The sun., 1900-05-10
THEMES IN THEATRICALS.
yByuP THAT THE BOSTONIiNS
PAY WHEN ~ DOtBI.
M. places Renewed ON Our sage This Week
-rhe Americans Season Has Grand
o..,, ,Ilmn,-A Pincro Play Under Ob-
,,,t,on at the Murray Hth-Notcs.


IN. trump that tho BostonanS play when in
a',L, /. Robin Hood" and II usually wins.
Th,v are doing n now NJ the hhck"rhock"r
.,d the audiences are enthusiastic. These eN-
1.lou, singer have been unfortunate ol lateln
,lor rev comic operas. koDIh iooG was
,.roduccd nhout eleven years ago and was
,..d three season, without interruption Al
,J of ,b,r time Reginald de koven and
Harry B smith had a successor ready, out the
pos,opians did not accept IT, nut produced
"prncn Anuanl., which met win shght sue
,oss The one they refused was 'Rob Roy.
,Lich la-tCd nearly whole WINTER IN New
vor, nitb another company This season the
poa,onians have used It on their tour 1hey
-. marc advantagrou,ly in Robin
Uood" in which Henry Clay Barnabec Is
t,,.nIv suited in character and music. His
,6crG Of Nottingham is sill the unctuous oId
,,ro,y ubo ha, rI Savs stood out in comic opera
a, an example of real comedy instead OF
s,-,h,,,c bgGoon,ry Another performance.
above the plane to whch como opera mas
,op,, i. George FrothiuEham's FrGr TUck.
H., ',Il, monk Tree from all care, ana WIN 10
othnr thpuglu than eating ana drInklhg.
=, u, per~nu.tI. alton Of many a lHmlllnr picture
an nld canvas ar IN mu>tv books III, '"okus
of the broth, ont of whlCh JHmp SdH'alhN me-.
Yhn.a capture CAUSE the holy lahn no slleht
trouhle i, funny sight The o'her part
art a now by the sam" person IL AT ilrei =
It,y,, Ul,rj,r in which JO-"phlne Bartlett Ia
,ou.cll II Macdonald used I" nave the
~. mart but now he succeeds Eugene towl"5
n. ric Jpbu, whose notes ar" nor IN
N- NacDonalds range. The anvl song
i, too deep for him even TO- attempt. u
ho- been transferred 10 WW Scarlet. ana
/. sung rNcrllru,ly by John DunSmore. hhbin
Up"J !. now rcrrr-entcd 10y Frank kG,hworih.
iba excellent tenor who was first heard here in
ia Pouprs. HIS Noo" i mnch ah2V" the
average heard in English opera, ana he sinGs
with great expression He looks no more than
go wears Old which i much younger than any
cnoru, "gIn' of tn" company. Marcia an
dresser and Helen B"ctram provide lavlshly IN
beauty what the chorus lacks.
The DAYS Of grand opera at the American are
numbered "Iohengrin" will in all probability
never be heard there again. Next season the
more ambitious performances in English are TO
b. given at the Metropolitan Opera House and
tits not vet certain how many members OF the
Cs.n square Company will be Included in this
inward Fight SO IN" present week at lie
American is fun OF interest TO the supporters OF
me enterprise Much nl tli, i du' TO the
return oy the principals who had most to do
with placing the organization on the height OF
H.Ah avenue popularity. lvonne de IreN.le
Is back from Chicago and -. Louis.
and ~ are Joseph Shechan and Selma
Kronod and Wilhelm Merten-. Thus
theaud.nncc has ample occasion for its enthus-
hsm This has on several occasions reached a
point that compelled the conductor of the
orchestra 10 come before the curtain and bow
hi, thanks There could be no better ev-
idonce of the tempestuouS farewens at the
American. "Lohengrin' is more eNactlng Tor
repertoire excepting "Tannhauser and lhe
Ma~tersinger 1t came after series ol
lighter pieces, and for that reason may have
been all the more accep,abla q, ihere were
signs OF the fatiguing work OF the sea- or
in the singing of the principals but mat dd
not Interfere with the pleasure ol thc aldl'nCp
II has been said that IEnace Padcrewski might
appear with his hands tied bchlud hlm without
nece>sitating the return OF any C1n,lderablf
part of the ticket money Joseph Nh""han eN'
erCiSeS almost the same potency win Ms
public. Temporary cOudjtitionS never afeC
the enjoyment Of his devoted hearers u j. 50
too. with Miss de Trovle, and II 80 delightful
10 observe such fidelity TO iayoIitr- here III New
York. n city supposedly iiCGle ia liz attitude
toward its entertainers.
