The sun., 1900-08-15
The Revival Of Buriesque.

In speaking Of the burieeques OF TIE
old Casino days recently, a writer in TzE
SCH inferentiaily grievei FOR the days
that are past There were brave men
before AoANENNoS. and buriesoues before
the Casino opened eighteen year. ago.
In fact, whatever AGAMEMSoS may have
been the productions al the Casino were
rather comic operas and eItravsxsnzas
than burlesques.
The difference between burlesQue on the
one hand and extravasanza on the other.
though il may be recognized. Is seldom
admitted An eItravaganza stands, Ike
a rub, on its OWE bottom; q burlesqle has
It's ongin IN another play. which must be
tragic OF meloiranatc. or al all events,
must have a distinct serious element II
Is this element that IS burlesqued. In
i'vidual parts o, the extravaganza may Re
hurlesque in their tone. and generally are
played as bur.esque parts by the actors.
In Erminie 20 take the greatest success
in tSe history Of the Casino. and IN
Il Auberse de. Adrets." the original
O, Erninis.' the parts of Ccieoa and
Robert Mocare we're burlesques. though
the arst-namei play Vas a comic opera
and he lstts was originally a rnelodrama
Buri~que sctinS' says GEORGE HKShr
IEwEs. - the grotesque pe-sonst!on Of
character; the persorAton has truth, al
though the character Itself may be pre-
pos,erously overdrswn-
The distinction between burlesoue and
extrsvaSanza. as said. Is seldom admitted
The two words are applied interchanSeably
10 the same kind o, play. Mr.. JoHS HoI-
LrSGsHE.p. manager OF the London Gsiety
I Theatre. was said 70 have kept the sacred
lamp Of buGlesque bu-n ne for many years
With very few exceptions, his burlesques
were eJtravsSsnzas and comic operas
So were JOHN BRoroE.M's -burleeques,'
NTH some eIceptons. -Pocahontas. was
an extravaSanza: but Much Ado About
q Merchant o. Venice was a burlseque
q. the highest class 0. BsoroHAxs
performance oi Sky,ock a distinguished
critic wrote thirty years ago ,ha, il was
acted in the hiShes. spirit Of bur.esTue-
that Is 10 say. In dead earnest reveal-
ing keen sympathy with the maSninoeu:
Hebrew nature; and over this .olemnity-
as over a gray ruin CLEAN the brsh, green
leaves Of the !vy-glanoed the nimble
lightning Of his humor.' Laughter and
tears heed not be wholly strangers in real
buriesQue.
GEosdB Fox is re~nembecei now only az
Rs-7p.y Ds-p:y: but he was q famous
hu-iesque actor long before ne became a
clown His Ha-!e Is described a. one
OF the best burlesques the American stage
has ever seen and his Nsebets and Rich
sl,~s stood with that part
O, ats years London has had more real
burlesque than We have; We have enjoyei
eIusvaSanza. with incidental burl esque.
In 'Aionis there was good burlesque q,
times: ard -Weu-Fei Dora was an actual
b'rlesqu. Of SARDor's drama In Eng
land. TooIs burlesdued the same pisv.
ami WILSON BARsErT's -Claudian also.
/ Every year in England there has been
some huriesaue Of q drama 10 Hst,er the
orSnal more or less. Here real burle.ous
I Is an uncertain quantity. but this uncertainty
| is due az least as much 10 The work itself
! A. 70 the audience. After an interval O.,
I some years in tins city the sacred lamp
4 has h-en rekind!ei and kept burning sue.
cessfuuy 4 Broadway music hs.! has
/ paroiicd PLAYS that on the serious stage
/ had some sort Of success: and In Ssr-olo.-
The Other Way Barbara FidSet,y'
and Tsss Of the webernelds. As well -