The sun., 1900-10-07
yIcIssltudcs OF Pl,vs.

The lile Of stage PLAYS T. short and fun ol
troubles They NAV bc born and COMPOSED
with exceeding difficulty; vet their birth /, but
the beginning OF life OF hardships. They
reach tho stage only after rcbuTs and rcpusos
the, ARE laycd by actors II vlrIous degrees Of
cnrac tv and inCapaciy. and even Gfter iher
death and burial. .mctiTe~ centuries after,
they ara Liable to be rrsur-cct,d to max" a holi-
day Of como kind FOR amateur, who would
"rurrr the stage" unJ restore the te1ts Of thu
authors. for ama teurs who act for their own
anu-cmcrt, and very eeldom-for ptofes-
.oral actors looking for "uovelDIcs."
Not the least Of tho hgrdsnlp- 10 which plavs
ara subjected H. the treatment Of their tex and
Arrangement l. II really tr9ditun OF tho
stag that no rlay can bc rrodu cd and acted
ne II was written? Snrdou's plays are cut anl
shortened BouCicault, n"Nt to Sardou the clev-
crest pa, mechanic Gf his time, cut and altered
his plays Sheridan had to compress his Rivals"
remorsccssly. and tina, play has been com
pressed Of late years oven more by Mr. Jcfrr-
son unril. ~ some wig remarked. II reminded
him Of the battle or Winchc' or with shcr-
ldan twenty mills avav" Mr Daly nut some
OF Shar pspoar''s plays on thr stage most eK-
tcn-vp!y, but. ike Cu'ley .bbcr with Richard
Ill. he liftrd whole scenes and SONGS from
one pay 10 another. uNul hi- latest Production
Of n ShukeSpCarcan drama became n regular
rlrc|d,ins. to use the culinary term for . hash
David GarriCk claimed 70 reverence shake
sreare but he compressed tho Tanning Of the
S.r"w' from five acts tn three. producing
katharine and IeruChlo,' a rough farce
Ma rCadv. who did much tOwsrd restoring the
plays Of Shakespeare To T. - stage without inter-
rotations but with much shortening, changed
he school for ScanoI r. until. i became.
though II NaS never cil'd 50. the Adventures
of Joseph surface % Perha's he most remark-
abc treatment accordef 10 n play was that
given hy Hannah Brond 10 her own plrv,
founded on the adventure o. Hungarian
rrlupe. aud at q II ,rl,d a't,r hir. "lluna-
dos" When. It 'silod Miss Bgud left out The
the heroine. as "Agmunda." Mr. wills followsd
her sample after an interval n scme rinety
years .hy sl,crns 9s damned "E.cn" into
characters OF tho former piece.
Som" zen vsare ago n lay was Hdvertised
for produI.on in. thS, ,clW, un er tn. name Of
manager found th,t that t0t'- h.d hnen copy
rshted, so the same bi'ipcsiers " no had aiver-
M on tie hil.board, Tho w.rd ~ g. so that
the rlay was Froduc d finally az 'On" Wordl
Dozens Of other instances can be recalled
DRYDEN and Davcnaut c'a arE"1 Shnkespenr-'s
'Tomuest" into The + chanted Island. and
nSNly%nb"Rnj Sl%cb M,b r%r % SGInenHdd
rroducnd his Law AZ nat Lover d" Nahum
Tate in Intervals q nls,rrcr! work Of putting
Tear by giving it a harpv en- ing. and a great
iTpr yrmrJ mp, I' made H. S9Igs.,pCs,,s I,,
before Romeo d ed, 40 thai there would b. a
farewell between tho dvnE lovers shirley
COyne altered his Every 70 dys Ericrd" INTO
I'll" widow Hunt" oularg'ur 'hc par' ~
Motor Wellington do Boot. out Of MI prorortion
~ suit MIR. j Jim S"o, er llrke aud The training
through which ,thrrn M "Our American
Cousin" 10 m,kn Lord Durdrc ~ the chief
CNnr7c'cr Ie wNll y"m mb,ied
IN" process stlIl goes on Only week ago n
recent addition to the - rof"' sCn % MIR Ter
renee VI, Govern. formerly priI nRhter, ap-
pearod in this city IN n plav rewritten for him
IN sue wise tha' tie ",onsaiiur scenes Uhnreln
thr heroinN dominated ast ve'r hcro'ro this
wear m ,diu0s for VI. exploitation Evidently
Mr. hcGovsrn is f. good Crmrany historical
sprah He does 70 clalW to ho "lcvNtinr the
stage, however; ard thai Is to his credit