The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
FROM STAGELAND.
THE LAST or THE SEASONS DRAMAS
70 DIE our IN THIS CITY.
One Of the siSnkicwics Christian Plays In Q
Music Haii-The Busincss side Of Theatrical
observation-disclosures for Lat winters
Great Pro~sperity-Comic Opera Processes.

for LAat WlUtern
Great Prosperity-Comic Opera Processes.
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then more appropriate ~ they had descended
go $500 - ~. ..r.,,o,ton - thoso In
user eeemed 20 DC : sa'aeuou " n.sS,a".
frequent theatrical visitors whom Its episodes
o, .hlsaAn ~.suIo w N1o go I'LL
thnt was oue " h@fo" o'o~p0 ,iorA ,a.u
Unlike the earlier meaodrama derived from
conm,rentlv overwhelming gtase production
q, Wallaos's Ben Hur.. II did not appeal
strongly 10 psople who demanded vertabls
dramatic interest as well as semi-historc ex-
hIbition, Mr.. STANCE had made the version
With acissors and pasta in the manner OF the
many others who had seixed upon the Polish
.uthor.. dssencaIass book Ths mari In OF
,ha ro,rasantatton ware vittatod 10 tbs ordi-
narv ara,,or nv IN. ahs.ncs ~ . Central nro-
gra.sivo and sngrcszing story. THAT fault
., uno-,a,nalitv in the nlsy wright "a
common IN book-pieoss. Wilson Barrett
ovoidsd II in The sipn os the Cross and
.s,,n In -o,o v,dis- a. nrenared nv him for
r.e IN England. Tn the iattor case he has
oromented the character, N the cynical pa
,,on;,. ana thu aSectionate Runies and made
tho love affair Of the msster and thu slaye
dominant In interest. He discerned that the de-
votion NJ the gentle. olincine Christian convert
to the gross Roman. her winning OF his heart
and soul 20 tenderhsss ena paety. ana nsr H.
ssIisnt p%ortions OF ths novel, He therefore
brought them TO- the front, and put Vinicius
ma Lpo,d Into tne oackgIouna o. fassn Gu
ess ba produoed a "Ouo Vadis. acceptable &c
the same London which had rejected the Amer,
lean Versloh'
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cha prosperity OF ne drama In america curing
the past season. however, has been so marked
Tho, some con.ideration Of its capses NAV he
$500. Ot 1900 a,.,,,. 80. .. ~
reaoaofe VI COURSE q p'nno iaceor was the
good trade condition Of the country. The
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essehti"s Oh mo IN inc secopo piace we
quality Of the diversion provided was generally
excellent. An examination Of the New York
eddy successful plays to the deserved failures
was greater than ever before. A portion OF
'ia' rc'ui. ""' auo 70 Nno iao' 'ha' inc r~Aie,
experiments were rarely made In this city, and
SO we saw nothing Of fiascos happening else
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reason for the preponderance OF stage diver
sions ranging from mediocrity upward instead
NJ down ward was tina, tho busIness and mr.
OF uo"n""a VIZ 'na' 'no business anu pro
iession Of the drama had advanced together
IN their methods. The old-fashioned mana
re,s who no.ed "A nromoters ~ art a,d mo-
tested their devotion SO inslstenuy that they
could give small attention to their creditors,
bara h>oor,a .coroo Tn ,ba;r rIaoas h.uo
ONE Heh M Y, 7. th ~ h Saem an1iiS ia,Liy ana
sell theatrical entertainments, and they con-
ducs II generally In ways quite as respectable
sat RaS nla G nTd nd Md an,i,s "h. n
been abolished, but f%rst-rate material expertly
delivered IL more plentiful, year by year. Au-
,nors are e inca ~ moeaai paynlsnC &C
tracts are adhered 10. Capital is abundant
The whole business has been placed on a sound
ana senslDie oasis. lhs improvement Is not
sssociated managers of theatres tbronTbouf
the country. II Is true that the OF Froh-
mman. hayman. haw, Erianger. Nixon and
bv svstematic enternris,n1 and ear'oiShiedd
decentralization Of what had been chaotic; but
their monopoly does not extend beyond the
hlgh-prlced houses; Qher organizations OF
Wanagers In hallLPrlced dInna and the several
forms OF vaudevlue nave iollowed suit. The
continuous shows are IN the hands OF respon.-
tlble ana intelligenuy enterprlslng men, A
dozen circuits u theatres devoted 70 all kinds
OF plays at moderate rates OF admission have