The sun., 1900-12-13
IN STAGELAND.
yu tRpN VA Fi'ENf tAwrgH
- ,OuU 'U' ~ NfNb.
I,t,r Improved since " VA Tried ~
,I,,o,s ,omrd' that Crane Oner
i.cd a. an ,mstlcsn',ed Version Now
r,tfotmsi IL tue Otizinai German.

,t.,,,.tI r.I'Iu6o rrrforniauco Of "Nadyr
s.uu Attorney. % veok ago to-day. NAV
f.,fr ,rnIr rndcr observation ~ an nHroad,
o.,-r.- Inl ur' 10 DO" h"si'au' IN action or
.r,rln.c opa uuprr, rdcnf"d, - FAR n
u..r Theatre audience knew. because tho
,r. .,,s brought N tInt house bv h"r hll
,I,.,. loru rrHo'i cd white cl-owho.e
ly,,, . rr" rls crude ~ yet. and l1,t night
,ei,...., OF o. gave much smoother and
r.r,f.,, entertainment Mlsa Twins Gus
.l,. p. s;uu'anoitv Of unnucr had returned
,, rcr Especially In the comic trial scene
....yl.t trr-c'f once more Not sin,c AHre.
r.a,r va. tho witness ~ "tunt JHch" has
&c. much iun been mad" with roLc" cour'
..er" ir play Not often i tho attempt
mad. outside of vnudo'iils cN'rgVdg1u/as,
ard the subject i, not nearly 20 easy ~ 'r"at
'rr"'Iou-ly u, most people may think II l.
The character assumed by Miss Irwin J. 4
f.ni1lo lawyer with n sportiv" husband. ""
'lkes former sweetheart 80 supper N 4
rcs'agrart, and strikes policeman for being
.wpulon' to her.
Tho on et's brother EMPLOYS N" vito
- prosecute the case hefor" q Magistrate
She ha. NJ idea that tho cuprit I, hcr hps-
band, and hs contrlvos to hide his identity
whom ar-aignrd She does nor level best
~ -ctIrc hi- conviction Her Nuencv j.
sctallni only h. her ignorance " the facts.
iHd as her rncEo r,nH4, Is th'GE o w."n ,."n
.u" counsel and the client become ConnleN
A. lhe climax of IN" ImR,c he husband
rar u',t To his behalf. thus dum'oundinr
l.e man VINO has engaged her services All
u ,ha, been led ~ 20 nv more conerencN
ever radiant good hnm"r or this tHcN'ar
a-' ross max. - a success of what with almost
any on" else would te failure
Tho Irving Place Theatre must be thorn
in the side of some Of The American drama
i-'.. Many of tho lesser playvrights tak"
their plots from the German and then claim
complete originality. one woman who trans
ferred foreign material cleverly even went
~ FAR as 10 deny the source Of such ideas
Vhcn az the very time she was paving Hem
rich Conrled royalty for M" American
rights farce was produced at MIR Con-
reds playhouse last MI sht for the ilrst time
In German. though it had been seen hero
in English "Das Grobe Hemd' wd- called
A Rich Mans son" when William II. Crane
produced t. az wallack's last winter. Michael
Morton did httl" moro than translate tho
text. but it was only under protest that he
would allow any recognition uf the original
on tho programme.
III, sister. Martha Morton, pvt more new
matter in Ill, Wiec's Father and 4 Fool
of Fortune" bat that did not hide their like
moss to the German ORIGINALS. Augusta
Daly. clyde Fitch and William Gillette d~-
,arded everything but TIE skeleton OF ~"
plots, clcv.rly locaii2.ng German farce- aud
introducing characters OF their own hr1.'i
bat they nev'r failed I" m"dc~t.I o-e -
oulv "alaptcr-.' the other extreme Wd-
sydney ko~;, nfsid. Wn2 ca,"I !,,era! tran ~
play. The most wonderful thing aooIt
Rich Mans som Is that Mr.. Morton cared u
il was vearsome play and hardly funnier
last night in the German of I. harlwels
The idea Of man moving his whole ianIr
into Dcggarly lodgings just To give ms son
an idea oil the hardshlps Of poverty - too
absurd even Tor farce. Besides, thi- play Is
written IN the vein Of comedy tusfaN Won
Seyn"rttz played the crane r !" c3mIcalll.
Adolf /mE"rinanu and Nara iletnIlt
~ lis son and dlI Sht"r did some adnlrahln
acting. aud Ada Mcrto also deserved especial
praise.
