The evening world., 1894-03-21
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The New Boy" Is Modelled on
the Style Of Charley's Aunt"
Musical Director Rostetter Made the
Victim of Joke.

mo" said Charles Frohman yesterday,
II didn't jump at Arthur Laws new
farce, The New Boy in the dark, as
many people imagine. 1t took me two
coed weeks to get 1t. and there was
work on this side Of the water and work
on the other. / had heard of the farce
before It was presented in London. How?
Well. / knew that 1t was to to be pro-
duced, and knew that II 1t met with sue
cess / should have 1t. 1t has met with
success and I've got 1t. Yes, of course,
1t is on the style OF 'Charley's Aunt.
All new farces will be. The old-timers.
those that deal with situations In which
doors play the principal part, are COM
pletely played out. I have twenty or
thirty of them on hand, and I shall not
present them. The public is dead tired
OF them. There has been a surfeit of
nothing else. l have done several of
them. and plead guilty. but I intend to
reform. The trouble with the old farces
Is that all the characters in them get
tangled up for no reason at all. They
do idiotic things just for the fun OF doing
them. and without rhyme or reason. In
are done. but the characters in the farce
don't know that they are idiotic. The
audience knows It. and that is all that
the absurdity Of the situation at once,
but the people in the play should be ap.
parently unaware, Of anything incon-
'chariey's Aunt has been a success all al
over the world. 1t isn't classic; II
isn't intellectual; 1t isn't brilliantly
doing absurd things in good faith, and
unaware that they are absurd. "rhe
New, Boy will be another Instance Of
They had a pood laugh NJ tho exnonaa
Of Rostetter. the musical director Of
Roster & Bial's, the, other day, and it
1n all feo@ Sf the sa n9yP s,nye Man
ing effect music has on lions. Veil, i' we
wen. went you you to, let two Of your musicians
course, you won't object" Rostetter
s%Sss hsd nj seveT m app.ai ns s1es d
th. Musical Union. The Union RSs'i will ii
back me up. when I say that 1t is the
most monstrous thing have ever heard
Stage The lion put forth a lat paw
90 gave him distinct slap: Rostetter
Re lad not been told of the little trick,
he would probably not be musical d.
rector to-day.
Otis sklnner-alack! and alas!-is going
thoughtful about It, though He will
not force II upon people-oh! dear, no!
He will Just merely try 1t, because he
Will never he satisfied until he has ma de
the essay. Il wish knew what the
Verdict, on my Hamlet will be. but
there Is only, one way to find out"
Here's a letter from a doting mother
ihil OF the most exquisite maternal So
ncitude, She says--you can almost i'm
VIII confer a great favor on me IL you
VIII kindly insert in your paper, that
G1iss Leila Wolstan. the leading lady Of
Mr. Walker Whiteside's company, will
rest during the Holy Week at her home
TeJoinins the company in ;Plttsburg on
f,,ends CT her arrival. Otherwise, many
o, trem would miss seeing her" That
Ntuld indeed be terrible. dear Miss Leila
Wolstsns mommert May they all rush
IN and overwhelm her with congratula-
tions.
1t Is said that four American man.
aSers are after the new play. 1.-THE
Transgressor." in which Miss Olga
London. The play. is said to be worth
nothing without Miss Nethersole. and
the four American managers are not
taking this into consideration.
Willie is the name Of a new comedy
by Klein that Charles Dickson will pro-
duce when he comes to the Bijou Thea
tire. 1t tells a story of two bookmakers
one an author and the other a race-tracK
pearing out Of town in a piece called
"Admitted to the Bar"