The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

However. her present plight is assursdly'
NEST plttful and the author Of The Capt.
tol Comedy" should do something, and
quickly. too. to alleviate her stress of
mind. The Times ventures the modest
suggestion that two capable actresses be
rod be given the pleasure Of witnessing,
from orchestra chair. n better per-
Torrance than the Murphy organization
is wont to give.
Already the managers of New York $
theatres are beginning to east about for
plays for next year. and on every hand
comes the report of a scarcity of suitable
offerings. In this connection Mr.. e. d.
Price. manager of the Manhattan Thea
tire New York, writes:
Where are next seasons plays to come
from2 mas is a VeXatious problem that
is Wrinklyg fne forehead of many a dra-
matte producer. The foreign market gives
no promise of great fruitfulness. The ma
tive playwrights are now conSP'cuously
bestirriHE themselves.
Clyde Fitch cannot write all the plays
required for America. If he carries out
his present inclination he VIII give ms
teeming brain rest for the next year;
and try to catch up in the purely manual
task of cutting off coupons. lie is al
ready six months behind.
Nearly everything I't book form mas
been dramatized except the Patent Office
reports and British Encyclopedia. Even
with the material at hand 1t is tight
squeeze to get through this season, ana
no end of road companies have been cali
ed into New York to supply yawning gaps
in the bookings.
No wonder many city manager, with
n big expensive theatre on his hands, is
wearing worried look as he surveys the
coming seasons outlook. Where are the
new plays to come from? 1t is hard nut
to crack
Edward J. Morgan will inaugurate
starring tour in the spring under Liebler
& Co s management. An elaborate pro-
duction of THE Christian will be made.
in which the character of John Storm will
be written above that OF Glory, and in
view of the tremendous success with
which Mr.. Morgan met during his season
with Viola Allen in the play it seems safe
to predict all kinds of favorable results
for the new venture. Mr.. Morgan VIII
continue with THE Christian" next sea-
son under the Liebler management.
Helen Dauvray, who was at one time at
the head of her own company, but who
married John Montgomery Ward, the
baseball player, some ten or twelve years
ago and has not been prominently seen in
the vicinity of the footlights since. has an
nounced her determination to re-enter the
profession, by the vaudeville route. Her
| first appearance will occur tomorrow
when she will appear in one of the Keith
houses in n sketch entitled Nights
Out" at the time of her retirement Miss
Dauvray was regarded as one of the most
delightful and charming of native ac-
tresses and promised to make worthy
successor to the la.e Rosina Vokes. If
she still retains her old-time vivacity and
charm her audiences will be treated to
unusually enjoyable vaudeville offerings
Apropos of vaudeville, that haven of
refuge for players out of work. Grace
| Van Studuiford and Otis Harlan are
among the latest recruits to the ranks of
| the twice-a-day and the continuous enter
/ tainers Miss Van Studdiford was recent
/ ly heard in this city with the Savage
| Grau English Opera Company. She has
! been identified with a number of comic
| opera organizations. notably the Bosto-
I mans and jefferson De Angels
| Mr.. Harlan was last seen in Washing
| ton with The Star ard Garter" He lat
! er tried to inject some humOr into the
| lines of The Girl from Up There but
| without success, and he was soon in the
market for offers from the vaudeville
| agents.
Selma White, the heroine of Robert
| Grants famous novel "Unleavened
! Bread" which will soon be presented in
| It's dramatized form at the Columbia
Theatre. is one of the most talked
of characters of modern fiction. The
book has had a great sale. and whether
Selma represents a type of modern club
| woman has been seriously discussed.
| Robert Grant disciaims any such inten-
| tion; yet club women all over the cOun-
| try have arisen in their wrath 20 deny
! and spurn the allegation. Evers- reader
| will not fail to admit that he has met
| many such persons as Selma. who had q
mission, but was in doubt as to what il
| was. She abhorred the exclusive set:'' yet
craved money for social advancement
That the homes on Fifth Avenue did not
fly open when she landed in New York
] occasioned spasms When she became tbs
/ wife Of Senator Lyons. and came &c
| Washington, she was furious because the
| President did not bring his Cabinet tC
| welcome her when she alighted from tbs
| train. no very unusual person. this
Selma White, after all. Her visit to tn,
! Presidents reception. with the meeting
| of Flossie Williams. is one of the richest
| pages in modern fictional satire.
As play. "Un!eavened Bread has &C
| casloned whole volumes of discussion
Miss Elizabeth Tyree is to impersonat,
! Selma White; II. ]. Morgan. Wilbur Lit
Teton, and Eleanor Robson. Flossie vii
/ liams.
Richard Mansfield in his revival o.
Henry W. retains the characteristic fea
lures OF this Shakespearean drama. On,
of the most notable and unique element!
in Henry V is Chorus, who will appeal
III tic iiduSlitll presentation. by CnpTus
is not meant the band of characters il
classic robes. who. in the Greek drama. in
| toned an accompaniment to the theatrica
epics of the ancients. nor yet the tripping
band of men or maidens who distinguish
our comic opera.
Chorus in Shakespeare is a person. Thi:
person appears between the acts and an
notates the action. describing what /.
taking place in the entr'acte lapses
Chorus was not an uncommon personag'
formerly, but the Office of this character
if so it may be called. gradually dwindleC
to the recitation OF a prologue and al
epiloEue, which were finally given to play
ers in the action, and Chorus at last wa.
entirely without occupation.
| There are four Instances only of Choru:
| in Shakespeare. In Winters Tale" be
fore Act Nv. Chorus appears in the per
| son Of Father Time. who accounts for tbs
lengthy lapse Of years since last the cur
tain fell Chorus without any other char
aCteristiC designation appears after th'
first act of Romeo and Juliet in the tex
of Shakespeare, though rarely in modern
/ acted versions. In "pCricles. Prince Of
Tyre" there are lines for Cover a.
Chorus before each of the acts. besides ar
epi!ogue. 1t is only in .'Pericles' anC
king Henry W that Chorus appear:
| after each act.
In King Henry v" the earliest edition
| disclosed no Chorus The superb lines
among the finest in all Shakespeare. arr
found first in the folio of 1879. just twenty
three years after the first production OF
king Henry V" There the determine
ton is Rumor as Chorus. That was
| bal Invention MANY