The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-15
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The native drama cot ~ fnal spring
boost last night NJ wallack'a. The Em-
barraaament Of Riches AZ ollmax 10 'rhe
Optlmlst' and Cousin fsouiaa. . IA by Louis
Kaufman Anspacher. alleged professor et
Columbia and convicted author Of that
poetic drama Tristan and Isolde II IL
the heroine who n embarrassed. and Il all
happens because she longs 10 b. loved for
herself alone and has 40 much money she
doesn't know whom TO marry.
Out Of q large field Of suitors the runner
up Ia the fortune hunting Duke Of Claire,
while tho favorite. who nails the prize, Is
head worker in an East Side settlement
said 20 be a composite Of Jacob Riis and
Theodore Roosevelt. It Is n case Of the
hummer W.. the simmer. The first act
IL a vast OCEAN Of words surging about a
little reef of plot. The one sensational
moment was when Bruce McRae made
his entrance with q corpulent tomcat, which
aroused much applause.
In the second act the embarrassed heroine
Charlotte Walker) was getting next the
slummer by herself alone, by means Of the
easy expedient Of impersonating her "
secretary. Next door there is a poolroom
incorporating as a synag ogue. II Is pulled,
and the Duke plus a fraction Of the Social
Few. who have been doing the Bowery,
escape along the fire escape into the settle
ment rooms.
Here they are ms bbed by the police,
with the result that hero as well az the
hoiHAaa Ia annha rrn CaaI hofn1 mi in for
all night. There Is a good deal doing in
this act, with something Approaching the
portrayal Of chara cter, and thanks to an
able cast OF actors -at liberty" II created
some little diversion. But no power OF
histrionism could give substance to the
wabbling sausage chain OF Mr., Auspa cher's
plot.
In the third act the house sat glum, but
the cast laughed uproariouslyat their station
house adventures,of the night before. II
the play reaches a seventh performance 1t
is d~ifidently suggested that those laughs
be- framed and presented as souvenirs to
the audience; they may be warranted TO
90 round. h slummer penetrates the
disguise Of the disembarrassed heroine
and the Duke marries the largest bank
Mr.. MoRs e was distinguished and SYM
pathetic as always. Miss Walker was pretty
and charming, and acted with marked skill
and reserve. But the best work OF the even
ing was done by John Bunny, late from Way
Down East as an East Side political boss,
1t was q brief bit, and like all the parts,
was written along conventional lines; but
Mr., Bunny gave an admirable, a truly
remarkable comedy performance, as per-
feet in detail az II was salient and powerful
in its main outlines. As a loquacious Irish
butler, woiully oyerdrawn, Mr.. Bunny
revealed quite different, but equally adj
mirable abilities.
Stanley Dark made what could be made
of the Dule. Vellma Berrell was striking
assistant, aud Gertrude Berkeley was
effective as q Summing four hundredth.
Others In the cast were Scott Cooper, Dudley
Hawlsy, Job Dennison and ia mes Kearney.
Mr.. Ansracher was called out at the end
of the eeoond act and deposed that he was
under bonds to his manager, Edward A.
Braden, not TO make @ speech.