The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1904, Page 7

> a re “]) ew THE » EVENING « WORLD'S w HOME .« MAGAZINE . Theatres Goers Want unsting Instead of Shadow onthe Stage, ays Mrs. Frances ttodgson Burnett. SATURDAY EVENING, Ue oht te 30, 1904, tT Billiard And +) Inge "Artbun saunders, As Dick Latimer And zra Stamps: sunlight. And I believe that theatre-goers, more than ever before, want gladness instead of sade ness op the stage. It used to be the other way don't you remember? Gloomy tragedies and heart-breaking dramas were what the public ap- parently craved. A woman, for instance, would go to the theatre, use up two or three handkere chiefs and come home exclaiming that the play was ‘perfectly beautiful!’ I don't know what has caused the change, but there has been @ great” change in the public taste in recent years. TI be- eve it ts due largely go the -great intellectual ad- vancement that has taken place in the last fitty years, Introspection and retrdspection have taught most of us that we have troubles enough of our own and that we don’t care to go tothe theatre and pay $2 for a lot more.” Gifted Authoress and Play« wright Notes Marked Change in Public’s Taste—We Have Enough Troubles of Our Own Without Paying $2 for More— Mis. Burnett Believes in bet- ting Truth Point the Moral Instead of Preaching a Ser- mon—Averse to First Nights, She Has Not Vet Seen “That oy s o 7) o s HIS, doubtless, was a correct diagnosis of the case, Man and [.” ~ -YetI couldn't resist asking Mrs. Burnett what those two hapless young women in the pro- logue ‘of her ‘play had if it wasn’t trouble—and trouble of the real, old-fashioned sort, at that! In answer she said something about “an-ethical question;” which left me still groping in the dark, I wasn't sure whether she had reference to @) question in general, or mine in particular, so 3 switched to “moral lesson.” Possibly {t had been her intention te teach, Or rather, to suggest one? “I never preach sermons in my plays. There {s no need of doing that. A truth will always tell {tself, and every one will recog+ nize it as the truth,” There was a painful pause. Then a bright idea bounded joyously into my aching mind, and J eagerly proposed: “Let's talk about the scenery!” * CHARLES DARNTON. OMAN’S curiosity isn’t 8o curious, after all. As a rule, of course, women do like to get an inkling of what's going on, but, then, there's that proverb about excep- ‘Gons, and in this case Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur- @ett is the exception. Tmagine my surprise on going Thursday to chat ‘with her in her Madison avenue home about her play, “That Man and I,” to hear her say: “I really. know very little about it. I have never geen a performance of it.” “How does that happen?” “A woman's reason—'just because’—just be- eguse I don’t like first nights in which I am di- wectly interested. A firet night of one's play is |lme here and forgetting half of a phrase there. | On two or three occasions, when escape was cut | off, I @ave heard a woman tell another woman how she “made over” a dress. | Well, “The De Willoughby Claim” went through something of the same process. It was ele teed by lighter ¢rimming. “T at last hit upon a plan to change much of | {ts shadow into sunshine,” is the way the Iterary She told it much as the ordinary person describes| remodeller expressed it. a story he has read, haltingly outlining the plot,, “Yau know,” she added, of tedious, inane “speeches” theatre-goers would Se “ rad ad a Call 66 or resumed Mrs. Burnett, “instead of “N fretting and stewing, as I should have done had I gone to the Savoy on Mon- day night I passed a most pleasant evening. ‘When members of my family asked me if I were not going with them to the play I replied: “No, I'm not going to see a play by a fourth- rate dramatist. I'm going to see a play by w first-} “that most human wather a nerve-trying evening. Things never go/rate dramatist. I’m going to see “Merely Mar, 3 v sketchi: > prine! 