The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-31

| PROBABLY too few to make q sue seas OF the
for the theatre supported BY a fe y wealthy
men This is similar TO the plan adopted in
and In many Of the free stage socioSie. abroad
mH% Ser Ar04 iRoEs Of The plan in his lee
snSS ATe freely PSr spS
SUSTAINED by the subscriptions Of limited number
ra%stst who did f not know e11 our oondons
and character. aud were not OF the subscribers'
from tho 3 OF SH"i Ss at az heS
What has happened in some Of our highest institl..
thestrc unless the subscriptions we're kept 80 low
to be- snS 1n Ss b number
which the rich are by no means to blame. In
than CLEAN Of hope for Mr. Archer's plan; . plan
which says 80 much on its own behalf Something like
form OF entertsinment With msmSsrsh s en OF
sSh Club now give" .s atRsr%sS OF srs Gr
she peasnre OF seven or eight lectures during the
minds with subscription Of s26 thoy could have
and Il the Th9 also
Yen or twenty pisces we should have at once free
the public which can now do oniy ON sn1st @
possible terms. VA "''' ''i''
Such an institution. or a number OF them.
Woulq Do gratifying to everybody who likes to
see plays that would never come before the
public II they had to depend on popular sup
seems eosn I'M e r.. ss Of the sehe%e
must bsappealed to when so many persons are
required to form an Independent theatre. Such
port OF the wealthy few and 1t would need that
II IL was ever to Justify it's existence.
Victorien sardou and Edmond Rostand have
received permission from the Municipal Coun-
ell otParis TO buy grave in Pore Lachase for
Henri 5ecQue who recently died in Paris. A
critic says that Becdue only wrote two great
plays-"Lss Corbeaux" and La Parisenns"-
because they nbodied two actual sxperien ces
OF his life. which inspired hin. to write them
hroukowski the Russian journalist, who h ad
long lived in France. died the other dag at As.
nieres in poverty. He. with Alexandra Du-
mas. figured as the fictitious Pierre Newski'
who wrote The Danichefrs." Dumas found
the original form OF the play in his letter box.
where the Russian had dropped II after hav-
ing failed In every attempt to become a drama A.
tist Dumas took the play to the manager Of
the Odeon. agreed to rewrits it and pro-
duced great success Krouko sski after
ward decided that all the honor was due to him
and Dumas refused to collaborate with him
afterward. He tried his hand alone and m ct
always with failure. Alfred de Mussst's heirs
have decided to take the dramatist's lie Chan
deller" from the repertoire OF the Theatre
Francois because IL has not been acted for
six years. The heirs OF Emil Angler recently
took similar action in regard to some OF his
dramas. Twenty -one new works are now await
ing final action by the committee Porto
Riches 'I'Amoureuse" has recently been hon.
ored with place in the theatres regular re-
pertoire. One recent novelty at the Coincide
FRANCHISE gave the characters no names The
three personaees in 1t were a husband and
wife and a nurse. The woman is i'll and thinks
constantly OF her daughter. who is way at the
seaside. The doctors have told her that any
shock will kill her She dreams that her
daughter has been drowned. but receives a
letter through the post and is treasured. But
she really has been drowned. and her husband
Is STRUGGLING to keen the news from her. He
breaks down and his wife learns the truth.
After her first GU break Of grief she turns to
consoling her husband. who is heartbrokep.
Weak and Strong is the title OF this diluted
hrst adjective. Il is in, one act The JOY Of
FAITH was another play acted at the same
time; The peasants OF q certain part OF
tain st. Hlda. who was supposed to have done
many miracles in her day. Pilgripaees we're
earded as tho good angel of the faithful. 4
learned man OF the region had lost his wife
participation in one Of those services. He de-
c!dsd to investigate st. Hilda in the light OF
ana found shss she Gp az
her, the unmarried mother of a large family OF
children and otherwise unteserving Of her
Is hurrying to make his discoveries public he
meets band of pilgrims happy. in the BELIEF
cles for them He realizes what JOY they take
In their faith aud resolves 70 POSTPONE his rsve.
lati6hs. He Is about to publish the result OF his
research when he sees the Joy that his own
daughter takes in her religion and allows the
saint TO- retain hsr high character in the opin-
Ion Of the people. Such an innocuous evening
as these two plays provided is rarely offered to
Paris theatregoers
German newspapers speak Of the successful
Ma owl
by Agnes Sorma This indicates their Gus
tomary knowledge Of America: affairs, but
sodes selected for the cycle Of one act plays to
rsoresent Germany's greatest achievements
ric. with Bl0chsr as the centra figure. a rep
resentation of Weimars golden period with
GSsnS ns hsrG IN s paps ths
Hsnry Lorraine. at one time an actor of repute
appearances in public were as Adam in George
AIexander's revival OF As You Like It," He
had In ths Gny as best
Antony In his day. He was the father of Rob.
ert Lorraine, said to be the hands2mest actor
ham has extended his rights to 'Cyrapo de
Bergerae" aud threatens to give the play In an
osHe and @ t
the period Of Eliza beth Is to 30 su bstitutsd for
the authors original time and:place. Other
process What would NJ Rostsnd say II a pair
OF barbarous Americans mutilated his work
Ike thts? CoIuein found this sum msr that
the vogue OF the work in French was as great
as ever In London. Beerbohm Tree is to have
q tableau in King john representing the
Barons at Runnymede. although Shakespeare
never put Magma Charta into the play But
Shakespeare must be pictorial now for Lon
don. Winifrsd Emery and Cyril Maude are to
act a play founded on Pope's The Rape OF tho
Lock" by Clio Graves. nu English woman, who
wrote "A Mother OF Three" and other more or
less successful dramas. England 10 not so
well supplied as this country with what would
h. IaIv n fiafap