The sun., 1900-11-07
TOPICS OF THE THEATRE.
NEW ILLUSTRATION or IHE Old
srYIE or DREAM DRAMA.
lingo siicr'. From step to step Gers
Tardy First Performance in This Cit'
D,.pute Occurring over the fa"ur" OF
Tn, Adventure, Of FRANCOIS as a r'ay.

,,,,n,. a,,n,,lur over the Failure OF
,T,, Ad,enture. Of francois" as Play.
An old-,a,hioned way 20 Include iheiodrafha
and comedy in one play without behd' 'heHi
N,s tn nave the strenuous passages 'uin ou'
., n. a dream. The lover would quarrel
,.uully on the evening before Their "eodihs
lay, and oftenr,t about wealthy suItor WhoIh
IN. yirl had lcie,tod, but OF whom the olheI
,,,s neysltl n,cas JEALOUS. She would 20 To oed
,,.her rcyeu'cui and uur, iionng whether she
had not made u mistake In Ter choice Inc
rs,t act or two would consist Il her EXPERIENCE
- the wife or ial ,tress - the rich man, ranging
rom emotional misery tp physical Tragedy
.rbo,e would be no intimation that she had not
-oallv elo,,ed with the wrong man until the ruse
,t,, .,urtain ON the final act Then the audi
.,,c, world -, hcr awaken on the morning of
h.r ,y.ddn NO dny A, at .lret appointed still
ma, den. cured of her foolish fancies by nish-
mare and joyfuily willing to go 10 Tn, .ltar with
the right man There were dozens OF tho-e
dream dramas. but they lost their vogue Win
the sophisticaton Of theatrical taste We
nave one in German this week At the irving
Place Theatre. however. in Hugo Mllers from
step ~ STOP" which ia, been more than twenty
rcirs In getting from its tGtherland To INNS
city. I, ia good example Of its once fainhlar
Sind an agreeable pieCe with sound lesson
o teach and so well acted as to he nm aristo
satisfaction The dreamer is poor nrcd
little lace maker hotrothed to worthy house
PAINTER and tempted TO become thr idle mis-
tress Of proNig1te. Tho decision betwetn
aborious virtue and luxurious vice is left win
her over night As tho play progresses sne
u shown succsssivclv as = resD'endcnt sinner
sith her owner, as dancc.hall siren after being
discarded by hi'u, rs q miserable be-gar IN
the streets and IA prisoner accused ~ the't'
.hns trcadng the rath of shame all the whY
down DESPAIR The ma ioity In the audiences
10 not suspect that sfr is only dreaming her
'n!nmv until they sec her safe in her innocent
bsd awakened at break II day By her true
over. and glai 'ha. she NAV marry him. From
s'ep to Step" NAV be IN obsolete form Of plar,
but It Is wholesome and need not be dcspised.
Lanydon Mitchell. who turned lis fathers
novel Of The Adventures Of FRANCOIS into
a drama. and George " Tyler, who put IL on
ne stage, are n Pablo dispute over the hasco.
The production was made In Philadelphia,
the home city II tho Mitcheils and there was
ono biz. fashionable, Intellectual audience
But the iritll favor aud an admirable rerre-
"a ltatlpn did not carry the ntrnslcal!y worth
49, piece into prosperity Tyler SAYS that
10 ari his business partners had Invested
saioj1 il the We Nturc. AID he wished to make
= ehIr' ,b 1ye the ~ o'y WI PS ra.aI Habc nad
IA spn -ly that their rrnfcs s>iDual reputa-
ions rs authors were at stake. ] y!er pro-
ro7ei chtlses which, 20 the Mit.helIs dc-
,.lre, would transform their work l. 10 melo-
lrlna that nj 'h' prove rcmurerntive In tho
lalf-;-ior theatres, but would make them
ashamed ot it 1t is taciuy ADMITTED that
nook q not contain the material for pos
N5la -tl," or'crtai 0Wcgt of any grade But
voplg Mitchell undertcok to supply, the
t1k!ns cIenc't That 10 did no, DO so
me hoy pl'lce having settled that ICint. The
yoHteulion j. whether III" authors are riSht
N rc!usnc 20 ,ry 70 retrissye the dlsasierorr
Is devclored that in the contract Tyler bound
H!uSci. 20 have the con; ositipn adhered to
~ the Performance. exactly IN every word.
