New-York tribune., 1910-10-05
THE DRAMA
"The Concert" Played at the
BeIasco Theatre.

He is a famous pianist. composer teach
er, from somewhere on the Continent OF
Europe and he has lived fourteen or NJ
teen years in New York. where the women
make fools Of themselves in his behalf His
name is Gabor Arany. and he wears long
hair. which his wife dyes in the sew mo-
rnents Of domestieity which he kindly al
lows her for the purpose. He is concerted
selfish. irresponsible. and ne Is caheo
Master oy a pack Of pretty women VINO
nav him SO a lesson for the privilege OF
Icing near him and worshipping him he
is prosperous. has a sufficiently gorgeous
fat in Central Park West (of course1 ana
a bungalow in the CatsEills. keeps
motor. but no valet. has woman secre-
tary who is as big a fool as himself. ana
whom ne gets 70 pack his baggage Wheh
his enamoured pupils do not take that TASK
our Of her hands His wife IS woman OF
sense although she married him. she 1ee0s
his little eccentrfcfties. as those OF genius
must Il seems be fed. and she keeps ner-
self in the background. while he mas al
the applause and alteration IN front one
day he goes away Ito give concert. lt
is really 10 be a duet, up there IN tne
mountain bungalow. and the other player
1s to be a pretty pupil. Mrs Dallas VI
course he doesn't tell this And there Is
to be no audience. Mrs Arany discovers
what is going on. and so does the pretty
pupils husband Dr. Dallas MIS- AIahS
and Dr Dallas follow TO the bungalow oy
the next train. and. arriving there' VIII
back their respective better, or worse
halves BY pretending that they. too, are
affinities who are now free 70 give Wnere
they love Jealousy works its customary
stage effects. Dr. Dallas wins BACK his
wife. and We leave Mrs Arany dying
The Masters hair.
The fault Of this play is that the adapter
and the actor deprive the principal cnar-
acter Of any redeening trait Women may
break their hearts over him. but ne eats
drinks. composes. plays. goes Hsning anu
adnires himself in the mirror without the
smallest notion OF gnybOdy's feeling ana
without any real feeling OF MS own No
NAV be a master" but he IS unduestloh-
abIv cad. His wife says the women
have spoiled him. She is charitable per
son. He SAYS that the worship OF lhe
women is necessary 10 his. professions
existence. which is probably true But,
true or otherwise. he is tresone anu
depressing person 10 have about the house
In the play you have him for about three
hours
Nobody can quarrel with Mr D1trlch-
stein for playing the part in fasnlon IN
Intended By the author. because MI III
richstein is himself the author, or az any
rate the adapter. so that ne prooaOls
knows what he intended 20 DO ana Nilal
rbA original author. Herman Bahr, wished
70 be done But Mr. DttTichsteIn- clever
as ne is. and he is very clever. gives Us
I
man. an fnsufferabIe creature who hasn
/ the soul Of A cheese. In spite of his rhap-
| sodizing in spite Of his fame, OF musical
talent. genius if you will. this Arany IS so
| Utt1e like a real man that he never SHOWS
/ a mans spirit a mans grit. a spark OF
| manly feeling He is the sort OF per-
son thar YOU would like TO duck IN the
rivar or kick of the bridge And the
more cleverIy Mr.. Ditr1Chstein acts MN u
that end the more obnoxious Arany De-
comes His bungalow. you gatner' haS
baan the scene Of many private concerts
At the end Of this affair he tells MS VIE
that he will sell the place But you Ano"
that his character is unaltered
The first act Of this play has neither
depth nor any other dimension BuI In'
second act has merit even If 1t sails Gloss
70 the wind and after that IL goes OF
we'll if AT some risk Of tediousness- Ther'
ts a moment when the play falls 70 sheel
farce. but no harm is done Miss jane
Beecher is refreshingly sweet. earnest anC
sensible as the wife Of the unspeakaDle
Aranv. and William Morris matches hel
IN straightforward manly fashion as Dr
Dallas But the age-Old stage trick I'
which they are driven affecting a pas
sion which they do not feel is wearlsonne
through no fault of the players Jane
C,rev is good. very effective indeed. as tnf
Aightv Mrs Dallas. but after all you don
nu;+e believe in her contrittOn, any mor'
| than YOU believe in sundry other quaIltle:
and quantities Of this play. which Is as un
zeal a plav as we have seen below In
Erorx in a long time Mr. Cope is first rat
"a an Irish servant OF The Master 3 NJ
-tAra ar the bungalow. and there are severa
beautiful beings. beautifully gOwned- wor
SINNERS of Csabor or these. the first an
most attractive is Miss Edith Cartwright Z
daughter OF Charles Cartwright This youns
Iadv looks moves and speaks so well tina
shA will be more than welcome when sh'
has more TO do. All the parts were wei
+akan and the piece was perfectly staged
| Mr. BeIasco. always an ingenious per
40, has thought out something new TO
his audience room-a pair Of electr1'
radiators over one of his rows Of orchestr'
seats They may be very attractive u
look at. but they are exqutslteiy uncoln
for-abIa 70 sit under GabOr Arany mlsh
have been a more penitent creature ha'
he been subjected 70 their heat
The play ended late II was wen =
ceived. although some Of the applaus