The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
EOIClCAULT'S LITTLE GAME.
marlin STRATEGY BT 4 QUONDAM
MANN MiNIGER.
r,,c,cnni, rndrnvorirg to secure the Lead
lug Man ~ One Theatre for - rival u""sc
Irurrs and kilograms Facts on AN lat -
ealing Subject a Celebrated t"se Indeed.

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Letter. and T-ierrams Pact. on au lat ~
ealing Subject Celebrated t"se Indeed.
The theatre sdunthlc in which Icstor
v.D.L. Dion Bou -icau't. and Albert ". Palmer
". the. rrincipnls and which has cxcitd the
interest ov nv one in any way Identified with
,ho drama and ip opponents. hae reached as
Car san Francisco. whore Charles H. Thorne.
Jr ur leading man" 81 the Union Square
Th,Hr'' Company. has actively participated. by
,oi'c mail. AMI wire.
H. spite OF the pooh poohin given by Bouci-
sau.t and thosr who represent Wallacks Thea
IRE. 10 s.cms to hc the fact that MIR Wallack did
intend to produce u new piece 10y Boucicault
on the 2S,h. the night for which Shook Palmer
announce the C-lrbrat' ID Case and further
Mat Boucicault sought to INDUCE Shook Pal
mrfs leading man 10 leave them. and make
better terms with Mr.. Wallack. 1t has been
whispered here. in Boston. and San Francisco
that Thornc felt sore over the SUCCESS OF Cogh-
Ian. who phys the leading roles In the Union
Square Theatre while Thorne and other lcading
members OF the same company are in SsGn
Frnncisco Thorno himself ridculcs the idca
NJ the styles Of the two men are utterly dis
similar and while Coghlan is engaged for the
season only. Thorne is engaged for two years
70 come. with "a weekly salary of 5000
However this may he. it now appears that 40
long ago as Dee IA. 1877. Dir. Boucicault under
took 10 uuscttlc Thornc's mind in respect of his
posniun in the Union Square Theatre. and al
though he knew Thorne was engaged for two
more years he went SO far 10 wire him
proposals for other theatres. and followed his
kilograms with arguments by mail. From the
,crrrspondcncc now printed In TuE Sun. IL
nh, soon ,ht, n,u,icnnlt lerrnuhod Thorne
t,-pe,ting Fskc's Fifth Avenue Theatre; that
4 N
s,nare wos t2no or $500 a night; thai he suisse
h. produ ed on the 18th. and that Mr.. Wailack.
from whom he would ask $500 week for
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Il he could secure Sno"A runner ""uA"S
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