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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12

secutive weeks not very long ago work
was at a standstill on account OF the
irouworkers' strike. Mr.. Hammerstein
says he found it was of no use TO worry;
to get theater building when the build
crs won't build is a task too great for
even a twentieth century theater mana
ger.
In Daniel Frohman's new building. the
Lyceum. in West Forty-ffth Street,
e. Ii. Sothern is slated 70 open September
q. in Justin II. McCarthy's play, The
Proud Prince" This theater has been
fortunate in the steadiness of work. and
has progressed almost without inter-
ruption since it's start. Except the New
Amsterdam in West Forty-second Street,
it is the only one that has escaped the
results of the strike. The tall white
columns over the enu anee are all fin
ished, and work on the inside is going
on rapidly.
The recent labor disputes have affect
ed none of the new playhouses more
strongly than the Hudson. of which
Henry B. Harris is manager. and the
delay IN this case has been peculiarly
oxasperating because so very little work
IS needed entirely to finish the strue-
ture. A day or two ago. in speaking Of
the troubles and delays resulting from
the failure Of capital and labor TO agree,
Mr. Harris said in regard to the open
/ ing of the Hudson in the fall:
1--WE were almost at the point where
we would be independent of the work
men who are being called out every few
days when 15I plasterers quit and left
US helpless. Two more weeks. more or
less. and the building itself would have
been done. and the diapers and interior
decorators. who are not among the strik-
ing forces. could have gone in and com
pleted everything"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Hope and His Heroines.
Grace KimbaIl Depicts Him as a Pro-
nounced Enthusiast.

~SA-ASSN -@AAhuSAaSl.
Apropos of the marriage last wednes-
day of Anthony Hope. an interesting ex-
position of the authors ideals In the way
of a stage heroine is supplied by Miss
Grace Kimball, who was the original
Princess Flavia in this country in the
production of The Prisoner Of Zenda,"
by Mr.. Sothern.
Miss KimbaH. by the way. had al
most completed arrangements TO ap-
pear as another Hope heroine this com
ing season in a dramatization Of The
Indiscretion OF the Duchess" but owing
to Mr. Hopes disinclination to permit
the dramatist TO transform the duchess
from a married woman into a youthful
heroine. Miss Kimball abandoned the
project and will be seen as some other
kind of heroine, possibly on Broad
way.
when we were rehearsing The Pris-
oner of Zenda.''' said Miss Kimban last
week, Mr.. Hope took an awful lot Of
time and labor TO impress upon me the
absolute nobility of the Princess Flavia.
her stately manner. her royal carriage.
and above all the dignity of her love Cor
Rudolph Rassendyl.
81 wish that l could remember now all
the enthusiastic eulogies he pronounced
over Flavia. who at that time was his
best loved heroine. I remember that he
preferred TO have her move as little as
possible upon the stage because he be-
lieved that movement detracted some
what from her imperious and command
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Two Large Theaters.

The Hudson. IS long as the work kept
up, remained some way ahead of the
other thcaters. All the draDeries, fur
nishings. stage fixtures. and countless
other interior nccessaries and orna-
ments were prepared while the building
was going on and are ready to be moved
in as soon as the plastering is done.
Ethel barrymore is scheduled 10 open at
the Hudson late n September. Unless
the house is ready. Mr. Harris says.
some other place will probably have to
be found for her
Everything points to the prompt COM
pletion of the enormous New Amster-
dam Theater now being constructed by
the Fuller Company for Klaw & En-
LANCER on the block bounded by Forty
second and Forty-third Streets. Seventh
and Eighth Avenues. Owing TO the
agreement made between the Fuller
company and the building trades the
hammers and drills have not been idle
an instant The New Amsterdam is TO
be one of the largest theaters in the
world; one OF the items entered on the
purchase side OF the account is 1000
tons Of steel, with everything else in
proportion.
One of the most interesting phases of
the situation to theatrical folk is the
probability of stars, such as Mansfield
and Miss Barrymore, being without a
stage when the time for their appear
ance rolls around. OF course. such a
thing may never happen. since. in the
case Of the house being unfinished, the
managers will not leave any steps I'M
taken 20 secure places for very promi-
neut figures.
The general situation. to say the least,
is one of extreme uneasiness for the
managers. They recognize their help
Iessness where the inclination. of the
workmen and the power of the walking
delegates are concerned. All they can
do is to wait.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
All Were Refused.


