Show A REVIEW two notable theatrical offerings in new york SOCIETY PLAY PLAT AND SPECTACLE lady ran n 11 oscar willelm V I Ile latest drama ninety UBI I 1 it trl of art dine auses engage bornt A keiflin Kui flin booth other glicr goo goilo lp yew yorm fcc IT kith acci performance of oscer oscar wildes coni comedy vily inar winder meres fan its I old upon the affect fous of new york in ili consequence the lilt baa so ho tar far been vile one of tie the must moat pro powis in ili the history of palmers halmers Pal mers th theater enter and it is likel that the length of it 1113 lil ill he be only by the other boo bollings lings already made mad for or that house 4 3 T SCENE FROM LADT r rw LN va whenever a t play is found to contain numbers 4 of brilliant epi ep iiams those dl art matic critics critic s wl xi 0 do not know exactly w V hilt hat to siy my mid find yet ivel frel that it it is nieces dt caay huy to discount lucli unusual brightness genei tilly di dispose of the inetter by announcing noun cing in n pedantic that tile tho author ba his evidently r rend read loii this criticism has ila been up lilt plied to oscar wilde lindet is the complin tent that could bu be baill tol jiu i min it is tin true that mr wilde has re tl calila but it is true cinat many of the wit which hl his play abound tHre worthy cf f a place beai duthe best the great french master of am didactically oscar wildes drama does not amount to it does not pretend to teach a lesson I 1 11 L paints it certain phase of E english society ci it is not as it ought to be it may mat be a contended tant it exah gerata 4 somewhat iome hon what anti I 1 have no doubt that it doc docs but this is permissible ou on the stage provided the accentuation of tile the typo type does kioes not po go to tho the ian length th of it distortion the 4 in lady fan cri till all clear cut and appear to indrawn with exceptional fidelity the clini axeR are especially the one at the end of the third net act m aich is really intense aud add Is brought about without the aid of ordinary then theatric devices altogether lady ran fun is ii one of the best bes t society plays seen in ia new york for several heTi nil seasons hea sons the A merican rights are owned oTt tI by AhLi charles Froh nion hut but it is i presented by mr A M Pa I 1 ili liners compi conil iny liany a special arrangement to that erld eril ly having aVirl been entered into by these prominent theatrical promoter 4 there is i not it ii rik lak ill ili the cast E M isell 1101 valts perfect as a s lord windermere Winder arthur is a imset und and consist consistent clat though pei at trifle lady windermere and it T rould oud be difficult t to a improve igou the vi stork ork of may alay brooken as tho the ad ven ventured mrs arlynne Kr lynne maurice AI auricc barrymore N i ays excellent but lie he scarcely dors does lull full ill justice tice to ili lifs 4 enquest unquestionably conable ability in ili tile the part of lord darlington still lie I 1 is cry n much aich better in fit the I 1 lolo 1010 oil than nine nina out of un tell ordinary actors actor 4 aou boull ill ho be ninety dark william idec without a doubt contains tali the lilt most pla elaborate borato me tic and me file ch cli anical effects e tier er seen on oil the Amt atagi atau of it beems 4 impossible and yet there then it is 14 before ones eyes eye the piece k drawing law large to the broadway theater the ilie story is ratier interest ing und anti the coloring is i very strong in hoult nud and yet the play is some home alit tedious lit itt times lu us all dramas of that class clas 4 tire lire apt to lie where wine ex rae I 1 is used in a prodie tiomi the be rest reft ref t of it would woold ordinarily bo be con ideros very el borall becomes tame by comparison in oilier words too n inch of it good boull I 1 thin falls upon the appetite eliout 40 heui giuy parts in aint Ni ty dayi dayh it a large number of extra people ballat dancers members mem beis of the all Aine rici aud and chicago baseball base bill hall leanis lei ins citizens citi ens of different countries etc it must hive have cost it great dejl deal of motley to inci mount lint I 1 the be ailee in such buch it lavish mann manner erand anil the expense of it I 1 is I 1 necessarily enormous ninety days can not cot lie called gem hilt but it it is tiu a scenic jewel the wory story is 14 about is as falows fu lows judson Ju dion ormsby till hn eccentric centric re individual bont about lii Wok dies li le alig a will b by y t he of ili his second cousin ili alt tild tilda a watkins Wi itkins will inherit everything pu vided aided that klie lie dball it till 90 00 anys MAI marry ry the tsou bon oe his old classmate in ili case of this the failure of ma ili lloldi to corral conral within the pru pro time lime the teta testators torb sister sifter sarali sarah ormsby van is to get the money ioney it 4 1 11 v T 1 1 1 1 57 SCENE FIM N yi ety DAYS n rs As the again sti lotty the lead nutty ni ind had designs Is a mission itry ary tit in burmah it is quilo evident that ma lla dilila flo s it pretty tough job ahead of ber hut but she ho ftaras out to look for him anyway anyei dy so do does it a de detect teethe he ullo n ho spurred on oil by ii pro promise lylie front froin mrs van Du dusendon 0 if 0 one ill thad of the estate it he dball succeed in ili dt de la ing the undine of I 1 zekiah le beyond the ali JO 00 days gets to egypt ahead of the ibo ints siou try ary liin loin tera whom he be arranges to havi have locked up in it madhouse flom 1 this de awkward posit position loll 1011 tile the party is ms cued by the Anicil cau bast ball players in the missionary is ia found but bu not ty ut 11 t the be main lits has in mak ank lt if M A wl tl lalli jwj n ti abul whom to