The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-04

One Of the particularly ailuring prom
fSes held out In coDSectlon with the en-
gagernent OF the orris Ooer Comedy
Company, billed for next week az ths
Third Avenue theater. was that OF pro-
duction OF Triiey" at popular prices
Regular patrons OF the playhouse al the
corner Of Madison street and Third ave-
nuc, and many others who cannot % cali
ed regular patrons OF the place. were
locking forward with considerable inter-
est 70 ire appearance OF the company
that included in It's repertoire Paul Pot
ter's dramatizatioR OF Du MaurierS fas-
cinating novel. and there Is little doubt
that On '"Trilby' nights the capacity OF
the house would have been tested 20 ac-
commodate the crowds that would gather
TO witness the weird. hypnotic tale In
action.
All OF this IS changed now. II reports
be true, and people viii have TO satisfy
themselves with other selections from the
repertoire OF thirty-six plays, that no
longer includes .sTrilby.'' A poor pro-
duction OF the play would be better than
none out Manager Russell who went
over to Tacoma TO sea the company. re-
turned yesterday and made the state
ment that rhe company h a Thoroughly
capable one. and that the production OF
the piece was a creditabie one. The rea-
son for denying Seattle people the Pleas
ure Of Witnessing II Is that Mr.. Brady, VINO
owns the American rights 10 the piece,
denies that The Ooer company has any
privilege from him TO produce IL. and had
notices Of injunction served on Col Fife.
the manager OF the Ninth Street theater,
Tacoma, forbldding its production In his
house.
The notice served on tho Tacoma man
ager was as follows:
Tacoma, Wash. Dec 2. 1886.
Mr.. ". j. Fife, Manager OF Ninth
Street Theater. Tacoma-Afy Dear Sir:
am instructed by Mr.. William A. Brady.
the owner OF 'Trilby.' to notify YOU that
IL you attempt TO play .Triloy' at your
theater this evening, or at any other
time, ne viii prosecute both you and the
com pany playing the same. and Will Do
compelled TO restrain such production by
an injunction Of the court, should you.
after receiving this notice. persist In sucn
an attempt. am, very truly.
Manager A. NJ. Palmer handled .srrilby"
for the Harpers. OF New York. a roy
atty. Then w. A. Brady got hold of 1t
from Palmer. That is how Brady Is in
the position to stop the production IL
the ODER company is using the same thing
1t is unfortunate that they did not change
its name. There are hundreds or pirated
versions of plays going through the coun-
part Of successful play is It's name II
the title rs not used, the authors or
owner-of- the-copyright's toes are not half
SO hard trodden Oh. III the ODER COM
pany had produced Hamlet" and called
IL ."Trilty," Mr.. Brady would have swoop-
ed down with his constables and inJunc-
lions just as hard II is doubtful, how
ever, If "Trilby had been produced and
the announcement was made that the
he Mr
would have done anything. This Is one
OF the cases where what's in a name
does not apply, because Il IS all In
name. The ODER company claim the
right to the piece from Mr.. Palmer HIM
self, and there is some color lent TO the
statement in its calling itself The West
ern TriIby Company"
Manager Russell says that the disputed
piece Will not be produced at the Third
Avenue theatsr. as he viii not chance
law suit, and at any rate he will not be
q party to 50 uRprofessional an act az
the use OF a pirated version OF play
The Tacoma people claim that the report
sent 10 Brady was the result OF q pretu-
dice against the Ninth Street theeter and
It's manager by some busy body, and that
Brady has been cognizant OF the work
OF the ober company in producing Paul
Potter's play.
II. A. Chadwick, the press agent OF the
Third Avenue Theater, called at the POST
Intenigencer Office last evening and stated
that Mr.. Russell Is a personal friend or
W. A. Brady. and that under the cir
cumstances. as the proprietary rights OF
the piece and their use in the Pacific
Northwest remains TO be established. he
has decided not TO use T. That 10 why
those figures made familiar by Du Maui
rfer's facile pen and pencil viii not be al
the Third Avenue theater next week;
Why the opportunity viii be lacking to
hear that fascinating and suggestive ref
erenee TO the Altogether" La-la. la
la-la. In the altogether. II is unfortu-