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THE STAGE

YE3R
BOOK

1910

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

CHEMICAL CLEANING
DYEING COMPANY

AND

T. HARRIS, Manager.

Original Chemical

CLEANERS AND DYERS

to the
THEATRICAL AND MUSIC HALL

Professions of
DRESS AND FURNITURE FABRICS.

Our Professional Work is the Best
in the Trade.

The New BARBE System of Spirit (or Dry) CLEANING is the most

up-to -date invention for thoroughly cleaning LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S

dress and FURNITURE materials, between shows

if necessary.

Managers will do well to consult us before getting Curtains, Draperies, etc.,
or Costumes Cleaned or Dyed.

Detailed Catalogue and Booklet of Up-to-date Testimonials
on application to

CHEMICAL CLEANING AND DYEING COMPANY

(T. HARRIS, Manager), 6, ARGYLL ST., OXFORD ST., W.

Telephone: 191 1 Gcrrard (Two Lines). Telegrams: " CLEANING, LONDON."

77/A STAGE YEAR BOOK.

in.

CLARRSON

or Sells, Costumes, Fancy or
/Vlso Wigs, or in fact anything that's Theatrical^
iienowned throughout Europe, Asia, Africa & Amenc./\.
|\ing Edward was pleased to appoint me sole Perruquie .K
C^ elect your own Good S from the largest of Stoc IV
Uldest Established of any Theatrical Store C^

New Premises situate 41 & 43, Wardour Street, SohO

CLARRSON

Tip=up Chairs and Seating

of all kinds

for Theatres, Cinematograph Halls, 6c.

Latest
and Best

Productions.

Unequalled
for Comfort,
Elegance and

Durability.

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Telegraphic Address : " Malleable," London. Telephone : 9153, London Wall,

iv.

THE STAGE YEAR "BOOK.

H. * M. RAYNE,

Manufacturers and Outfitters,

115 to 119, WATERLOO ROAD, LONDON, S.E.

Telegrams: "RAYNALOO, LONDON." Telephone: 7978 CENTRAL.

West End Branch: 49, CHARING CROSS ROAD. (A few doors north of the Hippodrome.)

COSTUMES.

The SMARTEST and MOST ELEGANT, from our own
designs, AS WORN BY THE LEADING ARTISTES.

Dainty and Original, at moderate prices.
Miss LILIAN LEA says: "Dresses for Australian tour are

lovely, and fit perfectly."
Miss DAISY DORMER says: "Costumes look lovely and

fit splendidly."
Miss VPSTA VICTORIA writes: " Very pleased with the

Costume."
Miss MARIE LOFTUS writes: "Quick change Costumes

are excell ent."

MESSRS. LE ROY and TALMA say : u Costumes are much
admired."

HIGH-CLASS

8TIBE BOOTS UNO

DANCING BOOTS & SHOES A SPECIALITY.
MDLLE. ADELINE GENEE says: "Boots and shoes are
' Best dancing shoes I have
: " Shoes give every satis-

perfect."

Miss LILY ELSIE writes : '
ever had."

Miss GERTIE MILLAR say
faction."

" Shoe and Leather Record ": "Artistic footwear, reflect-
ing the highest credit on Messrs. Rayne and on
British craftsmanship generally. ' '

Perfect Figure Symmetrical Paddings a Speciality.

A NEW, LARGE, AND VARIED STOCK OP TIGHTS

always in stock, at lowest prices consistent with good

workmanship.

MKSSRS. CARL ROSA Co. : " Tights give every satisfaction."
Miss VIOLET VANBRUGH says : " I am delighted with Tights."
Miss VIOLA TREE writes : " Tights are a most perfect fit."

THEATRICAL, HISTORICAL, COURT, ECCENTRIC HAT MAKERS,

As Supplied to the leading London Theatres.
THE CHEAPEST AND LARGEST STOCK OF THEATRICAL SUNDRIES IN THE WORLD

ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST POST FREE.

I 3r S = A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EVERY GRADE.

WE HOLD A LARGE STOCK OF THE FINEST HAIR FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WIGS.

MR. HARRY LAUDER writes : " Wigs are champion." THE BOISSEI TROUPES say : " Wigs are O.K."

SYSTEM OF BUSINESS.- To sell for Cash at lowest competitive prices for
Genuine Goods, Materials, and Workmanship. Any article w II be
willingly exchanged if not unduly detained or soiled."

THE STAGE )A.1A' HOOK

DAVID ALLEN & SONS

Limited

The LARGEST THEATRICAL and GENERAL
POSTER PRINTERS in the WORLD

LONDON, BELFAST, HARROW, MANCHESTER,
GLASGOW, DUBLIN, BIRMINGHAM, ETC.

Pictorials in Stock to suit any Play, &c., that may be
produced, as well as for all that have been produced
for the last twenty years. :: :: :: ::

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WE LEAD THE WAY

We place at Before buying

For STOCK or SPECIAL your service elsewhere,

a reputation write, wire

built up on or call for

nearly 70 Samples,

years' Catalogue OP

T ... \ .^ . experience. Estimates.

We can suit you in Quality and Price.

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NETHERFIELD,
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Special Quotations for Large Quantities and Contracts-
Sample Roll 6d. Post Free.

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Williamson^ Patent Roll Tickets for preventing fraud.

TJ1E STAGE YEAR BOOK.

JOHN

= Theatrical Costumiers. =
Naval & Military Outfitters.

Telegraphic Address: " Realistic, London." Telephone No.: 7842 Central.

Costumiers to all the principal Theatres and places of Amusement.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR SALE OR HIRE.

We have supplied the Costumes and Uniforms for

Butterflies, Flag Lieutenant. White Man. Secret Service.

Monsieur Beaucaire. Twelfth Night. Sins of Society.
Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner. Mice and Men. The Second in Command.

Bootle's Baby. Faust. Lohengrin. Second to None.
Human Nature. Tommy Atkins. Oliver Twist. Prisoner of Zenda.

His Excellency the Governor. Trumpet Call.

The Assassin. lolanthe. Mikado. Pirates of Penzance, etc., etc.

EXCLUSIVE COSTUMIER FOR ALL LEW LAKE'S PRODUCTIONS.

19, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W.

Real Photo Po5tcard5

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12, 2s. 100, 6s. 6d.

Special quotations for large quantities. Send stamp for Sample.

E. L. SCRIVENS, 36, Cooper Street, DONCASTER.

Advertise your Specialities on Post Cards.

1,000 for 16/-. 100 for 4/-.

Samples and Prices from

SENIOR & CO., Art Printers, GOTHAM HILL, BRISTOL.

CORN, BUNION, CHILBLAIN and RHEUMATIC

ABSOLUTELY CURES gouty, tender, weak or swollen feet, bunions, chilblains, hard or soft
corns, stiff or enlarged joints or muscles and RHEUMATISM, etc., in any part of the body.

Post Free, Is. 2d.

& KENDALL, Chiropodists and Foot Specialists,
(All diseases of the feet cured without pain. Nails a Specialite.)

Street, JL. O JM 13 O N, HIT. _

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

& STAGE HOSIERY

PIONEERS yA

of CHEAP PRICES -"

Ho CREDIT

TELECRAMS'TICHTS"

TELLPHONE.

NUTTAU WORKS

BOBBERS Miu
NOTTINGHAM.

WHY PAY MORE?

Write to-day for List.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

WIGS. COSTUMES.

CHAS. H. FOX, Ltd.

'% . WIGMAKERS AND COSTUMIERS . .

27 \ Wellington Street, Strand,

LONDON, W.C.

WIGS & COSTUMES TO HIRE OR PURCHASE.

Competent men sent to make up for
Amateur Theatricals.

ESTIMATES GIVEN. CATALOGUES FREE.

Telephone : Telegrams :

4552 CENTRAL. "THEATRICALS, LONDON."

H. W. ELLIOTT.

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF THEATRICAL PRCPERTIES MADE TO ORDER.
35, 41, 43, 45, WATERLOO ROAD, LONDON, S.E.

STORES, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
Telephone: CENTRAL 9807-

& Temple's LoAdoiv Wardrobe,
54, Salmon Street, South Shields.

(Late with Hall.)
Fashionable and up "to- date goods. Evening Dresses a Speciality.

ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1907.

. OBJECTS . .

To prevent the representation of its Members' Dramatic Property without fee or license.
To stop the sale of Piratical Manuscripts of Members' Plays, etc.
To advise upon any question of Dramatic Copyright,

To watch over and protect the interests of Authors and Play Proprietors generally.
To represent rights in, and protect the works of deceased Members when authorised
so to do.

MEMBERS CONTROL 1 ,OOO COPYRIGHT PIECES.

Information or Bills re Provincial Infringements invited by Committee.

Secretary, S. CLARE, c/o 16, Great Newport Street, LONDON, W.C,

CORRESPONDENTS REQUIRED.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

IX.

Ballads of Brave Women

Edited by Alfred H. Miles

Red limp, I/- net. Cloth gilt, 1/6 net.

" BALLADS OF BRAVE WOMEN " is a collection of Poems suitable
for recitation by women. It aims to celebrate the bravery of
women as shown in the pages of history, on the field of war, in
the battle of life, in the cause of freedom, in the service of
humanity, and in the face of death. : : : : : : : : : : : :
There is no better volume of recitations with woman for

their subject."

Belfast News Letter.

Drawing-Room Entertainments

New and Original Monologues, Dialogues, Duo-
logues and Playlets for Home and Platform use

By CATHARINE EVELYN, CLAUE SHIRLEY, ROBERT OVERTON and
other writers. Edited by ALFRED H. MILES.

Cloth gilt, 1/6 net.

Private Performances

Red limp, I/- nef.

No Fees for

STANLEY PAUL & Co., I, Clifford's Inn, London

TYPEWRITING.

Plays and Parts promptly typed. Esti- Sp

mates given for duplicating Plays (any PI

number of copies).

scial FLAT binding for Prompt Copies,
lys translated from French and
German for adaptation.

Typewriting of every description executed with the utmost care.
Best Work. Moderate Terms.

Use of Office, Clerical Assistance, &c., can be given to Dramatic Societies.

DE MOMET WALKER,

Trafalgar Buildings, Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, W.C.

Telephone: 7574 GERRARD.

Telephone N33

THEATRICAL 1
PRINTING*

DYSONS. PETERBOROUGH" OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

UNIFORM CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT CO.,

FRED. W. EVANS, Proprietor,

5, CLERKENWELL GREEN, LONDON, E.G.

Cheapest House in the Trade for Attendants, Rink, Band, Armt/, Navy, Police,
Fire Brigade Uniforms, etc. Send for List,

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

W. PAYNE SEDDON'S THEATRES.

THEATRE ROYAL, LINCOLN.

Lessees: W. PAYNE SBDDON and ERNEST POPE.

NEW THEATRE ROYAL, LOUGHBOROUGH.

Proprietors: W. PAYNE SEDDON and GEO. ROBERTSON.

THE SPA, WHITBY.

Lessee: W. PAYNE SEDDON.

OPERA HOUSE & HIPPODROME, LONDONDERRY.

Proprietor: W. PAYNE SEDDON

NEW THEATRE, HAWICK.

Proprietor: W. PAYNE SEDDON.

TOWN HALL, RUGBY.

Booked for the Proprietors.

TMEATFTE AND FI T TJ F TOURS

COMPANIES FORMED IN THE FIT - UP TOWNS.
THEATRICAL BOOKINGS OF ALL RINDS.

Address: W. PAYNE SEDDON, Theatre Royal, Loughborough.

(SPA, WHITBY, MAY TO SEPTEMBER.)

Corn Exchange, Hertford.

The Corporation have just built a
new and up-to-date Stage in the Corn
Exchange, which is licensed for stage
plays. The Stage is 32 ft. wide and
22 ft. deep ; opening 21 ft. wide and
14 ft. high ; and from Stage to Grill, 26 ft.
The footlights and skies are provided
with red, white, and blue lamps. The
Hall, Stage, and Ante-rooms are lighted
by Electricity on the low tension direct
system (230 volts). An electrician is in
attendance during performances. The
Hall has a seating capacity of about
400, and is heated by hot water.

For further particulars apply to
WELLS (Max-feet Beadle).

'/'// A STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Wcymouth - - -
Pavilion Theatre

Open all year round. Holds 120
Ordinary Prices. Lit throughout by
Electric Light. No other Theatre
within radius of 40 miles. Drawing
Capacity 60.000.

Proprietors: WEYMOUTH CORPORATION. Manager: WALTER R WALLIS.

A Word to Touring Managers !

If you have anything good in the dramatic line, don't fail

to visit

THE STAR, SWANSEA.

You are sure to have a big week there.

SHARE - GUARANTEE - or CERTAINTY.
WILLIAM COUTTS, Lessee and Manager.

The Public Hall, Bid *f rd >

Full License. Population 15,000. Fit-up. Slock Scenery. Holds 700.

Rent or Share.
Lessees and Managers: CALEB SQUIRE & SON.

HOPE HALL, LIVERPOOL.

Electric Lighted. Kinematograph Electric Fitting. Seat 1,600. To let for
Concerts, Dramatic Entertainments, Public Meeting?.. For Terms apply :

J. A. Thompson & Co., Ltd., Printers, 1 1, South John Street, Liverpool.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT, ESSEX.

Population, 10,000 to 12,OOO. 70 Miles from London.

Manager: Mr. CARL ROSINSKY.

CONCERTS

AND

THEATRICAL PARTIES.

ACCOMMODATES 6OO.

Stage fitted with Electric Mead, Foot, and
Lime Lights. 3lso Scenery, etc.

Good Dressing Rooms for Ladies and Gentlemen.

BECHSTEIN PIANO and EVERY FACILITY for COMPANIES.

Southborough, Kent,

Royal Victoria Hall

URBAN COUNCIL.

PROPRIETORS:

Manager, Mr. Philip Hanmer, Clerk to the Council.

Double license. Holding capacity: Number of persons (seated), 630.
An up-to-date stage, 40 ft. wide by 25 ft. deep ; proscenium drop opening,
28 ft. by 18 ft. Foot and top lights. Lighted by gas. Terms for hiring,
one night, 1 10s., two, 2 2s., three or more at the rate of 1 Is. each.
Amount of deposit required on booking, none until day before hall used,
when full amount must be paid in advance. Has some new scenery.
Nearest Eailway Station, S.E. & C.R., Tunbridge Wells. Southborough
Station has no accommodation for leading.

ATHENJEUM HALL, ENNISCORTHY.

DIMENSIONS: Hall, 70x31; Stage, 15x31; Floor to
Ceiling, 32 feet. Two convenient Dre-sing Rooms
under Stage, with Private Entrances, Lavatories,
&c. Sitting Accommodation, over 500.
BENT: One Night, 2; Two Nights, 3 10s. ; Three
Nights, 5; Four Nights, 6; Five Nights, 7;
Six Nights, 8. Gas extra, about 5s. 1,000.
A deposit of J the Rent to secure booking, and
balance prepaid before taking possession.
Damages to Hall or Furniture will be charged.
These Terms strictly enforced without exception.

Address: SECRETARY, ATHENAEUM, ENNISCORTHY.

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Proprietors : The Urban District Council.

Every convenience for Concerts and Dramatic Performances Under the direct

supervision of the Management Committee.
For particulars, rental and terms of shares, apply W. S. BELLKHBY, KING'S HALL.

SANDY (Beds) TOWN HALL

G.N.R. (Main). L.N.W.R. (Branch).

Large Hall to be let for Theatrical, Musical, and other Entertainments-

Will ssat over 500. Stage 29ft. by 18ft. Every Convenience.

. . TERMS ON APPLICATION. . .

Apply:-F. HIT.

E S T E

snidLy,

eds.

WELLINGTON (SOMERSET) TOWN HALL.

(Licensed for Stage Plays, e'.c.)

Town Population 7,500. District 15,000.

Hall 60ft. by 35ft. by 35ft. Stage 30ft. by 15ft. Hall including Balcony

sits 700 people.
Terms on application to the Manager.

VICTORIA HLALL, CO WES.

Manager, Mr. H. KINGSWELL.

Dramatic and music and dancing licenses. Holding capacity: Number of persons, 550. Stage
measurements: 27 ft. wide, 22 ft. deep, 17 ft. 2 in. high ; proscenium, 18 ft. Gas and electric light.

TERM 3 FOR HIRING: Sharing OP Rental.

Stock of Scenery.

OPERA HALL, BALLINA.

80 ft. long, 30 ft. broad, 10 ft. high. Body of Hall chair seated to contain 400.

Large Gallery to contain 300. Stage 30x12 ft. Incandescent light, and

splendid Dressing-Rooms attached to stage.

ARTHUR MUFFENY, Opera Hall Proprietor, BALLINA.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Kilkenny Theatre.

The Theatre itself is 90 ft. long, 36 ft. wide ;
depth of Stage, 22ft. With balcony will seat 900
people comfortably. The raised Stage is fitted
with Head and Foot Lights, "Grid," Fly Rails, etc.,
etc. Depth from "Grid" to Stage, 35ft.
Four spacious Dressing Rooms.

ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT.

" ARC LAMP FOR COLOUR EFFECTS.

All communications to be addressed to the Manager.

DUNDALK TOWN HALL.

Large Stage with Fittings and Drop Scene.

Open for Daily and Weekly Lettings.

Seating accommodation, 800.

One of the largest Provincial Towns in Ireland,
situate on the Main Line midway between Dublin
and Belfast, and has dai'y service with all parts
of England via Greenore and Holyhead. Also four
days weekly by steamer direct to Liverpool.

For Vacant Dates and terms of letting,

Apply to

M. COMERFORD, Town Clerk,
Dundalk.

HOTEL - RESTAURANT BUOL,

21, CORNMARKET STREET,

15, BROAD ST

The Newest, most Up-to-Date, and most Economical Hotel in the City.
THE RECOGNISED PROFESSIONAL RENDEZVOUS.

Dinners a la carte always ready.

GRILL ROOM.

Luncheons (Quick Service) . .
Dinners > ><

TABLE D'HOTE.

Luncheons, 12 to 3 p.m.
Dinners, 6 to 9 p.m.

2/6

. . 2/6 and 3/6

1/6

2/- and 2/6

French Chef.

FINEST BURTON ALES, STOUT, and WINES and SPIRITS.

SPECIAL to the THEATRICAL PROFESSION: Hot Breakfasts are served at this Hotel early on
Sunday mornings, and Dinners are ready for Professional Patrons at 6.30 every Sunday evening.
Professional Tariff for Board-Residence on application. The Stage and The Staye Year Book in
the Smoking and Reading Rooms. J. G. BUOL, Proprietor.

Plays to Let.

MSS. Dramas, Comedies, Sketches by Leading Authors to let for Tour, Stock and
Music Halls. Many with large Plants of Printing. Send for list.

Comedies and Dramas suitable for Amateurs.

All Published Plays, Duologues, Monologues, and Recitations supplied.

Cheap Wigs. Make - up Boxes. Paper Scenery. Costume Plates.

"Drawing Room Entertainments.'

Book of New and Original Monologues, Duologues, Dialogues, and Playlets
for Home and Platform use, post free, 1/2, 1/8, 3/2, 4/2.

CROWN AGENCY, 16, Great Newport Street, LONDON, W.C.

Telegrams: "Strangler, London."

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. xv.

THE STAGE CYCLOPEDIA

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PLAYS.

An Alphabetical List of Plays, Operas, Oratorios, Sketches, and other Stage
Pieces, of which any record can be found, since the commencement of the

English Stage.

Records of nearly 50,000 Plays, with descriptions, authors' names, dates,
places of production, and important revivals covering a pzriod of 500 years.

Compiled by REGINALD CLARENCE.

Price 1O/6. Post free, 1 O/1 O.

From the Offices of THE STAGE," 16, York Street, Covent Garden,

London,

THEATRICAL LADIES' GUILD.

Founder: MRS. CARSON.
President: MISS FANNY BROUGH.

90, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY.

SEWING BEE EVERY FRIDAY, 3 to 5 p.m.

Madame Rene,

1, CONDUIT ST.,

au6 (Tourt (Costumes,
Day and Evening Gowns - - from 3 3s. Od.

HENRY NEVILLE'S

PRIVATE DRAMATIC ACADEMY.

Thorough instruction for the Stage. Professionals
and Amateurs coached in special parts.

524, OXFORD STREET, W. Pr/ac/pa/: Air. Q. R. FOSS.

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DRAMATIC CARDS.

HERBERT I*ERBOHM TREE.

His Majesty's Theatre.

. WILFRED ESMOND.

On Tour.
3, Loughborough Park, Brixton, S.W.

ALFRED_LESTER.

Shaftesbury Theatre, W.

MISS AMY ST. JOHN.

Address,
10, Milton Chambers. Cheyne Walk. S.W.

MLLE. EDNfi MOLLON.

America.

J. TELLY DILLSEN.

Comedian.
Puts Character into Comedy and Comedy into Character.

MISS KATIE BLAIR.

Lead and Star Heavies. Title-role, Mr. F. M. Thome's " The Woman
Pays" Co. Permanent Address, c/o "The Stage."

MR. ARTHUR KNIGHT.

Character, Stage or General Manager. Miss Edith Knight, Lead.
Permanent: 38, Oswald Road, St. Albans.

MISS CISSIE CLEVELAND

Principal Comedienne. Musical Comedy, Sketches, Drama, and Panto*
Perm, address: 88, Bristol Street, Hulme, Manchester.

7 TERENCE O'BRIEN.

'/'///; STAC, I: YL.\I< HOOK.

DRAMATIC CARDS.

J. W. CORDINER,

Proprietor and Manager, "Dare-Devil Dorothy" Company.
Permanent address, Managers' Club, Savoy Mansions, Strand, London, W.C.

MR. FRANK V. HUNTLEY

"The Follies."
Apollo Theatre. W.C.

HAMILTON DEANE.

Address. Sturt House, St Augustin's Road. Bournemouth.

MISS IDA FANE.

Heavies, Char., Com., Aris., O.W., Broken English and French Parts.
Co A. Carter, 226, Southwark Bridge Road, S.E.

"Briefly and without Preamble."

GEOFFREY CHATE,

The Aristrocratic Light Comedian. All corns.. 152, Stockwell Park Road. S.W.

VARIETY CARDS.

The Compliments of the Season to all.

MORNY CASH.

The Lancashire Lad. Tivoli and Oxford. Booked by Tom Sh\w

NEIL TtENYON.

Tom Shaw.

GORDON STRETTON,

The New Coon.
Permanent, 78, Cambcrwell New Road. Agent. Willie Edelstcn.

JOHN LE HAY & Co.

In " Poor Beggar," by Frank Wyatt. Guaranteed 100 laughs in 25 minutes.
Address, 12, Lancaster Road, London, N.W.

K * A * is * M * E -^R"

The man who can follow anybody, and pleases everybody.

"The Cottage by the Sea."

A 20 minutes' scream. (Written and invented by " KALMEB.") Brimful of clean
comedy, original illusions, gags, up-to-date-Tricky-little-Tricks, and down-to-date large
ones. The only "speaking" part in the above "act" is for the Audience, who are
" dumb" with amazement. This act is not for sale, but can be hired

from March 1910 onwards.

"KALMER" is written in gold on all band parts, spaces provided inside for the
gentlemen of the orchestra to write their opinions, and make necessary(?) alterations.

KALMER - the -" Original "~ Comedy - Mystery - man.

All communications c/o "The Stage."

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC,

TENTERDEN STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.

INSTITUTED I 822. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTED

Patron HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING.

President H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHFARN, K.G.
Principal SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE, Mus.D., LL.D., D.C L, F.R.A.M.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music offers to students of both sexes (whether
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THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC,

Established by the Corporation of London in 1880,
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ART SUPPLEMENTS.

Mr. H. B. Irving in "The Bells" Frontispiece

Mrs. Kendal, by Mrs. Louise Jopling facing page 12

Miss Marie Studholme, by Harrington Mann .... , 14

Miss Stella Patrick Campbell, by Harold Speed

Miss Marion Terry, by Mrs. Louise Jopling

Miss Lily Elsie, by John Lavery, R.S.A.

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Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Sir Arthur Wing Pinero . . . . . . pagis 6-7

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" False Gods," "Mid-Channel," "The Whip," " Making a Gentleman,"
" The Arcadians," " Arsene Lupin," " Penelope," " The Brass
Bottle," " The Dollar Princess," "Our Miss Gibbs," " The Woman
in the Case," "Don," "Smith," "Samson," "Mr. Preedy and the
Countess," "The Little Damozel " .. .. .. .. pages -10

TOURING COMPANIES.

" The Merry Widow," " King of Cadonia," " The Devil," " For Love

and the King," " Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch " .. pages 16-18

DRURY LANE STAGE.

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ACTORS' ORPHANAGE.

Photographs of the Garden Party . . . . . . . . . . pages 25-27

THE VARIETY STAGE.

Miss Vesta Tilley, Mr. Wilkie Bard, Mr. Eugene Stratton, Mr. Harry
Tich, Mr. Harry Tate, Mr. Fred Russell, Mr. Bransby Williams,
Mr. Neil Kenyon, Mr. Gus Elen, Mr. George Robey, Mr. George
Gray, Mr. George Mozart pages 34-35

THE FRENCH STAGE.

Miles. Gilda Darthy, Marguerite Bresil, Cormon, Gaby Deslys . . pages 38-39

Miles. Herrant, Colonna-Romano, Yvonne de Bray, Dorziat .. ,, 40-41

Miles. Lanteline, and Leconte, Madame Rejane, Mile. Polaire . . ,, 42-43

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

Mr. J. C. Williamson, Sir Rupert Clarke, Mr. Clyde Meynell, the late
Mr. John Gunn, Mr. William Anderson, Mr. Harry Rickards,
Mr. Bland Holt. Views of the King's, Melbourne, The Princess's,
Melbourne, and The Royal, Melbourne pages 48-49

Miss Nellie Stewart, Miss Rose Musgrove, Mr. Walter Baker, Mr.
Gregan McMahon, Miss Florence Gleeson, Miss Celia Ghiloni,
Miss Beatrice Holloway, Mr. Harry Roberts pages 52-53

Miss Lilian Meyers, Mr. Max Maxwell, Mr. Harry Plimmer, Miss Harrie
Ireland, Miss Eugenie Duggan, Mr. James B. Atholwood, Mr. Fred
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THE GERMAN STAGE.

Harry Walden, Gustav Lindemann, Friederich Kayssler, Paul Lindau,

Paul Wegener pages 60-61

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THE AMERICAN STAGE.

New Theatre, New York, five views . . . . . . . . ,, 70-72

Miss Maxine Elliott and her new theatre (six views), Miss Maude Adams,

Miss Margaret Anglin, Miss Eleanor Robson, Miss Blanche Ring pages 74-75

Miss Hattie Williams, Miss Blanche Bates, Mr. Dwid Belasco, Miss
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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE DRAMA OF THE YEAR.

BY J. T. GREIN,

AS I was looking over my files to refresh my memory and to strike the balance
of the year, a tragic-comic idea forced itself upon me. I counted the hours
spent at the playhouse, the hours spent in the study hard at work at the
desk ; I saw the myriads of letters which had flown from my pen, and then
all of a sudden I saw before me a vision of a black Niagara, the torrent of articles
spread across the land, and all of them devoted to that love-child of ours, "the
drama." And when the vision had waned I seemed to stare into blankness, for
all this toil, all this energy, all this power of a thousand brains, all this criticism
what did it mean in proportion to the yield of a year's crop? In this spirit I
began to sift as gingerly, as gently, as carefully as it behoved one who desires
to be lenient in order not to be destructive. And when all the chaff was cast
aside and formed a little mountain of oblivion, I looked up the ripe fruit of tha
harvest, and it was oh, so little! Just a handful of gocd strong grain, with
one single particle of superior excellence, and all the rest good fair average
quality, as they say in 'business not much to boast of, but just enough to stifio
the cry of the wolf.

SIR A. W. PINERO.

Now let us particularise and allot the foremost place to the distinguished author
who yet remains acclaimed as the leading dramatist of this country. I refer to
Pinero him in whom a branch of art was horoured by the knighthood conferred
upon him. True, Sir Arthur Pinero's latest play, " Mid j Channel," has but enjoyed
a short life, and not even a merry one. I cannot get away ifrom the conviction
that my brethren have not meted out that justice to " Mid -Channel " which is their
wont. Granted the play is unpleasant, its hue is sombre, its length abnormal,
its characters do not appeal to our sympathy and to the average Englishman the
idea of unhappiness engendered by enforced childlessness is one that leaves a
nasty taste behind ; granted all this, but then when you take the book in
hand, or when you remember the production, you cannot help being struck by the
unity of purpose by which this work was created, by the veracity of the picture
of the seamy side of life, by the stern moral which it teaches, above all by the
mastery of craft with which it is constructed. There are failures which are better
than successes ; " Mid-Channel " is one of those. It is worthy to rank as intellec-
tual drama among the finest ; for this very reason, alas ! it probably failed to
attract the public enslaved by "Merry Widows" and "Dollar Princesses." .

Henry Arthur Jones has been silent so far as regular theatres are concerned. At
the Palace, however, a strong and absorbing little playlet from his pen, " The
Knife," was produced in December, and served to introduce to the music halls Mr.
Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet Vanbrugh.

R. C. CARTON.

Mr. Carton, whose charming little comedy, " Mr. Preedy and the Countess,"
enjoyed prosperity at the Criterion, mainly through tlie personal efforts of Miss
Compton and Mr. Weedon Grossmith, shares with Sir Arthur Pinero the glory of
having failed with a brilliant play. " Lorrimer iSa-biston, Dramatist," succumbed
after a fortnight's ca.reer, despite a- decidedly encouraging first night. Why
did this play fail, which, next to "Lord and Lady Algy," is Mr. Carton's Ix-st,
and literally scintillates with humour? The reason is not far to seek. We live
in days of inflated interest in the actor and his doings, and the dramatist lags

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

so far behind that the average man or woman of the suburbs who goes to the
theatre, and knows and worships the actress, does not care a rap for the name of
the man whose work he enjovs. Now, " Sabiston " dealt with dramatists, their
workings, their tribulations, their position, and the dialogue was full of theatrical
terminology. To the first-nighters all this meant delight. To the ordinary playgoer
it meant caviare. If the play had been named " Lorrimer Sabiston, Actor," it
might have been a huge success.

ALFRED ISUTRO : H. H. DAVIES.

Alfred iSutro has increased his record, but mot his reputation, by his comedy
" Making a Gentleman," which was produced by Mr. Arthur Bourchier. To be
quite frank, it is shoddy work, vieux jeu in conception, and not redeemed by
Sutro's usual grace of dialogue, becaase the attentive listener soon discovered that
there was no heart in it. By this time Mr. iSutro will have learned that since the
French methods of painstaking construction we have made headway, and that there
it some risk in producing theatricality without the inwardness of real life.

(Something of the same nature applies to H. H. Davies's play " Bevis." Mr.
Davies is a charming writer, but he loves honey and treacle two sweets which
do not <at all times suit the digestion of tho playgoer. It is all very well to take
a roseate view of life, but in doing so we must remember that the days of Gilbert's
girl of fifteen are past, and that at least a fraction of our playgoing public is not
afraid of the truth, nor disinclined to think in the theatre.

SIR ARTHUR >CONAN DOYLE.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle seemed to be alive to the march of the times, for
in " The Fires of Fate" he gave us a drama which was not only strong to a
degree, but had a most interesting psychological basis. The scene in the doctor's
study, where the Major learns that his days are numbered, is a great scene in
the true sense of the word. And the scene in the desert, where the Dervishes
attack the European travellers, succeeded as a theatrical tour de force, because a
hair-breadth of exaggeration would have rendered the picture a caricature, whereas,
on the contrary, it held the hearers spellbound.

BERNARD SHAW TRIFLES.

Bernard Shaw, usually the most fertile of our playwrights, gave two inconsider-
able trifles, " The Admirable Bashville " and " Press Cuttings," both of which were
not quite worthy of him. On the other hand, it was with real pleasure that one
renewed acquaintance with Shaw's firstling, " Widowers' Houses " produced in
1891 by the Independent Theatre which, now under the excellent guidance of Miss
Hornimah's repertory company, showed no trace of antiquity, and revived our
interest in the problem of the great housing question which is still rampant in
submerged London. Mr. Fagan tried to follow in the vein of Shakespeare when
he wrote " The Merry Devil," and although he has caught something of the master's
spirit and wields a graceful pen, it was not a particularly exhilarating production.
On the other hand, his journalistic play, " The Earth," was one of the most
momentous of the year. It was witty, it was dramatic, and without fear or favour
it exposed the machinations of the Yellow Press. It had a foil in Arnold Bennett's
" What the Public Wants," which was promoted after production by the Stage
Society to the Royalty. Mr. Bennett is equipped, but -the technique of the drama
is not yet quite familiar to him ; for this reason the play, full of wit and caustic
humour as it was, appealed to the elect rather than to the crowd. Mr. Coleby's
" Truants," his third play, was interesting, and contained some very realistic scenes,
but somehow it did not realise the great expectations raised by the first night. It
is one of those plays which dimly linger in one's memory, but the action of which
was not important enough to render it unforgettable.

NOVELISTS AS DRAMATISTS.

Mr. Robert Hichens, that exquisite novelist, has not yet conquered the stage.
His "Real Woman," written with charm and emotion, showed great progress when
compared with " The Medicine Man," but there was no grip in the play. It was
diffuse, and somehow not quite credible nor fanciful enough to be accepted as a
fairy tale. Mr. Anstey's " Brass Bottle," although of humbler humour than his
famous comedy " The Man from Blankley's," scored a very great success, which
seems far from exhausted. It is full of scenes and touches of which Anstey alone

SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE,

Knighted in 1909.

'Direr St.

SIR ARTHUR WING HNERO,

Kn'ghted in 1909.

&OOK.

possesses the secret, and the first act is an admirable castle in the air, conceived by
an imaginative man. The rest is agreeable tomfoolery.

PRODUCTIVENESS OF W. S. MAUGHAM.

W. S. Maugham remains the spoilt child of the dramatic Muse. His " Penelope,"
with a magnificent scene for Miss (Marie Tempest in the second act, introduced
Parisian esprit into an English mould; his "Noble .Spaniard" wrs a little incursion
into adaptation, and had some charm because the first act gave a faithful picture
of home life in the early Victorian days. His " Smith " is, in many ways, the
best of his plays, and although the fact that his central figure is a servant in
my eyes somewhat lowers the standard of the comedy, it cannot he gainsaid that
in dialogue and construction it reveals the infinite resource and the uncommon
power of observation of this successful author.

OTHER AUTHORS AND THEIR PLAYS.

Mr. Besier's " Olive Latimer'.s Husband " was a play in the Ibsenite vein, yet
lacking the great powers of characterisation of Ibsen. His " Don," on the other
hand, which brought success to Mr. Herbert Trench's repertory venture at the Hay-
rnarket, after a worthy if somewhat academic beginning with " King Lear," is a
play of some importance. It pictures a Don Quixote of modern time, and without
ever becoming tragic it illustrates how people full of ideals are apt to come into
grievous conflict with the convictions of the world. A neat little comedy on Paris
models was "A Sense of Humour," by Beryl Faber and Cosmo Hamilton, and the
faulty construction of the play was redeemed by powerful characterisation and fine
local colour. A failure from the critic's point of view was " His Borrowed Plumes,"
by Mrs. George Cornwallis West. "The Servant in the House," by Kami
Kennedy, came to us heralded by the trumpets and covered with the glories of an
American triumph. It proved a worthy but preachy effort to introduce the super-
natural element ; it ruled itself out of court by the ungenerous and unjust spirit
in which the clergyman by profession was portrayed. Mr. Lewis Waller found
popularity again in Mr. Devereux's "Sir Walter Ralegh," a melodramatic carica-
ture of history.

PRODUCING SOCIETIES.

The Stage Society did admirable work ; indeed the season was a great success.
It gave " The Fountain," a clever comedy by George Calderon ; it gave Arnold Ben-
nett's play already named ; it brought Hamilton Fyfe to the fore. His " Modern
Aspasia," dealing frankly and sympathetically with the question of the cher ami,
raised great expectations for the future. It is significant that whereas several
Continental countries immediately secured the right to produce this clever work,
not one English manager showed the courage to include it in the regular bill.

The Afternoon Theatre did excellent work in making our public further
acquainted with Hauptmann's masterpiece, " Hannele," and with Schnitzler's
" Liebele " (" Light of Love "), which is almost a classic on the Continent, but did
not prove to the taste of our public, partly because the interpretation was not
wholly adequate. The Afternoon Theatre also re-produced "Admiral Guinea," by
Henley and Stevenson, which proved out of date; "The House of Bondage," by
Obermer, which had quality of dialogue but an uninteresting action; and "The
High Bid," by Henry James, which confirmed the conviction that however distin-
guished the style of a novelist may be, he will fail in the theatre if the gift of
dramatic instinct be not vouchsafed to him.

His MAJESTY'S.

At His Majesty's Theatre, the leader of which (Sir Herbert Tree) was deservedly
honoured by the King, the two most interesting productions were " False Gods," a
play which, in spite of its earnest intention, seems out of place in England, and
" Beethoven," the central figure of which, without exaggeration, may be termed the
finest characterisation ever attempted by our leading actor.

CHILDREN'S PLAYS.

At His Majesty's the Christmas season brought also a highly successful revival
of " .f inkie and the Fairies," and at the Duke of York's the evergreen " Peter Pan "
made its sixth triumphant annual entry. The constant revivals of fairy plays of
literary merits in competition with the time-honoured pantomimes (of which there

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still will be twenty in the West End and Greater London) have a certain importance,
as they indicate educational progress. And the fact that Mr. Trench has ventured
much and won more by his sumptuous production of Maeterlinck's " Blue Bird "
in which grace of style and fancy are combined with spectacular effect seems to
forecast that ere long Christmas entertainments will no longer be synonymous with
doggerel and facile humour veneered by scenic splendour.

TRANSLATIONS AND IMPORTATIONS.

The year brought us translations and American importations galore, the latter,
such as " The Chorus Girl," mostly stand beyond the pale of serious criticism.
Among the translations there was meritorious work, such as Bernstein's " Samson,"
Bisson's " Madame X," the latter excellently adapted by John Raphael and splen-
didly acted by Miss Lena Ashwell ; "El Gran Galeoto," by Echegaray, in which
Mr. Martin Harvey scored a personal success, and Bergstrom's " Head of the
Firm," which Mr. Leslie Faber produced for a short season at the Vaudeville.

It is in the fitness of things that at the close of a year's review one should seek
the joyful note, and thus I have left to the last two plays which fill us with hope
in the future, with pride at the achievement, and with conviction that if the intel-
lectual drama is only supported by the managers the public will not fail to follow
suit. I refer to " The Little Damozel," by a very young author, Monckton Hoffe,
a play which has all the charm of youth and imagination, which has the piquant
flavour of exoticism yet is entirely original, and which besides bringing a new
author to the front has revealed a comparatively new actress in the person of Miss
May Blayney.

"STRIFE."

Last, but not least, I refer to the work which put the Finis coronat opus upon
the year 1909, namely, John Galsworthy's " Strife." In summary, " Strife " is a
vehement indictment of the old-fangled methods of the limited company : " All for
the shareholders, next to nothing for the men, and the iron rod to rule them."

Mr. Galsworthy has driven his theme home with relentless directness. He never
swerves from his purpose, and dulcify as he may, we feel that his heart is with
the men, that he pleads for the labourer and accuses capital. Nor are his figures
mouthpieces of a theorist. Some, indeed, are the incarnation of principles ; such is
Old Anthony, the idealist Edgar, the fanatic Roberts but they are human beings
as they stand before us ; even without the aid of scenic representation we see the
outline of their personality ; they are characters of our time strong in vitality, in-
dividual in thought. It would be churlish to hunt for flaws in a work of so mighty
a conception, so sincere in execution. It is such drama that we want, such drama
that will lift our stage as well as our national reputation. For whereas it entertains
us to the pitch of excitement, it impels reflection on that paramount question the
question of uniting Capital and Labour in fair play on both sides.

I leave it to readers to judge what manner of year 1909 has been for our drama,
nor would I be accused of being a pessimist because I began with scoffing and ended
with praise. The truth is that according to my lights it is the critic's duty not
always to say that all's well in the best of all possible worlds, but to put plainly
before the eyes of the public a true diagnosis of the situation. And at the close of
the year that is waning the diagnosis is : That so far the output is not commensurate
with the travail of the mountain, but that there is reason to maintain one's belief
in slow but sure advance.

THE BADDELEY CAKE,

The time-honoured custom of cutting the Baddeley Cake at Drury Lane on
Twelfth Night still remains in force, though the occasion is not now made the
excuse for a social function, as was the case when the late Sir Augustus Harris
directed the fortunes of Drury Lane. The practice was the outcome of a bequest
on the part of Richard Baddeley, a comedian at the theatre, who, by his will, left
the sum of 100 to the Drury Lane Fund, to be invested in Console, in order to
provide cake and punch for the members of the Drury Lane company to partake of
on Twelfth Night of every year. The first recorded occasion of this having taken
place was in 1796, and the custom has been continued without a break every year
since. In 1909 Mr. Harry Nicholls, the Master of the Drury Lane Fund, per-
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THE DRAMA'S DEATH-RATE,

BY MOSTYN T. PIGOTT.

I MARKED distinguished persons go
About the town in haggard bands,
And saw them in the direst woe

Put sackcloth on and wring their hands
And I confess this dismal sight
Filled me with pity infinite.

And as they dirged a requiem

Of gloom surpassing all belief
I ventured to go up to them

And ask the cause of all this grief,
Feeling they would hot take amiss
A well-meant action such as this.

They gazed on me with some surprise,
As if they could not make me out,

And then, as tears welled from their eyes,
They told me what they wept about :

In deep, funereal tones they said,

" Alas ! The British Drama's dead ! "

This answer did not seem to make

Precisely the desired effect ;
My heart was not disposed to break,

Nor was my brow in sable decked ;
Responding to their sad refrain
I simply said, " What! Dead again? "

I saw each worthy's trembling hand

In anguish at his bosom clutch,
And could not fail to understand

That I had shocked them very much ;
Apparently they thought to see
Me whelmed in unplumbed misery.

Quoth they, " This devastating news
Appears somehow to leave you cold ;

You do not seem to share the views
Which we so passionately hold :

You're even moved to merriment

By this lugubrious event ! "

Said I, "To tell the honest truth,

Myself to tears I cannot bring \
Right upwards from my callow youth

This always has been happening ;
I've noticed once at least each year
The Drama laid out on its bier.

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"I understand that thrice three lives

Have been awarded to the cat ;
The Drama by some means contrives

To easily out-distance that,
For its allowance, I should guess,
Is nine and ninety, more or less.

" And ev'ry single time it dies,

Felled by some fresh assassin's hand,
The direful tale of its demise

Sheds shadows over all the land
And yet it seems, you must admit,
To be no. whit the worse for it.

"Its enemies each day embark

On some new method of attack ;
They dog its footsteps in the dark

And stick a dagger in its back
Ancf ev'ry time that it is slain
It bobs serenely up again.

"The Censor works his wicked will;

The weather's ever on the watch ;
The critic, if he cannot kill,

Will always do his best to scotch ;
And Comedy called ' musical '
Prepares the Drama's funeral.

" And yet in spite of countless foes

Who do not stick at anything,
The final death which they propose

Seems somehow to have lost its sting ;
The Drama when all's done and said
Insists in not remaining dead.

" Good money's always found to build

New theatres all o'er the place,
And these are adequately filled

In practically ev"'ry case;
And after every decease
The salaries all round increase.

" The Public avidly devours

Most of the fare that's offered it,
And stands in queues for hours and hours

To gain admission to the pit :
Even the Budget can't assuage
The People's passion for the Stage.

" And consequently when you come

To tackle me with bated breath,
And in a tone intensely glum

Tell me of yet another death,
You mustn't quite rely on me
To grieve to any great degree."

And as they passed from out my ken,

Although the sackcloth still they wore,
I saw the mien of these good men

Was less perturbed than heretofore,
And Ether echoed with the shout,
" The ' House Full ' boards each night are out ! "

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MUSIC OF THE YEAR.

By B. W. FINDON.

IF one is not astonished one can at all events be impressed by the remarkable
activity which has prevailed in musical circles during the past year. For
multiplicity of concerts, for diversity of taste and for the broad range of art
covered, no other country or capital in the world can show its equal. London
is the Mecca of the foreign instrumentalist, although he does not hold sway as he
did a couple of decades ago. We have changed all that, although it is not a fact
that is generally acknowledged.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS.

We have, for example, at least three permanent orchestras, the Queen's Hall,
the London Symphony, and the New, and during both the spring and autumn
seasons they have been significantly in evidence.

The premier organisation that controlled by Mr. H. J. Wood fully maintains
its position, and it has been responsible for a number of concerts of remark-
able excellence. During the " Promenade " season at Queen's Hall it again suc-
ceeded in drawing large houses night after night to assist at the performance of
works which even a decade ago would have been far beyond the assimilative capa-
bilities of popular audiences. The London Symphony Orchestra is no whit behind
its elder brother, and, as in former seasons, its prefers to serve under different
commanders. Richter and Nikisch each conducted several concerts, and it also
engaged the services of the Russian Safonoff and Sergei Kusseswitz. Mr. Thomas
Beecham, who founded the New Orchestra, was responsible for another organisation
which bore his own name, while the principal conductorship of the New passed
into the hands of Mr. Landon Ronald. For Sunday evening purposes at the Coli-
seum a body of capable instrumentalists formed themselves into the British
Orchestra, and the work accomplished by each of these organisations is splendid
testimony to the advancement of taste and the appreciation of all that is best in
music among the people.

Still more remarkable is it to record that these bands are engaged every Sunday
in giving high-class instrumental concerts at well-recognised institutions. Mr. H. J.
Wood continues his excellent series at Queen's Hall; the London Symphony has
chosen Covent Garden as its sphere of operations ; the New Symphony is the centre
of attraction at the Albert Hall, and the British, as I have already pointed out,
has successfully held possession of the Coliseum. Each band has religiously
eschewed the clap-trap in art, and has presented to the public all that represents
the truest and best in musical literature.

OPERA.

If the year contained no other achievements we might still be proud of such a
record, and considering the almost astounding advance in public patronage in the
sphere of abstract music since the early 'nineties, it should afford us sanguine
hopes for the future of a National Opera. Here we lag far behind Continental
nations. In this respect London and New York are much on a par. In the main
both cities rely on foreign composers and alien artists. But there are signs that
we are awakening to a sounder and a healthier state of things. In the beginning
of the year there was brought to trial during the German season at Covent Garden
the opera that had been declared victor in the 500 competition instituted by

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From the picture by MRS. I.OUISE JOPLING.

By permission of MRS. JOPLING and MRS. KENDAL.

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Messrs. Ricordi. But, unfortunately, " The Angelus," by E. W. Naylor, proved
a severe disappointment. The libretto was weak, and the music was deficient in
inspiration and originality. If it was, in truth, the pick of the bunch, then the
remainder must have been very bad. That such was the case, however, I have very
grave doubts, much as I am disinclined to challenge the judgment of the committee
of selection, who, as Antony would probably have said, were all " honourable men."

A more praiseworthy attempt was made by Miss Ethel Smyth, under the auspices
of the Afternoon Theatre, with. " The Wreckers," one of the performances of which
was honoured by the presence of the King and Queen. It may be that Miss Smyth's
work is not destined to make any permanent impression on the operatic annals of
the country, but it is an opera that no country might be ashamed of having pro-
duced, although there may be shame to the country in which such works can only
be brought forward through the efforts of a semi-private enterprise. The same society
was also responsible for the representation of Mr. Joseph Holbrooke's " Pierrot
and Pierrette," a light and dainty work that indicates that in Mr. Holbrooke
we have a writer for the stage who, given a good book, will one day, with favour-
able conditions, establish himself in the front rank of operatic composers. It is
something, however, to have to record the production of three native operas, repre-
sented by native artists, and sung in the vernacular, within the space of nine
months.

We have two well-organised travelling companies, the Moody-Manners and the
Carl Rosa, who tour the provinces with opera for many months in the year. The
latter gave a highly creditable season in the autumn at Covent Garden, and the
former held possession of the Lyric Theatre for a few weeks in August. Their
respective repertoires consisted of works which had to be sung through the medium
of more or less inadequate translations. Signor Castellano brought a troupe, who
gave a few weeks' season at the Coronet, Bayswater, and then migrated for a month
to Drury Lane. He is continuing his enterprise by visiting the principal provincial
cities. It was during his stay at the Coronet that Signor Castellano gave the first
representation in England of Leoncavallo's " Zara," which achieved only a
succes de curiosite. So far as this country is concerned neither Leoncavallo nor
Mascagni has advanced his reputation since the initial productions of the two
comparatively speaking short works which brought them fame and fortune.

NEW WORKS AT COVENT GARDEN.

Signora Tettrazini was once again the "star" of the season at Covent Garden
during the fashionable months of summer, and the Italian prima donna scored
familiar successes in roles familiar to her admirers. But the Covent Garden Syndi-
cate were more adventurous so far as regards the presentation of new works. In
all they mounted four novelties, which, considering the short time at their disposal,
the number of works they have to crowd into the space of three months, and the
inevitable difficulties of rehearsal, is much to their credit.

Saint-Saens's " Samson and Delilah " came on early in the season, and at once
achieved a remarkable success, due in part to the magnificent performance which
Mme. Kirkby Lunn gave of the role of the seductive temptress. We have long been
familiar with Saint-Saens's works on the concert platform, but it needed the
dramatic setting to make us appreciate it at its full worth. All who heard it must
have felt intensely gratified that the religious prejudice that had previously stood in
the way of its stage performance had been overcome. Considerable curiosity
attended the first representation of Debussy's " Pelleas and Melisande." Such
music as we had heard in this country by the French composer had taught us to
expect something uncommon, something altogether differing from the accepted
traditions of opera. And we were not disappointed. In the weaving together of
mysterious sounds Debussy is a master hand, and this to the imaginative person
who wishes his thoughts to travel in that direction certainly suggests what is
known as "atmosphere." There are people, however, who do not care for sitting
in the dark at a seance vainly striving to grasp the invisible, and who much prefer that
the music shall be such as will appeal to their ears as well as to their sense of the
mysterious, and to such Debussy can make no appeal.

For some years past there had been rumours of the English production of Char-
pentier's " Louise," which has been one of the greatest successes in Paris of
modern times, and has also made a frank appeal to other countries. It is
a work so racy of the "City of Light" that one might well entertain serious
doubts of its cordial reception in London. But succeed it did, and it will certainly

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have a vogue for a few seasons, if not longer. The final novelty was the Barou
d'Erlanger's setting of a version of Thomas Hardy's " Tess," which was given the
customary three performances that precede the general consignment to oblivion.

ONCOMING ARTISTS : FESTIVALS.

Among the debutantes of the season was the Russian soprano Mme. Kousnietzoff,
who created a very favourable impression. It was a satisfactory sign of the times
to note the number of English-speaking artists who were engaged in the various
representations. It is true they did not all appear in conspicuous roles, but it is
something to see their names figuring on the programme, and to realise that they
are receiving a valuable training in operatic art. The stepping stones towards the
realisation of a genuine English opera may be as yet small, but they are sufficiently
large for progress, and in time they will lead us to the goal of our aspirations.

The Crystal Palace has fallen on troublous times of late, but the well-established
Handel Triennial Festival found a large and enthusiastic band of supporters. The
festival was once again under the direction of Dr. Frederick Cowen, who had
brought the vast vocal and instrumental machine into wonderful working order.
Such fine effects of pianissimo, crescendo, and diminuendo have never been excelled
in the huge concert room at Sydenham. A deviation from the ordinary rule was
made this year by combining Mendelssohn with our great master of oratorio, and
this assuredly gave a variety to the three days' programme that was by no means
unacceptable, 'albeit it may have somewhat destroyed the characteristic feature of
the occasion.

CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

It is impossible to deal with the innumerable concerts and recitals that have
been given at the various concert halls in the metropolis during the year. Their
name is legion. In the height of the season it was no uncommon thing for something
like fifty concerts to be announced. Many, the great majority, were given by those
of whom we shall hear no more, for whose presence there was no pressing demand,
and who simply played or sang to a small audience composed of friends and sym-
pathisers and tired-out critics. A few brief critiques of a negative character were
their sole reward.

Among the more distinguished artists who have appeared were Paderewski, who
brought with him a new symphony of his own composition; Vladimir de Pachmann,
who gave his customary performances of Chopin ; Frederick Dawson, Frederick
Lamond, Miss Ethel Leginska, Godowsky, and Busoni ; while the list of violinists
include Miss Marie Hall, Kubelik, Kreisler, Phillip Cathie, and Frances Macmillen.
Mme. Calve made one appearance at a concert, and Mme. Nordica gave her fare-
well concert. Brief as the above review is, it at all events gives some indication of
the musical activity that has prevailed during the past twelve months, and one is
inclined to think that if it were less marked it would be all the better for the
ultimate good of the " divine art."

IRVING MEMORIAL.

The site for the Irving statue was in January, 1908, granted by the Westminster
City Council. The statue is to be erected in the centre of the broad pavement
to the north of the National Portrait Gallery, in the Charing Cross Road. The
work is in the hands of Mr. Thomas Brock, R.A. The three years in which Mr.
Brock undertook to complete the work expired in December, 1909, and in November
Mr. Brock notified the Committee of the Memorial that the statue was nearly
completed, and invited them to visit his studio and inspect it. We understand
from Sir John Hare, the President of the Committee, that the statue will be
erected in the spring of 1910.

On Friday, November 26, 1909, the Italian Ambassador, the Marquis of San
Guihano, unveiled a Memorial on the wall of the main staircase in Drury Lane.
The Memorial was presented by Tomasso Salvini and the leading members of
the dramatic profession in Italy.

MISS MARIE STUDHOLME.

From the picture by HARRINGTON MANN.
By permission of the Artist and Miss STUDHOLME.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 15

SIDELIGHTS ON LIMELIGHTS.

BY R. A. ROBERTS,

THE progressive theatre manager of to-day who is desirous of acquiring all
the latest improvements considers it of the first importance to avail him-
self of the best designed and equipped apparatus for stage illumination and
scenic effects. A perfectly illuminated scene is pleasing to the eyes of
critical, or for that matter uncritical, playgoers, and will call forth applause on
the rising of the curtain, and it is a prime factor in contributing to the success.
Inadequate illuminations of stage scenes and indifferent scenic productions will,
in themselves, contribute to disappointment and failure, notwithstanding the best
efforts of the most popular performers or stage managers.

Unfortunately, a little word conveying such a great deal is omitted from the
dictionary of many stage managers, and just as many performers. That word is
" Thought."

On the legitimate stage, with exceptions such as His Majesty's and one or two
other theatres, all lighting details are left to the stage manager and the electrician.
Presuming one or both of 'these gentlemen have the eye for colour, the artistic
touch, the quick power to grasp an idea, and furthermore to grip on to a trifle
so that it may be made into something effective, not necessarily big or gorgeous if
one has these .sort of men around one, then the actor or performer may rest his
soul in comfort. But how many theatres and music halls can be named where one
may safely send in one's plots and have them carried out?

AN ACCIDENT AND A GOOD EFFECT.

I obtained my first lesson from a limelight man who was instructed to put an
amber lime on Little Eva in " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and to change to a white focus
when she died. (Little Eva was played by the manager's son, aged nine looked
fourteen but that did not matter; it was in the- "palmy da,ys.") The limelight
man, who was a pork butcher by daylight, forgot his cue of course, some people
will marvel at that and instead of putting a searching white focus on the boy I
mean Little Eva he popped in a green medium in front of his amber, and obtained
a very realistic and natural effect, for the combination of green and amber blended
produced the discolouration and fuller's-earth complexion of a dying person,
whereas the white focus would have obtained a "searching discovery," exhibiting
the- make-up. But the blend of, amber and green destroyed all traces of paint and
powder, made the eyes recede, hollowed the cheeks, and, best of all, turned the
painted lips ashen-hued. ,

Well, observation, the father of thought, urged me to experiment with combina-
tions, and posisibly, in a simple if occasionally flippant way meant only in the
spirit of kindness and camaraderie, I may be able to give a little useful and valu-
able information on the lighting department to my brothers and sisters in the allied
professions of the theatre and music hall. (I will include the " fit-ups " and
" portables," if the Editor permits:.)

SOME " HORRIBLE EXAMPLES."

Standing in the "prompt" entrance of a first-class West End music hall one
night, I watched a " turn " a lady. She was dressed in a very pretty Lincoln
green costume, a sort of " Robin Hood " make-up. She had been to the " Hunt,"
and had returned with her " shoot," but her dear old mother was dying in the
Kennington Road (her costume was of 300 or 400 years ago I mean it represented
that period), and the landlord of the dwelling in Kennington Road was clamouring
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Robin- Hood-lady, had brought her child on to the Embankment. She stepped on
it not the child and was about to leap into the gurgling waters (they worked a
thunder sheet here; that was their idea of gurgling waters it was a first-class
music hall, of course), and this was the cue for red limes. Result : her beautiful
Lincoln green costume became a dirty grey mouse colour. Red on green produces
that colour, so beware !

Now, to reverse these colours. A gentleman he said he was strolled on in a
front cloth representing "The Angel" at Islington, and sang a descriptive song.
With a daring disregard for thought in colour he was attired in a bright red swal-
low-tail coat and vest and black breeches and stockings. At one point in his song
he sang of the days of "Good Queen Bess" (outside "The Angel" at Islington!).
And when the dramatic fourth verse was reached he drew his sword ! (I have
already detailed his costume, but forgot to say that he wore an opera hat and
he drew his sword ! !) This was the cue for the green limes f ocussed on his red
coat "And on my brilliant coat of red, no spot of blood shall ere be shed!"
He sang this (I feel sure he was singing) and the green limes turned a brilliant
red to a very dark brown. Probably my readers, who are versed in the complete
alteration of certain colours when thrown one upon the other, will not doubt my
assertion that green limes thrown on to red material are productive of a catastrophe.

LIGHTING IN AMERICA.

In America I find the lighting effects are greatly superior to those in the English
theatres. In one theatre I discovered a means by which I could let the fire die
out in the scene in which I play "Dick Turpin." It occurred to me that to be
genuinely natural on the stage a fire would not remain brightly glowing for a
supposed period of four hours which is enacted in a period of thirty minutes
so by a little device, and a simple one, on the resistance principle (it is perfect
over there), I allowed the fire almost to die out, and as the ashen embers appeared
so came the " strangers " on the bars of the firegrate, and the firebars turned to
a steely blue. The whole thing was so simple, and yet wonderfully successful in
pleasing the audience, and I obtained a fine round of applause when I took an
old bellows and brought the embers into life and gradually the fire burned up again
and this is how I did it.

First, the resistance effect on the lamps was used, and they were gradually re-
duced to blood orange colour. I changed the red medium in the lime box at the
back of the fire first to amber, then to blue, putting one in front of the other
and gradually removing the red medium. As the red lights disappeared from the
" O.P. perch " I put a small blue spot lime on to the firegrate from the same
perch, and with some bits of loose black linen glued on to the bars, and the bars
painted aluminium colour, the blue spot lime on the aluminium produced the steely
blue of white heat, and as I took the bellows to blow it into life the " strangers "
on the bars could be seen by those with opera glasses gently blowing (I refer to
the " strangers "). It was a very simple device, but greatly appreciated by an
American audience because it represented thought. I regret to say that in an Eng-
lish music hall this would not be allowed, because it took exactly fifty seconds to
accomplish.

Though I have only quoted a very few instances of the dangers to be avoided
in the placing of wrong mediums in the lime boxes, I think my readers will, by
thinking a little for themselves, realise the many risks they run when telling the
electrician to put reds, greens, or ambers on just for the sake of obtaining a change
in the light ; just for the sake of bringing one special verse in a song into promi-
nence ; just to show the corpse is really dead; just to obtain the proofs from the
safe and pop them in the hero's pocket.

Now stop and think, and, best of all, rehearse your colours on the actual clothes
you intend to wear at night.

If I talked for ever I could not give better advice than conveyed in the last
dozen words. I have seen a blue focus thrown on to a man wearing a suit of oil-
skins (yellow) ; they became dead white. I know, because I was the idiot who had
omitted to put on the dress at rehearsal, and instead of looking like the coxswain of
a life boat, I conveyed the charming illusion that I was a jolly miller. Had it not
been for the sou'-wester I wore, I had the right appearance for a grill room chef.

So. that blue on yellow means : result, white. It is perfectly rational, and per-
fectly easy to try these effects yourselves, and then you will avoid clashings of
colours, and best of all not destroy the real value of your costumes.

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INTERNATIONAL AND ENGLISH COPYRIGHT.

WITH a view to examining the various points in which the revised Inter -
national Copyright Convention, signed at Berlin on November 13, 1908,
is not in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom, and to consider
whether the law should be altered so as to enable His Majesty's Govern-
ment to give effect to the revised Convention, the President of the Board of Trade,
in March, 1909, appointed the following Committee : Lord Gorell (chairman,), Sir
L. Alma-Tadema, Mr. George Ranken, Askwith, K.C., MT. H. Gran villa Barker,
Mr. C. W. Bowerma-n, M.P., Mr. H. R. Clayton, Mr. Henry J. C. Cu&t, Mr.
Edward Cutler, K.C., Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, Mr. W. Joynson Hicks, M.P.,
Mr. W. Algernon Law, C.B., Mr. Fredk. Macmilian, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P.,
Professor Walter Raleigh, Mr. T. E. Scrutton, K.C., and Mr. E. Trevor L.
Williams. Mr. T. W. Phillips was appointed secretary to the Committee.

The Committee held sixteen sittings, and amongst the forty-five witnesses
examined were Mr. J. Comyn's Carr, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, Mr. E. J. MacGilli-
vray, and Sir A. C. Mackenzie, rep resem ting the Society of Authors; Mr. William
Wallace, representing the Society of British Composers; Mr. Arthur Boosey, Mr.
W. A. Elkin, and Mr. Frank Standfeld, representing the Music Publishers' Asso-
ciation; Mr. D. G. Day, of the firm of Francis, Day, and Hunter; Mr. Hermann
Lohr, Mr. Lionel Monckton, and Mr. Charles Wilmott, song writers and com-
posers; Mr. John Murray, Mr. William Heinemann, and Mr. Reginald J. Smith,
K.C., representing the Copyright Association and the Publishers' Association, and
various witnesses representing phonograph, gramophone, and perforated music
firms.

PROTECTION EXTENDED TO LIFE AND FIFTY YEARS.

The Committee recommended acceptance of practically the whole of the Con-
vention, and that the English law should be altered accordingly. One of the most
important alteration's which will be brought about if the Committee's recommenda-
tions become law will be the extension of the period of protection to life of the author
and fifty years. At present copyright extends to life and seven years, or forty-two
years from the date of publication, whichever be the longer period. With life and fifty
years as the period it is obvious that date of publication will in no way affect, as it does
at present, the period for which the work is protected. All works published during
an author's lifetime will be secured the same period of protection after his death,
and will eventually fall into the public domain together. In cases where a work
is the production of joint authors the life of the author who lives the longest,
it is suggested, shall count as the life of the author. The difficulties of applying
the proposal retroactively in the cases where the author has assigned his rights or
granted a license to exercise his rights, it is suggested, can be met with a provision
giving the assignee or licensee the right to come in and secure the benefit of con-
tinuing to exercise his rights during the extended peiiod on terms to be agreed
upon, or to be settled by an arbitrator to be nominated by the Board of Trade.

For posthumous works, that is to say, works first published, represented, or per-
formed after the death of the author, a term of fifty years, to run from the date
of first publication, representation, or performance, is suggested.

PRIOR PERFORMANCE IN AMERICA. A MUCH- NEEDED REFORM.
Another very necessary improvement on the existing law will be that an
author will not lose his rigihts in this country should his play be presented i.e.,
performed in a country outside the Union. This will have' the very important

MISS STELLA PATRICK CAMPBELL.

From the picture by HAROLD SPEED.
By permission of MR. SPEED and Miss CAMPBELL.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 19

effect of altering the copyright conditions which at present exist between England
and America, one of the countries which are outside the Union. According to the
present law should a play be first .performed in America the author loses hie
exclusive rights in this country. At present authors endeavour to defend them-
selves by giving a reading generally referred to as a copyright performanceof
the play in England immediately prior to or simultaneously with the production
in America. It is doubtful, if the law were tested, whether such reading would
be held to constitute the public performance required by the Act of 1842 ; but the
matter has never been challenged. The Committee recommend that perfortmanoe
shall not be recognised as publication in a country outside the Union. Consequently
a play produced but not printed in America will be regarded as unpublished.

REGISTRATION ABOLISHED. TRANSLATIONS. KINEMATOGRAPHIC RIGHTS.

The present obligation to register the proprietorship of copyright as a pre-
liminary to legal proceedings will be abolished. Authors will have exclusive rights
of making or authorising translations of their works, such rights being extended
to the full period of the home rights i.e., life and fifty years. (The Commit/tee
do not agree to the paragraph in the Convention which allows a translation or
adaptation which, with essential alterations, additions, or abridgments, presents
the character of a new original work.) Musicians and others will have their works
protected against pirated reproduction on instruments, such as perforated rolls,
which reproduce the work mechanically. Authors will have their works protected
against unauthorised reproduction by means of kinematography, and kinematograph
productions will be regarded as literary or artistic works, and protected as such,
while without prejudice to the rights of the author of an original work the repro-
duction by kinematography of a literary or artistic work will be protected as an
original work. The Committee also expressed a hope that the colonies, as parts of
the British Empire, should come into line with Great Britain, and that as far as
possible there should be one law throughout the Empire.

The full text of the Convention, to which by these recommendations the
United Kingdom may be said practically to agree, was printed in THE STAGE
YEAR-BOOK, 1909.

AMERICAN COPYRIGHT.

The new Copyright Law of the United States of America, replacing the Revised
Statutes, Title Co., Chapter 3 (1873), and subsequent Amendatory Acts, came into
force on July 1, 1909. Its provisions are dealt with in a contributed article on
another page.

ACTRESSES' FRANCHISE LEAGUE.

This League was founded by Mrs. Forbes Robertson, Miss Winifred Mayo, Miss
Sime Seruya, and Miss Adeline Bourne. The League now numbers over 300
members. During 1909, in May, it gave seven performances daily for three days
at Caxton Hall to help the Women's Freedom League. The League also gave five
performances daily for a fortnight at Prince's in the same month, and raised
260 for the W.S.P.U. In addition, the League has given numerous performances
in the country. On November 12 it joined the Women Writers' Suffrage Society in
giving a benefit matinee for their joint funds at the Scala.

Mrs. Kendal is the President of the League, and the Vice-Presidents are Miss
Violet Vanbrugh, Miss Gertrude Elliott, Mrs. Langtry, Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss
Eva Moore, Mme. Marie Brema, and Mrs. Lucette Ryley. The Committee are as
follow: Miss Granville, Miss Edith Craig, Miss Winifred Mayo, Miss Bessie Hatton,
Miss Sime Seruya, Miss Tita Brand, Miss Mary Martyn, Miss Beatrice Forbes-
Robertson, and Miss Adeline Bourne. Among the members are Miss Ellen Terry,
Miss Fanny Brough, Miss Decima Moore, Miss Lilian Braithwaite, Miss Compton,
Miss Mouillot, Miss Violet Hunt, Miss Cicely Hamilton, and Miss Christine Silver.
The Hon. Secretary is Miss Adeline Bourne, of 19, Overstrand Mansions, Battersea
S.W. Green and pink are the colours of the League,

20 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

DRURY LANE STAGE
ITS MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

THE name Drury Lane carries, with its host of memories, suggestions of won-
derful stage* settings, of mechanica 1 effects such as are ssldom attempted
elsewhere, and of remarkable ingenuity applied to the production of startling
and unique scenic displays. This record may .be primarily attributed to
the ability and enterprise of those responsible for its productions, ability and enter-
prise which have been strikingly manifested under the present regime by Mr. Arthur
Collins, the able managing director. Without detracting in any way from the credit
due to the enterprising management, it will none the less be understood that many
of the results achieved have only been .nade possible by the great area of the stage
ard the complicated mechanical and electrical appliances with which it is equipped.
Some description of this latter feature should be of much interest.

THE STAGE : ITS BRIDGES, RISING AND TILTING.

The most striking features of the machinery, and the ones which are likely
first to attract the attention of a visitor below the stage, are the rising and tilting
bridges which are shown in two of the illustrations accompanying this article.
There are four bridges, each of which is about 40ft. long and 6ft. wide, and
in their lowest position they are flush with the stage, and form part of its surface.
As the bridges are situated one immediately next to another, they form an area
of the stage of about 24ft. by 40ft., which is capable of (being lifted vertically
through a height of about 8ft., carrying properties or people with it. Further,
any of the four bridges may fee raised or lowered independently of the others,
while, in addition to the direct rising and falling, the two front bridges are
capable of being tilted from either end, as shown in one of the illustrations.
The possibility of combining these various movements in any way, each of the
bridges being quite independent of any of the others, gives great flexibility for
the arrangement of set-pieces or the production of effects. A very successful
setting of some few years ago, in which canal boats rose and fell in their locks,
was produced by means of these bridges. Such sensational scenes as the sinking of
the Beachy Head in " Sins of Society " and the Alpine Pass scene in " The Marriages
of Mayfair " are other examples of the possibilities they present. In " The Whip "
their utility was not, perhaps, so strikingly illustrated, as the stage had to be made
exceptionally firm. But in the first act one of the bridges was raised to permit of
the motor-car accident, in which the hero obtained the mental oblivion which is the
key to the drama.

The methods by which the various movements of the bridges are obtained are
shown in some of the illustrations. The two back non-tilting bridges are lifted by
electric power. They are provided with feet below the stage, and when in their
lowest position that is, when the top surface is level with the stage. these feet
rest on foundations, so that a very steady and solid surface is obtained, on which
heavy properties may be placed or moved about. When these two 'bridges are-
lifted they are hung by steel-wire ropes and counterbalanced by heavy weights,
in exactly the same way that an ordinary window is balanced by weights inside
the casement. These weights are situated against the walls of the building well
out of the way, and the ropes connecting the bridges to them are guided b\
carrying them round suitable pulleys. Owing to this system of balancing the
weights of the bridges, the electric motors which work them ha/ve only to lift
the weight of any properties or people which they may be carrying, which enables
much smaller motors, using less current, to be used than would be necessary if

MISS MARION TERRY,

From the pastel by MRS. LOUISE JOPI.ING.
By permission of MRS. JOPLING and Miss TERRY,

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 21

the- balance weights were done away with and the motors had to lift the actual
weights of the- bridges. This point would also 'be of great importance if the
electric motors broke down and the (bridges had to bo wound up by hand, us the
balancing, of course, greatly reduces the effort that would be required.

Tin. LIFTING MOTORS.

The lifting motors are situated in a motor-room, which is a fireproof briok building
situated below the back of the stage. The interior of this room is shown in
one of the illustrations, in which the two electric motors which serve to wind up
the bridges will be seen at the right-hand side. There are two main spindles in
the room, each of which has two drums, or barrels, fixed on to it, and on these
barrels the wire ropes which lift tlie bridge* are wound. The ropes wound on the
barrels and leading away, through holes in the sides of the motor-room, to the
bridges, win be scon in the illustration. It will (be understood that as the main
spindles, with their barrels, turn round, in one direction or the other, the wire
ropes will either bo wound up or let off, so that the ropes will either be pulled
in or let out, and the bridges hauled up or lowered down. The spindles of the
motors aro fixed at right angles to the main spindles, and drive them round
by me-ans of toothed wheels These wheels are made so that they will not
drive backwards that is, when the bridges have been lilted to any height their
weight pulling on the ropes is not able to pull the main spindle round and turn
the motors, so that the bridge-s will stop in any position to which they are lifted,
and cannot be moved unless the motor switches are operated. Handles are fixed
at the back of the barrels, so that if the electric motors break down men may
be employed to wind up the bridges by hand. This method would be neither
so quick nor so cheap as electric power, and is, of course, only intended to be
used in case of an electric breakdown. The motors are started and stopped by
switches and gear placed outside the motor-room, and close to the handles which
control the two front bridges. The gear is arranged so that the motors may be
driven in either direction. The motors are each of ten horse-power.

THE HYDRAULIC POWER.

The two front lifting and tilting bridges are driven by water power. Each
bridge is carried at the top ends of two large plungers, or rams, which fit into
iron cylinders standing vertically in pits dug in the foundations. High-pressure
water pipes are connected to the bottoms of the cylinders, and arranged with taps
or valves, so that when the taps are opened water flows into the bottoms of the
cylinders and, being at high pressure, pushes the rams, or plungers, upwards,
which rise and carry the bridge with them. As each of the two rams, carrying
one bridge, are able to be worked independently of the other, it is possible to
raise one end of the bridge without the other, or to raise the two ends to different
heights, ,so that the bridge may be tilted in either direction. One of the illustra-
tions shows the two bridges tilted in opposite directions, while another shows them
lifted without tilting. These two view together show the great flexibility of
the arrangement. One of the half -page illustrations shows the massive plungers
below the stage. It will be understood that the bridges are fixed directly to the
top of these plungers, and are not otherwise supported, and that the 'plungers
carry the whole weight of the bridges, with any properties that may be placed
on them.

The- amount of lift of the plungers that is, the amount of tilt of the bridges
is determined by the amount of water admitted to the cylinders. The amount of
water is controlled by opening or closing the valves or taps which regulate the
supply. The valves for each of the bridges are worked by two long handles, like
the handles in a railway signal cabin, and a man can perfectly control the tilting or
lifting of one of the bridges by holding these two handles, one in each hand, and
moving them backwards and forwards as required. There are, of course, four of
these handles in all, two for each bridge, and they may be clearly seen in one of
the half -page illustrations. The lower illustration on" the same page shows the
taps or valves which control the water supply to the cylinders, and which are
opened or closed by the handles. The valves are situated' directly under the plat-
form on which the man stands when working the handles, so that the relative
positions of the valves and the handles are correctly shown by the relative positions
of the two illustrations. In the lower picture the rods which come through the
platform and connect the valves to the handles may be clearly seen. The water

22 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

which is used to lift the plungers is taken from the mains of the London Hydraulic
Supply Company at a pressure of 800 Ibs. to a square inch.

In the illustration which shows the operating handles an indicator may be seen
on the right-hand side, immediately facing the man who is working the handles.
This indicator is arranged to show to what height the two ends of a bridge have
been lifted. It is much the same sort of thing as the indicators which are frequently
fixed in office buildings to show the position of the lift cages to. anyone waiting
at any of the floors, and consists of small blocks or marks which travel up and down
over numbered scales, one block corresponding to. each end of a bridge, so that the
position of the blocks at once shows the position of the bridges. Although the man
who is working the handles can actually see the underside of the bridges, these
indicators allow him to judge the amount of tilt more accurately, and to be sure
that any bridge always takes up exactly the same position during every performance,
for any scenic arrangement in which it may be used.

"THE WHIP" PRODUCTION.

The apparatus shown in the small illustration which accompanies the view of
the motor-room was specially installed for the performances of " The Whip," the
autumn production of 1909. This apparatus was of a heavy and expensive character,
and was designed and installed as carefully as if it were to form part of the per-
manent equipment. It illustrates the caret and thoroughness with which all the
mechanical arrangements at this theatre are carried out. The apparatus consists
of electric motors and spindles, and was used in connection with the great Race-
course scene in act four. There are two motors, which can be seen at the left-hand
side of the picture. The right-hand side one of the two, which is of 15 horse-power,
drove the big panorama which served as background for the scene. The panorama
was an endless one built up on a framework and carried by two vertical rollers
the full height of the cloth. One of the rollers had a projecting spindle, which came
through a hole in the stage, and was driven by the motor below. The motor on
the extreme left, of 10 horse-power, drove the horizontal spindle which can be seen
in the right-hand side of the picture, carried in bearings secured to the underside
of the stage. The spindle, in turn, drove the horizontal bands which represented
the grass in the scene, and between which the horses ran. In addition to the main
panorama, forming the background, there were smaller side panoramas which were
driven by electric motors fixed actually inside them. As evidence of the amount
of work that is carried out for the adequate presentment of these productions, it
may be mentioned that the whole of the stage was raised about one foot for this
production in order to arrange for the horizontal travelling bands.

THE SWITCHBOARD.

The motors for this Racecourse scene were started from the switchboard which
controls the lighting of the whole of the stage, which is shown in one of the half-
page illustratior s. It is conveniently situated on the Prompt side of the stage. The
switchboard contains three horizontal row,s of switch handles, which correspond to
the circuits for the red, white, and green lights respectively. All circuits are led
thro.ugh dimmers, so arranged that the lamps forming any circuit may be turned
to any height from a mere red glow to full on. The dimmers consist of vessels con-
taining water into which metal plates dip in such a way that as the plates are
lifted out or lowered farther into the vessels, more or less of the current is
absorbed by the water, so that the lamps are dimmed or brightened. The rows of
handles controlling the dimmers can be seen in the illustration in the centre of the
switchboard, directly behind Mr. Mather, the engineer.

At the right-hand side of the illustration of the switchboard the signal board
may be seen, one of the switches of which is being operated by Mr. Ernest D'Auban,
Drury Lane's well-known and popular stage manager. All signalling to the men
controlling the lifting and tilting bridges, the men in the flies, etc., is done from
this board by means of lamps. The electrical wiring is arranged so that as any
of the signal switches is closed a small lamp lights up in the flies, or at any
other point to which the signal is being sent, and at the same time a small lamp
lights up on the signal board. It is impossible for a signal lamp at a distance to
light up without the corresponding indicating lamp on the signal board also
lighting, so that all signals sent out are immediately checked before the eyes
of Mr. D'Auban, or whoever else may be at the switchboard, and mistakes are
avoided. The positions of some of the signal lamps may be seen in the illus-

CO *

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THE CONTROL HANDLES FOR THE BRIDGES OF THE STAGE,

Showing the indicators and method of operation.

THE CONTROL VALVES FOR THE BRIDGES

Which admit water below the massive plungers.

ONE OF THE UPPER GALLERIES IN THE FLIE?,

Showing the operation of the scenery.

MOTORS AND SPINDLE UNDER THE STAGE

Which operate the panoramas for the Racecourse Scene.

THE MOTOR ROOM,

Showing the gear which operates the Lifting Bridges.

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 23

trations showing the motor-room, the flies, and the bridge operating gear. Metallic
filament lamps are used throughout for the main lights, and there are twelve battens,
each with 260 thirty-candle-power lamps. The square boxes at the extreme right
of the illustration of the switchboard are the starters for the panorama motors.
Current at 200 volts is used for all motors and at 100 volts for lighting, and the
supply is taken from the Charing Cross, West End, and City Supply Company.
There are two services installed, to prevent trouble in case of a breakdown on the
mains, one current being taken from the special theatre mains and the other from
the ordinary town supply.

THE FLIES.

The arrangement of the flies in this theatre is very convenient and excellent.
There are two tiers of galleries. The upper of these galleries, which is used by
the scene-shifters, is shown in one of the full-page illustrations. The lower gallery
is reserved for the lime-light men, and it will be clear that this two-gallery
arrangement allows great freedom of operation for the lime-light men, as they are
not interfered with by other workmen, and have great freedom of movement in
carrying on their work.

OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN GAS PIPES.

The lime-light system is very interesting. Instead of the lamps being supplied
from the heavy and awkward gas cylinders generally used, there are oxygen and
hydrogen gas pipes laid throughout the stage and up to the galleries. These
pipes are supplied from large gas holders placed in the basement, and which are
periodically filled from the ordinary gas cylinders. A system is in use by which
a steady pressure of about 2 Ibs. to a square inch is maintained in the gas pipes
by running water into the holders as required. The result of this is that very
steady-burning flames are obtained in the lamps, with a complete absence of the
flickering and spurting which is sometimes seen. The gas pipes are run in various
directions under the stage and up to the galleries in the flies. A number of small
traps are arranged in the stage leading to taps, to which connection can be made by
a small piece of indiarubber tube, so that lamps may be temporarily placed in any
convenient position. In order to minimise the likelihood of fires, all lamps are lit
by means of portable electric gas-lighters, which does away with the necessity of
using matches.

VENTILATING AND HEATING.

All air entering the building is drawn in at the basement by means of a fan,
driven by a 10 horse-power electric motor. It is taken in at the basement in order
to avoid smoke and other impurities which are more prevalent in the air near the
roof. Before entering the building the air is drawn through a large cylinder or
roller which is covered with cloth, and is continually being turned round on its
spindle. The lower part of the roller dips into a large bath containing an antiseptic
solution, so that the cloth covering it is always wet. The result is that as all air
entering the building must pass through this cloth covering the roller, it is filtered
and disinfected, and enters the theatre in an absolutely pure state. After passing
to the inside of the roller the air is warmed by being passed over pipes which are
heated by steam from a special boiler. By varying the steam in the pipes any
degree of heat may be given to the air, and the result of the whole arrangement
is that absolutely pure air, heated to suit the weather at the time, is supplied to
the theatre. The air finally passes into the building by ducts placed in the front of
the stage. There are two installations, as described above, one supplying the stage
and the other the auditorium. Foul air is extracted from the building by means of
a fan driven by a 8- horse-power motor placed above a grille in the auditorium
immediately above the centre electrolier, so that there is a continual circulation
of warm, pure air throughout the theatre.

Of the remaining two illustrations, one shows one of the property rooms, in
which are some of the figures prepared for the Madame Tussaud's scene in act three
of "The Whip." The other" is from a photograph of Mr. Ernest D'Auban, the
stage manager, in his room. Thanks are due to Mr. D'Auban for facilities and
assistance given in the preparation of this description of the stage machinery of this
famous theatre. Much assistance was also given by Mr. Mather, the engineer,
who can be seen standing in the centre of the picture of the switchboard.

24 THE STAGE YEAR 'BOOK.

SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL.

THE movement for a memorial to Shakespeare first arose out of an offer of
1,000 made by Mr. Richard Badger to the London County Council. Some
meetings were held, and in July, 1905, the Advisory Committee of the
Shakespeare Meirorial Committee, including Sir E. Poynter, Sir W. Rich-
mond, Sir Aston Webb, Mr. Belcher, Mr. Brock, Mr. Sidney Colvin, and Mr.
Hugh Chishalm, met ,at the Mansion House, and made a report, proposing an
architectural memorial, including a statue, and suggesting a site on the south side
of the Thames. The matter was then apparently forgotten for a considerable time,
but eventually in March of 1908 a meeting was held at the Mansion House, Lord
Reay presiding. The Committee then announced that a .site in Park Crescent,
looking up Portland 'Place from Crescent Gardens, had been settled upon, with the
consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The Committee proposed to
remove the statue of the Duke of Kent from the Portland Place site to " an adjoin-
ing spot of equal prominence."

Thi/3 project was strongly opposed, and long newspaper correspondence cul-
minated in a meeting held at the Lyceum on May 19, 1908, with Lord Lytton pre-
siding, when the following motion was unanimously carried :

That this meeting is in favour of the establishment of a national theatre a.s
a memorial to Shakespeare.

MERGING Two SCHEMES.

A letter was read at this meeting from the Mansion House Committee proposing
thao there should be a conference between the Committees of the two movements.

A meeting was in consequence held at the House of Lords on May 28, 1908,
between representatives of the two Committees, and it was resolved " that the two
general Committees as they stand at present shall be amalgamated, and that an
Executive Committee shall be elected by the Committee thus formed." This reso-
lution was passed on the statement made by Lord Plymouth that the Shakespeare
Memorial Committee was prepared to unite with the National Theatre Committee
on the understanding that the proposed architectural and sculptural monument
should take the form of a Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. On July 23 a meeting
was held of the two Committees at the Mansion House. The Lord Mayor
was in the chair. It was decided (1) that the Shakespeare Memorial Com-
mittee consist of the members of the Shakespeare Memorial Committee and the
members of the National Theatre Shakespeare Memorial Committee, and (2) that an
Executive Committee be elected, consisting of 21 members, with the addition of an
honorary secretary and a secretary, and with power to add to their number. The
following were elected members of the Executive Committee : The Lord Mayor
(chairman), the Earl of Plymouth, the Earl of Lytton, Viscount Esher, Sir John
Hare, Dr. Furnivall, Mr. William Archer, Mr. H. Granville Barker, Mr. S. H.
Butcher, M.P., Mr. J. Comyns Carr, Mr. Sidney Colvin, Mr. W. L. Courtney,
Mr. Robert Donald, Mrs. G. L. Gomme, Mr. Edmund Gosse, Mr. Sidney Lee,
Mr. H. W. Massingham, the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton, Mr. A. W. Pinero, Mr.
G. Bernard Shaw, Mr. Beerbohm Tree, and Mr. Forbes Robertson, Mr. I. Gallanez,
hon. secretary, and Mr. Philip Carr, secretary. Two sub-committees, one under
the chairmanship of Lord Esher, and the other under that of Lord Lytton, held
numerous meetings duiing the autumn of 1908.

COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

The result of the^.e was disclosed at the Mansion House on March 23, 1909, when
the General Committee met to receive the report of the Executive Committee, to
whom the task of drawing up a scheme was relegated.

The Executive Committee, in their report, defined the objects of the National
Shakespeare Theatre, as they termed it, as follows :

To keep the plays of Shakespeare in its repertory ;
To revive whatever else is vital in English classical drama ;
To prevent recent plays of great merit from falling into the oblivion to which
the present theatrical system is apt to consign them ;

To produce new plays and to further the development of the modern drama ;
To produce translations of representative works of foreign drama, ancient
and modern ;

MISS LILY ELSIE,

as "The Merry Widow. '

From the picture by JOHN I..AVERY. K.S.A.

By permission of the Artist and Miss Klsie.

T7/E STAGE YEAR BOOK. 25

To stimulate the art of acting through the varied opportunities which it will
offer to the members of its company.

The cost they estimated at about 500,000, allotted in the following manner :
Site, 100,000; building, 100,000; stage and equipment, 50,000; endowment,
250,000.

For controlling body they recommended that five governors should be appoint. < I
by the Crown ; one each by the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Edin-
burgh, Dublin, and Wales; one each by the Royal and the British Academies,
and one each by the London County Council, the Corporation of London, and the
municipalities of Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dublin ; also that the representatives of the High Commiffioners for
Canada, Australia, and any other federated colonies be ex-officio governors, and the
following also be ex-ofiicio governors : The Ambassador of the United States,
the President of the Board of Education, the Minister of Fine Arts (in the event
of such an office being created), the Chairman of the Shakespeare Memorial AECO-
ciation, Stratford-on-Avon, and the President of the Academy of Dramatic Art.

For the administerial staff they recommended that :

(a) The managing staff should consist of a director, a treasurer, and a
literary manager, all of whom should be nominated by the Standing Committee,
subject to confirmation by the governors.

(b) That each member of the managing staff should present a monthly reporu
to the Standing Committee ;

(c) That the director should select, engage, and dismiss all artists and other
employes, except the treasurer and the literary manager, and be empowered,
after consulting with the treasurer, to make contracts on behalf of the theatre ;

(d) And that all appointments, whether to the company or the staff, and all
dismissals should be reported by the director to the Standing Committee and
confirmed by them.

They considered that the arrangement of the programme should rest with the
director, who should submit it for approval to the Standing Committee ; and that
all new plays should be reported upon by the director and the literary manager
before being finally dealt with by the Standing Committee.

They suggested that the director, if an actor, should in no case practise his art
for fee or reward during his term of office ; that the Standing Committee should
decide, by fixed regulation or otherwise, on what exceptional occasions (and in no
case for personal profit) he should be authorised to appear, or otherwise co-operate,
in performances at other theatres ; and that he should in no event be cast for any
part on the stage of the National Shakespeare Theatre.

SOME AMENDMENTS.

The meeting approved of the financial estimate. The Shakespeare National
Theatre was recommended to the Executive for the title. It was also agreed to
recommend that in the governing body Belfast should be added to the municipalities
having representation, and that the Crown Colonies should be represented. The
Executive were asked to define more clearly the relationship of the director and the
committee, and on the subject of the omission of a representative of the actors a
revision of the report was requested. A resolution was moved empowering the
Executive Committee to give effect to the recommendations in the report.

A GENEROUS DONATION : FURTHER MEETINGS.

It was announced at this meeting that 70,000 had been promised by an anony-
mous donor.

On June 18 a petition on behalf of the Committee appealing to the London
County Council to grant a site for the erection of a theatre was presented by Lord
Elcho. The petition was referred to the General Purposes Committee for considera-
tion and report.

On July 5 a deputation, headed by the Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M.P.,
waited on the General Purposes Committee of the London County Council, and
placed before the Committee a proposal for the granting of a free site by the
Council for the purpose of the erection of a Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The
proceedings were in private, but it was disclosed that the Committee commented
favourably on the scheme.

On October 23 a meeting of the Memorial Committee and others interested was
held at the Mansion House, under the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor, for the
purpose of securing the support of the provincial mayors.

THE ACTORS' ORPHANAGE

GARDEN PARTY AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS IN JUNE.

MR. WILKIE BARD, MR. HAYDEN COFFIN, Miss EVA MOORE, and Miss CONSTANCE COLLIER.

The camel from " The Persian Princess." A group of fair workers, including Miss ALEXANDER

CARLISLE and MRS. SABA RALEIGH.

THE ACTORS' ORPHANAGE

GARDEN PARTY AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS IN JUNE.

Miss ALICE CRAWFORD. Miss LILLIAN BiuiTiiw.mr.

MR. C. AUBREY SMITH. ^.

Miss luis HOEY. Miss EVELYN MILLARD,

THE ACTORS' ORPHANAGE FUND.

GARDEN PARTY AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS.

&RLEYS

WAXWORK

MHO I

ram'

Outside the Waxworks,

MR. PHILIP KNOX and his assistants, MESSRS. FARREN SOUTAR, LAURI DE FBECE,
H. NYE-CHART, SPENCER TREVOR, and CHRISTMAS GROSE.

The Curtain Advertising the "Theatre Royal/

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 27

THE LICENSING OF AGENTS.

THE question of licensing agents is one that has been before the theatrical
world in Eflgland and in America during 1909. In America nearly all the
organised bodies of those employed in theatres and music halls united in
supporting what was known as the Voss Bill, which, after passing Congre&s,
the Senate, and being signed by the Mayor of New York, was practically
annulled by the Mayor of Buffalo refusing his sanction. The history of this
unfortunate Bill is told on another page of this book, and it is referred to here
mainly to show that English and American actors have been working to the same
end. The idea of agents being under some control and being responsible to the
London and other County Councils is by no means new, but whenever it has been
brought forward it has always been opposed by the agents themselves. This is
an opposition in which it is difficult to discern good reasoning. No respectable agent
should object to being licensed ; on the other hand, he should be only too willing
to assist in bringing about the desired legislation which is aimed, not at himself,
but at the extirpation of the person who is a disgrace to the calling he practices.
There is the so-called agent who preys upon the hopes and premiums of the unwary
and unsophisticated amateur, and through whom a continual stream of uneducated
people, totally unequipped for the calling to which they aspire, flows into the
dramatic profession. There is the more sinister side of so-called agency work through
which young and inexperienced girls are sent abroad and on to the Continent, where
possibly from work at some ill- famed music hall or cafe chantant they drift to some-
thing worse. Respectable agents should welcome licensing as a means to rid their
ranks of these impostors and pests. There seems to be an idea of something
derogatory in being licensed some implied stigma ; but this argument is contro-
verted by the agents having an example in that all theatrical managers have to apply
for a license annually, and in addition have to enter into a bond with two sureties.

MR. HAY'S BILL.

In April, Mr. Claude Hay, then Unionist member for Hoxton, introduced a Bill
into the House of Commons which provided that foreign employment agencies which
professed to obtain employment abroad for women and girls should take out a
license from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to carry on their business. Such
licenses should not be granted except on the production of a certificate granted by
the magistrate, and twenty-one days' notice had to be given by the applicant to the
police, so that the police might have an opportunity of opposing. In order not to
interfere with business, the Bill provided that the certificate should not be refused
by the magistrate unless he were satisfied the applicant had failed to produce satis-
factory evidence as to character. Another provision was that such agents should
keep books containing the names and addresses of young people, the places of
amusement in which they might be employed, the nature of the employment, the
duration of contract, wages, and other particulars.

Mr. Hay, in introducing the Bill, said it had been known for s.ome years that
English girls had been engaged in this country for the purpose of dancing or per-
forming on the Continent and in other places, and many of these girls had had no
chance of protecting' themselves from their surroundings in the theatres and music-
halls at which they had performed abroad. In other cases they had been deserted
and left to starve or to take to immorality so as to be able to live. Many young
children were employed in places of entertainment on the Continent who, under
the laws of this country, could not be so employed, and they worked longer hours

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than they would be allowed to do in this country. Unfortunately, in the majority
of Continental countries there was no legislation appropriate to these circumstances,
and therefore the perpetrators of offences who would be punished here could not
be touched abroad. The Home Secretary could bear out the facts and the necessity
for legislation, as he (Mr. Hay) was informed that the officials of Scotland Yard
had presented to him a voluminous report containing full information of some very
grave cases of what had befallen those of tender years sent abroad by these foreign
theatrical agents.

Mr. Hay's Bill, however, in the stress of Government business, made little pro-
gress beyond its first reading (April 6).

THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

The question of licensing of employment agencies generally was dealt with by
the London County Council a few years ago, but when the Council's proposals were
considered by the Police and Sanitary Regulations Committee of the House of
Commons, considerable opposition was offered by the theatrical and music hall
agents, and to meet these objections a proviso was inserted by the Committee, which,
when the proposals became law in the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1905, had the effect of exempting all theatrical and music hall agencies from
registration, unless they received preliminary fees. It must be borne in mind that
the Act applied only to the County of London, and the person who desired to carry
on an agency business with preliminary fees without being registered had only to
remove beyond the border into, say, Middlesex. How ineffective and inoperative
this proviso made the Act in so far as theatrical and music hall agencies are con-
cerned may be judged from the fact that only one agent was registered on March
31, 1908, when a table dealing with the number of registered agents generally was
drawn up.

On May 18, or rather in the early hours of May 19, 1909, the Council adopted a
report presented by the Public Control Committee. The Committee reported that
during the preceding three years various representations had been made to the
Council by numerous societies and others by means of deputations, petitions, or
resolutions urging that steps should be taken by the Council to secure an amend-
ment of the law in several respects, so as more effectually to obviate fraud and
to prevent immorality. These societies included the National Vigilance Association,
the Actors' Association, the Actors' Union, the Society of West End Theatre
Managers, and the Variety Artists' Federation, and various other societies. Almost
without exception these societies expressed themselves as being strongly in favour of
action being taken with a view to the licensing (instead of registration) of agencies
both for male and female employment, and the only objections to any amendment
of the existing law were by the Variety Agents' Association. In connection with
the question of the employment of English girls abroad, the Committee reported
that they had also had the advantage of the assistance and advice of one of the
chief constables of the Metropolitan Police.

A STRONG REPORT.
The Committee, in their report, also stated :

A deputation from the Variety Artists' Federation has attended 'before us, and the
three principal points eutxmitlted <by them were 'the fees charged (by the agents, which
they alleged were exorbitant, the deduction of such fees iby music hall managere, and
'the conduct of .agenlts towards their clients.

The (regulation of such fees 'and the 'action of the managers do not appear to us to be
matters in which a public authority should interfere. We think, however, that action
should be taken with regard to 'persons who obtain fees under the guise of giving
tuition and supplying songs ureparaltory to obtaining engagements for applicants for
employment.

As regards female artists seeking employment .at home and abroad, it has been con-
clusively proved to us that further drastic powers are necessary if such artists are to
be adequately protected and 'prevented from entering into invalid and doubtful contracts.

It is ito foe anticipated that 'any attempt to license or register all theatrical agenta
will be again strenuously opposed by them, but we consider that this should not deter
the 'Council from now moving in the matter.

When the Council's Bill was before Parliament in 1905 the licensing of variety agents
was opposed by the Variety Concert and Music Hall Agents' Association on the grounds
stated in the following extract from this Association's .petition :" Your petitioners are
actively engaged in forming an association of theatrical and music hall agents, and
propose that only persons of unquestionable integrity and character shall be admitted

THE

WOMAN

IN THE

A STRIKING POSTER USED FOR "THE WOMAN
IN THE CASE."

The piece was played at the Garrick and afterwards at the New.

[Rtproduced by permtMion of Mr. Herbrrt Sleatk.

TJIE STAGE YEAK BOOK. 29

to membership thereof. By this mean* your petitioners 'will be enabled to raise the
character of those legitimately engaged in their business and <to secure for the com-
munity a cla8 of persons well qualified to be employed in the responsible duties devolv-
ing on them."

Mr. George Ashton, the chairman of the Association, also stated in his evidence that
some one ibody must start the criminal law in respect of any agent who imposes upon
any man or woman, and that his Association should be the body to do so. It was
admitted that the Association came into existence as the result of the Council's Bill.
Undoubtedly the evidence relating to the constitution of the Association greatly weighed
with the Committee of the House of Commons when they came to their decision with
regard to the Council's proposals.

The variety agents, however, did not take any effective action until quite recently, for
the Variety Agents' Association (the successor of the former association) in a letter,
dated December 16, 1908, stated that, although the Association was a combination of the
leading variety agente in the United Kingdom, it had at present no corporate existence,
but that steps were being (taken with that object in view. Moreover, a, deputation which
has attended before us from the Association was not able to indicate any instances in
which the Association had formulated legal proceedings against bogus or other agents.

The variety agents would strongly object to the inspection of their books and to rules
being made prescribing the books to be kept and the method of keeping them, ami v-
do not consider that any really useful purpose would be served by the Council obtaining
powers in this respect.

Some agent* may form their businesses into limited liability companies, and special
steps should be taken in order that it may not be possible for them to evade any regu-
lations which may hereafter be made with regard to other agents.

We think it desirable that provision should also be made, as far as possible, on the
lines of Section 2 of the Money Lenders Act, 1900, to require agents to be licensed in
their own or usual trade names, and at all their addresses, and to carry on business in
those names only.

In all .the circumstances, therefore, we think that there is a strong case for the Council
to proceed at once with an 'application to Parliament for powers to regulate theatrical
and music hall agencies in the same man ler as we suggest with regard to other employ-
ment agencies, but that as regards the former class of agencies the powers sought for
should not include the inspection and prescription of books.

THE L.C.C. RECOMMENDATIONS.

The Committee accordingly recommended :

(a) That in the opinion of the Council

(i) Licensing instead of registration is essential if employment agencies are
to be properly regulated.

(ii.) All agents, for male or female employment, or both (other than labour
bureaux of public authorities or trade union organisations), should be annually
licensed by the Council, with a discretion to the Council to refuse a license on
evidence of misconduct in the business of the agency, or to minors.

(iii.) Agents not accepting preliminary fees should not be exempted from
the necessity of obtaining a license.

(iv.) In the case of theatrical, music hall, and variety agencies, powers
should not be sought to inspect the agents' books or to prescribe the form in
which the books should be kept.

(v.) Provision should be made for dealing with any agents who form
themselves into limited liability companies.

(vi.) Agents should be licensed under their own or usual trade names, and
with all the addresses at which they carry on business, and they should
carry on business in those names only.

(vii.) The licensing of agents would afford material protection for girls
seeking employment abroad, but the question of interfering with the terms of
their contracts is not one with which the Council should concern itself.

(viii.) No action should be taken by the Council with regard to agencies
professing to provide paying guests, etc.

(b) That the Secretary of State for the Home Department be asked to
receive a deputation from the Council on the subject of the promotion by His
Majesty's Government, in the session of Parliament of 1909, of further legis-
lation dealing with the regulation of employment agencies on the lines indicated
in the foregoing resolution (a) ; and that the members of the Public Control
Committee be appointed to form the deputation, if the Secretary of State con-
sents to receive it.

(c) That, in the event of the Secretary of State for the Home Department
not seeing his way to adopt the Council's suggestions, as indicated in the fore-
going resolution (b), application be made to Parliament, in the session of 191Q,
to give effect to, the proposals contained in the foregoing resolution (a).

30 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER'S VIGOROUS SUPPORT.

At this meeting Mr. George Alexander spoke on the subject. Mr. Alexander
said : I wish to support the recommendations of the Committee, especially when
they deal with the dramatic and musical agent. There are many honourable men
engaged in that calling, and the best of them must welcome the recommendations of
the Committee that they shall be licensed by the London County Council ; and I
am sure all those who have the welfare of the stage at heart are of opinion that it
is desirable and necessary. The movement has the support of the Actors' Associa-
tion, the Society of West-End Managers, the Actors' Union, and, I am privileged
to add, Mr. A. W. Pinero, the chairman of the Dramatic Sub-Committee of the
Authors' Association, and Sir William S. Gilbert.

I could paint painful and sensational pictures of the misery and degradation
brought upon young men and women by the conduct of the disreputable agent, and
the evidence at the disposal of the Committee is more than sufficient to bear out
my statement. Hundreds of young men and women are tempted to leave employ-
ments in which they are living useful, if uninteresting, lives, to embark upon a
career for which they are entirely unsuited, and, after adopting it, and failing in
it, find it difficult, nay, impossible, to regain the confidence of their former em-
ployers, who believe sometimes rightly, and often wrongly that even a casual
contact with the stage in its worst aspect means that they return to them " with
their robes shall we say? a little dusty at the hem." They part with their money
to these agents, and the only refuge left to them is starvation and the streets.
From my own observation the greatest sufferers are the shop girls and domestic
servants ; the stage seems to have a particular attraction for them. I am continu-
ally receiving letters from London and all parts of the country asking for help
and advice, and telling me sad stories of the folly in answering the advertisements
of these disreputable agents of parting with their hard-earned savings on the
promise of tuition, with lucrative engagements to follow, and finally being stranded
alone in our great city, often after cruel and dastardly treatment. The license
should be granted only to applicants who are willing and able to give at least two
sureties of respectability and honesty just as the lessee of a theatre under the
control of the Lord Chamberlain is obliged to do. If the recommendations of the
Committee are adopted by this Council, it will go far to do away with a very serious
evil.

APPLICATION TO PARLIAMENT.

On the Council's adopting the report, the Committee proceeded under Section B
of the recommendations. On July 27-28 the Committee reported to the Council
that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had intimated that, owing
to the position of public business, no useful purpose would be served by the attend-
ance before him of a deputation from the Council on the subject of the promotion
by His Majesty's Government in 1909 of legislation relating to employment agencies.
We are informed by Mr. G. L. Gomme, Clerk to the Council, that in these circum-
stances the Council's application to Parliament in 1910 is being proceeded with in
pursuance of the decision of the Council of May 18-19 (Section C of the approved
recommendations set out in the foregoing).

DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.

This race was rowed on Friday, July 29, between London Bridge and Chelsea.
For the origin of this competition it is necessary to go back so far as 1715, when the
then famous comedian, Thomas Doggett, presented the livery and badge to be
competed for by six "young watermen." Doggett left enough money to provide
for the coat and badge annually. The Fishmongers' Company, who took over the
trust from the Admiralty, have seen that the event is in no way allowed to lan-
guish, or to diminish in interest among the watermen, for whose benefit it was
started, for they have themselves provided an annual prize of 10 10s., in addition
to which there" is Sir William Jolliffe's prize of 7 3s. 4d. The race in 1S09 was
won by G. B, Luck, T T C. Wingate coming in second,

MISS MIRIAM CLEMENTS,

From the picture by T. B. KENNINGTON.
By permission of the Artist.

T71E STAGE YEAK BOOK. 31

BOOKS OF THE YEAk

THE literary output for 1909 that bore any direct relation to stage matters
contained a fair number of books of interest and value to our readers ;
and such works, large and small, as came under our purview, may be
grouped under the main heads of reminiscences, history, and biography,
works of fancy and fiction, and treatises dealing with various tec-hnical aspects of
theatrical work.

REMINISCENCES.

The section of reminiscences, in which field various old stage friends and others
seem to have found especially fertile ground, may appropriately be taken first. At
the head of this category should unquestionably be placed the second Bancroft book,
"The Bancrofts; Recollections of Sixty Years," a fascinating work, which may be
regarded rather as a complement of, than as a supplement to, the equally delight-
nil storehouse of stage memories and piquantly expressed reflections, " Mr. and Mrs.
Bancroft, On and Off the Stage, Written by Themselves." In their later work
Sir Squire Bancroft and the incomparable Marie Wilton of old had naturally, to
a large extent, to retrace their steps over familiar ground ; but the book contained,
also, much important new matter, notably with regard to Henry Irving, to the
economic causes that led to the leaving first of the Prince of Wales's and then of
the Haymarket, and to a suggested combination with Hare and the Kendals at the
latter house. These illuminating pages, in particular, will be found of service by
the future historian of the stage. More gossipy, and indeed avowedly made up
largely of "experiences, impressions, and personal opinions," was Sir Charles
Santley's volume, "Reminiscences of My Life," in which the veteran baritone,
like some of the artists whose books were noted here last year, showed himself to be
both somewhat sensitive of criticism, and rather inclined to play the candid friend
to those with whom he mixed. A frank and most interesting work was " An Actor's
Story," by Bransby Williams, in which this able impersonator and versatile artist
narrated with much freedom his varied professional experiences. Another absorb-
ing volume, useful as well as entertainingly anecdotic, was "The Ramblings of an
Old Mummer," by Russell Craufurd, in which that much-travelled actor showed
how globe-trotting, judiciously followed, can sharpen the intellect and broaden the
philosophic outlook upon life. In the same department might be included a brightly
written and thoroughly good book of travels, " We Two in W T est Africa," composed
by Miss Decima Moore in collaboration with her husband, Major Guggisberg.

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

This section should begin presumably with some reference to " A Short History
of the English Stage," by R. Farquharson Sharp, a work, which, though commend-
able enough in the respects of arrangements and sense of proportion, was marred
by an unliterary style and many bad mistakes in matters of fact and also of
opinion, which might easily be corrected in the event of a second edition being
called for. The incorrigible love of paradox possessed by both subject and author
caused one to find exasperatingly " too clever by half " G. K. Chesterton's bril-
liantly impudent monograph on George Bernard Shaw, the combination of these
two intellects proving as overwhelming as that of their six initials. Professor
Walter Raleigh's equally debatable treatise on Shaw's sorely maltreated predecessor,
William Shakespeare, was re-printed in a slightly altered form; and so was Mi

32 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

A. Kennard's little volume on Siddons, which is chiefly noteworthy for extracts from
the tragedienne's letters. A much more important work on the same theme was " The
Incomparable Siddons," by Mrs. Clement Parsons, authoress of " Garrick and His
Circle," who surveyed the whole Siddons period in a very interesting and suggestive
manner. A tendency to depreciate Siddons in favour of actresses contemporary with
her was the chief fault of " Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era," by John Fyvie,
who, like Mrs. Parsons, is an acute and intelligent critic of the stage. Books on
Richard Mansfield and Mme. Melba have also appeared.

THE TECHNICAL ASPECT.

Here, besides a revised edition of Mrs. Ernil Behnke's useful work on " The
Speaking Voice : Its Development and Preservation," is to be noted Cavendish
Morton's most valuable and finely illustrated volume of " The Art of Theatrical
Make-up," which for its skilful application of self -photography to the representa-
tion of the building up of an impersonation in its outward phases has gained golden
opinions from Sir Herbert Tree, Mr. George Alexander, and other authorities.
A companion work depicting the various stages in the make-up of an actress might
also have technical interest. Of little importance was " The Power of Speech," a
well-intentioned treatise, by Edwin Gordon Laurence.

FICTION AND FANCY.

A pretty play of fancy was found in Miss Ella Erskine's little volume of
sketches and fables with the Omarian title of " Shadow- Shapes " ; other works of
fiction came from some more known in stage-land, Miss Peggy Webling, with " The
Story of Virginia Perfect," and Rathmell Wilson with "Re-Birth"; and mention
may also be made of novels by E. Nesbit (Mrs. Hubert Bland), Mme. Albanesi,
Newman Harding, and Mrs. R. S. Garnett.

THE COPYRIGHT-PLAY PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

The Copyright-Play Protection Association was established in January, 1907. Its
objects are to prevent the representation of its members' dramatic property without
fee or license ; to stop the isale of piratical manuscripts of members' plays, etc. ; to
advise upon any question of dramatic copyright; to watch over and protect the
interests of authors and play proprietors generally; to represent rights in and
protect the works of deceased members when authorised so to do. The method the
Association adopts is to obtain provincial bills every week, and as these bills come
in it first warns those who may be acting the members' pieces without permission.
If the offence is persisted in the Association then takes out summonses. During the
past year the Association has continued to do much good work. It is only right to
state that a marked improvement has taken place in Portable Theatre bills, brought
under the Secretary's notice, as, since the members of the Travelling Theatre
Managers' Association have taken to perform such dramas as can be hired or are
notoriously " free," there only remain those travelling theatre proprietors outside
its membership to look after and, where found necessary, to prosecute. Three
licenses were opposed during the year, and not one of these was granted.

The following is the 'roll of members : Messrs. George R. Sims, Wm. Greet,
Brandon Thomas, E. Hill-Mitchelson, Walter Howard, W. W. Kelly, W. Lestocq,
Harry Nicholls, F. iSutton-Vane, Walter Melville, Fredk. Melville, Chas. Frohman,
Arthur Shirley, E. Graham-iFalcon, Benjamin Landeck, George Gray, H. A. Saints-
bury, Eric Hudson, Herbert C. Sargent, W. Muskerry-Tilson, W. W. Jacobs,
Arthur Morrison, Ernest Carpenter, F. Llewellyn, Ernest Martin, J. B. Mulholland,
C. Watson Mill, Wentworth Croke, Henry Chattell, Chas Macdona, G. M. Polini,
A. Clifton Alderson, Henry Bedford, Herbert Leonard, and Miss Harriet Jay,
Frank Harvey (Exors.), Geo. Conquest (Exors.), " French's, Limited," and Chair-
man, Mr. A. Shirley ; Secretary, Mr, S, Clare, Office ; 16^ Great Newport Street,

MR. EDWARD COMPTON (as GOLDFINCH).

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK. S3

THE VARIETY YEAR.

THE last three months of the year 1908 saw the artists and agents engaged
in a struggle for supremacy, the former fighting for industrial freedom,
while the latter were combating the forces which would destroy them. On
the very last day of the old year, when all seemed plain sailing towards
arbitration, the agents desired the inclusion among the terms of reference for arbi-
tration of a new clause forbidding artists to act as agents. It was generally
recognised that the new clause was aimed directly at Mr. Joe O Gorman,
who, at this time, was in charge of the Grand Order of Water Rats' Agency.
The Executive Committee of the Federation called a mass meeting for
January 10 at Terry's. Mr. Joe O'Gorman, as chairman of the Federation,
occupied the chair, and created something of a sensation by resigning from
his official position in the Federation on the ground that he was the stumbling-
block to arbitration, and that so soon as he resigned, Clause 5 the new
"artist-agent" clause could be considered with the others. Regretfully the meet-
ing accepted the resignation of Mr. O'Gorman, and they subsequently passed a vote
of confidence in the Committee.

Negotiations for peace were resumed on January 18 at 29, Leicester Square.
George Ranken Ask with, K.C., was held at the Board of Trade Offices on January
22. The proceedings were adjourned until February 10, when Mr. G. R. Askwith,
K.C., presided as Arbitrator. Messrs. Walter Payne, Woodhouse, George Barclay,
Hugh J. Didcott, Will Oliver, and Emanuel Warner were the Agents' representa-
tives, and Messrs. Charles Doughty, Joe Elvin, William Lee, Fred Russell, and W.
H. Clemart appeared on behalf of the V.A.F. Mr. Philip Rutland held a watching
brief for the Entertainments' Protection Association; and Mr. Dickinson attended
for Moss's Empires, Limited.

(a) The maximum amount of commission an agent shall be entitled to charge
an artist for engagements made.

(b) Whether agents' commission notes may contain a provision that the artist
authorises the proprietor or manager to deduct the agents' commission from
their salary weekly, and pay it to the agent.

(c) Whether agents may stipulate with artists that they shall pay commission
on re-engagements, and, if so, to define the time limits thereof, if any.

(d) No artist shall act as an agent directly or indirectly, and no agent shall
also act as an artist.

A preliminary meeting between the representatives of the two societies and Mr.
George Ranken Askwith, K.C., was held at the Board of Trade Offices on January
22. The proceedings were adjourned until February 10, when Mr. G. R. Askwith
presided as Arbitrator. Messrs. Walter Payne, Woodhouse, George Barclay, Hugh
J. Didcott, Will Oliver, and Emanuel Warner were the Agents' representatives, and
Messrs. Charles Doughty, Joe Elvin, William Lee, Fred Russell, and W. H. Clemart
appeared on behalf of the V.A.F. Mr. Philip Rutland held a watching brief for
the Entertainments' Protection Association ; and Mr. Dickinson attended for Moss's
Empires, Limited.

The following artists gave evidence on the first day : W. H. Clemart, Sidney
James, Marie Kendall, Eugene Stratton, James Howard, Fred Woellhaff, and J.
P. Ling. On the following day (February 11) Messrs. Percy Hannan, Fred
Russell, George Foster, and Emanuel Warner appeared, and on the last day of the
proceedings (February 12) Mr. George Barclay was the principal witness called.
At the conclusion of the evidence Mr. Charles Doughty and Mr. Walter Payne, the
counsel representing the two associations, retired with the Arbitrator to consider the
terms of the Award. The Award was issued on February 15, and took the following
form :

THE AWARD.

" Certain disputes having arisen between variety artists and variety agents,
and the Board of Trade having been requested to appoint an Arbitrator to
decide the disputes, I, the undersigned, George Ranken Askwith, one of His

34 THE STAGE YEAK

Majesty's Counsel, the duly appointed Arbitrator, award and declare upon the
matters in dispute :

" (a) That the maximum amount of commission an agent shall be entitled to
charge an artist for engagements made is 10 per cent.

" (b) That agents' commission notes may contain a provision that the artist
authorises the proprietor or manager to deduct the agent's commission from
their salary weekly and pay it to the agent.

" (c) That clauses in future agency contracts granting to the agent a com-
mission on salaries on re-engagements are abolished except, in the following
cases (1) where the agent procures engagements for artists from abroad ; (X)
where an artist has received through an agent a first engagement with a manage-
ment lasting not more than eight weeks, and the artist receives a re-engagement
from the same management within a period of three months from the end of
such first engagement. In these cases an agent may insert a clause and claim
commission on the re- engagement.

" (d) I make no rule preventing an artist acting as an agent or an agent as
an artist.

"This award to continue in force till January 1st, 1912, and thereafter sub-
ject to six months' notice on either side.

" Signed and published this 15th day of February, 1909,

"G. R. ASKWITH."

Thus ended a struggle which at one time threatened to plunge the music hall
industry into a turmoil similar to that of the music hall strike, but happily this
latter state of affairs did not come about, thanks to the efforts of the more restrained
members of both parties.

PEACE AND THE FEDERATION.

The result of the election of the Executive Committee of the V.A.F.
had been announced at the beginning of February. This had proved con-
clusively that the Executive had had the full and thorough support of the
members, for the retiring members who had sought re-election were returned
to office. Application for nominations for the positions of Chairman, Vice-
Chajrman, and Treasurer brought forth several' names, the choice falling
eventually upon Messrs. Fred Russell, James Allison, and William Lee for
the three positions named. Immediately upon his election to the position of
Chairman, Mr. Fred Russell issued an address to the members of the Federation
an address temperate in wording, sound in advice, and advocating certain reforms.
It was obvious that Mr. Russell's election was the result of a*general desire on the
part of members for peace not " peace at any price " (this was farthest from Mr.
Russell's ideas), but the desire to promote industrial peace and progress by amicable
methods. Subsequent events proved that full advantage was taken of the oppor-
tunity for the introduction of the spirit of peace in a greater measure than before.

THE CHARITY MATINEES.

The charity matinee question, however, remained perhaps the chief stumbling
block between manager and artist, so that it was not surprising to find the matter
coming up before the V.A.F. Executive for further consideration. The Committee
decided eventually to vary their rules regarding charity performances so as to
permit their members to appear without permission at performances in aid of
charities when the whole of the proceeds of the entertainment were given to charity,
and mention of this fact was made on the bills.

PROFESSIONAL CHARITIES.

The mention of charity naturally brings one to the consideration of the question
of those charitable organisations in which the variety profession have a special
interest. The annual dinner given by the Music Hall Artists' Railway Association
on behalf of the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund was held at the Criterion
Restaurant on Sunday, April 25, with Mr. George H. Chirgwin, the President of
the latter fund, in the chair. The list of subscriptions totalled about 450, and
there was a small profit on the dinner, but the occasion was chiefly noticeable by
reason of the fact that Mr. Joe Elvin, always -to the fore in the good causes of the
music halls, expounded a scheme for the formation of a Music Hall Benevolent In-
stitution, which had for its object the amalgamation of .the various music hall
charities and the building of an institution on lines similar to those of the Licensed
Vituallers' Institution. The idea met with the unanimous support of those present,

MISS VESTA TILLEY.

MR. WILKIE BARD.

MR, EUGENE L 3TRATTON.

MR. HARRY TICH (LITTLE TICH),

MR, HARRY TATE,

MR, FRED RUSSELL,

Chairman of the Variety Artists' Federation.

MR, BRAN-BY WILLIAMS,

MR. NEIL KENYON,

MR. GUS ELEN.

MR. GEORGE ROBEY,

MR, GEORCE GRAY.

MR. GEORGE MOZART,

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and it was arranged to hold a special meeting to consider the scheme on some
future date. This duly took place at the Empire, Camberwell, on August 5, when
representatives from the various music hall organisations attended and promised
their support to Mr. Elvin's scheme. It should be mentioned that Mr. Joe Elvin
has guaranteed the cost of the site, approximately 500, on promise of subscriptions
or donations to the value of 3,000. The sum specified as necessary for building
and equipping the institution is 10,000, and it is hoped that it will be possible to
raise the sum by means of collections, matinees, etc. A matinee, jointly in aid of
the V.A.B.F. and the Institution, was held at the London Coliseum (by permifsion
if Mr. Stoll) on Tuesday, December 21, which realised the sum of about 300.

The other charities the Music Hall Home Fund and the Music Hall Ladies'
Guild continue to perform those many acts of kindness which have made both
societies such powers for good in the profession, and although, naturally, the re-
quest for money is perpetual, the more money that is obtained the more good is done
to deserving cases. Subscribers can rest assured that the working expenses of the
various music hall charities are kept at the lowest possible figure, and that no waste
or extravagance is tolerated. It should be mentioned, en passant, that the annual
sports in aid of the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund were held at Stamford Bridge
on August 31, when mainly through the instrumentality of Mr. Alfred Le Fre, who
was responsible for the organisation, a sum of over 100 was handed over to the
Fund.

THE CO-OPERATIVE SCHEME.

During April quite an epidemic of closing halls was prevalent, and various mem-
bers of the V.A.F. Executive felt that something should be done to minimise the hard-
ship to artists. Consequent upon this, Mr. C. C. Bartram evolved a scheme whereby
halls in danger of closing should be taken and run on co-operative principles. The
artists, through a co-operative limited liability company, were to enter into an
agreement with music hall proprietors to supply a company with a salary list agreed
upon. The first charge on the receipts was an amount for the working expenses of
the hall, following which, the artists' salaries, according to the agreed list, were
to be paid. In the event of a surplus 50 per cent, was to be paid over to the pro-
prietor of the hall, and the remainder was to be divided between the artists, pro
rata with their salaries, and the co-operative company. Halls were taken in various
towns, and were worked on this principle with success, the Hippodrome, Colchester,
being run for several months.

THE " COMBINE."

At frequent intervals during the year there have been revivals of the rumours
regarding the formation of a huge music hall trust, which would embrace the various
companies and circuits. The avowed object of this trust was to reduce the working
expenses of the companies interested by minimising or abolishing competition. It
was proposed to send artists over a tour consisting of practically all the halls of
any importance in the United Kingdom, thus, it was argued, reducing their expenses
by reason of the fact that long journeys would be unknown. Mr. Oswald Stoll had
li>n^ been looked upon as the prime mover in this enterprise, but the fact that Mr.
\V .-liter de Frece was booking with Mr. Stoll, while on the other hand Messrs. Walter
Gibbons and Thomas Barrasford had merged their interests, certainly lent colour to
the statement that there were likely to be two combines instead of one. However,
IK itliing definite arrived, and during August the rumours became even more per-
sistent, and details of the proponed combine began to be given, prior, it was said,
to a final meeting of the managers upon Mr. Stoll's return from a Continental tour.
It was now felt that something would be done, but apparently Mr. Stoll's absence
from this country encouraged the other managers to become only lukewarm, and
shortly after Mr. Stoll's return he announced in effect in an interview that the
combine was "off." During this time the V.A.F. had not been negligent of their
duty in the matter. They called meetings throughout the country endeavouring to
bring into the Federation those members of the profession who were outside it
influence, by this means hoping, should the combine ever arrive, to be able to
present a bold and united front to the attack of the proprietors. It was obvious to
most people that the first thing such a managerial combine as that proposed would
do would be to reduce salaries, and on this score alone it was necessary for the
artists to organise. Meetings were held in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Man-
chester, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Glasgow during September and October, and
these were well attended and enthusiastic in character. Opportunity was also taken

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at this time to consider the claims of the sketch artists, who were specially invited
to these meetings.

FREE TRADE AND AMUSEMENT.

Mr. R. V. Harcourt's Bill in the House of Commons dealing with the Censorship
and the licensing of places of amusement was opposed by the V.A.F., although later
they supported the idea of the single license. When the Joint Committee appointed
to inquire into these matters was sitting, Mr. W. H. Clemart, the General Secre-
tary, gave evidence before the Committee, and strongly advocated a single license.
On the other hand, the music hall managers were almost all opposed to the single
license, this in spite of the fact that what are known as sketch prosecutions
i.e., prosecutions for presenting stage plays in music halls were again being under-
taken by the theatrical managers.

THE WORK OF THE FEDERATION.

After the former stormy periods through which the Federation had passed, its
work, owing to the fact that it was not so much in the public eye, might not receive
that amount of recognition which is justly its due. From week to week there are so
many matters of minor importance to the profession as a whole perhaps, but of
pressing need to the individual which the V.A.F. undertakes, that it more than
justifies its existence on these counts alone. But its sphere of influence is much
greater. Having secured two Awards it is determined that the terms of these
Awards shall be kept by all parties, and it is in dealing with the non-adherence to
the .terms of the Award by certain managers as regards, particularly, barring and
payment for matinees, that so much good is done by the Federation. The option
clause has also engaged the attention of the Executive during the past year, and
the publication by Moss's Empires of their counsel's opinion as to the option clause
in the contracts led to a counterblast from the Federation's counsel. During the
year the Federation secured affiliation with L' Union Syndicate des Artistes Lyrique
de France.

LEGITIMATE AND VARIETY.

In such an article as this it is necessary that some reference should be made to
the growing popularity of sketches and scenas. This is to be largely accounted for
by the advent of so many prominent actors and actresses who have come from the
regular theatres, tempted by the charm of variety and the large salaries, during the
year. Mr. Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Mr. Allen Aynesworth,
Mr. Charles Hawtrey, Miss Constance Collier and Mr. Julian L'Estrange, Mr.
Ilayden Coffin, Mr. Herbert Sleath and Miss Ellis Jefferys, Mr. Pope Stamper and
Miss Valli Valli, Mr. H. V. Esmond, Miss Fannie Ward, and Mr. Henry Ainley
and Miss iSuzanne Sheldon have all appeared in sketches, while Mr. Cyril Maude
and Mr. Huntley Wright have signed contracts for early appearances in the New
Year. The line of demarkation between theatre and music hall is becoming more
and more obscure, and more actresses and actors are fulfilling engagements " on
the- halls," returning the visits which the music hall artists periodically pay to the
theatre for pantomime.

PANTOMIMES IN Music HALLS.

A noteworthy feature of the Christmas (1909) season was the number of out-
lying London halls the stages of which were given up to the presentation of panto-
mime twice nightly. The productions referred to included " Puss in Boots" at the
Walthamstow Palace, " The Babes in the Wood " at the East Ham Palace, " The
Babes in the Wood" at the Empire, Croydon, "Robinson Crusoe" at the Camber-
well Empire, and " Dick Whittington " at the Ilford Hippodrome. At all these
halls, with the exception of one (Camberwell Empire) the production of a panto-
mime is made possible by reason of the fact that the halls possess what is known
as a " double license " i.e., licenses for istage plays and for music and dancing.

THE END OF THE YEAR.

At the close of 1909 it is apparent that there are changes impending in the
music hall business, more especially in the managerial circles. What these changes
may be time alone will prove, but it is reasonably certain that early in 1910 certain
variety syndicates will undergo considerable alteration, and " booking in conjunc-
tion " gives promise of becoming a fine art. The opposition of skating rinks and
electric theatres has been felt keenly in certain quarters during the year, but the
rivalry of these forms of amusement to the variety business is hardly likely to be
permanent, and the dawn of 1910 brings with it the prospect of more settled
cpnditions.

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THE DRAMATIC YEAR IN PARIS.

BY THE PARIS CORRESPONDENT OF "THE STAGE."

IT is not so much by the number of the plays produced in the course of a year
that one correctly estimates the dramatic output as the quality of the pieces
presented. I will therefore refrain, as much as possible, irom giving lengthy
statistics respecting the three-act, four-act, or five-act plays that have had
their first hearing in Paris since January last. Dealing only with the leading
theatres, which number more than thirty, the critics have certainly been called
upon to notice something like a hundred plays of three acts or more, whilst the
one-act trifles must have exceeded that figure. I regret to say, however, that the
literary merit of the plays produced has shown a downward instead of an upward
tendency. To refer to them en bloc, they have only been of average merit, and
there is absolutely nothing to note of an epoch-marking nature.

THE BETTER-KNOWN WRITERS.

Strange to say, too, that whatever falling-off is to be noted has been on the side
of the better-known writers, several of whom have not maintained their ordinary
standard. There is Henri Lavedan, for instance, whose "Sire," produced at the
end of the year at the Comedie Fiangaise, is not at all likely to bear such frequent
revival as his " Duel " has had. Then Edmond Rostand, again, whose " Cyrano de
Bergerac " will probably remain his magnum opus, has not yet produced his much-
talked-of " Chantecler," though we hear of it every now and again as being in
rehearsal. Rostand's name has consequently been absent from the list of producing
dramatists for three whole years. Emile Bergerat has also, as in 1908, been
missing from the ranks; but Hermant, Richepin, and Hervieu, whose names were
associated with revivals in the previous year, have once more come to the front
again. The prolific Capus secured at the end of the year a success with " Un
Ange " at the Varietes, just as he did in 1908 with " L'Oiseau Blesse " at the
Renaissance ; and very creditable wort lhas been done by Remain (Joolus, Henry
Bataille, Paul Gavault, Hennequin, Pierre Veber, Gabriel Trarieux, Flers and de
Caillavet, Beniere and Noziere, and Charles Muller. But amongst the dramatists
to whom one looked for greater success than they attained were Emile Moreau,
Georges Feydeau, Paul Ferrier, Jean Richepin, Leon Hennique, Gaston Devore,
and the late Catulle Mendes.

NEW AUTHORS.

It has happened, on the other hand, that several of the most popular productions
of the year have emanated either from men of comparatively small reputation or
from young and unknown authors. In this connection I may mention Rene Fau-
chois, with his "Beethoven"; Giacosa's play, given with the French title of
" Comme les Feuilles " ; Beniere's " Papillon dit Lyonnais le Juste " ; and Noziere
and Muller's " Maison de Danses," produced early in November at the Vaudeville.

Another circumstance that is not without its significance is that the greatest
acting successes have not been obtained by the best artists. To begin with the
ladies. Mme. Bartet, it is true, has triumphed in each new role she has under-
taken, but the same cannot be said either of Sarah Bernhardt or Mme. Rejane,
and there is no actress in Paris who for the past few years has deserved more of
the public than Mme. Rejane. She strives hard to obtain good plays, and often
succeeds, as with Nicodemi's "Refuge" and Moreau and Clairville's "Madame
Margot," and she acts as it is given to few artists to act. But so far ill-luck has

pursued her in Paris since she left the Vaudeville ; and yet she seems to have her
lingers always on the public pulse with a view to providing what is wanted.
Turning to the lighter form of entertainment, one notices that operette of the
Lecocq, Planquette, or Varney style no longer exists. In its place we find revues of
a more or less commonplace, not to say vulgar, type, dependent mainly for their
vogue upon the talent or peculiarities of some special performer.

To the credit, however, of Parisians, be it said, there is no falling-off in
public appreciation of good music. The two subventioned Opera Houses have
played to good audiences all the year; the Municipal Gaite has numbered "Quo
Vadis? " amongst its many successes, and the Russian season, given at the Chatelet
in May, was a very notable event of the year, and a complete triumph for all con-
cerned.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PLAYS.

Various rumours are in the air respecting the English plays to be produced in
Paris during the coming spring, but what we had in 1909 consisted chiefly of adap-
tations of "Lady Windermere's Fan" at the Theatre des Arts and "The Merry
Widow " at the Apollo, the last-named of which proved a great hit as regards both
acting and mounting. Of the German adaptations given little need be said, for
even under Sarah Bernhardt's fostering care Wildenbruch's " Fille des Raben-
stein " only kept the biPs for a few nights, and Reinert's "Guerre," at the
Antoine, was an indigestible, wordy, declamatory production. Besides according
their patronaga to the Russian troupe at the Chatelet, Parisians supported the
Sicilian players, headed by Signora Aguglia, at the Rejane Theatre, and the
Diisseldorf troupe, who were lodged at the Marigny Theatre, which goes to show
that it is at last recognised Paris has not the exclusive monopoly of all histrionic
talent. The public taste for drama of the kind familiar for long years at the
Ambigu and the Porte- Saint- Martin has dwindled almost to vanishing point.

A few revivals of such plays as Zola's " Assommoir," Dumas and Maquet's
" Jeunesse des Mousquetaires," and Erkmann-Chatrian's " Juif Polonais "
have served the managerial purpose occasionally as stop-gaps, but the directors
who look ahead, such as M. Antoine, of the Odeon, and M. Gemier, of the Antoine
Theatre, have increased their reputation by the production of plays like Rene
Fauchois' "Beethoven," Hirsch's "Emigrants," and " Papillon dit Lyonnais le
Juste," by M. Beniere. It is, indeed, to the Odeon and the Antoine theatres the
public look for diama to its taste, which differs considerably from the melodrama
of our youth.

THE COMEDIE-FRANCAISE.

M. Jules Claretie, who for twenty years has with such tact and talent presided
over the historic House of Moliere, has fully manifested his fitness for the high
position he holds by the nature of the plays he has chosen, and the merit of the
reproductions he has given, which latter have included several classical and
modern pieces. The new plays have included Jules Bois's "Furie," Paul Her-
vieu's "Connais-toi," Pierre Berton's "Rencontre," and Henri Lavedan's "Sire."
What mitigated against the success of " La Furie " was that the characters indulge
in an abundance of fine phrases, and yet, in spite of all they say, their meaning is
not always clear. I make no complaint of the dramatist having dealt with the
Heraklean myth in his own way, nor need objection be lodged against the com-
plete suppression of Dejanira. The imperfections will perhaps serve the author as
an indication in the future. We have to admit that there are subjects which re-
quire the genius of a Shakespeare or a Goethe, and if M. Bois will only turn from
metaphysics to psychology he will find ample ,scope for the analytical talent which
characterises him. Coming to Paul Hervieu's " Connais-toi," what strikes one
agreeably is that he has followed the Unities. Indeed, he does not use the whole of
the time at his disposal, for beginning at eleven a.m. the play ends at nine o'clock
in the evening. I am not intending to pronounce an opinion for or against a
return to the Unities, so lauded by Diderot and Voltaire, who in their day were
revolutionaries, for the question is one that will be eternally discussed. Each man
solves the problem for himself according to his own temperament. Hervieu's
characteristic is clearness and order. He is, moreover, a practical moralist, for he
thinks less of a doctrine than of its application or of the consequences, and from
the truths that he expounds some small lesson can generally be learnt. In short,
"Connais-toi" is a classic, in which not one single useless word is pronounced.
What acting, too, it inspired on the part of Mesdames Bartet and Leconte ! I cannot

THE PARIS STAGE.

