The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13

~ sutsd on any tern-.- and In anu'h.f
, "a and wife vii b. engaged Il they
H" ulnNc
-rl"Ct'on Nv King Edward ~ Ihaflr-
WyrthAm for k~nishthood instead % Geor 81
Ale or Bs>rbohm Tree ssems To
have b-cn expected by London theatrical
people Mr. wyndmAn Is older In years
and stage distinction thar either % N.
Others, his social hold u frmer and he has
done mor- for charity. MIR wyndham
IL not an American by birth. a. many have
supposed. but he served In our Federal
Army during the ars, year Of the War -
ihe Rebellion. and made his d4bu, as an
actor with John wilkes Booth In = shake
-rearean cas-, He returned to England In
ises and went, into Henry Irving's travelling
stock company His first London achieve
ment was In brighton. : a localized version
Of Bronson Hovard's Saratoga. In which
James Lewis had assumed In Auru.tin
Dsly's production. His sister Ia the wife
Of Mr. Howard After establishing himself
a. n ~fsvorite In farc~s at the Criterion he
took 70 comedies, such A. still Waters Run
Deep and David Garrick' Among hts
'Hosenary' and Tho Tyranny Of Tears
each 81 which Welded q part for John Drew
In this country, His latest success was
Mr. Danes Defense and his latest failure
was With The Mummy and the Hunmins
Rtrd The other actor knights are Henry
Irving. who earned the honor by his de velop-
mcnt - dramatic art In all It's branches,
and Squire Bancroft. who Il not unani-
uouslv thought to have deserved II except
for high rrspectabilitv. though he did bring
out tina Robertson comedies
There IL no way 10 ascertsin whether
Francis Cowlev Burnand was kniRhted
~ editor Of PNseh or a. a playwright. He
has written more than q hundrcd extravs-
ganyss, including '~ISion,- In which lydia
Thompson and her English blondes intro
our old.timers NAV recall that frtsky troupe
with it, Lisa Weber, Pauline Markham
and q Hariand, now Mrs Brander
Matthews. But Mr. Burnand's contri-
buttons TO The stage have not al Teen friyol-
ous He IL the author OF a dozen quite
serious dramas. still. IL seems unlikely
that the King preferred him as q play.
wright over P1nero. Jones. Grundv and
other better workers than he In staceland
Doubles the reward was for being Puroh's
editor There i. the same kind OF sperula-
tion a. 20 the knishting Of Conan Doyle
and Gilbert Parker Dr.. DOYLE wrote
The Story ~ Waterloo for Irving and pro-
vid.d the material for Mr. Gilet'e's acting
version 81 sherlock Holmes. : but probably
the narratives Of tho astounding detective
were what carried the point for him. MIR.
Parker i a dramatist ~ his own novels
The hes'owal Of knighthOod OF John
NCDougall displsssc~ some theatrical people
because, a. Chairman OF the Committee on
Theatres In tho Iondon County Council, he
led a movement agains, IN. sale 81 intoyi-
eating beverages not only IN music halls.
but IN dramatic houses A. well, His crusade
made a vast deal ~ trouble for the man
aver. but =, length he modified his views
considerably a vaudeville gained greatly
through It's incidental exploitation
A hvpnotis; make mischief IN = new
London drama, The Temptrs~s,' and In
that respect overshadows The siren, VINO
gives the title 90 tho piece He works his
mesm"ric spell m a Young wife 20 render
her compliant. on a maiden 70 make her
marry a man she doesn't love and on \
good chap - 'uru him into a fors"r Rui
this Is a play for tho rahhle. and 80 y would
never. never DO e. let the villain triumph
finally. He j. shot 20 death.
The apclition 81 the Reading COMMITTEE"
a, the n, Are Fra Gals has not fulhll"d
the promise 81 good new PLAYS and Director
Ciara'ie will nv 20 restore tho I'D method
e s.larting works for production. II II
many years since a masterpiece was die
closed a. the Subsidized house, hut ton-
slant Copuelin and Sarah B.rnhardt, since
their withdrawal from o.. hay" ohtainsst flue
writings from Sardou, R'staud and others
VI CoQueliu Il MAINTAINING his repu'a-
,ion a. a philauthropi-t He has just
cputrihutei ouc-'hird tho cost 81 a home
for -iN,y Gisarle~ ulavcr~
The next ann al m"lodrawa A. the Drnry
Ian. Is g. h. called tn" lrrrv Winner,
which indiCa'c- tat its tf"w' aud some IL
- -cero- will D." a--.ciated With horse
rariug. h9t no part'CrIlar- az" vet diNulg"d
Mrs John Wood vii have a par in II after
three wears absence from the stag" This
niece will n. brought 30 New York hv
hlaW 4 Frlanger. between whom and
Arthur Collins. the p0Iry- manager, an in
t,rcf ange 20 productions has proved enor-
mpu-lV profitable with -Ben-HuT and The
SI.rring Reautv and the Beast
Tho farce witch W. know aa All III"
Comforts ~ Home in is adaptation hv
William Gillette. u 10 he used IN England
a a musical piec"
Nance. O'Neilrs autumn engagement AZ
the London LvCaum II a puzzle ~ that CITY
a. veu A. m his Nis- O'\eill Wa ~"
leading actress ia the Mckee Rankin stock
c1mrauv al our Murray I'LL. and ~" crl'-
ic- aid attention 20 her a. particularly
strong IN emotional roles. hut ~" lackcd
IN psr-on and polish IN art MI.
Rankin j. a good teacher and NAV have
improved her greatly during the two years
ina which thcv have ts-'n In Australia The
Ivceum ha- been rented for her aud ~"
will shine, or try o.. a. a star on living :
stage In a round Of characters No out
slider s.cmS 10 know who're the capital
for the venture comes from.