, 1881-08-21
Union Square Plays Done into
:. -. Stage English.
tsThe Bankers Daughters Mutt
.: lated for John Bull.
Wonderful Performances by Irving
and His Company.
b, IS Daniel R0chat" to Be Produced To.
Morrow Night at the Grand.
Story of the Play-The Cast-Dra-
matte Notes at Home and
Abroad.
A, NJ. PALMER ABROAD.

Z. Abroad.
A. NJ. PALMER ABROAD.
hfr. A. ~ Palmer, Manager of the Union
Square Theatre company, reached tins city
yesterday morning to make the final arrange
u2ents for the engagement of the company,
which begins Monday at the Grand Opera
House. ,Mr. Palmer has. mot grown peTceptl-
.bly older since lie first saw Chicago five
years ago. lie was not with the company
,dur1ng the run of IS The Two Orphans - III
:1S75, but he was in charge III lS1G when
'~' Ferreol' " and Conscience :" were pro-
fluced. Since then he has been a pretty con-
slant visitor, and is firm believer III the at
tractons Of Chicago Us u place of summer
resort
Mr.. Palmer has just returned from a sum-
mer tour in Eufope, having reached New
York a few days ago. Among his fellow
passengers OIL tthe voyage home were john
Mccullough. Lawrence Barrett and other
actors and rnanagers- Being asked for some
account Of his European experience. its pleas
urcs and profits, If there were any, Mr.. Palmer
eaid:.
London is delightful. 1t is the Babylon of
to-day. Paris is uuieter and more like New
York, though Of course more brilliant en-
joyed my visit in London immensely, but was
not able to get anything there or in Paris for
the Union Square Theatre, either in the way OF
plays or actors
1*"There is much to learn in the theatres Of
London, but not as much as you might think
from reading what the critics and newspap pcrs
hare to say. There are not above three per-
sons would care To have in my company. and
none of them are available. Ellen Terry, who
plays tho leading woman parts IN support
of Mr.. Irving, is in many respects the
,1nost finished actress have ever seen OH the
stage. J deem her much superior to SAra BERN
,hardt. Mrs. Kendall {Madse Robertson played
eCo7x1lie while was In London. Her reputation
is known to everybody and is we'll deserved.
Then there was Miss Wallis wb,rn / saw play
Beatrice: she has no great name. but is possibly
*tte coming woman or the English stage. l GER
tafuly never saw that pnrt nearly so well done
before.
''What do think of the American plays in
= London2 Why, they haven't been improved by
their voyage across tho Atlantic. wish you
might sec THE Bankers Daughter us
has been butchercd Dld BroEn has
been cut out George Washington Phipps has
been turned into common. low-tung English
BtaEe Yankee. He is to any American more
-conica1 as trayesty Of character than uny true
typo could be, bur then he represents nothing in
the heavens above or the earth beneath. or the
waters under the earth. All the Americans in
London will agrec that '' The Bnnkcr's DauEh-
,ter was ruined so fur rs the comedy part Of it
;goes, By the changes introduced In England.
Bronson Howard, you know, Is rool-nnturctl,
and he yielded too easily to the suggestions Of
the managers The English public is Il
good one: intelligent, quick. and devoted to
the theatre,-far more SO now than
formerly; but they have a little clique Of play
say their own souls belong to them. and they
will not give the public a chance
They did French Flats there too, and mur--
dered it. They gave it u local atmosphere and
meaning. Now, it is French IT anything can be.
and what would be the harm Of giving it to the
English public with French loc11c aud charac
ters. Tie adapuon WIS badly done; some of
the points that took upr0ariOusy in our theatre
only made moderate half-hcartcd laugh in
poorly put wns satisfied Of that The work
manship Of the auapter disgustcd me.
ssCoraiie, the original uf Felicia was not
nearly SO we'll done us with us. MaGge Robert
son was the only actress who could have been
introduced INTO our cast without injury to it.
improvement upon Miss Carey.
But you mustn't think American managers
and actors go to London only to be confirmed in
or Irttngs Thoatre III Anericn-no plays 50
splendidly mounted as by hl1n,-no euch perfcc1
as1ingE ,g; no .s such MonderIu successes
Inc .,s Cup, would !.i % d p - a Se% X Tost
h from bis neaara 1af no It
gu this side would be wise to undertake IT,
Il needs the most superb scenic effects, and n
not common on this side. AS done ut 1rvtng's
Theatre The plny WIS charming. The Bellies
6tra1agetn was done the same night Nothing
could be more widely separated from The
Cup than that old comedy; and lrving's Dori-
court WIS as complete triumph Ill its
IN
London. alternating them on OF nights
when Booth was with him. But he
probably 15o10O lransicnis constantly in tho
city: Besides as have said, the Euslisn public
T. desoted Sd to lryinf ;, He Is IS as much an nsttu-
why he should ever come - Anlcrica. He could |
ret o possibly % better I'D rs than he is already
;. HIS la9o was revelation: He is IN INTEL
1ectual actor. Whether he is right Or wrong in 3!
bis idea Of q part, he always casts new lights |
tator, an arsight irip the depths Of |
from auy other stage persormancc maj &C Of o1 tho pIay
His Charles 1. was interesting On this account, |
though tho play was offensive to the American
account Of those times, 1stasing Cj4urlcs a mar
tyr and CFota.Dctt brute. 9But irving is never |
Content TO be merely traditional, rs booth and
= NJ visit to Paris was Extremely pleasant.
TIE TIE, TRIBUNE 1;;,' last week printed q le,ter
1
know about .theatrica.s there. didn't
buy my plays either in Paris or
London. The Voyage DAgremon1,'' which
io1ksd at was on the whole 100 light and iar;
on hano. Haven't decided as yet what i shall
open e With in the Union Square Theatre Ny
eight weeks here, a week in Milwaukee, one in
St- Louis, and one In Cincinnati. it will be
Thanksgiving time, and snow may be flying, be-
fore take my company back to New York.
harn't had the courage to look at 'Concy
Island: or, Little Ethel6 Prayer now playing |
Ct my theatre They tell meit is bad. If it is,
l an sorry. When l rented tho theatre to Mr.. |
Collier had no idea what he was going to pro-
duce there But whatever Little Ethels Pray
er' may be, there will be good nctors enough to
take the curse OF the theatre before 1open
i ngnin. Joseph Jefferson is to play, and
Mme. Janauschek Is booked for an ensugetncnt, |
during which she will appear In d new charnc-
tet. There will be other attractions Us good |
during the absence Of the re:,.llar company
Mr Pul1ncr Is one OF the most cultivated
and accomplished. OF the theatrical managers
IN this country. an easy and eutertain-
ing faikcr, aud a thorough enthusiast in his
business. He was four years in churge of tho
Metropolitan Library in New York, in view Of