The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
THEATRICAL NOTES.

! 'Adrienne LecOuVreur. by +, Ruilman,
is among the works recently copyrighted
at the Congressional Library.
No better Rigoletto has been seen in
New York in this generation than An
coma, Hammersteins leading berytone.
say some OF the critics. He is a good
actor as well as a great singer
| Art for arts sake is not dream, after
ali. It is announced that as general ad-
ministrator Of the new theater, now
building in New York. Heinrich Conried
will accept not one penny Of salary.
George Bernard Shaw's latest. The Doc
tors Dilemma" is not mere entertain
ment. as were John Bulls Other Island
and Man and Superman." according to
a London correspondent, but "a real
play"
/ Mrs. Adeline DuvaI Mack is still In New
! York. where she went to present her
/ plays and have them staged. The Bread
: Winners" Is in the hands of Mr. Brady.
and VIII probably be produced after New
/ Years.
( The Wright Lorimer Shepherd King
company has the record for the season
/ in the matter of frequent changes I'm
/ leading roles. Wright has had no less
/ than seven leading ladies since the sea-
son began.
/ Partisan managers have had their
nerves so badly shaken by the petulant
refusal Of the public to be pleased with
anything they offer that they are refusing
/ 20 produce new plays. except on guaran-
! tees from the authors.
/ At one OF the Paris theaters a two-act
/ play. based on a Mark Twain story. IS
running under the English title. How ]
! Became Editor OF an Agricultural Paper"
The actors who appear in the play are
1 said 10 have acquired the American man
ner in a way that IS marvellous
Anything in the shape OF mining stock
I is grabbed UP eagerly by managers,
actors, and hangers-On about the New
York Rialto these days. The craze is due
20 the alleged fact that Nat Goodwin
recently invested a couple Of hundred IN
/ GOldheld and took out many thousands
A strong effort was made By leading
citizens Of Hartford, Conn. to induce
the mayor 10 place HIS interdict on the
production of The Clansmar" there.
But after going to New York and seeing
the play for himself the mayor decided
it wouldn't do any harm to have It pro-
duced in the Nutmeg capital.
Frederic de Belleville, who hasn't been
much in the public eye Of late, is 10 get
there again In a leading part in "a Mar
riage OF Reason soon to be produced in
New York. The story Of the play, by the
way is practically identical with that
Of John Hudsons Wife" in which Eida
Spong was seen here early in the sea-
son.
Disappointed at the last moment by
a company he had booked the local man
ageT at St Thomas. Ont. had to accept
any old attraction" that offered TO keep
his house open one night recently. A
paragraph from a local paper finishes
the story: Manager Turton could not be
| expected to secure a good attraction at
such short notice, and he didn't"
The Rialto isn't missing any tricks
these days in the game Of getting all the
/ loose change that can be reached with
/
/ cesses that aren't dramatizations Of
novels are being systematically novellzed
The latest 10 undergo the process Is
James Forbes comedy, The Chorus
Lady" in which Rose StahI has been so
successful.
Idleness doesn't seem to agree with
Lulu Glaser. According to New York
rumors, she has lost forty pounds since
she was last seen on the stage In Dolly
Dollars" Or is it that she was last seen
on the stage in Dolly Dollars" because
she was forty pounds heavier than she
thought she ought 10 be- and has spent
her rest period in banting? Probably the
latter is the real situation.
Edouard de Reszke and Herr Director
COnried are again in negotiation with
good prospects that the great basso will
be heard at the Metropolitan Opera House
before the close of the season. 1t will be
recalled he was under contract before the
season opened TO sing for Conried, bus
the latter Cancelled the engagement on the
allegation that he had evidence de
Reszke had not been taking the care Of
his voice he had pledged himself to take.
the manuscript copy Of THE School for
Scandal" he might go in and out of all
the offices of all the managers from the
Battery to the Harlem River, but he
would not find one who had a company
ready to produce that play. It is not
lack of actors that brings this about.
but a dramatic condition which is
limitation" This is what Bronson
{ ~ INV I'd Of 4
told reporter in New York the other
day
No doubt it is on the cards to follow
in this country the example of London
and have a revival of the Gilbert and
Sullivan operas. This will explain the
amount of attention given the revival
Of The Yeomen of the Guard" at the
Savoy in London on Saturday. AS
clange from some of the so-called
new" light operas and musical come
dies now in circulation. a revival of the
Gilbert and Sullivan, Strauss. Audran.
Won Suppe. or any other old light opera
will be welcomed by large section Of
the public.
Tim Murphy begins his Southern tour
the first Of the year. He has two bills.
The first is the comedy "A Corner in
Coffee" founded on the Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady's story. Mr.. Murphy has
achieved the greatest success of his life
as Jim Johnstone, an old miner from
Brazil, turned loose in Wall street and
New York society. 1t was this perform
aRce that inspired the Rev. DR.. Brady to
say he would rather be able to produce
Z play as Mr.. Murphy had a Corner in
Coffee than to write his best book. The
comedians second bill will include three