The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
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recounting feats Of physical prowess. The
said that he SWAMI across the Thames
three times before breakfast every morn
ing.
r'roigilt. but it do seem to me thot yer
clothes would be on the wrong side Of
the river"
The Theater Magazine for May contains
the first of a series OF articles to be de-
voted to Famous Families Of American
Players. The opening paper Is taken
Up with the Booths. giving the history OF
this celebrated theatrical family from the
time of Junius BrutuS Booths historic
quarrel with Edmund Kean in England
down to the death of his illussrtous son
Edwin in New York In 1888 The article
is profuseIy illustrated with rare photo
graphs and engrayings borrowed from
important collections. and they include a
very scarce autograph OF John Wilkes
Booth, who killed President Lincoln.
William Collier, dealer In South Amer
lean revolutions at 80 cents soldier and
1.-The Dictator de facto OF Porto Ban
Of Richard Harding Davis, has broken all
records of the Criterion theater and also
all the former farce records of the metrop-
oils, for there is no doubt as to the atti-
tude of the crowded houses that greet
him nightly This farce is the best thing
the prolific Davis ever has written for
stage purposes, and 1t treats IN the
broadly humorous manner which the sub
ject deserves the chronic Latin American
militant. Mr.. Collier Is finely assisted by
e. 8. Abeles and Jack Barrymore, the
latter Of whom plays the wireless tele-
graph operator who summons Dewey's
feet to the rescue.
Arthur Boucher, the English actor. once
RYNf nv
gallery at the theater. Mr.. Boucher says:
Zone night new play was produced by
me, and when I came back to my dressing
room from the stage I found the door
locked. AS time was pressing, I sent
another man to search for my missing
servant. He was caught red-handed IN
the gallery among his old associates loud
Iy 'booing his master. Arraigned before
me- he maintained the hrmeSt attitude
possible, and asserted boldly, NO, SIT,
am your servant behind the scenes, but
as an independent man and honest gallery
boy L am bound to express my unbiased
opinion either for or against any play
which I may happen to see D . nrDs
night
David BeIasco, in an interesting inter
view last Sunday. said: There Is at pres
ent a dearth Of good plays all over the
world, and so the managers IN mao de-
spair are digging up the dramatic grave
yards and reviving the old plays to meet
the demand"
ascribes to the fact that there are few
producing managers, and consequently lit
tie encouragement for young dramat1StS.
The depletion of the ranks of producers,
he thinks. has been caused by the pre-
domination of the commercial manager
Another tendency that Mr.. Belasco de-
plores is the ''all-star" cast He believes
that the Individual star loses prestige and
"confesses weakness" by participating In
such performances.
air.
upward In the London theaters. A re-
cent copy of the TattIer describes a part
of their duties as follows: Half an hour.
ladies, please, cries out the can noy as as
various dressing rooms In the Gaiety
theater every evening ar 1850 Sharp. linen
he comes flying down the stairs again,
crosses the stage. and, climbing Ine lVo
steps on the other-the Strand-side calls
out Half an hour, gentlemen. please
As an additional warning the bells IN the
stage manager from the prompt corner,
and at 7:40 Frederick Arthur Dowden.
the fourteen -year-old call boy at the
Gaiety. Is setting out on a ia aseen !.
on all the landings on the AldWych side
of the theater.
Sothern makes so complete an aItera-
ton In personality and appearance. and
in such a remarkably startling manner, in
1.-THE Proud Prince, when, before the
eyes OF MS audience, He CildASGS lIOIu Liz
magnificent King Robert to the court
Jester Diegenes, that it has been found
necessary to place the following note IN
all the programmes:
of Sicily, at commencement and end of
play, and as Diogenes. the court Jester,
during the balance of the action Of the
piece. Mr.. Finlay appears as DiogeneS,
the coIart Jester, at commencement and
ending of play. Mr. Mather for time
assumes the appearance Of Robert, king OF
Sicily"
This explanation was found necessary
as Mr. Sothern uses all his ingenuity In
the play to initiate Mr.. Findlay as the
court fool. and Mr.. Mather has to exercise
like ingenuity in striving to initiate
Mr.. Sothern as the king.
Frederick Warde occupied the pulpit OF
Trinity Episcopal church, Toledo, last
Sunday night. Speaking Of the relation
between church and stage Mr.. Warde
said: You complain of the quality Of
plays you get, but it IS your own fault If
you get poor ones. The manager Is in the
business for the money that there is in it,
He presents Just what the public demands.
Don't blame us If you get plays OF low
the public. If the public demands noble
and uplifting plays it win see them"
Collin Kemper, of the firm Of Wagon
halls & Kemper, has returned from Eu-
rope. While abroad he spent several
weeks with Clyde Fitch. in Southern
Sicily, and contracted with that author
to equip Blanche Walsh with what Mr..
Fitch terms "a society melodrama." to be
ready for production jan 1. The new
play viii make its appearance on Broad
has also arranged for the rights to the
new Jean Richeptn and Henri Cain play
which Bernhardt viii do In Paris at her
| theater next November.