New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09

the public lOi which YOU are a pdrtl what
il likes best. Then, in place Of the rcgular
appliances they use in shocShops, the rcalizc'
made use Of limmics. crOwbars, and othci
implements Of that nature for the trying on
Of the shoes. Gradually in this manner
with the constant application Of burlcSqu,
and cxaggcration. the righteousness Of IN,
scene was built up. The suggestion for the
scene was made in ten words. The seen,
itself, when manufactured ont Of the suggc-
ton, played for fully twenty minutes.
THE activity Of a rcalizcr Of music show
manuscripts may be perceived when
savthat in one season have realized as many
as sixteen manuscripts. At one time, thrc,
years ago. | realized five different mus,
shows at one time, putting them al into
stage form simultaneously. These five were
The Yankee Girl, "Old Dutch. The Cir
and the Wizard The Jolly Bachelors.
and Havana. The extent 90 which q
rcalizcr must sometimes go with a manu-
script land my case is not an exceptional
one by any means may be indicated in the
instance Of the last named piece. When
started 10 put on "Havana" ! found parts
Of the adapted manuscript that literally de
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Of the second act Of Mile. MOdistc into
one act and big part OF the third act Of an
old music play called "Thc Fiibustcr into
another act. And nobody ever noticed the
difference, Havana. incidentally by way
Of emphasizing the curious realization trick,
will be remembered as huge success.
Where practiscd music show librcttists
always write away below the thcatcr play
ing time limit, leaving the work Of finishing
and elaboration 10 the rcalizcr beginners
are always inclined 10 make their manu-
scripts twice as long as necessary. The
manuscript Of a beginner, if produced as
written, would take up five or SIX hours OF
PLAYING time. This seems always the case.
| staged such a manuscript eight years ago
in Chicago, and cut out fOrty-hvc minutes
Of the second act alone, and even then the
act was bit too long.
a rcalizcr'S advcntu' IS with amateur man
uscripts are full Of queer turns, as you may
readily believe. ! recall once, when en-
plovcd TO realize a manuscript entitled The
Time, The Place, and The Girl the work
OF two young college boys who were then
making their debut in professional musical
comedy. that ! discovered that the lbrct-
fists had laid the whole Of one Of their acts
in cemetery, and that the comedy con-
sisted Of making remarks about the graves
and the inscriptions on the tombStoncs. Oh
course. in cases like this the rcalizcr has to
act as dramatic critic and playwright IN
addition 10 his other duties. The entire act
had TO be thrown out, and had 10 write a
new one 10 take its place.
On another occasion, when putting on a
show written by a beginner, was compelled
10 put the first act where the last act had
been. the second act in place Of the first act,
and the third act in the former place OF the
second act And the show was much i'm
proved bv the transposing process. Or
course. the plot was thus all tangled up; but
the very tangling Of the original plot "a sad
affair it was) made it all the funncr.
What ! have attempted here IS a mhlfhDi
in bdrpo peep behind the scenes at phase
Of theatrical work OF which the layman rare
" hears. And if, after this, you may under
stand that the simple program phrase
STAGED by" means something more than
il has hitherto been held TO convey, shall
believe that have accomplished my modest