Show Julia Marlow T Takes akes Stage Seriously ISS JULIA MARLOWE is a 3 aVI avory very vory pr serious er ous min minded f d woman M VI MISS She ma may bat amiably with I you you you- you for for or she is he over ocr gracious l I a about out trivialities tri and she may rany smile in banter but touch upon the subjects of the stage C and ond tho the facial facini mask ot of amusement disappears and her ber voice oice booms impressively It is a no wonderful wonderful won woo voice this ant and it has lured praise e from the tho tips of numberless critical critical cal lal pens She Sho Shea a was nt at tea whon when a reporter i I I I I I I found h her ht r in her apartment at the Plaza hot hotel J. J What dill did she talk bout about 1 A score of topics But let her attitude h be defined by bj her own words for when ao asked ked if she rho took the theater seriously she replied Oh Ob I do do almost almost to the point of being be be- iu ing tiresome t The Tho latter however howo was ras a misstatement misstate misstate- ment meat induced h by modesty modesty- for at no notime notime notime time did she bo even en suggest that a broached subject could grow tiresome tire tiresome some some ome to her ber To the contrary she sho talked intensely interestingly n ly But judge for yourselves el s Have Hac you ou a voice to add to tho the present agitation for the purity of the drama Miss Marlowe For Purity of Drama Indeed yes Here is my m- creed theatrical or theatrical or at it least a part of f it it I 1 believe in beauty and truth in in the drama these forms must prevail in in the end ond for fol only onh these survive sun I believe belien too in a a. sufficient latitude for lor the presentation pre pre- presentation of those problems of life Hie which are arc of value alne and importance to all and against the honest presentation of which the tho doors of the theater should not bo ho closed But But and and this is an important condition con con- I I would see such problems treated by br masters with a serious purpose purpose pur pur- po pose c rather than exploited for mere commercial profit in n. n f sensational n manner man ner nero For the stage I believe is ip some sense an epitome of life in in which all sorts and conditions struggle lc for wisdom wisdom wis wis- is dom om and will continue to do so fo And Aurl jJ is the blame for the pre present ont state of ot tho the drama to be laid entirely at atthe tho the doors of the tho mana managers rs or at nt the feet of the 0 Not ot entirely declared Miss Hiss Marlowe Marlowe Mar Mar- 31 lowe lOWA j for for the audiences have hac a large e share in the thc responsibility for the pre pres present res' res cut ent unfortunate tendency And I am firmly convinced inc d that th the remedy is tobe to tobe tobe be sought and the cure is to be applied quite a as much beyond the te doors of tho the theater as behind them But Not to Preach Besides seriousness rious ess a look of conviction conviction con ic tion gleamed Jed from the eyes ees of the tho actress actress ac nc- ac- ac tress as she delivered herself of these opinions and ind the interviewer ew r sought to draw raw from her ber a n. remark upon tho the much discussed object of the tho theater by asking Then you think it i is the tho mission of the tho sta stage e to preach J Jot Not ot to preach preach preach-at at least not sari But I cannot subscribe e to the tho statement which some som of my fellow artist artists artists ar ar- ar- ar have ha hoed boon guilty of of namely namely that tho the theater r has but one ono purpose that of amusing the audience It docs does not seem to me to be rational to believe holic that when the tho front doors doon of a 1 theater have been banned banged aD e after th the tha last of tho the audience audi audi- once ence all aU its influence acc ceases es that all an these hundreds and thousands s of people people people peo peo- go o forth and immediately for forgot ot everything e that they have hayo teen seen and andI heard I think at Iea least t a part of the impression impression impression im im- must be carried into their homes and into their lives that the thesta sta stage c must exert an influence beyond the tho reach of the tho 3 actors actor's tor s 's voice and the glare lare of the footlights footlight In brief continued Miss iss Marlowe I CI believe o that there are great reat and aud per pcr- benefits which tho the theater can Continued nud on page 11 y yr ww r w a r ri i i iI f e r ti 6 1 f k j r j l. l r t D r 6 W i 1 A ric J o h V r ki I I k t N tf S f s. s I T tl x 1 0 ero f tT 4 k ro I 4 11 i I Ir r 0 a 1 r r A r f fA fr r R I MISS JULIA A MAR LOWE J I JULIA U LIA MARLOWE MARLO r 1 Continued from pa pare page c 10 0 And I ma may as well wel confess that it r I. is mv my desire and ambition to asso- asso with t these late inv ny my name along alons h. h the nOISY tho the blatant td ed tilt th hysterical J 1 would rather have cymbal sounded before the tho theater Ain n D a penny rattle But then it is hs so 50 easy as to preach ch ltd sd 10 so difficult to pra practice So So I feel at it my attitude and its sincerity c can cant n t be judged b by tho the class of pla plays in 11 kith I 1 myself have ha hat o appeared appeared during ny y on service to the theater I Li Home for tor Art That conc concluded the one topic and I th the 0 next on the tho tapiR tapis IS the Now l theater About this Miss Marlowe was tas It HIt has las simply got ot of to bo be o a s success sJ be he announced exultantly and then wit rith a touch of sadness in her voice tAb ahe added ded n And if it does not succeed it il will throw the movement of dramatic advancement back hopelessly throw it lack back M fa far nr that it will not seem worth Awhile while for the present generation to toI I lo to revive it C You know sho she