The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1903, Page 9

Montyomery understands “The Man Who Stole the Castle’ Should Have Been a Pork- Packer Instead of Belonging to the “Ods Fish’? School-— The Best Thing About “There and Back’’ Is Its Author. T seems too bad to throw away-a good idea for the sake of a pair of knee- breeches and a handful of “ ‘Sdeaths!" ‘The man who wrote “‘The Man Who Stole the Castle” had an idea, but he, doesn't seem to have realized tt. What chiefly concerned him was fe print on his programme, “Period: End of XVI. Century.” Why XVI.? Why not XX.? Why not a living Andrew Carnegie in- stead of a dead and dreary Jack Dalwyn? The buying of British castles by rich nobodies is a strictly modern and american institution, and there was the author's chance. He didn’t see 4t. He saw only “End of XVI. Century,” aactor in a white wig and a beauty patch sputtering “Ods fish!” A Pittsburg millionaire ejaculating “Holy smoke!” would have given the whole conception life and realty. Mr Aubrey Boucizault Savors of the Eder Musee, | |8sured by the fact that the part Is to ‘be played by Hdwin verrey, of Mr, jSothern's company. Jane Schenck will be the Ophelia and Louise Morewin the and heard an! That the Polonius will be excellent js |the performance. Fifteen new musteal numbers composed by George M. Cohan will be heard, 8 8 Two car-loads of “talent” will have ‘There would have been a really eplendid*theme for drama—the contrast ' Queen, while Willlam Hazletine will! putied out of the Grand Central Depot Detween innocent, aristocratic childhood and a shrewd, unimaginative American business man,, with delightful qualities. only waiting to be fwakened. Mr. Aubrey Boucicault’s Jack Dalwyn doesn’t mean anything. There fs no contrast—no conflict of ideas. Dalwyn informs you that his father, who bought the castle for him, 4s an upstart tradesman; but there ie mothing to show the son's inferior breeding. In fact, he is a good deal of ja gentleman from the beginning, and his sympathies don't need the a’ ning which should be the motive of the playlet. There is nothing extraordinary/in the infant Sir Richard Blverton want- fing to fight Dalwyn for his ancestral.castle. They were fighting days, and Walwyn wore a sword, But imagine the fledgling: aristocrat challenging a pork~packer to mortal wombat! There's a situation for you! And perfectly rational, too—~well within the field of probability. ‘Too bad! ‘We could easily have spared the knee-breeches and the ™Ods fish!” . Nor does Mr, Aubrey Boucirault help matters. He was never more mffected—never more suggestive, of the Eden Musee. The only thing to be sald in his favor is that he:is not the very worst performer in ‘The ‘Man Who Stole the Castle.” Miss Gertrude Towar, who,plays*Sir Richard Elverton, must be award- ‘ed that palm. ra a a a Cad a ‘EO much for the curtain-raiser. The farce ‘There and Back,” which follows, is the work of an actor, and a good actor. The kindest thing you can do for “There and Back” is to think what a very, very good actor Mr, Arliss is, Out of admiration of Mr. Arligs as an actor I feel like hiding my pinion of his farce under heartfelt eulogies of his Cayley Drummle in “The Second Mrs, Tanqueray,” his Duke of St. Olferts in “The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith,” and his War Minister in “The Darling of the Gods.” And, then, it is nice to think of excuses, It Is easy to excuse an actor for not being able to write a play. It isn't @n the nature of things that he should. An actor is an interpreter of other men’s creations. An interpreter and a creator aro radically different beings, ‘The better the interpreter, the poorer the creator; the better the actor, poorer the author. 5 Yes, we can excuse My, Arliss for not being able to write a good play, what we can’t excuse him for ie thinking that he could, and in cold blood etrating such @ rehash of stale and vulgar farce materials as “There Back,” j | Mr, Charles B. Hvats, wlio eubtains the leading part—that same old Wrearinces of the flesh, the tricky young husband! —suggests this arithmetical formula: Take Hoey trom Evans, apd nothing remedns. Mize Florence Montgomery, however, as one of the deceived wives, does exhibit a sense of humor end « decided feeling (or comedy. Which és the only cheerful thing to be recorded of the week's only new whow. KATE OAREW. — eo etree egret + ONLY ONE ‘NEW PLAY NEXT WEEK, A hew Hamlot will stalls into sight on — aftemoon at Wullack's, EXl- who *® number of special features will ve introduced, Doubtless, chief of these will be Mr, Russell, Announcement is made that rehear- sels have been in progress several ‘weeks, under the personal direction of Mr. Runsell, assisted by Frank Reinau, mund Russell, a young Englebman, seems to run to posters and photo- @raphs of the “artistic” style, Is to Ofer his conception of the ‘melancholy ‘There is reason to believe Mr. Mus- Tre wis woven oat be tne) ond une on Priday afternoon are suc: the engagement will somtiaue! bat, "4 ’ ‘] Adey aud June, “1 don’t believe in these here foreigners. | and Christopher Columbuses are all to be trusted.”