The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-03
see Ny L~swyer"-At the Elan
Theatre.

Max MARGIN reached his second lap
on the way to the p,sywright's fame last
night. See My Lawyer a farce by the
new writer, was seen for the first time
nj the Eltinge Theatre. Thus the young
dramatist had the unusual experience OF
having two dramas acted on successive
evenings for the first time before . New
York audience.
such an honor has been enjoyed by
few. In all probability Shakespeare
has been 80 distinguished. but with a
difference. lie was dead and. moreover
his plays were old. Mr.. MARGIN wa
preseut in the flesh on both suspicious
occasions to enjoy all they had to oner'
So in this way at least he was ahead
Of the Bard of Avon. Perhaps there VIII
later be historic interest in the fact that
both Of Mr.. MARGINS plays were acted
an Forty-second street-and within Q
few hundred feet Of one another.
See My Lawyer Is a business farce
They have been found to appeal strongly
to a public which thinks OF business
all day and is not too tired to take It W
again after dinner. The three acts deaI
with the enterprise OF a young pro
moter to make rubber or a SUBSTITUTE
for il. He is enormously ADVISED py
his LAWYER that the inventor In whom
he confdes has tricked him. Inc proc
net is said to be worthless. So In or
der 10 escape from the consequences o,
his agreement he pretends TO De nor
commas mentis. But this mental attituut
becomes irksome when he learns tna'
what the inventor Is turning OUT TOT mn
ia much more aluab than ruppeI
II ia then that he must struggle 10 eAtr'
cate himself from the reputation io'
mental which he had iaise''
assumed. ,,,,
IL took some effort to discover thi'
degree of story in Mr.. Marcins as !
vas acted last night. There hao pee
either on the part OF the ro ouoe, y
he author, perhaps, a complete aoah'
eminent of all other elements In the pia
N favor of the insanity which hoy
Sarnes should reveal as the promoter o
u enterprise which had gone wrong i
nay have been that Mr.. MARGINS pia!
vas accepted because 1t Afforded an op
ortuni,y to Mr.. Barnes, whom we al
NOW from the Winter Garden. III
ould no, forget this earlier employ
nent himself since he repeated whei
allied before the curtain after the secoh'
net the same old story ABOUT the listen
.ng actors which always ended his par
.cipation in vaudeville productions,
But he had earned the apparent graft
ude OF the public, which applauded hin
warmly by the inslstence on his old In
o~mprehensible nner 1t was difficul
20 understand more than three word
out of five that he spoke, since he has
manner of utterance that begins some
where in the back of his throat and end
IN complete unintelligibility. One OF tn
,~haracters in the play, a doctor
diagnosed his pseudo complaint a
"paranoia assoluta." With no intentio
TO authenticate the validity Of this de
scrlption, it is quite possible to adm
that ~paranoia OF some kind seemed I
have possessed all the characters.
See Ny Lawyer is in fact one o
he most amateurish efforts at fun pro
ducing which the professional stage ha
offered in many a day. II such a produc
succeeds in pleasing the public tn
theatre managers should not worr,
Their like may be found on all sides.
But they should beware of one rivalry
There are still the moving pictures. "Se
My Lawyer IL the sort of a productio
mat must cheer the heart of the movi
magnates.