polion poison till al the good travelers ni ft ell as tho mission ary the pitchers containing wine file are an changed by a 0 slave and thern thera und and lis his min foust the is bauff the deci iod of 1 the king i Is propped up on the tha royal rohnl pa arill and thero is another clien fic there is A remar remarkable lable hip aecus followed ly by nil an on oil nit nil iceberg both of they these ae of adage In median cellan ain and I 1 ito produced tire realists realis tk in fit 1 tile lie ext reine ninety days ends ale w antly und and while it will not add homr ull gil let lettes alq reputation its as a playwright it amsl bo be admitted that tile blending of di aloin tit ind and his been i cry and in ic brong brought lit about aine buses tit nt the fittl theater hns not been as successful from the me bos office standpoint ati 01 it ve been ilisa his I 1 is due to the flirt fait thal york theater goers as a alast ss do not col art for arts sake A great mana man persons haic belli to sio duso once just bo be canie cause it wa mis the lie proper thing iliin to do eliut ati alt play not the acting being thu thing biti tycin they have since staid anivay as ilc could not understand the dialog tic it nine were nit an lusell or americal ameri ical cai woman woin in lae till lin a 0 created a i sensation in new york but the masses of 01 the people will not ry ray pi ili ices to beat old in italian it is boeck liow eMr cr en ell cou raging to know that the great ercal actress business ban been picking pic kint up ap I 1 liivi heard that t lie rosenfeld expect to brina brin glicr bael to allm city for a return i engage and that they lioio hope then to rc cirt in ginging such nil an she attraction traction it tt it america there nici aye some onie signs 1 l ns which lire are aging us its to the future of the stage but there ate many inoru chitre lire decidedly tin the reverse one hopeful indication indi cution is the decadence of desro alsy four ci five years ago tennin certain benit cork received salaries and the miu inin i organizations of 01 at least the lie I 1 argei ones actually coined money now ahse same sam C performers performer ate glad to 11 work ork for olio halt andett mid iu many alsea oni of their former pay ii chile bile moa of the I find it a uin matter to make maka alioth eildo tiles meet another pleasing synin toni it blat cherf augustin dily varly in ili thu present acason san son produced tri trifles alvs mi w million millio at and id A k T atiat C t aitse 11 tile thu I 1 on accorded them was so fo COI coll I they were v crr speedily withdrawn since lu be legal l ili iiii 0 alil ill c comedy 0 i n et I 1 y re v vivus ivall bo his lii playhouse baca becu aroi deil fit at nearly every and mot most of tho the luction were extended lr ix yond the tim all allotted Ottel to them the other side of the picture shows brutal C notorious uj divorcees ditt pi table talili hou and released bunk bank robb cisi as a s stars mara of tho the fraternity wo we ba he e ali shining linbo tile stage roan joryn L SUM sullivan VILry jamef J corbett george dixon and will soon have jack mcauliffe and peter jackson tile col colored oreil antipodean antipode ati title is to play uncle 1 acle tom in beecher drama uncle toms cable burglary furnishes fumi blics its quati in ville spike binl nd kid ild mccoy mccoa the th of banks and bank ol 01 inning contributes that flower of the probes sion janies james Duri lap who earned fume fame and at a dozen years of by the prominent part pait he be played d in the northampton nair affair while thu dilice aak k 1 10 Z 6 44 elk modiste courts are continually pouring bourin g a stream of blasted reputations reau tat ions into tin theater beater what chance hns bits hn s abe stage against such tearful fearful odds realism so called ila has run nm mad fund the only thing that has not yet been done it is to murder it real man with irith a real knife that the real blood may inay how flow and the real victim die a real death in full fall view of tin tile audience thre tin re are bo however Never so many difficulties in the way of if the successful accomplishment complis of this piece of realism that it is unlikely that it will ever lie be attempted the manhattan opera house will have the french opera company front from new oile ius this isa flue will trained organization with it a large repertory and it will furnish the first real test ILS as to new york will support a first class clasa operia compy company containing no to star of exceptional brilliancy I 1 f the result of alie e imant shall prove prore that it will there hero need be no tear fear it that bat mr Ilam feln will not mke satisfactory arrangements to provide it a per manent company tor for he has almost unlimited capital and an inexhaustible lipply of energy and what might be called we e have had Engl english isly and italian bern barats baril ts and if rumor is to be believed IN e may be visited next car by a man mail who is known as tile the edwin booth of ll kussin this gentleman M CIS in ill the c ti c find end well nigh 1191 unpronounceable name of modette te pih this actor made a great reputation as a delineator of high comedy chara cleis ho he attempted trag tragic ic roles roh 4 stands ut tit the top of the ladder bidder in plushia and that fact of itself I 1 lent to entitle him to critical con in ill case ho he should cibit Atner americal ici I 1 he ie it lim I 1 been on the stave M laars ell L ilis his greatest Brent cst I 1 impersonation tit PC rhonat loll 1011 isai is said 1 I to be the title role in ill ivan the terrible Turi lile 11 pifa is tsal about rout 50 10 yeats ohl alil violent decla is ii mid to lo bo be liin ills forte though his hii meth methods oili are arc subtle and artistic bonev |