Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29

rymore's friends will look after him in
New York. He is now at his home with
his son Lionel and his daughter Ethel.
His friends will also look after hin
aim to the rights of the dr~amatization
of Bernard Shaw's novel, "Cashel Byron
His Profession" Barrymore claims ha
had obtained the permission of the au-
thor to write a play for his own use
from the novel. Harrison Wolfe has also
dramatized this novel and has produced
the play at the Herald square theater
New York.
J One of the most successful American
dramatist and actor is Disguised with the
life of routine his profession requires
/, him to lead and wants to turn farmer.
The thousands who have witnessed the
skilful acting of William Gillette and the
n mastery construction Of his Secret Ser
> vice, Sherlock Holmes and other plays
g will be astonished to know that right at
the pinnacle of his success he has grown
r tired and bored with the whole business
and wants to he sole actor in the cast
of a drama in real life, which might ps
scalled 1.-The Hermitage"
T. '"I never want to write another play"
asaid Mr.. Gillette to the Chicago cores
1pondent of the World. I didn't want to
write sherlock Holiness" but I was
talked out of my determination. I will
not yield to the next attack. l am tired
of my own work and the eternal monot-
ony of these long runs. l am interested
while I am writing and inventing, but
there comes a time. when the same thing
over again benu2nbs my mind. There
was a play of mine called Secret Ser
vice that became a nightmare to me.
~ Sherlock Holmes will eventually be
the same thing. I have two years Of act.
ing before me. touring the country lhia
year and going to LondCn neXt year.
Then l want to quit. Here is my idea of
happiness. A little place in the country
not What is called a gentleman's place
but a small home-a cottage with plenty
of yard, trees, chickens. dogs, a COW and
"a horse. There 1 would be content to live
and not know how the rest of the world
is moving. The horse and dogs would be
my companions. The horse would not be
a high spirited. blooded beast. but a Sc
date, honest fellow. who would go along
with the reins loose on his back. Then
l want flowers and fruit. and would en-
Joy gardening. long walks, drives and
homely but honest human company
III Count Tolstoi Will soon put out a new
drama. 1t is to be called The Corisse."
1T is said in Russia and is written
around an under official, a young cir!
and a wealthy land owner.
The official and the girl marry. Not
long afterwards. the man takes to drink
and goes to the bottom of the social
scale. The Wife. after being Abandoned,
takes a place as a maid in the establish
slnent of the rich man. He sta rightway
falls in love with her and wins her af-
lection. They decide they will not live
together without a marriage ceremony
being performed and to carry out theis
aim, induce the husband to allow it to
be understood he is dead. That he
agrees to do for money.
The girl reports to the police that her
huaba nd has disa ppeared and pretends
to recognize as his body, the corpse Of a
man found dead in a river. The mar
y fiaSe Is celebrated but the secret es-
capes through the. husband while on a
drunken brawl Boosting that he is G
corpse and telling how It came about.
All three are convicted of bigamy and
sent to Siberia where the finale comes
much the same as in Tolstoi's novel
Resurrection" The piece is to be pro-
duced in st. Petersburg shortly.
The supposed vanity. ignorance, evil
influence, immortality and vulgarity of
the commercial theater are %favorite top.
les of discussion especially with folks
who rarely go ito the theater unless they
/. get free tickets, comments T.. A, Dith-
mar of the New York Times. 1t is we'll,
therefore, when something can be said
on the other side of the question, lust
for the sake of variety.
The demand for copies OF the original
!, French version of Il Afgon," because of
4, the interest in Rostand's work excited by
r the performances of Nine. Bernhardt
J, nd Miss Maud Adams, has already been
p widely commented upon. The book will