The sun., 1902-07-20
LONG RUNS AT DRURY LANE.
M >-Ht nv ~ DRI DTHNI.ur
>Or fHi TiR>T ONI IHIPI
ts"s n.n. NJ ,hS o,,i-. rm. The wa,ts.
m assb rr,bahl, ih~ Iit,i ri. 4,
prur> Ian. to u~ >e,ed ioo um-.
iis ~o-r~..er> Nrr.r,ts af ,.,,
uoNs 90 and shar,r, N,,,, .,

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u",s and ,har,r,s \p,t q.
LoSpoN. Iulv " R.n-IIr- I,.,,-..t
its ous-huuif,dth t-'ffurman,. 10 N..,v
Lam AMI = fi'l running and fu, tr.... -
mont - mai" officially fha' 'hI- b, ,t. ..
81 ran p~.prtaI a. tho famous ....t..
THIS Would up' ~ -, -iraus- t- b.. .,....,-,
Il It Wrr" true. fHr 'h. hong rams r. l....,
thea rial HISTORY hl," l-cu a. -'g,. ....
and prItN LAM j. uu" oi 'h' AK, '....,.
"f'h" world hI' n - un' utr. a. ...t... Al
HISTORY sh"s~ very plainly
In IA" r"Il old d1v- bong nlr- N... 4
known >iii~nu', Cato W. U.',.. ...r.r.
| hy" tim- ~ nur, Ian" wh.r .. v.- ,..,,
pr'-iW'~i M lii1 hu' u"' then. s'.I ... t..r.
hap, for a C"n'uLN later "a, % u.t. l "A
unin'"rrup"dv 'taiu' va. rIs..I 40
ur 'hr-' tiu.-- a w'-'k -, 'ha' Ir. ..l. ..,s,
over many more V'-'k~ than t..i &.
| uCcupied hv thr'y-f," ;.-l... -
! now wadaV-
sheridan Durnua- va ac'.i 49,. =.
FIVE 'ime- a. Ioyen' Gariou m I,-a q a
Tn" Srh"nl for sandal W. l.ag.l N
| equal nunisr of Tunes ~ ~. lar. Tt.
! DAYS of long rum aw ~a,d iI uaa,.r. ..,-
graphical uu'i,,. IT ~" nov CORONA. s... n
Knight S,r , BIruand. ', i.,. r.,r
his hurl--Qu-- u -ISion ana Rt.,.t,,-t
Susan. hut th"N date rally ra-u.. '..'..r
bach. TN Sep, ~ ISp Drr R...a..r
prnduc..d hts -Cnll,en Bawu- e. no "a
>d"lphi Th~a,r IA London. wh,,a an
for 16I nights and four y"ar> later r so
York. Edwin B,nth al the Niu''' Dsri.a
>., th. rNamyl" uf long Nhskr-I.ar..1
runs hy playing Hamlet IA" .m",
from Nov - 1894, To Mar'h. iS' lu-,
ten y"ar later Irving PLAYED 't' -sw.
piec- at the Lvccum her" tut y" I-r'.rn-
ance-
Meantime lot w-cu thu-" date Iuus n.
had hsrom" Cummun Ruruaud e l,M''
and his Rlack-fy'.d susan r'n ~ rsrv
nights herr and m New Work. ,na.r,
Barras's BLACK ,rook" had i-"u ~ ,.,r-
C,--ful II was the Rolsrt man Cun"ia.
/ a, the Prince of Wsl"rs Th"atre Iu I"''"p.
ham Court rnad that made long nuns CONE
mon here.
These play, mostly unadmlt'ed adap'a-
tions from French and German ~pur,s-,
were: -S-pct,y. produced Nov II issi.
-Ours. sept rs. isss caste Apr, 4, i>s'.
isas and M p April ~. 1870 N 80
Vaudeville Theatre herr. "n ian 10. -.
began th. first of the abnormally hong nuts.
On that date Henry Byron our
Boys was prc,iuod II ran. With "'Na.
