The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-01
OUGHT A NAN TO CONFESS?
PROBLEM IN MsLGBAM'S NEW
PLAY ~ LONDON.
Oni, tire humorous Parts O,erdene
work We'll Presented NJ the Duke
of N--ks Theatre woman Manager
OHer Poor ''GsmpaRy for George

IoSroN. Oct % As n rule London
managers are careful 20 arrange 40 that
two productions Of new plays do not fall
ON the same evening The hest laid plans
do gang sgiey- sometimes. however. and
last Saturday evening ~as selected Ivy two
msnagements a. a fitting one in which TO
give he public fresh dramatic fare. Mr.
rrohman chose IL for the frs, production
81 Craze " Somerset Maugh Am'a new
play and Miss Lena Ashwell and Miss
MAY Paf-ey. who haze joined a. mana
gers presented Company for George
by Warren Bell. the .aDe nigh
4 Vaughan play is an event in London
nowadays. and when taken in con junction
with such company a. MIR. Frohman hns
gathered together IL the Duke OF York =
Theatre II becomes doubly interesting
The swing OF the pendulum appears TO
have brought Mr. Vaughan hack in
Grace TO where he started in The Man
OF Honor In vain has he protested for
the last few years that he wished and IN
tended to write comedies. that humor
ws- his forte that The Man OF Honor
was n mistake. NC Little evidences OF
a desire to take life seriously have crept
into his work and at last he has quite
given uT the struggle. and in Grace" has
written really serious problem play
which hinges IN he question a. 10 whether
il H. right TO confess q fault TO ease one =
conscience at the risk Of breaking tn {,
person heart TO whom the confession is
made or to keep thc secret OF that wrop V
and try to live up to the ideal the ~ronged
I,erson has formed OF "ne
The serious part OF M Vaughan. 9
play IL we'll worked out. but m tho humor-
Gus touches there Is tendency to exsg-
geration. There is plenty 10 ridicule in
the landed gentry OF England. but Mr..
Vaughan overrseches himself and the
satire loses poisnancy because IL becomes
caricatur-. Miss Irene Nani,rugh As
Grrce Mr. tennis Eadis a. her narrow
afectionAis husband. Edmund Gwern ~
a gamekseper and Lady Tree a. country
dame were all excellent. indeed the
work Of this company IL admirable. and
il helped Grace to the success il has
achieved. There 10 much discussion a.
10 whsther this success will be repeated
in America or not.
Mics AshweIi and Misc PsIfrey showed
a peculiar lack OF managerial judgment
when they put moCsy into the production
light TO the point OF absurdity and so
rimsy ~ to plot that the slender thread
Of IL scarcely lasts till the end Of the third
act
Cambridge underg aduats has ss-
tablished himself At fhe house of some
friends who have invited him 10 come TO
them for a few days. His visit has pro-
lonRsd itself ont OF all proportions. The
master 81 tho hotise u becoming impa
tieni b,It mauam mas q weakness for the
handsome boz and urges him TO stay on
a. he is such company for George her
till a pretty trairsd nurse come, and
snsnares his affections Then he con-
tinuss to stay to he near boz Relatives
" no wish to visit HIS host and hostess are
put IN with forged kilograms To one
he wires that the house has burned down
To another that there IA . Good In the
village. Before tho last act both these
disasters have taken place and the play
ends with settlement ~ 20 the love
AFFAIRS Of the undergraduate and tho
trained nurse. who agree Co marry ON
nothing year. hat II leaves tho audience
hewiidercd IN 20 everything and every ons
of tho failures ~ the autumn season and
Mesdams- Ashweil and PslSrey will have
20 try again.
/ A clever little curtain raiser prrcscesj
The Toymaker Of Nuremberg which
Mr. Maude has revived at tho playhouse
IL Ia called "Bstweeen the SO,lp and the
SavOury. and ~ by @. v. Jennings. The
arene "a m an airy Kitchen where three
se-vanfA aye preparing and sarvinx a
Ave course dinner. during the process
, ~ which the little Kitchen maid is forced