2c k 1 turn thelr fi t Just ot sen like Senta g0, cal therefore| Ann."' So I trotted off to the Garden, and, as I ketching the principal characters, recalling a! beings, like flowers, love to turn thelr faces to the a ‘prefer to stay away. ve gone, I'll admit, to| said before, I passed a thoroughly enjoyable even. A Amu t mugements. ; I musements. sements. § ie fret alpen sion ot ee ee Bare cote) ing, I beoame so interested in ‘Mary Ann’ that I PoP MURTY AV BARS Chel beastiet of | was -|— — See ‘mined never to eo again. fo play, leve, | quite forgot ‘That Man and I.’ I can tell you all i ay 14th fs acted quite as its author would like to see it| about ‘Merely Mary Ann’ If you care to have me, | NEW EMPIRE “SEAS ts | a 2 HIIBER'S Py WUSEUM 1 PROCTOR’ Stent —— ‘acted. Your conception and that of the actor's ts ar er qenoua) Ike you to tell me about “That | AN Bont Come OTHER til LALOU & LALA CONTINUOUS Night. Reg 70 apt to differ. Therefore, I prefer to see a play of/ With unselfish enthusiasm Mrs. Burnett sang ; | GARRICK nee seme OY AND GIRL--ONE. YET TWO. 28d St. Prelie’s boos. 3h Say mine after it has been running for some time.” | the praises of Hleanor Robson, Mr. Zangwill et BROTHERS | | ANNIE RUSSELL RST AR ce Two Human Beings Merged into One, | “The Bri “But do not the defects—it there be defects—|al. until I quite despaired of being able to turn) © * es THUA, Hyadli t Tt Kes Bee pueede. | Oth Ave,{ é Brixton Burglary.” ‘ @till exist?” the conversation towards home again. Mtiarion Abbo | |GRITERION St" Mtacwea. aa BRO Lager ot Rwontd. Does. Ses a Foley Toys BURY Hh i nally, howéver, after a de: SAT RR . a “ “Y-you;” reluctantly admitted Mex, Burnett, “but| part to fnterest her 9 horesitea teak ensity ace NOS ‘Amory dtarkweathen vei a a qaathe serous | Oth St.{ RARER WZ AZ Ae they méy not appear so glaring. There is, at| complished with most playwrights, not to mention | it into a play. I thought it too sad for the stage.” yee ith at THEATRE. : legst, an absence of that general air of nervous-| Actors—-Mra. . Burnett said, in something like a ry ry wo o ry | aie Mate. ee ee BROADWAY ices 195th St./ FSiranges ee ness which pervades a first night. As a matter} 8Pirit of defense: - ‘ || ROBERT HILLIARO® AND I. MEDA t OM Al IDs Sa sa, In Advance, ‘of fact, I'd rather not go at all.” Sp ae ante LE haord my story ‘In cari T was interesting to hear Mrs. Burnett tell the 1] NEW TCEUM 4st ot Bivay ln W AS’ PRDAW | Box _Oftices_ Open 9.50 A.M. to 18 q nection w! e De joughiby Claim.’ In fact, [ I story of her story. She did this to point out | ‘May BW AMSTERD. Then re, Bway BATH ST. AND t laywrights felt this way, hat a | | THE ADS BLE iISAVO BROADWAY. If only all playwrigh 1s way, what a lot ‘flatly refused half a dozen or so requests to make 4 tie difference hetween the book and the play. || Wm. Glilette chic i ai —| | Sata RSS cat MOTHER ‘GOOSE THE CENTURY i| | "THE TEMPLE OF LAUGHTER TER || | Fhey CATER DABY WUSEAE ELD eo y WII. OPEN ON OR BEFORE FER 22. ; i} THEATRE, & anth St. Herald Sq, tig atc at {00h Time, Feb, 4, SOUVEN RS. 14 Song Hits! | THE GIRL For full particulars see To-Morrow's Advia. 