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RICE    TWO    SHILLINGS    NET. 


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Delicious  COFFEE 

RED 
WHITE 
&BLUE 

For  Breakfast  &  after  Dinner 


In  making,  use  less  quantity, 
it  being  so  much  stronger  than 
ordinary    COFFEE. 


Pure  Higlilan 


PEATJVIOOI 

WHISKY 

GUARANTEED  12  YEARS  OLI 

Wholesale — 

Hanson's,    Londor 


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Limbs  Firm  and 
SRin   Beautifully  Clear 

IS   the  universal   testimony  of   Mothers  who 
have   hrought  up   their   bahies   on    Mill<  and 

ROBINSON'S  X  BARLEY 

BARLEY  WATER  as  a  diluent  of  milk  for  hand- 
led  Dabies  is  recomnaended  by  the  authorities  of 
the  London  Hospital  and 
by  the  Medical  Committee 
of  the  Hospital  for  Sick 
Children,  the  latter 
specially  mentioning  that 
it     should     be     made     of 

Prepared     Barley    in 

Powder. 

Send  for  Booklet:    KEEN,  ROBINSON  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  L 


TIIJ'.     STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


H^  LONDON   CORSET  C^ 

28,    NEW    BOND    STREET,    W. 

French     Corsets     in     every     type, 
style,   and    material   kept   in   stock. 


This  very  beautirul 
Silk  Tricot  Corset 
appeals  irresistibly 
to  ladies  who  will 
nave  perfection  when 
possible.  In  shape, 
material,  ana  abso- 
lute fashion  "  it  is 
perfection. 


PRICE : 

£4   4s.   Od. 


n  directing  the  attention  of  the  readers  of  the  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  to  the 
allowing,  The  London  Corset  Co.  do  so  in  the  consciousness  that  their 
Jorsets  are  absolutely  unequalled  either  in  Paris  or  London.  They  are  the 
•roduct  of  French  genius,  ladies  can  therefore  rely  upon  having  a  garment 
hat  is  not  only  a  joy  to  the  eye,  but  absolutely  the  thing  that  must  be  worn. 
Corsets  are  with  us  an  obsession  ;    we  live  by  and  for  them. 


THE  WEAR  OF  ALL  CORSETS  GUARANTEED. 

Sent    on   Approval    upon  receipt  of  usual    references. 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


Oldest  and 


best  Cleaners 


Profession 


CLEANERS  AND  DYERS 


TO  THE  THEATRICAL  PROFESSION 

Tableau  Curtains,  Box  Draperies,  and  all  Theatre  Furnishings 
Cleaned  at  Special  Contract  Rates. 


SHOW  DRESSES  AND  COSTUMES  CLEANED  BETWEEN  SHOWS 

Artistes'  private  Orders  returned  in  24  hours 


OUR   VANS   COLLECT   AT    ALL   WEST   END 
THEATRES  NIGHTLY 

PARCELS  MAY  BE  LEFT  WITH  STAGE  DOOR  KEEPERS 


Touring  Managers  can  have  their  Wardrobes  Cleaned 
between   performances,  when  in   or   near  London,    by 

special  arrangement. 


Chemical  Cleaning  &  Dyeing  Company 


I  Next  door  to  Palladium) 


6,  ARGYLL  STREET,  REGENT  ST.,  LONDON,  W. 


'ELEGRAMS         "Cleaning."  London. 


ELEPHONE         1911Gen-ard      2  lines) 


A.  W.   FISHER, 

General  Manager. 


THE  STAGE    YEAR   BOOK. 


CLARRSON 


I^ends,  or  Sells,  CostumeS,  Fancy  or  Histori  V^ 
,/\lso  Wl^S,  or,  in  fact,  anything  that  s  Theatrlca  li^ 
Wlenowned  throughout  Europe,  Asia,  Africa  &  Amenc,/\ 
jrVing  Edward  was  pleased  to  appoint  me  sole  Perruquie  *v 
"^Jelect  your  own  Goods  from  the  largest  of  Stoc  IV 
Voidest  Established  of  any  Theatrical  Store  \^ 
New  Premises  situate  41  &  43.  Wardour  Strcct,  SohO 


CLARRSON 

Telephone,  612  Geppard  (2  Lines)> 


TUr    ^^VPPV    I   ATFQT   ^^    Unequalled  for  Comfort 
i  riEi         V  LI\  I     L/\  1  ILO  i  .         and    Moderate    Prices. 


REG.   No.  585, C8?. 

Special  Illustrations  of  above  Chairs.    Write  for  "  PERIOD  "  CHAIRS.    Usual  Catalogue,  "  Examples 
OF  Seating,"  Ac,  of  all  kinds,  Post  Free. 

H.  LAZARUS  &  SON,  Ltd.,  Seating  Specialists, 

21,  GREAT   EASTERN    STREET,    LONDON,   E.G. 

Telephone:  9153  LOXDON  Wall  Telesirams  ;"  Malleable,"  London, 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


H.'M.RAYNE 

Manufacturers  and  Outfitters  of 
Every    Requisite    for    the    Stage, 

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


Telephorn' :  7978  Cr.MitAL. 


Telegrams 


HaYN.U.Om,    LdNDliN." 


"West.     E:nd     lSKyst.r%ciTrx  t     49,    CHA-RIIifG    CROSS     RI>.,    'W.C 

lA   few  doors  nortli  of  Hippodromei. 

OOSXUMES. 

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

ARTISTES.    Dainty  and  Original,  at  moderate  prices. 

Miss  Lily  Morris  (Principal    Boy,  P.O.W.  Theatre,   Birmingham),  says: 

"  Costumes  look  lovely  and  tit  splendidly." 
Miss  Lillie  Langtry  iPriiuipal  Boy,  Grand  Theatre,  Derby)  says:  "I  am 

(lelifihted  with  the  Costume." 
Miss  Kathleen  Grey  (Principal    Boy,  His  Majesty's   Theatre,   Aberdeen) 

^ay>  :  ••Very  pleased  indeed  with  the  Costumes." 
Miss     Helen    Charles    (Principal    Boy,    King's    Theatre,    Dundee)    says: 

•■  The  Costumes  are  greatly  admired.' 
Messrs.  John  Tiller  and  Co.  write:  '•The  Dresses  for  the  Paris  Troupe 

were  in  every  way  satisfactory.'  ' 

The  Imperial  Russian  Troupe  of  Dancers  say:  "Exceedingly   pleased 

with  all  the  Dresses." 

:h;ig:h  -  ci:.ass 

STAGE  BOOTS  AND  SHOES 

DANCING    SHOES    AND    BOOTS    A    SPECIALITY. 

Mile.  Lydia  Kyasht  says:  "Boots  and  Shoes  are  perfect." 
Madame  Anna  Pavlova  says:  "  Your  Shoes  are  beautiful." 
Mile.  Adeline  Genee  (from   the   Coliseum)  says:    "Delighted   with  the 

Shoes." 
Miss  Gertie  Millar  writes  :  "  Shoes  give  every  satisfaction." 
"The     Queen"     (the    ladies'    newspaper)    says:     "They    are    flret-rate 

Bootmakers,  and  bestow-  great  personal  attention." 

"The    Lady"    says:    "Each   model   is  irreproachable  as   to  quality  and 

immaculate  as  regards  cut." 

S  PERFECT    FIGURE,     SYMMETRICAL 

.  PADDINGS     A     SPECIALITY. 

A   NEW.   LARGE.   AND    VARIED    ASSORTMENT  OF  TIGHTS,  always  in  stock,  at  lowest 

piices  consistent  with  good  workmanship. 
Miss  Violet  Vanbrugh  says:  "  I  am  delighted  with  the  Tights." 
Miss  Viola  Tree  wr)tts  :  "Tights  are  a  most  perfect  fit." 
.Miss  Cecilia   l.oflus  -Ariti-^  :   '■  i;xrei-'lii)u'lv  iilca-cd  with  the  TiLrlits." 

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. 


■^?ir  I  C3r  S    =     A    LARGE   ASSORTMENT   OF    EVERY  GRADE. 

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

Mr.  H.\nKV  Laiuku  writes:  "Wigs  are  champion."      Messrs.  Caki,  Ro.sa  Oi'Eha  Co.  write: 

"  Wigs  are  XJerfect." 


SYSTt£IVI  OF  BUSINESS.-To  sell  GooHs  of  Genuine  Material  and  Workman- 
ship for  Cash  at  the  lowest  competitive  prices.  Any  article  will 
be  willintjly  exchanged  if  not   unduly   detained  or  soiled. 


THE    STAGE    YEAR   BOOK 


DAVID  ALLEN  6  SONS 


Limited 


The  URGEST  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.  ::  ::  ::  :: 

WRITE    FOR     ILLUSTRATED     CATALOGUE 


THLEA^TFilCAL.  VARIETY. 


CmCXJS.  CINElVIATOGI«AF»H. 

READY  TO   DISPATCH    AT  A    MOMENTS    NOTICE,         WRITE    FOR    CATALOGUES    AND 
ESTIMATES   FOR  ANY   LETTERPRESS  POSTERS,  STREAMERS.    DAYBILLS.   &c 

STAFFORD  &  CO.,  Ltd.,  "N^T.^^"!f„d'' 

Telephone  :  14,  Carlton,    Nottm  Telegrams  :  Stafford,  Netherfiald.  Notts 


ALFRED    WILLIAMSON,    PRmr^/K 

Tel.  320.       NORTH  MILL  PRINTING  WORKS,  ASHTON  UNDER  LYNE.       Est.  1835. 

ROLL  TICKETS,  '''•p'rXnat.r'  6d.  per  RolL 

Special    quotations    lor    large    quantities    an  J    contracts. 

THEATRE  BOOKING  TICKETS.    PASS-OUT  CHECKS.    TICKET-ISSUING  CASES. 

REGISTERS    for  counting  the  number  of  persons  entering  Theatres,  etc. 

Send   Six  Stamps   for   Sample  Roll  of  Williamson's  Patent  Roll  Tickets  for  Preventing  Fraud. 

PRICE     LIST     POST     FREE. 

1* 


nir.    STACK    YKAK    BOOi: 


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." 


E.  PETZOLD   SUCCESSOR, 

39,  Circus  Street,  DRESDEN,  A  I.,  Saxony. 

Telegraphic  AiMress  :  "  Faii.ti.kss."  Teleiihone  No.  248. 

SPECIALITY:  Non-inflammable  Artificial  Flowers,  Leaves, 
Separable  Trees   and  Bushes   for   Theatrical   Purposes, 

made  by  a  pati'iited  special  Process  ins\iring  greatest  durability. 


ARTIFICIAL    GARDENS.  PINES.  SILK     SNO\7. 

M/ikiri   tn  the  lU'jinl  Court  Tlientre,  Dresden,  and  several  other  important  Theatres  nt  hmne  uml  nhroad. 


HONORARY     AWARD     AND     GOLD     MEDAL,     DRESDEN,    1910. 

WELLINGTON   HOTEL 

Wellington  Street,  Strand,  London,  W.C. 

COMFORTABLE     LOUNGE     BAR     UPSTAIRS    FROM 

SALOON     BAR. 


All  Wines,  Spirits  &  Cigars  of  the  Very  Finest 
Quality  at  Popular  Prices. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


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SANDAL  AND  TOE  BALLET  SHOEMAKERS 

To  Mme.  Anna  Pavlova,    Mile.  Adeline  Genee,  etc. 
Mr.  Nijinsky,    Mr.  Mordkin,  etc. 

AS  SUPPLIED  TO  THE  PRINCIPAL  THEATRES  OF  EUROPE  &  AMERICA. 

WRITE    FOR    NEW    ILLUSTRATED    CATALOGUE. 

Telephone:   Gerrard  8491.  Telegraphic  Address  :  "  Gambashoo,  London." 


TJIE    STAGE    YEATi    BOOK 


W.     PAYNE      SEDDON'S      THEATRES. 

THEATRE    ROYAL,     LINCOLN. 

Leasees:    \V.   PAWH  SI^DDOS   and  ER.MiST  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:    VV.   PaVNE    SEDDON. 


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


Address  : 

W.  PAYNE  SEDDON,  Criterion  Chambers,  10  &  11,  Jermyn  Street,  London,  S.W. 

Telephone:  "6534  GERHARD. "  Telegraphic  Address:  SEDONITIC,  LONDON. 

DUMFRIES.    Mechanics'   Hall. 

Principal  Hall  in  Town.  Licensed  for  Dramatic  Plays  and  Cinematograph  Enter- 
tainments. Hall  75  by  60  feet.  Gallery  32  by  23  feet.  '  Platform  32  by  19  feet,  with 
footlights.  Proscenium  and  Scenery.  Proscenium  opening  20  feet.  Accommodates 
1,000  people.     Good  Dressing  Rooms.     Lighted  throughout  bv  Electric  Light. 

Dates    and    terms   on    application   In    W.    A.    HIDDLESTON,    Mannfjcr. 

ALEXANDRA     MALL,     COV^JBS. 

Manager,    Mr.    H.    KINGSWELL. 

Dramatic   and  music  and  dancing  licenses.     Holding  capacity:    Number  of  persons,  500.      Stage 
measurements:  33  ft.  wide,  18  ft.  deep,  18  ft.  high;    proscenium,   18  ft.     Electric  light. 


TERMS    FOR    HIRING  :      Sharing    or    Rental. 


Stock    of    Scenery. 


ATHENiCUM  HALL,  ENNISCOBTHY. 

Dimensions:   Hall,  70x31;  Stage,  15x31;  Floor  to 
Ceiling,  32  feet.    Two  convenient  Dre-sing  Rooms 
unaer  Stage,  with  Private  Entrances,  Lavatories, 
&.C.    Sitting  Accommodation,  over  500. 
Rknt:  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 
biilance  prepaid  before  taking  possession. 
Damages   to   Hall  or   Furniture   will   be  charged. 
These  Terms  strictly  enforced  without  exception. 
Skating  Rink  and  Ball  Court  attached  to  Building. 

Address:  SECRETARY,  ATHENiCUM,  ENNISCORTHY. 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK. 


Kilkenny  Theatre. 


The  Theatre  itself  is  90ft.  long,  36ft.  wide; 
depth  of  Stage,  22  ft.  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. 

t^^     ARC     LAMP     FOR     COLOUR     EFFECTS. 


All  communications  to  be  addressed  to  tlie  Manager. 


DUNDALK   TOWN    HALL. 

Large  Stage  with  Fittings  and  Drop  Scene. 

Open  for  Daily  and  Weekly  Lettings. 

Seating  accommotlation,  800. 

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

Electric  Lighting  will  be  installed  early  this  year. 

For  Vacant  Dates  and  terms  of  letting, 

Apply  to 

M.  COMERFORD,  Town  Clerk, 

Dundalk. 


CROYDON,   PUBLIC    HALLS. 

Stage    Plays,    Music    and   Dancing,  and  Cinematograph 

Licenses.      LARGE    HALL   scats    700.      SMALL    HALL 

seats  340.    BOTH  HALLS  on  one  floor  communicating 

for   Exhibitions. 

All  particulars  from  EDMUND  C.  GRTGSBY,  Secretary. 


EVESHAM,  Pop  10  000  New  Public  Hall,  40ft  xeoft 

WORC,       g^,-,^!   Gallery.       Seats  600.       Portable  Stage  and   Proscenium. 
TOWN   HALL  350  Seats.    Portable  Stage.     Dramatic  Licenses. 


Brilliantly   Lighted   with  Gas.     No    Picture   Shows.     For  term-,   apply:    BORO'    SURVEYOR. 


TOWN    HALL,    ALLOA. 


Situated  centre  of  town,  fully  licensed.     Seats  1,000.     Good 

dressing-rooms.      Well    heated    and    seated.      Large    gallery, 

fine    organ,    piano,    electric    light,    every    accommodation    for 

fit-up  Theatrical,  high-class  Concert,  etc.,  Companies. 

Terms  and  dates,  apply: — 

TOWN     CLERK,    ALLOA. 


sii.  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 

MUSIC   HALL   ARTISTS'  RAILWAY  ASSOCIATION. 

Founded    February,    1897. 

Presiiltiit,    JOE    ELVIN.  (  liairnKin  i,f  Cummittee,  HATiKY   BLAKE. 

rice-Chiinnfiii,  ALHEKT  VOVCE.        Hon.  Treasurer,  ARTHUR    UIGBY. 

Terms  of  Membership,  5s.  entrance  fee  and  7s.  6cl.  annual  subscription. 
AtlvantaRes  of  Memhership  :   25'^o  Uctiuction  on  all  Railways  in  the  United  Kingdom  when 
travelling  in  parties  of  live  or  more.      Free   Insurance  against  accidents  and   loss  of  luRgage.      Free 
Medical  and  Free  Legal  .Vdvice.       All  Variety  Artists  not  .Members  should  send  for  Prospectus  from — 
C.    DOUGLAS    STUART,    Secretary.    18,    CHARING    CROSS    ROAD,    W.C. 

VARIETY  ARTISTS'  BENEVOLENT  FUND  &  INSTITUTION. 

Founded    December,    1907. 

l'rt.-.i:i,:.,t         lIARlli:    TATK. 

Chairman  vf  Commillrc,  CHAS.  COBORN.  Hon.   Trtasuier,  HARRY  BLAKE. 

Committee  Meetings  are  held  Every  Wednesday  at  1  o'clock. 

Estalilisbed  for  the  Relief,  by  Grants  or  Ijoans,  of  bomi-lide  Variety  Artists  only. 

FUNDS     URGENTLY     NEEDED.        -A.11  cases  are  carefully  investigated.        Over  £1,000  given 

auav  ill  la-t  12  moiiilis.  Donations  should  be  sent  to — 

C.    DOUGLAS    STUART,    Secretary,   18,    CHARING    CROSS    ROAD,    W.C. 

THE    BENEVOLENT    INSTITUTION. 

"  BRINSWORTH,"      STAINES      ROAD,      TWICKENHAM, 

NOW     OPEN. 

Candidates    for   admission,  who    must  be   genuine   old   performers,  must   apply  to    the  Committee. 
Annual  Subscriptions  earnestly  required  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Institution. 

THE    TERRIERS'    ASSOCIATION. 

President ALBERT  YOYCE. 

THE  BENEFIT  SOCIETY  FOR  VARIETY  PERFORMERS. 

Entrance  Fee,  £3    3    0.        Subscpiption,  1  -  per-  week. 
Any  boiiii-fide  Variety  Performer  over  the  age  of  18,  and  under  45,  is  eligible  as  an  Active  Member. 

BENEFITS:    Sick   Pay  dui'ing  illness  to  those  joining  under  the  age  of  40- 

1st   Four  Weeks,  £1    10  0  per  week  3rd  Four  Weeks      -      -       15s    Od.  per  week 

2nd  Four  Weeks,  £1     0  0  per  week  Following  Three  Months,     7s.    6d.  per  week 

Free  Jledical  Attendance  in  Town,  Country,  or  Abroad. 

Grant  at  death  of  Member,  £20.       Grant  at  death  of  Member's  Wife,  £5. 

Special  Rates  of  .Sick  Pay  and  Death  Grants  to  those  joining  after  the  age  of  35. 

Free  Legal  Advice.     —     Emergcnni  Loans.     —     Inxnrnnce  of  Properties  aqdinst  Las   by  Fire. 

Social     Advantages:    GRAND    CEREMONIAL    MEETING    at    the    "Thhke     Stac.h     Hotki.  "    69, 

Kennington  Road,  S.E  .every  Sunday  at  7.30p.m.   Half-Benefits, 6  months' Membership.   Full  Benefits, 

12  months'  Membership.     Honorary  Membership  open  to  Gentlemen  who  are  directly  or  indirectly 

connected  with  the  Variety  Profession.     Entrance  Fee,  £1  1  0.     Annual  Subscription,  £1  1  0. 

The   Handbook  of  the  Association,  containing  full  particulars  of  the  unrivalled  advantages  offered 

to  Members,  will  be  forwarded  post  free  on  application  to 

Mr.  ARTHUR  WERE,  Secretary  of  the  TERRIERS'  ASSOCIATION,  "THREE  STAGS  HOTEL,"  69,  Ken-^ington 
Road,    LONDON,    S.E.      Telegraphic    Address,    '•  Tai-.asc  ai.a,    Ijonhox."      Telephone,    No.    4088     Hop. 

I*  O  Ig>  rr  Jg,  .A.  ITT  -   IE*  OSgT7C;.A-Ig,X>SS 

HERMANN    LEISER,    Berlin  W.  15.     i  Olivaer  Platz  i. 

More  than  4,C00  Cards  always  in  stock,  including  COMPOSllRS,  .Singers,  Musicians, 
Actors,   Authors,  and    SCENES    (from  plays    staged    by  Reinhardt    and    others). 

NEW   C.\RDS  PUBLISHED   EVERY  MONTH.     LIST   POST  FREE   ON   APPLICATION. 
MAKERS   OF    FINEST   BROMIDE    PORTRAIT   POSTCARDS    FROM   ANY   PICTURES   SUPPLIED. 

THEATRICAL    LADIES'    GUILD. 

Founder  -  -  MRS.    CARSON. 

President  -         MISS  FANNY  BROUGH. 

3,  Bayley  Street,  Bedford  Sq.,  London,  W.C. 


THE    STAGE   YEAR    BOOK 


GAMAGES 

THEATRICAL    "MAKE-UPS"    and    "PROPERTIES"    at 

THE     WORLD'S     MINIMUM     PRICES! 


THE 
YOUNG 

CONJUROR 


The  Young 
Conjuror.  " 

BV 

Will  Goldston.  "> 

Big  and  small 
Mechanical  and 
Sleight-of-hand 
Tricks  for  the 
Amateur. 

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CONTENTS. 


Actors'  Association 
Actors'  Benevolent  Fund     . . 
Actors'  Church  Union 
Actors'  Day    . . 
Actors'  Orphanage  Fund     . . 
Actresses'  Franchise  League 

American  Stage,  The  Year's  Drama  in  New  York 
Fires  in  Theatres 
New  Theatres  Opened 

,,  ,,       Obituary  . . 

,,  ,,       Plays  of  the  Year,  with  Casts 

Authors  of  the  Year 

Baddeley  Cake,  The. . 

Books  of  the  Year.     By  L.  H.  Jacobsen 

Censorship  and  Licensing    . . 

Circuits 

Comedie  Francjaise,  The 

Concert  Artists'  Benev^olent  Association  .  . 

Dinners,  Banquets,  etc. 

"  Drama  of  the  Year,  The,"  by  E.  A.  Baughan 

English  Play  Society 

Ferrets,  The   . .  . .  . .         '. .  . .  .... 

Fires  in  Theatres 

General  Meetings  of  Societies,  Funds,  etc. 

German  Plays,  Alphabetical  List  . . 

■"  Germany,  The  Theatrical  Year  in,"  by  F.  E.  Washburn  Freund, 

Grand  Order  of  Water  Rats 

Ibsen  Club 

Incorporated  Stage  Society,  The  . . 

Japanese  Stage,  The  

King  and  the  Theatre,  The 

Legal  Cases     . . 

Legal  Cases  (Index  to  same) 

Liverpool  Repertory  Theatre 


PrtGE 

113 
117 
120 
118 
118 
120 

82 
236 

90 
231 
210 
193 

25 
16 

81 
204 

57 
.   46 

.  206 
5 


46 
185 

205 

241 

63 

43 

123 
121 

91 

104 

248 

245 
24 


CONTENTS     coutinued 


Manchester  Repertory  Theatre     . . 

Masonic  Loclfjes  and  Chapters 

Music  Hall  Artists"  Railway  Association 

Music  Hall  Home 

Music  Hall  Ladies'  Guild    .. 

"  Music  of  the  Year,"  by  B.  W.  Findon 

New  Players  . . 

New  Theatres  and  Music  Halls  Opened 

Obituary 

Oncomers'  Society    . . 

I'aris,  The  Dramatic  Year  . . 
Paris,  Plays  of  the  Year 
Play  Actors,  The 
Play-Producing  Societies    . . 
Plays  of  the  Year  (Full  Casts) 

(Alphabetical  List) 


(Principal  Ravi 


Repertory  Theatre  Movement,  The 
Roval  General  Theatrical  Fund    . . 


Shakespeare  Memorial  Theatre,  Stratford-on-Avon.   By  W.  S 

Scottish  Repertory  Theatre 

Sketches  of  the  Year 

Society  of  Authors     . . 

Some  Interesting  Autograplis 

Staff  Organisations   . . 

"  Stage  Copyright."'     By  Bernard  Weller 

Terriers'  Association 

'•  The  Tragedy  of  the  Weil-Meant."     Bv  Mostvn  T.  Pigott 

Theatres  Alliance,  The 

Theatrical  Clubs 

Theatrical  Ladies'  Guild     . . 

Theatrical  Organisations 

Theatrical  Managers'  Association 

Touring  Managers'  Association     . . 

Travelling  Theatre  Managers'  Association 

Variety  Artists'  Benevolent  Fund 

Variety  Artists'  Federation 

Variety  Organisations 

Variety  Stage,  The.     By  W.  H.  Clemart 

West  End  Theatre  Managers,  Society  of 

"  What  is  a  Concert  Artist  ?  "     By  George  Robins 


als) 


Brassi 


ngton, 


F.S.A. 


INDEX    TO    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


ART    SUPPLEMENTS. 

Sir  Herbert  Tree  as  Macbeth           . .          . .          . .          . .  . .         Frontispiece 

Miss  Lillah  McCarthy            ..          ..          ..          ..          ..  fdcing  page  6 

,,    Marie  Tempest               ..          ..          ..          ..          ..  ,,  8 

Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska            ..          ..          ..          ..          ..  ,,  lo 

Miss  Lily  Elsie,  by  R.  G.  Mathews  (among  "  Plays  of  the  Year  "). 

"  Macbeth,"  by  Edmund  Dulac       ..          ..          ..          ..  facing  page  ii 

Miss  Gertie  Millar,  by  R,  G.  Mathews ,,  i6 

"  Columbine  s'en  va,"  by  W.  Douglas  Almond,  R.I.     . .  ,,  26 

Wilkie  Bard,  by  Robert  Brown        ..          ..          ..          ..  ,,  37 

Neil  Kenyon,    ,,               ,,                     ..          ..          ..          ..  ,,  46 


PLAYS    OF    THE    YEAR. 

"  Macbeth  " 

"  Kismet " 

"  The  Count  of  Luxembourg 

"The  Perplexed  Husband  " 

"  Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings  " 

"  Better  Not  Enquire  " 

"  The  Hope  " 

"  A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel ' 

"Fanny's  First  Play  " 

"  The  Glad  Eye" 


"  The  Marionettes  " 

"  Preserving  Mr,  Panmure  " 

"  The  Mousme  " 

"Peggy" 

"  Baby  Mine  " 

"  The  Witness  for  the  Defence  ' 

"  A  Waltz  Dream  " 

"The  Lily" 

"  Romeo  and  Juliet  " 

"  Passers  By  "   . .  . .     pages 


THE    REPERTORY    THEATRES. 

Miss  Horniman's  Company    . . 
The  Scottish  Company 


facing  page 


22 
23 


THE    SHAKESPEARE    MEMORIAL. 

The  Memorial  Theatre  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .    page 

,,    Memorial     ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..     facing  page 

Views  of  the  Library,  the  Picture  Gallery,  and  Pictures,  including 
those  of  Mrs.  Stirling,  Edwin  Booth,  Roger  Kemble  :  Bust  of 
Ellen  Terry,  and  Photographs  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  R.  Benson  and 
their  Company       . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  pages 


31 
32 


32-33 


TOURING    COMPANIES. 

"Peggy" 

"  Cousin  Kate  " 

"Through  Death  Valley 


' '  The  Chance  of  a  Lifetime  ' ' 
'  *  A  Royal  Divorce  ' ' 

—pages 


35-37 


THE  VARIETY  STAGE. 

"  Sumuriin  " 

"  The  Gate  of  Dreams  " 

"  The  Hooligan  " 

Violet  Romer 

Rajah 

Sarah      Bernhardt's       Dressing 

Room 
"  Between  the  Nightfall  and  the 

Light" 


"  The  Twelve  Pound  Look  " 
"  Syria  " 
"  The  Winner  " 
Toft's  Statuary 
"  The  Eternal  Waltz  " 
The  New  Middlesex 
The  New  Victoria  Palace 
"Brinsworth,"     Twicken- 
ham , .  . .     pages       41-43 


INDEX    TO    ILLUSTRATIONS -co„^i»».r7. 


THE   PARIS   STAGE. 

Miles.   Terka-I.yon,    Rence  Desprey,    Marfj;uerite   Carre,    Kaymonde 

Caux  pages  4.S-49 

Simone  Trevalles,  (iuaydon,  Guerra,  Dargent  •  •  ..        ,,  52-53 

lane,  and  Faber,  Mme.  Pi(jrat,  Mile.  Kegina  Badet   ..        .,  56-57 

THE  COMEDIE  FRANCAISE. 

M.  Jules  Claretie.  Views  of  the  thealre,  public  foyer  and  gallery  of 
busts,  and  the  artists'  foyer.  Mme.  Battet  and  Mile.  Ce^cile 
Sorel  in  their  dress'ng  rooms.  Drawing  by  Sarah  Bernhardt. 
Letter  written  by  Alexandre  Dumas  fils.  Paintings  of  Entr'acte 
of  a  Premiere  and  The  Reading  of  a  Play  to  the  Committee  pages        61-G3 

THE   SOUTH  AFRICAN  STAGE. 

Mr.  Leonard  Rayne's  "  Julius  Caesar  "       ..  ..  ..     facing  page  63 

THE   GERMAN   STAGE. 

Hermann    I'.ahr,    Helene   Thimig,    I\Lax   Grube,   Rosa   Poppe,  Tilla 
Durieux,  Mews  of  the  New  Court  Theatre,  Stuttgart,  the  Muni- 
cipal Theatre  at  Dortmund,  the  Munic  pal  Theatre  at   Liibeck. 
Theatre  at   Meran,    and  of   "  Faust   "    (part  2)  as  gi\-en   at   the 
Cologne  Municipal  Theatre        ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  pages       68-69 

Scenes  from 

Moliere's  "Monsieur  de  Pourceaupnac "  and  "  Tartuffe,"  and 
Hermann  Bahr's  "  Wienerinnen  "  at  the  Neus  Schauspielhaus, 
Berlin;  Offenbach's  "La  Belle  Helene  "  at  the  Miincbener 
Kiinstler  Theatre,  Munich  ;  Max  Reinhardt's  "  Hamlet  "  and 
"  (Edipus"  productions;  German  Christmas  Play  at  the  Lessing 
Gesellschaft,  Hamburg;  and  "  Chrysantus  and  Daria "  and 
"  Veronica  "  at  the  Calderon  Gesellschaft,  Berlin    . .  . .  pages       79-81 

THE  JAPANESE    STAGE. 

Empire  Thealre,  Tokyo — 

Sadanji  Ichikawa,   "A  Doll's  House";   "The  Royal  Singer"; 

■  Utayemon,  "  Camille  "  ;   Enjaku,  "  The  Bells  "  ..  pages       93-9.' 

THE  AMERICAN    STAGE. 

Mi^s  Maude  Adams,  Miss  Julia  vSanderson,  Miss  Ethel  Barrymore, 
Mme.  Nazimova,  and  Miss  Billie  I'>urke.  Drop  Curtain  at  the 
Chicago  Blackstone  Theatre       . .  . .  .  .  . .  . .  pages       86-8' 


Plays  ok  thk  Year  : — 

"  The  Return  of  Peter  Grimm  " 

"  Everywoman  '' 

' '  Disraeli ' ' 

"  Rebellion  " 

"  The  Pink  Lady  " 

"  Get-Rich-Quick  Wallingford  " 

"The  Kiss  Waltz   ' 

"  Green  Stockings  " 

"  Over  Night   ' 

"  Little  Hoy  Blue" 

"  The  Red  Widow  ' 


The  Little  Millionaire  " 

Bought  and  Paid  For  " 

The  Siren  " 

The  Million" 

The  Arab  " 

The  Garden  of  .\llah  " 

Vera  Violet ta  " 

Rebecca     cf     Sunningbrcok 

Farm  " 

Excuse  Me  " 

Around  the  World  "  . .  pages       90-9 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Sir  George  Alexander facing  pac^e 

The  London  Opera  House 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


DRAMA    OF    THE    YEAR. 

BY     E.    A.    BAUGHAN. 

AN  analysis  of  the  dramatic  productions  of  1911  does  not  make  for  optimistic 
reflections.  It  has  been  a  barren  year.  Above  all,  it  has  been  barren  in 
serious  plays.  Indeed,  it  would  not  be  unfair  to  make  the  deduction  that 
London  no  longer  cares  for  serious  plays,  if  we  except  Shakespearean 
revivals.  Here  is  a  meagre  list,  for  instance,  of  the  plays  of  serious  interest  which 
have  been  successful  during  the  year.  Haddon  Chambers'  "  Passers-by  "  (a  comedy 
in  style,  but  dealing  with  life  seriously  in  its  essence),  Hemmerde  and  Neilson's 
"A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  (successful  only  because  of  its  sensational  Divorce 
Court  scene),  Edward  Knoblauch's  "  Kismet  "  (mainly  a  question  of  pageantry), 
"  The  Marionettes  "  (an  artificial  play,  distinguished  by  its  excellent  acting  and 
by  the  re-appearance  of  Sir  John  Hare),  and,  as  far  as  one  can  foresee  at  the  time 
of  writing,  the  adaptation  of  Mr.  Robert  Hichens'  "Bella  Donna."  Not  much 
comfort  is  to  be  deduced  from  that  list  by  those  who  admire  serious  drama.  The 
comparatively  successful  plays  do  not  enlarge  the  list  .to  any  great  extent.  Mr. 
Zangwill's  ""The  War  God  "  was  of  considerable  interest,  and  I  will  deal  with 
it  later  in  this  article,  and  Mr.  Laurence  Irving's  adaptation  of  Pierre  Wolff  and 
Gaston  Leroux's  "  Le  Lys,"  if  artificial  and  theatrical  in  many  respects,  had  at 
any  rate  a  strong  himian  basis,  the  tyranny  of  a  parent  who  brings  unhappiness- 
and  even  disaster  to  his  children  through  his  selfishness.  Mr.  Jerome  K.  Jerome'? 
"The  Master  of  Mr.  Chilvers  "  was  a  crude  suffragette  tract;  Mr.  H.  A.  Jones'f 
"The  Ogre"  was,  unfortunately,  &,  failure,  aiid  dealt  with  a  serious  aspect  of 
modern  life  in  a  frivolous  spirit;  and  Hemmerde  and  Neilson's  "The  Crucible" 
was  nothing  but  an  ordinary  melodrama. 

Are  Serious  Plays  Wanted? 

For  the  moment  I  leave  out  of  count  the  revivals  of  "  Macbeth  "  by  Sir  Her- 
bert Tree  and  the  Shakespearean  Festival  at  His  Majesty's ;  the  production  of 
"Romeo  and  Juliet"  at  the  New  Theatre,  in  which  Miss  Neilson-Terry  showed 
considerable  promise,  and  the  performances  of  "The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor"  by 
Mr.  Oscar-  Asche's  company  at  the  Garrick.  as  well  as  the  Shakespearean  perform- 
ances at  the  Coronet  Theatre.  Shakespeare  is,  indeed,  the  only  serious  dramatist 
who  can  be  sure  of  a  public,  and  in  his  case  the  stage  manager  and  scenic  artist 
deserve  much  credit  for  preserving  the  dramatist's  fame  as  a  theatrical  evergreen. 
In  looking  through  the  doings  of  the  year  one  is  compelled  to  ask  :  "  Are  serious 
plays  wanted?"  Of  one  thing  I  think  we  may  be  certain:  the  public  is  tired  of 
sex-dramas  and  of  the  eternal  triangle  of  wife,  husband,  and  the  other  man. 
Decorate  this  triangle  how  you  will ;  weave  on  it  the  flowers  of  romance  and  the 
intricate  patterns  of  intrigue,  and  the  triangle  remains  the  same.  Then  the  ten- 
dency play  in  the  hands  of  dramatists  who  are  not  poets  is  a  very  dull  affair,  and 
reflects  life  in  a  wai^ped  and  distorting  mirror.  Moreover,  there  is  a  deeper  reasoD 
why  the  ordinary  serious  play  no  longer  appeals  to  the  public. 

The  whole  moral  outlook  of  the  public  has  changed.  Except  in  the  far-off  wilde 
of  ultimate  suburbia  human  actions  are  no  longer  judged  according  to  the  rule* 
of  old-fashioned  conventionalism.  The  agonies  of  the  young  girl  who  has  been 
deserted  by  a  villain  have  long  since  ceased  to  appeal  to  us.  Most  of  us  secretly 
agree  with' John  Tanner's  rhetorical  defence  of  the  supposititious  "  fall  "  of  Violet 
Robinson.  In  a  sense  our  morality  has  developed  into  a  higher  state.  We  do  not 
judge  people  so  much  by  their  actions  as  by  their  motives  and  character.  The 
deserted   girl   in  black  and  a  snowstorm  is,  of   course,   an  extreme  instance,   for 


6  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 

she  had  disappeared  from  polite  melodrama  many  years  ago,  but  I  use  her  as 
a  sjTiibol  of  the  unreal  tragedy  which  no  longer  impresses  the  public.  Tho  loss  of 
this  engaging  figure  has  [)laced  our  dramatists  in  a  quandary,  and  they  have  not 
yet  found  the  solution  of  it.  Until  lite  becomes  perfect  there  always  mu.st  be 
"the  material  in  it  for  dramatic  clash,  and  it  always  must  afford  the  spectacle  of  tht« 
abnormal  and  inappropriateness  which  are  the  inspiration  of  comedy.  In  a  perfect 
world  there  would  be  no  warfare  and  no  drama  ;  there  would  be  no  divergence 
from  the  normal  to  hold  up  to  .satire  and  ridicule.  The  bigger  men  of  to-day  are 
attempting  to  get  away  from  all  questions  of  sex,  which  are  now  seen  to  be  more 
a  proper  subject  for  the  physiologist  and  p.sychologist  than  for  the  dramatist, 
but  the  affairs  of  the  world  from  which  drama  can  be  made  are  difficult  to  handle 
if  an  ordinary  theatre  public  is  to  be  interested. 

Moreover,  we  must  admit  that  modern  life,  with  its  wonderful  scientific  aid'^ 
to  existence,  is  no  longer  a  dull  affair  in  itself,  and  serious  drama  is  no  longer 
required  as  a  stimulant.  More  and  more  we  are  looking  to  the  theatre  as  a  mean.s 
of  entertainment.  One  section  of  the  public  may  care  for  nothing  but  heart-easing 
plays,  agreeing  with  Keats's  definition  of  the  function  of  the  poet.  Another  section 
may  welcome  comedies  which  touch  on  serious  aspects  of  life  with  lightness,  wit, 
and  nimble  intelligence.  The  ideals  of  the  two  classes  are  the  same,  however. 
Drama  to  both  is  an  entertainment,  and  this  "entertainment  "  includes  the  sensa- 
tion of  melodrama,  whether  it  be  the  elaborate  crudenese  of  "  The  Hope  "  or  the 
realistic  picture  of  torture  under  cross-examination  of  "  A  Butterfly  on  the 
Wheel." 

The  Play  oi"  the  Future. 

Even  Shakespeare  is  not  exempt  from  the  modern  distaste  for  mere  horror  in 
drama.  For  instance,  his  "  Macbeth,"  powerful  and  moving  as  it  is,  was  not  the 
most  popular  of  Sir  Herbert  Tree's  Shakespearean  revivals;  whereas  tiie 
pageantry  and  humour  of  "  Henry  VIII."  majde  it  one  of  the  most  obstinate  of 
successes.  I  do  not  pretend  to  take  the  stand  that  tragedy  in  drama  is  dead,  or 
that  henceforth  comedy  shall  smile  her  bitter  smile  as  queen  of  the  stage,  but 
I  am  sure  that  the  tragedy  of  the  future  must  be  more  to  the  life — tears  shall  be 
mingled  with  smiles,  and  instead  of  the  cowardice  of  despair  there  shall  be  tlie 
courage  of  humour.  Above  all,  in  these  days,  there  must  be  fantasy,  imagination, 
and  strangeness.  What  message  had  Bernartd  Shaw  to  give  the  world  but  this? 
He  has  the  fantasy  and  the  strangeness.  He  touches  on  serious  things  with  nimhle- 
ness  and  wit.  His  "  Fanny's  First  Play,"  which  has  run  for  many  nights  and  is 
still  running,  has  been  one  of  the  triumphs  of  the  season,  in  spite  of  the  prologue 
which  deals  with  critics  and  criticism,  subjects  to  which  the  public  is  profoundly 
indifferent;  and  Mr.  Robert  Loraine  has  found  that  "  Man  and  Superman"  Jias 
converted  the  Criterion  into  a  little  gold  mine.  These  plays  are  typical  of  the 
farces  of  the  future,  which  will  deal  more  with  intellectual  than  with  physical 
absurdities.  But  Bernard  Shaw,  if  he  has  fantasy  and  strangeness,  has  not 
imagination  enough  to  grasp  the  strong  feelings  behind  human  actions.  Those 
feelings  have  not  changed  much  in  all  these  centuries  of  civilisation.  We  still  feel 
that  we  could  kill,  but  we  refrain  ;  we  can  love  passionately  enough  to  lose  the 
world  for  love,  but  we  don't.  The  feelings  have  not  changed,  but  our  way  of 
looking  at  them  has.  The  very  restraints  of  civilisation,  both  spiritual  "  and 
material,  really  emphasise  the  dramatic  clash  of  existence,  but  this  clash  demands 
an  expression  very  different  from  old-fashioned  tragedy,  and  I  mean  old-far-hioned 
in  a  comprehensive  sense,  so  that  even  Pinero's  "  Notorious  Mrs.  Ebbsmith  "  would 
be  includdd  in  the  category. 

The  Reign  of  Comedy. 
And  so  we  find  that  the  successes  of  the  year  have  been  more  in  comedy  than 
in  tragedy,  and  in  a  form  of  picturesque  romanticism  which  is  difficult  to  clars 
under  either  heading.  I  refer  to  "The  Miracle"  and  the  excerpt  from 
"  Sumunin,"  both  wordless  plays,  and  to  the  phenomenal  success  of  "Kismet." 
to  say  nothing  of  the  rage  for  Russian  ballets  at  Covent  Garden.  Of  this  new 
aspect  of  dramatic  taste,  and  of  "romanticism"  in  general,  I  will  deal  after  con- 
sidering the  successes  of  ordinary  com(>dy.  Picturesque  romanticism  is  a  curious 
aspect  of  the  modern  stage  which  has  some  significance.  As  to  legitimate  corned  v. 
we  still  await  the  coming  of  a  new  Moliere  and  a  new  Congreve.  But  the  ground 
IS  bemg  cleared  for  the  arrival  of  the  dramatist  who  shall  show  genius  for  corned  v. 
lear  by  year  our  comedies  are  becoming  more  subtle,  and  are  the  medium  thro;uli 


MISS     LILLAH     McCARTHY 


Under  whose  manajiement  "  Fannj's  First  Play  *'  and  other  pieces  were  produced 

at  the  Little  Theatre.   With  the  new  year  Miss  McCarthy  transferred  her  enerjjies 

to  the  KiniJsway, 


THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK 


which  our  life  is  being  most  vividly  portrayed.  ]\rr.  Bernard  Shaw  himself  har, 
captured  something  of  ]\[oliere's  spirit,  as,  indeOd,  he  has  been  largely  influenced 
by  the  great  Frenchman's  metliods,  but  G.B.S.  lacks  the  tolerant  kindliness  of 
Moliere.  The  creator  of  Roebuck  in  "  ]\lan  and  Superman"  could  never  have 
evolved  M.  Jourdain.  Nevertheless.  BernaHd  Shaw  has  the  true  comedy  spirit  in 
him,  and  possibly  in  his  last  "  period  "  his  talent  will  be  concentrated  entirely  on 
comedy.  Sir  A.  W.  Pinero,  on  the  other  hand,  has  lost  the  sureness  of  touch  which 
made  his  early  farces  so  .delightful.  "  Preserving  ^Ir.  Panmure  "  ran  for  close 
on  three  months  at  the  Comedy  Theatre,  but  it  cannot  be  called  an  artistic  success. 
The  drawing  of  upper-middle-class  life  of  the  Philistine  type  was  as  brilliant  as  the 
picture  of  the  Ridgeley  family  in  "  His  House  in  Order,"  but  there  was  some- 
thing extremely  impleasant  in  the  character  of  Mr.  Panmure  himself.  The  tone 
of  the  comedy  wa.s  bitter  and  sinister,  and  it  lacked  something  of  the  architectural 
solidity  which  generally  characterises  Pinero's  plays.  The  comedy  was  as 
finely  acted  as  it  well  could  be,  but  it  was  possible  to  imagine  less  emphasis  on 
the  unpleasant  features  of  the  sensual  hypocrite,  Mr.  Panmure.  Pinero's  work 
suffered  from  lacking  a  central  3dea  for  satirical  treatment.  There  are  Mr.  Pan- 
mures  in  the  world,  but  they  are  rare,  and  we  felt  that  there  was  no  real  need  to 
put  one  of  them  in  the  stocks  for  the  whole  evening.  A  suc-cessful  comedy  must  deal 
with  characters  that  are  general,  and  not  with  grotesque  exceptions. 

Mr.  Alfred  Sutro's  "  The  Perplexed  Husband  "  was  more  in  the  true  comedy 
spirit,  for  its  characters,  although  rather  conventional  and  theatrical,  are  to  be 
met  any  day  in  our  modern  world  of  sham  culture  and  sham  ideals.  Moreover, 
the  piece  contained  one  finely  conceived  character — that  of  Clarence  Woodehouse,  q 
philosophic  hedonist  who  becomes  entangled  in  the  effects  of  his  own  preaching. 
Then,  again,  ^Ir.  Besier's  "  Lady  Patricia."  although  a  little  thin  in  its  main 
idea,  and  to  some  extent  a  trifle  old-fashioned  in  its  satire  of  preciosity  (so  rapidly 
do  fads  change),  was  a  real  comedy  of  delicate  wit,  ingenious  intrigue,  and  clever 
observation.  Our  players  are  best  in  comedy  and  least  good  in  romantic  tragedy, 
and  in  "  Lady  Patricia,"  as  in  "  Preserving  Mr.  Panmure  "  and  "  The  Per- 
plexed Husband,"  there  was  some  acting  of  which  our  stage  may  well  be  proud. 
Of  the  success  of  Mr.  Bernard  Shaw's  "  Fanny's  First  Play  "  I  have  already 
written.  Although  it  is  not,  perhaps,  "Bernard  Shaw  at  his  best,"  it  is  a  vei'y 
amusing  entertainment,  and  is  thoroughly  well  acted  by  Miss  Lillah  ilacCarthy 
and  her  company.  jNIr.  Shaw  stands  almost  alone  among  the  older  dramatists  in 
having  achieved  success  with  .a  new  play  during  the  past  year.  ^Ir.  H.  A.  Jones, 
with  "The  Ogre,"  was  not  as  successful  as  Sir  Arthur  Pinero  with  "Preserving 
Mr.  Panmure."  "The  Ogre"  fell  between  two  stools.  The  first  act  foreshadowed 
a  play  on  the  heartlessness  of  the  modern  woman  who  spends  her  husband's  money 
without  knowing  or  caring  to  know  how  he  makes  it,  or  if  he  can  afford  to  spend 
so  much.  I  imagine  that  the  play  may  have  been  originally  intended  for  America, 
where  this  first  act  would  have  had  a  more  general  meaning  than  in  this  counti'v. 
But  Mr.  Jones  did  not  carry  out  the  idea.  The  second  and  thii'd  acts  are  mere 
farce,  and  of  an  old-fashioned  kind.  ]Mr  Louis  N.  Parker  \\as  no  more  successful 
with  his  "■Pomander  Walk,''  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  as  the  peppery  old  Admiral 
Mr,  Cyril  Maude  had  a  good  part.  "  Pomander  Walk  "  is  like  a  coarse  modern 
imitation  of  an  eighteenth  century  colour  print.  It  was  meant  to  give  us  an 
amusing  glimpse  of  the  days  of  coaches  and  lavender-scented  linen,  but  this  was 
mainly  done  by  the  stage  setting  and  not  by  the  dialogue  or  characterisation. 
To  be  successful  in  this  pseudo-antique  style  the  fastidious  touch  of  a  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  is  required.  Mr.  Parker  is  a  clever  playwright,  but  he  is  not  a 
Stevenson.  In  America  "  Pomander  Walk  "  was  immensely  successful,  mainly, 
I  presume,  because  it  dealt  with  antique  life  in  England.  Mr.'  Somerset  Maugharn. 
although  not  one  of  our  older  playwrights,  must  also  be  classed  among  those  authors 
who  have  missed  their  mark  in  1911.  Although  his  "Loaves  and  Fishes"  was 
not  a  success,  I  am  not  among  those  who  consider  it  his  weakest  comedj\  As 
a  matter  of  fact,  I  think  it  has  more  "  try  "  in  it  than  many  of  the  pieces  from 
his  peii  which  have  been  so  popular,  but  the  characterisation  of  the  worldly 
parson  in  his  career  towards  a  bishopric  is  not  drawn  with  sufficient  subtlety. 

In  considering  the  comedies  of  the  past  year,  I  think  that  first  place  must  be 
given  to  "  Fanny's  First  Play  "  and  "  Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings."  The  success 
of  Mr.  Moffat's  little  piece  has  been  phenomenal.  Originally  produced  at  the 
Playhouse  at  a  trial  matinee,  it  was  immediately  transferred  to  the  Haymarket, 
and    has  run   right   through   one    of   the    hottest    summers    on   record,    and    is   stilt 


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running.  That  this  simple,  genial,  and  amusing  satire  of  Scotch  character  and 
life  has  been  so  successful  at  a  theatre  in  the  heart  of  the  West  End  should 
teach  our  managers  that  fresh  and  original  work  will  always  find  an  audience. 
"  Bunly  Pulls  the  Strings  "  owes  very  little  of  its  success  to  its  Scotch  character, 
but  much  to  the  clever  company  of'  Scotch  players  who  have  appeared  in  the 
piece.  But  the  play,  if  a  triHe  crude  and  scrappy,  is  clever  as  a  play.  There  is 
really  no  boom  in  Scotch  plays,  and  Miss  Laurence  Thervals  "  Christina,"  also 
given  a  trill  matinee  by  ^Ir.  Cyril  Maude  at  the  Playhouse,  was  not  in  any  way 
a  rival  to  Mr.  Moffat's  play.  Next  to  ''Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings,"  "Fanny's  First 
Play,"  and  "  The  Perplexed  Husband  "  comes  Mr.  Arnold  Bennett's  "  The  Honey- 
moon," a  pleasant,  clever,  and  fresh  little  comedy  with  which  Miss  Marie  Tempest 
opened  her  season  at  the  Royalty  Theatre  in  October.  In  quite  a  different  style  the 
American  farce  "Baby  Mine  ""  has  been  one  of  the  chief  successes  of  the  year, 
but  it  may  be  noted  that  Miss  Mayo's  piece  is  a  tendency-farce,  and  satirises  the 
modern  American  woman's  distaste  of  motherhood.  The  satire  does  not  apply 
quite  so  much  to  this  country,  but  still  it  does  apply  sufficiently  to  give  "  Baby 
Mine  "  a  satirical  meaning  apart  from  its  clever  intrigue. 

It  is  a  curious  fact,  and  one  on  which  we  may  pride  ourselves,  that  the  most 
brilliant  comedies  and  farces  of  the  year  have  been  from  the  pens  of  British 
and  English-speaking  authors.  There  have  also  been  some  comparative  failui'es, 
of  course;  for  instance,  ]Mr.  Keble  Howard's  "  The  Girl  Who  Could  Not  Lie,"  Mr. 
E.  Temple  Thurston's  "Sally  Bishop,"  Mr.  Maurice  Baring's  "The  Green 
Elephant,"  and  Mr.  Charles  McEvoy's  "  All  That  Matters  " — although  the  last 
had  a  certain  freshness  of  outlook  and  unconventionality  of  treatment.  In  general, 
however,  the  most  successful  comedies  and  farces  have  been  from  British  pens. 
"  The  Glad  Eye,"  an  adaptation  from  the  French  by  Jose  G.  Levey,  is  the  one 
exception.  It  has  been  the  only  piece  of  foreign  origin  which  has  been 
wonderfully  popular.  "Dad,"  "Decorating  (Jlemeniine,"  "The  Great 
Name,"  "The  Uninvited  Guest,"  "Playing  with  Fire,"  "The  Concert," 
and  "  Is  ^latrimony  a  Failure?  "  have  had  varying  success,  and  no  doubt  most 
of  these  plays  have  answered  all  the  requirements  made  of  them,  but  none  has 
had  the  unquestionable  triumph  of  "  Fanny's  First  Play,"  "  Bunty  Pulls  the 
Strings,"  or  "  The  Perplexed  Husband."  Our  dramatists  are  attempting  to  open 
up  new  roads,  whereas  the  French  and  Germans  are  content  w'ith  the  old.  An 
exception  must  be  made  of  "  Le  ^lariage  de  ^lUe.  Beulenians,"  a  delighttul  comedy 
of  Belgian  middle-class  life,  which  was  played  at  the  Globe  for  a  couple  of  week; 
in  September  by  a  Belgian  company. 

The  Povfety  of  SERiors  Plats. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  article  I  glanced  at  the  serious  plays  produced  during 
the  year,  and  if  I  have  dismissed  them  briefly  it  is  because  comedy  has  been 
so  much  more  important,  and  I  think  it  is  likely  to  be  as  the  years  roll  on. 
Indeed,  the  old-fashioned  distinction  between  tragedy  and  comedy  is  gradually 
ceasing  to  exist,  and  drama  will  become  a  more  faithful  reflection  of  life  in 
being  an  amalgam  of  both.  Such  serious  plays  as  have  been  successful  during 
the  year  have  been  polite  melodramas  or  what  may  be  called  comedy-melodramas! 
Gladj-s  Unger's  adaptation  of  Pierre  Wolff's  "  Tlie  Marionettes  "  fs  an  instance 
of  this.  It  begins  with  a  problem,  or,  rather,  a  very  interesting  situation  of 
serious  import,  and  then  tails  off  into  theatrical  comedy — a  woman,  naturally 
staid,  who  plays  the  coquette  to  attract  an  indifferent  husband  (a  situation  as 
old  as  Notre  DameJ.  Mr.  A.  E.  W.  Mason's  "The  Witness  for .  the  Defence" 
had  a  fine  first  act,  well  conceived  as  to  atmosphere  and  based  on  simple  and  yet 
telling  motives.  It  became,  as  the  play  went  on,  merely  an  unnatural  drama  of 
mtngue,  leaving  the  solution  of  the  problem  of  the  first  act  to  an  insignificant 
scene  at  the  end.  Mr.  Hichens's  "Bella  Donna"  is  iust  melodrama,  with  a 
splendid  part  for  jNIrs.  Patrick  Campbell.  When  I  use  the  word  "  melodrama  " 
It  is  in  no  sense  a  reproach,  for  melodrama  is  a  good,  healthy  thing,  appealing  to 
the  average  healthy  human  being's  love  of  the  sensational,  but^it  is  a  sensationalism 
entirely  within  the  terms  of  the  theatre,  and  is  an  end  in  itself.  A  serious  plav 
of  artistic  aims  would  not  make  that  sensationalism  an  end  in  itself.  "  A  Butterfly 
on  the  Wheel,"  by  Messrs.  Hemmerde  and  Neilson,  had  a  kind  of  thesis— the 
k"*u  iV'-  ^"J"^''<=^'  and  inhumanity  of  cross-examination  as  it  is  conducted  by 
the  bullying  tvpe  of  counsel ;  but  there  was  only  one  scene  which  carried  this  out, 
and  one  scene  does  not  make  a  play.  In  many  ways  the  most  interesting  serious  drama 


MISS     MARIE     TEMPEST 


Who,  clui-insj  the  year  IHH.  wtiit  int..  maiiajicnicnt  at  the  Royalty .  \vht;re  she 
pi-oduceii  "The  Hiineymoon."  hy  Arnokl  Bennett. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


of  the  year  was  Mr.  Laurence  Irving's  adaptation  of  Pierre  Wolf?  and  Garten  Leroux's 
"  Le  Lys,"  but  this  problem  of  the  tyranny  of  a  selfish  parent  was  not  expressed 
in  terms  which  appeal  to  a  British  audience.  The  tyranny  exists  here  as  in  France, 
but  not  in  the  same  way. 

Mr.  William  ilorpeth's  "  Above  Suspicion,"  an  adaptation  of  Sardou's 
"  Ferreol,"  produced  at  the  Haymarket ;  Mr.  Walter  Frith's  "  ilargaret  Catch- 
pole,"  a  broad-sheet  melodrama,  at  the  Duke  of  York's;  and  Mr.  Boyle  Lawrence 
and  Mr.  F.  Mouillofs  "  Popinjay  "  at  the  New  Theatre,  had  moderate  runs. 
"  A  Fool  There  Was,"  foundeld  by  Porter  Emerson  Browne  on  Kipling'e  "  The 
Vampire,"  was  a  failure,  and  deserved  to  be.  The  romantic  costume  drama  has 
not  been  very  successful.  Henry  Hamilton  and  Rafael  Sabatini's  "  Baudelys  the 
^Magnificent  "  did  not  repeat  at  the  Globe  the  success  it  had  already  won  in  the 
jarovinces ;  nor  had  Leon  ]NL  Lion  and  INIalcolm  Cherry's  "Mr.  Jarvis "  any 
lasting  vogue  at  Wyndham's.  The  public  at  one  time  seemed  ail  in  favour  of 
these  romantic  costume  plays,  but  they  must  be  good  of  their  kind.  "  The  Scarlet 
Pimpernel  "  has  been  again  revived,  aiHd  on  the  last  day  of  the  year  "  Sweet  Nell 
of  Old  Drury  "  was  mounted  again  with  every  sign  of  prosperity.  This  craving  for 
romantic  picturesque  plays  will  always  exist,  but  it  show.-?  itself  in  different  waj's  at 
differenb  times.  The  popularity  of  Shakespeare  is  one  of  its  manifestations,  for  it 
i'S  absurd  to  supj^ose  that  the  large  audiences  which  flock  to  His  INIajesty's  are 
mainly  attracted  by  the  dramatic  intensity  and  nobility  of  Shakespeare's  work. 
Without  stage  show  Shakespeare  would  not  be  so  popular.  Sir  Herbert  Tree  has  a 
wonderful  record  for  the  year  in  the  production  of  Shakespeare.  "  Macbeth  "  was 
his  new  revival,  and  very  elaborate  it  was  in  scenery  and  magic-effects. 

At  the  New  Theatre  "  Romeo  and  Juliet  "  was  mounted  for  the  sake  of  Miss 
Neilson-Terry  as  Juliet  The  play  was  produced  with  considerable  taste,  and  an 
attempt  was  made  to  realise  the  violence  of  the  period,  with  its  strong  hates  and 
equally  strong  loves.  IMiss  Terry  hereelf  showed  considerable  advance  in  her 
talent,  but  she  has  still  a  great  deal  to  learn  if  only  her  public  admirers  will 
allow  her  to  learn  it.  ;\Ir.  Oscar  Asche  and  his  company  gave  a  revival  of  "  The 
Merry  Wives  of  Windror  "  at  the  Garrick,  but  its  only  distinguished  feature  was 
that  the  action  of  the  play  was  set  in  the  winter.  This  dild  not  heighten  the  merri- 
ness  of  the  play. 

If  we  are  not  given  serious  plays  of  moment  on  the  ordinary  stage  we  expect 
that  our  nimierous  dramatic  societies  will  make  good  the  deficiency,   but  even  in 
this  respect  1911  has  been  disappointing.     The  Stage  Society  has  produced  nothing 
to  equal  John  Masefield's   "  Pompey  the  Great"  of  the  previous  year.     Prof.    G. 
Lowes  Dickenson's  "Business"  proved  to  be  the  work  of  a  clever  man,  who  had 
evidently  studied  his  subject;  but  the  subject  never  quite  crystallised  into  drama 
Arnong   the   other   plays   produced    were    Mr.    George    Moore's    "Esther    Waters," 
which  now  seems  old-fashioned  and  crude,  and  "  The  Passing  of  Talma,"  a  trans- 
lation from  the  German  by  Mr.   H.   A.   Hertz.       This  little  play  is  practically  a 
virtuoso  piece  for  one  actor,   and   it  enabled  Mr.    Henry  Ainley  to  show  that  he 
has  the  makings  of  a  great  emotional  actor.     The  Oncomers  and  the  Play  Actors 
have  produced  nothing  of  much  note,  with  the  exception  of  Isabel  Hearne's  "  Queen 
Herzeleid."      The   Pioneers    Iih.i    the  courage  to  produce  Mr.  Laurence  Housman's 
■'Pains  and  Penalties,"  the  Queen  Caroline  drama  which  had  been  banned  by  the 
Censor.     It  is  a  scrappy  plaj',  and  not  particularly  imiDressive  in  characterisation 
or  dialogue,  and  I  must  say  that  while  the  Censor  is  a  servant  of  the  Ixird  Cham- 
berlain there   was  every  reason   for   refusing  to  license  a  play   which   holds   up   a 
a  member  of  the  present  dynasty  to  contempt.     Better  work  has  been  (done  at  the 
Little  Theatre  and  the  Court  by  Miss  Lillah  IMcCarthy  than  by  any  of  the  inde- 
pendent,  non-commercial  stage  societies.      Miss   McCarthy's  record   is  remarkable. 
At  the  Court  in  January  she  prdduced  John  ^laeefield's  translation  of  H.   Weiss 
Jennssen's    "  The    Witch,"    a   very   powerful   and    very   interesting   play,    and    she 
revived  ''  Nan."     At  the  Little  Theatre  ehe  has  given  lis  a  revival  of  "  Just  to  Get 
Married,"   the   "  Anatol "    seciuence  of   dialogues    (after  three   of   them   had   been 
played  at  the  Palace  by  Mr.   Granville  Barker),   Ibsen's   "  The  Master  Builder," 
and  "Fanny's  First  Play,"  besides  matinees  of  Meredith's  "The  Sentimentalists," 
Barrie's  "'Twelve  Pound  Look,"   and   Granville  Barker's  "Rococo."     It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  j\Iiss  McCarthy's  tenancy  of  the  Kingsway  will  yield  as  good  results. 
For  one  of  the  interesting  plays  of  the  year  we  have  to  thank  Sir  Herbert  Tree, 
and  not  any  of  the  stage  societies.     Mr.   Zang^vill's  "  The  War  God  "  is  interest- 
ing,  whatever  else  one  may  say  of  it.      Its   fault  is   in  the  one-sided   drawing  of 


10  THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


Bismarck  as  a  kind  of  modern  war  demon.  The  issues  which  make  for  war  are 
but  partially  sketched  in  this  \\^\ ,  and  the  character  of  the  chief  protagonist  is 
so  wavering' that  Mr.  ZangwiJl  himself  has  had  to  explain  it  at  considerable  length 
in  the  Press.  The  use  of  blank  verse  in  a  modern  play  is  not  as  new  as  the 
author  of  "  The  War  God  "  seemed  to  think.  At  any  rate,  it  is  not  new  in 
France.  But  this  artistic  question  received  no  solution  from  Mr.  Zangwill  because 
his  verse  was  poor  in  quality.  Still,  "  The  War  God  "  was  interesting,  mainly 
because  the  spirit  of  sincerity  breathes  through  it. 

Plays  of  ^Iystery  and  Picturesqukness. 

Although  this  year  has  not  given  us  any  serious  plays  of  great  moment,  it 
has  been  remarkable  for  a  curious  manifestation  of  a  new  spirit,  to  which  I  have 
already  referred.  It  is  the  spirit  of  fantasy.  "The  Golden  Land  of  Fairy  Tales  " 
and  "  Where  the  Rainbow  Ends  "  owe  something,  no  doubt,  to  tlie  success 
of  "  Peter  Pan  "  and  "  The  Blue  Bird."  That  does  not  belittle  their  character, 
however,  as  manifestations  of  the  new  spirit  of  fantasy  and  poetiy  which  is  making 
itself  felt  on  our  stage.  At  the  Haymarket  we  had  Lord  Dunsany's  "The  Gods  of 
the  Mountain,"  an  impressive  little  alloeory  ;  and  at,  Manchester  (if  1  may  look 
outside  London  for  once)  there  was  John  Galsworthy's  "  The  Little  Dream," 
a  play  of  genuine  poetic  feeling.  In  addition  one  must  not  forget  the  success  of 
the  wordless  "  Sumurun  "  at  the  Coliseum  and  the  colossal  production  of  "The 
Miracle"  at  Olympia.  Both  these  productions  appeal  to  a  love  of  mystery 
and  picturesqueness,  and  their  popularity  may  be  taken  as  a  kind  of  protest  against 
the  grey  flippancy  of  modern  comedies  and  modern  life.  Dancing  hardly  comes 
within  the  province  of  my  survey,  but  the  success  of  the  Eussian  ballet  at  Covent 
Garden  is  germane  to  the  contention  that  the  public  now  desires  romance  and 
poetry — in  a  word,  strangeness  on  the  stage.  These  Russian  ballets  are  as  much 
plays  as  "  Sumuriin  "  and  "  The  ^lira-c-le. "  Even  on  the  ordinary  stage  the  suc- 
cesses of  the  year  have  been  made  by  "  Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings,"  "  Lady  Pati'icia," 
"Fanny's  First  Play,"  and  "Kismet"  (which  is  at  once  a  "Sumurun"  and 
a  drama),  and  all  these  plays  are  fantastic  and  strange. 

Xo  doubt  the  vogue  of  musical  c-omedy.  as  of  the  Shakespearean  revivals  at 
His  Majesty's,  is  due  to  the  same  need  on  the  part  of  the  public  for  something 
out  of  the  commonplace.  Sir  Herbert  Tree  has  gauged  this  taste  by  producing 
a  new  and  satirical  version  of  Offenbach's  "  Oi-phee  aux  Enfers."  Even  on 
the  ordinary  musical  comedy  stage  there  are  signs  of  this  new  spirit.  "  The 
Mousme,"  following  "The  Arcadians,"  is  a  sign  of  the  times.  But  it  will  not 
do  to  labour  that  point  too  much,  for  the  Gaiety  "  Peggy  "  was  just  an  ordinary 
Gaiety  piece,  and  Gladys  Unger's  new  version  of  "  Die  Fledermaus  "  has  nothing 
strange  about  it.  On  the  other  hand,  "A  Waltz  Dream"  (revived  in  January), 
"The  Count  of  Luxembourg,"  produced  in  May  at  Daly's,  and  the  continued 
run  throughout  the  year  of  "  The  Chocolat*  Soldier  "  are  evidence  that  the  public 
is  looking  to  musical  comedy  for  the  satisfaction  of  some  of  its  love  of  romance 
and  strangeness.  (By  the  way,  the  year  lias  been  noticeable  for  a  number  of 
musical  comedy  failures — "Baron  Trenck,"  "  Bonita,"  "The  Spring  Maid,"  and 
"  The  Love  Mills.")  If.  therefore,  the  year  has  not  been  remarkable  for  any 
serious  drama  of  more  than  common  merit,  there  have  been  signs  of  a  change 
in  the  spirit  of  the  public  which  may  lead  to  new  and  interesting  developments, 
and  of  one  thing  a  survey  of  the  year's  productions  has  made  me  very  sure :  no 
manager  can  afford  to  "have  fixed  ideas  of  what  the  public  will  appreciate- 
"  Kismet  "  was  long  under  the  consideration  of  an  eminent  actor-manager,  who  in 
the  end  returned  the  play  as  unsuitable;  "Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings"  owes  its 
production  to  Mr.  Cyril  Maude,  who  had  the  courage  to  give  it  a  trial  matinee ; 
"Fanny's  First  Play"  would  have  been  produced  nowhere  but  for  the  Little 
Theatre — yet  these  pieces  have  been  the  great  successes  of  the  year.  The  lesson  to 
be  deduced  from  this  is  simply  that  there  is  a  public  for  anything  fresh,  strange, 
and  fantastic. 


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pmdiiced  Maxim  ODi-Uy's  "  The  Lower  Depths.'"  and  other  plays. 


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PLAYS    OF    THE    YEAR. 

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THE  STAGE  YEAK  BOOK  11 


MUSIC     OF    THE    YEAR. 

BY    B.    W.    FiNDON. 

THE  one  thing  that  will  make  memorable  the  otherwise  somewhat  discouraging 
year  of  1911  in  the  domain  of  Music  is  the  building  and  opening  of  the 
London  Opera  Hou'se  in  the  Kingsway  by  Mr.  Oscar  Hammerstein.  It 
is  a  stately  and  palatial  building,  but  its  future  destiny  it  is  difficult  to 
foretell.  One  remembers  the  fine  theatre  built  in  1890  by  Mr.  D"Oyly  Cart©  in 
Shaftesbury  Avenue  and  its  ultimate  fate,  and  the  older  of  those  among  us  have 
vivid  recollections  of  the  unfinished  edifice  on  the  Thames  Embankment,  which  is 
now  New  Scotlanid  Yard,  and  the  optimistic  professions  of  the  late  Colonel 
^lapleaon,  who  was  its  promoter. 

There  is  no  doubt,  however,  that  opera  in  London  has  been  gaining  ground 
within  the  past  decade,  and  therefore  so  far  as  Mr.  Hammerstein's  venture  is  con- 
(orned  we  must  "  wait  and  see."  Without  question  he  has  begun  extremely  well. 
His  productions  are  remarkable  for  the  excellence  of  the  mise  en  scene,  the  youth,. 
vitality,  and  vocal  ability  of  the  chorus,  and  the  quality  of  the  leading  artists. 

The  new  enterprise  was  formally  opened  on  November  13  with  "Quo  Vadis  ?  " 
t!ie  libretto  founded  on  the  well-known  novel  of  that  name,  with  music  by  Jean 
Xouguee.  The  production  was  more  noteworthy  for  the  splendour  of  its  stage 
sjtting  and  the  admirable  ensemble  than  for  the  intrinsic  quality  of  the  music, 
which  was  mainly  of  the  declamatory  order,  although  there  was  a  melodic  quality 
in  the  final  act  which  showed  that  the  composer  could  write  in  a  more  tuneful 
strain  when  opportunity  offered. 

A  quasi-novelty  was  introdiiced  in  Massenet's  "  Herodiade,"  which  had  been 
subject  to  considerable  revision  since  it  was  first  in  this  country  at  Covent  C4arden 
in  1904.  Again  the  splendour  of  the  stage  setting  and  wonderful  stage  manage- 
ment excited  the  admiration  of  a  crowkled  hou'se,  as  did  the  fine  singing  of  M. 
Renaud,  and  of  Mesdames  Cavalieri  and  D'Alvarez,  the  latter  a  dramatic  mezzo 
soprano  of  exceptional  talent,  who  was  heard  for  the  first  time  in  England. 

Among  other  revivals  of  old-time  works  was  "  William  Tell,"  which  had  not 
been  heard  in  London  for  many  years.  Debutants  who  have  made  striking  jjersonal 
successes  include  Mr.  Orville  Harrold  and  the  youthful  Miss  Felicia  Lyne,  a  light 
oprano  with  a  brilliant  voice  which  time  will  ripen  if  she  ,does  not  overtax  her 
l-owers  in  the  present.  All  things  considered,  Mr.  Hammerstein  has  started  well — 
even  bej-ond  expectations. 

The  Grand  season  at  Covent  Garden  had  once  agadn  the  honour  of  a  Gala  per- 
formance, and  it  is  needless  to  say  that  with  the  many  distinguished  strangers  in 
■  lur  midist,  and  the  presence  of  the  King  and  Queen  in  London  for  the  greater 
l.art  of  the  summer,  the  Covent  Garden  season  lacked  nothing  in  the  way  of 
influential  support. 

It  offered  a  pleasing  novelty  in  a  one-act  opera,  "  Susanna's  Secret,"  by  Signor 
^^olff;  Massenet's  "Thais,"  brought  to  this  country  after  a  lapse  of  seventeen 
years  since  its  first  production:  and  "  La  Fanciulla  del  West,"  but  Puccini's  work 
made  no  profound  impression,  and  is  not  likely  to  eclipse  in  popularity  either  "  La 
Boheme  "  or  "Madame  Butterfly." 

Among  the  revivals  there  figured  Delibes'  "  Lakme,"  which. haW  not  been  seen 
lor  twenty  years,  and  Debussy's  "  Pelleas  et  Melisande."  The  remainder  of  the 
reason  was  made  up  of  familiar  works  which  were  more  restricted  this  year  conse- 
ijuent  on  the  engagement  of  the  Paissian  Ballet  from  the  State  Opera  Houses  of 
St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow,  which  proved  one  of  the  ohief  attractions  and  most 
distinguished  features  of  the  season.  The  success  of  the  troupe  was  instantaneous , 
and  their  expressive  pantomime  in  the  various  pieces  they  produced,  and  th» 
wonderful  grace  of  the  principal  dancers  excited  the  admiration  of  all. 

Among  the  principal  and  best  known  vocal  artists  were  Mesdames  Tetrazzini, 
Destinn,  Edvina,  and  Kirkby  Lunn. 

Covent  Garden  was  the  scene  also  of  a  successful  autumn  season,  when  ther& 
were  some  excellent  performances  of  Wagner's  "  Ring  "  under  Herr  Franz  Schalk's 
direction — owing  to  the  retirement  of  Dr.  Richter — and  once  more  the  Russian 
Ballet  figured  as  an  attractive  feature  of  the  season. 


12  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 

Considerable  interest  was  aroused  by  the  production  of  Humpei^dinck'a 
"  Konigskinder,"  a  beautiful  work  which  it  may  be  remembered  was  produced  in 
an  abbreviated  fonii  some  years  ago  by  Mr.  Martin  Harvey  at  the  Court  Theatre 
under  the  title  of  "Children  of  the  King." 

Turning  our  attention  to  the  concert  world,  I  am  afraid  there  was  a  considerable 
.amount  of  heart-breaking  disappointments  among  concert  givers.  It  was  thought 
that,  as  it  was  Coronation  year,  there  would  be  an  extraordinary  influx  of  visitors, 
and  consequently  artists  made  haste  to  arrange  their  fixtures,  in  the  hope  of  being 
extensively  patronised.  But,  as  we  all  know,  owing  to  the  effusions  of  the  sensa- 
tional newspapers  and  the  rumoured  extravagant  demands  of  hotels  and  lodging- 
. house  keepers,  the  visitors  were  very  slow  in  arriving,  and,  having  witnessed 
the  event  of  the  year,  they  quickly  took  their  departure.  The  great  majority 
of  the  vocal  and  instrumental  recitals  were  but  poorly  attended,  and  loss  must 
have  been  considerable  where  profits  only  were  sanguinely  expected. 

British  music,  as  everyone  knows,  is  the  Cinderella  of  the  Arts  in  the  metropolis, 
.and  even  the  provinces  in  the  past  year  have  been  more  chary  of  their  benefactions. 
It  is  to  the  provincial  Festivals  the  native  composer  looks  for  some  outlet  of  the 
•creative  work  of  his  brain,  but  Norwich  introduced  no  novelty  whatever,  and  the 
Festival  of  the  Three  Choirs  at  Worcester  only  produced  three  short  works — 
by  Dr.  Walford  Davies,  Dr.  Vaughan  Williams,  and  Professor  Bantock  respec- 
tively— which  can  scarcely  rank  beyond  local  interest. 

It  is  to  be  feared  that  the  time-honoured  Triennial  Festival  is  finding  it  difficult 
to  contend  with  the  distribution  of  musical  forces  in  these  days  of  rapid  transit, 
when  firet-class  I^ondon  orchestras,  under  their  distinguished  heade,  make  yearly 
•and  profitable  tours.  It  is  quite  probable  that  in  the  near  future  these  Festivals 
will  prove  of  little  value  as  media  for  the  exploitation  of  our  composers'  new  works. 

The  two  principal  novelties  heard  in  the  Metropolis  were  Sir  Edward  Elgar's 
"Second  Symphony"  in  E  flat  and  Dr.  Walford  Davies's  New  Symphony  in  G 
(Op.  32).  The  former  has  for  its  motto  a  quotation  from  one  of  Shelley's  love 
j)oenis  : — 

"  Rarely,   rarely,   comest  thou. 
Spirit  of  Delight." 

And  although  the  composer  offers  and  suggests  no  '  programme,"  it  is  impossible 
not  to  recognise  and  appreciate  the  sweet  influence  of  the  lines  and  the  beautiful 
manner  in  which  he  handles  his  subject.  Although  Dr.  Davies's  work  is  extremely 
clever  and  betrays  the  hand  of  the  capable  musician  in  every  bar,  it  cannot  be 
:said  that  it  is  calculated  to  make  any  permanent  impression  on  musical  amateurs. 

After  some  disappointment,  owing  to  the  illness  of  Sir  Frederick  Cowen — he  is 
to  be  congratulated  on  the  tardy  but  well-earned  knighthood — his  choral  work, 
"The  Veil,"  was  heard  at  Queen's  Hall,  with  the  Festival  Chorus  which  did  it 
such  ample  justice  when  it  was  first  produced  at  Cardiff,  and  the  eulogiums  that 
had  been  passed  upon  it  on  the  occasion  of  the  original  performance  wei'e  fiTiK 
confirmed   by   its  reception   in   London. 

It  would  be  too  lengthy  and  unprofitable  a  task  to  follow  in  detail  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  numerous  symphonic  and  choral  societies  and  associations  which  go 
to  make  the  Metropolis  so  interesting  musically.  The  old  ones  are  continuing 
their  successful  way,  and  the  new  ones  are  following  worthily  in  their  wake.  It 
is  a  matter  of  interest  to  make  note  of  the  fact  of  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Francesco 
Berger  from  the  honorary  secretai-yship  of  the  centenarian  Philharmonic  Society, 
which  he  has  worthily  held  for  such  a  long  period,  and  the  appointment  of  MV. 
William  W^allace,  a  thoroughly  accomplished  musician.  The  Promenade  Concerts 
:at  Queen's  Hall  continue  their  good  work  in  the  autumn  months. 

A  London  Musical  Festival  was  held  at  Queen's  Hall,  but  its  popular  support 
■did  not  equal  its  artistic  success.  There  was  a  series  of  "  Festival  of  Empire  " 
•concerts  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  each  programme  being  representative  of  the  country 
named  for  the  occasion. 

Chamber  music  has  been  fairly  well  represented,  and  several  trio  and  quartet 
parties  have  discoursed  sweet  mus'ic,  but  not,  it  must  be  said,  to  abnormally  large 
•audiences.  Among  the  solo  instrumentalists  who  have  established  a  great  reputa- 
tion is  the  'cellist  Pablo  Casals  ;  while  old  favourites  such  as  Mme.  Carreno  and 
Fritz  Kreisler,  Pachmann,  Mark  Hambourg,  Harold  Bauer,  Backhaus,  Kubelik, 
■and  Mischa  Elman  have  easily  held  their  own.  Mme.  Albani,  after  having  been 
•consistently  before  the  English  public  since  1872,  gave  her  farewell  concert  at 
the  Albert  Hall. 


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13 


In    the    lighter    domain    of    music    I    have    to    chronicle   such    light    operas    as 
"  Bonita,"  by  Mr.  Fraser  Simpson,  and  that  is  the  only  native  work  which  calls- 
for    mention.      Lehar's    "Count    of    Luxembourg"    was   prt  rluced  at   Da'y's.    and! 
Leoncavallo  conducted  in  person  a  condensed  version  of  "  Pagliacci  "  at  the  Hippo- 
drome.    There   was  a  Christmas  revival   uf  Offenbach's   "  Orphee   aux   Enfers  "    at 
His  Majesty's  Theatre. 

The  year's  obituary  includes  Signor  Randegger  and  Herr  Gustav  Mahler. 

The  Royal  Academy  of  Music  moved  to  a  new  home  in  Marylebone  Road. 


SOME    INTERESTING    AUTOGRAPHS. 

THE  interesting  autograph  of  the  late  Watts  riullips,  the  well-known  driuiiatistj 
which  we  are  able  to  reproduce  in  this  year's  issue  of  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK, 
is  from  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  E.  Preston  Muddock,  otherwise  known  as  "Dick; 
Donovan,"  h\  whose  possession  it  has  been  for  many  years.  Apart  from  his  literary 
abilities  Watts  Phillip  had  artistic  talent,  and  the  ingenious  design  by  which  his  name 
is  subscribed  in  the  ink  flowing  from  the  capsized  ink  pot  is  testimony  to  his  skill  as  an. 
artist.  The  interest  of  the  drawing  is  further  enhanced  by  the  signatures  of  Charles- 
Reade,  Dion  Boucicault  and  his  beautiful  wife  Agnes,  whose  charming  impersonation  of 
the"  Colleen  Bawn  "  drew  all  London.  Watts  Phillips  was  the  author  of  numerous- 
plays,  amongst  them  the  historical  drama  of  "  The  Dead  Heait,"  the  original  production) 


'^/^^ 


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'^^MSA:^mmu:: 


of  which  took  place  at  the  Adelphi  in  November,  1859.  The  theatre  was  then  called  tho 
New  Adelphi,  as  it  had  been  rebuilt  by  Benjamin  Webster  in  the  preceding  year  on  the 
site  of  the  old  house.  The  original  Theatre  was  called  the  Sans  Pareil,  and  was  opened 
on  the  27th  of  November,  1806,  but  in  1820  it  was  renamed  the  Adelphi;  in  1860  the  first 
performance  of  "  The  Colleen  Bawn  "  took  place,  and  had  the  unprecedented  run  (for 
those  times)  of  more  than  360  nights.  IMr.  ^luddock  informs  us  that  it  was  some  time 
during  the  run  of  this  successful  play  that  Watts  Phillips  made  the  clever  little- 
autographic  sketch  which  we  now  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  to  the  notice  of  our 
readers. 


14  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


A    TRAGEDY    OF    THE    WELL-MEANT 

BY    MOSTYN    T.    PIGOTT. 


T 


HE   Cabinet  in  council  sat 
And  bullyragged  the  Chamberlain ; 

Their  epithets  came  pitter-pat ; 
Their   meaning   was   extremely  jilain. 

They  told  him  he  must  make  some  movement 

Which  folks  would  take  as  an  improvement. 


They  pointed  out  how  difficult 
It  was  to  govern  v.-ith  success 

While  he  omitted  to  consult 
The  views  of  men  like  Gr.  B.  S. 

The  Drama,  pushed  beyond  endurance, 

Contained  more  23itfalls  than  Insurance. 

There  was  a  danger  beyond  doubt, 

If  he  were  not  more  statesmanlike, 
That  all  the  Drama  would  go  out 

Upon  a  most  disastrous  strike, 
A  blow  of  which  the  British  nation 
Could  hardly  bear  the  contemplation. 

The  Xavy  did  not  matter  much  ; 

The  Army,  too,  could  wait  a  bit ; 
The  Stage,  however,  was  of  such 

Enormous  public  benefit 
That  he  was  bound  with  expedition 
To  place  it  in  a  sound  position. 

They  did  not  mince  their  words  at  ail, 
Nor  did  they  chop  their  logic  fine ; 

They  simply  said  that  they  must  fall. 
And  must  assuredly  resign. 

If  he  could  not  contrive  to  calm  a 

Large  section  of  the  British    Drama. 

"  Remember,"  they  impressed  on  iiim, 

"  This  may  no  longer  be  delayed  ; 
The  Drama's  very  lightest  whim 

Must  De  implicitly  obeyed. 
So  put  in  instant  execution 
Your  scheme  for  this  great  institution." 

He  could  not  fail  to  notice  how 

Determined  was  the  Premier's  mien  ; 

The  frown  upon  that  noble  brow- 
Was  quite  the  darkest  ever  seen. 

And  so.  intensely  heavy  hearted, 

His  Lordship  gloomily  c'.eparted. 


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He  went  away  and  brooded  deep  ; 

He  took  strange  drugs  to  give  him  strength  : 
His  nights  were  destitute  ot  sleep ; 

His  days  seemed  centuries  in  lengtli. 
And  througii  his  brain  the  thouglit  kept  leaping. 
"  The  common  weal  is  in  my  keeping." 

His  eye  grew  dim  :  liis  hair  turned  grey  ; 

His  gait  much  suffering  evidenced ; 
Till  on  a  certain  fateful  day 

He  suddenly  experienced 
An  absolutely  new  sensation — 
His  Lordship  had  an  inspiration  ! 

"  What,  tliough,"  he  cried,  in  sheer  delight, 

"  The  time,  pro  tern.,  was  out  of  joint, 
'Tis  I  was  born  to  set  it  right — 

A  Second  Censor  I'll  appoint ! 
Why  longer  doubt,  why  further  parley? 
The  problem's  solved  by  Dear  Old  Charlie  !  " 

Imagine  what  a  crushing  load 

Was  taken  from  that  gentle  soul ! 
With  thrills  of  thankfulness  he  glowed. 

His  feelings  almost  past  control. 
The  prospect  of  the  Drama's  gratitude 
Illumed  his  being  with  beatitude. 

Alas,  how  oft  the  plans  of  mice 

And  men  contrive  to  gang  agley  ! 
How  oft  will  happiness,  like  ice, 

Incontinently  melt  away. 
And  we,  though  lofty  our  endeavour, 
Discover  we're  worse  off  than  ever  ! 

The  moment  his  pronouncement  came 

Men  hooted  at  th,?  bland  decree ; 
Where  they'd  till  then  hurled  one  harsh  name 

They  now  hurled  two  and  even  th)'ee. 
They  seemed  to  be  by  fury  blinded — 
Especially  the  serious-minded. 

Derision's  harassing  guffaw 

With  indignation's  roar  was  blent ; 
Denunciation  poured  from  Shaw, 

And  Barker  bayed  his  discontent. 
His  Lordship,  sundry  worthies  stated, 
Should  be  at  once  decapitated. 

Acres  of  acrimonious  prose. 

And  furlongs  of  envenomed  verse. 
Were  used  by  doubly-angered  foes 

To  emphasise  their  dreadful  curse. 
Until  one  night  he  fled  aboard-ship, 
And  none  knows  where  is  now  His  Lordship. 

Tiie  moral  of  this  tale  is  far 

From  difficult,  as  you'll  admit : 
A  thing  which  is  unjjopular 

Is  not  improved  by  doubling  it. 
And  nothing  than  a  sow's  ear  worse  is 
For  manufacturing  silken  purses. 


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BOOKS    OF    THE    YEAR. 

BY    L.    H.    JACOBSEN. 

IX  1911,  ae  in  1910,  the  book-world  was  disorganised,  to  a  certain  extent,  by  the 
bitter  and  acrimoniously  waged  political  controversies  of  the  time,  and  by  the 
absorbdng  interest  taken  in  solenui  cea-emonies  incidental  to  the  dynastic  succes- 
sion. During  the  spring  and  the  early  part  of  tJie  summer  the  attention  of  the 
nation  seemed  to  be  focussed  upon  tihe  Coronation,  with  its  stately  aad  august 
rites  led  up  to  feverishly  by  hurried  and,  in  some  cases,  belated  preparationa. 
Hence,  for  several  months,  but  few  books  of  importance  were  published,  though 
again,  as  in  the  preceiding  year,  the  balance  was  partially  redressed  by  the  number 
of  notable  works  issued  dtu'ing  the  autumn  season.  Once  more,  too,  the  fields  of 
biography  and  memoirs,  and  of  critical  books,  proved  to  be  the  most  fertile  aaid 
fruitful. 

Biography    and    Memoirs. 

Under  this  heiading  many  intea-esting  and  stimulating  volumes  of  great  pith  and 
moment  have  appeared.  The  list  of  these  may  be  headed  with  the  autobiographical 
reminiscences  of  Mrs.  Charles  Calvert,  entitled  "Sixty-eight  Years  on  the  St-age." 
In  this  the  veteran  and  versatile  actress,  whose  sons  are  wortJiily  upholding  the 
banner  raised  aloft  an  the  old  Manchester  days  by  her  and  by  the  late  Charles 
Calvert,  had  much  to  say  both  of  the  spacious  past  and  of  the  present  in  which 
she  has  played  a  fairly  active  part.  Her  remarks  about  the  cldvejse  changes  tha-t 
have  taken  place  since,  as  a  child  of  seven,  she  first  toddled  on  to  the  stage  might 
with  advantage  have  been  amplified.  A  great  storehouse  of  anecdotes,  reaching 
back  to  Early  Victorian  days,  is  formed  by  "My  life's  Pilgrimage,"  from  the 
pen  of  the  reveired  Thomas  Catling.  During  his  fifty  years'  association  with 
Lloyd's  the  recently  retired  editor  of  that  paper  had  mixed  freely  with  theatrical 
people,  and  had  .been  present  at  many  nuemorable  fii'st  nights.  Specially  interesting 
may  be  thought  the  section  of  the  work  styled  "Theatres  and  the  Press."  A 
singer  who  lias  just  taben  her  profes&iomal  farewell  of  the  concert  platform — few- 
she  had  been  a  stranger  to  the  operatic  boards  for  a  good  many  years — is  that 
gifted  and  esteemed  Canadian  prima-donna  Emma  Albani,  whose  own  share  in  the 
putting  together  of  her  fascinatinglj'  f.rank  volume,  entitled  "  Forty  Years  of  Song," 
might  have  received  more  effective  co-operation  from  her  assistant  in  the  necessary 
work  of  prepa-ring  the  book  for  the  press.  Albani's  advice  to  singers  and  per- 
formers in  general,  that  they  should  live  steeped  in  an  atmosphere  of  art,  strikes 
a  note  the  importance  of  which  cannot  be  emphasised  too  clearly.  A  Grand  Old 
Man  indeed  was  Frederick  James  Furnivall,  in  whose  honour  has  been  composed 
a  commemorative  volume  to  which  contributed  alike  his  fellow-workers  and  those 
who  had  been  inspired  by  his  in\ngoratin,g  influence.  A  staunch  friend  and  a  sturdy 
fighter,  Fuxnivall  has  his  varied  spheres  of  interest,  notably  those  connected  with 
the  New  Shakespere  Society  and  other  literary  societies,  faithfully  shown  in  a 
little  book  that  ougtht  to  be  taeasured  on  the  shelves  of  every  scholar.  One's  old 
friend  "Jimmy  G'over,"  who  rejoices  also  in  the  appellation  of  "  Master  of  Music 
at  Drury  Lane  Theatre,"  may  be  congrattiJated  on  having  written  one  of  the 
raciest  and  brightest  anecdotic  books  of  the  year.  Most  of  the  many  facets  of 
modern  life  are  reflected  in  the  mirror  held  up  to  na,ture  in  "Jimmy  Glover,  His 
Book,"  in  the  pages  of  which  actors,  musicians,  journalists,  politicians,  and  men  of 
the  world  will  all  find  points  of  interest  or  matter  for  entertainment.  Under  the 
heading  of  "More  Rutland  Barrington "  the  popular  ex-Savoyard  gave  another 
instalment  of  stories  of  his  theatrical  experiences  and  of  more  or  less  caustic  com- 
ments on  professional  matters.  One  feels  doubtful  how  to  class  Wagner's  copious 
and  minutely  detailed  memoirs  lately  published  in  a  translation  ;  but,  seeing  that 


IVIISS   GERTIE  MILLAR 

III   "  Tlif  Quaker   Girl." 
From  SMch   by  R.    G.  Matheivs. 
Reduced  facsimile  of  a  sinking  poster,  the  work  of  David  Allen  &  Soxs,  l,tcl 


THE  STAGE    YEAR  BOOK.  17 


the  work  stopped  in  1864  right  in  the  middle  of  the  Bayreuth  Master's  public  career, 
aJid  that  hence  has  later  ^Music-Dramas  are  hardly  discussed  at  all,  the  book,  with 
its  strong  human  interest,  may  be  placed  uJider  the  category  of  biography  rather 
than  of  music.  As  it  stands,  Wagner's  "  My  Life,"  though  it  ha^s  been  thought 
disappointing  in  some  quarters,  may  be  deemed  a  notable  contiribution  to  one's 
knowledge  of  German  artistic  doings  in  the  last  century.  Wagner's  "  Family 
Letters  "  might  also  be  mentioned. 

CRniCISM     AND      ScHOL.\RSHIP. 

First  to  be  mentioned  under  this  head  is  the  superb  Shakespeare  Bibliography  (a 
labour  of  love  of  twenty-two  3'ears),  compiled  and  issued  by  William  Jaggard,  the 
bea.i''ar  of  a  famous  name,  inasmuch  as  an  earlier  William  Jaggard  was  one  of  the 
printers  of  the  First  Folio.  Mr.  Jaggard  describes  his  work  succinctly  as  "  A 
Dictionary  of  Every  Known  Issue  of  the  Writings  of  the  National  Poet,  and  of 
Recorded  Opinion  Thereon  in  the  English  Language."  This  gives  bat  the  barest 
idea  of  the  gigantic  enterprise  undertaken  and  accomplisiied  so  successiully  by  this 
Shake&ijearean  enthiusiast.  An  admirable  piece  O'f  Anglo-Frenoh  criticism  was  the 
work  on  David  Gaii'ick  and  his  French  Friends,  written  by  F.  A.  Hedgcock, 
Reader  in  Englisili  at  tJie  Sorbonne.  Originally  written  in  French,  tihis  scholarly 
treatise,  which  throws  new  light  on  some  portions  of  Garrick's  career,  is  now,  it  is 
understood,  about  to  be  published  in  English  dress.  One  hardly  knows  how  far  to 
take  seriously  some  of  the  opinions  expressed  in  his  "  Memoirs  of  a  Manager,"  by 
Daniel  Froliman,  brother  of  Mr.  Charles  Frohman.  Mr.  Frohman  had  a  good 
many  int-eo-esting  things  to  say  about  Sardou  and  Boucicault.  but  his  chapter  on 
"Shakespeare  at  the  First  Rehearsal  of  'Hamlet,'"  and  his  calling  him  "the 
Boucicault  of  his  day,"  are  almost  too  funny  for  words.  The  book  is  written 
absolutely  from  an  Anierican  manager's  point  of  view.  There  was  a  good  deal  of 
debatable  matter,  as  well  as  an  abundance  of  shrewd  common  sense,  in  a  handy 
littlie  book,  "The  Dramatic  Author's  Companion,"  by  A  Theatrical  Manager's 
Reader,  to  which  ]\Ir.  Arthur  Bourchier  contributed  an  Introduction,  short  and  to 
the  point.  That  brilliant  writer  for  the  "  Manchester  Guardian,"  C.  E.  Montague, 
author  of  that  subtle  study  of  a  journalistic  mercenary,  "  A  Hind  Let  Loose,"  re- 
printed many  of  his  critical  articles  in  book  form  mader  the  title  of  "Dramatic 
Values."  Obviously  written  in  sympathy  with  the  exponents  of  the  Advanced 
School  of  Drama,  Mr.  MontagUie's  book  might  in  this  respect  be  bracketed  with 
Mr.  E.  F.  Spence's  "  W^estniinster  Gazette  "  collection,  which  was  noticed  last  year. 
That  Trans-Atlantic  scholars  appreciate  the  older  playwrights  as  well  as,  if  not 
better  than,  their  fellow-workers  on  this  side  was  s.hown  once  again  by  the  volume 
of  s&Lected  plays  from  "  The  Cihieif  Elizabethan  Dramatists,  excluding  Shakespeare," 
admirably  edited  by  William  Allan  Xeilson,  Professor  of  English  at  Harvard 
University.  A  featm-e  of  tdiis  wa.s  t*he  endeavour  to  ensure  textual  accurac}'  in  the 
thirty  plays  reprinted  by  means  of  "a  first-hand  collation  of  a  number  of  the 
original  Quartos."  Mr.  J.  A.  Bleackley,  a  well-known  mimic,  wrote  a  thoughtful 
little  book  mainly  on  his  particulair  branch  of  the  art.  In  "  Judgments  in  Vaca- 
tion," Judge  Parry  displayed  tlie  keenness  and  shrewdness  of  apprehension  by 
which  his  utterances  on  the  Bench  have  been  characterised,  the  practitioners  of  the 
Litera.ry  Drama  being  hea-ein  told  some  home  truths.  One  of  the  most  trenchant 
and  outspoken  of  German  journalists,  Maximilian  Haixlen,  did  some  admirable  work 
in  dramatic  and  art  criticism  in  the  volume  of  essays  entitled  "  W^ord  Portraits" 
in  the  translation  executed  so  aoiy  by  Jalius  Gabe.  More  searching  analyses  of 
some  of  Ibsen's  plays  have  seldom  been  read.  A  delightful  booklet  in  the  author's 
well-known  sympathetic  and  picture'saue  style  was  "  The  Story  of  PieaTot,'"  by 
S.  R.  Littlewood,  whicla  served  as  the  opening  volume  of  a  promising  new  series. 
Finally,  in  his  characteristically  illust);ated  collection  of  essays  and  articles  "  On 
the  Art  of  the  Theatre."  Mr.  Gordon  Craig  set  forth  once  more  his  well-known 
views,  regarded  by  so  many  as  hetei-odox,  on  the  matte/rs  of  theatrical  management 
and  stage  "production."  Designedly  controversial  though  this  work  of  Ellen 
Terry's  earnest  and  enthusiastic  son  is,  it  contains  much  food  for  thought,  and 
students  may  well  ponder  over  its  debatable  matter,  besides  deriving  new  ideas 
of  scenic  art  from  the  many  curious  and  original  illustrations  that  ^Mr.  Gordon  Craig 
had  prepared.  One  of  the  Stage  Society  young  men,  Ashley  Dukes,  whose  "  Civil 
W^ar  "  and  a  smaller  piece  of  less  account  were  brought  out  bj-  that  Society  during 
the  j'ear,  published  a  book  on  "  ^lodern  Dramatists,"  which,  for  some  reason, 
did  not  come  before  one  for  particular  notice  ;  and  there  was  also  Cayley's  volume 
on  "  Plavs  of  our  Forefathers."    John  Masefield  combined  succinct   narrative  with 


18  THE  STAGE    YEAR  BOOK. 


acute   criticism   in    a    handy   little   monograph   on   Shakespeare ;    and    the    Oxford 
Shakespeare  Glossary,  by  C.  T.  Spions,  should  aho  be  noted. 

Music  and  Dancing. 
Those  students  and  lovers  of  music  who  may  not  be  able  to  afford  the  New 
"Grove"  might  derive  abundant  instruction  and  information  from  "Stokes's 
Cyclopjedia  of  Music  and  Musicians,"  compiled  and  written  by  L.  J.  de  Bekker. 
The  work  is  full  of  excellent  new  features,  and  may  be  recommended  as  a  capital 
book  of  reference.  For  the  recent  performances  of  "The  Magic  Flute"  in  English 
at  Cambridge  a  new  translatdon  and  an  erudite  monograph  on  t<he  sources  of 
Mozart's  opera  were  prepared  by  Edward  J.  Dent,  who  hopes  to  follow  them  up 
with  a  more  ela.boirate  work  on  the  operatic  writings  of  the  composer  in  question. 
Passing  mention  may  be  made  of  a  slender  volume,  "  Musfic-Drama  of  tJie  Future," 
written  in  collaboration  by  Kutland  Boughton  and  Reginald  R.  Buckley,  the  latter 
of  whom  also  took  part  in  a  book  on  "  The  Shakespeare  Revival  and  the  Stratford- 
upon-Avon  Movement."  There  were  some  useful  hints  on  the  production  of  musical 
tone  in  "Vocal  Science  and  Art,"  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Gib;  and  an  elaborate  work 
on  elocution  came  from  the  painstaking  pen  of  Mr.  A.  C.  Sutherland.  A  well- 
arranged  treatise  on  "  Dancing  Ancient  and  Modern,"  by  Ethel  L.  Urlin,  dealt  at 
some  length  with  the  latter-day  revival  of  the  popularity  of  the  Ballet,  and  was 
beautifully  illustrated  from  well-known  paintings  and  drawings.  One  might  men- 
tion, also,  two  books  by  that  able  American  critic,  H.  T.  Finck,  "  Success  in 
Music  "  and  "  Grieg  and  His  Music "  ;  Henderson's  "  Forerunners  of  Italian 
Opera,"  E.  M.  Lee's  "Story  of  Opera,"  and  A.  Hullah's  "Little  History  of  Music," 
this  last  the  bearer  of  an  honoured  name.  Included  further  in  the  list  might  be  two 
foreign  works,  Vincent  D'Indy's  monograph  on  another  modern  composer,  Cesar 
Franck,  and  Combarieu's  Treatise  on  Music,  Its  Laws,  and  Evolution,  in  addition 
to  such  technical  books  as  Galpin's  "  Old  English  Instruments,"  Krehbiel's 
"  Pianoforte  and  Its  Music,"  and  H.  C.  Lahee's  "  Organ  and  Its  Masters." 
Another  interesting  group  is  formed  by  the  Macmillan  publications  :  "  Style  in 
Musical  Art,"  by  Sir  Hubert  Parry;  "  Music  and  Nationalism,"  a  study  of  Eng- 
lish opera,  by  Cecil  Forsyth;  "Post-Victorian  Music."  by  C.  L.  Graves;  and 
"  Musical  Composition  "  (Vol.  I.  of  "  The  ^Musician's  Library  "),  by  Sir  Charles 
Villiers  Stanford. 

Miscellaneous. 
As  it  is  to  a  certain  extent  a  chroniqve  scandalcuse.  one  may  plaee  here  Francis 
Gribble's  gossipy  volume  on  "  Racihel  :  Her  Stage  Life  and  Her  Real  Life."  Mr. 
H.  B.  Irving  successfully  called  up  recollections  of  his  previous  exploits  in  forensic 
literature  with  his  able  editing  of  a  volume  in  a  series  of  Notable  English  Trials. 
Although  it  was.  published  ostensibly  as  a  novel,  under  the  name  of  "  Adventiires 
of  an  Actor,"  Mt.  Robert  Castleton's  book  thus  called  was  really  a  study,  presum- 
ably partly  autobiographical,  of  tihe  conditions  of  life  on  tour.  The  poems  of 
Herbert  Trench,  collected  for  the  first  timie  in  one  volume,  included  some  new 
thiings— for  example,  "The  Pi-elude  to  a  Masque,"  spoken  b_v  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell 
at  the  Coronation  Grala  Performance — and  mino^r  bards  to  be  praised  are  H.  E. 
Garden  and  R.  H.  Lindo.  Various  works  of  fiction  of  a  semi-theatrical  or  musical 
nature  were  also  published  in  the  course  of  the  year  from  the  pens,  for  example, 
of  Rathmell  Wilson,  Clifton  Bingham,  and  Gertie  de  Wentworth  James.  A 
brightly  written  booklet  of  travels  with  a  musical  comedy  company  in  India  and 
Java  came  from  Gertrude  de  Lacy,  who  said  more  about  what  happened  "  off  "  than 
about  her  actual  stage  experiences  on  this  Far  Eastern  tour.  Several  plays  have 
received  the  added  or  preliminary  honour  of  publication,  and  amongst  these  might 
be  mentioned  Laurence  Housman's  much-discussed  "  Pains  and  Penalties,"  only 
just  produced  in  semi-public  :  Jerome  K.  Jerome's  "  The  blaster  of  ]\Irs.  Chilvers," 
plays  by  ^laurice  Maeterlinck,  W.  B.  Yeats,  and  Lady  Gregory,  Stephen  Phillips's 
"  Pietro  of  Siena,"  I.  Zangwill's  "  The  War  God,"  George  Moore's  "  The  Apostle," 
and,  if  rather  belated  notice  may  be  taken,  ilaurice  Baring's  Diminutive  Dramas, 
these  works  by  the  author  of  "The  Grey  Stocking"  and  "The  Green  Elephant" 
being  reprinted  from  the  "  ]\Iorning  Post."  It  is  impossible  here  to  enumerate  all 
the  articles  on  dramatic  or  musical  subjects  that  have  appeared  in  the  course  of 
the  3'ear  in  the  magazines  or  reviews — articles  which,  if  of  burning,  topical  interest, 
receive  added  publicity  in  the  newspapers.  One  might  be  singled  out,  the  now 
celebrated  "  National  Review  "  article  on  the  Stage,  from  the  caustic  pen  of  Mr. 
Charles  Brookfield,  with  which  his  appointment  to  the  post  of  Joint  Censor  of  Plays 
was  preluded. 


SIR   GEORGE   ALEXANDER,   J.P.,    L  CC, 

On  whom  the  King  conferred  the  honour  of  knighthood  during  the  past  year. 


20  THE  STAGE    YEAR   BOOK. 


THE   REPERTORY   THEATRE   MOVEMENT. 

A  NOTICEABLE  advance  has  been  made  during  the  past  year  in  the  Reper- 
tory Theatre  Movement,  and  perhaps  the  most  'iignificant  feature  of  this 
advance  is  that  it  has  been  forthcoming  as  the  result  of  no  organised  effort. 
In  eac-h  town  the  initiative  hacs  been  local,  though  no  doubt  the  example 
of  Glasgow  and  other  towns  fias  not  been  without  its  effect.  London,  for  all 
practicable  puiposes,  may  be  counted  out  of  the  scheme.  Mr.  Charles  Frohman 
did  not  continue  the  costly  experiment  he  began  at  the  Duke  of  York's  in  1910, 
the  failure  of  which,  though  it  has  probably  set  back  the  eetablishment  of  a 
repei'tory  theatre  in  London  for  some  years,  was  no  proof  that  such  a  theatre 
was  not  required.  Mr.  Frohman's  experiment  suffered  more  on  account  of  the 
plays  produced  than  because  the  metropolitan  audiences  were  unused  to  constantly 
changed  progi-ammes.  At  the  Haymarket  repertory  was  never  seriously  tried. 
Perhaps  under  repertory  should  be  included  Sir  Herbert  Tree's  magnificent 
Shakespearean  Festival  achievement,  which  turns  His  Majesty's  into  a  repertory 
theatre  for  five  weeks  during  the  year,  and  brings  together  companies  headed  by 
most  of  the  prominent  actors  and  actresses  who  play  in  Shakespeare. 

In  the  provinces  during  the  past  twelve  months  the  desire  to  break  through 
the  limitations  in  dramatic  supply  which  the  touring  system  has  enforced  has  macle 
itself  felt  in  several  towns.  Sheffield,  Leeds,  Bristol,  are  among  the  towns  where 
playgoers  have  banded  themselves  together  ;  while  Liverpool  has  become  possessed 
of  its  own  Repertory  Theatre,  the  outcome  of  an  experimental  six  weeks  of 
repertory  given  at  Kelly's  in  February.  Though,  as  already  noted,  the  initiative 
has  in  each  case  come  from  the  town  itself,  the  movement  has  progressed  towards 
some  organisation.  On  Decemiber  9  a  conference  was  held  at  the  offices  of  the 
Stage  Society.  The  Chairman  of  the  Stage  Society  (Mr.  Frederick  Whelen)  pre- 
sided, and  others  present  were  : — Miss  A.  E.  F.  Horniman  and  Mr.  Robert  Oswald 
(representing  the  Manchester  Repertory  Theatre),  ]\lr.  Alfred  Wareing  and  Mr. 
XoiTtiau  \V.  Dakie  (reprc^senting  the  Glasgow  Repertory  Theatre).  Mr.  Basil 
Dean  and  I\Ir.  C. '  H.  Reily  (representing  the  Liverpool  Repertory  Theatre),  Mr. 
G.  Bernard  Shaw,  Mr.  Granville  Barker,  Mr.  E.  F.  Spence.  Mr.  Lee  Mathews. 
Mr.  H.  A.  Hertz,  the  Hon.  Everard  Feilding,  Dr.  C.  E.  Wheeler,  Mr.  T.  Sturge 
Moore,  Mr.  W.  S.  Kennedy,  and  Mr.  A.  E.  Drinkwater  (representing  the  Stage 
Society),  Mr.  G.  L.  Turner  (Stockport),  Mr.  F.  S.  Jackson  (Leeds),  Mr.  Dickinson 
(Bolton),  Mr.  William  Archer,  Miss  Janet  Achurch,  Mr.  Charier-  Charrington,  and 
i\Ir.  Frank   Vernon. 

At  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Alfred  Wareing  that  a  permanent  committee  should 
be  formed,  the  foUowdng  resolution  was  moved  by  INIr.  Granville  Barker,  and  was 
carried  unanimously  : — 

That  this  conference  is  of  the  opinion  that  a  Repei'tory  Theatre  Association 
should  be  formed  in  the  interests  of  the  existing  repertory  theatres,  and  to 
assist  in  the  institution  of  new  repertory  theatres,  and  to  ask  the  repertory 
theatres  at  Manchest«r,  Glasgow,  and  Liverpool  each  to  a.ppoint  a  representative 
to  act  with  the  chairman  and  one  other  member  of  the  Incorporated  Stage 
Society  in  drawing  up  a  scheme  for  submission  to  a  further  meeting  of  the 
conference,  the  committee  to  have  power  to  co-opt  other  members. 

The  progress  of  the  ^lanchester,  the  Glasgow,  and  the  Liverpool  theatres  arc 
dealt  with  in  the  following  articles,  while  in  another  ipart  of  the  book  are  recorded 
the  activities  of  the  various  Playgoers'  and  Play  Producing  Societies. 


TTTE  STAGE    YEAR   BOOK.  21 

THE    MANCHESTER    REPERTORY    THEATRE. 

Miss  Horniinan's  first  theatrical  venture  was  at  the  Avenue  Theatre,  London, 
in  1894.  It  was  a  fruitful  failure  and  a  striking  example  of  the  fallacy  of  the 
so-called  box-office  test.  Reputations  emanating  from  or  associated  with  that 
effort  included  those  of  Bernard  Shaw,  W.  B.  Yeats,  Aubrey  Beardsley,  Granville 
Barker,  and  .James  Welch,  ^lost  noteworthy  of  all  was  the  financial  backer  herself, 
whose  name  the  world  over  is  synonymous  with  that  much-worked  and  little  under- 
stood word — Repertory. 

After  London  Miss  Horniman  turned  to  Dublin  and  founded  there  a  theatre, 
a  company,  and  a  literature  that  will  be  a  lasting  monument  to  her  name.  But 
Dublin's  Was  a  local  theatre.  ^Nliss  Horniman  wanted  a  repertory  one,  so  she 
came  wisely  to  the  great  metropolis  of  the  north — Manchester — where  for  long 
there  had  been  an  agitation,  and  founded  there  the  first  repertory  theatre  in  Great 
Britain.     The  announced  objects  of  the  theatre  were  : — 

(rt)  A  repertory  theatre  with  regular  change  of  programme,  not  wedded  to 
any  one  school  of  dramatists,  but  thoroughly  catholic,  embracing  the  finest 
writing  by  the  best  aitthcrs  of  all  ages,  and  with  an  especially  widely  open  door 
to  the  present-day  British  writers,  who  will  not  now  need  to  sigh  in  vain 
for  a  hearing,  provided  only  that  they  have  something  to  say  worth  listening 
to,  and  say  it  in  an  interesting  and  original  manner.  Comedy  and  tragedy 
will  both  be  given,  but  in  the  former  the  humour  will  be  clean  and  hearty ; 
it  will  not  be  fatuous,  nor  with  the  double  entendre  characteristic  of  so  much 
"  comedy." 

