The sun., 1902-01-26

Win. Bacx of his desk Is a switchboard
OF telephones connecting with his city
theatres. In the building. where his Offices
occupy three stories, il telegraph room
come from further points. Every morning
the previous nights receipts OF all his COM
panies are laid before him. The heads OF
bureaus report 10 him daily. He IL the
head centre of his business. There Is ample
method and no madness In his conduct
! OF Il. He is not a reckless plunger. lie
takes big risks, but not heedessly. II ere
is much misconception on that point, as
there is on others about this remarkable
man In view OF the fact that he Is the
most famous theatrical manager on earth.
surprisingly few particulars concerning
him arc known.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell ia fortunate in
having had a fortnight without rivalry
by any other considerable novelty ut our
theatres. The remaining week OF her visit
will be full of new plays. and the one TO be
introduced by her will have TO share atten-
tion with seven othcrs. But she Ia bound
to have had her due even In such compe-
tition, because she is an object Of especial
interest. She need not have used her
pound of dog or ton of tanbark for adver-
tising purposes.
| In her command Of first-rate dramatic
1 atN' III dDliNl W sell btdNS ot -
apiece, she IL a success here. There is a
| great deal OF satisfaction and hardly any
enthusiasm in her audiences. Those who
berate are as few as those who adulate.
| The singularity of the handsome woman
and the intellectually of the facile artist
make up the value OF this remarkable
actress. careful appraisal OF her assets
cannot count emotional potency among
l. lii Ntpfr
| apathy while admiring and enjoying her
| performance II she would playjus once in
East Lynne" or Camille" we would know
whether her acting is necessarily fearless,
Her sinners are a dry-eyed lot, and we
cannot conclude by them positively that
she couldn't make us weep IL she were to
try. But we can get along comfortably
without information on that point and
remain contented with A'rs. Campbell as
a unique entertainer. She offers unpleas-
ant characters in unpopular plays, and we
accept them With qualification and no ado.
Mrs. Campbell ventures bravely with
material that invites disaster and her re-
ward is sufficient. While her main de-
pendence here as in London is the quite
normal and shrewd work of Pinero she
uses the vagaries Of Bjornson, Sudermann.
fNntRdTUy ana HIdiulElN 30 rs
TO satisfy all the demand there is for them,
thus gaining peculiar distinction with
no loss of money. No other act ress has
done as well or Jared as well with these
literary plays. The falsity of their pre-
tenoes irritates some of US but generally
we are able TO smile superior TO that feeling
and get pleasure from the merits even
from the odd defects which they present.
Mrs. Campbell is exceptionally qualified
for the kind Of work she has chosen. Her
manner Is nervousy alert, her temperament
sensitive. her method expert and her mem
tality keen, but more to her purpose is
her suggestion in face and voice of n GER
tain self-absorption as though what you
see and hear were involuntary outgivlngs
and not acting" at all. II seems TO come
from the gray matter in her brain and not Z
the red blood in her heart; therefore 1t
gives cool satisfaction and does not excite !
warm emotion; therefore II Is e1ectual IN !
neurotic roles and might be less 30 IN those |
that are free OF abeTIant tendency. IL Will |
be well II the bringing here of Mrs. Camp !
bell by Liebler \ Co. leads to more being |
done here in an independent theatre
way-not with contempiuJus attitude 7
toward the ajority, who would not care /
for II, but in the service of the minority,
whose interest could only be held 10y \
adequate performances The Academy Of |
Dramatic Arts L. commendahle. David .
Belasco promises 20 do his artistic duty 10y /
the futile. Why doesn't Charles frOhman /
casional matine- Il the impossible:
In George BERNARD Shaw = book Of "Play-,
Pleasant and iupi"l-Iut' there is one al
the very end called MIR. Nlrren'- Pro- /
fes-ion' II l. too nasty 10 discuss iu detail ,
and no one should have been surprised or
annoyed that London Law would no, allow |
IT to be- produced in public. A little over
a week ago an organization called the Stage
Society subscribed enough money to give
a private performance of this foul pi,c, IT
literal ure and gathered IN large number at
the A"N Lyric tluD TO -ce the thing The I
~ range organization RY' good company
too, a far Hamp" h~lug Fanny BfouAu, /
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