The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-15
The STAGE IN FOREIGN LANDS.
70 MAR FROu GOi>s sR,/i
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isni o. Does Not seem to Hs,e s<.,~a
IN, o,ser Purpose TIVE ,m~r,csn
ACTRESSES Training win tnsi,.h

A play has b.-n produced In England
to keep a man from gong insane Il ~as
announced a. A Play bout a NAM. =
and IA" stage msnasrr dropI~d dead q
few hour- before IN. first performance
Ausus, Van Bi-n-. Tho actor and 'c-llis'
having played On" part more than 5000
times with nothing tn break N" munotony.
consulted a doctor a. To tho pnssib- effect
On hts brain. Thr specialist told hir tina,
It might bring on insanity. aud advised
him To vary hi- work With -hme quit. dif-
feront role Therefore. de Mr. Van Birnc
explained ON the FRS, night. in order to
prevent his browning dotty. b" collabnra,.d
with Mr.. Post. an American. In writing this
piece" When they had complsted u they
could think 81 no am and therefor" left
tho choiC. Ia the first audience Each
person had a slip Of paper on which 10 write
hiS suggestion. Tn. winner was 10 receive
SIS According 10 the latest Information.
Mr.. Van Biene had not ac~pt-i siy on.
Of the nance, though he promised To an
nouno, a choice on IN, second night Thou
sands of slips were sent ia. and Nj Van
Riena said tina, II none suited him tho SIS
would 60 to a hospital In Birmingham. in
which the production was made Tho
story Of the play was from III" German.
Mr.. Van Biene played a father who's. daugh-
ters did not marry happily They were not
r-moved from their unpleasant Conncc-
tons at the end 81 the drama. nor. indeed.
was any progress made. The time was
taken M with domesti s~qusbhling and
MIR Van Biene's excellent, 'crllo playing.
4 Russian opera singer recently got
$500 for Ave tooth. She nd not sll
them a, that pnc~ A. souvenir. hut lost
them IN = railroad accident, and = court
awarded hat generous sum for damages
f-denc Humbert. husband ~ The no,o-
nous s~windler, has written many plays.
Among them are -rh. Daughter 81 Srsos-
iris. The BLU Monster and The Am
bassadrss.- all in verse. They were
acted in u private theatre. the stage man
ag~r Of On. Paris Op@ra ,omiaue producing
them
Cert rude Warden. like her sister Flor
encr. who wrote the sensational novel
81 The Hous. on the Marsh has
At various times l-en an actress She
remembers. many wears ago, when playing
with her sister IA = 4 Burnsnd'- Our
selves. hat the two gentlemen guests
who talked 10 them w.r" by day "a green
groCer's assistant and a street Cpniurur.
Fifteen YEAR, later. when she wa in The
New Woman" AZ the Comedy. the guests
asked the stage manager tu permit them
10 wear thor own clothes. tscau-e u was
such a bpre 10 chang for IN" balls and
re,,'ptions 40 were 90 follow. Tn" result
was that SAl the play had run two or
three morih- the principals looked a bit
shabby. while tn" sue remained m"dish.
Beside tho American actor VII" are
abroad simply 20 rest until their next sea
son many are combining business with
pleasure Edward N Sothern Will look
in London for an actress to play Ophehd
in hi- D-~smber revival Of Hamlet
Mrs No'heTn, professionally known "a
virginia Harmed, has a visit to Arthur
Pinrro a. an object. She will study the
title role oi hs drama 81 Iris under him.
and IN tho fall he may com" To America
To stag" the play At Tho Criterion. ~ he
does not. Dion Bnucicault. who was as-o-
cia,ei with him In the London production.
will comc. When Viola Allen arrives Ia
England -hs also will consult with III"
author Of her next seasons play. II has
t-Sn her custom 10 10 that ever -incr sh.
trramr "A star. Before acting IN The
Christian ,ha visited Mr. and Mrs Hall
Tain" al their home on the lsle OF Man.
and she spent IA" summer before pro- |
dncine In Tho Palace 81 the King near
ford. A. The Eternal Ciiy- IL by Hall
Caine. she will again h. his and his wifs's
guest. Mr.. and Mn Nat Goodwin are
on their way To England, whore they hop
10 ~ell 'n|lF frNh'fs bhfhNpRls "f'NlA y |
Haines has gore 10 London to Try to sell
his wife's Hearts Afame, and Julia Mar
lowe j. In Pari~ huying gowns.
Ceql Cromwell, = member OF Henry
Irving's company In Faust used To 10
long 20 an amateur dramatic club with
Mrs. Patrick Csmp.rll. and they both
came forward professionally m the sam"
part. M Campbell had two or three |
wears of NOR" or lr~- obscure professional
labor bc'wsrn tho Anomalies club and
n..I. T-- uIAu EaaRa. aN- I
ander sent Tho Second Mr. Tanqueray
on tour h." took Mis- Cromwell from the
amateur To the professional stage
The latest thing IN N" way VI a London
music hall cong - Why Wa Dolly Cray
7, Is not surprising To know that, Dan Lrno
h singing II
The crnsor Of stage performances in
Constantinopl" stopped a tUek opera
company from PLAYING Ia Boh-ue he
cause In tho first act money BEARING III"
ofigy ~ a king i thrown m th" ground
This ~cnndaliz~d the Turk ~ being d.rog-
atory TO King Louis Philippe, III" monarch
OF The IrriDd
Among new PLAYS IN London during IA"
Last feN weeks IA" only complete -uCtS~-
.aems ~ ~ a one-aCt comedy hy Riii~r,
Hughes II j. called To- 4 NO-d den Wedding
aud shows a couple Who have separated
hs.fpre their MIA wear Of married life
In. bridc's fath-r - ignorant ~ TINS and
prupo~es 'o helpthein Cel"braie their WOODEN
wedding N as not 10 gri-v" him they
decide 10 ac, the parts OF happy husband
aud wife. and the day before they meet 10
arrange the deceit. but the father uneN-
t-ctedlv arrives ~ they hav" TO rush
unprrpar"d into the performance, and
thus their odd love il awakened Quite
unconsciuusly tho old man has reunited
thctn. This little play is u--i al he S~haftes-
bury a. a curtain rai-er to Madeleine Lu,'t"
Ryley'- fare 81 Tn" Grass Widow, which
l. a failure.
new translation ~ Ludwig fulda's
The Lost Paradise shows how much IA.
late Henry & w Mile added 20 IN" original
plot in making a drama for Charles froh-
inan's stock cOmpan Janet AchurCh has
simply made a translation for herself 20
nc, In. and much Of the strength 81 the
American adaptation i ~aid to b" lacking
However. the original docs NO, contain III"
silly comedy with which Mr. DE- Mile rather
helittlrd such a serious play