(6)  A  permanent  Manchester  stock  company  of  picked  front  rank  artists. 
(c)   Efficient  production. 
[cl)   Popular  prices. 

The  campaign  opened  at  the  Midland  Theatre  on  September  23,  1907.  Soon 
afterwards  the  Gaiety  Theatre  was  purchased  and  practically  rebuilt,  and  since 
then  Miss  Horniman's  company  have,  with  brief  touring  intervals,  played  there 
regularly.  The  record — which  is  unparalleled — of  plays  staged  in  the  four  and 
a-half  years  is  no  fewer  than  eighty-eight,  of  which  fifty-six  were  for  the  first 
time  on  any  stage.  Two  seasons  in  London  have  been  given,  and  the  company 
are  due  to  appear  again  at  the  Coronet  Theatre  in  the  summer  of  1912.  A  high 
compliment  has  been  paid  hy  a  guaranteed  invitation  to  visit  Montreal  for  a 
six  weeks'  season  this  spring.  The  entire  company,  with  full  equipment  of  scenery 
and  properties  will  cross  the  water  on  February  2. 

The  continual  playing  together  and  the  changing  about  of  parts  and  styles  have 
produced  an  all-round  teclrnique,  a  combination,  an  ensemble,  that  no  other  com- 
pany working  on  the  ordinary  method  of  touring  one  play  for  an  indefinite  period, 
and  with  a  "star'  occupying  the  centre  of  the  stage,  most  of  the  words,  and 
all  the  limelight,  could  possibly  attain  to.  It  is  the  antithesis  of  a'  star  company  ; 
it  is  an  all-star  company.  Mr.  B.  Iden  Payne,  Miss  Horniman's  art  director,  has 
been  responsible  for  all  the  productions  up  to  October  last,  when  he  resigned,  and 
ilr.  Lewis  Casson  took  up  his  position. 

The  early  promise  of  catholicity  in  the  selection  of  plays  has  been  abundantly 
fulfilled.  Shakespeare.  Euripides,  Ibsen,  'Shaw,  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  Sheridan, 
Goldsmith,  Ben  Jonson,  Maeterlinck,  Sudermann,  Galsworthy,  St.  John  Hankin, 
Klngsley  Tarpey.  Rostand,  George  Paston,  Elizabeth  Baker,  Mrs.  W.  K.  Clifford. 
]\[rs.  Havelock  Ellis,  Granville  Barker,  Arnold  Bennett,  C.  B.  Fernald,  Emile 
Verhaeren.  Basil  Hood.  .John  Masefield,  J.  M.  Barrie,  Haddon  Chambers,  and  Sutro 
have  all  been  represented. 

An  important  feature  has  been  the  opportunity  given  to  new  writers  to  win 
their  spurs,  and  a  distinct  school  of  Manchester  playwright  has  been  evolved. 
Many  are  now  well  known.  These  include  Allan  Monkhouse,  Harold  Brighouse, 
Stanley  Houghton,  H.  M.  Richardson,  -Judge  Parry,  ^1.  A.  Arabian,  J.  F.  Bennett, 
Basil  Dean.  J.  Sackville  Martin,  Fred  E.  Wynne,  E.  Hamilton  Moore.  Charles 
McEvoy.  Gertrude  Robins,  etc. 

All  clean  tastes  are  catered  for,  grave  and  gay,  lively  and  sincere,  with  the 
frequent  spice  of  novelty.  Mu.sical  comedy  and  pantomime  are  barred.  Manchester 
has  become  an  important  producing  centre.  As  the  pioneer  repertory  theatre  the 
Gaiety  has  led  the  way,  and  by  assistance  and  advice  has  helped  forward  the  reper- 
tory movement  in  other  towns.  Careful  attention  is  paid  to  detail  in  staging. 
West    End    standards    being   adopted.     The   Gaiety   has   many   special   features.     It 


22  THE    STAGE    YE/K    BOOK 

is  the  only  theatre  in  Great  Britain  in  which  every  seat  is  numbered  and  reserved — 
a  facility  that  is  most  popular.  There  is  no  advertisement  curtain ;  the  scheme 
of  decoration  is  wliite  and  red,  with  no  gilt;  the  orchestra  lias  neither  brass  nor 
drums;  the  advertisements  are  devoid  of  "bluff";  the  printing  is  clean  and  dis- 
tinctive ;  the  dressing-rooms  are  well  fitted  and  fireproof ;  the  theatre  is  cleansed  by 
a  vacuum  installation,  and  the  stage  is  safeguarded  by  sprinklers. 

Manchester  is  proud  of  and  grateful  to  Miss  Horniman.  The  University  has 
bestowed  upon  her  lit,  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts:  and  the  City  Council, 
after  a  prolonged  fight,  has  granted  the  long-sought  unrestricted  license.  The 
public  is  rallying  in  appreciative  support  and  in  ever-increasing  numbers.  Many 
who  had  given  up  attending  theatres  have  become  regular  Gaiety-goers.  The 
theatre  is  now  a  financial  as  well  as  an  artistic  success.  May  it  be  the  forerunner 
of  many  others. 

Edwin  T.  Heys. 

THE    SCOTTISH    REPERTORY    THEATRE. 

At  first  sight  there  is  something  illogical  in  the  fact  that  the  repertory  move- 
ment has  found  in  the  provinces  stronger  support  and  more  fruitful  results 
than  it  has  in  London.  But  it  is  perfectly  natural,  and  may  be  explained  quite 
shortly.  The  repertory  theatres  are  the  expression  of  the  attitude  of  a 
definite  section  of  the  play-going  public  to  things  dramatic.  In  London  this 
body  of  opinion  may  be  numerically  larger  than  it  is,  let  us  say,  in  Glasgow  ;  but 
at  the  same  time  it  is  more  scattered,  and  less  coherent.  The  smaller  the  crowd, 
the  better  the  opportunity  for  like-minded  folk  to  come  in  contact;  they  discover 
the  identity  of  their  outlook ;  and  from  that  point  to  action  the  step  is  a  short 
one.  It  is  easy  to  dub  this  spirit  "provincialism,"  but  none  the  less  the  plays  of 
John  M.  Synge  are  an  expression  of  it ;  and  one  of  the  great  hopes  of  the  repertory 
movement  is  the  calling  forth  of  playwrights  of  as  much  ability  and  individuality 
as  have  been  shown  by  the  Irish  School. 

"  The  Scottish  Repertory  Theatre  is  Scotland's  own  theatre,  financed  by  Scottish 
money,  managed  by  Scotsmen.  Established  to  make  Scotland  independent  of 
London  for  its  dramatic  supplies,  it  is  a  Citizen's  Theatre  in  the  fullest  sense  of 
the  term."  Such  is  the  chosen  expression  of  the  creed  of  those  who  are  respon.sible 
for  Glasgow's  Repertory  Theatre.  It  makes  no  attack  on  establiished  institutions  : 
it  simply  states  the  intention  of  its  founders  to  offer  to  Glasgow  and  to  Scotland 
dramatic  fare  which  will  suit  what  they  believe  to  be  local  needs.  Like  each  of  the 
other  repertory  theatres,  the  Glasgow  venture  starts  from  -what  has  come  to  be 
called  "  the  nucleus  audience  " — a  group  of  people  interested  in  the  drama  who 
know  what  they  want,  and  believe  this  to  be  better  than  the  touring  SN'stem  pro- 
\-ides.  Of  course,  there  is  no  question  of  stopping  here.  Like  all  enthusiasts,  the 
"  nucleus  audience  "  direcits  its  energies  to  a  policy  of  permeation.  Its  merabere 
want  their  experiment  to  become  an  establishment  ;  and  that  is  the  end  towards 
which  the  Glasgow  Repertory  Theatre  is  now  working. 

The  autumn  season  of  1911  was  the  seventh  to  be  undertaken  by  the  Scottish 
Playgoere,  Limited,  in  the  Royalty  Theatre,  Glasgow.  Its  programme  included 
sixteen  ser)arate  plays,  five  of  which  were  altogether  new.  A  sixth,  George 
Calderon's  "  The  Little  Stone  House,"  had  not  previously  been  publicly  performed, 
although  it  had  been  produced  by  the  Incorporated  Stage  Society  in  London.  This 
brought  the  record  of  the  theatre  up  to  eighty-seven  productions  since  its  opening 
on  April  5,  1909.  The  end  of  the  spring  season  of  1912  wiU  probably  see  the  nimiber 
run  into  tiiree  figures  in  three  years.  Mere  numbers,  however,  mean  litrtlle.  but  the 
following  rough  table  gives  an  idea  of  the  nature  of  the  work  which  has  been 
done  : — 

Partial  List  of  Plays  Produced. 

H.  Granville  Barker: — "The  Voysey  Inheritance"  (2),  "Prunella"  (with 
Laurence  Housman)   (3).   "Rococo"   (7). 

J.  M.  Barrie:— "The  Twelve  Pound  Look"   (3).  "Pantaloon"   (6). 

J.  J.  Bell:— *"  Oh!  Christina!"  (with  L.  Therval)  (4)  (6),  *  "  The  Best 
Man"  (6),  *  "  Wee  Macgreegor  "  (7),  *"  Providing  for  Marjorie  "  (7). 

Arnold  Bennett: — "Cupid  and  Commonsense "  (1).  "What  the  Public 
Wants"   (3)   (7).  *  "  The  Great  Adventure"   (7). 

Harold  Brighouse  : — *"  Dealing  in  Futures"  (2).  *  "  The  Price  of  Coal" 
(2),  *  "  Lonesome  Like  "  (6). 


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George  Calderon  : — "The  Fountain"  (2),  *  "  The  Seagull"  (trans.  Anton 
Tchekov)    (2).   "The  Little   Stone  House"    (7). 

Harold  Chapin  : — "Augustus  in  Search  of  a  Father"  (3),  "The  Marriage 
of  Columbine"  (6),  *"  Muddle  Annie"  (6),  *  "  The  Autocrat  of  the  Coffee 
StaU"  (6),  *"The  Dumb  and  the  Blind"  (7). 

John  Galsworthy: — "Strife"   (1),  t  "  Justice  "  (3). 

St.  John  Hankin  :— "  The  Cassilis  Engagement  "  (3)  (6),  "  The  Two  Mr. 
Wetherbys  "   (5),   "  The  Eetnrn  of  the  Prodigal  "   (6). 

George  J.  Hamlen  :— *  "  Barbara  Grows  Up  "  (2),  *  "  The  Truth  About  De 
Courcy  "  (3),  *  "  How  Co'ttle  Fell  from  Grace  "  (4).  *  "  Colin  in  Fairyland  "  (5). 

Henrik  Ibsen  : — "  An  Enemy  of  the  People  "  (1),  "  A  Doll's  House  "  (7). 

John  Masefield  :— "  Nan"  (3)  (6),  *  "  The  Witch"  (trans.  H.  Weirs  Jenn- 
sen)  (5). 

Neil  Munro  : — *  "  ^Macpherfon  "   (2)    (6). 

Anthony  Pvowley  :— *  "  A  Weaver's  Shuttle  "  (5),  *  "  The  Probationer  "  (7). 

George  Bernard  Shaw  : — "You  Never  Can  Tell"  (1)  (7),  "Arms  and  the 
Man"  (2)  (6),  "Candida"  (3),  "The  Man  of  Destiny"  (3).  "How  He  Lied 
to  Her  Husband  "  (3),  "  ^lan  and  Superman  "  (5),  "  Captain  Brassbound's 
Conversion  "  (5). 

E.  L.  Stevenson  and  W.  E.  Henley  : — "  Admiral  Guinea  "  (1)  (3), 
"  Maoaire  "  (7). 

Note. — The  asterisk  denotes  entirely  new  plays,  t  "  Justice  "  wag  produced 
simultaneously  with  the  London  production.  The  numbers  refer  to  the 
seasons  of  production  : — (1)  spring,  i909 ;  (2)  autumn,  1909;  (3)  spring,  1910; 
(4)  summer,  1910;  (5)  autumn,  1910;  (6)  spring,  1911;  (7)  autumn,  1911. 

In  addition  to  the  plays  in  this  list  mention  must  be  made  of  a  number  of 
highly  interesting  productions  of  single  plays  by  authors  of  note.  In  the  first 
reason  William  ^lackintosh,  the  veteran  actor,  was  specially  engaged  for  the  part 
of  Sir  Pertinax  MacSycophant  in  Charles  Macklin's  "The  jNIan  of  the  World." 
The  second  season  saw  revivals  of  "Lanval,"  by  "  T.  E.  Ellis  "  (Lord  Howard 
de  Walden);  "The  Palace  of  Truth,"  by  Sir  W.  S.  Gilbert;  and  Lord  Tenny- 
son's "The  Falcon."  In  the  spring  of  1910  a  remarkable  one-act 
play,  "Jean,"  by  a  new  author  (who  takes  the  name  of  Donald  Colquhoun), 
was  presented  for  the  first  time.  T.  W^.  Robertson's  "  Caste,"  in  which 
Mr.  G.  W.  Anson  played  the  part  of  Eccles.  and  ^liss  Barker's  "  Chains " 
were  staged  in  the  autumn  of  1910.  and  Mr.  Granville  Barker  and  Miss  Lillah 
McCarthy  repeated  their  parts  in  "  Man  and  Superman."  Notable  in  the  spring 
of  1911  "were  productions  of  Thomas  Hardy's  "  The  Three  Wayfarers "  and 
Maeterlinck's  "  Interior,"  which,  with  J.  M.  Barrie's  "  Pantaloon,"  formed  a 
triple  bin.  Even  tliis  supplementary  list  leaves  unmentioned  a  considerable  nvunber 
of  plays — ^many  of  them  first  i)roductions — and  about  a  dozen  comedies,  which  might 
be  seen  in  the  ordinary  theatre. 

A  scrutiny  of  tliis  record  must  bring  certiain  facts  inlto  prominence.  In  tihe  first 
place  itdisposes  of  any  charge  that  the  theatre  specialises  in  morbid  and  "  heavy  '' 
piays.  Only  those  with  some  piactical  knowledge  of  repertory  work  can  fully 
realise  how  difficult  it  is  to  overcome  this  belief,  which  springs  up  as  if  ly  magic, 
and  is  remarkably  tenacious  of  life.  Secondly,  it  shows  that  something  is  being 
done  to  produce  a  genuine  Scottish  drama — a  thing  not  of  dialect  or  of  accent,  but 
of  life  itself.  So  far  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Neil  Munro  and  ^Ir.  J.  J.  Bell  have  been 
largely  tentative — as  if  they  are  experimenting  with  a  new  literary  form.  But 
both  bring  to  their  work  an  intimate  knowledge  of  Scottish  character  and  a  fine 
command  of  easy  dialogue ;  and  one  has  confidence  in  expecting  really  good  plays 
when  technical  difficulties  are  mastered.  In  Mr.  G.  J.  Hamlen  the  theatre  found 
a  \Miter  with  a  strong  feeling  for  dramatic  work,  full  of  promise  of  better  things 
to  come;  and  Donald  Colquhoun's  "Jean"  is  a  remarkably  strong  piece  of  w^ork. 

It  would  be  almost  impossible  to  overestimate  the  value  of  the  training  afforded 
to  the  acting  company  by  such  programmes.  Not  only  does  the  constant  change 
of  work  make  for  greater  all-round  efficiency,  but  the  actors  quickly  extend  the 
field  of  their  abilities.  This  last  is  a  point  of  great  importance,  for  it  is  unques- 
tionable that  under  "commercial"  ananagements  an  actor  is  apt  to  become 
narrowed  in  scope.  ^Managers  think  of  him  in  connection  with  only  one  line  of 
business,  and,  however  strongly  he  may  wish  it.  he  has  no  opportunity  of  discovering 
his  ability  in  other  directions'.  Perhaps  more  vital  than  these  considerations,  the 
high  standard  of  the  plays  produced  is  all  in  favour  of  greater  mental  alertness, 

3* 


24  THE  STAGE    YEAR   BOOK. 

a  readiness  to  appreciate  the  possibilities  of  each  part,  and  the  avoiding  of  the 
intellect-destroying  tendencies  of  long-run  productions.  Stress  might  justly  be  laid, 
too.  on  the  stimulus  given  to  the  company  by  the  keenness  of  the  audience.  There 
is  the  assurance  that  good  work  will  win  its  full  meed  of  praise,  alike  in  "  unsym- 
pathetic "  parts  and  in  those  others  which  are  lightly  termed  "  actor-proof." 
.Managers  have  not  been  slow  to  realise  these  things,  and  not  a  few  excellent  engage- 
ments have  resulted  from  a  season  with  the  stock  company  in  Glasgow.  Mr. 
Alfred  Wareing,  the  managing  director,  lias  acquired  a  reputation  for  great  dis- 
crimination in  the  choice  of  his  companies,  and  thi:;.  added  to  a  recognition  of  the 
value  of  the  experience  gained,  has  resulted  in  a  keen  eye  being  kept  on  his  players. 

As  with  acting,  so  also  with  producing  and  stage-management.  "  First  nights" 
have  no  small  degree  of  dread  for  the  profession,  and  what  of  those  who  direct  one 
nearly  every  Monday  night?  One  would  expect  their  nerves  to  be  "  of  fine  eteei 
wire";  and  if  not — then  chaos.  Yet  hitches  are  almost  miraculously  avoided;  the 
voice  of  the  prompter  seldom  reaches  the  stalls ;  and  one  has  unbounded  admiration 
for  Mr.  Kenelm  Foss  and  Mr.  Harold  Chapin,  the  producers,  and  ^Ir.  William 
Armstrong,  the  stage  manager.  They  alone  know  how  it  is  all  done — how  the  stage 
hands  are  trained  to  deal  with  the  ever-changing  scenery  and  lighting,  and  how 
week  by  week  an  acutely  critical  audience  is  faced  after  rehearsals  which  in  almost 
any  other  theatre  would  be  considered  ridiculously  inadequate. 

Behind  all  are  the  energy  and  optimism  of  the  managing  directoi'.  His  is  neces- 
sarily thankless  work  in  a  great  degree,  though  his  audience  know  Mr.  Alfred 
Wareing,  and  on  the  few  occasions  when  he  has  been  induced  to  face  them  have 
enthusiastically  testified  to  their  appreciation  of  his  work.  But  with  him  lies  the 
task  of  oiling  all  the  wheels,  of  maintaining  peace  when  overstrain  sets  nerves  on 
edge,  of  stimulating  effort  when  a  difficult  production  receives  less  support  than 
it  deserves,  and  of  facing  all  the  thousand  difficulties  which  beset  an  undertaking 
so  progressive  in  its  work  and  aims.  His  reward  is  that  he  has  done  a  great  work 
among  the  younger  generation  in  Glasgow.  We  are  still  far  behind  other  countries 
in  our  appreciation  of  the  influence  of  the  stage  on  the  adolescent  life  of  the  nation; 
but  in  a  time  when  education  tends  to  become  more  and  more  a  matter  of  mere 
knowledge  driven  indiscriminately  into  a  mass  of  humanity  without  consideration  for 
the  individual  minds  composing  it,  the  Scottish  Eepertory  Theatre  has  done  wonders 
in  the  way  of  broadening  outlooks,  widening  sympathies,  fostering  a  taste  for  fine 
plays  and  good  acting,  and  securing  a  real  appreciation  of  many  of  life's  problems. 
It  has  been  what  it  aims  at  being — a  "  Citizen's  Theatre  "  and  an  "Exchange  of 
Ideas." 

X.  W.  D. 


THE    LIVERPOOL    REPERTORY    THEATRE. 

The  movement  for  the  improvement  of  provincial  theatrical  conditions,  alike  as 
regards  methods  of  theatre  control,  the  nature  of  the  plays  produced,  and  the 
standard  of  such  productione,  and  the  circumstances  in  which  artists  are 
expected  to  carry  out  their  work,  is  symptomatic  of  a  much  more  radical  change 
than  is  embraced  by  the  above-mentioned  improvements.  Indeed,  the  more  one 
ponders  the  question,  the  surer  does  the  conviction  grow  that  there  can  be  no 
sustained  enlargement  of  the  theatre's  horizon  beyond  what  is  bounded  by  the  ken 
of  its  keenest  critics  and  patrons.  The  old-fashioned  point  of  view  which  was 
expressed  by  those  who  described  the  theatre  as  "the  servant  of  the  public  "  is, 
after  all,  the  correct  one.  There  is  some  justification  for  the  contempt  which  lovers 
of  the  best  Continental  theatres  have  for  the  neglectful,  unorganised,  quite  spas- 
modic methods  adopted  in  this  country.  By  far  the  greater  portion  of  the  blame 
for  this  attaches  to  the  Englisli  playgoer.  Moreover,  to  force  an  organised  drama 
upon  the  notice  of  the  public  is  a  foolish  policy  ;  it  represents  an  attempt  to  "  make 
bricks  without  straw."  The  German  loves  his  theatre  even  as  the  Englishman 
loves  his  sport.  Only  so  soon  as  the  drama  becomes  necessary  in  the  real  sense  to 
a  sufficient  number  of  Englishmen  will  it  be  possible  to  place  our  stage  upon  that 
fiwting  of  artistic  aloofness  and  public  trust  which  alone  can  make  it  worthy  the 
dignity  of  a  national  institution.  All  of  which  is  merely  another  way  of  saying  that 
the  theatre  cannot  exist  apart  from  the  life  of  the  nation.  The  responsibility  for 
its  right  conduct  rests  imonediately  with  its  patrons.  The  theatre  is  just  what  the 
public  choose  to  make  it. 


THE  STAGE    YEAR   BOOK.  25 


Now,  the  real  significance  of  tbis  growing  change  in  theatre  affairs  lies  in  the 
fact  that  such  change  has  been  called  lor  by  the  public  themselves.  Upon  this  one 
circumstance — in  itself  so  important  that  to  raiany  minds  it  may  appear  as  a  revo- 
lution in  the  typical  attitude  of  mind  of  the  Engiish  theatre-goer,  who  regards  the 
affairs  of  the  stage  as  the  business  of  theatrical  speculatoi-s  only — all  of  us  who 
seek  public  and  permanent  recognition  of  the  drama's  high  place  in  the  scheme  of 
things  must  pin  our  hopes.  This  movement  is  growing  apace.  Manchester  owes 
the  existence  of  its  Repertory  Theatre  to  the  beneficence  of  one  private  lady. 
Glasgow  has  followed  suit  by  founding  the  Scottish  Repertory  Theatre,  under  the 
able  direction  of  JNlr.  Alfred  Wareing.  Liverpool  has  advanced  still  further  than 
these  two  towns,  for  she  has  founded  a  public  company,  with  some  1,300  share- 
holders ;  she  has  acquired  a  theatre  outright,  which  is  known  as  the  Liverpool 
Repertory  Theatre.  If  it  succeed,  this  theatre  may  easily  become  the  first  of  a 
number  of  such  local  or  towns  theatres.  It  is  only  to  be  expected  that  in  these 
days,  and  co-incident  with  the  growth  of  many  of  our  larger  provincial  centres, 
there  should  spring  up  a  demand  for  theatres  more  in  touch  with  local  conditions 
than  is  to  be  expected  of  provincial  theatres  kept  open  almost  entirely  by  touring 
productions.  Let  each  theatre  develop  its  own  personality.  Let  each  theatre  ^Bxist 
at  the  wish  of  the  citizens  of  the  town  in  which  it  is  placed.  Once  secure  tills 
feeling  of  interest,  of  personal  concern,  and  the  future  success  of  a  renascent  English 
drama  is  assured.  It  is  safe  in  the  hands  of  an  English  people  desiring  its  decont 
existence,  its  honourable  livelihood. 

The  Liverpool  Repertory  Theatre  began  its  career  on  November  11,  1911,  when 
was  perfoi-med  "The  Admirable  Crichton,"  by  J.  M.  Barrie.  This  play  ran  with 
great  success  for  two  w^eeks.  The  next  play  given  was  "Justice,"  by  John  Gals- 
worthy. This  play  was  staged  on  November  27,  and  ran  for  three  weeks.  In  t'le 
afternoons  at  Christmas  "  Katawampus  "  was  revived  by  ilr.  B.  Iden  Payne's 
company  from  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Manchester.  In  the  evenings  there  was  a 
revival  of  Sheridan's  burlesque.  "  The  Critic,"  preceded  by  "  The  Cat  and  the 
Chei-ub."  by  C.  B.  Fernald.  An  attractive  spring  programme  has  been  arranged, 
the  first  item  of  which  was  given  on  ^Monday,  January  8,  "'  The  Perplexed 
Husband,"  by  Alfred  Sutro.  This  form.s  the  first  instance  where  a  repertory 
theatre  has  been  able  to  perform  a  successful  London  play  whilst  still  at  the  height 
of  its  London  success.  Amongst  other  plays  which  have  been  or  which  will  be 
performed  shortly  are  "Pillars  of  Society,"  by  Ibsen  (special  edition,  revised  ty 
William  Archer,  is  being  arranged  for  this  production)  ;  "  Trelawny  of  the 
Wells,"  by  Sir  Arthur  Pinero ;  "Prunella,"  by  Granville  Barker:  "The  Situation 
at  Newbury,"  a  new  play,  by  Charles  INIcEvoy  :  "The  Bracelet."  a  new  one-act 
play,  by  Alfred  Sutro;  "The  Tyranny  of  Tears,"  by  C.  Haddon  Chambers;  and 
"  The  Man  of  Destiny,"  by  G.  Bernard  Shaw. 

Basil  Dean. 


THE    BADDELEY    CAKE. 

The  time-honoured  custom  of  cutting  the  Baddeley  Cake  at  Drury  Lane  on 
Twelfth  Night  stOl  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  Fimd,  to  be  invested  in  Consols,  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  1911  Mr.  Harry  Nicholls,  the  ;Master  of  the  Drury  Lane  Fimd,  per- 
formed the  ceremony  for  the  seventh  year  in  succession. 


26  TTir   ST\r.F    YT.AK    BOOK 


WHAT    IS    A    CONCERT    ARTIST? 

BY    GEORGE    ROBINS. 

IT  cannot  be  denied  that,  during  the  last  few  years  especially,  the  concert  artist  has 
been  in  very  strong  evidence  before  the  public,  and  the  claims  of  his  profession  to 
be  recognised  as  one  worthy  of  serious  attention  have  at  last  secured  that  apjfre- 

ciation  which  the  profession  undoubtedly  merits.  Unheard  of,  and  unacknowledged 
by  the  general  public,  the  concert  artists  have  been  quietly  lolodding  away  and 
increasing  in  numbers  until  at  last  by  natural  force  of  circumstances  they  have 
attained  that  particular  importance  in  the  entertainment  world  which  is  now 
generally  conceded  as  their  right. 

During  the  last  twenty-tive  years  attempts  have  been  made  to  give  their-  profession 
Press  representation.  I  believe  the  earliest  attempt  in  this  direction  was  made  by 
yiv.  Alfred  Capper,  the  ^\  ell-known  thought-reader,  who  published  a  jieriodical  with 
the  comprehensive  title  of  "  The  Professional  World."  For  a  time  it  flourished,  but 
after  a  few  years  of  life  it  disappeared.  Years  went  by  until  at  last,  in  1897.  the 
Association  of  Concert  Artists  and  Entertainers  (since  altered  to  the  Concert  Artists' 
Benevolent  Association)  was  formed.  In  November,  1902,  this  Association  issued 
the  first  number  of  the  "  Concert  Artists'  Benevolent  Association  Gazette."'  which 
was  scarcely,  however,  a  financial  success.  Towards  the  end  of  1906  it  became 
merged  into  the  "  Concei't  Artists'  Journal,'"  iJublished  by  Messrs.  Heron.  Unfor- 
tunately, this  had  but  a  short  existence.  Then  in  the  early  autumn  of  1910  (I  am 
proud  to  think,  in  some  measure,  due  to  my  personal  instigation)  The  Stage  was  won 
over  to  the  cause  of  the  concert  artist,  and  it  is  generally  recognised  by  concert 
artists  that  the  accomplishment  is  one  of  the  utmost  importance  in  the  interests  of 
their  profession. 

To  give  an  answer  concise,  and,  at  the  same  time,  comj^rehensive,  to  the  question 
which  forms  the  .heading  of  this  article  would  indeed  be  difficult.  A  concert  artist 
may  be  anything  from  a  smoking  concert  comedian  to  a  grand  opei'a  singer.  He 
may  be  a  budding  vocalist  fresh  from  one  of  our  numerous  academies.  He  may 
be  a  conjurer,  a  ventriloquist,  a  marionette  performer,  an  instrumentalist,  a  musical 
clown,  or  one  of  a  hundred  other  things.  He  may  make  a  bare  living.  He  may 
earn  a  munificent  income.  To  members  of  tlie  variety  and  theatrical  professions  he 
is  certainly  a  person  of  some  considerable  mystery,  but  one  who  is,  nevertheless, 
quietly  and  surely  making  his  imjiortance  conspicuous  in  the  great  world  of  enter- 
tainment. To  trace  the  origin  of  his  birth  one  would  probably  have  to  refer  to  the 
parentage  of  the  actor.  I  claim  no  prehistoric  knowledge  concerning  his  existence, 
and  for  the  purposes  of  this  short  history  can  only  utilise  a  personal  intimacy 
with  the  subject  extending  over  thirty  years. 

In  the  days  of  my  early  youili  I  recall  those  wild  orgies,  "  The  Penny  Readings," 
the  delight  of  those  "of  our  parents  who  denied  themselves  the  questionable  enjoyment 
of  the  music  halls  of  that  period.  Thirty  years  ago  those  functions  from  which 
nowadays  the  concert  artist  derives  his  income  were  few  and  far  between,  or,  one 
may  say,  practically  unknown.  The  functions  I  allude  to  are  the  thousands  of 
banquets,  dinners  (Masonic  and  otherwise),  concerts  (classical  or  bchemian).  bazaars, 
private  soirees,  "  At  Homes,"  and  other  social  gatherings  of  various  descriptions 
which  take  place  not  only  in  London,  but  in  every  city,  town,  and  village  in  the 
United  Kingdom,  at  which  functions  it  is  now  the  accepted  custom  to  have  a 
humorous  or  musical  entertainment.  In  those  early  days  I  have  referred  to  "  The 
Penny  Reading  "  or  an  occasional  local  concert  was  all  we  had  in  this  line,  and 
there'  were  but  very  few  professional  concert  artists.  Three,  however,  stand  out 
vividly  in  my  mind',  namely,  ^Ir.  McCall  Chambers,  ^Ir.  Archer  Brown,  and  Mr. 
Walte'r  Grace.     Ail   these  'gentlemen   were  artists   of   quite  a   superior   class,   and 


COLUMBINE   S'EN   VA. 


Drawn   hy    \V.    DOUGLAS   ALMOND,    R.I. 


THE   STAGE    YEAR   BOOK.  27 


giants  in  their  professional  way.  There  were  also,  of  course,  many  amateur  artists. 
Gradually  tlie  demand  for  humorous  and  musical  entertainers  grew,  and  the  supply 
was  not  lacking,  for  talent  will  assert  itself  when  the  occasion  calls  for  it,  especially, 
perhaps,  wlien  it  is  recognised  that  in  the  call  there  lies  an  easy  and  lucrative  wav 
of  making  money. 

Let  me  now  state  the  reasons  which,  I  believe,  have  been  most  conducive  in  bring- 
ing about  the  conditions  which  now  prevail. 

In  the  first  place,  the  "  class  "  of  entertainment  presented  by  the  so-called  concert 
artist  has  gradually  appealed  to  a  certain  section  of  the  public  whose  tastes  may 
not  incline  so  much  to  variety  or  theatrical  jjerformances.  Again,  the  numbers  of 
hotels,  restaurants,  and  other  places  where  dinners,  social  gatherings,  etc.,  take  place 
have  multiplied  to  an  enormous  extent.  In  corresponding  ratio  the  demand  for  the 
services  of  concert  artists  and  entertainers  has  also  increased.  I  may  mention  two 
more  facts  which,  although  of  minor  importance,  certainly  have  to  be  recognised  as 
bearing  on  the  subject.  Firstly,  the  concert  artist  enjoys  the  privilege  of  being 
able  to  i^ick  out  the  very  best  of  the  published  songs,  and  is  generally  able  to 
perform  these  without  being  troubled  on  the  matter  of  copyright  (I  say  'this  with 
every  respect  to  those  concert  arti.sts  who  give  their  own  original  songs,  and  whose 
position  in  this  particular  profession  is  ivsually  thereby  enhanced) ;  secondly, 
there  is  to  be  considered  the  inability  of  the  average  variety  artist  to  provide  a 
suitable  performance,  either  through  the  exigencies  of  his  profession,  the  barring 
clauses  in  his  contracts,  or  a  failing  to  afdapt  himself  to  the  unusual  surrounding, 
of  the  ordinary  concert  platform.  One  needs  but  little  familiarity  with  the  concert 
artist's  business  to  recognise  these  facts. 

One  may  naturally  ask,  "What  becomes  of  the  concert  artist  when  ths  winter 
is  over  and  jDassed,  and  all  these  various  functions  have  disajDpeared  for  a  time?  " 
The  answer  is,  he  is  usually  to  be  found  at  the  seaside  23erforming  either  singly  or 
with  a  concert  party. 

Note  what  is  now  happening  at  all  our  seaside  and  pleasure  resorts.  Up  till 
about  twenty-one  years  ago  the  only  "  Alfresco,"  humorous  or  musical,  form  of 
entertainment  was  that  provided  by  the  Punch  and  Judy  gentlemen  or  the  nigger 
minstrels.  For  many  years  they  had  reigned  supreme.  In  the  year  1890,  however, 
a  well-known  banjoist  and  vocalist  conceived  the  idea  of  presenting  a  "  pierrot 
entertainment"  to  the  public.  It  was  an  instantaneous  success,  and  with  such  effect 
that  even  at  the  present  day  ^Ir.  Clifford  Essex,  the  gentleman  in  question,  has  a 
reputation  which  invariably  ensures  a  "  fuU  house  "  in  the  happy  hunting  grounds 
of  Ms  original  enterprise.  Shortly  after  we  had  a  somewhat  similar  class  of  enter- 
tainment flourishing  under  the  direction  of  ilessa-s.  Wallis  Arthur  and  Paul  ^Mill. 
Then  "  Catlin's  Pierrots  "  and  "  Cardow's  Cadets,"  etc.,  eitc.  The  importance  of 
an  attractive  costume  gradually  asserted  itself,  as  did  also  the  demand  for  an  artistic 
alfresco  entertainment  which  holiday-makers  were  able  to  enjoy,  and  at  the  same 
time  lose  none  of  the  health-giving  benefits  of  the  fresh  air. 

I  have  now  reached  a  period  of  a  little  over  ten  years  ago,  when  that  enigmatical 
company  of  entertainers  called  "The  Misiter  Ees "  appeared  at  sundry  pleasure 
resorts  in  the  summer  and  at  various  small  towns  during  the  rest  of  the  year  under 
the  direction  of  Messrs.  Concord  and  Montague.  They  performed  in  evening  dress, 
but  were  shrouded  in  sombre  cloaks  and  masked.  The  necessity  for  the  latter 
habiliments  was  after  a  time  recognised  by  Mr.  Harold  ^lontague  as  played  out, 
so  he  organised  his  concert  party  "  The  Vagabonds,"  who  provide  an  entertainment 
which  Still  appears  to  be  growing  in  popularity.  Then  Mr.  Wilson  James,  who  was 
one  of  the  earliest  members  of  Mr.  Essex's  "Pierrots,"  struck  the  idea  of  his 
"Gaieties"  costume,  a  novel  and  pleasing  one,  which  not  only  appealed  to  the 
public  then,  but  which  continues  so  to  do.  All  this  time  other  concert  parties  were 
2;radually  being  formed  in  competition  for  those  "  rare  and  refreshing  "  fruits  which 
it  was  generally  recognised  were  to  be  plucked  in  this  new  orchard  of  the  enter- 
tainers'"world.'  Weird  but  descriptive  were  the  titles  of  the  majority  of  these 
concert  parties:  for  example,  "The  Musketeers,"  "The  M.I.'s"  (otherwise  The 
Mounted  Infantrv,  and  costumed  accordingly),  "The  Strolling  Players,"  "  The 
Fantastics."  "  The  Gems,"  "  The  Gay  Gondoliers,"  and  many  others  with  singular 
pseudonyms. 

As  tile  demand  has  grown  for  concert  artists  in  the  winter,  so  has  the  demand 
grown  for  concert  parties  in  the  summer.  Wliether  the  responding  supply  is  more 
than  sufficient  at  present  is  not  one  of  those  economical  questions  for  me  to  answer. 


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The  number  of  parties  now  existing  is  beyond  the  comprehension  of  the  man  in 
the  street,  but  the  commercial  importance  of  the  industry  at  the  present  time  must 
cert-ainly  involve  the  investment  of  many  thousands  of  pounds. 

Many,  indeed,  are  the  instances  which  I  could  quote  in  regard  to  the  evolution 
of  the  conceit  artist  and  the  concert  party,  but  for  the  purposes  of  illustra'tion 
reference  to  one  of  the  great  pleasure  resorts  of  many  which  have  gradually  recog- 
nised tiie  value  of  tliis  particular  class  of  entertainment,  fostered  it,  and  encouraged 
it  is  sufficient.  The  town  in  question  is  ^Margate,  the  popular  seaside  resort  of  the 
South  of  England.  Being  a  "  Cockney,"  I  am,  like  most  Cockneys,  acquainted 
with  tills,  the  "  Cockneys'  Mecca,"  and  probably  more  so  than  the  majority  of 
entertainers. 

In  the  days  of  my  early  youth  "  Uncle  Bones,"  otherwise  ^Ir.  Alf.  Bourne  (since 
retired,  but  still  strong  and  healthy,  and  an  ardent  amateur  fishemian  in  the  town 
of  his  adoption),  was  the  proud  director  of  a  "nigger  minstrel"  troupe  whicli  had 
reigned  supreme  for  many  years,  and  which  continued  to  do  so  uii'til  the  present 
class  of  entertainment  came  into  comi>etition.  (May  I  here  extend  my  sympathies 
to  "  Uncle  Bones,"  and  pay  an  honest  tribute  to  those  happy  days  when  I  used  to 
stand  in  the  crowd  and  enjoy  >t.he  entertainment,  which  was  worth  so  much  more 
than  my  meagre  contribution?)  Now  mark  the  evolution.  Less  than  a  dozen 
years  ago  a  few  amateur  vocalists,  for  fun,  for  devilment,  or  in  anticipation  of 
possible  profits,  conceived  the  notion  of  giving  open-air  eittertainments  of  a  class 
quite  different  from  that  presented  by  the  aforesaid  "Uncle  Bones."  The  venture 
was  a  success.  Others  followed  on  even  bolder  and  more  progressive  lines.  A  party 
of  vocalists  suddenly  appeared,  costumed  in  red  and  black,  calling  themselves 
"  The  Rouge  et  Noirs."  Up  till  about  this  period  proprietors  of  alfresco  entertain- 
ments at  ilargate  w^ere  charged  but  a  nominal  sum  for  the  privilege  of  performing. 
But  the  Corporation  of  this  most  worthy  town  then  discovered  that  there,  ready  at 
hand,  lay  a  source  of  revenue  with  w'hich  the  prevailing  local  taxes  might  be 
alleviated.  With  a  wisdom  instilled  by  the  enterprise  of  the  concert  artist,  the 
Corporation  decided  to  run  their  own  concert  parties.  They  picked  out  two  sites 
and  requestsd  tenders  for  them  on  a  sharing  basis.  The  new  venture  of  the  Cor- 
poration proved  successful  beyond  all  anticipation.  Here,  indeed,  was  revenue 
hitherto  undreamt  of.  Now,  take  ^largate  at  the  time  of  writing.  .Wliat  do  we 
find  there  in  the  shape  of  entertainment?  It  cannot  be  denied  that  the  concert 
parties  on  the  Jetty  Extension  and  those  of  the  Corporation  in  the  new  Winter 
Gardens  (excavated  and  constructed  at  a  cost  of  something  like  £40.000)  and  the 
Oval,  etc.,  are  undoubtedly  among  the  greatest  attractions  of  this  j'opular  health 
and  pleasure  resort. 

I  have  mentioned  one  tow^n  only,  but  reference  could  be  made  to  Blackpool, 
Lowestoft,  Broadstairs,  Torquay,  and  many  more  pleasure  resorts,  more  ospecially 
in  the  North  of  England,  where  the  local  authorities  have  interested  themselves  in 
the  concert-party  movement  and  have  reaped  considerable  benefits  therefrom. 

Apart  from  such  places,  however,  where  the  parties  are  run  by  the  local  councils, 
ertc. ,  ft  is  safe  to  say  that  there  is  scarcely  to  be  found  a  single  town  in  the  United 
Kingdom  where  a  concert  party  does  not  flourish  in  the  season. 

In  the  vast  majority  of  even  the  small  places  there  are  usually  to  be  found  several 
parties.  In  Sandown,  Isle  of  Wight,  for  instance,  last  summer  I  counted  no  fewer 
than  five  separate  entertainments  of  this  description.  In  places  like  Blackpool, 
Margate,  etc.,  the  number  was  correspondingly  greater.  If  one  considers  the 
hundreds  of  seaside  towTis  and  inland  health  resorts  in  England,  with  their  numerous 
concert  parties  running  from  three  to  five  months  in  the  year,  some  idea  of  the 
extent  of  the  business  may  be  obtained.  ^lultiply  the  number  of  these  troupes  by 
the  average  number  of  artislts  engaged  in  each — say,  seven — and  having  obtained  the 
result,  add  some  thousands  of  vocalists  (male  and  female),  conjurers,  ventriloquists. 
instrumentalists,  and  entertainei's  spread  over  the  kingdom  who  perform  singly,  and 
the  grand  total  will  net  be  far  short  of  the  total  number  of  performere  who  are 
styled  "  concert  artists." 

What  is  a  concert  artist  ?  If  my  reply,  as  above  set  forth,  is  not  sufficiently 
lucid,  I  nevertheless  trusd  that,  as  a  brief  account  of  the  evolution  of  the  individual 
in  question,  it  will  provide  in  some  measure  an  explanation  of  what  to  many  people 
hitherto  may  have  been  a  matter  of  mystery. 


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SHAKESPEARE    MEMORIAL    THEATRE, 
STRATFORD-ON-AVON. 

BY  W.  S.  BRASSINGTON.  F.S.A.,  CURATOR   OF   THE  MEMORIAL. 

FOR  sooiie  insca-utable  reason  Xalure  selected  a  little  county  town  for  tlie  hub 
of  thp  dramatic  imiverse,  and  tJiat  town  is  Stratford-upon-Avon.  The 
small  iJieatre  at  Stratford  during  the  thirty  odd  years  since  its  doors  were 
first  opened  hias  achieved  a  great  reputation  for  special  performances  by 
most,  of  the  leading  actors  of  modern  times,  as  well  as  for  its  wonderfuJ  record  of 
Shakespearean  revivals,  so  that  no  apology  is  needed  for  devoting  some  space  to  its 
records  in  the  pages  of  The  Stage  Year  Book. 

In  recent  years  the  work  at  Stratford-upon-Avon  ha,s  been  considerably  enlarged 
in  scope,  till  it  now  embraces  mucJi  more  than  the  public  performances  upon  the 
stage,  and  takes  its  place  among  our  most  important  Festivals  m  England. 

How  this  has  been  achieved  is  a  most  interesting  chaptea-  in  stage  annals,  and 
I  will  now  endeavoua*  to  gi\'e  a  brief  sketch  in  outline  of  the  rise  and  progress  of 
what  is  somewhat  vaguely  denoiminated  "  Tftie  Stratford  Movement." 

Of  course,  it  all  came  about  fxoim  the  undoubted  facts  that  William  Shakespea.re 
was  born  in  tJiis  pleasant  Warwickshire  town,  and  tJiat  his  father  was  the  first 
bailiff,  or  mayor,  of  the  town  to  permit  a  company  of  strolling  players  to  give  a 
public  performance  unde^r  mayoral  patronage  in  the  Old  Guild  Hall.  That  notable 
visit  of  the  "Queen's  Company  of  Players"  took  place  nearly  three  and  a-half 
centuries  ago,  in  1568-9.  Exactly  two  centuries  later,  David  Garrick  arranged  the 
first  celebration  in  honour  of  Shakespeare  in  his  native  town,  thus  stai-ting  the 
Festivals,  which  have  ever  since  been  maintained,  at  first  tentatively  at  intervals 
of  a  few  years,  and  then  annually,  and  now  twice  a  year. 

Doubtless  t.hcre  would  have  been  celebrations  before  Garrick's  had  it  not  been  for 
the  retarding  influence  of  Puritan  times.  This  is  illustrated  by  the  blank  in  the 
Stratford  records  of  payments  to  players  from  1622,  when  si.\  shillings  wa.s  paid 
to  them  not  to  perform,  down  to  1717.  In  that  year  there  is  a  significant  entry  of 
two  payments  made  for  Morris-dancers,  showing  the  survival  of  this  ancient  pastime 
in  the  Midlands.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  revival,  and  it  received  a  very 
considerable  stimulus  from  John  Ward,  the  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Siddons,  who 
brought  his  company  to  Stratford  in  1740.  There  is  an  account  of  a  special  perform- 
ance of  "Othello"  by  this  comijany  in  1748,  and  the  proceeds  were  devoted  to  the 
repair  of  Shakespeare's  Monument.  A  collection  of  old  Stratford  playbills  preserved 
at  the  Memorial  Library  records  many  interesting  performances  through  the  latter 
part  of  the  eighteenth  century  and  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth. 

Peg  Woffington  is  said  to  have  been  a  member  of  this  company,  but  was  dis- 
missed on  the  ground  that  her  ideas  of  respectability  did  not  coincide  with  those 
of  the  manager.  Roger  Kemble  was  anotiier  member,  and  in  1753  Kemble  married 
Ward's  daughter,  and  their  daughter,  Sara.h,  became  Mrs.  Siddons — "  The  Queen 
of  Tragedy." 

In  1820  Cha.rle.s  Mathews  gave  his  enteirtainment  "At  Home."  and  proposed  the 
Vjiiilding  of  a  national  theatre  in  Stratford.  Money,  however,  was  not  forthcoming 
to  put  the  suggestion  into  practice,  though  in  1821  a  theatre  was  equipped  in  Green- 
hill  Street,  and  opened  with  Coleman's  comedy  of  "John  Bull,"  the  second  play 
produced  being  "Othello."  But  John  Bull  "at  that  time  did  not  rise  to  the 
occasion,  and  the  theatre,  being  a  private  ventiire,  was  soon  closed.  Two  other 
attempts  met  with  no  better  success. 

In  1827  two  important  events  happened.     A  new  theatre   was  built  on   Shake- 


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speare's  garden  at  New  Place,  and  a  "Jubilee"  on  the  lines  la.id  down  in  1769  by 
(jrarrick   was   celebrated. 

This  little  theatre  continued  with  varying  fortunes  till  1872,  when  its  doors  were 
opened  for  the  last  time  for  an  entertainment  given  by  j\[r.  and  Mrs.  Rousby.  During 
the  forty-five  years  of  its  existence  many  great  actors  at  one  time  or  another 
appeared  upon  its  stage. 

But  the  gi-eatC'st  I'eistiival  held  in  Stratford  during  the  nineteenth  century  wa.s 
that  of  1864.  celebrait.ing  the  tercentenary  o-f  Shakespeare's  biil-h.     These  memorable 


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performances  were  given  in  a  teniporaa-y  building,  and  though  they  aroused  universar 
interest,  the  expenees  swallowed  up  all  t.he  money  raised. 

At  the  head  of  the  local  committee  in  1854  was"  the  Mayor  of  Stratfo.rd,  Edward 
Fordham  Flower;  his  sons,  of  whom  Charles  Edward  was  the  eldest,  helped  him 
in  the  work.  Ten  years  la,te.r  Mr.  Charles  Flower  made  up  his  mind  that  it  was 
time  for  a  national  theatre  in  honour  of  Shakespeare  to  be  established.  For  tJiis 
purpose  he  formed  an  association  consisting  of  some  of  his  friends  and  nei)ghbours, 
and  appealed  for  funds.  The  response  was  not  encouraging,  so  Mr.  Flower  under- 
too.k  most  of  the  responsibility,  gave  the  land,  and  arranged  for  a  theatre  to  be 
built. 

On  April  23,  1879.  tlie  Shakespeare  Memorial  Theatre  was  opened  by  Helen 
Faucit  (afterwards  Lady  Martin)  and  Barry  Sullivan,  the  opening  play  being 
"Much  Ado  About   Nothing."     Later  in  the  week   "Hamlet,"    "The  Tempest,"" 


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aiid  "  As  \  ou  J. ike  it  were  pieiented,  Miss  Wallis  also  appearing  in  some  of  the 
leading  parts. 

That  in  Warwickshire,  especially  at  Stratford,  there  is  a  lively  feeling  of  rever- 
ence for  the  'sta.ge  and  all  its  laational  traditjons  is  evident  from  the  wonderfuJ 
local  efforts  made  from  time  to  tame,  but  it  is  rather  sad  to  reflect  that  so  far  no 
adequate  encouragement  has  been  received  from  outside,  either  from  tche  Govern- 
ment or  from  public  funds.  Nevertheless,  tJie  movement  has  staunch  friends,  but 
the  local  committee  have  had  uphill  work,  and  in  this  they  have  been  ably  and 
generously  assisted  by  private  friends  and  members  of  the  profession,  who  have 
always  been  ready  to  come  down  to  Stratford  and  give  their  services  for  the  good 
of  the  cause,  and  to  honour  Shakespeare  in  his  native  town. 

King  George  IV..  however,  gave  his  patronage  to  the  local  Slhakespeare  Club, 
and  King  Edward  VII.,  whien  Prince  of  WaJes,  visited  the  Shakespeare  Memorial 
Theatre,  and  in  his  large-'hearted  way  expressed  his  approval  of  the  work,  in  which 
he   was   cons-iderably   interested. 

The  record  of  performances  presents  many  points  of  in.terest.  In  1881  and 
1882  Mr.  Edward  Compton  conducted  the  Festivals.  In  the  following  year  the 
late  Eliot  Galer,  of  Leicester,  took  up  the  work.  Miss  AJleyne  won  honours  in 
"  CymbeJine,"  and  Miss  Bateman  appeared  as  Lady  Macbeth.  In  1885  Miss  Mary 
Anderson,  then  in  her  zenith,  appeared  at  Stfratford  as  Rosalind  to  t.he  Orlando  of 
Mr.  Forbes  Robertson. 

Then,  in  1886,  a  yoiuig  actor  from  O.xford  stepped  upon  the  Memorial 
stage,  earning  his  first  laure:ls — ilr.  Frank  Benson — a  name  which  mu6.t  ever  be 
honoured  in  Stratford  for  long  and  imtiiring  devotion  to  the  Shakespearean  cause. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Augustan  Daly  and  IMiss  Ada  Rehan  brought  their 
company  to  give  a  wonderful  performajice  of  "  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew."  For 
three  years  Osmond  Tearle  took  up  the  reins,  giving  revivals  of  "  Henry  VI., 
Part  I.,"  "Julius  Caesaa-,"  "King  John,"  and  "The  Two  Gentilamen  of  Verona." 
In  1895  Mr.  Ben  Greet  presented  "A  Winter's  Tale,"  in  which  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving 
and  Miss  Dorothea  Baird  (now  Mrs.  Irving)  appeared. 

After  that  year  Mr.  Benson  returned.  It  was,  however,  in  1891  that  he  gave  his 
novel  rendering  of  Caliban  in  a  memoraole  performance  of  "  The  Tempest."  The 
"Richard  II.,  i-evived  in  1895,  marked  a  new  departui-e  in  the  presentation  of 
histories  for  which  he  is  now  famous.  Mrs.  Benson,  too,  earned  great  popularity 
by  her  sympathetic  impersonations  of  many  of  Shakespeao-e's  heroines.  Under  the 
management  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benson  quite  a  galaxy  of  fresh  talent  appeared.  It 
was  here  that  Mr.  Oscar  Asche  and  Miss  Lily  Braj'ton  first  won  appreciation,  and 
many  more  followed  in  their  path. 

During  the  first  ten  years  of  the  present  century  the  following  remarkable 
performances  were  given  under  Mr.  Benson's  direction  : — "  Pericles,"  arranged  by 
the  veteran  the  late  John  Coleman;  the  Cycle  of  Histories;  "Henry  VIII.,"  in 
which  Miss  Eillen  Terry  played  Queen  Katharine;  the  Orestean  Trilogy  of 
iEschylus ;  Ben  Jonson's  "Every  Man  in  His  Humour";  Marlowe's  "Edward 
II.";  and  "Measure  for  Measure,"  the  last-named  by  Mies  Horninr-in's  company, 
assisted  by  Mr.  William  Poel.  In  all  thirty -three  out  of  the  six -and -thirty  plays  of 
Shakespeare  have  been  presented  on  the  MemoriaJ  stage. 

Then  Mr.  Benson  arranged  a  series  of  special  visiits  to  Stratford  for  Mr.  Forbes 
Robertson  and  Miss  Gertrude  Elliott,  Mr.  Lewis  Waller,  Miss  Ellen  Terry,  Miss 
.Marion  Terry,  ]\Iiss  Genevieve  Ward,  Mr  Bourchier  and  Miss  Vanbrugh,  Mr. 
Matheson  Lang  and  Miss  Hutin  Britton,  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving.  Mr.  Martin  Harvey  and 
MLss  de  Silva,  and  Sir  Herbert  Tree,  who  played  Hamlet  to  Miss  ilarie  Lohr's 
Ophelia ;  nor  must  we  forget  the  yeoman  service  of  ^Ir.  Otho  Stuart  and  .the  other 
"  Old  Bensonians"  who  are  ever  ready  to  help  the  Festivals  at  Stratford. 

Two  years  ago  the  Summer  Festival  was  inaugurated,  and  to  tlie  usual  dramatic 
performances  various  other  attractions  were  added — Morris-dancing,  Folk-songs, 
old  English  sports,  concerts,  excursions,  and  lectures.  There  was  no  lack  of  interest 
for  all  the  visitors,  whether  on  pleasure  bent  or  seeking  to  extend  their  knowledge. 
But  undoubtedly  the  great  event  of  the  1911  Summer  Festival  was  the  performance 
of  "  Hamlet,"  when  the  play  was  given  in  its  entirety  by  Mr.  F.  R.  Benson. 

The  bare  record  of  thirty  years'  work  at  Stratford  shows  how  much  has  been 
done,  but  when  the  full  chronicle  is  written  it  will  form  one  of  the  most  important 
chapters  in  the  history  of  stage  development  in  England.  There  is  an  awaking 
to  be.tter  and  higher  aims,  and  a  greater  but  steady  progress  towards  the  establish- 
ment of  a  national  School  of  Drama  and  a  University  for  the  study  of  English 
literature. 


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Tihe  Memorial  Buildings  aJready  include  a  fine  library  contaijiing  one  of  tihe  best 
collections  of  editions  of  Shakespeaxe  in  the  world,  and  a  unique  collection  of  pic- 
ture's arranged  in  a  beautiful  gallery,,  all  t-oo  email  for  the  growling  requirements. 

Altihough.  it  may  be  said  tliiat  England  follows  Germ  any  iai  an  endeavoux  to 
establish  a  great  national  Festival  in  honour  of  a  native  genius,  yet  a,t  Stratford  the 
movement  has  to  a  great  extent  been  a  spontaneous  growt'h.  'J'ihe  natural  beauties 
of  Warwickshire,  the  gently  flowing  Avon,  and  the  joys  of  the  country  have  aJl 
had  their  share  in  attracting  visitors  to  tlie  bii-thplace  of  Shakespeare  and  to  tlie 
Festivals  in  his  hjonour. 

On  the  Methou  of  Representatiox  at  Stratford. 

UiD  to  the  present  time  Shakespeare's  plays  have  been  represented  upon  the 
Memorial  stage  usually  according  to  the  prevailing  fashion  of  the  day,  thougli  that 
fashion  put  under  a  certain  amount  of  restraint. 

The  comparatively  small  stage  rendering  elaborate  effects  almost  impossible,  the 
scenery  was  of  necessity  simj^le,  though  well  painted  and  designed  by  some  of  the 
best  artists  of  the  day.  J.  O'Connor  painted  some  reaUy  beautiful  cloths  for  the 
early  festivals,  and  scenery  for  the  Ron;an  plays  seems  to  have  been  suggested  by 
designs  made  by  Sir  Alma  Tadema,  and  painted  by  Hall.  An  act-drop  representing 
the  Globe  Theatre  and  the  Bankside  in  the  days  of  Elizabetli  is  one  of  the  tinest 
works  of  that  prince  of  scenic  artists,  Beverley. 

More  attention  being  paid  to  the  text  than  was  formerly  thought  necessary,  and 
the  cutting  being  less  drastic,  people  who  came  to  Stratford  to  see  a  play  went  away 
with  the  impression  that  they  understood  the  beauties  of  the  poet  better  tha  i 
before,  simply  because  they  had  had  a  chance  of  hearing  more  of  the  lines  spoken, 
and  the  play  performed  more  nearly  as  originally  arranged  without  much  elaboration, 
though  the  actors  were  highly  educated  members  of  their  craft. 

Elizabethan  methods  of  stage-craft  were  little  understood  twenty  or  thii'ty  years 
ago,  and  the  performances  were  conducted  at  Stratford  more  according  to  modern 
than  ancient  rules,  simplicity  being  rather  a  matter  of  necessity  than  of  choice, 
though  dictated  by  the  good  taste  of  those  having  charge  of  the  ari-angements. 

The  theatre  has  the  usual  proscenium  and  a  sloping  stage,  and  the  scenery  was 
at  first  arranged  with  back  cloths  and  wings  in  grooves. 

In  Shakespeare's  days  theatres  were  jDlanned  differently,  and  plays  were  wriiten 
suitably  to  those  arrangements.  The  stage  projected  into  the  centre  of  the  building, 
and  the  players  made  their  entrances  directly  into  the  body  of  the  theatre,  the 
play  being  represented  as  an  actuality,  not  as  a  performance  within  a  picture-frame, 
the  uninterrupted  action  enabling  the  audience  to  follow  the  story  without  tiresome 
waits.  We  all  know  how  the  desire  to  adapt  Elizabethan  plays  to  modern  ideas  led 
to  great  elaboration  of  the  pictorial  method  with  wonderful  spectacular  effects,  but 
this,  while  it  pleases  the  eye,  cannot  compensate  for  a  mangled  text,  or  adequately 
interpret  the  poet's  soul  as  embodied  lu  his  play,  though  the  arrangement  be  made 
by  the  greatest  experts  in  stage  management. 

"Last  year  ^Ir.  Benson  gave  "  Hamlet  "  in  its  entirety,  Avith  scarcely  any  scenery, 
but  few  of  the  other  plays  have  yet  been  attempted  at  Stratford  in  this  academic 
manner.  Probably  the  g'enei-al  reVei'sion  to  the  ancient  plan  would  not  at  present 
attract  more  than'a  sprinkling  of  people  to  the  house,  but  there  is  a  growing  ajjpre- 
ciation  for  a  complete  text,  and  in  time,  doubtless,  t\-e  shall  have  old  plays  performed 
upon  a  stage  built  on  the  old  plan  and  in  the  old  manner.  We  may  expect  to  see 
some  of  Mr,  Gordon  Craig"s  ideas  adopted  for  Shakespearean  representation,  with 
broad  effects  of  light  and  shade  and  colour,  to  replace  the  delicately  painted 
scenery  of  the  old  school,  but  for  the  present  the  more  usual  methods  prevail,  the 
conservative  spirit  of  English  audiences  demanding  this  concession. 

The  ^Memorial  Library. 

The  Library  and  Museum  occupy  rooms  on  the  ground  floor,  handsome  apartments 
fitted  with  oak  presses,  and  furnished  with  some  ancient  specimens  of  oak  furniture.  ^_ 

Among  the  relics  there  is  a  curious  old  oak  chair  called  "Shakespeare's  Chair," 
bequeathed  to  the  Governors  bv  the  late  John  Shakespeare  INIanton,  descended  from 
one  of  the  Warwickshire  branches  of  the  Shakespeare  famdy.  Here  also  are 
"  Shakespeare's  Gloves,"  which  were  given  to  David  Garrick  in  1769  by  the  :\[aycr 
of  Stratford-upon-Avon,  and  after  oassing  through  various  hands  were  at  last 
returned  to  Stratford  by  Mrs.  CockeriU,  whose  ancestor,  Thomas  Keate,  Master  of 
Chelsea  College,  was  Garrick's  friend. 


34  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


A  venerable  and  rusty  key,  the  key  of  the  now  destroyed  cliurch  of  Luddington, 
where  Shakespeare  is  supposed  to  liave  married  Ainie  Haihaway.  rejjoses  in  one  of 
the  slio\N -cases,  witli  relics  of  various  early  celebiai-yiis,  nieJals,  tokens,  and  souvenirs 
of  the  eigliteentli-century  performances. 

Here  are  the  slijipers  worn  by  ^Irs.  Siddons  the  last  time  she  played  Lady 
Macbeth  ;  Mrs.  Siddons's  fan  is  also  shown,  besides  a  silver  medallion  presented  to 
her  in  1790  by  the  Calcutta  Dramatic  Society,  and  a  medallion  presented  to  Mrs. 
Garrick  in  1769. 

In  a  special  case  are  various  objects  collected  by  the  late  George  Ellis  to  illustrate 
the  Command  performance  at  Windsor  in  the  days  of  Queen  A'ictoria.  The  collection 
was  the  gift  of  ^Irs.  Victor  Maslin  and  her  sister,  ^Iis.  Courroux.  daughters  of 
Mr.  Ellis.     The  autograpli  letters  from  theatrical  celebrities  are  of  special  interest. 

There  are  quite  a  number  of  letters  from  Charles  Dickens,  written  about  the  time 
of  his  theatrical  tour,  and  in  one  of  these,  written  from  Devonshire  Terrace,  Dickens 
states  : — 

"  I  want  a  couple  of  stage  cudgels  made.  I  don't  know  the  theatrical  name  for 
them  (or  I  have  forgotten  it),  but  you  know  what  I  mean,  a  sort  of  flexible  sausage,  to 
beat  a  man  with,  tTiat  seems  to  hurt  him  very  mucli.  but  doesn't." 

These  were  probably  for  Falstaff  and  Ford,  or  Captain  Bobadil,  in  Ben  Jonson's 
comedy.    Diokens  concludes  this  humorous  and  characteristic  letter  : — 

"  Some  of  my  company  say,  that  as  the  night  approaches,  they  begin  to  feel  like 
used-up  cab  horses — going  perceptibly  at  the  knees.  One  of  them  has  gone  on  the 
cold-water  system,  to  make  himself  courageous. 

"  Faithfully  yours, 

"Chari.es  Dickens. 
"  P.S. — Good  large  cudgels,  as  large  as  walking-sticks." 

But  tliese  are  reminiscences  of  "the  forties."  Dickens's  company  performed  for 
the  benefit  of  Leigli  Hunt  and  Sheridan  Knowles.  The  latter  was  to  have  been 
appointed  custodian  of  Shakespeare's  house,  supposing  the  j^erformances  brought 
enough  money  to  buy  it.     They  did  not,  though  Hunt  got  something. 

The  greatest  nches  of  the  library  consist  not  so  much  of  interesting  letters,  prompt 
books,  and  relics  of  famous  actors,  as  in  early  editions  of  Shakespeare's  writings,  and 
a  great  mass  of  Sliakespeareana.  The  library  owns  a  fine  set  of  folios.  The  copy  of 
the  First  Folio  of  1623  formerly  belonged  "to  J.  O.  Halliwell-Phillipps,  and  has 
several  peculiarities.  There  are  in  this  copj-  two  readings  only  appearing  here  and 
in  one  other  copy. 

The  Second  Folio,  also  from  the  Halliwell-Phillipps  collection,  is  a  very  fine,  tall 
copy,  perfect  in  every  respect. 

The  Third  Folio,  ptxblished  in  1664.  formerly  belonged  to  the  great  Shake- 
spearean .-cholar,  J.  Payne  Collier,  who  made  up  some  missing  pages  in  manuscript 
and  added  notes. 

The  Fourth  Folio  (there  are  here  two  copies)  is  a  handsome  vohune  in  its  old 
leather  binding. 

The  early  Quartos  are  no  less  interesting,  and  include  copies  of  "  The  Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor,"  "Pericles,"  "The  Merchant  of  Venice,"  and  "The  Two  Noble 
Kinsmen." 

There  are  also  fine  Quartos  of  plays  and  poems  by  some  of  the  great  contemporaries 
of  Shakespeare.  Two  copies  of  Rowe's  edition  of  Shakespeare,  the  first  illustrated 
edition,  and  the  first  to  give  a  biography  of  the  author.  One  of  these  belonged 
to  David  Garrick,  and  afterwards  to  Helen  Faucit. 

The  American  editions  here  collected  include  the  first  American  edition  of  the 
plays  and  the  first  American  edition  of  the  poems. 

Th.e  translations  of  Shakespeare's  works  include  volumes  in  thirty  languages. 
Indian  translations  form  an  interesting  collection. 

The  Shakespeareana  include  many  rare  and  early  books,  as  well  as  most  of  the 
modern  works.  The  collection  of  local  topography  has  been  greatly  increased  during 
the  past  twenty  years,  and  especially  by  the  addition  of  several  important  county 
histories,  numerous  rare  volumes  and  pamphlets  illustrating  the  history  of  the 
district,  and  over  a  hundred  volumes  of  manuscript  notes  on  the  archaeology  of  the 
country  around  Stratford-on-Avon. 

For"^  the  use  of  students  there  are  many  -works  of  general  reference,  and  an 
important  section  is  devo+ed  to  English  Drania  and  Poetry  :  another  section  contains 
books  on  the  history  of  the  Stage. 


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Though  the  collection  is  not  a  large  one,' its  careful  selection  renders  it  particularly 
useful  to  students,  who  are  always  welcome  at  Stratford,  and  there  is  no  doubt 
that  year  by  year  the  number  of  students  will  increase. 

The  School  of  Folk-Song  and  Dance,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Cecil  J.  Sharp, 
has  akeady  attracted  many  young  people  from  distant  parts  of  the  country,  i>articu- 
Jarly  from  the  North,  and  these  votaries  of  old-time  music  and  dancing  often  find 
their  way  into  the  library.  Another  class  of  students,  those  of  Mr.  Benson's  school 
of  acting,  will  in  time  also  find  the  library  useful,  though  its  specialisation  has  as 
yet  chiefly  attracted  authors,  teachers,  and  lecturers. 

The  Picture  Gallery. 

The  small  j^icture  gallery  attached  to  the  ^Memorial  Theatre  now  contains  one  of 
the  best  collections  in  the  provinces  of  theatrical  portraits  and  pictures  representing 
scenes  from  Shakespeare. 

The  most  notable  treasures  are,  first,  the  old  jDortrait  of  Shakespeare,  from  whicli  the 
engraving  in  the  folio  of  1623  is  generally  believed  to  have  been  copied ;  secondly,  a 
fine,  full-length  poTtrait  of  the  Earl  of  Southampton,  by  P.  Van  Somer.  In  addition 
to  these,  there  are  Lawrence's  beautiful  portrait  of  John  Kemble.  and  two  paintings 
by  Romney ;  a  great  subject  picture  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds — a  commission  executed 
for  the  Boydell  gallery  about  1790. 

John  Opie  is  represented  by  a  large  work  in  his  b«st  manner,  illustrating  a 
passage  from  "Richard  III.";  Henry  Fuseli  by  several  weird  paintings  of  witches, 
ghosts,  and  similar  subjects  ;  Robert  Smirke  by  many  large  and  small  examples  of 
his  art;  James  Northeote  by  his  famous  painting  of  blaster  Betty.  "The  young 
Roscius  "  is  here,  and  Harlow's  famous  porti-ait  group  of  the  Kemble  family  in 
"  Henry  VIII."  Among  the  portraits  of  modern  actors  there  are  one  of  Sir  Henry 
Irving,  after  Millais ;  another'of  Edwin  Booth,  by  0.  S.  Lay:  a  curious  jxirtrait  of 
Phelps  as  Hamlet,  by  Nicholas  Crowley ;  and  a  full  length  of  Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier 
as  Shylock.  by  C.   A.  Buchel. 

Sfci-atford  also  possesses  the  death  mask  oif  Sir  Henry  Irving,  by  Sir  George 
Frampton,  and  Bj'uce  Joy's  exquisite  bust  of  ^liss  IMary  Anderson,  and  another 
marble  bust  of  !Miss  Ellen  Terrv. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  37 


THE    VARIETY    STAGE. 

BY    W.     H.    CLEMART. 

PARADOXICAL  as  it  may  seem,  the  most  important  event  of  the  year  in 
variety-land  never  happened.  When,  at  the  end  of  the  month  of 
March,  it  was  publicly  announced  that  the  King  had  graciously  indicated 
his  intention  of  commanding  a  music  hall  performance  to  be  given  at 
the  Empire  Theatre,  Edinburgh,  in  July,  during  his  visit  to  that  city  to  attend 
the  Coronation  festivities,  the  delight  of  the  music  Ifall  profession  knew  no 
bounds,  for  never  before  in  the  history  of  t^e  music  hall  had  such  a  mark 
of  Royal  recognition  been  recorded.  A  committee,  for  the  purpose  of  drawing 
up  the  suggested  programme  to  be  submitted  for  approval  by  His  Majesty, 
was  formed,  and  consisted  of  Sir  Edward  iloss  (chairman),  Miessrs.  Frank 
Allen,  Alfred  Butt,  W.  H.  Clemart,  Walter  de  Frece,  Walter  Dickson.  J.  L. 
Graydon,  Walter  Gibbons,  Alfred  Moul,  Oswald  Stoll,  Henry  Tozer,  and  ]\Ir. 
C.  Douglas  Stuart  (hon.  secretary).  Several  meetings  were  held,  and  speculation 
was  rife  as  to  who  were  to  be  the  lucky  mortals  selected  to  entertain  their 
Majesties.  Many  forecasts  appeared,  both  in  the  public  and  professional 
Press,  and,  although  it  was  ordained  that  the  official  programme  was  never  to 
see  the  light  of  day,  it  can  be  stated  that  not  one  of  the  forecasts  published 
was  correct.  The  air  was  full  of  jubilation,  when,  on  Wednesday  morning, 
May  10,  everything  was  changed  to  gloom  by  the  receipt  of  the  terrible  news 
that  on  the  previous  evening  a  most  disastrous  fire  had  taken  place  at  the 
Empire  Theatre,  Edinburgh,  entirely  destroying  the  stage  and  some  of  the 
dressing-rooms,  and  that  the  Great  Lafayette  and  seven  others,  including  two 
children,  had  perished  in  the  flames.  It  did  not  come  as  a  surprise  when,  on 
May  15,  Sir  Edward  Moss  received  a  letter  from  Sir  William  Carrington  stating 
that  His  Majesty  had  decided  that  the  command  performance  should  not  take 
jjlace.  Nothing  else  could  possibly  have  beer  expected  in  the  circumstances. 
However,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  record  that  Sir  William  Carrington  added  "  that 
His  Majesty  had  in  no  way  abandoned  his  intention  of  attending  a  music  hall 
entertainment,  and  that  such  a  performance  might  be  given  later  on,  probably 
in  London,  at  a  suitable  occasion."  That  His  Majesty  will  keep  his  promise 
goes  without  saying,  so  perhaps  1912  may  be  looked  to  to  compensate  for  the 
disappointment  of  1911.  Putting  on  one  side  its  regret,  the  music  hall  pro- 
fession immediately  set  about  doing  its  duty  to  those  who  had  suffered  loss  in 
that  terrible  catastrophe.  Messrs.  Howard  and  Wyndham  very  kindly  placed 
the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Edinburgh,  at  the  disposal  of  Sir  Edward  Moss  and  the 
Variety  Artists'  Federation,  who,  without  delay,  proceeded  to  arrange  a  matinee 
in  aid  of  the  sufferers.  The  matinee  was  given  on  Saturday,  May  20,  under 
the  patronage  of  their  Majesties  the  King  and  Queen,  and,  together  with  a 
"  relief  fund  "  opened  in  the  columns  of  "  The  Performer,"  realised  £299  lis. 
This  sum  was  dealt  with  by  a  small  Federation  committee,  with  Mr.  Frank 
Allen,  deputising  for  Sir  Edward  Moss,  in  the  chair ;  and  on  June  20  cheques 
to  the  number  of  forty-one  were  sent  out  to  the  various  applicants,  not  one 
penny  being  deducted  for  expenses.  And  so  the  "  great  event  "  never  happened, 
but  when  their  Majesties  return  from  India — well,  as  Mr.  Asquith  puts  it, 
"wait   and   see." 

The  Double  License. 

Probably  the  most  important  development  of  1911  in  the  music  hall  situation 
centred  itself  around  the  action  of  the  London  County  Council  in  granting,^  on 
November  24,  what  has  come  to  be  known  as  the  "double  license"  to  eight 
places   of   amusement,    seven   of    them    being   music    halls    in   the    accepted    term. 


38  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


and  one  a  dramatic  theatre.  These  houses  were  given  both  a  stag©  play 
license  and  a  music  and  dancing  license,  which  places  them  in  the  position  of 
being  allowed  to  present  either  a  dramatic  or  a  vai-iety  performance  at  their  own 
sweet  will,  and  further  protects  the  seven  music  halls  in  question  from  any 
possible  attack  on  the  part  of  the  "  common  informer  "  should  they  include  the 
now  inevitable  sketch  in  any  of  their  programmes.  That  to-day  is  all  the  pro- 
gress that  has  been  made  towards  bringing  about  free  trade  for  all  places  of 
entertainment.  ^Ir.  Robert  Harcourt,  M.Jt*.,  has  tried  hard  and  persistently 
to  persuade  the  Government  to  give  the  time  necessary  for  the  consideration  of  a 
Bill  drawn  up  on  the  lines  of  the  recommendation  made  by  the  Joint  Select 
L'ommitt-ee  in  1909,  to  the  effect  that  "  all  places  of  entertainment  should  be 
granted  one  license,"  whereby  they  would  be  entitled  to  present  any  class  of 
entertainment,  but  he  has  only  been  met  with  a  very  vague  assurance  that 
something  may  be  done  in  1912,  which  promises  to  be  a  very  busy  and  interesting 
year,  taking  one  consideration  with  arother.  In  the  meantime  it  is  quite 
possible  that  things  may  develop  in  another  direction.  The  Chairman  of  the 
Theatres  and  Music  Halls  Committee  informed  the  L.C.C.  that  he  had  con- 
ferred with  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  whom  he  reported  to  be  in  complete  accord 
with  the  policy  of  granting  double  licenses.  The  majority  of  London  halls, 
so  far  as  the  question  of  stage  play  licenses  is  concerned,  are  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  who  is  in  the  position  of  granting  such  licenses 
at  any  time.  It  need,  therefore,  not  be  a  matter  for  surprise  if,  before  very 
long,  applications  are  made  by  those  music  halls  under  his  jurisdiction  for 
stage  plays  licenses  to  be  granted  them  without  their  having  to  surrender  their 
music  and  dancing  licenses,  as  has  been  customary  in  the  past.  This  arrange- 
ment rather  places  the  theatrical  manager  who  did  not  apply  to  the  L.C.C.  in 
November  for  a  music  and  dancing  license  at  a  disadvantage,  should  he  suddenly 
desire  to  put  on  a  variety  programme.  The  L.C.C.  has  no  power  at  present 
to  grant  music  and  dancing  licenses,  except  once  a  year,  and  that  in  November, 
and  so  until  November,  1912,  no  theatrical  manager  in  London,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Mr.  Dudley  Bennett,  of  the  Shakespeare  Theatre,  Clapham  Junction, 
will  legally  be  in  the  position  to  play  "  variety,"  however  much  he  wishes  it. 
In  addition  to  the  granting  of  double  licenses,  the  two  other  most  interesting 
decisions  arrived  at  by  the  L.C.C.  in  November  were,  firstly,  that  Mr.  Oswald 
StoU  should  not  be  granted  a  music  and  dancing  license  for  the  proposed  Empire 
at  Fulham ;  and,  secondly,  that  Sir  Edward  ^loss  must  continue  to  run  the 
London  Hippodrome  on  teetotal  principles.  However,  as  both  these  gentlemen 
are  known  for  their  pertinacity  of  purpose,  perhaps  1912,  which  is  already  loaded 
with  all  sorts  of  possibilities,  may  see  their  persistency  meet  with  more  popular 
approval. 

Any  Combines? 
The  annual  article  in  the  St.4.ge  Year  Book  woidd  hardly  be  complete 
without  some  reference  to  "combines."  It  would  be  like  having  a  Christmas 
turkey  without  the  sausages.  The  "  great  combine  "  has  not  yet  appeared  on 
the  horizon,  although  those  who  think  they  know  say  that  it  may  turn  the 
corner  any  moment.  For  the  moment  the  only  1911  development  in  the  combine 
direction  was  that  announced  on  July  30,  when  the  world  was  informed  that  Mr. 
Oswald  Stoll  had  accepted  the  position  of  chairman  of  the  London  Theatres  of 
Varieties,  Limited  (being  the  official  name  of  the  Gibbons  Circuit),  and  that  Mr. 
Walter  Gibbons  would  continue  to  occupy  the  position  of  managing  director,  as 
heretofore.  Up  to  now  the  arrangement  has  not  made  any  very  marked  impres- 
sion on  things  in  general — but  one  never  knows.  One  result  has  been  the  dis- 
continuance of  the  opposition  in. Croydon,  for  the  house  controlled  by  Mr.  Stoll 
is  now  given  over  to  the  legitimate,  and  Mr  Gibbons  is  once  again  the  sole 
purveyor  of  variety  to  the  residents  of  that  suburb.  Another  result  has  shown 
itself  in  a  certain  amount  of  interchange  of  artists  between  the  halls  controlled 
by  each  gentleman,  and  the  introduction,  in  a  small  way,  of  the  "turn-working" 
system  at  the  halls  under  ^Ir.  StoU's  banner,  which  previously  were  I'un  on  the 
entirely  exclusive  principle.  Taken  altogether,  however,  the  co-operation  of 
these  gentlemen  has  not  had  any  deleterious  effect  on  the  general  position — at 
least,   so  far    as   the  artists   are   concerned. 

The  Weather. 
The  weather  and  the  picture  theatres  have  been  the   bane  of  the  music   hall 
manager's  existence  in  1911,  that  is  if  report  may  be  depended  upon.     The  music 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  39 

hall  manager  is  not  a  bit  sorry  for  the  tiieatrical  manager,  but  he  has  a  distinct 
objection  to  the  j^icture  theatre  manager  doing  that  to  him  which  he  has  done  to 
others.  It  was  an  interesting  picture  to  see  the  music  hall  manager  appealing  to 
the  L.C.C.  for  legal  permission  to  encroach  on  the  theatrical  manager's  preserves, 
and  at  the  same  time  appealing  tor  legal  j'l'otection  against  the  picture  theatre 
manager  encroaching  on  the  music  hall  preserves.  The  funny  thing  is,  he  got 
both.  He  must  have  backed  it  "  both  ways."  As  for  the  weather,  nobody  will  deny 
that  the  summer  of  1911,  so  far  as  the  heat  was  concerned,  broke  all  records,  and 
a  hot  summer  is  not  conducive  to  good  music  hall  business.  Unfortunately  for 
the  managers  they  had  to  perspire  and  bear  it ;  and  then  to  make  things  worse  the 
railway  strike  occurred,  and  at  one  time  it  looked  as  if  the  music  hall  business 
was  going  to  end  in  temporary  chaos.  It  was  about  the  middle  of  August 
that  the  leading  managers  had  a  meeting  and  decided  that  they  would  have  to 
close  their  halls  for  a  time  unless  the  artists  were  prepared  to  make  a  considerable 
reduction  in  the  salaries  for  which  they  had  contracted.  The  railway  strike  w-as 
to  be  the  reason  of  closing,  a  reason  which  w-as  quite  legal  under  the  Award.  The 
managers'  decision  was  officially  communicated  to  the  Variety  Artists'  Federation, 
but  fortunately  for  all  concerned,  before  it  was  possible  to  obtain  the  official  opinion 
of  the  members  of  the  V.A.F.,  the  railway  strike  was  declared  off,  and  the 
thermometer  dropped  a  point  or  two.  The  Federation's  reply  became  unnecessary, 
ana  so  none  was  given.  The  heat  wave  passed  into  oblivion,  and  the  music  hall 
wheels  began  to  go  round  as  usual,  and  are  still  going. 

The  Growth  of  the  Nude. 

Whether  the  hot  weather  was  in  any  way  responsible  or  not,  it  is  beyond 
dispute  that  1911  has  seen  the  exploitation  of  "  the  female  form  divine,"  as  a 
public  amusement  carried  to  such  an  excess  that  it  has  at  last  arrived  at  breaking 
point — and  not  one  moment  too  soon.  Why  the  authorities  ever  allowed  exhibitions 
of  this  class  to  take  root  in  this  country  has  always  been  a  mystery.  The  result 
has  been  that  managers  have  allowed  their  commercial  instincts  to  over-ride  their 
sense  of  propriety,  and  have  vied  with  each  other  in  finding  in  succession  women 
who  were  willing  to  present  themselves  in  public  in  a  greater  state  of  nakedness 
than  their  predecessors.  Perhaps  it  is  as  well  they  should  have  done  so,  for  at  last 
the  London  Coimty  Council,  which  has  been  so  busy  looking  after  the  morals  of 
the  music  hall  patron  as  to'  force  him  to  leave  the  building  if  he  desired  to  commit 
the  unpardonable  sin  of  consuming  a  whisky  and  soda  or  a  bottle  of  beer,  has 
realised  that  the  responsibility  may  be  on  it  if  the  wife,  daughter,  or  sweetheart  of 
the  said  male  music  hall  patron  is  treated  to  an  exhibition  of  nudity  in  public, 
which  only  a  few  years  ago  wordd  have  resulted  in  the  appearance  of  both  artist 
and  manager  at  the  nearest  police-court  on  a  charge  of  indecency.  In  the  near 
future  the  question  is  to  be  debated  on  by  the  London  County  Council,  and  in  the 
meantime  the  demand  for  beads  and  chiffon  is  understood  to  be  on  the  increase. 
It  is  an  open  secret  that  when  the  boom  in  bare  flesh  was  first  attempted  the 
managers  concerned  quite  expected  the  authorities  to  step  in,  and  the  surprise  was 
that  they  did  not.  The  consequence  was,  that  even  those  managers  who,  from 
conscience  or  fear  of  the  authorities  had  refused  to  give  engagements  to  this  class 
of  "act,"  were  soon  tumbling  over  one  another,  outbidding  each  other  in  price 
for  an  article  for  which  previously  they  had  refused  to  pay  a  merely  nominal 
figure.  Although  none  of  them  would  admit  it,  there  is  not  one  amongst  them 
who  does  not  know  the  real  secret  of  the  drawing  power  of  such  performances. 
Their  Press  agents  have  been  instructed  to  preach  the  "  Oospel  of  Art"  ad 
nauseum,  and  to  meet  adverse  criticism  with  insinuations  of  pruriency.  Some  day, 
in  the  near  future,  it  is  hoped  that  some  managements  will  realise  that  there  is 
still  a  large,  very  large,  section  of  the  British  public  willing  to  go  to  music 
halls  which  now  does  not,  just  so  soon  as  it  is  possible  to  take  wife,  daughter,  or 
sweetheart  without  the  slightest  danger  of  her  being  subjected,  in  however  small  a 
degree,  to  vulgarity,  innuendo,  or  indelicacy. 

Sunday  Shows. 
Little  or  no  progress  has  been  made  in  London  on  the  question  of  the 
Sunday  opening  of  places  of  entertainment.  There  are  just  as  many  places  open 
at  the  end  of  the  year  as  there  were  on  January  1,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
during  the  year  the  London  County  Council  passed  regulations  which  were 
supposed,    and    appeared    to   be,   most    stringent.        Anyone   who  can   believe   that 


40  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


these  places  are  opened  Sunday  after  Sunday  without  any  profit  to  the  pro- 
prietors worth  speaking  of  can  believe  anything.  And  now,  as  was  only  to  be 
expected,  the  cry  is  being  raised,  if  one  class  of  place  is  to  be  allowed  to  open 
on  Sundays,  why  not  the  others? — meaning  theatres  and  music  halls.  Sir 
George  Alexander  and  Sir  Herbert  Tree  have  publicly  asked  that  question,  and 
when  two  gentlemen  of  their  importance  in  the  entertainment  world  commence 
"  taking  notice,"  the  position  becomes  serious.  In  fact,  the  position  is  already 
more  serious  than  most  people  choose  to  believe.  The  jjublic  is  surely,  and  by 
no  means  .slowly,  being  educated  into  a  taste  for  Sunday  public  entertainment, 
and  it  is  not  a  far  step  to  the  time  when,  if  its  education  is  continued,  it 
will  demand  it,  and  it  is  generally  accepted  as  a  fact  that  when  "  public 
demand  "  calls  for  something,  that  something  is  sooner  or  later  forthcoming.  It 
is  no  use  mincing  matters.  Actors  and  music  hall  artists  are  creating  a  rod 
for  their  own  backs  by  their  continued  acquiescence  in  appearing  in  public  on 
Sundays  and  rendering  those  performances  which  it  is  their  usual  custom  to 
give  on  week-days.  "Charity"  may  be  the  reason,  but  "charity"  will  not 
help  them  when  they  find  themselves  doing  seven  days'  work  for  six  days'  pay — 
and  that  is  where  it  wiU  end  if  the  tide  is  not  stemmed  ere  long.  The  Middlesex 
County  Council  has  recently  vetoed  Sunday  shows,  whether  given  for  charity  or 
not,  and  has  set  an  example  which  other  authorities  might  do  worse  than  follow. 
There  is  any  amount  of  time  to  give  performances  for  "charity"  between 
Monday  morning  and  Saturday  evening. 

New   Halls. 

In  spite  of  all  the  talk  of  bad  trade,  overcrowding,  and  picture  theatre  competi- 
tion, the  opening  of  new  halls  has  in  1911  been  fairly  frequent.  In  London  two 
palaces  have  risen  from  the  ashes  of  the  old  Middlesex  and  the  ancient  Standard, 
Pimlioo.  The  new  ^Middlesex  Empire,  under  the  control  of  Mr.  Oswald  Stoll,  is 
running  "  twice  nightly,"  and  the  Victoria  Palace,  controlled  by  Mr.  Alfred  Butt, 
after  trying  the  "  every  afternoon  and  evening  "  method  for  about  six  weeks,  fell 
into  line  with  the  "  two-shows-a-night  "  system.  Early  in  the  year  the  Palladium 
performed  the  same  feat,  much  to  its  advantage.  Mr.  Walter  Gibbons  added  the 
Hippodrome,  Lewisham,  to  his  circuit  in  February,  and  the  Surrey  Theatre,  after 
extensive  structural  alterations,  resumed  business  in  April.  Cosy  Collins's,  of 
Islington,  entirely  redecorated,  opened  under  new  management  in  September,  ar,d 
the  Palace,  Watford,  recommenced  oiJerations  in  October,  being  run  in  conjunction 
with  the  Syndicate  halls.  Similar  developments  have  taken  place  in  the  provinces. 
The  Eastleigh  Variety  Theatre  opened  in  June,  to  be  followed  by  the  Hippo- 
drome, Bedminster,  in  August.  The  ill-fated  Emi^ire,  Edinburgh,  with  a  com- 
pletely new  stage,  also  threw  open  its  doors  in  August ;  and  Doncaster  blossomed 
out  with  a  Palace  of  its  own  during  the  same  month.  Mr.  Samuel  Lloyd,  at  the 
end  of  the  year,  presented  the  City  of  Glasgow  with  the  Olympia  and  the  Savoy  ; 
and  the  Royal  Variety  Theatre,  Rushden,  also  made  its  appearance.  Mr.  T.  Allan 
Edwardes  re-opened  the  Gaiety,  Birmingham,  in  October ;  and  the  old  Alhambra, 
Brighton,  reappeared  as  the  Palladium  the  same  month.  Mt.  Thos.  Hargreaves 
brought  up  the  rear  with  the  New  Palace,  P>ochdale  ;  making  a  total  of  sixteen, 
either  built  or  re-opened,  to  the  credit  of  1911. 

Obttuary. 
The  hand  of  Death  has  in  1911  been  laid  heavily  on  the  music  hall  profession. 
The  Variety  Artists'  Federation  has  lost  during  the  year  seventeen  of  its  members — 
a  greater  number  than  has  happened  previously  in  any  one  year.  To  that  might  be 
added  the  names  of  six  or  seven  other  music  hall  artists,  more  or  less  well  known, 
whose  voices  are  stilled  for  ever.  The  managerial  side  has  also  paid  the  inevitable 
toll.  No  fewer  than  four  well-known  managers  have  passed  away,  being  Mr.  Henry 
Sutton,  of  the  Syndicate  Halls ;  Mr.  H.  J.  Hitchens,  of  the  Empire,  Leicester 
Square;  Mr.  Fred  Mouillot,  of  the  Theatre  Royal.  Dublin;  and  Mr.  Harry 
Riekards,  of  Australia.  Mr.  Walter  Gibbons  suffered  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  G.  Adney  Payne,  on  January  1,  and  in  November 
that  world-wide  known  showman,  Lord  George  Sanger,  was  cruelly  murdered  by 
one  of  his  own  employees.     IMay  they  all  rest  in  peace. 

iNIusic    Halls    v.     Pictures. 
Everything  was  promising  for  a  peaceful  ending  to  an  eventful  year,    rnd   ail 
looked  as  if  the  Christmas  bells  would  ring  out  "  Peace  on  Earth  "  to  all  branches 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  41 


of  the  profession,  when  news  arrived  from  the  Newcastle-on-Tyne  district  that  the 
picture  theatre  proprietors  of  that  neighbourhood  had  been  attacked  through  the 
licensing  authorities  by  the  Entertainments  Protection  Association  of  London,  a 
body  which  consists  of  all  the  important  magnates  of  the  music  hall  world.  Fired 
by  their  success  in  persuading  the  London  County  Council  to  refuse  music  and 
dancing  licenses  to  the  picture  theatres  of  London,  which  were  only  granted  the 
privilege  of  adding  the  attraction  of  instrumental  music  to  their  display  of  pictures, 
the  music  hall  managers,  through  their  Association,  sought  to  reduce  the  Newcastle 
picture  theatres  to  the  same  level.  For  some  time  past  the  Newcastle  picture 
theatres  have  been  permitted  by  the  licensing  authorities  to  introduce  a  variety 
element  into  their  programmes,  and  the  music  hall  managers  have  looked  upon  this 
as  being  unfair  competition.  They  claimed  that  where  variety  talent  was  intro- 
duced into  a  picture  theatre  the  same  restrictions  as  regards  fireproof  curtains  and 
special  exits,  as  were  insisted  upon  in  the  music  halls,  should  be  made  to  apply  a^so. 
This  raised  a  storm  amongst  the  picture  theatre  proprietors  of  Newcastle  and  the 
numerous  artists  who,  in  most  cases  through  lack  of  engagements  in  the  halls,  have 
found  the  means  of  making  a  living  in  the  picture  theatres.  Protest  meetings  were 
held,  but  the  Town  Improvement  Coimmittee  of  Newcastle  nevertheless  passed  a 
resolution  to  the  effect  that  in  future  extra  exits  and  fireproof  curtains  should  be 
provided  in  all  the  picture  theatres  in  the  City  where  variety  "turns"  were 
included  in  the  programme,  thus  reducing  the  picture  theatre  programme  to 
instrmnental  music  and  pictures,  as  in  London.  The  resolution  will  become  a  condi- 
tion of  license  on  February  1,  1912,  on  which  day  the  picture  theatre  licenses  come 
up  for  renewal,  that  is^  providing  that  the  Town  Improvement  Committee  camiot  be 
persuaded  to  modify  its  decision  in  the  interim,  and  there  are  hopes  that  it  may,  at 
all  events,  in  favour  of  those  picture  theatres  which  do  not  indulge  in  the  use  of 
scenery  and  lighting  effects.  The  action  of  the  Entertainments  Protection  Associa- 
tion savours  somewhat  of  the  "  common  informer,"  the  fireproof  curtain  theory 
being  put  forward  more  as  a  penalty  for  invading  the  domain  of  variety  than  as  the 
result  of  any  anxiety  on  its  pai"t  for  the  especial  safety  of  the  public  or  the  artists. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  E.P.A.  will  not  think  of  suggesting  the  installation  of  a 
fireproof  curtain  in  the  House  of  Commons. 

The    Variety   Artists'    Federation. 

To  say  that  the  Variety  Artists'  Federation  still  prospers  will  call  for  no  expres- 
sion of  surprise,  as  it  is  generally  acknowledged  to  be  a  "live"  organisation. 
During  the  past  year  566  new  members  have  been  accepted,  amongst  whom  are  to 
be  found  many  of  the  prominent  actors  and  actresses  who  have  migrated  from  the 
theatrical  to  the  variety  stage.  That  is  at  it  should  be,  for  it  cannot  be  denied  that 
it  is  the  duty  of  all  engaged  in  variety  theatres  to  support  the  organisation  which 
does  so  much  to  help  in  making  their  professional  lives  as  smooth  as  possible.  In 
March  the  official  organ  of  the  Federation,  "  The  Performer,"  was  handed  over  to 
a  limited  company,  consisting  of  members  of  the  Federation  only,  for  a  cash  con- 
sideration of  £3,000  and  a  debenture  of  £2.000.  Half  the  purchase  price  has  been 
paid,  and  1912  will  see  the  purchase'  absolutely  completed.  The  available  funds  of 
the  Federation  on  December  31  stood  at  £7.564,  and  if  the  rate  of  progress  is  main- 
tained, December  31,  1912,  should  see  the  Federation  with  £10,000  at  its  disposal, 
by  means  of  which  much  good  work  may  be  accomplished.  The  last  few  days  of 
the  year  1911  were  occupied  by  the  sending  out  of  the  formal  notices  to  all 
managers  of  the  proposed  amendments  to  Sir  George  Askwith's  award  of  1907, 
which  the  Variety  Artists'  Federation  wishes  to  bring  forward  for  consideration  in 
1912.  It  is  the  wish  of  the  Federation  that  the  new  suggestions  shall  be  understood 
to  be  put  forward  in  all  good  faith,  and  with  a  desire  only  for  the  better  working 
of  the  music  hall  machinery.  Any  suggestions  on  the  part  of  the  managements  will 
receive  from  it  the  most  cordial  and  courteous  consideration,  and  so  between  the 
two,  meeting,  as  it  is  hoped,  in  friendly  conclave  with  the  spirit  of  antagonism 
entirely  conspicuous  by  its  absence,  there  may  spring  up  that  desire  for  the  creative 
policy  outlined  by  Mr.  Oswald  Stoll,  by  which  the  continued  prosperity  of  the 
music  hall  industry  can  only  hope  to  be  assured. 


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SAHARY  DJELI  IN  *'  SYRIA,"  AT  THE  LONDON  HIPPODROME. 


The  first  scene. 


SAHARY  DJELI  IN  ^*  SYRIA,"  AT  THE  LONDON  HIPPODROME. 


The  final  scene. 


VARIETY    PRODUCTIONS    OF    THE    YEAR. 


THE    FIGHT    SCENE    IN    CECIL    RALEIGH'S    SKETCH, 
**THE  WINNER/' AT  THE  LONDON  HIPPODROME. 


THE    FINAL    SCENE    IN    TOFT'S    STATUARY, 
AT    THE    LONDON    HIPPODROME. 


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THE  VARIETY  ARTISTS'  BENEVOLENT  INSTITUTION, 

"BRINS WORTH,"  TWICKENHAM. 


THE   EXTERIOR. 


A   VIEW    OF    THE    GROUNDS. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  43 


VARIETY    ORGANISATIONS. 


VARIETY    ARTISTS'    FEDERATION. 

Founded  February  18,  1906.  Registered  under  the  Trades  Union  Acts,  1871  and 
1875.  Offices,  18,  Charing  Cross  Road,  Ixtndon,  W.C,  Teieiphone,  Gerrard  6950. 
Affiliated  to  the  Trades  Union  Congresis,  the  Wihite  Rats  of  America,  the  Inter- 
national Artists'  Lodge,  and  L'Union  Sjndicale  des  Artistes  Lyriques.  Officers : — 
Chairman,  Mr.  W.  H.  Clemart;  Trustees,  Messrs.  Joe  Elvin,  Paul  Martinetti,  and 
Edmund  Edmunds;  Treasurer,  Mr.  G.  H.  Chirgwin ;  Accountant,  Mr.  W.  H. 
[McCarthy.  Executive  Committee  meetings  every  Thursday  at  12.  London  and 
provincial  meetings  every  Friday  at  12.     5lr.  Fred  Herbert,  Secretary. 

The  Fede"ation  aims  at  the  abolition  of  all  abus_es  detrimental  to  the  interests 
and  welfare  of  the  music  hall  profession.  It  provides  its  members  with  financiaJ 
assistance  as  regards  railroad  fares,  free  legal  advice,  free  legal  protection,  and  a  court 
of  arbitration  between  artists  and  proprietors — thus  saving  law  expenses.  There  is 
also  a  death  levy  of  6d.  per  head  per  member.  Entrance  fee,  21s.  Weekly  sub- 
scription, 6d. 

The  Executive  are  as  follows  : — Jas.  Alexandre,  J.  Atroy,  Rossi  Ashton,  Martin 
Adeson,  W.  H.  Atlas,  Barney  Armstrong,  Charles  Austin,  Joe  Archer,  Peter  Bijou, 
Signor  Borelli,  Sid  Bandon,  Bert  Bryne,  Harry  Barrett,  J.  R.  Barnard,  F.  J. 
Barnard,  Albert  Bra-dy,  Thomas  Bright,  Harry  Bancroft,  Edwin  Barwick,  Geo. 
Brooks,  Burnetti,  Andie  Caine,  J.  W.  Cragg,  G.  H.  Chirgwin,  Leoni  Clarke,  Fred 
CuiTan,  Chas.  Coborn,  Harry  Conlin,  Morny  Cash,  W.  J.  Churchill,  T.  C.  Callaghan, 
Whit  Cunliffe,  Dave  Carter,  Syd  Crossley,  Tom  E.  Conover,  Harry  Claff,  Geo. 
D'Albert,  Harry  Delevine,  Sam  Delevine,  Percy  Delevine,  Robert  Dunning,  William 
Downes,  J.  J.  Dallas,  Marriott  Edgar,  Seth  Egbert,  W.  F.  Frame,  James  Foreman, 
Fred  Ginnett,  A.  E.  Godfrey,  Horace  Goldin,  Tom  Gott,  Robb  Gilmore,  Arthur 
Gallimpre,  W.  E.  Gillen,  Fred  Griffiths,  Gus  Garrick,  Frank  Halter.  Geo.  Hughes, 
Carl  Hertz,  Frank  Haytor,  Martin  Henderson.  Phil  Herman,  Harry  Jee,  James 
Kellino,  Fi'ed  Kitchen,  C.  W,  Kloof,  ilax  Berol  Konarah,  J.  W.  Knowles,  Albert  Le 
Fre,  Alf  Leonard.  Harr\  I^auder,  Jay  Laurier,  Fred  Latimar,  J.  P.  Ling,  John  Le 
Hay,  B:  ilonti,  W^alter  Munroe,  Fred  Maple,  James  Mooney,  F.  W.  Millis,  Harry 
Mason,  Chas.  McConnell,  Joe  McConnell,  Steve  McCarthy,  Geo.  Xewham.  Orpheus, 
Jim  Obo,  Ben  Obo,  Wal  Pink,  Jack  Pleasants.  Pip  Powell.  Fred  Russell.  Charles 
Rich,  W.  B.  Raby,  Austin  Rudd,  J.  W.  Rickaby,  Harry  Radford,  F.  V.  St.  Clair, 
Fred  Sinclair,  Ryder  Slone,  Max  Sterling,  Harry  Stelling,  Eugene  Stratton,  George 
Sanford,  Albert  Schafer,  Alfred  Sutcliffe,  Harry  Tate,  Joe  Tennyson,  Thora,  Deane 
Tribune,  Albert  Voyce,  Arthur  Yerno,  Horace  Wheatley,  Tom  Woottwell,  Erne 
Warsaw,  W.  H.  Wnllis.  Horace  White,  Bert  Williams,  J.  W.  Wilson,  Harry  Wen- 
burn,  John  Warren,  ±i.  O.  Wills,  J.  A.  Wilson,  Ben  Whiteley,  Howard  Ward,  J.  H. 
Zarmo. 


GRAND    ORDER    OF    WATER    RATS. 

This  Society  was  founded  in  1890.  Its  headqu<>  "ters  are  the  Vaudeville  Club, 
28,  Charing  Cross  Road,  W.C.  In  1911  Mr.  Harry  Tate  was  King  Rat.  For  the 
present  vear  the  officers  are  as  follows  : — ^King  Rat,  Mr.  Charles  Austin  ;  Prince 
Rat,  Mr.  George  D'Albert;  Scribe  Rat,  Mr.  W.  H.  McCarthy;  Test  Rat,  Mr. 
George  Sanford ;  Bank  Rat,  Mr.  Edwin  (Papa)  Brown ;  Musical  Rat,  Mr.  Alf. 
Leonard ;  Collecting  Rat,  Mr.  Seth  Egbert ;  Bait  Rat,  :\Ir.  Albert  Egbert ;  Trustee 
Rats,  Messrs.  J.  W.  Cragg  and  Edwin  Brown. 


44  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


Diniii;!  the  year  tlie  Wilder  Rats  held  their  "  Motor  Run  "  to  Brooklands  and 
Twickeiihuin  v.w  November  1,  and  an  Up-river  Outing.  The  Order  held  a  matinee 
at  the  Oxford  on  November  20,  in  aid  of  its  own  charities. 


MUSIC    HALL    ARTISI'S^    RAILWAY    ASSOCIATION. 

Founded  February  2,  1897.  Head  offices,  18,  Charirg  Cross  Road,  London,  W.C. 
Secretary,  Jlr.  C.  Douglas  Stuart.  Branch  offices  : — Grlasgow  :  36,  xienfrew  Street. 
Agent,  Mr.  John  Alexander.  Liverpool  :  21,  Houghton  Street.  Agent,  ilr. 
Tom  McKay.  ISIanchester  :  All  Saints  Chambers,  46,  Sydney  Street,  Oxford 
Road.  Agent,  Mr.  Fred  Slingsby.  Officers  for  the  current  year  : — Hon.  Presideoit, 
^Ir.  Jod  Elvin ;  Hon.  Vice-Presidents,  ]\Ir.  Charles  Coborn,  INIr.  Albert  Le  Fre, 
Mr.  Fred  W.  Millis,  and  Mr.  Douglas  White ;  Hon.  Trustees,  jNIessrs.  J.  W.  Cragg, 
Paul  Martinetti,  and  G.  H.  Chirgwin  ;  Hon.  Tre-surer,  Mr.  Arthur  Rigby ;  Chair- 
man of  Committee,  Mr.  Harry  Blake ;  Vice-Chairman,  Mr.  Albert  Voyce ;  Hon. 
Solicitor,   Mr.    Eugene   Judge    (Judge   and    Priestley). 

The  ])rincipal  item  of  inifjortance  that  has  occurred  with  reference  to  the  Associa- 
tion during  the  year  has  been  the  decision  of  the  general  meeting  of  members,  held 
in  October,  to  increase  the  annual  subscription  to  7s.  6d.  instead  of  6s.,  donating 
from  this  2s.  6d.  on  each  card  to  the  new  Music  Hall  Benevolent  Institution.  This 
new  rule  came  into  force  on  January  1.  The  Annual  Dinner  and  Dance  took  place 
in  February,  ilr.  Harry  Tate  presiding,  when  £400  was  subscribed  for  the  Benevo- 
lent Fund.  A  conference  with  the  theatrical  representatives  of  the  railway  com- 
panies took  ))lace  in  October,  when  several  important  matters  were  considered,  the 
ultimate  issue  upon  which  is  not  yet  decided,  but  it  is  ho]}ed  will  be  within  the 
next  few  weeks.  Another  £200  was  voted  at  the  General  fleeting,  to  be  divided 
between  the  Railway  and  the  !Music  Hall  charities.  The  membership  still  continues 
to  increase  ;  the  total  number  now  on  the  books  as  active  members  is  a  few  under 
7.000.     Weeklv  meetings  of  the  Committee  are  held  everv  Wednesday  at  12  o'clock. 


THE     TERRIERS'    ASSOCIATION. 

A  benefit  eociety  for  variety  pel f ornier.-^.  Pre.sident,  ^Ir.  Albert  Voyce;  Vice- 
Presidents,  ^lessrs.  G.  P.  R.  Burgess,  Andie  Caine,  T.  C.  Callaghan,  Harry 
Conlin,  Harry  Gage,  Artbur  Gallimore,  H.  H.  Griff,  C.  W.  Kiool.  Ben  Obo,  Jim 
Obo,  Tom  Packer;  and  Jesse  Sparrow  :  Hon.  Trustees.  Mr.  Harrv  Gage  and  Mr. 
S.  X.  Salter;  Hon.  Treasnrer,  Mr.  Ha.rry  Barnard:  Hon.  Solicitor,  ilr.  G.  P.  R. 
Burgess;  Hon.  Audiilors,  3Ir.  G.  Ernest  Aplin  and  ^Ir.  Albert  Voyce:  Medica.1 
Officer,  Mr.  G.  F.  McCarthy  ;  Public  Auditors,  Turqtiand,  Turquand,  and  Company": 
Executive  Committee,  ^lessrs.  W,  H.  Atlas.  G.  Ernest  Aplin.  Rol>ei't  Abel,  Harry 
Bancroft,  Ha.ri-y  Barnard,  Harry  Bent,  Ted  E.  Box.  Frank  Boyce,  T.  Burnetti, 
George  Cooper,  Charles  C.  Cornish,  Ernest  D'Almaine,  Albert  De  Brea.n,  W.  R. 
Dunkley,  E.  B.  M.  Frost,  Charles  F.  Gage,  W.  E.  Giliin.  HaiTy  Gribben,  Albert 
Heath,  Martin  Henderson.  Billy  Hobbs,  Fred  A.  Hooper,  Baniey  Hyams,  E.  Karno, 
.Julian  Mack,  Bert  Marsden,  Tom  Maxwell,  Fred  W.  Millis,  Bert  Olrac,  Ernest 
Powell,  Dan  Robans,  Syd  Walker,  William  Welsh.  Horaice.  Wbeatley,  Douglas 
W^hiite,  Ben  Whdt-eley,  W.  Wisper.  Ben  Woodger,  Harry  Wriglht,  and  H.  Cory 
Wood  row  ;   Secretary^,  Mr.  Arthur  Were. 

During  1911,  nearly  one  hiumdred  variety  artists  ihave  been  imiitaated  into  the 
mysteries  of  the  Order.  The  Association  offer.?  advantages  and  benefits  to  vai'iety 
or  theatrical  art'sts.  sick  pay  during  illness,  free  medical  attention  at  home,  in 
the  country,  or  abroad,  death  grants  in  respect  of  member,  or  at  death  of  member's 
wife,  insurance  of  properties  agadnst  loss  by  fire,  free  legal  ad\ice,  emergeaicy  loans, 
et-c,  A  cea-emonial  meeitinig  is  held  every  Sunday  evening  at  the  Three  Stags  Hotel, 
Kennin^gton,  w-hipa'o  a  large  room  is  fitted  up  specially  for  the  Terrieirs,  who  have 
their  o<wn  regalia,  cite.,- and  officers  are  appointed  to  c-eitain  positions.  After  the 
usual  business,  new  members  are  initiated  into  the  Order,  and  discussions  on  matters 
of  inteo'est  take  place.  Ladies  Concerts  are  held  upon  the  first  Sunday  in  every 
mont.hi.  after  the  usual  meeting.  The  Terriers  celebrated  their  21st  anniversary  in 
May  last,  by  a  banquet  at  the  Horns  Hotel,  The  Annual  River  Outing  and  New 
Year's  Banquet  are  special  features  of  the  Terriers.     Honarary  membership  of  the 


THE  STAGE   ^  EAR  BOOK  45 


Associaition   is  ako  opeai  to   gentlemen   connected,  dixect'ly  or  india'ectly  with  t.ho 
variety  p-Tofes&ion. 

Haad-quar iters,  Thirep  Staus  Ho;el,   Keiimingtoii   R<:ad. 


VARIETY    ARTISTS'    BENEVOLENT    FUND. 

The  great  feature  during  the  ])ast  twelve  niuntlis  in  coiuieitiou  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Fund  has  been  the  securing  of  a  freehold  jjrojjerty  for  the  new  Institution  at 
"  Brinsworth,"  Staines  Road,  Twickenham,  and  the  prefessional  reception  thereat. 
There  are  at  present  fourteen  old  professionals  ■vvho  are  living  in  the  Institution, 
and  everything  is  going  on  there  most  smoothly.  The  amalgamation  of  the  Institu- 
tion with  the  old  Music  Hall  Home  is  in  negotiation,  and  will  [jrobably  be  effected 
before  the  summer.  During  the  year  "Tag  Day,"  a  novel  form  of  collection,  was 
inaugurated,  and,  by  kind  permission  of  Air.  Oswald  Stoll,  a  matinee  was  held  at 
the  Coliseum  on  December  12,  by  which  £250  was  added  to  the  Fund.  During  the 
vear  the  Benevolent  Fund  was  amalgamated  with  the  Institution,  a  change  tbat 
has  led  to  most  satisfactory  results.  The  Benevolent  Fund  gave  away  over 
£1,000  last  year  in  gifts  and  loans,  at  an  expenditure  of  a  little  over  3s.  in  the 
JG.     Tlie  Annual  fleeting  will  ibe  held  in  February. 


THE    MUSIC    HALL   HOME. 

