| Show V 10I j q I THE I STAGE IN NEW YORK t 11 1 i Arthur Crispin Compares the Rival Productions Produc-tions of Dumas Les Trois 11 Mousquetaires X 1 J I I I ItI Conrliht W by Arthur Crtipln S The inerryw of the Jolly musketeers I I I It I vn In dead y earnest on Itruadeny At the Knlckp bocker theater the Hamilton I Ham-ilton version Is I the uttriMlon with r 1 If fiMhtrn II IVArtimn t > hlle tvio btocki farther north the I Sidney O full drIleerl > ohm Itrr tttnn to I holding wn1 Alth J mp OSclll ntarre1 11 t tVArtainan and Illnnehe notes tonilit N J eel I I r I il I I On 4 me I oV f V 111 i r I I t 0 A I I 4 Il I I l l p t nllT depriving film ot the adOIIla gained through the medium of dliplay trpe by sister forev of her nuunlficent rtnltrln oC the character or l1IdL Thin mmn part of tllladl Inrldenlnlly Is l tbt only logically written role In the play which Ion not Inpto Into tests I than I llucrlly at tome time or other during dur-ing the action of 1h < piece I I I The fifty at he Knickerbocker li I rail ed The Kings Muiketrer and that at he Broadway has heart named Ihe Musketeers The former title would aeem to Indicate tint everything li tub nrdlnated la I the principal role wh In the latter Ihe name would Imply that pArtacnan li I merely one or the jolly hand of four rolilereri The facts hnwevfr are eiaclly the reverse In The Wrimd Muiketeer leathern as tArt nin la I never unduly prom nent and Ithen lie la I nn the Hate 1 with I the ilarrdetll trio whose friend and A l compatriot he h like beromo he la I India lI tlniuUtiabl from the others as l1Ird his pailtlon un the itaite 1 In other I word Mr Pothern never unduly obtrudes ob-trudes film 1 personality upon the Picture wherea In the prwluctlon at the Broad I iy there la never a moment while Mr QNrlll li I on the titame I that Ihe auditor 11 li Allowed to lox Intel nf Ihe fact that f DAtlairnan In I In the opinion of the Management at Iran the tiling of thlnje It tills I worn Pimply n matter of I stood or bail lane It would perhaps I Ale Outside of the province of rrlllclim but I whn It seriously Mara the effect of An I entire prolucllnn tile rate la I different Nelltier the hraclr of DArtavnjn I nor Hr ONellla erprelillon nf It 1 warrants Asia iindu and almost ffen Ive prominence linn to this Ilfl In I he filets of the fact that the Ifints at 1 tiled to the hrcl er are nol strong and that the bed ppreclits In lie play I for making point fan 10 JH nche Ulea Incldenlnlly It may alfalr be Paid thnt If any CAR happene 10 be la I wrlns under the hllllon I that tills Young lady Tito a short time ago md Atilt Iiehun apppnr ixuliUrly Insipid In I The Ireot llutiy dooll 1 nt t take advantage ad-vantage lu the full ot the dramatic op I portunltlp afforded her a single > lilt to the llroadoay theater will ipeodlly undeceive him Of IliA Uo plays the erilonuie1 by Foihern la I mutt the better one It li I Pitched In a lower key U li I true bul that very fuel lendi la make many ot l the crlitxlei ipem little I Improbable In the UNrlll enlan everything U I blatant < bla-tant melodrama Th Mate petting I Is I elatxirule In the I entrfme und Ihe nu I thor Mr I Urundy appear In hue else i rinred everything In hli stroke la pro Mile f eRrctUe tableaux and line rcenh effects The prologue und Ihe first act alO i try dramatic and l one la lid 1 lo exPect ex-Pect 1 much Imlrovvll It lit over the I oh Hhlnl drains but Inter nn It Peters nut and Intercit Atone markedly until well along toward the close when Ihein li I a momentary revival rise roitumlng U I much more elaborate than In the Hnlh ern lay I but the grand total ot effect It 1 must lie ndmllled u nine lops I plo 1 Inc Tills li I seedily due lo I tile liijii dlclo ololulo or WAtt4lielan In one ty and Auto ihrend emltiraciincnt In flip other A > to the tno IVArtncnani Mr I Polh era makci him a boy uf II and cites Oumai an authority yet he U not con Mntlnc on the Ideal DArtaitnan