New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
PLAYERS FROM OVER SEAS.
MP wYNpHAM AND MISS MOORE IN TOWN.
~. FOR THEIR AMERICAN TouR-ExrERI.


rNCFs IN GERMANY AND RUSSIA
>, rrr,,sh sc,orS IN America arc becoming
.,most as frequent the arrivals OF steamers oue
49,. arr not always people of much prominence IN
- theatrical world as Charles Wyndhsm ana MISS
nag Moore who came yesterday on the lily vi fa.n
Mr. wypdham was accompanied by has VIC anu MS
.onnany, about thirty in number VIII arrive next
,ek on the City OF Chicago The passage OF the Oiy
=, paris was a rough one but Mr.. "yndhams party
- quite able 10 60 the theatre yesterday afternoon
.rd n entertain a few friends at the Gsey House in
the everine.
-, AMERICAN tour to Tribune reporter saying that
~. o,ening play In Boston would be David Garrck'
49,, u,u take place on October = and will be the
an,,c not only Of Mr.. wyndhams season but Of the
~, fremont Theatre The engagement there is for
,ou. weeks and the other plays given will be "Thc
~.nada,es which is new in America: "wild osts,7
"a q The HeadleSs Man, After leaving Boston the
oonany will come 10 Palmer's Theatre for an engage
sni Of six weeks and will then visit Chicago Pha-
dslnha and other cities. No return engagements viii
he played. The same plays will be given Palmers
as in Boston, beginning with David Garrick" and IL
smother IS needed Il will be Passion Flowers
posthrmous play by Robertson, which Mr.. Wyndham
recently bought from Mrs Kendall.
Having sketched this plan of action, Mr.. Wyndham
turned to affairs of less immediate Importance but
Moore gave an entertaining account of their ex-
perience in Germany and Russia about two years ago.
They had determined TO give David Garrick' In
German at Berlin, and the play had been translated
for them. But when they got 10 Berlin the manager
Of the theatre who had read the play declared that
performance of II not to be thought Of, as the
audience would be sure to hiss It off the stage. The
trouble was that he could not understand the full
depth OF meaning in the drunken scene, which de
ponds more on the acting than on the lines Of the
play, and no amount Of argument could mokc him
understand it. Mr.. wyndham insisted playing the
engagement but the manager shook his head and said
he would not be answerable for the consequences.
Finally the English players went to a small country
town on the borders of Poland and played David
Garrick," changing the names of the characters and
calling the play The Word of HONOR Only one
performance given, but that one was successful,
and then they played the piece at Frankfort-onhe-
Main. Here dispatch was received asking Mr..
Wyndhsm and Miss Moore to come back TO the first
town. They went back and played the piece twice
more On this occasion the manager in Berlin sent
his stage manager TO see the play, but it had now
become so popular that he could not get a seat He
saw the play standing, and then, evidently acting
under instructions, told Mr.. Wyndham that he would
better co back to England and wait for year or
two till he found good piece. The perverse English
man insisted that David Garrck' should DC played IN
Berlin and played It was. 1t was preceded by a
farce favorite Of the manager which was
Kissed, and Miss Moore got the first applause OF
the evening The three acts of the play were followed
by four five and four curtain calls respectively and
the manager, who had gone about 10 the newspaper
coming failure, surrendered gracefully.
Soon after returning to England MI Wyndham was
invited by the Emperor of Russia to act at st
and Moscow. On the journey from Berlin 10 Russia
the English Ambassador suggested that MI Wyndham
would nrohaby have trouble account of his manu-
scrlpt play which the Russian officers would be sure
Seize and take about two weeks TO examine. 70
escape this the Ambassador made Mr.. Wyndham the
Queens messenger and sealed the manuscript up with
the official seal that officers could touch II.
The Office Of Queens messenger. by the way the actor
still holds After their return 10 England the Emperor
sent TO MISS Moore brooch of diamonds and rubies,
and TO Mr.. Wyndham ring set with the same stones