The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
THE NOVEL ON THE STAGE:
p1rSENr vOGUE or FLATS MADE
rpou STCCESSFUL BOOhs.
,,,uo, Of This Kind Now In Use to the
G,es, pront Of the Novelist. star Ae,or'
snd Manager, as Fond OF Them as tho
NV An T,pert's view Of the situaiion.

N"' theatrical matters knows that the
,''"' 81, s,spe * lust now rs much the thing
w" ii, New York theatres are pre-
~ I" ,lays made from books. and some
',' works Of fiction are To he trans
$500, r., tho stage during the coming winter.
p,,,rs the ,niddl. of the century. and for a
h'''lr,. noyels reached IA. stage very
WIN. N,s, ~, Dirkens's works. for iu-
49,, r.ra ,c,.d #, oue rnrm or another soon
go ,"hli.bad and in the same way
,. Ir,nas made from works Of fiction we're
~" 49,, no,.r at apv prayinu- time did the
, ,ur, vim su,h enthusiasm to the
'nr'r.,. oud ss.p ,h.ir PERMISSION 10 use ON
.., a,,io, n,t had apprarpd In the form
~
80. ...ou-,s ~ c,rrsa welcome the OPP
,.,.,.e u,.ir income. Most Of
p'' a., r,,,r. vastly NOR. yruHtable
''''' '.' as moan. ~ .yuloitjnp their
'"'' '" 49,, ,,. ia. .l,ht.st objection
"",'' ~ ,,L. rar,,ers The late George
VI p,rrte and Anthony HOPE.
'' 49,, other authors who
. u. 80 uada much more from
U"""i .',Its ~, ,h.ir novels than they
y. !" S,.,, 40 s,ls ~ their works I'm book
- u,, tnd.od tho success OF "Trilby"
''". ~ y,,J," thot erst directed
a.u ana.crs 20 the yalps Of non
800 4. To- Vnn la a. md
war nonr'7 ~ a". n'a, ho,a reached the
" 'o"e J." Ia ,.rs yiy.r. lint
sag u, ~ ,La, ia dara,d for the
noooul -" 80 an AZ t,ras
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"n"'to"7 ~uh a. IN ,h.
y ~ hai,a ra,d hy actor. mud
''asV' NV al, No. r,.,sr,.I
nl"h"k'i' u y .aa,, en- S,,a
una tnel ma, "o uni,h 1nrI,ar. - action nov
io'' o' 'lo u y ,..r,,s1na ,he
r''( On ,"' IS O. " a" =. ,a,h.rad T,ow
prom u W., y --.mt;, - arho Master
.o ~. " .""na,od 49, ,l,, ho,or. tho hook
'"''"rui T.. 49,, a1,ntrr 4, order tina,
wa P"I :" n..s,hIa L,s,,,o 90 IN tho
~. m,,Io ri,b,s chen Tho Time
ownership " a"' - ,h.a.rioaI ,o,n
ca"re iha'' W " tanoaarnod ,r,cs "a much
nan .aine - .t.e'nh T,swsoos , NAV
QUO =, o.. hooL
m'"9 'ou"uy ~. Iorraut nrono,oa
asa move Il "' --an.a.a n,o-
10 hlahe " WIN =, 49,
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poe',ue -. r,ooo..
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ne Ado y" uso w uuie in 80. -,
,uer eupp"c' y - .,a.
u any re"soh'Uso n -, 49, n.os.
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Managers ~ ","I""y
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80" IL -. -
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- y" ,,ountn.ru
- H.. uhau..
~ ,neu 'oueI
'.''' -
the pubic Is eNldentN NJ iona "I Ue nrHU1a'nen
novel a. IL has been ~ any time since the craze
for This kind Of dramatic literature SGT in.
" Wl~' nave O'"' "''''ff"' F''" ~ pr'N''H
l't,e interested in theatrical matters that most
of tho d-aratized novels which have foun
-. III. An. -.
Rrea' success nav" 1aIen r"adllF nv" one or
two classes. The Prisoner ~ Henda,' The
pride of Ieprioo " "Tnder rho Rcd Robe" and
ua -. Ill oo,torvod 80
hIlpNr' ~ h"n'IdH ndN' "" '"u'"'"'i w
the prevailing taste for what is historical or
,oroo,ic Tho same il not true Of The Iittle
.e -, -
Munster SdIh'' HherI''N h"l'H'N anu
VANITY Fair nor was II true Of "Trilby,
which RIGHTLY holds tho distinction Of being
.a.a,,l Lror,o
inc nr@t OF the long ~'rl'N OF Su''fSSI"' uTdiIlh-
ti7ei novels hnt II ia generally a fact that the
MIA g mos, HkeJ have heap taken from hooks
- 49, 80, .,,I - -, H.
OF 'al" hlh1 Lei'' s"''rNN'H' ""No "-c" nv
works founded on stories of everyday life
INVOLVING only tho relations between men and
Ill.,. ri. - -
women ~ w" preN'hl 'W" '"'>' ""N' u''l
little represented in the number OF dramatized
novals and that may no hecouse fewer MIA vs
49, -. -..I a,-z ~.
oI lna' hIhu n'N' H''' P'""'''N' ""''"S NV
past three seasons. The novolistS watch the
drift NJ nuhHc taste nowadays. not only In
A. ,.a,,.sior h,, IN ,ho ,hoo,ro 40 uoI
''e,' DIV" "'.'',''u' Wv u, wv 80
and they soc 10 II that their novels conform 10
tts dap,and.
L..
may ID" H'en rom '''S '"'' 'n' N'ase '"-"'
n affecting fctlonal literature almost as. much
o. ltpra tuTe Affects the stage, ana II the drama