Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-19

famous temperance dramas and will combine them with the already showy ones in the old Ten Nights making virtually T brand new play. Mir Vince lock Is With me heart and soul and Will make Morgan the part of his ca
 reer. His name identified with the piece ought to convince managers of the sterling merit of the enterprise. All the cheap performances ever given of Ten Nights will but serve to en- phasize what 1 intend to give the pub lie. am also booking Augustin Daly's Under the Gaslight' for next season. This will also be q new production. It was always q winner It will be this time"
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 It may be an interesting matter to know the cost to the managers who exploit stock companies for the use of the various plays they present during the season in the shape of royalties, for it is, known that large percentage of these companies use about the same plays at least once 8 season and frequently it has been the case of q certain play being used by no less than half dozen different companies in different cities in one week. It is claimed by some of these managers 1 that the royalties for these plays is the most expensive part of the whole outfit. and few stock companies which have passed out of existence attribute the cause to the eNOrbltant royalties which they had been forced to pay. A few of the popular plays and their cost per week is as follows: American Citizen.' royalty for one i week. $500. The Great Ruby costs lG per cent of the gross receipts on the first S4 1000 and 21 per cent on the next S2.UOO, with a bonus of from $2oO to $500. The Prisoner of Zenda'' has 1 cost as high as S750 for its use for q single week and one stock company is said to have paid as high as Sl.OOO for it. "The Charity Ball' costs $500 a week. "The Dancing Girf' averages from $500 to $500 week, while E. M.
 Royle's play. Friends costs $50 a week. It requires 10 per cent of the 1 gross receipts 10 obtain The Sporting Duchess q week and q similar amount for the use of Little Lord Fauntle- roy Sweet Lavender" is worth So5O week, while "Hoodman Blind i is placed at S125. For the use of Liberty Hall' from 10 to 15 per cent 1 of the gross receipts is eXacted. with
 a guarantee of 1t least S4OO. ''Trilby' i can be had for S25O per week, while ! there are half d dozen Nell Gwynnes" ! at SlOO q week. That clever play. 1 The Butterflies" costs $2OO. and ''The i Young Wife'' S15O. A farce comedy 1 like Why Smith Left Home" re i quires $2OO a week to get it. while the
 nelodrama, ''The Fatal Card" de-
 mands S1OO ''The Moth and the 1 Flame" wants 10 per cent of the gross [ receipts. with q guarantee of $500. i while A Guided Foor' is satisfied
 of 1ha Of
 some of the other plays. Hazel kirke' 1 costs $50, Men and Women $500, "A 1 Bachelors Romance $500, Jim the Penman' S13O, "A Fair Rebel' SlOo. 1 The Ensign $50. The District At
 torney' $50. Diplomacy" S2OO. "The i Countess Valeska' $500, Paul Kau- var S2OO, and White Heather" 10 per cent of the receipts. Unprotected
 and uncopyrighted plays like Quo Vadis." East Lynne" Led Astray'
 and others of that calibre cost nothing
 and are worth about nothing. No
 doubt the largest dealer in plays for | stock companies is Alice knuser. who acts as agent for these pieces, collects
 the royalties and for her services re- 1 ceives I liberal commission. In in- l stances where box office statements
 are required to figure up percentages she has experts at work to cover that 1 detail. In the west HoWafu anu Doyle occupy about the same position
 and they in some instances control the
 absolute rights to several plays. The
 cost of the above pieces must be week ly added to the salary list of the com
 panies and that is probably why a
 great many stock companies are not
 such q profitable investment
 SUNSHINE OF PARADISE ALLEY
 The closing performance of ''The
 Sunshine of Paradise Alley" at the
 Jacques will be given this evening. Il
 is one of the most entertaining per
 formances of the season at this house
 and those who want genuinely at
 tractive entertainment will be well re
 paid for witnessing it.
 "A BREEZY TIME"
 The title character is a good compre
 hensive description of "A Breezy