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Show HITS THE POPULAR FANCY 1 Locke's "The Case of Becky" Acclaimed .' f j ARNOLD DALY MISSES FIRE I Brilliant Actor Who Holds the Record for Failures fSj? Again Picks an Ineffective Play. lit BY VANDERHEYDEN FYLES p M York, Oct. i;, 10 jj. Th? Cis of rictltr." a plir la thrco act?. Beljco The ler. Dr. Km-nion Albert nrunlnt Dr. rctcrt: .Hurry C, Bm-ne John Arnold ..i:uno O'Hrlen Frofrjaor TinUAcno Cli.irlcs Paltoo Thomnri . IoJln r. nr Sflra rellJiJBlll Mry Lrtou Doro'7 Krano.oi 8t.i.T "The Clmrltr Girl." a muMc-nI romMv u iluri cU. Boole ami Ijrlcri by IMwaril I'mile. Music by Victor llollarmJrr. Olobo Thratcr. '7 BIo.i07n SmI-t ; Henry l'lnt Mr. Jcrcnilnli llnpplns ty cox Dotcctlvo Traach Herbert Pcnlon rimiithr Van IIo4q D. L Don "RIUj" Ilrnnt c. Morion jforn! KnKomarr - Mnrle FIjtit, Offlccc -W." pker Tho Guirdlnu of tlio I'orltl Mr. Doolon yu yjrpu on rro Harry Hooligan .-. Harry Turpln "',lIc Ann-ihol WhltfonJ China Ian Volwa Kobcrtj U,V'- N'AUi.ilie Dni f'li Vers. Linrrnce Madam PowowwV! Oladys Benjdtnla 2,K,V--. ' Mlonlo Monroe TcngI ola KodnDionil MIIIt ianchoa AusuMa Behrenu -;on. - Rclna Joncn Harry Turrln Wt K,jK.nP Connor Jorcmlih 71on'lnfr Kalph Hen Chonjli Master Alfrl Turner oenph Mattor Allan Tuni-r Murabo, Jumbo Ly0 and Miller TanUllrln Tomtnr." a. musical eomedy lu tbreo acts. Boo'rt by Miehirl Morton ami Paul G.vult. I.y. rlca by Adrian Rom. Music by Huco Fells. Crllorlon Theater. rijl Normaml Gwr- Andrfon ,a.iton Krrcllo , jhn Pr LotIp Camclot Robert Pllkin Artlatidc .Mlncawol Dallac Wrlfonl ?l Harry CUrke Lonl Hector dc Sour.ac Ifxut; Donald Hull Xoyprt Ollbm Tennant Bobby Ncxra-ia plmr JurV- Soyro ,T"mraJ misatcth Brlco 'u"o Porothy Webh ! S.?CM ' Vcnz7 Fortytli ' 0!'S' ValUaur Kllfott f!2' Trancos nihsr.i Annlt Mai-KMrpt l.inidoa Cele.Uo Madclelno Hanisoo "(V-if Oh! Pnlphlnel" a musical eotndj In tlireo aol. PooI and lyrics by C. M. S. Mc-Lellan. Mc-Lellan. Music by Ivan Caryll. Knlr.Vorbocker Thcaier. Alphonsn Boucholti ...rrank Melnlrr Victor Jollbeau Scott Welsh Colonel Pomponnet. rr&nlc Doane I'nelo Xoel Goonj A. Baue Blum, bofl niHunm- CI. Clement Cluss riuclmnl. l.evyer Ured FMirr Delphlno Grace Edtnond S ,n?ns SiotU Hoban Blmboula OftavLi Brni(e Madams Rax Hlen Raymond LoiiIh Clgnui Gcorc? Stuart Chrfnie Doltlcby , Kn?fn MacGrepor Pfrtcr John T. I'alrbanVa "Stnvo." a ne-r American play la three aotii by John T. Mrlntyrr.. Harris TheateT. Tom Alphnn-j Hthlrc Stfvo AraoH Daly P IMa-ard McWade Tim UtipatrtcV Han-v MorrU Cupula Pit' William Waltlicr Molly Josuphioe Victor Mrs. Pi-on-n Jup,, Wdlcoll Tor.TOURS BELASCO! On the heels of the triumph of "The Governor's Lady" comes "The Caso of Becky." with all tho essential qualities of a great popular suc-ceaR. suc-ceaR. Xot that T can work up any of tho enthusiasm for Edward Locke's play which Came bo readily and 50 overwhelmingly in tho case of Miss Alice Bradley's. Indeed, T can only speak of this drama of dnal pcr.ionalitv iu a dual personality per-sonality of my own. As a reporter of facte, I havo tho pleasure of recording; an unequivocal popular success, similar in subject, quality and appeal to "The Witching Hour" and sure to last aj long. . Asa- critic I must admit that tho ideas -which are likely to be hailed as novol are very old and shop-vforn, shop-vforn, having had their novolty rubbed nfl' years ago in tar better liwrtt' plavs. Unlike Mr. Locko's earlier and superior pjay. "Tho Climax," M and unlike most pieces that enjoy C firs Mr. Bclasco'a iueomparablo stag $Kric T nig, no effort has boon made to fc&od", ' lfy a sound foundation far the in- filot. ot credible story, which proceeds by jpr 91 jerks and titnrts, its eonrse and irj f l its conclusion beiug controlled bv jtcarr tho author's whims, rather than n jfari by tho logical development and in- .1 with terplay