-ional short Interruptions for th" mld-uu-
mer holidays. until April Is. 1879 mur.
than four ypar-. that l. IN" nuin'"i -
performances va- 362
This was the rrO,rd until March. lSs#.
when Charley Aunt, which had l-7'u
produced AT the Royalty IN Doc u. iS9'.
beat th. existing record, II did not hni-
it, run-ii had been transferred 4" 'N"
Globe until Feb y, 1897. when y wound
up IT, career With some ! .0"' performance
to IL, credit
All ,h.-., runs, II j. "a L., noted. we're at
small theatres. her, a. IA New York Tie
Vaudeville. the Royalty, 'h" Gloh", ~'r-
all small sheatrps. a. wa- tho Pr'rr' -
Wale-'- IA New York the long r'Ius have
h-en NJ tho 81 jou and IN" Madison Sluar',
also little houses
Coming hack 20 Drury Ian" and it, plaNs
In the DAYS when long runs Ven l-'"mirs
common old Drury Vas controlled hv '.
v thattsrton, a manager oi IN" "In .r..'
fond ~ producing strictly l"gitima'" Tai'-
During hi final -es-on a. tli. Ian. h. rIo..
,lured the-. plays -Ih. Winters TAI
with Charles Dillon a. L'oRi's and NJ.
Vein. who j. Just dead. a. PdHhnd 1i"r'
~a- curtain raiser. and an arerpl"'..
Later he produc,.d -Macbc,h, NWh"l"
10 follow. and The Merchant "t N'ul'
A. recognition 81 what ~" Brush punI'
wanted the regular Christmas Ian'"ruH"
wa produced A. the end ~ th" wear
But despite IN. "Strrm" l"gitmayN ~
ali that Mr. Chatterton did he failed AMI
gave up the th.airr early m lsp 10
taste Of the public had changed and VI
Chatterton, weighed down by IA" traditions
of the hou-e. did not chang" With y
Then Augustus Harris. s"o"nd-'h."
actor and an excellent -'as' manage
took the theatre His training AMI pr
-auality Mar. not such a. to respond %
auv appeal on ls.haf ~ tl" iradiil"r- ~
DrIry Lane. and h" hrpk" away from '''n
from the first
On July II. iSso hr produced IN" Wort
the first of modern m"ludtatnas u No.
written Nv Paul Merritt Henry P"'uN o.
Augustus Harms and had a thrill ?" "'''.
moment over here, o. hhd Tor I~ ,it'.
-c,n-s the sailing ui an pcan -''An'' 'I..n
Iauss Town. TIA" cNpiu-l"n ~ an ll'I''
inachin.. on bpar,l raft ~ ia "'h .''
four survivor uf the explosion. a FAM
tall thu. interior ot the Aquarium. "I''
crowds and music ami a uaihou-'
In. Aquarium sru" wa- emitted Nu'n
-rh" World VA played al NaIia'N- 10
New lork Ihl- play ran h"i" man Or
hundred mgh'- from july 81 until ~" m'dd"
uf p,-,.tnl. ~ when u was taken n0 'n i'.'-
mn ui The prnduction Of the panton,in"
The u.N' wear cam" Youth, tN Me-.
and Harm. which ran from Aug q" lN'-
D..-iutsr wisn ~" pant omitn" ME
f.rrd. another hundred might run l'"
rau.omirn., it--.li Robinson tru-"" ..
/ l. Blanchard. ran ior q hundred ns :
of - own
In iss?. Pluck. m Pr,''t aud lar :.
ran from Aug q until q va aiken ~
Ds--.tni-r FOR ih" in"yitail" VauiuuII'
.Srulad NV the equally ,u"NIlanl" W
Blanchard. and that ran iu, Ius' N''7'
months, with ~ lea-' a hundred l'fI"lN-
anc-s -trcedum.- ia" thrill"r i'f l>>1
Was a failure. lasting Iu~' q tunu'h. iN.
Cinderella. ~" J.sntomiin'. ran tom -.
~ 20 April l3. turning another c"riufN
After that ypaf. -" annual ~hlI.'S
shocker- w"r- produced month ia'''.
about h" middle ui September. and though
All have l--,u ~u,,,---iui enough. IA" pa
;oiniin. -.s-,u has prevented th"in tt''n
making ih- expected hundred ugh'
They have all com" pr'''v ,l'-'' 2" 90"
r.-rnrd and -lu.. may have attained
The tan'omIm''~, however. haN" r'a''
that r,-,,rd fIo-r han once. tor uaiiu'--
morning teTt, ,rmauo"~. they call ''..1
here ar" usual with pant"mrn".. ''"'t.
not with regular play
a. a q IN