The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-09
THE AVIATOR" A GOOD FARCE
NATIVE fOMEDi TIR>ED "a r
M JAMES HONTGOWFRi.
\ oung Author writes = Novel About Fh-
inG. but When % Comes - MakIns an
Ascent Himself Three Acts Are Nse,l-
ed Wallace Eddingrr Pia>> the Part.

/ How eager New lors audiences are
to enjoy native farce founded on con-
ditIons which they understand and e1-
ecuted with a semblauce Of illusion and
| fidelity To a life they are familiar with
was proved Lac, night AZ the Aston Theatre
where a four act play entitled r ne
Aviator was acted for the first time
James Mont gomery. the author. u not
known among that brilliant GALAXY that
composes the Society of American
DramAfisrs and his name Is quite I'm
familiar 70 th-arregoers who take a
long time 20 learn q plavwriGhts name
and are usually uncertain about the pro-
nunclstIcn OF II rEen But The Aviator
IL destined n become widely know n
ana that u enough To make anv dramarisr
grateful nowadays
Audiences thar laugh apologetloallv At
trsnsn!anted French farce try 10 discover
some resemblance 20 their own humanity
in It's highly tormahEed conventions and
cannot fall TO rec 1zalIA ;he -arne old
tvpes dong the very limited number II
things II u allowed TO cha racters in French
farce 10 do. afford rather an interesting
subject for obserN alton when they find
sonnet hing 40 much 20 their taste a, The
Aviator pro"ed II - agreeable 10 ch-
ser's The tranNness with which rhav
laugh loudly with no self eN~uslng cough
As sequence 10 their rather undemon-
srrarlNe sayety and no sldewsc glance
AZ their neichbors 70 see n they have also
succeeded N finding some genuine humor
IN What IL rur forward a. the fines brand
NJ Imported fun
There was no su-rIcIon os this s'd'p
II mind last night a, the As'or Theatre
MI Montgom@ry play proved I'Ist tho
sort OF comic entertainment that Me-
\ ois audiences rev-l IN when " al4s'
too lnfrequently comes their ~sv Inc
has prtren a best seller with AVIATION
as rs theme De inds himself through
me playwright ->I'tIl "onhlnarl0- If,
circumstances conpclla5 10 max" an
MES al the difficulties Of such = tlsr for
person who has never seen an aero
plane except from q distance he accom-
plIshss has tssE
OF course this amateur rd!rarln - an
old friend r." mendaciou- hers who
suddenly finds himself confronted with
d real master IN he field he has pf"'onG /
20 shine IN Is an ol5 friend He vas TO-
Gently on tour IN Going some pre-
duced at The Bcla-co Thel'ra 'hAre 10
happened 20 be a pretended college a'r-
Lore When the real aviator II the lsI~on
50 n. las night N" audience !ov"i pa
hero more than eyer hc"aTs-. b. us
recognized a. an old friend
Mr. Montgomery put this nero through
every stage Of ang Ish before h% really
sailed INTO the air al me Aad If the 'htrd
act Las, night He practls@I aercna,.tlls
on table with straw aa' and ran@ =
act a. the steering gear ne -pIiiA1 under
a professor and wrote do~n al h., e>-rrs
~ note hook In vain Els f-l-u.- r.."i
To prevent ms suIcldai issen' nv NUNS.
tions and other Tu-Ins But al rks>-.
failed That he made the fight
IN the end ana d. Sh-@d
the grl ~ ais heart shows how W., Lfr
understands ~hIr hI.
audiences want and dem nnstrai.d. more
over hIs uncommon skill IN providing u
There was aDpl" spIl shriinsss II snsr-ch
- accompany the action. then 'hsr- Vls
original ana amusing incident scattered
through the farce 10 add the pIquauCy
hat such familiar material demanded /
Then II was all American and plausl hle
o erervboIT IN u ne theatre from ne Roy
= the gail-rT WHO mad read about r.
y ghrs ~ Belmont PAS down 20 rho MAJ
= thA orchestra stIll- Nh could o. ~
earnedlv a. -"rns - 'n- character o.
hA T.Iy about ~" NarioGs hISds "t "a
y. a. Th.- elamenr -Ipplh par.tU-
nosi 81 me vitality that aHognds n Nr
Mont .omerv play II !, had NOT heeu
mere farce one might describe - air
oiclous success last night ~ maid sort
II triumph
Wallace Ed ns"r : 81 eAp@r' wong
who Wa INis % impair r4rra-y
70 rhs many sided -IHsurgs ii the zero
- such sl exhlrlt.,. u
bravery. John Devsreux Frederick
paG.dtnG. Edward Begl-v who's Ines
prevented rn- production Il The E.I~ N
Iesdiv dgItA cpmpre nensIlv t..ilss
~ IL indis pensible TO IT, success , avI.-
Inc N1rmIN and the eIaclUarorv ari
,tacC@tS OId Waldorf we're some ~ ~.
ffCient actors about Mr. EtdlugAr
rhey we're admr8hl enough therls"lvas
our chiefly interesting rs the result o.. "arv
,kllful sta &c mana cement which gave
very syllable IN the play Its ultimate
ihIs