The sun., 1900-12-04
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There was no svn shhurklcr IN The Sprishtly
Romance # Narsac" nt the Republic Theatre
lat night The HdrsGc Who had th" romance
was iuuecuuiouS and imaginative. hut In no
other ways was he ~ kind with 'h" fellows "'
,i.,,,r..,ra ,plpnssihilty who have lately cut
and slashed IN stage hsroism "" owen IN
tho modern Latin quarter Of Paris. md made "A
moor living at authorship. lie was buoyant.
n,daci,us and resourceful when he had
apeut hl- last coin. and was harass"d hy credi-
,ora he circulated false nows that ms room
couradc in poverty an artist, had inherited
dead American uncle's hig fortune. lher"upon
the ,redlt ~ the pretended heir became e1-
celart. and the two young men lived ihNuri-
cuslv until the fraud was exposed
Throughout the escarade the ingenuity of
the author a. n ready liar overcame all dlNl'ui-
tics A ioyial Ananias Of the stage is swal-
lowed down with gisto nv the gaping audience
hu, never hy the angrily ya~nins ground.
He is always a popular character PROVIDED
only that he j. amiahle and amusing In TINS
l,ta., incarnation Of fslsehood, those essentials
- success we're afforded ahrndarty hy Mac
len .,h,ckle for whom this was at introduce
,o-y o,co.ion New York had seen him IN
,.ri.i. drama, and mora recently In roIIicF-
i,, farce ne was put forward this time a.
star actor in a comedy II seemed certainty
that he would hold the more conspicuous place
into which he had been put.
The new liar whom he represented was iuil
~ animal spirits, hearty and Wholesome never
failing To respond with a falsehood adeIna''
10 every emergency and always 'nnnN enough
10 make hls duplici'y pass FOR good hun'r
ne WAS not regardsd by last nights audience
a. a degenerate. but as very lnuchable fellow
not entirely Commendable. yet readily eA'n-
able
But the success attained by this entertain
ment was not restricted TO Mr. hhurkle ana
his role Itextended throughout n clever ilaF
and a facile COMPANY The SWlgh'E no
nance OF Marsac" had been written 10y Molly
Elliott Seawell originally as novelette, VII
liam Young had formulated 1t for the heare
l. began farcically in Paris studio. where the
IMPOVERISHED croncs went into the scheme
az nreyarication Il proceeded At a restaurant.
Nherc they gave dinner Al high price without
money. and the fun Of the deception acquired
some slightly sentimental phases
IL ended IN a drawing room. where the An
mia. reDan'.d and lie and his acComphce
earned the reward Of hetrothal with their sweet
hearts in a vein OF true comedy The incidents
we're separately trivial. but in brisk and
plausible succession they caused about as
much hearty laughter as fashionable aud
lAnce ever permits Itself tn he incited to The
Brooks company was an uncommonly ser-
viceable organization T. Ahsies was par
,Icularly clever "a Mr Arbuckle's reluctant
and contrastingly timd pal Together they
were the rogues OF Robert Macalre' over
again, but in well-dressed mischief Instead ~
ragged crime They were insepsrsh'e ana
irresistible IL tho merriment The Girls other
love sand oil Milliken. and Margaret Fuller. were
notable for Ireftine-s ana were suniG"hNy
clever FOR their hght 'a-fs
Ffollio,t FACETS sound accomplishments "a
an actress were more freely drawn upon N the
I,lavlny Of something Ife al adNen'ur'--.
Viola Carlstadt ana Annabsl Mhltord wer" 20
distinctive in \ bright bevN Of rather "rirar-
eous cnarnerS that W. may expect 10 zee en-
IN the more important unTtS ~ case ot change.
IN tho cast William Ferguson gave one ~
that down 20 a pantomin ic waiter the eccentric
characteri7 was all excellent. No point
In tho text was lost in the Interpretation.