The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
pREPOSTEROUS NEW PLAYS.
TWO or THEN ABSURD on PURPOSE
AND ONE nv MIS- NANCE.
Mistaken Identity the Theme Of a French and
an American Farce Of Wild ImpossibilitIes
"A Com posite Portrayal Of Don Cesar
AZ Barau FROM several Old mas.

an American Farce Of Wild I'm possibilities
A Com posite Portrayal OF Don Cesar
A. Baran FROM several Old Melodram mas.
The three new plays produ ced in New York
i..t week were alike in one particular. All
xsrc preposterous But there was a difference
in that two were absurd on purpose and one
by uisohance A thorou ghly amusing melo-
rama was The Master at Arms" II was a
rlriol- effort In romanticism Myron W
l,NIugwell, whose father used long ago TO
he A burlesque tragedian. made this play on
urc, that ran very close to travesty. though
ir meant t. keep a safe margin between his
hero and ridicule This fellow was in our
devil. cut-and-thrust swashbuck-
ling friend, Don CGsdr dc Brtdn. Who did many
# the things that victor Hugo had made hin
, IN the drama o: "Ruy Bias" AID Wallace
,r the opera OF Mariana" besides putting
linn throu gh stunts from plays by D'Fnnery
,rd Feval There was a superabundance Of
riot IN the conglomernte. aud the particulars
we're beyond easy comprehension, but the
r.ruprt Il II Wa that Kiuo Cherries II Of
>u..u meant TO make MCr,1nd his mistress,
while non CrsGr was equally resolved 10
rahr her hl. S,fe and II took a lot Of tghttng
ny tine yagabond to circu invent tie King
The IcN'nvNell process Of conoentrat ting the
re'Its - four PLAYS In one was not e~f"CtUal
1ir p,ove-~ a,crihcd boy ilugo. DEnnerv or
Iryal separately to Dan ca ear l. e. muCh a.
im4rInar audiences N these unitna ginative
GAYS will regard seriously. and when the
,.pictirrs by all three are combined the con
,aluauoa l. bound to be merrinpeni Whether
tHi, toyial view OF the play takes the form of
r~e-rn'ful rticule or good nHtured laughter
depends on the temper Of tho audience
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q, ,-.u- at the American Their" vcr" two
e,-ors why he vas not mad" frn ~ ON"
o,. that 10 did no' attempt to impart a
tragic spirit 70 h ,oNrloits. but gaveray"ty 20
t.an. aud not lu the old-fa shioued slilted
ua,.utEIiy and Mayo. but with a suggestion
.fh.r RE quo. a. much a. to say. Al this IS "a
r.,fhIe to us ou the stage ~ Il can he To YOU
.,r there in the auditorium. and while YOU
utter openly Va are llug China in orr sleeves "
7 9 ,ccoad thing that saved hi, ~mclodra'ua
rom cri-iou vas the character of the Nmeri-
cir's 1.li, noes Thcv ara compose I mostly
.'uoorle who go 10 that taeat," once a week.
g.. ru whom Tho Nom e's of the Grcrawall
= poMp8n are familiar lavor!'cs w
>'.aI' - a handsome Young mau with an
agreeable rcr,onllitv and good ability He
.n .i ycry muc and especially by the
a.v.ru End girl. Therefore it was NOT the
Y1-.ihle Don Crsnr that vas taken into
,.n-liora'iun. with his oyorvrougEt ssuti-
ror'- and irpo-sirl" dOods Of valor. hut
T,'ua stuart uaking rn While pretending
g. -,her., iIu-i At" th"m Tho performances
- construed like that. especially AZ the
ranrno-. whom tho asscmblages w,re largelv
feminine, and Of u grade ~ observation-disclosures
trJ lrt.lli gnnoe 70 relish the Uit-a-romauti-
Ism a. fr-t rate sorIr-rOuiC snort
The second act Of The Lash ~ the whip"
l. TO acme 4 chcotual rrNpos;erousress
Whoever demands probability oven in a
farce should keep away from tho Iycrur,.
Nor should any ono go there who cannot
b. amused hy u variation Of tho everlasting
trou-r stage home ~ trtI-tful wives de-
co'v"d nv faIthless husbands. But II you
VII 'n' he h niered by those adverse con-
sda-i'urs 'ta new HenncQuin ard Duval
pe,e Of fun, a, acted by T. VI Holland Fritz
william, ard others belonging 70 charles
Frrhmau' Com will Weld you moneys
worth Of laughter. This Is a cleverlv de-
N.0d composition. For one surprising oddly
2 he q Wothcr-in-inv unlike any Of her
hH"lrHls ~ stage predecessors She de-
,a'S aud do pises her son-in-lav hacause
-.r wished her duuchter to marry a rro-
las.tonal man, ard lie i a maker NJ heaters.
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