MLLE. GILDA DARTHY,

Who made a great success as Caniille in " Horace ' at the Od&m,

THE PARIS STAGE.

[Reutlinger.

MLLE. MARGUERITE BRESIL

As Raymoncle Thommereux in " La Meilleure des Femmes," by Bilhaud and Hennequin, at the Vaudeville.

THE ! PARIS STAGE.

MLLE. CORMON

As Dolores in the Vaudeville comedy, " La Maison de Danses.

THE PARIS STAGE.

[Reutlingcr,

MLLE. GABY DESLYS

As La Demi-Vierge in "Sans Rancune " at th3 Capucines.

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include M. le Bargy with them, for I took exception to his violent interpretation
of the role of the husband. Whilst dealing with the best-known dramatists I must
return to Henri Lavedan's " Sire," produced late in November, and which contains
three acts of comedy, one of drama, and a fifth of tragedy. This proved discon-
certing, for the playgoer who has laughed through three acts is not inclined to
take too seriously the characters that have diverted him. Very fine acting oppor-
tunities are afforded in this play to Mile. Lecpnte and M. Huguenet, and both artists
tuc.k advantage of them. A bare mention will suffice for Pierre Berton's
" Knicontre, ' produced in June, and acted by the younger members of the company.
Through having interpreted Dumas and Sardou M. Berton has grown to know what
the public wants, and he, involuntarily no doubt, in " La Hencontre," took inspira-
tion from his eminent predecessors.

Where M. Claretie deserves the highest commendation possible is in the selection
made of plays for reproduction. He began the year with Henry Becque's
" Parisienne," originally produced in 1885, and which will always be quoted as that
dramatist's best play. It bears reproduction for the reason that it owes nothing to
fashion, the characters being living types. They are all egoists, it is true, which
makes the chef </'//////-, for c/icf d'a-urre it is, remain a monument of pessimism
and bitterness. Another interesting revival was that of Paul Hervieu's
"Tenailles." The sincerity of its psychology and the perfect analysis it contains
of the two leading characters will always render the presentation of this play
acceptable to an intelligent audience like that of the Comedie-Franc.aise. From the
ill I repertory M. Claretie selected for reproduction quite a number of plays, includ-
ing Ponsard's " Honneur ct Argent," Marivaux's " Fausses Confidences," Beau-
marchais's " Mariage de Figaro," and Regnard's " Legataire Universel " and " Les
Folies Amoureuses. " Regnard, as we all know, was a master of style in his time,
and it is to this that he owes his present reputation. It was fitting, therefore, that
the 200th anniversary of his death should be marked in such a manner at the
subventioned theatre. Marivaux's "Fausses Confidences" gave Mile. Cerny a fine
opportunity of being witty in the first act, dainty in the second, and emotional in
the third, and its reproduction was right. But the comedy is not one likely to
attract for long.

The most important reproduction of all given by M. Claretie was the transfer-
ence effected by him from the Vaudeville to the Rue Richelieu of Eugene Brieux 's
"La Robe Rouge." This play remains, after many years, among the best work of
its author, and to renew acquaintance with it only confirms one in the opinion that
whenever Brieux seeks to solve a difficult problem of conscience he adopts at once
the most liberal and at the same time the firmest solution He goes in for courage,
disinterestedness, loyalty, and probity, and he believes in all progress and reforms.
He is not perhaps to be compared either as a writer, an artist, or a philosopher
with Diderot, but he possesses in an eminent degree what Diderot had not, namely,
a perfect gift of stage perspective.

In his " Suzette," produced at the Vaudeville in September, M. Brieux pleads
the cause of the children born of parents whose marriage has been a misfortune.
The play does not contain the beauties, the logic, and the truth of "La Robe
Rouge," but its author compels our esteem always, for he has the true dramatic
instinct, and knows thoroughly how to excite curiosity without ever being weari-
some.

The limits of space prevent me doing more than briefly refer to a small number
of the one-act plays produced at the Comedie-Fra^aise in 1909. These include
" Modestie," by Paul Hervieu ; " La Veille du Bonheur," by MM. Francois de Nion
and G. de Buysieulx ; M. Millet's " Trois Sonnets," written specially for the
Corneille anniversary in June; and " Le Stradivarius," by Max Maurey, a writer
endowed with a keen sense of humour, a great power of observation, and an aptitude
for bringing into relief the comic side of human nature. And he accomplishes this
without any spite or bitterness. His little play is an amusing satire on collectors
of curios.

M. Claretie has fortunately gone through his year's labour without having any
repetition of the annoyance that the law suit respecting " Le Foyer " in 1908 caused
him, but the discussion that took place on the death of Constant Coquelin between
Edmond Rostand and M. Le Bargy involved the director of the Comedie-Fransaise
in considerable unpleasantness, for, with the rules of the house laid down as plainly
as they are in the famous Moscow Decree, M. Claretie had no alternative but to
refuse to sanction M. Le Bargy's appearance in another theatre. He notified hi*

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willingness to produce " Chantecler " at the Comedie-Frangaise if the dramatist
should think fit to transfer it, but this was not what M. Rostand wanted. The
difficulty was finally solved by Messrs. Hertz and Coquelin getting M. Guitry to
accept a five years' engagement with them at the Porte-St. -Martin in order to
appear in the role written for Coquelin an event we are all waiting to see fulfilled.

THE SUBVENTIONED ODEON.

Working with his customary energy and enterprise, M. Antoine has, if they
come to be enumerated, produced even a longer list of plays than that set down to
the credit of the Comedie-Frangaise, and I think I may say that his efforts have
met with more substantial reward than he had during the previous year. Beginning
in January with a three-act play by Saint-Georges de Bouhelier, entitled " La
Tragedie Royale," M. Antoine's next important production was MM. Pierre Veber
and Serge Basset's four-act play " Les Grands," which has something of the
Cornelian tragedy about it. The other Odeon novelties inducted Rene Fauchois's
"Beethoven," M. Hirsch's three-act realistic drama "Les Emigrants," MM. Leon
Hennique and Johannes Gravier's "Jarnac," and the Italian dramatist Giacosa's
play, here called " Comme les Feuilles," which ran for two years in Italy. The chief
defect of M. de Bouhelier 's " Tragedie Royale " is that the old demented King Ed-
gard is wearisome. The French dramatist may retort by saying that King Lear was
also demented, but we understood the cause with Lear ; whereas, whilst admitting that
Edgard may also be a sort of martyr, we need to know how and why he suffers.
The dramatist's psychology, in short, is not at all clear. He has ambition, too much
ambition, in fact, and though not without talent, M. de Bouhelier is far from
being a genius. To invent types that are not of this world at all, and to endow
them with the breath and the tints of life is the privilege only of the elect. It is
laudable to attempt something new, but temerity has its limits, and the author of
" La Tragedie Royale " should cast his eyes down to the men about him, and depict
them as they are. He will animate them with a breath of enthusiasm, owing to
his poetic instincts, and that should suffice. " La Mort de Pan," a two-act play, by
Alexandre Arnoux, who is only twenty years of age, completed the programme of
"La Tragedie Royale." Like Frangois Coppee many years ago, M. Arnoux had
his play read, accepted, and mounted in a very short time. The actors were also
young. It was a triumph of youth all round.

With unfeigned pleasure one records the production of M. Rene Fauchois's
three-act play "Beethoven," and commends him for not having attempted to trace
the whole life of the famous musician. The dramatist confines himself to the last
fifteen years of the composer's unhappy existence. The play contains certain
beauties that are more easily felt than analysed, and its classification also is puzzling.
For it is not a tragedy, nor a lyric poem ; neither is it a f eerie, or a symbol. And
it is not history. Yet it is a little of all. The fusion, too, of music and verse
imparts a special grace to the drama, although, to do the playwright justice, M.
Fauchois's poetry alone would have made the play successful.

Differing very much in .style from " Beethoven," but scarcely less interesting,
was M. Hirsch's realistic play " Les Emigrants," produced in the late autumn.
M. Antoine delights first of all in literature, then 'as an artist he revels in all that
pertains to stage mounting. Fine scenery never jeopardises a good play, but it
should never be brought into glaring prominence. It is said that money is a good
servant but a bad master, and the term has a more pertinent application with regard
to scenery, for when the spectator's attention is absorbed by the mounting of a
play, its real object has been sacrificed. What Antoine evidently realised when
"Les Emigrants" was submitted to him was an opportunity for giving three
striking scenes. The drama in itself is absorbing, though from my seat in the
second row of the istalls I remember to have suffered from an excess of coal dust
in the famous Furnace .scene, wherein Antonio stabs and burns the man whose wife
he had taken from him. I would like M. Hirsch to set the scene of his next drama
on classical lines, that is to .say, within the walls of a drawing-room, so as to be
able to judge better of his talent.

Jules Renaud's " Bigote," which was played with "Les Emigrants," is a bijou
in its way. It is short, but full of thought and observation, and the characters are
all interesting living types. Of "Jarnac," written by Leon Hennique in collabora-
tion with Johannes Gravier, little need be said except that Hennique's "Mort du
due d'Enghien," which has always been considered his chef d'ceuvre, will not be
ousted from its proud position by this later production. There are, however, fine

THE PARIS STAGE.

[RtutUn>jfr.

MLLE. HERRANT
In Henry BataWe's comedy, "fci Femme Nue," at the Renaissance.

THE PARIS STAGE.

MLLE. COLONNA-ROMANO

[Beutlinger.

Jn La Moralite Nouvelle d'ui, Empereur " at the Odeon, where she was engaged after winning
tfte first prize for tragedy at the Conservatoire Competitions in July,

THE PARIS STAGE.

MLLE. YVONNE DE BRAY

As Solange in Brieu^'s comedy, "Suzette," at the Vaudeville,

[Iteittliitper.

THE PARIS STAGE.

[Kevtlinger.

MLLE. DORZIAT

AS Antoinette in Henry Bernstein's play,V t La Griffe," at the Porte- Sa : nt-Martjn,

TTtE STAGE YEAR BOOK. 41

lines in the drama which denote that the authors have studied sixteenth century
history, their play being a sort of Liebie of history. The leading part* are exceed-
ingly well drawn, but the stage was otherwise crowded with too many characters
having little to do with the action. Historical drama seldom seems to attract the
dramatists possessing the requisite aptitudes for writing it, win. h is regrettable.
Coming quitr late in the year, that is to say, on December 1, was Mil.-. Darsenne'a
adaptation <>t Sailor Giacosa's play styled " Comme les Feuilles," which ran for two
successive years in Italy. It has comparatively little story, but is, nevertheless, one
ot' the most intrust- t ra^-dit-s -V.T moiint.-d ; ;inl t h.- diam.i <.t d,v. n t n,dd.-;i
gentlefolk was never more vividly depicted than by Si <sa, whose theory is

that thoso who are to fall, fall, ami that it is as useless to try and stop them on
their downward path as it would be to prevent the falling leaves from being carried
away by the wind.

Amongst the more interesting of the dramas remounted by M. Antoine during
1909 may be mentioned Richepin's famous play " La Glu," created by Mme. Rejane
in 1883, and interpreted at the Odeon by Mile. Polaire, who is one of the youngest
and most original of our present-day actresses.

THE VAUDEVILLE.

Turning to the Vaudeville, I find that M. Porel, who has had a prosperous year,
ha> produced five more or less successful plays, as well as a few revivals. Taking
them in their right order, we commence with Jean Richepin's five-act drama " La
Route d'Emerande," which, though written in verse, for which Parisians have a
great predilection, only kept the bills a short time. The denouement was foreseen
I'roiu the first act, and playgoers as a rule prefer to have a certain measure of sur-
prise dealt out to them. Leon Gandillot comes next with his four-act comedy
"L'Ex," produced in May. Though Gandillot has written several comedies that
are worthy to rank as chefs d'ceuvre, his style is often disconcerting, and this was
the case with "L'Ex." This dramatist's plays, in fact, often lack balance, and the
scenes are occasionally irritating. An absence of cohesion and logic makes a work
imperfect, clearness in the characters, and in the analysis of the sentiments by which
they are possessed, being an absolute necessity in dramatic art. Unfortunately M.
Gandillot omits sometimes to observe this rule. " L'Ex " had but a short run,
and yet, despite its defects, it contains some charming little traits of observation,
and is not inaccurately described, I think, as the work of a writer of rare talent,
of a sort of Diogenes who is not careful enough in the lighting of his lamp. It was
only a short run that MM. Bilhaud and Hennequin enjoyed with their three-acs
play "La Meilleure des Femmes." Apparently the dramatists started with *
philosophical idea, with a determination, in fact, to prove that what is called
goodness or, rather, charity is nothing but a weakness, and that these qualities
cease to be such when not allied to discernment and firmness of character. Of
Hrieux's " Suzette " I have already made mention, and, consequently, there
remains, as regards novelties, only to record the success of MM. Noziere and Charles
Muller's adaptation of Paul Reboux's novel " La Maison de Danses," which is a
singular blend of realism and symbolism, recalling in a measure both Ibsen and
d'Annunzio. The leading character, Estrella, strongly recalls Richepin's Glu, *
character which Mile. Polaire (who created Estrella) has also impersonated. The
success of "La Maison de Danses " has resulted largely from the wonderful
ensemble of the interpretation, for the artists undoubtedly brought out all the
I ua lilies to be found in this striking work of art. Despite its subject, " La Maison
de Danses," though occasionally complex, is free from all vulgarity, and it bears
the stamp of having been modelled by men of literary attainments.

REJANE THEATRE.

It is difficult to account for the persistent ill-luck of certain houses. It is not
that Mme. Rejane's talent appeals only to a certain section of the public, for play-
goers of all classes and tastes have long recognised her genius. She presides, too,
over the most luxurious and best-managed theatre in Paris, and amongst the
dramatists who furnished her with new plays during the year were Abel Hermant,
with his " Trains de Luxe," and Remain Coolus, with " Le Risque." Beginning
the year with a reproduction of Paul Hervieu's " Course du Flambeau," Mme.
Rejane, as soon as possible after the tragic death of Catulle Mendes, produced the
five-act play " L'Imperatrice," upon which he was engaged at the time of his fatal
accident.

42 THE STAGE YEAR

Hermant's " Trains de Luxe " failed chiefly, I think, because it dealt with the
somewhat warrisome subject of " rastaquoarism," if I may coin a word. The
" rastaquoare " has filled our theatres and our books for a good many years
books by Daudet, Jules Lemaitre, Maurice Donnay, Henri Lavedan, and even
Hermant himself. Catulle Mendes' " Imperatrice " can also be dismissed in a few
lines, for instead of touching the heart it appeals only to the mind. Mme. Rejane
imparted charm, dignity, and distinction to the character of Marie-Ange, and
M. de Max played Napoleon with very commendable sobriety of manner, but the
piece was withdrawn after a few representations, and is not likely to be heard of
again. M. Nicodemi's " Refuge," which was produced in May, deserved a better
fate than it met with. It is a drama of passion, well constructed, and condensed
into four or five very intense scenes, clearly showing its author to be a man gifted
with dramatic instinct. He expresses his ideas clearly, and develops his scenes
with combined logic and strength. The characters, too, are all well drawn, for
they are human beings, made of flesh and blood like ourselves. We shall remember
the name of M. Nicodemi, for he recalls Bataille, De Porto-Riche, and Bernstein.
That Mme. Re jane's acting should not have influenced the public more than it
did over this production is another proof, if any were needed, that when ill-luck
overtakes a theatre it is difficult to dislodge it. Remain Coolus's " Risque " was
also exquisitely played by Mme. Rejane, but it contains very little action, and no
sooner does the action commence than it finishes, and this without one having felt
any great interest in a single character. Presumably the dramatist thought in
abolishing all struggle between the lovers he would demonstrate the absorbing power
of love, but his purpose would have been better served in showing the difficulties
they had to vanquish. Or their passion needed depicting with such force as to look
like a stroke of destiny. The third act alone gripped us. Bringing into it an out-
burst of conscience made the denouement pathetic.

It was not, I grieve to say, till the end of December that Mme. Rejane pro-
duced the most promising play of the year. This was MM. Emile Moreau and
Charles Clairville's "Madame Margot," which is written round Henry IV. of
France and his wife, his mistress, and his divorced wife, all of whom, with his
various children, are grouped under one roof. The play fulfils all the conditions
required. Not only is there life in the story, but the patriarchal atmosphere of
the Louvre is also, there.

THE GYMNASE.

The Gymnase has been able to go through the year with less change of pro-
gramme than usual, which is always a good sign from the managerial point of view.
The new plays at this house have included " L'Ane de Buridan," by MM. de Flers
and de Caillavet; "La Rampe," by Henri de Rothschild; and "Pierre et
Therese," by Marcel Prevost. MM. Flers and de Caillavet have been col-
laborating with remarkable success for years, all their plays having reached their
hundredth or two hundredth representation. Dramatists often fail when they
change their style and strike out a new course. Instead of attempting something
quite different, these particular collaborators are content slightly to vary the old
form, and thus we have had in turn as heroine a Suzanne, a Jacqueline, a Mignette,
or a Micheline, all heroines, for the most part, with a bewitching blend of perver-
sity and fascination about them. " L'Ane de Buridan " ran for several months,
and was only replaced in October by Henri de Rothschild's play "La Rampe,"
the theme of which is indicated by its title. The subject, interesting in many
ways, is not altogether true to nature. It deals with the history of an actor and a
lady in society who come together, and between whom, when the woman attains
success on the stage, a professional rivalry springs up. What happens is that, like
a venomous plant, this rivalry destroys alike gratitude and love on the part of the
man. The author makes a point of stating that his heroine is not a born actress,
but his psychology is still wrong, for the ladies in society who become actresses arcs
often more sensible to the intoxication of the footlights than are those bred on the
stage. Mme. Marthe Brandes played the leading role with distinction, and the play
ran for a couple of months, which alone indicates the favour with which it was
received.

The same actress, with MM. Dumeny, Janvier, and Paul Plant to support her,
is appearing in MM. Marcel and Prevost's "Pierre et Therese," which was pro-
duced early in December. This play, like the book, revolves in an atmosphere of
duty, passion, and honour. Contrary to custom, M. Prevost wrote his play first,
and as it is constructed more like a novel than a tragedy, it would go to show that

THE PARIS 53TAGE.

[Rtmtlingtr.

MLLE. LANTELINE

As PhtVlre in "Le Circuit," by Georges Feydeau and F. de Croisset, at the Varit6s<

THE PARIS STAGE.

[Reutlinger.

MLLE. LECONTE

As Leonie Bouquet in Henri Lavedan's " Sire " at the Comedie Fran9aise.

THE PARIS STAGE.

[Rrutiingrr.

MADAME REJANE

As Edm4e Berniires in "Le Risque," by Remain Coolus.

THE PARIS STAGE.

MLLE. POLAIRE

As Estrejl in "La Maison de Danses," by Noziere and Muller, at the Vaudeville

THE sr.\C,E YEAR BOOK. 43

tin-re is more of the novelist than the dramatist in this writer. Its chief defect is
th.it it is not rapid enough. lust. -a. I of choosing a -riti- al moment in the lives of
his heroes and an.ilyHii- tlu-m in liaejnian style, M. I' llow.s them thi-

their \\hole careers, and in place of a psychological study we g-t a biofraphkal
drama. Fortunately the play finishes better than it begins, and ti as I

have already said, helps it.

THE RENAISSANCE.

Comparatively little .-han^e of Kill has been required at the adjoining Uenai.s-

, . when- tin- no\rli ies have con.- i.-tcd of ".Ten ai pit-in !< do- <ie M.,
AIM. Courteline and \\Olft; " Le Scandale," by Henry I'.ataille; .-,,,, | I
Choi-olat iere." hy 1'aiil Cavault. It is an illogical ^ronp of < hai ;i< t 1-1 > MM. Court-
line ami W. Ill' M-: before us in their romedy, and yet they leave behind them an
impression i.f reality. There is what 1 will call an odour of humanity ll.atin-
the whole piece, and fortunately this serves to raise it to the rank of on
Very different ill style was " Le Scandal-- " of Henry liataille. whi.-li enjoyd the
\om*u> of the same author's " Femme Nue." It contains, however, one ft
lacking plausibility. It is that ill which (lie husband, finding himself alone with
his uil'c, is capable of such self-restraint as not to refer to her recent escapade.
Avoiding a scandal with others present was natural enough, but one can hardly
admit that a man who, live minutes before, had been beside himself with i
should still kc,-p silent. The play proved, however, a triumph for AI. Guitry as
the husband, and also for Mme. Bady, who, in the last scene of all, that wherein
the \\ife, lieiii- \\ in out with fatigue, drops off to sleep as her husband is talking
to her. When Abel Tarride took over the management of the l!enai;uice from
LIK ien (Juitry in the autumn he produced Paul Gavault's "Petite Chocolat&re,"
which is a combination of comedy and sentiment. The play is somewhat difficult
of definition on account of the variety it contains, but it is so skilfully put together,
and shows such intelligence on the part of its author, that it is not at all unlikely
he will have the 150 representations he aspired to on the night of its production.
In the name-part Marine Regnier is adorably audacious and sprightly.

THE PORTE-ST. -MARTIN.

It was rather with modern drama than the older form of melodrama that this
theatre did its best business during 1909, for the most profitable run of the year
proved to be Henry Bernstein's " Griffe," with the leading role played by Lucien
Cmtry. Other reproductions included Richepin's "La Glu " ; Colic's eighteenth-
century play, "La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV.," originally produced at Ver-
sailles, in presence of the young King Louis XVI., in December, 1774; Pericaud and
Desfontaine's "Pierre de Lune " ; Anicet Bourgeois and Paul Feval's " Ho:-sn " :
and Jules Lemaitre's " Massiere " ; whilst the new plays have been limited to
Pierre Decourcelle's " Roy sans Royaume," an historical enigma, which had but a
short run, in September; and MM. G. Guiches and F. de Nion's five-act play
" Lauzun," which deals with the love of this cadet de Gascogne for La Grande
Demoiselle. " Lauzun " contains anachronisms, and, without being too much of a
stickler for form, I quite agreed with a visitor whom I heard on the first night
declaring that it pained him to listen to Mme. de Alontespan and the King of
France exclaiming, in Alontmartre accents, " Ca me connait." The seventeenth
entury, like our own, had, of course, certain familiarities of expression, but they
were not those in use to-day.

THE AMBIGU.

Depending nearly all the year upon r.wh reproductions as those of Dumas and
Mai|iiet's " Jeunesse des Mousquetaires " and Zola and Busnach's " Assommoir,"
MM. Hertz and Coquelin, who have taken over the management of the Amhi-ju.
mounted in November a five-act drama In MM. His. -on and Li vet. under the title
of "Nick Carter." This is written a little on the lines of " AI-M'-IIC Lupin."
"Raffles," and "Sherlock Holmes," as regards the characters of the arch-villain
and the clever detective. The chief attraction of the drama rested with the
bounds used by the detectives in the discovery of crime. Neither a Frederick
Lemaitre nor a Dorval \er had more applause than these intelligent animals
obtained every night.

THE ANTOINE.

For modern drama, astute management, and clever acting we continue to look
i" M. Gemier at the Antoine Theatre. His prices still remain about half what is

44 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

charged at any other theatre, and the performances are invariably entertaining.
"La Dette," by Gabriel Trarieux, was the first new play mounted by M. Gemier.
It was not without defects, but it bore the imprint of having been written by a
man who would some day produce a chef d'oeuvre. There was vigour of thought
in it, but it did not hold one spellbound. It is not enough for a play to be in-
genious and eloquent; if it fails to make one's pulse vibrate the dramatist has not
achieved his object. Other plays given during the year were M. Madard's
" Donataire," MM. Germain and Trebor's ''Guerre," M. Esquier's " Lorsque
1'Enfant Parait," MM. de Brisay and Lauras's " Master Bob gagnant du Derby,"
and M. Beniere's " Papillon, dit Lyonnais le Juste," produced in the autumn.
Hitherto M. Beniere had only been known by short plays and farces. Although
he used a subject that had often been treated, one has the impression in " Papillon
dit Lyonnais le Juste " of seeing something new, because there is a freshness about
its handling. M. Beniere has only to give up imitating Gabriele d'Annunzio and
he will achieve more than he has yet done. His style is less bitter than that of
Courteline, and nearer to the truth than that of Labiche, which, after all, is an
enviable position for a dramatist to acquire.

SARAH BERNHARDT THEATRE.

Sarah Bernhardt has been touring for the greater part of the year, and has
kept her theatre going for the most part with revivals, in some of which from time
to time she has appeared herself. There is little to be said of her new productions,
which included MM. Bernede and Henri Cain's " Revolution Frangaise," and Emile
Moreau's " Proces de Jeanne d'Arc." "La Revolution Frangaise " was given in
fourteen rapid and picturesque scenes, beginning in a picture framer's shop. Then
in turn we saw Versailles, the Tuileries, the Vendee, Pitt's house in England,
Robespierre's home in Paris, with a few accompanying words for each tableau.
The play ran but for a few nights. The author of " Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc,"
in which Sarah Bernhardt appears as the Maid of Orleans, thought fit to give us
a neurasthenic Bedford, whom he represented as being in love with Joan of Arc.
M. de Max was far from realising the character, but as nobody has eyes or ears
for anyone but Sarah Bernhardt in such a drama as this, the actor's inefficiency was
probably only apparent to the critics.

At the Chatelet, where a very successful Russian season was held in May, the
performnces have consisted, as usual, of spectacular productions of a more or less
fairy-tale order. In " Les Aventures de Gavroche " the authors, MM. Darlay and
Marot, brought matters up to date by having aeroplanes for some of their tableaux.
There was also the shipwreck in full ocean of the " Amazone," besides other wonder-
ful scenic contrivances. MM. Darlay and de Gorsse's " Petite Caporale," in spite
of being something of a feerie, stirred the emotions, and thus escaped boring us.

The Nouveautes, which, like the Cluny and the Palais Royal, produces farces
that could never find their way to London, has played all the year to good houses,
the new plays having been Hennequin and Veber's " Grosse Affaire," Nancey and
Armont's "Theodore et Cie.," and Georges Duval's "Article 301." The Palais
Royal had its best success with MM. Mars and Bell's " Revanche d'Eve," and
" Cochon d'Enfaiit," by MM. A. de Lorde and Raphael, both clever men, attracted
the Cluny patrons for several weeks.

THE VARIETES.

This popular Boulevard house was able to keep open all the summer with MM.
de Fleurs and de Caillavet's "Roi." Late in October the management produced
MM. Feydeau and de Croisset's three-act comedy " Le Circuit." Neither lavish
mounting, good acting, nor an ingenious scene of reflecting mirrors could save this
play from the fate it merited, and it was withdrawn as soon as Alfred Capus's
"Ange" could be got ready. In this comedy Eve Lavalliere plays the part of a
wayward, irresponsible wife, and the whole thing goes with a snap, but it is never-
theless far from being the best work this clever author has given to the stage.

It is with unfeigned pleasure I record that good fortune has returned to the
Bouffes-Parisiens, now directed by Mme. Cora Laparcerie, who re-opened the house
in November with Maurice Donnay's " Lysistrata. " Mention should also be made
of Remain Coolus's "4 fois 7.28," produced here earlier jn the year, which contains
glainty wit of the Marivaux style.

/'//A .S7-.K,7; YEAR BOOK. 45

THEATRE DBS ARTS.

LI HI 4. 1 1!' !' I. is the lifct of plays produced during the past year at this theatre,
hut little merit attached to ai:y hut M. Lenorniand's " Possedes," which denoted
penetration and force. .M. Lenonnaild'l debut as a dramatist is one of promise.
Sarah liernhardt 's " C.eur d 'lloiiinie " was also given at this theatre, but it proved
more .1 . ..I!. , t ion ot' .- uu\ . ini-x than an original drama in the true acceptation of the
\vonl. Of foreign adaptat inns mention may be made of the capital acting as Mrs.
Erlynne by Suzanne Aviil in " Lady Windermere's Fan," and the Spanish adapta-
tion of " La Marquesita."

OTHER HOUSES.

The The ui. Mi.-hel has included operette, farce, pantomime, and drama in it*
programme, but there h little worth recalling except Noziere's *' Deux Visages,"
in which the author with advantage moderated his customary cynicism. Noziere's
> kits had the habit, like strong drinks, of burning the palate. Watered a little, they
are Quite palatable. Contrast on the stage, as in real life, is what is wanted, and
certainly the man who never drops his cynicism would soon become a bore.

I must not omit mention of the handsomely re-built Apollo, where a 1
version of " The Merry Widow " has had a success due in part to its interpretation
and not a little, of course, to the vogue the play was known to have had in London,
America, and most of the capitals of Europe.

The standard of dramatic literature cannot, however, be said to have been raided
by any of the plays produced at the Mevisto, the Grand Guignol, Les Escholiers,
the Comedie-Royale, the Theatre Moliere, the Capucines, or the Athenee. In fact,
Gaston Devore's " Page Blanche," produced at the Athenee, left an unpleasant
impression in the mind, and he may be advised to return to his ordinary style.
" Paris-Sport," at the Capucines, was a common-place vulgar revue, saved from
failure by the clever acting of Louis Balthy. Otherwise the revues that have been
given at Parisiana, the Folies-Bergeres, and the better class of music hall* have
happily had their tone raised a little.

OBITUARY.

The obituary for the year has been a heavy one. Gone from us are the brothers
Coquelin, Catulle Mendes, the composer Ernest Reyer, the singers Lastalle and
Godard, Louis Decori, Georges Pellerin, Lina Mante (of " Assommoir " fame),
Plessis, Alice Lavigne, the socittaire Leloir, and Paul Cleves (the director of the
Porte-St.-Martin).

THE AFTERNOON THEATRE.

During the year 1909 the following plays were presented by the Afternoon
Theatre at His Majesty's :

January 25. G. Berr.ard Shaw's " The Admirable Bashville " (originally pro-
duced by the Stage Society at the Imperial in 1903).

March 16. "The House of Bondage," play, in three acts, by Seymour
Obermer.

May 14. " Light o' Love," drama, by Arthur Schnitzler, translated by
G. Valentine Williams.

June 4. " The Dryad " and " Admiral Guinea."

June 22. " The Wreckers," opera, in three acts, by Ethel Smyth, book by
H. B. Brewster.

November 11. " Pierrot and Pierrette," lyrical musical drama, in two acts,
words by Walter E. Grogan, music by Joseph Holbrooke; and "The Tinker's
Wedding," by J. M. Syn^e.

November 30. Mine. Lydia Yavorskaia (Princess Bariatinsky) and her
Russian company gave the first of a series of performances with*" La Dame
Aux Camelias." "Ivan the Terrible" was given on the following Thursday,
December 2, and " Hedda Gabler " on Tuesday, Dei ember 7. " The Stronger
Woman," by August Strindberg, played in English with Lady Tree in the
cast, on December 9, and "The Stronger Woman " and " Ivan the Terrible"
on the following day.

46 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

ACTING IN AUSTRALIA.

BY EARDLEY TURNER,

AUSTRALIANS are considering the meagre population of their country
the best theatre-goers in the world. Also and I speak from a not
inconsiderable experience of play-acting in the colonies they are about the
most critical. In American parlance ''they want the goods." If the
"goods" are supplied to them the play will run till the entire play-going public
has seen it. If, on the other hand, the performance does not attain to that quaint
but desirable definition they will, after the first night (a "first-night" in
Australia is an event at which everybody seems anxious to assist), stay away in
their thousands. There is nothing the Australian prides himself on more than
his independent point of view, and, no matter how well boomed an entertainment
may be, if it is not to his taste he will not have it, and nothing on earth can make
him have it.

This ultra-critical attitude is not so very surprising when one comes to think
of it. A country that even in its young days had the privilege of seeing such
players as Gustavus Brooke, Barry Sullivan, William Creswick, Walter
Montgomery, and Edwin Booth, to mention only a few star tragedians, has had
a fairly high-class standard in acting set up for it. Since those early days, be it
remembered, the Colonies have had the very best plays and many of the best
players that England and, of late years, America could supply. The rights of
the successful pieces only are acquired for the Australian market pieces that have
already gained favour with audiences elsewhere. For, pending the coming of the
native dramatist, there is no such thing as trying a piece on the " dog " in Australia.

ACCURATE AUSTRALIAN JUDGMENT.

This being understood, it will be granted that Australian taste, where the
drama is concerned, should be a particularly cultured one. Therefore, it behoves
the English actor or actress who contemplates a professional visit to the colonies
to keep this fact well in mind. In my humble judgment the Australian appre-
ciation of a player's talent is surprisingly accurate as a rule.

A land that, young as it is, has produced such great artists as Melba, Ada
Crossley, and Amy Castles among singers, and Nellie Stewart, Marie Lohr, Edith
Latymer, and Alice Crawford among actresses, may safely be allowed the possession
of both artistic taste and critical acumen. Verbum sap.

The English actor, then, if he goes to Australia, and, giving the best that is in
him, " makes good," will have a very enjoyable experience. Should he join one
of the organisations of the theatrical managements long established out there his
work, though hard at first, will be performed under most agreeable conditions.
To begin with, the climate is hard to beat. In the winter there is but little frost,
no snow (except on the high mountainous ranges), while fog (that dreaded enemy
of the English artist) is conspicuous by its absence. The summer is glorious
beyond expression. Old Sol, like the hardy old public performer he is, never
disappoints his audience in Australia. His season is always a brilliant success !

When the actor lands on these sunny shores he will be warmly welcomed by a
hospitable people, and thereafter his work must speak for him.

REPERTORY WORK AND TOURING.

The actual work will be found very little different from that in England, with
the xception that the long run (as experienced in London) is a thing unknown. In

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the big cities of Melbourne and Sydney the population of which cities combined
does not greatly exceed a million souls ! after six or seven weeks at the outside,
the drawing power of most plays, however successful they may have been at
home, will be exhausted ; comic operas and pantomimes are the exceptions to this
rule. But during the run all the playgoing public will have paid to see the
pieces, and the theatre will have been practically full all the time. And although
the prices of admission are lower than at home, full theatres all the time mean
handsome profits. In the smaller cities of the Commonwealth shorter runs
naturally obtain, but the business is uniformly good.

ine a big repertory company with a series of the latest London successes
1 1 ;i\ film- annuid to the big cities of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and a fair
idea will be gained of what touring in Australia is like; with the noteworthy
exceptions that the journeys in the colonies are very much longer, and that the
cities, \\IHMI you come to them, are cleaner, fresher, and more cheerful as a rule.
The people appear more prosperous ; poverty, if there be any, is never in evidence.
llrpertory work, of course, calls for constant rehearsal, and it must be admitted
that, especially at the outset, the newcomer will have very little spare time on his
hands. But what would you? The average actor in England I think he will
;i', r iee with me has too much spare time as a general rule.

After putting in six weeks of what is surely the complete lazy life on the liner
that takes him out, a little hard work should be welcomed even for its own sake.
There is nothing so tiring to the keen actor as "resting."

BEAUTIFUL SYDNEY.

If the actor voyages right round on the ship to the port of Sydney (and I envy
him the eye-opening experience of steaming up radiant Sydney harbour for the first
time) he will arrive at a city which possesses some of the best-appointed and best-
managed theatres in the world. Here are the headquarters of the famous firm
of J. C. Williamson, hard by, and connected with the leading theatre, Her
Majesty's. The imposing front of this playhouse is situated in Pitt Street, a
compact and tremendously busy thoroughfare running right up from the Circular
Quay (where passengers land) straight to the railway station a distance of about
a mile. Besides Her Majesty's there are the various other theatres : Theatre
Royal (under the same management), Criterion, Palace, and many large-sized halls,
given over nowadays to the inevitable kinematograph entertainments for
" pictures " have become part and parcel of the entertainment of Australia as of
most countries on the globe. There are also two principal variety palaces, one of
which, the Tivoli, managed by the ever-green Mr. Harry Rickards, has welcomed
a great many of England's music hall stars. The other, the National, submits a
programme which contains the names of home-grown artists only and very smart
and clever is the native variety artist, by the way.

THE LIVING IN SYDNEY.

Sydney, apart from being one of the most beautiful spots in the world, has also
a well- won reputation for being, in the words of the English business manager, "a
splendid show town." Even in the hottest months of the year (and it can be hot
in Sydney !) the theatres will be packed night after night with audiences keen and
responsive to a high degree. The English actor on making his first bow may well
make use of the time-worn quotation which he has doubtless at some time or other
seen inscribed in a landlady's book, and murmur, "This is a home from home! "
Which reminds one that a home, or at least lodgings, for the new chum are the first
necessity.

Well, there are hotels and boarding-houses in plenty. Professional "diggings"
as understood in the old country do not exist. This, to my mind, is hardly in the
nature of a calamity. For the actor who does not know the country the best plan
(and one frequently followed) is to put up at a decent hotel for a week or two, and
meanwhile to look around for a boarding-house best suited to his particular require-
ments. First-class hotel accommodation in Sydney can be got for two and a half or
three guineas a week, upwards, and the newcomer can have his choice of the
Australia. Wentworth, Arcadia, or Tattersall's, where generally a special profes-
sional tariff will be quoted. Boarding-houses (any amount of them) can be got for
twenty- five and thirty shillings weekly. These prices obtain in all other of the
cities. The new arrival will find most things a little dearer in price than in Eng-

43 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

land, more especially clothes a most important item when the dressing of mo.dern
parts comes into consideration. Ordinary theatrical requisites, such as grease-paints,
spirit-gum, soap, powder, etc., are easily procurable at a fraction or so over home
prices. Wigs are considerably more expensive ; but good wigs are expensive all the
world over.

WORKING CONDITIONS IN THEATRES.

The theatres, commodious and comfortable in front, compare behind the scenes
most favourably with those in the large towns at home. Dressing-room accommoda-
tion may be likened to Mercutio's wound "It is enough it will serve." Actors
hardly acclimatised may be pardoned for feeling somewhat " cribbed, cabined, and
confined" when the thermometer jumps to 95 degrees in the shade, but under
cooler conditions the rooms are comfortable enough. The stages are for the most
jrart roomy, and manned by working staffs which I affirm cannot be beaten any-
where. Indeed, I have never ,seen scenes (and in the very heaviest of productions)
handled with such dexterity. The "productions" themselves are, by the way, in
every respect quite equal to those of London. In fact, and to sum up, Australian
theatres are run as efficiently as the race-tracks of the country, and those admittedly
approach perfection.

TOURING AND DISTANCES.

The season in Sydney being ended (it may last only a few weeks or three or
four months), a move must be made to another city of the Commonwealth, and this
"move" wherever the next town may be will prove a pretty formidable affair,
for the principal cities are very far apart in Australia. Distance is literally no
object to the native ; the vastness of his continent has never presented any diffi-
culties to. his exploration of it, and the actor-explorer will soon accept the long
journeys quite as a matter of course. As I write, a little trip of three thousand
miles or so is being taken by the J. C. Williamson pantomime company, viz., from
Sydney (New South Wales) to Perth (West Australia) !

Say that Melbourne follows Sydney as, of course, will very frequently happen.
That means a train journey only of just on 600 miles. Leaving Sydney on a Thurs-
day night at 8 o'clock (the popular night for starting a season in Australia is Satur-
day ; an artist's first appearance and the commencement of his engagement in the
country will therefore invariably date from that day), the traveller reaches Mel-
bourne at 1 p.m. the next afternoon, having nice time for rest and a look round
before the opening performance. The accommodation on the train, as also on all
steamers provided by the management, is first-class on all occasions. Sleeping
berths, if required, have to be paid for out of the actor's own pocket.

MELBOURNE AND ITS THEATRES.

The Melbourne theatres are, taking them all round, on a slightly larger scale
than those of Sydney, as befits a city that boasts a slightly larger population. The
principal are: Her Majesty's, Princess's (popularly known as the "Princess"),
both of which are managed by the all-pervading J. C. Williamson firm ; Theatre
Royal (which is leased by the young but decidedly go-ahead firm of Clarke, Meynell,
and Gunn, and is the firm's headquarters) ; the King's, a commodious and com-
paratively new playhouse, built for and run by Mr. William Anderson. There is
also, a smaller theatre, as its name implies, The Bijou ; and close at hand the
Rickards Music Hall, known in this city as the Opera House. All of these places
of amusement are close to one another, being situated in Bourke Street (a broad
and spacious thoroughfare at the top of which stand the Federal Houses of Parlia-
ment), or in streets that intersect it. There are, of course, many buildings devoted
to picture shows several of them having been specially built for that thriving class
of entertainment.

MELBOURNE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.

Hotel and boarding-house accommodation in Melbourne is extensive. The former
may be selected from Menzies's (the popular rendezvous of the city, where most
visiting " stars " put up ; the esteemed proprietor's wife, as Miss Dorothy Vane, will
be remembered by playgoers in England for her charming performances in comic
opera under the D'Oyly Carte management), Scott's, Port Phillip Club, White
Hart all adjacent to the various theatres. To those actors who do not object to
living some distance away from the scene of their daily labours the alluring seaside
spot of St. Kilda may be recommended. It is a suburb three miles out of Mel-

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. JAMES CASSIUS WILLIAMSON.

The "king" of theatricals in Australia. Mr. Williamson went to Australia from America many
years ago with Miss Maggie Moore, and opened in " Struck Oil," which was a huge success. Since
then he has never looked back. He owns many theatres and has added to his theatrical enterprises
until now he occupies a most unique position. A few months back the J. C. Williamson manage-
ment had eight companies in Australia. Mr. Williamson's present partners are Mr. Tallis and

Mr. Ramaciotti.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE,

SIR RUPERT CLARKE,

A managing director of the firm of Clarke, Meynell, and Gunn. The firm have been forging ahead
lately. It is under their direction that the Oscar Asche-Lily Brayton Co. are visiting Australia.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. WILLIAM ANDERSON.

[Talma.

A great purveyor of melodrama in Australia and proprietor of the King's Theatre, Melbourne, the
most recently erected theatre in Australia. Mr. Anderson was formerly associated with Mr.
Charles Holloway, but for some years past has been in management by himself. He has produced

several Australian dramas.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR, HARRY RICKARDS.

Tllllllll.

Tli.' "Napoleon of Vaudeville" in the Southern Hemisphere. Mr. Rickards was an arti<t
himself, ami he has brought out some companies to Australia, notably Mr. Charles Cartwright

and party.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. BLAND HOLT

[.Talma.

Is another Australian who combines a vast amount of Australian experience with English and
American tours. Mr. Holt's parents were both artists of repute, and Mr. Holt made a huge
success as a pantomimic artist many years ago. With a very short break he has been his own
manager for over twenty years, and has produced some of the most brilliantly staged melo-
dramas Australia has seen.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

THE KING'S THEATRE, MELBOURNE.

[Talma.

THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE, MELBOURNE,

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

THEATRE ROYAL, MELBOURNE,

Where Mr. Oscar Asche and Miss Lily Bravton opened their Australian tour under the
direction of the firm of Clarke, Meynell, and Gann.

View of the Auditorium,

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bourne, and can be reached by tram or train (single fare by either 3d.). Splendid

accommodation is provided ;it ill.- ;<.!_' Hot. -I. when at sanous times many of
(In- leading tli.-atiK.il li-lit> lia\e iie.-n I. Carding houses of the

best class in great imml.er.

AlU.LAIDE.

On one travelling HMitii another 5(KJ miles Adelaide, tin- South Australian capital,
is reached. Though pn.l.aUy not so far ftdvaift .--I in matters pertaining to the stage
as either Melbourne or Sydney, Adelaide (the "city of churches," as it is termed)
is ju?,t as appreciative of anything good. It boasts only one playhouse (the T eatre
I, 'oval), wliich is hired by the various managers as they require dates. Sharing
terms, as understood in England, are rarely arranged for in Australia. There ay*
t lie iiMial variety house* and picture .show.s. The.e latter are open on Sunday nights
as well as weekdays, and an- >plendidly patronised. The prices are lowered for
th ..... -cji.-ii.il, adini M .11 being Is. and 6d. At one hall I vifited on a Sunday even-
1114 1 was astonished to find that the entire music hnll programme was gone through
as on an ordinary night, the only difference being that the performers wore their
everyday clothes. This struck me as supplying a curious commentary on the
illed "city of churches."

Hotels (near the theatre) are Black Bull, Criterion, and York all comfortable
and reasonable in tariff.

Having played in these three cities, the actor will acknowledge that he has had
little to complain about; indeed, unless he be the veriest hypochondriac, he should
enjoy every hour of his stay amid the beautiful surroundings that each boasts.

OTHER TOWNS.

Visits are invariably paid to the smaller towns also, no matter how big the attrac-
tion or how large the personnel of the company. These visits, taken en route to
the capital cities, are for only two or three nights as a rule, a different piece in the
repertory being played each evening. In New Zealand, it may here be mentioned,
the actor must be prepared for a number of one-night stands ; but the tour in the
Dominion is, however, always a short one.

The player from England will be much interested in seeing some of the towns
associated with the first great gold rush in Australia, such as Bendigo and Ballarat.
He will marvel at the solidly built and well laid out appearance they present nowa-
days, remembering that it is only within an ordinary life-time that they have sprung
up. On the outskirts are still to be seen the shafts of the gold mines in Bendigo
one of the deepest mines in the world is still working in the principal street, cheek
by jowel with the town hall while the city thoroughfares, with their electric trams,
theatres, and hotels, are quite up to date. Here, too, in these golden cities, will be
a chance for the observant actor to study some new and varied types of character
on their native heath, so to speak, such as the miner, the " Swaggie " or " Sun-
downer," and the ancient Chinese who pitched their tents on the diggings in the
old days, and whose encampment still remains.

Bendigo.'s theatre is named the Princess, and its principal hotels are the Sham-
rock, City Club, Royal Mail. Ballarat ("the city of statues" as well as gold
mines) has for theatre Her Majesty's, and no better hotels are to be found in the
Commonwealth than Craig's, the George, and Carlyon's. From 5s. to 10s. a day is
the ordinary charge to professionals.

The general characteristics of all Australian cities do not vary much, many
hundreds of miles though they may be apart. Thus Brisbane, Queensland's capital,
may be said to resemble in various ways Perth, the capital of Western Australia,
though the whole width of the vast Australian continent is between the two places.
So having played in one city the actor thereafter feels quite at home in all, the
same thing applying to New Zealand and Tasmania.

One has plenty to occupy one's mind on such an extensive tour there is so
much to do and so much to see. The work will prove the actor's versatility, and,
given conscientiousness, will improve his acting, as the journeys and wanderings by
the sea should improve his general health. All the actors in Australia have a
bronzed skin and generally robust appearance as if they thoroughly enjoyed life.

" IMPORTED " ACTORS AND CRITICISM.

Wherever he goes he of the theatre can have a good time. Golf, cricket, yacht-
ing. and turf clubs open their hospitable doors to him, and though a small section

SO THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

of the Press cries out against the imported actor not unnaturally arguing that the
native article is quite capable of the best work newspapers on the whole will be
kind and generous to him wherever he appears. Criticisms in such journals as the
"Sydney Morning Herald" or "Daily Telegraph" and a few others are scru-
pulously fair and honest, and will be held in esteem. The Melbourne newspapers
the "Age" and " Argus " are likewise wonderfully well informed; indeed, these
critics are real students of the drama, and their notices are quite unbiassed. But
" there are others," though they need not trouble the artist who pleases his manager
and his audiences. The critics naturally have a warm corner in their hearts for
their own actors and actresses, but the English performer, though effort of his will
be very keenly scrutinised and discussed, gets fair treatment on the whole.

The newspapers are read with avidity by all classes in the colonies, and the
actor from home who is written about, say in Melbourne, will find such is the
curiosity of the native regarding anybody fresh from the mother country that
when he reaches Auckland, N.Z., he is already quite well known there by reputa-
tion.

There is one weekly journal in particular boasting an enormous circulation,
which is to be found in every corner of Australasia the Sydney "Bulletin."
Never, I should say, has there existed a paper with such fearlessly independent
views. A notice therein for the actor therefore, good or bad, may be depended
upon to be the genuine expression of the writer's opinion, and the English artist
may be accounted fortunate and deserving indeed if he or she is accorded a line
of praise. I may confess that personally I am very pleased when the " Bulletin "
does not slate me.

AUSTRALIAN ACTORS.

Although the Australian dramatist has not yet arisen (I have no wish to do the
most excellent native writers of melodrama an injustice by this remark), it can-
not be gainsaid that there are many sound and clever all-round artists to be found
among the native-born actors' if an imported actor may venture an opinion. The
portraits of some of the better known, which may be taken as representative,
performers of to-day are reproduced.

AUSTRALIAN MANAGERS.

Turning to the managers who have done, and are still doing, so much for
theatrical art in the colonies, first honours naturally fall to Mr. J. C. Williamson,
head of the world-renowned firm that bears his name. Since Mr. Williamson first
arrived in Australia with the felicitously named play " Struck Oil," playgoers have
been provided by him with every kind of attraction the very best that money
and astute management could procure. Australians are greatly indebted to him for
the quality of their amusement ; the name of J. C. Williamson on the bill is a
guarantee that the entertainment will be of the highest class. No money is spared,
nothing is scamped, in any Williamson production, while the firm's staff of lieu-
tenants in every department, though thoroughly business-like, are kind and cour-
teous to all.

Next to Mr. Williamson, the oldest manager in Australia is Mr. Bland Holt,
a son of the well-known English actor-manager, the late Mr. Clarence Holt. Mr.
Holt'.s productions are always on the colossal, Drury Lane scale ; indeed, he has
staged most of the big Drury Lane successes. He personally is one of the biggest
favourites in the colonies, both as manager and actor, as well as being one of the
most respected of men. His company form always a big " draw." Some members of
it have been under the one management for twenty years, and no happier engage-
ment were possible.

Mr. William Anderson is a native manager of a later date who is also very
successful as a purveyor of sound melodrama, in which his wife (Miss Eugenie
Duggan) is a popular "star." Mr. Anderson's ventures are many, and uniformly
well supported by the public. He always has one or two companies on the road,
and is the lessee and manager of several theatres and other places of amusement.

The firm of Clarke, Meynell, and Gunn, though it has only been established
about five years, has unquestionably made its mark. Mr. Clyde Meynell is an Eng-
lishman who has had a large experience of theatrical management in his native
country. Unfortunately, Mr. John Gunn succumbed to pneumonia at the early
age of forty on October 20, 1909. Sir Rupert Clarke is the other surviving partner.

TKZ STAGE YEAR BOOK. 51

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

BY DUNCAN NEVEN
' Critic "Stinddy Times' 1 and "Referee," Sydney, A nstniliu.

THE Australian stage occupies rather a unique position in many ways. Its
attractions to English artists appear to be many, judging by the way Aus-
tralian managers, or representatives of managers, are besieged in London
with applicants when they are there. But naturally many of these are
tnt.illy miMiiU'd for the requirements of the Australian stage, for out here an
artist, in whatever sphere of work he or she may be in, requires to be versatile in
a more or less degree, and much more so than the average English artist. Australia
is a huge continent, for the most part scantily populated ; but in the capital of each
State there is a large population. Consequently, though comparatively long runs do
obtain in Melbourne and Sydney, the requirements of management and the demands
of the public necessitate change. We are given to understand in Australia that in
England the majority of the actors and actresses are one-part artists, and this state-
ment is confirmed by the interviews with a number of the principal artists im-
ported. Whether this be a case of "talk" or not is not very material, but the
fact remains Australian is a very poor field for a one-part actress. A striking in-
stance of this was given recently. A lady who was specially imported for a certain
small repertory achieved unbounded success in the opening production ; but in the
next, a play of a different nature, she was decidedly badly suited. It was manifest
that she had made a close study of one class of acting, and had not versatility.

NECESSITY FOR VERSATILITY.

The necessity for versatility in Australia is thus at once apparent if an artist
\\i.-hes to maintain a fairly even standard in several pieces. Thus English artists
\\itli an eye on Australia should cultivate versatility. Reports from England, on
the other hand, announce the success of a number of Australians because of their
general usefulness as it might be called. After several years on the Australian
stage an artist finds it an easy matter to adapt himself to the conditions in England.

Whilst recognising the difficulties that managers must be occasioned in selecting
artists in England for Australia, it must be admitted that some of those imported
in recent years do not come up to the standard we might reasonably look for. It
is ;i well-worn saying now that Australians are a critical people when dealing with
their theatrical fare, and in the main the statement is perfectly true. The Austra-
lians regard the theatrical amusements as part of their pleasure, not merely as a
means of filling in an evening, and it is therefore natural that they should expect
something good. In this way patrons follow the careers of individual artists, and
the profession generally with a good deal of interest, and are not slow to appreciate
good acting when they see it. An artist is expected to give of the best, and hardly
any more need be said on this score. To many visiting artists the Australians appear
an unappreciative audience, but this is not so. One artist asked a number of friends
what they thought of such and such a performance. It happened to be a very good
company and piece, but he was somewhat shocked because the reply he received was
" Not too bad." This, however, I think is a typical Australian mode of expression
in connection with the average play. It must not be supposed, however, that
visiting artists are coldly received ; on the other hand, they are at once hailed
gladly ; it remains with themselves whether they will improve or lessen the good
feeling shown at an opening.

52 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

AUSTRALIAN TASTE.

I am asked to state what class of theatrical fare the Australians prefer. It is
rather a difficult matter to express any decided opinion. We live on a big con-
tinent, and tastes may differ as widely. But in the main one would be within the
mark in stating that a good musical piece would receive a warm welcome anywhere,
while with the masses melodrama, well staged, can always command large audiences.
The people as a whole love music, and when the piece is beautifully staged, with
some good "relief " element in it, there is always a large welcome for it. Judged
by " Peter Pan " fairy plays here are a failure, for this production was magnifi-
cently staged in Sydney, but the business was poor, and it was never toured.

SUCCESS OF PANTOMIME.

For many years we were without a good pantomime, but during the last few
years we have been catered for again by Australian managers, and with so much
success that each has proved a gigantic success. Three years ago Mr. J. C. William-
son gave "Mother Goose," and throughout the Commonwealth it achieved great
succes.3. Spectacularly it was magnificent, but it departed from the old pantomime,
in that it was made particularly bright by special features. This was followed by
" Humpty Dumpty," which was again a success; and then we were given "Jack
and Jill," all on a scale of magnificence never before seen in Australia, and it is
doubtful if better scenic effects were seen in England. In 1908 also the firm
of Clarke, Meynell, and Gunn entered the field of pantomime, and gave Australia
" Cinderella," and their inaugural production was so successful in Melbourne that
it broke the world's record by running constantly in Melbourne from December,
1908, to April of this year. Its subsequent tour of the Commonwealth has been a
huge success, as has that of "Jack and Jill." Both these pantomimes are still
touring, nine months after their initial production. Melbourne generally opens the
(pantomime season at the end of December, and Sydney receives it about Easter,
so. that the greater heat of Sydney at Christmas might be avoided. It will thus be
seen that pantomime artists can be assured of permanent employment all the year
round for the tour of the Commonwealth is generally just finished in time for re-
hearsals to take place for the next production.

DRAMA AND ITS FOLLOWING.

The drama here has a great following. The romantic and period drama, as
played by the company headed by Mr. Julius Knight, an English actor, who has
proved a remarkable draw here in recent years, appears to appeal to all classes, and
the Williamson management has achieved great success with this class of produc-
tion. The dramas are, generally speaking, magnificently mounted, every detail of
the period being well thought out and presented. Mr. Bland Holt, an Australian,
is recognised as the " King " of melodrama in Australia, and his productions are
generally a replica of the magnificent spectacles witnessed in England at Drury
Lane. Mr. William Anderson is the other great caterer for melodrama audiences
in Australia, and he runs Mr. Holt very closely in scenic effects, while his com-
panies always maintain a good standard in acting. These managers secure the latest
London and New York melodrama successes and stage them in Australia on the
same scale of magnificence, better if possible, with the consequence that they com-
mand enormous patronage. These plays are undoubtedly money makers, and, well
done, always appeal to the masses.

The production of plays in Australia has reached a very high standard. Take,
for instance, the J. C. Williamson management. There is a huge permanent staff
constantly employed in all departments of production, while outside aid is enlisted
on many occasions. The firm's own staff designs and makes all that is necessary
for the many big productions, and a Williamson production can always be depended
upon to be on a scale of magnificence that one cannot find fault with. In fact,
many artists and others visiting Australia state that the productions here eclipse
those in England in very many cases. The Williamson management possess a won-
derful organisation gradually built up with many years' experience of Australian
conditions and wants. Of course, this may be said to be due, or, on the other
hand, it may not, to the fact that there are no large firms here making a speciality
of supplying theatrical goods as is done in London. Hence the necessity for some
such organisation. I am only instancing the Williamson firm, for without doubt
Mr. J. C. Williamson occupies a pre-eminent place in Australia's amusement affairs.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MISS NELLIE STEWART,

A brilliant actress who is one of the greatest "draws" in Australia. Miss Stewart is an Australian
and one of a family of theatrical artists. One of her most famous impersonations is the title-role,
in "Sweet Nell of Old Drury," in which she was supported by Harcom-t Beatty. She recently
appeared in Shakespeare for' the first time as Rosalind. Miss Stewart has acted in England*.

AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MISS ROSE MUSGROVE.

[Talma.

A talented Australian who for many years was associated with Mr. J. C. Williamson's Musical

Organisations. She has latterly been appearing with the Hugh Ward company. Miss Musgrove

has portrayed successfully a number of varied r61es.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE,

MR. WALTER BAKER.

[Talma.

Tlu> Will Terriss of Australia. Now playing lead in one of Mr. William Anderson's dramatic

companies. For many years he was associated with Mr. Bland Holt as juvenile lead, and is

regarded as one of Australia's best actors in melodrama.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE,

MR, GREGAN McMAHON,

A native of New South Wales, who has a long list of successes to his credit. Originally playing

in light-comedy role?, he has of late broadened his method, and has appeared in many strong

character parts, of which he has given very scholarly and admirable renderings.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MISS FLORENCE GLEESON,

\ rhariiiin.^ and versatile actress, equally afc home in comedy and drama.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE,

MISS CELIA GHILONL

[Tfilmt

Another Australian who is known in the East as well as in Australia! For many years she was
associated with the Williamson Musical Companies, and has appeared in a diversified list of

characters.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MISS BEATRICE HOLLOW AY.

A charming young actress who has recently been playing ilead' in 'dramatic 'companies. She

is the daughter of the late Mr. Charles Holloway. who occupied a prominent place on the

Australian Dramatic Stage for so many years. Miss Holloway, though young, has >ho\vn that she

possesses great talent for the stage.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. HARRY ROBERTS.

[Talma.

A young Australian actor who has appeared in London and America with great success,
especially in the latter country, where he made a name for himself in Shakespearean and
other high-class works. Mr. Roberts played in " The Prince Chap " in London. He has recently
been appearing in Australia once more by arrangement with Clarke, Meynell, and Gurm. He is

> very versatile actor,

STAGE YAK book'. 53

INCREASING MANAGEMENTS, LACK OF THKATI

The th. Mtii. ;il ImsiiiesK in Australia is in the hands of a few managers, but an
i IK n-a.-e ha> lu-en apparent in recent years ami tin -re appears to be room for all,
tin- only drawback hfing tin- la. k nt' sufficient theatres in the larger centres. For
many yean Mr. .). C. \\illianion provided near and far for all clashes, except in
Vaudeville. llnm-li an. I Boucicault and the late Herl.ert Finning al.-i for many
years ^a\e . \u,-ti. ili.i the best kind of th-atii.-al fan- that th-y idd command.
'Din-inn the last few years M.-yn.ll and Cunn have come into the field, The firm is
really headed by Sir l!uj>ert Clarke, the well known Victorian, and Mr. Clyde
\I.-\nrll ami Mr. John Cunn art- tin- managing directors. For a time Mr. John
\\ini wat also a partner, but Sir Ku|>ert Clarke recently purchased his interests
in the firm. Thus the J. C. Williamson management, Clarke, Meynell, and
Cunn, ami in a lesser degree Mr. Allan Hamilton, Mr. Edwin Geach. Mr. Ceorge
Mailou. in. I Mr. Hugh Ward (who makes periodical visits), and Mr. Anderson and
Mr. Holt, already mentioned in the melodramatic field, are the prin. -ipal caterers
for Australia's productions.

LACK OF AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS.

It is fitting at this stage to refer briefly to Australian drama. It is perhaps a
reflection on us that we have not authors of our own who are considered sufficiently
good by Australian managers to have their works produced. A number of Austra-
lian works by local authors have been accepted and produced in other parts of the
world, but here native works are few and far between. And it is in the field of
melodrama that our authors of late especially have had the greatest encouragement.
" Robbery Under Arms," by Rolf Boldrewood, and adapted by Alfred Dampier,
was one of the first of the big Australian successes, and this melodrama, brimful
of sensational episodes of the early bushranging life of Australia, has achieved
remarkable success here, and even at present when revived by a capable company
can always command good patronage. This piece was staged by Mr. Alfred
Dampier in London some years ago. Then within recent years Mr. Anderson has
staged "The Squatter's Daughter," by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan, two
good melodrama actors playing with Mr. Anderson's company. The latter is
also a brother to Miss Eugenie Duggan (Mrs. W. Anderson), a lady who has
achieved great success in these Australian and other melodramas. Then Mr.
Bland Holt has latterly given us " The Great Rescue," a typical Australian story
adapted from Lincoln J. Carter's story "Bedford's Hope." These three are Aus-
tralian from head to foot. The first is a tale of the bush, the second also smells
throughout of the gum tree and the eucalyptus, and there is introduced into it some
fine Australian scenery, with sheep shearing and wood chopping competitions, while
the last mentioned is a fine mining story. " The Great Rescue " contains two of
the finest sensation scenes ever seen on the Australian stage. A miner cut off
through an inflow of water into the tunnel of the mine for a number of days and
eventually rescued by a diver, a true incident, which occurred in West Australia,
is introduced into " The Great Rescue," and there is also a sensational race
between a motor-car and train. Then Mr. J. Smith, of Melbourne, has lately
come into the field with another melodrama entitled "A Miner's Rescue." This
piece, too, has achieved a good deal of success. Within the last few weeks Mr.
Anderson has also staged another Australian drama called " \Vhite Australia" or
" The Empty North," written by Randolph Bedford. This piece is something after
the style of " An Englishman's Home," excepting that it points the danger to
Australians of their vast northern lands being left unoccupied, and further that it
has more life and sensation in it than the English piece. Mr. Anderson has just
staged another melodrama by Mr. J. Smith called "The Bush woman," which deals
with life in the interior of Australia.

EARLIER AUSTRALIAN PLAYS.

Those are the more recent successful Australian productions emanating from
Australian brain and dealing principally with Australian life and conditions. But
reference to the more notable authors, or* what may be termed the earlier period of our
stage, will prove interesting. In musical productions the hand of J. C. Williamson
is seen fairly strongly. In conjunction with Bert Royle iMr. Williamson was respon-

[* Mr. Gunn's sad death had not occurred at the time this article was written. ED.]

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sible for " Djin Djin," the music being by Leon Carron and George Pack. " Aus-
tralia" is -also (by Mr. Williamson and Bernard Espinasse, and "Matsa" is by Mr.
Williamson and Bert Royle. " Parsiifal," one of the most gorgeous productions
Australia has seen, is 'by an Australian, the Rev. Hillhouse Taylor, who also had Mr.
Williamson's assistance. Arthur Adams and Mr. Williamson were also responsible
for " Tapu," a New Zealand story, in which there were introduced a number of
pretty New Zealand scenes of Maori life. The music was by Arthur Hill. Mr.
Hill, too, is composer of the music of " The Moorish Maid," the librettos of
which were written by John Youlin Birch, also a New Zealander. The latter, in
conjunction with " Mr. Humphries " (Dr. Lowe), also of New Zealand, has written
several other musical pieces, but so far they have only been performed by amateur
companies with the aid of a few professionals, and toured New Zealand.
Advice has been received that efforts are toeing made to have " The Moorish
Maid" produced in London. This New Zealand piece was a success when profes-
sionally produced in Australia.

THE FIELD OF BURLESQUE.

In the field of burlesque the late Mr. Akhurst was the more prominent author,
and he has left several burlesques, to his credit. In pantomime themes, too, we
have been ifairly productive in the past. -Montague Grover achieved a good deal
of success with his pantomime " The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast " ; while
Garnet Walch met with success some years ago with several of his pantomimes.
Patrick iFinn, another Australian, at present in Sydney, is responsible for the
librettos of several musical comedies and pantomimes.

DRAMAS AND THEIR WIRITERS.

But it is drama that has most appealed to the Australian mind. Walter H.
Cooper, a .barrister, of Sydney, is generally regarded as the "father" of the
Australian drama. Among the pieces 1 he has written may be mention-ed " Colonial
Experience," "Foiled," "Hazard," and "Sun and Shadow." Bernard Espinasse,
besides his incursion into music, is responsible for several dramas, among which
may be mentioned a version of his own of " The Three Musketeers," " Her Good
Name," and an adaptation of "Sappho." Garnet Walch has also written a couple
of dramas besides his dip into pantomime, as has also P. Finn. Alfred Dampier,
now deceased, and one of our best actors of the past, dramatised a number of
Australian stories, the more noteworthy being the great .successes " Robbery Under
Arms," already mentioned, and Marcus Clarke's "For the Term of His Natural
Life." George Darrell, another ornament of Australia's dramatic stage, now
retired, has also used his pen and knowledge of the stage to advantage in writing
several Australian dramas, including "The Sunny South," and dramatising several
Australian stories. Julian Thomas, a noted Australian journalist of his time, also
wrote several dramas ; while Lewis Scott is the author of a number of others,
including " Ostracised," dealing with the doings of the celebrated Kelly gang.
Then throughout Mr. Bland Holt's lengthy career on the Australian stage this
actor-manager has been responsible for a number of adaptations of dramas to
Australian ideas and conditions, the more noticeable, perhaps, being " The Great
Rescue " and " The Breaking of the Drought " the latter from one of Arthur
Shirley's dramas. These plays are hopeful beginnings, and when Australian
managers can see their way to risk something for there is risk in staging an
unknown author, even though he be an Australian there should be a new era dawn
in Australian theatrical affairs. It will be noted that most of these are melodramas,
and, although good of their type, it must be admitted that the Australian managers
fight shy of comedy plays, which are generally staged by the local amateur clubs.
There have been several cases where " foreign stars " have been infected with the
idea of writing an Australian drama from what they had seen or heard of life here,
the late Wilson Barrett, with his " Never Never Land " which, however, was
never produced here being among them.

THE FOREIGN MARKET.

It must not .be supposed, however, that there is any dearth in theatrica!
authorship in Australia, but managers have so come to regard London and New
York as places in which to look for their plays that the Australian is apt to be
errlooked. One must admit that the theatre nowadays is a business concern,

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ami while thu managers' desire is to please llw people, thrjr givat aim is to

make money. Hut the most depressing fact is that the managers should be com-

pelled to go abroad for their plays, as t Managers receive

0,1111 > ... imml.er of plays by Australians, hut they complain that they are unstage-

as do managing in other countries with unknown authors. Surely out of the

:. numher they i < c'ive Australian managers should be able to find a few

i which, e-vcn though they did nq.iiiv s<n,> alteration and what play does
not? would "make good" here. \l.m\ of tin- play* imported have really no
arti.-ti<- MI intellectual value in themselves, and are entirely "foreign" to Australia
in their application. Many of these plays have interest for a limited section of

people only. They would be all right in their way occasionally to give
Australians a glimpse of life elsewhere and an insight to the Uiste of theatre-
goers in other lands ; but they are supplied to us for our breakfast, lunch, and
dinner here by most managers. The greatest condemnation of the present system
lies, perhaps, in the fact that several Australian plays have been sent to England,
nave been accepted and staged. These, truly, did not deal entirely with Australia,
but surely if an English manager thinks them good enough, gome chance should be
given them in Australia.

(SHAKESPEARE AN INCREASING SUPPLY.

For some time past we in Australia have had complaints from a large number
of theatregoers that they have not been catered for with the better class of
play, particularly with Shakespeare. Up till some months ago we had not had
any Shakespearean production worth recalling for ten years. Recently, however,
Miss Margaret Anglin, the American star, revived " Taming of the Shrew "
and " Twelfth Night " with success. Miss Anglin was followed by the return of
Mr. Walter Bentley, who achieved a great success with "Hamlet," though the
scenery wag poor ; but Mr. Bentley's acting proved superb in the principal role.
Then, most important of all, we 'have had return to Australia Mr. Oscar Asche
ami his wife, iMiss 'Lily Brayton, and their complete Shakespearean company
from England for a brief tour. This is undoubtedly the most notable event that
has occurred in Australia's theatrical history, and reminds one of Sir Henry Irving's
initial tour of America. Mr. Asche is a native of Australia, but his enthusiastic
receptions have 'been more on account of his brilliant success in the roles he
has given us and the good acting of his company than because he is an Australian.
The Premier of Victoria, the Chief Justice, the University Professors and Chan-
cellor, and other such important bodies have welcomed Mr. Asche and Miss Brayton,
and spoken in eulogistic tennis of the revival of Shakespeare, and expressed the
hope that it is the dawn of a, new era in Australian theatrical fare. The tour is
under the direction of Clarke, Meynell, and Gunn, who have been well repaid
for their enterprise. Then Miss Nellie Stewart recently played in Sydney "As
You Like It" for the first time on any stage here, the production .being gorgeous
in the extreme and capably acted. These revivals have awakened interest in
Shakespeare all over Australia.

A REPERTORY THEATRE.

A movement recently started in Victoria for the establishment of a Repertory
Theatre. The question has been taken up by -a number of the most influential
and wealthy people, and the initial meeting was presided over by Victoria's Chief
Justice. The meeting decided to raise 4,000, and Mr. J. C. Williamson intimated
that so soon as this sum was forthcoming he would join with the promoters.
Nothing definite, however, has foeen announced as this article leaves Australia.
The object the promoters have in view is to produce the best class of plays, and
also to assist Australian authors. Miss Madge Mclntosh, recently in Australia,
associated herself with the movement, and promised her services to forward it
while in England, It is intended to engage a few of the principals from England,
and then to train Australians as opportunity offers. The promoters of this repertory
theatre scheme allege that the stage in Australia has sunk to " turgid melodrama,
foolish farces, and inane musical comedy." Australia is not the only country
whose stage has sunk to this level. I do not attempt to plead for the " turgid
melodrama," etc., fout simply record that the managers are well supported
o\ the masses in producing the entertainment they do at present. Besides the
production of Shakespeare and old comedies, plays by the more modern writers, such

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as Shaw, Ibsen, Galsworthy, Granville Barker, and others, will he staged. Should
plays by Australians be- forthcoming these will also be produced, and thus this
project will help, it is expected, to ibring about the birth of a national drama.
It "may appear a striking commentary that no Australian manager has yet given
us any of Shaw's plays.

NATIONAL OPERA.

A project that deserved success was the. formation of what was known as the
" National Opera (Company," backed up by Mr. John Wren, of Melbourne. M r.
Wren spent a. lot of money, and had a manager in England selecting artists for
the company in Australia. The idea of the promoter was that this company
should be the training ground for eligible Australians, and that when these
Australians had reached a sufficiently high standard and had been taught their
business they should replace the imported artists, and so eventually form a purely
Australian company. The repertory of the company was to be principally old
English operas and the best of modern operatic works. But "the." great aim of the
promoter was to train Australians to take the. place of imported artists on our
operatic stage. Unfortunately, the commencement was inauspicious., for the leading
artists, with one or two exceptions, failed to reach anything like a decent
standard, and Mr. Wren, after 'Supporting the company for some months, decided,
with a good deal of reluctance, to relinquish the idea- The company opened in
Melbourne, and then came to iSydney. The latter season war> (better than that
at Melbourne, for it had the aid of some foreign artists. The mounting of the
pieces was magnificent, Mr. George Musgrove's beautiful settings leaving nothing
to be desired in this respect. Mr. Wren intimated at the time that he would pro-
bably revive the project later, but, seeing that he has since sold out of the firm
of Clarke, Meynell, and Gunn, the probability does not appear rosy more's the
pity for Australia.

THE VAUDEVILLE STAGE.

The vaudeville stage in Australia plays an important part in our life of enter-
tainment, and it has a great attraction for English and American artists, for Mr.
Harry Rickards, who has been aptly termed the " Napoleon of vaudeville in the
Antipodes" has fresh artists arriving in Australia almost weekly from England
and America. Visiting artists should guard against prolonging their "turns"
at the various centres too long, as the audiences get tired rf having the
same stuff drummed into them. One comedian in Sydney gave the same turn
for thirteen weeks ! An English artist of standing explained to me that an
artist in England can "make good" in one turn apd play it on circuit, with
a week at each centre, for almost a year, and then get another turn ready and
do the same round provided conditions are favourable. Such a condition of
affairs cannot possibly exist in Australia where the artists only play at the large
centres in most cases in four of the States. I would strongly advise vaude-
ville artists coming to Australia to get ready several turns and give changes at
intervals. They would be the better able to judge when they landed how long such
a turn was likely to go, and if their opening turn did not appeal they would have
something ready to secure their desired success. It is infinitely better for an
artist to score than merely to fill a place on a programme, especially when he or she
comes from England. As an instance I would recall a recent case where a lady
gave a turn in Sydney and Melbourne, which we were told was the " rage of
London" for a season. The turn simply went flat, and nothing could lift it up
for an Australian audience. Yet this artist persisted with this turn to the end of
her season, managerial arrangements presumably not being able to accommodate
her elsewhere. Versatility is the thing that should be aimed at, and acts with
plenty of go and bright features appeal here. For many years Mr. Harry Rickards
had a monopoly of vaudeville in the principal centres, but within years others have
come into the field. Mr. Rickards has a circuit embracing Sydney, Melbourne,
Adelaide, Perth, and Kalgoorlie, and once a year he sends a company of selected
artists, generally headed by a star such as Cinquevalli or Chung Ling Soo, through
New Zealand. Occasionally he lends an imported artist to Mr. Ted Holland in
Brisbane.

Apart from Mr. Rickards, Mr. James Brennan is the other big vaude . ille manager
in Australia, and he has a circuit covering Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, and
Adelaide, while many of the artists engaged by this management also go to Mr.
Holland. Mr. Brennan started out with simply employing Australian talent, but

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MISS LILIAN MEYERS.

\ hau.lM.nu- Australian actress, effective in melodrama. Miss Meyers has playeJ leading lady
for^some years, and has also toured a company of her own.

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. MAX MAXWELL.

A young Tasmanian who is making a mark on the Australian dramatic stage.
juvenile lead with the Bland Holt company.

He plays

THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.

MR. HARRY PLIMMER.

A native of Wellington, New Zealand. In a leading or heavy part MR. PLIMMER can be
always relied upon to give ;i well-thought-out and vigorous rendering.

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MISS FLORENCE YOUNG,

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One of the most brilliant artists whom Australia has turned out. Miss Young, though she studied
under Madame Marchesi, who advised her to enter grand opera, has not acted outside Australia.
She is the recognised prima donna of the Australian stage, possessing a remarkably fine voice, of
great range and flexibility. She has appeared as lead in the majority of Mr. J. C. Williamson's
leading musical organisations and also in pantomime.

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latterly his success has been such that he has engaged American and English vaude-
ville artists. Mr. Ted Holland, in Brisbane, has a house running with vaudeville
all the year round, and he sends companies on tours of northern Queensland, a
(li.iii.t imi'-li favuiiivil by the smaller fry also. Up till twelve months ago
Messrs. John Fuller and Sons, who have theatres of their own in each of the
principal centres (four) in New Zealand, ran vaudeville, but the picture boom has
(I i placed the variety programme for twelve months, and consequently there has
been rather a surplus lot of vaudeville artists for some months. Many of these
liavo organised companies among themselves and toured the country districts.
Messrs. Fuller and Sons, ho.wever, have just made the announcement that they
mi. -ml resuming vaudeville at Christmas, and this will relieve the ranks confider-
ably and widen the field once more. One of the members of the Fuller firm is at
present touring the world, and it is understood that some arrangement will be come
to \\ilh nu Australian manager for the importation of foreign artists who will make
a rin-uit in Australia arid then do the Fuller tour in New Zealand.

CHORUSES AND BALLETS.

It would not be appropriate to conclude this article without reference to the
Australian choruses and ballets. Taken on an average the Australian chorus and
ha lift girls are difficult to surpass. Their qualifications are not merely to look well,
I nit also to be able to sing and dance well. Managers do not experience much
difficulty in securing recruits to their banners, so plentifully is Australia equipped
in this direction. Their physical advantages are also splendid; in fact, they might
be called ideal girls in every way for the work they are called upon to do.

AMATEURS.

Amateur dramatic and musical societies occupy a prominent place in our social
lii'f. But apart from this aspect, these societies do good work through introducing
to the public at intervals some of the better class works of the older and some
of the modern authors, and also our " budding authors." In Sydney and Melbourne
especially these societies are very strong, and though some of their performances
do not reach a remarkably high standard, still they are sufficiently good to whet
one's appetite for the productions to be given by a professional company. Very
often, too, a promising actor or actress is unearthed, and many on the Australian
tage to-day, and some of those who have gone abroad and done well, owe their
start to one o.f these societies.

LACK OF ONE-ACT PLAYS

The curtain-raiser has not been seriously introduced into Australian theatres.
With "An Englishman's Home" the J. C. Williamson management introduced a
curtain-raiser because of the shortness of the main piece.

CENSOR : THE PUBLIC.

Censorship of plays is unknown in Australia as you know of it in England, one
reason perhaps being that most of our productions are procured from England or
elsewhere abroad. But here the public are the great judges, and the management
must bo.w to their verdict in every case.

PICTURES.

A word, too, may be given to the picture entertainments. It is recognised here
that this industry is still only in its hTfancy, and that with the further development
of mechanical appliances, the possibilities cannot at present be adequately foreseen.
At any rate, there were not more than twenty picture shows in Australia eight
years ago; now there are over 500. West's have a permanent show in each centre
of the Commonwealth and New Zealand, while Mr. C. Spencer, of the Sydney
Lyceum, has a big connection with hiring, etc., while he conducts permanent shows
in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. There are a number of smaller people run-
ning shows in the capitals of the States and country districts.

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THE THEATRICAL YEAR IN GERMANY.

BY FRANK E, WASHBURN FREUND.

THE various tendencies followed by the modern German dramatists in their
works were described in these pages last year. It vvill be understood,
then, that no new trend has to be recorded, except perhaps a stronger
leaning towards the play with a pronounced tendency on the one hand
and to the problem play on the other. Such " tendency " plays are sometimes of a
political nature or have social or moral ethics for their theme, whilst the problem
plays sometimes by the hand of fine essayists or similar writers treat certain
philosophical subjects often in a poetical and sometimes even original way. The
preference for old comedies of the post-classical period has remained as strong
as last year, at least in Berlin, and seems to show an attempt at getting away
from the hard daily struggle of the present and back to the good old days when the
American " hustle " and its proverb, " Time is money," were unknown. As
before, foreign countries England, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia
have been drawn upon, and have had to contribute largely to the play-bill
Germany's own harvest in new pieces has been plentiful in quantity, but by no
means great in quality nor even in " drawing " power.

HAUPTMANN AND SUDERMANN.

Hauptmann and Sudermann, the two prominent figures of the " New Movement,'
which has gone on now for twenty years, in German dramatic literature, have both
made their contributions, the one having rung in the year with a new play, the
other having rung it out. During the twenty years both have developed according
to their gifts. Hauptmann was ever the poet, nourished and strengthened by
contact with Mother Earth even when he erred, for his mistakes generally arose
through his getting too far out of touch with her ; and Sudermann was always the
gifted writer and born playwright who, with his youthful temperament, fashionec
after the old French pattern, went off into new tracks (in " Die Ehre," etc.) in
the early days of the movement, and won for it an apparent triumph. But his
temperament gradually changed into a routine which has seldom failed him.

Hauptmann's latest work, " Griselda," deals with the old Griseldis legend, as
told by Boccaccio. Of course, Hauptmann had to make many changes before
he could use the simple story of the sufferings of the gentle peasant girl whom a
Prince married, robbed of her children, and finally chased away in order to test
her obedience to him. Its ethics the slave-like obedience of the wife are ever
still more primitive than those of Shakespeare's " Taming of the Shrew." Haupt-
mann, therefore, has sought to explain the actions of the Prince on psychological
grounds, and changes Griseldis from a patient sufferer into a handsome but strong-
willed peasant woman. Both find happiness at last after their rough edges have
been worn smooth in the school of suffering, and they are ripe for each other.
Beginning and end are rightly conceived, but the way from the one to the other
that is, the development of the piece seems highly challengeable, because it is
arbitrary, and does not spring naturally from the necessities of the theme. The
Prince's behaviour towards Griseldis is attributed to his jealousy of the child
that is about to be born to them ; he wants alone to possess Griseldis' love ! Such
a case is, of course, possible, but grafted on to this particular legend quite destroys
its delicate flavour as well as its poetry, which must not be confounded with
cheap romance. Instead of a well-built drama, which gradually develops and
unfolds itself till it reaches the great climax, there a.-e only ten "genre" scenes,

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mi. of which where the Prince, iu wild anger, awaits the news of the birth of
hi* child has a most painful effect. Tin- lanmiam- is j- -uliai -. reminding one of the
sharp line.- o! a woodcut, and is intentionally dry. The work has not been an entire
.KB. For some time Hauptmann has given up treating present day subject*, the
onlv ones which appeal to him now being the eternal, never-changing questions
nid problems of mankind. Tin- themes he seeks are those which, as Otto Ludwig,
,i ilianritiM .il great aims of tli middle of the nineteenth century, expressed it, <an
happen everywhere and nowhere, always and never. It without vague symbolism
h- can Mi.-ceed iii transtVrring su.-h themes to his iritivc land and imbuing them
\\ith the breath of the soil, he will yet achieve a great work. It must only be
; Mowed time to ripen within him.

Sudermann's new piece, " Strandkinder," was given in the Berlin Hoftheater,
\sh--i-e, with it, his name appeared for the first time in the repertory. Very
probably this is the hand of Dr. Paul Lindau, who, in spite of his seventy years,
is still hale and hearty, and as chief producer of the Hoftheater has for the last
twelve months been actively and successfully engaged in enlarging and strengthening
its repertory on various sides. "Strandkinder" is the name for the wild
inhabitants of the shores of the Baltic Sea its product, as it were in the dark
Middle Ages, and so also are called their prey, the prisoners of sea fights and the
survivors of wrecks planned by the cruel shore dwellers. In this play Sudermann's
imam nation has painted us a highly coloured picture of rough primitive passions,
full of murder, wild hatred, and hot love, somewhat in the style of Wildenbruch.
Kvery act has a great climax, and therefore the play seems to promise a success with
the public.

ERNST VON WILDENBIU< n

Dr. Lindau has also brought out in the Berlin Hoftheater the late E. von
Wildenbruch's " Lieder des Euripides " and his posthumous work, " Der Deutsche
K-'iiig," the latter being left as a legacy to his countrymen. All the poet's weak-
nesses are evident in this latter work; his faulty psychology, his high-sounding
rhetoric, his superficial treatment of great motives ; and it has only found favour
h. -cause of the patriotic spirit which runs through it. It is different with " Die
Lieder des Euripides." They represent the best that Wildenbruch has done. They
t.n in a kind of portrait by himself wrung with pain from his own eoul. Euripides
is himself as he would have liked to be to be loved and admired. An army
of Athenians has been beaten by the people of Syracuse, but their prisoners are
spared because they sing the songs of Euripides, and their captors hear in them
with delight the poetry of their own tongue and the memories of their childhood.
Then Euripides himself comes and prevails on the victors to set the captive
Athenians free ; if that is not done, the poet swears he will be silent for ever.
And in this noble work, full of warm feeling and pulsing rhythms, there is one
line of true greatness. "Who says I sing only for the Athenians?" asks
Euripides, as one of the prisoners, his countryman, on being commanded to sing
Athenian songs in honour of the victors, throws the lyre in the dust, declaring
that Euripides belongs only to the Athenians. Euripides lifts up the lyre. He,
the poet of mankind, belongs to the whole world. Such a poet Wildenbruch had
-times dreamt of being, but it was not granted to him. He was ever the
ant of his gifts, never their master. He allowed his noble and glowing tem-
perament to run riot instead of reining it in and making it do his bidding. He
M\\ single scenes of picturesque splendour, but never a well-knit whole; he saw
single features of his figures, which he often allowed to grow to phantastic dimen-
sions, but never rounded, surely drawn human characters, so that, after the first
enthusiasm, they leave us cold, and his phrases sound empty. Nevertheless, his
-.iit'ts were great, and his "Songs of Euripides" would perhaps be appreciated
h-re, too, if given in a fine and free translation. Lindau gave himself up to the
work of producing this play with loving piety, and the result produced a wonderful
impression.

HISTORIC/ L AND POETIC PLAYS.

< lennan history has appealed to several other writers. A young Viennese, Rudolf
Holzer, has taken for the theme of his drama the story of " Kohlhase," which Kleist
utilised for a novel. Kohlhase is a merchant of Luther's time Luther himself comes
into the story from whom a nobleman in a fit of insolence unlawfully takes two horses.
Kohlhase first seeks redress from the young lord in court, and when it is refused him
Uvomes a kind of outlaw, like l{obin Hood, attacks village? and even towns with hi.^

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band, and is finally executed. The theme treated here is the feeling of injured justice.
Right is right, and must remain so. This work was brought out in Weimar, but
had only a succes d'estime. The very difficult material was not thoroughly mastered
by the author, and where he took a different road from Kleist it was not to the
advantage of the piece. Nor is he entirely successful in the way he uses the old
language either; side by side with rugged, honest talk can be found speeches that
are out of the picture.

In " Der letzte Streich der Konigin von Navarra " the author, Johannes Raff,
has made use of a French story. The play shows great weaknesses, but has great-
aims and some capability. Its theme is the eternal uncertainty of love, the grow-
ing fear that the call of the blood is the strongest, that happiness would be thrown
to the winds in order to enjoy the compelling passion of an hour.

For some years a number of Renaissance and other dramas by Wilhelm Weigand
have been appearing in book form without being performed. Now, however, his
" Lorenzino " has been given in Breslau. It is an ambitious piece on a subject
which has often been treated : the tragic fate of Lorenzino, who, in order to save
the city of Florence, murdered his cousin, Alexandro de Medici. But the piece
lacks the human note. All the characters stand for an abstract quality, and only
that, and the whole gives the impression of a game of chess. A favourite essayist,
Karl Federn, who has written several fine essays on Emerson, has also attempted
an Italian theme in his play, " Der Gast des Mocenigo." It is, however, too
philosophical. A finely-thought-out comedy has been written by Franz Kaibel on
the same story from " The Thousand and One Nights," which has already been
treated by Wieland. " Wenn Verliebte Schworen " ("Lovers' Vows") is the
story of an artisan whose wife dies. He swears to mourn on her grave for nine
days without food or drink, but the persuasion of a female friend makes him
reconsider his decision. It almost gives the impression of the theme of " Der
Letzte Streich der Konigin von Navarra" turned into a comedy: vows to-day,
forgotten to-morrow. In his " Thersites " Stefan Zweig has dipped into classical
lore. He felt the desire to describe psychologically this mocker of the Homerian
epos, and in his hands Thersites becomes the " tragedy of ugliness." This cowardly,
hideous creature has a heart, however, which longs for friendship and love, but
can never be satisfied, so that the lust for revenge in him gains the mastery in
the end. The piece is the work of a lyric poet ; it is devoid of outward action,
and all the work and care are spent almost entirely on the central figure, Thersites.
Karl von Levetzow, in his " Bogen des Philoctet," has also gone back to the
antique, to a subject already used by Sophocles. His language in " Der
Bogen des Philoctet" is not free from rhetoric, his characters are not all
firmly drawn, but through it all one feels that, to speak with Goethe's Iphigenie,
"his soul seeks the land of the Greeks." And Levetzow has entered the land of
the Greeks as a man of his time, just as Goethe once did also. That has helped
and at the same time harmed the work. The blending of the two ages has not
been everywhere successful ; contradictions stare at one, and modern philosophical
views of life show themselves, but nevertheless the piece has so much strength
and manliness in hate and scorn, as well as in love and friendship, that it gives
hope for the future. Thanks are due to the Berliner Theater for producing it.

PLAYS or THE SOIL.

The "Soil" dominates the work of a group of dramatists, a few of whom I
may mention here, with their latest plays Karl Schonherr's " Der Bildschnitzer "
is a little village drama, charmingly observed and firmly drawn, and another,
though unsuccessful, piece of his is " Ueber der Briicke," showing the -irrecon-
cilable difference between two modes of life those of the dweller in town and
the strolling player. A new writer, Ludwig Heilbronn, has written a strong and
fine play, " Hoogeland," modelled on Ibsen. E. von Keyserling is a quiet observer
and fine portrayer of morals and manners. His " Peter Hawel " is finely and
deeply conceived, a poem in prose. Fritz Stavenhagen, who died so young, has
given in his " De Diitsche Michel/' in low German dialect, a play which is the
product of the soil, a kind of humorous, although slightly forced, contrast to
Hauptmann's "Weavers." Max Dreyer's new comedy, "Des Pfarrers Tochter
von Streladorf," also plays in North Germany. Almost all the characters are fine,
honest Germans to the core, such as Dreyer loves. With them he runs against the
narrow code of moral laws, and, behold ! the honest public follow^ its darincr leader

THE GERMAN STAGE.

[Hofphotograph Erwin Raupp, Berlin, II'., 61, Krhrenttraue 53.

HARRY WALDEN,

A favourite actor of " bon viyant" par^ in Berlin.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

GUSTAV LINDEMANN

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Schauspielhaus and also plays leading parts there.

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.mil applauds tin- Pastor's brave daughter when she turns off her forim-i 1<\ -r \\lio

\\ant.N li> ! i eept him I'm In r lnislfiiul be< -au.su of the child to be boru to them.

Whether it would apphud h.-r a.-ii.m in r-il life is another question. For the
ha racters of her pla\ . " Da.- I.et/te (ilii-k " ( I- rank hut a. Main), the well-known
novelet. Clara Viebiff, ha gone t<. tin- Kit'. -I. tin- mountainous strip of country on
the left side of the Rhine, which sin- knows so well. The < harai ters are, as usual,
llently drawn and lift-like, but the dramatic form is neither sure nor uniform
enough, so that only single scenes work dramatically, although that in a strong
degree. Finallv. I. n thai- > limit!! ha.-- \\rit.cn a . unedy with tin- tin:- Berlin fla\our.
"Only a Dream." a tnry of adultery, lightly treated. True Berlin types all the
characters are, with their hittd t nii-iie.-. their love for sharp sayings, their slangy
talk, and their natures devoid of inner culture!

" DON JUAN " REDIVIVUS.

A small group for it f elf is formed by a few pieces which represent the old
theme of " Ddii .lua n " in a new and gent-rally modern setting, and with a .-pe. ial
meaning. Three Mich piece-, have appeared within the year : "Don Juan's Letztes
Aheiiteuer," von Hans Otto (Stuttgart); "Don Juanito," von Schmitz (Mannheim),
and " Unterwegs," von Thaddans Hittner (Vienna). The first of the three pieces
plays in Venice, and is evidently by an imaginative writer, who, through the power
of suggestion, forces his audience under his spell almost against its will. The

ml piece shows us a modern Don Juan who has top much intellect and culture
to he the captivator, so that his prey always escapes him, or rather he himself lets
it escape. The piece was only partly successful. The first act alone shows signs of
a light and sure touch. In the third play, Don Juan betrays the wife of his friend,
who stabs him. But Don Juan never dies, he is the lover in man. The woman,
for whom his present embodiment is killed, bends over him and kisses him.
Suddenly she starts up, horror stricken ; the dead man has kissed her again !

SATIRICAL PLAYS.

A. Schnitzler, whose sentimental early piece " Liebelei " was given by the
Stage Society last summer under the title " Light of Love," has this year written
only a one-act play, " Comtesse Mizzi," which is certainly the very reverse of
sentimental. It is a satire on the morals of the aristocracy, in which, however, all
exaggeration of the characters is carefully avoided. By the mere conduct of the
action and the choice of the characters, he brings out, seemingly quite naturally, a
biting scorn. Walter Turzinsky, whose " Gelbstern " was noticed here last year,
has this year joined forces with Konrad Stifter, and together they have produced
an audacious burlesque " Man Soil Keine Briefe Schreiben," which at the same
time makes fun of the detective stories of last year. One scene impossible, of
course, but very merry plays tin a low den of criminals, and is the best in the piece.

The Academic Stage Society, Berlin, unearthed Frank Wedekind's earliest play,
a youthful and immature piece, called " Die Junge Welt." It is the attempt of an
idealist to free himself from the first disappointments of life, but Wedekind has
never succeeded in this attempt, and still wears his cloak of apparent cynicism.
His last piece, a one-act play called "Die Zensur," has since come out in the
Schauspielhaus in Munich. It is not a play but a dialogue, in which, under the
name of Buridan, he discusses his own affairs, as some of his plays had been
forbidden by the Censor. Shortly before the end of last year Hermann Bahr, the
Proteus of C4erman literature, won great success in the Berlin Lessing Theater with
his bright and witty comedy, " Das Konzert." It is a very amusing persiflage on
the admiration for artists of ladies, old and young, of the upper classes, who
worship in the artist the handsome and fascinating man also. The dialogue is
full of humour, and sparkles with smart sayings.

FOREIGN AND ENGLISH PLAYS.

Of the many foreign works I may mention the two following : (1) The
recently finished play by the ever-young Bjornson, " Wenn der Junge Wein Bliiht."
This fine and humorous piece on the old theme of love is the work of a mature
thinker, and is yet filled with the warm-hearted feelings of youth. Very soon after
the Danish premiere it had its first German performance, and had a very hearty
reception in the Dresdner Hoftheater, which for some years now has been notable
for its energy and enterprise. (2) " Revolutionshochzeit," by the Danish writer
topnus Michaelis (Hebbel Theater, Berlin). It treats in a rather original way an

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episode of the great French Revolution. The Shuberts have bought the work for
America. Of English plays given for the first time in Germany may be mentioned
Shaw's "Major Barbara" and "Widowers' Houses"; Galsworthy's "Strife,"
produced in Cologne, where it had a very hearty reception from the public ;
with Somerset Maugham's " Mrs. Dot,'-' H. H. Davies's " Captain Drew on
Leave," W. W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker's " Beauty and ths Barge," Parker's
" Cardinal," which has met with great success, John Valentine's " The Stronger
Sex," and several others. The fact that an English musical comedy, " Miss Gibbs,"
has invaded the land of the operette, Vienna, and been a great success there is
remarkable, and seems to point to a friendly exchange between the two nations.

INTERESTING EEVIVALS.

Some specially interesting performances of older works may be mentioned here,
such as the numerous cycles of Schiller's plays to commemorate the 150th birthday
of the poet, who is still a living power on the stage. Lindau directed a cycle of
the iplays in the Berlin Hof theater, Reinhardt gave " Don Carlos," and outside
Berlin there were also several cycles, as, for instance, in the Stuttgart Hoftheater.
Hagemann, in Mannheim, gave the great Wallenstein trilogy in one evening, which
proved an extraordinary success. It was in Mannheim that Schiller first became
known by his "Rauber." The Leasing Theater, in Berlin, gave a cycle of thirteen
Ibsen plays in chronological order, brilliantly performed. Direktor Brahm showed
herewith what he has achieved during the last twenty years. In the Berlin Hoftheater,
under Lindau, Hauptmann has been taken up again, his " Sunken Bell " having been
given there during the year. Two scenes from it are reproduced here. Lindau also
revived Otto Ludwig's " Die Maccabaer," a powerful drama, but unfortunately not of
uniform structure, through being cast from several different sketches. After this he
gave a charming version of his own of Moliere's " Malade Imaginaire," in which
the original ending is preserved, and earned hearty success with it. In the Cologne
Stadttheater, Direktor Martersteig, who has just received the title " Geheimer
Rat " (Privy Councillor) for his services to the stage, gave a performance of
" Faust," in which the atmosphere and spirit of the play were beautifully brought
out.

FESTIVAL AND OTHER PERFORMANCES.

The " Miinchner Marchenspiele " towards the end of the year paid a successful
visit to Berlin. They gave the old fairy tales in artistic new versions with
music, so as to get into touch again with the old poetry of the people, and in
this way to lay the foundation for a new poetic revival. The new movement for
open-air performances was discussed at some length in THE STAGE some months ago.
It also shows the love for the dramatic art in all circles, and the longing for beauty
and poetry, colour and life in it.

Quite unique are the Festivals for Young People which have been held in
Weimar by the Schillerbund. For three weeks four classical performances were
given each week to youthful audiences, who in this way became accustomed to
noble dramatic fare. For this year's performances a considerable sum has already
been collected.

CONDITIONS IN BERLIN.

In No. 18 of "Die Deutsche Biihne," the official organ of the Deutsche
Buhner verein (Society of German Theatre Directors), the following significant pas-
sage occurs : " It is a pretty generally known fact, and one not to be denied, that
the Berlin theatres are at present fighting against very calamitous fortune. The
want of new " drawing " pieces, constant official regulations from high police
authorities, depressed conditions of trade in short, a whole series of adverse cir-
cumstances have contributed towards making this year's season into a particularly
unfortunate one. '

All possible means apparently have been tried in Berlin to fight the growing
indifference of the public to the theatre. Numbers of so-called free tickets are
given away, and as on each ticket a fee is charged which is equal to about a third
of the box office price, a small return is thus secured. But it is said that even
these tickets are sometimes refused. Another plan is to offer tickets to all kinds of
clubs, societies, etc., at greatly reduced prices, and to sell tickets in all kinds of
shops at half-price in short, to do everything possible to fill the theatres with a
half-willing, half-unwilling audience. In spite of all this, however, the interest of
the public centres only round certain premieres, but for these performances a great

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Reproductions of the original sketches for Max Reinhardfs produc'ion

of " Julius Cesar."
Designed by Professor A. R<>

ACT II. -ROOM IN CESAR'S HOUSE.

ACT IV. IN THE HOUSE OF ANTON1US.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Reproductions of the original sketches for Max Reinhardt's production
of "Julius Caesar/'

ACT III, THE FORUM*

STREET WITH HOUSE OF BRUTUS*

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Reproductions of the original sketches for Max Reinhardt's production

of " Julius Caesar/'
Designed by ProfesHor A. Roller.

ACT V.-THE PLAINS OF PHiLIPPI.

ACT V. DEATH OF CASSIUS.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Scenery for Coriolanus," as presented at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich.
Designed by Maschinen Director Julius V. Klein.

ACT L-ROOM IN THE HOUSE OF CORIOLANUS.

ACT I. STREET IN ROME.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Scenery for " Coriolanus," as presented at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich,
Designedjby Maschinen Director Julius V. Klein

ACT IL THE INTERIOR OF THE CAPITOL.

ACT IV, VESTIBULE IN THE HOUSE OF AUFIDIUS.

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free tickets have of necessity to be given away to the Press, etc., without fee
of any kiml. The tendency seems to be now started by the Lessing Theater to
sell all tickets available for sale, on important first nights, only at increased pi <
The pleasure of being able to pronounce for the weal or woe of a new piece must be
purchased at .in i -.\i By these means the fate of new works is put more

than ever in the hands of people with long purses, especially as nowadays the Berlin
verdict holds good more ana more for the whole of Germany. Such premieres,
especially in case of llanptmann first nights, have in this wa"y become a strange
i.. ml of society function, at which rich but not very cultured Berlin circles create
a noisy battle for and against the play and the author! Such painful scenes
contribute iniiliing towards showing Berlin to be a centre of culture; to Haupt-
iiiaiin and his production they have even done serious harm. l-Yr "small" pre-
mieres, the result of which is uncertain, all possible means are taken to secure
il! house, that ran be relied on absolutely. This guarantees tremendous
applause on the evening, but the next morning often brings a miserable Press,
.iii.l tin refill empty houses. But even when the Press is good, the audience
.ft en falls off very soon. How can that be accounted for: The "Deutsche
Bulme" attributes it principally to the lack of new "drawing" pieces, but it
i.- also partly because Berlin is following more and more the example of London
and reiving on the long run of a "drawing" piece, and has become unfaithful to
the old repertory system. There are already theatres which daringly begin the
season, the same as in London, with only one piece, staking their all on the one
.aid. In London the evil of the long run has been proved by experience. In
Berlin they are steering straight towards this evil with open eyes. Berlin private
theatres are now forced into the long run system for the reasons that rule in
London, namely, financial ones. Berlin will probably not have long to wait for
the inevitable consequence of all this. Instead of stock companies, accustomed to
play together and to keep up a certain style and tradition, companies will be
formed for each single run. In last year's volume of this book we discussed the
plan which had been adopted to try and balance this unsatisfactory state of affairs,
namely . the lending of actors to different stages and their touring in the provinces
during those periods of enforced resting. But in the long run that alone cannot
meet the case. Pieces which enjoyed these long runs during the last year were
generally musical comedies and poor farces, and also some comedies of satirical
tendency, of native and foreign manufacture; in short, mostly pieces of a very light
character. Musical comedies have become the fashion.

THE BERLIN SCHILLER THEATER.

The theatres of Berlin are showing two distinct tendencies : on the one hand
the change into the purely commercial management on capitalistic basis, with the
consequences just mentioned. An example of this is given by the Metropol Theater,
\\hich has now been turned into a company whose shares are bought and sold at
the Exchange. On the other hand, there is the development of the " Volksbiihnen "
(People's Theatres), which form a kind of supplement to the Royal Hoftheater.
Two such theatres, under the far-seeing and excellent management of Dr. R.
cnfeld, are the Schiller Theater, which, at very low prices, give their public
tly the lower middle classes) a changing repertory of classical but also amuse-
ment plays, and even sometimes premieres. A careful ensemble is made a particular
point, and although too much attention is not given to the decorations, they are
always tasteful. The two scenes from the Schiller Theater reproduced here are
from an Ibsen piece, and are by one of the best German scenic artists, Prof.
Roller, who has also designed the pictures given here of Reinhardt's production of
Julius Ca-sar." The price of seats in the Schiller Theater is, for the best
2s. 6d. ; for the cheapest, sixpence, including programme and cloak-room
ocommodation ! Excellent refreshments are also provided at extraordinarily cheap
B. At the same time they are in no way "popular" theatres in the sense of
am theatres here, for they have a much higher object in view. Anyone taking
inscription fares cheaper still, and these subscriptions are also payable in four
stalments, so that even the poorer people can take them. By the way, a company
s just been started in Berlin which sells, at a slightly increased price, subscrip-
on the instalment system for all theatres worked on the subscription method
ight to help to bring a larger public to the theatres. It must not be thought
these Schiller theatres are merely a philanthropic undertaking. This is bv
the case. They belong to a company, but one which has founded thein.

64 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

for the common good, not as a profitable speculation. For all that, these theatres
have not only paid their way, but give a profit of from 1,000 to 3,500 a year !
One of the two theatres the one in Charlottenburg is, moreover, a model of
modern theatre architecture, with an auditorium designed on the amphitheatre
system a real People's Theatre in the best sense of the word that is, a theatre
in which the universality of culture is emphasised, instead of the difference of
classes being sharply marked by separation.

A CLASSICAL STAGE SOCIETY.

Truly unique institutions are the two " Freien Volksbuhnen " of Berlin, to
which a new one has been added, called "Das Klassische Theater." They are
societies which make arrangements with different theatres to have, according to
their choice, plays from the theatres' repertories played to their members on cer-
tain days during the season. The new "Klassische Theater" was founded last
year for the performance at Wednesday and Saturday matinees of classical as
well as good modern plays for the pupils of the higher boys and girls' schools. In
the first season six performances are to be given in the Deutsches Theater, the
Berliner Theater, and Neues Schauspielhaus for the price of six shillings, including
cloakroom and programme. The parents of the children can, as far as the space
permits, have seats at the same price. A plan is oh foot to extend this excellent
enterprise to all the board 'schools also.

POPULAR STAGE SOCIETIES.

The two "Freien Volksbuhnen" are older foundations. In 1890 Bruno Wille,
philosopher and idealistic educator of the masses, founded the " Freie Volksbiihne."
It was opened with a performance of Ibsen's " Pillars of Society." The organisa-
tion is much the same as the Stage Society here ; in fact, it might be called a
Popular Stage Society with very similar methods, but, of course, entirely different
aims. The performances take place on Sunday afternoons, and plays and theatres
are chosen by the Council. The Council consists of a literary advisory board of
authors and critics, the president of the Society, and office bearers (treasurer,
secretary, etc.), chosen by the members of the Society. In the first years of its
existence, companies were got together for each piece, and all the first-rate artists
competed with each other in lending their services. In those days there were no
public performances on Sunday afternoons in Berlin ; now that these performances
bring the theatres so much money, few artists are free for special performances, so
that the " Freien Volksbuhnen " have now generally to take one of the plays
already in the repertory of the theatre giving the performance, although, of course,
the Society can choose the piece. Then they have reserved for themselves the
right to choose now and then an entirely new piece, which the theatre in question
has to produce for them. In this way the Volksbuhnen retain a certain amount of
literary independence. To enlarge this independence again, however, and to be
enabled to realise all the intentions they cherish, the larger of the two societies,
" Die Neue Freie Volksbiihne " (the two societies together total the respectable
number of 60,000 members, many of whom are artisans), has decided on building
a theatre of its own. It has already got together a building fund of more than
5,000, collected mostly from small people. This Society alone now pays a yearly
sum of 25,000 to the eleven theatres with which it has contracts. The members
pay one shilling for each performance, the seats being allotted by ballot. By means
of these societies an entirely new public for the dramatic art has grown up. For
the last three years a similar society has existed in Vienna, with a membership of
9,000, under the presidency of Herr Stefan Grossmann, a well-known writer and
dramatic author.

PROVINCIAL MOVEMENTS.

From the provinces some interesting movements are to be recorded. The towns
are occupying themselves more and more with dramatic art, although not in all
cases to the extent of entirely freeing the managers from financial considerations.
At a meeting of the " Biihnenverein " (Society of German Theatre Directors), stress
was laid on the fact that managers had to provide all scenery, weapons, armour, etc.,
themselves, representing a cost of about 8,000, and for that reason they must of
necessity be, in the first place, business men. The managers also blame the towns
for the adherence to the abhorred system of the " trial month " the month within
which an actor may receive notice because the Municipal Theatre Committees
reserve the right of making the manager discharge any actor whom they do .not like.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Scenery for " King John," as presented at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich.

Ucsi-ncd by Maschiiu'M Liivctor Julius V. Klein.

ACT I. STATE RECEPTION ROOM IN PALACE.

ACT IL ABBEY GARDEN.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

DR. CARL HAGEMANN'S SCENERY FOR GOETHE'S "TASSO/

from original drawings by himself.

ACT II.

GARDEN SCENF.

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THE GERMAN STAGE.

Max Marte-steig's scsnery for "Hero'es end Mariamne," tragedy by F. Hebbel,

ROYAL AUDIENCE HALL.

L ANTECHAMBER IN THE PALACE.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Max Martersteig's scenery for "Gyges und sein Ring," trageiy by F. Hebfcel.

II.-THE QUEENS CHAMBER*

JII t TEMPLE OF HESTIA.

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Several new towns have taki-n up tin- management of their own theatre, as, for
example, Kiel. In several other towns managers are made to fulfil certain conditions
in exchange for the subvention, such as a fixed amount of salary, supply of
costumes for the actresses, cheap popular performances, etc. Towns are more and
more recognising the fact that an art in>t it ut inn like the theatre can only be per-
manently maintained on a sound economical basis and adequate payment for the
actors. In some places the condition is made that if a net profit is the outcome of
a year part of it must come to the town, the manager being guaranteed a certain sum.
This is intended to prevent, on the one hand, the squeezing out of " drawing "
|ii."-rs i the manager has no longer only to look anxiously to profits and can turn his
at t.iiiK.n to other works), and, on the other, to prevent expenses, borne by the
(own. Midi as light, water, and rent, helping in the end only to fill the pockets of
tin- manager. The following record of sums paid by towns towards their theatres
f :l..ml.l l.o of interest : Cologne, 25,000; Frankfurt, 13,000; Barmen, 6,0uu ;
Di.itmund. 6,000; Essen, 4,000; Elberfeld, 4,000; Aachen, 3,500; Breslau,
3,000 ; Diiwieldorf 2,500 ; Magdeburg, 2,500 ; Kattawitz, 1,000 ; Thorn, 1,000.

rKOIM.K's Till. \li:i:s is Illl, PROVINCES.

The Cologne Stadttheater has made au excellent arrangement, similar to the
Berlin Volksbiihnen movement, by which extra performances are given on Sunday
afternoons to the different societies, trades unions, etc., of the town, and even to
the Socialist workmen's organisation, the societies having the right to choose any
piece they like from the repertory of the theatre. Last year, for example, the
ti"nUs unions chose Galsworthy's "Strife," and received the work with the
greatest enthusiasm. In a letter to me Dr. Simchowitz, the dramaturg of the
theatre, wrote : " We are indeed proud of having solved the problem of popularising
the theatre in this way ; so far no other theatre in Germany has succeeded in this
point to such an extent or in a more truly liberal spirit." In Hamburg a
" Deutsches Volkstheater " is in process of building, which will give each sub-
scriber one performance a week (forty in the year) for a yearly subscription of 20s.
This also includes an illustrated theatrical paper, delivered gratis, and free entrance
to numerous artistic and scientific evenings.

A CENTRE OF ART AND CULTURE.

What can be done by private enterprise is shown by the Diisseldorf Schau-
spielhaus (directors, Frau L. Dumont and G. Lindemann). It was founded a
few years ago with great enthusiasm by Frau Dumont, and is now one of the
centres of art and culture. In this theatre, which is architecturally a fine building,
with a very comfortable and refined interior, not only plays, but also art and other
lectures (on Sundays) are given, and concerts and exhibitions held. Finally, this
theatre, which has been further improved by the addition of a beautiful new hall,
has been selected as the headquarters of a kind of private University called " The
Rhenish Popular Academy for Ethics and ^Esthetic Culture." The repertory of
the theatre contains Shakespeare and all the classics, as well as Ibsen and the
modern writers. In connection with the theatre is an academy of acting, now
under the direction of Dr. E. Stahl, lately Professor of German at the University
of Nottingham. The theatre also publishes the excellent paper, " Die Masken."
which is sold every evening with the programme for a very small sum. Some rich
merchants of the town have generously guaranteed to pay up possible deficits. The
decorations of its productions are, like those of Reinhardt, on the newest lines;
its company, also' like Reinhardt's, often go touring. Last year the company
received well-earned applause in Paris. There is also a prospect of their visiting
England in the near future. It is good to be able to record that the actors'
interests, too, are well cared for in this theatre ; their contracts are
for a whole year that is to say, they receive the full amount of
their salaries during their holidays of about four weeks; historical costumes are
provided for the actresses by the management, also modern ones for those actresses
in receipt of a small salary. The Schauspielhaus has, therefore, become a model
institution in that respect. Besides the Schauspielhaus, there is also the Stadt-
theater in Diisseldorf, supported by the town, and concerned principally with the
opera. All this in a town of some 300,000 inhabitants !

STADTEBUND THEATRES.

The movement of the " Stiidtebund " theatres is increasing steadily. Several
pf the smaljer towns join together and have a good company with an extensive

66 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

repertory and well-studied performances, instead of each having a mediocre com-
pany and hurriedly prepared productions. For the actors, as well as the managers,
this development is advantageous. As in each of these towns there is a theatre
season of several weeks, or even months, the actors often get contracts for the
whole year, while the managers find in each town a public fresh and eager for
the theatre. Of course, in this way a good many posts are lost to actors, but these
were generally positions which could not be taken by any self-respecting man, and
have only helped to create a miserable proletariat, so their loss is no harm to any
one in fact, rather the reverse.

WANDERTRUPPEN.

The system of subsidised touring companies forms, for quite small communities, a
kind of supplement to the Stadtebund theatres. The Markische Touring Company,
which was mentioned here last year, has enlarged its repertory, and now gives a
number of classical and modern pieces. Keceiving support from the community,
or perhaps from private sources, in the form of the free use of a hall and light, a
sum in cash or a guarantee fund, it is independent of " drawing " pieces, and can
give plays of real artistic value. During the last year 189 performances were
given in sixty-eight 'places by the Markische Wander-Theater. In Hungary such
touring companies are now even subventioned by the State, less, it is true, to serve
Art and the education of the people than to relieve the poverty of the numberless
unemployed actors and actresses. However, if the plan works, the result will be
the same in the end.

PROVINCIAL TOURS BY ENTIRE COMPANIES.

Another important movement in the provinces must "be mentioned, as, happily,
i<-. is destined to supplement, not to replace, the stock companies in the different
towns, for they, in spite of some weaknesses, are a guarantee for a certain inde-
pendence and healthy growth in the dramatic life of the whole country. The move-
ment referred to is the " Ensemblegastspiele " of entire companies, which is
becoming more and more the custom, and closely resembles the big autumn tours of
the first-rate London companies. These tours give new interests to both actor and
public in the towns they visit, provide material for comparison, and bring with
them new plays and new actors, and in some cases new methods of staging ; in short,
beget new life, and thus raise the dramatic art of the country. Theatres in Vienna,
Diisseldorf, Berlin, etc., send their companies on these tours, notably Reinhardt's,
which gave plays by Shakespeare, Goethe, Schiller, etc., in the Kiinstlertheater
in Munich during the summer. These tours are taking more and more the place of
rounds through the provinces by single well-known actors, who during these tours
" star" in show roles in the different towns, playing with the resident stock com-
panies. Another good way of supplementing the work of the provincial theatres is
a custom which has come into use of companies touring with one or several plays
which, for some reason or other, have failed to get a hearing, but have appeared
promising. In spite, therefore, of a few adverse points, it may be said that
dramatic life in the provinces is healthy and progressive.

NEW THEATRES.

The many newly built theatres in the larger and smaller provincial towns also
speak for these favourable conditions. During the year new theatres, some of them
beautiful and expensive buildings, have been erected in, amongst other places,
Cassel (Royal Court Theatre), Chemnitz, Stuttgart, Hildescheim, Osnabr.iick,
Celle, Wolfenbiittel, Basel, Baden bei Wien, Aussig, and Meiningen, where the old
Hoftheater was burnt down early in the year.

MEININGEN.

With characteristic energy Duke George II., the great friend and benefactor of
the theatre and the leader of the famous " Meininger," had a stately new house
erected, in which Geheimrat Max Grube, one of the Old Guard of the Meininger,
now rules as director. He has begun with the excellent idea of opening his theatre
to young dramatists, especially of poetic works, and of trying to smooth the way to
fame for young actors. On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the new
Meininger Theater the " Deutsche Biihne " published, in December, a highly
interesting special number, in which the Meininger and their famous deeds were
treated. In the same number is to be found an interesting account, " Die Meininger
in London " (in 1881), by L. Barnay, also one of the Meininger Old Guard, who has
come to fame, and is n,pw director of the Hanover Hoftheater. In the course of
th,e article he tells of the admiration excited in London audiences by the Mejningers,

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Scenery for Hauptmann's " Sunken Bell " as presented at the Royal
Court Theatre, Berlin. Producer, Dr. Paul Lindau.

ACT L

[Zander JL- Libisch, Berlin, W., Mohreiutr. 19.

ACT

THE GERMAN STAGE.

SCENE (LAST ACT) FROM HAUPTMANN'S "ELGA,"

as presented at the Dusseldorf Schauspielhaus,

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Scenes from Ibsen's " Kaiser and Galiliier " as presented at the Berlin
Schiller Theater.

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[/>';/ permixxlon of Mrxnr*. Znmlfr nn<I Labixch, Photographers, Berlin, W. t Mohrenstr. 19.

THE GERMAN STAGE.

Architect Oskar Kaufmann's Scenery for G, Bernard Shaw's "The Philanderers/'

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especially in the crowd scenes in " Julius Cesar." During last year, also, the
Meiningers and their Duke celebrated another happy festival- namely, the
seventieth birthday of the Duke's consort, the Baroness Helen*- v. Heldburg, who,
as is well known, was at one time an actress of great and exceptional gifts.

ART ON THE STAGE.

The new movement in stage decoration in Germany was described at length in

these pages last year. This year we reproduce a number of pictures of scenes from

ililli'iciit theatres, to illustrate this movement still further. Of particular interest

are the pirtm.-, n<>m "Julius Ca-sar " (Keinhardt); from < ;<-t he's " F.-MM "

Cologne), designed by Director Martersteig himself; from Goethe's " Tasso "

nliriin), designed by Intendant Dr. Hagemann himself; the scene from

" The Merchant of Venice " (Diisseldorf Schauspielhaus, Directors Dumont and

LiiioVmann) ; and from " Coriolanus " and "King John," designed by Herrn

Maschinendirector Klein, Munich, who has arranged a new kind of Shakespeare

stage. It was in Munich, too, that the first Shakespeare stage was invented and

us. ii for years, with the greatest artistic success, by Jocza Savits. All these SC<MM-S

a good idea of the way in which, in these productions, such minor detail as

s only to weary the attention is toned down or totally eliminated, and all the

forms and masses in which the significance of the subject lies are developed or

ln-ought out into stronger relief.

Roller, in Vienna, has already adopted this new style for operatic; performances,
ami his example was followed by Dr. Hans Lowenfeld (Leipzig) with great success
in a performance of " Die Zauberflote," in which emphasis was laid on the general
impression instead of on correct details of the scenery It was to have the effect-
not of a " magic farce." but- of the great, work of Art dedicated to Freemasonry
and brotherly love. The fine results of the performance justified Dr. Lowenf eld's
enterprise. This movement has already begun to attract the attention of wide
circles. In Mannheim, for instance, where Intendant Dr. Hagemann has taken it
up so enthusiastically, a rich family of the name of Lenz has magnanimously borne
the entire cost of the new decorations of "Faust," " Wallenstein," and now the
whole Wagner Ring. The German Shakespeare Society has also shown interest in
the new ideas. Dr. Hagemann gave a lecture to the Society recently, which was
attended by a highly interested audience : and full accounts of the new work done
in Berlin, Munich, Mannheim, Bern, etc., are given in its comprehensive Year-
Book. Last year the proposal made by Dr. Gregori, of Wien, to found a " Society
for Art on the Stage " was mentioned here, and it is interesting to learn that this
Society has since then really been established, and has enlarged itself greatly.
This autumn (1910) it will hold its first public congress in Berlin, at which the
principal points to be discussed are : The building of theatres (especially the
arrangement of the stage), limits of naturalistic and stylistic production, the
education of the actor, etc. At the same time in Berlin there will be a large
Theatrical Exhibition, arranged by th " Gesellschaft fur Theatergeschichte "
(Society for the History of the Stage). In Berlin, also, a number of authors,
painters, and architects have formed themselves into a society whose duty it is to
choose artistic decorations, suited to the style of the different plays, for the smaller
provincial stages which cannot afford to engage an artist to design their decorations.

THE AUTHORS' YEAR.

The German Dramatists' Society has been making great progress and now
(Mints more than 120 members, amongst whom are many of the best-known writers
<>t' Germany. It has made an arrangement with the sister societies of Denmark and
Spain to help each other mutually, and hopes to make a similar arrangement with
the other countries. It was cordially desired to have connection with England
in the same way, but unfortunately an English Dramatists' Society has not yet
been established. The .Society, in collaboration iwith the Society of Gorman Theatre
Directors, is working out a standard contract for plays which will be binding for
both managers and authors, and will regulate the percentage of authors' fees, etc.

is^ to be hoped, also, that an agreement will be arrived at about the treatment of
MSS. sent in for perusal, for there is as much sinning against this point in Germany
as well, elsewhere ! A standard contract between authors and dramatic agents ha*s
also been drawn up, but all the agents have not yet agreed to it. Similar good work
has been done by the Austrian Union of Dramatists and Composers in Vienna .
whose leading spirit is Fritz Telmann.

68 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

A THEATRE BOYCOTT.

The German Dramatists' Society has during the past year boycotted a Berlin theatre ;
none of its members may, according to a ruling of an extraordinary general meeting,
give this theatre any play, nor may any member of the foreign societies which
are affiliated with the German one, do so either. A member who broke this rule
was expelled. The case, which is most important for future developments, is as
follows : The play by Lothar Schmidt, " Nur Ein Traum " (already mentioned
here), had a very good reception at the premiere, and the Press criticisms which
followed were also very favourable. In spite of this, however, the manager did
not give it on the Sunday following the premiere, as is the usual custom with
successes. This, in the opinion of the Society, has harmed the piece very much,
because, in the eyes of the public, it appeared to have had only a slight success,
and no one troubled to go, in consequence of which takings at the next perform'
ances, it is alleged, fell at once. Finally, the piece was taken out of the repertory
altogether, seriously damaging its chances in the provinces. In future such cases
will, no doubt, be provided for by a suitable clause in the standard contract. In
the present case the Society has sued the manager and the result is awaited with
much interest. The question at issue is whether the court will look upon it as
a recognised custom that a piece which has been well received and well criticised
should be put on the bill for the following Sunday, and whether, if this is not done,
the author is entitled to damages. On the other hand, the manager declares that
the piece from the first was not a financial success. From this case it will be
plainly seen .how important an international agreement is ; then the boycott would,
of course, have far greater effect. In such a case, for instance, the interests of
an English author would be equally well guarded if he belonged to an affiliated
society. This case has caused the Society to form a Legal Committee, which, in
future, will act in such cases.

A COPYRIGHT CASE.

Still another legal case, much the same as the "Sherlock Holmes" one, will
interest English authors. Two adaptations had been made of Justin Huntly
McCarthy's novel, " If I Were King," for the German stage. The one, by Leo Lenz,
was the authorised one; the other, by Felix Josky, was done on the adapter's own
accoimt. Both wer* accepted by Berlin theatres, and Josky's was to be performed
first. Thereupon the authorised adapter, Lenz, took the matter to law, and the
premiere was temporarily postponed. Soon after, however, the court declared
Josky's adaptation of the English novel to be legally valid, and the performance
was allowed to proceed. Herr Josky voluntarily declared himself willing to pay
Mr. McCarthy the usual share of author's fees, probably the half.

THE ACTORS' YEAR.

Owing to the length of this survey, it is impossible to record in detail the
progress of the movements amongst the profession in Germany during the last
year. Nor is it absolutely necessary, as the different points the demand for an
Imperial theatre law (which, by the way, is not likely to come to pass soon),
a minimum salary, etc. have been constantly referred to in THE STAGE. I only
need, therefore, to sum up shortly. It will be remembered that the German Actors'
Association which now counts about 10,000 members at the end of 1908 refused
to accept the standard contract which had been worked out by a committee formed
of some of its own members and of some members of the Society of Directors ;
thereupon the latter broke off all connection with the Association, refused to accept
it as representing German actors, cancelled the Court of Arbitration composed
of members of both parties, and in other ways tried to fight the Association. One
may deeply regret the struggle which then 'ensued, and in which, unfortunately,
there was much that was merely personal ; but, on the other hand, it has brought
about a development of the Association in the right direction, more in accordance
with the social and economic views of the present day. Out of a kind of friendly
society, whose principal object was the provision of old age and invalid pensions
for its members, a kind of trade union has now developed, which aims at raising
the social position of its members, and, in fact, of the whole class, and will work
for their interest with all its strength. Faithful to the motto, " Viribus Unitis,"
proposals are being discussed to combine with all the other similar societies, such
as the Dramatists', the Musicians', the Chorus Singers', etc. In an interesting
letter to me Herr Curt Stark, an actor who at one time played in English in
America, and who is one of the most energetic workers of the Association, proposed

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an international combination, which, it is much to be hoped, will one day become
a reality. 1 had the pleasure of reading this letter to tin- Committee of the English
Actors' Association towards tin- end of 1909, and I was very glad to see how
enthusiastically the proposal was received. Let us hope it will bring about the

desired end ; all would he the gainers by it.

A LE<;AL PROTECTION Br:n..\r.

In place of tin- cancelled Court of Arbitration the A.'sociation lias created a
" Rechtsschutzbureau " (Legal Protection Bureau), which has already dom
excellent work, and, it is pleasant to record, has in two cases been able to assist
Knjish actresses who, unfortunately, were forced to seek protection. Such
fellowship and international brotherhood will surely contribute much towards a
pleasant understanding and mutual appreciation. This Protection Bureau has
taken in hand 817 cases in all, of which 729 were arranged by a settlement, while
the eighty-eight remaining cases came before the court. If a member of the
profession is unjustly treated he goes at once to the Bureau for advice, and the
Bureau acts for him immediately. If he has been dismissed without good reason
he receives support if the case be a needy one, and also the legal expenses are
home by the 'Bureau. But not only are the actors protected against the directors,
the directors aie also assisted in cases where the actor has behaved badly. Thus
the Bureau exercises an educative influence on all sides, which cannot be too highly
appreciated. Nor is it to be wondered at that this institution, which was intended
as i " weapon of defence" against the directors, has already been found by some
of the latter to be a useful arrangement.

The struggle has strengthened the Association in other respects also the number
of its members has increased, and its capital has now reached the sum of 400,000.
The poor conditions under which the German actors work,* as well as the spirit of
the times, would sooner or later have inevitably driven the Association on to the
road of trade unionism in any case, but this struggle has hastened the process,
has cleared many points, and opened the eyes of the actors. That was plainly
discernible in the unanimity with which it was decided, at the December meeting
of the Society, to put such important questions as minimum salary, combination
with other associations, etc., into the hands of a permanent committee. The
personal element in the fight will in time disappear, and directors and actors will
agree to bury the hatchet again, for the best representatives of the former Baron
von Putlitz (in his pamphlet, " Theaterhoffungen "), Max Martersteig, Dr. Hage-
mann, Dr. Brahm, etc. are all in favour of peace, and understand the actors'
standpoint. Some of the towns, such as Frankfurt, Mannheim, etc., which have
influence in the theatre, have openly taken the part of the Association in the fight.
The same may be said of public opinion. And when peace is at last restored
the great step in advance will have been taken once for all. There cannot be any
doubt that in the end all three factors together the actors, the directors, and the
Princes and towns will, m accordance with the views of imodern times, contribut--
in providing the solid social and economic basis on which alone a real dramatic
art can thrive.

OBITUARY.

The past year has been one of heavy losses to the German stage. Of dramatists
who have passed away during the year I will only mention Detlev von Liliencron,
\\hose strength, however, did not lie so much in his plays as in his wonderfully
fresh and youthful lyrics; and Ernst von Wildenbruch, who has already been
discussed in these pages. The stage has to mourn the loss of that fine actor* Adoh
voii Sonnenthal, of the Burgtheater, Vienna, who died full of years; of Adolf
Matkowsky, the well-known and much-admired member of the Berlin Hoftheater
taken m the prime of life; of Klara Ziegler, the former famou^assical "heroine "'
"t the Munich Hoftheater; and of Professor Strakosch, the great elocutionist who
worked in the Burgtheater under Laube, and latterly in Reinhardt's theatre To
him many fine actors owe their excellent training. Finally, I cannot close without
reference to the sad death of Meta Tiling, founder of the English Theatre in
fnnmy. It was to a splendid cause that sh:> gave h-r a. nl.it ion. ener-'V and
enthusiasm, but her exertions for it unfortunately cost her her life.

70 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE NEW THEATRE, NEW YORK.

BY W. H DENNY*

TO whom belongs credit fo-r the initiative of the scheme of the New Theatre
perhaps may 'never be known. Many lay claim to it ; yet for ail that it is right
to record that the proposition was brought into the sphere of actuality mainly
through the suggestions and ideas of the late Heinnch (Jonried.
Whatever errors of management may be attributed to that individual and the
last few seasons at the Opera gave rise to the suggestion that he was guilty of
several of vital consequence it may be admitted at once that his ideals were
of the highest, and from the time that he became the presiding spirit of the
little German theatre in Irving Place until the closing days of his direction of the
Metropolitan Opera House he had Music and the Drama ever before him as Art
without the remotest suggestion of commercialism.

It was a fortunate circumstance for him that he was brought into contact with
men of millions, who enabled him to work with his artistic aims, and, having done
so much for Music, it was a natural sequence that his motives should revert to his
original pursuit, and it became with him an objective to place the Drama upon
a similar favourable basis.

His association with millionaires; who were the mainstay of the Opera, enabled
him to promulgate his ideas, with the result that a number of rich men were brought
together, and induced to consider the matter favourably.

THE DIRECTORATE.

It is almost unnecessary to record that many were the alarming premonitions
regarding the ultimate result of the scheme, and the untimely death of Herr Con-
ried threatened to put an end to the whole affair, but by this time it had
progressed so far that retreat only meant the senseless sacrifice of a vast sum of
money.

When it had arrived at a reasonable condition of approaching completion an
effort was made to obtain a head official to undertake the duties which would have
fallen to the late Herr Conried. Granvilie Barker and Augustus Thomas were
approached, but both failed to see a chance of succeeding owing to the gigantic
proportions of the building, which did not agree with their ideas of a dramatic
house.

Eventually Winthrop Ames, a Harvard graduate, who had made the drama a
study from a theoretical and ethical point of view, was prevailed upon to accept
the position, and afterwards Lee Shubert was appointed business manager.
Numerous were the comments upon this move, and not a few made disparaging
forecasts regarding it ; but it undoubtedly indicated great acumen on the part of
those interested in the scheme, for Mr. Shubert is the head of a firm which has
succeeded in achieving a high position in theatrical enterprise in face of what
appeared to be insurmountable difficulties. Perhaps this appointment had a certain
influence upon the opening arrangements. But the result generally must be beneficial,
for Mr. Shubert has an intimate knowledge of business matters in connection with the.
Drama.

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THE AMERICAN STAGE.

THE NEW THEATRE, NEW YORK.

Baudry decorations in foyer ceilinp.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

FOUNDERS or THE NEW THEATRE.

There are thirty founders of the institution, and the list contains the names of
representative men of New York, while not a few of them are familiar to the whole
civilised world. They are as follows :

John Jacob Astor
George F. Baker
Edmund L. Baylies
August Belmont
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Frederick G. Bourne
Alexander S. Cochran
Paul D. Cravath
Wm. B. Osgood Field
Henry Clack Frick

Elbert H. Gary
George J. Gould
Eliot Gregory
Archer M. Hunbington
James Hazen Hyde
Ernest Iselin
Arthur C. James
Otto H. Kahn
W. de Lancy Kountze
Clarence H. Mackay

J. Pierpont Morgan
James Stillman
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Rob. B. Van Cortlandt
Cornelius Vaiiderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Henry Walters
Harry Payne Whitney
M. Orme Wilson
Henry Rogers Winthrop

These gentlemen subscribed the three million dollars (roughly 600,000) necessary
for the site and building, while twenty-three of them have undertaken the payment
25,000 dols. (5,000) annually for the use of a box, or a total of 575,000 dols.
(115,000) income, independent of public patronage, and have further signified
their willingness to add to this amount if occasion demand. It will be seen that
financially the institution has nothing whatever to fear.

