The sun., 1901-07-28
SOME DRAMATIC SUBJECTS.
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xe,,,h Bernhardt Is quoted By the Paris
80 as saying: The English public 10
80. .erious than the American public. Tho
a.'.,,can goes To the theatre solely TO smuse
sin, ,.slf while tho Englishman reflects. COM
..,.. educstes and informs himself ct the
-. time Besides. tho Americans havo the
std,tv To consider the French--how shall
NM, it,--a degenerate people The English
s,vs more respect for u. I ask myself Why
=. thls,- without attempting to deny or
--,l.,n the disrespect which Bernhardt says
- hold for the French. We may positively
x..srce with her as to the relative regard
=, England and America for good art and
literature on the stage The two countries
.rs almost exactly alike In theatrical taste.
Hardly ever is q london acceptance rejected
=, ysw York. Farcss and mslodramas so
,horourhly English In character as to be
nartially unintellisibis to US cannot be profit
sbIy imported. Just a. some pieces imbued
With Americanism do not bear exportation.
put no work Of Pinero. Jones or Gruady has
failed here after Q success over there. No
triumph In acting or production by Irving
At his Lyceum has been less appreciated In
our theatres The entire range OF drama In
fayor with US rises a. high and falls no lower
,bnn with our transatlantic cousins. Bern
bardt might have said truthfully that the
Csrmans were more thoughtful at the theatre
than we or the French. but she was all wrong
when she asserted contrast In that respect
between US and the Ensllsh.
This readiness Of Now York to like every
MAY that Is good in London is an obstruo-
ton In the way OF the American drama tist.
II is not only that he has to write In COM
,stition with the ablest foreigners He 10
Also restricted to safe conventionality. while
they are permitted TO be boldly experimental.
The London actor manager with q fashion
able vogue can hardly lose any money worth
mentioning with a new play by well-known
author. Tho sale Of SEATS beforehand covers
his expenses for a month. thus giving him
time to displsce Q failure before hs 10 out OF
pocket This support enables him to make
professional essays without much business
risk. Thus, while a succession Of Aascos
would destroy his vantage. an occasional one
does not hurt him apprecia bly, In reputation
or wallet. and so he IL inclined to take up
compositions which other kinds OF managers
are reasonably afraid TO handle. The up
shot is that the London aotor-managers
provide excellently unusual material for
export to America, and by just so much are
our own writer's reprsssed In originality.
An effort IL being made on behalf Of Sadie
Nartinot to incite religious opposition to
The Marriage Came 10 which she 10 to
mako a tour next season. 1t 10 an English
free translation by Clyde Fitch Of French
play OF the Camille era. and the theme
Ia the same as that Of the Dumas play. but
the treatment Is different, as the outcast
woman Is made to marry the man she loves.
Louis Nethersols Is the husband and manager
OF Sadie Martinot. and Mr.. Fitch re-wrote
the piece for Olga Nethersole as q successor
to "Sapho." Miss Nethersole's illness COM
PEELED change Of actress. but not OF
method. Mr. Nethersols mails his conc.i-
ments to The Sun and request that an
unnamed clergyman be quoted as saying.
Decent people would regard II as favor
II Mr.. Fitch and Miss Martinot would cease
forcing introductions Of gamblers and har-
lots and other blackguards to the public on
the stage or anywhere else. Olga Neither
sole made money last winter by posing as
an artistic actress maligned By unjust purists.
knew well enough that her notoriety meant
prosperity In money way. Even the police
raid on -sapho- at wallaok's. although
It had at FIRST an appearance Of an honest
move. and was made upon the formal COM
plaint of doubtlessly sincere persons. came
10 be resar rded by the incredulous as fake
The theatre was closed awhile. but the subse-
quent receipts were large enough to make
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papers could not avoid assisting the supposed
scheme. Their critics had to describe the
play and the reporters had to give accounts
of the arrest. trial and acauttal OF the actress
Every word published about the cass had an
Advertising value 1t seems clear that Mr.
Nethersole would like to put his wife and
The Marriage Game through the same
process that was remuneraitve with his sister
and "Sapho."
The exper iment OF police censorship over
theatrical Affairs Il TO be tried in the District
OF Columbia. Under authority conferred by
Congress the District Commissioners have
prepared for a suppression OF indecencies on
the stage A person concerned in any way In
n violation OF the lev on the subject may be
nned $40 for each offence. The prohi-
hilton Is defined as applying to any per-
formance wherein anything whatsoever
,halI appear, or be In anywise exhibited
or represented, which in any manner Is
offensive to common decency As the
final decision In every contested case resi-
with the courts. 1t is not likely that dramas
NJ the "Sapho" order will be abolished In
Washington, even though the police should
undertake To It IL said that no move WIZ
he made against any seriously hi,isur Piay
even though IL be shockingiy ipsfIish oi
Uauptmannian but that half-naked actresses
on the biilboards OF the Capital; II py some
eoptriynnoe. however Mr.. Netherso!e could
have sadie Martinot and The Marria &c
Game" mt under the Washington pan, tne
resi- OF the country would be full OF gold mines
and oil wells for him,
An uncovered roof garden IL an impossibll'
ity in New York's theatrical business AZ
tennis to use the tops OF the American Thea
tre and the Madison Square Garden this
summer failed mlser1bly while Roster
pial's was unrenumerative before sale o
the building for demolition and the Casino
has not been opened, Adverse weather makes
the insurmountable difficulty IL Is said thai
the elements are favorable only three even
ings "A week, on an average. But when an
diences do assemble they are not satisfied
with the entertainments that the managers
can afford to give under the circumstances
Paradise Gardens and Cherry Blossom Grove
are rooted over and the sides can be shu'
against storms, so that considerable uni
formity Of attendance may be depended on
.x.nnaaa ~ nvoellant ynudpyill,