Show NOTED WOMEN playwrights WRIGHTS many of the most popular p plays klays written by them 1 1 VERY SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL FU L dramatists I 1 sketches and portraits of some of them what they say and how they say it tho the successful writers are not from imy any ono one locality but all parts of the union are represented their work 0 t lm by ac heller johnson bachela ach I 1 1 r I 1 in the year which his has just closed women havo have teen for the first time claiming recognition as successful drama lists not diat women never made allys pl ays in the past for the feminine playwright figures far buck back in dramatic history to go no further than the time lime of sheridan the famous mrs airs trull bold wrote I playa lays that won her worldwide renown anti anil Ingo ingomar In Romar inar was the product of a omans pen A but these were only isolated cases N the exception that proved womans comans ge general inability As a rule espee especially in america the plays that brought f fame am t lo 10 0 thea the author u thor and the almighty d dollar L t to 0 tile the m manager were written by men S suddenly u dd anly however with scar scarcely celya a second to get it produced and the third to secure a public of OC course pho continued a woman who ho haa as been an actress has an ad N altac all an tn tac J from the start site she will what important matters exits anil and entrances tire are and not noi leave them t to 0 tile tho imagination of the manager to 1 bom she bho presents rree nta her play she will know knew by experience that long mono tire an actor and bore an audience and d above alt all she ahe will know that cheo the manager tells her that he rz 11 N 2 I 1 11 9 17 iti 2 W LE 1 I P I 1 J 4 J ai I 1 t L I 1 tj N 0 Z I 1 miss mary stone wants an original play he only means conventionality tricked out in a now new frock playwright who to pain gain the sympathy of her audience quickly will make a point of 0 1 drawing awing I her characters from roin life A god rood plan Is i to keep a character hook book in ach which you ou a note te down interesting people and their I 1 all the charac characters in jr are arc people whom I 1 I 1 have known although ot of course they I 1 I 1 I 1 al N 4 9 I 1 b 40 N 1 R J J 11 1 91 7 1 I 1 11 e N RL vim vi 1 s I 1 M ze 4 e as 6 41 Q I 1 X V I 1 41 1 n stir 4 Z arke 4 1 I r i z I ZA av ov V IY Y ap 1 fl x I 1 A 1 11 2 e 1 A a 11 A 11 I 1 M A V nia I 1 1 aj jj t I 1 A I 1 2 71 14 F a 19 p 1 I 1 N I 1 I 1 I 1 ir I 1 4 1 vo I 1 0 J I 1 f 1 INN t 11 M N K C y iri k Y f N 1 il e 7 11 K I 1 I 1 X tx T x C I 1 I 1 1 11 1 w 7 Q VZ I 1 MISS ALI CT M 7 aph C ecco e gp tp 0 0 A C 0 digs I 1 A 2 I 1 0 9 I 1 note cote of warning women have invaded the he held field ahr Three L of the roost most successful I alaya lays that N new e w york has welcomed wel comeil this season are from feminine hands and two of I 1 these bese were brought out to replace plays by well know n masculine dramatists th that a t had signally tailed failed a a 4 miss martha morton morion Is ono one of the cleverest A american rican playwrights find and has an exceptional ept ional record extending tack back seven or light eight years her first llast play was heloine Hel olne produced at the fifth avon avenue thea theater t e r in 1369 clara morris after afterwards wards at starred a are adl in it for or several years u under der the title of the refugees gee dau daughter ash ter the merchant however was the play which br brought 0 u gilt miss morton morion most prominently b before c tore the public it was first brought out at the union square with selina fetter felter E 1 J henley and nelson wheatcroft in the east cast subsequently it was purchased by thomas mcdonough McD who put it on for an extended run at the madison square theater and later sent bent it out as a popular attract attraction ion on the road jeffrey middleton her next play was brought out in minneapolis by augustus MIMI this w was a 9 so 0 o successful that it brought brought her an order to write a play for william it II crane this the she called callad brother john and crane had prosperous season at the star theater with it at chicago brother johre john had an almost unprecedented run yielding in hi weeke miss marions Mo rions tons latest play his cifes lather father which made such a hit bit recently at the fifth avenue with cr crane ane us as the star Is undoubtedly lier her beat and indeed one of tile best plays ever written by a woman miss morion ix Is a now new york tork girl and r received her education at one ane of the public schools of the city she began writing short st starles orlEs and poems tor for magazines when quite young but soon found fauni her ber dramatic instinct too strong tor for such limitations imitations and in her first farst dia diamario matio efforts proved herself to possess a knowledge of stage craft that am amounted 0 anted to genius and Is usually acquired aci 1 I 1 red only after years of elpe experience riena and drudgery miss marguerite merrington who Is in a college professor wrote her first play tor for E H bothern captain letter was given an elaborate production two seasons ago at the lyceum I 1 where it ran successfully tor for many rocks goodbye good bye and A lovers manyi I 1 knot were wiss tons next successes