of character. Indeed, t .B.Id there is no characterization. SF' if Withal, the drama is. aliv with JPL movement and expectancy, and is Stream appropriate to the timon iu its ap- fljorace peal to amateur thinkers. ,1 in at TTHK theory of dual personality, pGro ss expounded in "Dr.. Tehyll ! and Mr. Hyde," and the dramatic 'pat I demonstration of an extreme bj-pnotic power, as so vividly set L" C forth in "Trilby," ;ne stirred into '""7" a now scientific porridge by .Mr. v'iei'a Locke, with a piquant "realistic" fj c drcssing by Mr. Bolasco. Tien V'tfs 1! the former gave us the lovely and I t,te? ,J veracious idyl of "Tho Climax." to nis and when the latter, a fortuight Smoce aqo, crowned an ortraordinary J torld. career with tho production of ttbasa "The Governor's Lady." 1 was ifvrttl not merely glad to "tako thcra Jr-itane: seriously, T was powerless to lo iwum, otherwise; but I am snro men cap- ' ckTw, able of so much will excuse mo t lttwei if I refute to do s-o in this in- -. idmln stance. Becky is the name given " to the wilful, impUh. mean per- ooalitr. sonality of a girl who. in lier J gfg normal condition, is ;i charming walla 3'onng woman, of unknown parent- ; visit ace, named Dorothy. She is in 'tjJand the sanitarium of a kindly, affee- i9 tiouatc old doctor, who is ad- '?iiinc miuistcring some vague "treat- , jnmlne ment": her desire to rid herself rcoteri of her uncontrollable "other self" fabric, being intensified by her wish to ; ?red at marry a line young man who love? ."ij51.1 liT. '.tu In Hntcr to this quiet village a liinU flas-hy charlatan, an cutert3iucr i igood in hypnotism. The man claims to be vj ctrc Dorothy 's father. The two men ; .Aoerica the good hypuotist and the bad InShr fight for three acts, :uad with much JitT Gra portentous glowering and many 'stales mystic passes for tho guardianship iithatc of the. girl. Finally the good doc- 'pwtanc tor cins the ascendancy; puts his S?lyf 1 opponent to rout; discovers he Is ''gJj ! Dorothy's father, and delivers her .jto to tho noble embrace of the lion- i Grant orable young southerner, who has "rtcelvct dangled about on the edge of '. Palna the plot for three acts, to be at ,Jl,f,,,s hand for this couclusion. Why it , ias;ig could not have been reached hours it best p before is not clear, inasmuch as ! fining Dr. limerson simply indulges in a ; !n ui few extra. passs of the hand and ,if?r Fl glares a little harder, suddeuly ex- :g ,n.e n claiming. "At la6t I hava sue- i'carrv. cccdcd! " ltliy THE acting, as is invariable . when M")'. Bel3sco has hJid u charge of it. is cxcelloufc through- iu j-orw out. Eugene O'Brien, as the handy Ju Euitor, and Miss M!aTy Lawton !ijSas, and H'arry C. Brown, in minor roles, do everything that can be jorni , dono with the opportunities al- The hi- lowed thcin. Albeit Bruuing 3roo ,1 and Charles Da Hon.. as the rival hypnotists, make tho most of ftlch 0; excellent material for "showy" figman acting, securiug successes only less rtTiy011 conspicuous than Miss Frances gn a st Starr, as Dorothy. Although t.hnt ges,a: toIc is riot one calling tor acting. Jjforcstr of the first pjade. it allows ot 1 iook , much variety and virtuosity; and, I ,V mlssin" none of ils innumerable l'enent i "points,' Miss Starr submits a I very skillful piece of acting, an ox- jj 4''nd: hibifciou quite a third as notable f n' as tho average playgoer will e- , VcciUrs lieve H; and that is saying mucb. author , IT would be surprising indeed if sto!1,1; tho combinations of- author? :Qh tho r that turned out so incomparable K a,'e"sde ' a fabric of vivacious inn and rnts or haunting melody as "The Pink of a Ladv" had failed to please us with j b0 a . a second effort; and it may bo said 1 4 and j,1'! immediately that. "Oh Oh Del- Ung J phine" more than tultlllod our 1?lndIRn hopeF. When I say that. Mr. C ft 'We pubn jr. S. MrLollan