The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-30
GERTRUDE QUINLAN AS PATSY
4 NEW FiRCE THIRTT-VINTH
STREET.
Tie Heroine \ thap-rOn. companion and
Press Agrnt to an Actress some
Puthos witch seemed To he . Great
D~al Law renee wheat Wakes Good.

Putho- which seemed Ia Tie q Great
II~al LANren wheat Wakes Coed.
Gertrude Qunlan was once upon n
time a bright. particular s,,Itrett. of IA =.
Castl" Squar'' brand and huril,l Diversity
through devious airs ~ tho Tyre orf,Ani1a-
, ton - Henry W savage Nnw this
asiuis purv-yur uf uuhhc lantie- has
| always hal - hunch that Mss Ouiulan
was a souhptta ~ star magnitude aud
that she could shine un nrst niHht f
~" dramatic weather was prefer. Her
| tim" has arrived and trman-ut has
l'''-'i Ind fprhnr
She emerged a. a thru,ughP"iug.
hallusrke-l star 'a-i ui gh; 80 MIN Va
Iim"vH's Thirty ninth Sire. Theatre
The plav was ain,t',,! 80 10 = farce and
y was cal,-i Miss Patsy Miss puiulan
was th" linIer~uua'ur Of the title rob"
AMI she was ASSISTED Nv a lut 4 smaller
starr anal Spnr assorted uriitlls. Their
MIS- an Ltst-nC,. IA which actor I-.uil.
w"r' not u'uusIrctIuiI~ and th"p' was
generous amount Il hat happy trst night
applause and laughter wti,u Ir'-t~ all
predictions IN 'hHsa dgvs - theatrical
venture
N"wcll Collins. who lid not apI.ar and
maze a sv.N'Ch after a.. -.chd act write
thus play There - an "pI-O,l'' showing
how q Young physician undertook To- write
"A play in two hour- Whether his tad any
reference To IN" facts attending the birth
OF Miss Patsy cannot ba Cunjr,tur,Si.
but during considerable part of the
r"cund act II seemed a. II such might
have been the case For n was AZ this
period that Miss Quinlan Wal call'-i upon
20 drop the nNigorating assurance which
had previously besn her stock IN trade
to discover that every one had he,n max
ing fun II her and TO laT~. into the patho-
81 an exploded boom
II was here that for few minutes
Miss Patsy seemed to he on the verge of
becoming "A serious and even a m-lan-
choly matter. hut the curtain fell on
laugh and the third act was happier
The farce il frankly iarcical and must
not Ia subjected to critical consideration.
The heroine ~ a staSe-tr,Ick girl. the
daughter II an actor and the self-ap-
pointed companion. Chaperon gIardiar
and press agent 81 popular actress
one ~ her press agent yarns about the
rrrcue 81 the sctr~ from drowning
by n dashing young naval officer starts
the action 81 tbe play and serves to intro (,
duce IN. very self -pn~-e-seh yeunR !
F"n. Crawford, capitally acted by Law /
renee Wheat,
The situations which follow arr all .
wildly Improbable hut they are amusing. /
and that il all that any one should ask of
hem One of the most iudicrou- il that .
which Compals tho young lieutenant ~
poea a. IN. author e "a one act play which .
Rsdr Admiral Giroy ,Hardic Kirkland
,alls upon him 80 exhibit in order that
lis superior officer may read ~.
Sons 81 IN. action last night seemed
1 little forced. but on the other hand all
he soenes. which were 80 constructed as
10 give liberal exhibition of Miss Quin-
an = bag 81 tricks. went very ghbly and
he audianc., seemed to like them Miss
y-art manner 81 speaking. her
'nifs % disApproval. her by-play IN int
alton 81 other r-srsonages on the stage
md her uutlring hrisknesS of movement
we're her chief claims - favor Her
lathos as already minated. was her
east persuasive implement What has
latho- To do with n tho roughly farCiCal
arca anyhow
Miss QuinlAn's chief aids we've Dorothy
Tenant. who PLAYED IN. popular actress
iery we'll indeed and wore ala almost
lobble gown with an air - near content
Florence Nash. who "a the Animals
liece clara Girog. had opportunities &"
ak baby blue dialoRI" and 10 make
Tolls eyes az a man; Minna Black. who
lid a neat tit az the malicious woman uf
he stock company. and Robert Kelley
Sho was extremely rustic a. "A Maryland
ArmeT A. lat. summer or early fall
how Miss Patsy i acceptable