The evening times., 1901-11-27
THE PLAYER FOLK.

Win single voice. almost IQS metro
politan reviewers praised Mrs. Fiske's
latest Offering as the best thing she has
done for a number Of years.
The production OF the play was preeed-
ed by an endeavoT to secure an injunc-
tlon restraining Mrs. Fiske from present
ing The Unwelcome Mrs Hatch" The
Fiske management secured the piece from
Mrs. Burton Harrison AS soon as it was
announced that it was to be performed,
David Belasco applied to the courts for
an injunction, claiming that the idea Of
the play was his: that he had coIIabo-
rated with Mrs. Harrison, and that she
even had to ask his consent to put the
drama in magazine form The court re
fused MIR. Belasco's application, and the
Manhattan Theatre programme named
Mrs Harrison as the author of the play
The principal character Of the drama,
Mrs, Hatch impersonated by Mrs.
Fiske, is a woman whom misfortune can
not darnt From first to last she shows
an indomitabIe courage and an uncon-
qUerable spirit, and all her traits are ad-
mirable. IN early married life she was
driven by an unworthy and selfish hus-
send TO an imprudenee, tie punishment
o. which was the forfeIting~ of her home
and infant daughter Her husband di-
an, who was involved in the domestic
breach Mrs. Hatch takes up life alone
and without means in San Francisco,
where, after many hardships. she makes
mar way independently. Here begins
the play.
Mrs Hatch learns that her daughter.
whom she has not in the interval seen,
is to marry. The maternal spirit OF the
mother, always strong. is uncontrollabIe,
and she determines to see the girl. Dis
posing Of her business, she crosses the
continent. She has tacitIy agreed 10
isolate herself, and when at a hotel in
NV YORK she demands an interview with
her former husband ne consents, for fear
that her presence, if known. VIII spoil
financial plans in which the father Of
the young man who IS TO marry .he girl
is involved with him. An angry inter-
view occurs at the hotel the husbands
lawyer being present. but Mrs. Hatch is
SO insistent that consent IS given that she
shall see the daughter II she will keep
her identity secret and thereafter again
isolate herself.
It is arranged that from distance she
shall look on the daughter the next day
IN Central Park where the young woman,
among others OF her class. superintend a
May party Of poor children The sight
of the daughter however so excites the
mother that at any risk she determines
to see her again in more favorable cir
cuInstances, and she prevails upon an old
servant OF the family to assist her to en-
ter the home of the father the next day.
on the eve OF the daughters marriage.
disguised as a dTessmakeF- with the we'd
ding gown.
Here moving scene occurs. the mother
still hiding her identity She is. how
ever. discovered and recognized By the
father and the woman who was the cause
Of her Unhappiness, and a dramatic clash
with them ensues- The last act brings
.de play TO pathetic end
Augustus Thomas has no reason to be
proud Of his latest State play, "Colora-
do produced for the first time on any
stage at WaIlaeEs last Monday night It
is slow, involved. strained There are
two stirring eIimaxes and pistols galore.
but they are in evidence only because
the author appears 10 feel the need Of
them: not because they grow logically out
of the story
In brief. the drama bears On its face the
evidences of having been written to order
because Of the success OF arizona Vii
ton Lsckaye seems to be trying TO talk
with bTOgUe as the foreman OF the Hap
p I T.
tirely out OF il as his wife. who halts at
the halfway station on the road 70 ruin.
Most Of the New York critics give the
place. the faint praise which is damning.
ana Il looks as II one OF the tOur new pro-
auctions which recently c,-sed till thev
could get New York herring might
spend Christmas On BTeadWsIy after all
Meantime any enlargement Of the era
mum Mr. Thomas might have been in
a =
Arizona and On the Quiet" will be
properly looked after by the collapse OF
Champagne Charley and the chill with
which Colorado" has been received.
Manager Herman has arranged to make
the performance Of The Bowery Bur
iesquers" tomorrow afternoon more than
ordinarily attractive by receiving tele-
graphic reports of the Young Corbett-
MeGovern fight at Hartford The news
viii be announced 10 the patrons Of the
Lyeeum as rapidly as received
Local theatregeers viii next week
have an opportunity to patronize TWO at
fractions that have met with the hearty
approval Of New York's theatresoing
population.
Louis Mann and his talented wife. Clara
Lipu1an. are two OF the most popular
players that epI cal fer metropolitan "a
troHcse, and during their recent enga ge-
ment in Paul PuJter's story OF the Boer
war. The Red KloOf" they enioved the
sensation Of playing TO the best business
they have ever had il Gotham since they
became stars
In the case of E H Sothern- after the
failure of Richard L0veIace.- Laurance
ITying's play, Mr. SOtheTn quickly DfIt OF
Justin HuntIy McCarthy-s IF Were
King" and the success Of the piece was
immediate and pronounced Sotherr
/ might easily remain for months to come
| at the Garden Theatre were it not FoT
/ existing contracts to present his pIay
| throughout the country. Sothern vii
| come to this city directly the curtain is
1 dropped for the final time Saturday night
| in New York
| The management OF the Lafayette Stocl
| Company has come to the conclusion thai
| the performances given by Mr. Bellows
| company are too good for the prices ask
! ed and commencing next Monday night {
| new scale of prices win be inaugurated
| The new tariff for seats will range from
/ 10 cents in the second balcony to ~ cents
/ for the first ten rows OF tho orchestra
! Heretofore the second balcony OF the La
/ fayette has been opened only on occasions
| when the rest of the theatres seating ca
/ pacIry has been found 20 be tee small e
| accommodate the crowds The produe-
/ tions of the stock organizat ton are. as q
/ rule, on such an elaborate scale that per
! sons Versed in the cost of such things
| have often wondered how the LAFAYETTE
| management could afford it
! Mr.. Bellows announces that the frs