The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-06
KELLERD WILL TAKE
HAMLET ON TOUR
Garden Theatre Star to Show
His UnbOunded Faith in
Shakespeare.
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP

Ever since the Sothern and Marlowe
combination retired from the stage and
Robert Mantell was swallowed up by
the voracious movies there a been a
dearth of repertoire companies. There
is in fact no company now travelling In
repertoire, although James X. Hackett
soon will revive Macbeth
To such O perfect S~hakespearian az
John kellerd this situation "a Of course
intolerable. Mr.. Kellerd shares with tho
late Edwin Booth the distinction Of b.
ing the only actor who ever played
HorIet In New York for an ex-
tended period. Mr.. Booth acted at
the Winter Garden-not che present
temple of art Of that name. but one
nearer the Bowery. Mr.. Kellerd did his
Hamlet marathon at tho Garden
Theatre. although he began at the Irving
Place M ultimately played his way up
Fourth avenue by Union Square and
Gramercy Park and passing through
Madison Square reached the Garden
Theatre. Putting on his suit Of inky
black and gathering his company about
him Mr.. Kellerd said. ~Je euis ici, ~
reste.'' He played Hamlet" therefore,
until warm weather made him incapable
Of any further struggle.
Naturally he has risen to the present
d~eplorable situation and will o start
out with a company acting Romeo and
Juliet" Hamlet" Macbeth and 'The
Merchant Of Venice" Percy Haswel,
who played some Of the heroines during
the illness of Miss Marlowe, will 30 the
leading actress Of the organization.
Alice Dewey hos been added to the
cast of VERY Good. Eddy" in place Of
Florence Nash. Miss Mash could do
everything required for the part except
ing sing. There il still a prejudice in
favor OF q voice in musical comedy even
II 1t Is a small one. So Miss Nash re-
tired.
Linz Dilson. n we'll known Belgian
prima donna, who has been for scveraA
years at the Theatre de Ia Monnaie in
Brussels. sang in America for the first
time last night. She was on the
programme at the benefit given at the
eat Francois. She Is a coloratura
soprano and WIS born in Brussels. She
fed with her family when the Ger
mans arrived M was In Antwerp dur
ing the bombardment. She escaped to
Holland in q wagon drawn by horses
and was two days on the way to neutral
territory.
Charlotte must live on skates. She
dances twice daily at the H~ippodrocne,
not counting the private exhibitions ar
ranged between performances. Then there
are the rehearsals which are said to
be held every morning at the st. Nicholas
Rink. where Charlotte may Be seen in
her green leather skating suit, generously
trimmed with skunk fur and close fitting
| turban TO match, with white suede skat-
ing boots" Has Charlotte a suit which
Is not n skating SUIT? And II she has.
wheN does h wear Il:
Mrs. Richard Mansfield has denied in
the following words the report that her
husband 80 disapproved of the theatre
that he would never allow his scn to
enter one:
"I am very glad TO deny that state
ment. II Is true that my husband
would never permit hts child 70 enter
the theatre, even 10 see his father act
Ga fact which I now bitterly regret).
Richard Mansfield knew 80 we'll the
sadness of life on the stage the struggle
for recognition. and then the struggle
TO hold the place once gained the
work, the study, the daily and then
nightly ton-all this ne knew and wished
to spare his son. He used to say, He
shall be a writer. a lawyer. a farmer
anything bat an actor"
"But not for tho reason that M
gentleman called al evangelist gives;
for no man upheld the dignity of the
stage more vigorously than Richard
Mansfield. Alas. heredity is too strong.
and my son IL now fitting himself for the
dramatic profession. He may be red
some OF the privations through which
his father passed ne cannot be spared
the personal struggle and mental and
..tlSta1 tratpai Rat hA has Ion yr1as
from me to feel a pride in saying. 4 am
going to be an actor-to follow my
fathers profession / hope he may
always feel that pride and worthily w.
hold the dignity of the stage"
SHOULD a Baby DER will he the next
moving picture play. IT is based on a
we'll known Chicago medical crisis.
The lear ladies' Of the stage are so
domestic. There Is Julia Arthur. who
dreaded to give up domestic life for the
stage, struggling along to try to be Just
as homelike az ever, even II she must
still play eight times a week In 1.-THE
Eternal Magdalene." Her b%iographer
for purposes OF publicity has explained
TO a puzzled world that Miss Arthur
is able to combine art and housew1fery
by making out twenty-one menus every
week and handing them over to the cook.
who IL thus prepared to serve three
meals a day for a week.
But why this sudden call OF the
kitchen on Miss Arthur? She has been
living ever since her marriage in a
Boston hotel and the greatest domestic
problem that she ever had to confront
during that time was the daily inspec-
ton OF the bill of fare of the Parker
House.
Florence Zlegfeld admits that there
Is In Europe an unfamiliar kind OF en-
tertainment which he will bring TO the
Century Theatre in case he can obtain
the lease. II would have to be some
thing OF a kind hitherto unknown here
TO prove a success at the Century Thea.
tire. All known forms OF amusement
have been tried there. Opera in all
languages. ballet. drama. operetta In
Italian, German, French and English,
burlesque and splendidly acted drama
have all been attempted without sue
cess. 1t would be a courageous man.
ager who would again attempt to win
success there with anything that Is
already known TO the world of amuse-
ments. A new kind will AVE to be in
vented to make the Century Theatre a
success.
There Is further proof OF the unre-
liability of out OF town judgment In the
case of ''Treasure Island" which has
turned out to be one OF the greatest sue
cesses Of the season. This drama was
acted In several places to tho frankly