Life — October 8, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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[Tis evidently much easier for Mr. John - Drew to ve fitted with clothes than with plays. We have it on the authority of one of the tailors whom the newspapers consult when they want to know how a » should dress, that Mr. Drew is best dressed itlen: Dat! stage, en on the American If this is true, it is a pity, judging by “Captain I Mr. rs do not also write his plas part of Cuptain Dieppe is in the conception not so badly adapted to Mr. Drew's require: and al but the Anthony Hope and Harrison Rh thought wise to it with unim- portant and unclever speeches to the point where one tires of a character which might, with a little more action and a little less talk, be made thoroughly charming. This defect appertains to and touches on the play throughout, The one character very much to the point, and who helps the action rather than retards it, is Madam (programme spell- ing) Sevier, the blackmailing wife of the French secret service officer. Drew's The ments ties, authors — jies—have overload She has some things worth while to say and to do, and is made to say them and do them very well ipworth, Margaret Dale has the opposite rdleto Mr. Drew's, and, barring a tendency to perwork her facial muscles under the mistaken notion that she is thereby express ing something, is both charming personally and quite up tothe not great {requirements of the part. Ethel Hornick is also \ sufficient as the Counte | of Fieramondi, Mr. \ Louis Baker is mis as a sort of tame-cat priest, Mr. Sydney Her- bert is too slow and heavy as a French de tective, and the young men assigned to the im- portant juvenile parts have made a mistake in fora n instead of mechanical cheosing acting professi some more pursuit, pessie trnee iw ‘Captain Dieppe” is ‘vivean’s paras.” not very interesting in “LIPE* itself, and it certainly is not a good play for Mr. Drew. ° ° . M's BESSIE TYREE has been in- 4 jected into the cast of * Vivian's Papas,” with the idea of redeeming the piece from the coarseness for which it was criticised during its early performances. This may be all right for the play and the papas, but it’s a bit severe on Miss Tyree. . ° ° TPTHE Weber and Fields cult is one of the curiosities of New York life. It is based on the undisputed fact that the attra been, and to a’ considerable extent are, laughable and good of their kind, and that these managers have been adroit enough, at large expense, to keep themselves surrounded by clever artists, This has made them the amuse- ment gods of the Tenderloin, and entertainment they provide is a erystalliza- tion of what the Tenderloin holds to be absolutely best in the way of stage diver- sion. To the enlightened mind, however, it seems strange that even for such enter- tainment large numbers of persons should be willing to endure what they must to wit- ness a Weber and Fields “show.” Itis quite certain that many of their patrons wouldn't ‘undergo so much to get into First, to secure seats one must submit to what is practically highway rob- bery. To get to the seats one must squceze aud push and fight through the mob of standees with which—contrary to the fire laws, we believe—Weber and Fields pack the passages of their music hall, When the seats are reached the space allotted to allas to make its occupation al torture to the person of average The construction of the building makes the temperature that of a Turkish bath, and the air poison to the lungs. Should there be a fire or a suggestion of tions they provide hi the heaven, each is so phys size. fire in this house during a performance— but there are some horrors Lire: prefers not to imagine, In spite of these things New York's curious public gives Weber and Fields a patronage unequaled by that to any theatre in town. The public is good to Weber and Fields. In their greed for getting the utmost possible dollar, Weber and Fields are not good to the public. Their entertainment this season is of the same character as that of former years, but neither in music, fun nor originality is it up tothe former standard. The defection of Fay Templeton from their ranks is a serious loss, and nothing has been supplied to take her place. Mr. Weber is still the same really funny little German of yore, and the addition of Mr. Louis Mann—also funny—provides him with an‘ admirable foil. The annual SNS A RECENTLY DISCOVERED FIREPROOF RELIEF. INSCRIPTION NOT YET FULLY DECIPHERED Choe: ¥Y—1s—aiNp'T — MONEY — YET — YES Low! EXPLANasney ae — Vat? —TIaMoNTs— NO— aiND'T IT YET? burlesque is a review of the humorous char- acters in the humorous supplements of the yellow journals, Even the Tenderloin seems to have tired of them, Metcalfe. LIFE'S CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE TO THE THEATRES. Academy of Musie.—Charies “Drink.” Belasco —" The Darling of the Gods." Scenic. ally beautiful production of Japanese tragedy. Bijou. —Wilitam Collier In * Personal. Not very much. Broadway.—Orrin Johnson tn * Hearts Coura- geous,” Carino. —" The Runaways.” borutely staged Criterion —Charies Hawtrey in “The Man from Blankiey’s."" Very sketchy but amusing. Daly's.—“ Three Little Maida." Delightfully acted and sung musical comedy, Garden.—* Ulyases.” Classical drama, scholar- ly In tone and well staged. Garrick.—Maxine Elliott 1a * Her Own Way,” Herald Square—Jonn Vrew ta “Captain Dieppe.” See above. Knickertocker. —The Rogers Brothers. The Mmit im vulgarity and td taste. Lyrie.—Richard Mansteld tn “01d berg.” Madison Square—Grace George in “Pretty Peggy." Cartons but fatrly interesting drama based on the career of Peg Wortlngton. Manhattan —Mrs. Fiske in Ibsen's “ Hedda Gabier.” Murray Hvi.— Edward Harrigan in “Under Cover.” Revival of the Harrigaa drama, Amus- tng. Princess. The Earl of Pawtucket.” And laughable comedy, weil acted. Watlack"s —* Peggy {rom Parts." Light-weight musical comedy, Warner tn Musical comedy. Hetdel- Clever * Whoop dee-doo,"* See: comicbooks.com