The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-15
The STAGE HERE AND ABROAD
y. W. BARRTE'S "LITTLE MARY"
A SUCCESS IN LONDON.
II II . Delightful Fantasy In Which a lily.
pochondriac Young NOblew0nlan Is
Healed by the Alb ~ Grandfa ther's
Maxims-New Mansfield MOrxhipDery.

II In Q Delightful Fantasy In Which q lily.
pochondriac Young Noblewonlan Is
Healed b, the Ali ~ Grsndfather's
Maxims-New Mansfield Morshippers.
Composer Julian Edwards was not far
afeld when he declared that London folk
liked American theatrical productions,
even II the critics did not PLAYS and
musical comedies whose titles need not be
named here were critically pounded"
when produced in the British METROPOLIS.
only to draw crowded houses for the rest
OF the season, It's wise critic who knows
his own audience.
Perhaps the epigram attributed to Linn
erick Dan contains a saving element of
truth, Throw him into the parquet and
kill fiddler said a friend of Dan at
an East Side theatre when drunken man
annoyed the gallery.
Don't protested Dan, "a musician is
useful. Save him for one of those dramatic
critics"
Here Is a classic with modern emenda-
lions
Mr. Barrie's Little Mary has caused
no end Of talk in London. Coming after
Admirable Crichton,' it had to stand
comparison with that delightful fantasy.
To say that il has withstood it is to say
... o ,'"iy soc'ehs' Two
wv n "iuE r''oH'u '"s'es as
uaN '''',' ""'. "A, o. "ahe'v nave
Ip,;a,ss &C.. ny ~. o.h ,, oiln-
ingly discursive. 1t Is fancx s,reaked
with sentiment and satire of the most cum
ming sort. Constrllctively, the play seems
o e up ~ ,ne alr several tunes, the
halioon iiahts With snr,e,h;n,, LIZ, pai1H ,
sterna ton
"For me, says Lady MiUy. Little Mary
M religion.
A.. me evansel OF tne ne" dispensation is
n,atic thesis for y"n' r. nn,, NJ Ra u,a,
gliding the pil SO DEITY as TO make il
plea "a mt for his audiences. Little Mary
turns up In grandfather's book, a pamphlet
he calls tit is in three big volumes
era ndfather had a profound conviction
that the dear, darling English people s,lf-
fered from eating too much. Think
OF the fate Of England if all the work.
ing classes became as stupid as the Best
People And here is one of grandfather's
prime maxims: -One day one dinner" (He
might have added, if you can get it, He
calls II Home Rule for the English. You
can see what fun underlies this idea when
subjected to the whimsical treatment of
NJ M ~ w " vi
Tho t,1e oors;sts ~ . ,-,,o,,,. .,a .,,..
A' -. " p'oos"o "i"' WV
acts. Inc prologue Is devoted TO back
shop where Little Mother, grandfather
and the babies are living when Lord Carbon
co,,as in All ,bis ;s MIR. Rarr,asa Nh
ing much happens except that we become
acquainted with his people and we like them.
After six years the curtain rises on Lady
Plumleghs cottage, Lord Carlton is there
for the purpose of persuading his son
Lord Role not to marry lady in musical
comedy. Character drawing of delicate
and ingenious kind is the authors forte
and he does not miss the chance Tine
,,,o o,o ,,I.,.ad -, IoL,, ,,.,
wv p"' ~ ni. h"S',. w oo''.i ii"'e ana
u.ra,o DuMaurtI' Neeultes 10 say, they
J,d,, Nh, pL,,nIa;nb'. d,,,,,ht "o''iani
doctors disagreeinp a ouack il Summoned
1t is Little Mother and she works her cures
with a medium called Little Mary. She
not Only heais lhe phliehl. buh me entire
household: she does II with grandfathers
maxims. Inc son gives up the star
every one, rl7'ss pailS, e'ts l.'@s, "orKs dl'i1
i;ohtsPp TIbe stoma,h a. nrntaoonist,
new Moisre come out of Scotland. What
next? Let us dramatic hay fever. Let
us set TO resounding rhymes the subject OF
freckles.
lbSeh Is 10 Duane ioI all lhese departures