The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-12
"IHE FAMILY" AT The COMEDY
gpHI ~ a. DtIIrS PLn az
NIU IN6I iND mr..
>s,us In,rr-,IInE characters Welt Pta'~'i
tat iarhin3 m dramatic interest
John NrsIle,. Iuiir lirrn~ and
thomas NrlShAn the 0hIrf Nrtor-.

lhoHiaN "riShAn lhe ahf' N''"S~
Ih" tamtIN.- which vds s"rn last
90 fhr tptnrdV theatre x ebert u
I.... .r,~,ut"d Snire very human and
GO. roo. figures t. ala audi"nc" that .yi-
t...N frl,ud great Ileasttr" ~ making
r.... ..IsHrutsucr IN" drdmatjst found
- r~rraruu IA "a family living IA y
f.. >-N England TOW n and let uui To
..,.,.. 30 no" most uaturditstIc fashion
10 .,ff-u,,~ and 'ro CuuS,' II.u,"s
.,. ,,ir...''si ~ hen the action that ~
.-...-t'',. ru drama began - work
.,f"uI. loving mother, the IRE
-. -.a liIt": of the brood, Via" dis
-...l daughter. with ysauIlug- h.yond
,.. ..utr.lm routine uG her daily lie
...-. 'arn,~h-'d - background Tor the
..,.. .s.r' ~ an. MINSTREL man Who
...,..e. .u IN" -Crn" and carried away
.. ...t.rv laughter - make hey stiil
,. ... Nr,''u,Si - ms mistress There
49, ..'.raIu'.>- too IN the sketch of the
"a ...I.~- IN. who found occupation only
o. ding raCetrack reports and smoking
G .l.a''..~ until the plight oi has sister
,eI,.1ni the manhn,~S Il hr- nature
/. Nt- ~" inherent nobility e tins rather
q. general. New England stock that led
,.-rn .. lake the erring girl back 10 the
mn" 10 winch they were all 50 satisfied
ua'.| tina serpent az the head 81 the MN
.r-al raui appeared and brought shame
9. their household
VI Davis drew these characters with
unieulahla truthfuln.ss. and they came
from life with none Of the footiighr con-
ysu'lnuahty about them. Yet ~ their
.'lmar- fate was 10 arrive before the
',p'hghts # might have been better to
cast them more strictly IN the theatrical
mould There need not hay. been any
l1-- II their naturalneSs. a. any expert
Grama'I-r would have known but Mr.
DAVIS u NOT an expert dramati-t This j.
80 FAR a. We know. his first appea rance
a. playwright. so he - tn be cougratu-
lated on having transferred 20 the stage
some figures that are genuine American
characters raCy NJ the soil m which h..
found them. acting and moving IN ac-
or lance with the lif" they had grown
" N
That m. dramatist kept them So
natural and infused mo thar l"n- 50
li''I- - the blood thai - indispensable.
.. heir reality and vitality On the stag.
!. another proof II IN" fact that h" Is not
~ shed at his task psrhHps their m
sr.'.'v even to Sr-ak The language ri h
'aea'rs and civ" their full value - the
t.'hur's humor and accurate observation
. n. man nature u a. one more proof .Dt
ne IrrsConcllabls difference Eetw'''n
'"rh IN the stag" and IN IN" written
.r."
Nah"l Bert impaired gent l-ue~s and
! q Ha'lC resignation - th" robe 4 tho
sv-.Ug mother Julie Hsrn" could not
as. m" family talent " she tried and
,h. dalin"atsd very pnIgnPntlv the sui
fsrngs of the mIsl.d daughter John
Wesley supplied a recoRniyobi" typ" a.
-" worthless VI la - sport WhIle Thomas
M.IEhRn was such "A healthy. hHli- me.
EWpUraTIlN Ignobi. character va- .IItf.'
'.rgIN'n Then tn" vsterau samuel 3D.
wards proved tn" value .i experience NV
atu"Artng very piau. blv A. the indifferent
fa'n"r - the family