In return foi this unexampled profusion of generosity not one single instance
of any advantage, other than the occupation of the box in question, has been
evidenced, the officials, Mr. Ames particularly, having been allowed a perfectly
free hand in the selection of the personnel. What this means to the Drama as an
art, and all employed in it, can be appreciated by those familiar with the condi-
tions frequently attaching to the investment of money in various theatrical specu-
lations. In this respect New York has set a noble example to the whole world.

THE EXECUTIVE STAFF.
The Executive is as follows :

President : William K. Vanderbilt.

Vice- Presidents : Clarence H. Mackay, William B. Osgood Field.

Treasurer : Otto H. Kahn. Secretary : Henry Rogers Winthrop.

Director: Winthrop Ames. Manager: LeeShubert. Literary Manager : John Corbin,

Producer of Classic Dramas : Louis Calvert.
Producer of Modern Dramas : George Foster Platt.
Assistant Producers : Wilfrid North, Frederick Stanhope, Elliott Schenck.

Art Director : Edward Hamilton Bell.
Technical Director: Claude L. Hagen.
Acting-Manager : Edward E. Lyons.

Treasurer: Jed F. Shaw.
General Representative: Van Ness Har-
wood.

THE BUILDING.

As to the building itself, nothing more exquisite as a permanent home for the
Drama can possibly be imagined. The exterior, as seen from Central Park, can
scarcely be described, and only a pictorial reproduction may suggest the sense of
its beauty and completeness of design, which will remain a tribute to the genius
of the architects. As "to the interior, it is in itself a monument to the artistic
instinct of the designer. It is a dream of white and gold and cerise, and of costly
marble, the whole pervaded by a soft glow of light, which reveals the effect of the
velvets, silks, gold, and, above all, the wonderful harmony of colour.

Those who have gone before are not forgotten, for upon marble tablets around
the auditorium are inscribed the names of those giants of dramatic intellect who
created the reason for this magnificent structure. Our own Shakespeare dominates,
and the quotation regarding the holding the mirror up to Nature ig inscribed above
the proscenium,

I' HE S'L'.\(,L )'/:.! A' HOUK. 73

THE STAGE.

And now for the more material and mechanical dK.nK M far as may l>-
allowed, since there are certain contrivances for vhich patents have been applied
and are still pending, so that for the present the details must remain secret.

The stage is 100 ft. wide, and has an opening of 42 ft., with a height of 40 ft.,
while below is .1 di-pth <>t ]''. it. From the stage to the gridiron measures 118 ft.,
.UK! addnm the 42 ft. the distance from the stage to thie) floor of the cellar
.1 total of 160 ft. is arrived at, giving a space sufficient to satisfy the most
exacting <>t MI-UK- design !-. Knuii tli- <-urtain to UM- hack wan ni'-asm e (.6 It.
10 ins. At present tin- mechanism <>i tin- stag.- is not <|int. MH|. =!.-. Imt when
limshril tin- singe may be raised or lowered, an ocrasion requires. At present it may be
svolved, so that as many as four scenes may be set at once, enabling a four-act
to be presented with a wait for change of scene of less than sixty seconds.

BKHIND TIIK CURTAIN.

The comfort of the actor has not been neglected, since everything possible in
the way of convenience in the dressing-rooms has been provided. The dressing-
mi mis on the higher floors are reached by an elevator. Each room is fitted with a
iloubU) wardrobe, with interior lights, while an. und a marbii- topped table in each room
aiv arranged variously tinted lignts, so that the effect <;f make-up may l.<- a>i--i tamed
according to i,he lighting of the scene. Each room has a hot and cold water supply,
and is furnished with lounging and other chairs, while on each floor are tub and
shower baths for the use of the players.

Nor has the green-room been forgotten that time-honoured institution, with
its interesting traditions, swept away by the latter-day commercialism. At present
it is not complete, but promises have been made of pictures and articles of interest,
which will constitute a source of pleasure to all connected with the institution. It
is not at all an unlikely thing that many English artists who Have had occasion to
profit by the opportunities of the American stage may give a practical indication
of their appreciation in donating theatrical mementoes of interest.

THE LIGHTING SYSTEM.

The Linolight system is used for stage lighting, and is operated by a single
individual, through the medium of a switch-board immediately in front of the
musical director, in the position those familiar with operatic performances will
recognise as allotted to the prompter. The gradual change of lights has been
arranged on an automatic system, and may be accomplished in a certain fixed time,
a< cording to desire, so that the effect of change from sunset to moonlight or moon-
light to dawn may not be ruined by the accidental turning of a wrong lever. The
m tain is raised and lowered by electricity.

In conclusion, it may be stated that one cannot estimate too highly the benefit
conferred upon the Drama, though that branch of art is not to be the absolute aim
of the institution, since Opera also is associated with the scheme. Hitherto the
lyric art alone was supported in this manner, while her sister was permitted to
limp along, assisted occasionally by the fortuitous aid of money bags with ulterior
motives.

It is not to be supposed that the new order of things would be permitted to go
unchallenged, that the inauguration of the New Theatre would go unattended by
carping criticism, which evidences itself in a desire to belittle the endeavours of
those concerned in the conduct of the new institution ; but in spite of, or possibly
because of this, henceforth in New York the Drama will have a home worthy of
her best achievements, and the institution, inaugurated amid misgivings, and even
dissension, will eventually triumph ; will undoubtedly be-come a lasting evidence of
the desire of men to leave thinps better tnan they found them ; and will
eventually confer distinction upon the names of those whose disinterested applica-
tion of their wealth has resulted in a noble enterprise, which through them reflects
honour and renown upon the American nation.

74 THE STAGE YEAR BO07(.

THE YEAR'S DRAMA IN AMERICA.

BY THE NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT OF "THE STAGE."

THE opening of the theatrical year in the United States was anxiously antici-
pated by those connected with the business part of it, since the preceding
year, owing to the elections, had proved disastrous. Company after com-
pany came tumbling in from the road, unloading their crowds of un-
employed actors on the unsympathetic pavement of Broadway, whilst many sure
money-makers of previous seasons showed scarcely a balance, some having been kept
on the road by means of using some of the previous profits.

It is not to be wondered at, then, that the managers (looked forward with con-
fidence to the year of 1909, since everything indicated that the losses of the foregoing-
year would be made more than good. Alas for the mutability of human affairs,
especially theatrical, the promise of the year has not .at all been realised, and at the
cleaning up there will be heard more than one wail. The reason of this unfulfilment
is not difficult to discern, but, of course, the discussion of this does: not belong here,
but it will be sufficient to mention that whenever a good play, well mounted and
acted in a first-class manner, has been presented to the public, it has not failed to
draw.

MANAGEMENTS AND THEIR SUCCESSES.

The producing managers have had a rough time of it. Henry B. Harris has had
none too good a streak of luck, for his successes have included only " The Third
Degree " and "Such a Little Queen " and one or two others. The Lieblers have had
"The Dawn of a To-morrow " and "The Man From Home." Even Henry W.
Savage, whose luck last year or so has been proverbial, has not hit the bull's-eye too
many times this year, and has dropped out several attractions to which he had
pinned hiis faith. 'Charles Frohman has had a smaller percentage of successes than
usual, and the Shuberts have had the same, though the great number of productions
made by this firm must be taken into consideration, and they have several big money-
makers to their credit ; while Klaw and Erlanger have had to rely mainly
upon their old successes. This condition is in the face of the wonderful promises
made in anticipation of the wealth of dollars supposed to be in course of tumbling
upon the inhabitants of the United States, owing to the gigantic crops, the revised
tariff, the settlement of the Presidential question, etc. The lucky ones have been
David Belasco and Wagenhals and Kemper, though Lew Fields has run them very
closely, but he belongs more or less to the Shubert faction.

THE SPRING SEASON.

The first production of the New Year was made by David Belasco at the Stuyve-
sant of Eugene Walter's " Easiest Way," after an attempt had been made to "corral "
the play by Messrs. Cohan and Harris, who pleaded a contract giving them the right
to all plays coming from that author's pen fox five years from a recent date ; and
the action is stall pending. The success of " The Easiest Way " was instantaneous,
and the piece ran to capacity until well into the summer, when the run was inter-
rupted for a few weeks and afterwards resumed. The next production was by the
Liebler, who presented Mi&s Eleanor 'Robson in " The Dawn of a To-morrow,"
which also proved a success, and ran the season out ; but " Kitty Grey," with our
G. P. Huntley, at the New Amsterdam, on January 25, under the Charles Frohman
management, did not " catch on," and " A Stubborn Cinderella," with Lionel Barry-
more as a istar on Broadway for the first time, albeit that it came with a big Western

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i>< ADAMS is from the Mormon City. After various engagemen s, she was selected by Charles Frohrnan
o be leading lady to John Drew, which position she filled for five years, until Mr. Frohman decided to
aise her to the dignity of a star as Lady Babbie in " The Little Minister." Since then she has appeared
> Juliet in Shakespeare's play, also in "L'Aiglon." "Quality Street," and eventually as Peter Pan, in
hich character she went straight to the heart of the American public. Last season she played entirely
at the Empire, New York, in " What Every Woman Knows."

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MISS MARGARET ANGLIN.

Miss MARGARET ANGLIN is to-day, perhaps, the most successful emotional actress in the United States.
She was born in Ottawa, Canada. In 1905 she was selected as a star by the Shuberts for Hartley
Manners's version of "The New Magdalen," Zira, in which she appeared at the Princess Theatre, in
New York, and on tour. The following season she appeared as a co-star with Henry Miller in " The
Great Divide." Subsequently she.appeared on her cwn account in " The Awakening of Helena
Ritchie," which constituted her main' attraction for her tour in Australia, under the auspices of J. C.
Williamson. On her return to' .'New York she opened with the same play at the Savoy, and is at
present touring the States with-it. ' Her principal hits prior to her becoming a star were in " Mrs.
Dane's Defence" and "Lord and Lady AJgy," for Miss Anglin's versatility is remarkable. She is
equally at home in comedy and pathos, while her rendering of Shakespearean heroines stamps her as
. an actress of a high order,

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MISS ELEANOR ROBSON.

Miss ROBSON is a daughter of Miss Madpe Carr by her first husband, Charles Robson, and was born in
Wigan, Kugland. When quite a little tot her mother took her to the United States. She first appeared
in stock companies. In 1902 she was starred by the Lieblers of which George Tyler is the moving
spirit in "Audrey," at the Madison Square Theatre, and later played "Merely Mary Ann," by Israel
/angwill, appearing in London in that piece. In 1906 George Tyler determined to give her an entire
New York season, and for that purpose secured the Liberty, presenting "Nurse Marjorie," "The
Dear Unfair Sex," and eventually Paul Armstrong's dramatisation of Bret Harte's " Salomy Jane's
Kiss." Last season Miss Robson' made an immense success in "The Dawn of a To-Morrow. Miss
Robson's mother, Madge Carr, is known to English playgoers as Madge Carr Cook, in the successful
American comedy, " Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch."

THE AMERICAN STAGE.

MISS BLANCHE RING,

As "The Yankee Girl."

Miss BLANCHE RING comes of a theatrical family, being the daughter of James F. Ring, a well-known
actor. She was born in Boston, Mass., and started on her stage career at a very early age. She has
appeared in London, at the Savoy, in a piece called " Love Birds." Later, in America, she playsd in
" Sergeant Brue." In 1907 she was advanced to the position as a star, in conjunction with Jeff, de Angelis
and Alexander Carr, in "The Great White Way," and last season she practically made "The Midnight
Sons " a big success. This sea?on she is the star f " The Yankee'Girl."

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reputation, did not occupy the boards of the llroadway fur a very long period.
February was a month o NJI- on the first of the month "The Girl li>m

I,', tor's" floored I Weber, in *pitc of the fart that misgiving report*

as to its moral reputation had been lloa ting about, for on tin- occa.-ion of its presenta-
tion in Trenton, N.J., the pei f.iman-r \\as interdicted by the police. Nevertheless,
<r because of this, it caught on at once. " The Third Degree, produced by Henry
I'.. Harris on the same evening, also scored a, big success, being the second play by
Charles Klein written for this manager. This production was notable for the work
-I' Wallace Eddinger and Miss Helen Ware in the parts of the irresponsible youth,
against whom the most convincing chain of circumstantial evidence appears in con-
on with the finding of the dead body of the man he visits during a drunken
oi -ie, and the woman of humble origin, whom he has married against the wishes of
i iiily, but uho stands by him, and eventually succeeds in freeing her husband
from the accusation. On February 11 "Havana," the musical comedy, was moved
from Philadelphia at short notice to the Casino, New York, owing to the enormous
hit made in the Quaker City, and subsequent results justified the action, for the
piev filled the theatre until well into the hot weather, when a vacation was decided
upon, ami it \\as rested for a few weeks, re-opening the season Jater.

Miss Grace George, too, was successful with a production of "A Woman's Way"
at the Hackett Theatre, but at Wallack's "The New Lady Bantock," which was
Jerome K. Jerome's " Fanny and the Servant Problem " under a new title, with Mi.
Fannie Ward and Charles Cartwright in the cast, did not score, and " The Fair
Co-Ed " at the Knickerbocker, produced by Charles Dillingham, shared a similar
late, though the latter made good in Chicago later. Nor was "The Goddess of
Reason" at Daly's any more happy. March was not at all propitious, for although
" A Fool There Was" at the Liberty, with Robert Billiard as the star, made more
than good, and Charles Cherry at the Maxine Elliott in "The Bachelor" hit the
mark too, " The Richest Girl," with Miss Marie Doro in the oast, failed to last long,
although under the powerful zegis of Charles Frohman. An untoward fate frowned
upon the Suffragist play. " Votes for Women," shown at Wallack's for a brief period,
" A Woman of Impulse " for a like term at the Herald Square, and " An English-
man's Home " at the Criterion, though the last-named piece was never expected to
accomplish much this side of the pond, and many wondered what induced Charles
Frohman to attempt the experiment. Bertha Galland, in " The Return of Eve " at
the Herald Square, however, made a partial success, and Miss Henrietta Crosman
succeeded in enticing the public to visit Wallack's for some time in "Sham," which
was fairly successful. April 1 saw the bringing into the Herald Square Theatre
" The Beauty Spot," which had made something of a success on the road. This
was a new version of " The Birth of Venus," produced some years ago, with music
by E. Jakobowski, but for the present version the score had been provided by De
Koven. The production ran the summer out. On April 12 " The Climax " was pro-
duced by Joe Weber, and scored an instantaneous hit. " The House Next Door at
the new Comedy, with C. E. Dodson as the star, presented on April 12, scored a
success, and lasted until well into the summer, but " The Gay Life " at Daly's and
a revival of " The Mascotte " at the New Amsterdam Theatre were disappointing
ventures, and were withdrawn with some celerity. At the Hackett Theatre Laurence
Irving presented at a matinee an adaptation of Brieux's " Les Hannetons," entitled
" The Incubus," which you have seen in England. He gave this shortly before
sailing for home after his season in vaudeville, and made such a favourable impres-
MOU that preliminary arrangements were at once entered into for a season later.

April 27 saw the production of " The Candy Shop '' at the Knickerbocker. This
piece after a short time was isent on to Chicago, where it caught on heavily. Until
unite recently it had been doing very well indeed on the road.

Early in May George Fawcett, the original foreman in " The Squaw-Man " ("A
White Man "), invaded the realm of stardom for the first time in " The Great John
Ganton," adapted by Hartley Manners from the novel of that name, and he was
most successful. On the same date Lew Fields brought into nie Broadway Theatre
" The Midnight Sons," for which those who had been present on the occasion of its
initial production in New Haven, a fortnight before, prophesied a failure. Lew
Fields, however, had not been idle, and by means of careful revision, excision, and
addition, including the engagement of Miss Blanche Ring, when the piece was pre-
sented in New York he managed to make the musical comedy the hit of the season.
In opposition to this, "The Narrow Path," a piece apparently suggested by the
success of " The Easiest W T ay," achieved the record run for the season of one per-

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formance at the Hackett Theatre, Henry B. Harris, the proprietor, refusing to
allow it to be repeated in face of the universal condemnation it received on the
grounds of its salacious character.

Things were pretty quiet during May and June. On the last day of the former
month Miss Marie Dressier appeared at the Aerial Garden on the roof of the New
Amsterdam, and speedily came to grief, her piece, "The Boy and the Girl," being
withdrawn after a few performances. On June 22 Miss Maude Adams made her
famous experiment of a performance of "Joan of Arc" in the Stadium of the
Harvard University; The production of "The Motor Girl" at the Lyric, and
"The Follies of 1909" at the New York Theatre, marked the end of the
regular season.

MIDSUMMER VENTURES.

Intermittent "summer attractions" included two weeks at the Empire played
by Sir Charles Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore in " The Mollusc." This piece had
been a failure previously with Joseph Coyne and Alexandra Carlisle in the cast. For
the two weeks Sir Charles and Miss Moore played the theatre was filled " to
capacity," and such was the success, that an endeavour was made to induce the two
to prolong the engagement, but Sir Charles particularly wanted a holiday, so it
was postponed until later.

There was an attempt on the part of the Shuberts this month to run a stock
company at Washington, but after three weeks' struggle with the hot weather which
supervened, they gave it up after the production of three pieces which have
scarcely since been heard of.

July is not a month usually selected for .starting the season, but in the case of
" The Gay Hussars " there seemed to be no choice, since Henry W. Savage believed
he had another " Merry Widow," and Shuberts had the same opinion, both having
determined to mae it their supreme effort for the season. Mr. Savage, rendered
wily by his previous experience with "The Devil," laid his plans in secret, and
before the opposition could begin preparations, got in first, and produced his piece
on the road. After several changes in the cast he brought it in to the Knicker-
bocker. Here it stayed for several weeks, after which it was sent out on the road
for some time, after which it was relegated to the store house. William A. Brady
returned early this month from Europe with promises that later Sir Herbert
Tree would appear in the United States under his management, a statement con-
tradicted later by the London manager.

THE AUTUMN SEASON.

The next production was in August, by Henry W. Savage, at the Liberty
Theatre, and proved to be an adaptation of a Viennese farce, which he called
''The Florist's Shop." This, after a few weeks, was removed. Of short life, too,
was " The Only Law," by Wilson Mizner and George Bronson Howard, which did
not succeed mainly by reason of its frank treatment of subjects usually handled
with the most careful circumspection. At Daly's, shortly afterwards, " Billy," a
comedy amplified from a sketch played in vaudeville by Sydney Drew, caught on,
and ran for some time. At the Herald Square Theatre on August 16 a Western
successful musical comedy was produced, entitled "A Broken Idol."

August is one of the great producing months of the year, and for 1909 there was
a quick succession of productions. " The Dollar Mark," a society drama, by
George Broadhurst, was staged at Wallack's. This piece had made a sensation in
San Francisco, where it had been produced by a scratch stock company for the pur-
pose of filling in a week and ran ten, which is about the record. It did not do at
all well at Wallack's, and a worse fate was reserved for the London success, " The
Flag Lieutenant," produced at the Criterion by Charles Frohman.

On August 31 Henry B. Harris produced at the Hackett Theatre Channing
Pollock's " Such a Little Queen," which turned out to be a real success, and served to
introduce a new star to Broadway, Miss Elsie Ferguson, who had been out on a
road production, playing a not too prominent part. On the same date " The Sins
of Society," which had been quite a success in Chicago, was produced at the New
York Theatre. The Drury Lane piece, however, did not last long.

Mr. Savage produced his new opera, " The Love Cure," on the first day in
September at the New Amsterdam. " The Love Cure " caught on at once, and gave
promise of a very lengthy run, but somehow it disappointed in this respect, but
h,as been a steady money-maker on the road. It introduced two artists in a stellar

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MISS HATTIE WILLIAMS.

Miss HATTIE WILLIAMS has mostly appeared in musical comedy. She was the original dancing
girl in " Trilby " when that play was produced in America, and since then has played Ihe principal
parts in " The Girl from Maxim's," and with the Rogers Brothers in their musical pieces, afterwards
starring with Sam Bernard in "The Girl from Kay's" and "The Rollicking Girl." In 1906 she
appeared as the star in " The Little Cherub " in New York, and in 1908 she played the principal
part in " Fluffy Ruffles." This season she is starring in ' Detective Sparkes."

THE AMERICAN STAGE.

MISS BLANCHE BATES.

Miss BLANCHE BATES is a native of Portland, Oregon. She was educated in San Francisco, going
from school to the stock company. She was at one time a member of the late Augustin Daly's
Company, appearing as the Countess Mirtza in " The Great Ruby." She became a member of David
Belasco's Company, playing in "Madame Butterfly," later in "Under Two Flags," "The Darling of
the Gods," and " The Girl of the Golden West," in which she is at present starring on the roa.d,

THE AMERICAN STAGE.

MR. DAVID BELASCO.

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MISS FRANCES STARR.

Miss FRANCES STARR was born in Oneonta, N.Y., and made her first appearance in a stock company in
Albany, and later joined the Murray Hill company, of New York, also stock. After this she joined
Fred Belasco's company at the Alcazar, San Francisco, and later the Proctor Fifth Avenue Theatre
company, from which she was selected by David Belasco to play the ingenue part with Uavid Warfield
in " The Music Master," when Minnie Dupree left the cast. Her success in this part decided that
manager to promote the young actress to " stardom," and there she has since remained, playing the
star parts in " The Rose of the Rancho " and " The Easiest Way."

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MISS DOROTHY DONNELLY.

Miss DONNELLY first appealed under her brother's management in the Murray Hill stock
company. After appearing in many principal roles she made a distinct hit in G. Bernard Shaw's
" Candida," in which Arnold Daly was starring. Miss DONNELLY followed this up with several
other successes, notably in "The Little Grey Lady " and " Daughters of Men." It was not
until Mr. Henry W. Savage cast her for the part of Madame X., however, that the public had
an opportunity of appreciating the result of her early training in her brother's company. She
scored an instant success in it, and is at present appearing in it in Chicago, where the piece
has had a run. Miss DONNELLY is an accomplished pianist, and varies the monotony of
appearing successfully on the stage by attending to the duties of vice-president of the
Twelfth Night Club of New York.

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capacity, Miss Elgie Bowen and Charles Ross, who " made good," the latter scoring
a great hit as Torelli.

In September, too, the productions were numerous, including " The Fortune
Hunter," by Winchell Smith, at the Gaiety Theatre, in which Jack Barrymore made a
distinctive mark in the star part; " An American Widow," by Kellett Chambers, a
brother of Haddon, which was produced at the Hudson by Henry B. Harris; " The
Revellers," by Charles Richman, in which the author played the principal part at the
Maxine Elliott; and " The.Melting Pot," by Israel Zangwill, the offering at the new
Comedy Theatre. This last, in spite of an unfriendly reception by the critics, turned
out to be most successful, and in the same category may be placed " The Dollar Prin-
cess," which was produced at the Knickerbocker on September 6, and is still
running. Another success was the musical version of G. Bernard Shaw's " Arms
and the Man," entitled " The Chocolate Soldier," which is also still running, after
being transferred from the Lyric, where it was produced, to the Herald Square
Theatre, and then back again, and afterwards to the Casino. " The Widow's
Might," in which Miss Lillian Russell had been on the road, was brought in to the
Liberty. On September 20 Miss Margaret Anglin, returned from her trip around
the world, during which she had played in Australia and New Zealand, opened at
the Savoy in a play by Charlotte Thompson, " The Awakening of Helena Ritchie,"
which made an instant success ; and another success, also produced at the same time,
was " Inconstant George," a comedy adapted from the French by Miss Gladys
Unger, produced by Charles Frohman at the Empire, with John Drew in the star
part. There were three failures, however, to offset these, namely, " The Rose of
Algeria," by Macdonogh and Victor Herbert, which followed "A Broken Idol"
at the Herald Square; "The Intruder," at the Bijou; and "The Noble Spaniard,"
which Henry B. Harris, breaking his usual rule of only producing plays by native
authors, presented at the Criterion. On September 27 the Shuberts .presented " The
Girl and the Wizard " at the Casino, which was a success, and remained until almost
the end of the year, and the same firm produced " The White Sister," a play on
a somewhat religious subject, with three stars, Miss Viola Allen, William Farnum,
and James O'Neill.

October was looked forward to by the managers as offering unusual opportunities
to them of making dollars unlimited, for the Hudson-Fulton celebration was to
take place, and, of course, was recognised as an event which would draw New York
full to overflowing. The crowd came, but were mostly a cheap lot, for although
the picture houses and vaudeville theatres were heavily patronised, the higher
grade theatres were mostly deserted. On October 4 Forbes Robertson opened at
the Maxine Elliott Theatre in Jerome K. Jerome's " The Passing of the Third Floor
Back," and at once jumped into public favour, and the attraction has been crowd-
ing the theatre ever since. "On the Eve," at the Hudson, in which Henry B.
Harris presented the celebrated German actress, Hedwig Reicher, met with little
support, as did " The Master Key," by Cosmo Hamilton, which William A. Brady
ventured at the Bijou. George Tyler, too, about this period was none too fortunate
with his productions of " Foreign Exchange," by Booth Tarkington and Harry
Leon Wilson, in which Harry B. W^arner starred, at the Grand Opera House
in Chicago, and "If I had Money." Other October productions were " The
Debtors," founded on Dickens's "Little Dorrit," at the Bijou; "The Harvest
Moon," by Augustus Thomas, at the Garrick (Frohman) ; " Israel," by Henry
Bernstein, at the Criterion; "The Builder of Bridges," at the Hudson; and
" Springtime," with Mabel Tagliaferro, at the Liberty, which were only partial
successes. The George M. Cohan piece, " The Man Who Owned Broadway," in
which Raymond Hitchcock had made a hit in Chicago, was brought into the New
York Theatre, and "made good." On October 26 William Faversham produced
Stephen Phillips's " Herod," and created something of a sensation by the gorgeous
manner in which the play was mounted, but the time originally allotted to it was
not extended.

November was most notable for the opening of the New Theatre. In this
month, too, David Belasco made arrangements for the establishment of a stock
company, and 'engaged a number of prominent artists, including Miss Nance
O'Neill, but this caused trouble, since ,she was claimed by another manager, and a
law-suit supervened, which, however, was decided in Miss O'Neill's favour. The
company went forward with the rehearsals, and made a most favourable im-
pression at the try out in Washington, in a play adapted by Mr. Belasco from

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At the end of this month Henry Miller returned iiom London to hx>k n
,-or after his comparatively long absence, and uttered .-ome most nn- <.mpl:in-

regarding the New Theatre, and announced his intention of producing
latest, play of the author of "The Great Divide," entitled "The Faith Healer."
)ut the same time Henry \V. Savage returned also, with several plays, among which
eoiinted as his best an|nin nient Monckton Hoffe's "The Little I
iring his absence abroad he had given directions by cahle to close down "The
Jay Hussars," "The Florist's Shop," and "Mary Jane's Pa." though the last-
imed was immediately taken up liy a Western manager, and BOol OUl
ed tour to the Pacific Coast.

OTHKU EVK.NTS OF TIII: Vi-:\u.

In April oi i urred the death of Heinrich Conried. His body was brought to
w York and buried, after a most imposing funeral ceremony in (lie building he
id presided over for M many years.

An incident of some importance happened in April when occurred a r. -sumption
friendly arrangements between Klaw and Erlanger and David Belasco, Harrison
rrey Fiske, and Joe Weber. The last three had for some time been connei ted with
Shuberts as an independent faction.
In May The Lambs realised their long-promised Public Gambol, opening at the
[etropolitan Opera House, netting $40,000 for the one performance,, following
iis up with a tour of the large cities, and ending up in Chicago. At the
mclusion, it was found that a net profit of $90,000 had been acquired, towards
istructing a new club house. The present one is barely five years old, but tfte
ib has increased so in popularity that a change of premises is deemed as abso-
itely necessary.

August saw the resignation of Mr. William Winter from the staff of the
Tribune," on which he had been the dramatic critic for over thirty years. Mis
n was that his criticisms were mutilated by the manager, and altered so as
fit in with the financial arrangements of the paper. Later in the year a banquet
s tendered the veteran litterateur by many influential members of the New York
?rarv and artistic circles.

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THE new Act amending and consolidating the Acts concerning Copyright in
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view of alien authors, will serve as a supplement to, and in certain respects
a necessary corrective of the article on " How to Protect a Play " in THE STAGE
YEAR BOOK for 1908. The Act is one of much length naturally so, because of its
comprehensive character and the provisions are set forth in considerable verbal
detail ; but, as legal enactments go, the statute is fairly plain sailing. The new
law gives American authors and other owners of copyright works almost all that
they could desire in point of protection. One deficiency is that there is no specific
provision for kinematograph pictures. Such pictures ought to have been made one
of the separate classes of copyright property enumerated under Section 5; and,
as it is, these subjects of copyright now often extraordinarily valuable have to
get their protection under cover of sub-sections dealing with photographs or with
pictorial illustrations. A kinematograph picture has, if one comes to think of it,
no solid existence. It is an ever-varying shadow on a screen ; and it would have
been wise to have provided for it as a particular subject. The kinematograph
picture may perhaps, where it is dramatic in character, obtain protection as a
dramatic composition. The omission to deal with the kinematograph picture
specifically is the more notable for the reason that provision is made as to
mechanical reproductions of musical works by phonographs, gramophones, pianolas,
and the like. The fixed royalty principle proposed but rightly rejected at the
Berlin Conference is in this respect given a novel legislative sanction. But gene-
rally speaking, the American copyight owner is protected in the most ample way.
The period for the enjoyment of his rights is increased to a maximum of
fifty-six years. For infringement the remedies at civil law have been facilitated,
and they carry with them heavy penalties. Wilful infringement for profit is also
punishable as a criminal offence. The formalities attendant on taking out copy-
right have, however, been increased. They include deposit of copies, registration,
filing of affidavit, printing of copyright notice on works, etc. altogether a
formidable and needlessly- vexatious procedure. Here the new law has consolidated
without simplifying. It might with advantage have followed the Berlin example.

PERFORMANCE NOT PUBLICATION.

The poor foreign author, especially the writer in English, comes, if anything,
more badly off than before. Fortunately, the dramatic author escapes the worst
effects of the way in which the United States a way so discreditable to a great
country regards the obligations of international copyright. In the case of a
published book in English the foreign author or owner has, in order to claim copy-
right, to meet this requirement :

All copies accorded protection under this Act . . . shall be printed from type set
within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of
typesetting machine, or from 1 plates made within the limits of the United States from
type set therein, or, if the text be produced by lithographic process, or photo-engraving
process, then by a process wholly performed within the limits of the United States
and the printing of the text and binding of the said hook shall be performed within
the limits of the United States.

But the English dramatist, as long as he keeps from printed publication outside
the United States, is saved from these consequences by the definition of American
law which says that public performance is not publication. Thus a play, or
dramatic composition as the term is under the American statutes if in manu-
script, or only printed privately and not for sale, is protected at common law.

.is ;i book I'm y of

American law, a,d it' it do-s not comply with the foregoing "manufacturing pro-
s " and other conditions of the A> 11 rights performing as well

mting or other multiplying forms in th-

This distinction !><! <>rmance and publication is maintained in the new

Section 2 says expressly :

Nothing in ill he construed to annul or limit the right of the air

pro! in irnpubli.-!,' ' imiion law or in <-<i"ity, to prevent the coj.

publication, .i ich unpublUhed work without his consent, and to obtain

damans therefor.

A play performed, but not printed for sale, is an unpublished work. It is in most

lYrctiially protected at common law. Moreover, certain States New

Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. have penal

tea covering the unauthorised performance of plays. These statutes apply to

that are unpublished works.

Further, the author who does not take out copyright under the statute and lets
his play remain at common law has the advantage of perpetual protection. That
is to say, there is no time limit to his exclusive right to his work. Under the
Copyright Act, on the other hand, he can only enjoy his right at all events as
that of a published book for a certain number of years.

A VALUABLE CONCESSION.

The new Act, however, does make concessions in point of statutory copyright
to authors or other owners of certain works. Section 11 says :

Copyright may also he had of the works of an author of which copies are not
reproduced for sale by the deposit, with claim of copyright, of one complete copy of >m h
work if it be a ... dramatic or musical composition; of a photographic print if
the \vork be a photograph, or of a photograph or other identifying reproduction
thereof if it be a work of art or a plastic work or drawing.

There is no stipulation that the copy must be in print ; and it would appear that,
as regards a dramatic composition, a typewritten copy or even a manuscript one
\\ould fulfil the requirement of the section. It is stipulated that if a work is later
on reproduced for sale as a book the copyright proprietor is not exempt from the
deposit of two copies at Washington, made in accordance with the manufacturing
provisions already quoted. In other words, the statutory copyright secured in the
unpublished work lapses upon irregular publication in this respect. That is the
only meaning of the stipulation, taken in conjunction with Sections 12, 13, and 15.
The provision is chiefly advantageous to dramatic compositions. It is advantageous
also as far as the performing rights of songs and other musical compositions go.
But such pieces as songs, etc., are often valuable as printed publications for
sale, and copyright obtained under Section 11 forbids anything of this kind. How
far a kinematograph picture could protect itself under this section is doubtful.
The section becomes inoperative so soon as the work is " reproduced in copies for
sale." Is the exhibition of a kinematograph picture publication within the
meaning of American law ? It would seem not. But what of the films ? Are they,
if multiplied and sold, copies for sale? If so, and they are not made within the
United States, do they invalidate any protection enjoyed by the kinematograph
picture either at common law or under the Act?

But, in relation to dramatic compositions, the provision contained in Section 11
is certainly valuable. On the whole, assuming that a manuscript or typewritten
copy is valid, it seems advisable good as the protection at common law is for
the English owner to avail himself of tne provision. He then comes under full
statutory protection. The only point that he has to consider is that he may limit
his term of protection to the maximum statutory period of fifty-six years, whereas
at common law his right endures for ever. It is not certain, however,* that he limits
his right in this way, for if the fact of filing one copy of his work still leaves it
an unpublished work, then, according to Section 2, " nothing in this Act shall
annul or limit " his right at common law. It seems rather an odd and even
impossible conjunction of common-law rights and statutory rights. One is inclined
to think that as the property becomes a copyright under the Act the statutory
period for copyright is applicable ; and Section 8 is favourable to this view.

There is also the point of view of English law to be considered. Prior
publication in a iion-lJnion country forfeits the home right to protection. Would
filing a copy at Washington amount to publication? There appears to be no

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sufficient reason for saying that it would. However, the Washington copy need
not be deposited until after the public performance in England, or in the British
dominions, or any Union country.

VARIETY ART PROTECTION.

The words of monologues, duologues, sketches, scenas, songs, etc., if falling
within the defmitio.n of dramatic or musical compositions, can similarly be protected
under this section. ' This fact should be noted by variety artists.

AD INTERIM COPYRIGHT.

A further concession, applicable to English books published for sale, gives the
owner of a work an ad interim copyright for a maximum period of sixty days.
The owner of a book published abroad in the English language before publication
in the States must deposit in the Copyright Office, not later than thirty days after
the publication abroad, one complete copy, with a request for the reservation of
the copyright and a statement of the name and nationality of the author, of the
copyright proprietor, and of the date of publication. The owner thereby secures
an ad interim copyright, which has all the force and effect given to copyright by
the Act. It lasts for thirty days from the date of deposit.

This copyright is extended to the full statutory term if within the period of the
ad interim protection an authorised edition of the work is published in the United
States, in accordance with the manufacturing provisions.

PROCEDURE FOR ORDINARY COPYRIGHT.

The manufacturing provisions have been explained. The proprietor of an alien
worii. is, of course, at liberty to set and print and bind copies for sale as far as
concerns his own country and countries other than the United States, but only
copies produced in the States will be protected there. Sections 15 and 16 are not
without some looseness of wording, but it certainly seems that it will not suffice, as
formerly, that only the type be set in the States. The whole work as a book
must now be set, printed, and bound in that country. Two copies must be
deposited at Washington promptly after publication. In the case of ad interim
copyright, as explained, thirty days is allowed.

The two copies must be accompanied by an affidavit under the official seal of any
officer authorised to administer oaths within the United States, duly made by the
person claiming copyright or by his duly authorised agent or representative residing
in the United States, or by the printer who has printed the work, setting forth
that the copies deposited have been printed in accordance with the manufacturing
provisions. The affidavit must state also the establishment or establishments in
which the type was set or plates made, the printing and binding were done, and
the date of the completion of the printing of the book or the date of publication.
Any person who knowingly makes a false affidavit is guilty of a misdemeanour,
punishable by fine and also by forfeiture of all rights and privileges under
copyright.

In addition, a notice of copyright must be affixed to each copy of the work
published or offered for sale in the United States by authority of the copyright
proprietor, except in the case of a work seeking ad interim protection. The notice
of copyright must consist either of the word "Copyright" or the abbreviation
" Copr.," accompanied by the name of the copyright proprietor on the title-page
or page immediately following ; and if the work is a dramatic, musical, or literary
work the notice must include also the year in which the copyright was secured
by publication.

If the two copies of the American issue are not promptly deposited, the Register
of copyrights may require the proprietor of the copyright to deposit them, and after
the demand has been made, in default of the deposit of copies of the work within
three months from any part of the United States, or within six months from any
outlying territorial possession of the United States, or from any foreign country
the proprietor of the copyright is liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and the
copyright becomes void.

The fee for registration of copyright is one dollar, except in the case of
photographs, for which it is 50 cents.

The Act lays down an elaborate system of registration, with periodically issued
, catalogues. Th<t catalogues and index volumes &re to be admitted in any court

/V// 83

M primd f" " '" "'''" ' "'

l r;it inn.

NII action or proceed b I fr infringement

,m\ work until the ,

been Complied with.

There is ;i stringent provision dealing \\ith ,_;nment.

riment of roji\ ri-Jii HP, within '

<lar months after its execution in the Unr
months after its exet ut ion uitliout the limits of the I'nit

will be void as against any siils-ini-nt. purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable
consideration, \\ithout notie. uhose assignment lias been duly

\\IHK !'>'.

Tlie po\\ers enjoyed under the A : .j.lest kind.

The copyright owner has the exclusive right :

!<> I'l-illt, reprint, 1 111 llsll. ropy, ;ilill Vend tile <',),> M-liU-.l uork ;

ih) Td transit i the copyrighted work int > otlii-r languages or dialects, or m;.
other version therefor, if it be a literary work; to dramatise it if it be a ii- :
v.ork; to convert it into a novel or other mm-diamati<; work if it be a dran.
arranu'e <r adapt, it it' it I..- a musical work; to complete, execute, and finish it if
a model or design for a work of art;

(c) To deliver or authorise the delivery of the copyrighted work in public for protit
ii it be a lecture, seraion. addres.-, or similar \>\ odm-t ion :

(d) To perform or represent the copyrighted work publicly if it be a drama, or, if it
be a dramatic work and not reproduced in copies for sale, to vend an\ manuscript or
any record whatsoever thereof; to make or to procure the making of any traiiscnptnn
or record thereof by or from which, in whole or in part, it may in any manner or by
any method be exhibited, performed, represented, produced, or reproduced; and to
exhibit, perform, represent, produce, or reproduce it in any manner or by any method
whattoever ;

(e) To perform the copyrighted work publicly for profit if it be a musical composition
and for the purpose of public performance for profit; and for the purposes set forth
in sub-section (a) hereof, to make any arrangement or setting of it or of the meld:

it in any system of notation or any form of record in which the thought of an author
may be recorded and from which it may be read or reproduced.

Incidentally it may be pointed out that under (d) dramatic pieces are protected
from kinematographic piracy, and under (e) to which there is a long addendum
musical works from mechanical reproduction, subject to freedom to reproduce in
certain circumstances on payment of a 2 cents royalty for each disc, roll, cylinder,
or other reproducing device employed.

DURATION OF COPYRIGHT.

Formerly the statutory copyright period, dating from due registration and filing
at Washington, ran for twenty-eight years ; and the author, if he was living, or his
wife or children, if he was dead, might obtain a further term of fourteen years
on re-complying with the regulations for original copyrights. The chief alteration
is that the later period of fourteen years now becomes one of twenty-eight, making
fifty-six years in all. Application tor the renewal and extension must be made to
the copyright office and duly registered therein within one year prior to the
expiration of the original term of copyright. In default of application for
renewal and extension, the copyright in any work ends after twenty-eight years
from first publication. The extension under the new Act applies to a subsisting
copyright.

REMEDIES : CIVIL AND PENAL.

The penalties for infringement are, by way of civil action. IUMVY and various.
In the case of dramatic or dramatico-musical or choral or orchestral composition
the penalty is 100 dollars for the first and fifty dollars for every subsequent
infringing performance, provided that the damages shall not exceed '5,000 dollars
nor be less than 250 dollars. These penalties are much more severe than they were
before. Then, on the criminal side, any person who wilfully and for profit
infringes any copyright work, or knowingly and wilfully aids or abets the
infringement, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanour to be punished by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than 100 dollars nor
more than 1,000 dollars, or both, in the discretion of the Court. The power to
imprison existed under Section 4,966 of the old law, but not in conjunction with a
fine.

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THE LICENSING OF AMERICAN AGENTS.
AN UNFORTUNATE BILL.

AN important Bill, which proposed to amend the law relative to employment
agencies, particularly directed to control theatrical and vaudeville agencies,
very nearly became law in New York. The Bill, introduced by Assembly-
man Voss on March 9. went through all its stages, and was eventually blocked
by the Mayor of Buffalo refusing to sign it. The Bill was warmly advocated and
supported by the White Bats, the Society of Magicians, the Actors' Society, the
Actors' Union, the Vaudeville Comedy Club, and the Hebrew Actors' Society.
The main features of the Bill were :

Agency Fees. Gross fees charged to applicants for theatrical, vaudeville,
or circus engagements, or other entertainments of the stage, should not exceed
the amount of 5 iper cent, of the salary when the engagement was for less than
ten weeks, and 5 per cent, on ten weeks' salary when the engagement was
for ten weeks or more. This applied to theatrical engagements; vaudeville,
circus, and other were liable to 5 per cent, of the salary throughout the engage-
ment.

Split Commissions. This practice was especially prohibited.
License. Each agent had to obtain a license from the Mayor, to post the
same in a conspicuous place in his office ; to pay 5 annually for the license, and
to enter into a bond of 200. The renewal of the license could be opposed.

Control. Books to be kept and a record made of all persons to whom work
was promised or offered, and of all persons applying for employees, together
with the date of the engagement ; obligatory to investigate the financial respon-
sibility and reputations of all applicants for actors and actresses, and to " in-
form all applicants on request who may be engaged or contracted for such em-
ployment any and all information in their possession at the time said engage-
merit is made."

Contracts. All contracts for theatrical engagements to be drawn according
to the direction of the Mayor or Commissioner of licenses.

Other Conditions. " No such licensed person shall send or cause to be sent
any female as a servant, or inmate, or performer, to enter any place of bad
repute, house of ill-fame, or assignation house, or to any house or place of
amusement kept for immoral purposes, or place resorted to for the purposes of
prostitution, or gambling house, the character of which such licensed person
could have obtained upon reasonable inquiry. " .... " No such licensed person,
his agents, or employees shall have sexual intercourse with any female applicant
for employment."

Penalties. For breaking or not complying with the regulations of the Bill
the penalties ranged from fines of 10 to imprisonment for various periods at
the discretion of the court.

The Bill was passed by the Assembly on April 14. The Senate unanimously
passed it on April 29. It was to have gone before Governor Hughes on May 6, but
it was discovered that the Bill in going through amendments had lost its wider
application, and the Governor's legal adviser determined that it was a special city
Bill, and concerned only Buffalo and New York. It accordingly went before Mayor
J. N. Adam, of Buffalo, on May 10, who refused to sign it. He said he thought
the Bill had been badly drawn, and that Buffalo should never have been included in
it. Mayor McClellan, of New York, signed it on May 12, and in connection with the
signing issued the following significant memorandum :

The condition of affairs existing between actors and these theatrical agencies
appears to be almost beyond belief. For this reason, therefore, and in order
that the parties in favour of this Bill may ask for a rehearing before the Mayor
of Buffalo and be successful when the matter is completely argued before him, I
have decided to accept this Bill on behalf of the city of New York.
An endeavour was made to get the Mayor of Buffalo to grant a rehearing, but
the application was refused, and one of the most important Bills dealing with
theatrical matters of recent years was consequently killed.

We understand that the various organised bodies in New York are working to
have the Bill re-introduced, when, by limiting its scope to New York, a happier
result may be anticipated.

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CENSORSHIP AND LICENSING.

ONE of the most important events in the tln-at i -i. al year has b. <
held by a .limit Select Committee of the Lords and Commons into th
working of the Dramatic Censorship and the General Li< using and 1
latiiin of AmuM'inrnts. Tins may b<- dntM tly traced back to th-. discontent
with i-xihtiiu conditions shown by the dramatic authors who in 1908 formed a
deputation which \\aitrd m the Home Secretary in February of that year.
months later, in December, 1908, Mr. Robert Harcourt intio.lu. -.-d a hill m th-
Ilnuse of Commons which aimed at abolishing the powers of the Loi ilam

in respect of stap- plays and transferring to the local authority tin-
Lord Chamberlain in regard to the licensing of theatres in London. Karly in
1909 .Mr. Harcourt remodelled his Hill, and introduced it afresh. In its new form
it had the wider application of making one license cover dramatic and music hall
entertainments. This Bill was blocked on its second reading.

Some questions, mainly resulting from licenses not being granted to
plays, however, were asked in the House of Commons, and on July 5 the House
resolved that an inquiry was necessary. The House of Lords on July 7 concurred
in the proposal for a Joint Committee, and on July 19 appointed five Lords to sit
with the five members of the Commons who were selected on July 16. The Joint
Committee was constituted as follows : Bight Hon. Herbert Samuel (Chairman),
Earl of Plymouth, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lord Newton, Lord Ribblesdale,
Lord Gorell, Mr. Robert Harcourt, Mr. A. E. W. Mason, Colonel the Right Hon.
M. Lockwood, Mr. Hugh Law.

The Terms of Reference were : To inquire into the Censorship of Stage Plays
as constituted by the Theatres Act, 1843, and into the operations of the Acts of
Parliament relating to the licensing and regulation of theatres and places of public
entertainment, and to report any alterations of the law or practice which may
appear desirable.

The Committee in twelve sittings examined the following forty-nine
witnesses : Mr. W. P. Byrne (Home Office), Mr. G. A. Redford (Examiner
of Plays), Mr. William Archer, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, Mr. W. F. Fladgate
(Society of West-End Theatre Managers), Mr. Granville Barker, Col. Sir Douglas
Dawson (Lord Chamberlain's Department), Mr. J. M. Barrie, Mr. Forbes
Robertson, Mr. Cecil Raleigh (Society of Authors), Mr. John Galsworthy, Mr.
Frederick Whelen, Mr. Laurence Housman, Sir Herbert Tree, Mr. Bram
Stoker, Mr. W. B. Redfern (Theatrical Managers' Association), Mr.
P. Hedderwick (Theatrical Managers' Association), Mr. Frederick Mouillot
(Ireland), Mr. J. H. Savile (Scotland), Mr. W. L. Courtney, Mr. T. P. Le Fanu
(Irish Office), Sir William S. Gilbert, Mr. Clarence Derwent (Actors' Association),
Mr. A. B. Walkley, Miss Lena Ashwell, Professor Gilbert Murray, Mr. J. B.
Mulholland (Theatres' Alliance), Mr. George Alexander, Mr. George Edwardes,
Mr. M. V. Leveaux (Touring Managers' Association), Mr. Comyns Carr, Mr. Frank
Gerald (Actors' Union), Right Hon. J. W. Lowther (Speaker of the House of
Commons), Mr. H. Tozer, Mr. Oswald Stoll, Mr. P. J. Rutland (Entertainments
Protection Association), Mr. Alfred Moul, Mr. Portland Akerman (Sketch Artists'
Association), Mr. Philip Carr, the Bishop of Southwark, Mr. J. G. Snead-Cox,
Mr. Hall Caine, Mr. G. L. Gomme (London County Council), Mr. Israel Zangwill,
Sir Arthur Pinero, Sir Squire Bancroft, Mr. W. H. Clemart (Variety Artists'
Federation), and Mr. Philip Yorke.

THE REPORT.

The report of the Committee was issued on November 11. The chief conclusions
and recommendations were :

THE CENSORSHIP.

The public interest requires that theatrical performances should be regulated
by special laws.

The Lord Chamberlain should remain the Licenser of Plays.

It should be optional to submit a play for license, and legal to perform
an unlicensed play, whether it has been submitted or not.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, if he is of opinion that any unlicensed
play wl ich has been performed is open to objection on the ground of indecency,

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should have power to prefer an indictment against the manager of the theatre
where the play has been produced, and against the author of the play.

Where a play has not been submitted and is open to objection, the manager
and the author should be liable to action by either the Attorney-General
(before a Committee of the Privy Council) or the Public Prosecutor (in the
law courts). After action by the Attorney-General or the Public Prosecutor
it should be illegal for any further performances of the play to take place
until the case has been heard and decided. The theatre license should be
liable to endorsement. A license that has been endorsed three times within
a period of five years should be liable to forfeiture by the Court which
directed the last endorsement, and be incapable of renewal, for a period of
five years following, to or for the benefit of the same licensee.

Proceedings may be taken against the producers of a licensed play ; but the
performance should not be liable to suspension pending the decision of the
proceedings, nor the license to endorsement.

Distinct Parliamentary responsibility should attach to the Lord Chamber-
lain, who should be held accountable primarily to the House of Lords, and
secondarily to the Lower Chamber, for his decisions.

The office of Examiner of Plays should be continued.

The same provisions for licensing, for the punishment or prohibition of
unlicensed productions which are found to be improper, and for control through
the license of the building to be applied to plays, should apply also to all words
sung or spoken in any licensed place of entertainment.

The scale of fees now payable to the Examiner in respect of stage plays
should be continued. The fees payable for the examination of songs
should be on a low scale.

The period of seven days which must intervene between the presentation
of a play for examination and its proposed performance should be extended
to fourteen days.

The existing practice of managers only submitting plays to the Examiner
should be continued.

THEATRE EEGULATION.

The power conferred upon the Lord Chamberlain by the Theatres Act, 1843,
to order the closing of all or any theatres on solemn occasions of national
importance should remain.

The licensing of the forty theatres which are now in the jurisdiction of the
Lord Chamberlain should be transferred to the London County Council.

The authorities should still be empowered to withdraw a theatre license,
provided that they are acting " according to the rules of reason and justice."
But it should not be regarded as a valid reason for withdrawing the license
of a theatre that a licensed play, to which objection is taken, has been
performed there ; or that an unlicensed play has. been performed there, if
proceedings (have .been /taken and the Court or the Committee of the Privy
Council, as the case may be, have not ordered the theatre license to be
endorsed.

The licensing authority should have full power to grant occasional licenses,
and to transfer a license from one person to another during the course of the
twelvemonth for which the license has been granted.

THE SINGLE LICENSE.

The present legal differentiation between the theatre and the music hall
should be abolished, and each be allowed to present whatever form of enter-
tainment it desires.

The new form of license might be termed the Dramatic and 'Music License.

The issue of the existing Music and Dancing License, obtainable without
payment of a fee, should be continued for the use of the assembly rooms,
hotels, restaurants, skating-rinks, and other places which now, as well as the
music halls, give performances under its authority.

DRINK LICENSE.

All places of amusement holding the new single license should be required
to obtain a Justices' license if it is proposed to sell intoxicating drinks on
the premises, but existing theatres with excise licenses should be entitled to
Bell under that licence for a period to be agreed.

h . liniild ! I* M t<> tin- managers of (>!.
whether smoking should he allowed in tin- auditorium

IRELAND.

With respect to Ireland, no change in th- practice is

recommended.
A \.-rhatim report of the )> the Joint Com]

. with (he full t.-\t of Hieir ],-,. iinin. -nd. it ion-, with an app.
containing statements liy Mr. C llrniard Shaw. Mr. ll.-i.r;. Axthui .1
Mr. Charles Kj,.ljiiian. it |Milili.-lu-d in bonk lim ftt TH1

THE BRITISH EMPIRE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

THE society was founded in 1901 by Miss Morritt, with the approval and
hearty co-operation of Sir Henry Irving, who became the society's first
president . Th< governing council of tbeaocaety is aa follows: Iv-s^U-m. i 1 .,
oese Marie Ixniiise of Schleswig-Jlolst^in : uts. Mr. < xan-

\lr. Arthur Bourchier, Mr.W. L. Courtney, Lord HowMtd de Walden, Mr. 11. 15. Ir-
ving, Mi. Alan Ma< kinnon, Sir Charles Mathews, Mr. Forbes Robert son, and Mr. !>>wis
Waller; hon. general directors, Miss Morritt -and Mr. A<-'.>n iJond. 'J'hc t.o<^-ty
works not for profit, but for the sole object of making Shakespeare a vital for'
tli.- English-speaking race that is, not only with the cultured, but with the rank and
tile of the people as well. The public dramatic readings given by the society evoke
rest, the more especially as they are cast from amongst the local members
>t dn \London, where the readings are in the (hands of professional casts. Mei'
ship of one centre implies membership throughout the Empire. Candidates for the final
^locution competition, which takes place annually at a London theatre, with some
well-known actor as judge, are only eligible to compete on their having qualified in
their respective local competitions. Those desiring to become member-
of the society should communicate with the acting general secretary. Mr. John
Beamish, 81, Regency Street, London, S.W.

The following is a brief summary of the work accomplished in Loildon in
1909:

January 5. Reading of "King John." The cast included Mr. Robert Loraine,
Mi 1 . Acton Bond, and Miss Esme Beringer.

February 2. Reading of "King Lear." The cast included Mr. Lyn Harding,
Mr. Acton Bond, Mr. Bassett Roe, and Miss Dorothy Thomas.

February 28. Reading of "King Lear." The cast again included Mr. Lvn
Harding, Air. Acton Bond, Mr. Bassett Roe, and Miss Dorothy Thoi:

April 1. Reading of "Othello." The cast included Mr. Cyril Keightley. Mr.
Acton Bond, Mr. Athol Stewart, and Miss Nora Lancaster.

May 10. Beading of ".Macbeth." The cast inchinVd Mr. J. Fisher Whit,- Mi
Athol Stewart, and Miss Greta Morritt,

May 18. Reading of "Julius 'Cwsar." The cast included Mr. Franklin
Dyall, Mr. Aoton Bond, Mr. Michael Sherbrooko, and Miss Nora Lam;:
Juno 18. Reading of "Julius Csesar." The cast included Mr. Franklin

. _ included

Mr. Arthur Bourchier, Mr. Norman For.bes. Mr. Hubert Carter, Mr. Bassett
Roe, Mr. Acton Bond, Mr. Harcourt Williams;. Mr. Alfred Brydone.
Jessie Bateman, and Miss Violet Vanbrugh.

October 24. Reading of "Othello." The cast included Mr. William
Devereux, Mr. Acton Bond, and Miss "Margaret Halst.nn.

December 4. Leotute by Mr. F. S. Bo-is. M.A.. LI. . D. Chairman, Mr.
p, R. Mor.rison.

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CHILDREN AT ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE NEW LAW.

THE Children Act, 1908, which came into force on April 1, 1909, provides in
Section 121 :
(1) Where an entertainment for children or any entertainment at
which the majority of the persons attending are children is provided,
and the number of children who attend the entertainment exceeds one hundred,
and access to any part of the building in which children are accommodated is
by stairs, it shall be the duty of the person who provides the entertainment to
station and keep stationed wherever necessary a sufficient number of adult
attendants, properly instructed as to their duties, to prevent more children or
other persons being admitted to any such part of the building than that part
can properly accommodate, and to control the movement of the children and
other persons admitted to. any such part whilst entering and leaving, and to
take all other reasonable precautions for the safety of the children.

(2) Where the occupier of a building permits, for hire or reward, the building
to be used for the purpose of an entertainment, he shall take all reasonable
steps to secure the observance of the provisions of this section.

(3) If any person, on whom any obligation is imposed by this section, fails
to fulfil that obligation, he shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine
not exceeding, in the case of a first offence, fifty pounds, and in the case of a
second or subsequent offence, one hundred pounds, and also, if the building
in which the entertainment is given is licensed under any of the enactments
relating to the licensing of theatres and of houses and other places for music or
dancing, the licence shall be liable to be revoked by the authority by which the
licence was granted.

(4) A constable may enter any building in which he has reason to believe
that such an entertainment as aforesaid is being, or is about to be, provided with
a view to seeing whether the provisions of this section are carried into effect.

(5) It shall be the duty of the council of the county or county borough in
which a building in which any contravention of the provisions of this section is
alleged to have taken place to. institute proceedings under this section if the
building is a building licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, or is licensed by the
council of the county or county borough under the enactments relating to the
licensing of theatres or of houses and other places for music or dancing, and
in any other case it shall be the duty of the police authority to institute such
proceedings.

(6) This section shall not apply to any entertainment given in a private
dwelling-house.

The Act also provides that persons habitually wandering from place to place,
taking children above five years of age, must be in a position to prove that a child
is either (1) totally exempted from school attendance or (2) is not, by being so
taken about, "prevented from receiving efficient elementary education." The
penalty is a fine not exceeding, with costs, 20s. A constable may arrest, without
warrant, any person whom he believes to be guilty of an offence under this section of
the Act (s. 118).

If, during October to March, a child has obtained a certificate for 200 attend-
ances at a public elementary school during that period, it is not incumbent on the
parent or guardian such person being engaged in a trade or business of a nature *
require him to travel from place to place to prove that the child is reoeivii
efficient education during the months of April to September. A child means
person under the age of fourteen years. Under this Act all applications for licen<
are heard in special Children's Courts,

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ROYALTY AT THE PLAY.

THE KING AT THE THEATRES.

Jan. 18. The Empire.

M,-ir. 1. "An Englishman's Home "-r-Wyndhan

2. " Tin- Dancing Girl "His M
4. " Henry of Navarre " ---New.
Max 10. " The K.n-th " Kingswav.

11. " Mr. 1'iredv and the Couutess " Criterion.
-lime 3. --"The Arcadians" Shaftesbury.
,, 4. '' The Woman in the Case " (larrifk.

5. " L'Assommoir " Adelphi.
-Inly 8.- " Tlu Wreckers " His Majesty's.
9. -"His Borrowed Plumes "Globe.
,, 12. The Alhambra.

Aug. 9." The Best People " Wyndham's.
Sept. 4 " Arsene Lupin " Duke of York's.

28.--" The Whip "Drury Lane.
Nov. 4. "The Whip" Drury Lane.

In addition, during his visit to Paris in March, The King
attended the Varietes and witnessed " Le Roi," and in May the
Palais Royal and Olympia.

On April 23 he visited the Opera House at Malta.

THE KING AT THE OPERA.

May 8. "Samson et Dalila."
.. 25. " Samson et Dalila."
June 7. " La Tosca."
28. "LaBoheme."

THE QUEEN AT THE THEATRES.

April 3. " An Englishman's Home " Wyndham's.
June 3. "The Arcadians " Shaftesbury.

4. "The Woman in the Case" Garrick.
., 18. " The Dryad " and " Admiral Guinea/' by the Afternoon

Theatre His Majesty's.
,, 23. " Our Miss Gibbs Gaiety.
,, 26.-'* Penelope " Comedy.
, , 29,' ' The Merry Widow ' 'Daly's.

90 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE QUEEN AT THE THEATRES Continued.

July 1 . ' ' Le Voleur ' ' Adelphi.

, , 8. ' ' The Wreckers ' ' His Majesty's.

,, 9. "His Borrowed Plumes " Globe.

,, 10. " The Fires of Fate " Lyric.

,, 23." Our Miss Gibbs "Gaiety.
Aug. 9. "The Best People " Wyndham's.
Oct. 27. "The Whip" Drury Lane.

,, 28. "Arsene Lupin " Duke of York's.

,, 29. " Dear Little Denmark " Prince of Wales's.
30. " The Dollar Princess " Dalv's.

THE QUEEN AT THE OPERA.

May 25 . " Samson et Dalila . ' '
June 7. "LaTosca."

, , 21 . " Les Huguenots. ' '

,, 25. "LaBoheme."

,, 28. "LaBoheme."

The Queen was also present with the King at the Opera House,
Malta, on April 23, and she was present at a Symphony Concert at
Queen's Hall on April 7.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

Feb. 12. " An Englishman's Home " Wyndham's.

,, 22. "The Prisoner of Zenda " St. James's.
March 4. " Henry of Navarre " New.

,, 11. "Our Miss Gibbs " Gaiety.
April 24. ".Our Miss Gibbs "Gaiety.
May 5. " The School for Scandal " His Majesty's.

,, 8. " Samson et Dalila " Covent Garden.

,,. 11. Matinee in Aid of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium, Davos

Drury Lane.
June 3. ' ' The Arcadians ' ' Shaftesbury .

,, 5." The Woman in the Case " Garrick.
July 6.' ' Our Miss Gibbs ' 'Gaiety.

,, 8. "His Borrowed Plumes" Globe.
Aug. 9." The Best People "Wyndham's.
Oct. 8." False Gods "His Majesty's.

, , 14.' ' The Whip ' 'Drury Lane.

,, 15. "Arsene Lupin " Duke of York's.

The Prince of Wales visited the Empire on February 11, and the
London Coliseum on Julv 20.

COMMAND PERFORMANCES.

November 17 sir II
p Trilby " at Windsor Castlo. Thr <,,

..;ali Sir Herbert Beei l>ohm Tree V- Mr. William Haviland

Mr. I .biiuu'.-r Kav. \] r. Huln-rt Cancr

Mr. . I. B. Gordon Trilby ( > .Miss Viol.-

Mr. H.-nry . \inley Mrs. Hi i H. Hrooke

Mr.HenryMorro.il Mine. \r. . i i1

Mr. I, con M. I, ion Miini

Mr. Walter K. Ci-eighton Honorr

Mr. Frank Esmond Angele M < in

Lorimer . Mr. C. 11. Croker Hint,'

ties in the dance: Miss Godden, Miss Austen, M ".ter.

Entr'acte IIIUMC by Mr. Casano's orchestra.

Manager Mr. Henry Dana Associate Stage Manager Mr. Stanley Bell

Stage Manager Mr. Cecil King Musical Director Mr. Adolf Schmid

On November 19 Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Irving and company gave a performance of
"The Lyons 'Mail " at Windsor Castle, with the following cast :

h Lesurques Mr. H. B. Irving Postmaster Mr. P. A. Pittar

Courriol Mr. K. Harcourt Williams Coco . . Mr. H. R. Cook

Choppard Mr. Charles Dodsworth Commissary Mr. W. GrahHm

;,ird Mr. Tom Reynolds Postillion Mr. V,

hat Mr. Hemstock Guard Mr. J. B. Glover

Lesnn|iie* Mr. Frank Tyars Waiter Mr. 8. Beaumont

Dorval Mr. Frank Cochrane Julie Miss Phyllis Embury

Mr. Stanley Hewlett Marie (a servant) Mi-s May Holland

Joliquet Mr. Arthur Curtis Niece to Postmaster M i&s E. Frances Davis

Guerneau Mr. H. C. Hewitt Jeannette Miss Dorothea Baird

Lambert Mr. J. Patric Curwen

Entr'acte music by Mr. Casano's orchestra.

-or Mr. Austin Brereton Musical Director Mr. J. Meredith Ball

Stage Manager Mr. Tom Reynolds

On December 3 Mr. Frank Curzon presented Mr. Charles Hawtrey and company
at Windsor Castle in " The Little Damozel," with the following cast.:

Recklaw Poole .Mr. Charles Hawtrey Franz Pepo Mr. Ernest Thesiger

The Hon. Fitzroy Lock Mr. A. Vane-Tempest Abraham Mr. Cecil Rose

Captain Neil Partington Mr. Lyle A Servant Mr. Lionel Williams

Walter Angel Mr. Arthur Playfair Sybil Craven Miss Gladys Mason

Papa Bartholdy Mr. Hubert Druce Julie Alardy Miss May Blayney

FOREIGN SEASONS IN LONDON.

M. GUITRY AT THE ADELPHI.

On June 21 M. Lncien Guitry, under the direction of Miss Andrews, began a
season of French plays at the Adelphi with Zola's " L'Assommoir." Other plays
given during the season were " Le Voleur," " L'Emigre," " Crainquebille," " Le
Bourgeois Gentilhomme," "La Massiere," "Samson," etc.

PRINCESS BARIATINSKY AT His MAJESTY'S.

See particulars under heading of the Afternoon Theatre, under the auspices of
which the Princess played.

OTHER SEAS<

In addition a short season of drama in the original Greek was played at 1
hy Miss Smiltoii, commencing November 29, and the City of Rome Children's Opera
Company appeared earlier in the year at the same house.

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THE KINEMATOGRAPH ACT.

r HE Kinematograph Act came into force on January 1, 1910.
The Act applies to public kinematograph and simi]

TJ
The Act applies to public kinematograph and similar exhibitions for the
purposes of which flammable films are used.

The Act does not apply to exhibitions where no flammable films are used.
.No kinematograph exhibition of flammable films is lawful anywhere except in
a private dwelling-house to which the public are not admitted unless the regula-
tions made by the Secretary of State are complied with.

Licensing and other authorities may make such terms and conditions and such
restrictions as they may think fit, subject to the foregoing regulations. The London
County Council, for instance,, on December 21, 1909, passed a recommendation of
the Theatres and Music Halls Committee to the effect that the licenses granted by
the Council under the Act should be subject to a condition that the premises should
not be opened under the license on Sunday?, Christmas Day, and Good Friday.

It is not necessary that the building should be licensed in every case. The Act
provides for different buildings or places in which kinematograph exhibitions includ-
ing flammable films are given. They may be classified :

(1) Permanent premises regularly used.

(2) Permanent premises occasionally used.

(3) Buildings or structures of a movable character.

PERMANENT PREMISES REGULARLY USED.

Licenses are necessary. The licensing authorities are the county councils or, tu
the case of county boroughs, the borough councils, who may delegate their powers
to justices sitting in petty sessions, and also in accordance with other powers of
delegation.

An applicant must give seven days' notice in writing to the county council, and
also to the chief officer of police in the police area in which the premises are situated.

An exception to this general licensing authority lies in the case of premises
licensed as theatres by the Lord Chamberlain, who exercises the powers instead.

The maximum license fee is 1 per annum, or for shorter periods 5s. per month,
with a limit of 1 to the fees payable in any one year. The licensing authority
may grant a license for any period not exceeding one year.

PERMANENT PREMISES OCCASIONALLY USED.

A license is not required if the premises are not used on more than six days in
any one year, but the foregoing seven days' notice must be given of the intended
use, and the Home Secretary's regulations must be complied with.

MOVABLE BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.

A license is not required for each fresh place visited. The owner must obtain a
license from the licensing authority in the place in which he ordinarily resides, and
as long as this license runs he has qnly to give the local licensing authority and the
police in any place in which he finds himself two days' notice in writing of his
intention to exhibit. He must have complied with the Home Secretary's regu-
lations.

A plan and description of the building or structure, certified by the licensing
authority, must be attached to the license, and must be shown on demand to any
police constable or other authorised person. The license may provide that any of
the conditions may be varied by the local authority.

PENALTIES.

The owner of the kinematograph and the occupier of the building in which it is
used in contravention to the provisions of the Act, the regulations of the Secretary
of State, or the conditions attached to the license, are liable on summary conviction
to a fine not exceeding 20, and in the case of continuing the offence to a further
penalty of 5 for each day during which the offence continues, and the license (if
any) is liable to be revoked.

[The text of the Act and the Regulations of the Secretary of State, with some
explanatory notes, are issued in pamphlet form at THE STAL.E Oftice, price 2d. ED.]

BOOK. 93

THEATRICAL ORGANISATIONS.

THE ACTORS' ASSOCIATION.

ui.d> r tin- ( 'i>iii|>an.. .'i62 to 19CKJ.)

NTKAM'K fee, I*. Annual subs< i ij.i ion. payable January 1, 1 6<1.

quarterly. The subscription for the.- April in any

4s. 6d. quarterly for the n-maiiider of that year. The election ot me
is vested in the Council.

The Association held its annual general meeting on February 9 at the Criterion,
ten the Council reported that there were 1,012 paying members, making with
tirty-two life members a total membership roll of 1,044 ; that the Association was
ring within its income ; and that satisfactory progress was being made generally.
was at this meeting that a resolution was passed supporting Mr. Harcourt's first
11, introduced in the House of Commons on December 17, 1908, in which it was
oposed to abolish the powers of the Lord Chamberlain in respect of stage plays
id to transfer to local authority the powers of the Lord Chamberlain in respect
the licensing of theatres in London. The meeting apparently misunderstood the
>pe of the Bill, looking upon it as though, in addition to abolishing the Cen-
ship, it aimed at abolishing the distinction between theatres and music halls and
iblushing a single license. However, when the Parliamentary Committee
>ointed to inquire into the Censorship and the licensing of theatres a^d music
[is were sitting, the Association held a general meeting at its rooms on July 20
reversed the opinion previously expressed, passing a resolution supporting the
isor, and asking for an extension of his powers. The meeting was a small one
fifteen members, ten of whom carried this resolution. Mr. Clarence Derwent
)r gave evidence before the Parliamentary Committee on behalf of the Associa-

to this effect.

In June the Council gave publicity to a draft Standard Contract which they had
spared. The principles embodied in this contract were payment for matinees,
lyment for rehearsals that is to say, half salaries after three weeks' rehearsals
productions in London, and half salaries for all rehearsals after one week for
> provinces and the 2 minimum wage. This contract was submitted to the
irious managerial associations, each of which refused to consider it.
Some progress was made towards amalgamating with the Actors' Union, and
o committees, one appointed by each body, held several meetings and framed a
>ort. As the Union quietly died early in November these praiseworthy endeavours
vards uniting actors under one head proved, however, to be only so much time
wasted.

The most serious question of the year, which remains before the Association
as this book goes to press, was that of the return of the actor-managers. In October
a Council meeting, at which only seven were present, authorised certain representa-
tions inviting the actor-managers to return, and at a subsequent meeting a requisi-
tion in this sense was drawn up and signed, and given to the secretary to obtain
signatures of members. An attempt was made by the opposing faction in the Council
to annul the 'requisition, but the voting was against it. The matter will probably
be settled by the Association at its annual general meeting on January 25. 1910.

During the year 1909 the Association paid off some of the outstanding debentures.
It also finished the year in a financially sound condition, a vigorous policy of re-
trenchment having brought its expenditure within its income. The new premises,
32, Regent Street, W., were entered on December 11.

Council (1909) : Mr. Frederick Annerley. Mr. F. J. Arlton. Mr. C. Harden
Coffin, Mr. Lewis Casson, Mr. Cyril Gattley, Mr. C. F. Collings, Mr. Clive Crime,
Mr. Clarence Derwent. Mr. Gilbert Esmond, Mr. Richard A. Greene, Mi.--s Helen
H;iye, Miss Agnes Imlay. Mr. J. Poole Kirkwood, Mr. Fowlass Llewellyn. Miss
Marion Lind. Miss Kose Mathews. Mr. Frederick Morland. Mr. Rusfcell Xorrie,
Mr. Cecil Raleigh. Mr. Langford Reed, Mr. Leonard Shepherd. Mr. Ja< ksnn Wil-
cox, Mr. Chris. Walker, Mr. J. Sebastian Smith. Secretary M- Pun an

Tti STAGE YAK BOOK.

THE ACTORS' UNION.

in the history of Actors' Organisation brief space is to be allotted to the Actors'
Union. It was born early in 1907, an outcome to an extent of dissatisfaction
with the Actors' Association, in which body at that time the Reform Party
were pursuing an energetic campaign. Two and a-half years have been the
length of its life, vigorously enough begun, but declining before maturity was in
sight. The Union began with a 6d. per week subscription for twenty weeks in the
year, and, finding difficulty in collecting the amounts, in 1908 altered it to Is. 8d.
paid monthly, or 15s. paid yearly. 271 odd was its income from subscriptions during

1908. Members apparently soon lost interest in the Union, and it died in November,

1909, with liabilities outweighing the assets by nearly 65. At the meeting called
to wind-up the Union held at Hummum's Hotel on November 16, Mr. Henry Bed-
ford supplied the inscription for the gravestone in "Killed by the apathy of the
actor." Apathy on the part of the aotor may have largely contributed to its
decease, but the Committee were in the main responsible, for in the first year of
the Union they made an order which practically prevented the affairs of the Union
from being discussed by its members in the Press. Publicity among those in-
terested was accordingly denied the Union, with the inevitable result.

THE THEATRICAL MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION.

The Theatrical Managers' Association has 103 members, who represent about 250
theatres.

Pre ident : Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

( Mr. J. Macready Chute.
Vice- Presidents Mr. J. B. Mulholland.
i Mr. Edward Terry.

The Council, which is elected annually, is divided into four sections as
follows (1909) :

COUNCIL.

Mr. Arthur Bourchier.
Mr. Seymour Hicks.
Mr. H. B. Irving.
Mr. Cyril Maude.

Mr. Bobert Arthur.

Mr; H. G. Dudley Bennett.

Mr. Fred Fredericks.

Mr. T. H. Birch.

Mi-. Milton Bode.

Mr. J. W. Boughton.

Mr. J. M. Chute.

Mr. Lester Collingwood.

IMr. Sidney Cooper.

Mr. Otto Culling.

Mr. E. J. Domville.

Mr. E. Dottridge.

Mr. J. F. Elliston.

Mr. Charles Klphiiistouc.

LONDON.

SUBURBAN.

PROVINCIAL.

Mr. Henry R. Smith.
Sir Herbert B. Tree.
Mr. Edward Terry.
Mr. F. Terry.

Mr. J. B.- Mulholland.
Mr. Fredk. Melville.
Mr. Ernest Stevens.

Mr. John Hart.
Mr. W. W. Kelly.
Mr. Egbert Lewis.
Mr. F. Mouillot.
Mr. W. B. Bedfern.
Mr. B. Bedford.
Mr. H. W. Rowland.
Mr. T. Sergenson.
Mr. F. W. Wyndham
Mr. F. Warden.

TOURING.

Mr. Walter Melville. | Mr. M. V. Leveaux.

The annual general meeting takes place the last Tuesday in January.
Secretary; Mr. Herbert Blackmorc, 11, Garrick Street, London. W.C.

9 cn

THE SOCIETY OF WEST END THEATRE MANAGERS.

if twenty-seven m<
in, In hiin. members, Sir Squire iJ.-ineii.- . John II

Sn- ('liailes \Vyiidh:im.

li.M-rlM.hiii Tree, M Alexander, ;ind Mi. George i

i.s .Mr. ,J. K. Veiireime. Th.- iiii-iiii.. [r. Arthur Boon

.Mr. Arthur Chn.ll.M-li. .Mr. Arthur Collini, .Mr. I -nl^e, .Mr. Frank Cui

Mr. Tom K Davis, .Mr. Charles Kmhman, .Mr. .1. .M. Gatti, Mr. William Ore<
.|,,| m Har.', Mi. Frederick Harrison, Mr. Seym. .iir Uj.-ks. Mr. Kdward 'I
Veilreime, Mr. Lewis Waller, and Sir Charles Wyndham.

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Society's oft;
52, Shaftesbury Avenue, \V. The Committee meet every fortnight.

The theatres .mitrolh-d l>y the iiM-rnl" Adelphi. Apollo.

Criterion, Daly's. Drury Lane, Puke of York

market. His Majesty's, Lyric, New, IVim-.- of Wales's, Queen's, Roy all;.
James's, Shaftesbury, Terry'-. Vaudeville, and Wyndham's.

TOURING MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION.

The Touring Managers' Association, Limited, was formed in March, 1900, by a
number of leading touring managers, to advance and protect the interests of tour-
ing managers, and by the promotion of a, system of arbitration to endeavour to
avoid litigation between managers and artists.

The Association has one hundred and seventeen members. The Committee,
which is elected annually, consists of twenty-seven members. The present Com-
mittee is as follows : President, Mr. Wemtworth Croke; Vice-President, Mr. E.
Graham Falcon; Honorary Treasurer, Mr. J. Bannister Howard; Honorary
Solicitor, Mr. W. Muskerry-Tilson, 26, Southampton Street, W.C. ; Mr. A. Clifton
Alder son, Mr. Cecil Barth, Mr. Arthur Bertram, Mr. J. A. Campbell, Mr. Louis
Calvert, Mr. Silvanus Dauncey, Mr. George Edwardes, Mr. William Greet, Mr. W.
H. Hallatt, Mr. Percy Hutchison, Mr. W. W. Kelly, Mr. G. B. Lambert, Mr. M.
V. Leveaux, Mr. E. Lockwood, Mr. Lauderdale Maitland, Mr. F. Leslie Moreton,
Mr. Norman V. Norman, Mr. Alfred Paumier, Mr. G. Brydon-Phillips, Mr. G.
M. Polini, Mr. Herbert Ralland, Mr. Tom H. Taylor, Mr. Edward Terry, Mr.
Brandon Thomas, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Mr. John Tully, Mr. Frank
Weathersby, and Mr. G. Carlton Wallace. Secretary, Mr. M. Martin.

During the past year the matter that has chiefly been before the members is
the question of bill orders and complimentary tickets, which has been considered
in conjunction with the Theatrical Managers' Association and the Theatre Alliance ;
a report has been formulated on the subject.

Arbitration cases, stage plays in unlicensed premises, and the question of kiue-
matograph shows have also been dealt with.
Address, Savoy Mansions, Strand, W.C.

THE THEATRES ALLIANCE.

This Association was formed in the year 1894, under the name of the Suburban
Managers' Association. The membership was originally limited to suburban

touring companies. The name was changed to the present one in 1908.

The objects of the Association are, inter alia, the discussion and settlement by
arbitration or otherwise of matters of common interest to theatrical managers or
proprietors ; the affording to members a central means for inter-communication and
encouragement, by meetings or otherwise, of the direct exchange of opinions and
ideas regarding theatres ; the taking when necessary of concerted action and the
institution or defence of proceedings, legal or otherwise.

The officers of the Alliance are : President. Mr. F. Fredericks; Vice-President.
Mr. Milton Bode; Hon. Treasure!-. Mr. 11. C.. Dudley Bennett; Hon. Auditors,

96 THE STAGE YEAK BOOK.

Messrs. W. Melville and W. Bailey ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. Moverley Sharp,
Criterion Chambers, Jermyn Street, S.W.

The members meet every month at Criterion Chambers, Jexmyn Street, S.W.,
on the second Tuesday in the month to discuss and deal with any matters of
general or particular interest that may arise.

In 1905 a fund was established to enable the society to assist its members by
takin^ up cases of interest and moment to the general body, either on a defensive
or offensive basis, which fund is contributed to by members on an agreed scale,
and in this way the Alliance has at call several thousand pounds for any such
purposes, which is a great source of strength to the Alliance generally and ite
members individually. The Alliance is in touch with and works in harmony with
all the other theatrical associations.

The Alliance instituted the standard form of contract between resident and
touring managers now accepted by the other association. Reduced' and inclusive
insurance rates are obtainable for members under a special agreement with a well-
known insurance company, under which many doubtful points in the Workmen
Compensation Act are settled in favour of the insured.

It was in direct consequence of the representations of the Alliance that the pro-
hibitive clause with regard to smoking in theatres under the control of the London
County Council was removed, and the representations of the Alliance in connection
witih the sitanding-room question have caused the matter to be placed upon a
more reasonable and favourable basis.

During the past year the Alliance took a most prominent part in bringing before
the Chancellor of tlhe Exchequer the hardships in the original Budget proposals,
which were later on modified to the extent that the increased burden proposed was
limited to theatres of an anmual value of 2,000 and upwards. The Alliance also
placed the views of its memibers before the Censorship Committee.

Applications for membership should be made to the Hon. Secretary at the offices
as above. Subscription : one guinea per annum for each theatre in respect of which
^ member is registered.

ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND.

The object of the Actors' Benevolent Fund,- which was established in 1882, is to
help, by allowances, gifts, and loans, old or distressed actors and actresses,
managers, stage managers, and acting-managers, and their wives and orphans.

.The President is Sir Charles Wyndham. The Vice-Presidents are Sir -Herbert Beer-
bohm Tree, Mr. George Alexander, and Mrs. D'Oyly Carte. Mr. Harry Nicholls
is Hon. Treasurer, and Mr. Edward Terry and Mr. Beerbohm Tree the Hon.
Trustees.

The Executive Committee are as follows :

Mr. Morris Abrahams. Mr. J. Bannister Howard. Mr. Lionel Kignold.

Mr. J. D. Beveridge. Mr. H. J. Loveday. Mr. Algernon Syms.

Mr. E. H. Bull. Mr. Cyril Maude. Mr. A. B. Tapping.

Mr. Robert Courtneidge. Mr. Akerman May. Mr. Edward Terry.

Mr. Charles Cruikshanks. Mr. M. R. Morand. Mr. Arthur Williams.

Mr. A. E. George. Mr. Harry Nicholls. Mr. Frederick Wright.

Mr. A. Holmes Gore. Mr. Sydney Paxton.

Actors' Saturday, held for the benefit of the Fund, is held on the last Saturday
in January. The Secretary of the Fund is Mr. C. I. Coltson, and the offices are
at 8, Adam Street, Strand.

The annual dinner was held on December 12, 1909, at the Hotel Metropole, with
Sir Herbert Tree in the chair. The subscription list amounted to 1,200.

THE ACTORS' ORPHANAGE FUND.

This Fund, founded in 1896 by Mrs. C. L. Carson, has for patrons the
Queen, the Princess of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Mr. Cyril Maucle
is the President, having been elected to that position on the death of the late Sir
Henry Irving, the Fund's first President. Vice-Presidents are Lady
Bancroft, Mrs. C. L. Carson, Miss Winifred Emery, Miss Ellen Terry, Mr. George
Alexander, Mr. Edward Terry, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Lady Tree.
Trustees are Mr. Arthur Bourchier, Mr. Charles Cruikshanks, anc Mr. Harry Nicholls.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Hon. Treasurer, Mr. 0. .\uljr-y Smith, and the Secretary, .Mi. A I
offiics of the Fund are at 16, York Street, Coveir

J:\ICUTIVE COMMITTEK. Miss Carlotta Addison, Mr. Henry Ainley, Miss Lena
.veil, Miss Ada Bl;m< be, .Mr. Arthur Bonn i Lilian Braithwaitc,

liur Brincknian, Mi;-.s Phyllis Brou^hton, MJ Vane

hrrston, Mi.vs Ih-lrM Ferrers, Mr. I). Lyn Harding, Mr. Martin Harvey.

5 Hyem, Mr.s. MaiiL r l-s, Mr. H.-irry Nil -holls,
Iv Richards, Mr. Svdm-v X'.-il.-ntiiM-. M Vanbrugh. Mi.

!. Fi.shrr-Whit,-. and Mi Fred Wright.

,iiin of the Fund is to board, clothe, and educate destitute children oi
actors and actresses, ami to fit them for useful positions in ait.-i life.
1 MUNITION OF DESTITUTI ( IIII.DHKN. By destitute children is meant
(a) A fatherless and motherless chila.

1(5) A child, of whom one parent ie dead, or incapacitated; the other living,
but unable to support it.
(c) A child whose father is permanently and entirely unable, by reason of
mental or physical affliction, to contribute to the support of the child, the
mother living but unable to support it.
The Orphanage Homes are at 32 and 34, Morland Road, East Croydon.

ACTORS' DAY.

The initiation of Actors Day took place on Thursday, October 18, 1906.
The annual collection falls on the third Thursday in October in each
Conditions. All who contribute one night's salary, or fees, once a year are on
register. Actors, actresses, authors, managers, whether actor-manager, theatre
manager, touring manager, business or acting-manager, or stage manager, are
eligible. The Fund helps no one who is not on the register. All not playing on
Actors' Day, but who have, in previous years, when playing, contributed their
night's salary, will remain on the register, provided they notify the Committee of
the fact. Those on the register may apply for benefit. The Committee may
authorise grants or loans to contributors, in case of sickness or urgent need. During
1909 750 was invested by the Fund. We were informed at the time of going to
press with the YEA.R BOOK that the income of the Fund for 1909, after paying all
expenses and meeting all calls upon the Fund, was 100 in excess of that of 1908.
Trustees : Sir George Lewis, Bart., Sir Squire Bancroft, and Mr. George R.

The Advisory Board stands as follows :

Chairman, Mr. Sydney Valentine. Deputy Chairman, Mr. Henry Ainley.

[r. Blake Adams,
Mr. George Alexander,
Mr. Allan Aynesworth,
Mr. Cecil Barth,
Mr. Arthur Bourchier,
Miss Fanny Brough,
Mr. C. Hayden Coffin,

Mr. Burton Cooke,
Mr. Alfred Denville,
Mr. Kenneth Douglas,
Miss Vane Featherston,
Mr. J. Forbes-Robertson,
Mr. C. T. H. Helmsley,
Mr. Laurence Irving,
Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. E. Drinkwater, Dudley House, 37, Southampton Street,
London, W.C.

Mr. Walter Maxwell,
Mr. W. H. Rotheram,
Mr. H. A. Saintsbury,
Mr. E. Lyall Swete,
Mr. Brandon Thomas,
Sir Herbert Tree,
Miss Beatrice Wilson.

ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.

The Royal General Theatrical Fund was instituted January 22, 1839, and incor-
porated by Royal Charter January 29, 1853. It is for the purpose of jgorantin^
permanent annuities to actors, actresses, chorus singers, dancers, pantomimists, and
prompters ; also acting managers, stage managers, treasurers, and scenic artists.
Any member who has regularly contributed to its funds for the term of seven years,
at any time afterwards, on becoming incapacitated by accident or infirmity from
exercising his or her duties, is entitled to .receive such annuity for life as the
annual available income of the funds shall from year to year afford ; such annuity
to be, in each case, calculated and apportioned according to the class of subscription
which the member has adopted and paid.

If any member die at any period after the commencement of his or her member-

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ship, the sum of ten pounds is allowed and paid out of the funds for funeral
expenses.

Trustees, Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, C.V.O., Sir Squire Bancroft, Mr. George
Alexander. Directors, Mr. George Alexander, Mr. Lewis Caisson, Mr. Henry
Cooper Cliff e, Mr. Charles K. Cooper, Mr. Tom Craven, Mr. Dillon Croker, F.S.A.,
Mr. Alfred H. Elliott, Mr. Henry Evill, Mr. Douglas Gordon, Mr. H. B. Irving,
Mr. H. J. Loveday, Mr. M. R. Morand, Mr. Lionel Rignold, Mr. Charles Rock,
Mr. Bassebfc Roe, Mr F. Perceval Stevens. Mr. A. B. Tapping, Mr. Edward Terry,
Mr. Hubert Wdllis. Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Edward Terry.

THEATRICAL LADIES' GUILD.

Founder, Mrs. C. L. Carson; President, Miss Fanny Brough ; Vice-Presidents,
Mrs. Edward Compton, Miss Carlotta Addison ; Members of the Executive Com-
mittee, Miss Lena Ashwell, Lady Burnand, Mrs. Alfred Bishop, Miss Phyllis
Broughton, Miss Lillian Braithwaite, Mrs. E. H. Bull, Miss Ada Blanche, Miss
Compton, Mrs. John Douglass, Miss Vane Feather ston, Miss Helen Ferrers, Mrs.
A. E. George, Mrs. Synge Hutchinson, Mrs. Ernest Hendrie, Miss Sophie Harriss,
Miss Clara Jecks, Miss Lindsay Jardine, Miss Eva Moore, Miss Wynne Matthison,
Miss Alma Murray, Mrs. Raleigh, Miss Cicely Richards, Miss Louise Stopford,
Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Mrs. Fred Wright, Miss May Whitty, Miss Frances
Wetherall, and Miss May Warley.

Every member to pay not less than Is. per year, and to contribute Is. or more
towards buying material. The Guild helps mothers (members of the theatrical
profession) during the period of their maternity by a complete outfit for mother
and child, in special cases doctors' and midwives' fees being paid. The Guild
also provides second-hand clothing for stage purposes and for private wear to the
poorer members of the profession.

Bee meetings every Friday.

Secretary, Miss Hammond. Offices : 90, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury,
London, W.C.

ACTORS' CHURCH UNION.

The object of the Actors' Church Union is to endeavour to make special provision
to meet the needs of those members of the Church who are en-gaged in the dramatic
profession.

The chaplains (nominated by the President with the approval of the Bishop of
the Diocese) endeavour to render any service in their power to the theatrical
members of the Union, and are glad to be notified of any case of illness or other
emergency which may need their help.

The Actors' Church Union is in no sense a mission to the stage. It does not
regard actors and actresses as in any way different from other people, nor as need-
ing any "special treatment." It looks upon them simply as members of . the
Clhurch who, on account of the constant travelling which their profession involves,
are deprived of many of those spiritual advantages which are enjoyed by other
Churchmen whose rnode^ of life permits them to have a fixed place of residence
and to attend some particular church.

In London the Union in many instances, through its chaplains, has been aible to
co-operate with the Theatrical Ladies' Guild and the Music Hall Ladies' Guild in
looking after cases of distress.

One special feature of the work of the A.C.U. is the lodging-house register, con-
taining addresses in the various towns recommended by the local chaplains. The
register is published in the A.C.U. Directory, and is issued to all members.

The Union also attempts to organise something in the way of entertainment and
friendly social intercourse to alleviate the monotony of life on tour.

Any memlber of tihe dramatic profession may become a member of the A.C.U.
on payment of an annual subscription of one shilling, which is required to defray
the printing and postage expenses connected with the Union.

President, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Southwark; Vice-President and
Chairman of Committee, Rev. Prebendary Pennefather, Vicar of Kensington;
Vice-Presidents, Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Birmingham, Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon, Right Rev. the
'Lord Bishop of Glasgow, Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.

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Rev. the l.-.r.l Mishop of S

Mr. linlint Arthur, Mr. I ' Mi- M

Harvv, Mi. II. I'., [rving, Mr. < ;; Cornnn

Uington, R

\Vynii llralry, Rev. Thomas V;irm-y, Mr.s. H. I!. Gamble, ftin. Donald I:

0. Chun, i Kmily Clarke,

Lilian I'.raithwait.-, M i ss' Pin His Hroii.L'hton, Mi. V.. II. Bull. Mr. <
Cameron, Mr.s. Carson, N i id Corapton, Miss \\inir:

Llewfllvn, Mi>s Kva Moore, Mi Walker; Organ

Secretary am! , Bey. Donald Hole, 14, Milton Iloa.l, I:

.nit Hon. Secretary, Miss E. G. Clarke, 22, Kemprford il's Court,

B.W,

PLAY PRODUCING SOCIETIES.

THE INCORPORATED STAGE SOCIETY.

This Society was founded in 1899 and incorporated in 1904. Council of Manage-
ment : Mr. .1*. M. Han-if. Mr. Sidney Colvin, the Hon. Kverard FM.
lnmrir. W. Fit/.K-.y. K.O.V.O., .Mr. H. A. N.rt/. Mr. B. Home, Mr.

'. S. Kennedy, Mr. \V. Lc.- .\lalln-\vs, Mr. Gilbert Mn .-ydney Olivier.

..i'.M.G., Mrs. \V. P. Reeves, Miss Louise Salom, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, \h>
Mtiard Shaw, Mr. Charles Strachey, Mr. W. Hector Thomson (Hon. Treasurer),
[r. Bernard Watkin, Mr. Charles E. Wheeler, Mr. Frederick Whelen, Mr. Ernest
3. S. Williams. Mr. A. E. Drinkwater, Secretary. Address, 9, Arundel B
brand, W.C.
The year's productions of this Society were as follows :

" The Rights of the Soul," a play, in one act, by Giuseppe Giacosa ; " The
Bread of Others," a play, in two acts, by Turgenev, at the Kingsway.
February 21.

"Unemployed," a play, in one act, by Margaret M. Mack; "The Foun-
tain," a comedy, in three acts, by George Calderon, at the Aldwych. March 28.
" What the Public Wants," a play, in four acts, by Arnold Bennett, at the.
Aldwych. May 2.

"A Modern Aspasia," a comedy, in three acts, by H. Hamilton Fyfe, at
the Aldwych. June 6.

"Kathleen Ni Houlihan," a play, in one act, by W. B. Yeats; "The
Showing Up of Blanco Posnet," by G. Bernard Shaw ; " The Workhouse Ward,"
a comedy, in one act, by Lady Gregory, at the Aldwych. December 5. These
three were revivals, and were played by members of the Abbey Theatre.
Dublin, company.

" What the Public W T ants " was the fiftieth production of the Society.
In connection with this a reception was given at the Hotel Cecil in honour
of the actors and actresses who had played for the Society during the ten years
of its existence. On this occasion " Dull Monotony," a satire, in two short
acts, by Gilbert Cannam, was played by a distinguished cast. The Society
issued a souvenir book containing reprints of the fifty programmes.

THE PLAY ACTORS.

This Society was formed in June, 1907, amongst several of the more active
members of the Actors' Association. The objects of the Play Actors are :

1. The production of the plays of Shakespeare and other poetical dramatists.

2. The introduction to the public of original plays by English authors.

3. The representation of adaptations of dramatic works by foreign authors.
From these it will be seen that the objects are in a degree similar to those of

other play-producing societies, such as the Incorporated Stage Society, but they go
further than these, for in their working details they are so arranged as to bring
indirect benefit to the Actors' Association. The membership consist? of two degrees
acting membership and ordinary or associate. Only professional players \v}j.

100 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

members of the Actors' Association are admitted to the first, and from these the
various plays presented and produced are cast. Associates' subscription are as
follows : 2 2s., entitling the member to two seats (stalls) throughout the season;
1 Is., which carries one stall throughout the season, or two seats in the dress
circle and upper circle alternately; and 12s. 6d., which carries one seat in the dress
circle and upper circle alternately.

At their annual general meeting, held at 3, Bedford Street, Strand, on January
18, it was resolved to constitute the Society as a club, and to have it registered as
such. A proposal to eliminate from the rules the clause respecting the Actors'
Association was defeated by a large majority.

During the year 1909 the Play Actors have produced the following :

January 10. "John Malone's Love Story," play, in four acts, by Bachael
Penn (Mrs. E. S. Willard). Court.

March 14. "Sawney, one-act play, by Sybil Noble; "The Apple," one-
act play, by Inez Bensusan ; " Darracott's Wife," one-act play, by Affleck Scott
and Alan Carmichael ; and "A Question of Identity," one-act play, by Archie
J. Matthew. Court.

March 28. "Sister Beatrice," a Miracle, by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans-
lated by Bernard Miall. Court.

April 18. " Chains," play, in four acts, by Elizabeth Baker. Court.
May 9. "The Inspiration of Nance," by Blanche Wills Chandler; "Love
of Woman," by Mrs. George Norman; " The Purse of Gold," by J. Sackville
Martin; and " How the Vote was Won," by Cicely Hamilton and Christopher
St. John. Court.

May 30. "His Bounden Duty," play, in three acts, by P. E. Bodington.
Court.

June 27. "Kit's Woman," play, in three acts, by Mrs. Havelock Ellis and
Joshua Bates, from Mrs. Ellis's novel of the same name.

November 21. "The Lesser Evil," play, in four acts, by Elliott Page ;md
Nora Vynne. Court.

December 19. " The Monk of San Marco," play, in three acts, by Sybil
Ruskin. Court.

Of the above " The Purse of Gold " has since been bought by Mr. Herbert
Trench, and " Chains " has been bought by Mr. Charles Frohman.

The Council of 1909 were : Mr. Fewlass Llewellyn (Chairman), Mr. Fred
Annerley, Miss Inez Bensusan, Mr. Herbert Bunston, Mr. Lewis Casson, Mr. C. F.
Collings, Mr. Clive Currie, Mr. Clarence Derwent, Miss Cicely Hamilton, Mr.
A. M. Heathcote, Miss Rose Mathews, Miss Winifred Mayo, Mr. Edward Rigby,
Mr. Farren Soutar, Miss F. Wetherall, and Mr. Jackson Wilcox.

Secretary, Miss Winifred Mayo, Court Theatre, Sloane Square, S.W. Hon.
Treasurer, Mr. A. M. Heathcote, 13, Devonshire Terrace, W.

THE ENGLISH PLAY SOCIETY.

Plays produced in 1909 : " The White Hawk," romantic drama, in four acts,
adapted from H. C. Bailey's novel " Beaujeu," by H. C. Bailey and David Kimball.
Aldwych, May 30. "Unanswered," play by Cecilia Brookes, and "The Price,"
a play, in four acts, by Felix North. Terry's, July 4.

Play Examiners and Producers : Mr. W. Graham Browne, Mr. Philip Carr,
Mr. W. L. Courtney, Mr. Hubert Druce, Mr. Arthur Hands, Mr. Tom Heslewood,
Mr. Francis Howard, Mr. Herbert Jarman, Mr. Frank Lacy, Mr. Fred Lewis,
Mr. Leon M. Lion, Mr. Boyle Lawrence, Mr. Eric Mayne, Mr. Percy Nash, Mr.
Sydney Valentine. Treasurer : Miss J. A. Burton. Manager : Mr. Lyddell
Sawyer, 1, Trafalgar Buildings, Charing Cross, W.C.

THE PLAYWRIGHTS' ASSOCIATION,

Formed in March, 1909. Vice-Presidents : Mr. J. M. Barrie, Miss Ellen
Terry, Sir Arthur W. Pinero, Sir Charles Wyndham.

Produced " Love in a Tangle," a comedy, in three acts, by Harry B. Vogel, and
" The Debt," a play, in one act, by Mrs. Tom Godfrey, at the Aldwych on Novem-
ber 16. Management Committee : Messrs. J. Jelf , Gerald Christian, T. Lindrea
Mitchell, Edgar Skeet, and Miss Ella Erskine, with the Secretary and Treasurer,
ex officio, Secretary ; Mr. N. Thorpe Mayne, 25, Regent Street, W,

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THEATRICAL CLUBS.

THE GARRICK CLUB.

The Garriok CIul>. n 1831. Its

objects are defined as follows : "The Garrick Ulub is instituted for the general
patronage of the drama, for th.- pinion- of .oinlnnin^ a club, on economic principles,

with tin- Society, for bringing together the supporters of

tho Drama, and for the foundation of a ' library with works on Costume."

Th.- club possesses a lam.- n .!!.< (ion of theatrical portraits and other pictures.

: V. Ml". Charlrs .1. Kit< h.

THE SAVAGE CLUB.

Savage Club, 6 and 7, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, London, W.C., is for the
association of gentlemen connected professionally \\ith Literature, Art, Science, the
Drama, or Music. Trustees : Mr. E. G. Ravenrtein, .Mr. A. Gordon Salamon, Sir
W. Purdie Treloar, Bart. Committee : Col. W. J. Bosworth, Mr. F. Franklin
dive, Mr. Conrad W. Cooke, M.Inst.E.E., Mr. Crandon D. Gill, Mr. Reginald
<;rnonn\ Mr. Fred Grundy, Mr. Yeend King, V.P.R.I., R.B.A., Mr. Most\-
I'i.^iitt, Lieut. J. Mackenzie Rogan, M.V.O., Mr. Charles P. Sisley, Mr. J. Scott-
Stokes, Mr. David Urquhart ; Hon. Treasurer, Sir James D. Lint/on, R.I. ; Hon.
tary, position vacant at the time of going to press; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. R. H.
Humphreys; Hon. Counsel, Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., M.P. ; Hon. Auditors and
Scrutineers, Messrs. Thomas Catling and Achille Babize ; Hon. Librarian, Mr. '
?dden Wilson.

THE ECCENTRIC CLUB.

The Eccentric Club, 21, Shaftesbury Avenue, W., is constituted for the
irpose of promoting social intercourse amongst gentlemen connected, directly

indirectly, with Literature, Art, Music, the Drama, Science, Sport, and Com-
>rce. The President is Sir Charles Wyndham ; Trustees, Mr. Walter J. \V.

ird, Mr. J. R. Cleave, Mr. John Woodhouse, J.P. ; Treasurers, Mr. Tom Fraser
id Mr. William H. White ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. A. Harrison. Committee :
ajor H. Bateman, Messrs. H. Montague Bates, Fred Bishop, Frank Boor, Frank
illingham, E. L. Campbell, Alfred Ellis, Walter cle Frece, W. E. Garstin, A. E.
itcombe, Denby I_^re, H. J. Homer, Thomas Honey, W. S. Hooper, J. D.

igton, P. Leftwich, John Le Hay, E. Lockwood, Ernest Stuart, W. J. Dayer
tith, A. J. Thomas, and R. Warner.

THE GREEN ROOM CLUB.
The Green Room Club was founded in 1877 for the association of gentlemen of the
dramatic and artistic professions. Secretary, Mr. G. Swann. Address, 46,
Leicester Square. . __

THE MANAGERS' CLUB.

The Managers' Club is instituted for the purpose of bringing touring and resident
managers, theatrical proprietors, and all interested in theatrical enterprises and
business into touch with each other. The club has 190 members, and the annual
subscription is 2 2s., except in the case of members of the Touring Managers'
Association, Limited, who pay an annual subscription of 1 Is. in addition to
their subscription to the Association. The Committee, which is elected annually.
consists of twenty -one members. The present Committee is as follows: President,
Mr. M. V. Leveaux; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. J. Bannister Howard; Assistant Hon.
Treasurer, Mr. Frank Weathersby ; Messrs. A. Clifton Alderson, Cecil Barth,
Arthur Bertram, Edward Compton, E. P. Clift, Wentworth Croke, Peter Davey.
E. Graham Falcon, William Holies, Walter Howard, W. W. Kelly, Edmund Lock-
wood, Ernest Norris, G. M. Polini, Alfred Paumier, Herbert Ralland, Edward
Terry, Sir H. Beerbohm Tree, John Tully, G. Carlton Wallace, J. Major Ward.
Secretary, Mr. M. Martin. Address, Savoy Mansions, Strand, W.C.

THE YORICK CLUB.

For those connected with Literature, the Drama, Music, and the Arts. Entrance

fee. 2 2s. : subscription. 2 2s. Committee : Messrs. E. H. Bull, A. C.

.Her. (' K Ca/.eimve, George Pavjson, J. Njchol Dunn, W. E. Grogan,

102 THE STAGE YEAR BOO A*.

Graham Hill, David Hodge, W. W. Jacobs, Walter Jerrold, Harold
Montague, William Mudford, Clarence Rook, Frank L. Teed, and Clarence
Wade. Hon. Librarian, Mr. W. Pett Ridge; Hon. Director of Art, Mr.
S. H. Sime ; Hon. Director of Music, Mr. Duncan Tovey ; Master of Revels, Mr.
George Parlby ; Hon. Secretaries, Mr. A. C. R. Carter and Mr. William Mudford ;
House Manager, Mr. W. Bradford Smith. Address, 30, Bedford Street, Strand.

The Club was opened in Beaufort Buildings in 1889 and moved to its present
quarters in 1898. This year (1910) marks the coming of age of the Club, and the
event will be celebrated on Shakespeare's Day, April 23, by way of a Commemora-
tion Festival and annual dinner.

THE GALLERY FIRST NIGHTERS' CLUB.

The headquarters of the Gallery First Nighters' Club are at the Bedford Head
Hotel, Maiden Lane, Strand, W.C. Subscription, 10s. 6d. per annum. President,
Mr. Arthur Were; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. John Page; Hon. Secretary, Mr. G. F. Rig-
den. Committee, Messrs. H. 0. Davis, P. L. Jackson, Stanley Jones, H. Major
F. Page, W. O. Summers, H. F. Whitworth, and G. F. Wright. Hon. Auditor,
Mr. Frank H. Long.

The Club was founded in 1896, " to maintain the right of playgoers to give free
and independent criticism in the theatre, and to afford facilities for social intercourse
among gallery first nighters." Genuine gallery playgoers alone are eligible for
membership. The Club holds frequent debates on subjects connected with the
Drama. Other functions include the annual dinner, held at Frascati's in March,
Bohemian suppers, concerts, etc. Ladies are invited to the annual dinner and
the debates.

The Club claims to be the most democratic playgoing club, and one of the last
strongholds of Bohemianism. Its bugbear is " Respectability." Their presidents,
etc., are always genuine gallery "boys," the club having a rooted objection to
honorary figureheads.

The club had strong associations with the late Nellie Farren, who always spoke
affectionately of its members as "her boys." They entertained their never-to-be-
forgotten favourite at a dinner on Saturday, April 29, 1899, when Mr. Cecil Raleigh
marvelled at the " weird and wonderful enthusiasm." This, however, is a feature
which characterises all their dinners. At the annual dinner, held in March, 1909,
the principal speakers were Mr. Robert Loraine, Miss Ruth Vincent, Mr. Hannen
Swaffer, and Miss Ellen Terry. Among the other well-known people who
have spoken at their dinners are Miss Eva Moore, Miss Kate Rorke,
Miss Nina Boucicault, Mile. Adeline Genee, Sir W. S. Gilbert, Messrs.
H. V. Esmond, J. Forbes Robertson, Lewis Waller, Charles Hawtrey, George Alex-
ander, H. B. Irving, Arthur Bourchier, James Welch, Oscar Asche, Cecil Raleigh,
Sydney Valentine, Martin Harvey, Louis Bradfield, Spencer Leigh Hughes, T.
McDonald Rendle, W. Pett Ridge, James Douglas, Alfred Robins, and the !ate
Mr. C. L. Carson, of THE STAGE a list of which any club might be proud.

The 1910 annual dinner will be held at Frascati's on Sunday, February 13, when
Mr. Rudolph Besier, Miss Gwennie Mars, and Mr. E. F. Spence will be the princi-
pa} speakers.

THE REHEARSAL CLUB.

The Rehearsal Cluib (29, Leicester Square) was founded in 1892 with the view to
furnishing a quiet retreat to which minor actresses might resort between the hours
of rehearsals and matinees and the evening performance.

The member's (subscription is 2s. per quarter. The club is open from 11 a.m. to
8 p.m., aoid contains comfortable reading and refreshment rooms, the former well
supplied with books, papers, and magazines. Anyone wishing to see the club will
be gladly shown over by one of the committee or the matron.

President, H.R.H. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Hoistein ; Vice-president, the
Lady Louisa Magenis. Committee : Chair,, Lady Maud B. Wiioraham, Mrs. George
Alexander, Lady Bancroft, Mrs. Herbert Bmoks, Mrs. Percy Buchanan, Mrs.
Chapman, Mrs. Gilmour, Miss Alice Gladstone, Mrs. Max Hecht, Mrs. R. S.
Henderson, Mrs. Kendal, Lady Frances Legge, Mrs, George Marjoribanks, Mrs.
Cyril Maude, Mrs. Mayne, Mrs. F. M. Paget, Mrs. Pownell, Lady Tree, Eleonora
Lady Trevelyan, Mrs. Philip Walker, Mrs. W. H. Wharton ; Hon Treasurer, Mrs.
Mayne, 101. Queen's Gate, S.W. ; Hon. Secretary. Mrs. George Marjor.-janks, 22,
Hans Road, S.W, ; Secretary, Miss Murray, 35, Parkhiil Road, X.W.

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VARIETY ORGANISATIONS.

VARIETY ARTISTS' FEDERATION.

Foundrd i'Vl.nuirv IB. 1'JUo. I:

Offices, L8, Chari Koad. London W.C. Aliili.it. -<1 to th- 1 rades

n Congress, lh- General F.-d.-ratiim oi Ti MS. the White K;.ts of

\mrn.a. tin- International Artists' Lodge, tin- Australasian Vaudeville A

and Le I'nioii Syndicate do ArtiNtcs Lyriijin-s. Officers: Chairman. Mr. I

II: Vice-Chainnan, Mr. James Allison; Trust..

.M.u-tinetti, and Kdniund Kdmimds: Treasurer, Mr. William Lee; Accountant, Mr.
\V II. McCarthy. Executive Committee meeting* evy at \'.

ami provm. ial meetings every Friday at 12. Mr. W. 11. Clemart. General Seen-
The \'\ ill-ration aims at the abolition of all abuses detrimental to the inte:

and \\vlfaiv of the iiMi:-ic hall profession. It provid< ;,|K.TS with fii:v

nice as rr^inls railroad tares, fire le^al advice, free legal protect ion, an
of arl.it ration between artists and proprietors thus saxing law expenses. There is
also a death levy of 6d. per head per member. Entrance fee, 21s. Weekly sub-
scription, 6d.

The K\e< iilivr Committee, as , mistUuted at tin- end of 1909, v.
M.-ssis. John Alexander, W. H. Atlas, Jas. Alexandre, Barney Armstrong, James
Allison, Jas. A troy, Edwin Adeler, Peter Bijou, Signer Borelli/Sid. Bandon, Harry
:oit. (ii-orge Brooks, Bert Byrne. Billy I'.ioun. \\niti-ld lilak'\ H.u;\

Fred Cirran, Andie Caine, Tom Costello, J. W. Cragg, G. H. Chirgwin, Whit
Cunliffe, Harry Conlin, Chas. Coborn, W. J. Churchill, Morny Cash, Leoni Clarke,
Arthur Carlton, Alf. Chester, Geo. D'Albert, Harry Delevine, Robt. Dunning,
Sam Delevine, Percy Delevine, Dutch Daly, Marriott Edgar, Gus Elen, Seth E^!

l^lvin, Edmund Edmunds, Jas. Foreman, Harry Freeman, \\ . 11. Farley, Hal
Forde, W. F. Frame, Arthur Gallimore, Maurice Geraldo, Fred Ginnett, A. E.
(uiufrey, Horace Goldin, Wai Grace, Gus Garrick, Fred Griffiths, W. E. Gillin,
Johnny Gilmore, V. L. Granville, Alec Hurley, Fred Herbert, Jas. Howard, Harry
Herald, Alt'. Herald, Frank Halter, Wilson Hallett, Geo. Hughes, Phil Herman,
I'arl Hert/,, Will Johnson, Harry Jee, Tony Iveson, Neil Kenyon, Jas. Kellino,
Fred Kitchen, Max Berol Konorah, J. W T . Knowles, William Lee, Albert Le
Alt'. Leonard, Harry Lauder, Fred Latimar, Syd. Laurel, Hairy Mayville, Bates
Maddison, Tom McNaughton, Fred McNaughton, B. Monti, Walter Munroe, Chas.
M.ldare, Fred Maple, Chas. McConnell, Joe McConnell, F. W. Millis, Paul Mar-
tuietti, Julian Mack, James Mooney, Steve McCarthy. Michael Nolan, Geo. N

ham. Orpheus, Jim Obo, Ben Obo, David O'Toole, Wai Pink, Will Poluski, Harry
Phillips, Fred Russell, Harry Radford, Chas. Rich, Arthur Roberts, F. V. St.
Clair, Fred Sinclair, Albert Schafer, Eugene Stratton, George Sanford, Geo. B.
Sinclair, Ryder Slone, Harry SieJling, Harry Tate, Joe Tennyson, Leo Tell, Deane
Tribune, Barney Vox, Jeff Vendome, Arthur Verno, Horace Wheailey, Harry
Wright, Tom Woottwell, Erne Warsaw, W. H. Wallis, Horace White, Russell
Wallett, Bert Williams.

GRAND ORDER OF WATER RATS.

This Society was founded in 1890. Its headquarters are the Vaudeville Club, 98,
Charing Cross Road, W.C. In 1909 Mr. Fred Ginnett was King Rat. For the
present year the officers are as follows :

Knm Rat, Mr. Chas. Warren; Prince Rat. Mr. Harry Tate; Scribe Rat, Mr.
\V. H. McCarthy; Test Rat, Mr. Dave O'Toole; Bank Rat. Mr. Edwin (Papa)
Brown; Musical Rat, Mr. Burt Shepard.

During the year the Water Rats held their Annual Ball at the Trocadero on
h 4, a " Motor Run " to Brighton on July 4, and an " Up River " outing on
ist 15. In the early stages of the Agency trouble they opened an agency under
the management cxf Mr.' Joe O'Gorman.

104 THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MUSIC HALL ARTISTS'* RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.

Founded February 2, 1897. Head offices, 18, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.
Secretary, Mr. C. Douglas Stuart. Branch offices- : Glasgow : Cocklburn Build-
ings. Agent, Mr. Geo. Ripon. Liverpool : 21, Houghtoni Street. Agent, Mr.
Tom McKay. Manchester : All Saints Chambers, 46, Sydney Street, Oxford
Road. Agent, Mr. Fred Slingsby. Officers for the current year : Hon. President,
Mr. Joe Elvin; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Sir James Bailey, Mr. Charles Coborn, Mr.
Albert le Fre, Mr. Fred W. Millis, and Mr. Douglas White; Hon. Trustees, Messrs.
J. W. C-ragg, Paul Martinet ti, and G. H. Chirgwin. ; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Arthur
Rigby; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. Eugene Judge (Judge and Priestley).

During the past twelve months the Asso-ciation has quietly continued on its
useful career, and there is bub little to record. It may be noted that a new con-
cession has been secured for the 7,000 members viz., that separate tickets may
now be obtained at the stations on the Great Eastern and SouthHEaste-rn and
Chatham Railways, so that now there is no terminus in the metropolis where this
undoubted boon is not granted. The annual dinner and dance were held in April,
with Mr. G. H. Chirgiwin in the chair, -supported by Mr. Joe Elvin, and ne-arly
500 was collected on that occasion for the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund.
The Committee has during the year held two important conferences with the
theatrical managers of the railway companies, at which several minor concessions
were granted, and the friendly relations between the railway companies' and the
Association are on an even firmer basis than heretofore. 'More than 300 has during
1909 been distributed between the railway and 1 music-hall charities, thus 'making
a total amount of 3,500 which has been given since the formation of
this Association. In June last it was decided to remove the offices from Welling-
ton Street to larger preiie in Charing Cross Road, where there are a spacious
board-Toom and all U'p-to-diate improvements. The Executive Committee is prac-
tically the .same as last year, and Mr. Fred Herbert and Mr. Harry Blake have been
re-elected to the positions of Chairman and Vice -'Chairman. Weekly meetings of
the Committee are held every Wednesday at 12 o'clock.

THE TERRIERS' ASSOCIATION,

Officers : President, Mr. G. P. R. Burgess ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. J. Alexander,
Mr. Andie Caine, Mr. T. C. Callaghan, Mr. H. Conlin, Mr. E. D'Almaine, Mr.
H. Gage, Mr. H. Herald, Mr. B. Obo, Mr. J. Obo, Mr. S. N. Salter, Mr. H.
Wright; Hon. Trustees, Messrs. H. Gage and S. N. Salter; Hon. Auditors, Messrs.
A. Voyce and H. Cory Woodrow ; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Harry Barnard; Hon.
Solicitor, Mr. G. P. R. Burgess ; Medical Officer, Mr. G. F. McCarthy ; Incor-
porated Accountants, Messrs. Turquand, Turquand and Company ; Executive Com-
mittee, Mr. R. Abel, Mr. W. H. Atlas, Mr. H. Bent, Signer A. Borelli, Mr. T. E.
Box, Mr. G. Cooper, Mr. C. C. Cornish, Mr. A. De Brean, Mr. J. E. Dunedin, Mr.
J. Dwyer, Mr. P. Ford, Dr. E. B. M. Frost, Mr. C. F. Gage, Mr. F. Gee, Mr.
W. E. Gillin, Mr. H. H. Griff, Mr. E. Karno, Mr. W. King, Mr. C. W. Kloof,
Mr. F. Larola, Mr. T. Maxwell, Mr. F. W. Millis, Mr. W. L. Murray, Mr. F.
Neiman, Mr. W. Norman, Mr. B. Olrac, Mr. T. Packer, Mr. G. Pearson, Mr. J.
C. Pratt, Mr. A. Simmons, Mr. G. Smythson, Mr. J. Sparrow, Mr. W. Welsh, Mr.
H. Wheatley, Mr. D. White, Mr. B. Whiteley, Mr. W. Wisper, Mr. B. Woodger ;
Secretary, Mr. Arthur Were.

The predominant feature of the year has been a revival of interest in the
welfare of the Association. A large number of applications for membership have
been received. These have been carefully considered by the committee, and over
ninety candidates have successfully passed the ballot. The Terriers hold their
ceremonial meeting every Sunday evening in the banqueting room of the ''Three
Stags Hotel," Kennington. Many improvements have been effected in the general
appearance at the "Kennel," various gifts having been recently presented by
Terriers for its adornment. Officers are duly elected every month for various posi-
tions, and there is generally a keen competition for the honours. During the past
year the Sunday meetings have been remarkable for the large attendance of Terriers,
and for the genial spirit that pervades the gatherings. The Terriers' social function"

111L /, . 105

wi-Jl knoun lor tl." one of

i on the liist Sundays

tho winter months^ ami IKT-S. Th- animal

m-r was hi-ld at the Hotel lloiilo^m- in .January Utsl ritial dinner and

ll, for Temera au.l thfir t'n<-nds, t'ollo'A.-d in M ,1 wer e

jry Bucccsst'nl, whilst the annual n\rr outing in June beat all

li ttir ,i ; 1M old function of the

viz., a p ''.> inad banquet, wai b ober,

Jn th.- early part of the yar th- 'I'err old and esteem-

Wrier !", Laurenee, the t'oundi-r of the Assoriation. The pa

bie on aci omit of the lar-e numher oi

pay and medical attendance, whilst tho benevolent account, in addition,
1 ivily drawn upon for the relief of Terriers in necessitous circumstances. Not-
fhvtanding these claims, the Association has a substantial balance on the year's
rking, and altogether its finances are in an exceedingly satisfactory condition.

THE SKETCH ASSOCIATION.

uticin nl tins association was altered, during 1909 in order to
Membership open to sketdi authors and actors as well as managers. President, Mr.
Beorge Gray ; Vice-Presidents, -Mr. K. V. Harcourt, -Mr. Arnold Bell, Mr. Frank Gerald,
Br. George*M. Marriott, Mr. Herbert JJarnley ; Hon. Secretary and Solicitor, Mr. I

land Akennan ; Assistant Secretary, Mr. Monte -Mail-land ; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. C.
Blaxton-Turner. Executive Committee : Managers : Mr. Leonard Mortimer, Mr.
"rank Hardie, Mr. Albert Marsh, Miss Florence Creagh, Mr. Charles Baldwin;

Authors : Mr. John F. Preston, Mr. Cayley Calvert, Mr. George Unwin, Mr. Dick

Cruikshanks, Mr. Gilbert Wells ; Artists : Mr. Leonard Robson, Mr. Herbert Terry,
-Mr. Fred Kitchen, Mr. Harold Brough, Mr. E. Howard Templeton. Office : Room

52, 13, Henrietta Street, W.C.

VARIETY ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.

Jhis young but thriving society has just concluded its second year, and may
be proud of the good work it has done in that brief period, its funds have
nued to increase, and the amount given away in charity to the poor of the
<ssiori averages afcout 22 weekly. At the M.H.A.R.A. dinner, largely through
the instrumentality of the P-resident for the year, Mr. G. H. Chirgwin, nearly
500 was collected, and over 350 was obtained by the extra shilling charged on
the cards of membership of that society. Donations have also been received
through various other channels, such as the sports, which realised nearly 100
profit, and the ma-tinee at the Coliseum, which Mr. Oswald Stoll so generously

d a,t the disposal of the Committee, will bring in 150, while Mr. W. H.
(head sent a generous gift of 50. Mr. Joe Elvin headed the list at the
dinner with 50. Thus it will be seen that the profession can no longer be accused
of not supporting their own poor. Week after week the most distressing cases of
poverty and want come before the Committee, and in nearly every instance are
promptly relieved by grants of loans or by a small weekly pension. The weekly
amount of these pensions is over 12. Four artists w r ere buried during the year at

xpense of the Fund, and by an additional contribution to the Hospital Saturday
Fund letters are obtained for deserving cases for hospitals and convalescent homes.
Tho Committee is most strict in the investigation of every case, and it counts
among its members several of the veteran performers who have known the old
professionals who come for assistance. By an arrangement with the Music Hall
Home Fund four artists are now being cared for under the roof of that excellent
institution. The annual dinner and dance will be held on February 20, 1910,
when it is hoped that a liberal response will be forthcoming to the urgent cry for
donations to enable tJie Committee to carry on the good work of charity through
the twelve months.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE MUSIC HALL HOME.

The Music HaU Home was founded thirteen years ago by certain prominent
member s of the Terriers' Association. The objects of the Music Hall Home are to
afford shelter to deserving -members of the variety profession wlio have fallen on evil
times, and to provide a permanent home for poor performers who, through illness,
disablement, or old age, are quite unable to find employment.

At present there are a dozen inmates lodged in the Home, which is situated at
31, Wilson Road, Camberwell, S.E.

The officers for the ensuing year are : President, Mr. Walter de Frece ; Vice-
P residents, Messrs. Harry Barnard, Thos. B arras ford, Harry Bawn, Leon Bassett,
W. S. Bassett, Td E. Box, G. P. R. Burgess, Jas. E. Dunedin, Percy Ford,
Harry Gage, Walter Hassan, Malcolm McDowall, Fred Neiman, F. H. Pedgrift,
C. J. Bartleet Perry, Jesse Sparrow, C. Douglas Stuart, Chas. Weldon, and
Douglas White; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. G. P. R. Burgess; Committee, Messrs. John
Alexander, W. H. Atlas, Ernest Ball, Willie- Benn, Harry Blake, John G. Brandon,
Tom Branson, Geo. Brown, Bert Chapman, C. C. Cornish, J. H. Davy Jim Elmo,
T. C. Gallaghan, Harry Gribfoen, H. Griff, Hamilton Hill, H. Hough, W. Kloof,
P. A. Lennon, Ernest Letpard, C. Mann-ering, W. L. Murray, F. W. Mill is, Walter
Norman, Ben Obo, Jim Obo, George Pearson, Samuel S alter, Arthur Simmons,
Geo. H. Smythson, Leo Trainor, J. Traynor, George Vivian, E. C. Webb, Horace
Wheatley, B. Whiteley, Jack Woolf, and Harry Wright; Treasurer, Mr. Harry
Barnard; Secretary, Mr. Benj. Woodger. The Committee meetings are held at the
Empire, Camber well, on the first and third Thursdays in the month.

MUSIC HALL LADIES' GUILD.

The Guild was founded in 1906. President, Mr*. Fred Ginnett ; Vice-Presidents,
Mrs. Eugene Stratton, Miss Irene Rose, Mrs. Paul Martinetti, Miss Maude Mor-
timer, and Mrs. G. H. Smythson; Hon. Treasurer, Miss Belle Elmore. Executive
Committee : Miss Marie Lloyd, Mrs. George Gilbey, Mrs. Leoni Clarke, Miss
Maude Courtney, Mrs. Morton, Miss Cecilia Macarte, Mrs. C. C. Bartram, Miss
Rose Elliott, Miss Alexandra Dagmar, Miss Dot Stephens, Mrs. James Home, Mrs.
Dunedin, Miss Julia Macarte, Miss Amber Wyville, Mrs. Joe Elvin, Miss Ray
Wallace, Miss Lottie Albert, Mrs. Lockhart, Mrs. Herbert Shelley, Miss Lil Haw*
thorne, Miss Marie Loftus, Miss Millie Payne, Miss Kate Vulcan a, Mrs. Vernon
Cowper, Miss Louie Davis, Miss Victoria Monks. Hon. Committee : Mrs. Lily
Bradgate, Mrs. Pettitt, Mrs. H. Maud Gamble, Miss E. G. Clarke.

The above Guild has been formed with the object of assisting the wives of artists
who, through lack of employment, illness, or confinement, are in want of help, by
supplying proper medical aid, food, coal, or other necessaries as may be required.
Also, in cases of confinement, to lend a supply of suitable baby clothes for the first
month, to foe returned at the expiration of that time. To assist widows of artists
to find suitable employment; to find employment for children of poor artists and
orphans, as programme sellers, call boys ; also office work or other suitable employ-
ment, and in cases where possible to assist them in obtaining parts in sketches
where children's parts are included ; to supply necessitous artists with free
clothing ; to sell stage and other clothing to artists who may require it, at a very
small charge ; to visit the sick ; to give toys, books, and games to sick children of
artists.

Meetings are held every Wednesday at the offices, Albion House, 61, New
Oxford Street, London, W. Secretary, Miss Melinda May.

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STAFF ORGANISATIONS.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATRICAL EMPLOYES.

This Association was established on August 20, 1890. It represents those
employed in the various stage departments, in the manufacture and use of
scenery, properties, electrical fitbings, amn::i:> '! picture machines, comprising
stage managers, heads of depar: .u-penters, electricians, kinematograph

operators, property men, staj,'-ni n, ilymen, ami 'iployed in theatres anJ

music halls, or theatrical workshops, ivsidi-nt or r

it is afliliated with the General Federation of Trade Unions, the Trade Union
,ress, London and Provincial Trad< our Councils. The chief office is

29, Wellington Street, Strand, London.

Summary of Objects : To raise the status oi' stage employes by maintaining a
minimum rate oi pay, definite working rules, and the provision of sick, funeral,
arid benevolent benefits for members. The Association has four branches in London
and one each in Birmingham, Bradford, Oldham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Middlesbrough,

. ton-on-Tees, and Grcenock. The outran e fees vary according to bi
from 2s. 6d. to 10s. The contributions vary, according to branch and benefit
desired, from 2d. to Is. 2d. per week. Each branch has a benevolent fund, and
most of them have sick and funeral funds. The constitution of the Association
permits any grade or section of employes eligible to join to form a branch, or all
us to combine in one branch in any locality. The aim of the organisation is
to enrol all eligible men with touring companies, and those resident in t
theatrical centre in the United Kingdom.

The National Executive Committee is selected from the members residing within
twenty miles of the chief office, but it is open to any branch to nominate any
member to one of the general offices. This Committee organises the London
annual theatrical sports and annual concerts, and has charge of the National Open
Benevolent Fund, w'hich is maintained from the proceeds of the theatrical sports
and donations received to the annual concert funds, for the benefit of non-members,
men and women employes, whose oase is recommended by a subscriber to the
sports or concert funds, or by any theatrical or music hall association whose rules
do not permit them to help such applicants.

The funds of the Association on December 31, 1908, amounted to 1,293 Os. 9d.,
to whidh date <the Association, in addition to the increase of wages, secured and
maintained, and the protection afforded to its members, had paid in cash benefits to
members :

s. d.

At death of Members and Members' Wives 3,219

To Members supporting the objects of the Society 1,616 2 6

Legal Assistance to Members 226 15 4

Compensation secured for Members 245

*Sick Pay to Members 130 18 6

Special Grants to necessitous Members, Wages advanced due
from Fraudulent and Bankrupt Managers (including sums to
Non-Members and their Widows from the Open Benevolent
Fnnd) 396 19 8

Total 5.834 16

* The Sick Fund has only recently been formed.

The present members of the Executive Committee are : President, Mr. J.
Cullen, master carpenter, the St. James's ; Vice-President, Mr. G. H. Dyball, stage
imanager, the London Pavilion; Treasurer, Mr. J. H. Radford, carpenter, the
Comedy; Trustees, Mr. William Barbour, chief electrician, the St. James's ; Mr.
Arthur Palmer, master carpenter, the Comedy; Mr. Charles Thorogood, President,

108 T7IE STAGE YEAR T'>007v.

No. 1 Branch ; Committee, Mr. C. T. Cory, master carpenter, the Vaudeville ; Mr.
J. Reid, carpenter (President, Carpenters' Branch); Mr. A. Jones, carpenter, Royal
Opera House (Treasurer, Carpenters' Branch) ; Mr. H. Lane, carpenter (member
Committee, Carpenters' Branch) ; Mr. H. J. Powell, property master, the Globe ;
Mr. Philip Sheridan, electrician, the Strand ; Mr. Edward Stow, stage staff, the
Vaudeville; George Pickering, stage staff, the Duke of York's; Mr. J. N. Hunt,
stage staff, the Alhambra ; General Secretary, Mr. William Johnson, 29, Welling-
ton Street, Strand, W.C.

THE DRAMATIC AND VARIETY THEATRE (Employes')
PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION.

Established April, 1908. Open to any man over eighteen and under forty years
of age connected with any theatre or music hall, theatrical workshop, or theatrical
business in the metropolitan area. Managers, actors, variety artists, assistant
managers, secretaries of companies, scenic artists, stage managers, box office keepers
and their assistants, kinematograph operators, attendants (male), dressers, firemen,
hall-keepers, musicians, and supers. Also to anyone employed in any stage depart-
ment who is, or becomes, if eligible, a member of the N.A.T.E. This condition
does not apply to stage employes not eligible to join the N.A.T.E., or working
outside the area of its London branches.

Entrance Fee, Is. 3d., including copy of rules and card of membership. Con-
tribution, 6d. per week to General and Benevolent Funds. Levy of 6d. on death of
a member in benefit. Levy of 3d. on death of a member's wife. No levy (for any
member) until after six months' membership.

Benefits. Sick Pay : Half benefit after three months and full benefit after six
months' membership : 15s. per week for thirteen weeks, 7s. 6d. per week for a fur-
ther thirteen weeks, if necessary, as per rules. A sum at death of a member or a
member's wife, equal to levy. Grants to members in distress from Benevolent Fund.
Annual division of surplus general funds in December to each member an equal
share for equal period of membership. Division of funds for nine months ending
December, .1908, equal to 15s. per member (full share) ; paid in by full benefit
member, including entrance fee, 1 Os. 9d.

Offices : 29, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W T .C.

HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS ASSOCIATION.

This Association is a branch of the N.A.T.E. and was established in November,
1902, and consists exclusively of stage (managers, master carpenters, chief electri-
cians, master propertymen, and master gasmen of theatres and music halls.
Membership is open to those connected with any theatre, music hall, or touring
company in the United Kingdom who have held such positions for at least six
months, and are otherwise qualified. The entrance fee is 10s. The contribution
varies from Is. to 4s. 8d. per month, according to 'benefit desired and age of
applicant. Sick pay is assured to those subscribing for same from 10s. to 20s. per
week for a number of weeks. On the death of a member 20 is paid to the widow
ol a member in benefit, amd on the death of a member's wife 10 is paid to the
member, which sums are partly raised by levies.

The Association 'has also a benevolent fund, and affords free legal advice to
members. An annual dinner has been given each year, at which -the following
gentlemen have in turn presided : Mr. J. Comyns Carr, Mr. George Alexander, Si:
Heroert Beerbohm Tree, Mr. H. B. Irving, and, on the last occasion, Mr. Edwarc
Terry. The Association assists to organise the London theatrical sports and the
annual concerts. The present officers are: President, 'Mr. James Cullen, master
carpenter, the St. James's ; Vice-President, Mr. G. H. Dyball, stage manager, the
London Pavilion ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. William Barbour, electrician, St. James's ;
Financial Secretary, Mr. Wm. Johnson; Committee, Mr. Wm. Pullinger, master
carpenter, the Garrick ; Mr. Philip Sheridan, electrician, the Strand ; Mr. John
Brunskill, master carpenter, the Savoy; Mr. W. G. Wilton, property master, the
Vaudeville ; Mr. R. J. Carter, electrician, Terry's ; Mr. David Sherklan, electrician ;
Mr. F. B. Fi'dge, electrician, the Lyceum; 'and Mr. G. W. Willcox, property
master, the Garrick. Office, 29, Wellington Street, Strand, London.

IC9

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CINEMATOGRAPH OPERATORS.

(Branch No. 10, N.A.T.E.)

