The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-10
CONEDHDYANVEPLAYEUTGHT
Al. THONiiSS MIR NJ SHiNHS
MR. SUCCEEDS.

urnrs Nnler aud Laura Hope crews IN a
hood COMPANY ~ the GArrlrk 1
I,porhonslriae Nue u Cured of IIls
p, jealousy Of Hrr Own Making.
anew irlTatist was introduced % the
Neu NorA public last night in A. =.
Ihlras whose play Her husbands
Vie vas acted by Henry Miller and his
,,mpnv at tho Garrick Theatre. Mr.
lh1ras hose % present himself 80 the
auth. n, a comedy, ignoring the nom
80. IS usy with q mission or ~ ler 81,
VIA .m- ~ strong dramatic interest
rhl.h sppeals more frequently 70 he.
.irler. 'he dramatic arena In Choos-
rg ,.woiy ~ his field he set himself
move difficult trsk, - II admittedly il a
greater ~ on the drrmatist's skill to
vrte successfully in this lighter vein
tlau 100 any other
Ifr extent 20 which he Overrame these
Problems increased tho credit due him
ior m. iUli measure ~ success that came
O. Her Husbands Wife Il proved one
u ths most entertaining American plays
oi he season, showed that there N a new
writer capable q finding ample inspira-
ton Tor humor in situation. character and
dialogue IN the Me about him. and ~
ysaiei a dramatic skill that will asHiredly
continue IN the future with notable re-
suts N the literature Of our stage.
The author has every justification for
D. s,.3vaa.Ag- - a
l1oss classification. although his polite
fln starts from a hypothesis 10 artificial
a. 10 he within the lees probable realm
II farce The hypochondriac wife who
salacts q successor 20 herself wnan she
shall have been carried OF by her ina e.
Rary Ills Is surely an artificial creation
ct the dramatSt to serve a. the corner
stone II his structure Accepting her
and very original. feminine and human
FRure Mr. Thomas has certainly made
her the rest ol the play lies in the world
uf polite comedy.
The dovdy friend whom she selects
for this honor Indignantly resents the
reflection that she 10 ~ wholly safe makes
herself A. attractive a. possible n the
husband a. we'll ~ IN a former lover
.ha had lust Tilted and 30 fascinated the
men about her that the wife II cured of
hsr fanclad HIS the fear 81 having 10 lose
her husband IL hanished In the determine
ton that her friend shall never get him
and this Young woman IL united . ths
faithful lover from whom she had parted.
kven the middle aged uncle from tn
West racovers his old sweetheart m the
generous allowance II connubial happi-
ness that j. n view for all az the Close Of
the PLAY
TiI- skeleton II the action is 81 course
amply covered In the play by such cpl
sofes a. The jealousy ol the wife at her
husband rapid acquisition u interest
IN her successor. In tho mistaken belief
~ this Young woman's lover that she
- really engaged a. somebody elsa in
r'ead 1t hsIng only oond,tionally ba-
Tu'hed 10 a man with a wife living. and
90 The mendacious endeavurs Of the wife
o. iiszuaie this attractive Young woman
from withdrawing from her Co.nnaCt
o. marry her husband when her green
and ret medicines. her powders and her
usteOpaths have become powerlcss q
helr her any longer N this life
These Incidents moved rapidly IN The
TN" temps ~ comedy and thoy we're
frequently Eliminated with Wit ger
m ne 10 the situation and hchtflly
ulstrsined and natural
The most successful character IN Her
husbands Wife 10 the hyp1Ch lndritr
wife and she has hecn skctchssi with
unialling humor and fidelity u the tyre
hy Mr. thomas. IL was fortunate ststs
~ Affairs that entrusted this ROB-. - the
skIltul hands " Laura Hope Crews.
who gave value n every zyil bio 10 u
tier devotion e. her imaginary ms' 70 90
her complete lack = responsibility u hog
treatment u them and her do ralr vhoa
she saw that her husband rD Ily shovel
pleasure IN the society # the -eC md wife
chosen Tor hun we're very naturally and
ohArmingly depicted.
Grace r.lliEt0n a. the friend c1mpe,led
Co resent the reflection on haF lack ~
fascination sacrificed herself heroicallv
IN the first act but proved just "a irrs-
sistlhle az the dramatist required IA the
subsequent sCpnes which she acted with
the right sense " humor and the album
dance 81 physical allITemsIs necessary
10 give the scenes their effect
In these two figures Mr. rhomls showed
hrs greatest skill IN" men wore Only
rerviccable figures ~ tho theatre althotIrb
Their" must have been originally more
favor 70 the role ~ the middle aged
uncle than Mr. Miller impaired to % L.
would - Interesting 70 know WHY he
acted u throughout IN such a broadly
farcicsl vcih In the first at he ksut
dangerously near the line 81 burisslua
Mabel Bert Robert Warwick ard Orm7
Ialdara were members of the capable
company
After the clora NJ the second act Mr.
Miller. N resporce % continued appladsa
thanked the audience M the maine of the
author whom h. dascrite I'd az bashful
iCF himself and on tehalf 81 the corapany