al I though he li I en am the character he drawo Mr ONeill gives ui tlio IK > PU lap tonelIon or the charaelr And It It utre Ml for the evil fontanlneM I of I I JI h J ilfirhooJ i and long year of II hs would be the favorite Interpretation deiplte I I the very comoulnibbice J 1 rl lines vshtch I 11f I nrund hits put Into lilt mouth ONUII j H Hi rolmnluuui to Holhetn li quiet Ian I-an In tile lallern version he mould I think plotart 1 bietter than that excellent ouni motor tot he would Infuie lulu It ome of thai slash which II on Ihl one hind now lack and which la entirely en-tirely Ion conspicuous on the othr hand in the IVNclll play Urge hal ties pretalU h-al bolh the llroadMny and the Knlckerliackcr and It li thought fly Many hrn1 jutices Ant tile pnvme of then Ino rival A I atlrac Units nn Broadway at htl mine time will have Also tllt or making tacit do I better than It mould leave dune with I out npponlllnn Ai It li If I A perron news le lo A k ew op K uMal A1111Ut1411 T bI 2 Rit M I I FQ 41 = I V I a fff 4 TT I I I I k I I V stes Lul I 1 11M9 I flialloorm 4i 1 JUMIN I I 4 1I j I Ili 11 J 1 DEADIIII I I 11 11 I A I 11 111 I A I III 4 t 1111i i 4 11 t t A I jf A I li I I I I I I I I 7 L Ii i I If I I 1 I I j ol i 11 I 0 1 1 I I A I 11 or 1i I I f q I I V 1 I f 11 At 4 0 1 1 I tt I I I A it 01 I i I r I i I 1 A I I 1 I I si I 1 w N 4 I 1 A I 1 I 11 j THE MUSKETEERS CAHIJINAT niCHELIEU3 DISCOMFITURE to I see one version lit trel lit that lit is I not In a poilllon la discuss the play Intent gently until after he lion also seen the other To mum It UP the Hamilton play < Is I far and alii the better uf the two and the wonderful voicus nf the Orunly tertian In Kniland call only be AcCounted ac-Counted for by Ihe excellent cast Including In-cluding lleerkDhni Treat tire James Proven Toller Lenin Wittier and Franklin Mcl ay and the magnlnrent nuiplcei l under which It was produced field there Will nothing lacking In the mailer nf Reentry and raitumri or In tile general excellence IIr Ihn call I but In England Mr Tree hud the preillge of Ihe f ihUimli Her Majnlyi list oler and The popularity nf n well known alive playwright In help him out The nl at the llroadHay In the matter ot well known name nt lean I U I a rat narkablyilrongune Hero III In In parr VAitiinin JamM o Nrlll xiuH Mil llalMI Tliomi on MrJImil III IMIU Henry Lose luVe of llucklniham franrli Carl Am I I MTretrtlle Andrew Itolon Athiw Wilton Iokr flotillas I IMmund Iolllr tramli v H Miller Ram A loeheturt lMmun1 I 1IIK Jusittelt Allen Ionic I livaret Stark Eltiwerlh Ilentropor i I W I D11011 lIn Im 14 Iheiniye fears Oray JIb T n I 1lohm 3111811 I Illoncho liar I Anne or Auitrla Joann 111011 CIiflAnI Zoo Margaret Adolallie Anglin 110111 1 The title of The Musketeers ihould be hanged lo Mlladl fur the It to I vkho dominates the play In London In fuller did II and here Mir llanrh Hale does II When tills Young woman made her phenomenal hit aa like remalo lllaln In The ilreal Ituby al Daly theater mime Urn Cie litany Persons I were ot tilt I opinion I iII i-II wall Imply one of Abu irmiiUM fluke which cannot tin I unounlitl rot Afor Daly Possibly was or that npln Ion himself for he had nn Initiation In I dlipenilng wllh her services nt HIP tint Inclination that mile tlenlred la leati I lilnu Hut Mil notes la I na accident and It aloe lUn and U I itlten A fair up lrIUIIII the li I no certain la boon 0 bo-on i or IJ ha greuteil aclreniei on hi AmIan blame HI anything CUll be In lh atrlint A few earain n dny In which the Hebrew element meta predominant II m lubinllttd lo u numlHr if prumlnrnt malinger In title country und wllh scarcely an exception they lepllnl that It 1 would lilt I mil tests I than inlclJ tu llteimt Ih exploitation of much n drains 1 dra-ins na mailer how limit Mi ilrengili Now hUIIr things Retire ta have chanted AA Is I uoll known 1Iblr It Co will produce in title city next fill n drnmatlutliili ot