Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
STORIES AND GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Allan Dale's latest wall is over the fail
ure OF women to be funny on the stage.
Here is his mournful cry: '''rhe funny
woman. given full scope, Is one OF the
Actresses june. You can count the
Are women on the finger Of the
~ hand who are amusing IN
character lines as May Irwin
IL In her farce comedy way.
May Robson has long been compelled to
are very few women who consent TO make
rights OF themselves In order to secure
LAUGHS but II piaywItishts wont :Ssi, write Iae
To show you how genuinely appreciated
the rarity OF 2 funny woman ts. l point
to Mis- Rose Me- Herald ah
Niss Melville also eked out her fun by
makeup. Why should women repress the
God-gtyen faculty Of causing laughter?
ment. Surely the spectacle OF watching an
audience shaking its shoulders in uncon-
trollable mirth should be as satisfactory as
girls and noting the vringing of Eandker-
chiefs. Why are there no feminine stars
q the w " H; Crane and \ Nat a Goodwin VII or or, :
or Juliet-a part In which she can kill or
get killed-she doesn't care which. One of
these days some piayMEriGht WI IL,an win shake on n
part for q character actress like May Rob.
son or Rose Melville or Marie Bates. and
the puOllc VIII nall II a0 an lnnOv0tlON, anu
Il will be q seasons sensation.
1t is said to he practically settled that
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott will lease
a theater IN Lor.oa this sprins tos = s.ori
and the Lady" which vas produced by
them in Philadelphia, last. week. with al!
the appea5ansss Of popular % success; ; VIII VII
60 prepared TO put on An American Citi-
Icn," Madeleine Lucette Ryley's successful
comedy OF last year: in case It ie needed.
win had opened negotiations with George
Aiexandes with a. = vieE lev t9 Leasing se,s the st.
sss ss rS M q s14 4
! that direction at present. t.inasmuch as Alex
ander's own company Is announced to con-
! tinus its performances there until July.
Says the New York Sun: Ada Lewis in
"A Reign Of Terror makes one OF the
quickest changes OF character costume and
makeup on record. II occurs at the end Of
she 10 the Bowery girl She goes on on the
right side and in an Incredibly short space
time fs1m as N tsssoe OF in the
sSoes. stockings. dress. hat. gloves. coiifure
and week has sares frSm
minutes and four seconds to two minutes
and sixteen seconds in this change"
81 ho,A, and always have held" said
John Hare, that the greatest enemies 10
the rood name Of the drama. those who
I se~a and enRender the antagonism that
exists toward ii In the minds
OF the prejudiced and the vul-
loha Aaeo - gar too often spring from
0>..s its own ranks. The play
wright who writes flthy
Ceo0eseoa play, the actor who prosti.
tutes his ability to base uses
- a much 10 tarnish the good name and
SsHe of the drama and the stage rs the
smith. 0arrick. kemple. Kean and Mac
rea6y have helped to Ilorify IT. And Paris
With al its glorious stage traditions II.
roii OF brilliant dramatic writer's: Paris
vSieh " the past can n,sHr. so.ss among H,tn Il.
STN IN the present Rostand. sets the
e2H ee22Smpse III OF os degrading the stage IN the eye
81 the whole world by tie wholesale Pro.
| 4uefion OF plays which no self-respectinl
1Sn or woman can witness vitheu
SSme Other arts can afford to be dis
cFsdited By ipdivtdsal offenders to soof
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