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Show PLATS TO PLEASE AEMRICANS. While the American audience prefers plays of sentimental interest, the English Eng-lish audience Is more ready to accept plays of conversational interest. The Ftenchman wants Intrigue, and Is willing will-ing to accept dramatic literature. The German is fond of stories of stronfr ethical Import, without reference to what we want In this country action, movement and life. It is a fact that In offering a play to kan American audience, which has a more cosmopolitan taste than any audience au-dience In the world, the manager who wants to succeed, not only artistically, but financially, must first consider his galleries, for If he can please the galleries gal-leries and upper circles which after all. Is the heart of the public he Is very likely to satisfy the expensive portion downstairs. If his play appeals to the select few the "problem" plays from Norway,- France. Denmark, Germany, where you will he Is appealing to but a portion of the public and not to the approval of the mutable many. You have got to reach the large middle class of theater-goers. From this class the Interest radiates to all classes. The same general argument Is true of the purely literary plays, like those of Bernard Ber-nard Shaw or the poet writers. They are, as a matter of fact, too limited In number to meet more than literary Interest. In-terest. They do not reach the outlying population. Nevertheless, plays of this class. If they have dramatic quality, would succeed despite the fact that they are beautifully written not because be-cause they are. Daniel Frohman, In Warper's Weekly. |