| Show oooo oo o I Is INN NN 1 N N 1 I I GOSSIP OF THE THEATER I I N MN A A AAA AAA A AA tr opportunity otter offer a ay ever r y r u make a comparison of the method of an author Ilk lilae or orThen f Then with thop of me mea lies lib Shirley y t lad Landeck These tut named gentle gentler r mu I add acid Ut on tIN the leer w u re ret reo t k for a lurid melodrama web th somewhat warm title 1111 Woman Wan and andt t Hine Je bleb I Is tie current attraction I it the Manhattan theses la In this city Sou will III fled find there methods tel to b be io 10 dl that It trier wf 1 be to t Mer septet basis baal of or Wen en ot of In a y Uk TIle The Sunken Bell for tor Int the h points t It point poems then bf be are aN I a gaidy I that I is not lIot understood b bla by byc c a la In t of oft I Symbolism I II Is I t the domini t rite te It is I Tree w we hear so 10 much II le It really no 1 e ot Of bure a une I sm referring ret to realists as AI It I Is und nod b by the aera avenge mod theater Jer er Theae and Ibsen Iben t 1 Yi are supposed upP to berte be rte ft rk ek lull tull realism of the correct I e f I it I which effect In baving t in 1 r do a few tew commonplace th nil nga just jurt JI era the they would be done In r ral II ute Ufe A a tact fact this I correct y even though It be exceedingly but realism u as It Is II und un d r to d by b the modern theater goer real real C tallyho coaches C real bra braes ruled stair ca raper e real water In the fountain and raI Ial champagne In the glasses I It hillY cony I be b argued that the modern Idea I 1 II but It I Is I lass IA the more popular and entertaining erne In j r I 1 In a modern so 10 called melodrama theauthor the author dose not dirt dare to permit any anything thing to be taken for granted Most MOlt ot of otI I hi paints are eo broadly mall made that Ithe It ItI I he were wre to lea leave others to the tn he would be apt to be min 00 understood Therefore h he tak takes no chances That I Is Jut just why In this ola ot of entertainment It I is considered ntO no to every e episode Jode i which has haa the slightest bearing upon the main tory story Th The mar more morek k over Or le 18 not displeased by thle thie covert dap at its Intelligence It doss dOlI not with to be obliged to think The Th tory story must be so plain that a child could under understand stand It It and subtlety that vague some something thing which I la so 10 often prated ot of and nd ao 80 seldom seen IMn outside of symbolic and therefore usually unintelligible I ii absolutely barred That In my humble opinion Is II the ex x ot of the perennial popularity cf t the scenic melodrama ot today There are other contributing cau causes but that le III the main on one Some ot of these causes are or rapidity ot of movement elaborateness ot of equipment mid ma mass I and general accuracy of DC I i rIPI In a play like Ilk Woman and andr r Wine for tor instance the action cllon I U never nver to halt bait Indeed In on one scene shore It U II necessary to h have a toe II dancer pirouette about the stage th the charming little woman Is not permitted to h take an encore though she richly d ds r It It This la III not due to churlish n 11 on the part ot of Manager Drady but butt t t the shrewd that anything g gI I might bait so 10 baldly ear a story for tor It a moment would Jeep tOp arde the ot of the entire play Th Tb of Investiture I wise wilt wisely ly h provided In melodramas or of thle type In order to divert the attention of the to a as gnat an extent u poser 11 from the or of the plot Th attempt to Imitate the Ih accessories or real life Ille II 1 made mad so IO that the ludl favor may ma be In part won by b Ire Ita rec ot of the fidelity ot of the props and what the It late IA J Henley used to sneeringly refer to se Ie the movable equipment embracing tb the inevitable tallyho with It its bones the real bicycle and lb real 1 automobile In th the drama ot of symbolism whit a difference lIre Hen II accessorise count cOllot for tor nothing Even 2nD the accuracy or of costumes and scenery I Ia often ne neg and nd It may be suggested ted that 1 I play would have to 10 be a mighty strong one to survive such uch an n awful teat teet The symbolist admit this charge when It I presented and excuse them themselves HI selves b by quoting th the words ord ot of shakes therefore not b by an any means mean a drama will be understood when It is II stated that tbt It would be an ly matler to tell the story tot ot of the melodrama without offending tb the pro A suggestion ot of the manner In which the basic bulc complication upon which the tory story depends N I brought about wilt will however serve to the ot of this fright frightfully tully fully named Woman and Wins HUlk Hugh Seymour an artist hu his lost his eyesight ud and with It It of hi his means ot of earning a livelihood II life son IOn Richard I is about It to take hi his examina lions fur admission to the belr end and the theold theold old gentleman makes every fry fort to keep from him Information concerning hi his affliction III His IOn con falls to pass JUI and ond leaves home borne lured by n a Circe with more mort embonpoint than good looka Marcel I is the nm name ot of I the Circe and she h hu has learned that Dick DIk Dickis is II to come Into 1 a legacy lepor ot of which he I knows know