The evening world. Newspaper, October 11, 1902, Page 9

A Sixteenth Century Morality Play Among the Novelties — Mrs. Patrick Campbell Will Produce Sudermann's “The Joy of biving”— A New Melodrama— Mascagni Will “Ratcliff” and “‘Iris’’ at the Metropolitan. After all, Mascagni is rather glad now hat he aidn't run down to the pler and board a boat for home early Thursday evening, when threatening letters from wengeful musiclans caused him to be- that enemies would utterly ruin hie American premier. @itting, Thursday, with his pipe and a Glass of the imported beer he keeps in quantity in his dressing room, the grate- @ul composer counted himself a lucky and @ happy fellow. t was worth crot @ozen times,” said he, ing the ocean a “to meet such a that of last night. ;Bo {dea the American people were 80 enthusiastic. Their greeting was entirely beyond anything I expected, and willl do much to smooth the way to the other American cities I shall hope my tour may be as pleasant as Its Draining his glass, ing the stage, bent over the mass of floral tributes with the fondness of & woman entering her flower garden on ® bright morning. From a huge cluster of roses he un- fastened a ribbon, and, carefully wind- ng it on his fingers, placed it in his The flowers will but I shall mean to me ‘American friendship.’ ” Though he did not say so, Mascagni doubtless realizes that his own country- the moving spirits in the acclaim of the first night. It was amusing, the manner in which Italy appointed) themselves rulers of the great throng in the Metropolitan Opera-House, and acted as mentors to the other auditors, ‘Again and again Italy rebuked America for its {ll-timed enthusiasm, peremptory * discouraging every demon- atration that interfered with a single note of music. And what was still more amusing was the submissive spirit reprimands were received and obeyed. “Carrots” (to newly arrived ser- vant)—Have you got your charac- Annette (taking document from basket)—Here it is. “Carrote”—Be careful you don’t One OM, FORA SANULL WELLER! ‘Readers of Dickens who witness the Grossmith plece, Party," at tho Princess Theatre, mugt ef necessity be struck with its similarity ploycd 5) THORNE \SOUCICAULT the ALI HUZER G Caer TORZA, to that portion of “Pickwick Papers” which so inimitably describes the “swarry" of the self-satisfied Footmen of Bath in the back room of the green grocer's shop. How much like those conceited imita- tors of their betters are the “servator- {al personages of Mr. Grossmith's farce! Surely, Mr. Grossmith must have had them in mind since he has 80 close- ly copled the characters of Dickens. What {s hard to understand !s why he did not supply a prototype of the tcono- clastic Samuel Weller. With a Weller to call those aping aristocrats “irre- deemable reskils, “awdacious blag- gards,” and ‘desperit willing,” that when-the-cat's-away-the-mlip-will-play scene in Frayne’s apartments would have a spice and a flavor whioh it now lacks save for the occasional blunt com- ment of the butler who so far forgets himself as to come to the august assem- bly in butler's livery. On “He expected to win in the long run, but he didn't run long enough.” —"A Country Mouse.” ON eee FAMILY TRAITS SHOW. See Lionel Barrymore as the Italian organ-grinder in ‘The Mummy and the Humming Bird," at the Empire, then seo Ethel Barrymore as the lad ‘Car- rots” in the curtain raiser at the Savoy, sind ask yourself If you do not recognize them to be brother and sister. Seldom has family resemblance on the stage been so strikingly tllustrated as in the case of these two players. It remained only for Miss Barrymore to get into homespun trousers when— presto!—there you have the dainty counterpart of the rough Italian in corduroys, The walk, the voice, hesitating, simple mauner, the expres- sion of the face—everything—Is so near- ly the same that you marvel at the fidelity ofthe human mould. the eyes, the <7 Violet Aynsley—Your husband is a great speaker, isn't he Lady Silvia (wife of John Bowl- by, M. P.)