The evening world., 1894-07-04
ALLEGED PLAYS BY SARD0U.
Many Said to Be Written by His
Corps Of Secretaries.
Large Additions to the Ranks Of I'm
employed Actors-Stage Gossip.

the eNcT-TeCuTIlnS statement tnat Sar-
dou has written n new play for Miss
So-andSo" Or that the well-known
New York manager has secured new
play by Sardou." Said one OF the fore
most drama weavers of New York yes
terday: "Sardou does not produce many
plays just now, and his first and most
absorbing thought is of Paris. Paris is
the world for him. He cares for
nothing else. and success out of
France does not count. as far as this
eminent man Is concerned. Sardou
keeps at least a dozen secretarles-all
educated men and skilled writer's. They
receive big salaries and they are made
to earn them. All the Jobs that the
unknowing ones believe that Sardou
has himself attended to are lntrusted
to these secretaries. There is not the
some of the alleged Sardou plays--that
are never done In Paris-and that the
master himself puts on finishing touch
or two. Take for example Americans
hat It was the work of Sardou? AL
though we were told that, after its
American production. II would be done
In Paris under the title OF Les Riches,
there Nor would II be tolerated In
critical Paris. Sardou is Il farceur.
Even his French adherents confess that
he frequently seems to be laughing in
his sleeves at them. How much more
then must he laugh at some of the
American managers. who cannot even
converse with him? He cares for no
body. He has a superb mansion on the
Rue de Clichy. Paris. and enveloped in
the most costly furs he goes to first
nights In his magrihcently appointed
carriage. II Sc moque de tout lie
The mob of unemployed actors haunt
ing the Sturtevant House and oozing
from Its doors on either side is constant
" he'ne augmented bv recruits fr I'm the
hy-by-night and hardly able companies
that have just closed disastrous seasons.
An old actor said yesterday that there
had never been 50 many unknown peo-
pie in the profession as at present
ings," he said. land hurt the entire pro-
fCssion Take the r;len-da Tough or
ganlzation, for instance. Out In the
West they got recruits and paid them
SIS a week. Now, those unfortunates
imagining that they are bona-tide actors
have dritted to Nav York. What can
hey do but starve? The published state
ment that Gus Frohman engaged the
NAY next season Is true Other similar
engagements have been made, The
cor sequence Is that legitimate actors are
crowded to the Wall. and goodness knows
where 1t will end
"a bunch OF Nio'ets" the title OF Beer
tohm Trees latest success, was also the
name Of one-act farce bought by the
late Rosina Vokes and never produced.
II is said that several versions OF Tree =
play have been seen In America. One OF
them was called "Mammon."
Mrs Langtry has written TO her old
time manager, Joseph Reynolds, and the
letter arrived Monday. In spite Of the
turn to New York, she says nothing al
all about such proceeding. In fact
she declares that she doesn't know wha'
she will do. She has injured herself ir
this country and in England by hei
little disappearance from the boards
She evidently imagined that the public
wanted her whenever she wanted the
| public. However, the LILY won't starve
even IL she never acts again.
! The special matinee Of Louis de
Lange's play, 49, The G!obeTrotter," n
the Garden Theatre yesterday, was moi
| for publication, but merely as guar
antes Of good faith to Mr., Palmer ,Sa:o Lot ct
desired 'F YSu see %S said Mr. pa lie LanEs
e the piece is very badly staged. They
scenery from the cellars OF the Garden
| ana II gave me pain. Such scenery
| 1t was positively wrinkled; What the!
kept 1t for, | don't know" The theat
| rical audience, however, was more an
have been. THE GiSbe-Trotter" prove,
to be most incoherent farce, and tn
hest scenery in the country woul'
scarcely save 1t.
comedy from Blanche Marsden. 1t /
not yet named, but 1t viii probably b
called Bess; or, Little Mischief Mis-
Marsden, whose asnshtfuliy h Ir
weekly Will be remembered. Is yer!
fervent aspirant for dramatic honors.
The teemng Hammerstein is making
vastly important changes in his Harlem
Opera House. The large, long lobby doe
longer. So he is going to Use the spac
occupied by an adjoining cafe. Tn
lobby will thus be imposing enough I
serve as Il concert hall, u necessary
Hammersteins id2ss are all very Broh
dingnagian.
Edgar and Harry Davenport. tho son
OF the late Il. l.. Davenport, and brother
successful by their father Edgar wa
seen recently in the melodrama know
as IN p1rSef, R Russ 1ts While ma RI
unfortunate "Rainmaker OF Syria"
People often go the boN-office OF Ko.
ter q Blals and ask what has become {
Carmencita. whose naue but a few sea
sons ago was on everybody's lips. Nc
body hears OF her now. II is month
since she has appeared IN public. Ea'
menc!ta Is living In fh l1delUh a with he
husband, and making occasional trip
to Atlantic city, where she is frequentl
seen driving about In very swell styl,
and all bedecked with diamonds She
. living upon the money she made durin
her phenomenal New York engagement
There was some talk "A short time az
= OF her going TO London, and al
pearir. ~ two or three theatres. h,
tween the acts as Loie Fuller has don'
. carmencita, however, lndulged in SON
= OF her picturesque and incandcsCent tar
, trums with the manager who was to al
range this for her, and that was the en-
: OF It.
, Jimmy" Powers returns to his favor
tie rough farce-Comedy. An credit mus
l be given him for attempting To gt
+ AWAY from e. The public ClamOrs II
him In such classics as "a Straight Tir
arl "A Mad Bargain" and, "a ne Is M
T on the stage for his health, he will PR
= sent them, or their equivalents.
( The "Mastodouic Uncle Toms Cabin
:, Is the thoroughly 'hicago-csqUe title I
Il version of he thrcadharc play no,
D being done In the Windy city. And eve
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