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Show TROUBLES OP A PLAYWRIGHT. Wh&t He Has to Go Through Before His Play Is Acted. "Llttlo does tho layman who has pnsaed through an evening of boredom compro-hend compro-hend tho manner In which that piny was made to order to meet tho requirements of a star artificially reared In a forcing bed that catches tho full glare of tho great white light of newspaper publicity," save J. L. Ford in the Saturday Evonlng Post. "To take a case that is entirclv Imaginary, Imag-inary, we wjll nssume that this star was a chorus girl two years ago and owes her elevation to on ovcccdlngly clover and graceful danc given by her In 1 or cnnu. actor of a parlor d '1,0uPS-Room slcal comedy called "Tho "'"nc,. ,a Girl.' On tho strength of this onnc mannger hao arranged to star aw play Hailed 'Tho Scullery r' ' "Script .author has como to read tl ,o mi ann 1 to her. As ho proceeds her face on, and she calls a sudden h- (Wt cx. "Surely.' sho said. Idly, ?nnc, ,n pect me to make my llrst on ranco in ouch a way ns that? hj. t" ej know I'm on the nw I XunVur and on In an automobile, with c":u,"l lhe footman In green livery, and h.wo m. chorus all grouped In two lines to rcco 0 mo, Thero mu.it he music, too, io piaj """'But this is-a parlor ; scene1 protests tho dramatist. 'You can't bring an auto mobile Into a parlor. .mi-den " 'Well, can't you change it toani-n or a street or something? mP"pfl, ?' you say' Well, you must glvo mc a bettor entranco than that.' readlntr "Tho dramatist resumes li s a,"n5" only to bo Interrupted ar. ho Is ho mlgM of an excollent comedy scene between tnc comedian and the llrst old oman This Is undoubtedly very f. m n a ml clever; but where am I while all this is Kn-f oure In your drcsolng-rpom making your chango from the ball dress to he short sklrlu. The play's got to go on, jou know, even If yotirre off the . "Yes. and while I'm making tho chango you'll hnvo thlfl man out hern clowning and making the people laugh with hla monkey business. nnd,vcPaM?, queering nil the rest of the act. I "ho"1" like to know whether 1 am the star of this piece, or Mr. Props? No, sir; that sceno comes out ' . . "When tho pleco Is put In rehearsal the star demands thnt every clever line or amuf.lng bit of business thnt occurs in any of tho other pnrts shall be transferred to her. and whenever it is found ImposalDlo to do this It Is cut ouL On tho mornmrr after tho first production the comcdlni. gets his two-weeks' notice, for making the people laugh In spite of her efforts to prevent It, nnd tho vivacious soubrotte who made a duUlnct hit with the audlenco has hor part cut down precisely one-half as a punishment for her presumption, while n public that does not distinguish between plawr nnd piny, and goes to the theater for no other purpose than that of entertainment, goes away mournfully ami wonders why It Is that there arc no good plays nowadays." |