New-York tribune., 1904-10-02
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
CANDIDA and SUPER-C44N "-SCHUlLfNN-HEINK
IN MUSIC4L COl[EDY.

cult the shock of the Olympic laughter. loud,
buffoonish, was necessary to startle them into
realization and belief. Three cheers for the
laugh!
II IS no small part Of the joke too, that How
He Lied 10 Her Husband" neither by dialogue
Tor situation throws the slightest light on Can
dida". The poet is. of course. especially when
..ayed by Mr.. DAILY, a bUrlesque Of Marchbanks;
the husband especially when played by Dodson
Mitchell. bears resemblance to the Rev. lIr.
MoTell; the wife. Aurora, is Candida become a
cat. The action. Of course. is condensed around
the central episode of Candida" The persons
in the play (and this especially of course"
Shaw being the authorD make frequent refer
ences TO the earlier drama 1T is that play that
has done the mischief" says Aurora TO the
poet-"put a lot OF stuff into NY head I should
never have dreamt Of for myself. And / thought
myself ike Candida Bosh.' And, again, I'm
tell you the matter with that play. there's no
Georgiana in it, (Georglana beug her sister
in-laW, into whose hands had fallen the incrim-
mating sonnets written 10 Aurora by the poeU
Stu asatn the poet declares that he has grow
iES pans. ~ he's grown SO niue ia the last fif-
teen minutes that the pace has got too fast"
surely delicious remark in light of the last act
Of Gambia Bu- though line after line, situil-
ton after situation. Of the farce suggest Can
dica,' gain most Of their roaring humor from
their intimate connection with that play, though
the Atlie i4cCc IS capital DurleSque. u you VIII
nave II 50, OF the carrier coMedy. yet. after all,
II explains 1t not wnit more than a Weberfeld
burlesque of "Hanliet' would explain that
Usgedy. The wise VIII not look 10 II for
PLANTATION, and the foolish will 1ud none.
Bur boJh Will hear through il the Olympic
laughter, Why? because here is the author Of
CANDIDA" naming his poet Upjohn and his
heroine Bumpus. Shades Of the lyric muse,
what names 10 jUesle with IN rhyme. Bumpus.
ruInpus-theTe is no other tit, unless one resorts
10 the tricks Of a Browning. Because the high
priest Of the religion of the free distribution OF
shawls deliberately sits down and buresques his
own Science and He2ith'-dOes II, too. in
couple Of days. between meals. as ii were. while
Arnold Daily IS expecting that he is writing 4
play about Cromwell. Because TIE author OF a
play which has stirred up discussion of ne
most solemn sort, which has been the basis of
cuic, and the Topic OF tea table titterinss, turns
right about face and pokes noisy fun at his very
admirers. IL tLose who felt they. and they alone.
appreciated his meaning and mission. not smil-
Ing at them, out laughing uproariously In their
faces! Ana what are they 70 do. these disciples?
Can they fake IN solemn seriousness works
which the author himself does not hesitate 10
burlesqUc? Hardly that. surely. \ pause a gulp
as the insult goes down. & grIu-and out into
the night 10 hold, let US hope. in the future, ).
B. Shaw at something like his true value. Ply
fulfilled command, Physician, heal thy fol-
lowers"
~Ah. ha!' you exclaim. who have been sitting
silent all this while in the corner. but what is
the meaning IF Candida ! really don't see
that anythine's been cleared up about that"
You don't eh? Well, this is what Candida
means: That the idealistic and individualistic
dreams OF a poet OF eighteen are very. very
foolish. and also appealing. if YOU care to think
them so; that what Parson Moren called Can
didas goodness and purity are Ia some women
nothing but the dictates of common sense or
50 Mr. Shaw says; that Mr. Shaw has what he
says he considers superiority TO what he
Terms emotional slop and a pleasant. sardonic
fashion II arranging situat tions when the char
acters nmcdis tely concerned make themselves
he has the skill to write brilliant stage dia-
logue: that his estimate of women Cat least
f-tA Tr.r,
maiinee audiences don't know il; that he is as
1.-the TO be trusted as q guide in life AS Scho-
penhaueT himself; that he has something of
iteine.s prooing wit without Heine's deep. pa
thetic. passionate sincerity: that If he kindles
the emotion II is by craftsmanship merely. be-
cause he works along outer conventional lines
Nou pitied Iarchbanks. did YOU not? At any
rate. your sister didD, not by underlying emo
tional excitement o. his own. All this Candida
means. Pray take il all take your choice
But let US have done with the belief that it
means something deeper and more abiding. that
it settles any social questions stirs any pro-
found emotions. II is delightful. fascinating,
brilliant each Of us may doubtless find in II
some helpful tab at follies Of our own But shall
we build our House Of Life Of iCicles and tinseI?
for heavens sake. where have mlslaid our
sense of humor? At least. Mr.. Shaw has CONS
to the rescue and loaned us his"
An opening that can hardly be OF as much
interest TO dramatic first nghters lay or pro-
feSsonal. to the followers of musical affairs
Is that al the Broadway Theatre tomorrow
night when Nine. Schumann- Heink. the great
oontrato makes her bow 10 a New-York audi
ence as the star OF a musical comedy called
Loves Lottery" written by Stanislaus Stange
and composed by Julian Edwardes. The engage
ment is limited to seven weeks and doubtless
public curiosity 10 see q Bayreuth favorite
ia the role Of a German washerwoman. in a COM
edy written by the author of "Pin! Parl Poufr'
viii be hardly more than satisfied In that time
hFarla TtaHn
English IS by no means perfect, so she has been
fitted with part in which her accent is sup
posedly seemly. She sings five songs. three with
chorus and two as full solos in the progress
Of the play The cast:
Sergeant B5h Trlvet. "A alace BrowzloV
Ason. George L. Tallman
SehEe tfgt.lNe skeilngton. ..-----N. IL itoiPson
Laura okefins toE. Louise GaAnihs