Show I THE PL PLAY IN NEW YORK BY G L glean Correspondence NoV t i tW W N opera based Ott on Madam m nut But tern Was tho ono really week and Ita open ot of last Ii aide Ie overt mixture ot of Casillo curious II g due ure 1 r II a 0 ICI t the Garden tho seat h hee rs II UC hU t t ee shirt llIco n such lIuch had hun de dei e er prose ene ded d c Cyrano roi oj theTa there In tM or os i tars ra r to seemed to ro expectations but below tall f II people who knoW knot snore more many other than I shall evor opera arout out grand enthused over the tho grow kroW dr MY a cs e nl ng n A young poet On 0 n It e utter the second act wIth It lIe me This le Is the tho Int been bren hero here Per tor that Inter Ibrie Ive 10 mra to that thet thie was the rat ot the tho In New York I It y that It was the ogre I with t remarkable very charm to the ork Rhut vcr cr rung ung III at the thO Garden tar en may hO 10 attributed the t that you may score you i to 1111 sing 1114 play Ir if oU will but the tho then nt ot of real poetry s to It sUII n 1 ru Long and David Belascoe t so remarkably fine fino that thata gedy edy was Va torn form or of Its story retain some measure a of merit I cannot feel how hll I that anything but length weh ler added to the tho piece picco In turning a tn ben constantly was n a an opera into 1110 Interesting tale talo condensed Into one olle dull drawn n out Into three I er lines does that were natural and Ind sad d a In u a play piny seem ridiculous bud budO aU eary O when tut to music muck Im Imagine an aria to such a 11 agine os ns I 1 have hlo leased Ihl houpo for or nine hundred and but with alth privilege ot of can ruts ye f c Ing rs the contract lit at the tho beginning or of uy any month It Is like wrIting un ode otlo odeo 10 o a hot hoc in dra drams which seeks seeke to represent t Ulc Ilfe III as It exists there must bo vertel Opera can hll have havene no ne such su h aim since ItA foundation to If Ift toIto t Ito fI that people Ing the Iho tx rc sten lolI ot of their WI R u hate hao u a right to ct that what ahal II le lebit bit to In to nature shall bo be made u to uS III beauty and ought too he libretto to or of 1 grand opera ought to tot to t a great poem The story of Mad Made e r lIu ln tully woul 1 Iwo havo lent Itself ed II I 0 J blank verse and no one onee e uld have suffered by the tho e I f es to and c es lC it opera In Is III to La ho It must bo be oper In loftier 1 English h than s used usell in III IIII tits I U Look book written In Italian by Illicit 1 d GaCO a and by n It H HI I 1 kin kle for tor 1 a brIef passage hero here heron n a I thin ther dC Is not In ring nor brilliant lie Ho Adopts the Iha method of at theme Intro I m III and makes It The Tho ThoC C ul 1111 and Pinkerton lift glasses ot of g F i Ih h whisky for tor example anti and tm wo we lieu her the tho theme of The Spangled Banner Hanner Why not Thi Th Thir r are aro Coming or better still stilla a ray or two to of We Ve Wont 00 In home 1 Ill Morning Tha silent scene In Inh ina a h Cho Cho San watches for hI her tabard Iball through the tho night and until the I is Taco for tor n a wonderful Inter mezzo meno but bul Is It no memories or of The lh story of at Madam tol fol th the orIginal Closely Alter after n fI sort Bort Bortot ot of In which Is shown the th marriage of Pinkerton and Cho San Pinkerton instead ot of to ot of ab Oa lH Mr Long made tl him do espouses flutter Butter fly Ily with the ot of wo wedding till tut girl Irl nhon hon he huA hilI tired ot of her The Tho second and third nets of tile the opera opel ore ere tho tJ o t et anti second halves ot of the tho tn one act henry W production is h vary cry b beautiful rho rhe ut of I a Jup JUI house and the interior with a aview view of at n a cherry through h the windows cou could not lIot bo be made mor tax The Tho opera le 18 Weil sung too various sass Int of t 6 In the tho chief roles Rena VivIenne and l slug Joseph h In InI and I the II part art of Pinkerton olle an tut a r 1 Gort 1 or f rhomas D ds lake nights In the tho l pert lIt or of th Is no ey In the tho But III 1 It doln doing on 1111 excel excellent lent lont LIlI nt at the tho ku lea I 11 I e e e I Lew Fields l entertainment nt at the tho thoI herald wag made over Oer I last week About Town after a run runor or three months month being 11 Into I mac