The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-18
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.,y,n ti4c ~ email u,r1l"' - JUDGMENT WI
,hor. s,ji boo r".I''" j,g"'s'no"- over n tbo-
-, a., fl,-s frrr london beginning with
.Ti. INV lord OWE bv hihU " Ir'tH,
and -~,ntinrfor with - Deh' ~ Honor ny
Nvdpe, Grurdv, "Il" Wedding Guest hv y
n HarIa Wire nIre's lC'"uC" hv NNnrS
Arthur Jones and Mira arl Nrs r1N"rfr',
Authorized by ,o-.'y" assertion :" = frntk
Harris and by common ruwcr 10 oscar Wilde
Z, ali ,loas uirco.. written with ono exception
by drana,ists OF the best fame. the evil amouf-
n, mon ~ somen provide the there Mons
o, them has a 4hRrelcssly degenerate woman
for IL heroine. aa vas tho cas" lns' season with
IN. cr.,tura. n, commerce In "SArho. "IRzn"
md Rocky SHARP 50 the purists vii b" i-ss
sgftated. ard tho police cannot become adver-
,,sing agents Stll tho new p.'C"s mentioned
llu,tr,'s ain between tho sexes, and those
u.np,e who would exclud thHt subject rom
fct!on. printed or acted. are mn aSs-rtive MI
poflty However, Pn.ro. Grindy. carrie ana
Jones' are n stglwart quartet. quito capable
Of maintaining ,hoir position In this matter 10y
means of powerful draras. and not expected
N max = any other reply 10 assaults nTon hem
as deinorslizers. They and others viii. so risht
On writing about human nature In The wrong
"a well "a In the right
In IN. cnae Of tho The Gay Lord Quev.'a
point 'T inc IllrlStS tN MANI tgd4leN WI IHh'''
Ia that h. sets forth mn example At vice without
20 much AZ suggesting a mora! lesson. ihis 10
no, ut all an indecent play. but, unlike many a
really foul one, Il teaches nothing further Than
that vice Is plentiful with tho English aristoc-
recy Not one OF the uisbehlving persons Is
punished. or so much g-eKposed {" opprohrurn
on their sidc of tho tootil.hts The gay Lord
/. more than a ibertine. He Is impoLte to men
and Insulting - women. In and out OF his social
,lasa alike He Is A cad But this dirty old
reprobat- gets n clean SRI Tor a wife. Mr.,
pfusrp raeus Ia have written with an honest
and fearless pen llls characters are Just such
men md women as We encounter In everyday
lie. til 'allt- anzins from negative folies
u positive vices. and meTIts much less extended
bst va.n lrnrcuous lassitude and misguided nc
cv.ty r. ic,s authoritative author had turned
ont this pIecc, the managers would have dis
cprnei It's litorlr" cl"yeruess and is theauic
Ingenuity, blt they vyuLu hav. deemed its ut
,erly unsyrpathetic character q sure bar to q
ropular success And indeed. they would
have been right II does not rcnch a single
heart in all its big md fine audiences at the Cri-
terlon IL. prosperity is wholly with brains.
beca Use the satisfaction II sivea t. altogether
Intellectual Eut London and New York are
suraclent!y mulutudinous to Yield audiences
for all kinds u real entertainment, and none
that Is excellent Of lts kind ever appeals In vain
for appreciation Broadway Ia discriminate
In lts Judgment. moreover, ard lndc7endent
II IL not because The Gay Lord Qu@y" Is i'm
Iorted with a brand ~ London apT rovll that
New York esteems Il 1s frst-rate art and l!tera-
,ure The few and not the many accept for
,ign opinion without a thought OF modification
or reversal.
The Independence OF judgment With our
aud encea Il illr'trated varlously by their
rating o, The Gay Lord ouex- az an extreu ely
clever play, but not great In the broadest sense.
oven though the renowned Mr. Pinero wrote
It: Of JOHN Hare NJ an exceptionally neat and
fine actor. but small ard weak In effects. even
though he is Of worldwide repute. and OF Irene
yanbriyh as an actress doing wonderfully
we'll with a peculiarly difficult role. even
though thi. l. the first we have known much
sbou, her. sir. Hare's performance is tech
pically aawless. but II cannot be that II carries
out the authors intention fully. 1t 10 weak
and narrow instead OF strong and broad. II
Mr. Pincro meant lord Guer tn be A wicked
Old chap, yet readily torcivable by reason or
Us hearty bLoyancy and mannerly charm.
then an actor like John Drew would be the
rl.ht selection. We have not forgotten how
Sir. Drew's P.truckio tanned MIS- Rehan's
Kaftdunc without being a bully. or once losing
lis temper II on the other hand MIR Pinero
sought to crePte n jaded Nhertlne. In whom
tie a-hes Of passion are famed 70 FIRE by tho
fresh breath OF o cirl. and Is nevertheless,
10 hllt that he does not think II worth while
10 he arght but hateful with women. then a
mnterfl delIreator like Richard Mansfield
would We desirable. X ooh Il the lnte INster
Wal!ncR az the relentless. antagonist OF the
rdv.nturcss In Diplomacy ard Mr.. Mans
Geld as tie carnal old beau In a Partisan
Romance and there VII come before your
mind two graphic figures either OF whom
wovlllH way totally different from the other.
make a dominant factor in The Gay Lord
QueI' Mir. Hare Ia no such contributor to the
success of tlis play lie does nothing wrong,
bu, In NJ, does that 4 rtsht raurht Is NOM
o,ab y impressive Miss NarbruSh in this piece
will 30 harder than he to forget
There la a stronger character moro def
ultely acted In Foxy CUTLER" the new coruc
opera. tton we onInonly come across In plays
OF thit kind The travesty Of a detective oA'C"r
4. tam! lar, AZ We made his acquaintance il The
HisL wsyrlan." but now he Is amplIi!ed into
u lending parsonage. There IL no more pleas
anuy uHctUous snller 'han Jerome sykes
among our comic opera comedians. nor any
better singer. n d lew Cieverer actors lie makes
a consistently humo.o Gus character OF tie de-
tectiye reasouer. Ii IL IN tine language only that
II Ia a caricature. Harry Is Smith Is the most
prosperous of American plavwriShts. and the
mos, abused lie writes to librettos OF half
a dozen comic operas or Extravaganza every
year. and mono 90 them fails 10 serve It's pur-
poe pretty well But he il hardly ever
Praised, and almost alway. he Is bcrsted. Tie
common complaint agllnst him ia that he
cravcily keeps sac under the cover OF conven-
'luualitv. instead oi coming out Couraccously
into tie open field OF originality. lie started
Foxy Qu'lcr In Corsica with a drinking
chorus. followed that with IN anvil chor:s.
sRi suon had the stage occupied by Italian
oill0uds. who choose q scared lnglishman
Weir unwilling chief. But he wouldn't stick
% tie od t.Hugs 4! the managers wouldn't
buy 'hcw: the managers We Ildn't do that II
'He matter we're no; sIlnb,c. and TIE people
vouldH't purchase It II they dlin't Ike II So
there Is 10 .cci 20 abuse Mr. ninth or any
Laty else concerned Ia The business. Tie
SHOW NJ tie Broadway IL brilliant TO look a.,
and the lc koycn mIsic. though It echoes with
earl "r notes, IA uncommor.y pleasant
4 musical farce ,Ac "Iloroiors- IL outside
the limits OF ana. teal cri',risIn. Tho ques-
ton IS simp.", l'9es Il entertain The frs,
NIGHT and 9 10 seemed To- fhtpt that ,hi. nps