The sun., 1916-11-05

TAT c. GOODWIN agreed to
headline the Palace Theatre
= programme last week in mono-
logue. recitation and imitation. While
talking terms in the Palace heatre Of
fee last week he discussed some of his
fellow actors 50 Interestingly that the
Management begged him to put to-
rether an entire act of free and frank
description ot great American players.
together with mutations OF their dis
tinct.vc manncr!Sms Speaking OF
VILLAIN Gillette Goodwin remarked:
Gillette has succeeded unquestion-
ably in c~ultivating a pose. an air OF
Please don't approach me, | am too
much absorbed. | have seen him
enter a drawing room in London and
b his presence stop al conversation
Apparently ohiivious to all his sur
~rpundings. he would enter. stop at the
door, locate his host OF lOstrss, say a
fcw ~epicrammatic things in a hard.
rA.ping. nasal voice. acknowledge the
presence OF a few friends by a casual
nod and then take his leave. The con-
yersstion for the next our would be
devoted to the man who had entered
and left so unceremoniously. What
a. eccentric person How unique!'
what personality Splendid pres
tnoe'' would he heard from all sides.
This pose. eccentricity, or whatever
you call II. may be assumed or natural,
] de- not know which. But IL is effec-
tive II sou can get away with II.
Mansfield did il successfully. Barrett
and Arnold DAILY tried it n failed.
Booth had the gift. Perhaps the cause
o. Ghllrtte's eCcentricity is his liver.
a successful man with a poor digestion
en- do most anything out OF the ordi-
nary II he has courage and money.
y rush Of blood To the head, causing a
tWltch.ng OF the lips unobserved. may
mean 10 the orlookcr the concentration
o. thought. A pain in the tummy may
suggest hroodinc upon a new play,
Every act, every suggestion, every at
'tud, ~ the successful author or actor
has a hidden meaning"
Because of the omission OF three
words in an advertisement Of the
WASHINGTON square Players the mem
WI VI I'it' of@'t1lItt'bn nfNH Deer
busy this week denying that all the
company had been sent ou on the
road tour. The words "Of present
BIZ should have followed the adver-
Using NJ the last season. hut through
nm error they did not. Hence the
Confusion. Director Edward Good
man Is authority for the statement
ina tho Players, far from closing al
Inc comedy Theatre, are busy pre-
par n the second bill OF the season
which will b" put on carly in Novem-
hey. In the meantime the bill con-
fs'.nr Of "A Merry Death" THE
Sugar House. Lovers Luck" and
sisters Of Susanna" is being given.
JG. Arthur has finally selected the
o'"' w. dat" for her new production
'~S'r'E,nlp": the out OF town pre-
m,e'r WI he gwen Saturday night
Nnre~hrr II. at the BroadwH" The
a'r' Long Branch whore so man OF
w. .fu's success $ already on thu
t."- .~uuIgurHtcd their season. Misi
i. Af''| r VIII keep "Sercmondn' on thu
- = I,i.' 'wo weeks before bring
g.. "r'u Nv York. negotiations fol
" 81. York tn .trc being still undei
Arthur VIII take out OF towr
fr. .|N the largest purely dramatic
H" ..'..u aSsomb!ed this season, tn
''''r'' including ffty-two people
'r'' p members OF the cast hav'ni
inp''.nnt speaking parts, The or
P1n1 ION includes trained singer
and = noe. -. v~audcvinians with spec!a
'H'u arranged to suit the period
ana mas cans, in addition to the regu
i' IN. mlerS OF the cast.
'a1' conception OF the complete
neg ana Wasslvcness Of the produc
VI" NAV hc gained from the fact tina
VI. require three cars to transpor
NE Equipment.
The company which Will supper
Gertrude Kingston when h opens q
tHe N.ighborhood Playhouse on Tues
CAV '.'uing November IA, will includ
N' Glowing well known Englis
pt''rs. Walter bingham, for tn
saFt t~u years The leading man for ~
Johnston Forbes Robertsoni Lesli
Austin. Nell Compton-Macksnxie Con