This Assoriati" :>ril, 1907. Its office is at 29, Wellington

Str<-< perators of animated pi

pparafcas.

ol. jr, -ts : (a) To protect and promote the u >f qualified operators, and

10 status of their profession, (if) To emto <>ng its members a

knowlfl^o of the science of "new inventions affectni^; t ; establish

i ilanl of proficiency by a qualifying examination or otherwise, (d) To B>
the i <>f ;i iniiiiinuin rate of pay for each claes of work, (e) To establish

an employ ind su- h otluer benefits (sick, funeral, or legal aid) as

In- In- realtor agreed upon.

Knlrance fee, 5s. Contribution, Is. 6d. per month, beiiiL,' for (lenpral and
P.! volriit Funds.

Certificates are issued to members passing an examination, particulars of
supplied on application.

Present (1910) officers : Pivsidml, Mr. .1. Wood: ' Mr. E. ('

>n. Secretary, Mr. H. L. Merritt ; Financial Secretary and Treasurer,
hnson. Committee : Messrs. C. Mayo, T. C. Field, W. Mason, A. Mal< olui,
II. Mason, J. M. Robinson, L. Gilling, and A. Hughes.

During the past year the Association secured the services of representative
libitors to act as a Board of Examiners, and to issue certificates for members
ring a knowledge of (a) electric and limelight; (b) electric only; (r) limelight

Three examinations have been held, and fifty-three certificates have been issued
successful competitors.

Full particulars of the Association supplied on application to the Hon. Secretary
29, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C.

CIRCUITS.

WHERE AND TO WHOM TO WRITE FOR ENGAGEMENTS.

iRRASFORD-GIBBONS TOUR. Mr. Thomas Barrasford, Randvoll House, 39, Charing Cross
Road, W.C. (for Provincial and Continental Halls only) ; Mr. Walter Gibbons (for London
Halls only). (1668, 1669, 3182, and 3183 Gerrard.)

BOSTOCK TOUR. Mr. E. H. Bostock, Zoo Skating Rink, Glasgow.
BROADHEAD TOUR. Mr. Percy B. Broadhead, Hippodrome, Hulme.

HAURY DAY TOUR. Mr. Harry Day, 1, Efflngham House, Arundel Street, Strand, London.
(Gerrard 6915.)

DE FRECE CIRCUIT. Mr. J. de Frece, Cranbourn Mansions, Cranbourn Street. (Gerrard
1050 and 1051.) Booked in connection with Moss* Empires.

T. ALLEN EDWARDS TOUR. Mr. T. Allen Edwards, Palace Theatre, Derby.

GROS, HENRI (Mr. Leon Zeitlin). 1, Durham House Street. W.C. (Gerrard 2035.)

KAUXO TOUR. Mr. Fred Karno, 28, Vaughan Road, Camberwell, S.E. (Hop 3550 and 3551.)

MACNAGHTEN TOUR.-London : Mr. Frederick Baugh, Oakley House, Bloomsbury Street, W.C.
(Avenue 5954.) Provinces : King's Chambers, Angel Street, Sheffield.

POOLE TOUR. Mr. C. W. Poole, Palace, Gloucester.

STOLL TOUR. Mr. Oswald Stoll, Cranbourn Mansions, Cranbourn Street, London W C

(Gerrard 1399.)
SYNDICATE TOUR (Mr. Leon Zeitlin).!, Durham House Street, London, W.C. (Gerrard 2619.)

HD COUNTY THEATRES. LTD. Messrs. Rosen and Bliss, 12 and 13, Henri.
London, W.C. (Gerrard 7623.)

WILMOT TOUR. Mr. Fred Wilmot, 156, Islington, Liverpool.

110

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS OF THE YEAR.

April 20. Theatrical managers ranged them-
selves solidly against Mr. Willett's Day-
Light Saving Bill, which during the year
was advanced in Parliament to the stage
that a Select Committee was appointed to
hear evidence. On April 20 Mr. John Gatti
gave evidence before the Committee to the
effect that the Bill, if passed, would prove
detrimental to the Interests of the thea-
trical profession. The managers later in
the year had the satisfaction of the Com-
mittee reporting adversely on the Bill.

May 11. Matinee organised by Mr. Cyril
Maude and Mr. Arthur Collins in aid of
the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium at Davos.

j une 14. Water Rats' matinee at the Oxford.

June 26. Annual Theatrical Sports Stamford
Bridge.

June 22. Garden Party in aid of the Actors'
Orphanage Fund Botanical Gardens.

July I. Matinee in aid of Miss Maud Robert-
son (Mrs. Halingden Russell). " Caste "
.played. 300 realised St. James's.

July 4. Water Rats' motor-car run to
Brighton.

July 20. Cricket match between London and
Provincial Actors in aid o,f the profes-
sional charities. London Actors won
Kennington Oval.

August 12. A deputation from the Theatrical
Managers' Association and the Theatres
Alliance waited on Mr. Lloyd George at
the House of Commons on the subject of
the proposed increased taxation under the
Licensing Bill. Sir Herbert Tree was un-
able to be present, but his statement was
read by Mr. Arthur Bourchier. Mr. J. B.
Mulholland spoke also. The result was
that Mr. Mulholland was asked to obtain

statistics as to bar receipts in theatres.
These, being placed before the Chancellor
O'f the Exchequer, resulted in an amend-
ment being introduced into the Bill fixing
the license duty on theatres taxed under
2,000 at the old rate of 20. Theatres
rated at over 2,000 to pay 50.

August 25. Annual cricket match between
Authors and Actors. Result, a draw-
Lords.

September 15. Country Pair and Fete held by
the Actors' Association at Earlsfield.

October 8. Sir Herbert Tree unveiled a me-
morial tablet to mark the site of Shake-
speare's Globe Playhouse Bankside.

November 24. A deputation of English actors,
consisting o<f Sir John Hare, Sir Charles
Wyndham, Sir Squire Bancroft, Mr. Ar-
thur Bourchier, Mr. Norman Forbes, and
Mr. Max Beerbohm (who represented his
brother, Sir Herbert Tree), attended at the
Comedie Franchise, and presented a me-
morial of the late Constant Coquelin. The
inscription ran : " Constant Coquelin,
iSocietaire de Ha Comedie Francaise, 1864-
1887. Homage de la part de ses confreres
Anglais."

November 26. A memorial to Sir Henry Irv-
ing, contributed by Salvini and other
Italian artists, was unveiled by the Italian
Ambassador, the Marquis of San Giuliano,
at Drury Lane. The memorial is placed
on the wall of the main staircase.

December 13. Church- v. Stage Football
Match at Stamford Bridge.

December 21. Matinee at the London Coliseum
in aid of the Variety Artists' Benevolent
Fund and the Variety Institution. Over
300 was realised.

NEW THEATRES AND MUSIC HALLS OPENED.

March 8. Alexandra, Stoke Newington, re-
opened as a theatre.
15. King's and Hippodrome, Dundee.

April 12. New Kilburn Empire.
28. Re-opening of the Shaftesbury after
alteration and improvement.

June 14. New Theatre, Tidworth.

June 28. Re-opening of the Palace, Clacton.

July 29. Gaiety, Houghton-le-Spring.

Aug. 2. Opening of the reconstructed Lon-
don Hippodrome.

Oct. 4. Artillery, Woolwich, re-opened.
,, 4. New Borough, Wallsend.

Nov. 1. Kelly's (late Queen's), Liverpool.
8. Hippodrome, Southend.
8. Hippodrome, Ilford.

Dec. 6. The Camden opened as a Music Hall.
6. Re-opening of Queen's, Castleford.
13. New Palace, Nelson.
16. Empire, West Hartlepool.
20. Empire, Wakefield.

FIRES AT THEATRES AND HALLS.

Jan. 18. Slight fire at the Gaiety, Hastings.
Carpenters' shop beneath the stage
was damaged.

March 15. Fire at the Central Hall, Darling-
ton Operator's box and films de-
stroyed, and gallery slightly dam-
aged.

July 11. Fire at the King's, Edinburgh.

Aug. 11. Parish Hall, St. Margaret's, Dover,

totally destroyed by fire. A stock
company playing there lost every-
thing.

Nov. 18. Royal and Hippodrome, Barry Dock,
totally destroyed. Messrs. Green
and Hinton's " Was She to Blame "
company had their stock entirely
burnt.

Dec. 22. Britannia Pier Pavilion, Yarmouth,
totally destroyed by fire.

JAN.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Ill

PLAYS OF THE YEAR.

>KI\<; aompl ith full ,-,

duced in Mic I'm!., i Kingdom <l , ; ( )09.

* ln.i, ,.,1.

I Y"<iti.- ( .(i ai a math

; Previously |>r...|u.-r.l m i lu; provinces.

Produced i.y amateu

1'layr.l cnly f,.r th.- i>ur|><,>r ( ,f securing the M.:itut.

6.\\Thorstein Abbey, comic opera, in prologue

and two acts, by the J:< v. H. D. Hjnde,

R. E. league, and L. Stock*.

Village Hall, Southgate.
' Bond of Marriage, play, in four acts
l,y V

Royalty, LI.-. IK-UN
and reproduced June

Royalty, Llanelly.

l-lHenry of Navarre, romantic play, by Wil-
liam Devereux, in four acts. (Orieinallv
produced at the Royal, Newcastle,

Last performance < the

JANUARY.

3. The Test, play, in three acts, by T W.
'<),! (Dramatic Productions Club
performance).

Mr. Dalton Mr. Dennis Cleugu

Grace Miss Edyth Olive

Mr. Curry Mr. Hubert Wil'is

Mrs. Curry Miss Gwynne Herbert

Dorothy Miss Dorothy Fane

Mi&s Appleby Miss Alice Mansfield

Footman Mr. A. Douglas Newman

Court.

The General's Past, one-act comedy, by
Clotilde Graves (Dramatic Productions
Club performance).
Maj.-Gen. Sassnidge. .Mr. M. Sherbrooke
Sir Charles Belphin, J. P... Mr. Scott Buist
Col. Cholmondeley....Mr. Wallett Wal'er
Giovanni Gioacca .... Mr. Leon M. Lion

Mrs. Cholmondeley Miss G. Heinrich

Mrs. Caddisbrooke .. Miss Lucy Ash worth

-Court.

.*The Adventure of Lady Ursula, play, in
four acts, l>y Anthony Hope. (Originally
produced at the Duke of York's, October
ll. 1898.) Transferred to Criterion,
February 1. Last performance (the 54th)
I'Vbrnary 20.
Lady Ursula Barrington..Miss E. Millard

Dorothy Fenton Miss Dora Barton

Mrs. Fenton Miss D. Drummond

Sir George Sylvester Mr. H. Waring

Mr. Dent Mr. Charles Fulton

The Earl of Hassenden..Mr. J. L. McKay
The Rev. Mr. Blimboe..Mr. Lytton Grey

Mr. Castleton Mr. Owen Roughwood

Quilton Mr. Evelyn Vernon

Sir Robert Clifford .. Mr. Heath Haviland

Mr. Devereux Mr. Gerald Jerome

Mr. Ward Mr. A. E. Benedict

Mills Mr. John W. Laurence

Servant Mr. Frank H. Danby

Kassa, play, in four acts, by John Luther
Long Haymarket.

3.*.Vr. Gorringe's Necklace, comedy-drama, in
four acts, )>y Hubert Henry Davies.
.n_inully produced at Wyndham'e, May
1-2. i:03.) Last performance (the 29th)
January 30.
Captain Mowbray .. Mr. Yorke Stephens

Colonel Jardine Mr. Fred Lewis

Lieut. David Cairn Mr. Leslie Faber

Mr. Jernigan Mr. Reginald Walter

Charles Mr. Lawrence White

Mrs. Jardine Miss Marie Illington

Isabel Kirke Miss Dorothy Thomas

Vicky Jardine Miss Helena Drew

Miss Potts Mis? Ethel Marryat

Mrs. Gorringe Miss Mary Moore

Criterion.

Charles IX ..' ...... Mr. Mak-nln.

Henry de Bourbon ...... Mr. Fred Terry

Henry, Due de Guise .. Mr. A. E. Anson
Henry, Due d'Anjou Mr. Harry F. Wright
Arthur de Mouhy .... Mr. Walter

2?n?ftftf l Mr - Hora <* Hodges
Marshal de Tavannes.. Mr. J. c. Edwards
Chancellor de Birague .. Mr. Geo. Dudley

9. Penelope, comedy, in three acts, b/'w'

in.

Court.

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JAN

ll.JT/ie Eyes of the World, play, in three acts,
by Chas. DarreH. (Originally produced at
the P W., Grimsby, December 21, 1908.)
M. Achille Fanfarade..Mr. J-Edw. Whitty
M. Hector de L'Orme. .Mr. Geo. D. Daiper
M. Gaston de Carnac ...... Mr. Will Casey

Octave .............. Mr. Charles Stirling

M. Paul Roqueville ...... Mr Chas Sewell

Brigard ..... ......... Mr. Albert Hendley

Avice ...... Miss Irene Stanhope

Esm6 de Carnac ....Miss Beatric Fitzhugh

Susanne Pomfleure .. Miss Nellie Garsule
Antoinette ............ Miss Ivy Courtney

11. Proteus in Petticoats, comedy, in one act,
by Frank Ernest Potter. (London produc-

g S3&SSF&, Wanace Johnston

Mons. Marigny .... Mr. Philip Gordon

Duchesse de FoisseuL.Miss Marie Hassell
Marie .............. Miss Jess Morton

Mile Diane de Dio .. Miss Viola Compton
Grand, Wolverhampton.
ll^The Writing on the Wall, play, in four

acts, by F. W. Hurlburt Terry's.
11 *Diana of Dobson's, comedy-drama, in four
' acts, by Cicely Hamilton. (Originally pro-
duced at the Kingsway, February 12, 1908.)
Last performance (the 32nd) February 6.
-

s.
14.t3fon and Woman, folk play, by Mrs. James

Mr^Fairly .. Miss Agnes Imlay

Lady Bounds .......... Miss Ursula Keene

Mrs" Burdens ........ Miss Inez Bensusan

Sir Reginald Bounder. .Mr Arthur Dennis
Nurse Smith ........ M *5,yS lfr ?5JS25

John Fairly ............ Mr. Max Copland

Brother of Nurse Smith.. Mr. Guy Garrod
-^Brondesbury Hall.

14. How Women are Slandered, drama, in four

Major b Sterling. Ba !. e .Mr. Leonard Robson
Squire Warberton. .. .Mr. Clifford George

Bob Warberton ......... Mr. Ellersley Pine

r Hanlev ..Mr. Leslie Bennett

Sober Joe 6 "::::::..:... Mr. Walter Clifford
The Parson .......... Mr. George Morton

Jack Sterling ...... Miss Dorothy Dewhurst

Rosie Sterling ........... Mise -Doris Peaae

Annie Body.'.'.' ..... Miss Florence Manners
-Victoria, Broughton.

15. Mother, domestic drama, in four acts, by

Dunc^Fai S rweather....Mr. Harry Foxwell
Frank Rodney .......... Mr John Kelland

.. Mr. Harrison James

Mr. Tom Armitage

. Miss Emma Rainbow

Miss Nancy Mitchell

: Miss Zara Leigh

...Miss Dora Kelland

. .Miss Kathleen Hunt

.Mis* Daisy

Rev John Strong. .
Tommy Noblets "
Martha Fairweather.
Polly Crumpet
Vesta L'Estrange
Tirm Mrs Billv
Scy Bagot .V:.
Little May Rodney.
Nellie Fairweather.

tracts,

(Originally produced at the Savoy on De-
cember 7, 1889.) Savoy.

18. The Bluebottle Public Hall, Exmouth.
IS.^This Woman and This Man, play, in three

acts, by Avery Hopwood Bijou, Bays-
water.

19. Olive Latimer's Husband, play, in three

acts, by Rudolph Besier. Last perform-

ance (the 46th) February 27.

Olive Latimer .... Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Mrs. Mapleson-Finch ..Mies Helen Ferrers
Doris Mapleson-Finch Miss Dagmar Wiehe
Mrs. O'Connor ........ Miss Elsie Chester

Nurse Cary ............ Miss Belle Napier

Sir Charles Weyburn .. Mr. Lyn Harding
Col. Mapleson-Finch Mr. Wilfred Draycott
Berkeley Ogden, M.P. ..Mr. Chas. Troode
James Morpeth, M.D. ..Mr. James Hearn
Dr. Wolfe .............. Mr. Leslie Faber

Servant .......... Mr. Norman Wrighton

Vaudeville.

19-HJ. Highwayman Bold, comic opera, in two
acts, the words, lyrics, and songs being
by Harry Corrin and Bert Harding, and
music by Bert Harding Hippodrome, St.
Helens.

19. \\Born to be Loved, farce, in three acts, by
Miss Jessica Solomon:
Mrs. Short ...... Miss Kate Hodgkinson

Harriet Short ...... Miss Lester Stephens

Ruby Chester ...... Miss Jessica Solomon

Iris North ........ Mrs. W. M. Kirealdy

Mrs. Gaby .......... Mise Stella Farmer

Nelson .................. Miss K. Newton

Auguste Rose ...... Mr. Martyn Roland

Algernon Short ........ Mr. Frank Bayly

Mr. Gaby .............. Captain Hannan

Editor ................ Mr. T. D. Stevens

Mr. Randal ............ Mr. Ernest Bury

Albert Hall.

19.t009 West, one-act play, by Cyril Twyford
Garrick.

19.tr/iin Ice, one-act comedy, t>y Cyril Twy-
fc-rd Garrick.

e, play, in one act, by Cyri.1 Twyford
(revived at the London Hippodrome, De-
cember 13) Garrick.

Baba; or, The Star- of the East,
Persian musical play, written by George
Gamble, and composed by William Robins
St. James's.

23. The Dramatist at Home, comedy, in one
act, by Keble Howard:
Ralph .................. Mr. Leslie Faber

Margery .............. Mrs. Leslie Faber

Vaudeville.

23. Our Miss Gibbs, musical piece, in two acts,
by "Cryptos,' constructed by James T.
Tanner, lyr.ics by Adrian Ross and Percy
Greenbank, music by Ivan Oaryll and
Lionel Monckton :
Hon. Hughie Pierrepoint

Mr. Geo. Grossmith, jun.
The Earl of St. Ives ..Mr. 0. B. Clarence
Slithers ................ Mr. Robert HaJe

Mr. Topi ad y ...... Mr. Arthur Hatherton

Lord Eynsford ---- Mr. J. Edward Fr^er

Mr. Beavis ............ Mr. J. A. Evelyn

A Taxi Cabby .............. Mr. F. Payne

Mr. Amalfy .......... Mr. H. B. Burcher

Timothy Gibbs ...... Mr. Edmund Payne

Lady Elizabeth Thanet. .Mjss Denise Orme
M'adame Jeanne ...... Miss Jean Aylwin

Duchess of Minster. .Miss Gladys Homfrey
Mrs. Farquhar ........ Miss Maisie Gay

Clarlta ................ Miss Kitty Mason

Nora .................... Miss Olive May

Sheilah .............. Miss Adeline Balfe

Kathleen ............ Miss Rosie Begarnie

Lady Connie ........ Miss Gladys Cooper

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113

nued}.
Lady Sybil Miss Julia James

J,:ul\

La<ly ;\M'ii M i ..niton

'
'inn-, Ida Barnard, li

l'aii!::i

. .Mariorir ' ,v Krlin.<l\,

Kuth Argent, (.
Dean.

G. Grundy, E. Camp,
dmond, c. Cameron, 8.
Lyndon.

Gaiety.

W Girls are Brouyht to Ruin, drama, in
linn- acts, !>y Mrs. Morton I'ou.-h
<ion production, July i^ 1 , shak.^peare.)

Jessie Burton Miss Rona Merrick

Harry Hailing Mr. Walter Steele

Philip KtL-

Philip Dare , Mr - Wallace Clark

. Solomon Sleep Mr. Alric Burton

Jack Jofise Mr. Sidney Bryant

Mr. Sterling Mr. Walter Hilton

Mr. Smethurst Mr. R. L. Harding

Clerk of Assize Court .. Mr. G. Cuthbert

Sidney Sparkil Mr. W. E. Blflnt

Police-Sergt. Pride .... Mr. James Turner

.P.C. Dooley Mr. Allan Harvey

Lucy Lawton Mi>s .Iruimic Rislej

Anna Burton . . Miss Constance Medway

Anna Rake Miss Bertha Lake

Maggie Rake Miss Mimi Ashton

Sally Slop Miss Florence Butt

Pansy Blossom Miss Mary Stephanie

Rosa Pink Miss Alice Lloyd

Lily White Miss Cora Anderson

Myrtle Green Miss Leslie Froude

Ivy Leaf Miss Agnes Cuthbert

Mrs. Slutt Miss Addie Adair

Winnie Waters Mrs. Morton Powell

Queen's, Liverpool.

j.\\Joan's Kiss, original one-act play, by
Frances Gostling.

Mr. Basden Mr. H. Harold Tether

Mrs. Basden Miss Edith Bartlett

Joan Miss Dorris Eldridge

Bill Mr. Reg. Paine

Hemma Miss Sylvia Dawson

Dr. Fergusson Mr. T. J. Lyne

Trippers, Attendants, Promenaders, etc.
Royal, Worthing.

'). .<n in Ron, play, in four acts, by Henri
Bernstein, produced for the first time in
England. (London production, February
3, GarTick.)

Jacques Brachard. .Mr. Arthur Bourchier j
Jerome Le Govain .. Mr. Charles Bryant
Marquis d'Andeline .. Mr. Arthur Whitby

Maximilien Mr. Kenneth Douglas ;

Flach Mr. Leon Quartermaine

Marcel de Fontenay. .Mr. Bertram Forsyth

Jean Mr. William Burchill

Josef Mr. Charles Vernon

Zambo Mr. Alfred Bristow

w ,. Mr. Douglas Imbert

Waiters 1 Mr. Newton Dunne

Marquise d'Andeline. .Miss Mary Weigall

Elsie Vernette Miss Edyth Latimer

Suzanne Delgarde ..Miss Margaret Vivian

Clotilde Miss Pamela Gaythorne

Anne-Marie Brachard.. Miss V. Vanbrugh
Grand, Swansea

Fatal Marriage, drama, in four act*,
urence Burnette and A.
i ally produced December 28, 1MB,
at the Royal, Aston.)
Zaco Maletto ... \rthur Hinton

Harry Tracej

Paul .

Mr. I. M

Mr. William Bailey
Andrei

Doil\ ! Miss Laura

Myra Mal.tto ..

x>lwicb.

l tn TiiflfHf, drama, in four

acts, b 1- (Originally pro-

1907, at the Royal,

am Mr. Douglas Cecil

Lord St. Orbotrude..Mr. Douglas Tremayne
Sir Morris I Mr. T. Lionel Ellis

Gilbert Spa- Frank B. Strickland

Tommy Tinkk-r Mr. Henry Gerald

M. Scalameux

Corbet Mr. Roy Wharton

Mason Mr. l

Isabel, Dowager Duchess of St. Baynum
Amy B. Ellis

Lady Portcullis Miss Florrie Groves

Lady DeaJmere .. Miss Beatrice Hudson

Tilly Dobson Miss Georgie Hawkins

Gertrude Haynes. enie Lamont

Fifine a Woodberry

Sylvia Grey, the Shop Girl

Miss Mar
Lyric, Hammersmith.

25 School for Snobs, play, In one act, by
Hilda Hatton P.H., Dorking.

25. Pippa Passes, by Robert Browning (Eng-
lish Drama Society) Fortune Playhouse,
Brewer Street, W.

25.tThe Heathen and the Christian, story of
love and revenge, in four acts, by Fred
Maxwell. (Originally produced at the St.
James's, Manchester, July 8, 1907.)
CHINESE CHARACTERS.

Li Mr. Frank Adair

Chang Lu Mr. Leonard Clapham

Chang Mr. Harold Garth

Yam-Yam Mr. James Severn

Lung Hi Mr. Hugh Xewburn

ENGLISH CHARACTERS.
Lieut. Lord Allendale.... Herbert Robinson

Admiral Freehold Mr. Gerald Turner

Petty Officer Powell. .. .Mr. Douglas Ames

Joshua Sampson Mr. Fred Waring

George Beresford Mr. Victor Hughes

Bah Lamb Gentle ....Mr. Bruce Williams

Robins Mr. Fred Barnes

Mira Sampson Miss Adeline Raby

Becky Fibbins M:-.- Kva Reed

May Beresford M:-- Fay Garnet Vane

Greenwich.

2 f:\The Persian Cat, comic opera, in three
acts, by V. H. Button Vane, music by
Harold Bailey Hippodrome, Brighton.

26.t*r/is Admirable Bashvttle ; or, Constancy
Unrewarded. " }'.

piece in the Eliz:; le," in thrte

acts. (Originally produced at the Im-
perial, June 8, 1903.)

Lydia Miss Marie Lohr

Cashel Mr. Ben V

Mellish Mr. L.nnox Pawle

Lucian Mr. C!r. rmaiue

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JAN.-FEB

The Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded

(continued).

Bashville Mr. Henry Ainley

Policeman Mr. Halliwell Hobbes

Lord Worthington ..Mr. Courtenay Foote

Cetewayo Mr. James Hearn

Paradise Mr. Edward Sass

Adelaide Miss Rosina Filippi

Citizens, Zulu Chiefs, Attendants, Spec-
tators, etc., etc.

Beefeaters in charge of the stage : Mr.
Hugh B. Tabberer and Mr. Walter

Creighton.
His Majesty's (The Afternoon Theatre).

26.*TzZda's New Hat, by " George Paston."
(Originally produced at the Court, Novem-
ber 8, 190S.)

Mrs. Fishwick Miss Agnes Thomas

'Tilda (her daughter) Miss Florence Lloyd

Walter Emerson Mr. Norman Page

Daisy Meadows Miss Sydney Fairbrother
His Majesty's (Afternoon Theatre).

27. The Angelus, opera, in a prologue and four
acts ("in English), music by E. W. Nay-
lor, Mus. Doc., libretto by Wilfrid
Thornely.

Abbot Tunstall Mr. Robert Radford

Francis Mr. Francis Maclennan

Beatrice Miss Florence Eaeton

Lutteral Mr. Claude Flemming

Catherine Miss Edith Cle>gg

Deiath Mme. Edna Thornton

Sylvia Mme. Gleeson-White

A Nymph Mis-s Alice Prowse

1st Monk Mr. Charles Knowles

2nd Monk Mr. Albert Garcia

1st Villager Mr. Campbell-Carr

Co vent Garden.

27. An Englishman's Home, play, in three

acts, by " A Patriot " (Major Guy du
Maurier). Last performance (the 164th)
July 19.

Mr. Brown Mr. Charles Rock

Reggie Brown Mr. George Bealby

Syd Brown Master Jack Hobbs

Geoffrey Smith Mr. Lawrence Grossmith

Paul Robinson Mr. Arthur Wontner

Maggie Brown Miss Elaine Inescourt

Amy Brown Miss Mona Harrison

Ada Jones Miss Christine Silver

Captain Finch Mr. E. W. Garden

Captain Lindsay Mr. Rudge Harding

Lieut. Jackson Mr. Max Leeds

Colour-Sergeant Harris .. Mr. Chas. Weir

Prince Yoland Mr. Edmund Maurice

Lieut. Rian Hobart .. Mr. H. Stephenson

Sergeant Thol Mr. Philip Knox

Sergeant Garth Mr. Forbes Dawson

Doctor Mr. Charles Allan

An Officer Mr. Howard Sturge

Telephone Orderly Mr. B. Egerton

Wyndham's.

28. The Voice of Isis, play, in one act, by

B. M. Percival All Saints' Hall, St.
John's Wood.

28. The Honour of the Joscelyns, one-act play,
adapted by Herbert Collins Aill Saints'
Hall, 6t. John's Wood.

28. The Lute Player, dramatised from Andrew
Lang's Violet Fairy Book by R. M. Per-
oivial AU Saints' Ball, St. John's Wood.

29.1JJ. Sister's Revenge, dramatic duo, by C.
Martin Rehearsal, W.C.

FEBRUARY.

1. The World, the Flesh, and the Devil, drama,

in four acts, by Lesser Columbus.

Janet Brophy Miss Eva Trevenna

Nurse Miss J. Burrowes

Nicholas Brophy .. Mr. Ernest R. Abbott

Rupert Dyke Mr. Charles Carte

Mrs. Jenkins Miss Marjorie Tennant

Richard Johnson Mr. Edwin Keene

Capt. Robert Mandate.. Mr. H. B. Wilson
Beatrice Cuthbert .. Miss Florence North
Sir Hubert Mandate .. Mr. C. B. Bedells

Caroline Stanger Miss Mary Douglas

P.C. Thomas Mr. H. Clayton

Solomon Isaacs Mr. Weedon Ross

Gertrude Grant Miss Ada Abbott

Billy Brunton Mr. P. Layton

A Widow Miss Nellie Ivinson

Keeper at Zoo .. Mr. W. H. Davis-Brown

George Grigg Mr. D. Pentland

Inspector Topliss Mr. F. Thorpe

The Magistrate Mr. Francis Trevor

Magistrate's Clerk Mr. H. Roberts

Silvia Trevor Miss Ethel Tinsley

Warder Mr. D. Peyton

Pavilion.

2. The Chief of Staff, play, in four acts, by
Ronald Macdonald. Last performance
(the 14th) February 13.

Gen. de Solatierra Mr. W. Haviland

Col. Stephen Cavendish.. Mr. Lewis Waller
Major Dennis O'Driscoll Mr. A. E. George

Guillermo Herrero Mr. Shiel Barry

Sergeant Baltazar Mr. Cronin Wilson

Pedro Costanza .. Mr. S. J. Warmington

Jaime Mr. Reginald Dane

Marcos Mr. Caton Woodville

Frasquito Mr. George Courtney

A Despatch Rider .... Mr. Patrick Digan
Engracia de Solatierra.. Miss Auriol Lee
Iduna de Solatierra.. Miss Evelyn D'Alroy

Lola Miss Madge Titheradge

Lyric.

, play, in four acts, by Henri Bern-
stein. (Originally produced at the Grand,
Swansea, January 25.) Last performance
(the 129th) May 20.

Jacques Brachard Mr. Bourchier

Jer6me Le Govaine .. Mr. Charles Bryant
Marquis d'Andeline .. Mr. Arthur Whitby

Maximilien Mr. Kenneth Douglas

Flach Mr. Leon Quartermaine

M>arcel de Fontenay..Mr. Bertram Forsyth

Jean Mr. William Burchill

Josef Mr. Charles Vernon

Zamfoo Mr. Alfred Bristowe

,, T ., ^ ) Mr. Douglas Imbert

Waitere /Mr. Newton Dunne

Anne-iMarie Brachard ..Miss V. Vanbrugh
Marquise d'Andeline. .Miss Marie Illington

Elise Vernette Miss Edyth Latimer

Suzanne D'EJgarde. .Miss Margaret Vivian

Clotilde Mass Pamela Gaythorne

Garrick.

7. Strangers Within the Gates, play, in three
acts, by H. C. M. Hardinge. (Produced by
the Dramatic Production Club.)
Aylmer Forsyth .... Mr. Malcolm Cherry
Kate Dallison. .Miss Amy Brandon Thomas
Hon. Margaret Dallison. .Miss M. Millet*

Re*v. Ralph Dallison Mr. Fred Lewis

Sir Desmond Antrobus . . Mr. A. E. Anson

Horace Fell, M.D Mr. 0. P. Heggie

Mrs. Pritchard .... Miss Blanche Stanley

Mrs. Foj-syth Miss Granville

Footman Mr. Douglas Homer

Court.

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115

tin.
Mr. Lewi* Cawwn

Nil like

Dr.

-herbrooke

DJI Mi.-* Hilda Bruce P"

Gaiety, Mancheater.

8 The Dashing Little Dale, play, by Sey-
mour II l.y Frank
l\r: :.ss. (London produc-
tion, F.-bruary 17, at tin- II
Chavalit r <! M ' 'lliri

iia-M- Mr. Sam \\

Lieutenant s<>lir\raii .. Mr. Frank Wil.-on
OUift-r df Dr a _'<) -iiti .. Mr.

Dubois Mr. LaureiK'c <

Mr. Fred.-ric.

Lepas Mr. M.

Moulinet Mr. Hughf-s Croise

>iry Mr. Charlr.s Le Galley

Caniffe Mr. Roland Chester

Abb5 de la Touche. .Mr. Courtice Pounds

BO <!> Burgoyne..Mlu Ix>uie Pounds

Maud Wilton

Diane de Noailles .. Mi-^ Fli/abeth Firth

Cesarine de Noce Miss Coralie Blythe

Baconne de Bellechasse. .Mies F. Wood
Maids of Honour:

Genevieve Fauvepre..Miss May Kennedy
Juliet Laabric't Miss Doris Stocker
Antoinette de Presselles .. Rena Goldie

Marie d'Alencon Miss Marie Brenda

Celestine Gallifet .... Mies Carina CMff

Clair Viennez Miss Mabel Watson

Madeleine de Mangars .. Rosie Cheeney
Violette des Vaux .... Dienee Graham
Cecile Grand Vivier . . Miss Nellie Pryor
Elsie Gautier .... Misa Millicent Field
Helene de Laundal ..Gwendoline D'Arcy
Therese BaJlairs. .. .Miss Eileen Chieholro
Due de Richelieu .. Miss Ella-line lerriss
Royal, Nottingham.

8. Another Man's Wife, play, in four acts.
Carlo de Vergas .. Mr. Leonard Aardale
Paul BernstarT .... Mr. Sidney Radcliffe
Gilbert Eardsley .... Mr. Edgar J. Coyne.

Sam Smiles Mr. Herbert Fuller

Andy Bremner Mr. Leonard Marshall

Count Pelikoff Mr. William Ashby

Colonel Matterson Mr. Guy P. Ellis

Captain Spruttle .... Mr. J. Summersides

Servant Mr. M. W r . H. Whitby

Little Lucy Miss Enid Entwistle

Maisie Matterson. .Miss Madge Beresford

Tibby Miss Bella Moody

Inez de Castro Miss Agnes Colier

Lucia de Vergas.. Miss Nina Blake Adams
Queen's, Liverpool.

B*Hamlet, Mr. H. B. Irving's version of
Shakespeare's tragedy. Originally pro-
duced at the Adelphi, April 4, 1905.

Claudius Mr. Frank Tyars

Hamlet Mr. H. B. Irving

Polonius Mr. Tom Reynolds

Laertes Mr. Eric Maxon

Horatio Mr. Stanley Howlett

Osric Mr. H. C. Hewitt

Rosencrantz Mr. Arthur Curtis

Guildenstern Mr. J. Patric Curwen

Marcellus Mr. B. A. Pittar

Bernardo Mr. H. Billiard

Francisco Mr. Norman MacOwan

Reynaldo Mr. W. Graham

First Player Mr. S. Beaumont

Second Player Mr. W. Cass

Priest Mr. H. R. Cook

First Gravedigger .. Mr. C. Dodsworth

Second Gravedigger . . M

Ghubt ..

y Malyon
Opl

-itVU

Shaftesbury.

Chaperone, one-act play, by WaJlett
and Chari'.. '1 roode Vaudeville.

8. Her Secret Lover, drama, In four acta, b)
I . G. K mbi riey.

'jell Gray

r.<*e..Mr. Arthur I'reston
j<, Anderaon

...rble
Lee

Jim Jonea M "fe

lnsjxx'tor \Vi!-.,n .. .^waoo

Sc-i - '-i^y

r Phillips . Walker

Rev. Arthur Holmes .. Mr. Alfred Jamea
Vernon Co.:
Jane Maria Beatrice Reynokia

Alicia Royale -Mi-v An-y tllam

Ivy Seymour .... Mic* M ah.-i Mannering
Royal, Wolverhani;

9.t*r/i Grandsire, W. Archer "

house's" i r.sion, in blank verse,

ol Richepin'a poetical d:;.
tier, product-d at the Theatre Fran^aJa,
May 14, 1688. (Originally produced at
Terry's, May 15, 1889.) Playhouse.

O.tfler Proper Mate, play, in one act, by
Ash ton Pearse.

Wilfred Mr. E. Harcourt V-

Albert Mr. Wiifn-.l

Rebecca Miaa Jean Sterling MackinJay

Playhouse.

11. The Truants, comedy, in three acts, by
Wilfred P. Coleby. Last performance (the
Stith), March 13.

Dick Chetwood Mr. C. M. HaJlard

Bent Miss Margaret Murray

Checkley Mr. W. Lanimon Ward?

Lord Strelland Mr. Norman McKinnel

Rev. Philip Preston.. Mr. Ernet>t \oung

Mrs. Collins Miss Gertrude Scott

Lady Darnaway ML>s Frances Ivor

Pamela Grey Miss Athene Seylex

Bill Chetwood Mr. Dennis Eadie

Freda Saville Mus Lena A&hwell

Jack Carstairs Mi.-

Pegler Mr. W. Fazan

Kingsway.

15. The Fur Cloak, one-act play, by J. H.
Irvine.

Guy Tabary Mr. Eugene Wellesley

Peter the Slaughterer.. Mr. Arthur Seaton

Slit-eared Baptist Mr. Stuart Vinden

Petit-Jean Mr. Francis Roberts

Francois Villon Mr. J. Harry Irvine

Boy Miss Mary Goulden

Louis XI Mr. Tom Htslewood

Shopkeeper Mr. Murray Kinnell

Apprentice Mr. Charles Brown

Tristan L'.Hermite Mr. Arthur Keane

Artillery. Woolwich.

15. Naughty Elizabeth, musical farcical absur-
dity, in two acts, by Norman H. Lee.

Reggie Bunker Mr. Norman H. Le

General Bunker, V.C.. .Mr. A. D Yon-Sha,

Sammy Crackles Mr. Tom Armita?

Billy Bing Mr. Robbie Graham

William Spraggina .... Mr. Harry Daviea

Blinkers Mr. Sam Wood

Jock Mr. Len Dance*

Visitor Mr. Gus Eric

Bessie Mise Louie Astor

Beryle Miss Kitty Daly

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FEB.

Naughty Elizabeth (continued).

Estella Miss Connie Marsh

Maggie Miss Ethel Barker

Rose Miss Dolly Dalton

M.arie Miss Ivy St. Claire

Nanette Miss Lilian Dearie

Daisy Dell Miss Evie Conway

Matilda Screw Miss Irene Vincent

Mrs. Elizabeth Gay.. Miss Millicent Davies
Assembly Rooms, Bromsgrove.

1540Zd Maids' Corner, play, in one act, by
Maude Thompson.

Mies Letitia Mise Viola Garland

Miss Sophia Miss Adelaide Grace

Irene Miss Rita Johnson

Eimma Miss Rita Narcelli

Bringing Mr. G. P. Poison

Rev. Mr. Thursfleld . . Mr. E. H. Paterson

Dick Thursfleld .. Mr. F. Hu,gh>bert Dane

Marlborough.

15*Charles the First, play, in four acts, by
W. G. Wills (originally produced at the
Lyceum, September 28, 1872).

Charles the First Mr. H. B. Irving

Oliver Cromwell Mr. Frank Tyars

Marquis of Huntley .. Mr. Tom Reynolds

Lord Moray Mr. Eric Maxon

I re ton Mr. B. A. Pittar

First Cavalier Mr. Stanley Howlett

Second Cavalier .... Mr. H. C. Hewitt

Attendant Mr. J. Patric Cur-wen

Queen's Page Mr. Arthur Curtis

Roundhead Captain .... Mr. W. Graham

Prince James Miss Florence Waudby

Princess Elizabeth Miss Elsie Videau

Lady Eleanor Miss Eily Malyon

Queen Henrietta Maria Dorothea Baird
Shaftesbury.

15.*fiThe Inspiration, play of modern life, in
three acts, by Edward Locke, with inci-
dental music by Joseph Carl Breil.
Bijou, Bayswater.

lG.*The Dancing Girl, drama, in four acte, by
Henry Arthur Jones. (Originally pro-
duced at the Hayrnarket, January 15,
1891.) Last performance (the 46th), March
27 His Majesty's.

17. \\The Frogs of Aristophanes, in the original
Greek, produced by the Oxford Union
Dramatic Society New, Oxford.

17.tr/ie Dashing Little Duke, play with music,
written by Seymour Hicks, music by
Frank E. Tours, and lyrics by Adrian
Ross. (Originally produced at the Royal,
Nottingham, February 8.) Last perfor-
mance (the 101st), May 29.
Chevalier de Matignon. .Mr. Hayden Coffin

Baron de Bellechasse Mr. Sam Walsh

Lieut, de Soliveau Mr. Frank Wilson

Officer of Dragoons. ..Mr. Henry Frankiss

Dubois Mr. Lawrence Caird

Merlac Mr. Frederick Vigay

Lepas M. Protti

Moulinet Mr. Hughes Croise

Fleury Mr. Charles le Galley

Canif Mr. Roland Chester

Abbe" de la Touche. ..Mr. Courtice Pounds
Duchesse de Burgogne..Miss Louie Pounds
Duchesse de Noailles.. .Miss Maud Milton

Diane de Noailles Miss Elizabeth Firth

Cesarine de Noce Miss Coralie Blythe

Baronne de Bellechasse

Miss Florence Wood
MAIDS OP HONOUR.

Genevieve de Fauvepre" May Kennedy

Juliette de Lambriet ..Miss Doris Stocker
Antoinette de Freselles...Miss Rena GoWie

The Dashing Little]Duke (continued).

Marie de Mortemer....Miss Marie Brenda

Celestine de Gallifet....Miss Carina Cliff

Claire de Viennez ____ Miss Mabel Watson

Madeleine de Maugars ...... Rosie Chesney

Violette des Vaux ....Miss Dini Graham

Ce"cile du Grand Vivier..Miss Nellie Pryor
Elise de Gontaut ...... Miss Millicent Field

Helene de Laundal ____ Gwendoline D'Arcy

The'rese de Belair.... Miss Eileen Chisholm

Due de Richelieu Miss Ellaline Terriss

Hicks.

18. The High Bid, comedy, in three acts, by
Henry James.
Captain Yule ...... Mr. Forbes-Robertson

Mr. Prodmore ........... Mr. Edward Sass

drivers ................ Mr. Ian Robertson

A Young Man ....... Mr. Alexander Cassy

Mrs. Gracedew ...... Miss Gertrude Elliott

Com Prodmore ...... Miss Esme" Hubbard

English Tourists: Messrs. S. T. Pearce,
Pilling, Tyndall, Stewart, Gaze, and
Boag; Misses Lily Price, Mabel Gill,
Roberts, and Juliet Hardinge. American
Tourists: Messrs. Walter Ringham, Wil-
mot, and C. B. Vaughan; Misses Maud
Buchanan, Sylvia Buckley, and Whit
akeir.
His Majesty's (the Afternoon Theatre).

19.* The Prisoner of Zenda, romantic play, in
a prologue and four acts, adapted from
Antony Hope's story by Edward Rose.
(Originally produced at the St. James's,
January 27, 1896.) Last performance (the
Gist), April 17.

Characters of the Prologue:
Prince Rudolf ...... Mr. George Alexander

Duke Wolfgang ........ Mr. Frank Cooper

Earl of Rassendyll.... Mr. Walter Maclean

Horace Glyn .......... Mr. Reginald Owen

Jeffreys ........... Mr. E. Vivian Reynolds

Giffen .................. Mr. Ashton Pearse

Countess of Rassendyll

Miss Lydia Bilbrooke
Characters of the Play:

Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Mr. Frank Cooper
Colonel Sapt .......... Mr. Alfred Brydone

Fritz yon Tarlenheim. .Mr. Reginald Owen
Captain Hentzau ........ Mr. Vernon Steel

Detchard ............ Mr. Henderson Bland

Bertram Bertrand ...... Mr. Ben Webster

Marshal Strakencz ....... Mr. F. J. Arlton

Lorenz Teppich ........ Mr. Ashton Pearse

Franz Teppich ............ Mr. Henry Kitts

Lord Topham ..... Mr. E. Vivian Reynolds

Ludwig .................. Mr. Rohan Clensy

Toni ................ Mr. Sydney Hamilton

Josef ...................... Mr. F. Sinclair

Princess Flavia

Miss Stella Patrick Campbell
Antoinette de Mauban

Miss Frances Dillon
Frau Teppich ...... Miss Beatrix de Burgh

St. James's

19. A Midnight Bridal,
from the story of
Mrs. F. R. Benson
Maurice St. Quain
Bruce of Muirtown

Mr. Kenneth

Robin

Lady Locherbie ...
Janet Locherbie ..
Nurse .

one-act play, adapted
Halliwell Sutcliffe by
and H. 0. Nicholson.
.. Mr. M. Carrington
..Mr. Moffat Johnston

Mr. John Howell

Mr. F. S. Richardson

Miss Helen Have

.... Miss Olive Noble

. Miss Elinor Aickin

Coronet.

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19. The Equality of Carberry, farcical comedy,

by l'.'-r>! I 1

Lady CliarmU-y .... Mr.", (irah.u;

Hrimll.- .............. Mi ' ' >

Colonel Kw;nt .... Mr. J I 1

. Arthur Mrtimer

Mr. rreaham .......... Mr. \. <.oo,u>n

jcathe I'.'-n.-v, . . . M.iniott

Kitty hoj.tliorpe .....

Mr. .1. I'. B. Morrcll

H.iii\ CarbeiT] .. Mr. Artlmr Mortimer
I'arkley ................ Miss I'.

Lady Ware ................ Mrs. Tnlli-li

...... Mr.-. Mm i ;i>

'.; id'.'ewat-T. .Mi- r-'ham

\itlmr Mili!ni:iy..Mr. II. .1 . II
Bobby ClLarmli-y..Mr. F. L. 0. de Cart, r, t
Miss Forrest .......... Miss .M..nrkt..ii

Miss Qwen Forrest ---- Miss J. Mon

Mr. Ozard
Opera Uouse, Jersey.

).* She Stoopt to Conquer, Goldsmith's comedy.
l,n>t performance (the 25th), March ].':.

irlee Marlow. .Mr. Herbert Bunsrton
Hardoastle ........ Mr. E. Holman Clark

Young Marlow ---- -Mr. Robert Loraine

Hasting ............ Mr. Louis Goodrlcli

Tony Lumpkin Mr. George* Giddeiis
Stingo ............ Mr. Gilbert I 1 '

l)i}iry .............. Mr. Edward Rig-by

Roger .................. Mr. John '

Ralph .................... Mr. H. GerrtsJi

Gregory ............ Mr. Edmund Breon

Jeremy .............. Mr. J. Cassels Cobb

Tom Twist .............. Mr. Reginald Eyre

Jack Slang ........ Mr. Harry Norton

Tom Tickle ...... Mr. Charles Fancourt

Mat Muii^in* ...... Mr. George Wallace

Mrs. Hardcastle

Miss Hardcastle

\evUle
Maid

Mrs. A. B. Tapping
Muw Ethel Irving
Miss Beatrice Ferrar
Miss Winifred Beech
Haymarket.
).H Wrinkles on the Rink, musical skating skit,
by Roy Redgrave and Harry Roxbury,
music by Dudley Powell Hippodrome,
Paisley.

).\\Lady Exmore's Embarrassment, comedy,
in three acts, by Herbert G. Phillips,
adapted from a story by Alice and
Claude Askew Concert Hall, St. Leo-
nards.

The Rights of the Soul, play, in one act,
by Giuseppe Giacosa, translated by (Miss)
F. M. Rankin. (Produced by the Incor-
porated Stage Society.)
Paolo ...... Mr. E. Harcourt Williams

Maddalena ...... Miss Margaret Busse"

Mario ............ Mr. A. S. Homewood

Anna ............ Miss Margaret Halstan

Kingsway.

21. The Bread of Others, play, in two acte, by

Turgenev, translated by J. Nightingale
Duddington. (Produced by the Incor-
porated Stage Society.)
Nart&is Trermbinsky . . Mr. Leon M. Lion
Piotr .............. Mr. A. S. Homewood

Anpadist .................. Mr. F. Grove

Yeg&r Kartasch6v Mr. Henry Kitts
MatOia .............. Miss Edith Cuthh.-rt

Yassili Ko6zovkin....Mr. J. Fisher White

Ivan Koozmich Ivanov Mr. Ernest Cosh am
Vaska ............ Mr. Frederick Kings

Prask6vya Ivanovna.-.Miss Helen Boucher
Olga Petrovna YetetsfeyMias J. Bloomfleld
Pavel Yetetsky .. MT. A. Holmes-Gore
Fleg6nt Tropachov. .Mr. L. Quartermaine
Karpachbv ...... Mr. Stanley Lathbury

Kingsway.

22. The Man from Paris, play in one act, by

H. W. Barker Muncaeter, Bootle.

Z2.\\Th Novice, play, by Lady Townshend

Town Hall, Maidenhead.
2!2.\\It't Ner>- to Wed, one-act play,

gogue.
32. Love't Comedy, pi i -, by

... \\'.-* Leatcr Bteol o

Falk Mr. Leit-

art M

Stiver

Mws Jay .. laynard

Strawman

A Porter .

The Maiden Aunt.,

I Mi,* .}
The Young Lad:> Horton

Gentlemen. Stu Straw-

mans' Eight Little Girls, Domestic Ser-
vants.

Gaiety, Mane:

Z2.*Louis XI., drama, in four acts, by <
Delav : <1 and arr:r

lloiieie.-nilt furitritially prol ;
York, l-.-.l; r,y.-eiini, M;ir--h ft. ]s78).

Ix^uis XI. ..". -Mr. H. B. Irving

The Dauphin Mis* Eily Malyon

Due de Nemoure Mr. Eri--

Philip de Cominea Mr. B. A. Fitter

Jacques Coitier Mr. Tom Reynolds

Tristan L'Ermite Mr. Frank Tyars

Olivier le Dain Mr. Arthur Curtis

Francois de Paule . . Mr. Frank Cochrane

Cardinal D'Alby Mr. If. R. Cook

Count de Dreux Mr. Stanley ]

Monseigneur de Lude . . Mr. P.

Count de Dunois Mr. W. Hemstock

Montjoie Mr. Norman Maeowan

Toison D'Or Mr. S. Beaumont

Marcel Mr. Charles Dodsworth

Richard Mr. J. Patric Curwen

Officer of Royal Guard.. Mr. W. Graham
King's Attendant .... Mr. H. C. Hewitt

Martha Mies May Holland

Marie de Comines .. Miss Dorothea Bnird
Shaftesbury.

22. Bluffing One's Way, comedy, in three acts,
adapted and modernised from Le Puff; ou,
Mensonge et Verite. by Eugene Scribe.
Last performance (the 66th), March 12.

Jacob File Mr. T. P. Haynes

Sir Sacripant Brazen. M.P.

Mr. Watty Brunton
Ernest Reinhold .. Mr. Henry Ainsworth

Jobbing Highflyer Mr. A. Davidson

Subtle Pamphlet . . Mr. Henry Templeton

Emily File Miss Una Bruckshaw

Alma Highflyer .... Miss Mabel Funstan
Royalty.

23.tC7iips, playlet, by Lechmere Worrall
I'ic- tdilly "Hotel. (See also under date
June 8).

25. The Vengeance of Jim, comedietta, by
Stanley Killby.

Colonel Buckle Mr. Cecil Brooking

Sam Barker Mr. Lionel Hansen

Jim Stanton Mr. Vernon O. Crabtree

Foxy Flint Mr. James Gelderd

Jack Masters Mr. Gerald Fi;

Dicky Doyle Mr. Reginald W. Fry

Tangle Foot Tim Mr. P. Hartley

Ted Leeder Mr. Stanley Killby

Grace Leeder.. Miss Katherine Harrington

Maggie Leeder .. Miss Beryl St. Leger

Royal, King's Lynn.

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25. The Real Woman, play, in three acts, by

Robert Hichens. Last performance (the
35th), March 27.

Mark Vernon .. Mr. Allan Aynesworth
Horace Carruthers .. Mr. Herbert Waring

Hugh Oh-aham Mr. Henry Ainley

Sir George Venables. .Mr. C. Leveson-Lane

Mr. Bew Mr. Lytton Grey

Dr. Byrd Mr. Heath Haviland

Butler at Lady Arden's . . Mr. H. Cooper
Butler at Vernon's. .Mr. Frank H. Danby
Footmen at Lady Arden'e.

Mr. D. H. Keith, Mr. Geoffrey Douglas
' Duchess of Dorchester. .Miss Annie Hughes

Diana Woodham Miss Kate Cutler

Mrs. Gage Mrs. Harry Cane

Lady Arden Miss Evelyn Millard

Criterion.

25. \\The Land of Cherry Blossom, Japanese
musical play, in two acts, by Frederick
G. Turner and Maude Smyth, music com-
posed by Sydney H. Smyth.

Sir Cecil Travers Mr. Jack Furneaux

Lieut. Percy Starcher .. Mr. J. W. Pearce
Chung Ling Tee . . Mr. Percy H. Marshall

Sammy Sly Mr. Frederick G. Turner

Yo San Miss Maude Price

Katakuri San Miss Marion Turner

Mio San Miss Alice Fishwick

Karo San Miss Minnie Nash

Lu San Miss Florence Jones

Sarah Sly Miss Maude Smyth

Stoke Newington Library Hall.

26. Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, romantic

drama, in four acts, by Heinrich von
Kleist.

The Emperor Ernst Kiihn

Gebhardt, Archbishop .... Richard Miiller

Count von Strahl Rudolf Exner

Countess Helene Paula Gruber

Knight Flamberg Max Bratengeyer

Gottschalk Josef Kisch

Brigitte Antonie v. Driesche

Kunigunde von Turneck..Hedwig Rohmann

Rosalie Marie Linke

Theobald Friedeborn Paul Wind

Kathchen Eleonore Driller

Count v. Freiburg Hermann Zettler

Georg von Walrlstatten H. Lindhorst

Rheingraf von Stein Hugo Bergmann

Eginhardt v. d. Wart Hans Berle

Count Otto v. d. Fliihe .. Bernhard Wie^e

Jacob Pech Rudolf Fiebig

Charcoal-burner Marie Kisch

Court.

27. Philopoena, a " farrago of fun, fancy, and

foolishness," in two acts, book and lyrics
by Edgar Smith, music by Maurice Levj.
Last performance (the 10th), March 9.

Philip Gesler Mr. Frank Bernard

Henry Hawkins Mr. Stanley Cooke

Charles Hammersley. .Mr. S. Barraclougb

Sam Walker Mr. Ralph Nairn

M. Dauber Mr. Alfred Leslie

Antoine Mr. Edward Kipling

Wilhelm Miss Lucy Kipling

Marcelle Miss Silvia Zan

Helene Miss Lesemoir-Gordo/i

Elise Mi?s D. Dolaro

Jeanne Miss Elizabeth Wielan

Eaton Beane Mr. P. Denton

Mrs. Eaton Beane Miss Enid Les'le

Fuller Fogg Mr. Roper Lane

Mrs. Fogg Miss Julia Dolaro

Mimi de Chartreuse Mme. Morichini

Peter Routt Mr. Harry Bertram

Mrs. Routt Miss Dorothy Wallis

Biffkins Mr. John Bennett

Howell Goode Mr. H. Percy

Toots Homer Mr. Cyril Keene

Willoughby Hurd Mr. H. Norta

Philopoena (continued).

Fifine Miss Constance Fisher

Ninette Miss M. Romney

Marice Miss Gladys Lennox

Pierre Montmarte Mr. E. J. Carlins

Henri Batignolles. . Mr. Reginald Thomas

Jean Maxim Mr. Chris Francis

Maurice Vian Mr. George Gray

Hans Mr. Richard Lomas

Philopoena Gesler .. Miss M,arie Dressier
Aldwych.

27. The Collegettes, travesty, book and lyrics
by Edgar Smith, music by Maurice Levi.
Last performance (the 10th) March 999.
Prof. Witheredloon .. Mr. S. Barraclough

Jim Witheredloon Mr. Ralph Nairn

" Ratty " McGown . . Mr. Stanley Cooke
The Town Policeman.. Mr. Frank Bernard
Mrs. Trimley Dazzle . . Miss Lucy Kipling

" Stubby " Miss Lesemoir-Gordon

Polly Miss Gipsy Dale

Jennie Miss D. Dolaro

Tilly Buttin Mise Marie Dressier

Students, theologians, town-boys, dancers :
Misses Stuart. Harrison, Lorraine, Ger-
rard, Kayes, Martin, Warren, Maclaren,
ChatterLs, Wieland, Lennox, Hill, Holmes,
Nainby.

Aldwych.

28 Fin, one- act play, adapted from the Ger-
man by Ella Erskine. (Produced by the
Revival Company.) See also under dates
July 31 and October 11 Marlborough,
October 11.

Fin Miss Ella Ersk'ne

Baron de Courcelles..Mr. C. Leveson-Lan?

Pierrot Mr. Langford Reed

A Waiter Mr. William Pringle

Rehearsal, W.C.

27. fhe Spare Room, play, In one act, by E.
M. Bryant.
Keziah Crauford.
Jane Crauford...
Dulcte Crauford

Mary

Henry Crauford..

Miss Alice Beet

Miss Amy Lamborn

. . Miss Gwendolen Wren

Miss May Taverner

Mr. Lytton Grey

Criterion.

28. Fortune's Fool, play, by Rathmell Wilson.
(Produced by the Revival Company).

Mignon Miss Gertrude Robins

Cardo Mr. Es,m6 Percy

Valma Miss Winifred Rae

jabot Mr. Campbell F. CargiH

Rehearsal.

28. The Friends, one-act play, adapted from
the German by Ella Erskine. (Produced bj
the Revival Company).
Mme. de Chaumont. .Mi&s Victoria Addison
Mme. de Livardeau .. Miss Maud Kirwan

Loua&e Miss Dorothy Heal

Rehearsal.

28. Love and be Silent, play, in one act, by
Mrs. Chas Sim. (Produced by the Revival
Company.)
Major Gerald Thornton. .Mr. H. Le Grand

Dr. Pownall Mr. William PringLe

Dick Shelton Mr. Charles King

Phyllis Thornton .... Miss Adah Barton
Violet Mostyn .. Miss Florence Tressilian

Carson Miss Frances Wolviston

Rehearsal.

MARCH,

1. " Potted " versions of What Every Woi
Knows and The King of Cadonia -9
produced by the Follies at the Apollo.

MARCH.

THE ST.\ \R KOOK.

119

urn uf th4> fiuunl. op, ra. in two
.- Siilll-
i.illv prod>
Oct(

i Cholmoml

Wilfr

Corpora: Mr, < dl Curtis

.11 Mr. \V. 1 1

111:111

ii M

Maynard M

Plm-bc Mrr.vll .Mi.ss Jl

2^1 M -- Louie Kenc

Miss Beatrice Roarer

8;'.

ii Amerieaii mu-ieal drama
<l,.>ndo:i production, .Mine 21, Royal, Strat-
ford).
Brant Yorcl .......... Mr. Edward Leroy

Major Seymour .. Mr. Chas. E. Lambert
Charles K mutton ...... Mr. F. K. Chabot

Pedro Velasquez ---- Mr. Frank \\ !.

<>ssli>y . .. Mr. Arthur Saunders
Jim Hurt's- ---- Mr. Alfred Gordon-Dob!)

M . . Mr. Alfred Lafollc
M ...... Mr. Martin J. Mo ;ir

Richard Kent ........ Mr. Lewis Clarke

ng ............ Miss Hilda May

Mrs. Timothy Seymour Miss Louie v.
L.-<.ii"ra s -ymour ____ Mis? Blanche Leroy

Prince's, Horwich.

77u- Mght Before Christmas, American
domestic drama, in four acts, by Hal
Keid. (London production March i:>,
Greenwich.)

.Indue John Phillips .. Mr. Alfred B. Cross
.lack Phillips .. Mr. C. Vernon Proctor

JXaniel Webster Milks Mr. J. E. Tomlinson
liller ........ Mr. Charles Brandon

Hliiwi Billy Pickenall .. Mr. John Beech
Sam Simkins ...... Mr. Alfred Selwood

Major Anderson ........ Mr. W. Jackson

Mr. Higgins .......... Mr. Fred March

Sheriff ................. Mr. W. Benson

Robert Stone .......... Mr. W. Hudson

Annie Phillips ...... Miss Gwen Buckler

(iranny Phillips .... Miss M:nid

Hi'_",Mns ---- Mi.ss Mary Forsdike

Charity Smith .......... Miss Amy Kudd

Unity CariKTi ...... Miss Minnie Warden

Llewellyn Carl-ton.. Master Sidney Forrest

Marion Williams Mws Minnie Watersford

-^O.H., Coventry.

\. The Mi/siery of Redwood Grange, one-act
i>iay, by An Englishman." (London pro-
duction March 8, Borough, Stratford.)
Mr. Wilkins ...... Mr. Weedon Grossmith

C..achm:Ki .......... Mr. II. C. Buckler

Royal, Portsmouth.

l.JTJir Luck of Roaring Camp, drama, in four

Will Cordon ........ Mr. Robert Purdie

Toni Karnes ---- Mr. Chas. E. Johnson

ties ............ Mr. Geo. Porteous

.'-'T ........ Mr. Clarence Ibbotson

Paddy McGinty ...... Mr. Hyland O'Shea

Old Pard ........ Mr. G. Outhbertson

The Sheriff ...... Mr. Arthur Redmond

u>t Harry ........ Mr. Tom Sharpe

Whisky Jim ...... Mr. Alfred Rochester

Bunco-Eyed Bill ...... Mr. Alfred Cooper

Hod Pete .......... Mr. Arthur Watson

-itro..MlM Flo Melnv

Kaby Audrey

d>, in four

Mr. N;

k Ryan Mr. .1

I.ad\

t Mi

Min. H.ira ML- Ki^en;

Julia

.n one act,

by Neilson Morris. (Produced t>
.'iir Players' A

Mr. I

irane

:n Fela

Isobel M '.^ A-i:

Court.
3.\\Spoilin(j tJie ]lrth, enmcily. in <.':

by Bertha N. (iraliam. d Ity the

Amateur Playi-r.-' A.--n-iat

Mrs. Chance '

Joey Mr. Leslie Thomas

- Mr H. C!ii;

'Meiia Hammond Miss Nina Ha7fl

Court.

3.||The Silver Tankard, pkiy, in one act, by
Cecil Egerton. (Produced by the A
Players' Association.)

Colonel Heathcote Mr. J. Hartley

John Saunders. .Mr. K. Han

Robert Hardy Mr. Fraii

Martha Miss Frances

Jessie Mis^ Dodgson

(

?. : 'lhe. Black Cottage, a dramatisation, in
one act, of Wilkie Collins's story of the
same name by David Kimball. (Produced
by the Amateur Players' As*
also under date Ma

Aaron Black Mr. H. V. Hodgson

Abigail R Galsworthy

Bessie Black MLss Lillian Gray

Abel White Mr. Frtd P. Davis

Mr-. Knifton . .. Mrs. Frank A

Mr. Knifton Mr. Geruld !

"Shifty" Dick Mr. David Kimball

Jerry .' Mr K. Malcolu.

Coirt.

3.*T7ie Three. Musketeers, play, adapted from
the novel of Alexandre Dumas, by Henry
Hamilton. (Originally produced at t!ie
Met,roiK>le, Cambenve! : .

Hid afterwards at the
Octol ' performa 1

;>th) April _'_'. A nirtlu-r revival took
|tlacc on May 1 at the Lvric.

Louis XIII. '. Mr! Gayer !

Cardinal Richelieu Mr. A. E. George

Duke of Buckingham .. Mr. Vincent CRve
Comte de Rochefort .. Mr. Reginald Dane

M. de Treville Mr. Cronin Wilfon

Athos Mr. Bassett Roe

Porthos Mr. Herbert Jarman

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MARCH

The Three Musketeers (continued).

Aramia Mr. Shiel Barry

De Chemerault Mr. Frank Ridley

D'JEstrees Mr. Frederick Lloyd

Jussac Mr S. J. Warmington

Bicarat Mr. Caton Woodyille

Beraajoux Mr. 0. S. Bailey

De Cahusac Mr. Cecil McGuinness

La Vieuville Mr. A. J. Napper

Vernet Mr. Roy Cushing

Dujart Mr. C. Biankes

F el ton Mr. S J. Warmiugton

Plan-diet Mr. Alec F. Thompson

Mousnueton Mr. Herbert Vyyyan

Bourdet Mr. Patrick Digan

Brisemont Mr. A. N. WipM

Fou rr let Mr. L. James

De la Fauconniere Mast. Hamilton Knight

Le Masle Mr. D. Bartun

R/aoul D'Artagnan Mr. Lewis Waller

Anne of Austria Miss Evelyn D'Alroy

MiLadi Miss Aiiriol Lee

Gabrielle de Chalus Miss M. Titheradge
Mother Superior .. Miss Gwendolin Floyd

Toinette Miss Dorothy Dix

Sister Miss May Chenery

Lyric.

A.^Henry of England, romantic play, in a
prologue and three acts, by Olive Leth-
bridge and John de Stourton Bijou, Bays-
water.

4.tThe Head of the Firm, comedy-drama, in
four acts, adapted from the Danish of
Hjalman Berg&trom by Leslie Fiafoer.
(Originally produced at the Opera House.
Buxton, June 13, 1908.) Last performance
(the 27th) March 26.

John Lydford Mr. James Hearn

Philip Lydford Mr. Harcourt Williams

James Browne Mr. J. D. Beveridge

George Heymiann Mr. Leslie Faber

Edward Dalby .. Mr. Evelyn Beerbohm

Torley Mr. Ernest Cosh am

Helen Lydford . . Miss Henrietta Watson

Betty Lydford Miss Ethelwyn Arthur Jones

Mrs. Dalby . Miss Sydney Fairbrother

Vaudeville.

6. The Garden of the Gods, one-act musical

play, by Ivan Piat Gore 'and Charles H.
Williams, music by Hamilton Weller.

Venus Miss Agnes Maude

Psyche Miss Pauline Emeric

Mars Mr. T. Dennis

Adonis Prettyeut .... Mr. George Lestocq
West Pier, Brighton.

7. The Case for the Lady, comedy, in four

acts, by Florence Warden.

Sir Willoughfoy Ray Mr. Stanley Lathbury

Fiabian Ray Mr. Athol Stewart

Colonel Waldershare . . Mr. Hubert Willis

Gerald Tomlin Mr. Leon M. Lion

Horace Greene . . Mr. George E. James
Peggy Waldershare Miss Florence Leclercq

Adela Riay Miss Hilda Thorpe

Theresa Miss Maudi Darrell

Kingsway.

8. Nan Pilgrim, play, in four acts, by Mabel

Dearmer.

Rev. John Pilgrim Mr. A. Holmes-Gore
Roger Wentwort-h . . Mr Ben Webster
Rev. Peter Brdtton Mr. William Haviland

William Staines Mr. Edward Saw

Dr. Mason Mr. E. H. Paterson

Footman Mr. Douglas Homer

Naa Pilgrim .. Miss Lilian Braithwaite

Seltna West Miss Evelyn Weeden

Julie Westmacot Mise Ada Webster

Miss Grippe r Miss Agnes Thomas

Nan Pilgrim (continued).

Mrs. Stamp Miss Miarie Hudspeth

Miss Gillespie . . Miss Marion McCarthy

Lady Westmacot Miss Elsie Chester

Beatrice Miss Esme" Hubbard

Mrs. Roberts Miss Maud Bowyer

--Court.

B. The Heart of the City, play, in one act,
by Michael Morton and Julian Wellesley.

Edward Kennion Mr. Walter Gay

Harry Curtiss Mr. Ernest Graham

Martin Mr. Fred W. Permain

Margaret Lester ..Miss Florence Leclercq

Miss Ladd Miss Eveleyn Martheze

Royal, Birmingham.

8. For Wife and Kingdom, romantic drama,
in four acts, by Ward Bailey. (London
production, March 29, Lyric, Hammer-
smith.)

General Von Nestolde..Mr. J. S. Pateman
Captain Lubeck...Mr. Mathew H. Glenville
Sergt. Offenbach.. Mr. Charles A. Gallier
Baron Maurice Breslaw..Mr. Albert Guyon

Karl Ludhayr Mr. Fred Osmond

Secretary Mr. T. Varney

Jan Mr. Lewis Gordon

Paul Mr. Henry Smythe

Trooper Ruskin Mr. E. Hamilton

Trooper Tybert Mr. Robert Mann

Trumpeter Gooche Mr. George Owen

Esther Miss Lillian Malvern

Nita Constadt Miss Alice Buckland

Otilie Schwartz Miss Mabel Veriton

Camille Von Jte&tolde.. Margaret R. Frame

Grand Duchess Marie Miss Hettie Zillwood

Royal, Smethwick.

S.jr/ie Mystery of Redwood Grange, play, in
one act, by " An Englishman." (Ori-
giually produced at the Theatre Royal,
Portsmouth, March 1.)

Mr. Wilkins Mr. Weedon Grossmith

Coachman Mr. H. C. Buckler

Borough, Stratford.

8. The Bandit's Blunder, burlesque sketch,
written by Ward Bailey.

Beppo Nicolini Mr. Harry Ewina

Dianella Mr. James Ewins

Timothy Crumpet .. Mr. George Robinson

Matteo Miss Agnes Ewins

Blanca Miss Dorothy Ewins

Gendarme Mr. B. Crosby

West London.

9.\Strife, play, in three acts, by John Gals-
worthy. Went into the evening bill at
the HaymarKet, March 20. Transferred to
the Adelphi March 29. Last performance
(the 21st) April 3.

John Anthony Mr. Norman McKinnel

Edgar Anthony Mr. C. M. Hallard

Frederick H. Wilder. .. .Mr. Dennis Ead'
William Scanterbury..Mr. Luigi Lablache

Oliver Wanklin Mr. C. V. France

Henry Trench Mr. O. P. Ileggie

Francis Underwood.. Mr. A. S. Homewood

Frost Mr. Edmund Gwenn

Simon Harness Mr. George Inglefcon

David Roberts Mr. J. Fisher White

James Green Mr. R. Leiek

John Bulgin Mr. P. L. Julian

Henry Thomas Mr. H. R. Hignett

George Rous Mr. Owen Roughwcod

Llewellyn Mr. John Kelt

Henry Rous Mr. I. Gillaspie

Lewis Mr. Charlee Bishop

Jago Mr. Charles Danvera

Evans , Mr. Drelincourt Odium

MARCH

V&AX 300X.

tmtinued),

A Blacksmith Mr. W. Henroyi

D.-ivl.-s M ! Sidney

1 hain-d Youth Mr. Leslie Oswell

.Mr. .1 \\ . Ma n

Smith Mr Ha:-., Id Chaplin

Kuid i M alloy

Ann!

'I hmnas Mis Lilluh M

Ur.i. ROIM..., Mi-s Roae Cazalet

I :nl '.'in M Paxton

Miss Blanche

A Parlourmaid..

Jan M i Nag'e

Duke of York's.

lo;7/ic World and the H'ommi, d< :

drama, in four aot, l>\ l/ili:m <'lare Ca-
Kidy. (Originally produced a! ih>- 1
, .\:.iy 11, 1908.)

Arthur BurlPi-.'li .... Mr. GO, II. Doyle
Lmllow Bin-It i-h .. Mr. St. Georp

Tut Harding Mr. J. Rice <

Terry O'Harris Mr. Roll I

Sir Francis (Jhalnu-r.s Mr. Henry Compton

Hon. Willy Mr. F. Copeiund

Mr. Carl Beechey

Old Robert Mr. R. Cockcroft

John Mr. James Kay

Janitor Mr. W. Hecford

Captain Barclay .. Mr. Stanley Wilioid
Lady Marion Chalmers Mias Amy McNeill

Gwendoline Miss Vara Hern

Libby Mi>s Madpe Trevelyan

Nina Miss Violet Parker

Martha Mi.ss Rita Hestock

Nurse Halton Miss Rose Hallas

Nelly Mrs. J. Rice Caesidy

Lyric. Hammersmith.

\\M/idng in a Flat, comedietta, by Albert
Ward Grand, West Hartlepool.

L. My Lady's Glove, comedy, In one act, by
bert C. Forraby. (Produced by the Cur-
tain Raisers.)

Sir Malcolm Dudley .. Mr. H. Clifton Dale

Benjamin Mr. Frank W. Russell

Duchess of Westonhaugh..Maisie Carlton
Lady Betty Waring .. Maude O'Sullivan
Rehearsal.

11 Bertha Brent, play, in one act, by Leslie
Thomas. (Produced by the Curtain
Raisers.)

Philip Lasmere....Mr. Gerald Dixon-Spain

rick Charles .. Mr. Leslie Thomas

Rhoda Medway .... Miss D. Mease-Smyth

Alice Lingard Miss Nina Hazel

Mrs. Wilton .... Miss Marie W. Goldie
Rehearsal.

11. The Catastrophe, play, in one act, by Hu-
bert C. Fcrraby. (Produced by the Cur-
tain Raisers.) See also under cl-ate Sep-
tember 27.

John Holdcn Mr. Alex. Macleian

Harold Barnes .. Mr. Richard Desborough

Marks Mr. Frank Jonee

Mrs. Montagu MLss Helene Millee

Kthel Holden Miss Ethel Taaffe

Rehearsal.

ll. '/'/, c \\'ays of Men, play, in four acts,
by A 11 >r it Ward (for production see April
i;>. Royal, Rochdale) Grand, West Har-
tlepool.

e You tin* Muni play, in four acts, by
Frank Price (for production see May 13,
O.H. Buxton) County, Reading.

Shakespeare's tragedy, arranged

on Lang

" i ' :*

denatern

Fir.si

Second Player I'-.uglas Bu

Tin:

Miss Rita Totnkin*

A !..,:(! .

nun

Bernardo M

;ow
roott

.... M- I)

I. Htxlaon .

ant Mr. John Bear/

rimt Sailor ... Charles '!

Second Sailor Mr Knic^t Cresfan

-nKtr Mr. Russell Davu

Ghost or li

Frederick ROM

Gertrude Mi>.- 're*

Ophelia ML* Hutin Britton

14. The Apple, play, in one act, by Inez
siinan. (Produced by the Play Actons.)

Ann Payson Miss Winifred Mayo

Helen Pay>on Mi.-s Adeline Bourne

Cyril Payson Mr. J'. Pt- re-
Nigel Dean Mr. Ernest Young

Court.
14. Sawney, an Ea>t End episode, by -

tJle. (Produced by the Play Acto'rs.)

. Jenks re Greet

Mr. Jenks Mr. William Pringle

Katlo ML* Florrie Lewu

Tommy Master D'Oyly Slieppard

Mrs. Gort Miss Lillian Tweed

Sawney MUs Sybil Noble

Court.

14. A Question of Identity, play, in one act,
by Archie J. Matthew. (Produced by ttie
Play Actors.)

Sykes Mr. Leonard Calvert

Rev. Aloysius Brown .. Mr. Farren Soutar

A Householder Mr. Edward James

Court.

14. Varracott's Wife, play, in one act, by

Affleck Scott and Alan Carmichael. (Pro-
duced by the Play Actors.)

Will DarracoU Mr. Jackson Witeoi

> Miss Winifred Rae

A Revenue Officer . . Mr. George Fitzgerald

urt.

15. Going On Parade, one-act episode, by H.

M. Richardson.

Mrs. O'Horan iker

Mrs. Tyms Miss Louise Holbrook

Mr. Tyma Mr. Edward Landor

Mr. Richards (Owd Dick)

Gaiety, Mane:

15. 1 Who is She? romantic play, In four acts
by E. Hill-Mitchelson. (Originally pro-
duced at the Hippodrome, Wigan on
December 16, 1907.)

King Vladamis Mr. Graham Wood*

Prince Bona .. Mr. E. Hill-Mitchelson
Captain Arthur Sower Mr. Sinclair Holden
Sergeant Metroff .. Mr. Alfred Grenville

Chang-Tee Mr. Edward Swinton

Paul Mr. George Scully

122

STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MARCH

Who is She? (continued).

Michael Mr. Lea-Hair

The Spy Mr. C. H. Henderson

Sentry Mr. Henry Gibbon

Headsman Mr. Cyril Maitland

Father Petra Mr. James Furgeson

The Little King Miss Mabel Ronald

"Who is She?" Miss Violet Carlyle

Sarette Miss Mary Collier

Zeta Noveitcli Miss Marie Robson

Countess Ladori Miss Alice Barber

Lyric, Hammersmith.

15.M Country Girl in London, drama, in four
acts, by Frank Price. (Originally pro-
duced at the Royal, Macclesfleld, August
1, 1908.) Royal, Edmonton.

l5.$The Night Before Christmas, American
domestic drama, in four acts, by Hal
Reid. (Originally produced March 1 at
the O.H., Coventry.) Greenwich.

U.*The Master Builder, play, in three acts,
> by Henrik Ibsen, translated from the

Norwegian by Edmund Gosse and William
Archer. (Originally produced February
20, 1893, at the Trafalgar Square.)
Halyard Solness .... Mr. Rathmell WiL&on

Ragnar Brovik Mr. A. E. Filmer

Dr. Herdal Mr. Ross Shore

Kmut Brovik Mr. Campbell Cargill

Hilda Wang el Miss Jessica Salomon

Mrs. Solness .... Mies Winefrde Borrow

Kaia Fosli Miss Beat nee Filmer

Court.

IQ.lThe House of Bondage, play, in three
acts, by Seymour Obenmer.
Sir Vincent Meredith .. Mr. H. Waring
.faul Bertrand, F.R.C.S. Mr. C. A. Smith

Dr. Roland Mr. Michael Sherbrooke

Cairns Mr. Compton Coutts

Lady Joan Meredith ... Miss Kva Moore
Duchess of Banff .J.. Miss Beryl Faber

Lady Carlington Miss Sarah Brooke

His Majesty's (the Afternoon Theatre).

18. The Kingdom of His Heart, drama, in four
acts, by Wilson Howard.

Dick Bentley Mr. Wilson Howard

Squire Bentley Mr. Henry Deane

Mark Gremlin .... Mr. J. W. Richards

Jam Brown Mr. C. Vailender

Bob Smithers Mr. D. Phillips

Gideon Snarl Mr. R. Harris

M. Jaschowitz Mr. R. Menus

Inspector Mr. A E. Rose

Chief Warder Mr. G. Smythe

Second Warder Mr. J Leicester

Third Warder Mr. Fred M. Best

A Solicitor Mr. C Fleming

Newspaper Boy Mr. T. H. Winter

Judith Prior Miss Madge Clalr

Betsy Miss Dot Russell

Mrs. Bridget O'N-eil .... Miss B. Annesley

Marjory Summers .. Miss Carlotta Anson

Royal, Hehburn.

18.HT/ic Mad Author, by Wm. Armstrong-
Royal, Colne.

n Old Man's Darling, domestic drama,
by D. M. C. Granville (for produc^n see
April 10, Queen's, Liverpool) Prince s,
Preston.

3S.tThe Village of Youth, fairy play, by Bessie
Hatton.

King Lycian .. Mr. E. Harcourt-Williarns
Prince Winfred .. Mr. L. Race Dunrobin

Old Basil Mr. Alfred Brydone

Time .. Miss Beatrice Fonbee-Robertson

Beryl Miss Jean Sterling Mackinlay

Rowena Miss Hilda Austin

St. James's.

18. Count Hannibal, romantic play, in four
acts, adapted from the novel of Stanley
Weyman, by Norreys Connell and Oscar
Asche.

CATHOLICS

Charles IX Mr. Herbert Grinnvood

M. de Guise Mr. Evan Brook

Count Hannibal de Tavannes

Mr. Oscar Asche

Rambouillet Mr. F. Beaucham.p

Duke of Retz Mi-. A. Thorne

frither Pezeley Mr. Caleb Porter

C'hicot Mr. Ernest Henshaw

Nancay Mr. Francie Pollard

A Page Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald

Provost of Paris Mr. Albert Frith

A Cripple Mr. Gordon Barker

Badelo* Mr. Athol Forde

Bigot Mr. J. Fritz Russell

Landlord at Angers Mr. R. F. Anson

Provost of Angers . . Mr. Arthur Trantom
Archdeacon of Angers Mr. A. V. Bramble

Mme. St. Lo Miss Elfreda Clement

HUGUENOTS.

Rochefoucauld . . Mr. Reginald Ian Penny
TiLaionville .... Mr. Gerald K>ay Souper

La Tribe Mr. Charles A. Doran

Perrot Mr. Tripp Edgar

Carlot Mr. Reginald Davis

Clotilde Miss Lily Brayton

Janette Miss Muriel Hutchinson

Mme. Cariat Miss Elinor Foster

Prince's, Bristol.

19.1 Fifth Queen Crowned, play, in four acts,
adapted from Ford Madox Hueffer's novel
by the author and F. Norreys Connell.

Cranmer Mr. Orlando Burnett

Lasoelles Mr. Courtney Thorpw

Henry VIII Mr. James Hearn

Catherine Howard Miss Ad.a Potter

Duke of Norfolk .... Mr. Cowley Wright

Poins Mr. Patric Curwen

Magister Udal Mr. Percy Gawthorne

Mary of Poins Miss Muriel Platt

Prince Edward .. Miss Katharine Rivers
Lady Mary of England Mies Eily Malyon
Lady Mary's Maid Miss Kathleen Roberts

Lady Cicely Miss Joan Temple

Lady Rochford Miss Muriel Alexander

Mary Hall Miss Margaret Busse"

First Yeoman Mr. David Tempest

Sir Thomas Culpepper

Mr. H. A. Saintsbury

Badge Mr. Henry Wilde

A Seaman Mr. Oscar Vaughan

Kirgsway.

I'j.tJn the Name of the Czar, one-act play,
By Marah Aymet.

Streipov .. . Mr. Max Mont?so3

Katia Miss Esme" Hubbard

Esther Miss Hermine Gingol

IV irim Miss Muriel Carnr.l

Leonovitch Mr. Roderick Mack

David Mr. Esme" Percy

Sarah Miss Florence Castell

Isaac Mr. Wilfred Fletcher

Simon Master William Parke

Kingsway.

2Q.*Feed the' Brute, comedietta, by " Geors.
Paston." (Originally produced at th<
Royalty on May 24, 1907.) Royalty.

20. The Noble Spaniard, Victorian farce, in
three acts, adapted from the French of
Grenet-Dancourt by W. Somerset
Maugham. Last performance (the 55th),
May 8.

Duke of Hermanos....Mr. Charles Hawtrey
Justice Proudfoot .. Mr. E. Lyall Swete

Captain Chalford Mr. Athol Stewart

Count de Moret Mr. Leon M. Lion

MARCH

THE STAGE YEAR 30OK .

123

The \i'l,le Si'iiniurd trmit,"

rnc Mis- Kat* Cutler

Mis..- Anne Cleayer

Count. M d Moret

Mies Vane

Mi.-.- Joy Chatwyn

:l'oot M B rough

Royalty.

21. 7/i the sill-in-,- of the Veldt, one-act play,
by Horace c->li:n-:. <Pr .in. d by the Dra-

rnati '

Ihoniton M ,.sGore

Muri.'l Thornton. .Mlai r. .i>ertson

.lirn Stron- Mr. Philip Knox

Jaek Ha-h-r Mr. k. Ibnilerson Bland

Court.

1. The other Tenth of the Law, one-act play,
iith A. Browne. (Produced by the
Dramatic i'

Miriam Hardy Rorke

Paul Kay Mr. A. Holmes-Gore

Harry Hardy Mr. Cyril Bru.-e

Princess (Vriea Miss Mabel Knowles

Court.

'11.

x'* Widmr, one-act play, by Priscilla
i (Mrs. Tei^nmouth Shore.) (Pro-
!>v the Dramatic Debaters.)
Burton ........... Miss Mary Barton

\Vilks ............... Mi.ss Clare Greet

: '.''.irtriiay .. Mr. Richard Hatteras
Li/./.ie .Ifiikiiis. . . . Miss Sydney Fail-brother

Bill Jenkins ............ Mr. Frank Esmond

Court.

The House of the Traitor, one-act play,
adapt i'd from the French story, " Mateo
Falcone," of Prosper Merime'e, by Rath-
inell Wilson. (I'rodueed hy the Dramatic
Ddi."'
Fortnnato ............. Miss Muriel Varna

(Jianetto Sanpiero ....... Mr. Esme" Percy

1'iodoro Gamba ........ Mr. William Fazan

A Soldier ................. Mr. E. Marsden

Gluseppa ............. Miss Frances Dillon

Mateo Falcone ____ Mr. R. Henderson Bland

Court.

A-litd-in and Well Out of It, pantomime,
by Bruce Smith, music arranged by J.
Halliday, jun. (Performed by Drury Lane
Theatre Children.)

Albert Hall.

The Three. Barrows, four-act play, by
Charles MeKvoy. (London production,
June 10, Coronet.)
Alhrrt ................ Mr. Leonard Mudie

............ Mi^ Hilda Bruce Potter

Kir George Os&ler ....Mr. Kdward Landor

Louise Parker ............ Miss May Saker

M rs. Ciruddas ........ M i Lilian Christine

Geoilrey Parker .......... Mr. Ba^il Dean

Meux .......... Mr. B. Iden Payne

.im-kMm .............. Mr. Gerard Wynne

Picter .......... Mr. Charles B'ibby

,1 Frith ............ Mr. Henry Austin

Anna ................ Mi^ Mon.a Limerick

Robert Frith ............ Mr. Lewis Caeeon

Caroline Ossler ...... M iss Louise Holbrook

Gaiety. .Manchester.

What the Woman Suiil. i>:aylet, by Bertha
Graham 92, Victoria Street, S.W.

\The Else and Fall of Architecture, farcical
musical coined y (-jivin under the auspices
of the Architeotaixal MusJcal and Dra-
Society), book by " Purple Patch,"
music arranged and composed by Claude
Kelly Kir,- s Hall. W.C.

".^el by L. l> (
Wright.

Royal, Bath.

mn in the Mud, one-act play, by Una

.Mis* Jo&Ie Hurst

28. 17 n.

v.ey (Irfe) ..MLv

Mr. Wail

Ohairffle Howard Mr. Cbrle

Policeman M

28. The Fountain, comedy, in throe n<
George Oalderon.
Society.)

Kate Kerrieon

Mrs. CortAvritfi.t ....M

Dinah Klppm M iss Nan

Tom Oliver Mr. Hubert :

Chenda Wiren Jerrold

Jim Crow Mr. Frank CoHdne

n ' k Lloyd

.lellicoe

Mr. P. JVrciva! Clark

Jenny Jellicoe ne Rose

A Fat Woman !

A Widow Mi** Beatrice

An Idle Man Mr. Fr,-:

A Gloomy '.Man .Mr. Wilton Rose

A Little Man Mr. A. K. Filiner

Pontifex Mr. Fred Grove

Davenil Mr. Allan Wade

Nix Mr. Robert Bolder

Postman Mr. Val Cuthbert

A Foreman Carter ..Mr. Art-bur Bachner

Palmer Mr. Ross Shore

Aidwych.

28. Sister Beatrice, miracle in three acts, by
Maurice Maeterlinck (translated by Ber-
nard Miall). (Produced by the Play
Actors.)

The Holy Virgin (in )
the likeness of f Miss Margaret Damor
Sister Beatrice) )

The Abbess Miss Frances WetheraJl

M is< Lorna Laurence

Sister Clemency Mttea Kathleen Rind

Sister Felicity M :. Jess 1

Balbina ....Miss Gwendolen
Repimi Miss Cicely Hamilton

The Priest Mr. Reginald Ravington

Prince BelMdor Mr. A. S. Homewood

LdtUe Allette Miss Catherin-

Nuns, Beggars, Pilgrims :
Nolan, O'Connor, i .--hews, Ben&u-

san, Sponti, Furnivall, Deville, Denton,
Mayo. Mar>luill. Kv^l.-iirh, Heathcote;
Messrs. Heathcote, Hubert, 1

Court.

29.JFor Wife and Kingdom, drama in four acts,
by Ward Bailey. (Originally produced at
the Royal, Smethwick, on March 8.)
General Von Nestolde

Mr. J. Sutton Pateanan
Captain Lubeck .... Mr. M. H. Glenville
Sergeant OnYr.baeh. .Mr. OhM 11. Uallitr

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STAGE Y&AR BOOK.

MARCH-APRIL

For Wife and Kingdom (continued).

Baron Maurice Breslaw..Mr. Albert Guyon

Karl LudhiajT Mir. Fred Osmond

Secretory Mr. T. Vaxney

Jan Mr. Lewis Gordon

Paul Mr. Henry Smythe

Trooper Ruskin Mr. E. Hamilton

Trooper Tybert Mr. Robert Mann

Trumpeter Gooche Mr. George Owen

Esther Miss Lillian Malvern

Nita Constadt Miss Alice Buckland

Ottilie Schwartz Miss Mabel Veriton

Camille Von Nestolde Mass M. R. Frame

Grand Duchess Marie Miss Hettie Zillwood

Lyric, Hammersmith.

29. Twenty Days in the Shade, farcical comedy,

in three acts, adapted by Paul M. Potter
from the French of Hennequin and Veber.

Comte de Merville .. Mr. Charles Norton

Pantruche Mr. Hubert Druce

"Shorty" Mr. Augustus Wheatman

Touplin des Bonnaires Mr. H. Dansey

Chantanelle Mr. Claude Haviland

Albert Thomerel ....Mr. G. N. Heathcote

Francois Mr. David Hallam

Colette de Merville ....Miss Kate Turner

Madame Lafont Miss Isabel Merson

Madame Meran Miss Murielle Langley

Denise Miss Helen Child

Rose Miss Marie St. Paul

Royal, Margate.

29.J.4 Boy's Proposal, play, in one act, by
Arthur E'Ckensley. (Originally produced
at the Empire, Birmingham, on February
15.)
Augustus Sheringham..Mr. Hubert Willis

Tom Master Philip Tonge

Lady Pilkington Miss May Chevalier

Dean Mr. P. L. Julian

Adelphi.

30. A Divided Duty, play, in one act, by Ger-

trude Mouillot.

Piet Els Mr. Kenyon Musgrave

Jack Rivers Mr. Basil Mercer

Sanna Rivers Miss Margaret Busse

Lyceum Club

SQ.\\'ihe Superior Sex, comic opera, in three
acts, written by H. D. Banning, composed
by J. H. Maunder.

Berenice Miss Nance Tarling

Aurora Miss Maude Gordon

Iris Miss Gertrude Gardner

Daphne Mrs. Gerald Wray

Mrs. Mendum Miss Ethel Jones

Colonel Faddes Mr. A. H. Phillips

Marmaduke Fitzpulkin-ghorne

Mr. R. Sharland

Joe Mullighan Mr. T. J. Cook

Bill BLogg Mr. H. Wilkins

Jim Smith Mr. Arthur Wheeler

Bob Jones Mr. Macfarlane

Harry Brown Mr. C. Lumb

Jack Robinson Mr. Fred J. Klein

Algernon Mr. Fred Whisstock

Empire, Southend.

30. A Decadent Dialogue, duologue, by Mrs.
Haig Thomas.

Velasquez Green Mr. William Fa?

Violet Gray Mrs. Gwendolen Bishop

Lyceum Club.

Sl.HFrom Convent to Throne, play, in four
acts, by J. A. Campbell. (Production,
July 26, Rotunda, Liverpool. London pro-
duction, September 6, Lyric, Hammer
emith.) Osborne, Manchester.

APRIL.

1. A Small Holding, one act farce, by F. >J.
Evans Broadway.

1. Bevis, comed'y, in three acts, by Huberx

Henry Davies. Last performance (the
40th) May 8.

Marquis of Bewdley..M.r. A. E. Matthews
Lord Herbert Penrose..Mr. C. M. Lowne
Sir Philip Merryweather..Mr. Ivo Daw&on

Mr. Hopkins Mr. C. V. France

Harrison Mr. Horton Cooper

Ernest Mr. Arthur Minton

Parrott Mr. L. H. Kendrick

George Mr. E. F. Meads

Marchioness of Bewdley..Miss H. Watson
Lady Marryweather..Miss Nina Sevening
Rachel Hopkins. .Miss Madge Titheradge

Mrs. Pym Miss Lottie Venne

Haymarket.

2. Enter the Bishop, farce, in one act, by

Mrs. J. A. Hobson.

Rev. Peter Merritt .. Mr. Arthur Fen.ton

Lucinda Miss Athene Seyler

Bishop of Burleigh.Mr. Arthur Broughton

Mrs. Struggles Mrs. S. Fen ton

-^South Place Institute.

3. Cupid's Isle, two-act musical comedy, by

Gerald Ransley.

Dan Carey Mr. Gerald Ransley

Jock McGhie Mr. J. Sidney Gorrie

Mikestein Mr. Fred C. Dare

Mosenstein Mr. George Parry

Hon. Ferdy Fitzfop..Mr. C. R. Sandown

Hankey Bryan Mr. Jack Crellin

Miffins Miss Alma Ransley

Madame Omarni....Miss Kitty Melburne

La Silflda Mia Vera Moulton

Molly Jones Miss Nancy Beveridge

Mrs. Jawarp Miss Mary Vernon

Edn,a Bryan Miss Mariel Harris

David Lewis Club. Liverpool.

4. A Stage Name, play, in one act, by Ina

Rozant.

Jack Gray Mr. Ernest Deans

Mrs. Adams Miss Maud Kirwan

Alice Harrington.. Mi Evelyn Vanderzee
Rehearsal.

5 Artful Miss Dearing, Satirical comedy, in
three acts, by Arthur Law. (London pro-
duction, April 10, Terry's.)
Hon. Alaric Dawley .. Mr. Piaiul Arthur
Palgnave Diawley .... Mr. C. W. Somerset

Judson Blew Mr. Arthur Longley

MoBiilock Mr. G. Ingleton

Servant Mr. E. Vane

Lady Gertrude Dawley .... Miss Gnanville

Lady Bun Miss Bate Phillips

Arabella Diawley .... Mies Phyllis Embury

Kate Miss E. Mayne

Piajtience Dearing .. Mass Annie Hughes
D.P., Eas.tbbu.rne.

5.%When a Lass Loves, melodrama, in four
acts, by Tom Craven. (Originally produced
at the Royal, Miargate, November 23,
1908.)

Caleb Crass Mr. John Detliv

Dr. Allan Crass Mr. Arthur Cornell

Anthony Greig .... Mr. A. C. Thornhill

Bertram Bridge ..-. Mr. Wm. Riley

Slack Mr. Louis Palgrave

Reggie Stapleton Mr. Percy Cahill

Calvin Chase Mr. H. Ainger

Newsboy Mr. J. S. Streete

Porter Mr. L. Fass

Officer Mr. Lionel Barton

Nina May Miss P. Rickmound

Cynthia Bridge .... Miss Janet Warden

Boyce Moss Jessie Lothiian

Consitance Lane Miss Nona Hoffe

Dal&ton.

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5. Moiir.*/ mid Mint. ]< , in a pro-

hree >act, adapted by

nM\ri, " Whosoever shall oit.-n.l.

dun prndui-tion, April I'.', Ll'-pliant and

tie.)

Mr. D i
n&alvi .. M

M:. '

::ll

.... Mte \
Cbntessa Madellina d.-ll' Anni

Grifflee
Aurora deJl 1 Anui .... Mi-.- May Nellson

Royal, Br

Tlie Open Sen, M-iinMi pit;

Aiiu'fl (iiiirin'i a, ! r:m-!:it . <l by Frank Roe
find dr.-iM Ann-. (London production,
May ID, Marlboioui:h.i

.. Mr. W. La.w>n Butt

Don Carloa Mr. A. C. '

I'Vrran Mr. Norman Trevor

Mr. Willfcun WaJshe

.In an Mr. George Buchanan

Malek Mr. Walter T. <

Mahomet Mr. C. H. Kersley

Osman Mr. Fred Epi'tiaux

Roque Mr. Frederick Brook

Guillen Mr. Frank Hilton

Blanca Miss Ruth Maitland

Royal, Manchester.

'The School for Scandnl. Richard Brinsley
Sheridan's comedy. (Originally produced
at Drury Lane, May 8, 1777.) Last per-
formance (the 100th) July 17.

Sir Peter Teazle Mr. Tree

Sir Oliver Surface .... Mr. Henry Neville
Sir Harry Bumper .. Mr. R. Cunningham
Sir Benjamin Backbite. .Mr. H. V. Esmond

J<xsoph Surface Mr. Basil Gill

Charles Surface Mr. Robert Loraine

Careless Mr. Charles Quartermaine

Snake Mr. James Hearne

Crabtree Mr. Edward Terry

Rowley Mr. Hermann Vezin

Mr. Lionel Broaigh

Sir Toby Mr. Carleton Rex

Trip Mr. Godfrey Tearle

Servant to Joseph .. Mr. Henry Morrel]

Lady Teazle Miss Marie Lohr

Maid to Lady Teazle.. Miss Laura Cowie
Mrs. Candour .... Miss Suzanne Sheldon
M.-vid to Lady Sneerwell Miss G. de W'ilden

Maria Mi^ Dagrruar Wiehe

Lady Sneerwell Miss Ellis Jeffreys

His Majesty'?

8. The Earth, play, in four acts, by James
Bernard Fagan. (For cast see London
production, Kingsway, April 14.) O.H.,
Torquay.

ful Miss Bearing, comedy, in three acts,
by Arthur Law. (Originally produced at
the D.P., Eastbourne, April 5.) Last per-
formance (the 16th) April 24.
Hon. Alaric Dawley .. Mr. Paul Arthur

Palsrave Dawley Mr. C. W. Somerset

n Blew Mr. Arthur Lomgley

Servant Mr. Allingbon

McBittock Mr. George Ingleton

Lady Gertude Dawley Miss Granville

Lady Bun Miss Kate Phillips

Arabella Dawley Miss Phyllis Embury

Kate Miss E. Mayne

Patience Dearing Miss Annie Hughes

Terry's.

0. An Old Man's Darling, domestic drama,
in four acts, by D. M. C. Granville
Queen's, Liverpool. (S.P., March 18,
Prince's, Preston.)

10. The Willow Pattern Plate, Chinese musical
K, written and composed by
Buglnie Magniu. (Originally presented
aa a music hall sketch.)

Taal Yon

Kao-ton-ki Mr. John Clutow

ii Miaj Nancy Rowiter

Terry'*.

10. A Servant of the Public, dramatisation, in
four acts and an epilogue, by David Kim-
ball, of Anthony \\<>\,.
production, '|Yrr\'.-.

.do Haviland

.-. Wheatman

\v<.od Mr. Cliarlea Norton

Lady Irene Kilnorton..

Alice Muddock Miai Kate Turner

Janet Miw Vera Hood

Ora Pinsent Mte Isabel Mer*>n

Royal, Margate.

10. A Small Holding, farce, in one act.
Howell Evans.

Ella Treloan Miss Maerv O'Hea

Rex Thorndike Mr. George Deamond

Horace Cnagg .... Mr. George F. Tully
Prince's, Manchester.

10. The Feud, play of Icelandic life of the
12th century, in three acts, by Edward
Garnett. (London production, June 11,
Coronet.)

Ungild Miss Ada King

Thora Mise Sybil Thorndike

Hordis Bruce Potter

Helga Miss Mona Limerick

Erling Mr. Charles Bibby

Walgerd Mi^s Beryl Mercer

Einar Gudmund Mr. Henry

Ospak Mr. Jules Shaw

Arnor Ceallacson . . Mr. Clarence DerVent

Dalla MLss Enid Meek

Gunbiorn Mr. Joseph A. Keogh

Stanthor Mr. Edward Landor

Ragnar Halldorsson. .Mr. Midsley Russell
Hallgrim Dyrakson....Mr. Gerald Wynne
Saemund Halldorason..Mr. Leonard Mudie

Bue Asbirning Mr. Lewis Casson

Gaiety, Manchester.

NJ.jrfte Gentleman JocKey, musical play, fn
three acts, by Ed-ward Marris, with inci-
dental music by Georce ESP. (Originally
produced at St.' Julian's, Jersey, October
18. 1907.)

Sir Francis Granmere. .Mr. H. N. Hancock
David Grayson .. Mr. HeHer le '
Frank Snakes\vort.h..Mr. T. W. Atherstone

Archie Fitzherbert Mr. L. Dalrymple

P.C. Blodgers .... Mr. George Bremvood

Tommy Mr. J. R. Tyrell

Grant Mr. P. le Sueur

Mitchell Mr. Henry Wood

P.C Barrowby Mr. Arthur Proctor

Jenny Jarvis Miss Lily Gold

Gray Miss Nora Melton

Moore Miss Rorie Chandler

Price Miss Dolly Payne

Bellamy Miss Edie Dawson

Kitty Granmere .. Miss Maisie Jerrard
Crystal Palace.

10. The Doorway, one-act episode, by Harold
Bri'jliou.-e. (London production, June 11,
Coronet.)

A Tramp Mr. Leonard Mudie

An Old Woman Miss Beryl Mercer

A Policeman Mr. Basil Dean

Gaiety. Manchester.

12. Was She to Blame? four-act melodrama,
by Mrs. F. G. Kimberley.
William Clarke .... Mr. F. G. Kimberley
rapt. Geo. Courtney .... Mr. Cyril York-
John Norman Mr. Henry Rutland

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Was She to Blame? (continued}.

Frank Resell Mr. Cecil Gray

T. J. F. Swales Mr. Willie Barrett

Dr. Forbes Mr. J. P. Lallen

Jim Harford Mr. Frank Hooper -

Jo-Sieiph Isaacs Mr. John Arthurs

P.C. Wilson Mr. Harry Stone

Alice Firearms Miss Florence Steyne

Sarah Swales Miss E. L. Barrell

Mary Norman Miss E-l'len Beverley

Lilian Norman Miss Maude Hastings

Mrs. Kate Roselle . . Mrs. F. G. Kimberley
Junct ion , M anches ter . .

13. Mr. Preedy and the Countess, farce, in
three acts, by R. C. Carton. Last per-
formance (the 237th) November 27.

Countess of Rushmere Miss Campion

Earl of R'Ushmere .. Mr. G. Davy Bumaby
Hon. R. Jennerway..Mr. A. Vane-Tempest

Lord Kinslow Mr. George E. Bellamy

John Bounsall Mr. Fred Lewis

Hamilton Preedy Mr. Weedon Grossmith

Mr. Sidgrave MT. Lytton Grey

Reginald Saunders Mr. Walter Pearce

Bilson Mr. Frederick Volp<

Chauffeur Mr. Claude Edmonds

Mrs. Sidgrave Miss Lydda Rachel

Emma Sidgrave Miss Shelley Calton

Harriet Budgen Miss Dora Barton

Criterion.

U.$The Earth, play, in four acts, by James
Bernard Pagan. (Originally produced at
the O.H., Torquay, April 8.) Last per-
formance (the 125th) July 31.
The Countess o<f Kilkrae Miss Lena Ashwell
Lady Susan Sturrage Miss Sarah Brooke

Miss Janion Miiss Florence Haydon

Sir Felix Janion .. Mr. Norman McKdnnel

Denzil Trevema Mr. Allan Aynesworth

Roger Morrish M;r. C. M. Halliard

The Earl of KiHone .. Mr. Dennis Eadie

Michael Dickson Mr. A. G. Poulton

Hector Strong Mr. Ernest Young

James Bent Mr. Reginald Eyre

Rev. Malcolm Mackenzie Mr. W. L. Warde

Robinson Mr. Arthur Phillips

Tu/pper Mr. Cecil Rose

Parker Mr. Roderick MacLeod

Kingsway.

15. How the Vote was Won, play, in one act,
by Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St.
John.
Winifred Duncan

Miss Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
Mrs. Horace Cole Miss Athene Seyler

Lily Miss Mignon Clifford

Horace Cole Mr. Nigel Playfak

Gerald Williams Mr. 0. P. Heiggie

Agatha Cole Miss Winifred Mayo

Molly Cole Miss Madeleine Roberts

Mme. Christine Mis Maud Hoffman

Miss Maudie Spark Miss Auriol Lee

Miss Elizabeth Wilkins . . Miss Helen Rous
Caxton Hall.

15. At a Junction, duologue, by Margaret
Young.

Caxton Hall.

16.!fA Woman's Way, comedy, in three acts,
by Thompson Buchanan.

Haymairket.

17. The Devil, play, in three acts, from the
Hungarian of Franz Molnar. by Henry
Hamilton. (S.P. April 27, 1908; P.O.W.,
Birmingham.) Last performance (the 26th)
May 35.
Gustave Vaillant .... Mr. Bassett Roe

Maurice Dufaure Mr. Vincent dive

Baron Tonrbinet Mr. J.-S. Ely the

Anatole de Crillon .... Mr. C. W. Blackall
Gaston Gericault Mr. Arthur Soames

Baget Mr. J. B. Gordon

The Devil M,r. Lyn Harddng

The Devil (continued).

Yvonne de Netrval .... Miss Glayds Mason

Mimi Vernon Miss Constance Hyein

Mme. du Chauffault Mrs. Raleigh

Mile. d'Hyrvoix Miss Helen Leyton

Mme. Baron Mrs. Rose Edouin

Helene Vaillant . . Miss Alexandra Carlisle
Adelphi.

\7.\\The Indiscretion of Elizabeth, play, in three
acts, by Mrs. C. Campbell Wa'rdrop.

Williams Mr. Harold Leighton

Lady Elizabeth Wargnave..Miss M. A. Forde
Lady Belinda Ennismore.Mrs. Harry Astley
Lord Augustus Ennismore Mr. H. Astley
Angelina Holland Miss Margaret Kinson
Geoffrey Manningham, M.D., Mr. H. Wills
Ethel Manningham .. Miss M. Hay thorn
Hon. Reggie Cartwright .. Mr. R. Evans

Philip Trennaine Mr. Henry Harding

Balfour Inst., Liverpool.

17. Oiily Amateurs, duologue, by Harold Mon-

tague. Balfour Institute, Liverpool.

17.\\A Love-Crowned King, play, in one act, by
Philip B. Kirk Stedman.

Mleus Mr. P. Kirk Stedm.au

Melissa Mass Eltfyn Diehl

St. Mary's Church Room, Primrose Hill

l7.\\Hope, play, in one act, by Philip B. Kirk
Stedman.

A Youth Mr. Cyril Way

A Maid Miss Elwyn Diehl

fit. Mary's Church Room, Primrose Hill.

18. Chains, play, in four acts, by Elizabeth

Baker. (Produced by the Play Actors.)

Lily Wilson Miss Gillian Scalfe

Charley Wilson Mr. Ashton Pearse

Fred Tennant Mr. Gordon A. Parker

Maggie Massey Miss Rose Mathews

Morton Leslie Mr. Leonard Calved;

Sybil Frost Miss Doris Digby

Percy Massey Mr. Harold Chaplin

Thomas Fenwick .. Mr. Sebastian Smith

Alfred Mass-ey Mr. Clive Cunrie

Mrs. Massey Miss Marion Sterling

Walter Foster Mr. A. K. Aylitf

Coura

19. The Ways of Men, play, in four acts, by

E. Vivian -Edmonds.

Freda Cutler Miss Mary Austin

Esther Vaughan ..Miss Florence Hamilton

Zambi Miss Ethel Vinroy

Iris Treherne Miss Lilith Gabriel

Mrs. Anthony Fawcett Miss Fanny Bower

Lady Calmere Miss Mabel Strong

Lucy Miss Nelly Hayes

Lord Oalmere Mr. E. Vivian Edmonda

Philip Oalmere Mr. Stewart Quart-ermaine
Major Courtenay .... Mr. Fredk. Barker
Capt. Jude Rawson

Morris Barker

John Brooks

Cuthbert Miggs

Sir John B rough

Slugiy

Binks

Mr. J. Milne Taylor

Mr. Stanley Hoban

Mr. William Manning

Mr. Harry Harrop

. Mr. Percy Gi'beon

Mr. Charles Binns

Mr. Peter Stewart

Kasrel Mr. Allan Howr

VaJro Mr. George France

Hassan ..! Mr. Edward Todd

Ottinia Mr. Otto Giage

Orderly Mr. John Brown

Royal, Rochdale.

19. A Eogue at Large, dnama, in four acts, by
L. C. Cassidy.

Oiney O'Neil Mr. J. Rice Cassldy

Nannie Fitzgerald .. Mrs. J. Rice Caseidy

Tom Fitzgerald Mr. Rolf Leslie

Ned Lorrimer Mr. Charles Road-Night

Lazy Larry Mr. James Kay

Lawyer Griffen Mr. Henry Compt

Jas. Machonachie..Mr. J. Kingsley Royd*
A Showinau Mr. Fred Valle

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Mr. Jno. Lun/ton

A n. M

_'<> Mr. <

Ro-

Amanda

\ I' .in .. Mb*

;.;//./> n ml 1 1"

Mr. Ili-ri

Mr. l>u:

:ie Mr. :ndiko

: Mr. Keiiym Mi;

; > Mr. \\ illiam H

lO Mr. .1. (

Mr. \V. :o\vay

Friar Laurence Mr. Will Dennis

i - ; in Mr. A. Kam.-.a\ .M I

j Mr. Douglas Homer

Peter Mr. Stanley Lathbury

Atii am Mr. George Owen

vary Mr. i 'inlike

to I'aris Mr. Clifford Lomer

, ant Mr. Wilfrrd I

3 Miss Juliet II ;;

Montague .. Miss F.t-4elle \\ .
Lady Cui'ii- : . . M -- i; ' :: i, \ tterville

MH> Fay Davis

bo Juliet Mrs. K. II. 'Brooke

. Court.

E'lxfUi'. the Boy Musician, melodnajna, in a
iic and two acts, l>y Alfred Millard.

Nana Miss Phyllis ReJph

M iss Step/hanie Baring

Mr. Andre: Mentot

Rastrom Mr. Francis G ifford

!e Mr. Ellerslie Pyne

Raz/io Mr. J. H. Da^nley

Mart zo Mr. W. F. Stir'ing

Gosse Mr. Hornby Warburton

n Mr. F. H. Warde

i Mr. J. F. Fox

G atone Mr. Gordon Kingsley

Queen's, Manchester

.IMoneif and Man, play, in a prologue anr?

. adapted by Harold Comiber

from F. Marion Crawford's novel.

" \VhoM.e\er shall Offend." (Originally

produced at the Royal, Bradford, April

5.).

Folco Corbario Mr. D. Lew in Mannering
io ror.salvi .. Mr. Haldane Dalton
-or Kalmon Mr. Joseph Pater Wiat-t

Ercole Mr. George E. Pelhiam

Footman Mr. H. Spain

Signora Consalvi. .Mies Leah Marlborough
-.^a Miaddalena dell' Arnii

Mis. Ethel Grifflee

Aurora dell' Anni Miss May Neilson

Regina Miss Violet Lewis

Elephant and Castle.
Life's Stepping-Stones, melodrama, in four
acts, by F. E. Archer-Smitli.

Tx>rd Val-arrir; Mr. H. S. Dimle-avy

Hon. Stuart Valiwris Mr. Win. Maels-ack

,'d Lyndhursit Mr. A. O'l,
\nnesley .. Mr. F. E. Archer

Rutland Vane Mr. 8. Staniford

Ernstine Mr. Oscar Tole

Bfolivins Mr. E. Re-inald Staniford

Lady Valcurris Miss Annie likidjo

May Castleton Miss Cicely Darragh

Klsa Vane Miss Hilda Channing

P. H., Wolverton.

'dy, p!*y, in four acrU, b
tnce (the

MiM AUc'

.. Mi.-<- \'

Laund

Ko.-:.~ M:. A ', - Sirr.s

Vtu-.

Stalking-Horsr. >me<ly by

Lyon Carr.

George Hennik;r .. ; ;n Preston

M,ay Henndker .... M:

Lady Windi-r

Captain Travera Mr. U. K Darnant

Shaw Mr. H. 1-

-Institute, Shanklin.

21. The White Dove, one-act play, by Richard

11. Powell.

Dr. Norman Faraday.. Mr. M.-tcalfe Wood

HiklfbraiKl I

Oar

Lieut. Bernard Howson ' Dougiae

Durrant

Helen Faraday ..

Royalty, Gla

22. Sin and the Sinner, "society drama" by

H. Morton Baird.

Hon. Gerald Carlton .. Mr N

Tanner .... Mr Richard Sullivan

Samuel Hawkins Mr. J. A. Murray

Detective Wolff Mr. A. James

Butler M -lanfree

The Lady Joan Desmond Barry

Mrs. Lamon Miss Georciua Hamilton

Rosa Leslie Miss Claire To-

Mrs. Fancourt "An Australian"

Castle, Richmond.

22.tZ'/ie Passing of Paul Dombey, dram-at'ic
episode in one act, by Claude Tr.

Paul Miss Hope Tr

Florence M>

The Doctor Mr. H. C.

Borough, Stratford.

22. || Cinder- Ellaline, fairy play, in three scene*,
by Leonard Shaw.

Maligna Mr. Harry Bark

Sunbeam Miss Minnie Paull

Prince Alec Miss Dulcie Brooke

Bubble Miss ELsie William*

Squeak Miss Mabel Hogg

Baron Touchango .... Mr. Leonard Shaw

Horatio Mr. Thou

Sarah Jane Miss Florrie Smith

Ann Bfi Maud Standen

knalrne M -

Fairies, Guests, etc. 1
D. Bunker. R. Carroll, E B-
Smith, M. Bell. E. Standen. B. Gibson
St. Peter's Mission, Friern B..

22. Cupid nnd a Caravan, plav, in two acts
by Arthur !

Jack ClmrchiU Mr Joha Gillett

Bertie Danvers Mr. Herbert Webb

Charlie Summers Mr. Charles Browne

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Cupid and a Caravan (continued).

Daisy Primrose Misa Ethel D. Page

Lilian Primrose Mies Boa trace Salter

Gladys Primrose Mass Gladys Sheehan

Prise ilia Primrose Mr. Tony Rendle

Nita Miss Evia Gold

-Crouch End Assembly Rooms.
22- Polly Lowe's Lover, play, in one act, by
Arthur Leslie.

Bill Lowe Mr. John Gdlleitt

Kate Lowe Miss Gladys Sheehan

Polly Lowe Mass Beatrice Salter

Henry Lowe Mr. Tony Rendle

Bob Hastings Mr. James S. Webb

Crouch End Assembly Rooms.

22 The Widow Budd, play, in one act, by
Arthur Leslie.

M.ary Budd Miss Ethel D. Page

Bob Budd Mr. John Glillett

Mrs. Perkins Moss Eva Gold

Mr. Briggs Mr. C. A. Browne

Crouch End Assembly Rooms.

22, The Secretary's Secret, play, in one act, by

Arthur Leslie

Hilary Jessop Mr. Herbert Webb

Irene Jessop Miss Gladys Sheeihati

Horace Muir Mr. William Montague

James Mr. C. A. Browne

Crouch End Assembly Rooms.

22.\\The Storm, play, in one act, by Hugh
B>arden.^Abbey, Dublin.

22.\\Paid in His Own Coin, comedy, in three
tacts, by Thomas King Moyl an. Abbey,
Dublin.

23. The Concealed Bed in the Parlour, come-

dietta of Glasgow life, by Graham Moffat.

Bob Dew.ar Mr. Graham Moffat

Norman Blair Mr. Archibald Murray
Mrs. Deiwar Miss M. Eraser Sanderson

Madge Dewar Miss Kate Moffat

Miss Ciavers Miss Madge Row

Athenaeum, Glasgow.

23*Cymbeline, Shakespeare's pday.

Cymibeline Mr. E. A. Warfcurton

Cloten Mr. H. 0. Nicholson

Posthumous Leonatus. . Mr. F. R. Beneon

Belarius Mr. G. Hanmam CLark

Guiderius Mr. F. G. Worlock

Aryiragus Mr. Guy B. Ratbbone

Philario Mr. Moffat Johnston

lachimo Mr. Cyril Keightley

Caius Lucius Mr. Ribton Balnea

Pisanio Mr. Murray Carrington

Cornelius Mr. J. P. WILson

A Frenchman Mr. W. W. Caithness

First Lord Mr. Alfred Wild

Second Lord Mr. Harry Came

Queen Miss Helen Haye

Imogen Miss Margaret HaMan

Helen Miss Marion Foreman

Stratford -on- Avon.

23. A Scrape o' the Pen, Scottish comedy
drama, in two acts, by Graham Moffat.

Flora McGilp Miss Margaret Nobla

Eippie Oliphant Inglis Miss W. Moffat

Mrs. Dasihwood Miss Kate Moffat

Hugh Menzies .... Mr. A. P. Roxburgh

Leezie Inglis Mrs. Graham Moffat

Matha Inglis Mr. Graham Moffat

Jean. Louther or Menzies. .Miss. N. MoLinden

Alec Inglis Mr. Alex Ogilnrie

Athenaeum, Glasgow.

Z3.\\Revenge, one-act episode, written by Low
Wiarren.

Dr. Davis -Mr. Sydney Pickford

Gladys Mrs. Low Warren

Walter Wright Mr. Bart Kehoe

Charles Stringer .. Mr. F. A. L. Haycraft
Town Hall, Broughton.

23. Colonel Smith, light comedy, in four acte,
by A. E. W. Mason. Last performance

(the 15th) May 7.
Colonel Smith
Admiral Grice

Wm. Faraday,
.Robert Taryer
James Raleigh
Henry Steele

performance

Mr. George Alexander
Mr. William Farren

J.P...Mr. E. V. Reynolds
... Mr. Evelyn Beerbohm
Mr. Ernest Thesigef

Mr. Reginald Owen

Martin Mr. Henry Kitte

Celia Faraday Miss Irene Vanbrugh

Madge Rockingham Mi&s L. Bilbrooke

Phyllis Faraday Miss Althea Francies

Evelyn Trenchard Miss Dorothy Green

St. James's.

24 The Conquest, play, in three acts, by

George Fleming. Last performance (the
7th) April 30.

Col. Armand de Montriveau.. Lewis Waller
Chevalier Du Pr6..Mr. Herbert Jarm*m
The Marquis de Marly.. .Mr. Shiel Barry
Vicomte de Nolac Messenier..A. E. George

Le Gay Mr. Alec F. Thompson

Duchesse de Langeais Miss M. Ediioitt

Comtesse de Cerny..Miss Frances Dillon

Claire de Paves Miss Dorothy Dix

Madame de Breze\.M5ss Georgie Esmond
Superior of the Convent. .Miss R. Filippl

Justine Miss Gladys Storey

A Nun Miss Gwendoline Floyd

-Lyric.

25 Chatterton, play, in four acts, by Profes-

sor M. A. Gerothwohl (founded on the
French of Alfred de Vigny), with a pro-
logue by Professor Edward Dowden.
(Produced by the Dramatic Production*
Club and the Revival Company.)

Kitty Bell Miss Ella Erskine

Rachel Bell Miss Madge Yenning

The Doctor .... Prof. M. A. Gerothwohl
Thomas Chatterton .. Mr. S. Esone" Percy

John Bell Mr. Leonard Calvert

Earl of Talbot Mr. C. Leveson-Laae

The Lady Frances Miss V. Addison

Servant Mr. Charles Wemys*

- S'ir James Beckford. .Mr. Robert Bolder

Court.

26. Come Michaelmas, comedy, in one act by
Keble Howard.

John Cogbilil Mr. Arthur Soamee

Mr. Cogbill Mr. George W. Part*

Mrs. Cogbill Mrs. Rose Edouin

Oharity Miss Pearl Keats

Adelphi.

26. The Angel of His Dreams, domestic drama,
in four acts, by George A. de Gray.

Rev. C. Estdaile Mr. G. A. de Gray

Major Dudley Ferrars Mr. C. Burdon

Sir Francis Tregarthen Mr. G. Brooke

Roy Ferrars Mr. Robert Hall

Sam Tippett Mr. Tom T. Taylor

Det. Seng. Roberts Mr. W. Thornton

Detective Smart... Mr. Charles WakefleL

P.C. Smith Mr. Bert Carlt

Milly St. AstelL.Miss Isla Garnet-V,aj

Bessie Sparkles Mis,s Etta Tunu

L"hi Miss Ida Thomps

Hilda Revelle Miss Florence Nels

-^Royal, Castlefor

26. Trespassers will be Prosecuted, threes
modern play, by M. A. Arabian.
Sophy Drey .... Mi&s Hilda Bruce Pott

Oscar Eckersley Mr. B. Iden Pa]

Gertrude Eckersley. .Miss Sybil Thor
Thomas Eckersley Mr. Henry Austin

Peter Droylsden Mr. Jules Shaw

Sir Laud Duncomb Mr. Charles Bibby

Christophera Miss Mona Limerick

A Footman Mr. Gerard Wynr

Hon. Cyril Hinmers....Mr. Lewis Casson
Gaiety, Manchester.

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irarna, by Charle*
Camille 3

' hi- Dllr.ll, \S run .

Covenl

I'lay in Little, play, in one act, by Ian
Robertson.

Man) .1 Powell

.. Mr. Ian Roberteon

.ao

Philippe Mr. S. T!

..-liani.

1'roof, one-act play, by Al:<x- (

.l:m I'at.t r.M, n Mr. ArMinr P. Bell

S.dn. v IN-.- Mr. Launcelot St. Q. I

r* m .... Miss Doria I
K

>... March Hare farcical comedy, in three
acte, by Ham!, I Smit-li.
Uncle John Croker .. Mr. H. C. K

Dr. Dart Mr. H. W. P. Bennette

Rev. Joshua Fkwitt .. Mr. M. 1). Angus

Dr. Lister Mr. A. H

James Bolton Mr. J. H. Roberta

Sykes Mr. A. S. Anderson

Mw. Tiverton .... Miss A. C. Mackenzie

Lucy Miss May Dean

Kate Miss Winne/frede Cowie

Mrs. Pilling Miss Thereee Jackson

Mary Miss Louie E. Smith

Royal, Barken-head.

"'he Merchant of Venice, Shukeepe are's

play.

Dnike of Venice .. Mr. Herbert Bunston

Prince of Morocco Mr. Kenyon Musgrave

Antonio Mr. Will Dennis

Ka-anio Mr. Gerald Lawrence

Oratiano Mr. W. Edwyn Holloway

Salania Mr. J. Carols Cobb

Salarino Mr. Wilfred Fletcher

Lorenzo Mr. Duncan Yarrow

Shylock Mr. William Haviland

Tuhal Mr. Russell Thorndike

Launce-lot Gobbo Mr. S. Lathbury
Old Gobbo .... Mr. Russell Thorndike

Leonardo Mr. Clifford Lomer

Balthazar Mr. A. Ramsay Macbeth

; no Mr. George Owen

Clerk of the Court Mr. Macbeth

A Gaoler Mr. Douglas Homer

Portia Miss Fay Davis

Nerissa Mass Esme Hubbard

Jessica Miss Dorothy Bell

Court.

J'ersian Princess, Oriental musical play,
written by Leedham Bantock and P. J.
Barrow, lyrics by Percy Greenbank, music
by Sidney Jones, additional numbers by
Marie Home. Last performance (the
i) July 3.

Kini: Khayyam Mr. George Graves

Prince Hassan Mr. Clarence Blakistoa

Prince Omar Mr. Noel Fleming

The Lady Ayala Miss Lily Iris

Swaak Mr. Horace Mills

Amm Zad Mr. John Morley

El Tabloid Mr. Aubrey Fitzgerald

Akbar Mr. J. Warren Foster

Mustapha Mr. Sidney Bracey

Wunbarest Mr. John Lawson

Tubarest Mr. Richard Attwood

K'hpmynkaud Mr. James Haughton

Dhiskord Mr. James Bernard

Mpoani Mr. Lionel Braham

Mpogo Mr. Willie HarUll

Zingarie Miss Carrie Moore

Ujujube Miss Vivien Talleur

Selim Master George Burns

Zoraida Miss Jessie Lonnen

.10 M^-. r

Dou MIM Hilda .-

Davie*
. Miss Ma;.

->a Yolene M-ie I

Qi,

28.HTh Merry Widow Twankey, rn
comedy farce, in one act, by

pell .... Mr. T. E. Sinclair

Hnmkstone Chine .. Mr. I'./rcy Maitland
-i Samp* M Joe Bardley

Mr. Mannailiiki- Mr. Gerald Spencer

Belle I. Mise Lilian Earle

Mrs. Saii'i <ut

Jofeie Farr
Royal, Wolverharn.

28. The Convenient Lover, farce, '.n or, 2 act,
by Catherine Roxbu:

Arthur Primm.-'- Mr. V. Maclure

Violet Bell Mi.'xs Jeaj.

Ethel Miss Helen Mad).

George Bell .. Mr. Montague Rut-herfurd
Royalty

28. The Arcadians, fantastic mu&ical play, in

three acts, written by Mark Ambient and
A. M. Thompeon, with lyrics by
W'imperis, and music by Lionel Monckton
and Howard Tal'bot.

James Smith > ,, no ,, . .

Simplicita 9 ; Mr - Dan Bol *

Peter Doody Mr. Alfre*!

Jack Meadows Mr. H. E. Pearce

Bobby Mr. Nelson Lcy

Sir George Paddock .. Mr. Akerman i!ay

Percy Marsh Mr. Deane Percival

Reggie Mr. Charles Chanm-r

Sir Timothy Ryan Mr. Chas. Strool

Harry Desmond Mr. George '

James Withers .... Mr. Walter L. Rignolii

Hooten Mr. Arthur Johnstons

Time Mr. George Elton

MJB. Smith Misa Ada Blanche

Lady Barclay Miss Violet G

Lucy Sebvyn Miss Muriel II

Marion Mirs Mary Berye

Beatrice MUs Violet

Amaryllis Miss Billie Sinclair

Daphne M :.>s M .

Dryope Miss Dorotl

Eileen Cavanagh Miss Phyi

Chrysea Miss May Kinder

Asbrophel Mr. H. E. Pearce

Strephon Mr. Charles Charteris

Damoetas Mr. S.

Sombra M is< Florence Smithson

- afte^bury.

29. Burglars! jlay, in one act. by Sivori Levey.

Rose RadcLitte '

Robert Radclifle Mr. Shv

Bijou, BayewAter.

29.\\The Merciful Lie, piay in one act, by J.
Morton Lewia and Frank Bentz, dra-
matised from a story by the former.
Benjamin Conisbee..Mr. Carrington Willii

Jiane* Coniabee Miss Caroline Lee

Ned Mr. Ohariea Bond

St. John's Hall, Palmer'e Green.

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30.*t-4n Enemy of the People, Ibsen's play.
(Originally produced at the Haymarket,
June 14, 1893.) His Majesty's (Afternoon).

SO. Lollipop Lane, opera in three acts.
Pavilion, Keswiek.

30. Zaza, opera, in four acts, by Ruggiero
Leoncavallo. (Played first at the Lirko,
Milan, on November 10, 1900.)

Zaz.a Signora De Re,stie

Anaide Signora Grassier

Florlana Signora Gawlowska

Natalia Signora Garagnanl

S'ignora Dufresne Signora Massia

To to Signorina. Barterra

Emilio Dufresne Signor Ciccolini

Cascart Signor Pompa

Bussy Signor Putiatin

Lartigon Signor Russi

Marco Signor Barterra

Malardot Signor Antonini

Due Ion Signor Quintina

Miehelin Signor Boldrini

Curtois Signor Marcucci

Coronet.

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l.*0ne of the Best, drama, by Seymour Hicks
and George Edwardes. (Originally pro-
duced at the Adelphi, December 21, 1895.)
Last performance (the 31st) May 29.

Dudley Keppell Mr. Henry Ainley

Philip Ellsworth .. Mr. H. A. Saintsbury
Lieut.-Gen. Coventry. .Mr. Alfred Brydone
Sir Archibald McGregor. .Mr. F. Llewellyn
The Rev. Dr. Penrose .. Mr. Edgar Payne
Baron von Veltheim .. Mr. J. Robertshaw

Private Jupp Mr. Harry Nicholls

Sergt. Hennessy..Mr. J. Graeme Campbell

Corp. Smythe Mr. Geoffrey Douglas

Private Montressor Mr. R. Brennand

Private Ginger Mr. Cecil Boyle

Private Snipe Mr. George Elliston

Private White Mr. Edward Leith

Jason Jupp Mr. Rothbury Evans

President of Council.. Mr. William Wilson

Esther Coventry Miss Nancy Price

Mary Penrose Miss Beatrice Terry

Kitty Spencer Miss Dido Drake

Mrs. Spencer Miss Kate Kearney

Aldwych.

l.*The Three Musketeers, play, adapted from
the novel of Alexandra Dumas by Henry
Hamilton. (Originally produced at the
Metropole, Camberwell, September 12.
1898; Globe, October 22. 1898. Revived
Lyric, March 3, 1909.) Last performance
(the 18th) May 15 Lyric.

2. What the Public Wants, play, in four acts,
by Arnold Bennett. (Produced by the
Stage Society.) See also under date 27.

Saul Kendrick Mr. Charles Troode

Sir Charles W organ Mr. James Hearn

Page Boy Mr. Cyril Bruce

Francis Worgan Mr. Dennis Eadie

Simon Macquoid .. Mr. Frederick Lloyd
Emily Vernon .. Miss Margaret Halstan

Holt St. John Mr. W. G. Fay

Samuel Cleland Mr. Leonard Calvert

Mrs. Cleland .... Mi&s Frances Wetherall

Servant Miss Florence Harwcod

Mrs. Downes Miss Alice Mansfield

Annie Worgan Miss Amy Lamborn

John Worgan Mr. H. R. Hignett

James Brindley Mr. A. G. Poulton

Mrs. Worgan Mrs. E. H. Brooke

Edward Brindley Mr. Allan Wade

Aldwych.

3. Hush Money, or the Disappearance of
Sexton Blake, drama, in four acte.

Mr. Sexton Blake .. Mr. Murray Yorke
Mr. John Shard .. Mr. Riddell Robinson
The Earl of Montresor. .Mr. A. Alexander

Lord Mervyn Walgrave Mr. E. Thane

Pedro The Bloodhound

Tinker Mr. Jack Denton

Nathan Finch Mr. John Raymond

Jem Tooley Mr. George Claremont

John Mr. Frank Watts

Bill Jukes Mr. Herbert Russell

Old Ben Masterman .. Mr. Henry Broad
A Police Constable .. Mr. Vincent Locke

A Doctor Mr. Sydney Fowler

A Servant Miss Lily Turner

Lady Murie.1 Montresor

MLss Maude Henderson
Euphemia Pattacake..Miss Agnes Paulton

Mary Woodford Miss Alice Chapin

Auntie Crooks Miss Ida Wilson

Shakespeare.

^."Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's- comedy :

Orsino Mr. Gerald Lawrence

Sebastian Mr. Duncan Yarraw

Antonio Mr. Herbert Bunston

Sea Captain ....Mr. A. Ramsay Macbeth

Valentine Mr. J. Cassels Cobb

Curio M*. Clifford Lomer

Sir Toby Belch Mr. Kenyon Musgrave

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Mr. Stanley Lathbury

Malyolio Mr. William Haviland

Fabian Mr. Russell Thorndike

Feste Mr. Max Montesole

First Officer Mr. George Owen

Second Officer Mr. Douglas Homer

A Priest Mr. A. Ramsay Macbeth

Olivia Mrs. Lorraine New

Viola Miss Fay Davis

Maria Miss Esme" Hubbard

Court.

3.*An Englishman's Honour, military drama,
in four acts, by Harold Whyte (originally
produced under the title of True to the
Queen, at the Crown, Peckham, Nov. 26,
1900) :
Capt. Gerald Pierpoint.. Mr. Alex. Loftus

General Holmes Mr. Arthur Rodney

Colonel L'Estrange ..Mr. Vernon Sansbury
Lieut. Courtney Johnnie Schofield, jun.

Corporal Brice Mr. Frank Collins

General De Berg. .Mr. Henry W. Hatchman

Tom Kennedy Mr. Johnnie Schofield

Ivy Miss Vera Grafton

Netty Miss Nellie Sheffield

Rose Pierpoint Miss Eva Stuart

Fulham.

