The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-30
TOPICS FROM THE THEATRES,
TIE GOING UP or "FLOR0D0RA"
TO A ROOF GARDEN.
Dixon Imports q Drama in Rivalry with
Frohman, n klaw q Erianger -Man-
ager Conried Declares the superiority
Of Ills stage. hut Doesn't Prove II.

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The .pretty maidens" may retire TO the
domesticity and ~cmbonpoint OF Wall Street
fortunes and wealthy marriages. h gentle
s,rangers- may 20 into other companies
and show that they are real actors. but
.Florodora" continues, though not all the
same. Its run In Broadway has been taken
I'm bv the third and best relay of racers.
Several parts In the Winter Garden pro-
duction are acted better than before. sgd
,Iey Barraclough, the Lord Abercoed OF
,he original London cast, and who was
agreably introduced TO US in the Little
Duchess" has a good voice. ease. grace
and fine looks-an exceptional outfit for
musical farce. His singing OF the ballad
about the shade Of the palms and in the
finale Of the first act is really worth hearing.
Toby Claude as Angela has only two songs
and those the poorest In the piece, but by
yiyacity and refinement she develops
possibilities In the part that non OF her
slx predecessors sugges ted. Thomas Z.
Seabrooke is as funny as any Of the Treedle-
punches. Albert Hart 10 not as vulgar
as the actor who formerly played Giidin,
Donald Brine's performance Is a mar
v~ellously close imitation OF Cyril Scott's,
even 10 bits Of mannerisms and tones Of
VOICE, ne Oulu ldIh ~ q ptNttli hVttls
Virginia Earle is a disappointment as Lady
Hohvrood. When -Florodora' was pro:
duced and Mrs. Hopper's singing and
dancing were condemned, Miss Earle was
named as the ideal for the job. She really
sings well, dances gracefully and doesn't
cent that would debar her from any Lon
don drawing room. but her performance Is
not equal TO her artistic achievements In
the past. OF course, she Ia better than
any one who has played Lady Hoiyrood
ia this country.
Though -F1orodora- is impr owed in
principals, IL has suffered in other ways.
The production u a Sire brothers achieve
ment. Carmen was twenty Years old
before Calve arose TO enact its heroine,
and Camille had been known TO France
longer than that before Sarah Bernhardt
realized all that the title role contained.
-Florodora" has long been familiar tothis
public before the impresarios Of the Win
Ter Garden lavished upon IL that wealth
Of royal purple and FURNISHED gold that
who made the first really beautiful pro-
duction OF the piece, and kept the pretty
maidens" the fashion plates for smart
women, is out OF town, and IL II only fair
o believe that he is not responsible for these
awful gowns and the scenery The double
sextet, In costumes and most of It's members,
looks like the imitation by ffty-cent
satin burlesque organizations. The men
look like thirty cents" To people who
hold fond memories Of that first double
sextet this lot suggests a visit to a Sep
TENDER rose garden remembered In the
glory Of June. Agnes Nayburn, who
was OF the original twelve, Is the last
rose Of summer.
Charles Frohman is not the only New
York manager who imports plays from
London. No more are Klaw n Erlanger.
Martin j. Dixon is introducing at his own
Third Avenue Theatre a rouser Of an Eng
fish melodrama. The Red Barn, which con-
aim a hero who goes %innocently to prison
for Ave years, a criminal brother who sends
him there and some startling supernatural
ism that rights the wrong.
The production Of that very. very wicked
farce, 1The Girl from Maxim's,' in German
at the Irving Place. seems TO conflict with
Manager Conried's assertion that dramatic
art Is on a more Intellectual level in
his language than the average In Eng
lish. He expects this piece to last on
his stage two or three times as long as
the cleanliest and most dignifed ones do,
because II has been tremendously success
full In Berlin and Vienna,
j. Lester Wallack, a grandson Of the
dead, actor-manager, has Joined the Proctor
Stock Company May Edouin, daughter
IL Willie Edouin. will make a tour with him
in a comedy by him.