The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22
THEMES FROM STAGELAND.
TUE uAKIy0 or MANY PLAYS WITH
SCISSORS AND PASTE.

theatrical Probabilities for NeKt season
PLAY, are being made with scissors and past
- tho hundreds upon hundreds. Tho con
,ul,uous managers are receiving them from
all directions and from al kinds OF makers
The recent successes Of some dramatizationi
NJ hooks have induced most Of the novelistf
TO try their hands at the work OF transferring
their fiction from print to footlRht. The
minor professional playwright arc reading
with eager hops every story that b published
Amateurs in oomposition for the stage have
turned from the use Of original pens to the clip
Ming and sticking Of published matter. Most
of these pieces are never read through by the
reclnirnts, because the cursory examination
q, a few pages gives no promise OF value. Even
when tho work comes from It's author or some
.,e Of rspute In stagecrsft there is a strong
sa.l,ns Of incredulity to overcome. and the
mo.t famous Of hctionists finds that his au-
,borttv loses its force when he seeks to extend
I, into the theatrical field. II Is true that moro
hook plays will be produced next season than
In any previous one. but most Of them have
bssn chosen and prepared with uncommon
cara. owing TO a distrust on tho part Of managers
s~eraly TO material taken from books. The
f,S,rss IN this direction will probably be MI
m3ptS, LUZ lLlt1 Wui ~ VA iLdiihJ ~ NV
hIcers loss expert than those managers and
actors who are now at the front 1t Is no new
thing to turn a novel into a prosperous play.
TIE piece that has been performed more times
I'm my other was made from Mrs. Stoves
.rnc,e Toms Cabin" The most enduring
O, sentimental ones Is Dumass Csnlle.
Es possibilities Of the process have long been
familiar, but It's difficulties are equally we'll
known. and SO the shrewd providers Of dramatic
epserta nment are not letting themselves DO
carr cd away by the food Of secondhand mat
Tar They are well aware that a widely popular
novel sdvortises valusbly the play that Is made
from IL, but they know. too. that the reader Is
hound 70 be disappointed In At least one way
when he becomes an auditor, for only a small
portion Of the story can be given within the
space o, a stage representation. The chief
reason, however. why narrative fiction IL apt
10 be valneless for acting Ia that descriptions
and explanations. which are the mainstays In the
one case are worse than wo rthless in the other
There a,e technical lmposSbiities in stage
work of all kinds :, the novice. but they are
respected by the producing manag ger and actor.
aad they bar IN" way Of most authors who try
The enormous quantity OF dramatized books
We ,la'l doubles get IA few hrst-rate plays
IrNl lion, my 49, ~ II, a. drT W. ma =
n" er1ai mer1, ba,gise they will start with
celebrity already made.
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different sources. The first Is the complaint
OF IN author that the veteran comedian has in
eli HE career produced only a single new play.
that he does nothing 10 further the best inter-
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PIo''" h''7fI' praHehIy' ms DOCK =" IT.
nini-cnnCeS Il modest. His lectures are
given only on request. His acting is restricted
- .p,, von ytrt,." and aTho RIvsla. necsn..
audiences crowd to see him In those plays.
Sensible admiration Of Jefferson may now
and ,Lo, ris. IN sllv odula,iop hut no, fire..
anu i''' ''se " S"'' "'""''o"' "a ,oV 10.
Gu'n'ly. and no one should oegrudee nm te
distinction which he has secured through his
,ou.i,, ,- rho o,har Ietter In Tur SIN
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Asserts that the newspaper oriucs are olame-
worthy for writing less about JefYerson's per-
ta.,,o,o. o,a nors,,ou,v than ,h.v do ro-
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gardlhg many actors nov "orVhy 10 ue MS
attention IN what ho avers ia n fact that lief
,orson Is one moral actor among A thousand.
end for ,hot r,,s,n "ouuht 10 he held nm CON-
srIcpousIv nc nm examine OF that purity OF
ch0r,c,ar which is 40 rare ON the stage The
~, ,r,,or 10 rosdlos.lv worried Lost .JaYer-
.r h,s boon m,de too much Of and tho seo-
ord L.,a,o no croupdloaslv o,raId tbat ha is
horc ,o-l.o,od M ooursa the , wsnsn.rs
nj, mo-, r,,tov, all o,or again tbe old niacas in
ul,h tho o,,,odi,r ronoo,s bi,nsalf vaar after
var h,, ,hor do ,Iya .,,eption % the aun,act
,o,on . noor,uv nsan old gentleman n
aIo,ama .anL. -, 4, a., = olun d,nnor co.,
eral wears ago. and was poth thanked and re-
proved Tor the compliment. The social func-
f"nn was III nohoi % II ao.o,: mS nr
OF ioosr and speech. Al length the preachers
turn came. lie euloeized the chiet guest rs
an ~eNGtpuoha instance y psIsonu. no ,ha,
en- actor might De n Christian Gentleman"
in polite and graceful words, yet none the
aSs polhIediy Jenersoh rpp,l'u u4n, ne t bu,,
al the same time DENYING thar /, rendered him