The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-06

LAUNDERING mackerei, that I should
live to be a bughouse collector Of marion
cites! Singing q rollioking. rapid fire
hussar o for the nineteen millionth
time since we began rehearslng, and still
they stand. NIL Of them-every internal one
Of thomas II they were glued TO the
boards. hobbled. corralled. hitohed,
buckei and gagged! Wheel
Then iercely mopplns the dripping per-
spiration from his forehead the stage
director raced down the middle aisle again,
leaped upon tho stage like a p%rizefghter
jumping into the ring and hoarsely
ordered the chorusto sing the whole scene
over again.
Another stage director. this one engaged
In conducting a rehearsal Of a society play,
employed the unrufied sarcastic method
to fetch the stage people to themselves.
.Ah.' said he to the second male lead.
that is the way then that you are ac-
customed to entering your own sumptu-
GUS ballroom1 Umph Well, your method
has some features that are worthy Of
commendation; but. pray inform me-, Is
Il considered en- regle for gentlemen in
your set to race into a ballroom as II
they were running to q fire or trying to
dodge a tidal wave? And Is II really GUS
toniary for gentlemen Of your ooterie to
yawn quite so enormously as they step
forward to greet their guests' ! await
your reply. I merely want TO know. you
know"
The male star and the playwright did
not appear to be hitting 1t on very well
together at istill another Broadway play
house on the stage Of which one Of the
new style rough stuff plays with the hero
in a blue flannel shirt was being rehearsed
sThere's not a bit Of. atmosphere in
this broke in the playwright In the mid
die OF a scene Not the idea at all
nothing like IL. Not q bit Of color The
thing might as well take place on Sixth
avenue instead Of in British Columbia.
Whole purpose OF the scene 10 lost
sOh, is that so'' languidly inquired the
male star, who is big enough In the bust
meas to be able to talk back with IMMUNITY,
even to q playwright We are rendering
your lines. sirrah, are we notf We are
executing your own business, are we mott
Er-umph-is it not barely possible, sirrah,
that that with which you find fault lodges
as much in the possible defects Of the
piece itself as in our de1ciencies7'.
This was pretty hot talk. for all Of the
languor with which it was expressed. and
it brought the playwright to his feet.
Sd that for the ensuing four minutes there
was some lively conversation between the
male star and the author. At the wind.
I'D Of the rehearsal. however. they might
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Of a neighboring liquid refectory.
Rehearsal scraps. It should be said. do
not go. The principals are expected to
scrap at rehearsals. Their nerves are on
edge and it is part Of the game. But
again in the garish light Of real life all
the rehearsal chickering's IN forgotten.
A professional play producer who was
rehearsing the large herd Of people en-
gagged to take part in a spectacular pro-
duction apparently was driven to the
verge Of Madness because the young
woman who plays the artless mai1ea
wasn't precisely letter perfectin her lines.
When the awful fact burst upon him
that in her nervousness under prodding
she had forgotten a portion Of n OF he
speeches he stalked owe to her. drove his
hands into his trousers pockets. tho,
thrust them through his hair and gael
at the shrinking young woman as II he
had just caught her In the act Of clipping
poison into the family coffee pot. He
mumbled inaudibly for q moment before
he could find words. and then he said to
her huskily:
please spell cat
Scat, cat" obeyed the young woman,
in spite OF her nervousness.
The professional play producer olapped
his hand to his forehead as II startled.
-M~arvellousl' he shouted. Beyond be-
lief! Now spell dog"
-D-o-g, dog obeyed the young woman
again.
The rehearser almost pulled q back fall.
30 intense did his wonderment seen.
who would believe it!' he exclaimed.
Am I dreaming? She remembers two
one syllable words and how to spell them.
Incredible! Now try to spell . word Of
two syllables-'study.'
Sturdy. study said the young
woman who was not exactly letter perfect
In her lines.
Hal You know the world Now. 90
home and ponder that word, and II you
are not able to 60 through with your
lines backward at rehearsal tomorrow.
we'll. we shall gee. We shall see,' and the
stage boss shook his shaggy head omi-
Another comic opera company was TO
hSarsing at one Of the out Of date down
theatres and the principals werc In
the midst Of an explanatory passage In
the first act when one Of the chorus
women in the wings began to talk and
litter. The comedian and star OF the piece
glared and the stage director bounded
into the wings.
Stand forth, the guilty one!' he hissed
Electrically, but in deadly earnest never
Stand forth Where Is shel
Who is shef She shall be dismissed! She
be driven hencei II the guilty one
does not stand forth I shal discharge
you ALL won't have i'll I won't endure
Ill I won't tolerate i'll I won't submit
it! won't brook iii won't stand for
itl The gigglerl The t~ittereri The TAB
bier! Show her to mel
But all the young women In the wings
gazed upon him silently with bovine inno-
cence, and The guilty one. sensibly enough,
declined to stand forth.
You're all ired-the whole caboodle Of
you'll bawled the stage director, rushing