The  Music  Hall  Home  was  founded  fifteen  years  ago  by  certain  prominent 
members  of  the  Terriers'  Association.  Tlie  objects  of  the  Music  Hall  Home  are  to 
afford  shelter  to  deserving  members  of  the  variety  profession  who  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  ten  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- 
Presidents,  Messrs.  Hany  Barnard,  Harry  Bawn,  Ted  E.  Box,  G.  P.  R.  Bnrgess, 
Tom  Branson,  Harrv  Dav,  Jas.  E.  Dunedin,  Percy  Ford,  Harry  Gage,  Walter 
Hassan,  John  Lawson,  f!^  H.  Pedgrift,  C.  J.  Bartleet  Perry,  Jesse  Sparrow,  C. 
Douglas  Stuart,  Chas.  Weldon,  Arthur  Were,  Douglas  White,  and  Bransby 
Williams.  Committee,  Messrs.  John  Alexander,  W.  H.  Atlas,  Phil  Ascot,  Willie 
Benn,  Harrv  Birkhead,  Harrv  Blake,  T.  C.  Callaghan,  William  Cody,  George 
Cooper,  C.  C.  Cornish,  Svd  Crbsslev,  J.  H.  Daw,  W.  R.  Dunkley,  Nelson  Francis, 
Harry  Gribben,  H.  Griff,'^Berry  Hope,  Jack  Hurst,  W.  Kloof,  F.  H.  Kohler,  Ernest 
Lepard,  Geo.  Levton,  Julian  Mack,  C.  Mannering,  Bert  ilarsden,  Jock  ^Miller, 
Maurice,  Walter  Norman,  Ben  Obo,  Jim  Obo,  Tom  Packer,  Samuel  Salter,  Arthur 
Simmons,  H.  R.  Stephens,  Leo  Stirling,  ;Syd  Walker,  Horace  Wheatley,  Jack  Woolf, 
and  Harry  Wright ;  Treasurer,  Mr.  Harry  Barnard  ;  Hon.  Auditor,  INIr.  Arthur 
R.  Welchman,  A.C.A.,  chartered  accountant,  9,  Old  Jewry  Chambers,  E.C.  ;  Secre- 
tarv,  Mr.  Benj.  Woodger.  Honorary  Solicitor,  Mr.  G.  P.  R.  Burgess :  :Matron, 
i\Irs.  J.  Fi'inn.  The  committee  meetings  are  held  at  the  Three  Stags  Hotel,  69, 
Kennington  Road,  on  the  first  and  third  Thursdays  in  ihe  month. 


MUSIC  HALL  LADIES'  GUILD. 
The  Guild  was  founded  in  1905.  President,  ^iliss  Irene  Rose  :  1st  Vice-President, 
Miss  Cecelia  Macarte  ;  2nd  Vice-President,  Miss  Louie  Davis  ;  Hon.  Treasurer,  Miss 
Lottie  Albert ;  Executive  Committee,  Mrs.  Gintaro,  Miss  IMane  Lloyd,  .Mrs  Hei-bert 
Shelley,  Mrs.  George  Gilbev,  Miss  Julie  Macarte,  Miss  Kate  Vulcana,  Miss  Louie 
Davis,  Mrs.  Vernon  Cowper,  :\liss  Alexandra  Dagmar,  Mrs.  Chas.  Coborn,  Mrs. 
Fred  Kitchen,  Miss  Marie  Kendal,  :\Iiss  Fanny  Harris,  Mrs.  Fawkes,  Mrs.  Edward 
Lauri,  Miss  Rav  Wallace,  Airs.  Morton,  Mrs.  Arthur  Were  Mrs  AndieCaine, 
Mrs.  Kasrac,  Mrs.  G.  H.  Chirgwin,  Miss  Irma  Lorraine,  Miss  Gladys  Huxley 
Mrs.  Harry  Tate,  Mrs.  Alva,  Airs.  G.  H.  Smythson,  AIiss  Carlotta  Levev,  Aliss 
Clarice  Mayne,  Miss  Evelyn  O'Connor,  Mrs.  Billy  Alerson,  AIiss  Alaggie  Bowman 
Miss' Bertha   De  Pas,    Aliss  Alabel  Alavis,    Airs.    John   Spissel,    and     AIiss   Nrrah 

^'A"e''"''Guild     was    formed    with    the    object    of    assisting    the    wives    of    artists 


46  THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOO  A' 

who,  through  lack  of  employment,  iUness,  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  he  relumed  at  the  expiration  of  that  time.  To  assist  widows  of  artists 
to  find  suitable  employment ;  to  find  employment  for  children  of  poor  artists  and 
orphajis,  as  programme  sellers,  call  boys,  in  sketches,  or  in  offices ;  to  supply 
necessitous  artdsts  wilh  free  clothing ;  to  sell  stage  ajid  other  clothing  to  artisls  who 
may  require  it,  at  a  very  small  charge ;  to  visit  the  sack  ;  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. 


THE    FERRETS. 

The  Social  Order  of  Fen-ets  was  formed  on  December  4,  1911.  The  object  of 
the  society  is  to  promote  sociability  and  good  fellowship  among  the  ladies  of  the 
music  hall  profession  and  their  friends.  Applications  for  membership  and  all 
particulars  can  be  obtained  from  the  Scribe  Ferret,  7,  Glenshaw  Mansions,  Brixton 
Road,  S.W.  There  are  twelve  Founder  Ferrete,  and  the  first  officere  are  : — 
Queen  Ferret,  Miss  Irene  Rose;  Princess  Ferret,  Miss  Julia  Macarte;  Bank  Ferret, 
Mrs.  Ai-thur  Were;  Musical  Ferret,  Miss  Mabel  Mavis;  and  Scribe  Ferret,  Mre. 
N.  Alva.     The  Order  have  under  consideration  the  establishment  of  a  Club. 


THE    CONCERT     ARTISTS^    BENEVOLENT 
ASSOCIATION. 

The  Association,  of  which  Mr.  George  Robins  is  chairman,  consists  of  ladies 
and  gentlemen  who  are  professional  vocalists,  instrumentalists,  and  entertainers. 
It  has  been  established  since  1897,  and  is  managed  by  an  annually  elected  Com- 
mittee of  fifteen  members. 

The  Association  is  for  the  purpose  of  relieving  the  sick  and  needy,  promoting 
sociability,  providing  legal  and  medical  advice,  furnishing  a  central  address,  re- 
dressing grievances,  gi\ing  opportunity  for  discussion  upon  all  matters  connected 
with  the  concert  artists'  profession,  and  publishing  a  list  of  members  for  the  use  and 
guidance  of  entertainment  promoters.  The  Association  is  willing  to  act  as  arbitrator 
when  any  dispute  concerning  its  members'  interests  is  brought  to  its  notice. 

The  Association  has  its  Benevolent  Fund  and  Special  Sickness  Fund.  During 
the  year  a  number  of  "At  Homes"  are  held  on  certain  Sunday  evenings,  when 
members  have  the  opportunity  of  appearing.  These  "At  Homes  "  are  attended 
by  organisers  of  concerts  and  others,  and  the  advantage  to  the  artist  appearing  is 
obvious. 

The  entrance  fee  is  5s.  Annual  subscription  £1  Is.  For  country  members 
resident  over  forty  miles  beyond  London  the  annual  subscription  is  10s.  6d. 

Secretary,  Mr.  Arthur  C.  Roberts,  9-10,  Pancras  Lane,  London,  E.C. 


NEIL     KENYON 

IN 

"THE   CADDIE." 
Drawn   by   ROBERT  (BUSTER)   BROWN. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  47 


THE     DRAMATIC    YEAR    IN    PARIS. 

BY    THE    PARIS    CORRESPONDENT    OF     '*THE    STAGE." 

THE  long  list  of  plays  produced  in  Paris  daring  1911  denotes,  beyond  aU 
doubt,  that  dramatic  work  is  increasing  in  popularity  amongst  writers, 
and  the  success  that  has  attended  most  of  the  theatres  also  goes  to  show 
that  there  is  no  falling-off  in  the  public  taste  for  this  form  of  entertain- 
ment. If  a  rigorous  analysis  had  to  be  made  at  the  present  time  of  theatrical 
evolution  in  France,  the  admission  would  be  induced  that  though  there  is  no  play- 
wright towering  above  ail  the  rest  in  the  higher  form  of  drama,  yet  Paris  can  boast 
of  a  considerable  number  of  skilful  dramatists,  witli  whose  work,  either  as  regards 
quality  or  quantity,  perhaps  no  other  countrj'  can  compare.  Ibsen  and  Bjoernson 
are  dead,  and  Gerard  Hauptmann  is  getting  exhausted.  In  Paris  particularly 
the  theatre  is  as  flourishing  as  ever,  and  seems  in  no  danger  at  present  of  losing 
anything  of  its  seduction  or  its  strength.  Certainly  no  such  word  as  "  decadence  " 
can    be   used    in  connection    with  it. 

The   Better-known    Dramatists. 

Only  a  few  of  the  most  popular  writers  are  missing  from  the  year's  list,  but 
astonishing  work  has  been  done  by  Georges  de  Porto  Riche,  Henry  Bernstein, 
Pierre  Wolff,  Henri  Lavedan,  Alfred  Capus,  Gabriel  Trarieux,  Henry  Kiste- 
maeckers,  Paul  Bourget,  Tristan  Bernard,  Emile  Fabre,  Henry  Bataille,  and 
those  prolific  collaborators  De  Flers  and  De  Caillavet.  who  have  often  during 
the  year    had    plays   running    simultaneously    at   three    theatres. 

The  prejudice  that  existed  in  Paris  for  so  many  years,  and  particularly  during 
Francisque  Sarey's  time,  against  foreign  productions  seems  to  have  completely 
disajDpeared,  for  we  had  a  Viennese  season,  directed  by  M.  Leon  Poirier,  at  the 
Vaudeville,  as  well  as  an  Italia.a  season,  headed  by  Ermete  Zacconi,  at  the 
Antoine,  and  Novelli  played  lead  with  another  troupe  at  the  Rejane  in  November; 
whereas,  for  JNIr.  George  Edwardes's  "The  Quaker  Girl"  company,  with  Phyllis 
Dare,  the  huge  Chatelet  was  requisitioned  in  June.  Russian  opera  and  Russian 
ballet  seasons  were  also  numerous,  the  Opera  House,  the  Sarah  Bernhardt 
Theatre,  and  the  Uhatelet  all  having  served  for  these  performers.  The  Belgian 
play,  "  Le  Mariage  de  ^lUe.  Beulemans,"  that  had  been  running  for  several  months 
in  1910,"  continued  to  attract  Paris  playgoers  during  1911 — till,  in  fact,  it  had 
been  moved  in  turn  to  three  different  theatres ;  and  !M.  Camille  Sainte-Croix 
went  on  in  a  most  meritorious  manner  w,th  his  Shakespearean  productions  at 
the  Trocadero — "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  "The  Merchant  of  Venice,"  and  "Jules 
Cesar,"  interpreted  by  Mile.  Madeleine  Roch,  of  the  Comedie  Fran9aise,  having 
all  in  turn  been  mounted.  As  if  by  way  of  compliment  to  England,  and  in 
anticipation  of  the  Dickens  centenary  celebration,  several  managers  adapted 
Dickens  stories.  "  Monsieur  Pickwick,"  at  the  Athenee,  had  a  run  of  several 
weeks  in  the  autumn,  and  it  was  followed  by  Max  Maurey's  adaptation  of  "  David 
Copperfield,"    at   the    Odeon. 

What  was  one  of  the  most  gratifying  features  of  the  year  was  that  at  the 
last  annual  general  meeting  of  authors  and  composers,  when  no  fewer  than  187 
authors  were  present,  the  report  read  by  Gabriel  Trarieux  showed  the  improve- 
ment this  year  upon  last  as  regards  authors'  rights  to  be  more  than  a  million 
of  francs,  the  excess  figures  being  equivalent  to  about  £45,000  in  a  total  of 
£240,000.  In  turning  to  the  theatrical  menu  spread  before  Parisians  just  now 
there  is  evidence  enough  that,  in  whatever  direction  the  tide  of  popular  favour 
is  setting,  it  is  not  towards  pleasant  vapidity.  We  should  hardly  be  justified, 
however,    in    expecting  a    world   populated    with   masterpieces.     I    have   no    inten- 


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tion  of  endeavouring  to  convey  the  impression  that  our  lurrent  plays  are  all 
works  of  genius  any  more  than  that  all  tlie  playwrights  to  whom  we  have  listened 
are  marked  out  for  immortality  .  but  on  the  Paris  stage  to-day  there  is  certainly 
wit    euough   and    to   s)5are,    together   with    plenty    of   live    p?nple. 

Operas  and   Oferettes. 

In  addition  to  the  two  subventioned  opera  houses,  one  of  which,  like  the 
Comedie  Fran9aise,  never  closes,  even  for  a  short  summer  recess,  operas  have 
been  constantly  performed  at  the  Gaite  l^jTique,  which  is  subventioned  by  the 
Yille  de  Paris,  as  well  as  at  the  Trianon  Lyrique,  which  M.  Felix  Lagrange 
directs  so  ably.  In  proof  of  the  increasing  popularity  of  operette,  I  may  mention 
that  Offenbach  has  lately  been  played  at  three  theatres,  his  "Vie  Parisienne," 
"  ^ladame  Favart,"  and  "  Les  Contes  d' Hoffmann  "  having  been  givi-n 
simultaneously  at  the  Varietes,  the  Apollo,  and  the  Opera  Comique.  On  the 
other  hand,  the  output  of  melodrama,  as  we  were  accustomed  to  look  for 
it  at  the  Ambigu  or  the  Porte  St.  Martin,  has  been  below  rather  than  above  the 
average  ultra-romantic  and  tempestuous  drama,  and  in  its  place  at  the  Ambigu 
we  have  had  comedy  and  even  revue.  Lady  dramatists,  it  may  be  noted,  have 
not  distinguished  themselves,  as  they  did  in  1910,  and,  consequently,  a  passing 
mention  will  suffice  for  Madame  Dick  Clay's  "  3Iere,"  at  the  Odeon,  for  Madame 
Michel  Carre's  "'A  plein  ooeur,"  at  the  Comedie  Eoy.ile,  and  for  illle.  Gaulard's 
■"  Frivoline,"    in   verse,   which    was   given    at    the   Theatre    des   Arts. 

Commencing  with  the  four  Government  subventioned  theatres,  which  com- 
prise the  Grand  Opera,  the  Opera  Comique,  the  Comedie  Frangaise,  and  the 
Odeon,  mention  may  be  made  of  the  Wagnerian  cycle  performed  in  June,  when 
Herr  Weingartner  w-as  specially  engaged  as  chef  d'orchestre.  I  happen  to  know 
tiiat  this  conductor  had  no  sooner  accepted  the  engagement  than  he  began  to 
feel  uneasy  about  the  orchestra,  which  for  Wagnerian  performances  needs  such 
special  training,  particularly  wdien  the  cycle  is  given,  as  in  this  case,  without 
the  customary  cuts.  HeiT  Weingartner  was,  however,  gi'atified  to  discover  that 
the  musicians  invariably  accompanied  the  singers  instead  of  overwhelming  them 
with  sound,  as  often  happens,  and  he  found,  also,  that  the  Parisian  public  during 
the  past  ten  years  had  likewise  made  remarkable  progress.  For  the  second 
Wagnerian  cycle  Herr  Xikilsch  led  the  orchestra.  The  new  productions  of 
the  year  included  "  Le  Miracle,"  by  Georges  Hue,  the  chief  interest  of  which, 
despite  its  fifteenth-century  setting,  centred,  as  it  should,  in  the  music,  that 
had  a  magnificent  rendering  at  the  hands  of  illle.  Chenal  and  M.  Murutore. 
but  the  librettist's  work  would  have  been  improved  by  being  condensed  into 
three  acts  instead  of  being  spread  over  five  acts.  iluratore,  this  time  with 
Madame  Litvinne.  also  appeared  in  Saint-Saens'  "  Dejanire,"  which  was  produced 
in  November. 

Ol'ERA-CoMIQT  E. 

M.  Albert  Carre  continues  his  spirited  policy  at  this  house,  where  during 
his  fourteen  years  of  management  he  has  mounted  sev^enty-four  new  works — in 
all  268  acts.  The  old  operas  remounted  last  year  included  "Zampa,"  "  Fra 
Diavolo."  "  Le  Pardon  de  Ploerinel,"  "  Val  d'Andorre."  Berlioz's  "  Benvenuto 
Cellini,"  "  Le;  Troyens,"  and  Offenbach's  "Contes  d'Hoffmann,"  which  last- 
named  opera  dates  from  1881,  when  the  composer  was  on  his  death-bed,  and 
into  which,  though  he  never  heard  it  performed,  he  declared  he  had  put  the 
best  that  was  in  him.  Mme.  Marguerite  Carre  and  ^Ime.  Delna  appeared  in 
a  new  opera,  called  "La  Lepreuse,"  the  story  of  which  is  taken  from  Henry 
Bataille's  jx.em,  and  Mile.  Merentie  interpreted  the  heroine  in  Alberic  Magnard's 
"Berenice,"  which  was  this  yobng  composer's  first  work.  Not  content 
apparently  with  their  successes  in  Paris,  'SI.  Albert  Carre  and  his  wife  went 
during  the  summer  recess  for  a  two  months'  tour  in  South  Amei'ica,  where  the 
troupe    met   with   a    tremendous    reception. 

The   CoMKDiK   Fka>'(.atse. 

To  continue  with  the  subventioned  theatres,  mention  must  first  be  made 
■of  the  Comedie  Frangaise,  which,  happily,  remains  under  the  very  able  manage- 
ment of  SI.  Jules  Claretie.  The  list  of  new  plays  produced  has  been  even 
longer  than  usual,  and  so  completely  did  most  of  them  hit  the  jxjpular  taste 
that  the  classical  repertory  had  occasionally  to  be  put  a  lictle  on  one  side. 
But    when   crowds    collect    outside    a   box-oflBce    in    the   morning   to   book    sets    for 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    TERKA-LYON 

In  Henry  Kistemaecker's  "  Marchand  de  Bonhem-."  at  the  Vaudeville. 


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THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    RENEE    DESPREY, 


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r>f   tVio    ThiAtro   Haa    Oa 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MADAME   MARGUERITE    CARRE, 


[Reiitlinficr 


Of  the  Opera-Comique,  who  ix 


eiitly  went  ti)  tlie  Gaite-Lyriqiie  to  create  the  leadhig  role  in 
'  ••  Ivan  If  Terrible." 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    RAYN-ONDE    CAUX, 

Of  the  subveiitioned  Opera-Comique. 


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modern  plays  that  all  Paris  is  talking  about,  it  is  nothing  short  of  absurd  for 
a  few  old-fashioned  critics  to  complain  of  M.  Claretie,  as  director  of  a  State- 
aided  theatre,  not  keeping  Racine,  Corneille,  or  Voltaire  more  prominently 
before  the  jjublic.  In  pursuing  his  present  policy  M.  Claretie  merely  recognises 
what  we  all  see,  which  is  that  modern  theatrical  literature  is,  for  the  time  being, 
taking  the  lead.  It  is  a  mere  matter  of  evolution.  In  Bernstein,  for  instance, 
we  see  a  pupil  of  Sardou ;  in  Brieux  there  is  more  than  a  spark  of  Elie  moralising 
spirit  of  Angier,  and  in  Capus  we  get  a  delightful  variation  upon  Paiileron. 
The  foremost  dramatists  of  to-day  are  ail  bent,  as  far  as  possible,  in  putting 
real  life  before  us,  by  adding  something  of  the  air  of  the  streets,  as  well  as 
social  movement,  to  the  perfume  of  the  wings.  The  popularity  of  such 
dramatists  not  only  in  Fans,  but  on  tour  and  abroad,  is  proof  of  the  theory 
I  advance,  which  is,  that,  despite  the  influence  of  the  different  currents  that 
now  and  again  traverse  France — currents  sucn  as  that  of  Ibsen  or  Strindberg — 
French  writers  are  maintaining  their  i^rodominatiiig  role.  Poetry,  we  know, 
impresses  the  cultured  classes,  but  it  does  not  invariably  take  a  profound  hold 
upon  (the  general  public.  The  present,  in  point  of  fact,  belongs  to  the 
dramatists  who  do  not  diverge  far  from  the  current  intellectual  sphere  unless 
there  is  seduction  enough  in  their  art  to  compel  us  to  accept  their  solutions. 
Maeterlinck   solved   this    problem  with   liis   "  Oiseau   bleu." 

Taken  in  the  order  m  which  .they  came,  the  dramatists  who  had  the  honour 
of  production  in  the  Kue  Richelieu  last  year  were  Henry  Bernstein,  with  his 
"  Apres  Moi,"  Henry  Lavedan,  with  "  Le  Gout  du  Vice,"  Fernand  Vanderem 
(whose  "  Cher  Maitre,"  though  given  in  June,  when  fashionable  Paris  is  no 
longer  in  the  city,  at  once  caught  the  public  taste),  MM.  de  Flers  and  de 
Caillavet's  "  Primerose "  (which  came  in  October),  and  Gabriel  Trarieux's 
"Brebis  perdue  "  (produced  late  in  November).  Coming  almost  in  the  light 
of  a  new  production  also  was  Henry  Bataille's  rearranged  "Poliche,"  to 
which  in  the  autumn  ^I.  Claretie  gave  a  fine  mounting.  I  remember  that  on 
its  original  production,  m  1906,  "Poliche"  was  criticised  on  the  score  of  its 
style.  Argot  was  then  considered  bad  form  on  the  classic  boards  of  Moliere,  but 
since  that  time  we  have  seen  the  little  cafe  in  "  Boubouroche  "  on  the  identical 
spot  used  for  the  salon  of  Celimene,  or  the  Palace  of  Nero,  and  the  gods  have  not 
shuddered.  There  is  this  to  be  said  of  Henry  Bataille's  argot — it  has  always  a 
literary  flavour  about  it. 

Of  the  absolute  novelties  at  the  Comedie-Fran5aise,  Henry  Bernstein's  "  Apres 
Moi "  came  first,  early  in  February.  A  disgi'aceful  street  cabal  was  organised 
against  the  dramatist,  owing  to  an  escapade  he  had  undergone  when  doing  his 
military  service  several  years  before,  and,  with  commendable  dignity,  I\I.  Bernstein 
saved  M.  Claretie  and  the  Government  all  difficulty  by  withdrawing  his  play 
from  the  programme  after  four  or  five  performances ;  but  it  has  since  been  per- 
formed in  some  of  the  pi'ovinces,  and  will  doubtless  be  seen  again  at  some  other 
theatre  in  Paris.  If  one  were  called  upon  to  describe  the  different  talents  of  our 
dramatists  in  hydrographical  formula,  I  should  unhesitatingly  call  Bernstein's  the 
cataract,  for  he  seems  able  to  play  the  David  to  anybody's  Goliath.  Difficulties 
seem  to  have  no  terror  for  him,  as  was  evidenced  in  his  "Rafale,"  his  "  Le 
Voleur "  and  in  "La  Griffe."  But  in  writing  for  the  Comedie  Fran^aise  he 
invented  a  group  of  difficulties  that  made  his  play  tremendously  emotional.  And  the 
tension  lasted.  As  a  rule,  the  maximum  of  anguish  in  ordinary  plays  endures  for 
about  half  an  hour  at  the  end  of  the  second  act,  unless  it  is  reserved  for  the  denoue- 
ment, but  in  "  Apres  Moi  "  the  strain  la-^^ted  for  two  and  a-half  acts,  which,  as  far 
as  I  know,  is  quite  a  recond  experience.  Only  a  dramatist  with  a  training  like  Bern- 
stein's could  successfully  risk  such  a  dramatic  tour  de  force.  The  leading  characters 
in  the  play  are  a  married  couple,  who  for  seventeen  years  liave  enjoyed  the  considera- 
tion of  their  friends,  and  precisely  at  the  moment  the  husband  finds  himself  engulfed 
in  financial  ruin,  the  wife  falls  from  her  pedestal  of  virtue  by  becoming  the 
mistress  of  one  of  her  husband's  young  friends ;  and  Guillaume  Bourgade  makes 
this  discovery  about  his  wife  just  as  he  had  been  deciding  upon  suicide  as  the 
best  way  out  of  his  monetary  troubles.  Unfortunately,  there  is  not  a  truly 
sympathetic  character  in  the  play.  Bernstein  has  the  habit  of  saying  that  he 
depicts  men  as  he  sees  them,  and  that  he  puts  into  his  plays  his  own  conception 
of  the  world.  If  an  objection  were  raised  against  Bourgade  abandoning  the  idea  of 
self-destruction  Bernstein  would,  I  expect,  argue  that  the  instinct  of  life  is  the 
kino-  of   all   instincts,   and   comprises   aU  the  others,   and  that  to  avoid   death   we 


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should  any  of  uis  seize  upon  even  a  contradictory  pretext.  And  he  niay  be  right. 
Perhaps,  however,  there  is  a  reaction  taking  place  against  an  excess  of  realism, 
and  of  pessimism,  against  the  systematic  excuse  concerning  instincts  and  passions, 
against  the  dogmatic  proclamation  of  the  "right  of  happiness."  The  artists  of  the 
Comedie  Fran5aise,  with  one  exception,  did  wonders  with  the  interpretation  of 
"  Apres  Moi."  Unfortunately,  the  exception  concerned  the  reading  given  by  M.  Le 
Bargy  of  the  leading  role.  The  actor  indulged  in  too  much  declamation.  Vehement 
gesticulation  is  not  in  keeping  with  modern  inlays,  which  call  for  simplicity  and 
sobriety  of  style.  Mesdames  Bartet,  Pier?on,  and  Maille,  on  the  other  hand,  were 
all  perfect  in  their  respective  roles,  and  it  was  regrettable  that  artists  of  such 
talent  should  for  weeks  have  rehearsed  a  play  that,  for  reasons  altogether  outside 
its  merits,   was  withdrawn   so  soon. 

Excellent  also  was  the  cast  given  to  Henri  Lavedan's  "  Gout  du  Vice,"  which 
came  two  months  later,  with  Mesdames  Pierat,  Pierson,  and  ]Maille,  on  the  ladies' 
side,  and  MM.  Bernard  and  Grandval  in  the  leading  male  characters.  M.  Lavedan's 
subject  was  one  that  might  have  been  treated  as  a  drama,  or  even  as  a  tragedy, 
but  the  dramatist  wisely  made  a  light  comedy  of  it,  and  he  expended  upon  it  al'  the 
resources  of  his  wit  and  ingenuity.  Lavedan,  without  going  so  far  as  to  assert  that 
our  contemporaries  are  much  more  vicious  and  depraved  than  were  our  fathers, 
practically  says  that  if  we  do  not  pursue  vice  on  our  own  account  we  evince  an 
indulgence  which  amounts  almost  to  sympathy  respecting  it,  which,  in  reality, 
implies  snobbishness.  Though  not  t<o  be  compared  to  "  Le  Duel,"  M.  Lavedan's 
"  Gout  du  Vice  "  shows  the  dramatist  at  his  best  in  delicate  satire.  He  has  the 
gift  of  being  able  to  choose  his  words  and  arrange  his  picturesfiue  details  with  the 
skill  and  judgment  exercised  by  some  people  in  the  selection  of  their  art  treasures. 
A  success  far  in  excess  of  what  is  ever  expected  in  June  was  scored  by  M.  Fernand 
Vanderem  with  his  "  Cher  Maitre,"  and  he  was  helped  splendidly  by  the  players. 
The  story,  which  deals  with  the  turning  of  the  tables  by  a  demure  wife  upon  a  con- 
quering husband,  gave  Madame  Lara  a  splendid  opportunity  as  the  wife  of  the 
"  Cher  Maitre,"  and  in  the  name-part  M.  de  Feraudy  was  highly  amusing  as 
Counsel,  former  Cabinet  Minister,  and  lady-killer  rolled  into  one.  As  a  rule,  plays 
produced  in  June  are  considered  to  be  stopgaps,  but  "  Cher  Maitre  "  was  stiU 
being  played  a  few  days  ago. 

Those  prolific  collaborators  ^VSl.  de  Flers  and  De  Caillavet,  who  for  years  past 
have  been  producing  two  or  three  comedies  every  year,  had  the  good  fortune  to 
have  their  "  Primerose  "  accepted  in  October  at  the  Comedie  Fran^aise,  where  in 
all  probability  it  will  still  be  holding  its  own  up  till  midsummer.  With  light  and 
airy  tread,  these  dramatists  pursue  the  tenor  of  their  simple  way.  It  is  an  art 
in  itself  to  be  able  to  create  a  storj'  not  burdened  by  too  many  complications  or 
abstruse  subtleties,  and  this  gentle  art  MM.  de  Flers  and  De  Caillavet  manage 
always  to  put  to  excellent  uses.  The  story  is  very  simple  and  normal,  and  it  is 
also  convincingly  hrnnan.  Amongst  the  real  and  vital  characters  before  us, 
Primerose  and  the  old  Cardinal  de  Merance  stand  out,  figures  both  of  great  pathos 
beauty.  Such  a  play  may  not  satisfy  critical  re(|uirements  at  all  points,  but  a 
comedy  that  leaves  the  spectator  deeply  impressed  with  the  writer's  ability  and 
his  broad  outlook  upon  life  is  the  sort  of  piece  that  even  the  director  of  the 
Comedie  Fran9aise  is  justified  in  mounting.  And  what  a  part  it  gives  to  Mile. 
Leconte  !  It  fits  her  like  a  well-made  coat.  ]\Ille.  Bovy  as  the  peasant  Nun  and 
^[.  de  Feraudy  as  the  old  Cardinal  have  also  roles  that  suit  them  splendidly. 
Another  author  who  had  every  reason  to  bo  satisfied  with  the  interpretation  of  his 
play  was  !M.  Gabriel  Traj-ieux,  whose  "  Brebis  Perdue  "  wtas  crG«ated  by  Mme. 
Bartet,  Paul  Mounet,  Henry  ]\Iayer  (in  a  role  that  no  member  of  the  troupe  could 
have  played  so  well),  and  Mesdemoiselles  Kolb,  Geniat,  Faber.  and  Robinne. 
Amongst  the  most  notable  reproductions  of  the  year  were  Victor  Hugo's  "  Le  roi 
s'amuse,"  in  May,  and  Richepin's  "  Flibustier."  which  served  for  the  debut  of  Jean 
Worms,  a  .«on  of  the  ex-societaire,  who  died  about  a  year  ago. 

The  Odkox. 

Scarcely  les?         ious  than  the  duties  of  ^I.  Claretie  are  those  devolving  upon  M. 
Antoine    who  l  s  the  subventioned  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  Seine.       M. 

Antoine  continues,  with  the  same  energy  that  characterised  him  years  ago  when 
founding  his  Theatre  Libre,  to  give  every  possible  assistance  to  young  dramatists. 
The  subvention,  of  course,  enables  the  Oclecn  manager  to  run  more  risks  than  could 
be  incurred  by  a  director  personally  responsible  for  the  entire  expenses  of  his  theatre. 


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but,  as  IM.  Antoine  has  in  his  time  unearthed  so  many  talented  dramatists,  besides 
bringing  to  the  front  a  nimiber  of  good  actors,  he  has  the  good  wishes  of  everybody 
capable  of  apj^reciating  what  work  it  is  he  does.  The  Odeon  productions  during 
1911  included  Paul  Hyacinthe  Loyson's  "  Apotre,"  similar  in  story  to  "  Le  Tribun," 
Rene  Fauchois's  "  Rivoli,"  Georges  Duhamel's  four-act  drama  "  La  Lumiere,'' 
Maurice  die  Faramond's  "  Diane  de  PVnitiei-s,"  Mme.  Dick  May's  "  Mere,"  besides 
an  adaptation  by  Max  ^Nlaurey  of  "  David  Copperfleld,"  which  may  be  briefly  de- 
scribed as  a  successful  series  of  animated  old  English  engravings.  M.  de  Faramond's 
"Diane  de  Poitiei's  "  proved  a  very  creditable  historical  drama  dealing  with  the 
death  agony  of  Francois  I.  and  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  with  the  rivalry  of  Diane 
and  Catherine.  The  drama  was  produced,  for  one  representation  only,  at  a  matinee 
performance ;  but  it  is  sure  to  be  seen  again,  for  the  author  has  hit  upon  a  distinctly 
powerful  theme,  which  he  handled  in  a  spirit  of  undoubted  earnestness..  A  few 
words  also  will  suffice  for  'SI.  Rene  Fauchois's  "  Rivoli,"  which  is  somewhat  difficult 
of  definition.  It  is  not  historical  drama  of  the  pattern  adopted  by  Alexandre  Dumas, 
whose  plays  were  always  full  of  episode  and  movement.  Nor  is  it  a  tragedy,  for 
spectacular  effect  seems  to  have  weighed  most  with  the  author,  the  characters  being 
all,  so  to  speak,  relegated  to  the  second  place.  And  yet  I  heard  that  M.  Fauchois 
took  the  trouble  to  travel  to  Italy  so  as  to  see  for  himself  the  towns  that  Bonaparte 
and  Josephine  visited.  But  his  drama  is  ill-balanced,  and  is  more  a  living  panorama 
than  a  psychological  play,  which  presumably  was  what  he  aimed  at  when  he  set 
about  showing  us  Bonaparte  during  his  conflicts  with  the  coquettish  Josephine. 
Though  in  many  obvious  respects  faulty,  M.  Duhamel's  "  Lumiere  "  possessed 
imaginative  and  poetic  qualities  of  no  mean  order.  We  shall  therefore  remember 
the  author's  name,  and  look  forward,  before  definitely  judging  him,  to  see  his  next 
play.  Amongst  Si.  Antoine's  most  interesting  revivals  was  GandiUot's  "  Vers 
I'Amour,"  from  Guy  de  ^Maupassant's  "  Musotfce,"  adapted  in  collaboration  with 
Jacques  Normand,  which  was  revived  in  October,  but  produced  less  effect  than  on 
its  original  production.  The  device  used  for  concealing  from  the  young  wife  the 
nature  of  the  visit  paid  by  her  husband  to  a  dying  woman  appears  exaggerated, 
for  in  the  present  day  a  husband  would  have  the  courage  to  own  that  a  feeling  of 
pity  made  such  a  visit  a  duty  on  his  part.  I  have  said  enough,  I  hope,  to  show 
that  M.  Antoine  most  worthily  fills  his  position.  He  keeps  on  reading  plays  by 
the  score  in  the  hope  of  coming  across  fresh  talent,  and  his  encouragement  to  young 
writers  has  on  more  than  one  occasion  been  productive  of  the  best  results. 

The  GxiixASE. 

Coming  back  from  the  Odeon  to  the  boulevards,  one's  attention  is  drawn  to  the 
Gymnase,  which  for  some  years  has  been  directed  by  SV.  Franck,  who  also  manages 
the  ApoUo  in  the  Rue  Blanche,  where  comic  opera  of  "  The  Merry  Widow"  type 
has  reigned  supreme  since  its  inauguration  three  years  ago.  Long  runs  have  been 
the  order  of  the  day  at  the  Gymnase,  where,  in  point  of  novelties,  "  Le  Sculpteur 
de  Masques,"  by  F.  Crommelynck,  De  Flers  and  De  Caillavet's  "  Papa,"  and  Pierre 
Wolff's  "  L' Amour  Defendu  "  have  practically  sufficed  to  keep  the  house  full  aU 
the  year.  ,  Even  at  our  present  advanced  stage  of  intellectual  development  playgoers 
do  not  demand  importance  everywhere:  indeed,  my  own  observation  leads  me  to  the 
conclusion  that  there  is  a  growing  appetite  for  more  or  less  piquant  frivolity.  In 
this  kind  of  work  ^IM.  De  Flers  and  De  Caillavet  possess  a  lightness  of  touch  that 
invariably  hits  the  public  taste ;  indeed  the  art  of  the  stage  has  never  been  more 
effectually  practised  than  by  these  clever  collaborators,  who  contrive  to  carry  the 
public  with  them,  whether  their  play  is  submitted  to  a  laughter-loving  audience 
like  that  of  the  Varietes  or  is  put  before  the  subscribers  of  the  Comedie  Fran^aise. 
"  Papa  "  is  undoubtedly  superior  to  the  same  authors'  "  Bois  Sacre."  It  is  in  the 
nature  of  a  romantic  comedy,  recalling  in  a  measure  "  L'Abbe  Constantin  "  or 
"  Le  ilarquis  de  Yillemer."  The  principal  character  is  a  man  of  middle  age,  but 
still  young  in  ideas  and  temperament.  Having  been  fond  of  women,  the  Comte  de 
Larzac  is  the  sort  of  man  who  will  go  on  loving  them  for  ever.  His  hair  may 
become  gray,  but  his  heart  will  remain  young,  and  what  in  reality  happens  towards 
the  end  of  the  play  is  that  the  young  lady  whom  the  Count  thought  a  suitable 
fiancee  for  his  own  illegitimate  son  shows  a  very  decided  preference  for  the  father. 
During  the  year  a  society  calling  itself  the  Theatre  Impressif  produced  at  the 
Gymnase  a  three-act  play  by  SI.  Crommelynck  entitled  "  Le  Sculpteur  de  Masques." 
It  was  splendidly  acted  by  MM.  Bour  and  Deschamps,  but  the  author,  in  planning 
his  next  play,  must  avoid  the  system  of  silence  which  he  carried  to  excess  in 
writing  "  Le'Sculpteur  de  Masques,"  the  story  of  which  deals  with  the  discovery 


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by  a  wife  of  her  husband's  affection  for  her  own  sister.  At  the  moment  of  the 
discovery ,  which  is  somewhat  tragic,  long  phrases,  of  course,  are  not  called  for, 
but  in  the  following  act  one  expects  to  hear  these  two  people,  who  have  been  drawn 
towards  each  other,  occasionally  exchange  views  respecting  the  situation  they  have 
brought  about. 

These  i)ioduetions  served  to  fill  the  Gymnase  during  the  gi-eater  part  of  the  year 
until  early  in  November,  when  Pierre  Wolff's  "Amour  Defendu "  vi'as  given. 
The  dramatist  on  this  occasion  disconcerted  the  critics  a  little,  for  they  were  not 
prepared  to  accept  a  hero  of  so  contiding  and  simijle  a  nature.  They  denied  the  possi- 
bility of  a  husband  who  is  afraid  of  losing  liis  wife  going  away  and  contiding  lier  to 
the  charge  of  the  very  friend  she  has  grown  fond  of.  It  is  one  of  the  articles,  I 
may  say,  of  Pierre  Wolff's  religion  that  passion  is  not  to  be  trodden  under  foot 
by  prayers,  threats,  or  supplication.  But  in  appealing,  as  in  reality  his  hero  does, 
to  the  loyalty  of  his  friend,  he  arouses  a  sort  of  occult  force  by  conHding  to  him  the 
care  of  his  wife.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  all  three  remain  unhappy  to  the  end.  The 
husband  tinds  his  wife  on  his  return  reduced  to  a  shadow  as  the  result  of  the  sacrifice 
made  by  his  friend,  and,  realising  that  there  is  no  further  happiness  possible  for 
him,  he  resolves  to  go  away  for  ever.  But  are  the  other  two  likely  to  find  perfect 
bliss,  conscious  as  they  must  be  that  their  conduct  has  caused  misei-y?  Ncr  are  the 
characters  well  defined.  For  instance,  prior  to  the  confidence  which  takes  place 
between  the  two  men  Jean  is  a  typical  lover ;  then  he  suddenly  becomes  a  typical 
friend,  wituout  any  transition,  that  we  can  see,  from  one  condition  to  the  other. 
This  is  surely  a  fault  in  construction.  Not  seeing  the  sentiments  evolve  before  us, 
the  drama  is  reduced,  as  it  were,  to  one  or  two  scenes  per  act.  The  role  of  the  wife 
is  better  defined,  and  the  language  she  uses  to  express  her  love  and  her  suffering  is  as 
impressive  as  anything  ]M.  Wolff  has  given  to  the  stage.  The  character  was  splen- 
didly interpreted  by  Mile.  Lely,  who  had  the  support  of  Felix  Huguenet  as  Pierre 
Verneuil,  a  part  thait  contrasted  greatly  with  the  name-part  of  ^WV.  De  Fleis  and 
De  Caillavet's  bright  comedy,  that  the  actor  interpreted  for  several  months. 

The  Porte-St. -Martin. 

The  directors  of  the  Porte-St.-Mai*tin  have  also  had  good  reason  to  be  satisfied 
with  the  twelve  months'  work  done  at  their  theatre,  for,  though  they  had  not 
another  "  Chantecler  "  to  begin  the  year  with,  thev  were  particularly  fortunate  in 
being  able  to  secure  the  services  of  Albert  Brasseiu'  for  some  months  during  the 
summer  in  the  Varietes  success,  "  Le  Vieux  Marcheur."  This  particular  play 
of  Lavedan's  is  not  at  all  the  style  of  play  one  would  have  looked  for  formerly 
at  the  Porte-St. -Martin,  but  with  a  revue  being  played  at  that  home  of 
melodrama  the  Ambigu,  and  "  Le  Vieux  ^larcheur  "  running  for  months  on  the 
Boulevard  Bonne  Nouvelle,  it  is  clear  that  the  public  do  not  mind  w-here  they  go 
provided  they  can  get  the  kind  of  entertainment  that  suits  them.  The  two  leading 
new  plays  produced  by  ilM.  Hertz  and  Coquelin  were  Henry  Bataille's  "  Enfant 
de  I'Amour  "  and  Henry  Kistemaeckers's  "  La  Flambee."  which  was  given  in 
December.  Like  MM.  De  Flers  and  De  Caillavet.  Henry  Bataille  has  also  had  plays 
running  at  more  than  one  boulevard  theatre,  for  revivals  have  taken  place  of  his 
"  Scandale,"  his  "  Femme  Nue,"  his  "  Poliche,"  and  his  "  jNIadame  Colibri."  It 
is  as  a  psychologist  that  Bataille  excels  as  a  rule.  He  is  sometimes  a  little  obscure 
and  paradoxical,  and  in  "  L'Enfant  de  I'Amour  "  both  the  qualities  and  the  defects 
of  the  writer  are  shown.  The  subject  alone  inevitably  aroused  certain  susceptibili- 
ties, for  the  trio  of  a  son,  his  mother,  and  her  lover — the  latter  of  whom  is  brought 
back  to  the  woman  at  the  instigation  of  the  young  man — creates  an  atmosphere 
that  is  not  by  any  means  exhilarating.  And  it  was  with  a  view  probably  to 
palliating  the  ugliness  of  the  situation  that  M.  Bataille,  contrary  to  plausibility  in 
such  a  case,  makes  the  lover  finally  propose  marriage  to  the  lady  he  had  in  reality 
intended  to  leave.  As  regards  the  interpretation,  there  was  nothing  left  to  be 
desired.  Mme.  Rejane  was  available  for  the  part  of  Liane,  and  she  played  the 
character  as  if  living  it,  grief,  joy,  tears,  and  laughter  alternating  as  required. 
The  actress  portrayed,  too,  the  egotism  of  the  "  femme  entretenue."  as  well  as  giving 
us  occasional  outbursts  of  motherly  love  in  perfect  style.  ]\I.  Dumeny  undertook 
the  ungrateful  task  of  impersonating  the  wealthy  lover,  of  which  on  the  whole  he 
acquitted  himself  well.  An  equisitely  chiselled  piece  of  work  eminently  characteristic 
of  its  author  is  "  La  Flambee,"  by  'M.  Kistemaeckers.  who,  it  will  be  remembered, 
scored  a  success  the  previous  year  with  "  Le  ^larchand  de  Bonheur  "  at  the  Vaude 
ville.  The  dramatist  has  the  power  to  make  his  characters  vibrate  strongly.  He 
writes  with  intensity,   and  excels  particularly  in  all  emotional  scenes  ,■  he  knows, 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    SIMONE   TREVALLES 

As  Therese  Deniau  in  "  La  Flambee  "  at  the  Porte  ht.  Martin. 


IReutlinger 


THE    PARIS    STAGE, 


\ 


[BeutUiiger 

MLLE.    GUAYBON, 

Who  appeared  as  Claudine  in  MM.  Duquesnel  and  Barde's  comedy,  "  3a  Fille,"  at  the  Vaudeville. 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    GUERRA, 

Of  the  Theatre  ilarigny. 


[Beutlngier 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


RiutUnger 


MLLE.   DARGENT, 

Of  the  TheAtre  Celestins  at  Lyon. 


THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK  53 

above  all.  how  to  excite  and  sustain  the  spectator's  interest.  All  conflict  between 
passion  and  duty,  as  in  "  La  Flambee."  contains  the  essence  of  drama.  But  drama 
is  only  good  drama  if  the  characters  engaged  in  it  are  creatures  of  flesh  and  blood, 
and  not  merely  arguments,  ideas,  or  symbols.  A  play  in  which  the  three  principal 
characters  can  suddenly,  in  the  cause  of  patriotism,"  put  their  own  interests  and 
pleasures  on  one  side  may  be  accounted  a  work  of  merit.  There  were  one  or  two 
distinct  flaws  to  be  detected  in  the  workmanship,  but  the  best  things  in  it  are 
good  enough  to  redeem  far  more  than  all  the  faults.  Dumeny  with  Martha  Brandes 
and  Pierre  Magnier  gave  an  excellent  account  of  themselves  in  the  three  roles  to 
which  reference  has  been  specially  made.  At  a  matinee  performance  at  the  Porte- 
St. -Martin  ^I.  Silvain,  who  was  srjjported  by  several  of  the  younger  members  of 
the  C'omedie-Franyaise.  presented  a  version  of  his  own,  written  in  collaboration  with 
.M.  Ernest  Jcubert,  of  Euripides's  "  Hecube."  The  translators  would  perhaps  have 
pleased  their  audience  better  if  they  had  been  less  scrupulous  about  the  Greek  play, 
which,  as  it  stands,  is  long.  But  it  contains  some  magnificent  scenes — scenes  sur- 
passing in  strength  and  in  truth  the  most  realistic  of  modern  dramas,  and  thereby 
verifying  what  Jean  Richepin  never  wearies  of  impressing  upon  the  people  who 
attend  his  conferences — namely,  that  the  stage  of  all  time  is  to  be  found  in  the  old 
Greek  sta£e. 

The  Ambigx". 

MM.  Hertz  and  Cofjuelin.  who  also  direct  the  Ambigu.  have  yjroduced  several 
plays,  including  "  La  Petit-e  Roque,"  adapted  bv  Andre  de  Lorde  and  Pierre  Kaine 
from  Guy  de  Maupassa'st.  But  the  most  successful  of  all  proved  to  be  "  La  Revue," 
by  ]\IM.  Dominique  Be  aiaud.  Numa  Bles.  and  Lucieri  Boyer,  which  made  a  com- 
plete change  in  the  style  of  the  entertainment  at  this  house.^  There  was  not  much 
to  be  said  for  "  L'Enfant  des  Fortifs,"  by  Jules  Mary  and  Emile  Rochard,  produced 
in  iNIay,  which  was  a  fresh  edition  of  ''  Les  Deux  Gosses,"  containing  the  customary 
types  foimid  in  melodrama.  Nor  did  Arthur  Bernede's  "  Roi  Soleil "  prove  a 
revelation  in  dramatic  art.  The  subject  is  one  that  would  have  suited  Alexandre 
Dumas,  whose  method  Bernede  has  attempted  to  follow.  But  in  Diane  de  Solanges 
he  has  given  us  a  heroine  of  his  own  invention,  and  around  her  he  places  some  famous 
figures,  including  Louis  growing  old,  the  Duchesse  du  Maine,  the  Due  d'Orleans, 
Dangeau.  and  ilme.  de  iMaintenon.  Poor  Mme.  de  Maintenon  !  She  suffered  in 
life  through  Louis  XIV..  and  dead  she  is  badly  ti'eated  by  ^L  Bernede,  for  he 
malces  her  stupid,  vvhicii  she  certainly  was  not.  The  character  of  the  King  is  also 
distorted,  for  he  is  depicted  as  the  most  affable  of  monarchs  and  the  gentlest  grand- 
father imaginable.  The  three  Montmartrois  Chansonniers  who  collaborated  for  the 
levue,  which  caught  on  at  once  late  in  the  year,  have  gone  away  from  the  beaten 
tiack  of  revue  to  adopt  a  style  of  their  own.  and,  as  they  have  avoided  all  coarsenes.-; 
and  abstained  from  venom  and  vulgarity,  they  may  be  heartily  complimented  upon 
the  success  obtained.  The  theatre  scene  is.  of  course,  retained,  and  the  imitations 
of  Mounet-Sully.  Eve  Lavalliere,  Fragson.  Dranam.  and  half-a-dozen  others  proved 
irresistibly  amusing. 

The  Rexaissance. 

Not  far  from  the  Ambigu,  with  the  Porte-St. -Martin  between,  comes  the  theatre 
directed  for  the  past  t.\o  years  by  M.  Tarride.  Here,  again,  the  programme  has 
not  often  been  changed,  the  two  new  plays  produced  early  in  the  year — Georges  de 
Porto-Riche's  "  Yieil  Homme"  and  ^IM.  Veber  and  H.  de  Gorsse's  "Gamine" — 
both  having  hit  public  taste.  It  was  not  an  easy  task  M.  de  Porto-Riche  set  him- 
self in  drawing  up  his  scenario  of  "  Le  Vieil  Homme."  which  apparently  he  had  in 
hand  for  several  years.  "  The  old  Adam  "  of  the  title  is  a  libel  on  our  first  parent. 
M.  De  Porto  Riche  makes  it  reappear  suddenly  in  Michel  Fontanet,  who  had  cast 
it  out  five  years  iDefore.  He  has  been  a  good  husband,  a  good  father,  a  good  business 
man  for  five  years.  Before  that  he  had  been  as  bad  as  could  be  in  all  three  charac- 
ters. A  pretty  petticoat  comes  along,  and  he  is  brutal  and  careless  towards  everyone 
except  the  wearer  of  it.  By  the  side  of  this  curious  double  personality  are  his 
single-hearted  wife  and  their  extraordinary  sixteen-year-old  boy,  who  is  a  sort  of 
Romeo,  with  all  Romeo's  delightful  freshness  left  out,  or  of  Cherubin,  but  a  long- 
winded  and  ranting  Cherubin,  if  a  Bsiaumarchais  character  ever  could  have  been  prosy. 
Out  of  the  psvchologv  of  these  three  arises  the  tragedy.  The  arrival  of  the  new 
petticoat  sets  it  goingl!  and,  once  started,  it  travels  deliberately  to  the  final  disaster. 
The  father  and  the  son  love  the  same  woman.  The  father  loves  like  Lothario  and 
the  son  like  Werther.  onlv  more  so.     The  boy.  on  discovering  that  the  woman,  who 


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is  his  first  love,  is  his  father's  mistress,  kills  himself.  It  is  a  tragedy  which  aims 
high.  Some  of  the  critics  talked  of  it  and  of  King  Lear  in  the  same  breath — for 
insiance,  of  Lear  bringing  in  Cordelia  dead  and  of  .\lichel  Fontanel  carrying  in  his 
dead  son.  The  simplicity  of  the  Shakespearean  play  is  separated  by  the  entire 
length  of  all  literature  from  the  half-hour  scene  in  which  Michel  Fontanel  and  his 
wife  hurl  immensely  long  passages  of  complicated  eloquence  at  each  other  while 
wondering  together  what  has  happened  to  their  son,  afterwards  brought  in  dead. 
Shakespeare  would  have  made  them  say  a  few  quick  words  and  rush  out  to  find 
the  boy.  ^L  De  Porto-Riche,  who  is  not  without  humour,  gives  his  characters  some 
quit'O  smart  things  to  say  when  they  are  not  talking  sentiment;  indeed,  had  his 
Humour  always  stayed  by  him  he  would  have  written  a  greater  play.  Many  situa- 
tions are  hne  drama,  and  one  in  particular  that  is  strongly  drawn  is  that  of  the 
madly  jealous  woman  stifling  her  jealousy  because  the  mother  in  her  overcomes  the 
the  wife.  ]\L  Tarride  and  Mme.  Simone  were  wonderful  in  trying  characters,  the 
man's,  with  its  strange  duality,  being  the  more  difficult  of  the  two  to  play.  Poor  Lan- 
telme,  who  died  so  tragically  in  July,  was  as  fascinating  as  the  author  intended  in 
the  part  of  the  lady  visitor  who  sets  the  whole  household  by  the  ears,  the  character 
having  suited  her  better  than  did  the  name-pai't  of  ]MM.  Pierre  Veber  and  H.  de 
Gorsse's  "  Gamine,"  which  came  a  few  months  later,  and  may  be  described  as  a 
blend  in  equal  proportions  of  philosophy,  psychology,  wit,  skill,  optimism,  and 
sentiment.  The  heroine,  who  resembles  the  Suzanne  de  Villiers  of  Pailleron,  is 
a  deliciously  outspoken,  good-hearted  sort  of  hoyden,  and,  without  seeming  conscious 
of  her  power,  she  is  able  to  make  everybody  bow  to  her  caprices.  The  authors 
did  not,  however,  sufficiently  lead  up  to  their  denouement,  and  in  changing  a  light 
comedy  into  a  psychological  study  they  saddened  the  story.  It  was  not  till  the 
last  act,  when  Colette  becomes  a  woman,  that  Mile.  Lantelme  played  with  success, 
for  in  the  earlier  scenes  the  actress  was  not  sufficiently  ingenue.  It  happened  to 
be  the  last  role  she  was  destined  to  create.  The  Renaissance  did  well  in  July  with 
"  Le  Mysterieux  Jimmy,"  adapted  by  Mirande  and  Geroule  from  the  American 
play  by  Paul  Armstrong;  and  Bataille's  "  Scandale  "  had  a  short  revival  early  in 
October,  till  Sacha  Guitry  came  along  with  "  Le  Beau  Mariage,"  which  proved  a 
fresh  triumph  for  him,  both  as  author  and  actor.  In  the  character  of  a  reckless, 
pleasure-loving,  irresponsible  young  Bohemian,  Sacha  Guitry  is  one  of  those  actors 
who  has  only  to  appear  on  the  stage  to  provoke  immediate  hilarity.  Full  of  instinct, 
in  his  own  particular  style,  this  actor-dramatist  possesses  undoubted  gifts,  and  his 
play,  though  not  worthy  to  rank,  if  seriously  considered,  as  a  chef  d'ceuvre,  will 
be  remembei'ed  long  after  many  of  the  better  productions  of  1911  have  been  com- 
pletely forgotten. 

The  Varietes. 

Of  the  "  ^lidinettes,"  by  Louis  Artus,  which  was  produced  in  February,  but 
little  need  be  said  beyond  a  few  words  of  praise  fcr  the  actors,  who  included  Max 
Dearly,  Prince,  Guy,  and  ]\Iesdemoiselles  Dieterle  and  Renver.  The  subject,  which 
deals  with  the  marriage  of  a  workgirl  to  a  man  holding  a  higher  social  position 
than  herself,  is,  first  of  all,  not  new,  and.  though  the  dramatist  api^arently  put  all 
his  intelligence  into  his  work,  it  somehow  lacked  the  "  je  ne  sais  quoi ''  requisite 
for  a  Varietes  success.  Nor  did  Albin  Yalabregue  add  anything  to  his  reputation 
by  his  "  Mariages  d'Aujourd'hui,"  which  only  retained  its  position  on  the  bills 
owing  to  the  amusing  interpretation  given  of  the  leading  character  by  Max  Dearly. 
The  audience  laughs  when  this  actor  speaks,  and  they  laugh  when  he  stands  still 
and  says  nothing.  He  will  sometimes  stop  the  dialogue  and  give  two  or  three 
waltz  step,  and  tlie  laughter  is  louder  than  ever.  But  ]M.  Valabregue's  comedy, 
despite  the  droll  personality  of  the  actor,  was  withdrawn  after  a  month  to  make 
way  for  a  revival  of  Offenbach's  "  Vie  Parisienne,"  which  was  mounted  with  cos- 
tumes of  the  Second  Empire.  Not  till  December  did  the  Varietes  director  produce 
a  new  play  which  was  a  complete  success,  and  this  was  "  Les  Favorites."  by  Alfred 
Capus,  who  retains  in  an  eminent  degree  all  his  old  habit  of  taking  things  seriously 
on  occasion  without  ever  becoming  tragic.  Capus  would  never  even  say  a  common- 
place thing  in  a  commonplace  way.  for  there  is  always  just  that  finish  in  his  language 
that  distinguishes  good  writing  from  bad.  His  style  is  never  heavy,  pedantic,  or 
iffected,  but  at  times  he  lacks  vigour.  What  he  shows  us  is  life,  but  transposed, 
arranged,  and  perhaps  cramped  a  little.  Fortunately,  he  always  avoids  putting 
exceptional  characters  before  us.  They  are  invariably  normal  people,  in  whom  we 
can  at  once  take  an  interest,  and  this  is  particularly  the  case  with  "  Les  Favorites." 


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The  Vaudeville. 

M.  Porel  began  his  year  with  a  reproduction  in  January  of  Sardou's  "  Famillo 
Benoiton,  "  which,  in  1865,  was  received  with  tremendous  favour,  but  produced  no 
eifect  whatever  upon  a  present-day  audience.  Nor  did  MM.  Abel  Herniaiit  and  Gre:j 
Miranda's  "Cadet  de  Coutras  "  hit  popular  taste,  which,  in  fact,  was  not  caught  at 
-/his  theatre  till  Lucien  Guitry  played  the  leading  character  in  Paul  Bourget's 
'  Tribun  "  in  ^larch.  I\I.  Bourget  considered  for  certain  he  had  written  a  play  of 
■'ideas,"  but  in  reality  it  was  a  play  of  situation,  and  the  Prime  ^linister  of*  the 
title,  despite  all  his  theories  about  Socialism  abolishing  family  ties,  finds,  upon  dis- 
covering that  it  was  his  own  son  wlio  liad  acted  dishonestly, 'that  blood  is  stronger 
than  water,  and  sti'onger  than  principles,  too.  The  chief  criticism  to  be  passed  upon 
the  play  is  that  the  metamorphosis  of  the  leading  character  is  somewhat  arbitrary. 
Guitry  bore  easily  the  whole  weight  of  tJie  piece  upon  his  shoulders.  The  pak 
was  worthy  of  him,  and  he  of  it.  The  Vaudeville  was  kept  open  during  the  summei 
by  a  Viennese  operette  troupe,  under  the  direction  of  Leon  Poirier,  and  early  in 
October  Mil.  Duquesnel  and  Barde's  four-act  comedy,  in  which  the  leading  role* had 
been  written  specially  for  .Mile.  Lantelme,  had  a  hearing,  and  kept  the  bills  for 
several  weeks,  till,  in  fact,  M.  Eniile  Fabre's  drama  on  the  subject  of  Fiench 
colonisation  was  produced  in  December,  il.  Fabre  is  deservedly  held  in  the  highest 
esteem  by  his  fellow-dramatists,  and  "  Les  Sauterelles,"  to  which  M.  Porel  gave  a 
magnificent  mounting  deserved  a  longer  run  than  it  had.  The  French  as  a  nation  are, 
however,  terribly  averse  to  having  their  faults  pointed  out  to  them,  and  in  telling 
them  that  their  system  of  colonisation  is  defective,  the  dramatist  touched  them 
apparently  ujMn  a  sensitive  point.  But  M.  Fabre  remains  what  lie  has  been  ever 
since  he  gave  us  "La  Vie  Publique  "  and  "Les  Ventres  Cores,"  a  writer  of  very 
remarkable  power  and  originality. 

The  .Sarah  Bernhardt  Theatre. 

Although  !Mme.  Sarah  Bernhardt,  owing  to  her  touring  in  America  and  elsewhere, 
had  not  been  seen  in  Paris  till  quite  late  in  the  year,  when  she  appeared  in  Victor 
Hugo's  "  Lucrezia  Borgia,"  the  theatre,  which  her  son  has  been  directing  for  her, 
did  better  business  than  in  1910.  Dumas  and  ilaquet's  "  Dame  de  Monsoreau  "  had 
a  successful  revival  in  INIarcii,  and  a  triumph  was  achieved  by  M.  de  Max  in  the 
Hungarian  play,  "  Le  Typhon,"  which  was  adapted  in  October  by  Serge  Basset,  after 
having  had  300  consecutive  performances  in  Berlin.  The  Russian  operatic  and 
dancing  seasons  were  also  satisfactory  from  the  box-office  point  of  view. 

The  neighboui'ing  Chatelet  was  likewise  largely  occupied  by  foreign  companies. 
The  principal  productions  at  this  theatre  were  Gabriel  d'Annunzio's  "  Martyre  de 
Saint  Sebastien,"  with  music  by  Debussy;  the  Russian  ballet  season,  with  il.  and 
ilme.  Fokine.  in  a  romantic  ballet.  "  Le  Spectre  de  la  Rose,"  taken  from  a  poem  by 
Theophile  Gautier ;  and  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  "  Tlie  Quaker  Girl,"  with  Mr. 
George  Edwardes's  company,  whicli  created  a  furore  in  June.  As  a  winter  spec- 
tacular production  the  management  mounted  MM.  de  JMarsan  and  Timmory's 
"  Course  aux  Dollars,"  which  provides  plenty  of  sensation  both  by  sea  and  land. 

Rejaxe  Theatre. 

And  it  has  also  been  by  subletting  her  theatre  that  ilme.  Rejane  has  avoided  the 
ill-luck  which  had  previously  pursued  her  ever  since  she  became  lessee  of  her  pretty 
theatre  in  the  Rue  Blanche'.  The  actress  has  happily  been  more  fortunate  in  her 
selection  of  plays,  which  have  included  Maeterlinck's  "  Blue  Bird."  Skilled  in 
technique,  and  vivid  in  human  nature,  Maeterlinck's  fairy  play  had  additions  and 
alterations  made  by  the  author  in  view  of  the  Paris  production,  which  had  an 
abundant  supply  of  colour,  grace,  and  animation.  A  group  of  talented  artists, 
including  Miles. 'Suzanne  Avril,  Noizeux,  and  M.M.  Severin-Mars,  ilaillard,  Bosman, 
and  Morat,  wasted  their  talent  over  iJme.  Jacques  Vincent's  comedy,  "La  Plus 
heureuse  des  trois,"  which  only  held  tlie  bill  for  a  few  nights  in  November,  but  the 
theatre  attracted  good  audience's  when  .MM.  Rip  and  Bousquet's  "  Revue  Sans-Gene  " 
was  produced  in  December.  Mme.  Rejane,  who,  in  tm-n,  appears  as  Madame  Sans- 
Gene,  a  concierge,  and  a  princess,  secured  the  services  of  Mr.  George  Grossmith,  jun., 
for  this  revue,  which  is  certainly  oire  of  the  brightest  and  most  amusing  production.", 
of  the  kind  that  Paris  has  ever  seen.  Another  clever  actress,  namely,  Mme.  Cora 
Laparcerie,  who.  for  a  couple  of  years  has  been  directing  the  Bouffes-Parisiens,  has 
made  no  scruple  about  appearing  in  a  revue.  "  Le  Baron  de  Batz,"  by  M.  J.  J. 
Frappa,  did  not  obtain  the  success  hoped  for  it,  and  when  "La  Revue  des  X."  was 


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being  cast,  Mme.  Cora  Laparcerie  undertook  to  assume  about  hah  a  dozen  characte  s. 
The  imitations  of  actors  were  side-splitting.  That  the  taste  for  revues  increases  is 
sliowTi  by  tJie  fact  tl'.at  for  the  Folies-Bergere  production  in  December  tlie  manage- 
ment was  able  to  secure  the  services  of  the  artist,  Jules  Cheret,  who  painted  thi 
canvases  of  the  Four  Seasons. 

Both  the  Cluny  and  tiie  Palais  Royal  have,  on  the  whole,  done  well,  the  fornti 
with  an  amusing  faice,  "  Le  Peie  La  Frousse,"  by  M.  Fcnfanes,  the  director  of  t'l 
Chatelet,  and  the  Palais  Royal,  with  Tristan  Bernard's  "  Petit  Cafe,"  which  i> 
treated  in  a  vein  of  frank  modernity  and  light-heartedness,  combined  with  just  tlui 
slight  touch  of  exiaggeraticn  which  lifts  it  from  the  comnu  rplace  anid  makes  it 
amusing. 

Thk  Antotne  Tfk.atrk. 

In  point  of  downright  hard  work,  perhaps,  no  manager  in  Paris  has  achieved 
more  during  the  year  just  ended  than  M.  Gemier,  who  has  produced  Edmond 
Guiraud's  "  Marie-Victoiie,"'  Fellinger's  three-act  play,  "  Le  Vagabond,"  and, 
besides  several  important  reproductions,  Albert  Guinon's  three-act  comedy,  "  Le 
Bonheur."  M.  Gemier  undertook  in  the  summer  the  construction  of  an  ambulant 
theatre,  which  involved  him  in  considerable  trouble  and  expense,  but  nothing 
daunted  by  a  breakdown  on  the  road  of  some  of  the  machinery,  this  energetic  actor- 
manager  returned  to  Paris  with  his  wife,  ilUe.  Andree  Megard,  and  between  them 
they  have  managed  to  attract  good  and  ai)preciative  audiences  with  their  various- 
jjroductions. 

JL  Lugne  Poe.  of  Theatre  de  I'CEuvre  fame,  has  not  been  so  successful  as  usual 
in  his  choice  of  plays,  amongst  which  were  "  Malazarte,"  by  a  Brazilian  dramatist  : 
"  Les  Oiseaux,"  by  Noziere  ;  "  Le  Philanthrope  ou  la  Maison  des  Amours,"  by  J. 
and  H.  Bouvalet ;  and  "  L'Apotre,"  by  Lucien  de  Loriol.  In  the  last-named  jolay 
the  role  of  Olga  Swanska  was  magnificently  played  by  Suzanne  Despres,  but  the 
play  itself  was  obscure.  Of  the  productions  at  the  Theatre  des  Arts,  many  of  which 
were  highly  creditable,  mention  may  be  made  of  "  Le  ilarchand  de  passions,"  by 
Epinal  and  Maurice  Magre,  and  Henry  Gheon's  "  Le  Pain,"  which  is  dramatic  and 
symbolic.  M.  Gheon  is  assuredly  a  jjoet,  but  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  he  has 
the  stuff  in  him  of  a  j^roliHc  dramatist. 

For  blood-curdling  realism  Parisian  playgoers  still  crowd  the  Grand-Guignol,  in 
the  Rue  Cheptal.  where  the  short  tragedies  are  often  good.  They  are,  however, 
invariablj'  sandwiched  between  comedies  of  such  downright  vulgarity  that  I  can 
conceive  no  decent-minded  person  sitting  them  out.  The  music  halls  and  cafes'  con- 
certs have  been  raised  in  tone  during  the  last  few  years,  but  indecency  on  the  stage, 
I  regret  to  say,  still  exists  in  Paris. 

The  Oiutuaky. 

Particularly  heavy  was  the  obituary  of  1911.  The  first  to  leave  us  was  M. 
Bodinier,  the  ex-secretaire-general  of  the  Comedie  Fran<jaise,  and  in  January  also 
the  jovial  comedian,  Regnard,  died  from  a  pistol-shot  fired  at  him  in  a  restaurant. 
The  Comedie  Fran(;'aise  lost  in  Mile.  Lynnes  and  Mile.  Berge  two  of  its  most 
promising  pensionnaires.  The  music-hall  singer  Max  Morel,  and  Fanny  de  Leudei', 
of  the  Cigale  and  the  Folies-Bergere.  died  early  in  the  year,  whilst  in  April  tlie 
famous  Anna  Judic  breathed  her  last  on  the  shores  of  tJie  ^Icditerianean.  The  acci- 
dental drowing  of  poor  Ginette  Lantelmeat  Emmerich-sur-Rhin  in  July  cast  a  terrible 
gloom  over  theatrical  circles,  for  she  was  rapidly  attaining  a  high  position  on  the 
stage.  Death  has  also  removed  M.  Baudoin,  a  conscientious  actor  of  the  Renaissance, 
the  Vaudeville,  and  the  Bouffes-Parisiens,  as  well  as  the  brilliant  dramatist,  Ciiarles 
Raymond.  Amongst  opera  singers  Paris  has  lost  ilme.  Clotilde  Samara  and  the 
famous  singer  and  con.sewatoire- professor,  M.  Imbart  de  la  Tour.  3Ille.  Marcelle 
Jullien  diet]  suddenly  in  June,  land  a  few  days  later  the  young  and  clev?r  music-hall 
artist,  Andree  Darcy,  died  quite  unexpectedly.  Literature  has  likewise  lost  some  of 
its  most  distinguished  professors  in  the  persons  of  Maurice  Maindron,  the 
Academician,  Henry  Houssaye,  Desire  \Bourgoin,  Alexandre  Guilraant,  Hector 
Dupeyron  ;  the  Count  de  Chevigny.  who  was  the  musical  critic  of  the  "New  York 
Herald";  the  Count  de  Camondo,  founder  of  the  Societe  des  Artistes  et  Amis  de 
rOpera  ;  and  Alfred  Binet,  the  disitinguished  savarA  and  author  of  several  dramatic 
and   philosopliical   works. 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.    YANE, 

Of  the  Theatre  des  Capucines. 


iBcutlinger 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


IReutlinger 

MLLE.    FABfcR 

As  Madame  JeauviT  in "  Primerose,'-  by  MM.  de  Fleis  and  de  Caillavet  at  the  Comedie  Frangaise. 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


[Riatliigtr 

MADAME    PIER  AT 

As  Fernande  de  Monclars  in  Pierre  Wolff's  "  Les  Marioimettes  "  at  the  Com^die  Fran^aise. 


THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


MLLE.   REGINA   BADET 

In  "La  Femme  et  le  Pantin"  at  the  Theatre  Antoine. 


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THE    COMEDIE    FRANCAISE. 

s 

BY    AN    ENGLISH    VISITOR. 

JUST  as  the  ordinary  provincial  tourist,  when  he  conies  to  London  for  the  first 
time,  is  shown  such  leading  monuments  as  Westminster  Abbey,  St.  Paul's,  the 
Tower,  and  the  National  Gallery,  so  does  the  average  Englishman,  wh«!ii  he 
finds  himself  in  Paris,  take  care  to  visit  the  buildings  that  have  been  by-wordo 
for  centuries.  The  Paris  visitor,  however,  especially  if  his  stay  is  very  limited  in 
duration,  finds  his  days  both  long  and  tiring,  for,  no  matter  how  many  hours  he  may 
have  spent  during  the  day  at  Versailles,  the  Louvre  Galleries,  or  in  rushing  through 
Notre  Dame,  Napoleon's  Tomb,  the  jMadeleine,  and  a  score  of  other  remarkable 
churches,  he  will  feel  himself  compelled  to  continue  his  sight-seeing  at  night.  The 
Gamier  staircase,  for  instance,  at  the  subventioned  Opera  Houkc,  must  be  seen,  and 
an  evening  at  the  Comedie  Frangaise  is  absolutely  de  rigueur.  Those  whose  know- 
ledge of  French  enables  them  to  follow  the  dialogue  without  any  strain  will  not  be 
likely  to  regret  either  the  time  or  money  spent,  for  it  would  be  difficult  to  overrate 
the  pleasure  derived  from  a  performance  by  the  members  of  this  distinguished  com- 
pany, which  number  in  all  about  sixty  artists,  twenty-four  of  whom  are  societaires 
and  the  remainder  pensioiniaires.  And  even  the  visitor  whose  French  is  only 
elementary  cannot  Jielp  being  struck  by  the  perfect  elocution  of  all  the  actors  : 
whilst  those  who  know  nothing  of  the  language  at  all  get  a  certain  return  for  their 
money  in  the  pleasure  derived  from  spending  all  the  entr'actes  in  the  foyer  and 
the  famous  gallery  of  busts.  The  statue  of  Voltaire  strikes  one  most  prominently  in 
the  spacious  foyer,  and  with  Georges  Sand  at  the  end  of  a  long  adjoining  gallery, 
surrounded  by  paintings  of  many  of  the  greatest  celebrities  of  the  French  stage, 
the  art  lover  can  enjoy  a  veritable  feast.  A  prodigious  collection  of  art  treasurer, 
has  been  ^accumulated,  mostly  as  the  result  of  bequests,  by  the  Comedie  Fran^aisc 
since  its  foundation  in  1680,  including  portraits  of  Mmes.  Mars,  Glairon,  Georges, 
and  Rachel.  A  number  of  them  are  in  what  is  called  the  foyer  des  artistes  (repro- 
duced in  this  book),  in  one  of  the  corridors  leading  to  which  is  now  placed  tlie 
handsome  memorial  of  the  late  Constant  Coquelin,  presented  to  the  Comedie 
Frangaise  by  his  English  the/atrical  friends,  the  managers  of  the  London  theatres. 
who,  •  it  will  be  remembered,  travelled  to  Paris  specially  in  December,  1910,  for 
the  purpose  of  making  the  presentation. 

It  is  in  this  famous  foyer  des  artistes  that  introductions  take  place  when 
En?perors.  Kings,  and  other  distinguished  visitors  desire  to  compliment  the  artists 
upon  their  performance.  His  late  Majesty  King  Edward  VII.,  who  seldom  passed 
through  Paris  without  patronising  the  Corned- e  Frangaise,  had  made  a  point  of 
paying  the  artists  the  compliment  of  going  behind  the  scenes  from  his  earliest 
youth,  and  many  of  the  societaires  delight  in  recalling  interesting  incidents  relating 
to  his  Majesty,  and  especially  to  his  marvellous  memory.  It  happened,  for  instance, 
not  long  before  his  ^Majesty  died  that  at  an  evening  party  in  Piccadilly  the 
soeietaire.  M.  Henry  Mayer,  was  amongst  the  artists  engaged  to  entertain  the 
company.  After  supper  the  actor  was  being  asked  by  Mrs.  Bentinck  how  many 
roles  he  had  played  at  the  Comedie  Frangaise,  and,  declaring  himself  puzzled  to 
answer,  the  King  came  to  M.  Mayer's  rescue  by  saying,  "  Let  me  help  you.  You 
have  played  in  'La  Plus  Faible,'  in  '  L'Enigme,'  in  '  L'Irresolu.'  in  '  Le  Marquis 
de  Viilemer.'  in  '  Le  Misanthrope.'  and  in  '  La  Parisienne. '  "  And  the  actor  maker; 
a  point  of  assuring  his  friends  when  he  repeats  the  incident  that  the  King  named 
all  the  plays  in  chronological  order.  jMany  years,  in  fact,  before  his  Majesty  cam-:- 
to  the  throne  he  had  given  proofs  of  his  admiration  of  the  Comedie  Fran^aise  and 
the  artists  belonoing  to  it,  as  witness  his  acceptance,  when  Prince  of  Wales,  of  an 


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album  dedicated  to  him  containing  portraits  and  short  biographies  of  all  the 
members,  together  with  the  letter  by  Alexandre  Dumas  and  the  drawing  by  Sarah 
Bernhardt  reproduced  on  a  subsequent  page.  The  album  was  compiled  by  the  ex- 
socretaire,  Frederic  Febvxe,  who  is  still  living,  and  the  lute  T.  Johnson,  the  correspondent 
of  "  Le  Figaro." 

The  artists  forming  the  company  for  the  most  pan  have  their  earlier  training 
at  the  Conservatoire,  though  it  has  happened  in  more  cases  than  one  that  fame 
has  been  acquired  on  the  classic  boards  of  the  House  of  Moliere  by  artists  who 
Jiave  had  no  regular  training  whatever.  The  Comedie  Fran^aise,  as  probably  every- 
body interested  in  the  French  stage  knows,  is  a  national  institution  supported  bj 
the  State,  and  receiving  a  Government  subsidy  of  250,000  francs.  It  is  the  Minister 
of  Fine  Arts  who  nominat-es  the  director,  M.  Jules  Claretie,  who  has,  with  such 
distinction,  held  the  position  for  twenty-six  years,  having  on  the  death  of  M. 
Perrin  in  October,  1885,  succeeded  to  that  gentleman,  who  had  been  at  the  post 
from  the  Commune.  The  position  of  theatrical  director  must,  under  all  circum- 
stances, be  an  arduous  one  for  any  man  to  fill  (as  Sir  Herbeil  Tree,  Sir  George 
Alexander,  and  others  here  could  no  doubt  tell  us)  ;  and  though  a  subsidy  like  that 
of  the  Comedie  Fran^aise  helps  the  director  in  an  appreciable  measure  to  maintain 
the  high  standard  of  the  establishment,  it  also  carries  responsibilities  with  it. 
With  so  many  interests  involvtid,  a  director  needs  to  be  more  cautious,  both  about 
plays  chosen  and  artists  engaged,  than  he  would  if  the  theatre  belonged  exclusively 
to  him  and  he  were  dealing  only  with  his  owm  money.  According  to  his  appoint- 
ment, M.  Claretie  has  to  affix  his  signature  to  every  crder  relating  to  the  working 
of  the  establishment,  he  chooses  the  repertory,  arranges  about  all  the  debuts, 
engages  the  pensionnaires  by  the  year,  settles  about  the  holidays  of  the  entire  troupe, 
and  when  he  has,  at  tlie  end  of  the  year,  held  a  general  committee  meeting  of 
societaires  for  the  purpose  of  deciding  upon  the  promotion  of  certain  pensionnaires 
to  the  societariat,  or  an  increase  as  regards  the  share  of  the  profits  payable  to 
such  as  are  not  already  in  receipt  of  a  full  share  of  twelve-twelfths,  he  submits  his 
budget  to  the  Government  and  reports  upon  the  whole  to  the  Minister.  With  the 
exception  of  the  cashier,  M.  Toussaint,  everybody  in  the  theatre  is  nominated  bv' 
M.  Claretie,  who  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  extravagantly  remunerated  with  the 
salary  he  receives  of  25,000  francs  a  year. 

Diverse  are  the  questions  that  have  to  be  settled  by  the  managing  committee 
in  conformity  with  the  Decree  of  December.  1812,  not  to  mention  the  investment 
of  funds,  or  the  law  suits  that  occasionally  have  to  be  brought  or  defended.  The 
engagement  of  pensionnaires  takes  place  as  a  rule  directly  after  the  Conservatoire 
competitions  in  the  summer.  !M.  Claretie  having  priority  of  choice  over  the  director 
of  the  subventioned.  Odeon  respecting  dramatic  artists,  just  as  the  directors  of 
the  Grand  Opera  come  ibefore  M.  Carre,  of  the  Opera  Comique,  respecting  lyric 
artists.  And  the  pensionnaires,  when  chosen,  have,  in  return  for  the  course  of 
training  they  have  enjoyed  at  the  Conservatoire,  to  appear  in  at  least  three  plays 
of  the  old  repertory,  which  are  chosen  by  the  director.  It  often  happens  that  one 
of  the  characters  selected  is  the  play  from  which  the  scene  recited  at 
the  prize  distribution  was  taken,  and  the  newcomer's  preference  is  often  studied 
in  the  matter ;  but  nobody  can  hope  to  make  any  position  at  the  Comedie 
Fran^aise  who  is  not  very  well  up  in  a  score  or  more  plays  of  the  classical  repertory. 
The  good  nature  existing  as  a  rule  amongst  all  the  company  is  not  one  of  the  least 
interesting  features  animating  its  members,  but  small  jealousies  are,  of  course, 
from  time  to  time  to  be  noted,  generally  respecting  delays  in  an  increase  of  a  share 
of  the  profits,  or  in  promotion  to  the  sccietariat.  I  can.  however,  remember  that 
M.  Marais,  who  had  acquired  fame'  at  the  Porte  St.  Martin,  thought  himself, 
rightly  or  wrongly,  badly  treated  by  the  company.  The  actor  had  just  achieved  a 
triumph  in  Sardou's  "  Theodora,"  and  all  Paris  was  talking  of  him.  ^I.  Perrin, 
being  ill  at  the  time,  had  been  replaced  for  three  months  by  ^I.  Kaempfen,  the 
Under-Secretary  of  State,  on  whose  recommendation  ^I.  iNIarais  was  engaged  at 
the  Comedie  Francaise  from  September  1.  The  committee,  however,  refused  to 
admit  him  as  societaire.  and  when  the  actor  suggested  as  plavs  for  hif;  three 
traditional  debuts  "  Le  Lion  Amoureux."  "  Andromaque,"  and  "  Le  ^lisanthrope." 
and  was  instead  offered  "  Britannicue,"  "  Tartufe."  and  "  Le  Gendre  de  M. 
Poirier,"  he  realised,  as  only  the  roTr  of  Xero  suited  his  style,  that  there  was 
opposition  against  his  appearance.  Without  giving  way  to  any  protest,  this  clever 
actor  quietly  relinquished  his  ambition  to  appear  at  the  Comedie  Francaise.  and 
returned  to  the  Porte  St.  Martin.     W^henever  these  small  jealousies  occur  (and  M. 


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Claretie,  by  his  tact,  has  often  been  instrumental  in  keeping  them  under),  they 
have  arisen  rather  concerning  artists  who  have  acquired  fame  in  other  theatres. 
The  young  recruits  are  invariably  ti'eated  with  great  consideration  by  the 
societaires,  all  of  w-hom  make  it  a  point  of  honour  to  conform  to  the  rule  which 
stipulates  that  for  the  three  debuts  of  tradition  of  all  newccmers  the  loading 
members  of  the  troupe  shall  appear  in  the  cast.  \Yhen  the  late  M.  Laugier,  for 
instance,  made  his  first  appearance  at  the  Comedie  Fran^aise,  in  "  Tartuffe,"  at 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  was  supported  by  Delamiay,  the  elder  Coquelin, 
Maubant,  and  Febvre. 

The  advantage  derived  by  beginners  in  playing  with  artists  of  long-standing 
reputation  is,  of  course,  incalculable,  and  that,  combined  with  the  glory  considered 
to  attach  to  anyone  having  appeared  on  the  classic  boards  of  the  House  of  '^loliere 
is  held  to  be  sufficient  compensation  for  not  receiving  a  large  salary.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  all  the  members  of  the  troupe  are  paid  regularly  every  month  all  the  year 
round,  and  though  the  actors  have  to  provide  their  own  attire  for  all  modern  plays 
(only  the  costumes  of  the  classical  repertoi'y  being  provided  by  the  theatre),  t^e 
actresses  enjoy  the  advantage  of  having  all  their  dresses  paid  for  them  by  the 
management.  When  an  actor  or  actress  reaches  the  pinnacle  of  fame  he  can  easily, 
hy  taking  star  engagements  elsewhere,  make  more  than  the  32.000  frs.  to  33,000  frs. 
a  year,  which  is  about  the  sum-total  of  tlie  earnings  of  a  full  societaire,  when  the 
regulation  portion  has  been  retained  till  the  final  retirement  of  the  artist.  But 
it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  after  twenty  years'  service  a  societaire  is  entitled 
to  retire  unless  the  Government  considers  that  his  or  her  services  should  be  retained 
for  a  longer  period.  Retention,  as  already  stated,  being  made  by  the  theatre  of 
a  portion  of  the  yearly  profits  accruing  to  each  societaire,  this  sum  is  handed  over, 
but  without  interest,  when  the  artist  retires.  A  pension  for  life  is  also  made  (in 
the  elder  Cocjuelin's  case,  for  instance,  the  pension  after  twenty-six  years'  service 
amounted  to  6,200  frs.,  and  the  capital  to  200,000  frs.),  and  the  retiring  eocietaire 
has  the  further  advantage  of  a  benefit  performance.  As  special  programmes  are 
Hrawn  up  and  special  prices  charged  on  these  occasions  the  sum  received  by  the 
beneficiaire  is  considerable.  Got,  who  retired  in  1895  after  fifty  years'  service,  had 
35,000  frs.  at  his  benefit,  whilst  Delaunay,  who  had  remained  the  lover  par 
excellence  till  he  was  long  past  sixty  years  of  age,  received  more  than  42,000  frs. 
The  reftirement  of  the  elder  Coquelin,  like  that  of  Sarah  Bernhardt,  gave  rise  to 
litigation  because,  according  to  the  Decree  of  ^Moscow,  no  artist  who  has  once  been 
a  societaire  of  the  Comedie  Fran§aise  can,  without  Government  permission,  appear 
on  any  other  stage  in  Paris.  Sarah  Bernhardt,  consequent  upon  her  sudden  flight 
after  appearing  in  Augier's  "  Aventuriere,"  was  condemned  in  the  suit  brought 
against  her  to  pay  an  indemnity  of  100,000  frs.,  only  part  of  which,  however,  was 
received  by  the  Comeldie  Fran9aise,  because  of  the  help  she  afforded  them  in 
lending  her  theatre  after  the  fire  in  the  Rue  Richelieu.  It  is,  of  course,  not 
astonishing  that  artists  like  Sarah  Bernhardt  and  the  elder  Coquelin,  who  could 
make  more  money  touring  in  America  in  one  month  than  they  would  receive  for 
a  w'hole  year's  work  at  the  Comedie  Frangaise,  should  break  their  engagements. 
The.se  fugues  (as  they  are  icalled)  of  leading  artists  are  no  new  thing.  Rachel  left 
the  Comedie  Frangaise  in  a  similar  way,  and  so  have  a  score  of  other  renowned 
artists.  The  litigation  with  the  elder  Coquelin  lasted  a  considerable  time,  and 
he  was  offered  a  good  engagement  as  pensionnaire  if  he  would  return  to  the  theatre, 
the  position  of  societaire  never  being  given  a  second  time.  In  the  end  the  actor 
returned  60,000  frs.  of  the  sum  he  had  received  in  leaving,  and  no  further  opposition 
was  offered  to  his  performances  on  the  boulevards. 

Coquelin  has,  no  doubt,  been  excused  by  everybody  for  behaving  as  he  jdid, 
for  in  1904  he  set  about  founding  the  Actors'  Asylum  at  Pont-Aux-Dames,  which 
at  his  death  he  bequeathed  to  the  charity  founded  by  Baron  Taylor  in  1848,  and 
known  as  the  Association  de  Secours  ^lutuels  des  Artistes  Dramatiques,  together 
with  a  sum  of  200,000  fns.  His  Maison  de  Retraite,  as  he  called  the  asylum  he 
built,  and  in  the  grounds  of  which  his  remains  lie,  must  cause  his  name  to  be 
handed  down  as  one  of  the  benefactors  of  his  day. 

It  is  difficidt  for  a  director  in  the  position  of  ^I.  Claretie  to  escape  criticism. 
M.  Perrin  in  1884  was  found  fault  with  for  mounting  plays  that  had  been 
successes  at  other  theatres  instead  of  giving  the  repertory,  and  I\I.  Claretie  is 
blamed  by  certain  writers  for  producing  so  many  new  plays,  some  going  so  far  as 
to  say  the  Comedie  Frangaise  has  become  a  financial  institution,  the  main  object 
of  which  is  to  pay  a  large  dividend.     There  are  writers,  too,  who  never  weary  of 


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arguing  that,  ijottessing  a  classical  tradition  such  as  that  of  the  Coniedie  Fran^aise, 
no  effort  should  be  spared  to  brin"  out  its  full  merit.  The  classics  of  the  eeven- 
teenth  century  in  France,  Corneille,  Racine,  and  Moliere,  ehould  not,  of  course, 
be  altogether  shelved  at  the  Coniedie  Fran9aise,  seeing  that  they  are  to  dramatic 
art  what  the  sculpture  of  the  Parthenon  is  to  plastic  art,  something  definitive  and 
perfect.  But  when  all  this  has  be^n  admitted  one  comes  back  to  the  main  con- 
sideration, which  is  that  the  primary  duty  of  every  director  (including  even  a 
Government  apjxiinted  official)  is  to  provide  the  kind  of  entertainment  that  is  most 
in  request  by  the  public.  Besides,  all  the  societaires  naturally  prefer  the  receipts 
to  be  maintained  at  their  highest.  The  principal  drawback  to  note,  when,  say  a 
couple  of  new  plays  are  being  given  two  or  three  times  a  week  each,  is  that  fully 
half  of  the  artists  will  have  no  chance  at  all  of  appearing  before  the  public,  whereas 
when  the  classics  are  performed  the  pensionnaires  get  an  opportunity  of  acting  side 
by  side  with  the  more  experienced  members  of  the  troupe.  The  summer  months, 
when  the  eocietaires  are  absent,  and  in  groups,  for  six  weeks  or  two  months  at  a 
time,  brings  the  younger  artists  forward,  and  the  result  is  generally  very  satis- 
factory from  everybody's  i>oint  of  view.  In  this  way  the  newcomers  have  some- 
times the  opportunity  of  taking  a  leading  role,  and  in  any  case  they  get  more 
practice  in  the  classical  repertory  than  they  would  during  the  full  theatrical  season, 
the  classical  repertory  being  used  more  when  provincial  holiday  makers  are  visit- 
ing Paris. 

If  the  artists,  however,  in  consideration  first  of  the  glory  attaching  to  their 
position  as  well  as  the  prospect  they  have  of  retiring  on  a  pension  enabling  them 
to  live  in  comfort,  have  during  their  early  years  to  accept  lower  salaries  than  they 
might,  for  short  season  engagements,  obtain  at  other  theatres,  it  must  be  borne 
in  mind  that  even  the  pensionnaires  are  engaged  always  by  the  year.  And  what 
magnificent  training  they  get,  for  it  is  incumbent  upon  them  all  to  learn  practically 
aU  the  roles  of  their  particular  line  in  the  classical  repertory.  Mile.  Dussane,  for 
instance,  who  is  likely  to  be  elected  societaire  now  that  M.  Le  Barry  has  left  and 
there  is  money  at  the  disposal  of  the  committee,  has,  since  entering  the  theatre  in 
September,  1903,  appeared  in  no  fewer  than  ten  of  Moliere' s  plays,  in  four  of 
Regnard's,  in  four  by  Marivaux,  in  Boursault's  "  Mercure  Galant,"  and  as  Rosine 
in  Beaumarchais'  "  Barbier  de  Seville."  If  to  this  list  one  adds  the  young  artist's 
successes  in  the  modern  repertory  as  Valentine  in  "  La  Paix  Chez  Soi,"  as  Antoin- 
ette in  "  L'Etincelle,"  besides  having  replaced  Mme.  Lara  and  Mile.  Geniat  in 
"  L'Amour  Veille,"  and  undertaken  a  very  ungrateful  part  in  "  Comme  ils  sent 
tous,"  enough  has  been  said  to  show  that  in  point  of  training  no  system  could  be 
better  than  that  adopted  at  the  Coniedie  Frangaise.  In  fact,  only  artists  with  a 
true  vocation  for  the  stage,  and  who  are  not  afraid  of  hard  work,  persist  with  it. 
The  others,  naturally,  fall  out  of  the  ranks.  One  of  the  points  upon  which  ;M. 
Claretie  comes  in  for  some  severe  criticism  on  the  part  of  certain  grumbling  critics 
is  the  leniencey  with  which  he  looks  upon  the  holidays  so  many  of  the  artists  take 
for  touring  purposes  on  their  own  account.  Probably,  however,'  it  is  only  by  acting 
as  he  does  that  he  retains  the  .sei-Auces  of  so  many  brilliant  artists.  They  are  thus 
able  to  supplement  their  comparatively  small  income  at  the  Coniedie  Fran^aise  by 
what  these  short  periodical  engagements  at  Nice,  Monte  Carlo,  and  elsewhere  pro- 
duce. This  also  is  no  new  complaint,  for  as  long  ago  as  1802  the  leading  societaires 
were  given  to  touring,  it  being  recorded  of  Mile.  Georges  that  with  tears  in  her  eyes 
she  begged  leave  to  go  to  her  father's  death-bed,  and  directly  she  reached  Amiens 
she  was  acting  every  night.  And  apparently  the  artists  obtained  large  salaries  for 
that  period,  500  frs.  and  even  700  frs.  a  niglit  being  paid  to  Talma,  Mile.  Raucourt, 
and  Mile.    Duchesnois,   amongst  others. 

As  regards  authors  at  the  Comedie  Fran9aise.  they,  at  all  events,  are  able  to 
boast  of  having  more  liberal  terms  than  they  obtain  elsewhere.  Whereas  other 
theatres  pay  12  per  cent,  for  author's  rights!  the  Com.edie  Fran§aise  pays  15  per 
cent,  on  the  gross  receipts,  the  procedure  being  that  when  an  author  unknown  to 
the  house  sends  in  his  play,  it  passes  first  to  a  reader,  who  reports  on  it  to  the 
committee.  If  the  reader  considers  the  play  worthy  of  being  submitted  to  the 
readiiig  committee,  the  author  is  summoned,"  and  he  reads  the  play  himself,  the 
committee  consisting  of  the  director  and  seven  societaires.  They  vote  immediately. 
It  is  either  accepted,  declined,  or  accepted  a  correction,  the  latter  course  meaninj.' 
that  the  dramatist  takes  away  his  manuscript,  makes  the  alterations  suggested, 
and  then  return-s  to  read  it  a  second  time.  A  definite  vote  is  thereupon  taken.  In 
the  case  of  a  dramatist  who  is  known,  through  having  already  had  something  pro- 


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duced  at  the  Comedie  Fran^aise,  he  can  llispense  with  the  formality  of  handing 
liis  play  first  to  a  reader.  By  appointment  lie  appears  before  the  committee,  and 
reads  his  work  at  once.  It  seldom  happens  that  any  piece  m  immediately  produced. 
As  a  ride,  from  fifteen  months  to  two  years  elapse  from  the  date  of  acceptance  tO' 
that  of  production.  The  dramatist  always  has  the  privilege  of  being  able  to  select 
his  own  cast,  though  any  societaire,  not  liking  the  role  offered,  is  entitled  to  decline- 
it,  the  societaireis  all  forming,  as  it  were,  part  of  the  board  of  management. 

Quite  a  long  chapter,  if  space  permitted,  might  be  devoted  to  the  list  of  artists 
who,  having  come  to  the  Comedie  Fran9aise  with  fame  already  acquired,  have  left 
it  again  after  only  a  short  stay.  For  instance,  at  Pailleron's  request,  in  1892,. 
i\Ime.  Jane  Hading  was  engaged  to  play  in  "  Le  Monde  ou  Ton  s'ennuie,"  but 
after  appearing  in  two  or  three  characters  she  left  again.  Then  there  was  the  more 
recent  case  of  Felix  Huguenet,  in  w^hose  favour  the  special  compliment  was  paid  of 
immediate  election  to  the  societariat  and  a  full  share  in  the  pi'ofits.  Huguenot  alsO' 
however,  preferred  to  resume  his  star  touring,  much  to  the  astonishment  of  the 
societaires.  who  considered  he  should  have  been  impressed  by  the  special  honour 
they  had  paid  him.  One  more  instance  and  I  will  close  the  list.  Lucien  Guitry, 
the  actor  whose  fame  is  known  everj-where,  was  enrolled  amongst  the  members  of 
the  Comedie  Fran^aise  a  few  years  ago,  where,  however,  he  confined  himself  exclu- 
Gively  to  the  duties  of  stage  manager.  When  I  recalled  this  incident  to  ^I.  Claretie 
one  day,  he  told  m.e  that  Guitry,  for  some  unexplained  reason,  had  never  felt  equal 
to  taking  up  a  role  on  that  stage.  This  seems  remarkable  for  an  actor  of  such 
standing.  That  very  clever  people  can  have  stage  .'diffidences  we  know.  The 
younger  Dumas  was  an  example  in  point,  when  early  in  his  career  he  was  pressed 
by  P.  J.  Barbier  to  turn  his  attention  to  playwriting,  and  he  replied  "It  is  too^ 
difficult;  I  dare  not."  He  must  have  soon  overcome  these  misgivings,  however, 
seeing  that  when  he  died  in  1595  he  had  been  writing  for  the  stage  for  more  than- 
forty  years,  and  for  the  Comedie  Frangaise  for  twenty  years  of  that  time. 

The  theatre,  w-hich  closes  always  on  the  day  of  the  funeral  of  any  societaire, 
closed  for  the  funeral  of  Alexandre  Dumas  in  1895,  as  it  had  jione  when  Victor 
Hugo  and  other  distinguished  dramatists  were  laid  to  rest.  Otherwise  it  remains 
open  the  entire  year,  with  the  exceptioa  of  the  three  days  from  Good  Friday  to- 
Easter  Sunday,  when  advantage  is  taken  of  the  short  recess  for  a  little  cleaning 
and  renovating  to  be  undertaken.  Many  years  ago  when  very  extensive  alterations 
were  carried  out  at  the  Comedie  Frangaise  M.  Claretie  brought  the  entire  com- 
pany to  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  and  it  hald  been  mooted  last  summer  that  they  might 
return  in  a  body  to  London  whilst  Albert  Besnard's  new  canvases  were  put  in 
place  in  the  ceiling  of  the  auditorium.  But  so  far  no  date  has  been  fixed  for 
this  work  to  be  carried  out,  and  consequently  playgoers  desirous  of  renewing 
acquaintance  wdth  the  Comedie  Fran§aiEe  must  follow  the  example  of  Sir  Herbert 
Tree  and  Sir  George  Alexander,  who  may  often  be  seen  catching  the  morning  train 
to  Dover  on  a  Sunday  and  returning  on  ^Monday  in  time  for  their  own  public  at 
night.  It  is  doubtful  whether  any  other  profession  numbers  so  many  busy  people- 
as  those  who  work  all  their  lives  for  the  entertainment  of  playgoers. 


THE    COMEDIE    FRANCAISE. 


M.JULES  CLARETIE,  WHO  DIRECTS  THE  COMEDIE  FRANCAISE. 

M.  C'L.uiETiE,  who  has  comjjleted  twenty-live  years'  management  of  the  famous  house,  has  been 
a  member  of  the  French  Academy  for  many  years.    He  is  a  Commander  of  the  Legion  of  Honour. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  63 


THE    THEATRICAL    YEAR    IN    GERMANY. 

BY    FRANK    E.    WASHBURN    FREUND. 

FOR  a  long  time  there  has  been  no  year  so  fruitful  in  the  production  of  new- 
works  as  1911.  Not  only  have  numerous  new  plays  by  well-known  and,  in 
some  cases,  little-known  authors  been  given  in  Berlin,  \'ienna,  and  many  pro- 
vincial towns,  both  large  and  small,  but  a  great  number  of  works  which  have 
been  waiting  for  production  for  years,  either  in  manuscript  or  in  book  form,  have 
at  last  faced  the  footlights.  Several  authors  have  thus  had  two,  three,  or  even 
more  pieces  brought  out  simultaneously.  Last  year's  dramatic  output,  therefore, 
may  be  fairly  said  to  be  brisk,  especially  as  each  one  of  the  different  currents  at 
present  struggling  for  supremacy  in  German  literature  has  been  represented  by 
works  several  of  which  have  proved  not  only  interesting  but  also  of  real  importance 
and  value.  In  spite  of  that,  however,  there  are  probably  still  many  dramatists 
with  something  individual  to  say.  who  have  not  yet  been  able  to  secure  a  hearing 
on  the  public  stage —  a  trouble  which  even  the  numerous  stage  societies  have  proved 
insufficient  to  remedy.  A  partial  remedy,  however,  suggested  by  the  hundreth  anni- 
versary of  the  death  of  the  great  German  dramatist  H.  von.  Kleist,  on  November  21. 
1811,  has  been  thought  of.  He  may  be  called  the  Chatterton  of  Germany,  for  he 
died  by  his  own  hand,  unrecognised  and  hopeless,  after  giving  to  his  country  a 
number  of  dramas  full  of  poetry  and  strength.  On  the  suggestion  and  initiative  of 
Fritz  Engel.  the  well-known  and  esteemed  critic  of  the  "  Berliner  Tageblatt,"  a 
Kleist  Fund  has  been  established,  the  object  of  which  is  to  give  timely  help  to 
young  unknown  authors.,  and  thus  save  them  from  "  going  under"  in  the  struggle 
for  existence.  A  better  way  of  commemorating  the  anniversary  of  this  poet  could 
hardly  have  been  suggested.  It  is  good  to  record  that  the  fund  (for  which  the 
Disconto  GescUschaft  Filiale.  Berlin  W..  Kurfiirstendamm  163-64,  receives  contribu- 
tions, addressed  "  Konto  Kleist  Stiftung "),  in  spite  of  the  short  time  since  its 
inception,  has  already  reached  a  considerable  sum,  and  several  theatres  have 
promised  to  give  to  it  a  part  of  their  takings  from  the  performances  of  Kleist's  playn 
During  the  last  quarter  of  1911,  therefore,  Kleist's  works  held  a  prominent  position 
in  theatre  repertories,  whole  cycles  of  them  having  been  given  in  the  Court 
Theatres  of  Berlin,  [Munich,  and  other  large  towns.  In  Berlin,  in  fact,  his 
"  Penthesilea  "  was  running  in  two  theatres  at  the  same  time,  as  Reinhardt  gave 
it  in  his  Deutsches  Theater  also.  For  the  Court  Theatre  Paul  Lindau  had  prepared 
a  careful  and  faithful  version  of  this  cyclopsean  work,  and,  with  the  title-role  in 
the  hands  of  Rosa  Poppe,  the  great  "  heroine  "  player  of  that  theatre,  the  tragedy 
was  received  with  great  favour.  This  Kleist  enthusiasm  will  certainly  not  be 
without  results  on  other  works,  and  will  only  act  Tor  good,  as  Kleist  imited,  in  a 
pecidiarly  high  degree,  the  feeling  for  classical  beauty  and  the  modern  searching 
into  the  hidden  recesses  of  human  psychology. 

Tendencies  in  German  Literature. 
When  one  looks  into  the  bewildering  mass  of  currents  and  counter-currents 
crossing  and  re-crossing  each  other  in  German  literature — and,  of  course,  in  the 
drama  also — and  asks,  "Whither  does  it  all  tend?  "  perhaps  the  best  answer  is 
to  be  found  in  the  theatrical  and  musical  magazine.  "  Der  Merker  "  (in  the  issue  of 
July,  1911).  in  an  article  by  the  novelist  Thomas  ^Linn.  one  of  a  highly  interesting 
series  on  "  R.  Wagner  and  Bayreuth  in  the  Spirit  of  the  Present."  for  in  it  ho 
seems  to  me  to  speak  for  the  nascent  spirit  of  the  new  generation.  He  says  :  "  When 
I  imagine  to  myself  the  masterpiece  of  the  twentieth  century,  it  appears  before  me 
as  something  differing  very  essentially  and,  in  my  opinion,  advantageously,  frorn 
the  Wagnerian  ideal ;   a  something  which  is  exceptionally  logical,  well-formed,  and 


64  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


clear,  something  at  once  stern,  yet  joyous,  of  no  less  highly  strung  nervous  force 
than  WagiK'r's,  but  of  a  cooler,  nobler,  and  even  healthier  spirituality,  something 
not  seeking  iis  greatness  in  the  baroque  and  colossal,  nor  its  beauty  in  ecstasy;  in 
short,  it  seems  to  me  that  a  new  classicism  must  arise." 

In  this  direction  men  iike  Paul  Ernst  and  W.  von  Scholz  tend  to  go.  They 
and  their  followers,  however,  have  not  given  themselves  up  enough  to  the  poetic 
impulse,  but  have  intentionally  sought  to  force  the  Zeitgeist  into  certain  channels, 
instead  of  letiing  the  spirit  of  the  times  breathe  in  their  poetry.  Thus  they  make 
themselves  pioneers,  forerunners  of  a  greater  time  which  is  still  to  come,  and  all 
must  be  grateful  to  tliem.  But  much  of  tlieir  own  work  leaves  us  cold;  it  seems  too 
far  removed  from  the  iiearts  of  the  hearers.  The\'  treat  problems,  it  is  true,  whicli 
are  at  present  stirring  the  souls  of  men,  more  and  more — problems  touching  tiie 
greatest  and  final  things  of  life,  such  as  the  Freedom  of  Will  and  the  question. 
"  What  is  human  life?  "  but  they  clothe  them  in  historical  or  legendary  dre^s, 
and  do  not  anchor  them  securely  enough  in  the  hearts  of  living  people.  They  do 
not  aim  at  conquering  the  Present  or  the  present  generation — a  conquest  which 
does  not  merely  mean  representing  the  state  of  things  as  it  is  ("milieu  '  pieces)  or 
as  it  ought  to  be  ("tendency"  plays),  nor  treating  it  ironically  or  satirically  (the 
numerous  forms  of  comedy  or  tragi-comedy).  It  consists  rather  in  drawing  the 
enduring  qualities  of  the  Present,  its  beauties  and  many  problems  (especially 
psycliological  ones,  such  as  the  development  of  the  human  soul),  with  a  firm  hand 
friim  the  confused  warp  and  woof  of  life,  and  re-shaping  them  again  into  forms 
modelled  according  to  individual  observations  and  creative  temperament.  But  a 
striving  after  this  ideal  shows  itself  here  and  there,  nevertheless.  It  is  an  arduous 
task,  though,  and  so  far  there  is  no  work  to  hand  which  can  be  said  to  come  up 
to  the  standard.  Kleist  could  be  of  great  assistance  here,  but  most  of  all  could 
help  be  found  in  the  works  of  Goethe,  who,  like  Anthaeus,  through  being  in 
constant  touch  with  Earth,  ever  drew  from  it  new  nourishment  for  his  Art. 

Paul  Ernst,  whom  I  have  already  mentioned,  brought  out  during  last  year  three 
plays  (agents  for  all  three  :  Agentur  der  Vertriebstelle  der  Biihnenschriftsteller. 
"  Hullah  "'  (Dresden  Court  Theatre),  playing  in  the  East.  The  second  is  a  tragedy, 
"  Briinhilde  "  (^hinich  Court  Theatre),  handling  the  old  theme  of  Siegfried  and 
Erimhilde  in  quite  an  original  way.  in  which  tlae  "three  unities"  are  faithfully 
preserved.  The  latter  might  almost  be  called  a  mystery-play  of  the  height  and 
depth  of  love,  of  the  greatness  and  limitations  of  man,  of  the  fate  which  rules 
over  and  in  him.  The  third  one  is  also  a  tragedy,  with  Ninon  de  L'Enclos  for 
its  heroine.  The  plot,  founded  on  the  well-known  story  of  the  young  son  of  Ninon 
falling  in  love  with  her.  his  mother,  makes  out  a  painful  anecdote  a  song  on  th? 
fate  and  free  will  of  man.  Like  a  fugue,  strong,  clear,  smoothly  flowing,  the  piece 
is  built  \x\}  and  the  development  worked  out  with  a  sure  and  unerring  touch;  in 
it  Ernst  has  shown  himrelf  to  be  a  master  of  literary  counterpoint.  Every  human 
being  must  fulfil  for  better  or  for  worse  the  fate  born  in  him,  just  as  all  other 
creatures  must  foUow  their  laws.  But  because  man  recognises  this  and  is  con- 
scious of  his  own  strength,  his  will  seems  to  be  free,  and  he  himself  not  to  be  at 
the  mercy  of  unknown  happenings.  It  is  written  in  verse  which  is  clear  as  crystal 
and  rich  in  concise  antitheses,  and  may  almost  be  called  a  mirror  of  the  theme 
itself,  so  that  in  this  case  form  and  subject  have  attained  a  most  unusual  unity. 
But  the  people  of  this  tragedy,  as  he  has  drawn  them,  have  never  trodden  this 
earth.  Ernst  lacks  the  final  quality  in  drawing  a  human  character,  the  faculty 
of  making  his  artistic  phantoms  live. 

A  sort  of  grotesque  caricature  of  this  play  of  Ernst's  concerning  fate  in  the  life 
of  man  is  given  by  F.  Wedekind  in  his  group  of  one-act  plays,  which  no  censor 
is  likely  to  permir,  to  come  to  life  on  the  stage.  They  are  entitled  :  "  In  Allen 
Satteln  Gerec-ht."  "  :\[it  Allen  Hunden  Gehetzt,"  "  In  Allen  Wassern  Gewaschen," 
jiublished  by  G.  ^liiller.  iliamhen.  "  In  Allen  Satteln  Gerec-ht  "  almost  seems  like 
a  modern  parody  of  the  scene  in  "Richard  III.."  in  which  Richard  woos  Ann  of 
Lancaster ;  the  two  other  plays  describe  the  love  adventures  of  the  same  family 
until  the  daughter  meets  a  horrible  death.  The  way  in  which  the  author 
.s^^hows  the  inevitable  fall  resulting  from  such  perverted  natures  is  very  forcible, 
although  desultory  and  fantastic.  As  a  means  of  understanding  Wedekind,  how- 
ever, these  plays  are  valuable.  Another  play  by  Wedekind,  called  "  Der  Stein  der 
}\eisen  "  (Vienna.  Kleine  Biihne).  betrays  its  parentage  in  every  line.  It  is  flippant, 
insolent,  repellent,  and  full  of  contradictions,  but  also  of  expr'it. 

I  have  already  mentioned  W.  von  Scholz.  He  owes  his  chance  of  getting  a 
hearing  on  the  stage  to  Max  Martersteig,  of  Cologne,  who  produced  his  "  Juden 


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von  Konstanz."  This  time  the  Weimar  Court  Tlieatre  brought  out  his  tragedy, 
"  Der  Gast,"  which  he  had  finished  a  good  time  ago,  and  now  altered  somewliat 
for  the  performance.  "  Learn  life  from  death  "  is  the  thought  underlying  this  work. 
A  line  runs  through  it  like  a  Leitmotif  :  "  Denn  wir  sind  GJiste,  Giiste  eind  wir 
alle ! "  (For  we  are  but  guests,  guests  are  we  all!").  Li  the  piece  the  plague 
might  be  called  the  antagonist  of  Gerhard,  an  architect  who  is  building  a  wonderful 
cathedral  in  an  old  town.  He,  already  feeling  the  exaltation  of  the  creative 
artist,  has  to  resign  his  woi'k  and  leave  the  town.  No  one  knows  whither  he  goer- ; 
no  one  knew  whence  he  came.  Like  all  human  beings,  he  was  only  "a  guest  on  this 
sad  earth,"  as  Goethe  calls  it.  But  others  will  come  and  carry  on  his  work  to  the 
end.  Scholz's  comedy,  "  Vertauschte  Seelen  "  (G.  Miiller,  publisher,  Munich),  a 
fantastic  treatment  of  the  idea  of  the  transmigration  of  souls,  was  mentioned  hero 
last  year,  and  since  then  has  been  produced  with  success  in  Berlin. 

