New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES,
WEEK FULL OF NOVELTTES, INCLUDING MISS
SpOONER AND Il NEH WALL STREET COMEDY

..-tre .he enumeration OF the dramatic
r,o,,s that are due to open tomorrow, let
17'e +,,rn to the consideration OF letter "hleh
Us - -, received from troubled correspondent
-5rre is the letter:
s.s,ng the reviews of Running ;, Tor Qee sstr Inc
ne ihsjsed by the notice prlnteo IN o+ ne ,,,pIi
Evening - describing Running for Office as
two acts o. uS5e7 iS writer in The Post goes on
ross,e me action Of the play In these WORDS:
Tive ps me stage TO the horror and Indignation
ce.sese who DO not know tiler reiailonsnlLs- a.,
Now r-as7iv Tvo--hrds musical comedy and one
psys FeTre or is il intended 10 be cut Of single
tasIee t1aanse And,-second, why of course: A l. r
III, 7,rss1ie with these questions one by one
= she Younger MI. Cohan wrote (also COM
", ..Ruuning for Office. in three acts. he
- the way in the first act for the triumph
P.5- ,n-ricate whrlwind OF cross purposes that
- she second act so conical. So far as he did
- he was not writing a musical comedy. but B
- of MAY: one can hardly call it 4 farce though
;. ee-eical in the eNtremel, because of the inter
- songs and the musical ciimaxes. II is
- what the French call comedy-vaudeville
70 70 .rs-e Is no denying that when Mr.. COhan's
ct & over one IS not sufficiently interested in
- <+orv: his work in that act Is badly done 1t
+,,se careless: u is. in shorS, infected with the
r,,s1 comedy germ. 1t looks and sounds
-. -,,,sical comedy. But why not give MI. Cohan
:, -sss- Of his second act. Of good intentions. 1T
-, ate and call the first act poor comedy-vau1e-
n. not harshly and utterly damn it as musical
comedy
= -ovcerlent second act has worked up fine in
-. r,- the unravelling Of the story is slipshod,
less again sick with the musical comedy germ
80 second act however, with its delightfully."- IT.
-.ssfhle song about Mr.. Morgan in the middle
- i-s sudden musical finale that snaps the ten
= va,h the Joyous sound OF beaten brass and
ekeDed string. proves the genuine lfebiOOd OF the
hole play 10 be the blood OF comedy-vaudevtlle.
o< musical comedy, whether Mr.. Cohan acted
-, deliberate intention not He may well
I've acted unconsciously. for his dramatic In
-. ss TOO keen TO be confined within the bonds
a -. musical comedy" Cfor subscribe TO the
9gota1ion marks. Of this day and generation
The second question, why 'Of Course! is more
81, answered Some years ago five. II we are
=. -,,s+eker1 the -Four Cohans established in their
,,,7s the strange custom OF kissing two by two
s,+ss5 Of one By one. The writer Of The Posts
.risW knew this well that il old not occur 10
t3- thai others were not equally enlightened
1z.,ca his .Of course" Such assumption OF a
General from an individual knowledge Is not an
rncouanon fact in psychology
a, r,a1v-s Theatre tomorrow an opening that
rr doubtless attract certain amount OF curious
nte-sst is scheduled. Miss Cecil SpooneT. she o.
=. 4s,oot1zn theatrical family VIII make her bow
=. Broadway in a play by Frances Aymar Nlst-
,bsvs called My Lady Peggy Goes 10 Town. Al
-bouen Miss Matthews Is the authoT oA Ve
.psgry~ plav already. which Miss George Is no"
-sssr+'r- It the Herald Square Theatre. she mas
+ written Two plays on the same subject MISS
e,ooners Peggy Is not Peg Wellington but an
.-,srina-v maid. who makes her way TO LohoolI
n fnd her lover. there dons male attire hshts
5gs and is unable 10 resume pettlcoats III lIs IE
= Miss Spoouer IS said TO handle the folls Win
a, .-s ehs is also said 10 do credit TO masculine
--frs she viii be supported by Walter f1ale'
l+ie,ne C5i-adot. Lyon Pratt. Miss Mildred Law
-enre and others. Her production IS naue "'
liberal scale
--o-r.orrou night ct the Savoy Theatre. Lieoler
: Co viii present Ezra Kendall SO ioNe
esvo-s1e in vaudeville, as star ID P@S
,1les ..-be Vinegar Buyer written Dy n. n
7rg-,,- from = suggestion contained in RleE
- ian Miller The Vinegar Buyer Is
apas~ornt-s Corners play, Bascomp ooiIG1
being 2 small town in Indiana henoaii piass -.
rs-- Of 2 wandering pedler' seihng IluSio0i
-sc5rnents for sewing machines, TIL ms JOKES
him g favorite at the Corners, and ne i e''
-,svn- - the town with but one oissehtins Fo'e
NAT ~ the villain Of the piece Later ne Oecoii
ne VINEGAR buyer for a large firm out tl@ teii'e
z stories has greater fascination thaI! e., H
I,r - vinegar and he looses his lop- Do1o'Ie9St
m. -.e -icb man who found that he had LOST al
his money in the war. that was one OF lAe NAP
rjsst moments Of his life. The play is descrlOeu
on the -osters as "A License for iaugAOei' "
1+,o,,gl7 The independent theatregoer may resent
,assfrv dealers in the divine right TO laugh me
sctions oS audiences in other cities seem 10 laNe
given them some cause for this hit Of deserlfAFe
titie
The cast
-... Ezra Kendall
-------- hsries Bow Ser
e4-s -1--fi- $1,000 Edward Chapman
Nee St--tJ= Walter Thomas
He1lVf 1st-y1 .--.-.. Frank Lander
imam i3Ti.i- ID f5arTlcz
Bss-1Inh fIs---- E5snIor1
7a-Des fstler At Mrs Arlington Frank A. 4io"S Sft
a- son - 70
Nl-I-- Marion Abbott
NliescF As--0N Rose Norris
-'a-'s
On Monday night still another opening VIII Id nc nc
-lsoe Al the Ciarrick- = Wall Street COMEDY VIII
fs r,rodl1ced bz Frank Mckee, written by II ). "
Dam called skipper & Co, Wall street iiIe
leading part viii be taken by Maclyn ATpuckie-
charles Cherry and Miss Irma La Pierre VII also
se II the cast One Of the characters, it is SAID WIN
ne partial copy. IN makeup. at least. o. MI
Schwab. Of the Steel Trust. and other van street
figures viii be copied the stage. The hrst ana
last acts take place n Shippers residence IN
Madisou-ave.: the second act in his once uo"H-
town. The time Is the present The cast;
George Washington Skipper. Siscya ~ Ige -
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