New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
A Good Season in Sight-One of
Bernhardt's TriunphS.

Bernhdrdt'S T'riumphS.
last Saturday night a trip to the various
theatres on Broadway disclosed the fact that
almost every house held audiences Of capacity
size. Saturday night. Of course. is the banner
-ggbt OF the week but for two seasons past even
saturday has not filed the theatres as they were
euAd dav before yesterday. Moreover, the good
,.-,,ess Of Saturday was but the climax TO
uroftable week
There has been much talk about bad bust
ness" for couple Of years back, numerous rea-
sons being assigned for the falling off Of
theatrical attendance Now the managers, now
the PLAYS again the public, have been blamed
Yet without any marked accession OF lfIeIil-
renee In the managers, without any glarlngIy
obvious improvement IN the plays. without nuch
apparent revolution OF the PUBIC TASTE an sIsI!S
Tnint 70 resumption Of theatregoing this fall
On a larger scale than for several seasons
az course bad plays viii fail. embarrassing
- Ill IereIIish as they have always done.
But even the slightest offerings, like The Prince
Chap which in an Off year might unde-
servedIv lack an audience are this fall reaping
4Se renewal Of patronage. The cause Of the
slump Of last year and the year before. then.
seems as far from a solution as ever. Apparently
che slump had much the same origin as Iopsy-
They were discussing Sarah Bernhard the
other night at a Broadway chop house. Won
6erng II her American season this year will be
as successful as Of old. One man was moved
70 narrate what he said he considered the most
artistic performance he ever saw the French
woman give
twas in Detroit and the play was one Of those
innumerable pieces where the wife, discovering
the husband unfaithful protests in a stormy
scene that she Will go forth and do likewise
This nan sat in the pit. paying little attention
10 what was occurring on the stage, when sud
denly his ear caught an unfamiliar sentence in
=
To his establishment the actress, while weeping
and scolding and storning at her husband quite
as she should. delivering herself IN choice
French Of an fnveCtive against Detroit hotels in
general and the hotel where she was registered
in particular. The food was bad, the service
was worse. and f ever she came to that house
again might she hope TO die and dwell forever
fl - America. So she spoke, and fell weeping
az her stage husbands knees. The audience,
thrilled by her ''consummate art" burst into
rapturous applause. The man in the pit gazed
around for some sign Of appreciation in a
fellow listener. but in vain. Nobody near him
understood French.
Well" said one OF the men TO whom the story
was told, I'm free TO admit that all actors
seem greatto me who speak a language can
not understand
There is more than a grain Of truth in that
remark.
Claiming Pollock, who dramatized THE
Bishops Carriage" was discovered in his Office
The other day debating TO a stenographer.
Are you going TO make an fmpromptu speech
when The Bishops Carriage opens Tomorrow
he was asked.
7 deny it, said Mr.. Pollock. turning very
red,
The New-York Playgoers' Club VIII consider
George Bernard Shaw and Man and Super
man in a general discussion at $50 D. m. next
Sunday in the College Hall and the adjoining re-
cepJiOn room OF the Hotel Aston Robert I1o-
raine will lead the discussion. The police have
been notified
Mrs Leslie Carriers performances for her last
two weeks at the Belasco Theatre have been re-
arranged SO that she VIII appear as Zaza for
the entire week Of October 30; as Du Barry for
three nights. beginning November 6; as Zaza on
Thursday November 8; as Adrea on Friday,
November 10. and as Zaza on Saturday matinee
and night November IL
Nine Modjeska will arrive in this city from
her California ranch tomorrow morning, and at
once begin rehearsals for her farewell tour Of
the stage, under Jules Murry's direction Dan
tel Frohman has placed the Lyceum Theatre at
Nine. Modjeska's disposal for the rehearsals,
which will continue for three weeks. The plays
for production viii be Much Ado About Moth
ing" Mary Stuart Macbeth" Measure for
Measure and Marie Antoinette."
Herbert Kelcey and Fife Shannon resume
their starring next month. in a dramatization
By Harry E. Smith Of The Lightning Con-
cuctor." and not in The RectOrs Garden as
was recently stated. There is a certain SINH
larity Of theme of course. between The Light
which may. however, evaporate in the dramati-
cation At any rate, Il will furnish one more
automobile play 10 the stage
Miss Barrynore's brothers, Lionel and John.
viii appear with her this season IN Barrie s
play. "Alice-Sit-by Fire" Lionel will also
play the title part in "Pantaloon," little piece
by Nj. Barrie which VIII precede the longer
play.
Three rehearsals a day Of the new Drury
Lane spectacle. The White Cat" which Klaw
Granger are 70 present at the New-Amster-
dam Theatre the Both inst. are being held. The
dramatic part, with cast headed by William t
Hodge. Maude Lambert, Herbert Corthen, Ed
gar Atchson Ely, Edith St Clair. Hugh J.
ward, William Maca-t Henrietta Chopper,
Harriet Worthington. Seymour Brown. MAZDA
snyder, Helen Lathrop and Monte Elmo, re-
Eearse az the New-Amsterdam roof theatre.
he chorus Of three hundred during the day
are being trained the Sew-Amsterdam stage
by Ned Wayburn. The ballet under the direc-
non OF Ernest d'Aubal, ballet master Of the
Lrury Lane Theatre. puts In three sessions a
Jay on the stage OF the New York. The aero
1atic features are in rehearsal at the Liberty
theatre. and the trick appliances on all these
stages when the opportunities offer between
other rehearsals
The big ballet features this year are the En-
chant@'i Orchard. at the end Of the first act; the
triumph Of Hymen, or the Weddings Of Ma
lions, a the end of The second. and the Christ
mas OF All Nations, at the end Of the third.
Each Of these effects viii employ over four hun
afed people In the Enchanted Orchard all the
fruits viii be represented in dances. professions
and groupings,
: c. Huffman has been engaged as stage
director Of KIaw & Changers production OF