New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-10
the expense Of publishing the translation that no
creature could read, nor theater would play:
VUus avez rstisOn, Monsieur Ilrifie:
Oui, yetls iInitez-les vOlcuIs."

= "Qnoiqucn dissent oertains railleurs,
| ~ v0us ave. riison Monsieur Drille:
Oui, veas iInitez-les vOlcuis."
| The Satanic Proyiso, that dsgraced us 50 In the
and always WILL Brother Jonathan. upon the paticn
that had been inveiglcd into legalizing Piracy II
postponed the great British drama for another
! quarter of q century. Colorado Piracy OF French
pieces being legalizcd instead of being crushed,
drove the native dramatst Off he boards.
Hero IL the working; and will ask The yonng ana
| struggling American author to send us over hls ex-
! pcrencos to compare. ~,
Most of our play-and farce-wrtcrs are on the
| press and shrewd manager takes cara to select
his authOrs accordingly, knowing that they IOrin
clique of which each member is bound to pull the
others production because all in their turn, need
similar f.yer. Outsiders seldom get q piece ac-
cepted and, when they do, what gauntlet OF crit
cism they have to run"-lChamberss journal, July
~, 1885,
| PIRACY DIsCOURAGEs DRAMATIC GENIUS.
| Understand me- this public fraud was weak ~
water per So; but Piracy made it Omnipotcnt An
honest and able writer could easily have resisted
venal criticism before the public, but he could not
get before the public to resist it, lie could MOI get
hearing Tie shops were limited by monopoly Is and
Victora,, and Piracy enabled clique of unin-
ventive writers to monopolize The shops. IT, 10y
miracle, a genuine dramatst got play played thea
Piracy punished him in another way The price was
not remuneration, but punishment of labor and
skill saved irst-class thoater from Bankruptcy
with drama. received only clio; and the last
ten pounds had to County Court the manager for.
Gratitude is too good thing to waste on
that ETHEREAL yapor called author. For
MASKS and Faces" q comedy which has
survived a thousand French pieces and moro,
Mr. Taylor and received fl1o In
$4,000. For "Two Loves and Life" a drama that
has been played throughout Anglo,SaXony, and -
played TO this day received flO0. In France 1t
wa Ily hppl ) "A
manager was-thrOuGh bad legislation-a Pence, or
receiver Of stolen goods, ard hr, would only pay
Fences prices even 10 inventors. am known, be-
licyc, AZ novelist; but my natural gilt was Tor tbe
drama: my greatest love was for the drama. Yet
the Satanic provso, and tle colorado piracy 1t in
f!icted the nation drove me OF the boards, ana
naiy other of similar caliber. beg attention
10 this, not n PERSONAL wrong; III that lIght
should ne ashamed to lay il before the English ard
American public, but one of thousand useful
c1ampies that nature gives way before Piracy
Abe men always did, and always must, .turn from
their natural market, choked dcflcd, and lowered
by Piracy, to some other less ngenial business
where there is fair play. This Is now American liter
AZURE is populated.
The Sanatt Proyiso injured the drama in another
way. 1t made tho thcatcr unpopular. \ French
truth repeat. may be al English lie; and, as The
adapter pnts English names OF men and places 10
french pieces, this happened etcrn2y, especially IN
tho portraits OF our women. The MAIDS AMI wives
presented on the English Stage were called bars. and
Thus the women Of England were habtuay mis-
resented. Now the public gets tired OF Il shop
that keeps selling fuse pictures of familiar objects.
PIRACY ENTITIES TIE THEATERs.
The Satanic Proviso injured our drama in third
way. Property never blocks the theaters; Piracy
always. 1.-THE Courier OF Lyons was played III
nearly every London Theater one year, 1873, and
made the Thcatcr unpopular BY mOnotony. The
Corscan Brothers was played in every London
ihcacr without exception, and in many OF them at
tho same time. In the dramas healthy day each
theater played its own pieces. But, under the hoof
of Piracy variety is crushed: in one month, viz.
May, 1882, The Princess Theater played "The
Corscan Brother-," Surrey The1ter "Corscan
Brothers. Haymarlyct 80 Gcminiw-a burlesquo
on tie subject and Olympic "Cambcrwell Bro
TIERS" Adelphi, which had played THE Coroican
Brothers," was playing The Queen of the Market"
LA Dams de la lIaIle0; Strand, - The Lost ids-
band LA Dame de la IIalle'); Lyceum, Chain of
Events e. La Dame de la IIalle.'D As for " Don
Caesar de Dazan," that piece entirely blocked tho
first-cnss London theaters for months; and J. who
write these lines, fled to Paris, where Don Caesar"
was property, merely to get away from the city
where Don Casar," not being property, had be-
como Il mOAot0ny-seourgc, and an enptler oi
thcaters into music halls, pubic houses, and BAPTIST
In 1859 though had left the Thenter in despair,
7 stiu thouo,f il NV duty to Combat tho Satanic
Proyiso ior lie benefit ol the nation and o. other
Dramalsts whom II would otherwise atLe as It hal
me- wrote bV,l, denouncns ii on The two
in that book, to the commercial prOnty and good
sense of the House of Commons and the sens of
honor in legal Inat rs which Resides, Theoretically,
M he bosom OF the Peers. Sowed sod seed bus i5
toll among stones. hope fQr better JucS thlS time.
But were | sue to fail and fail As long as live
would sill The good Seed Shat cannot really die;
Tor i, ~ truth immortal.
There being ut that time great Outcry against
American Piracy, PUBLICLY denied that the United
States mad been guilty Of any act 80 dishonest,
di,9ynl and douhle-tacea. Great Britain had
committed by trritn, with France for international
rights. ana cOntriyIn under cover OF THAI treaty,
10 .eal the man intellectual property OF that FIN
pirc: and / offered to bet $40 10 $40 this was So.
The Hghth COmmandment"-P. l3G. | refer 70
that now because / thiu 1T is a proof am who
can hold Tho balance fairly between my native cou-
Try and the Unlted States; and s'1l think are 6he
men To whom That great RepuDc should lend al
ear; for such men are somewhat rare they have
some claim 10 be called citlzcnS OK IN World and
are rs incapable of deliberate injustice as sham
patriots incapable either OF national justice Or
national wisdom.
PARLIAMENT RESCINDS TIE P3OYlSO.
In 1865 was examincd before the House of Com
mons by Nh Goschen, aud oross-exaplined by mem
bers rather hostile m my views. / answered $50
questions, most OF them judicousy puU, and think
full third of them bore on tho effects Oh national
Piracy in injurng the nation that pirates. The
crosse xamination doubles the value of this eyi-
dencc and recommend it with some confidence TO
the study of those who enough for the truth in
these matters prefer the sunlight of experience t.
that ack-o'-lantern priori reasoning. / have not
time to quote more than answer:
eff yon strike out that clause the Satanic Pro-
vis0) pledge yOn my honor gentleman that you
viii see great drama arise in England Report of
the Select Committee on Theatrical Licenses. Price
:Is od. Index, Sd. Hansald, Great Queen-st. Lon
dom
lS75.-parlament has rescinded the Satanic Pro-
visO, and lail the first stone Of great British drama
The next step is get rid OF the kidnapping swim
die, which drove Dickens off the stage. These Two
swindles abolished the British drama rises, and in
thirty years we head France Tor the third time. We
distancsd her 1570-1G20, and We headed her 1900
1870, and again 176O-1700: and We VIII do it again
.,r,In 1rnit,