The sun., 1900-10-07
THINGS DONE BY ACTORS.
THE FRESH TASKS UNDERTAKEN ny
HANSFIEID AND CRANE.
Good uumor IN One Scene OF "l'enry "" and
All through David Harum"-The Cap
tystInE Songs in san Toy" and the Clashes
y, Tovn and Country in Lost River"


Nansdeld I'm Henry V" have been described
and r,,iscd ayishy Full attention has beer
yiy.n 10 bi, faults Of decamatory elocuton II
,boss harangreS which ma AXE up the younl
Kings utterance during most Of the play
ui. best acting Il In tho courtship OF the French
princes, In the last act. and on the opening night
tbis was not completed until ~ O'Clock, thus
eating no more than scnnt mention In the
peyt mornings newspapers. BY that time
,ba,ud.nnce wa, bored with tho obsolete humOT
of the two trios Of low comedy characters. sated
with the pictorial splcndors Of warfare, and
roldv TO 20 home satisfied, but weary. AZ
Tho disclosure Of Katherine and Alice. however.
thorr wls rustic OF wdeawake interest The
Princess was a demurcly pretty creature as
Iup,r,onatcd by Ida Brlssey, and the COM
pauion was made riQuant by Susannn Santio.
1hnrr had been an eloquent young woman
ou Wow In Florence Kahn as chorus. and the
band OF girls in the procession Of triumph had
boon pink figures s"ductivcy visible through
Glmy drapories But those spells Of femIninty
had bern transitory and subscrvont, and so,
even ~ latn ~ midnight, the introduction Of
an affair OF love, or az loast of wedlock, made
tho sunprd interest risc with n bound Tho
tuition In English was by a bringing Of the
two passages together without any indication
Nl u llI~F bl Nltlff HlhNH w UuNdll'e I''lIll
IN a iiNy from entire ignorance Of our tongue
10 considerable facility but tho lesson was
rcasanly amusing In the ensuing episode
ofHIrru's wooinC of his royal ennmv's dlugh-
tor. Nr Mansfield henlcd dolcacy md hcarti-
nnss with oH-h1nd humor In tho harn'ost way
imirinlbla n would not do to say that this
s,,un Is m oasis oi human feeling IN m I'M
sentimental dnsort There is nothing blank
~ arid in Mr N1nshnds sumrtuous ulustra-
tiors Of Henry V" Tho visual delights more
ovor. arr accompanied bv ADM ration ~ tho
rrs'orfu control Of 'he moro thnn ha' hundred
s0nlkcrs ~ tho generally unnsplrinR toJt
Rut Il il In H1rrr's wooinC ~ katherine that
Mr. Mansfield deserves md receives as an
rr'or thn hos' applause ~ the Gordon
Tho dcsirlhi'itv of a courtshiD n the makeup
~ rlay was comrrrhcrded hy those who ure-
rircd David Harum" for tho stage. although
tncv did not rcsvord 10 tho demand with good
orig nation II seems to have been obvious
to them that Ndrv BlgIr n roncniiy In tho hook,
rIu~' no taken 70 bonneville NJ the outset md
Won't with John LCror throughout the action
Thoironycyrcrtncss In doing that lnv in making
her q frl, 10 H1rum's humor. an excuse for his
false prcteuces Of hard-heartedncss and a cause
of h'- fn'l omerHeucN from n rartial cc'irse
or Misunderstanding into tho fun sunshine ~
,,."a'N Tho crl Is a forward mink with the
mnkirr1 ~ n torn Cent, and evcn Katharine
For"nor'S sweet looks do not recommend the
intrusive creature 10 tolerance This unOues-
tiornh'v Dorular pecn "a as roor I'm theatrical
dcVtortv as "Co Sellers was but It resemble %
that profitable venture also In transferring n
the stage n racy character. with when our
people ware well acquainted beforehand VII
liam II Crane could no more have boon storrcd
succoss ne Drrii H1rrm than John T Raymond
rs Col Sellers In each case the personality
of the actor fitted into tho rilo exactly and
