New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Some European and America
Notes of Interest to
TheairenOerS.

re EN-bfo Ilnell, WHO recently celebrzssS
his 18Th birthday and is living In VI.
lage near Palermo he made his FRS, pus.
liz appearance in ISL. at the age of Ten.
an italian adaptation Il Schillers .wuL
lam Tell" This was the first and last nd
fcrmance OF the play under me directk.
of his father. the manager. who vasss
rested the following morning by ordsrx
the government of Naples for produehs
"a stage play of revolutionary chs,sT
ter" The elder Pineli was senierzu,I
twelve months Imprisonment for thssx
fence and died IN prison The younar
Pinelll afterward Joined another strollr,
players company and subsequently formed
one Of his own He continued 10 art vn,s
ne was nearly ninety years Of age. ana
several Of his grandchildren and sres,
grandchildren arc members Of the prof,s
sion In various parts of Italy.-rhe Stage
MIR Bernard SHAW has said, Before VA
are Ave years Older tlree-fourths Of or
most popular playwrghts will he women
II rs extraordinary how they have MAJ
tered-or mistressed-the stage lstslys
This prophecy is we'll IN the way 10 ~
flment. Women are nnistressing the rak
in more WAYS than Mr. Shaw has inf
Gated. To-day there are two women 1
England-Niss Edith craig and Nh
Madge McIntosh-who are play producers-
quito a new field for women.
Miss Craig. OF whom one hears goo.
deal IN London. and who T. daughter AZ
Miss Ellen Terry. has done some notsd.
work She was trained for an actress. and
PLAYED. among other parts, Jessica. in "Ths
Merchant Of Venice" with Miss Terry ana
Sir Henry Irving. She attained no smar
success as an actress. but sighing FOR 'n%
worlds 10 conquer" she saw there Al
scope for woman who could propea@
that is To say, srtistically and correct,&
dress" plays. Miss Craig thereupon d.
voted her energies for a time 10 this work.
end IL IS only fair 70 record that her
gowns did absolutely III the parts--and II.
PLAYERS. Not only did modern dress engst
her attention. but she studied costume" IN
all it's ramifcations 10 such purpose that
she is now recognized authority on this
TO all women and many men. fascinating
subject s
Miss Craig took H. She has successfully
produced, to mention few of her efforts,
"A Pageant Of Great Women" In which
have been seen many Of our well knosn
actresses. and Miss Cicely Hamlteas
clever little play. Tho Home Coming"
which was admirably done. While at the
Little Theatre she has produced and stage
managed Miss Bessie Hatton's delightful
play. Before tho Sunrise"
To he play producer means much sriu.
Gus work more than that. II demands sre-
cisl aifts The Gift of orga nzstlon y
needed. and the perception that enables
one At a glance 10 select tine right psopl4
for tho parts in the play 10 he producs6,
And. perhaps chiefest Of all. one must loys
tho work. so as to inspire all those who
work in the theatre with enthusiasm for
what has to bc done. and 50 bring ont IN.
best that is in them.
II is a profession that never will he over
crowded: too hard an apprenticeship has 10
be served. and its demands are SO great
But for the woman who can do II II s
ma gnifcent work.
Truly the field for women is widening
-Pall-Mall Gazette. ai31
Lewis Waller the Boris in the "Gardsa
Of Allah" may give some matinee perform
ances OF Henry Y" in this city befors
leaving for London in the spring.
Perhaps tho Kaiser is right in trying io
snub the drama. which can and will do 50
much more to harm than to help tho IDEAS
Of empire and life for which he has striven'
for in the end drama will throw m its pres
ent conventional ideas about military glory
and the like Although. i'm Germany. des'
perate and partly successful efforts are
made to sti1e thought. or rather to throttle
those who seek to utter thoughts subvorsiN
OF the present system of tyranny, the ih'.
atre has already played a valuable part
I'm the dissemination Of ideas. indeed eytf
since the production of Iudvig Fuldas
play founded on the story Of the king ana
the fraudulent tailors some of tho German
dramatists have used their great weapon
in one form or another as a means Of AZ
tack on the empire Of blood and iron that
causes huge mischief TO the Germans and
their neighbors. IF 7 were despot | should
coax the drama and chain the drama, and
would support lavishly the theatre 50 lons
as it preached conventional views ~
royalty. loyalty. patriotism. religion ana
morality. and have censorship OF herceS
vigor at the same time and permit no
evasions by means Of semi-private perform.
ances And. of course. 7 should fail. fan
utterly in the long run. since It is as df'
fcult TO chain thought as to carry water II
a asieve-westminster Gazette.
In The Manchester Guardian h'gnN
suggestive little sketch is described thai
arouses hopes that some day II may y
produced here. and with the slight change
adopted that The Guardians" critic sue'
gests. He says: "In the beginning OF NV
Cat and the Cherub' there wanders into W.
corner OF Chinatown. with its black-splasse'
red lanterns and sinking Orientals W@''
ern policeman. casts his eve round. Silen'n
contemptuous. sees two men sitting 10
gether on a bench. hears them talk v'tho''
hearing and wanders away again. Al Wv
end. when II IS night. wanders I'm the ss0'
policeman. sees the same streets, the SAW
houses and the same two men sitting Gu
the bench. the one talking as he had ta'S''
before Only the other is a dead m1'
propped up there. and between the ",
visits have come murder and madness az
death. The plot of the thing Is sltnp'.
melodrama; but. then. so is the plo' y
Macbeth or. for the matter of tha'
La Mort de rintagiles' Give melodIS"'.
the twist OF imagination. and you -.
whirled into terror and romance wi'' -,
greatest The romantcsm of Inc
and the Cherub'- keeps it from p'Oll
ping into hdelphi commonplace-hsDs'
fiimsiy. as on one thread, on the poHNe
man who never speaks. There are me s'se.
pictures. most of all in the gloom a, :"
end. when Wing Shee lights his sa,rnn'.,,
apA ,bo, cInv.l,s gtropgies tho mufucFct y