explained tho the is rather bored borc with the i idea ea of ot movements of the kind that aro are said to foad anc advance tho the theater It has seen a tx IW tried but has heard hear and read rca 1 about a. a I Jot lot of theories that did ill not survive wren even tho the test of discussion Mind find you I am hurling no blame at the attitude of f the theatrical pro producers of toda today for lor the very er first principle upon which a J theater of the tho ordinary kind is cou con dotted must be a L principle that has found wound commercial reasons to recommend recommend mend it it 7 r But Bat the New theater will ill be diff dif dif- ferent f rent These men of wealth who Lave have M to generously banded together to father this thil scheme Chemo aro willing to assume l tho the I deficits With the chief commercial com coni- mercial considerations removed the tho roam roain thiD thing thin then will be e the artistic side aide And Anal why wh should not tho the latter flourish at It the New ew theater Are Arc wo we woot sot ot proud in in the fact that wo we 0 speak the 8 tongue of Shakespeare and is it lO sot ot logical Io cal that Shakespeare's plays prove pro o the what the what shall I say say sw- the the ine dramatic backbone of this sch scheme Fo eO 1 lt it must 11 must be e the Pennant of Shakes Shakes- cs' cs f sue r must float from the thc masthead of his 15 ship hip p of Sf drama drama- W We e ne neglect v in to America America that is nn an old ator story which I n need 1 d not go CO into here her So f whatever else ebo is done at the tho sea ew theater what other plays may ma be bo given n performance Shakespeare must To fie Gain tutu Public Confidence y great creat rc regret ret Las has been th that t there 31 11 not or Fann cannot t be be bc ono one Hans Blass of the the- t I liters rs which shall snaIl at all times be le rev r. served leTte for t tho o Presentation of the best belt rl hl high 5 h est t in m drama d a. a theaters to which the j. j e pu tic r can resort with confidence ulc anal where their confidence con should never be 11 ab abuser I. i roc me it i is almost impossible f to e establish a suitable I atT at al 1 heat r for for T the thc JC classic claS' drama in a it Mn er which the tho previous iou week w has ho used cIL some cheap unworthy worthy and Fons yen Fon- Ilha phase s o of n a l dramatic tic condition n I n a in the tho cai only V lie be which Shakes P enre rc IIi v lua-v pO possibly 11 be tae followed 00 I t the e tc J latest t dramatic a l 1 Ct r I i 1 I T t ma may why you vou are o confining t CP at nt t 1 I rA A lon lon- ical t ion cOI ll I I c ra anil it 1 is oil nuh iv i is l tit t 1 t who have 0 t trier l sn so s n 1 lo 10 t UH vi- vi t. t till the I h Jik hike ii UI UlI o in Ilc a ah I I I I h bo hc whey T Ida art I he tom rom then theOl But if you'll I I I II he ne o e bal basis s cf of all ft theatrical ventures of I ordinary y haul must lust ho 0 a i n ne No less a all an artist the late it Jr Henry i jn Ir Irving ll hH handed al l d down Iown that I Now it heap atus that the I mer public c craves ts so l r r e shrug new JJ wP no a we will i l 1 C e t the fife FI F JI I 11 out of the discussion l l sion ion entirely ly Bo 0 e I is S not not Dot n new or or novel no I. I o 0 anal my maDI managers ers arc 1 I 41 cast rast bout about to Mft eek a new vehicle chich I I IVo were merc coU I Vo E it Ic r to o afford ro I be he happy ha IP i iu in 11 t that I entirely t so Hut But the tho l' l hi lose hose such FilCh matter at ate tc- tc q 11 So j I The Go n f of t lieK lie lie- Dd se I thought K it a iia 1 v of J ii mert and J 1 can an only ho how IO ol r th t public c rill vill find r these a qualities iu in t too t rJ U you have been crib elrod h ideals by ut r 11 Ste because you on refuse to n allow lI w tte f the confer comer to be e seated after the th rising t t curtain of The Godder o de a of Iten- Iten hays you a specific fic o object in t view this thiR rule fule es ca I 1 w da it t for the salvo of the Bones dieDe and for tor my own sakeI I. am fearfully susceptible to any noises that occur in the theater during ur n a n perform anee and late late- latecomers comers make enough noises to break breal thc the threads of nf interest of a dozen ozen plays Such interruptions unnerve me completely and aud andI I believe the they annoy tho those c who have ha taken the thc pains pain to c come mc to the theater early carh Why I should tho the punctual OD ones S 'S be the vic victim vic i tim tiros of oC the thc tardy ones 1 Why should a half halt dozen interested auditors be compelled to rise riso rise to admit some person or SO couple who have o dined well welland and too long It is not fair to any one ono concerned I so the rule is enforced and shall be he I Iam Iam I I am keeping l faith with the public by bv I having hn tho the performance begin at the I hour ad advertised and I can only ask in all reason that those who have 0 come at atthe the tho appointed time aro arc not cheated out ont I of hearing the first act by those who como cono strolling into the theater at any later latr tone time I The fhe tea ten cups wore were empty and the tho hands of tho the clock k pointed menacingly menacing at nt an nn hour that called the actress s to her I duties The reporter made his adieu rt regretfully for he bc ha had still another topic H And And what do you think of Ameri Amen American can dramatists Miss M ss She looked very serious for or a a. moment and then theu she sho smiled I I 1 I refuse ab absolutely to discuss them then Miss liss Marlowe was gracious but hut she was very cry very firm and there was nothing more more to to do o than to say goo good good- hc bye What dons docs Miss Marlowe think hink of othe the thc American Americ n dramatists What in indeed ec l American dramatists please write |