—In the House of Com- mons, but not in his own hou —“A Country Mouse.” One REAL, WINE WAS THIS, In ‘the opening performance of “Tne Sword of the King" at Wallack’s was a pretty Incident on the stage which passed unknown to the big first night audience. In the last act of the cumedy a loving cup 1s brought on and all the assembled personages ‘pledge a toast to the Prince of Orange. ‘As the play progressed and Miss Cros- man realized she was receiving pub- Ma favor, sly hit upon a happy dea of turning t& drinking scone Into « reality, At hor home she had a hand- some loving cup presented her by mem- vers of her “Mistress Nell"? lShe hastily sent for tt and ction of the play reached a the rr loving cup igh ies stage wi | tied with’ inet b from Np fo Mo all the Jand as, it pass |member# of the congratulation play. "nus a dit of Ainge business was ¢, d for an actual! gocial oveerva ee at th TOSS BURNETT HOSEMAID ARATEER THAN SOUPRETIE A noble missionary work {is going forward on the stage of the Princess Theatre. English visitors complain that there are no servants in America, and Mr. Weedon Grossmith has come over with his clever company to in- itiate us inte the real thing In below-stairs manners. Five of the leading characters in ‘The Night of the Party” are servants, and each one is as distinct and finished a study as the Beau Brummel of Mr. Mansfield. On the programme they figure as Paulina, housemaid to Mr. Frayne; Mr. Roundle, footman to Lord Dalston; Mr. Bogle, hall porter to Melton Mansions; Mr. Flambert, servant to the Duke of Hungerford, and Mr. Crosbie, servant to Mr. Frayne. The last is Mr. Grossmith’s part. In England they seldom use the word “valet.” Mr, Richard Harding Davis would say, with sweet and earnest simplicity, “my man;" an Eng- lshman says bluntly ‘‘my servant.” To the American understanding Cros- ble is a bachelor’s valet. A thousand little details that couldn’t be catalogued without long and faithful study go to nmke up Mr. Grossmith’s absurdly lifelike picture of an English servant. After playing the part for nearly two years I can't imagine how he worries through private lifo without touching his hat to his friends and waiting at table whenever a dinner party crosses his path. WR WELDON GROSSMITH AS THE MASQUERALING VALET A STUDY OF SERVANT TYPES. There isn’t a trace of exaggeration in his methods. He couldn’t spend five minutes in a high class employment agency without securing a good situation, “on form,” as tho tipsters say. His art reaches its climax when the guilty Crosbie has to tell his mas- ter a lic, and hasn’t time to invent a good one. The furtive manner, the » PIR. DRUCE AS THE DURES , MR PRINCE. \ PORTS SERIANT obsequiousness slightly emphasized by embarrassment, the stammer, the slynoss, the scared smile, the apologetic cough—tt is a leason in acting. Of transcendant importance among Crosbie’s guests on the night of the party is Mr, Flambert, servant to the Duke of Hungerford. Mr. Flambert is a mighty man in the social sphere which he delights to describe as ‘‘ser- vatorial,” and Mr. Hubert Druce, who plays the part, looks as if he had stepped out of the pages of Jeamos Yellowplush. With an art not far short of Mr. Grossmith’s he conveys the prodigious dignity of a great nobleman’s body-servant when mingling {n “servatorial” society, and his polished hu- mility in the presence of his superiors. Mr. Arthur Eldred represents another type of servitude—a tall, slen- der, impudent young footman, who scandalizes Mr. Crosbie and Mr. Flam- Hert by appearing at a social functioi in full Nvery and powdered hatr. But then he “'as a pick-up at ‘awf-past one and cawn’t get hout of it.” Mr. Bogle, the hall porter, is of somewhat lower social status. He is intrusted with the opening of Mr. Frayne’s champagne for Mr. Frayne's servants’ guests, and takes a childish delight in letting the corks pop, greatly to the distress of the refined Mr. Flambert. Miss Joan Burnett's pretty housemaid differs from other stage house- maids in that she is a servant rather than a soubrette. To the student of “‘servatorial” manners {it will be interesting to note how Mr. Grossmith and his fellow-actors, when they have nothing else to do with their hands, stiffen them in a cramped position by their sides. You may know an English servant by this sign without seriously infring- ing the Sherlock Holmes copyright. KATE CAREW. and the unsuspecting audience wit-)had paid their money and I was ex- Reseed a real instead of a mimic wcene.