New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
PLAYERS OF SERIOUS PURPOSE
GEORGE Fawcet. Porrayer Of Bosses, as Natural Phil
osopher-Lamette Taylor Would Stay IN New
York IN Permanent Repertoy.

vns ro.c of Wuaicr. tire boss in a
Naf.s Friends. COL O. very lose T.
D;-or.c fawccu thc Interpreter OF the
mart. a- he explained befor. t.c perform
.rec d.. other evening. NJ laNeett also
created bosses iu THE Nan of tne Hour.
and .'rhc Fighter te revealed himself
as natural philosopher in Discussing ."e
.ex,d political problem of tho day. All
tG,t a.. are d0mc u the way - reforms,
ne s.Io. d.. merely stopp.ns up noles
.Th,-o boss paits"-ho paused 70 add
dab of grease pd.nt-"they arc human
ucln--. these fellows. you cant get away
from tlat This is , bigger problem than
reon.. realize.
.If &c.. can dramatic s4en problems
without resort 20 sentimental aids ana
..-.r-coat.ng Il 81 step toward the Soc
tuition. lu European countries people are
t.I .ova more by conventions than here,
.r,, are more ougarchicGl, and for chat
reason the United states ought 10 adj
r.n., quicker than amy other nation.
gut am not SO sure tnat human nature
can attain anything like perfection. I'D
t.an.e. bon 1898. thcf called each other
citizen So-aud 80. and tnen Napoie""
crowned himself and thcy went fiSht
back 10 aris,ocracy
Tine part Of the boss is rather appeal
.n- to me from this standpoint l. any
tHin2 eyer evolves from government. it la
eolus to Cleo. 10 right here. Dc is ID ti,'
.a,ing that So Ear such evolution has been
"a failure Tine government that people are
coins, ;o Ike the best is the one they are
.o.us to have. n1 matter what lis form
People can put themselves ON a pedestal
and be v.rtuous 500 Ions as they are indie
pendent Then thcs ao things for the sake
of thc country 90 for thc sake of their lee
ug done. ana not for themselves. We
need "a leisure class.
There mas ncvcr been such 'onaiuon
,u the history of the world as has grown
up boz the last twenty-five years. The
point is whether people can govern u'etn-
selves set. Al We are doing is TO stop up
holes
81 believe this part Of Whalen could be
written still deeper. so that he couldn
1c downcd. His overthrow i'm \ Man $
Friends is only effected by compromise.
Political organizations like his 80 too far,
but believe nevertheless that the solu-
ton of the problems of government may
boz worked out by these same bodies. Ihe
oldtimc merchant was very fine type
and there are many fine men I'm business
to-day. but business is crooked in Itself.
/ The time is not yet ripe for the triumph
of reform The truth is that. by all the
D no To- "A
! il Is played. Whalen should have won.
THE boss is not TO be sneezed at tie
/ is part and parcel of our civilization. lie
is seen everywhere. like cork coming
up on top. Whalcn is not made 50 strong
as me- might be- in a play about reformers.
tie might almost be justified under pres
cut conditions. You've got To take into
consideration the weaknesses oi man
/ kind. II IS no use lesislating from too
strict standpoint Human nature IL
capable Of queer contrad ctons. The mar
who has gone ny against battery may
come home and piiier a till. II We can
only get plays like this we are making
% big advance"
MI fawcctt uses practically no make
up in his portrayal OF the boss. II was
suggested that he should wear haSh}
clothes and jcwelry but that did not IAN
/ iu with his idea. In creatins Boss
Mhalen he did not make a study of any
/ one a method employed by some players,
/ bat one which he believes to be bad art.
, lie seeks rather to symbolic type.
Iaurcttc Taylor is not person who
succumbs to the pressure of systems or
individuals opposed To her ambitions.
| when she determines 10 do thing OPP
position merely arouses her lighting blood.
II she took IT into her head TO play
Brutus or Cyraao Il would hc safe bet
that she would lind the manager. So
that the other day. when she announced
privately that she was going to upset the
starring system, ii looked very likely that
she would appear in repcrtory next sea-
son.
What's the use OF waiting until you're
siXty-hve. like Sarah Bernhardt. before
being allowed to act in rcpertory?" she
exclaimed. 'lf you can get the money in
New York why put up with night
stands? And why should New York lose
you II II wants you? | mean to take up
character parts. My idea is To have about
four plays and stay right here in New
York.
Il spoke of this plan to another man