, 1879-01-24
mcHt a1a!ns. llr' nf1i,cr WHO arrested her, anil
against the Wnrt!s. to recover S1.UU damages
Tor malicious prosecution.
AN OLD ACTORS CHAT.

Of Ills stnEe Experience. Covering S:ore
than Half a Century In England und SIX
Months In America.
FAfidH<fnhta Tfnss.
About twenty ycars aco tho Webb Brothers
were known in England rs the dramatic stars
fa.nc,l Tor their rendition OF the two Uromos. In
saakepearc'n "Comedy Ut Errors" Charles
Webb is The surviving one Of the two, nfut when
the br0mto Of Eptcsus was uonc be, the Dromio
OF ~ raeusc, was left without double ani
ceased to he star In the theatrical armament OF
tie Cnitel Kingdom. But before he became 4
1,som'o he was an actor for long time; indeed,
the span of Ills stage experiences reaches over
hfty.ou4 years, A1nl although lie fe verafng on
three scnfe and ten he ii M actor YET, nud
oac. too. fFutn whnm nt INV In thu y1gur uEId
power of !nnnh0td might serk 10 learn 1tow the
lines OF Shakespeare sisOu!d he read. Last weck
l!e Was ut HE Arch Street Tleatre, with ltbson
a.Hl Lrane's cot.l ,anr, ant! waa The 1Eieon u hl
COMEDY uf the DrttnltHs Of the two comedians
AMI read tin: spIri:ch lines Ut tllr part will
tAurtI c(f'ct. In li1 long etage cxpcriencn 1t Is
scar, ely necessary to sar t!at he las lotic.l up
tIlany "Reminiscences, MD has lively recoilcc
Wick. and Macready we're ':barti-ssarring u In
tir provinces. aud wcro fur removed fFum thr
public favor '"y afterwards sujovetl. liu las
bcen III A1nertn hcverAt months. ".nl has seen
eDnpnrIson between acting In England md the
United Statcs. Mn,l. ae Ile Is c!use 0bfctrer,
Ills views. az expressed to listening Dcribe, aru
Tar from uttntcfestl1g.
SWELL" said tic old gentleman, ~ have
been so Interested Will, everything have eccn
here that ottstlu u uctEtI tayc 1nad.: no
cutnpartoni mt tllat Ia y hat you wnnt to talk
about. We'll, bIe-s me. Just 10 think of It. |
remember wnen 0ne Of ,ur first stars England
ever sent to America was ustits man N l.rcr-
p,ul,-Tyn1nc power,-l,ld In, uon. lrsnw. lied
IL time h. vas Just ccrning 10 the la'l h'oon
n trcs CO years ] NO, .d f ao si,'Iiurs IS wssk
III little suburban theatre III London. william
Crcswck was there then, wurktuE iur the sus.lc
salary. Well, 1drftet' into tie province: at"l
thel, 10 London as 4 utility mai. uiid finally wen.
to my brothers theatre ~ play Drum 0 with
hir1, In his own IL, atrc, In Dublin. nnl tluru
lluth ot US snadr hit, Witch We improved for
many years, unit! VIC hsd played IN every city Il.
the Kingdom Gn't ncnr'y every theatre MS well.
Finally fr. Crane enEacul me- last summer to
co,Ilc to America 10 euperntenG tlic comedy. mud
here nm. Ny brother died IN leU3."
Tie old gentleman eneMks Hf tlte " Comedy OF
Errors" As though therc was no 9TH cttncdy,
ul,.l 1eana fOrwnr,l on his caur tn tell what lie
Thinks "f American actors, acting, unl 4tmcEi.
cah tlIratfcs.
theatres aud cverY. sratre III England, Scot
lani ireland, md Wulcs, and In pt0bAbty txcu-
ts In this country, uIa slun't mind telling The
truth that oil the American huiscs are Incnm-
pBrnhly better than tln' El,:tIslI p1ay-l.o,tsc.
Things arr dune nn larger scntc here. lc mau-
agcnlcnt nut uu h piece ilh such superb scenery
nHl furniture, nM tt.c actofh, rs rule. arc
quite rs good, nnd ,lle ,turs-Iohn ). Charlie,
country, nrc 1nltc as good, too, As our own
iavorlte and cherished comedians. ! doubt
Il We have a leading snat III England
ese csae: eau raerue any c'sts, ~ eDrsss Da9rEs "a i
v. f.. Eferidan. I was Il lretty u!d nan
whcu went t' scc JctEcrsnu, In Lun'on. US lhp
Ian Uink't. l hal seen tl,p play before; had
seen 1t often, Mn 1,'ayrd N Il. loo; but 1t wus
revelation, md great Enrll:h con'vt!ian WIN
sat by tf,c, md WIN PROPOSED u curr uut to
this country un professional tour IN a short
while, turned To ne Aul sail: We'll, Drnmio'
Dr.,nlu Webb We'll, Druulto, II that man Is
u specimen ot the American uetor, hanE nu II
eare to 70 70 there Il. 'l,l ro' and scored
"llnB The English stage undergone snucl,
cllauEc In yulr time r.
"Dcss trc. yes, Indeed. 1t has been revo'u-
t:on!zcd. Its tr:ldcmy has been toward The
OF It las vastly improved, md the character uf
the tnum n,nI womrr radically changed tur tie
hcttcr. The Ql1 Engltsis plays are ra:els seen
there now. !naced' lle rev'yas--as W" .s;l
lranas "a the 'llar,' fur tusianr,
have not bceu pruluceu tcr years,
| although see BY the pai'cEA that rarely suA-
SOU passes tint the lsana | named, tho 'l.!ar,'
Is not produced IN some TIT ntrc III this country.
| Such men Us Robertson, Whu wrote tlurs,
Henry J. byron. autt,pr VI 'Uur IInya, v. j.
Gilbert anu u;hcrs had n1cl, 10 ,lu with chang,
I'M, the cllnrnctcra 1T The English staxc. So
YOU seu i!.r rrvuluti.u t!,uir If Il recent.
The productions OF tErtr urns tiruyc oil u gu,d
dcnl VI the French aratna which, because nt It's
admirable construction, eau never l'e driven
irotli the stnGe a'toEeter al almost blotica
out fur ttultsshe shakslrarcn,I sranla. 1krl.
VIC begun to Cct our society nctnrs, 1tlt l nlu
glna tu sny HAT suth l'eIi ~ Ilrnry Irving atId
Barry Sullivan, by tlttr wonderful III, lcrsotlI-
tIont, held the popular tasa true to tlm grcatcr
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