Hans  Franck,  a  new  dramatist,  is  working  on  similar  lines,  and  in  his  play, 
"  Herzog  Heinrichs  Heimkelir  "  (Court  Theatre,  Altenburg ;  agents.  Oesterheld  and 
Co.,  Berlin,  W.  15),  has  produced  a  well-built  drama,  rich  in  ideas,  having  its 
foundation  half  in  history,  half  in  the  im.agination  of  the  writer.  In  it  is  fougiit 
out  the  battle  between  power  won  and  power  inherited,  between  thought  and  deed, 
between  father  and  eon.  It  is  boldly  done,  although  not  entirely  free  from 
rhetorical  passages.  On  more  academic  lines  is  the  tragedy  "  Irene  "  by  Otto 
Harnack  (published  by  J.  G.  Cotta,  Stuttgart ;  produced  in  Court  Theatre,  Stutt- 
gart), which,  in  the  Byzantine  Empress  Irene,  reminds  one  of  the  late  Empress  of 
China  and  her  career.  The  language  is  cultured  but  cold  ;  all  the  rules  of  the  drama 
are  carefully  observed,  but  there  is  little  individuality.  It  is  very  different  from 
"  Zorn  des  Achilles,"  by  W.  Sc^hmid'tbonn  (Cologne  Stadttheater ;  publishers,  Egon 
Fleischel,  Berlin).  This  play  was  briefly  mentioned  here  last  year.  The  w-ork 
follows  Homer's  "  Iliad,"  hut  treats  the  wrath  of  Achilles,  and  especially  his  end, 
in  a  perfectly  independent  way.  Achilles  is  the  patrician  nature,  who  can  and  will 
not  submit  to  the  majority,  and  must  therefore  fall,  but  even  in  doing  so  remains 
the  hero  to  the  end.  Out  of  the  passionate  rhythm  of  the  verse,  changing  with 
each  change  of  mood,  rings,  like  a  song  of  triumph,  the  joy  in  life,  in  personality, 
in  battle,  and  in  the  glory  of  liei'oes,  a  similar  Leitmotif  to  that  which  runs 
through  "  Lobgesang  des  Lebens,"  a  collection  of  lyrics  by  the  same  author.  In 
a  lighter  style,  almost  in  the  form  of  a  scherzo,  the  same  motif  recurs  in  "  Spielen 
des  Eros  (Theater  an  der  Josephstadt,  Vienna;  publishers,  Egon  Fleischel  and  Co., 
Berlin),  in  which  the  god  Amor  plays  elfish  tricks  with  his  arrows  on  Achilles 
Helen,  and  Diogenes.  Sudermann  also  has  gone  back  to  classical  history  ii; 
his  "Der  Blinde  von  Syracus  "  (Berlin  Court  Theatre;  publishers.  J.  G.  Gotta, 
Stuttgart;  agents,  E.  Bloch,  Bei'lin,  C.)^  but  with  him  the  chief  object  is  to  produce 
an  effective  piece  for  the  theatre  with  big  scenes  and  a  star  role.  He  achieved  this 
«nd  completely,  and  had  a  great  success.  The  piece  has  all  the  trade-marks  of 
Sudermann's    style,    which    I   have    already    characterised    here    in    previous   years. 

People's  Pl.\ys 

Also  worked  with  good  stage  effects  is  ]\Iax  Geissler's  "  Bernsteinhexe " 
(Weimar  Court  Theatre;  publishers  and  agents,  L.  Staackmann.  Leipzig).  It  is  a 
Volksstiick  (people's  play),  the  scene  of  which  is  laid  in  the  time  of  tlie  Thirty 
Years'  War,  and  was  received  with  great  favour.  Another  Volksstiick  is  Carl 
Sch5nherr's  "  Glaube  and  Heimath  "  (Volkstheater,  Vienna  ;  publishers  and  agents, 
L.  Staackmann,  Leipzig),  a  short  notice  of  which  was  given  here  last  year.  It  was 
performed  in  Gennan  in  London  quite  recently.  This  piece  represents  the  greatest 
success  achieved  by  an  earnest  play  for  many  years.  More  than  70,000  copies  of  the 
Ijook  alone  have  been  sold,  and  more  than  a  thousand  theatres  had  performed  the 
play  within  half  a  year.  In  the  Lessing  Theater,  Berlin,  it  has  long  since  reached 
its  100th  performance,  and  even  in  a  medium-sized  town  like  Hanover  it  was  given 
no  fewer  than  100  times.  The  critics,  too,  were  for  the  greater  part  unanimously 
enthusiastic  about  the  piece— a  most  unusual  occurrence.  The  purely  artistic  quali- 
ties of  the  work  do  not  account  for  this  enthusiasm,  for,  although  it  shows  much 
excellent  ability  (the  construction  is  almost  too  correct),  and  generally  speaks  a 
language  true  to  life,  it  is  hardly  possible  to  place  it  so  very  high  as  a  work  of 
art."  But  the  genuineness  of  the  treatment,  the  honest  desire  to  be  impartial,  and, 
above  all,  the  national  quality  of  the  subject  which  went  straight  to  the  hearts 
of  the  people,  conquered  the  audiences  by  stonn.  Faith  and  the  home  are,  fortun- 
ately, still  the  two  fundamental  principles  en  which  the  inner  life  of  the  people 


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rests.  To  see  them  bel'oii-  iluii  cyts  in  the  flesh,  as  it  were,  embodied  in  the 
strong  figures  of  tiie  religious  wars  of  tlieir  own  history  (the  expulsion  of  the 
Protestants  from  the  Austrian  Alps),  set  the  hearts  of  his  hearers  ringing  in  unison. 
There  are  several  weaknesses  in  the  piece,  especially  the  passiveness  of  the  hero, 
the  comparative  littlene>3s  of  the  few  figures  who  are  supiwsed  to  represent  a  whole 
people,  and  the  insutHcient  humanisation  of  the  opponent  of  the  Protestants,  the 
Imperial  jSIessenger  and  Knight  of  the  Virgin  ]\lary,  intended  by  the  author,  it 
would  almost  seem,  to  give  the  impression  of  one  of  the  Aixjcalyptic  riders.  All 
these  weaknesses  are  felt  more  on  the  stage,  than  when  reading  the  play.  Here 
again  the  theatre  has  shov/n  itself  the  strongest  factor,  not  to  amuse  nor  to  teach, 
but  to  shake  souls  to  their  depths  and  awaken  the  feeling  of  humanity  in  the 
audience,  as  it  used  to  do  (also  on  religious  grounds)  in  the  days  of  the  ancient 
Greeks.  I  may  mention  in  passing  that  the  piece  was  forbidden  by  the  Censor  in 
Austria,  was  refused  by  the  German  Emperor's  own  Court  Theatre  in  Cassel,  and 
then  performed  in  Kiel,  where  the  Emperor  and  Empress  saw  it,  and  were  most 
deeply  impressed  and  touched  by  it.  It  is  not  so  much  as  a  poetical  work,  but  as  a 
great  event  of  the  theatrical  season  that  this  drama  of  Schonherr's  stands  above 
all  the  other  works  of  the  past  year.  It  has  received — ^and  rightly — the  GriUparzer 
Prize.  A  man  of  SchonheiT's  straightforwardness  and  naturalness  is  of  great 
importance  as  counterbalancing  much  that  is  eccentric  and  artificial  in  the  language 
and  problems  of  German  literature  of  the  present  day.  Following  the  example  of 
Schonherr  in  going  to  the  history  of  his  native  Alps  for  the  subject  of  his  plot, 
the  Bavarian  writer  J.  Ruederer,  in  his  "  Schm.idt  von  Kochel "  (Munich 
Schauspielhaus  :  agents,  E.  Bloch),  took  for  his  hero  a  half-legendary  figure,  making 
it  stand  as  a  sjmibol  for  the  whole  peasant  class.  The  jDiece  plays  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  and  in  much  the  same  way  as  the  modern  Bavarian  peasants  still  think 
they  see  their  dead  King  Ludwig  II..  the  "Smith  of  Kochel"  had  once  seen  his 
Prince  ride  past  him  amongst  the  snow-topped  moimtains,  clad  in  shimmering 
armour,  and  this  mystic  element  in  the  devotion  of  the  peasants  to  their  overlord 
incites  them  to  deeds  of  great  prowess.  But  their  ruler  is  only  a  pleasure-loving 
prince  who  does  not  care  for  his  people  and  does  not  even  live  in  his  own  country. 
The  smith  leads  his  comrades  in  an  attack  against  the  Austrians,  who  are  hold- 
ing Munich,  and  comes  to  a  tragic  end.  In  spite  of  the  many  strong  qualities  of 
its  language  and  vividly  drawn  figures,  however,  the  play  did  not  succeed  in  touch- 
ing its  audience,  as  it  is  torn  up  into  too  many  small  episodes.  Two  peasant  pieces 
of  a  sturdy,  healthy  kind  have  also  been  written  by  Rudolf  Greinz,  the  well-known 
Tyrolese  writer,  and  R.  Brix.  They  are  "  Die  Thurnbacherin,"  a  strong  tragedy 
(publishers  and  agents.  L.  Staackmann,  Leipzig),  and  "Das  Gnadenbild,"  an 
audacious  comedy  full  of  genuine  humour.  Another  very  fine  and  well-drawn  pea- 
sant play  is  "  Mejrima"  (Prague),  by  Robert  r^Iichel,  the  scene  of  which  is  laid  in 
the   Mahommedan  parts  of  Bosnia. 

RoiiAXTic    Writers. 

Several  years  ago  now,  Edward  Stucken  wiote  a  set  of  three  poetical  dramas  which 
had  for  their  subject  the  Arthurian  and  Graal  legends.  On  the  production  of  one 
of  these  pieces,  "  Gawan,"  two  years  ago,  I  had  occasion  to  mention  him  and  his 
fine  but  slightly  affected  art-^n  art  which  seems  to  make  the  verv  spirit  of  the 
Middle  Ages  live  before  .us.  Now  the  two  otJier  pieces  have  been  produced  for  the 
first  time,  "  Danval  "  in  the  Burg'theater,  Vienna,  and  "  Lanzelot"  in  the  DeutscJies 
Theater,  Berlin  (agents,  Felix  Bloch  Erben,  Berlin;  publisher,  Erich  Reiss),  and. 
although  all  parts  are  not  equally  fine,  sjtill  they  all  possess  the  jewelled  splendour 
of  language  and,  at  the  same  time,-  tlie  more  epic  character  of  an  exquisitely 
wrought  tapestry  full  of  beautiful  figures.  The  spirit  of  the  Pre-Raphaelft^s— 
especially  of  Burne-Jones— lives  again  in  these  plavs,  and  a  suppressed  sadness  runs 
through  them.  The  beings  do  ndt  belong  to  this  earth  ;  only  in  Avalon,  the  "  Island 
of  Blessedness,"  can  they  be  safe  from  the  dangers  and  temptations  of  this  life.  The 
great  factoi-s  in  the  life  of  the  iliddle  Ages^sin,  atonement,  repenltance,  the  fight 
between  ideals  and  reality,  martyrdom  for  the  sake  of  love,  deliverance— ^are  the 
mainsprings  of  these  dramas,  and  succeed  in  toucJiing  our  he^arts,  although  the 
characters  them?elves  have  something  non-human  about  them.  The  two  plays  had 
a  fine  success.  Another  romantic  writer,  Emil  Ludwig,  with  alreadv  several  dramas 
in  book  form  to  his  credit  (Oesterheld  and  Co.).  has  not  vet  succeeded  in  getting  a 
hearing  on  the  stage,  although  his  latest  work.  "Ariadne  auf  Xaxcs,"  might  have 
been  inspired  by  the  Ariadne  in  the  National  Gallery  here,  so  permeated  is  it  with 


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an  almost  Titian-like  ihythni.  ^Icre  akin  to  ballads  are  three  works  witli  which  a 
lyric  writer  of  great  individuality,  Max  Dauthcndey,  has  suddenly  afpoared  in  the 
theatrical  world.  The  tJtles  'alone  of  two  of  them,  ''  Fnau  RiaufenbartJi  "  (Cologne) 
and  "  Der  Drache  Grauli  "'  (MunicJi),  sound  more  like  ballad  names.  The  cliief 
characteristic  of  these  iplays  are  the  calamrties  and  disasters  which  ct/me  thick  and 
fast  on  each  other,  the  fury  of  the  sea  bea'ting  on  the  wild  noi-'thern  coasts,  as  if 
howling  foa-  its  prey,  and  a  sitrong  feeling  for  ato^osphere.  Tire  ithird  piece,  "  Spiele- 
reien  emer  Kaiserin,"  .seems  to  be  based  on  the  history  of  the  Czarina  Katherine  I., 
but  is  in  ireality  a  ballad  >of  the  love  of  twio  lovers  whose  lives  and  loves  are  but 
playthings,  and,  like  playthings,  are  shattered.  At  the  performance  of  the  piece 
in  Berlin  (Tlheater  in  der  Koniggraitzeistraase)  a  great  personal  success  was  won  by 
Frau.  Tilla  Durieux,  lajtely  the  "star"  of  Keinhardt's  theatre's.  Drawing  living 
people  is  not  Dauthendey's  strong  point;  but  his  words  pour  foUth  in  dazzling 
abundance  and  are  imbued  with  lyric  fire.  Ernst.  Hardt,  the  poet  of  "  Tantris  der 
Niarr,"  turned  his  eyes  to  the  sagas  of  the  norlbh,  and  in  "  Gudrun  "  (Ansitalt  fiir 
Auffiihrungsrecht,  Charlottenburg-Berlin)  has  written  a  well-constructed  drama,  with 
strong  chanacters,  whose  feelings,  it  must  be  admitted,  belong  as  much  to  modem 
times  as  to  the  Middle  Ages.  The  saga,  however,  is  psychologically  deepened,  and 
the  whole  piece,  written  in  fine,  sonorous  language,  shows  feeling  for  dramatic  scenes 
and  a  good  eye  for  haunting  stage  pictures.  AH  these  new  romantic  writers  rely 
giieaJtly  on  the  effect  wrought  on  ithe  eye.  Paiwting  and  also  musric  stimulate  their 
art,  and  give  it,  in  spite  of  all  its  beauty,  a  slight  feeling  of  being  borrowed. 
"  Gudrun  "  was  received  with  much  approbation  in  the  Lessing  Tliea-ter,  Berlin.  I 
may  mention  here  the  newcomer.  Hans  Miiller.  whose  fairy  play,  "Das  Wunder  des 
Beatus  "  ("The  Miracle  of  Beatus,"  Mannheim,  Court  Theatre),  taken  as  a  whole, 
is  a  failure,  yet  in  many  parts  charms  by  its  fairylike  effect.  It  may  thus  be  the 
forerunner  of  something  better.  Gustav  Streicher  is  also  a  newcomer.  His  two 
plays,  "Die  M'acht  der  Toten  "  i(Graz  ;  agents,  A.F.A.),  have  for  their  theme  the 
idea  that  the  living  are  still  under  the  influence  of  those  already  dead.  In  the  first 
of  the  tw*o  plays  tlie  most  interesting  figure  is  that  of  the  father  of  the  heroine, 
whose  mask  suddenly  falls  from  him  and  leaves  his  true  character  revealed.  Lighter 
romantic  pieces  liave  been  contributed  iby  K.  Kiichler  in  "  Sommerspuck,"  which 
was  a  great  success  in  Hamburg  and  Berlin,  and  "  Kajus  der  Strolch."  "  Ramsis," 
also  by  him,  is  a  more  ambitious  drama,  playing  in  old  Assyria. 

Religious    Plats. 

Jon  Lehmann  plunges  into  the  future  in  his  "  Flammenzeichen  "  (Eisenach; 
agents,  Vertriebsstelle),  in  wliich  religious  feeling  is  mixed  up  wSth  romanticism. 
In  an  imaginary  Egypt  of  the  future  the  priests  are  anxious  to  keep  the  people 
under  the  yoke  of  the  old  religion.  The  prrince  of  the  land,  who  is  believed  to  be 
of  godly  blood,  can  only  reign  on  the  throne  if  he  has  first  seen  hiis  god-ancestor, 
otherwise  he  must  die.  He  confesses  to  the  priests  that  he  has  not  seen  the  god, 
and  to  save  him  the  maiden  with  whom  he  is  in  love  offers  herself  for  sacrifice.  In 
her  devotion  he  sees  the  god  and  is  saved.  Religions  questions  are  again  in  the 
ascendant  with  the  German  people  to  a  very  great  extent,  and  that  naturally  shows 
itself  in  the  drama  in  many  differenit  ways,  as,  for  instance,  in  the  gi'eat  success  of 
"  Glaube  und  Heimat."  An  anonymous  writer  has  used  Tolstoi  as  the  subject  of 
his  play,  not  as  Zangwill  in  "  The  War  God,"  but  in  order  to  prove  his  teaching 
false.  Tihe  piece,  "  Gnaf  Tolsten  "  (Diisseldorf),  suffers  as  every  piece  suffers  which 
starts  with  the  avowed  intention  of  proving  something  right  or  wrong.  "  Ysbrand," 
a  play  by  F.  van  Eeden,  draws  a  sti-ange  figure,  a  kind  of  mystic  (evidently 
intended  to  stand  for  the  German  mystic  poet  Holderlin),  who  wanders  among^ 
men  as  a  saint  and  is  declared  ma.d  by  bis  grasping  relations.  A  similar  subjedt  has 
been  handled  bv  Gerhart  Hauptmann,  although  in  a  novel,  "Der  Narr  in  Christo, 
Emanuel  Quint.""  His  latest  drama,  "Ratten"  (agents,  Blochs  Erben),  which  was 
again  not  an  unoualified  success,  moves  in  the  same  region  of  ideas  as  his 
"  Griselda,"  although  in  it  he  returns  ito  his  old  milieu  of  the  small  people  of  the 
present  day.  The  feelings  of  a  mother — motherhood,  mother-love,  mother-sorrow — 
dominate  the  plav.  For  them  a  good  woman  sacrifices  her  happiness  and  life. 
Hayptmann  calls  his  plav  a  tragi-ccinedy  because  against  the  tragedy  of  the  mother 
he  puts  the  ccmedv  of  a  theatre  director.  What  he  evidently  wished  to  show  by 
his  oontrasts  wtis  that  those  who  really  live  their  lives  and  take  their  duties  seriously 
end  in  tragedy  ;  their  scale  sinks  in  the  balance.  Thore,  on  the  other  hand,  who 
take  life  as  a'  oomedy  may  come  through  hard  times,  it  is  true  ;  but  their  scale 


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always  bounds  up  again,  for  their  burden  is  light.  Wiith  them  the  "Rats"  (the 
title  is,  of  course,  me^int  symbolically)  gnaw  only  at  trifles ;  with  the  others,  at.  the 
very  heart.  The  contrast  between  these  itwo  spheres  of  human  nature,  liowever,  is 
too  supei-ficial ;  tlie  piece  falls  in'io  tragedy  on  the  one  side  and  comedy  on  th'- 
other,  and  iievcr  becomes  really  welded  into  a  tragi-comedy.  At  tlie  same  time,  th" 
drawing  of  the  single  figures  in  Hiauptmann's  impressionistic  manner  is  entirely 
successful,  and  tlie  deep  human  feeling  which  is  the  characteristic  of  all  Haupi- 
niaun's  work  looks  out  at  us  wi/th  a  patheiic  ^mile  from  this  play  as  of  yore. 

Psychological  Draaiatists. 
Arthur  Schnitzler's  new  piece,  "Das  Weite  Land"  ("The  Vast  Land,"  Burg- 
theaier,  Vienna),  which  he  also  calls  a  "  tragi-comedy,"  has  not  found  many  to  under- 
stand it.  By  the  "  Vast  Land  "  is  meant  tiie  soul  of  man,  to  whose  farthest  depths  no 
one  has  yet  penetrated.  The  idea  that  tlie  fate  of  man  is  settled  once  for  all  by  his 
natural  qualities  rings  through  this  play  also.  The  characters  seem  to  act  as  if 
under  a  spell,  or  let  themselves  be  driven  hither  and  thither  (as  was  the  case  in  his 
"  Medardus  "  of  last  year) ;  they  seem  to  play  only  as  if  they  had  taken  for  then 
motto:  "All  the  men  and  women  merely  players."  The  piece  once  more  shows  tlu- 
sentimental  irony  which  is  Schnitzler's  chief  feature.  The  vant  of  inward  earnest- 
ness makes  itself  painfully  evident,  but  no  one  can  fail  to  jiay  a  tribute  to  his  intel- 
lectual ability  and  his  mastery  of  his  material.  The  novelist,  Heinrich  Mann,  who, 
in  his  novels,  gives  most  subtle  psychological  analyses  in  very  original  language 
and  technique,  has,  in  his  "  Spielerm  "  (Berlin,  Theater  in  der  Koniggriitzerstr.). 
aimed  at  writing  a  play  for  a  great  character-actress.  His  intention  with  it,  as  he 
himself  says,  was  "  to  personify  on  the  stage  the  highly  developed  inner  being  of 
modern  man,"  and  most  of  all  the  unstable  will  and  consciousness  of  feeling.  The 
«ver-favourite  theme  of  the  artist  has  also  attracted  Hans  Kyser  in  his  tragedy, 
"Medusa"  (Berlin,  Modernes  Theater).  Wild  passion  is  the  keynote  of  the  piece, 
and  it  is  written  fortissimo  all  through  :  but  it  reveals  dramatic  blood.  In  it  the 
intoxication  of  the  artist  is  mixed  up  with  the  animal  spirit,  but  the  artist  in  the 
man  conquers.  He  has  made  up  a  statue  of  the  Princess  Consort,  and  won  her  love, 
and,  on  hearing  this,  the  prince  forbids  him  on  pain  of  death  to  finish  the  statue. 
He  refuses,  however,  and  puts  the  last  touches  to  the  marble.  The  piece  plainly 
bears  the  marks  of  a  beginner,  but  gives  hope  for  fine  work  later  on.  In  quite  a 
different  and  rather  Philistine  way  does  Otto  Ernst  treat  the  problem  of  the 
"intoxication"  of  the  artist.  In  his  "tragi-comedy  of  Bohemia,"  entitled  "Die 
Liebe  horet  nimmer  auf  "  ("Love  Has  No  End,"  Breslau,  Lobe  Theater),  an  artist 
is  shown,  who  is  generally  intoxicated  in  the  ordinary  sense  of  the  word,  but  is 
finally  saved  from  the  denion  through  the  faithful  love  of  his  wife.  Otto  Ernst  has 
always  merited  consideration  as  a  sympathetic  story-teller,  and  also  for  his  honest 
endeavours,  but  this  time  he  has  let  himself  be  led  astray  into  false  paths  by  a 
real  case  (that  of  the  fine  novelist,  Otto  Erich  Hartleben,  author  of  the  play, 
"'  Rosenmontag,"  whose  death  occurred  a  few  years  ago).  The  piece  is  rough, 
iminteresting,  and  psychologically  untrue.  A  mere  copy  of  reality  will  not  make 
a  play.  The  "artist"  subject  is  touched  with  a  lighter  hand  by  Otto  Gysae  in 
*'  Hohere  Menschen  "  (Coin  Schauspielhaus),  and  by  Korliz  Holm,  the  fine  noveli's* 
in  "Hundstage."  "  Hohere  Menschen  "  is  a  play  in  the  right  comedy  spirit.  Il 
pokes  fun  at  the  false  sentiments  of  people  who  think  themselves  the  "  elect  few." 
"Hundstage"  (Berlin.  Theater  in  der  Koniggratzerstr. )  may  be  described  as  :i 
sort  of  quadrille  danced  by  tla-ee  married  couples,  artists,  in  which  they  change  and 
set  to  partners  with  light-hearted  gaiety  and  witty  conversation,  without  anything 
more  serious  happening  than  a  few. stolen  kisses  under  an  apple- tree,  from  which, 
■exactly  at  the  right  moment,  an  apple  falls  on  the  kissing  couple  I 

Modern  Problems. 
The  task  of  viewing  the  Present  and  its  problems  from  a  high  watch  to\vev, 
as  it  were,  has  been  attempted  by  several  dramatists,  amongst  them  this  time 
Karl  VoUmoeller,  author  of  the  "  Miracle,"  to  whom  romantic  ways  appeal 
•strongly.  He  has  written  a  very  long  and  very  fantastic  play,  which  he  calls 
"  Wieland,  A  Fairy  Tale  in  Three  Acts"  (Berlin,  Deutsches  Theater;  publishers. 
Inselverlag,  Leipzig).  It  plays  in  the  present,  and  is  a  sort  of  modern  rendering 
of  the  old  Wieland  saga,  done  in  a  somewhat  exaggerated,  but  in  many  places 
fascinating,  way.  The  saga  tells  how  the  king  caused  Wieland.  the  wise  smith, 
to  be  lamed  so  that  he  could  never  leave  him.  but  always  be  at  hand  to  forge  the 
finest  weapons  for  him.     Wieland  kills  the  king's  son,  seduces  the  daughter,  and 


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FRONT  VIEW    OF    THE    MUNICIPAL    THEATRE    AT    LUBECK 

CO.  110.000  inhaliitantsi.    The  theatre  holds  1,200  persons,  aiu'l  cost  £150.000.     It  is  one  of  the  most 
artistic  theatres  in  Germany.     Architect:  Professor  Martin  Diilfer,  Dresden. 


THE    "FOYER"    OF    PROFESSOR    DULFER'S    MUNICIPAL 
THEATRE   AT    LUBECK. 


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VIEW    OF    THE    THEATRE    AT    MtRAN,    THE    TYROLESE 
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Architect ;  Professor  Martin  Diilfer,  Dresden. 


FAUST,"  PART  II.,  BY  GOETHE :   "  THE   PALACE   OF   MENELAS," 

as  given  at  the  Colosnie  Mimicipal  Theatre  under  Director  Max  .Murter>teig,  who  is  now  Intendant  ot 

the  Leipzig  Municipal  Theatre. 


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finally  makes  himself  a  pair  of  wmgs  of  his  own  invention  and  flies  into  the  air. 
Vollmoeller's  Wieland  seems  half  man,  half  uncanny  phantom  only,  as  if  the  evil 
spirit  of  the  old  Wieland  had  taken  possession  of  him ;  he  is  supposed  to  represent 
the  first  aviator.  He  lives  through  all  the  phases  of  the  life  and  sufferings  of  the 
Wieland  of  the  saga  except  the  triumph,  for  in  him  the  predominant  feelings 
are  puny  fear  and  especially  revenge,  the  Nietzsche  "refsentiment "  of  the  slave, 
of  the  servant  against  the  master.  This  note  of  revenge  sounds  as  the  leading 
motif  all  through  the  play.  It  is  to  a  certain  extent  based  on  a  fragment  of 
Wagner's,  of  whose  principles  one  is  sometimes  reminded.  The  piece  plays  in  the 
souUi  coast  of  England,  and  the  strange  events,  which  generally  have  a  double 
meaning,  are  rendered  almost  more  fantastic  by  the  dry,  matter-of-fact  style  of 
the  language,  as  if  it  were  chronicling  the  most  natural  events  in  the  world.  On 
the  stage  it  was  a  failure ;  in  fact,  it  was  the  cause  of  one  of  those  scandals  which 
have  almost  become  a  custom  at  many  Berlin  premieres.  When  read,  the  play 
excites  one's  interest,  in  spite  of  the  many  objections  one  has  against  it. 

But  it  is  not  on  these  lines  that  the  inner  substance  of  the  Present  will  be  caught 
and  conquered.  Hermann  Horn,  a  writer  who  has  hitherto  only  been  known  to 
a  limited  circle,  has  for  a  long  time  worked  in  this  direction,  and  has  already 
written  a  good  many  dramas,  among  them  one  entitled  "  Shakespeare's  Wandlung," 
a  work  of  much  ambition  and  deep  thought.  His  latest  play,  "  Gliick,"  given  with 
success  in  Stuttgart  (Schauspielhaus),  is  on  the  ever-present  question,  "  W'hat  is 
happiness?  "  and  the  author's  answer  is^  Not  the  attainment  of  external  aims  and 
advantages,  but  the  culture  and  preservation  of  one's  own  individuality.  In  his  own 
heart  should  man  build  up  his  altar  and  worship  the  God-like  there — a  principle 
which  he  has  already  emphasised  in  a  play  with  the  expressive  title  "Altare" 
(Altars).  In  "  Gliick  "  Horn  places  his  characters  in  the  turmoil  of  life  in  a  well- 
thought-out  plot,  and  lets  them  show  of  what  turn  of  mind  they  are,  for  their  ideals 
of  happiness  are  of  many  and  various  kinds.  The  happiness  of  one  crosses  that  of 
the  other,  interests  clash  with  interests;  one  wishes  to  rule  the  other;  another  wishes 
to  force  his  views  on  someone  else.  After  a  hard  struggle,  the  hero  and  heroine  are 
at  last  united  and  understand  each  other.  The  fault  with  which  some  may  charge 
the  piece  is  a  certain  change  of  tone ;  it  begins  in  a  smiling  mood,  in  which  is  a 
touch  of  sadness,  and  ends  on  a  somewhat  rhetorical  note.  From  the  earnest  and 
unceasing  searching  into  the  hidden  recesses  of  the  human  heart  and  his  struggle 
ti)  master  the  p)'oblems  of  the  present  life  we  are  encouraged  to  hope  for  some- 
thing important  from  such  a  strong,  independent  talent  such  as  Horn's.  He  has 
set  himself  an  aim  which  is  in  keeping  with  the  demands  of  our  time,  but  he  must 
guard  against  becoming  too  much  lost  in  himself. 

Grotesque  Comedies. 

Eulenberg,  who  was  mentioned  in  a  former  Stage  Year-Book,  makes  earnest 
endeavours  to  write  serious  works,  but,  unfortunately,  in  his  hands  they  generally 
turn  into  grotesque  comedies.  It  is  true  that  his  fervent,  youthful  drama,  "  Anna 
Walewska "— produced  for  the  first  time  in  a  revised  edition  in  Dr.  Altmann's 
enterprising  Deutsches  Theater  in  Hanover — does  not  belong  to  that  category.  It 
shows,  'however,  like  his  other  plays,  the  innermost  quality  of  Eulenberg's  nature — 
the  constant  rebellion  against  things  and  people  as  they  are.  Eulenberg  and  his 
characters  are  always  in  fighting  attitude  ;  they  often  remind  us  of  Den  Quixote, 
but  without  his  saving  humour.  Instead  of  that,  they  possess  a  sort  of  hysterical 
merriment,  the  outcome  of  which  is  a  kind  of  grotesque  comedy.  But  how  much 
tenderness  of  heart  is  hidden  under  this  rough  shell !  The  Stuttgart  Hoftheater 
gave  his  "  Samson,"  in  which  the  Bible  hero  is  shown  as  a  human  being  torn 
between  love  and  duty,  who  falls  before  his  passion  of  love  and  cuts  himself  adrift 
from  all  that  has  been  holy  to  him — his  family,  his  country,  even  his  God  ;  then 
follow  his  punishment  and  atonement.  The  language  of  this  play  is  full  of  vivid 
word-painting.  It  earned  a  fine  success — probably  the  greatest  Eulenberg  has  yet 
had.  as  he  has  gained  his  fame  so  far  principally  through  his  failu7-es.  In  spite 
of  them,  though,  directors  constantly  accept  his  works.  Eulenberg's  two  new 
grotesque  comedies  (he  has  brought  out  four  works  during  the  year)  are  called  by 
the  contrasting  titles:  "  Alles  um  Geld"  ("  All  for  Gold  ").  Lessingtheater,  Berlin; 
publishers,  Ernst  Rowohlt,  Leipzig;  and  "Alles  um  Liebe "  ("All  for  Love"), 
Munich  and  Hamburg.  The  latter  was  not  understood  at  all,  for  the  fundamental 
idea  of  the  play  was  hidden  by  a  multiplicity  of  side  issues.  The  whole  impresses 
one  as  a  wild  dance  of  love.  But  the  dance  lacks  the  rhythm  which  every  dance, 
even  the  wildest,  must  have  if  it  is  to  count  as  a  creation  of  art.     "  Alles  um  Geld  " 


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shows  the  lieio,  a  sort  of  "eccentricity" — a  "creature  of  Clod,"  as  Euleiiberg  luin- 
self  calls  him— living  in  a  bare  attic  room  with  his  family.  All  others  are  on  the 
hunt  for  money,  bui  he  and  his  fall  a  prey  to  this  world,  for  in  them  lives  the 
longing  for  a  kingdom  not  of  gold. — A  veritable  dance  round  the  Golden  Calf  is 
painted  by  C.  Sternheim  in  his  "  Kassette."  It  shows  some  men  who,  instead 
of  enjoying  life,  spend  their  time  on  their  knees  worshipping  gold,  and  so  lose 
their  humanity  and  love,  for  the  gold  proves  stronger  than  even  love.  The  whole 
is  drawn  on  grotesque  lines,  but  in  spite  of  many  weaknesses  it  reveals  a  coming 
comedy  writer.  Also  by  Sternheim  is  a  piece  called  "  Riese,"  which  was  at  first 
forbidden  by  the  Censor  when  it  bore  a  distinctly  more  piquant  title.  It  is,  how- 
ever, a  -weak  piece.  A  very  good  idea  is  the  mainspring  of  the  plot  of  "Hans 
Sonnenstossers  HoUenfahrt  "  ("  Hans  Sonnenstosser's  Journey  to  Hell'';  publishers, 
Oest€rheld  and  Co.),  by  Paul  Apel,  a  very  clever  and  effective  grotesque,  comedy. 
A  young  writ-ei',  as  poor  as  a  church  mouse,  is  tempted,  in  order  to  put  an  end 
to  his  poverty,  to  entertain  the  idea  of  marrying  a  rich  young  girl  who  looks 
upon  him  with  favourable  eyes,  the  daughter  of  somewhat  vulgar  and  uneducated, 
but  otherwise  harmless  people.  He  fails  asleep  in  his  chair  one  afternoon  and 
dreams  he  is  married  to  her.  But  his  married  life  is  not  a  path  of  I'oses.  She 
disturbs  him  constantly  in  his  work,  and  her  troupe  of  terrible  relations  successfully 
help  her,  till,  after  horrible  martyrdom,  he  is  freed  from  the  nightmare.  The  dream- 
life,  as  shown  in  the  quickly  appearing  and  disappearing  scene-pictures,  is  told 
cleverly,  and  the  piece  contains  so  much  genuine  fun  that  it  was  received  in 
Dresden  and  Berlin  with  storms  of  laughter. — "  Wiistling  "  ("The  Rake";  pub- 
lishers, Egon  Fleischel  and  Co.),  by  th«  favourite  novelist  G.  Hermann,  is  half 
satirical,  half  grotesque  comedy,  and  in  it  the  would-be  disciples  of  Nietzsche  and 
the  new  school  of  lyric  writers  are  made  ridiculous.  It  is  almost  like  a  defence  of 
the  good  honest  citizen,  who  surely  deserves  a  champion  at  last  against  his  many 
scoffers!  It  cannot  be  denied,  though,  that  Hermann,  the  rogue,  turns  round  in 
the  end  and  has  a  laugh  at  the  good  Philistine  too  I  The  technique  betravs  the 
fact  that  Hermann  is  novelist  at  heart. — Extremely  amusing  is  the  small  play 
"  Lottchens  Geburtstag,"  by  the  Munich  humorist  Ludwig  Thoma,  who  in  it 
handles,  but  not  coarsely,  the  very  delicate  subject  of  a  young  girl's  introduction 
into  life. — Freksa,  the  author  of  "  Sumurun."  goes  to  Imperial  Rome  for  the 
material  out  of  which  he  make^  a  kind  of  historical  grotesque  comedy,  entitled 
"  Der  fette  Caesar"  ("Caesar  the  Fat";  Deutsches  Theater,  Berlin).  The  gourmand 
Didius  Julianus.  the  greatest  feeder  in  Rome,  is  the  Caesar  of  the  play,  and  has 
to  eat  through  three  acts.  This  somewhat  uncertain  play  did  not,  however,  achieve 
much  success.  Perhaps  it  was  meant  as  a  light  political  satire,  clothed  in  classical 
attire  as  a  precaution. 

Political  S.\tires. 

Of  political  satires  there  has  again  been  a  plentiful  supply.  They  are  called 
forth  partly  by  the  current  events  of  the  times,  and  partly  because  it  is,  of  course, 
much  easier  to  write  such  satires  than  real  comedies  with  real  people  in  them. 
An  earnest  attempt  at  a  political  satire  on  a  grand  scale  has  been  made  by  R. 
Dehmel,  the  most  important  German  lyric  writer  of  the  present  day,  in  his  "  Michel 
Michael"  (Hamburg  Schauspielhaus),  Its  hero  is,  of  course,  Germany  itself,  which 
is  torn  asunder  by  parties,  each  one  trying  to  plunder  it  for  his  own  purposes. 
The  whole  is  an  allegory  with  too  little  flesh  and  blood  about  it  to  hold  the 
stage  for  several  hours.  A  huge  joke  is  Heinrich  Ilgenstein's  political  satire 
"  Europa  Lacht "  ("Europe  Laughs")  (agents.  Anstalt  fiir  Auftuhrungsrecht). 
Disguised  as  the  smallest  State  in  the  middle  of  Europe,  a  great  power  in  that  part 
of  the  Continent,  together  with  its  Philistine  citizens,  high  and  low,  its  political 
parties,  Liberal  and  Conservative,  and  its  ruler,  in  short,  everything  and  every- 
one, are  made  heartily  ridiculous,  and  their  weaknesses  laughed  at.  The  old-time 
tone  of  the  whole,  as  if  everything  was  happening  in  "  the  good  old  times,"  only 
strengthens  the  satire.  The  same  author— Ilgensteln — has  collaborated  with  a  well- 
known  dramatist,  Lothar  Schmidt,  in  writing  another  satire  called  "  Fiat  Justitia  " 
(agent,  E.  Bloch),  which  was  forbidden  in  Berlin  and  several  other  towns  because 
It  poked  fun  at  the  grave  and  reverend  Law  and  its  Com-ts.  A  man  is  condemned 
to  death  for  murder.  The  supposed  victim  of  the  deed  suddenly  appears  on  the 
scene,  but  the  death  sentence  cannot  be  reversed  because  the  Court  of  Appeal  is 
.inly  empowered  to  deal  with  formal  questions,  not  facts  !  Fortunately,  a  small  error 
in  the  p^rocedure  is  discovered,  and  the  innocent  murderer  is  allowed  to  go  free. 
Lothar  Schmidt  has  also  written  another  verv  successful  comedv.   "  Entgleisung  " 


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■(Vienna,  Neue  Biihne  ;  agents,  E.  Bloch),  which  tells  of  the  fall  of  a  poor  devil  who 
is  always  down  on  his  luck,  but  at  last  sees  a  chance  to  "  corriger  la  fortune."  He 
is  made  to  repent  in  sackcloth  and  ashes.  The  authors  of  "  Traumulus,"  A.  Holz 
and  0.  Jerschke,  have  given  a  romantic  turn  to  their  satire,  "  Biixl "  (Neues 
Schauspielhaus,  Berlin;  agents,  E.  Bloch),  in  which  a  convict  defies  the  whole 
State,  escapes,  and  sets  up  as  a  rich  man  in  Paris.  Two  other  satires  are  Rudolf 
Strauss's  "  Goldene  Schiissel  " — that  is  to  say,  the  open  dish  of  the  State  into  wnicn 
everyone  tries  to  dive  his  spoon  in  order  to  secure  the  choicest  plums  ;  and  Ludwig 
Bauer's  "  Konigstrust  "  (produced  in  Breslau),  which  the  author  humorously  calls 
an  operette  without  music.  In  it  an  American  millionaire  holds  an  examination  of 
Pretenders  to  the  throne  of  a  small  State — in  the  Balkans,  of  course  !  The  one  who 
passes  best  is  to  be  king,  but  must  marry  the  daughter  of  the  trust  magnate,  and 
allow  his  land  to  be  used  by  the  trust  for  "peaceful  penetration."  Of  course,  the 
end  is  very  different  from  what  the  millionaire  had  arranged.  Such  pieces  amuse  a 
f-ertain  public  hugely  nowadays ;  nor  is  the  Censor  now  so  strict  with  them. 
Perhaps  they  are  recognised  now  as  a  sort  of  useful  safety  valve. 

Comedies. 

In  spite  of  the  many  grotesque  comedies  and  satires,  there  are  still  a  few 
real  comedies  to  record,  although  genuinely  good  ones  are  the  rarest  of  all  plays. 
A  peculiar  subject  for  a  comedy  was  chosen  by  Otto  Erler,  the  author  of  "  Zar 
Peter,"  for  bis  "  Relicjuie "  (produced  Dresden;  agents,  Anstalt  fiir  Auffiih- 
Tungsrecht).  He  went  back  to  the  narratives  of  an  old  Italian  story-teller  for  his 
material,  and  chose  a  rather  daring  anecdote,  which,  by  his  sure  artistic  treatment, 
he  moulded  to  his  purpose  without  giving  offence.  One  follows  with  interest  the 
struggle  of  the  two  old  cronies,  in  which  the  intellectually  higher  one — prior  of  a 
monastery — wins,  only  in  his  turn  to  be  beaten  too.  For  the  woman  for  whom  they 
are  fighting  elopes  with  a  friend  of  her  youth.  As  occasionally  happens,  a  second 
dramatist,  F.  A.  Beyerlein,  the  author  of  "Lights  Out!"  hit  upon  the  same  sub- 
ject. He  calls  his  piece  "  Das  Wunder  des  Heiligen  Terenz  "  ("  The  Miracle  of  St. 
Terenz  ").  Beyerlein  tries  more  to  give  a  ripe  study  of  the  morals  of  the  Middle 
Ages  than  to  develop  the  kernel  of  the  theme  as  Erler,  with  wise  restraint,  has 
•done.  Adolf  Paul,  whose  work  was  discussed  in  last  year's  survey,  brings  Solomon 
in  all  his  glory  into  his  comedy  "  Die  Sprache  der  Vogel  "  (Munich,  Picsidenz- 
theater).  It  takes  its  wisdom  from,  the  Proverbs  of  Solomon,  and  tries  to  preach 
it  with  gay  insouciance,  hut  the  line  of  thought  is  not  sufficiently  sure  and  clear, 
nor  are  the  figures  life-like  enough.  0.  Enking,  on  the  other  hand,  has  written 
an  unpretending  but  genuine  "milieu"  piece,  "Das  Kind"  (Hamburg,  Lessing 
Gesellschaft),  playing  in  modern  times.  In  it  the  figures  of  an  old  father  and 
mother,  and  their  daughter  who  has  grown  away  from  them,  are  drawn  stroke  for 
stroke  true  to  life,  and  with  life's  blood  in  them.  The  play  strikes  a  pathetic  note 
which  goes  straight  to  one's  heart.  This  piece  was  rightly  chosen  to  receive  the 
Bauernfeld  Prize.  Hermann  Essig  does  all  honour  to  his  name  (vinegar)  in  his 
comedy  "Die  Gliickskuh  "  ("The  Lucky  Cow";  Berlin,  Modernes  Theater, 
Oesallschaft  Pan),  for  in  it  the  mask  is  torn  from  the  romance  of  the  peasant.  The 
peasant's  cunning  and  his  greed  of  money  are  the  dominant  notes  in  the  play.  But 
as  a  dramatist  Essig  does  not  yet  stand  firmly  on  his  feet.  He  mixes  up  different 
styles  together,  exaggerates  here  and  is  sentimental  there,  and  lets  his  construction 
be  too  plairdy  seen.  The  piece,  however,  shows  a  talent  which  is  deserving  of 
encouragement.  Also  a  comedy  of  greed  and  avarice  is  Pinski's  "  Schatz " 
("Treasure";  Berlin,  Deutsches  Theater).  There  is  good  "milieu"  painting  in 
it,  and  many  witty  points.  A  fine  success  was  achieved  bv  a  comedy,  "  Heiligen- 
wald"  ("The  Forest  of  Bliss  ":  Hamburg,  Thalia  Theater),  whose  authors  are  A. 
Halm  and  R.  Saudeck.  In  the  midst  of  a  great  forest  (it  seems  to  be  the  Thiirin- 
gerwald),  in  an  inn  on  the  borders  of  two  small  Dukedoms,  some  hajppy  lovers 
play  hide  and  seek.  But  the  farewell  comes,  and  with  resigned  gaiety  the  forest  idyll 
ends  and  reality  reigns  again.  Man  is  not  in  this  world  for  pleasure.  "  In  striving 
and  working  pain  is  silenced  "  :  with  these  words  the  graceful  little  piece  closes. 
Much  more  conventional,  but  well  suited  to  the  stage,  is  "Die  Gliickliche  Hand" 
(Berlin,  Court  Theatre),  by  Hugo  Lubliner,  who  has  just  died.  It  is  the  old  story 
of  love  and  matchmaking,  and  has  some  good,  taking  roles.  It  has  been  secured 
for  England  and  America  by  Sir  Charles  Wvirdham  and  iNlr.  Frohman.  Rather 
unsavoury,  although  clever,  "is  R.  INIisch's  "Das  Prinzchen  "  (agents,  A.F.A.),  a 
"love  comedy,"  in  which  a  young  Prince  is  initiated  into  the  ways  of  life.       In 


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spite  of  its  unpleasant  subject,  however,  it  was  received  with  smirking  delight  by 
the  Berlin  people.  K.  Ettlinger,  in  his  "  Hydra,"  has  revived  the  old  theme  of  the 
theatre  with  mut-h  humour  and  pleaaantry,  and  apportioned  to  each — the  manager, 
tlie  author,  and  the  public — a  sliare  of  the  blame  lor  having  changed  the  theatre 
from  a  temple  of  art  to  a  place  of  light  amusement.  Finally,  a  very  merry  comedy 
for  children  has  appeared  in  Elizabetih  Weirauch's  "  Bose  Madels  "  {"  Naughty 
Girls  ''),  which  was  receivtU  with  great  delight  in  the  Lessing  Theater,  Berlin. 
The  well-known  humorist,  W.  Busch,  and  his  two  naughty  boys,  Max  and  Moritz, 
have  stood  spousois  lor  tlie  new  children,  wlio  are  as  impisii  and  tricky  as  their 
prototypes.  The  i^iece  is  full  of  merriment  and  life,  without  a  trace  of  senti- 
mentality. 

Stage    Socikties. 

In  spite  of  the  weahh  of  new  works  which  liave  appeared  everywhere  in  many 
towns,  stage  societies,  as  well  as  the  ordinary  theatres,  work  energetically  to  help  on 
new  and  unknown  authors  and  revive  old  plays  of  iniportance.  Of  these  societies — 
which  for  the  most  part  do  very  excellent  and  useful  work — I  shall  only  mention 
two  this  time,  because  their  pai'idcular  objects  are  somewhat  out  of  the  commoui. 
They  are  the  Berlin  Caldeixju  Society  and  tJie  Lessing  Society  in  Hamburg.  The 
aim  of  the  C/aldeion  Society  is  to  foster  above  all  dramaitic  works  permeated  with  a 
Ohristian  spirit,  and  tiliujs  supply  a  want  in  the  artistic  life  of  Berlin.  It  gives  fine 
old  masteipieces,  especially  works  by  Calderon,  and  also  pieces  which,  on  acoount. 
of  tiieir  religious  spirit,  are  iiot  readily  put  on  a  modern  stage.  These  pieces  are 
preseut'ed  by  the  society  in  a  similar  way  to  the  London  Stage  Society,  with  the 
help  of  well-known  actors  and  lactresees,  under  the  directorship  of  George  Molenar. 
producer  at  tlie  Eoyal  Ccurt  Theatre,  whcse  taleivt  had  its  first  great  opportunity 
through  the  perfoimances  of  this  society.  During  the  season  the  society  gave, 
amongst  other  things,  Calderon's  "  Chrysanthus  and  Daria";  "Agnes  Bernauer," 
by  Martin  Greif ,  who  died  during  the  year ;  and  E.  Ringseis's  new  religious  play. 
"  Veronika."  With  the  performance  of  Greif 's  play  the  society  has  paid  off  a  debt 
of  honour,  for  the  works  of  this  impca'tant  ,poet  have  for  many  years  been  sadly 
neglected  by  the  German  sitage.  Under  the  far-seeing  management  of  Oarl  Roth, 
who  has  displayed  great  orgianising  talerit,  the  society  has,  in  a  few  years,  become 
one  of  the  mcist  import.aiit  factors  of  its  kind  in  Berlin,  and  will  soon  exteoid  its 
activity  still  further. 

The  Lessing  Society  is  under  the  directorsliip  of  Emanuel  Stockhausen,  whose 
object  is  to  baing  lovers  of  real  .dramatic  art  closer  in  touch  with  that  art.  This  is 
done  by  him  in  two  ways.  He  chooses  old  and  new  plays  of  fine  poetic  quality 
which  are  not  to  be  found  in  the  repertories  of  the  regular  Hamburg  theatres,  and 
has  them  perfoiTned — ipartly,  at  least — by  members  of  the  society  who  have  talent 
for  acting,  his  theory  being  that  ithe  understanding  of  dramatic  art  is  best  developed 
by  active  particij«ati:cn.  In  a  w"ay,  therefore,  the  Lessing  Gesellschaft  is  an  ideal 
society  of  dilettanti  in  the  good  old  sense.  Their  work  during  the  season  was 
various  and  valuable,  one  of  the  things  given  being  an  old  Nativity  play,  two 
scenes  of  whiah  we  reproduce  here  to  show , that  in  their  staging  also  they  follow  in 
the  newest  ways.  Other  interesting  productions  were  "Das  Kind,"  Enking's  fine 
comedy  already  mentioned,  and  ^larlowe's  "Dr.  Faustus."  The  stage  decorations 
of  the  socie'ty  are  taken  change  of  by  Profeaaor  Czevclikas.  One  of  the  principles 
of  the  society  is  that  "  The  Lessing  Gesellschaft  exists  to  try  new  things  and  ways  " 
(theatres  can  hardly  do  this  for  fear  of  the  box-office  !).  Such  societies  are  needed 
everywhere,  and  would  prepare  the  best  ground  for  real  dramatic  culture. 

Foreign     Plats. 

Besides  the  many  German  pieces,  ats  many — perliaps  even  more — forei^  plays 
have  bee<n  given  also  ;  in  fact,  on  one  occasion  in  Berlin  there  were  as  many  as  five 
new  French  plays  given  on  a  single  evening.  The  feeling  for  the  theatre  and 
its  demands  seems,  on  the  whole,  to  be  weaker  in  German  writers  than  in  others, 
although  thedr  aims  are  liigher,  so  managers  again  and  again  turn  insibinctively 
towards  foreign  works.  A  change  in  that  respect  can  only  come  gradually.  With 
these  importations  it  is,  as  a  rule,  only  a  question  of  "theatrical  wares";  but,  of 
course,  amongst  the  plays  given  were  also  some  good  ones,  chosen  because  of  their 
artistic  interest.  Of  old  works  of  the  laltter  class  may  be  mentioned  R,ousseau's 
musical  play,  "  The  Village  Fortune-teller,"  performed  in  Leipzig  for  the  first  time 
in  Germany.  Amongst  the  many  modern  ones  I  may  give  "  Million,"  the  burlesque 
by  G.   Bcrr  and  ^I.   Guillemant,  because  at  its  performance  in  A.   Halm's  Neues 


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Schauspielbaus — lUie  doors  of  which  are  always  open  to  anything  new — an  attemj:t 
was  made,  for  theiirst  time,  at  a  peculiar  kind  of  production,  namely,  a  combination 
of  acting  and  kinematograph.  The  trial  was  a  great  success,  for  in  this  way  it  Was 
possible  to  sustain  the  mad  lemper  of  the  farce  without  a  pause,  so  that  the  audience 
never  ceased  laughing.  A  very  fine  psychologioal  piece,  "  Das  Idyll,"  a  quiet 
tragedy  of  doubt  and  distrust,  by  the  Norwegian,  Peter  Egge  (Stuttgart,  Schauspiei- 
haus ;  publishers,  Oesterheld  and  Co.),  shows  its  author  to  be,  in  technique  and  the 
oonduot  of  his  dialogue,  a  sure  putpil  of  Ibsen,  and  at  the  same  time  shows  him  to 
be  pc^sessed  of  fine  oi'iginality  and  tenderness  in  characterisation.  Finally  may  be 
added  Tolstoi's  posthumous  tragedy,  "The  Living  Doad "  (Deutsches '  Theater, 
Hanover). 

E.NCiLisH    Plays. 

During  4;he  year  1911  the  English  and  American  plays  which  were  given  for  the 
first  time  in  Germany  were,  amongst  others  : — Shaw's  "  Misalliance  "  and  "  Fanny's 
First  Play,"  Barrie's  "What  Every  Woman  Knows,"  Monckton  Hoffe's  "  Litde 
Damozel,"  P.  Armstrong's  "  Alias  Jimmy  Valentine,"  Bvaj^oness  Orczy's  "  Scarlei 
Pimpernel,"  E.  Locke's  "The  Climax," 'Margaret  Mayo's  "Baby  Mine,"  George 
Pasiton's  "  The  Naked  Truth,"  in  a  free  and  very  clever  adapvoaition  by  A. 
Schmieden,  who  has  also  written  a  light  comedy  of  his  own  called  "  ^lein  Erlauchter 
Ahnherr  "  ("His  Serene  Plighness  ]My  Ancestor"),  which  was  produced  during  the 
year  with  great  success.  "  The  Naked  Truth"  and  Charles  Rann  Kennedy's  "  The 
Servant  in  the  House  "  had  their  first  German  performances  in  the  Meininger 
Court  Theatre  under  Geheimrat  ]\Iax  Grube,  who  takes  a  great  interest  in  Englisli 
plays  and  adapted  L.  N.  Parker's  "The  Cardinal,"  ,playing  the  title-ro/c  himself. 
Since  the  firat  performance  of  "The  Servant  in  the  Hbuse  "  in  Medningen  it  has 
been  played  in  more  than  twenty  German  towns,  and  is  suited  wonderfully  to  the 
religious  itreoid  of  mind  in  GeiTnany  at  present. 

G<aIswoi^thy's  "  Silver  Box  "  (Freie  Volklsbiihne,  Berlin)  also  made  a  deep 
impression.  This  author's  dramas  are  gradually  beginning  to  take  a  hold  in 
Germany,  after  a  good  deal  of  opposition,  partly  the  iresult  of  superficial  criticism. 

Of  the  old  English  works  given  during  the  year,  I  shall  only  name  once  more 
Marlowe's  "Dr.  Faustus  "  and  the  Miracle  play  "  Everyman,"  which Reinhardt  has 
given  several  times  in  the  Circus  as  a  sort  of  Christmas  play.  It  was  performed 
on  a  stage  of  three  tiers  in  the  style  of  the  INIiddle  Ages. 

As  to  Shakespeare's  plays,  the  latest  statistics  to  hand  are  for  1910,  and  state 
that  twenty-four  plays  were'  given  in  189  theatres,  with  a  total  of  1,220  perform- 
ances. "Hamlet"  was  performed  149  times  in  sixty-six  theatres;  "The  Taming  of 
the  Shrew,"  137  times,  forty-six  theatres;  "Othello,"  130  times,  fifty-one  theatres: 
"The  Winter's  Tale,"  fifty-two  times,  seven  theatres;  "Macbeth,"  thirty-eight 
times,  twelve  theatres;  "  King  Lear,"  thirty-six  times,  fourteen  theatres;  "Richard 
III.,"  thirty  times,  fifteen  theatres;  "Richard  II.,  thirteen  times,  eight  theatres; 
"The  Tempest,"  five  times,  one  theatre;  "  Coriolanus."  four  times,  two  theatres. 
Of  course,  most  of  these  performances  were  given  in  Berlin  ;  then  follow  Munich, 
Leipzig,  IJ)resden,  Hamburg,  Koln.  Diisseldorf,  and  Elberfeld. 

Festival   Performance.s. 

Festival  performances  have  again  been  held  in  many  places.  They  were  either 
special  celebrations,  similar  to  the  English  pageants,  and  generally  held  in  the 
open  air,  such  as  the  Hussitenspiele,  in  Bernau,  near  Berlin,  and  the  German 
Heimathspiele,  near  Potsdam ;  or  they  were  yearly  recurring  festivals,  like  tlie 
National  Festival  plays  in  Weimar,  which  now  receive  a  contribution  of  5,000  marks 
from  the  Emperor;  the  Rlienish  Festival,  under  ^lax  Grube.  in  Diisseldorf,  where  a 
number  of  splendid  Sliakespearean  performances  were  given  ;  the  Summer  Festival 
performances  in  the  Munich  Kiinstlertheater,  which  now  attract  theatre-lovers  from 
all  parts.  This  time  performances  of  the  Offenbach  operettes  were  given  under 
Reinhardt's  stage  management  (of  whicli  we  reproduce  some  scenes  here),  in  order 
to  show  that  operettes  can  also  be  produced  as  works  of  art.  Other  interesting  festival 
performances  which  may  be  mentioned  here  are  the  plays  given  in  the  old  Goethe 
Theatre,  in  Lauchstiidt,  near  Halle,  under  the  fine,  artistic  management  of  Paul 
Schlenther,  who  produced  several  old  comedies  there  with  great  success,  amongst  them 
"Erasmus  Montanus,"  by  the  old  Danish  comedy  writer,  Holberg.  \yhat  can  be 
achieved  even  by  comparatively  small  towns  in  the  matter  of  these  festival  plays,  if 
the  right  spirit  be  forthcoming',  is  shown  by  a  "  Bayreuther  Festival  Week"  in  the 
Geraer  Court  Theatre,  where  Wagner  performances  of  high  excellence  and  with  the 


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tinest  cast  were  given.  Tlieie  is  unfortunately  no  room  lo  continue  these  statistics, 
but  I  should  like  to  add  briefly,  on  account  of  their  artistic  and  historical  importance, 
llie  "  Schiiferspiele,"  given  in  Dresden,  under  Dr.  Zeiss,  wliich  included  Gellert's 
old  play,  "  Sylvia,"  in  an  entirely  Rococo  setting:  the  ciironological  cycle  of  comedies 
[jroduced  by  Dr.  C.  Hageniann  in  Hamburg,  beginning  with  some  farces  by  Hans 
Sachs;  and  a  performance  of  "The  Comedy  of  Errors,"  in  Leipzig,  given  in  quite  a 
new  way  on  a  divided  stage  by  Dr.  Lowenfeld,  now  director  of  the  Hamburg 
Municipal  Theatre. 

Manj  otlier  people  aie  also  doing  good  work  for  Art  on  the  stage,  a  point  to 
which  I  have  repeatedly  referred  here.  Now  a  society  called  the  Society  of  Artistic 
Stage  Producers,  has  been  founded  in  Bei'lin,  to  whicli  100  producers  of  plays  and 
operas  already  belong.  It  has  a  magazine  of  its  own  called  "Die  Scene,"  which 
represents  the  aims  of  the  society  (publishers,  ^'erlag  \'ita,  Berlin-Charlottenburgj. 
Amongst  the  foreign  members  are  Sir  Herbert  Beerbohm  Tree  and  ^1.  Antoine. 
In  Munich,  where  Savits  originally  started  his  Shakespeare  Stage,  there  is  much 
going  on.  A  new  Shakespeare  Stage,  by  Director  Klein  and  Dr.  Kilian,  is  now  used 
for  classical  works,  and  a  kind  of  Artistic  Central  Bureau  for  the  theatre  has  been 
started  by  the  publisliing  firm.  "  Die  drei  Masken,"  with  tlie  Kiinstlertheater  as  its 
central  point.  Further.  Dr.  Rohe  and  the  architect.  A.  Zeh.  have  invented  a  new 
system  of  theatre-building,  which,  with  several  other  interesting  inventions,  will  be 
discussed  in  detail  in  the  next  year's  Stage  Year-Book.  In  Diisseldorf  Ed.  Sturm,  of 
the  Dumont-Lindemann  Schau.spielhaus,  is  working  at  a  much  simplified  system  of 
staging. 

It  wiU  be  seen  from  the  above  remarks  what  a  life  of  activity  and  energy  is  in 
pro^iress  on  the  Gern  an  stage,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  not  everything  in  the 
theatrical  line  is  healthy  and  good.  Not  without  reason  has  Baron  von  Putlitz.  the 
General  Intendant  of  the  Stuttgart  Court  Theatre,  pointed  out  that  sensation  is  too 
often  the  mainspring  in  every  department,  and  that  it  fosters  in  the  public  an 
external  interest  in  the  drama  instead  of  an  internal  one.  But  that  is  a  general 
disease  of  modern  times,  which  the  theatre  cannot  escape. 

But  the  man  on  v'hom,  again,  all  eyes  were  fixed — and  this  time  one  can  safely 
say  not  in  Germany  only — was 

^I.\x  Reinhardt. 

Exactly  ten  years  ago  "  Das  Kleine  Theater  "'  was  founded  in  Berlin.  It  was 
there  that  Reinhardt,  up  till  then  an  actor  under  Otto  Brahm,  came  to  the  front 
as  a  producer,  his  first  great  success  bemg  Gorki's  "  Low'er  Depths."  Reinhardt 
then  took  the  Neues  Theater,  and  triumphed  there  with  his  famous  production  of 
"  A  ^Midsummer  Night's  Dream  "  ;  after  that  came  the  period  of  the  Deutsches 
Theater  and  Kanimerspielhaus.  then  his  work  in  the  IMunich  Kiinstlertheater,  aiT'd 
finally  in  the  Circus  vvith  "  CEdipus."  "  The  Oresteia  "  of  ^-Eschylus.  and  "  Every- 
man." "  CEdipus  "  was  given  in  all  ninety-three  times  in  twenty-six  towns  before 
317,000  people,  50,000  of  whom  paid  only  Is.  entrance.  At  last  came  his  artietic 
crusades  through  Europe,  which  took  him  as  far  as  St.  Petersburg  in  the  East 
and  London  in  the  West. 

Max  Reinhardt  and  his  artistic  nature  are  generally  looked  at  from  a  one-sided 
point  of  view,  and  therefore  almost  always  misunder.stood.  Only  recently  in  London, 
for  instance,  he  was  called  the  great  "realist."  who  puts  natural  trees  on  the 
stage;  or  he  is  'described  as  the  very  opposite — that  is,  as  a  "symbolist,"  who 
composes  Impressionistic  stage-pictures  only  by  a  few  strong  outlines,  colour,  and 
lighting.  In  order  to  understand  him  properly  we  must  make  it  clear  that,  in  the 
first  place,  he  has  the  actor's  nature,  and  that  as  actor  he  approaches  play  and 
stage  and  tries  to  subject  them  to  himself;  further,  that  he,  with  the  healthy 
egotism  and  instincts  of  the  actor,  works  for  strong  direct  effects,  and,  above  all, 
that  he  seeks  contact  with  the  audience.  The  only  thing  that  is  really  new  in  his 
case  is,  that  he  does  so,  not  as  an  actor,  but  as  a  producer.  Just  as  great  actors — 
Henry  Irving,  for  example — Avere  able  to  bring  their  audience  under  their  spell 
as  if  some  irresistible  power  went  forth  from  them  immediately  they  appeared  on 
the  stage,  so.  too.  with  Reinhardt.  even  although  he  is  not  personally  before  the 
aiMience.  That  shows  how  strongly  his  work  affects  the  audience,  and  how  personal 
in  conception  and  reproduction  are  the  works  which  have  passed  through  his  hand.s. 
This  desire  to  appeal  direct  to  the  public  explains  also  the  apparent  contradiction 
of  the  same  artist's  inventing  for  himself  the  "  intime  "  theatre,  and  now  creating 
the  huge  theatre  to  hold  five  or  ten  thousand  people  (whereby  he  has  earned  for 
himfielf  enthusiastic  applause  as  well  as  much  opposition).     In  "both  cases  he  wants 


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to  get  quite  close  to  his  public.  In  the  "  intime  "  theatre  it  is  precisely  the  small- 
ness  of  the  auditorium  and  stage,  the  style  of  the  performance,  the  pieces  chosen, 
which  secure  this  end  ;  in  the  huge  tlieatre,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  secured  by  the 
stage  being  brought  forward  into  the  middle  of  the  audience  (after  the  Shakespearean 
pattern),  by  emphasiising  the  elementary  passions  and  feelings  which  slumber  in 
everyone  and  awake  at  once  instinctively  in  every  great  gathering  of  people.  To 
the  drama  he  is  at  once  friend  and  foe.  He  lets  it  work  on  him.  and  seizes  the 
spirit  from  it  with  a  sure  instinct ;  makes  this  spirit  his  own  and  fashions  it — but 
often  it  alone,  dropping  many  important  details — into  its  adequate  form,  be  that 
realistic  or  sj-nibolic  as  it  may.  Eeinhardt  is  neither  realist  nor  symbolist ;  these 
styles  are  for  him  only  forms  of  expression  which  he  uses  as,  to  his  thinking,  the 
case  demands.  Thus  he  sometimes  overpowers  the  poet's  work  in  the  same  way  as 
many  great  actors  do,  although  he  gives  in  exchange  something  living,  something 
thrilling,  something  even  at  times  overwhelming.  The  position  of  servant  towards 
the  works  he  is  staging — even  works  by  the  greatest  poets — is  unknown  to  Rein- 
hardt.  Therein  lies  an  element  of  danger,  viewed  from  a  certain  standpoint,  but 
no  one   can   go  against   his  nature. 

Reinhardt  lives,  as  it  were,  what  Gordon  Craig  has  developed  in  the  idea. 
It  is  for  that  reason  that  Reinhardt,  from  time  to  time,  deserts  the  drama  and  goes 
over  to  the  wordless  plays  like  "  Sumurun  "  and  "The  Miracle";  to  the  staging 
of  tremendous  scenes  of  shouting,  infuriated  mobs;  to  operettas  like  "La  Belle 
Helene  "  and  "  Oi'phee  aux  Enfers."  in  which  happy  inspirations  have  free  play; 
and  to  the  <omedia  del  arte  like  "  Turandot,"  (by  the  old  Italian  Gozzi,  revised 
by  VoUmoUer),  a  veritable  dream  of  beauty  and  drollery,  which  was  received  in 
Berlin  with  tremendoue  applause.  In  all  these  forms  of  plays  Reinhardt  can  be  his 
own  lord  and  master.  His  vitality  is  enormous  ;  he  belongs  to  the  theatre  heart  and 
soul,  and  has  made  the  stage  a  daily  concern  to  hundreds  of  thousands.  But  it 
cannot  be  said  of  him  that  he  has  been  the  saviour  of  dramatic  literature.  It  is 
with  him  as  with  great  players — they  often  give  the  preference  to  a  piece  of 
average  talent  if  only  it  contains  a  big  enough  role  for  them,  rather  than  to  those 
by  the  great  masters,  because  in  plays  of  the  former  kind  they  seem  to  see  greater 
chances  for  exercising  their  creative  power.  But  every  tree  can  only  bear  its  own 
fruit ;  we  cannot  expect  figs  from  a  date  palm.  To  express  his  guiding  idea  in  his 
own  words  :  "  The  theatre  is  neither  a  moral  nor  a  literary  institution:  the  theatre 
belongs  to  the  theatre."  By  which  he  wants  to  say  that  the  theatre  should  mirror 
life  in  all  its  variety,  in  all  it-s  beauty  as  well  as  its  horror,  its  movement,  and 
its  rhythm.  To  stir  the  emotions  is  the  only  thing  he  aims  at.  He  is.  therefore, 
not  the  least  troubled  about  making  the  antique  spirit  live  again  in  his  "  (Edipus  " 
or  "  Oresteia  "  ;  on  the  contrary,  he  wishes  them  to  have  the  effect  of  a  new  work. 
Readers  will  now  be  in  a  position  to  judge  for  themselves  as  to  the  truth  of  this 
analysis  of  Reinhardt's  art  and  character  by  seeing  his  works  in  London.  As 
illustration  of  what  has  been  said,  we  again  reproduce  some  examples  of  his  stage- 
craft. 

The  Repertory  Theatre. 

During  the  last  few  weeks  of  1911  the  question  of  repertorv  theatres  has  again 
been  much  to  the  front  in  this  country,  and  the  development  in  that  direction 
has  happily  been  very  satisfactory.  It  is  fitting,  therefore,  to  sav  a  few  words 
on  the  subject  here,  especially  as  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving  spoke  verv  flatteringly  in  Man- 
chester last  April  of  Germany's  example  in  that  direction."^  In  Germany,  as  is 
well  known,  the  repertory  system  is.  with  the  exception  of  a  few  theatres' in  the 
large  cities— especially  in  Berlin  and  Vienna— the  usual  custom.  It  will  be  mv 
endeavour  to  show  here,  by  a  few  examples,  how  much  such  theatres  can  accomplish 
m  the  course  of  a  year.  I  draw  for  mv  information  partly  on  the  statements  of  the 
theatres  published  in  "  Die  Deutsche  Biihne."  the  official  organ  of  the  Society  of 
German  Theatre  Directors  (publishers,  Oesterheld  and  Co.).  an  excellently  conducted 
magazine  full  of  interesting  articles  and  notices. 

In  the  Duchy  of  Coburg  and  Gotha  reigns  the  son  of  an  English  Prince,  the 
late  Duke  of  Albany.  ^Yhen  he  came  to  the  throne  the  young  Duke  at  once 
made  the  theatre  his  personal  care— as  is  the  case  with  all  the  Thuringian  rulers, 
to  which  the  famous  Meiningen  Duke  George  also  belongs— and  the  results  are 
most  satisfactory.  The  management  is  most  considerate  in  trying  to  meet  the 
public,  as,  for  example,  by  putting  an  end  to  the  sale  of  tickets  at  increased  prices 
by  outside  dealers,  and.  with  help  from  the  towns  of  Coburg  and  Gotha,  has  raised 
the  salaries  of  chorus  singers  and  others.     The  artistic  side,  too,  is  of  course,  not 


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forgotten.  At  the  head  of  the  theatre  is  Intendant  Wilhelm  Holthoff  von  Fassmann. 
He  has  studied  every  part  of  his  profession  separately  in  other  tlieatres,  and  can 
therefore  conduct  the  tlieatre  as  a  qualified  man,  and  not  merely  as  the  Duke's 
representative.  The  theatre  is  open  from  September  till  June,  and  last  year  gave 
in  all  221  performances,  of  which  twenty  were  either  popular  performances  or 
performances  at  reduced  prices.  The  plays  given  were :  Twenty-four  dramas, 
twenty-two  comedies  and  farces,  thirty-one  operas,  and  three  operettas.  Of  these,  six 
dramas,  ten  ccmedies,  three  operas,  and  two  operettas  were  new  to  the  theatre. 
With  a  staff  cf  tliiity  four  members  (not  including  the  chorus),  that  denotes 
enoimous  energy.  Coburg  has  a  population  of  about  23,000,  Golha  about  40.000. 
1  he  two  towns  together,  therefore,  enjoy  a  theatre  of  great  excellence,  and  have 
their  own  opera  as  well.  Of  course,  the  theatre  receives  a  subvention  from  the 
Duke  and  the  towns.  In  Weimar  (population,  35,000),  where  similar  conditions 
obtain  and  the  memory  of  the  old  classic  times  of  Goethe  and  Schiller  is  jealously 
and  lovingly  cherished,  211  performances  were  given  in  a  season  of  nine  months. 
Of  these,  eleven  works  were  new  to  the  theatre  and  several  were  premieres,  amongst 
them  the  play  "  Der  Gast,"  by  W.  von  Scholz,  already  mentioned.  In  Dessau 
(population  56,000).  the  capital  of  the  Duchy  of  Anhalt,  the  Duke,  an  enthusiast 
for  the  art  of  the  drama,  keeps  the  direction  of  the  theatre  in  his  own  hands,  as 
the  great  Meiningen  Duke  George  used  to  do ;  whilst  the  well-known  litterateur  Pro- 
fessor Seidl,  as  "dramaturg,"  does  splendid  work  for  the  advancement  of  the 
drama.  In  a  season  of  seven  months  this  theatre  gave  in  all  170  performances. 
They  were  :  Thirty-eight  plays,  twenty-seven  operas  (as  well  as  eighteen  concerts 
given  by  the  theatre  orchestra,  comprising  107  works  in  aU) ;  amongst  these 
were  three  premieres  and  fourteen  plays,  and  three  operas  new  to  the  theatre. — In 
Gera  (Principality  Reuss ;  population,  55,000)  the  ruler  also  takes  a  great  personal 
interest  in  the  theatre.  During  a  season  of  eight  months  171  performances  were 
given,  two  of  which  were  popular  ones  at  half-prices,  four  for  workmen,  and  three  for 
schools.  Of  the  171  performances  ten  were  premieres,  and  nineteen  were  plays  new 
to  the  theatre.  In  all  seventy-two  different  works  were  given— namely,  fifteen 
tragedies,  twelve  plays,  fourteen  comedies,  fifteen  farces,  two  plays  for  the  people, 
•one  fairy  play,  and  fifteen  operas  and  operettas,  with  a  total  of  418  rehearsals. 
Trom  this  it  will  be  seen  that  all  tastes  were  catered  for.  Truly,  a  stately  total  of 
work  achieved  !  These  examples  give  an  idea  of  what  is  done  in  comparatively  small 
towns. 

I  shall  now  give  a  few  examples  from  the  large  towns,  beginning  with  a  Court 
theatre,  Dresden  (population,  about  half  a  million).  Thanks  to  the  Generalintendant 
Graf  von  Seebach.  the  Court  Theatre  in  Dresden  has  been  for  years  a  centre  for  the 
theatrical  art  of  Germany,  not  only  for  the  drama,  but  the  opera  as  well.  Strauss's 
operas  are  always  performed  there  for  the  first  time.  0 1  279  evenings  forty-nine 
operas  were  given  in  the  Opera  House,  and  on  277  evenings  and  twenty  matinees 
sixty  plays  in  the  Kgl.  Schauspielhaus,  amongst  them  three  premieres  and  twelve 
plays  new  to  Dresden.  Fifty  performances  of  Schiller's  works  were  given,  and  ten 
of  Shakespeare's.  Quite  modern  authors  were  also  well  represented,  as,  for  example, 
Hermann  Bahr,  whose  comedy,  "Kinder,"  had  its  first  perfoi'mance  there.  In  the 
Schauspielhaus  alone  348  rehearsals  were  held.  About  254.000  people  visited  the 
theatre,  of  whom  about  100,000  were  subscribers.  In  all  German  provincial  towns, 
and  partly,  also,  in  Berlin  and  Vienna,,  these  subscribers  are  a  permanent  public 
who  give  the  management  a  feeling  of  stability. 

I  come  now  to  Stadttheater ;  that  is  to  say,  municipal  theatrjs.  run  bv  the 
town  as  a  municipal  concern  and  not  for  profit : — Strassburg  (population,  180,000). 
The  theatre  is  under  the  directorship  of  Intendant  ^lax  Wilhelmi,  with  the  well- 
known  composer.  Dr.  Max  Ffitzner  as  director  of  the  opera.  In  a  season  of  eight 
months  283  performances  of  no  fewer  than  108  works  took  place.  These  were  :  ten 
tragedies,  eleven  plays,  nineteen  comedies,  one  farce,  ten  plays  in  dialect,  three  fairy 
plays,  ten  plays  in  French,  thirty-six  operas,  fifteen  operettas,  four  ballets.  In  all 
2,172  rehearsals  were  held. — A  somewhat  different  system  of  municipal  theatre 
obtains  in  Cologne  (ca.  half  a  million  inhabitants).  The  theatre  belongs  to  the 
town,  but  the  director  is  only  to  a  certain  extent  an  official  of  the  town.  The  well- 
known  director,  Max  Martersteig,  worked  here  till  last  summer,  but  he  now  goes 
to  Leipzig.  W^e  have  on  several  occasions  given  examples  of  his  fine  staging  amongst 
our  illustrations  in  the  Yeae-Book,  and  do  so  this  year  again.  In  the  Municipal 
Schauspielhaus  there  were  294  performances,  of  which  forty-three  were  for  the 
people.  Shakespeare's  "As  You  Like  It"  reached  twenty  performances,  the  greatest 
number  a-ttained  by  a  piece.    There  were  four  premieres,  amongst  them  Schmidtbonn's 


THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK  11 

"  Zoin  des  Achilles."  In  the  JIunicipal  Opera  House  tliere  were  241  performances, 
ot  which  twenty  were  for  the  people  and  five  for  several  large  societies  (trade 
unions,  etc.). 

Finally,  a  private  theatre  in  the  provinces — the  Schauspielhaus,  in  Diisseldorf 
(population,  360,000),  under  the  management  of  Luise  i)umont  and  G.  Lindemann. 
it  has  several  times  been  mentioned  in  the  Year-Book,  because  of  its  artistic  and 
social  work.  Its  importance  has  now  been  publicly  recognised,  and  the  town, 
although  it  has  its  own  theatre,  and  pays  out  large  sums  for  it,  has  granted  the 
tichauspielhaus  a  yearly  subvention  of  50,000  marks.  In  a  season  of  eight  months 
(the  actors  and  actresses,  however,  receive  a  salary  for  the  entire  year)  fifty-one 
worlcs  in  all  were  performed,  amongst  tliem  twenty-five  new  ones,  of  which  two 
were  jsremieres  and  two  others  were  hi-st  performances  in  Germany  of  foreign  works. 
Besides  these  jjerformances  there  were  also  thii'ty  "artistic  matinees,"  and  eleven 
other  entertainments,  such  as  a  Tolstoi  evening,  a  popular  evening,  etc.  The 
magazine  of  this  theatre,  "Die  Masken,"  helps  on  the  art-mission  of  the  theatre 
most  excellently  with  explanatory  articles,  etc. 

These  examples  ought  to  suffice  to  show  how  much  repertory  theatres  are  capable 
of  achieving.  Although  all  tliese  theatres  are  backed  by  a  subvention,  they  take 
on  themselves  in  return  certain  artistic  and  other  duties  and  responsibilities,  sucii 
as  special  performances  for  the  people,  yearly  salaries  for  their  members,  etc. — But 
in  all  the  theatres  of  this  class,  at  least  in  those  which  count  as  art  centres,  im- 
portant personalities  are  the  guiding  force.  Without  them  all  these  repertory  theatres 
would  sink  to  the  level  of  mere  jjlaces  of  routine,  from  which  no  living  stream 
could  ever  issue. — A  few  statistics  from  Bavaria  show  that  in  that  country  (popula- 
tion ca.  seven  millions)  thirty  towns  sii.pport  their  theatres  with  an  inclusive 
sum  of  half  a  million  marks,  not  including  the  expenses  of  the  Court  for  the  Court 
Tlieatres  in  Munich. 

Of  other  intei'esting  subjects  generally  discussed  here  in  former  years,  such  as 
Berlin,  The  Provinces,  People's  Stages,  Actors'  Year,  etc.,  there  is  only  room  to 
say  a  few  brief  words  this  time.  In  Berlin  many  changes  in  management  are  about 
to  take  place.  Dr.  Otto  Brahm  is  soon  to  leave  the  Lessing  Theater,  whereby  an 
epoch  in  the  modern  German  theatre  comes  to  an  end.  The  Schillertheater.  whose 
motto  is  "  Art  for  the  People,"  lost  at  the  end  of  1910  their  excellent  director, 
Dr.  Lowenfeld,  a  man  of  great  organising  talent.  The  two  theatres  are  now  under 
the  guidance  of  Director  Max  Pattegg,  himself  a  fine  actor,  who  is  continuing  the 
old  policy  with  great  prudence  and  discretion.  Several  similar  "democratic" 
theatres  are  likely  shortly  to  be  added  to  them.  A  "People's  Opera  House,"  on 
the  same  lines  as  the  Schillertheaters,  is  to  be  opened  this  autumn.  It  will  be  the 
third  permanent  Opei-a  House  in  Berlin,  for  in  December,  1911,  the  Kurfiirstenoper 
was  started. 

The  threatened  Amusement  Tax  in  Berlin  has  fortunately  fallen  through. 

A  step  towards  a  change  in  the  organisation  of  the  theatre,  apparently  brought 
about  by  the  increasing  size  of  Berlin,  is  the  attempt  to  engage  actors  for  the  length 
of  a  single  run  only,  the  same  as  in  London,  instead  of  for  at  least  a  season.  So  far, 
this  hks  only  happened  in  single  cases. — In  the  provinces  the  tendency  towards  real 
municipal  theatres  is  gaining  ground  more  and  more.  The  towns  are  recognising  it 
as  one  of  their  duties  to  consider  and  treat  the  theatre  as  a  public  concern,  and  also 
to  see  to  it  that  the  members  are  suitably  paid.  This  point,  and  also  the  growing 
tendency  to  turn  the  Court  Theatres  into  real  State  and  National  Theatres  were 
treated  in  The  Stage  in  the  summer  of  1911.  A  slow  development  on  these  lines 
can  only  be  of  advantage.  Slow,  natural  growth  has  more  vitality  than  a  forced 
plant. 

The  Volksbiihnen  (People's  Theatres)  in  Berlin  and  elsewhere  are  growing  in 
number  and  importance.  During  the  current  year  the  Vienna  Volksbiihne,  under 
Stefan  Grossmann,  will  open  its  own  house,  capable  of  seating  1,500  people;  and  the 
Neue  Freie  Volksbiihne,  in  Berlin,  of  50,000  members,  is  also  building  a  large  house 
for  seating  2,000  spectators. 

The  movement  in  favour  of  "  Wandertheater "  and  "  Stiidtebundtheater "  for 
providing  good  dramatic  fare  for  the  small  towns  continues  to  spread.  So  useful 
have  these  theatres  proved  that  they  now  receive  support  from  the  State  and  towns, 
and  also  privately  from  enthusiasts,  for  enabling  them  to  have  good  plays,  classical 
and  modern,  in  their  repertories,  instead  o'  relyir.g  only  on  successes  of  the  season. 
In  many  provinces,  therefore,  these  "Wandertheater"  have  been  permanently 
established,  and  many  towns  have  formed  committees  which  choose  plays  and 
guarantee  a   certain   sum   per  performance.     Any  surplus  which   may  acrrue  from 


73  TlIK  STAGE  YEAR   B0C7x 

such  a  performance  goes  to  the  director,  who  can  tliub  arrange  beforehand  his  expenses 
lor  costumes,  salaries,  etc.,  according  to  tlie  guarantee,  without  the  ever-pressing 
demands  of  the  box-office.  Tliis  system  enables  the  small  towns  to  have  about  twenty- 
five  plays  well  lehearsed  and  put  on,  instead  of  badly  prejmred  peiiormances  of  a 
lot  of  plays  necessitated  by  the  smailness  of  the  audience.  These  twenty-five  plays 
are,  of  course,  given  at  each  of  the  different  small  towns  belonging  to  the  circuit. 
Undoubtedly  in  this  direction  lies  the  solution  of  the  theatre  question  for  small 
towns.  It  is  a  happy  combination  of  touring  and  repertory  theatre  systems  on  the 
safe  basis  of  a  guaranteed  subvention  and  the  assured  interest  of  the  public.  In  the 
case  of  the  Stiidtebundtheater  of  the  province  of  Hanover,  besides  their  salaries, 
members  share  in  the  profits,  so  that  everyone  is  encouraged  to  give  of  his  best. 

The  Actors'  Year. 

The  overcrowding  of  the  profession  has  again  made  itself  very  strongly  noticeable, 
and  in  Berlin  itself  even  artists  of  the  first  class  were  without  engagements  during 
the  season.  That  is,  however,  partly  due  to  the  fact  that,  like  London  artists,  they 
dislike  going  into  the  provinces.  So  great  was  the  number  of  actors  in  JBerlin 
looking  out  for  engagements  that  the  Actors'  Association  decided  to  form  them  into 
companies  to  give  cheap  performances  for  the  people  in  the  different  halls  in  Berlin. 
The  Association  has  a  fruitful  year  behind  it,  although  it  is  still  at  variance  with 
the  Directors'  Society.  It  has  been  able  to  increase  its  pensions  out  of  its  Pension 
Fund,  the  number  of  its  membership  has  increased,  and  it  has  formed  a  syndicate 
with  several  similar  unions,  which  greatly  strengthens  its  position  and  the  extent 
of  its  power.  In  its  official  organ,  "  Der  Neue  Weg,"  it  has  splendid  support  for  all 
its  schemes  and  its  organisation.  The  latter  has  now  been  strengthened  by  the 
establishment  of  provincial  centres  for  the  rumerous  local  branches.  The  Association 
has  also,  in  accordance  with  the  feeling  of  the  times,  formed  a  special  Actresses' 
Committee  to  look  after  the  interests  of  the  actresses.  This  committee  at  once  set 
energetically  to  work,  and  has  already  founded  an  Orphans'  Home,  has  prepared  a 
reliable  list  of  good  hotels  and  rooms  in  the  provinces,  and  is  also  doing  splendid 
work  in  other  directions.  A  friendly  co-operation  with  the  Directors'  Society — a 
consummation  much  to  be  desired  for  the  healthy  development  of  the  whole  pro- 
fession— is  certain  to  be  realised  sooner  or  later.  On  both  sides  there  is  at  least  a 
strong  desire  for  it.  As  members  of  both  sides  are  now  working  together  at  the 
preparations  for  the  Imperial  Theatre  Law,  they  will  probably  in  the  end  come 
together  quite  naturally.  The  inclusion  of  members  of  the  stage  in  the  State 
insurance  against  sickness  and  superannuation  is  a  kind  of  advance  payment  of 
the  Imperial  Theatre  Law.  Unfortunately,  they  have  not  been  included  in  the 
accidents  insurance  also. 

The  Censor. 

The  Censor  has  distinguished  himself  in  Germany  in  much  the  same  disagreeable 
and  erratic  way  as  in  London,  although  the  German  Censorship  rests  on  quite  a 
different  basis. "  For  example,  a  piece  which  was  given  in  Niirnberg  on  the  anniver- 
.'iary  of  the  Regent's  ninetieth  birthday  was  later  on  forbidden  in  jNlunich  !  Surely, 
improvement  in  this  matter  is  needed  everywhere.  In  Germany,  too,  all  sorts  of 
unsavoury  pieces  are  passed.  One  reproach,  however,  cannot  be  cast  at  the  German 
Censors,  and  that  is — there  is  neither  open  nor  hidden  opposition  to  the  modern 
drama  of  ideas  as  such. 

Jubilees. 

Two  Court  Theatres — with  famous  histories  in  the  past,  and  artistic  reputations 
in  the  present — celebrated  jubilees  in  1911.  They  are  the  Court  Theatre  of  Schwerin 
and  the  Court  Theatre  of  Braunschweig.  The  theatre  in  Schwerin  (population,  45,000^ 
had.  even  in  1750,  already  done  important  work,  although  not  as  a  permanent  Court 
Theatre,  and  has  had  amongst  its  members  many  famous  artists.  It  is  now  under 
the  direction  of  Baron  von  Ledebur,  who  keeps  it  up  to  a  very  high  artistic  standard. 
The  Grand  Duke  gives  it  a  yearly  subvention  of  360.000  marks.  The  present  theatre, 
which  is  now  twenty-five  years  old,  was  built  at  a  cost  of  £100.000.  not  counting  the 
ground. 

The  Court  Theatre  in  Braunschweig  is  the  theatre  in  which  Goethe's  "  Faust " 
was  first  performed.  To  commemorate  the  event  the  present  Regent,  who  takes  a 
great  interest  in  his  theatre,  commanded  that  "Faust"  should  be  repeated  every 
year  on  the  anniversary  of  the  day  of  its  first  performance.  The  present  Intendant. 
Egbert  von  Frankenberg.  strives'  earnestly  to  make  his  theatre  a  living  force  for 
the  town.    In  his  book.  "  The  Intellectual  Foundations  of  Theatrical  Art,"  he  utters 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  79 


the  thoughtful  words:  "Everywhere  new  life,  new  thoughts,  new  aspirations  for 
deeper  Ijimgs  are  manifesting  themselves.  It  has  become  a  question  now  of  new 
desires  in  religion,  culture,  and  art.  Therefore,  the  guiding  principles  of  the 
theatre  director  should  be  : — Never  try  to  stem  the  current  of  the  times ;  never 
exploit  their  weaknesses.  Try  rather  to  recognise  the  times,  understand  them,  and 
keep  yourself  ahead  of  them,  for  you  should  be  a  leader  of  men." 

I  think  that  if  the  Lord  Chamberlain  had  made  a  man  like  this  Court  official 
his  examiner  of  plays,  modern  English  dramatists  would  have  had  little  need  to 
complain. 

Obituary. 

Every  year  brings  with  it  heavy  losses.  This  time  the  death  of  two  well-known 
poets  has  to  be  recorded,  Martin  Greif  and  A.  Wilbrandt,  both  of  whom  wrote  mucli 
for  the  stage.  The  two  great  conductors,  Gustav  Mahler  and  Felix  Mottl,  have  passed 
away ;  the  veteran  actor  of  the  German  stage,  Friedrich  Haase ;  and  many  others 
who  have  made  names  for  themselves  have  all  been  claimed  by  death.  In  Vienna  a 
statue  has  been  erected  to  one  who  passed  away  in  1910,  the  beloved  and  unforgettable 
Josef  Kainz. 

Some  Rfx'ent  German  Theatrical   Publication.s. 

"  Neuer  Theater  Almanach  fiir  1912  "  (New  Theatre  Year-Book),  published 
for  the  twenty-third  time  by  the  German  Actors'  Association,  Berlin,  the  old  and 
trusted  guide  to  all  German  tlieatres.  and  a  complete  directory  of  all  actors  and 
other  people  connected  with  the  theatre  throughout  the  German-speaking  countries. 
There  is  also  some  interesting  literary  matter  as  supplement  (articles  on  H.  von 
Kleist,  F.  Haase,  G.  Mahler,  etc.),  and  a  number  of  portraits  of  well-known  con- 
ductors,   etc.,   who  died   during   1911   or   celebrated   a  jubilee. 

"  Deutsches  Theater-Adressbuch  fiir  1912 "  (German  Theatre  Directory),  pub- 
lished by  Oesterheld  and  Co.,  for  the  German  Theatre  Directors'  Society,  Berlin,  W., 
15.  This  handy  book,  in  the  form  of  a  railway  guide,  with  differently  coloured  paper 
for  its  different  parts,  gives  a  list  of  all  German  theatres,  stating,  in  many  cases, 
whether  they  get  a  subvention,  in  what  shape,  and  to  what  extent.  It  also  contains 
a  law  column,  a  list  of  theatrical  publications,  theatre  societies,  and  clubs,  etc.,  and 
a  directory  of  actors  and  dramatic  authors.  Its  clever  arrangement  makes  it  a  very 
useful  reference  book.  It  seems  to  have  been  fashioned  somewhat  after  the 
"Provincial  Guide"  vv^hich  once  formed  a  section  of  The  Stage  Ye.\r  Book. 

"Theater  Kalender.  aitf  das  JaJir  1912"  (Theater  Almanach),  puiblished  by 
Oesterheld  and  Co.,  edited  by  Dr.  H.  Landsberg  and  Dr.  A.  Rundt.  This  is  a  critical 
and  historical  collection  of  essays  on  the  Stage,  with  many  very  interesting  illustra- 
tions, mostly  portraits  of  famous  actors  of  the  old  days  (among  them  D.  Garrick). 
For  English  readers  an  article  on  D.  Garrick  by  the  well-known  writer  on  theatre- 
history,  Ch.  Gaehde,  and  another  on  Max  Reinhardt  by  Arthur  Eloesser,  the  well- 
known  Berlin  critic  and  litterateur,  will  be  of  special  interest.  Max  Martersteig 
writes  an  instructive  article  on  "Art  and  the  Scenic  Picture." 

"  Der  frohliche  Etelsquell,"  Gedanken  iiber  Theater,  Schauspieler,  Drama,  by 
Theodor  Lessing  (Oesterheld  and  Co.,  Berlin),  a  collection  of  essays  on  the  theatre, 
the  actor,  and  the  drama,  partly  amusmg,  partly  erudite,  written  in  quite  a  jjer- 
sonal  style,  and,  fi'om  a  personal  point  of  view,  by  a  man  who  has  always  something 
worth  telling.  The  collection  opens  with  a  treatise  on  the  English  Stage.  There 
is  also  an  article  on  "  The  Yiddish  Stage  in  London." 

"Bernard  Shaw,"  by  Julius  Bab  (S.  Fischer,  Berlin).  This  is  a  most  interesting 
essay  on  G.  B.  Shaw  from  a  German  point  of  view.  It  treats  Shaw  not  only  as  a 
dramatist,  critic,  politician,  but,  first  and  foremost,  as  a  man  and  as  a  "cultural 
phenomenon  "  (Kulturphanomen).  Oesterheld  and  Co.  have  published  several  im- 
portant books  by  the  same  author  on  the  Theatre  and  the  Drama,  amongst  them 
"  Kritik  der  Biihne."  "Der  ^Nlensch  auf  der  Biihne,"  "Der  Schauspieler  und  seia 
Haus,"  "  Wege  zum  Drama,"  and  "  Neue  Wege  zum  Drama." 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 

NEUES    SCHAUSPIELHAUS,    BERLIN.      DIRECTOR,    ALFRED    HALM. 


♦<  MONSIEUR    DE    P3URCKAUGNAC/'    BY    MOLIERE, 

Presented  on  a  simplified  stage  in  order  to  copy  the  simplicity  of  the  stage  used  hy  Moliere  himself. 
Musical  interludes  and  a  liallet  were  triveii  with  the  pluy.  as  in  the  time  of  Louis  XIV. 


♦•  TARTUFFE,"^  BY    MOLIERE,    ACT    V. 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 

NEUES    SCHAUSPIELHAUS,    BERLIN.      DIRECTOR,    ALFRED    HALM, 


'*WIENERINNEN/'  A  COMEDY  BY  HERMANN  BAHR.     ACTS  II.  &  III» 

These  scenes  are  distinguished  through  the  specially  modern  style  of  furnishing  used. 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 

MUNCHENER    KUNSTLER    THEATER,    MUNICH 

(Uiiiler  llie  ilirctlii)ii  of  tliu  Difi  Muhken  Verlagl. 


/       t,.,i;ii,)i,i-:  ,7.«.  P.nil  B<,hm,  .Viiiti.li,  K'liistr.  i- 


1 

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^      Wj\  ^ 

[Pholdiirnpher  :  Jos.  Paul  Bdhm,  Munich,  Karhir.  IS. 

"LA    BELLE    HELENE,"    BY   OFFENBACH.      ACTS    L    &    H. 

This  was  one  of  the  "  artistic  inoductions  of  operettas  "  at  the  Kiinstler  Theater,  with  Max  Reinhardt 
as  producer,  during  the  festival  season  of  1911. 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 


[Photographer  :  J.  Fuch<t,  Berlin,  Friedrichstr.  138 

"HAMLET'^    (LAST    SCENE), 

as  given  in  Reinharcit's  Deutsehes  Theater,  Berlin. 


[Photomaphen  :  ihssr^.  Zand.r  d-  Lubhch,  BerVin  W.  S. 

MAX    P^INHARDT'S    "CEDIPUS"    PRODUCTION, 

ai  given  in  the  Circus  in  Btrlin. 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 

THE    LESSING    GESELLSCHAFT—HAMBURG. 

(Under  the  ilirecticiii  of  Kiiuuiiicl  Stoi-khuiiM'ii,  Hamburj;,  Hiiinliudcrstr.  60.1 

A    GERMAN    CHRISTMAS-PLAY    (O.    FALKENBERGi 


THE    ADORATION    OF    THE    SHEPHERDS    AND    MAGI. 


THE    HERALDS. 


THE    GERMAN    STAGE. 

THE    CALDERON    GESELLSCHAFT.    BERLIN 

iHiiii.  Sccifturv,  Carl  li.itli,  59,  SylaUtr.,  Cliarl.jltciil.urk'.i 


"CHRYSANTUS  AND    DARIA"   iLOS   DOS  AMANTES    DEL   CIELO). 
By  Cervantes  de  la  Barca. 


"VERONICA,"  a  religious  play  by  E.  Ringseis. 


CENSORSHIP    AND    LICENSING. 

SOONER  or  later  effect  will  be  given  in  the  form  of  legislation  to  the  Report, 
and  Recommendations  of  the  Joint  Parliamentary  Committee.  In  th;  mean- 
time one  can  only  record  the  progress  which  has  been  made  during  the  past, 
year  towards  the  desired  end.  Opinion  generally  has  been  won  ov  er  to  the 
principle  of  the  single  license  for  all  forms  of  entertainment — a  principle  which^ 
first  enunciated  in  the  columns  of  The  Stage,  was  eventually  recommended  by  the 
Joint  Committee,  and  now  few  could  be  found  among  those  interested  in  the 
business  of  the  theatre  or  of  entertaining  in  any  form  who  do  not  approve  of  the 
single  license.  Mr.  Robert  Harcourt  has,  whenever  opportunity  allowed,  referred 
to  the  matter  in  the  House  of  Commons,  but  with  little  result  beyond  the  expression 
of  opinion  on  the  part  of  the  Home  Secretary  that  there  was  little  hope  of 
immediate  legislation. 

The  London  County  Council  has  not  been  slow  to  appreciate  the  anomalies  of 
licensing  and  the  difficulties  of  the  matter.  Early  in  the  year  the  Council  accepted 
a  recommendation  on  the  part  of  the  Theatres  and  Music  Halls  Committee  that  the 
Council  should  introduce  a  Bill  into  Parliament  in  order  to  obtain  power  to  grant 
music  and  dancing  licenses  at  any  time  during  the  year,  and  not  only  at  Michaelmas, 
as  provided  for  under  the  Disorderly  Houses  Act,  1751,  under  which  the  Council 
at  present  licenses  music  halls.  This  was  the  first  official  recognition  by  the  Council 
of  the  fact  that  the  granting  of  the  double  license — that  is  to  say,  music  and  dancing, 
and  stage  play  licenses,  to  theatres  and  halls  in  London  would  remove  the  constantly 
recurring  difficulty  of  sketches  in  music  halls,  and  also  obviate  the  annoying  prose- 
cutions. It  was  clearly  stated  by  the  Committee  at  the  time  that  in  order  to- 
facilitate  such  an  arrangement — i.e.,  the  issuing  of  the  double  license — it  was  essen- 
tial that  the  Council  shoidd  be  able  to  grant  music  and  dancing  licenses  at  any  time. 
The  measure  was  introduced,  but  not  proceeded  with,  but  at  the  November  licensing 
the  Council  carried  out  the  principle  and  granted  double  licenses  to  such  managers  as 
cared  to  apply  for  them.  Several  music  halls  whose  managers  took  advantage  of  the 
opportunity  have  become  possessed  of  the  double  license,  while  ^Ir.  Dudley  Bennett 
also  secured  it  for  the  Shakespeare,  Clapham.  One  thing  the  Council  made  clear 
was  that  the  granting  of  a  stage  plays  license  to  music  halls  sliould  not  carry 
further  facilities  in  the  way  of  drinking  than  the  hall  previously  possessed.  If  the 
music  hall  previously  had  no  excise  license,  the  stage  plays  license  was  granted  on 
the  condition  that  the  excise  license  should  not  be  taken  out.  In  regard  to  the 
Shakespeare,  Clapham.  when  it  was  desired  to  play  variety  there  the  house  must  be- 
regarded  as  a  music  hall,  and  no  drink  sold  for  the  time  being.  It  was  argued  in 
some  quarters  at  the  time  that  in  thus  giving  stage  play  licenses  to  music  halls  the- 
London  County  Council  favoured  the  variety  halls  at  the  expense  of  the  theatres. 
But  it  must  be  remembered  that  it  was  open  to  every  theatre  manager  in  the  London- 
district  over  which  the  Council  exercises  control  to  apply  for  a  music  and  dancing, 
license  if  he  required  such  license.  That  only  one  did  so  apply  may  be  taken  to  prove 
that  the  other  managers  did  not  want  it.  The  Council's  decision  on  the  matter 
of  the  excise  license  represented  an  endeavour  to  maintain  a  consistent  attitude  by 
not  granting  drinking  facilities  to  new  music  halls  or  to  halls  which  had  not  had  them 
before,  and  to  bring  the  theatres  desiring  to  play  variety  into  line  with  music  halls. 
In  the  early  part  of  1912  the  Lord  Chamberlain  granted  stage  play  licences  to  music 
hall  managers  conditionally  that  each  performance  should  be  made  up  of  not  fewer 
than  six  items,  and  that  the  drop  curtain  should  be  lowered  after  each  item. 

In  the  way  of  the  Censorship,  some  little  relief  has  been  found  in  the  Advisory 
Board,  which  has  made  its  presence  felt  on  more  than  one  occasion.  For  instance, 
the  Advisory  Board  prevented  Bataille's  "  La  Yierge  FoUe  "  from  being  banned 
in  England,  as  it  probably  would  have  been  had  it  been  left  for  the  then  Censor 
to  decide  on  the  question  alone.  Public  attention  was  also  drawn  to  the  Censorship 
by  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Charles  Brookfield  as  Assistant  Examiner  of  Plays,  and" 
the  subsequent  resignation  of  Mr.  Bedford.  Lively  dissatisfaction  was  expressed 
by  authors  and  others  at  the  appointment  of  ^Ir.  Brookfield,  and  the  matter  was- 
made  the  subject  of  a  question  in  the  House  of  Commons,  which  led  to  little,  as  the 
Home  Secretary  stated  he  had  no  responsibility  for  the  appointment,  and  if  he 
defended  it  he  would  be  assuming  to  himself  a  right  which  did  not  belong  to  him. 
The  appointment  of  Mr.  Brookfield.  v>-hich  came  into  effect  on  January  1.  1912.  drew 
an  inquiry  from  the  Dramatic  Suh-Committee  of  the  Society  of  Authors^  to  which  the 
Lord  Chamberlain  replied  that  none  of  the  examiners  of  plays  in  his  department 
was  permitted  to  retain  any  commercial  or  professional  interest  in  the  theatre. 


82  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


THE    YEAR'S    DRAMA    IN     NEW    YORK. 

BY    THE    NEW    YORK    CORRESPONDENT    OF    "THE    STAGE." 

THE  year  1910  ihad  been  something  of  a  disappointment  to  theatrical  managers, 
as  "the  pubLic  seemed  niore  tha.n  ever  inclined  to  neglect  the  drama  lor  otht-i 
forms  of  amusement  :  picture  sihows,  and  ciheap  vaudeville   for  the  pooriT 
people  (there  are  no  classes  in  America),  and  automobiLing  for  those  possess- 
ing tihe  dollars  or  who  could  borrow  them.     Anyway,  the  glorious  visions  of  over- 
flowing exchequers  entertained  at  the  beginndng  of  the  year  proved  to  be  lament- 
able over  estimations,  when  the  reckoning  arrived  in  New  York. 

Nor,  indeed,  was  the  situation  any  better  on  the  road,  for  similar  conditions 
obtained  witih  the  touring  companies,  and  attractions  that  in  former  years  would 
have  remained  out  the  whole  yea.r  witih  iprofit  to  their  promoters  were  called  in. 
The  losses  of  one  manager  alone  were  reported  to  be  in  the  neighbourhood  of  one 
million  dolilars,  or  two  hundred  thousand  pounds. 

It  is  a  fortunate  thing,  for  theatrical  managers  especially,  that  hope  springs  eternal 
in  the  human  breast.  The  year  1911  was  greeted  with  something  of  confidence, 
siiice  trade  was  increasing  by  leaps  and  bounds,  and  in  the  South  particularly  the 
country  was  recovering  from  the  panic  conditions  of  1907  and  1908,  so  that  people 
would  have  more  money  to  .spare  than  formerly,  and  that  meant  extra  dollars  for 
the  theatrical  money  bags. 

Early    Year   Productions. 

The  New  Year  saw  several  successes  of  the  first  order  continuing  their  runs  on 
Broadway,  notably  "The  Concert"  at  the  Belasco,  "Baby  Mine"  at  Daly's,  and 
"Get  Rich  Quick  Wallingford  "  at  the  Gaiety,  while  "Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook 
Farm"  at  the  Republic,  "The  Gamblers"  at  the  Maxine  ELliot,  "Pomander 
Walk"  at  Wallack's,  "The  Spring  Maid"  at  the  Liberty,  and  last,  but  not  least, 
■*'  The  Blue  Bird  "  at  the  ]\Jaje&tic,  weao  continuiaig  inuis  which  had  proved  of  great 
■assistance  to  their  respective  managers. 

The  first  production  of  the  New  Year  was  that  of  "  Marriage  a  la  Carte"  at 
the  Casino,  but  it  proved  unattractive  to  the  public,  and,  in  spite  of  changes  in 
the  cast  and  the  piece  itself,  dt  was  removed,  and  given. a  chance  in  other  cities. 
But  the  verdict  pronounced  in  New  York  was  upheld  wherever  the  piece  went,  and 
ISO  Ivan  Caryll's  and  C.  M.  S.  McClelJan's  work  was  doomed  to  the  store  house. 
Altogether  in  the  month  of  January  about  a  dozen  new  productions  were  offered, 
-out  of  which  two  made  successes  of" the  first  grade — namely,  "  Over  Niaht  "  at  the 
Hackett,  afterwards  removed  to  Brady's  new  theatre,  the  Plavhouse,"and  "The 
Deep  Purple"  at  the  Lyric;  whiie  "The  Havoc"  at  the  Bijou,  "  The  Slim 
Princ^ess"  at  the  Globe,  "The  Faun"  at  DaJy's,  replacing  "Baby  Mine,"  "The 
Boss"  at  the  Astor,  and  "The  Piper,"  by  Josephine  Preston  Peabodv,  at  the  New 
"Theatre  also  proved  to  be  successes. 

Records  show  that  usually  prize  plays  are  a  disappointment  to  the  public  when 
they  are  put  to  the  test  of  the  hard-hearted  box-ottice,  but  "  The  Piper,"  -which,  it 
will  be  remembered,  won  a  prize  in  England,  was  a  notable  exception  to  this,  as  was 
also  a  play  produced  about  this  time  in  Boston,  Mass.  In  that  city,  at  the  Castle 
Square  Theatre,  a  permanent  stock  company  exists,  under  t^he  management  of  John 
Craig,  and  it  occurred  to  him  to  offer  a  prize  of  five  hundred  dollars,  or  one 
hundred  pounds,  for  a  play  to  be  written  by  a  student.  A  deluge  of  MSS.  resulted, 
1?^- J  ,,  P^"^^^  "^^'^s  awarded  to  Florence  Lincoln  for  her  plav  "The  End  of  the 
Bridge,"  and  the  verdict  was  upheld  by  the  public  when  it  was  put  on  at  the 
Castle  Square.  It  ran  for  more  than  two  months  at  a  house  where  the  custom  was 
to  change  the  bill  each  week.     Since  then  the  plav  has  been  exploited  out  on  the 


TILE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  83 


Pacific  Coast  wntlh  a  Siimilar  result.  The  Authors'  Producing  Association,  formed  in 
1910,  had  been  so  successful  with  Charles  Klein"s  "The  Gamblers"  that  tiiey 
decided  to  produce  a  second  attraction,  and  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  "We  Can't  Bo 
as  Bad  as  AH  That"  was  selected  lor  tJie  honour,  but  it  fell  so  flat  that  it  was 
withdrawn  after  an  extremely  sihort  run. 

In  January  the  White  Rats  decided  to  alter  the  title  of  their  association,  since 
they  had  become  affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  La.bour,  and  henceforth 
they  were  to  be  known  as  the  White  Rats'  Actors'  Union  of  America. 

A  notable  ceremony  took  place  this  month  at  the  New  Theatre,  when  a-t  a 
gathering  of  the  most  proaninent  artists  and  public  individuals  in  New  York  a  gold 
medal  was  presented  to  iNIiss  Ellen  Terry,  w'ho  was  about  to  say  farewell  to  America, 
after  a  tour  of  the  principal  cities,  in  which  she  delivered  lectures  on  Shakespearean 
plays. 

In  Chicago,  Albert  Chevalier  once  mere  took  a  chance  in  the  legitimate  in  a  play 
entitled  "Daddy  Dufard,"  but  it  failed  to  show  lany  very  great  drawing  power, 
and  he  returned  to  vaudeville.  The  production,  however,  was  notable  for  the 
success  achieved  by  Miss  Violet  Henuning,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  Hemming,  who  has 
since  followed  it  up  by  successes  in  other  plays,  principally  "  The  Deep  Purple." 

In  Washingion,  D.C.,  a  project  was  formed  to  organise  an  association  among 
the  socially  important  people  of  that  centre  of  ^government,  with  a  view  to  com- 
bining a  club  wiith  a  theatre.  The  result  was  The  Plaj'housie.  Subsequently,  how- 
ever, the  scheme  proved  ineffec'tual. 

At  the  Emipiire,  after,  perhaps,  some  of  the  heaviest  Press  work  ever  devoted  to 
any  play,  Rostand's  "  Ohantecler  "  was  produceid,  with  Maude  Adams  in  the 
part  originally  intended  for  Coqxielin,  but  the  consensus  of  opinion  was  that  the 
play  failed  to  please,  although  the  eno-rmous  amount  of  pu.blicity  attaching  to  it 
enabled  it  to  run  for  a  considerable  period,  to  great  profits. 

On  Januarj'  22  the  preliminaries  of  one  of  those  tragedies  which  occuir  in 
human  life  took  place  in  the  marriage  of  Diavid  Belasco's  daughter  Gussie  to 
William  Elliot.  The  event  was  one  of  the  principal  social  happenings  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  ar.d  the  young  couple  left  for  Atlantic  City,  where  they  were  to 
spend  their  honeymoon,  carrying  with  them  the  good  wishes  of  all  theatrical  New 
York.  Only  a  few  days  after  the  bride  conti'acted  pneumonia,  and,  in  spite  of 
every  attentiion  that  medical  science  could  provide,  she  ipiassed  away  aiter  fo'ur 
months  of  lingering  and  painful  illness. 

In  the  month  of  February  another  round  dozen  of  plays  were  S'ubmitted,  only 
two  of  which,  "Excuse  Me"  at  the  Gaiety  and  "  Everywoman  "  at  the  Herald 
Square,  ware  destined  to  satisfy  the  desiiires  of  their  promoters.  Both  played  to 
enormous  business,  until  the  torriicl  heat  of  the  dog  days  compelled  them  to  close 
down  until  cooler  weather  permitted  a  resumption. 

Legislation. 

As  is  usual  about  this  tiime  of  the  year,  numerous  Bills  were  bix>ught  up  for 
consideration  in  the  various  Assemblies  of  a  ntimber  of  States,  principally  Albany, 
which  is  the  capital  of  the  State  of  New  York.  One,  brought  up  by  the  member  for 
Manihattan,  aimed  at  regulating  the  agencieis  connected  with  the  theatrical  pro- 
fession, wihile  others,  especially  in  Massachuseitts,  Illinois,  Louisia.na,  Utah,  and 
Ohio,  suggested  even  greater  restrictions  on  the  regulations  for  the  employment 
of  children  on  the  -stage,  which  wore  already  sufficiently  vexatious.  In  California 
the  proposition  was  to  prohibit  the  eimployment  of  anyone  under  eighteen  years  of 
age,  but  this  failed  to  pass.  There  is  one  factor  in  the  application  of  any  law 
passed  in  the  States  which  works  both  ways,  for  no  matter  how  necessary  the 
regulation,  if  some  astute  lawyer  can  convince  the  judges  that  it  is  contrary  to  the 
Constitution,  it  becomes  a  dead  letter.  As  regards  the  agencies,  no  matter  what 
regulations  are  imposed,  there  seems  to  be  a  way  out,  and  the  prescribed  5  pea-  cent, 
can  by  no  means  be  insisted  upon.  One  Bill,  however,  was  passed  this  month,  which 
did  away  with  one  of  the  most  barefaced  swindling  systems  ever  connected  with  the 
theatre  in  this  country,  for  after  much  consideration  and  opposition  of  the  most 
strenuous  nature  the  ticket  speculators'  trade  of  fleecing  the  public  was  made 
illegal,  and  the  presence  of  these  persons  on  the  sidewalk  for  the  purpose  of  selling 
tickets  to  the  public  rendered  them  liable  to  arrest.  At  first  the  regulation  was 
looked  upon  as  a  joke,  and  many  offenders  were  brought  before  the  magistrates 
charged  with  breaking  the  law,  and  fines  were  imposed,  but  as  this  did  not  seem  to 
stop  the  practice  seveo-al  of  them  were  sent  to  prison.     The  ticket  speculators  then 


84  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


realised  thiat  the  law  was  really  meant  to  be  enforce-d,  and  the  sidewalk  parasite 
alnioet  entirely  disappeared. 

