Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-30

New York, Oct. %. - The week
opened with the appearance of Will
lam Faversham at Wallacks, in the
blouse and leggings of a western COW
puncher. In Edwin Walton Royles'
THE Squaw Man. his admirers have
experienced the pleasure Of seeing
their old favorite discard the dress
suit and appear in a role which suits
him much better than others in which
he has played. The scenes of the
drama are laid in Wyoming and Utah,
where the man with the best gun
finger is supreme. The story begins
in England. at a happy garrison tea
party. and ends sadly on the muddy
banks of the Green River, in Utah.
Briefly told, the story of the play is
that Capt James Wynnegate, young
Englishman, who proves to be an
obliging relative, and takes upon his
shoulders the crime of embezzlement
to save the Earl of Kerhill, the head
of the family from disgrace. He
turns up as Jim Carson, the owner of
a ranch at a water tank station on
the Union Pacific railway. Rescued
from a perilous situation by an In
dian girl, he marries her and becomes
a "Squaw Man A little boy is born
to them. Eventually news comes of
the death of the earl and that the
title now belongs to Jim. 1t seems
that the widowed countess, an old
flame of Jims, is willing to become
his wife. He puts aside the tempta-
tion to throw over his Indian wife
but finally consents to the plan OF
taking his Indian boy to England to
assume the title. The climax of the
play grows out of the Indian mother
refusal to consent to the arrange
ment. a consequent uprising and bat
tie with the Indians and the fina
suicide of Jim's wife in despair at the
separation from her child.
At the Majestic was also witnessed
a first week" in the production OF 9
spectacular musical comedy of the
Wizard of Or" and Babes in Toy
land" kind. In wonderland" the com
bination of Glen Macdonough as lib
retist, Victor Herbert as composer
and Julien Mitchell as the master o
stage craft, has produced a musica
play in which book, music and staging
have combined to make a melodiou'
and brilliant whole. Numerous sit
uations abound, clever and bTillian
dialogues are present, effective colo
schemes, novel effect and picturesque
groupings are the order, and the
music is tuneful and dainty, and un
marred by rag time and Indian wal
dances.
1t is strange that although Rober
Mantell's name has been well know
throughout the country for man!
years, it was not until last year tina
New Workers had an opportunity o
judging his abilities. He has made hi
temperance this year at the Gar
den, and in his rendition of "Richar'
ILL.," has earned a success. William
A. Brady, his manager, has agall
proven mis- worth to the title of MO
King" which was bestowed upon hin
for his excellent work in engineerin
the famous Chicago Pit scene in tn
dramatization of The Pit.
Richard III" he is one Of the thre
hundred supers who give no answe
when Richard" makes his immorta
offer to swap his kingdom for :
horse"
So pleased is Maxine. Elliott owe
her great success at the Criterion i
Fitch's Her Great Match that sh
has obtained the English rights to tn
play and will produce it in Englan
during the season of 1905-06. That
is puzzling how English audience
will take the Fitch comedy, in vie1
of the poor reception accorded hi
famous play, "The Climbers" may b
gathered from the fact that Mr.. Frol
man will not manage its productio
there. 1t may be case of Miss Ell
ott rushing in where he fears to treaC
The Sothern-Marlowe production q
the Knickerbocker, in Shakespeare
THE Tanning of the Shrew,' arouse
considerable criticism from the scho
ars of English classics. for the SUI
posed mutilatlon of the text. On
can imagine the CONSERVATION in tn
ranks of these wise ones, when Nj
Sothern proved that not only was h
using the original version, but thS
the well known text, as played b
Booth, Ada Rehan and others, an
with which we have all been familia
in the past, was replete with lnte
polations and changes with whic
Shakespeare was total strange
The English scholars are now plal
ming 10 DtSH dli oNSl dSdih 'hS
Studies of the Elizdbethian stage wit
editions containing the original We
sions.
1t is seldom that a bit of acting wi
lift a play above the ordinary, an
make ii a great success. Yet to th'
alone can be ascribed the uneXpecte
success Of Margaret Anglin in "Zira
at the Princess. Her remarkable tol
de force in the third act, has prove
one of the most effective bits Of &C
ing seen here in recent years, and hi
placed her on a high plane as one
the best emotional actresses thj
America boasts of.
In Bernard Shaw's Man and Supe
man" in which Robert Lorraine
starring at the Hudson, We have VIII
critics of shaw regard as his create
work. Following is a brief extra