The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-19
Mr.. B0UCICAULT IN A RAGE.
MR.. LESTER UfLL1CK IND MS NEIGH
BORS or TINE UNION SQUARE.
The Play that One I. to Present on the Gath
and the Other on the 2Dth Two Hundred
Dollars for the Use of the Last Three Acts.


The advertising columns Of THE SrN arc
authority for the fact TINT on Saturday night
the Goth inst. tho Cause Celcbrc. translated
for Shook & Palmer is to be- played in the Union
square Theatre. Yesterdays Dramatic MRS
is authority for the existence of report that
Mr.. Walack is contemplating the production VI
version Of DEnncry and Commons Cause
Ceebrc not obtained from the author"
Tho bare announcement that II was possible
for New York manager to contemplate the
production of play for which n brother mann
ger had paid n largo sum of money. coupled
with the further report that scenes for the now
pcrc wcrc fast progressing on Mr. Wallack's
stage. that Mr. noucicnult was the adartcr "
the second version. and that the now play was to-
he put in rehearsal yesterday morning. was a
sensational dose " greater proportions than
Has been vou"hsafcd to legal and dramatic cir
clcs in years
series Of interviews afforded much " inter-
cst and entertainment from which the infcren -
alton in the ncighhorhood oi broadway between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. is ire
Mr.. Albert VI. Palmer of tho managing nrm
OF shock \ Palmer. was found in a little. .pri-
vat" on 20 ai the side OF the Union square Thea
trr stage. Models " sets ana pictures NJ ro..
tunes wore on his desk. and manuscripts IT
unread plays wcrr piled on ~" floor. " Nj. Pal
Nor asked the writer to whom did D'Fnncry
AMI Cormon sell their Caus" CclchrcY"
=. To Horny French. II the firm OF Samuel
French 4 son. the dramatic ngcnt~."
To whom did he. or they. sell II -
To shook 4 Palmer They have purchased
n" : 'lranl al.solut" right II the play for the
How. ihen can NJ. waack play it,"
He cannot.
II is rurrcntly reported that Mr. Fourteenth
Is writing play for Waliark'- Theatre whi.h
rrSemhi.s and closely follows the Cause
Cclchrc. D. You know anything about n p"
VOL. IL fnprn a. ltt To-,
t"rcsi in it nnl the reporters arr IN agog about
II, l'll give THE SrN the bottom facts. the
money Tor the purchase Of IN" Cause Crlrhr,'
has been IN Iarisa long time. and " nrv Frrurh
won't over for Us expressly TO Tr cur" the man
u~cript with tn sole right for the United stat
until Doe 81 1872. and then ne sent ~ 90 H.. W.
rui It At once in the hands " Mr. Cl2auran go
translate; and orders were given to th" scenic
artists. While the manuscript was In ihehands
of N, translator. man who hasn't s5p in TIE
world went 10 him aud offered him s2nl f1r the
usr % the laS; three acts over night, OF ,our..
he didn't want them for himself. and ~ tho
synopsis which was published IN tie Pai..
newspapers gave a very full and clear itlea ~
the nr~i three ats II l. fair inference that tho
last three acts were needed by some clever dog
VINO could utilize them in that short space If
And that kind Of clcvcr dog is no, numerous
in this region.
Very naturally this attracted our aiten-
rumors .came tina, Mr Wa,a H.. intended
b" an honorable man. | secuted the rumur
rs an insult 70 him: hut when word rime.
in Wallark'- Theatre that resemhiol ours.
gave the matt thought II has boon the ri~-
ton Of Mr Wallace, md my / 20. deaf irimky
win "urh uth"r Whom purity who had leased
our theatre intended ~ ulav CASTE" "A lgro i'm
timaiion from Mr.. ,Walla'k that he intended
herr. In that spirit went - s"e him. AMI
hronShsd th" mater a one. lps'egl orihe me
i aScrd WITH 'n la elf be- ry VII n MS ,
litl" about the now p'av. that he had e'e!ved