New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15

Holland House When he received the neWspa-
per men in the apartments Of his cousin at the
Gotham yesterday afternoon he talked on the
art Of play writing. and in discussing various
playwrights declared his belief that bernard
Shaw was the most brilliant writer connected
with the stage to-day.
Up TO ten years ago Mr.. Sutro was in the glu-
cose business, and did not follow his ambition TO
write plays until he had accumulated enough
money to give him an income OF tZoo or fo"o d
wear He has a strong antipathy to CONNER
cialism" in play writing
"a man cannot do his best work" he said,
"when he writes to order have refused many
large offers to contract to write so many plays
in a given time, for think a man is likely TO 90
inferior work If he does that aim 10 make
my last play my masterpiece
While engaged in the glucose business he Wis
tied this country thirty years ago, and this IS
his second visit He is perhaps best known as
a translator of MaeterlinCk. Among his plays
that he considers successes are PERFECT Love
"NolIentrave on Women and The walls OF
1ericho" Among his other dramatic work are
an eGantation of Carrots" in which Miss Ethel
BARRYMORE appeared here, from the French OF
Paul Renard, and q farce. known as Arethusa'
Talking Of playwrtghts, Mr.. Sutro SAID:
I consider Bernard Shaw the most brilliant
writer connected with the stage. I think his
Familiarity will last for time. He Is able TO
take a bald subject and dress it UP, to take a
1hf1osophicaI problem and present it so that you
laugh although you scarcely know what you are
laughing at.
Referring to subjects and characters for plays,
Mr.. Sutro said:
There is no particular interest in our ar1stoc-
racv You put duke or lord on the stage, but
you can't get any great amount Of interest IN
the character. Now it is different with the
American people. should dearly like TO study
yo11r Northumberland guess some of them are
billlonaires, are they not? Such men as Rookie
Teller would make a great study. His great
wish and that Of men of his type seems TO be to
get power not simply to pile UP money. They
want to crush somebody or something, because
il is a habit, a passion with them; and then
when they get the money they give 1t away 10
churches and colleges and in charitable work.
The soul study of such men would be fasctnat-
ing TO find out just what their angle Of view is.
Then there is Mr. Yerkes, who interested me
greatly when he was in London. He was man
Of wonderful executive ability He did things
that no one else ever thought of in revolution
Izine TRANSFORMATION in London. He seemed to
he ALWAYS working-but then, when you read of
his private life IT is very pulling very puzzltng,
isn't it?
rlaywriehts I think Collier is of the best
IN nlavwrights like Augustus Thomas. and
Bronson Howard is also most able writer.
Miss Ellis Jefreys, for whom Mr.. Sutro wrote
oTbe Fascinating Mr.. VANDERBILT" reached here
Yesterday on the st. Paul The play is to be pro-
duced here under the management of Liebler
& Co. The English production will be given
under the management of Charles Frohman,
with Miss Irene Vanbrugh in the principal part,
in the latter part of February. Mr. Sutro will
return to England probably a week from
Wednesday to supcrintend the staging of the
production there