A  most  important  event  took  place  in  Ghic-ago  in  Febni.iry,  wlien  the  manageas 
of  the  numerous  vaudeville  theatres  defied  the  White  Rats  in  their  endeavours  to 
insist  on  a  certain  rate  of  salary  for  atite.  In  conjunction  with  the  American 
Federation  of  Labour,  the  Rats  brought  the  managers  to  terms,  and  succeeded  in 
^establishing  a  minimum  salary.  Another  important  incident  in  vaudeville  took 
place  at  the  same  time,  when  Marcus  Lowe  bought  out  the  interest  of  William  Morris 
in  the  American. 

March  was  a  lucky  month  for  producers,  since  out  of  four  original  productions 
two  succeeded  in  achieving  great  success,  and  a  third  proved  extremely 
remunerative.  The  principal  of  these  w£is  "  The  Pdnk  Lady,"  an  adapta- 
tion from  the  French,  Avith  musdc  by  Ivan  Caryll,  which  was  produced 
at  the  New  Amsterdam  Theatre.  This  piece  ran  without  inteormisoion 
through  one  of  the  hottest  summers  knoAvoi  for  many  ;a  year,  while  "  As  a  Man 
Tliinks."  a  drama  by  Augustus  Thomas,  ran  until  the  fierce  heat  forced  a  vacation 
of  a  short  duration,  after  whioh  the  run  was  resumed  at  the  Thirty-Ninth  Theatre. 
The  third  successful  production  was  a  dramatic  form  of  the  opera  "  Thais.'" 
arranged  by  Paul  Wilstach,  produced  at  the  Criterion,  witi  Mr.  Tyrone  Power  and 
Miss  Constance  Collieir  in  the  principal  characters. 

More  legislation  affecting  the  theatre  was  brought  up  this  month,  for  a  Bill  to 
prohibit  the  impersonation  of  the  Deity  of  the  Ohristian  religion  on  the  stage  was 
submitted  by  Assemblyman  Foley,  of  New  York  City,  and  passed.  In  Boston  at 
this  time  the  Mayor  found  it  advisable  to  prohibit  the  performance  of  Eugene 
Walter's  play,  "The  Easiest  Way,"  after  the  first  representation  on  the  Monday 
night.  Later  there  was  considerable  friction  between  him  and  tho  official  appointed 
by  him  to  advise  in  the  matter,  owing  to  his  declining  to  take  similar  action  in 
other   cases. 

April  saw  six  productions,  of  which  the  following  may  be  described  as  successful  : 
"  Mrs.  Bumstead-Leigh,"  a  comedy  in  three  acts,  by  a  new  author,  Harrison  James 
Smith,  produced  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre  by  Mrs.  Fiske,  who  played  the  title-role 
with  such  success  that  the  piece  formed  one  of  the  leading  attractions  at  that  house 
and  on  the  road.  The  next  in  importance  was  a  musical  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
W.  J.  Hurlburt  and  Harry  B.  Smith.  "  Little  Miss  Fix-It,"  which  ran  for  some 
considerable  time,  and  is  still  a  big  attraction  on  the  road. 

The   Failure    of    the    New    The.\tre,    New    York. 

The  indications  that  mark  the  near  approach  of  the  closing  of  the  season  came 
this  year  as  early  as  this  month.  The  New  Theatre  shut  its  doors  for  good,  since 
the  experiment  conducted  for  two  seasons  convinced  the  promoters  that  the  decision 
of  Granville  Barker,  to  the  effect  that  the  building  was  too  capacious  for  the  project, 
was  correct,  and  they  decided  to  carry  on  the  scheme  in  a  smaller  theatre,  meanwhile 
letting  the  New  to  the  Lieblers,  who  re-named  it  the  Century,  and  made  it  their 
headquarters  in  New  York.  W'inthrop  Ames,  wiho  had  been  selected  to  manage 
the  experiment,  decided  that  he  would  leaye  it  and  go  into  management  on  his  own 
account,  and  for  this  purpose  secured  "  The  Piper,"  which  he  sent  on  tour  with 
considerable  success.  Following  on  this,  he  arranged  to  have  a  miniature  place 
built  for  him  to  be  called  the  Little  Theatre,  and  departed  for  Europe  to  study 
the  conditions  of  similar  institutions,  including  those  of  the  Little  Theatre  in  the 
Adelphi,  London,  the  success  of  which  undoubtedly  suggested  the  idea  to  him. 

A    Decision    ox    Sunday    Employment. 

A  most  important  decision  was  handed  down  by  Judge  Bischoff  in  March,  to 
the  effect  that  c-ontracts  containing  a  clause  calling  for  Sunday  performances  were 
null  and  void,  since  they  arranged  for  an  infraction  of  the  laws.  It  is,  therefore, 
most  important  that  actors  signing  contracts  with  this  clause  inserted  should  see 
that  it  is  expunged,  or  they  will  find  that  they  have  no  standing  whatever  on  arrival 
here  with  regard  to  any  claim  under  them.  This  decision  has  been  applied  in  a  case 
■quite  recently,  and  caused  the  forfeiture  of  several  thousand  dollars  by  a  well- 
known  actress. 

Question   of    Censorship. 

Still  more  legislataon  for  the  stage  came  up  in  April,  inasmuch  as  an  endeavour 
was  made  to  provide  a  committee  consisting  of  the  mayor,  the  chief  of  police,  and 
a  third  pers-on  to  exercise  a  censorship  of  plays.     The  Bill   was  passed,   but  was 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  85 

vetoed  by  the  mayoa-,  who  has  absolute  authority  in  tihe  matter  at  pie&eut,  on  t.he 
ground  tha.t  it  would  open  up  iiie  way  for  endless  app?als  and  delays,  wh'ile  the 
offending  play  migiht  be  contanued.  In  Pennsylvania  a  Bill  was  passed  to  prohibit 
indecent  plays,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  it  provided  fotr  the  authority  to  exercise 
the  censorsliip. 

In  April  the  Shuberts  took  possession  of  the  Manhattan  Opera  House,  which 
OscaT  Hanimerstein  ihad  relinquis-hed  in  accordance  with  the  agreement  witth  the 
Meta-opolitan  Opera  House  directorate.  The  proposition  was  to  turn  it  into  a 
travelling  company  tJieatre,  with  occasional  pictures  and  variety. 

A  link  with  the  past  was  broken  this  month  wihen  the  old  Bowery  Theatre  was 
sold  at  auction  ior  the  purpose  of  being  torn  down  and  a  modern  building  for 
commercial  j^iirposes  erected  on  the  site. 

Shakespeare's    Birthday. 

In  Ghicago  Shakespeare's  birthday  wa«  celebrated,  and  the  statue  of  the  immortal 
bard  was  decorated  witih  innumerable  wreaths  and  bouquets.  This  ceremony 
originated  several  years  ago,  when  an  aotor  laid  a  few  simple  flowers  at  the  foot 
of  t(he  &tatue.  The  anniversary  was  ailso  celebrated  at  the  Forrest  Home,  a 
charitable  institution  in  Philadelphia,  founded  by  Edwin  Forrest,  where  old  actors 
and  actresses  who  have  been  unfortunate  may  spend  their  declining  years  in  com- 
fort. As  is  the  case  of  the  Actors'  Fund  Home,  no  accotint  is  taken  of  nationality, 
for  one  of  the  inmates  of  tihe  Forrest  Home  is  an  English  actress,  tlie  daughter  of 
a  famous  comic  singer  of  the  sixties  of  last  century. 

Towards  the  last  of  this  month  Abraham  Belasco,  father  of  David  BeJasco,  and 
bix)ther  of  the  late  David  Jamas,  died  in  San  Francisco,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty. 
He  had  settled  on  the  Pacific  Coast  j^ars  ago  on  his  arrival  from  London,  which 
city  was  his  native  place. 

On  April  17  a  company  calling  themselves  the  London  Follies,  who  had  been 
much  heralded,  even  to  the  extent  of  being  disowned  by  H.  G.  Pelissier,  ran  the 
extremely  short  season  of  one  night  at  Weber's  Theatre,  the  management  arriving 
at  the  concliision  that  they  were  unsuited  to  Xew  York. 

On  the  27tJi  of  the  same  month  Henry  B.  Harris  and  Jesse  Lasky  inaugurated 
another  form  of  Follies,  the  Folies  Bergere,  somewhat  in  imitation  of  the  Parisian 
establishmeait,  where  the  Xew  Yorker  could  obtain  dinner  and  amusement  for  the 
moderate  simi  of  two  dollars.  Great  things  were  expected  of  it,  but  in  spite  of  the 
most  strenuous  efforts  to  keep  tlie  place  going  the  management  had  to  own  to  a 
failure,  which  cost  in  the  neighbourhood  of  twenty  thousand  pounds  sterling,  and 
the  building  was  altered  to  render  it  suitable  for  a  theatre,  which  was  chjistened 
the  Fulton. 

The  season  may  be  said  to  have  ended  before  tlie  advent  of  May,  since  the  only 
attraction  presented,  in  place  of  one  withdrawn,  was  a  revival  at  the  Lyric  of  the 
old-timer  "Lights  o'  London,"  with  a  cast  of  "star"  artists,  who  demonstrated 
how  badly  even  clever  people  can  appear  when  cast  out  of  their  particulaa-  line  of 
business.  The  attraction  drew  considerably  by  means  of  the  curiosity  of  the  people 
to  see  t'he  class  of  entertainment  which  proved  a  magnet  a  generation  ago,  but  that 
soon  ceased,  and  the  piece  was  withdrawn. 

The  dull  period  was  relieved  by  an  attempt  by  Tim  Sullivan  to  obtain  a  law 
permitting  liquor  to  be  sold  in  theatres,  but  he  failed  in  his  attempt,  as  did  Julius 
Hoppe  in  his  endeavoua-  to  become  a  real  theatrical  manager.  In  order  to  de- 
monstrate to  the  wage  earners,  whose  cause  he  champions,  that  they  could  help 
themselves  as  regards  entertainment  in  theatres,  he  arranged  a  representation  of 
"Clouds"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre  for  a  Sunday,  but  the  police  took  a  hand  in 
the  affair,  and  prevented  the  performance  as  being  against  the  law,  so  the  B.ijou 
was  taken,  and  the  peo-formance  given  there  for  a  week.  Subsequently  it  was  dis- 
covered that  the  experiment  was  costly  and  ineffective,  and  the  scheme  was 
abandoned. 

Copyright    Ixfrixoement. 

In  May  the  first  conviction  under  the  new  laws  relating  to  pirating  copyright 
plays  by  unscrupulous  managers  of  stock  companies  in  remote  districts  took  place 
through  the  energetic  endeavours  of  Ligon  Johnson,  who  obtained  a  verdict  of  $300 
damages  against  a  manager  in  Aberdeen,  North  Dakota.  Subsequentlv 
proceedings  were  instituted  against  an  even  more  flagrant  offender,  but  to  date 
the  final  stage  of  the  case  has  not  been  reached.  As  the  penalty  for  the  offence  is 
a  fine  of  $1,000,  or  one  year's  imprisonment,  or  both,  the  conviction  of  the  Aberdeen 


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mana«^er  sin-ead  considerable  fear  and  cxjn&ternation  among  the  class  of  managers 
prone  to  tJie  offence.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Professional  Women's  League  in  May  it 
was  decided  to  enter  into  negotiations  for  the  purcJiase  of  a  permanent  home  for 
the  as«!Oti.ition. 

The   Actors'    Fund. 

In  th:s  month  also  a  stormy  meeting  of  tJio  Actors'  Fund  took  place  at  the 
Gaiety  Tlhsatre.  Notices  had  been  issued  to  the  subscribers  to  the  Fund  and  actors 
generally  that  a  meotiing  would  be  held  on  May  9  to  receivo  the  report  of  the 
•  ilH.ials  of  the  Fund,  and  to  elect  tihe  officers  for  the  enstiing  year.  Mr.  Harry 
Mount  ford,  of  the  \Y;hit€  Rats,  and  others,  who  considered  that  there  was  too  little 
publicity  attacdiing  to  the  conduct  of  t.he  financial  affairs  of  the  institution,  organised 
an  opposition  party.  But  at  th?  meetin.;::  it  was  ruled  that  tho  recalcitrant  indi- 
viduils  were  not  fully  constituted  members,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  they  appeared 
to  have  complied  with  all  the  directions  issued  for  qualification,  and  they  were  not 
allowed  to  vote.  At  a  later  date,  however.  Dan  Frohman,  the  president,  issued  an 
invitation  to  the  profession  to  form  a  committee  of  gentlemen  to  make  a  full  investi- 
gation into  the  affairs  of  the  Fund,  and  HoUis  Cooley,  of  the  Green  Room  Club ; 
be  Wolf  Hopper,  of  the  Lambs;  H.  Pemberton,  of  the  Actors'  Society;  Guy 
Nicholls,  of  the  Players:  Bernard  Rednold,  of  the  Actors"  Order  of  Friendship;  and 
Alice  Brown,  of  the  Professional  Women's  I-,eagufi.  were  chosen.  At  present,  how- 
ever, there  has  not  been  any  result  of  their  investigations  made  public,  though  the 
matron  and  manager  of  the  Actors'  Homo  on  Staten  Island  have  been  replaced  by 
others. 

The  hot  weather  setting  in  caused  the  closing  of  many  new  aittractions,  but  a 
new  firm  of  managers,  Messas.  Werba  and  Luescher,  /had  courage  enough  to  risk 
a  production  of  "The  Spring  Maid"  at  the  Liberty  "Theatre,  which  scored  a  great 
success,  and  made  a  fortune  for  them. 

Coney    Island    CAT.\STRorHF.. 

At  this  time  of  the  year  the  open-air  attractions  usually  are  most  busy  preparing 
for  their  summer  harvest,  especially  on  the  shores  of  Coney  Island.  A  catastrophe, 
however,  occurred  the  last  week  in  May,  when  the  whole  of  Dreamland,  perhaps 
the  most  popular  resort  on  the  island,  was  burned  to  the  ground,  luckily  without 
loss  of  hunian  life.  thour:h  many  animals  wec-e  burned  to  death,  and  others,  including 
a  valuable  lion,  had  to  be  destroyed  by  shooting,  since  they  constituted  a  danger 
to  the  public  safety  by  being  at  large.  This  misfortune  ruined  many  of  those  who 
had  large  sums  invested  in  the  various  side-rhows  of  this  place. 

On  May  29  the  much-heralded  revival  with  a  "  star  "  cast  of  "  H.M.S.  Pinafore  " 
took  place  at  the  Casino,  strangely  enough  on  the  date  of  the  occasion  of  the  sad 
incident  which  caused  the  death  of  the  talented  author.  The  experiment  of  pre- 
senting the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  masterpiece  with  a  cast  of  "  stars  "  proved  most 
success  fid,  and  the  season  was  prolonged  beyond  the  period  originallj'  intended,  in 
spite  of  the  terrific  heat  which  stimck  the  city  about  this  time. 

A    Dead    Sitmmer. 

.June  v%-as  almost  a  dead  month,  since  the  dramatic  sea.^on  had  finished,  though 
cme  production  took  place  at  the  Globe,  entitled  "  The  Red  Rose."  with  Valeska 
Suratt  as  the  star.  This  managed  to  last  until  the  cooler  weather  induced  the 
management  to  open  for  the  regular  season.  On  top  of  the  Xew-  York  Theatre,  too, 
Ziegfeld  presented  his  annual  "Follies"  revue,  and  this,  too,  kept  the  stage  until 
the  opening  of  the  season. 

In  June  a  singular  will  was  proved,  which  left  the  sum  of  810,000  for  the 
purpose  of  founding  two  beds  for  actors  only  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital.  The  money 
was  left  by  Catharine  E.  Daly,  widow  of'  Henry  F.  Da'y,  and  specific  instruc- 
tions were  loft  that  no  stage  hands,  musicians,  or  opera  singers  should  at  any 
time  benefit. 

The  Friars'  Clttb. 

The  tour  undertaken  by  the  members  of  the  Friars'  Club  this  month — ^a  tour 
similar  to  that  taken  by  the  members  of  the  Lambs  previously — realised  the 
amount  of  S70.000,  or  £14.000.  One  effect  of  the  tour  was  rather  unexpected, 
for,  the  attention  of  the  Catholic  societies  being  drawn  to  the  name,  they 
sent  a  requisition  to  the  club  asking  them  to  change  it,  since  it  was  calculated 
to  discredit  a  body    belonging    to  that   religion. 

In  June  Milton  Aborn  annually  organises  an  English  opera  company,  and 
this   year  again  saw   his  energies   work    in   this  direction,   and   proved    one  of    the 


THE    AMERICAN    STAGE. 


' Bti  pennis-iiijn  of  Mf.  Charlcn  Fiuhman, 


MISS    MAUDE    ADAMS 

In  '■•  Chantecler." 


THE    AMERICAN    STAGE. 


it^- 


[By  ])ermvssion  of  3Ir,  Charles  Frohman. 

MISS    JULIA    SANDERSON 

In  "  The  Siren." 


THE    AMERICAN    STAGE, 


[/?;/  peniiission  of  ilr.  Charhs  Frjhman. 

MISS    ETHEL    BARRYMORE. 


THE    AMERICAN    STAGE. 


I  By  jiermiKsion  of  Mr.  Charles  Frohman. 

MME.    NAZIMOVA, 

Now^actiiig  in  America  uiuler  tlie  inmiageineiit  of  Mr.  Charles  Frohman. 


THE    AMERICAN    STAGE. 


iBy  permission  of  Mr.  Cliarirs  Frohman, 


IViISS  BILLIE  BURKE 

As  Colette  in  "The  Runaway." 


TILE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK  87 

most  remunerative  seasons  ever  experienced.  At  the  end  of  this  month,  too, 
when  plays  were  being  withdrawn  on  account  of  the  torrid  condition  of  the 
atmosphere,  a  new  production  was  put  on  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  entitled  "  Tht 
Red  Rose,"  in  which  Va'eska  Surrat  appeared  as  the  star.  This  piece  kept 
the  boards  until  late  in  the  autumn  season.  This  marked  the  beginning  of 
the  return  of  the  managers  who  had  sailed  for  Europe  in  quest  of  attractions. 
The  first  of  these  was  Charles  Frohman,  who  had  been  jjrincipally  in  London. 
Immediately  on  his  return  he  was  seized  with  a  severe  illness,  which  has  kept 
him  from  active  participation  in  the  business  of  the  theatrical  firm  of  which 
ha  has  been  the  head  for  so  long 

The  Actors'  Societv. 

The  Actors'  Society  of  America  about  this  time  made  a  drastic  alteration  in 
DAeir  rules,  and  in  future  the  annual  elections  of  the  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year  will  be  by  ballot,  in  which  those  members  on  tour  may  particijDate,  instead 
of,  as  hitherto,  having  to  attend  jaersonaily  to  record  their  vote.  Another  step 
taken  by  this  association  was  an  offer  to  managers  with  p'ays  to  give  practically 
trial  performances  free  of  cost  to  them,  but  up  to  the  time  of  writing  the  offer 
had  not  been  taken  advantage  of. 

The  season  being  concluded,  in  all  parts  of  the  country  stock  companies  were 
organised,  and  at  the  end  of  June  no  fewer  than  102  stationary  companies  were 
in  f""ll    blast. 

The  exceptionally  intense  heat  of  the  first  week  in  July  compelled  the  closing 
down  of  several  of  the  big  successes  of  the  season,  notably  '"Excuse  Me"  and 
"Everybody,"  while  Sothern  and  Marlowe,  who  had  begun  a  short  season  of 
Shakespeare  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  closed  down,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
Miss  Marlowe  found  it  impossible  to  appear  owing  to  exhaustion,  induced  by 
the  tropical  conditions.  The  heat  of  the  dog  days  is  suj^posed  to  excite  the 
nervous  system,  but  during  this  period  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  magnates 
cooled  down  their  indignation,  which  led  them,  as  far  back  as  1886,  to  withhold 
degrees  to  certain  members  by  reason  of  their  attending   theatrical   performances. 

Drama   Society. 

In  Chicago  certain  wealthy  individuals  form.ed  a  society  for  the  purpose  of 
bettering  the  conditions  of  the  drama,  and  subscribed  $50,000  for  a  ten-weeks' 
season,  during  which  plays  of  recognised  literary  and  artistic  merit  should  be 
presented.  Hamlin  Garland  and  Donald  Robertson  were  to  head  the  associa- 
tion, the  former  as  secretary,  while  the  latter  was  to  stage  the  plays  and  undertake 
the  principal  characters.  Their  business  arrangements  were  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Shuberts,  with  the  result  that  their  first  appearance  was  fixed  for  the  Lyric, 
in  New  York,  in  the  autumn,  when  Moliere's  "  Les  Femmes  Savantes "  and 
Pinero's  "  The  Thunderbolt  "  proved  the  most  attractive  plays  in  their  repertory. 

The  Drama  League. 

In  July  stock  was  taken  of  the  progress  made  by  an  association  originated 
in  Chicago  two  years  ago,  called  the  Drama  League,  the  purpose  of  which  was 
to  see  and  report  on  the  various  plays  submitted  at  the  theatres.  This  associa- 
tion was  deemed  necessary  owing  to  the  meretricious  nature  of  so  many  attrac- 
tions. It  was  found  that  the  League  had  spread  to  several  of  the  large  cities, 
and  numbered  20,000  members.  Some  idea  of  the  importance  of  their  actions 
may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that,  out  of  fifty  plays  sampled,  they  had  recom- 
mended   their  members   to   patronise  but  thirteen. 

The  appearance  of  a  Russian  ballet,  in  conjunction  with  Miss  Gertrude 
Hoffman,  at  the  Winter  Gardens,  aroused  indignation  in  many  of  those  who 
witnessed  the  performance,  and  representations  were  made  to  the  Mayor,  who 
deputed  the  Chief  of  Police  to  attend  to  the  matter.  That  individual  paid  a 
visit  to  the  Garden,  and  reported  that  he  saw  nothing  to  warrant  interference. 
This  company  of  dancers,  and  another  which  came  later,  headed  by  M.  Mordkin, 
made  considerable  success  in  the  cities  where  they  appeared,  and  eventually  the 
principal  dancers  of  the  Hoffman  company  left  and  joined  Mordkin,  for  which 
they  had  to  pay  a  considerable  amount  by  way  of  liquidated  damages  to  Messrs. 
Comstock  and  Gest,   the  managers  of   !Miss  Hoffman. 

The    success   of   the  revival   of   "H.M.S.   Pinafore,"  and   the   temporary    success 
of    the   new    Folies    Bergere,   where    those   desiring   food    and   entertainment   could 


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have  both,  induced  Jose  Vandenbergh  to  open  a  similar  place  up  town,  in 
Harlem,  where  he  presented  "Pinafore,"  but  the  scheme  had  to  be  abandoned 
in    a    most    precipitous   manner. 

The  first  shot  of  the  new  season  was  fired  on  July  24  by  ^liss  Henrietta 
Crosman.  who  tried  out  a  new  play,  "The  Real  Thing,"  which  was  brought 
into  New  York  shortly  afterwards,  but  proved  a  damp  squib  and  useless  as  an 
attraction.  A  most  remarkable  incident  occurred  this  month,  when  a  ticket 
speculator  was  sent  to  the  workhouse,  which  is  synonymous  to  prison,  for  con- 
travening the  new  regulations  forbidding  speculators  to  ply  their  nefarious 
calling  on   the   sidewalks. 

In  July  Richard  Barry  was  expelled  from  the  Players'  Club  for  writing  depre- 
ciatingly m  a  magazine  article  of  actors,  a  large  j^roportion  of  that  club  being 
members  uf  the  theatrical  profession,  and  the  building  itself  with  its  contents  being 
a  gift  from  Edwin  Booth.  He  brought  action  to  compel  the  club  to  reinstate 
him,  but  lost  his  case,  but  later,  on  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court,  he  had  the 
decision  reversed,  the  judges  ruling  that  his  offence  was  insufficient  cause  for 
expulsion. 

In  the  vaudeville  world  the  most  important  incident  of  recent  years  was 
the  dissolving  of  the  firm  of  Keith  and  Proctor,  the  various  pla<;es  of  entertain- 
ment being  divided  between  them,  according  to  their  holdings,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  which  was  referred  to  arbitration,  and  eventually 
was  awarded   to  Prcctor. 

The  Autumn  Se.\son. 

The  opening  of  the  season  took  place  on  August  7  when  Lew  Fields  resumed 
the  run  of  his  last  season's  attraction,  "  The  Henpecks,"  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,  and  "The  Girl  of  My  Dreams"  at  the  Criterion,  followed  by  "The 
Real  Thing,"  which,  as  before  mentioned,  had  already  had  a  showing  in 
Atlantic  City.  The  White  Rats  issued  an  announcement  about  this  time 
regarding  the  disposition  on  the  part  of  vaudeville  managers  to  engage  individuals 
connected  with  notorious  criminal  cases  for  the  purpose  of  attracting  the  public — 
a  practice  objected  to  by  the  White  Rats  as  degrading  and  opposed  to  the 
jjublic   welfare. 

Apparently  with  a  view  to  the  opening  cf  the  dramatic  season,  a  letter  was 
circulated  among  the  numerous  Catholic  societies  calling  attention  to  tlie 
maleficent  effect  of  a  certain  class  of  stage  productions,  and  warning  their 
co-religionists  against  patronising  theatres  where  such  entertainments  are 
submitted. 

A  most  important  decision  was  handed  down  this  month  in  a  suit  brought 
by  a  man  who  ha-d  been  expelled  from  the  Orphenm  Theatre,  Portland,  Oregon, 
by  the  manager,  owing  to  the  individual  refusing  to  replace  his  coat,  which 
lie  had  removed  owing  to  the  intense  heat.  The  judge  ruled  that  the  manager 
of  a  theatre  had  the  right  to  expel  any  individual  among  the  audience  wh(. 
was  considered  as  improperly  dressed 

The  opening  of  the  season  provided  a  sensation,  when  Al.  Hayman  announced 
his  retirement  from  theatrical  business,  and  making  over  to  his  brother  Alf  all 
his  interests  in  theatres  and  attractions.  As  Al.  Hayman  was  practically  the 
foundation  of  the  wellkncwn  syndicate  which  had  ruled  dramatic  affairs  from 
coast  to  coast,  this  step  naturally  gave  rise  to  much  speculation  as  to  the  real 
reason,  since  none  would  credit  that  a  man  with  Mr.  Hayman's  force  ot 
character  and  virility  would  step  down  from   such  a  position  from  mere  choice. 

In  August  five  original  productions  were  made,  out  of  which  two — "  The 
Siren,"  at  the  Knickerbocker,  and  "Maggie  Pepper,"  at  the  Hackett — made 
signal  successes,  while  a  third,  "A  Gentleman  of  Leisure,"  produced  at  the 
Playhouse,  and  afterwards  removed  to  another  theatre,  achieved  a  certain  measure 
of  success,  sufficient  to   make  it   a   good  investment  on   tour. 

September  was  a  "' banner"  month  for  original  productions,  the  total  amounting 
to  twenty,  of  which  three  were  successes  of  the  first  magnitude,  while  four  others 
achieved  a  considerable  amount  of  vogue.  The  three  exceptional  successes  were 
•■  Passers-by,"  at  the  Criterion.  "The  Little  Millionaire."  at  the  Cohan  Theatre, 
and  "Bought  and  Paid  For,"  at  the  Playhouse,  all  of  which  will  undoubtedly 
run  the  season  through.  The  remaining  four  were  "  Disraeli,"  at  Wallack's, 
•'The  Kiss  Waltz,"  at  the  Casino,  "Snobs,"  at  the  Hudson,  and  "The  Woman," 
at    the    Republic. 

A    most   important   change   in   the    entourage   of    the    Shuberts    took    place   this 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  89 

month,  v;hen  James  Decker,  who  had  previously  occupied  the  position  of  booking 
manager,   retired,  Jules  Murry   being  engaged  to  fill   the   vacancy. 

A  large  number  of  original  productions  took  place  in  October,  of  which 
five  were  first-class  successes  and  three  sufficiently  successful  as  to  warrant  the 
anticipation  of  fair  runs  in  New  York  and  successful  tours  afterwards.  Of  the 
first-named,  "  Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings,"  at  the  Comedy,  "  The  Return  of  Peter 
Grimm,"  at  the  Belasco,  "The  Million,"  at  the  Thirty-ninth  Street  Theatre, 
and  "The  Quaker  Girl,"  at  the  Park,  will  undoubtedly  see  the  season  out; 
while  "  The  Garden  of  Allah,"  owing  to  the  magnificent  mounting  and  the 
electrical  effect  of  the  acting  of  Lewis  Waller,  bids  fair  to  last  a  long  time. 
The  "  Never-Homes,"  at  the  Broadway,  "The  Enchantress,"  at  the  New  York 
Theatre,  with  Kitty  Gordon  as  the  star,  both  scored;  while  "The  Runaway," 
at  the  Lyceum,  with  ^liss  Billie  Burke,  may  be  classed  as  a  success,  though  it 
remained    but   a  short  time  in    New  York. 

In  October  the  Folies  Bergere  ceased  to  exist,  and  alterations  were  made  to 
enable  dramatic  perfoi-mances  to  be  presented,  and  the  name  was  altered  to 
the    Fulton   Theatre. 

A  new  organisation  came  under  consideration  this  month,  originated  by 
Miss  Mildred  Holland,  who  had  made  an  attempt  to  run  a  stock  company  at 
the  Garden  Theatre,  which  achieved  an  untimely  end.  The  new  proposition  was 
a  company  to  be  called  the  Society  Players,  and  their  purpose  to  give  dramatic 
performances  in  the  homes  of  the  \^  ealthy  inhabitants  of  the  large  cities  in  the 
United    States. 

William  H.  Crane,  who  had  long  been  under  the  management  of  Charles 
Frohman,  parted  company  with  him  about  this  period,  and  returned  to  Joseph 
Brooks,  with  whom  he  had  been  previously  to  his  joining  Fi'ohman.  The  new 
partnership  was  formed  for  tiie  purpose  of  taking  over  the  lease  of  the  Criterion 
Theatre,    and   installing    ]Mr.    Crane    there   as    a    permanent   star. 

A  most  important  ordinance  was  promulgated  by  the  City  Commissioners  of 
Washington  D.  C,  whereby  it  was  decided  that  no  more  bill-boards  would  be 
permitted  within  their  jurisdiction,  the  aim  being  eventually  to  do  away  with 
them  altogether,    as   they  considered    them   a   disfigurement   to   the   city. 

November  saw  nine  original  productions,  of  which  "  The  Price,"  at  the 
Hudson  Theatre,  a  drama  in  three  acts,  by  George  Broadhurst,  "  The  Red  Widow," 
a  musical  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Rennold  Wolfe  and  Channing  Pollock, 
■with  music  by  Charles  Gebest,  and  "The  Littlest  Rebel,"  a  drama  in  four 
acts,  by  Edward  Peple,  scored  successes.  In  the  early  part  of  this  month  ]\Iadame 
Simone  appeared  at  Daly's  under  the  management  of  the  Lieblers,  but  the 
experiment  of  presenting  a  famous  French  actress  in  the  English  language 
and  in  plays  that   had   already  been   seen    in   the  States    proved    unattractive. 

Daniel  Frohman  announced  about  this  date  that  he  was  retiring  from  the 
active  management  of  the  Lyceum,  which  would  devolve  upon  his  brother  Charles. 

In  Chicago  an  imjjortant  investigation  regarding  the  question  of  allowing 
rebates  to  theatrical  managers  began  towards  the  end  of  this  month,  commercial 
traders  maintaining  that  the  managers  were  granted  special  rates,  against  which 
the  statutes  specially  provided. 

David  Belasco  made  an  announcement  to  the  effect  that,  from  the  beginning 
of  November,  seats  in  the  stalls  on  Saturday  night  would  be  charged  at  the 
rate  of  $2.50,  as  against  $2  on  other  nights.  About  the  same  time  the  news 
became  public  that  Mr.  Belasco  had  acquired  from  ^Messrs.  Klaw  and  Erlanger 
a  controlling   influence   in   theatres    on  the  Pacific    Coast  and   the    North-West. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  appearance  of  Gaby  Deslys,  at  the  Hyperion  Theatre, 
Newhaven,  the  police  interfered  and  insisted  on  a  curtailed  version  being  sub- 
mitted to  the  public.  The  students  of  Talc  University,  which  is  situated  in 
Newhaven.  objected  to  this  step,  and  voiced  their  dissatisfaction  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  induce  the  stage  hands  to  turn  the  hose  on  them  from  tlie  stage, 
when  they  immediately  began  to  demolish  the  fixtures  in  the  auditorium,  doing 
damage  to  the  amount  of  several  thousand  dollars.  At  the  Columbia  Theatre, 
Washington,  D.C.,  and  at  the  OrjDheum  Theatre,  Champaign,  111.,  the  perform- 
ances were  interrupted  by  noisy  crowds  of  youths  newly  arrived  from  football 
matches,   though    in    these   instances    no   damage    was    done   to   property. 

■  December,  as  a  matter  of  course,  was  not  a  very  noteworthy  month  in  the  annals 
of  the  American  Stage,  since  it  is  here,  as  elsewhere,  the  worst  in  the  year  for 
business.  But  about  a  dozen  plays  were  submitted,  witli  one  great  and  marked 
success,  for  "  Kismet  "  at  the  Knickerbocker,  took  tlie  city  by  storm,  and,  unless 


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something  very  untoward  takes  place,  it  will  rank  among  those  existing  when  the 
dog  days  are  in  full  blast. 

The  month  was  not  remarkable  for  anything  either  in  any  other  direction,  except 
that  a  public  announcement  was  made  to  the  effect  that  the  promoters  connected 
with  the  New  Tlieatre  movement  had  resolved  to  relinquish  the  idea,  and  were  pre- 
pared to  consider  offers  for  tlie  site  on  which  tliey  had  intended  to  erect  the  smaller 
building  which,  tliey  had  decided,  was  necessary  for  the  project. 

Taken  as  a  whole,  there  is  not  the  least  doubt  that  1911  was  a  fairly  prosperous 
one,  though  the  "palmy  days"  of  the  drama  have  apparently  passed  away;  but 
that  is  a  condition  of  affairs  existing  ever  since  the  theatre  became  a  public  institu- 
tion. In  spite  of  the  complaints  from  the  various  managers,  there  have  not  been  so 
many  real  tinancial  and  artistic  successes  on  Broadway  for  many  years  as  there 
were  at  the  end  of  1911. 


NEW    THEATRES    OPENED    IN    AMERICA 

BETWEEN    DECEMBER    1,     1910,     AND    NOVEMBER     30,     1911. 


1910. 

December  17.— New  Theatre,  Tyler,  Tex. 
December  26. — Empire,  Saskatoon  (dramatic). 
December  31. — New  Blackstone,  Chicago. 


1911. 

January  5. — Gaiety,  Ottawa,  III.  (vaudeville). 

January  9. — Orpheum,  Lewiston,  Pa.  (vaude- 
ville). 

Jamuary  16- — Majestic,  Ctuutitaiaoga,  Penn. 
(vaudeville). 

January   21. — The   Washington,   New   York. 

January  23. — Victoria,  Rochester,  N.Y.  (vaude- 
ville and  pictures). 

January  23. — Colonial,  Rochester,  N.Y.  (vaude- 
ville). 

February  9. — Belle,  Chicago  (vaudeville). 

February  2fi.— Columbia  Theatre.    Chicago. 

February  27.— New  Orpheum,  JoLiet,  111. 

March  20.— Empire   Theatre.   .Syracuse.   N.Y. 

March  23. — ^Majestic,  Alt<K)na,  Pa.  (vaudeville 
and   pictures). 

March  27. — New  Empire,  Syracuse. 

April  5.— Orpheum,  Fargo,  N.D.   (vaudeville). 

April  10.— Athens,  New  Burn,  N.C.  (pictures 
and  vaudeville). 

April  15.— Playhouse,  New  York. 

April  24.— Orpheum,  Peoria,  111.   (vaudeville). 

April  29.— Casino,   Galveston.   Tex. 

May  12. — Empress.  St.  Paul,  Minn,  (vaudeville). 

May  21.— Vaudeville  Theatre,  Alton,  111. 

May  29.— Casino,  New  York  (Pinafore  revival). 

June  26. — New  Lyric,  Bridgeport,  Conn,  (vaude- 
ville and  pictures). 

June  26.— Orpheum,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

August  21.— The  Evanston,  Evanston,  111. 
(vaudeville). 


.\ugust  28.— New  Majestic,  St.  Worth,  Tex. 
(vaudeville). 

September  — . — Cort.  San  Francisco  (dramatic). 

September  11.— Bu&hwick  Theatre,  Brooklyn 
(vaudeville). 

September  11.— Liberty  Theatre,  Winston- 
Salem,  N.C.   (vaudeville). 

September  11. — Brunswick,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
(vaudeville). 

September  14.— ^Second  Avenue  Theatre,  New 
York  City. 

September  18. — New  Empire,  Rockland,  Me. 
(vaudeville  and  pictures). 

September  19.— Colonial  Elmvia,  N.Y.  (vaude- 
ville). 

September  21.— McKinley  Square  Theatre, 
Bronx,   N.Y. 

September-  23. — New  Plymouth,  Boston.    - 

September  26.— New  National  Theatre,  Detroit, 
Mich,   (vaudeville). 

September  30. — Columbia,   Oklahoma  City. 

October  1. — Plaza,  San  Antonio,  Texas  (vaude- 
ville). 

October  2. — Metropolitan,  Seattle,  Wash. 

October  2. — New  Crawford,  Wichita,   Kan. 

October  9.— Orpheum,  Washington  Street, 
Newark. 

October  15.— Orpheum,  Cincinnatti. 

October  16.— New  Broad  Street,  Trenton,  N.J. 

October  23. — Keystone,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
(vaudeville). 

October  30.— Schultz  Opera  House,  Zanesville, 
0.  (stock). 

November  1. — Empress,  Salt  Lake  City  (vaude- 
vUle). 

November  3. — Bucklen  Theatre,  Eckhart,  Ind. 

November  13. — Hartman,  Columbus,  0. 
(theatre). 

November  14. — Orpheum,  Madison,  Wis.  (vaude- 
ville). 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  91 


THE    JAPANESE    STAGE. 

BY    THE    TOKYO    CORRESPONDENT    OF    ''THE    STAGE." 

THE  year  1911  is  interesting  from  three  points  of  view  :  What  have  we 
gained  from  the  importation  of  Western  art  ?  What  impression  is  made  on 
the  general  Japanese  audience  by  the  adoption  of  Western  plays?  and, 
lastly,  how  about  the  question  of  actresses  ? 

Students  of  the  Japanese  play  already  understand  that/  actors  rarely  appear 
on  the  stage  with  actresses,  the  female  parts  being  taken  by  male  impersonators, 
whose  training  and  perfection  of  art  ni  female  parts  are  almost  wonderful — ^only 
a  little  short  of  mystery,  in  fact.  Of  course,  there  are  a  few  exceptions,  like 
Sada  Yacco  and  that  well-known  actress,  Mme.  Kumehachi  Ichikawa,  who 
always  play  with  male  actors.  Besides,  the  number  of  Japanese  actresses  is  small, 
and  to  become  a  stage  artist  is  not  suisposed  to  be  a  legitimate  profession  for 
women.  Hence  we  often  confuse,  in  spite  of  ourselves,  the  characters  of  their 
impersonations  and  their  own  personalities,  and  frequently  we  do  not  separate, 
though  for  no  particular  reason,  the  nature  of  their  own  selves  from  their  stage 
work.  Such  an  attitude  erects  an  almost  insurmountable  barrier  against  women 
of  respectable  families  appearing  on  the  stage.  This  is  perfectly  ridiculous,  but, 
on  the  other  hand,  the  art  of  women  impersonation  among  the  actors  has  developed 
and  completed  itself ;  it  is  an  old  Greek  art  which  has  borne  wonderful  fruit  in 
Japan.  It  goes  without  saying,  therefore,  that  it  is  not  a  creation  of  one  time 
or  of  one  age.  It  has  a  history  of  at  least  a  few  hundred  years.  I  have  no  quarrel 
with  those  who  denounce  it  as  unnatural,  but  what,  I  wonder,  does  true  realism 
mean  on  the  stage  ?  I  think  that  to  be  merely  realistic  is  hardly  of  any  value ; 
real  art  must  soar  above  the  merely  real.  The  question  of  art  is  not  a  question 
of  material,  but  of  expression.  I  believe  that  even  for  a  woman  to  know  how 
to  become  a  woman  on  the  stage  training  is  necessary  I  have  seen  enough 
examples  of  unsuccessful  actresses  both  in  the  East  and  the  West.  For  some 
time,  then,  we  have  heard  the  cry  that  a  woman  should  take  a  woman's  part 
on  the  stage.  That  is  natural  enough.  But  what  other  meaning  has  that  cry  ? 
It  is  of  no  use  at  all  to  ask  to  what  sex  the  player  belongs ;  the  most  important 
question  is  his  or  her  art.  If  the  actor  is  a  wonder  in  woman-impersonating,  I 
think  it  is  outside  of  our  jurisdiction  to  question  what  right  he  has  to  appear  as 
a  woman. 

I  have  thought  for  a  long  time  that  the  Jaj^anese  impersonators  of  woman  are 
psychologically  interesting,  for,  while  they  are  not  women,  of  course,  they  are,  at 
the  same  time,  not  men.  Most  of  them  have  been  trained  for  their  ijrofession 
from  childhood ;  education  lias  made  female  ways  for  them  a  second  nature 
and,  from  my  own  experience,  I  can  say  that  I  find  some  actors,  even  in  private 
life,  more  womanly  than  real  women.  \Vith  the  complete  surrender  of  their  rights 
as  men,  they  have  gained  a  wonderful  art.  Enjaku  is  just  such  an  actor.  He 
playe  J  successfully  the  part  of  Ella  Rentheim  in  Ibsen's  "  Borkman  "  two  years 
ago;  and  again  in  W^edekind's  "  Der  Kammersiinger  "  (by  the  way,  Dr.  Mori,  a 
German  scholar  of  high  standing,  who  translated  it  into  Japanese,  gave  the  play 
a  name  of  his  own  choosing  in  "  Half  an  Hour  Before  the  Dejaarture  ")  he  appeared 
as  Helena  Marowa,  the  part  taken  by  Miss  Collier  in  the  London  performance  of 
1907.  I  think  he  was  far  more  successful  in  the  latter  part,  because  Helene's 
character  is  less  oomplicated,  and  it  was  easy  to  find  where  he  had  to  put  more 
force  into  it.  As  a  woman  he  is  extremely  attractive,  graceful  in  manner,  but 
lie  would  be  still  more  so  if  he  had  a  touch  of  sadness  in  his  face.  Then  he,  this 
woman  impersonator,  undertook  a  part  in  Gorki's  "  The  Night  Asylum  "  j:s 
Natasha,  and  again  he  appeared  in  Hauptmann's  "  The  Lonely  ilan,"  with  Sadanji 
Ichikawa.  at  the  Empire  Theatre  in  September. 

"It  is  perfectly  impossible,"  Sedanji  Ichikawa  said  to  me  the  other  day,  "for 
the  East  and  West  to  compromise  ;  they  stand  opposite.  I  believe  that  we,  the 
Easterners,  must  make  a  starting-point  by  forgetting  our  old  art  and  dream  ;  the 


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salvation,  I  think,  only  comes  from  our  turning  to  unprofessionals.  We  need  a 
new  spirit  and  life  on  our  stage.  Let  me  say  again,  '  Forget  everything,  and  let 
tlie  "uud  art — it  we  iiave  any — retuin  to  us  itself  !  '  As  it  is,  I  do  not  know  where 
we  siumld  begin  with  our  stage.  It  is  not  the  day  for  classicism  and  the  so-called 
Kabuki  theatre  of  Japan,  however  often  praised  by  a  foreign  critic  ;  our  old  art 
reached  the  height  of  development  a  long  time  ago.  To  appeal  only  to  the  sense 
of  pleasure  is  not  the  main  office  of  dramatic  art ;  how  far  off  the  Japanese  art  is 
from  the  spirit  of  the  present  day  !  Its  day  is  passed,  doubtless.  The  question 
is — What  will  take  its  place  ?  and  how  to  start  the  new  Japanese  art. 

"  However,  I  learned  a  great  deal  from  the  Western  stage.  The  seriousness 
and  faith  of  the  Euroj)can  artists  made  me  perfectly  ashamed  when  I  recalled  to 
my  mind  mv  own  experience  on  the  Japanese  stage.  When  I  asked  Sarah  Bern- 
hardt her  opinion  on  the  English  stage  in  general,  she  bluntly  confessed  her  little 
admiration,  calling  it  'rather  rough  work.'  '  Why?'  I  asked.  She  said  that  the 
English  actors  rehearse  only  for  fifty  or  sixty  days ;  then  I  wondered  how  many 
davs  she  would  rehearse.  The  English  art  may  be  a  rough  work,  but  then  there 
is  always  life,  and  I  think  that  to  polish  and  smooth  it  too  much  only  means  to 
lose,  not  to  gain  at  all.  I  admire  the  English  stage  because  it  shows  mure  freedom, 
each  actor  being  given  some  sort  of  chance  to  express  his  own  individuality  or 
talent.  And  it  is  the  art  of  a  stage  director  to  keep  the  general  harmony  and  to 
create  a  compound  art,  with  diverse  but  not  discordant  elements.  (Japan  is  the 
only  country  where  a  stage  director  is  unknown ;  in  fact,  he  is  unnecessary,  as  we 
are  only  copying  an  old  play.)  On  the  Western  stage  dramatic  art  is  a  creation, 
but  here  in  Japan  we  are  perfectly  paralysed  under  a  heavy  burden  of  old  usage 
and  art,  and  you  cannot  expect  more  than  a  faint  .suggestion  of  life  from  the  stage. 
Like  any  other  art  of  JajDan,  our  dramatic  art,  also,  is  meant  to  present  you  a 
pictoriaT  design  ;  not  to  show  yoiu-  own  individuality  too  strongly  is  regarded  as 
virtue.  You  must  be  ready  to  lose  yourselt  in  the  Japanese  play ;  but  you  are 
mistaken  if  you  think  that  thus  you  can  create  a  harmony.  There  is  no  true 
harmony  without  a  Jiolding  to  your  own  individuality.  It  is  really  sad  to  see 
our  play  often  lost  in  a  picture  or  dress,  which  may  appeal  wonderfully  _  to  ;» 
foreigner,  but  has  cea.sed  to  be  a  living  thing  a  long  time  ago.  I  think  it  is  not 
too  much  to  say  that  the  Japanese  art  is  a  dead  art ;  therefore  we  resort  to 
exaggeration.  I'here  is  nothing  more  sad  than  exaggeration  for  any  art.  The 
real  life  and  art  are  simple,  and  so  should  be  always  creative  and  not  created." 

This  Ichikawa  is  a  leading  spirit  of  the  movement  for  the  Western  play  in 
Japan,  an  originator  of  the  Liberty  Theatre.  He  first  put  Ibsen's  play  on  the 
Japanese  stage — I  refer  to  "'Borkman."  And  he  is  staging  two  or  three  Western 
plays  every  year  ever  since,  his  last  being  Hauptmann's  "The  Lonely  Man,"  as  I 
stated  before.  In  such  a  line  of  European  plays  (I  mean  here  not  English)  Bungei 
Kyokai,  or  the  Dramatic  Association,  is  inlaying  just  now  (November,  1911)  Ibsen's 
■■  Nora  "at  the  Empire  Theatre. 

About  "Nora"   one  Western  writer  in  Japan  says: — 

"  The  giant  playwright  of  Norway  on  the  Japanese  stage ;  Japanese  actors  in 
Ibsen's  characters— the  contrast  appears  certainly  'nteresting.  How  did  they  act? 
CrediUbly  well.  What  was  the  effect  of  the  play  on  the  stage?  How  did  the  play 
impress  the  audience  ? 

"  By  '  creditably  well  '  is  meant  that  the  actors  conceived  their  parts  as  well 
as  could  have  been  expected  under  the  circumstances,  and  as  well  as  they  knew 
how.  The  role  of  Helmar  was  taken  remarkably  well  by  Mr.  Dohi.  who  made  a 
hit  as  the  Prince  of  Denmark  when  the  Association  gave  '  Hamlet  '  at  the  Empire 
Theatre  in  September.  It  is  to  hi?  credit  that  he  carried  himself  in  ■  an  easy 
manner  and  appeared  quite  natural;  and  to  appear  natural  in  a  European  dress 
means  for  a  Japanese  actor  a  considerable  amount  of  study.  The  actor  of  Helmar 
proved  himself  quite  versatile  ;  it  is,  however,  a  pity  that,  while  he  successfully 
impersonated  Helmar  the  banker,  he  forgot  to  give  a  due  amount  of  attention  to 
Helmar  the  man.  Mr.  Togi  as  Krogstad  left  little  to  be  wished  for  ;  but  for  his 
stiffness  in  appearance,  and  with  the  addition  of  the  expressions  necessary  for  that 
character,  his  acting  might  have  been  almost  ideal.  The  character  of  Dr.  Rank 
does  not  call  for  that  careful  and  delicate  acting  which  is  demanded  in  tne  case 
of  a  more  intricate  character.  It  is,  however,  to  be  regretted  that,  though  the 
actor  impersonated  Dr.  Rank  the  invalid  very  well,  he  failed  to  be  true  in  the 
moment  of  his  declaration  of  love  for  Nora.  One  criticism  against  Mrs.  Linden  is 
that  the  part  was  played  comparatively  weakly  and  ineffectively.  The  player 
seemed  to  carry  to  an  excess  Mrs.   Linden's  opinion  of  herself,  wh:ch  is  intonated 


T?1E  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  93 


a.ul  implied  in  her  question  put  to  Ki'ogataJ,  'Have  you  ever  found  me  romantic? 
The  shabby  widow,  besides,  could  have  been  enlivened  a  little  more  witJiout 
I  unning  the  risk  of  becoming  'romantic.'  The  most  difficult  of  all,  of  course,  was 
ihe  part  of  Nora,  which  Vv'as  taken  by  Miss  Matsui.  Her  acting  could  be  com- 
mented on  at  length,  but  perhaps  it  is  not  necessary  here  to  specify  each  point 
of  her  shortcoming.  She  has  remarkable  talent,  and  made  a  noble  attempt  at 
;t,  and  her  ambitious  efforts   were  appreciated  " 

This  Bungei  Kyokai  has  had  more  to  do  with  Shakespeare  than  with  Ibsen 
Ml-  others  which  the  Liberty  Theatre  are  glad  to  handle.  The  Society  was 
■  scablished  by  Dr.  Tsuboucni,  of  Waseda  College,  a  tireless  Shakespeai'e  pro- 
pagandist for  more  than  twenty  years  past.  There  are  many  Japanese  who  venture 
ti>  say  that  there  is  room,  even  ample  room,  left  for  a  new  interpretation  of 
Shakespeare  from  their  Japanese  minds;  some  of  them  dare  to  say  that  we  Japanese 
ire  more  fitted  than  the  present  Europeans  on  the  point  of  similarity  with  the 
^  neral  spirit  of  Shakespeare's  age,  without  an  understanding  of  which,  in 
t  ict,  nobody  would  be  able  to  interpret  him.  The  Elizabethan  age  is  often  com- 
1  Hired  with  our  Jlomoyama  age,  and,  still  later,  with  the  Genroku  age,  when 
ilie  pride  of  the  Renaissance  was  encouraged  and  the  age  wonderful,  rich, 
-ay,  and,  on  the  other  hand,  dashing  and  adventurous,  was  created ;  and  it 
.vas  in  our  Genroku  age  that  a  pessimistic  youth  like  Hamlet,  tired  of  life's 
battle,  began  to  appear  as  the  production  ci  the  period.  Indeed,  it  was  the 
must  interesting  time  in  Japan  when  the  medievalism,  despotic  and  hard, 
began  to  give  way  to  an  age  more  democratic  and  free.  When  we  see  the  differ- 
ence between  the  real  spirit  of  such  an  age  and  that  of  present  Europe  we 
cannot  help  thinking  that  we  are  not  yet  far  off  from  the  spirit  of  the  former. 
As  the  world  knov.'s,  it  is  only  fifty  yeai's  since  we  shook  off  our  feudalism  to 
enter  into  the  age  of  rejuvenation  of  New  Japan,  and  the  colour  and  atmosphere 
of  the  Samurai  age  siill  linger  in  our  minds.  If  we  can  say  that  the  plays  of 
Shakespeare — for  instance,  "Othello,"  "Hamlet,"  perhaps  (it  was  staged 
successfully  in  SejJtember  at  the  Empire,  as  I  stated  before),  and  "  Timon  of 
Athens,"  too — are  more  or  less  an  exposition  of  the  morale  and  spirit  of  the  feudal 
age,  there  is  much  reason  for  the  assumption  that  we  Japanese  may  be  better 
qualified  for  their  interpretation.  What  I  mean  here  is  that  we,  too,  although  we 
are  rather  late,  wish  to  claim  Shakespeare  in  some  respecis  as  if  he  were  our  own 
production. 

Besides,  the  fact  of  the  unreliability  of  opinion  of  the  so-called  Shakespeare 
scholars  in  general  made  us  bold  to  start  our  own  study  from  the  special  Japanese 
way  ;  and  I  think  it  is  the  only  way  for  us  Japanese  to  serve  the  art  or  literature 
of  the  world.  With  such  an  idea  and  determination  Dr.  Tsubouchi  and  his  followers 
are  trying  to  interpret  Shakespeare;  we  will  say  it  is  admirable.  And,  on  the 
other  hand,  we  see  some  Japanese  who  only  adapt  his  work  to  advantage,  and  use 
their  theatrical  experience  to  make  him  more  eligible  for  the  common  theatre- 
goers ;  that,  too,  is  not  bad.  I  have  seen  in  April  at  the  Shintomiza  Theatre  the 
best  sjjecimen  of  that  kind  in  "  The  Sound  of  the  Bell,"  an  adaptation  of  "  Timon  of 
Athens."  The  adapter  is  Mr.  Koshu  Kojinia.  Another  great  success  in  the  way 
of  adaptation  was  found  in  Dumas'  "  Camille."  the  part  of  the  heroine  being  under- 
taken by  Takawo  Kawai,  the  well-known  woman  impersonator,  and  Yoho  lii  as 
Armand.  at  the  Empire  in  October.  And  some  sort  of  Western  adaptation  is  being 
put  on  the  Tokyo  stage  all  the  time. 

The  Western  readers  would  likely  ask  me  how  about  the  real  Japanese  plays 
acted  in  the  true  Japanese  fashion.  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  they  are  strangely 
prosijerous. 

It  might  be  from  the  Western  reaction,  as  we  see  too  much  of  the  Western 
invasion  in  our  stage.  Shikan,  the  most  prominent  woman  impersonator  of  the 
present  Japanese  stage  (who  changed  his  name  to  Utayemon)  and  Komazo  (who  also 
changed  his  name  to  Koycmon  Oncye)  are  attractive  and  ambitious  ever,  and  they, 
with  many  others  of  the  purely  Japanese  school  of  acting,  make  us  think  that, 
although  the  Japanese  stage  art  is  often  said  to  be^  already  doomed,  it  will  last 
many  and  many  years  still;  at  least,  it  will  remain  (even  if  only  as  a  protest) 
as  an  artistic  factor  of  our  Japanese  life.  The  Kabukizi  Theatre  is  expected  to 
have  a  vigorous  season  next  year,  as  it  has  been  completely  renovated  within  and 
without. 

We  have  had  the  saddest  event  in  the  death  of  Danjo  Ichikawa,  in  his 
seventieth  year,  in  October;  he  wa-.  strictly  speaking,  the  last  ma.-ter  of  rhe 
historical  Japanese  stage. 


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THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK  95 


STAGE    COPYRIGHT. 
A  GUIDE  TO  THE  NEW  LAW. 

BY    BERNARD    WELLER. 

THE  Copyright  Act,  1911,  will  come  into  force  in  the  United  Kingdom  on  July  1 
next.  Possibly  it  will  do  so  earlier,  for  the  date  can  be  advanced  by  an  Order 
in  Council  For  the  purposes  of  the  Copyright  Union  the  new  law  ought  to 
have  been  ready  by  July  1,  1910,  which  was  the  date  fixed  for  ratifying  the 
Berlin  Convention  of  the  preceding  year — for,  in  view  of  the  deficiencies  of  the  subsisting 
powers,  Great  Britain  could  not  subscribe  fully  to  the  instrument,  as  it  can  now.  The 
Copyright  Act  goes  the  whole  length  of  the  Convention,  which  stipulates  that  the 
enjoyment  and  the  exercise  of  the  rights  thereunder  shall  not  be  subject  to  the 
performance  of  any  formality.  British  authors  within  the  Act  have  not  merely  a  longer 
copyright  than  before  ;  not  merely  a  wider  but  also  a  simpler  copyright,  or  rather  one 
that  is  less  a  Chinese  puzzle  to  make  out.  Unhappily,  the  aim  of  bringing  coj)yright 
within  a  single  statute  has  not  been  achieved,  as  it  could  have  been  greatly  to  every 
one's  convenience.  Acts  relating  to  music,  fuie  art,  etc.,  have  been  allowed  to  remain 
either  unrepealed  or  only  repealed  in  sections.  That  would  have  been  unnecessary  had 
each  class  of  copyright  property  been  treated  under  its  own  head.  But  it  is  an 
essential  weakness  of  the  draughtsmanship  of  the  Act  that  all  classes  are  dealt  with,  so 
to  speak,  in  bulk.  They  are  made  to  fall  under  the  general  term  of  "every  original 
literary,  dramatic,  musical,  and  artistic  work,"  and  it  is  impossible  to  meet  on  these 
lines,  fully  and  in  the  best  way,  the  varying  requirements  of  what  are  the  propertj'- 
bases  of  great  fields  of  huinan  activity.  It  follows  that  there  is  a  good  deal  of  indirect 
protection  under  the  Act,  as  well  as  faulty  protection,  and  possibly  here  and  there  no 
protection  at  all.  Kinematograph  property,  for  example,  is  not  protected  as  a  thing  by 
itself.  In  certain  circumstances  it  is  protected  as  a  dramatic  work,  and  it  may  also, 
by  adopting  certain  means,  be  protected  as  a  literarj'  work ;  while,  as  far  as  it  is  a 
photograph,  it  is  protected  as  an  artistic  work.  Similarly,  the  lesser  subjects  of  stage 
copyright — chiefly  materials  of  variety  entertainment,  such  as  gag,  patter,  business, 
parody,  ianitation,  and  the  like — have  no  specific  recognition.  They  are  left  to  fare  as 
best  they  may  under  the  general  term.  The  day  of  copyright  law  at  once  simple  and 
comprehensive  is  evidently  not  yet.  The  Act  will  need  the  always  expensive  support 
of  case  law.  The  courts  will  have,  mter  alia,  to  define  what  a  dramatic  work  is  and 
what  a  literary  work  is,  for  the  Act  does  not.  Nor  does  the  Act  define  what  it  means 
by  "  knowingly  "  in  relation  to  infringement,  or  by  "  reasonable  ground  "  for  suspecting 
the  existence  of  copyright.  If  a  resident  manager  knows  copyright  to  exist  in  a  piece 
acted  at  his  theatre,  how  far  must  he  go  to  satisfy  himself  that  the  visiting  manager 
has  authority  to  perform  ? 

However,  the  Act,  if  it  contains  much  that  is  intricate,  obscure,  and  defective,  does 
effect  some  big  simplifying  changes.     No  longer  need  the  author  or  other  owner  be 
confused  by  the  old  complications  arising  from  the  jumble  of  common  law  rights, 
statutory    rights,     copyright     as    ajjplied     separately    and    in- 
Big  Simplifying   dependently  to  printed    publication,    and  performing    right    as 
Changes.  applied  similarly  to   public   representation.     For   common   law 

rights  arc  abrogated,  and  the  only  statutory  right  is  copyright — 
a  simple,  all-embracing  right  that  dates  from  the  making  of  the  work.  This  broad 
right,  beginning  with  the  work  itself,  lasts  generally  speaking  for  the  life  of  the  author 
and  fifty  years  after.  There  is  only  one  thing  that  can  cancel  the  right.  An  author 
forfeits  the  right  if  he  gives  or  authorises  first  publication  of  the  work  in  a  country, 


96  THE  STAGE  YEAH  BOOK 

including  any  self-governing  British  dominion,  with  which  we  have  not  the  copyright 
relations  necessary  under  the  Act.  It  will  not  save  him  to  fall  back  on  our  old  friend, 
the  "  copyright  lierformance."  The  copyright  performance  was  never  of  any  use  under 
the  old  law,  except  that  where  an  unpublished  play  was  otherwise  going  to  be  performed 
for  the  first  time  in  a  non-union  country  the  performance  saved  him  the  home  rights. 
It  could  not  serve  that  purpose  now.  Of  course,  an  author  can  still  give  the 
performance  if  he  chooses,  but  it  will  be  absolutely  without  effect  under  the  Act 
upon  his  copyright.  The  Act  does  not  want  it  from  him.  Nor  does  the  Act 
want  registration  ;  in  fact,  it  will  not  have  registration.  He  cannot  register  under  the 
Act,  which  repeals  the  former  statutory  jirovisions  in  this  respect.  The  Act  says  to 
the  author.  "  You  have  made  a  certain  thing,  and  on  the  ground  that  it  is  an  original 
thing  it  belongs  to  you  and  your  assigns  for  your  life  and  fifty  years  ;  and  all  that  is 
required  of  you  is  not  to  publish  your  work  first  of  all  in  a  non-reci^jrocal  country." 
It  is  important  to  remember  that  the  work  may  be  first  performed  in  any  such 
country  (subject  to  an  Order  in  Council),  because  performance  is  not  publication  under 
the  Act.  "You  are  a  very  simplicity  'oman,"  says  Sir  Hugh  Evans  of  Mistress 
Quickly.  One  can  but  hope  that  this  cardinal  simplicity  of  the  Act  w'ill  not  suffer 
abuse. 

Definitions. — Copyright  subsists,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Bill,  throughout 
the  parts  of  His  Majesty's  dominions  to  which  the  Bill  extends  in  every  original 
literary,    dramatic,  musical,    and   artistic   work,  if :   (a)    in    the  case   of  a  published 

work,    the    work    was    first    published     within     such    parts   of 
The  Nc%v  His   Majesty's  dominions  ;    (6)  in  the  case   of  an  unpublished 

Copyright.         work,  the  author  was  at  the  date  of  the  making  of  the  work  a 

British  subject  or  resident  within  such  parts  of  His  Majesty's 
dommions.  The  benefits  of  the  Bill  also  extend  by  Orders  in  Council  to  those  countries 
with  which  we  have  Union  or  other  reciiH'ocal  relations.  It  will  be  noted  that  the 
doubtful  word  "original"  is  used,  and  also  the  very  vague  word  "making."  There 
is  no  definition  of  either  word,  and  a  good  deal  of  ambiguity  is  the  consequence.  What, 
for  example,  would  be  the  position  of  an  adaptation  made  from  a  non-copyright  foreign 
work  ?  Nor  when  we  come  to  the  interpretation  clauses  are  we  helped  much  to  be  told 
not  what  a  literary  work  is,  but  that  it  includes  "  maps,  charts,  i)lans,  tables,  and 
compilations,"  or  that  a  dramatic  work  "  includes  any  piece  for  recitation,  chore- 
graphic*  work  or  entertainment  in  dumb  show,  the  scenic  arrangement  or  acting  form  of 
which  is  fixed  in  writing  or  otherwise,  and  any  kinematograph  production  where  the 
arrangement  or  acting  foi-m  or  the  conibination  of  incidents  represented  give  the  work 
an  original  character."  From  the  wording  it  is  not  clear  whether  only  "  choregraphic 
work  or  entertainment  in  dumb  show"  needs  to  be  fixed  in  writing  or  otherwise.  If 
recitation  is  included,  are  we  to  suppose  that  the  expression  is  used  in  its  narrow 
"  penny  reading  "  sense,  or  as  covering  every  form  of  dramatic  piece  on  the  oral  side  ? 
If  the  latter,  every  dramatic  piece  must  be  fixed  "in  writing  or  otherwise,"  but 
Section  I. — developing  the  statutory  right  vested  by  the  Act  of  William  lY.  in  a 
dramatic  piece  composed  but  not  printed  and  published — speaks  of  ' '  the  making  of  the 
work."  Further  questions  therefore  arise.  \Miat  is  the  position  of  a  spoken  dramatic 
piece  that  is  fixed  only  in  the  memory  of  the  performer  or  i^erformers  ?  And  may  a 
stage  piece,  if  not  a  dramatic  work — and  also  if  a  dramatic  work — be  a  literary  work  ? 
One  assimaes  that  it  may.  Would  a  piece  of  patter,  especially  if  reduced  to  writing,  be 
a  literary  work,  and  as  original  matter  entitled  to  i^rotection  as  a  literary  work?  One 
assumes  that,  too.  The  old  law  protected  anything  that  was  a  dramatic  piece.  But 
recent  decisions  gave  a  very  i-estricted  meaning  to  the  term  dramatic  piece.  Under 
these  decisions  pieces  of  the  kind  of  "  The  Mumming  Birds  "  were  not  dramatic  pieces. 
An  entertainment  in  dumb  show  was  not  a  dramatic  piece.  Moreover,  as  was  decided 
in  Tate  v.  Fullbrook  with  regard  to  "  ^lotoring  "  and  "Astronomy,"  there  were 
circumstances  in  which  a  piece  might  bear  resemblance  to  another  piece  and  yet  not 
infringe  the  playright  in  the  latter.  In  coming  to  these  and  similar  decisions,  the 
judges  had  before  them  the  old  statutory  definition  of  a  dramatic  piece — i.e.,  "a 
dramatic  piece  shall  be  construed  to  mean  and  include  every  tragedy,  comedy,  play, 
opera,  farce,  or  other  scenic,  musical,  or  dramatic  entertainment."  It  was  a  very 
broad  definition,  which  the  comrts  seem  needlessly  to  have  restricted.  The  new  Act 
gives  them  nothing  as  a  guide  by  way  of  actual  definition.  But  ballets  and  dumb 
show  pieces  become  protected  as  a  dramatic  work  if  set  down  as  specified.  The  fate  of 
the  very  numerous  class  of  piece  such  as  "  The  ^Mumming  Birds,"  from  the  point  of 

*  Quaintly  spelled  "  choreographic  "  in  the  Act 


THE  STAGE   YEA,"  BOOK  97 

view  of  a  dramatic  work,  is  open  to  question.  Such  pieces  seem  to  have  their  most 
direct  protection  as  a  literary  work,  if  written  down.  Performance  is  defined,  and  so  is 
publication.  The  former  means  any  acoustic  representation  of  a  work  and  any  visual 
representation  of  any  dramatic  action  in  a  work,  including  such  a  representafion  made 
by  means  of  any  mechanical  instrument.  Publication  in  relation  to  any  work  means 
the  issue  of  copies  of  the  work  to  the  public,  and  does  not  include  the  performance  in 
public  of  a  dramatic  or  musical  work,  the  public  delivery  of  a  lecture,  or  the  public 
exhibition  of  an  artistic  work. 

Ambit  of  Protection. — The  means  of  protection  given  under  the  Act  is  far-reaching. 
The  copyright  subsisting  in  an  original  work  is  the  sole  right,  as  far  as  the  Act  runs,  to 
produce  or  reproduce  and  to  authorise  the  production  or  reproduction  of  the  work  or 
any  substantial  part  thereof  in  public  in  any  material  form  whatsoever  and  in  any 
language.  Thus  one  may  not,  without  the  authority  of  the  owner,  do  any  of  the 
following : — 

(1)  Perform    or    (in   the  case  of   a  lecture)  deliver   the  work  or   any   substantial 

part  in  public. 

(2)  If  the  woi-k  is  unpublished,  publish  the  work. 

(3)  In   the  case   of  a   dramatic  work,   convert  the   work    into   a   novel    or   other 

non-dramatic  work. 

(4)  In  the  case  of  a  novel  or  other  non-dramatic  work,  or  of  an  artistic  work, 

convert  the  work  into  a  dramatic  work,  by  way  of  performance  in  public  or 
otherwise. 

(5)  In   the   case   of   a   literary,    dramatic,    or   musical   work,    make   any    record, 

perforated  roll,  kinematograph  film,  or  other  contrivance  by  means  of  which 
the  work  may  be  mechanically  performed  or  delivered. 

Protection  of  Novels. — The  greatest  particular  change  here,  as  far  as  theatrical 
interests  go,  is  of  course  the  very  proper  long-delayed  recognition  of  playright  in  a 
novel.  Hitherto,  provided  no  copies  of  any  of  the  dialogue  were  made,  a  playwright  was 
free  to  derive  a  dramatic  piece  from  a  published  copyright  novel.  In  future  he  must 
keep  his  hands  as  much  off  the  plot  or  incidents  as  off  the  dialogue  of  a  novel  protected 
under  the  Act.  A  foreign  novel  is  also  protected,  assuming  it  is  first  published  in  any 
part  of  the  British  dominions  to  which  the  Act  extends,  or  in  any  self-governing  British 
dominion  granting  approved  protection,  or  in  any  Union  country  or  a  country 
with  which  we  have  a  special  treaty. 

Plays  and  Films, — The  use  of  any  material  part  of  the  dramatic  action  of  a  copyright 
play  for  the  purpose  of  kinematograph  exhibition — a  use  about  which  the  old  law  was 
uncertain — is  met  by  specific  prohibition. 

Recitations  and  Readings.— The  exemptions  to  the  foregoing  are  few.  One  that 
has  unfortunately  been  made  through  an  amiable  misapprehension  of  the  circumstances 
seriously  affects  dramatic  and  other  authors.     The  reading  or  recitation  in  public  by 

one  person  of  any  reasonable  extract  from  a  published  copyright 
Exemptions.        work  is  not  an  infringement  of  copyright.     This  privilege  was 

obtained  in  the  name  of  "  penny  readings,"  which  are  supposed 
to  be  semi-philanthropic  in  character.  But  are  there  any  penny  readings  now,  and 
even  if  there  are,  why  should  an  author  be  compelled  to  be  a  party  to  their  possiole 
philanthropy?  The  amendment,  however,  carries  the  exemption  much  beyond  penny 
readings.  "  In  public  "  includes  any  place  of  amusement.  Thus  any  reasonable 
extract  from  a  copyright  play,  if  published,  may  be  read  or  recited  in  public.  The 
question  will  speedily  arise,  by  the  deplorable  old  way  of  litigation,  as  to  how  far 
recitation  includes  ordinary  stage  rendering.  It  certainly  includes  a  dramatic 
handling  of  the  piece  ;  and  recitations  are  often  done  with  scenic  accessories.  In  any 
case  the  exemption  gives  the  single-handed  entertainer  the  valuable  privilege  of  extract- 
ing choice  bits  from  copyright  works.  Recitations,  and  also  speeeches  from  plays  and 
books  by  artists  of  the  type  of  IMr.  Bransby  Williams,  now  form  regular  music-hall 
turns.  Assuming  that  a  play  or  other  dramatic  work  is  published,  elocutionists,  music- 
hall-artists  and  entertainers  general!}"  are  entitled  to  read  or  recite,  singlehanded, 
reasonable  extracts  therefroin. 

Right  of  Fair  Dealing. — Copyright  is  also  not  infringed  by  any  fair  dealing  with 
any  work  for  the  purposes  of  private  study,  research,  criticism,  review,  or  newspaper 
summary. 

Titles — Titles  are  not  specifically  protected.  As  a  title  is  scarcely  "a  substantial 
part  "  of  a  work  the  sole  right  of  the  owner  under  the  statute  to  produce  or  reproduce 
would  not  seem  to  be  infringed  by  using  the  title,  except  possibly  in  the  case  of  a  very 

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long  and  distinctive  title  requiring  an  unusual  amount  of  invention.  The  owner  will 
apparently  have  to  depend  on  the  right  of  user.  The  use  of  a  title  eraploj-ed  before,  or 
of  a  colourable  imitation,  especially  with  intent  to  deceive  or  with  the  effect  of  misleading 
the  public,  will  be  restrained  by  the  Courts  if  it  is  an  injury  to  property. 
Records,  Rolls,  etc. — There  are  special  provisions  as  to  records,  perforated  rolls,  and 
other  contrivances  by  means  of  which  sounds  may  be  mechanically  produced.  The 
sole  right,  as  specified  in  (5)  in  the  foregoing  summary,  is  modified  in  the  case  where 
any  person  desiring  to  make  them  proves  that  such  contrivances  have  previously  been 
made  by  or  with  the  consent  or  acquiescence  of  the  ovmer  of  the  copyright  of  the  work, 
and  where  such  person  is  ready  to  pay  royalties  (a)  in  the  case  of  a  contrivance  sold 
within  two  years  after  the  commencement  of  the  Act  by  the  person  making  the  same 
two  and  a  half  per  cent.  ;  and  (6)  in  the  case  of  contrivances  sold  after  the  expiration  of 
that  period  five  per  cent,  on  the  ordinary  retail  selling  price  of  the  contrivance,  with  a 
minimum  royalty  of  a  halfpenny  per  contrivance.  In  the  case  of  musical  works 
published  before  the  beginning  of  the  Act,  the  consent  or  acquiescence  of  the  copyright 
owner  is  not  necessary,  and  the  rate  per  cent,  is  two  and  a  half.  Moreover,  no  royalties 
are  payable  in  respect  of  contrivances  sold  before  July  1, 1913,  if  contrivances  reproducing 
the  same  work  had  been  lawfully  made  or  i^laced  on  sale  before  July  1, 1910.  As  far  as 
foreign  works  go,  these  pro%"isions  are  subject  to  Orders  in  Council. 

Where  a  record,  perforated  roll,  or  similar  contrivance  has  been  made  before  the 
beginning  of  the  Act  copyright  subsists  therein  as  though  the  Act  had  been  in  force  at 
the  date  of  the  first  making,  provided  that  no  other  contrivance  had  a  prior  claim 
thereon. 

Kiuematograph  films  do  not  come  under  these  special  provisions,  which  have  been, 
as  it  seems  to  me,  unfairly  exacted  by  the  mechanical  instrument  makers.  The  Berlin 
Conference  emphatically  rejected  the  idea  of  an  international  system  of  compulsory 
royalties. 

Compulsory  Licenses,  etc. — Broadly,  the  term  for  which  copyright  lasts  under  the 

Act  is  for  the  life  of  the  author  and  a  period  of  fifty  years  after  his  death.     Copyright, 

however,  may  be  determined  by  improper  first  publication  elsewhere — as,  for  example, 

in  the  United  States  ;  and  after  the  death  of  the  author  the  sole 

Duration  of       right  is  not  absolute.     At  any  time  after  this  death  the  Judicial 

Copyright.        Committee  of  the  Privy  Council  can,  if  complaint  has  been  made 

to  them,  order  the  owner  of  a  copyright  to  grant  a  license  to 

reproduce  a  dramatic,  musical,  or  literary  work  on  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the 

Committee  think  fit.     The  complaint  must  be  jnade  on  the  ground  that  the  owner  has 

refused  to  reproduce  the  work   and  is  consequently  withholding  it  from  the  public. 

Further,  at  any  time  after  the  lapse  of  twenty-five  years,  or  in  the  case  of  a  work 

enjoying  copyright  at  the  passing  of  the  Act  thirty  years,  the  work  may  be  reproduced 

for  sale,  without  license,  on  a  ten  per  cent,  royalty,  payable  to  the  owner.     Oddly 

enough,  provision  is  only  made  for  the  royalty  on  the  price  at  which  a  work  is  to  be 

republished.     Ovring  to  this  omission,  a  copyright  dramatic  or  musical  work  cannot  be 

reproduced  in  this  way  except  as  a  book.     It  will  have  to  be  shown  that  a  work  has 

been  withheld  by  the  owner  from  the  public. 

Modified  Ter.m. — The  duration  of  copyright  affecting  photographs  and  also  records, 
perforated  rolls,  and  other  contrivances  by  means  of  which  sounds  may  be  mechanically 
reproduced  is  limited  to  fifty  years  from  the  making  of  the  original  negative  or 
plate.  Where  the  owner  is  a  body  corporate  the  body  corporate  is  deemed  to  reside 
within  the  parts  of  his  Majesty's  dominions  to  which  the  Act  extends,  if  the  firm  has 
established  a  place  of  -business  within  such  parts.  The  duration  in  the  case  of  a 
kiuematograph  film  or  product  is  not  so  clear  as  it  might  be.  In  the  definitions  "  any 
kiuematograph  production  where  the  arrangement  or  acting  form  or  the  combination 
of  incidents  represented  give  the  work  an  original  character  ' '  ranks  as  a  dramatic 
work,  and  a  dramatic  work  is  entitled  to  protection  for  life  of  author  and  fifty  years. 
Assuming  certain  but  not  all  kinematograph  products  to  be  entitled  to  the  copyright 
period  enjoyed  by  a  dramatic  work,  much  confusion  is  likely  to  arise  in  the  future. 
And  the  confusion  is  not  confined  to  mere  duration  of  copyright.  The  implication  is 
that  without  this  ' '  original  character  ' '  the  kinematogi-aph  product  is  not  protected  as 
a  dramatic  work  ;  but  it  may  be  that  a  film  could  be  protected  as  a  photograph  or  as  a 
plate  for  fifty  years;  or,  by  placing  its  incidents,  scenery,  etc.,  in  writing,  it  might 
obtain  indirect  protection  as  a  literary  work.  Copyright  in  a  literary  work  is  the  sole 
right  to  produce  or  reproduce  the  work  or  any  substantial  part  thereof  in  any  material 
form  whatsoever,  to  perform,  or  to  publish.  Thus  in  the  case  in  which  a  film  was  not  a 
dramatic  work  the  crvvner  seemingly  would,  if  necessary,  be  in  a  position  to  proceed  as 


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the  owner  of  a  literary  work  in  which  his  sole  right  to  make  kinematograph  productions 
had  beau  infringed.     This  right  would  be  for  life  and  fifty  years. 

Joint  Authors. — As  regards  works  of  joint  authors,  copyright  lasts  during  the  life  of  the 
author  who  first  dies  and  for  a  term  of  fifty  years  after  his  death,  or  during  the  life  of 
the  author  who  dies  last,  whichever  period  is  the  longer.  In  the  case  of  a  work  of  joint 
authorship  it  is  onh'  necessary  that  one  of  the  authors  should  satisfy  the  conditions 
conferring  copyright.  This  joint  authorship,  however,  must  not  be  nominal.  A  work 
of  joint  authorship  is  defined  as  a  work  produced  by  the  collaboration  of  two  or  more 
authors  in  which  the  contribution  of  one  author  is  not  distinct  from  the  contribution  of 
the  other  author  or  authors. 

The  interest  of  a  married  woman  in  a  work  in  which  she  is  jointly  concerned  with 
her  husband  is  her  separate  property. 

Posthumous  Works. — A  work  performed  or  otherwise  produced  in  pulilic  after  the 
death  of  the  author  has  its  subsisting  copyright  endure  for  fifty  years  from  the  date  of 
first  performance  or  publication. 

Posthumous  Reversion. — An  author  who  is  first  owner  cannot,  except  by  will,  after 
the  passing  of  the  Act,  dispose  of  any  part  of  his  copyright  for  a  period  beyond  the 
expiration  of  twenty-five  years  from  his  death.  The  remainder  of  the  copyright 
devolves  on  his  legal  personal  representatives  as  part  of  his  estate. 

Existing  Copyrights.— The  Act  has  an  important  bearing  on  existing  copyright  . 
works  in  point  of  length  of  protection.  There  is  an  extended  period  of  protection.  In 
the  case  of  a  work  copyright  at  the  time  of  the  Act  coming  into  force,  the  estate 
of  the  author  obtains  the  benefit  of  the  extended  period  of  protection,  subject  to  the 
condition  that  the  holder  of  any  right  granted  by  the  author  under  the  old  terms 
may  apply  for  the  right  to  be  continued  under  the  extended  period  for  such  consideration 
as,  failing  agreement,  may  be  determined  by  ar'bitration. 

There  is  a  stipulation  that  the  copyright  reverts  in  this  way  "  in  the  absence  of 
express  agreement,"  a  stipulation  that  may  cause  some  confusion,  inasmuch  as  anv 
assignment  made  after  the  passing  of  the  Act  can  only  effect  the  first  twenty-five  years 
after  death. 

The  Act  is  practically  uniform  on  the  point  that  the  author  is  the  first  owner.     But 
where  the  work  is  done  in  the  course  of  emplojonent  under  a  contract  of  service,  then, 
in  the  absence  of  any  agreement  to  the  contrary,  the  employer  becomes,  with  a  few 
exceptions,  the  first  owner  of  the  copyright.     This  condition  pre- 
Ownership.        vails  in  the  case  of  an  engraving,  photograph,  or  portrait  ;  likewise 
in  the  case  of  records,  perforated  rolls,  etc.,  (which  belong  in  each 
case  to  the  owner  of  the  original  plate)  ;  and  also  in  the  case  where  the  author  is  in  the 
employment  of  some  other  person  and  the  work  is  made  in  the  course  of  employment  bv 
that  person.  As  regards  literary  contributions  to  the  periodical  Press  the  author  has  a  right 
to  restrain  publication  within  certain    limits.     But  a   "house-author"   turning  out 
plays  or  other  literary  work  while  employed  by  a  manager  would  be  without  copyright, 
except  as  far  as  he  could  restrain  publication  ;  and  so  would  an  actor  or  other  performer 
who,  in  the  course  of  employment,  added  original  features  to  his  part  or  to  the  entertain- 
ment in  which  he  was  engaged.     An  author  who  wrote  a  play  for  the  periodical  Press 
under   a  contract   of   employment   apparently    could  not  prevent  the   employer  from 
dealing   in   the  performing    rights ;    nor   a    story-writer   restrain   the    employer  from 
dramatising  the  story,  provided  the  employer  adhered  to  the  stipulation  as  to  publication. 
Any  assignment  of  copyright  must  bo  in  writing  to  be  valid.     The  assignment  must 
be  Dy  the  owner  of  the  particular  right  or  his  duly  authorised  agent.     Any  part  of  the 
copyright  may  be  assigned  by  the  ownt-r,  for  any  particular  country,  and  for  any  length 
of  time  within  the  possession  of  the  owner.     A  dramatic  author, 
Assignment.       for  example,    could  assign  his  right  of  printed  publication,  his 
kinematograph  right,  his  right  to  novelise,  and  so  on,  separately 
from  his  right  to  perform  as  a  play.     The  Act  says  vaguely  that  the  owner  may  assign 
his  copyright  "  subject  to  limitations  to  the  United  Kingdom,"  etc.,  but  one  assumes 
that  he  could  assign  say  London  rights  to  A.  and  provincial  rights  to  B.     It  is  prefer- 
able, however,  in  many  cases,  in  lieu  of  assignment,  to  grant  an  interest  in  the  right 
by  way  of  a  license.     A  license   gives   no   proprietary   rights.      The   owner   sues   for 
infringement,  not  the  licensee.    In  the  case  of  an  assignment,  the  assignee  becomes  the 
owner  of  the  copyright  to  the  extent  of  his  right. 

Copyright  "  Presumed." — The  different  acts  infringing  copyright  wiU  be  gathered 
from  the  particulars  fully  setting  out  what  copyright  is  under  the  statute.     It  is  an 


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infringement  for  an  unauthorised  person  to  do  any  of  those  things  the  enjoyment  and 
the  exercise  of  which  the  statute  vests  in  the  owner  ;  and,  in  any 
Intringetnent  and  action  for  infringement,  the  plaintiff  is  '■  presumed"  to  be  the 
Remedies.  owner,  which  greatly  simplifies  the  old  position.  To  some 
extent,  it  may  simplify  it  at  the  expense  of  other  persons  ;  but, 
after  all,  any  one  who,  without  payment,  is  making  use  of  another  person's  work 
should  scarcely  grumble  if  one  does  not  find  facilities  thrown  in  one's  way.  Though 
copyright  is  presumed,  the  defendant  in.  an. action  can  put  in  issue  both  the  fact  of  the 
copyright  and  the  title  of  the  plaintiff.  In  that  case  the  name  on  the  copy  of  the  work 
becomes  important.  If  a  name  purporting  to  oe  that  of  the  author  is  printed  or 
otherwise  indicated  on  the  work  in  the  u.sual  manner,  the  person  whose  name  is  so 
printed  or  indicated  shall,  failing  proof  to  the  contrary,  be  presumed  to  be  the  author 
of  the  work.  If  no  name  is  so  printed  or  indicated,  or  if  the  name  is  not  the  author's 
true  name  or  the  name  by  which  he  is  connnonly  known,  and  a  name  purporting  to  be 
that  of  the  publisher  or  proprietor  of  the  work  is  printed  or  otherwise  indicated,  th(?n 
the  latter  person  is  presumed  to  oe  the  owner  unless  the  contrary  is  proved. 
No  Registration  Safeguards.. — One  is  not  sure  whether  registration  was  not,  or 
rather  whether  a  reformed  system  of  registration  would  not  have  been  better  primd 
facie  evidence  of  ownership.  It  is  easy  to  put  names  on  works,  especially  if  the  works 
are  not  printed.  It  may  not  be  easy  but  it  is  possible  for  an  unscrupulous  person 
falsely  to  allege  infringement  of  a  work  concocted  for  the  purposes  of  an  action.  The 
proposed  optional  registration  would  have  been  a  safeguard  all  round.  Particularly, 
the  question  of  "  innocent  infringement  "  would  have  been  placed  on  a  working  basis, 
as  it  is  not  at  present.  If  the  particulars  of  a  work  were  duly  registered,  then  a 
defendant  could  not  plead  innocent  infringement.  He  would  be  deemed  to  have  had, 
in  the  fact  of  the  registered  entry,  reasonaole  means  of  making  himself  aware  that 
copyright  subsisted  in  the  work. 

The  question  of  registration  was  of  special  importance  to  owners  of  musical  works. 
Registration  would,  as  far  as  concerns  them,  have  taken  the  j)lace  of  the  old  printed 
notice  reserving  the  public  performing  rights  hitherto  necessary  on  the  face  of  published 
musical  compositions.  The  Musical  Copyright  Act,  1882,  and  the  Amending  Act  of 
1885,  are  repealed;  hence  there  is  no  further  obligation  on  the  owner  of  a  musical  work 
to  state  on  the  title  page  that  the  performing  rights  are  reserved.  This  change  is  made 
in  accordance  with  a  revision  contained  in  the  Berlin  Convention,  which  says  that 
"  authors  shall  not  be  bound  in  publishing  their  works  to  forbid  the  public  repi'e- 
sentation  or  performance  thereof."  Much  confusion,  litigation,  and  loss  will  again 
arise  from  this  vague  state  of  things.  Owners  will  perhaps  have  less  to  object  to  than 
managers,  conductors,  singers,  pianists,  and  others,  who  will  jiot  know  "  where  they 
are."  It  is  not  easy  to  ascertain,  in  the  absence  of  all  notification,  what  is  copyright 
and  what  is  not.  For  example,  T.  W.  Robertson's  "  Caste,"  produced  in  1867,  will  be 
free,  but  the  same  author's  "  M.P." — if  the  Act  comes  into  force  before  April  next — 
will  not,  and  the  copyright  will  go  on  running  until  1921.  The  dilemma  in  the  case 
of  foreign  musical  works  may  be  imagined,  and  the  old  Harry  Wall  scandals,  which 
lead  to  compulsory  notification  of  copyright  on  sheet  music,  will  re-appear  in  an 
intensified  form. 

Reasonable  Means. — It  is  true  that,  as  the  position  is,  where  proceedings  are  taken 
the  plaintiff  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  remedy  other  than  an  injunction  or  interdict  in 
respect  of  the  infringement  if  the  defendant  proves  that  at  the  date  of  the  infringement 
he  was  not  aware  and  had  not  reasonable  means  of  making  himself  aware  that  copy- 
right subsisted  in  the  work.  Further,  the  costs  of  all  parties  lie  in  the  absolute 
discretion  of  the  court.  The  provisions  may  aot  as  a  check  on  frivolous  actions  and 
otherwise  be  something  of  a  protection.  But  what  are  '  reasonable  means  "  ?  The 
question  is  likely  to  appeal  with  special  force  to  those  third  parties  to  so  man)' 
performances,  the  lessees.     Section  2  (3)  says  : — 

Copyright  in  a  work  shall  be  deemed  to  be  infringed  by  any  person  who  for  his 
private  profit  permits  a  theatre  or  other  place  of  entertainment  to  be  used  for 
the  performance  in  public  of  the  work  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  of  the 
copyright,  unless  he  was  not  aware,  and  had  no  reasonable  ground  for 
suspecting,  that  the  performance  would  be  an  infringement  of  copyright. 

The  responsibility  of  lessees  of  places  of  entertainment  is  thus  a  serious  one  as  regards 
every  form  of  entertainment  presented  at  their  houses. 

What  the  Author  Should  Do.— With  the  investitive  facts  of  copyright  freed  from 
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plagiarism  is  to  put  his  work  as  speedily  as  possible  in  writing  or  other  fixed  form. 
The  less  it  answers  to  the  description  of  a  dramatic  work  the  greater  is  his  necessity 
to  set  it  down  or  to  describe  it  in  literary  form.  It  then,  if  original,  becomes  an 
independent  literary  work,  and  as  such  vests  in  the  owner  the  sole  right  to  produce  or 
reproduce  or  to  convert  into  a  dramatic  work,  into  a  film,  etc.  As  additional  means  of 
security,  the  manuscript  should  be  typewritten  by  a  responsible  firm,  stamped  and  dated 
by  the  firm,  and  read  by  one  or  two  persons  whose  names  should  be  attached  as 
witnesses.  Or  the  work  may  be  printed,  provided  that  it  is  not  issued  to  the  public 
for  sale  unless  the  American  requirements  are  complied  with. 

Civil  Remedies. — For  infringement  there  are  not  only  civil  but  also  summary 
remedies.  As  to  the  former,  where  copyright  in  a  work  has  been  infringed,  the  owner 
of  the  cop3"right  is,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  the  Act,  entitled  to  all  such 
remedies  by  way  of  injunction  or  interdict,  damages,  accounts,  and  otherwise,  as  are  or 
may  be  conferred  by  law  for  the  infringement  of  a  right. 

Police  Court  Proceedings. — Action  in  the  High  Court,  however,  is  a  slow  and 
expensive  process,  and  one  of  the  great  reforms  of  the  Act  is  that  Police  Court 
proceedings  iiixiy  be  taken.  Unfortuuateh",  dramatic  copyright  suffers  badly  from  the 
way  in  which  its  special  requirements  are  subordinated  to  those  of  literary  copj-right 
in  this  section.  When  the  1910  Bill  appeared  I  drew  attention  to  the  fact — of  great 
importance  from  the  point  of  view  of  dramatic  authors  and  theatrical  managers — that 
amongst  other  deficient  provisions  there  was  no  specific  mention  of  unauthorised  public 
performance  of  a  play  in  the  list  of  offences  given  in  the  section  relating  to  smnmary 
remedies.  The  omission  was  afterwards  dealt  with,  as  follows,  in  section  11,  sub- 
section 2  : — 

If  any  person  knowingly  makes  or  has  in  his  possession  any  plate  for  making 
pirated  copies  of  any  work  in  which  copyright  subsists,  or  knowmgly  and  for 
Ills  private  profit  causes  any  stich  tvork  to  be  performed  in  public  without  the 
co7isent  of  the  oicner  of  the  copyright,  he  shall  be  guiltv  of  an  offence  under 
this  Act,  etc. 

The  provision  as  to  a  plate  happened  to  be  there  already  ;  and  the  second  clause — the 
new  one — was  inserted  without  any  regard  for  congruity.  It  is  of  course  better  to  get 
this  specific  inclusion  of  unauthorised  performance  anyhow  than  not  at  all  ;  but  the 
section  is  a  sad  jranble,  and  may  give  trouble  in  the  working.  That  is  because,  one 
feels,  the  section  as  a  whole  was  originally  drawn  with  a  view  to  copies  in  print  and 
the  like,  and  that  while  it  has  full  practical  point  as  far  as  they  go,  it  is  very  badly 
framed  from  the  point  of  view  of  unprinted  plays.  Few  actual  copies  are  made  in  the 
case  of  a  pirated  dramatic  work,  and  the  difficulty  of  proving  their  existence  is 
considerable  ;  and  thus  many  of  the  police  powers  of  the  Act  in  connection  with 
pirated  copies  seem  to  fall  to  the  ground  where  dramatic  works  are  concerned. 

The  roughly-interjected  clause  refers  merely  to  the  person  who  ' '  causes ' '  the 
performance.  But  under  section  11  (1)  (d)  a  person  commits  an  offence  if  he 
"knowingly  by  way  of  trade  exhibits  in  public  any  infringing  copy."  Would  an 
actor  playing  a  part  in  public  be  "exhibiting"  in  this  sense?  Turning  back  from 
section  11  to  section  2  one  gathers,  as  already  explained,  that  cojjy right  in  a  work 
is  infringed  by  any  person  who  for  his  private  profit  permits  a  theatre  or  other  place  of 
entertainment  to  be  used  for  the  public  performance  of  the  work  without  the  consent 
of  the  owner  of  the  copyright,  unless  he  proves  that  he  acted  innocently.  This 
clause,  however,  is  not  inserted  under  the  heading  of  summary  remedies.  The 
matter  is  all  the  more  important  as  affecting  actors  and  resident  managers,  as  the 
wilful  infringer  is  liable  in  the  case  of  a  second  or  subsequent  offence  to  imprisonment. 
In  the  specific  clause  quoted,  the  offender  must  knowingly  and  for  his  private  profit 
cause  the  performance  ;  but  in  the  case  of  making,  exposing,  exhibiting,  or  selling 
infringing  copies,  only  the  word  "  knowingly  "  is  used. 

Penalties. — The  penalty  for  knovvingly  and  for  private  profit  causing  imauthorised 
performance  is  on  smnmary  conviction  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  pounds,  or,  in  the 
case  of  a  second  or  subsequent  offence,  either  to  such  fine  or  to  imprisonment  with 
or  without  hard  labour  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  months.  The  penalty  for  dealing 
in  infringing  copies  is  a  fine  not  exceeding  forty  shillings  for  every  copy  dealt  with 
in  contravention  of  the  section,  but  not  exceeding  fifty  pounds  in  respect  of  the  same 
transaction  ;  or  in  the  case  of  a  second  or  subsequent  offence,  either  to  such  fine  or  to 
imprisonment  with  or  without  hard  labour  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  months. 
The  Musical  Copyright  Acts,  1902  and  1906,  are  not  repealed  by  the  Bill.  It  was 
first    sought   to   incorporate   the  provisions   of   those  Acts,     but   they  did   not   lend 


102  THE    STAGE    YEAK    BOOK 


themselves  to  the  generalising  methods  adoi^ted.  The  summary  powers  of  these  Acts 
still  therefore  apply  to  musical  works.  The  period  during  which  an  action  for 
infringement  of  copyright  may  be  taken  is  three  years  after  the  offence.  There  is  a 
right  of  appeal  from  a  summary  conviction  in  England  or  Ireland  to  a  court  of 
quarter  sessions,  and  in  Scotland  under  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Acts. 

Some    consideration,    however    inadequate,    must    be    given    to    the    provisions 

affecting  countries  with  which  we  have  no  reciprocal  copyright   relations,  and   also 

self-governing  British  dominions   similarly  placed    in  this  respect.     A  home  author 

first    publishing  his  work  in   one   of   these  countries  loses    the 

The  British  copyright  that  he  already  possessed  in  his  unpublished 

International     work.    But  a  home  author  may  have  his  play  performed  in  a  non- 
Position,  reciprocal    country    without    this    penalty    of    loss    of    rights. 
Dramatic   authors  will  be  thankful  for  this  latter   concession  ; 
but  why  should  our  authors  of  books  not  enjoy  the  same  immunity?      Why  should 
they  be  penalised  because  of  the  copyright  shortcomings  of  other  countries  ? 

Oddly  enough  the  Bill  reverses  the  position  in  the  case  of  an  author  of  a  non- 
reciprocal  country  first  publishing  here.  If  he  gives  his  book  first  publication  in  this 
country  he  is  protected  (subject  to  the  extreme  measure  of  an  Order  in  Council  cutting 
off  a  coimtry  from  any  protection  under  the  Act).  But  his  play  is  not  protected  unless 
given  first  printed  publication  within  a  part  of  His  ]Majesty's  dominions  to  which  the 
Act  extends.  The  section  of  the  Act  runs  that  copyright  shall  subsist  in  those 
portions  of  His  Majesty's  dominions  to  which  the  Act  applies  in  every  original 
literary,  dramatic,  musical,  and  artistic  work,  if  {a)  in  the  case  of  a  published  work, 
the  work  was  first  published  within  such  parts  of  His  Majesty's  dominions  ;  and  (b) 
in  the  case  of  an  unpublished  work,  the  author  was  at  the  date  of  the  making  of  the 
work  a  British  subject  or  resident  within  such  parts  of  His  ^Majesty's  dominions ;  but 
in  no  other  works,  except  as  otherwise  provided. 

Well,  in  this  position,  the  resident  of  a  non-conforming  dominion  cannot  obtain 
the  benefit  of  first  publication — that  is,  the  benefit  of  copyright — by  -acting  his  piece  in 
a  part  of  the  British  dominions  to  which  the  Bill  extends.  Performance  is  not 
publication,  and  the  resident  in  question  has  no  protection  uiader  the  Bill  for  his 
unpublished  play. 

Similarly  the  foreign  author  seems  to  be  without  protection  in  such  circumstances. 
Let  us  suppose  that  ]\Ir,  Charles  Frohman,  as  he  often  does,  performs  in  London  a 
play  by  an  American  author,  who  wrote  it  say  in  New  York.  It  is  an  unpublished 
work,  and  the  author  is  without  the  specified  British  qualifications.  It  must  be  borne 
in  mind  that  no  author  has  common  law  rights  in  his  inipublished  work.  He  is  not 
entitled  to  copyright  or  any  similar  right  except  under  this  Bill  or  other  statutory 
enactment  for  the  time  being  in  force.  In  the  United  States  the  British  author 
performing  his  unpublished  play  is  protected  at  common  law  ;  or  he  can  file  a  copy 
of  his  work  at  Washington  and  come  under  statutory  protection.  The  benefit 
attaching  to  first  publication  ought  not  to  be  affected  or  voided  by  first  performance. 
The  Act  and  the  Gonventioks. — Touching  first  publication  by  a  non-British 
author,  non-resident,  there  is  an  apparent  conflict  between  the  Act  and  the  Berlin 
Convention.  According  to  the  Act  by  Order  in  Council  authors  who  are  subjects  or 
citizens  of  foreign  countries  and  not  resident  in  his  ^Majesty's  dominions  may,  if 
such  countries  do  not  give  adeqiiate  protection  to  British  authors,  be  deprived  of  the 
benefit  derived  from  the  foregoing  first  j)ublication.  But  according  to  article  6  of  the 
Convention,  such  foreign  authors,  if  they  first  publish  their  works  in  one  of  the 
countries  of  the  Union,  enjoy  in  that  country  the  same  rights  as  native  authors,  as 
well  as  in  the  other  countries  the  rights  granted  by  the  Convention.  It  i,s  true  that 
a  signatory  State  may  declare  that  it  desires  to  remain  bound,  as  regards  any  specific 
point,  by  the  provisions  of  the  Conventions  which  it  has  previously  signed,  but  even 
then  article  3  of  the  Berne  Convention,  as  amended  by  the  Additional  Act  of  1896, 
has  to  be  met. 

Union  and  Non-Union  CorNTBiES. — The  countries  within  the  Copyright  Union  arc 
Great  Britain,  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Belgium,  Spain,  Switzerland,  Luxembourg, 
Norway,  Denmark,  Sweden,  Monaco,  Tunis,  Hayti,  Liberia,  Japan.  Austria-Hungary 
has  a  separate  treaty,  by  which  our  authors  enjoy  substantially  the  same  rights 
as  natives.  As  regards  our  self-governing  dominions,  they  are  likely  to  bring 
themselves  in  line  with  the  Act  where  they  do  not  adopt  it.  But  these  dominions, 
Canada  especially,  will  probably  take  full  advantage  of  the  compulsory  license  jninciple. 
The  owner  of  the  copyright  will  not  enjoy  a  sole  right.  Subject  to  royalties,  his  work 
will  be  published  or  performed  without  his  permission  in  certain  circumstances. 


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The  non-reciprocal  countries,  in  which  an  English  author  must  not  first  publish 
his  work,  include  the  United  States,  South  American  and  Central  American  States,' 
China,  Corea,  Siam,  Mexico,  Venezuela,  Chili,  Brazil,  Ecuador,  Eg^■pt,  and  the  Dutch 
Indies,  and  the  following  European  covmtries,  Kussia,  Finland,  Holland,  Portugal, 
San  Marino,  Montenegro,  Roumania,  Greece  and  Turkey.  In  the  case  of  a  few 
countries,  such  as  Egypt,  Turkey,  and  China,  protection  against  unauthorised  use 
might  perhaps  be  obtained  through  the  Consular  Courts.  The  South  American  and 
the  Central  American  States  are  under  the  Monte  Video  and  the  Pan-American  Conven- 
tions, which  are  not  accepted  by  Great  Britain,  but  they  are  by  other  countries  of  the 
Union,  and  a  measure  of  protection  could  be  secured  by  first  publication  in  one  of  these 
countries. 

Rights  Under  the  Convention.— Through  the  Berlin  Convention,  in  conjunction 
with  the  Act.  authors  of  the  countries  of  the  Union  enjoy  hfire,  broadly,  the  same  benefits 
as  home  authors.  For  example,  a  French  author  enjoys  the  sole  right  of  making  or 
authorising  a  translation  during  the  whole  term  for  which  he  has  the  copyright  in  the 
original  work  here.  But  the  Order  in  Council  by  which  a  foreign  country  comes  within 
the  benefit  of  the  Act  may  j)rovide,  amongst  other  things,  that  the  term  of  copyright 
hereunder  shall  not  exceed  the  term  conferred  by  the  law  of  that  country. 
In  the  United  States. — According  to  United  States  law  a  play  or  other  work  first 
published  for  sale  outside  the  States  forfeits,  subject  to  an  interim  protection  of 
60  days,  all  rights  there.  If  the  book  is  not  printed  for  sale,  no  harm  is  done  ;  and  it 
can  be  registered  at  Washington.  First  performance  here  does  not  afiect  the  rights 
in  the  States. 

Simultaneous  Publication. — Under  the  new  Act  a  work  is  deemed  to  be  published 
simultaneously  in  two  places  if  the  time  between  publication  in  one  place  and 
publication  in  the  other  does  not  exceed  fourteen  days,  or  such  longer  period  as  may 
be  fixed  by  Order  in  Council. 


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THE    KING    AND    THE    THEATRE. 


GALA  PERFORMANCE  AT  HIS  MAJESTY'S. 

THE  King  made  a  graceful  recognition  of  the  advance   the  Englith  Theatre 
has  made  by  including  a  Gala  performance  as  a  special  feature  among  the 
functions    which   marked    his    coronation    last   year.       To    His    Majesty's 
befittingly   tell  the  honour  of  housing  the  gigantic  performance,   towards 
which  hundreds'  of   well-known  actors  and  actresses   contributed.     The  one  given 
at  His   Majesty's  on   Tuesday,   June  27,  was   the  first   ever   given  in  an   English 
theatre,  apart,  of  coufse,  from  those  given  at  the  Opera  House,  Co  vent  Garfden. 

The  full  programme  was  as  follows  : — 

Prologue,  Written  by  Owen  Seaman. 
Spoken  by  Mr.  Forbes  Robertson. 


•  THE  MEKRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR." 
The  Letter  .scene,  scene  three,  act  one. 

Mistress   Ford    Mrs.    Kendal 

Mistress  Page   Miss  Ellen  Terry 

Mistress  Quickly   Mrs.  Calvert 

Sir  .Tohn  Falstaff   ....Mr.   Rutland   Barrington 


"  DAVID      GARRICK." 

By   T.    W.    Robertson. 

.\ct  two. 

David  Garrick   Sir  Charles  Wyndham 

Simon   Ingot   ^Ir.   Louis  Calvert 

Mr.    Smith    Mr.    Harry   Patilton 

Mr.    Brown    3\lr.    Edward   Terry 

Jones   Mr.   Wcedon  Grossmith 

George   Mr.  Frank  Atherley 

Mrs.  Smith  Miss  Marie  Illington 

Araminta   Brown    ....Mi.ss  Sydney  Fairbrother 

Ada   Ingot    Misf:  Mary   Moore 

Scene.— A  Room  in  Simon  Ingot's  House. 
Stage  Manager,  Mr.  Reginald  Walter. 


Shakespeare's  "  JULIUS  CSISAR." 
Act  two.— The  Forum   Scene. 

Mark    Antony    Sir    Herbert    Tree 

Brutus   Mr.  E.  S.   Willard 

Csesar    Mr.    A.    E.   George 

Cassias   Mr.   Basil  Gill 

Senatoks,   Citize.ns,  and  Soldiers. 
Mr.  W.  B.  Abingdon       :^[r.  Fred  Annerley 
Mr.  Blake  Adams  Mr.  R.  F.  Anson 

Mr.  Oscar  Adve  -Mr.  George  Arliss 

Mr.   Henry   Ainley  Mr.   F.   G.   Arlton 

Mr.   Henry   Ainsworth     Mr.  Harry  Ashford 
IMr.  Herbert  Alexander 
:\Ir.  Mar.sh  Allen  Mr.  Gordon  Bailey 

Mr.  Gerald  Ames  Mr.  A.  S.  Barber 

Mr.  Bobby  Andrews        Air.  Kenneth  Barnes 


Mr.   Napier   Barry 
Mr.    Shiel   Barry 
!Miss  Dora  Barton 
Mr.  Chas.  B.  Bedells 
Miss  Evelyn  Beerbohm 
Mr.    A.    Begbie 
Miss  Dorothy  Bell 
Mr.  Erne.st  Benham 
Mr.    J.    Cooke    Beres- 

ford 
Mr.    Ivan    Berlyn 
Mr.   E.   .T.   Bevan 
Mr.  .T.  D.  Beveridge 
Mr.  Clarence  Blakiston 
Mr.    R.    Henderson 

Bland 
^Ir.  Acton  Bond 
Miss  Adie  Boyuf; 
;\Ir.  Leonard  Boyiie 
Mr.   S.   B.   Brereton 
]\Ir.  John  H.  Brewer 
Mr.    F.    Bristowe 
Mrs.    E.   H.   Brooke 
Mr.  Cecil  Brooking 
Mrs.  Alfred  Brvdone 
Mr.  Ulick  Burke 
Miss  Ethel  Butler 

Mr.  W'ilcox  Cadogan 
.Air.   .Mexander  Calvert 
Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 
Mr.  C.  J.  Cameron 
Mr.  Jas.  Carew 
Mr.  Campbell  Cargill 
Mr.  G.  Carr 
Mr.  Murray  Carson 
Mr.  Hubert  Carter 
Mr.  H.  J.  Carvill 
Mr.  Cyril  Cattley 
Mr.  Frank  Cellier 
Miss  Frances  Cliamier 
Miss   Eva   Chaplin 
Mr.  H.  Nye  Chart 
Mr.  Arthur  Cleave 
Mr.  Vincent  Clive 
.Mr.  J.  Cassells  Cobb 
Mr.  C.  F.  Collings 


Mr.  Cecil   Collins 
Mr.  Frank  Collins 
Miss  Elsie  B.  Connan 
;Mr.  Frank  Conroy 
Mr.  S.  \.  Cookson 
Mr.  George  Courtney 
Miss  Edith  Craig 
Mr.  Scott  Craven 
Mr.  F.  Gremlin 
Mr.  Cecil  Crofton 
Mr.  C.  H.  Croker-King 
Mr.  Oliajs.    Cruikshanks 
Mr.  Clive  Curric 
Mr.   Patric    Curwen 
Mr.  Philip  Cuninghami 
Mr.  Robt.  Cunningham 

Mr.   Cha.s.   Daly  ^ 

Mr.  Chas.  Danvers 
Mr.   R.  Davis 
Mr.  Henry  Deas 
Mr.    K.   Dennys 
Mr.   Clarence  Derwcnt 
Mr.  .John  Deverell 
Mr.  Wm.  Devereux 
Miss  Frances  Dillon 
^Ir.  k.  E.  Drink  water 
Mr.  H.  D.  Duff 
Mr.  Franklin  Dyall 

Mr.  Tripp  Edgar 
Mr.  Harold  Entwistle 
^Ir.    Robert  Entwistle 
Mr.  Vincent  Erne 
Mr.  Chas.  Esdale 
Afr.   Frank   Esmond 
i\Ir.  H.  V.  Esmond 

■Mr.    Wm.    Faversham 
.Mr.  W.  G.  Fay 
Mr.  Benjamin  Field 
Mr.    Dermot    Fitz-Gib- 

bon 
:Mr.    Athol   Forde 
ilr.  Wilfred  Forster 
Mr.  Bertram  Forsyth 


TJITZ    STAGE   YEAR    BOOK 


105 


Mr.  Robert  Forsyth        Mr,  0'S£JlJS^S-3— . 

