The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-25
CONFIDENTIAL CHAT ABOUT THE STAGE AND STAGE
Mansfield's Struggles and
Successes-The Rise Of
William Norris. Who Crea-
ted the Jester in In the
Palace of the King"

"Ah, but neither do butterflies dance"
can fancy Julian Mitchell reminding
me- See how close we are keeping 20
the real thinsP'
And that's tie mistake the managers
are making. In my opinion. In high
class snow II Is all right to get "close
70 natures heart" but Babes in Toy
iand" isn't high class. IN the dramatic
sense. The primary purpose OF such a
show, 1 take IL, is to entertain, and II
such piece lacks fun, cohesion. and
adequate specialties, I fail to see how
1t can draw for any length OF time. no \
matter how much money nor how keen
an artistic sense has been employed in
setting 1t upon the stage.
marta of the LowIands.5
An artistic production OF an entirely
different sort and that merits better
patronage than It receives is .sdarta.
of the Lowlands." at the Manhattan
This Spanish drama introduces t,s 70
an entirely new environment, and. IN
pleasant as is the theme OF the niece
II exhales a breath of the mountains
and displays a virility of treatment
capable Of giving keen pleasure to q
certain class of thoughtful auditors.
have to confess that this class Is q de-.
eidedly limited one IN this city. and for
this very reason Mr.. Fiske deserves all.
the more credit for putting such a play
on view.
There is no star but Corona Ricardo
does good work in the name part Nine
years ago she was promising pupil I'm
the Empire School OF Acting when the
late Nelson Wheatcroft was at the head
Of 1t. Two years later she enacted Be--
EMS, the Roman girl. in London, with
Wilson Barrett in his great hit, ''T-hs
Sign Of the Cross" On the original pro-
duction here OF Ben Hur'' In Novem-
Der. 1899 she created the part OF the Sc
1uctive Egyptian. Iras.
Bosworth Fits the Role.
The most striking figure. however, in
Marta" IS that Of the hero. Hobart
Bosworth. who plays ManeHch, the goat
herd from the mountain tops. Mr.. Bos-
worth came to the Spanish piece fresh
from his hit as Lovberg with Mrs
Fiske in Ibsen's 'eHedda GabIer." and
just now must be occupying the atten-
ton OF the New York managers not a
little as they cogitate over his eapabil-
tiles He is a big fellow. with a superb
physique that just fits him 20 hts pres
ent part. And he has had a most inter-
esting career
Born in Marietta Ohio. he ran away
TO sea when he was twelve and served
before the mast for three years. After
that he was a bronco buster for a
year on a ranch in lower California.
He began his stage connection at the
old California Theater in San Fran
cisco. and after some experience in
this line in the Golden Gate State.
branched out into a slightly different
one by going 20 Mexico with Hermann
as the magician's assistant In 1858 ne
came East and Joined the stock COM
pany at Days Here he remained for
two seasons, leaving 60 become leading
man with Julia MarlOwe
An An-Round Athlete
After a period with stock organiza-
lions in the West. Mr. Bosworth Jour
neyed to New York again to create a
prominent part in --Marcelle.'' with
which Bianch Walsh essayed to star
at the Broadway Theater in the au-
tumn Of 1900. But the play failed. and
BOswOrth has not been prominently be-
fore metropolitan audiences since until
the present autumn
He is an aI-round athlete and is
said 10 be the most expert fencer
among American actors At one time
he held the Pacific Coast championship
in Graeco-R Roman wrestling.
There are now two capacity" hits
Cmeaning every seat Sold to be added
20 the list Of the three / mentioned last
week. The two new ones are The
Proud Prince and Babes in Toyland,
which latter received such enthusiastic
Endorsement from the next days critics
that the Majestic viii probably remain
fun for a month to come. miss my
guess. though If Ii proves 70 possess
the STAYING powers Of The Wizard