flled II ont completely From tho best ~ their
skill 70 the worst ~ their ranncr.rs. their
individualties wcre all suitable As the tricky
horse trader and the visionary inventor wore
distinct Americans, who had been made know hv
Twain and Wcstcott. II was only needfulforthoir
stage popularity to oyploltthem 'ohrulv Not
ono Of the ersodes in which Harm figures in tho
book Is omitted in the performance NJ the Gar
rick, In both forms the most amusing Of
them Is the sale NJ the balky horse to Deacon
Perkins Nearly MI of that Is enacted. HGru,r
tells how he was trickei into buvinS the hcnst
that would stand without hltching and could
be driven hv a woman As easily rs nv n man
He Describes the method by which he con-
trollei the balklnes=, and recalls tie fact that
Perkins once beat him in trade. Mr. Crane
Il Spirited and unctuouS narrator. and by tho
time that he has made the impending vengeance
upon the other man clear the audience is as
much interested as though It had never read
tho same matter. Then the actual ilustra-
ITO begins with PcrbinS's inquiries about the
horse, the bringing ont NJ the d-oortivo brute
the dcSer over n price. tho sale under tho same
tricky cIarantv that has fooled Haru,n AMI
the departure ~ the el1te1 buyer with his
nnrch1sr Then tho depletion Ia d-orrcd
f.~o while hlt the subject Is kept alive through
o'' tho second act by Vdrvr's covert rlor whom
c.,r he hc1rs that the Deacon Is ont OF the road
with the ha'Eer. The amused expectancy
~ 'hr audience could not he kocncr II the out
como wore not already known. \ hilarious
cnn0y i- made of that. \ furious ralustorm
r1ro. lul the orrtainofawid window ls 'tei
,. reveal P.rRips In all N. wratlru misery
o. dripping clothes md horse that wont 70
Th" -onCs I'm san Tow" last weeks musical
comedy. nrc not all tho compositions ~ Sid
ro. loro- ne tho rrCrramuc implies MANY
ne hv Tiono Nonc' ton. Tommy Atkln-"
FROM The G0letv Girl" md n ditty from An
Artists Model" have bccn Introduced An
odd thing In mis- Trg'ish syetcm q collecting
music here there and over, where f. tho roTu-
Rr'' here ~ mn American song three ,cnrs
after IT, publication. Dave ECcd Ir 5 "l love !
Won. NJ Tovc I DO" made M impression
whom II orst came cut With now vcrds oricl- |
mi b, Aubrey IIo1wood - London no bot'cr |
than the original Il was put into q Runaway
Girl and sung hNre in that rlav hv Adele Rtohie.
This brought L into notice md II hae had n |
large accoT tance. Much is dorc IN eirhtrrces |
10 hclp the songs II san Toy" rcar'v every
ono cndrr with m attractive md vcn-turr7od /.
dance. Minnie Ashov and James Power aro /
particularly attractive IN these. In ono -hpv |
have gotten inside of imitation China idols, |
Only their hends and arms stick cut. Their |
l'ty Is about two China figures that stood NJ |
zach end ~ tho martlcriece They loved |
zach other, hut we're 50 oddly constructed -hat /
when they tried 60 kiss tlev were I'm danger |
n breaking their crockery bases. The dance
hat follows this dttv Is unique. Miss Ashley
md Mr Powers hold their stir poses. hut glide |
around the stage like trolley cars. Tho prot-
.est song ~ tho play Il "Rhoda sung b. Miss
A ,hlev. who finishes the chonises with dairty
dances. In manner II resembles a Little Rlt
N string" and The BOY Guessed Right"
bat II is cleyerer In wording and prcttier in
music than either ~ those.
Impending cNtostrophcs nre numerous IN
THE Lost River but together they I'll only
4 small share " the time taken by this last Of