not net nn and 1 its a 1 fint part to tn ton n burl gut Oil on The rhe 1 0 Tito Thlu ri with tile the ot of I F tt to the company brought back ot of the tho old drays dl 8 at Weber I Fields Pie Ids Aho hay has Joined the Iho forces at atthe the tho Herald 1 Square The Great Decide only slightly what occurs In inThe The Tho Great Vaughn rondy ot dY malIce makes his heroine whose abuse cab 1131 III Is s entered t r b by three forward with a I that one of at thom m her n the tho t burlesque fling III the therole role rolo hy by Mor Margaret aret at atthe the tho the ruffians I II and nl at the tho palm ot of a a gun makes ono one I rat or them take tallo tier her to n Ju Justice of tide tho peace on ono played by Mr 11 l lIe with all ull his heart that ho had ha i d In jail Tho idea lit is deliciously comic und It 1 la 1 humorously worked Out ut The Tho Groat II lasts Reel an hour and mare morl than 30 10 of ils I stings imitation of at I Ills Anglin Is IH c Ital und and Mr nule Dulley not 60 50 el ely following I Shier Is extremely droll Mr t George lichen Edna hopper and Harry oil all are I Lawrence alone ralis to tomake make rood proven r us as totally tilt funny as ho he was WI In About Town Tiro are two In The Thu Great Oleat Decide One OM or of them theman nn an Indian staged Ly by Julian Mitchell Is rather crude and tIe tive but Is 19 hy by 1 a OM line piece ot of mule b by Gustav Kerker The corn COll Poser or of Tho Belle of New York has never done dOllo oho elM that so ao completely established his rank us liS 1 a amu mu About I Town boon greatly improved II by Its curtailment 1101 the tho whole performance nt at the tho herald Square II in now new well worth north the tho attention of any ono one who trants to bo be enlivened I r e The Tho drama escaped from Its covers heel veep oell and ran rIot ill n our theaters special noes Mes until you OU rest and nn In which ties adorned the nien and coats eouts the tho wo women women men Alan Allin Dalo Dall confided In me 1110 at tool the Salomo that no now ho Intuition t whIch c warne t ad him bin t the profession ot of in III the boo be e Mercedes Leigh gave us liS Tire The Prophet et and Salome on Thursday after aCter afternoon noon at the tho later In ht LL a performance that was two parts play anti three pans plon A 1 great many people who expected to hind Oscar tUg tragedy charmingly charming wicked suffered the tho ot of their lives Sa Ba lonio lomo Is merely un an and poetic drama In ht which Mias lH Leigh showed showell us liS a 0 Salome who mIght have graduated from IL a Boston Select School for tor Young Ladles lIer Iter dance before Herod night might possibly have cap that ancient monarch but Im dead sure It make IL a lilt hIt nt at Oscar Victoria theater of tarry Iel John Jahn the amt oIl welo the tho redeeming features of at tiN tho entertainment Alta Allt who came camo to this country with the Players Int and who wan adopter adopted liS as a 11 daughter art b by henry lIer gave her hel first per perc in I English on afternoon at the tho Tho rho play rho en was Gabler and Madame lov achieved I a complete success lice lIer anon Is saId to e compare favorably with that of Mrs Flake Irl ke The Tha supporting company In eluded John Johll Findlay Dodson Mitchell John Mrs Thomas Whiten Whitten Inu IAu Inurn rn ra Hope Crows Crowe and Mrs Mar lIar Martin tin e Mrs lIr Sarah Cowell mall mati matinees nees or of S at al tile the Majestic vero Vem lI not t 1 so well beautiful t au poem is III not adaptable to the 1110 stage and the Iho it III WM hardly all that It might burn Mrs to II u II trifle advanced adanee III ht years for tho Iho role ot of ofa a 11 siren rind and her bel was satis satisfactory factory than her portrayal ot of Iho Monsignor Mabel WUi nus charming us Two ot of tho most r events of the tho ek were wem tin competitive mat mal malI I lees or of Mrs lu Danes 8 olen Ono day the tho nn purt qUI played by Lona who aho create I 1 the tho role In Loa dab ani the tho next bs b Margaret vita first t It t In a rite twin Inre hed without b la ac lab e rl o or r s Honors proved to 10 he about even Miss lH s A work being the tho more Intellectual pits I An th tin more lIro emotional one or of the results of the was wat watto to ct t the tart fart t not l lLy Ly by Thu 11 that Is IN a 11 very ry remarkable |