The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Stage Gossip From Gotham
By JAMES GRANT THURSToN.

the first consulship. It is q good play
as Napoleonic plays go.
While the new plays OF the week at
tracted big audiences old favorites have
by no means been neglected. Miss
Maude Adams packed the Empire Thea
ter to the door at every performance.
Shaw's Man and Superman'' is a fix
ture IT the Hudson Theater, with Rob
ert Lorraine. Mrs. Bloodgood. and Miss
Fay Davis. Margaret AngIin attracts
excellent houses at the Princess Thea
to- I'm 'Zira" Miss Grace George will
continue at the Garrick Theater in the
dramat;zed version of The Marriage
OF William Ashe' for period bounded
cnly by her engagements in Chica 20.
Boston. Baltimore, and other large
cities. Crowded houses are the rule al
Wailachs. where Faversham appears az
the 'Squaw Man At Joe Weber's
The Prince Chap" is an attractive
comedy. THE Walls of Jericho nv
Sutro. are firmly upheld at the Savoy
by the Hackett-Mannerin company.
''Monna Wanna" by Maeterlinck. with
Nine. Kalich In the title role. draws
cultured audiences to the Manhattan
At Belasco's Miss Blanche Bates as
THE Girl OF the Golden West" David
Warfield as The Musicmaster'' con-
tnucs TO draw good crowds TO the
Bijou TheateT. The Lion and the
Mouse" are doing good business at the
Lyceum, and the popularity OF Henry
Dixie in the Man on the Box" con-
tinues at the Madison Square
IF I am alive on October ]. 1908, my
rational thcater will be opened" This
statement was made this week by
Heinrich COnried. Mr. Conried CON
unued word about the use OF the
word national, IN connection with my
designs. II do not wish that word TO
De taken too literally. / 90 not look
Tor the immediate recognition of the
Government or for the voting by Con-
Eress or subsidy. / simply mean that
my aim Is to make an institution that
VIII be representative Of all that is
oest In American dramatic art" 1t is
the purpose Of Mr.. Conried TO establish
IN connection with his theater a school
or acting He regards II as a necas-
sary complement Of sucn a theater He
says; Around my theater shall
crystailize all the educational efforts
ana all the opportunities for technical
training that tend to make a conserva-
,"ire- nave had these hopes ard these
Nf'i Si4Aft a came to America
twenty-five years ago"
Sarah Bernhardt has no causa - ta
dissatisfied with her first eura0en,o,,,
on her latest farewell tour Of tn
nitcd states. She gave ten perfor,,-
ances in Chicago and the box recent,
were $4,000. The announcement ~.
she is TO play a return eneag cement -,
the Windy city and that she is to tal,a
the Auditorium. the largest playboI1sa
In The city, Is a natural sequel
San Francisco has a brave corns or
dramatic critics; or perhaps foolhardv
would be a better word under the cir
They have actually had
the nerve 20 roast Richard Mansfield
What VIII happen can only be conject-
ured. R,It anything short OF a de-
earthquake can hardly be ex-
pected. IT may be that Mr.. Mansfield
would Insist either that San Francisco
be towed out into the Pacific and sunk
or that the whole of California be an
neAed 10 Mexico. The devoted dramatic
writer's OF Frisco evidently are not
aware cf Mr.. Mansfield 5 full powers or
they would not haze done it,