The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-10
THEATRES HERE AND ABROAD.
DESERT ISLAND COMEDY PLAYED
on PROCTOFS STAGE.
Tale Of . sybarite's Reformation and
Some Not Very interesting People
Sweden Hears We've Discovered
"Ghests"-NisreeDi and Masca gni


"A Modern Crusoe' at ProctoF's Fifth
Avenue Theatre is by Sydney Rosenfeld.
1t IL a comedy. originally written for the
late Roland Reed. The fact that II Is said
TO be based on Ludwig Fuldas -Crlsoe
played Eve years ago at the Hofburg. Vienna
need not interfere with apy ones enjoy
menti here. In Barrie's Admirable
Crtchton,' now running successfully in
London, 10 utilized the same thence desert
island. castaways and consequent topsy-
turvying OF social conditions. It is a
subject that may be treated In q hundred
ways. De Foe made the best record
In tho genre. and II. @. Wells's THE
Island OF DR.. Moreau- and Stevensons
Treasure Island are masterpieces. paul
and Virginia OF Bernardin st. Pierre and
its modern version by W. II. Mallock make
capital reading for the curious.
Mr.. Rosenfeld has not gone far afeld In
his endeavors to construct q fairly enjoy
able comedy. His castawsys are mostly
Americans and Of familiar stripe. The
millionaire, impersonated by Frederic Bond.
Is the accustomed middle-aged man who
loves New York, cold bottle and a hot
bird. He is also in the habit Of pressing
buttons when he wishes the unnecessaries
At lf4 and his sojourn Of eighteen months
on a Slonely desert island does not agree
with him. There he has to grub for po-
tatoes under the supervision Of q young
VINO IN Se heroic and
vtrtle, though he does little to prove It.;
he takes the leadership of the castaways,
KILLS goats and suppresses mutiny with
IN impartial hand. Paul McAllister plays
the part.
There Is the usual medley Of ill-assorted
and WOlnan-a woman doctor. aapti-
mental miss, an English Captain with a
monocle. q scientist, a journalist. q lawyer
end q musician. Mr. Bond Is funny in
lis Bonded fashion and has the best fines
Is not Mr.. Rosenfeld's fault. Beryf Hope,
Eva Vincent. Florence Reed are the actresses
participating; Frank Munroe. Sol Aiken,
Werner Charges, William Hazeltine, Gerald
has been favorably received by Mr.. Proc
tors patrons.
Mr. Gordon Craig finds fault with the
construction Of London theatres, old and
new. He thinks that Wagner's Bayreuth
barn IL the model house for future builders
;Ss e sssi p.ysouss s1ssss But Ens.s
and American architectural folk do not
seem to favor the amphitheatre pattern.
II IL too democratic for most democrats.
Despite the structures OF Mr.. Craig theatres
. "" oc puiit oii tiic oiu hucps
The news that Mary Shaw n playing
Jbeen's .Ghosts' over the country has
reached Scandinavia. The Aftonblddet
(Eoening Gdsette) OF Stockholm. Sweden,
printed the following interesting notice:
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was produced
some time ago at q new theatre In New York
which Is to be devoted to serious literary
dramas. shades Of Mrs. Osbornl Mrs,
airing was played by the star Of the theatre.
superior calm and q technical skin which
T. not often found In actresses on the other
ae q the h. sqs due :S Mrs scs
Ghosts. for In New York they are afraid Of
MRS. schaw' is eoodl But Ghosts. Is
apart from private slitersry. performances,
Courtenay Thorpe and Mvina Goodfriend
played 1t In the Garden Theatre nearly
a decade ago.
THE Bones Of Men, d the CHEEKY title
OF a drama in . prologue and four acts
now at the Surrey. London. II u adapted
by Cyril Church from a novel.
The present Dickens revival In England
recalls the fact that ]. L. Toole 10 the sole
survivor OF Dickens parts In England
worth and reviewed q rehearsal In which
the young actor appeared. The great
novelist praised Tooles work, an event he
has never forgotten.
BYRON Douglass. who n In England, IL
pla wing domestic drama, 'In the Tolls OF
Sin Quite domesticated titlel
According to the London Era Paris has
q black gang which blackmails dramatic
authors TO the tune Of 10 per cent. Of royal
ties under penalty Of not having their
plays produced. Either you add one or
Two, and sometimes three collaboratcrs
your play is kept OF the boards. This is q
new reading Of the word 'collaborate.'
Sudermann's sSodoms Ende,' adapted
for tho English stage under the title Of
sThe Man and His Picture. is being played
at the Great Queen Street Theatre, London.
II Ii an early effort Of the German play
wright and not a particularly happy one.
IL was given hero In Irving place years
ago.
.-Old Heidelberg at the st. James Theatre
has caught the fancy Of sentimental Lon
don.
In Austria the police regulations are
very stringent on the subject of topical
songs. Edi Blum. comedian in Vienna.
sang q song full Of gags on the butchers
There was Q meat famine, and the illusions
hurt tender souls in the Butchers Associa-
ton. The song was stopped This ia q
point for those who dislike Irishmen with
emerald Hhiskers.
Here Is a story told by John Coates, the
English singer. He met . countryman
once in the gallery at Covent Garden,
sLohengrin' being sung Mr. Coates was
asked as soon as the curtain fell all about
the story. The tenor explained, expatiat-
ing on the Holy Grail, until his listener. a
broad-faced Yorkshireman, seemed quite
satisfied. In the second act the stage is
dark and some one came in with q lamp in
hand, As he peered into all the corners
the bhcolic gent leman became very much
excited. He nudged his neighbor violently
and asked in a husky whisper
lis he looking for the Holy Grail''
The latest in London In told on Marconi.
At a club dinner he was approached by an
intelligent, weD-informed guest and asked
II he would not give the company pleasure