The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-11

There are two fussy matters In which
Granville Barker is more or less inter-
ested that THE Sun might just as well
settle definitely and exclusively here
and now.
One OF these is that despite the savage
efforts of jealous cat managers along
Broadway to Dust Young Charley Burn
! ham. the man who brought Jenny Lind
! to America and now Is manager Of Wal
| lacks Theatre, from his sen enty-fourth
annual job OF presiding at the yearly
dinner week from Sunday of the
Theatrical Managers Association, OF
which he is president Mr.. Burnham is
determined. by injunction II necessary,
to WELD the gavel and deliver for the
seventy-fourth time his opening remarks
beginning THE dessert tonight re-
minded me, gentlemen, that once there
were two Irishmen." &c.
The second bit OF business to be
settled here and now has 10 do with the
site OF proposed theatre in Manhattan
/ for the exclusive use of Granville Bar
ker and his productions. Both OF these
matters are related, inasmuch a. the
/ startling and wholly unexpected finan-
| cial success Of "Androcles and the
1 Lion" AT Wallac<s. unexpected by
! Broadway at least. caused the jealousy
| OF the managers. who say they will not
I stand for seventy-fourth annual rope
/ tition Of the rurnham story OF the two
/ lrishmen and the "Androcles' knockout
/ also. was the genesis OF the idea OF a
! theatre for Mr.. Barker in New York.
7 Broadway has heard stories that the
: founders OF the late New Theatre will
back the Barker theatre scheme. Al
. though no official announcement has been
made this much seems to he taken for
granted by broadway Also there are
many who agree that the site OF the new
! theatre will be at the northwest corner
! OF Seventh avenue and Forty-first street,
/ now occupied by a row of low RAM
shackle buildings.
/ Wrong all wrong. - far as tho site
IL concerned why build a now theatre
for Mr.. Barker when there are groups
Of custom made theatres already stand
! ing and equipped with everything except
/ chronic audiences?
Take II from Lee and Jake. the Com
edy Theatre is at Mr.. Barker's dis.
! posal FOR his productions MIR. Bar.
ker need not be told that tho Comedy
cosey interior is just the thing for pre-
/ tentious Shakespea rlau stun. And
3 there's Bryant Park next door. where
/ the overflow Comedy Theatre audiences
always have been handled by tie po-
lice without any riotous crowding and
crushing. The Shubert offices we're look
ing up which cross street the Comedy
= is on yesterday and when the address
is found communications will he opened
with Mr.. Barker.
Marc and Abe, on the other hand
are quite as positive that Mr. Barker
! will accept their Grand Opera House
/ some place over in the Eden Musec
neighborhood. the management of which
X & II. wrcsted from Conan & Harris
after bitter pleading by Ab who al
most went rigat down on h.s knees
To George "a ask fer n. The Grand
opera House H. ideally located for audi.
ences that like - SIT AZ high browed
productions uudisrurnsd ana ihiuk 81
leutlN. and besides it has marble
GoOred lobby and fashionable saloons
All around il, and everything.
But charley Frohnan says pJsit,yely
that the site or the new Barker theatre
will be the Garrick, IL the building still
stands The Garr'cE. as Charley re
called the theatre YESTERDAY, IL eithe~ IT.
East or West Thirty-spmothing street
Charley will pun. ont to Gran Barkcl
that tn" Garr.ci - Ideally located e
catch the crowds G. ming from the Penn
sylvania Railroad station just as soor
as the commuters are educated TO tn,
habit
/ Nevertheless our oscar said last nigh
that he heard a story the other day ;ha
the contractors finished his new Lexing
ton Avenue Opera House some months
ago and that Il this j. true the nov
Barker venture undoubtedly will III
housed there. one OF the boys. addeI
Oscar. il said TO bc running some sor
OF shows In the building. but he's will
ing to Dust him for htty-nfty.
Representatives OF the NsighborhOOt
Players. who control tho Bandbo'