The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27

of an Indiana production, as there are two
other Indiana players in the cast besides
Nr. Johnson while the book from which the
play was made, is a publication of the
Bobbs-Merrill Company, of Indianapolis.
The Chicago critics liked the play, and
some of them hailed it as a distinct sue
cess. The character of Louis Armand, spe-
cial envoy from King Louis XIV of France,
bearing that sovereign's message to the
American colonists that he would aid them
in case of war with the English, is a role
that is said to be particularly fitted to Mr..
Johnson's talents and he is credited with an
excellent portrayal Of the part.
In II. V. Esmondes new play, Fools of
Nature" which begins a run I'm Boston to-
morrow night, Julia Marlowe appears for
the first time in her entire career in the
role of fashionable society woman. She
is beautiful young widow-gracious, buoy
ant, dignihed-and is the central figure in
a love story of strong human interest. The
piece is in four acts and shows certain
phases of English life among the fashion
able nobility. The action takes place at
the home of an English baronet at Hen
ley-on-the-Thames, where a house party is
present during the gaiety of regatta week.
The play is said to be extremely ingenious
and unconventional in construction, pos
sessing the felicitous literary charm and
style which characterized the same gifted
authors other plays, when We Were
Twenty-One" and "Imprudence' Miss
Marlowe will be seen in indianapolis dur.
ing the season in this new production
Clyde Fitch, the tireless young dramatist,
who thinks nothing of writing four or five
plays in one year, and whose "Frisky Mrs.
Johnson will be presented at English's to-
morrow and Tuesday evenings by Amelia
Bingham, is not at all backward in saying
that his success has been due to an Unborn
dramatic instinct This is what he had to
say to an interviewer the other day: 1.-The
most essential qualification of a playwright
is an Unborn dramatic instinct first of ALL
and then an intuitive perception of dramatic
movement and effect, as distinguished from
the methods of the novelist. When / got
out Of college l was writing stories for chill
dren. A friend suggested that try to write
a play around a historical figure for GER
tain well-known actor. / ridiculed the idea
/ had never even thought of playwriting,
and the idea seemed to me silly in the ex-
treme. But finally L drew up a scenario,
and fortunately it was approved at once.
When turn back to-day to that scenario,
crude it was, see that it clearly showed
a true dramatic sense. This was, as / say,
| intuitive, since 1 had made no attempt to
| acquire it. OF course, the arithmetic of
playwriting may be learned-the mechanic
| cal methods of producing intended effects
but the dramatic instinct must be innate"
| XXX
Mr.. Dooley," the first musical comedy
to come to the Park this season, will open
it's engagement there on Oct. 3. 1t has
never been presented in Indianapolis and
| is said to be rich in tuneful music and fun
| OF the liveliest kind. 1t contains a large
| chorus and a list of fifteen musical num-
bers will be presented. 1t will be one OF
the most elaborate productions of the kind
that will be at the Park this season. The
| company is headed by Paul Quinn, who
plays the part of Mr.. Dooley. an Irish char.
acter. who is familiar to newspaper read
ers because of his quaint philosophy
| Charles Smith, former star i'm the ''Gay
Coney Island company, will impersonate
! DIR. Skinem, a get-rich-quick promoter
| The company is under the management o;
| Frank ID. Bryan.
John Tull, the stage manager at English's
| says that the most comical force of stage
| carpenters il has ever been his experience
| TO run up against came to the city with
| The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" the
big extravaganza which played such a sue
cessful engagement at English's the week
| before last. Nearly all of the mechanics are
Germans and two or three OF them have
hard time of it trying to speak English
| and to understand what is said TO them
During the first nights performance here
enc OF the men hurried up TO Tull and
| spouted forth with a tumble Of words that
the stage manager couldn't understand foi
the life of him. Finally however, by Civ.
ing the closest attention Tull made out tina,
the man had lost a ''snap-hook." used il
attaching a wire TO one OF the girls of the
flying ballet and wanted to know II the
stage manager had seen anything OF it,
NO" said Tull. 81 have not seen it,"
The German eyed him in silence for ,
moment and then burst out with, ''Veu. gi
heem back to me-
The stage manager politely explained tina