The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
THINGS SEEN IN STRICKLAND.
soyE RECENT EFFORTS OF THOSE
uBO SEEK TO AMUSE US.

s~Antoni0's" Gloves-Good Points In tho
Latest Play From Q Noyei-A Melo-
drama Kissed by Admirinsly People.
would be hard. and IL Is not necessary.
40 annortion the awards Of merit for the
es.;ns version OF 'Eben Holden among
,ss author, the playwright and the principal
.s,or The play 10 quite good enough in
..st 10 thrive without r. NJ. Holland for
~ GOOD old Uncle Eb. Mr.. Rose demon
.,rates. BY his handling Of Mr.. Bachelors
MATTER. and by his additions TO II, that he
aould write a wholly original play Of country
me- exceptionally well. and he ought to use
NJ. pen. with no scissors OF paste. In that
Undertaking. The present point won by
him AGAINST his numerous foes. the piraters
n,arl cut-and-stick plays, Is that the sEben
Holden. now on the stage Is rs compre-
hsnsiye and diverting a play to those who
have read the novel as to those who
have never seen a word Of II In print. Some
of the characters are variants OF the usual
rustic types. Not in a long while have we
had a cheerier girl at the footlights than
Hone Brorer, who doesn't nope when
crossed in love, nor a funnier pumpkin
than Tin Tayi-r, whose hare Lip d~isqualides
him for the church choir.
Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry In
troduced no new dramatic material last
week. nor did they satisfy many Of us with
the novelty OF their appearance In Madame
Sans Gene The actors physical un-
sutability had been expected TO defeat
his genius In the Bonaparte portraiture,
but there was surprise when the actress
failed TO be facile with the seemingly easy
role OF the progressive laundress. There
must be hidden difficulties In a broad m
breezy part when such..comediennes as Ellen
Terry and Ada Rehan fail with 1t. Miss
Terry's humor In The Merchant OF VEN
Ice was contrastingly spontaneous and
enectual. From the instant that she was
done with the oratory in the trial and Mr..
Irving had gone out Of the play with his
w~ondrously impressive Jew. she became
altogether sportive, wen going beyond
usage with a device Of her own. She put
on the man-size gloves that she had taken
from her acquitted client, put them on her
voman-sized hands and fiourished them
like a merry clown during the ensuing
dialogue with her lover. The Merchant
Of Venice was for many years cut Oh short
In stage representation at the exit OF Shy
lock. Edwin Booth used it In that cur
tailed form until Lawrence Barrett joined
him In Sh~akespearian productions, and
then, with Mr.. Barrett for an authoritative
Udssonio and Minnie X. Gale for a charm
ing Porhd, the interest was kept from sag
ging in MIR. Booths absence. MIR. Irving
had already made the same innovation in
England, with Miss Terry to maintain the
entertainment. In Augustin Days re-
vival Ada Rehan was the dominant figure
both before and after the anti-climax OF
the Jews final misfortune. Still, only a
vital actress can make Pontid live Interest,"
ingly after she has killed of ShvLock.
Those who read the playful before the
curt ain rises on Louis XII see the name OF
Mabel Hackney printed opposite 10 that Of
TIE Ddrphin and dread that the character
Of q boy is going to be badly feminized.
But 1t does not turn out so. Mr.. Irving has
In his previous visits brought along a youth
full actor for this role. and hat is the better
thing TO do. but Miss Hackney serves the
purpose astonishingly well. quite equalling
and closely resembling Miss Busley at the
same kind OF q task In "A Royal RIVAL
These two girls are not disqualified by the
usual outlines Of their sex for wearing boy
shaped clothes without an alarming strain
on the fabric. Their slim figures. eager
faces and ~contralto voices help them In the
assumption Of young Insecurity. They
have learned 10 step and stand like spirited
chaps, and next TO the genuine things they
are acceptable counterfeits.
Perhaps most the people who followed
the production OF -Eben Holden with inter
est didn't even know Of the other new play
IN New York last week. yet The fata
Wedding hit It's mark just as surely ano
a. strongly as the rural comedy hit It's
And the Grand Opera House audiences. whc
were struck with the melodrana, made I
great deal more noise about IL than thos'
al the Savoy. The Fatal Wedding is by
Theodore Kremer. who thus proves by 4
second play this season that hs he a tho
stuff" drsmatist.
Taking IAN Actors Romance and thi'
bswer composition a. examples, he shows
himself TO IL a close student Of popular
rough mslodrama and the practitioner Of az
easy system Of making II. He gocs 10 the
Roadway theatres. and. taking a strong
scene. eliminates It's logic and adds sen
sAtioualism An Aaor's Romance had
III Incident from which The Royal Boa
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