The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-06
THE PLAYER FOLK.

Sadie Martinez, who closed her season
a month Or so ago, in THE Marriage
Game" because she could not get time"
in New York Theatre, IS about to have
her ambition satisfied, for the trouble be-
twesn Oscar Hammerstein and George
Lederer, the manager of Elsie de Wolfe,
which caused .-The Way of the World to
be withdrawn from the Victoria Theatre,
has provided 4 chance for Miss Martinez
to display her theatrical wares to Gotham
The Marriage Game" IS by Clyde
Fitch. and was originally produced in
Philadelphia early in September. The
piece was quite viciousIy attacked by the
reviewers of the Quaker City press on
account of its morality-or rather its lack
of morality.
Louis NethersoIe, Miss Martinot's hus-
band and manager, last spring set about
securing play that would make his Sis
ter oIga's 'Sapho' resemble a church en-
tertainment. Miss Martinez succeeded
Miss Nethersole in "Sapho" when the
English actress fell i'll last winter and
was forced to abandon her tour. Miss
Martinez made success Of Fanny le
Grand, and. argued Mr. NethersOIe, she
was able to still further shock the good
theatrego;ng public if only a play con
tanning enough material of the dramatic
gutter could be obtained
His fondest hopes were realized when
he perused the manuscript Of Clyde
Fitch's play-an adoption Of a French
model, and not original, by any means IL
should be explained.
The Marriage Came failed TO attract
people to the playhouses in which it was
presented n Philadelphia or Boston, not
withstanding the fact that il was bitterly
assailed by the press of both cities It
may be that II Will experience a different
fate in the metropolis, where one is
never quite sure what will happen TO
theatrical property Still the public may
have become tired Of the drama of filth,
and indeed, the great success of the num-
ercus plays Of = religious trend and the
pieces depicting rural life would seem TO
SO indicate.
John Heashaw viii be the successor to
Francis Wilson in The StrolIers." Num-
eTous comedians we're considered for the
r>ie, but the decision finally fell to Hen
shaw His wife May Ten Brock, viii also
be q member of The StroIIers.r which
viii now continue on its way. unmindfuI
Of the retirement Of Mr. Wilson. who
goes With The Tcreador' the new i'm
portation from the London Gayety, for
which Nixon ( Zimmerman are engag-
ing company OF much excellence.
Washington viii be the first city to pass
Judgment on The Toreador."
Mr. Conor is well known to local au-
diences by reason Of his long connection
with the Hoytian farees. His Welland
Strong in a Trip TO Chinatown" is par
tcuiarly recalled as a bit OF good char
acter acting Last season he was in
this city with Charles Frohman's cone
dams and played the part Of the dis
agreeable man IN Edna Mays The Girl
from Up There
Charles Bradley. the bsufness manager
Of Z h Sothern-s company recef-ed the
glad intelligence q few days ago that one
Of his plays. An Eye-Opener." had been
successfully produced in the English PROV
inces. and would soon 10 taken to London
for an extended engagement
Edward PauIton was associated with
Mr. Bradley IN writing An Eye-Opener."
the scenes Of which are laid in Chicago
and New York Paultou is well known
in this country for his clever farce,
ences to the Bijou Theatre, New York,
some years ago
Mr. Bradley Is al present experiencing
the sensation Of having three OF his plays
considered BY prominent London actors,
with q view 10 Immediate production
The grasping stage literary hack has
laid violent hands on almost every novel
that has attained any degree Of popularity
during the past two years. aIii joseph
Hart has dramaJized a series OF comic
pictures that appeared IN a New York
paper, with no little success. And 2 year
or so ago We were told that NJ Pipp. -
Charles Dana Gibson's black and white
character creation. was TO be dramatic
ed
The latest announcement in this lire
concerns George AIDES Fables II Slang
which are to be made into a stage enter
taiEment- Just how the feat IS to be ac-
eomPlished does not appear. but doubtless
some one of the fertile young men wa
are nowadays 50 actively engaged in max
ing over novels for the stage thinks he
knows how 10 perform what looks very
much like a miracle
L Is in order for somebody TO anr0z.nce
that the Congressional Directory and The
List Of Telephone Subscribers VIII be pre-
scented il stage form next season
T P. o'ConnoT. the English Journalist
statesman. writing OF The late Colonel
Mapleton, says the syndicate system has
killed the old-fashicned fmpresarfos- But
they did good work in their day: and
Mapleson was an excellent specimen of
his kind It was characteristic If the
man that almost to the last he had great
schames in his mind fer running a grand
coronation season in opposition u Ccvent
Garden next year That was Naplpsou all
over His optimism was inviucfbIc. But
be had his tTiumphs in his dav. Patti
vas only one CT innUmerable great sing
eTs with whom he was associated ubor1g5
eye robbed him of the honor Of actually
introducing her. while he was CeServer7Iv
proud OF the part ne played IL bringing
forward Faust" and many other famous
operas IN London.
That was indeed one OF his cleveresr
achievements, and he never tired CT tell
ing the story Of that famous premiere
Incredible as II may seem the most poDyl-
lar opera OF modern times was within an
ace Of being q dead failure few. davs
before the opening night only cga worth
Ct seats had been sold.
Aapleson's action was Characteristic
To the aStOniShment Of his suDCrainates
he announced four successive perform
ances, and at the same time had it given
out that for the first three nights no moro
seats were to be had
simultaneously a couple OF single stalls
we're advertised as obtainable at a high
premium from an imaginary private fndf
-idual. Then the unsoid tickets we're dis