3. 'j.'he Learned Profe'sor, satirical farce, by
Horace Farnsworth Jervis.
Prof. Chumpenot Mr. J. Fairhurst

Fitzwalter de Jones Mr. W. F. Egan

Jimmy Shifter Mr. H. F. Jervis

William McWeary Mr. J. Slater

Mr. Knowall Mr. Frank Longley

Augustus Trym Mr. Gambles

Mrs. Knowall Mrs. Heppell

Mrs. O'Brien Mrs. H. JervLs

Miss Ann Teque Miss Mills

Miss Smiler Miss Stansfield

Martha Jane Mrs. Barton

Surrey Street Hall, Sheffield.

5. The Bond, of Marriage, play, in four acts,
by Walter Nixey. (S.P. January 7,
Royalty, Llanelly.) Renamed The Derelict,
and revived on June 14 at the Star,
Liverpool Royalty, Llanelly.

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'/'/ it, ant 'i lint-tor, farcical sketch, b>

Mr. .Ia\. Mr. .1

play, hi ono act, by Sidney

inaih produced i>\ Mr.

.ml.i-r 'll.

i Mr. Boun-hkT

Diim-aii Mr. I.-'nii (/uartermaim-

Malcolm \l

l>onall.ain Mi.se Nell Carter

Han. pio Mr. Arthur Whitl.y

- ice Ilii Bam . :

Uff Mr. Charles 'll:

Mr. William Burehill

Mr. A. S. Home/wood

yton Mr. William Armstrong

"I'-ivr Mr. Bertram Forsyth

i-oi!<j Mu:-<I'T-r Mr. Charles Vernon

Doctor Mr. Bun-hill

r Mr. Charles Goodhart

Messenger Mr. Marion

f Mr. H. Nye Chart
eThn Mr. Alfred Bri-

I Mrs. H Nye Chart

\voman Miss Marie Illin^ton

ate Miss Margaret Vivian

Apparition .Miss Winifred Bateman

y Marl ,0th Mi ss Violet Vanbrugh

Garrick.

ie Merry Territorial; or, A Military
luddle, fare if al comedy, in three acts
'aviliou, Weymouth.

Thief, play, in three act, adapted
>m the French t Henri Bernstein by
xsmo Gordon -Lennox. (Originally pro-
luced at St. James's, November 12, 1907.)
4 iHTlormaiice (the 15th) May 2'2.

9. The Purse of Gold, play, in one act, by J.
Sarkville Martin. (Produced by the Play
>rs.)
\<tley .............. Mr. C. F. Collings

Tom Naylor ........ Mr. Richard Lambart

Mr.-, \aylor ............ Miss Kate Turner

Barker ........... Mr. Frederick Annerley

Gregory ................. Mr. Clive Currie

Thompson ............ Mr. Arthur Bowyer

MilkT ................. Mr. Edward Rigby

Ollioe Boy .......... Mr. Charles Roberts

Court.

9. The Love of Woman, play, In one act, by
Mrs. George Norman. (Produced by tho
Play Actors.)

Lord Amesbury . . Mr. George Ingleton
I. oder ____ Miss Amy Ravenscroft

Louis Loder Mr. Lawrence Leyton
Stella ................ Miss Nonny Lock

Wimborne ......... Mr. Arthur Bowyer

Court.

Inspiration of Nance, play, in one act,
by Blanche Wills Chandler. (Produced by
the Play Actors.)
Jennie ................ Miss Adah Barton

Nance ................ Miss Vita Spencer

Rosy .............. Miss Madge Yenning

i-or ........ Mr. Frederick Annerley

Jim ................ Mr. A. S. Homewood

A Loafer ........ Mr. Archibald McLean

Court.

'* Open Sea,

play, ID three act*, by
adapted by Prank Rot and
(Originally produced at the

. Mi Walhe

.. Mr.

10. C'u version, by

'Original!) produced
in Viiimu. ! l'J07.)

iora Alexina

Monti Bruner

Mamma Nunzia ---- Sixnora Garagnani

In .................. S.

are Alflo ...... . ....... 8i?n< :

.. ................. S:.-

C'-:

10. A Boy's Best Friend, domestic drama, In
four acte, by G. Roydon Duff anl

In.
Denis Holman ...... Mr. Cecil A. Collins

Edward Ainley Mr. Alfred Beaumont
u-et Ainlty herine Carew

Angus Fernie ........ ' Brough

Jim Davis ........... Mr. T'lirk Burke

Eva Smith ..........

Nellie Sutcliffe ____ M . inbroke

IQ.tJudith, the Woman Who Sinned, play, in
four acts, by Augusta Tulloch, originally
produced under the title of Judtt
one-act piece, at the Central, Altrincham,
June 15, 1908, and at the Palace,
in four acts, under the
]\' limn n \\'h<> ^ittiifi}. December 7.
Royal, Edmonton.

Bunkering of Betty, play, in one act,
by Jean du Rocher.
Lord Gilhooly ...... Mr. C. Aubrey Smith

Col. Perks ........ Mr. Daniel M

Capt. Dorrington. .Mr. Ernest Mainwaring
Jimmy Perks ........ Mr. Eric Maturin

Coutts ................ Mr. Sydney Paxton

Betty Gordon ...... ML--, Winifred Emery

Drury Lane.

n.^Laughter in Court, one-act piece, by John
Kendall.
His Worship ..... ...... Mr. Cyr:!

His Guest ........ Mr. A. Holmes Gore

HLs Visitor .... Mr. Gerald Du Maurier

His Man-servant ____ Mr. John Harwood

Drury Lane.

11. Mietjc, opera, in two acts, written and
composed by Benoit Hollander.
Bart ................ Mr. Wiiliaii:

Vrouw Bart ---- Mine. Blanche Newcombe

Mietje ............ Mine. Windsor Locke

Willem ............ Mr. WallU A

Van der Vliet .... Mr. Arthur Durand

Nordec .............. Mr. Arthur Harris

Anna ................ ML-^ Hannah Ross

Hampstead Conservatoire

11. Love Watches, comedy, in four acts, by
Kut.ert de Flers ami Armaml do Caillavef.
adapted by Gladys I'li-jer. I.
formaiiee (tlie 12th) May B.
Count Andre! de Juvigny Julian L'Estrange
Ernest Augarde Mr. Ernest Lawford.

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Lore Watches (continued).

The Abbs' Merlin .. Mr. W. H. Croxnpton
M. de Carteret ...... Mr. Stanley Dark

Germain ............ Mr. Horton Cooper

Francois ............ Mr. Arthur Minton

Chauffeur .............. Mr. E. F. Meads

Jacqueline ............ Miss Billie Burke'

Lucie de Morfontaine. .Miss Maude Odell
Marquise de Juvigny .. Miss Kate Meek
Charlotte Bernier.. Grace Armytage Noble
Baronesse de St. Ermin.. Henrietta Watson
Christine .......... Miss Daisy Markham

Solange .............. Miss Gladys Baird

Rose ................ Miss Laura Clement

Louise ............ Miss Laura Barradell

Maid .............. Miss Mildred Barrett

Haymarket.

11.1* Henry IV., first part.

King Henry IV ....... Mr. A. E. George

Henry .............. Mr. Robert Loraine

John of Lancaster Mr. Patrick Digan
Earl of Westmoreland.. Mr. Frank Ridley
Sir Walter Blunt . . Mr. Halliwell Hobbes
Thomas Percy ........ Mr. Arthur Ayers

Henry Percy ...... Mr. S. J. Warmington

Hotspur .............. Mr. Lewis Waller

Edmund Mortimer .. Mr. Cronin Wilson
Archibald ............ Mr. J. H. Irvint

Owen Glendower .. Mr. Herbert Jarman
Sir Richard Vernon..Mr. Reginald Dane
Sir John Falstaff ____ Mr. Louis Calvert

Poins .................. Mr. Shiel Barry

Gadshill ............ Mr. Caton Woodvill'u

Peto ................ Mr. Claude Yemen

Bardolph ............ Mr. Robert Bolder

Sheriff ................ Mr. Roy Cushing

Francis .......... Mr. Alec F. Thompson

Raby ............ Mr Hugh Cunningham

A Traveller .............. Mr. S. Bailey

Lady Percy .............. Mr. Auriol Lee

Lady Mortimer ...... Miss Marion Evans

Mistress Quickley Miss Minnie Griffen

Lyric.

12.||Zw Cynderland, musical play, with lyric:;
by R. Carey Tucker, and music by Edward
Sherwood.
Jack Skipper .............. Mr. Burt War^

Farmer Gubbins ......... Mr. George David

Zechariah Biggs ...... Mr. Barry Plumley

Harry Lovibond ........ Mr. Tom Baldwin

Will Atkins ........ Mr. Arthur Moorcock

John Barley ........ Mr. R. Carey Tucker

Nibs ................ Mr. Fred Washington

Susie Barley .......... Mrs. Kate Wheeler

Molly Biggs ............ Miss Jessie Gale

Mrs. Barley ............ Miss Clara Williams

Jane .................. Miss Ethel Hawes

Cripplegaite Institute.

13. The Prisoner of the Bastille, play, in four
acts, by Norman Forbes. (A revised ver-
sion of The Man in the Iron Mask,
originally produced at the Adelphi, March
11, 1899.) Last performance (the 70th)
July 23.

Lang

Due de Vermandois. .Master Lenton Murray
Monsieur D'Herblay ---- Mr. Frederick Ross

Monsieur de St. Mars ____ Mr. Eric M'ayne

Cardinal Mazarin ...... Mr. Cowley Wright

Du Jouca .......... Mr. Charles L. Ludlow

Monsieur M^aliconne. .Mr. Valentine Sellvu
Monsieur de Ward es.. Mr. Terence O'Brien
Monsieur de Guiche ____ Mr. Richard Deanc

Antoane ........... Mr. George Hannaway

De Gaumont ........... Mr. Sidney Vautier

Colbert .............. Mr. S. Major Jones

ATmand ............ Mr. Henry Armsforon g

Jiaquee ............... Mr. Ernest Gresfan

Anne of Austria ...... Miss Geraldine Oliffe

Jean ............ .. Mies Blanche Stanley

The. Prisoner of the Bastille (continued).

Mile, de Montalais..Miiss Winifred Beech

Mile. D'Oloune Miss Avice Scholtz

Mile, de Chatillon. ...Miss Agnes Thornton
ComtessedeCheviente. .Miss Naomi Barton
Mile. Tonnay Charente.. Miss Kitty Fielder
Louise de la Valliere. .Miss Dorothy Thom,as
Lyceum.

13 Are You the If an? drama, in four acts, by
Frank Price. S.P., March 13, County,
Reading.)

Sir Joshua Beaumont. .Mr. -J. S. Sheridan
Capt. Jack Beaumont. ...Mr. W. V. Garrod

Sidney Beaumont Mr. Wm. Bradford

Private Tom Hopkins... Mr. George Overs

Solomon Moss Mr. John Belton

Det.-Ins. Meadows Mr. Walter Vincent

P.C. Banks Mr. Charles Mitchell

Jim Hobbe Mr. Edward Ashton

Colonel Lorraine Mr. F. S. Stewart

Arthur Wiggins. ..Mr. Herbert Fredericks

Flo Dalton Miss Ethel Crawford

Jennie Waggstaffe Miss Ethel Whiteley

Lilian Brandon Miss Bertih.a Kingston

O.H., Burton.

14. Light o' Love, drama, in three acts. An
English translation of Arthur Schnitzler's
Liebelei by G. Valentine Williams.

Fritz Lobheimer Mr. Henry Ainley

Hans Weiring Mr. H. R. Hignett

Theodore Kaiser Mr. Charles Maude

A Gentleman Mr. James Hearn

Christine Miss Margaret Halstan

Mizi Schlager Miss Margaret Buss<

Lina Miss Hetty Kenyon

Katherine Binder.. Miss Sydney Fairbrother
His Majesty's (Afternoon).

16. The Awakening, one-act play, by Lyddell

Sawyer. (Produced by the English Play

Society.)

Rudolf du Beaufort.... Mr. Gordon Bailey

Marquis de Mauville Mr. Frank Collins

Marquise de Mauville Miss Lili Kehr

Honoree de Beaufort. .. .Miss Elsie Chapin

La Pelita Miss Frances Dillon

Terry's.

IQ.tA Servant of the Public, play, in four
acts, dramatised from the novel of An-
thony Hope by David Kimball. (Produced
by the English Play Society. Originally
produced Royal, Margate, April 10.)

Ladj Kilnorton Miss May Warley

Alice Muddock Miss Gillian Scaife

Sidney Hazlewood ..Mr. H. L. L. Leyton

Lord Bowden, M.P Mr. Bassett Roe

Ashley Mead Mr. Ben Webster

"Babba" Flint Mr. Ivan Berlyn

Orsa Pinsent Miss Isobel Merson

Janet Mrs. Scott-Watson

Jack Fleming Mr. H. A. Saintsbury

Terry's.

17. The Goose, farcical comedy, in four acts,

by Charles Thornton and Uffington Valen
tine.

Lord Harrimgdon Mr. Dennis Cieugh

Percy Colston Mr. Quentin Todd

Horace Holt Mr. Hubert Druce

Goutraud Mr. Louis Palgrave

Perriton Mr. Frederic Morena

Sodalacz Mr. David Hallam

Pawlson Mr. Patrick Alexander

Mrs. Van Hurst Miss Maud Magrath

Mme Passy Miss Murielle Langley

Lady with Feathers ..Miss Kate Wingfleld

Dolores Hazletine Miss Madge Severne

Mrs. Bloomerton ..Miss Henrietta Cowen

Simone Mile. Marie St. Paul

Mrs. Sylvester ...... .....Mitt Eve Ongley

Roval, Margate.

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18.f//er Vote, com
roond

,irl MWB Eva Moore

MiflB Suzanne Sheldon

1; .Mr. H. \'. Esmond

Playhouse.

Botcen, one-act play, by
Grilliths fonml'-d on the local legend of

tttde'l Kim o II.. < ii.-lt.-iihani.

.' Explorer, \V. S<>in rei t Maugham'fl

drama, in four acts. (Originally produced

l,\rir. .Inn.- I
t.um:iiicc Ulic 7th> M.:

nder Mackenzie. .. .Mr. Lewis Waller

hard Lomas Mr. A. E. George

r. Adain.son Mr. Al<e F. Thompson

r Knl.rrt I'.oiik'rr . . Mr. I'r. i|. n,-k Lln\il

ge Allertx>n Mr. Shiel Barry

\. .la C.irliiirv. . Mr. S. J. \Yurij)iir_:toii
ap-taln Mallins. .Mr. A. Caton Woodville

.Miller Mr. Cronln \

lrs Mr. P. Digan

Mrs. Crowley Miss Fanny Brough

ly KeJsey Miss Gwendoline Floyd

cy Allorton Miss Evelyn d'Alroy

Lyric.
K> Zoo? a fantasy, in one act, by.

>ext Bankier.

ir William MaeSillar. .Mr. Asheton Tongc
>voet of Cluthabridge

Mr. Hubert Harbem
>wn Clerk .. Mr. Montague Rutherfurd

House Factor Mr. J. T. Macmillan

jrtie Boy Mr. Percival Clark

Doctors.. Messrs. Keith and Greenlie

Hooligan Mr. Campbell Gullan

le City Officer ....Mr. Wallace Stranack

le Artiuirl Miss Jean Cadell

ie Gilniorehill Girl

Miss Helen Macdonald

Cook Miss M'Aime"e Murray

Royalty, Glasgow

Was et Melisande, opera in five acts, In
based 011 Maurice Maeterlinck's
intastic play, music by Claude Debussy.

irkel Signer Marcoux

Genevieve Mile. Bourgeois

Pell<5as M. Warnery

Golaud M. Bourbon

Me-lisande Mile. F<5art

Yniold Mile. Trentmi

Un MiSdecm M. Crabbe"

Covent Garden.

Jl.T/ie Witch of Pendle, Tudor play, with
lyrics, in four acts, by J. D. Baxter-
Prince's, Blackburn.

-1. The Laughter of Fools, comedy, in three
acts, by H. F. Malt by.

Lieut. Col. Greig Mr. H. F. Maltby

Bertie Greig Mr. Wyn Weaver

Captain Vidal .... Mr. Harold Weeton

John Hughes Mr. F. W. Hudspeth

Hubert Hughes Mr. Edward Swintot,

Mr. Xuttall Mr. Sam Clecg

Mr. Pluukett Mr. Rupert Harvey

Cabman Mr. Harris Fraser

Mrs. Greig Mi.w Gertrude Sterroll

Mabel Greig Miss Janet Hodson

Elizabeth Miss Viola Lewis

Doris Henley Miss Mara Maltby

H.M., Carlisle.

The Demon's Bride, miniature opera, in one
act, written by E. L. Lomax, and com-
posed by B. Walton O'Donnell.

Elsie Miss Olive Turner

The Demon Mr. A. R. Lorimer

The Captain Mr. J. W. Birrell

Roilo Mr. R. Veevers

Joe Mr. B. J. Dale

Edward Mr. Cecil IVarM-u

Thomas Egerton-Jone* .. Mr. James Blair

William ...

Montague - . Ralph Letts

Ir. Frank h l

Dutton

Youngest Smugglf-r.. Master J. Ching
Royal Academy of Miuic.
'* Wolf, dramatic fancy, written and
osed by E. L. Lomax.

Mis Vera Cockbura
i .uly in Gray Fur.. Miss Julia Barry

: MUs I

Royal Academy of
llj/ and the Matter, three-act comedy,
by P. V. Hughes-Pier I <,rthing.

23. The Testimonial, one-act play, a
from
Christopher Corriebower. .Sebastian Smith

Mr. Bottersley Mr. Edmun<i

William Mr. William Dexter

Terry's.
23. The Dream Goddess, play, in one a-

geited by a story of Honor*? De Balzac,
by Arthur H. Westcott. (Produced by the
Rehearsal Company.)

Paul Mr. H. K

Richard Mr. Charles

Jean Mr. J. C. Beddard

Fiflne Misa Celia Lorraine

Reheareal.

23. The Black Cottage, one-act play based on
Wilkie Colling story. (See also under
date March 23.)

Able White Mr. Edmund Gurney

Shifty Dick Mr. William Dexter

Jerry Mr. Sebastian Smith

Abigail Black Miss Myra Habljn

Bessie Black Miss Beatrice May

Terry's.

23. The Worm Turns, one-act play, the scene
taken from Frank Burlingham Harris's
" The Road to Ridgeby."

Hiram Simms Mr. E. Gurney

Jane Miss Jessie Lothian

Viry Miss Ada HatchweJl

23. An Involuntary Understudy, one-act play
dramatised from a atory by Percival Pol-
lard, " A Life and Death Performance."

Tod Minton Mr. E. Gurney

Henry Playfair Mr. Mark Draper

Billy McClousky Mr. J. le Fane

Jake Farren Mr. Leonard CaJvert

Jim Opers Mr. Sebastian Smith

Mark Quisenby -Mr. William Dexter

Alec Grant Mr. E. Elkins

T< :

24*0Jd Heidelberg, English version, in five
acts, by Rudolf Bleichmann, of Wilhelm
Me\er Forster's comedy, Alt-Heidelberg.
(Originally produced at St. James's,
March 19, 1903.) Last performance (the
52nd), July 9.

Karl Heinrich Mr. George Alexander

Staatsminster von Haugk.. William Farren
Hofmarschall Freiherr von Passarge

Mr. Ash ton Pearse

K. von Breitenberg..Mr. Alfred A. Harris
K. Baron von Metzing Mr. Leslie Palmer

Dr. Juttner Mr. J. D. Beveridpe

Lutz Mr. E. Lyall Swete

Graf von Asterberg..Mr. D. Fitzgibbon

Von Wedell Mr. Reginald Owen

Kellermann Mr. E. Vivian Reynolds

Ruder Mr. W. R. Staveley

Frau Ruder .... Misa Henrietta Leverett

Frau Dorffel Miss Claire Pauncefort

Kathie !<x>re

-rSt. J;u:

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TH STAGE YEAR BOOK.

MAY-JUNE

25.-[*The Arm of the Law, play, in three acte,
adapted from La Robe Rouge, by Eugene
Brieux. (Originally produced at the Gar-
rick, February 16, 1904.) Garrick.

25. Admiral Peters, adaptation from W. W.
Jacobs's story of the name, by W. W.
Jacobs and Horace Mills.

George Burton Mr. Arthur Whitby

Joe Styles .... Mr. Leon Quartermaine

Mrs. Button Miss Mary Weigall

Garrick.

27* What the Public Wants, play, in four acte,
by Arnold Bennett. (Originally produced
at the Aldwych on May 3, under the
auspices of the Stage Society.) Last per-
formance (the 36th), June 26.
Sir Charles Worgan .. Mr. Chas. Hawtrey

Francis Worgan Mr. Ben Webster

John Worgan Mr. E. Holman Clark

Saul Kendrick Mr. E. W. Tarver

Holt St. John Mr. Louis Calvert

Samuel Cleland .... Mr. Lionel Williams

Simon Macquoid Mr. Leon M. Lion

James Brindley Mr. Charles Troode

Edward Brindley Mr. Percy Gcodyer

Page Boy Master W. Jarvis

Mrs. Worgan Miss Gwynne Herbert

Annie Worgan Miss Anne Cleaver

Mrs. Downes Miss Mary B rough

Mrs. Cleland .. Miss Frances Wether all

Servant Miss Gertrude Hope

Emily Veroon .... Miss Margaret Halstan
Royalty.

28. The Disarranger, three-act farcical comedy,
by J. A. C. fiykes.

Ohiarles Prince Mr. George Leslocq

Boillook Ramshiorn ..Mr. W-iilfred Compton
Richard Mentor.. Mr. Sydney Bram&gxove

John Peigcton Mr. Stan-ley Arthur

Adolphus Beauclerc Mr. Ted Dennis

Zoteis Mr. Geo. Syrot'he

Mire. Bullock Ram&horn..MissAgnesMaud.e

Etihed Ram&horn Miss Mira,m HoLt

Grace Setby Miss Pauline Emeric

Violet de Vere- Miss Dora Oomyn

-H. M. CarlMe.

30. A Little Surprise, playlet.

Amy Bairdupp Miss Frances Wolviston

Harry Hard'upp Mr. Charles Wemyee

Rehearsal.

30. Found in a Taxi, playlet, in one act.

The Husband Mr. John Castle

The Wife Miss, Mabel Maltby

The Maid Miss Nancy Harding

The Chauffeur Mir. Robert Brewer

Rehearsal.

30. His Bounden Duty, play, in three acts, by
P. E. Bodington, produced by the Play
Actors.
Bernard Sy'vestee ..Mr. Walter Rin<gham

Claud Arwyn Mr,. William J. Miller

Wilfred Mr. Arthur Vezin

Tandy Mr. Herbert Dansey

Nevill Mr. Maurice Elve"v

MiLllbank Mr. H. K. AyLiff

Geoffrey Mr. Arthur Bowyer

Mrs. Mdllbank Mise Gwladys Monris

Sabrina Miss Helen Rous

Et'bel Arwyn Miss Ethel Erskine

Esther Miss Anne Beaufort

Esther's Mother Miss Mary Relph

Florence Miss E. Nolan O'Connor

Court.

30. The White Hawk, romantic drama, in four
<acte<, adapted from H. C. Bailey's noved,
' Beaujeu," by H. C. Bailey and David
Kimiball. (Produced by the Emgfeh Play
Society,.)

Coloned Wharton ....Mr. David GLas&ford
Nancy -Leigh Miss Gladys Mason

The White Hawk (continued).

Jack Dane Mr. Gordon Bailey

James Hea-ley Mr. Leon Quartennaine

Tom Dane (kmowm ae " Monsieur de Beau-
jeu") Mr. H. A. Saintsbury

Lord Sherborne Mr. Leslie Carter

Rose Charlbury Miss Lucy \Vilson

O'Gorman Mr. Edward Leith

Morris Mi Harold Chapin

Rutter Mr. C. H. Boyle

Lady Sunder land ..Mies Gwynne Herbert

Nero Mr. Hereward Knight

Lord Sunderland Mr. Bas&ett Roe

King Jiames II Mr, Tom Heslewood

Captain Hagian Mr. Fred Cremlin

SoWiiers and Lacqueys-Messrs. A.

Marini, A. Thorn, and Arthur Webster,

Aldwyc^

JUNE.

1. Eunice, play, in four acts, by Lee Artht

and Forrest Halsey. Last performance,
(the 25th) June 25.

Oviat Mr. Charles Cartwnght

Bruce Van Allen .... Mr. John W. Dean
Clyde Townley .... Mr. H. Reeves-Smith

Howard Townley Mr. H. Nye Chart

Merton Lyon Mr. J. L. Mackay

Mr. Van Allen Mr. Harry Cane

Jordan Mr. Lawrence Robbins

Groves Mr. E. F. Saxon

Mrs. Van Allen Miss Granville

Blanche Gerry .... Miss Margaret Fuller

Blake Miss Beatrice Grosvenor

Murielle Miss Marcelle Kreutz

Eunice Miss Fannie Ward

Hicks.

l.llThe Irish Attorney, play, by Father Irwin
-St. Mary's Hall, E.

2. The Woman in the Case, play, in four ac

by Clyde Fitch. Transferred to N(
August 23. Last performan (the ~
January 1, 1910.

Julian Rolfe Mr. Herbert Sleat

Thompson Mr. Charles V. Fra

Jimmy O'Neill Mr. Frank Tenna

Louis KLauffsky Mr. E. Dagnj

Walters Mr. Cecil Yaj

Inspector Williams .... Mr. Henry Hs
First Attendant .. Mr. Harold Richardr

Second Attendant Mr. Frank Ms

Margaret Rolfe Miss Grace LJ

Mrs. Hughes Miss Kate Serjeantt

Elsie Brewster Miss Eva Killi

Dora Hillier Miss Enid Ss

Louise Mane Miss Cicely Gi

Claire Forster .... Miss Violet Vanbr
Gai

2.^Hello, Bill! three-act farcical comec
Grand, Llandudno.

3. A Merry Devil, Florentine farce of

sixteenth century, in three acts, by Ja
Bernard Fagan. Last performance (t
53r.l) July 23.
Sir Philip Lilley .. Mr. C. Aubrey Smi
Count Silvio Spini .. Mr. A. Holmes-Gore
Capt. Bambazone .... Mr. Cyril Maude
Messer Marco Ricci ..Mr. Sydney Paxton
Messer Lorenzo Sirbolli . . Mr. J. Harwood

Ambrogio Mr. Daniel McCarthy

A Doctor Mr. Peter Blunt

Nando Mr. Edward Coutis

Carlo Mr. Lane Crauford

Tonio Mr. Chas. Hampden

Baldaseare Mr. F. Percival

Cechino Mr. A. Everett

Guard . . Mr. M. A. Weth&rell

?7/ STAGE Y&AR BOOK:.

J)>'ril (continued).
Cherubino ...... Master Harold T

h:- ::<lrewa

M: .1 I',:. 1 . man

........ M v: Uourne

M;i(l)ini:i (..-r.iMu Cap]

Mi&s Win

Playhouse.

The Chauffeur, 1 from the

. ..'i' Max Ma

............ Mr. H.nr\

Mr. Crawk-y .......... Mr. '

.M>s ____ .V

.;i ............ Mr. .l<ilm ll;i

auford
...... Miss Kmma Chambers

Playhouse.

ie Dryad, poetic fantasy, by Dora Bright
(S.I'.. I'lavliMH,.'. M.,rvh U, 1907. This
I at the Empire also.)
-ty's (Afternoon Theatre).

iinirni Guinea, piece, by W. E. Henley
ami Robert Lou in . (Originally

[iroiiinvd by the NYw Century Company
at the Avenue on November 29, 1897.)
,I>ha ("Jaunt ............ Mr. Edward Sass

.ia (Jaunt ____ Miss Amy Lamborn

l>a\ i.l I': \v ............ Mr. Jaiiu.

vnch .......... Mr. Godfrey Tearle

Mr- Drake .......... Miss Agnes Thomas

His MajY.^ty'j; (Afternoon Theatre).

i.Mhc Blessings of Balaam, play, in one act,
by Mr-. St. Clalr Stobart.
Major lilunt .......... Mr. Frederick Kerr

Wilfred Blunt ........ Mr. Charles Maude

r ............ Mr. Compton Coutts

Esther Manuering .... Miss May Palfrey

St. Jan

4.t7'/ic Bushwife, play, in one act, by Mrs.
St. Clair Stobart.
.lark Cotteram .... Mr. Cyril Keightley

Jessie .............. Miss Esm6 Hubbard

Macarthy ...... Miss Helen Rous

Holman ............ Mr. W. R. Staveley

Cynthia ........ Miss Lilian Braithwaite

St. James's.

Modern Aspasia (see June 6) Aldwych.

6. A Modern Aspasia, comedy, in three acts,

by H. Hamilton Fytfe. (Produced by the

Society.) S.P., June 4, Aldwych.
The Bishop of Patagonia .. Mr. A. Whit in-
1 Meredith ...... Miss Nancy Price

A Parlourmaid ____ Miss Jean Bloomfleld

Walter Bretherton .. Mr. Charles Maude
Edward Meredith ...... Mr. Dennis Eadie

Margaret Warren ____ Miss Lucy Wilson

Aldwych.

rvorgilla, tragedy, in one act, by Lady
Gregory. (/Originally produced at the

-'s, Glasgow, December 4, 1907.)
Dervorgilla ........ Miss Sara Allgood

Flann .............. Mr. Arthur Sinclair

Mona ................ Miss Mairo <>'N-i '.

Owen .............. Mr. J. M. Kerrigan

Mamie .......... Miss Eileen O'Doherty

A Younu' Man .... Mr. J. A. O'Rourke

Another Young Man Mr. Sydney Morgan
A Wandering Song Maker

Mr. Fred O'Donovan
Court.

Florentine Tragedy, one-act play, in
blank verse, by the late Oscar Wilde.
Guido Bardi ........ Mr. Bartlett Garth

Simone .............. Mr. Philip Sanders

Bianca .............. Miss Violet Vorley

Maria .............. Miss Madge Raqer

Tivoli, Manchester.

a one act,
.ally pro-

108.)

Miu Ada King

.ry A u*t in

:die

Ab :.dor

Coronet.

7. Tin- J-'-it'il })'!,< , dramatic eplsod
llanliii^- Cn\. (I.. I-.I.-M j.r...lu -tion A
i:\ul, Margate.

7. The /'in and the Pudding, three-act play,
by Barton White (London produ.
nt 23; Comedy).

Mr. Carberry rt Druce

Johnny Cripps Mr. Raymond Butler

Mr. Allan Mr. John Dennys

Mr. Robbing Mr. F. '

Robert Anthony Malkin..Mr. Hardin.

M: I. M.i'.kin M

A Parlourmaid M:>s N. Hope

A Lady Passenger .. M

Tamsie , Hoey

-Royal, Margate.

7.* Widowers' Houses, play, in three acts, by
Geo. Bernard Shaw. (Originally produced
at the Royalty, December 9, 1892.)

Coronet.

'.^Proteus in Petticoats, comedy, in one act,
by Frank Ernest Potter. (Originally pro-
duced at the Grand, Wolverhampton,
January 11, 1909). Dalston.

&.*Chips, comedy, in one act, by Lechmere
Worrall. (Originally produced at the
Piccadilly Hotel, February 23, 1909.)

George Merrick Mr. Franklin Dyall

Molly Miss Gwendolen Logan

Chips MLss Iris II

Haymarket.

8.*Peter's Mother, comedy, in three acts, by
Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. (Originally
produced at Wyndham's, Sept. 12, 1906.)
Sir Timothy Crewys .. Mr. A. Brydone
Lady Mary Crewys .. Miss Marion Terry

Peter Mr. A. E. Matthews

Lady Belstone . . Mias Dolores Drummond
Miss Georgina Crewys .. Miss Alice Beet
John Crewys, Q.C. .. Mr. Frederick Kerr

Canon Birch Mr. Arthur Whitby

Doctor Blundell Mr. Alfred Bucklaw

Mrs. Hewell Miss Hilda Thorpe

Sarah Miss Gillian Scaife

Ash Mr. Eyre

Footman Mr. Alfred Drayton

Haymarket.

8.$The Worlehouse Ward, comedy, in one act,
by Lady Gregory. (Originally produced at
the Abbey, Dublin, April 20, 1908.)
Mike Macinerney Mr. Arthur Sinclair
Michael MUkell .... Mr. Fred O'Donovan

Mrs. Donohoe Miss Maire O'Neill

Court.

S.lMakeshifts, comedy, in one act, by G. L.
Robins. (Originally produced at the
Gaiety, Manchester, on October 5, 1908.)

Caroline Parker Miss Ada King

Dolly Parker .... Miss Louise Holbrook
Mr. Thompson .... Mr. Leonard Mudie

Albert Smythe Mr. Charles Bibby

Coronet.

136

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

JUNE

8 The Vale of Content, translation of Her-
mann Sudermann's Das Qluck im Winkel.

Wiedermann. Mr. Henry Austin

Elizabeth Miss Darragh

Helene Miss Hilda Bruce-Potter

Fritz Miss Enid Meek

Baron Van Rocknitz .... Mr. Jules Shaw

Bettina Mies Sybil Thorndike

Doctor Orb Mr. Edward Landor

Frau Orb Miss Ada King

Dangel Mr. Basil Dean

Fraulein Gohve .... Miss Louise Hol'brook

Rosa Miss Lilian Christine

Coronet.

9.$The Few and the Many, play, in one act,
by H. M. Richardson. (Originally produced
at the Gaiety, Manchester, on May 4,
1908 )

Elsie Miss Enid Meek

Mrs. Ebton Smith . . Miss Louise Holbrook
Hon. Percy Wilton .... Mr. Lewis Casson

Mr. Ebton Smith Mr. Henry Austin

Helen Miss Edith West

Miss Mary Milllngton .. Miss Clare Greet
-Coronet.

9. An Imaginary Conversation, by Norreys
Connell.

Tom Moore Mr. J. M. Kerrigan

Robert Emmet .... Mr. Fred O'Donovan

Kate Moore Miss Sara Allgood

Court.

9.*The Silver Box, play, in three acts, by
John Galsworthy. (Originally produced
at the Court, September 25, 1906.)

Three Barrows, play, in four acts, by
Charles MciEvoy. (Originally produced at
the Gaiety, Manchester, March 22, 1909.)

Albert Mr. Leonard Mudie

Clara Miss Hilda Bruce-Potter

Sir George Ossler .. Mr. Edward Landor

Louise Parker Miss May Saker

Mrs. Cruddas Miss Lilian Christine

Geoffrey Parker Mr. Basil Dean

Victor Meux Mr. B. Iden Payne

Second Footman Mr. Gerard Wynne

Joseph Picter Mr. Charles Bibby

Edward Frith Mr. Henry Austin

Anna Miss Mona Limerick

Robert Frith Mr. Lewis Casson

'Caroline Ossler Miss Louise Holbrook

Coronet.

10. The Cruise of the Constance, comedy, with
music, in two acts, by Violet Hatherley
and Charles Winch comb.
Sir Walter Wensleydale .. Mr. F. Hobbs

Captain Mr. Powis Finder

Admiral Weber Mr. John Wigley

Mr. Edward Hardy .. Mr. Leslie Winter

Mike Mr. James Dooling

Stephano Mr. J. J. Jordon

Ezekiel Pott Mr. Charles E. Paton

Clements Miss Ethel Quarri

Hetty Smith Miss Phillis Shale

Letty Smith Miss Rosie Shale

Gabrielle Glenister .. Miss Jack Martyn

Phyllis Claire .'. Miss Mona Ray

Zena Fadyn Miss Mamie Stuart

Gertie Flower Miss Ivy Holmes

Bella Miss May Garstang

Mrs. Hope Miss Flo Parfrey

Royal, Worthing.

lllThe Feud, play of Icelandic life in the
thirteenth century, by Edward Garnett.
(Originally produced at the Gaiety, Man-
chester, April 10, 1909.)

Ungild Miss Ada King

Thora Miss Sybil Thorndike

Hordis Miss Hilda Bruce-Potter

Helga Miss Mona Limerick

El-ling Mr. Charles Bibby

The Feud (continued).

Walgerd Miss Beryl Mercer'

Einar Gudmund Mr. Henry Austin

Ospak Mr. Jules Shaw

Arnor Ceallaeson . . Mr. Clarence Derwent

Dalla Miss Enid Meek

Gunbion Mr. Joseph A. Keogh

Stanthor Mr. Edward Landor

Ragnar Halldorsson .. Mr. M. Russell
Hallgrim DyraLson .. Mr. Gerald Wynne

Salmund Halldor&son Mr. L. Mudie

Bue Asbirning Mr. Lewis Casson

Thralls and Houseearles.

Coronet.

ll.lThe Doorway, one-act play, by Harold
Brighouse. (Originally produced at the
Gaiety, Manchester, April 10, 1909.)

Tramp Mr. Leonard Mudie

Old Woman Miss Beryl Mercer

Mr. Basil Dean

Coronet.

Policeman

U.lWhen the Devil was 111, comedy, in four
acts, by Charles McEvoy. (Originally pro-
duced at Her Majesty's, Carlisle, August
29, 1908.)

Godfrey Rawlings .. Mr. B. Iden Payne
Martin Leatherhead .. Mr. Charles Bibby

Mrs Rawlings Miss Sybil Thorndike

Walter King Mr. Basil Dean

Owen Davis Mr. Jules Shaw

Isopel Miss Mona Limerick

Lady Mendle-Parrish Miss Ada King

Fanny Goldstone . . Miss Louise Holbrook
Coronet.

14. H The Registrar, play, in one act, by D.

Shtitzer Beaumont Hall, E.

14.||T/ie Workhouse, play, in one act, by D.
Shtitzer Beaumont Hall, E.

14.JTFoman's Rights, comedy, in one act,
J. Sackville Martin. (Originally produ
at the Royal, Rochdale, March 23, 1&08.

Mr. Horrobin Mr. Edward Landor

Mrs. Horrobin Miss Louise Holbrook

Eveline Miss Lilian Christin

Charlie Horrobin Mr. Basil De

Edith Miss Hilda Bruce-Pot

Maid Miss Enid Me

Dr. Fawcett Mr. Leonard Mud

Com:

U.*The Derelict, play, in four acts, by

Nixey. (Originally produced tentativel
at the Royalty, Llanelly, May 5, 19
under the title of The Bond of Marriat,
S.P., January 7, Royalty, Llanelly.)

Reginald Grant Mr. Herbert Skar

Ernest Hampden Mr. Donald Gilbei

Clarke Mr. Leonard Booke

Leon Legardie .. Mr. Robertson Fouli

Musgrave Mr. R. Kuge

Professor Jamieson. ..Mr. Aug. Hammoi

Henderson Mr. S. Jone

Mrs. Hampden Miss Marie Fontair

Hilda Miss Effie D. Crawfor

Lucie Legardie Miss Sydney Cr

Star, Live

15. The Fires of Fate, modern morality

in four acts, by Arthur Conan Doj
Transferred to the Haymarket Septemt
6. Last performance (the 121st) Octot
9.

Col. Cyril Egerton Mr. Lewis Waller

Rev. Samuel Roden. . . .Mr. A. E. George

James Roden Mr. J. Fisher Whit

Thomas Belmont Mr. Frederick Lloj

Cecil Brown Mr. Evelyn Beerbohi

Mr. Brodie Mr. Alec F. Thomi

Octave Fardet .. Mr. Michael Sherbrool

Rudkin Mr. Herbert Vyvyat

Abdulla Mr. Shiel Bar

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

137

n Jack Archer.. Mr. Charlc.i
Mohammed .. Mr. W.

..... Mr. Frank Woolfe

bdurrahman ........ Mr. Henry

ont .......... Miss Auriol Lee

\.liiniB ........ Mias Agnes 'I

.. Miss Evelyn I-

't World and His Wife, play, In three
, by < NirdHmer,

from El (,'rnn Galeoto, i

(Originally |>m,|ur, ,1 at tin-
al, :.t>er 9, 1908,

i Slander).
. ........ Mr. Martin Harvey

.Julian .......... Mr. llrnr;.

Cooke
ii ........ Mr. Ben Webster

:> ............ Mr. Herb.rt i

Surgeon ................ Mr. W. AM.,-

....... Mfcs N. de Silva

.-<!( ...... Mies Miair<y Rorke

Adelplii.

Collier's Daughter, drama, in a pro
logue and three acts, by Jeffry Fulton
(" l);uid Muskerry ").
I)i-k Silver ............ Mr. Chas. Hailing

: Bargrave ---- Mr. Clinton Baddeley

John niiiby .............. Mr. John Cullcn

Lonnon Gallimore ...... Mr. Walle Spinner

M. akin Gentle. .. .Mr. George Brentwood

Victor Holmes ........ Mr. C. W. Morton

Gore ...................... Mr. Nolan Bird

Clement Baker .............. Mr. M. Part

Hicgs .................... Mr. Hy. Merrill

Jackson .................. Mr. Chae. Cott

Irene Gallimore ....Miss Zana St. George

Lady Kathleen ......... Miss Fanny Olive

Mrs. Tuck .............. Miss Fraser Lynn

Bess ...................... Miss Ada Oxley

Alexandra, Birmingham.
18. Louise, musieail romance, in four acts and
flve tableaux (in French), libretto and
music by Gusftave Oh-ar-pentier.
Julien ...................... M. Dailmores

Louise .................... Mme. Edvina

''re .................... Mile. Berat

Le Pere ...................... M. GiMbert

SSchandede Verduresee Mme ' Lejeune

} Mlle

Mlle -

Le Ohdffonier

M. Huberty

and de Oarott.es ............ M. Deru

ler. Philosophe ............ M. Crahhe

La Danseuse .............. Mlle. J. Cerny

2me. PhilosopTie ........ M. Verheydtn

T T n Apprenti .......... Mile. ?. r

Eliae ....................... Mias Twemlow

Lou\t<

Le 8< i

1 1 D'OMv
Mar.-h:tii<l d ' "' iffOOl ...

ler. AK-rr, M. Dai .

2me. Ait

Ch-:irto..Hiii.-r Mr. !, S../:i

Peitvtre ...
Podbe

am* .. Mme. Duclef
Covent Garden.

, play, fa

one act, by Ba>. ly pro-

duced at the Gaiety, Manchester, Beptem*
(M r 7, 1908.)

. Mi< LouiM II

BeHie Car '. Syfea Thorndlke

Coronet.

21. Temptation, four acts, by

I Vaun.
Sir C. Treniaiiit- . . Mr. I'. C

' P. Hancock

Mr. Hli-ht Mr. O. Eflmond

Hubert Th.

Steplhen Ronve Mr. Kv-lyii

Bob Saunders Mr. Alexander Oaaey
Jacob Stogie ...

Tnamp Mr. R.-jrnald A, Master

Major Griamt Mr. \V. c. v

Mr. Eyre*v.Tirt Mr. E. H. Vaogjhon

A<loli>lnis L-orinj,' Mr. Care*

Trimmina Mr. Arthur Hammond

Detective Mr. Yarmouth

Policeman Mr. J. Olifton-Beale

Hilda Dundonald Miss Nora Carton

5 .

Mre. Oxen Mass Violet Vivian

Fi'rst Bnidesmaid Mi<w Olpa Kay

Second Bridesmaiid M'iss Madge Courtney

I\-na Blight Mies Beatrice Selwyn

Lyric, Hammersmith.

21. Time, a passing phantasy, by Norreys Con-
nell.

A Painter Mr. J. M. Kerrigan

A Young Girl Mias Maire O'Neill

An Old Man Mr. Norreys Connell

Court.

21. Mother and Home, play, in four acts by
Geo. S. Kins.

Clarice Winthrop Miss Dolly Gilroy

Mary Winthrop Mi-=s Chrissie" Dunbar

Mrs. Jackson Miss Helen Grace

Vincent Clive Mr. GPO. Edwin Clive

Cecil Winthrop . i M P^KPI^ FmiR-nAr
Bill Merrilees .... / Mr ' beri Faulkner

P.C. Carter Mr. Larry Clements

Metropole, Devonport.

21.*L'Assommoir, play, in five acts and einht
tableaux, taken from the book of Emile
Zola, by MM. W. W. Busnacn and Gaa-
tineau. (Opening piece of M. Guitry's
season ^

Coupeau M. L. Guitry

Mea Bottes M. Clasis

Bee Sal<5 M. Chabert

Bibi la Grillade M. Dechamps

Lantier M. Lamothe

Goujet M. Mosnier

Poisson M. DuvaJ

Lorilleux M. Pierre Juvenet

Bazoiige M. Larn

Adolphe M. Baudouin

Zidore M. Totah

Colombo M. Adam

Matinier ...M. Mareehal

138

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

JUNE

L'Assommoir (continued).

Virginia ............ Mile. Cora Laparcerie

Gervaise ...................... Mme. Dux

ttana .............. Mme. Jeanne Desolos

Mme. Boche .................. Mile. Fabre

Mme. Lorilleux .............. MUe. Fromet

Cle'mence .............. Mme. Chavannes

Louise ......................... Mile Riou

Adedphi.

21. The Greater Love, new moral play, in four
acts, by Vincent Brown.
Mrs May .......... Miss Marion Fawcett

Mary May ........... Miss Violet Thorold

Jack May .......... Mr. WUliam Clayton

Paul Penfold ____ Mr. Campbell Goldsmid

Andrew Isted ....Mr. Algernon J. Hicks

The Chaplain ............ Mr. Henry Nunn

Constable Drayton ---- Mr. Harry Morgan

Ned Stubbs ........ Mr. Graham Pockett

Sarah Higgs ......... Miss Ethel Hardacre

Prince's, Accrington.

Zl.%Ra,gs, Western Amerlfc-an musical drama
(originally produced ait tahe Prince'?, Hor-
wich, March 1, 1909 Royal, Stratford.

21.tr/ie Beetle, one-act play.

Eidtwartd de Brie ...... Mr. Vernon Steel

Lady Mary W<ansley .. Miss G. Kingston

Court.

Zl.tLoyalty, I'igM domestic comedy, in tJhree
acts, by Hugfh de Sellncourt.
Lady Maxwell-Clark .... Mass Helen Rons
Mies Cicely Hainicoarrt Mis Margaret Busse'
Sir Maurice Maxwell-Clark

Mr. Leon Quartern) aine
Mr. Julius Verity ..Mr. Charles V. France
Mrs. Julius Verity .. Miss Berne" Hubbard
Stephen Mann.. Mr. E. Harcourt- Williams
John ................ Mr. Alexander Cassy

2l.*The Merry Wives of Windsor His
Majesty's.

22. Two in a Trap, duologue, by Albert E.
Drinkwater.
Kit ................ Miss Edyth Goodall

Jim .................. Mr. Robert Minter

Wyndham's.

22. The Wreckers, opera, in three acts, by
Ethel Smyth, book by H. B. Brewster.
Thirza ............ Mme. de Vere Sapio

Avis .............. Miss Elizabeth Amsden

Jack .................. Miss Toni Belter

Mark .................. Mr. John Coates

Lawrence ............ Mr. Lewys James

Pascoe ........ Mr. Arthur Winekworth

Harvey ................ Mr. Arthur Cliffe

Tallan .......... Mr. Denis Byndon-Ayres

His Majesty's (Afternoon Theatre.)

22*Brewster's Millions, comedy, In four acts,
dramatised from the story of the same
name, by George Barr MeCuteheon, by
Winchell Smyth and Byron Ongley. (Ori-
ginally produced at the Hicks, May 1,
1907.) Last performance (the 20th) July
10.

Montgomery Brewster Mr. P. Hutchison
Charlie Harrison .. Mr. Robert Minster
Mr. Grant ........ Mr. Robert Forsyth

Colonel Drew ........ Mr. Charles Harley

Archie Golding ---- Mr. Henry Hampeon

Joseph McCloud .... Mr. Aubrey Mather

Frank Bragdon ____ Mr. Charles Esdale

Tommy Smith .. Mr. H. Douglas Greet
Horace Pettlnghfll .... Mr. Gilbert Clark

Jack Gardiner .......... Mr. W. Forbes

Rawles ........... ., ...... Mr. Frank Hill

Thomas .............. Mr. George Salver

Mons. Bargie .......... Mr. A. P. Kaye

Captain Perry ...... Mr. Arthur Bawtree

First Officer ............ Mr. Gordon Ash

Quartermaster .............. Mr. V. Steep

First Sailor .......... Mr. Frank Walsh

Brewster's Millions (continued).

Second Sailor Mr. Clayton Brown

Third Sailor Mr. J. Johnstone

First Office Boy Mr. K. Lynn

Second Office Boy Mr. G. Lincoln

Swearengen Jones .. Mr. Fred Webste
Mrs. Dan de Mille .... Miss Lilias Earl

Janice Armstrong Miss Frances Davi

Barbara Drew MLss Gwladys Morri

Trixie Clayton Miss Edyth Goodal

Miss Boynton Miss May Seton

Miss Finnigan .. Miss Dorothy Whitake

Miss Gardiner Miss Betty Fairfax

Margaret Gray Miss Cicely Stucke

Wyndham's

22. Physical Culture. (Previously presented ai
a music-hall sketch.)

Maxim Stragner Mr. Harold Cotter

Yvonne de la Mare . . Marcelle Delecluz

Lord Hector Strongbolt Mr. H. V. Surre

Aldwych

22. The Spirit of Poetry, depicting in three
scenes " The Spirit of Poetry," " A Day
of Sunshine," and " It Is Not Always
May " ('by Longfellow), and " The
Bandit's Death " (by Tennyson).

Aldwych.

22. On Jhelum River, Indian musical love story,
book by Nydia, lyrics by Frederick John
Fraser, music by Amy Woodforde-Finden.

Soubhana Mr. Ivor Foster

Lallee Miss Dolly Castles

Dallel Mr. Alfred Lugg

Samvara Mr. William Lugg

Madinka Miss Olive Elton

Telago Mies Maria Thea

Ran/an Mr. Fewlass Llewellyn

Chadni Nerigne

Milksellers, Boatmen. Singing Women,
Sweetmeat Sellers, Nautch Girls, etc.
Misses Violet Herbert, Eileen Castles,
Lita Higgs, Madeline Lang, Violet Furni-
vall, Bertha Buckley, Dorothy Carlton,
Gladys Carlton, Beatrice West, Ninna
Gottgetrue, Kathleen Cadwell, Mt
Dillon. Jupp, Nugent, Austin, Dini. M<
trose, Francis, Alexander, Adair, Appl
Aldwi

22. Through Seas of Blood, " entirely
and entrancing melodrama of real
in four acts." said to be written by thi
distinguished authors, who wished to
serve their anonymity.
Sir Barnet Phayre (A Fine Fellow

of the Old School) . . Mr. E. M. Re
Plantagenet Tudor (One of the

Best) Mr. Kenneth Douj

Capt. Jasper Crashover, N.G.

(174th Dragoons) .... Mr. Cyril Mat
Inspector Lettim Slide (Of the
Yard-and-a-Half) .. Mr. W. H.
Giles Hazeltwig (a Faithful Re-
tainer) Mr. Edmund Gwc

Little Willie (a Young Favourite

5 to 4 on) Mr. Lennox Pa\

First Policeman (Gentle but True)

Mr. Sydney Pa3

Second Policeman (True but Gen-
tle) Mr. Henry Kit

Sergeant of Police (To Look After

the Others) Mr. Charles Bry

The Psfit (A Guinea will be given
to the first member of the audi-
ence who guesses the correct
pronunciation) .. Miss S. Fairbrother
Lady Phayre (A Real Lady)

Miss Emma Chambers
D*aphne (A Chambermaid)

Miss Constance Hyem
May Phayre (A Scotch Beauty)

Miss Jean Ayrwh)
Botanic Gardens (A.O.F. Garden Party).

THE STAGE YK.\K BOOK.

Voleur Adelphi.

"'he Dance of Love, onc^act play, hy
Bteoorl music >y r

!> row ton

Miriam M

Royal, rmi'.-rbury.

i n,l nnil Vi-in-t Glove, play, In four
acts, by Charles Hannan.
rlarkham....

Arthur Barnard. ..Mr. .). J|.rlrt K-iiuinont
Rosie

\ .me Mi,s Vtotorta Wra\

Celeetine Mi^ A via QrabanM

Mr. Leymar Mr. Jamea Gelderd

Colonel StronkofT Mr. W. Hargreave*

Julian Gore*- Mr. Arthur '

1-,'p Mr. T. J. Jolly

Mr. <;ruy .Mr. Edmond Sydney

ma .Mr. Richard Dalton

Lord Illden Mr. Arthur Gibbon."

Gaiety, Douglas.

,. Ending, duologue, by Bertha
Moore.

Mrs. Carzon Mine. Bertha Moore

Ursula Vernon Miss Marjorie Moore

Court.

Her Vote, " tra.sic " incident, by H. V.
Esmond. (Originally produced May 18,
Playhouse.)

Elizabeth Miss Eva Moore

Baker Miss Suzanne Sheldon

Mr. Furden Mr. H. V. Esmond

Court.

Z4AAngel, play, in one act, by Bertha Moore.

The Mystery Mr. Robert Minster

The Sage Mr. Edward Rigby

I he \\onder Mr. Shied Barry

^e Mr. Jackson Bylce

The Warrior Mr. R. Henderson Bland

Tommy Mr. H. E. S. Huth

Angel Miss Marjorie Moore

Court.

e Doctor and the Great Problem, drama
in four acts, by D. M. C. Granville.
Royal, Bolton.

Night His Majesty's.

''migre. foujvact play, by Paul Bourget.
(Originally produced on October 9, 1908
at the Renaissance, Paris.)
Le Marquis de Clavier-Grandchamps

M. L. Guitry

Jaubourg ... M. Mosn.ier

Landry de Clavier M. Lamothe

Vigouroux M. Dechamps

al"? M. Clasis

Despoix M. Duval

Travers M. Pierre Juvenet

Pierre Chaffln M. Dartois

Due de Charlus M Michel

Ji9Y d , M. Chabert

lcne ' ot . M. Totah

Mauchausvse~e M. Adam

BmucoiKifi M. Marechal

Valentine Oilier' .' '.'.'.'. '. 'Mine.' Jeanne Roll?
Duchesse de Charlus. .Mine. Emilienne Dux
francoisede Charlus'.. Mme. Jeanne Desclos

-Mine, de Sceau Mme. Chavannea

Adelphi.
SJulius CcesarJlia Majesty's.

27. Kit'$ Woman, play, in three acU, by Mra.

Flavelook Ellis and Joshua Bates, drama-
tised from Mr. Ilavelock EllU's novel of
the tame name. (Produced by t

on.)

Stanley

Mr. Normal.

.'.nson..Mr. Frt-Herick M
ribertby .... Mi.-.

Miw Clar

H Mote .... Mr. Henry Stepheason
Court.

Bourgeois Gentilhomme~\fa\\,\\\.
mono San,

mposed b\ i homaaon and

Frederick Lane Coliseum, A

28. The Wite Man, Yiddish episode, in four

act, by N. Rokow.

AHr ...................... Mr. Xatanson

Abraham Maibloom .. Mr. Joe Feinberg
Mot.il ............. MI-. Scherman

Mln ,.

Mr. Gusovsky
Mordecai Nose ............ Mr. Rosenthal

Mr. Hamburger
Zemach Lamden .... Mr. Harris Feinberg

Zelde, his wife .......... Mine. Goldstein

Sophy .................... Mme. Natanson

Pavilion.

28. The Aspirations of Archibald, interlude by
E. Ion Swindley.
Nance Piggot ........ Miss Marion Lind

Evangeline Ashley .. Mi Mollie Pearson
Archibald Ashley .... Mr. Arthur Curtis

D.P., Eastbourne.
2S.*School, Robertson's Comedy Coronet.

28. Crainquebille, play, in three tableaux by
Anatole France.
Crai nquebille .............. M. L. Guitry

Le Marchand de Marrons ........ M Clasb

{* Merle ... ................. M . Juvenet

Le Prudent ................ M. Mosnier

L'Agent 64 ..................... M . Duval

Lhermitte .................. M Lamothe

Le Docteur David Mathieu....M. Chabert

Le Charcutier .................. M. Larue

Un Homme .................. M. Boudoin

Aubarr^e .................. M. Dechampp

Le Camelot ................ M . Dechamps

Un Gamm .............. Le Petit Francet

Adelphi.

29.*Hamlet His Majesty's.

morality, by Blanche

Satan ...... ............ M r. Julian Gade

Conscience (a voice). .. .Miss Muriel Lake

,* outn .............. Miss Daisy Burrell

Thoughtless Soul (who becomes
Thoughtful Soul) ......... Miss McDowall

ESS^AL-V ......... Miss Kittv Ricimer

Modern Rush .......... Mr E. H. Brooke

frivolity ............ Miss Dorothy Giles

Ppyerty ................ M:>* Muriel Lake

Sickness ............ Miss Hilda Brooker

.............. MU S Evelyn Roberts

ess ........... v n Xeflda

Asre .......... Miss Annie Walden

Dame Nature ........ Miss Edith Leitch

Kennel Maid .......... M ^ H. Brooker

Honest Labour ...... Mr. St. A. Bentlev

Sense of Humour ....Miss Marine Snencer

Charity ...... Miss Rery! Craicie Halkett

Sympathy ..... * j oan Temple

Court.

30.*The Merchant of Venice-Eis Majesty's.
30.*Lo Massitre Adelphi.

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JULY.

1. The Home Accessory, play, in one act, by
E. F. Yorke.
Frederick ............ Mr. Robert Hyett

Peeps .................... Mr. E. F. Yorke

Angela ................ Miss Ray Parry

Crystal Palace.

1. Your Obedient Servant, an incident by Sid-
ney Lewis Ransome.
Tom King .............. Mr. Eric Mayne

Sir Jasper Hyde ____ Mr. Frederick Ross

Jerry .............. Mr. S. Major Jones

Crystal Palace.

2. Samson, Henry Bernstein's four-act play.
(Originally produced at the Renaissance,
Paris. November 6, 1907.)
Jacques Brachard ........ M. L. Guitry

Je"rome Le Govain .......... M. Lamothe

Honors' d'Andeline ........ M. Mosnier

Maximilien d'Andeline .... M. Dechamps

Flach .......................... M. Duval

Glorieux .................... M. Juvenet

Jean ........................ M. Baudoin

Pilon .......................... M. Totah

Annie-Marie Brachard Mme. Jeanne Roily
Grace Ritherford. .Mme. Cora Laparcerie
Francoise d'Andeline Mme. Emilienne Dux
Clotilde .................. M. Chavannes

Adelphi.

2.1U Tangerine Tangle, comic opera, in two
acts, written by Norman D. Slee, music
by Walter Slaughter and Marjorie
Slaughter Vaudeville.

2 One of These Little Ones, play, in one act,
by Clifford Mills.

Sir Christopher Dermpster Mr. R. Tharp
Ladv Dermpster .... Mrs. G. F. Rooper

Reginald Dermpster .. Mr. Philip lharp
Una Dermpster.. Miss Evelyn Mills Clifford
jervis .. .............. Mr. C. Mackenzie

Susan Jervis . ......... Miss Daisy Hoste

Albert Hall.

3 \\The King't Glove, village idyll of the reign
of Charles the Second, to three acts, book
by Brenda Girvin, music by Archibald H.
Benwell.
Queen Ca.tha.riEe

of Braganza
Black Jeanette.
Joan Marchmont Miss Monica Cosens
Betty Browne ...... Mi&s Pearl Mitchell

Anne Shereiff .......... Miss Elsa Davis

Dame Shereiff ---- Miss Dorothea Gren

Charles II ............. Mr. Oscar Pratt

Roger Traill ........ Mr. Alec Smithers

Dick Sayee ........ Mr. Harry Methven

Launcelot Greene Mr. Alfred Calder-Turner
Rudolph Leicester .. Mr. Kenneth Wynne
PopsLe Shereiff .... Mr. Edgar Warlmsley

M, Char.es Hersee

Miss Vivian Stewart

Ashbourne, Lawrle Park, Sydenham.

4. Nicholas NicUeby, dramatisation, in eight
tableaux, of Dickene's novel (produced by
the Rehearsal company) Rehearsal.

4. Anna Michaelovna, play, in one act, by
Raymond Needham (produced by the Re-
hearsal company).
Michaelovitch .......... Mr. Clive Currie

Os'povat .............. Mr. W. Coats-Bush

A Sergeant .......... Mr. Ernest Deans

Olga .............. Miss Beatrice Chester

Anna .............. Miss Winifred Rae

Rehearsal.

4. The Price, play, in four acts, by " Felix
North. (Produced by the English Play
Society.)

Col. Sir Archibald Ayton...MT. Frank Lacy
Constance Ayton ____ Miss Dora Heritage

The Price (continued).

Lady Coverdale Mies Frances Dillon

Barton Mr. Christmas Grosse

Hon. Thomas Burmei-.ter..Mr. Fred Lewie

Charles Stan-ton Mr. E. H. Brooke

Victor Commons Mr. Franklin Dyall

Mrs Hoggins Miss Vivian

Penelope Hoggine..Mias Dorothea Desmond

Mr. Hoggins Mr. Robert Whyte, jun.

Forbes Mr. Herbert * Creville

Christie Mr. J. W. Macdonald

Terry's.

4. Unanswered, play, in one act, by Cecilia

Brookes. (Produced by the English Play
Society).

John Ryder Mr. Percy Fo-ter

Mrs. Eileen Ryder Miss M. Magrath

Mary Hamilton Miss Maude Henderson

Maid Miss Ethel Taaffe

Terry's.

5. Wake Up, England! sketch, by Madge

Duckworth and Ridgewood Barrie
Royal, Tonypandy.

5. A Prince of the People, romantic drama,
in eleven scenes, by F. Thorpe-Tracey.
King of Varonia .. Mr. F. Thorpe-Tracy

Prince Oscar Mr. James Stillwell

Prince Karl Mr. Charles Kean

Rudolf Mr. J. G. Maine

Sir Arch. Lingard .... Mr. Telly Dillon

Sam Perkins Mr. Harry Egan

Otto Deitch Mr. Tom Mortimer

Ivan Strathsberg Mr. Robert Gilbert

Jacques Mr. Louis Nanton

Dr. Auber Mr. Will Henderson

Father Billot Mr. C. Cameron

Olga Mlse Irene Tracey

Lady Mamie Kelver..Mi'fl Pauline Nanton

Stella Mies Kitty Thomas

Princess Silvia .. Miss Dora Hammersley
Gaiety, Dundee.

5. A Daughter of the Sea, drama, in four act
by Lewis Gilbert.

Sunshine Miss Florrie Gi

Molly Miss Allyce Wyllti

Kenneth Mori and Mr. Paul Nevill
Sir Maxwell Brentwood .. Mr. S. Tayl<
Capt. Ben Morrison . . Mr. Lloyd Townr

Billy Mr. Jo Monk*

Dan Glensdale .. Mr. J. Wilmer Talmaj

Jack Strong Mr. Philip Spencc

Harris Mr. W. J. Gree

Joe Baggs Mr. Frederick Vale

Mark Glensdale Mr. Lewis Gilbt

Lyric, Hammersmit
C.tHis Borrowed Plumes, original

comedy, in three acts, by Mrs. Gee

Cornwallis-West. Went into evening

at Hicks's on July 15 for a few perfc

ances.

Maj. Percival Sumner .. Mr. D. Milws

John Waterbury, M.P. .. Mr. F. Donovar

Basil Delaine, K.C. .. Mr. Henry Ainlej

Henry Martin Mr. Alan Urquhs

Mr. Mowser Mr. Stanley Turnbul

Butler Mr. Cregai

Footman Mr. Russell

Lady Mary Trianon .. Miss Sara Allgood
Fabia Sumner .. Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Angela Cranfield..MLss Gertrude Kingston

Rose Wispey Miss Annie Hughes

Alma Dorset .. Miss S. Patrick Campbell
Jane Linneth .... Miss Winifred Fraser

BTanche Miss RenSe de Vaui

Attendant Miss Muriel Varna

Hicks.

D.tPress Cuttings, skit, by Bernard Shaw (per-
formed by the Civic and Dramatic Guild.)
Court.

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12.

\\Kstrella, musical wordless play, by Mar-

rlt Barrelliei '.uiidhaii s i.
I '-low Girls are Brought to Hnin, play, in
four art.-, by
(originally pi
pix>l. January .

Kurton .. M ,.-.-, Nina Blake A. lain*
Harry Hailing .... Mr. Arthur (

Philip i Mr WalliQPl.rlr

Philip!' Wallia Clark

M;. Sydney I

... Mr. Mario Hiirton

Mr. sterling Mr. Julian Mitchell

-nethur>t .. Mr. Arthur Beaufort
Clerk of Court -. Mr. (Jeorge Cuthbert
\V. l;!unton

Priil.- Mr. Janic.s Turner

I'.C. l>. >.i. \ Mr. Allan Harvey

Lucy La\\ton Miss Jeanui-

Annie Hurt-on .... Miss Annie Blunette

Miss Bertha Lake

!:ilin:i Turner

slop M e Butt

Pun->y Blus.som Mi.-s Mary Stephanie

1'ink Mlsa Alice Lloyd

Lily White Mi.-* Cora A:

Myrt It; Green Miss Leslie Froude

Toy Lietf Miss Agnes Cuthbert

>iut-t Miss Addle Adalr

Minnie Wat era Mia. Morton Powell

Shakespeare.

'Ours, Robertson'.-, comedy Coronet.
The Dog Between, play, in one act, pro-
duced on the occasion of the Animal
CmiL-ro^ Criterion.

Out of the Darkness, drama, in four acts,
by Ivan Patrick Gore.

.lean Vaudrey Mr. F. B. Woulfe

Henri Caron Mr. Haldane Halt on

'-incur M \riel.. Mr. Henry Ernstine
Vioomte Marlua D'Angloia > Mr \ v \t iu
Vicomte Cyprian D f Anglois ) Mp " W> elvjv

Judas Ill-Hand Mr. Clifford Rean

Pierre Mr. Eddie Vane

Cloquet Mr. Alf Raymond

Moulan Mr. Kenneth Ackroyd

Jamois Mr. John Paley

President of the Court.. Mr. Alfred Wade
Counsel for Prosecution*. .Sidney Churchill
Counsel for Defence. .Mr. Alfred Waghorn
Sergeant of Gendarmes.. Arthur Hartley

A Waiter Mr. William Ridgword

A Priest Mr. Cecil Renton

Marianne Miss Birdie Krailing

Evangeline Miss Kdith Loraine

Sister Grace Miss Theo Henries

Lizette Miss Ethel Griffles

. the mother .. \ Miss D. A. Bar-

Desire'e, the daughter f rington

Royal, West Stanley.

A Girl's Temptation, play, in four acts,
by Mrs. Morton Powell. London produc-
tion. November i Shakespeare.

Kate Sterling Mis* Gertrude Gilbert

Guy Waxren Mr. Frank V. Fenn

Mark Klaw Mr Clifford Karlo

Basile Warren Mr. C. E. Lambert

Geoffrey Sterling Mr. J. de Clifford

Jim Judd Mr. Fred J. Ma--e

Sammy Snigglee Mr. Freddie Bentley

Moss Isaacstedn ..Mr. William H. Craudo
The "Hon. Charles Glade.. Mr. Tom Handley

Hyram Pinch Mr. Jonas Swenbank*

P.C. Lockley Mr. Androw Clarke

Lady Tonstfance Heathfleld..Miss V. Russell

Mrs. Sterling Mre. C. E. Lambert

Jemima Jeesop Miss Amy Corallio

Mre. Fade Miss Constance Crewe

Grace Bearing Mies Addle Butler

Mary Dewar Miss Nellie Clift

Annlt Brown Miss Blanche Lee

--Sfcax, Liverpool.

is. The Bonnet Contpiratort, romantic comedy.
iir act*, by Violet A. SimMon.

i^ullecroft

I ->on Quartermaine
A'ilUanis

Daiwey
ens Meenrs. Arthur

1 .irr, George Hunter.

Court.

nny't American, sketch, by
'. Goatling.

line Plunkott ..M Dawson

R<We

P. I>avison..M."

Pier Pavilion, Worthing.

11. Ta*. opera, in four ncta, in Italia

Frederic D'Erlanger, from " Tees of the

rvill.-es." by Thoma.
bretto by Luigi Illic*. First production
in England.

Tees Mile. Dtinn

Jack M. Gilibort

Joan Mme. Leieune

Any Mile

Angel Clare *gnor 7.

Alec D'Urberville hignor Sammarco

Toronton Signer

I>irk M. D'Oisly

N'ancy Mile.

Dark-Car Mile. U-

Covent (.

i:>. ;.!/>. and .Vr*. John Bull, duologue, bv E.
C. Matthews.

John Bull Mr. St. John Beecher

Britannia Mise Patey Trounfiel

Regent, Hackney.

, 15.\\Lady Geraldine's Speech. Suffragist come-
dietta, by Beatrice Harraden Guildhall
School of Music.

16. Old Ferricr'x T)ixcorpr>f. play, in oin.
Guildhall School of M

19. Achilles in Scyros, Greek masque, by
Alfred Austin Leighton House, Holland
Park Road.

10. A Deril's Dupe, sketch, in one
Grand, Ne\vcastle.

30. The Trap. play, .in one act. by Arthur
Eokerfiley and Arthur <

BiH Parsons Mr. Tom Remolds

"Needle" Barnes ..Mr. Patrick f

An Old Woman Mi> 6 May Holland

Nell Mias Eily '

W. 0., Now Brighton.

21. Cupid in Arcadij. fantasy, by Mrs. Adrian
C. Hope.

Robin Miss Jacqueline Hope

Phyllis Mi* Ruth Dawes

Cupid Miss Marguerite Albaiwsi

Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent * 6 Park.

%L.\The Deputy Sheriff, piece, in one act, by
IT. M. Vernon.
Reggie Brooks ....Mr. Harold Richardson

Dick Turner Mr. Henry Hare

Arthur Curtis ..Mr. H. Lawrence 'Levton

Deomsr Nell Mu Enid Saea

Garrick.

22.*Cate, Robertson's ComedyCoronet.

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JULY

24. Thalia's Teacup; or, The Delights of
Deceit, light comedy, in three acts, by
Norreys Oonnell:

Mrs. Twickenham Miss Isabel Grey

Frank Twickenham ...Mr. Athol Stewart
Bessie Twickenham .Mies Gwendolen Wren

Felicia Miss Mabel Champion

Mr. Twickenham ..Mr. Edmund Guirney
Thalia Twickenham. .Mies Thyrza Norman

Mr. Tabb Mr. Stanley Latbbury

Mr. Halliday Mr. H. R Hignett

Mr. Boothby Mr. E. W. Tarver

Court.

2A*Two Little Vagabonds, George R. Sims and
Arthur SMrley's adaptation of Decour-
celle's Les Deux Gosses (Originally pro-
duced at the Princess's, Sept. 23, 1606).
Last performance (the 29th) August 21.

George Thornton Mr. Frederick Ross

Captain Darville Mr. Eric Mayne

John, Scairth Mr. . Sidney Van tier

Bill MulHns Mr. S. Major Jones

Dido Bunce Mr. Charles L. Ludlow

T(he Couigh Drop Mr. George Elliston

Leeson Mr. Richard Andean

Hargitt Mr. Wilfred Edmonds

Dr. Lynn Mr. Henry Armstrong

Job Gargoyle Mr. Sidney Youmg

Wlh.iffln Mr. A. G. Leigh

Footman Mr. George Hamnaway

Marion Thornton Miss Frances Dillon

Barbara Scarth Miss Olivia Glynn

Sister Randall Miss Mabel Mannering

Maidservant Miss Avis Schol-tz

Biddy Mullins Miss Blanche Stanley

Wally Mise Beryl Mercer

Dfok M,iss Eva Lumley

Lyceum.

26. Under Two Flags, new version, in four
acts, cf Ouida's novel Royal, Stratford.

26. From Convent to Throne, play, !n four
acts, by J. A. Campbell. (S.P. Oshorne,
Manchester, March 31, London produc-
tion Lyric. Hammersmith, Sept. 6.)
Prince of Carpathia .... Mr. A. D. Adams

Baron Strelsan Mr. W. J. Miller

General von Hapsburg....Mr. J. Sheridan
Lieut. Erneste von Hapsburg

Mr. G. Woods

Lieut. Otto Felsen Mr. T. G. Vane

Eugene von Tarlitz Mr. G. BrooKe

Michael von Hauz Mr. A. F. Stuart

Caspar Jesson Miss Lissa Young

Count de Pesthoy Mr. Fred Mace

Dr. Kurntz Mr. Harold Shutter

Captain Marklin Mr. W. Spekfe

Captain Helbron Mr. R. Loft

Priest Mr. Edward Jacin

Stefan Mr. H. F. May

Simon Mr. Henry Coutte

Sentry Mr. John Locke

Cardinal Mr. F. Marshall

Mother Superior Miss Joan Reid

Lady Violetta Miss Edna Earl

Lady Rotha Miss Berne" Malim

Princess Maritza .... Miss Mary Fulton
Rotunda, Liverpool.

26. The Sinner, drama,
Watson Mill.
Monk Stretton
Edgar Thornhill . . .

Pan! Levane

Bill Stanton

Jim Stevens

Chris. Floppington .

Lord Ewen

Jack Ewen

Hallam

Geordie Macereggor

in four acts, by C.

. Mr. Wilson Benge
... Mr. Chas. Burdon

Mr. A. Finlayson

Mr. A. Kenyon Gray
Mr. Robert Borland*
Mr. L. Newman

. Mr. W. H. Pointon
. Mr. Harold Playfair

... Mr. Bert Roberts

Mr. G. Lorena

The Sinner (continued).

Chauffeur .............. Mr. Chas. Mann

Detective Jason ........ Mr. G. Kennard

Sergeant Butcher .... Mr. F. E. Thomas

Meg Stanton ........ -Miss Adeline Raby

Vera Ewen .............. Miss G. Verner

Nora Stretton ........ Miss Mildred Clay

Little Ned .............. Miss Dora Olga

Honor Thornhill ...... Miss Sadie Smith

Royal, Sunderland.

29. The Happy Medium, comedy, In three
acts, by A. Chapin and Paul Gaye. Lad-
broke Hall.

31. The Marriage of Mignon, song-play, in
three acts, by Herbert Shelley, adapted
from the serial of the same name appear-
ing in the Woman's World by the same
author.

CHARACTERS IN PROLOGUE.
Augustus Garibaldi Mr. J. Crauford
Sandy .................. Mr. Ewart Drake

Bill Weaver ........ Mr. Arthur Russell

Tom Jenkins ...... Mr. Horace Simpson

Languid Larry Mr. Reggie Aitcheaon
Peter Blundell ........ Mr. Henry Wells

Lottie Bowers ...... Miss Amy Fanchette

Mignon ............ MLss Violet Langton

CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY (10 years after).
" Rags " .......... Mr. Herbert Shelley

Captain Cherrington ...... Mr. A. Lovett

Monsieur Zalfruazon Mr. C. F. Lloyd
Humphrey Vaughan .... Mr. W. Brandon

Augustus Garibaldi ____ Mr. J. Crauford

Sandy ................ Mr. Ewart Drake

Harry ................ Mr. Claud Vernon

Crookland .......... Mr. Oliver Howlett

O'Leary .............. Mr. Edwin Powell

Jackson ................ Mr. Cecil Walsh

Dr. Danton ............ Mr. Hugh Lester

Lottie Bowers ---- Miss Amy Fanchette

Eva Cherrington ........ Miss F. Nelson

Cyril Cherrington .... Miss M. Maddison

Mary Brown ...... Miss Winnie Donovan

Mignon .............. Miss Rhoda Larkin

Fulham.

31. A Dance at Dawn, one-act play, an epi-
sode in the Reign of Terror, by Glady*
B. Stern.
Count Gas ton de Courcelles

Mr. Oswald Marshal
Paul Villiers .......... Mr. A. Bristowe

Governor of Conciergerie

Mr. E. A. Douglas
Jailor ................ Mr. Francis Leslie

Fanchette ............ Mile. Helena Dolli

Marlborougn.

Man on the Box, comedy, in three
acts, adapted by Miss Livingstone Furniss
from Harold McGrath's novel. (Originally
produced at the Pier, Eastbourne, Aug. 6,
1908.)

Lord Kentire Mr. Cha. L. Lane

Hon Chas. Henderson . . Mr. A. Bristowe
Col. Geo. Annersley .. Mr. E. A. Douglaa

Richard Sheridan Mr. Chas. Ashby

Major Frank Raleigh .. Mr. Robt. Page

Monsieur Pierre Mr. Francis Leslie

Mr. Watts Mr. Oswald Marshall

Clerk of the Court .... Mr. Henry Wray

Cassidy Mr. Arthur Phipps

O'Brien Mr. George Montague

Hon. Mrs. Henderson .... Miss M. Heape

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143

Smith of Pint Ridge, play, In one
act, by Ivan Pat Gore.

Nebraska Joe Mr. Martin Sands

Jem . - Mi. Stanley Arthur

Nancy Smith

Guard Mr. <;'>r<!<>n Smythe

Mr. Simon Palacter

31 ^The Lien of Life, drama, in three acts,

' h\ !.< \Vil-. in Dodil <',,iirt.
Sl.'QStigmata, tragedy, with pn-ludc, in four

l,y Siitli.-rland IM\ ttd
Court.

31 fFi/l. one-act play, adapt*-.! from the GIT-
' man l.v Ella BriHlM nd.-r

datei i . bruary 28 and Octx b< r n
31.11 The White llnir, one-act play. >'

Kr>kin.-. (8e al.-i miil.-r date December
tirt.

AUGUST.

A Thief in the Si;iht, a play, in four acte.
t.\ <; Carlton Wallace.

Lord Romilly Mr. Herbert M. King

Alan Kscombc Mr Stanley Bodwrll

Michael Pagani Mr l*&*W<Atot

Richard Clewe Mr. Hugh Wallace

Rev. Chas. Halkett ....Mr. Philip Crossley

Crake Mr. Herbert Lewis

To ' by " Mr Bert Atherton ,

Detective Laxton ....Mr. Robert Merrick

Police Inspector Mr. Henry Stanton

Constable H 20 Mr. Bert Hedger

Waiter Mr. Arthur Moran

Lady Romilly Miss Irene Chalmers

Joan Escombe . .Miss Yvonne Q. Orchardson

Sonia Cleeve Mies Beatrice Homer

Happy Christmas ..Miss Jennie Hallworth

Little Joan Little Prudence Ayrton

Susan Miss Ethel Ramsay

Elephant and Castle

2. The Balisham Buddhists, magical episode,
by Nevil Maskelyne.

Blobson Mr. F. W. Arnold-Mussett

Cook Miss Ida de Varrell

Mao-ion Scudamore ..Miss Edith Cuthbert
Arthur Blankpnside..Mr. Charles Glenrcse

"Mr. Draynall " Mr. Nevil Maskelyne

John Blankenside....Mr. Edward Morehen
St. George's Hall.

Z.^The Devil's Decor/, musical comedy drama,
in prologue and three acts, by Fred
Monckton.

Paul Lainont Mr. Frederick Monckton

Lieut. J. R. N. Baldwin... Mr. Bert Gates

Stephen Gould Mr. A. W. Harvey

Victor Egerton Mr. Gilbert Elvin

Bobbie Clinch ...Mr. Harold B. Dewhurst

Dr. Hooper Mr. John Hartley

Christopher Chinchop..Mr. Alfred Selwood
Kitty Jemima Jenkinson... Ethel Bateman

Hilda Melrose Miss Eileen Berge

Lucy Melrose Miss Cissie Carter

Cora Melrose Miss Lillie Monckton

Grand, Aberavon.

5. The Best People, comedy, in three acts, by
Frederick Lonsdale. Last performance
(the 60th) October 2.

Lord Emsworth Mr. Frederick Kerr

Hon. Gerald Bayle..Mr. Kenneth Douglas

Lord Wynlea Mr. Charles Sugden

Jackson Mr. Howard Sturge

Mr. James Spofforth.... Philip Cunningham

Hibbet Mr. Robert Rivers

Griffiths Mr. Forbes Dawson

Lady Emsworth Miss Lettice Fairfax

The Hon. Mrs. Bayle Miss Eva Moore

Wyndham'r

12.UPtticoat Government, comedy, by

.w
Wyndham'*.

lire Seiler, opera, in English, in one
act, by Alick M..

.I'm Mr. Beth Hughe*

Ma!t.r .... Mr. Lewya June*

Yeri Mr. Charles Magratb

Lotto MUUJ Ikiymonde Amy

-Lyric.

>> Fatal Dance, dramatic episode, by
ling Cox. (Originally produced at the
Royal, Margate, June 7.)

b Barry Mr. J. Clifford Brooke

Hilda Barton Miss Maggie Nelll

Conauela Marquez .. MiM Greville Moore
Comedy.

1Z.\The Pin and the Pudding, play, in three

acts by Barton White. (Originally pro-

duced at the Royal, Margate, June 7.)

performance (the 21st) September

Robert Anthony Malkin..Mr. HardtngCox
Pat Carberry .. Mr. Robert Whyte, jun.

Johnny Cripps Mr. Raymond Butler

Mr. Allan Mr. Athol Stewart

Brutus P. Streak Mr. H. de Lanee

Mr. Robbina Mr. Windham Guise

Quarterma-ster Mr. John Dennya

Mrs. Malkin Mrs. Sam Sothern

Mrs. Brutus P. Streak Miss G. Moore

Maid MiM May Blayney

Tamsie Miss Iris Hoey

Comedy.

25. The Shoving Up of Blanco Potnet, "a
sermon in crude melodirama," in one act,
by George Bernard Shaw. London pro-
duction by the Abbey Theatre company
under the auspices of the Stage Societv,
Aldwych, December 5.

Babsy Mi/* Eileen O'Doherty

Lottie Miss Cathleen Mullamphy

Hiamuah Miss Sheila O'Sullivan

Jessie Misa Mary Nairn

Emma Miss Annie O'Hvnea

Elder Daniels Mr. Arthur Sinclair

Bianco Posme* Mr. Fred O' Donovan

Strapper Kemp Mr. J. M. Kerrigan

Feemy Evans Miss Sara Allgood

Sheriff Kemp Mr. Sydney J. Morgan

Foreman of the Jury.. Mr. J. A. O'Rourke
Nestor, a juryman Mr. A. J. Goulden

The Woman Miss Mafre O'Nefll

Waggoner Joe Mr. Eric Gorman

-Abbey, Dublin,

27*Rienzi, Wagner's opera xevived by the
Moody-Manners company Lyric.

27. Cloudland, "dance scena," by E. C.
Matthews.

Rev. Early Worth Mr. Bert Morley

Mrs. Early Worth ..Miss Evie Anderson

Aero-Spirit of tlhe Air Miss Endd Errol

Regent. Hackney.

3Q.*Unemployed, one -act play, by Margaret M.
Mack. (Originally produced by the Incor-
porated Stage Society at the Aldwyci
on March 28, 1909.)

An Outcast Mr. Stanley Drewltt

Mrs. Brown Miss Lilian Christine

Mlra Aiec Veeey..MisB Hilda Bruce Potter

Alec Ve?-ey Mr. Leonard Mudle

Charlie Howard Mr. Esm6 Percy

A Policeman Mr. Edward Landor

Gaiety, Manchester.

30. Independent Means, four-act drama, by
Stanley Hough ton.
John Craven Forsyth..Mr. Charles Bibby

Mrs. Forsyth Miss Darragh

Edzar Forsyth Mr. Basi> Dean

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Independent Means (continued).

Sidney Forsyth ...... Miss Ediyth Goodall

Samuel Ritohiie ........ Mr. Henry Austin

Jane Gregory ............ Miss Adia King

Gaiety, Manchester.

30. Arsene Lupin, play, in four acts by Francis
de Croisset and Maurice Leblanc. (Origin-
ally produced at the Athene, Paris, Oc-
tober 28, 1908.) Transferred to the Globe,
December 13.

Due de Charmerace .. Mr. G. du Maurier
Guerchard ............ Mr. Dennis Eadie

Gournay-Martin .......... Mr. Eric Lewis

Examining Magistrate .. Mr. H. Bunston
Charolais .......... Mr. Herbert Dansey

Hippolyte ...... Mr. Leon Quartermaine

Anastase ............ Mr. Harold Chapin

Bernard .......... Mr. Donald Calthrop

Commissary of Police.... Mr. Paul Berton

The Concierge .......... Mr. P. L. Julian

Boursin .............. Mr. Ernest Young

FirS .............. Mr. D. J. Williams

Agent of Police ............ Mr. W. Luff

jean .. Mr. Warburton Gamble

Dieusy".'. ............ Mr. George Lestocq

Bonavert ............ Mr. Robert Horton

Alfred .......... Mr. Horton Cooper

Locksmith ...... Mr. Drelincourt Odium

Son i a .......... Miss Alexandra Carlisle

Germaine Gournay-Martin.. Miss M. Leslie
Virtoirp . Miss Rosina Filippi

Jeanne "" .. Miss Ann Cleaver

Marie .'.'......., Miss Gwendolen Rayne

Duke of York's.
30 Butterfly Kisses, one-act play, by Carmel

Miss Muriel Carmel
a r ..... Misn Marie Mansfield

Robert* ".! - Mr - Rohan Clensy

-Pier Pavilion, Ryde.

31 The Mobswoman, drama, in one act, by
Leon M. Lion and W. Strange Hall
Margaret Ellerton .... Miss Buena Bent
NettaEHerton .... Mies Madge Burnanrt
Sir Pierce Rolvenden .. Mr. C
George Rolvenden .. Mr. H.

31 M Sense of Humour, comedy, in three acts,

' by Beryl and Cosmo Hamilton (Origin

ally produced at the Comedy January 7,

Maior Archibald Hay.-Mr^ Guy Standing
SirWilliam Button "

Miss A.uriol Lee
Miss Buena Bent

SEPTEMBER.

1 Madame X., play, in a prologue and three
' acts, by Alexanclre Gisson.^Last perform-

Valentine

Laroaue '.". Mr. C. M. H allard

Dr. Chesnel Mr. Herbert Ross

Victor Mr. Edmund Gwenn

Presiding Judge Mr. J. H. Barnes

Valmorin Mr. Alfred Brydone

Clerk of the Court Mr. John Kelt

Usher of the Court. .Mr. W. L. Branacombe

Madame X. (continued).

Foreman of the Jury.. Mr. J. P. Kirkwood
Fontaine .............. Mr. Philip Knox

Jacqueline Fleuriot.. Miss Lena Ashwell
H<51ene ............ Miss Lydia Bilbrooke

Marie ......... ..... Miss Nannie Bennett

Mme. Varenne .. Miss Winifred Harris
Rose ................ Miss Elsie Chester

Globe.

1. Dear Little Denmark, Danish musical in-
cident, in two acts, chatter, jingles, and
tunes by Paul A. Rubens. Last perform-
ance (the 110th) December 18.
Duke Ernst von Rasmussen

Mr. J. Blakeley
Karl .............. Mr. C. Morton Home

Conrad Peterson ...... Mr. Bertram Wallis

Simon Jorgensen ...... Mr. John Clulow

Jonas Jensen Mr. A. W. Baskcomb
Sergeant Ohls ........ Mr. Fred W. Ring

Chamberlain .. Mr. Warwick Wellington
Robins .................. Mr. J. Dornan

Town Crier ............ Mr. lago Lewys

Neils .................. Mr. J. B. Fraser

Hans Hansen ...... Mr. Huntley Wright

Ophelia .............. Miss Gracie Leigh

'Xandra .............. Miss Hazel Dawn

Adeline .............. Miss Peggy Bethel

i Miss Daisy Fisher

' Miss Kitty Sparrow
Eisa ............ Miss Phyllis Monkman

Christine ................ Miss Isabel Jay

Prince of Wales's.

2. Mid-Channel, play, in four acts, by Sir
Arthur Pinero. Last performance (the
58th) October 29.

Theodore Blundell ..-.. Mr. Lyn Harding
The Hon. Peter Mottram.

Mr. C. M. Lowne
Leonard Ferris ........ Mr. Eric Maturin

Warren .......... Mr. A. E. Drinkwat

Cole ................ Mr. Stuart Dennis

Rideout .......... Mr. Sydney Hamilt

Zoe Blundell Miss Irene Vanbrug*

Mrs. Pierpoint .. Miss Kate Serjeants

Ethel Pierpoint Miss Rosalie Toll

Mrs. Annerly Miss Nina Sevenini

Lena Miss Ruth Maitla

A Maidservant Miss Faith Cell

St. James's
2. Way Out West, drama, by Junius Booth.

Jack Hamlin Mr. Junius Boot

Col. Starbottle MT. John Sang.

Judge Byers Mr. Norman Clifton

Bert Masterton Mr. C. W. Crowe

Abner Byers Mr. J. Leroy

Jim Harkins Mr. Harry Bannister

Ah Foo Mr. J. F. Brandon

Harry Slynn Mr. Fred Lodg<

Manuel Garcia Mr. Walter Jarvfe

Yuba Bill Mr. W. Huron

Lance Weathersby Mr. Percy Miller

Helen Masterton Miss Alice West

Mrs. Byers Miss Peggy Yeoman

Mrs. Dooley Miss Clara Lancaster

Royal, Lincoln.

4. The Proud Prince, romantic play, in four
acts, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, with
music composed by H. Sullivan-Brooke.
Last performance (the 78th) November 10.
King Robert of Sicily..Mr. Mabheeon Lang

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145

Count Hildebrand Mr. Kric

a :n*b Grillln

Theron

The ArchangeJ Mr. H--

MIIU Mr. Sydney Vautler

HiRuM Mr. A. t;

...Mr. C. Wright

Zal Mr. Kinc.->t Creaian

tn Mr. .1. K. Gillespie

An Old Kxilo Mr. Richard \

A Young Man Mr. Terence <>

A Soldier Mr. C. A. Chandler

An Old Citizen Mr. Harry Lester

A Townsman Mr. W. Coat* Buah

Perpetua M i*s Dorothy Thomas

Lyaabetta MUs France* Dillon

Helena Miss Olivia

Corinna Miss Mabel Mnn-r:nK

Theodora Miss Alice Cox

nd:i .... Miss Lilian Kevill i

Faustina Misa O. Con-way Tearle

Yolande Miss Maude Leslie

A Young Exile Miss Avice Scholtz

A Towns-woman Miss Edwards

Lyceum.

G.JFrom Convent to Throne, romantic drama,
in four acts, by J. A. Campbell. (8. P.
ne, Manchester, March 31; Rotunda,
Liverpool, July 20.)

Maurice Mr. A. F. Stuart

Baron Strelsau Mr. William J. Miller

Gen. von Hapaburg. Mr. John S. Marler

Lieut, von HapAburg

.Mr. Graham Woods

Lieut. Otto Felsen Mr. T. G. Vane

Eugene von Tarlitz . Mr. Gilson Brooke
Michael von Hanz .. . Mr. H. C. Maxwell
Count de Pesthov .. Mr. Fred Lillywhite

Caspar Jessen Miss Liaea Young

Dr. Kurntz Mr. Harold Shut-er

Capt. Markliu Mr. William Speke

Capt. Helbron Mr. Richard Loft

Priest Mr. Edwin Jacin

Stetfan Mr. H. F. May

Simon Mr. G. A. Edwards

Sentry Mr. John Locke

Cardinal Mr. Frank Marshall

Bruno Mr. A. R. Charlton

Rosolla Miss Maudie Grayson

Mother Superior .. Miss Katharine Davis
The Lady Violetta .... Miss Edna Earle

The Lady Rotha Miss Esme Malim

The Princess Maritza..Miss Mary Fulton
Lyric, Hammersmith.

<>. Can a Woman be Good? domestic play, in
four acts, by C. Watson Mill. London
production, October 18, Pavilion.

Manuel Errington .. Mr. Joseph Millane
Herod Steinburg Mr. Henry Doughty
Ralph Desmond .... Mr. W. E. Griffiths

Ostler Jim Mr. Ernest St. John

Adam West Mr. John Brooks

Curley Dabbs Mr. J. R. Tyrrell

P.C. Willis Mr. James Barratt

Cairns Mr. Fred Clifford

Starman Mr. J. G. Maine

James Widdiconub .... Mr. Harry Wells

William Barnes Mr. James Walker

r Mordant Mr. F. L. Arthur

Alfred Ames Mr. W. Mathewg

George Reed Mr. Charles Arthur

Slithers Miss Winifred Barton

Dolly Merrick . . Miss Flossie Duviss

Mrs. Errington Miss Alice Thurne

Magdala Fawcett Miss Mabel Rose

Leila Le Brunne Miss Norah Melton

Naomi Merrick Miss Florence Hunt

Esther Howard Miss Louise Hampton

Royal, Chatham.

1. ii'i three act*,

. MiM Jean Cadel!

Ken ri' ilarben

v Purdie .. Mr. Campbell GuUan
Mrs. O'Hriiin . I ulapeth

y O'Brian ... Mr. Perceval Clark
Royalty, Glasgow.

. Only a Little Uoy, play, in four acU, by

MX* UMher.

Ambro.ve Penmington .. Mr. J. Sberwln
Mrs. i .. Misa Mabel Harland

June Misa Florence E. Florence

Deborah MLM Hettle Senior

Steve Kingdom .. Mr. Oswald Douglu
Jim Bragstone .. Mr. F. Marriott Wateon

Ell-lie Bragatone MUs Dot Forde

Tag-rag O'Flinn .... Master H. E. Duff

Mona O'Flinn ML^> Lucy Edwin

Joshua Snell Mr. Cecil Raymond

tiir Philip Mvyncli .... Mr. Aubp

l,ady Mary Meyncil .. Miss Mary Aiaslie

Doss 'Ouse Dick Mr. A. Anderson

Daniel Dust Mr. George JN'orbury

Thomas Kent Mr. Willis Elton

Rotunda, Liverpool.

&.*King Lear, Shakespeare's tragedy, in five
art.-,. Mr. IkTlMjrl 'Irench'* revival. Last
performance (the 37th) October 9.

Lear Mr. Gorman McKinnel

King of France Mr. Franklin Dyall

Duke of Burgundy Mr. E. A. Warburton
Duke of Cornwall .. Mr. J. Fisher White
Duke of Albany . Mr. Kenyon Mu&grave
Earl of Kent .. Mr. Charlea V. France

Earl of Gloeter Mr. James Hearn

Edgar Mr. Charles Quartermaine

Edmund Mr. Dawson Milward

Doctor Mr. Edward Kigby

Fool Mr. H. R. Hignett

Oswald Mr. Trevor Lowe

Gentleman Mr. Gordon Bailey

Herald Mr. Caseela Cofcb

Servant to Cornwall .... Mr. F. Ridley
Captain to Goneril .. Mr. R. W. Hutton
Attendant to Lea: .... Mi W R. Haineu

Messenger Mr. R. McLeod

Cordelia Miss Ellen O'Mailey

Goneril Miss Ada Ferrar

Regan Miss Marie Polini

Haymarket.

9. The Whip, sporting drama, in four acts,
by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton.
La>t performance (the 110th), December 8.
Rev. Verner Haslam .... Mr. Basil Gill

Tom Lambert Mr. George Barrett

Capt. Greville Sartoris Mr. C. Keightle;-
Earl of Branca^ter .. Mr. Vincent Clive

Joe Kelly Mr. Charles Rock

The Marquis of Beverley Mr. A. BucJdaw

Harry Anson Mr. Cecil Cameron

Tom Foster Mr. Fred Grove

Captain Rayner .... Mr. Charles Blackall
Hon. Mrs. Beamish .. ML>s Fanny Brough
Lady Diana Sartons .. Miss J. Bateman

Mrs. D'Aquila- Misa Nancy Price

Myrtle Anson Mise Madge Fabian

Lady Antrobus Mi*j May Warley

Small parts by : M^I-S. Edwin Palmer,
MLss Ella Clarkson, Miss Joan Burton,
Miss Winifred Bateman, Miss Olive
Palmer, Misa Marjorie Day, Miss Gertie
Britten, Mr. Tom Ronalde, Mr. Bert
Monks, Mr. Fred IVnley, Mr. Jack Frost,
Mr. E. Morgan, Mr. Charles Grahame,
Mr. A. C. Hardie, Mr. Harold Belcher, .Mr
Sydney Bower.

Drury Lane

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SEPT.

V.+ Where is William? a farce, in three acts,
by Charles Wimdermere. (Originally pro-
duced at Worthing, June 21, 1906.)
Sir William Gregory Mr. C. Windermere

Harry Mr. Wylie A. Thompson

General Rubbub .... Mr. Leslie Norman

William Jolly Mr. Rule Pyott

Joe Budge Mr. Lionel West

Policeman Mr. J. H. Green

Lady Mary Miss Belle Donaldson

Phyllis Miss Clare Manifield

Emily Miss Leila Russell

Eliza Miss Zoe Davis

Castle, Richmond.

11. Making a Gentleman, a play, in four acts,
by Alfred Sutro. Last performance (the
97th) December 4.

Sam Carey Mr. Bourchier

Archibald Carey ..Mr. Kenneth Douglas

Lord Parkhurst Mr. Edmund Maurice

Hon. Lionel Trenning..Mr. A.E.Benedict
Geoffrey Carleon Mr. Bertram Fonsyth

Edmunds Mr. William Burchill

Franklin Mr. Charlea Vernon

Wilson Mr. Dallas Cairns

Baroness Von Ritzen Miss Ethel Irving

Hon. Mrs. Trenning...Miss M. Beaumont

Mrs. Revell Miss Agnes Thomas

Milly Chambers Miss Athene Beyler

Mrs. Irvvin Mies Mary Weigall

Garrick.

if Almost His Bride, play, by Stephen Pritt.
Earl of Ullswater..Mr. David McFarlane

Squire Rowland Mr. Marshall Meade

Philip Rowland Mr. Arthur F. Dudley

Jasper Thorne Mr. Raymond Dudley

Simon Simson Mr. Stephen Pritt

Clergyman Mr. Barton White

Detective Inspector.. Mr. Walter Chevasse

Policeman Mr. George Cross

Emma Baxter Misa Nellie Hook

Myra Thorne Misa Phyllis Elton

Ruth Gilchmt Miss Adele Liddon

Mona Gilchrist..Miss M. Lewin-Mannering
Royal, Preston.

24. False Gods, Egyptian play, in four acts,
translated by J. B. Fagan from La Foi,
by Eugene Brieux, music specially com-
posed by Camille Saint-Saens. Last per-
formance (the 62nd) November 6.

The Pharaoh Mr. Hubert Carter

The High Priest. .Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Rheou Mr. Edward Sass

Pakh Mr. William Haviland

Satni Mr. Henry Amley

Bitiou Mr. Jules Shaw

Sokiti Mr. Leon M. Lion

Nourm Mr. Frank Esmond

The Steward Mr. A. Scott Craven

The Exorcist Mr. Henry MorreU

Mieris Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Yaouma Miss Evelyn D'Alroy

Kirjipa Miss Bateman (Mrs. Crowe)

Hanou Miss Laura Cowie

Taya Miss Adeline Bourne

Siteinit Miss Jean Harkness

Nagaou Miss Hilda Moore

Delethi Mies Elinor Foster

Nahasi Miss Marie Hemingway

Mouene Miss Clare Harris

His Majesty's.

15-HFama Yama Land, play, in a prologue and
four acts, by Grace Duffle Boylan- Lad-
broke Hall, W.

15.*A Soldier's Daughters, one-act play, by
Cosmo Hamilton. (Originally produced at
the Kingsway, March 14, 1908.) Play-
house.

ItfThe Typist, one-act play, by Ella Erskine.
Mary Lister ............ Miss Ella Erekine

Earl Dreighton ........ Mr. Walter Pearce

Johnson .............. Mr. Leonard Calyert

Garden Theatre (Women of all Nations
Exhibition), Olympia.

n The North Pole, illusion sketch, by David
Devant St. George's Hall.

15 The Great Divide, a play, in three acts, by
William Vaughn Moody. Last perform-
ance (the 41st) October 23.
Ruth Jordan.. Miss E. Wynne M.atthieon
Polly Jordan ____ Miss Laura Hope Crews

Mrs. Jordan .......... Mies Isabel Waldron

Philip Jordan .......... Mr. Frederic Burt

Dr. Newberry ...... Mr. William J. Butler

Winthrop Newberry. .Mr. C. F. Gotthold
Architect ........ ....Mr. Frank Brownlee

Contractor .......... Mr. Robert Herbert

Dutch .................. Mr. Frank Weldon

Pedro ................ Mr. Arthur Bent/on

Lon ................ Mr. J. Harry Benrimo

Burt Williams ..Mr. Henry B. Waltham
Boy .................... Mr. James Hagan

Stephen Ghent .......... Mr. Henry Miller

Adelpln.

Real Wife, domestic play, in four acts.
by Charles A. Clarke. (Production at the
Royal Court, Warrington, December 27.)
Lyric, Hammersmith.

16. The Brass Bottle, farce, in four acts, by
F. Anstey.

Horace Ventimore Mr. L. Grossmith
Professor Anthony Futvoye..Mr. A. Bishop
Fakrash-El-Aamash ..Mr. E. Holm an Clark
Spencer Pringle ...... Mr. Rudge Harding

Samuel Wackerbath ..Mr. Luigi Lablache
Rapkin ................ Mr. J. H. Brewer

Chief of Caravan .......... Mr. A. Spencer

Head Effreet .............. Mr. John Carey

A Waiter .......... Mr. Walter Ringham

Mrs. Futvoye ........ Miss Lena Halliday

Sylvia Futvoye ........ Miss Viva Birkett

Mr. Rapkin ........ Mies Many Brough

Mrs. Wackerbath ....Mies Armine Grace

Jessie .................. Miss Gladys Storey

Zobeida .............. Miss Mabel Duncan

Vaudeville

20. What a Man Made Her, society drama, by
Charles Darrell. (London production, De-
cember 27, Royal, Stratford.)
Rupert Danescombe .. Mr. Ed. Rawlinson
Sir Ernest Cavendish.... Mr. Edward Ray

Dr. Mark Haven ...... Mr. J. M. Olivert

Lewis E. Gunnerstein..Mr. Barnett Lando
Evans .................. Mr. Syd Davies

Lord Tanporley .. Mr. J. W. Lindsay Ellis
Lady Gorrinking ...... Miss V. Thomas

Nurse Arden ...... Miss K. Murgatroyd

Deborah .............. Miss Tessa Myers

Elfrida .......... Miss Margaret Saville

Lady T. Danescombe.. .Stella Carmichael
Janet McAllister. ...Miss Rene"e Glendower

Albert, Brig-house.

20 A Nation in Arms, military play, by B. 8.
Town roe.
Betty Burley....Miss Margaret Marshall

Jack Graham ...... Mr. C. Leveson Lane

Jess Fisher ...... Miss Gwendolen Logan

Kit Fisher ...... Mr. Egerton Hubbard

Jacob Burley ........ Mr. H. B. Peppin

Marjory Hall .. Miss Evangeline Billiard
Jim Bruce ........ Mr. Stafford Billiard

Sergt.-Instructor Babbs...Mr. G. O'Kelly
Private Baxter ........ Mr. S. E. Linnit

Private Cartwright .... Mr. Max Woods

Private Jones ........ Mr. Harvey Adam*

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Sergeant Pinto Mr. Eric Bau

iiU M

i II King

y Mr. KobiTt Melrod

Major \ in r Mr. Alfl

Koyal Court,

.1 Child 't. (l.oinlim product ion,

January :;, ll'H), Ko\al, Mr..ti-ii.l.j J>raiii.i,
in four :u-K by Frank i

Sir John Graham Mr. Joh:

Lawmire Cruigie .. Mr. Frank F. Raleigh

Lieut. Jack Amslcy. . Mr. Bernard Lovett

Robert Wallace .... Mr. John Davidson

Van Dam .... Mr. Maurice Jones

K/ra Scroggie Mr. George Francis

nth Mr. Frt'd Acton

Constable 214 1) Mr. L<

Gertrude Graham. .Mi*w Bessie Hazlewood

Lorn a (.arsUiira Miss Yoka Siimna-r

fk-lina Haddock .. Mi.^s CarMta Bloiidin

Little Doris Little Ethel Filkin

Doris Graham Miss Dot Stephens

Grand, Walsall.

w.u'.i o/ Honour, in one act, by Edward
DenJby (E. G. Hemmerde. K.C.), founded
on an incident in the late G. J. \Vhyte-

ile'a novel, " Holmby House."
Oliver Cromwell Mr. Frank Tyars

al Harrison Mr. B. A. Pittar

Major II. Bosville....E. Ha-rcourt-Williams
Capt. George Efflngham. .Mr. 8. Howlett
Capt. Hugh Trentham..Mr. H. E. Hewitt

Charles Stanford Mr. J. Patric Curwen

Mary Cave Miss Dorothea Baird

Queen's.

22.* The Bells, the version by Leopold Lewis of
MM. Erckmaim - Chatrian's Le Juif
Polonais. (Originally produced by Henry
Irving at the Lyceum on November 25,
1871.) Last performance (the 51st) Iso-
veinber 8. Queen's.

254T/ie Dollar Princess, musical play, in three
acts, by A. M. Willner and F. Griin-
baum, adapted for the English stage by
Basil Hood; lyrics by Adrian Ross; music
by Leo Fall. (Original English production
at the Prince's, Manchester, on December
24, 1908.)
Freddy Fairfax .... Mr. Robert Michael!

Mr. Bulger Mr. W. H. Berry

Dick Mr. Evelyn Beerbohm

John, Earl of Quorn .. Mr. Baail S. Foster
Sir James McGregor .. Mr. Willie Warde
Duke of Stonehenge Mr. F. J. Blackman |
Vicomte de Bresac .. Mr. Garnet Wilson |

Lieut. Grant Mr. Harold Deacon I

Harry Q. Conder Mr. Joseph Coyne I

Olga Mias Emmy Wehlen

Daisy Miss Gabrielle Ray

Dulcie du Cros Miss May Kinder

Sadie von Tromp .. Miss Gladys Cooper
Lady Augusta .. Miss Phyllis Le Grand I

Lady Dorothy Miss May Hobson

Lady Gwendoline .. Miss Gertrude Glyn

Lady Margaret Miss Marion Lindsay

Hon. Editha Dalrympie Mise D. Dombey

Alice Miss Lily Elsie

J>aly's.

27.HLondon Night Hawks, drama, in four acta,
by T. B. Brabazon P.H., Arbroath.

27. In Lilac Time, domestic comedy, in one
act, by Maude Thompson Lyceum,
Crewe.

extravaganza, in

acta. (Or . at Uie

20, 1908.)
''torge Richie

;
. Billy Kelly

Miha Lottie Wilson

Dabey Mart-:; ...... Mi*t Olive Stewart

Nettie Dunville .... Mia* May Robson

SKIT,

Constable 1875 ........ Mr. Tom Verity

\ot-so-Well ........ Mr. E. Bailard

Marks ... . Mr. Joe Dagman

Tram Inspector .......

r's Angel Child .. Mr. F. ReynoUU

Mr. Geo. Nicbolla

Nurse Girl .......... Miss Violet Cheater

Mrs. Phat . Miss Gertie

Yo-Sen ............ Mr. Fred Reynold*

Buy .............. Mr. Robert Daly

Yoko-May .......... Mr. Harry Tenner

Chop-Suey ............ Mr. Jack WestfleM

Lyric, Hammersmith.

27.!T7ie Catastrophe, one-act play, by H. C.

<y (Produced by the
Raisers, Rehearsal March 11.) Lyceum.

27. The Makings of a Man, sensational drama,
in four acts, by Tom Craven (founded
upon a story by the same author).
Jack Reckless .. Mr. F>-ank Robert <-n
Ambrose Kreep .. Mr. P. R. Foreman
Oliver Rand .......... Mr. Sam Pearce

Skymer ................ Mr. Tom Craven

Marcus Goldstein ____ Mr. S. Branagrove

Silas Wontner .... Mr. A. C. Thornhill

Tanner .............. Mr. Louis Palgrave

Quidd .............. Miss P. Rickmound

Rhoda Wontner Miss Gertrude Harrison
Effie Rand ........ Miss Helena Walbran

Pavilion.

27. Press Cuttings, public performance of
George Bernard Shaw's topical sketch.
(Previously produced privateiy In London
by the Civic and Dramatic Guild, Court,
July 9).
General Bones ........ Mr. Ian Maclaren

An Orderly .......... Mr. B. Iden Payne

Johnson .............. Mr. Charles Bibby

Mra. Farrell .............. Miss Ida King

Mrs. Banger ...... Miss Emily Patterson

Lady Corinthia Fanshawe..MisB E. Goodall
Gaiety, Manchester.

27\\Duty, drama, in three acte, by the Rer.
G. D. Rosenthal and J. J. Blood.
Ooloned Holt ...... Col. T. E. Kimberley

Captain Stillmarsh .. Mr. F. W. Lawday
Sergt. Carpenter ............ Mr. Harbon

Corpl. Jones .............. Mr. Bruckshaw

Jack Wright ........ Mr. Albert C. Green

Bill Slyde .. .......... Mr. Fred C. Hands

Tommy Thompson .. Master J. Edwardea
Orderly ................. _____ Master Ford

Bugler .................... Master Booth

Sentry ...................... Master Ford

Pipkin .................. Maater Witcomb

Jellyman .................. Master Gould

Perkins .................. Master Morris

Rev. Mr. Wynter Somerton..Mr. F.Moore
Alfred Twiggine, J.P ..... Mr. J. J. Blood

Jabez Brownlow ...... Mr. W. H. Kerfoot

P. C. Rumble ........ Mr. Charles Adcock

Mrs. Twiggins .... Mrs. Gardner Tyndall

Madge Brownlow ........ Mtaa Ida Maie

Balsail Heath lost., Birmingham.

148

THE STAGE YEAR 300K.

SEPT.-OCT

'JD The Mountaineers, romantic comic opera,
in three acts, the book by Guy Eden and
Reginald Somerville, lyrics by Guy Eden,
music by Reginald Somerville. Revised
version October 20. Last performance
(the 61st) November 27.

Pierre Mr. C. H. Workman

Fritz Mr. Claude Flemming

Conrad Mr. Laurence Legge

Gustave Mr. Reginald Lawrence

Louis .. Mr. A. Wellton Fordham

Francois Mr. Sydney Ashcrof t

Sergeant Frederico .... Mr. Frank Perfitt

Priest Mr. A. Everette

Citizen Mr. D. Fergusson

Clarice Miss Elsie Spam

Annette Miss Jessie Rose

Miss Spinifex Miss Kate Forster

Yvonne Miss Ruby Gray

Armandine Miss Mabel Burnege

Celestine Miss Gladys Lancaster

No61ie Miss Hilda Vining

Yvette Miss Josset Legh

Prudence Miss Marjorie Dawes

f Miss Fay Temple

Bridesmaids . . . . i Migs Giovaniio Botto
Savoy.

30. Smith, comedy, in four acts, by W. Somer-
set Maugham.

Thomas Freeman Mr. Robert Lorame
Herbert Dallas-Baker, K.C...Mr. F. Volpe"
Algernon Peppercorn. ..Mr. A. E. Matthews

Fletcher Mr. Percy Goodyer

Mrs. Dallas-Baker Miss Kate Cutler

Emily Chapman Miss Edyth Latimer

Mrs. Otto Rosenberg . . Miss L. Bilbrooke

Smith Miss Marie Lohr

Comedy.

OCTOBER.

l.^Murder Will Out, drama, in four acts, by
W. V. Garrod.

Sir John Trevelyan Mr. Charles Hailing

Oscar Havilson Mr. W. V. Garrod

James Cartmell....Mr. William Bradford

Harry Owsnitt Mr. Owen Remonde

P.C. Robert Skinner.. . .Mr. Frank Dallas

David Hearne Mr. Seymour Perry

Anthony Fynne Mr. Walter Vincent

Mrs. Havilson Mias P. Alicia Neil

Mrs. Fynne Miss Alice Clarke

Effle Havilson Miss Ethel Crawford

Dolly Nettle Miss Amy Ashton

Phyllis Trevelyan.. Miss Bertha Kingston
Royal, Sunderland

l.^These Are My People, romance of two
countries, in four acts, by Edwin Milton
Royle Garrick.

4. The Port Arms, farcical sketch, in one act,
by Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord.

Cecilia' Tiddly Miss Barbara Fenn

Alfred Snick Mr. Edwin Bennett

Dave Pullinger Mr. Lennox Pawle

Palace Pier, Brighton.

4 Sir Walter Ralegh, romantic play, in four
acts, by William Devereux. London pro-
duction, Lyric, October 13.

Queen Elizabeth Miss Winifred Emery

Frances Walsingham Miss Gwendolin Floyd

Anne Charnock Miss Dorothy Dix

Elizabeth Thfogmorton.LUian Braithwaite
Bernardino de Mendoza...C. W. Somerset

Diego Alvarez Mr. Caton Woodville

Anthony Babington Mr. Cronin-Wilson

John Ballard Mr. A. E. George

John Savage Mr. Frank Woolfe

Francis Throgmorton Mr. Shiel Barry

Sir Walter Ealegh (continued).

Robert Barnwell Mr. S. J. Warmington

Edward Charnock Mr. Tom Nesbitt

Edward Windsor. ..Mr. Everard Vanderlip
Sir Francis Walsingham. Mr. Arthur Ayres

Lord Burghley Mr. Tom Hea'ewood

Earl of Leicester Mr. J. Napper

Earl ol Essex Mr. Stuart Dawson

Sir Aymas Porter Mr. 8. B. Brereton

The Queen's Usher.. Mr. Oswald S. Bailey
Jeremiah Lightfoot.Mr. Hugh B. Tabberer
Barnabas Grub.... Mr. Alec F. Thompson

James Longbowe Mr. Herbert Jarman

Sir Walter Ralegh Mr. Lewis Waller

-nRoyal, Birmingham.

4. Little Phil's Mother, drama, in four acts,
by Charles A. Clarke.

Frank Towers Mr. Percy Ball

Sam Perkels Mr. Frank M. Thor

Oscar Titherton Mr. Victor Gard

Geoffrey Dyne Mr. Bernard Webb

Donald Taggerty Mr. H. J. Monte

Bill Brisket Mr. John E. Tomlinson

Prison Chaplain Mr. H. T. Booth

P.C. Simmers Mr. Pat Quinn

Governor of Prison . . Mr. R. S. Silkstone

Warder Mr. Arthur Brownlaw

Flat Attendant .... Mr. S. T. Stephenson

Ruth Towers Miss Maud Russell

Elspeth Miss Violet Craufurd

Julia Worf ilove Miss Leslie Warner

Phil Little Gertie Renaud

Wardress Miss Shine

-O.H., Wakefleld

4. Bill Sikes, dramatic episode, in one act,
adapted by B. Soane-Roby from Charles
Dickens's " Oliver Twist."

Bill Sike* Mr. C. Maynard Brown

Noah Claypole Mr. Soane-Roby, jun.

Nancy Sikes Miss Kitty Lofting

Fagin Mr. B. Soane-Roby

Palace Pier, Brighton

4. The Musical Martians; or, Then the Band
Played, musical piece, in two scenes,
Philip Yorke and Peri Cooke. Last
formance (the 6th), October 9.

Myrene Miss Vera Doris

Naxia Miss Dulcie Garh

Oubietas Mr. Niels H.

Harry Rivers Mr. Henry Gurne

Chippers Mr. Arthur Lesl

Aldwj

4. The Bad Girl of the Family, drama,
four acts, by Frederick Melville, music
T. P. Fish. Revived at the Aldwych,
cember 27.
Lieut. Richard Marsh . . Mr. Guy Hasti

Harry Gordon Mr. H. Lane Bayli

Lord Erskine Mr. Rothbury Evz

Sammy Snozzle Mr. Pat Wadd<

Inspector Lawrence . . Mr. F. L. Lawre

P.C. Harper Mr. H. Sherwood

The Vicar Mr. Lionel Browne

Florrie Jones Miss Daisy St. Clair

Sally Smith Miss Jenny Baxster

Betsy Baker Miss Elsie Broom

Fanny Hall Miss Kate Ernest

Sally Smithers Miss Marie Wright

Barney Gordon Mr. Herbert Landeck

Jerry Holmes Mr. D'Arcy Kelway

John Moore Mr. Dennis Byron

Warder Johnon Mr. Fred Carr

Warder Harris Mr. F. Wilding

Rev. Mr. Evans Mr. Henry Johnson

Railway Porter Mr. Sidney Coombs

Driver Mr. Henry Clarke

Gladys Erskine Miss Alice Belmore

Mrs. Moore Miss Madge Stone

Honour Moore Miss Marie Clavering

Bess Moore Miss Violet Englefleld

Elephant and Castle

THE STAGE YEAR -BOOK.

149

An Your Uuir Crows Whiter, "pathetic
piny," in r Fuller.

illy produced, O.H., Bt. Helena,
May 28.

ihn AllM-rry. . Mr. <;, nttivy Sutlu-rlaml
Farmer Walters.. :iMwell

.lark Walter* Mr. HM

Nebucanezza Mr. Louis Weaton

Timothy Slouch Mr. Sammy Foster

Squirt; Jack SN.n. !>..... Mr. ll-rl.i-rt

:it O'Hara Mr. JMward Jeffs

ior Farrough Mr. ivn-y

P.O. Arab Mr. J. HIbberd Muuell

Scrapping Charlie Burkley.Mr. F. C. Roper

Bill Stake* Mr. II any I

Phil Carper Mr. ivrcy St. Clalr

Flow.-r Salrsiiun Mr. StanNv

Joe Steers Mr. Will Wood

Drunk. 'ii 1'aup.T Mr. James Honri

Diana Vandurbout Miss Lily Fuller

A Maniac Miss Annie Terence

Von Grip Mi*s Emily Lewla

Mrs. Walters Miss Florence Delmar

Alice Walters MUs Ague* Collier

Pavilion

ill for Her, romantic playlet, by B.
Soane-Roby, based upon Charles Dicker's
\: in' Two Cities," with miiMi- !>
Louis La Rondelle.

Harnay Miss Kitty Lofting

Soloman Barsad Mr. Maynard Brown

Charles Darnay Mr. George Soane-Roby

Jacques Despard Mr. Martin Moore

Jeau Picard Mr. Q. Bailey

Pierre L'Estrange Mr. Robert Leslie

Sidney Carton Mr. C. Hayden Coffin

Palace Pier. Brighton

7. Dealing in Futures, drama, in three acts,

by Harold Brighouse.

Jabez Thompson Mr. M. R. Morand

Rosie Thompson Miss Mary Jerrold

Butler Mr. H. Walker

Walter Clavering Mr. Hubert Harben

John Bunting Mr. R. B. Drysdale

Charlie Bunting Mr. Milton Rosmer

Lorn ax Mr. Asheton Tonge

Mrs. Wiloock Mrs. Sephton

Dowden Mr. Perceval Clark

James Pullen Mr. Campbell Gullan

Robert Jones Mr. W. Edwyn Holloway

Joseph Livesey Mr Laurence Hanray

Job Alcott Mr. George Wyley

Mrs. Jones Miss Eva Chaplin

Royalty, Glasgow

8. The Tramp, play, in one act, by Ursula

Eecne.

Elizabeth Phillips Miss Ursula Keene

John Miss Gladys Carton

Mary Barker Miss Edith Carter

A Tramp Mr. Clive Currie

A Detective Mr. Wilfred Fletcher

Rehearsal

8. A Member of Tattersatt't, three-act comedy,
by H. Browning.

Lord Guy Winthrop Mr. E. Edwards

Major Brooke-Greville . . Mr. H. Browning

Carl Sampson Mr. Chas. Fancourt

Bertie Monkton Mr. Plummer

Thomas Mr. Ed. Boxall

A Waiter Mr. E. Valdar

Mrs. Eleanor Craven. Miss E. Trevor-Lloyd

Mrs. Devereux Miss Gwladys Leigh

Nancy Playfair .... Miss Miriam Pritchett

Olive Monkton Miss Ruth Delvin

A Waitress Miss Bee Fulton

Mary Wilmot Mias Hilda Sim*

Peter Perks .... Mr. Rutland Barrington
Royal, Brighton

U.l Another Man's Wife, domestic drama, In

.-to, by Myk-s Wallerton. (Originally

produced Queen's, Liverpool, February 8.)

Carlo* De Vergaa .... Mr. David O. Noble

Paul BefMtofl Mr. Alfred D. Adam*

Gilbert Eardslf-y .... Mr. ir-nry Carlisle
Sam SmilM Mr. Frank Daleno

Andy Bremimr .... Mr. L-onard Marshall
Count 1'elikolT ... Mr. Kdwln DavU

villiam Deery
Colonel Mattereon .... Mr. \V. H. Whltty

Miss Nellie Luca*

. . MlM Ethel Love

Tlbby Bremmer Miss Marion

Inez De Castro .. Miss Beatrice Western

Lucia De Vergas .... Miss Ruby Loncraine

Pavilion

11. ^Thomas and the Princeii, play, by Mr*.
W. K. Clifford Ladbroke Hall.

ll.^The Modern Way, play, by Mr. W. K.
Clifford Ladbroke Hall.

12. Gentlemen of the Road, play, In one act,
by Charles McEvoy.

Bill Blizzard Mr. Trevor Lowe

Caroline Blizzard. Miss Sydney Fairbrother

" Sparrow " Mr. J. Fisher White

Mr. Roger Cunningham. Mr. Edward RIgby

Chauffeur Mr. Ernest Graham

Mrs. Cunningham Miss Ada Ferrar

Miss Cunningham Mise Miriam Lewes

A Policeman Mr. E. A. Warburton

Haymarket

12. 3/en Were Deceivers, a comedietta.

Laura Latimer Miss Rose Smith-Rose

Mabel Hamilton .... Miss Molly Terraine
Rehearsal

12. Don, comedy, in three acts, by Rudolf

Besier. Transferred to the Criterion, No-
vember 29.

Canon Bonington Mr. James Hearn

Stephen Bonington.. Mr. C. Quartermaine
General Sinclair .. Mr. Dawson Milward
Albert Thompsett..Mr. Norman McKinnel

Mrs. Bonington Miss Frances Ivor

Mrs. Sinclair .. Miss Charlotte Granville

Ann Sinclair Miss Ellen O'Malley

Elizabeth Thompsett Miss C. Silver

Fanny Miss Amy Lamborn

Haymarket

13. " Potted " versions of The Fires of Fate

and The Whip were produced by The
Follies at the Apollo.

IS.JSfr Walter Ralegh, romantic play in four
acts, and seven scenes, by William
Devereux. (Originally produced at the
Royal, Birmingham, October 4.)
Sir Walter Ralegh .... Mr. Lewis Waller
Bernardino de Mendoza..C. W. Somerset
Diego Alvarez .... Mr. Caton Woodville
Anthony Babington .. Mr. Cronin Wilson

John Ballard Mr. A. E. George

John Savage Mr. Frank Woolfe

Francis Throgmorton .. Mr. Shiel Barry
Robert Barnwell .. Mr. S. J. Warmington

Edward Charnock Mr. Tom Nesbitt

Edward Windsor.. Mr. Everard Vanderlip

Sir Francis Walsingham Mr. A. Ayers

William Cecil .... Mr. Tom Hestlewood

Robert Dudley Mr. Henry Stevens

Robert Devereux Mr. Reginald Dane

Sir Amyos Porter Mr. S. B. Brereton

The Queen's Usher.. Mr. Oswald S. Bailey
Jeremiah Lightfoot .. Mr. H. B. Tabberer
Barnabas Grubb .. Mr. A. F. Thompson
James Longbowe .. Mr. Herbert Jarman
Queen Elizabeth .. Miss Winifred Emery

Frances Walsingham Miss G. Floyd

Anne Charnock Miss Ruth Bower

Elizabeth Throgmorton. .Lilian Braithwaite

Lyric

10'

150

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

OCT.

KUTJie Paqeant and the Plumber, a musical
comedy, in two acts, written by Bertrand
Davis and Norman D. Slee, composed by
Stephen E. Philpot.

Sir Peter Chessmore .... Mr. E. Torrence
Archie Calthorpe..Mr. Edward McKeown

Dickie Darby Mr. Walter Passmore

John Bulby .... Mr. Reginald Crompton

Joe Billings Mr. Edwin Bryan

Rupert Lorraine .... Mr. C. Childerstone

McSturer Mr. Rudolph Lewis

Harold Miss Dorothy Frostick

Daisy Chessmore .. Miss Josephine Wray
Miss MorningtonSlade..Miss Olivia Eltone

Nora Laburnham Miss Mary Eraser

Lady Chessmore Miss Lillian Leslie

Royal, Portsmouth

18. The Dove Uncaged, one-act, play by E.
Hamilton Moore.

Sister Monica Miss Edyth Goodall

Sister Clara Miss Hilda Davies

Sister Serena Miss Lilian Christine

Sister Lucia Miss Muriel Pratt

Colombina Miss Hilda Bruce Potter

Two other Sisters

Misses M. Grierson and A. Browning
Gaiety, Manchester

18. Under the Iron Heel, drama, in four acts,
by Fred Jarman.
Lene" de Maupassant.. Mr. Wilson Howard

Otto Marx Mr. J. W. Richards

Father Mirbeau Mr. John Talford

Major Schromberg .... Mr. Reg. J. Hamer

Michel Bomet Mr. Gerald Smythe

Col. Muller Mr. R. Merring

Schultz Mr. Carl Vallender

Sergt. Bleucher . . Mr. Austin H. Longford

Lieut. Longy Mr. Fred M. Best

Corpl. Schuppen Mr. A. E. Rose

President of the Court. ..Mr. T. H. Winter
Private Erlanger .... Mr. Will H. Crockall

Andre" Miss Lottie Pearce

Maman GoufTe Miss B. Annersley

Germaine Mirbeau .. Miss Carlotta Anson
Royal, Edmonton

18 A Dumb Man's Curse, protean play, in one
act, by J. Bernard Dickson. (Originally
produced at the Peckham Hippodrome,
September 27.)

Father Antoine '

Philippe Dor6

Mme. Babillier

Louis Renard

Mr. Henry de Vries

Isaac Livi

Jean Renouf

Marie Dor6 Miss Dorothy Drake

Criterion

18 iCan a Woman be Good? domestic object
play, in four acts, by C. Watson Mill.
(Originally produced at the Royal, Chat-
ham, September 6.)

Manuel Errington Mr. Joseph Millane

Herod Steinburg .... Mr. Henry Doughty

Ralph Desmond Mr. W. E. Griffiths

Ostler Jim Mr. Ernest St. John

Adam West Mr. George Ashley

Cm-ley Dabbe Mr. J. R. Tyrrell

P.C. Willis Mr. James Barratt

Cairns Mr. J. G. Maine

Starman Mr. Joe Parker

James Widdicomb Mr. Harry Wells

William Barnes Mr. James Walker

Jasper Mordant Mr. F. L. Arthur

Alfred Ames Mr. W. Matthews

George Reed Mr. Charles Arthur

Slithers Miss Winifred Barton

Dolly Merrick Miss Flossie Davis*

Mrs. Errington Miss Alice Thurne

Magdala Fawcett Miw Mabel Rose

Leila Le Brunne Miss Nora Melton

Naomi Merrick .. Miss Winifred Pearson

Esther Howard

Miss Louise Hampton
Pa villon

19. The Price, play, in one act, by Kate Rorke
and Marion Roberton.

Jim Atherton Mr. W. St. A. Bently

Valery Reid Miss Ethel McDowall

Tessa Moretti .... Miss Marion Roberton

Zoe Miss Muriel Lake

Rehearsal

21.*Ttlda'8 New Eat, play, in one act by
" George Paston." (Originally produced
Court, November 8, 1908; revived at the
Afternoon (His Majesty's), January 26.)

Mrs. Fish/wick Miss Clare Greet

Tilda Miss Mona Harrison

Daisy Meadows Miss Lorna Lawrence'

Walter Emerson .... Mr. Ernesit Cosham
Wyndham's.

21 The Little Damozel, play, in three acts, by
Monckton Hoffe. Transferred to the
Prince of Wales's, December 27.
Recklaw Poole .... Mr. Charles Hawtrev
Hon. Fitzroy Lock.. Mr. A. Vane-Tempest

Captain Neil Partington Mr. Lyle

Walter Angel Mr. Arthur Playfair

Papa Barfcholdy Mr. Hubert Druce

Franz Pepo Mr. Ernest Thesiger

Abraham Mr. Cecil Rose

A Servant Mr. Lionel Williams

Sybil Craven Mass Gladys Mason

Julie Alardy Miss May Blayney

Wyndham's.

2l.\\The Fortune of Christina M'Nab, play, in
a prologue and three acts, adapted by
Miss C. R. Berryman from a novel of Miss
McNaughton.

Christina M'Nab Miss Adah Dick

Jessie Miss Agnes Dick

Colin McCrae Mr. James Annand

Lady Anne Drummond Miss C. K. Berryman
Dick Drummond .. Mr. A. C. Berryman

Maid Miss Rita Short

Judith Campbell .... Miss Vivian Gurney
Lady Muriel Stonor .. Miss G. Davi
Captain Stonor .. Mr. S. Seguin Strab?
Duchess of Southwark .. Miss M. With
Duke of Southwark.. Mr. Richard Heal

Lord Hardcastle Mr. C. E. Isbif

Ladv Barbara Elp.hinstone..Miss R. 81:

Miss Greville Miss We

Miss Jenkinson Smith Miss Healej

Mr. Campbell Mr R. H. Verc

Robert Crawford .... Mr. Chas. E. Shor
Cripplegate Institut

23 The Merry Peasant, musical play, in three
acts, adapted from Victor Leon and T
Fall's Der Fidele Bauer. Revised ven
with book by Cosmo Hamilton, November
20. Last performance (the 71st) Janus
1, 1910.
Mattheus Roiter .... Mr. Courtice Poi

Stefan Mr. Julius Walt!

Lindoberer Mr. George Gidde

Vincent Mr. Leslie Stile

General Von Grumow .. Mr. F.
Lieut. Von Grumow .. Mr. Harry Taj

Randaschl Mr. Wyndham Gui

Endelshol'er Mr. Foster Cotirtenaj

Heinrich Mr. Maxwell Stews

Paul Mr. Tendered P

Gustave Mr. B. Wl

Frederich Mr. Cecil Kingslej

Theodore Mr. H A. Wortfc

Master of Ceremonies .. Mr Alec Wils<

Zopf Mr. Arthur Williams

Annamirl Miss Sybil Arundale

Countess Von Grumow.. Miss R. Grimston

Freda Miss Marie West

Rosalie Miss Dorothy Monkma

Ella Miss Lily Mill

Estha Miss Gladys G

Amela Miss Ethel Neg- A

Victoria Miss Violet B<

OCT.-NOV,

THE Sf.lGE YEAR BOOK.

151

Louie MU* Gloria Dene

Estelle

Lizi Miss Florence st. John

Lilt.!.- Annamirl | '" A

\t n

V ""'''" fc > I 1 V-'inrl'

Guests Misses Glory Pearce, Ida Bar-
nard, Lilian Willard, Marie Clements,
Molly ElleKtnere, Kdith Hamilton.
Dwyer, Delia Drew, Claire s
Dorothy lM<.wd.-n. F'.-ra Ma.
Alma Eyre, Kathk-ne Hayes.

