The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-29

pass in n country public house Of tho hum
blest kind There comes Christopher
Ndhon seeking shelter after fight with
his father. Under the inspiration to make
himself out hero. supplied Ivy the quos-
tioning of the strangers who take him in.
the fugitive declares that he IN urdered
his father. and with every r"cital of the
deed adds to il some fresh horror that
makes him seem greater than over to the
stmpla folk who think man with sufficient
courage to attack aud kill his father
person 80 much out Of the ordinary as not
tO be of their own kind
The stranger is, however, well adapted
tN taking all possible advantage of such
an awe Like all heroes Of his type he
Is u1t without Imagination and is some.
rIiug If a uoet He wins the hctrOthed
dauEh'"r 81 the public house keeper
away from commonplace love for time
I and the village widow fights with her
&, p,seos~ this new arrival The girls
/ -. make - hero Of him and he is the
w.uncr in the spOrts of the village when
h w.. father. more or less wounded but
iluCh moro intent on the Crpture Hnd
Nnislmcnt Of his son, arrives ne
,rr,a Of CNristv soon drop from mS
P NrnW. end when there is q second struggle
unly the escape Of hia FG'her keeps m"
plqybur out Of the hands of the law.
I'noro is n grcat gap" the heroine says.
bcfwr"n n gallOuS story and dirty
/ decd What the payhoy had made a
rrllpus story by his preyarication vas
90 different from the dirty deed OF strik-
, ing mis- father thct his admirers were
ready - hand him - the pcelers when
/ tl"c SOW him try it When father end
son etayt back t. their home. however
( 'horo Is the implication that ChriTg Ndhon
! wilt mover be BgGn the same lie has
/ n9l" h.u greet for fcw hours in his
/ lie end that gives him IN" power as
/ he ss- : TO SO romancing through u
rompuG lifetime from this hour ~ the
dawn of the judgment dey
Nobody can take this t7lk7'ivo. clio
uucnt hero as anvthinE but III" make
| believe that he really 10 From that view
| poin; there is humor IN every spee'h he
uttoTs There Is humor in the talk of tho
| rest of tho pc 8 MS too. but the briliiauCy
/ of his occ- sonnl flashes makes his talk
! different from thnt Of the characters about
| him There is eloquent talk IN every
sccne Of the comedy and many of tho
/ speeches are beautifully poetic.
lnluckily all the beauty oG Synge 4
text does not get It's full value in the
mouths of these enthusinstiC actors
! Frederick Donovan as the plaYnpy not
only brings ont the value OF every line
far as its significance is concerned but
/ ne reveals the poetic beauties of the text,
and the same is true Of Miss Magee Sara
! hor hurried speech much OF the imagery
and wit i'll the lines of the Widor Qun.
/ OF course there are heights in the chsraC-
ter uf Christopher MahJH which Mr. Dono-
! vrn does not touch. They lie above the
abilities Of any but an actor OF training
ds well a. high degree OF talent Mr..
/ Donovan's symbols are as limited as
/ those of the rest of the company, so he
must RELY chiefly on his intelligence and
his good Intentions
| Atorn,tely have Miss tllgood and Miss
! 6 S2iuhhlairh chauted their lines until
thcy lc rn Of the prisoners death Then
the wife, who is represented by Miss
! Shiubhlaigh. begin TO keen" ia a
! r. :her formal f2shion 70 express her grief
I Very touching md strong in the feeling
OF desola ton that will be the future lot
of the wife ere her speeches Her out
bre K ended the wife silently takes the
! lt.IlG." Of clothes left by her husband
/ Then the mother Of the h9nged boy tlnd+
her hope in life to he III" future proci&
nation that he" son died for her neiEhbor
rather then betrav snother In this turn
or the little sketch lies the only outlook
toward happiness Both actresses read
tn air speeches with genuine emotion.