Show LER A POETIC POEM SAYS SAYS' FROHMAN Just before sailing for Europe Charles Frohman dictated the following statement statement statement state state- ment The fact that I am having the scenery scenery ery for the tho American and English productions productions pro pro- of Chan made in Paris Pans ParisI has led some to the assumption that I regard Rostand's latest play playas as a spec spec- This is not the case ler is a poetic drama I have always believed that the tho American public likes poetry if it is vital If If ler succeeds it will wiH be a proof of this Cyrano de Bergerac was a vital poem and its success showed that it was not above our heads Even en in the English translation which nii might ht have haye been better better bet bet- ter the tho beauty of the the poets poet's thought was was generally felt I believe the translation translation trans trans- lation of will wiH be even more successful It is being made for me by M. M Rostand's Son who successfully translated his fathers father's Les Roman Roman- I believe that he will be able ablo to show an English speaking speaking- audience all the beauty of his fathers father's l lyric ric passages Of course besides be being ng a poem is a satire When hen the barn yard cock finds out that his crowing does not make the sun rise it is s a tragedy for him though a comedy for the rest of the barn yard But the poetic quality of the work dominates the whole production It appealed BO so strongly to the fun loving audience of Paris that even the tho appearance of well Known actors dressed as birds did did not make malee them laugh I shall give Chan Chan- teeter next autumn in New York at a theatre not yet decided upon at the tho Boston theatre Boston and at the I Blackstone theatre Chicago i |