at present she Is engaged on a play islay which ur lr sothern poets to bring out coonan historical drama called bonnie prince charlie sho rise alao has under way a play tor for sol SOI FlIn balth sith russell an every day man 1 which vm mill contain a 4 one fine character study in which mr russell anticipates eraklis g Z a decided miss merrington received the first arl prize of pi MO from the new york con of music for toe the libretto of daphne a comic opera tile the music will vill be furnished by br mr arthur bird a pupil of liszt so tar far this brilliant wo we mans contributions to the tha stage have been noticeable tor for unique character ketches sketches and great skill in construction 0 one of tho the present bensons scan sen onil sons great BUO ceases according to critics bud and managers was wan the production of christopher jr at the empire after crowding the house tor for weeks in new york I 1 it t ws was sent out on an equally v tul ful tour of at tile the western cities mrs a AIMI PLIno lucette ivyloy the author of the play li 14 a beautiful vivacious wo vo ainars linars and an accomplished actress as well as a clever playwright speaking of christopher jr mrs ryley said raid in a recent interview 1 I wrote role thu he I 1 play in 0 six ix weeks and was a elx re I 1 la nu finding da a ana nager to produce 4 ce I 1 it I 1 t think 1 ri it lias has heen been tn in the abo hand of about u 1 fiat eltty ar different managers ma sometimes it was too long sometimes too short sometimes too P and again too heavy it Is really astonishing the variety of faults of which one little play its capable no one who has bus not tried it if can possibly un lort dere tand liow low difficult it la Is to geta beet 1 play accepted managers are afraid of a new playwright especially of a mail you are sure it you are just if ginning milne ni lne to 0 o present pr sent a melodrama the aagon a agon tor for f farces r oa or a farce w whon hen tragedy Is 13 the tad fad or again it if the character of 0 the play Is adapted to the tickle public tu lillo you rou have probably put too many inen and women in the story or made too loo many pe cerles and that means brior expense tn in production and last of cit all 11 Y you U may a y succeed in every other oilier particular tn ai t particular and d yet tall fall trum from 1 lack of 0 k non 1 od of to bril or whal L I 1 quoi beafter ill g bus A nay Is not finished when it Is 0 I 1 itten the airet act is to izell it the eq to do not know it mrs byley added N itaf a quizzical smile an sirs mrs ryley went on the stage when only 14 years of 0 age and has only recently given laup jt up her paa are technically perfect irr her rule Is 3 to write plays that are practical always with due consideration for or the pocket of 0 the manager who Is 13 to produce them mrs lionte home charmingly re fleets the taste of the hostess lio stesa fine oriental rugs beautiful bagdad draperies rind and piles of 0 cushions large and small form an ail interior at once luxurious is anti and unique tue mrs mra ryley has just finished a play written to order tor for nat goodwin Goodw ln silas miss mary stone who Is reader at the garrick gai rick theater new york is 19 a sweet faced clise ming mannered philadelphia girl she Is a regular first nighter at new york theaters her dl I 1 1 aa I 1 I 1 9 1 IV 1 l 0 1 4 I 1 11 e A 1 VI y w ar 3 f r Z ag ag g 4 ibi 44 it mi 51 A i X aa k I 1 0 1 11 1 1 I 1 i 41 VV VA ado lee iee bascom work as reader demands that she fa a herself lier not only with mith all new plays b but u t with the th popular dramatic taste a as a well ifer her first work for the stow stage was as a dramatization of stanley house of the for or richard mansfield her success however came with the production ot of the social highwayman by tile holland brothers in septem september r this play was dramatized from a story alory by that name naino that appeared pea redIn in july 1893 1895 and wo would u id have been br brought 0 aught out by richard mansfield had not his hia recent severe illness interfered ered w with ith ilia his plans the I 1 holland Ho llanil brothers are arc at present making a successful tour with alth it through the united states miss stone Is much interested in wo mina progress 1 I find the bhe said recently that one of the most marked characteristics or of the corning coming woman Is a full sense of humor humor and culture are usually found hand band in hand not simply wit but mined humor and it Is only among modern modem women that this la is no notable I 1 observe it on every side in their books their plays their speeches and in ordinary colv conversation rr tion mon men have been humorous tor for a centuries but women are just beginning to develop this quality duality so invaluable to the author and especially the playwright 4 the brooklyn Uro oklyn handicap produced at the grand crand opera bocim in now york in IW 1494 and at present running ending a in chicago to crowded houser houses w wag as the first sporting play written by a woman when miss alice ives was asked bacil by a I 1 now new york tor k manager ft a couple 0 of years ago whether hether she could write ft a hors play she replied 1 I certainly dont know much about races racen but I 1 can try and to use MIs alisi ivess own words trying meant almost living 0 on