Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-14
Beerbohm Trees revival Of king


John"
H. w. Storm: 'tCreston Clarke and
Adelaide Prince will present next sea-
son two new romantic plays, THE
Ring Of Amasis," adopted from Owen
Meredith's novel of that name by
Louise Mallory, Of Baltimore, and "The
Asia Steel, of Philadelphia
Yale's THE Evil Eye" will be pro-
duced at Gilmore's Auditorium, Phila-
delphia, on September IL. The princi-
pals include William Blaisdell, George
Donald Melville, Eddie Caron and w.
H. Bartholomew. Yale's" Devils Auc-
ton" began its seventeenth consecu-
tive season at Gilmore's Auditorium
on August 10. Phyllis Allen heads the
cast. Mr. Yale is general manager Of
the Gilmore's two Philadelphia thea
tres. Thirtyfive years ago w. ]. Gill
more earned 81 week as Office boy in
the theatre which occupied the site Of
the Auditorium. To-day he is worth
$500, 600.
Richard Mansfield, despite the pub
lished statements, has as yet no plans
for his young son but, he said, he GER
tainly will never allow him to become
an actor if he can help it. He would,
however, be pleased If he became a
great composer of music. "The boy is
not to be named Richard, but George
Gibbs Mansfield after a very dear
fricad," said Mr.. Mansfield. THE boy
was born at fifteen minutes Of three a.
NJ Wednesday, August 8. The child
weighs eleven pounds mot siXteen),
has very light hair and almost black
eyes, and is in every respect perfect.
Augustin DAILY arrived from London
on the Etruria late Friday night. The
morning following he began rehear-
sails of the new musical comedy, "A
Runaway Girl" with which he will OPP
en- mis- theatre August rs. Mr.. Daily
also controls the American rights to
THE Greek Slave" another musical
comedy now on the boards OF his Lon
don house Madame Sans Gene" and
"The Merchant of Venice" will be the
chief productions of the regular COM
pany. THE Merchant of Venice has
already been in rehearsal. Miss Reh-
an will play Portia, and Sydney Her
bert Shylock.
With two or three exceptions the
stock companies last season made a
good deal more money than any SINH
lar number of travelling organizations
playing at the same scale of prices.
This stock revival, by the way, has
been a godsend to American dramatists
who have latterly found even less en-
enlargement than usual from the more
ambitious of the so-called producing
managers. Great numbers of plays
have been taken off the shelf, have re-
vealed unexpected vitality, and have
earned five royalties for their authors
in the hands of the permanent COM
spanies. Of course, in a season or two
this supply will have lost to a great
degree its attractiveness, and other
material will have to be forthcoming
to meet the requirements of the stock
companies. Here should come in the
opportunity for our young dramatists
to find a market for their new work. l
believe confidently that when the old
plays are worn out the stock system
will continue, id those engaged in it
will be obliged to search a field for
new material. In this event great
impetus will be given to native dra-
matte authorship, for out of the OPP
portunities which this channel will af
ford our dramatists will be able to
demonstrate the stuff that is in them,
and secure the chance of doing more
ambitious things. At present the at
titude of the average American play
wright is one of detection, if not of dis
Grey FIske in ORA
matte Mirror.