New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-03
FIVE new PLAYS
AT THE PRINCESS
Rest Entertainment Yet
offered by Our Theatre
of Novelties.
POETIC FANCY,
FARCE, A HORROR
Good Acting and Some Capital
Stage Effects-A Perform
ance Worth Seeing.


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10 admirable Mr. RUnn plsvs the rag
r,cs,r and rlavs him we'll.
The NEGLECTED. Lady" which opens IN
bll. has been neatly transferred from its
original Partisan setting 10 a fat i'm The
pror, I, ernploys once more the always
effective idea Of the play within the play.
Two actors. husband and wife are re-
hearsins a stormy scene. the neighbors
believe that they are quarrelling and send
zinc iaritor 20 complain Of the disturbance.
Tn. coyple explain. The 'anitor retires
obereupon the two fan 10 ouarrelling fu-
r.ous,, In good earnest or course the
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mat they are rehea-sing. and. come
10 eject remains 10 spplaud. The dia-
l,s,,s is ,r,rsi,.. with sratchss ~ under.
s.,,d,brs s,aro tall. here and there and
Mr. Mcst.yer and Miss Polini act with
spirit
Since the "thriu" comes i'm the middle
u the evening. IL may be a. we'll to have
.t over here. 10 is called The Kiss in the
DARK II comes from Paris. and il is
as brutal and horrible as lovers of hor-
io.s can desire. a woman has dishgured
and blinded. with vitriol. the man who
mas abandoned her. lie pretends that he
has forgiven her that he still loves her.
and thus lures her 20 his room. once he
las her in his power. he dishgures and
blinds her as she has done TO him. He
uODS 10 IN fun view OF the audience. Con-
.ldcrcd as a specimen OF its repulsive
class a. entertainment. this morbid IN.
,ention lacks the real dramatic mower OF
\ both Fear and The Black Mask" 1t
&epends entirely on physical brutality on
><fhe stage and on physical recon in the
udienee. II has nothing 10 10 with dra-