week or so ago in London n a public dinner
Arthur W Pinero defended tn" plots of recent
English sexual comedies some Of them his own.
He spoke violently and -arcaSticaIIy, denounc-
ing the Lord Chancellor and Sir Edward Clarke.
who had been prominent in attacking such
plays. tie said that it was of course immoral
mcnt. His inference was that none Of
his works was open to that charge. and
this implied defence OF "The Second
Mrs Tanqueray." The Notoriou, Mrs
Ebbsmth" and The Gay Lord Quex" A quite
proper play by Pinero is this weeks revival at
the Murray I'LL Lady Bountiful" tells the
story of an impoverished gentleman and his
son, supported 10y a rich girl cousin of the
yOunger, who loves the fair beneiactreSs, but
goes away and makes his living a riding
teacher upon learning that the money has come
from her. He lives with the family of the
keeper OF the academy and marTics the
daughter Of the household, 10 whom his love
has turned We next see them a parents.
Then the wife die. leaving letter for her
husband with her rival, directing him TO
marry the girl Of his first choice This
be doe, bat not until he has
broken in upon a marriage ceremony AZ the
ALTAR There l. 10 strong central interest, a
fault which often ruins play, no matter how
good II may be II other respects. ne Two
rival, and The iha man seems hclile Yet ,he
cha acter drawing j. excellent, ard this merit
5 emphasized AZ the Murray Hin William
Red u0nd and Mrs. Thomas Barry adhere 10
he authors design a. the old riding master
and h'S wife, who are aifoctionate almost
to 'h' point Of the ridiculous yet at times
ara pathetic Walter Allen i satisfactory aS
the gentleman" who lives on his relatives yet
thinks b" j. gennrou, because his purse is
always open. The best scene is a. the
and cuarungy by Georgia Wellcs as the
Young mother and Ralph Stuart as the husband
She has lu-t been convinced tnat her husband
does not love her n We'll IL h" did his earlier
sweetheart tie rock, their babv'- cradle and
taIk. 10 the little one, while the wiic'S eyes
Close a, ,ho sits in a chair, Her body becomes
rlgd She slips lower in her seat, and the man
looks ~ 10 find her dead. The play has found
favor AT the Murrav lilll, but could hardly gain
popularity. Wh"a produced at the London
Garrck and the New York lvcrum nine
wear. ago, it had brief prosperity and
was regarded as below the author high
average. II now fares worse in u test
Of comparison. for since hen Mr. Pin"ro
has written half dozen pieces, any one of
which would make lasting reputation Tor a
dramatSt
sara BHrnhardt and Mardo Adams will be
playing here simultaneously in "LAigon" next
autumn Richard Mansfield says he will rra-
dpce another drama on the same subject Of
BonaparteS son,
Peter Dailey's character in an English YER
son Of I'm ilimmrlhOf' will be that Of the
apoTous boss of poster-desicning shop in
which girls are modcl-
Blanche Bates with MADAME Butterfly" IN
vaGd"yll" wa, contemplated, but il was said
N">tcrCay that other use of the piece had been
dee dod on
NJ. le.lie Carter is 10 0ppear next season in
IN" Queens Drawing Room" attributed IN
Dv'd BcH.cO, bur whether original or nm
ad1u'at,ou i. not told Our Of the scene. viii
Sh"W Presentation Of the heroine to Queen
Victoria
OPERi STOCKHOL OLDERS WEET.
lhcN fc'elcCt the Directors who served Dur.