Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-04

A. Brady his manager. has again
proven his worth 70 the title OF Mob
King which wah bestowed upon him
Tor his excellent work IN engineering
the famous Chicago Pit scene IN the
disqualification og The Pit In
Richard isI' he ~ one Of the three
hundred suprrs who give no answer
when Richard makes his immortal
offer 20 swap his kingdom for "a
horse"
So pleased II Maxine Elliott over
her great success AZ the Criterion Ia
Fitoh's Her Great Match" that she
has obtained the English rights 70 the
play and Will produce Il ia England
during the season Of iB0506. That Ii
~ puz1llng how English audiences
viii take the Fitch comedy. IN view
OF the poor reception accorded his
famous play. The Climbers" may be
gathered from the fact that Mr. Froh-
man viii not manage its production.
there. II may be- case OF Miss Elli-l
Dti rushing In where he fears 90 tread.
The sothern Marlowe production at
the knlckerbOcker, In shakespeare
The Tanning " the Shrew." aroused
considerable criticism from the schol.
ars OF English classics, for the sup
posed mutilation OF the text. one
can Imagine the CONSERVATION In the
ranks Of these wise ones, when Mr..
Sothern proved that not only was he
using the original version. but that
the well known text, az played by
Booth, Ada Rohau and others, aud
With which we have all been familiar
In the past, was repleie With inter
polailOns and changes with which
Shakespeare was total stranger.
The English scholars are now plan
ming to begin all over again their
studies Of the Eligabethian stage with
editions containing the original YER
sions,
n n seldom that a bit OF acting will
lift a play above the ordinary, and
make Il a great success. Yet 10 that
alone can be ascribed the unexpected
success Of Margaret Anglin IN "Zlra'
az the Princess. Her remarkable tour
Dc force IN the third act, has proven
one of the most effective bits Of act
! ing seen here In recent years, and has
/ placed her on a high plane a. one OF
the best emotional actresses that
America boasts OF
Ia Bernard Shaws Man and super
man" IN which Robert Lorraine b.
starring al the Hudson, we have what
/ critics Of shaw regard as his greatest
work Following is brief extract
of what one of bis critics has 60 say
/ OF the play ln bulk Il ia hrodiE'
nowan, No scope 10 o. stupondOus; IN
purpose IL Is one with the Odyssey
lis epigrams. quips. jests and qurks
I are mulilludlnous, DO breaches treason
/ tn an The achnnia its hero has n
speech Of three hundred and fifiy
words Il ~ q three ring circus with
lhsen doing running high jumps
schopenauer playing tho cnlllopo
and Nletzsche selling peanuts In the
reserved seats. and al the while Il Il
the mnst entertaining of plays Of iia
generation"
The continued success which James
X. Hackett and Mary Mannering have
met with at the Savoy 10 Alfred
sulFo's THE Walls OF Jericho has
surprised The critics, who has pre-
dicled a failure. despite the fact that
tho play had been running cOntnu
Onsly IN London for The past two
years The opinion that an American
audience would DO unable 30 take IN
tefoat In the aOitpnces % English
"Hoclety life which ID rnthloaaly az
tachF, was not substNnua as ~
celpts now show 80 convinced has
been Mr. Frohman with ihA exception
that has greeted su,ro'f comedy, tnal
be- has already purchasod two more
plays hy the same author.
Indications point a. the fact that
The name 81 Madame Kalich. who has
reaied, at the Manhattan, the role 81
sMonna Wanna" viii % quite wei
known to American theater Rocfs n
tho near future. Although the pla,