has more cham- if ai pngne in him than any ljyi."ff, ;J i author. au-thor. I am not attacking his hab- J. mos its: he hits oil" exactly that cay. 1, delicato, inotVonsiye bubble of the sliphtlv risfluo w-lneh is supposed to be possible only in tVonch, but is, in fact, rarely found oven in ) tho si that serviceable language. cor aiwry 0, the framework of his latest Pjav ; ces, a Mr. McLcllan went to " Villa Prim- 6;''o ar0 rose,' a FroncJ. farce bv M. , fegJopk Goorees Berr and M. Marcel Guillc; ; hfigj i maud, authors of tho piece on wluc i ; t ap ho founded "The Pink Lady." Mr. JgKh0nt Tvan Caryll, wh0 wrote the music Wfcdeahip, for that, is also his collaborator: lch f( whilo tho fun bas boon rehearsed Ife veti to high speed by Mr, Herbert Ores- Cfatcti ham. atftgo manager xor Aucustin y' Daly, and the songs and dances wfMl lnshcd to speedy jmiotr t y$' Julian Mitchell of Wcrfl22 .ot th. i fame. Tn short, everything was ftu.p1 dono to make "Oh! Oh! IJ ,hinK (Oontinued on Pollowtng PJvS-) i, oitt-sty A The Case of Becky ' Hits Popular Fancy (Continued From Precedlnff Page.) phine!" a sparklinc wave of beau-- beau-- ty, dash and fun, and the result has fully justified the effort. ADMIRERS of Arnold Daly lauil his tenacity of purpose; other people call it wilful obstinacy. obsti-nacy. In any caso, the same spirit of militant, independence which forced him into considerable placo among- tho stars, by means of "t Candida" and "You Never Can Tell, seems in a fair way to mislead mis-lead him into the hopeless inconsequence inconse-quence of an established bore. By quarrelling with managers and leading actresses and b.y producing a succession of plays' which he should -know could not satisfy the public, he assembled with the' Bernard Ber-nard Shaw repertoire, he lias largely large-ly dissipated the value of Iub name, hut his latest venture is, perhaps, lhe least excusable. In Boston and some other cities a lovel-headed managor produced a drama bv a now author for him "The Wedding Wed-ding Journey," by Mr. John T. Mclnlyre; bill, hafkening buck to the professional critics and doubtless doubt-less to his own altered judgment.' he admitted failure by terminating the venture. "Not so Arnold Daly. Reassembling the company under new auspices he invited New York to reverse and put to shame the crdict of other cities. This, however, how-ever, we could nol; do, the failure of the preforinance being more than that of the Augustus Thomas comedy which inaugurated the second sec-ond season of the handsome Harris Har-ris theater, heretofore so, prosperous prosper-ous and agreeable as the home of "Maggie Pepper." However, "Steve," ns the Mclntyre play has been reuamcd, cannot long hold this stage .mains, n resumption of its successful caroer. IT happens, by the way, that three of the . metropolitan pla3'house3 direcled hy the estate of thc valiant Henry B. Harris have changed their entertainments almost simultaneously, and it is ngroeable, in view of lhe impossibility impos-sibility fo say much iu favor of "June Madness" and "Steve." lo emphasize the fact that the Hudson theater is well fixed with a revival of its earlier success, ihc vivacious Shawian comedy of "Man and Superman." Mr." Robert Rob-ert Lorraine, who produced it here originally, and last season played John Tanner for many months in London, is responsible for the present pres-ent revival, bringing a company of English players. But "Steve" boing new, it is my duty to my readers to return to it, rather than dwell on the more agreeable subject of deserved de-served success. 