The sun., 1902-01-28
NEW HVROINES ON THE STAGE
DOLLY WARDEN, LADY MARGARET>
AND MAID MARIAN.

an. RostopIans-A Busy Night at the
Thes,res, win Many Changes Of fsilis.
Imelia Bingham and somewhat the same
.on,ranv that shs had introduced at the
o, ion Theatre reappeared there last night
Tssv we're welcomed warmly. Of course,
,aca,se the vogue they had gained In
.rhe Climbers held over; and particular
intsrest in their performance OF Indy
MARGARET was due to the fact that 'rrocks
and Frills,' another English version OF
scribe and Legouve's les Doigts de Fee.
was In use on the next Broadway block.
The old comedy as rewritten by Edward
Rosa WAS a wider variant than Arthur
p,naro had made, yet the very inconse-
o,,sn,isl story ran about the same In
General way, MIR. Roses originality being
oorened 10 locating and characterizing.
A.. made his dress makers relatives Scotch,
,,d had them follow her 70 London, where
,hev found her a rich business woman.
able and willing to help them out OF their
mpecuniosity.
This was suitable play for the Bingham
,omnanv that introduced IL, because IL
r,oyided fine women and clothes for them
10 put on politely. The gowns that illus
,rat.d the theme were worn with easy
grace. They were quite beyond the pen
that writes this article to describe With
PARTICULARS. That is q pity, too. as all the
feminine eyes In the house opened wide and
n,anifestly regarded them as highly i'm
portant part In the representation. The
reviewer must keep within his limit Of safe
Judgment but even under that restriction
he may assert that the costumes were In the
sL.s L.. At,H Il
ingly and that In dramatic art they ranged
from light comedy almost TO tragedy.
for in the rending OF one OF them. But
even that stirring incident was only
preparation for the climax OF tho third act
That rise 10 the utmost height OF emo
tional gowning was reached when lady
Of fashion was fitted with frock that
realized her fondest hopes and loftiest
ambition. The curtain had TO be lifted
sir times on the oslcium-lit spectacle.
This play, like the other, was treated
much better than it's subject matter de-
served. The mounting was lavishly fine
The morning room Of castle In Scotland
was as real a room and,as beautiful as any
that has been built on stage In long
while. A reading room In q London hotel
was hardly less slightly. The gown shop.
TOO, was an apartment that held the affiu-
ent boss, her workgirls, models and GUS
toners admirably. Miss Bingham had in
vested q lot OF money IN the production.
and not q dollar had been wasted by bad
taste. As q bright and rtoh exhibition Of
women In modish enclosures Lady Mar
gsret was a wonder.
stsnislaus STANCE IL tbs man who wrote
The play thus leading us 'out Of the wilder
ness into the light" Julian Edwards In
composing the music, oonsenially aided
him In making a consistent. artistic comic
opera The Lulu Chaser Opera Company
made the production. Dolly Warden" Is
really a musical version Of The Country
Wife" a comedy by William wycherley.
produced In London In 1875. David Garrick
cleaned II up enough for Mrs. Jordan to
act in Il under the name OF The Country
Girl" a title that was used by Augustin
DAILY when he adapted both versions for
Ada Rehan In writing the comic opera
Mr.. STANCE has deftly retained the atmos-
phere Of old comedy, making q pieoe that
is considerable and commendable from q
standpoint Of dramatic art. OF Watteau
set 10 music
Three OF tho women who may be without
disrespect described as visual knockou,s
we're Mis- Bingham Al Lady Mdrodrst and
Annie Irish and Cora Tanner a. the an
4 xonistio customers. And their acting
gas not outclassed by their rsiment Minnie
Dupree was the Ingenious sweetheart Of
tho sufferer, who was played by Ferdinand
q, q chalk, while Frank worthing was the
principal wooer. Charles walcot was the
impoverished nobleman, and hrs. Walcot
va hir mother hhold DsIy was me
n,n,,a.. ',,s ,nss,,ss Tha - IN i.S ~ io y
hotel nanas.r from Berlin and a lAdy's
maid from Chicago, intsrpolated parts
vel taken by Edward > Abeles and biJ0u
hInnst ihs 1pIss,tuiiiiy A'oiusl .,le w.
.nd D",a,'.sins LaSs uagoayf enatlsd
- a. d1,nInsis ,h. sd.os ~ ,n.,,s ~ a
very sracious and capable Performance
ASTlsl 10 ROBIN Hood has heen written
~ Harry D smith and Reginald Dekoycn
They call " 'AAid Marian and Il oomss
very closs 10 being a duplloats of their
t~el,e- -yssT-old success Tho Basionlahs
reformed II ~ the OaTden Thsatfe last
night. and h mAds . hfsi rats entertain