Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

in the pit Don't he misled by supposing
it comes from the house--it doesn't"
Mr. Du Maurier, remarks the New
York Tribune, must not expect to find
these wild ideas welcome on Broadway
when he comes to this country"
4 would face the jail at any time to
bcautify my work" says David Belasco.
Il do not count the cost Of production.
like to spend money il by any hook OF
crook l can add to the completeness and
perfection OF the entertainment. our pro-
fession is being injured by too much
thought of the cost of production.
The managers should be willing to make
a half dollar where they are now making
dollar profit and give the people better en-
tertainment 1t makes me angry to see 1t,
when the people are so willing to spend
their money for entertainment
1T costs great deal to go to the theater.
II means fine gloves, flowers carriages and
suppers and many other things. Why, after
that expense, should they be obliged to sec
an inferior production with something cut
out?
There should be some one in every city
to demand that. while they pay the same
price for an entertainment that New York
Managers do their best to give an ade-
quate represe ntation to a drama in New
York. They produce it to the best OF their
ability and at great cost; but the moment
the time comes TO put it out on the road
the process OF elimination begins, A SIS
week actor takes the place of $500 week
actor. Staircases and platforms and prop
critics are left behind; anything to cheaper
the cost"
They are beginning to appreciate Mr.
Fruhman in London. Blackwood's Maya
CINE describes him as IAN enterprising
American who has decided that the Eng
fish drama dscredited and moribund, shall
enjoy a renewal Of life at his expense"
FOR the management OF his stage" says
the article land the discipline of his ac-
tors he is entitled to the highest praise
Never in our time have plays been so eff
cienily, and withal so modestly produced
as at the Duke of York's theater. Every
thing is plain, yet adequate, and as we
watch Mr.. Frohmon's scene we cannot but
confess that the problem of dramatic art
is near its solution. The anarchy encour-
aged by d long line of actor-managers finds
no favor at the repertoire theater. The
actors are more like men pulling in boat
than like cricketers consulting their aver
age to the ruin of their side. So much has
Mr.. Frohman achieved of excellent augury
for the future of tho stage, and he has
achieved it because he is a first rate work
man and knows tho theater like hi3
pocket"
.
Manager AL Woods is enraged at Phila-
delphia He says the Quakers do not APP
preciate his endtavors In fact the Phila-
delphians do not take to off-color produc-
TONS THE Girl with the Whooping
Cough" was tried there unsuccessfully.
Where There's a WHIP and 1.-THE Lady
! from Jacks" closed through lack of pat
ronage. The Girl in Waiting" and THE
Midnight Sons which are not risque,
are thriving in Philadelphia after long
| runs.
Martin Beck, who returned recently from
England, has sailed again for Europe and
will make an automobile tour of Europe,
incidentally trying to arrange to get the
| Passion Play" of Oberammeragau into
vaudeville. He lie completing his plans for
| international vaudeville circuits.