The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-14
THE STAGE HERE And ABROAD
A NEW PLAY FOR MRS. CARTER
IN HAND. but UNNAMED.
Three Authors Joined In Making lt-vance
Thompson One Of Them-Beerbohm
Tree TO Play as the Pope-Duses
Mr.. Smith-G0ssip OF Four Capitals.


Thompson One Of Them-Bcerbohm
Tree to Play S the Pope-Duses
Mr.. Smith-GOssip OF Four Capitals.
The now play Of Mrs. Leslie Carter next
season IL as yet unnamed. Mr.. Belasco
recently received the manuscript from one
Of the aut hons, Mr.. Vance Thompson. The
other two are Eugene Morand and Marcel
6chwob. All three men are known In the
world OF letters and theatres. Morand Is a
Partisan. whose -Izeyl" was written for
Sarah Bernhard. Gabriel Pierne COM
posing the incidental music. 1t was sue
cessful here with its blending Of Budd-
hism, Sardou-the -Tosca' murder scene
ia limited at-.its swoonings, deliriums and
atmosphere, heavy with Oriental sensuous-
mess The book Of -Messaline, in which
Talve appeared last season at the Metro
Politan Opera House. is Morand's, but De
Laras commonplace. melodramatio music
swamped the production. -Gr'selides
Ia another artistic libretto Of Morand's;
he also wrote BLESSED Isle which proved
B~rnhardt success last season.
Marcel Schwob Is not so well known In
America IA his contemporaries. The son
of rabbi, he was born In 1857 at Chaville.
Seine -Oise. He comes OF Alsatian stock.
His exquisite collection OF prose lyrics
they are really lyric and yet remain prose-
entitled Mines was translated by A.
Irnalie: while his much-admired lie Croi-
saie des Enfants" has been done into
fnglish by Henry COPY. In company
with Eugene Morand, Schwob translated
Hamlet" and 1t was their version that
Sarah Bernhardt used In her ill-advised
Improvisation OF the character. IL Is
hardly necessary To add that Of the trans
lated "Hsmlets, this IL the only one that
has preserved 1.-THE OF the beauty, dig
nifty and power OF the original, Such
line as -Frailty, thy name Is woman is not
paraphrased into "Mademoiselle Frailty is
the name Of LADY," Schwob was the first
Freedman to recognize the talents OF the
late Robert Louis Stevenson: indeed, he is
now on his way home from visit to Steven
sons tomb In Samoa His wife is dis
tinguished actress of the Come1ie Fran
caisc, Mile. Margaret Moreno.
Mr.. Vance Thompson Is an America
poet. novelist. playwright and journalist
well known in New York. He is no novice
in stage work. his first efforts In panto-
mines written for Pillar NORM, having
met with critical approval. Mr.. Thomp-
son resides in Paris.
1t IL not a difficult matter TO predict
that the new play will be OF the historical
sort that It's stage pageantry Will be some
thing to remember But whether the sub
ject Is French or American no one seems
to know. In all probability, IL will be the
latter. Mr.. Belasco has not forgotten
Mrs. Carriers success in The Heart OF
Maryland
1t Ia exciting TO learn that Beerbohm
Tree while in Dublin will play the part Of
Pope Plus X. instead Of Baron BoneM In
Hall Gaines Eternal City, At first there
were considerable doubt and speculation
IA to the wisdom Of producing the pie
an the city by the Liifey. But Mr.. Tree
Is a bold man and will take the risks OF
cat-calls. brickbats and critical remon-
strance~ from the pen Of Mr.. George Moore.
Although Mr.. Caine was conveyed about
Rome bya clever newspaper correspondent
he seems to have garnered as little Of real
Italian life In his novel as has Marie Corelli
IN hers.
II IL not true that Gaines American
managers have secured an injunction In
this city as ainst the singing OF AN Cohens
are alike TO me-
We may sec vesta Tilley again, I his
time In serious work. Louis Parker has
written a play for the favorte male i'm
personator.
Henry Hadley, the young American
composer, Is hard at work on music for
Score for Audrey
Elizabeth Marbury, whose activity is
not hampered by the fact that she weighs
over hundred, has gone South for rest
Too many out-of-town premitres have
exhausted her temporarily. But her mail
follows her, all the same!
Blanche Walsh seems to have met wit h
success as Sdiammbo in Stanisaus STANCES
THE Daughter of Hamilcar' Yet Fau-
bert is the last author whose novels should
l@ drafnatized. Their essence quite evapo-
rates when translst ed into theatrical terms.
We all recall the distressing fate of Reyers
opera founded on the same epical subject.
kyrle Belew ought to make q dashinp
burglar in Mornings THE Amateur Cracks
man.
Joseph Smith, the personal representa-
tive of Duse. is, "a may be surmised, an
American. But the man Is thoroughly
ltalanate. Seven years residence in Flor
ence has made him so. He still hangs on
70 the name Of smith refusing any soften
ing of its rigid sound. Smlt holini has been
suggested and refused He loaf mes Schmidt.
Duse and Smith is an odd combination.
castle in the Air. new comic opera
recently produced in the Wcst. recalls the
TACT lllat Devon hopper ana Della Fox
starred in piece Of the same name, or very
near it, Castles in the Air" over decade
ago at the Broadway Theatre. 1t was the
joint work of Louis Harrison, Charles Alfred
Byrne and Gus kerker. and was very enjoy
able
Mrs. Patrick Campbell's-she rightfully
resents the "Pat"-contract with Charles
Frohman closes in January. II may be
extended until May. THE JOY of Living"
Sudermann's powerful drama, has proved
the strongest attraction Of her season.
II is good news to hear that Edward Har-
rigan will return to the stage. He IL to play
an Irish character in Clyde Fitch's new
piece. The Bird in the Cage"--a very attrac-
tive title, by the way.
Michael Thornton has adapted Tolstoys
Resurrection" for the English stage. This
novel has dramatic possibilities. though in
gloom 1t will rival sThe Dominion Of Dark
ness"
A first announced in these columns,
Julia Marlowe will appear in stage version
OF Cables novel The Cavalier" at the
Criterion, Dec. =. Miss Marlowe is we'll
again.
A banquet will be rendered Annie Yea
mans Nov. II, when the two hundredth