The record-union., 1899-09-17

few concessions in the matter of local
color, etc., l believe that fifty years
hence, there Will be as little left of ro-
manticism in France as there is left
of classicism in England now My dear
Marcel SchWob may turn our Hamlet
into French the. most plangant. the
most vibrant, the most expressive, now
writing. But neither he nor the Voice
of Gold, for which he does his trans
muting, neither Marcel Schwob, who is
a writer born and made. nor Nine.
Bernhardt, who is at all events a dis,
euse, neither Marcel, with his prose,
nor Bernhardt, with her method and
her voice, can make Shakespeare any
thing like so much to the average
Frenchman as Corneille and Racine
and Molliere are to us. Not anything
like so much. For we always have
dealt, we English, with the Literary
Frog. We know his weakness, and
deride it. But we respect and love his
work Q think / could find as good Mo-
lieristes in England now as ever lived
in France, for instance); and we shall
ever read him, as we've always read.
He never has read u.s. and he will never
read. There is the difference; and that
is why Shakespeare must ever remain
unalterably un-French - an ideal it
may be, but not a French one; not an
ideal tnat France can ever pursue with
dignity, decorum, la tenue.
And in the matter of ideals the
Frenchman was ever curiously dis
posed. Once, for example, it was Ra-
cine, or Moliere, or Corneille; then it
was Beranger; then it was Hugo. Now
it appears to be none other than the
Great Marquis - even the Marquis de
Sade. l think that Shakespeare would
be better guide than the Great Mar
quis. But the Great Marquis is near
to France; and Shakespeare is not. And
so I end my plea.
Miss Beatrice Harraden, the author
Of ships That Pass in the Night" has
written four-act comedy for Ellen
Terry.
London has novelty in the GUERRA,
a Spanish dancer. She is thought to
be the superior of Otero, who is also
in the English capital.
The New Lyceum Theater at Denver
is undergoing extensive improvements
and will be opened as a high-class
vaudeville house September 24th. r.
B. Mays is managing director and John
F. Harley, business manager.
"A Yenuine Yentleman," Arthur c..
Aston, manager, will reach the coast
over the Central Pacific, playing their
first California date at Auburn Septem-
Der 9th.
The most pretentious Shakespearean
production of the coming season will be
Wagenhals and Kempners grand re-
vival Of THE Winters Tale" The play
will be done in FIVE acts and twelve
scenes, several of which are beautiful
classical pictures.
Stephen Phillips, a young English
poet and former actor, has written a
tragedy in blank verse for George AL
eXander
William H. Crane is soon to begi1s
rehearsing his newest offering, Bron-
son Howard and Brander Matthews
Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New
Amsterdam
Minnie Ashley who, in some way or
another, has come to be considered a
stage beauty, will assume the role Gre
ated by Virginia Earle in "A Runaway
Girl
May Irwin will not let up on the coon
baby songs. She is to have a new one
this season, entitled I'm the Bully's
Baby Who cares whose baby she
is?
An enterprising Frenchman has trans
lated Camille" into Chinese, under the
title of THE Lady of Tea Flowers. y
1t has been highly successful.
Next summer, with the tremendous
attendance at the Paris Exposition ten
or twelve theaters will be running in
London with American productions.
Sol Smith Russells success last sea
son in Hon. John Grigsby'' was SC
pronounced that he will retain the
Klein play this year and will stick tc
it almost exclusively.
Martin Harvey, whose Dickens play
has been a hit. will present at the
Prince of Wales theater next spring
a version. By Herman Merivale. OF
Echegaray's Don Juan
An Illinois author has wtitten a Bib
IcaI play called "Seebedee." The same
author is writing a war drama called
"Appomattox, in which Grant and Lee
are the principal characters.
ST. Paul Pioneer Press: After all the
objections to seeing women play Ham
let" it must be remembered that there
are no male actors to play it nova
days.
Cissy Lotus has written the music
for all the songs for May Irwin's new
comedy.
Mary Anderson Navarro is 40 years
old. She was born in Sacramento in
July, 1859
Frederick Paulding has been play
ing in DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" in
Milwaukee.
Kitty Lotus, a sister of the initiative
Cissie, will make her appearance sooll
in New York.
Conan Doyles first play, Halves, .
has failed promptly and positively at
the London Garrick
Sarah Bernhardt has besides M. Ros-