Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-14

he did himself. She COnplalned tnat Gar
rick suhordinated the interest Of the play
to himself, which is a charge which vari-
Gus persons have brought against various
actors ever since, and which likely was
brought against actors back in the days
of the first productions Of the plays OF
Aristophanes and sophocles.
Margaret Anglln, who now Is playing in
"The Great Divide" and who is under
contract to Henry Miller, was reported
little while ago as having quarreled with
Miller, who plays the leading male role
in the play, and as being about to pass
under the management Of James X,
Hackett The latter wired Hear you
are going to appear under my manage
ment. Glad to hear it. Regards to Henry"
Henry" was Miller.
Trixle Friganza is one Of the actresses
who has had her troubles lately. She went
out as leading woman in the new musical
piece, THE White Chrysanthemum," but
she sang a song so we'll that the leading
man could not lnd 1t in his heart to for
give her She wired to her sister, Bessie
Friganza:
Il have been Janvlered out OF the show"
This new word "Janvtered" comes from
the actress Emma Janvier, who appeared
in the New York production Of The Spring
Chicken" but who did not come to Chi
cago with that organization. She had quar-
relied with Richard earle, the star of the
piece At first he claimed that under his
contract the actress could work for no
body except him, but. after much squab-
bling she got a chance 10 go to work.
Another actress who has had business
troubles with earle is May de Souza, the
Chicago prims donna, who now is playing
Of Miss worthlngton I'm Carries old Dear
born theater success, THE Tenderfoot"
and she and the star never could get along
well together.
Frank Daniels the comedian, has his
troubles with his support every little
while. In his new piece, THE Tattooed
Man" he was accused not long ago of rob
bling one Of the members Of his company
OF hit that member had made. Daniels
came out and took the bows that were in
tended for the other player The friends
Of that player made a lot of noise about it,
and Daniels defended himself upon the
ground that it was intended that the char
acter he played should be the most i'm
portant one I'm the piece.
William Faversham is one OF the stars
who has had least trouble with the MEM
bers of the companies that support him.
He carries the same mechanical crew year
after year. He says. that he finds that
their criticism Of the plays IN which he
appears is helpful, and that they cannot
be deuded into thinking that he has a win
ner simply because a lot of first nighters
make lot OF noise. II was in defense of
the women Of his company that Faver-
sham reprimanded theater party In Bal
timore not long ago, appealing from them
to the gallery Of the stheater for support,
and getting It. On that momentous oc-
casion he prefaced his remarks with the
straight from the BOULDER lines "There Is
a bunch OF talking DRINKS on the first
floor, and they are annoying me"
George Cohan's troubles with his leading
woman when she was his wife Ethel
Levey, eliminated IN the divorce court. Be
fore that stage OF warfare was reached
there had been frequent disagreements,
even in the wings, and the love they made
to each other on the stage was a Joke
In stock companies it is a rule rather
than the exception that the leading man
and the leading woman look at things from
different points of view. Most plays are
written for particular star, either a man
or n woman, and the rest OF the players
In the piece do not expect to find them
selves in possession of characters to play
as good as that which the star has. Now,
when these plays pass into the stock COM
panies for playing there, either the lead
ing man the Ieading woman finds that
there is one part in the play stronger than
the one which he or she has.
This discovery naturally is followed by
some heart burning, for in a stock COM
pany the popularity of the leading man
and that Of the leading woman usually are
about the same. The consequence is that
then come charges of one player trying TO
cut into another's lines, and exits, and
entrances, and all the rest Of the little
things that outside Of the theater would
not call for a second thought, but that I'm
the theater are regarded as of almost life
and death Importance.
In some companies in which the husband
or the wife OF the star appears, although
not in leading part. there is likely TO be
trouble. Still, Blanche WIlshs company,
in which this situation occurs, is remark
ably free from disturbance. William TraV-
ers, her husband is in the company but he
is not the leading man. There have been
organizations in which this situation has
resulted in a great deal OF trouble on the
stage, but Miss Walsh has had none this
year.
Still there are plenty of other companies
in which there Is almost continual strife,
and the bird OF peace never gets overtime
in the show business.