New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16
THE DRAMA
Pieces by Synge. Shaw and Lady
GREGORY Acted by irish Players.

A delighted audience, liberal with us
| laughter and applause. and with quieter APP
, probation. watched the Irish Players last
! night Ia a typical performance. which they
| will repeat this evening.
! The wit Of Synge the satire of Bernard
! Shaw. the fun OF Lady Gregory were APP
preciated with quickness and zest which
90 far TO prove that even in New YORK
| there may vet he some general hospitality
| for the unusual in what is sometimes re-
| fcrred to as dramatic art"
There was Synge's one-act play. THE
| Shadow of the Glen: there was Shaw'a
one-act play. Tho Shelving Up OF Blanco
posnet." and there was Lady Gregory's
| comedy. "Hyacnth Halvey" also in SIN
| glc act.
Svnge's little play has been seen here be-
fore. acted by others It's story is Of Nora
Burke. young wife OF hard listed old
farmer. living in a lonely glen. who tells
her mind about her lord while he's feign-
ing death Thus the old boy traps her.
and. not relishing her opinion Of him. drives
her from their home on stormy night
There is a good deal more to the piece
than this bare outline. but this outline
| mus; suffice for the moment
What was most striking in connection
with the evenings entertainment was the
versatility and almost constant presence
| of Miss Sara Allgood, who appeared In
each play.
Miss Allgood's range is beginning to as
tonsh many who have been nurtured In the
faith that the type is the actor This
Young woman must be the despair of some
of our managers. She skaters their no.
lions that an actress must off the stage
look like the part she plays on the stage
Miss Allgood plays many parts and in her
own person looks like none OF them
| Mr.. Sinclair. too. is a comedian who
| makes the eyes of some Of our cast-fraiherS
bulge with distress. or must II they take
| the trouble TO examine his work, he does
so many things and does them so firmly
| and we'll He was in each Of last night :
plays. Mr. Sinclair and Miss Allgood carry
| n large share-a very largo sharon the
| seasons labors, and they carry their pur-
! dens with the skill which brings just dis
! tinction.
'IIyacinth Halvey" is one Of the most
amusing trihes. Hyacinth, youth on MS
adventures. comes TO Gloon with fabu-
| lous budget of letters of recommendation
letters which build for him a saintlike
| character, which gets him into unexpected
| difficulties Let him undermine his char
acter as he will. even by deeds larcenous
| or riotous, he cannot obtain calumny he Is
| showered only with praise. If he resists
| the police he is a patriot; If he steals
| sheep's carcass he is a benefactor TO a
| dealer I'm diseased meats; If he robs a
! church il is to his eternal or temporary
! glory. His seraphic reputation confrontS
| him at every turn. Mr.. O'Donovan Is Hya-
| cinth. and an amusing figure he makes OF
the cub.
Well liked by the audience as every piece
| was. the piece that got the most applause
and laughter proved to be THE Shelving
In of Blanco Posnet" This may be worth
recording as of proof that the public can
| recognize a good thing i'm most unsuspected
places-if YOU give IT time enough and DO
not frighten it too much. As for the irish
Players and their Irish Plays-whispers
have been heard that they are too hgh-
proved" for this imperial jewel among
cities. And so none need doubt that there
are things off the stage quite as funny as
those that adorn II.
The cast of "Blanco Posnet" was the
same as that for the first performance
here. The cast Of the other pieces IS given
below. A. W.
CAST OF THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN"
Dan Burke farmer and herd Arthur Sinclair
Nora Burke. his wife ....: ......: sara Ailgo0d
Michael Dara. young herd -. 4. oRourke
Tramp. ..-.-..-'- d. NJ f>'illSoii
CAST OF "HYACINTH HALvEY."
Mrs Delaine. ......................S sara AHsoo1
James Quirke. Arthur Slilcd i
Fardy Farrell. a O,Rourke
Mice TCycc Recommendations. Eileen . Doherty