The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-03
SOME THINGS OF The STAGE.
AREMINDER o. HARRIoAN. HARr
AND THE MULLIGANS.
Acisr VINO HAD Their Nay q ssmshise
On Popularity Ono sf AuGutin Days
comedies Repreduced b. Q Proctor
company The New Play b. pinere.

Edward Harrigan. noe conspicuous
~ an actor. playwright and theatrical
manager. was q saunterer In Broadway
a few days ago. II In a long while since
New Workers. saw him across the foot
lights, though he In still making tours Of
the country In odd LAVENDER In which
his portrayal Of q good-hearted old rot
81 a lawyer holds its own a. a fne per-
Torrance. Mr.. Hsrigan still owns the
GaIrick Theatre. which he built for his
professional home. but had 10 quit be-
cause our fckle public. ever eager for new
amusement. turned from his local farces
10 other kinds Of sone-and-dance plays.
SIR. Harrigan had In his pocket an nd
vance print OF n hook. The Mulligans,-
IN which he has put into narrative the
characteristics and doings OF hat Multi
gan family which used To divert us on
his stage. II is thirty years since Mr..
Hnrtgan and Tony Hart brought out at
the Theatre Conique. a vaudeville theatre
In Broadway near Spring street. a short
sketch IN which one figured as tbs Captain
~ the Mulligan Guards and the other as
ina entire company. The caricature Of
me target parties. then numerous. was
helped by Witty verses and a lively tune,
and Il soon advanced the two young fellows
Into prosperous actors. The series Of
humorous plays OF city rough life ensued.
AIR Hart, 10 whose memory Mr.. H~Arrigan
dedicate- the book. died noon after quitting
his partner John Wild. usually an &C.
centric negro barber In the productions.
:! sS' are rs% stlT Graz a . sss R snamS, Is dead
lights in the negroism. and Harry Fisher.
tho representative German. Annie Yea
mans, tho droll Cordoba Muiiodr. later
vent into Augustin Days company. where
shs proved too eccentric to D. OF value.
but she IL still irresistible In broad Irish
depletion. Emma Pollock. the pet Harm
gan soubrette, went 20 London with Neil
Burgess In The County Fair, remained
there for years. and only reappeared in
Sew York a few weeks ago when Mr..
Burgess revived tho Barnard play at the
Grand Opera House Dan Collyer. who
figured IA a lively negro girl, Is now heavier
bat not less unctuous III the current es-
lravaganza Of The Kings Carnival :
Dave Braham. who made the tube~ for the
hHrgan songs, h still an orchestra leader.
Vaudeville has the bes, Of Il AT Proctor's
ftfth Avenue this week. The Florenz
arrobais arc exceptional. The sight Of a
soman holding two men on her shoulders
Is indeed mi The Hanlon- are
doing the sort Of psn;omime and tumbling
hsA ~ q ~ NthN
week Sandow will reappe1r Ia this country
there, ~ that form OF entertainment il
well fixed The dramatic portion IL Ia
need OF improvement. some plays have
been acted acceptably and even admir-
ably by the Proctor companis<, but Others
have been treated badly. The cast at tbs
fifth Avenue thls week Is no. doing justice
a. The Last Word The blame u not
al upon tho actors. Frederic Bond Is
the stage manager and the lack Of spirit
emu The poor make-up- must he charged
AGAINST him. Mr.. Bond was In Augustin
DAYS COMPANY In bringing forward
The Last Word he should remember
ia original gaycty and try 10 initiate II.
h the play IA not a good one handbags
months from Oct. -. 1870. but that duration
Was largely due To Ada kehan's acting.
which was finely exhibited la the only
good part In the Ipiece A woman who
has gained manneris;ns before experience
Is tnenective In the part mt proctor's. But
memories OF the DAILY cast are not entirely
pertinent. No one should expect a cut
rate stock company 10 do whA, Mis-. Rehnn.
John Dr.w. james Lewis. Isabel Twins.
.ieorse Clarke: CharleS wheatleigh. sydney
herbert and Kitty Chatham did for the
play. But this performance 4 worse than
u need be even NJ the low prices. Measured
10y the Proctor standards OF sIncug- and
VI the Comforts Of Home the acting
Is found wanting An exception Is Ia the
role OF a negro servant, a mere bit.
INT well done. Some care In make-up-
and more In n characteristic walk and
manner az holding the hands suggest an
I'D negro. Duncan Harris Is the actor.
The impression seems TO have gone forth
Daniel Frobman will start his stock
'umpany's season with Pincro's new Iris :
He will not. nor will Hilda spong and Others
II his players produce Il At all Mr. Froh-
will organic. n special company for
lrs His stock actors may begin with
a VI an Of His Word : by Boyle Laurence
which Herbert Warng recently staged
at the London Imperial.
Robert Taber. Lena Ashwell and Mary
Moore viii have the parts next to Charles
Wyndham IN The Mummy and the Hum
ming BIRD. which IL In rehearsal in London.
IN IT. success depends Mr.. wyndham's
iecision A. TO acting Ia America this eason
Edward =. Willard Will produce The
arrival by Louis n. Parker In Montreal
md later bring Il To New York. He will
appear az Giordnni III Medici who later
iocame Pops LEO X. although the incident
ioe- not figure In the play. Two Of the
our scenes represent the courtyard Of his
ialace adorned with freecoe@ by Giotto
md his private study with a ceiling painted
" Michael Angelo.
suzanne Sanije. who acted in French
asst year in Henry V : with Richard Mans
ield. will return 20 English and take
Margaret Angin's role in brother Orfcars'
Howard Gould. Katherine Grey will
~ Arthur Byron's leading actress IN Petit
oats and Bayunets. Florence Smyth
al take Maxine Elliott's part In Nathan
tale IN the company that will have How
nd hyle a. Nat Goodwin's successor.
Charles frohman's next farce production
n London sill be Feydeau's The Girl
rom MaNim's, English rights 81 which
;" has Just bought. He viii stage IL In .
anuary with NJ English company with
'osslhly an American girl In the name =
Oct l. was So, Yesterday n the date
The producti on Of The Love Match
.Nih"y GnIndy's new COMEDY. which 4
IIi succeed The Forest Lovers at the '
.'ceum Bertha Galland's present com {
sHis VII he augmented nv the addition a
7 Mr. gtharle~ Walcot. Charles p Gott- {
'll and William Sauter Of Daniel Froh- Z
1ail- siOck COMPANY and Dcronda MAYO, +,
daughter 81 the late Frank Mayo. 4
suzanne Sheldon. an American actress I,
10" ran = close race In London a wear or =
p az" WITH Ethel Barrymore for the matri- .
i'ulh engagement reyond. will make her :
~ Cnspic1ous New York APPEARANCE :
% n Soth"m la III ! Wer~ a King :,
,n'h Il du" at the Garden Ia a week from !,
i'ndN Cecilia LOTUS. who takes second 4
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