The sun., 1905-11-12
HAS NATIONAL THEATRE PLAN
HEINRICH CONRIED TELLS NOW
TO SET 1T GOING.
would Have Thirty Men Contribute $500"
900 Each Would Charge Moderate
Prices and Would Get a Fun Repertoire
Afcr Six Years Of Playing in II.

would Have Thirty Wen Contribute SiOO,"
900 Each Would Charge Moderate
Prices and Would Get a Fun Repertoire
Aftcr Six Years Of Playing in II.
Heinrich Conrcd made public Yesterday
rhn 10y which he ought that the much
taj,cI Of project OF Il national theatre
could hc cstaIiishc. lie Included a lea
for ms ESTABLISHING t. He said;
4Giyc us n national theatre and, soon
or Hto wc shall have our American ShaFe-
spcarc. 1t would in all probability lead
TO the creation Of an American dramatic
literature.
"Inc national theatre would be n stand
ardiur the pronunciation Of English words
The pronunciation would be absolutely
and ,u.rni9bly correct, would never be
deyiatrd from and would hc accepted by
all actors throughout the Cnt"l. States,
nav. ~ society itself, as authoritative
aIhere is absolutely no doubt in my
mind that n national theatre could be es-
tabll,hcd here, and that, contrary to the
rre,ailing opinion, ii could be established
without great sacrifice of money All l
think necessary IL that a home should be
ht for the national theatre, with all
that is essential to such house. The
carial required, which / estimate at S3,ooO,-
90 would be provided by say, thirty
so,kholders each >of whom would con-
tribute the sum of 100000. Each stock
holder would own a box in perpetulty
together with a proportionate interest IN
the national theatre property, which would
he unencumhered by mort cages.
aThe building externally should, ! think
he stately and simple, Internally it should
no comfortable and harmonious. Once
the plans we're approved it should be ros-
sihle TO open the national theatre within
two wears And the cost of acquiring
the land required and of building the
theatre would involve no loss to those
Who had supplied the capital. The original
outlay would be more than guaranteed
nv the inherent value of the property,
which would grow steadily rather than di-
minish.
.Iet it be borne in mind tn n, that TO
fulfil its mission the National Theatre must
have noble and an extensive repertory. lts
programmes should be varied, if not nightly,
at least several times each week. AT the
National Theatre there should be none OF
the long runs which may be prol er and
even desirable in other rlayhouses. Dur
ing the first yea Woulu produce Ten au-
mirable plays. Duri & the next season
would add ten and during the next the same
number In six years the repertory would
have become so large that it would be
posi- le to change the programme Of the
house nightly.
.The price Of seats in the proposed
National Theatre would range from 25 cents
to s2 For so it would be possible to be-
come a subscriber for tha entire season.
Lastly, 600 seats at % cents would e re-
served for students. Thus from the very
outset the theatre would enlist the SYM
pathy and obtain the support not only of
the fortunat' rich but also of thousands
of intelligent playgoers who are not blessed
with wealth, | may adj that | should be
willing to guarantee the stockholders that
there would be no additional assessments
and no deviation Of any kind from the
financial plans outlined in this paper"