The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-27
THE REIGN OF COMEDY.

tn utlah Comedy during the next upR1OU.
and TO suppress sraeedy, Al far as the
Repertoire of leading eastern opera houses
appeared. these show rather few
aligned for next season. The old
school clussicals will have few opportu-
To re~-perpetrate the crimes Of Lsdv
Macbeth or 10 terrorize a house with the
fatal jealousy Of Otheiio. The lovers Of
Shakespeare will for the most mart have
TO content themselves with such tanner
passions as the greed of Shytock or with
such bloodless plots as those of Rosaliad.
course Booth will still he seen as
Hamlet, and Fanny Davenport will con.
tinue 20 freeze her houses with the Rrisly
horrors of In Tosca. But such traRedi-
ans and tracedienpes as appear i'm the
houses playino Hrst-class attractions. will
he more Than usually excellent, Those of
mediocre ability will he forced 20 study
comedy or 10 find n place other than the
stage 10 exercise their talents.
A everyone knows. the managers are
NO, nndar,aLina ,h;s movement FOR the
go1vd m the peonIe hat for the good Of
themselves. Tbev are a,temptiny TO work
no reform in the tastes OF American he
a,nr-go.rs I'M, ,bev are irving IN meet
wha' ,ney pel'eVe .ooe acuauee wnlcnn a'
a'reaus '.Nen p"Aee. :" ysa".
the uue Oh public opiu'o, h"e a. ,"s' 'e'n
s.rohR,y "ea'is' ""se"y q" .t"" "
s.rohgis W iasor ,onu,. ~
OF 'he 'ru'n o. 'n's, .ne' po,'' ~ .
houses when gree, 'ne average 'raeeu,an
ascoinpareu WIN " u us "".s""
comedian OF realty Tess ,eia','e aoln.s
can nraw 'o-Iay' NrefuI.s 49,
get hicnaru III u r~especa'p'e a"',.cc.
to-day saiu "a Wen now" VIEW iorn
manager 10 .ne wr''er' ou. 4 III pa
my house wi,nou, noouwin Na,urs'
Gas' or our fiat is Oh the p'h' ihueeu,
upon studying 'he repertoire % une p"''
season. one q see 'ha' 'he eia"ee iro'"
less e 10 more co'heoyis none~
movement ai'er all pu' oniy tne ~.
ance Oh chahRe aireaoy peeun' ''o.ne
OF us VINO have SAT through hign' aiss
night OF insip'd a,'e'hp's I, hu'iior on TX
part OF pedineheu coxswa,hs' anA.ous'y
longing Tor the reiiet whieh a grea' s'ar
must or'ne, naNe 49, az.
the comedy Is the popular form OF play
to-day and Is the best and perhaps only
field where n bat n great actor can nope
to make his bread.
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minority OF .heaser ~
prepared LOT .he e'Asnse u" ~. ae
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To those. who Arr, by their ~prciudices
d;snosed To believe il. this sort OF reason.
inc usually appears quite a satisfactory
~exnlanation OF he tendency i'm favor of
con,edv. martial EXPLANATION IL nm.
doubtedly is; but il should not be given
credit for all the apparent change i'm pub
lie taste. He who leans on this reasoning
will NEE, with some shocks. He will NEE,
| with cultivated people, who. having seen
doclare against tragedy. such cases ear
neither he attributed 10 yulparity nor "a
n~reiudice. and i'm order 10 meet them th,
@;ncautious thinker must find a new expla
nation. And the reason ia not so hard Il
find. A little observation nj any stroncl,
presented tragedy will show one the dan
vers of IL. The writer remembers hayin.
heen once both astonished and anpoyc,
10 hear a lady of undoubted culture an,