Edward II Sothern has saved his foot.
and will resume his tour with Hamlet week
after neAt John Hare will give a perform
arcc Of lie Gay Lord Qlex for stage people
next Tuesday aft.rnoon Clara Lpmau il
studying "Frou Fror" for n production neat
season Tim Murphy viii appear soon in
n rav play by PAIL Ni.tlch depicting Wash
ington lie rry Woodruff - mentioned
,or tho experiment Of having the hero Of
"LAiglon" ct.d by a man instead %! n woman.
Mrs Prown-pOtter, who now writes her
name that va" with a hyphcr omtting
the Jamr-. j. 10 r"oIi" what 1T" drscilt"S
a. -na,ouaule Christmas poems IA "a London
rus,r Ldll Gr8,r Sherwood II to have
thc Herrietta trosman part in Mistress
Tho drnmnti" s1c., ,tt Of stndnnt- beonci ::
fo tur 0,i,..n OF ST yGnrl- \lNlrr Wl.l mas"
their annual ErodlTt'h IN ihe I@@N"Gr ln"al'"
on bee - The play will b. The u-i1rt'
!I,,o B-,,r.:eui. Gcutiinommc The amateur
actor, are under tho direction of tne h"'.
1 |
{ Go"GWin made rp his mind that ,hc
other ut- riti"- ought 10 d" tYe am Ter ih7
u.t 81 IoDi, eft - many Eargu"t -rsf-
.nrrt, , a. s. each that ~" scatcn tnr pr"
apau To- tlc u.ual ou" IN (!Tc!nNtu ana has
abandoned tttr experiment
> = Willard Drought out ~ iiostou play
called 'HUn,hir''Io a. ne" az" "TiALd
novol. ,pa,,arc.' = !'i,"i and h4~ Teen
Mo ,av- thai lie siacn and society cgc
ltuv gave 4 lrr'uriu1nce rri're IN cou-
t.r' inmate o. the MattcawIn h Is t,dl.
An actor came ."iu;c th" curtain t"twc"n
the act, OF a drama al lupn tl'v, Ia.
auI said that he had boon sent "l 20 >th% u
son. ~ ezra n,l ol "a amni,"mrn, ohI,.,' haH
Nd 20 lotk. = noise WE!Ic Il -iNal ir" "J~
hciug rNllu-;f!i-l"d on The stage
|, Wa dc i ii"i i1-' ui:'lt - produce new
,c'oad act - 'lidl.c-der-drc at Nobcr /
!ri-' IA pace oi .Ar'@onl, m%h' "Hr'ia.y.
i"rd OlcA and 4 Royal Flm,ly IA
The iorn,r Hr Wolf Hopper and ray r"mp.y-
ion N!u mimic John !iarr AHd lr"n" N1u-
prUc ia the noGdoir scene. a Eoyal Family
Nll bc more IilV Irt'",.lnd. i.uIlIu Rus
-,II and CnagIc- =. Rp-- win p,ay 'hc Annie
lsu,,.i and Charles Noauau plrt7. David
Warac,c Win app"r ~ ~klr.- for the Hr-t
time bHr",prins Mr.. :" u. Gtihcr{ o. ~"
haoy Prince aud levi, ! I'II~ WIii he 10
ta,Ecr, ,lr king john Kelly viii hr -"
cardinal Thc ,NNc'y ,p'ri2iM ,",n,'".,., iGGl,
Iumoro'i-ly crested rv NcHcr. Held, ana
Wlr cid and thc r!c,ti"-' # he chorus -ir!-.
Ni!,. SUviuc. ! French "rc cancer. was
Engaged br cable yesterday 10 maxi" her
tmeii,an debut in Jauuar! a. the New Nor"
Josephine Hall was ENGAGED Yesterday
for the IeudiuC female r lc IN a ROYAL o-'a".
which Jefferson de Angels viii produce al
he Broadway on Dec -
+ ~ Coghia" i hali iug come sketches
vrittan for vaudeville use In which -" a.t
Bpy"lr nrt'fr n hcr famous ch1ra'tnr' sI'n
- Lady GGy >pGrL,r and Lddg T,d-'r.
Cara Iinman SAWS that ~h" l. going 10
49, tp" heroine Of "lrOu-l rpI, but not Irll
~. latter part OF next season.
Herr Coarisd Lectures on Schiller.