The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-06-01

BY Rnyard WELLER.
- HE dangerous. possibly fatal
illness OF Jas. A. Herne lends
pe-ulia-. II s0meW hat sad IN
teress Co the presentation here
n his last aud probably. with
the exception OF "Margnrc,
tiemlux. bis best play. sag Har-
~ are slow 20 learn In this eoun-
frx VERY slow. Sometimes We can
- learn things at all. and for this
rrassn Herne was an old man befors
= cauae INTO h. own.
SIR years n starred with mediocrs
ss~rsss in Hearts % Oak. but he
thved only IN he smaller eities and
: playhouses % the second class.
mn came Margaret Fleming.
was a failure from the first per
srnance. and yet % all Herns $
ravx n - Internationally the
s-ranxs~t and fsst. In Il he aaher-
u absolutely To the rigid line Of
uzth. he declined tn infuse into
- play the uelodramAtic strain
vhseh proved the worst and yet the
- thing in his next piece. Shore
Arrs&r Ma Taret Fleming" was
r.alisrn. fat. n1grant. fatal truth.
tsa iis failure was something awful.
Pa wssks Il played 10 literally
empfy houses az the Fifth Avenue
'heaier IN New York. Every device
fsaxn 20 managers was tried TO get
se0pie % see the play. but everyOne
aFui4ed the theater as II death lay
mere.
TIE failure of this piece meant IN
azrial ruin 90 Herne. and for a time
y accepted engagements where ne
sansf and them. In the meantime
y lad put the finishing touches on
rshare Acres ard h. now tried 90
ktzre managers to produce the play
tur aim. Would they look mt ~
xa indeed-Your Eastern manager
nsf decide FOR himself. he wants
FzYs that have been tried. that he
asaxs are successful. Alabama
ms peddied around New York for
I've years. AMI then was only staged
y el the place made vacant by the
1zzre u some English play At
falmeYs theater. This Is merely an
nznpis. Finally Herne got enough
rpesy 10 rent the Boston theater.
aaf there Shore Acres" was pre-
ertsd- II was an instant success.
ssFns. after uaying in America al
- he, after Starring In his Hearts
90aks' for years. after writing ore
ths greatest Of American plays.
vas finally discovered" When
szriy - years ~ age. great success
are % him. There Was a certain
rtm hur1or about the whole thing.
saore Acres" was At once proclaim
- the public 20 be the one great
~ of the realistic school. W. y.
safeiis searched mlCruscnpically
~ found no faint ~ romance. The
~ adhered strictly 70 the narrow
- q truth And yet look at the
Ard act - shore Acres = What
but mei0dra ma, and not only
haf- but realism H. thrown 10 the
sn1s and artifce and trick used at
s'sfy turn. WITH n profound know
elrt Of bis puJiic. Herue gave them
seism % satiati1n. and then. like
ssn ~ lightning came what every
nd rally romance. and
r2z romance which made the sue
- q the great example u realism
ssg harnor." which comes 70 the
r4ttlt Heater for three nights, be-
nE June ?. comes % this city
w he cachet ~ success in other
-hs There il no reason why the
~ should not prove equally sue
ssf1l hgre. unlaes- horrible thought
kefn determination and good
ss which r. the hallmark ~ all
s'ern audierces. Let us hope that
shall b. able 70 enjoy this fine
tndisturbed BY the though.
W must ~nloy II because psO-
p san Francisco liked it.
The Girl ] Left Behind Me. %
~ vii b. gwen ~ Mr. Frawley
ns company all next week NJ
Grand ouera house. a few old
playEQers Will be sure N rccOg-
~ Oh friend
play is merely q modernized
n ~ the old meiodrama. "Jea-
forn. Or. The Relief ~ Luck
With ~ scene changed from
iswlca. -
sf every other play with which
name n Bnlaeco ia associated,
CIR I LIFT Behind Nc" IT, 70
mildly. reminiscent. Mr. BEL
no respectgr ~ other peoples
prop rty. He takes his
- he finds them. and n soule-
has ufcd them previously,
y mucr the worse for them.
10 ownership ~ ideas until
asco uses them. and then. on
on dear, II anyone infrinRea on
-ntal output n makes all
Hfrence ~ the world whoee Ia
r thls about Mr.. Belascn
- Whea he takes other meme
property be improves 81 al
past rec1pniffOu. and 10 ''The
LEFT Behind Ne" ia o vastly
nterestiug play than JESSE
After ali. what does II mat
me thsaterRoer from what
ne play comes. 70 long rs u
seh good There can be NJ
pn e. 70 the merit % this piece
beeu tied time after time
kn9wf M failure. n diC
placs Charles Fr0hman IN
Esesnt position. for II WAS the
tuece2f that came to him
moving bic stock company
zoe Weriy-third Street thea
Froc'0la. % the Empire.
~, N'ars Nere IN the original cast.
~ Aaama who played Pawn
ana Edna Wallace Homer