The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-01

and production of his story, The
Right of Way Parker's work has
been delayed because of his parlia-
mentary duties. If proper arrange
ments can be made, 1 hope to produce
the Right of Way in New York next
season, with Faversham as Charley
steele. Irving viii clay only Dante
in his American tour"
An Eastern writer recently made
the point that our theatrical mana
gers are mainly initiative It Is
-truism, too,' for managers will take up
a lead that others have opened much
quicker than they will give new play
e. opportunity ~, says the Cincinnati
nave an excess Of this imitation and
the newest one has just broken out
in full force. This is the rush of
Resurrection" dramatizations. Tolstoi
never protecting his works by copy
right is responsible in this instance
Though the Resurrection" craze has
Deen delayed, it promises to break on
the public with full force ere the sea-
son Is many weeks older. The success
or the Hammerstein production of the
piece, in which Blanche Walsh and Jo-
seph Haworth have scored big hits in
New York this week. is the spur that
will arouse the imitators to the fullest
effort. Already half a dozen "Resur-
rection' dramatiZations are announced
and will be put out by every class of
manager. Unless the play is specially
powerful, 1t win be killed off as soon
as were Quo Vadis'' and "Cyrano de
Bergerac," which flooded the country
some seasons back simply because they
had not been protected by copyright.
I'm surprised at the hit my feet
Seem to have made in Mice and Men,"
says Annie Russell. Il hardly expect
ed that they would attract so much
attention or that they would be talked
about. 1t was hardly fair to criticise
my feet, as some writer's did, for they
are the only feet / have and they.
therefore, can't possibly be expected to
profit by criticism. But in justice
to them, should like to say in conf
dence. that they've been modelled from
my girl friend sculptors, and, If 1
do say 1t, were pronounced rather ar
tist1c. This Is the first time in my
stage career that my feet have pushed
themselves into public notice. 1t was
decidedly embarrassing at the start,
and I'm glad that the first plunge is
over. You may imagine how l felt at
the murmur they provoked. And when
l nervously wiggled my toes and the
audience broke into a laugh 1 felt an
almost irresistible impulse to scamper
vi t1O ohdSC' HelIll " OGIly jill use
OF paint and powder makeup fer my
feet. Some one has declared that tidy
my feet. "Tisn't So They're as nat
ural as the first day got them"
Theatrical managers seem in no way
=afrighted by the echo that Is reaching
them from the big cities of too MANY
musical plays" The tendency of the
atr1cal enterprise Is toward the glitter
and froth of musical shows, and large
as the proportion of this class of en-
tertainment has been this season, IT
Is still on the increase and next season
promises to put the dramatic, or nom
musical play in the minority for the
first time in the history of the Ameri-
can stage. Many managers heretofore
| identified with dramatic enterprises
will dip into musical shows, despite the
record of disaster that has heretofore
overtaken this departure. A conspicu-
Gus example in contrast is Kirke La
Shelle, whose success in the musical
neld for the past ten years has been
pronounced. Himself q successful au-
thor with one of the best romantic
operas, THE Princess Chic" to his
credit, and as co-author of that popu-
lar comic opera, The Amer" La
Shelle is now developing line of dra-
matte attractions and will next year
have The Earl Of Pawtucket," 1.-The
A'O4iAAC dig OuSll, ATlZOUd ana
Checkers" in this line, while it Is
doubtful If he will have more than one
musical attraction. This may be taken
to mean that this shrewd manager
considers the music field overworked
and it will be interesting to note the
outcome.
The light opera comedians seem to
| have new piece of stage business
with which they seek to excite the
| risibilities of their audiences. In the
preparation of this new gag" they are
7assisted by lady principal of the or
| ganiZation with which they are con-
| nected, says the New York Mail and
| Empire. The easiest way to explain
! its madus operandi is to describe the
examples given locally within the past
| few weeks. On the opening night of
1.-The Toreador," when Miss Nora Cecil
and Francis Wilson were on the stage
together, the lady was seen to be so
! overcome by laughter at one of Mr..
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