The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-25
SANGUINARY DRAMAS.
How an En,erprising Manager Utilized
 Play 10 Suit all Tastes.
San Francisco Post.


 a Play 10 Suit all Tastes.
 San Francisco Post
 The fact ls. sad Stetson. the Neck and Neck tragedan. to the editor Of the Petaluma Pe07,fnr. ~he had dropped m al the theatre to colIcc, four dollars for fve-column puff. '' was just going to send you d couple of gross of passes for Men- day. as am about to paralyzc the people in this bailiwick with an entirely new play
 The quill dFiver tsrned pale for mo ment. but recovered himself and saId:
 .. Something of your own. eh
 Exactly: hate to have ,o do II. but. the pubic demand H. Twenty-Five years ago. when started out with Neck and Neck though, Was fixed. but see I've got To lei the old standby slide at last
 Have you been playing one drama all that time:
 Not under the same name. you under stand It'> the same old pIecc. but change the ti,ie every two ar three months. Besides. have lot of movable scenes and incidents work temporarily when required.
 - don't exactly catch on. sad the editor.
 Well. for instance. when the Land League excitement runs very high, ap- peal to the popular taste by calling the play Shaugh-a-Bum or something that sounds lrish. like that. and work m pro eess-serer. some British troops and d oou- pie of nes.
 Do, eh
 ..Ycs: and when the classic style is on the go. just rig the cast up Tn redhor- dered sheets and sandals and do a lIttlc gladiator business myself Tn the last act Are the audiences satisfied:
 Why. of course: what do they care. Why. I've run the same play as revolu- tionary drama. Spanish vendetta piece. society play. a southern plantation idyl. an old English comedy and Black Crook burlcsque Tn the same town inside of month.
 .Why change :" interrupted the scene chewing trasedian. ., Because the pub lie require something with more snap more action to Il. as Il were. Do you know why Shakespeare Is all played out now: Why. because he don't average more than two-or at leas,-,hrce mur- ders to d play. People now-a-days haven, got time to listen to d lot of poetry and philosophy and stuff like that. What they want Is something that will wake 'cm up. Blood. SIT. Blood Is the only thing v Want gore. do they said the edi- tor. What's the plot of your new play 7" IL hasn't got any plot replied the Adelphi Forest. Plots are n.g So are the hatred. love. revenge. and all that sort of oid-,ime rubbish. Ny plan is ,o combine sensational tragedy with first class variety entertainment, There are min, sS;s. U: c::st: af .h.ch the company goes on and does some good recltations. gags and dancing. At signal of the prompter the act closes by about dozen supes. armed with axes, clubs and things rushing on and bu,chering the entire lot. The effects are immense. assure you
 l should think SO. said the paste con- sumcr; "bu, doesn't that sor, ef th,n ofi' the characters.
 "Of course ii does. proceeded the dra- matist. = In the last act there IS nobody left but the heroine and the heavy william. whom call Stocking lee.beeaase- he as sassinates fourteen of the cast by means of half brick III the toe of long stock ing. He hammers her brains same as the rest. and then tics the stocking io the end of rope hanging from tree. and lets ii swing so as 10 dash his brains out, Mag nihccnt idea. isn't it
 |" Does the prompter cscape:" said rhe ink distributor. after a long pause.
 Well. yes~ior the present. said ,he sanguinary traeedian. respectfully. = was trying to rig np some plan by which he could be lassoed by the leader of the or chestra and killed with big drums,lck. or"
 ~Or handed over to the audienceT put Tn the Peas'ine man. grlmly.
 Or something of that kind" aSsented StetsoR and after that. mebbe il would kinder finish the whole thing bang up to have the sccne-shiftcrs and carpenters come on in a body. and blow 'em all up with torpedo underneath the stage But I'm afraid the public ain't quite educated up to that point yet. I'll have to keep them back until next season" and shak- ing his head over the slowncss of public appreciation. the dram atis, walked back to supcrintend the realistic decoration of the side scenes with red pain, and hair
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