The sun., 1903-11-06
THB STAGE HERE AND ABROAD.
ING INTERHISSIONS AND LESS
WJEHE AT THE VAUDEVILLE.
A Dramatic Critic Saved From Election
Wreckase-Early Dinners Impossible
in LOndOn-Late Corners Al Our
Theatres-An Academy Matinee.


Wreckase-Early Dinners Impossible
In London-Late Corners Al Our
Theatres-An Academy Matinee.
There soon will be Sheriff Eranger.
Now will you be good.
We felicitate former candidate James l..
Metcafe--a good dramatic critic is much
arer than politician.
The man spoke earnestly. 1t was during
A heated intermssion at the Vaudeville the
other night. Il don't mi nd the air, or
the noisy cornet, but it's the size Of the
seats and the long waits that are killing.
Here I've been in tho building since $3.50.
NS4O the curtain went up. But no Wiehe,
although she was advertised to appear
In two comedies. Instead, we got silly
enough farce. Then down came the curtain
and the hammering began; hammering in
lbe orchestra, hammering on the stage
exactly twenty-five minutes later the
new comedy, 'Colunbine,' began Now it
srike- the average theatregoer that this
is spreading the butter rather too thinly
over wide margin Of bread Why not
begin at o'clock, cut down the absurdly
long ntermissions not pleasant in stuffy
house and give us more Wiehef The
public go 10 see her. not her company.
which is, with few exceptions, mediocre.
And then that lrassy orchestra! Say, did
IHi%4 Iife:. ~ '' " >' ~ ' - '
The nlalconten, evidently referred TO
he Onndorfan duoS in the lobby.
'H&ve you he thirst Of your grand
nnce''
"No hut | have the price Of my lat her"
Their hey saurtor Sherry-wards.
Abo't orce in decadc London indulges
In AZ early dinner ayita. ion. To expect
from the average Brion the slightest
change in his eating habits is to expect
The partition Of the Empire. Mr., Pinero
NAV nEitP.e. Mr.. Tree may attempt ex-
rern"atai hours. a pletiscito may be or
ganizeh hui the Erelishman. whose
s'omaeh s his castle, will NOV jar Little
Mary" by dining ec.rler than is his wont.
CoDtipent, Tor the stare there Ia both a
jys.-io a,.d IN art. If you go to a music
or vcrie; y hall YOU cen eat and drink Your
fll while the performance goes on. If
voli are III amateur of the drama you take
your dinner carly and reach the theatre
A O'Clock. il you are fashionable,
o'clock is q good time TO enter a Partisan
playhouse. In Berlin or Vienna you si!uply
cant reach your sear while the curt ain is
up. You. NAV cool your heels or yourt HI oat
IN t0e tiUti room,
As the theatre was made for man ard
not man fol the theatre, it is impossible.
or next door to il, for a manager to CON-
mand his audiences, BE punctual,' III
New York. wher. Ia coming has i1ec ONE
a nuisance OF the firsG ma a.nitude, any
effort 20 get the curtain up before $50 is
met with defeat a curtain raiser, or else
shorter ard three act plays may solve the
problem. One thing If certai inn her
London nor New York takes the theatre
so seriously rs to incommode its belly.
London is sufferer after the theatre in
way this city has not yet experienced.
The early closing in the English metropolis
would be a disgrace to New England
prohibition town. 1t is hardship for
hose who have no clubs or private enter
tanments as resources. New York may
he uncivilized in the matter of noises, but
at least she is not inhospitable. London is.
It's Sunday gives you the horrors 1t is
as bleak and hideous as one Of Dowie's
speeches.
The mistake was excusable, He had
been drinking and he stopped in front of
the Mani attain Theatre.
'Wot's s's'" he muttered thickly. Heard
Of Ermlnle, but never Of John Erminie.
Thought his name Francis"
Then he slowly drifted toward the Casino
10 investigate.
Mr.. Pinero has trouble always with his
names. There was a row when he used
Tanqueray. and when "Trelawney of the
Wells was produced a man protest ed
because aMr. Cover Of Cavendish square
was in the cast. Now stockbroker named
Vaudeville asks the playwright to alter
ihe similar name and occupation of char
acter in Lefty It may be recalled that
nj o. i NJ. l.. -
this curious kind with the names OF their
fictitious characters. What's in a name
is a question that depends very much on
the owner.
The frank admission of Eleonora Duse
that she followed the advice of a singing
teacher and had her speaking voice trained
with beneficial results is hint that should
not be lost on many OF our actresses. Duse's
English critics say that it is very much
improved. The man who looked after her
larynx is Henry Russell, the son of an
English song writer, now a resident ot
Rome.
The American Academy Of Dramatic
Arts began its twentieth season at the
change from the Empire is only temporary,
subsequent matin ees are to be given in the
latter theatre. The programme comprised
three pieces dialogue in one act by
Edith Wharton, entitled Copy; the first
performance in this country of sIhe
Enigma, by Paul Hervieu, dra ma in two
acts; and "Holroyds Week End" comedy
In one act by Ernst c. Thurston. Mrs.
Wharton's little piece is both lterar ry
and lifeless. 1t contained, however, many
excellent titles for books and it attempted
TO give a species Of Henry James study of
two literary beings. poet of passion and
rater s in pettiooats-or was she zola?-
who kept love letters as copy for future
memoirs. The point was too fine for the
iootlights--the glare of which is brutally
disconcerting at times.
The Enigma" translated by Juliet Bar
rett kublee, has been played in London
under the title Of "Cesar's Wife"-and in
Berlin with success. In Paris the psy-
ohologic problem did not appeal to the
public as much as the uncertainty as to
the identity Of the guilty wife; indeed,
one suspects the author OF playing the ball
on that part icular bat, and not making
s sincere and as logical study as he did
N N Les Tenailles' or LA Loi de | Homme."
Inc play will he dealt with at some other
nne: II is interesting, yet singularly old
iashloned, as old fashioned as Dumas flidi
Drama these. The thesis in this case is
IneRhgbie as the interest is one Of -The
Lady or the Tigress" variety And the
lSseSS ls discovered af tho tail and