The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-23
rows BEHIND TIE SCENES.
oortfGHr FItsHEs IRON VIEW YORK
no san Francisco.

/ 70 SIN FRINffSfO
j p.,r,.pm.nt.I In the Roucicauit- Wal
i'.aL.p ain,er Trouble Excitement In san
Y,,.t..o Charley Tho-r- q" Travei-An
embarrassing Change In the Prosrnmme.
r, rcport that the dramatic profession
4 .sinnst,tc " excitement yesterday would he
/ ., mildly charactcrizr the condition cf mind
rs,cyi.ted In the theatres. ut the dramatic
i ..onclos, along the pavement on Fourteenth
4 .,-.f known NJ the Actors Intelligence ONCE
in thc clubs aud wherever members Of the
4 rereurial occupation congrcgatc. nothing was
1 rtLcd NJ hut THE SUNS exposure Of the Wal
1 t,ck Boucirault- Pnlmcr-Thornc complication.
Tho first revelation. made exclusively in THE
sun was fool for amaz"ment. and the further
i ,vlusivc publication " tho d'Ennery and Cor
l mon contract with the French agency. coupled
1 With the letters and kilograms Of Dion Bouci-
/ eault afforded diet Of unaccustomed spice.
The manager of the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
Mr. stephen Fiskc. WAS asked II it was possible
/ mat he could have lent himself to Boucicaults
l atempt to get Charles H. Thornc. Jr.. from the
/ I'm ON square Theatre. rs was distinctly uvowed
4 in Boucicault's letters md kilograms.
Nothing " the sort" replied fiske.
"what. then. are the facts -
.ycrv f,w and very simple. Mr.. Bourcault
came to me and said viii you engage Charley
L ThnrnrY knew perfectly we'll II would do me
mo- GOOD to engage Thornc. as the moment an
uonnced him Shook 4 Palmer would clap an in
4 nn,tion on me. So said. Certainly. II Thornc
| l.,in. released by tho Union Square. can come.
| shall be- glad To- have him-for I knew his
| money value 'Whnt will you give him2' said
L pouecaut. ANYTHING in reason. replied |;
/ 'I.a,c IL to me. said Boucicault. All right
s,niI md that's the whole Of it,
'"Ynu dd want u leading man them
n ". mud GEORGE Clarke
l Ien'rrcd him. and WIS very glad to get him.
! ior lho p'nd Srcrcf,r Of Monday next
"Whv. NJ course would II he werc released
from he squire Otherwise he'd be- worth
nothing, nttrnd to my own business. and not
"'Nr pouricault writes that Mr. 4. NJ Palmer
tried 20 haye YOU cqoneratc win him ~, IN respect
No Mr.. Palmer never said word to me
about the nnitrr.'
''Yop $50 tho talk is that Boucicault manages
l yourihcatrc and Wallack's."
MY connection with Boucicault Is simply
his H. has written u play for this house. and
i and am quite content to do So"
Mr. Iostcr wanack Processes great ANNOYANCE
L mart: hut when sought for m explanation Of
HouriGul's assertion that Wallack would re-
b sn n9 pndh r s r NE ncw py
i the 2stn Of llnuurv. he could not he found. The
young man IN tn" box Office said thnt Mr. Wal
/ incs had not been to the theatre. and that Mr..
l Moss WIS Ill., md would not he able to ho down.
/ NJ rh mas Baker the condn tor ~ Walnck' :
orchestra. WIS directed. So long ago as the mid
die Of ne"Wh"r. to prepare martial and sent-
mcn'al music for now play. which was to be-
| Iut IN Boo ernat hurry. So great hurry M not
90 ign fnIr fnr m" comuts ton OF new music.
