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pR kInnE-nallsy hullalnr.
The Washington times., 1903-10-11

For Dorothy Vernon was a vividly real
English girl of the days when Eliza
beth of England and Mary Queen of
Scots waged their feminine, but none
the less fatal. warfare. In the midst OF
conspiracies and counterplots. family
feuds and royal rivairies. this fascin-
ating and self-willed heiress Of Haddon
Hall managed to outwit them all and
win the heart and hand OF the man she
loved
To this day. old Haddon HaIl-one o.
the best preserved and most picturesque
OF Elizabethan manors-exhibits Dor
othy's door," the portal whence she
eloped with Sir John Manners. son CT
her fathers ancient enemy, the Duke Of
Rutland. four centuries ago. It Is
strange that Shakespeare, who must have
been familiar with this story. passed
over the happy romance OF this English
Romeo and Juliet" for the tragic Italian
tale. But politics as well as the theatri-
cal tastes of the period probably die
tated this ignoring of Dorothy Vernon.
However. everything comes to the
heroine who waits. and under the ex-
pert stagecraft of Paul Kester, who so
successfully dramatized Mr. Majors first
English historical novel, When Knight
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MUSICAL COMEDY ALMOST N1ONOPOLIZES THE STAGE

the heart is''-which is a terse expres-
sion of the great truth that one
achieves his best work only when fol-
lowing the bent OF his strongest natural
inclination. 1 believe that in everyone
is born more or less of the dramatic in
stinct
Nearly all children, in their little i'm
promptu plays. assume different char
ac<ers, and some very cleverly initiate
the voices and manners of persons they
have observed. They do so successfully
because they are able in their inno-
cence to divorce themselves from SELF
consciousness. Later. as the Ego be-
comes exaggerated in their minds, they
become artificial and self-conscious-
especially when they observe some one
watching them; and then all the
naievete. all the spontaneity of their
representations disappears.
Experience and the Fitness of Things.
With very few does this capacity for
dissertation from self and complete
mental Identification with the chauac-
ter assumed remain after they are
grown to maturity. and these few are
those usually referred to as born
actors" AS a matter of fact, they sim
ply follow the bent OF their strongest
inclination, or by training or associa-
ton are taught to subordinate their
native talents TO the established
technique OF the stage. This power OF
concentrating the Imagination upon the
character assumed so as, for the. time
being, practically TO live the part,
seems to me to be the essential cualif-
cation OF an actor. To use a mechani-
cal, but modern metaphor-this is the
motive power" of dramatic art It's
management, so as to control and direct
this energy and make 1t most effective,
is the technique" that makes the ar
tist-and is usually a combination OF
experience. and a natural sense Of ''the
fitness OF things
The first and most essential thing in
acting, to my mind, is to get into the
part, and remain in it. Then it follows
that the actor cannot do anything un-
natural to the character or its environ
ment- This may be the converse of the
proposition, but 1t is the method Of
achieving such results as I have OBJ
tanned, and much greater that I hope to
achieve.
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lish governor of the colony. to gain i'm
munity from ruin and disgrace. The
prince goes to Fort George, not knowing
OF the presence of his wife, and is indi-
rectly implicated in conspiracy against
the life OF Governor Belmont. Unrecog-
nized by his wife, he pleads with her for
her husband, whom he calls his friend.
and whom she has been led to believe a
freebooter and unworthy of her love They
become reconciled, the prince is arrested
for completely in the plot, is sentenced
TO death, but Is finally pardoned by the
governor. and the play ends happily.
Al H. Wilson plays the role Of the
prince with ease and dignity. and wins
the hearts of his audience with his clever
singing.
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Miss Blandick's Success.
Gradual Rise of a Talented Young
Player.


