The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-27
BERNARD SHAW'S new PLAY.
"HOW HE LIEDTO HER HUSBAND'
is EXQUISITE.
A Brief Comedy. in which All OF the Brill.
liant Ability OF the Author OF Can.
dIda" Is Exhibited In q High Aght
"A New Success for Arnold DAILY

dIda" Is Exhibited In q High Mght
"A New Success for Arnold DAILY.
1t is positively wicked Of George Bernard
Shaw TO be so interesting, 30 witty, SO
pointed in his cheerful and veraoious satire
on the genus humdnun, and withal 80 def
in the construction Of plays. 1t seems as
if Arthur Pinero and Henry Jones ought
70 have all the ripe fruit to themselves
They have studied the method OF play
building. They know more even than our
own and only Paul Potter.
They are the children Of Sardou, born on
English soil and saturated with the philoso-
ply of Maoaulay's immortal comment that
there is nothing 80 impressive as the British
public in one Of its periodical fits OF mo-
rality. They do not, to be sure. write for
tho young person. They treat Of the
ticklish social problems Of the time; but
they daily with tragedies in sack coats and
walking skirts. Thus they keep within
the respectable bounds OF clothes philoso-
ply.
Therefore when George Bernard Shaw
comes along and rips of all the veneerng
Of conventions and shows people as they
really are behind their conversation, all
of which is for publication and not as an
evidence OF good faith, he seems to be
satirizng Pinero and Jones and the rest
of them quite as pointedly rs he is poking
rims into inflated and air-blown human
nature.
Last season Arnold DAILY, who had con-
victions with courage behind them, pro-
duced Mr.. Shew's Candida and that
part of this populace which is not utterly
PROSTATE before the soubrette and the
low comedian OF so called comic opera
OF the equally fatuous hero and heroine
Of shop made drama went into some con-
siderable spasms of delight over the inn
mensely clever play.
Last night Mr.. DAILY began another sea-
son at the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre, which
for a feeting period was known to the elect
as Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse. For the
opening the actor-manager selected two
pieces from Mr.. Shaw's pen. One was
the familiar Man of Destiny" and the
Mr. DAILY and Americans, and called How
He Lied to Her Husband The author
describes this as "comediettina. which
is a comedy as little as possible. Small in
extent but large in quality this new play
proved to be-
It is supplement to Candida 1t shows
the diverse side Of the medal Cdndidd
In now the utterly commonplace and prosaio
Mrs Aurora Bumpus. She does not under
stand either poetry or poets. They rather
alarm her. Hence she does not understand
Henry Upjohn, the Eugene Of the new play.
His Swinburnian passion, poured forth in
verses which she declares are At only for q
married woman to read, fatters her, but
when she finds that her husband has got
hold of the poems she beseeches Henry
to lie like q gentleman and say that they
were addressed TO some other Aurora.
He does 50, and thereupon ny; Bumprs
s righteously angered because his wife Is
not GOOD enough for this puny poet. He
would have Sir Rhymester know that
dozens Of better men than he have sue
cumbed to her charms. The poet In the
end tells the truth and the husband very
properly apologies. This Is a bald out
line Of the plot OF How He Lied to Her
Husband" but nothing except visit to
the theatre can give any idea OF the delicious
humor, the exquisite satire. the profound
contempt for weak human nature and the
telling lines which Mr.. Shaw has poured
into bis character study. Those who know
candida will see at once where the author
has made fun OF his own former admirable
creation. He even puts 1t into direct lines
In this new play.
last NIGHTS audience was Of a kind tc
enjoy every minute Of the "comedietta.
II laughed continuously at the bright lines
and the delightfully."- humorous situations
The little play was charmingly acted by
MIR. DAILY as the poet, Dodson Mitchell
as the husband and Helene johnson as the
wife The performance OF The Man Of
Destiny which preceded the other piece
gave Mr. Daily an oPPort.nMity nd to Tepsa
dorothy Donnelly to appear to advantage
as the mysterious lady. The cast was com
pleted by Mr.. Mitchell as the Lieutenant
and John Findlay as the innkeeper.