The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-21
OLD PLAYS ON NEW STAGES.
several Popular Drn mas Of Former
Day Seen Again.

The scenic beauties OF Omar the
Tentmaker" have never been revealed
more attractively than on the stage OF
the Manhattan Opera House last night,
although three different stages have al
ready showed them. 1t was in the sec
ond act especially that the home of Omar
and the life of the little medieval viii
iage in India were better enjoyed than
ever before
In the first performances at the Lyric
Theatre there was some confusion owing
10 the crowding of the stage. but now
Tie Two streets dividing the little antique
toWn arc distinctly shown. Moreover.
me spaces of the stage enable the vistas
NJ the FIRST act to stretch further into
space than they ever did before. In all
'ther particulars the play remains the
same. With its spectacular beauties so
much increased this combination of the
poetic Omar and the melodramatic IL
Prosdic Il. ". FULLY ought to be as pros
porous here as ii had been for the -four
months in other playhouses.
me power OF an emotional play has
NOT altogether been destroyed, although
our actresses are seldom identified with
tlese roles now. The day of the Madam
'W's, the Miss Moultons and the
'oH'Hcs even are past, but look at the
continued prosperity OF the booty
Hdddmo Y, who came forward again at
me Bronx Opera House, with Eugene
balr IN tho leading role. Alexandra Bis
son h,herto was famous as a writer OF
boulevard farce He was responsible
10Y the French originals of "On and or
ana MIR. Wlkinson's Widows" six
years ago. Jane HIading acted the play
~ fafis after Sarah Bernhardt had re-
FUSED II and It enjoyed the overwhelming
success OF about ten representations.
Margaret Anglin bought the piece but
refused TO act IL because she thought
her public would resent such heroine.
sAd thereby lost a fortune. Dorothy
ponholy made her reputation in the role
ana sarah Bernhard came back and
showed q rema rkably idealized and sensi-
I'VE portrayal of the ether shifting
mother Sow Eugene Blair after the
p''te has been done for years all over
No country. st,ll finds "A public for II, So
we successful tear producer Is still in
demand.
SISTERS used to be a popular apparition
roy Nh" public and after the Bdtemans
'"'I" "'m' the Worrcls, later the Chap
h'l-. ilcu tho st. Felix Trio and later
Tie French Twin Sisters. Then the pop
''idV of this form Of stage relationship
NNh'ilt came to an end. Even the
'''ilts recently had TO submit to II sep
".hu"n II took the TaliafcrrO sisters
N'b'fat"1 during much OF their profess
H'NdI career to make this dual starshill
''"' 'Sdn. IncS IouIlu nv eNCcl''n'
N.''lr for II IN Rachel Crothers's play
Young WISDOM" which they played last
,rn' Al the Grand Opera House after
Engagements at the Criterion and
H.. Gaicty
Nou'rt ;doson, who played "Strons-
I'ti as one Of the first of his plays as
S'", Nas At the Academy OF Music
.'S''rday ma the role of the Indian youth
NMrn he so SUCCESSFULLY represented some
tssrs ago NJ The Hudson Theatre. A.
''' '"l'S" athlete and as the Indian chief
''"'P back 10 his Kingdom the popular
''''' Wa as effective as ever William
''' ua' certainly opened with great sue
n' sprng season Of visiting stars
" audience welcomed Mr., Edeson
warmly and W'l doubtless be AZ friendly
~ NW'lt bingham and the rest Of the
''Ihsulsh"d visitors who are TO come
.'"n ia Fourteenth stroet TO act with
Ne stock company.