The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
Special caefs psspafoA 10 THE sus

yNbNtIuhy " eco lHo De-
tween Jack johnson and Frank Moran.
During his stay in London Mr.. Brady
made a careful survey Of the theatrical
situation and said he was considerably
dMsusted at tho condition OF dramatic
decay in which ne found the English
stage Before leaving for Paris Mr..
Brady said:
in one OF tho most successful plays
now running here, Mr.. W. tho conven-
tional cup OF tea is brought on. Just
think OF that IT. many other plays they
would bring on some whiskey and Ill up
the actors 70 that they might get some
semblance OF human emotion.
There IL n frightful lack OF good citing
on the English stage and a frightful lack
OF originality In the music halls. The
fault is not with the, actors, but with the
dramatists. for after all an ao.or cannot
put life where no life exists.
american Invasion" at Zenith.
The Indications now are that the
English public Is returning TO melodrama.
Instead OF tho Drury Lane Theatre being
practically its only home. melodramas will
be produced before long at all the
smaller theatres. Tho American inva-
sion will last for another year or two
until the English dramatists wake UP. get
90 work and spend less time at the clubs
and more In writing plays.
AT present tho American INVASION Is
In full force. Sir Charles Wyndham, the
actor manager. himself admits that Eng
land is obliged to look 10 the United
States for productions. The lineup for
the autumn season illustrates this The
American plays scheduled for production
here are The Yellow Ticket The Mis-
leading Lady Too Many Cooks, Under
Cover seven Keys to Baldpate,' The
Things That Count a Pair OF SKIES The
Belle of Bond Street. with Sam Bernard,
and another musical comedy.
Opposed to this Is an essentially
British programme II consists Of re-
vivals of The Little Minister The Silver
King Captain Swift and David Copper
field by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. A
new production will be a play OF Sir
Arthur Wing Pinero's by Sir George Alex
ander. the actor-manager. IL this play
should not be ready Sir George will also
bring out some REVEALS. He will also
produce Hadden Chambers's Tho
Taunter,' which has been rechristened for
England into That Impossible Woman
The biggest recent successes on the Eng
llsh stage have been the REVEALS Of
Diplomacy and a Scrap OF Paper The
writer's OF music hall revues are now in
New York to see what they can steal from
The Passing Show Of 1914 at the Winter
Garden.
Star system Hurting stage.
This Is an alarming condition. English
actors used to point out that the star sys-
tenn was running the stage in the United
States Well, that system has pretty
nearly disappeared in the United States,
but It has pretty nearly ruined the Eng
llsh stage. Here an actor-manager reads
play. II the part Is not sufficiently fat
FOR him he Will not produce IT, and hence
the dramatists have been writing for the
actor managers alone,
Another cause OF the decadence OF the
English stage IL the lack OF young
women. Marie Lehr. Phyllis Terry and
Alexandra Carlisle practically exhaust
the list OF talented young women. /
could name fifty in the United States
who are equally charming and talented.
do not say talented young actresses do
not exist in England. but simply because
the actor-managers are old or middle
aged a young actress does not get an
opportunity. When an actor-managcr
acts a play ne cannot play a part against
a young woman. and hence he selects a
woman approaching his own age, "a for
example Mrs Pat Campbell playing a
flower girl opposite Sir Beerbohm Tree
in 'Pygmalion.'
New Departure Planned.
"A noticeable development of the past
two years has been the sending Of Eng
llsh companies to Canada without touch
ing the United States. This IL simply
an indication that distance no longer
counts from "A theatrical standpoint
look forward to seeing companies from
the United States playing London as part
OF their season. as they now do New
York and Chicago. A scheme IL now on
foot TO tako an American company
straight from a New York theatre. put
II aboard a steamer and open at some
English seaside resort Hike Bournemouth.
II the public should like the production
Il will be given In London. In a word
tho idea Is to make Bournemouth and
Brighton dog towna.' like New Haven Is
70 New York.
1T Is marvellous what a hold Amerf-
oan outdoor amusements have through
out Europe, America. from the amuse-
ment standpoint, holds the world In its
hand like a ball They are beginning TO
understand American actors here and
IL these actors will only tone down their
accent have no doubt that they will re-
ceive a cordial welcome On the other hand
the anxiety OF English actors and actresses
TO 60 to the United States In increas-
ing to the point OF a craze. n tbs Amer.
lean managers took all who wish . go
there would be only about a )Gen laft
and these are the actors and actresses
whose positions are absolutely assured
here"
After witnessing me night in Paris
to-day Mr.. Brady will go 10 Italy and
complete deal for having n film made
OF Robert Mantell In THE Merchant OF
Venice" in Venice itself and in Romeo
and Juliet" and other Shakespearian
plays in appropriate environments. Mr.
Brady added:
.. ain told that II Is going TO be diffi-
cult TO travel In Italy on account OF the
tcrong OF American theatre people who
ere being filmed" AS final and con-
elusive proof OF the American invasion
Mr.. Brady said "Why, the Daily Tcie.
graph, the Daily HdH and the Daily Err
press are printing the baseball scores"
Granville Barker has "A fun length play
by Sir James Barrie which was originally
destined TO he produced at the Palace
Music Hall with Gaby Deslys in the lead.
ing part, but that idea has been aban.
doned. as tho piece is too long.
Jas Ooyne and Thomas Melgham vii
b the stars here In ~ Pair OF sixes,"
playing the parts now taken by Hamilton
Hale and George Parsons in the Ameri.
can production,
Baldwin Sloane is composing n musical
comedy with a Hungarian setting, fol-
which Mr., Wilkinson Ia writing thf
Uhrctto II will be produced in London
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