'Mr. Mclntyre introduces in-troduces us iuto the flat-house homo o a widow and her two sons and adopted daughter. Both young men love thc girl; but she is "about to marry the unworthicr. Tom is an honest, conscientious man, if rather uninspiring, but Steve is the "bland incarnation of every despicable de-spicable trail. To sa- ho is a liar, coward, grafter, "cheat and robber is only to begin enumerating enumerat-ing tho qualities thc author has gone to puins to emphasize. That a mother should still love nnd humor him more than his deccnl brother. s not inconceivable; but that orcryone should be deceived, is pretty hard to swallow. How-over, How-over, that is nothing to what is forced upon us later. Thc girl is a dreamer, longing for travel, and the glow of marriage lies for her, apparently, in the. prospect of a honeymoon, at Nia'gnra Falls and in tne Adirondacks. Stove, not having the money for the promised trip and failing to get the loan he expected from his brother, frames up a plot with his shady omployer to make his family think he has stolon $600 from his firm, driving them to got the money in their desperation at the prospect of his imprisonment. Tom, however, how-ever, simply has not got the money, except as treasurer for a workingman's beneficiary association. associa-tion. Steve and tho mother both plead with him to draw on this fund, and, failing, induce the bride-elect to try to move him. She, in the end, auccceds. thus leaving us without even her or Tom to admire. Finally, seeing the brothers in their true light, the girl transfers her "love" and hand to Tom, WntJN I say that in a very full aud rather long experience of playgoing "Steve" is the most repulsive drama I have evor seen, please do not misuudorstand me as branding it thc worst. .Far from it. If Mr. Mclntyre had not shown considerable skill in the exposition ex-position of his rotten crow of characters the effect would have beon less unpleasant. Although rather thin iu plot, often overemphasized over-emphasized in expression and obscure ob-scure in its foundations, "Steve" is a promising "first play." Mr. Mclntyre should feel encouraged to mako a fresh start, but should carefully aToid a study which inevitably in-evitably excites revulsion without interest. Reprehensible characters frequently vitalize tho most effective effec-tive and enthralling plays. Richard Rich-ard Mansfield and Sir Henry Irving Ir-ving aro memorable instances of actors who reared, enduring fame on the depiction of villainy; Mr. Dnly doubtless was influenced in this case by that fact. But thero was indomitable courago in spite of nil the crafty filth of Baron Chevrial; a delightful cunning and grim humor running through the dastardly conduct of Louis XT; the fire of a righteous revenge and racial devotion in tho homicidal schemes of Shylock. That Steve was devoid of every redeeming trait is not so much Tesponsiblo for the failure of thc play us that his worthlcsBiieBs was still so passive as to excite little interest and retain none. ALACK of loyalty to native makers of plays is not one of nry shortcomings, but I would be carrying my Americanism too far to deny that, hud thc Yankee authors au-thors of tho "books" of "Tantalizing "Tantaliz-ing Tommy" and "Tho Charity Girl" done their work so well as tho German composers of their scores, a heartier prophecy of metropolitan met-ropolitan success might be made. As it is, the entertainments reasonably rea-sonably may hopo to please publics pub-lics that have not such au over-supply over-supply of theater as Now York, with their unprecedented galaxy of popular plays. Mr. Edward Pcplc, agreeably remembered for his comedy of "The Prince Chap," should not bo blamed loo Borious-ly Borious-ly for the spoken part of "The Charity .Girl," inasmuch as he apparently ap-parently sot out with a cohcrout idea and was forced to abandon it to tho claims of vaudeville. Ho began with a suggestion of satire, hitting off tho sort of "uplift" work that ponotratos the slunm in motorcars nnd condescends to hold " out, gloved fingertips, rather than a hearty, helping hand. And he introduced an engaging, if strongly strong-ly