The sun., 1903-11-19
GOSSIP OF THE THEATRES.
THE ADMIRABLE GILLETTE AS A
SUCCESSFUL CREIGHTON.
Gowns and Accent OF Conried's Leading
Lady-"Twelfth Night" without Seen.
cry-Fallure OF Lady Roses Daughter"
A Condemned Play in London.

A Condemned Play in London.
Daniel Frohman must have acknowledged
himself beaten man yesterday morning
as he read the critical notices about his
PRODUCTION OF @The Admirable Crichton."
when he saw the play in London last sum
mer it did not take this astute manager long
to realize the gold mine which was in Barries
charming piece but the quest ton naturally
arose in Mr.. Frohman's mind as to the at
ttude which might be taken by the New
Of the fantasy. This same attitude night
before last at the New Lyceum Theatre
was SO thoroughly sympathetic that man
agerial misgivings must have retreated
during the din Of applause. Emphatically
the Admirable Gillette Is successful
Crichfon.
Camilla Dalberg is the good looking
leading lady Of Mr. Conried's Irving Place
Theatre. She is also very talented actress
TO add to these qualities another one, that
Of taste in dress, will be to dover Miss
Dalbcrg with trio Of gifts absolutely novel.
Now, German women seldom gown them
selves gracefully; all Europe knows them
for this capital distinction. Miss Dalberg,
who NAV have Austrian blood in her veins,
wears clothes that make her more Ameri-
can than New York woman. Among
other things that she has achieved is the
straight front, effect and that alone
should endear her to her audiences. In
the new and successful comedy "Im bunten
Rock being given at this pretty little thea
ire, Miss Dalberg impersonates the char
acer Of German-American widow, Mrs.
ANN ClQrkson Iquery. why Anny!l. She
Miss Dalberg she is irresistibly amusing.
For one reason she speaks broken German,
n5cs nfrnctured ed0lnne English. l 4 sun man who saw
Miss Dalberg the other night in her dressing
room asked her if she found the linguistic
scheme trying.
No" she replied, mot very, after you
become used to it," The popularity Of
American German seems to lie in the under
lining of the letter ar; and also general
spreading OF pronunciation in words such
as or, mir, dir, uer How true TO nature
this Is we cannot say but whenever Miss
Dalberg speaks she throws her audiences
into convulsions OF laughter
We wish again to make mention Of the
fact that Miss Patie Browne has created
a genuine sensation by her performance
of Tueeny in The Admirable Crich chton. :"
Henry Kemble. who seems to have been
built by nature for the character OF the
Earl Of Loan, was in the original production
at the Duke of York's Theatre in London
SO was Miss Sybil Carlisle. who took the
part of Lady Catherine Ldsenby, though In
the American production she plays the
part of Lady Mdrv, a role made famous by
Miss Irene Vanbrllgh.
The song called Egypt sung by the
Herrcts in The Girl from Kays" was COM
posea by Clare Hummer and not by Mr..
Caryll (This is communicated)
1t is said that Ben Greet ia determined to
do Twelfth Night" without scenery. Oh.
dearl What a time that gentleman will
have when he comes to New York with
Mr., Corbini The very wrong headed notion
that there was ever such thing as a scene-
less Shakespeare has been thoroughly
exposed; you can't frame beautiful picture
too beautifully.
1t was very well bred audience at tho
Garrick last Monday night. but a rope is
only as strong as it's weakest strand. We
followed with amazernent bordering on
stupefaction the aimless dialogue in the
first act Of Lady Roses Daughter" 1t
was in the second, however, that staggering
began. If you have suffered from a pro-
longed nightmare. the events Of which
transpire with the hideous relevancy of a
disordered dream, you may. picture. the
dramatization Of Mrs. Humphry Wards
most brilliant annexation. The whole
subject of transposing a play from book
TO footlights has become nauseating tC
New York theatregoers. 1t does not re-
quire remarkably prophetic vision tc
novel. The game has been sadly over.
worked.
"Winsome Winnie" at the Columbia
Theatre, Boston. seems to have won much
critical praise. The heroine Is that peren-
The silly season is not always question
cf dog days. London is still discussing
whether it lie wise to eat early or late. vhie
the sensible Englishman who knows his
closing hours. eats before he goes to the
theatre. for no knoweth not II there shall
be prog and grog for him after the show.
London prices herself on being the most
liberal city on the hanks Of good old mothe +
earth. Yet you are not admitted in cer-
tain of her theatres if you do not wear
evening dress--that absurd clawhammer
coat, surely a survival of barbarism How
horribly masculine attire has retrograded
may be seen IL you compare a gentleman
in the modern, starchy, clanking harness
with one of VelasqueZs ions. Even his
glorious fat gentleman with the bulging
person is more graceful than our funereal
young man who sits solemnly in our play
houses and endeavors to match the dulness
Of the play with his demeanor
Duse i, playing Paula Tdaquerdy in Lon
don We have seen her in this role-noe
her most satisfying effort. In the first
place she makes Paula far too intense and
while Mr.. Pnero' heroine is emotional, she
is far from being the poetically fascinat-
ing creature Duse presents, In word,
Il is Fleanora Duse who gets in front of the
p,Iero character.
Smith of the Shamrock Guards sweet
tile, has been condemned by the censor
Of plays in London. II has thus shared
the fate of La Citta Morta, ,'"Monna Wanna
aud other curious masterpieces. We are
absolutely in sympathy with the suppression
Of these pieces-if the public were accus-
toned to good plays, God help the average
playwright Stamp out art, stamp out
good taste, whether it be for pict ures. books,
plays or music. else we shall become too
cultured. "Monna Wanna" il hardly play
for that Young Person who has forgotten
more in minute of those things al which,
Maeterlinck hints with his splendid and
te'icent art