lintel ZungHllfa fl moose navel Children of the llhelln which deal entirely with Jewlih life Ha fur from freeing flip Idenllflratlnn ot tile piny II llh Ihe lleliren character the LUhlri II 1 la announced I will tall Mr nniKlll Play The Jew Jacob Ilu nlll Also product nest fall a IHiMlan Play intltleil The Children ot lirnel Is l I deals wllh the pormeocu lion or the J ei In the land u t lilt cur Th > story M I > alil lo l its quite ilrunc but II U I melodramatic In lu nature and will I understand depend largely for lucre utmn I the mairKe ipellal acres try whlth li I prnrnlied The author of The Children of Israel Ia I Mr 1 Edwin Arden nt present the lending < < juvenile of Also Ilerauie fh Loved Him Bo company and for many yean connect e < l In prominent cipaeltlt Atilt Thomas U Keene Julia Arthur and other will known stars Look > out for a Tlnro revival Dumas hmj had his urn find naeraUrealeni Of course Uumai hn the advantage oti I being < < dead 1 while Mr Vlpern continues 10 write charming Comedies and strong Ihollih unchtrmlnir society dramni It h laid that Sweet lavender which II l lakrrl Alt In all the belt thing he hai ever tone will be revived before Ilion In this city There Is I ha reaion for thle that I ran fee except the all lumclent I one that then lion bn a revival of the play In England nnd It lisp been nue I reenrul That K I the lint Pope m I nrju I men I thai ran Ile l advanced to a New York manager ia I rup > nie the thrOI or another Uneet Lavender nlll b > como n rrallly In Knuland tolls Itself 11 what originally cave Edward Terry n nrln fmlhnld In London and after hill fortune hail waned hnd he required rnmMhlng to rherk him In bill mad night down the toboggan alldo or bad III Ie Hitrel Lsvndor WAR put on In 111011141TRI141 nnd merely ai n stop got 11 lniM Immediately picked up and I Ian advirc front Uundan are la the et i ttt that II li now Pimply ennrmoui I vilth Aloe gratifying result lo Mr Tern that he Ia I one more In n 1 poilllvn lu look alnjut and eelect the Material which li belt lulled la him Instead of having la lake anything which often In the hop of accidentally linking a winner And by the way ipeaklnc ft London It li announced that lleerbohm Tree Is I ahortly to produce at his Her Majostys theater a rlr hy Henry Arthur Junta entitled Oamac Hahlb It If I sold 1 la AIR I a serious work and 10 afford excel lent niy > rlunllle for both Mr Tree a nil Mr Potter whu will leave the principal female rule Mr Chart Krnhman I 1lee owns the Amrr can rights Al my rate It la I pretty well lettled that thin will Iw one vf the early projucllona nt > neil mignon at Ihe Hmi Ire theater In tills city Hither MlM Alice Nielsen or her pren agent has thought better of It fur the talented young noprina It li I now an noUIII l will net go In ln land In The Fortune Teller al 1 Irait not this year It 1 In I aim barely nllhln ilia roseate IIr ihnblllllei that the will not gn next year ur the nl or the next or tile Ial Horn time use It 1 wait unnounced that Mr neorne W Inlerer who was about In go la London carried wllh him ail llmilty from Mr Irank Ierley man or or ties Nitiorit lu ariansig far thai lady apiworance In The FortuneTeller Fortune-Teller In tin llrlllih rnelrupoll Now the Inf matlon li I given out Ihut Mr lederrr and Mr Ivrley hate sterols that III Is adi liable 1 lu txt > in Ihe trip until nl I > rare when they will be able tu lake diantnge of All > fart that then will tie houiitndi of Arnrrlcuni In Lon dull Ill uule to nr from the starts e > Iltloll Welded Mr Ierley will then j little two operas on hand instead of I one Then again by the plan I adopted I tile fact that Into Nittarn Ihllllht nr going to Kurope and the contradiction IIr flip rumor hue both town t puhlliheii Re > Abet ip plle the abeenr nf net we Hill tlw preu I event hit lurcecded In KritiiiK file I wurk l wire and tacit fine > III a llry trvctlvv manner I 00111Iia If lllt New York I |
