The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15

Harry Csnor tler Co-t1r IN ThOmpsoa
uuehanan's AdapaatiOa % MAuries
I.etlile's Familiar ftay s0sne tsrtghi
situations and ssme sktlfws Acting
French farce comes to this country
now in various forms. Sometimes va
get It via Berlin and there Ia only a dim
vcncer u German directness spread
over tho Paris original Nowadays there
Ia a more popular local way Of trcatin &
this import. and that IN 10 season Il highly
with the strongest local navoring obtain
able. This method has recently brought
CREST popularity 10 the play agents.
Palais Royal farces Of a vintage that
would make a claret priceless have been
dragged out Of their dust. seasoned a.
highly a. tho law allows and then put
before the public. II Ia as IL recipe
Of voisin were translated into the terInD
Of STANLEY to suit local taste. There has
indeed been q change when the drama
OF amorous adventure needs advehtitiOus
piquancy to make 10 cndurmble rather
than the old time process OF dilution.
just how effective this new treatment
may prove. however. has been shown
by its success In Galvanixing into HE a
farce that saw the foOtlights Of the Paiais
Royal first more than flfteen years ago.
-Lulu's Husbands which was new at
the Maxine Elliott Theaare last night.
needed no such heroic treatment 10 give
IL Aifc; 90 the farce Of Maurice SOuiies
was adapted by Thompson Buchanan.
who has already demonstrated the ability
to construct very vivacious and witty
comedies % his own. Ths locsIe In his
- eksn
New York of the stage. that IN. which
might be anywhere without stPaining
the possibilities too VIOLENTLY. and there
IN in the play such national product as a
press agent II IN he who abets the
heroine in a scheme To extend her fame by
advertising for a husband. She n. Of
course. an actress and in vaudeville Of the
American brand. After she's selected the
victim Of her thirst for publicity she in
tnnds To gei him only as Tar a. the altar
andPle leave him there. One 81 her suitors.
who wants a photograph, resolves the
counterfeit preeentiment OF hor best friend.
How she makes amends for this indiscre-
ton by preteDding that She IL this friend
when the woman's name n at stake and
how her scheme to make herself the most
talked Of vaudeville actress in this country
bring in its wake complications xhe never
dreamed of. the French dramatist reveals
9Th the cG1tsonary exp 2 Of bis
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to New York audiences through thu
medium Of a playwright; who has shown
has sympathy for drama - this kind
! Then there was an additional asset in
the presence in the cast of Mabel Harrison
and Harry Conor. who were identified
with the most recent SUCCESS 81 this
Z faTCioal character.
IL cannot be said that either Mas BAR
rison OF Mr.. Conor had the sane OPP
porturiiies they found in I he Blue Mouse.
/ although there was ample locai wit in
! Mr.. Buchanan's text and VI. Soulie's
/ scsnario moved with the customary
Kaleidoscope swifGness from one sit
uation 10 another. Miss harrison acted
with unhagGing vivacity and Mr.. Conor's
aspect Of perturbssd gravity had its usual
effectiveness. Louise Hall added a
strong touch OF character az the land
lady of the road house. and Edward Heron
was sufficiently emphatic IN hls humor
as the deceived bridegroom. The audi
( ienos found. evidently. boUndlcss amune-
ment ia she situations that followed
one another 50 quickly and in the com
icality of the actors. SO after all -LlIlu' q
Husbands NAV prov even az suhee-
uuent performances TO b. just as funny
a. the first audience found a.. Such a deep
question. however. az the success Of a
farce of It's ind must be left 90 the future.
No mere recorder would dare prophesy
from the outward aud visible signs OF first
night merrimcnt what might come later.