Show Otner ot stage one 0 the peculiar things about a play la that any little piece of business or any new lines which may bo inserted in the manuscript while a block company la playing the drama belong thereafter to the man who owns the copyright every time n stock company rents a play for production from the owner ot the copyright it Is cut interlinked interlined Inter lined annl added to before it Is produced A stage manager for instance may interpolate some speeches in order to work up to the introduction 0 a song or specialty or he may strengthen the climax by putting in some bew and strong lines these interpolated lines prove to be the moat striking in the play and make decided hits if they are left in when the manuscript goes back to its owner they become his property absolutely sol and may not bo used by the man who wrote them in any other production therefore shrewd managers before they return a play to its owner always take great pains to erase every scrap of correction or in athla way only may they keep what really belonga to them Chicago trib |