The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-09
THEATRICAL ODDS AND ENDS.
RICHARD GANTHONY'S $1,000
PRIZE FROM THE COURT.

There Are Others-viola Allen Break.
ms Recerds--A Barber shop Incident.
The astonishing verdict Of 81 600 secured
BY Richard Ganthony against a London
daily newspaper forcibly calls to our atten-
tion the fact that libel in the British capital
10 not to be sneezed at. Fancy the liberal
doses OF fines and imprisonment American
theatrical writer's would receive II London
legal conditions prevailed here. All the
Daily Express said was that George Haw-
trey rewrote A Message from Mars! Is
that 20 wickedly libellous? After witnessing
the clumsy machinery OF Mr.. Ganthony's
overpraised modern morality we think
that 1t might be easily rewritten.
The announcement that Edmund Rus
sell, the English actor" will essay Hamlet
this month at a special matinee has set
memories to work, As the gentleman shows
himself quite freely on the avenue all doubts
have been set at rest. IL is the same Ed
mund Russell, who with Mrs. Edmund Rus
sell. lectured on gems and their symbolism
at Hartman Hall over ten years ago. Mrs.
Russell-who remarked well-known poet
since dead-was an apostle OF Delsarte.
Mr.. Russell. II we remember Alright, did not
betray any marked aptitude as elocutionist
or actor. He seemed rather lanquid-nay,
tepid is a better word. He went in for
the intensely aesthetic pose and his eyes.
they were yearning and soulful.
One reads with awe that he has offered
TO Drina de Wolfe the role Of Opheid be-
cause OF her good work in The Tanning
Of Helen Mr. Russell must be humor-
list, for only humorst could supply such
a non sequaur
We fail TO see why -McFadden's Flats"
should be Disseminated against while
@Spotless Town" escapes. Without wishing
to incite TO riot we do not mind telling the
A. o. II. that Irish ladies' and gentlemen
are made to say and do things at the Four
teenth Street Theatre that may prove
highly distasteful to sensitive Celtic palates.
Nor are the Germans spared. Whoever
Jaw Of the stage Tor on) two such Germans
"a Carlin and Brown? And the man with
the collar buttons and the Dave Warfield
hat? No, it's not fair, this -McFadden
Flats emeute. But what laundering
advertisement for the piece'
1t suggested itself that the reason Mr..
Ganthony was so hot after the newspaper
is because he sold the rights Of a Message
From Mars to Charles Hawtrey for $500
financial suicide. as the play has been a
small gold mine to its owner. At least
this Is the story related.
Paul Kester is in a hurry to overtake
Clyde Fitch. He is said to he writing a
Galland, another for Julia Marlowe and COL
laborating with Mr.. Mansfield on still an
other. Quite Kesterlleldian!
Viola Allen and Hall Gaines The Eternal
City have been enjoying great business on
the road. Now ensconced in Philadelphia
for the second time this season, Miss Allen
4 II - ~.
In Newark, Einghamton, Wilkes-Barre.
Reading and Allentown. Viola, Viola,
We may mock at your riold chest tones,
but they certainly create havoc in the bosom
OF the bucolic.
At the Savoy the other night Mr.. Miller
uttered his regular speech in the first act
MY play will not be success; there is:
no -se1tst in Il ard immediately a lady
in the front screamed with laughter. 1t
was one Of the original 'Florodora- sex
tet. Never mind the name. 1t may
begin with an s. Mr.. Miller regarded her
with coolest Of eyes. As she sat shivering
under the glacial reproof matronly woman
behind her said in severe accents:
A horrid professional person, l sup
pose." Then Mr.. Miller went on with the
subjugation Of Helen Cabot.
How and where did the report originate
that Viola Allen was to be managed by
Charles B. Dillingham; next season? No
one is more mystified in the matter than
this energetic young manager. Besides,
he has his hands full with Miss Marlowe,
to mention only one OF his stars. The curl
ous part OF the story is this Miss Allen has
never approached Mr.. Dillingham;: Mr.
oer Nor Wi n he be Rer manager Areh neat
season. Who viii be, now that she has
signifed her intention of leaving Lieber
4 Co.?
The personal tastes Of our theatrical
managers would furnish interesting facts
for psychologists. For example, there is
Mr.. Benjamin Roeder. His pet mania Is
chamber music That Is, he will go with
out his meals 30 that he may enjoy good
music. Beethoven or Tschaikowsky
string qua rtet. a violin concerto of Mem
delssohn, Bruch, Brahms, are the delights
Theatre. And he hears lot of good music
81 home, for he is ms rried to Geraldine
Morgan. the well-known violinist and leader
OF the Morgan String Quartet. With ell
the comforts, OF musical fireside, Mr..
days.
While her audiences are looking at
Blanche Ring as the Jewel Of Asia that
graceful charmer often takes notes on htr
own account.
lam especially unused when our twelve
show girls are singing and parading through
Love Is q Game, a feature Of the last act.
From the wings ] can scan the facs Of
those on the other side Of the footlights
The visa ges of the men cypress delight,
appre cir ton, satisfs ction. whilc the women
az a rule. look rather disconcerned or Else
contemptuous. l ina CINE that I almost
hear one ss ying: Humph l don't think
much of those figures, do you? 7 gut AS
the mana gers must be blind or girls awfully
scarce. Why. We could do better than
THAR
Miss Ring will he writing a book next.
Such penetration as this should not be
allowed TO wither. But we fear her book
might not be popular with the girls-she is
too truthful.
Harry b. Smith is, as his friends know,
an omnivorous reader and an authority
on half dozen literary epochs. His library
makes the heart Of the book collector grow
sad-it seems to embrace 50 many treas
ures. He is great stckler for proper cos
tuning and is an encylop dia on the sub
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