Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-23
MR.. DooLEY ON THE
AMERICAN STAGE.
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was r-runnin used 10 so down wanst
IN a while an see Jawn Dillon throwin
things around FIR IN amusemint iv tn
popyiaee an whin Shakespeare was played
! often had a seat in tn gal'ry, not be-
cause liked tn actin. dye mind, but
because I'd heerd rue frind Hogan speak
~ Shakespere. He was a good man that
SHAKESPEARE, but his pieces is full iv III
oil gags that l heerd whin 1 was a boy.
TIL trouble with me about goin' TO plays
is that no matther where l set l cud see
some hired man in his shirt sleeves argyins
with wan iv his frinds about 4 deg fight
while Romeo was maxim ia kind iv love
We wuddent want yeer daughter TO hear
TO Juliet in tn little. bur-rd cage they
calls a balcony 1t must We been because
wanst knowed man be TIL name Nv
Gallagher that was a scene painter, that
cud niver get mesilf 10 the point iv
concedin' that tn mountains that other
people agreed was many miles in tn dis
lance, was in no danger w bein rubbed
on tn map be tn coat-tails iv wan iv tn
principal ehar-ackters An l always had
me watch cut TO time tn moon whin
twas showed aerost III sky an tn record
hreakin' Nv day in tn robbers cave where
tn robbers don't dare fr TO shtep on
rock FIR fear they'll staVe it In. If day
liver broke on tn level tn way 1t does ON
III stage twud tear thu bastin' threads
out iv what Hogan calls Tn firmymint.
Hogan says haven't got III dramatic.
delusion an he must be fright rr ye can't
make me believe that twinty years has
elapsed whin l know that I've Only had
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finder mex dure
Plays is upside down. Hinnissy an in
side out. They begin with full statement
iv what's goin' to happen an how its
goin to come out an thin we're asked to
forget what We heerd an be surprised be
III outcome. / always feel like goln' to
tn office an gettin' me money or me
Autograph pass back afther III first act
''Th' way to write a play is fr 20 take
book an write it over hindend foremost.
They're putin all books on til stage
nowadays Foxs Book iv Martyrs has
been done into three-act farce-comedy
anil be projooced be Della Fox ca au-
thor. mex summer Webster's Ditchnry'
will be brought out as society dhrama
with eight hundred thousan char-ack-
ters, TIL Constitution iv tn United
States Ca farcel be WiIium Mckinley, is
runnin' TO packed houses with IN cilly-
brated thradeeJan Aggynaldoo as tn vii
lain In tn sixteenth scene w tn last
act they'se a naygur lynchin James IL.
Wilson, tn author iv silo an Ensilage.
story f'r boys Is dhramatizin' his eilly-
brated wurruk an win follow 1t with a
dramatic version w Sugar Beet Culture.
a farm play. 'Th' Familiar Lies Nv Ii
Hung Chang is expected to do well in tn
provinces an Hostettors Almanac has all
dates filled. l understand IN biblell bo
r-ready fr tn stage undher tn direction
iv Einstein an Apperman befure tn first
" tn year. Some changes have been
nieiss'ry f'r to adapt it 60 stage purposes
l see be tn pa-apers. Th' authors has be-
come convinced that Adam an Eve must
be carrid through tn whole play, SO they
have considerably lessened tn time be-
tween tn creation an tn flood an have
made Adam an English nobleman with a
shady past, am th' Divvle Fr-rench
count In love with I've. They're rescued
be Noah, tn faithful hoatman who has u
comic naygur SON.
Il see be tn pa-aper tn stage Is goin
to tn dogs what with It's Sapphos an tn
like " that said Mr.. Hennessy
We'll, it isn't what it used 70 be-" said
Mr.. Dooley. "in tn days whln twas tn
purpose Nv tn hero to save tn honest girl
firm III clutches fv tn villain In time 10
go out with him an have a shell ~ beer
at tn Dutchman's downstairs. In tn
plays nowadays I'll hero IS more Nv a VIII
lain thin tn villain himsilf. He's tn sort
iv man that we used to heave PAWN
shtones at whin he come out ~ tn stnge
dure ~ tn Halsted sthreet Opry House.
To be a hero we've first got TO be an Eng
lishman, an as II that wasn't bad enough
we've got 70 have committed as many
crimes as tn late H. u, Holmes If he'd
been BORN In England he'd be d hero.
Ye marry a woman who gwears an
drinks an bets on III races an ye quar-
rel with her. Til r-rest ~ IN play Is made
up Nv har-rd cracks be all tn char-ackters
at each others morals. This Is called
repartee be tn harmed. an Hogan. Re-
partee is where | say: We stole horse.
an ye say: But think iv ye'er wtfeg
In Ar-rchy R-roud It's called disordheriy
conduct Theyse another play on whers
a man r-runs on with woman that's
no betther thin she ought to be. He
bates her an she marries burglar. An
other wan is about a lady that ates dinner
with German. lie bites her an she
bits him with a cabbage. Thin they Sc a
play about an English gintleman Nv tn old
school who thFies to make a girl write a
letther f'r him an II she don't he'll tell
on her. He doesn't tell an so he's rs-
warded with tn love ~ til heroine. an
honest English girl out fr tn money.
"Nobodys marrld ia tn modhern play.
Hinnissy. an that's a good thing. too. fr
annywan that got marrld wud have tn
worst ~ H. In tn Of times III la-ads that
announces what's goiu to happen in ia.
first act, always promised ye happy
marriage In III end. an as lyrvboliy.s
lookin FIR happy marriage, that held
tn auJeence Now ye know that IN hero
with tn wretched pas, IL eoin' to eIops
with IN dhrunken lady an IN play is
goin' TO end With IN couples prettiiy
divorced in tn csnther ~ tn stage. '1Ta
called real life an mebbe that's what IL
Il, but fr me I don't want 70 see real lie
on tn stage. I can see that amy day.
What I want is fr til spotles ginfEeman
to saw tn Ia-ad with IN c!gareet iu,a
two-be-fours an marry tn lady tbat
doesn't drink much while IN aujeeucs
is putin on their coats.
why don't they play Shakespeare anny
moreg' Mr. Hennessy asked.
Il understand" said Mr. Dooley. .that