The sun., 1910-12-07
CHEVALIER IN DADDY DUFARD'
COSTER SINGER BEC0MEs THE
HERO OF 4 FARCE.

He Impersonates Barren whs II Also an
Actor and sings Three of Fis Musir
Hail songs-some of HIS English
Company Arc Less Capable imam He,
Albert Chevalisr. wA has attained
fame a. a coster and character singer
appeared last night in the Legitimate al
the Hackett Theatre The play was
Daddy Difard.' termed on the bill a
character comedy Mr.. Chevalier ant
Lschmor. worrall wrote the piece.
! Character comedy" sounds explnna-
tory. but it IL not fully so. There is a
touch of comedy about the play. but /,
ia mostly farce Of the kind that makes
IN. average thea,rsgosr laugh all tho
time hs is seeing it. Last night distin.
guishad critic whose features usually
never change wa% observed To smile
twice. and oven then he left before the
last act. To b. candid tho word char
acter' In in a way descriptive of the play
II is character all tho way through. and
most OF it IL Mr.. Chevalicr.
There is large company. most ly brought
from England Many Of ths players had
character parts. hut for tho most par
they were done in a mediocre fashion
The German diAlsrt OF ons Of thsm and
the French Of anothsr fell below what
New York recognizes as tho real thing
OF the rest Of the company. most Of whom
have names that are not familiar here,
Harry Brett ~ a popular comic singer
was good Next TO Mr. Chsvalicr HIM
self most mention might be made Of Sfisa
Violet Hemins. who took he par Of
Rose Dufard sh. is a comsly young
woman Who speaks her lines we'll and
gives tho impreesion that some day Sh.
rna:' do even better
or course ChcvalIer il still Chevaliar
as ~as evidoncrd by half dozen calls
after each Of tho first two curtains.
He In on the stage most of the time and
there il one scene III which he has the
stage to himself and sings some Of his
familiar songs. He gave last night
Mrs. 'Enry fAwkins. The WorkholSa
Man and Right as Ninerenc".
Mr.. Chevalicr is Achiils Taimn Dufard.
an old French actor settled IN London
He has a lot uf Bohemian friends and a
RnNr. whom he has trained
to hc an actress She has the promise
of a part in a sketch written by her sweet
heart. Paul Hnmm. nd. but the jealousy
Of the regular star OF the Caledonia lha-
her. Duf'rd. who has been out Of job
a long time. fails simult aneou~ly to get
pne he has hccn looking for.
gambling club IL suspected by the
London police The French manager
of il appeals TO Duidrd for a suggestion
as to how TO save IT, Dufurd who /,
turns out is really a baron. but who need.
money. thinks Of one. He proposes that
the owner OF the club sell him his lease
for three months for Ei. give him carte
blanche with tn" tradesmen and f2UOO
II he allays the suspicious Of the polio"
Then he moves into the gambling horIs..
il interviewed. and by the aid Of his iItl.
persuade- the theatre manager to give
his daughter a chance AT the sketch when
the star. thinking she has the manager
fast. refuses to go on And there you
are: but that IL not all. for more telling
would spoil things.
Mr.. Chevalisr acts the part OF DufuFd
~ those familiar with his work may
ina gine. but he betrays himself every
time he puts his hands in his trousers
pockets. Then he becomes the coster
act shows in three scenes the foyer. stage
and the back OF the scenes OF music
hall
The audience last night seemed 60
.njoy the performance all the way through
and Mr. Chev alier seemed personally
IN he able to hold them for the two hours
md a half In addition 10 the thre. songs
n the third act he got OF a French chanson
n the first which the audience enjoyed
md some seemed to understand Good.
high class continuous vaudeville was
There was applause at the finish.