The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
Establishment Will
Have School for
Dramatic Train
ing M ge-
nnent Asks for
Suggestions

Queens. southern: Isabella, or the
Fatal Marriage. Rowe: Lady Jane =
Grey. Lilo. George Barnwell. Glib ,
Der: The Careless Husband. Mrs 7
Centliyre: The Wonder. Gay: The /
Beggar's opera. Home: Douglas. /
George Coleman (the ELDER: Jealous /
Wife. Cumberland: The West In
dian Goldsmith: She Stops to Con-
quer. David GArrick: The Lying
Valet. Macklin: The Man Of the
World. Foote: The Liar. Sheridan:
The Rivals. School for Scandal. Thomp-
son: The Stranger Grom Kotzebue). .
Colman Othe younger): Heir-at-Law. /
Mrs. Inchbald: The Wedding Day. !
Holcroft: The Road to Ruin. Shell:
Evadne. Lord Byron Sardanapalus.
Manfred. Knowles: Nirginus, The
Hunchback Tobin: The Honeymoon. /
Talfourd: Ion. Jerrold: Black Eyed
Susan. Mark Lemon: The Serious
Family. Bulwer-L ytton: Rlchelieu. /
Lady of Lyons. Money. Tom Taylor:
sin Waters Run Deep, Ticket Of
Leave Man. Fools Revenge, Plot and
Passion. Robertson: David Garrick,
Ours, Caste. Bouccaut: London AS F.
surance Old Heads and Young Hearts, |
Colleen Bawn. Arrah- -Pogue, Long !
Strike, Shaugraun. Browning: Blot
on the Scutcheon. Henry James |
Bryon: The Lancashire Lass, our
Boys, Blow for Blow. Gilbert: DanI
bruce, Comedy and Tragedy, Pyg-
malion and Galatea. Engaged Tom
Cobb. Swnburne: Atlantis in Caly-
don. sydney Grundy: In Honor
Bound. Henry Arthur Jones: The
GftNsar Il. &,
Not. Pincro; The Money Spinner The
Squire Charles 'Reade: Masks and
Faces. Never Too Late to Mend Sims:
Lights o. London, Romary Rye.
Tennyson: Queen Mary, Harold The
Falcon, The Cup, Thomas Beckett.
Wills Charles the First, Eugene
Aram. Jane Shore, olivia ,dramati-
zation of The Vicar OF WakefieldD.
And various available standard
plays produced in England during the
past twenty-five years.
The American drama is to a large
extent Of comparatively recent growth,
and so far as We can he said To have
any standard plays by American dra-
matists selections might he made from
some c: .hc following: Joha Howard
Payne 'Brutus'. stone. 'Metamora';
Bird, The Gladiator: Boxer, Fran
cesca da Rimini'; Wallack. Rose
dale; Augustin Daily 'Pique.
DEMONSTRATIONS from Mark Twains
stories, The Gildcd Age the Prince
and the Pauper.'
| joaquin Miller, The Danites';
Bronson Howard, The Bankers
Daughter, Old Love Letters ORA
matizations Of Washington Irving's
stories: Rip Van Wrinkle and VOL
fert's Roost' BARLEY Campbell. My
Partner The white slave; Mackaye.
'Ha0el Krkc,' Paul Kauvar'; william
y. Howels. 'Yoricks Love; Young,
The Raiah'; Augustus Thomas. Ala
bama'; Clyde Fitch, Beau Brummel.'
You will readily see from this ex-
tensive repertory what a field of stand
ard plays we have TO draw on. This
does not mean that we shall limit our
productions entirely to REVEALS Of cd
time successes. We have in view
productions Of plays that have been
successfully produced in this coun-
try and in Europe during the past ten
or twenty years. As the enterprise
develops We shall also endeavor to
obtain the rights to produce the latest
successes of noted European drama
lists, especially such plays as have
met with marked success in London,
Paris and other large theatrical CEN
tres. That is, we shall contract for
the original American production,
limited to one week at the National
Theatre in New York.
The National Theatre differs radI-
cally from the pans recently out
lined by Emanuel Reicher for the es-
adjustment Of theatre In New York
to he known as the Modern Stage,
based on the policy OF tho Frele
Buehne Of Berlin and the Theatre
Libre Of Paris We have no intention
OF exploiting realistic plays and shall
avoid so far as possible any new
productions devoted to sex and rilded
vice themes. We shall seek 10 draw
our patronage from theatregoers who
are interested principally in artistic
performances Of the standard reper-
tory and while we shall not discard
any modern play on account of it's real
ism, we shall certainly not go out of
our way to seek il in order to pander
70 a perverted public taste
THE National Theatre will have n
school for dramatic training, where
all pupils will he received free of
charge for instruction after they have
passed an examination by a committee
So appointed to pass upon them. They
will be required TO give their services
free, while members OF the school. to
act as extras in all productions when
called upon to do 50, Opportunity
Will also he given to pupils OF exist
Ing schools to do likewise.
81 might remind you that my career
as theatrical manager and producer
covers a period Of thirty-tWo years.
and feel confident that | can make
this enterprise successful especially
with the assurance of support that I
have received from my hume. GUS
friends and aCqulintanCes both in and
OUTSIDE of the profession. I propose
to devote my entire time to the or
gani2ing and directing of the National
Theatre in order to make IL play
house that is worthy to be character
lied as national and which will be
a lasting monument to the founders
who join in making New York the
home of the finest institution of this
kind in the world"
Mr., Whitney SAYS he will he Glad
Ia receive from those who may he in
tereSed suggestions in regard to the
"A I'D.