The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-24
LOUIS MANN's REsTLEsSNESs.


Satisfied Ambition 20 BE Serious Ac-
tor i'm "The Man Who stood still"
Louis Mann's artistic restlessness has
carried him through great deal Of hard
work IN the last twelve years. or since
he scored so heavily as the in-keeper
in the original New York run OF The
Girl from Paris" He went into that
imported music-farce mainly 10 be as
ISOLATED with Miss Clara lApman Mrs.
Mann. who had been specially engaged
for the character of the title. Mr.. Mann's
own role was small one. anG had been
regarded as Of no especial importance
when the piece ran in London, where
the role Of the inn-keeper was played IN
cOckney character It was lob each
night before Mr. Mann got on the stage
at all in The Girl from Paris and he
was of ten minutes before the final cur
TAIN but he so elaborated the role that
he surprised himself as well as the man
agement and his associates by making
not only the hit OF the performance, but
by establishing new fashion IN fun
making. For as a matter of cold his
tory. German-dlalect foolery had no
footing in our frst-class theaters until
after Louis Mann showed its possible
ties In THE Girl from Paris"
Mr.. Mann and Miss Lipman next ap-
peared in The Telephone Girl" which
was really the first OF the big" musical
comedies. AS the erratic inspector Of
telephones IN that piece, Mann amazed
New York by giving another comic Ger
man along lines so widely different from
those followed IN the preceding piece
that Il seemed impossible that the char
acterizatiOns could be the work of the
same actor. II is the expressed mana
gerial belief that Mann might have con-
tinued IN The Telephone Girl" 20 the
end Of his days hal he so elected. so
great was his popularity in the part.
But he was restless 20 do something else
/ long before the first New York run Of
the piece was ended. Il was IN the
course OF II that he made his declaration
never again TO be associated with a
musical piece. He has not kept the let
ter Of mis- word in this matter however.
although ne pleads in Justification that
In both departures made since then he
was urged into them by managers who
promised within a year 10 put him fov-
ward as Shylock
The Girl in the Barracks" "AH on
Account OF Eliza. '"rhe Red Klcof. "
Master and pupil" "Hoch the Con-
sui, a season as chief comedian Of the
/ Weber and Fields company tthat of
/ l9J3-OD. The Second Fiddle" Julie
Bon-Bon." and The White Hen" fol-
/ lowed before he took up THE Man Who
Stood StiIl." under the William A. Brady
management
Mr. Mann now seems 20 be IN a fair
way 10 realize some OF his ambitions.
/ Il would seem-although the play has
not yet been shown here in Washington
/ that he has been successful IN gaining
general acceptance as serious player
/ by means OF "The Man Who Stood
4 Still.' Early in the new year ne is %
/ stage The Effort. acting therein as an
Italian savant who becomes, through de-
| sire FOR great wealth mixed UP In a
shameless patent medicine swindle. He
/ VIII, by November Of 1910. be the man
ager OF a New York City theater bear
/ ing his name, q playhouse 20 be built
according TO his own plans and ideas
and one wherein he viii be absolute as
90 the policy OF the stage. He does not
mean 10 occupy the house the yeal
round. but. when on tour. he VIII be
/ closely IN control Of the policy OF It's
| entertainments.