reminiscent, central character in nn innocent, demure, refined and pretty settlement-worker. However, How-ever, this belle of New York, cm-bodied cm-bodied pleasingly by Miss Marie Flynn, is no Salvation Armv lassie, but the petted daughter of a millionaire, mil-lionaire, and presently sho largely loses her identity, in any caso, being be-ing caught and almost swallowed up in a whirlpool of vaudeville. That the second act was iu Atlantic At-lantic City and thc third in tho gold bull room of a Now York mansion man-sion did not dolor such trusty, tried and true performers as Miss Blossom Soeloy, Miss Ray Cox and Mr. Ralph Hers from glving iis numerous variants of their familiar specialties. The scenic nnd sartorial investure of "ThoOharity Girl" is not merely opulent, but is eloquent of that excellent ex-cellent and very individual taste for which Mr. Georgo Lodoror has long boon hold in very high esteem. . Thc success of his part of the entertainment en-tertainment is. second only to Hcrjf Victor Hollaonder's. Thc composer of so piquantly suggestive a setting for an Oriental pantomine as his "Sumurun" score, which introduced intro-duced him to America, might havo been expected to havo approached tho task of ragtimo and. harum- scarum mueic oi that grado in a mood too suporior for success. Not so, Horr nollaonder. His score achievos that rare, delightful combination, com-bination, tho simplest of melodies expressed in the skillful terms of the experienced aud resourceful musician, Dr. Hugo Folix, ns I have intimated, inti-mated, deserves the credit for whatever succcsb "Tantalizing Tommy" may attain. His music is gracefully expressive of tho olu-sivc olu-sivc airiness or romance. As tin Austrinn, he makes tho fourtft in tho international quartette of authorship, au-thorship, tho play being an adap tation, by the American, Michael H . -Morton, of "La Pdtite. Choco- H laticrc.' a French farce by M H Paul Gavault, for which lyrics "H have beon written by tho English H don of "King's College, Cambridge, H who signs his adventures in "m friviloiis v literaturo "Adrian jH Roas." Under the name of TThe H Richest Girl," thc - farce,- now furbclowod with music, was acted H on thc same stage a half-dozen M years ago, serving to add to the iH weight of woe that hns though H dountloss only ' temporarily Hl dragged down Miss Marie Doro jH from a place among the stars. H It was a dull farce thcu, and jH nothing but thc musical interpola- tions appears to have been done to H change thc case, though the fro-jeclors fro-jeclors were not wrong in Eceing IH tho theme for a musical comedy iiH in M. Gavault 's fable, "Tdmnrv' lH is the vivacious, willful daughter nf n wealthy candy manufacturer. il Venturing far from home in a jH motor car, she is caught in a iH breakdown, and has to pass the 'H night in thc ruined chateau of a bad tempered young government clerk. Being found there the next moruing, by the fiancee of that H youth, afid'hy her parents, the lit-tie lit-tie chocolate heiress becomes tho center of a pretty howdydo. Mi3s Elizabeth Brice, who thus emerges as a star, is Tather too mature nnd sophisticated in ap- pea ran co to quite carry off tha idea of. a hoyden who is reckless because too innocent to comprc- "H bond the reasonable deductions from her conduct: but Miss Brice has much vivacity nnd charm, and "H can make a kind of ditty parklo as few othor performers socm cap- "H able of doing. One misseB Mr. Chnrlc3 King, her singing partner "H until now, iust ns ho needa her for "H thc best effect, of his work, an is shown by his first and coincident 'H appearance in the title role of .la "The Little Millionaire," former- WM lv acted by its author. Mr. Geprgc M. Cohan. To the disinterested public it enn only seem regrettable that so happily matched a. couplo should see fit to separate. Mr. King appears to be the lessor