Clara Blandick, leading woman for
Kyrle BelIew, recently won prominence
in New York by reason OF a fine por.
trayal of the role OF Glory Quayle in
the Academy of Music revival of THE
Christian" which, in addition TO Ed
ward Morgan as John Storm, gathered
together most Of the original Knicker-
booker Theater cast that had surround
ed Viola Allen.
Miss Blandiek has proved that real
merit and honest work are certain means
for success on the stage as in other
lines Of professional effort.
Three years ago Clara Blandick was
unknown beyond her social circles in
her home city-Boston-
Today. by virtue of her position with
Mr. Bellew, she takes her place in the
front rank OF American leading women
When asked how she made such prog
ress and in such incredibly short time,
Miss Blandick is said to have repiiedi
II was determined. and I took the first
chance that offered itself, unpleasant IS
il was. Then 1 pleaded, beseeched, and
demanded more work 1 insisted on un-
derstudying every woman IN the cast
This was my real method, and by II
1 won what little have thus far achiev-
ed. By understanding everybody l in
creased my chances for hearing. Edith
Hardy, the principal boy il The Walk
ing Delegate my first engagement, was
taken suddenly i'll. and I went on at
three hours notice and scored sue
cess in my home city.
Next, while playing in The larry
town widow Carrie De Mar, the lead
ig -soubrette. whom I had been careful
TO understudy. fell III. and 1 went on for
the widow at about two hours notice
II understudied Ida Conquest in Be-
cause She Loved Him So. and when she
was taken away by Mr.. Frohman TO ap-
pear in another play. was the only one
prepared to take the leading part
was successful again, and was retained
in the role for two seasons.
The following year, Daniel Frohman
engaged me to understudy Cecilia LOT
tus In Richard LoveIace, with E. H.
sothern On Monday night OF the final
week at the Garden Theater. New York.
Miss Lotus was suddenly stricken with
fever was prepared. and went on
for the leading role OF Lucy Sacherver-
ell. with no more preparation than could
be given me after 1 entered the stage
door on the evening OF the performance
Next had an opportunity 70 play the
leading role in II I Were King when
Miss Ioftus was again taken i'll. and
then Liebler & Co., engaged me for
Glory Quayle IN The Christian This
engagement was my making
Miss Blandiek had her choice this sea-
son Of following Miss Allen in the role
Of Donna Roma in The Eternal City,
to the Rossi OF Edward J. Morgan, or OF
becoming Mr.. Bellows leading woman
in oPafHas
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Personality and Art.
Dramatic Success Depends on Concen-
tration of Self in Role.
BY BERTHA GALLAND.

While feel II rather p-esumptuous on
the part Of a woman OF my years and
comparatively brief experience to in
dulge in any extended dissertation upon
dramatic art. may plead my great love
for II as an excuse. The opportunity OF
speaking a few words, even in cold type.
TO the theater- goers who. by their at
tendance aud applause OF my humble but
wellmeant efforts. have encouraged ne
more than can tell. is too strong TO
resist.
Especially to the playgoers OF Wash
ington. who have viewed and apparently
approved my most ambitious ventures
into the realm of the classic English
drama. do feel like writing those words
of heartfelt thanks. which l have never
been able TO voice before the curtain.
Several times. especially since the
production Of my latest play, Dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hail." have I been
called before the curtain repeatedly, and
l confess was always glad to respond
until some one called Speech" At that
word all power of speech leaves me. and
however I may wish for the gift OF
tongue to express my gratitude. it must
all be made manifest in pantomime. and
1 fear that my actions on such occasions
suggest panic rather than pleasure
Concentration Defies Speechmaking.
My training has. perhaps. been too
strictly dramatic to enable me to doff
and don a character as quickly as its
costume. For my earliest instructor, Mr..
Edgar. always insisted upon what might
be termed mental immersion in the part
assumed, and with that admirable actor
of the modernized "old school, the late
Joseph Haworth. 1 learned the value of
almost hypnotic characterization in the
character assumed from the time one en-
ters the theater and commences to make
UP for the part until the final curtain
falls.
This must be my excuse for appearing
so tongue-tied before the curtain; for.
unless Mr.. Kester writes me an epilogue
for Dorothy Vernon after the fashion
of dramatists OF her day, I fear 1 shall
never be able to make a curtain speech
However, Mr.. Kester himself, master Of
language though he be. is none too flu-
ent before the curtain, so the duty Of
responding to the audiences demands
for speech" on first nights has fallen
to our manager. Mr.. Zimmerman. who
does ample credit to all concerned.
"Art Is Where the Heart Is"
After this long prologue 1 have al
most forgotten what l wanted to say.
But If the exordium is extended, the
peroration must be correspondingly
brief.
Some one has said that art is where
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hood Was In Flower for Julia Marlower
Dorothy Vernon OF Haddon Hall" win
live before the footlights in the pleas
ing personality OF Bertha Galland.
The production, which marks the first
managerial venture of J. Fred thinner
man. jr.. will be on an elaborate and
realistic scale. the scenes being painted
from photographs of old Haddon Hall,
and the costumes carefully reproduced
from Elizabethan models in the British
Museum. Miss Galland and her COM
pany, including May Robson, Kate
Denin-Wilson, Mary Bacon, Isabel Rich
ards. William Levers, Frank Losee,
Sheridan Block, A. Law Gisiko and
George lie Soir will be seen at the Co
lumbia Tbeater this week, coming d.
rect from a successful run at the Chest
nut Street Opera House, Philadelphia.
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At the TheaterS.
CoIumbia-Bertha Galland.

