The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
AMERICAN PLAYS IN LONDON
4 HtRU RECEPTION ron "THE
IHOCOL arr sol DER"
Man From MeNirO'' less Fortunate and
- NOman's NaS" ~ Farce The
whip StiiI Running Another Rep
rrtOry Theatre and One foe women.

and an opera which made ts way to Lon
don via America have been the chief theat-
real novelties 10 ia" week
The Chocolate soldier had h. greatest
success 81 these three product ions The
hrs' night audience was enthusiast ic.
while even lac Shavians who had come to
Jeer stayed To- applaud To Le sure some
~ the critics. while they rHiolled The
music, added that the hhrrtto was very
weak. that only the skeleton IT the Ber-
nard shaw story Uas used and that none
q Of the VT and pungency Of the satire re
manned. bat the audience seemed 10 find
plenty II hunnr in the line-.
Mr. Workman played the chocolate
create soldier delight fully. and used what
small voice b" has eNCelcntly The three
Son"n's paris were sung Ivy Ionst luce
DrseNcr, Adr"unc Augarde and Elsie
Spain. and though there wac a low percen-
tag" 81 good looks among them. they
proved themselves char'niRg singers and
good Actresses.
II i IA" fashion ia the London theat TiCal
world - spread reports Of the magnificent
scenery and costumes Of forthcoming
playr. aud this was carefully done before
Tie production of The Chocolate Soldier.
Oue heard daily Of the riChnesS Of the
Bulgarian costumes. the beauty of IN"
scenic effects. 81. In this case the reality
nearly came up to the reports. for the
OIeretta was ~ ged IN a lavish and art i-t h.
way.
In Response ~ repeated curtain calls
Mr. Whitney made little SFeech and an
the customary few words thanked
everybody the company, 'he orchestra.
the management aud abov" all the audi
enCc
I'll" Man from Mexico Was not quite
as fortunate IN it, reception. The first
m ght audience was oby inusly American
and did - patriotic best To give the
p-c~a rafting good greeting hut STANLEY
CpOks - not a William Collier and wh- a
poor substitute for that comedian ~ N"
part II IN" unfortunate Ben inHIE FFs-
h.gh Miss ola Humphreys. who halls
from California was excellent AZ 'I'- F.
,rsr,ird Fnshu0h
The critics ,rIad TO ne kind 10 the play F.
hut they did not try quite hard enough /.
Londoner- read between the lines and
there il general feeling that The Men /
from N"Ntco- - NOT the piece which will 4
remove stigma of being home Of failures .
from IA" strand Theatre.
Once again Americans assembled IN q
force on "Wednesday evening when Mr.. .
Frohman produced A Noman'- Way I
at the Comedy Theatre The first two .
aCts - the piece received enthusiastic
applause and the compliment Il con
tlnuous laughter At the final fall 81
the curtain. however. the enthusiasm wac
less spontaneous
mistake was made in laying the scene
II IN. play IN London. II - ~ course
mite impossible" for reporters here to
use al" methods which form the basis 81
ihe plot vt A Wonans Way Libel
laws are too strict IN Great Britain. 80
tha pieca was put beyond the hounds -
bacau" a fare" rather than
q comedy and IA this fashion e was taken
by English members of the audience and
the critics.
Miss Alexandra Carlisle in the part %
Mrs WuidroR did the best work London
has ever seen her do and played with a
iiRhtnsss and humor which she could not
have attained two years ago. She has
improved more IN a short time than any
other actress IN England to-day.
Drury Lane il to have no autumn
me lodrama The whip has run a wear
and il still going strong. 80 II has been
decided to keep il On till pantcmime :
lrue Monday night the anniversary
q this successful play was oeiebrafed
Souvenirs were distributed and famous
jockeys rode in the race scene while
well known people including Marie
Lloyd. walked on IN the same act.
The Sins ~ London had an enthu-
-iastic reception At the LyCeum II IL
an old fashioned meodrama of The
Bad Girl of the Family -ort and promises
10 have a. long a career as thar piece.
Il - by the same author. Walter Melville.
W no turns cut thi- kind If play with the
aA-.. and rap-dry of a machine There
are Iwo Villains II somhre hue and much
yIllalny L. hat Ch"d and talked about
There u a realistic shipwreck also and
iuzsns ~ -Crns= IA the five acts. ne
pr and gallery laughed and went. chsered
he hero and his-''d the villain. and SIR
\I.lviu" himself wa received WITH ell
.hu~la-U.
Imitation heiug the -In~.re=t form II
iaitery Nj I,llIsslcr. TIA" origtnatuT.
and chief uf the -Folh"S- docs not ulud
he fact that CpfuNany similar fp hi-
,wn has taken he SAVOY lhcair re- amt j.
giving there IA" same sOr ut entertain 2
,lent which he began o deal out 10 London 4
come four years aso. he new enter .
ainrrs call themselves The GTotp~ule~ \
They too give burle-gue- ot converts r
Ru-iC halls and plays, and "a they arr I
III good sinEyr. anu dancers they might =
ave -uCyvedod ~ their en'erDTi-,. had =,
rey teen first IN IN. hrld II would
- hard now 90 di-placc Mr. peilisrier
rom th. position he occupies IN the re-
,ard II Enk ii-h laugh lover. and London
annot support two such companies.
Ro,-.rt Arthur - trying to max. real
Theatre ~ the Cuur'. which was
me-, the srens - \ edrenfs Barkers tri-
impas. lie opened viii. play 10y Mime
lb-ne-l made from ons 81 her books and
allied -Sls.'tr Ann" Miss Marion Terry
bays the leading part. but though the
'ompany - strong on" IA" piece Itself
lcAs the elements which make for sue n
e.- NaXt wrck Mr. Arthur will nv a T.
irana by Isril Eai-igh "nti,led Behind
n. N.il
Miss GeTtrud" Kingston - doing all she
an to fuak. her Little Theatre a typicaI
JInans playhpu-" She - giving her
~ adequate accommodation for their
.its aud wraU- Sh" IL arranging 80 that b
hey shall aot have "a 20 out IN the cold !
nd ram To get then own Cahs by having
number of old sailors and soldiers stand a
ng about To- attend TO thus and she hopes
hat women will feel that they can come
lone 10 her thcitr" and b.. court ..Ously
e,''Iy ed and made comfortable.
shrink Ing Glacirrs