The sun., 1912-07-01
THINGS TALKED Of
IN THE THEATRES
sarah Bcrnhardt Is to BE Seen
in a New Music Hall
Playlct.
SOME SHOWS WE MAY SEE
And Points About Others That
Are to BE Staged Here
the Coming Season.

Sarah Bernhardt. who has at last recoG.
rzed the inartistic nature Of her appear
ances in scenes from her most famous
nlays. will take next month to the London
coliseum a short drama by her son Maui
rice 1t is called Christmas in the Terror
ard Nine. Bernhardt will be one Of the |
women of the revolution in the play. Nine. |
Berphard, has hitherto excused her ap- |
uearanc. in scenes from her plays on the |
ground that the public wanted to SEQ her /
IN the plays with which her. reputation |
~ns connected and that II was impossible |
10 act one of them in a music hall. While |
,he French actress is in this country next |
season Lucien Guitry will produce -Kis-
met at her theatre. The question as to !
whether "S,imurun" or "Kismet" was
better ra ged last winter in New York. al |
though the degree Of popular success
which attended the performances OF
-Kismet" was much greater than was to
lie expected for such complete novelty
AZ "Sumur,in." In Munich the answer
70 the question was delivered without
delay. In the city which had declared
-Sumurun" to be a great success 'kis-
met" met with prompt failure.
This is the season Of the stock theatres
and various incidents Of character never
heard of az other times enliven the theat-
rcal life Of the cities fortunate TO possess
such troupes. Recently in town OF New
York State an actress in one OF these
companies asked the stage manager II
she was TO have the leading part in the
plav that was to follow during the next
week He replied that another had been
indefinitely assigned to her. Stepping
10 the footlights. she began to state her
complaint to the audience. She thought
she had been unjustly treated. but the
curtain fell before she was allowed to say
So Observing it's descent, she jumped
down into the audience, took an empty
seat and watched the discontinue Of the
actress who had succeeded in getting the
mart she wanted reading from manu-
script Such rerelations of the artistic
temnerament are rare nowadays.
The struggles to get hold Of the version
arre.t Of one actress. which is a degree Of
teveritv to which managers seldom are
forced to resort. Although the transla-
non Of Langyels play is accessible TO
Tnvbody who wants IL. the version made
lr Bryan OnRley from the translation OF
;he form OF the play acted by Walker
Wni'eside and omits the trial scene. thus
.nahlinr the sir gle scene Of the Japanese
Embassy in Paris to serve for the three
grts. In all the European cities the play
vas acted as ii was written. That Is,
with four acts. The summer season OF
Western stock company has brought to
q, drama,ization Of Victoria Crosse
-Lifs's Shop Window" which has not hith.
.rio reached the stage. W. II. Clinord
made the play. which tells the story OF a
daughter who contrives to unite her
nd fathnr after their y.
ment
Marie Tempest will not return to the
United States this coming season. but
will remain in London until the popularity
Of "At the Barn. by Anthony Wharton.
j. exhausted 1t is the most successful
comedy that Miss Tempest has had for
several years and it is to be hoped that
she may be allowed to appear in it in this
country. 1t has usually been her mis-
fortune IN the past to have her plays
bought by American managers for other
stars and she has been compelled to Use
whatever was left after the others had
been provided for. But she il said "a
have secured the American rights to her
present play. One instance OF the way IN
which the rights to London successes are
bought by other managers happened in
The case of "A Pair OF Spectacles John
Hare had long been seeking play IL
which to attempt the conquest OF this
country. 1t seemed as II in Grundy'i
adaptation he had at last found the right
thing. But when ne tried to buy the
American rights the next day it was only
TO discover that they had been already
.old after the second act to /. Henry
French The result was performance
mere Of a Pair of Spectacles' which VA
GOOD enough, but nevertheless did moi
reveal half the charm Of the performance
which John Hare and his company gav'
ten years later.
Lew Fields has not made his usua
summer musical production. 40 New forl
hae been this summer without the con
ISOLATION Of any successor to The summer
wdowers, THE Midnight Sons or any
of the Glen Macdonough extravaganza,
life in town. There will be three nev
pieces Of this same general character
however, 10 be seen early In the f0rtn
coming season They will be The Low
Mail The sun Dodgers and The Singinl
@ S aH An0ssr hs9h;S. sa. whieS ps IT,
latest result of a collaboration betweeI
Charles Mcclellan and Ivan Caryll
kar Roessler. author OF AIhe fiV
Frankforters, which promises to be IN
"B.n'y Pulls the Strings OF the comm
season. was an actor before he settlet
IN Munich to devote himself to play
writing For several years he acted
the irving Place Theatre in this city an
travelled TO the principal cities OF IN
las, under the direction OF Heinr1c
Conriod He has written two otne
comedies one in collaboration with "
norman novelist Roda Roda ca lied I'm
General. Hill" and "ln Chair at IN
rhih' hut neither has met with N
.ucco. of -The Five Frankorters. IN
uIsy has been equally successful
London =,
leo Fall, who wrote .The Dolla
Princes. has younger brother Richar
!, hi. uame. and ne Is also by way OF writ
iu. comic operas lie writes short one
however. AZ n young brother should. an
Arm, and the Girl" il the title OF on
h" has prepared for tho London HipP'
drono II is said to possess altosetht
charming music and bright stor.
Perhaps Martin Beck will import 1t.
Taps" was the name Of drama act'
hero sornc years ago at the Lyric Theat
wih Oh, skinner in the leading role
had previously been played at the lrviI
IIt.,. - l.,,,., with R,dolf Christ iana al