New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-26
THE DRAMA
Production of 1.-The Rosary" at
the Garden Theatre.

Mr.. Edward E. Rose has written THE
Rosary" What he has written is not a
dramatization OF a fairly well known novel
which bears the same title nor is IL a
stage adaptation OF a certain familiar song
But the song has its place in the play.
and also on the programme. The play is a
simple play designed for the simple in
spirit It was. the guess may be hazarded.
constructed for that vast. patient. recep-
tive region known the road" of which
the Island of Manhattan is becoming a
fairly important part. The story OF The
Rosary is built around the sunny and
charming character of an Irish priest some
where UP the Hudson. The priest rescues
sundry persons in the drama from their at
fiictions and guides them to better ways
than they have been accustomed to.
or. at any rate. to better behavior
They are sadly tried. some OF these per-
sons. and for reasons long familiar
TO the practicers. followers and victims of
melo-and other-drama. There are the
most touching e1hortations and uplifting
homiIies and all is as proper as properly
can he. Perhaps Mr.. Woods, who Is now
the lessee and manager Of the Garden
Theatre. will establish Dramatic Cplift
Society and so vie with Messrs. Frohman.
Schubert and Brady in their yearning for
saving the souls Of the people by the aid
Of SIndav theatricaIs. Mr.. Woods has
given signs Of his Iarge-hearted and ethical
aspira tons at two other plavhouses In the
last week or two. The Rosary is an
older play than either Of those that deco
rate the other stages over which Mr..
Woods throws mis- mystic, spiritual touch,
and so the E7Iileless may wonder whether
its presentation is due 70 contrition or to
reaction. But. he all that as il may, there
can be no doubt that The Rosary ap-
peals to that considerabl BILE popula ton which
loves a play the better because it breaches.
Everything about this play is clearly
labelled. You know the good folks from
the bad ones. the dull ones from the bust
ling comic ones. because they tell you
what they are in many words.
Even the title has its appropriate ex-
PLANTATION. in parenthesis. AN emblem Of
purity" and a dear, clear line Of type
assures YOU that the four acts constitute
"a play Of human interest AS there have
been many plays this year quite barren of
human interest, and like nothing in the
heavens above, the earth beneath, or the
waters under the earth, this naive declara-
zion will carry peace and JOY TO many
gTieved souls that have TO witness what
ever comes along in the way of plays and
playacting- Yes, there is human interest
which will interest the humans who love
this kind Of play. Years upon years ago
the theatres OF the land were covered deep
with dramas like unto it: the good folk
were so very good; the bad so very bad;
the innocent SO credulous. the guilty so
dark and dOuble-dyed. How all this
wives the sweet memories of youth, There
is nothing like it in all the world nova
days-excepting in politics The Rosary
may count for little art, but it makes
the spectators conscious Of their virtues.
Therefore they come away. some Of them.
quite content with the world they live in.
Well, that is something A. W