The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
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Mazzantin. the weli-knoWn toreador, IN
the roll of chief butcher. ~
II grew tired said Marie Tempest,
'of nttering rapid, fdiotic lines-petty
lines-which meant nothing ana ztaush!
nothing. Save In The Fencing Master
never had a part which called for
thought or the exercise OF judgment All
through my career i felt the want OF
something broader and larger, SO at last
/ sought the dramatic stage
There may be Cromwell epoch IN
drama close at hand. Arthur Patterson
has dramatized his Cromwell novel, and
has put the Protector on the stage at the
Globe Theatre, in London. There are
other Cromwell plays in the air, and the
character seems well suited to Richard
Mansfield. Robert Taber. and a number
of other actors. Taber. by the way. is
the new Cassius in the revival OF Julius
Caesar" by Beerbohm Tree.
THE Lackey's Carnival is advancing
as a tale of life below stairs. The whole
of the action takes place in the house of
Sir Richard 6glander at Camden Hill,
Kensingtcn. and the strong interest of
the piece is concerned with a hunband and
wife. two members OF Sir Richards FAM
lily. 10 have been played by Miss Willard
and Mr.. Herbert Waring. The servants
of the family are important persons in
its tang!ed ends.
Julia Marlowe has secured the dra-
matte rights of The Sword of the King,
a romantic story by Ronald Macdonald,
now in much favor In London. Miss
Marlowe will begin her season this year
in Barbara FHetchie,'' coming to New
York December 31st at the Knicker-t
booker, and producing when Knight
hood Was in Flower She will play
return engagement in New York al one
of Charles Frohman's theatres, present.
tna Everson's Way by H V Esmond,
and later THE Sword of the King"
1.-THE Belle of Bridgeport" is the title
of May Twins new play. In one Of
her recent productions she was foreign
Now she is the daughter of. the owner
of one. Mr.. McDonough has tried to
satirize such as have to do with these
essentially metropolitan enterprises While
battling with the details and problems of
the store. Ariel discovers that Malcolm
Crane. her fathers private secretary,
with whom she is secretly in love, is in
danger OF arrest for a supposed theft.
Although Les C1oches de Corneville'
has become celebrated the world over.
the village church at Bonneville, in Nor
mandy. does not possess a peal Of bells.
A year ago, however, a committee, head
ed by the Marquis de la Rochethulon,
member of the family which furnished
the hero of the legend, took the matter
in hand. Funds were raised, and the
Marquis now states that on October 9TH
the twelve "Cloches de Corneville' are
coming to the very scene of the legend.
and a performance of the opera will cele-
brate their arrival-New York Clipper.
The general average Of salaries is con-
siderably lower to-day than it was five
years ago Actors engagements are
shorter than they were at that period,
as the steady shortening OF the regular
theatrical season demonstrates. Where
five years ago they were to a great ex-
tent free agents. with voice in their
own business arrangements and the dig
nifty that goes hand in hsnd with vol
1lntary choice of service, the rank and file
have become, for the most lnrt. the help
less servitors OF vulgar, illiterate. grasp
ing masters.-Harrison Grey Fiske. in
Dramatic Mirror.
The Mirror has no memory of a case
that deserved assistance TO which ac-
tors have turned deaf ear when re-
quested to give their services And the
generosity and the charity of the ac-
tor have come to be so reckoned upon
that sometimes these characteristics
are abused. yet still they may be depend
ed upon in any public emergency or in
any private case that calls for their ex-
ercise. The public. however, does not
always requite the actor for his unset
fishress in this respect. If the public
had been more grateful the Actors
Home. which happily is now assured,
would have been erected largely by pub
lie subscription instead Of largely by
professional hscription.-Dramatic Mir
ror.