SO # goes throughout a long list
which Liebler & Co. have now on file.
and the movements of those connected
Herewith. by the way. they are just now
keeping under close surveillance. OF
course. the request had to be denied in
all cases. for this is sort OF an in
fringement that has to be checked, and
checked right in the start, for other
wise one is apt TO have trouble on
hand. and that of character which is
as tenacious and persistent as was Sin
bad's "Old Man OF the Sea" Hence II
is that Liebler & Co have instructed
their attorneys. Messrs. Howe & Hum
mel, TO take summary action whenever
and wherever it may be necessary to
maintain the rights they have purchased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
d. GOSSIP OF THE DRAMA FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW SD

his peculiar talent and skill. That the
actor adds something to role beyond
the mere Interpretation and bodying
forth of the dramatist's ideas is shown
by the fact that no two actors present a
particular character with Identical eff
less to say IL is not-there is an apt in
stance in the Paula Tanqueray of Nine.
Jane Hading. which has very little in
common with the original exposition OF
the part by Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
However. all this would-be placing
and ticketing Of the arts is a pettifog-
ging business. Each art has it's excelling
beauties. Lower in one thing. it is high
er in another"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
DTamatiZinq Dickens.
Charles Hawtrey's Suggestion Has Evil
IDENTIFY Found Support.


The works of Charles Dickens are EVIL
IDENTIFY in high favor at present with the
adapter. At the Grand. Islington. sew
eral examples OF plays founded on the
great English novelist's stories have
lately been seen. And now the Adel-
phi, in London. is about TO be pressed
into the same service
Some months ago it was mentioned
that Charles Dickens Syndicate was
in process of formation. To that dehn-
lite shape has at length been given. Its
organizers are mainly actors. and at the
head of the little band stand Charles
Cartwright, Harry Nichols, Frank
Cooper. and T. Gideon Warren.
With William Greet they have con-
cluded arrangements 10 start proceed
ings at the Adelphf on August bank
holiday, their first essay being stage
version of Mr.. Warren and Ben
Landeck of David Copperheld" In that
Mr.. Cartwright will appear as DanI
Peggotty. Mr.. Nichols as Micawber. Mr..
Cooper as Ham. and Miss Leasing. who
for the nonce deserts musical comedy
for drama, as Little Emily Negotia-
tons are also on foot TO secure Robert
Pateman for the role Of Uriah Heep.
II Will be like old times come again to
find Mr.. Cartwright and Mr.. Nichols on
the boards of the Adelphi, where, II
tradition counts for anything. they are
sure Of hearty welcome. Adaptations
Of three other novels by Dickens are
also in readiness.
When Charles Hawtry was last in
America he suggested what a mine OF
unworked material there was in Dickens.
1t looks as If others think so. too Most
Of the old adaptations of Dickens Nfu
not pass muster with modern audiences.
but there seems no reason to doubt that
with proper handling good results may
follow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Warranted to Suit.

Knowing his public, also knowing
that Paris would flout and scout such an
amorphous, undramatic mess, Sardou
issued a pronunciamento that his waa
not the historical Dante. nor vet a the
atricaI Dante; but 1.-The moral Dante"
AS a press agents catch word the
moral Dante" is good. very good. The
phrase baited for the English market
has been eagerly swallowed. Drury
Lane is nightly thronged. Special matt
ness are given, and country eurates. in
company with maiden aunts. may be
seen at every performance. The play
is a pulpit theme. Articles appear in
reviews and Constant Reader writes
TO editors on debatable points.
No wonder, Never on sea and land
has such a muddled story been enacted
before the footlights. 1t has good points.
however. You can go in early. go in
late. leave at the beginning Of an act or
vanish at the end. and you will know
as much as the man who Clues himself
in his stall four weary hours.
There is food IN Sardou's Dante for
every manner OF mental appetite-exeept
for the unfortunate who bankers after
logic relevancy, proportion and eharac-
terizaticn. There are tableauX Tor the
feeble-minded. who. like the poor, are
with US always in the theater; there are
vague passages executed in semi-dark-
ness, vague phrases murmured and
mumbICd-for Sir Henry is on the stage
nearly all the time-near stained glass
windows. with swords and mufied oaths.
hell fire and hate lurking in the gloom;
| for the mystically disposed there are
| pictures and Irvingesque poses. very ef-
fective, in which the great Florentine
exile gazes simply at his daughter, or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
The ACtoT-Mandger.
A Revival of an Old ContTo-
VeTsu as to His Value-IrV-
ing, Mansfield, and Soth-
eIn as Examples.

