| Show I 90 o 0 0 o o o 0 o 0 o o oo o 00 o o o o oo oo o 00 o o 0 o o o o 0 o 0 0 I 0 0 f I o THE PLA PLAYS THE T TilING THING I o oo o hamlet Q o 00 o 00 o o 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0 00 0 0 j a O O o o o a ao o ob ao o a o o o o I II Iii S an opera TIlE In three Acta by Kirke La Sheile with by Julian t Edward is tho current attraction Dt at atthe the Call Casino no In this city ally and It le Is n a wel nel nelCome welcome come rell from tile the anatomIcal dIll die playa phra Which to n greater grenter or less extent ext nt at that hoult houat At the thu beginning It may be not ll it a days of t HobIn Hood has ha N w York seen ceen such luch It a worthy effOrt I Ii the direction of oC t light opera oper There Tl er ItS little but tn In Princess Tho rho story is II direct and well told II and nil though Itis It ItIs Is naturally not ono one whIch would bear dissection It la fr Int Interesting and tram from the comic rear reA r Of OC course the tho thread ot of the story sus I F t penda several disguises ll wIthout whIch no na wort worl of oC this sort is 18 considered corn com complete Equally of Bourse there thero are Q a couple ot of col and a 0 brace brac ot of bur 1 c II Usque villains In the shape of oC one thin t and one fat man who Imagine that they are fighters but really are not v The Tho Princess s Chic disguises herself as a captain and an goes as her own on envoy to the court ot of Charles the fold nold There Them d aCter aft err ens has hili b been 1 impressed by the b swashbuckler ot of whom history tells tell I us II the man by the way who had the tho to tn arrest and threaten to exe execute 1 o cute the king ot of the princess redis herself nl as Q a peasant maId In this garb she attracts the attention el and wins the admiration of at Charles the k Bold Dold and when she once more mure becomes e the captain and Is found In the apart i ments of oC tho peasant maid the bold one I is exceedingly wroth Tho rho cap caps s tamn Is doomed to Imprisonment until the return of the peasant girl Natural e ly Iy this can never bo be so 0 long ns as the fey fl c male captain is II kept Immured and therefore therdore gy Is resorted to In or h der to enable her to chanGe costumes a This Important feat le II accomplIshed It and a little later tel we are nrc treated to a at t IL of C the Iho Princess Chlo arraYed In herI her I own gorgeous gowns Naturally she and Charles the Bald are paired oft off and amI M 21 the opera come to all an end rr Ir a In The Princess Chic the tle librettist e Mr air La Shelle has hili a neat e graceful and story d dIs de deIs Is void old of oC filth and free from horseplay I Ho has made a distinctly valuable eon It to the literature ot of comic Ope op comic opera may be said to have its a If the piece should t 1 meet with the success anticipated It will afford tM the most mOlt striking sort ot of r o evidence of oC the fact that It Is II possible I for 1 a worthy worth Operetta to succeed even l In these thue days when reviews and 01 a founded upon slit ul se and built up on the curves or of the n e i female form divine appear to be the td only classes cIanI I of at entertainment which cere cert t 1 L tamn managers care to present to their patrons The mUlo of The Princess Prince ChIc Is Isas Irp dl as a good In every etry respect as 11 that ot of Robin hood And those thole persons who Vho affect thoroughly to understand such Buch le thinGs declare that It 1 la even nen more mu whatever that may mean tir There la Is at on tiny rate not a single num number w bet ber In the opera which Is I not pleasing 11 I to the average eRr ear and there ate sty oral ral choruses are superb i The song rot at the opening or of orthe 1 the third act With A chorus ot of mate male o l voices olm is II quite the best beat thing heard In inthis this city durIng the tho hut few tew years ean The cast of The Tho Princess Chic Chlo Is an unusually well balanced ont one Christie Macdonald to whom Is the tho title role Is neither II a Melba telba 1 In voice alee nor nol 1 a Maxine Elliott In n face and figure fight but she ho sings sweetly never trying to togo go beyond her limitations and she he Is besides possessed ot of such luch a winsome Inome manner that she ahe succeeds In getting the audience Into her confidence within three minutes attel h her r Appearance Inthe In Inthe the tint first act I In justice to Joseph Josoph C I f r 1 thAn was Edward Morgan As AI co comedian comedian median to In the new combo cornIa opera c eels u Chic says that jolt rout out The same lame policy whether Inspired or not was followed when Henry left letl the Empire company and was succeeded by Faster Faver Faversham sham It was as then that Faver was Wall a better actor than Miller which was 11 excessively funny tunny I If nothing more When Viola Allen left leU the same ame organisation to star In The Iho Christian Miss Julie Jessie Millward was spoken ot of as a eclipsinG her predecessor That was still funnier and the latest thing Inthis In Inthis this tine line which alleges that 1 Mies AlI h hI I is jealous of at the success ot of J Effie ml Ella ter ler who plays In the tho No 2 The Chris Ilan company the same role that Miss Allen has hal In the No 1 organization Is about the very ery funniest thing I 1 have this season The story goo goes even een further and with great reat tells how OV Miss tl Allen has become positively po InfurIated when she has aces the telegrams nn an announcing the big receipts or of the EUsler organisation It Will was even hinted that a coolness had grown up between the two I 1 er It must be admitted that he made Ih the hit pt pC the Piece III as a 1 soldier of DC tor I tune IUne Not only was Willi Mr Ir superb basso voice heard to advantage but Ida his revealed an appreciation ot of sub tie lie for tor which he has not pre previously been given credit 1 a young woman who I is n as yet yeta et a 3 very ery poor actress nevertheless scored nn an undoubted eU success by b her beautiful singing She has ono one ot of the t tand and at tM the lI name me time one Of OC the purest c voIces I 1 have hI ve over ever ned to It I Is as a good n reading Ii a tunny story to observe obere the methods practiced year In and year ear out by the lazy Inzy and not gentlemen In this city who are paid handsome salaries pre for