The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-08

MANAGER KLAW IN TOWN.
he talks Interestingly of His Firms Forth
coming Big PrOduction

ne Talks interestingly of His Firms Forth
coming Big Production.
Marc Klaw, Of the firm of Klaw & Err
LANCER, passed through New Haven last
evening en- route from Boston to New York.
He was met at the depot by his firms rep
restatiVe here and number of newspaper
men. In the course of his conversation Mr..
hlaW said:
1t seems almost like home coming to
be IN New Haven, and l regret that l can
not stop Off long enough even to stroll up
ana down Chapel street The firm of klaw
Erlanger regard this city in the light of
a guiding spirit. Many of our most import
ant ventures have been given birth here,
and the Judgment passed upon them by
your critics and the public has never been
reversed elsewhere. | remember years ago
in the early days of our existence as firm,
we brought out play at the Hyperion,
notable cast and had provided an expensive
in New Haven was looked forward to with
much solcitude. Well, The Editor was
produced, and it did not seem to very
strongly impress itself upon the audience
We were naturally greatly discouraged and
felt as though we ought to accept New Ha-
yen's verdict as final and abandon the en-
terprise. Some friends who had come from
New York to witness the production main-
tanned that 1t was good, and we were per-
suaded to put the piece on at Wallack's
theater, New York, against New Ravens
and our own Judgment The result there
was the same as here. Everybody said A
beautiful production and fine perform
ance, but the play is not good A few
years later we conceived the plan of max
ing stage production of a dramatization of
dramatization of Palmer Cox'S Brownies.
M. Erlanger and myself agreed that New
Haven was the place to get a conservative
Judgment upon the venture, and it was con-
sequently brought out here before it was
submitted elsewhere. The result is history.
Nto at
proval of your critics and the public thought
SO we'll of 1t that the Hyperion was crowd
ed to the walls at every performance dur
Ing the week. Brownies went from here
to New York, and the New Haven verdict
was fully endorsed there and we remained
IN the metropolis many months Every city
in the country fell in line, and ever since
then the piece has been very successful.
Our experience with Jack and the Bean
stalk was similar in every respect. When
New Haven placed its stamp of approval
upon it we felt thoroughly satisfied of the
outcome and we were not mistaken. There
OF the stage in this country-or any other
country, for that matter. And those first
nights In New Haven't VIII anybody ever
forget themn' And Mr.. Klaw grew abso-
tial performances. Looking out over those
vast audiences, which contained not only
the very finest element of New Ravens
culture, but many people of fame in art and
SUSis'A NAiIico WIZ JOufneyeu from new
York to see the new pieces, we could not
but feel proud. l have seen many first
nights, but none, not excepting those at the
Grand opera, have excelled those of the
Jack and The Brownies at the Hyperion
In point of fashion and brilliancy. Now we
have another on the way. 1t will occur as
you are aware week from next Thursday
night at the Hyperion, when our new ex-
trayaganza, "A Round Of Pleasure will be
seen for the first time on any stage This
will be the most elaborate production we
have made. We realize that it will not be
an easy matter to excel the production of
Jack and the Beanstalk' in beauty of scenic
and electrical effects, but the way "A Round
of Pleasure Is developing at rehearsals we
are quite confident that it will eclipse any
thing that has been accomplished upon the
stage In this country. The company num-
bers upward of one hundred people, and the
cast has been selected with great care. The
book, by Sydney Rosenfeld, is extremely
bright and humorous, and the music, which
is the work of Ludwig Highlander, who
wrote the music of Francis Wilson's opera
Half King is very tuneful and catchy.
We are universally enthusiastic over "A
Round of Pleasure and we are looking for
ward to the first performance here with
more than ordinary interest"