The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-30
Stage Doings
in New York.
Some of the Notable Sue
cesses of the Season.
tstecial Correspondenre ID l,ne Post.l

(Stecsl Correspondence of Toe Post.l
New York. September 15.--Whai Is tho
most enthusiastic and what will probably
be the most brillian theatrical season New
York has known is now u full swing
II is an important ono from the standpoint
OF the ma. ager and public. Tor nSver before
has the American metropolis reeu SO large
factor N the theatrical world AZ might
almost o. saiu that the cont,r of urauatic
ac..v.ty has locaSed mere aud there Is a
fee hik t.a. the sulOoi utY,n l., the stage
Tbs year is OF critical lmport. Largely
greater amounts ~ money are being snent On
inc rioLuotoIs kiNen aud the ac,ors as u
class are above anvtnng known hitn,fto.
IL is not entirely that Now YORK and the
their tastes. but rather that there is SO much
10 choose from that only the hest need be
pauunizcd ana of the best there is plenty
hight now iron the Hamlet" of sotncrn
that parks period, perhaps in the rc
yiNM of Shakespearian stars, to the farceS
of upper Broadway. Betwcnn these the legi-
innate drama aud the lishi operas and tue
eNtiavagauzas are to be fUnnd OF all classes.
Failures so far number one: the successes
are iunumberabe,
In the way of SUGGESTS The Herald suuare
has recorded thu most genuine "a rlzona
has Teen play that for some unac o ntable
reason has lodged New York !or two years
ana now That Z is here everyone is asking
why. Or all Thomas plavs II is the most
setting given II by Mr.. Shuhert is exoellent
Level the mountains in the FIRST scene a
iittle aud IL might as well be called Texas I"
Miss Eleanor Robir son rs the heroine GOES
~ tie familiar rarch naIac OF Bonita - and
The hero OF Vincent Serreno is more than
possible army lieutenant Especially is 4.
10 be said Of the rauclmans part 40 played
nv Theodore ROBBERS that Il Is more nearly
an imperscnation OF that person in real life
than anything the New York stage has ever
Known. "Ari2onat Is rafting good MAY
ard that is all that need he said OF any
play, but its lack Of eXaEgeeation and un-
truth. when these sius are most often com
mitted. is to be greatly commended Mr.
steinfeld was one Of the first managers in
New York to divide his profits with the
Galveston sufferers and he did It generously.
He Is chiefly known perhaps as a producer
Of eNtravaEanzas. and his Belle OF New
York appears in Houston on October 10 and
To- the latter date being the one Galveston
was TO have, !. is verv fair oxampe nt
the best New York can send forth i'm this
line. certainly the most tune.ul 1t is the
play that set London by its ears after doing
the same for this town. and evidently
has similar arr ions s'where. 1t has
every right to do So to tell the truth
Another play that has impressed Itself has
been Caleb West at The Manhattan. II is
distinctly a drama Of the highest quality and
vet its ear marks are those of lower and
more sensational class, Adapted from a
book of recognized merit. II Is strong and
'.kan cut and It's Hooser life scenes are In
cidental 10 the play. not the cause for its
being 1t shows clearly that the melodrama
is likely to be taken off this year in ts
hest form and made 10 fl In 10 the important
place i should hold in stageand BRADY &
Zeiefeld's production is exceedingly well
given and the COMPANY presenting It excel
lent Later II will be seen outside OF New
York and its intrinsic merit assures II sue
css there well as here.
Francis Wilson is here and host of comC-
dams in all STYLES and classes. The one
novelty in this held Ing The Husbands OF
Leontine' - strictly French hut nou-blush
producing farce Of the very cLeeriest type
and presented by such artists as d. NJ H0-
land. cyril Scott and Isabel irving. 1t is
far above the average Of such plays ana
merits the patronage given II here. which
will doubtless equal that accorded u else
where. It Is one Of the amusing events one
is ant often TO seek, but seldom find It's
attractiveness is unbesmirched and due 10
legitimate causes.
The greatest event Of ALL however. II wiz
be appreciated later II NOT now Is MI Soth-
ern's SUCCESS In Hamlet" what his admir-
ers have suspected of him has proven more
than true But his own ascendencY 20 a
height almost unoccupied at this time In
the dramatic world is not so important M
the meaning that is to be founG In the pub
lies cagerness 10 hear Shakespeare when Il
lrav hear it well rendered by artists who
possess more than exceDtional talent One of
the few living who has shown himself tc
posses this is f. II. Sothern.
stuart Acheson.