London is again agitated over the
perennial question o, the value or
otherwise of the actor manager system.
With so conspicuous an example as
Henry Irving on the affirmative side
of the proposition there yet remain
those who would contend that the re-
suits where the proprietor is both actor
and manager are not always good.
Doubtless some abuses of privileges
have at times resulted in such cases.
for with the best intentions in the
world the actor IS after all-frst and
foremost-the actor. with the actors
liking for the center of the stage and
fat parts But to controyert this
influence. he is apt to be also the man
of artistic perceptions not wholly in
fluenced by commercial interests.
In this country E. H. Sothern-in eff
feet an actor manager, since his pro-
auctions are practically of his own
making-and Richard Mansfield, come
to mind as conspicuous examples. Their
influence certainly calls for no great
regret.
In connection with this subject the
London Stage has this to say:
"Actor-managers, in common with
other persons. are only human. No
doubt they have their faults, and they
themselves would be the last to say
that. in management. they have a mo-
nopoly of the virtues. But, without any
question. the best and most vital work
for the English stage has been done by
the actor manager, from Garrick's
time to our own.
Yet IL is freely charged in this cor
respondence that they subordinate
every interest to their personal aggran-
dizement- They are charged with not
allowing dramatists to write plays. only
parts for them. They are charged with
refusing to entertain plays unless the
authors are supported by financial
syndicates or rich hackers They are
charged with reducing the female ele-
ment in plays. and bringing about a
complete dearth of leading actresses.
They are charged-this by the Daily
Mail on fits own authority-with de-
grading the accessory members of their
companies. They are charged with CO.
ercing the critics. who, in their whisp-
ering humbleness, have set up the act
oror-manager at the expense of the
drama and the stage az large.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Mrs. Wigs" on the Stage.
Plans of the Liebler Company and Tri-
ais of the Owners.

The following is provided The Times
by the press agent for the Liebler Com
pany:
II the amazing demand in amateur
circles for stage presentation of some
kind. almost any kind. in fact, of Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch" and her
protege 'Lovey Mary" is to be regarded
as estimating the popularity of the pro-
posed bona ide dramatization Of Mrs
Annie Hogan Rice's two delightful
stories, then a brilliant future certainly
awaits Mrs. Anne Crawford Flexner's
work-for II is she. the friend, comrade.
and fellOw-citizen of the distinguished
authoress. Mrs. Annie Hogan Rice. of
Louisville. KY, to whom has been dele
gated the task, and her work, SO far as
completed, gives promise of being wholly
delightful and thoroughly satisfactory
No sooner was the announcement OF
the proposed dramatization made public
than the Office of Liebler & Co.. who
had purchased Of Mrs. Rice the dramatic
rights of the books named, was flooded
with personal applications and written
requests from the four points of the COM
pass, and from nearly every State in the
Union. for permission to give amateur
presentations Of newly-made dramatiza-
tions of Mrs. Wiggs"-dramatizat
without authority or excuse, and assum-
ing all sorts of shapes.
Some of these undertakings went no
further than to propose TO give read
ings" from the books. but from this
point the propositions expanded. until
they embraced everything which. in the
judgment of the amateur author. was to
be looked for. or expected. in a complete
play. They came from schools. from
churches. from societies, from indi-
viduals and. almost without exception.
they made their plea "for sweet char
itY's sake"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Her First Open-AiT TheateT.
England's Genius, Slow to Awaken,
Now Builds on Large Scale.

