The sun., 1901-10-08
DRAMATIC INTRODUCTIONS.
CHARLES HAWTREY Rows TO
An AMERICAN AUDIENCE.
a t.eoden or.MsnaGer and HIS Com
pan, In - Message Prem Mars" Dan
uaiy ~ . stsr in The New Norsers''

Charles Hawtrey, a fashionable fayorit.
among London actors who are aIso man
ager- made his first appearance before an
American audienc. last night at the Gar
rick Theatre. The encounter was intares,-
ing aud pieasurable To most of the peopL.
present Mr. Hawtrey was a disclosure
They saw All Englishtnan still ia his prime,
handsome in manly way with an intelI-
gent face. u tall form and q w.ll-bred man
ner There is no temptation to write his
name HaN-haw-tr-y His grntIemanliness
was Of the London club tvpn. but II had no
mir of conscious assumption. aud Il made
much the same impression that W. used
To get from Lester Nallack and get now
from John Drew There Was a striking
phVsiCal resemblance To Charles Hickman
including IN. engaging RchInan smile
The as-@mblage that crowded the Gar
rick Was owing To the debut Of an actor
petted by swift portions Of London's soci-
ety and TO the fact that many of our
own residents Of corresponding kinds
have returned TO town. more fully repre-
sentative first night collection than any
We had had this season Prom tho s,olid
old male FOUNDERS To the volatile Young
female twitt-rers. through III. entire range
of theatrical frcquenters. eIsmpls~ of all
the familiar exhibits we're visible They
gave a kindly greeting 20 MIR Hawtrey.
but Applauded him much more heartily
later. and we're really enthusiastic at tho
end Of the performance. when he made a
sensible specrh Of thanks By that tims
his success was assured He seems bound
To become az much = fayorite here ss he IL at
home
The play usesh Tor the introduction OF Mr.
Hawtrey was a Message from Mar, nv
Robert Ganthony, and u is not ~ much of
a fantastic fahl. a. might he presumed.
hut n comedy OF modern london HE, -ug-
gested. ~ the author SAYS. bv Ihch enS's
christmas Carol The sam" kind OF
Lesson In good will is taught. hut instead
Of an old Serooor To br bettered by
dream We get Young hofdoe Parker
This embodiment OF SeIi-hne-s i nch
and lnzy lover OF himself r"sardIe-. ot
other. He " 70 marry fond ard true
girl. and hts h"~il''s'ne-- is extended to
even her Tie VIII make no -arrhce on
hl- own CONVENIENCE :" gratfN her nn'
readily lets hsr defer 70 him Hei, lnde'u ah
unsr"'ou- t"i''" ~" enE'h ne 90"
hS 'uhr~"pp'''e' I""N -"' "'""
Long Island N"v. h's nance" ASKS hi'h
s"'~ WIN an N'h"''ah h''''''""u'' "''
'eiole she comes 'a'F u" u s.ar'N' Wv ,'e
t"h"' WI" hr h"- "'' h", '"''' ~
coi'|- N"''n' ,he'n'@' "' s"'''N anu wv
To marry s'"n -Ne'h''Hr'.
ms" ''''h M"s u'"'
PdrNe' OF ms es"''S'h. "" s'" uN MS
hf" ana r"Hu- nAe"hn" A',"'" ""'"
astronomy uh,n %" ian' asleep. MS
IN the acton o' VA" pay. IhlS stranger
has '-'"h '"hh"hihed ior . h'1rn'h""""'
70 como 'o ear'h ana reform w" most
"c'''n' '"'' n'''c" "S '''osp' va ''"""
'o se" pisliiH hns own Gao "rns'lot' 80
are FdrhrS eyes opened Io "e "u'h'
h"er 'ne su"a"'~ VI WV 's'' ','''
lie soes INTO the s're"'s' 'ooks ufoush
IN" walls "' houses upon i-fsohs VII"
disCtl-S his faults, tss'oin~s bankrupt
and s...s hi- atfianc~d bride turn !
g., h,,, i, d..gn., A, leny,b ,.syad |
-, -. ',,t .. -. -
""' "''s y ~ '"i''''' ~
moves him ana when he awases lie II THOR
vughlv reformed All this IL the esc~l- |
l.n, writing Of an American for Nj Gam
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duc'lon oi his curious p'aN h"i" "hu no
Ia arhi.v. s,lcco.s
good gives opportunities Tor d'n'r"i'la'I"h
Mr hawtr"y turns in"S' oi 'h"in 70 "'r"nh' |
He has PLAYED the par w" wears aih so
l. fixed 'o nicr'N IA "Nerv dr'S' MS I
personality IL captivating II" - n""h"r" /
nigh being gr"a' actor, hut w" ran-r oI I.
Pdrker from had nature '" good nalnr" /
IL well within his capacity ana from "her" I
his skill falls short ms di~ingrnuou~ natural /
ism resCh'~ ~" u-t oi ~" NaN io 'he hlsh /
favor Of an audience. III" hardly seems
like an actor. 80 unstudied IL b" and 80
seemingly -incer"
The company that has com" WIN Mr
Hawtr"v from London. and l. a. likely a.
not To remain m New YORK ali winter, ""n- /
'ains Rolert and Belle Psi"man, who Wer"
with Edwin h'oth thirty wears ago, when
y" hsd u.a'Ir ol nv own Ih "s
,,o,,,, ai,I, ba',,,ly r. and /. rath.,
sharp old mad faithfully The only two
other characters - sny account were the
Marian p"sad and d"clai'ned lnpre-siNrly |
0 ', ~ 81, 80 W. c,..,,,r..
p. .mh,died NV Jn..i. Ra,eman Two ,
dozen subsidiary parts were satisfactorily .
treated A. 70 the entertainment, was /