Columbia-Bertha Galland.
No contemporary novelist has a hap
pier knack than Charles Major Of hu-
manizing historic personages, who have
dwelt so long upon the pinnacles OF
Fame as to have become almost myths
10 the modern mind; and in reYiving the
real-life romance Of Dorothy Vernon oi
Haddon Hail." he bring back the brill
liant Elizabethan era-the most pictur-
esque and dramatic of English history.
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Lyceum-Reilly and Woods Company.
For the week of October u Manager
Herman, Of the Lyceum Theater. has en-
gagged the Reilly and Woods company.
headed by Pat Reilly. This organiza-
tion has been noted for the excellence
OF it's burlesque performance. This sea-
son it is stronger than ever before. and
nothing has been spared to maintain its
former reputation.
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ways in their suspended wire act. Piccolo's
Midgets are an important feature of the
bill. and their new diversion draws from
almost every line Of amusement, as they
are acrobats. wrestlers. comedians. and
singers. Another pleasing attraction is
Paul Kleist. King of Black Art" and
master OF musical instruments. Ad-
mirers of the tinkling banjo will derive
enjoyment from the act Of Hill and
Whitaker. noted as banjoists. The
Yankee Comedy Four will supply an &c
centric commingling of vocalism and
ludicrous antics. Carr and Burns will
offer travesty. Bennett and Young.
with life-like pictorial ballads. and Cole
and Warren, the brewers of German
comedy, round off the bill.
Academy-"Shadows of q Great City"
Shadows of Great city" with Annie
Ward Tiffany in her famous creation Of
Biddy Roman, the rollicking Irish lass.
will come to the Academy this week. The
production this season is said TO be the
most elaborate ever offered of the play.
The scene showing East River at He'll
Gate has always been given with paint
ed waters. This season. 1t is said.
tank containing 10000 gallons will be
used on the stage showing the river with
boats OF various descriptions plying 20
and fro making. what is said 10 be. one
OF the most beautiful. yet natural pic
tures ever known to modern melodrama.
The production is under the management
OF c. B. Jefferson. a son OF Joseph JEFF
ferson. and patrons OF the Academy may
look forward TO one OF the rare treats OF
the season in Shadows OF Great City"
The action is brisk, and the situations
give scope for elaborate scenic and me-
ckanieal effects. The combat between
the true and the false begins at the rise
of the curtain. The plot, which involves
the recovery of the stolen child from a
watery grave after the death OF her
mother. and in after years the return
of her heritage; the release from prison
Of her falsely accused lover, and the
bringing TO Justice of the real villain
forms ar absorbing story. In addition to
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include the submarine boat. wireless
telephone. etc, features new to the
stage, and are introduced in a dramatic
story that holds the attention of the
audience from beginning to end. The
company includes Eugene Perkiss. Mich
olas S. Conway, John J. Dempsey, the
famous Dancing Tramp" Zonzetta Nc
Graw, LYDIA Powell. Edith A. Pond.
Frank Auburne, little Martha McGraw.
and others whose names are familiar to
thestergoers-
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Miss Tiffany, the cast will include Rus
sell Bassett. Carlotta Gaunt, A. L. Gar
rett, E. B. Tilton. Thomas Meegan, WAL
ter Colligan, Frances Meek. w. A.
Paul, Irene Tilton, Harry Dorson, Baby
Maude and others
The Washington times., 1903-10-11
Chase's-VaudeviIle.

Hyde's Comedians annual appearance
in this city viii be made at Chase's
Theater next week. The four Mortons.
sam, Clara, Kitty. and Paul, head the bill
The marvels of another sphere of vaude-
Vile Will be revealed by the four Hollo-
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Empire-"A Fight for Millions

"A Fight for Millions" will be seen at
the Empire Theater this week. start
ing tomorrow afternoon. This is the
third year of this comedy which
has drawn large audiences in New York.
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and
other cities. Its spectacular novelties
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Costly True Love.

And 1t Seldom Runs Smooth in the
Show Business.
Pretty little Clara Morton. OF the Four
Mortons. at Chase's this week. is en-
gagged. This viii be sad news for the
~chappies" who frequent the front rows
at the theaters and fondly imagine
that their glanees awake responsive
chords in the bosoms of the fair ones
back of the footlights- Fred Stone. of
Montgomery and Stone. now with The
Wizard of o." is the happy possessor
Of Miss Morten's affections. That the
course Of true love. however. does not
run smooth. draws its best illustrations
from theatrical engagements and mar
riages. and Mr.. Stone L even now drink
ing his cup OF difficulties. The every
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"Rames.'

National--"Raffles."
The theory that crime Is a disease is
bodily advanced IN the new play which
Kyrle Bellew Will present sor the first
time In this city tomorrow night at the
National Theater
The play. which has just enjoyed an
The Washington times., 1903-10-11

series OF bookings in which musical
comedy occupies little more than the
position IL deserves. A. D. A.
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Lafayette-Al H. Wilson.