loser by the change, though it is not to be forgotten that he has bad the Jm luck to stop into a good part in a 'jjjjjjH bang-up good "show." , MR. E. IT, 30THERN and Miss ( Julia Marlowe, by united ef- , fort, by tho loftiest ambition and sufficient talent justify tho rccog- i nition thoy tecelve as the- leading actors of the American stage,, mso- "H far as any movement so vast and I "H varied can center upon a sin gift 1 leadership,. Like that miperb actor and his agreeablo actrees-wifo; Mr. tM J. Forbes-Robertson and Miss Gert- ) rude Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Sothern excite especial intorest in their "jjjjjH presont season by the announce-ment announce-ment that, after one more 3'ear, "H thov will withdraw permanently from the stage. The are adding no new play to their repertoire, devot- , iug their first week at tho Man- -hattan Opera house to "Hamlet." mWM "Romeo and Juliet," "As You JM Like Jt." "Twelfth Night," and "Tho Taming of the Shrew," The last named play was chosen for the first night, doubtless as a fillip WM of novelty; but though Mr. Both- "H orn-'s Pelruchio is gay and vigorous with hearty fun. Miss Marlowe f.i Shrew i6, probably, the least admir-able admir-able of her many notable Shake- f spcarean impersonations. However, ( the other four rolos of the week showing her at her splendid best, and Malvolio being Mn Sothern ' next most notable porformanco to his Uamlot the first realization of the supreme part now visible, if one excepts that of Mr. J. Forbes-Rob-ertson tho engagement began aus-piciously aus-piciously and progressed in triumph. TWELVE years ago this month, when Mr, Sothern acted Hamlet for the first time, he was succeeded at the Garden theater, by tbo first revival of Shakcspcaro's "Henry V" in many, many yars, Mt. George Rignold having been the last actor to present that history in New York, in tho remote days of Booth's theater. The late Rich-nrd Rich-nrd Mansfield was tho Henry of a ' dozen 3'ears ago, Mr. Lewis Waller ' reviving the drama in London, al-most al-most simultaneously. It is he who "H brings the play before ns now, thc interesting, important and high-ly high-ly satisfying revival boing the sec-o'n sec-o'n d production of his valuablo sea- 1 son at .Daly's theater. Tho ample , and historic stage of thai housn j enables Mr. Wallor to thrill ue with ' a splendid pageant; while his own rich, vibrant voice and eloquent do-livery do-livery gavo a grandeur nnd a manly body to thc poet's invigorating lines. Thc long cast enables few actors to stand out individually, except thoso unfortunates who make all but the judicious laugh at , thc low corned' predicaments of Pis-tol Pis-tol and his lot. Miss Annio Hughea is agreeably mcntiouablo as th Hostess; and Miss Madgo Tither- ' IH ndgo ns the French princess. Mr. Waller assures us moro lines have beon restored lo "Henry V" than - havo been spoken in any production recorded in tho last century; which may not bo taken as a recommend-ation. recommend-ation. Howcvor, thc.ro is no quo-tion quo-tion that tho revival is. at' once, a , noble and delightful entertainment. IX VJEW of all tho moro oxten-sivc oxten-sivc and ambitious enterprises, a word must suffico for tho return, in vaudcvillo, of Mrs. Langtry, re-appearing re-appearing in this country for the first time in six years, and tho first iu nine, in anything longer than a sketch. Her new vehicle, 'Helping the Cause," lightly satirizes the militant procedure of English suf frngists, thc single sccno passing in Hollowny; but thn Tnnin point is that Mrs. Langtryt though; no long-cr long-cr young, is well nigh as handsome ns ever, is a bettor comedionno than ninny playgoers and critcs ever have admitted, and is still a model and a joy to people who would obsorvo tho simplicity of in-nnte in-nnte elegance nnd the fascination of- refined charm. |