New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
REPERTORY PLA1
H Meredithian Fraem,r,
T1co Barries.
London, Mars,

something more than success a.
osity- 1t is appealing 70 new class.
playgoers. who do not want thor,s.'
but drama with d.
literary form. Its third veutu-.
triple bill, with a fragment Of r..
Meredith's unfinished comedy. "rs.
timentalists." and two Barries. ons.
some as a play and UnscientiA.
medical treatise. and the oths-
mirthful and cynical The fray-
staged for beautiful garden :,
morning and evening scenes. int-ass.
u motley company OF early yic,o..
in appropriate costumes. who ,,r
about love, moonlight. vfdo-..
spiritual missions. graces Of culfu,.
other Meredithian abstraction,
WIS no action, but there was deugs-
talk to illustrate with comic fore.
timental Alterations and inteIlectn.r.
lies. One recalled NIereditb'z ov,
tence in the Essay on Couad,,.,
types Of character inspired by Mar
and Moliere: Ladies that soar
realms OF rose pink. whose ta,
wears the nodding plumes Of in,.r,s..
conceit. are traceable 70 Philan,ir..
Belise Of the Femmes Savantes. az.
mOrdant. witty women have thu ,o,-
of Celimene- The reason ia -h,, -
two poets idealized upon life: III.
dation of their types Is real and
quick, but they painted with sn;-;..
strength, which is the solid in arr
The groups Of pretty girls and :,
gushing widows hanging una, !.
words of shallow. affected pros.,.
suggested at once the noveIists an,
scription Of thoughtful laugbt.- -
common sense behind il, as n. \.
specific for dealing with tia v,,.-,,
ailments and whims of socistv vss-
has TOO much money and roo w.
leisure. The young widow. reserved :.
remote. because she had dedicated -
self 10 the memory OF her lost hu,b,.
seemed 10 have come out Of the ~, s.
of Moliere in spite of her eariv z
| torfan clothes: and what delightful =
| sense she talked when she was drsz-S
admirers about her while pretendir, IS
repel them by her coyness and cold-z
| The lovema king al night was as aII,s
tive and as vaporOUs as the profess
dialectics by daylight. and, like
George Bernard Shaws interniu
talk. it came TO nothing in the end.
how delicate was the play OF fancy
how fascinating the whimsical turin:
the phrases, Welcome figures on
RepertOry stage we're Astraa. Hon
ware. Lady OldIace. Arden, Proisx /
Spiral. Dame Dresden and al. Their
tendant squires and DANES, and. II
Neredith's spirit and lightness OF %
We're in the lines and in the ltss
method. there was no Snowman On
stage leering at the audience with nt
ing smile. there there had been IN
Shaw's protracted debate.
Mr.. Bdrrie's sOmbre study OF the Or
evil and heredity was unpleasant VII
cut being informing II was the s
of d confirmed drunkard who had sri
cipated himself from bondage by as
preme effort of will. yet was coHdsm
TO witness the degradation of his E1
daughter, a secret drinker.
Friends" was the title. and tAs ~
terry of the fathers NERVOUSNESS GTg
shadows on the wall and the SIZE
noises in the ancient house was
solved until the girl was seen cTssr
downstairs into the darkened room
fumbling in the cupboard for the OK
The father. whea convinced tna'
ghost in the OLD house was his 9Vh
with a thirst for brandy inherited
him. could only warn her that sne
struggle against = and overcome J 4
an agOnizing conflict. as he himss-
done. From the wife he received
comfort in place or sympathys III
told him that there had been no eohS'
over drink. but merely that ne has :
and lost the craving from physez.
cline. II would have been souhas'
ence if she had asserted that me
disposition to weakness was tns
heritage. not the acquired drink dS'
Mr.. Sydney Valentine. intensely
Gus actor as he was. could not %
with this part. and Miss Lena AsH'
talents were wasted in the rnps's
ton OF the bitter tongued VIE
mother. There was a welcome -
when the second Barrie WOUND "
evenings entertainment. This was
TweIve-Pound Look" a fantdseN
exceedingly diverting study et
proud Vulgarity- MI Edmuhu
who is one of the best comedians -
London stage and is enlargins 'n'
sources OF his art with every iISS"
PRESERVATION. was an arrogant S"@
ing millionaire. rehearsing IN S"'-
with his wife in court dress '1'
mOny of knighthood and fairy ~
with groSSnesS. vulgarity anu
When Lady Sims. wearied by 10
pous airs. had left him. he Was COM
with his former wife. in the pei''
typewriter who had called In FeSp'@
an advertisement 70 answer ie'...
kilograms of congratulations ~
divorced her because she had f'''
as he supposed. with another MS,
this was a mistake. She had gol'
alone because she had fouIiu S
the vainglorious. pompous anu
millionaire uncomfortable. she 49, ,,
her independence by ouyms
writing machine and learning no"
il. and when she had earned IT. -
able 10 set up for herself she '"' 80,
back upon him and began y 49,
freely when she was no Longer
his obnoxious presence.
The part of the typewriter ~ M
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