing acted In Chicago where
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