Cor the tho purpose ot of booming In Inthe inthe the but best possible the enterprises controlled by b their employers employer There Is ono one theater In particular In New York stork In whIch the practice of re prevails to an amusing extent ex extent tent For or the last six years lit at least Ido I Ido do not think there has haa been a single play there which has hili not eclipsed aU all previous records record I at this house houle Of course this would be possible were ero I tt It not for tor the fact that in III each ellch of at the tho prec nG productions there has been I manifested so much to the press standing room has always ben been at an unheard ot of pro lIre Naturally It 1 a theater is II holding hold holdIng Ing Its Ita capacity at each performance It Is III rather hard to figure fIure out how It can larger audiences Another nother thing which seems to afford arron great amusement to the th press agents Is the Comparing ot of the originals of oC certain roles with lIh their successors When Jo Joeph Joseph seph eph Haworth succeeded Jo Edward ward lIar Mor Morgan gon gan ht The Christian It Was Wall the opinIon of well Ill Informed persona person that the role ot of John has for Cor the first time received ed adequate Interpretation When let left or was u discharged practically the same lame thing was said ot of othis his successor It le II the public knows It I absurd the press prell agents know It tI b absurd and the pUblic knows knoS that the press know kno It Is absurd And still It goes on the latest agony Rion In Inthis this Ine being the statement that Em melt Corrigan Is better as 11 Ben Glory Quayles due to Miss Allens cut ling remarks when informed that many newspapers had said that Miss 1111 performance ot of the role wn was better than her own It ought to be enough to make Allen shed ahel tears this success of oC Miss but they ought to bo be tears of oC joy for unless pretty much everybody along the Rialto is II mistaken Miss Allen herself selected elected her dear friend Miss for tor the and b besides has hasa a 1 very ery Important pecuniary Interest In Inthe Inthe the No 2 company compan U It la Is strange that newspaper readers of oC supposed Intelligence will accept all as gal gospel pel truth all the Idle chatter they see lee printed about the private affairs of oC nc ac actors tors tor when they the would not think of at b be beHaving Having them If they were ere related ot of the people ot of any other There Therele le Is absolutely nothing In the tho Ellsler AI AIlen i ilen len yarn If for no other reason than that there I is no person on the American stage Ie less puffed up with a sense sene ot of her heron own on Imparlance and less leI susceptible to I professional Jealousy than VIola Allen AUen For several years ears Miss JaWs Maxine Elliott has been showing steady and remark remarkable able improvement as an actress until now even though she ehe were not the wife Ife of Mr N C Goodwin she would with without without out question be accorded as prominent a place on the American stage as al that which she 1 occupies To revert to the tho gossips It seems that they are unable tt to let ht alone anyone any one who le III making his hll hisor or her ber WB way In the profession wIth more than ordinary rapidity rapid It For that tea teaI I ton It has haa been rumored and tho ril rb port ho has been thought to be of um sum clout elent moment to be In the news newspapers I papers that Miss Elliott end lInd Mr Good Goodwin win would separate after afler this season Bealon each ellch becoming Rn an independent star Ot Of I Mum course Mr enjoyed that dis distinction before h he ever eer tact met Miss 1111 Elliott and he could return to the old regime I without an any 10 loss ot of patronage or pres prel I but It Is also true that the large and aDd consistent clientele which he now I was built up to a very try Great i extent by bS the aid ot of the sad and ot of the beautiful numan who I Is at once enc hi his wit wife and aad coslar As for Miss Elliott there is I no possibility of at I t telling it whether or not she would pay pay asa ono one star Itar Jt If she had the correct sort Bort ot of play she he might get i t along all right If not she he wOUld doubtless fail Th most absurd portion of the rumor referred to stated that the projected I had been decided upon for forthe forthe the reason that It ft was Wal difficult to get plays lays In which there would bl be good parts for tor both principals What non nonsense sense ensel Take the play In which they are nosy appearing When We Were It cannot be denIed that In that piece Mr Goodwin has haa as al good gooda a role as man could wish for tor and It Is equally true that It would bo be a mighty difficult matter to tit 1 Miss 1111 Elliott better than she sha is I fitted In Mr Esmond comedy MIlS Elliott and Mr fr GoodwIn make delightful and effective tolls toile for tor e each ch other and It would be the greatest mI mItake outs take possible for tor them to separate In It may be worth orth mentionIng that they have hn not the slightest Intention tion of oC doing anythIng so 10 foolish heros a little tittle piece ot of theatrical gos gossip sip lip for Cor tb the accuracy of DC Which I do not vouch and yet et It came to me In such euch II a ae at f e H nt t tt I II fir t I v ti i I f I l f fr r M I It r e C t I c of gay t a i il 71 1 2 I ri 41 1 k v v D DD i Q QI D I v rte w i I 1 r 1 I i in n i a r A 1 ti tin n L I JJ direct manner that J I have hao up no reason to doubt It In the Casino the other nIght while I was W 8 conversing with a 11 well known theatrical manager a colored colore II man happened along My companIon nodded to him and after atter he had gone gono by asked me It If I knew the stranger When I 1 replied In the tho negative negate he informed In Informed formed me that he Is the leader ot of the orchestra of some lome troupe ot of colored per performers performers formers that his nam name la II Cook and that he Is II the composer ot of much music mulo In InThe The Casino Old Girl which is II to succeed The Chief at the CasIno He also Informed me that the music he has Written I is possessed of wonderful merit and that the young oung colored man is II des lined to make his mark as a composer However of oC that we 9 shall know more after atter the production New York |
