The sun., 1895-04-12
IMUsEMENTS.
May nEt-s tnnthony Recite "TriIby ga
New German FlaY-Theatrlcnl News.


New German rIay-Theatricai News.
| Has q reader or recltationist a right to give in
| public extracts from book without permission
| from tho author or publisher? Nellie nthopy
| has been reciting passages from Trilby" at the
Eden Musce. In view OF tho fact that a drama
tizat!on of "Trilby" is to be produced Mt
Palmer's Theatre, Mr.. Palmer objects to Miss
Ganthory's use of the material. He declares
that Hiss Ganthony's "recitations" arc act
Ing" in the legal and popular sense OF the word.
lie has requested her to leave "Trilby" out OF
her programme She called on Mr.. Palmer
yesterday afternoon and asked him IL he would
withdraw his objection. Mr.. Palmer said
he did not wish to !njuro Miss Ganthony's bust
ness interests. but lie felt that II she continued
her recitations IL would be "csta blishing prec-
edent for theatrical pirates" all over the coun-
try. lie had purchased from the Harper Broth
ers all the dramatic right in "Trilby" for
America, and he could not afford to have his
property deprecated. 1Io continued: II pre-
sumo there arc In the United States about thirty
companies ready to put versions OF 'Trilby' on
the stage without 30 much as asking permission
OF me. cannot spare the time to go to oil the
places where these companies perform and In
stitute proceedings in the courts. Fortunately,
such action by me Is not necessary. The Harper
Brothers have agreed to protect my rights
They havc experience in fighting against lit
erary piracy and their machinery for warfare
is we'll organized. In many cities they have
agent. ready to act at moments notice. 1t
cannot be consistently asserted that, Miss
Ganihony's performance Is not acting. She ap-
pears in costume. and her recitation 10 decided
Y d5,mntc ,r Bqt It, any pnSs 1T of
fringement upon the rights which have pur-
At the Eden Muste tho manager said: ~ do
not think we are injuring Mr.. Palmer's interests
at all. Miss Ganthonys recitationa are a good
have crowds to hear her, and it 10 fair to pre-
sumo that many, who come here will have a de-
c"4pany; do % not e deny that y Miss s Ganthens
ls:y sss 4. s:w: Sss 81
heroine makes her debut in Paris sings at the
den death Of svensal % and the eS eon.sauent @ % ees
Ss OF the whca rsndeIs
Guiding Trbys death s are depleted. n'sdHe Miss Gam
be sS,SI$ " a. tcE 70 claim that she is not aTs
The question whether an elocutionlst may be
prevented from publicly reading from a copy
impsrsonat,on provided he does not not dram drama
is a vital one to professional elocutionists. ~
Silver souvenirs denoted the 15Oth perform
Rnce Of TOO Much johnson" at the Standard
last evening. THE Founding" will have
tokens tonight at Hoyts for its fftieth time.
Beerbohm Trees Saturday night good-by bill at
Abboy's is composed of one act each Of Gap
tain Swift" The Red Lamp" and AN Enemy
of the People," and scenes from Hamlet" On
his return to London Mr.. Treo will revive
"John-a- Dreams" at tho Haymarket. Miss
D'Arville is buck In Madeleine" at the Bijou
after two days Of illness Isabelle Coe and Ed
win Arden 20 into Mr.. Mansfelds company.
Mr.. Crane has enlste ed several recruits of Rrade
to indicate an even better company next season
than his present one. Clara Daymer. who 10 to
play Lady Macbeth at forthcoming matinee. is
niece of Archbishop OBren OF Halifax. John
Hare has decided to begin all American tour in
November. and will bring his London company
along. Pauline Hall will go on bicycle tour of
Europe with party next summer. Vehta Til
ley is on the Atlantic bound for New York, and
will appear at Pastors. A recent recruit to
Wickes. youngest daug ghter of tho Vce-Presi-
dent of the Pullman Palace Car Company. who
minor e part n Sign as0ot Gfo Julie
MackeL. now G: Keith's" "continuous" theatres,
pantomime ness wihter " Henri IL caznsn S Vii viii
a IF 1Fesn sna s.spxsr
which Della Fox will begin the next season At
TIT. s. sSSnss Ro.as Snssr
Iea has osd in Boston, The that
YSs ssssnafa pag
translated by Maud Banks is to bo tried at q
Fifth Avenue matinee. Lotta Crabtree 10 in
Madrid. and Helena Modteska in Rome. Alex
ander Snlvinis essay with Hamlet in Phila-
delphia was pronounced too melodramatic. per
haps becanse Booth is still the standard OF meas
urement by which other actors in the part are
who retired from the stage to study. law, is a
atsts' Club has elected Bronson Howard
President, Nelson Wheatcroft Vice e-President,
and Charles Barnard and Charles Klein Secre-
tho Lyceum: received card on which was
printed. IS. Wilmer Hughes. New YORK SUN"
other side. he sent 1t to THE SIN office. as ali
managers have been requested to do with such
communications. Hughes is fraud, and so ia
anybody who asks for free amusement on behalf
of THE Sun.
What a blase bird must that canary be that
swings in his brass bars at the Irving Place
Theatre and lends the local color to the domes-