The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-29
CLYDE FITCH'S NEW PLAY.
WANINE ELLIOTT SUTCESSFEL
IN 1T As A STAR
Her own way" Charming Comedy
Perhaps the P,aywr'~ht's Hest Prod
net 80 Far ANA It suits stage Ia.
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Her Own WAY a new four-act comedy
by Clyde Fitch was produced last night
at The (iarriok Theatre and was cordially
welcomed bv Large audience The play
VIVA designed IA a vehicle for the pubic
disclosure Of Maxine rIlhotts attractions
AZ a "star," and let it be recorded az once
that az such it proved to be genuine snc-
cess
Something more than this, however NAV
be said Mr., Fitch has written very
charming comedy, iiiled with bright and
agreeable conceptions, presenting IN
natural and ufeliks manner recognizable
types OF humanity and treading with
unusual certainty the narrow and treacher-
ous path of stage intrigue and misunder-
standing.
Those who have watched with interest
the development of Mr.. Fitch's skill az
PLAYWRIGHT will probably agree that this
ia. on thewhole, the best product Of his craft.
II shows all of the authors ceverness in
device, as in The charming picture Of the
opening scene; his easy mastery OF the
technics OF construction his ability in the
penning Of natural dialogue his delicate
and tasteful treatment OF sentiment and
his neat handling Of situation.
1t has some Of the familiar Fitch mat
teYition TO details, as In the case Of the Young
ofy1cer ordered to the Philippines. lie
distinctly states that his regiment ia ordered
thera and vet IL ia the Seventy-ffrst OF
New York Mr.. Fitch does not state that
the regiment has been enlisted m the
Volunteer army or that the Constitution
OF the United States has been amended so
that the President NAV order militia
NAtn
or the other must have happened.
There isgsomething too much also Of
talkative hsirdresser whose long speeches
In the third act DELAY the final situation
without any apparent reason But the
comedy will survive these deTects- IL
will even survive one more radical; namely,
that it is founded largely on one ~ those
easv misunderstanding which are COM
mon on the stage, but are quickly cleared
up In real lie.
10 will survive these defects because of
ita decided Enerits seldom has the ooal
stspe presented n more charming scene
than the children birthday party with
which the comedy begins and still more
seldom have four such clever children
been found TO enact it. The acting ~
children Ia usually a bore, but Mr. t1tch
has the happy faculty Of putting real chill
iren on the stage, and the juvenile motors
understand their parts and play hem IN
telligenty and with JUNCTION on The lour
children on exhibition asst night Donald
GaIlaher deserves especial mention Tor ina
truthfulness of his iInpersonation.
The portrait Of the wealthy Young cad,
uped,icstad and unrefined, who Thought
by trickerv 10 Compe! lovely woman 20
become his wife is u character study r.
fine fidelity and it lost nothing In IN" hands
Of Arthur Byron, whose sam Coast VIII
be added 10 the list Of this admirable actor j
tr- ffr,pa
Miss Elliott herself - called upon %
enact the part Of u generous, warm-hearfed
girl. who has loved youthful friend from
mere childhood and who sees him go away
to war in a distant land silent under mis-
apprehension as TO her relations TO tho cad
The part ia exoellently suited 10 her
htstrionio powers and her temperament,
and she PLAYS it with insight sympathy
and sincerity. She uses with excellent
effect thar technical skill which she frat
acquired under the tuition OF Angustin
DAILY, and which she has since wisely
cultivated,
AZ Mrs.. Ca,,ey, the stenrnother Of Georci-
ana Miss Elliott), Eva Vincent WIS equipped
with a role conceived in Mr.. Iitchs han
piest vein. another half vulgar, ambitious
climber up the society ladder, with dyed
hair, Jewels and many discomforts. she
playe the part excellently
Nellie Thorne acted lfrs Steren CdrfeV
wife Of Georpinnn's brother, with skill,
with force and picturesque demonstra-
tiveness In scenee calling for It, She de-
served all the hearty applause which she
received Charles Cherry was manly,
honest and tender al the Young officer,
Lieut. Coiennn and r. G, Hery made n good
study Of 5tsren Cdyisp, the weak husband,
whose mania for speculation lost every
ones money Georgia Lawrence WIS com
petart "a the hairdreeaer.
The ,olav VIVA aYrAllentIv mounted and