The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

Adams had to respond to several calls.
New York Dramatic News
Mrs. Fiske has taken house at Ben
Lomond. in the Santa Cruz Mountains,
Cal, for the summer, and in that fine
atmosphere will recuperate from her
seasons labors and prepare for next
seasons dramatic work. 1t is noted in
this selection of q summer Sojourning
place that Mrs. Fiske now for years
has sought places as far removed as
possible from the conventional activi-
ties of life. for all her seasons in the
theater for years have been arduous.
not only because of her artistic activity
but also on account of her difficulties
as an independent star. Last season,
although she had engagements In the
chief cities, she appeared with the Man
haitian company in a number of one
night stands, unusual for the character
of entertainment provided, a number of
cities of the second class being closed
to her, and no one that appreciates the
hardships of this sort Of touring will
fail to realize the fatigue that results
from it. The first of independent stars,
however. and one who has consistently
followed her course for many seasons
MRS. Fiske cannot complain of lack of
appreciation in any local environment
It is remembered that last season. when
she played in small cities within reach
ing distance of larger cities from which
she was excluded from the fact that
the larger cities had no independent
theaters, theater patrons from those
larger cities invariably broke prece
dent by making up parties to visit the
smaller places rather than lose oppor-
tunity to see this actress and her fine
company of players, and her audiences
in these circumstances always took on
the appearance of gatherings charac-
teristic of the larger cities.
There was an interesting moment at
the Academy of Music, New York, one
evening last week when E. H.
as Romeo searched through a very
modern wallet for some data concern
ing his productions for next season.
"I dare say some people will think
we are crazy" said he. when Miss
Marlowe and I announce our plans
The American dramatist will be repre-
sented by three plays-all of them
poetic Two are from the pen of Eric
Mackaye, who wrote 'Fenris the Wolf
and The Canterbury Pilgrims He is
a young man of great promise. II. w.
Boynton of the Atlantic Monthly
whose Journalism and Literature is
we'll known. has written the other.
mo, we do not intend to produce Mr.
McCarthy's play on Jeanne dare. Mr.
Mackaye has written a play on that
subject for us and another on Sappho.
the Greek poetess. The latter is set in
a single scene and affords opportunity
for a beautiful stage picture Mr..
Boynton's play deals with Launcelot
and Guinevere.
I'm addition to these, we will pro-
duce D'Annunzio's Joria, Sudermann's
John the Baptist. neither of which has
been seen here, and we will revive
Hauptmann's The Sunken Bell The
four Shakespearean plays of this year
will be repeated. with a single new
production, AS You Like It."
Mr. }Sothern was asked If he would
then appear as Orlando for the first
time.
my intention is to alternate as
Touchstone and Jaques on successive
nights
An artist looked up from the
sketches for the scenery of the new
plays to suggest that Mr.. Sothern's s
plan recalled Edwin Booths alternate
appearances as Othello and Iaeo.-
Lyric Theater IN. Y-) Notes.
.Australia's Greatest Actress" is 10
be presented for Chicago consideration
soon. Her name is Nellie Stewart. and
she and her company will begin one
week from tomorrow evening an en-
gagemcnt at the Chicago opera-house
appearing in sweet Nell of Old Drury.r
the comedy of the days of Charles IT
Just how much the greatest actress
of Australia signifies remains to be
seen, but that the appearance here of
a woman who lays claim to that title
VII be of more than average interest