| Show Ng 1011 daft toot < i 011 i 1 Ih A i DM lUu 4 u or r ourl I Cit its I In I a ik 14 chiNS AD chi-NS a n 11 1 C n nnp Nt I 1 It i ovel I k ik I no jl I RTnANOCII IN A RTnANon toul K a1 A LAND n AnloAmlan I I inthres arlo by Sidney WII CII 1 met and Watter Vincent has been offered for popular approval at the Manhattan theater In this city by WII Him A Wild and Joseph II drlimer At the beginning It may bt proper to I O elite that there U I no ron why this f play should not eventually enjoy a I largo measure of success II contains a number of genuinely humorous iltua Hone and when the Parr PolishIng RlDt Polish-Ing up Indleneneablt i lo new farcea hall I have been don to A Stronger In n tCn Hlranct Land II ought to bt a wel I C bfb front In any land Ihe Witi which art fond of being amused It ri nl1 The story ttlAteq the troubles 01 A It young mn who Is I Point out from Ing 11fT land Y his Wealthy aunt la nk his way In I the new world The talks at h ntk III borne tmaxtn that this rountrie is R howling wilderroessr and the aunt is I do 1 1I1h11 whon the Is I Informed in her it nPhqwo letters that file a f to rather unworthy young man has lps > 1 conoll the owner 01 a cattle rnb at num I 1 Iluffalo X Y We herd It may be t li the mentioned Consists I of 19000 lead of k Iw 1 cattle In lIullla he RIPO IIAM many Imaginary adventures lIh the Indiana At the opening 01 the play the young man IN ambout to return home the prorlood Of film Probutton oxptrtnc at midnight > I Thor fore unlll that hour II In I Acres i PairIflat the aunt should nt lose s 1 i that the money the has sent 10 oupport j XT the ranch at Ilufficso has rollr Leon 4 Xitocittl In having K Road time A 1 well meaning uncle on the other side 130 ot the house Ihlnklne 10 10 big nephew 4 a rood lurn I dim novel by Kit N111514therefrom < drsoft an 4 i tl therefrom It race describing a twain with I the rrdikln i r and a rescue of the net hew by one 01 f helr number He makes l appear that tilt young man bAa written the teller to him and that when he arrives I he I will hart the heroic I Indian with him 7S1 The nephew to ptas In at fill moot Inopportune In-opportune moment and having no In 011 dlan he FIxIs 10 mk one toy t room I Ilfllln the Young mon Who is I Just Its A bout la slope with the formees sister an 1010 An An untutored Paivage Iran a Ill the well mnln unl tomato it an American medicine fakir whu flat I r Just arrhed bringing with him onh na I I account reservation Indian He hit it the pair torlhllh Th real 1 and bosun Cut mi Indiana art made up to clraely reports We each other and at blither nephew nor uncle knows of the existence of the Ing others Indian and na all the other to members of the household imagine thai not everything to legitimate the ensuing tin Complications ore humorous In tile u Ireme They art later heightened by Ihe luppoied disappearance of the a 4 young man who li Impersonating the t Indian and the arrival learch of him anI of a detective who alto 1 make up III I a redikln In enter to fidlllali lots work tit The American medicine vender has away a-way of kicking the real Indian about and naturally ai ht does not know of the doubling up many of lots lovt tap art received t first by tht young IT Retain and later by the delerllvt Much lei humor li I doled by the carettet which n art beitownl In turn upon the real In Man still the detective list file young lady who ties learned thai her lover his md up as a Ravage 10 aid bor h brother W There la I lots of Clio element 01 knockabout In A Hlrangr In a Strabse In but tninornuth an the At play makel na claim lo being regarded i ua a vehicle for the entertainment of Ion who refer lean la laughter k that U t na especial wrong In thai I A lining pont In favor ot the sue e is ceil of the fares le I that III third act li I III belt This of Itself IN I lui h an un usual thing ai lo merit comment It has in faults many of them but they art fault of detail and not of the general gen-eral I scheme If Churl H Hoyt bad had the Idea contained In I 111L Stronger In Strange Lond he nr would hart waited It I on one Ir ct ht I noull have made at least Ihrre out of It and is what ll I more all of Ihm would its been worth lerlnr The trouble with I ILI I Wllmer and Vincent the author of flit Manhattan play U I thai they have apparently ap-parently wnrknl under the dluidvan text of fearing constantly that thry would not live 1 complications enough Therefore they hat made most 01 their fun dependent upon the tangle growing out of the prtttnct of morals moral-s uppoteil Indian In the bottom at the same time Thin seta tlreaomt nltr o awhile and If the 1Iy I could be to edit d as 10 mk more or the fun develop out at the conclusions uf other Charlie term than he Indiana and without a n bringing theme Individual on the stage total 10 often It woUld bt very greatly In I proved In support of this anettlon may bt 0 ftllo mentioned the Kent In the last or I N In I which the well meaning uncle hivIng 0 hiv-Ing concluded to commit lulolde lie rau ot the unonlmou 0 Miscarriage 01 hll plans miles a glass I of aril greci A and rat Poison In A fumbler 01 star BomethlnK occurs and he Is I < alld nwy leaving Hit deadly draft upon be the table The real Indian ho to an Incorrigible thief Penn II I as he Is I about I to steal some whisky from the 4anl a and mistaking It for a faller cocktail 907 drink every drop 01 II A low onlor To lion Uk him off the ietage and the at fit episode Is I Arretteci with crm 01 laughter mlllly I firmly blI 1 0 I cause ot Ibo fact that the 0 Imnt 01 4 mlitaken Idtntlly does not fix = 10 1 II at nil WILer Wllmr