Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Wilson Barrett long ago learned wha
a profitable thing it is for a theatrica
manager to have the good will Of thu
clergy. Lately he has been talking to 6
reporter of a religious newspaper abOu'
the conversions effected by The Sign o.
the Cross in which he really seems t.
believe as a spiritual agency. In the
course of his remarks he said: "Only 9
few days g we had a letter from a dis.
tinguished Parsee telling us that the
Sign of the Cross" had given him quite 9
different conception of Christianity from
the one he used to have. A clergyman
after telling us that he had never seen a
play in his life, winds up by saying: II
have been preaching for twenty years
but I never preached such a sermon as
you did to us the night before" Mr.. Bar
rett ought to be careful how he refers to
such exceedingly ambiguous testimonials
1t is quite conceivable that both Parsee
and parson are humOrists, comments the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Berlin and Vienna, in spite OF the sup
posedly ideal conditions of the drama in
those capitals, both have independent
theaters," where immortal masterworks
the regular established playhouses will
not produce get a feeble hearing.
Charles Wyndham Is to act in 1.-The
Crusaders" which was such a failure on
its original production in 1891 that Henry
Arthur Jones, the author, Immediately
retired from theatrical management, on
which he had embarked with the play.
The make-believe game of Billiards,
originally a advertisement of De Wolf
Hopper and Della Fox in Castles in the
Air." has now been introduced by Mr..
Hopper and Miss Jessie Mackaye in The
Mystical Miss ('The C~harlatan') in
London.
Anna Held is getting quite respectful
attention from the papers in New York
now. She can put those paragraphs in
her scrapbook with some different mes
she was treated to before. Anna Held is
shrewd. She has changed her tone to suit
the new condition Of things.
A thrilling episode Is recorded in the
New York Herald. The Earl of Var
mouth, h IS an actor in 1.-THE Surprise
of Love-" at the Lyceum theater, forgot
his lines in the third act and had to be
prompted. Tha happens every night in
every theater in the country, but this
was an earl.
A hall has been built at Oberammergau
for future performances Of the Passion
Play. 1t cost $4,000 and is capable Of
holding an audience Of 1000. The stage
d1No PioSCClIluLl VIII SILL O0 upon, with
the valley n mountains as a back
ground. The first performance this year
will take place or May oath.
The young pioneers of the scrofulous
and exclusive drama ave succeeded in
getting a red cloth drop curtain hung in
the proscenium arch of Carnegie Lyceum,
says the New York Times, which can be
raised and lowered noiselessly, thus doing
away with the scraping Of the stiff old
draw curtains which I've hitherto been
used. This is a gratifying Improvement.
A queer play, called "The Ghost" with
dialogue contributed by Henry James,
Robert Barr, George Gissing, Rider Hag-
gard. Joseph Conrad, Marriott Watson,
H.. G. Wells, Edwin Pugh and Stephen
Crane, was recently acted by amateurs
at Stephen Cranes country place. Brede
place. Sussex. England. 1t is said to be
q pretty poor play.
Some English investigator has discov-
cred that actors have a patron saint who
was an actor in the days of Diocletian and
won his place by proclaiming before a
heather audience his belief in Christian
ity. He was put to death and for many
years afterward was considered by Chris
tiam actors as their patron saint whenever
they happened to think of the subject at
all. His name vas Genetus.
Edward E. Rice has a keen eye to busi- /
ness. After a small fire behind the scenes |
at h New York Casino n night had
been put out, and the wetting Of things
had prevented a performance Of Little
Red Riding HoOd." he sent the chorus
girls to their homes wearing the red
capes which distinguish them in the ex-
The appearance Of forty
girls in these cloaks walking on Broad |
was an effectual advertisement.
Charles Wyndam. one Of the established |
actors who direct theaters, has