Mr.  Stewart  Fortescue       """ 

Mr.   Chas.  Francis  Mr.  Edward  O'Neill 

^»    Mis.s   Kilceii  Orby 
Mr.  E.  W.  Garden  Mr.  KeRiiiald  Owen 

Mr.  Alfred  H.  Goddard 

Mr.   E.   S.    Gofton  Jlr.  Sydney  Paxton 

Mr.   Douslas  Gordon       Mr.    Walter  Pearce 
Mr.  A.  Holme.s  Gore        Mr.  Pearson-Hesketh 
Mr.  Edmund  Goulding    jVfr.   Ernest  Peirce 
Mr.  Eichard  Green  Mr.  Guy  L.  Pemberton 

Miss  Clare  Greet  Mr.  Esme  Percy 

Mr.  Arthur  Grenville       Mr.  F.  \V.  Permain 
Mr.  Herbert  Greville       Mr.    T.    Wigaey    Per- 
Mr.  Robert  Grey  vail 

Mr.  Fred  Grove  Mr.  Nigel  Playfair 

Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn         Mr.  Caleb  Porter 

Mr.    David   Powell 
i\rr.   Rieliard   Haigh         Mr.   Donald   Price- 
Mr.  Basil  Hallam  Evans 
Mr.  C.  M.  Hallard 

Mr.  K.  Hubert  Harben  Mr.     Chas.     Quarter- 
Mr.  Gordon  Harker  maine 
Mr.  William  Haviland 

Miss  Lillian  Hay  Mr.  Frank  Randall 

Mr.  T.  P.  Haynes  Miss  Amy  Ravenscroft 

Mr.  Clifford  Heatherley   Miss   Phyllis   Relph 
Mr.  Ernest  Hendrie         Mr.  E.  Vivian  Reynolds 
Mr.  Henry  C.  Hewitt       Miss  Cicely  Richards 
Mr.  H.  R.  Hisnett  Mr.    Edward    Rigby 

Miss  Agnes  Hill  Mr.    J.   Robertshaw 

Mr.   John  Robertson 
Mr.  Douglas  Imbert        Miss  Ray  Rockman 

Mr.  Cecil  Rose 
Mr.   Douglas  Jeffries       Mr.   P.   Clive  Ross 
Miss   Aida  Jenoure         Mr.  Frederick  Ross 

Mr.  Owen  Roughwood 
]\tr.    Philip   F.   Kay 

Miss  Nora  Kerin  Jlr.  H.  A.  Saintsbury 

Mr.   Nelson   Keys  Mr.  Fred  Sargent 

Mr.  Claude  King  Miss  Suzanne  Sheldon 

Mr.   Patrick   Kirwan        Mr.  Ross  Shore 
Mr.    Henry   Kitts  Mr.  Eric  Snowden 

Mr.  F.  C.  Knott  Mr:  Fredk.  Stanhope 

Miss  Mabel  Knowles        Mr.  Frank  Stanmore 

Mr.  Athol  Stewart 
Mr.  J.  R.  La  Fane  Mr.  Austin  Strong 

Mr.  Guy  Lane  Mr.  Otho  Stuart 

Mr.  Gerald  Lawrence       Mr.  Leslie  Stiles 
Miss  Jennie   Lee  Mr.  E.  Ion  Swinley 

Mr.  Ernest  Leicester       Mr.  Cyril  Sworder 
Mr.    Henrv    Lesmere 

Mr.   Fred   Lewis  Mr.  Godfrey  Tearle 

Miss  Violet  Lewis  Mr.  Richard  Temple 

Miss  Beatrice  Lindley      Mr.  Denis  Terry 
Mr.  Leon  M.  Lion  Miss  Daisy  Thimm 

Miss   Lilian   Lisle  Miss  Agnes  Thomas 

Mr.  Frederick  Lloyd        Mr.  Aslieton  H.  Tonge 
Mr.  William  Luff  Mr.  Philip  Tonge 

Mr.  Herlrv  A.  Lytton      Mr.      Hugh      Maurice 

Tosh 
Mr.  Charles  Macdona      Mr.  Norman  Trevor 
Miss  Lisa  Macready         Mr.  Spencer  Trevor 
Mr.   C.   Magrath  Mr.  John  R.  Turnbull 

Miss  Ruth  Maitland         Mr.  J.  Henry  Twyford 
Mr.  George  Mallett 
Mr.  Gerald  Malvern        Mrs.   Vedrenne 
Mr.  Percy  Marmont        Mr.  Cyril  Vernon 
Mr.  Eugene  Mayeur         Mr.  Frank  Vernon 
Mr.  Daniel  McCarthy 

Mr.  Duncan  McCrae  Mr.  Chris.  Walker 
Mr.  Austin  Melford  Mr.  Lionel  Watts 
Mr.  Harold  Meltzer  Mr.  Ben  Webster 
Miss  Hilda  Moore  Mr.  T.  Weguehn 

Mr.   M.   R.   Morand         Mr.  J.  Fisher  White 
Miss   Stella   Morley         Mrs.  Russ  Whytal 
Mr.  Henry  Morrell  Miss  Dagraar  Wiehe 

Mr.  Cavendish  Morton     Mr.  Victor  Wiltshire 
Mr.  A.  H.  Muirhead       Mr.  Hubert  Willis 
Mr.  Kenyon  Musgrave     Mr.  Fred  Wright 

Produced  under  the  direction  of  H.  Granville 
Barker. 
Scene  painted  by  Walter  Hann. 


"THE     CRITIC;     OR,     A    TRAGEDY 

REHEARSED." 

By  Richard  Brinsley   Sheridan. 

Pud'   Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier 

Sneer  Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey 

Dangle  .Mr.  George  Grossniith,  jun. 

Stage  Manager  Mr.  Edward  Sass 

Prompter   Mr.  Holman  Clark 

Property   Master    Mr.    Edmund   Gurney 

Stage  Door  Keeper Mr.  W.   Lestocq 

Herr  Schillinkz,  Conductor 

Mr.  Courtice  Pound.s 

1st  Scene  Shifter  Mr.  Robert  Loraine 

2nd  Scene  Shifter  Mr.  Charles  Rock 

3rd  Scene  Shifter Mr.  Frederick  VoIp6 

4th  Scene  Shifter Mr.  George  Graves 

Characters  in  Mr.  Puff's  tragedy,  entitled  :— 


"  THE     SPANISH    ARMADA." 

Lord  Burleigh   Mr.  J.  D.  Beveridge 

Governor  of  Tilbury  Fort 

Mr.    Gerald   du    Maurier 

Earl  of  Leicester    Mr.   Laurence  Irving 

Sir  Christopher  Hatton Mr.  Edmund  Payne 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh Mr.  Arthur  Williams 

Master  of  the  Horse Mr.  Edward  Compton 

Beefeater  Mr.  J.  H.  Barnes 

Justice  Mr.  Sydney  Valentine 

Son   Mr.  E.  M.  Robson 

Constable   Mr.   Alfred  Lesrer" 

Don  Ferolo  Whiskerandos Mr.   Cyril  Maude 

Polhna)    ^,,^  T,^..  wipces  /  ^iss  Gertie  Millar 
EUena  i    ^''®  ^^°  ^  Miss  Lily  Elsie 

Justice's  Lady Miss  Violet  Vanbrugh 

Confidante  Miss  Marie  Tempest 

Queen   Elizabeth    Miss  Winifred   Emery 

Tilburina   Lady  Tree 

1st   Sentinel    Sir   George   Alexander 

2nd  Sentinel   Mr.  Norman  Forbes 

1st  E.xtra  Justice  Mr.  George  Barrett 

2nd  Extra  Justice  Mr.  George  Bealby 

Court  L'sher  Mr.  C.  Hayden  Coffin 

Black  Page  Master  Burford  Hampden 

Britannia  Miss  Kate  Rorke 

Procession  of  Rivers. 

Left  Bank Mr.  Kenneth  Douglas 

Thames  Mr.  C.  M.  Lowne 

Right  Bank  Mr.  Dennis  Eadie 

Avon      Miss  May  Palfrey 

Ouse  Miss  Mona  Harrison 

Severn    Miss   Florence    Glossop-Harris 

Xvne  Miss  Maude  Godden 

Tweed  ' Miss  Sybil  Carlisle 

Mersey  Miss  Jean  Harkness 

Dee'      .'. Miss  Evelyn  Hope 

Trent    Miss   Ethelwyn   Arthur-Jones 

Humber      Miss  Grace  Croft' 

Wye  Miss  Florence  Lloyd 

Shannon      . Miss  Daisy  Markham 

Boyne  Miss  Beatrice  Ferrar 

Mississippi   '^'^^.P',''^,,?^'''^-'^?' 

jyiissouri  Miss  Ethel  Warwick 

rjnncres  Miss  Sheila  Heseltine 

Nile  !.  ..■.■.'.'.'.' Miss  Olive  Terry 

People  in  Court. 
Miss  Adeline  Bourne        Miss  Nora  Lancaster 
Miss  Henrietta  Cowen       Miss  Kitty  Loftus 
Miss  Louie  Emery  Miss  Beatrice  May 

Mis3  Pollie  Emery  Miss  Norma  Whalley 

Miss  Vane  Featherston     Mr.  Cecil  Armstrong 
Miss   Helen  Haye  Mr.  J.  C.  Buckstone 

Miss  Maidie  Hops  Mr.  John  Harwood 

Miss  Constance  Hyem      Mr.  A.  E.  Matthews 
Miss  Clara  Jecks  Mr.  Bertram  Steer 

The  action  of  the  play  takes  place  on  the  stage 
of  a  theatre. 
Produced  by  Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier. 
Music  arranged  by  Mr.  Adolf  Schniid. 
Dresses  designed  by  Mr.  Dion  Clayton  Ca  throp. 
Stage  Manager,  Mr.  William  Burchill. 


106 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    B007C 


The  Masque. 
Prologue  to  Ben  Jonson's'"Masque, 
"  A    VISION    OF    DELIGHT." 

Written  by  Herbert  Trench. 

Prologue  Mrs.  Patrick  Carapbcll 

Delight   Miss  Lily  Brayton 

Wonder  Mrs.  Langtry 

Phantasv  Miss  Lena  A.«hwell 

Peace Miss  Marion  Terry 

Night  Miss  Clara  Butt 

Morning  Miss  Aene.=  Nicholls 

Grace  Miss  Evelyn  Millard 

i,ove   Miss  Constance  Collier 

Harmony    Miss  Gertrude  Kingston 

Revel   .." Miss  Lillah  McCarthy 

Sport    Miss   Evelyn  d'Alroy 

Laughter  Miss  Lilian  Braithwaite 

The  Twelve  Hours. 
Miss  Alice  Crawford        Miss  .Tean  Mackinlay 
Miss  Kate  Cutler  Miss  Decima  Moore 

Miss  Fav  Davis  Miss  Eva  Moore 

-Miss  Barvl  Faber  Miss  Julie  Opp 

"Wiss  Mabel  Hacknev        Miss  Nancy  Price 
Miss  Margaret  Halstan     Mrs.  Saba  Raleigh 

Spring  Miss  Marie  Lohr 

Cupid Miss  Florrie  Lewis 

BE.4UTIES  OP  Spring. 
Fair.  Dark. 

Miss  Lvdia  BUbrooke  Miss  Hilda  Antony 

Miss  v'iva  Birkett  Miss  Sa.rah  Brooke 

Miss  Pauline  Chase  Miss  Laura  Cowie 

MLs^s  Maud  Cressall  Miss  Enid  Leslie 

Miss  Lettice  Fairfax  Miss  Dorothy  Parker 

Misa  Grace  Lane  Mise  Enid  E-ose 

Miss  Doris  Lytton  ^liss  Christime  Silver 

Miss  M.  Eonsard  Miss  Dorothy  Thomas 

Miss  Margery  Maude  Miss  Hilda  Trevelyan 

PH.4NTASIES. 

Miss  Mary  Barton  Miss  Mary  Jerrold 

Miss  Dorothy  Bell  Miss  Auriol  Lee 

Miss  Esm6  Beringer  Miss  Beryl  Mercer 

Miss  Elifie  Craven  Miss  Dorothy  Minto 

Miss  Iris  Hawkins  Miss  Athene  Seyler 

Miss  Annie  Hughes  Miss  Haid^e  Wright 

Produced  under  the  direction  of  Sir  Herbert 

Tree. 

Miisic  composed   by   Mr.   W.   H.   Bell. 

Dresses  de«iignod  by  Mr.  Percy   Anderson. 

Dances  arranged  by  Mr.  Fred  Farren. 

Scenery   by   Mr.   K.   McCleery. 


The  resources  of  His  Majesty's  axe  many, 
but  dressing-room  accoromodartion  for  the 
hundreds  who  appeared  at  the  performance 
was  impossible.  In  the  circumstances  the  ad- 
joining Opera  Arcade  was  pressed  into  ser- 
vice. The  gates  at  each  end  were  closed  and 
veiled,  and  within  the  Arcade  the  greater 
number  of  the  actors  dressed.  Communica- 
tion with  the  theatre  was  easy,  as  His 
Majesty's  possesses  an  emergency  exit  to  the 
Arcade  from  the  stage. 

The  Executive  Committee  which  was  respon- 
sible  for  the  carrying  out<  of  the   Gala  per- 
formance was  constituted   as  follows : — 
Sir    Charles    Wyndham,    Chall-man. 
Sir  John  Hare  Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey 

Sir  George  Alexander      Mr.  H.  B.  Irving 
Mr.   Cyril  Maude  Mr.  Herbert  Trench 

Sir  Herbert  Tree,  Director. 
Mr.  .Arthur  Bourchier,  Organising  Secretary. 


The     following     was     the     General '  Com- 
mittee : — 


Mr.      Weodon      Gros- 

smith 
Mr.    Frederick    Ilarri- 

eon 
Mr.  Martin  Hajvey 
Mr.  Seymour  Hicks 
Mr.  Laurence  Irving 
Mr.        GeraJd  <iu 

Manner 
Mr.  W.  .Melville 
Mr.  F.  Melville 
Mr.  Herbert  S'eath 
.Mr.  Otho  Stuart 
Mr.  Edward  Terry 
Mr.  Fred  Terry 
Mr.  J.  E.  Vedrenne 
Mr.  Lewis  WaiJer 
Mr.  James  Welch 

Mr.  Walter  R.  Creighton,   Acting-Secretary. 

Stage  Manager,  Mr.   Cecil   King. 

Asfiociate  Stage  Slanager,  Mr.  Stanley  Bell. 

Chorus  ^faster,  Mr.  Alfred  Bellew. 

General   Manacer,   Mr.   Henry   Dana. 

Musical  Director,  Mr.  Adolf  Schmid. 


Mr.  Oscar  Asche 

Mr.       H.       Grajiville 

Barker 
Mr.  F.  R.  Benson 
.Mr.  Dion  Boucicault 
Mr.  Arthur  Chudleigh 
Mr.  .\rthur  CoHins 
Mr.  Edward  Compton 
Mr.     Robert      Coiirt- 

neidge 
.Mr.  Frank  Curzon 
Mr.  Tom  B.  Davis 
Mr.  George  Edwardes 
Mr.   Johnston   Forbes- 
Robertson 
Mr.  Charles  Frohman 
Mr.  J.  M.  Gatti 
Mr.  William   Grec-t 


CO  VENT    GARDEN    GALA. 

On  the  preceding  evening,  Jime  26,  at 
Covent  Garden,  the  following  was  the  pro- 
gramme at  the   Gala  performance: — 

"  AIDA." 

(In  Italian.) 

By    Giuseppe   Verdi   (1813-1901). 

Act  II.— Scene  2:  A  Gate  of  Thebes. 

II  Rfe M.  Huberdeau 

Amneris    Mme.    Kirkby    Lunn 

Aida    Mile.    Destinn 

Radames    Signor    Bassi 

Ramfls       Signor    Sibiriakofl 

Amonasro     M.  Gilly 

Premifere  Danseuse — ^MUe.  Opalfvens. 
Conductor — Signor   Campanini. 


"  ROMEO      ET      JULIETTE." 

(In  French.) 

By  Charles  Gounod  (1818-1893). 

Act  II. — A   Garden.    Juliette's  Balcony. 

Jbliette    Mme.    Melba 

St^phano Miss    Booker 

Gertrude  Mme.  B6rat 

Le  Due  de  V^rone  Mr.  Edmund  Burke 

IlomSo ' M.    Franz 

Conductor — Mir.  Percy  Pitt. 


'IL    B.VRBIERE    DI    SIVIGLIA." 
'        Rossini. 
Act  III. — Rosina's  Studio. 

Rosina    ■ Mme.    Tetrazzini 

Figaro    Signor    Sammarco 

Count    Almaviva    Mr.    John    McCormack 

Bartolo   Signor  Malateata 

BasUio    Signor  Marcoux 

Conductor — Signor  Panizza. 

Stage  Manager — M.  Almanz. 

Acting-Manager— Mr.    Percy    E.    Bales. 

The  Russian  Ballet. 

Organis^e  par  M.  Serge  de  Diaghilew. 

Directeur  Chor6ographique— M.   Michel   Fokine 

Directeur    Artistique — M.    Alexandre   Benoij, 


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107 


"LE    PAVILLON    D'ARXIIDE." 

Bailet-pantomime   en   3  Tableaux   per   M. 

Alexandre   Benois. 

Musique   de   Nicolas   Tcherepuin. 

Danses   et    Scfenee   de   Michel   Fokine,    Maitre 

de   Ballet  des  Thd^S.tres  Imperiaux  de   St. 

Peters  bourg. 

Decors    et    Costumes   dessines    par    Alexajidre 

Benois. 

Di^cors  executes  par  M.  0.  Allegrl. 

Tableaux  2. — Scene  d'Auimation  du  Gobelin. 

Armide  Mme.  Tamara  Karsavina 

Le  Vicomte  de  Beaugency   M.  Bolm 

Le  Marquis   M.  Cecchet*i 

L'EscIa^e   d'Armide    M.   Nijinsky 

Baptiste,    domeetique    du    Vicomte 

M.  Gregoriev 
fonfidentes    d'Armide 

Mmcs.    Elsa    Will,    Schollar,    Nijinska, 
Vaesilevska,  M.  Kussov 


DRURY    LANE    COMMAND. 

On  Wednesday  evening.  May  17,  by  command 
of  the  King,  in  honour  of  the  visit  of  the 
German  Emperor  and  the  German  Empress,  a 
performance  was  given  at  Drury  Lane  of  Ed- 
ward Bulwer  Lytton's  Money  with  the  follow- 
ing   cast  :— 

Lord    Giossmore    Mr.   Fred   Terry 

Sir  John  Vesey  Sir  John  Hare 

Sir  Frederick  Blount  Mr.  Cyril  Maude 

Captain  Dudley- Smooth.. Sir  Charles  Wyndham 

Mr.   Graves    ! ...  Sir   Herbert  Tree 

Mr.  Stout Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier 

Alfred  Evelyn   Mr.  George  Alexander 

5Ir.  Sharp  Mr.  Laurence  Irving 

An  Old  Member  of  the  Club 

Mr.  Alfred  Bishop 


Sir  John  Vesey 's  Servant  ...>Mr.  Lewis  Waller 

Toke    , Mr.  Edmund  Maurice 

Mr.  Flat    Mr.   Charles  Hawtrey 

Mr.  Green    Mr.  Sydney  Valentine 

Frantz    Mr.    Weedon    Grossmith 

Tabouret  Mr.  J.  H.  Barnes 

Grab Mr.  James  Fernandez 

MacFinch  ...' Mr.  Charles  Rock 

MacStucc"    Mr.  Norman  Forbes 

Crimson   Mr.   Dion   Boucicault 

Patent   Mr.   Dennis  Eadie 

Kite   Mr.  J.  D.   Beveridge 

The  Old  Club  Servant  Mr.  Edward  Terry 

Lady  Franklin   Miss  Winifred  Emery 

Georgina  Vesey  ]^iss  Alexandra  Carlisle 

Clara  Douglas    Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh 

Ci.UB  Members,  Servants;,  Waiters. 

Mr.  Oscar  Adye  Mr.  C.  M.  Lowne 

Mr.   Henry   Ainley  !Mr.  Norman  McKinnel 

Mr.   Marsh   Allen  Mr.  Austin  Melford 

Mr.  Allan  Aynesworth  Mr.  Dawson  Milward 
Mr.  George  Barrett  Mr.  Harry  Nicholls 
Mr.  Murray  Carson  Mr.  Robert  Pateman 
Mr.    Vincent   Clive  !Mr.  Harry  Paulton 

Mr.   Frank    Collins  Mr.  Fred  Penley 

Mr.  W.  Devereux  Mr.  Arthur  Playfair 

Mr.  Kenneth  Douglas      Mr.  Arthur  Poole 
/Mr.  H.  de  Lange  Mr.  Frederick  Ross 

Mr.  Gerald  du  Maurier  Mr.  Howard  Russell 
Mr.  H.  V.  Esmond  Mr.  C.  Aubrey  Smith 

Mr.  George  Graves  Mr.  C.  W.  Somerset 

Mr.    Lyn    Harding  Mr.  Sam  l^othern 

Mr.  Rudge  Harding  Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete 

Mr.  Luigi  Lablaehe  Mr.  Herbert  Waring 

Mr.  Robert  Loraine 
Under   the   direction    of    Mr.    Arthur    Collins. 

Play  produced  by  Sir  Squire  Bancroft. 

.\ssistant    Stage    Managers,    Mr.    E.    D'Auban 

and   Mr.   E.   V.   Reynolds. 

Musical  Director,  Mr.  J.  M.  Glover. 

Business   Manager,    Mr.   Sidney   Smith. 


108 


THi:    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


MASONIC    LODGES. 


A   RECORD   OF   MASONIC   LODGES   AND   CHAPTERS,    MEMBERS    OP    WHICH    ARE 
CONNECTED   WITH  THE   DRAMATIC   AND  MUSICAL  PROFESSIONS. 


LODGE    OF   ASAPH,    No.    1319. 

Conseoatc'l  1870. 

Held  at  Freemason's  Hall,  Great  Queeu  Street, 
London,  W.C.,  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  in  February, 
March,  May,  June,  October,  and  November. 

Installation  in  November. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Albert  LeFre  W.M. 

A.  B.  Tapping  I.P.M. 

Frank  Lister S.W. 

Tom  Clare J.W. 

Chas.  Cruikshanks,  P.A.G.Std.B.  Treasurer. 

James  W.  Mathews,  P..\.G.D.C. .  Secretary. 

W.  E.  Holloway        S.D. 

F.  A.  Pickering         J.D. 

George  Dyball  I.G. 

Rev.  W.  P.  Besley,  P.M Chaplain. 

E.  W.  Whitmore,  P.M A.D.C. 

J.  E.  Hambleton,  P.M Organist. 

Antoine  Cloetens Ass.  Organist. 

Htrbert  Chenery,  P.M Ass.  Secrty. 

R.  Douglas  Cox        ..  ..  1st  Steward. 

Oscar  Grimaldi         2nd  Steward. 

J.  Gilbert         Tyler. 

G.L.  Rank. 


Past  Masters. 

E.  Stanton  Jones      . .  1870-^  1 

Charles  Coote           . .    ■  1871—  2 

John  M.  Chamberlin  1872—  3 

James  Weaver           .  .  1873^  4 

Edward  Frswin        , .  1874—  5 

Charles  S.  Jekyll      . .  1875—  6 

William  A.  Tinney  . .  1876—  7 

Edward  Terry            . .  1877—  8 

George  Buckland      . .  1878—  9 

Edward  Swanborout-h  1879—80 

Charles  Wellard       . .  1880—  1 

W.  Meyer  Lutz         . .  1881—  2 

John  Maclean           . .  1882—  3 

Frederick  Delevanti  1883—  4 

Charles  E.  Tinney    . .  1884—  5 

William  J.  Kent        . .  1885—  6 

Henry  J.  Tinney       . .  1886—  7 

William  Lestocq       . .  1887—  8 

James  D.  Beveridge  1889—90 

T.  De  B.  Holmes      . .  1890—  1 

Alfred  E.  Bishop      . .  1891—  2 

W.  Bvdney  Penley    . .  1892—  3 

J.  Edward  Hambleton  1893—  4 

Francis  H.  Macklin. .  1894—  5 

Charles  C.  Cruikshanks  1895—  6 

Samuel  Johnson       . .  1896—  7 

W.  John  Holloway  ..  1897—  8 

Luigi  Lablache          ..  1898—9 
Charles  Blount  Powell  1899—1900 


P.G.Std.B. 
P.G.O. 
P.G.,  Treasr. 


P.A.G.D.C. 

P.G.,  Treasr. 
P.A.G.Std.B. 

P.A.G.D.C. 


James  W.  Mathews  190O—  1 

Algernon  Syms         . .        1901 —  2  — 

Louis  Honig    . .  1902—  3  — 

Akerman  May  . .        1903 —  4  — 

Herbert  Leonard      . .         1904—  5  — 

Edward  W.  Whitmore      1905—  6  — 

K.  H.  Bull       . .        . .        1906—  7  — 

Herbert  Chenery      . .        1907—  8  — 

Ernest  H.  Paterson  .  .        1908—  9  — 

Chris  Hilton    ..        ..        1909—10  — 

A.B.  Tapping  ..        1910—11  — 

Address  of  Secretary — 

Duke  of  York's  Theatre, 

St.  Martin's  Lane,  W.C. 


CHAPTER  OF  ASAPH,  No.  1319. 

('(insecratcd  1875. 

Held  at  Freemason's  Hall,  Great  Queen  Street, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  fourth  Monday  in  February, 
April,  June,  and  November. 

Installation  in  June. 

OFFICERS,    1911-12. 

Frank  Stewart  M.E.Z, 

William  J.  Keen       H. 

George  A.  Keen         J. 

James  Weaver,  P.I. A. G.D.C.  ..  Scribe  E. 
Charles  W.  A.  TroUope  ..  ..  Scribe  N. 
Edward  Humphrey  ..         ..     Treasurer. 

Alfred  Percy  Oxley P.S. 

John  Handford  Ryley         . .         . .     Ist  A.S. 

Ernest  H.  Paterson 2nd  A.S. 

John  Gilbert Janitor. 

Past  Principals.        Is  Chaih.     G.C.  Rank. 
James  Weaver  . .         . .     1877    P.A.G.D.C. 

Edward  Humphrey  . .  .  .  1887 
James  E.  Hambleton  . .     1896 

W.  S.  Penley 1897 

Harry  NichoUs  . .         . .     1898 

Tom  de  Brunow  Holmes  . .  1900 
Arthur  G.  Duck  . .  . .  1901 
James  D.  Beveridge  . .     1903 

Luigi  Lablache  . .         . .     1904 

William  J.  Harvey  . .  . .  1906 
Ja-mes  W.  Mathews. .  . .  1907 
Edward  W.  Whitmore  .  .  1908 
Clarence  T.  Coggin  . .  . .  1909 
Robert  D.  Cummings 

J.  Percy  Fitzgerald 

William  Clegborn 

Address  of  Scribe  E. — 

The  Cavendish  Rooms, 

Mortimer  Street,  Cavendish  Square, 
London, W. 


L.R. 

P.G.,  Treasr. 

P.D.G.D.C. 

P.P.G. O.Kent 

P.A.G.D.C. 

L.R. 

L.R. 

P.A.G.D.C. 


P.A.G.D.C. 
P.A.G.D.C. 
P.G.Std.B. 


LIVERPOOL    DRAMATIC    LODGE, 

No.  1609. 

Consecrated  1876. 

Held  at  Masonic  Temple,  22,  Hope  Street, 
Liverpool,  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  in  every  month 
except  June  and  July. 

Installation  in  September. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 
Joseph    Tall,  8,  Newington    Bold 

Street,  Liverpool W.M. 

Wm.  J.  Watmough I.P.M. 

H.  C.  Arnold,  jun S.W. 

Frank  Coker  ("Fied  Coles")      ..     J.W.- 
Wm.  Savage,  P.M.,  P.P.G. ,  Treas.    Treasurer 

R.  T.  Palmer,  P.M 

Ed.  Geo.  Cox 

Geo.  Smith 

Ed.  Haigh,  P.D.G.S.  (Gib.) 
Eustace    Baxter,     P.M.,    P.P.G. 

Supndt.  of  W 

J.  J.  Hewson,  P.M 

A.  F.  Savage 

W.  D.  Jones,  P.M 

Alf.  Hatton,  T.  Wrathmall.  R.  E. 

Goffin,   J.   Breeze,    J.   Waters, 

J.  J.  Coventry,  W.  O.  Bond,  W. 

Hassan,  W.  Crompton    .. 

J.  Wiatt  

Lewis  Peake,  P.P.A.G.D.C. 


Secretary. 
S.D. 
J.D. 
I.G. 

D.C. 

A.D.C. 

Organist. 

Ass.  Secrty. 


Stewards. 
Tyler. 
Charity  Rpve 


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109 


Liverpool  Dramatic  Lodge — Continued. 


WHEK 

Past  Masters. 

W.M.    G.L.  R.4^N-K. 

W.  W.  Sandbrook     . . 

..     1880    P.P.S.G.D. 

Wm.  Savage    . . 

..     1832    P.P.G.,Treas 

Richard  Burgess 

. .     1884    P.P.G.,  Org. 

J.  Fineberg     . . 

..     1890    P.P.G.J.D. 

E.  Baxter 

..     1898    P.P.G.S.ofW 

H.C.Arnold.. 

1901—2    P.P.G..J.D. 

W.  G.  Hargrave 

.  .     1903               — 

J.  J.  Hewson  . . 

. .     1904 

T.  R.  Robertson 

. .     1905 

R.  T.  Palmer  . . 

. .     1906               ~ 

W.  D.  .Jones   . . 

. .     1907               ~ 

W.  .J.  Watraough 

. .     1908-10          — 

W.  H.  Winu   . . 

. .     1909               — 

Address  of  Secretary — 

61,  Park  Road, 

Seacombe,  Cheshire. 


DRURY  LANE  LODGE,  No.  2127. 

Consecrated  1835. 

Held  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Drury  Lane, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in 
February,  March,  April,  and  November. 

Installation  in  February. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

A.  Blotnlield  Jackson  W.M. 

Col.  H.  Walker  S.W. 

Blake  Adams  . .         . .         . .         . .  J.W. 

Bedford  McNeill       I. P.M. 

Thomas  Catling,  P.A.G.D.C.      . .  Treasurer. 

J.  Percy  Fitzgerald,  P.G.Std.B.  . .  Secretary. 

Bruce  Smith S.D. 

J.  H.  Ryley J.D. 

Dr.  W.  Wilson  I.G. 

Ven.  Arch.  Sinclair,  D.D.,P.G.C.  Chaplain. 

Albert  G.  Neville,  P.D.G.D.C.     ..  D.C. 

Frank  Braine Organist. 

E.    T.    Pryor,   J.    C.    Barker;  R. 

Frost,     George     Highland,    A. 

Steffens      Hardy,    and     W.     I. 

Crumplin Stewards. 

T.  Reeves        Tyler. 


Past  Masters. 


When 

W.M.    G.L.  Rank. 


The  Earl  of  Londesboiough  1886 
Sir  Augustus  Harris. .  . .  1887 
SirJohnE.Gorst,  Q.C.,M.P.  1888 
Adm.  Sir  E.  A.  Inglefield  . .  1889 
Sir  Henry  A.  Isaacs   (Lord 


Mayor) 
James  Fernandez 
Sir  S.  B.  Bancroft 
Harry  Nicholls 
Thomas  Catling 
Oscar  Barrett  . . 


1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
(  1896  I 
"(  1897  [ 


P.G.W. 
P.G.W.,  Trs 
P.G.W. 
P.G.D. 

P.G.W. 

P.A.G.D.C. 

P.G.D. 

P.G.Std.B. 

P.A.G.D.C. 

P.A.G.D.C. 


Henry  Neville. . 

Gerald  Maxwell        . .        . .  1898 

Guy  Repton 1899 

Lionel  Rignold  . .         .  .  1900 

J.  H.  Barnes 1901 

Luigi  Lablache         . .         . .  1902 

Albert  G.  Neville       . .         . .  1903 

A.  RashleighPhipps  ..  1904 

H.  Nye  Chart 1905 

Clarence  T.  Coggin  . .         .  .  1906 

S.  H.  Tathani  Armitage     . .  1907 

James  Powell 1908 

Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Athlumney  1909 

Address  of  Secretary — 

"  Linacre," 

Balmoral  Road, 

Cricklewood,  N.W, 


A.G.D.C. 
P.G.D. 


P.D.G.D.C. 


P.G.D. 
P.G.W. 


MANCHESTER    DRAMATIC 
LODGE,  No.  2387. 

Consecrated  1891. 
Held  at  Freemasons'  Hall,  Cooper  Street,  ISIan- 
chester,  on   the  fourth    Thursday    in  January, 
February,  March,  April,  May,  June,  September 
October,  and  November. 
Installation  in  April. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Councillor  Tom  Cook  . .         . .     W.M. 

Stephen  Fielder       I. P.M. 

John  Bentley S.W. 

Richard  Martin        J.W. 

Chas.  Swinn,  P. P.G.D Treasurer. 

J.  Butterworth,  P.P.G.Swd.B.     ..     Secretary. 

Manby  Willson        S.D. 

Frank  Morris J.D. 

E.  H.  C.  Roberts I.G. 

G.  T.  Potter,  P.M D.C. 

John  Butterworth Almoner. 

Ernest  Catling Organist. 

Matthew  Ainscough,  E.  L.  Wilson, 

F.  Green,  M.  Tench,  W.  Lawler, 

P.  Thorpe 

Ed.  Roberts,  Prv.  G.  Tyler 

When 
Past  Masters.  '  W.M. 

Chas.  Swinn 1895 

Edwin  G.  Simpson  . .  . .  1898 
John  Butterworth  . .  .  .  1900 
J.  Pitt  Hardacre  . .  .  .  1901 
T.  LI.  Marsden  . .         . .     1902 

Harry  S.  Greenwood  . .     1903 

Nelson  Stokes  . .        . .     1904 

Phillip  Jeseph  . .         . .     1906 

James  J.  Bennett  . .  . .  1907 
John  R.  Pickman  . .  . .  1908 
Arthur  B.  Wait         . .         . .     1909 

S,  Fielder        1910 

Peter  Lawton 1880 

Louis  Peake 1884 

Geo.  W.  Potter  . .     1898  — 

*  At  present  Members  of  the  Lodge. 

Address  of  Secretary — 
"Easingwold," 

9,  Smedley  Lane, 

Cheetham,  Manchester. 


Stewards. 
Tyler. 

G.L.  Rank. 
P.P.G.J.D. 
P.P.G.S.W. 
P.P.G.Swd.B. 

C.C.G.J.D. 


P.P.J.G.D. 
P.P.G.A.D.C. 


GUILDHALL    SCHOOL    OF  MUSIC 
LODGE,  No.  2454. 

Consecrated  1892. 

Held  at  the  Holborn  Restaurant,  High  Holborn, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  second  Monday  in  Feb- 
ruary, March,  May,  November,  and  December. 

Installation  in  December. 

OFFICERS,   1911-12. 
George  K.  Lang 
Henry  Turnpenney  . 
F.  Harold  Hankins   . 
W.  Mortlake  Mann 
Walter  Morrow 
George  F.  Smith 
Frederick  Winter     . 
Ben  Johnson  . . 
E.  Lewis  Arney 
Albert  Rowarth 
Frederick  GrifBths   . 
David  Beardwell 
Bernard  Turner 
W.  Soliague     . . 
George  Coop   . . 


i 


Past  Masters. 
T.  Hastings  Miller 
Geo.  F.  Smith.. 


When 
In  Chair, 
1893 
1893—  4 


W.M. 

I.P.M. 

S.W. 

J.W. 

Treasurer, 

Secretary, 

S.D. 

J.D. 

I.G. 

D.C. 

Organist. 

Ass.  Sectry. 

Stewards. 

Tyler. 

G.L.  Rank. 
P.G.Svvd.Br. 
P.G.O. 


110 


THE   STAGE    YEAR   BOOK 


Guildhall  School  of  Music  Lodge— Coti^d. 

AV.  Hfnrv  Tliomas    .  .         1894—  5  P.G.O. 
Henry  Gadsby            . .        1895—  6  — 

Henry  Guy,  L.R.       ..        1896—7  — 

NVillianj  H.  Cuniroinys, 

Mus.  Doc,  Dublin  1897—  8  P.G.O. 

William  Hy.  Wheeler        1898-  9 
1899-1900 

1900—  1  P.Dep.G.O. 


i9oi-2|p-P:g:^^p- 


Walter  Syckclnioore 
David  Beardwell 

W.  Rogers 

Thomas  R.  Busby  . .  1902—  3 
Albert  E.  Rowarih  . .  1903—  4 

George  H.  Dawson  . .  1904—  5 
Arthur  L.  Simmons. .  1905 —  6 
Montague  Boi  well  . .  1906—  7 
G.  A.  Hustler  Hinchliff  1907-  8 
Kir  T.  Brooke-Hitching  1908—  9 
Arthur  H.  Lines       . .        1909—10  — 

H.  Turnpenny  . .        1910—11  — 

Address  of  Secretary— 

"  Seabourne," 

Bonbam  Road, 

Brixton  Hill,  S.W. 


P.Dep.G.O. 


P.G.D. 


GUILDHALL    SCHOOL    OF  MUSIC 
CHAPTER,  No.  2,454. 

Constcnitcd  19C0. 

Held  at  the  Holborn  Restaurant,  High  Holboni, 

London,  W.C,  on  the  fourth  Friday  in  March, 

June,  and  October. 
Installation  in  2ilarch. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Arthur  L.  Simmons M.E.Z. 

Cieorge  F.  Smith,  P.G.O I.P.Z. 

Hugo  T.  Chadfield H. 

G.  Kershaw  Lang J. 

David  Beardwell,  P.G.O Scribe  E. 

Dr.  W.  H.Cummings,  P.G.O.      ..     Treasurer. 

Kiilmiin  R.  Ronav P.S. 

Alfred  Heather,  P.G.O.  Xatal,  ..     1st  A.S. 

Dr.  John  W.  Pare 2nd  A.S. 

George  Coop Janitor. 

When- 
Past  PitiNciKVLS.  l.N'  Chair.  G.C.  Rank. 

aVHastings  Miller    . .         1900—  1    P.G.Std.B. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Cummings        1901—  2    P.G.O. 

\V.  H.  Thomas  . .         1902—  3    P.G.O. 

Thomas  R.  Busby     . .        1903—  4     P.G.O. 

Fountain  Meen         . .         190^—  5    P.G.O. 

Charles  E.  Tinney    . .        1905—  6  — 

David  Beardwell    '  . .        1906—  7    P.G.O. 

Walter  Morrow        . .         1907—  8  — 

Albert  E.  iiowarth   . .         1908—  9  — 

F.  Harold  Hankins  . .        1009—10  — 

George  F.  Smith  P.G.O.   1910—11  — 

Address  of  Scribe  E.— 

38,  Patshull  Road, 

Camden  Road,  X.W. 


GREEN   ROOM  LODGE.  No.  2957. 

Consecrated    1903. 

Held  at  the  Imperial  Restaurant,  60,  Regent 
Street,  London,  VV.,  on  the  first  Friday  in 
January,  February,  April,  MaVi  June,  November, 
and  December. 

Installation  in  May. 

OFFICERS,    1911-12. 

J.  H.  Byley W.M. 

Hubert  Willis I.P.M. 

Blake  Adams S.W. 

E.  Vivian  Reynolds J.W. 

Hairy  Nicholls,  P.G.Std.B.         . .     Treasurer. 
CharlesCruikshanks,P.A.G.Std.B.    Secretary. 

Frank  Vernon S.D. 

Fred  Annerley  J.D. 

Douglas  Gordon        I.G. 

Rev.  W.  P.  Besley Chaplain. 


Green  Room  Lodge — Continued. 

W.  Lestocq,  P.A.G.D.C D.C. 

Sydney  Lawrence  A. D.C. 

.\rnold  Lucy Ass.  Secrty. 

J.  Cooke  Ueresfonl 1st  Steward. 

A.  E.  Raynor 2nd  Steward. 

J.  R.  Crauford           3rd  Steward. 

.■\.  E.  George 4th  Steward. 

E.  J.  Nesbitt Tyler. 

When- 
Past  Masters.             W.M.  G.L.  Rank. 
Harry  Nicholls  . .         . .     1903-  4  P.G.  Std.B. 
J.  D.  Beveridge  . .         .  .     1904  -  5  — 
Gerald  Maxwell..         ..     1905—6  P.A.G.D.C. 
Herbert  Leonard          ..     1906—7  — 
Akerman  May     . .                1907—  8  — 

E.  H.  Bull 1903—9  — 

Charles  Macdona          .  .     1909—10  — 

Hubert  Willis     ..         ..     1910—11  — 
Address  of  Secretary — 

35,  Cautley  Avenue, 

Clapham  Common,  S.W. 

LYRIC  LODGE,  No.  3016. 

Coiisecialed  1904. 

Held  at  the  Imperial  Restaurant,  Regent  Street, 

London,  W.,  on  the  fourth  Saturday  in  February, 

March,  October,  and  November. 
Installation  in  February. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Harry  T.  Dummett  (Harry  Croz- 
leigh)  W.M. 

Tom  Clare        I.P.M. 

(J.  H.  E.Goodman S.W. 

Wilson  James  Lakeman  (Wilson 
James)  J.W. 

John  A.  Stovell,  (Edgar  Barnes) 
(P. P.G.D. .Surrey) Treasurer. 

Thos.  F.  Noakes,  P.P.G.,  Organist, 
Middlesex    . .  Secretary, 

D.  Lome  Wallet      S.D. 

J.  H.  Willey J.D. 

A.  D.  Longinotto I.G. 

George  Pragnell        L.R. D.C. 

Walter  Walters         A. D.C. 

Clarence  Nobbs         Almoner. 

Percy  R.  Watson      Organist 

H.  J.  Upston  (Harry  Hudson, 
Jun.) Asst.  Organist 

Albert  Chambers,  T.  Thorpe 
Bates,  C.  E.  White,  T.  Wilkin- 
son       Stewards. 

J.  Bailey  Tyler. 

When- 
Past  MASTEU'i.  W.M.        G.L.  R.*.XK. 
W.  S.  Penley  . .        . .        1904—  5    P.G.  Treasr. 
Joseph  Harrison       .  .        1905—  6    A.G.D.C. 
Charles  Bertram       . .        1906—  7  — 
J.  A.  Stovell    . .         . .        1907—  8               — 
George  Pragnell       .  .         1908—  9               — 
F.A.Ransom..         ..         1909—10               — 
Tom  Clare       . .         . .        1910-11  — 
Address  of  Secretary — 

Apsley  Lodge,  Kimberley  Road, 
Clapham,  S.W. 


LYRIC    CHAPTER,    No.    3016. 

ConsccraUd  1910. 
Held  at  Freemasons'  Hall,  Great  Queen  Street, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  third  Saturday  in  January, 
March,  and  November. 
Installation  in  January. 

OFFICERS    "ELECT,"   1912-13. 

.John  A.  Stovell         M.E.Z. 

Tom  Clare       I.P.Z. 

P.  A.  Ransom H. 


Ti£E    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


111 


Lyric  Chapter — Continued. 


J.  H.  Willey    . . 
Thos.  F.  Noakes 
G.  H.  E.  Goodman 
H.  J.  Barclay  . . 
Walter  Walters 
H.  T.  Duramett 
Alfred  Hill 
Percy  Watson . . 
Wilson  James 
J.  Bailey 

Past  Principal. 
Tom  Clare    . . 


J. 

Scribe  E. 
Scribe  N. 
Treasurer 
P.S. 
1st  A.S. 
2iid  A.S.    , 
Organist. 
Steward, 
.Janitor. 

When  in  Chair. 
1910-n 


Address  of  Scribe  E.— 

Apsley  Lodge,  Kimberley  Road, 
Clapham,  S.W. 


ORCHESTRAL  LODGE,  No.  3028. 

Consecrated  1904. 

Held  at  the  Holborn  Restaurant,  High  Holborn, 
London,  W.C.,  on  the  fourth  Thursday  in  March, 
May,  September,  and  December. 

Installation  in  March. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 
Frank  James  . . 
Edward  W.  Whitniore 

Robert  Gray..  

W.  Silvester    . . 

John  Solomon  

Geo.  F.  Smith  

John  Ansell     . . 

H.  Van  Deermerschen 

Alfred  Ballin 

Thomas  R.  Busby 

Charles  Woodhouse 

H.  S.   Sterling,  Harold  Thornton, 

Ernest  Hinchlift",  Edgar  Wilby . . 

J.  H.  Whiteman        


Past  Mastkrs. 
Thomas  R.  Busby 

Albert  E.  Rowarth 
W.  A.  Sutch    . . 
Prank  Stewart 
John  H.  Calcott. . 
James  Breeden  . . 


When 
W.M. 

1904—  5  ■ 

1905—  6 

1906—  7 

1907—  8 

1908—  9 
1909—10 


W.M. 

I. P.M. 

S.W. 

J.W. 

Treasurer. 

Secretary. 

S.D. 

J.D. 

I.G. 

D.C. 

Organist. 

Stewards. 
Tyler. 

G.L.  Rank. 

P.Dep.G. 

Organist 


EdwarJW.  Whitmore..     1910-11  — 

Address  of  Secretary— 

Seabourne, 

Bonham  Road, 

Brixton  Hill,  S.W. 


ORCHESTRAL  CHAPTER,  No.  3028. 

Consecrated  1906. 

Held  at  the  Holborn  Restaurant,  High  Holborn, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  third  Friday  in  April,  June, 
and  December. 

Installation  in  April. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12, 

Hale  G.  Hambleton M.E.Z. 

Edward  Whitmore    .  . .     I.P.Z. 

Robert  Gray    . .  . .         .  .     H. 

Edwin  James  . .         . .  .  .     J. 

George  F.  Smith       Scribe  E. 

Frank  James Scribe  N. 

D.  Beardwell Treasurer. 

W.  Silvester P.S. 

C.  Appleford 1st  A.S. 

James  Breedon  2nd  A.S. 

.  Whiteman Janitor. 

J 


Orchestral  Chapter — Contitiucd. 


Past  Principals. 

Thomas  R.  Busby     .. 
.J.  Edward  Hambleton 
Albert  E.  Rowarth   . . 
Prank  Stewart 
Edward  Whitmore   . . 


When 
In  Chair.  G.C.Rank. 

1906—  7    P.G.O. 

1907—  8  — 

1908—  9 
1909-10 
1910—11  — 


Address  of  Scribe  E.— 

Seabourne, 

Bonham  Road, 

Brixton  Hill. 


CHELSEA  LODGE,  No.  3098. 

Consecrated  1905. 

Held  at  the  Town  Hall.  Chelsea,  London,  S.W. 
on  the  third  Friday  in  March,  April,  May,  June, 
July,  August,  Sei)tember,  and  October. 

Installation  in  May. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Walter  P.  K.  Walton  . .        . .  W.M. 

Harry  Bawn I. P.M. 

George  H.  Dyball S.W. 

Ernest  T.  R.  Lester J.W. 

Wolfe  Simon  Lyon    . .  . .  Treasurer. 

Charles  J.  Doughty Secretary. 

Albert  E,  Nicklin S.D. 

Harry  Griff J.D. 

George  H.  Hill  I.G. 

Walter  H.  Hitch,  P.M D.C. 

Angelo  A.  Asher        . .         . .         . .  Organist. 

W.  H.  Atlas,  Albert  Felino,  Hal. 

Chapter,  Chas.  L.  King  . .         . .  Stewards. 


Past  Masters. 

When 

W.M.        G.L.  Rank 

James  W.  Mathews    . . 
Albert  Le  Fre     . . 
Thuodore  Schreiber     . . 
Henry  Coutts     . . 
Walter  H.  Hitch 
Harry  Bawn 

1905—  6    P.A.G.D.C. 

1906—  7               — 

1907—  8 

1908—  9               — 
1909-10               ~ 
1910-11               — 

Address  of  Secretary — 
14,  Rosti 

evor  Road, 

Fulham,  S.W. 

CHELSEA  CHAPTER,  No.  3098. 

-    Consecrated  1907. 
Held  at  Freemasons'  Hall,  Great  Queen  Street, 
London,  W.C,  on  the  fourth  Friday  in  March, 
June,  September,  and  November, 
Installation  in  June. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 

Walter  H.  Hitch        M.E.Z. 

Herbert  Chenery  I.P.Z. 

Harry  Bawn    . .         . .  . .  H. 

W.  H.  Roberts  (Atlasj         . .         . .  J. 

Charles  J.  Doughty Scribe  E. 

Monte  Bayly Scribe  N. 

Wolfe  Simon  Lyon Treasurer. 

George  H.  Dyball P.S. 

John  T.  W.  Grant 1st  A.S. 

A,  W.  Hanwell  2nd  A.S. 

A.  T.  Chamberlain D.C. 

Francis  Horner  and  W.  G.  Moren  Stewards, 

Erne  Warsaw Organist. 

John  Gilbert Janitor. 


112 


THE    SLA6E    YhAk    BOOlC 


Chelsea  Chapter — Continued. 

AVHtN 


IN  Chair.  Q.C.  Rank. 
1907—  8    P.A.G.D.C. 


Past  Princhmls 
James  W.  Mathtws 
Albert  Le  Fro     . .         . .     1908—  9  — 

Herbert  Cbenery  . .     1909—10  — 

Henrv      Coutts      (died 
Nov.  21st,   19101       ..     1910—11  — 

Address  of  Scribe  E. — 

14,  Rostrevor  Road, 

Fulham,  S.W. 

BOHEMIAN    LODGE,    No.  3294. 

Consecrated  1908. 
Held      at      Masonic      Hall,     Oliver       Street, 
Birkenhead,  on  the  fourth   Friday  in  January, 
February,     March,     April,       May,     September, 
October,  and  November. 
Installation  in  May. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 


Henry  Mathison       

W.  S.  Tafner,  P.P.G.S 

Dr.  H.  Keays  Bentley,  P.P.G.S.   . . 

Will  Jones       

W.  J.  Kerr,  P.P.G.  Treas. 

Joseph  Clarke,  W.M.  3261. 
P.P.G. W 

B.  E.  Goffln 

George  Mathison,  W.M.  2294 

Ernest  Wighton 

A.  T.  Wright 

A.  J.  Shelley-Thompson, P.P.G.W. 

J.  Taylor'-Davies,  P.P.G. S.W.     . . 

R.  B.  Mathison,  P.M.  2294 

J.  F.  Swift,  P.P.G.O 

E.  H.  Godsland,  W.  S.  Strafford, 
Arthur  Russell,  W.  W.  Hook, 
Frank  Weston,  James  Moie, 
F.  A.  Parker,  George  Prince, 
J.  F.  Wood,  A.  N.  McLeod 

J.  Scott,  P.P.G.S.W 


Past  MaSteks. 
A.    J.    Shelley-Thomp- 
son          


When 
W.M. 


H.  R.  Romer 
W.  S.  Tafner      . . 
Address  of  Secretary — 

34,  Fearnley  Road, 


1908-  9 
1909—10 
1910-11 


W.M. 

l.P.M. 

S.W. 

J.W. 

Treasorer. 

Secretary. 

S.D. 

J.D. 

Asst.  Sectry. 

I.G. 

D.C. 

A.D.C. 

Almoner. 

Organist. 


Stewards. 
Tyler. 

G.L.  R.\NK. 
P.P.G.W., 

Cheshire. 
P.P.G.D., 

Cheshire. 
P.P.G.S. 


Birkenhead. 


PROSCENIUM  LODGE,  No.  3,435. 

ConsecraUd  1910. 

Held  at  the  Town  Hall,  King's  Road,  Chelsea, 
S.W.,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  March,  April,  May, 
June,  July,  August,  September,  and  October. 

Installation  in  March. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 
W.  H.  Roberts  (Atlas)        ..        ..     W.M. 

Albert  LeFre l.P.M. 

Charles  J.  Doughty S.W. 

Frank  Hardie J.W^. 

Wolfe  Simon  Lyon Treasurer. 

George  A.  Keen        Secretary, 

Monte  Bayly S.D. 

.'Vndie  Caine .J.D. 

John  T.  W.  Grant I.G. 

Harry  Bawn D.C. 

Erne  Warsaw Organist. 

B.  J.  Whiteiey,  Gilbert    Girard, 

Harry  Bancroft,  Stanley  Pulmer    Stewards. 

J.  H.  McNaughton Tyler. 

Past  Master.  When  W.M. 

Albert  Le  Fre 1910—11 

Address  of  Secretary— 

14,  Rostrevor  Road, 

Fulham,  S.W, 


DRAMATIC  MARK  LODGE,  No.  487. 

t'onnccrnted  1895. 
Held  at  Mark  Masons'  Hall,  Great  Queen 
Street,  London,  W.C.,  on  the  second  Thursday 
in  February,  fourth  Thursday  in  March,  and  the 
second  Thursday  in  October,  November,  and 
December. 
Installation  in  December. 

OFFICERS,  1911-12. 


Chris  Hilton    . . 

W.M. 

Dr.  W.  Hotten  George 

l.P.M. 

J.  H.  Ryley      . . 

S.W. 

Alfred  Ellis 

J.W. 

James  Powell  . . 

M.O. 

Ludwig  Simon 

S.O. 

Tom  Clare 

J.O. 

Rev.  C.  E.  L.  Wrif.'ht 

Chaplain. 

Charles  Cruikshanks 

Treasurer. 

Clarence  Sounes 

Reg.  of  M. 

Will  Sparks     . . 

Secretary. 

W.  E.  HoUoway..     .. 

S.D. 

Douglas  Gordon 

J.D. 

W.H.Roberts 

D.C. 

Major  Beaching 

I.G. 

A.  H.  Hunt  and  F.  Callinghum 

Stewards. 

F.  Banchini 

Tyler. 

Past  Masters. 

G.L.  Rank. 

Harry  Nicholls 

1895—  6 

P.G.Std.B. 

Rev.  C.  E.  L.  Wright 

1896—  7 

P.G.C. 

Charles  Cruikshanks 

1897- 

-  8 

— 

W.  A.  Tinney.. 

1898- 

-  9 

— 

Harry  Nicholls 

1899-19C0 

P.G.Std.B. 

K.  G.  Danby    . . 

1900—  1 

— 

W.  J.  Holloway 

1901- 

-  2 

— 

Herbert  Jjeonard 

1902- 

-  3 

— 

Thomas  Eraser 

1903—  4 

P.G.,  Treasr. 

E.  H.  Paterson 

1904- 

-  5 

— 

The  Rt.  Hon.  the  Lord 

) 

Athlumney   . . 

rl905—  6 

P.G.W. 

A.  G.  Duck  (D.M.) 

1 

— 

Clarence  T.  Coggin  . . 

1906-  7 

— 

J.  E.  Hambleton 

1907- 

-  8 

— 

G.  A.  Keen 

1908—  9 

— 

W.  J.  Keen      ..      ... 

1908- 

-10 

— 

W.  Hotten  George    . . 

1910-11 

— 

Address  of  Secretary- 

_ 

32, 

Walbrook,  E.C. 

DRAMATIC    LODGE    NO.    487    OF 
ROYAL    ARK    MARINERS. 

Comecratcd  ISOl. 

Held  at  the  Mark  Masons'  Hall,  Great  Queen 
Street,  London,  on  the  second  Thursday  in  the 
months  of  November  and  December  in  every 
year,  and  at  such  other  periods  as  the  W.C.N, 
for  the  time  being  shall  appoint. 

Installation  in  December. 


Dr.  W.  Hotten  George   . . 

Chris  Hilton 

Charles  Cruikshanks, 

P.C.N 

F.  Banchini. . 

Past  Com.m.\ndeus. 
Charles  Cruikshanks 
Harry  Nicholls  . . 
Rev.  C.  E.  L.  Wright 
Herbert  Leonard 
Thomas  Eraser  . . 

A.  M.  Scarflf        '. '. 


Commander,  N.  Elect 
Treasurer  pro  tern. 

Scribe   pro    teni. 
Warder   pro    tern. 

When  in  Chair. 

1901—  2 

1902—  3 

1903—  4 

1904—  5 

1905—  6 

1906—  7 

1907—  8 


Address  of  Scribe  pro  tern. — 

35,  Cautley  Avenue, 

Clapham  Common,  S.W 


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THEATRICAL    ORGANISATIONS. 

THE    ACTORS'    ASSOCIATION. 

(IXCOBFOBATED    UNDER   THE    COMPANIES    ACTS,    1862   10    1900.) 

THE  Actors'  Association  dui'ing  this  year  has  made  little  progress,  except, 
perhaps,  so  far  as  its  membership  is  concerned,  which  has  been  slowjy 
but  regularly  increasing.  The  Standard  Contract  which  the  Council  drew 
up  and  issued  in  1910  has  been  kept  before  the  managers,  and  its  claimi5 
have  been  duly  pressed,  but  the  Association  has  met  with  little  success  in  bringing 
managers  to  agree  with  it  in  this  matter.  After  all,  the  contract  is  a  reasonable 
one,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  its  ultimate  adoption  is  simply  a  matter  of  time. 
The  contract  was  set  out  m  full  in  last  year's  issue  of  The  Stage  Year  Book.  It 
is  only  necessary  here  to  state  that  among  its  principal  provisions  are  a  standard 
week  of  six  performances,  with  payment  for  matinees  and  pajnnent  for  rehearsals. 
Dm'ing  the  year  the  Association  made  representations  to  the  London  County 
Council  on  the  advisability  of  granting  double  licenses  to  theatres  juid  muiiic 
halls  as  came  within  their  jurisdiction,  and  otherwise  declared  itself  in  favour 
of  free  trade  in  amusements  by  urging  that  the  recommendations  of  the  Joint 
Committee  should  be  given  legislative  force.  It  was  accorded  representation  at 
the  Coronation  in  the  person  of  its  President,  Sir  Herbert  Tree,  who  again  toDK 
the  chair  at  the  annual  dinner  of  the  Association,  held  on  December  3.  The 
Association  was  successful  in  obtaining  an  alteration  in  a  clause  in  contracts  being 
issued  by  a  management  in  London.  In  addition,  it  bestirred  itself  in  legal  pi'o- 
ceedings  on  behalf  of  its  members,  the  most  important  of  which  was  the  prosecution 
of  a  music  hall  for  ipreeenting  stage  plays  in  a  music  hall.  The  principle  on  which 
the  Council  of  the  Association  acted  was  that  in  cases  where  members  of  the 
Association  suffered  through  broken  contracts  and  were  unable  to  take  the  matter 
through  the  ordinary  legal  channels  with  any  prospect  of  success,  on  account  of  the 
illegality  of  contract  being  pleaded,  the  Council  would  prosecute  the  music  hall 
and  the  sketch  management  concerned  for  a  breach  of  the  Theatres  Act,  1843. 
In  the  case  referred  to  a  conviction  against  the  music  hall  was  secured  with 
£15  15s.  to  the  Association,  which,  presumably,  satisfied  the  original  claim  of  the 
member  on  whose  behalf  the  action  was  taken.  In  any  case,  the  proceedings 
against  the  sketch  management  were  withdrawn. 

The  President  of  the  Actors'  Association  is  Sir  Herbert  Tree ;  the  Vice-Presi- 
dents are  Sir  George  Alexander,  Mr.  Martin  Harvey,  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving,  and 
Mr.  F.  E.   Benson. 

The  Council  are  as  follows  : — ^Mr.  Fred  Annerley,  Mr.  F.  J.  Arlton,  Mr.  Arthur 
Baxendell,  Mr.  Cyril  Cattley,  Miss  Rose  Cazalet,  Miss  Beatrice  Chester,  Mr.  C. 
Hayden  Coffin,  Mr.  Cecil  A.  Collins,  Mr.  C.  ¥.  Collings,  Mr.  Arthur  Dennis, 
Mr.  Clarence  Derwent,  Mr.  Ed.  A.  Greene,  Mr.  Frederick  James,  Miss  Marion  F. 
Lind,  Mr.  Henry  Le  Grand,  Mr.  Murri  Jloncreiff,  ^Nfr.  Fred  Morland,  Mr.  John 
Mortimer.  Mr.  Henry  Pettitt,  Mr.  Langford  Eeed,  Miss  Lucy  Sibley,  Miss  Viti 
Spencer,  Mr.  Chris  Walker.  Mr.  J.  Fisher  White,  and  Mr.  Jackson  Wilcox. 

Secretary,  Mr.  Duncan  Young;  address,  32,  Eegent  Street,  Piccadilly  Circus,  W. 
Telephone,  Gerrard  1753. 


THE    THEATRICAL    MANAGERS'    ASSOCIATION. 

The  Theatrical  Managers'  Association  has  103  members,  who  represent  about  250 
theatres. 

President :  Sir  Herbert  Beerbohm  Tree. 

(-Mr.  J.   B.   Mulholland. 
Vice-Presidents  -I  Mr.  Edward  Terry. 
(  Mr.  J.  F.  Elliston. 
The    Council,     which    is    elected    annually,     is   divided    into    four    sections,    as 
follows  (1911)  :— 


114 


THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK. 


Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier. 
Mr.  Seymour  Hicks. 
Mr.  H.  B.  Irving. 
Mr.  Cyril  Maude. 


^Ir.  Robert  Arthur. 

Mr.  n.  G.  Dudley  Beunett. 

Mr.  Fred  Fredericks. 


Mr.  T.  H.  Birch. 
Mr.  Milton  Bode. 
Mr.  J.  W.  Boughcon. 
Mr.  J.  M.  Chute. 
Mr.  Sidney  Cooper. 
Mr.  Otto  Culling. 
Mr.  E.  J.  Domville. 
Mr.  E.  Dottridge. 
Mr.  J.  F.  EUiston. 


Mr.  Walter  Melville. 
Mr.  Tom  Craven. 


COUNCIL. 
London. 


Suburban. 


Provincial. 


Touring. 


Sir  Herbert  Tree. 
Mr.  Edward  Terry. 
Mr.  Fred  Terry. 


Mr.  J.  B.  MiUholland. 
Mr.  Fredk.  Melville. 
Mr.  Ernest  Stevens. 


Isli.  Charles  Elphinstone. 
Mr.  John  Hart. 
Mr.  W.  W.  Kelly. 
Mr.  Egbert  Lewis. 
Mr.  W.  B.  Redfern. 
Mr.  R.  Bedford. 
Mr.  H.  W.  Rowland. 
]\Ir.  F.  W.  Wyndham. 
Mr.  Fred  W.  Warden. 


j\rr.  M.  V.  Leveaux. 
Mr.  T.  C.  Wray. 


The  annual  general  meeting  takes  place  the  last  Tuesday  in  January. 

During  tbe  year  1911,  several  proo©cutix>ns  for  presenting  stage  playe  in  music- 
halls  were  undei'token  in  London  by  the  Association.  The  Compromise  Agreement 
signed  by  the  TheatricaJ  INIanagers'  Association  and  most  of  the  prominent  music- 
loajll  managers  Ihad  been  found  to  work  unsatisfactorily.  It  was  constantly,  and 
consistently  ignored  by  certain  music-hall  managers,  who  when  they  wanted  to 
produce  adapted  stage  plays  whicth  did  not  comply  with  the  fifteen  years'  iiinit, 
or  stage  plays  which  took  more  than  half  an  hour  to  perform,  or  otherwise  broke 
the  tei-ms  of  t^he  Agi'eeonent,  did  so,  and  in  many  cases  suffered  prosecution  and 
resultant  fines.  The  Agreem-ent  gave  the  music-hall  manager  no  protection  against 
prosecution  by  the  common  informer.  An  instance  of  this  was  fortJicoming  in  a 
prosecution  of  the  Palladium,  during  the  past  year,  by  Mr.  Frank  Curzon,  a 
prosecution  with  which  the  theatrical  managers  as  a  body  were  not  concerned,  and 
from  wliich  they  dissociated  themselves.  In  addition,  dissatisfaction  was  being 
showm  among  authors  at  the  terms  of  the  Agreement  which  aflected  their  interest — 
namely,  those  under  which  plays  which  had  been  produced  in  the  West  End  were 
not  to  be  played,  or  adapted  to  be  played,  in  the  music-halls  untU  after  a  lapse 
of  ifiJteen  years.  Authors  quite  reasonably  wanted  a  free  hand  to  deal  with  their 
own  property.  The  prevention  of  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  play  "Dolly  Reforming 
Herself "  produced  at  the  Haymarket  in  1908,  in  a  reduced  version  at  the  Hippo- 
drome probably  accentuated  tliis  feeling.  The  question  as  to  wheth^^r  these  terms 
in  the  Compromise  Agreeoneiit  affecting  the  author  should  be  modified  was^  left 
for  consideration  among  the  various  managerial  bodies  concerned  and  one  at  least 
of  these  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  restricting  term  should  be  done  away  with 
altogether.  However,  at  their  Summer  general  meeting  in  June,  the  Theatrical 
Managers'  Association,  no  doubt  recognising  the  futility  of  an  Agreement  which 
was  being  broken  daily  by  its  signatories,  decided  to  cancel  it.  Formal  notice  of 
the  cancellation  was  not  given  to  the  music-hall  managers  until  the  first  week  in 
September.  This  action  on  the  pai-t  of  the  thea.tricai  managers  no  doubt  was  in- 
fluential in  bringing  about  the  applications  for  the  double  licenses  which  were  made 
to  the  London  County  Council  at  the  Nwem-ber  Sessions.  The  Council  graated 
the  applications  with  the  single  restriction  attached  in  the  cases  of  those  halls  in 
whiidh  the  sale  of  intoxicants  previously  had  not  been  allow^ed,  that  t.he  excise 
license,  which  the  stage  plays  license  carries,  should  not  be  applied  for. 
Secretary :  Mr.  Herbert  Blackmore,  11,  Garrick  Street,  London,  W.C. 


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THE    SOCIETY    OF    WEST    END    THEATRE    MANAGERS. 

Tbe  Society  of  W€6t  End  Theatre  Managers  consists  of  twenty-two  members, 
including  two  hon.  naembers,  Sir  Squire  Bancroft  and  Sir  John  Hare. 

President.,  Sir  George  AlexandeT ;  Vice-Presidents,  Sir  Cliarles  Wyndham,  Sir 
Herbert  Tree,  and  ilr.  George  Eklwardes ;  ilembei-e,  Sir  George  Alexandei-,  Sw" 
Squire  BancTi-oft,  Mr.  Arthur  Bourohier,  Mr.  Art.hur  Chudleigh,  ]Mr.  Arthur 
Collins,  Mr.  Robert  Courtneidge,  Mr.  Frank  Curzon,  Mr.  Tom  B.  Davis,  Mr. 
George  Edwaa-des,  ilr.  C^hiaries  Frohman,  Mr.  P.  M.  Faraday,  jSIr.  J.  M.  Gatti,  ]Mr. 
William  Gre^et,  Sir  Jolin  Hare,  Mr.  Frederick  Harrison,  IMr.  Gerald  du  Maurier, 
Mr.  Edwaa'd  Terry,  Sir  Herbert  Tree,  Mr.  Herbert  Trenoh,  Mr.  J.  E.  Vedreune, 
^Ir.  Lewis  Waller,  a.nd  Sir  Charles  Wyndliam. 

Meetings  are  held  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  each  month.  The  Committee  meet 
when  required.  f 

The  theatres  controlled  by  the  members  are  : — Adelphi,  Apollo,  Comedy, 
Criterion,  Daly's,  Drury  Lane,  Duke  of  York's,  Gaiety,  Garrick,  Globe,  Hay- 
Jijarket,  His  Majesty's,  LjtIc,  New,  Prince  of  Wales's,  Royalty,  St.  James's,  Shaftes- 
bury, Terry's,  Vaudeville,  and  Wyndham's. 

During  1911,  in  March,  the  Society  made  an  appearanpoe  through  Counsel  before 
a  Hoiise  of  Commons'  Committee  in  oo^nnootion  with  the  greater  pcAvers  sought  by 
the  London  County  Coiuncil,  in  their  General  Powers  Bill  over  advertisementB, 
signs,  and  prajeotions  rgenerally.  Eveiutually  this  part  of  the  Bill  did  not  go 
forward.  The  Committee  did  not  t'hink  that  the  powers  asked  for  sihould  be  givec 
to  the  L.C.C.  The  Society  also  during  the  year  passed  %  resolution  deprecating 
the  giving  of  facilities  to  manageirs  of  picture  houses  enabling  them  to  make  kine- 
matograph  i-ecords  of  plays.  In  this  attitude  they  had  the  pledged  siupport  of  the 
Touring  Managers'  Aesociation. 

Managing  Director  and  Secretary,  Mr.  J.  E.  Vedrenne,  74,  Dean  Street,  Shal'tes- 
bury  Avenue,  W.     Telephone :  Gerrard  93. 


THE    THEATRES    ALLIANCE. 

This  Association  was  formed  in  the  year  1894,  under  the  name  of  the  Subuirban 
Managers'  Association.  The  memberslaip  was  originally  limited  to  suburban 
managers,  but,  it  being  found  desirable  to  extend  the  sphere  of  usefulness  of  the 
Association,  the  scope  was  enlarged  by  making  eligible  for  membership  all  pro- 
prietoo-s,  lessees,  licensees,  directors,  and  responsible  managers  of  theatres  receiving 
touring  companies.     The  name  Tvas  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 ;  fehe  affording  to  members  a  central  means  for  inter-communication  and 
encouragement,  by  meetings  or  otherwise,  of  the  direct  exchange  of  opinion?  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: — Presiden,t,  Mr.  Clarence  Sounes ;  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Mr.  J.  L.  S.  Moss;  Hon.  Treasurer,  I\]ir.  H.  G.  Dudley  Bennett;  Hon. 
Auditors,  Mr.  Peter  Davey  and  Mr.  J.  L.  S.  Moss;  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 
taking  up  cases  of  interest  and  moment,  to  the  general  body,  eitheir  on  a  defensive 
or  offensive  basis,  which  fund  is  contributed  to  by  members  on  an  agreed  scale. 
The  Alliance  is  in  touoh  with  and  works  in  harmony  with  the  other  theatrical 
associations. 

The  Alliance  instituted  the  standard  form  of  contract  between  resident  a.nd 
touring  managers  now  accepted  by  the  other  association-s.  Reduced  and  inclusive 
insurance  rates  are  obtainable  for  members. 

During  the  year  1910  the  Alliance  elected  a  sub-Committee  to  consider  the 
Report  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  House  of  Lords  and  the  House  of  Commons 
on  Stage  Plays  (Censorship)  and  Licensing.  The  sub-Committ«e  in  their  Report, 
which   was   approved  in  general  meeting,  took  exception  to  the  clause  which  states 


116  THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 

tihat  if  a  tlieatre  JdcMise  hz&  been  endorsed  tJiree  tdin.es  vdthm  five  years  it  should 
be  liable  to  forfeitui-e  by  the  Court,  arguing  tdiat  tihe  temporaxy  lessee,  touring 
manager,  or  whoever  might  be  the  delinquent  tJuougih  whose  fault  tihe  license 
might  be  endorsed  sihouLd  be  punisjied,  aaid  not  tihe  owners,  mortgagees,  or  eh.are- 
holdere.  They  also  agreed  witJi  t^he  principle  of  the  single  license,  and  witJi  the 
recommendations  as  to  the  optional  licensing  of  stage  plays,  but  suggested  that  the 
licenses  should  be  issued  to  tihe  authors  instead  of  to  the  managers  where  the  plays 
were  produced.  Seeing  that  the  Alliance  expressed  approval  of  the  principle  of  the 
single  license  in  1910,  it  is  rather  curious  to  find  that  it  offered  opposition  to  what  ia 
pra<.tically  the  same  thing,  the  issuing  of  both  stage  plays  licenses  and  music  and 
dajacing  licenses  to  those  music  halls  which  aipplied  for  them  at  the  London  County 
CounciT's  licensing  sessions  during  the  past  year.  The  Alliance  opposed  the  granting' 
of  the  dual  licenses  to  the  Hanunersmith  Palace,  the  Shepherd's  Bush  Empire,  the 
New  Kilburn  Empire,  the  Gireenwich  Hippodrome,  the  Lewisham  Hippodrome,  the 
Balham  Hippodrome,  tlie  Woolwich  Hippodrome,  etc.,  but  offered  no  opposition  to 
the  application  of  its  Hon.  Treasurer,  Mr.  H.  G.  Dudley  Bennett,  for  similar 
facilities  in  regard  to  the  Shakespeoi-e,  Clapham.  The  Alliance  in  its  opposition 
stated  "  That  the  Joint  Select  Committee  of  the  House  of  Lords  and  the  House  of 
Commons,  in  their  report  issued  in  November,  1909,  expi-essly  reported  that  the 
legislation  of  the  performance  of  sketches  in  places  licensed  for  music  and  dancing 
would  be  unjust  to  the  p'roprietors  of  theatres."  This  was  entirely  a  wrong  concep- 
tion of  the  spirit  of  tlie  Comniiittee's  Report,  and  was  rather  a  misleading  statiement. 
What  the  Committee  actually  did  report  was  tha-t  it  would  be  mijusit  to  legalise 
pea-formances  of  skeiches  in  places  liceaised  for  music  and  dancing  under  restrictions 
approximating  more  or  less  closely  to  those  proposed  by  the  Select  Committee  of 
1892 — i.e.,  limiting  the  duration  of  sketches  to  forty  minutes,  and  the  numbea:  of 
performers  to  six,  with  an  intea-val  of  at  least  thirty  minutes  between  any  two  such 
sketches.  On  the  other  hand,  the  Committee  of  1909  recommended  "a  single 
license  for  both  classes  of  houses,  giving  them  freedom  to  produce  whatever  enter- 
tainment may  best  conform  to  the  ta<5tes  of  the  public  which  they  serve.'  The 
applicants  at  the  November  sessions  did  not  ask  for  a  license  to  play  restricted 
sketches.  They  asked  for  a  music  and  dancing  license  and  a  full  stage  plays  license, 
under  which  they  could  play  any  ent€(rtainment  they  desired  to  put  before  the 
public — actually  what  Mr.  Dudley  Bennett  was  unopposedly  asking  for  and  obtained 
for  himself.  The  Alliance  failed  in  its  opposition,  and  the  applicants  were  granted  the 
double  licenses. 

The  Alliance  duiing  the  year  turned  a  syniipathetic  attention  to  the  question  of 
payment  for  rehearsals.  At  a  meeting  in  April  a  suggested  scheme  for  payment  for 
rehea-rsals  outlined  by  ,IM.r.  ]Moverlej'^  ShaaTD  was  considered.  Mo-.  Sha.rp's  scheme 
was  that  paymenit  should  be  made  in  the  form  of  a  pfiroportion  of  the  salary,  which 
ishould  be  returned  or  be  deducted  from  saJai-ies  after  the  play  had  run  for  a  certain 
number  of  weeks.  Thus,  ain  actor  engaged  at  £3  a  week  would  dra.w  £1  a  week 
during  reheajsaJs,  and  when  the  play  had  run  for,  ,say,  four  weeks,  or  whatever 
period  might  be  agreed  upon,  would  pay  back  the  money  at  £1  per  week.  This 
vvas  practically  on  the  lines  of  the  scheme  proposed  by  Sir  George  Alexander  some 
time  previously.     The  Alfliance  passed  the  following  .resolution  : — 

The  Alliance  should  support  and  assist  any  movement  that  mighit  be  advo- 
cated with  a  view  to  6afegufl.rding  the  intere'sts  of  artists  upon  reasonable  lines, 
and  .pjoteoting  .them  from  bogus  management  or  undue  hardship. 

The  terms  of  the  resoihition  are  sufficiently  broad  ,pa'actically  to  cover  the  work 
which  the  Actors'  Association,  when  it  was  started  twenty  years  ago,  was  pledged 
to  prosecute,  and  this  sympathetic  attitude  to  the  actor  on  the  pant  of  the  Alliance 
is  much  to  be  commended  and  ehcouraged.  The  Actors'  Association  responded  to  it 
by  sending  on  to  the  Alliance  a  copy  of  the  Association's  Standard  Contract  for 
consideration.     The  matteir,  we  tmderstand,  has  not  progiressed  much  beyond  this. 


TOURING    MANAGERS'    ASSOCIATION,    LIMITED. 

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  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK  117 

Tb©  Assooiat'ioai  has  one  htuidred  and  twemty  meinbcirs.  The  Committe©, 
Ahich  is  elected  annually,  consists  of  twenty-seven  members.  The  present  Com- 
mittee is  as  follows: — President,  Mr.  Wentworth  Croke;  Ohaimian,  Mr.  M.  V. 
Leveaux  j  Vice-President,  Mr.  E.  Graham  Falcon ;  Honorary  Treasurer,  Mr.  J. 
Bannister  Howard;  Honorary  Solicitor,  Mr.  W.  jMuskcrry  Tilson,  26,  Southampton 
Street,  W.C.  ;  ]Mr.  CeciT  Ba.rbb,  Mv.  Arthuir  Bertram,  Mr.  WiJliani  G-eet,  Mr.  W. 
H.  Hallatt,  Mr.  William  Holies,  Mr.  Percy  Hutchison,  Mr.  W.  W.  Kelly,  Mr.  G. 
B.  Lambert,  Mr.  H.  A.  Langlois,  Mr.  Laaideirdale  jNIaitJand,  Mr.  F.  Leslie  iloreton, 
Mr.  Ernest  E.  Noms,  ;Mr.  Alfred  Paumier,  Mr.  G.  Brydon-Phillips,  Mr.  G.  M. 
Polini,  !Mt.  Heo'bert  Ral]a.nd,  ^Ir.  Edward  Terry,  INIr.  Brandon  Tliomas,  Sir  Herbert 
l'>eerbohim  Tree,  ilr.  John  Tully,  Mr.  Frank  Weathersby,  Mr.  Eugene  Bertram, 
Mr.  J.  A.  Campbell,  ISIr.  Walter  jNIaxwell,  ^Ir.  Robert  MacdonaJd,  Mr.  Leslie  Oweoi, 
and  Mr.  G.  Oarlton  Wallace,  Secretary,  Air.  M.  Martin. 
Addi'ess,  5,  Wardour  Street,  W. 

]\Ianj'  disputes  between  actors  and  managers  Ihave  been  sreltled  by  arbitration  by 
the  Touring  Managers'  Association  during  the  year,  acting  in  conjunction  with  the 
Actors'  Associatiooi.  It  is  very  pleasing  to  note  that  the  principle  of  arbitration,  in 
prefeirence  to  ta-king  the  matters  to  the  Coui*t®  of  Law,  is  obtaining  growing  recog- 
nition between  actors  and  managers.  Hundreds  of  pounds  which  would  have  dis- 
appeared in  costs  have  been  saved,  and  the  ill-feeling  which  cases  taken  into 
oi>nrt  very  often  leave  behiind  between  the  parties  has  been  avoided.  In  addition, 
arbitration  between  tlie  parties  by  a  board  thoroughiy  acquainted  with  theatrical 
conditions  and  cu.sitoms,  and  inclined  more  to  consider  equity  than  tihe  strict  Iega.1 
reading  of  clauses  in  contracts,  should  in  many  cases  bring  about  results  much  more 
satisfactory  to  the  complaining  parties.  In  the  cases  refeiTed  to  £1  Is.  in  each,  case 
and  10  per  cent,  on  the  amount  awar)ded  (if  any)  represented  the  costs,  and  these 
simis  were  distributed  among  the  theatrical  charities.  This  cheap  and  efficient 
manner  of  settling  differences  should  commend  itself  readily  to  actor  and  manager. 
Incidentally  it  suggests  a  strong  reason  why  actors  should  join  the  Actors' 
Asf.oeia.tion  a-nd  touriUig  ma.nagers  the  Touring  Managere'  Association,  The 
Association  also  concerned  itself  in  cases  where  managers  had  obtained  dates  by 
misrepresenting  figures  and  percentages  ;  where  touring  managers  having  supplied 
the  full  anioamt  of  printing  asked  for  by  resident  managers  found  that  a  numher  of 
sheets  had  not  been  put  out,  but  had  been  destroyed ;  where  a  touring  manager's 
poster  had  been  censured  by  the  Billposters'  Association ;  and  ot  disputes  with 
railway  companies,  etc. 

TRAVELLING    THEATRE    MANAGERS'    ASSOCIATION. 

An  association  formed  four  or  five  years  ago  among  managers  and  proprietors 
of  portable  theatres.  One  of  the  principal  matters  to  which  the  association  turned 
its  •early  attention  was  (working  hand-in-hand  with  the  Copyright  Play  Protection 
Association)  that  of  preventing  the  pirating  of  plays  in  portable  theatres.  By 
purchasing  the  portable  rights  of  plays  and  letting  them  out  to  their  members  the 
association  has  been  able  to  put  a  certain  amount  of  check  on  piracy  and  to  bring 
the  price  bf  copyright  plays  well  within  the  limited  reach  of  its  members.  It  is 
not  a  large  body,  and  possibly  handicapped  by  a  lack  of  funds — at  the  last  annual 
general  meeting  in  May  it  had  but  £194  12s.  8d. — it  has  not  sought  much  in  the 
way  of  reform  amongst  portable  theatres  beyond  that  already  mentioned  in  the 
way  of  piracy  prevention,  and  even  in  this  direction  the  association  can  do  but 
little,  as  many  portable  managers  are  not  members,  and  its  authority,  of  course, 
does  not  extend  beyond  its  membership.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  : — 
Mr.  A.  E.  Drinkwater,  chairman ;  Mr.  Ebley,  vice-chairman  ;  Messrs.  J.  Johnson, 
E.  Ebley,  and  W.  Haggar,  advisory  committee ;  and  Mr.  H.  Rich,  secretary. 


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,  Sir  George  Alexander,  and  Mrs.  D'Oj-ly  Carte.  Mr.  Harry  Nicliolls 
is  Hon.  Treasurer,  and  Sir  Charles  Wyndham,  Mr.  Edward  Terry,  and  Sir  Herbert 
Beerbohm  Tree  are  the  Hon,  Trustees. 


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Th©  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  are  as  follows  : — 

Mr.  Morris  Abrahams.  Mr.  J.  Bannister  Howard.     Mr.  Sydney  Pazton. 

Mr.  J.  D.  Beveridge.  Mr.    S.    Major   Jones.  Mr.  Lionel  Rignold. 

Mr.  E.  H.  Bull.  Air.  Cecil  King.  Mr.  Algernon  Syms. 

Mr.  Robert  Courtneidge.  Mr.  Cyril  Maude.  Mr.  A.  B.  Tapping. 

Mr.  Charles  Cruikshanks.  Mr.  Aierman  May.  Mr!  Edward  Terry. 

Mr.  A.   E.   George.  Mr.  M.  R.  Morand.  Mr.  Arthur  Williams. 

Mr.  A.  Holmes  Gore.  Mr.  Harry  NichoUs. 

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  aiunuaJ  dinner  was  held  on  December  10,  1911,  at  t<he  Hotel  Metropole,  with 
Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C.,  M.F.,  in  tihe  ohadr.  The  subscription  Idst  amounted  to 
£1.200. 

The  annual  general  meeting  wae  (held  at  His  Majesty's  on  Feibruary  7,  with  Sir 
Hcirbert  Tree  in  the  c(hair.  The  accounts  showed  -receipte  of  £5,240,  including 
£1,385  from  subscriptions  and  'donations,  £1.156  15s.  2d.  from  the  Covent  Garden 
Fimd,  £1,055  16s.  6d.  from  tie  dinner  in  1910,  and  £927  5s.  2d.  from  investments ; 
while  the  expenditure  had  been  £5,012  8s.  2d.,  including  £3,227  4s.  6d.  grants  and 
allowances  and  £990  15s.  loans.  During  1911  tihe  Fund  benefited  to  the  extent  of 
£668  136.  4d.  from  tiie  profits  on  the  Command  performance  of  "  Money  "  at  Drury 
Lane.  The  Benevolent  Fund,  in  addition  to  distributing  money  for  charitable  pur- 
,pose6  in  the  ordinary  way,  has  on  its  books  many  old  actors  and  actresses  to  whom 
pensions  are  granted  in  the  form  of  stat-ed  sums  per  week.  It  also  undertakes 
whenever  possible  ihe  burial  of  a  menibeir  of  tJie  theatrical  profession  in  cases  where 
otherwise  the  expense  would  be  borne  by  the  parisih  in  whdcJi  the  person  died. 


THE  ACTORS'  ORPHANAGE  FUND. 

This  Fund,  founded  in  1896  by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Carson,  has  for  patrons  the  King  and 
Queen  and  the  Princess  Royal.  Mr.  Cyril  ^Maude  is  the  President,  having  been 
elected  to  that  position  on  the  death  of  the  late  Sir  Henry  Irving,  the  Fund's  firsl 
President.  Vice-Presidents  are  Miss  Carlotta  Addison,  Lady  Bancroft,  Mrs.  C.  L. 
Carson.  Miss  Winifred  Emery,  iliss  Ellen  Terry,  Lady  Tree,  Sir  George  Alexander, 
Mr.  Edward  Terry,  and  Sir  Herbert  Beerbohm  Tree.  Trustees  are  Mr.  Arthur 
Bourchier,  Mr.  Charles  Cruikshanks,  and  Mr.  Harry  Nicholls.  Hon.  Treasurer, 
Mr.  C.  Aubrey  Smith,  and  Hon.  Secretary,  jNIr.  A.  J.  Austin.  The  offices  of  the 
Fund  are  at  The  Stage  Offices,  15,  York  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London,  W.C. 

.Executive  CoMMriTEE. — Miss  Lena  Ashwell,  Miss  Ada  Blanche,  ^Nlr.  Arthur 
Bourchier,  Miss  Lilian  Bi-aithwaite,  Rev.  Arthur  Brinckman,  Miss  Phyllis  Brough- 
ton,  Miss  Alexandra  Carlisle,  Mr.  Charles  Cruikshanks,  Miss  Sydney -Fairbrother, 
■  Miss  Vane  Featherston,  Miss  Helen  Ferrers,  ]Mr.  D.  Lyn  Harding,  Miss  Constance 
Hyem.  Mre.  Mangles,  ^Ir.  Harry  5^icholls,  Miss  Cicely  Richards,  -^Ir.  Fred  Terry, 
Miss  Hilda  Trevelyan,  Mr.  Sydney  Valentine,  Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh,  Miss  May 
Warley,  Mr.  J.   Fisher- White,' and  Mrs.   Fred  Wright. 

The  aim   of  the   Fund  is  to  board,  clothe,  and  edncate  destitute  children    of 

actors  and  actresses,  and  to  fit  them  for  useful  positions  in  after  life. 
Definition*  of  Destitute   Children. — Bv  destitute  children  is  meant-r     ^ 
[a)  A  fatherless   and   motherless   chilcl. 
[h)  A  child,  of  whom  one  parent  is  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, 
At  the  end  of  1911  the  Fund  was  supporting  forty-five  children,  twelve  of  whom 
were  admitted  during  1911. 


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   year. 
Conditions. — All  who  contribute  one  night's  salary,  or  fees,  once  a  year  are  on 
the  register.     Actors,  actresses,  authors,  managers,  whether  actor-manager,  theatre 


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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  tiieir 
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. 

Trustees  :  Sir  Squire  Bancroft  and  ^Ir.  George  R.  Sims. 

The  Advisory  Board  stands  as  follows  : — 

Chairman,  Mr.  Henry  Ainley.  Deputy  Chairman,  Mr.  Sydney  Valentine. 

Mr.  Blake  Adams,  Mr.  Kenneth  Douglas,  [    Mr.  H.  A.  Saintsbury, 

]\Ir.  George  Alexander,  Mr.  J.  Forbes-Robertson,        Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete; 

:\Ir.  Cecil  Barth,  Mr.  C.  T.  H.  Helmsley,      I    Mr.  Brandon  Thomas, 

Mr.  C.  Haydeji  Coffin,  Mr.  Laurence  Irving,  ]    Sir  Herbert  Tree, 

Mr.  Burton  Cooke,  Mr.  Walter  Maxwell,  jMiss  Beatrice  Wilson. 

-Mr.  Alfred  Denville,  |    Mr.  W.  H.  Rotheram,  | 

Hon.  Secretary,  Mr.  A.  E.  Drinkwater,  Dudley  House,  37,  Southampton  Street, 
London,  W.C.     -'  \ 


ROYAL  "GENERAL    THEATRICAL    FUND. 

The  Royal  General  Theatrical  Fund,  which  has  the  King,  the  Queen,  and  Queen 
AJexaJidra  as  its  patrons,  was  dnstituted  January  22,  1839,  and  incorporated  by 
Royal  Chartetr  January  29,  1853.  It  is  for  the  purpose  of  gTanting  permanent 
annuities  to  actors  and  actresses,  singers,  dancea-s,  acting  managers,  stage  managers, 
treasurers,  chonis  singers,  scenic  aiitists,  and  promptteTS.  Any  member  who  has 
regularly  contributed  ito  its  funds  for  the  term  of  seven  yea.rs,  at  any  tinije  after- 
wards, on  becoming  incapacitated  by  accident  or  infirmity  from  exercising  his  or 
her  duties,  Jias  a  claim  on  the  Fund  as  if  ihie  or  sh*  bad  atitained  the  age  of  sixty 
yeans.  i 

On  the  death  of  any  member  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  if  applied  for,  is  allowed  and 
paid  out  of  the  funds  for  funeral  expenses,  arrears  of  subscription,  if  any,  being 
first  deducted  if  the  Directors  think  fit.  ~ 

Trustees,  Mr.  Alfred  de  Rothschild,  C.V.O.,  Sir  Squire  Bancroft,  Sir  George 
Alexander;  President,  Sir  George  Alexander;  Hon.  Tireasui-er  and  Chairman,  Mr. 
Edward  Terry,  J.P.  :  Directors,  Mr.  Lewis  Casson,  ]\lr.  Henry  Cooper  Cliffe,  Mr. 
Charles  K.  Cooper,  Mr.  Tom'  Craven,  Mr.  Arthur  Curtis,  Mr.  Alfred  H.  Elliott, 
Mr.  Henry  Evill,  Mr.  Douglas  Grordon,  Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn,  Mr.  Herbert  B.  Hays, 
MTr.  H.  B.  Irving,  Mr.  Herbert  Lyndon,  Mr.  M.  R.  Morand,  Mr.  Lionel  Rignold, 
Mr.  Cha.rles  Roc^k,  Mr.  Bassett  Roe,  Mr.  F.  Percival  Stevens,  and  Mr.  Hubert 
Willis;  Secret^ary,  Mr.  Charles  Cruiksilianks,  Savoy  House,  115-116,  Strand,  W.C. 
Office  hours,  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  11  to  4. 


THEATRICAL    LADIES'    GUILD. 

Founder,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Carson ;  President,  Miss  Fanny  Brough  ;  Vice-Presidents, 
Mrs.  Edward  Compton,  Miss  Carlotta  Addison,  Miss  Compton,  and  Miss  IMay 
Whitty ;  Members  of  the  Executive  Committee,  Miss  Lena  Ashwell,  Lady  Burnand, 
Mrs.  Alfred  Bishop,  Miss-  Phyllis  Broughton,  Miss  Lillian  Braithwaite,  Aliss  Ada 
Blanche,  Mrs.  John  Douglass,  Miss  Vane  Featherston,  Miss  Helen  Ferrers,  j\lrs. 
A.  E.  George,  Mrs.  Synge  Hutchinson,  Mrs.  Ernest  Hendrie,  Miss  Sophie  Harriss, 
Miss  Clara  Jacks,  Miss  Lindsay  Jardine,  Miss  Eva"]\Ioore,  Miss  Wynne  Matthison, 
Miss  Alma  Murray,  Mrs.  Raleigh,  Miss  Cicely  Richards,  Miss  Louise  Stopford, 
Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh,  Mrs.  Fred  Wright,  Miss  Frances  Wetherall,  and  Miss  ^May 
Warley. 

Every  member  to  pay  not  less  than  Is.  per  j'ear,  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'  fees  being  paid.  The  Guild  also  provides 
second-hand  clothing  for  stage  purposes  and  for  private  wear  to  the  poorer 
members  of  the  profession.  Ladies  not  connected  with  the  theatrical  profession 
can  b©  elected  as  honorary  members  on  pa^Tuent  of  a  donation  not  less  than  2s.  6d. 


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They  can  then  attend  the  weekly  Bee  meetings,  the  annual  general  meeting,  and  all 
social  functions  in  ( onnection  with  the  Guild  ;  but  they  have  no  voting  powers. 

The  annual  gencial  meeting  wa.s  held  at  the  St.  James's  on  December  19,  Miss 
Eva  Moore  occupied  the  chair,  and  the  Badges  to  the  successful  Bee  workers  were 
presented  by  Lady  Alexander. 

Tho  Guild  is  allied  to  the  Needle  and  Thimble  Guild,  Edinburgh,  and  the 
Stage  Needlework  Guild,  whidh  annually  contribute  clothing  and  sums  of  money. 

Bee  meetings  every  Friday.  3  p.m.   to  5  p.m. 

Secretary,  Miss  Hammond.     Offices  :  3,  Bayley  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  spiritual  needs  of  those  members  of  the  Church  who  are  engaged  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  victors  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 
Church  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  mode  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  able  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  member  of  the  dramatic  profession  may  become  a  member  of  the  A.C.U. 
on  payment  of  an  annual  subscription  of  one  shilling,  whicli  is  required  to  defray 
the  printing  and  postage  expenses  connected  with  the  Union. 

President,  the  Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Winchester;  Vice-Presidents,  Right 
Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  London,  Right  Rev.  the  Lo^d  Bisihop  of  Oxford,  Riglht  Rev. 
the  Lord  Bishop  of  Ripon,  Rigiht  Rev.  tlh©  Lord  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  Right  Rev. 
the  Lord  Bishop  of  ArgyM  and  the  Isles.  Riigiht  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  South- 
ampton, Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Burniley,  Ragfht  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of 
Hull,  Rev.  Prebendary  Pennefnt'heir,  Sir  Charles  W;^-Tidhiam,  Sir  Herbert  Tree, 
Mr.  Robert  Arthur,  ]\Ir.  Edward  Compton,  ]\Ir.  Ben  Greet,  ]SIr.  Martin  Harvey, 
Mr.  H.  B.  Irving,  Mr.  Charles  Manners,  Mr.  Cyril  Maud©,  Mr.  Edward  Terry; 
Committee,  Rev.  W.  Alington,  Rev.  J.  Stephen  Barra&s,  Rev.  Wm.  Cree,  Rev. 
H.  F.  Davidson,  Rev.  Wynn  Healey,  Rev.  Thomas  Varney,  Mrs.  H.  K.  Gamble, 
Mrs.  Donald  Hole,  Mass  C.  Chambers,  I\Ias.s  Emily  Clai-ke.  Mir.  A.  Munro  Miller, 
Mass  Lilian  Baylis,  Miss  Ldlian  Braith-waite,  Miss  Pihyliis  Brougbton,  Mr  Charles 
Coboirn,  Mrs.  Cao-son,  Mrs.  Edward  Compton,  Mri&s  Winifred  Emery,  Miss  Harriet 
Greet,  Mr.  Chas.  Halliard,  Mr.  Fewlass  Llewellj-n,  Miss'  Eva  Moore,  Mr.  Chris, 
Walker.  Mr.  Duncan  Young:  Organising  Se<:j-eta.ry,  Rev.  Donald  Hole,  14,  Milton 
Road,  Highgate,  N.  ;  Hon.  Tre^asurer,  "Mr.  G.  Munro  Miller,  Barton  St.  Mary, 
East  Grinstead,  Sussex;  Hon.  Lady  Conre-spondent  and  Visitor,  Miss  Clarke,  3'.^, 
Eardley  Orescent,  Earl's  Couri.  S.W. 


ACTRESSES'    FRANCHISE    LEAGUE. 

This  League  was  founded  by  Mrs.  Forbes  Robertson,  Miss  Winif-ed  Mayo,  Miss 
Sime  Seruya,  and  Miss  Adeline  Bourne.  The  League  now  numbers  about  600 
members.  On  October  27,  1911,  the  League  held  a  most  successful  benefit  matinee 
in  aid  of  the  funds  at  the  Lyceum. 

Mrs.  Forbes  Robertson  is  the  President  of  the  League,  and  the  Vice-Presidents 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK  121 

are  Mme.  Marie  Brema,  Miss  Lilian  'Bradt/hwait«,  Mre.  Latigtry,  Migs  Decima 
Moore,  Miss  Eva  Moore,  Jliss  Lillah  McCartlhy,  Mrs.  Frederick  Mouillot,  :MiFs 
Elizabeth  Kobins,  Mrs.  iMadeline  Lucette  Ryley,  Miss  Beatrice  Forbes  Robertson, 
Miss  Julie  Opp,  Miss  Irene  Vaiibrugh,  Miss  Violet  Vaiibrugh,  Mi-s  E.  S.  Willarcl, 
and  Mrs.  Theodore  Wright.  The  Executive  Committee  are — Miss  Bensusan,  Mrs. 
Saba  Raleigh,  Mrs.  Veasey,  Miss  Sydney  Keith.  Miss  Winifred  Mayo,  IMrs. 
Arncliffe  Sennett,  ]\Iiss  Jess  Dorynne.  ;Miss  Decima  Moore,  Miss  Eva  Mo'ore,  ■Sirs. 
Madeline  Lucette  Ryley,  Miss  Hilda  Wauton,  and  iNIiss  May  Whitty  (:Mrs.  Ben 
Webster).  Among  the  memhers  are  Miss  Ellen  Terry,  Miss'  Fanny  'Brough,  and 
Miss  Compton.  The  Hon.  Secretary  is  Miss  Adeline  Bourne,  and  the  offices  are 
at  2,  Adelphi  Terrace  House,  Robert  Street,  W.C.  Telephone:  City,  1214.  The 
Hon.  Treasurer  is  Mrs.  Carl  Level;  the  Hon.  Barrister,  Mr.  M.  Ca^mpbell- 
Johnston,  2,  Paper  Buildings,  Temple,  E.G.  ;  and  the  Hon.  Solicitor,  Mr.  A.  C.  T. 
Veasey,  8,  Queen  Street,  E.G.       Green  and  pink  are  the  colours  of  the  League. 


THE    SOCIETY    OF    AUTHORS. 

Dramatists  have  no  separate  organised  body  to  rej)resent  them,  but  during  the 
past  few  years  greater  ■  consideration  than  formerly  has  been  shown  for  their 
interests  by  the  Society  of  Authors,  and  the  section  of  that  body  made  up  by  those 
who  write  for  the  stage  is  now  quite  a  considerable  one.  The  Dramatic  Sub- 
Committee  has  for  its  chairman  Mr.  R.  C.  Carton,  and  is  composed  of  ]\Ir.  Rudolf 
Besier,  Mr.  H.  Granville  Barker,  Mr.  C.  Haddon  Chambers,  Mr.  Anstey  Guthrie, 
Miss  Cicely  Hamilton,  Captain  Basil  Hood,  ]\Ir.  Jerome  K.  Jerome,  Mr.  Justin 
Huntly  McCarthy,  Mr.  Cecil  Raleigh,  Mr.  G.  Bernard  Shaw,  and  Miss  E.  ]\I. 
Symonds.  The  Dramatic  Sub-Committee  has  been  particularly  active  during  the 
23ast  year,  mostly  in  matters  connected  with  Censorship  and  Licensing.  Under 
its  auspices  a  meeting  of  dramatists  was  held  during  the  year,  when  a  resolution 
calling  upon  the  Government  to  give  effect  to  the  recommendations  of  the  Joint 
Parliamentary  Committee  was  passed,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  formulate  a 
standard  form  of  contract  as  between  managers  and  playwrights.  The  Sub- 
Committee  sent  a  deputation  to  the  London  Coimty  Council  a  few  days  prior  to 
the  licensing  sessions,  and  strongly  advocated  that  stage  plays  licenses  should  be 
granted  to  music  halls  and  music  and  dancing  licenses  to  theatres  pending  legisla- 
tion bringing  about  the  single  license.  The  Sub-Com.mittee  also  in  December, 
consequent  upon  the  appointment  of  JNJr.  Charles  Brookfield  as  assistant  reader  of 
plays,  drew  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain  an  assurance  that  anyone  engaged  in  his 
office  dealing  with  the  licensing  of  plays  should  have  no  interest  personally  or  in  a 
business  way  in  theatres.  During  the  year  the  Society  of  Authors  bestirred  them- 
selves on  behalf  of  their  dramatic  members  on  the  matter  of  the  supply  of  illicit 
copies  of  plays  to  managers  of  certain  portable  and  fit-up  companies.  Proceedings 
were  taken  against  an  offender  ,at  Bradford.  Actions  were  started  on  behalf  of 
G.  R.  Sims  in  respect  of  "  Harbour  Lights  "  and  Henry  Arthur  Jones  in  respect  of 
"  Hoodma'n  Blind,"  and  in  each  case  an  injunction  was  granted  by  the  Court 
preventing  any  further  traffic  in  those  plays.  In  addition,  many  illegal  scripts 
were  secured  from  a  defendant,  including  copies  of  plays  by  Hall  Caine,  A. 
Shirley,  G.  R.  Sims,  H.  A.  Jones,  and  other  well-known  writers.  The  same 
defendant  also  furnished  the  names  of  a  number  of  managers  to  whom,  unlawful 
copies  were  supplied. 

Secretary  :  Mr.  G.  Herbert  Thring ;  address,  39,  Old  Queen  Street,  Storev.« 
Gate,  S.W.  ■  " 


PLAY    PRODUCING    SOCIETIES. 

THE    INCORPORATED    STAGE    SOCIETY, 

Tliis  Society  was  founded  in  1899  and  incorporated  in  1904.  Council  of  IVLinag''- 
ment  : — Mr.  J.  M.  Barrie,  Dr.  Antonio  Cippico,  the  Hon.  Everard  Feilding.  Sir 
Almeric  W.  Fitzroy,  K.C.B.,  K.C.V.O.,  Mrs.  Gordon- Stables,  Mr.  H.  A.  Hertz, 
Mr.  Alderson  B.   Home,  Mr.  E.  J.   Horniraan,  Mr.  W.  S.  Kennedy,  Mr.  W.  Lee 


122  THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


Mathews,  Mr.  Gilbert  Murray,  Sir  Sydney  Olivier,  K.C.M.G.,  Mrs,  W.  P.  Reeves, 
Mr.  G.  Bernard  Shaw;  Mrs.  Bernard  Shaw,  Mr.  Charles  Strachey,  Mr.  W.  Hector 
Thomson  (Hon.   Treasurer),   Mr.   Bernard    Watkin,    Mr.   Charles  E.   Wheeler,   Mr. 
Frederick  Whelen,  ^Ir.  Ernest  E.  S.  Williams.     Mr.  A.  E.  Drinkwater,  Secretary. 
Address,    36,    Southampton    Street,    Strand,    W.C.      Telephone :    Gerrard    6907. 
The  year's  productions  of  this  Society  were  as  follows  : — 
January  29. — "Pride  of  Life,"  comedy  in  one  act,   by  Ashley  Dukes;   "The 
Little  Stone  House,"  play  in  one  act,  by  George  Calderon ;  and  "  The  Passing 
of  Talma,"  tragic  comedy  in  one  act,  translated  from  the  German  of  Armin 
Friedmann  and  Alfred  Polgar  by  H.  A.  Hertz,  Aldwych. 
March  19. — "  Business,"  play  in  four  acts,  by  John  Goldie,  Aldwych. 
:May  28. — "  The   Cherry   Orchard,"  comedy  in   four  acts,   by  Anton  Tchehov, 

translated  by  Mrs.   Edward  Garnett,  Aldwych. 
June  11. — "  The  Married  Woman,"  play  in  three  acts,  by  C.  B.  Fernald,  Aldwych. 
December  10. — "Esther  Waters,"  play  in  five  acts,  by  George  Moore,  Apollo. 


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  thej'  go 
further  than  these,  for  in  their  working  details  they  are  so  arranged  as  to  bring 
indirect  benefit  to  the  Actois'  Association.  The  membership  consists  of  two  degiees 
— acting  membership  and  ordinary  or  associate.  Only  professional  players  who  are 
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. 

During  the  year  1911  the  Play  Actors  produced  the  following : — 

February  5. — "The  Polygon,"  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Harold  Brighouse — 
Court. 

March  5. — "  Married  by  Degrees,"  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  A.  P.  Sinnett — 
Court.     (This  piece  was  afterwards  put  on  for  a  run  at  the  same  theatre.) 

April  2. — "  Queen  Herzeleid,"  poetic  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Isabel  Heame — 
Court 

November  5. — "  The  Hartley  Family,"   a  play,   in  three  acts,   by  Vincent 
O'Sullivan — Court. 
December  3. — "The    Celibate,"    play,   by   Raymond.  Needham — Court. 
The  council  for  1911-12  are  : —  Mr.  Fewlass  Llewellyn  (Chaii-man),  Mr.  Frederick 
Annerley,    Mr.    H.    K.    Ayliff,    Miss    Inez   Bensusan,    Miss   Adeline    Bourne,    Mr. 
Herbert  Bunston,  Mr.  Cecil  A.  Collins,  Mr.  C.  F.  Collings,  Mr.  Clarence  Derwent, 
Mr.  A.   M.  Heathcote,  Mr.  A.  S.  Homeward,  Miss  Winifred  Mayo,   Mr.    Reginald 
Rivington,  Miss  Frances  Wetherall,  and  Mr.  Jackson  Wilcox. 

Hon.  "Treasurer,  Mr.  A.  M.  Heathcote,  Lower  Farringdon,  Alton,  Herts ;  Secre- 
tary, Miss  Ruth  Parrott,  addresg,  The  Court  Theatre,  Sloane  Square. 

The  Council  are  willing  to  produce  original  works,  w*hen  such  plays  have  been 
approved  by  the  Reading  Committee.  All  MSS.  S'hould  be  sent  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Reading  Committee,  Mr.   A.   M.   Heathcote. 


THE   ENGLISH   PLAY    SOCIETY. 

Play  Examiners  and  Producers  : — ]Mr.  W.  L.  Courtney,  Mr.  Arthur  Hands, 
Mr.  Tom  Heslewood,  Mr.  T.  Arthur  .Jones,  Mr.  Frank  Lacy,  Mr.  Fred  Lewis, 
Mr.  Leon  M.  Lion,  Mr.  Eric  Mayne,  Mr.  Lyddell  Sawj'er,  Mr.  Sydney  Valentine. 
Treasurer:  Miss  J.  A.  Burton. "^  Manager":  Mr.  Lyddell  Sawyer,  1,  Trafalgar 
Buildings,  Charing  Cross,   W.C. 


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During  the  year  1911  the  Society  produced  the  following  : — 

January  6. — "Vive  I'Erapereur,"  one-act  play,  by  Captain  Adrian  Porter, 
and  "A  Matter  of  Agreement,"  play  in  three  acts,  by  Lyddell  Sawyer — 
County   and   Borough   Halls,   Guildford. 

February  4. — "  Under  the  Rose,"  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Mipnie  Douglas, 
and  "  Madame's  Holiday,"  play,  in  one  act,  by  Cecil  Brough — Rehearsal 
Theatre,    Maiden  Lane. 

May  4. — "A  Plume  of  Feathers,"  in  one  act,  by  G.  P.  R.  Fitzjohn;  "A 
Double  Deception,"  in  one  act,  by  M.  Kirisey  j  "The  Rival,"  in  one  act,  by 
M.  F.  Sandars ;  and  "A  Debt  of  Honour,"  in  one  act,  by  Mabel  H.  Robins — 
Rehearsal  Theatre,  Maiden  Lane. 

June  12. — "Macgregor's  Mixture,"  sketch,  by  Lyddell  Sawyer;  "The  Art 
of  Timmins,"  sketch,  by  Lyddell  Sawyer;  and  "After  Jena,"  military  sketch, 
by   Captain  Adrian   Porter — The   Little   Theatre. 


THE    ONCOMERS'    SOCIETY. 

The  society  was  founded  in  September,  1910.  The  object  of  the  society  :  To 
introduce  to  the  West  End  of  London  plays  and  players  hitherto  unknown  in  the 
metropolis.     Perforipances  given  in  1911  were  as  follows  : — 

January  17. — "  The  Trap,"  a  comedy  in  three  acts,  by  Alice  Clayton-Greene, 
and  "  A  Poem  in  Pantomime  "  ("  The  Birth  of  the  Opal"),  produced  and  arranged 
by  Violet  Furnivall. — Little  Theatre. 

March  9. — "  The  Laughter  of  Fools,"  a  comedy  in  three  acts,  by  H.  F.  Maltby. — 
The  Little  Theatre. 

May  29. — "  The  Blind  God,"  a  play  in  one  act,  by  Olive  Lethbridge  and  Gerald 
Fitzgerald;  "For  One  Night  Only,"  a  play  in  one  act,  by  Gladys  B.  Stern;  "  No- 
body's Sweetheart,"  a  play  in  one  act,  by  Inez  Bensusan ;  "  What  Some  Men  Don't 
Know,"  a  comedy  in  one  act,  by  H.  F.  Maltby. — The  Little  Theatre. 

October  16. — "The  Mother,"  a  dramatic  sketch,  by  Olive  Lethbridge;  "Lady 
Venborough's  Vow,"  a  comedy  in  three  acts,  by  E.  JM.  Thorpe. — The  Littie 
Theatre. 

December  22. — "  The  Test,"  a  play  in  one  act,  by  Emil  Lock;  "The  Youngest 
of  Thiee,"  a  ce>stuipe  coiKedy  m  four  act.s,  by  E.  F.  Maltby. — The  Little  Theatre. 

Directress  :  Miss  Mara  ]\Ialtby,  29,  Claverton  Street,  S.W. 


THE    IBSEN    CLUB. 

This  club  was  founded  in  November,  1909,  by  Miss  Catherine  Lewie  to  present 
the  works  of  Henrik  Ibsen.  Directress,  Miss  Catherine  Lewis ;  secretary,  IMiss  C. 
A.  Arf wedson ;  studio  and  office,  65a,  Long  Acre,  W.C.  During  the  year  1911  the 
club  gave  performances  and  lectures  as  follows  : — January  8,  "The  Wild  Duck"; 
January  22,  last  act  of  "A  Doll's  House,"  and  concert  of  Grieg's  "Peer  Gynt" 
suite;  February  26,  "Peer  Gynt,"  Rehearsal  Theatre,  Maiden  Lane;  AprU  9,  "The 
Lady  From  the  Sea,"  the  Ibsen  Studio;  April  30,  "Peer  Gynt,"  Rehearsal 
Theatre,  Maiden  Lane;  May  14,  "'Ghosts,"  the  Ibsen  Studio;  June  18,  "  Olaf 
Liliekrans,"  Rehearsal  Theatre,  Maiden  Lane;  October  15,  lecture,  "Ibsen  as  a 
Lover,"  by  C.  A.  Ai'fwedson,  the  Ibsen  Studio;  October  29,  fom^th  act  of  "Brand" 
and  last  act  of  "  A  Doll's  House,"  the  Ibsen  Studio;  November  12,  "Little  Eyolf,  " 
the  Ibsen  Studio:  November  25,  lectui'e  on  "  The  Comparison  Between  the  Dramatic 
Art  Methods  of  Shaw  and  Ibsen,"  by  Harold  F.  Rubinstein,  the  Ibsen  Studio; 
December  17,  "When  We  Dead  Awaken,"  Rehearsal  Theatre,  Maiden  Lane. 


THE    NEW    PLAYERS. 

President,  Major-General  Sir  Alfred  Turner,  K.C.B.,  R.A. ;  E.xecutive  Committee, 
Reginald  Bach,  Esq.,  ]\Irs.  J.  B.  Fagan,  ]Mrs.  Gladys  Mendl,  Mrs.  F.  Mouillot,  Miss 
Muriel  Thompson,  Mr.  Temple  Thurston,  Mrs.  A.  C.  T.  Veasey ;  Dr.  John  Biernacki, 
Hon.  Treasurer;  Miss  Adeline  Bourne,  Hon.  Secretary,  19,  Overstrand  Mansions, 
Battersea  Park,  S.W.  The  activities  of  the  New  Players  during  1912  will  include 
a  performance  of  Professor  Gilbert  Miu-ray's  translation  of  the  "Medea"  of 
Euripides,  at  the  Kingsway  on  February  5. 