The first open-air theater in the
United Kingdom has just been opened
at Port Sunlight, in Lancashire, by the
mayor OF Bolton. The permanent part
Of the building contains a stage fifty
feet wide by thirty-flve feet deep. with
dressing rooms and greenroOms on ono
side and rooms for band, stores, car
penters, and for the painting and stor-
ing OF scenery on the other. Large
doors for the admission of scenery oc-
cupy the back of the stage, which is
framed toward the front by a fine
proscenium arch OF terra Gotta
twenty-four feet wide and twenty feet
high, fitted with a revolving steel cur
tain. In front of this is the orchestra
Enclosure.
The building Is constructed OF Ruabol
red bricks, and is in the classic style,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
MEMBERS OF THE LIEBLER CAST FOR MRS. wIGGse

Peg-Leg Chris. and the rest of Mrs
Rice's famous characters, is any indi-
cation of the popularity of the book and
the play. then q lively season should
certainly await Mrs. Wigs.
The play. it is said. retains all the
atmosphere of the book. and adds no in
considerable fresh interest, Mrs. Rice
contributing her own personal aid and
assistance to that end. George c. Tyler
has cast the play with all the care, dis
erection. and judgment of which he is
capable. and those who know Mr.. Tyler
and understand his capacity will com
prehend that that means a great deal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Irving and SaTdou's Dante. I"
Doubt as to the Dramatic Force of the
Presentation.

NNuDe al " tHe OIaAudlic fOICe OF the
Presentation.
1t does not tax the imagination greatly
to eonjure up vision of yfctorien Sar-
dou at Marty summoning TO him the de-
voted Moreau and saying: ''Voyons.
mon cher. Henri Irving. the English
man, you know-the man who bought
my obespierre'-Ah. how glad I sm
Paris has not yet seen it-wishes a new
play, long one. IN il he must have a
part that will exhibit him at all points:
he must be Matthias and Benedick. Ham
let and Macbeth. a Beckett and Don
Quixote. Mephistopheles and. and
Robespierre. Every trick of feature,
gesture. information must we put into
this new play. which will sum up as in
magic mirror the complete profess
sional career of Henri He is no longer
young. no longer spry. and he would
make money-enfin. mon cher Moreau.
what have We in our desk?"
Then the faithful collaboration
searches. Sardou has been busy man.
much may be expectedfin the way OF
sketches. fragments. hints. suggestions,
memoranda Perhaps a play on the
theme of Cromwell-bah, that egotistic
Victor Hugo did something OF the kind,
didn't he? Anyhow, an ecclesiastic is
wanted. Would Luther? No Sir
Henri is not stout enough. Pascal.
Chaucer, Richard Mansfield. George
Washington - the Delaware episode
would be immense-Buddha. Mahomet,
BOulanger. Bismarck. even Disraeh, or
say Swift? Dante! cries Moreau trium-
phantly- The profile, the fatal profile,
Here is a pattern that will fit Irving
like paper on the theater wall So the
fires are lighted, the machinery whizzes
and In due course of time Sir Henri
gets his play. an extraordinary concoc-
ton. ranging in form from the Eddas TO
Christmas pantomime. Dante" might
be called a bad historical melodrama,
though il is much more than that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12

When it is question Of only few more
days and he finds some morning that not
single man has turned up then it is
that his patience is at an end
AS said before. Mr. Hammerstein does
not expect the Drury Lane to be fin
ished at any early date. For seven con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12

ing manner Even in the love scenes
with Mr. Sothern he didn't wish Flavia
to look straight into the eyes OF Ru-
doloh.
since then, now that he has a real
Flavia TO make love to himself? When
1 recall his numerous directions and
ideas concerning his ideal stage heroine.
1 find myself wondering II he realized
them all fin the nervous Mrs. Hawkins"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
A la Quaint Japan.
R. L. Beecher's Ballad of Western
Thought and Eastern Speech.