4 | CHAUNCEY OLcUTT "y PRICES#(22015s'S°9 BE? te. SEA’ f30 NO NGHER: 5 Rei | Calve_ the: Bright Particular Star Next Week XCEPT for the flashing into view Song’ and “An Irish Street )Chauncey Olcott, in jaeeenes E once more of that brilliant, daz- | Singer. ee, TA York; Bleanor Robson tn "A He K ew Mry Scot as the ‘Toreador, ls JOTORIA, 42 Bt Boy, 7 Ace Ann, Garden; ullng operatic star, Calve, next! Ralph Stuart's final week ‘at the |Belnsco's ‘Theatre other week at the theatres will offer llttle to|American Theatre in. “Bs. Right of |New Amsterdam: “Tho cewnty 5,000 Laughs! | FROM Lilla faanty He ae a Last Eat A ry claim fresh attention. Sword’ will be marked by special mat- |man," ayauscus! william Gillette. in| wil be the same with SAM BERNARD. 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BIG AC SSATL to he seen aa Portia and Shylock witil JEARL Petit ‘ work. ‘Shortly after, she will appear carrer e Tempest and her admirable com-| Medal and the Maid. seey to The Taming of tue Shrew The Marriage of Kitty’ willl “The Girl from i the frst time in thi t th = ochunge he ‘e eo ‘om ay's' te he firs! ime in his country ag he! eS which will be she on saturday) Pe, Harlem Opera-Fouse. {ts one hundredth New York. perform: Contéesn In Le Nozze dl Figaro,” and Superior Flavor and Aroma. M i) GRANT ICURES vie. AMERICAN RALPH STUART safternoon and evening. This will be the ¢ Donnelly Stock Company Will pre-| anes at the Herald Square heatre on hefe Ny Genticen in “Cayatteria [+ ALL GROCE: EATER IN) ve, 8.30. Mat in B ry : ' Pinero's comedy, “The Gay | men GAROEN & ‘MEAT 8.30. Ma ¥ RIGHT OF SWORD : i i nitney" caer ent ts Beat several nda distribution 0 See Amasamonin Eleanor Robson etsy ae I TO-DAY. s Miss Franee Hamilton, @ young woman | p: Pit ientn sires Seen ‘The American Academy of Dramatic lox K atuck Belies ACADEMY, OF aris Oe i ; shi Arts will give its sixth matinee of the a BATH ST. i THAN BV! < @pparently ambitious to reach the; , eason in the New Empire Theatre on To s Broduntto CHECKERS stage withcut waste of time, ‘utraaay afternoon, ‘The programme | y x o0 | Prices 25,50 -t THOR’ W. ROSS der the personal stage direction | will Include the first performance of | Rennie mp 8.80. Mats. Thur &Sa\ Fives 25,50,75.81. Mate T'd'yaWed.2. Rv 8.33 sa Emille Leicester. of London,” The Stranger,” a scene, by August | IMADISON SQ. 2 ERT HILL 1ARD IN| Cc ANDI DA, ee fixe her conception of Nora in. Ibsen's Strindberg; the first performance in this | if oes AN uri cey, Agr on Huerday ‘arterioan. Ast i} Gramm’ nye wederice Maviang’ theo | i SECRET = POLICHINELLE ny pire Franoee taann, Brea Tal Si ERLOCK HOLMES on, ‘ 9 Martana ald | p ne drivel of tod given that “Miss Leicester's n don win} comedy "Simpson & Co." and “Double | ity RIC, | A geliee y bae iivel cet BaRLEy ae re, Bway: asin Nxt.w'k, EARL of PAWTUCKET LAT ines will be follow Venue | oF Quits,” a farce In one act, by R. A. | eM AY AND WED, ‘Ey 810 Mata ¥ ly by every member of the co! vl | Barrens. | ADA REHA" nN ; — Manh hhattar cies Weise Gat. ‘ which etl dnelude soba E. Kel- Detiicck SUS. GRAND OPERA BILL. | i} is =~ = Headway! ona lenin et THE VIRGIN! elle's Prod’ wae ala Pevtenaner ann bier yt TERS | aightthet Mme, grote Calve will, atte ? Hives.t10, Mate To-dar Wed. | , CROSMAN int dae ESTAR of the fat Mon. Wyeades Blexandor. | ae Mme. Bi 6 § Webth irey Rereares: |g Next Week—lowery After Dark, | 1 Beat aca sere mane neceaecyy AS. 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