The sun., 1900-12-20
THEMES OF TIE THEATRE.
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I#o Theatre Comilur IL justiftinE its name
g., ,ytv not intended by Ito management
7 r d,ycr.lon was meant to 10 comic but not
10 laughed nt defi.iyrly \ flty entitled
I.rglega vna PRODUCED theto on Monday
,.yt I'Vastho lind pfthing that you usually
i've 10 20 10 the Howery variety theatres
f., .rc, but here II l. In UPPER Broadway. Tho
-rovs that sam Juck used To- give IN the same
house were wicked ~ we'll ~ otherwise bad
Thi. one contains hardly anything except
countess Won Iintlfcdt 10 keep the audience
from making fun Of II. The Countess II n
tretty Young woman, who sings nnd acts
neatly. and has been a summer 1gurc In the
roof gardens She has tho Bernhardt- Adams
iole In the burlcsuue OF "LAiGlon" and she
trics commercially to bring out humor that
IL not In tho composition. Baroness Won
Zieher IL olso in tho cast She carries more
than two hundred pound. ur dignity. but
that does not save her from the guying until
she sings with a voice good enough to silence
thc ncrriment. There we're not many men
present yesterday afternoon. and only four
women. but In their chsgrin at the lack OF
iudeccnclcs they tried to get their moneys
worth by chaf'lnG tho performers
Aside from the Countess there was no
capabe member OF the company. Julia
Morrison. who got into notoriety year ago
by shooting a Western stage manager to
death had been an exhibit, but, while the
two noble ladies held on tight, she let go.
II was announced that she was "indisposed."'
The comedians the lrishman. German and
Hebrew common to the ten-cent burles9ue
parties. but never before on sale at dollar
In such utter worthlessness undertook in
vain TO CariCattire personages In the Rostand
drama. But IL was with the chorus women
that tho audience was particularly, jocular.
sented twelve kinds of utter unsuitability
for their employment. from fatness 70 angp-
lary OF iorm and with .N nsyer t0erH6le
they have seen plain assembliges of women
IN eytrayaSanzas and comic operas would
find IN this aesresatlop Of usliness a sigh,
elsewhere When this dozen were limo
sEed ade If for vsa negro dnSG meof S e unsy
tnerc were Utmost as many srickers as there
we're persons in the auditorium. but when
reproduce the six pairs OF daintily, flirting
lovers IN Florodora there was no silent mi
majority In roar of laug hter.
The withdrawal Of Maurice BARRYMORE
from the stage under an impairment of health |
calls attention to a peculiar actor-a true |
type of wcll-oducated. intellectual and |
very convivial Bohemian Uncommonly |
handsome, and retaining the face and figure |
in which he had to look his best. and his salary |
for the imper of audaciously gallant |
heroes was as large as that received by any |
American actor not a star. But OF the stage |
lie escaped general recognition and admira- |
tlOn by careful slouchiness of dress and an |
air OF commonplace manliesS. His wit was |
famous and many OF his satlrical repartees |
got into pri mt. lie WAS born in England, |
but came to this country when young and |
was employed in the Ph.la del phia company
OF the late Mrs. Jo1n Drew. whose daughter
Georgia was his first wife. She was the
mother OF his daughter Ethel and his son |
Lionel. both on the stage now His second |
wife was a daughter OF Che George W Floyd |
ager with Lester Wallack. 1t is to him that
ms orother-in-laT. the present John Drew.
owes a scar, and almost the loss oi an eve, |
through blow with cane badly aimed at
d dog.
used by Helena Modjeska with artistic sue
cess. though II was too shoCkingly tragic |
Tor popularity, The Robbers, OF the Rhine
a comic opera OF ,ephemeral value. and
stage version of the novel. "Ready-money |
M2iruooy'. ,'i,ia,,Dy' in which he ventgred unpro;;
coll pse while pla"ins in Kansas City with
Marie Burrousas in The Battle If tie
Strong" and especially of his inability TO
mean As much with him as they would with
an actor not afflicted. Il, he has always been,
bad stud He coGli never have held a
place in T. stock company maning weekly
changes OF bill. Ven in plays lehearsed |
the very last. and often not even then: but |
his readiness At providing tolcrdDly suitable
anSI3hge Ei ,hTob to I'll IA 'PS 1Pe; u.gay carried
public perform. nee he was faithful TO the |
text. In the Battle OF tho Strong" how ]
and after two weeks of effort he broke down |
The hope is that rest may work cure of what, |
after all. may not be serious malady.
Daniel Randpann. the tragcdian has been
r. late years an extensive horse and cath.
rancher in Montana. But he j. In New York
now witt &c project, soon to b. tried at kcith's
Of a twenty minute version Of the "Merchaut
of Venice" MIR. Bandmann will be the
Shvlock, Of course, and the scenes of the maxi
ing Of the bond and the trial in court will bs
acted thus giving Il condensed play with a
complete and coherent plot.
Al English clergyman has written drama
called Joseph oi C2naaHn C2H, %hd ana Mfirun Harry
but the Government censor refuses absolutely
TO license the piece.
famous German drarnstst, Gcrha,t Haupt
mann. has met With only moderate success
in berlin with "Ephralm Brrit-," a rlay on
the theme of brutal husbands faithlessness
t. WORTHY wife.
Cissy Fitzgerald NAV be recalled 7s having
Now @ in London she wears while singing
ballad a trick skirt that gradually vanishes
and leaves her in the glise of boy.
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tcrdav and il l. possible that this one " i'll |
marcri,lize, It WIN be in the building with
west corner of Fifty ninth street and Eighth
avenue and called the Circle The ulay-
house will be managed by j. - Stair Of Mil
waukee and will be run on the nlan Of tho
Grand and Harlem Ouera. houses other
theatres in vague prosr ectivc. are one for
George Ie6orer az Forty sixth street and |
Seventh avenue. one surely to be built by |
oscar Hammerstein in West Thirty-fourth |
street to be called "Drury Lane, and Of course
one for Ziegfed Jr.. that is always about
to be constructed |
j. Wesley Rosenauest bought rural play
called New England Folks" by Eugene W.
Presbrev, yesterday and will produce it
next season.
The press agents ~ the Casino and tho
Broadway both claimed that the Duke aid |
Duchess of Manchester were Mt their shows |
last night After diligcnt research the Dukes
overcoat was found in a box at the Broadway, |
greatly fatigued by Foxy Quller." The |
owner had fed 70 "Florodora," where he !
aristocratically beat time to Tell Me. Pretty |
Maiden with his noble foot.
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