New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-13

producer offered him $4,000 Tor Sl>
in the movies.
After according Mr. Hsckctt due
obeisance and announcement, however,
ono must consider his Macbeth Sole
" upon Us own merits. Admirable as
gre his intentions and praiseworthy as
.re his ambitions, these things are not
IN intrinsic part Of the performance
When one finds a Macbeth that sa-
vors more Of comedy than Of tragedy
that is all but drowned in the music
from the orchestra pit. then one can
not be blamed if commentator nc
comes condemnation before 1T reache
paper.
Nor does programme announcement
Of innovations" disarm criticism. III
is one thing 20 depart here and there
from the manner in which certain
scenes and bits always have been
rlaved. but it is quite another TO alter
the entire spirit of a great work TINS
j. what Mr. Hackett and his associate
have attempted TO do
Grievous as are the sins Of the com
many in this respect, the incidental
music is entitled TO the major blame
Il was not always possible for the ear
a. detect when Verdi was i'm the
ascendancv. when Wagner. Wnen SAINT
SaSns. when Sullivan ana Wneh we
cnofc the programme "auihentica'cl
Scctcb airs used in tho eleventh cen
'O S,r Arthur Sullivan's Macbeth
,,,,sic vas first used by Irving, ana l1
was written Of ID az the tlme mat III was
"never I'm the way. From thlS one
dcduccs that Mr.. Hacbetts orches'ia
did not play much Of SIR arthur
Sullivan music. nat "hich '"0S
rlavcd was frequently in tho way
I'"s 90 ,be time. i'm TACT. Nor was IL
always Verdi. Wagner, Nalnt-oaehs OF
scotch. II included Richard strauss
his lighter mood, and apparently
number of others. It's effect. TO say
tho least. was TO interfere seriously
with the contemplation OF the Tragedy
II is unnecessary 20 point out me
;rstances IN which the actors Nghtcheu
their moods in the endeavor TO play III
a snirit Of romance and modernlty-
unnecessary because many OF theH
we're pointed out in the review OF the
performance and also because the puI-
nose of this article is merely 10 eN-
plain the spirit of the AFORESAID re-
- II H. seemed TO leave out OF ac-
cornt Nr Uackett's earnestness and
Tho sincerity Of his purpose, III lelt
them out because they were not vital
factors I'm has production OF Mac
bofh" An endeavOr was made 10 Judge
the production as a Shakespearlan per e
formance. 20 the end that lovers oil
Shakespeare might determine whether
thew WISHED to view that particular
production.
The performance, az least, raises
bigh homes for Mr.. Jackets comm
PRODUCTION of "The Merry Wives OF
Windsor" One can only hope that IL
will be handled In the same spirit.
4 correspondent, whose name and
letter are not for publication, does NOT
believe that The Tribune should pay
any attention 90 the author of God
and COMPANY" the drama that the
Stage Society produced two weeks ago
According 20 the letter writer, there
are irregularities In the life Of II. Aus
tin Adams which preclude consideration
OF his artistic abilities by any self
respecting newspaper. Il has been the
application OF this principle that has
kept the world from knowing anything
about the works Of William Shake
spesre, Lord Byron and sixty or three
thousand others.
"Mlss Ada Meade Is a Kentuckian
and proud of it, says press notice.
"Ihe natives of Lexington. which -
her home town, are equally proud OF
their talented citizeness, so much SO.
in fact, that they have named a theatre
after her. Still, that isn't 80 much.
Look how proud the Germans were OF
Irving Berlin.
AZ tho hour when an exacting me-
chanioal department was insisting that
these bits Of metal be placed IN the
form, New York theatrical managers
were still resisting successfully all in
cilnatiOns 20 do business with Miss
Charlotte Chorpenning. Miss Choir
penning Is the author Of Between the
Lines" the current Harvard prize play
produced by John Craig in Boston last
Monday Following the success OF
Common Clay" Harvard prize plays
are destined to be closely watched
One never can tell when AL Woods will
need another automobile. At all events,
the reviewer on The Boston Daily
Advertiser" seems 20 have been able
. 90 keep his enthusiasm for the new
olay well within bounds. If not more
4 40. All things considered. IL is bit
unlikely that Harvard prize play will
be running on Broadway next season.
Mention Of the Harvard playwrights
leads one squarely 20 young George
Cohan and his musical revue. Mr..
Cohan pays his respects 10 Harvard in
the new revue; as nearly rs we can
recall IL the college yell runs some
thing like this: "Rahl Rah! Ran!
We're the goodsl Rah! RAN kah. A.
n. Woods' The author, also, has not
hesitated 10 have fun with Young
America" Conan 4 Harris produc-
tion by another Harvard playwright.
The press notices were fine, points out
Mr.. Cohan, but business was rotten.
The reviewer. in the haste concomi-
tant with writing for morning paper
failed 10 record the fact that Percy
Ames was responsible Tor much OF the
gaycty Of the evening. Tho omission is
herewith rectined.
Speaking further Of the Conan revue,
j. IL presumed that Valli Nall lives IN