, 1876-07-04
nistory Of the New Play Writton by
h1r. Harte.
usw Mr. Barrett and Mr.. Robson Got
Him to Wrlto 1t,
An Insight Into tho Story of tho
Dran1n.
Doms Of the Principal Characters Do.
scribod-..Tho Cast.
!! ID to Do Performed at Ilasl.y's THEATRE ID Two
Weeks.


*Can Bret Harte write a nIay1n IA TIM o,,c..
tiou Mr.. Htuur. Robson oucc mt ntr,,n,iv -
Mr. Dlon Douctcau)t
Tho response wu. roady. nwr,to ntav, n,
coureo ho cuu"
"Whyq"
nRashcr nslx tVhv not7, TN hsa .bo i.ro.
matte stloct-hs .]or .,,otc,. 's .ho,s ny .ta. %
his works aro filed win surrcstfon. nf etror,,
dramatic situations. and nohot,y dnu,ts ~
ability tu wr[tc snrirht,v t,,a,ovro n I. nv ,,'
reasonable to sunroso ,hot In nm ,,eo ~. N
~ akin, fo1tIo mn1in,ti,,,, mi tarroo, ens.s T..
tho construction Of n nlav that vii, fIyo ria
only ourseton conrcrn. lila arouotntonc, .r,,h
starc mctho1s nnt, Tho 1,ntotions NJ in ,,.,nn
tist'e funciIona. rim flnot t"at ,n,a, ho eoaatot
With M a,,,1,cnro hct,r,c h. 10 ~ ,,,.a ,,,a.,
but no ,an can tell .urc,v I'M In Ina trtod !,
Mr., Robson wus not wnItinr for encnnr,,o.
u,cnt, He, In common With mos. intc1ii1ent
actors. had fonr hc,ore 1c,nrminnd that IT,.
I[urso vns -'
r,, ,,,, ,.n ..
sr.ar 40" ""SN'eA"
In 1,oj, rcsorvc,1 norcovcr n boro . ,,or tu,.n
Drrt IIarto nj INV uricn. 'e ''-' '''"
III, nm tIiur to rcno,vc nnt1 ,no,,or .,tn,
to rca!!zo, Mr.. 11nrto listened reality to the
sn,ccatton ana ;ntI +, ,rtt,. !. ~ t, ~ t,'o
rnrt YrjrN In, n.1&+
Then he thought abo,t IL. Mr. po1's,n srnt,a,
ar. 1torto con,,utc,l 4 t,n, nn, ' ~ nassa.
n,n,l,,,oa " ma,. ~. , aaI s', !.o,soh
cont.,lncu 70 "9t' MOI unnatutal1y. Mr.. Aob.
s,n tlFea fEst. lie gently urged Mr.. 1larto for
OF dc,ncanor for which l,o IA fo,nm,s. said IN
,.a,,,1 hooIr' =. aaa 49,, s..s.. u'oust sa1u ''e
.,.,,,' S,,aa ~ onec n.y., "u s.mst~ay began
opa p Of ATpa settnr n sep se'sq ssor DC
wnr,Is TIM rnrn,,m,nntion NJ tho .vo-,,
Ono av. Lnwrruco 1,arrrtt ,r,o hal Iooo,me oI" ~
tercstc IN Tim mot,cr was @ ,"1rin" % !, ovo ,,
! ]. Il. oegood, tho publisher. Mr.. Osgood
listened while tho torme Of tho contract ycto
being rccIte1, Then he safd sinn1v. Il or co,,rs
Robson Inns 1,at1 Unrto nothinc. !, ''>'
Yes, put no has," replied Barrett, who has
pald a. eco to bind tic bargntt."
"Gootl ucaversl' ciaculatcd the nnb1lshcr.
who Ind euioycd amp1o oxnorionre of NJ
case, tho plny will never t,c wrlttcn.''
