The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-09
LOVE AMONG The LIONS"
tN>IID HDOh DOES\T HthI
>uIITIi HOl mo FiRGE o..
|, urrnrII smith DS~> III Ne Can IO Build
InirrIaInlnE riAS tut of Ne'LllnE In
IONS Drn 4. o.. Mathews Proves
welcome NIlsiitlon to Local stage.


...T IN. MINOR Classics " = Anzteys
.f. Bfrti-h humur tells thu, story ~
g woman dissatisfied with what the
40. .t-n calls the r-tat. Of life Ia
Dr . u had pleased God Ia call her
-, mnth"r had been an exhibitor ot
w. .. mIr, and trained canarie- So The
Woman langilishe~ IN the lOdg
ne { her stepfath-r, who gav" lessons
r. IiiOn She longs tu com" INTO M"
.,, 'a- world and -..rms likely to hav"
go. rrpnrtunity when mid hammered
~. man who has Won fam" - a tea
,,,... invites the young lady to u'.,utu"
.. Nlf" and agrees ~ her Nhrm Ia h''
ra - m cage 10 nous performing M
.tr uirCu-
81 Au~tsN knows how To- MAKE ~4,h -
,,.. .."~i~ -"r," every pus-ibl. r4rpus.'
. .." profess unal humnriEt II" has
r....' ~ shrinking hero. the dashrng
.,r... and the lions IN contrast and h."
49,. - uH b" the m"thodi,al ~lI,,y,.,~frr
.r..,,. IT humor that be- mas h.NCum. W"r"
mo- 'IE~ combination played for AN % ~
49,. Tho ldaa is twisted in this direction
,rr 'n"u To- that until the hight has fallen
% ever, facet IL tins British gem In
no fantastic situation the author eN-
rsu-'- the mechanidue Of the humorist' =
80 He hAs confined himself To the
opposition NJ this single situation and
.nor dominates tn. story
o. adiiunn tn the two lovers who are
49, s''"r all compelled To go through the
a-r.A + becoming one in the arena ring
.-,..l-" Unknown tn one another each re-
-.- from fright before Il - time to
,ntar 'na cage. there are few -ketChy
cnarar'"r~ The ceremony that takes
rs,rlu.tes the hon tanner and has assist
,n' Who with the brides -tapfather. her
'-~nd q Young woman reporter and her
rA-rs'"~ "l"rk Il suitor form the back
srn4uf for tho two lovers Tho novelist
"a much less need ~ these incidental
-g.r-- han MInChel Smith. who wrote
,r~ dramatic version NJ the story which
,hArss Fronman produced last night a. IA
~ Ga-rlck Theatre The author might
-iAA~ - fun emphatic enough with only
10 characters IN the foreground. but
cfsu far,.' needs more
VI smith - an eNr~rt theatrical crafts
nan and ti- dramatic tgo and two have
'r"-'. mad. four almost without eN-
'sy' M - ne was quite capable of MAX
ug a. v'tr from the Anstay gtuh Wise
40. 'atur> ssId at the Garrick Theatre
49, Uls'' nat Charles Frohman had in
tended 'n groiuC., th.. play last season
NIf i"sgA. red of finding a comedian suited
o.. %" -'l. IT the shy bridegroom until he
rr1.Er' = Mathews over from Eng
and 90 at m" part Jan" Oaker, MAY
blame tlarrnce Handyslde ard even tho
N sr-n~ahle George Sp"lvin w"r" other
I''.-. n ~. EAST
Nlr smith supplied What ~e.m..c much
.vg.nAi matter t. develop 30" man
49, 3 -.
Hsu"ndei altogether for his effect tho
Co.. acts could never haN. b-.n built
'r .4'r 4 weagre foundation Two acts
Ssr" utIill~t IA lahorip's n * llful prep
s-a'Io On FOR a hypothesis winch The audi
en- could have accepted Al once 4 ~ all
1Ns elaborate treatment -aernssd ~ wear
re slender fabric thrradbars p.6ora IN"
rss.lltS ~ the dramatizt'- work r.Ca'n"
EVIDENT IL was in this particular that the
'ysntor ~ the idea Was more IudiCiou-
j. NT smith had chosen to rear on the
within of the bride GREATNESS. swiftly
moving farce which left the spectators
. 'lue for thought the result would have
frH'ahIy been NOR" entertaining than
'-. drhh"ratIon with Which b." stead y
- ms hearers pu step by step 20 what
'a1 been perfectly obvious from 'h..
set l. was PLAN from ~" first .,'.u"
.. AZ the nuptIalE IA H." hons cage ur
s'methIng winch Tor th"airI al purFr-"~
Na- Just the same was hound - urrur
..uckiy 20 the realization ~ 'ha' ln.yrta-
10 consAquenc" would nav" rs'.n NOR"
70 the Vein ~ good farce than to have latd
- O" upon stone IN the careful manner
= the playwright who II preparing ms
!dI"nce for surprise rather than for
hat was forsgon" conclusion And
''r"ra arr more than once IN the progress
- the first three acts reTetItIons II
san-'. and -p.-aCh
p Mathews who cam" before "A
n =
gh' - obN Io,I-ly a comedian ~ natural
and finished methods who - a W.lComa
ATfriion TO the local stag. But he played
OBJ" 1"wildered and terrified husband last
Er' AZ a tempo that proved ~ no ASSIST
40 ~ the slowly moving Performance
Hty Blansy - the lion tanners ASSISTANT
A01-d the only other not" ~ distinction
"a the acting po~-e-~ed Jan" Oaker
." very speech and action contTadIctsd
80 hypothesis that she was an Imperiou-
A." Hl'Ious. dashing young woman. and
IN ~ the farce's limited plausIhility
osr"ud"d On thai impression ~ her