The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
PHASES OF CURRENT DRAMAS
Episodes OI THE iTRfT. ~ or.
FrRgNr;S ~ NFW iORh.
trorsr 70 Conan ~ tribe pr,ncipir
of Preparation Salur ~ q Nausir.
vile FRAMING for Dranatur=ic b.on-
or, lNrry i'sp~ orti's New pay.

theatre to-day ~ ,t-prgr NJ CONAN He
IL also vl.N0u pro 1tyu" in m" history
VI our drama Dion Houricauit wrote
plays. ..,-n, .h-rr hundred in ait ~.
Gang and acted H. did NOT dance.
borrower. nd " jhai particular Mr. tohan
ma . 'n'lu.tf: ~ fIoItriCal accomplish
,rents Inca hr has won Some hunnrs is
cnu,ro~,r - ms own s~,Gs. such a
Naricty ~ ta,,ns il pO~scSsod by '"v.
To he 'm,,c~ r. professions in which ne
has v.u s'IrI a variety of laur"ls H." adj
mlratr rohan has JuSi hddcd anothc~.
He b., rro, "a himself % very as,,,;r aud
sali = '-u.Ri draUg,Ic crl5ic.
II was rnuatc'rna that ," dag
no I'd som" Size present trouble II tho
Ar. can ma -"-s md "~r"CIlly Tncn-
tiunD. Mis- u "a, al eNhn.plr OF the
kind , avs n, lfyr"l ~ the public.
HIS rIdc n, e. rhr, Nr Mguch9 ms
wnrS rpa' r. apput "nDuEt real comedy
and re-, ir.ut - amu~e u music hall
nuiieuss' isr Ar few minutes fhltd >k'''cI
in one 1t tHc-, Thea res l. = Ipru-''i ~ l','
That many rt ia" ulavs presented to Tia"
publl, suffer from q = sam" plent iful Lack
Of innlr ~unj So vet -tretch,si over three
and IA sr,uc cstr'- four acts il not u I've
denicl MI tho ulr joritv ~ those very
tenG"I- corn - I .On- com" from England.
The l. example II It's kind was sc.r rely
abb, even 90 hr,H l,ag breath here -
soon W., tho LIE frrzcn put II its "rraci-
atei ht'lc bpty. In.~ w. MIR Prce,iy
and the O. .n,uss." which g'ICcumbsd Ia
its uar; .cgle~iy mIEgIrnt form u Gnfan-
tile pr. y l. wish -.N.c"'y I -.ruggle
II was IN q. 'igl ieErr" -er rcscntat!ve IT
the dehu.onctre tAn, NJ Crh,n has SO
cleariY ~ i'c''"I
WsrC m, op,u,on'ro' q3I,o al variance
with phs, OF no public II. tn matter of
Mrs. Dot" Nj ,oh,n might no. I've 81
good a a a'aas g Cr.io Is n" Is. Yet IN
spite ofrn. l.t'.' Vra =, srnt .hr production
has or 10. I'd t-Ou ,ho r't overs of current
dramat tn" cents. ,ho-u hl- boon no
ground 20 nuE- t.oItn.. 'b' popularity II
the como RAJ on of tins thin London
dramu aud uh" blue eyed. ycbow hA,r,t
young -,lr who seems So irCIplb!. ~
acting q Pc, thai wH- 81 obviously
created 20 NJ quite another talent. When
Mr.. Gotham ls morc experienced ne whI
not b. discouraged 20 find himself at vari-
auce with tn taste OF he public. Ne
may even BECOME quite rscoIclled To
the description OF the dramatic critic
that Robert Nich-us g,v"- N -Iha Gr",n
Carration- He always Seemed to th,-
author TO b. ikea man rushing after tn.
crowd and warning il TO turn about and
go in the right direC on aud not ia tn
wrong ono. But the p"cpl" kept righr
on and tn" critic followed behind vanity
prOtesl m rnst hoy should not caDtinu.
in the wron z dirccton
MIR CohEn's own pl1ys make a much
stronger appeal to-k'- CO, MT men than
the mportrd pieces az the NiEd h" H..
20 justly c~.t- d II - G.4-t-.Ict.v.. IN
his methods g o. .,l.c sn but a- o. drama
tist he IL eating h.- own convent oas
The dr"C nHSs with ch Get Rich
Quick Wal!InElord- hurls IT. points NJ the
public - so Impo-tlHt element N t.
siecces. HIT u - revolutionary from the
usual standpoint of IN" drnmntisr What
IN the world Il 20 become ~ the Old
principle Of preparation II Mr.. Cohln
turns out Jhs ,aps sdc itll PLAY os the
season largely b"r'ausr H. stondS on IN"
ssa 2. anr throws pn. vo,nt altar anor nor
into the faces nj III, audI"r rt with no more
PR pa ration thsn che ~ 81! boz allows no
COP when he shicS a SNOWFALL ~ h,rr
Two FORMS ~ which this ha' owed prin.
ciple Of prepa RI ion gr' eNhlr ID are IN"
first act ~ -pIpl cmacy. which seemed
a most expert Application nT he rrjla 50
long a. ParIS was rhe c~p.'9i cf 'nc
theatricai world When i, wts shlfiad
To- CHRISTIANS there VS. found IN ~"
first 2ct Of III edds. Iiahl"r' n much more
expert End natural manner II a. qua lutInG
tn. audience" with the pO@tur" of CirC'Irn-
stances IN the family End what mtEht
be expected to hrppe1 Their" Nowadays
there seems TO he little necessity for what
used 20 be Thought a law indspsnsa III"
in piaywrightnE Yet II WIS always
the principle that the amateur first MAJ
tered Conan poyl. IN ms interesting
melodrirna. The Spt kIed Band shows
that he has thoroughly learned this rule.
although there are few others in stage
craft with which he reveals much farniI-
iaritv. IN" long first act prepares the
audience for what - to come with such
rnoroIghn".s thar the smallest boy IN -ha
last ro~ IN the gallery IA awar" Il what
must happen
An experienced ndapt.r Of stories to
stag us- rrcepilv ~ tempted 10 make "A
drama ont If another ~ the books by the
author VII" ~ Responsible for tn" original
Of Mr. tnhan'- triumphant play. ~.
went a. ~" task along tn" traditional
lIns-a 81 dramatic workmanship The
result was very dIT"ront from the drama
o. ne s"ru nos =, the. Gdiety When MIR
= % an a, "A irtn' &c critic couipa rod
Nrs Dot IT, "a vaudeville sk etch he paid
y 80 high'--- fora 1T compliment Tn"
ylu'"y'li" rI.v', T.. evidently hiS own
moi Frrn .'- ''tf' srtrs,trrb, is rsJe--