—"There and Back.” | )play the King; Laertes, and Frank ary Guy Bates Post, McEntee, Horatio. Something good may be expected at the Fourteenth Street ‘N:eatre Monday night for those clover entertainers the Four Cohans are coming there with a new musical farce called ‘‘Run- ning for Office.” ‘The plece is alter- nately described as ‘‘a ragzle-dazzie of fun, song and dance” and “a rural comic opera, with all the scenes laid in & Vermont village.” The principal charactars are a widow and a widower, who in marrying de- celve each other in saying they have no children, when the widower has a daughter and the widow a son. The appearance of the children causes various complications. A football game and @ torchlight parade are features of! Your George Washingtons very well in books, but they're not at 6 o'clock this evening, en route for Albany, where the “all-star” ‘Romeo and Juillet’ production arranged by Liebler & Co. wil haye its first pro- formance on Monday evening, The cast includes Kyrle Bellew, Eben Plymp- ton, W. H. Thompson, W. H. Fergu- son, Edwin Arden, John E Kellerd, F. C, Bangs, George Clarke, Morrest Rob- inson, Edmund Breese, Miss Elea- nor Rovson, Mrs. W. G. Jones, Ada Dwyer and Mabel Aylward and company which will aggregate sixty- five people, . “Mr, Pickwick," with De Wolf Hopper In the title role, and the same excel- lent company which appeared in the unetuous musical comedy during its run at the Herald Square Theatre, will be the attraction at the Grand Opera “Miss Multon,” which was played by Clara Morris at the Union Square The- atre, will be presented by the Donnelly Gtock Compapy at the Murray Hill ‘Theatre. At the Harlem Opera House Amejia Bingham and company will appear in ‘The Frisky Mrs, Johnson.” James A. Herno's sterling play, “Shore Acres," will be seen at the West End Theatre, with James T. Galloway) ontinue at Keith's for as Nathaniel Berry, Atkins Lawrence as Martin Berry and Mabel Wright as Helen. ‘The American Theatre stock company will revive ‘Barbara Frietchie,” the stirring play in’ which Julia Marlowe formerly appeared. Rice & Barton's Big Spectacular Ex- travaganza is the modest title of the show which will be at the Dewey. VAUDEVILLE BILLS. firet New York appearance of the sea- son at the Circle, and Nat. M. Wills, “the happy tramp," will make his fare- well to vaudeville. The sensational loop-the-loop act will ther week, while prominent among the entertainers will be Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardne; in ‘The Soubrette and the Cop. At the Grand Central Palace to-nigh’ will be given a mammoth vaudevil show for the benefit of the ‘Actors’ Ni “One can't help girls one used to know.” “They ought not to, but they have to sometimes.” Hypnotic suggestion will be exempll- fied in a new melodrama, “In the Shadow of Night,” at the Thinl Avenue Theatre. Theodore Kremer's well-known play, “The Fatal Wedding,” will be the at- traction at the Metropolis. “Tracy the Outlaw’ will ¢urnish sen- sation at the Star. THE KINO AND Edward VII. boarded the Discovery tn order to meet and personally compil-) Engitsh explorer, who has penetrated 'Farthest of the Court Theatre, London, and that’ South" and who is London's latest social Mon, Ae Gir Clemente Markham (the if Tuesday's performance and a peg] Cental Ogure) presented Boott to His Majesty the young man drow himself up) 0! respectfully to the formal salute. But the King ment Capt. Boott, the you THE EXPLORER. i forward without cere- iaasehiiba inciame the uussngad lapaan ese ‘Boe photograph of the ‘CASINO 2 Many School Children Are Sickly, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children’s Home, New York, Break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach ‘Troubles, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels, and Destroy Worms. 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POST ANO CLINTON, THE SWICKARDS, TOM MOORE & OTHERS, XTRA BHOW Next Week ‘ Byeclal PRINGE OF PILSEN Se 14th St, Theatre, near Gh or, Mate, Wed. @ Gat, ‘ontys HAPPY HOOLIGAN, av’ The 4 Cohans, MelIntyre and Heath, the funniest of black-face comedians, will make their comedy, “The Doings of John Jones,” wit be the headliners at the Twenty- third Street Theatre, ‘The Cherry Pickers" will be presented at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, with Minnie Seligman and William Bramwell in the principal parta. “Only a Shop Girl,’ with Lottie jliams as Josie, a waif, will be the attraotion at the Fifty-eighth street theatre. For a change the One Hun- dred and Twenty-fifth street house will have a week of vaudeville, with James J. Corbett heading the bi. Eugene O'Rouke in “Parlor A’ will Ge the headliner at the Newark house. “The Great Alexis," @ sensational eyolist who turns & complete somer- wault on his wheel, and Hallen and Fuller, in "Election Bets," will be fea- tures of the show et Hurtig & Sea- mon's. A novelty in the wey of am electrical theatre will be shown at the Eden Musee, where mechanical wax figures will be made to perform by means of electricity. Albert, ‘the perfect man,” and Mile. “| started for the Zoo to see the way, so 1 turned around and went Dockstader’s Minstrels, Valor,:" Parisian model,” will show | their shapes et Huber’s Museum. | ESTABLISHED ATTRACTIONS. Continuing at leading theatres will be Blanche Bates in “Tne Darling of the Gods," Belasco's Theatre; Grace Geot in “Pretty Peggy,” Herald Square John Drew in “The Mummy and the Humming Bird,” Empire anie Rus- jwell in ‘Mice and Mi Garrick; Sceptics Turn Believers AND ARE CURED. 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