The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-06
SHE HANDLES PLAYS.
MISS MAReURY's SUCCESS IN THE
THEATRICAL LINE.

Starting Out Alone She Has Constituted
Herself a Middleman for Nearly All the
Prominent Dramatists of the World.
What She Has Done.
Women are every day achieving new and
practical results in various arts, sciences
and business enterprises, which make 1t
possible for them to stand shoulder to
shoulder with the stronger sex in the great
struggle for existence and race for distinc-
ton. But while many are called by the
voice of circumstance, or lured by the
reckoning finger of fame, few are chosen
to succeed.
There are many women in New York
who are making names of honor for them
selves as musicians, painters, sculptors
authors, poets, journalists. lecturers, edi
tors and actresses, but there is only one
who has acquired reputation as the 'rep-
resentative of American and foreign dra
matte authors"
A few years ago Miss Elizabeth Marbury
who comes of a good family and well
known in the social world Of the city, un-
dertook the business management of Mrs
Frances Hodgson Burnett's play of Little
Lord Fauntleroy," dramatized from the
story of that title.
Miss Marbury was so successful in ar
ranging the practical details for Mrs. Bur
nett that she determined to constitute her
self an agency for the placing of manu-
scripts and the bringing Of dramatic
authors into closer relation with the thea
trical managers than had heretofore exist
ed. For the last few years large proper
ton of the plays produced at the principal
theaters OF the city. including The Idler,"
''Nerves," "Mr. Wilkinsop's Widows, 4"
"Jane," and many of jerome K Jerome's
plsys and curtain reisers, have passed
through her hands.
Finding that her business had increased
TO such an extent that she could no longer
work in her own home, Miss Marbury
opened an Office on West Twenty-fourth
street-a tiny room, daintily furnished and
decorated with many pictures OF authors
and actors Miss AArbury remains here
the whole of the day reading the new plays
that arrive By every mail, preparing con-
tracts, talking with actors who are in
search of new plays or with the authors
whose interests she is representing.
SUCCESS WITH FOREIGN WRITERS.
The best idea Of the extent OF her bust
ness Will be gained BY a glance at the
names Of those authors who place their
dramas within her hands These include
Ms. Burnett, Clyde Fitch, Fictorien Ssr-
dou, Jerons h Jerome, A G. Gunter, c.
Hsddcn Chambers, WillisIn Lestocc, Ar
thur Law. Brxnder Matthews, Alexandra
Bison, Ralph 3. Lunley, Albert Care.
Henry Pe.titt, Maxine BouckerOn, isaac
Henderson. Harry Nichols. Arthur Shir-
lee. G. l. Reade and EiPPoiyte RAYMOND
One CT Miss Aarbuyy's lsst achievements
Is having persuaded foreign drsHsSEssx -
sell ;5eir wsrks on royalties instead q re-
linquisaiBg their Tights on tie recss2t - =
specified sun Of H7oasy. Ssc iss hzss pay
produced here under these terms wss -Er.
Wl.kLnSou's Widows" SArcos. Vas Per
suaded 70 make similar cSatrze; for ais
'-,Thermidor.n and Mss M&rSGry gives 81
Interesting account % TIE Way IN wAlcE
she showed Aim maps oftks United States
md ISIS o. tie theatsrs Il oEr sA-gs estsss.