The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-16

In fact it sometimes happens that their
reception varies importantly In the
matter OF warmth.
IL may lie remembered that within
the Law" aroused no special enthusiasm
when II was acted in Chicago first.
On the other hand Help Wanted has
been played there oftener than Ham
let and THE Merchant OF Nen.ce' COM
bined. For all We know To the con-
trary, they may he acting II yet out
there, and we don't really care 40 long
~ 1t IL not brought back to New
York IL has been said that important
structural changes were made In the
Bayard WELLER play before It was pro-
duced at the Eltnge Theatre. Maybe
some thing of the same kind was done
TO "Hep Wanted" We also wonder
II 'Under Cover" will repeat here It's
Dos, on success. 1t will he acted here
on August rs at the Cort Theatre.
Charles Erohmsn has recently be-
come much interested in the works OF
Leonard Merrick. the English play
wright Of stage life. Merricks work
usually has tho faculty OF interesting
men OF his own present and former pro-
LESSONS than the general public. Mer-
rick. who was an actor, has writ
ten almost exclusively Of theatre life.
Mr.. Frohman II convinced that II he
could be persuaded to write a play as
interesting in its treatment OF stage
subjects as his novels the public
would respond. when Love Files Out
of the Window" in It's present form
would seem 10 offer SUFFICIENT material
for the sort OF a play that Mr.. Frchman
Is seeking. The fact that the hero Is
a dramatic critic who works for $3.50
a night might arouse hostility in union
circles, but the public would not be con-
cerned in that phase Of the work.
The success OF ~Monna Wanna" in
England the other day ought to suggest
to some American manager the posi-
bilities Of the work. Maeterlinck's play
In in certain views ignoble. but II Is con-
ceived and executed on a broader scale
than most contemporaneous dramas.
Certainly II ought to be worth another
trial in this country. for Nine. Kalich
when she first acted the heroine was
not familiar with the English language.
Then Il IL not at all certain that she
could represent Norma Wanna to the
satisfaction OF New York audiences at
any time.
Charles Frohman might we'll make
an experiment next season with Otis
skinner and Blanche Bates in the lead
ing roles OF this interesting play. Or
Miss Marlowe and f. II. Sothern might
| md in IL a field for their talents which
would we'll reward their efforts. In the
search for modern romantic drama ii is
not easy to understand why this play
II. H..
took undisguised pleasure out OF it's
first hearing Of the work, long banned
by the censor. who IL a more baleful in
huence on the theatre than the matinee
girl or the I. n. m. Constance Collier
played Monnd Wanna in London.
II IL the popularity Of opera among
intelligent theatregoers Of this city that
makes II difficult to find audiences for
romantic works Of the genre in which
Maeteriinck writes. These slowly NOV
! ing and picturesque dramas seen to de-
mand the accompaniment OF music, and
without II there must be genius In the
/ Interpretation. Music Ia easier to find
than genius, although the music OF a
genius may be just as unattainable.
It ought to be worth while to make the
] EXPERIMENT, however, IL W Qulti
tho frequent reproach that American
! theatre managers have little liberation
for tho best I'm the contemporary the
atre In England and on the Continent.
Charles Frohman gave Stephen Phil
lips's Ulysses" and the same poets
"Herod" was played at the Lyric Thea
tire by William Faversham. Olga
Nethersole tried Maeterlinck's Maria
Magdelen" at the New Theatre and Mrs.
Fisle did q version Of the same theme
by Paul Heyse. Miss Marlowe plays
Sudermanns "Johannes"; 30 II Is not
possible to say that the modern ro-
mantle plays have altogether been
ignored here.
New York Il after all going to have
another theatre provided with kitchen.
We thought after the costly failure OF
the Folics Bergere that there would not
be another effort to combine food and
art. But the new Broadway Rose Gar
den, whenever it Ia finished. will have
a kitchen said to be equal to providing
what hungry spectators may want. No
definite date Is fixed for the opening of
this resort. but II will not be long post
poned. The name OF the resort comes
from the decorations. which are to con-
sist OF both Artificial and natural pink
roses against gray background.
Edward Sheldon has changed the
locale of the play which he is making
out Of Herman Sudermann's "Das Hohe
Lied" called in English The Song OF
Songs" Instead OF putting 1t in a small
town OF Germany and later in an old
IN stle and I'm Rerlin he will place n I'm