New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-03
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
The Ailurements Of Vaudeville to the lie
climate" Actor.

,-,,ssz5ua e more and more becoming a refuge
80 -sr,uperstive field for actors OF the 'legti-
mate" drama who have sufficient reputation 10
make ther names OF value TO the vaudeville man
ayers glance ct the programmes OF the Vauoe-
vile theatres on the sO-ealleo Ferry Clrcuil'
which includes Manhattan Brooklyn ana northern
Jersey VIII show plainly enough where the head
,iDsrss are IN great measure, at present coming
from. At the Circle this week Miss Loftus VIII
appear She. 70 be sure was graduated from Vauoe-
vile TO the dramatic stage though her new salary
probably was the reverse OF promotion AT that
tine she stoutly affirmed that she had left the va
reties forever. That was before her tour as star
N the ZangWfu dramai once more she has heard
the call OF the old lucrative varieties, and she has
answered Il. limitations VS.. Art and the former
win. At HRmmerstein's last week Herbert Kelley
and Eie Shannon appeared in a sketch. This week
Henry Miller and Miss Laura Crews viii appear
there IN Fitchs one act play Frederic lie Maitre
NIF Miller was the Joseph OF Jones's clever comedy
earlier In the season. but that arch critic the
road" refused be interested IN his entangling.
80 the season was closed. Mr.. Miller did not wait
sor a new play from the Frohman factory: he went
into vaudeville He viii employ his forced vacation
by earning probably half again his salary on the
legitimate stage.
At Proctor's Twenty-thlrd-st. Theatre this week
Frank keenan, who lost money trying to make the
Berkeley Lyeeum place where the public would
consent 10 congregate viii begin 10 recover what he
lost presenting The System OF DR.. TaTr'-in vaude-
vile At the Colonial Music Hall Miss Edna Wallace
cbardss fsm5gs stor st!s $500 Pig IiaGS rom MIS-
day Mrs Yeamans viii appear at the same place
s to be the headline Miss Jessie MliiWard has
3een appearing in vaudeville all the season, and
Valerie Bergere for two or three seasons Charles
;haWirey recently has made "hyers"-as the actors
ne 10 express their venture-into the rich
NS. ana me hsI might be heightened indefinitely
Inese actors and actresses who desert Tempo
a. plays, usually. though not always. Of little
merit but ~ least anording the vaudeville au-
acting From the standpoint Of the vaudeville
audiences, the breaking down Of the barriers be-
entertainment cannot be regarded with any dis
favor. The appearance Of well known players in
play by John Oliver HOMES at Ha g15S 3
may sound fnconpT1o1s A. first bet hut Il .sls
rs way last week AZ each performance and the
final curtain or course. 10 the managers the ap-
peefance Of Mr. Miller and the rest must be profit
able OF they would not continue to pay such high
themselves Is more open 10 question. Nobody has
flyer into the Raretes aud o Tespng 500 or sso
~ go inoEei q week a. the best OF them 90 y
some q the polish of lis art. To appeal TO a
e~~eosliAe auclehce thirty minutes al the most IS
slowed. ehects must be broad and quickly made.
lhe nice stimulation Of life delicacy OF character
pace lor Them IN most OF the sketches these actors
use perhaps But that is, for the actor, a further
ne vaudeville patrons. are the gamers By his
Meanwhile Broadway continues every little while
e discover" some new vaudeville performer who
has been promoted It's select circles Witness the
Joy over Harry Fisher in 1T Happened in Nord-
land" Down at Keith's they were laughing at him
years ago.
The coming OF Frank Daniels in Sergeant Brle
Is awaited with interest. This musical farce has
enjoyed much vogue in London. and the fact that
the score s by Liza Lehman gives il additional IN
teresi The last scene is laid in "A house IN 5erk-
icy Square" but the late unlamented Tomlinson
Goes not hgure IN the cast
The last students matinee OF tho Stanhope-
Wheatcr0ft Dramatic School for this season will
Be given a. the Savoy Theatre Thursday at
O'Clock The students OF the operate department
Of The school VIII make their first public appears
anee e. this performance. They win sing the first
and second acts OF Martha" and the prison scene
from Faust" The dramatic students viii give
The Kep1omaniac," by Margaret Cameron:
l.ethe." by A. y. Lancaster. and the second act
OF The Iicket-of-Leave Man." by Tom Taylor.