The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-09
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"A BLANK PACE READ NJ OUR
GERMAN COMEDIANS.

Finest Ven Ws,zsssa's Latest riay .
Novelty WIN the Csnried Company
a Fansasiy Popular Heyt Farce IN
Renewed Tee wesk's stage Btss.
The second new play % the German season
q, the Irving Place was produced las, even
ing. and vas received favorably by . nu-
mcrous audience. a Blank Page mingled
comedy with farce In q scene OF domes'ioity.
common la modern German pleccs. Frnest
ven woLzogen. In writing this play, had
taken q story Ina. would have liant itself
letter 10 serious development than. the
trivial elimination thai he aimed at and
reached successfully. In fact. tho first and
second acts seemed like a pleasing and
Eight introduction 70 seriousness. A middle
aged man wooed and won q young girl.
though In the counting he accidentally mis-
led her widowed mother into hopes OF n
second marriage. The second act shovel
q mismatched bridal couple. fully aware
Of thrir unsuitability TO each other. The
girl was still n child. and the man still a
grim professor. She found delight In chas-
lug a mouse. With q handsome boy cousin
a. a pla yfellow. Her husband tried 20
show her the more s,rio,ss sides Of life. She
finally decided 20 leave her husband, and
sugrrsted an elopsment 70 ner cousin. Thi,
ending Of the second third Of a Blank
Page left q possibility Of a strong third.
Instead. the finish was lightly Agreeable.
The young wife and Der cousin were played
by adequate actors. orvthe kupfer and
Matthias Claudius, who hus made their
hrt appearances In America. Miss Kup-
fer comes from tho Neuen Theatre, Berlin,
and Mr.. Claudius from the Dcutschen, In
the same city. The other prominent roles
were adequately acted by Otto Ottbert.
Franz K~ierschner, Hermine warna and
Meta Burger.
The Murray Hill Theatre 10 jus. now a
place OF merriment The actors who sus-
tained the passionate excitement Of
'Sappho' last week. and who will nave TO
assume tho -,ilted dignity Of 'Richelieu'
next week, are cracking Tsnderloin Jokes
AMI cavortii.g In c~akewalks In a Hoyt farce
this week. Tho audaciou- Fanny Ls Grand
OF the doc,l" Jphe lie Mortimer Is now
singing about 'goo-soo eyes In "A Trip
20 Chinatown The performance this week
i~sexollert, Alice Johnson as Mrs. 0pyer.
tho a Francisco widow who chaperoncs a
party Of youngsters and leaves the girls
menless. and laura Hope Crewes. as her
frivolous French maid. act with ~vivacity
and charm. Henry v. Donnelly IL funny as |
WeidRd Strong, the man who expects TO
die. and keeps his temperature with a hot
bnck till he meets the widow. Particularly
good u Robert Mcwsde. Jr.. as the old
beau who waits for six hours In a private
room In a restaurant for the widow and
gets only the hot brick.
That A Trip 10 Chinatown holds the
American record for length Of New York
run does not necessarily mean that IL N
the funniest play ever seen here. but II
certainly u well along toward that. Aside
are finely drawn. The widow, her maid
and the old beau are usual types Wiiiis
0ror, the boy Of ~ who N permitted TO e.
with the roysterers to foot The bills and
doesn't interfere In the nirtations Of others,
isa little less common Rtt the hypochon-
drac who ciphers Il out just how much
time eAch drink and each late supper will
take Oh his life and jots II down IN a note
book n Hoyt's creation. As played by
Harry Conor he was a rich and racy satire.
Even the excellence OF the play nigh,
not have kept u In New York for 704
performances. Specialtiee were intro
ducsd from time Ia time. loie Fuller
started her serpentine dance In A Trip 90
Chinatown. and IL was a sensational rpve-
lation. Then came Bessie Clayton. whose
sub--quent fame as q dancer is familiar.
But without these wonderful dancers a
Trip 10 Chinatown is a mighty good show.
Any one doubling Il should 60 10 the Muir
ray Hill. Those who don't doubt should
go, too. They viii have just as good a time
IL was decided last evening TO end Louis
Mann and Clara Lipman's engagement
al the savoy on Oct. ~. They will use
The Red .Rloof' throughout their stay.
a DEMONSTRATION by Edward y. Rose oi
'Eben Holden Charles Frohman will
make the production, and later he will
stage Sweet and Twenty from London
and la vicne.' from Paris.
Another decision reached yesterday In
reference 20 ending a run win remove dThe
Cipher Code from tho Fourteenth Streets
stage on Oct. ~. New England Folks
by Eugene Presbrey. win be produced two
nights later. The cast will include Frank
Mortaunt, Walter Thomas. Mabel Dixey,
Blanche Weaver. Samuel Reel. Grayce
scott and Anne Holinger.
Dorothy Donnelly, who did such good
work As leading actress Of the Murray
HID stock company for two seasons, viii
be in Grace Georges company. Ralph
Stuart, also another very ~pral-eworthy
recruit from that organization. will he with
Miss George who comes to tins Republic
on Nov. II, In q comedy 10y Charlotte
Thompson called The Smart Set
from a press agent IL should be
printed In full
Owing TO unsatisfactory business. Frank
Mckee will close his special company
presenting Janice Mercdith' next Satur-
day evening Mr.. Mckee put this CON-
on tho road to play tho principal
stands. giving II a very strong
cast and fully A. excellent a scenic equip
fnent a. that provided for the organiza-
headed by Mary Mannering. But his
artist has become 10 strongly identified
with the title role that people In the smaller
rlacc~ refuse 60 accept any one else In the
part. which leaves Mr.. Mckee no other
than to close tho special COM
Saturday night
THE q Is informed that the statement
printed In TN 4 on Oct. ? that Minnie
Madden fiske will remove her play called
Miranda 81 the Balcony from the Man
haitian stage as soon as a Successor can 10
prepared L. erroneous, n that tho further
published in the same article
Mrs. fiske has her company busily
IehH arising a Biblical drama and H. hurrying
! u an early production Is also a mistake
point % fact. /
OPERA Ar THE BROlDWAY.