124  TILE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 

STOCKPORT    GARRICK    SOCIETY. 

The  Stockport  Garrick  Society  was  founded  in  1901  for  'the  purpose  of  £Jtudying 
and  giving  performances  in  dramatic  literature.  Its  headquarters  ai-e  at  Garrick 
Chambere,  Wellington  Streeit,  Stockpoil.  The  officers  are  as  follow  : — President, 
Alderman  Albert  Johnson,  J. P. ;  honorary  members,  Miss  A.  E.  F.  Horniman,  M.A., 
William  Archer,  H.  Granville  Bark«-,  and  John  Galsworthy;  honorary  secretary, 
George  Leigh  Turner,  174,  Wellington  Road  South,  Stockport;  honoiuiy  tretasurer, 
Arthur  H.  Gibbons,  Surrone,  Heaton  Moor ;  executive  committee,  Mrs.  Barley 
Copley,  James  Christie,  Walter  Chadwick,  R.  LI.  Hartley,  S.  Altred  Jepson,  Edward 
R.  Lingard,  Mrs.  W.  Miller,  Eric  J.  Moorhouse,  Thos.  G.  Morris,  A.  Horace 
Plage,  Robert  J.  Smiith,  Fred  W.  Taylor,  Wm.  Temple,  Albert  WaJthem,  and  T. 
Henley  Walker ;  honoi-ary  auditors,  Joseph  Aikin  and  Thomas  Button. 

During  the  year  1911  the  society  gave  performances  of  the  following  plays : — 
"  Chains,"  by  Elizabeth  Baker,  performed  privately  at  the  headquarters  on  April 
5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  and  11;  "Major  B.-J-rbara,"  by  G.  B.  Shaw,  performed  privately  at 
headquarters  on  January  30  and  31;  "  The  Drone,"  by  Ruthert'ord  Mayne,  perfoi'med 
privately  on  Januaiy  11  and  other  dates,  and  publicly  at  Stockport  on  February  11 ; 
"  The  Dear  Departed,"  by  Stanley  Houghton,  perfoiTned  privately  at  headquarters 
on  April  20;  "  Julius  Caesar,"  performed  publicly  at  the  Tlieatre  Royal,  Stockpor-t, 
for  a  week  beginning  February  20;  "The  Man  of  Destiny,"  by  G.  B.  Shaw;  and 
"  Interior,"  translated  from  the  French  of  Maeterlinck  by  William  Archer,  per- 
formed privately  on  October  10,  11,  12,  16,  17,  and  18;  "The  Drone,"  privately, 
November  3  and  4  ;  "  Civil  W^ar,"  by  Asliley  Dukes,  privately,  for  a  week  beginning 
November  20;  "David  Ballai'd,"  by  Charles  3IcEvoy,  privately,  December  4,  5, 
and  6.  For  the  year  1912  the  society  Iras  arrangements  for  performances  of,  among 
other  plays,  "  Strife,"  by  John  Galsworthy,  at  the  Royal,  Sitockport,  February  12, 
for  a  week,  and  "Dealing  in  Futures,"  by  Harold  Biighouse,  privately,  on 
April  6.  In  the  case  of  several  of  the  plays  performed  by  the  society  the  scenery 
is  made  and  painted  by  the  stage  staff.  The  profits  from  public  performances  are 
handed  over  to  charitable  and  deserving  institutions. 


LEEDS    PLAYGOERS'    SOCIETY. 

The  Leeds  Playgoers'  Society  was  founded  in  April,  1907,  for  the  "furtherance 
of  operatic  and  dramatic  art."  The  objects  of  the  society  are :  (a)  the  announcement 
of  engagements ;  (b)  the  arrangement  of  special  performances ;  (c)  lectui-es ;  and 
(d)  co-operation  with  similar  societies.  The  headquarters  are  at  the  Leeds  Art  Club, 
8,  Blenlieim  Terrace,  Leeds.  The  Theatre  Night  is  Monday,  and  the  Meeting  Night 
the  first  Thursday  in  the  month.  :\Ir.  Herbert  Thompson,  'M.A.,  L.C.^NL,  11,  Burton 
Crescent,  Far  Headingley,  is  the  president ;  Mr.  T.  A.  Lamb,  9,  Newport  Mount, 
Headingley,  is  the  treasurer;  ^Ir.  W.  P.  Irving,  Arts  Club,  8,  Blenheim  Terrace, 
is  the  lion.  Becretary;  and  Mr.  F.  G.  Jackson,  8,  Park  Lane,  is  the  assistant  hon. 
secretary.  The  committee  are  Professor  Cohen,  Mr.  J.  B.  Crossley,  Mr.  H. 
Hildesheim,  Mr.  W.  A.  Jones,  JNIiss  Josephy,  Miss  Perrj-,  and  ^NIis.  Woodcock. 

The  society  does  not  produce  plays  on  its  own  account,  but  during  the  year  1911 
it  aiTanged  for  the  Elizabeth  Bessie  Comedy  Company  to  perform  "Pillars  of 
Society,"  "The  Comedy  of  Errors"  (not  previously  seen  in  Leeds  for  a  number  of 
years),  and  "Admiral  Guinea,"  the  last-named  for  the  first  time  in  Leeds,  while  the 
company  from  the  Abbey  Theatre,  Dublin,  at  the  invitation  of  the  club,  gave  two 
performances  each  of  "  The  Playboy  of  the  Wesltern  World,"  "  Rising  of  Jfche  ^loon," 
"Kathleen  Na  Houlihan,"  "The  Workhouse  Ward,"  "Harvest"  (Lennox  Robin- 
son, for  the  first  time  in  Leeds),  aiid  "  Birfihright "  (also  for  the  first  t<ime  in 
Leeds),  and  one  performance  each  of  "The  Showiing  Up  of  Blanco  Posne't "  (for 
the  first  time  in  English  province*;),  and  "  Rogueries  of  iScapin  "  (Iranslated  by  Lady 
Gregory  from  ^Moliere),  the  first  English  production  of  itliat  version.  The  society 
claims  part  of  the  credit,  too.  fnv  the  first  production  an  the  English  provinces  of 
"  The  Ring,"  the  extension  of  the  visit  of  the  Carl  Rosa  Opera  company  from  one 
week  to  two  in  the  year,  the  first  visit  of  the  Quinlan  Opera  company.  Among 
those  who  have  delivered  lectures  before  the  society  lare  Mr.  Holbrook  Jackson,  ilr. 
G.  K.  Chesterton.  ^Ir.  E.  T,  H^ys,  :\rr.  Edwai^  Compton,  :Mr.  James  Welch,  Mr. 
B.  Iden  Pavne,  Mr.  Ashley   Dukes  and  Mr.  Laurence  Ir\nng. 


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SHEFFIELD   PLA.YGOERS'    SOCIETY. 

The  SliefSeld  Playgoers'  Society  was  founded  in  ]\Iarch,  1910,  for  the  purpose  of 
awakening  and  encouraging  an  interest  in  the  drama  and  kindred  arts.  During  the 
tirst  session  lectures  were  delivered  to  the  society  by  B.  Iden  Payne,  Miss  Cicely 
Hamilton,  W.  Poel,  Holbrook  Jackson,  Professor  Herford,  F.  J.  Adkins,  M.A.,  and 
G.  K.  Chesterton. 

At  the  request  of  the  society  special  perfoi-mances  of  "The  Comedy  of  Errors," 
"Admiral  Guinea,"  and  "Pillars  of  Society"  were  given  by  the  Bessie  Comedy 
Company,  and  at  a  later  date  the  Irish  Players  gave  special  performances  for  three 
evenings.     The  first  session  ended  with  a  membei-ship  of  350. 

During  the  current  session  lectures  have  been  given  to  the  society  by  Miss  A.  E. 
F.  Horniman,  Dr.  Skemp  (of  the  Bristol  University),  J.  Galsworthy,'  J.'  A.  Rodgers, 
H.  Granville  Barker.  Furtlier  lectures  have  been  arranged  for  by  Professor  Reiliy 
(of  the  Liverj^ool  University),  Ililaire  Belloc,  and  A.  Wareing  (of  the  Royalty 
Theatre,  Glasgow).  The  society  has  also  arranged  for  special  nerformanees  of  "  Man 
and  Supemian,"  "  Xan,"  and  "  Oupid  and  Coanmonsense,"  to  be  given  by  !Mr.  B. 
Iden  Payne's  company  in  February,  1912. 

On  November  30  a  theatre  party  was  organised  to  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Mancliester, 
to  witness  a  i^erformance  of  Galsworthy's  "Strife."  A  special  train  was  chartered, 
and  the  party  numbered  139.  The  exi^eriment  will  probably  be  repeated  in  April, 
1912.     The  membership  at  the  time  the  Year-Book  went  to  press  was  435. 

Generall}'  speaking,  the  aims  of  the  society  are  now  centred  on  the  task  of  pre- 
paring the  way  for  the  establishment  of  a  Repertory  Theatre  in  Sheffield.  Tlie 
society  has  aroused  so  much  interest  this  session  that  the  prospects  of  a  Repertory 
Theatre  are  now  considerably  brighter  than  they  were  twelve  months  ago.  There 
is  a  possibility  that  the  society  will  hold  a  repei'tory  festival  season  extending  to 
four  weeks  some  time  during  next  autunm. 

The  following  are  the  officers  : — President,  Mr.  T.  Walter  Hall ;  hon.  treasurer, 
Mr.  A.  Fehrenbach  ;  chairman  of  committee,  Mr.  F.  J.  Adkins.  M.A.  ;  committee. 
Miss  F.  Corbett,  Miss  M.  Duplock.  Mrs.  T.  P.  Lockwood,  ]Miss  E.  Ormay,  Dr.  S.  A. 
INIellor,  .Dr.  J.  Stokes,  :M.A.,  Miss  G.  Davidison,  :Mlss  A.  E.  Escott.  :Miss  A.  Leesley, 
Mr.  A.  W.  Francis,  Mr.  W.  S.  Purchon,  Mr.  J.  B.  Simpson  ;  joint  hon.  secretaries, 
Mr.  J.  H.  Dowd,  Mr.  R.  D.  Bennett,  11,  Leavy  Greave,  Sheffield. 


THE   BURY    STAGE   SOCIETY. 

The  Bury  Stage  Scxiiety,  whicli  is  now  in  its  second  season,  has  its  officers  as 
follow  :— President,  :\Ir.  B.'  Iden  Payne  (late  Art  Director  Gaiety  Theatre,  Man- 
chester) ;  Producer.  :\Ir.  F.  Taylor  (of  Stockport  Garrick  Society) ;  Hon.  Secretary, 
Mr.  T.  L.  Peers.  78,  Heywood"  Street.  Bury;  Hon.  Treasurer,  ^Ir.  A.  M.  Penning- 
ton, 366,  Limefield,  Bury.  Headquarters,"  Girton  Hall.  Manchester  Road,  Bury. 
Objects  :  To  stdmulate  an  interest  in  modern  dramatic  literature  by  means  of 
performances,  lectures,  readings,  and  discussions.  The  plays  to  be  given  this 
season  are: — "The  Doorway,"  by  Harold  Brighouse ;  "Women's  Rights,"  by  .1. 
Sa<?kville  Martin:  and  "Makeshifts,"  by  Gertrude  Robins. 


THEATRICAL    CLUBS. 

THE    GARRICK   CLUB. 

The  Garrick  Club,  Garrick  Street,  Covent  Garden,  was  founded  in  1831.  Its 
objects  are  defined  as  follows: — "The  Garrick  Club  is  instituted  for  the  general 
patronage  of  the  drama,  for  the  purpose  of  combining  a  club,  on  economic  principles, 
with  the  advantages  of  a  Literary  Society,  for  bringing  together  the  supporters  of 
the  Drama,  and  for  the  foundation  of  a  theatrical  library  with  works  on  Costume." 
The  club  possesses  a  large  collection'  of  theatrical  portraits  and  othcT  pictures,  and 
theatrical  relics,  to  which  an  addition  was  made  during  the  past  year  in  the  legacy 
under  the  will  of  the  late  Mr.  Augustus  F.  Montague  Spalding,  an  old  and 
prominent  member  of  the  club.  Mr.  Spalding  left  to  the  club  some  valuable  oil 
paintings  and  souvenirs  of  Charles  Mathews.-      These  included   "The   Bath,"  by 


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Etty;  "  Liston  Introducing  the  Young  Mathews  to  the  Public,"  once  the  property 
of  Charles  Mathews ;  the  oil  painting  of  Mr.  Spal(fing's  villa  at  Twickenham, 
painted  by  Charles  Mathews  for  Mrs  Spalding  in  1874 ;  and  a  cigar  case  and  blue 
ash  tray  used  bv  the  celebrated  comedian  for  ninnv  years.  Secretary,  Mr.  Charles 
J.   Fitch. 


THE    SAVAGE   CLUB. 

The  Savage  Club,  6  and  7,  Adelphi  Terrace,  Strand,  London..  W.C,  is  for  the 
association  of  gentlemen  connected  professionally  with  Literature,  Art,  Science,  the 
Drama,  or  Music.  Trustees  :— ^Ir.  E.  G.  Ravenstein,  Mr.  A.  Gordon  Salamon,  Sir 
\V.  Purdie  Treloar,  Bart.  Committee  : — Mr.  Oliver  A.  Fry,  Mr.  E.  J.  Steig- 
mann,  Mx'.  Reginald  Grooms,  Mr.  J.  Scott  Stokes,  Mr.  Fred  Grundy,  Mr.  David 
Urquhart,  Mr.  John  Hassall,  Mr.  Eille  Norwood,  ^Mr.  Mostyn  T.  Pigott,  Lieut. 
J.  Mackenzie  Rogan,  M.Y.O.,  Mr.  Edward  G.  Salmon,  Mr.  J.  Walter  Smith; 
Hon." Treasurer,  Sir  James  D.  Linton,  R.I.  ;  Hon.  Secretary,  Mr.  Reginald  Geard ; 
Hon.  Solicitor,  Mr.  R.  H.  Humphreys;  Hon.  Counsel,  Sir  Rufus  Isaacs,  K.C., 
M.P.  ;  Hon.  Auditors  and  Scrutineers,  Messrs.  Thomas  Catling  and  Achille  Bazire  ; 
Hon.  Librarian,  Mr.  C.  J.  Shedden  Wilson.  The  annual  dinner  took  place  on 
December  9  at  the  Connaught  Rooms,  with  the  Hon.  John  L.  Griffiths  in  the  chair. 


THE  ECCENTRIC  CLUB. 

The  Eccentric  Club,  21,  Shaftesbury  Avenue,  W.,  is  constituted  for  the 
purpose  of  promoting  social  intercourse  amongst  gentlemen  connected,  directly 
or  indirectly,  with  Literature,  Art,  Music,  the  Drama,  Science,  Sport,  and  Com- 
merce. The  President  is  Sir  Charles  Wyndham ;  Trustees,  Mr.  Walter  J.  W. 
Beard,  Mr.  Frederick  Bishop,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Honey ;  Treasurer,  ^Mr.  Tom  Eraser ; 
Hon.  Secretary,  Mr.  J.  A.  Harrison.  Committee: — Major  H.  Bateman,  Messrs. 
H.  Montague  Bates,  W.  Bellamy,  Frank  Callingham,  E.  L.  Campbell,  Barnet 
Cohen,  A.  J.  East,  Alfred  Ellis,  Walter  de  Frece,  W.  E.  Garstin,  F.  Glenister, 
Denby  Hare,  H.  J.  Homer.  W.  S.  Hooper,  D.  Jousiffe,  P.  Leftwich,  John  Le  Hay, 
Ernest  Stuart,  W.  J.  Dayer  Smith,  A.  J.  Thomas,  and  R.  Warner.  Telephone  : 
Gerrard  3950. 


THE   GREEN   ROOM   CLUB. 

The  Green  Room  Club  was  founded  in  1877  for  the  association  of  gentlemen  of  the 
dramatic  and  artistic  professions.  The  Committee  are  vested  with  power  to  elect 
others  than  those  engaged  in  dramatic,  literary,  and  artistic  professions  as  members 
of  the  club.  The  larger  proportion  of  the  members  are  actors.  The  club  for  a 
number  of  years  was  situated  in  Bedford  Street,  whence  it  moved  to  its  present 
premises  in  Leicester  Square  in  1902.  The  late  Duke  of  Beaufort  was  the  first 
President  of  the  club.  Sir  Squire  Bancroft  is  the  present  President.  The  Green 
Room  Club  exchanges  courtesies  with  the  Savage  Club,  each  club  finding  accom- 
modation for  the  members  of  the  other  when  such  occasions  as  redecorating  and 
repainting  temporarily  deprive  the  members  of  the  Green  Room  or  of  the  Savage 
of  their  club  premises.  Snooker-pool  and  billiard  matches  between  the  two  clubs 
are  arranged  annually,  when  silver  challenge  cups,  presented  one  by  each  club,  are 
competed  for.  Sir  Herbert  Tree  some  years  ago  presented  a  challenge  cup  to 
the  Club  for  billiards,  which  is  played  for  every  year.  Mr.  Lewis  Waller  has 
presented  one  for  golf,  and  Mr.  Mun-ay  Marks  one  for  bridge. 

Mr.  George  Delacher  was  for  more  than  twenty  years  the  Honorary  Secretary 
of  the  Club,  and  only  retired  when  the  Club  was  enlarged,  and  moved  into  its 
present  premises.     Mr.  Delacher  is  now  more  than  eighty  years  of  age. 

The  Green  Room  Club  includes  amongst  its  treasured  possessions  valuable 
pieces  of  autographed  plate,  the  gifts  or  legacies  of  various  members  and  celebrities 
in  the  dramatic  profession.  ^Ir.  Henry  NeviP*^,  by  whose  death  during  1910  the  club 
lost  one  of  its  most  popular  members,  left  a  small  legacy  to  the  club  in  order 
that  it  might  purchase  a  memento  of  him  in  the  shape  of  a  silver  tankard. 

At  the  annual  dinner,  on  December  17,  at  the  Princes  Hall  Restaurant,  Sir 
Herbert  Tree  was  in  the  chair. 

Secretary,  Mr.  G.  Swann.     Address,  46,  Leicester  Square. 


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THE  TOUCHSTONE  CLUB. 

This  club  was  formed  at  a  meeting  hold  on  October  16  at  the  Rehearsal  Theatre, 
when  Mr.  Harry  Paulton  was  elected  President,  Sir.  Harry  ISlicholls,  Honorary 
Secretary,  and  IMr.  Charles  Cruikshanks.  Honorary  Treasurer.  Membership  is  limited 
only  to  actors,  that  is  to  say  those  who  at  the  time  of  joining  are  not  managers, 
business  or  acting  managers,  musical  directors,  authors,  critics,  journalists,  etc.,  and 
only  those  who  have  been  in  the  profession  for  21  years  or  more  are  eligible  for 
membership.  The  club  house  is  at  the  Adelphi  Hotel.  Strand.  The  committee  include 
Mr.  Edward  Sass,  Mr.  J.  H.  Ryley,  j\Ir.  T.  Gideon  Warren  and  Mr.  Arthur 
Williams.  The  inaugural  dinner  was  held  on  Sunday,  January  14,  1812,  at  the 
Adelphi  Hotel. 

THE  MANAGERS'  CLUB. 

The  Mana,gers'  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  300  members,  and  the  annual 
subscription  is  £2  2s.,  except  ^i  the  case  of  memberB  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  : — Chairman, 
Mr.  M.  V.  Leveaux ;  Hon.  Treasurer,  Mr.  J.  Bannister  Howard ;  Assistant  Hon. 
Treasurer,  Mr.  Frank  Weathersby ;  Messrs.  Cecil  Barth,  Arthur  Bertram,  Went- 
worth  Croke,  E.  Graham  Falcon,  Graham.e  Herington,  -William  Holies,  Walter 
Howard,  W.  W.  Kelly,  Jose  G.  Levy,  Lauderdale  Maitland,  J.  Eyre-Massy,  Gray 
Murray,  Ernest  Norris,  Leslie  Owen,  Alfred  Paumier,  Herbert  Ralland,  Edward 
Terry,  Sir  H.  Beerbohm  Tree,  John  Tully,  G.  Carlton  Wallace,  Tom  Watt. 
Secretary,    Mr.   M.    Martin.     Address,   5,  Wardour   Street,   W. 


THE    YORICK    CLUB. 

For  those  connected  with  Literature^  the  Drama,  Music,  and  the  Arts.  Entrance 
fee,  £2  2s.  ;  subscription,  £2  2s.  Committee  :  Messrs.  A.  C.  R.  Carter,  George 
Davison,  Harry  Farmer,  Graham  Hill,  Walter  Jerrold,  J.  E.  MacManus,  Harold 
Montague,  William  Mudford,  Will  Owen,'  Clarence  Rook,  P.  F.  Rouse,  H.  L. 
Salman,  Stanley  Wade,  and  Christopher  Wilson.  Hon.  Director  of  Art, 
Mr.  S.  H.  Sime  ;  Hon.  Director  of  Music,  Mr.  Duncan  Tovey  ;  Master  of  Revels, 
Mr.  George  Parlby ;  Hem.  Secretaries,  Mr.  A.  C.  R.  Carter  and  Mr.  William  Mud- 
ford  ;  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.  The  year  1910  marked  the  coming  of  age  of  the  Club,  and  the 
event  was  celebrated  on  Shakespeare's  Day,  April  23,  by  way  of  a  Commemora- 
tion Festiyal  and  annual  dinner.  The  principal  events  arranged  for  1912  are  : — 
February  18.  Annual  dinner ;  March  16,  Smoking  concert ;  April  23,  Commemora- 
tion Festival,  Shakespeare  and  St.  George's  Day ;   May  5,  Ladies'  dinner. 


THE    GALLERY    FIRST    NIGHTERS'    CLUB. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Gallery  First  Nighters'  Club  are  at  the  Bedford  Head 
Hotel,  Maiden  Jjane,  Strand,  W.C.  Subscription,  10s.  6d.  per  annum.  President, 
Mr.  James  Kenny;  Vice-President,  Mr.  Robert  Levy;  Hon.  Treasurer,  Jlr.  John 
Pace ;  Hon.  Secretary.  Mr.  H.  F.  Whitworth.  Committee,  Messrs.  Stanley  Jones, 
H  "M'ajor,  M.  Mansell,  A.  Roen,  H.  Roberts,  Fred  Page,  W.  0.  Summers,  and 
Arthur  Were.     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."  Genuin-  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. 


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Tlie  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. 

Thi'  club  ha'l  stioii<:  associations  wilh  the  late  Nellie  FaritMi.  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  February,  1911, 
the  principal  speakers  were  Mr.  Dennis  Eadie.  Miss  Fanny  Brough,  and  Mr.  T.  McD. 
Rendle.  Among  the  other  well-known  people  who  have  spoken  at  their  dinners 
are  Miss  Ellen  Terry,  Miss  Eva  Moore.  ^liss  Kate  Rorke,  Gwennie  Mars,  Miss 
Ruth  Vincent,  Miss  Nina  Boucicault.  ^Sllle.  Adeline  Genee,  Miss  Hilda  Trevelyan, 
Sir  \V.  S.  Gilbert,  Messrs.  H.  V.  Esmond,  J.  Forbes  Robertson,  Lewis  Waller, 
Charles  Hawtrey,  George  Alexander,  H.  B.  Irving,  Robert  Loraine,  Arthur 
Bourchier,  James  Welch,  Oscar  Asche,  Cecil  Raleigh,  Sydney  Valentine,  Martin 
Harvey,  Rudolf  Besier,  Louis  Bradfield,  Spencer  Leigh  Hughes.  T.  McDonald 
Rendle,  W.  Pet  I  Ridge,  E.  F.  Spence.  James  Douglas,  Alfred  Robins,  Hannen 
Swaffer.  and  the  late  C.  L.  Careon,  of  Ihe  Stage — a  list  of  which  any  club  mighi 
be  proud. 

THE    REHEARSAL    CLUB. 

The  Rehearsal  Club  (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    perfomiance. 

The  member's  subscription  is  2s.  per  quarter.  The  club  is  open  from  11  a.m.  to 
8  p.m.,  and  contains  comfortable  reading  and  refreshment  rooms,  the  former  vrell 
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.K.H.  Princess  Christian  of  Schleswig-Hoistein  ;  Vice-president,  the 
Lady  Louisa  Magenis.  Committee :  Chair,  Lady  Maud  B.  Wilbraham,  Lady 
Alexander,  Lady  Bancroft,  Mrs.  Chapman,  Mrs.  Gilmour,  Miss  Alice  Glad- 
stone, Mrs.  Max  Hecht,  Mrs.  R.  S.  Henderson,  Mrs.  Kendal,  Mrs.  George 
Marjoribanks,  Mrs.  Cyril  Maude,  Mrs.  Mayne,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Paget,  Mrs.  Frank 
Pownell,  Lady  Tree,  Eleonora  Lady  Trevelyan,  Mrs.  Philip  Walker,  Mrs. 
W^.  H.  \Miarton ;  Hon.  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mayne,  101,  Queen's  Gate.  S.W.  ;  Hon. 
Secretarv.  Mrs.  Ge-orge  ^larjoribanks,  22,  Hans  Road,  S.W.  ;  Secretary,  !Miss 
^[nrrav,'  35,   Parkhill  Road,  N.W 


THE   PLAYGOERS'    CLUB. 

This  club  was  tounded  m  1884  to  encourage  social  intercourse  amongst  those 
interested  in  the  Drama,  and  to  afford  facilities  for  the  discussion  of  all  matters 
connected  with  the  theatre.  Debates  on  new  plays  are  a  feature  in  the  club,  and  in 
addition,  lectures,  concerts,  dinner's,  dances,  etc.,  are  held  to  wliich  members  have 
the  privilege  of  inviting  guests.  There  are  a  golfing  society  and  a  ^lasonic  Lodge 
and  Chapter  in  connection  with  the  club,  and  it  exchanges  courtesies  with  the 
Concert-Goers'  Club  and  the  Manchester  Playgoers'  Club. 

Commodious  new   premises  above   the  Leicester   Square  Tube   Station   in  Cran 
bourne  Street  and  Charing  Cross  Road  have  recentlv  been  acquired,  where  ample 
accommodation  is  pix)vided  for.  the  large  and  increasing  membership.     Annual  sub- 
scription. £3  3s.  ;  entrance  fee,  £2  2s.,  in  addition  to  which-  ever}'  member  must  on 
election  take  up  one  10.s.  (fully  paid)  share  in  the  Playgoers'  Club,  Limited. 

Officers  and  Committee :— President,  Mr.  E.  Marshall  Hall,  K.C.,  M.P.  ;  vice- 
president,  'Sir.  Frank  Rowe ;  trustee,  Mr  Louis  E.  Harfeld ;  treasurer,  Mr.  Will 
Sparks;  committee.  Messrs.  E.  J.  Bevan,  H.  Passmore  Edwards,  Osman  Edwards,  E. 
Frencli,  F.  G.  E.  Jones,  A.  E.  Mallinson,  F.  J.  Mote.  Henry  Rees,  W.  Rett  Ridge, 
Arthur  F.  Spencer ;  joint  hon.  secretaries,  Messrs.  James  Sharpe  and  Chas.  E.  B. 
Kibblewhite  ;  hon.  librarian,  Edwin  H.  Shear. 

Annual  Dinner. — The  annual  dinner  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Cecil  on  Sunday, 
March  26.  Mr.  W.  Rett  Ridge,  the  president  of  the  club,  occupied  the  chair.  The 
guest  of  the  evening  was  Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey.  The  toast  of  "The  Drama"  was 
proposed  by  the   president,  and   Mr.   Charles  Hawtrey  replied.     Mr.   E.    Marshall 


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Hall,  K.C.,  M.P.,  proposed  "The  Visitors,"  and  Mr.  Henry  Ainley  replied.  The 
vice-president,  Mr.  Arthur  F.  Spencer,  acknowledged  the  toast  of  "  The  Club," 
proposed  by  Mr.  Charles  Kawtrey. 

Lectures. — The  following  lectures  were  delivered  during  the  year  at  the  Hotel 
Cecil :— January  22,  "Cockney  Humour,"  by  Mr.  W.  Pett  Ridge;  Mr.  H.  0. 
Dickens  occupied  the  chair.  February  26,  "The  Theatre  and  the  People,"  by  Mr. 
Percy  White;  ^Iv.  Osman  Edwards  occupied  the  chair.  April  2,  "  Romance  and  the 
Stage,"  by  Lord  Dunsany ;  Mr.  Herbert  Trench  occupied  the  chair.  November  12, 
"The  Jloral  and  Immoral  Lifluences  of  the  Drama,"  by  Mr.  Laurence  Housman ; 
>Miss  Gertrude  Kingston  in  the  chair. 

Informal  Debates  and  House  Entertainments. — The  following  debates  and  enter- 
tainments were  held  in  the  Club  House  : — January  21,  house  dinner  and  concert ; 
Mr.  Henry  Rees  occupied  the  chair,  and  ]\Ir.  James  Fernandez  was  the  guest  of  the 
evening.  February,  18,  house  dinner  and  concert;  ^Mr.  Chas.  E.  B.  Kibblewhite 
occupied  the  chair.  February  20,  informal  debate  on  "Preserving  Mr.  Panmure  "  ; 
Mr.  Ernest  C.  Hales  opened  the  discussion,  and  Mr.  Arthur  F.  Spencer  (vice-presi- 
dent) occupied  the  chair.  March  11,  house  dinner  and  concert;  Mr.  Edward  J. 
Bevan  occupied  the  chair,  and  ]Mr.  James  Welch  was  the  guest  of  the  evening. 
March  20,  infomial  debate  on  "Loaves  and  Fishes";  Mr.  Henry  Rees  opened  the 
discussion,  and  'Mv.  Arthur  F.  Spencer  occupied  the  chair.  November  4,  house 
dinner  and  concert ;  ]\Ir.  Frank  Rowe  in  the  chair ;  j\Ir.  G.  W.  Anson,  guest  of 
evening. 


BRISTOL   PLAYGOERS'   CLUB. 

The  Bristol  Playgcers'  Club  was  formed  on  November  8,  1911.  It  being  felt 
that  there  was  room  for  such  a  club  in  Bristol,  ]\Ir.  Frank  C.  Hawkins,  "  Harlequin," 
of  the  "Bristol  Times  and  Mirror,"  and  Mr.  J.  F.  HoUoway  convened  a  meeting  at 
the  Royal  Hotel.  The  club  was  duly  formed,  and  the  following  officers  elected: — 
President  and  chairnian,  Dr.  Barclay  Baron  ;  vice-president,  the  Sheriff  of  Bristol, 
Mr.  R.  E.  Bush ;  vice-chairman,  ^Ir.  Frank  Alorris ;  committee,  Mr.  Barclay  Baron, 
Mrs.  W.  Caldwell,  Mrs,  J.  A.  Palethorpe,  Mr.  G.  W.  Bovd.  ^Slr.  R.  Castle,  Mr.  C. 
H.  King,  Mr.  H.  Norton  Matthews,  Mr.  V.  Reece,  Rev.  Canon  Talbot,  D.D.,  Mr. 
J.  Clifford  Wing ;  hon  <-.uditors,  Mr.  A.  J.  Gardner,  and  Mr.  Fred  G.  Tricks ;  hon. 
treasurer,  Mr.  F.  R.  Stead;  hon.  secretaries,  Mr.  Frank  C.  Hawkins,  "  Bristol  Times 
and  ilirror,"  and  IVIi-.  J.  F.  HoUoway,  Cairns  Villa,  Sneyd  Park. 

Within  the  first  month  nearly  300  members  were  enrolled  at  a  subscription  of  10s., 
and  at  present  the  membership  is  rapidly  increasing. 

Th3  first  act  of  the  newly-fonned  club  was  to  send  a  message  of  congratulation  to 
]\Ir.  James  ISIacready  Chute  upon  his  improved  health,  and  also  to  enrol  him  as  the 
first  honorary  member  of  the  club  ;  since  then  Mr.  Lorin  Lathrop,  the  American 
Consul  at  Cardiff,  Mr.  H.  Slater  Stone,  a  local  dramatic  critic,  and  Mr.  A.  B. 
Walkley,  the  dramatic  critic  of  the  "  Times,"  have  been  added  to  the  honorary  roll, 
and  also  ]\Irs.  James  ilacready  Chute  as  the  first  lady  honorary  member. 

The  inaugural  dinner  was  held  at  the  Royal  Hotel  on  Deceniber  1,  ]Mr.  A.  B. 
Walkley  being  the  guest  of  the  evening.  There  were  154  present,  and  the  gathering 
was  a  memorable  one. 

The  club's  programme  opened  on  December  14,  Miss  A.  E.  F.  Homiman  interest- 
ing the  members  with  a  talk  on  "  Repertory  Theatres."  Arrangements  have  been 
made  with  ?Jr.  Mostyn  T.  Pigott,  INIiss  Gertrude  Kingston.  Canon  Talbot,  Rev.  A. 
N.  Blatchford,  and  others,  'to  give  leatui'es,  and  a  club  social  is  fixed  for  February  2. 

The  Bristol  Playgoers'  is  affiliated  to  the  London  Playgoers'  Club.  Any  further 
information  wall  be  gladly  given  by  either  of  the  honorary  secretaries. 


THE    O.P.    CLUB. 

The  O.P.  Club  was  founded  and  opened  in  the  year  1900  by  a  body  of  play- 
goers interested  in  the  pursuit  and  progress  of  the  drama,  and  desirous  of  estab- 
lishing an  institution  which  would  foster  and  conserve  the  love  of  playgoing  in  a 
broad  and  catholic  spirit.  Its  headquart€rs  are  at  the  Adelphi  Hotel.  Adelphi. 
Permanent  features  of  the  Club  are  two  annual  dinners,  to  which  leading  actors 
and   actresses   are  invited.       During   1911  a  ladies'   dinner  was   given  on   April  9 

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130  THE    STAGE    YEAR    BCOK 

at  the  Criterion  Restaurant,  with  Mr.  A.  E.  W.  Mason  in  the  chair ;  and  a  dinner 
was  given  to  Mr.  Robert  Courtneadge  and  the  principal  memljerB  of  his  "  The 
Arcadians"  and  "The  Mousme  "  companies  at  the  Criterion,  with  His  Honour 
Judge   Parry  in  the  chair. 

President,  Mr.  Francis  Neilson,  M.P.  ;  Vice-President,  Mr.  J.  Bernard  Dickson  ; 
Trustee,  Mr.  Carl  Heutschel;  Hon.  Treasurer,  Mr.  F.  H.  Jones;  Hon.  Secretaries, 
Mr.  J.  Davis  Smith  and  Mr.  Ernest  H.  Miers. 


THE   ACTORS'    SWORD   CLUB. 

The  Actors'  Sword  Club  was  founded  by  Mr.  Gerald  Ames  in  1910.  Membersaip 
is  limited  to  artists,  authors,  singers,  musicians,  and  anyone  engaged  in  the  allied 
arts  of  the  theatre.  The  entrance  fee  is  5s.,  and  six-monthly  subscription  10s.  6d. 
The  club  badge  is  a  scarlet  band  worn  on  tlie  left  sleeve  of  the  jacket.  Each  member 
provides  his  own  jacket,  club  badge,  mask,  foils,  epees,  sabres,  gloves,  etc.  Members 
meet  and  fence  together  on  Tuesday's  and  Fridays  at  one  or  another  of  the  following 
Salles  d'Armes;  Felix  Berti-and,  10,  Warsvick  Street,  W.  ;  Felix  Grave.  159,  Bromp- 
ton  Road,  S.W.  ;  Fred  McPherson,  3,  Victoria  St.,  S.W.  The  president  is  Sir  George 
Alexander ;  the  vice-presidente  are  Lord  Howard  de  Walden,  Mr.  Norman  Forbes, 
and  Mr.  Egerton  Castle.  The  Committee  are  Messrs.  Henry  Ainley,  J. P.  Blake, 
Justin  Huntly  McCarthy,  E.  Vivian  Reynolds,  Jerrold  Robertehaw,  and  Athol 
Stewart.  Honorary  Secretai-y,  Mr.  Gerald  Ames,  159,  Brompton  Road.  S.W.  Mr. 
J.  P.  Blake  and  Mr.  Ames  were  in  the  final  for  the  British  Amateur  Epee  Cham- 
pionship, held  at  Lincoln's  Inn  in  July,  1911,  and  Mr.  Blake  won  it. 

During  the  year  1911,  on  June  16,  a-  grand  assault  at  arms  was  held  on  the 
Roof  Garden  at  159,  Brompton  Road,  at  which  were  present  Sir  George  and  Lady 
Alexander,  Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh,  Miss  Esme  Beringer,  ]Messi-s.  Norman  Forbes, 
Dion  Boucicault,  Egerton  Castle,  Justin  Huntly  ^McCarthy,  and  others.  A  supper 
was  held  at  the  Pall  Mall  Restaurant  on  November  23,  with  Mr.  J.  P.  Blake,  the 
amateur  epee  champion,  as  guest  of   honour. 


THE   ACTRESSES'    FOIL   CLUB. 

The  Actresses'  Foil  Club  is  the  ladies'  branch  of  the  Actors'  Sword  Club,  and 
is  formed  on  similar  lines  to  that  Club.  The  President  is  Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh. 
The  Committee  :  Miss  Esme  Beringer,  Miss  Gracie  Leigh,  Miss  Marie  Lohr,  Miss 
Mary  Mackenzie.  Hon.  Secretary,  Miss  Ruth  Maitland,  27,  Brunswick  Square, 
W.C. 


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  stage 
scenery,  properties,  electrical  fittings,  animated  picture  machines,  comprising 
stage  managers,  heads  of  departments,  carpenters,  electricians,  kinematograph 
operators,  property  men,  stagemen,  flymen,  and  others  employed  in  theatres  and 
music  halls,  or  theatrical  workshops,  resident  or  touring. 

It  is  affiliated  with  the  General  Federation  of  Trade  Unions,  the  Trade  Union 
Congress,  London  and  Provincial  Trades  and  Labour  Councils.  Tho  rViipf  rifllre  is 
1,  Broad  Court  Chambers,  Bow  Street.  London,  W.C.     Telephone,  8753  CenbraL 

Summary  of  Objects  : — To  raise  the  status  of  stage  employes  by  maintaining  a 
minimum  rate  of  pay,  definite  working  rules,  and  the  provision  of  sick,  funeral, 
and  benevolent  benefits  for  members.  The  Association  has  four  branches  in  London 
and  one  each  in  Birmingham,  Bradford,  Oldham,  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  Middlesbrough, 
Stockton-on-Tees,  and  Greenock.  The  entrance  fees  vary  according  to  branch 
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  /imds.     The  constitution  of  the   Association 


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permits  any  grade  or  section  of  employes  eligible  to  join  to  form  a  branA,  or  all 

sections  to  combine  in  one  branch  in  a.ny  locality.  The  aim  of  the  organisation  is 
to  enrol  all  eligible  men  with  touring  companiee,  and  those  resident  in  every 
theatrical  centre  in  the  United  Kingdom. 

The  National  Executive  Committee  is  selected  from  the  members  residing  within 
twenty  mJles  of  the  chief  office,  but  it  is  open  to  any  branch  to  nominate  any 
member  to  one  of  the  general  offices.  This  Conmiittee  organises  the  London 
annual  theatrical  sports  and  annual  concerts,  and  has  charge  of  the  National  Open 
Benevolent  Fund,  which  is  maintained  from  the  proceeds  of  the  theatrical  sports 
and  donations  received  by  the  annual  concert  funds,  for  the  benefit  of  non-monibers, 
men  and  women  employes,  whose  case  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,  1910,  amounted  to  £1,365  5s.  9d., 
to  which  date  tihe  Association,  in  addition  to  the  increase  of  wages,  secured  and 
maintained,  and  tJie  protection  afforded  to  its  members,  had  paid  in  cash  benefits 
to   members  : — 

£      s.  d. 

At  death  of  Members  and  Members'  Wives   3,311  16    0 

To  Members  supporting   the   objects  of  the   Society  1,728  17    7 

Legal   Assistance  to   Members   247  15    4 

Compensation  secured   for  Members   253  12    4 

Sick  Pay  to  Members  183  18    3 

Special  Grants  to  necessitous  Members,  Wages  advanced  due 
from  Fraudulent  and  Bankrupt  ^Janagers  (including  sums  to 
Non-Members  and  their  Widows  from  the  Open  Benevolent 
Fund)    ■ 521  17    0 

TotaJ £6,247  16    6 

Members  of  the  Executive  Committee  are : — President,  Mr.  J.  Cullen,  master 
caipenter,  the  St.  James's ;  Treasurer,  Sir.  J.  Athertou  ;  Trustees,  Mr.  Philip 
Sheridan,  chief  electirician,  the  Wlh.i'cney;  Mr.  Arthur  Palmer,  master  carpenter, 
the  Comedy;  Mr.  Charles  Thorogood,  President,  No.  1  Branch;  Committee,  Mr. 
C.  T.  Cory,  master  carpenter,  the  Vaudeville ;  Mr.  A.  Joneis,  carpenter,  Pioyal 
Opera  House  (Treasurer.-  Carpenters'  Branch) ;  Mr.  Edward  Stow,  stage  staff ; 
Mr.  George  Pickering,  stage  staff:  Mr.  J.  N.  Hunt,  stage  staff,  the  Alhambra ; 
Mr.  H.  Porter,  Mr.  H.  J.  Kemp,  Mr.  T.  Lowe  ;  Mr.  H.  S.  Healy,  property  master ; 
Mr.  Geo.  Bailey,  master  carpenter.  New;  Mr.  A.  Malcolm,  N.A.C.O.  ;  General 
Secretary,  Mr.  William  Johnson.  1,  Broad  Court  Chambers,  Bow  Street,  London, 
W.C. 

Th«  Association  is  affiliated  with  the  Australian  Fedeiration  of  Stage  Employes. 


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.  ]\Ianagers,  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.  Ton- 
tribution,  6d.  per  week  to  General  and  Benevolent  Funds.  Levy  of  6d.  on  death  of 
a  member  in  benefit.  Levy  of  3d.  on  death  ot  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 


132  THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


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. 

Offices  :  i,  Broad  Court  Chambers,  Bow  Street,  W.C.     Telephone  :  8753  Central. 


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  ananagers,  master  carpenters,  chief  electri- 
cians, master  propertymen,  and  master  gasmen  of  dramatic,  variety,  and  picture 
theatres.  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  contribu- 
tion varies  from  Is.  to  4s.  8d.  per  month,  according  to  benefit  desired  and  age  of 
applicant.  Sick  pay  is  a^ssured  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 
of  a  member  in  beoiofit,  and  on  the  death  of  a  member's  wife  £10  is  paid  to  the 
member,   which  sujns  are  partly   raised  by  le\aes. 

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,  Sir  George  Alexander,  Sir 
Herbert  Beerbohm  Tree,  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving,  and,  on  the  last  occasdon,  Mr.  Edward 
Terry.  The  Association  assists  to  organise  the  London  theatrical  sports  and  the 
annual  concerts.  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.  Philip  Sheridan,  electrician,  the  Whitney  Theatre  ; 
Financial  Secretary,  Mr'  Wm.  Johnson  :  Committee.  Mr.  W.  G.  Wilton,  property 
master,  the  Vaudeville  ;  !Mr.  E.  J.  Carter,  electrician,  London  Opera  House ;  Mr. 
David  Sheridan,  electrician ;  Mr.  Geo.  Bailey,  master  carpenter  for  Mr.  Fred 
Terry :  ^Ir.  H.  "S.  Henley,  Property  Department,  the  London  Opera  House ; 
Mr.  'Wm.  Sandall ;  Mr.  A.  Earnshaw,  electrician,  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre ; 
and  Mr.  G.  W.  Wilcox,  property  master.  Office,  1,  Broad  Court  Chambers,  Bow 
Street,   London,    W.C.      Telephone,   8753    Central. 


NATIONAL    ASSOCIATION     OF   CINEMATOGRAPH    OPERATORS. 

(Branch  No.  10,    N.A.T.E.) 

This  Association  was  established  in  April,  1907.  Its  office  is  1,  Broad  Court 
Chambers,  Bow  Street,  London,  W.C.  Its  members  are  qualified  operators  of 
animated  picture  apparatus. 

Objects  : — (a)  To  protect  and  promote  the  interests  of  qualified  operators,  and 
to  raise  the  status  of  their  profession,  [b)  To  encourage  among  its  members  a 
knowledge  of  the  science  of  new  inventions  affecting  their  business,  (r)  To  establish 
a  standard  of  proficiency  by  a  qualifying  examination.  (d)  To  secure  the  recogni- 
tion of  a  minimum  rate  of  pay  for  each  class  of  work,  (e)  To  establish  an  employ- 
ment register,  and  to  assist  members  with  legal  advice  and  assistance  at  the  dis- 
cretion  of    the   Committee. 

Entrance  fee,  5s.  Contribution,  Is.  6d.  per  month,  being  for  General  and 
Benevolent  Funds. 

Certificates  are  issued  to  members  passing  an  examination,  particulars  of  which 
are  supplied  on  application. 

Present  Officers  : — President  and  Acting  Hon.  Secretary,  Mr.  E.  H.  Mason  ; 
Vice-President,  Mr.  A.  Malcolm. ;  Treasurer,  Mr.  Wm  Johnson ;  Finance  Com- 
mittee and  Trustees,  Messrs.  E.  H.  Mason,  A.  Malcolm,  and  John  Hutchins ; 
Managing  Committee,  Messrs.  E.  S.  Catten,  H.  McDonnell,  T.  C.  Field,  F.  W^ 
Green,  J.   Hutchins,  A.  Sayers,  and  W.   Watson. 

At  the  April  examination  fifty-three  members  obtained  certificates  of  pro- 
ficiency,  and   a   large   number    competed    in   the   December   examination. 

Full  particulars  of  membership  and  benefits  supplied  post  free  on  application 
to  the  Hon.  Secretary,  at  1,  Broad  Street  Chambers,  Bow  Street,  London,  W.C. 


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PLAYS    OF    THE   YEAR. 

BEING    A    COMPLETE    LIST    WITH    FULL    CAST    OF    NEW    PLAYS    AND    IMPORTANT 
REVIVALS   PRODUCED    IN    THE    UNITED   KINGDOM    DURING   THE    YEAR   1911. 


*  Indicates  revival. 

t  Produced  at  a  matinee. 

+  Previously  produced  in  the  provinces. 

11  Produced  by  amateurs. 

If  Played  only  for  the  purpose  of  .securing  the  statutory  stage  right. 


JANUARY. 

1.%The  Boss,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  E.  S. 
Sheldon — St.  James's. 

2.\\The  Maid  of  Orleans,  sa&red  drama,  in 
Ave  scenes,  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Hugh  Ben- 
eon — Westminster  Cathedral  Hall. 

2.t-Yo  Mother  to  Guide  Her.  drama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Xita  Rae.  (Originally  produced, 
January  20,  1910,  Gaiety,  Miusselburgli). 
William  Saxby    ....    Mr.   George   GormJey 

Felix  Campbell   Mr.  Bernard  J.  Liel! 

Rev.  Tom  Pelham   ..   Mr.   Win.  Ueilbronn 

Bill  Bunce   Mr.  Hugh  Travers 

Bob  Coleman    Mr.  Will  Glaze 

Tim  Tiddlebat   Mr.  Tom  Bea.sley 

James    Mr.  Charles   Drew 

Policeman  X491  Mr.  Edward  Halsey 

John  Smart  Mr.  Charles  Addison 

Warder  Mr.  Frederick  Wynne 

W'illiam   Mr.  William  Rodney 

Mil'icent  Saxby   Miss  Roma  Pendrous 

Julia  Patterson  . .  Miss  Georgette  Thierry 

Nan  Miss  Betty  Seymour 

—Royal,  Stratford. 

1.*Th.e  Scarlet  Pimpernel,  romantic  comedy, 
in  four  acts,  by  Baronets  Orczy  Barstow 
and  R.  Rose.  (Originally  produced  at  the 
Royal,  Nottingham,  October  15,  1903; 
New,  January  5,  1905).  Last  performance 
(the  32nd)  January  28.— New. 

2.  The  Crock  of  Gold,  Irish  comedy,  by  P. 
Charles  Carragher. 

Lady  Xorah  McBride   Mmc.  Zerafa 

Randall  O'Mara   Mr.  George  Smith 

Bryan  O'Lynn    Mr.   R.   P.   To 

Kitty  jMiss  M.  King 

Burney  Mr.  P.  Charles  Carragher 

—Theatre,   .Arbroath. 

3.;ir?ie  Battle  of  Life,  play,  in  three  acts, 
dramatised  from  Dickens  by  E.  Clarence 
Boielle. 

Dr.  Jeddler   Mr.  C.  F.  Snellsrove 

Michael  Warden.. Mr.  W.  V.  d'Authereaii 
Alfred  Heathfield.  .Mr.   C.  H.  d'Authereau 

Benjamin  Britain Mr.  Max  Le  Feuvre 

Mr.   Snitchy   Mr.   Reg.   Grandin 

Mr.  Craggs  Mr.  E.  Clarence  Boielle 

Mr.  Jeftrevs  Mr.  Bert  Le  Sueur 

William  Newton   Mr.  A.   Randall 

Georae  Newton  Mr.  H.  J.  Fairchild 

Grace   Jeddler    Miss  Connie  Oldridge 


The  Battle  oj  Life  {rontinued). 

Marion  Jeddler  ....  Miss  Vera  Le  Caudey 

,      Clemency   Mrs.  E.  C.  Boielle 

Mrs.  Snitchey   Miss  Ida  Le  Feuvre 

Mrs.  Craggs  Miss  L.  Oldridge 

.4unt  Martha  Mrs.  Evans 

Mrs.  Jeffreys  Miss  M.  Le  Feuvre 

Little  Marion Little  Jeannette  Boielle 

—Oddfellows'    Hall,  Jersey. 

i.  Is  Matrimony  a  Failure?  farce,  in  three 
acts,  adapted  by  Leo  Ditrichstein,  from 
the  German  of  Oacar  Blumenthal  and 
(iustav  Kadelburg.  Last  performance 
(the   31st)    February   3. 

The  HusB.iNDS. 

Skelton  Perry  Mr.  Charles  Bryant 

Hugh  Wheeler   Mr.  Harry  Ashford 

Albert  Rand  Mr.  Arthur  Longley 

Jasper  Stark  Mr.  F.  H.  Denton 

David  Meek  Mr.  Leslie  Hamer 

Dr.  Hoyt  Mr.  E.  A.  Coventry 

George   Wilson    Mr.   Stephen  Bond 

Lem  Borden  Mr.  Lawrence  White 

Frank  Bolt  Mr.  Paul  Arthur 

Thh  Wives. 

Fanny  Perry  Miss  Edyth  Latimer 

Kate  Wheeler  Miss  Rosina  Filippi 

Alice  Rand   Miss  Gladys  Storey 

.^nnie  Stai'k  Miss  Dorothy  F.ine 

Lucy  Meek  Miss  Mary  Dibley 

Helen  Hoyt  Miss  Amy  Ravenscrott 

Julia  Wilson   Miss  Olive  Tempest 

Natalie  Borden .Miss  Edith  Cuthbert 

Madge  Bolt   Miss  Ellis  Jeffreys 

Paul  Barton Mr.  Kenneth  Douglas 

Lulu  Wheeler  Miss  Lettice  Fairfax 

Carrie  Miss  Beatrice  Ainley 

—Criterion. 

i.\\The  Dark  Lady,  farce,   in  three  acts,    by 

Leopold  Montague — Town  Hall.Crediton. 

6-  A    Matter    of    Agreement,    pLay,    In   three 
acts,  by  Lyddell  Sawyer,  produced  Ly  the 
English  Play   Society. 
Eric   Grahamc   Mr.   Guy  Lpigh-Pembertcn 

Richard  Brown Mr.  J.  Henry  Tvjtord 

Bernard    Moore    Mr.   Charles    Weit.yss 

Counit.  Lucian  Dubois  Mr.  T.  Arthur  Jouts 

Wilkins    Mr.    C.    Giose 

May  Moore   Misis  Doris  Digbv 

Nancy  Grahame  Miss  Murie'  MeeK 

Mrs.  Stella  Ga.scoigne  Miss  Ella  Diron 

—County  Hall, Guildford. 


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JAN. 


6.  Vive  I'Empereurl  play  in  one  act,  by  Cap- 
tain Adrian  Porter,  produced  by  the  Eng- 
lish riay  Society. 
General  Von  Falkenstein 

Mr.  Arthur  Hsnds 

Otto    Mr.    Henry    Middlernas 

Henri  de  I'EncIos  ..Mr.  T.  Arthur  J'^nesi 

Sergeant  Lefevre   Mr.  George  Th>j]as 

Eauil  .Mr.  Will  A.  Arch 

Margaret  Miss  Marie  Daventry 

—County   Hall,   Guildford. 

7.'A  IValtz  Dream,  operetta,  in  three  acts, 
music  by  Oscar  Straus,  book  by  Felix 
Doerman  and  Leopold  Jaeobson,  lyrics  by 
Adrian  Rose.  (.Orifrinally  produced  at  the 
Hicks,  March  7,  1908.)  Last  perform .ui'-e 
(the  lOCth)  April  29. 

Lieutenant  Niki Mr.  Robert  Michaelia 

Count  Lothar  Mr.  W.  H.  Berry 

Lieutenant  Mont-schi Mr.  Alec  Fraser 

Vlax  Bauer  Mr.  Willie  Warde 

Herr  Krantz  Mr.  W.  J.  Douglas 

Weadolin   Mr.  Charles  Coleman 

SigLsmund    Mr.    Garnet   Wilson 

Joachim  XIII Mr.  J.   F.  McArdle 

Princess  Helena  Miss  'Amy  Evana 

Frederica   Miss  Norah   Barry 

Fifl  Miss  May  Marten 

Hana    Miss   B.   Von   Brunner 

Emmie   Mi.«s   Kitty   Hanson 

Rezzi    Miss   Barbara   Dunbar 

Pepzi   Miss   Gladys  Guy 

Lizzi  Miss  F.  Le  Gay 

Fritzi  Miss  M.  Mitchell 

Mitzi  Miss  May  Hobson 

Hella  Miss  Gertrude  Glyn 

Franzi  Miss  Lilv  Elsie 

—Daly's. 

9.1! The  Curse  of  Carados,  musical  comedy,  in 
two  acts,  written  by  Dudley  J.  Symon, 
composed  by  Frederick  J.  Bodilly. 

Duke  of  Carados Mr.  George  Grton 

Yglais   Miss  Florence  Burton 

Isoulde  Miss  Dorothy  Webb 

Grummorsum   Mr.   Arthur  Wilkie 

Malagrine   Mr.   Joseph  Mumbray 

Master  Petitpois  ..  Mr.  Stanley  Dalwood 

Sir  Lionel  Dougal Mr.  Arthur  Symons 

Sir   Gareth  Bragwaine.  .Mr.   Alfred  Bellis 

Edwin  Mr.  John  Sankey 

Elspeth  McQuisker   ;Mr.   Alan  Symon 

—Church  Hall,   Britannia  Row,  N. 
n.'lThe  Drone,  play,   by   Rutherford  Mayne— 
Garrick  Chambers,  Stockport. 

12.  The  Deliverer,  tragic  comedy,  in  one  act, 
by  Lady  Gregory. 

Dan   Mr.   Arthur  Sinclair 

Ard   Mr.  Fred  O'Donovan 

Malachi  Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

Dan's  Wife   Miss  Maire  O'Neill 

Malachi's  Wife  Miss  Sara  Allgood 

.\rd's  Wife Miss  Maire  nic  Shiubhlaigh 

A  Steward  Mr.  Sydney  J.  Morgan 

King's  Nurseling Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigan 

An  Officer Mr.  Brinsley  Macnamara 

— Abbey,  Dublin. 

12.1  The  New  Harem,  comic  opera,  by  Oscar 
Parker— Little. 

14*'J7ie  Winter's  Tale,  Mr.  Richard  Flanagan's 
revival  of  Shakespeare's  comedy,  in  five 
acts.  ^ 

Leontes   Mr.   Percy   Rhodes 

Mamillius    Miss   Doris   Peace 

CamiUo   Mr.  Norman   Partrifege 

Antigonus   Mr.    William   Calvert 

Cleomenes  Mr.  G.  Shadwell 

Dion   Mr.   Alfred   Billiard 

Polixenea   Mr.  C.    P.    Wentworth 

Florizel    Mr.    Harvey    Brab.nn 

Archidamus    Miss    Amy  'Horrocks 

Mopsa   Mr.  BrownlecHayes 

Dorcas  Miss  Gillian  Winter 


Tlu  Winter's  Tale  (continuech. 

Neatherd   Miss  Betty  Manners 

Phocian    Mr.   W.   F.   Stirling 

Tha&iua   Mr.  Chas.   I".   Johnson 

Shepherd   Mr.   H.   Marston  Clifford 

Clown    Mr.    J.    D.    Fox 

Autolycua    Mr.    Ryder    Boys 

Mariner   Mr.  J.   R.  Damley 

Jailor    Mr.    McJville   Chiswell 

Time  Mr.   Keith   Fraser 

Hermione    Miss   Nora    Lancaster 

Perdita  Miss  Lilian  Christine 

Paulina    Miss    Una    Ra&hleigh 

Emilia    Miss    Ponsonby    Hartshorn 

Lamia Mi^ss  Muriel  Hunt 

— Queen's,  Manchester. 

16.  Only  a  Mill  Girl,  four-act   melodrama,  by 

Sheila  Walsh. 

John  R>aymond   Mr.  Harry  Foxwell 

Jack  Aynsleigh  Mr.  Denis  Renlon 

George  Thornton  ..  Mr.  Leonard  Harrison 

Isaac   Bernstein    Mr.    Harry    Rignold 

Horace  Shuttleworth  Mr.  Cecil   Raymond 
Ricliard  Tliornton  ....  Mr.  Henry  1  ravers 

Sammy   Siiarp   Mr.  Joim  Talford 

Jona.s  Wilkins  ....  Mr.  Ernest  Broadhurst 

Ben  SutLars   Mr.   Alex.  Thurston 

Police-constable  90 Mr.  Arthur  Baron 

Sir  William   Uk   ..   Mr.  T.  Henry   Melton 
Prosecuting  Counsel  Mr.  Bertram  Taylor 

Defending  Counsel    Mr.    Tom    Myers 

Mary    Raymond    MLss    Elsie    Shelton 

Martha  Sampson  ..  Miss  CLssie  Cleveland 

Constance  Darvill  ....   Miss  Muriel  Ingiis 

— Junction,  Manchester. 

\7AThe  Trap,  light  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Alice  Clayton  Greene.     (Produced  by  the 
Oncomers'   Society.) 
Sir  Jas.  Meredith  Mr.  P.  Clayton  Greene 

Captain  Loftos  Mr.  H.  K.  Aylill 

Peek    Mr.    Wj-nne    Weaver 

Humphrey  Travers  ....   Mr.   Wilton  Roiss 
Hon.    George  Bumaby 

Mr.  G.  Leigh-Pemberton 
Lady  Philippa  Somers  Miss  E.  Anton  Lang 
.Nettiie  Gowan  ..  Miss  Beatrice  Fitzgerald 

Margery   Gowan   Miss  Nancy   York 

Saunders   Mi^   Grace   Richardson 

Natalie Miss  Nell  Du  Maurier 

Mrs.  Philbrick   Miss   Ina   Royle 

Mrs.    Egiiston    Miss  Nita    Aahby 

Lady  Meredith Miss  Dai^y  Atherton 

—Little. 

IT.t.l  Poem  in  Pantomime  (from  "  The  Birth 
of  the  Opal,"  from  "  Poe>nis  of  Pleasure," 
by  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox),  arranged  by 
Violet  Fumivall,  music  by  George  Saker. 
(Produced   by   the  Oncomers'   Society.) 

Sunbeam    Miss    May    Saker 

Moonbeam   Miss  Violet  Fumivall 

Ohorua    Miss  Sydney   Keith 

—Little. 

17.  '/he  Saloon,   play,   in  one  aot,   by   Henry 

James. 

Owen  Wingrave  ..  Mr.  Everard  Vanderlip 

Spencer  Coyle Mr.  Halliwell  Hobbes  / 

Bobby  Lechmere  Mr.  Owen  Nares''^ 

Mrs.  Coyle  Miss  Frances  Wetherall 

Mrs.  Julian   Miss  Mary   Stuart 

Kate  Julian   Miss  Dora  Barton 

—Little. 
19.  Preserving  Mr.  Panmure,    comic    play,    in 
four  acta,  by  Arthur  Wing  Pinero.    Last 
performance  (the  99th)  April  15. 
Rt.    Hon.    Reg.    Stulkeley 

Mr.  Dawson  Milward 
Talbot  WoodhouscMr.  Dion  Boucicault 
St.  John  Panmure  ....  Mr.  A.  Playfair 
Alfred    Hebblethwaite    Mr.    Ed.    Maurice 

Hugh    Lortng    Mi-.    Pupert   Lumley 

Brabner    Mr.    Frederick   Culley 

Kit^ts Mr.   Lance   Georg« 


TK^  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK. 


135 


J'icMitiii'j  Mi\  Panmure  (coidhtuea). 

Grant    Mr.    Lewis    Fielder 

Mrs.  Panmure  ..   Miss  Lilian  Braithwoite 

Myrtle   Miss  Iris  Hawkins 

Mrs.   Hebblethw'aite   Miss   K.   Sergeianteon 
Dulcie  Anstioe   . .   Miss  Marguerite  Leslie 

Miiis  Stulkeley    Miss   Ada   Ferrar 

Josepha   Quarendoo    ..    Miss   Marie   Lohr 
—Comedy. 

ZO.'!,The  Price  She  Paid,  drama,  by  B.  Mervyn 
Fox.  (Production,  April  17,  Gaiety,  Burn- 
ley; London  production,  June  12,  Royal, 
Stratford). — Standard,    Hetton. 

23.  The     Governor-General,     musical     comedy 

drama,  in  three  acts,  by  J.  A.  Poulton. 
Sir  Cuthbert  Darling  Mr.  E.  Floyd  Gwyne 
Captain  Bartley  Pagett  ..  Mr.  A.  Stuart 
Hon.  Algernon  Fitzmorris 

Mr.  J.  Harrington 
Admiral  Fairfax,  R.M.  ..  Mr.  G.  Downs 
Dick  Crawshaw  ..  Mr.  George  H.  Doyle 
Lieut.    Frank   Fairfax.. Mr.   C.   H.    Seaton 

John   Harding    Mr.   Norman   Purnell 

Bill    Scupper    Mr.    Jack    Minto 

Ethel  Fairfax  Miss  E.  Hope 

Mildred    Fairfax    Miss    Miay    Stuart 

Florence  Elton  Mil-s  Connie  Meadows 

Dolly   Harcourt    Miss  Mollie  Le  Mair 

— Grand,  Gainsborough. 

2iABefore    Sunrise,    one-act    play,   by    Bessie 
Hatton. 
Mr.  William  Sewell  ..  Mr.  Thomas  Sidney 

Tom  Bullock    Mr.  Charles  Thursby 

Mrs.    Sewell    Miss   Estelle    Stead 

Caroline   Miss  Dorothy  Minto 

Mary  Swayne  Mis6  Cicely  Hamilton 

Jane  Miss  Winifred  Mayo 

—Little. 

24.  Afterwards,     play,    in    one    act,    by     Miss 

Robertson.    (London  production,  May  19, 
St.   James's). 

Kitty   Miss  Dulcie  Greatwich 

Her  Nurse   Miss  Amy  Coleman 

Miss  Wilson  Miss  Winifred  Emery 

— Devonshire  Park,  Ea.stboume. 

2A.\\Man  Proposes;  Woman  Disposes,  a  one  act 
comedietta  by  C.  Edgar  May. 

Vera  Illington   Miss  Mabel  Smith 

Basil  Lever   Mr.  C.  Edgar  May 

Phyllis    Miss  Grace    Cluer 

—St.    Peter's   Hall,    Horusey. 

26. t4  Lesson  in  Rinking,  comedy,  in  one  act, 
by  Lewis  Y.  Dalrymple.  (Originally  pro- 
duced at  the  Public  Hall,  Birchington, 
August    13,   1910.) 

Mrs,  Pride    Miss  Elsa  Hall 

Trixy   Miss  LiUie  Fordham 

Algy   Mr.  Harry  Parker 

Reuben  Brown   ....    Mr.   S.   J.   Chapman 
— Rehearsal. 

zeABouquets  for  Breakfast,  farce,  in  one  act, 
by   Lewis    T.   Dalrymple.    (S.P.,     October 
18,  1910,  Ladbroke  Hall,  W.) 
Mr.  James  Holston  ..  Mr.  S.  J.  Chapman 

Mrs.   Holston    Miss  Lillie   Fordham 

The  Page    Mr.   Harry    Parker 

La  Senorita   Miss  Elsa  Hall 

—Rehearsal. 

2G.]The  Contest,  play,  by  Jessica  Solomon. 

Miss    Ross    Miss   Sydney    Keith 

Nora  Mil's  Miss  Hilda  Honiss 

Marv    Brown    Miss    Walton 

Mrs."   Bell    Miss   Rose   Yule 

— Lyceum  Club. 

2G.  Wedding  Bells,  opera,  in  two  acts,  by 
Emanuel  Moor,  words  by  L.  v.  Ferro,  and 
translated  by  Alix  Grein. 

Gertruae    Miss   Marie  Brema 

Agnes   Miss  Edith"  Hallif ax 


WeJdiiKj  Belh  (conlinued). 

Kathrein    Miss    Norah    Morton 

Gottfried   Mr.  Spencer  Thomas 

Ulritli    Mr.    Allan    Glen 

Peasant  Women : — Misses  Dillon,  Wes- 
terhout.  Weir,  Thorpe.  Peasant  Man:— 
Mr.  Henry  Early.  Children :— .Miss  Estelle 
Gill,   Master    Woodgate— Savoy. 

26.  A  Water  Dance,  "  thought  out  "  and  ar- 
ranged by  Miss  Marie  Brema  on  Bendel's 
music,  orcliestrated  by  Frank  Bridge. 
Dancers :  Miss  Ruby  Ginner,  Miss  Una 
Reynolds,  Mr.  Allan  Glen. 

— Savoy. 

2C.  La  Pompadour,  opera,  in  two  acts,  by 
Emanuel  Mo6r,  words  by  L.  v.  Ferro,  and 
A.    L.    Moor,   translated   by   AUx   Grein. 

Louis  XV Mr.   Frank   Sinclair 

La  Pompadour   Miss  Marie  Brema 

Ath6nals  d'Annebault.  .Miss  Gladys  Honey 

Jeanne    Miss    Audrev    Douglas 

Li.<H3   Miss  Estelle  Gill 

Rose   Miss  Doris  Simpson 

Chevalier  de  Vauvert  ..Mr.    Francis    Braun 
Comte  de  Vauvert  ..Mr.  Frederick  Dillon 

King's  Messenger   Mr.  George  Herbert 

The  Abb6    Mr.  Percy  Hewitt 

First   Soubrette    Miss   Weir 

Second  Soubrette  Miss  Thorpe 

— Savoy. 

26.  King  Argimenes  and  the  Unknown  Warrior, 
fantastic  mythological  play,  in  two  acts, 
by  Lord  Dun^any.  (London  production  as 
King   Argimenes,  June  26,  Court.) 

King    Argimenes   Mr.   Fred  O'Donovan 

Zarb      Mr.  J.   M.    Kerrigan 

An    Old    Slave    Mr.    Frtd    Harford 

A  Y'oung  Slave  ..Mr.  Brinsley  Macnamara 

A   Prophet    Mr.    J.    A.   O'Rourke 

The  King's  Overseer  ..Mr.  Ambrose  Power 

King  Darniak   Mr.   Arthur  Sinclair 

The  Idol  Guard   ..Mr.   Sydney  J.   Morgan 
Keeper   of   the   King's    Dog 

Mr.  Eric  Gorman 

Queen  Oxara   Miss  Maeve  O'Donnell 

Queen    Atharlia    Miss    Sara    Allgood 

Queen  Cahafra  Miss  Maire  O'Neill 

Queen    Thragolind 

Miss  M.   N.   Shinbhlaugh 
— Abbey,   Dublin. 

26. *Jo^n    Gabriel    Borkman,    William  Archer's 

translation    of    Henrik    Ibsen's  play    in 

four    acts    (originally    produced  May    3, 
1897,   Strand)— Court. 

26.  Winter  Sport,  one-act  play,  dramatised  by 
Dorothy  Brandon  from  "  The  Davoseps  " 
— Lyceum  Club. 

27-  A  Real  Han,  dramatic  sketch,  in  one  scene, 
by   Basil    Mitchell. 

Dandy    Dave    Mr.    Hubert    Helliwell 

Silver   Pete    Mr.   Edwin   Clarke 

Starchy    Marlow    Mr.    Arthur    Lowery 

Red  Hot  Slocum  Mr.  J.  A.  Wilson 

Mabel   Clayton    Miss    Ada  Bender 

— Opera   House,   Wakefield. 

28.^rhe  Page,  dramatic  costume  sketch,  by 
Charles  Masse. 

Lady    Harfleld    Misa    Dora    Pass 

Sir  Roger  Leyton  Mr.  Victor  Gordon 

Dorothy  Hale   Miss  Cherry   Veheyne 

— Empire,    Oldham.- 

29  The  Little  Stone  House,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  George  Calderon.  (Produced  by  the 
Stage  Society.)  ^ 

Varv^ra   Miss  Eily  Malyon    / 

A8t6ryi   Mr.  Franklin  Dyall 

Spiridon       Mr.    Leon    M.    Lion 

Fomd      Mr.  Stephen  T.   Ewart 

Mina       Mrs.    Saba    Raleigh 

A   Stranger     Mr.   O.   P.   Heggie 

A    Corporal    Mr.   E.    Cresfan 

— Aldwych. 


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THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK. 


JAN. -FEB. 


29.  Pride  of  Lift.  coineJy.  in  one  act,  by  Aeb^ 
ley    Dukis.       (Producod     by      the     Stage    , 

utchef-Grant    •  •  •  •  Mi=*%i:<^"«^'°P„% ^Vx-fton 

Mtpv  Miss    Anne    Oa.>ton 

Krt   SaleVby    Mr    Thomas  Sidney 

Howard    Grant    ..Mr.  .\""o"  .^,^5^i 

Millie    Brandon    Miss    ^Ja^^fJ,;^J.°}, 

29  The  Pamng  of  Talma,  tratri-comedy  in 
one  ax-t.  t?;ui5lated,  from  the  Gennan  of 
Arraiii  Kricdmann  and  Alfred  i;o'g-'^i„°y 
H     A.    Hertz.    (Produced    by    the    btage 

^timf^  Mr.    Henry    Ainley 

Doctor    Liplace    v^r.    Arthur    Cnrti^ 

Mimi  G6rard   Miss  Maxme^Hmton 

31  *Thc    Witch,   plav,    in   four   acts,   from   th.» 

''■^Norwegian,     by'  H.    Wiers-Jennsen      Mu 

Knglish      ver.^ion      by      John  ^Masefit  d. 

(Original  British  production.  October   10. 

1910,  Rovalty,  Glasgow.)  j.    .   ,  „„„i, 

Merete  BeyeV  Miss  Janet  A  church 

T,„nt.p  Miss  Helen    bouiiur 

|nSe  Pedersdotter.  -Miss^^Linah^  McC^aHhy 

n'^avid     '.■.■.■  "mV.   Laurence  Hanray 

Hersfof^-Ma^te   ..  Miss  P-^nelope  Wheeler 

SS-Jorgau..     ....^Ir..H.^Brewer 

Town  Guards   ...     Mr.    Stuart   Musgrove 

^  Mr.  W  ilham  Fare 
Mester  Olaus  ....   Mr.  Kenyon  Musgrive 
Mester   Laurentius..Mr     George    Ingleton 
Mester  Johannes  ....  Mr.  Arthur  Whitby 
The  Bishop  Mr.  Ralph  Button 


To  Serve  the  Cross  {eontintied). 

Thomas  Bartlett  ....Mr.  Ernest  E.  Norris 

Sai^"Sn-:;;;::M^^<^£K 

E.   P.   Dustin    xVp'%     RnrreTl 

C.  H.   Blackburn    Mr.   C.   S    Burrell 


FEBRUARY. 

1.  The  Witness  for  the  Defence,  v^ay,  >n  fo"r 

acts,  by  A.  K.  W.  Mason.    Last  perform- 
ance (the  150th),  June  24. 

Henry  Thresk  Mr.  George  A kxander 

Steohen  Ballantyne  Mr.  Lyston  Lyle 

Harold   Hazlewood   ....Mr    Alfred  Bishop 

■Richard  Hazlewood  .Mr.  Lesbe  Faber 

Robert  Pettifer  ....Mr.  Sydney  Valentine 
Hiihhard  Mr.   E.   Vivian   Reynolds 

\  Servant •     Mr.  F.  Arundel 

Bafam'singh  v.- Mr.  G.  Trevor  Roller 

Stella  Ballantyne   Miss  Ethel  Irving 

Mrs.  Pettifer  ^^^  ^^'j^^. 

2.  The  Popinjay,  play,  in  four  acts,  founded 

on  Alphonse  Daudefs  "  I^s  Rois  en  Exil, 
by  Bovle  Lawrence  and  i  rederick   Mouil- 
lot.    Last  performance   (the  147th),   June 

King  Crnristian  II -Mr    Fred  Terry 

Vrince  Zara  Master  Eric  Kae 

Duke  von  Rosen.... Mr.  J.  Carter-Edwards 

Count  Herbert  von  Rosen  r\,^rr^ 

Mr.  Malcolm   Cherry 

Elvs^e  M6raut  Mr.   Alfred  Kendriok 

Lebeau   Mr.  H.  Humherston  Wrigin 

Boscovitch         ..Mr.  J.  L.  Dale 

Marquis  of  Hezeta   ..Mr.   PhiUp  Merivale 

Tom  Lewis  Mr.  Frederick  Groves 

Sauvadon    Mr.   Horace   Hodget. 

Office  Bov  Mr.  R.  Easten  Pickerin:^ 

Mafor  Domo    Mr.   LesUe  Gordon 

First  Servant      Mr.  John  Beamish 

Second  Servant  ....Mr.  Harold  Anstruther 

Sdnhora  Lewis  Miss  Miriam  Lewes 

Countess  von  Rosen.. Mi-ss  Molly  Terraine 
Queen  Fr6J6rique  Miss  Julia  Ne»lson 

SS.To  Seme  the  Cross,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
rIv.^^'j.  Bartlett Mr.  F.  A.  Marston 


Andre  jv  Strong 


Mr.  A.   Wilson 


Anareiv   ounjng    ;.       ii„«,„  -noil 

Edward  Stevens   V,^/'\Kr  Dale 

Jem   Coburn    -Mr.-    -\,V7vnrrs 

Rose  Creighton  ^'^f i?-^'*l  vvrne 

Mrs.  Mary  Bartlett  ^'^^i^alston 

i::The  Queen    of    Spades    «n«-'«=*/!:^"fJ^S 
sketch,    by    Cecil    C.    Lewis    and    Mitloru 

Baron'Von  HoI^'.T:^^.  ^Ut^«^d  ^'""".^^ 

Sf  '''^^ :::::-:^:m^^."S- 

Marcelle   D'Auvergne^.^  _^_  Reeves-Smith 
—Public   Hall,   Epsom. 

4    Under  the   Rose,   play,   in   three    acts,   by 
Minnie      Douglas.       (Produced     by     the 
English  Play  Society). 
Sir  Arthur  Stuart-Oonng^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^ 

Lord    Frederick    Con^table^    ^^^^  ^^^^,^ 

G-f^-^-''----::^^:;^Ii-s;'ffiS 

^ll'^r v. ■.■..... Mr.  Frank  Gordon 

Agnes  (Madame  Ranier,  ^^.^^^^  ^uddington 

Mareot  ATacKie Miss  Caroline  Fentou 

T  P  .1?  DaviM-wii       Miss  Doris  Digby 

ildy  Stuan^Goring   ....^liss  A_gneB^^I-lay 

4.  Madatne's   Holiday,   v^^y.  in   one   act    by 
Cecil    Brough    (produced   by    the    EngiiMi 
Play  Society).       . 
Sir  Mairice   Less.ngham  ^     ^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^ 

?-if— ^':^-.r'Su^^'^^e 

v,t^llp'Andr6e'.'.' Mrs.  Alice  Hasluck 

Ladf  letlngtm  ....Miss  Mar^^Daventry 

4    Those  Who  Buetl  on  the  Threshold,  drama, 
in  four  acts,  by  Grace  )  asey. 

Varian  Brande  Mr.  C-^a^-^.  Lester 

Tr,hn  Taird  Mr.  Sidney  C.  am 

^■aSain'Kilovitch  -•::>I^-,a  Mercer 

Stafford   Guthrie    Mr.    Albert  Gu>on 

Jack    Guthrie    ;V  " '  \     w    knrman 

General  Guthrie  ■  ■  ■ ; ; :^^^^- ^•^'^^ 

Mser  Brande-'.V....Mn   H^^ry   C.   G^^^lpm 

Qjjjpljg  Mr.  Horace  UucKiey 

Rev.   mVV  Goodm^in    ^^^^.^^^   Christopher 


The  Keeper 


..Mr.  R.  Ernstone 


i"^h                       ..'.'... Miss   Alice  Hamer 
4i''°    ; ■ Miss  Berthe  Harvey 


Hope 
Charity 


.Miss  Claire   Daine 
.Miss  Olive  Mclba 


4    Outcast,  The.  melodrama,  in  one  act,  by 
Cecil  C.  Lewis  and  Mitford  Varcoe 

^rFo'ester-.-.V Mr    Cecil  C.  Lewis 

^r>-  «-"•>   •.•.V.Miss'^Stella'M^rl^^ 

^'^   —Town  Hall,  Epsom. 

4    'Enery    Brown,    one-act    play,    by    Edv.ard 
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5.  The  Polygon,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 
Harold  Briglioiise.  (Produced  by  The 
i'lay   Actors.) 

Jim   Pilling   Mr.  H.   K.   Ayliff 

Sally  Pilling   Miss  Lorna  Lawrence 

Janey  Pilling   Miss  Ida  Mansfield 

Walter  Montgomery  . .  Mr.  Frank  Randell 

Stephen  Verity  Mr.  Herbert  Bunston 

Ernest  Smithson   "Mr.  Alfred  Harris 

Samuel  Bamford   ..Mr.  Fewlass  Llewellyn 

Xathaniel  Alcorn  Mr.  James  Gelderd 

Archibald  Vining  Mr.  Allan  Jeayes 

Augustus   Montgomery.. Mr.   H.    Tabberer 

Mrs.    Vining    Miss   Lucy   Sibley 

Mrs.  Montgomery  ..  Miss  Caroline  Fenton 

Lucy  Verity   Miss  Kitty   Carew 

ChaufTeur    Mr.    Wyn    Weaver 

Janet    Miss   Constance   Little 

Maid    Miss   Irene   Malvesyn 

Man    Mr.    Alfred    Bristowe 

—Court. 

G.  For  Love  of  His  Daughter,  melodrama  of 
modern  life,  in  a  prologue  and  eleven 
scenes,  by  H.  Brinsley  Hill  and  J.  H. 
Darnley. 

Characters   in   Prologue. 
Michael  Scholtz  ..   Mr.  Sheffield  Bradford 
Philip  Densmore.  .Mr.  A.   Fellows  Bassett 

John   Ware    Mr.   John' B.    Shinton 

Fleming    Mr.    Phil    Kaymond 

P.C.  1408  C   Mr.  William  Longshoe 

Anna   Scholtz   Miss  Helene  Forrest 

Characters   in    Play. 
Francis,  Earl  of  Standish  Mr.  Chas.  Kcan 
Philip  Densmore.. Mr.  A.  Fellows  Bassett 

John  Ware  Mr.  John  B.  Shinton 

Timothy  Podmore   ni-.   Chas.   Cecil 

Pierre    Mr.    Percy    Warlow 

Jean   Baptiste    Mr.    Phil   Raymond 

Manservant   Mr.   William   Longshoe 

Det.-Insp.  Forster..Mr.  Sheffield  Bradford 

Joshua   Plymm    Mr.    J.    H.    Terrell 

Dorothy    Miss    Denise    Paul 

Alphonsine    Miss    Nina    Osborne 

Mrs.  E.  K.  Bronson..Miss  Mabel  Stewart 

Baroness  de  Clinchy...Miss  H^lfene  Forest 

—Palace,    Newcastle. 

(',.  A  Wife  for  a  Day,  drama,  by  W.  V. 
Garrod.  (London  production,  April  17, 
Fulham). 

Arthur   Smith   Mr.   Scott  Leighton 

Montague  Turton    Mr.   Franlv   Dallas 

Frank   Morath   ..    Mr.    Alex.   J.   Haviland 

Henry   Smith    Mr.   Fred    Wilberforce 

Watson  Mr.  J.  Sutton-Pateman 

Mrs.   Bardsley   Miss   Alice  Clarke 

Adolphe    Brisson    Mr.    H.    Fredericks 

MoYia  Denlock   Miss  Bertha  K'ngston 

Anthony  Denlock   Mr.  W.  V.  Garrod 

Millie  Turton    Miss  Phyllis    Vaughan 

—Royal,    Macclesfield. 

C.  Lonesome-like,  one-act  play,  by  Harold 
Brighouse. 

Sarah  Ormrod Miss  Gwynneth  Galton 

Emme  Briely   Miss  Margaret  Nybloc 

Rev.  Frank  Alliyne   Mr.   Walter   Roy 

Sam    Horrocks    Mr.    E'tTmond    Breon 

—Royalty,    Glasgow. 

'i.  Athene,  farcical  opera,  libretto  by  R.  'J'. 
Nicholson,  mus;c  composed  by  Howard 
Talbot. 

Joy    Miss   Jessie   Rose 

Dolores    Miss   Madge    Campbell 

Athene     Miss    Janet    Grey 

Duke    Glenmuir    Mr.    Dudley    Page 

Graynx    Mr.    W.    S.   Watkins 

Marqiis  Babbingrton  Mr.  B.  M.  Jary 

Deedes    Mr.    S.    Bread 

Silas  Wizz  j...Mr.   A.  P.  Macali.ster 

Cholmondeley    Mr.    Bert   Dennick 

Beauchamp    Mr.    Geo.    Fysh 

Marjoribanks    Mr,    Ralfih    Melton 


Athene  (continued). 

Duchess  Glenmuir  Mrs.  Monkman 

Lady   Drummond  Fyffe   Mrs.    Kirk 

Cora    Miss  Page 

Norah  Miss  Monkman 

■     Dora   Miss   Smith 

—Royal,    King's   Lynn. 

6.*Crrnce,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  W.  Somerset 
Maugham.  (Originally  produced,  October 
15,  1910.  Duke  of  York's).  La.st  perform- 
ance (the  8tli),  February  11. 

6.*The  Speckled  Band,  iplay,  in  three  acts,  by 
Aitliur  Conan  Doy'e.  (OriginaiUy  produced 
June  4,  1910,  Adelphi.)  Last  performance 
(the  21.st),  February  21. 

l.Vrhals,  play,  founded  on  Anatole  France's 
novel  by  Paul  Wilstach. 

Thais  Miss  BLaraka  Stewart 

Damiel    Mr.   Chas.   Combe 

Nicias  Mr.   Danvers 

Hermedorus    Mr.    Paul   Newnes 

Dorion   Mr.  Lionel  Hayzen 

Eucrites    Mr.   Ffed   Marsh 

Chereas  Mr.  Martin  Browne 

Aristobulus Mr.  Sydney  Smith 

Zenothemis  Mr.  Field  Fisher 

Flavian  Mr.  Lawrence  Wren 

Paul    Mr.    George  Charles 

Palemon  )  ir,    t  ^  n  i      i. 

Damon      )' •  Leonard  Calvert 

Adhames  Mr.  Tom  Clarke 

Cephanes   Mr.  Walter  Prieo 

Crobyle    Miss   Kathleen   Reali 

Myrtale  Miss  Marie  Watson 

Drose  Miss  Lucy  Marion 

Philina  Miss  Dorice  Furmc 

Albina  Miss  Vera  Wallace 

— Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

7.  On.  the  Latch,  sketch,  by  Geoffrey  Wilkinson. 

Andrew  Street Mr.  B.  Hatton  Sinclair- 
May  Street   Miss  Mildred   Gilbert 

Miss  Masters   Miss  Rosalind  Ross 

A  Stranger   Mr.  Geoffrey  Wilkinson 

— Rehearsal. 

8.  All      \at    Matters     7)lay,    in   four    acts,    by 

Clbartes  McEvoy      Last   performance    (the 

45tli),  March  18. 

Olive  Kimber  ..  Miss  Phyllis  Neilson  Terry 

Mrs.  Kimber  Miss  Helen  Haye 

Rachel  Strong  Miss  Carlotta  Addison 

Mrs.  Mason   Miss  Clare  Greet 

Phoebe  Mason   Miss  Gladys  Harvey 

Miss  Fenner  Miss  Sydney  Fairbrother 

Miss  Banks   Miss  Enid  Rose 

Maude    Miss  Mabel   Adair 

Mrs.   Boyd   Miss  Agnes  Thomas 

Allan  Hyde  Mr.  NoVman  Trevor 

Stanley  Kimber  ..   Mr.  Charles  V.  France 

Henry  Pacy  Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete 

James  Gill   Mr.  E.  A.  Warburton 

Isaac  Strong  Mr.  J.  Fisher  Wliite 

Kenneth   Mason    Mr.   Charles   Maude 

Mr.  Tisdale   Mr.  H.  R.  Hignett 

Mr.  Twidle   Mr.  Norman  Page 

— Ha.vmarket. 

9.\\The  Inheritance,  drama,  in  one  act,  by  C. 
Edgar  May. 

Richard  Carthew    Mr.  C.  Edgar  May 

Ren6  de  Bourbillon  . .  Miss  Irene  Graham 

Mrs.   Brooks    Miss  Gladys  East 

— Iron   Room,    Stroud    Green,    N. 
13.JT/i^  Ruin  of  Her  Life,  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by   Mrs.   Morton   Powell.     (Originally   pro- 
duced. Royal,  Leicester,  October  31,  1910.) 

Mary  Macaire  \ 

Lady  Selwyn    J-  Mrs.  Charles  Sugden 

"  The  Duchess,"    .  J 

Alice   Little  Florence  Maye 

Alice   Miss  Mary  Vane 

Fairy  Miss  Ethel  Grey 

Fairy  Miss  Hetty  Graham 

Mother  Blight  Miss  L.  Norman 

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The  Ruin  of  Her  Ltfe  (ronlinued). 

Dan  Devil  Macaire Mr.  A.  B.  Mackay 

Eli  Shadwell  Mr.  Sam  Roberts 

Ciiriey  Smiler  Mr.  Johnny  Lconi 

Bill  Buster  Mr.  .J.  I'arrv 

James  Tracey  Mr.  Edward  KeancI 

Harry  Heather  Mr.  Horace  Booth 

Sij-  Philip  Selwyn  ....  Mr.  Henry  C.  Mard 

rollce-Sergt.  Grip   Mr.  J.  W.  Butler 

Ned  Wilde  Mr.  Chas.  Coventry 

—Marlborough. 

13.  The    Heart    Bowed    Down,    melodrama,    in 
four  acts,  by  Mrs.  F.  G.  Kimberley.    Lon- 
don     production.      Lyric      Hammersmith, 
February  27,  under  which   date  see  cast. 
— Junction,  Manchester. 

U.\\Deceivert  Three,  one-act  farce,  by  C.  Edgar 
M  ay. 

Josiah  Browne  Mr.  C.  Edgar  May 

Folly  Fairleigh   Miss  Gladvs  East 

Phyllis  Mise  Grace  Cluer 

Saunders    Mr.  Tony   Rendle 

— Freehold  Social  Inst.,  New  Southgat*. 

15.  The   L<nrlnnd    Wolf,   drama,   in  three   acts, 

translated,  from  the  Spani&h  of  Angel 
Guimera,  by  Wallace  Gillpatrick  and 
Guido  Marburg 

Manelich   Mr.  Martin  Harvey 

Sebastian    Mr.  Charles  Glenney 

Tomas    Mr.    Percy    Foster 

Mosen  Mr.  A.  E.  Eaynor 

.Tose  Mr.  E.  Stidwell 

Nando  Mr.  G.  T.  Lambert 

Peluca   Mr.   A.   Ibber.son 

Morrucho    Mr.   PhiUp  Hewland 

Antonia   Miss  Sybil  Walsh 

Pepa Miss  Brenda  Gibson 

Maria  Miss  Bessie  Elder 

Nuri  Miss  Ethel  Patrick 

Maria  Miss  N.  de  Silva 

— Opera  House,  Leicester. 

16.  Mr.  Jarvis,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Leon  M. 

Lion  and  Malcolm  Cherry  (adapted  from 
Beth  Ellis's  novel,  "  Madam,  will  you 
Walk? ")  I/ast  performance  (the  35th), 
March  18. 

,  Charles  Lebrnn Mr.  Gerald  du  Maurier 

Viscount  Bolingbroke  Mr.    H.   V.    Esmond 
'.,    Lord   Peter  Wildmore   ..Mr.  H.   M.  Allen 

"~Lord  Godolphin   ..Mr.  Leon  Quartermaine 

Sir  Lionel  Pilkerton  Mr.  Ronald  Squire 

Captain  Drnmmond  Mr.  Daniel  McCarthy 
The  Duke  D'Aumont  Mr.  Mervyn  Rentoul 
Sir  George  Holt  Mr.  H.  Lawrence  Leyton 

Mr.  Stanmore  Mr.  Erne=t  Graham 

Andrew  Willis  Mr.  Jules  Shaw 

Jonathan    Fielding    ..Mr.    A.    Willoughby 

Joseph  Mr.  Guy  Gary 

Servant    Mr.    Talbot    Homewood 

Lady  Margaret  Beauchamp 

Miss  Amy  Brandon  Thomas 

Lady  Betty   Acton   Mis«  Dorothy  Bell 

Lady  Anne  Fairfax  Miss  D.  Walker 

Mistress  Cochrane  Miss  Mary  Rorke 

Mistress  Stanmore  Miss  Mary  Leslie 

Mistress  Fielding  ..Miss  Florence  Harwood 

Duchess  of  Marlborough  Miss  H.  Watson 

— Wyndhams. 

16AThe     Fundamental    Principle,    comedy,    in 

three   acts,    by   M.   Stanley   Clark. 

Mrs.    Pelham    Lady   Clarke   Jervoise 

Mrs.  Marchmont Miss  C'.arke  Jervoise 

Mirabelle  Miss  Olive  Stirling 

Mason   Miss  B.  Conyngham    Denison 

John    Marchmont,    K.C.    ..Hon.    8.   Powys 

Capt.   Conway   Seymour   Mr.   V.   Steel 

Mr.   Smithers   ..Mr.   A.    F.  Clark  Jervoise 

Murphy    Mr.   Philip  Streatfleld 

—Criterion. 
16.  Captain   Jack.   play,   by  F.    Cecil— Royalty, 
Morecanibe, 


20.'rhe  Catastrophe,  a  one-act  play,  by  Hubert 
C.  Ferraby  (originally  produced.  Rehearsal, 
March    11,  1909). 

llenry   Holden    Mr.    Alex    Maclean 

Harold    Barnes    ..Mr.    J.    Henry   Twyford 

Mrs.    Montacue    Miss    Mary    Palmer 

Ethel   Holden   Miss  Ethel   Percival 

Marks    Mr.   Langley    Say 

— Opera   House,  Woolwich. 
iO.  Fowl  Play,  one-act  play,  by  Ronald  Howe. 

Gilbert  Warren  Mr.  Reginald  Maurice 

Sybil  Warren Miss  Lorna  Lawrence 

Mr.  Toburth  Mr.  Lambert  Plummer 

Mary   Miss  Esther  Whitehouse 

Boy    Master  Stanley  Groome 

—Broadway. 

20.  His    Child    Wife,    domestic   drama,    in   four 

acts,  by  Frank  LJndo  and  Arthur  Skelton, 

with     incidental     music     composed      by 

Arthur  Skelton. 

Dr.  Arnold  Mayne  Mr.  Frank  Lindo 

James  Hackett  Mr.  Arthur  Bawtree 

Rev.  Harry  Denton  Mr.  Chas.  K.  Franci.» 

Ebenezer   Crouch    Mr.    Arthur   Trail 

Tom    Barker    Mr.   Bert   Dench 

Captain  Fairholmc  ..Mr.  Norman  Chantry 

Col.  Terence  O'Neil   Mr.  Will  Smith 

Jan  Van  Lueyd   Mr.  Tom  Lewis 

Bill    Salem    Mr.    F.    Thompson 

Bob   Balers    Mr.    Sam   Thornton 

Evans  Mr.  H.  Richards 

Flora  Mayne  Miss  Ernestine  Walker 

PhcBbe  Wilkins  Miss  Liza  Coleman 

Smithson     Miss    Trevor 

Ruth  Fairholrae  ..Miss  Marion  Wakeford 
—Brixton. 
20.tThe  Tallyman,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by 
Edward  A.  Parry  (originally  produced. 
Gaiety,  Manchester,  February  28,  1910). 
Charlotte  Maclntyre  Miss   Edyth  Goodall 

Mrs.    Gutterase    Miss   Ada    King 

John  Maclntyre  Mr.  Herbert  Lomas 

Angus   Grant   Mr.   Leonard   Mudie 

— Coronet. 
20     A  Near  Thing,  one-act  play,  by  Charles  H. 
Dickinson. 

Tommy  Carr  Mr.  Gerald  Ames 

Ctto   Lo.venstein    Mr.    Herbert    Druce 

Sergeant  Davis  ..Mr.  Chnrles  B.  Vaughan 

Nell  Cathcart  Miss  Mona  Harrison 

— Prince    of  Wales's. 
20.  Myosota,    comic    opera,    by    John    Birkett, 
jun. 

Tartar   Mr.    4     Darnborough 

Umn   Mr.  W.  R.  Bradbury 

Tr(i:rierl'^i    Mr.    Jess   Haigii 

Pluto   Phenomnibus    I  w,    t^    tit»„«.. 

Woodbine    ,-Mr.   E.   Mason 

Dandelion Mr.   T.   Caton 

Messenger   Mr.   H.   Coulton 

Rowena   Miss  L.   Swain 

Mab    Miss  Nelson 

Meme    Miss   M.   Redhead 

Bertha    Miss  Dorman 

Freda    Miss   M.   Greenwood 

Edith Mrs.    F.    J.    Sibbald 

Myosota    Miss    M.    Shaw 

— Royalty,  Morecambe. 
20.  The  Coiner's  Wife,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
F.  Brooke  Warren. 
Sir  James  Franklyn  ..  Mr.  Tom  T.  Wilson 

Eustace  Dare    Mr.   Vernon    Sansbury 

Leonard  Murray Mr.  Frank  Beresford 

Bobbie   Vane    Mr.   Walter   Rousby 

Charles  Franklyn   Mr,   Eric  Lugg 

Joe    Mr.   Fred   Russell 

Morecambe   Mr.   Alfred  Lee 

Lewis  Weldon Mr.  WUliam  Albury 

Jasper  Leigh    Mr.   G.   C.   Gratton 

Inspector  Gale   Mr.  Herbert  Royston 

TJsher  of  the  Court Mr.  Arthur  Carlyle 

Phyllis   Miss  Nellie  May 

Jane  Hopper  Miss  Ada  Shaw 

Ruth   Franklyn    Miss    Ida   Heron 

—Royal,  Colchester. 


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20.  Force    of   Circumstances,   farcical   playlet, 
with  music  by  Frederick  Mantell. 
Hon.  Algernon  Anglesbujy..Mr.  F.  Mantell 

Smuggs  !Mr.  Will  Irvin 

Mrs.  Grunt  Miss  May  Ashford 

Polly   Miss  Lily  Leslie 

Cora  Anglesbury  ....  Miss  Edith  Maynard 
— Gaiety,  Dundee. 

20.  A  Prince  of  Pleasure,  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  C.  Watson  Mill. 
Komaine  the  Wanderer 

Mr.  D.  Lewin  Mannering 
King  of  Zoromania..Mr.  Fredk.  Castleman 

Valorine Mr.  W.  H.  Garbois 

Capt.  Oscar  Rucene..Mr.  Burton  Yaldwyn 

Captain  Lorenza   Mr.  Fenton  Wingate 

Lord  Ulric  Surfain  Mr.  Ben  Barnett 

Constant    Mr.   G.    Aubrev   Hall 

Eldardo    Mr.   J.  E.   Turner 

Gervaise  Mr.  Martin  Moore 

Zanetta    Miss  Constance   Barton 

Lady  Rosamund Miss  Mary  Alannering 

Edytha   Miss  Marie  Ramuz 

Althea Miss  Eva  Stuart 

—Opera  House,  Kidderminster. 

20.  Staatsamvalt,  Alexander — Cripplegate  In- 
stitute. 

•20lLittle  Phil's  Mother,  drama  in  three  acts, 
by  Charles  A.  Clarke  (originally  pro- 
duced October  4,  19C9.  Opera  House, 
Wakefield)— Royal,    Woolwich. 

21.tBardelys  the  Magnificent,  romantic  comedy, 
in  four  acts,  by  Henry  Hamilton  and 
R-afael  Sabatini.  (Originally  produced 
Royal,  Birmingham,  AugiLst  29,  1910.) 
Last  performance  (the  52nd),  April  8. 

Louis  XIII Mr.  Ashton  Pearse 

3'Iarquis  de  Bardelys  ..  Mr.  Lewis  Waller 
Comte  de  Castclroux  ..  Mr.  Wm.  Baviland 
Vicomte  de  Lavedan..JIr.  S.  W.  Ashworth 
Regnier  de  Suffren  ..  Mr.  Frank  Woolfe 
Chevalier  de  St.  Armand..Mr.  Reg.  Dane 
R6n6  de  Lesp6ron 
Hector  de  Marsac 

Mr.  W.  Cronin  Wilson 
Kugfene  de  La  Fosse  ..  Mr'.  Cecil  Cameron 

L6on  de   Mironsac    Mr.   Leslie   Rea 

Captain  Cazalet  ..  Mr.  Lewis  Broughton 
De  Mortemar  ...»  Mr.  Dion  Titheradge 
De  Calonne  ..  Mr.  A.  Caton  Woodville 
Pierre  Rodenard  ..  Mr.  Alec  F.  Thompson 

Anatole  Mr.  S.  J.  Warmington 

St.   Yves    Mr.    Frederic   Morena 

Usher    Mr.    Ernest   Basendell 

Soldier    Mr.    Stanley   Logan 

VicomteSse  de  Lavedan.  .Miss  Lottie  Venne 
Roxdlanne  de  Lavedan..Miss  M.  Titheradge 
Andr^e   de   Mansac    ..    Mi-ss   Dorothy    Dix 

Paquotte    Miss   Gabrielle   de    Wilden 

—Globe. 

21. tflococo,    farce,    in    one    act,    by    Granville 
Barker. 
Rev.  Simon  Underwood  ..  Mr.  A.  Whitby 

Mrs.    Underwood    Miss    Kate    Bishop 

Miss    Underwood    ..    Miss    Agnes    Thomas 

Mortimer   Uglow    Mr.    Norman   Page 

Reginald   Uglow    Mr.    Montagu    Love 

Mrs.    Reginald   Uglow    ..    Miss   G".    Scaife 

— Court. 

I'i.tRtd  'Ria,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Gertrude 
and  Jack  Landa.  (Originally  produced 
Gaiety,   Manchester,    March   28,    1910.) 

'Ria  Miss  Edith  Gcodall 

Mrs.   Perkins    ML-s   Ada  King 

Countess  Polhurst   Miss  Muriel  Pratt 

Major  Fitzalwin   Mr.  Milton  Rosmer 

—Coronet. 

22.  Bahy  Mine,  farce,  in  three  acts,  by  Mar- 
garet Mayo.  (Originally  produced  in 
America.  After  production  at  Fort  Wayne 
on  June  6  and  in  Chicago  on  June  8,  1910, 
the  pisce  was  brought  out  at  Daly's,  New 


Baby  Mine  [continued). 

York,    on    August    23.)       Transferred    to 
Vaude\-ille,    May    15-      Last    performance, 
(the  343rd.)  January  12.  1912. 
Jimmy  Jinks   ....   Mr.  Weedon  Grossmith 

Alfred    Hardy    Mr.    Donald   Calthrop 

Michael  O'Flarety.  .Mr.  Drelincourt  Odium 
Inspector  Thompson  ..  Mr.  Arthur  Leigh 
Detective  Donovan  . .  Mr.  F.  Finch  Smiles 

Aggie    Miss    Lilias    Waldegrave 

Rosa   Gatti    Miss   Constance  Bachner 

Maggie   O'Flarety    ..    MLss   E.    Innes-Kerr 

Zoie   Miss   Iris  Hoey 

— Criterion. 

22.  The    Young    Lady    of    Seventeen,    play,    in 

one  act,  by  Charles  H.  E.  Brookfield. 
Hon.  Johnnie  GandeL.Mr.  Stafford  Hilliard 
Sergeant  Carbett  ..Mr.  Drelincourt  Odium 
Mrs.    Trelawney-Browne.  .Miss    Annie    Hill 

Arabella   Miss  Shelley  Calton 

Gwendolen    Miss   Lynn   Fontanne 

Miss   Kirkham    ..Miss   Constance   Bachner 
— Criterion. 

23.  The  Lily,  modern  play,  in  four  acts,  being 

on  adaptation  of  Pierre  Wolff  and  Gas- 
ton Leroux's  Le  Lys  (Vaudeville.  Paris, 
Decemiber  17,  1908),  by  David  Belasco. 
TniUisferred  to  Duke  of  York's,  April  15. 
Last  performance  (the  82nd)  May  13. 
Comte  de  Maigny  ..  Mr.  Laurence  Irving 
Vioomte  de  Maigny  ..  Mr.  Douglas  Imbert 

Huzar  ;.  Mr.  Arthur  Lewis 

Georges   Amaud    Mr.   Rupert  Harvey 

Bernard    Mr.    Ivan    Berlyn 

Emile   Plock    Mr.   William   Holies 

Joseph    Mr.    Robert    Crannev 

Jean    Mr.    James    Skea 

Michel    Mr.   George  Owen 

Lucie    Miss    Sybil    Noble 

Mme.   de  Leguy    Miss  Mary  Forbes 

Mme.  de  Rocourt   ..   Miss  Lisa  Macready 

Odette  Miss  Geraldine  Oliffe 

Christiane  Miss  Mabel  Hackney 

— Kingsway. 

23.||T;ie   Trinket,  one-act  play,   by  E.   W.  Par- 
geter. 
Dame  Martel   — Mi.ss  Florence  M.  Neale 

Margaret   Miss  Edythe  M.  Neale 

Dame   Voorne    Miss   Minnie   Spiers 

Catherine    ■ Miss   Mabel   E.   Neale 

Sir  Walter  Demeter  ..Mr.  E.  W.  Pargeter 

.John    Weightar    ..Mr.   J.    George   Gamble 

—St.   John's  Rooms,   Stockton-on-Tees. 

24.  Lonres  and  Fishes,  "satire,"  in  four  acts. 

by  W.  Somerset  Maugham.    Last  perform- 
ance (the  48th)  April  7. 
Canon  Theodore  Spratte  ..Mr.  R.  Loraine 

Earl  Spratte   Mr.  C.  AI.  Lowne 

Rev.  Lionel  Spratte  ..    Mr.  Basil  Hallam 

Lord  Wroxham   Mr.   Athol  Stewart 

Bertram  Railing Mr.  Thomas  Holding 

Poasonby    Mr.    Duncan    McRae 

Mrs.   Fitzgerald   Miss  Ellis  Jeffreys 

Lady  Sophia  Spratte  ..  Miss  Frances  Ivor 

Winifred  Spratte Miss  Nina  Sevening 

Gwendolen  Durant  Miss  Viva  Birkett 

Mrs.  R,ailin-g   Miss  Florence  Haydon 

Louise   Railing    Miss   Mary  Barton 

—Duke  of  York's. 

2i.^Bow  Sing,   Chinese  opera    in  one  act   and 

three  ocenes,  libretto  by  Carroll  Fleming, 

theme     sucrgested     by     Arthur     Voegtlin, 

music   by  Manuel  Klein.  ■ 

Bow  Sing    ML>s  Ethel  Royale 

Ling  Fang  Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 

D'Arcy    Mr.   Orlando  Barnett 

Mong  Gok   Mr.  Cecil  Calvert 

Katu    Miss    Dora    Levis 

A  Mandarin  Mr.  Charles  Combe 

An  Old  Musician   Mr.  Martin  Browne 

A   Guard   Mr.  Leslie  Marks 

— Lad)brok«   Hall,    W, 


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FEB. 


m.^The  Rose  Shop,  musical  comedy,  In  three 
acts,  book  ami  lyrics  by  Joseph  W.  Her- 
bert. muf.ic  l>y   Victor  Herbert. 
Arfstide  Boutonnicre  Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 

Jloge    Miss   Blanka    Stewart 

Marianne    Jlis-s   Dora  Levi? 

Philip:)e    Mr.   Cecil   Calvert 

A.  Conite  de  Paravante  Mr.  O.  Barnc-tt 
Boni  De  Francellae  ..  Mr.  Charles  Combe 
Alphonse  Csistalet  ..   Mr.  Martin  Browne 

Gaston  Gerome  Mr.  Leelie  Marks 

Picotee    Mr.   Charlets    Snow 

— Ladbroke  Hall.  W. 

24.i|3/r».  Waterlow  Chaperone,  comedy,  In 
three   acts,  by  Mariiaret  B.  Cross. 

Henry    Waterlow    Mr.    Alfred    Dijzht 

Hon  Robert  Lamorna  Mr.  Walter  Giftard 
Captain  Lewis  Gurney  ..Mr.  H.  B.  Tufflll 
Sylvester  Uhlmann   •■   Col.   F.  L.   Grundy 

0.  A.  Smith  Mr.  A.  L.  Lucas-Tooth 

Waiter    -Mr.    Guy    Caines 

Anne   Waterlow    Miss   Beryl   Durand 

Cynthia  Lee  Pegram  Miss  Florence  Cross 
Marion  Dale  ..  MJss  Xell  Seppings-Wright 

— Court. 

2n.^A'at07na,    opera    in    three    acts,    book    by 
Joseph   D.  PvCdding,  and  music  by  Victor 
Herbert. 
Don  Francisco  dc  la  Guerra 

Mr.    Leonard   Calvert 

Father    Peralta    Mr.    Danvers 

Juan   Bautista   Alvarado    Mr.    C.    C.-dvert 

Jose   Castro   Mr.   Leslie   Marks 

Pico    Mr.   Charles  Combe 

Kagama    Mr.    M;irtin    Browne 

Bruzzo    Mr.    James    March 

Paul  Merrill   ^fr.  George  Conway 

Barbara  da  la  Guerra  Miss  Blanka  Stewart 

Katoma    Mi.ss    Dora   Levis 

Ohiuuita    Miss    Maidie   Ma.?on 

—Ladbroke  Hall,   W 

Zo.'The  Merry  Wives  of  Windeor,  William 
S'hakesspeare's  come<Iy,  in  four  acts.  Last 
performance  (the  49th)  April  8. 

Sir  John  Falstaff  Mr.  Oscar  Asche 

Fenton  Mr.  George  Relph 

Shallow   Mr.  Athol  Forde 

Slender    Mr.   Ewan   Brooke 

Ford   Mr.  Herbert  Grimwood 

Page    Mr.    R.    Ian   Penny 

Sir  Hugh  Evans  Mr.  H.  Tripp  Edgar 

Dr.  Caius  Mr.  Caleb  Porter 

Host  of  the  Garter  Inn 

Mr.  Arthur  Trantom 

Bardolph   Mr.  J.  Fritz  Rnssell 

Pistol   Mr.  Charles  A.   Doran 

Nym    Mr.    Alfred    Bristowe 

Robin  Mast-er  C.  Roy  Rosten 

Simple    Mr.   II.   F.   An?on 

Ri  gby   Mr.  Gordon  Barker 

Mif^tress  Ford  Miss  Lily  Brayton 

Mistress  Page. .Miss  Constance   Robertson 

.\me    Page    Miss   Elfrida    Clement 

■Jliitress  Quickly    Miss   Bessie   Major 

— Garrick. 
20.  l^fier     Gynt,     dramatic     poem,     by     Ibsen 
(translated     by  .  William      and     Charles 
Archer).    (Produced  by  the  Ibeen  Club.) 

Peer  Gynt  Miss  Pax  Robertson 

Aslak    Mr.   Townley    Searle 

The  Bridegroom   Mr.  Arthur  L.  Gale 

The  Bridegroom's  Father  Mr.  J.  L.   Dale 

Solveig's   Father    Mr.   E.    Adeney 

The  Kitchen-Master  ..  Mr.  F.   P.  Stanley 

A   Man    Mr.   E.   Brooke 

The  Dovr6   King   Mr.   J.  L.   Dale 

\  Lean  Person   Mr.  Maurice  Elvey 

A  Button  Moulder  ..  Mr.  Townley  Searle 

The   Boyg    Mr.   Elvey 

Ase    Miss   GladysJonee 

Solveig  Miss  ^IvlnUlWi"  Pprti 

Solveig's   Mather    Miss   Bazalgette 

Helga    ,,,    Miss    Hermione    Leister 


Peer  Oynt  {continued). 

Ingrid    Miss    Edith    Edwards 

Kari Mi(=«    Violet    Bazalgette 

The  Three   Peasant  Girle 

Misses    Meek,    Ivy    Dymond,    Edwards 
The  Green-Clad  One  ..   Miss  Muriel  Meek 

The  Brat  Mi.ss  Hermione  Leister 

The  Thi'ee  Saeter  G^ri* 

Misses  Meek,  Edwards,  Dymond 
—Rehearsal. 

Z7.*Sulome,  Oscar  Wilde's  one-act  tragedy  (pre- 
sented by  the  New  Players). 

Herod  Antipas  Mr.  Herbert  Grimwood 

Ickanaan,  the   Piophet 

Mr.  Arthur  Wontner 
The  Young  Syrian.. Mr.  Harcourt-Williains 

Page  of  HerJdias   Mr.  Eric  Maturin 

Tigellinus  Mr.  George  Ingleton 

First  Soldiei-   Mr.  Stephen  T.  Ewart 

Second  Soldier  Mr.  Percival  Clarke 

First  Jew  .Mr.  Leon  M.  Lion 

Second  Jew   Mr.  A.  L.  Burke 

Third  Jew    Mr.   Terence   O'Brien 

Fourth   Jew    Mr.   Frank  Arundel 

Naz.xrcni!    Mr.   Peter  Blunt 

A  Cappadocian  Mr.  Frederic  Sargent 

A  Slavh  Mr.  Kfnneth  Dennys 

Naama  \  Mr.  Leslie  Rea 

Herodias   Miss  Edyth  Olive 

Salome  Miss  Adeline  Bourne 

—Court. 

