The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

Washington society to the dramatic stare only
Sensiwv s yosTs ago with z GOOD equipment 9f
hnIl aobut Ct Proctor's Pleasure Palace last
MMo 4 She was extensively. advertised.
Tome other entertainer was substituted. Miss
The amount, Importance. and systemizat,on M
the amusement business in these times IL shown
py The Official Theatrical Guide" Just issued
oy julius Cahp. The book has 758 pages OF In
formation, such rs descriptions OF theatres, d.
r%ectories of managers, populations, and char
"ese rIsI Of CITIES, railway routes, and 50 on.
and entitled The Question has failed upon
clever In some respects and much mistaken in
Others. One of its, errors was to make a sup
bad conduct with q woman in case abe disobeyed
MIN, A new farce by tho Paultons, entitled "a
washington. aithoSuehh" its hSa ns1f sp Sss non on
very novel; A Bisson farce hos boon translated
from tho French under the namo Of $500
mer stock company. Tho localization Is said to
have been clumsy, but there was considerable
HTho spectacular play Mature" with which
s on k season on a. a; the SMA,SS,S,demy q Music will begin
in scenic mechanism for tho stage. Rehearsnls
b N tho o., company are Edwin Hon. Amalia Brig:
"A Round Of Pleasure" which closed tho sea.
son at the Knickerbocker last night, was rather
n development than q ready.mado success. 1t
did not spring from tho brain of Sydney Roscn-
field In the same complete condition that Mi
nerva did from the head OF Jupiter. Moro like
tho httlo peach in the orchard, at grow
grew, moreover. from beginnings which would
have led very few people to foresee what O suo-
cess 1t would ultimately be. Tho play was givon
several times in New Haven before 1t was soon
at the Knickerbockor, but 1t had been 30 changed
by this time that the two performances were
scarcely to DO compared. The title, the cos
TUNES, and the scenery wore tho only features
of the performance that seemed Identical.
1--WE saw plainly after tho first night at Now
Haven," said Marc Klaw to q SUN reporter,
that tho book would mover do. 1t had
boon suggested to the author in tho leading
features. but the treatment OF the ideas was
such that we knew tho piece would never be
made into n success with such u libretto. After
that first night Mr.. Erlanger. Mr.. Teal. the
stage manager. and l sat up until nearly day
light on one of the benches on the campus Of
Yale College. We were trying to decide at
what point we could start to have tho play re-
written. We wanted to find some scene to lead
of from. but try as we might, mono OF
us could think Of 1t. For some time
observed n curious.looking tree with what
seemed to be very remarkable foliage Just ahead
and Mr.. Teal TO it, and presently we all walked
over to examine. 1t proved to DO q perfectly
they gave tho thing the appearance Of q tree
supplied with luxuriant foliage. The moral Of
e eoe thi ioSk 's So @el Us under andI We ne s sireaS.t u ass. tree Tree
We ought to be. able TO find q starting point to
begin on the book OF Round OF Pleasure We
copy Of the book that we could in reality begin
anywhere. We could have the last act first or
the frat act last or start to work the story out
from any one OF the scenes.
Rehearsal was called for $3.50 the next morn
was time for them to dress for the evening per
formance. By cutting, out some of the piece
shFeo ts sSnss Tent t bodily after tsrr the first night
we made It vastly better than the first produc-
ton had been. We kept up that work until we
opening night. We knew that the beauty
% CO t shs s iRsSs'' oi . Sseis 's ana3 % Ss Il a
just as well that without a new book sue
d deeid NGd to h hsss out new g yfbs BOOK sh right ti away. SO r he
author of the first was perfectly satisfied. We
spggested; s some changes to lin; but he thought
failed to agree with him In TINT Judgment Of his
achievement; and he left New Haven the day
W got one author hero. and he wrote Q
scene for MS before we signed the contract for
plain that work of that kind would not Improve
the situation. He wrote q specimen scene for
Jokes and race-track slang: Then we started TO
try another. but our negotiations with him did
not ADVANCE very lar. bOtn SIDES wlthdrew
We thought of Clay NJ. Greene. who finally
wrote the new book.
I'VE gave him one week in which to write
three acts. He did finish two in a week, and we
allowed him another week on the third In that
time he changed the characters and altered tho
entire action except in one scene. The horse
show scene was the most difficult to handle. and
instead Of the brain waters in the fret YER
sion he used tho idea OF electro-hypnotism
that afterward introduced the horses as the
spectators. The first and third acts were put
into use first. and then the second cana. All
that time tho company were rehearsing all
day. In the evening they were speak
Ing their old lines in the different scenes
and during the performance they were repeating
their OLD speeches. II was a hard job, and It re-
quired an amount of labor which nobody can re-
line and scene that Mr.. Greene wrote was eff
~fective. Jimmie Thornton wrote some good
songs for Walter Jones and a parody Of the
seven nRes speech which was successful from
the time ne spoke 1t first. In this way he made
proved far less profitable than the burlesque
will in its present form. But I don't be-
lieve that any New York success ever
before went through such radical changes or
employed the services OF so many writer's until
and ! were certain that A Round of Pleasure
could be made all rightjn every particular, and
We set out to do whatever work was necessary,
and we think we succeeded. Probably the pro-
duction under ordinary circumstances would
have had q certain degree of success, But we
not stop until we had done it."
Lucky UnaI the Combination was nfohsn.
From the Detroit Free Pssss.
THAT boat said the old vessel owner. 1T bought