. Insist uron such terms. and Il f. not the
Tslge TO take liberties with the manuscript
hf anv ext erirnCed writer without lis con-
sent, W Al least without an er or' n mutual
agreement. hut the senior Mitchell had no
:r1cticc whatever IT, siaEccrnit. tie Junior
had done nothing s,ilful In thet iirc and so
it il strange thnt Tyler so bound himself ~
% be he'll loss in TIE Irodicqnert in which
no now finds himself on Tie Other hGnd.
names a,tachci TO = 'lav ler"crted from what
hey meant it should hN. even though they
0nve hee1 nnahet9 70 realI e heir desiGnr Would
NIT publisher To null spart a MOVE" ~ his
and rut Il together agair because - written
II. Proved nnSalahle' This is r-iyed quarrel
wi'N much to ha sid on both sides Mean
wNi'e. T-ler will abandon Tho Adventures
II FRANCOIS, ard IT will revert to the M'chcll-
conviction with tho courage ~ further rer-
'ormanCcs of II on their own account
Some of the actresses whom Americans
;now are noteworthy for one thing or another
ust now n London Liz i.argtrv is rer,n-
-tructInz the long abandoned old Imperial
IheItre ouce 4 dramatic ad unCt Of the
Aquarium. an viii nit earl" In the new ear
ora Urquhart Potter Ia to re1d Ella Wheeler
WIlcoH's amorous loens in the music halls
Ellen Terr, has been compelled by illness to
--,ire from the Irving COMPANY. Ctssy Fi,z-
gerald u neither Ill nor destitute, us reported
i.oie Fuller hast ollOHed her Jrodlgiou, success
u France GI'l cOmsatatve failure IN England
Iycl NIllerd who caused iottTonemen' by
DIDrin The ligkr'S tdIn.vdl' al one of Charlie,
tro!man' London TAo,tre t. aftc; all, 10 al
ear IN ht' PRODUCTION ?i Ihr SWa"hbuck-
,er,' and % ireGmdbly ha, been Tor
given Br 'Ea va, the same woman
rhy o,,en,at.ously arose in the audience
and stalkrI ont. whru tn" word, worr
..'tercd IN ia" oTeuing night. did ~
gt.e tllu. y.eE = Reference 10 a. eNpsc d
Dlltn va, ,iLcu.i nediu Mr.. aud Mrs DayrLtp,
M "a, =. 9i.tdy !'|1Hsi, similar IalN III Tho
..ed 10 It N,rg Icrrc C'rneilr. VITO returned
o llulun uu ti3C same steamer wIIh Prize
,hi'r t0TVvlt j. Irr.UTV'as n Two # tie
;nI~r ho.i G"rtr .d" Elno,t, The sister of
Idslne Il Iuif GpoG Ia. l. -rcS EobCri,rf's
l.a-ia. ACRES, IA tour VIII >hutcspeare
lay. II iu,N country she Wa known only
a, Il comic SOUR rc'tu. Fanny BroUgh, an ia
dnL faVori -. bNt seen here bTcuv in NV
Dru :htrr-iu-iaW." Al thr Iyc"ujn. has received
'ha I.s IN tn" loru - q silver tea service rom
charles frohnIau q r "a .= the lace, Al short
.,1'Ice, Oi tho ilulNii- Ll'>~ Ni!er o. IA" 'r>t
uir!t Of a ilIc". IGaa NAV, who apr CiDlI,lv
a = aI pr ftr O. Ntr il sliF t.,l 10.
go .ivsi a yer" Ier"r,.'r' te,"Lrdln rom
Nj Froh.uan on the svhir',. Miss MAY viii
rrota hlr cara tha. t.err are various dINer-
r,ore between fruhinan and l.edcrer manage
nelts.
Some one in Chicago with money To lose and
a misleading memory uf u!i-fa~hioucd negro
minstrelsy, opened a Kelly aid Icon theatre
That Leon. who used to be An npersonator of
soprano vocal {. was rru,i. al crformer IN
4 entertainment made NJ, oi a ;.ist part. some
negro sketches aud a bur!c-4ue Of orera. all
in the manner approved quarter O: century
ago. There was a large fr,; audience. but
hardy any atorward, and in two weeks the
house va. closed.
Iati-t iHiye rSitr students all but mobhad a
heath al Cunpal: at Set .,!c IcIu, Pa, because
~ iruoccN' '.lN 50. given when 'Sagho"
had been prp'Gi-rt
The cu'-Ga'" stock coirT aNirs throughout tie
country are sNoopins down uH Nell GNynne.
I"-,ige wi' soon be f. use. Another ard le.s
"Nnliinahl" rush l, Tor Guida's Il nder Two
. as, In various stage versions.
some of the l'aTl-ilH actors are no Slouches