n the racetrack race track tor for a couple of 0 m months th s f following 0 I 1 I 1 read r nd all the sporting tilon pa pap po rs rn and talked about the th turf with all thi the sporting porting men I 1 cound meet why just to get one tact fact the rhet cheat measure ot of JA a horst horse I 1 spent days visiting veterinary surgeons ur ceans and livery stables finally I 1 had to carry a tape measure und and mear tire lire a vicious looking b brute ru I 1 e myself you see an amazing incident in the play hinged on that one thing and I 1 wanted my audience to laugh at the play not at the author in regard to the money to be made by play writing miss ives ivea said you have to wait 0 a long time for success nothing to 1 harder than t to 0 get a play lay accepted but once accey accepted ted nothing pays better Suc cri tame fame money all come at onci M I 1 iv avii WOK wax born tn del detroit rolt milb ml h and her first literary efforts effort weri viere tor for thi h ds lo 10 c al newspapers ot of her native city 3 0 a more fl bad anil N latue would be b hard to find she has I 1 britten crave and abour thoughtful alt ioles J for harpers and the century and bright jokes for or puck her first play wits was a 0 tragedy called don roderic roder tc lawrence darrett barren read this and wrote miss alias ives that it was full of 0 poetical beauty loranc Lorl nc sic in which maida craggan tarred lust last season and lavarro lavarre are arc two delightful plays by miss illes ives and the dower Ilowe icat the hill which was gl clvin cn at the rho berkley lyceum last tall fall la Is another of 0 her dramatic successes her style Is up to date and realistic in the ext 0 0 sirs mrs C A aroc mu the wife ot of the physician and professor of 0 toxicology la Is a southern woman a member ot of a famous old kentucky family aro ifer her first dramatic dra matlo work waa nas done in ili collaboration with mrs ira burton her alson one of 0 Ii Ottas favorite come dlug was written for or nor her by sirs airs doremus Dore mua la wag wa brought out in fine style by brooks and dickson several seasons reasons aro ago the fair Bohe bohemian sit at 1 madison ladison square new york and rho wheel ot of time in philadelphia lahla were both in mrs dore mus muss inuss s best stile but the play which caught the public tancy fancy and will always contribute most largely to the fame of the brilliant kentucky Y woman Is the circus rider tile the comedy in which rosina yokes vokes never ballod to capture an audience in city or country mrs macheco ra checo iho ho usually spends her winters in now new york in older to bi be in touch with natle matters Is a call jornlin by birth and Is tile the wife 0 of f romualdo pacheco one of the most 11 Us 8 men of tile the pacific elope a man who has baa been state treasurer lieutenant gohei governor nor and governor of oc california and at present Is minister to central america mrs Pa checos first play piny betrayed was brought out in the old california th theater ter when john mccullough was vaa manager thi the play however in which she first made a distinct lilt was the athe play was practically written in a week mrs pacheco salil said recently and its wonderful wonder tul success was quite a surprise to me ino it ran for or a hundred nights in now york secured tho the same record in london later aud and Is now nov being played throughout the english provinces it has been translated into german and will soon be produced in berlin mrs pacheco has written several clever romantic dramas but her latest decided success Is to Ac Ne meals which rose coghlan brought out ut at the star theater and which la Is at present being played on the road just now mrs ira pacheco Is collaborating with meltzer the dramatic critic upon a set sailous lous mork ork lor for nat gouax in entitled I 1 don roberto the constant variation in the style of 0 her dramatic work Is very remarkable a who has seen the bowery girl with its pathos its quaint slang its profound knowledge of 0 human nature und and its realistic finish and not instantly recognized it as one of 0 the cleverest of modern melodramas it was first produced last september at the grand opera house new york and anisen M hen on the opening night miss ada lee hascom from her cosy corner in the authors box saw the house packed front roni orchestra to amaly family circle she realized for or the first time something ot of the joy of being a successful playwright when miss hascom bascom was asked recently it if she vote n not 0 delighted i h wilh her good luck she tur turned tied to her questioner mleh ith a little tragic gesture and tightening lightening of her lips and said do you call four our years of 0 constant struggle ot 0 deprivation of oc unsatisfied ambition ot of battling without friends or influence ot of living in spite of 0 the world not because of its ita help do you call tho the result ot of all this the fruit ot of tho the labor ot of these tour four years luck 1 I cannot tell you how bow much I 1 enjoy my success she salk sal with a quick change ot of tone it vlas mas nil all so unexpected and so complete yes it was my first play but it vl mill III not bo be my last I 1 am already engaged on oil another ana and the managers seem anxious to secure my work I 1 think a good deal ot of my iny success mas due |