The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

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h It will be noticed that these pla yers.
all but the first one mentioned, are
women. Mr. Il est err S career as "a drama
fist iseemsYto have been closely associa ted
with8the opposite sex. and except IN the
case OF the younger snlvini. his Plays
have been performed In nearly every S
Instance by famous ctresses 55l q eed,
Mrl ISester's first eff ort WAS IN cola la 20
ton with. Mrs. Fske. NV llentS rs q result
OF their Joint work IL The Countess q
Rouine" was given to- sta go literature.
being producedsb Mod jeskas a = the Union
Square Thcatrel N ew FORK, and after
its first season died gracefully W az the
$playwright smilipgly mi formed me. MS his II
play was written sixteen Va years u asp
when the now well known dramatist was was. u
but nineteen. 's{ s
Ds3 Low He Started. 5s
..What induced me to take UP II the the -
work OF a dramatic he said repea az.
ing tho question Well, u Just aturailys
fyaiI sintos1Fit. Asa boy I haunted rs he
#calleries OF the playh houses In Ceyel lar
and formed a fondness for the stage
IL was a gallery god NV & /. 3. Il, M
'.yVhat was your next play. after tho az
Countess OF Roudine 3 M I. ,S
81 wrote Zamar. for Alexander Saivln y
about twelve years ago: M Y play sas = eli
55yWnn was produced both In this coun r-
4 try md .Engla d and Nam selle Mars;
produced by Langtry. had q three m onths@
run In London. 81 u II u 4. .sss
IT saw YOUR, 81 5. hat Dreams May
Come, 4, when Jannuschek s appeared IN III
Eft here about nine years a s#
8 At the menti ion Of this PA MI "
Kester's face assumed muon z - 81 q
I5pression sof q fond parent WhenE speaking
OF the child that is rest his hen r.
It was evident that this was the fayorI.eE
child OF his bra In. .ssa9 i; ,ssg
r. tnThat3 is a play Ii like much better
BthanGan OF the romantic dramas e have
wrltten,', said Mr.. Kester. II was
something Of a s tud nd rs wish 70 ooss
another iece OF work along s.1llaE
Perhaps i may. some time. but they Keep zee!
me busy writing this romantic stu Is l,
Ill is simply pie for ME to do this, 50
81 \ suppose L ought to be satisfied For$
next season i am writing two original
.plays-they will not. be .dramatizatlo tons,
as was Dorothy Vernon of Haddoni HAL ifll
for Miss Galland, and When knlghtnoon
was in Flower for MISS .Jniia .siattoMs
III have only made three dram atlz "a ~
ALL Of NV other plays have been y 9 r1gl-5
nal. One OF these plays is to be prof-s
duced in London n by a well kn own
English actress, and the other IS ZOE
Miss Galland. The play for Miss .Galia Y
is to be costume comedy the st 1s!
OF which have not chosen * u
''NVnereF 40 you uoiiio :. ~ y
III 9doSnearly all q my writing at my
home. Woodland NTansipn In Fairfax x
county. The house in which I 1--we was was
= BART Of the estate OF George ~ shing--s
ton. It was BUILT for Nellie ii GUS Y :,
Tia. and is great, rambling olnn
mouse. Think OF It, the building is one
| hundred and thlrty-three feet y long q
nm only In. New York in conn ectionE
with the business OF placing my WORKS q
Almost all OF my, time is spent lat my
! home in Fairfax. ! am n Il successtu!
farmer" he said laughing and and 40 d eepl
In that direction. 8s
Just then the curtain rose, and ~ ~ 8 E
xester did not appear altogether a ease
tt ia a well known fact that many men,
whose business is that Of the theatre
prefer to be In the rear Of the mouse
| during a performances, and that they
have a feeling OF being out OF place
when they arc well down among the
audience. 4 Mr.. Kester seems to be !. no
exception to this rule. for as soon as the
/ curtain was up. he said. Il get neIV ,,,l
sometimes during a performance. ana IKE s
1 to get In the rear. am going 70 stana
| back OF the railing" And this most
! modest OF playwrights vacated ms seat.
and quietly made his way to the rear
OF the house, and got behind the railing 3
| and n backward glance showed me ms
| meek face. peeping over the req plustit