The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

world. not even against the least hon
Orable DO l cherish particle of rancor.
-Archdeacon Farrar, in Forum for
| August.
Chance for Authors.
About three months ago Mr.. Warde
Bingley established what he calls The
| American Theatre Libre. IL Is an un-
Fortunate name for very interesting
institution. Even to most people who
/ know that "libren is French for free,
/ the phrase suggests no meaning. be-
cause few not intimate y connected
with thea-%ical business know anything
about The French enterprise of which
/ this is ia many respects a CODY. y few
wears ago there was young man
/ in Paris whose name was Antoine. lie
was clever, ambitions, and poor. lie
wrote plays and could get DO hearing
for them from the managers. There
were several other clever young men lu
/ Paris &c that time who were i'm the same
situation They condoled with each
other in the cheap cafes and cussed the
managers together. But that dldn Q
bring in any money. and, on the con-
trarv. tended 20 a greater consumption
of cOguac. ard perhaps other things.
than was good for their pockets. 81 NJ.
Antoine invented "A scheme whereby
they could get revenge, fun, and fame
all $40 time.
Oat OF their various manuscripts
they selected four one-acl pay8 and
cos. tho parts among themselves and
clever friends. making q company of
about dczsn no all. They rencarsed
iu chambers cafes and restauran. s.. aud
when the Uses had been learned and tine
business determined they hired q
hall vac not within their means to
geta good ball. and 10 suited their pur-
pose better TO geta poor one. Iney ste
locted one of the most tumbie-dOwn.
shabby balls ia the city, and then invited
the highest toned people IN Paris % come
to the performance. The audacity OF
the idea struck the people iav0rably.
ard they accepted lha invitation. The
voung men carried ont the affair with
an OF the soienuity and dfcOUm 0t e
state bail. admitting nobody who could
not present the formal invitation ard
selling no tickets. They performed
their pieces. aid the next day thu
Od.m bought one Of them al their OWE
prize. The ether three fJrgd Success
fully in lhe end. and the proceeds we've
applet under VI. Artoipe $ manage
ment o. getting up other free perform
ance OF unaccepicd manuscripts Gone
tinu.d success attended the enterprise,
aud now VI. Antoine is building b'g
theatre near Che Od-un.
SIR Buger' ambitions soar 90 siuui-
lar heights. lie does not confess to
beine himself grea. and unappreciated
author. bu- he says that there are thou
sandsof magnificent plays lying arouud
this country, growing yeilo" and dusty
for lack of a hearing. Tie purposes TO
give them q chance, and he starts un-
der rather more favorable ctcum-
Stances. he thinks, than dld u. AM
tome A. Union Square he runs a con
scryat0rv, where about every thing is.
lalght cxcep. the ancient ilnEuIgc-.
aul .ir. Biigley would manage 90 give
instruction ia them if hi- pupils wantcl
il. 4 good many Of his pupils would
rather BE- actors th1u Gre. scholars.
and from them ne intends 10 select Tire
porf1fmers for MS untlIod pldfs.
lie began about the first Of May iJI
picl, out his be-t pupils and quietly %
ask for mlnuscri0ts. Ae.c gossip
brought him more plays tnau be could
con re..eltlt read and he euDuii..l
Tie b,s. 3D. the meI who. he says. are
ina;oughly competent 90 ia Ice OF ORA
matte a. 'tcr without seeiqg it per
formed A.. the readers returned the
most enthusiastic verdic's upon a play
called at first 'C)mpromised. IL wa3
written by DR.. Jacob hartman. OF this
city, and Dir. 5Hu.alIns Stangp. an
actor wh, .as ieae.ng man for > uart
Robson last season. They couidn get
managers 90 consider the play. although
they 81, morally certain chat DO is tne
create 81 piece written, say. since SlaSes-
pearke IS slime. When Mr.. otauge heard
OF Nh Bingley's American Free Inea-
tire. u pat il in Eoglish. bee took
his play there in q hurry, and it was
accepted. Rehearsals have been ia pro
gress every dag for two week.. and
during that time eighty-seyon people
have had a try az The various parts.
Even now there are two or three in tne
cast who may have 10 give way before
the performance. which has been set
down for September ID NJ the Berkeley
I'ccum Managers. critics. aud other,
expert i'm theatrical matters Will be IN
yited o. attend, aLd no tickets will be
sold Mr. Bingley bears the expense of
the production. aud ne hopes 70 see
money come IN in this way. If the
play Is as good SIS he believes it TO be,
the managers and stars present will
hustle to buy it.. In the event Of a sale
Mr.. Biucley will share IN the proceed s.
The people VINO act in 1t VIII not be
pad. but they getan "apDearauce" tnat
viii enable them 10 secure situations.
If any thing will. and then Mr. Bingley
will eet something too.
There has been lois Of bother. by the
way. over The pame OF the first play
Compromised did not seem 70 ex-
press the author S ideas very well, and
other names were adopted, but in every
case the new name was found 10 be the
title of the novel, and II was not
thought co be desirable TO have the in
evtable impression get abroad that
novel had been dramatized. Yesterday
Mr.. STANCE brought m new name.
lie had found 1t while trying to sleep
the hl6ul Dctoit. ~ tut tlu but Was
erased and "Aftermathn substituted. |
Ii is hoped that this name will hang on
until September.
Mr.. Bngley intends TO produce one
play month during the season IN this
manner. Ho has already selected his
second piece, and il all goes we'll he
means 10 put up his own theatre before
year shall pass. York Sun.
Another volume OF hitherto unpub.
lished writings of De Quincy is in pre-
paration. During the time he was edi-
TOR Of the Westmoreland Gazette, 1878 |
10. he wrote not a few articles on politi. |
I 4. Il Ia