BnrT nAnrE IN PRISON.
n.o onS p,ay ~ was as. WHICH narfc.. ana on
't 49,, 49, 44"1 ~ w WV se'6'',e una lou
him, WIN t!c rough frankncas Of intimate
friendship, TINT lio haa fallen into thcir trap
untH tho u1ay VIVA antahcd. In auc.
cn,,,,,ca rhn r' nrs. ~. a.,u ''o nus
en'aoeo' lno nfs' aet was written
cantors f"r dnss IN" To, T., to
The prisoner became s!cspontlcnt Uc could
nrvor wrlto u pluy; lc was sure Ut it; ho wouiI
give up the astcinpt from that no1ncnt. Bar
1stt %1f nort9aSioas ile always r. I1c s
egfcI DEVICES, Uu urraDrysl ,y]th Rt,hsnn tn
admire vcllen,cutly every iino tint si,ol,lI In
future fall from nc pcn 81 tho sweating dram
Of him. lie wns shakespeare; l,e wins Niol,aro:
Tlola and Melpomcnc wcrc smiling upou lin.
sophoelcs, Eur1pties, al,l 4Esrllyliis wcro hjs
grcat prototypes. uidcr tic influence of this
buds OF Mr. IInrtc's gt,lius Iuyciopet rnn}ilv.
I1o wrnte like man Inspired. Tic I'D fayori},,
claractcra, who arc to MI. Ifa5to rcal persons
their rctrcats md puccl In new rulations with viii,
rev surroundings. The NAV ,yao ut Iast fnsl'. :.
cd, and tho prisoner releascd '''~''
,. THE rr:Ar IN COURT.
ut lIooloy's Tlicasrc, for tho tlrst tins On auy
etago, by tic Union au,taro Cuunanv. II il ~.
titled "1rwo Afcn Of Sandy Dar.h Thu contii-
ss 3e; %ss Sss S a t'sD se, ss s, nSs X
I,al,y excellent anu }uil!rious nctors win i,nyn
sepli It and passed Judgment upon its inertia.
No man can tell whether IL ,sIi succeed OF not.
atory 10 unuucstionable: ono ID fn,pntlent to rnt
by N icss 'eSe ncuyocal was teoe' Is ty o'1r Jrg
from
rcmllng. but It would be ille 10 nTrt|tct nv.
thing On tlis seoro. Tho best iudEcs confnss
tcir weakness when tlloy stanti #, tIn t,resnntH
Of Nh unactcd dra1na Tf'ssessInt, cord 4 Tiftrrnrv
qualities. Only tic public caii te]l Whcthrn1a
To eres ss ea;oa oa sS
frum tllc rcaijng whether they shnfl IN, cat"'i
upon to praise 0r condemn tiis irst rcnrcscita.
tion. Tho dramatic merits of ssrwo S{cn of
Sandy Dar viii bs asrcrtatne1 i,vn rh1eo.so ~,
autiIonco two weeks from Tonight. MranWhiir'
glanyu at tho stury aud tho chict c].arnrters. ter.
may not BE- uniatoresting '''' '~A >A'' ''s'e'0
rlln soRNn OPENS
at tho horne Of UUa NV f,dsirrs n Moxfcan o,,p.
tionlan III California Thcro Is an abl,ndnns s'nf ~
luxurtutt vccctnti0n y}sio fhrnur shn o,,o,, ~,
windows and tho s,Irn,nrr air IL ind1.n viii th
twTfo of iIownrs. TI,n nwnnr ~ IL "a. ns. to a
tato vi which Ills is thu n,a.,or.houso Ina o,o
fAir daughter wi0.n hu loves passne well' H. liar liar
nnlno is Joyiia Sho las snanIsh F,coutx t.ui and
aalltsh nnssIon, 10 rcae nmn su 1ns5.s n,n n
viii break through oycry barricr nn11 sn,, s so
l,as roacGcd lin sho viii make ay snrrpc ip Sor
Ills sake. 8iio loves, without tha eonscnt 'or "r
kuowlcdee of lar father. m sdvnntnrer IL ~. M