The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-23
PLAYS AND THEIR ACTORS.
40 nm srBJECT FRESHENED IN A
yEU GERMAN COMEDY.

,,,,nu Fathers and Their Disob"dient Heirs
A., "Our Gentlemen's Sons"-A Crane
Voc. Revived by . Stock Company.
r,,s theme OF the play new at the Irving
r,,c, Theatre Ia very old, and " lies very near
- ro,l life. The ambition and affection OF
,.,h.r for his son have dons dramatic service
IL many forms. and so has the determination
- IN. son not to follow his fathers wishes
,s.,c,J Of his own Some OF the most success
",l German plays have presented this idea.
.,1 none more naturally or touchinRly than
I,,rronge's My Leopold" Now In Our
Gsntletnen's Sons" walther and Stein have not
.oc.ntuated the pathetic aide OF parental dis
.r,ontnl ent, but have preferred to dwell on
IN. cotnicality OF IL. They have done this with
.rough success to mako the piece notable
.n,rs recent German comedies Novelty In SUBJ
,sct they cannot claim. nor IL the old material
".o5ri,h especial OK pertncss. But II 10 arranged
=, vay to provide admirable entertainment In
,hs natural, direct and naive way charactsris-
,c Of the German folk plays. There are two
fathers, each with plans for his son. The man
a, social position and property wishes his to
bs.lawyer whie the wealthy butcher has every
hone Of having his follow the business In
which he became rich. Three failures In er-
smin,tons for the bar convince one father that
ME will, and he turns him out OF his house to
support himself seeing to II. however. that he
rsysr needs money when he fails In another
calling Tho studiousness OF the others son
,u,ns all the butchers plans. and the two
fathers have to acknowledge complete defeat
WIT, ian cuago that fts the situations adds its
sb,rrn 10 the " ny, and touches Of domestic life
and csa ng ali old ones so closely based on
Ia German actors are at their hest in such
play and rs Conried's are sktlltul examples OF
heir school Our Gentlemen's Sons" Is admir-
abb Interpreted.
The ponnely Stock Company seldom under
takes play that gives moro OF Its members
rood OPPORTUNITIES than they mud In "A Fool
o,Fortune" William Redmond. Ralph Stuart
and Georgia weles are particularly commend
able. Mr. Stuart 10 familiar to Murray Hill
audience. rs a hero, but this week he 10
serio.comic French count. played in the origi-
ma production by Edwin Arden. The role that
v,,vr.te q FOR William II. Crane Is here under
taken by Walter Allen. Martha Morton IL
.dert at ttting Mr.. Crane. In this comedy she
dii we'll but the part was Its overseriousness.
Those who have the notion that Mr.. Crane IL
rota fine actor. but merely popular favorite.
ear Re convinced OF their error by seeing the
difference in his performance and Mr.. Aliens.
and the latter by no means poor artist.
From being the centre Of interest the part
isnow an obstacle In the more engrossing love
InSham is unsuited to the character that was
90 charming when invested vi IN the glrlishness
e Eale shannon. Miss inshsTw i npgHsnred g.
Fan" II Is as woman EN- otona.! Y strong and
10; necessarily very young hat Miss lnghAm
appears most advsntaSeousiy y.
When Richard Carvei" IL seen In dram alto
form the title character will be acted By James
K Hackett. for whom Daniel Frohman has 40
quired the rights to tho novel T. b. Sayrs
will make the play
Oliver Goldsmith will not be . stage figure
frst In the comedy written for Stuart Robson
by Augustus Thomas. Franklin Moore has
used him in the play made from his novel
The Jessamy Bride" and Leo Trevor put
him into the one-act piece for Arthur
Bourchler
Adam Bede- Is 70 be seen IN . version OF
George Eiots novel recently prepared by IN
American writer. PANEL bruce" n AIDE from
"s.'as Manner" Ia the only play from this
author that has been Known here before.
Mamie O'NeG recently acted for the first time
IN Engsh a translation OF Paul Lin aau's The
Shadow" II was this play that Is said to have
served as the basis OF Arthur Pinero's The
Second Mrs Tanqueray." The heroine con-
est man. and, when she realizes that he mus,
share her ostracism. commits suicide. The
English author met the charge OF plagiarism
with a suit for damages. Paul Lindau after.
ward used the material In a novel. which was
translated into English. Ono day a New York
manager received visit from an actress. who
was certain that she had found play which
voTlt help to make her a star. IL was taken
itom a novel. She LETT Il with the manager.
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The Italian actors vary their repertoire de-
eided!y. One Of the plays last week was The
To1r de- Sssis" Of Alexander Dumas. which
French theatre in New Orleans and was once a
p0pler pay Of the old;time stock companies.
that 3HaiiH Bsssso sas as s2Gs s Ssn
Es,s, Maa4s Harrison W. lam .%n' GeaoSns.
incwater. Olive Redpath. Mary Barker, Albert
Brpqing samuel Edwards. Charles Wyngate
Mrs, Leslie carter Is still seriously Ill In
Loumbu-. but not dangerously, aud II Is ex-
e.,Sf 'n9 a. ,ho Si resume her tour VII
h,@y"rc one Of the throat. IL Ia costly too. as
icg gTs hsi ~ 10 be returned to purchasers OF
await Mrs, Carter's recovery
Arrangement. were completed yesterday for
Meh"r ana tieldss Stock Company to make a
VISIT % London next spring. twill be taken
oyer y Richard Warner. who will place II in q
Nest End theatre. The latter part Of April Is
The date setand eight weeks will be played
H ANYWAY with ., longer stay II advisable:
material from "Pousse Cafe" Hurry Burly"
ma Heller Sket"r" None Of the important
members Of the organization except Lillian
i'.~'I mas been seen in London. Peter
DlI"y Joseph Weber. David Warfield and Lou
ileIs IRE quartet ~ comedians that is sure
10 make decided impression on the British
seen
Richard Mansfield announced last night his
,rru"rtgry lor his engagement ut the Garden.
,whch lasts until the mddle OF January. He
WIN, W. h"t frohuro q new play. He VIII con-
ahu" ttrar de 'ergerac" until Dec. 4. when
hrhu Brnmmoll" will be revived for seven
ItrlnfmaLcrs Then he will show us once
Tlng" ms interesting charactertzations In
"AHttnS ,an1 the Man, -" The Deyil's Disciple.
sDr Jcfy and Mr. Hyde" and possibly The
riar", Letter During Christmas week The
WI! be put on.
Alma d Alma has beea engaged 10 appear al
Mr'Ihettrc Comi1ue beginning next Mon
"iy nlEht. She VIII play the principal boy In
rnutB Dotty'a burlesqus being written by
RANK David and William Jerome.