Strand

25. For Honour find Revenge, drama, by A.
Mel cod Loader.

I! Galston .. Mr. Montague Beaudvn
Ibert K.-dville .... Mr. II. <;. Ward
Harry Travers Mr. C. D. Pitt
Joe Reckitta Mr. A. A. Tomlin
Arthur Redville .. Mr. Chas. B. Clarence
Mr. (;rant Mr. John Taylor
Inspector .... Mr. Arthur Britton
Constable Mr. Bernard Daw. s
Fireman Jones Mr. David Bray
Village Policeman .. Mr. Stephen Phillips

Mrs. Jones Miss Cora Patey

Nkncy o'Bridi Miss Phyllis Rae

Marv (ial-ton Miss Irene Stanhope

Maud Desmond Miss Irene Munroe

'.If., St. Helens

25. Ttie Scrrant in the House, play, in five
acts, by Charles Kami Kennedy. (S.P.,

liij.Mi. I'.ay^watcr. Jinn- 1!'. 1!K)7.) Last per-
form l, ice (the tilth) Dt eember 4.

James Ponsonbv Makeshyfte J. H. Barnes
Rev. William Rmythe..Mr. Guy Standing

Auntie Miss Kdith Wynne Matthisnii

Mary Miss Gwladys Wynne

Manson Mr. Sydney Valentine

Rogers Mr. Ben Field

Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Henry Miller

Adelphi

20. Court Cards, concert scena, by E. C. Mat-
thews, composed by J. Sheridan Gordon.
Kniu' of Diamonds .. Mr. Arthur Vernon
Knave of Diamonds .. Mr. Willie Garvey
Ace of Spades .. Mr. Douglas Wakefleld
Queen of Diamonds.. Miss Nellie Burdette

Queen of Hearts Miss Rose Alderman

Chance Mr. Sheridan Gordon

Rehearsal
i' Chance of a Lifetime, sporting and
romantic drama, by Nat Gould Elephant
and Castle.

n Days, " comedy of terrors," in three
acts, by Mary Roberts Rinehart and
A very Hopwood.

Jimmie Wilson Mr. Yorke Stephens

Tom Harrison Mr. G. D. Hare

Dallas Brown Mr. M. McHonnest

Plannigan Mr. M. Reisher

The Burglar Mr. Gerald Nathan

Kit McXair Miss Ella Erskine

Bella Knowles Miss Adela Spon

Anne Brown Miss Frances Carter

Selina Carruthera Miss Pansy Harris

Court

' i Credit, play, in three acts, by Frances
M. Lightner.
Dr. Hugh Lamed .. Mr. Yorke Stephens

Daniel Strauss Mr. G. D. Hare

Abraham. Oppenhals ..Mr. Mark Reisher

Vergie Brown Miss Frances Carter

Miss Trowbridge Miss Adela Spon

Myrtle Miss Pansy Harris

Valeska le Roy Miss Ella Erskine

Court

30.1Th Eve of Waterloo, sketch In one gc<?n

JJ"'. 1 a <''> i Cajisell an..

1 d round Tearle

! hornai Price

H'-at.mont . y Greig

"' r '! "' . Millar

.... Mr. Alfred Talboys
MJKB Katie Richardt
MS'U. Kllmarnock

NOVEMBER.

I'l'i'i /.if>if,-,,,n,f. naval <-<.rn.-dv in
f "" r ftCti, I |,. urv ; im j'i,,,

Trevor. (Originally produced at'tl.
boiue, June H;. :

\dmiral Sir Berkley Wynne

_ K.C.B. Mr. A. Hohi

John Penrose Mr. p.-r.

.:(! Lascelles Mr. Cyril Maude

Christopher Neate .... Mr. C. B. Keuton

William Thesiger Mr. H. Nye Chart

Walter Crutchley .... :.waring

Horatio Hood Mr. R. Bottomlev

hdward Dormer-Lee Mr E Coutta

Charles Penny Mr. W. Larcombe

Oporjre Blockley Mr. L. Palmer

Thomas Steele Mr. C. Hampden

Joshua Borlase Mr. C. Francw

James Sloggett Mr. J. Harwood

Oneral Gonjrh-Bogle .... Mr. S. Paxton

Colonel McLeod Mr. M. Wetherell

Captain Munroe Mr. L. Crauford

Michael Pallispr Mr. D. McCarthy

MemitI Salos Mr W. Percival

Mrs. OamerOD MUs Maudo Mi'lett

Lady Hermione Wynne . . Mi-vs E. KilHck

Viola Tlood Mis? Dorothy Fane

Mrs. Cough-Bogle .... Mks E. Chamber*

Lady Dugdale MUs A. Raven-^croft

Plavhouse.

l.^A Girl's Temptation, drama, in four acts,
by Mrs. Morton Powell. (Originally pro-
duced Star, Liverpool, July 12.)

Kate Stirling "Miss G. Gilbert

Guy Warren Mr. F. V. Fenn

Mark Klaw Mr. Clifford Earle

Basil Warren Mr. C. E. Lambert

Geoffrey Stirling Mr. W. Kenion

Jim Judd Mr. Fred J. Mace

Sammy Sniggles Freddie Bentley

Moss Isaacstein Mr. W. H. Grande

Hon. Charles Clade Mr. T. Handley

Hyram Pinch Mr. J. Birchenough

P.C. Lockley Mr. Andrew Clarke

Lady Heath'fleld .... Miss Valerie Russell

Mrs. Stirling Mi*a Louie Walton

Jemima Jossop Miss Amy Corallie

Mrs. Fade Mis? Constance Crewe

Grace Bearing Mtes Addic Butler

Mary Dewar Miss NVllie Clift

Annie Brown Misa Blanche I.e.-

Shakespeare.

1. The Princess and the Vagabond, play, In
tour acts, by Olive Fulton.
Cardinal MaUilieu .. Mr. Harding Thomas

King Roderick Mr. Walle Spinner

Prince Roderick Mr. F. D. PoweJl

Col. Steinhart .. Mr. Victor Garnet Vayne

Captain Max Mr. Henry R. Merrill

Colonel Volsom Mr. T. Wolveston

Lieut. Hildred Kelvitz..Mr. Leon Cortville

Jacques Mr. F. Finch

Bruno Miss Olive Fulton

Prince Rupert Mr. Norman Partriege

Ulrick Garstig Mr. Norman Partriege

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The Princess and the Vagabond (continued).

Countess Gelderd . . Miss Zena St. George
Lady Nora Einburg .... Miss Dora Mason

Vashti .................... Miss Rosa Clew

Lady Clementina ...... Miss Mona Pawle

Lady Veronica ...... Miss Doreen Crosby

Marguerite .......... Miss Shlela O'More

Osborne, Manchester.

1. An Unpardonable Sin, ftrama, by Walter

.Reynolds, founded on The Sin of a Life,

founded on Ouida's novel, " Wanda."

(Produced at the Princess's, September 30,

1001.)

Marquis De Sabran . .Lauderdale Maitland

Prince Egon Vasarhely

Mr. G. A. Brandram
Dr. Greswold ........ Mr. Henry 8. Dacre

Prince Lilionhohe .. Mr. Charles A. James
Due de Noira ............ Mr. Cyril Royce

Karl Von Kaulnitz Mr. W. J. Greene
Otto .................. Mr. John Hignett

Georges ............. Mr. Fred Hopkins

Countess Olga Brancka . . Miss D. Gwynne
Princess Ottillie ...... Miss Clara Davine

Bela ................ Little Doris Gourden

Countess Von Szalras .. Janet Alexander

O.H., Middlesbrough.

2. The Seagull, comedy, translated from the

Russian of Anton Tchekhov, by George

Calderon.

Madame Arcadina ...... Miss Mary Jerrold

Constantine Treplef..Mr. Milton Rosmer
Sorin .............. Mr. Laurence Hanray

.Mna .................. Miss Irene Clarke

Petroff .............. Mr. Hubert Harben

Paulinde ........ Miss Marie Hudspeth

Masha ................ Miss Lola Duncan

Trigorin ............ Mr. Campbell Gullan

'Dora .................. Mr. M. R. Morand

Stoll ................ Mr. Perceval Clarke

Gakof ...................... Mr. Griffiths

Cook .................. Mr. George Wyley

Housemaid ............ Miss Eva Chaplin

Royalty, Glasgow.
New Landlord, one-act play, by F.

D. Bone. (Originally produced as a music
hall sketch at the Hippodrome, Margate,
October 4.)
Michael Dolan .......... Mr. Henry Bagge

Crosby ................ Mr. Ewart Drake

Mrs. Barton ............ Miss Doris Evelyn

Rehearsal.

Last Rally, play, in one act, by Henry
Bagge and F. D. Bone.
Brighouse Grant ........ Mr. Henry Bagge

Nancy Grant .......... Miss Doris Evelyn

Barbon ................ Mr. Ewart Drake

Rehearsal.

The Minstrel and the Maid, " altruistic
and unsophisticated romance," by H.
Scott, the music by Douglas Scott.
Queen KomeJey ........ Miss Nora Arnold

Princess Pearl ...... Miss Beatrice Farnell

Lady Sangazure ...... Miss' Ethel Jousiffe

The High Chamberlain.. Mr. Gordon Jack
The Grand Duke Cecil.. Miss May Farnell
Lord Faithful ...... Mr. C. D. H. Wooster

Sir Percy Vere..Mr. Leo Rowe Edwards
Sir Frank Friend ...... Mr. Percy Walters

Fairy Queen.. Miss Dorothy le March and
England .......... Miss Dionis Hudleston

Scotland ........ Miss Madge Collingwood

Ireland .......... Miss Joyce Hudleston

Wale*. .............. Miss Gladys Portway

Jack Tar ........ Miss Blanche Bedford

Victoria Hall, Baling.

4. Rich Miss Rustle, " irresponsible operetta
comique," libretto by H. Scott, music by
Mylea W. Horsfield iand Douglass Scott,
with additional numbers by Hugh Calen-
don.

Sir Wentworth Wilder.... Mr. L. Holland
Capt. Walter Wilder .. Sidney B. Depree

Cecil Hirsute Mr. Geoffrey Hooper

Freddy Fitzfoodle .. Mr. Ronald Colman

Sylvester Swank Mr. Jasper Peck

Herbert Cholmondeley..Mr. R. du Reversal

Nero Hawk Mr. Gordon Jack

Macgregor Robinson, P.C Mr. G. Taylor

Miss Lucinda Lollaway Miss M. Irwln

Mimi Rustle Miss Maud HaTdy

Victoria Hall. Baling.

7. A. Lost Chance, duologue, by Bertha N.

Graham.

Andy Whittacombe..Mr. Frank Cochrane

Jessie Wilson Miss Freda Sharlotte

Rehearsal.

8. The Great Mrs. Alloway, play, in three

acts, by Douglas Murray. Last perform-
ance (the 26th), December 3.

Sir Ch Hewitt-Gore Mr. Frei Kexr

Lord Glaverhouse ...... Mr. D. Milward

George Hartland .. Mr. Arthur Wontnar
Rev. Herbert Prynne .. Mr. H. Bunston

Patrick Moore Mr. Reginald Owen

Fletcher Mr. Philip Knox

Mrs. Hartland Miss Lena Ashwell

Lady Glarerhouse .. Miss K. Sergeantaon
Mrs? Scott-Gamble .... Miss M. Mclnto*h
Mrs. Cuthbert- Jones .. Miss Joy Chatwyn

Neska Miss Adeline Bourne

Ethel Prynne Miss Nina Seining

8 *Trill)u, play, in three acts, dramatised by

' Paul M. Potter from the late George du

Maurier's novel. Last performance (the

20th), November 24.

Svengali Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Talbot Wvnne Mr. Edward Sass

Alexander" Me Alister ....Mr. J. B. Gordon

William Bagot Mr. Henry Ainley

Gecko Mr. Henry Morrell

Zouzou , Mr. Leon M. Lion

Dodor .....Mr. Walter R. Creighton

Oliver Mr .Frank Esmond

LorimerV: Mr. C. H Croker King

Rev. Thomas Bagot.. Mr. William Haviland

Manager Kaw Mr. Hubert Carter

Trilby O'Ferrall Miss Viola Tree

Mrs. Bagot Mrs. E H. Brooke

Mma. Vinard Miss Cicely Richards

Mimi Miss Hilda Moore

Honorine Miss Marie Hemingway

Xngele Miss Clare Harris

-His Majesty's.

8 *The Van DycTc, di-amatic episode, in one
act, adapted from the French of Eugen
Fourrier PSringue by Cosmo Gordon Len-
nox. (Originally produced at His Majesty s
March 16, 1907.) His Majesty's.

S.^My Lady's Visit, play, in one act, by H.
M. Vexnon New.

8 ^The City, play of American life in three
acts, by Clyde Fitch New.

n Academy Picture, play, in one act, by
A. Ethel Chillingworth. (Produced 1
the Rehear&al Company.)

Jim Benison ., Mr. Harold Chapin

Avis Benison Miss Olivia Glynn

Dick Hollis Mr. W. Coats-Bu

Sarah Miss Elsie Alexandra

Carrier's Man Mr. Walter Hubert

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8. The Isle of Indolence, light opera, In two
acts, libretto by J. Herbert bey wood, and
music by Richard Knight.

lorua Mr. John Collett

Alegron Burton

l-'raiiqueso Mr. Orlando Knwortliy

Potencies Mr. Bon Sin.

Ton to Mr. Ut< hburn

Art Mine. C. Boardman

Science Aliiw Mary Kaye

Literature. Mi.-* Margaret James

Psychology Mim Millie James

Philosophy Mias F. Johns tone

Sociology Miss Edith Shaw

Phyllis Mme. Pemiington

Araorelle Musi Ethel J'

Knowledge Misa Edith Jefferiea

Grand, Oldham.

The Lily of Bermuda, musical comedy. to
. oUs, by Duse Mohamed and Ernest
'jLriininghain.
Sir Geoffrey Hilton .. Mr. John Bardsley

Earl of Lang Mr. Arthur Hare

Allen Ginter Mr. E. M. Robson

Lieut. Jack Ward.. Mr. J. Burlington Kigg

Lord Anglosax Mr. Arthur Longley

.Monsieur Leon Mr. Henry Atijin.^

Col. Clarence, C.B. .. Mr. Holliday Actlay
Hon. John Westinghouse .. Mr. J. OrbhiH
Capt. Lord Catterage .. Mr. W. Guilbert
Adjt. Viscount Nuneaton .. Mr. L. Heron
Lieut. Henry Seacombe..Mr. Hayden Scott
Maj. Lord Derwent.water..Mr. McKierman
Capt, William Hennesey .. Mr. B. Heron
Adjutant de Rothe .... Mr. W. C. Hoddy
Lieut. Sir Herbert Field.. Mr. L. Courtney

Walter Wooda Mr. Robert Rivers

Joe Tucker Mr. Charley White

Bill Smith Mr. Frank Attree

\ iM'cunt St. Germin .. Mr. Edgar Driver
Henry Arthur Brown .. Mr. Erneet Grata
The Hon. Lionel Roberta .. Mr. P. Grata

Lord Hugh Park Misa Agnes Ellis

Cecil Pearce Miss Lucy Lingard

William Clarke-Nelson . .Miss Ada Eshelby
Miss Ada Wright-Huntley ..Miss B. Rowe
Miss Queenie Quelch .. Miss M. Johnston

Miss May Wilmot Miss M. Penfold

Miss Dorothea Darling ..Miss E. Brickwell

Miss Marion Clare Miss D. Desmonde

Miss Maxime Pemberton .. Miss N. Dene
Miss Daisy Southampton .. Miss D. Ewlna
Miss Muriel Paget .. Miss Mabel Maartens
Miss Mamie Somerville ..Misa G. Forrester
Miss Florrie Leigton .... Miss Hilda Saxe
Miss Juliette Dewer . . Miss Nellie Beacon
Miss Fanny Woodrow . . Miss L. Brickweli
Claribel Dreadnaught..Miss Beatrice Park
Dowager Duchess of Margate.. M. Burdell
Miss Montague of Chicago .. Miss 0. Rae

Yama Zora Miss Violet Campbell

Lily Gintex Miss Georgina Delmar

Guests, Officers, etc., Misses Angela Far-
Ten, Mabel and Gertrude Hart, Elsie Lore,
Nina Gordon, May Carlton, Cora Trivett,
Beatrice Karn, Blanche Alleyne, Linden,
Florence Forde, Norma Russell, Beatrice
Dudley, and Guillot. Messrs. Emery, P.
Mortimer, P. Linden, A. V. Gale, T. Burt,
G. Kirby, McGuckin, and E. Pilkington.
Sunny South Quartet.

Royal, Manchester.

in
per-

0. L.irrimer Sabiston, Dramatist, play,
three acts, by R. C. Carton. Last
fonnance (the 20th), November 28.

Lorrimer Sabiston Mr. Geo. Alexander

Sir Henry Cheyiiley, M.P...Mr. Jas. Carew
Rev. Everard Bayne....Mr. Martin Lewis

Richard Kelham Mr. C. M. Lowne

Noel Darcus Mr. Godfrey Tearle

Mr. Filiar. . .aJi KiyaoUU

3 .............. Mr. Afthton

. Stirling

A 1 ii. i Mi.ss Koaalie Toller

Lady Clu-u. u B yl Fiber

St. Jamea'a.

.'. Lyons Mail, play, in three act*,
adapted by Charles Keade from L
Cuurricr de Lyon, by MM. Moreau, Slrau-
(im, :i/il bi:la<:ou: . :<.,rniance (the

20th

urqiiea ....)_ T,I

Dubosc ...... . j Mr U B ' Irvln

Cournol ...... .Mr. K. Harcourt Williama

Ciioppard .......... .Mr. Chas. Dod* worth

i om Reynold*
iat ................ Mr. Memstock

te Lesurque* ........ Mr. Frank Ty&ra

Dorv.i.1 ............ Mr. Frank Cochrane

.............. Mr. atjwiley ilowlett

Joliquet .............. Mr. Arthur Curtia

Guemeau .............. Mr. 11. C. Hewitt

Lambert .......... Mr. J. Patrick Curves

Postmaster of Moui t

Mr. B. A. Pitta
Coco .................... Mr. H. R. Cook

Coiiuiiiodary of Police Mr. W. Graham
Postil'ion .................. Mr. W. Casa

Guard .................... Mr. P. Walder

Waiter ................ Mr. S. Beaumont

Julie .............. Mias Phyllis Embury

Marie ................ Miss May Holland

Niece to Postmaster.... Miss E. F. Davis

Jeanttte .......... Miss Dorothea Baird

Queen'a.

11. Pierrot and Pierrette, lyrical musical
drama, in two acts, words by W. E. Gro-
gan, music by Josef Holbrooke.
Pierrot .......... Mr. Albert Archdeacon

Pierrette .............. Miss Eota d'Argo

'I he Nurse .. ...... Miss Katherine Jones

The Stranger .......... Mr. Leon de Sousa

His Majesty 5 (Afternoon Theatre;.

11. The Tinker's Wedding, comedy, in two
acts, by J. M. byuge.
Michael Byrne ............ Mr. Jules Shaw

A Pxieot ............ Mr. Edmund Gurney

Mary Byrne ............ Miss Clare Greet

Saraji Casey .......... Mu-o M'ona Limerick

His Majesty '6 (Afternoon Theatre).

n.\Babes in the Wood, one-act trifle, by H. B.
Marriott Watson and VY. Raper Bmghaiu.
Lord Loudon ........ Mr. W. R. Bingham

Jacob .................... Mr. J. H. Forbes

Delia Selkirk ........ Miss Beatrice Thrift

Marjorie Selkirk ...... Miss Esme" Doderet

Sir Peter Bale ....Mr. Herbert Strudwick

Lois Taylor .............. Miss Lily Nesbitt

Mr. Jardine ...... Mr. Ernest H. Robinson

Mrs. Marchmont ---- Miss Marion Morrell

Anerley Town Hall.

12.tTfte Pot and the Kettle, play, in one act,
by Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St.
John.
Mr. Brefwster .......... Mr. C. Stewart

Mrs. Brewater .. Miss Marianne Caldwell
Marjorie Bnew^ter MLss Madge Titheradge
Erneat Hobbs .......... Mr. Ben Field

Nell Roberts ...... Miss Elaine Ineecort

12. The Outcast, play, in one act, by Beatrice
Harraden and Bea>ie Hatton.
Thomas Webster .. Mr. J. C. Beresford
Volmnnia ...... ____ MLsa Elsie Chester

Mark \Veston ........ Mr. O. P. Heggie

Scala.

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12. t A Pageant of Famous Women.

Just/ice Lady Grove

Prejudice Mr. Kenyon Musgrave

Woman Miss Adeline Bourne

The Learned Women : Hypatia, Miss
Elaine Ineecort; St. Tere&a, Miss Ada
Potter; Lady Jane Grey, Miss Dorothy
Finney ; Mme. de Stael, Miss Frances Vane ;
Mane. Roland, Miss Ma,ude Hoffmann;
Mme. de Scude"ry, Miss Nora Royston;
Jane Austen, Miss Winifred Mayo;
Georges Sand, Miss Mary Webb; Caroline
Hereohell, Mine Brlneta Browne; Mme.
Curie, Miss Margaret Marshall; Graduate,
Miss Maude Buchanan. Tine Artists :
Sappho, Miss Eva BaLfour; Vittoria
Colonna, Misa Gwendoline Bishop; An-
gelica Kauflmann, Miss Rose Mathews;
Vig6e le Brun, Miss Margaret Halstan;
Rosa Bomheur, Miss Edith Craig; Mar-
garet van Eyok, Miss Irene Ross; Nance
Oldfleld, Mies Ellen Texry. The Saintly
Women: St. Hilda, Miss Madeline
.Roberts; Elizabeth Fry, Miss Joy Chat-
wyn; Elizabeth of Hungary, Miss
GwiadyB Morris; Catherine otf Siena, Mm.
Madeline Lucette Ryley. The Heroic
Women : Charlotte Corday, Mrs. Brown-
Potter; Flora Macdonald, Misa Mona
Harrison; Kate Barlass, Miss Evelyn
Hammill; Grace Darling, Miss Barbara
Ayrton. The Rulers : Victoria, Miss An-
gela Hubbard; Elizabeth, Miss Janette
Steer; Zenobia, Miss Nella Powye;
Philippa, M,rs. Sam Sothern; Deborah,
Mise Edyth Olive; Isabella, Miss Gran-
ville; Catherine the Great, Miss Suzanne
Sheldton; Tsze-Hsd-An, Miss Viola Finney.
The Warriors : Joan of Arc, Miss Pau-
line Chase; Boadicea, Miss Elizabeth
Kirby; Agnes of Dunbar, Miss Frances,
Wetherall; Emilie Placer, Misa Miriam
Lewes; Ranee of Jihanei, Munci Capel;
Maid of Saragossa, Miss Vera Co-burn;
Christian Davis, Miss Cicely Hamilton;
Hann>a>h Sneli, Miss Christopher St. John;
Mary Ann Talbot, Mrs. Rathibone; Flor-
ence Nightingale, Miss Marion Terry.

Seal a.

12. Master, play, in one act, by Gertrude
Moffett New.
William Dunbar. .Mr. Charles W. Somerset

Tommy Dunbar Mr. Leon M. Lion

Anne Dunbar Miss Margaret Busse"

Grace Dunbar Miss Adeline Bourne

Lady Grace Lucy . . . .Miss Elizabeth Kirby
Mrs. Spaghetti Johns ....Miss B. Stanley
Clara Matthews ..Miss Geraldine Somerset

Scala.

12.H.F0r Setter, for Worst* modern play of
American life in foui '<u;ts, by Cleveland

Moifett. New.

13. Might is Right, one-act play, by Netta
Syrett.

Lady Seaborne ....Miss Daisy F. England
Miss Barbera Tracy.. Miss Amy B. Thomas
Miss Millicent Leith....Miss Gillian Scaife

Miss Finch Miss Ada Palmer

Lady Green Miss Ada Ferrar

Miss Delafleld Miss Doris Lytton

Miss Mowbray Miss Madge Titheradge

Miss Bobby Binns. .Miss Sydney Fairbrother

Jenkins Mr. Edward Rigby

Montague Beauchamp ..Mr. Trevor Lowe

Sir Frederick Goring.. Mr. E. A. Warburton

Lord Archibald Eagleton..Mr. E. Graham

Haymarket.

13. East Lynne, play, in four acts, dramatised
by Eric Mayne from Mrs. Henry Wood's
novel. Last performance (the 29th), De-
cember 11.
Archibald Carlyle ....Mr. Frederick Ross

Capt. Francis Levison Mr. Eric Mayne

Lord Mountsevern Mr. Harvey Braban

Justice Hare Mr. S. Major Jones

Richard Hare Mr. Sidney Vautier

Lawyer Dill Mr. Sidney Young

Bethel Mr. Terence O'Brien

Ebenezer Jiffln Mr. Hubert Willis

George Hallijohn Mr. T. R. Gillispie

Cornelia Carlyle Miss Blanche Stanley

Barbara Hare Miss Mabel Mannering

Affj Hallijohn ....Miss Stella de Marney

Joyce Miss Kevill Davis

Susanne Miss Alice M. Cox

Little Isabel Carlyle Miss Vera Burton

Little Willie Carlyle Miss Olga Hope

Lady Isabel Miss Frances Dillon

Lyceum.

15.\\*Plot and Passion, a revival of this drama
by Tom Taylor and John Lang, under the
title of Marie de Pontages, was presented
by amate irs for one performance Court.

15. The Price of Coal, play, in one act, by
Harold Brighduse.
Mary Brown Miss Agnes Bartholomew

Jack Brown Mr. R. B. Drysdale

Ellen Brown Miss Elspeth Dudgeon

Polly Walker Miss Lola Duncan

Royalty, Glasgow.

15. Captain Jack, play, in four acts, by F.
Ciel.
Captain John Wetherley

Mr. F. H. De Quincey

Andrew Lee Mr A. J. Murray

Anthony Cliversedge. .. .Mr. Walter Steele

Barry Trent Mr. F. C. Leigh ton

Billy Bowster Mr. Joe Rowland

Joseph Gympsey Mr. Charles Calvert

Ben Billet Mr. Charles Drayton

Ned Dedrull Mr. Dan Mining

Jan Sehafskopf Mr. Roy Costello

Dan Shivertimbers Mr. Eric Booth

Dick Marlinspike Mr. Anthony James

Ginge Miss Gertie Henderson

Winnie Trent Miss Peggy Lindon

Miss Dora Pass

Mary Lee

Royal, Ilkeston.

16.tr/ie Debt, play, in one act, by Mrs. Tom
Godfrey. (Produced by the Playwrights'
Association.)

Dan Garth Mr. E. A. Warburton

Reuben Finch Mr. Charles Maude

Jones Mr. G. Dickson-Kenwin

Policeman Mr. Leonard OaJvert

Eve Garth Miss Nancy Trice

Aldwych.

in a Tangle, comedy, in three acts,
by Barry B. Vogel. (Produced by the
Playwrights' Association.)

Earl of Menheniot Mr. W. Pearce

Mairquis of Harven Mr. Lewis Casson

Sir Peter Lawrence Mr. G. Bellamy

Lord Elstree Mr. Douglas Imbert

Duke of St. Austell . . Mast. F. Thorndike
Duchess of St. Austell . . Miss M. WeigaJl
Lady Charlotte Ogilvy . . Miss Helen Rou

Lady Claire Miss I&abel Ohmead

Countess of Beckford . . Miss Ella Erskme

Mrs. MacTavey Mrs. E. H. Brooke

Maggie Miss Lilian Coope

Simpson Mr. Frank Kingstqr

Smithers ... ( Mr. G. Dickson-Kenrom

Aldwycn.

YEAR BOOK.

\An Impudent Comedian, play, iu oil act,
by F. Frankfort M

KiiiK Charles 11 Mr. C. J. Cameron

Sir Charles Hedicy .. .M '.raham

Dick S;iiT;nlrli Mi

Lackey

N.-ll (iwyn M: .< Viola Cornpton

Bwyn

CXw

Sorrow, play, in fuur acU.
mberfey. U'""i"

-in.)
Kidiard Buriicld .

Markhain Fi-rrard Mr. H. Rutland

Guy Lowtht-r Mr. G. Langdou

Tommy Onioiu Mr. F. Cavanagh

itayne Mr. W. Lowther

Lionel Ih-athcote Mr. G. Keene

Jack Smith Mr. Harry Osmond

Doctor Bimma Mr. A. Smith

P.O. Bridge Mr. F. Fellpwes

itivfl Williams .... Mr. F. Walkden

Kobinson Mr. I. Franklyn

Warder Jackson Mr. Allen Shaw

Mam'selle Lucille ... Mise Ellen Beterley

Green Miss Nita Owen

Nellie Rayne Mies Maude Hastings

Pauline Ferrars .... Mrs. F. 0. Kimberley
Royal, Barry.

n. Revised version of The Merry Peaiant,
with book by Co.srno Hamilton Strand.

.rpherson, comedy, in three acts, by
Neil Munro.

John Latimer .... Mr. Campbell Gullan
Lilian Latimer .... Miss ELspeth Dudgeon

Charlie Stuart Mr. Perceval Clark

Clotilda Fortune .... Miss Mary Jerrold
Archibald Macpherson..Mr. M. R. Morand

Rebecca Swete Miss Lola Duncan

Susan McGilp Miss Penelope Wheeler

Sholto Blair Mr. Hubert Harben

James Bone Hodge.. Mr. Laurence Hanray

George Archibald J. H. Mayhew

Servants Eva Chaplin; Irene Clarke

Royalty, Glasgow.

20. A Lady's Maid'i Honour, society play, in

three acts, by G. M. Polini.
Sir Win. Hargreavea .. Mr. A. Warburton
Mr. Harold Ironsides. .Mr. A. H. Rooke
Capt. George Feltham..Mr. F. D. Da\iss

Mr. Burton Mr. W. Leslie Ellis

Mr. Benjamin Marks.. Mr. G. Dumenceuu
Representative of Boyd and Holmes

Mr. Ivan Ewart

Commissionaire Mr. Leslie Parker

Valet Mr. Chas. Grant

James Mr. Fred May

Sybil Weathersby..Miss Madge Trenchard
Lady Mabel Hargreaves..Miss M. Surrey
Lady Lyndhurst .. Miss Margaret Rooke

Mrs. O'Ryan Miss Alice Gambler

Mrs. Stammers .. Miss Lucy Cato-Polini
Royal, Bournemouth.

21. The 7/i's-ffr Evil, play, in four acts, by

Elliott Page and Nora Vynne. (Produced
by the Play Actors.)

Mr. Sandys Mr. H. Lawrence Leyton

Major Leith Mr. Lewis Casson

Sir Pearson Steep .. Mr. F. A. Flower

Kir. Flack Mr. Harold Chapin

Mrs. Biglow Miss Gwladys Morris

Nell Desmond Miss Vera Coburn

The American Duchess.. Miss Rita Tomkins

Lady Aloyse Miss Adeline Bourne

Shemus Rnach, M.P. .. Mr. W. J. Stack
Mary Swinburne .. Miss A. Ravenscroft

David Swinburne Mr. W. Gamble

Frank Steading .. Mr. Hugh B. Tabberer

Parker Mr. Gallagan

Peters Mr. Fewlass Llewellyn

Mrs. Bruce Miss Doris Digby

Dr. Nigel Bruce .... Mr. J. Farren Somtar

MilUngtoo ; blanche Stanley

Lady Marx-'!. V, r ttuii. .Miw I

Miba Armii.
'.Vaiter ...... Mr. Lc-'

Elfrid.i .

Her lirutlicr ...... Mr. Lhiietin;;

... Mr. toward CoutU
Country Youth ........ Mr. Walter Cross

Mr. Harold Chapin

ti at the BftYoy: Min Lrkuia
Uncock, Mrs. Jan-

son, Miss Elsie Hall, Mr. Alex Argent i,
Mr. David Field.

Court.

i'jht Eyet, comedy, in three aeU, adapted
by Chaa. Dickson from Charles Dick/so*
and Grant Stewart's comedy, M\3takti
Will Happen Ladbroke Hall.

ja.^A'o Account Morgan, comedy, In four act,
by Charles Dickson Ladbroke Hall.

25. A Russiin Tragedy, one-act play, adapted
by Henry Hamilton from the German of
Adolph Glass.
General Vassilievitch... .Mr. Edward Bass

Ivan Oraniefl ............ Mr. Jules Bhaw

Paul Vanofl .......... Mr. Henry Ainley

Sonja .............. Mrs. Patrick Campbell

-His Majesty's.

25. Beethoven, play, in three acts, by Re"ne
Fauchois, freely adapted by Louis N.
Parker. Last performance (the 20tb) De-
cember 11.

Ludwig Van Beethoven Sir Herbert B. Tre
Archduke Rudolf of Austria

Mr. William Haviland
Prince Ferdinand Kihsky

Mr. A. Scott Craven

Prince Joseph Lobkowitz..Mr. E. R. Ward
Count Von Arnim ---- Mr. Leslie Hamer

Nikolaus Van Beethoven .. Mr. E. Sass
Kaspar Van Beethoven .. Mr. 8. Graham
Karl (as a boy) .. Mr. Burford Hampden
Karl (as a man) ____ Mr. Leon M. Lion

Le Baron de Tremont..Mr. Frank Esmond
Anton Schindler ____ Mr. Henry Ainley

Adolf Schimon .... Mr. C. H. Croker-King

Dranz Hoflmeister .. Mi. Frederick James
Ignaz Schuppanzigh .. Mr. Henry Kitts
Louis Sina .............. Mr. Jules Shaw

Franz Weisz ........ Mr. Henry Morrell

Zmeskall Von Domanovecz..Mr. H. Carter
Moritz Breuning ...... Mr. J. W. Pigott

-nselm Hiittenbrenner..Mr. C. Heatherley
Bettina Brentano .. Miss Evelyn D'Alroy
Giulietta Guicciardi .. Miss Hilda Antony
Trude .............. Miss Alice Mansfield

Theresa .............. Miss Elinor Foster

Johanna .......... Miss Ethel Hodgkins

The Eight Symphonies : Misses Hilda
Moore, Sylvia Youn?, Irene Smith, Laura
Cowie, Elizabeth Dexter, Eva Balfour,
ciare Harris, Marie Hemmingway. The
Ninth S; n phony : Miss Evelyn D'Alroy.
His Majesty's.

So. Destiny (La forta del Destino), Verdi's
opera, in the English language.
Don Alvaro ........ Mr. Edward Davies

Don Carlo de Vargas .. Mr. Alan Turner
Marquis de Calatrava . . Mr. Alex Richard
Father Melitone .. Mr. Frederick Clendon
Father Guardiano .. Mr. A. Winckworth
Trabuco ................ Mr. W. O'Connor

Curra .............. Miss Douglas Wilson

v_
Mr '

Prtro
Rowe

The Alcade ........... )

A Surgeon

Preziosilla ............ Miss Doris Woodall

Leonora di Vargas .. Miss Gertrude Vania
Royal, Manchester.

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27* The Love of Leslie Ueseltine, one-act play,
by N. Thorpe Mayne.
Harold Gray, F.R.A.S. . . Mr C. Derwent

ToaiiP Tfpseltine Mr. Lewis Casson

Rev Amyas He;;itine .. Mr. H. Maule
. Mr. Bertram Stevens

Gray'" Miss Eily Malyon

-County, Kingston.

Zi St. Ursula's Pilgrimage, miracle play, in
' five pictures, by the Hon. Mrs. Alfred
Lyttelton.

Saint Ursula .... Hon. Cynthia Chartens
Trsn<T Mannm Mr. James Hearn

SSfce S 8 r "I:::'. Mr. Stanley Hewlett

Her Angel Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Ber Nurse .i Hon. Norah Dawnay

abiia Hon. Mary Vesey

Aiirea ' Mrs. Raymond Asquith

Corbula" Miss Mary Lyttelton

Eadsy .. Mr- Lewis Ca8S0 1 I J

The Ambassador .... Mr. Alan Campbell

The Chamberlain Mr. IX R. Young

The Messenger Hon. H. Chartens

The Soldan Mr. E. A. Wufcurton

30 *La Dame aux Camelias, play, in five acts,
by Alexandre Dumas, fils (performed in
Russian).

Georges Duval M. Michael Kelch

Armand Duval M. Fred Radohn

Gaston Rieux .... M. Constantin Rubeni

Saint-Gaudene M. Vassili Neratof

Gustave M. Peter Petrof

Count de'Giray M. Paul Neratof

Baron de Varville .... M. Alexis Mesetski

Doctor M. Thomas Olenski

Nichette Mme. Anna Kipman

Prudence Mme. Varvana Ilunskaia

Nanine Mme. Vera Verter

Olympe .... Mile. Anna Aleimkova-Bykof

Marguerite Gautier...Mme. L. Yavorskaia

His Majesty'* (Afternoon)

30 *The Importance of Being Earnest, a trivial
comedy for serious people, in three acts,
by Oscar Wilde. (Originally produced at
St. James's, February 14, 1895.)
John Worthing, J.P...Mr. Geo. Alexander
Algernon Moncrieffe. .Mr. A. Aynesworth
Canon Chasuble.. Mr. E. Vivian Reynolds

Merdman Mr. Erik Stirling

Lane Mr. T. Weguelin

Lady Bracknell Mias Helen Rous

Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax

Miss Stella Patrick Campbell

Cecily Cardew Miss Rosalie Toller

Miss Prism Miss Alice Beet

St. James's.

$Q.*The Nursery Governess, play, in one act,
translated and adapted from M. Proving'
La Gouvernante by P. Duchesne. (Origin-
ally produced at the Kennington, October
26, 1908.)

Mr. Simpson Brigge..Mr. Ashfcon Pearse
Captain Trent.... Mr. Harcourt Williams
Mrs. Trent.. Miss Jean Sterling Mackinlay

Wilson Miss Marjorie Waterlow

St. Jamee's.

80. The House Opposite, play, in four acts, by
Perceval Landon.
Rt. Hon. Henry Rivera

Mr. Herbert Waring

Sir Edward Harrowby Mr. C. Allan

Richard Caxdyne Mr. H. B. Irving

Stuart Fillerby Mr. Eric Maturin

Paul Sandys Mr. Alex. Bcott-Gatty

The House Opposite (continued).

Parker Mr. J. Patric Curwen

Hon. Mrs. Rivera Miss Eva Moore

Mrs. Calthorpe....Mis6 Muriel Beaumont
Lady Muriel Wentworth

Miss Phyllis Embury

Marie Mise Dora Barton

Sybil Miss Grace Starling

Queen's.

30. H Aeroplane Mad, comedietta, by Charles
and G. Seton Craik.

Itoger Hinton Mr. Alan Ellison

Joan Mr. G. H. Perrin, jun.

Hon. Charley Cholmondely..Mr. C. Craik

Bower Mr. G. Wright

Manor Hall, Easton.

DECEMBER.

1. The Visit, play, in one act, by Richard
Pryce, adapted from " Freddy's Ship," by
Mary E. Mann.

Mrs. MacmicheL.Miss Henrietta Watson
Mm. Benson ............ Miss Marie Linden

Maid ................. Miss Marie Shields

Rev. G. Benson ...... Mr. Daniel McCarthy

Colonel Macmichel ____ Mr. E. Mainwaring

Playhouse.

1. Little Mrs. Cummin, comedy, in three acts,
by Richard Pryce, adapted from " The
Eglamore Portraits," by Mary E. Mann.
Mrs. Cummin .......... Mise Lottie Venne

Juliet .................. Miss Marie Lohr

Mrs. Plain ........ Miss Emma Chambers

Susy Plain .......... Miss Esm6 Hubbard

Harriet .............. Miss Dorothy Fane

Clarence Eglamore.. Mr. Kenneth Douglas
Horace Eglamore ...... Mr. Lennox Pawle

Captain Sands ........ Mr. Charles Sugden

Mills ................. Mr. M. Wethereil

Playhouse.

to "be a Hero, sketch, by R. Malcolm
Morley.
Samuel Meek ..... .'..Mr. Cecil C. Cross'ey

Margaret .............. Miss Crete Hahn

Malcolm Montgomery.. Mr. R. M. Morley
Rehearsa'.

at the Office, one-act play, by Crete
Hahn.
Charlie Jones ....Mr. R. Malcolm Morley

Octavius .......... Mr. Cecil C. Croseley

Molly Henderson ........ Miss Grete Hahn

Rehearsal.

2. ^Enchantment, one-act play by Grete Habn.

Hugh Ros&iter Mr. Everard Vanderlip
Alfred Turner ...... Mr. Cecil C. Crossley

Nell .................... Miss Grete Hahn

Rehearsal.

2.*The Electra of Sophocles, revived by a
Greek company headed by Miss Smiltou
Terry's.

2.*Mme Lydia Yavorskaia appeared in La
Dame aux Camelias and the fifth act of
Alexander Ostrovsky's Vassilissa Helen-
tieva (Ivan the Terrible) Ris Majesty's
(Afternoon).

3. Toller's Wife, one-act play by Cosmo

Hamilton hiswick Town Hall.

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157

I The Lily, piny, m four act*, adapted from
the French of Tien. Wolff and Gaaton
.x, ijy David Bebsco.

Maigny ..... v Wilson

illia

Vicomte Maxmilliau de .M;.

Mr. Erie Scott
Hu/..ir .............. Mr. \\Hton Leonard

s ArnaiM ____ Mr. !;. nest E. Morris

-I ............. .Mr. Martin Alwyne

Emile 1'lock ............ Mr. Kilis Carfyle

Joseph ................ Mr. Edward Bond

Jfun ................... Mr. Kdward Snow

A Qamskeeper .......... Mr. ivrcy Smith

Deletto ................. Miss May Norris

Christiana .............. Miss Ivy Williams

Lucie ................ Miss Adah Rothwell

Suzanne ................... MLss C. Fenton

Alice ........................ Miss E. Cecil

Dalston.

The Showing Up of Blanco Potnet, " a
sermon in crude melodrama," by George
Bernard fihaw. (Originally produced at
the Abbey, Dublin, on April 25. Now pro-
duced by the Abbey Theatre Company,
under the auspices of the Stage Society.)
Babsy ........... Miss Eileen O'Doherty

Lottie .................. Miss Daisy Reddy

Hannah ........... Miss Sheila O'Sullivan

Jessie .................. Miss Mary Nairn

Emma ................ Miss Eithne Magee

Elder Daniels ........ Mr. Arthur Sinclair

Blanco Posnet ...... Mr. Fred O'Donovan

Strapper Kemp ...... Mr. J. M. Kerrigan

Feemy Evans .......... Miss Sara Allgood

Sheriff Kemp ...... Mr. Sydney J. Morgan

Foreman of Jury Mr. J. A. O'Rourke
Nestor .................. Mr. John Carrick

Waggoner Joe ........ Mr. Eric Gorman

The Woma^ .......... Miss Maire O'Neill

Aldwych.

t>.;2'erence, comedy, in four acts, founded
on her novel of the same name by Mrs.
B. M. Croker. (Originally produced at
the Royal, Margate, February 18, 1907;
revived at the Gaiety, Dublin, March 1,
1909.)
Sir Greville Fanshawe ...... Mr. J. B. Fox

Capt. Bertrand Lovell....Mr. F. M. Saker

Simon Foulcher ........ Mr. E. A. Douglas

Terence .......... Mr. A. Austin-Leigh

Patrick Ryan ...... Mr. James R. La- Fane

The Judge ........ Mr. J. Byron Douglass

Captain Willis ...... Mr. Hugh Arkwright

Waiter at the Hotel ...... Mr. Dane Scott

Lady Nita Fansh awe.. Miss Ethel Royale
Maureen D'Arcy ...... Miss Laura Walker

Mrs. Duckett ........ Miss Mabel Archdall

Sally O'Hara ........ Miss Emmie O'Reilly

Julia .................. Mies Maud Abbott

Mrs. Perry ............ Miss Eileen Curran

Miss Neville ............ Miss Joan Earl

Fulham.

0. The Reward, play, in one act, by Millicent
Edmonds.

Geoffrey Milton.. Mr. E. Vivian Edmonds
Ralph Baxter .......... Mr. Geo. Porteous

Ruth Milton ............ Miss Ethel Vinroy

Sergt. Brown ........ Mr. W. H. Dewhurst

Trooper Smith .......... Mr. Percy Gibson

Dalston.

. The Purple Emperor, musical comedy, in
two acts, book by Tristram Crutchley,
music by Harold Austin, lyrics by Tris-
tram Crutchley and Cyril Austin.
Constantine Jakes ____ Mr. C. McNaughton

Major Domo .......... Mr. Rudolph Kloss

Robert Bacon ........... Mr. Reg. Edwards

Lieut. L. Restrain.. Mr. Roland Bottomley
Sub-Lieut. Clinton.... Mr. N. C. Bennett

Sub^ieut. Gerald Jones.. Mr. Reg. Barley

Pringle

-ut. McLean.. Mr. Wi

Rffcuk] Vteeenl ..... ML

Christine Darlington ____ Miss Gladys I very

rd ........ MiM Winnie Browne

Kitty Green .......... Mua Grace Courtley

;i Brown ...... Miss Phyllis Manners

King's.

7. i he Lethal Hotel, " grotesque," In one act,

by A. M. Willner, freely translated by

Frederick Whelen.

Mr. X .......... Kdward 8as

> ............. Mr. Kvelyn Beerbohm

The Inspector .......... Mr. Leon M. Lion

'larwomau ...... Mi* Alice Mansfield

A Footman ................ Mr. A. Cleave

-Ilia Majesty's.

S.^The Father of Her Child, play, in four
acts, by Jack Sujerman.
Colonel Matlock ........ Mr. Maurice Drew

Gerald Matlock .......... Mr. John Gerant

Frank Hope .......... Mr. Philip Lawton

Fred Fleet wood.. Mr. Frank Derek Powell
Bobby Bunting ............ Mr. Harry Ives

John Parkins ........ Mr. W. F. Clements

John Thomas ...... Mr. Theo. Channing

Thomas John ........ Mr. Edward Larkins

Mr. Penfold .............. Mr. H. E. Lewis

Mr. Grimm .................. Mr. Linfleld

Dr. Camp ................ Mr. A. Yorke

Jones ................ Mr. A. Willoughby

Policeman X41 .......... Mr. Tom Moore

Mns. Randall .................. Miss Crick

Claire Randall ........ Miss Ada Roscoe

Lucy Ptandall ........ Miss Nora Marion

Kitty Garland ........ Miss Edith Wallis

Landlady of the Unicorn.. Miss H. Poplin
O.H., Buxton.

8. The Blue Bird, fairy play, in five acts, by

Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alex-

ander Teixeira de Mattos.

Mummy Tyl ...... Miss Margaret Murray

Daddy Tyl .......... Mr. E. A. Warburton

Tyltyl .................. Miss Olive Walter

Mytyl .............. Miss Pauline Gilmer

Fairy Berylune ....MLss Carlotta Addison

Bread ................ Mr. Edward Rigby

Fire .................. Mr. William Yokes

Tyld ................ Mr. Ernest Hendrie

Tylette ................ Mr. Norman Page

Water .................... Miss Ina Pelly

Milk .................. Miss Doris Lytton

Sugar ................ Mr. H. R. Hignett

t .................... Miss Enid Rose

er Tyl .......... Mr. William Farren

Granny Tyl .......... Miss Daisy England

Night- .................. Mrs. Saba Raleigh

Time .................. Mr. C. V. France

The Oak ............ Mr. J. Fisher White

Neighbour Berlingot ..... Miss C. Addison

Berlingot's Daughter ____ Miss L. Caldwell

The Wolf ................ Mr. R. P. Lamb

The Pig .................. Mr. E. Gilburt

The Bear .............. Mr. E. J. Sulley

The Cow ................ Mr. Roy Travers

The Bull .......... MT E. A. Warburton

The Sheep .......... Mr. J. Cassels Cobb

The Cock .......... Mr. Stephen Thomas

The Rabbit ........ Mr. Charlie Thomas

The Horse .......... Mr. Arthur Webster

The Aw .......... Mr. Francis Chamier

Girl Lover ............ Miss Nonny Lock

The Elm ............ Mr. Ernest Graham

The Beech .......... Mr. Joseph O'Brien

Oak-Sapling ...... Mica Dorothy Macready

The Lime .......... Mr. Leonard Calvert

The Birch .......... Mr. R. H. Leverett

The Chestnut ........... Mr. Guy O'Neal

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DEC.

The Blue Bird (continued),

The Ivy .................. Mr. K. Dennys

The Poplar ...... Mr. J. Dicfeson-Kenwin

The Willow .......... Mr. W. R. Button

The Goat .............. Mr. F. M. Kelly

The Blue Child ....Miss Marjorie Burgess

Cold-in-the-Head..Miss Blanche Davidson
.Haymarktet.

9. The Stronger Woman, play, in one act, by
August Strindlberg, translated by Edith
A. Browne and Frank Schloesser.
Mme. X ....................... Lady Tree

Mile. Y ......... Mme. Lydia Yavorskaia

His Majesty's (Afternoon).

11. Where Children Rule, children's fairy play,
in four acts, by Sydney Blow and
Douglas Hoare, with lyrics by Douglas
Hoare and music by Edward Jones.
David Pennyfather.... Master B. Andrews

Elizabeth Pennyfather.. Miss Bella Terry
Mr. Pennyfather ...... Mr. Clayton Green

Mrs. Pennyfather.... Misa Cynthia Brooke

Uncle Josiah ........ Mr. Percy Marshall

Jane .............. Miss Minnie Saunders

Mr. Brown ...... Mr. Michael Sherbrooke

Watkins .............. Mr. Lytton Grey

Miss Watkins ........ Miss Winifred Rae

H.M. the Queen ...... Misa Marjorie Dane

Harold ................. Master Eric Rae

Walter .......... Master Charles Oldfleld

William .......... Master George Jervis

Adolphus .......... Master Cyril Turner

Daphne .......... Misa Dulcie Greabwich

Ruth .................... Miss ELsie Agar

Captain ...... ."... Master George Burton

Felix .......... Master Sidney Sherwood

Rosalys ................ Miss Effie Byrne

Vernon .............. Master Willie West

Black Rod ...... Master Sidney Levman

Martha .............. Miss Rose Landor

Mr. Jorrocks Mr. Reginald Crompton
Colonel Rossiter ____ Mr. Lawrence Caird

Mr. Bagot ...... Mr. Michael Shenbrooke

Dr. Garlick ........ Mr. Sydney Paxton

Mr. Smith .............. Mr. Henry Kerr

Mr. Pul'linger ........ Mr. H. C. Hewitt

Mr. Harbinger ........ Mr. A. J. Barber

Garrick

13. Take It to Heart, episode, by G. P.
Newall County, Kingston.

ISAThe King's Cup, play in four acte, by H.
Dennis Bradley and E. Philips Oppen-
heim.
Captain Erllto ...... Mr. Charles Bryant

Duke Nicho'as of Riest

Mr. H. Nye Chart
Walter Brand ........ Mr. Paul Arthur

B.aron Domiloff ...... Mr. J. L. Mackay

Mr. Van Decht ...... Mr. Sydney Paxton

Mr. He&sen .......... Mr. Bertram Steer

General Dartnoff ...... Mr. A. G. Craig

M. Effenden ........ Mr. George Bealby

Old Basil ........ Mr. Alfred P. Phillips

Attendant .......... Mr. Gds&in Walters

Page Boy ............ M>r. Leslie Moore

Cbuntees M.arie ofi Riest

Miss Norma WhalLey
Sara Van Decht ____ Miss Nina S-evening

16. The Great Gamgee, musical play, in two
acts, written by A. F. Allen Tower, and
composed by W. McConn<ell-Wood.
ENGLISH CHARACTERS IN ACTS ONE AND

Two.
Nicodetnue Noddle

Mr. Harry Paulton, jun
Lord Marmaduke Montague Ladle

Mr. M.aurlce Pearce
Theophiiua Ramp ........ Mr. J im Davis

Bill Bailey .... Mr. Joseph A. London

The Great Gamgee (continued).

Jeremiah Hold the-Tongue Sobriety Brown
Mr. Richard Pearson
Hew Wiurst Von Urte

Mr. Arthur Hutchison

Alexander Cadet .. Mr. George Dove

Ado'ph Grandbolt .. Mr. R. R. Luther
Ferdinand Fitzgerald .. Mr. A. H. Rowe
Charles Henry L'Estrange..Mr. J. Petrie
Wm, De Vere Pole .. Mr. George Healy
James Yellow -P'U&h .. Mr. H. A. Law&on

Evelyn Carew Miss Peggy Moflatt

Grace Marjorie Remnant .. M-ies L. Hill

Beatrice VaUance Mrs. Lieter Scott

Madame Contraditione..Mrs. E. J. Pott*

Martha FUppet Miss Kate Taylor

Mrs. Josephine Gremniell

M.ie<5 Ada Coulthard
Phyllis Fayre .. Mies Katherine Vincent

NATIVE CHARACTERS IN ACT Two.

So-So Mr. George Dove

Jdn-ngo Mr. Arthur Hutchison

Pon-go Mr. Richard Pearson

Ron-go Mr. G. K. Matkiu

Rl-To Mr. George Healey

Bra-Vo Mr. John Petrie

Princeee Shoo-Fli....Mrs. H. L. Howkins

Lo-Tua , Miss May Moffatt

I-Rie Miss Annde Fletcher

Pan-S.ee Mies G. Thompson

Ro-See Miss Sara Young

Li-Li Mise L. Hill

Ni-Cee Miss Morris Kelly

So-Shi Mise I. Chipp

O-No Miee Ida Davies

Glu-Glu Miss Roea Burn

Flu-Flu Miss Morris Kelly

Priestess Miss Gtrace Newcombe

O-F&n Mice B. Veitch

So-Fan Misa W. Macgregor

Roya', Newcastle.

13. Whom God Hath Joined, play, in four
acts, by Stuart Lomath and El'en Owen.
Captain Jack Merritt..Mr. Stuart Lomath

Major Stevens Mr. W. J. Stack

Digby Trant Mr. George Arthur

Richard Manley .. Mr. W. 6. Stevenson
Watty Cooper .. Mr. Victor H. Crawford

Detective Bailey Mr. James Stuart

William Gibba Mr. George Wells

Policeman Mr. H. Smith

Beatrice Tranit Miss Eve Mansel'l

Kitty Crumpet ...... Mies Lilla Nordon

Teddy Mias Ethel F. Greene

Frankie Mies Dorothy Booth

Marian Miss Helena Walbran

E'ephant and Castle

13. Oliver Twist, new adaptation of Dickens's
novel, by Walter Dexter and Fredk. T
Harry.

Bill Sikes Mrs. Thos. L. Adamson

Jack Dawkins Mr. Frank Staff

Tom Chitliing .. Mr. A. Warwick Brown*

Charley Bates Mr. Leslie E-veleigh

Toby dracklt Mr. Harry H. Pearce

Edward Leeford .... Mr. E. Lewis Winn

Bumble Mr. Augustus J. Chinnery

Harry Maylie .... Mr. Alfred A. Hidson

Mr. Grimwig Mr. Walter Dexter

Oliver Twist .. Miss Kathleen MaorioU

Mr. Brownlow Mr. Fredk. T. Harry

Rose Maylie Moss Li'lian Gray

Mrs. MayMe Miss Violetta Blake

Mrs. Bedwin .. Mfes Verena Gascoigne

Giles Mr Harold C. M. Reeve

Brittles Mr. William Rees

Blathers Mr. Edward Smith

Doiff Mr. A. Wabron

Nancy Miss Marie Lorraine Stevene

Fagin . . Mr. Bransby Williame

DEC.

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159

14 The Murder of Adolphui, modern comedy,
in ; by Beryl 1 uektr aix

II- <

Maj</;- Carr iib'Um

.Mr. )' i:
Edward Vandaltur .. Mr. Graham Colmer

jarvL, .M

Spry -Mr.

Lady .Mordamit ..
KUn-1 Mi.nhuint ...

Molly YandaUur Mini I

Town Hall. M..

The Wilson Trial, play, in one act, by
John.
...Mr. C. Quartt::

Kdmnn i : Mr. A. Bcotl

Violet Trench Miss Auriol Lee

Duncan M :

Court.

.1 /,.<;/ from Li/''. 1'lay, in one act, by
Margery Stanley Cliuku Lycsum Club.

The White Hair, a comedy, in one act,
adapted from the French by Ella Erskine,
(S.P., July 31. Court.)
sir Frank Chettle, Hart.. Mr. H. .\\.-fhart

Cecily ! i.rskine

Louison Miss Isabel Ohmead

Hyde Park Hotel.

15. The Final Phase, playh t, by Ursula Keene.

Bridget Miss Winifred Ma\o

Jessie May Miss Edith Hill

Eleanor Miss Ruth Parrott

Dian., Canning Miss C. Hancock

Sir Humphrey Canning.... Me. C. Maunder
-Queen's Gate Hall.

i:.. Falli-it Fuiries; or, The Wicked World,
opera, in tvo acts, written by W. 8. Gil-
bert, composed by Edward German (a
mueic-al version, set by Edward German.
of W. S. Gilbert's fairy play, The Wicked
World, which was produced at the Hay-
market in 1S73):

FAIRIES.

Ethais Mr. Claude Flemming

Phyllon Mr. Leo Sheffield

Lutin Mr. C. H. Workman

Selene Miss Nancy Mclntosh

Darine Miss Maidie Hope

Zayda Miss Jessie Rose

Locrine Miss Ethel Morrison

Neodie Miss Alice Cox

Fleta Miss Marjorie Dawes

Zara. Miss Mabel Burnege

Leila Miss Ruby Gray

Cora Miss Rita Otway

Maia Miss Gladys Lancaster

Chloris Miss Miriam Lycett

Ina Miss Isabel Agnew

MORTALS.

Sir Etha\s Mr. Claude Flemming

Sir Phvllon Mr. Leo Sheffield

Lutin Mr. C. U. Workman

Sayoy.

l White Man (romance ol' the We>t. in
I'our acts, by Milton Kmle: originally pro-
duced at the Lyric. .January 11, 1908) was
re\i\-ed at the New by Mr. Herbert Sleath
for a series of six jtuitinee*.

ikie and the Ftiiriet. fairy play, in three
acts, by W. Graham Robertson, music by
i-ick Norton. (Originally produced
at His Majesty's, December T.t. I

Uncle Gregory Mr. Edward Terry

Aunt Imogen .Baroness von Hutten

Aunt Caroline Miss August a Haviland

Tommy Master Philip Tonge

ruikie Miss Iris Hawkins

Molly Miss Hilda Antony

ind the Fairiet (continued).

. Mie Patty Jacob*

MiM Mimi Crawford

IAS Olga Hope

arlei Efampdea

Kobert Cbarlton

..- Florrie Lewto

iisft Gwennie Brogden

n WaylUs

MOB

M in Boota Master A. Weason

Sleeping Beauty Miw Mili.

tart

Mr. .ton

Mr. Mr. 8mith*on

-..ver

Mr. Bunny M.u>lr H. Brown

BU Majesty 'i.

opera, mu

.:.ty, libretto by Ivor .

TO Mr. Soth Hugbe

J>uke of BoL-r. :ia. Moorhouw

A Priest Mr. < narlea Magravft

Antonio Mr. F. Davie*

Vim-Hi/... .. Mr. R. Matt:.

First Watchman Mr. Ku&bell

nd Watdimaii Mr. M. Alliaton

Bianca Miss Kaymonde Amy

Gaiety, Manchester.

18. The Third Way, cum..dy, in one act, by A.
H. 1'ocock.

Adrian Mori-son Mr. John Do!

Lady Dunvera Mi.-* Rose V. Ljslty

Sir Reginald Danvers..Mr. Stephen Bond
OrippTegate Institute.

18. The Defence of Lady Rosa, original
comeay, in three acts, by Archibald H.
Pocook.

Marie Mi.-s Josephine Bennett

Thomas Fur-ey Mr. Jonn Doherty, jun.

Winifred Hillier Miss Elsa Norman

Lady Rosa Wilson. .. .Miss Rose V. Lysley
Earl of Morecombe..Mx. D. C. M. Hume
Countess of Morecombe..Mrs. H. Bennett
Hon. Leslie Fortescue. .Mr. A. H. Pocock
Arthur, Lord Tyneleigh... Mr. Martin Moore

Frank Dilley Mr. F. Alexander-Massey

Arabella Selwyn..Miss Alexander-Massey
The Earl's Servant. .. .Mr. F. G. Leffman
Sir Albert FitzGerald. .Mr. S. F. 8. Forbes

Luidy FitzGerald Miss Leffman

Mrs. -Tan-son ML<a Edj-the C. Vehon

Duke of Elstree..Mr. A. W. G. J. Connor
Duchess of El-tree.. Miss Marjorie Kvans

Fitzroy Benting Mr. W. J. Critchett

Cripplegate Institute.

18. Under the title of Brother Benedict'*

Message (Showing How He Entered Into
Rest), a musical scena, after the style of
a wordless mystery play, was presented
by Ernest Newlandsmith Passmore Ed-
wards Settlement.

19. The Monk of San Marco, play, in three

acts, by Sybil Ruskin. (Produced by the

Play Actors.)

Fra Girolamo Savonarola. .C. F. Collmgs

Fra Domenioo Mr. Dennis Cleugh

Fra Silvestro .... Mr. J. Poole Kirk-wood

Fra Benedetto Mr. Alfred Lugg

Cardinal Giovanni de Medici. .C. Dement

FiLippo Oam-bi Mr. Arnold Lucy

Doffo Spini Mr. Norman MacOwan

Lionardo da Vinci .. Mr. Alfred Harding
Michael Angelo Buonaro'tti....D. Yarrow
Messere Bernardini .. Mr. A. E. Raynor

Fra Mariano Mr. Leonard Calvert

Sandro Mr. Murri Moncrieff

Giusepi>e Mr. Alfred Harris

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

DEC.

The Monk of San Marco (continued).

Biaaca Bernardini ...... MLss Sybil Ruskin

Nina .............. Miss Marion Sterling

Monna Maria .......... Miss Dora Hole

Marietta .............. Miss Rita Sponti

Court.

ZQ.*Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's children's play,
in three acts. (Originally produced De-
cember 27, 1904.)
Peter Pan ............ Miss Pauline Chase

Jas. Hook .......... Mr Robb Harwood

Mr. Darling .......... Mr. Walter Pearce

Mrs. Darling ........ Miss Sybil Carlisle

Wendy ............ Miss Hilda Treveiyan

John Napoleon Darting.. Master H. Duff
Michael ........ Master Herbert Holloni

Nama .............. Mr. Edward Sillward

Tinker Bell ............ Miss Jane Wren

MEMBERS OF PETER'S BAND.
Tootles ............ Miss Dorothy Minto

Nibs ................ Miss Nellie Bowman

Curly .............. Miss Gertrude Lang

Slightly .......... Mr. A. W. Baskcomb

PIRATES.
Smee ........... . Mr. George Shelton

Gentleman Starkey .. Mr. Charles Trevor
Cookson ............ Mr. Charles Medwin

Mullins ................ Mr. Chris Walker

Ceoco .......... Mr. Frederick Annerley

Jukes ................ Mr. James English

Noodler .................. Mr. John Kelt

Panther ........ Mr. Humphrey Warden

Tiger Lily ........ Miss Margaret Fraser

Liza .................. Miss Tessie Parke

Duke of York's.

20. Folly's Fortunes, musical comedy drama,
in three acts.
Folly Vaughan ....... Miss M. Western

Biddy Boyd .......... Miss Ruby Crystal

Myra Burritt ............ Miss B. Steele

Eleanor Vaughan ---- Miss N. Lamberte

Ben Burritt .............. Mr. John Levy

Wilfred Esmond .......... Mr. W. Henty

Ralph Grimes .......... Mr. William May

George Foster ........ Mr. L. Lawrence

Alfred Vaughan Esmond.. .W. Buckstone
Billy Boyd ................ Mr. Joe Ellis

Carlton, Birmingham.

23. Aladdin Lyceum.

24. Cinderella- Crystal Palace.

24. Goody Two Shoes Shakespeare.

27.*The Private Secretary, farcical comedy, in
four acts, adapted from Von Moser's " Der
Bibliotheker," by C. H. Havtrey. (Origin-
ally produced Royal, Cambridge, Novem-
ber 14, 1883; Prince's, March 29, 1884.)
Coronet.

27.* Charley's Aunt, farcical comedy, in three
acts, by Brandon Thomas. (Originally
produced at Burv St. Edmunds, February
29, 1892; Royalty, December 21, 1892.)
Sir Francis Chesney....Mr. C. F. Collings

Stephen Spettigue ........ Mr. Roy Byford

Jack Chesney .......... Mr. Hugh Ardale

Colonel Wykeham ____ Mr. Robert Burnett

Lord Fancourt Babberley..Mr. A. Chesney
Braaset ............ Mr. Sydney Compton

Donna Lucia D'Alfvadorez..Mi8s E. Foster
Kitty Verdun ...... Miss Valerie Wyngate

Amy Spettigue ...... Miss Ethel Fifleld

Flo Delahay ........ Miss Christine Rayner

a Man Made Her, four-act society
play, by Charles Darrell. (Originally pro-
duced September 20, Albert, Brighouse.)

Rupert Danescombe Mr. E. Rawlinson

Sir Ernest Cavendish.... Mr. Edward Ray

Dr. M'ark Haven Mr. J. M. Olivert

Leiwis Gunnerstein Mr. Barnett Lando

Evans Mr. D. Horace Harcourt

Lord Tanporley....Mr. J. W. Lindsay-Ellis

Lady Gorriking Miss V. Thomas

Nurse Arden Miss K. Murgatroyd

Deborah Gunnerstein.... Miss Te&sa Myers

Elfrida Miss F. Russell Spiers

Lady Danescombe.. Miss Stella Carmichael

Janet McAlister .. Miss Ren6e Glendower

Royal, Stratford.

Z7.*Much Ado About, Nothing, Shakespeare's
comedy, arranged in four acts and ten
scenes, by B. Iden Payne.

Leonato Mr. Henry Austin

A Messenger Mr. J. Vernon Bryant

Beatrice Miss Mona Limerick

Hero Miss Hilda Bruce Potter

Don Pedro Mr. Stanley Drewitt

Benedick Mr. Ian Maclaren

Don John Mr. Basil Dean

Claudip Mr. Frank Darch

Antonio Mr. Stafford Dawson

Conrade Mr. Gilbert Clark

Borachio Mr. Edward Landor

Balthasar Miss Esme" Percy

Margaret Miss Muriel Pratt

Ursula Miss Ada King

Dogberry Mr. Charles Bibby

Verges Mr. Leonard Mudie

First Watchman .. Mr. John E. Etherdo
Second Watchman .... Mr. James Dillon
Third Watchman . . Mr. James P. Marsden
Fourth Watchman .. Mr. Thomas Hughes
Another Messenger . . Mr. Herbert Lomas

Friar Francis Mr. Esme" Percy

A Sexton Mr. Francis Hope

Gaiety, Manchester

27 A*Little Hans Andersen, arranged and
adapted by Basil Hood, with music by
Wa'ter Slaughter. (Originally produced
at the Adelphi, December 23, 1903.)
Gaiety, Mancnester.

27. His Real Wife, play, in four acts, by
Charles A. Clarke. (S.P., September 16,
Lyric, Hammersmith.)
Martin Avondale .. Mr. Harding Thomas

Herbert Barton Mr. Clifford Rean

General Barton Mr. C. W. Spencer

Randal Meredith .. Mr. Bernard Elliott

Colombo Mr. Charles Yorke

Alf Snickers Mr. Walter Walmesley

Simon Bletherell .. Mr. T. Edward Ward

Mr. Hackett Mr. Cyril Leigh

Inspector Marston Mr. Eric Wild

Clerk of the Court Mr. A. Austin

Foreman of Jury Mr. Bert J. Wilson

Usher of the Court .. Mr. Frank Barrett

Mrs. Creele Miss Vere Herbert

Betty Tuttlebee .... Miss Clarrie Yandell
Lady Sybil Welton . . Miss Elaine Verner

Rose Avondale Miss Ward

Royal Court, Warrington

27. Her Path of Sorrow, domestic drama, hi
four .acts, by Mrs. F. G. Kimberley.
fS.P., November 17, Royal, Barry.)
Richard Burfield .. Mr. Charles Draycott
Guy Lowlher .... Mr. Frank Eaglesfield
Lionel Heathcote .. Mr. Frank Etheridge
Markham Ferrars Mr. Theo. Balfour

Farmer Rayne Mr. Charles Reyne

Tommy Onions Mr. Will Hook

Jack Smith Mr. Hubert Laurence

Doctor Simms Mr. Allan Sethwyn

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161

continued),

JP.C. Bridge Mr. WiU.ri Saimdors
Detective Williams.. Mr. Eric Winstanley
P.C Robinson Mr. T. V

Warder Jackson .... Mr. Wilfred I
Marnselle Lucille .. Mis.s Nellie Freeland

Polly Green Mtos Daisy Carlton

Nellie Rayne .... Miss Fay Garnet-Vayne

Pauline Ferrara .. Mrs. Charles Draycott

Prince's. Accrlngton

'. The House of Temperley, melodrama of
the ring, in four acts, by Arthur Conan
Doyle.

Sir Charles Temperley. .Mr. Ben Webster
Capt. Jack Temperley.. Mr. Charles Maude

Sir John Hawker Mr. Charles Rock

Jakeb Mr. Spencer Trevor

Ginger Stubbs Mr. Edmund Gwenn

Lord Rufton Mr. Stratton Rodney

Duke of Broadwater..Mr. A. 8. Homewood

Col. Dacre Mr. Frank Ridley

Jerry Mr. Arthur Burne

George Mr. A. Corney Grain

Mr. Poyntz Mr. Freeman H. May

Sir Charles Bunbury Mr. H. Ford

Sir Geo. Gascoigne..Mr. Archibald Forbes
Mr. James Parton West.. Mr. A. G. Craig

General Crauford Mr. Charles Combe

Tom Cribb Mr. Bassett Roe

Joe Berks Mr. A. 8. Homewood

Tom Belcher Mr. Hubert Willie

Gloster Dick Mr. Reginald Davis

Gentleman Jackson.. Mr. Stanley Turnbull

Buckhorse Mr. 0. P. Heggie

Dutch Sam Mr. Wilton Rosa

Bill Richmond Mr. W. Wallace

Jack Scroggins Mr. E. C. Barton

Tom Molineux Mr. Geo. Welsh

Dan Mendoza Mr. V. Lusk

George Cooper Mr. E. Cresfan

George Maddox Mr. Frank Emery

Caleb Baldwin Mr. R. J. Bell

Jack Randall Mr. W. Coats Bush

Tom Spring Mr. Arthur F. Thorne

Hopkins Mr. Charles_Combe

Smith Mr. Frank Ridley

Mercer Mr. 0. P. Heggie

Sergeant Holden Mr. J. Byron

Stable Lad Mr. Arthur Bachner

Waiter Mr. George Shelley

Footman Mr. Geoffrey Hill

Lady Temperley Mrs. Russ Whytal

Ethel Morley Miss Dorothea Desmond

Lucy Miss Pollie Emery

Mary Miss Joyce Francis

Mrs. Barnet Miss Hetta Bartlett

Adelphl

Z7.*The Bad Girl of the Family, drama, In
four acts, by Frederick Melville; music
by T. P. Fish. (Originally produced Oc-
tober 4, Elephant and Castle.)

Lieut. Richard Marsh.. Mr. Guy Hastings

Harry Gordon Mr. H. Lane Bayliff

Lord Erskine Mr. Rothbury Evans

Sammy Snozzle Mr. Pat Waddock

Inspector Lawrence .... Mr. L. Lawrence

P.C. Harper Mr. H. Sherwood

The Vicar Mr. Lionel Browne

Florrie Jones Miss Daisy St. Clair

Sally Smith Miss Jenny Baxter

Betsy Baker Miss Elsie Broom

Fanny Hall Miss Kate Ernest

The Bad Girl of the Family (continued).

Sally Smlthers Mk Marie Wright

Barney Gordon .... Mr. Herbert Landeck

Jerry Holme* Mr. D'Arcy Kelway

John Moore Mr. Dennis Byron

Warder Johnson Mr. H. Lewi*

Warder Harm Mr. P. Wilding

Rev. Mr. Kvans .... Mr. Henry John**

Railway Porter Mr. Sidney Coomb*

Driver Mr. Henry Clarke

Gladys Erskine Miw Maud Lowe

Mrs. Moore Mitt Madge Stone

Honour Moore .... Miss Marie Claverine

Bess Moore Mitt Violet Englefleld

Aldwych

27.* Alice in Wonderland, dramatised version
of incidents in Lewis Carroll'* book, by
H. Savile Clarke, music by Walter Slaugh-
ti-r. (Originally produced .-it th.- Prince of
Wales's, December 23, 1886.) Co-.

27. Aladdin Drury Lane.

27. Cinderella Alexandra.

27. Cinderella Borough.

27. Dick Whittington Britannia.

27. Jack and the Beanstalk Brixton.

27. The Howe that Jack Built Broadway.

27. The Forty Thieve* Dalston.

27. Sinbad the Sailor Edmonton.

27. Cinderella Elephant and Castle.

27. The Forty ThieveiFuUiam.

27. The Queen of HearttKinnington.

27. Humpty Dumpty King's.

27. The Sleeping Beauty Kingston.

27. Aladdin Lyric, Hammersmith.

27. The Babes in the Wood Marlborough.

27. Robinson Crusoe O.H., Woolwich.

27. The Babes in the Wood Pavilion.

27. Tom Thumb West London.

28. For the Soul of the King, an Episode or

the Terror, from a story of Honore" ue
Balzac, by arrangement with Frank Rich-
ardson.

The Stranger Mr. H. B. Irving

Abb6 de Mayral Mr. Henry Vlbart

Mile, de Langeais Miss Ruth Maitland

Mile. Michalet Miss Dora Barton

Queen's.

28. A Bond of Union, melodramatic playlet, In
three scenes, by Leo R. Neilson.

Jack Armstrong Mr. Leo R. Neilson

Nancy Miss Shallew

Jack, jun Miss Barbara Fewster

Carl Seymour Mr. Joe Burgess

Ben Bruce Mr. Baron Davle*

Palace, South Shields.

30. The Hag and the Masher, dramatic epi-
sode, by Alfred Hollis.

The Hag Mr. Albert Sember

Reggie Verne Mr. H. Arnold Allen

Aubrey Verne Miss Violet Land

Muncaster, Bootle.

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THE STAGE YEAN BOOK.

INDEX TO PLAYS.

ALPHABETICA

LIST OF PLAYS PRODUCED IN THE BRITISH ISLES
DURING THE YEAR 1909.

Full particulars and casts will be found in the preceding pages.

LONDON.

The particulars in parentheses refer to a prior
production in the country. S.P. Stageright

production.

ACADEMY PICTURE, AN November 8, Re-
hearsal.

ACHILLES IN SCYROS July 19, Leighton
House, Holland Park.

ADMHRAL PETERlS-nMay 25, Garrick.

A-LADnlN ANiD WELL OUT OF IT March 22,
Albert Hall.

ANGEL June 24, Court.

ANGELUS, THE January 27, Covent Garden.

ANNA MICHAELOVNO July 4, Rehearsal.

ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE October 11, Pavi-
lion (February 8, Queen's, Liverpool).

APPLE, THE 'Court, March 14.

ARCADIANS, THE April 28, Shafte-sbury.

ARSENE LUPIN August 30, Duke of York's.

ARTFUL MISS DEARING April 10, Terry's
(April 5, D.I*., Eastbourne).

AS YOUR HAIR GROWS WHITER October
4, Pavilion (May 28, 1907, O.H., St.
Helens).

AT A JUNCTION April 15. Caxton Hall.

AWAKENING, THE May 16, Terry's.

BABES IN THE WOOD November 11, Anerley
Town Hall.

BAD GBRL OF THE FAMILY, THE October
4, Elephant and Castle; December 27,
ALdwych.

BALISHAM BUDDHISTS, THE August 2,
St. George's Hall.

BANDIT'S BLUNDER, THE March 8, West
London.

BEAUTY DOCTOR, THE^May 6, Pa&smore
Edwards Settlement.

BEETHOVEN November 25, His Majesty's.

BEETLE, THE June 21, Court.

BERTHA BRENT March 11, Rehearsal.

BEIS1T PEOPLE, THE August 5, Wyndham's.

BEVIS April 1, Haymarket.

BLACK CCTTAGE, THE -March 3, Court;
May 23, Rehearsal.

BLESSINGS OF BALAAM, THE June 4, St.
James's.

BLUE BIRD, THE 'December 8, Haymarket.

BLUFFING ONE'iS WAY February 22,
Royalty.

BONNET CONSPIRATORS, THE July 4,
Court.

BCHRIN TO BE LOVED January 19, Albert
Hall.

BOY'S PROPOSAL, A. March 29, Adelphi
((February 15, Emtpire, Birmingham).

BRASS BOTTLE, THE September 16, Vaude-
ville ; (S.P.) March 13, 1907, Haymarket.

BREAD OF OTHERS, THE February 21,
Kingsway.

BRIGHT EYES (S.P.) November 23, Lad-
broke Hall.

BROTHER BENEDICT'S MESSAGE Decem-
ber 18, Passmore Edwards Settlement.

BUNKERING OF BETTY, THE May 11,
Drury Laat,

BURGLARS! April 29, Bijou, Bayswater.
BUSBWIFE, THE June 4, St. James's.

CAN A WO MIAN BE GOOD? October 18,
Pavilion ('September 6, Royal, Chatham).

GA&E FOR THE LADY, THE March 7, Kings-
way.

CATASTROPHE, THE March 11, Rehear&al
(private); September 27, Lyceum (S.P.).

CnVALLER'A RUSTICANA May 10, Coronet.

CHAINS April 18, Court.

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, THE (S.P.) Oc-
tober 27, Elephant and Castle.

CHAPE.RONE, THE (S.P.) February 8, Vaude-
ville.

CHATTERTON April 25, Court.

CHAUFFEUR, THE June 3, Playhouse.

CHIPS February 23, Piccadilly Hotel; June
8, Haymarket.

CHIEF OF STAFF, THE February 2, Lyric.

CHO'RUS LADY, THE April 19. Vaudeville.

CINDER-E'LLALINE April 22, St. Peter's
Mission, Friern Barnet.

CITY. THE (S.P.) November 8, New.

OLOUDLAND August 27, Regent, Hackney.

OOLLEGETTES, THE February 27, Aldwych.

COLONEL SMITH April 23. St. James's.

COiME MICHAELMAS April 26, Adelphi.

CONQUEST, THE April 23, Lyric.

COUNTRY GliRL IN LONDON, A. Edmonton,
March 15 (Royal, Maoclesfteld, August 1,
1908).

COURT CARDS October 26, Rehearsal.

CRAINQUEBILLE June 28, Adelphi.

CUPID AND A CARAVAN April J52, Cl
End Assembly Rooms.

CUPID liN ARC ADY July 21, Botanic
Gardens.

DANCE AT DAWN, A JuJy 31, Marlborouj
DARRACOTT'S WIFE March 14, Court.
DASHING LITTLE DUKE, THE Febrm

Hicks (February 8, Royal, Nottinghai
DAUGHTER OF THE SEA, A July 5, Lyric,

Hammersmith.
DEAR DEPARTED, THE June 7, Coronet

(November 2, 1908, Gaiety, Manchester).
DEAR LITiLE DENMARK September 1,

Prince of Wales's.

DEBT, THE November 16, Aldwych.
DECADENT DIALOGUE, A March

Lyceum Club.
DEFENCE OF LADY ROSA, THE Deceml

18, Cripplegate Institute.
DE'MON'S BRIDE, THE May 22, Royal

Academy.

DEPUTY SHERIFF. THE July 21, Garrick.
DEVIL, THE April 17, Adelphi.
DEVORGILLA June 7, Court (December 4,

1907, King's, Glasgow).

DIVIDED DUTY, A March 30. Lyceum Club.
DOG BETWEEN, THE July 12, Criterion.
DOLLAR PRINCESS, THE, September 25,

Daly's (December 24, 1908, Prince's, Man-
chester).

DON October 12, Haymarket.
DOORWAY, THE June 11, Coronet (April

Gaiety, Manchester).
DOWN IN THE MUD March 26, Rehear*

i:\

MUM iflffl \\ BOMB, 'im: January 28,

DK.I-: \M GODDESS. 'I III M

Hi Ml: M

t.Tl'on fSrpt.lllh h.illl Hippo

(In-!:

I:\I:TH, i in: April H. Kingaway (April 8,

O.H.. Tor.jnax ).

urn.

FNCH VNTMIiVI |i ...-, mhi

:.':h 3.
HOMF. \\ January '11,

Wyndham'B.

HI I: I -llol'-April 2, South Pl ai -f
Institute.

i.l. \-July 9, Guildhall School.
EUNIC1

OF Till: WuitLD, Tin: January 11,
Royal, Woolwich (December 21, 1908,
P.O.W.. Grin

4I.I.I-N F MUFS December

itember u. llw Majesty's.

i-ATAL DAM I. I II F-August 23, Colmey
(.Finn 1 .1, I:

I Hi: June 11, Coronet (April 10,

rr:\\ \NI> mi MANY, i HE June 9, Cor<.n.-t

(May 4, 1908, Gaiety, Manchester).
KIFI I VI,: nary 28, Rehearsal (S.P., July 31,

Court), October 11. Marlborouuh.
FIFTH O.UKFN CROWNED -March 1&, Kings-
way.
FINAL PHASE, THE December 15, Queen's

Gate Hall.

rOl KETTFK, FOR WORSE-(S.P.), Novem-
ber 12, New.

FIRFS <! FVfF. THE June 15, Lyric
FORTUNE OF CHIJISTINK. McNAB, THE-

October 21, Criflplegate Institute.
F JUNE'S FOOL-February 28, Rehearsal,

FOR WIFE AND K IX<; DOM March 29, Lvric
Hammersmith (March 8, Royal, Birming-
ham).

POUND l\ A TAXI-May 30, Rehearsal.
M'AIN. THE-March 28, Aldwych.

FRIENDS, THE February 28, Rehearsal W C

i --ROM CONVENT TO THRONE September Y

Lyric, Hammersmith (July 26, Rotunda.

Liverpool; (S.P.) Osborne, Manchester,

March 31).
FROM slloi' GIRL TO DUCHESS January 2-5.

Lyric, Hammersmith (November 25 1907

Royal, Biteton).
: HE SOUL OF THE KING December 28

Queen's.
FFR CLOAK, THE -February 15, Artillery

Woolwich.

GENERAL'S PAST, THE January 3. Court.
GENTLEMAN JOCKEY, THE-April 10,

Crysta.l Palace (October 18, 1907, St

Julian's, Jersey).

<;FMLFMAN OF THE ROAD October 12
Hay market.

filRL'S I FMPTATION, A November 1, Shake-
speare; July 12, Star, Liverpool.

'MVr: IIKKD June 29, Court
'i:\i DIVIDE, THE-Septeinber 15, Adelphi.

GREAT MRS. ALLOWAV, THE November 8
Globe.

HA.I.II BABA (S.P.)-January 22. St. James'*.
PPY ENDING, A-Jnne 24. Court.

HAPPY HOOLIGAN September 27. Lyric
Hammersmith (July 20, 1908, Empire, Old-
ham).

HAPPY MEDIl'M, THE-July 29, Ladbroke
Hall.

' OF THE FIRM, THE-March 4, Vaude-
YiJJe (June 13, 108, O.H., Buxtotf).

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-, 1907, 8t
'
H FM <g.P.) March 4,

\\ MtRE-Jamiary 7. New

III i: :

Aston).
Hi i: PJ:op] February 9. Phi-.

irt.

llli.ll HIM. I in 1. HU M;

His P.oi:i:'i\\ i;n 1-1.1
His !
His 1:1: M, WIFF (8 i

Hammenmitb.

Warrinztoi
Ho\JF AI - i Hi: July i, CrytaJ

Palace.
lloxoi i: OF -i H -ii: .T.-muary

\!1 Saints' I 1
HtiPK April 17.

Primrose Hill.
HOUS' DAOE, 'I HI: Iffv h :

HOI SF OK 'I F.MPFKI.FY. 'I III! D

Adelphi.
BOUSE OF 'I in: 'I i; AITOI;. nn: M^-,-I. 21.

Court.
HOUSE OPPOSITE, THE- November 30,

Qu
HOW GIRLS ARE BROUGHT TO RUIN July

12, Shakfvprare (January 25, Qu,

Liverpool).
HO\Y THE VOTE WAS WON' April 15, Cax-

ton Hall.

HOW TO BE A HERO December S. Rehearsal.
HI SH MONEY May 3, Shakespeare.

IMAGINARY CONVERSATION, AX June 9.

Court.
IMPUDENT COMEDIAN, AN November 1C,

Coronet.

IN CYNDEIII. VXD May 12. Cripplegate In?t.
INSPIRATION, THE February

Bayewater.
INSPIRATION OF NANCE, THE M.

Court.
IN THE NAME OF THE C7AK - -March 19,

Kingsway.
INVOLUNTARY UNDERSTUDY. VN Id

Terry's.
IRISH ATTORNEY, THE June 1. St. M

Hall, E.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO WED February

22, Bronde^bury Synagogue.

JENKINS'S WIDOW March 21. Court.

JOB-SON'S CHOICE May 7. AMwych

,loll\ MALONfi'S LOVE" STORY' January 10,

Court.
JUDITH. THE WOMAN WHO SINNED May

10, Royal, Edmonton (June 15. 1908, <

tnal, Altrincham (one act); Decemlv

1908, Palace, Boston (four .

V (S.P.) January 5, Haymarket.

KIDDIE January 19, Garrick : Deoonilier 13,
London Hippodrome.

KiNirs CIP. TOE December tt. Adelphi.

KIN(i'S GLOW. THE July 3. Ahbourne
Laurie Park, Sydenham.

KIT'S WOMAN June 27. Court,

KUTOHEN VON HEILBRON.N, DAS Feb-
ruary 26, Court.

LADY GERALDINE'S SPEECH July 15

Guildhall School.
LAND OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM. THE

February 25, Library H., Stoke Newington.

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LAiST RALLY, THE November 3, Rehearsal.

LAUGHTER IN COURT May 11, Drury Lane.

LEAF FRO'M LIFE, A December 14, Lyceum
Club.

LESSER- EVIL, THE November 21, Court.

LETHAL HOTEL, THE December 7, His
Majesty's.

LIEN OF LIFE, THE July 31, Court.

LIGHT 0' LOVE May 14, His Majesty's.

LILY, THE (S.P.) December 3, Dalston.

LITTLE DAMOZEL, THE October 21, Wynd-
ham's.

LITTLE MISS CUMMIN December 1, Play-
house.

LITTLE SURPRISE, A May 30, Rehearsal.

LORRIMER iSABISTON, DRAMATIST
November 9, St. James's.

LOST CHANCE, A November 7, Rehearsal.

LOUISE 1 June 18, Covent Garden.

LOVE AND BE SILENT February 28, Re-
hearsal, W.C.

LOVE CROWNED KING, A April 17, St.
Mary's Church Room, Primrose Hill.

LOVE IN A TANGLE November 16, Aldwych.

LOVE OF LESLIE HESELTINE, THE Novem-
ber 27, County, Kingston.

LOVE OF WOMAN, THE May 9, Court

LOVE WATCHES May 11, Haymarket.

LOYALTY June 21, Court.

LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, THE March 1,
Fulham .

LUTE PLAYER, THE January 28, All Saints'
Hall, St. John's Wood.

MADAME X. September 1, Globe.

MAID OF HONOUR, A -September 22,
Queen's.

MAITRE SEILER August 20, Lyric.

MAKESHIFTS June 8, Coronet (October 5,
1908, Gaiety, Manchester).

MAKING A GENTLEMAN September 11,
Garrick.

MAKINGS OF A MAN, THE September 27,
Pavilion.

MAN AND WOMAN January 14, Brondesbury
Hall.

MAN ON THE BOX, THE July 31, Marl-
borough (August 6, 1908, Pier, Eastbourne).

MARRIAGE OF MIGNON, THE July 31, Ful-
ham.

MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN
June 21, Coronet (September 7, 1908,
Gaiety, Manchester).

MASTER November 12, Scala.

MEN WERE DECEIVERS October 12, Re-
hearsal.

MERCIFUL LIE, THE April 29, St. John's
Hall, Palmer's Green.

MERRY DEVIL, A June 3, Playhouse.

MERRY PEASANT, THE October 23, Strand
(revised version, November 20).

MID-CHANNEL September 2, St. James's.

MIDNIGHT BRIDAL, A February 19,
Coronet.

MIGHT IS RIGHT November 13, Haymarket.

MIETJE May 11, Hampstead Conservatoire.

MINSTREL AND THE MAID, THE Novem-
ber 4, Victoria Hall, Baling.

MR. AND MRS. JOHN BULL (S.P.) July 15,
Regent, Hackney.

MR. PREEDlf AND THE COUNTESS April
13, Criterion.

MOBSWOMAN, THE July 31, Playhouse.

MODERN ASPASIA, A (S.P.) June 4, Ald-
wych; June 6, Aldwych.

MODER,N WAY, THE <S.P.) October 11, Lad-
broke Hall.

MONEY AND MAN April 19, Eleiphant and
Castle (April 5, Royal, Bradford).

MONK OF SAN MARCO, THE December 19,
Court.

MOUNTAINEERS, THE-fleptember 29, Savoy.

MUSICAL MARTIANS, THE-October 4, Ald-
wych.

MY LADY'S GLOVE March 11, Rehearsal.

MY LADY'S VISIT November 8, New.

MYiSTERY OF REDWOOD GRANGE, THE
March 8, Borough (March 1, Royal, Ports-
mouth).

NAN PILGRIM March 8, Court.

NEW LANDLORD, THE .November 3, Re-
hearsal (October 4, Hippodrome, Margate).

NICHOLAS NIC'KLEBY July 4, Rehearsal.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE March
15, Greenwich (March 1, O.K., Coventry).

NO ACCOUNT MORGAN (S.P.) November 23,
Ladbroke Hall.

NOBLE SPANIARD. THE March 20, Royalty.

NORTH POLK, THE September 15, St.
George's Hall.

NYMPBIDIA January 9, St. Peter's Hall,
Brookley.

OLD FERiRIER'S DISCOVERY July 16,
Guildhall School.

OLD MiAI'DS' CORNER February 15, Marl-
borough.

OLIVER TWIST December 13, Broadway.

ONE OiF THESE LITTLE ONES July 2,
Albert Hall.

ON CREDIT (S.P.) October 29, Court.

OLIVE LATIMER'iS HUSBAND January 19
Vaudeville.

ON JHELUM RIVER June 22, Aldwych.

OPEN SEA, THE-^May 10, Maryborough (April
5, Royal, Manchester).

OTHER TENTH OF THE LAW, THE March

21, Court.

OUR MISiS GIBE'S January 23, Gaiety.
OUTCAST, THE November 12, Scala.

PAGEAiNT OF FAMOUS WOMEN, A (Novem-
ber 12, Scala.

PAID IN HIS OWN COIN April 22, Abbey,
Dublin.

PASSING OF PAUL DOMBEY, THE April

22, Borough.

PELLEAS ET MELISA^DE May 21, Covent

Garden.

PENELOPE January 9, Comedy.
PERSIAN PRINCESS, A April 27, Queen's.
PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT (C.P.) August

12, Wyndham's.

PHIILOPffiNA February 27, Aldiwych.
PIERROT and PIERRETTE November 11, His

Majesty's (Afternoon).

PHYSICAL CULTURE June 22, Aldwych.

PIN AND THE PUDDING, THE August 23,
Comedy (June /, Royal, Margate).

PIPPA PASSES January 25, Fortune Play-
house, W.

POT AND THE KETTLE, THE-^Nov ember 12,
i&cala.

POLLY LOWE'S LOVER April 22, Crouch
End Assembly Rooms.

PRESS CUTTINGS July 9, Court, afterwards
produced at the Gaiety, Manchester, Sep-
tember 27.

PRICE, THE July 4, Court.

PRICE, THE October 19, Rehearsal.

PRISONER 0>F THE BASTILLE, THE May

13, Lyceum.

BROOF, THE April 26, King's.

PROUD PRINCE. THE September 4, Lyceum.

PROTEUS IN PETTICOiATS June 7, Dalston

(January 11, Grand, Wolverhampton).
PURPLE EM1PEIROR, THE December 6,

King's.
PURSE OF GOLD, THE May 9, Court.

QUESTION OF IDENTITY, A March
Court,

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I l; Mi. I Hi: Juin : I, U inoiil II 1
K.EU AKD. I III- I'
Rim MISS i;i - 1 i i v -

II . I
RIGHTS OF I Ml BO1 L, 'I III. I

i M i. 01 Mirillll CT1 l:l , THE

Hull, wr.
ROGUE \ I I . \ RGB, \ Ap: il \'>, I \ : . IK'in

Mlitll.

i; \i.n>\ . A Sovi nil) : ' . 11

FT. URSULA'S 1'IKi.KIMAi.i: NoYml

urt.

B \M- >\ in French) July U, Ad.-lphi.
BAMSON l-Vhniary 3, Ciarriuk (Janim:
(iraml, Swa

SA.MMIN i i MALI LA- April 20, <
den.

SA\N Ni:V March 14, Court.

-i.i i,,. i. l in: -April 2-j,

neh Kud AsM-mbly Rooms.
\NT IN 1 HI! BOUSE, I III-: Ortobi-r :!.-,.
Adelphi (8.P., June 19, 1907, Bijou, Ba>.-
'r).

\NT OK THE PUBLIC, A May 1C,
'a (April 10, Royal. Ma;
D \vs <S-P.) October 29, Court.
INC; IT OK Hl.AVo I'OSNKT. TEE
Deeeinher 5, Aldwych (April '25, Abbey,
Dublin).
Sll \ I .i; I \NKARD, Till: March 3, Court.

\ND Tin: SINNER April 22, Castle,
Richmond.

Mi: WALTER RALEGH October 13, Lyric
(October 4, Royal, Birmingham).

BEATRICE March 28. Court.
U'S REVENGE, A (S.P.) 'January 29,
Rehearsal.

SMVl.L nol.iMMJ. A April 1, Broadway.
SMITH s.-pT.-mber 30, Comedy.
si' MM: ROOM, THE February 27, Criterion.
SIM KIT OF I'OKTRY. THE June 22, Aldwych.
siMUI.lNi; Till: HROTH Court, March 3.
STAGE NAME. A April 5. Relu-arts-.il.
iT K; MAT A (S.P.) July 31. Court.
H RVNGERS WITHIN THE GATES Feb-
ruary, Court.
STRIFE --March !>. Duke of York's.
STI;O\GI-:K WOMAN, THE December 9, His
Majesty's (Afternoon).

I A UK IT TO HEART December 13, County.
Kingston.

nil NT. TANi.l.K, A (S.P.) July 2,
Vaudeville.

' VI' ION June 21, Lyric, Hammersmith.
S July 14, Covent Garden.
HE January 3, Court.
MOMAL, THE May L'H, Terry's.
PHALIA'S TEACUP July 24, Court.
1HKSK ARE MY PEOPLE (S.P.) October 1,

rick.
THI IT IN THE NIGHT, A August 2. Klc-

phant and Castle.
I HlN ICE January 19. Garrick.

IKD WAY, THE December 18, Cripple-
Institute.

HI IN WOMAN AND THIS MAN January 18.
Bijou, Bay&water.

\< \M> THE PRINCESS-(S.P.) Oeto-

l.a.lbroke Hall.

rHORSTEIN ABBEY -January 6, Village
Hall. Southiratr.

1 HARROWS. THE June 10, Coronet
CM arch 22, Gaiety, Manchester).

1 HlMll l. II -I \- ill i

Majesty * (A:

ID1.1 '

Hall.

I l: \\ll-. I III. October 8, Rchea:
PRAP Mil

l>, | ill i
i wo IN A i i: \r
i VIM-

UNCLE AT Tin: oi KICK December 2, R-

ll.-a-

SWERED Julj ! I- rry'.
( NJ)ki: i in M

HH.ir
i \hi.k TWO i LAG |V ^ ' Vewion) July 26,

Royal, Stratf.r<l.
DNBMPLO1 abo

August 30).

VALE OF CONTENT. Till June 8, Coronet.
VILLAGE OF YOC'I II. I UK -Man-h 18, St.

Jain

VISIT, i in: December l, Playhowe.
VOICE OF ISIS, THE January 28, AH Saints'

Hall, St. John's Wood.

WHAT A MAN MADE HER D

Royal, Stratford (September 20, Alb'-rt,

Brighouse).
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS May 2, Ald-

wych; May 27, Royalty.
WHAT THE WOMAN sAii March

Victoria Street.
WHKN A LASS LOVES April 5, Dalston (No-

vember 23, 1908, Royal, Margate).
WHEN THK DKV1L WAS ILL June 14, CoTO-

nt-t (August 29, 1908, H.M., Car

W.HERE CHILDREN RULE Decent r n,

Garrick.
WHKRE IS WILLIAM? September 9. Cat'e,

Richmond (June 21, 1906; Royal, Worthing).
WHIP. THE September 9, Drury Lane.
WHITE II A IK. THE (S.P.) July 31, Court;

December 15, Hyde Park Hotel.
\VHITE HAWK, THE May 30, Aldwych.
WHO IS SHE? March 15. Lyric. Hammer-

emith (December 16, 1907; Hippodrome,

Wigan).
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED December 13,

Elephant and Castle.
WIDOW BUDD. THE April 22. Crouch End

ibly Rooms.
WILLOW PATTERN PLATE. THE April 10,

Terry's.

WILSON TRIAL. THE Deocniht-r 14. Court.
WISE MAN. THE June 28, Pavilion.
WOT.K, THK -May -j-J. Royal Academy of

Music.
WOMAN IN THE CASE. THE- June 2. Gar-

rick.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS Juno 14. Coron.-t (March

23. 1f)08. Royal, Roch<1ale).
\V()M VN'S WAY, A-i.S.P.) April 16. Hay-

market.
WORKHOUSE. THE June 14. Beaumoir

B.
WORKHJU^K W\RI>. THE Jimr . Court

("April 20. IMS. Abbey. Dublin).
WORLD AND THK WOM \\. THK-Mrrch 10.

Lyric. Hammor^mith (May 11. 1908. Palace

istie).
WORLD VND HIS WIFE. THE Juno 15.

nhi (Dece-ml>er f>. 1008. Royal. Birmingham).
WORLD. Tin: FLESH, VND THE W.VIK.

I Hi: -February 1. Pavilion.
WORM TURNS. THE May 23. Terry's.

-. THK-Jun-> . His Majcsty'a.

166

THE STAGE YAK BOOK.

WRITING ON THE WALL, THE (S.P.)
January 11, Terry's.

YAMA YAMA LAND, THE (S.P.) September

15, Ladbroke Hall.
YOUR OBEDIENT (SERVANT July 1, Crystal

Balace.

ZAZA April 30, Coronet.

009 WEST January 19, Gar-rick.

PROVINCIAL.

The particulars in parentheses refer to the
London production. S.P.Stageright pro-
duction.

AEROPLANE MAD (S.P.) November 30,

Manor Hall, Easton.

ALL FOR HER October 7, Palace Pier, Brigh-
ton.
ALMOST HIS BRIDE September 13, Royal,

Preston.
ANGEL OF HIS DREAM,S, THE April 26,

Royal, Caetleford.
ANOTHFR MAN'S WIFE February 8, Queen's,

Liverpool (October 11, Pavilion).
ARE YOU THE MAN? (S.P.) March 13,

County, Reading ; May 13, O.H., Burton.
ARTFUL MISS DEARING April 5, D.P.,

Eastbourne (April 10, Terry's).
ASPIRATIONS OF ARCHIBALD, THE June

28, D.P., Eastbourne

BARBARA GROWS UP September 6, Royalty,

Glasgow.

BILL SIKES October 4, Palace Pier, Brighton.
BLUEBOTTLE, THE January 18, Public Hall,

Exmouth.
BOND OF MARRIAGE, THE (S.P.) January

7, Royalty, Llanelly; May 5, Royalty,

Llamelly. (See also THE DERELICT, June

14, Star, Liverpool.)
BOND OF UNION, A December 28, Palace,

iSouth Shields.
BOY'S BEST FRIEND, A May 10, Marina

Lowestoft.
BUTTERFLY KISSES (S.P.) August 30, Pier

Pavilion, Ryde.

CAN A WOMAN BE GOOD? September 6,
Royal, Chatham (October 18, Pavilion).

CAPTAIN JACK November 15, Royal,
Ilkeston.

C3HBLD OF THE STREETS, A September 20,
Grand Walsall (January 3, 1910, Royal,
Stratford).

COLLIER'S DAUGHTER, A June 18, Alex-
andra, Birmingham.

CONCEALED BEiD IN THE PARLOUR, THE
April 23, Athenaeum, Glasgow.

CONVENIENT LOVEIR, THE April 28, Roy-
alty, Glasgow.

COUNT BANNIBiAIL March 18, Prince's,
Bristol.

CRUISE O'F THE CONSTANCE, THE June 10,
Royal, Worthing.

CUPID AND THE STYX February 8, Gaiety,
Manchester.

CUPID'S ISLE April 3, David Lewis Club,
Liverpool.

DANCE OiF LOVE, THE June 23, Royal,

Canterbury.
DASHING LITTLE DUKE February 8, Royal,

iNottingham (February 17, Hicks).
DEALING IN FUTURES October 7, Royalty,

Glasgow.
DESTINY November 25, Royal, Manchester.

DERELICT, THE (Originally produced under
the title of THE BOND OF MARRIAGE)
June 14, Star, Liverpool.

DEVIL'S DivCOY, THE (S.P.) August 2,
Grand, A b era von.

DEVIL'S DUPE, A July 19, Grand, New-
castle.

DIXGLEY DELL March 25, Royal, Bath.

DIS ARRANGER, THE May 28, H.M., Car-
Me.

DOCTOR AND THE GREAT PROBLEM, THE
June 24, Royal, Bolton.

DOORWAY, THE April 10, Gaiety, Manches-
ter (June 11, Coronet).

DOVE UNCAGED, THE October 18, Gaiety,
Manchester.

DUKE OIR DEVIL December 16, Gaiety, Man-
chester.

DUTY September 27, Balsall Heath Institute,
Birmingham.

EARTH, THE April 8, O.H., Torquay (April

14, Kingsway).
EQUALITY OF CARBERRY, THE Februar

19, O.K., Jersey.
EVE OF WATERLOO, THE (S.P.) October

King's, Kilimarnock.

FANNY'S AMERICAN July 13, Pier Pav.,

Worthing (produced by amateurs).
FATAL DANCE, THE June 7, Royal, Mi

gate (August 23, Comedy).
FATHER OF HER CHILD, THE (S.P.)

cember 8, O.H., Buxton.
FEUD, THE April 10, Gaiety, Manchest

(June 11, Coronet).
FLORENTINE TRAGEDY, A June 7, Tivoli

Manchester.
FOLLY'S FORTUNES December 20, Carlt

Birmingham.
FOR WIFE AND KINGDOM March 8, Royt,,

Smethwick (March 29, Lyric, Hammer

smith).
FOR HONOUR AND REVENGE October

O.H., St. Helens.
FROM CONVENT TO THRONE (S.P.) Marc*

31, Osborne, Manchester; July 2

Rotunda, Liverpool (September 6, Lyri

Hammersmith).

GARDEN OF THE GODS, THE March

West Pier, Brighton.
GIRL'S TilMPTATION-rJuly 12, Star, Liver

pool (November 1, Shakespeare).
GOOSE, THE May 17, Royal, Margate.
GOING ON PARADE March 15, Gaiety, M;

Chester.
GREATER LOVE, THE June 21, Prince's

Accrington.
GREAT GAMGEE, THE December 13, Roy;

Newcastle.

HAG AND THE MASHER, THE Deceml

30, Muncaster, Bootle.
HEART OF THE CITY, THE March 8, RoyJ

Birmingham.
HELLO, BILL! (S.P.) June 2, Grand, Lls

dudno.
HER PATH OF SORROW (S.P.) November!

Royal, Barry; December 27, Prince's,

rington.
HER SECRET LOVER February 8, Roys

Wolverhampton.
HIGHWAYMAN BOLD, A (S.P.) January

Hippodrome, St. Helens. -
HIS REAL WIFE (S.P.) Lyric, Hammersmi

September 16; December 17, Royal

HOW^GIRLS^'ARE BROUGHT TO RUIN-

January 25, Queen's, Liverpool (July
Shakespeare).

HOW WOMEN ARE SLANDERED Janui
14, Victoria, Broughton.

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK..

167

\injuat 30, Gaiety,

iNDisi oi i 1. 1 /..\r, i i ii. mi-: -April

17, ii:iifum in tiint.-, Liverpool.

IN I.I! \<: i I Ml. > ]. ;
Crowe.

! AND \ I.I.\ i:i .1.'\ i; Jmic L\.

: , I 111 '
JUKI, Uldhaiu.
:

;'S KISS- January 26, K'yal, Worthing.

No SAN June 28, Coliseum, A ;
wyth.

KINGDOM m HIS HI:AI;I, TIII-: March is,
Royal,

I.ADY i:\MolM.-S l-.Mi: \|;|; U38M] N :
i nary i^n, r.nnvrt Hail. St. 1,, oiiarda.
LADY'S .MAID'S lloxol K, A \,,v , inber 20,

I, Bournemouth.

I- M I'HIKK 01 I-'ooLS, Till-! .May 21, H.M

Carlisle.
LEARNED PROFESSOR, TIlE-May 3, Surrey

Stivct Hall, Slifllii-l<l.
LILY OK BERMUDA, Till: November 8,

K\ui, Manchester.
LlFi:> STEPPING-STONES April 19, P.H.,

Waiver ton.
LITTLE 1'HIL'S MOTHER October 4, O.H..

Wak-
LIVING IN A i'LAT (S.P.) March Jl, Grand,

West HartU-pool.

I. -i.i ii'oi- LANK April 30, Pavilion, Keswiek.
LONDON NIGHT HAWKS September 27,

P.H., Arbroatli.
LOVE'S COMEDY February 22, Gaiety, Man-

chester.

MA( p H ERSON November 20, Royalty, Glas-

gOW.
M M) AUTHOR, THE (S.P.) March 18, Royal,

Colne.
MARCH HARE, THE April 26, Royal, Bir-

kenhead.
MAN i<KOM PARIS, THE February 22, Mun-

eaiter, Bootle.
MAI DE BO WEN (S.P.) May 18, O.H., Chel-

tenham.
MEMBER OF TATTERSALL'S, A-October 8,

Royal, Brighton.
Ml 'UK Y TERRITORIAL, THE May 8,

Pavilion, Weymouth.
Ml-KRY WIDOW TWANKEY, THE (S.P.)

April 23, Royal, Wolverhampton.
.MISS SMITH OF PINE RIDGE (S.P.) July 31,

H.M., Aberdeen.
MOLLY AND THE MASTER (S.P.) May 22,

Pier Pavilion, Worthing.

MONEY AND MAN-APHI 5, Royal, Bradford

(April 19, Elephant and Castle).
MOTHER January 15, O.H., Coventry.
MOTH 1-: it AND HOME June 21, Metropole,

Devonport.
MlKDKlt OF ADOLPHUS, THE December 14,

Town Hall, Maidenhead.
MURDER WILL OUT (S.P.) October 1,

Royal, Sunderland.
MYSTERY OF REDWOOD GRANGE, THE

March 1, Royal, Portsmouth (March 8,

Borough Stratford).

NATION IN ARMS, A September 20, Royal.

\\ arrington.
-NAUGHTY ELIZABETH February 15, Aseem-

bly Rooms, Bromsgrove.
HIGH! BEFORE CH1USTMAS, THE March

1, O.H., Coventry (March 15, Greenwich).

February 22, Town Hall,

OLD MAN'S DAI -(8.P.) March 18,

d, Proton (April 10, -
\*j\).
A 1.1 ii 1.1 BOY September 6,

<jl.

\ I l.i RS April 17, Balfour Initi-
tutc, Liverpool (produced by arnateure).

: o, lio> ai, Manchester
uM.o J'J, Marlborough).
OUT oi i ill, i July 12, Royal,

\N I AM) 1 III. i i Hi:-(8.P.)

her 14, Royal, PortMiiouth.
1'AIIt IN His OW.N (JOlN-April 22, Abbey,
Dublin (produced by amateurs).

OAT, Mil. (S.iM, January 26, Hip-

podrome, Brighton.
PIN

AND lllh 1M DDING, THK-June 7,

i-h\v IN l.i I 11.!., A April 2C, P.O.W., Bir-
mingham.

1'OKT ARMS, THE-^October 4, Palace Pier,
Brighton.

PRESS CUTTINGS September 27, Gaiety,
Manchester (July 9, Courts-private).

PRICE OF COAL, THE^November 15, Roy-
alty, Glasgow.

I'RINU: oi IHE PEOl^E, A July 5, Gaiety,
Dun .

PKIM'KSS AND THK VAGABOND, THE
-emiber 1, Oslxjrne, Manchester.

1'KoTEUS IN PETTJOOATS January 11,
Royal, Wolverhajiipton (June 7, DaLston).

RAGS March 1, Prince's, Horwich {June 21,

Royal, Stratford).
RASKLLE. TtfE BOY MUSICIAN April 19,

Queen's, Manchester.
REVENGE April 23, Town Hall, Broughton

(produced by amateurs).

SAMiSON January 25, Grand, Swansea (Feb-
ruary 3, Garrick).

SCHOOL FOR SNOBS January 25, Public
Hall, Dorkin.g.

SOILLY SEASON, A January 9, Murray,
Perth.

SCRAPE OF THE PEN, A April 21
Athenaeum, Glasgow.

SEAGULL, THE November 2, Royalty, Glas-

SEIWANT OF THE PUBLIC, A April 10,

Royal, Margate (May 16, Terry's).
SHOWING UP OF BLANCO POSNET, THE

August 25, Abbey, Dublin (December 5,

Aldwych).

SINNER, THE July 26, Royal, Sunderland.
SIR WALTER RALEGH October 4, Royal,

Birmingham (October 13, Lyric).
SMIALL HOLDING, A April 10, Prince's,

Manchester.
STALKING HORSE, THE April 20, Institute,

Shanklin (produced by amateurs).
STORM, THE April 22, Abbey, Dublin.
SUPERIOR SEX, THE March 30, Empire,

Southend.

TERENCE-^December 6, Fulham (February 18,

1907, Royal, Margate; March 1, 1909,

Gaiety, Dublin).
THREE BAUKO\\s, THE March 22, Gaiety,

Manchester (June 10, Coronet).
TRAP, THE July 20, W.G.. N\-\v Brighton.
TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED^

April 26, Gaiety, Manchester.
TWENTY DAYS IN THE SHADE March 29,

Royal, Margate.

lea

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

UNPAiRDONAB'LE SIN, AN November 1,
O.K., Middlesbrough.

VENGEANCE OF JIM, THE February 25,
Royal, King's Lynn.

'WAY OUT WEST September 2, Royal, Lin-
coln.

WAKE UP, ENGLAND July 5, Royal, Tony-
pandy.

WAYS OF MEN, THE (S.P.) March 11,
Grand, West Hartlepool ; April 19,
Royal, Rochdale.

WAS SHE TO BLAME? April 12, Junction,
Manchester.

WHAT A MAN MADE HER September 20,
Albert, Brighouse (December 27, Royal,
Stratford).

WHITE DOVE, THE April 21, Royalty, Glas-
gow.

WHOSE ZOO? May 19, Royalty, Glasgow.

WITCH OF PENDLE, THE (S.P.) May 21,
Prince's, Blackburn.

WRINKLES ON THE RINK (S.P.) January
20, Hippodrome, Paisley.

PRINCIPAL REVIVALS.

ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE, THE January 20,

His Majesty's.

ADMIRAL GUINEA June 4, His Majesty's.
ADVENTURES OF LADY URSULA January

5, Garrick.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND December 27,

Court.

ARM OF THE LAW, THE May 27, Garrick.
ASSOMMOIR, L' June 21, Adelphi.

BELLS, THE September 22, Queen's.
BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, LE June 28,

Adelphi.
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS June 22, Court.

CASTE July 22, Coronet.
CHARLES I. February 15, Shaftesbury.
CHARLEY'S AUNT December 27, Royalty.
CYMBELINE April 23, Stratford-on-Avon.

DAME AUX CAMELIAS, LA November 30.

His Majesty's (Afternoon).
DANCING GIRL, THE February 16, Hie

Majesty's.
DERELICT, THE (originally THE BOND OF

MARRIAGE) June 14, Star, Liverpool.
DIANA OF DOBSON'S January 11, Kingsway.
DRYAD, THE June 4, His Majesty's.

ELECTRA, THE, of Sophocles December

2, Terry's.
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, AN April 30, His

Majesty's.
ENGLISHMAN'S HONOUR, AN (formerly

True to the Queen) May 3, Fulham.
EXPLORER, THE.-May 19, Lyric.

FROGS, THE, of Aristophanes February

17, New, Oxford.

FEED THE BRUTE^March 20, Royalty.
FLAG LIEUTENANT, THE November 1,

Playhouse.

GONDOLIERS, THE January 18, Savoy.
GRANDSIRE, THE February 9, Playhouse.

HAMLET February 8, Shaftesbury; June 29,

His Majesty's; March 13, Lyceum.
HENEY IV.-May 11, Lyric.

IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE

November 30, St. James's.

JULIUS CAESAR June 26, Hie Majesty's.
KING LEAR September 8, Haymarket.

LITTLE HANS ANDERSEN December 27,

Gaiety, Manchester.
LOUIS XI. February 22, Shaftesbury.
LYONS MAIL, THE November 9, Queen's.

MACBETH May 7, Garrick.
MASTER BUILDER, THE March 16, Court.
MASS1ERE, LA June 30, Adelphi.
MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE April 2,

Court ; June 30, His Majesty's.
MIIRRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, THE-Juna

21, His Majesty's.
MRS. GORRINGE'S NECKLACE January 6,

Criterion.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING December 27,

Gaiety, Manchester.

NURSERY GOVERNESS, THE November 30,
St. James's.

OLD HEIDELBERG May 24, St. James's.
ONE OF THE BEST May 1, Aldwych.
ObKS July 22, Coronet.

PITER PAN December 20, Duke of York's.
PETER'S MOTHER June 8, Haymarket.
PINKIE AND THE FAIRIES December 16,

His Majesty's.

PLOT AND PASSION November 15, Court.
PRISONER OF ZEND A, THE- February It

St. James's.
PRIVATE SECRETARY, THE December

Coronet.

RIENZI August 27, Lyric.

ROMEO AND JULIET April 19, Court.

SCHOOL June 28, Coronet.

SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL April 7, Hi

Majesty's.
SI:.\M, OF HUMOUR, A August 31. Pli

house.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER February

Haymarket.

SILVER BOX, THE June 9, Coronet,
SOLDIERS' DAUGHTERS September 15, Pli

house.

THIEF, THE-^May 8, St. James's.
THREE MUSKETEERS, THE March 3

May 1, Lyric.
TILDA'S NEW HAT January 26,

Majesty's; October 21, Wyndham's.
TRILBY November 8, His Majesty's.
TWELFTH NIGHT May 3, Court; June

His Majesty's.
TWO LITTLE VAGABONDS July 24, Lyc<

VAN DYCK, THE November 8, His Majesty's.
VOLEUR, LE June 22, Adelphi.

WHITE MAN, A December 16, New.
WIDOWERS' HOUSES June 7, Coronet.

YEOMAN OF THE GUARD, THE Mar

Savoy.

THE STAGE YE. I A' BOOK.

169

PRINCIPAL NEW SKETCHES

PRODUCED IN THI: \\KII.TV Tin POT M-Mt 1909.

ivival, t Cndioates fikUiw^ perfornumoe, I In.licuu-
in London. 1 Indicates performance f-' ; he Statutory Stageright.

JANUARY.

nnsk and Dawn, drama, In three

l,v \\. II. 15. Ji-un Uattersea

I /,./' I'rtitr llili'-nin'nne, episode,

Moul. with music by Francis '!!
Alhainlira.

leh Mijccd. nm.Mral sketch, l.y Irank
Price- iia.'knry Empire.

l /'/? Golden Ace; or, Bubbles, sketch, by
Leonard Mortimer Bedford.

o ;/i a ?Va, farcical comedy episode, by
Fred Monckl n and Chas. wtodermere

Battersra Pala<v.
4 Claude Durnl, sketch, in three scenes, by

Wai Pink ami Fred Ginnett O.H., Tun-

brid^' \\

II. Ten-it nriuls Bedford.
11. A Queen of Minic, musical and dramatic

episode, by S. and L. Gordon Metro-
politan.
11. An Old Tyme Ha llowe'en London Coll-

Beam.

11. The Bye-Election Canterbury.
13.tr/ie Fatal Misfuke, dramatic episode,, by

A. II. fiowe fiinprem.
If.. S porting Luck, written and composed by

Towyn Trevone Empire, Leeds.
16. Camping Out Hammersmith Palace.

irting TAick Hammersmith and Baling.
18. Comer edtftm Crces Empire.
20. A Magdalen Married, dramatic episode, by

P:iul Barry Lewers Middlesex.
25. The Last Halt, by W. H. Beason Bow

Palace.
25. Artful, in one act, by Geo. Bellamy and

Sydney Blow London Coliseum.
2.'). X umber Two, in one act, by Geo. Bellamy
and Sydney Blow Palace.

FEBRUARY.

1. The Footstep, 'by C. L. Delph Empresi,

Rrixton.

4 Winter in Holland Empire.
8. A Vision of Japan London Coliseum.
8. The Ten 'Clock Squad, mueicaJ absurdity.

in two scenes, written by Harry M. Ver-

non, with lyrics by Charles Wilmot, and

music by Hermann E. Darewski, jun.

Canterbury.
8. A Dniiglitrr of Israel, by C'has. Garry

Canterbury.
S.tClaude Duval, by Fred Ginnett and Wai

Pink Surrey.
[5 A Boy's ProposalEmpire, Birmingham.

15. The Steam Hammer, by W. H. Benson-

Sadler's Wr.lls.

16. What's Charles Worth? by CayJey Calvert

Camberwell Empire.

15. The Last Hope, by Walter Howard Hollo-
way Empire.

15. The Shadow Child, by James Willard and
Tom Gallon Standard.

15. The Queen of the Fairies, " play of
fairies and others." in two scenes, by
Sydney Blow, lyrics by Douglas Hoarc,
music by Edward Jones London Coli-
seum.

I Save the King Crouch End II
drome

. Statue of Metiina, by A. L. Hatztn
Shr^l:U-.h Kiupire.

-.:<> The 1'rMn "f '! lifgiment, rniwical mUi-
tiiry epio<le, by Geo. Huberts, lyrics and

l.y H. Ci. French Royal \
Hull. B.E.

22. Pagliacci, condensed version of I/eon-
.vallo's opera, in two acte London

r Home Defenders, drartiat!<

Cayiey CaJ\i"rt Kast Ham Palace.
_"_'. I'rivate Nobody, by F. I) >'.uth

London.
22. OH the Square, ballet divertiaiement.

arranged and produced by Elise Clero,

music composed, seJected, end arranged

by Geo. Byng Alhambra.
22. Territorial Empress, Brixton.
22. The Man from Paris, by H. W. Barker

Muncaster Bootle.
22. The Price of a ilirl, domestic drama, ii

four acte 'Tottenham Palace.
22. Wake Up, England! by Norman Wrighton

Empire, Leeds.
27. A Dance for Life Hammersmith Palace.

MARCH.

1. Ezra Solomon, one-facrt play, by Arthur

Layiard and Leopold Pain Palace.
1. The Motor Chase, a mile a mtaute

t-ion, by Slidney Blow, music by Edward
Jones London Hdippodrome.

I. The Laundrymaids, miniature comic
opera, wrftyten and composed and ax-
ranged by F. W. Allwood and G. W.
Foater-^Srt^andard .

1. Saved by Wireless, dramatic episode, in
one scene Empress, Brixton.

I. A Critical Operation, by Cay ley Calvert

Emipdre, Edmon/ton.

1. Pierrette's Birthday London Coliseum.

1. The Sailor's Lass -Foresters' .

1. The Dead Spot Brigade, by Mrs. Mildred
Bnammell Shepherd's Bu>h Empire.

1. It's a Walk Oi-er Hippodrome, East-
bourne.

4. A Deuce of a Daisy 'Eanpire, Hull.

8. Papa's Wife^London Coliseum.

8. Ginger's Dream Paragon.

8. Doreen, by Fred Moule < Empire. Ardwick.

II. The Three Musketeers (revised version of

Mrs. Le-wk Waller's Sketch) Oxford.
13. Parson's Lass, by J. Elmore Brewertoo

Slhorediitoh Empire.
15. Jane Ann's Prophecy Zoo Hippodrome.

15. Life and Lore OanNrbury.

15. In the Studio, by Barman D-atles Star,

Bermomi"-
15. Mystery A'o. ;, by Randolph King B^d-

ford.
15. Reconciliation Battersoa Palace.

15. The Closing Price. Hippodrome, Devon-

port

16. The Flirt Putney Hippodrome.

2B. A Midnight Mystery, detective drarrui, to
five scenes, by J. G. Brandon Empire,
Oamberwell.

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22. The Annexers, by Fred Moule--Biadle<r'fl

22. Who's My Dad ? GrtanviUe.

20. A Case for Divorce, ottenaot playlet, by

OLay M. Greene, adiapted from an inci-

dent to Hotoan F. Bay's etory of " Squire

Bill "Palace.
20. Invasion; or, Wake Up, England! "an

effort of toagimation in three scenes,"

writiten, invented, and " produced " by

John L. Shine, with incddettital music com-

posed and arranged by Dr. F. Osmond

Clairr Canterbury.
20. The Thrust of Navarre, Spanish romantic

episode in one scene, written by Koy Red-

grave, with incidental music by W. W.

B'iiiglht Su rr ey .
20. The Gift of the Gods, musical comedy epi-

sode, written by Judd Green, with mu&ic

by Outhibert Clarke Standard
20. Apples and Pairs, one-act comedy, by

Herbert Shelley, music by Stephen E.

Phiiilpoft <Crouch End Hippodrome.
20. Sitter Enemies, Ohristmia? episode, by Ed-

ward Thane Queen's, Poplar.

APRIL,

2. The Merry Vagabonds Alhambria, Brigh-

ton.
5 Psyche, idyll, in three scenes, dramatic

action and dances arranged by Alfredo

Curfci, music by Alfred Moul AThamhra.
5. The Airship, farce, in one act, written by

Roland Hastings, with " suggestions " by

Gilbert Lane Cant ertmry.
5. Rough Justice, dramatic sketch, in one

scene by Horace Hunter Bedford.
5. A Broken Butterfly, dramatic episode, by

Fred Moule Batters ea Palace.
5. Dr. Maud's First Patient, duologue by Her-

bert Darnley Putney Hippodrome.
5. A Bachelor's Dream 'Hippodrome, East-

bourne.
10. Come Inside, revue, in ttiree scenes, by

George Grossmith, junr., lyrics by C. H.

Bovill, muiSic comiposed and arranged by

Cuitlhibeflt Clarke Empire.
12. The Taxi, by W.al Pink Grand, Clapham.
15. Caught Palace, Bristol.
19. Man the Lifeboat, by Leedbarn B.antock and

Percy Greewbank Metropolitan.
19. A Dutch Flirtation Tivoli.
19. 'Papa's Day Off London Coliseum.
19. The Show Girl, by Campbell Rae-Brown

Middlesex.
19. The Devil's Death, by Tom Gallon Peck-

ham Hippodrome.
IQ.lThe Closing Price, by Mlaurice Hoffrman

Bedford.

19. The Wolf Star.
19. Henry F.-^Surrey.
19. The Final Supper, by Oh as. F. Kitts

Queen's, Poplar.
19. Paul Pry County, Kingston.
19. The Colonel's Consent Camber-well Empire.
26. Two Doors in a Passage Tivoli, Man-

chester.
26. My Uncle from Texas Middlesex.

MAY,

3. In a Mirror, musical episode, adapted from

the German by L. E. Berman, composed

by Paul Lincke Palace.
3. Blind Justice, dramatic episode, by R.

Cullum and H. E. Garden Metropolitan.
3. The Queen of Sheba, comedy novelty, in

one scene, written by Austin P. Rubens

Surrey.

8. Turning the Tables Empress.
J. A Texas Wooing, by C. B. Midd *ton

Bedford.

3. Skating, pantomimical absurdity, by J.

Hickory Wood and Syd Chaplin Queen's

Poplar.

3. The Death Dance Canterbury.
3. Dandy Danvers Middlesex.
8AA Call to Arms, in one scene, by Harry

Edlin Oxford. .

10. Roguery Pavilion, Leicester.
10. J* Our Navy Ready? spectacular naval

scena, by F. Cornelius Wheeler and J.

Herbert Jay Olympia, Liverpool.
lO.JTJie Totcer of London Stratford Empire.
10. Before the Dawn Oxford
lO.JJohn Jay, Jun. Hackney Empire.
10. At Home, musical episode, by Max Roger

Alhambra.
10. Our Housemaid, comedy sketch, by Chas.

Windermere Middlesex.
10. Trafalgar Day, naval episode, by C. A.

Clark and W. S. Hartford Paragon.
10. The Black Sheep Empress, Brixton.
10. Love in a Coffee Shop Bedford.
10. Borrowed Plumage Bedford.
10. Slaterstein, Limited Poplar Hippodrome.
15.t2'fte Donah and the Girl Tivoli, Man-
chester.
17. The Naked Truth, operatic fantasie, in

one act, by Edward A. Paulton London

Coliseum.

17. The Traitor South London.
17. A Divorced Woman, in four scenes, by

Fred Maxwell Bedford.
17. The Village of Shift 'em Granville.
19. The Mousetrap Palace, Manchester.
22. No. 9 Shepherd's Bush Empire.
24. What Railing Did, by E. J. Hart-Granville.
24. The Chorus Girl Camberwell Empire.
24. Denbigh's Divorce Surrey.
24.lNapoleon at Waterloo Standard.
24. Her First Holborn Empire.
31. Lallapaloosa Holborn Empire.
31. In Black and White Putney Hippodrome.

JUNE.

7. The Paperhanger Empire.
7 On the Square (second edition) Alhambr
7. Oh! You William London Coliseum.
7 A Ruined Life, dramatic episode, by Fr

Price Empress.
7. The Tragedy at Lyndhurst flaZZ Hij

drome, Rotherhithe.
7 Kiddies on the Sands Battersea Palace.
14. Under Suspicion, sketch, in one scene,

Horace Hunter Bedford.
14. 16W, drametta, by F. Stuart-Whyte

Empress.

14 A Woman of the Night Bow Palace.
14. The Workgirl (founded on the drama)

Euston.
21. Orange Blossoms, musical sketch, by Ca

Royston Fleet London Pavilion.
21. The Stadium East Ham Palace.
21. Long Live the King Palace, Reading.
21. The Awakening of Pan Camberwell Empir
28. Blind Love, by W. A. Tremayne and

S. Hartford Middlesex.
2*. The Matrimonial Fee Metropolitan.
28. 1920, by Brien McCullogh Surrey.

JULY.

5. The ballet divertissement from act three
of Meyerbeer's opera Roberto il Diavolo
Empire.

5. The Prince's Love

5. The Red Scor/^Metropolitan.

7AA Woman's Revolt, by W. L. Court

Palace.

12. Perkins, M.P., comic sketch, in
scenes, by Fred Karao. Hickory W<
and Fred Kitchen PaJaee, Leicester.

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12. Amsterdam; or, KU the Vide of the Zuyder
Zee, ballet, In three scem-a, by George R.
Sims and Charles !']
m;ui Hurl Winter Gardens, BlacKp

12. Companions of the flood London Coliseum.

!'J. Dinner for Two Tivoli.

12. The Fight in the Lighthouse, by R. Stodart
Standard.

12. The 'j'r in iifrn nee Reformer

12. Pure and StmpZe-^Metropolitan.

12. U'hi-ii tlu< r,tfs Airny- cainbc rwell Empire.

12.1 Bagpipe Mad Holloway Empire.

12. A SS to 1 Chance, by R. Ueaton Gray
r's Wei 18.

!_'. U'iwlei, by Willie Atom Empress.

IT.IThe Long Armt, by Beatrico Hen n Max-
well Tivoli.

10. His Last Jest, by Gerald Blake Standard.

A 9. The Count's Dilemma Empress.

19. Old China's in China, by Morton Davis
and Lew Lake Olympia, Shored itch.

19. The Princess of Bagdad, by Harry
Lowther Tivoli, Manchester.

28. The Miser's Conscience Empire, Edmonton.

26. Under the S>a Oxford.

26. Supremacy -Hippodrome, Woolwich.

AUGUST.

2. Supremacy Chelsea Palace.

2. The Flag Station and Time is Money
(both previously produced in the theatres)
London Hippodrome.

Z.lPerkim, M.P. Holborn Empire.

2. Her .Refurn^-Middlesex.

2. The Actors' Territorial, by Sydney Blow
and Douglas Hoare Holloway Empire.

2. Two Toreadors, by Marshall Moore Em-
press.

2. Ronnie Blair, by C. Douglas Carlile
Surrey.

9.*Le Cloches de Cornemlle Alhambra.

9. Toplitsky Palace.

9. The Robber, by William Gillette London
Coliseum.

9. The Decoy, by Eugene Magnus Standard.
A Man of Spirit, by Frank Price Hack-
ney Empire.

9. The Airship, by Roland Hastings Totten-
ham Palace.

9. The Gay Tourists Empire. Southport.

[6. Van Biene's Dilemma Metropolitan.

16. Spring Cleaning Empire, Newport.

3. His Chief Study Empress.

!3. Too Late Metropolitan.

tt. The World's Opinion Sadler's Wella.

25. Cruel Coppinger, by R. A. Roberts Royal,
Bury.

JO Three Men in a Boat Euston.

80. A State Secret Tottenham Palace.

80. Gentlemen. The King! (revised version)
Putney Hippodrome.

SEPTEMBER.

6 Among Thieves, dramatic episode, in one
scene, by William GillettePalace.

G.lSerqeant Longfellow, Egyptian musical
comedy, by Vashti Wynne, music by Dud-
ley Poweil Hackney Empire.

44 Modem Andromena, dramatic episode,
in one scene, by Leo Stormont and J. E.
Macmanus (formerly called Exposure)
New Cross Empire.

13. The Slacktter, dramalette, m three scenes,
by C. Douglas Carlile Sadler's Well*.

18. The Suffragettei in Power, comic operetta
'

.--z, Bketch, by Leon M. Lion
and Eliot 8. Eliot-Empire.

20. On the Heath, revue divertissement, pro-

: .-.y Miss Kll&e Ck-rc, from a scenario

arranged by Fn . with mu*c

composed, delected, and arranged by

George W. Byng AVfaambra.

30 Liza's Dill, monologue, by Laura Leycester
Metropolitan.

20. The Bookmaker Rotherhlthe Hippodrome.

20. The Coming of the King, military episode,
In one scene, by Ivan Patrick Gore-
Surrey.

27. The Kitchen scene from Twelfth Night,
arranged as a sketch Holborn Empire.

27. The Vampire, adapted from the French of
C. C. Vylaw and Pierre Bouveatr* bj
Jose G. Levy Paragon.

27. A Dumb Man's Curse, protean play, In one
scene, by J. B. Dickson Peckham Hippo-
drome.

27. The Signal Tivoli. Manchester.

OCTOBER.

