The sun., 1901-03-14
THEMES OF THE THEATRE,
DRAMA ~ CONTINUOUS USE FOR
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.
i'cInrich Conried's Error a. 20 Shakespeare
on Our stagc-A Woman II ade to Take Back
what She Had Said Of . PLAY house George
Alexander Imitatcs Daniel Frohman.

what She Had Said Of . Play house George
Alexander Imitatcs Daniel Frohman.
Many persons have written to THE SuN
asking about the origin OF Uncle Tom 8
cabin" as a play. The stage version was
made by George &. Howard with more of
los. help from actors employed by him In
the Museum Theatre at Troy, y. Y. That
was almost fifty years ago. in tho height of
tle slavery discussion which the novel had
aroused II has been said that Mr. Howard
paid only $3.50 for all the work not done by
himself he enacted 81 clair, the planter.
while hjs wife was the Topsv and his daughter
tho Fra. The play was a popular success
IN Troy AZ once, and was soon brought To
New York. The assertion has been made
that no weekday has passed since then with
ont performance of II somewhere. and
several companies are usually out with 1t on
tours Mrs Howard's mSchicvouS ncgress
and Miss HpWurd's angelic child earned a
consiIrrlbl" fortune But Harriet Bcccher
stowe never received a cent from the drama.
and refused uutil many wears had elapsed -
500 u enacted. The copylight laws In those
t'n"- lrft a novelist dcloucrlo-s against IN"
p,arwr. -nt, Ihe version now ut the
Acalauy uf Music j. SUBSTANTIALLY the same
that ia" towards used II Is very poor
craft without -epucnc" or cohcreuCv. hu'
t.,,,r ARRANGEMENTS of tho rr4'fcr have
been made. bat they hive not been favor
aoy received 10y the nulutui", which dis
likes any change in TIA" familiar characters
or scenes Thus is the Lr-' zinc that i ncio
Tou', cabin" has ever been produced witn
modern adequacy Ol cast and mounting
Dyr,rg the past quarter OF a century .'Tnu-
ner-' hdy" been looked upon a. the unfort-
mates of tho dramatic profession Prob
ably the salary list Of a week at the Academy
cguaI- that ot any other nclc Toms
cabin company Tor an entire season.
O,s %, Heinrich Conriod's os-orti,rs 4, bi.
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Iass Of Shakr,pcare in their who'll, country in "a
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taken TO all the other large d,ie~. Sarah
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''''' ''' '''n '"'"l'''h quarrel IA IN"
ir-t.n town Of Cambridge. Mrs Willis,
w... Of TO senior proctpr of tho ,,rive~.i,,.
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W newspaper "'"""h'lhG
"a" local theatre a. n place of dcr.uralizing
,o.o-; l.~ students Sle iu.ruu,cd tb, ,,,t
.'''' wiz" '"' ma" Hrfed young man 10
iahe a"-" there. he had declined because lie
thought ONE Of the songs in the currnp, r,,v
N'' N""' Tue 'He''"r OF mat
HeatFe Is highly respectable citizen who
sas been thrice Mayor Of the borough. and
a lending puy-ioian and a Trinity Cnu",,,
pf"tes~". IT, Isl" men resented tnc woman,
accusation with / threat ot "A lawsuit V.r"r..
YpOu she signed a confession that .hr uuJ
SVEN an utterly unlru" representation
- the h"ntrc As to- the pIay vl,. -ont,
;hat the student deemed unht fer a woman
Patience
Daniel Frohm1n'~ offer to give trial rlntiu6,
5"mmittee Of the Amar.can H1 Dramnt.,o f'I ~ 1m
from the Writings of il, members mas hrnn
Initiated by Gco~g" Alexander, who make,
take a role in the rI.t rro'u,tinu. aud