Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09

before the reading public. were written af-
ter the great change which is said to have
transformed his life about 1878 The change
was deep-seated moral and religious one.
aHecting not only his own life but his in
tellectual and literary activity and as il
We're, snapped his existence into halves
In the first period, people say, he was only
great writer, perhaps, too, great man,
human and Russian passions grievances
doubts and foibleS; in the second he shook
OF all the trammels of historical life and
culture Some say that he is Christian
"a pioii' others an atheist others still
lhat ne Is fanatic. and fourth party
mat ne Is sage who has attained to the
highest moral illumination
STAGING THE GALLAND PLAYs.-Mr.
ROBERT Hickman the stage manager of the
'ei Ina ualiahd company. Is young man
VINO mas achieved success in his particular
Drdhch OF the profession in conjunction
with his experiences in acting Mr.. Hlck
man is an Englishman, and came to this
country originally to join Daniel Frohman's
forces in producing The Solicitor" which
had been put on in London Mr.. Frohman
sent Mr.. hickman to Boston to produce
the piece at the Boston Museum. While
there tie play was sold to Mr. Charles
trohman, who engaged Mr. Hickman i'm
N.
He remained with Mr.. Frohman for twelve
years. and during this period superintended
the productions of Secret Service" and
Too Much Johnson" For four wears he
remained in immediate supervision of the
Gillette plays under Charles Frohman then
went to London with Secret Service" fol-
lowing that with Too Much johnson -
While in London he joined Miss Annie Rus
sell when she became star in Sue and
remained with this star during her nra
sentation of Catherine" He created the
role of the Duke in "A Royal Family" and
played character part In Jim in THE
Girl and the Judge" This season Mr..
Hickman staged Tolstoi's play of "Resur-
rection," in which Blanche Walsh scored
such tremendous hit in New York He
also put on the Earl of Rosslyn's play
When questioned regarding the coming
productions of the plays to be included in
the Galiand engagement, Mr. Hickman
sad: The School for Scandal as it
Is played here, Is version made up from
the best of several versions in use in wears
past AS all theatergoers know the limos
of the play may be most brilliant bur nm
less what theatrical people call the bust
ness IN other words. the action of the
piece, Is quiet and good, the piece is ant
TO lag. for no one desires to listen to con-
tinued sentences no matter how brilliant
In The School for Scandal the greatest
Charles Coghlan and the Augustin DAILY
versions Charles Coghlan played Charles
Surface at the Princess Theater In London
and naturally he made his role the star
part The business from the Coghlan YER
sion | was fortunate in securing from thai
excellent student and producer of the
classics Edmund Lyons The DAILY bus,-
ness acquired from Sydney Herbert who
was associated with DAILY for so long a
period and who played Sir Benjamin Back
| bite so wonderfully. Other details have
been secured from other productions
In Romeo and Juliet 1 have secured
the Henry Irving business and that en-
ployed by Adelaide Nelson, the greatest
of all Juiets. The fight is omitted in the
| first act of the play, and the reference TO
Romeo's first love. Rosalind. is retained In
leaving out the fight the act Is simplified
greatly and for the remainder of this part
of the play, we follow the David Garrick
version. which has the act played in only
two scenes. This does away with the alb
ruptness and annoyance of front scenes
and shifting. For change of scene in mid
ner velvet curtain used for this purpose in
Lazarre, Often I'm Shakespearean produc-
tons the audience Is kept long beyond the
usual hour for dismissal. With due at
tention to this disturbing factor to a sue
cessful production at this season of the
year l have devoted especial attention to
the simplificatfon and shortening of the
Galland productions. so that I NAV safely
assure the public that there will be no an
moving delays in the Shakespearean pieces
In Macbeth we have some startling and
original effects which will come as a COM
plete surprise TO those who have ever wit