The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-18
ROBERT EDESON THINKS HIS NEXT
SEASONS PLAY WILL Be A SUCCESS
He Is Going to Try Out "The Call Of the North in Providence Mex
Week--Kolb and Dill Are to Follow Him at the
Newark Theatre in Lonesome Town"
BY R. M.

w HEN Robert Edeson mex app ears in Newark it will be in III like
W. nhood. in 1.-THE Cali of the North" a decentralization from the novel
The Man of the Hour" The name Of the novel is "Conjurers Houses"
and, though I AVE nt read it 7 nderstand ~ l. in M WIS., 80 80.
style L ave never red anything by Mr.. White, in fact, that vas not
vhle In style n Characterization, and rich in atmosphere
Between the second and third acts at the Newark Theatre, Mr.. Edeson
told me something last night about this new play Of his which he is To try
ltenance with large chunks of hunger md emaciat,o in ,uanae ns eou ".
jungle scene of" Classmates IS he talked. All day long he had been over
at the Hudson Theatre in New York re earang the piece, inc he was tired
But HI was not too tired to be enth uiastc abont ths nra.naots 49,
admitting that phy-producng al. the best is a gamble. he vas confident that
IN can OF the North was going to succeed, If the performances this
I EmHae prove Tns.E at STA he will use the play all mex season. opening at the
Whose idea was it to dramatic the book. Mr. Edeson" I asked him.
That vas mine I saw the possibilities when the boo hrt came tut
n secured the dramatic rights for myself. Then the problem was to find
before we turned o Mr. Broadhuwt to do the job. | think Mr. BroadHurst has s
fn9 ma You lou h dno the only oly way t. dramatic a book is to read it care
to be told thu writing a move and making a play are two propositions with
Mr. Broadhurst has adopted the central idea of the story, of course. out
and several of the characters are all his own sH rh er are i q co anlos gu srntohy
sn m neD oHSar for % instance &C. that thai do n O appear in the novel. hut that bring
~phpg farce tt IN light comedy. anyway. and you know what excellent comic
What win be our own role in the plece?" I inquired.
It's a American role, like IL Of mine" answered Mr.. Edeson. "rhats
A Anrahea actor IF course the Gene of this piece are in the Canadian
cal and the authorship is American
Il haven't beer interested so much in my " role. The play itself is
there are several roles of great possibilities. It's the play that counts every
count as g trade mark u unless he's got the goods HI can do business
Il play the part of a mar whose father las been killed ad h is looking
is also the nan who holds the tradcsmen # the region hneladinp " mS o mo
character, in the hollow Of his hand an car make them or break them At
"n. gu see thu dramatic possibilities of the situation. 1t is melodrama, Of
course. but lot meodrama of the blatant description. The scenes depend for
|ployed in the writing and insisted on in the acting Several of the members
d e woms, company ON Ss Will appear r with me- in the piece Miss Marjorie Wood,
Of tn North She has done well in rehear5as I am sorry Frank Mcintyre
l"ont have a partin it, but he will be we'll provided in m other play"
TOWN. I Fs save N nsUer sM me VIII thI oe sue suc e eeaed ~ kao and Dill in Lonesome
an%s*rHa They should make a good Easter week attraction here. After the
aneatrep ubn as particularly welcome.