| rected to go on and try to be tance, ‘© |no matter how hard the ordeal, I man- aged to control myself until I began Philippa Drayton (disguised as singing @ @ong, the refrain of which a boy)—I’ll make Ned confide in was" me—man to man. | suppose men cutinamme could see me now she jome- ¢ | wouldn't say a wor, do confide In each other s The words stuck In my throat and times. —"The Sword of the King.” On eet PROPERTY” INTERRUPTION, “Pop” went the cork of a cham- pagne bottle in “Iris” Wednesday ‘night, and “Pitt!” went the sentiment in the scene where Trenwith tells Iris struggle though I did I broke down gomectaly, and was obliged” to quit the tag’ Dae rt Ned (to Philippa)—Woulds’t grow to be a man, harden thy ears—thy ears, not thy heart. Philippa—! vow both will need loft his intended ‘departure for the] 2it. Greary ranch in far-off British Co- ‘The Sword of the King.” lumbia. > § Virginia Harned was on the verge of weeping all over the place again and sympathetic sisters in the audience were groping for their handkerchiefs, when the champagne suddenly took a notion to have {t out with the cork. It was really an unprovoked offense on the part of the fizz-water, as no one had touched !t for some time, and there was no earthly reason why it shouid not have kept its refractory beads un- Gar Cagealp ut it didn't, and the result, was apec- tators were tlitering and laughing when they should have been swallowing lumps In their throats and drying the dewey MISS ADAMS'S HEALTH, Charles Frohman's announcement of the postponement of Maude Adami November engagement at the Empire gives rise to fresh rumors concerning the health of the frat! lttle actres: In this connection a Detroit correspond~ ent writes: ‘Dr. Kiskadden, uncle of Miss Adams, does not believe there is the slightest ground for the consumption rumor, though he has not seen Miss Adams Since she was ‘here last fall in ‘Quality Street.’ He says at that time ehe w not well, but she-attributed {t to heavy rehearsing incidental to the production of a new play, and the fact that while in Detroit an important member of the company was taken ill, another had to he substituted, and extra rehearsing followed. §he told him then that during the summer previous she had made a spectal trip to Baltimore to Dr. Osler, an eminent practitioner, Dr. Kisladden did not say whether she had gone to Dr. Osler especially for advice concern- ing her lungs, but tgnored a direct que: tlon on this point. He satd the family history on both sides was entirely free from the least suspicion of tuberculo- ais. ,Dr. Kiskadden thinks if present reports are true Miss Adams must hay broken down at the close of last season and fatled’ to recuperate during the summer abroad, and that the fact is to be kept from the public until the last possible moment." Or Ot OE, Ned Royston (to Philippa, whom he mistakes for a youth)—That was a heavy sigh, young man. Philippa—'Twas heavy, but 'twas the lightest one I had. —The Sword of the King,’ eee TOM SEABROOKE’S ORDEAL, Speaking of tears, Tom Seabrooke, in the wings of the Casino the other night, told how a scene was spoiled in quite another way. “It happened in Buffalo one night when I was playing in ‘The Grand Vizier,” related the comedian." Just be- fore the curtain. wae rung up I was handed a telegram. Opening it I read my mother had died. I need not say how I felt, But the peopie out in front PLAYS OF VARYING PRINCIPLES. Religion, the ever-vexing problem of | day and Wednesday evenings, ali sex and medical criminology are the Urday afternoon, Therefore "The Joy three divergent subjects treated in aa | 1i¥itx'’ will not be ween until ‘Tharsday many plays which will claim first at-|“Maving remained in 3 tention the coming week. Meanwhile | Without” losing either Mareagni will tarry to give three more |TePutation, Sig. Ma performances of grand vpera. ESTABLISHED ATTRACTIONS. seems assured to Henrietta) thousands of amusement seekers. New features the coming week will be Corita. the smallest woman in the world, and 4 course of lectures by prominent wom- en. IN OTHER HOUSES. ‘The Amorican Theatre eu new melodrama by Its stage manager, Lawrence Marston, entitled Sane Little Mother,” which will be played by the Succes: Crosman in her excellent new comedy “The Sword of the King,” which enters on {ts second week at Wallack's. The management of the cogy little Princess Theatre, Broadway near Twen- ty-ninth street, believes that Weedon, Grossmith's clever and neatly acted farce “The Night of the Party’ aril run the season there. Its ‘idtinetly British flavor appears to have 2 the taste of the town ‘The run of “There's Many @ Slip’ an “At the Telephone” at the Garricl the: atre will end a week trom to-night and vill be followed by a revival of “His Excellency. the Governor,” with Jessie Millward, Leo Ditrichstein, James Era- Kine and’ other members of the English company constituting the cast. é rts Aflame” will be on view a the Bijou for only another week, when it will be succeeded by “The American Invasion.” ‘The final week of Jefferson De Angelis in Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera, “The have a y he Ivy Leaf,” W. H, Power's well- known play, wil entertain patrons of the Third Avenue Theatre, Vaude: Star Theatre by Reilly & \ded by Pat