Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

company when Miss Gray left it. She
played with Mansfield in THE First Vio-
lin from December until March.
There are good many worse kisses
than Mr.. Mansfields," she said to an
interviewer last week. His kiss is very
chaste. 1t comes in the last act. The
recipient is a simple little country girl
and Mr. Mansfield takes her in his arms
and kisses her upon the lips He never
hurt me in that scene" she added,
naively, and then she blushed "Mr.
Mansfield" she continued, "never hug
ged me too hard or kissed me in a man.
ner the least bit rough. He is an ar
tist."
Miss Evelyn knew Katherine Gray
while she was in the Mansfield company,
Il never heard her complain about be-
ing hugged or kissed too much" she
went on. She was a girl who disliked
to take suggestions. and 1 don't think
she thought of making trouble for Mr.
Mansfield until he began to find fault
with her work. You know he is the sort
of man who wants you to do exactly as
he says. l guess that was what the
trouble was"
Miss Eveline was with Mansfield five
years. and she is willing to go back.
But so far Richard hasn't invited her.
New York hasn't fully recovered from
a shock the professional theatre-goers
received week ago Friday at the Her
aid Square Theater. Some time back
manager Sammy Shubert of that house
hit on the idea of giving every Friday
matinee performances of untried plays.
The receipts We're to be turned over to
some worthy charity upon each occa-
sion, and it would serve the purpose Of
rix,
way hearing, which is difficult to obtain
these days. This at least was Shubert's
scheme as he outlined it. The first play
to be given under the new arrangement
turned out to be a society drama entit-
led Sold and Paid For" 1t was writ
ten by John c. Dixon, an actor in Rich
ard Mansfields company, and was
played by company of actors hurriedly
gathered together for this trial perform
ance. Unfortunately for the new
scheme Sold and Paid For' turned out
to be about the most lurid specimen of
a play that New York had seen in years.
One critic said of it the next morning
that whoever paid for it was sold, and
whoever said it ought to receive the
limit. Another agreed with Ette Butler,
who was playing a leading female role.
when she exclaimed: My God, this is
terrible" whereupon he further asserts
Minnie Seligman, who occupied box,
went into Mysteries, and was led from
the building.
1t must have been something fierce
from the manner in which the critics
handled it. Can it be possible that the
actors We're kidding" the critics?
So Nat Goodwin is going to play Shy
lock! AS far back as three seasons ago.
he said the same thing and since then he
has been reading commentaries and per-
fecting himself for his appearance in that
great character. There is one thing in
which Mr.. Goodwin will find a drawback
at the outset when he undertakes the
task, and that will be the reluctance of
the public to accept him seriously. Since
the publication of the comedians an
nouncement much speculation has been
raised as to how We'll Goodwin can even
hope to play such an exactnG character
as Shylock. Most of his friends view
him as natural comedian, and they will
not listen to any C'l Ell idea f he nalcs
failure in Shyloek it will be his first in
wide range of characters. and. judging
by his past, there is little reason to sug-
sest failure. Mr.. Goodwin may be a
natural comedian, but he is an actor in
the fullest sense, and if he fails to grasp
the character which he has nourished
the hope of playing for so many years it
will be bigger surprise than if he sue.
ceeds.
Goodwin has always had a hobby for
playing Shakespearean parts. Some
years ago it was Richeau he had an idea
he would excel in but of late years, Shy
lock is the part his hobby has settled
upon.
Mr.. Goodwin will put on 1.-THE Mer-
chant of Venice in New York before he
goes over to London for his summer en-
g2gement in when We Were Twenty
one" He is booked for q year thera
and it wouldn't be Very surprising if we
have seen the last of Mr.. Goodwin for
good while. The play cannot be other
than great go in London, and when
a hit is scored there the reception an
difficult to tear away. Mr.. Goodwin has
his home near London, and it would not
be a big surprise if he remained on the
other side for a much longer period than
has been announcd.
Mr.. N. c. Goodwin has cut out certain
speeches. In speaking of this move re-
Gently, Mr. Goodwin said that he had
come to realize that when an actor dur
ing a play steps out of his character and
reveals himself to an audience before
the curtain he finds it difficult for the
audience to reconcile itself to him when
he gets into the part again.