The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-11
GOSSIP OF THE THEATRE.
couJC OPERA TUNES LIKE PEAS
~ 4 POD.
u,.re were wIiiIam Courtieish's Dress
trousers: 90 Contemporary Melodrama
actors Not the Only Seize onscious
Persons Various Topics OF the stage.

L,,r,or asks us If we are sure about the
man who married his COW" We suppose
10 confounded this bit Of Finnish voiks
hnnor with the old woman who kissed her
"or In Andurssens cole ction lFors-
Gnd of proverbial wisdom Of the North
~ LELAND Perhaps Magnnusson mem
ions il. Freely translated from the Ger
Ian il runs thus: Nor may q warrior
he warned against marrying his grand
mother If he so wills II this sounds like
plsck.tone's Commentaries, with q differ
sncep and il he chose to wed his COW who
shall dare -ay. him nssy' Hath he not
the gaive to WELD. dc?'
But for fear the application Of our quo
ta,ion h. put to disturbing uses we hasten
10 add that there are not 30 many 200
nourd ladies in the chorus OF The Sweet
Elr" why not That Saccharine Mdget"2
and that they are there possibly because
Mis- Ma Wrrber is so small that she needs
shadow Is hardly noticeable, though on
the scales she might surprise some OF the
Cgrrirorr in the audience Monday night
who shifted and said 'Gott i'm Himmell
yot a Lllputlan!
After the first act a much excited man
pushcd his way through the crowd and
We wonder il Manager George Lederer
would have recognized him? He had
black hair worn Ia Beethoven; his spec
tscles were moony, the disks being az
thick a. "A hullseye lantern; he was nervous;
he spoke rapidly; his English was good.
but his German was mkd; and he said
things about Heinrich Reinhardt, the COM
poser OF the operetta
Its my tune. 1t was in Little Corporal
Is my waltz" He referred to the one
musical hit Of the piece, sung. by Miss
Werber 1t is Dds SUISSE Mdedh. It
will make the fortune OF the show. IL
has the same attractive lit as the song in
.Vogelhandler.- Mr.. Ludwig Highlander
-ah, you recognize him at last!-claims the
melody He can prove the resemblance
bar by hS he s % Ty Si dsasS
Hammcrstein, Gus Kerker and-and-how
would Victor Herbert do!
A. matter OF fact theae comic opera
tunes are like peas in a pod. We heard
Northumberland Meyerbeer! We heard Won
Suppa and-Sousa Yes. Sousa So the
drum is ruffled and the brass bellows, the
average listener doesn't care IL Wagner or
pe koven wrote the music Sometimes
they both do.
Composer Highlander poured out his
grievances to sympathetic group. When
he stated that Reinhardt must have heard
his tune, a blond-bea rded music critic calmly
inquired: And where did you hear it, Lieber
Englanderg
Vet Broadway would not have endured
such a production. 1t was without the
spangle and glitter, without the acres Of
startling scenery and miles OF gorgeous
fsbrics-and it sounded grateful TO the
ear. There was excellent singing. We
njoyed comedy, more or lcss low, but
without horse play, and, one is tempted
To add, gun play. The Ferenczy company
the piece will find its way into an English
garb-Alasl what a sad Transformation
there will be.
II ia pleasant 10 note that New York
will again enjoy -Everyman, which
comes TO the Garden Theatre March 30
in time for Holy Week. The success OF
this morality play has been great on tour.
We hope Mr.. Ben Greet will see his way
now to give us some more interesting re-
vlvals.
BY some hocis-pocus William Courtleigh
came out one night last week at the Empire
in evening coat and waistcoat, but with
trousers Of check pattern. His agony
during the third act must have been great.
40 purgatory for this actor after death
H. has had il on this earth. To make
matters pleasant for him the blind saw
and smiled while Charles Ross and Mabel
Fcnton in the first row raised melodious
voics Of laughter To the everlasting
credit Of Mr.. Courtleigh he went through
hi- scene with composure. visible oom-
Iosure What he said to his black trousers
in hl- dressing room afterward is not for
h..xy hoxs shr
Though practically out Of the daily
harness for decade. the name Of .Nym
trnkl.- is still fresh in the memory Of
newspaper men and theatrical folk. His
dramatic criticisms were once the talk OF
o." town because 81 their brilliancy, splen-
dor 81 adjective and biting personalities.
oliver Twist" was a highly polished
-l--rmcn 90 art. 81 characterization and
uuhrrcucy compared to Dangers of Paris.
~hrh 10 at the American Theatre this
week. l. IA by Mthoel.on and Iongdon
hn' ,- staged by Lawrence Msrr'on.
N.auy all situations from French melo-
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