The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-11
STOLE Z. \. SOYHIRH'S MSS.
TENT ~ 4 HLANR rERsE PLAY
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ride whether there IL y hew kind ~ HHnfes
NJ LARGO In Erpokiyn with \ hHnhefinR for
Tho manuscripts ~ new plaes, NJ nnly y
misguided sneak thief who probably cuaerd
. biue aifrak when ha found that 10 had
held ~ q tdy h~artng blank yetse instead
NJ q hank messenger
~ n IL atfnc actor stocking np Tor neSt
season MI Sotherh eSpecta that there viii
be two productions ~ 'Utihevefe' this
fall In The hots that II vas M ordinary
high way man the actor tried to -, In io,ich
With him Yesterday morning IN the news.
papers In this wavi
A plav en'l,led "Uulneycfn.' waa arnt
by a messenger hoy 10 Marley Merry. pl
ftinklln avenue, Hroohlvn and was do
Wvefed Ivy mistake "a tho wrong petaon
II returned IN T. n SoIhofh. academy NJ
Nusic. Now York, n reward gill he paid
and no rieat lions asNad.
Mr. Sothern was u good denl worried
last night about the play that went aHtruy,
IN explaining the circumstances ~ it, dis
appearance he aaid
'Guinevprs' II one of the new plays
that Miss Marlowe and I are 70 do next
season. The manuscript was delivered 70
me A. tho Academy Of Music last Wednes-
day by the author, n. W. Boynton Of the
Atlantic Morthly, and at the matinee |
called n uniformed messenger TO take 1t to
Harley Merry. the scenic constructor who
wanted TO read II through before he started
10 make the scenery. The hoy wac within
half n block of Mr.. Merry'a studio hen n
man stopped him and asked him where he
was taking the parcel he carried. The
messenger told him, and the man then
replied;
I'm from Mr.. Merry's. and I'll just sign
for it and you can CO.
After the boy had returned to the mes
-enger office in Fourteenth street, and
had told the manager OF giving mp the
manuscript in the street, he was sent right
back to Brooklyn. This time he saw MIR.
Merry himself. who said that he had seen
nothing of it. Mr.. Merry inquired around
and learned that one Of his sons had seen
the man sign for the parcel, but thought
nothing Of the occurrence. | expected
that It would he returned to me-, a. my
name WAS or the cover, when the person
VINO got IL lOunu tnat IL WaS OF no Use 10
him, but | have heanl nothing from it as
yet.
"My chief concern about the play il that
It may fall into the hands of some I'M
scrupulous person who may try to gain
some profit out of it. Mr.. Boynton's treat
ment of the romance of King Arthur Is in
blank verse. and differs greatly from the
other plays on the same theme. ! shouldn't
like to have 1t fall into the hands of the
critics, because | want them to receive
their first impression of the play In the
theatre.
Fortunately, I took Miss Marlowe's
advice and had more than one copy of the
manuscript made. She told me of a trouble
some experience last season, when the
manuscript Of a play she was preparing,
containing all the instructions of the
prompter and stage manager, was taken
from her room with a bundle of ne wspapers
by a maid and finally landed in a dump
heap. After a continuous search for a
weeR the manuscript was heated
Mr.. Sothern said that "Guinevere' Is
one of a number Of new plays in blank verse
which he and Miss Marlowe will present in
this country and in England next season.