R. L. Beecher's Ballad of Western
Thought and Eastern Speech.
Some of Robert Livingston Beecher's
lyrics, written for the new Japanese
opera "Otoyo," now being sung on the
Madison Square Garden roof. are quaint
and amusing. This is taken from the
finale of the first act:
Men
Ten Yen must die,
He must Observation-Disclosures!
What fall for his pridei
Suicide
Ten Yen
We pity you, and now before You lutter
Out Of the light and into darkness utter,
Something we've got TO say, and We must do it.
You're going far away.
Away from here.
Journeys must end and there's but one end to il.
You're going far away
But whereg Oh, where?
Hail. hail to the slowly dying.
Hes corpse Wen all admire.
He's fat enough for frying
Won't he squirm when he IS on the fire?
Hail, hail. 10 the dear departed.
When he's in a warmer spot
Wen all be broken hearted!
He's brick. but areProof he is noti
Ten Yen
You touch me, friends, with your applause
And sorrow at nv removal.
I've a habit Of returning home quite late.
Are you on7
am often kept by pressing cares Of state
Are you on?
I've a wife who drives me crazy.
As a morning frost she's daisy,
And u0int I'm quite hazr--
Is she on?
Many motormen you meet. both short and tail.
Are you on?
Who can never seem % notice you at all.
Are you On2
When the steps seem creased with butter,
And you founder in the gutter,
The conductors sure 70 mutter-
Are you onf'
There's lot Of jealous folk upon the stage.
Are you on?
Can't you hear them in the wings there, fume
and rage?
Are you onY
They TO all saying, "Ain't he horrid?''
That high voice and that low foreheadI''
Don't he look like" (s0mething torridD
Are you on?
They run or 1 run on Then YOU know there's
some one on!
But those Holsters never do know when they
meet a paragon.
They're all green-eyed, but no wonder!
Here I'm stealing all their thunder,
They all rap
Cause you clap me-
Are you on?
I always knew l and my laws
Had met with your approval.
Brace up, old sport, and die dead game;
We all must kick the bucket
The man whose science made this wreck
Eats wireless macaroni.
If ! had that wireless dago's neck,
There'd be no more Marconi.
o father mine, what can I DO to free YOU from
this peril?
Oh. don't be alarmed over that. my dear:
I've as many lives vet as a cat. my dear.
I'll bluff the Mikado and kick very hard-o
Before I'm thoroughly dead
can bride without giving offense, my dear.
For have few dollars and cents. my dear.
And no matter what's said, I'm officially dead
Tho I'm semi-oficially here,
This topical song appears in the sec
ond act:
I'm sport, and with all games Of chance I'm
Are YOU onY
All my games, OF course. you know, are strictly
Are you on?
With the shells. roulette, and poker
I'm Jolly, all-rouRd joker:
/ can skin Wall Street broker
Are you on?
are you on? Are you on?
To my little game of conf
/ am out for all the dough
That I can get my hands upon
I'm as honest as they make EN-
But my sleeves-I never shake EN-
Extra aces show no tracesi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Acting and Art.

The same writer. discussing the much
mooted question. rs Acting an Art?'
says:
Lovers of the obvious and the futile
seem TO be. like the poor. always with
US. Various correspondents OF the Daily
Mail have been exercising their easily
deluded wits over the long disposed Of
question whether acting is an art, and.
n so. what place It occupies IN the hier-
archy of the arts. OF course. If acting
is not art. Il Is difficult TO say what II
is. Were acting the mere projection of
crude nature on the stage all would have
IL within their means 10 be actors. H.,
on the other hand, acting were simply a
mechanical process. Irvings and Bern
hardts might be turned out as from an
automatic box. But. in point OF fact.
acting is that subtle reduction OF gift to
skilled application which is art in the
truest sense.
THE root meaning OF art is 70 TT, TO
Join: and an art is liberal OF mechani-
cal TO the extent TO which IL requires or
does not require talent or genius. Car
pentry Is largely a mechanical art.
sculpture or architecture liberal or
fine art
1T is strange that anyone Of any or
binary education should lack the small
amount Of perception that defines art in
these relations. Almost as strange is the
reluctance OF some minds. while admit
ting acting TO he an art. frankly TO give
IT a place in the company of the arts
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and these attorneys have already begun
work in accordance with their instruc-
tions.
If this extraordinary and evidently
manifest public disposition toward Mrs.
Wigs and the Cabbage Patch, and
Lovey Mary. and Mis- HAY, and Mr..
Stubbins, whom the gods Destroy" and