The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-12
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| tuTuvu 10 tnHJ Uel0. ray T6mDlotOn was IN
| "A Midsum msr Nights Dream" under DAILY in
!1,ck and Jennie Yeaman. was one Of the
| 1airies Burlesquers and singers used to be
engaged by Mr.; DAILY not only Tor the MUSICAL
plays. but the dramatic repertoire as well. He
believed IN the old theory that q singing sou.
| comedies as In a burlesnue. This idea sur
y Ss y to 1hs end and the last eTqmpe Of i
farce as we'll IA In the standard and classic
| plays.
| A Scandal In Bohemia" was selected by Will
liam GilIette as the basis OF his play because
It was the only story in the Sherlock Holm es
series that contained sufficient feminine In
terest for use on the stage. Tho Final
Problem" Is another Of Conan Doyls's tales
that has been used In tho play. and with the
execution Of the atmosphere and theme suR-
gested by the two stories the play is said to be
| entirely original. room in an old house In a
fashionable quarter OF London, the bachelor
| quarters OF Sherlock Holmes AMI a scene in the
east end OF London are the principal diver
sions OF the:play. which shows the struggle be-
tween the famous detective and professor
who Is aware Of the facts OF q great crime.
All but the three leading characters are said
to be original with Mr.. Gillette. who will. OF
| course. play Sherlock. Daniel Frohman has
the rights to r. C. Cartons Wheels Within
Wheels" for this country. 1t scarcely seems
like a Lyceum play. Florence Warden. who
wrote Tho House on tho Marsh" has lately
finished comedy OF moderp lie. Cleo Do
London. Mrs. Langtry is to return to the
stage in dramatic, version Of Dumass lie
Collier de la Refine" out OF which Pierre Pc:
ccurcelle made play several years ago that
failed when given In English at Days Thea
ire. sydney Grundy is to make this latest
ton with the recentnstal Of electricity at
CoventGarde that candles were not succeeded
nD the the Psesens
first regular use Of gas dates from 1921. al,
until 1855 The Savoy, Theatre was the
pst to s's IN s sssSS S.en p%
yved at the Savoy, and a London critic in a
pathetic. reference Of the singers In the orIgi-
nal 5 rel s Emmo
majority, Miss Howson was teaching music
in NeT 9Grk only shp1, ting
GOODWIN i. 10 give An American Citizen and
Seep as Sho
Bugle.' will return shortly to New York Lon
don theatre managers. jealous Of the privileges
to allow smoking In their theatres, as the
music halls pay smaller licenses and are al.
liquor. One OF tho principal music hall man
sRers 10 London says that the sale OF drinks
6e oSn
who came here first with the ,Ken1als. Is to re-
turn next season season S Ender A. NJ Palmsrs man,
leah" BeeFbohm Tres has eban doned tho
iasa Ct reyivIng Hing Jonn owing to his
stance. he viii play - instead 'An.ony and
Cleopatra." With new version Of Monte
65 to S ae and na arnh R Rn
may be seen there at few performances and
will GO later to South America
Mounet-Sully the other day acted ROdrjgue
in lie Cid" Tor the last time. He says that he
is too old to play youthful heroes any longer
and only consented In order that the celeb bra
ton Of the centenary Of the conjunction OF tho
two troops Of the Theatre Fran ais might be
observed by the play in which they first act ed
in 1899. George Ohnet is at work on a new
play of French social life not to be ADAPTED
from one OF his novels. lie Poudre de Per-
linpinpin." u spectacular play which has been
played all winter in Paris. drew at holiday per-
furmances $4,000. which 10 a fair sum in view
Of the impression that French theatres CUB
sist on very small takings. Fairy plays. at
one time the exclusive possession of the Grand
Opera in Par.s. have always been popular in
the French theatre and were one OF the first
forms of the drama. After the Revolution
they became the property OF any theatre. as
the Goyernmenr could no longer afford to pro.
once popular here. such as The Yellow
Dwarf" came from French originals. Alex
ander Bison has been accused 10y another
Of Re Unknown 90 that he Bsson
a play. which was returned with the COM
mant that the piece was too..much like the
original Of MIR. ilknsons Widows The
author says that his play vas used by Bisson
in "On and on" although the dramatist says
that farce is founded on bigamy case he had
read OF in the newspapers. The French Ora.
matte Authors Society refused TO act in the
case and sent it TO the courts. Les Cloches
de Corneyllle." which is known here as The
Chimes OF Normandy. vas recently sung in
the i.tle town Of Bonneville. which possesses
no theatre. land more remarks BILE never owned
a set Of bells OF any kind The Performance
wa given in the garden OF a hotel. and 800
persons. more than the town had ever wit
messed before. gathered to htar the perform
auce. Some OF the older women wore the style
Of cap POPULAR at the period OF the opera and
still seen occasionally In The region. Only
the subventioned theatres last year showed a
falling off In receipts, as COMPARED with the
private establishments. The Comedie Fran
caise took in S4NOOO loss than the year before.
and the Od6on was $4,000 in arrears Of its
receipts OF the preceding. year. day. is to be
selected some time during the next dramatic
season on which every German theatre in
every city will give play hy Gustav FreytaG.
with the object Of raising sufficient sum for
theatre Tho Journalists" will be given. while
in others several Of his plays will be acted.
Gerhart Hauptmann's next play, which Is TO
be acted first In tho autumn is based on fairy
legend on the Giant Mountains.