4. The Cat and the Governess, by CoUford
Dick London Hippodrome.

4. The Dream Fight, by Wai Pink and Fred
Ginnett Surrey.

4. The Half-Caste, by George Bellamy and
Sydney Blow Olympia, Shoreditch.

4. The New Landlord, by F. D. Bone Hippo-
drome, Margate.

4. H.M.S. Perhaps, by L. F. Durell Olympia,
Shoreditch.

9. Round the World (in a month), dramatic
ballet, in six scenes, by Lieut.-Col. Newn-
ham-Davis and C. Wilhelm, music by
Cuthbert Clarke, produced, and the dance*
arranged, by Fred Fan-en, the entire pro-
duction designed and supervised by C.
Wilhelm Empire.

n.*Psyche Alhambra.

ll.^Cruel Coppinger, protean play, !n two
scenes, by R. A. Roberts London Hippo-
drome.

11. A Pinch o' Snuff Chelsea. Palace.

11. The Prince of the Dandies Carnberwell
Empire.

11. Planted, by F. L. Shepherd Battersea
Palace.

11. Hit Last Chance, by Sydney Blow and
Douglas Hoare Palace, Hull.

11. A Loyal Traitor Holloway Empire.

18. Mo Gosse, " realistic piece, in one act,"
written by Yves Mirande and Henri Caen,
and adapted for the English stage by
John N. Raphael Palace.

18. A Terrible Teaser Collins's.

IS.Jflw Last Chance Shepherd's Bush Empire

18. Perils of the Mine, by M. C. Scott and H.
Sanders Chelsea Palace.

18. Buonaparte's Boy, by Geo. R. Sims Olym-
pia, Liverpool.

25. iThe Clockmaker, duologue, by " Harden
Casket "Alhambra.

25.+3fy Lady't Garter, by Sidney Lewis-Ran-
som Alhambra.

25. My Friend Mr. White London Hippodrome.

25. The Roll Call, by George Arthurs and
J. W. Tate Oxford.

25. What Happened to Jones (tabloid version)
Oxford.

25. A Life's Secret Metropolitan.

25. The Bride-Elect, by Fred Maxwell Shep-
herd's Bush Empire.

25. The Drum* of Oude Holborn Empire.

25. Two Doors m a Passage Paragon.

tltttcot* 9oy Putney Hippodrome.

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NOVEMBER.

1. The Conversion of Nat Sturge, one-act

sketch, by Malcolm Watson Palace.
1. Her H us band London Pavilion.
1. The Dawn, 'by iPerciival Sykes Collins'*.
1. A Visit from Raffles, by E. W. Htoroung

and dims. Samson (Empress.
l.lThe Dramatist at HomeLondon Hippo-
drome.

8. The Married Widow Foresters'.
S.lLong Live the King Collins' &.
8. A Disgrace to the Force, protean playlet,

by H. C. Sargent Ho'liborn Empire.
8. Chauffeur and Maid (Hippodrome, Rich-
mond.
8. Music Hath Charms, by F. S. Jennings

Tivoll, Manchester.

8. The Hampton Club, play, in three tab-
leaux, founded on the story of Robert
Louis Stevenson., by MM. Louezy-Eon and
Armonit-^London Coliseum.
8. Uncle's Little BetO.H., Tunbridge Wells.
15. A Lamb on Wall Street, by Bert Coote

Tivo'li.

15. A Night in the Chamber of Horrors Mid-
dlesex.

15. Only an Israelite Standard.
15. Mrs. Simpson, by Morley Roberts and

Henry Seton Metropolitan
15. Change, by Jamea A. and! Herbert B.

Jewell 'Hippodrome, Hulme.
15. The Silver Medal, by H. M. Vernon Hip-
podrome, Margate.

15. The Barbarian, dramatic episode, founded
on Mrs. Lovell's play, Ingomar Bow
Palace.

22. Mitislaw ; or, The Love Match, Viennese
light opera in miniature, by Franz Lehar.
English version by J. E. McManus Lon-
don Hippodrome.
22. My King, musical romantic episode, by

8. Richard Standard.
22. The Missing Hand, tragedy, in one act, by

Monokton Hoffe Enston.
22.JBuonaparte's Boy 'Grand, Clapham.
22. Father's Footsteps nRe>gent, Salford.
22. Wanted, a Co-respondent Hippodrome,
Huiime.

Was the Woman! by Laura Leyces-

ter-^Collms's.
25. Aunt Sally, by Edward Tlhane Muri

Boo tie.

29. Crotchett and Co. Metroipolitan.
29. The Married Widow, by John

and Fred Moule 'Surrey.

DECEMBER.

6. Sergeant /Simon of the Tenth, by C A

Clarke Middlesex.
6. Town HallTo-Night, by W. M. Creesv

Euston

6. Another One Off to America Standard
6. The Likes o' Me, by Wilfred T. Coleby^
Stratford Empire.

13. Kiddie, by Cecil Twy ford London Hippo-
drome.

13. A Ride with the Guns Empress.

13. In Far Away Calgary, by John Hender-
sonForesters'.

13. The Annexers, by Fred Moule Surrey.

13. The Key, Queen's Poplar.

15. Sanctuary, by Malcolm Watson Empire.

20. Our Flag, ballet of the hour, in two scenes,
arranged by Alfredo Curti, music by fi.
W. Byng Alhambra.

20. The Knife, play, in one act, by Hairy
Arthur Jones Palace.

20. The Pride of All, by Edward Rainee
Middlesex.

22.H2Vtcfc Carter, by Ivan P. G$re and Bernard
Mefvyn Variety, Hoxton.

27. Billy's Money Box, by Wai Pink-Oxford.

27. The Great Unknown, by Edmund Gurney
Queen's, Poplar.

27. The Arctic, eketch, 'n three scenes, by
Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare, with
music by Edward Jones London Hippo-
drome.

27. The Miracle Olympia, Shoreditch.

27. Pantomi nes were produced at the W
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East Ham Palace (The Babes in
Wood), the Empire, Ciroydon (The Bal
in the Wood), the Camberwell Empii
(Robinson Crusoe), and the Ilford Hipj
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Ar.lM; miu. July

ne. .March '21.
AiKlr.-y, M.iy. Januan
August., Harold. I>.v. in'-

. Madge. Aged 48. l)<

Bailey, Mr.-. Harrington. Dcr. ml., r ',.

Bakrr, Frank. Aged % J3. Januarv

Bam-tt, Caroline .lane. Aged 74. February 10.

Barry, H. C. January 28.

Hath, James Aged 73. Jm

. .lo.M-ph T. Aged 30. March 11.
Bell, Kortright Hamilton. Aged 17. January

i harles M. March 7.
Biddall. <icorge Freeman. April 7.
Black, Littia. July 8.
Bodie, Jeannie. Aged 16. July it;.
BOSM-II, Mrs. Martha. April 20.
Bojdi.-. Edwin. Aged 39. October 30.
Bracewell, Joe. Aged 71. April 13.
Brand, Oswald. Aged 52. August 19.
Bridgman, Louisa. July 10.
Brooke, Frederick G. January 29.
Brough, Lionel. Aged 72. November 8.
Buck, Dr. Dudley. October 6.
Buckley, Frank. January 4.
Burroughs, George H. W. Aged 40. June 26.
Bury, Sam L. July 13.
Butler, Henry J. Aged 63. August 22.

f'adwaldr, Llewellyn. February 7.

Cal.lcn. Mrs. July 5.

(.'am. i ; in. Walter "Morton. Aged 53. No vein

her 21.
Campbell, Dmis. Aged 46. February 19.

liter, Ernest. Aged 41. December 23
Casey. Annie. February 10.
Chandler, W. Aubrey. Aged 72. November 3
Charles. Allen. November 28.
Chatterton, Mary Ann. July 27.
Clark. Mrs. Fred. July 9.
Cliburn, Irene Grace (Irene Ware). March 8.
Clifford, Rose. March 3.
Colrieri, Mrs. Harriet. August 23.
gonninghara, Phillip. November 20.
Conway, H. B. (H. Blenkinsopp Coulson). Ag< d

60. August 14.

Cooke. Steve. Aged 47. July 14.
Cooper, Fred. A -red 50. August 2.
Cooper. Fannie. March 11.
Coquelin, M. Benoit-Constant. Aged 68.

January 27.
Coquelin. Ernest Alexandre Honore. Aged 60.

February 8.

ruN.m. R. F. Aged 35. March 5.
Court. Julia Seaman Montague. \.ged 71

January 30.

Courtenay. Foster. December T>
Coyle, John E. Aged 30. April 6.

'!-s. J. W. Aged 42. February 10.
;nsp, Minnie. Aged 28. January is.

. -Tames. Aged (51. October 12.
Cullen, James Edward. Aged 29. Januarv

Halton, Harry. April 9.
Davey, George Henrv. Aged 71. January
s, W. G. October 9.

Aged

ill.-. Aaed

Dideott, Hutrh J.
LMpple, G ily lu.

rebruarv

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Dunkley, Theophilus. Age;

lake, Wallace. Aged 35. Ma

>od, Frank. March 7.
Kdnar, Juhn W. Aged 67. Augu-'
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vember 28.

Edwards, Roger. March 19.
lldwin, llutli (Mary Ruth Hazlew..-
gHJot*. Ralph. Aged 68. August 7.
tlhston, Charles. Aged 44. March 23.
tlphinstone, Douglas C. W. A-

August 6.
Evans, Frederick. Aged 69. October 31.

Fa'r, W. B. Aged 58. July 2:!.
Faith, Rose. Aged 39. September 23.
Fenn, George Manville. Aged 78.
fieldhouse, Harry. Aged 43. Decemt..
Fisher, H. Vivian. February 6.
Fordham, Fred (George May). Aged 66

tember 7.

Fountain, Henry. Aged 75. Fehru
: Fox, Charles John. Aged 26. March 14.
Franklin. Walter. Aged 3<;. Ju!
Fxeeland, Joseph Francis Mulligan. A-

April 14.
Fuller, George. Aged 39. March 1^.

Gardner, Nellie Blanche. Aged 37. .1
Garland. Herbert Theodore. Aged 5C. March 3.
Gerald, Henri. July 26.

; Gilbart, Eleanor Mary Hiisiln-s.

| Giles^^ura), Harriett Gilhno. Aged 37. July

Gold~en. Mrs. Sarah. Aged 65. November 19
Granville, Edgar. Aged 54. September 5.

, Gregg, Robert. \ : , v -2.

i Green, Elizabeth. April 21. '

i Greenlaw, Nora Edwina. A^ed 3f>. March s.
Greenwood, Tom. Aged 71. March 24.
Gros, Mrs. Henri. Aged (51. -
Groves, Charles. Aged 65. July 8.
Gunn, John. Aged 38. October" 20.

Haggar, Mrs. Wrn. Aged 58. August 13.

Rales, Mrs. Jane. Auuu

Hales, Mrs. T. Gardiner. Aged 65. Sep;

Hamhleton. Elizabeth. August 16.
Hamilton-Bell, Kortright. Aged 17. January

Hampson. Ernest. Aged 3f>. March 17.
Hankin, St. John. E. C. Aged 39. June ii.
Harley. Rex (Reginald Ernest Page). Aged 40.

October 16.

Hart, Henry. Aged SI. January S.
Havtor. Arthur.

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Hemming, Richard Walton. January 4.
Hermann, Agnes Mary- April_8.
Hirks Mrs S D. Aged 71. March 3.
Holmes Morrice (James Morrice Orr). Aged
29. October 10.

. 1 ' Aged 72. September 10,
nc. Janu-

HulhTh. Caroline Elizabeth (Caroline Ewell).
Hunte g rTLavinia U Ernestine. Aged 59. June 12.
Illing, Mme. Meta. Aged 37. Decem>btr :*'.

Jackson, Ada Margaret. December 25.
Jenkins, Miss Emma. August L.
Jenner, Edwin. August 11.
Jewell, Jessie. February 10.

Jones! r Lily (Lily Olive). March 28.
Jones, D. J. Gwyn. November 28.
Jordan. Dr. Warwick. Aged 68. August 30.
Judd-Green. Richard Albert. Aged AJ.
August 9.

Kennev, Charles Horace. September 17.
Kenway, George. Aged 73. August 29.
King, George. Aged 36. April 18.
King! James. Aged 81. September 9.

Lassalle, Jean. Aged 62. September 7.

La Trobe, Charles Albert. Aged 63. Juh 17.

Laundon, Mrs. John Crossley. January 6.

Lauri, George. January 4.

Lawrence, Joe. January 24.

T pander Harrv Aged 50. March it.

Leechman Se (Mrs. Harry Walker). May 7.

Leigh, George. Aged 76. July 4.

Leon, Frank. October 31.

Lewis, Harry B. September 6.

Leyton, Sydney. Aged 43. March 4.

Lingham, ' Mrs? Randle (Jane Dawson). Aged

86. October 2.

Llovd, E'd-ward. Aged 74. September 2.
Lloyd, James William. October 11.
Longden, Mrs. Charles H. (Dolly Dottndge).

I*>rd. e S?mas W. Aged 69. September 6.
Lovell, Tom. January 4.

Mack, Harry. Aged 69. March 2.
Mackney, E. W. Aged 84. March 26.
Martin. Sir Theodore. Aged 92. August 18
Martini, Laura (Mrs. W. Johnson). September

Martu'cci. Giuseppe. Aged 53. June 1.
Mason, Jenny. Aged 71. January 16.
Mavis. Louie. May 14.
May, George (Fred Fordham). Aged 55. feep-

'tember 7.

Mellon. Mrs. Alfred. Aged 85. September 8.
Mewburn. Hugh. Aced 31. October 25.
McAulay, Jane Angel. September 13.
McCullah, Hatton. November 6.
Miller, Mrs. Joseph. Aged 47. March 9.
Modjeska, Helena. April 8.
Molloy, James Lyman. February 8.
Montagu, Arthur. Aged 36. June 23.
Montgomery. Carolina. July 14.
Moore, George Washington (" Pony ") Aged

89. October 1.

Moores, Franklin T. Aged 32. October 6.
Morley. Barbara. July 18.
Mowbray, Charles (Mowbray Robinson). Janu-

ary 11.

Muriel. Will. April 29.
Mullett, James. Aged 70. August, 13.

Myers, Dr. Henry Reynolds. Aged 72. October
Jl.

Nicholson, Alfred Charles. Aged 00. Novem-
ber 2.

Noble, Dr. .lames Black. January It).
Noble, Vernon. Aged 2K. February 26.
Nunan, Bennett B. April 15.

O'Connor. Win. May 25.

O'Conolly, C. V. Aged 28. May 8,

Opferman, Arthur Edward. Aged 39. Sep-
tember 22.

Orr, James Morrice (Morrice Holmes). Aged
29. October 10.

Page. Reginald Ernest (Rex Harley). Aged 4(1.

October 16.

Payne, W. Reuben (Win. Hughes). January 8.
Percival, Percy. Aged 50. May 11.
1'hydora, William. August 18.
Power, Sarah. November 5.
Preece, Josephine. September 1.
Prinella, Joe. January 18.
Pulford, Gertie. Aged 24. June 9.

Radford, John Grove. December 27.

Ramsdale, Wm. N. February 1.

Ramsdale, Edwin. Aged 40. October 31.

Reyer, Ernest. Aged 85. January 15.

Riley, Fred. Aged 56. February 17.

Robinson, Percy. Aged 27. July 20.

Robinson. Mowbray (Charles Mowbray). Janu-
ary 11.

Robson, Emily Maria. January 17.

Rogers, Harry. Aged 42. May 9.

Rogers, J. 0. Aged 49. June 11.

Romer, Alec (Alexander Haines Woodman).
Aged 37. March 23.

Rosier. Jack. November 21.

Rushbury, W. T. January 18.

Rushton, Lucy. Aged 67. August 30.

Russell. Howell. July 2.

Ruthven, Edgar. Aged 22. August 3.

Salter, Ann Sophia. November 19.

Sandford, Charlotte. July 21.

Sranlan, James. Aged 7f>. September 25.

Schultz, William. October 18.

Scott, Walter. July 11.

Scott (Mitchell), George. January 29.

Seymour, Thomas Orlando. July 1.

Sheridan. Mrs. John (Zoe Simeon). Aged 67.

September 21.

Shinner, Annie. Aged 26. February 10.
Shirley. Robert. Aged 39. January 6.
Smart, Isabella. November 5.
Smith, Thomas. June 4.
Smith. Mary. February 25.
Smith. John. January 25.
Sommerlad, Alfred. Aged 46. August 19.
Stepan, Mme. Celeste. Aged 85. Sept

17.

Stephens. Frank. Aged 30. February 7.
Sterry, Philip Beach. Aged 67. April 24.
Stevenson, Percy Malcolm. Aged 26. Ser

ber 2f\

Stockton, Agnes Mary. July 5.
Swinbourne, Charles Algernon. Aged 72. April

10.

'Swinerd, Henry. Aged 57. December 18.
Sutherland. Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf. January 9.
Synge, J. M. Aged 37. March 24.

Taft. Mrs. Ann. Aged 44. July 29.

Tench, Mattnew Parker. Aged 65. January

12.

Thome, Francois. November 16.
Townsend, Clemart (Jimmy), July 13.
Tweeda'.e, Harold. Aged *22. April 22.

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V..ii GottBchall. Itudoh

v.ni Bonnenthal, \d-df Hitter.

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riirh. Mr. Km -t.

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Waldion, Ham. t (Mm. \V. IM. 1-Yl.ni .

Walker. Fli/abeth. \|,ril 22.

Walker. Mi \la\ 7.

Waller. Mi--. Aln

Wai .-. I 'ii 'I: n i ; ;i . Clibu

\\ am, i. Charles. \ --, i < t. February n.

March 1.
i: M.u.-ii ".

, ,-ll-. Albert. February 23.
.- t..n. \.ia Alexandria. v_'cd M. .inn.- :.

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Whitel.-v. Arthur

Whit!..

Whit- '

Wilh

Wilmol

William A-

Woodman. AltXawli r-

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York. F.li/ab. -Hi. V.-.d W. April 1.1.
John. Ma:

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FiTatiim, I 'II, September v .-lionld lia\.- r.-ad l>..||\ Morn-ll.

THE MIDDLESBROUGH LOCK-OUT.

In .lummy a dispute occurred in Middles-
>ni:li which involved over -i\ty memlx i.^ <>!'
l<H-;il tiiKincli ol' tin- National Associaiii.il
Theatrical Employes. On Saturday,
iai-.v !i. all the mrjnlnTs (-ni!]>Ioyc-(l :it the
ra Hoii-c. the Koyal, tin- Ivin^ii-c, and the
II ipi><, drome \\crc ;_'ivcii a week's \va^'c.s
lien oi' notice, and informed t.hat their
- were ]i<> loiiv'i r i-equircd. The matter,
\\as understood, waa in <-onne<-tion with
im madv |,y the men for extra pay on
iri-.t.:nas Day.

a m<etin:4 of the Independent Labour
.,, held on February 1, the follmvin;..'
ilntioit was adoj)te(l: That this meeting
ins tlie action of the managers of the
lah bbeatrea and music lialls in
refusal to attend the conference pro-
i.y the (irneral Federation of Trade

nions to consider the i|iic>tiolis ill .dispute,
and vails upon the workers of the town to
uphold the principles of trade unionism by
refusing to attend the theatres and music
liaHs until the (Input e is satisfactorily settled.

F.ll'orts were >nbse(|iient ly made by the

Hoard of Trade to effect a sett lenient ; in the

meanwhile, the N.A.T.K. had lodged a cojn-

iilaint. that the music-hall managers had com-

1 a breach of the ] ( .)d7 Award. Mr. G. R.

A.-;k\\ith fnvited the manau'crs concerned to

im ' -t him, and it \\as finally arranged that a

n should take place (between the

parties in Middlesbrough on March li.s. A

MI lit not being arrived at at this con-

, it was agreed the matter should he

d to Mr. Askwitli.

March x\ Mr. Askwitli i-.siied ;1.
low in -4 A\\ ard :

AWARD.

MuldleshriHiiili Theatres and Mu> II

At a conference held at the Corporation

Middlesbrough, on March 23, 1D09, it

was agreed between the re-presentativ.es of

tiie managers and of the employe's. j u the

a representative of the (ienoral

i !oii <,f T: i :
of Trade, that tin- <im-.-.1i..iis :n

d with a
arrived at withoir
but, fail-in'.: a;m nn-nt . thai ::ts in

disjjdlte be Irft ' '!. the

following i:nd-rtakin:-'
manager and union r. ;.

We, tile nil<|e!--:-l|..d.

loyally a.iiide by the >i

Askwitli,

and the ins L ;inves in d:-:nt:- havinii !
f.-n-ed t-> me and heard on March -J'.i, my
decision is :

1. That t' of the F.mpire '
and II shouhl no-
been dUmi'-sed (>y tlie mana'.'e:.-. and .

i-tated in their former p
Ajiril 17.

2. That tlie mnployi-s at the Th-

_:a.\e rt-ason for the belief of the man-
that it was nere.Nsary to dismi>> tht-m.

but that under the c:r

the benefit of the doubt may ;

them, and that they are to be reinstated on

or before April 24.

3. That the employes at the Grand

were in fault, ami that tlie ma:
.\ithiu their ricrht in <li>m>
and are not to be required to ny or

all of them other than tho.-.e in tlie front of
the house. \\ho were not con<-, nu-<I in th-e
dispute, and \\lio may ha\.
misled. These latter "< :

'ii or before April 24.

4. Tlmt for the future good work in? of the
theatres and muate-balta it -ood

(a) That the manajrers may choose their

men. union nu-n so Ion:: as they

are eH'icii: . and of
racter.

(> Xo men to leave work and m
tute.s without prop.-r notice to the in.
iner.i

176

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

(c) The men to be under the direct con-
trol of the master carpenter, stage-manager,
or carpenter, and to carry out their duty
as they may direct.

(di) The stage staff to be in attendance at
the music-halls for their duty at 6.30 on
Monday evening and at 6.45 on other nights,
and at the theatres the stage staff to be in
attendance for their duty half an hour on
Monday night and fifteen minutes on other
evenings, before the commencement of the

performance, but on nights when called on
by the management attendance to be half
an hour before the commencement.

(e) The managers to offer no objection to
any present employe's remaining in their
service becoming Union men.

As witness my hand this thirty-first d,ay of
March, 1909,

(Signed) G. E.. ASKWITH.

GENERAL MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES, FUNDS, ETC.

January 17. Annual General Meeting of the
Variety Artists' Federation, Mr. W. Lee
in the chair Terry's. Tihe accounts showed
3,998 9s. 6d. received for subscriptions;
983 4s. for death levy stamps; 102
Gs. 6d. for haltf-crown levy stamps; and
592 14s, ftd. for entrance fees; 1,058
7s. 5d. had been 1 spent on salaries; 382
16s. 5d. in postage and telegrams; 412
3s. 6d. on printing and stationery; and
724 2s. 9d. on law coete; 2,500 had been
invested in Consols.

January 28. -Annual General Meeting of the
Actors' Benevolent Fund, Mr. George Alex-
ander in the chair -Criterion.

January 31. The Seventeenth Annual General
Meeting of the General Staff (No. 1) Lon-
don Branch of the N.A. of T.E. at King's
Hall, Covent Garden. Mr. C. Thorogood
presided.

February 3. Annual General Meeting of the
Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund, Mr. Joe
Elvin in the chair Bedford Head Hot-el.

February 9. Annual General Meeting of the
Actors' Association, Mr. Cecil Raleigh in
the chair Criterion Restaurant.

March 30. Annual General Meeting o<f sub

scni'bers to the Royal General Theatrical

Fund'Terry's. Mr. C. K. Cooper in the
chair.

May 4. Annual General Meeting of the Re-
hearsal Cluib St. James's.

May 23. A Mass Meeting of the Variety Ar-
tists' Federation was held at the Bedford
Head Hotel, Maiden Lane, for the pur-
pose of discussing the "Theatres and
Music Halte Bill," which Mr. Robert V.
Harcourt, M.P., was then promoting in
Parliament. Mr. Fred Russell presided.
The following resolution was carried:
" That this Bill of Mr. Harcourt's be most
strenuously opposed by the Variety Ar-
tists' Federation,"

May 25. The Actors' Union held a special
meeting for tine purpose of altering some
rules Hummum's Hotel.

May 27. Travelling Theatre Managers' As-
sociation, Annual General Meeting. Mr.
A. E. Drinikwater in the chair Drury
Lane.

May 28. Annual General Meeting of the
Actors' Orphanage Fund, Bishop of Lon-
don in the chair Playhouse,

June 15. Annual General Meeting of Actors'
J>ay Fund, Mr. Sydney Valentine in the
chair Aldwych.

June 24. lAnnual Conference of the Actors'
Church Union, B<ishop of Southwark in the
chair Coronet.

July 13. Annual General Meeting of the Ac-
tors' Union^Hummum's Hotel, Covent
Garden.

September 5. Meeting of the Variety Artists'
Federation to consider the effect of the
variety managers' " combine " upon the
artists, Mr. Fred Russell in the chair. A
resolution was carried urging the closer
organisation of tihe artists Terry's.

September 16. Meeting of artiste convened by
the Variety Artiste' Federation. The fol-
lowing resolution Wias passed : " That free
trade in i musemeints and the legalising
of sketches is desirable in the inter eate of
the music hall profession." Mr. Fred Rus-
sell in the chair Bedford Head Hotel,
Maiden Lane.

September 19. <A Meeting of the Sketch Ar-
tists' Association was held, when the fol-
lowing resolution was carried : " That this
meeting of the Sketch Artists' Associa-
tion, representing sketch artists and em-
ployees throughout the United Kingdom.
is of opinion that the application of one
license to all places of entertainment
would be beneficial to thousands of ar-
tists, authors, musicians, and employe's,
and compatible with public taste and re-
quirements." Mr. Cecil Raleigh in the
chair Terry's.

October 14. Annual General Meeting of the
Music Hall Home Fund Cambenwell Em-
pire.

October 17. Meeting of Members of the
Sketch Association-^Crown Hotel.

October 31. Annual General Meeting of the
Music Hall Artists' Railway Association
Bedford Head Hotel.

ITovemiber 16. Final Meeting and Winding Up
of the Actors' Union Humm urn's Hotel.

November 21. General Meeting of the members
of the Sketch Association to consider the
report of the Censorship Committee.

December 10. Annual General Meeting of the
Theatrical Ladies' Guild, Miss Fanny
Brough in the chair Sit. James's,

THE STAGE YEAR BOCK.

177

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, ETC., OF THE YEAR.

January 17 !! d' livered

an add.-es.-, on "En . Advan-

.ind l)ra'.\ had, ," to tin: me:

' I', club, at tin- <' MiM Jeuie

i tti.- ehair. M
ng a humorous add 1

Minim. -d ill" his opil ' i\mg t-fiat he

i averse to getting encores so much
so, in fact, that he would be willing to read
hi.-, paper all over again with very alight

uragement.

January 17. Mr. Frederick Morland addressed
a meeting of members of the Actors' Asso-

Ob-

jeetioiui to tin l:! minimum." Miss Rose
Mai he\v- in the c-liair.

.l.iiui' llram Stoker read a paper

re the members of the Playgoers' Club
on the subject of "Deadheads." Mr.
H. B. Irving in the chair Hotel Cecil.

January 24. Mr. Fred Page read -a paper en-
titled "'I'M. Drama and (lie Big Drum,"
before tlu> members of the Gallery First
Nigh tens' Club.

February 4. Mr. William Poel lectured on
-h'akespeare and a National Theatre"
Theatre of the London Institution, Fins-
hury Circus. There could be no hope for
a National Theatre, said Mr. Poel, unless
modern dramatists could there hare pro-
duced their best work under proper con-
ditions.

1'Ybruary 7.- -Mr. Mostyn T. Pipott delivered
an address, " Some Reflections on the
Queue," to members of the O.P. Club
Criterion Restaurant.

fared IS. Mr. Charles MoEvoy lectured on the
subject of " The New Drama " before the
members of the Manchester Playgoers'
Club.

spoke on " The

oter Playgoers' Club.
l . . Forbes-Robert.

inch of ti

s, at the Montgomery Hall, on tii
sub .xegpeare.

lie read a
. " Why I am a

members of the Gallery First N
Club.

v M ason read a paper

re" to DHI

of the O.P. Club Criterion Restaurant.
October 31. Miss Christabel Pankhum ad-
dressed the members of the
Club on the subject of " Suffragettes and
the Stage "Hotel Cecil.

iber 7. Mr. Cecil Raleigh addre*.-
members of the Dramatic Debater* on the
subject of " Why are Actors I':.
Frascati's Restaurant.

r. -Mr. Henry Savage read a paper,
"Blind Men in a Hurry-- -Mr. i
Position," before members of the Gallery
First Niphters' Club.

November n.- Mr. Granville Barker 1-etured
in Glasgow, under the auspices of the
Scottish Repertory Theatre, on " The
N'ational Theatre."

N'nv, mber 30. Mr. Granville Barker lectured
under the auspices of the Fabian Society
on "Some Theatre M Hampstead

Town Hall.

December 5. Mr. C. Rann Kennedy gave a
lecture on " The Servant In the House "
to members of the O.P. Club at the Cri-
terion.

December 12. Mr. Henry Ainley read a paper
before members of the Playgoers' Club on
" Actors and Their Relations with th
Public "-Hotel Cecil.

BANQUETS AND DINNERS, ETC., OF THE YEAR.

January 14. The members of the film trade
held their first annual dinner. Mr. R. W.
1'anl presided Holbora Restaurant.

January 31. O.P. Club's " Merry Widow "
dinner Hotel Cecil.

March 4. Annual ball of the Grand Order of
Water Rats Trocadero.

larch 7. Gallery First Night era' annual din-
ner Frascati's.

March 21. O.P. Club's annual ladies' dinner-
Criterion, Mr. Max Pemberton in the chair.

March 22. Annual dinner and ball of the
Terriers', Horns, Kennington.

April 6. Annual luncheon of the National
Association of Cinematograph .Operators
Horseshoe Hotel.

April 9. Banquet of the Grand Order of
Water Rats Vaudeville Club. King Rat,
Mr. Fred Ginnett, in the choir.

ipril 25. Music Hall Artist*' Railway Associa-
tion's dinner and dance in aid of the
Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund Cri-
terion.

April 29. Royal General Theatrical Fund din-
ner, Hon. Harry Law son in the chair
Ho-tel Metropole,

May 9. Incorporatfd Stase Society dinner.
Mr. Frederic Whelen in the chair Cri-
terion Restaurant.

May 16. Playgoers' Club annual dinner, Mr.
Ovman Edward* in the chair: Mr. H
Ainley and Miss "Suzanne Sheldon prin-
cipal guests Hotel Cecil.

September 26. Second annual dinner of the
Music Hall Ladies' Guild. Mrs. Fred Gin-
nett in the chair Boulogne Restaurant.

:ber 14. Annual dinner of the O.P. Club,
Mr. A. E. W. Mason in the chair Hotel
Cecil. Principal guests, MUs Ellis Jef-
freys and Mr. Charles Haw trey.

November 21. Annual dinner of the Eccentric
Club, Sir Herbert Tree in the chair Hotel
Cecil.

December 4. Annual dinner of the Savape
Club. Mr. John Hawaii, R.I., in the chair
1 >tel Cecil.

December 7. A Costume Dinner was held by
the Shakespeare Society at the Holborn
Restaurant.

December 12. Annual dinner of the Actor*'
Benevolent Fund. Sir Herbert Tree in tbc
chair Hotel Metropole.

178

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

THE AMERICAN STAGE.

PRINCIPAL PLAYS PRODUCED IN AMERICA BETWEEN DECEMBER 1, 1908,
AND NOVEMBER 30, 1909.

ABOVE THE LIMIT, comedy, by George
Totton Smith and Charles Qrapewin Long
Branch, N.J., September 15.

AIR KING, THE, musical play, by Harry B.
Smith and Raymond Habbell Star, Buf-
falo, N.Y., November 22.

AMERICAN WIDOW, AN, comedy, by Kellett
Chambers Court Square, Springfield,
August 26; Hudson, New York, Septem-
ber 6.

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Shakespeare's
tragedy, in five acts (E. H. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe) Opening of the New
Theatre, New York, November 6.

ARIADNE IN MANTUA, idyllic romance,
three acts, adapted by Gilmour from
Vernon Lee's poem of same name Illinois,
Chicago, May 21.

ARSENE LUPIN, play, in four acts, by Fran-
cis le Crpisset and Maurice Leblanc Ly-
ceum, New York, August 26.

AS THE SUN WENT DOWN, play, by George
D. Baker Paterson, N.J., August 23.

AWAKENING OF HELENA RITCHIE, play,
four acts, by Charlotte Thompson, from a
novel by Margaret Delaud Parson's,
Hartford, Conn., February 19, 1908; Savoy,
New York, September 20.

BACIOA'RAT, play, in three acts, by Henry
Bernstein German (Irving Place) Theatre,
New York, January 20.

BACHELOR, THE, comedy, in three acts, by
Clyde Fitch Hyperion, New Haven, Conn.,
March 4; Maxine Elliott Theatre, New-
York, March 15.

BACHELOR'S BABY, THE, comedy farce,
three acts, Francis Wilson Ford's O.H.,
Baltimore, 'Md., April 28.

BACK AGAIN, musical comedy; book, Owen
Davis; lyrics and music, Karl Hochsna and
A. C. Hauerbach Olympic Park, Newark,
N.J., June 7.

BARBER OF NEW ORLEANS, THE, romantic
iplay, in four acts, by Edward Childa Car-
penterDaly's, New York, January 14.

BARRIER, THE, play, four acts, dramatisa-
tion of Rex Beach's novel by Eugene
Fresh rey Lyceum, (Rochester, September
27; McVickers, Chicago, October.

BATTLE, THE, four-act play, by Cleveland
Moffett (first time in New York) Savoy
Theatre, New York, December 21, 1908.

BEAUTY SiPOT, THE, musical play, in two
acts, book and lyrics by Joseph Herbert ;
music, R. de Koven Belasco, Washington,
M<arch 16; Herald Square, New York,
April 10.

BEAVER SKIN, THE, comedy, in four acts,
by Gerhart Ha nptmann Irving Place,
New York, November 16.

BELLE OF BRITTANY, THE, the English
musical comedy Belasco, Washington, Oc-
tober 11; Daly's, New York, November 8.

BILLY, farce comedy, in three acts, 'by George
Cameron Daly's, New York, August 2.

.BLIND, play, in one act, translated by E. S.
BeLknap from the French of Charles
Hellem and Pol D'Estoo Empire, New-
York, December 18, 1908; Academy of
Dramatic Art (matinee).

.BLUE MOUSE, THE, farce, in three acts, by
Alexander Engel and Julius Horst Ger-
man (Irving Place) Theatre, New York,
December 31, 1908.

BLUE MOUSE, THE, adaptation of above-
Lyric, New York, November 30, 1908.

BOY AND THE GIRL, THE, two-act musical
comedy, by Richard Carle Whitney
Theatre, Chicago, March 21; New Amster-
dam (Roof Garden, New York, May 31.

BRASS BOWL, THE, drama, by Winchale
Smith and L. J. Vance ourt, Springfield,
April 12.

BRIGHT EYES, musical comedy, book by
Charles Dickson, -lyrics by Otto Hauerbach,
music. Karl Hoschna ; based upon the
play, " Mistakes Will Happen " Newhaven,
Conn., November 25.

BRIDGE, THE, four-act play, by Rupert
Hughes Majestic, New York, September 4.

BROKEN IDOL, A, musical farcicality, book
Hal Stephens, lyrics Harry Williams, music
K. van AlStyne Herald Square, New York,
August 1G.

BUILDER OF BRIDGES, THE, Alfred Suite's
play Majestic, Utica. N.Y., September 30;
Hudson, New York, October 26.

CALL OF THE FOREST, THE, -allegorical play,
alfresco performance Adirondacks, July 5.

CANDY SHOP, THE, musical comedy, ' by
G. V. Hobart ;and John L. Golden Apollo,
Atlantic City, N.J., April 16; Knickerbocker
New York April 27.

CAPTAIN CLAY OF MISSOURI, drama, in
four acts, by David and Milton Higgins
Metropolis, New York, February 15.

CATSPAW, THE Star, Buffalo, N.Y., April

CHAPERON, THE, comedy, an three acts,
Marian Fairfax Maxine 'Elliott Theatr
New York, December 30, 1908.

CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. THE, opera comiqi
in three acts, music by Oscar Strauss, bo~~
Rudolph Beirnauer and Leopold Jacobshon;
done into English by Stanislaus Stange.
On " Arms and the Man "Lyric, Phila-
delphia, September 6 ; Lyric, New York,
September 13.

CIRCUS MAN. THE. founded on a story
Holman Day by .Eugene Presbrej
McVickers, Chicago, August 28.

CITIZEN'S HOME. A, drama, in four acts. b\
H. H. Boyd Majestic. New York, October 4

CITY. THE, play, in three acts, by Clyde
Fitch Hyperion, New Haven, Conn., No-
vember 15.

CLIMAX, THE, play, by Edward Locke Col-
lingwood Opera House, Poughkeej
N.Y.. February 1 : Weber's, New Y(
April 12; Daly's, New York, ApriJ 26,

/7/A .STAGE YEAR BOOK.

179

i in , [,i:iv. hv Kugene
\\ , i'-. An .. loan led

and mlj'Tiain L\r, um, Kochea-

\.V., O:tol-

COMM VMUV; OFFICER, PHE, :

tary drama, by T. B. Sayn-.s, Ford'a Opera
II" i. tober 11.

n.\Fi,n i . i in., to .: act di . . "

N'.J., March 20; titr-
(Ini, Now York, Mar. ih -J.'J.

IARY MA.RY, acU, by

. :ul Ili.V

Cm I M.I: i\ i ill. MI;. inward

Knoblauch Produced as " A Hoyal Run-
; v " .-a tho Bijou, Brooklyn, New '.

:; New Tt
V.\rml>er 11.

mi: Tin: HBRKNOB, drama, in
!>y II. -my Irving Dodge
Smith's Tlu-ativ, Hamilton, O., December
jn. ;

ri; r c M;i>.v .1. i

by the Academy .>] l> ; Stii-

Kmpire, New York, February 26.

L|'<;IITI.I: OF JORIO, THIE. D'Annunzio's
melodrama Thalia, New York (Sicilian
season), April 5.

W^N OF A TO-MORROW, THE, play, by
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Academy
of Music. Norfolk, Va., December 18, 1908 ;

in, New York, January 25.
JBTORS, THiE, three-act comedy, Margaret
M :!>>. From the German of von, Schoen-
than, with characters and 'incidents bor-
rowed from Dickens's " Little Dorrit "
Providence, R.I., May 24; Bijou, (New
York, October r_>.

?EOTIVK si'ARKKS, comedy, in four act*,
by Michael Morton Apollo, Atlantic City,
August 16; Gai-rick, New York, Auguet 23.
AND THE DICERS, playlet, by F.
Schenck Potter Hall, Cambridge, Mass.,
May 17.

LATE RKMKDY, A, play, in four acts,
by B. A. Fieklen and Hilliard Booth-
Empire, New York, Academy of Dramatic
Art, February 11.

IU'VM/S r HOICK. THiE, one-act, by Mar-
garet H. Potter Busih Temple, Chicago,
May.

IHNNER OF HERBS, A, comedy, by A. N.
Meyer Empire, New York City, December
4, 1908.

DI SEN GAGED, three-act comedy, by Henry
James First production in New York at
the Hudson Theatre, March 11.

IMVOR.CE, adaptation, by Stanislaus Stance,
of Pan! Bourget's play Savoy, Atlantic
City, N.J., November 22; Lyric, New
York, November 29.

\K MARK. THE, play, in three acts, by
C. S. Beok New Brunswick, N.J., Decem-
ber 3, 1908.

DOLLAR MARK, THE, play, in four acts, by
George BroadhursWWalkick's, New York.
August 23.

l;H,LAR PRINCESS. THIE, musical comedy,
three acts, by Willner and Griinbaum;
adapted for American stage by Geo. Gros-
smith, jun. : music, Leo Fall Apollo
Theatre, Atlantic City, N.J., August 30;
Knickerbocker, iNew York, September 6.

1M1Y TOWN, A, comedy, by F. E. Dunn
Ceramic Theatre, East Liverpool, 0.,
September 2.

EARTH, THE, play, by J. B. Fagan-Valen-
tine Theatre, Toledo, 0., November 1.

r 31, lUO-s;

ves..- k, January 19.

in, Koch.,

.medy, two acU, book
ms Taylor

All.. Mi!

-, by William Joasey Orand

. '>rk, Janu;..

HOME, . du

.rior'a play Apollo, Atlantic <

-rch 18; Criterion, . v -
h 22.

I Ml: OO-KD., Tin:, comedy, three act

rge Ade Knickerbock Vork,

1 ; transferred to Criterion,

April
I M I ll HI:\LI:R. THE, drama, in four acU,

hy \v. Van-liri Moody Century Theatre,

[fOtlfe, M".. March 15.
FAMILY. IMK. by Robert H. Davies-Willte

Wood Theatre, Kansas Cit;
FIVK IN 'i in-; ' playlet, t

Hagedoni Potter Hall, Cambridge, Maw.,

May 17.

1. 1 1. 1 TENANT, THE, Major Drury and

Leo Trevor's play Apollo, Atlantic '

N.J., August 23; Criterion, New York,

August 30.
FLIRTING PRINCESS, THE, musical farce, by

Adams and Hough, music by J. E. Howard

and H. Orlob La Salle, Chicago, 111.

November 1.
FLORIST SHOP, THE, farce, in three acts,

adapted by Oliver Harford from Glueck

Bel Frauen, by A. Engel and J. H-

Apollo, Atlantic City, August 2 ;' Liberty,

New York, August 9.
FOLLIES OF 1909, revue, in two a..:

Harry B. Smith and Maurice Levi Apollo,

Atlantic City, N.J., June 7; Jardin d

Paris, New York, June 14.
FOOL THERE WAS, A, play, in three acts, by

Porter Emerson Browne Harmanu*

Bleecker Hall, Albany. N.Y., March 18;

Liberty, New York, March 24.
FOR A WOMAN, by Pau] Armstrong-

Hyperion, New Haven, Conn., May 28.
FOR BETTER FOR WORSE, play, by Cleve-

land Moffat Providence Opera House,

Providence, R.I., November 9.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE, play, by Booth Tark

ington and Harry Leon Wi^aon Teck

Theatre, Buffalo, N.Y., September 9,;O.H.,

Chicago, September 27.
FORTUNE HUNTEJR, THE, comedy, by

Winchell Smith Parson's Theatre, Har-

ford, Conn., August 30; Gaiety, New N

September 4.
FOURTH ESTATE, THE, drama, in four act*,

by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriett

Ford Wallack's, New York, October 6.
FRIEND OF COUNTRY, comedy, by Ruby

Danerbaum Lyric, Minneapolis, February.

'.\\fHLERS, THE, play, by Alicia Ramsey
Waterbury, Conn., December 81, 19>

i.VME OF LOVE, THE. four-act play, F.
Mariani Albaugh's Theatre, Baltimore,
May 10; Wai a. -. rk. May 24.

GANTON AND CO.. adapted from book by
A. J. Eddy and J. Hartley Manners-
Academy <>i MI;S?. Baltimore, February S

11*

180

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

GAY HUSSARS, THE, from the German " Bin
Manoever " of Emerich Ealman and
Karl von Bakonyl, version by Maurice B.
Kirby, lyrics and music by Grant Stewart,
operetta, 'in three acts Apollo, Atlantic
City, July 15; Knickerbocker, New York,
July 30.

GAY LIFE, THE, comedy, by Roy McCardeU
Auditorium, Baltimore, December 7, 1908;
Daly's, New York, April 19, 1909.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BULLION, musical
comedy, in three acts White City Theatre,
Norfolk, Va., August 9;

GIRL AND THE WIZARD, THE, musical
comedy, (prologue and two acts, 'book by
J. Hartley Manners, lyrics by Robert B.
Smith and Edward M<adden, music by
Julian Edwards Casino, New York, Sep-
tember 27.

GIRL FROM RECTOR'S, THE, comedy, in
four acts, from the French of Pierr
Veber by Paul M. Potter Weber's, New
York, February 1.

GIRL FROM THE STATES, THE, musical
comedy, by Glen MacDonough, Raymond
Hubbell, and A. Baldwin Sloane Har-
manus Bleecker Hall, Albany, N.Y., Octo-
ber 9; Adeliphi, Philadelphia, October 11.
See " The Golden Widow."
GODDESS OF LIBEIRTY, THE, by Messrs.
Hough and Adams, music by J. E. Howard
Princess's, Chicago, August 10.
GODDESS OF REASON, THE, poetical drama,
iby Mary Johnston e Majestic, Boston,
Mass., December 21, 1908; Daly's, Nevr
York, February 15.

GOING .SOME, comedy, four acts, Paul Arm-
strong and 'Rex Beach^ Belasco, New
York, April 12.

GOLDEN GARTER, THE, play, by Edward E.
Kidder Suburban Garden', St. Louis, Mo.,
August 8.

GOLDEN GIRL, THE, musical comedy, by
Messrs. Adams, Hough, and Howard^-
Alhambra, Milwaukee, February 9.
GOLDEN WIDOW, THE, musical comedy,
revised version of " The Girl from the
States," by Joseph Herbert and Glen
MacDonough, Edward Madden; music by
Low Hirsch, Melville Gideon, and Jerome
Kern Belasco, Washington, D.C., Octo-
ber 26.

GREAT JOHN GANTON, THE, by J. Hartley
Manners, from the novel " Canton and
Co.," by A. J. Eddy Garrick, Chicago,
March 28; Lyric, New York, May 3.
GREATER CLAIM, THE, play, by Linton Tel-
ford Burbank Theatre, Los Angeles, Cal.,
August 1.

GREATEST GIFT. THE, play, by C. W. Col-
linsPeople's Theatre, Chicago, May 31.
GRETOHEN, comedy, three acts, Gustav
Davis and Leopold Lippschuetz Irving
Plaice, New York, April 1.

HAPPY MiARiRIAG-E, three-act comedy, by

Clyde Fitch Van Curler Opera House,

Schenectady, January 28; Garrick, New

York, April 12.
BARVEiST MOO'N, THE, play, in four acts, by

Augustus Thomas Garrick, New York,

October 18.
HAVANA, the English musical play Lyric

Theatre, Philadelphia, January 18; Casino,

New York, February 11.
HEAD OF THE HOUSE, THE, comedy, by

E. W. Townsend and F. W. O'Malley

Peorira, 111., March 11.
HEART OF AN IRISHMAN, THE, iplaylet, by

Leonard Hatch Potter Hall, Cambridge,

Mass., May 17.

HER OTHER SELF, drama, in four acts, by

Stanislaus Stange and Bayard Veiller

Lyceum, Rochester, N.Y., December 3,

1908.
HEROD, Stephen Phillips's play Harmanus

Bleeker Hall, Albany, N.Y., October 21;

Lyric, New York, October 26.
HIAWATHA, by Sidney Sommers Toler

Keith Theatre, Portland, Me., July 5.
HIS NAME ON THE DOOR, three-act play,

by Frank Lord Court Square, Springfield,

Mass., October 25; Bijou, New York,

November 22.
HOGG'S MILLIONS, sketch, by George M.

Cohan Lincoln Square, New York, Decem-
ber 14, 1908.
HORSE THIEVES, playlet, by H. Hagedoni

Potter Hall, Cambridge, Mass, May 17.
HOUSE NEXT DOOR, THE, comedy, three

acts, J. Hartley Manners Gaiety, New

York, April 12.
HUNDREDTH TRICK, THE, one act, Beulah

Marie Dix Berkeley, New York, April 16.
HUNTER'S BLOOD, folk play, in four acts,

by Benno Rauchenegger, New German,

New York, February 19.

I LOVE MY WIFE, farce, by Ralph Lumley,

Springfield, Mass., July 25.
IDOLS, Roy Horniman's adaptation of W. J.

Locke's book Hyperion, New Haven,

Conn., October 18; Bijou, New York,

November 1.
INCONSTANT GEORGE, farcical comedy,

three acts, by R. de Flers and A. de

Caillavet, English adaptation by Gladys

Unger Empire, New York, September 21.
IN GLASS HOUSES, play, by Chas. Hopkins

and C. R. Housum Colonial, Cleveland, 0.,

May 31.
IN HAYT1. See " Mclntyre and Heath in

Hayti "Cleveland, August 23; Circle,

New York, when named " In Hayti,"

August 30.
INCUBUS, THE, Laurence Irving's adaptation

of Brieux's " Les Hannetons " Hackett,

New York, April 27.
I MM AX'S SECRET, THE, melodrama, ir

five acts, by Lincoln, J. 1C arter 'Third

Avenus, iNew York, December 28, 1908.
INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE, AN, comedy,

in three acts, by George Broadhu

Weber's Theatre, New York, January 4.
INTRUDER, THE, comedy, three acte, by

Thompson Buchanan Taylor's Opera

House, Trenton, N.J., 'September 10;

Bijou, New York, (September 22.
IS MATRIMONY A FAILURE? comedy, by

Leo Ditnclistein Savoy, Atlantic City,

August 16; Belasco, New York, August

24.
ISRAEL, thre.e-act drama, by H. Bernstein

Apollo, Atlantic City, N.J., October 11;
Criterion, New York, October 25.

JACQUELINE, drama, in three acts, by Har-
riett Ford and Caroline Duer Worcester
Theatre, Worcester, Mass., November 29.

JAP, THE, drama, in three acts and a tab-
leau, by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Russell-
Bungalow Theatre, Portland, Ore., Feb-
ruary 7.

JEAN JACOT, one-act play, by William
Haworth WillO'Ughby, Ohio, June 22.

JENNY, play, by Algernon Borsen Suburban
Theatre, iSt. Loui*, August 28.

JOAN OF AiRC, Schiller's play, presented by
Miss Maud Adams at the Stadium, Har-
vard, June 22.

JOLLY BACHELORS, THE, words Glen Mac-
iDonough, imusic Raymond Hubbell-^Hy-
perion, New Haven, Conn., October 28.

vii:. 'I Hi:, farce comedy
i, by J. A. Murray Avemi

Vlll.', M;,

o II .

\,; oi
perioi

ri v

Dlav-

v\, play, flye act. 1 ;, by .Inhn Luther Long

. I: :in nary 7 I
Jan n;i!

J I'AL, play, by l';nil \N ,

I'll. -.n iv. Bdwneota -k, .Mav 31 ;

O.H., | me 7.

KG OF CADONIA, the English pluy Hy-
perion, New Haven, ('mm.. November -jn.
I I M I.|;M . I IK- Kni?li>h three-act iiiii*iral
Che0toUt Street Oj.era Hon.-, Phila-
delphia, January l,s ; NYw Am..

rk, Jannai
I H\ 3BLF, a- l.i;.;. ,li,,n. by A

Boyesen, of Paul Hervieu's four-act play

. Atlantic
November 12.

r.rroRT, A, farce, in three acts, by
I*hilijp Berges German Irving Place
Theatre, Now York, December 10, 1908.
UMM; LADY, THE. oomfy, by Jamee W.
.Evans Lough O.H., Estherville, la.,
August 16.

.11 I OF TO-MORROW, THE, play, by Mal-
colm Douglas New Brunswick, N.J.,
December 25, 1908.

1HTNING GIRT,, THE, farce, in four acts,
with songs, by Carl Costa, music Carl Mil-
16cker Irving Place, New York, October 6.
:LE BROTHER OF THE RICH, drama-
tised by J. M. Patterson and Harriet Ford
from the former's book Garrick, St.
Louis, Mo., November 17.
:LE SISTER OF THE RICH, A, musical
farce, by Irving Lee, music by Hans S.
Linne Olympic, Chicago, December, 1908.
DLE TERROR, THE, cornedy-drama. three
acts, by Amelia W. Holbrook and Cecil
Spooner Crescent, New Orleans, La., April
14 ; Lincoln Square, New York, October 18.
musical comedy, by 0. Henry, F. P.
Adams, and Baldwin Sloane Davidson
Theatre, Milwaukee, Wis., August 29.
7KE OF WALL STREET, three-act play, by
Asa Steefe Academy of Music, Baltimore
October 15.

LOTTERY, THE, play, by Rida Johnson Young
Stamford, Conn., November 13

LOVE CURE, THE, operetta, by Oliver Her-
ford and Edmund Eysler Lyceum Ro-
chester, N.Y., August 17; New Amster-
dam. New York. September 1.

LOVE OR LIBERTY, play, in four acts and
an epilogue, by Emily J. Ellsworth Par-
son'.- Theatre, Hartford, Conn., July 26.

MrIN I'YttE AND HEATH IN HAYTI, musical
omedy. in three acts, by J. J. MeNally
and Jerome Schwartz Avenue O.H., Cleve-
land O., August 23; Circle, New York,
Au -ust 30. See " In Hayti.")
!AME X., drama, by Alexandre Bisson
Rochester, September 13.
-ESTY OF BIRTH, THE, comedy, in three
acts, by J. Hartley Manners Tavlor O.H
Trenton, N.J., March 25.
AN WHO OWNS BROADWAY, THE, musi-
cal version of G. M. Cohan's play, " Popu-
larity "Euclid Avenue O.H., Cleveland
O., August 30; New York, New York,
October 11.

WORLD, A, four-act play, by Rachel
Crothere National, Rochester, N.Y.,
October 18.

MM USES, by Eleanor

Le 4 1'ark 'Iheati-

MAKim i i act corned >.

C. A. \>

.rnatir Arm

MAKIMAI,].. oooi !.. in four act*, b\

Vork, Academy of

MAI:\

In three acte, by Edith Ellis L, .

: :i, 1D08.

MASTKK KKY, THB, dm >. four act*, CVwino

M . 1'hila-

October 4.
MAS! i.K POWER, 'I UK, play, by I

ruar> 10.
M \i ill le ii'F.r.i.Nv;i:i:. comedy, in to

MAIINKI: ihtl.. A. song comedy, book by
Aniiand aud

Brown, music .Silvio Hein Norri^
I';.., s.-pt.-mb.-r 10.

Ml I.I I Mi J'OT, '1 HI!, play, in four a.
Israel Zangwill (Columbia, \\
October 5, 1908); Comedy, New York,
September 6, 1909.
&EKTZ IN 1KF1.AM), piny by J-;. 15. Till

.ey K. Ellis Baker Theatre, Dover,
N..I., August 30.
MKYEIl AND SON, dr:una in tliree a '

Thomas Addison Gmd. n. New York,
.March 1.

MIUMMIT SONS, THE, mwical piece two
acte; words, Glen If aodonough ; i;
Raymond Hubbell H

Conn., May 12; Broadway, New Y^k,
May 22.

MIM.K-R OF BOSKOBELL, THE, by Hamlin
Gardin Fullerton Hall Art Institute,
Chicago, February 3.
MILLIONAIRE ANI> THE I'or

WIFE, THE, melodrama, in four acti, by
Owen Davis, Grand Street Theatre,
York, February 8.
MONSIEUR E. B., comedy, in one act,

lated from the French of Albert Perrimet
and Andr6 Mairrevert by E. 8. Belksnap,
Academy of Dramatic Art mat
Empire, New York, March 12.
MOTOR GIRL, THE. imiMcal comedy, two
acts, 'book and lyri Campbell

and R. M. Skinner; music, Julian K<1
Lyric, New York, June ]'>.
MR. HA'MLET, OF BROADWAY. muMraJ
comedy, in two acts, book by >
Smith; lyrics by Edward Mad.i
by Ben M. Jerome Casino, N
December 23, 1908.

MR. LOBE OF KOAL. musical farce in three
acts, book and lyrics by Alexander Rogers
and J. A. Shipp ; music by J. R. Jo 1
and Bert A. Williams Casino Toledo,
August 30; Majestic, New Yo:i..
ber 1.

MRS. CREW'S CAREER, play, in three
by .Marian Fairfax Hyperion
New Haven, Conn., December 2S, 1906.
> ' \. I..

Tubbe Amsterdam Opera Hoi
York, April 29.
MUCH MARRIED MAN. A, play, by Will C
Cowpex Pole's Theatre, Waterbury, Conn.,
November IT..

MV I'\ILI \ri; (,H;L. ,,| aj . j (> ( i

O.U., rhiladelphia, September 13.

182

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

NARROW PATH, THE, play, by John Mon-
taeue .AipoHo Theatre, Atlantic City,
N.J., May 20; Hackett's, New York, May
31 (r,an lor one night in New York).

NEVER, NEVER LAND, THE, one-act play,
iby Israel Zangwill-^Majeetic, Chicago, De-
cember, 1908.

NEW LADY BANTOCK, THE (FANNY AND

THE SERVANT PROBLEM), four-act play,

iby Jerome K. Jerome Rand's Opera House,

\Troy, N.Y., January 1; Wallace's, New

York, February 8.

NEWLY WEDS AND THEIR BABY, THE,
musical comedy, in two acts and four
scenes, by Aaron Hoffman and Paul West;
music by Nat.. D. Ayer and J. W. Bratton;
lyrics by Seymour Brown Lyceum, Ro-
chester, December 7, 1908; Majestic, New
York, March 22.

NEXT OF KIN, THE, play, by Charles Klein-
Apollo, Atlantic City, N.J., November 25.

NO MAS MOSTRADOR, Spanish play Berkeley
Lyceum, New York, May 6.

NOBLE SPANIARD, THE, W. Somerset Maug-
ham's play Lyceum, Red Bank, N.J., Sep-
tember 1 ; Criterion, New York, September
20

OLD DUTCH, musical comedy, by Victor Her-
bert and Edgar Smith Wilkes Barr, No-
vember 6; Herald Square Theatre, New
York, November 22.

OLD TOWN, THE, play, by George Ade ; music,
Gustav Luders^Studebaker Theatre, Chi-
cago, 111., September 23.

ON THE EVE, tragedy of (Russian revolutionary
life, original German by Leopold Karopf,
English by Martha Morton New Haven,
Conn., September 13; Hudson, New York,
October 4.

ONE GIRL IN A THOUSAND, rural drama in
four acts, by W. I. Flagg Newport, R.I.,
December 30, 1908.

ONLY LAW, THE, play, in three acts, by Wil-
son Minzer iand Geo. Bronson Howard
Hackett, New York, August 2.

OPEN DOOR, THE, farce three, acts, by Os-
car Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg
Irving Place, New York, March 2.

OPERA BALL, THE, operetta, three acts, by
Victor Leon" and Hugo von Waldberg,
music by Richard Henberger Yorkville,
New York, May 24.

OPIUM SMUGGLERS OF 'FRISCO, melo-
drama, in four acts, by John Oliver Grand
Street, New York, December 21, 1908.

ORANGE BLOSSOMS, idyll, in one act, by
Dirce St. Cyr from the Italian of Roberto
Braeco Empire Theatre, New York, De-
cember 18, 1908 (Academy of Dramatic Arts
matine"e).

ORAiNGE GIRL, THE, one act, by Agnes
Bangs Morgan Berkeley, New York,
April 16.

PARADISE OF MAHOMET, TH(E, musical
comedy, three acts, by Robert Planquette,
from the French book by Henry B.
Smith, lyrics by Robert Smith Hyperion,
New Haven, Conn., September 9; Lyric,
Philadelphia, September 21.

PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK,
THE, Jerome K. Jerome's play Maxine
Elliott's, New York, October 4.

PASSION FLOWER, THE, play, in four acts,
by Brandon Tynan Harmanus Bleecker
Hall, Albany, N.Y., October 25.

PATH TO PERDITION, THE, farce, Gustav
Kadelburg Irving Place, New York,
April 20.

PECATRICE, LA (THE SINNER), drama, in
three acts, by Angel Guimera, by the
Sicilians Broadway, New York, Decem-
ber 3, 1908.

PEGGY MACHREE, three-act Irish musical
comedy, by Patrick Bidwell (first time in
iNew York) Broadway Theatre, New York,
December 21, 1908.

PIGK-iPOCKETS, THE, four-act play, by
C. M S. McLellan Apollo, Atlantic City,
N.J. (Liebler and Co.), December 14, 1908.

PIE'TRO OF ITALY, one-act musical comedy,
book and lyrics by C. H. Dorr and F. L.
Freeman, music by A. D'Annunzio Casino,
Short Hills, N.J., January 9.

/PIED PIPER, THE, musical play, in two acts
and five scenes, book by Austen Strong
and R. H. Burnside, music by Manuel
Klein Majestic, New York, December 3,
1908.

PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, THE
the late J. M. Synge's drama Illinois,
Chicago, April 13.

POLLY FROM PE/ORIA, musical comedy, in
two acts Newark, August 20.

.POOR JONATHAN, operetta, in three acts, by
Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer, music
by Karl Milloecker Irving Place, New
York, October 21.

POWE'R OiF POLITICS, THE, play, by John
Allen Murray Opera House, Bardstown,
Ky., February 2.

PRIDE OF REGIMENT, play, by F. D. Bone-
Keith and Proctor's, New York, August 9.

PRINCE OF TO-.NIGHT, THE, musical play,
by Adams, Hough, and Howard Milwau-
kee, Wis., January 31.

PRIVY COUNCIL, A, one-act cc^iedy, by
W. P. Drury and Richard Pryce Empire,
New York, December 18, 1908 (Academy
of Dramatic Arts matinee).

PROMOTERS, THE, musical comedy, two acts,
book by W. I. Flagg, lyrics by R. P.
Janette Metropolis, N0w York, March "29.

PROUDEiR, THE, play, in four acts, by Mat-
thew Barry Yorkville, New York, March*.

QUEEN OF THE MOULIN ROUGE, THE,
musical piece, in two acts, book by Paul
M. Potter, lyrics by Vincent Bryah, music
by John T. Hall Circle, New York, De-
cember 7, 1908.

QUEEN OF THIE SIElCRCEIT SEVEN, mel-
drama, four acts, Ike Smith Court, Brook
lyn, N.Y., August 30.

RAGGED CROWD, A, comedy, in three m>w>,
by Ernest von Wolzogen Irving Place,
New York, October 14.

HAVEN, THE, play, in four acts, by Geo.
Hazelton, dealing with the life of E. A.
Poe. Colonial, Annapolis, December 23,
1908.

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, by Kate
Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson.
Court Square Theatre, Springfield, Mass.,
November 15.

RED MOON, THE, musical comedy, in twc
acts, book and ilyrics 'by Bob Cole, musi<
by Rosamond Johnson Majestic, Ne\
York, May 3.

RENEGADE, THE, play, by Paul Armstronj
Northampton, Mass., January 22.

RETURN OF EVE, THE, comedy, by Lee Wil-
son Dodd Hyperion Theatre, New Haven,
Conn., January 14; Herald Square, New
York, March 17.

REVELLERS, THE, four-act comedy, b)
Charles Richman Belasco, Washington,
May 24; Maxine Elliott's Theatre, He
York City, September 17.

R fiOOK.

183

KICIIKST CIl:r.. TJIK. fa-- in four acU,
i:i.-i Morton from the
of Pan!
York.

UK, in ABO1 r, farce, In three acts, by Hans
Gains Irving I'!' :k, November

I:K;II is MM, in r t-aiuma, Cal., Ap-i
I Hi:. four-:i,-t p]

Pnrt.-r - M:i\in.- Klli-

Vork, An-jiiat 9.
KMi'.i.iiT \MI r.i:i:'i RAH. fi . with o

in <;>'

(i ALGERIA, nniMc by Victor Her-

h rt, 1>.>ok by (iim M i ' (revised

.ditinn of " Algeria") O.H.. Wilkes Barre,

Pa., Septrmh. r 11: II. raid Square, New

.tniiher 20.
IioYAL DIVORCE, A, drama, in five acts, by

John Gmsvenor Wilso-n Yorkvllle, New

York. February 1.
i:oy\[ RUNAWAY, A, plav. by Edward-

Kri(i1il;ni-fi - Bijou, llrooklyn. N.Y., 8ep-

temiM-r 1:5; pro.lu.vd an "Th Cottage in

th.- Air" at the NYw, V w York, Novera-

l..-r II.
IMi'\. .: drama, by Edward Kliacu

I'INMJ .: \r:nr my of Dramatic

< I. MO. dramatised from the novels of A.
K. Wilson by Williard Holcomb and
Vaiiu'lin (Mas.-r T'arlirr ]>ro ( lnction. Wash-
ington, linis; Oli-iit an<_'y Park, Columbus,
Ancust 0.

REPTIMUS, version of w. J. Locke's novel, by
Phillip Littell Alexandra, Toronto, Octo-
brr 25; ITackett Theatre, New York,

\oVrlilli T 22.

si \ KNT DAYS, drama, by Mary Roberts,
Rhineharf-. and \vrv Homvood Trenton.
November 1; Astor, New York, November
10.

SHAM, comedy, in three acts, by Geraldine
Ronnor and Elmer Harris Columbia
Theatre, Washington, February 15; Wal-
lack'a. New York. March 27.
SILVER STAR, THE, musical play, in three
acts, by Harry B. Smith Forrest, Phila-
delphia. October 13; New Amsterdam, New
York, November 1.

MM KH THREADS, play, in four acts, by
Martin V. Merle Alhambra, Stamford,
Conn., November 23.

OF SOCIETY, THE, Cecil Raleigh and
Henry Hamilton's drama McVickers'.
CIiicaL'o. April 14; New York Theatre,

York, August 31.

SIXTY YFVKS YOUNG, comedy Berkeley,
New York, April.

1 RAPEIIS, comedy, in three acts. )>\
Carl Rossier and Ludwig Heller New Ger-
man. New York, December 3, 1908.

[NO DEACON, THE, four-act play, by
Chns. E. Blaney and J. R. Gorey Jack-
son's Theatre, Bridport, Conn., September;
Court, Brooklyn, N.Y., September 13.
M l;i\<,TlMK, piav. by Booth Tarkington and
T.eon Wilson Garrick, Philadelphia, Octo-
ber 4; Liberty, New York, October 19.
SOLD INTO SLAVERY, melodrama, in four
s, by S. A. Judson Grand Street
Theatre, New York, January 11.
SON UK HIS FATTIER. THE. modern drama,

four acts Belasco, Washington, June 21.
SON OF THE SOUTH, A, by Chas. T. Dazey
Dnquesne Theatre, Pittsburg, Pa., March
25.

SQT'VW OF BF. AR OLAW, one-act play, by
M. Lent Empire. New York,
of Dramatic Art, J-.-.uuary 15.

s'i'KP. play. Mtantod by Langdoo
* Haven, Conn., February
WR\ comedy, IQ

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Washington!

TWO WOMEN AXD THAT MAX. drama, bv
ll. D. Carey M ilkes-Barre, Pn Octohp'r
4; Majestic, New York, Octob- :

VAMPIRE, THE, play, b

r r.

. Conn., December 19, I9ft8- Hickett'a
Theatre. New York, January 18 '
VAN ALLEN'S WIFE, drama, by Foreet
Halsey and Lee Arthur-Lyceum. Rochester
November 4. In London called " Eunice "
VESTA HERNE, play, by Edward Peple-
Davidson Theatre, Milwaukee, WLs SeT
timber 24.
VOTES FOR WOMEN. Elizabeth Ro>

ay, first time New York Wallack's
arcn 15.

WAGES OF WAR, THE, three-act drama, by
Amelio von Ende, from the German of W
Sparrelmann Academy of Dramatic Arts
^Students, Empire, New York, February

WAR OF SOULS, THE. four-act play trans-
lated from the French of P. H. Lov*on bv
Jane G. R. White Empire. New York
March 12 (Academy of Dramatic Arts
matine'e).

STAGE YEAR EOOK.

WEARING OF THE GREEN, THE, musical
play, by T. Burt Sayre Empire, Provi-
dence, R.I., November 15.

WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS, comedy,
by J. M. Barrie Empire, New York, De-
cember 23, 1908.

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE, comedy, by
Jean Webster Empire Dramatic School,
Empire, New York, November 4.

WHEN OLD NEW YORK WAS DUTCH,
drama, in four acts, by Sidney R. Ellis-
Metropolis, New York, February 8.

WHIRLPOOL, THE, four-act play, Max Foster
Taylor O.H., Trenton, N.J., April 21.

WHITE SISTER, THE, dramatisation of F.
Marion Crawford's book Stone Street
Opera House, Binghamton, N.Y., Feb-
ruary 8; Daly's, New York, September 27.

WIDOW'S MIGHT, THE, play-comedy, four
acts, Edmund Day Court, Springfield,
Mass., September 10; Liberty, New York,
September 13.

WIDOW'S MITE, THE, condensed musical
comedy, by Edward Paulton Orpheum,
Allentpwn, Pa., December 14, 1908.

WINGS, THE, one act, by Josephine P. Pea-
bodyBerkeley, New York, April 16.

WISHING RING, THE, four-act comedy, by
Owen Davis Princess's, Montreal, Can.,
October 19.

WOMA.N OF IMPULSE, A, play, in four
acts, by Louis Anspacher Herald Square,
New York, March 1.

WOMAN'S WAY, A, comedy, by Thomas
Buchanan Davidson Theatre, Milwaukee,
Wis., January 7; Hackett, New York,
February 22.

WRITING ON THE WALL, THE, play, by
William J. HurJburt Columbia Theatre,
Washington, D.C., January 11; Savoy, New
York, A,pril 26.

YANKEE GIRL, THE, musical comedy, by
George V. Hobart, music by Sylvio Hein
Savoy, Atlantic City, September 23.

YANKEE MANDARIN, THE, comic opera,
two acts, book by Edward Paulton, music
by Reginald de Koven-^O.H., Providence,
R.I., June 11.

YOUNG TURK, THE, musical play, book by
Aaron Hoffman, music by Max Hoffman,
and lyrics by Harry Williams Apollo,
Atlantic City, N.J., November 10.

YOUR HUMBILE SERVANT, comedy, in four
acts, by Booth Tarkington and H. Leon
Wilson Lyceum, Rochester, October 8.

ZQLLBNSTEIN, romantic play, by H. G. Mil-
ward, founded on the novel of the same
name Richmond Theatre, Stapleton, R.I.,
March.

FIRES IN AMERICAN THEATRES.

FROM DECEMBER, 1908, TO END OF NOVEMBER, 1909.

December 9. Lyric Theatre, Lebanon. Stage

destroyed by fire.
December 22. Herald Square Theatre, New

York. Injured by fire.
December 26. Manhattan Beach Theatre,

Denver, Colo. Burnt to the ground.
December 27. Opera House, Lewisburg, Burnt

to the ground.
December 28. Grand Opera House, Wilkes

Barre, Pa. Stage destroyed.

January 1. Park Theatre, Erie, Pa. Fire in
rear of auditorium.

January 6. Baldwin Theatre, Springfield. De-
stroyed.

January. Opera House, Garden Grove. De-
stroy e.d.

January 17. Park Square Coliseum, Boston,
Mass. Destroyed.

January 18. Orpheum Theatre, Leavenworth.
Bedly damaged.

January 19. Electric Theatre, Phoenix, Ari-
zona. Destroyed.

January 24. Teck Theatre, Buffalo. Slight
damage.

February 1. Opera 'House, Jeannette, Pa.
Destroyed.

February 1. Midland Theatre, Fort Dodge,
Iowa. Destroyed.

February 14. Flores Theatre, Acapulco, Mexi-
co. Destroyed; 300 people burned to
death.

March 5. Marlboro' Theatre, Mass,
destroyed.

Totally

March 18. Moran's Opera House, Lonaconinp,
Md.

Maroh 28. Armory Hall Opera House, Key-
port. Destroyed.

April 14. American Theatre, Elrea, 0. De-
stroyed.

April 14. Opera House, Superior, Wis. De-
stroyed.

April 17. Macaw Theatre, Newbern, Tenn.
Destroyed ; fire caused by film.

May 17. ^Grand Opera House, Fairfield. De-
istroyed.

June 4. Open Air Theatre, Norumbega Park.

Destroyed.

July 14. Theatre and Skating Rink in Luna
Park. Destroyed.

September 2. Savoy Theatre, Hamilton, On.
tario. Destroyed.

October 25. Billiard Opera House, Kenona,
Ont. Destroyed.

October 30. Wheeler Opera House, Aspen,
Colo. Slightly damaged.

October 30. People's Theatre, Philadelphia,
Pa. Destroyed,

THE

185

AMERICAN OBITUARY.

DECBMBBB 1, I'm, TO END OF NOVKMBKR, 1909.

Adams, Ear.' P., actor. Jacksonville, Fla., April

to.

Adkiius, C.H., advance agent. La Junta, Col.,

.:uary 'Jj.
Ahrent,, Carl, actor. Aged 6C years. Green-

vill :;.uary 11.

Alb.iii-.Ui, John w., manager. Agtd Gl years.

Jersey City. February 11.
Allen, Louise (Mrs. L. A. Collier), actress. Aged

!>er 9.
Ailni, Frank D. (Duron), veteran actor. Aged

til \eaix. Philadelphia, November 9.
AlK'iituwn, Byron (K. De\\ey), vaudeville artist.

Denver, Colo., December 28, 1908.
Alpine, May, vaudeville performer. Aged 37

IT*. New York, October 'jr..
Ainjeroth, William B., minstrel. Aged 43 years.

Philadelphia, September 3.
An. son. Mona E., actress. Aged 22 years. Kati-

aas City, Mo., October 6.
son, Charles H., minstrel. Aged 71 years.

Brookline, Mass., February 2.
Haldwin, E. V. ("Lucky"), Manager. Aged 81

years. Arcadia, Cal., March 1.
Harlow, Harry M., vaudeville performer. Chi-
cago, 111., November 1.
Barreuther, Henry, musical conductor. Aged

72 years. Brooklyn, February.
Harrell, Wilbur Fiske, actor. Aged 69 years.

Brooklyn, N.Y., August 8.
Barry, Pom., circus clown. Aged 69

Albany, N.Y., January 1C.
Bascombe, Henry L., actor. Aped 7o years.

Forrest Home, Philadelphia, July 17.
Beane, Fannie, shoe sand dancer Bronx, N.Y.,

June 8.
Bechtel, Frederick, music teacher. Aged 82

years. Brooklyn, N.Y., November 23.
Beckwith, William G., sketch author. Rock-
away, September 26.
Bell, Josephine, chorus girl. Jackson, Mich.,

September.

Benedict, Augustus H. Aged 70 years. Ware-
town, N.J. December 20, 1908.
Benger, Henry G., manager, Boston. December

i. ions.
Hertha. Madame, Dutch comedienne. Chicago,

111., October 23.
Bill. Frank E. Aged 53 years. Winthrop,

M:u>s., July 8.

Rinl, Mrs. Lizzie, vaudeville performer. Oak-
land. Cal., June 24.

Bishop. William H., manager. Aged 64 years.
New York, March 7.

. W. L., manager. Wayne County, Pa.,
March 31.

.ird, Harry W., actor. Salt Lake City.
September 30.
Blinn, Nellie Holbrook, actress. San Fran-

>. July 5.
Boardman, Chas. E., actor. Aged 47 years.

Arlington. Ma?>.. July 13.
Bonheur, Stella. Cincinnati. July 2.

11, Alfred A. St. Paul, Minn., August
->-

Bourne. Dorothy TCoss. actress. Aped 52 years,
nworth, Kan., December 18, 1908.

Bowks, C. H., old-time comic singer. Aged

Boyd, Nellie, actress. Fresno, Cal., November

13.
Boyne, James, musician. Aged 75 yeara.

Joliet, 111., August 28.
Bradley, Harry (Burchsted). actor. Aged 63

years. Bedford <
Brennan, Mrs. Florence, actress.

February 14.
Broadwell, Chas., actor. Cincinnati, 0., June

k, May Ten, vaudeville artist. Boston.

Mass., December 4, 1908.
Brooks, A. R., actor. Aged 69 years. Fresno,

March 10.
Brown, Bruce D., violinist. Aged 36 year*.

Baltimore, September 23.
Brown, Myrtle L.. pianist. Aged 28 year*.

Boswell, Ind., June.
Bruce, Meriam, actor. Boston, 1
Bryant, Tom, minstrel. Boston, Mass, January

14
Buck, Anna Sellers, actress. Philadelphia,

May 4.
Buck. Dudley, musician. West Orange, N ..! .,

October 6.
Burke, Fannie, actress. Logansport. Ind.,

July 12.
Burleigh, Col. J. L., one time actor.

61 years. Brooklyn, May 9.
Byrne, Chas. A., dramatist. Aged 61

Jersey City. N..I.. A :_ .:-
Cambridge, Arthur G., agent. Aged 69

Hawthorne N.Y., August 3.
Campbell, Thos. J., theatre proprietor, Cin-
cinnati, June 11.
Cannon, Joe, vaudeville artist. Philadelphia,

April 17.

Games, Mentor, old-time minstrel singer. Chi-
cago, July 13.
Carr, Herbert, actor. Washington, D.C ,

November 15.
Carroll, William, comedian. Camden, N.J..

February 22.
Carroll, Chas. J., manager. Aged 50

Brooklyn, April 14.
Castello, Dan, showman. Chicago, 111., July

Castle, William, tenor. Aged 73 years. Chi-
cago, 111., March 31.

Chaufrau, Mrs. H. E. (Henrietta Baker), ac-
tress. Aged 72 r.urh'ngton, N ..i ..
September 21.

Chesneys, V. R., manager. December 9. 1908.

Chin. Sam, Chinese actor. New York.
15.

Christie. W., singer. Denver, Col., May 11.

Clark. Mrs. J. M.. an:

West Orange, N.J.. April 30.

Clarke. Eugene, tenor. Aged 66 years. New
York. July 25.

Cleveland. Bessie (Mrs. J. A. Burke"), ar
New York. February 4.

Coleman. W. E.. actor. Aged 66 years. Ala-
meda, Cal.. April 4.

186

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Comley, W. J., comic opera producer. New

York, June 10.
Connors, James, vaudeville artist. New York,

January 3.
Conrad, Mrs. Fred, vaudeville artist. Green

Bay, Wis., December 6, 1908.
Conrad, Heinridi, impresario. Aged 53 years.

Meran, Austrian Tyrol, April 27.
Considine, J. R., one time manager. New

York, June 26.
Cornya, Clara M., actress. Vancouver, B.C.,

May 16.
Cosgrove, John F., manager. A.ged 59 years.

Lowell, Mass., March 6.
Cotter, Frank G., manager. New York City,

December 11, 1908.
Crompton, William H., actor. Aged 66 years.

New York City, October 23.
Crooks, Howard M., vaudeville artist. Day-

tona, Fla., March.
Crouch, Chas., comedian. Ellsworth, Wis.,

April 20.
Cullen Edward, business manager. Cincinnati,

.June 7.

Cunningham, Hugh. Seattle, Wash., May 12.
Curran, Emma A., actress. New York, May

28.
Dalrymple, W. H., manager. Aged 46 years.

Belleville, 111., February 24.
Daly, Thomas, singer. West Haven, Conn.,

March 17.
Darcy, John, vaudeville artist. Aged 21

years. New York, December 16, 1908.
Dashington, William, vaudeville performer.

Aged 23 years. August 18.
Davidson, William Hampden, veteran actor.

Aged 59 years. Newark, O., November 16.
Deakin Harry, manager. Chicago, December

11, 1908.
De Barry, James J., actor. Brooklyn, N.Y.,

September 2.
Demmitt, C. R., treasurer. Buffalo, N.Y.,

April 13.

Densmore, George Bartlett, critic and drama-
tist. Aged 82 years. Thermalito, Cal.,

September 8.
Dexter, Alvin H., manager. Aged 57 years.

Palisades, N.J., March 22.
Dilley, 0. H., musical director. Senecaville, O.,

April 1.
Dillon, J. P., comedian. Aged 43 years. Man-

kato, Minn., August 2.
Dillon, Astor J. Chicago, January 1.
Dillon, Richard, actor. Aged 58 years. New

York, December 14, 1908.
Dixon, Helen Florence, one time actress. Den-
ver, Col., September.

Dodson, Alton M., musician. Aged twenty-
five years. Luverne, Minn., June 21.
Donogan, W. F., coloured singer. Boston,

Mass., March 5.

Downs, Martin J. Toronto, Can., October 19.
Drisdall, David, minstrel. St. Louis, Mo.,

February 2.
Ducron, W. J., circus performer. Bedford

City, Va., September 25.
Dunn, E. L., minstrel. Eureka Springs, Col.,

March 15.

Dunn, Orson, M., actor, Boston, Mass, Jan-
uary 1.
Eager, Annie, actress. Aged 33 years. New

York, August 21.
Edwards, Major Maze, manager. Plainfleld,

N.J., July 4.
.Egerton, H. Calvert, one time manager. Aged

52 years. Plainfletd, N.J., September 26.
Ehmling, August, manager. Aged 60 years.

Hagerstown, Md., January 25.
Ernst, W., jun., playwright. Aged 34 years.

January 22.
Erickson, James J., manager. Portland, Ore.,

November.

Ettinger, Rose. Waterloo, la., May 13.
Evans, Harry. Aged 40 years. Pittsburgh,

Pa., August 3.
Fabbro-Muller, Mme. Inez, one time operatic

singer. Aged 80 years. San Francisco,

Cal., August 30.
Falcon, Louis, acrobat. Seattle, Wash.,

August 19.

Fantoni, Count Augusto, one time dramatist.

New York City, October 26.
Fay, John T., mind reader. Aged 32 years.

Oakland, Cal., December 21, 1908.
Fenton, H. C., song writer. Bridigport, Conn.,

March.
Ferguson, Chas. H., actor. Rapid City, 111.,

November 7.
Firns, Mrs. S. M. Aged 53 years. St. Louis,

Mo., December 8, 1908.

Fiske, Clinton B. Aged 38 years. San An-
tonio, Tex., November 28.
Fitch, Clyde, dramatist. Aged 44 years.

Chalons-sur-Marne, France, September 4.
Fitzgerald, Anita, vaudeville artist. San Fran-
cisco, January.
Fitzgerald, Mary, actress. Alamedo Co., Cal.

February 22.
Flagg, Helene Rosenthal, actress. Rye, N.Y.,

September 9.
Folks, R. D., manager. Aged 73 years. Pon-

tiac, 111., January 8.

Foster, Jesse W., circus man. New York, June.
Freas, W. T., stage manager. Aged 37 years.

Frankfort, Md., February 23.
Frees, John, jun., theatrical mechanic. De-
cember 2, 1908.
Freeze, Laurence, vaudeville artist. Rockvilie,

Conn, April 6.
Frosto, Charles, vaudeville artist. Chicago,

January 29.
Gaffy, William, musical performer. Meriden,

Conn., June 21.

Gardenier, Edward, song writer. Williams-
burg, N.Y., February 17.
Gentle, Jack, variety artist. Spokane, Wash ,

December 30, 1908.
Germon, Mrs. Jane, actress. Aged 87 years.

Baltimore, August 10.
Gifford, Adolph, manager. Mt. Carroll, 111.,

November 10.
Gilder, John Francis, pianist. Bordentown,

N.J., December 2, 1908.
Gill, Jack. Aged 25 years. Manchester, N.H.,

November 20.
Gillin, R. F., theatrical printer. Aged 62

years. Brooklyn, January 18.
Glazier, Harry, actor. Pasadena, Cal., Decem

ber 16. 1908.
Gleason, W. L., actor. Aged 59 years. Fruit-

ville, Oakland, Cal., October 20.
Golden, Richard. Aged 55 years. Brooklyn,

August 13.
Goldie, Samuel, manager. Aged 34 years.

Lakewood, N.J., February 3.
Gordin, Jacob, Yiddish dramatist. Aged 56

years. Brooklyn, June 11.
Gorton, Joseph Jan, musician. Aged 31 years.

Friendship, N.Y., December 10, 1908.
Gotthold, E. M. Bedford City, Va., July 29.
Gracie, Chas. G., vaudeville performer. N<

York, August 15.
Granger, Mrs. W. F., one time dansei

Monticello, N.Y., July 20.
Gray, Alfred, drum major. Aged 70 yc

Morristown, N.J., December 2, 1908.
Gregory, A. W., actor. Aged 63 years. EJ

Orange, N.J., April 10.
Grifflith, E. W., advance. Omaha, Neb., August

Guetier, Mnx. musician. Minneapolis, Minn..
August.

A R HOOK.

187

II Aged 74 years. New
r 27.
iurer. Aired cr. years, liar-

lem, i

tuffnit

S. J. Blur II II, i: l
I 'hn W., "ii' '
. April 23.

John. A- Boston,

M., M:iy 24.

Can., April
.... M Lou B, actress.

26.
John, manager. Aged 70 years.

New York City, Dccem

M K.. on.> time actress.
years. Elkhart, IIM!.. Sept. i
11.

.M!. Lizzio. vaudeville artist. Jersey
\ .1 . i) ..- tnbi r i:>. ions.

l-:t.tip. ARM! 72 year*. West
rich N.J., October 7.
ll.nry M.. 111:111:1 '
I- i Pal., A>i -list 29.

Lloyd, ar-tor. Pittsburgh, Pa.,
r 2.
i\ D.. operatic manager. Aged 7n

ille, Laporte County, Ind., Feb-
ruary 15.

John J.. treasurer. Jolict. 11!., March 0.
George H.. one time acrobat. Cin-
cinnati. 0., October 5.

Plil!. Levi P.. theatre proprietor. Fall River,
Mass., January 28.

n, Molly, circus rider. Aged 93 :
infield, Pa., December 21. 1908.

RavmoTid A., manager. Aged 38
re. Fredomia. N.Y., February 17.
Hine. Charles. Aged 45 years. Spring Valley,

N.Y.. May 20.

Hoff. Charles A., treasurer. Philadelphia, De-
cember 13, 1908.
Hoffman. Riehard. composer. Aged 78 years.

Moun<t Kiaeo. N.Y.. August 17.
Hocim. Ernest, comedian. Aged ."0 years.

York, May 20.
Holmes. John W. Aged 02 years. Brooklyn.

New York. October 15.

Honneus. C. J., cyclist. Daw son, Ga., Feb-
ruary 27.
Hopkins. Colonel J. P.. manager. Aged 63

years. St. Louis. Mo., October 2-f.
Horsman. Mrs. F. L. B., composer. Aged 00

years. Brooklyn. Mav 12.
Hoven, Van, musician. January 30.

d. Billy, vaudeville performer. Aged 22
re. East Jordan^, Mich.. June 10.
Humbert, R. R., actor. Aged 28 years. St.

Marsy, Mo., June, 4.
Humphries. Tom, comedian. Aged 37 years.

Vork, August 23.
Hunt. William, actor. Aged 33 vears. Ca1>-

kil!. N.Y.. November 10.
Hurtig. Benjamin, manager. February 13
Hyle. Helena (see Flagg). actress. Rye. N.Y.,

September 9.
Inee. John E., comedian. Aged 68 years.

Sheepshead Bay, January 2.'.!
fogalls. Judge H. P.. showman. Aged P2 '

HunfcsviHe, O.. December 6, 19ns.
Jack. Mrs. Burt M., vaudeville artist. Farni-

Ington, Mo., May 22.

Jaok*on, Beebe. vaudeville artist. Jersey
City. N.J.. May.

Cecil Calvert. tenor. Aged 32 years.

Vork City, October 10.
>n. Annie, actress. New York City. F. 1>-
ruary 18.

, John J., writ . >rk, July.

'\ vaudeville artist. Brooklyn.

J<.!iu actor and journalist. New

July.

f/ong Island City,

W., actor. St. John's, New-
ton- . 18.
Jones, Harry, aing<:r. West Scranton, Pa.,

Jone, Walter W., black-faced comedian. Aged
40 years. Denver, Col .

Mine., actress. Md., Feb-

ruary 20.

V ddish octree*. Aged 4.S
years. New York. December 7, 1908.

I'hiladelphia.
Juno 6.

Kane, Hugh, one time minsirel. Aged 85 years.
Youngsto-wn, O., May 13.

. Arnalia, actress. Aged 26 years. New
York, January 30.

Keofe, J. P., actor. Aged 6 years. Staten
Lfiland, June 4.

Keener, Chas. C., agent. October 15.

Krlly, Sadie (Mre. J. J. Schlanye .
January 26

Kelly, Thomas, tenor. Aged 36 years. Long
I-land City, January

Kelly, W. J., stage hand. Aged 60 years.
New York, January 27.

Kempton, L. Alfred, manager. Denver, Col.,
August 22.

Kennedy, John P., actor. November 3.

Kennedy, James, stage hand. Brooklyn, N Y .
January 5.

KVrni.'.v, Maizie, burlesque actress. Philadel-
phia, January 26.

K.'-rr, George W., actor. Aged 44 years.
April 26.

King, Burt, pianist. Canton, N.C., October 11.

Knapp, William B., agent. Aged 60
Boston, Mass., December.

Kusell, Jules, manager and actor. Aged 45
years. New York, November 8.

Lamphear, A. L., stage carpenter. Chicago,
111., July 21.

Lancaster, Lillian, actress. Denver. January 28.

Lane, Walker, advance agent. Buffalo
December 21, 1908.

Lathrop, James M., manager. Detroit, Mich
January 26.

Lavigne, L. J., composer. Montreal, Can..
January 18.

Lea, Betty, actress. New York, Januar.

Lee, J. Fenimore. Brooklyn, N Y
ruary 7.

Lee, E. Lawrence, actor. Chicago, December
29, 1908.

Lee, Bertena, actress. Aged 28 years. Put-in-
Bay, 0., June 2.

Lee, C-has., stage carpenter. Aged 42
New Orleans, La.. Jin,

Le Moyne. Judith, actress. Hani-'mrc. Pa .
January 2.

Lemport, L. H.. theatrical architect. Roches-
ter. N.Y., May 11.

Leonard, Alexander, actor. New York, Feb-
ruary 23. '

Lester, Georgia, actress. Aged 45 years. Oc-
tober 2S.

GiKstavua R.. actor. Aged 55 vears
Neiw York, Jur

Lewis. Gertie (Mrs. Ferd Drumm), actress.
Michigan City. February 10.

Lister, Ernest J., advance. Aged 27 vears
too. W. Ya.. April 9.

Lohman, Henry, actor. New York, Septem-
ber 16.

r. rgan, Olive, authoress. Banstead, England,
April 28.

188

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

Lothrop, F. P., manager. Aged 23 years. New

York, March 14.
Liilbs, Lewis H., vaudeville artist. Aged 53

years. Brooklyn, N.Y., December 26, 1908.
Lynch, E. F., singer. Jackson, Mich., July 10.
MaoArthur, James, dramatist. New ork ;

February 11.
M<ack, Bess, vaudeville performer. Pembroke,

Out., Can., September 4.
Madigan, Morgan, clog dancer. Bridgeport,

Conn., August 11.
Mangles, John F., diver. San Francisco, Gal.,

October 5.
Manning, John, circus performer. Aged 38

years. Bronx, N.Y., December 7, 1908.
Mansfield, Max, one time manager. Aged 65

years. New York, August 20.
Mardell, W. F., circus artist. Memphis, Tenn.,

December 28, 1908.
Maretzek, Mme. Apollonie, opera singer.

Huguenot, S.I., January 16.
Mason, Frances. Aged 30 years. Vincennes,

lad., December 10, 1908.
Mathews, Walter S., actor. Aged 45 years.

Louisville, Ky., April 14.
May, W. L., one time actor. Aged 80 years.

Dayton, Ohio, October 26.
Mayhew, Jeannette, actress. Aged 24 years.

Peoria, 111., July 18.
MdAndreiws, W. P., musical conductor.

Wilkes Barre, Pa., August.
McAvoy, Dan, actor. Aged 37 years. Octo-
ber 1.
McCoy, Amos, acrobat. Colorado, Springs,

March 15.
McDonald, Donald, acrobat. New York, June

27.
McKenzie, William, actor. Aged 35. W,arren,

O., July 4.
MdLeod, Kenneth, actor. Aged 39 years.

Toledo, 0., August 13.
MdRaven, Oarl W., vaudeville performer.

Oklahoma City, Okla., November 15.
Merkle, H. E., agent. Kansas City, Mo., Feb-
ruary 12.

Merrill, S. D., actor. San Antonio, Tex., Feb-
ruary 18.
Meyer, Otto H., vaudeville artist. Ft. Worth,

Tex., March 13.
Meyrelles, J. D., bandmaster. Kansas City,

Mo., May 31.
Middileton, George, one time minstrel. Aged

38 years. Atlantic City, N.J., November 12.
Miller, Caiarles, Yiddish playwright. June 28.
Millward, Herbert, actor (brother of Jessie

Millward). October.
Milton, Gus, vaudeville artist. Chicago, O.,

February 22.
Milton, Charles W., black-face comedian.

Aged 39 years. Milled geville, Ga., Novem-
ber.
Mitchell, B. Frank, manager. Aged 41 years

New York. December 26, 1903.
Mitehell, Charles S., manager. Aged 69 years.

March 1.
Monroe, Fannie, vaudeville actress. New

York, June 10.
Moore, Marie, soprano. Aged 55 years. Post

Fails, Idaho, September 1.
Morgan, John, circus performer. Aged 38

years. &t. Louis, Mo., March 21.
Morton, George E., advance agent. New

Haven, January 9.

Morton, Jos>eph K. Aslbury Park, N.J., May 7.
Mosenmnn, G. Frank. Aged 54 years. New

York, November 14.

Muenster, Mrs. Louise. New York, January 16.
Mulholland, Nellie (Mrs. J. E. Whiting).

Aged 64 years. Detroit, December 11, 1908.
Murphy, Tom J., billposter. Aged 65 years.

Brooklyn, January 5

Munphy, David W., vaudeville performer.

Aged 42 years. New York, August 29.
Nahm, Simon, manager. New York, March 20.
Nannery, Patrick A., actor. Aged 65 years.

.New York City, October 31.
Navarro, J. F. de, father-in-law of Mary An-
derson. New York, February 8.
Neraey, S. H., actor. Aged 80 years. Actors'

Home, Staten Island, February 18.
Nokidem, Ohas. D., treasurer. Chicago,

August 23.
Norfleet, Oscar, actor. Aged 36 years. New

York, February 9.
Norman, Mrs. H. B., actre&s, Dorchester

Mass., March 28.
Nunn, M. H., musician. Bay City, Mich ,

March.

O'Brien, Neil, actor. New York City, Octo-
ber 18.
(Well, Alma (Mile. Alma), wire walker. Aged

40 years. Chicago, December 19, 1908.
Olney, Channey, actress. Syracuse, N.Y., Feb.

ruary 28.
O'Rourke, Mary Alice, vaudeville performer

Philadelphia, July 22.
Patterson, Samuel B., manager. New York

City, November 26.
Peterson, Gertie, vaudeville artist. New York,

January 21.
Phillips, Mrs M. Clifton, actress. Salt Lake

City, February 11.
Poelman, Johanna, Mme., singer. Lebanon

O., April 30.
Powers, Eddie, black-face comedian. Muncie,

Ind., July 9.
Price, Bijou L., vaudeville performer. New

York September 6.
Prosho, Prof. Thomas, musician. New York,

June 20.
Quick, Fanny (Mrs. Granger), dancer. Mon-

ticello, New York, July 20.
Randall, Horace, vaudeville artist. New Lon-
don, Conn., February 28.
Reano, Robert, vaudeville artist. A'ge'l 42

years. New York City, March 5
Reeder, Thomas, stage carpenter. Memphis,

Penn., November 18.
Reich, William, actor. Brooklyn, New York,

December 13, 1908.
Reinaw, Franz D., actor. Aged 65 years.

Atlanta, Ga., December 30, 1908.
Reno, Adele, vaudeville artist. New York,

March 21.
Reynolds, Barney, comedian. Aged 77 years.

Chicago, III., January 4.
Richards, Harry, advance agent. Chicago, 111.,

April 16.

Ritchie, Cora. A>ged 47 years. November 16.
Roberts, May. Actors' Home, Staten Island,

December 16, 1908.
Roberts, Oswald, actor. Philadelphia, April

13.

Robinson, A. 'E., actor. Aged 28 years. Min-
neapolis, Minn., January.
Robinson, Frank C., actor. Aged 21 years.

Mitchell, S.D., January 21.
Rose, Mrs. Dora, mother of Julian Rose. New

York City, October 17.
Rotter-Dieffenbach, Mme. Johanna, one-time
opera singer. Aged 76 years. West Nyack,
,New York, July 24.

Rudolph, Carl, actor. Aged 69 years. Brook-
lyn, New York, August 8.
Runkel, David, actor. Durham, N.C., August

27.

Russell, James, stage mechanic. Boston, De-
cember 24, 1908.
St. Leon, Alfred, acrobat. Rutland, Mass.,

February 14.

Sandary, Ada, vaudeville artist. Aged
years. New York, December 8, 1908.

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189

i. T. L.. one 'niie stage mannger, New
March 18.

.'.111:111. \j
Phillip burg, i'

i SO year*.
Syracuse, Nf.v 18.

i mi. s V., t ' 'ileana,

lalxT 7.

in \.;u--. S.ui I
Saxon, Avon, sinpcr. Aged 52 years. Halifax,

Mairll -14.

. \\ 11 :iin, ..i- tinir d>\\n. Apc-d 83
T, William. sti-.iii^' 111:111. A-I-I! rj

/:ibet!l. N.J., NoVfllll.

;IVIH perform, r. NM\ :.
S.-limidt, I'aul, violinUt. San FiaiicUc.
August 21.

' Tician. Brk!.\!:.

York. S, ptemher 8.

. actor. Aged 20 year*
Philadelphia, September 22.

Robert, one-time actor. Honolulu, II I.
August 9.

\V I!.. n>.;m:iuvr. Sault, St<>. M:u.>\
Mich., April 28.

k, Francis actor. Atlantic City, X..I..
!',! i niarv .'.

oiger. Aged 37 \
.. November 12.

md, J. B., musician. Agetl 7f,
Boston, Mass., March 21.

Larry, vaudeville artist. Oswego, N.Y..
December 3, 1908.

Charles A., showman. Aged 65 years.
Roxbnry, Mass., January 8.

Carlysle, actor. Aged 24 years.
Orillia, Ont., St jt<-inher 22.
sh.. waiter, Jasper, musician. New York, De-
cember 14, 1908.

Silver, Richard B., showman. Ager 82 years.
Traverse City, Mich., October 10.

"ii, Robert J., manager. Aged 71 years.
Philadelphia, December 9, 1908.
Smith. A. V., musician. Wichita, Kan., Novem-
ber 22.
Smith, Dexter, song writer. Aged 71 years.

Boston, November 29.

Smith, Thomas J., vaudeville performer. Pue-
blo. Col., November 27.

S>. l ski, Carl, baritone. Aged 45 years. Brook-
line, Mass., October 28.

\ille, Robert, actor. Aged 84 years.
Flushing, L.I., February.

Harry. Liliputirm comedian. Shamo-
kin. Pa., June 8.
Bpraguelio, Juanita, vaudeville artist. Willis-

ton. N. Dak., April 17.
Stanford, Carrie, song writer. Aged 40 vears

New York, April 10.

Stanley, H. C., actor. Aged 62 years. Spokane,
Wash.. February 18.

. I'aul, comedian and composer. Aged
61 years. Denver, Col., March 15.

>pe. G. W., manager. Aged 72 years

York, May 19.
Starin, J. H. Aged 84 years. New York,

March 22.
Stephens, Fred V., actor. Seward, Neb ,

August 15.

Stephens. E. H.. actor. Aged 70 years. Bed-
ford City, Va.. April 13.

as, Benjamin, circus rider. Aged 77
years. Brooklyn. N.Y.. December 4, 1908.
rt, Nelly, actress. Salt Lake City,

mber 1C.

Stewart. Kdward C., actor. Roswell, New
Mexico, .March <;

Stiles, Billy, one-time minstrel. Newark, N J ,

r 10.
Stitwon, A!., vaudeville performer. R<d Bank,

i . July 3.

Stirling, i or. Chicago. April 4.

StoddaM, r. W.. author. Aged 5 jean.
M.,nt.-r-y, Cal., Apr:!

'>., manager. Aged 63 years. Green

fito&e, Sol., Itglr utotor. Aged 45

years, r: u.

I.. P. May 18.

am. Sadie, actress. Aged 57 years.
Amityvilic, December H, 1908.
Stuart, Mrs. E. Louise, premiere danaeuge.
Agend- 79 yir.>. Passui . N .1 . It- :,

Sutherland, Evelyn Grof-nlraf, playwright.

Boston, December 24, 1908.
Taft, Garrison, drummer. Aged 34 years.

Butte, Mont., December 22.
Taggert, James (Maloney), vaudeville artist.

Chicago, 111., January 8.

Taylor, Jack, drummer. New York, Feb-
ruary 13.
Taylor, Paul, actor. Aged 35 years.

York, October 19.
Thomas, Leiw, .manager. Aged 51 years. Canal

Dover, 0., April 20.

Thompson, Berry C., vaudeville artist. Phila-
delphia, December, 1908.
Thompson, W. C., advance agent. Chicago.

June.
Thompson, Will L.. eong writer. Aged 61

years. New York. September 20.
Thompson, Peter M., Irish comedian. Aged 41

years. Providence, R.I., November 10.
Thornton, Clara, actress. Detroit, M

January 8.
Todd, H. C. Aged 55 years. Toronto, Can.,

April 5.
Tomipkins, Eugene, theatrical manager. Aged

58 years. Boston, February 22.
Toole, J. Edwin, actor. October 31.
Tracey, John L., actor. Binghampton, N.Y..

May 29.

Traitel, David, manager. New York. July 24.
Tremaine, H. H., manager. Aged 46 year?

Cumberland, Md., April 14.
Turner, E., clown. Galeton, Pa., May 23.
Vail, FrankljT^ actor. Aced 29 years. Brook-
lyn, N.Y., July 18.
Valentine, W. P., vaudeville manager. Aged

93 years. Coney Island, N.Y., March 24.
Valentine, T. C., actor. New York, August 19.
Vaughan, Lawrence J. Leo, one-time actor.

Dubuque, Iowa, May 9.
Verney, Samuel H., actor. Aged 80 years.

Actors' Home, Staten Island, February 18.
Vincent, Mrs. C. Aged 68 years. Actors'

Home, Staten Island, December 7, 1908
Voto, Claude de, vaudeville artist Vinton

la., April 7.

Wachsner, Leon, manager. Buffalo, Feb-
ruary 21.
Walker, W. E., one-time advance. Aged 55

years. Cincinnati, February 14
Wallack, Mrs. Lester. Aged 84 years. New

York, March 28.
Waltham, Robert, actor. Aged 33

Chicago, March 4.
Warner, Charles, actor. Aged 62 years. New

York, February 11.
Warner, Harry B., manager. Aged 63 years

New York, August 28.
Weber, W. H., manager. San Francisco,

March 19.
Wehman. A. C.. song publisher. Aged 37

years. Brooklyn, January 23.

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Weimer, H. 0., manager. Johnstown, Pa.,

March 27.
Weasman, J. F., stage manager. Baltimore,

March 7.
Weston, Rosie, chorus girl. Oklahoma City,

OkLa., November 21.
Wheeler, W. E., trombonist. Saratoga, N.Y.,

August 3.
Whidden, William H., musician. Everett,

Mass, September 1.
Whitcomb, F rankle, vaudeville performer.

Payne, O., May 6.
Whiteiford, Rose Romiaine (Worthington),

actress. Chicago, February 22.
Wildner, J. A., musical director. Aged 42

years. Brooklyn, March 10.
Williams, Leiw, vaudeville artist. Punta

Arena, Cal., May 15.

Williams, Jean, manager and advance. Brook-
lyn, November.

Wilson, A. W., manager. Somers Point, N.J.,
December 7, 1908.

Wilson, Lydia Ann. Colorado Springs, Col.,

February 5.

Wilson, Fred, manager. Newark, April 24.
Wilson, J. Ross, showman. Aged 41 years.

Laurens, S.C., May 13.
Wixon, Mrs. Nat, actress. Livingston, N.Y.,

April 5.
Woolingham, Bozo, circus artist. Atlanta,

Ga., February.
Worthing ton, Mary (see Whiteford), actres.s.

Aged 26 years. Chicago, February 2'2.

Younig, Collin, comedian. Albany, N.Y., May.

NEW THEATRES OPENED IN AMERICA.

FROM DECEMBER, 1908, TO END OF NOVEMBER, 1909.

1908.

December 21. Walker Theatre, Los Angeles

(vaudeville).
December 21. Family Theatre, Minneapolis

(vaudeville).
December 25. Elaworth and Jordan Theatre,

Oklahoma City.
December 28. Miles Theatre, Minneapolis

(vaudeville).
December 28. Victoria Theatre, Baltimore

(vaudeville).
December 31. National Theatre, Chicago.

1909.

January 20. Grand Opera House, Huntingdon,

Pa.

January 25. Star Theatre, Scranton (vaude-
ville).
January 25. New Wigwam Theatre, Martins-

ville, Md. (vaudeville).
January 14. Family Theatre, Toledo (formerly

Princess Rink") (vaudeville).
January. New Theatre at e5t. Augustine.
January 25. Haraois Theatre, Missoula, Mont.
March 2. Temple Theatre, Grand Rapids,

Mich, (vaudeville).

March 6. (Beards ley Theatre, Red Oak, la.
Mar&h 22. New Lyric Theatre, Jamestown,

N.Y. (vaudeville).
March 29. Princess Theatre, Wichita, Kan.

(vaudeville).
April 18. New Vaudeville Theatre, Houston,

Tex. (pictures and vaudeville).
April 19.-^Plymouth Theatre, Plymouth, Mass.

(vaudeville).

April 19. Victoria Theatre, Lafayette, Ind.
April 19. Auditorium Theatre, Pratt, Kan.
April 19. Royal Theatre, New Bedford, Mass

(vaudeville).
May 1. .Barf* Theatre,- San Mateo, Cal.

(vaudeville).

May 29. Airdome, Des Moines, la, (drama
sitock).

May 3l.-The Nixon Theatre, Alton, 111.
(vaudeville).

June 19. I/yric Theatre, Hou>ghton, Mich.

July 12. Alhambra Theatre, Seattle, Wash.

July 19. Wilson Avenue Theatre, Chicago
(vaudeville).

August 30. New Gaiety Theatre, Louisville.

August 30. New Theatre, Toronto, Can.

September 3. Fuller Theatre, Kalamazoo,
Mich.

September 4. Hamilton Theatre, Chicago
(vaudeville).

September 5. Crown Theatre, Chicago (vaude-
ville).

September 6. ^New Bijou Theatre, Battle
Creek, Mich, (vaudeville).

September 6. VaLenteene Theatre, Greew
S.C. (vaudeville).

September. American Theatre, Cincinm
(vaudeville).

September. William Penn Theatre, Philadel-
phia (vaudeville).

September. Grand Theatre, Davenport, la.

September. Barrymore Theatre, Moline, 111.

October 4.-^New Washington Theatre, Boston,

Mass, (vaudeville and pictures).
October 11. Orpheum Theatre, Kingston,

(vaudeville).
October 18. Lyceum Theatre, Port Art

Out. (vaudeville).

October 25. ort Theatre, Chicago.
November 1. New Bronx Opera House, Bronx.

November 1. Superior Grand Theatre, Supe-
rior, Minn.

November 6.-^New Theatre, New York.
November 7. Gaiety Theatre, Kansas City.
November 8. Back Bay Opera House, Boston.

November 13. New Gaiety Theatre, Minnea-
polis.

November 14. New Theatre, West Baden
Springs.

November 22. Colonial Theatre, Indianapolis.

November 22. New Vaudeville Theatre,
Mobile, Ala.

November 22. Bijou, Dubuque. la. (vaude-
ville).

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PRINCIPAL PLAYS AND IMI-MUTANT HKVIVAI.^ nuui.v, TIII: , I-.AR 1909.

* lmlir.it'-> It.-viv:il.

JANUARY.

.. La Tragedie Royale, drama, in three
acts, by M. Baint Gteorgea de Bouh6lier;
La Mort de Pan, drama, in two acts, by
M. Alexandra Arnoux Odeon.

/'our (/u ^Hi-net', drama, in three acts,
by M. Collijn; Lea Lettres Bruges,
roiiK-dy, in one act, by M. J. \\
stock Des Arts.

13. Monna Vanna, lyric drama, in four acts

and live tableaux, by M. Maurice Maeter-
linck, with music by Henry Fe"vrier
Grand Ope'ra.

14. En iAir Messieurs I revue, in three acts, by

MM. Henry Moreau and Charles Quinet -
Mottlin-Roi

l">. Madame Malbrough, opera-bouffe, in three
acts, by M. Lucien Me"tivet, with music
by M. Lachaume Folies-Dramatiques.

i;>. For the 287th Moliere anniversary, the pro-
gramme at the Come"die Francaise con-
sisted of Le Mariage ford, Les Femmes
Savantes, with a new one ?.ct play by M.
Antoine Yvan, entitled Le Jardin de
Moliere.

i.Y La 2S-Z, comedy, in one act, by MM. Le"val
and Van Ysen. Le Medecin du Cceur,
comedy, in one act, by M. Michel Provins
Capucines.

K Mademoiselle Josette ma Femme, comedy,
in three acts, by MM. Paul Gavault and
Robert Charvay Gymnase.

18.*Lo Parisienne, comedy, in three act-s ly
Henry Becque Come'die-Francaise.

21. Une Grosse Affaire, comedy, in three acts

Nouve ante's.

22. La Dette, comedy, in three acts, by

Gabriel Trarieux; and Les Jumeaux de
Brighton, comedy, in three acts, by Tris-
tan Bernard Antoine.

23.*La Course du Flambeau, drama, in three
acts, by Paul Hervieu Re"jane.

rnani, lyric drama, adapted from Victor
Hugo's play, by Gustave Rivet, with music
by Henri Hirschmann Gaite".

26. Les Grands, comedy, in four acts, by MM.

Pierre Veber and Serge Basset Ode"on.

27. La Fille des Rabenstein, drama, in four

acts and five tableaux, adapted from the
German of E. de Wildenbruch by MM.
Maurice Re"mon and Mme. M. Valentin-
Sarah Bernhardt.

29. It fois 7, S8, comedy, in three acts, by
Remain Coolus Bouffes-Parisiens.

FEBRUARY.

-. I'l'.rce-Xcige et les Sept Gnomes, fairy tale,
adapted from Grimm's story by Mile. J.
Dartzal de 1'CEuvre.

5.*i'n Camarades, comedy, in two act*, by
Mine. Colette Willy Come'die-Royale.

5. Javotte, i one act and ttwee

. :ix, by M. Croze, with music by
:e Saint-Saens Graiul-Opera.

\\.*Lakme, comic opera, in ti.

(iotidim-t and 1'liilipi"' (JilU-, \vil:
by L6o Delibes Gait6.

10. Trains de Luxe, comedy, in four a<.
Abel Hermant^-R6jane.

17. Monsieur Zero, vaudeville, in three act*, by
MM. Paul Gavault and Monezy-Eon
PalaisiRoyal.

17. La Marquetita, drama, in three acts and
eight tableaux, adapted by M. Robert
d'Humierea from the novel of Jean Louis
Talon dea Arts.

17. La Furie, drama, <in five acts, in verse, by
Jules Bois Com6die'Francaifie.

10. La Guerre, drama, in three tableaux,
adapted from the German of Robert
Reiner by M'M. Germain and Tr6bor;
Lorsque I'Enfant Parait, comedy, in one
act, by M. Charles Esquier; Le Donataire,
comedy, in one act, by M. Le"on. Medapd
Antoine.

19. L'Ane de Buridan, comedy, hi three acts,
by MM. Robert de Flers and A. de Gail-
lavet Gymnase.

25. V revue, in two -acts, by MM. Lucien Boyer
and Henry Enthoven, entitled L<-
Joyeuse, formed the inaugural spectacl-e
of the new theatre Le Diable^au-Corps.

27. J'en ai Plein le dos de Margot! comedy, m
two acts, by MM. Georges Courteline and
Pierre Wolff; aand Le Juif Polonai>i,
drama, in three acts, by Erckmann-
Ch atri an Ren aiss ance.

MARCH.

1. The inaugural performance was given by
the German troupe from Dussoldorf erf
Medea at the Marigny.

4. La Route d'Emerande, drama, in five act.,

in verse, adapted from the novel 01
Eugene Demolder by Jean Richepin
Vaudeville.

5. Cochon d'Enfant, vaudeville, in three acts,

by MM. Andre" de Lorde and Raphael

Cluny.
5. Wagon d'Amour, vaudeville, in one act, by

MM. Claude Roland and Jean Mariele

Oluny.
5. Hedda Gabler, by Ibsen, performed by a

German company from the Scbauspielhaus

Theatre in Dusseldorf, under the MBpfcei

of the Theatre de 1'CEuvre, at the

Marigny.
5. La Veuve Soyeuse, spectacular operette, in

two acts and six tableaux, by MM. Eugene

Youllot and Henry de Farcy Parisiana.
6.*Le Coitrrier de Lyon, drama, in flve acts

and six tableaux, by MM. Moreau, Sirau-

din, and Delacour Ambigu.

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9. Beethoven, drama, in three acts, in verse,

by M. Jven6 Fanchois Ode"on.
9. Les Heubles Amis, one-act comedy, by MM.
Le"on Abrie and Henri Desf ontaines ; Peau
d'Chien, comedy, in one act, by Henry
Caen ; Philtre Indelicat, one-act farce by
Mile. FrauvilLe ; and Mirette a ses Raisons,
one-act comedy, by Roman Coolus
Com&iie-Royale.

10. Solange, comic opera, in three acts, by M.
Adolphe Aderer, with music by G. &al-
vayre Ope"ra-Comique.

12.*La Clairiere, drama, in four acts, by MM.
Maurice Donnay and Lucien Descares
Antoine.

17. Le Greluchon, comedy, in four acts, by

Maurice Sergine Athe'ne'e.

18. La Secousse, comedy, in one act, by Paul

Franck Michel.
18. Plumecock ' v. Poilowski, operette, in one

act, by MM. Maurice de Fe'raudy and

Felix Pujet Michel.
20. Les Amis, comedy, in two acte, in prose, by

M. Abraham Dreyfus Come'die-Francaise.
27. La Meilleure des Femmes, comedy, in three

acts, by MM. Paul Bilfiaud and Maurice

Hennequin Vaudeville.

29. Connais-toi, comedy, in three acts, by Paul

Hervieu Comedie-Frangaise.

30. Le Scandale, comedy, in three acts, by

Henry Bataille Renaissance.

APRIL.

2. Le Roi Bombance, satirical tragedy, in four

acts, by M. Marinetti, produced under
the auspices of the Theatre de I'CEuvre
at the Marigny.

3. La Romanichelle, Bohemian story, in three

acts, by M. Paul Franck. with music by
Edouard Ma the" Michel.

3. L'lmperatrice, play, m tinree acts and six

tableaux, by Catulle Mendes Rejane.

4. L'Etan, comedy, in three acts, by M.

Andre" Sardou, given under the auspices

of Les EschoMers at the Fe"mina.
7.*L'Assommoir, drama, in five acts and nine

tableaux, adapted by William Busnach

from the novel of the same name by

Emile Zola Ambigu.
8. La Fille de Pilate, sacred drama in three

acts, m verse, by M. Rene" Fauchois

Porte-iSt. "Martin.
W.*Mariage d'etoile, comedy, in three axsts, by

14. Demain, one-act comedy, by M. P H Ray-
mond-Duv.al; Les Possedes, comedy, in

Arts.

1C. Lauzun, drama, in four acts, by MM Gus-
tave Guiches and Frangois de Nion
Porte-iSt.-Martin.

Tell Pere, Tell Fils, opera bouffe, in one
act, by Sacha Guitry, with music by
liarko Richepin ; Les Ruffians, comedy, in
two tableaux, by M. Charles Me"re; Jeux
a la Coq, revue, in one act, by M. Willy
M6visto.

L( i ra ? d Amie > comedy, in four acts, by
Albert Fresquet; Un Change, comedy, in
one act, by MM. Frangois de N ion and
G. de Buysieulx Feonina

21. Master Bob ( The Derby Winner"),
comedy, m four acts, by MM Henry de
Bnsay and Mar,cel Laurls-Antolne

2S. La Veuve Joyeuse, adaptation by MM. de

Flers and de Caillavet of The Merry

Widow Apollo.
29.*L'/fonneur et I'Argent, comedy, in five

acts, in verse, by Frangois Ponsard

Com6die-Frangaise.

MAY.

5. Bacchus, an opera, in four acts and seven

tableaux, by Catulle Mendes, with music
by Jules Massenet Grand-Opera.

6. Le Refuge, a drama, in three acts, by M.

Dario Miccodemi Rejane.

6. La Revue de Marigny, a spectacular revue,

in two acts and seventeen tableaux, by
MM. Georges Briquet and Jean Bastia,
with music by M. L. Halet Marigny.
7.*Les Danicheff, a drama, in five acts, by
M. Newsky Odeon.

7. L'Eventail de Lady Windermere, an adap-

tation by MM. Re"mon and Chalencon of

Oscar Wilde's play Des Arts.
10.*La Retraite, a drama, in four acts, adapted

from the German of Herr Franz Beyerlein

by MM. Re"mon and N. Valentin Vaude-
ville.
12.*La Glu, a drama, in five acts and six

tableaux, by Jean Richepin Porte St.

Martin.
15. L'Impasse, a comedy, in four acts and five

tableaux, by MM. Le"on Xanrof and Fread

Amy Bouffes Parisiens.
18. Effete d'Optique, a comedy, in two acts,

by Roman Coolus Michel.
18. Le Premier Pas, a comedy, in one act, by

MM. Darantiere and Mazamey Michel.
18. Nuit Sicilienne, a mimo-drama, in one act,

by Lucien Meyrargue, with music by

Willy Redstone Michel.
24. Paris-Sport, a revue, in two acts, by MM.

Michel Carre" and Andre" Barde Capucines
24. Paris-Sport, a revue, in two tableaux, bj

MM. Michel Carre and Andre" Barde.

Capucim
31.*La Flute Enchantee, a fe"erie-opera,

four acts and sixteen tableaux, tli.

French version by MM. Paul Ferrier anc

Alexandre Bisson, with music by Mozart

Ope"ra Comique.

JUNE.

2. Les BaiUonnes, a comedy in three acte,
Mme. Jacques Terni ^des-Arts.

4.*Moins Cinq, a comedy, in three acts,
MM. Paul Gavault and Georges Ben
Nouveautes.

7. Judith, an opena, in four acts, by tl

Russian composer, Serow Oh ate Jet.

8. Lucette a la Caserne, a spectacular operette,

by MM. Daniel Ricihe and Maurice Mareil,
with music by M. G. Goutlier Parisian ;t.

10.*Champignol Malgre Lui, a comedy, ii
three acts, by MM. Georges Feyde-an am
Maurice Desvallieres Ambigu.

10. Zulma, a lyric dram<a, in two acte,

and music by M. R. de Miero, French ver-
sion by M. Maurice Chassang Rejane.

15. Pierre de Lune, a drama, in five acte and
seven tableaux, adapted from a novel of
Wilkie Collins, by MM. Louis Pericaud
and Henri Desfontaines. Porte-Sit. -Mar-
tin.

17. La Rencontre, a comedy, in four acte, in
prose, by Pierre Bertou Comedie-Frian-
gatee.

17. Le Testament, a comedy, in one act. by
M. Pierre Pointer --Graud-Guignol.

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JULY.

2 The C.Hi.-ei vaColre competition singing

USM eommeneed :it tin- <[..
die men 1 .-, ." nijiftitii.il taking place on
.Inly 2 and tin- hidie.v on July :<.

n dn Rni. drama, in three a.
.MM. Charles Mere" and Henri FeM-.,un,
ced at the Theatre Antique de la
Nature at Champigny-la-Bataille.
7. Tin- tragedy and comedy COIL-CM

einnpetitiims took place at the opera-
Coin

U.*rnr la Couronne, four-act drama, by
Franc* >!.-; n>i>pci>, was performed in the
Theatre de Verdure at Saint-Oration.
it; 'I'lir annual distribution of prizes to Con-
servatoire pupils was presided over by
M. Dugardin-Beaumetz at the Conserva-
toire, a concert by pupils following the
ceremony.

20 'Ilnmlrt, adaptation, in five acts and thir-
teen tableaux, by MM. Alexandre Dumas
and Paul Meurice, of Shakespeare's
tragedy Come'die-Franc.aise.
30.*La Mom-he, a comedy, in three acts, by M.
Antony Mars. Grevin.

AUGUST.

1. Hercule, a tragedy, in four acts, by M.
Achilla Richard, performed at the
Theatre Antique de la Nature at Cham-
pigny-la-Bataille.

> Delibe's Carmen was given at the in-
augural performance of the new theatre
at the Casino at Eughien-lee-Bains.
12. La Mouche, a comedy, in three acts, by

M. Antony Mars Grevin.

\3.*Denise, a comedy, in four acts, by Alex-
andre Dumas Come'die-Franc.aise.
l.i. I.e. Festin du Roi, an adaptation from
Homer, in three acts, by MM. Charles
Me're' and Henri Feecaert, produced at
the Theatre Antique de la Nature at
Champigny-la-BataiHe.

Jeu de V Amour et du Iltixiinl. l>y
Marivaux, with L'Impromptu du Pare de
;\ by 14. E. Fix. Produced at the
Theatre de Verdure du Pare de Sceaux.
'Amour en Espagne, a spectacular opera-
boufl'e, in two acts, by MM. Ale"vy, Joul-
lot, and Mareil, witli music by M. Val-
verde Parisiana.

Closerie des Gentts, a drama, in five
acts and seven tableaux, by Fre"de"ric Sonlie"
Ambigu.

Bossu, a drama, in five acts and ten
tableaux, by MM. Albert Bourgeois and
Paul Fe"val, which served for the re-open-
ing of the Porte-Saint-Martin.

28. A representation was given at Saint

ctators

<miy, of a m-w verbioii, by Maurice
Maeterlinck, of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Mme. Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck ap-

.ng as Lady Ma

''irnard et BarnaW, a vaudeville, in three
acte, I.. MM. Henry Moreau and Charle*
(/uinal Cluny.

29. The production took place, In the Arena at

: hard's neu

/,</ /'//// ihl Suit,,', tbl ' hirli l-

Magre.

!e, In three acts,
by MM. OavauJl

Kinally produced on the same stage 'n
.w-Royal.

SEPTEMBER.

- La Belle Mexicaine, mimo-drama, in two
iv, by M. F. II. Michel, with rnu.-v
by Andre" Fijan Marigny.
4 A Bohemian ballet, in one act, by

Riobepifl and Mme Mariquita. entitled
Tchdve, with music by Tiarko Riche-
pin, was the leading novelty at the re-
opening of the newly constructed Foliea
Bergere.
5. La VUle, one-act play in prose, i

Henry Darcourt; Le Filibustier, play, in
three acts, in verse, by Jean Richepin,
given at the Theatre Antique de la Nature
at Champigny-la-Bataille.

ll.*Simone, comedy, in three acts, by Eugene
Brieux Come"die Francalse.

18. La Revolution Franfaise, drama, in four
acts and fourteen tableaux, hy .MM.
Arthur Bernede and Henri Cain Sarah
Bernhardt.

20.*La Porteuse de Pain, drama, in five acts
and nine tableaux, by MM. Xavier de
Monte'pin and Jules Dornay Ambigu.

23. Le Roy sans Royaume, drama, in five acts
and seven tableaux, by Pierre Decourcelle
Porte St. Martin.

23.*La Robe Rouge, four-act drama, by M.
Brieux. Originally produced at the Vaude-
ville Comedie Franchise.

24. 'Catherine, comedy, in four acts, by Henri
Lavedan. Originally produced at the
ComSdie Fran$aise Comedie Mondaine.

2.-5.*The re-opening of the Trianon Lyrique took
place with Meyerbeer's Pardon de
Plocrmel.

25.*La Veuve Joyeuse, operette, in three acts,
by Franz Lehar Apollo.

26. Le MaUfice, drama, in three acts, by M.
Capuani, interpreted by the Sieilian actretfl
Mimi Agulia and her troupe at the
Re" jane.

27.*The seventy-ninth representation of Henri
Bataille's four-act comedy Le Scandale
served for the re-opening, under the direc-
tion of M. Taillade, of the Renaissance.

27*Les Petites Michus, operette, in three act.*,
by MM. Vanloo and Duval, with music by
Andr6 Messager Trianon Lyrique.

27.*La Rencontre, comedy, in four acts, in prose,
by M. Pierre Berton Corne'die FraneaL-e.

28 Suzette, comedy, in three acts, by Eugene
Brieux Vaudeville.

29. Theodore et Cie, comedy, in three acts, by
MM. N aney and Armont Nouveante?.

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OCTOBER.

3.*Richard Cceur de Lion, a comic opera, In
three acts, by Sedaine, with music by
Gr<try. Trianon-Lyrique.

4. Nick Carter, a drama, in five acts and

eight tableaux, by M.M. Alexandre Bisson
and Guillaume Livet. Ambigu.

5. Page Blanche, a comedy, in four acts, by

Gaston Devore. Athe'ne'es.

6. La Joyeuse Gaffe, a vaudeville, in three

acts, by M. Francois Desroches, and La
Sanction Sociale, a comedy, in one act,
by N. E. O'Tarrell. Cluny.

6. Afgar ou les loisirs andalous, an operette,

in two acts, by M.M. Michel Carr< and
Andre" Barde, with music by Charles
Cuvillier. Scala.

7. La Sacrifice, a comedy, in three acts, by

M. Gaston Devore; and 12e Provisoire, a

comedy, in one act, by M.M. Dominique

Bonnaud and V. M. Hoerter. Michel.
l:>.*Lc Chemineau, a lyric drama, in four acts,

by Jean Richepin, with music by Xavier

Leroux. Opera-Comique.
13. Maison de Danses, a comedy, in five acts,

by M.M. Noziere and Charles Muller,

adapted from the novel by Paul Reboux.

Vaudeville.

17. La Revanche d'Eve, a vaudeville, in three

acts, by M.M. Antony Mars and Alphonse

de Beil. Palais-Royal.
17. Jarnac, a drama, in five acts, by M.M.

Le"on Henrique and Johannes Gravier.

Ode'on.

19. La Rampe, comedy, in four acts, by M.

Henri de Rothschild Gymnase.

20. Horrible Experience, a drama, in two acts,

by M.M. Andr6 de Lorde and Alfred
Binet. Grand,-Guignol.

21. Les Emigrants, play, in three acts, by

Charles Henry Hirsch Ode'on.
21 La Bigote, play, (u two acts, by Jules
Renard Ode'on.

22. Sire, a comedy, in five acts, in prose by

Henri Lavedan. Comedie-Francaise.

23. La Petite Chocolatiere, comedy, in four

acts, by Paul Gavault Renaissance.
29. Le Circuit, comedy, in three acts, by MM.

Georges Feydeau and Francis de Croisset

Varie"te"s.
20.*Mme. Cora Laparcerie inaugurated her

management by the production of Maurice

Donnay's four-act play, Lysistrata, at the

Bouffe-Parisiens.

NOVEMBER.

1. Papillon, dit Lyonnais le Juste, drama, in
three acts, by MM. Louis Beniere An-
toine.

1. Le Roi S'ennuie, play, in one act, by A.
Gahuet and G. Sorbets Antoine.

1. Meyerbeer's Huguenots, served for the re-
opening of the Gait6-Lyrique.

8. The re-opening with Rip's revue Sans
Rancune took place of the Capucines.

8. La Cornette, comedy, in three acts, by M.
and Mile. Paul Ferrier, and Vn Manage
a Londres, comedy in one act, by M.
Louis Forest Athe'ne'e.

8. The re-opening, with M. Pierre Pointu's
tragedy, Le Testament, took place of the
Grand Guignol.

13. Les Deux Visages, comedy, in two acts, by
M. Noziere; Teuton ou les Drames de

I' Amour, by MM. Max and A. Fischer;
Madame Dagobert, comedy, in one act, by
M. J. J. Frappa Michel.

14. Le Petit de la Bonne, comedy, in three
acts, by M. Georges Mitchell De'jazet.

15 *La Femme a Papa, operette, in three acts,
by MM. A. Hennequin and Albert Mil-
laud, with music by nerve" Trianon-
Lyrique.

25. Le proces de Jeanne d'Arc, a drama, in

four acts, by Emile Moreau Sarah Bern-
hardt Theatre.

26. Quo Vadis? an opera, in five acts and seven

tableaux, adapted by Henri Cain from the

novel by Sienkiewiez, with music by Jean

Nougues Gaite\
27. Le Risque, a comedy, in three acts, by

Remain Coolus Theatre R6jane.
28.*Le Mariaae de Figaro, a comedy, in fiv

acts, by Beaumarchais Come'die-Francaise

28. La Petite Caporale, spectacular play, i

three acts and eighteen tableaux, by MM.
Victor Darlay and Henry de Gorsse
Chatelet.

29. Article 301. a comedy, in three acts, by

M. Georges Duval Nouveaute"s.

30. Chiquito, opera, in four acts, adapted by

Henri Cam from Pierre Loti's novel, with
music by M. Jean Nougues Ope'ra-
Comique.

23.

DECEMBER.

Mamzelle Main-Leste, operette-bouffe. In

two acts and three tableaux, by MM. J.

Me>yl and A. Petit-Maugin Scala.
Le Papa du Regiment, comedy, in three

acts, by MM. A. Mou6zy-Eon and J.

Durieux De'jazelr.
Myrtil, opera, in two acts, by MM. August

Villeroy and Ernest Gamier, with mus'

by Ernest Gamier; and Le Cceur c

Moulin, lyric poem, in two acts, by ^

Maurice Magre, with music by M. De"odz

de Severac OpeYa-Comique.
Vn Manage de Gourdes, vaudeville,

three acts and four tableaux, by

Gardel-Herve 1 Cluny.
La Revue des Folies -Berg ere, revue,

thirty-one tableaux, by MM. P. L. Flei

and Eugene Heros, with music by

Patusset Folies-Bergere.
L T n Ange, comedy, in three acts, by Alfrt

Capus Varie'tes.
Pierre et Therese, comedy, in four act

by M. Marcel Prevost Gyinnasc.
*JM Massiere, comedy, in four acts,

Jules Lemaitre Porte-St. -Martin.
TJn Cceur d'Homme, comedy, in four act

by Sarah Bernhardt des Arts.
"La Cagnotte, comedy, in three acts,

Eugene Labiche Palais-Royal.
Madame Margot, comedy, in five acts,

MM. Emile Moreau and Clairville, wit

incidental music by M. Philippe Moreau-

R<jane.
Nonotte et Patouillet, comedy, in tlir

acts, by M. Albert du Bois, given unde

the auspices of the Theatre de 1'ffiuvi

at the Femina.
Le Danseur Inconnu, comedy, in three act

by Tristan Bernard Athe'ne'e.
Comme les Feuilles, comedy, in four

by Giacosa, with an adaptation by Mil

Darsenne Ode'on.

Laura, opera, in three acts, by MM. Ps

Berel and Charles Pons Trianon Lyriqi

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\UMI\I5KTICAL LIST OK PRINCIPAL (1K.RMAN I'LAVS 1'RODUCED FOR THK KIR8T
TIMK. l\ GERMANY, AI.-T'MA, AND BWIT/KRLAND I> .'309.

\1> \M AM' EVA, drama in tin.

Iriife - H.-rlin, Hebbeltheater,

1 I, crllllllT 18.

AM UANSK1I AISKI, ( \i the Goose Sli.-.l),
comedy, in three H.-K, l.y K. Vnthunv, music
Franz Ziegler Vienna, Riiimmul Theater,
ember 14.

\1AK1K, comedy, in one art, by Carl
Si-limit/. SchatYhausen, Stadttheater, No-
vcmbcr 12.

PA, play, iii three acts, by Felix Philippi
Wie i< i '!en. UcsidenzTheatei,July22 (Agent,

l.cll).

AUFER8TEHUNG (Resurrection), opera, in four

llaniui, music by Franz Alfano

in, Kniiiisc-hu Oper, October 6.

