The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25
THE STAGE IN OTHER LANDS.
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York drlmatr sprtetie- oTervd pfty~- and
q prumt~s cf pruiurtion for tho bee, un-
acted native play ~ esrh land Daniel
Frohmsn'- sto"k company would - -
chosen play one afternoon az Dalv's and
George Alexander at the ~ james wnuId
have Berhohm Tree a. nm addition The
American committee - the pramat.-ts
club could md NO play among the many
submitted worthy - even a trial Perform
anc- The Londoners chose -Th. Find.
ing ~ Nancy. : bv Meta Syr-t,. and Il hA.
b.-'u acted a. PROMISED II /, unusual
that dramatic critics disagre-, a. widely
over a play ~ they did over this oue. The
extraordinary story explains thi- variety
81 opinion to -orne extent. The first ac,
which even the s-verest writer's rrai-si
shows a Young and attractive tvtsw ritter
utterly MISERABLE. from her lnne>nm. ami
poor lpdsing-housc life 4 dramatic critic
loves her. hut cannot ask her tn marry him
He l. bound to "a hopele>sly Incorporate
wife, with whom he doesn't live. lie asks
Nancy to take HIM without marriage She
refuses. But when che ls again alone and
miserable she follows him and consents
The SECOND ACT II four years later. and
many things have happ-ned in the mean.
time. Nancy has inherited a legacy and
left The writer She u enjoying herself
luNurlnusly on the Riviera and has fallen
III loN" with al English Captain. lie follows
her there. Hn wife has drunk herself 20
death and now he wants Nancy 10 marry
hun. She has CEASED to low. hum, and
learned 10 passionately adore the hand
-oiue military man The curtain falls
on the meeting OF The two men who ara old
friends.
In the third act Nancy announces her
coming marriage q the Captain, having
kept her past from him.. being aided IN IN"
act by the man of that past. who still loves
her He goes 80 far Ia his unseliish love
a. 20 engage himself to n society girl who
l. also on the Riviera. But "A ms leading
telegram suddenly changes over ything
u unintentionAlly makc- Nancy think
that the critic has committed suicide and
her feeling for him comes back to her.
81" reveals her past to the Captain and all
Of the fashionable people with whom abe
now minglcs The last act finds her again
IN London. The Captain follows her there.
but she repulse~ hun very much a. abe did
III" other maj In the second act. She
again loves the writer and the play ends
Win th"ir reunion over a tea table
Ihi- play had every advantage II a
fashionable theatre and an excellent com
IsHy. ~ brilliant n woman IA Lillian
Braithwaite played Many. and the two
mon were { Aubrey smith and N X Hig-
nett. Nladgc Mcintosh. Ada Ferrar and
women of such ability played small parts.
W Al'Aauu"r hau -'lrc'ed a very siort
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single In" To peak the smalles, part he
has ever PLAYED IN London. That seems
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