New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-24

! u,te. the. translation Of "Oui. Coquards
cocardes. de coquilles' wen, LOT less, q.
the passages which were buiit lot souno
well as for sentiment were gwen WIN
sweet feminine sentimentahty' with ue"
cacv. with a quaint little fiuttering tehuei
ness Here. indeed. was me strangest %
roosters. no more like the Gal1c toch
! than Peter Pan 10 heicues' p',
| the enormous nopulsrity Of Miss Adams
will m the theatres IN Nhloh pa, =
and tho dollars Of tho land VIII ohoke NV
| Golfers Of the management SO eager i '''7
} curiosity Of the public go
To compare Miss Adams's Chanteoler Win
Lrcien Guitrv's. would he useless lapo'
but not more so than an UNDERTAKING :"
compare Miss Blayneys Pheasant Hen WIN
that of Nine. Simone Both ladies' al the
Knickerbocker kept too much OF the chdii III
and beauty of Rostand's INES 20 them
selves But Of the entire pToductloh app
from, these two important figures or 'he
play n ig possible to speak WIN praise III
Paris "Chantecler" had ~ rehearsalS
Doubtless it had fewer rehearsals III New
york But II went we'll here on the HrS'
nieht. went with surprising shoo'hle'S
And the curtain descended on the last az
three hours precisely after II mad oeen
raised rn the first act. This Regard iol
time is cornendable. The mounting OF
the niece is interesting and attractive. the
SCENE for the last act is one OF beauty
majesty and mystery. The audience was
lese inclined 10 see the ridiculous In the az
tempt n present this "barnyard drama
than Won would have supposed. "ul'rS
form
IF the audience won't laugh ouIlnS "0
first ten minutes we shall succeed W
Broadway audience behaNeu veg
Only once or twice did II idusu III wv
wrong nlace. n was enthusiastic OF couiSe
First night audiences are always eh'n"S'
astic over Miss Maude Adams but ''e'e
is not the least likelihood that any one
thought Monday night, or VIII ever ''Il'N'
that In seeing her he has seen Chah'ecier'
The Chantecler OF Rostand WohdrouS
fancy.
Whether many American patrons OF the
theatre will see more in Rostand famous
play than 4 Drury Lane audience sees ~
a Christmas pantomime time ana e'e".9
viii show. Rostan1 IT may be remefnpeleu'
had things his own way al the PORE -
Martin lie NOT only supervised the pro-
duction. but. as Guitry Is reported TO nave
said he tvrannized over it. At any rate
he cot what he wanted. What he "oulu
have thought mad he been present IN the
Krickcrbocker Theatre Monday night ho
GOV will know. but everybody may guess.
What beauties OF the Imagination ana OF
language an appropriate impersonatioh ol
the chief bird Of the playa big Nolceu'
aggressive. lusty bombastic, daring, brave
masculine ChdnteCler. q Cyrano in teathers'
would have revealed you may guess ps
what YOU knew of Coquelin's art what
vo,, have heard Of Guitry's. and what you
know Of Rostaad's genius I'm weaving WORDS
around a thought. Granted that II you
would satirize or illuminate human emo
lions. motives. thoughts, deeds. you VIII
find no better instruments than men ana
women to work with, men ana women d.
they are and not masquerading as Great
1lres OF the animal world. especially OF
that thin-brained portion of the amman
world, the poultry yard; granted al inns
vet the fact remains that Rostahd mas
adorned this play with literary craftsman
shin Of a high order. lie has, indeed
tceming fancy Dramatic the play IL
not. in the broadly accepted sense OF
the word: dramatic in that sense IL
cannot he with it's principal characters
interpreted as they are, but richly magma
tive. witty and attractive it certainly Is
If suffers now. Of course. But that was
expected. 1t will succeed. nevertheless
and that was expected. But It's success
will be a success Of curiosity. Ana altt'
all. some of Us prefer poultry in. their
proper places. This is undoubtedly true OF
,bo oe amonc rs who keep poultry,sand vino
know ROSTERS. be they of Gallo breed OF
Plymouth Rocks. Orpingtons, Rhode Islam
Reds or what not. All the same all 'He
world will run to see Maude Adams III
Chandeliers plumage. "a W.
nAST OF NTECLER.'