nothing n lie goes M to Paris with l i tl a 1 fd Cw r 1 ar a I i i r III r I 1 t SOENE PROM FROM WOM WOMAN AN AND WINE pears Tbt T pl plays tile the thing They however how neglect to call attention to Ua the tact fact that iUt till the Lance of the pia plays written by br the Bard Bardot ot of Avon la I as plain a as day to any person of ordinary Intelligence and therefore absolutely unlike the con b by the leading apostles ot of their school ot of pink tea dramatic wilting As AI an aD evidence ot of the callousness en engendered n rendered gendered by a long course couret ot of suggestive plays the reception accorded Woman and Wine by the majority ot of the erit lea of the N New York newspapers la II eloquent elo quent It seemed to be the opinion ot of several leveral ot of them hern that a grave injustice Id had been II done the play lIy by lt It I title In do other words that the suggestion of naughtiness contained In hI the title Uti wu was not borne out In the tory dory ot of the play Tier The produced upon these critics by Woman and Wine would rull really be remarkable It If It were not that we know they have ban durin during the PUt few tew yea years been treated or subjected It If you Ou prefer reter the term to such uck 1111 plays u The Turtle yasa Sapho Mlle Pin Fill The The Th Conquerors and wont wot ot of all perhaps The Cuck Cuckoo oo 00 The Th spiced atmosphere ot of these pl plays h hu naturally so 10 hardened the young oun gentlemen who corn com comment mint ment In print upon tb the drama that nothing short bort or of extract of cayenne crenn pepper now suffices to stimulate them That Woman and Wine Win I is thor thoro thoroughly Worthy ot of Its Ita title and that It le I hr her Then Th re We find In the next let act the legacy having beeR been squandered Marcel engaged In the delectable occupation ot of jockey to lone a horse rice race upon which Dick hu has risked everything This woman by the Kay aJ J is a won wonder der She appe appears to ire be able to any anybody bod Into doing the most ble things The They all resist It at Ont first but wind up by br her lUll and to do at as she requests ret has baa III as my tit be Ju judged from l time tact fact that she he wishes 11 Dicks Dick hone horae to lose tired ot of that worthy young and wishes to live with Alphonse a fellow tellow for tor whom for tor some Inexplicable rea sun lon she h and other women appear to reel feel a mot most tender regard ot Of course young Seymour U II ruined aad then en ensues sues a battle royal rayal between the two WOo wo women men ot of euy u morals for tor the favor ot of the use a mild term Rn It develops Into a battle with knives In which the Is killed and Ind Seymour I U charged with the mur murder dr der The rival confesses cont as 11 the judge Judie It Is about to sentence the young youn mean Inan that she b C committed the crime and the pia play ends then and there An effort h his been made to tell this tory dory ot of Woman and nd Wine Win In as delicate II a manner u as possible but the mot moat unsophisticated r reader der will lit at once perceive that It what may prop erl be c considered a pretty warm plot And yet ft the New York critic or oral eral ot of them at any rats rate affect to 10 think that the play Is too good goal for tor It its title Well after all It depends depend entirely upon the ot of the Individual So o tar far as tile the success ot of Woman and Wine Is I concerned then can CAli be no doubt that the piece has haa scored cored an em emphatic m hit and that It Its carter career In this country will be a long and profitable 0 one It fairly bristles with action arM arMIt and It ls It put on with an apparent p disregard of ef expense This feature le III always VII very pleasing to the habitual patron of English melodrama ot of the type of Wo Woman Woman man and Wine 1 New Tork rork wb when n en engaged In a piece lInt line the whole day to himself for tor weeks or even enn months at a time Ume with that of German players lie Ite says Even the first actors acton at the beet theaters ot of Der are aN nothing but hirelings at tb the beck and Nd cell call ot of their managers re They dare not even ven without permission ab absent b sent themselves from horns home farther than within an n hours hour cell from head headquarters quarters The happy idea ot of having Aft an understudy I Ii not In vogue for tor py reasons and so 10 the entire tart each ach and every ery one must mut be read ready at ata ata a moments notice In cue calt some IOme other play hat has to be put on and It falls to te their lot to take up some other role than the one that had been rehearsed toe tor the evening Moreover the German actor le I bound by n a contract so 0 strict and the th mana gore era art are so 10 well organised that he darel daNS not rebel for fear ter of being boycotted I Nevertheless something like a general gentral revolt or on the part of the Car Ger German I Iman man Is 11 no now threatened In eon i bt 1 a new nett system ot of ra riles which put them more than ever ear Into the power of at the mana managers IY It if some ot of the tha English and Amt loan I actors were subJected to a little IItti inert and alid had to work ork a 11 little harder barder for tor a living It would not herpt them or tho art which they prot to 10 esne |
