The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-16
THEMES FROM The THEATRE.
.USSiLINE ROGERS PUT INTO
A BERNHARDT ROLE.
4, sketch with = FIRE chief IN n Named
Roker. Not troker-A naeeheSe
Ikei, to Make TITS Debut on the stage.

Je-sahne Rogers. the leading actress
q, the American stock company. has at last
%, her chance as Fiorid Toscd in victorien
ssrdou's melodrama Of La Tosca.- Miss
Rogers has given some admirable per-
form snces. and has acted with discretion
I, all the roles assigned tn her. Blu In
.La Tosca- she has a part 20 which
.be is suited tempcramentally and physi-
oalv. II gives opportunity for tempe~-
iuous emotional effects. Sardou's women
arr not complex, and any actress Of ordinary
ability can interpret them clearly.
Miss Rogers docs more than that, though
Ter necessarily quick study has given her
,o chance 10 invest Il with the power and
,,nety that Fanny Davcnpor; did, and Of
curse she does not approach the genius OF
sarah Bernhardt OF Milka I%ernina. whose
sTiug Ia Puccinis opera Ia Tosca was
a, remarkable as 70 ns much at
'sntiou from a dramatic point 81 view
e. from n musical.
Inc last time the dramn was acted here
~ the Bernhardt-C oquolin company at
ne Garden Il do not end ~ Sardou wrote
When tLo French actress rushed 10 the
n,rapat TO ding herself to death she saw
igat the usual mattresses were not there
and refused 10 fall. She stood stock still
and tho curtain man waited Tor her. But
nd a move did Bcrnhardt make. The
r,it became embarrassing. She called and
,rualled. and this curtain at length ieh
win the distracted FIOTia Toscd sII whole
and healthy.
The Fire Chief i "A lew sketch a.
Ea,th's Theatre. and does little more than
introduce a quartet Of singers oddly and
,sl'ly. instead Of IN the cut-and- dried
vav Of old minstresy. The name OF Chief
p1ksr for one Of the characters suggests
POLITICAL traveety that ~ not indulgcd Ia
Inc scene represents a fire chiefs room
IN an engine house. The floor az the back
las tho usual holes in IL. with the orass poles
fr tho men to slide down. Tho men
~ about PLAYING cards ana singing u one
rro-. thrrcs aud fours. 4 Anal ballad WIN
schune accompaniment introduces FIRE belle
and the men drop the fun for seriousness
Tley rua to tho hack aud slide down IN"
roles. while the bells and general excite,
peni make up a lively ending To a goon
,srauon ~ the usu'l quar'r'.
Tleanor Gist. a beautiful Young actress,
better known through the country than IN
New York. has been engaged Tor t'rac"
Georges Miss G,st Is Mrs Fred
ertck Edward Mckay. and j. laid 10 have
gwen an excelient Peri0rtnanc- 81 q"
ne l. i, probable tha' the play that Miss
George las decided upon VII, - iI,i'H
Nav Down south II l. hy l.uiiie blair
rartor who wrote WAY Down East and
10 has coYyightcd thu. similar TILE and
two o,hsr-' Way Out Wcs' AMI way
- North
Ameiia Bingham has engaged Mr and
ia Charles Na',it. long aud aCrc'ahly
slcntiled with Daniel F~rohman- stock
,unpany. for her uturn 20 ~" bD'u IN
Iaulary Robert Eiesnn Will retire from
OF Cu,rpanv a. the end " t'is -ra-pn 10
e,ona n .tar under the infringement ot
llrnry harr., Miss Bingham has not
finally settled on a play Size j. consider
N a comedy called Heart, Afam"' 10y
Mr.. Robert 7 ~lllinc-.
Is-u.l Irving has gone Wr-' 10 take
T.,uchr pate.'- placs 10 Under Two llsg~.
Me- Rates - ar blanche Walsh D. going
', take Tho title rUi" IN janice Meredith
Ju.,ir iii.ntiy Mccarthy. Who caue
200 America 'o -@' hi drama, II Nero
hng.- VIII sal for England today A
.epytght r-rtormeaC" q II Nrr"
afternoon. lmuif 'u"'uslv with ID" Ani"r-
ca revelation a. tie Garden IA the eve
4 scheme for novelty a, Keith's il the
Engagement Of Cresceus, tine trot'ing
hampton Tho act in which ~" may
appear IL to represent a rac'track. and
~ will be booted. harnes-ed and
hi'ched 20 n sulkv Tor a rare. with the a.
COMPARTMENTS Of a trainer, assistants aud
Oh. dog Crcsceus. Then the hlographcr
will show tho horse tIptting AZ fun sped
IL will be brought back TO the stage. having
hecn sprnkled with soap sudS. 10 give
hm the appearance Of having gone a fast
mile Tin Murnan and his assistants
viii cool Cre-ceus by viping OF the sud
and going through the process OF giving
him his usual witch hazel sponge bath.
william Favershsm announced last
night that on Tuesday night h. will pro-
duce a new play a. the Criterion n one
act piece, retaining a Roval Rival a. a
feature Of the entertainment. The short
drama IA called Prince Charley. and ~
boy Robert Marshall, who " known favor
ably 10 this public through hhs four plays,
HIS Excellency, the Governor, A ROYAL
Family The Shades Of Night and The
second in Command Mr. and Mrs. Ken
dl own the English rights Of Prince Char
ley which win have besides Mr.. fsver-
sham. julie opp. Edwin Stevens. Prince
Lloyd James Kearney. Mrs Fischer, Joseph
Weber. Frederick Raymond and Charles
n Harris In is american cast
Virginia Harmed and Charles frohman
viii give 70 80 fund for tho proposed
Mckinley monument ~ Canton the first
nights receipts 81 Miss Harned'S starring
tour. This viii occur al Cleveland on
Monday evening In Alice 81 Old Vincen-
n~. and the seats will he sod tomorrow
at an auction sale.
Sir Henry Irving. having been In this
country less than twenty-four hour. So
lected Weber A Fields az the first theatre
=, sn1 A%sTSs to e. TO- . rei,I and H. %1Tes s4ST.ri
hIIihAhlIk f1hlAN llNN Nv
late and no seat could lie procured by the
Management anywhere, so a chair was
placed In ar aisle for him Sir Henry fol-
lows the president set Ivy distinguished
foreign actors In selecting Weber A Fi"lds's
a. the first American entertainment TO So
Charles Hawtrev, In his two weeks here.
has teen 20 the music hall thrCe tiTncs,
ard Leslie stuart gave only his own opera
Il 'FlorodOra' fret place before -Hoity
Toity When Coquelin came here last
wear he did not wait for twenty-four hours
20 see the Wicker Fieids show but went
on The evening ~ his arrival ana mad" a