The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-30
ANOTHER PAPER A
o0NBIRUCTED nj \ PRESS AGENT
FOR FOUR ACTORS.

Hedsiled AFTER the Cemedte Rranoatse. Of
Cssrpe-Nat Goodwin the Originator or the
Scheme and sol smith Russell. winian
Crane. and Francis wilsoa his Associates.
Another new theatre scheme was revealed to
the public yesterday and there was an element
Of novelty in IL. 1t was not that the new thea
tire 10 to be modelled after the Coincide Fran.
caise OF Paris. Other theatres have been built
on paper which were to follow it just as closely.
and from an Independent" theatre, got up to
exploit the pupils OF a dramatic school, to the
most elaborate pipe-dream that a manager re-
luctantly divulged there has usually been q
reference to tho Coincide FRANCHISE" Nine.
Modjeska was going to organize a little Come
die Francaise of her own, and thought that by
founding it in Washington tho governmental
idea might seem q little moro real. But she
never carried out the scheme. Others, how
ever. have kept up the good work Of founding
theatres of various kinds with the greatest lib
erality-on paper.
When there Us an unusually large number Of
vacant lots for sale the new.theatre microbe 10
likely 10 get In its work, and the news slips out
that a theatre is about to be built There are
certain earmarks that make it easy to tell who
the manager Is, even II his name be IN ssing.
One firm uptown, for instance. has gradually
acquired the exclusive right TO build theatres
supplied with a restaurant, cafe. and Turkish
bath establishment. One variation OF this
story added a bowling alley. which gave an add.
tional color TO the audiences who were to DO
compelled 10 go through the rest OF the fsc.li-
ties supplied.
The new scheme 10 chiefly amusing through
It's utter mprobability. 1t is just a little bit
more impossible than any other that was ever
dreamed Of. The press agent gravely announces
that two actors who have never been highly
popular In New York arc going TO unite with
they may play here whenever they want to, and
stay just a long as they please. Nat Goodwin
Is one OF these and sol Smith Russell is the other.
Russell has been so unsuccessful here In the past
that when he referred to the fact In his speech
at the Garden Theatre, Nat Goodwin, who sat in
a box, was 80 amused that he nearly fell out
OF the box. Russell and Goodwin are said
TO earn about $50. 900 q year. With them are
Francis Wilson and William Crane, two actors
Of much greater popularity In this city. They
are said to make the same. These four actors. It
Is said, will divide the season among them,
which seems to show that Goodwin and Russell
are willing to forego their largo Western profits
and bring some of them here to lose. Mr.. Good
win Is said to have originated the idea, and the
plan is to save the percentage paid 10 the
managers Of the theatres.
caise." says the spokesman for the plan, and he
probably means that 1t will have u stage and
footlights. which are features common TO other
theatres. The building will be situated" he
says. somewhere between Thirtieth and Forty
second streets and near Broadway" That GER
tailly should convince anybody. Tho plan
could not be more definite II the promoters Of
the new scheme had said that the theatre would
be somewhere between the Battery and tho
1t ever was built. The theatre microbe was
never more virulent The last week has brought
forth three new theatres, and the season 10 still
young.