ond Vincent are nod mn 10 remember Tlloy are morally certain 10 t 11 1110 SCEN fall A TRANCE 14 a STRANC Nor N 1011 lit r Z Toll T a ot e A so al it or be heard train In a more notable snan nr before long for A Buttoner In a i fit room lAnd with all III trudltlet bears the hull marks of genuine ability In authorship Of the playeri Cyril Scott was excellent ex-cellent ai the versatile oung liar Jack Thorndyke lit wifa at tht Hint nt Mi connection wllh the Im Ire theater lock Company the beat genteel Jutenlle light ciimhllan In this country end ht ll I ripldlr comlnK to U recomlird at from foremost exponent Of the Am relative style of work ai applied li force leorgo Oeuournt gave a per formation ai Ta Mo Nee the real Indian In-dian which II will bt a hard matter for him tucceMori In the role to excel I Indeed In-deed It ll tint of the beet bill of Ion 1 character work teen on the New York Atlanta during the past decade Aa the roll la ont which might easily bt ruined by leei I careful work Mr Oibourn achievement li all the severe notable beeplle what may bt laid by friendly rlllu the Impreeelon prevail about the Illallo that Francis Ullon latest operatic orferlng Cyrano dt live 1 gerae U I anything but a howling oull i twit This very unusual condition of affairs h law len brought almost III U alleged 1 al-leged by Mr Vllioni ronvlcllon that ht In l equal to the legitimate require I menu of the role without tht neceuity of burlesquing II lie U I repoMM to hat apeedlly become convinced of the error of his opinion ami ever rlnce the First night he hoi len gnlnic over the Ileoe 1 wllh I a well known librettist with a view lo Injecting ai much broad comedy com-edy aa possible Into It This was the aenilbll colors lo follow Even though llr Wlbwn were able lo play the title role of Cyrano dt ITer Too tralihl I which he moel enri hallrally I 14 l not able lo da It woull U folly to try It The public goes to NOR and hear Wilson because lit U funny or at any rate U I M regarded by thoet who lay 1 admlMlon lo hie entertainment There U I no desire to let him do the serious at when that ll wanted then art acton like Itlchard Manxlell concerning whose ability In that direction there can bt no question It Ii I an Incoraprehrnilbli thing this desire of the comedian la appear In serious role Asulthe I confidence of the travedlan In hit ability to Ink tht bell I funny man In the profession look like an amateur U U I merely an exemplification ex-emplification nf the penrnlty of human hu-man nalurt Ihe elghlng for the unal lalnuble Stuart Itobxm to I a lcllrn who has suffered revorely from his In curilon Into petloui drama Ht put on Trm lladfl > it UIUck In an Iab israt manner and enxaxftl an excellent company He did his beet In the eft tt lo make the people consider hie pr formanct In tht principal rule without referrnct la his previous work I ut th > would not do tit and the eontequvnie le I that 11 Tht lladtly has been Mitts drawn Mr Hobson U I thousands if do Ian I out of pocket and what would probably have been a huge Outcome If produced by Illthard Manifold li iiig I matlxnl ai a failure limply became of the refuial ot Iht public to lerlouily ai toelatt thtaclor who exploited It wllh play I ot that type Dt Wolf Hopper has also had hit III lit loosen and ht bell taken It well lo heart JAwt fear when The Charlatan Charla-tan was produced Hoppers friends r1rT 11 wen shocked to rind how very lull Imalt for Hopper tht protean role w sto Tht place It not exactly a fruit was not an unqualified success and Hopper Immedlitely returned to hid old method hating the pilot made ai broad ai possible ai a preliminary Then he succeeded He has etldently not forgotten tint rather extienelvt exirlenee When ht went 10 Ioldion Rome nointhis alro he put lil apllan on leafing film Charlatan severely 1 alone He made a moderate hll which grew greater ai the llrlllehen tierame familiar with lili peculiar bnn1 of humor He eecurM n leait I of a ttcond theater canceled all his American lime for tht coming iea lon and will remain nn the other aide for many month When ri Capltan shelf have wn out Itil Welcome da iou think ht will produce The Churls tour Jol much Hopper I U ton wlit for hat He will put on Hang which U I About 4000 degree broader than even 111 I Carlton And II li pretty lift lo predict that Wang will make a bigger big-ger hit than H Capltan for II U I Just the ion of place I for which Hoppei U I filled It will surprise no ont It Yvonne Dl TrlII Is I announced to A member 01 ht luperb Maurice nnu grand opera rinu llon next year This young lady who has for Rome time been the rlma donna loirnna of the Castle iquan nock company attached to the American theater In this city has won her i way In her profVulon by merit storsto and ai Iht ll I un Indefatigable I student and it hard and nlnllou wok hr thousands of adlro III lot admit that there li I any Place 1 In I the tperatlc world M exalted ai lo bt be > ond her reach She his just been ngaged by the Castle Square pto Join and Ilt I now appearing In a series of grand opera pretentaUon In Kngllih The beat evidence of the fact that MIM Dt Trtvlllt Ii I an admirable artist Ii I found In the many offers made to her by managers ut whose reeponilblllly and julgmrnt there can bt no queetlon Her vice Ii I a soprano of excellent iiualll fairly good volume end great ranxii Her hlh not Ior to never feathery ai li I la often tht cut with artists of greater reputation and ihe li I besides n try lieaullful young woman There li I therefore no reason why the should not maki rapid strides toward the Ip 01 the operatic leader |