Reilly: 1d, Belasco® romantic eart of Maryland,” is ar the Metropolis ‘Theatre, Mise Kruger will have the role of 3 Calvert Appear at the Harlem Opera-House the entire week In the dainty Stange and Edwards come opera, “Dolly V which met such favor on Broadw IN THE VAUDEVILLE HOUSES. sproduction of “Du See tp] asoth. p |the Academy of Mus w tarr: latter. anther: per eryman,” announced by Charles, his operas at the. Metfoy Vrohman for Monday night at Men- araune an Nites nlgne vias fall—bec: ie the 087! o| ¥ pe DI Friday ant delssohn Hall—becaure the atmosphere! ria Rusticana’ and “Annette, of a hall is supposed to be more fitting | urday ma there! than that of @ theatre—ia the religious) Iris!" Gn the Mond play. It is likewlne the distinct nov-| / Shenae Bout a ene elty of the week. DBAS ‘ampbell has already #7 Evening World of her » the “ave Conreld com- Theatre will Mrs. through The y. “The Joy: of Living." She hav ned giviig ite frst production U4 day evenings but in view of s.r wil be on tay evening demand for seats for “The Seva: Mrs Love Contract A Ulree-act com. Tanqueray” the English act. will | ¢ ert Redericn, will be played continue to play Paula on Monday, Tucs- the remainder of the week. ah, {tinue to crowd Web Emerald Isle,” at the Herald Squares! proctcrg placea: The Fifth Avenue begins Monday night. Martin Harveys | stock compa Py Belles a Young English player, in “The Only Hy he al pyr Mintel belie Way," will follow. “a dramatl- “Phe ‘Two Schools’ looks as if # hovel of that would be a laughing fixtpre at the| name, avans will he: Madison Squre Theatre for some time to come, John Drew's successful engagement in ‘The Mummy and the Humming, Bird” at the Empire has been extended until he middle of November. Miss Ethel Barrymore beging her. sec; ond week at the Savoy in “Carrots” and “A Country Mouse,” Bwith every indication that her third season as alstock company at the Harlem. hou! star will be the most auccessful of her|with J. Wacren Keene as the leader o career. ‘the vaudeville bill, ‘The Newark house At the Belasco Theatre Mra, Lesile} will have James J. Morton for its head- Carter Is appearing in the admirable |iiner. arr: dlences at which nightie tax the capacity of the wt beautiful: new house. Virginia Harned In the Pinero play, “Iris,” begins the fourth week of her prosperous engagement at the Criterion. Minnle Dupree enters upon her third week at the Manhattan Theatre in the Utle role of “A Rose o' Plymouth- Tow Sally in Our Alley," with Marie Cahill,” has but two weeks more to run at the Broadway Theatre Alice Fischer in rollicking "Mrs, Jack, Is preceded at 410 o'olock every’ eve: ing and on Wednesday Saturday flernoons at 2.10 o'clock Creatore and bis Ltallan military band at the Victoria Theatre. qT bright and_ tuneful Engiisy musical piece, “A Country, Girl,” has met with such y's that seats are selling a month in advance. Tin arranged for the Vaud: played by Geral d, A Wise Lyttoa and Guy William Lost produced. by stock company at the Fifty house, Frees Eldridge will be the Vaudeville entertainers. brated Case" will be put on yy . be excellent musical organization Woman orchestra, will be Bald’ aver for euother week 6 need the DIN at Keith's. Charles J. ne Mabel Fenton, formerly of W. Pields's forces, will appear in a tr: on Sardou's “Cleopatra,” and th be a host of other catertainers, rs, Mr, Perkins pear in thelr quaint. rural -Way House.” Bet- nd there will b Hurtle & the Among. the attractions at Seamon's will be Hele’ woman baritone; Company in the laughable sk: and funny. Amelia Somervill De Koti, the wisard, will ems mystify patrons of the Eden Musee the cinematograph will offer a series of pictures, At Huber’ Musou Young Swan will do batte with @ dozen wrigg given up, with, ‘ythons from India and South Amer ‘A Country Girl” will run the 4 hea ers Brothers in Harvard” Rice & Barton's Rose HIN English | ging the last three wecks of ly Company will be the attrac {rt com-only engagement at the Ricks |e ite Isecer ‘hinese Honeymoon’ CONOBATS: rformance at the Casino, i is as fresh as it was in at * Ramsay Mor-| night ween] | Customary to-morrow N york eK eee e ein Opera-House to-in rrow oncerts"’ will given | *hight at. the V a, the the Academy ris's ra: has made Brandon Tynan ¢ Ks of his long has grown bet MR. W in THE NIGHT i) Gasioo ie $A Clia9.¢ Hoxeymoon ve | pRceat ts New SMZER * EE Two ZEALOTS HALL PORTER '5§ AMELIA Fesra. Casing: Amusements. ST. NICHOLAS GARDEN, C ‘General rt Chairs, $1; 4 8. and 7. earreeding of the Carnivora at 4.006 10°. 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