The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

Ilt arts &c event = ALREADY ~cs 4 ilIdi To-
cata. But of the distortion and mutila-
ton .: Tho drama IN order 20 throw the
part Of the star into the foreground il
is dlffcult To- speak with patience. PLAYS
are MOI sacrosauct. The hest of them
have been from time t. time mu,ilated
l" suit the taste f the age. Think Of
what used 70 happen for years To
Romeo and Juliet" and William Ma
crcady writes in his memories Of tn.
performance o' Ma cbcih." in which Tn.
tragedy was produced as a pantomiine
% close the performance These viola
tons OF good taste happened many
wears ago when ;he theatre in spite II
All The talk about the palmy days was
less Influenced by good taste and artistic
ideals than II is ,o-day. Ii Ought not
70 he pleasant artistic memory for
William Gillette that one ~ the last acts
OF his professional career was 20 put
Sardous famous play throughout an
artistic process which compares favor
ably with the treatment recently rnoted
Out 10 certain Belgian towns.
Just what might have happened TO
Edward Sh~ldon's exquisite spectacle
The Garden Of Paradise" at the Park
Theatre. is not possible To say. Prob
ably had the public come 70 learn Of it's
great beauties there might eventually
have been just as much success as
Josef urban's scenery ard costumes
deserved. but Il was not easy 10 Get
the audiences into u playhouse which
had long been closed to witness a play
which was SO out ~ the usual kind
Then 1t costs managers large sums to
await the turning OF the tide. But there
was one suggestion which must have
appealed no the artistic taste Of George
Tyler.
What want to do" wrote a man
ager who has not hitherto been closely
identified with the highhrow drama
lis to buy your production, your play
and put in Annette kellermann, odiva
or one Of the other amphinious ladies'
and with real tank for ,hem To- swim
in. We will clean up enough t. put the
Liebler Company on IT, feet again"
Until last nigh, Mr.. Tyler had no,
accepted the offer
Twin Beds" Is an interesting ey-
ample Of the viCissitudes which may
attend the existence OF a play. When
II was produced at the little Fulton
Theatre success did not come imme-
diately II came, as matter OF fact,
rather slowly and was finally accom-
plished by means Of making the public
acquainted with play which has pos
sihly been NOR popular This season
than ever before, This was soon found
unnecessary, as Twin Beds" once the
public learnei of its quality. imme-
diately grew in favor. and is now ono
OF the reigning successes of the city
one Of the kind, In fact, that the visitors
to New York from the country go to see
Just as they would any Of the city's
settled attractions.
Now there Is to b. a second company
sent out 10 act the bright farce in the
ether cities. Margaret Mayo IL rehears-
ing the actors who will b% seen ~
CHRISTMAS time at Atlantic City. Is
there anybody in the new company as
funny as Ray Cox?
Sncn company as thar sath.lea Ul
william Elliott 10 appear IN "Expertenco"
shows how rich the stage l. in talented
yonhs actors, II is rather richer in III.
young Ones with talent than IN Tho
mature ones with experience and skin.
Either ambition Nanishes or there is
nothing In the training 81 the Amerl-
can stage which brings out the hest of
their talents once the FIRST years Of the