The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-30
MALONE sTIRs UP ACTORS.
ING FOR ANOTHER EDWIN
BOOTH.
TROUBLES OF ERAsTUs wIMAN.
Suit ON an Assfgne Judgm
Gauzy Stories About Candidate
Mckinley.

very good, though. not startlingly
brilliant actor of the old school, has
set the tongues of the Rialto to wag-
g1ng through the medium Of an inter-
view recently published in a dramatic
sheet and extensively copied In the
daily press. The replies to two ques-
lions are responsible for the tempest
in a teapot. Here they are:
DO you see any signs of a revival
| of Shakespeare as an acted drama
tist?"
Eyes, many and hopeful signs. The
return of Shakespeare to the boards is
possibility Of tomorrow. When the
time for such revival comes, it will
come suddenly, like a whirlwind. The
theater of today is in precisely the
same transitory state as at the close
of the seventeenth century. The re-
turn to Shakespeare came like a thun-
derclap. And there was a Dryden, a
Cibber and Garrick to make the re-
vival a power in the land. 1 am con-
fident that there will soon be a repe-
tition Of this condition of things. His
tory repeats itself, and the theater of
today is fundamentally the theater of
Charles II. We must look to Shakes
peare for the remedy.e
THE DRAMAS SALVATION.
do you regard the ctor-manager
as a necessity"
Eyes, he is the salvation ard health
of the drama When the speculator has
become powerless through the very
causes that give him power, the owners
Of theatrical property will come to the
actor and say, Take possession of my
MA
spearean revival"
Most actors are opposed to the actor
manager plan, and not without rea-
son, for the unfortunate individual is
certain never to accept plays which do
not contain dominating parts for him
self. Thus his people have a hard
time Of it in the effort to rise from the
ranks. prominent actor who has al
so tried management voiced the
opinion of the Rialtoites when he said
to me:
Malone is theorizing, and that, too,
without the vestige Of basis for his
peculiar ideas. When the time comes
that the owner Of theatrical property
will say to the actor, Take possession
of my playhouse the asy1ums will be
obliged to build anneXes for the &C
commodation Of these confding indi-
viduals. I have been star. Some Of
my tours were notable for the success
attending them, and more Of them
were notable for the absence of sue
cess. But absolute disaster was never
my lot until I became an actor-man-
I ager. Then everything went to the
I dogs. The business of the enterprise
was never properly attended to, and
| the worry of it all kept me from do
! ing on the stage the best work Of which
! am capable, and that has always
| been the experience in this country. In
London the peculiar conditions existing
make success possible and even prob
! able. AS to Shakespeare, his plays are
| now subordinate to the actor. Let an
] other Booth arise, and the bard of
| Avon will be as popular as ever when
interpreted by that particular actor.
! Shakespeare is often butchered now,
! but seldom played properly. That is the
cause which is responsible for the pres
ent alleged deplorable condition of the
classic drama"
TROUBLES OF ERASTUS WIMAN.
Erastus Wiman is having mighty
hard row to how in his effort to rehab-
ilitate himself Everybody remembers
his trial and conviction for forgery
| after having done so much to build up
| the mercantile agency business of r.
/ G. Dun & Co. Those were dark days
| for the Staten Island magnate until
the reversal Of this conviction came
! Then he determined to make a fresh
start in life.
His troubles have again been brought
to light by the suit of Edward E. HUI
Der, on an assigned judgment of Eber-
hard Faber for $10,061, to set aside the
general assignment made by Wiman to
| David Bennett King on May 16, 1893.
! The liabilities were put at $4,000 and
the assets at $21 ,645 Assignee King
says that he realized in fact only $500.
Plaintiff alleged that the assignment
was made in fraud of creditors, and
| that Wiman had not assigned all his
property to King. The property he had
not assigned, it was alleged, was
supposed interest in the firm of r. G.
/ Dun & Co. and five acres of land at
! Clifton N. Y. Mr.. Wiman testified
that the assignment was made in good
! faith, and that he intended to trans
fer all his property. The claim of Dun
] & Co. was put in the schedule at $375,-
4 600, but Mr.. Wiman testified that on
the criminal trial against him this
claim had been reduced to SITS, 0O0
He testified that the assignment was
made to placate Mr. Dun, and that
he had hoped to get 81. 600 a month
the rest of his days from the Dun COM
pany. He had also expeced to pay all
the claims in full.
MKINLEY ANECDOTES.
These are the days when the fellows
who have at some time or other had
| something or other to do in some way
| of other for or with Presidential Can
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