The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
CUT RATE TICKET
KILLS MANY PLAYS
Manager Tells Of Effect Of
Policy in the Other
Cities.
FAT POET Is DEFENDED

A.. ,Ickc, In New York is now observa-
Mic in other places. More than one play
which had a long run here last winter
has shut IN shop after a brief career
IN the cities outside Of New York. The
,s,es, Of these was The Natural Law
which ran for several months at the Re-
,uh,ic Theatre. This was played for
the last time a few lights ago. It's
,,iiur. was preceded by the abandon
mon, Of The Law Of the Land acted
for a brief period In the west. IL Is
not vet certain. but two other plays
oc,ed here last year With the advantage
AZ cut rate tickets for several months
will rrohably cease from their travail
after saturday nig't
THE cut rate ticket a manage said
Yesterday, altogether blinded the thea
Ire managers as to the value OF a play
for other cities. Even IL II were kept on
view here for several months II might
die in a week II 1t were submitted to the
acld test Of regular So theatre prices.
!, WAS not possible to discover the value
n. A rlav for the cities outside New
York until 1t was tried. In the few
e,,,es that were beginning to enjoy the
ADVANTAGES of this ciyilizing influence
tho plavs could still be given with sue
cess. but once tie REGULAR theatre prices
we're asked the play, never having pos
s,ssed the qualities to stand up under
normal circumstances promptly had to
b. withdrawn. Already there have been
several Instances Of this pseudo pros
r.rity In New York leading to disaster
elsewhere, and there are destined TO be
eeyeral more before the season ends
Jack Hazard has been engaged by
Elisabeth Marbury for Very o Ed
die" viii Mr.. Hazard tell his funny
stories about little Lizzie Deerfoot. the
wurst queen Of Frankfort. or has ha,
epic passed permanently into the dia-
ingue OF The Lilac Domino?
Another ongasement has been MAIDS
for musical comedy. FRANKLIN Ardle,
who was a variety actor and made a
success playing himself in The Family
Cupboard will be seen in ''Katinka."
which Heuerbach and Friml wrote and
Arthur Hdmmerstein will produce.
r II. Sothern's fat poet in The Two
Virtues has found at least one defender,
- the following letter received at THE
STU Office yesterday shows:
Il nave noticed with surprise hat all
the critics of this town. including your
own. have taken l.. II. Sothern 10 a
for having cast a fat person and dressed
him IN prettily for The poet in Mr..
Su,ro's comedy THE Two Virtues" now
al the Booth Theatre.
1T is evident that our critics are un-
acquainted with the fact that poets are
Invariably fat and persistently dandy
ish. Ii seems L. me that Mr.. Sothern
has done for moe. what Wilkia Collins
did for villains. In Dickinsonian times
all French Counts were villains on the
English stage. These counts were un-
necessarily emaciatcd looking parties
In order 10 call a halt to this ahsurdity
Wilkle Collins in "The Woman in White
made Count FoSco fat and honest.
Wilkie Collins. ike Mr.. Sothern, was for
smashing theatrical traditions
All poets are not emaciated looking
Iagpickers. nor are all French counts
thin and rogues.
The late Alfred Wigan lmpersona,ed
Count Fosco on the English stage as a
fat man II made "A great success in the
zoe. Mr.. Sothcrn's fat poet deserves an
equal renown. Very truly yours,
CHARLES c. HARRIS"
The letter comes from the HoteI
Claridg", waich is only half a block
from the Wilstach.an bureau of pub.
lcfty.
Whether or not Louis Graveure Is the
long bredthed barytone hat Andreas
pppel brought 20 this country under the
Eame Of WIlfred Dputhitt. the singer has
Just met with a rOusing welcome at the
Maine Festival. He sang in the place OF
Emilio de iogorza, who was laid low
witt appendicitis just before the festiva.
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