Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-27
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les, and started the play upon It's ca.
reer of popular favor. Mr.. Murphy s
next attempt was an episode from
! ThaCkerey's "Pendennis." which first
saw the light in theater at Louis.
vile, Ky.
Returning to Los Angeles, Mr.. Muir.
ply then wrote The Irish Statesman"
which was put on at Boston, and in
which the famous vaudevillian, Carroll
johnson, starred for three years.
Other plays followed In rapid sue
cession. one OF them was The Silver
Lining produced at the Chicago
Grand Opera House in 1895. This play
was written as an advocate of the sill.
yer question and during william Jen.
nings Bryan's campaign for President
in 1896 THE Silver Lining" was taken
through Colorado and produced in va.
rious towns with the expectation that
II would be a great success financially.
II was also taken into other districts
favoring the silver standard, but much
to the astOnishment of the actors, man
ayers and playwright. was not a pay.
ing proposition. Then The Silver
Lining" was played in gold states and,
much to the surprise of everyone con.
cerned, developed into the paying pro
position that had been hoped for at
first.
THE Kaffir King" a melodrama of
the Transvaal, was another of Mr..
Murphy's successes and publicly given
to great business in New York City.
Then came Cripple Creek" a mining
play. MY Antoinette," musical com
edy. was arranged and offered in New
York. The Power of the Cross" Il
scenic melodrama, was next on the
bill. This was followed by "A Desert
ed Bride" used as a starring vehicle
by Rosabello Morrison. Beware of
men," a Stair and Haylin melodrama,
was taken through the States success
fully. For two years the well known
Dan Sully played two of Mr.. Murphy's
pieces. The Old Mill Stream" and
The Chief Justice"
Mr.. Burns considers that his best
writing Is a serious drama on the life
of Robert Burns. when | write II
thought IL a great play; | still think II
eXyols anything else | ever did-and,
perhaps, like other works of genius, 1t
possesses no qualities which endear
II to the heart of other people, for II
has lain unproduCed in the darkness
of my literary trunk for several sea
sons-and still lies there" Mr.. Muir
ply said the other day during a con
versatiOn with a Bulletin reporter.
It is doubtful If the Murphy output
of plays can be eXcelled by the record
OF any playmaker in the United States.
He is a small man physically, quick
and nervous in his manner, with
sparkling eyes and a fresh and natur.
al humor in all his conversations. Mr.
Murphy's manner and personality has
not been spoiled in the least by his
unusual success as a play wright, lie
was at one time in the newspaper bus
mess in the Eastern cities.
The tremendous work of adapting
the "Parsilal" text Of Richard Wagner
20 American stage purposes was one
of his greatest undertakings. How.
ever, 1t was such pleasure" he
says, that almost every line came
spontaneously"
In the States, Murphy is known as
regular word machine, as he has a
wonderful vocabulary.
Ashton Stevens, of the San Francis.
co Examiner, in write.up of Murphy,
the playwright, which occupied page
with his picture, says OF him;
"A brilliant young Irishman, small.
slim, magnetic. with a cameo face, a
sensitive, beardless mouth, whose up.
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