Lafayette-Al H. Wilson.
Al II. Wilson. in the romantic play
"A Prince of Tatters." will come to the
Lafayette this week
Mr.. Wilson is known to be an actor
Of refined comedy. with a magnetic stage
presence, and much delighted humor.
His reputation as golden voiced singer
is well deserved as his voice has a mel
low richness and sweetness that charms
the listener, His repertoire of songs in
cludes THE Jolly Rover" "Schnitzel-
bank" Memory" "My Old Pipe, %
Winding of the Yarn" and others.
The period of 177O offers a good field
for picturesque setting, and the oppor-
tunity has been made the most of in the
present piece. The costuming is OF the
period of the Georges, and is frightened
by touches of Dutch burgher life.
THE Prince of Tatters'' is an Austrian
prince, whose wife has been taken away
from England by her guardian. VINO
hopes, by obtaining her legal freedom
and marrying ner to the son of the Eng
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interpolate hundred jokes with mighty
slight relation to plot or character. Fin
ally. and of equal Importance 20 the in
vestors in the production. the timorous
and fearful critics Of these provincial
towns contribute most desirable adver-
tising by praising this production to the
skies.
Where the Shoe Pinches.
This is no flight of fancy. It has
happened more than once this year. It
is in epitome the story OF the Shubert
Brothers, Nixon & Zimmerman. Klaw
& Erlanger rule in the American the
ater. But the worst Is yet to be told.
These musical comedies are the
money-makers. The profit Of one mem
Der OF one Of these firms last year was
over 100000. His associate is said TO
have cleared from the same musical
comedies over 100000. Yet last year
was the season which barely paid ex-
penses for Henry Irving
With so much money in sight the
several managers named are naturally
solicitous for the welfare of the young
mans operatic Inspiration. They plan
their seasons bookings-they control 90
per cent of the desirable theaters in
the whole country-for one attraction
at a time and their musical comedy
money makers are mapped over the
country first. When engagements have
been provided for The wild Rose. 4"
THE Show Girl" and THE Runaways, -
the next rsost desirable dates are al
lotted 70 No. companies in such
classics as "a Chinese Honeymoon
Such dates as remain go to Ada Rehan
and Otis Skinner. Viola Allen, Mrs.
Campbell. Henry Irving. Maude Adams.
Richard Mansfield. E. II. Sothern, and
their confreres. There is no room for
Charles B. Hanford and Warde and
James, and it is worth serious financial
loss to keep Henrietta Crosman, Mrs.
Fiske. and James K. Hackett altogether
out of the theater II possible.
A Light A Light
with this inside view it seems safe to
assume that the promoters OF musical
comedies are neither devoted expoDents
of academic art nor in business for
their health. At present their power is
apparently unlimited. But in the words
Of a familiar classic, There's a good
time coming by and by" The storm is
centering on Washington. When the
clouds break perhaps the sunlight will
center here. too. Meanwhile. The Times
rejoices that the enterprising gentlemen
who manage the local theaters have
been able TO obtain for their patrons a
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uncommonly successful premiere at the
Carrick Theater in Philadelphia. is from
the pens of e. ". Hornung and Eugene
Presbrey. and is based, as almost every
one knows, upon the fascinating sketch
es of the first named dramatis.. which
were booked under the titles-.The
Amateur Cracksman" and "Raffles.'
The dramatists have Joined the book
titles and call their play "Raffies-The
Amateur Cracksman."
Mr.. Bellew will be surrounded by
particularly interesting company, head
ed by the admirable character comedian.
E. NJ. Holland. while other members of
especial prominence will be Clara Blan-
dick whose Glory Quayle, in Liebler's
revival of The Christian" recently
won unstinted praise from all the Now
York critics; Ethel Matthews. a noted
London beauty, now making her FIRST
appearances in America; Hattie Russell,
the beautiful sister of Ada Rehan; Lucy
Miner. who appeared here prominently
with Mrs. Patrick Campbell. last scason;
Mignon Beranger, a young French ac-
tress from the Theatre Sara Bernhard;
Frank Roberts, Stanton Elliot, Frank
Connor. Frank Mccormack "a Washing
tonian), Alfred James, and others.
The production is said to be. In its
discriminative beauty. one OF the most
notable Liebler & Co. have ever sent
out of New York. The costuming of the
ladies is said to be especially rich and
beautiful
For the benefit of those who have not
read Hornung's exciting short stories,
It may be told that A. ]. Raf1es (''The
Amateur Cracksman'). is the character
antithesis of Sherlock Holmes. the
equally famous character creation of Sir
Conan Doyle. who first suggested to Mr..
Hornung-his cousin-the idea of drama
tizing Rafles and pitting against him
contending genius OF crime in the per-
son of a great detective.
Raffies is no vulgar scamp. He is
brilliant lovable, intellectual criminal,
whose propensities for crime arc caus-
ed by inherited taint or disease He Is
a gentleman received in the highest So
cial circles OF London-a noted athlete,
and the adored of all the ladies.