New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-24
MUSIC and DRAMA.
~TEE GUIELESs FOOL" IN HARLEM
West End Theatre.

.-a-5o ,-a-sior q .FarstfaI' was shown 20 q
,r.it,-g pop-Iace last night q the West End Thea
,-e N Harlem acted by the company which viii
.,lv = weekly change OF bill al that theatre
throughout The summer The 90 cent limit on the
sests was not raised for the occasion and the house
downstairs was quite full The play evidently had
rsrro-s for the gallery, however. for the gods We're
few The version OF the Wagneriaa music drama
produced last night was made by Marie Doran
some tine before Mr.. Conried had shown the real
ming 70 $500 audiences. and II is said. further
more. 70 be The version which certain well known
firm Of managers wished Richard Mansfield 10 ap
pear II nexr fal. Let silence be kept the
names OF these managers. lest The report be true:
For The Harlem "Pa-sifaI" IS strange and Won
dertul thing thrice stranger, thrice more wonder
I'll than C0rse PayJor's production Mr. Payton,
IN Brooklyn merely pun the Corder translation OF
Eaguer's HERETO the stage, with scenery as
near Lie Nj Co-ried's he could a-'Id 70 make.
He 81 least limited 81 the real "ParsifaL" But
Marie Dora1 set about improving matters. and in
her effort 10 make drama thai would act without
music created 2 Joke that lasts I'll midnight
Tie first act OF this 'Parsifal' takes place IN the
forest Is II the original Lbretto; but there is
no transformation 10 the temple Kundry bravely
brings The gran cup 10 Amfortas where he les n
the wood Then Pa-s!faI appears and undertakes
the healing q the King and the redemption OF
Kun6-y. The act ends wonderfully. Kuncry IS about
20 lead Pa-st1aI ire castle OF KIngsor when the
lights 90 An instant later & ray from the
vocal defiance he tells kundry 10 come with him
Pa-sifal begs her 10 stay. She stands between the
two pairs OF outstretched arms while the spot
light waivers in sympathy. and then yields 10 the
spell Of the magician as the curtain falls.
The second act shows what the programme calls
''-he keeper OF Kllngsor's castle But Kundry.
instead o. rising from the deep underworld II brtr
stone fumes. energes AZ hIngsoTs call from be
meath q replica OF the City Hall fountain There
10 smoke. the waters OF the fountain having evt
denIly had their effect On the Internal bonfire. Tie
text Of THIS act is in intent that OF the Ebretto and
ACT III comes along-after fifteen minute wait
showing the flower garden beggar with the
lovely name Of Balso and his daughter named
Lexa are characters introduced into this act They
have met Pa-sifaI on the road, but refuse TO tell
Kiagsor where ne has hidden and duly Sar-
doued on sharp irons and grid
Then ParsifaI appears and resists the flower girls
without exciting much surprise. repulses kun6ry
who emerges from q moss covered. chopping block,
and breaks the spell by sdroiry catching the spear
The scenery however. was nailed Up. and not even
LEAF teL
Act n on the programme was called ''Ths
Cave o. Spiders" out whether II was really a cave
OF spiders or whether the printer By mistake
slipped II q line from Babes IN ToyIand''
programme cannot be here stated. Cor the present
witness, before The curtain went up for the act
purchased Sor 10 cents book Of play" 70 dis
cover Il 70 De Charles Henry Meltzers translation
o. the Wagnerian nbretto. and went forth gr1eve
over the fate Of poet. The last act was laid
again according 70 the programme-in the Grail
temple.
An actress named Una Abell- Brinker played
Eundry. Next week she VIII appear in Tolstois
''Resurrscrton