Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-22

for which a4I lnrater e11Es easO4.ld -
thankful
The lovers OF nnclodrama arc no longer
satisfied with a horsc dragging n wagon
very slowly ncrCSs the stage for n central
effect" and the lightning express made
Of cloth attached by rings to n wire which
flies past the villain mt the rate of n mile
nm hour has lost fits potency. Tho paste
boanl trip hammer, the 3 fcct long
railroad bridge over which 60 cent train
passes In safety, prupe,Icd by piece Of
darning cotton. and the orc crushcr which
wouldn't crush an egg are all played out
People arc now demanding something
moro elaborate, and while they arc getting
it it looks rs though the limit has nearly
been reached. Tho cost Of n big melodra-
matte production today Is so great that
enormous business Is necessary to rcim-
bursc the management, and this form Of
entertainments must soon peter out.
just now, outside Of the society drama,
which must Of necessity be confined TO
very few organizations, think that tho
general public will soon ycarn for tragedy
and romantics. There was never such an
opportunity for n great American TRACE
dian rs now. But where Is hey Walker
Whitcsidc, under the management of Alb
hey 81 Grau, with the prestige OF n long
run Mt their thcater In this city, might
easily assume the premiership, but out
side OF him thcrn Is no one who Possesses
more than mcdiocrity. But with the de-
mand the supply Is certain TO come.
In the romantic drama we are in n bet
ter position, although there are few who
can be called great. The trouble seems
to lie in the fact that men who are fitted
for this sort OF work are unable TO find the
plays suited to their abilities which are
also interesting to the public. The peo-
pie arc tired of Dumas, excellent rs he is
and wait something on new lines. The
dramatic author who will devote himself
TO writing mcFitorious romantic dramas
will find himself rich and famous in n
surprisingly short time IL he be at oil well
equipped fO- the wOiS-
Tho thcatsr building mania Is still ram
pant in this city. Enough playhouses
have been built herc-on paper-during
the last two years to supply the entire
state with amusement. These places, how
ever, with n single exception, have failed
to materialize. and that one Is an unim-
portant combination house on the cast
side. It sC"'ns to be the proper thing for
n manager to do rs soon as he has obtain
\ cd fOuihold in New York.
The latest announcement Is that Tony
Pastor will Iuild a variety thClter some
where hctwVru Thirticth and Forty-sec-
ond streets Cn Brlatlway. This one will
probably gn up. Ter Pastor j. more OF n
door than talk"r. although many per-
SONS ar Of the opinion that his present
hoU@C Oh Fourteenth strCCt is in n better
location than can hc found anywhere else
in the city for his purposes
No cls-ss observer Of theatrical matters
can have avoided noticing the decadeDce
and almost total oblitcration Of so called
negro minstrclsy in this country. About
three or rur years ago this form of enter
! taiumcnt was on the top wave of popular
| ity. Now Ii = practically nowhere. One
manager alone bad four companies out in
1890. Each OF these was adding to his
bank account at the rate of from $500 to
| 81 900 week. Now this same manager
has hut one believe, and il ruInor be
I correct it Is not making him rich very
rapidly.
Lew Dockstadcr. who Is perhaps more
| popular with tho thcater goes of this
rity than any other burnt cork artist. re-