The sun., 1901-05-14
THEATRICAL DISCLOSURES.
4 VIEW PLAY OF ROMANTICISM AND
ANQvHER OF MERRIMENT.
Dumas''. Monte Cristo" Extended by Lindon
In The Prisoner of AiEicrs"-Rosenfeld
and SIoane's Extravaganza Of The Kings
Carniynl"-The Week on Our Stage

tarniNni'-tne week on our stage.
The play brought out ut the American
Theatre last night. The Prisoner Of Algiers. :"
was an ingenious and interesting sequel to
the old stage version Of Dumass Monte
Cristo Several characters were newly trans
fcrrcd from book to stage, and portions
pf the story not included in previous dramati-
s.'loAs were utilized, along with some orig
inll matter. The net resllt was a melo-
drama of rather peculiar kind Frank
Tindon the writer Of It. had conceived that
Edmund Dantes came to his death at the hands
of a son Of Nine Dangiors. leaving an heir
alkc TO wealth and vcngcful duty In the
person of Albert DGntes The adventures
~ this young man in Furnishing the destroyer
Of his fathers life and defending his own
were illustrated vividly. sentimental elc-
mrnt was provided by making Eupcuid Dang
,Grs loyal sweetheart TO Albert and SO there
were cross purposes to give compexity to the
action.
The representation Of this play was aston
ishngy good TO have been made al theatre
where the bill is changed every Monday
night Ovce in a while the promptcr had 10
Jog an A. ,Urs memory Of the words and there
was brsi,ancy sometimes in movement but
thoS faults we're not grievous and they were
far more than Offset by merits
Ralph stuart gave dashing distinction
TO the hero without max ing him buncombe
brawler Mr. Stuart Is an artistic actor
with an engaging personality, and his popu-
Larity with the audiences at the American
!, no wonder Lotta Linthicum was mimic
sweetheart with sufficient beauty and charm
20 warrant the hero's fervor The con-
tingent of villa ms was made up OF Mr. Lindon,
MIR Kirkland. Mr. Sheldon and Eva Clayton.
Miss Buckley was vivandie.e and Mr.
keogh was one OF those Irish sergeantS who
are often turned loose in military scenes
10 be funny at sacrifice Of common sens"
GomP9SitoH IN {,nni,r {r ol TSrs.s.' mSrssss
repicte wit asidcs and sniioQui"S and ~triv-
Lnc Tor strongly theatrlc situations rather
than To- tell II coherent story. Mr. Llndons
play was interesting In these partlculars
ltS scenic mounting was cXcelleLt he
exterior OF the wall Of AlglrrS, PHrls'an
gambling house. the Forest OF Fontaine1lran
and the island OF Monte Cri~to were well
Illustrated.
Some things that were new, and more that
were old but nearly all OF them unusually
entertaining, made up an eXtravaGanza
called The Kings Carnival that was shown
for the first time ~ the New York Theatre
last night sydney Ro-cnfeld had written
Il in vein Of comic Journal jokes, whose
only sequence lies in the fact that they follow
one another in n column The comedians
looked as if they had stepped from the car
toons of such a sheet. as they embodied >omc
funny exaggerations Of nature. The music
suggested one-nngcr walt2eS. The whole
piece had the merits and crudities Of one of
these publications. and will make it, success
with the people who can laugh at such rough
ioolery.
II would be as useless 10 count the number
OF scenes as TO enumerate the characters
and what relationship they bore 10 one
another The action started In the Palace
Of the King" where some persons of the
Crawford play became complicated with
visitors from the court Of Henry VIII, from
the criterion Theatre rhereupon the stories
Of When Knighthood Was in Flower" and
In the Palace of the King" were interviewer,
occasionally oleverly but frequently pushed
together, causing a loud report often"-t,
though, Of laughter OF course in piece
OF mi, sort much depended upon the players
employed and the company engaged by the
S0re- was unusually good
frank pOane started the piece with really
fine imitation of Wlham Norris a. the court
ester IN In the Palace OF the King. Later
he played the hero of When hniChthood
Was in Flower" unimatedly and laughably.
Adele ktche enacted he Julla MdrioNe
rh,c IN this ana sang delightfully."-. Nina
harrington was a beautiful sight A. one of
the lldirS-ln- waiting. Mayme, Gehrue as
another. had a chance 70 show that her dane
ing has improved even over her former eN-
ceptlcnal grace ami agility. \ tmrd lady,
in-watng had so little 10 do that it seemed
regretta5le that 50 clever a comedian as
Emma C1ru- was wasted on the part Sul
shc managed to extract some fun from moth
ingness so her "mploymcnt w!s nol IN VAN.
carried oil 10y Marie Dre>-ler, who i prob
ably the funniest rough 1urlesIGer IN
America. She was as laughahlc and good
tlppslTf .