New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
STAGE AFFAIRS.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.


night and she Golden CiTl viii then disappear from
the New York stage The opportunity that remains
should De commended. 70 ali who love dfa1auc art
of seeing ? ine actress in the ssmpathetlc' pct
,;.esa7se brilliant character Of a VerIt2bse heIoie
- z,-.eferr ,-sire lfe-life truthfully depicted
as "a seem actual without seeming exaggerated or
coarse.
.--he Great Eiyiae.~--2 composition that Is more
tsest-icaIly effective than ethicaliy sound since
r,-acticay it intiraates that tie true way 70 win
and hold zvorlan's love is to hit her with club
WI be brought to The Academy, and the hngiish
actress Miss FGth wynnc Mattllison VIII appear
81 il acting Ruth Jordan, the part hitherto actso
hy Miss Margaret AnCln. Miss Matthison assumes
that part tomorrow night. for the first time at
Prevalence. actinS n association with MI henry
Miller Miss Angln VIII soon go to Aus'raha'
where. being good actress she viii couptless
BE- xciCcrle-sor the Australian audience is an in
tcllisent and judicious
AsToR THEATRE.
Miss Viola Alien row begins the fourth week OF
her engagement at The Astor Theatre. where she
has been acting since January - in tie OBNOXIOUS
risv Of irene WychcTley.'' That play is. OIL
oiaIly declared 20 have Become popular and sue
.oessfuI but there are intImations that the lccal
public has eyiaced lively practical interest
su its production Tie failure of plays that ex-
hint nolsonle subects-such, for example, as the
anguish and crime that resultant from inconti-
-enoc il the state Of 12arriaee-wouId always be
good sign. because il would indicate pubic as
taste Icr tented drama and likewise a natural
and healthfE1 ropugnance to imPeTtnent "otrusion
al moral lcssons The ioathsonle' incident that
closes tic second act Of Irene WycheIley' the
SCARED hideous ghastIy blind man exhibition OF
brusn sersJaliIy toward l3ls Uifeis said 20 have
heIpc,5 the play 20 success in London: it has not
lrelped i 20 Success here New York has gradually
learned TO attaea 10 Importance to the opnicns OF
either London a. Parfs-in both Of which great
cities The drama has been much degraded t@"
PLAYS 50 Galica!.y repalsiyc as Irene Nyc4eI-
ley have he.a presented on the New York
stage: and il j rot only obnoxious in theme but
crude aua clumsy IN construction and style. NJ
zeixey 3he comedian. constructed. III happy mood
vf satire q sentence that apply denotes the kind OF
English in which it is written: When one wants
enncke ones piTc ir ones state-roon', on ones
voyage across the ocean. oae has 10 open ones
ro7-hole and sick cne's cad OF ones window
IL Crder indulge ones inclination. That dread
n Ise II The word one is also associ2ted with the
bad English of equally as and later on
l. various London newspapers Irene Wycher-
d. vss hailed and heralGed conspicuous ex-
SIMPLE II expert dramatic construction: yet TIE but
.rr-fngere6 author criy manages % state he basic
facts Of his sto-y b, of least fFe persons
xFo are in 70 way concerned with tEs PLAY. and
who disappear after Lae first act. Nyvherlev Is .
supposed have shot himself accidentally, yet he
cannot remember how 1he aoc!1ert haDPenei; his
face bears Ike eczr of wound yc- there Is
trace of tie powder marks tha' surely 'sond he on
g. If he had shot himself The fact thst h was
shet hr Summers, with intent XII, Is essential
10 ie hno--a tie auditor, yet fer = consdeTabs
time Il : ccyceai.d- Summers, who Is shown
having tried commit murder upon TIE bare sGs-
ricion OF his vfss rideitv. nevertheless continues
10 1--we with ner sr7caby- Some Of the incidents
are Impossible, most Of them Improbable. The fna
catastrophe occurs. because II Is inevitable but
Because the author degrees il The OF the mat
is that dirty story has been told in an awk-
r-ard. slipshod tedious way The play soils the
Spectators mind with Shiny Of human
depravity. and then it appears call for gratitude
Tor the information that evil conduct leads 70 trag-
icei results The return f Irene husband who
been false her, in every way, and has beaten
her the with riding whip is heroic
but tdioc and T tie author meant declare that
good and seif-respecting woman ought To- or |
wculd could under any circumstances. forgive !
such beast and b3aclGguard he has designated
IN NyeherleHr he meant 10 talk nonsense. !
Tae town VIII b relieved of Irene N'acherley"
or Saturday night February -. On February =
play called Paid IN Full VIII be produced at
fhe As1or TheaFro-
sELAsco THEATRE.
Some os the best acting row visible in New York
ss seen a. The IseIasco Theatre, where Mt Frank
Keenan,. by his profound sincerity OF feeling and
his delicate. thoughtful. carefully yelled hut steadily
effective vitalizes the entire story Of The War
-ens Of Virginia That play is q the most in
re7estig and also of the most successful nov
current on IKE New York stage,
eIJOU THEATRE,
Next Saturday night tie engagement here Of he
Russian actress. NIae. Nazinog -. VIII terui-
mated. Nine. 2azlulova has appeared in "A Dolls
Eoose." -.t1ed6a Canlc-.-' The Master Builder
The Corntesse Coquette' ana (st prevalenU The
Comet Of them free from taint. one
Of them healthful influence Her withdrawal,
tneresore. cannot he deemed deprivation She
WI convey Ter morbid repcrtory other cities.
hae clever actress within narrow limits. Her
>>alergence IN good play. on gort-y subject, /
would. pr ably. bG welcomed On Monday. Feb |
r1a-y =. 2Ir. Henry -LUCIove viii appear at fhc
BijoG Thea1re a. Shylock, IN The Merchant Of |
Venice" The company Includes Edr Arthur For |
res5 Mr. Sheridan Block, Nr. Charles Harbury, 1Ir
Ernest c. WaFde. Miss Keith Takenlan. and Mss
Tsloe Morris That group Is a1odesiiy designated |
IT, the manager Of fl. the largest company OF
celehrated shazespearian players thar has been
seen Broadway. in The Merchant of Venice . /
Why is = thai actors Occupying positions OF au-
thor4rg allow themselves be made ridiculous by
tae superlz1iyes cf ignorant nendscops agents?
BY of comment the following old cast cf The |
Merchant" IS here printed
isssanio. I.aTrencs Bar.ett
Ssrztiauo. Charles & f5andfcri
ss,sE9no- Charles KoehleT
rec. nc room
pst1j,.-sr x1-.f-e- T-L-,rctss 80
E7ortis-- 9il7rs h Gale
,e-1ssa-------.----------- Eleanor Eyndse
BROADWAY THEATRE.
There is no new word 10 be said Of the operetta
CT The Waltz Dream" It is likely TO have long
K1n here judging from the interest being evinced
b. lovers of music. Sophie Braut. Charles Bige-
low, Joseph Herbert and Josie Sadlier are the pr.n
oiPals.
CASINO THEATRE