The times., 1897-09-12
Dramatic NOk08.

1 Margaret Mather wiliessay @ East Lyn ae''
/ aud Camille" mis- year.
Oils Skinner produces his prince Ru-
dolph" IN st. Louis Tomorrow night.
| Paderewski, while on his Polish estate,
| near tnat OF the De Reszkes, has cut his
hair short and is praetieing bic yeIe riding;
Walker whteside has produced Stanley
Weymans Man In Black" with a success
1t is pleasant to chronicle FOR this excellent
player.
Harry Woodruff leaves Secret er-Ic,,''
this week 70 return 10 Harvard and CON
plete his senior year. When ne gra.I,I
ates he VIII return to the stage.
IIank schlosbrFg, the clothing dealer.
was the lucky bidder in furnishing Gar
lands Modern American Snnstrels with
satin TIxeco coats for their first part.
1t is said that EleonOra Duse has deter
mined to act in an Italian ada ptation "
Julian Fields Loves Victory one of
the pieces in the possession Of Daniel Frual-
/ man.
| ID. F. Henaesey. who last spring man
aged the Castle Square seasDn al the La
| fayette, II ia the city, seven days d head II
the royal new production OF ssThe ra, OF
| Champagne"
| Henrik Ibsen is disrupting MS home IN
Chrlstiania, Norway, Tor a visit 70 COpen-
hagen and subsequent permanent set.Ie-
| inent In italy He has two OF three new
| plays ready for publication, one or wbtca
he expects to present next winter.
The production OF ''The Isle of cham
pagne" II the Lafayette one week fotn t,5-
! morrow night WIN practically be a :irsr
night for TIE scenery and costumes VIII
have beer used but three times The
company has been relacArsfng seven weeks
There IS a probability that F. Marion
Crawford dramatiZa ton OF his own
story. 'Tarquisara, win be produced
this winter It would seem that he is ur,-
daunted by the direst failure OF last year
his "a Dr. Claudlus- Success often rewards
such dilirent persisteney.
Henry Miller win not use any other play
for the present than his successful draInatic
comedy, "Ieartse Mr. Goodrriend.
who VIII represent BIr. Miller this sea
son, points cut that the management in
tend 70 use costume and scene proGuc-
ton this year much finer than at the Origi-
nal presentation.
Madeleine Lncette RvIey arranged for a
Berlin production OF Christopher, Jr.,"
w'dile abroad, and also placed her latest
play, The Altar of Friendship" II Is
Mrs. Rsiey's intention to make a comic
opera book. tor which Julian Edwards will
write the music, out OF Tobin's old comedy.
THE Honeymoon She has also re-
written a part Of Richard Savage"
There are many reasons for the stampede
OF actors and actresses 70 the stages where
variety show elements, and what is prop-
erly called vaudeville, are 50 mixed IN
that tits hard 70 choose name iOT theu.
Here are sample few: the heatricaI
syndicate, with It's firm grip on the prinei-
pal theaters; ,, more money; 3. less work:
I, less annoyance from competition ior tns
center 81 Size stage; ), fewer feuds with
stage managers.
EleOnora Duse has recently written 10
the United States that she is unwilling %
| come here again until she is able TO find au
actor who can replace FlayIo Ando in her
Company Untn she does there is no ike
iltOOd OF her temperance in the United
States IL is her great desire when she
comes here to act in Romeo and Juliet,
and her searches for a leading actor were
made with the idea OF finding one who
would be satisfactory Romeo. She is
mercifuI not to bring hack the far and fear.
ful Rosaspina-
When Julia MaTiowe sailed from Havrs
last week, she left her husband. Robert
Tabar. on the deck, waiting % cross aInoss
at once to England. His plans are most
indefinite and al depend on circumstances
II is not unlikely that he may appear in
London this fat, and he may not return
10 America until lie comes 70 bring d new
production. His melodrama, on which
L.oriuer Stossarr was at work, and which
dealt with the GaribaIdl revolution in
Italy, was abandoned for the time being
on the ailvice OF !is friends who felt that
the play, which was a melodrama pure
and simple, was too sensational for his
purpose. and was destined, even T it sue
Ceeded. 10 lower his rank, as it was not
fitting step in his career after the WORK
he had been dciHg 50 wsH fer some years.
The London oofreSpoudent OF the PhiIa-
deIphIa Ledger IN a recent letter mads
note % Il communication in an English
paper, signed by "A IiScontented Play.
goer,' VINO gave eight reasons for the al
legged decline Of the British drama IN ths
first place, ,thediscontsntedp person strangely
contended that we do not live in romantic
tineS, and that. therefore. dramatic mas
terialis scarce, in the second, that the play
wright is houored but slightly and not re-
warded with such marks Of distinction as
are granted to has interpreters, the actors;
thirdly, that theatrical managers are COM
nierciaI rather than artistic in their aims;
fourthly that the actOr-mauager system
initiates against dramatic eXcellencsi
nfthIy. that the cost of production makes
il impossible to produce plays experiment.
ally; sixth, s1at the public does nOr-wan
good plays; Seventhiy that tEngliShdramatlo
critics ale incompetent, and eiehthIy and
lastly, that there is no stage patronage
and no societies formed to raise the level
Of dramatic writing or 70 educate the
public taste.
In one of the big London dailies our
own Reginald De KOven is spanked thuslyI
An altogether charming book of Songs
by Eugene Field has been published by
Messrs- GEORGE Newnes- The delicate ranet.
fuIyerses oftt eIauented Western poet haYs
been set to music byvarfous A nerfcaa CONS
poSers. Put on the cover there looms large
this sentence. With music by Reginald De
Koven and others I would especially
draw your attention 70 the phrase 'and
Others The Others include 6. W. Chad.
wick. very distinguished Eost0n com.
poser. CLAYTON Johns, of the same city;
Edgar Kelly ana Hubbard Smith, both II
superior standing to Mr. De KOven in
the eyeSof the American musical amateurs.
1t Is precisely this sort Of impertinencs
which has mdae Mfr. De Koven the butt ae