The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-29
STAGE WAYS HEREAND ABROAD
GIORLt GROSSWfTH. JR.. HERF
ron VISIT, TELLS or THEN.
tnsi''h r,a,rr aRsi Pta, right Dra,ss On
for fe~ ipa,s Resi Ideas of lfunor
in Two teun'r,r> Var, amt That
lilnsirrs ENrtanSr Of Good Play,

called To SO him h" t,',"phonad down
stairs In hav. IN" latt"r wait Just rw"l,"
inlnui"S Later " was found thar thar
- m" time Mr. Grrssmith'~ "tub- ",-
rup"s He had Just had on. after ar
wing on tn" hais"rin August. Victoria
aud ap'ngiz"h Wh.r-upon ~ developed
that Mr. Grossmith. who Conf"ss.'- ~
l.'ing n .I-kyil Hy,"d SORT ~ chap. being
n"' only comedian h'I, also plnywrIi"r
and producer. had not com" over hey"
tins tim" To APPEAR before III" public
II ~ my first appcaranr. IN America
as priNat" cit'z-n- Mr. Grossinith
admitted I cam" over here for "a rest
and also IN pick up an American artist
Ur two 10 take back - London for new
p'sc" which Leslie. Stuart and | are 10
put ON You know Stuart did the music
for Havana and I did ia" book
don't know what snail call IN" new
thing, hut ~ il tn h. put on az the Gai-ty
tn" mrs, week in january
w" closed two years run of Our Miss
Gibbs al 'he iiaicty only week ago
last SATURDAY. night and then decided
i needed n s"a voyage. learned that a
German steamer would sail IN. next
morning. so packed INV traps IN a hurry
and caught her Our Miss Gibbs played
d
You know a piece AZ the Gairty usually
runs from year and "A half Ia two years
Even failure il apr to- run "A year AT the
Gaisty or DAYS. tn. houses having
such An enormous following
That sort Of thing makes a Wat differ
enc. l-tSeen an actors life IN London
and the same III New York over there
one may make ones hum. III the place.
IL thu piece IN which On" Is PLAYING IL "A
success thay send anuthr- COMPANY to
tour the provinces and keep In" original
company in London. So that ono is either
London or u provincial actor H"-"
you finish Your run and then ga III about
the country
II he theatres here are run more like
the London music halls than our theatres.
said Mr. Gros>mi,h. Won do not ASSOC
Ciaf" = certain company with certain
theatre. Dy.' there theatre belongs
TO a certain mana ger and he al~ay~ plays
his company there. though 10 may let
the building for a few weeks One Of our
leading English comedians. Edward
PAYNE. has plsved ~ m. (iaietv twenty
two wears and ! hav. PLAYED there -av-n-
teen wears except for nv visits here
i made VA. debut - - French actor
last Tasr"r ~ he fnll-- B-rG.r- in PARIS
1rtsO had done 4 - ctCh nf RE. and they
pli>tsrsd ~ ny - q poster IN most nj the
sr"sks WI the hr,lle. ards The, >av u
Increased the consumption If ai'sln'nn
on that 'hcrouzhfars
Nc Gro--ml'h admitted that ha had
been made all officer II the Frsn'h
Academy. an frcnor hat had nev ~ been
eNt@ndri before to an English actor
he-e u one "bieCti"n =" playing
- IL : b
l. an actor an never have a horne h.-r"
Po-sonIll, ! prefer tho rd-l ~ Ellvins
N \ hug city. .ay London ~ Fsrl- "r New
Work 80 Doing one night stands IN Penn
=, l. ANA have a vivid remembrance .
~ ry first one NIGHT stand over here
II US III Easrun. Pa +" tHr~ iav | have
the picture nf myself rrIiguG through
the rrIdnI ght and the snow Carrying tvn 7
heavy grips and looking foir, hotel
I n. sense OF hurnnr' Will. ~ - '.tIIts .
different IN nglanI and America ine--
leans will come and see a play ~ LONDON
TO which peoIl" nav. been running and
not see anything IN u 10 'au-" = Laugh
On the other hand American pays thai
are considered very funny over here fail
to get an appreciation IN London l0u
soc people over there are not familiar
with the -or' II slang IN whlch an im'rr.
can rnmAdv abound- They dU not
undArSta nd m" pok phrases either.
ANYWAY tho best drama ] ever
In nv life vas 'Arilon.i and there. l. ~
country IN the world wheT" drama ~ -
well zone this In. FuglI-h under
stand liEhr musical c"in"dy and play ~
much letter than anv other nation On
tho v..ola they get better class ~ v"opl..
in u III" French understand TIIr"
comedy hotter than any other niiI"n. h'I' .
they don't know any hing about musical
yiay The Germans and I'Ihan-. "f
COURSE excel in opera But FOR the play
with The real heart interest, IN which
people really do a. they do IN ordinary
llfe rhe Americans can do az nobody .-l-..
In Tho world csn /
Is u harder "a plcaSa An AMERICAN
than an Eugi,sh auden".' We'll. g"oh
comedy il the -sne all IN" world over
over herr perhaps c"median has ~ h..
Of a more pronounced type. like sam
Bernarj whom | consider one ~ the h. -
~ American comedians W" don't haV"
q Dutch type 81 comedian ~ London
nor an irish The fact l. ". don't have
Germans and Irish among ~ ." any great
extent and peopIe would NOT understand
thai sort ~ comedian. S'ill man lHc
ram Bernard might <" over Their" and
make an enormous success. " ls@ matter
Of speculation entirely.
4 do NOT know how our Miss tiIbh-'
has done over here. bat IN" chni come.
dian- part IN II was that 81 "a littl" bands
man from Yorkshire part 81 such a
nature | don't zee how y Co'Iid appeal
to a New York audience, a. v"u do not
have IN. typ" over here. sam Bernard
had been cast IN " Is German bands
man instead n would ma. been r tire.
rr,.nc,t.Is -'Iccess Mind you. ! am MOI
~ ba considered making any cr'ii-
cism about the production here. am
only giving Won INV opinion ~ =" what
Ight be done m such a cas-.
Ono reason why some English rlav-
r,rodI,ssd in America de- not have long
run T. that there - 80 long AN interval
between their first production IN London
and tlaIr production in New orb.
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