The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
TOPICS FROM STAGELAND.
a TEMPEST THAT rs RAGING IN A
THEATRICAL TEdPOT

Busine-s aud Art IN tho Enterprises or Ora.
psatic hows-Liternture for the Use OF the
Actors - photographic ana Photographic
RGsrts Combined Features OF the stage.
A tempest is raging ncrcoly in a theatrical
teapot. The general public doesn't know IL,
and upon now reading of 1t won't care a rap
about It. SO much OF a row rs there is relates
wholly to the business OF a~muscmcnts, and can
not affect the art OF tho stage ut all. The poo
plo who support the theatres by paying money
for admissions arc concerned with the plays
and the acting of them, but hardly any with
the management OF tho pieces that they 20 to
eco. Therefore the cutlery against the theatre
cnl trust" whom heard at all, reaches few in
tercsted listeners. Tho facts In the matter are
very simple. The first American manager to
make a marked advance In the production OF
plays was the late Lester Wallack. After him
oame Augustin DAILY. who gave II strong Inn
petus to worthy dramatic interests in this
country. The ensuing operations of Albert NJ;
eject. Next in the valuable development of
zeal art and hterstura on the stage was DANIEL
make commondable progress with a stock
company was Charles hrohm9n, the most ener.
Er. FroSman went into Comprehensive business
unde5takinss. too, and there were soon p assS'
S'ssSfa WON eWn ns@ 81 81 h tSsatres anS M issSS ,i the
arm Of Klaw g. Erlanger developed from what
Of routes abts for travelling 'eompaniesIinto con-
troilers Of many theatres, and original pro-
s sSs Ps, E, sS%siC sImp Plays "a Nixon At Z ,hs zi name ,1%S
built up an, extensive and lucrative business in
owning and managing theatres, A year or SO
efEonmna%n.. Rla% 4 E & Nixon s Elm:
herman, and Rich 6 Harris. entered into an
arrangement for the purpose of avoiding need
n H. unison. TSoir ssO@binatiion Of interests is
The methods of this trust seem to pro,
dueo e degree of harmony. soiidity and
q theatricais. It does not seem inclined
TO ,conane itself to the promotion Of plays
local managers Of most OF the drst;class thea;
tres throughout the country, and all the star"
Ffske and Francis Wilson-are Included in the
trust. through which the routes are planned
s ssss ,s sasFi sslvs Slt' Nothing ptSiingfhGi Hydier @us ana .q lnse q;
f ffsm hT WisbS1s % Of pas IT WPii, M IN t dSa rsy tSeE Win
does De % Mt sorS Ss. their Fnpp 9T r SSss ,o Mrs and si .bs2 G and
Mrs. Fiske who has, set the theatrical teapot
boiling tempestuously with occupations, re.
% still confined to the teapot, and the great
public Of theatre supporters VII knEw \ little ls
admirable and prosperous as an actress with
genius, and the men composing the trust will
and dealing In a large and generally excellent
line of theatrical entertainments.
Good literature has never been more plentiful
on the stage than it is to-day, and some Of 1t
Just now Is coming from authors of popular
novels. Two of the extremely prosperous plays
with us at present are Mr.. Barrie's The Little
Minister" and Mrs. Burnett's "a Lady of Quail
ity." Anthony Hope Is about to have a piece
called The Adventure Of Lady Ursula" pro-
duced by Edward H. Sothern. Ian McLaren's
"Tho Bonnie Briar Bush" is being dramatized
by DR.. Macarthur, and will have ]. II. Stoddart
In its chief role. Archibald Gunter. whose FIRST
work was q play. Two Nights in itome,'' and
who planned 'Mr. Barnes of New York" for the
stage before issuing 1t as a novel. is said to be
making q stage version of one Of his recent
books. DR.. Thomas Dunn English was a dram.
atist as long ago as when he wrote Ben
a tsst' ballad Hna P in !aFRsi, sSs f Sas indlt pSp SIm sS Dc E1
some more work for the fiheatreii H He is ce e1l.
and character, Il, y. .stephens's latest play.
which treats Of colonial It. times ne in in this ri neigh
Bronson Howard has been at work two years,
American II si1T life. MI He 'iba Brought it back from hi
summer journeyings completed, and now he
Keicey and Efie shannon, 1t is said 10 deai
with themes Of fashionable society. A role
Joseph Arthur, who has had equally, vic
o ssns q spf iSo for@ nap with s4thia' dBla "aq jeans %nS "t a serio
comic depletion of Indiana folks, appears e
SAT- Of @0 the t Rsrt name wh htsa is 81 having wSGn IL is tria
In Washington this week.
Sudermann's johannes which was for
hidden BY the, censor in Berlin and then re
ferred to the Emperor for fi5ai judgment I'D will
Charles ii. Hoyt's new play. "a Day and
Night" will not be produced SO soon as b
, ,Ss %santia Me 0 0til harlan Tari 1Hy Win nf Ss seem seal; ana In ." J
Stranger in New York" at the head of one OF tn
three companies.
The Edison projectoscope, the Lumiere cine
photographic, and the Edison talking machln
combine in one inning at Pastors. And Their
should not be forgotten a large man who make
. dozen trips between wings and footlights t
announce the glories of "a Trip Around tn
World" From long habit at talking into pho
nographs for the sake Of making records, hi
tones arc such as might be heard in Fourteent
street were the trip to start from there and b
half completed. He declares that the views an
sounds of his apparatus will be changed wit
each performance, afixes q huge megaphone I
his monograph and withdraws. As the innin
has been promised to be q combination Of moyin
photographs with the sounds that in natur
would accompany the pictured scenes somethini
now and startlingly distinct Is reasonably o.
pected.. But PhonograPh and cinematograph
one into the other. The man with. 1.-THE voice, {
"his lunglets," as the gods at Pastors have a
berlin, and the antics Of the Marco twins al
pictured exactly as done AT Roster & Balls la
winter. Next the photograph squeaks out
banjo solo. in tones remarkably like its copies
later piano accomplishments, and the cinemat
graphic pictures the saving of a life at Atlant
City. This incident consists in casting u ~
preserver from o rowboat to u remarkabl
strong swimmer, pulling him TOWARD the boa
and hauling him over Its side. Possibly 1t Is
make a deeper impression for this unusual herr
Ism that 1t Is repeated, but more likely the eau
lies In the use of short kaleidoscope Aims.
dozen other numbers arc given; there arc duet
songs, and instrumental solos for the phon
RRanh n On Il nFU n aARtinn nj prRal1Hl
McKinley's Inauguration parade. and an @
press train going fully twelve miles an hour II
the cinematosraphe., Then at the very en-
there Is The reproduction OF a womans voice, u
only one that was ever reproduced successful
on the monograph. as tho voice. man declare
%. there's ono reason for satisfaction in Il
exhibit.
Myrtle Martin Is an actress In o way. Tn
IA tn aar aha La n anakn chnrunLr In dino m