BARON UKI'KIILICH (Baron Ne'er-do-Well),

fc comedy, in tbree acts, by Hoinricb Schrotten-

luicb I '.rax, Stailtllieater. November 3.
BKFKHL DKS KURSTEN, DER ( The Prince's
umand), comedy, in four acts, by Robert
rweg Vienna, Carl Theater, May 19
in, Kd. Bloch).

BETR< HJK.NK BETRUQER(SwindledSwindlers),
comedy, in three acts, by Sawa Ze/.-Mirski
Schweidnitz, Ktadttheater, November 16.
BOGEN DE8 PHILOKTET (The Bow of Phi-
>etus\ drama, in three acts, by Karl von
Levetzow Berlin, Berliner Theater, Janu-
ary 27 (Agent, Ed. Bloch).

BRAUTNACHT VON ST. SEBALD, DIE (St.
Sebald's Bridal Night), mystical play, in one
act. by Rob. Walter-Freyr Hamburg, Neues
Theater, November 13 (Agent, Anstalt fiir
A utTiihrungsrecht).

BRIKK DKS URIA, DER (Uria's Letter), tragedy
in five acts, by Emil Bernhard Berlin,
Kammerspielhaua (special performance for
die neue freie Volksbiihne). April 12 (Agent,
Anstalt fiir Auft'uhrungsrecht).

I.KiK GEIGER, DER (The Hunchback
Kiddler), dance poem, by Robert Konta
i-ue, Deutsches Landestheater, August 17.
DANIKK HERTZ, drama, in three acts, by
Henri Nathansen Hamburg, Thalia Theater,
November 18.
I'KICHr, RAF, DER (Count of the Marshes),
play, in five acts, by Josef Lauff Wies-
baden Hoftheater, March 19 (Agent, A. Ann,
Cologne).

I'Kl: VON RAMBOW (The Lord of Rambow).
comedy, in three acts, by G.Schatzler-Perasini
and R. Kessler Chemnitz, Stadttheater,
November 18.

DES PFARRERS TOCHTER VON STRELA-
DORF (The Parson's Daughter of Streladorf),
play, in three acts, by Max Dreyer Berlin,
Lessing Theater, September 23 (Agent,
Vertriebsstelle des Verbandes deutscher
Biihnenschriftsteller).

HKITSCHE KONIG, DER (The German King),
drama, in rive acts, by Ernst von Wildenbruch
Berlin, Hoftheater, November 2 (Agent,
Felix Bloch Erben).

DEUTSCHE MICHEL, DER (The German
Michael), comedy, by F. Stavenhagen Ham-
burg-Altona, Schiller Theater, March 11.
pIDl, operetta, in three acts, by Oskar Strauss,
10 by Viktor Leon Vienna, Karl
, October 23.

DON JUANITO, comedy, in four acU, by Oskar
A. H. Schmitx .Mannheim, Hoftheater,

.January 23.

Ju i ntui-f), drama, in tlm

by HanH Otto Stuttgart, Hoftheater, Janu-
ary 16 (Agent, Kd. !',!

Di:i;i K I. KINK MADKL (Thr.-r Little Girls).

retta, in tlm-c act-, l.y I'.ela Las/ky
Frankfort-on-Main, Opera House, October
21.

I.K I'UNKT, DER (The Obscure Point),
comedy, in three acts, by (l. Kadelburg and
Rudolf Presber Berlin, Lustspielhaus,
November 9 (Agent, Felix Bloch Erben i.

ENOCH ARDKX, opera, in three acts by Fritz
Droop and Max Weybert Essen.Stadttheattr,
October 7.

ERSTE GEIGE, DIE (The First Violin), comedy,
in four acts, by G. Wied and W. Petersen
Sc-biller Theater, October 9.

10 KUSS, DER (The First Kiss), op
in three acts, by H. Berle Hamburg, Neues
Operetten Theater, November 14.

EWIGE LAMPE, DIE (The Eternal Lamp),
musical comedy, in three acts, by Max
Schmidt Berlin, Thalia Theater, October 30.

KXKMPEL, DAS (The Example), comedy, i
three acts, by Ludwig Fulda Berlin, Neue
Schauspielhaus, October 16 (Agent, Felix
Bloch Erben).

FALL HENNER. DER (The Case Henner),
drama, in four acts, by Johannes Wiegand
Rostock, Stadttheater, October 4.

I AMI LIE KELLNER, DIE (The Family
Kellner), drama, in four acts, by L. Fernow,
and P. Zimmermann Erfurt, Reichshallen
Theater, June 9.

FESCHE RUDI, DER (Smart Rudi), farce, in
three acts, by Alexander Engel and Juliu,
Horst Berlin, Lustspielhaus, June 9 (Agents
Ed. Bloch).

FLIEGER, DER (The Flyer), farce, in four acts
by Hans Brennert Munich, Volkstheater,
July 21 (Agent, Ed. Bloch).

FRAU DES HERRN, DIE (The Master's Wife),
drama, in three acts, by Th. Richard Paris
Landsberg, Stadttheater, October 21.

FRAU DES RAJAH, DIE (The Rajah's Wife),
by Dr. P. Wertheimer Vienna, Deutsches
Volkstheater, May 18 (Agent, Anstalt fiir
Auffnhrungsrecht).

FREIE BAHN (Clear Road), drama, in four
acts, by Paul Bliss Magdeburg, Stadt-
theater, October 26.

FURSTENKIND, DAS (The Prince's C'hild),
operetta, in three acts, by Victor Leon, music
by Franz Lehar Vienna, Johann Strauss
Theater, October 7 (Agent, Felix Bloch
Erben).

GAST DE8 MOCENIGO, DER (Mocenigo's
Guest), tragedy, in five acts, by Karl Federn
Dresden, Hoflheater, May 8 (Agent, S.
Fischer).

GEFANGENE, DER (The Captive), comedy, in
three acts, by Felix Phiiippi Hamburg,
Deutsches Schaiispielhaus, April 6 (Agent,
Felix Bloch Erben),

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GEISTERSCHLOSS, DAS (The Ghosts' Castle),
operetta, in three acts, by O. F. Bierbaum,
J. Weissmann, and F. V. Schirach Mann-
heim, Neues Operetten Theater, March 6.
GEMSJAGD, DIE (The Chamois Hunt), operetta,
in three acts, by E. Tschirsch and C. Weisen-
berg, music by C. Beines Barmen, Stadt-
theater. November 28.

GEMUTSMENSCHEN (Men of Temperament),

three one-act plays, by Fritz Mack Fried-

richroda, Kurtheater, July 20.

GE8CHIEDENE FEAU, DIE (The Divorced

Wife), operetta, in three acts, by Victor Leon,

music by Leo Fall Berlin, Theater des

Westens, October 2 (Agent, F. Bloch Erben).

GIB MICH FREI (Let Me Go), drama, in five

acts, by Ernst Ritterfeldt Berlin, Luisen

Theater, November 21.

GLUCK BEI FRAUEN (Luck with Women),
farce, in three acts, by A. Engel and J. Horst
Vienna, Biirger Theater, March 7 (Agent,
Ed. Bloch).

GLUCKLICHE GESICHT, DAS (The Happy
Face), comedy, in three acts, by E. Gettke-
Ostrau Stadttheater, October 14.
GOLD REGIE RT ROM (Gold Governs Rome),
drama, in one act, by M. Schmieden Frei-
burg, Stadttheater, November 1.
GOLDSCHUH, DER (The Golden Shoe), comic
opera, in three acts, by Marie von Najmajez,
music by K. Krafft-Lortzing Essen, Stadt-
theater, December 10.

GRAF VON LUXEMBURG, DER (The Count
of Luxemburg), operetta, in three acts, by
A. M. Willner, music by F. Lehar Vienna,
Theater an der Wien, November 13.
GRETCHEN, comedy in three acts, by Gustav
Davis and Leopold Lipschutz Berlin, Resi-
denz Theater, September 10 (Agent, Ed.
Bloch).

GRISELDA, play in nine scenes, by Gerhart
Hauptmann Berlin, Lessing Theater, and
Vienna, Burgtheater, March 6 (Agent, F.
Bloch Erben).

GROSSE NAME, DER (The Great Name),
comedy, in three acts, by Victor Leon and
Leo Feld Vienna, Deutsches Volkstheater,
October 2 (Agent, Felix Bloch Erben).
HALBEN, DIE (The Moieties), tragi-comedy, in
three acts, by Ludwig Zippert Hamburg,
Thalia Theater, February 4 (Agent, Ed.
Bloch).

HANS KOHLHASE, tragedy, in five acts, by
Rudolf Hoi zer Weimar, Hoftheater, June 12
(Agent, Anstalt fur Auffiihrungsrecht).
HARGUDL AM BACH (Hargudl on the Brook),
comedy in four acts, by Hans Miiller Vienna,
Burgtheater, October 23 (Agent, Dr. O. F.
Eirich).

HEILIGE NEPOMUK, DER (Saint Nepomuk),
drama, in one act, by Use von Stach
Eisenach, Stadttheater, December 2.
HEIMWEH (Home Sickness), play in four acts,
by A. O. Erler and P. O. Merbach Berlin,
Neue Freie Volksbiihne, April 20.
HERZOG VON ORLEANS. DER (The Duke of
Orleans), comedy, in four acts, by Leo Feld
Hannover, Hoftheater, March 4 (Agent,
Oesterheld and Co).

H1NTER 'M ZAUN (Behind the Hedge), drama,
in three acts, by Karl Rossler Berlin, Kleines
Theater, October 23.

HOHE POLITIK (High Politics), farce in three
acts, by R. Skowronnek Berlin, Berliner
Theater, November 6 (Agent, Felix Bloch
Erben).

HOOGELAND, drama in four acts, by Ludwig
Heilbronn Chemnitz, Stadttheater, Octo-
ber 30 (Agent, Tertriebsstelle).
HOSEN DES HERRN VON BREDOW, DIE
(Mr. von Bredow's Trousers), drama in three
acts, by Kory Towska Hamburg, Schauspiel-
ftaus, October 2,

IM KLUBSESSEL (In the Club Easy Chair)
comedy in three acts, by Karl Roessler and
L. Heller Berlin, Lustpielhaus, February 27
(Agent, F. Bloch Erben).
IM TAUBENSCHLAG (In the Dovecot)
comedy in three acts, by Hennequin am
Veber Berlin, Residenz Theater, Decem-
ber 4.
INGE, drama, by Johannes Tralow Coburg,

Hoftheater, October 1 (Agent, Ed. Bloch).
IZEYL, opera in three acts, by Eugen d'Albert,
libretto by Rudolf Lothar Hamburg,
Stadttheater, November 6.

JUNGBR, DER (The Disciple), drama in one
act, by Rudolf Presber Munich, Volka-
th eater, July 1.

JURGEN WULLENWEBER, drama in five
acts, by Fritz Ernst Detmold, Hoftheater,
April 2.

KAVALIERE (Cavaliers), comedy in three acts,
by Rudolf Lothar and R. Sandek Hamburg,
Thalia Theater, September 30 (Agent, Ed.
Bloch).

KETTEN (Chains), play in four acts, by Her-
mann Reichenbach Berlin, Deutschea
Theater, July 21 (Agent, Anstalt fur Auffiih-
rungsrecht).

KIND, DAS (The Child), play in three act?, by
Ottomar Enking Barmen, Stadttheater,
November 20.

KLAPPERSTORCH DER KONIGIN, DER
(The Queen's Stork), comedy in three acts,
by Karl Bottcher Halle, Neues Theater,
October 17.

KOMTESSE MIZZI (Countess Mizzi), comedy
in one act, by Arthur Schnitzler Vienna,
Deutsches Volkstheater, January 5 (Agent,
S. Fischer).

KONIG CARL I. (King Charles I,), tragedy in
five acts, by Siegfried Heckscher Hamburg,
Stadttheater, October 14.

KONIG CHRISTIAN II. (King Christian II.),
play in five acts, by Adolf Paul^Berlin,
Friedrich Wiihelmstiidtisches Schaugpiel-
haus, January 12.

KONIG CONRAD I. (King Conrad I.), play in
six acts, by Hans von Gumppenberg
Weimar, Hoftheater, March 27 (Agent,
Bloch).

KONIGREICH, DAS (The Kingdom), drar
four acts, by Karl Schonherr Vi
Deutsches Volkatheater, February 13 (Agent,
F. Bloch Erben).
KONZERT, DAS (The Concert), comedy
three acts, by Hermann Bahr Ber!
Lessing Theater, December 23.
LATE1NISCHE ESEL, DER (The La
Donkey), comedy, by Walter Harlan-Berl
Neues Schauspielhaus, November 13 (Age
Ed. Bloch).

LEBENS POSSENSPIEL (Life's Farce), dran
in four acts, by Kurt Kuchler Altona, Sta
theater, November 16.

LETZTE GLUCK, DAS (Final Luck), pi
in four acts, by Klara Viebig Frankfort-
Main, Stadttheater, March 23 (Agent, Eg
Fleischel).

LETZTE KAISER, DER (The Last Empero
by Rudolf Herzog Cologne, Schauspi
haus, October 15.
LETZTER STREICH DER KONIGIN V
NAVARRE, DER (The Queen of Navarr
Last Trick), tragedy, in four acts, by Johanne:
Raff Berlin.Akademische Bnhne, Januarys
LIEBE IN GRIECHENLAND (Love in Greece)
operetta, in one act, by Geiger and Schatz
music by O. Jascha Frankfort-on-Main
Intimes Theater, October 16.
LIBDER DES EURIPIDES, DIE (The Song
of Euripides), drama, in four acts, by Eras'
von Wildenbruch Berlin, Hoftheater, Ji
5 (Agent, Felix Bloch Erben),

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mm, iii live nets, by Paul /oder
Inn . April 26.

MAI! I >: S.-hMiieii

mid I-'. Walden, with n Hermann

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Agent, K.I. Hindu.
M \il;i: \i T, IUK i I be May Brid

three acts, by \ Wol/ogen. with

r \Vii-sliinlcii, Natur-
th.-atiT, Si. -iv :"J (Agent, i-:>i. Hindu.

(Write No I, eM> ly, in thn-i

Knnr.ul Stiller ami Walter T
an* Neiu- Wiener Riilme, April 20 (Agent,

act, by
\\ . r.idibiHini Lange Btu

Theater, < ><-iob.

MIT.Mr.Nsril. 1>K1: (The Kellow Creature),
in four acts, by Richard
Dehmel Berlin, Kleines Theater, Sep-
tember 14.

MULLER UND 8EIN KINH DER (The Miller
and His Child), opera, in three acts, by Bela
von Uii Vieiin:i, Volksoper, October 30.

NATURLICHE VATER, l>i:i: .The' Natural
her), comedy, in five acts, by Herbert
Klllenher" DQBBOldorf, Ijiistspiclhaii.s.

NOVELLE DE8 MALESPINI, I'll: (The Novel
of Malespini), comedy, in one act, by M.
Schmieden Freiburg, Stadttheater, Novem-
ber 1.

M l: KIN TRAUM (Only a Dream), comedy, in
three acts, by Lothar Schmidt Berlin,
Berliner Theater, March 18 (Agent, Ed.
Bloch).

, ATNKR, DER (The Super-Scoundrel).
eomedv, in three acts, by Sawa /ix-Mirski
Berlin, Kasino Theater, December 3.

\, farce, in three acts, by Wilhelm Welters
- Vienna, Burgtheater, December 4 (Agent,
Ed. Bloch).

BUNKE'S VORGESCHICHTEN (Per
Bnnke's Antecedents), comedy, in four acts,
by A. Larsen and E. Rostrup Berlin,
Kleines Theater. October 9.

11 HARVEL, drama, in five acts, by E. von
Keyserling Munich,Residenz Theater, Octo-
ber 9 (Agent, S. Fischer).

PI. IK 11 NissKN, drama, in three acts, by Ernst
Kilers Ostrau, Stadttheater, October 6.

RECHTSANWALT, DER (The Solicitor),
comedy, in three acts, by Franz Holnar
Kreins, Htadtheater, October 16.

ROMI8C1IE KOMOD1E (Roman Comedy) drama,
in three acts, by Hugo Salus Breslau,
lauspielhaus, April 30.

N r (Hoses), four plays of one act each, by
Hermann Sudermann Hamburg, Deutschas
Schauspielhaus, September 17.

SATAN, operatic sketch, by Alfred Deutsch-
German and C. W. Frieser, music by Otto
Romisch Vienna, Colosseum, November 5

SCHIEDSGERICHT, DAS (The Court of
Justice), rediscovered comedy, by the Greek
poet, Menander, translated by Alfred Korte
n, Stadttheater, November 24.

BCHREIBER, DIE (The Writers), comedy, in
three acts, by Karsten Eberhard Bremen,
Thalia Theater, November 5.
SKINK KLEINE FREUNDIN (His Little
Friend), farce, in three acts, by A. Engel and
J. Horst Berlin, Lustspielhaus, January 29
(Agent, Ed. Bloch).

SOCRATES TOD (The Death of Socrates),
drama, in four acts, by Johann Heyer
Wandsbek, Stadttheater, November 19.

\VENDU M"T (Afterglow), dramatic ballad,
by Felix Baumbach, with music by Schilling-
Zimessen Munich, Hoftheater, October 29.

, drama, in
Paris, Ratibor 1

r 19.

STAR! :e Stronger

, comedy, in by Otto 8tu

i '*ter, October 23.

sTIi \NhKIXIU-.lt < i :: ! M of the Shore), play
in four act-, by Hermann Kuderrnann
MI. Hofthcater, December 21 (Agei; 1

SIMM I -<lers), play, in four n

Am ,n Ohorn Cheiniiir/. Stadttheater,

. Vertriebs-t

mi Song), comedy, in three
by H. Ht'ipimann Hanover, Kgl.
Schail-i'iielhaii 27.

i:is DKR ..ntris the Fool),

drama, in four arts, by Krnst Hardt Berlin,
mu'theater, October 21.

Devil's Cure).

ily, in on.- a.-t, by W. Hercher Pyrmont,
Stadttheater, July 6.

THER8ITE8, tragedy, in thn-< < phan

/weig Dresden and K :;att-r, No-

vember 26 iAg*!nt, F. Bloch l-.rben).

TRAGODI1-:. DIK (The Tragedy), drama, in four
acts, by Robert von Erdberg Leipzig, Stadt-
theater, November 27.

IHI.R DIK BliUCKK (Across the Bridge), play,
in four acts, by Karl Schbnherr Vienna,
Burgtheater, November 27.

UNBEKANNTE, DER (The Unknown) drama,
in three acts, by Oscar Bendiener Berlin,
Neues Theater, November 28.

UNTERWEGS (On the Way), play, in three acts,
by Thaddiius Rittner Vienna, Deutsches
Volkstheater, March 13 (Agent, Ed. Bloch).

UNVERSCHAMTE, DER (Mr. Impudence),
comedy, in one act, by R. Auernheimer
Vienna, Burgtheater, March 20.

VATER, DIE (The Fathers), comedy, in three
acts, by Oscar Engel Posen, Apollotheater,
June 2.

VATERLAND (The Fatherland), comedy, in
four acts, by Bernhardt Rehse Munich,
Schauspielhaus (Agent and publisher, Oester-
held and Co.).

VOLKSBANKIER(The People's Banker), drama,
in four acts, by Max Reichardt, music by
Arthur Steincke Potsdam, Stadttheater,
October 24.

VORFRUHLING (Early Spring), drama, in five
acts, by K. Woerner Karlsruhe, Hoftheater,
May 21.

VIKLGELIEBTE, DER (The Much Beloved),
comedy, in four acts, by A. Schmason and
K. Heinz Pyrmont, Schauspielhaus, July 4.

WAHRHEITSSCHULE, DIE (The School of
Truth), comedy, in three acts, by Paul Gut-
mann Berlin, Neues Theater, March 23
(Agent, Anstalt fiir Auffiihrungsrecht).

WAHRHEITSSUCHER, DER (The Truth
Seeker), drama, in four acts, by Ilgenstein
Essen, Stadttheater, November 14.

WKXN DER JUNGE WEIN BLUHT (When
the Young Vine Blossoms), comedy, in four
acts, by Bjo'rnsterne Bjiirnson Dresden,
Hoftheater, November 25.

WENN VERLIEBTE SCHWOREN (When
Lovers Swear), comedy, in six scenes, by
Franz Kaibel Weimar, Hoftheater, October
30 lAgent, Vertriebsstelle).

WINTERNACHT (Winter's Night), drama, in
three acts, by Karl F. Wiegand Zurich,
Stadttheater, February 2.

WUNDER, DAS (The Maryel), drama, in three
acts, by Leonid Andrejew Berlin, Hebbel-
theater, October 1.

ZENSUR, DIE (The Censorship^, drama, in one
act, by Frank Wedekind Munich, Schau.-
spielhaus, July,

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LEGAL CASES OF THE YEAR.

JANUARY.

.1 COLE I'll: Mil' Ml sir.

5 iimned MM! an. I

ei.p\ ol pirated mu.-ic at a Mull ill
B*re*ford Squar , \\ oi.iw \< -h.

Mie defendant (who had been Hiu 1 for a

similar offence) was limd .c;> with 2:^. c^t^, or

Olle Illulith.

Kicii \I;DS. r.i I:\KV AND co. \. i;i DI>.
M i [ON n\ i i; \ii I;N MUM.N ru.v

i i,

In the Sl:-rcdite|i Bounty < hi-

Honour .In. !_< Sin.\l.\. K.I
7 Itichard.-. Hunie\ all. I Co., propriei -

the London Mu-ie Hull and <'ollin-'>
Hail, sued t<> recover t'i Jo*, from Mr.
Itudd. dama-r- for an alleged breach

Mr. \\ lie- ton was ounsi I for tin- plaintiffs,

Speared for tin 1 defendant.
Mr. v\ hi tton said that on June s. I'.MM;. the
i nit entered into an agreement with

the plaint, Us to appear at CoUins's MUBW

Hall for a \\eek commencing January r>, 19ns,

at .tl) H>s. a week, and it was for damage* for

the non-fulfilment of that contract that they

:o\v .Miinu'. the damages being mentioned

in the contract as the amount of the salary.

The lirst the plaintiffs heard that defendant

was not likely to appear w a.s on January <',,

when he wired: " Keally very >orry, cannot

do four tun'..-: idaxed throat. Doctor advi-es

not working four turns. Will give Collins'*

\e date-. Same terms in lieu. Stoll

pay.s me 25." Coun.-el .said it w a* <|"it''

clear from this that he was quite willing to

ome fresh dales for tho.-e that lie was

_. Imt the fact was he was at the .-ami 1

i fr the Granville. Walham '
and actually appeared there, although he was
n<i illnes,s. Clause 9 of the contract
laid it down that in the event of the non-
fullilmont of the eii^ r ai:enient tlironjih illne-,-
a doctor's certificate had to be sent before
and that niu.st .state preeisely what was
t!u> matter and when there wa.s a chance of
ry; whilst Clause 10 expressly laid it-
down that absi nee left it in the hands of the
M- bo canoe! the e^ntraet. if tlie de-
ut was prevented from working for them
i use he was working somewhere
iud. whilst his only proper excuse could
be that he was ill. that could not apply here,
as he worked elsewhere, and also he never
sent a doetorV certificate, as bound to do by

ntrae.t. .Mr. Hector Munro said 1;

the manager of Collins' Music Hall. lie

rived a medical certificate in con-

i with this engagement. Mr. Austin

Rudd said that his eontract with the Gran-

ville wais made previous to the one with

Collins' Musk- Hall. The Granville contra. -t

was actually at less money than Collins', to

start with, but the hou.se war; altered to

Iwo-houses-a-night, and it was agreed that he

have a nuarter more for doing the

'nis. For the p'l.st three or four years

ne had been susceptible to rheumatic attacks

W 1 1 I'll

.id found il
id many n !f hU

contra' I

. r IP- found a chance he <>n:> d.d one

a night now. It wa.-
ik tlie eontract, and In: needed the
. .aid would ha\e t.e.-u only too jr!

sup-

., in lit ut 7.:> p.m., it w
p-ar.

Mr. Whet'ton :' Now, think well; had it not

: the (iianville you could have fulfilled

your engagement at Colllnfi's? Defendant.

y. I had no other hall to _
Mr. Whetton : If yo\ make half-

ado/ n coiirj-ac; - you ai '

: but you
turned into double houses :i night, which

things. Judge Sm\ly: Hut. tie
[M>int is that if you had not turned th.
ville Contract into a double one, winch \ou
<lid after Collins', you would have been able
to appear at CollinV.-, .'Defendant : \>
would have done so. Sometimes we cannot
perform beeau>e we cannot tit the time in.
Mr. Whetton : Hut if you make a contract
the manau vu to turn up? De-

fendant : Yes, but he takes into consideration
how you are booked up at least, a 1.-
manager would. Mr. Whetton: Do you mean
to say that he takes the risk of your being
unable to attend? Defendant : I swear r
Mr. Whetton: That is altogether a

tion, and I must ask leave to recall
my witness on the point, as my instru
arc exactly to the contrary. Judge Smyly:

ertainly, when this witness is fiir
it i- a highly important point. Mr. Whetton :
You were doing, or trying to do, more than
you could manage? Defendant : Well, I .-up-
pose w). Mr. Whetton: Can you tell us why
you did not take the honest and straightfor-
ward course and say you did not think you
would be able to appear? Defendant : Be-
cause I thought I should be able to manage
it up to the last moment. I never sent
tificate because they refused to have any-
thing to do with me. 1 was going to Australia,
and I left instructions that my solicitors
should accept service. I offered to send a
certificate when I telephoned on the Monday.
Mr. Munro was then recalled, and said that
the custom was that dates were submitted
by the agent, or by the artist himself, and
they picked those they wanted. If the time.s
clashed for appearing at different halls, in
ninety-nine cases out of 100 an agreement was
arrived at. and they naturally expected him
to turn up. There was not such a thing in
the music-hall profession as " can't be done " ;
things had to be done.- -Judue Smyly: If lie
dropped out. in that way 1 liardiy think he
would be liable. ten: Hut i-

MI. Judge Smyly: Id"
has much to do with it: in this case it
has mainly to do with ''iat lie had

contracted to do a double turn at Walham
(ireeii on the same date. He was taking on what
he was not physically fit to perform, not that

200

THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

JAN.

he was too ill to perform at all, and, therefore,
why sihou'd he not have perform ed for tihe plain-
tiffs as much: las at WaJlhiam Green? In' giving
judgment, Judge Smyly said that the contract
before 'him was a very puzzling one, because
it was well known that these artists took
several engagements for the same night. " 1
am inclined to think that when a person
makes a contract oi this sort he must not
play fast and loose with it a-nd leave things
to chance." He continued : " I do not think
an artist can take a good number o>f engage-
ments, and then, because his throat is bad
and he does not feel inclined to carry them
all out, to pick and choose just those that
he will do. That would not be fair to those
that got left in the lurch by any means. I
think, 'however, there ought to be a clause
in this contract to that effect, and the plain-
tiffs would be well advised to consider the
point. I feel sure, as it now stands, ther*>
are rocks ahead, as it leaves some most com-
plicated and perplexing points of law to be
unravelled. In this case, however, it has
been slightly simplified, although it is com-
plicated enough, as I think the defendant
has put himself out of Court, as he would
have been able to perform at Collins's if he
had not done the Granville. There were grave
doubts as to his appearing, and his proper
course would have been to have let them
know of his difficulties at the proper time.
As it was, it put them in very great diffi-
culties at the last moment, which was not
fair. Even if he had been taken ill at one
o'clock, according to the clause, which in-
sisted on being told at noon, they could cancel
their contract, although I have my doubts
as to whether they would ever be able to re-
cover any money in the event of its being
such a thing as paralysis. I think the defen-
dant is liable for damages, as he increased his
performances at the Granville after the Col-
lins' contract in fact, some time after. It is
possibly "through taking too much work on
that this breakdown has occurred ; but there
it is, a contract has been broken, and by the
defendant, to my mind. Looking at this con-
tract. I am sure that some very complicated
questions will arise one o-f these days, which
the music-hall profession will be pleased to
fight, I suppose, and then perhaps I shall
have to go much deeper into the legal pos-
sibilities than I have to-day; but this case
resolves itself into the fact that it was the
second contract at the Granville, and the
condition of the defendant's throat that
caused the trouble. There will be judgment
for the plaintiffs for 9 10s."

HART v. MAIDSTONE PALACE. CLAIM

FOR SALARY.
Before his Honour Judge Woodfall, in the

Westminster County Court, George Phil-
1 1 lip Hart, a comedian, sued the Maidstone

Palace of Varieties to recover the sum
of 5, being one week's salary alleged to
be due to him under a contract to appear
at the Maid&tone Hippodrome. Mr. J. S.
Merton appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Hart
said he signed a contract with the defendants
to appear at Miaidetone Hippodrome for one
week at a salary of 5 for the week, but it
was not confirmed. He went to Maidetone,
however, and took Ms turn on the stage for
the first night of the week's engagement, but
after the performance was over he was told
by the manager he would not be required
any more. The defendant did not appear,
and his Honour gave judgment for the plain-
tiff for 5. with costs.

ROBEY v. WALDON. BREACH OF CON-
TRACT.

Lord Johnston, in the Court of Session, gave
judgment in an action by George Robey,

1 2 comedian, against Richard Waldon,
manager and proprietor of the Palace
and director of the Pavilion, Glasgow, for
300 damages for alleged breach of contract.
The pursuer averred that on March 20, 1907,
he entered into an agreement with the de-
fender, under which he agreed to fulfil an
engagement at the Palace and Pavilion, Glas-
gow, for one week commencing March 16, 1908.
On Friday, March 13, the pursuer, who was
then in Bristol, saw he was not billed to
appear in Glasgow in the following week, and
sent a wire to ask the reason. In reply he
received the following communications : "You
never sent bill matter or notification, conse-
quently contract broken ; see rule six of con-
tract " ; and, again, " Call in order, your name
does not appear. Will not play you owing to
breach of contract." In order to minimise the
loss the pursuer suffered through this he
tried to obtain another engagement, but
owing to the shortness of the notice the best
he got was at Portsmouth at a salary of 75
for the week.

In a counter action Mr. Waldon sued Mr.
Robey for 500 damages in respect that he
had, it was alleged, failed to comply with the
condition of providing " bill matter," as stipu-
lated for by the contract. The Pavilion
Theatre (Glasgow), Limited, also sued Robey
for 500 damages for alleged breach of con-
tract.

Lord Johnston found Mr. Robey entitled to
damages, and allowed a proof as to the
amount, but did not fix a diet of proof, be-
cause he thought the parties would be able to
settle that matter if they acquiesced in h
judgment His Lordship dismissed the counte
actions, and found the pursuer entitled to ex
penses. His Lordship said Mr. Robey ha
failed to fulfil the condition requiring him t
send bill matter, but while that was an inde
pendent covenant, for the breach of whic
Mr. Waldon might have been entitled t
damages, by his own breach of the principa
agreement he had rendered it impossible tha
the incidental damages could ever emerge, an
the theatres which he represented were barre
from Boning the cross actions. [See report
Februairy 4.]

MABE v. CONNOR.
MUSIC ROLL COPYRIGHT DECISION.

Judgment was given in the Divisional Cour

by the Lord Chief Justice and Justice

1 3 Bigham and Walton in the case of Mate

v. Connor, an appeal from the decisior.

of the Bow Street magistrate dismissing a

summons lor selling perforated rolls for use on

a piano-player.

It was pointed out by Mr. Danckwerts, who
was for the appellant, the owner of the copy
right, that, owing to the spread of the use
of mechanical piano-players, composers woulc
practicaly lose their living if this decision
were to stand and the rolls were allowed to
be indiscriminately multiplied.

Mr. Scrutton, K.C., for the respondent, sub-
mitted that the Court of Appeal, in the case
of Boosey v. White, had decided that the roll
in question was not >a copy of music. The
appeal was dismissed with costs, and leave to
further appeal was given. [See Reports, STAGE
YEAR BOOK, 1909, pp. 2S4 and 293.]

1 HI.

201

ASI8" JUDGMENT.-bUJOLZ (G>
") v "AMASIS," LI. Ml
r. Justice Jelf, In the King'

Iriiv.-n-d juduiii' n:, ...

ally known as W. Gunn Gwennett) aga.nst

-, Limited, and Mr. Fr- d. ink
The decision was in favour of the plaintiir,
who alleged that the comic op

from The Son of the Sun, and
who asked for damages and an injun
The hearing of the case commenced on No-

30 last, and occupied four days.
1 Mr. Scholz was represented n\ Mr. Law-
ami .Mr. WhitM. 1.1 Mai I, ft]
its by Mr. E. F. Spence and Mr. Nor-
iraig.

.Mr. Justice Jelf, In the course of his judg-
nil-ill. >anl that at the trial it was not dis-
puteii that The Son of the Sun was an original
i-itten by the plaintiff between the years
id ]si7, and that he had done every-
thing n.-.-essary to protect his copyright in it,
although he had never, in fact, succeeded In
jetting it produced. It was further admitted
that in August, 1906, the defendants, without
the plaintiff's consent, produced Amasis in
London, and subsequently in the provinces,
re continuing to produce it. The case,
resolved itself in the question of
fact whether, by the performance of Amasis t
the defendants had infringed the plaintiff's
copyright in The Son of the Sun. He (the
learned judge) considered there were some pre-
liminary points which must be observed. In
-t place the burden of proof rested on
lintiff, who had to satisfy the Court
that a material and substantial part of The
Son of the Sun had been piratically taken by
mnasis. Counsel for the plaintiff had at first
to avoid the necessity of imputing to
.he defendant Fenn any intentional plagiarism.
Hr. Justice Jelf was of opinion that, the real
winciple had been stated 100 years ago in
1 Roworth v. Wilkes " (1 Camp., 97) by Lord
^thorough, C.J., in the following words:
b is enough that the publication com-
ilained of is in substance a copy whereby a
rork vested in another is prejudiced ; if A
takes the property of B, the animus furandi
inferred from the act." That view of the
aw had not in the present case been ser?-
ously attacked by either side. If, therefore,
he result of a comparison between the two
lays led him (the learned judge) to the clear
onclusion that the similarities could not be
accidental, and that directly or indirectly
Amasis was distinctly borrowed in a material
and substantial part from The Son of the Sun,
ben the liability of the defendants would be
wtablished without any extrinsic evidence of
ntentional copying, the plaintiff had been
nahle to produce any direct evidence of in-
mtional copying, and Mr. Fenn had denied
anything of the kind on oath. On the other
and, there were certain matters outside the
rt of the two plays in relation to Fenn's
conduct which had to be considered in trying
rtain the truth. The case mainly de-
'ended. however, on the comparison o/ the
*o plays. It had to be borne in mind that
to authors were quite entitled to take what
common knowledge as a foundation. In
to case there was a well-known common
abject-matter namely, the fact that m
icient Egypt cats were sacred animals, and
t to kill a cat was a capital crime. On
l foundation had been built up a good part
such books as "The Egyptian Princess"
"The Cat of Bubastea." In deciding a
'Stion of plagiarism it had to be borne in
that general local colouring might be,

and often was, innocently Introduced by
various authors, and much of such colouring
might, without copying, appear in the work
of each, and a considerable amount of simi-
larity was to be looked for, specially If, as
was the case in comic opera, there were cer-
tain recognised rule* of construction. In each
case it was a question of degree and detail.
Given a certain number of similarities of a
remarkable kind in plot, characters, etc.,
the time came, as in other problems deoend-
n circumstantial evidence, when the
limit, of mere coincidence was reached and
the mind was drawn to the absolute conclu-
sion that the one play was a copy of the other.
When he (the learned judge) came to compare
the two plays, he found that the main char-
acters (except in name) were practically the
same in both. The plots, as regards the cat
story at least, did not develop along different
lines, but were in the main identical. In both
plays the hero was betrothed to the King's
daughter; in both, while intent on thoughts
of love, he killed or apparently killed a cat;
m both he confessed to the High Priest, and
in both he was condemned to death. In both
he was eventually saved from death, though
by a different development of the facts of
the cat story in each. Nor did the similarity
stop there, for in many cases the words were
almost, if not quite, identical. There were
other coincidences upon which he (the learned
judge) did not rely, because they had bp^n
either explained or were incidental to any

&lay the scene of which was laid in Egypt,
ut, apart from these, the evidence of p'a-
giarism was in his view very strong. Th*
learned judge said that the resemblances to
which he had referred left no serious doubt
in his mind that Amasis did take a substan-
tial and material part of The Son of the Sun,
and he could not reconcile the sum total of
such resemblances with the theory of acci-
dental coincidence. When full weight had
been given to the expert evidence and the
able arguments of counsel for the defendants,
in his opinion the accumulated evidence of
copying had not been got rid of. With regard
to the external evidence, the learned judge said
that he had carefully weighed Mr. Fenn's
denial on oath and felt the responsibility of
not accepting it. Mr. Fenn and his musical
partner, Mr. Faraday, had been sued early in
1907 by a Mr. Pritchard for piracy by Amasis
from a play of his called The 'Mystic Cat.
That action was compromised on certain
terms, the plaintiff admitting that "-so far as
the resemblances were not accidental, they
arose solely through a bond-fide misunder-
standing." That looked very much like a
veiled admission of plagiarism. Again, when
in 1906 the plaintiff in the present action
learnt from certain " Press preliminaries "
that Amasif! was coming out and would be
extraordinarily like his own play, and had
drawn attention to this in the Press, and had
hinted at plagiarism, the defendants' then
solicitors threatened an action for libel, out
backed out of it on a pretended acceptance
by Fenn of a supposed withdrawal which was
no withdrawal at all, but a reiteration of the
charge. This was admitted to have been un-
satisfactory. These matters tended to weaken
the reliance to be placed on Fenn's denial
and to strengthen the inference to be drawn
from the resemblances between the two plays.
The learned judge said that in all the circum-
stances, and for the above reasons, he had
come to the conclusion and found as a fact
that the defendants had infringed in a sub-
stantial and material part the plaintiff's copy- .
right. The parties had agreed that, in the
event of such a division, he should assess the

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damages. That assessment must, in the
nature of things, be more or less of a guess,
but he thought that a fairly liberal view of
the damage ought to be taken contra spolia-
torem. In the result, therefore, there wou'd
be judgment for the plaintiff against the de-
fendants for 200, and an injunction restrain-
ing the defendants from representing Amasis
without the consent of the plaintiff, so as to
infringe the plaintiff's copyright in The Son
of the Sun. The defendants must pay the
costs.

Mr. Spence asked for a stay of execution,
and remarked that the limited company had
lost 6,500 In producing Amasis, and that
Mr. Fenn had lost 1,400.

His lordship granted a stay on terms.

[See report, STAGE YEAR BOOK, 1909, p. 315.
Also report of appeal, May 17, 1910.]

BISHOP v. VIVIANA AND CO. ALLEGED
SKETCH PIRACY.

In the King's Bench Division, before Mr.
Justice Channell, Mr. William Henry
14 Bishop, music-hall artist, brought an ac-
tion for damages and an injunction aeain.st
Viviana and Co. The plaintiff complained
that 'tine defendants had parfonned and a.ssi j d
off as their performance a sketch entitled J///
Golliwog, of which Ihe heiltd the dramatic copy-
right. The defendianfe denied fcha.t there wae
any oopyiraght, or >tdmt they 'had passed off the
sketch as their own. Mr. Grimwood Mears
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. F. Lever
for the defendants.

In opening the case for the plaintiff, Mr.
Mears said that in 1899 Mr. Bishop invented
a sketch which principally consisted of a
dance like a golliwog, and performed the
dance all over England and elsewhere more
than two thousand times. He had thus ac-
quired a considerable reputation. At first Mr.
Bishop gave a representation of a golliwog
that was apparently wound up and danced.
The machinery then ran down ; the gollowog
became lifeless and fell to the floor. Later
he had the idea of being suspended in mid-
air during the performance. In April or May,
1907, Miss Florence Coles, the proprietress of
the defendant company, interviewed Mr.
Bishop and asked him to arrange a sketch for
her company. Mr. Bishop fell in with the idea
and the matter fell through. In November,
and submitted terms, but they were too high,
1907, Mr. Bishop heard that the defendant
company, in a sketch. The Toy Shop, were
giving his dance, the dress and make-up being
the same. The defendants gave a show at the
Crouch End Hippodrome, and it was then seen
that the show was similar to the plaintiff's.
One point of similarity was the introduction
of a page boy who " wound up " the " golli-
wog," which then began to dance on a pedes-
tal. Counsel went on to say that a curious
situation arose. Messrs. Stoll, who had the
power to prevent the plaintiff appearing at
the Olympia, Shoreditch, sent a representative
who saw the defendant company play the
sketch there, and then made an affidavit that
the plaintiff had appeared. The result was
that Mr. Bishop was informed that Mr. Justice
Pickford had made an order restraining him
from appearing within two miles of Hackney
Empire, and adding, " Your appearance at
Shoreditch will be a breach, and render you
liable to committal."

His Lordship: Why didn't you let them take
Viviana, and let them suffer for this injunc-
tion?

Mr Mears stated that Mr. Bishop made it
clear that there had been a mistake, and he

)int

obtained an interim injunction against Viviana
and Co.

Mr. W. H. Bishop said the defendant's per-
formance was substantially the same as t
sketch performed by him, including the pa
boy and the gags. The dance was also
exact imitation. On January 16, 1908, he
tained an interim injunction restraining the
defendant from giving this performance. Since
the injunction the defendant had given sub-
stantially the same performance, but had used
a wire to suspend the figure instead of a pole.
He saw her sketch in November last, and the
performers were using the same gags, but the
costume of the figure had been altered.

Cross-examined by Mr. Lever: The real poin
of his entertainment was the dance. The di
logue used was written by him, but not
lyrics. With regard to his allegation that
defendant passed off her performance as nis
own, he suggested that this was knowingly
done by her. He did not object to the de-
fendant's performances since the injunction
was granted on January 16, 1908, although the
use of a wire for suspending the figure came
Tery near to his own performance.

For the defence, the defendant (Miss Flor-
ence Coles) said that she had not taken her
sketch from the plaintiffs. About six years
ago she produced a sketch, Dollyology. It
was done in dumb show, the characters being
dolb of various nationalities, and there was
a golliwog who was a minor character. Later
a little talk was put into the sketch, and it
was called The Toy Shop.

In cross-examination the witness said that
when she appeared at the Olympia, Shoreditch,
she had no idea she was deputising for Mr.
I Bishop, nor that her performance was de-
scribed on the programme as My Golli
She did not see the programme at all.

JUDGMENT.

Mr. Justice Channell said the case was
exactly similar to Tate v. Fullbrook that
there was any distinction to be made it \
one that must be made by the Court
Appeal, and not by him. He must therefc
assume that the plaintiff had no statute
monopoly in the nature of a copyright in tf
dance. If his whole sketch had been cop!
it might have been different, but the case
had mentioned was a clear authority that
could not have a copyright in a dance as
dance. Then there was a second point
namely, whether, although there was no stat
tory copyright, there was a cause of acti
for passing off the defendants' performance
the plaintiff's. If that could be proved,
would constitute a maintainable cause
action. The right of a person not to hs
something that was not his passed off as bei
his was very much in the nature of a monopc
or right of copyright, it was a right not ,
have one's goods imitated so as to dece'
other people. The right was the right of
person to whom the goods belonged, and
the riirht of the public not 'to be deceived,
would take it in the present case that
person who first brought this dance to Mi
Coles had seen Mr. Bishop in the dance,
had got the idea from him. He imitated
dance, not for the purpose of representing
that he was Mr. Bishop, but for the purpose of
copying his amusing tricks. If outside the
place where his performance took place there
were bills advertising him in an equivocal
manner, so as to induce people to supj
that he was the original performer,
would be different. To his mind, for
plaintiff to succeed there must he somethi
beyond the mere similarity in the perform?

JAN.

STAGE YEAR BOOK.

calculated to Induce the public to think that
rfurmrr u I .op- not that he

uas doing the same thing as Mr. IMshop. but
that it wa-i .Mr. Hi.-h'ip who was do;.

'Mini in his mitnl for any such
suggestion in thr \cept as re

I tin- perf'i: D.'ci tuber 30 and

following nights at Bhoredltch. No doub-
that o manager at the Shoi

hav told the Minli-'iire that
Mr. MNlmp's name was on the programme,
ami th.it he could not appear, but that he nad
biM-ii lucky enough to get another turn which
good or hotter, and he hoped the audi-
ence would be amused. That was not done;
ami if Miss Coles had been a party to her per-
formance being represented as the plaintiff's
rmance, ho thought she would have made

f liable. But upon her evidence, even
if tho manager could bo supposed to have done
Hiiything wrong as concerned the public, he

' arly of opinion that ehe was not a
party to it. II. < thought she had nothing to
do with passing her entertainment off as that
of the plaintiff, if it was so passed off. He
therefore saw no ground for granting an in-
junction or dam aces against her. She was
entitled to judgment, and the interim injunc-
tion granted against her would b dissolved.

A LICENSING PROSECUTION. DRINKING
AT A THEATRE BAR.

At tho Chesterfle'd Police Court, a licensing
nit ion came up for hearing in con-
18 ncction with the Royal. Chesterfield.

l-'r.tnk Macnaghten was charged with

keeping open hi> licensed premises namely, the

bar at the Royal, Chesterfield at 11.30 p.m.

on December 28. 1908. and with selling intoxi-

caiing 'iquors there at that hour. The local

defendants were Dr. J. T. Hurst, medical

officer to the Chesterfield Medical As-

'<>n; James McNulty. reporter on a local

; and Joseph White, house furnisher.

The other defendants were member* of

KvelKBig pantomime company, named

Frank Wolstenholme, John Johnson, Nance

Johnson, Charles Danby, Harry Plowden, Cis-

sie Plowden, Arthur Danby, Laura Mead, Leo

Fields, Nellie Danby, and Mabel Fields.

The whole of the defendants pleaded guilty.
Mr. John Middleton (town clerk) prosecuted,
and Mr. A. E. Hopkins appeared for the de-
fendants, with the exception of Dr. Hurst and
Mr. McNulty, who were unrepresented.

Mr. Middleton stated that on the night of
December 28, which was the first night of the
pantomime Cinderella, the performance finished
a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and after
the public had left, the outer doors were
closed, with the exception of a door leading
to the private parts of the theatre, such as
the dressing-rooms, stage, and so on.

Soon afterwards a constable who was on
duty in the vicinity was attracted to the place
by hearing a conversation in that part of the
theatre where the bar was situated. Some-
body said, " A whisky, please."

Bottles of stout were ordered, and there
was a jingle of glasses 'and the passing of
money. About half-past eleven two constable.-
went into the theatre by way of the stage
entrance and passed along the passage to the
bar. It was fully lighted, and the two bar-
nia.kl* were standing behind the counter. All
the persons present had drink before them.

Tho local manager, Mr. Armstrong, was sum-
moned from his office upstairs; his attention
was called to the time, and he was risked.
" What are all these people doing here and

ir going on jtut u a- M tt

people (meaning Dr. llumt tnd Metm.
tftiejU, and have

.iid for anything, and the other* are
member* of Uie company."

the defence. Mr. Hopklni contended that
-re had been a breach of the law,
It was a perfectly innocent transaction. Th<<
theatre bar wu undoubtedly a different place
from a public-house, which WM open to all
comers all day long. Thl difference seemed to
have been recognised when the eleven o'clock
limit was made in the Licenvn? Act f
for it was provided in that Act that "nothing
in this Act shall apply 'o (among**

the sale of intoxicating liquor* by the
proprietor of theatres."

For a long tin. . RonkiiM, It wa*

thought by theatre manager* and others that
thl* was a saving clause in the Act, an
theatres completely out of the operation of the
Act on this point. It was not until the caae
of CJnllagher v. Rudd. '-tit the law

u:ks finally made clear upon this point.
then one of the two judge* who heard the
case said he had had great difficulty in com-
ing to a conclusion on the point. In this
particular case- Mr. Armstrong gave order*.
before going up Into his office, for the bar to
he closed, and, as a matter of fact, the per-
formers were merely having something to
cheer them up a bit before going from the
theatre to their lonely lodgings. He pleaded
that there should be no conviction, and said
it would be a very serious thing indeed for
the defendants, especially the three Chester-
fi^ld defendants.

Two ot the last-named were in great dan-
ger of losing their appointments, whi'
White would be Reriously handicapped as a
respected tradesman in the town
naghten hi: managing director of

twenty theatres in this country, and hid an
unblemished reputation extending over fifteen
years. Naturally he was very anxious not to
have a conviction recorded atrainst him. In
fact, all defendants would rather pay anything
in the way of costs than be convicted.

The Bench retired, and. on returnme. the
Mayor announced that they had decided to
" err on the side of leniency." Each defen-
dant must pay his own costs, and Mr
naghten would he called upon to pav the advo-
cate's fee, and two guineas in addition.

KARNO v. PA THE nrrkVS. LIMITED. -
ALLEGED IXFRlNi;
TOGRAPH. A1TE A

In the Court of Appeal, Lords Justice*

Vaughan Williams, Farwell. and Kennedy
21 heard the case of Karno v. Path* Freres,

Limited, which was an appeal
plaintiff from a decision of Mr. .!
Jelf. Tne plaintiff. Mr. Fred Kamo. wlv
his troupe, produced the sketch Tht .Vu
Birds, brought the action against the defend-
<>f kinematofrraph

pictures, on the - ' they had repro-

duced his sketch by the kraematograph. and
thereby infringed hw plnyricht. >f r. Justice Jelf
tried the action, and, before civir

s-^d both the p<Tformance and the kinema-
tojrraph re: 'rvrd. 8ob-

sequer he stated

that the k : -

edly copied from the plaintir'
held that the sketch was not a dramatic piece,
a repetition within the meaning of the Copy-
tight Act. On the point whether the

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dan ; ts had caused the sketch to be reproduced,
he held that they were not liable. Accordingly
judgment was entered for the defendants. The
plaintiff now appealed.

Mr. T. E. Scrutton, K.C., said that he ap-
peared with Mr. Mackinnon in support of the
appeal. His client, Mr. Fred Karno, was the
proprietor in Great Britain and Ireland of the
sole right of representing or performing the
farce or pantomimical sketch, The Mumming
Birds; or, Twice Nightly. The defendants, in
whose favour judgment h,ad gone in the Court
below, carried on business as makers of and
dealers in kinematographs and films and acces-
sories, and they had made and sold a kinema-
tograph film which, when worked on a screen,
substantially produced a representation of the
incidents on which The Mumming Birds was
founded as to 'be an infringement of the plain-
tiff's copyright in that piece, if the piece wa*
capable of being the subject of copyright
Whatever might be the legal position of tho
piece, it certainly was a very paying property.
The defendants, it seemed, said Mr. Scrutton.
had seen the plaintiff's troupe act this piece,
and they got together a similar troupe
in France, and after many rehearsals took a
k'nematograph film 330 ft. long of a perform-
ance. This film they included an their cata-
logue, drawing the special attention of public
entertainers to it as being one of their most
amusing productions. This announcment
proved to be correct, and it was sought after
by many music hall managers and produced al!
over the country at various places of public
amusement. Th's fact greatly diminished the
value of the piece to the plaintiff, because
either by accident or design the films oaa
often been exhibited the week or so before at
the halls at which the plaintiff desired to give
his sketch, and 'he was told that his sketch
would not draw because there had been a
kinematograph production of it quite recently,
and people did not care to pay to see thu
same thing twice.

Lord Justice Far well asked if the defendants
called their piece by the same mame as the
plaintiff advertised 8ilt uaKter.

Mr. Scrutton replied that the defendants
catalogued it under the name of At the
Music Ball. The defendants by their defence
raised three points, each of which their lord-
ships would have to decide First they said
that the depicting by means of a kinenmto-
giraph of the gestures of actors on a screen
was mot a, "representation" of a dramatic
piece within the meaning of the Copyrighr
Act, 1833. The learned judge found that
point in favour of the plaintiff. He attended
at the Oxford Music Hall a special private
performance. The plaintiff first presented his
piece, and then the kinematograph " repre
sanitation " was given, and the judge, to make
quite sure that the film representation really
represented what the pLaintiff's company had
acted, encored it.

The second point was this, Burning tm
to be an infirlmging representation, the de
fendamts said they ihad not made the repre
semtation ox caused it to be made, and tha
the plaintiff's Tight, if any, was against th
" showman." At first Ms lordship was in
dined to decide against the defendants, bait
finally, following a decision of this Court, h
held that the defendants would be liab)
for the acts of the shiowmian as being the
agent. That was important, because th
plaintiff could hardly rush all over the coun
try, taking proceedings against this man an
that, and obviously He -should be entitled t
stop the original offender.

Thirdly, the defendants said : "Assume w
are wrong on both the first and the secom

efences, nevertheless you cannot restrain us
Tom continuing to exhibit these films, be-
ause the representation by kinematograph
annot 'be a ' dramatic piece ' within the
leaning of Section 1 of the Act of 1833, since
be term 'dramatic piece' means a composi-
iori win i oh is capable of being printed anrt
ublisihed. It cannot consist of scenic effects
nd dramatic situations without words. And
hat is all that this representation is."
That, continued counsel, was the decision in
Tate v. Fullbrook," which was decided in
MS by this Court, consisting of Lords Justices
'aughan Williams, Farwell, and Kennedy. " If
hat case is held by your lordships as govern ing
his case," .added counsel, " argument from
m.e 4s useless, and the matter must go before
a higher tribunal. My submission is that Mr
Justice Jelf mis'iinderstood your lordships' de-
ision, and carried ; t further than your lord-
hips intended. It is to get a ruling on that
>oint that I so gladly came before this Court
of Appeal, as I thought it would be better
to get your interpretation of the judgment
than that of the other division of the Appeal
3ourt on it."
Mr. Mackinnon, followed on the same side.

JUDGMENT.

Lord Justice Vaughan Williams said they
would not require to hear Sir Robert Finlay,
K.C., and Mr. E A. Bennett for the T fi .

The Court dismissed the appeal.
Lord Justice V.aughan Williams said that th>>
point really was whether the defendants werp
responsible for those who put the sketch on
the stage'. As Mr. Justice Jelf said, he w;^
bound by the decision of the Court of Appeal
and the Court of Appeal could not undo that
decision. He entirely agreed with what Mr.
Justice Jelf had said: "But on further con-
s ; deration, and after perusing the case of
Russell v. Briant (8 C.B., 836), and comparing
it with Miarsh v. Conquest (17 C.B., N.S., 418),
I have come to the opposite conclusion, and 1
think there is no evidence on which I could
properly hold the defendants liable. In the
former case Chief Justice Wilde says : ' No
one can < be considered as an offender against
the provisions of the Act so as to subject him
self to an action of this nature unless by him-
self or his agent he actually takes part in a
representation which le a violation of copy-
right,' and the same view is taken in Lyon v.
Knowles (3 B. and S., 55G). It might, indeed,
be plausibly argued that the defendants who
make and sell the infringing instrument with-
out which the infringement could not take
nJace. and do so with the knowledge and in-
tention that it will and shall V used for that
purpose, do take an important part in the in
fringement itself, but I think on the whole
the inference would be held to be too remote
and too far-reaching in its consequences to
be accepted. If this view is correct, then, even
if the action were otherwise maintainable, it
ought to have been brought, not against the
defendants, but against the actual proprietors
of the piratical performance imi.ugned. He
only wished to add that in Miarsh v. Conquest
<17 C.B., N.S., 418) the case turned on the
question whether those who put the represen-
tation on the stasie were the agents of the
defendant. That case was distinguished from
the two prior cases of Russell v. Briant C8
C.B., 836) and Lyon v. Knowles (3 B. and S.,
556) by the fact that the actors and actresses
who went on the stage were pai-i by the de-
fendant, and could only go on trn stage by
his orders and directions. In these circum-
stances he was of opinion that the appeal
failed.

JAN. -FEB.

GE YEAR BOOK.

Ken-

1900.]

GRIM8BY PA1

il;';<H)K v.

\\ I!

Ill '

25'

luiit company a'-'ain-t ;m OIXJ f "f the

Divisional <

plaintiff \\ ':-, anl

c iiiu-

..liility Act, I.SMI. f.r the IOKS of her

'.rook, who wn* killed l>y tin-

fall of bhe comr >f cur-

lants' theatre whilo he was

\\orki M ; by which the curta:'

action was brought in tin-

ourt in July, 1907. The jury

awarded u.'.n damages, but the:' county court

judL''- In-Ill that the deceased man was not a

.man," and therefore that the action was

not maintainable under the Act of 1880, and

lidirment for the, defendants with costs.

plaint ill appealed, and on May 14, 1908,

h. Mr. Justice Darling and

Mr. Justice riiillimore held that he v, as a

workman, ami entered judgment for the plain-

till' with l'lf>0 damages, and

TJie defendant now appi aled, and argued

that whether the decea.-ed man was a work-

man or not was not the only ground on \vhi--h

the appeal must be decided. The liability of

the employer only arose if negligence was

proved, and here there was no evidence that

.vas any defect in the machinery. It

uggeated that the accident was whol'.j

due to the man's own carelessness.

Mr. Atherley Jones, K.C., and Mr. W. If.
Owen appeared in support of the appeal, Mr.
11. M. Giveen for the respondent.

JUDGMENT.

Master of the Rolls, in giving his judg-
ment, referred to the agreement the d
had with the defendants, from which, h.
it appeared that the deceased was employed
-tat:e manager, to shift scenery, to do
rouuh carpentering, some hilling, and certain
work with the electric 'ighting. Deceased was
nothing more than a foreman carpenter or
shifter, earning 25s. per week. He was
almost entirely engaged in manual labour, and
; " workman " within the meaning of the
Act. The deceased met his death from the
fall of the counter-weight to the curtain.
Appellants argued that there was no evidence
of any defect in the machinery or negligence
on the part of the Grimsby Palace Company.
But the jury in the original action had seen
Mie machinery before giving their verdict, and
he therefore held that the decision of the Divi-
sional Court in this respect could not be inter-
fered with. The appeal, therefore, failed.

Judgment was given li-mi--.iiiL: the appeal.
tlU-ports of the 'cases, in the County Court
and the Divisional Court are to be found in
THE STAGE Year Books, 1908, page 199, and
1909. page 280, respectively.]

DAVIES v. TULLOCH.

At North wii-h County Court, Mr. Coleman
Davtea sued Miss \ ;~r,iTulloch for the
28 r <"cvery of manuscript?, nn:
properties, relating :

2'7ic i:,;d Croini.< All, or their value, estimated
at 5, together with 1 commission dm-.
Judgment was given for plaintiff, with cost*,

and delivery of good* ordered to take place
VLU day*.

In the \

Co.

' alance

StanVy Cook, in
rtteement on the curtain
Mb Empire.

wai called, and
iigned a contract

Sad pn.'d money on account.
hut he rf fused to pay the balance

peron. and aid

the reason why he refused to pay wa becaoM
was placed in uch
.in that the an:

it wu quite tiff-
a matter of fact, he tod
to the hall, and could not
r:t from the second row of the
stalls.

In the result, hi.s Honour *a!d It w#

ract.

should reduce the nn
.it for thr

FEBRUARY.

I <>M' H\II. -. I

\\l\i.l: i
MM
The case of the London Music Hall v.

and Windrnm. :
1 nishee, whi-- ;

Bevan in t 1
was a dispute w : -

Wipdrnm for Cle
mt-nt in <> That was not s:r

ir salary at
the London Coliseum

The evidence of a v

soiim was taken to the effect that Kitts ami
Windrum performed at the '
<tartinu November 3"
22 10.s. for twelve perfor:
money would be due after the twelft
formano<>.

Mr. Martin O'Connor, counsel for the judg-
ment debtors, cited several
of his contention that the evidenr
Court proved his onse, that t!
-e entitled to

n the Trr
which was a d.v

not he^n earned. S.n'ary could not be gar-
I before it was due.

iudcment creditor*, t 1
in favour of the '

In : :

1 ! -'ied Hans Altmar

pany of 445, Strand. Londoi
prietor^ of a vnriety entfrtn?nm-T'
carried on at the '

The Palace, to r<

being a month's rental of the hall and

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THE STAGE YEAR BOOK.

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pensation for engagements which the plaintiff
had had to cancel in order to let the defen-
dants have the hall. The defendants engaged
the hall for three months, but plaintiff only
claimed for a month. At the end of a fort-
night, Mr. Walford said, the defendants dis-
appeared, leaving the artists unpaid.

A solicitor applied for an adjournment on
behalf of Hans Altman and Co., but this ti
Honour would not allow unless the amount
claimed was paid into court.

Eventually judgment was entered for tne
plaintiff for the full amount, with costs.

COHEN v. SMITH.-QUESTION OF
LIABILITY.

In the Westminster County Court Ms Honour
Judge Woodf all tried the case of Cohen

4 v. Smith, in which the plaintiff, Mr.
h Michael Cohen, a costumier, carrying on
business at 30, Shaftesbury Avenue, sued the
^fpndant Mr H. R. Smith, in his capacity
of manager of the Waldorf Productions , Limi-
ted, to recover the sum of 14 \ .^- i n ^
epect of two costumes supplied by .him ; to Mis*
Jose Collins, engaged in The Antelope, pro
duced at the Waldorf in November. .,

Mr. Martin O'Connor was counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. G. R. Sharman (barrister)

Mr u uoiiiior a iu i. Collins objected to
the costumes which were supplied to her, and
appealed to Mr. Smith, the defendant He
told her to get others made and send in the
account to him, and he would pay it. Acting
upon those instructions, Miss Collins went to
the Plaintiff firm and ordered the Jrewea
the name of Mr. H. R. Smith, and they ere
duly delivered to her at the Waldorf, to-
gether with an invoice made put to Mr
Smith, but upon being pressed for payment
he disputed his liability.

Mis Collins bore out counsel's a. t a te , m 1 *v. R

Mr H. R. Smith admitted that when Mist
Collins complained of her dresses he gave ; her
authority to have others made, but BakTjw
only did so in his capacity of manager of the
Waldorf Productions Syndicate, and not on
bis own resipontsibilty.

After hearing the evidence of several other
witnesses his Honour said there was a great
conflict of testimony, but he must find a ver-
dict for the plaintiff. The whole question was
as to whether or not the defendant had
pledged his own credit, and after hearing the
evidence of Miss Collins he (the judge) was
satisfied that he had done so by saying that
he would pay. There would be judgment for
the plaintiff' for the amount claimed, with
costs.

WHYE v. WATTS. QUESTION OF BALLET

SHOES.
In the Shoreditch County Court, before his

Honour Judge Smyly, K.C., Messrs. P.
4 Whye and Sons, of 346, Bethnal Green

Road, E., theatrical boot manufac-
turers, sued Messrs. S. B. Watts and Co.,
Limited, of 37 and 39, Oxford Road, Man-
chester, boot dealers, to recover 14 9s. for
goods supplied. Mr. Farleigh. barrister, ap-
peared on behalf of the plaintiffs and Mr.
Satnson was counsel for the defence. In open-
ing the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Farleiph
said that the case had reference to the supply
of theatrical ballet shoes. The claim had
been reduced to 8 8s., the other amount hav-
ing been paid, the 8 8s. being the amount
for one gr^w? o f pairs of ballet shoes at Is. 2d.
a pair. The defendant* admitted that the

price was all right, but had written to say
that the goods were wrong.

Mr. Whye said the order was executed
according to the sample supplied. The shoes
were sent in, and they got a letter complain-
ing of the quality of the shoes, but not reject-
ing them. The complaint was that the shoes
were " too stiff on the top of the toes, as in-
stead of the stiffening being an inch only above
the top of the toes, it comee up 2* to 3 ins
Please cancel all orders you have in hand of
ours."

Mrs. Mabel Brooks said she was a ballet
dancer, and considered she was an expert. The
two sorts of shoes were handed to her for
inspection, and she said she had danced in
one sort just as often as she had in the other.
The three inches deep of stiffening across the
toe did not make the slightest difference to a
girl who knew how to dance.

Mr. Samuel Godfrey Watts, managing direc-
tor of the defendant company, said that the
girls who did ballet dancing danced on the
tip of their toes, and the little stiffening,
about an inch, was to protect the toes. Those
sent with about three inches of stiffening were
absolutely no use to them. He heard Mrc.
Brooks give her evidence, and doubted her
ability to do any proper dancing in the shoes.
Mr. Henry Boggis, a shoe maker, was called
as an expert. He said dancing shoes had to
be made round and smooth at the toe, with a
little stiffening, but it was very necessary to
see that the stiffening did not come too high.
In giving judgment, Judge Smyly said he
had listened very carefully to the evidence of
the ballet dancer Mrs. Brooke, and heard her
say that she could dance in either shoes, but
he could not help thinking that dancing in the
stiffened shoe, one stiffened almost to the top
of the cap, would be a most painful and try-
ing experience. Taking into consideration the
probabilities as to the difficulties' in the way of
pa>y and comfortable dancing with these
h'igii'ly stiffened shoes, he had come to the
conclusion that the defendants were entitled
to refuse the shoes, and on tihat account he
would enter a verdict for toe defendants on
the 8 8s. claim. He would enter a verdict
for the plaintiffs on the balance of the claim,
as. it had not. been, paid into court, which
would carry costs. Judgment was entered ac-
cordingly.

JOHNSON v. CAMBERWELL PALACE OF
VARIETIES.

In the Lambeth County Court, before his
Honour Judge Emden, Mr. Fredk.

4 Thomas William Johnson, an insurance
inspector, of 24, Bird-in-Bush Road, Peck-
ham, sued the Camberwell Palace of Varieties
Limited, for 1 Is., being for the return of 4s.
for four seats to the stalls, and loss of time,
tiroubile, and inconvenience.

The plaintiff said he, on January 14. 1909,
went with his wife and two friends to
the theatre and took four Is. seate, and on
presenting the same iat the entrance to the
stalls he was informed that there were no
vacant seats. He then went to the box office
for the return of his money, but that was
refused, the cashier saying that he would be
able to use them on another night during that
week. Plaintiff then interviewed the man-
ager, who informed him that he could not
return the money, but that he could have
seats during the remainder of that week, or,
Tf he cared, on the next week. Witness not
being satisfied, sent for a constable, who
advised him to bring the present action.
The case wias adjourned for a week as the

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207

iry of the defendant company stated
that, they .

l.y the Loo-
.1. n i '"Sh by a mistake

as started on

Kith ;

.mount
1 all cott.

)l-.i:v x \\ M.IMIV ()\ E81 I"
!\(. IN .

a ga\c judfi

III. -Ill 111 till:, '

; that in 1907
1 into a contract
,-ith Kichard \\ aid- n.
l>erf<-iii in tli..

:ut ill tli.- Mils, ;nnl
pfoed t<, \S:ml-n. To that tek-
n i cinder, " V<.u never *ent

bill mutter or notification, consequently cuii-
liroken. See Rule G of contract." Tin;
i ken up by the defender in these
UIKS wad perfectly clear. He *aid that
had broken the stipulation in Kule 6,
\vhieh was as follows : ---" '1 lie artibts engaged
at the I'alaee Theatre, Glasgow, imua give
fourteen days' notice prior to such engagement,
such notice to be accompanied by bill matter.
The whole point was whether that wa-^ a
stipulation a breach of which would entitle
fender without more ado to declare the
contract at an end. H;s Lordship was of
opinion very clearly that this was a stipula-
tion which did not go to the root of the con-
tract, and he thought that the Lord Ordinary
had come to a right conclusion in giving judg-
nii nt for Robey. [See report January 12.]

DANKS v. SIIKKKK AND BRAFF. AN
, Mi KM KM IN JMT.NOS AIRES.

In the King's Bench Divis-km, before the
Lord Chief Justice and a jury, was com-
1Q menced an action brought by Mrs. Mamie
Danks (Miss Mamie Stuart) against
Messrs Sherek and Braff, agents of Leicester
Square, for damages for alleged breach of war-
ranty, misrepresentation, and breach of duty.

Mr. McUall, K.C., for the plaintiff, said that
Mi>s Stuart entered into a contract through
Messrs. Sherek and Braff, which was drawn
up in French, a language she did not under-
stand. In fact, counsel continued, it was not
unt>l she returned to England after her adven-
ture at Buenos Aires that she understood the
exact terms of the agreement.

There was a clause in the agreement by
which M. Seguin, the proprietor of the
theatre in Buenos Aires, had absolute power
over her, and if the money sihe had had ad-
vanced to her for the purpose of enabling her
to go out to Buenos Aires was not paid tvck
she was liable to be arrested, and also she was
bound to go anywhere in South America Mr.
Sru'iin chose to send her. Miss. Stuart jour-
to Buenos Aires dn August, 1907. Her
first look at the Casino convinced her that
rt was hv no means the place she had been
led to believe it was. In fact, said Mr.
Mi-Call, it could not be described as a decent
theatre at all. She was requested to give one
of her songs and dances, and the first she
sang was a composition which had been very
popular in England, but Mr. Seguin said that
it was not suggestive enough. She could not
agree to a suggestion he made with regard to
another song.

Miss Stuart WM pat Into c .

with ' .'-, who g\

.u * bolicitor, the result of \*blct
being that, upon her taking ' **"

_ a tutu of in-'
allowed to leav<
claimed damages, consisting

.uoos Aires (ll&t) and otoer
amount*

Mis* Stuart said that she wa* gits* to un-
deratand that MUs Ada i

: azzini bad ;

told 1. w nrit-cl*

Mr. J allies Uav 1

,,, aod was
nuance WM abo-

""$ , . ... a ~M1U

number >rmanc at t

Casino which could he called respect si.
he opposite.

Mr. liuttlii.
tation, an.l

tlprl.l UOUM HI I'll. 1

man

made li>

i lirafl, one or Jaats,

said nono oi the artists ba *d to

him of the character of the :

Mr. Bernard b: - ura

were reco.-; I urst-clai

me Ueai,

Nll ^'\ . i the contract, '.

French. He translated it.-ln anawer to Mr.

McCall, witne^ explained tbat t

winch referred to Uhe passage

translated as, "If you do not g.s

back you will be a t: - ^nt

did you advise defendant6 to have M*^ Mam)e

Stuart arrested on her return to London, and

that you would take the reaponail.

some explanation witness replied m the aitir-

mative -Mr. \\ oodned, director of the orcbe*

ra in connection with Mr. Se}:.

South American tours, said l*J*2j

Casino Theatre on Sunday nights and saw

r, one of the Five Broad-
way Uirls, said bbe vaa at the Casino for six
weeks, and nearly always saw Uu
from the front. She considered the taamo
first-class hou*e. She did not see anything
that an artist in her position could object to.
The Lord Chief Justice: Or any Pe>ont
Miss Morden: No. She also visited the other
halls on the Seguin tour in South America,
and the B8J '' >"?* l< *' h _

Evidence to the same effect wat

Mr. Wilson, theatrical agent, informed the
Court that he had acted for
nine years, and had I ; hundred

music-hall artfcts on t
of them were expensive. He had i
'complaint from any of tlu e per-

formances at the Buenos A>:

Bia I i ; ^aid he should leave to the
jury the questions:

Did the defendants warrant the contract
they offered to be one that an artist of her
on could ac

Did the defendants make any fraudulent re

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[nation in? to the position of the Casino,
as to the artists performing there, and as to
the class of entertainment?

Mr. Rawlinson urged that there was not a
single case which coukl be stated of an artist
who had complained to the defendants as to
the improper character of the performance at
the Casino, and he contended that defendants
acted with perfect honesty and belief that the
hall was a first-class one. The fact that the
hall was a first-class one had been epoken to
without hesitation by a great number of wit-
nesses who had performed in the place. He
put it to the jury that Miss Stuart was pre-
judiced against the Casino before she reached
Buenos Aires, because of statements made to
her on her voyage out.

Mr. McCall spoke of the remuneration and
prospect which the plaintiff sacrificed by leav-
ing Buenos Adres. One rehdarttal was enough
for her. " My learned friend," continued
counsel, " said she had performed at Strat-
ford and Islington, and after that it was not
possible for a woman to be so squeamish ; but
'I wish to emphasise the fact that although
she has appeared at these halls, which bear
good reputations, she gave up money and, what
was more valuable, her future prospects, be-
cause in the Casino there were things happen-
ing which she could not stand."

THE SUMMING UP.

In summing up, the Lord Chief Justice said
he thought the plaintiff acted with the best
possible motive when she left Buenos Aires,
because she was of the opinion that the
Casino was not a place in which she could ap-
pear. They could honour a lady who so
respected her reputation as to put herself
into a difficult position; but at the same time
they would have to deal with the case as it
had been put before them. " A great deal
that is too light," continued his lordship, " ie
said about the position of these professional
people, who have to earn their own living, and
who cultivate their voices and their powers
for the purpose of entertaining the public.
They are exposed to a very great deal of
temptation, but there is no reason to suppose
that the standard of morality ie lower than
is generally found. Just because they appear
in an atmosphere to which, as we know, some
people object, and things go on which perhaps
you would not like to have go on in your own
homes, yet this .does not prevent these people
telling the truth. A music hall is a music
hall, and ladies do appear there in light cos-
tumes and make gestures which we should not
like among our daughters. It was almost
impossible, if Mr. Braff's evidence were true
that he had sent out hundreds of respectable
artists to the Casino, to believe that all these
were so fallen or blind as not to notice in-
decencies and to protest against them." Deal-
ing with the half-caste gentleman Miss Stuart
complained of at the Buenos Aires Cassino. his
Lordship said it would be idle for them to
shut their eyes to the fact that " flash "
people did hang about theatres and wait for
girls for the purpose of corrupting them. It
had become a craze among young men, and
they must assume that it was fashionable in
Buenos Aires for young men to do this. The
plaintiff, if these things were true, had not
actpd prudishly. She had acted with proper
caution. They could not, however, dismiss th
evidence on the other side as untrue.

JUDGMENT.

After deliberating an hour and a-half, the
jury found that the defendants did warrant
the contract, and that the contract was not
one which a lady of plaintiff's standing and

reputation could accept ; that there was false
representation as to the position of the Casino,
but not as to the artists; that there was false
representation as to the class of entertain-
ment, but not false to the knowledge of the
defendants; that the representations were
recklessly and carelessly made. They assessed
damages at 250.

Mr. Rawlinson asked for a stay of execution,
and on the application of Mr. Edwards his
Lordship directed that the case' should be men-
tioned to him on Friday.

(Mi the follc'wing <luy, Mr. Mcf;ill u.pplie-d
for judgment for the plaintiff up'on the find-
in. u-. <;t' the jury.

Mr. Rawlinson, for the defendants, asked for
judgment on the issue of fraud, which had
been left to the jury, and on which they had
found in favour of the defendants. Further,
lie argued that his clients were entitled to be
put into the position of the plaintiff as against
Mr. Seguin in respect of the '1'24 paid by her
into count ati Buenos Aires, a IK! that, she
should give them a letter of renunciation of
her claim to that amount. Mr. Rawlinson also
for a stay of execution on payment of
damages into court

His Lordship said he must decline to con-
sider questions which were not within the case.
If defendants had any rights by virtue of pay-
ing damages, they must have recourse to those
who had the matter before them. The case
luid been one of great difficulty, and was ex-
tremely doubtful, both as to tin law and the
facts. There was, in his opinion, no evidence
of fraud, but it wae not possible to withdraw
the issue from the jury. The evidence also as
to recklessness was very slight. The jury had,
however, found that there was warranty, and
he could not give judgment for the defendants,
although he thought the case merited further
consideration. He granted stay of execution
on payment of damages into court and on pay-
ment over of costs, with leave to give notice
of appeal within fourteen days.

[See Report of Appeal, July 14.]

THEATRE QUEUES. LEGALITY QUES-
TIONED. MANCHESTER PROSECUTION
FAILS.

At M,' in-lit. -i-r, Mr. John Hart, of the
Prince's, Manchester, was proceeded

11 against on two informations alleging
the committal of an obstruction and a
public nuisance outside the theatre.

The prosecution was instituted by Mr. A. E.
War liter, on behalf of the Theatre Reform
League, and it was stated by counsel that the
complaint in this case was that there had been
continual obstruction to the footway on that
side of the road. That had been brought about
in this way. The defendant had advertised
certain plays for representation, and admission
by certain doors at certain prices. Of course.
it was perfectly lawful to have a theatre, and
no one would contend that it was unlawful to
advertise the performances. In order to con-
stitute a nuisance it was not necessary to show
that the act in itself was unlawful, but if the
doing of that act resulted in an obstruction,
and that result was known to the defendant,
then he was guilty of the commission of a
nuisance whether or not his original act was
lawful or not.

Mr. Wachter (complainant) in his evidence
said he had had occasion to observe the num-
bers of people outside the Prince's, and on
January 18, at a quarter to six in the evening,
he counted sixty-five persona waiting in a
line to go in at the half-a-crown door. There
were aiso eight waiting outside the two-shilling

FEB.

nod at aeven o'clock. All

kerh, ;uid lie not i

'i to tii. fool pal
I. Hu also notie.-d imperially tu
ho ha<i to cross ovi-r the road from the
theaf: 'hey could r, along

Mi' 1 pal in evening dn-.- coming from

.'itral Stal :

h:ul to go on to the : the queue*

\\eiv moving into the :

linn had to stop the people going into the
theatre while the ladier. parsed.

:nined, .MI. \\aehter said he be-
I to a society which deHired to alt
h of tin- theatre, ami . <\ the

<ia\.^ complained "i so that he might get
ace.

li-iuv having been gh
for t!i -hat th.- uitn.>.

i conclusively that, except on inf;.

uas space through which the
il pulilic might pass.

'I he Stipendiary declined to send the case for
trial, holding that the .state of things that
had heeii pn>\.d was not a nuisance.

WAI.'IKR \\KK.IIT. I UK IKYJM; MKMO-

KI A i, < 1.1 n.

re the Liverp-uol Stipendiary Mani.ytra.te,
Walter Wright (JJ), pi^uled guilty to

11 the charge of obtaining hy false pre-
tences one guinea from Mr. Stafford
llaii, the scenic artist at the Royal Court,
l.i\erpool, and to attempting to ohtain one
guinea from Mr. Frank Joseph, a member of the
City Council. The prosecuting solicitor said
\\right, who had appeared in the comic opera
full; u no fewer than 1,440 times in one par-
ticular part, had been engaged for the pa.-t
eighteen months appealing to leading people
-ted in the theatrical profession for sub-
scriptions to aid him in founding at Liverpool
an Irving Memorial Club. The Duchess of
Sutherland's name appeared on his circular as
patroness, and Sir Frederick Pollock and other
distinguished persons also. It was true that
they had given their consent to that course,
ta well as subscribing handsomely to the fund.
Tiie false pretence was as to the formation
of the club, for there was no such thing, and
the prisoner admitted to the police that he
had spent all the money he had received, in-
cluding ten guineas from Mr. J. M. Barrie.

Dealing with the prisoner, the magistrate said
it was a mean fraud. In consideration of his
us good ^character and the plea ol
guilty, the prisoner would he merely bound
over to come up for judgment when
upon.

BRAYNE v. BATTY. BREACH OF
CONTRACT.

In, the We^t.m'iasiter County Coun ,

ur Judge Wood fa 11 had before him

11 the case of Brayne v. Batty, in which

the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Francis Brayne,

the owner of a sketch, sued the defendant,

proprietor of the Grand, Stockton-on-Tees, to

recover damages for breach of contract.

The defence was that the plaintiff's contract
was put an end to in consequence of the :
hall strike, and that in any event the plaintiff
could not recover the full salary of 20. as he
filled in that particular week by appearing at
another hall at a salary of 10.

In giving judgment, his Honour said 11
upon the defendant to show that he was en-
titled to put an end to the plaintiff* contract,

it a lover
., h

make an;

MICH

>1'8."

11 a

kharn. an:

Beechea, Herbert Road, i
Essex, music-hall arti.- 1 recovery oi

storing their "props.," e t-
six weeks at 2s., and
and van.

at the defendants bad

not I' Umage alleged to bare been

done to th while at the plaintiff's

r Ui
>., and iMstntotd

ROBERTSON V. GRUGGEN. AN ILLUSION
SKEl

Justice button and a common jury, was

12 'he hearing of the case in
which Mr.

Mr. Frederick William >
for rni

Plaintiff stated that be was induced to
enter into an agreement with a Ur. John
Wellesley Lynn in regard to the j
an illusion sketch entitled Thar''
Doctor's Experiment, on the strength of the
defendant's recommendation, and that he bad
lost 480. Misrepresentation was
the defendant, who pleaded that if
induce the plaintiff to enter into the agree*
ment he did so bonA fide, believing that the
statements he made were true.

Mr. H. E. Duk r. Holloway. and

Mr. Quicke represented the - plaintiff," while
Mr. Lewis Thomas, K.C., and Mr. Thorn
Drury appeared for the defendant.

In his summing up, his Lordship stated that
it was f..r the jury to - or not the

plaintifl had, in '

enter into the agreement by misrepresentation.
If they came to the c iat he had

oeen so induced by misrep
must assess the damages. The claim was for
479 9s. 8d., being 860 paid of the

agreement with Mr. Lynn and the bala:
travelling expenses and odd payments con-
nected with the exhibition of o. If
they came to the conclusion that there had
been no mU' >n, then there was no

ity to consider any portion < -'.
plaintiff's claim, as that would be a v
for the defendant.

After an absence of thirty-five n.
jury returned into court, and gave a \
for the plaintiff, with 400 damages. Judg-
accordingly.

DNIT1

oe Lawrance and a special
jury, in the King's B*>nch Divj*:-
15 hearing was comnjnced of an :.

William Durrar
:. John Curie. F.Jenkins, and Jo

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FEB.

seph B. Williams' damages fc^r tihe publication of
certain defamatory statements. By their de
fence the defendants denied publication, hut
said if they were published the statement*
were not defamatory ; that they were true in
substance and in fact; that they were pub-
lished on privileged occasions; and the de
fendants also relied on the Trade Dispute*
Act, 1906.

Mr. Lush, K.C., and Mr. Henn Collins ap
peared for the plaintiffs, and the defendant*
were represented by Mr. Roskill, K.C., and Mr,
Clement Edwards, M.P.

Mr. Lush, in opening the case, said the
plaintiffs were a limited company, incorporated
about ten years ago to acquire music halls in
various parts of the country, and the defend-
ants were five in number, two of them being
officials of the Amalgamated Musicians' Union,
two officials of the Bristol Trades Council, and
the fifth the printer of the documents com-
plained of. The music halls that the Court
had now to deal with were twoat Plymouth
and Bristol. Between the musicians and the
company there was absolute accord and satis-
faction (said counsel) until the trade union
officials chose to interfere and create what
they called " a labour dispute."

The trade union at Bristol thought they had
the power to compel the plaintiffs to pay a
bigger salary to the musicians than the musi-
cians were asking for themselves. Because the
plaintiffs, after consulting their musicians,
would not be dictated to by the trade union
officials, the defendants made up their minds
they would do what they called " hit " the
plaintiffs or, in plain English, would punish
them for not submissively acquiescing in the
commands of the trade union and boycott the
plaintiffs' halls. To do this the defendants I
had handbills printed and distributed outside !
the plaintiffs' halls, and these handbills con-
tained most libellous and untrue statements j
for the purpose of injuring the plaintiffs. In
the year 1905 the plaintiffs acquired the music
halls at Plymouth and Bristol, and changed
the method of management, turning the houses
into what were known as " two houses a
night." For the extra work put upon the
musicians all but three received an extra
2s. 6d. each to the usual payment, and with
this the musicians were perfectly well satis-
fied. The trade union, however, took the
matter up, and made demands on the plain-
tiffs to alter the rate of pay. This was re-
sisted by the plaintiffs. Considerable corre-
spondence took place between the plaintiffs
and the defendants, which culminated, how-
ever, in the issue of the statements complained
of.

The first (continued counsel) was a document
issued to the trades unionists of Bristol by the
Bristol Trades Council, and signed by Mr.
A. A. Sennington, the president, and Mr. J.
Curie, the secretary. In that statement ap-
peared the following: " We ask our fellow
unionists to assist the Musicians' Union in
their claim for the payment of the union rates
and the full and free rights of the musicians
to combine and protect themselves. If a trade
unionist wishes an evening's enjoyment in a
music hall we recommend him to patronise the
Empire. All the musicians are union men, and
all are paid the union rate. It will help to
speed the victory for the union if all the
branches of organised labour and other bodies
pass the enclosed resolution."

After that a handbill was distributed It
ran: "Music Hall Dispute. To the Trade
Unionists of Bristol. Fellow Unionists, We
desire to call your attention to the dispute at
the People's Palace, Baldwin Street, Bristol

About two years ago the Palace changed to a
I two-show-a-night house, and we asked them to
1 pay the union rate. Negotiations continued
j until a few months ago, when a definite de-
' mand was made and a refusal made by the
management to recognise the union or its
rates. The musicians were informed that any
dissatisfaction on the part of the men would
be considered by the management direct, and
not through any officials of the Musicians'
Union. All possible efforts were made to ob-
tain the payment of the union rates. The
assistance of the Bristol Trades Council was
called in, but as they also failed to effect any
peaceful settlement the, recommended the
trade unionists of Bristol to take united action
in the matter to assist the Musicians' Union.
Just recently a sample of the consideration
individuals generally receive when they express
dissatisfaction has occurred. The managing
director of the Palace called two members of
the orchestra before him. No explanations or
discussions were allowed. They were simply
told to answer ' Yes ' or ' No ' to his ques-
tions as to whether they were satisfied. The
first one (who receives the union rate)
answered that he was satisfied. The other one
(who doee not receive the union rate) said he
was not. The following week he received his
notice. We leave these facts to speak for
themselves, and confidently appeal to the trade
unionists of Bristol to help the Musicians'
Fnion to win the dispute, to establish tneir
very modest union rates at the Palace, and
retain the elementary right of combination to
protect their interests and occupation. We
recommend our fellow-unionists to patronise
the following places of amusement, which pay
the union rate, and are therefore on the fair
list of the Musicians' Union : Empire, Theatre
Royal, Prince's Theatre."
At the close of Mr. Lu&h's opening,
Mr. Roskill submitted that the officials, act-
ing as the executive of the union, came within
the Trades Disputes Act of 1906, and that an
action against them could not be maintained.
Mr. Lush submitted that the Act of 1906 did
not apply to a case of this kind, and therefore
the defendants could be sued.

Mr. Justice Lawrance said there was very
great doubt upon the matter, but as this was
an important case he thought it would be
better for the evidence to be taken.

Mr. Alfred Moul, managing director of the
plaintiff company, stated that when the Palace
at Bristol was taken over the performances
were changed to two a night, and on that
occasion some of the orchestral performers
were paid extra. His orchestra was satisfied
with their payments, and at no time had he
ever had a dispute with any orchestra at any
of his halls. When he saw the first document
he went to both Plymouth and Bristol and
inquired into the matter, when he found that
the only member of the orchestra who was dis-
satisfied with the pay and conditions of his
employment was a man named Ford. After he
discovered that the handbill complained of
was being delivered he at once instituted these
proceedings.

In cross-examination by Mr. Roskill, the
witness said he did not answer any letters
from the Musicians' Union, as he resented all
interference between his band and himself.
On the l>6tlh Mr. Moul was cross- ex amdmed
with regard to his refusal to have any com-
munication with the union or its officials re-
specting extra payment to members of the
orchestra at the People's Palace, Bristol.

Letters which had passed between Mr. Moul
and his managers at Bristol and Plymouth
were read. On December 13, 1907, Mr. Liver-

FEB.

/'///. \R BOOK.

manager at Bristol, wrote to Mr

.
orrh' Mul my advicr >.

ail union iiii-n. 'i be) an
shillinpsworth of harm li'

-DOG or

10,000 workpeople h. -IT, but f-vcii
..in the ;

1 h.'Mio or 10,000 less."
Mr. Moid repi

hav thb morning ; n Phmoiith

two letters, i. ne M'lit b\ tin- whole of the
mi'inbei's iT my orchestra there, In : .
inform me that they Wisb

it with Mi- under

which they are at present emp

I the letter from Ply-
mouth, 111 .'id lie \\
Plymouth, was told there \\ii-, m- di.-.~ati*fac-
tion, though the union circular had sa: :

and he made a suggestion to lm Ply-
nioiith manager as to what he wanted put
into writing. He hud approved of

beitm said to a man nannd Fold, a

flant that man had

I he was not satisfied with the payment.

The fact that Ford was a union man had

nothing to do with his di.-char.

tee Livermore, manager of the

>tol. gave evidence. All the other

theatres and music halls in Bristol, he said.

paid less to musicians than was paid at the

:lace. It was not true that he ever

to induce the manager of the Empire to

i .mined: The letter from the Bristol

orchestra to Mr. Mmil was written
\ , 'nnt ari'y. At first he formed ti.e opinion
\eott was doing no damage, but it
was afterwards shown that It did no end of
damage. In one of his reports to Mr. Moul h-
accounted for the bad takings of the week by
the fact that Tommy Burns was at the Em-
pire. His report was a " white lie," told be-
cause he did not wish to make things look too
bad.

Re-examined: The boycott had partly
ruined the business at the Palace.

Mr. George Harding, a member of the orches-
tra at the Palace, Bristol, said he had been a
member of the union and had agreed to accept
the extra 2s. 6d. given by the plaintiffs on the
theatre being converted into a " two-shows a-
night " house. Subsequently the nnion
sidered the matter, and he and other members
w re expelled from the union, which he had
not since rejoined.

Mr. J. H. Grigg, conductor at the P
Plymouth, denied that he had coerced any
member of the orchestra into signing the docu-
ment, which si-id they -veiv sati-fied vith their
of payment. He had simply placed the
paper before them.

On the 1:1 h Mr. J- H. Gripp. musical
director of the company's hall at Plymouth,
cross-examined by Mr. Rwkill, K.C., said that
some time after the members of his orchestra
sinned statements expressing satisfaction with
their conditions of employment, their salaries
were increased, but this had nothing whatever
to do with the fact that they signed the
statements. He denied threatening them to
the effect they would have to choose between
the Union and the company.

Similar evidence was given by Mr. John
Field, the company's manager at Plymouth.

THE DEFENCE.

On the ]>th, Mr. Durrant, givii.
said some time in November a

d to consider Avha.t actkn .-ln-nld be t<ikeii
liner the bovcott.incr of the Palace in con-

sequence of the action of the manac

It wa.-

' '. , V.

gardin It. Ford was the only one who frankly
aid ' a not satisfied

with the terms of hi* employment. After Uie
onchwtra h -

Moul be wrote
i be utid,

WOUld StRll

Mr. J,,hn - defendant,

! II ' .' ., :..

Ing In Bristol nt wh.

,'nicians bad settled the :
without reference to the :
that at an Livermore they

Pal.ire If

the d.'

rant were M nt out ., L-!.^!f of the BrUtol

Trade* Council.

Cro., witneu mid he would cer-

tainly have disapproved of Uie circular
thought it was untrue; but he did w>~
the responsibility of issuing it. No doui

va* claimed was a Ubal
did suggest a dispute between the

and the orchestra. They t;
the discharge of a man named Ford wa* a

! proceeding. It was r
lie circular should hurt
business.

<m zton.

an ex-President of the Bristol Trades t
a member of the Bristol Corporation, and on*
of the defer:

nts in the circn -rue.

Mr. fl in .at WM you

ject?

Witness: to injur,

profits of the Palace. He t\
Trades Council were asked to hel;.
cians' I'liion.

Cross-examined by Mr. Henn Collins,
ness said that two solicitors had assured the
Trades Council that the circular they issued
was not libellous.

Mr. Joseph B. Williams, General Secretary
of the Ama on. stated

that he drafted the circul.i
alleged libels, and issued it with the approval
of the Union's solicitor, who, however, added
in his letter:

Of course, there H always some risk In

opinions of some judges and jur

ing trade i,

Mr. Roskill: What was the object of !
the circular? To brin.:
induce ;>!a:i upel them, if yov

to observe our trade union
liams aiimitttd that ii tboui -ulars

would injure the plaintiffs' business.

Louis Francis 1 t at the Bristol

Palace till January 4. 1908, when he wa
missed, spoke of tl

orchestra at being required to give two shows
a night instead of seven performances a week
for the same money. He stated that he was
dismissed because he refused to say he was
satisfied with the

On insoo. one of th* hand

of the Plymouth orclustra. said he remem-
bered Mr. Grip?, the conductor of the orches-
tra, complaining early in October, 19
someone having given away the sa'

who did it. i

he would sack t!

performance that niufr 3 asked who

belonged to the v TWO men

said they did, and nothing further occurred

THE STAGE YE A A' /JOUK.

FEB.

until a few nights afterwards, when Mr. Grigg
said, " We have been having trouble with the
Union men at Bristol, and we will have none
of it here." Mr. Grigg also said they would
have to choose between the Union and the
Palace. The witness asked why he was so
prejudiced asain'st the Union, as the men could
be loyal both to the Union and the Palace.
and Mr. Grigg replied, " That cannot be. You
must decide between one or the other." In
December. 1907, the orchestra were asked if
they would sign a letter to the effect that
they were satisfied with the terms of em-
ployment. They considered the matter,
and the next day they signed the letter. When
they were asked to sign it, Mr. Field, the
manager, said, " You will not be losers by it."
At the time he signed it the witness said
they were stabbing the Bristol men in the
back, and Mr. Gr : gg replied. "There it is,
and it has gut to be signed/'

In further examination, the witness t>aid
that after he signed the document Mr. Field
whispered to him that at the commencement
of the year he would have an increase of
2s. 6d. a week, and he was glad to say that
was done.

In cross-examination, the witness said he
felt in this matter in an awkward position, as
he was going against his firm. Though he
signed voluntarily, he did so because he was
afraid of the consequences if he refused. Mr.
Field told them the letter was only wanted
to show to Mir. Moul, and mot for any le<gal

Mr. Ernest Bryant, a member of the Ply-
mouth Branch of the Musicians' Union, said
that some of the men in the Palace orchestra
told him they were " rushed " into signing
the letter of satisfaction.

Mr. J. Perry, clarionet in the Plymouth
orchestra , said he was engaged at the Palace.
He had heard the evidence of Mr. Rawlinson,
and agreed with what he had sworn as to
what Mr. Grigg had said. Mr. Grigg had
said to the witness, "I want. to know by to-
morrow night the Palace or the Unioi!?"
He also heard Mr. Grigg say, " If I find out
who it is one, two, or three I will sack
him." This referred to the question who had
given away the salaries of the orchestra.

On the 2l3:rd, Mr. iC l h.arle Mutton, secretary
of the Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated
Musicians' Union up' to 11903, siaad he re-
membered the four men who were members of
the Plymouth Palace orchestra and the Musi-
cians' Union coming to him at the end of 1907
and reporting they had been threatened with
dismissal unless they gave up being members
of the union. He (witness) had heard the evi-
dence given by Rawlinson and others, and
said it accurately represented what occurred.

Other witnesses having given corroborative
evidence,

Mr. Henn Collins submitted that the Trade;
Disputes Act did not apply, on the ground
that the members of a musicians' union were
not workmen, and, therefore, the ^ct could
not apply.

Mr. He-skill contended that the Musicians'
Union came within the definition clause, of the
Act of 1871, and as that Act was not re-
pealed by the Trades Disputes Act the Musi-
cians' Union was included.

JUDGMENT.
Counsel then addressed the jury.

On the 34th, in, reply to Mr. Montagu Li:sli.
K.., his Lordship said .he would leave to the
jury the question of libel. As to the point of
law that might bo raised, he added, he would
rather i' w^aa -dealt with by other.-

In his summing up, his Lordship described
the Trade Disputes Act, 1906, as the most ill-
drawn, inartistic, and ungrammatical Act of
Parliament that he had ever come across.

The jury returned a verdict for the plain-
tiffs, \vi:h '500 'riiamages. Judgment was en-
tered for plaintiffs on the following day, whem
a isrtay of execution was allowed pending an
appeal.

[See Report of Appeal, June 29.]

JAMES CAMERON. FRAUD ON THE V.A.F.

Ait Bow Street, 'before Mr. Marsham, James

Cameron was charged with fraud.
1 5 Mr. C. J. Doughty, who prosecuted on
behalf of the Variety Artists' Federa-
tion, said that during the recent dispute be-
tween variety artists and certain agents, in the
first week am December the prisoner wa,s per-
forming at the Royal, Shrewsbury, and
he got a. friend in London to send him
a telegram purporting to come ftrom
Fritz's Agency offering him 24 for two
week's work. He sent this telegram to
the Variety Artists' Fedenatiion, and at the
same time wrote to say that he had declined
the -offer, and was short of money. The
V. \.F. sent him 6, and on receiving a similar
letter in the following week they forward. M]
him another 6. They afterwards found that
the prisoner had received no euch_ offers from
the agency named, and the prisoner was
arrested in Manchester.

Mr. Marsh am said it was a grave offence to
send <a bogus te^gram, and he could not over-
look it. The prisoner would he .sentenced to
two months in the second divi-i.ii).

"NORMAN CRAIG." ALLEGED FRAUD.

At Westminster Police Ctouirt before Mr.
Francis, Frederick John Morgan, alias

15 "Norman Craig," was brought up in
custody on remand charged with ob-
taining money by fraud and false pretences.

Mr. T. Duerdin Dutton appeared for the
prisoner.

Ida Mary Steele, of 168, Dover Road, Folke-
stone, young lady formerly in employment as
a cashier, deposed that in October last she
advertised in THE STAGE for a theatrical en-
tMgement. In reply she received a letter
signed " Norman Craig," offering her a situa-
tion in his touring company. She was re-
quested to pay a premium for a part in The
Sorrows of Satan. She was promised a salary
of 1 a week. She sent 11s. all she could
afford to Craig. She came to town from
Folkestone on November 9 with Mr. William
Standley, a young man who had also been in
communication with the accused for a stage
part. The accused met them, and said trmt
they were to " open " at Enfield on- the IGth.
They rehearsed on several days at St. George's
Hall, Westminster Bridge Road. On the day
.she came to London the accused drew 5s. from
her its part payment for "an evening dress
which w.i.s stated to be required for her part
in The Bondman. The accused was absent
from the final rehearsal, and she never saw
him afterwards.

Evidence was also given by William Stand-
ley, who said prisoner had various small
amounts from him.

Mr. Victor Hugo Chrisfield said he replied
to an advertisement in a daily paper on
November 5, and was thus placed in communi-
cation with the accused, who asked for a
" cash security of 10." The accused said he
would pay a salary of 3f)s. a week, and all
railway far' 1 ?, m,! Hi!

FEB.

2 at OB -dinar to an

and

nothing' d- :
WltD

for i

silliii',' an hour, and \
F'.-iy for the final hiring when s.ii,

re waiting by appointment to aee

l 'or Prap'T said th<>

rlj employed :it II ;r

from young
i money to go on
a the ncen

a miiiih.T of young people to perform
of a pcrf<

. ami then it was allr-j
I't the company in the lurch, and they
wait.-d nil day : it. the rail' . Th'-

:'d like another remand to further
r and other complaints.
Mr. France .said In- thought i*

prison or w< .
further r\ 3 offered 1>>

. -wlio deposed that in

i, 1908, he parted with sums amount in g

-. fid. to pri.voner, understanding that he

was engaged for a part at a salary of 1 a

week. The rehearsals took p!<u-o at

n. Great Portland Street. Finally,
prisoner deserted the " company," arid
nothing more was seen of him.

trial, Mr. Fran-
cla offering to accept hail.

H of trial March 10.]

MACKNEY v. FRED ARNO.

TII the Lambeth County Court, before his
: :'id. n. Tom and Emily
IQMAckney, music-hall jirtNts. <>f ](.'.

son Ko;ni. Camb*

They claim* .1 E50 damagi a to bri
an ciureeiiii'iit, and in :

December ]i, 1806, a;:,i the .-urn

\\a_v- due to tlum ::
ice.

Mr. Martin O'Connor, barrister, appeared
'ialf of the plaintiffs, and Mr. Storry
: .p]).':u-cd for the defendant.

Mr. (HVnnor said the plaintiffs agreed with
the defendant to join the sketch. The Yap
}'<j/ix, and tour the country, and, acconliji^' to
the agreement, two weeks' n to In-

minate the agreement. \-:\> i

' 1 ] . -u 1 1 :
: terminal

nient in the sketch. Coun> -
lie defendant had no riirht to dis<.-

tliout the fortnight's noitice.
Mr. Storry Deans, for the defendant: Tliey

. and I ?o under i
; it. 'Die (juestion for the
and jury is whether they were drunk while in

itre.
Mr. Tom Maekney ^aid that before UK-

: 11.

;ir ncL r an on N<>'.

Margate, and he went tliromrh the week
tunplaint, and t' nt to

End, for a week- nnd

went on wHI until Friday. !

' n miMle againtt

.n the fvi-nint! oived

hi* wlary and a rir^t
caed on

I hfai part 01
day, and af

: may appv

to D.
In :

ver wnt<

- '1 '. :. ' \] ' K ' < . .-.

aid *he aMitMl m th

he ftsh-wif-
far an fthr kn>w
made acaliuit her. and

he )i n the theatre at

he niece wac perform*)

. had Men

The jury retired, and in a few minutom re

His (I("i..ur : \\

you? All ' s for the !

1 not
inspired to give false evidence. I can't under

i it.

-el on both aide* deci

take the major it v

The jury g : the plaint

nine '
and for a fortni'.-'

Mr. Stop

.1 new trial. :t> the
w- iu'ht of .
[See report of n '',irch 25.]

COCHRAX \\

I' \\ IF. K>\

In the Court of Appeal, before the Master

of the Ro'
18 "d I'. .-ohran

appeal

Ridlej:

In January. ] m. an

entered Into an agree-
ment with thf defendants to produce i

Poehran, fir :

for hi< a'Me.nran -e at the nil?**:-" hall t.

Mr-. <
had -i

On January 2. 1 I nred of n

and mortiMsed to him their
contr-i

of the ar

;nt..
On .1

Tochran. a
lience got angry, and threw elec*

214

STAGE YEAR BOOK.

FEE

<r!c light globes and whatever else they could
find on to the stage.

The management of the London Pavilion
refused to allow Zbysco to pro on again, and
terminated the contract with the Cochrans.

The action was .brought by Mrs. Cochran
and Mr. Amery-Parkes for an alleged breach
of the contract for the appearance of Zbysco.
Defendants pleaded justification, and also said
that the contract had been made with Mr.
Cochran and not with the plaintiffs. The jurv
found that the contract was not made with
Mrs. Cochran, but with her husband. They
also found that the defendants had no right
to terminate the performance, and they
assessed the damages at 170. Mr. Justice
Ridlev. however, set aside the verdict, and
entered judgment for the defendants.

Mr. Rawlinson, K.C., and Mr. Tindal Davis
appeared in support of the appeal ; Mr. Hor-
ridee, K.C., and Mr. Greer for the respondent
company.

Without hearing counsel for the respondents,
the Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment,
described the appeal as " hopeless," and said
he entirely agreed with the decision appealed
from.

The Lord'" Justices Concurred, and the
appeal was dismissed with costs.

r See report of Kinor's Bench Division case,
STAGE YEAR BOOK, 1909, pp. 310-311.]

CHILDREN AND THE STAGE.

Afc Preston, Loua'sa Seh'losml was summoneri
for allowing her daughter, a child of
19 seven to take part in trie performance of
Madame Butterfly, at the Royal Pres-
ton ; and J. St. Clair, the manager of the
Moody-Manners company, was summoned for
procuring the child for tha.t purpo.se.

The accused were fined 5s. each, with costs.
Mr. St. Clair, in the course of his defence,
said the child had been playing with the com-
pany since August, 1908, and they had not
been interfered with except at Birkenhead.
where the case was dismissed.

The Chairman (Sir W Ashcroft) said the law
was perfectly clear. A child under ten years
of age could not perform, and the defendants
ought to know it. They must take care the
offence did not occur again.

STOREY v. CAMERON. BREACH OF
CONTRACT.

Before Mr. Justice Hamilton, in tih>e King's

Bench Division. Mr. Fred Storey .sued

19 Mrs. Wilkie, professionally know as Miss

Ine" Cameron, to recover damages for an

alleged breach of contract. The defendant

denied liability, and alleged that the contract

was rescinded by mutual consent.

Mr. Barrington Ward appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. BoydeJl Houg.hton for the defen-
dant.

Mr. Barrington Ward said in January, 1908,
the defendant engaged the plaintiff to tak"
part in a tour at a salary of 15 a week, from
February 17 to June "33. with 50 per cent of
the rvrofi.te. The pia1wt8fl had also to provide
certain scenery and ic>ositiu;mee, and to
enable new scenery to be obtained, the d p -
fendant undertook to advance to the plaintiff
the sum of 50, which was to be repaid by
the plaintiff out of his salary. The agreement
came into force on February 17, a^d the tour
began on the 19th at Oxford. On February 23,
at Bridlington, the defendant posted up a
fourteen days' notice terminating the tour.
At Harrogate, on February 28. the climax

came. At the suggestion of the defendant the
plaintiff and some of the artists went to
Blackpool, the defendant saying she would go
to London and see if she could raise any
money for the tour. The defendant now said
that the contract was terminated by mutual
consent when the plaintiff undertook to carry
out the engagement at Blackpool. The plain-
tiff denied that anything was said to lead the
defendant to believe that he would abandon
his claim under the contract. If the contract
had been carried out plaintiff would have re-
ceived 255 in silary. The defendant ad-
vanced the plaintiff 25 out of the 50 for
scenery, and paid him 7 10s. on account of
salary while on tour.

Mr. Storey gave evidence. He said that at
her request he took the company on to Black-
pool, where she had a date booked. He did
not, however, agree to terminate this con-
tract. He only received 32 10s. under the
contract.

The defendant said that when the company
was at Harrogate <she received a letter from
her solicitors, stating that a reversion on
which she had raised money could not be sold
immediately. She had an interview with the
plaintiff, who agreed to take some of the'
members of the company on to Blackpool, and
she understood that the contract with the
plaintiff was rescinded. The plaintiff told her
not to worry about his contract. She had ad-
vanced the plaintiff 35 for scenery.

Mr. Justice Hamilton, in giving judgment,
said the action was practically undefended.
The plaintiff was engaged for a specified
period at 15 a week, and that contract had
been broken. The defendant had been unfor-
tunate, and it might be that the plaintiff was
exacting his pound of flesh, but he (his Lord-
fihin 1 ) had nothing to do with that. It wan
simply a question of damages. Certain deduc-
tions would he made from the amount Mr.
Storey would have received had the contract
been carried out, and judgment would be for
the plaintiff for 198 10s., with costs.

CADBURY v. BEARDMORE AND OTHER.S.

In. -the King's Bench, before Mr. Justice
Hamilton, was commenced the hearing of
23 an action brought by Miss Violet Cad-
bury (Mile. Sahara) against John P.
Beardmore and Miss Violet Hope for an in-
junction to restrain them from using the
niamie of Mile. Sahara in pinch n way as
to lead t'h public to &u<pp<w that M*W
Hope was the plaintiff, also for the return
of dresses, scenery, " properties," and music
snore, or their 'value, find damages for
the detention and conversion of the goods. She
further claimed 8 10. and 2 10s., as sums
due to her from Beardmore, and an additional
sum of 2, which he is alleged to have re-
ceived to settle a debt due to an agont.
Damages were also claimed. Mr. Vaushnn Wil-
liams appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Beard-
more appe-red in person.

Mr. Vaueh'an Williams said that his client
was a well-known dancer. She had first per-
formed in the employment of a Mr. Peterman,
who also employed th* defendant. Mr. Beard-
more. After she left the services of Mr. Peter-
man she decided to start touring on her own
account, with her own costumes and scenery,
the defendant Mr. Beardmore to act as her
manaeer. At South Shields she met with a"
accident, injuring one of h^r kneps. arx 5 ! wna
unable to a.npear at Hawtinfrs. An understudy
wn engaged in the person of Miss Violet Hope,
and after she had been taught she used the
and scenery of Miss Cadhury. P.--

PEB.

tain arraii-

U u.iiii an.] ;
but ! l ho airan

' . : u]| tour w.

.x. f enry and

-o OWll. and

Mr. iii ardmoru paid her nothing. A 1

, 1'uith, Edinburgh, and K,therhain MLu

Mine. Cavalia/./i, winch statement was untrue

. Limited, .

uctiou as defendants, but they
properly uud had submitted to an mji.
i'laiatill'tt pn.>pect:> \\i-re injured by t:.
of her name, and she was unable tu t..

witliout her bceuery und proper-
tu-M. and in particular a valuable snake.

Cadbnry gave evidence bearing out her
1's statements. \Vheu she made the
arrangemeu-t lor her understudy,

ike her iilace in tlie Dublin and Belfast
engagements, Mr Beardmore had promised to
to the managers of the halls in

and obtain their consent to tin-
arrangement. Croat-examined by Mr. I
more, she said she might have heard of a
dancer named Ayesha llara who gave a
fcalomo dance. She (plaintiff) took her name
of Mile. Sahara from a picture.

Oil the fouo*Mig day Mr. Bwirdmore. in
his evidence, said that he was in partnership
with Miss Cadbury from the time of the lluil
engagement in July to the time he and Miso
Hope went to Belfast. At first the arrange-
ment was that each should have an equal share
of the salary received, but afterwards, when
the plaintiff began the snake dance, she wanted
rather more, and he agreed. When he and
Miss Hope went to Belfast, he said, he in-
tended to pay Miss Cadbury the 8 10s. a
weeK for tnat ana the Dublin engagement,
and probably would have continued to pay
her 5 a week to stop out of it, because MiBi
Hope had so improved the " show." He
claimed a proprietary interest in the scenery,
and said the dresses had been returned in
good condition. He also claimed a right to
conduct his entertainments under the name of
Mile. Sahara.

In cross-examination, he denied that a part-
nership with Misa Cadbury was to be contin-
gent on his paying 50.

Miss Hope said she was receiving 5 a week
from Mr. Beardmore now, and did not want
to be known as Mile. Sahara, preferring her
own name.

His Lordship gave judgment for the plaintiff
for 119 and costs, and ordered that the In-
junction against Mr. Beardmore's use of thu
name Mile. Sahara should be made perpetual.
1 1 port, injunction, STACK V I:\K HOOK,
MOB, p. 207.]

E. A. KS \[CKXDE.AiLLEG<EJ) FALSE PRE
TBJNCE8.

At Kmi -oni, Krnest A. Eeononde was charged
on a warrant with obtaining 5 2s. 6d.
2 4 f ' oin Norman Bott Williams by false pre-
tences with intent to defraud. Mr. H. A.
Linaker defended.

Mr. Williams said in January he saw an ad-
vertisemnt in THE STAGE" Wanted, an assist
ant manager, resident, for an important
theatre in the Midlands; previous experience
not absolutely essential. Address, Mackenzie,
Running Horse, Winchester." He interviewed
the prisoner at the Running Horse Hotel, and
It was arranged that he should be engaged as
assistant manager at 2 per week at the
Grand, Runcorn, and pay a premium of 10.
He paid 5 2s. 6d. down, and was to pay the

it **

*uuary lii

l u *rh*"nir

. '.j<* Of *{>

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.

1 t-o pa> :

cause aonieonc L...C *a* I.^L .H ^ j. T t*-lnt
manager. Ihc iiibt t:
JLl a Week U

lug that II,' .

er> poor .
o^y money, and .

t-OWU aUUUi-ni/,

warrant. Ihc 1....
IKJ earned hit, IIH/..
lie wo

tor twelve i.
iii.it commy oil.

Mr. LmaKer submitted that no case of lalM
pleleuceo wa u..

asiisiaut manager, oua a* he wa* ^i A oo-
lutciy ao exj j Wik1

to teaoli inm hli OUo.i,
it \vos arranged tliat jt.] a
deducted irom uis way
owing the piuoecuior refused to p..

ine magistrates u^i.
it was one for a civ.l court

MAKLNELLI v

In the \\ , j^g o |

Licput
25 Juage- lle\L,.

uetii, ag,:
agaioa

cumuiissiou on all eugagenic:. .
LelccoLci' o^u^.c.

Mr. It. starry Diaus was counsel lor iue
plamtills and Mr. Crantouu :

-\lr. Ariiiur Aidm, acting-man.-
Lmpire, produced two lorms oi t
tweeu the hmpire and del . ^u^

that one contract was a prolongation
other. The ^a-tiry WM 35 a .

Mr. \\aiheim, lx>iidou manager wf Ma
Limited, saad taiat p.amtilib tia^
contract with defendant lor three year. I
per cent, coniinuaiou on all her <..
He saw Miss Seluiui in i'arib about au eutj^e-
meut at the tmpire, and tne mutter was tixed
up and defendant performed.

The C4U>o ^as adjouiucd : !i lor

defendant's attendance.

Mr. Cranstouu said that the claim was en
two contract.* which plaintitts declared were
made at their ollice in Charing CroM Road.
That was incorrect, and an agreement wai
now set up to pay plaintiff* lo per cent, on
all engagements. That agreement had only
been stamped a few day* ago, after relying
hitherto on the two contract* between de-
fendant and the Empire. Plaintiffs approached
the Empire for a contract for June next, but
defendant's mother got her the engagement
now in dispute direct from the Empire, with'
out any assistance o< the plaintiff*.

216

THE STAGE YEAR Buu/:.

FEB. -MAR

miaul said that she was the wife of
Willie ranker, and her stage name was Lalla
Selbini. She had performed at the Empire
since she was a little girl, and her mother,
father, and sister had also performed there.
Her performances were singing, dancing,
cycling, and juggling. In May last she was
perforating in the States. Plaintiff had offices
there, and also at Berlin, Paris, and Vienna.
She was seen by plaintiffs there, and again in
Paris, where she was performing last August.
Mr. Marinelli said, " Have you signed your
life away? If so I am going to give you
trouble. The only way is to sign with us."
That was arising out of a seizure of her
cloth to, jewellery, etc., at Vienna because she
had failed to perform there under a contract
four years old. He said, " If you don't sign
with us when you get to Germany a man will
seize you in the street and take the very
clothes off you. We are the only people who
can settle for you." Mr. Marinelli said,
" You had better sign this; it's a mere matter
of form." She signed for three weeks
under coercion, fearing what might happen
to her when she got to Germany. Pass-
ing on to the matter in dispute, she stated
that she refused to sign any contract with
plaintiffs with reference to the Empire engage-
ment. Her mother got the contract for three
weeks, and it was prolonged for a further five
weeks.

Cross-examined by Mr. Macaskie, who now
appeared for the plaintiffs, she said that she
had been performing a good many years, but
did not know a great deal about the business
side of the profession. The agreement pro-
duced was to pay plaintiffs commission on all
engagements, whether they obtained them or
not. When she signed she did not think what
she was doing. She could not explain how her
mother came to refer to plaintiffs in a letter
to the Empire as '.' her agente." She could
not remember receiving an offer for the Em-
pire through plaintiffs at Dresden in Sep-
tember.

Documents were put to defendant with a
view to showing that she had regarded plain-
tiffs as her agents, but she denied signing one
dated at Leipzic, and stated that she had
never been there.

The Deputy Judge pointed out that if she
signed one of the documents she had made a
mistake in the spelling of. her own name.
Mr. Cranstoun: She denies signing it.
In further cross-examination, defendant said
that she broke some contracts four years ago
because she had to stay with her husband in
America. In Vienna two men broke into her
room at 7 a.m. without any sort of notice she
heard of or proceeding, and stripped it be-
cause she broke a contract in Berlin not a
contract ! a Vienna. It was about those broken
contract Marinellis were to avert all un-
pleasantness if she signed the agreement. She
complained to her mother that undue influ-
ence had been brought to bear upon her to
make her sign the agreement in Paris.

Re-examined: She got her things back by
paying for them in Vienna. The signing of
Marinelli's agreement did not end the bother
about the broken contracts.

The iheairiinig was adjourned ivntdl March 30,
when Mrs. Selbini, the mother of the defendant ,
said she arranged the engagement with Mr.
Dixqn.

MLss Mispah Selbini, a sister of the de-
fendant, said in July, 1908, she and her sister
were appearing in Vienna, and on the 17th of
that month, and in the early morning, two
men broke into their room and searched the
Wfioie place. They took hr Blaster's money and

jewellery. They came in under a judgment of
the Court in respect of a breach of contract.
She and her sister then went on to Paris and
called at the plaintiffs' office, and saw Mr.
Clifford Fisher, and told him what had hap-
pened. Mr. Fisher pressed her sister to sign a
contract to make them her sole agents for
three years. Her sister objected at first to
sign such a contract, and Mr. Fisher caid that
if she did not do so she would have wor.se
trouble when she went to Germany. At the
eame amterview Mr. Marinelli came upon the
sceae, and said tihat if she signed the contract.
appointing them her sole agents she would have
no more trouble. He also said that it was
only a matter of form and that all artists did
it. After some further discussion her sister
agreed to sign the contract on the assurance
of Mr. Fisher that he would obtain engage-
ments for them both to appear at the same
theatres, and it was upon that promise that
they relied. In cross -ex am in at ion the witness
said she was aware of the fact that her sister
had broken engagements in Germany.

At this point of the case. Mr. Marinelli was
called. He said he told Miss Selbini that he
could not do business for her unless she gave
him a contract to act as her sole agent.

in giving judgment the Deputy-judge said
the case turned upon what took place at the
interview between the plaintiff, the defendant,
and Mr. Fisher in Paris. He (the judge) had
no doubt that the defendant did not wish to
sign the contract to make the plaintiffs her
sole agents, but she did so for the purpose of
obtaining engagements, and in order that her
sister might be employed at the same Halls as
she was. As to the Empire contract, he had
no doubt that it was procured by the plaintiffs,
and that they were entitled to be paid, in
spite of the fact that Mrs. Selbini might have
taken a part in it. He did not think for a
moment that the defendant when she signed
the contract with the plaintiffs did so under
feelings of terror or duress. It followed, there-
fore, that there would be judgment for the
plaintiffs for the full amount of their claim of
23 18s. 4d. on the Empire contract, with full
costs.

MARCH.

HOWARD v. MACXAGHTEN BREACH OF
CONTRACT.

At the Bloomsbury County Court, before
Judge Bacon, Amos Howard, a coloured

3 comedian, sued Frank Macnaghten to re-
cover 10 16s. 8d. alleged to be due in
respect of an engagement at the Palace, Brad-
ford. There was a counter-claim for damages
amounting to 10 through the plaintiff not
appearing at the defendant's music hall, the
Palace, West Hartlepool.

Mr. C. J. Doughty, barrister, represented
the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin O'Connor the
defendant. The plaintiff's claim was admitted,
and it was in respect of the cpunter-claim
that the case came before the judge.

Mr. O'Connor explained the circumstances
of Howard's agreement. He had accepted an
engagement at Bradford, and a telegram was
accepted to appear at Hartlepool. To this
there was the acceptance: "Hartlepool ac-
cepted; please send me oilier tlalefc." ibal,
said Mr. O'Connor, was a distinct acceptance
of the Hartlepool engagement. The defen-
dant was billed and advertised, but on the
Friday at Bradford, when Mr. Macnaghten'A
manager and tine agent of the plaintiff were

put re waa

to tin- plainlll 1

itt'Ii. N'i on ' i-l .r

i> make ;in dil'rr of pa\ ni. -nt to artist--
Mr. ^

tioii !!

;at tie would

not . l< PUD!. I!

billed for llarUepool and dul>

pool, In- ri fu.-ed ti. pay him tl

;!i. plaiir.ill. r-;;!'! In; limit r

tour H. 'r.ul cofctr u :
month. !'.>:

it the

HI of (lain: his mind

b> tlio rules The plaintiff \va<s hilled and ad

.ipjirar 'I hi> mana'-MT tiail
with his public, ami to pa>
Could it IP i that tin- mea.-un-

forty shilling was enon

M:-. Doughty said the a_i t-ement was only

tlie Monday previous, and

u on the Friday. There v. a- ample time

to get son Forty shilling's as the

ire of damages wa>> unite emmiru.

lloimnr irave judgment for trie amount

claimed on the counter-claim, and a discussion

be :i\\ ards d. Fventually

led that the eosts must go to

the d< fendallt.

WARREN v. NATION. ACTION FOR
\\UITING A PLAY.

In Hie V- Oount.y Court, before

the deputy-judge, Mr. Thomas Gideon

4 M '1 to recover the sum of 25,

balance of account for transiting and
adapting a French novel into a play to I

. Mr. \V H. C.
i, manager of the NV\v JN \alty.

The defence was that the play was not
completed to the satisfaction of the defendant,
and that as the plaintiff declined to make cer-
tain alterations which were surest ed to him,
he was not entitled to be paid for it.

Plaintiff said he agreed to do the work for
30. He iu due course delivered it to the de-
fendant, and was paid a sum of 5 on account,
but when he pressed for the payment of the
balance of 25 the defendant returned the MS.
to him and suggested certain alterations, and
at the same time suggested that he (plaintiff)
should consult the works of Shakespeare,
Dickens, Thackeray, and Douglas Jerrold in
order to find inspiration. He made what
alterations he considered were reasonable or
necessary, but it was quite impossible for him
to consult the works of the authors whose
names the defendant had mentioned and im-
port their work into the play. He absolutely
denied that the undertook to write the play in
question on approval, or that he ever did his
work on those terms.

The defendant was called, and said he em-
ployed the plaintiff to adapt the play in ques-
tion, and he did so, but after reading it he
(witness) desired certain alterations to be
made, and as the plaintiff declined to comply
with his wishes he returned the play to him,
and got it written by someone else. It waa
true the plaintiff had been paid 5 on Account,

* hie

arrtevr, appeared on
<1 the dffrmiantj were
man, aoL
it-y laid the engagement waa <-n-

at bhipley and, there-
fore, ;
the pi. -lint Mi ut all. According to the agree-

-' at another hall within ttn mile* of
_ a period of
fifteen i
Mr. Tan

- his ap-i
Fritz.

His at -I into the agreement, and

: Months to e topee l

Queen'8 for on-

eomn, -f thia yea-

sent, a terms, his bill matter

two weeks

. and as h,-

that be wa ^oing on

at the stated date. Some time after the con-

uide the witnow went abroad and

-oine considerable time. During

the whole of that time and for month*

afterwards the witness did uot hear anything

from the defendants about closing the theatre.

He added that he lost that week

iie did not have any intimation from the
iants that they were going to or had
closed the theatre.

His Honour: There are unreasonable clause*
In the agreement. Fancy barring a ma:
ing at another ha!l for fifteen i
before the engau :n ten mile*, and

beside not allow-in. :form nearer than

the ten miles. It U to

in the North of England go .!es to

a music haJl?

Doughty: I cannot tell
Honour, but that is the agreement.

Mr. ltd well said he lived at

49, St. >ad, Bradford, and wae one

of the defe: .md his par

to close down in May of 190$.
contract was entered into the plai:
put his address to th
owing to the witness not knowing his ;
address that he couki

him to inform him what a. .tnew)

\*H)iit to tak

hall. The only way that witnea*
e plaintiff know waa to a-:
shutting up in a trade paper, which t
Alter the house was *hnt up he put it into
the hands of an agent to dispose of, and It
was only closed for a week, and

218

THE

YEAR

MARCH

on it was let to a Mr. Griffiths, and finally
sold to Messrs. Mercer, Turner, and Carver,
the Franco-British Animated Pictures Com-
pany, in November, 1908.

lu answer to hie Honour the defendant eaid
h's experience was that to put a notice in a
trade paper was quite enough to Let anyone
know what was going to happen.

His Honour: You think that is enough, do
you? Well, I do not ttiat's the difference.
What you should have done was to send a
letter to the plaintiff's agent if you could
not get hold of the plaintiff.

Mr. Popplewell, continuing his evidence,
eaid that the hall was a large coffee house,
and he turned it into 'a music hall, which cost
2,000 to reconstruct. Trade was bad in the
district, and they lost between 40 and 50 a
week. The money that he had lost was his
life's savings.

His Honour: I am sorry for you. You know
that the plaintiff should have had a written
notice from you.

Mr. Freeman was about to refer to a case
tried at Stockport and reported in THE STAGE
YEAR-BOOK, but his Honour said that the de-
cision in that case would not influence him in
any way.

Mr. Freeman: If this case goes against my
client he may have a great number of actions
brought against him. It is very hard on my
client, considering the money he has lost over
the theatre.

Mr. Freeman informed his Honour that the
action was brought by the Variety Artists'
Federation.

JUDGMENT.

The jud.ge said that the only notice given by
the defendants about the hall being closed was
an advertisement inserted twice in a newspaper.
No notice was given by word of mouth .>f in
writing. As it was, the plaintiff did neither
see the advertisement nor get any other indi-
cation, and as some notice should have been
given of the closing of the hall other ti'sn
the newspaper one, or even a notification /sent
to the plaintiff's agent, Mr. Leo Fritz, saying
that the music hall was being shut jp, the
defence must faP. It was not sufficient to
advertise in the Press of what was going to
take place, and, therefore, he must give judg-
ment for the full amount claimed, with costs.

Mr. Freeman: I give notice of appeal.

His Honour: Yes, if you lodge the costs up
to date, and a reasonable sum towards the
appeal.

Mr. Doughty : I think that should be done,
because my clients who have taken the matter
up the Variety Artists' Federation want to
see some of their costs back.

His Honour: Oh, yes; I think that is only
fair. To Mr. Freeman the judge said: Will
you pay the costs up to the present and
some reasonable amount towards the appeal
within a week?

Mr. Freeman: I cannot say that for certain,
but I will see what can be dene, and then
inform the Court.

SMITH v. DANGERFIELD. ALLEGED
LIBEL.

In tbhe Westminster County Court Ms- Honour
Judge Woodfiall had before Mm the case

5 of Smith v. tlhe Dan-gerfield Printing
Company, in which the plaintiff, known
on the music hall stage as Miss Minnie
Letta, sued the defendants, a firm of theatri-
cal printers, to recover damages for libel in
having exhibited or sold for that purpose a
poster bearing her photograph without hav-
ing obtained her consent, and in connection
with a performance with which she was not

associated. It appeared from the opening
statement of counsel that in 1904 the husband
of the (plaintiff, Mr. Libert Smith, was ap-
proached by the defendant firm with a view
to their producing a poster bearing a photo-
graph of his wife, which was to be supplied to
the managers of all the halls where she was
engaged. The suggestion was agreed to, and
Mr. Smith paid the defendants a sum of 10
on the understanding that the posters were to
be sold to the managers ati one shilling each,
and tlhat when a thousand of them had been
sold the deposit of 10 was to be returned.
It came to the knowledge of the plaintiff some
time ago, however, that the poster bearing
her picture was being exhibited at the Ham-
mersmith Palace in connection! with a show-
known as the New York Walking Girls, and
although her name did not appear upon it
she considered it was detrimental to her repu-
tation, as she was known in connection with a
production called the "Sporting Girls," and
that was the libel oT which she now com-
plained.

The defence was that the poster in question
was produced at the plaintiff's request, but
fchat it was the property of the defendants.

Mi--. Minnie Letta. said when she gave the
order for tibe posters an question she did so on
Hit- ilL-'t'ini t under. --Ui ml ing th'itt they were to
be 6U'pp>!.i<.'d only to the managers' of the halls
w hi. ire ehe was to appear. In cross-examination
the witness said that what she complained of
\\ii.s Mi.it posit* rs ln-aring her picture should be
used in oonniction with another performance,
and with another title printed on the top of
them.

The Judge : Have you suffered any loss of
salary in consequence of the posters being ex-
hibited as you say.

The Witness : 1 cannot say, because I have
had a. new production since then.

In further cross-examination the plaintiff
said she considered her reputation was
damaged by the use whic'h had been made of
the post f i -..

Mr. Albert Smith, husband of Miss Letta,
corroborated what she had stated in evidence.

Tlhe hearing was adjourned until the 15th,
when Mr. Smith in cross examination *a,;d
he did not know to whcse inception the
idea of " The New York Girls " was due, but
it was certainly not his nor his wife's, as
they had never been associated with " The
New York Girls " in any way.

Counsel for defendant : Do you contend tl.at
you have a copyright in this poster?

The Witness: Yes, I do; inasmuch as it was
taken from a photograph; and Miss Letta has
suffered, to my knowledge, in her reputation
and obtained less engagements in consequence
of it having been exhibited for other perform-
ances.

The Judge : How have you been damaged
by the use of the posters?

The Witness: Well, your Honour, we have
lost engagements in consequence.

The Judge : How do you show that that is
so.

The Witness: I say that the defendants had
no right to sell or make use of my wile's
picture at halls where she did not appear.

The Judge : Do you know of any case where
you have lost engagements in consequence of
the sale of the posters?

The Witness : Well, as we knew that our
reputation was damaged we did not try so
many halls.

Judge Woodfall said that as the evidence
stood it was perfectly clear that there vas a
publication of a libel, and that the plaintiff
had suffered a very serious wrong, but there
was no evidence of a farthing of damage. iJe

MARCH

i I liDii^lit. I h'- jilaiiit Ifl

.dgmeill llill.-a bt: for the d.-IelidalllB *ith

, would he granted

U- ;i Illiilitll willl lea\e \ aj'j.i .

\l>peal8, October 25 and

tnh.-r :iu.J

LAW AND ANOI IIKK v. 1'KIM. Ml BIl II Al.I

AI; i [8T8 1 ( "N I i: \ A SUCC1 8BI i I.

Mr. Jiisiiri- Walton and Mr. Justice

in, in the Kmy'.i

9 Brllell PIVI-.H.JI

anot;

till'.-, In. in a
pier at. tin- MuM

Montagu Lush, K.C., for Die appellants, baid
tin- plaint :!!.-. music hall artists, sued for
salary duo to tliein uudur a contract with the
<l<-t'entiant, who was the proprietor of the New
Hippodrome at Middlesbrough. By the con-
traet the defendant lY|>i agreed to pay the
plaintills, whose professional names are Otto
and olga, .tl> a week for one week. Plain-
titus were to give performances twice nightly,
ami at matinfot if required, subject to cer-
tain conditions, of which the following was
the important one in this case: "In the
event of the hall closing from any cause what-
ever, it is distinctly understood that this
agreement shall be immediately cancelled, and
the management absolved of liability in re-
of salary due or prospective." The en-
;ent of the plaintiils wae to commence
on August 3, and they were bound not to per-
form in Middlesbrough, or within a radius of
ten miles, prior to or during this engagement,
or within six months after finishing the en-
gagement, without certain permission. The
answer to the case was that the Hippodrome,
which was in course of construction when the
contract wae made, was not finished in time
for this engagement to be performed, and
consequently there was no theatre in which to
allow the plaintiffs to perform. HQ (Mr.
Lush) submitted that that was no defence at
all. The fact that the Hippodrome was not
finished watf the fault of the defendant, who
was responsible for what his contractor did or
did not do.

Mr. Burnett said it was well understood by
plaintiffs' agent that if the hall was not
finished the agreement came to an end. It
was absurd to suggest that the defendant
warranted that the building should be ready
by August 3.

Mr. Justice Walton: Why? He chose to
enter into this contract, and the plaintitls by
it were prevented for a time from earning
their living in this place, or within a given
radius of it, from the moment the contract
was made.

Mr. Uarnett contended that to decide other-
wise than the County Court judge had done
would be to impose a serious burden on the
providers of entertainments.

Mr. Justice Walton, in giving judgment, said
he could find no sufficient evidence in the
case to support the finding of the County
Court judge that it was known to plaintiffs'
agent that the contract wae not to be binding
if the Hippodrome was not finished by
August 3. He did not think the performance
wae rendered impossible owing to causes over
which the management had no control. The
Hippodrome was not ready by August 3, but,
in view of this contract, it was the