The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
NEW YORK THEATERS.

special Correspondence 10 The Washington Herald
New York Oct Swell. it happened
Just as everybody said It would. That
Is 10 say. about The Merry Widow"
She has cast the spell Of her coquetry
over the town, and most OF us have fallen
victims % her wiIes. She is a pleasant
creature, whose acquaintance viii extend
rapidly over the United States, and
everybody will be whistlIng that enchant-
ing waltz
The Merry WiGow'' is a genuine comic
opera OF the standard school. full of
music that you can sing or whistle. and
yet not offend sensitive ear It's New
York premiere took place at the New
Amsterdam. last Monday evening. with
Ethel Jackson (whc !n private life is
Mrs Frederick Zimmerman. jrJ as Sonia,
the merry widow, and Donald Brian.
young Irishman. as the Prince. Robert
T. Graham. the perennial, who was popu-
lar generation ago, and came into his
second youth I'm "Florodora" several
years back, is Popof. the Marsovlan Am
bassador; W. c. Weldon is De Jolidon,
and Miss Lois Elwen sings Natalie
The Merry Widow does not depend
on chorus girls and acrobatics. but has
genuine intrigue for its motive. and
withal, has humor and wit that is not
put 10 the last gasp to evoke the foolish
laugh. Col. Savage has shown unusual
llberality In mounting the opera. The
costuming is admirable, and the three
sets are staged without regard to cost
Things have not come TO such a bad
pass. after all when a young dramatic
poet with a regard for classic stand
ards can get a manager to produce
work like "SaDDho and Phaou.' seen
for the first time in New York at the
Lyric Monday evening. Harrison Grey
Fiske's name is identified with some
ambitious undertakings Of substantial
merit in theatrical events but he has
never done anything more creditabIc
In the direction Of making the stage q
medium for poetic expression than in
staging the second play from the pen
or Percy NaCkaye' in which he is pre-
senting Nine kalIich this season.
"Sappho and Phaon is simple
story of life love. and death. all COM
passed within q night I'm substance
II repeats the narrative of that old
play uy sheridan hno"'eS, Love
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behind a pillar of the temple on the
high promotory hanging over -le blue
sea De tnrusts His knife into the first
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arms. dead. The scene is tr77-aest.-s1,.
dramatic .n its tragic Darhos. MS they
bend In touching Srief together over
lAe'F ifal. with Sapp1o looking on with
NiI'lns agony or spirit and 50 they
s''itgI lHe Aedl .H iHeiT arms and wan
n'i LeH.r I'D mo resting place for
1leir Htlle bodies, leaving Sappho u her
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