The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Kate the Advanced Shakespeare
He Favors Not Only Nafional Theatre. but, q
Educational Theatre to Teach People What
They Should Want Thinks theE eEngEshPub- !.
lie Centuries Slow" While America
L Open-Mndeda and Open-Eyed. /

IN msdtutionr' continued. .1anA an
you ever going to get rid Of himrs
ny pam ana unvarnished opinions a
lum are ~ inscribed In the Blue Boos. 3
Ated M. Barker solemnly but win
oencinS eyes. I've said and WRITE, n
n"cn aoout him that I've almost sx1
nausted him as q subject. Al for settind
rid OF him. I suppose that win come h,
coos good time. I hope so."
SHE DREW HIS FIRE.
DO you consider that stage life tsnd1
10 ALLEVIATE influences and lower the NOR
ais! was my next query. !
Just had a feeling in my very fnper1
most that this question would annoy Mr.
Barker and make him say to himself and
perhaps aloud: THE American fnter1
viewer will out" ! wasn't wrong.
He chortled.
That's ridiculous!" he exclaimed "p.,l
fectiy ridiculous! Why shouldn't IL b. II
easy to be happily married in theatrica]
NE as anywhere else? And as for one,}
morals being afrected"- Here vorcj
failed him,
W course. the English stage u ~erJ
wen ordered and respectable, anyhow 4
l observed. thoroughly enjoying myself.
us TOO respectable. If anything" rsa
torted the Producer. "There'd bs bettel
acoHs II It wasn't. and why all this taIa
aocut stage morals anyhow! People ar{
the same everywhere. A man isn't necesl
sarly q good man just because he xoei
hcme to tea every day. nor q woman be.
cause She is capable housewife, II
youh excuse my saying so, this contfnj
uai harping on what Is moral ana what
isn't Is the very lowest form of Ameri1
can morality
felt quite crushed. but I pIucked I'd
spirit to say:
You seem to do about a much Of n
here"
That's quite true" assented Mr.. Ra,i
ker.
: Are you interested in the French
stage"" / questioned.
THE MAN AND WOMAN DRAMA |
Not At present. It's too es,entiaI1
Partisan nowadays. Just q man and !
woman drama, with always the same
complications and results. But this att
tempt Of the japanese drama to Euro1
peanize itself is distinctly interesting
though rather to be depIored. You know
that just now there is q group of Japa4
nese players doing The Dolls House sh
the Kingsway Theatre" \
Then he showed me some intsrestine
Of the production.
Are you coming over to America some
time soon?' I asked,
i've been there once, you know" hs
answered. Il went over to the .MillionI
aires Theatre but 1t was too big. d
could not do anything there. Yes; thinl
III come again before long. I'd like I'd
produce some Shakespeare" !
Il hope all this play producing doesn.t
mean that you've given up play writingrii
Dear me, MOI! said Mr.. Barker. In an
almost shocked tone. I'm hard at work
on play now. and hope to do many
others. but I'm also very keen on producj
Ing |
You have many interests. haven's
your
Yes; I'm glad to say I have" and he
looked the personification of youth. en-
ergy and intelligence as he spoke.
Then in came the stage manager or the
business manager or some other person.
age. and could see that the Produces.
was anxious to transfer his activittes to
the working details Of his schemes, 30 {
took q rather hurried farewell and left
the idealist and thinker wrestling with
problems anent the stage or the box ofs
dce.
Copyright 1912 New-York Tribunal