The sun., 1910-03-03
C0UDIN HOQUIT new THEATRE
TIRED az REJECTIAG PLAI =;
WANTS 10 WRITE.
nes,gnaIISR Accepted Zoe June Nn Mar.
mSnS. zee saSs. a1d Jeroase ria1
DSeSnT Figure Thiuks He Ptcked
seasons Three hest PratloetlanA.

SrAs@oh b"rrc ~"
John Corbin. literary director of the
New Theatre. handed his resignation to
the hoard 20 directors two weeks ago. to
take effect AZ the close of his second year
with the theatre on June I. The rcsigna-
tlon Was acCcpted immediately There
was an undeTSt Anding that no announce
ment should be made until the ciose 81
tho New Theatre season the latter part
of next month.
Mr. Corbin was inclined 90 discuss
his resignation IAst night until he was
positive that the news was out. and then
he admit d that he had resigned two
weeks ago lie raid that his relations with
the other managers and the hoard of direc-
tors had been harmonious and that one
Of the chief reasons why he wanted "a
auit was that he was 1ettinG tired of
sending hack ~ ejectei plays 10 playwTtghts.
Since I have leen literary director
have read over 2DO plays and naturally
have hsd 70 send most ot them hack To
the authors. he said This has made me
many enemies. and I am simply sick Of
Whiting those letters of rejection. Fur
thermore ! want to get hack into general
work myself am interested IN several
hooks. I am writing one or two plays and
want to do newspaper end magazine
work or anything that attracts me. Bat
don't let II appssr that am getting out
to devote myself to writing play--
Mr.. Corhln -ald that the announcement
oT the production Ivy William A. Brady
of his plsy Husband. in which Grace
George ~ 10 appear In April had nothing
To do With his r-slgnRtiOn He would
"A kUHN -
rehesr-sls anyhow He also wanted
u understood thst The Passing % the
Third Floor Back had nothing 20 do
with his quitting. although There vas
said to ba criticism 1t m" mana cement
becausa the New Theatre had failed
to tske Jerome n Jerome. MAY
There has never been any friction over
The Passing of the Third Floor Back -
hs said. ard Il ~ not true that ths play
Was evrr re i.ct"d IN" delay "a accept-
luk IL vas d'Js to the fact that Mr. JsroFns
wanted 20 know before hs sold ~ who were
Ia h. n the cast and specially ~ho was
to 10 the star. because u WAS very par
ticular paT'
The New Thsatr, - now landed. In
my opIn ION ~ has produced the three beet
plays of IN" year IN - ar" Tho Niger
Don End Sirlf" II has also givUn the
two b"st classic r"vlvals Th. school for
Scandal and Twelfth Might
Nlr. CorhIn SAID that when the direC-
tors ~ the theatre were hr~i lookIng n r
? manager they nf~r-ci the place to him.
hut he jidn' want " and suRReet ed
Winthrop Ames because he thought he
could work successfully with him Mr.
Corlhn said the selection ~ Mr. Ames
had been Wise
II was zaid last night that Mr. Corbin's .
salary as literary director has not been
a. munihcent a. generally supposed
and that hy devoting himself 10 general
work and writing piavs he could have
greater financial returns and more CON
genial work His plav Husband was
practically written before he began his
work ~ the New Theatre
There probably viii be no NIcce~sor
TO Mr.. Corbin a. literary directof. v was
said. hut the work will be done by q
person hired solely To read playA
IL was probably due To the promised
secrecy regarding the resi- gnAtion that
winthrop Prnes direct or ~ the theatre
said that h. would not discuss the re@ig-
nation ard referred inquiries 90 Mr.
torb1n Iyee Shub~rt the business Ciir@c.
tor. was ~ Bn-ton YESTERDAY
The selection IT Mr Curbin wss nRde
nv the board - dirsS tors of the New
IheF tire. of which the Chairmrn - W X
Vanderbilt. the president ~ the thegtre
c"mpany The Other members II the
board are William Ogden Field. vice
president. otto n IL I'M Roger Winthrop
Fnd Clarence MRckay Mr. Corbin's
agreement with the directors was thFt
he could reaign ~ any time nn three
months notice