Nr Palmer having COM ud"d 10 again change
The ni..ht " tho first production NJ the Crlr-
trtri Case. iound hims,ii contronted WIN a
practical problem TINT Ind to he solved. Many
k'i4 had boon Sold for turdnv that being
thu first night. and ea. uMrchus"r felt that he
mad "a right ~ srats cor Wednesday, me night
| finally determined ~ IN" first Then. again.
p"orl" who had rur"hHsed tickets for tonight.
| nndnr the inpr 'seiou that The Man of sue
argricyrd ut the ohnnr". and some of them
wanted their money hart.
tn nes ~ the Pan rrrnniseo narcrs show
that the eN 'it'mrut her" had It's parallel there.
The Chrouc'e of Jan IA has tho following:
Rerorts we're In circulation last week to 'hc fc mat
saue con'inns at BALDWIN. 3ai qaarrei,d WIN m.
t,,,-n emgo,e,. on -cconnt q JEALOUSY OF Cosnlag
te ain business At th'ir theatre had reused 10 Get
w Mr. m rre it H'ry n,o",ly ' ,ns W ,s To.
srsoe., md been ms'r prrheud.d !, hal been erre
n" Win c'gsIrn Will he re,cS,, wa. the lac
nar-1 % 'J I with III" n '" or tnfce YEAR"
two Seasons AFTER this-shieh he would be
Sc manner Tie o,,snal tmc Tor ~hi'h W psims'
~ wc.S. i. ~a. sx,cndcd ~ week" Longer Win "a
,on.a ,if- "i,' m Inorne' ail he gh,s,l 40 NE A.
had rnis 'ecgraph.d Palmer about that matter 10 see
wlero inc ,dca o, scSs Ss-.nt ir@ ""y Represents
Lou "hii' tne M ~ square COMPANY rcmain,a =" :,
'a s,rao si,~i T. ..i,oi'q s.fs 81, ro,t veh /,
s' ~, ,hag p1~, ~ t' to'r. 'r'r'g nm ror, p, re-
@ O., 40. a. g1i ~ 'g tnc 9y5,"s S','
w,o van Psr PIX i '% ' r gsae' ""'"
This shows that Mr. Thorne had the impress
sion that Mr. Waacs was Ia play IN
now piece. that required his peculiar talent
HIM that even Mr.. Wallack himself would r.
tr" IN his interest, Asone 81 Thorno's friend
SAID vrs,cr1ay. They hated the trap with til
The ChrOuicte further says:
Only lew ct the dcspsichcs that have passed hewcc
rv,n ThrS al however. relate closely to the lonr
,n,nronH ' nil rhgSpo'@' oh tnat s' e b.u, ,
accept au engagement elsewhere than at the rno
Jr'.'n, contract rn,i the Imc al Baid~in. vas e,
tmci VI Palmer expected Mr. Thorne To return
NV York 900 time 10 Z he tie part IN Tie Iechrai,
,Dghian
Of the matter in similar vein. and from the fol
low ng extract from the San Francisco Cdu {
thc l3th Of January 1t Is obvious that there wa
aer,at i"a ~ feeling ON the part OF Thorn
and hi- ircnls
I,er .nce The Icy section of the rmon square Con
pany reH.c to san Francisco charley fhornc Las bee
chauns uurr the short bts IN Eastern paper about ho
We'll utt 80 along without him In New York has bee
ions i've th' King Thorne va. si.ent. and me
tH -, a MM.,, nut !, sr9M, m9,ot.n"1'
scl g1 t In H. Mo,hsr Is sceret AMI ', IT. ia i
sn aa-.ltc Ills soul Tue Man ol success" iai-
iu"i.iict H'l bears silently aud ~. "kly the homo
m.p"i uul - uthl Doubles he ioftnri d
r.rn "-.. cl.han could not Now however the
'.Nl. it...t uol which rhnruc thinks viii amount
Ill.,, '.'. ~, ""i-l"ln', r an n""t iW"hNf W.
H1 e "9'", s,c W. ', io fa" %a5 ,' yS an,"
isess amt the rehearsal wenton ke pantomn
VIZ. li "i-noi tla Mr. ihorm Is ~ any ,en.o
'"N' i'.' NiN bost leading man ~ Tie lmied state