Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-29
A NEW DRAMATIC ERA.
What Nym Crinkle Has to Say About
Plays and Players.

Plays and Players.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2T.-The general
complaint of the importation of actors
from the East--maiuly English--has been
met by a sudden arrival of actors from
the West. For months all our theatres
have been occupied with foreign stars.
Now the town is held by native talent
Simon-pure Americans. Long Won.
Rocky Bear and Chief Gaul drew big
ger and more brilliant audience than mas
ever attended in New York theatre.
Tie Madison Square Garden must have
held about 5000 people, who came to see
the unaduiterated talent of the Wlld
West.
European talent with the savage TRACE
dams Of the backwoods and the plains
appears to work well. 1t is generally
conceded that Rocky Bear and Long
Wof are better actors than most OF the
efete barn stormers from London. Inc
consequence of Buffalo BilPs innovation
Will be wide reaching. He has shown
that Indians can act. They are natural
mlmics. They know how to paint them
selves and town red at the same time.
They possess the sign language; lheY
have fine figures; they can be got cheap.
The moment Buffalo Bill secured MIR.
steele Mackaye, the great dramatic
teacher, TO coach the fresh tribes, the
combination was formed MIR. Mackaye
Is said to be delighted with his pupils,
and already half score OF managers are
about starting for the Indian Territory
Tor talent, DON'T YOU see what the result
oil all this Will bep Already there is a STIR
In the dramatic agencies and cry OF
"boycott the Indians" on Union Square.
Down with "lndiau cheap labor"
screams the Actors Fund.
But 1t is useless. Indian Othellos ana
lagos can be got tor song, and only one
thing remains 10 make the movement
revelation, and that is to make the indian
fashionable. If he can be got to be the
social caper for awhile the trick is done.
And the Indian contractors say with a
good deal of reason that Wagner, Mum
kacsy, the Greek play, FOrtescue and
other incomprehensibie things achieve
popular favor--why not the Indian! The
dramatic teachers point out the success
OF Chinese and Italian cheap labor and
want to know why they have not
got good precedent. An Indian can be
cot TO play for So week and his tobacco.
All you have to do is to give bonds to
the government that he shall be allowed
to return to mis- reservation in the sum-
mer when the grass is up and his tribe is
on the warpath, and not De allowed to
hang round Union square. He can thus
Kill Shakespeare all winter at reduced
rates and kill white women in the sum-
mer with improved facilities. l Inter-
viewed Lone Wolf, and lie spoke very
cOnlemptuOusly OF the condition OF our
drama. He said it wanted masculine
blood. (Tbey have taken him t. see W.
ID. HOwells' play.) He said that his fore
fathers had played ''Othello" aud "Cal-
ibann In the forest before there W as a the
atre in New York.
the effort is now being made by the
movers of this project to get Mrs. Brown
Potter to come back and patronize "Split
skunk" and "How-a-ugh-a Bow-wOw,"
otherwise known as "lhe Horse that is
Not Afraid Of the Thunder" and work
reception of Chief Gaul by Paran Ste
yens.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett and Frank Mayo
have naturally arrayed themselves openly
against the scheme. But this is regarded
as pro 'essional envy. Ali their objections
have been squarely met by Mir. Mackaye.
Barrett had said: but these Indians
haYe no SC oOl."
Neither have you," replied Mackaye.
They can't speak their lines"
Neither can the imported actors" says
Mackaye.
''They are liable to commit murder"
$50 is the average actor" says
Mackaye.
'Ihey are without culture"
80 is the average actor" says
Mackaye.
"They are muscular and masculine"
$50 was the elder Booth, Keene, Forest,
Salvini," says Mackaye.
Long Wolf has joined the "Lambs'
Club" and split Skunk has become an
honorary member of the Lotos. More
tribes are coming. Buffalo Bill says thai
the only way to settle the Indian question
10 TO hire all the Indians a cheap rates to
act. NYM CRINKLE.