New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-05
STAGE NOTES.

&C TieAdnuer has acquired for pro-
uuc'Ion at the 81. James's a new play by
"r' hoimar. the Hungarian drama list and
author OF The Devil" which was such a
SUCCESS IN America. Mr.. Alexander's &C
auisltlon pears the title OF Der Herr Ber-
le'uIsel' which may freely be rendered
as Inc gentleman Protector" II is
nVeiy comedy and has been played with
marked success in Vienna and in many
or the municipal theatres in Germany.
The prosperity and the influence ~ the
theatre are rapidly declining in this coun-
Try. The season OF lsoS-'O9 was bad: last
season was worse. The present is half run.
and the managers are almost in a state OF
panic. There has been failure after fail
ure. The people who want not much more
than TO be interested at the theatre are
bored by what they see, and the people
| who want TO be inspired ignore IT. The
stage Of country is never in so dangerous
a condition as when il does not count in
the calculations OF the most cultured peo-
pie. II may be frequented by the many,
its actors and directors may be busy but
If the result OF their effort leaves no
beautiful memory and diffuses no abiding
for the many soon tire of the child's play,
the tinsel and the clatter. Meanwhile TIE
eXacting public has ceased 20 take account
Of what so infrequenty and so lamely MIN
isters 10 its desire for things beautiful and
wise. james O'Donnell Bennett. in Chi
cago Record-Herald
Robert ManteIl will appear al the Males
tic Theatre. Brooklyn, tomorrow night in
Macbeth" His repertory for the rest OF
the week follows: Tuesday night. Ham
let: Wednesday afternoon. AS You Like
it,. Wednesday night. "Richelieu': Thurs
day night. "Othello"; Friday night. King
Lear. Saturday afternoon. Hamlet" and
Saturday night. THE Merchant of Venice"
Imitation, as every one knows. is the life
" the theatre. Last autumn Mr.. Belasco
distributed three or four piano lamps about
the parquet of his theatre in New York.
/ The Blackstone, opened last month in Chi
cago has its lamps too, and now they bid
fair 10 be set UP in every new and pre-
tentious theatre Unfortunately, those who
sit under them are slow TO appreciate their
aesthetic utility. says THE Boston Tran
script" an opinion with which the Tribune
critic cordially agrees.
4 recent interview with Charles Havtrev,
who will play "Inconstant George" for the
remainder Of the season. may have some
interest for the American public Mr.. Haw-
trey has a new play. The Great Name"
Mr. Henry ". Savage has the American
rights. Havtrey says: 1T is from the
German ! play "a musiCiau-the great
name W the piece ! am very modern
compoSer-a man who has written a ling
ling waltz and ousted from his pride Of
place the man with tho long hair and the
big ideas in his soul.
But the public prefer my iingng waltz,
and so when the great man writes his SYM
phony I have TO lend him my great name
20 float If. That * good idea, is it not?
And. as you say, there is extraordinarily
in 30. too.
The big scene? Well I don't want 70
90 into details, for its long way Off but
well the big scene is in the finish, when
the symphony is played 10 the great audi
enCe and the man with the great name
does the chivalrous thing.
Does my jingling waltz go through the
niece? one melody runs like silver thread
through the story-the melody Of the SYM
phony which the great artist has written,
but (and this is the tragedy OF It alb it
takes the great name 10 float il.
This plant Of a. plsygOer in a foreign
CITY might be taken 10 heart uy manager
in New York. where only tie names Of
stars" are advertised. can nothing"
asks the patrons OF tho playhouses. "can
nothing be done TO induce the theatres 70
revert 20 the old system of letting the pub
lie know the names OF the players appear
ing in various plays? ! recall the time
when every newspaper advertisement en-
abIed the theatre goer TO see not only what
was on az the theatre, but where his favor
ties were 70 he seen. Now the information
is meaere in the extreme. ! have pleasant
actresses and only recently when in doubt
where 10 spend my evening l turned TO the
NEWSPAPERS 20 find out where some of them
were 10 be seen. IL gave me little news
OF the kind I wanted. IL told me the titles
of the different plays and the names Of the
theatres where they were being performed,
but nothing more. l am certain that
voice the views Of a good many theatre
goers in the matter. and believe that II the
theatre managers realized that we are at
tracted more by the performers who may
be appearing than by the titles OF the
pieces. they would revert to the good Did
nlan Of publishing the names Of their COM
panes."
Arthur Bourcher says there can be no
greater pleasure 20 a manager than 70
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