The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-31
GLIMPSES OF THEATRICALS.
DRAMATIsTS GRATEFUL TO CUM-
MINGs AND COVERT

MINGS AND covERT.
| Against Pirates OF Plays what Is st
Zach Playhouse In New York-A DRAMA
| Eight TiHes Day at Mu-eun.
| Tho American Dramatists Club is an associa-
| tion of authors who have each had at least one
| play performed by professional actors In n
| reputable theatre. The we'll known native play
wrights belong to 1t with hardly an exception,
and less conspicuous writer's for the stage swell
the membership to about hundred. This club
| tried last winter to get from Congress
| such legislation rs would protect their
| works against unauthorized use. Congress-
man Amos J. Cummings interested him
self actively and theoretically in the bill
presented, and hearty aid was given also by
Congressman James w. Covert. Ex-Judge
| Dittenhoefer contributed legal advice and ser
| vices. Managers A. NJ. Palmer, Daniel Fruh-
man, Charles II. Hoyt and Charles Frohman
| bore most of the expenses incurred. The club
will give at the New Netherlands. on Nov. II, a
| supper in honor Of the men named. The cause
| In which they assisted the dramatlsts IL one
that concerns, directly or Indirectly, every body
connected with fair and square theatricals
Companies OF pirates roam through the coun-
try giving performances of stolen plays thus
not only robbinR the authors of royalties and
the authorized managers of income but keep
Ing employment from the better grades of act
ors. II was to remedy this evil that Congress
was appealed to last session. aud will he ap-
pealed to again. 1t happens that Mr.. Cummings
is candidate for Congressman In q district, the
Thirteenth, which stretches irrrgularly across
town between Fortieth and Fifty-ninth streets,
and so contains a considerable number OF voting
managers and actors 1--WE are not in politics"
said leading member of the Dramatists' Club
Yesterday. " hut don't hat A I
Cummings worked with all his might for us at
Washington, and rather think some Of us will
try to aid him here In New York"
A view of this weeks theatricals shows a
pleasant absence OF failure in the new perform
ances. Olga Nethersole has revealed herself as
great actress in " Camille" at Palmer's An
entertaining comic opera, very handsomely pre-
sented. Is Rob Roy" at the Herald Square.
light and blithesome farce Is provided in Too
Much johnson" at the Brooklyn Columbia. The
visitors ut the combination" theatres offer a
good variety Of tested entertainments. Richard
Mansfield gives " Beau Brummell,"" Partisan
Romance" Prince KARL" Jekyll and Hyde"
and Napoleon Bonaparte" at the Harlem
Opera House. Eight Bells" is merry and
snowy at the Grand Opera House. THE Span
of Life" is intensely realistic at the Amcri-
can, and 50 Is A Man Without a Country"
at Hsrrigan's, which house was reopened
on Monday. Struck OIL" IL a pleasure
at the Peoples. McFadden's Courtship"
Is making boisterous fun at the Columbus
The Country Circus" is combining It's play, and
trated by the Comstock company at II. James
Hall and the Primrose and West organization
at the Brooklyn Grand.
An interesting and acceptable revival is that
OF Lord Chumey" at the Lyceum. The humor
OF the title role as interpreted by Edward II.
and OF course positively delightful to III. actors
devotees The present cast is quite as meritorious
as the original one, and the comedy's blending
Of much laughter and II few tears is excellently
mingled IN the performance, Way 10 Win
matinecs by those who desire to see Mr.. Sothern
In a heavier sort Of acting.
Passing show at the Casino Il e sM G abant
the same medley as before OF iabs at current
tnsSs,iGs' jSGs at public men and events
ssps sm and and popular music vernona jar
ana pni there Is an added specialist In ChariesJ.
The c0ntinuances include The Banble shop"
Ms WITH William n' f% Ernne at the sf tmG
The Irish Artist" with Chauncey Olcott at
}ss fSwsrs hs
Devil Devils DEPUTY. with Francis wilson. at Alb.
q Music, little cRrist@pher caium NIB H at ths
a G sSe Eh r Ar &c Rs and T
White Flag" at Hoyt's.
An illustration of how slight thing will de-
stroy the desired effect OF a stage display, how
small a matter will throw out of balance the
most delicate adjustment, no matter how care
fully perfection is planned for, is had In the ex-
pertence OF William Wells at DorIs's Museum.
This gentleman comes to us with but little blAre
OF trumpes rs to his past achievements, but
any one seeing him will be filled with ad-
miration for his delicate rendering of the part
he assumes that nothing but envy will suggest
thought as to whence he comes. Slender and
pale. mass OF wavy black hair rises above his
poetic brow to fall over the collar OF his leather
jacket, its luxuriance serving good purpose iu
his stage efforts, for Williams speciality con-
sists in holding on his head a block Of
stone. which Is then broken into fragments by
blows from a sledge hammer. All Is planned
well for this display. The stone Is there, foot
square piece of bluestone flag six inches
thick; the hammer Is heavy, long handled. aud
serve tc protect the artists scalp from being cut
by sharp edges. As blow after blow Is delivered
anvil" every one Is stopped by. thc hig stone,
which in nearly every recoil falls from is
easily, aud observers tire Of watching this style
OF Quarrying. After half dozen blows Wills
ReTed Az 10 sne n and d wSsn
a dozen are delivered the group about
the platform on which 1t all tax place scatters
Though every evidence is at hand Of careful
training ana thoughtful study on the part OF
the man who receives the blows his most artistic
achievements are condemned, merely because
the volunteer hammerer hasn't muscle enough
To crack tbs rock. Drama at this resort has
the same sort OF forceful rendering that accom-
panies this speciality. THE Count OF Monte
tristo 4" 10 current, and its five acts COM
pressed into an hour and ten minutes, waits in
Guided Ordinarily the fact that woman plays
Edmund Ddntss would seem remark able, but
this representation Is so unusual Throughout
that such innovations count Tor niue, The stage
is so small that one Is surprised TO notice that
its occupants do not stoop to save their heads. |
and when the courier darts away with an impOr-
him SO near TO the exit and To the buildings |
brick wall that he Is compelled 10 slacken his
speed before he quits the observers sight. The |
efect is rather disenchanting especially II this
first stage OF his journey 10 "Farey" is blocked
By the chairs that were used In previous act. |
But items OF this sort should not be condemned
In a performance which concludes three scene |
act In twelve minutes Stranger is the sea |
scene with its ten foot glimpse OF rolling can
vas hillnun which some unseen hand Is snrlnk-