The Washington herald., 1906-10-28

don't hurry what's the use, we have
plenty OF time feeling. How different it
is here The moment / leave the steamer
something within me urges me on faster
and faster, 10 do things, 20 so places.
1t is "a nervous, eXhilaratng feeling
which takes possession OF one before one
is aware. ] little dreamed when I was
Iittle girl in Rockland, Ne, that
would some day be able to describe this
difference from personal experience, for
London then seemed so very far away
that I thought I would never see Il. Lon
don is becoming more popular with tour
lists than IL used 10 be. I remember
when strangers would spend a few days
IN London and then hurry on 20 Paris,
bat in the majority of instances il is
now just the other way. You can't know
the people Of Paris as you can the peo-
pie of London
What of the American actress in Lon
DOM
She is popular, very, very popular
and Is becoming more SO every season
American women are better received than
are the men. There are SO many Of
them who come TO London, at least once
year. that II seems quite hOnelike.
Are the English genuinely fond Of the
atmospheric American play? ] queried.
In their hearts | do not believe they
are" laughingly answered Miss Elliott
They say they are and they viii go TO
see such PLAYS out Of curiosity, but that
is all. Yet Arizona was big success,
so was Secret Service and Sherlock
Holmes. As a rule. the typical American
play is hard for an Englishman 20 I'M
dcrstand.
Mr. Robertson interrupted at this point
strange actors and by strange phrases
The EngIishman Is rather peculiar in his
attachment for stage favorites. II be
likes n player. he wants to sec him year
after year. American actors come over
one season, and when they return some
years after, they wonder why nc one g0cs
10 sec them London playgoers viii c3n-
sent TO be bored by q bad play rather
than neglect a good actor. On the con-
traTy. they frequently spurn an excellent
draua when interpreted by an unknown
PLAYER. American playwrlghts make the
mistake too often Of giving Us dialogue
Iepletc with Americanisns, and then they
wonder Why Euglishmen don't grasp the
humor Of something which they cannot
possibly understand, since they arc no.
living in America. where such localisms
are a part of daily life"
Yes, that is H." added Miss Elliott
That expresses it perfectly. When
English plays are brought 10 this country
they are invariably not successful unless
they arc adapted Tor American compre-
aeusi0n The Dictator was another huge
success. Eleanor RObson's play also
Many unexpected things have happened
since ] first went to London with sister
in 1879 to play Nudge with her IN The
Cowboy and the Lady" said Miss e.
iott Yes. I was the original Nidge
We followed that play with An American
Citizen, and then Mr.. Goodwin and my
sister came home and left me behind 70
appear IS the heroine in The Royal Fam
ily,' and later as the ingenue IN Robert
Marshalfs play. His ExceIlency the Gov
ernor.' ] was the original ingenue FL
Lady Hayworth's Experiment Then
Then" said Mr.. Robertson. IN q know
in6 way, she became my leading lady,
playing Ophelia, Judith in The Devils
Disciple and other big roles. Her Juliet
Is the best work of all. hope she VIII
play tt Tor you some day. She old excel
lcntiy IN Mice and Men,. and in The
Juliet"
And shall we see you as Romeo"
Mr.. Robertson shook his head sadly and
wisely.
Il wish il might be so, - he replied. but
/ realize the limitation OF years"
Then these two went forth into the sun
shine, for daily rehearsals are being held
preparatory to the New York opening.
which VIII occur very shortly
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