•27.tThe  Female  Detective,  melodrama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Horace  Stanley  (originally  pro- 
duced, Osborne,  Manchester,  May  30.  1910). 
Tom  Heathcote.  V.C.Mr.  Albert  Sember 
Colonel  Heathcote  ....Mr.  T.  B.  Brabazon 

Basil   Vane    Mr.   Charles   Burdon 

Tubiby  Philpotts  Mr.  Horace  Stanley 

Reggie  Lamb  Mr.  Frank  Sutherland 

John   Good    Mr.  Harold  E.  Kinton 

Nathaniel  Lea'-Ii  Mr.  Basil  Brabazon 

Silas  Blott  ...   Mr.  Fred  Seymour 

Ned  Jolliboy Mr.  Harrv  I-oates 

Amos  Gadflv  Mr.  Stanley  Alderson 

Daddy  Dodman   Mr.  George  Jacqifes 

Inspector   Jarvis    Mr.   Erne.it    Grilliths 

P.C.  Dovle Mr.  William  Artanil 

Simon 'Lobb    Mr.    Harry    McReavy 

Felix   Hogg    Mr.    Mark   Lane 

Dick  Little  Minnje  Halstan 

Emma   Toogood    Miss   Kate    Kilpack 

Anastasia  Honeybun   Miss  Ida  Fane 

MoUv  Biggs    Miss  May  Alderson 

Peggy  Green  Miss  Hilda  Miller 

Nellie  Danvers   Miss  Violet  Agnew 

Mvra  Ma\Tie   Mi*;  Clara  Santley 

— Royal,  Stratford. 

27.  Patty  Pads  a  Bag,  comedietta,  by  David 
Garrow. 

Patty  Langdoh   Miss  May  Norris 

Mrs.  Landos   Mi.ss  Mary  Bartick 

Coptain  Finch   Mr.  F.  A.  Marston 

—Grand.  Southampton. 

27.tr/ie   Heart   Bowed   Dotcn.    drama,    in   four 

acts,  by  Mrs.   F.  G.   Kimberley  (originally 

produced,  Junction,  Manchester,  February 

Signor  Nello  Cariello.  .Mr.  Chas.  Draycott 

Philip  Austin  Mr.  Arthur  Elwyn 

George  Howard     .Mr.  F.dward  Ward-?n 

James  Butler   Mr.  Robert  Sawin 

Jack  Smith  Mr.  Austin  Clare 

Frank  Alackenzie  Mr.  Oliver  Renne 

Black   Sammy    Master   Douglas   St-uart 

Albert  Jones  ^Ir.  Henry  Masters 

P.C.   Wilson   Mr.  Thomas  Causer 

Footman   Mr.  John  A.   Riley 

Telegraph  Bov  Mr.  Harry  Fane 

Charlotte  Austin   Miss  Emma  Rainbow 

Bridcet  Flanagan  Mi-^=  :Maud  Elliott 

Little   Svbil Wee   Winnie    Warden 

Flossie  Mav  Miss  Violett*  Vivienne 

Margaret  HowarJ  Miis  Lily  Roselle 

Irene   Roval    Mrs.   Chas.   Draycott 

—Lyric,  Hammersmith, 


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141 


'.  The  Caravaimers,  comedy,  in  ooae  act,  by 
Beatrice  Heron  Maxwell. 

ijusan  'StnicJiy  Miss  Hilda  Francks 

Pswhe  Bloonifield  Miss  Vera  Vallis 

Chilton  'Mosfortl  Mt.  Norman  Yates 

Head  Keeper Mr.  Victor  Dudley 

The  Duke  of  Denver  . .  Mr.  J.  H.  LindseU 
— Gaiety,  Hastings. 

.  Spinlcs  and  Co.,  one-act  humorous  play,  by 
Frederick  Mantell. 

Algernon  Spinks  Mr.  F.  Mantell 

Tom   Mr.  Will  Irvin 

Daisy  Miss  Lily  Leslie 

Minnie  Miss  Edith  Maynard 

— Curzon  Hall,  Birminijham. 

AThe  Career  of  Nalilotsiy,  comedy,  in  tliree 
acts,  by  Prince  \'.  B.iriatinsky  (one  act 
only  produced.  Little,  December  8,  1910). 
Reproduced  as  The  Great  Young  Man, 
Kiugsway,  October  31. 
Prince   Cheruoyarsky 

Mr.  Halliwell  Hobbes 
Princess  Helen  Nablotsky 

Mme,    Lydia   Yavorska 

Variagin   Mr.    Kinsey   Peile 

Nablotsky    Mr.   Charles   Maude 

Sambaroff Mr.  Ivan  Berlyn 

Baroness   Bilderingshoff 

Miss  Suzanne  Slieldon 

Count    Talysin    Mr.    James    Hearn 

YaJiontoff   Mr.  Edmund  Gweno 

Servant   Mr.  David  Darrell 

—Royalty. 

.  Rosamond,  one-act  play,  by  John  Pollock — 
Royalty. 


MARCH. 

l.'^The  Prisoner  of  Zenda,  romantic  play, 
adapted  from  Anthony  Hope's  novel  by 
Edward  Rose.  (Originally  produced,  St. 
James's,  Janu^ary  7,  1896.)  Last  produc- 
tion (the  96th),  May  20. 

Characters  of  the  Prologue. 

Prince  Rudolf   Mr.  Henry  Ainley 

Duke  AVolfgang  . .   Mr.  Stephen  T.  Ewart 
Earl  of  Rassendyll  Mr.  Norman  MacOwan 

Horace   Glyn    Mr.    Richard   Neville 

Jeffreys    Mr.   Percy   Baverstoik 

Giflen  Mr.  Louis  Field 

Countess  of  Rassendyll.  .Miss  Mary  Dibley 

Characters  of  the  Plat. 
Rudolf  the  Fifth   . . . .  )  , ,      jjenrv  Ainlev 
Rudolf   Rassendyll    . . .  i  '^^'^-  ^^^'^^  ^'"''^^ 
Michael  Duke  of   Strelsau 

Mr.  Stephen  T.  Ewart 

Colbnel   Sapt   Mr.   J.   T.  Macmillan 

Fritz  von  Tarlenheim..Mr.  Frank  Tennant 

Captain  Hentzau  Mr.  Fred  Morgan 

Detchard   Mr.  Bellenden  Clarke 

Bertram  Bertrand  Mr.  H.  Wilmot  Jackson 
Marshal   Strakencz    ..    Mr.   R.   C.   Wilding 

Lorenz  Teppich Mr.  Sydney  Hamilton 

Franz  Teppich   Mr.  Herbert  Williams 

Lord  Topham  Mr.  Edward  Thane 

Ludwig    Mr.   H.    Elkr 

Toni    Mr.   Thomas 

Josef  Mr.  George  Gamble 

Princess   Flavia    Miss   Rosalie    Toller 

Antoinette  de  Mauban  Miss  Ethel  Warwick 

Fran  Teppich   Miss  Eileen   Kerin 

— Lyceum. 

3.  Poor  Joe,  playlet,  based  on  the  waif  scent:; 

in    Charles    Dickens's    "  Bleak    House.  — 
Holloway  Empire. 

4.  Peggy,  mu.sical  play,  in  two  acts,  by  Georgf 

Grossmith,  jun.,  the  music  by  Leslie 
Stuant,  and  lyrics  by  C.  H.  Bovill.  Second 
edition,  October  21.  Last  performance 
(the  270th),  December  16. 
Auberon  Blow.. Mr.  Geo.  Grossmith,  iun. 
Hon.  James  Bendoyle    Mr.  F.  Robert  Hale 


Peggy  (eontiitucd). 

Montagu  Bartle Mr.  Herbert  Jarman 

Aristide  Picot Mr.  Arthur  Hatherton 

'Phonso   Mr.   Ernest  Mahar 

Marquis  of  Didsbury.  .Mr.    Guy   Struthers 

Emil    Mr.    Harry    B.    Burchtr 

Mr.  Albert  Umbles Mr.  Edmund  Payne 

Polly  Polino  Miss  Gabrielle  Kay 

Doris  Bartle   Miss  Olive   May 

Diamond  Miss  Enid  Leslie 

Lady  Florence   Alister..Miss   Nancy   More 

Mrs.  Ware-Wills  Miss  Rubv  Kennedy 

Miss  Vooch  Miss  Madge  Melbourne 

Jinnie   Miss  Dorothy  Selbourne 

Ethel    Miss    Blanche    Stocker 

Cecilie    Miss    Marie    Mitcliell 

Rosie    Miss   Gertrude   Thornton 

Maud  Miss  Connie  Stuart 

Nini   Miss  Gladys  FfoUiot 

.Teannette    Mile.   S.    Bourcard 

Peggy   Barrison    Miss  Phyllis  Dare 

—Gaiety. 
i.W'l'he  Suffrage  Girl,  musical  play,  by  Percy 
Naih,  in  tv,'.  acts,  music  by  Frank  Arm- 
.     etrcn^. 

Benjan.in   Hanlw   Mr.  E.  J.  Bury 

Frank  Rothsay   Mr.  Reginald  Good 

Rev.  Algernon  Fossjtt..  Mr.  E.  P.  Bennett 

Sir  Thomas  Dewstou  Mr.  Percy  Naeh 

Harry   Fancourt   Mr.   Louis  Ritill 

Nicodemus  K.  Bunker Mr.  F.  G.  Page 

•Nuggett    Master  Newman 

Jiunes  Mr.  F.  Brown 

Smeek    Mr.   Gus   Haines 

Mr.  Hamworthy  Mr.  A.  C.  Wilding 

Dora  Spencer  Miss  Joan  Ritz 

Araminta  Dewston  Miss  Ada  Palmer 

Lady  Hillyard  '. Mise  Rita  Otway 

Sybil  Dewston   Mise  Ohve  Turner 

—Court. 

4.  The     Land     of     Nonlocia,     musical      and 

satirical  play,  in  three  scenes,  new  songs 
by  W.  H.  C.  Nation. 

Florian   Miss  Una  Bruckshaw 

Phormio Mr.  Charles  Hanbury 

Arbutus   Mr.  Arthur  Estcourt 

Coriander   Mr.  Cyril  Dane 

Mercutio   Miss  May  Hollom 

Princess  Iris   Mies  Rubv  Forbes 

Arnarylhs  Miss  Alicia  Lungo 

Lord  Goldsticko   Miss  Winifred  Hays 

Lord  Silverstici  Miss  Lilian  Bell 

—Royalty. 

5.  Mitrried  by  Degrees,  comedv  in  three  acts, 
.  by  A.   P.  Sinnett  (produced  by  The  Play 

Actors).     See   also   under  date   September 

16. 

Lady  Beknonit  ....Mise  Gwendolen  Bishop 

Xeonona    1,..      ,,      ,  „  „ 

Lucy  Viannerby   .  P"ss  Maud  Hoffmann 

Mrs.  Waterhouse Miss  Gvvladys  Morris 

Alice    Miss  Lilian   Tweed 

Mrs.  Jones Miss  Inez  Ben^usan 

Jane  Miss  Edith  Anton  Laing 

Mr.  G.  Winthorp,  F.R.S. 

Mr.  Hugli  Tahberer 

Raymond   Gaskell   Mr.   Frank   Randelil 

Rev.  Joseph  Stewart  Mr.  Grendon  BentJey 

Count  Garciola  Mr.  Herbert  Dansey 

Hotel  Waiter  Mr.  Benedict  Butler 

—Court. 

6.  Lady  Jane,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by  Arthur 

Eckersiey. 

Jane  Miss  M,  Dandridge 

Miss  TuftLngton  Miss  D.  Bretherton 

Mrs.  Halfpenny  Miss  O.  Brooke 

Frank  Loveday   Mr.  D.   Hawthorne 

Mr.  Elflck  Mr.  Mark  Hannan 

— Artillery,  Woolwich. 
C.  The  Doctor's  Experiment,  three-act  comedy- 
drama,    by    J.    Welle&ley    Lynn.     (Origin- 
ally produced  as  a  one-act  sketch  at  the 


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THE  STAGE   YEAR  BOOK. 


MARCH 


Thf  Doctor'*  Ej-perimrnt  uoulUiiinW. 

Scala,  March   10.  1908.)     London  produc- 
tion, Fuiham,  April  24  t,„„^„„ 

Dr    Eamea  Mr.  Cyiil  Rawdon 

Lieut    Haddoa  Mr.  Roy  Travers 

Dr    Wilmot  Mr.  J    E.  Stephenson 

Col    I)i\on  Mr.  George  Leicester 

Mr' Vernon Mr.  Kenneth  Black 

Mrs.  Carpenter  Miss  Maud  Sheiton 

Mrs.  Hunter  Miss  leobel  Beresford 

xJ'vis  Miss  Ethel  Dunbar 

^•^^^  —Lyceum,  Stafford. 

6  11.4  Sea  of  Troubles,  domestic  play,  in  one 
act,  by  T.  H.  Spencex.  , 

Dr.  Benson Mr.  Henry  Thornton 

Georae  Field  Mr.  Frank  Save 

Kamii  Ffe-d  ....  Mr.  Chas.  T.  A.  Kerry 

Bob  Chambers   Mr.  Edgar  Rouse 

Ted  Bigley  Mr.  T.  H.  Spencer 

Fred  Field  Master  P.  Tovey 

Nellie  Field  Misa  Carrie  Hedges 

Martha  Field  Miss  Roee  Anderson 

Kate  Fleming  ....  Miss  Elsie  M.  Vincent     i 

Lizzie  Green Miss  Phoebe  Holness 

Annie  Field  Mias  G    Preuveneera 

— Surrey  Masomc  Hall.     | 

6    The  Heir  to  the   Throne,  loux-act  drama,     : 
by  Ma-T  Goldberg.  „  „     ^ 

Edward    Plantagenet..Mr.  John  F.  Proton 

Henry  ui Mr.  Allied  Wade 

Edmund    Mr.   Francis  Cavanagh 

So!Si;-::::::::U.E.R.  Allen 

Biehop  of  Winchester  ••]  „  ,  „„,.  „ 

Guy  de  Montfort.-.Mr.  W.  HoTcard  Barlow 

Black  Judas  , Mr    John  P.icMer 

Xick  Thompson   -Mr.  Dan  F.  Roe 

Walter  of  Hemingborougi^    ^^^^  ^^^^^^ 

p„rtro  Mr.    John   Carroll 

Measeiicer" ".';.' Mr.  Thomas  Phillips 

Kelll  of   SicUy....Mise  Maud   Ha^tmge 

PirniHa  Miss  Edith  Leslie 

Olrica      "'.'.v..' Mise  Maud  Kynnerdey 

Princes^"  Eleanor.. Miss  Mabelle  F.  Bar^w 
—Junction,  Manchester. 
6.*4   Doll's  House,   Ibsen's  play.— Court. 
6    The     Hislorie    of    Jacob   and   Esau  (pre- 
sented by  the  Elizabethan  S\age  Societj) 

Tha  Prolocue   Mr.    William   Poel 

IstIc  Mr.  Clifton  Alderson 

Rebecca ■■.■■...■.'.....MiiS   Kathleen  Xeebitt 
Elau       .   ..............Mr.  Reginald  O^ven 

Jacob Mr.  Campbell  Cargi' 

7^thar Mr.   George  EUia 

Hanan   ■■■■.■.'.  ...   .Mr.    Arthur   Hands 

R^°an Mr.  J.  H.  Brewer 

Mido     '.'.V J*i'*3  Mercia  Tours 

Deborah  ML=6   Irene   Greenleaf 

".t^  Miss  Grace   Seppmge 

'^°^^   —Little. 

TAThe  Ending,  dramatic  episode  by  Mar- 
gaiet  Nelson  Jackson.  (Produced  by  the 
Rehearsal  Company.)  „     „    tr    Aviiff 

John  Raymond  ^E"  ?', '^J  ^li+ 

Frank  Raymond  . .  Mr.  Frederick  Sargent 

Stevens Mr.  Lancelot  Lowder 

Mrs.  St.  Oswald  ..  Miss  Katherine  Stuart 
Miss  Bertha  Gunning  ....  Miss  Flora  Grey 

— Hjourt. 

-.\RestUution,  play,  in  one  act,  by  John  Kidd 

Se.bastian Mr.   H.   Lawrence  Lejton 

Peffcv  Miss  Eva  Moore 

Edith    '.'.'.'.'.'. Mrs.    J.   B.   Fagan 

'^*'"^°    —Rehearsal. 

-.fHer  HiZd  Oats,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Harold 

F.  Rubenstein.  „    , . 

Mre.   Barton   Miss  Katherine  Herbert 

Mr.  Barton Mr.  James  Gelderd 

Marjorie  Barton  Mise  Dora  Barton 

Alio*   Mathers    Miss   GiU.an   Scaife 

— Renearsai. 


».  The  Reai  Napoleon,  historical  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Juan  Buonaparte  and  Arthur 
Shirley.  ^  . 

Napoleon    M.    Juan    Buonaparte 

Lambert   Mr.   Charles  Barrett 

Jacquee  Belmont  Mr.   Paul  Lovett 

Zizi   Mr.   Alfred  Richards 

General  Bertrand Mr.  Charles  Ashwell 

General  Duroc   Mr.  James  Murray 

Fouch6  Mr.  Bert  Drummono 

Hermanii' ^''-.^'S'  ?Y'i'^ 

Fritz   Mr.   Frank  Radclitio 

Pietro  Ribaldi   Mr.  Lawrence  Grove 

Sir  Hudson  Lowe  Mr.  William  Bums 

Abb6  Vignall   Mr.  Percy  Flanagan 

Count  de  Montholon   ..Mr.  Ernest  Hainee 

Dr.   Antomarchi Mr.  Bert  Drummond 

Marchant  '. Mr.   Frank   Irving 

Picot    Mr.   Ernest   Labiche 

Marie  Belmont   Misa  Jessde  Belmore 

Mulotte    Miss   Jessica   Black 

Mar^chale  Lefevre   Miss  Cecily  Wade 

Josephine    Miss    More-Dnnphie 

Madame  Robert   Mies  Jessica  Black 

Mada,me  Bertrand  ....Miss  Annie  Perkins 
King  of  Rome. ...Master  WUfred  Beaumont 
—Gaiety,  Manchester. 
9.  The  Girl  from  yowhere.  American  musical 
play.  (London  production.  May  1.  Opera 
House,  Woolwich.)  ^.„ 

David  Druce  Mr.  J.  Telly  Dillsen 

John  Druce  Mr.  Cecil  Churton 

Guy  Lathrop  Mr.  Horace  Manger 

Albert  Price  Mr.  Dan  Ugar 

Ananias  Hustle.... Mr.  H.  Buckstone  Clair 

Dan  Harding Mr.  Henry  Hare 

Commissionaire Mr.    E.    Sherwood 

Hattie  Miss  Ella  Verity 

Marv  Smith  Miss  Mane  West 

Mary  Smith  Miss  Dorothy  Vere 

Fanny  Fibabit Miss  Maisie  St.  Hilary 

Lottie  Longsox    Miss   Nellie  Renne 

Sadie  Sweetlove Miss  Gertie  Jackson 

Dora  Dootlittle Miss  Dolly  W'llkins 

Maisie  May Miss  Ethel  Wilkina 

Mary  Smith Miss  Edna   Earl 

—Palace,    Rucoy. 
9.  The  Laughter  of  Fools,  comedy,   in  three 
acts,  by  H.  F.  Maltby.  „    ^    „  ... 

Lt.-Col.  John  B.  Greig..Mr.  H.  F.  Maltby 

Bertie  Greig  Mr.  Alfred  C.  Harris 

Captain  Charles  Vidal....Mr.  Basil  Lynn 

John  Hughes   Mr.  H.  K.  Aylifl 

Hubert  Hughes   Mr.  Franc  Stoney 

Mr.  Nuttall  Mr.  Charles  Roberts 

Mr    Plunkett Mr.   Norman   MacOwen 

A  Cabman Mr.  E.  F.  Tolling 

Mrs    Greig  Miss  Helen  Pendennis 

Mabel  Greig  Miss  Ethel  Percival 

Doris  Henley   Miss  Sylvia  Morns 

Elizabeth Miss  Irene  Malvesyn 

— Little. 
11.  Ask  No  Questions  and  You'll  Hear  No 
Stories,  "  Anatol "  dialogue,  by  Arthur 
Schnitzler,  paraphrased  by  Granville 
Barker.  (Originally  produced  as  a  music- 
hall  sketch  at  the  Palace,  February  6.) 
Anatol  Mr.  Granville  Barker 

Max  Mr.,  Nigel  Playfair 

Hilda  Miss  Gertrude  Robins 

— Little. 
11    A  Christmas  Present,  "  Anatol "  dialogue, 
by    Arthur    Schnitzler,    paraphrased    by 
Granville  Barker.  ,     „     , 

Anatol   Mr.   Granville  Barker 

Gabrielle  Miss  Katharine  Pole 

— Little. 

11.*.4  Farewell  Supper,  "  Anatol  "  dialogue,  by 

Arthur    Schnitzler.    (Originally    produced 

Bijou,   BaysAvater,   March   11.   1908;    as  a 

music-hall  sketch,  Palace,  February  13.) 

Anatol   Mr.   Granville  Barker 

Alax  Mr.  Nigel  Playfair 

1  Mimi  Miss  Lillah  McCarthy 

i  Walter  Mr.  A.  B.  Tapping 

— Little. 


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11.  An  Episode,  "  Anatol  "  dialogue,  by  Arthur 
Schnitzler,  paraphrased  by  Granville 
Barker. 

Anatol    Mr.   Granville  Barker 

Mu.x   Mr.  Nigel  Playfair 

Bianca   Miss  Dorothy  Minto 

—Little. 

11.  The     Wedding    Morning,     "  Anatol "    dia- 

logue by  Arthur  Schnitzler,  paraphrased 
by  Granville  Barker.  (Originally  produced 
as  a  mu&ic-haiil  i^ketch  at  llie  TaUice, 
Keibruary  27.) 

Anatol    Mr.    Granville    Barker 

Max    Mr.    Nigel   Playfair 

Lona    Miss   Alice   Crawford 

Kranz  Mr.  Harry  Dodd 

—Little. 
U.'!\The  Cure,  opera,  book  by  Will  King,  music 
by  Charles  T.  Loveday. 
Bully   Bulverhythe    ..Mr.   W.    G.   L.   Pope 

Dr.   Wyllie    Mr.   Harry   E.   McLean 

Filsham    Mr.  G.  H.  Bush. 

Skipper   Mr.   Will  King 

Bosun    Mr.    J.    B.    Fryer 

First   Officer    Mr.    Herbert   Sharpe 

Second  Officer   Mr.  R.   J.   Ellingham 

Colonel  Mr.  Poole 

Turncock    Mr.    W.    H.    Fuller 

Lylla    Miss    Elsie    Badcock 

Clementina Miss  Olive  Buries 

Lizzie    Miss   Ethel    Squiren 

Gertrude   Manners    .'.Mrs.    Will    King 

Penelope  Piper   Miss  W.   Maundeg 

Ayee  ...»  «„„„„;„=    /  Master   K.    McLear 

loh    ...■.  ,- ^e°gu'°s  -JMiss  Marjorie  Kins 

— Empire,  Southend. 

12.  Macallister's  Dream,  fajitasy,  in  one  act,  by 
R.  K.  Risk. 

Dugald   Macallister  Mr.  Walter  Roy 

Thomas  Carlyle   Mr.   Frafiklin   UyaiTT 

James  Hamilton  Mr.  Edmond  Breon 

Sir  Robert  Garscadden  ..Mr.  Arnold  Lucy 

Cleopatra   Miss   Agnes  Imlay 

— Royalty,   Glasgow. 

13.  The   Follies    presented    a   new    programme, 

which  included  "  potted "  versions  of 
Inconstant  George,  Henry  VIII.,  and 
Count  Hannibal.  — Apollo. 

13.  The  Cutting  of  the  Knot,,  drama,  in  three 
acts,   by  Cicely  Hamilton. 

Hawkins    Mr.    George  Tawde^, 

Cis   Coventry   Mis^-Et3tffe~STeda3tr 

■Herbert  Coventry    Mr.    Franklin   Dyall 

Lucia  Coventry    Miss   Thyrza  Norman 

Dr.   Channing    Mr.    Campbell   GuUan 

Jacob  Master  Dan  Chambers 

Mr.  Bentley   Mr.    Arnold   Lucy 

Mrs.   Bentley    Miss  Agnes   Imlay 

Mrs.   Meadows    Miss   Margaret  Nybloc 

Marjorie  Channing  Miss  Kathleen  Clifiord 
Mrs.    Channing    ....Miss    Margaret    Omar 

A   Maid    Miss   Eugenie   Gray 

A  Porter  Mr.  Edmond  Breon 

— Royalty,   Glasgow. 

13.  Muddle  Annie,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by 
Harold  Chapin. 

Jenny   Miss  Calypso   Valetta 

Mabel- Mi>s   Muriel  Pope 

George    Rose    Mr.   Charles   Francis 

Annie    Miss   Irene  Clarke 

Ethel    Miss   Hilda   Honiss 

Albert  Broad   Mr.  Cyril  Griffiths 

Mrs.  Wright  Mias  Gwynneth  Galton 

— Royalty,   Glasgow. 

IT.HBusijjess.    (See  under  date  March  19.) 

Aldwych. 

17.  A  Brother  of  Men,  play,  in  one  scene,  by 
John  Darlison. 

Nicolette    Mrs.    John    Darlison 

The    Sergeant    Mr.    Robert   Renwick 

The  Mayor   Mr.   Ambrose  McVeigh 

Adfele    Miss    Beatrice    Macdonald 

The  Bishop    Mr.   John  Darlison 

Jean  Valjean  ....  Mr.  Harry  W.  Brierley 
—Gaiety,  Leith. 


18.  One  of  the  DuJ:es,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
George  Pleyikll.  Last  performance  (the 
12th)  March  31. 

Duke  of  Rye   Mr.  Cyril  Maude 

Lord  George  Thurburn  Mr.  A.  Aynesworth 

First  Footman Mr.  H.  Holland 

Second  Footman   Mr.   W.  Wellington 

Duchess  of  Rye  Miss  Kate  Bishop 

Countess  of  Milverton  ..  Miss  Nell  Carter 

Maxine  Raalte  ..  Miss  Alexandra  Carlisle 

— Playhouse. 

18.  The  Hand  on  the  Latch,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  Mary  Cholmondeley  and  Charles 
Maude. 

The  Man   Mr.  W.  E.  Holloway 

The  Wife  Miss  Winifred  Emery 

The  Soldier  Mr.  Louis  Goodrich 

— Playhouse 

l8.*Hamlet,  revived  by  Mr.  H.  B.  Irving  oi 
the  last  night  of  his  season. — Queen's. 

18.  Keepsakes,     "  Anatol "     dialogue,    in     one 

scene,  by  Arthur  Schnitzler,  "  para- 
phrased "  for  the  EngUsh  stage  by  Gran- 
ville Barker. 

Anatol   Mr.   Granville  Barker 

Emily  Miss  Aim6e  de  Burgh 

—Little. 

18.\\ Annersley's  Bride,  play,  In  one  act,  oy 
George  Talbot— West  Hampstead  Town 
Hall. 

18.11.4  Judge  of  Character,  comedy,  in  four  acts, 
by  Frank  Freeth— West  Hampstead  Town 
Hall. 

IS.HT/ie  Death-Trap,  dramatic  episode,  in  one 
act,  by  Spenoer  T.  James. 

Muriel  Campbell  Miss  OamiLla  Lucas 

Peters   Miss  Gladys  Ferens 

Capt.  Kentisbeare  Mr.  W.  H.  Tatham 

. — Alexandra  Hall,  Leeds. 

18.11.4  Thief  of  Virtue,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Florence  Halton   Crossley. 

Robert  Dewar Mr.  Stephen  Crossley 

Eric  Cransmore  Mr.  Weedon  H.  Ross 

Lord  Herbert  Stanton. Mr.  Donald  Gilbert 

Jim   Foster    Mr.   W.   H.   Davis-Brown 

Sammy  Slopper  Mr.  Edwin  Keene 

Saunders  Mr.  Hugh  Roberts 

A  Policeman   Mr.  George  Jones 

Frankie  Cransmore  ..   Miss  Elsie  Cropper 

Belle   Burton   Miss  Ethel  Tinsley 

'    Molly  Dean  Miss  Winifred  Rutland 

Susan  Smith   Miss  Nellie  Ivinson 

Betsy   Perkins   ..    Miss   Marjorie  Tennant 

Nell   Cransmore   ..    Miss  Florence  Halton 

—Royal,  Darwen. 

19.  Business,    play,    in    four    acts,    by    John 

Goldie.  (Produced  by  the  Stage  Society.) 
William  H.  Rackham   ..  Mr.  Claude  King 

Mrs.  Pi,ackham  Miss  Evelyn  Weedeu 

David  Rackham  Master  Eric  Rae 

Ferdinand   Kohnstamm    ..   Mr.  N.   Trevor 

Servant  Miss  Wilson-Taylor 

Henry  S.  Rackham.. Mr.  Fewlass  Llewellyn 
Fredk.  E.  Brewster.Mr.  H.  Asheton  Tonge 

Fentris  Mr.  C.  Herbert  Hewetson 

James  R.  Cody' Mr.  George  Delaforce 

Mrs.   Bond   Miss  Kate   Rorke 

Clarkson  Mr.  E.  Cresfan 

Servant  Miss  Edith  Cuthbert 

Roger  C.  Bond  Mr.  Vernon  Steel 

Attendant  Mr.  Victor  Wiltshire 

Tom   Mr.  Shiel  Barry 

—Aldwych. 

20.JT?ie   Blackguard  of  the  Queen's  Regiment, 

romantic  play,  in  four   acts,   by  E.   Hili- 

Mitchelson.     (Originally   produced   at  the 

Hippodrome,    Wigan,    December   19,   1910.) 

Captain  Keloflf Mr.  E.  Hill-Mitchelson 

Prince  Karnac  Mr.  Frank  Strickland 

Lieutenant  Agra.. Mr.  Stanley  W.  Healey 
Mr.  Sheridan  ..  Mr.  T.  Renaud  Lockwood 
Dr.  Leaux  Mr.  Willie  Hicks 


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MARCH 


TJu-  IiUick(tuanl  of  the  Qiurii'ii  Hiiiinunt  [covlinuviU 

Page  ilr.  Fred  Conncll 

Rambra    Mr.   Walter   Parks 

Glough   Mr.  C.  H.  Henderson 

Niche   Mr.  S.  Parkinson 

Cascar  Mr.  J.  B.  Lewrs 

Maria  Miss  Elsie  Clarke 

Queen  Miss  Maisie  Hanbury 

Countess  Torvett Miss  Ada  Champion 

Verna    Miss  Alice  Barber 

—Elephant  and  Castle. 

20.  Situation  Vacant,  one-act  comedy,  by 
Arthur  Eldred. 

Alf.  Webster  Mr.  Arthur  Eldred 

Mr.  Sedgeley Mr.  F.  Percival  Stevens 

Mrs.   Sedgeley    Miss  Lucy   Edwin 

Daisy  Scdgeley   Mrs.  Mouillot 

—Opera  House,  Woolwich. 

20.  The  Great  Gay  Road,  play,  by  Tom  Gallon. 
London  production,  December  21,  Court. 
Hilary  Tolfrey 'KitcMr.  Arthur  Phillips 
"Crook"  Perkins  ....  Mr.  H.  H.  Hartley 

Sir  Crispin   Vickery Mr.  Jas.   Harcourt 

Col.  Napoleon  Trigg  ..  Mr.  Allen  Jeayes 
Rodney  Forster  . .  Mr.  Oliver  G:  Johostoir 

Backus Mr.  W.  H.  Quinton 

A  Policeman  Mr.  W.  Lemmon  Wardu 

Azalea  Vickery   ..    Miss  R.   Mayne-Younu 

Nancy  Sylvain    Miss  Christie  Laws 

—Royal,  Torquay 

20.  Dixon'8  Divorce,  farcical  comedy,  in  three 

acts,  by  A.  E.  Hall. 

Baron  Von  Binger  Mr.  Fred  Lewis 

Dickinson  Di.\on   Mr.  Blake  Adams 

Reginald  Belmont  Mr.  Bertram  Steer 

Thomas  Mr.  Compton  Coutts 

An  Invalid  Mr.  Stephen  Bond 

Francois  Mr.  Lawrence  White 

Policeman   Mr.  Douglas  West 

Mrs.  Dickinson  Dixon. .Miss  Pattie  Browne 
Barbara  Cavendish  . .  Miss  Marjorie  Dore 

Airs.  Cavendish  Miss  Winifred  Dennis 

Mrs.  Reginald  Belmont.. Miss  J.   HarKness 

Kitty  Lawrence Miss  Eva  Rowland 

Harriett   Miss  Barbara  Hannay 

Suzanne  Miss  Dora  Sevening 

—Gaiety,   Hastings. 

21.  A  Fool  There   Was,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 

Porter  Emerson  Browne,  based  on  Rud- 
vard  Kii)Iin,g'd  i)oem,  "The  Vampire." 
Transferrt-d  to  tJie  Aklwvch,  May  8.  Last 
performance  (the  56th)  May  13. 

The  Husband  Mr.  Frank  Cooper 

The  Friend    Mr.   Chas.   Bryant 

The   Secretary   Mr.  Wm.   F.  Grant 

Young  Parmalee  Mr.  H.  Lawrence  Ley  ton 

The   Butler   Mr.    Horton   Cooper 

The  Ship's  Captain.. Mr.  Kenda!  Chalmers 

The  Ship's  Doctor Mr.  Ernest  Graham 

The  Ship's  Steward  Mr.  H.  T.  Richardson 

The  Wife Miss  Margaret  Halstan 

The  Sister   Miss    Madge   Mcintosh 

The  Child  Miss  Mattie  Block 

The   Woman    Miss   Katharine    Kaelred 

Sailors,  Passengers— Misses  Enid  Sass, 
Vera  Cunningham,  VioJet  Vancouver,  Mar- 
jorie Essex,  Gladys  Cunningham,  Dorothy 
Radclifl,  P.  Birkett,  Frances  Irving, 
Gladys  Rayne.  Gwenda  Villiers;  Messrs. 
Jas.  Joliey,  Gerald  Earle,  G,  Langley- 
Bell.  J.  O'Brien,  J  .W.  Attwater,  H.  Mac- 
kenzie Rogan,  R.  Raymond.  The  Voice- 
Mr.   George  Spelvin. 

— Queen's. 
22.1|T/ie  Pity  of  It,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Chas. 
H.  Dickinson. 

Walter    Danby    Mr.   Eric    Marzetti 

Capt.  Dick  de  la  Mere  ..  C.  H.  Dickinson 
Dr.  Karl  Rademacher  Godwin  St.  J.  Lobb 

Cynthia   Danby    Miss   Kate    Harris 

Dorothy  Danby  ....  Miss  Evelyn  Bramall 

—Court 


22.  Lady  Patricia,  light  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Rudolf  Besier.    Last  performance  (the 
9Sth)  June  21. 
Lady  Patricia  Cosway  ..  Mrs.  P.  Campbell 

.Michael  Cosway  Mr.  Arthur  Wontner 

Mrs.  O'Farrel  Miss  Rosina  Filippi 

William   O'Farrel    ..    Mr.   Charles   Maude 

Dean   Lesley    Mr.   Eric   Lewis 

Clare  Lesley   Miss  Athene  Seyler 

Baldwin   .Mr.  C.  V.  Pranfe' 

Ellis   Mr.  Dickson-Kenwin 

John  Mr.  Norman  Page 

— Haymarket. 

23. tin  the  Patio,  an  episode  of  184C,  by  Eliza- 
beth Gerberding. 

Manuela    Miss    Adeline   Bourne 

Don  Diego  Esteban  Mr.  J.  L.  Dale 

Juana    Miss   Inez   Bensusan 

Charles  Faxton  ..  Mr.  Mervyn  A.  Rentoul 

Antonio    Mr.   Arthur  E.   Holland 

— Lyceum  Cluh. 

23.+Lac«e,  French  duologue,  by  Sybil  Raphael 
Ruskin. 

Gabrielle  Martini  Miss  Floyd  Aristou 

Lucie  Miss  Sybil  Ruskin 

— Lyceum   Club. 

25.|i.4  Husband's  Device,  farce,  in  one  act,  by 
C.    Edgar  May 

Percy  Pimpleton   Mr.  Tony  Rendle 

Alfred  Murgatroyd  ..  Mr.  C.   Edgar  May 

Muriel  Murgatroyd   Miss  Ida  East 

Coles    Mr.  Oswald   Stanley 

—Spears    Hall,  Highgate,   N. 

27.  James  and  John,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Gil- 
bert Cannan. 

John  Betts   Mr.  J.  Fisher  White 

James  Betts  Mr.  H.  R.  Hignett 

Mrs.   Betts   Miss  Helen  Haye 

Mr.   Betts    Mr.   James   Hearn 

— Haymarket. 

27.  Queen  of  the   Wicked,  melodrama,  by  Ron- 
ald Grahame. 

Lord   Trevelyan    Mr.   Vernon  Cowper 

Mr.  Sherlock  Holmes  Mr.  H.  W.  Hatchman 

Silas  Snodgrass  Mr.  Henry  Eglington 

Lucien  Leverne  Mr.  Edward  Vivian 

Henri  de  Salingnas Mr.  Val  Gurney 

Michael  Dognovltch  ..  Mr.  Ernest  Bruce 
Pierre  Terrassier  ....  Mr.  Harold  Watson 
Jaques  Dupont  ..  Mr.  Herbert  J.  Walton 

M.  Planquette   Mr.  W.  A.  James 

Inspector   Coleman    'Mr.    Pat   Quin 

Frangois   Mr.   Arthur   Melrose 

Lady  Doris  Manners    Miss  Eirene  Douglas 

Belinda  Brown   Mrs.   Vernon  Cowper 

Ligeah    ; Miss    Edith    Blande 

— Royal,  Edmonton. 

27.114  Sacrifice  to  Kali,  one-act  Eastern  play, 
by  Ivy  Shopperd. 

Naida   Miss  Rdn^e  Ree' 

Sund  Miss  Ivy  Shepperd 

Aziza  Miss  Janet  Shepperd 

— Rehearsal. 

■2S.*The  Master  Builder,  Miss  Lillah  McCarthy's 
revival   of   Ibsen's  play  — Little. 

28.t3/r.   Dawson  and  Miss   Clark,   comedy,    in 
one  act. 
Mrs.   Maxjoribanks  Miss   Margaret   Frame 

Mr.   Dawson   Mr.  Burke 

Miss  Clark   Miss  Nellie  Hook 

Mr.    Marjoribanks    ..Mr.    Lancelot    Usiier 
—Park    HaU,    Banwell. 

2ii.iSalvation   Sal,    one-act    play,    by    Marion 
Roberton. 

Rita   Miss   W.   Rose 

Black  Ned .Mr.   T.   Lock   Darby 

Sal    Miss    A.    Walden 

Miss  Atherton   Mrs.  Chatterton 

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29.  Passers-By,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  C.  Had- 
don    Chambers.      Last    perlonnance    (the 
lf)3rd)  .\ugu.st  18. 
Peter   Waverton..Mr.   Gerald   du  Maurier 

Pine    Mr.   W.   Gaver  Mackav 

"Nighty"   Mr.  George  ^elton, 

Samuel  Bums  Mr.  OVPTUeggie' 

Margaret  Summers.  .Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh 

The  Lady  Hurley    Miss  Helen   Ferrers 

Beatrice  Daiuton  Miss  Nina  Sevening 

Little  Peter  Miss  PieniSe  Maigr 

— "Wyndfiam's. 

29.  The     Girl     Who     Couldn't     Lie,     fantastic 

comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Keble  Howard. 
V         London  production,  July  6,   Criterion. 

\    Sarah    Miss   Sallv   Hatbon 

\Mr.    Huegal    Mr.    Franklin    DyaJl 

Maurice   Miss  Margaret  Nvbloc 

Queenie    Miss    Kittle   Clifford 

.^rabelki  Miss  Elaine   Sleddall 

Vincent    Arr,_Kdm"il.d   Breoii 

Ivy    iTiss   Pearl    Ke3R 

Mrs.    Huegal    Miss    Agnes    Imlay 

Pauline    Miss    Muriel    Pope 

Basil  Marsh    Mr.   Charles   Francis 

Peter   Leese    Mr.    George    Tawdt 

Minnie    Miss  Eugenie   Gray 

Mre.   Fav»cett   Miss  Hilda  Honis.s 

Miss   Fawcett    Miss    Alice    Smith 

Mrs.    Sass    Mrs.   Frank   SephtoD 

Miss   Sass    Miss  Irene   Clarke 

Miss  Bute   Miss  Phyllis  Thoniton 

Mrs.    Odium    Miss  Calypso   Vale^ta 

Miss   Bilbrook    Miss    Margaret   Omar 

Mlss    Goodrich    Miss    Warwick 

Mrs.   Cosham    Miss    Janet   Gardner 

Lady   Spratt    Miss   Gwynneth    Galton 

Mrs.    Gallow    Miss    Omar 

The    Baroness    Mrs.    Sephton 

Mrs.   Lunch    Miss    VaJetta 

Mrs.    Coperstone    Miss    Galton 

Mrs.   Coperstone's   Maid    Miss  Honis.^ 

—Royalty,  Glaegov.. 

SO.*The  Sins  of  Society,  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  Cecil  Raleigh  and  Henry  Hamilton. 
(Originally  produced.  Sept^ember  12,  1907, 
Dniry  Lane.)  Last  .performance  (tiie 
64tli)  June  2. 

James    Hogg    Mr.    George    Barreffct 

Noel    Ferrers    Mr.    Charles    Rock 

Sir  Dorian   March   Mr.  Vincent  Clive 

Rev.  Martin  Hope   ..   Mr.  Frederick  Ross 

Mr.    Morris    Mr.    Oscar    Adye 

Mr.    Thesiger    Mr.    Arthur    Poole 

Lady    Marion    Beaumont     ..Mrs.    Langtry 

Lady  Goldbury  Miss  Fanny  Brough 

Livdy  Gwendoline   Ashley 

Miss   Madge   Fabian 
Duchess  of  Danebury  . .  Miss  Lucy  Siibley 

Mrs.   Murgatroyd    Miss   Joau   Burton 

A    Milliner    Miss    EiiLv    Malyon 

Maid    Miss   Betty  Rutherford 

Mrs.   Burton.   Eocketter 

Miss  Carrie  Murray 

Private   Baines    Mr.    Bert   Monks 

Snowey   Templer    . .    Mr.    Edward   Morgan 

Jockey    Master   Jack    Fro(5.t 

Recruiting   Sergeant   Mr.    Edward   Pollard 

Lord     Enderby     Mr.    John    BIooJii 

Parker    ." Mr.    Fred    PenJey 

Captain  Thorpe    Mr.    Alfred  Fisher 

Colonel  Bryan    . .   Mr.   Herbert   Hewetson 
— Drury    Lan*. 

30.  Mixed  Marriage,  drama  of  Belfast  life,  in 

four  acts,  by  St.  John  G.  Ervine.    (Lon- 
don production,  June  7,  Court.) 

John    Rainey     Mr.    Arthur    Sinclair 

Hugh   Rainey    Mr.   J.   M.   Kerrigan 

Tom    Rainey    Mr.   N.   Wright 

Michael    O'Hara    Mr.    J.    O'Rourke 

Mrs.   Rainey    Mass   Maire   O'Neill 

Nora  Murray  Miss  Maire  Nio  Shinbhlaigh 
— Abbey,   Dublin. 


31.  The  Devil's  Trap,  play,  in  four  acts. 

Rev.    Feli.x   Pyatt    ..Mr.    Bernard   Limpus 

Penrose  Hart   Mr.   P.   Hunt  Lewis 

Peter    Mr.    .\lfred    Burke 

Dr.    Knox    Mr.   W.   Protiiero© 

Conwav  Rutland  Mr.  G.  W.  Plynge 

Mat   Quilligan    Mr.   E.   Deans 

Molly    Fitzmaunice    . .    Miss    Diana    Cloud 

Mrs.    Mahoney    Miss    Eva   Lyndhurst 

The  Widow  Neazor..Mis6  Carmena  Rivers 

Fan    Mrs.    Bernard    Limpus 

— His    Majesty's,  Barrow. 

31.\\Ainbition  and  the  Woman,  drama,  in  three 
acts,   by  Mrs.  C.   Campbell  Wardrop. 
Laurence    Ainslie    . .    Mr.    Henry   Harding 
Major   -Arthur  Wilmour 

Mr.    Harold  Leighton 
Capt.  Godfrey  Mortimer  Mr.  H.  Sanderson 

Lieut.  Percy  Hilton   Mr.   R.  Evans 

Lieut.    Thornton    Mr.    Frederic   Haill 

Lieut.    Fisher    Mr.    D.    McKay 

Algernon    FitzMaurice    ..    Mr.    C.   Haynes 

Herbert-   Stanton    Mr.   W.   Nelson 

Jennings    Mr.    D.    McKay 

Berenice   Mortimer  Miss  Margiixet  Kinson 

Edith    Molyneux    Miss   M.    A.    Forde 

Mary    Grainger    — Miss    Hetty    Maltman 
—Balfour    Institute,    Liverpool. 

31.tr/ie  Abbe'g  Garden,  mimodrame,  in  two 
episodes  (founded  on  an  incident  in  Guy 
de  Maupassant's  "  Clair  de  Lune "), 
written  and  composed  bv  Dora  Bright. 

The  Abbd    Mr.   Cecil  Crofton 

Aline    Miss  Beatrice  Collier 

Her  Lover Mr.   Fraser  Outram 

Jeannette    Miss   Nonny   Lock 

Her  Lover   Mr.  Clive  Carey 

Melanie    Mme.    Z;uifretta 

—Globe. 


APRIL. 

1.  Inspector  Wise,  C.I.D.,  pliay,  in  one  act, 
by  H.   M.   Vernon. 

Inspector  Wise  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Grant 

Major  Mortimer  ..Mr.  Harold  Richardson 

Henderson  Mr.  Ray  Raymond 

Nolan  Mr.  Joseph  Derby 

"Kid"  Wilson  Mr.  James  Jolley 

"Squeaky"  Austin  Mr.  F.  Gremlin 

— Queen's. 

2.  Queen  Herzeleid,  poetic  play,  in  three  acts, 

by  Isabel  Hearne.    (Produced  by  The  Play 
Actors.)  » 

Queen  Herzeleid.,. .Miss  Frances  Wetherall 
Kundrie  Miss  Adeline  Bourne 

Two  Voice-!  -'  ^^'**  '^''^'^  ^°'^^® 

iwo   \oices   ^  j^jg^  Kathleen  Russell 

The  Lady  Margaret Miss  Rita  Tomkins 

Joan  Miss  Dulcie  Greatwich 

Rosamund   Miss  Ada  Hatchwell 

A  Wandering  Woman... .Miss  Judith  Kyrle 

■  Parzival  Mr.  Frederick  Worlock 

An  Old  Physician Mr.  Herbert  Bunston 

Old  Stephen Mr.  Robson  Paige 

Denys  Mr.  James  Gelderd 

— Court. 

3.  Spring    in     Bloomsbury,     one-act   play,    by 

Harold  Brighouse. 

Jack  Hamrnersiey Mr.  Edward  Landor 

Herbert  Bingham Mr.  Leonard  Mudie 

Jennie  Miss  Dorothy  Kentish  Wright 

Tom  Pritchard  Mr.  Herbert  Lomas 

Amy  Sutton Miss  Hilda  Davies 

— Gaiety,  Manchester. 

3.  The  Belle  of  Barcelona,  musical  comedy,  in 
two  acts,  by  Jack  McKenzie  and  Henry  L. 
Osmond. 

Marmaduke  Miggles Mr.  Jack  McKenzie 

Tommaso Mr.  W.  Macknej 

Tame  Idiot  Mr.  Glen  Olva 

President Mr.  Spry  Palmei 


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Thf  BfUof  Barcftona  (continufd). 

Sir  Harry  Thorp  Mr.  Floyd  Gwj-nne 

Babette Miss  Stella  Millar 

Cerita Miss  Viola  Rene 

King's,  Sutton-in-Ashfield. 

i.i'Atalanta  in  Calydon,  tragedy,  by    Algernon 
C.  Swinburne. 
Chief  Huntsman  and  Herald 

Mr.  Clarence  Derwent 

Chorus  Leader   Miss  Enid  Lorimer 

Althiea  Miss  Elsie  Fogerty 

Atlanta  Miss  Hazel  Thompson 

Meleager   Mr.  Philip  Merivale 

(Eneus  .Mr.  A.  Harding  Steerman 

Toxeus   Mr.  J.  Collins 

Plexippus Mr.   Charles  Baulting 

Captain  of  the  Guard  Mr.  Davies 

Messenger  Mr.  Dion  Titheradge 

Second   Messenger.. Mr.    A.   de   V.    Gibson 
— Lyceum. 

6.  At  the  Court  of  Xerxes,  play,  by  Wilfred 

Welton— Little. 

7.^ The  Woman,  play,  by  William  C.  de  Mille— 
Dalston. 

7.  .1  Counter  Reformation,  comedietta,  by  B. 

G.  Mure. 

Jack  Vivian Mr.  Wilfred  H.  Dolphin 

Tom  Desborough  Mr.  Percival  Young 

Kittv    Vivian    Miss    D.    Scott 

Edith  Tressilian  ..   Miss  MoUy  Mackenzie 

Dennis   Miss  Constance  Lamming 

—Studio,  Bedford  Street. 

7.  Phoca,  fantasy,  founded  on  an  old  legend, 
by  C.  A.  Dawson  Scott. 

Phoca  Miss  Elaine  Goode 

Pearl Miss  Isobel  Clare 

Morgan    Miss   Cynthia  Goode 

The   Fisherman    Mr.   Percival   Young 

—Studio,  Bedford  Street. 

10.  Haunted,  modern  ghost  story,  in  four  acts, 
by  H.   F.   Maltby. 

Andrew  Wimpole  ..  Mr.  Herbert  Mansfield 
Toby  Parker  .....   Mr.  Allan  Montgomerie    ' 

William   Hoskyn    Mr.   Dick   Seddon 

Simon  Strange  ..  Mr.  Stephen  E.  Scanlan    i 
Alfred    Kendal    Mr.    Charles    E.    Sandford    ; 

Yarrow    Mr.   Sibley   Hicks 

P.C.  Tomkins   Mr.  Jules  Lemaire 

Mrs.    Forrest    Miss   Marion   Turner    . 

Amy  Forrest  Miss  Hilda  Plowright    i 

Scraggy    Miss   Kate   Cunningham    ; 

Sarah   Miss  Alice  Miller    , 

—Grand,  Derby. 

10.  The  ilaiter  of  Mrs.  Chilvers,  comedy,  in  ' 
four  acts,  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome.  (London  I 
production,  "April   26,    Royalty.)  ' 

Lady  Mogton  Miss  Mary  Rorke    ; 

Annys  Chilvers    Miss  Lena  Ashwell 

Phoebe  Mogton   Miss  Ethel  Dane 

Janet   Blake    -Miss   Gillian   Scaife 

Mrs.  Mountcalm  Villiers  Muis  Sarah  Brooke    ' 

Elizabeth  Spender  ML<«  Auriol  Lee    ] 

Rose   Morton    Miss   E.sm6   Berioger 

Mrs.  Chinn   Miss  Sydney  Fairbrother    i 

Geoffrey  Chilvers,  M.P...Mr.  Dennis  Eadie    ; 
■Dorien  St.  Herbert.. Mr.  L.  Quartermaine 

Ben  Lamb,  M.P Mr.  A.  E.  Benedict    \ 

William  Gordon    Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn    ; 

Sigsby   Mr.  Michael  Sherbrooke 

Hake  Mr.  H.  B.  Tabberer    ! 

Mr.    Peekin    Mr.    Gerald   Mirrielees 

Mr.    Hopper    Mr.    Stanley    Logan 

Mrs.   Peekin    Miss   Rowena   Jerome    : 

Miss  Borlasse   Mi.si>   Cathleen  Ne.«bitt 

Miss   Ricketts  Miss  Hetta  Bartlett 

—King's,  Glasgow. 

10.  .4    Pantomime   Dame,  one-act   play,   by   B. 
Bass. 

James  Rolands Mr.  Jan  Ogilvie  Will    ! 

Tom   Lewis    Mr.    Martin    Lewis    i 

Molly  Lewis   Miss  Dorothy   Mather    | 

—Winter  Gardens,  New  Brighton.    ■ 


11.  Catties  in  the  Air  (Frau  Luna),  operette, 
in  two  acts,  by  Paul  Lincke.  adapted  from 
the  German  by  .Mrs.  Cayiey  Robinson,  with 
lyrics  by  Adrian  Ross. 

Terrbstruls. 

Mrs.   Bloggins   MLv<  Sibyl  Lonsdale 

Letty    Lane    -MLss    Ivy   Moore 

Jack  Airy  Mr.  Gwilym  Evans 

-Montmorency  Mr.  St.  Jolin  Hamuud 

Stubbs  Mr.  \Vm.  Hindson 

Mr.  P»l«*sa»r Mr.  St.  John  Hamund 

LU.NARIANS. 

Lady  Luna  Miss  Sybil  Tancredi 

Prince  .Meteor  .Mr.  Cameron  Carr 

Theophilus    Mr.    Frank   Wood 

Stella   MLss  Eileen  Cayley 

A   Moon-Footman    .Mr.   Frank   Perfltt 

Misses  Holmes,  Bland,  Compigne,  Heath, 
Harte.  O'Mara.  Barrington,  Sinclaire,  Tan- 
credi, Tweed,  Scutterer,  Winnipeg,  Dwyer, 
Clitt'ord,  Kent,  Verney;  -Mes-srs.  Kean, 
Wvndham,  Hobson,  Veritv,  Cartwright, 
Brahab,  Wyatt. 

— Scala. 

11.  Die  SUnde  (The  Sin),  comedy,  ip  three  acts, 
by  Max  Ber»stein.  (Originally  produced  at 
the  Xeues  Schauspielhau^,  Berlin,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1908.) 

Zumbusch-Rotteck    Rudolf   Exner 

Lolp  Miiller   Olga  Romberg 

Christoph    Proll    G.    Alexander 

Amanda  Proll   Martha  Haase 

Paul  Voss  Alfred  (Joltermann 

Eduard   Wetting   Ernst  Bemhard 

KoUer  A.  BoLzmann 

Peter   Helldobler    Arthur   Zettler 

Resi   Staudiager    Hedwig   Rchmann 

Vinzenz  Willy  Reifschneider 

A  Bridegroom   Georg  Bon\'itz 

— Cripplegate  Institute. 

l2'!,Grandpapa,  comedy-drama,  in  one  act.  by 
L.    Henry. 

Sir  Simeon  Bankier Mr.  A.  Alexander 

Florence    Miss    Johnson 

Macnab  Mr.  Sellar 

Jack  Carr  Mr.  L.  Henry 

— Athenaeum,    Glasgow. 

13.  Lily,  the  Bill-Topper,  play,  in  four  acts, 
adapted  by  Paul  Kester,  from  Andr^  Cas- 
taigne's  novel,  "  The   Bill-Toppers.'" 

Jimmv   Mr.  Ernest  Mainwaring 

Trampv  Wheel  Pad  ..   Mr.  W.  G.  Brown 

P.  T.  Clifton  Mr.  J.  R.  Crauford 

Nunkie  FMchs   Mr.   H.   de   Lange 

Mrs.  Clifton  Miss  Maud  Milton 

Glass  Eye  Maud Miss  Edith  Barwell 

Poland  Miss  Marie   Polin'^ 

Miss  Lily  Miss  Marie  Tempest 

— Lyceum,  Edinburgh. 

l5.*Cou.sm  Kate.  Hubert  Henry  Davies's  three- 
act  comedy.  (Originally  produced  Hay- 
market.  June  18,  1903.)  Last  perform- 
ance (the  74th)  June  20. 

Heath   Desmond    Mr.   Cyril   Maude 

Rev.  James  Bartlett.. Mr.  Rudge  Harding 
Bobby  Spencer  ..  Master  Stephen  Thomas 

Mrs.  Spencer   Miss  Carlotta   Addison 

Amy  Spencer  Miss  Beatrice  Ferrar 

Jane   Miss  Vera  Coburn 

Kate  Curtis  Miss  Ellis  Jeffreys 

— Playhouse. 

15.  Our  Nervous  System,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Gertrude   Jennings. 

Brenda  Thompson  Miss  Mary  .Terrold 

Mrs.  Christie   Mrs.   Fordyce 

Evanaeline  Miss  Nell  Carter 

Freddie  Mr.  Louis  Goodrich 

— Playhouse. 

15.  The  Terrorist,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Laur- 
ence Irving. 

The  (5overnor  Mr.  Laurence  Irving 

His  Sister  Miss  Beatrice  Smith 


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The  Terrorist  (continued). 

Their  Servant   Mr.   A.  Field  Fisher 

The  Colonel   Mr.  James  Skea 

The  Terrorist  Miss  Mary  Forbes 

(—Duke  of  York's. 
15.  The  Forest  of  Happy  Dreams,  fantasy,  by 
Edgar   Wallace.      (.Originally    produced   at 
the  Camden  Hippodrome,  June  b,  1910.) — 
Queen's. 

15.  The  Little  Dream,  allegory,  in  one  act  and 
seven  scenes,  by  John  Galsworthy. 

Seelchen   Miss  Irene  Clarke 

Lamond  Mr.  Milton  Rosmer 

Felsman    Mr.   Herbert   Lomas 

Characters  in  the  Dream. 

The  Cow  Horn  Mr.  Herbert  Lomas 

The  Wine  Horn  Miss  Isabel  Roland 

The  Great  Horn Mr.  Leonard  Mudie 

Flowers,  Voices,  and  Figures  in  the 

DREAM. 

The  Edelweiss  Miss  Mabel  Roberts 

The   Alpenrose..Miss  Bertha  Brocklehurst 

The  Gentian   Miss  Doris  Mee 

Mountain  Dandelion.. Miss  Bertha  Sweeney 

Goatherd    ., Mr.    Esm6   Percy 

— Gaiety,  Manchester. 
17.*A     Midsummer     Night's     Dream,      Shake- 
speare's   play.     Revived    by    Sir    Herbert 
Tree  at  the  commencement  of  his  Shake- 
speare  Festival. 

Fairies. 

Oberon  Miss  Evelyn  D'Alroy 

Titania   Miss  Margery  Maude 

First  Fairy   Miss  Stella  Esdaile 

Mustardseed  Miss  Midge  Dolphin 

Cobweb    Miss  Marcell  Kreutz 

Moth  Master  Charles  Thomas 

Peaseblossom   Miss  .Mimi  Crawford 

Puck  Master  Burford  Hampden 

Mortals. 

Hippolyta Miss  Frances  Dillon 

Hermia    Miss   Laura   Cowie 

Helena    Miss  Maud  Cressall 

Theseus  Mr.  Gerald  Lawrence 

Egeus   Mr.  S  .A.  Cookson 

Lysander  ;...   Mr.  Basil  Gill 

Demetrius  Mr.  E.  Ion  Swinley 

Philostrate Mr.  Henry  Morreil 

Quince  Mr.   A.  E.   George 

Snug  Mr.  Walter  R.  Creighton 

Flute    Mr.  E.   M.   Robson 

Snout  Mr.  Edmund  Gurney 

Starveling  Mr.  Edward  Sass 

Bottom  the  Weaver.. Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier 
— His  Majesty's. 

l7.tA.  Wife  for  a  Day,  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  W.  V.  Giirrod.  (Originally  produced 
February   6,    Royal,    Macclesfield). 

Henry  Smith  Mr.  Fred  Wilberforce 

Anthony  Denlock  Mr.  W.  V.  Garrod 

Arthur  Smith   Mr.  Scott  Leighton 

Frank  Morath   Mr.  Alex.  J.  Haviland 

Montague  Turton Mr.  Frank  Dallas 

Henry  Wat&on  ..  Mr.  J.  Sutton  Pateman 
Adolphe  de  Brisson   . .   Mr.   H.   Fredericks 

Millicent  Turton  Miss  Lydia  Hart 

Mrs.  BardsJey  Miss  Alice  Clarke 

Mona  Denlock  Misa  Bertha  Kingston 

— Fulham. 

17.  The  Temptress  of  Paris,  drama,  in  four 
acto,  by  Herbert  Fuller.  (London  produc- 
tion, August  14.  Royal,  Woolwich.) 

Rev.  Harry  Mannering  Mr.  H.  Fuller 

Louis  du  Cressy Mr.  Poison  Turner 

Archie  Chamberlain.  .Mr.  Robert  Hewland 

Pierj-e  Detour  Mr.  Louie  Weston 

Tony  Onie  —  Mr.  Kenneth  Black,  junior 

Tom  Brown  Mr.  Stanley  Hoban 

Jim  Stokes  Mr.  Will  Fenninge 

Bill  Steel  Mr.  J.  Hibbert  Mansell 

Rev.  MacNeiJ  Mr.  Francis  Bates 


The  2'imptres^  of  Paris  {continued). 

An  Old  Verger  Mr.  R.  N.  Noble 

A  Footman  Mr.  Fred  Small 

Clinton  Mannering  ..   Little  May  Ingham 

Lris  O'Mara Miss  Florence  Delmaj 

Babebte,  La  Savette  Mi»s  Lily  Fuller 

lien6  M^annering  Miss  Agnes  Collier 

— Ale.\audra,   SheUield. 

17.  The  Pinch  of  Another  Man's  Shoes,  play, 
in  four  acts,  by  Lillian  Clare  Cassidy. 

Ned  Quillet  Mr.  Juan  D'Alberti 

Moss  Anthol  Mr.  Harry  Emmersou 

Nick  Jargle,  K.C.  ..  Mr.  G.  Edward  Hall 
Bernard  Bernato,  K.C. ..Mr.  S.  L.  Courtney 

Fighting  Kit  Mr.  J.  Rice  Casiiidy 

Watson  Mr.  Charles  A.  James 

Judge  Barrington   . .  Mr.  H.  C.  Hunnable 

Detective  Holder   Mr.  George  Owen 

Clerk  o^  Court  Mr.  Charles  Parry 

PoUce-constable  . .   Mr.  James  ElleJthorne 

Adria  Quillet   Miss  Ada  Roscoe 

Nelly  Branton  Miss  Emily  Wilson 

Sophy  Higgins  Miss  Kitty  Johnstone 

Elln  Anthol  Mrs.  J.  Rice  Cassidy 

—Grand,  Hull. 

17.  The   Price    She   Paid,   drama,    by   B.    Mer- 

vyn    Fox.      (S.P.    January    20,    Standard, 
Helton;     Loudon     production,     June     12, 
Royal,  Stratford). 
17.*Tlte  Legend   of  Narcissus — Court. 

18.  A  Butterfly  on  the    Wheel,  a  modern  play, 

in   four   acts,   by   Edward   G.   Hemmerde, 
K.C,    and    Francis    Ntilson,    M.P.      Last 
performance    (the    119th)    August   i.     Re- 
vived at,  the  Queen's,  Noveuiiier  11. 
Rt.    Hon.   George  Admaston,  M.P. 

Mr.   Guy  Standing 
Roderick  Collingwood   ..Mr.  Lewis  Waller 

Lord  EUerdine  Mr.  Sam  Sothern 

Sir  John  Burroughes  ..Mr.  S.  Turnbull 
Sir  Robert  FyfEe  ..Mr.  Norman  McKinnel 
Gervaise  McArthur  .Mr.  W.  Cronin-Wilson 
Stuart  Menzies,  K.C. ..Mr.  S.  J.  Warmington 

Frank  Cartaret   Mr.   Lewis  Broughton 

Jacques    Mr.    Alec   Thompson 

Dubois    Mr.  A.  Caton    Woodville 

Foreman  of  the  Judy  ..Mr.  A.  M.  CuUen 

Footman   Mr.  LesUe  Rea 

Lady    Atwill    Miss    Beryl    Faber^ 

Paulinie    Miss   Mariamire   OaTdweTT 

Peggy  Admaston.. Miss  Madge  Titheradge 
—Globe. 

18.  The  Best  Man,  play,  in  one  act,   by  J.  J. 

Bell. 

Joseph  Redhorn  Mr.  Campbell   Gullan 

WilUe  MacWattie  ..Miss  Margaret  Nybloc 

Samuel    Chunks    Mr.    Walter    Roy 

—Royalty,    Glasgow.  . 

19.  Kismet,  Oriental  spectacular  play,  in  four 

acts  and  ten  scenes,  by  Edward  Kno- 
blauch. Last  performance,  (the  328th) 
January  27,  1912. 

Men. 

Hajj   Mr.  Oscar  Asehe 

The  Muezz'n  Mr.  Alfred  Bristowe 

The  Imam  Mahmud  ..  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Doran 

A  Mufti   Mr.  Arthur  Tranton 

The  Guide  Nasir  Mr.  R.  Ian  Penny 

The  Sheikh  Jawan  Mr.  Caleb  Porter 

The  Beggar  Kasim   Mr.  Tripp  Edgar 

Ajnru Mr.   Athol  Forde 

Zavd  Mr.  R.  F.  Anson 

The  Caliph  Abdallah  ..  Mr.  Ben  Webster 
The  WazLr  Abu  Bakr  ..  Mr.  Ewan  Brooke 

The  Wazir  Mansur  Mr.  H.  Grimwood 

Kafur  Mr.  George  Relph 

Afife   Mr.  A.  Winspeare 

Captain  of  the  Watch  ..  Mr.  D.  Atherton 
Attendant  of  Mansur   ..  Mr.  H.  Franklin 

Bhnd  Man  Mr.  E.  Adeney 

Chinaman    Mr.    Gordon   Barker 

Chamberlain  of  the  Cahph 

Mr.  G.  Fitzgerald 
Gaoler  Kutayt  Mr.  J.  Fritz  Russell 


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KUmet  (continufii). 

Women. 

Marsinah  >'Iiss  Lily  Brayton 

Narjib   Miss  Be6sie  Major 

Old  Woman   Miss  D.  England 

The  Aliiiali  Miss  Naucy  Denvers 

Miskiili   Misi  Muriel  UuUliinson 

K.ut-aJ-K.ulub  Mrs.  Saba  Kaieigh 

Uefore  the  Clrtain. 

The  Man  Mr.  Ernest  Leenian 

The  Woman  Miis  Dorothy  Moulton 

The  Story  Teller  Mi.  Ewan  Brooke 

The  Dancer   Miss  Nancy  Denvers 

— Garrick. 

10.  tanuy'g    Firxt    Play,     an    "  easy    play    for 
a  little  theatre,"  in  three  acts,  an  induc- 
tion,   and    an    epilogue,    by    ti.    Bernard 
Shaw. 
Mr.   Kohin    Gilbey   Mr.   Fewlass  Llewellyn 

.Mrs.   Gilbey  , Miss   Gwynneth   Galton 

Juggins Mr.  H.  K.  Aylifl 

Dora   Delaney    Miss   Doiothy    Minto 

Mrs.    Knox    Miss    Cicely    Hamilton 

Mr.   Joseph   Kno.x    Mr.    Arnold  Lucy 

Margaret   Knox   .Miss  Lillah  McCarthy 

Lieutenant   Duvallet   Mr.   R.   Lauzerte 

Bobby    Mr.   Shiel  Barry 

CHARACTERS    IN    THE    I.NDICTION    AND    EPILOGIE. 

Servant   Mr.   A.    E.   Filmer 

Cecil   Savoyard   Mr.   Lewis  8ealy 

Count  O'Dowda    ..Mr.   Harcourt-Williams 

Fanny  O'Dowda   Miss  Christine   Silver 

Mr.    Trotter    Mr.   Claude   King 

Nfr.   VauKhan    Mr.   S.  Creagh   Henry 

Mr.  Gunn    Mr.  Reginald  Owen 

Mr.   Flawner  Bannel   ..Mr.  Nigel  Plavfair 
—Little. 

20.  Hearts  v.  Diamonds,  duodogue,  by  Frank 
Cringle  Daniel 

Belle  Lorimer   Miss    Kitty  Trewhitt 

Jack  I>alton   Mr.  F.  C.  Daniel 

—Royal,  South    Shields. 

20.  Better  Not  Enquire,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
adapted  from  Les  Deux  Ecoles  of  Alfred 
C;ipiL~,  by  G!;Kly,s  I'nger.  Last  perfoini- 
■ance  (the  OTth)  July  22. 
Edouard  Maubrun  ..Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey 
Gaston  le  Hautois  ..Mr.  E.  Holman  Clark 

Monsieur  JouUn   Mr.  J.  H.  Barnes 

Br^vannes    — Mr.  Gerald  Ames 

Serquigny    Mr.   Franc  Stoney 

Manager  at   Prunier's.  .Mr.  T.  N.  Weguelin 

Head  Waiter  Mr.  Hubert  Druce 

First  Waiter   Mr.    Holliday   Attlay 

Second    Waiter       Mr.  E.   P.  Mayn'e 

Wine  Steward Mr.  C.  B.  Vaughan 

Leon   Mr.  Charles  L.  Sealy 

Manservant  Mr.  Henri  Laurent 

Estelie  Miss  Enid  Leslie 

Madame  Joulin    ..Miss  Vane  Featherston 

Madame  Grevelle   Miss  Hilda  Moore 

Louise Miss    Moliy   Farrell 

Louie    Miss  Violet  Graham 

Clemence    Miss    Joan    Langdale 

Alix   Maubrun    Miss    Marie  Lohr 

— Prince  of  Wales's. 

il.'^A  True  Wonian.  play,  in  four  acts,  bv 
Baroneiss  Orczy.— Wyndham's. 

22.  Baron  Trenck.  comic  opera,  in  three  acts, 
music  by  Felix  Albini,  written  bv  A.  M. 
Winner  and  R.  Bodanzky,  English  lyrics 
''f>y  FrwJerick  Schrader.  Last  iien'omwince 
(the  45rd)  June  3. 

Baron    Trenck    ..    . Mr.    Walter    Hvde 

Marquis  de  Bouillaibaise  Mr.  H.   Sparfing 

Wurzburger    Mr.    Johnny    Danvers 

Nikola  Mr.   Walter  Passmore 

Herr   Dinklespieler-Kietzehneyer 

Mr.  Rutland  Barrington 

Alia  Wunja  Mr.  Wra.  McLaughlin 

A    Herald    ...Mr.    Norman    Greene 

Mariza  Miss  Marie  George 


Bariin  Trenrk  {continued). 

Cornelia Miss   Molly    Lowell 

Countess  Voii  Gratz  Miss  K.  Fielder 

Count    Von    Gratz    Mr.   Charles   Ure 

Forluna    Miss    Zoe   Gordon 

Countess  Lydia   .  .Miss  Caroline  Hatchard 
—Whitney. 

22.||4  Double  Victory,  one-act  play,  by  Rupert 
M.   Heath.— Cripplegat-e   Institute. 

2i.\\What  Would  a  Gentleman  Doi  three-act 
play,  by  Gilbert  Dayle.— St.  Andrew's  Hall, 
Catford. 

I^.XThe  Doctor's  Experiment,  myjstic  comedy 
drama,  in  three  acts,  by  J.  Wellesley 
Lynn.  (Originally  produced  as  a  sketch 
at  the  Scala,  March  10,  1908,  transformed 
into  a  three-act  comedy  drama,  and  jjro- 
duced  at  the  Lyceum,  Stafford,  on  March 
5.) 

Dr.  Eames  Mr.  J.  Welleeley  Lynn 

Dr.  Wilmott Mr.  Lyttleton  Holyoake 

Lieut.   Haddon   Mr.  Roy  Travers 

Arthur  Harford  Mr.  Arthur  Goff 

Col.  Dixon   Mr.  James  English 

Mr.  Vernon   Mr.   Kenneth   Black 

Inspector  Downes Mr.  George  Brown 

Fritz  Mr.  Gerald  Lea 

Mrs.  Carpenter  Miss  Mabel  Shelton 

Mrs.  Hunter  Miss  Isobel  Beresford 

Mavis    Miss  Ethel  Dunbar 

— Fulham. 

2i.  The    Deserter,    drama,    in     two    acts,    by 
Charles     Clifford.       (London     production, 
June   12,  Royal,   Woolwich). 
Captain  Redburn,  J.P...Mr.  Chas.  Clifford 

Henry  Leigh   Mr.  O.  Bisly 

Henry  Lonsdale   Mr.   Roy  Craig 

Sergeant  Langley   Mr.  F.  Lennard 

Tommy  Sticklebat  Mr.  E.  Clayden 

Private  Staggerty   Mr.   Billy  Owen 

Obadiah  Batee   Mr.   D.   Bosher 

Detective  McGregor  Mr.  B.  Dalton 

Molly  Mopps   Miss  Gladys  Clifford 

Aunt  Hezekiah Miss  Ivy  Clarke 

Laurie  Miss  Olive  Clarke 

Nelly' i;>nsdaie:::.-.-;:.-:.-:^  ^i^  Camaeld 
— Royal  Palace,  Ramsgate. 

24.  That  Chauffeur  Chap,  "non-stop  laugh, 
with  music,"  in  tliree  acts,  by  Edward 
:Marris,  music  by  Arthur  Roby,  lyrics  by 
Albert  E.  Ellis.  (London  production, 
Augiidt    14,    Broadway). 

— Opera .  House,    Belfast. 

25.tr/ic  Eclectics'  Club,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
J.  Maurice  Hunter. 

Geoffrey  Mordaunt   Mr.   Ivor  Barnard 

The  Hon.  Evan  Magenis Mr.  J.  L.  Dale 

Lord  Potheringay   Mr.  Walter  Crose 

Orlando  Kynaston  ...Mr.  Frederic  Morena 

Ridgcombe'  Mr.   Dennis  Cleugli 

Guinness  Mr.  W.  Coats-Bush 

Hector  McClintock  Mr.  Norman  Little 

Brent  Mr.  Arthur  E.  Holland 

— Rehearsal. 

25. till  Allegory,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Vera 
Wentworth. 

The  Woman  ^ Mis.s  Maud  Hoffman 

The  Man  Mr.  Clifford  Heatherley 

The  Slave  Woman.. Miss  Violet  Bazalgetie 

Fear   Miss  Beatrice  Filmer 

Courage    Mr.   Ross  Shore 

Prejudice   Mr.   Jackson  Wilcox 

— Rehearsal. 

2^.\T'rimmings,  play  in  one  act,  by  M.  Slieve 
McGhowan. 

Eva   Darlev    Mies    Adeline    Bourne 

Lily  Everitt   Miss  Mary   DevereJl 

Mrs.  Dawscxn  Miss  Irene  Moncrieff 

Mr,  Steadman  Mr.  Athol  Stewart 

— Rehearsal 


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25.!ir«-o  Of  Us,  musical  idyll,  in  one  act,  by 
Helen   TayLor,   music    by   Howard   Fisher. 

Marjory   Miss  Irene  Fearby 

MolHe  M  is6  May  Noble 

Lucy   MittS  Haidee  de  Ranee 

Dolly  Miss  Edith  Hill 

Beftity  Mise  Margaret  Bakewell 

Rosie Miss  Hero  de  Bance 

Dick  Kemnedy  Mr.  Montagu  Syrett 

Marjorie  Grey Miss  Dora  Keith 

— 'Stedman's   Academy. 

2C.tr/i0  Master  of  Mrs.  Cliilvers,  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome.  (Originally 
produced,  April  10,  King's,  Glasgow,  under 
which  date  see  cast.)  Last  performance 
(the  32n(l)  May  27.— Royalty. 

27.  The  Autocrat  of  the  Coffee  Stall,   play,  in 
one  act.  bv  Harold  Oh  a  pin. 
The  CoiTee-Stall  Keeper.. Mr.  Cyril  Grifflt-h 

.\  Humorist  Mr.  George  Taw^e 

Bent    Mr.   Ctrfrrt^ 'Francis 

Sam    Mr.   Edmond   Breon 

The  Autocrat   Mr.  Campbell  Gullin 

The  Reservist  Mr.  Harold  Chapin 

— Royalty,  Glasgow. 

28.tr/ie  Laugh  Against  the  Lawyer,  one-act 
comedy,  by  Marion  Cunningham. 

Jolly   Mr.  Edward  Compton   Coatts 

Anthony   Ward    . .    Mr.  O.   Powie   Griffiths 
OMppy  Sheldon  Ellice  ..Miss  Elsie  Chapin 

Cad-sby  Mr.  Laurence  J.  Clarence 

Piage  Mr.  B.  A.  Pittar 

Pa/tty  Sheldon  Miss  Agnea  Thomas 

'  — Court. 

28.tOu/  of  the  Storm,  condensed  drama,  by 
Marion  Cimningham. 

L^ontine  Villebon  —  Miss  Ethel  Patirick 
Jacques  Villebon  . .  Mr.  F.  Cowley  Wright 

Mere  Gu^rin  Miss  Alice  Chapin 

—Court. 

28.^2'/i0  Square  Thing,  play,  in  one  act. 

Mrs.  Vercher   Miss  Xybloc 

Dr.    Verqher    Mr.    Armstrong 

Captain    Vercher    Mr.   Chapin 

Marjory  Gould  ^liss  Cramanond 

—Royalty,  Glasgow. 

iS.^.The  Weakness  of  Woman,  play,  in  one  act. 

Veromica   Miss  Nybloc 

Kitty  Miss  Clifford 

Bill  MiLjrAJEde, 

Policeman    Mr.   Griffiths 

— Roya'ty,  Gla.rgow. 

29.  Playing  vriih  Fire,  play,  in  three  acts, 
adapted  from  Franz  Molnar's  Ber  Lieb- 
gardist.  Laet  performance  the  (23rd) 
May  22. 

Henry  Longton  Mr.  Robert  Loraine 

William  Sprackley   ..  Mr.  J.  D.  Beveridge 

Mr.  Jackson   Mr.  Frank  Denton 

Harris  Mr.  Lawrence  White 

"Ma"    Mrs.    Charles   Calvert 

Mao'    ^Ii*s    Hemingway 

Gertrude  Longton.. Miss  Alexandra  Carli&Ie 
— Comedy. 

29.|irop«2/  Twrr?/.— Balham  .\ssembly  Rooms. 


MAY. 

X.XThe  Girl  from  Nowhere,  musical  piece,  in 
four  acts.  (Originally  produced  March  9, 
Palace,  Rugby.) 

David  Druce  Mr.  Telly  Dillsen 

John    Druce    Mr.    Cecjl    Churton 

Guy   Lathrop    Mr.   Horace   Manger 

Albert   Price    Mr.    Harry   Ugar 

Ananias  Hustle   Mr.  Buckstone  Clair 

Dan  Harding   Mr.   Henry  Hare 

Commissionaire   Mr.  E.  Sherwood 

Hattie    Miss    Ella   Verity 

Mary   Smith    Miss  Marie  West 

Mary  Smith   Miss  Dorothy  Vere 

Fanny  Fibabit   Miss  Lily   Rennie 


The  Girl  from  Nowhere  (continued), 

Lottie    Longsox    Miss   Nellie   Rennie 

Sadie  Sweetlove   Miss  Gerty  Jackson 

Dora   Doolittle    Miss   Emily    Damley 

Maisie    May    Miss    Marita    Rixss 

Mary  Smith  Miss  Edna  Earl 

— Opera  House,  Woolwich. 

1.  Shattered     Vengeance,     drama,     in     seven 
scenes,   by    William    MervjTi. 
Derrick  Draycott  . .  Mr.  William  Mervyn 

Frank  Mornington  Mr.  A.  R.  Harper 

Maurice   Garth    Mr.   Chas.   D.   Pitt 

Horatio  Alphonso Mr.  A.  A.  Tomlin 

Willie  Wapshot    Mr.   George   Overs 

Douglas  Langford Mr.  Edward  Benson 

Father    Audrey    Mr.    Charles   Russell 

Dad    Gossip    Mr.    Cecil    Wharton 

P.C.    Warden    Mr.    Arthur   Britton 

Warden  Jeffries  Mr.  A.  Ancurt 

Vera  Langford    Mi.ss  Cora  Patey 

Meg    Foster    Miss    Phyllis    Rae 

Francis  Vernon   Miss  Alice  Oliver 

Marie  Draycott Miss  Cissie  St.  Elmo 

— Victoria,  Broughton. 

1.  What  Some  Men  Don't  Know,  skit,  in  one 
act,  by  H.  F.  Maltby.  London  produc- 
tion. Little,  May  29. 

Alf  Mr.  H.  F.  Maltby 

Garge    Mr.    Albert    Plant 

'Erb    Mr.    Fred    Archer 

A    Lady    Miss    Zoe   Davis 

'  — Winter   Gardens,   Blackpool. 

1.  Curing  Eliza,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Gertrude 

Thorpe-Mayne. 

Joe  Rutch" Mr.  Russell   Bury 

Mr.  Jones  Mr.  Allan  Harris 

Eliza  Rutch    Miss  Xorah   Macdonnell 

Mrs.   Fakes   Miss   Gertrude  Thorpe 

Miss  Sissions   Miss  Violet  Barley 

— Opera  Home,   Scarborough. 

Z-liThe  Reformation  of  David;  or,  The  Son  of 
Solomon,  dramatic  sketch,  by  Aaron  Hoff- 
man. 

Morris  Solomon Mr.  C.  Danvers 

Rosie,  his  daughter  ..  Miss  Naomi  Neilson 

David,  his  son   Mr.  Harvey  Brown 

— Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

Z.*The  Queen's  Room,  poetical  play,  in  one 
act,  by  Frankfort  Moore.  Originally  pro- 
duced, October  20,  1891,  Opera  Comique. 
(Revived  by  the  Poetic  Drama  Society). 

-^Boudoir,    W. 

Z-tThe  Twisting  of  the  Rope,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  Douglas  Hyde ;  translated  from  Irish 
into  English  by  Lady  Gregory.  (Produced 
by  the  Poetic  Drama  Society.  Originally 
produced,  October  21,  1901,  (Jaiety,  Dub- 
lin).—Boudoir,  W. 

2.  The  Miracle  of  Corn,  play,  in  one  act,  by 

Padriac  Colum.  (Produced  by  the  Poetic 
Drama  Society.) — Boudoir,  W. 

S.  Little    Saian,    play,    in   one    act,   by    Sybil 
Ruskin. 
King  Charles   . .   Mr.  Norman  V.  Norman 

Enguirrand   Miss  Beatrice  Wilson 

Viscount  Rockhurst.  .Mr.  F.  L.  Whittaker 
Duke  of  Buckingham.  .Mr.  Norman  Leslie 
Sir  Paul  Farrant  ..  Mr.  Herbert  Hastings 

Giles Mr.  Robert  Taylor 

Nick  Mr.  Edward  Wynter 

Mme.   de  Nantes   ..   Miss  Ethel  Coleridge 

Frances  Stuart  Miss  Mary  Douglas 

Lady  Castlemaine Miss  Ena  Douglas 

French  Joan  Miss  Agnes  Thornton 

— Prince's,   Bristol. 

4.  A  Double  Deception,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
M.    Kinsey.      (Produced    by    the    English 
Play  Society.) 
Sir  James  Sherwood  ..  Mr.  J.  H.  Twyford 

John   Mr.  Fred   Grove 

Althea  Tempest  ....   Miss  Helena  Millais 
— Rphe?rpr\l, 


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4.  A  Debt  of  Honour,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Mabel  H.  Robins.  (Produced  by  the  Eng- 
lish  Play  Society.) 

Captain   Garston    ..   Mr.  T.   Arthur  Jones 
Sir  Thomas  Harbridge  ..  Mr.  C.  Edmonds 

Miss  Letty  Fawcett Miss  Ella  Dixon 

—Rehearsal. 

4.  A  rUime  of  Feathers,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Oulielma  Penn  R.  Fitzjohn.  (Produced  by 
the  English  Play  Society.) 

Lil  Shirley   Miss  Marie   Daventry 

Gladys  Thompson   Miss  Dora  Levis 

>lrs.  Barker   Miss  Edith  Cruikshanks 

— Rehearsal. 

4.  The  Rival,  play,  in  one  act,  by  M.  F.  San- 
dars.    (Produced    by    the    English    Play 
Society.) 
J)uc  de  Fontevrault..Mr.  T.  Arthur  Jones 

Raonl  de  Gontaut Mr.  Georce  Thomas 

M.  de  Bertiny  Mr.  Fred  Grove 

M.  de  Rochefort  Henry  Middlemase 

Mile  de  Bertiny  Miss  Sfarie  Daventry 

— Rehearsal. 

5.*Mtich  Ado  About  yothing,  Mr.  Robert 
Arthur's  revival  of  Shakespeare's  play. 

Don  Pedro Mr.  Owen  Roughwood 

Don  John   Mr.  Howard  Sturge 

Claud io    Mr.   Frederic    Sargent 

Benedick    Mr.   Frederic   Worlock 

Leonato   Mr.   Clifton    Alderson 

Antonio    Mr.    Ernest    Griffen 

Balthasar  Miss  Margaret  Macdona 

Conrade   Mr.  Basil  Hallam 

Borachio   Mr.   Edward   Irwin 

A  Messenger  Mr.  King  Fordham 

A  Boy  Miss  Phyll's  Birkett 

A  Page  Miss  Gabrielle  de  Wilden 

Friar  Francis  Mr.  Daniel   McCarthy 

Dogberry   Mr.   Ben   Field 

Verges    Mr.    J.   H.    Brewer 

A  Sexton  Mr.  Guy  Leigh-Pemberton 

Sea«oal  Mr.  Arthur  Cleave 

Oatcake    Mr.    Benedick   Butler 

Third  Watch   Mr.  Lyonel  Watts 

Fourth  Watch  Mr.  .^lex.  Onslow 

Fifth  Watch    ...Mr.   Barnard  Stacey 

Hero    '..Miss  Dorothy   Green 

Margaret   Miss  Constance  Little 

Ursula   Miss  Dulcie   Greatwich 

Imogen    Miss  Florence   Wells 

Beatrice   Miss  Alice  Crawford 

—Coronet. 

S.tThe  Remedy,  farce,  in  three  acts,  by 
Barton   White. 

Capt.   Joseph   Harsnett..Mr.  Lytton  Grey 
Capt.  Wm.  Gramphom.. Mr. Hubert  Druce 

Frederic  Griggs  Mr.  Charles  Steuart 

Dr.  Pyke  Mr.  Walter  P.  Hewetson 

Peter  Mr.   George  Bellamy 

An   Auctioneer   Mr.   Jack   Melville 

Auctioneer's  Men  -' ^^f-  IJ-^VJon 

I  Mr.  Denis  Bryan 

A   Detective   JTr.   Dotiglas  Hamilton 

Owendolen    Miss    Elaine    Inescort 

Julia  Juby  Miss  Kathleen  Gower 

Mrs.   Gramphorn   Miss  Alice  Mansfield 

Irene   Miss  Pollie  Emery 

Belle  Karsnett  Miss  Daisy  Atherton 

— Court. 

6.  Thespis  Cottage,  one^ct  play,  by  Brandon 
Thomas. 

Mr.  Grafton  Wallis Mr.  Roy  Byford 

Mrs.  Grafton  Wallis.. Miss  Nancy  Harding 

Sir  John  Ascott Mr.  Sydney  Compton 

Rupert  Mr.  Noel  Leslie 

Billy  Maunder  Mr.  Robert  Burnett 

Railway  Porter  Mr.   W.  Newton 

Emily  Masters   Miscs  Bertha  Northam 

— Opera  House,  Cheltenham. 

S.Ja  Freak  of  Fate,  play,  in  four  acts,  by 
Mary  Staflord  Smith. 

Richard  Marsh Mr.  James  C.  Aubrey 

(Jeorge  Hardy  Mr.  Aidan  Lovett 

Billie  Miss  Mary  Stafford  Smith 

Jim  Daw  Mr.   Harry  Brayne 


A  Frrak  of  Fate  (continued). 

Fred  Baxter Mr.  P.  Ramsey  Fonnen 

Zeke  White  Mr.  George  Cavanagh 

Bob  Race  Mr.  C.  C.  Grattan 

Tabby    Mr    A.   R.   Dight 

Seth  Rawlins  .Mr.  Tom  Ronald 

Lord  Oarisbrooke  Mr.   Archie  Selwyn 

Dr.  Anson Mr.  Arthur  Faraday 

Detective  Scott   — .Mr.   Robert  Tumbam 
Maisie  J'ainbridge. ..Miss  Berenice  Melford 

Carrie  West Miss  Margherita  (Jordon 

Lola  Denviile  Mlse  Jessie  Winter 

— FuDiam. 
Strfte    First   Actress,    play,    in   one   act,    by 
Christopher  St.  John.    (Produced  by   the 
Pioneer  Players.) 

Griffin  Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn 

.Margaret  Hughes  Miss  Nancy  Price 

Sir  Charles  Sedley Mr.  Ben  Webster 

Lord   Hatton    Mr    Tom  Heslewood 

Visions  op  the   Future. 

Nell  Gwynne  Mi*s  Ellen  Terry 

Mrs.  Barry   Miss  Lily  Brayton 

Mrs.  Bracegirdle Miss  Suzanne  Sheldon 

Nance  Oldfield  Miss  Henrietta  Watson 

Peg  Woffingt-on   Miss  May  Whitty 

Kitty  Clive  :.Miss  Dorothy  Minto 

Mrs.  Siddons Mrs.  Saba  Raleigh 

Mrs.   Abington   Miss  Mona  Harrison 

Mrs.  Jordan  Miss  Lilian  Braithwaite 

Madame  Vestris  Miss  Auriol  Lee 

An  Actress  of  To-Day  ..Miss  Lena  Aehwell 
— King&way. 
8.t/n    the    Workhouse,   play    in   one    act,    by 
Margaret    Wynne    Nevinson.       (Produced 
by  the  Pioneer  Players.) 

Monica  Miss  Christine  Silver 

Lily  Miss  Olive  Terry 

Wilhelmina    Miss  Cicely  Hamilton 

Mrs.   Jarvis    Miss   Clare    Greet 

Ethel  :..' Miss  Phyllis  Embury 

Penelope  Miss  Suzanne  Sheldon 

Mrs.   Cleaver   Miss  Agnes  Thomas 

— Kingsway. 
B.iJack  and  Jill  and  a  Friend,  play,  in  two 
scenes,    by    Cicely    Hamilton.    (Produced 
by  the  Pioneer  Players.) 

Jack    Mr.   E.   Harcourt-Williams 

Roger    Mr.    Frederick    Lloyd 

Jill  Miss  Athene  Sevier 

Postman    Mr.    W.    Abingdon 

— Kingsway. 
8.  Mary    Edwards,    one-act    play,    by    P.    R. 
Bennett. 

Mary   Edwards    Miss   Irene   Rooke 

Lord  Anne  Hamilton  ..Mr.  Milton  Rosmer 

Nurse    Miss  Dorothea   Kentis^h-Wright 

Serving   Man    Mr.   Herbert  Lomas 

Mr.  Roe Mr.  Francis  Hope 

— Gaiety,    Manchester. 
8.  The     New     Jack     Sheppard,     drama,     by 
William  Melvyn. 

Jack  Sheppard   Mr.  William  Melvyn 

Jonathan  Wild  Mr.  C.  D.  Pitt 

Largo,   the   Hunchback   ..Mr.    A.  Britton 

Cecil  de  Belciose  Mr.   A.  A.  Tomlin 

Ben  Shattles   Mr.    George  Overs 

Sir  Nevill  Montague   Mr.  C.  Ru.ssell 

Jonas   Stokes    Mr.    W.    Ancart 

Blue  Skin    Mr.  C.   R.  Roberts 

James    Mr.    A.    R.    Harper 

Reuben  Flint  Mr    E.  Benson 

Winifred    Wood    Mi.«s   Cora   P.-ifey 

Susette  Flint  Miss  Phyllis  Rae 

Pinkie  Buttercup  Miss  Alice  Oliver 

Constance  Sheppard.. Miss  Cissie  St.  Elmo 
— Victoria,    Broughton. 
8.  The  RoiiaHst,    play,  in  one  act,    by  Edwar"! 
Cadman. 

Cromwell   Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 

Colonel  Silas  Cope  Mr.  Alfred  Terris 

Edgar  Hardy Mr.  Chas.  D.  Grenville 

Marjory    , Miss   O'Neill 

,  '  —Royal,  Margate. 


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8.  From  Prison  to  Palace,  romantic  military 
play,  by   Albert  H.   Clark. 

Aleric  Darziel  Mr.  Harry  Tresham 

Duke  of  Ghidova  Mr.  Geo.  Searle 

Count    Sorronto    Mr.    Sidney    Grant 

Major  Petrovor  ....Mr.  Cecil  Ravenswood 

Damon    Mr.   E.   D.   Allen 

Korvitch    Mr.    R.   Seath   Innes 

Kellerman   Mr.  Leo  Montgomery 

Captain  Orloff  Mr.   Chas.    Townsend 

Isobell    Miss    Gwynne    Warren 

Lady  Lodora  Miss  Gertrude  Entwistle 

Clarina    Miss   Florence   Cameron 

— Royal,    Liverpool. 

S.\]Lilac  Land,  romantic  Persian  opera,  in 
two  acts,  by  Edmund  Munk,  verses  and 
music  by  Bernard  Page. 

Haflz    Mr.   Stuart  L.  Page 

Abdusam    Mr.   Harry  Stiebel 

Grand    Vizier    Mr.    Claud    Decie 

Hannah   Twisjg    Miss  Freda  Berryman 

Rupert  Boom   Mr.  T.  H.   Wilson 

Prince  Ramazan    Mr.  W.  H.  Jamieson 

.^lec.   Gordon   Mr.   Harry  Murfln 

Lilac  Miss  Beatrice  Clifton 

— Mechanics'    Hall,    Nottingham. 

8.  Over  the    WnlJ,    farce,    in    three    acts,    by 

Frank  Buries. 

Pr»f.  Alex.  MacPherson..Mr.  C.  A.  White 
Sir  Clement  Wildbore.  .Mr.  Ivor  Barnard 
Lieut.  John  Marling        Mr.  Ch.  D.  Grenville 

yi.   Picquant   Mr.  Walter  Brodie 

Hagon  Damper Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 

Michael   O'Brien Mr.   Alfred  Terris 

Mrs.  Valentine Miss  Rita  Carlyle 

Alice    Valentine Miss    O'Neill 

Mme.   Picquant    Miss   Alice   James 

Susan   Miss  Kitty  Eildare 

— Royal,  Margate. 

9.  The  Secret  Ageiit,  musical  comedy,  adapted 

from  an  old  farce  by  C.  J.  Coyne  by  Her- 
bert T.  Rainger,  music  by  Heller  Nichclls. 

Victor  Mr.  J.  F.  Holloway 

Count   Steinhausen Mr.   Lyn   Rainger 

Baron  Stanbach  Mr.  W.  H.  Banks 

Co^unt  Otto  von  Gorgas..Mr.  H.  T.  Rainger 

Oscar  von  Gersternberg Mr.  C.  Perrott 

Fritz  von  Piffpaffenheim 

Captain  G.  F.  de  Pledfre 

Robert  Mr.  F.  D.  Grundy 

Captain  of  the  Guard.. Sergt. -Major  Brill 
Dowager  Grand  Duchess 

Mrs.  Bartholomew 
Paula  von  Stolzenfel6..Mrs.  W.  F.  Holman 
Prince  Ernestine  of  Novania 

Miss  Brenda  Harvey 

Miriota  Miss  Violet  Ringer 

— Opera  House,  Cheltenham. 
9.  The  Arctic  Cure,  comic  opera,  in  two  acts, 
book   and  lyrics   by   Will  King,  music  by 
C.  T.  Loveday. 
Mr.  Bully  Bulverhythe 

Mr.  W.  G.  Lindsey  Pope 

Doctor  Wylle   Mr.  Harry  E.  McLean 

Daniel  Dinghey    Mr.   Will  King 

Jack  Verrall   Mr.  Herbert  Sharpe 

George  Fairlight   ..  Mr.  R.  J.   Ellinghaus 

Timothy  Turbine  Mr.  J.  B.  Fryer 

Filsham   Mr.  Reginald  Wyatt 

Colonel    Mr.    R.    H.    Poole 

Turncock    Mr.    W.   H.    Fuller 

Lydia    Miss  Elsie  Badcock 

Clementina  Miss  Olive  Buries 

Gertrude  Manners    Mrs.   Will   King 

Lizzie,   alias  Miss  Maud-rie-Vean 

Miss  Ethel  Squires 
Penelope  Piper  . .  Miss  Winifred  Maunder 

Ayee    Master   K.   McLean 

loh   Miss  Marjorie  King 

Nurses. — Misses  G.  Swan,  D.  Buries,  V. 
Williams,      D.      Olley,      B.     Fulford,      M.     ' 
Richardson,  Mesdames  Bush  and  Olley. 


The  Arctic  Cure  {eontintied). 

Crew.— Messrs.  S.  G.  Hazell,  A.  Turner, 

S.    Olley,    S.    Ayerst,    F.    O'Keefe,    F.    C. 

Wilkins,  F.  G.  Joblin,  and  W.  H.  Fuller. 

Navvy. — Mr.  W.  Fuller,  jun. 

Patients. — Misses  G.  Squires,  N.  Ayerst, 

P.    Buck,    H.    J.    Brown,    E.    Burton,    G. 

Evens,  P.  King,  L.  Fripp,  V.  Hall,  I.  Lea, 

M.  Loveday,  M.  Morgan,  F.  Hetherington, 

M.     Gabriel.     Mesdames     Wilkins,     Buck, 

Hands,    Messrs.    F.    Buck,    E.    Cattle.    J. 

Laurence,  C.  Kershaw,  L.   G.  P.  Walenn, 

E.   H.   Bailey,   F.   Olley,    and   5.    G.    Gor- 

ringe.  —Empire.   Southend. 

10.  The    Way    Out,    playlet,    by    W.  Thwaites 

Stephene. 

Sir  John  Izard Mr.  Lawrence  Cade 

Edmund  Izard.. Mr.  W.  Thwaites  Stephens 
Phillip  Longuehaie  —  Mr.  Edwin  Fletcher 

Manners   Mr.   S.  Leonard 

Lady  Letty  Izard  Miss  Doris  Day 

Francis  Longuehaie  Miss  Violet  Day 

—92,  Victoria  Street,  S.W. 

U.*As  You  Like  It,  Shakepeare'e  play,  rev'ved 

by  Mr.  Fred  Terry  for  a  number  of  special 

matinees.  — New. 

ll.Vihe  Fulfilment,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Ernest 

Hutchinson. 

Georsy  One ;..Mr.   Arthur  Wontner 

Georgy  Two Miss  Italia  Conti 

Any  Young  Man Mr.  Harold  Deacon 

— Stafford  House,  St.  oames's. 
W.^Ja'ppy  Chappij,  children's  Japanese  musical 
extravaganza,   in  one   act,  written  by  E. 
L.  Shute,  music  by  H    W.  Hewlett. 
The  Giant  Bow-Wow 

Mr.  Rutland  Barrington 

Jolly  Chappy Miss  Marjorie  D  nnis 

Dolly   Miss  Mavis  Yorke 

Bisi  Boddee  Miss  Phyllis  Bourke 

Flippy  Flappy  Miss  Eileen  Samuel 

Snippy  Snappy  Miss  Eric  Wilson 

Koko  Butta  Miss  Esm6  Wynne 

Cherri  Jami  Miss  Grace  Sepping 

— Stafford  House,  St.  James's. 
llATaffy's   Wife,  one-act  play,   by   Bertha  N. 
Graham. 

Taffy   Mr.  H.  Lawrence  Ley  ton 

Rosalind  Evans    Miss   Mary   Allestree 

Robert  Cressal Mr.  Cecil  Bevan 

— Lyceum  Club. 
ll.-fWhy  She   Did  It,   one-act   play,   by    Lucy 
Dale. 

Lawrence  Despard Mr.  A.  Holmes-Gore 

Mr.  Poppleton Mr.  E.  H.  Paterson 

Kitty   Frothingham Miss   Dorothy   Day 

— Lyceum   Club. 

11.  The   Kiss  of  Isis.     Egyptian  scena,  written 

and  composed  by    Arthur  S.   Gill  (London 

production,        Richmond        Hippodrome, 

June  5). 

isis.  the  Goddess Mile.   Kia  Durdee 

Phloris Miss  Lucia  Moore 

Nabori    Miss   Winifred    De   Levanti 

— Royal,   Nottingham. 
12.\\fllsa,  a  children's  operetta,  in  three  acts, 
written  and  composed  by  Frankie  Browne. 
Children's   Kingdom. 

Ilsa    Miss    Babette    Philips 

Teddy    Miss  Frankie  Browne 

King'of  Good  Temper.. Miss  Mildred  Berry 
Middle  World. 

The  Griffin   Mr.  R.  T.  Thornton 

The  Sprite    Miss  Doreen  Ellis 

Wraith  of  the  Toadstool.  .Miss  Mary  Castle 

Gnomes'    Kingdom. 
King  of  Bad  Temper.. Miss  PhvUis  Warren 

Otto   Miss  Cyrille  Bayfield 

Jansen    Miss  Olav  Campbell-Harris 

Gustave   Miss  Meme  Hopkinson 

— Devonshirs  Park,  Eastbourne. 


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13.  The  hear,  farce,  in  one  act,  by  Anton 
TchckhofT,  translated  from  the  Russian  by 
Arthur    A.    Syki's 

He   Mr.   Norman  Trevor 

She  Miss  Blanche  Grand 

Servant   Mr.   E.  Cresfan 

— King.sway. 

13.  Mm.  Pleanance,  \)\i\\,  in  one  act,  by  Frede- 
rick   DelUll. 

.Mrs.   I'leasance   Miss  Jean  Bloomfleld 

Mr.-i.  Atkins  >ri3S  Frances  Welstead 

.lim  Amies  Mr.  Franklin  Dyall 

Howlett   Mr.   Frederick  Lloyd 

Mr.   Uarrell   Mr.   E.  Cresfan 

— Kingsway. 

Ij.JHer  Ruined  Life,  drama,  in  prologue  and 
three  act.«,  by  L.  Knie>t.      (Oricinally  pro- 
due*^,  December  15,  1910,  Clarence,  Ponty- 
pridd.) 
Maurice  Chester  ..^fr.  Walter  A.  Chetham 

Mr.  Karl  Mr.  L.  Ernest 

Jeremiah  Dibbs    Mr.    Will  Casey 

Allan  Ford  Mr.  Valentine  Henry 

Bertie  Beecbam    Mr.   Frank   Masters 

I'ill  Sanders   Mr.  Dickie  Bird 

No.  63  Mr.  W    Fisher 

A   Gentleman    Mr.   Cecil   Roberts 

Li  Chang  Mr.  H.  Hammerton 

Nellie   Miss  Etbel  Spenoe 

Ix)ttie  Puff Miss  Annis  Mitchell 

M^iT'^rV^^vi'''    •  -^liss   Chrissie    Dunbar 
Maaam  Iraska       / 

—Royal.  Woolwich. 

l.')    Satty    Biifhop,    play,    in    four    acts,    by    E. 
Temple    Thurston.      (London    production, 
July  15,  Prince  of  W.ilcs's.) 
John  Hewitt  Traill.. Mr.  Allan  .\jTiesworth 

Charles  Deveni.sh   Jfr.  Athol  Stewart 

Mr.  Arthur  Mr.  A.  W    Ba.'-kcomb 

Wooten    Mr.   Duncan   McRao 

Mr.«.   Durtachcr   Mi.«is  Ada  Ferrar 

]Miss  Stiindish  Roe Miss  Dagmar  Wiehe 

Janet  Holland  Miss  .^gnes  Thomas 

Sally  Bishop  Mi.-s  Daisy  Markhani 

—King's,  Glasgow. 

15.  Nnit  Rouge,  mimodrame,  by  >r.  Pasqual. — 
Soala. 

10. '.Van.  John  Masefield's  play,  revived  by  Miss 
Lillah  McCartiiv  for  a  number  of  matinees 
—Little. 

17.  Katreeno ;  or.  Brokers  Ahead,  operatic  bur- 
lesfjue,   in    five    acts.    Ity    Cuthbert    Rose, 
music  by  George  Hay. 
Howleeno Mr.  Hickman-Smith 

iT-urVuryo} Mr.  Ferris  Carlton 

C^rG;Lb[    Mr.  George  Hay 

Katreeno  Miss  Ethel  Wllford 

—Pagoda,  Littleliampton. 

17.*yrnney,  comedy,  in  five  acts,  by  Edward  L. 
Bulwer  (Lord  Lytton)  (originally  produced 
December  8,  1840,  Haymarket).  Perform- 
ance by  the  command  of  the  King,  in 
honour  of  the  visit  of  the  German  Em- 
peror and  Empress. 

Lord  Olossmore   Mr.  Fred  Terry 

Sir  John  Vesey  Sir  .Tohn  Hare 

Sir  Frederick  Blount  Mr.  Cyril  Maude 

Captain   Dudley   Smooth 

Sir  Charks  Wyndham 

Mr.    Graves    ..Sir    Herbert    Tree 

Mr.    Stout    Mr.    Arthur    Bourchitr 

Alfred  Evelyn  Mr.  George  .Alexander 

Mr.    Sharp    Mr.   Laurence   Irving 

An  Old  Member  of  the  Club 

Mr.  Alfred  Bi.'ihop 
Sir   .Tohn    Vesey's   Servant 

Sir.    Lewis    Waller 

Toke  Mr.  Edmund  Ma\irice 

Mr.    Flat    Mr.    Charles    Hawtrey 

^Ir.    Green    Mr.    Sydney    Valentine 

Frantz  Mr.  Weedon  Gro.«.smith 

Tabouret    Mr.   J.    H.   Barnes 


Afoncy  (continued). 

Grab    Jlr.    James   Fernandez 

MacFinch    ^Ir.    Charles   Rock 

MacStucco Mr.   Norman  Forbes 

Crimson    Mr.    Dion    Boucicault 

Patent    Mr.    Dennis    Eadie 

Kite    Mr.   J.    D.    Beveridge 

The  Old  Club  Servant.  .Mr.  Edward  Terry 

Lady  Franklin  Miss  Winifred  Emery 

Georgina  Vesey  ..Miss  Alexandra  Carlisle 

Clara  Douglas  Miss  Irene  Vanbrugh 

O..VB  Members,  Servants,  Waiters  : 
Messrs.  Oscar  Adye,  Henry  Ainley, 
Marsh  Allen,  Allan  Aynesworth,  George 
Barrett,  Murray  Car.son,  Vincent  Clive, 
Frank  Collins,  W.  Di..:reux.  Kenneth 
Douglas,  H.  de  Lange,  Gerald  du  ^laurier, 
H.  V.  *;smond,  George  Graves.  Lyn 
Harding,  Rudge.  Harding,  Luigi  La- 
blache,  Robert  Loraine,  C.  M. 
Lowne.  Norman  McKinnel,  .\ustin  Mel- 
ford,  Daw.son  Jlihvard,  Harry  Nicholls, 
Robert  Pateman,  Harry  Paulton,  Fred 
I'enley.  Arthur  Playfair,  Arthur  Poole, 
Frederick  Ross,  Howard  Russell,  C.  Aubrey 
Smith,  C.  W.  Somerset,  Sam  Sothern,  E. 
Lyall  Swete,  Herbert  Waring. 

— Drury  Lane. 

IS.* Arinn   and   the  Man,    romantic, comedy,  in 
three   aots,   by   G.   Bemai-d   Shaw   (origin- 
ally   produced.    Avenue,    April    21,    1894). 
Last  performance  (the  45th)  July  1. 
Major  Paul  Petkoff  ..Mr.  J.  Fisher  White 

Nicola    Mr.  James  Hearn 

Major  Eergius  Saranoff 

Mr.  Dawson  Milwar  1 

Captain  Bluntschli    Mr.  .■Arnold  Daly 

.A  Russian  Officer  Mr.  John  Pyni 

Catherine  Petkoff   ...Miss  Geraldine  Olifle 

Louka  Mi.ss  Jean  Mackinlay  Sterling 

Raina  Miss  Margaret  Halstaii 

— Criterio-i 

IS.'Jemmr/,  one-act  play,  by  Louis  N.  Parker 
(originally  produced  at  the  Vaudeville, 
April  25,  1907)— Criterion. 

18.11  The  Sleeping  Partner,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Robert   Halifax. 
William  Blinco  ..  Mr.  Ernest  W.  Pargeter 

Aubrey  Hotlot  Mr.  J.  George  Gamble 

;Mrs.  Blinco  Miss  Florence  M.  Neale 

Trixie   Miss  Daisy  Tuck 

Maud  Marv  Miss  Margaret  Stillings 

—St.  Peter's  Parish  Hall,   Stockton. 

i9.ft.ifterwards,  one-act  play,  by  Miss  Robert- 
son. (Originally  produced.  January  24, 
Devonshire  Park,  Easr; bourne.) 

Nance    Miss   Winifred   Emery 

Kitty  .. Miss  Margery  Maude 

Nana    Miss  Emma   Chamber.-) 

— St.  James's. 

20.  The  Count  of  Luxemhourg,  mu.sical  play,  in 
two  acts,  by  A.  M.  Willner  and  Robert 
Bodansky,  adapted  for  the  English  stage 
by  Ba.sil  Hcoil.  music  by  Franz  Lehar, 
lyrics  by  Adrian  Ro^s  and  Basil  Hood. 
(5ount  Ren6  of  Luxembourg.  .Mr.  B.  Wallis 

Registrar   Mr.   Fred   Kaye 

Jean  Baptist  Mr.  WilUe  Warde 

Mons.  de  Tresac  Mr.  .Alec  Eraser 

Mons.  de  Valnmnt  Mr.  Paul  Plunket 

Pelecrin   Mr.   Frank  Perfitt 

Ment-schikoff  Mr.  Ridgwell  CuUum 

Paulovit<;h    Mr.  Charles  Coleman 

Lavigne  Mr.  Gervais  Whitehead 

Boulanser  Mr.  Garnet  Wilson 

Brissard  Mr.  W.  H.  Berry 

Grand  Duke  Rutzinov  —  Mr.  H.  Wright 

Juliette   Miss  May  de  Sousa 

Countess  KokozefT  ..  Mise  Gladys  Homfrey 

Mimi  Miss  May  Marton 

Lisette   Miss  Kitty   H.anson 

Fleurette Miss  Gladys  Guy 

Amelie   ..   Miss  May  Hobsoq 


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r/i«  Count  of  Luxembourg  {continued). 

Rosalie Miss  Gertrude  Glyn 

Coralie  Mise  Madeline  Sejinour 

Sidonie  .• Mi^o  Margot  Erskine 

Babette  '. .  Miss  Doris  Stocker 

Jacqueline  Miss  May  Leslie  Stuart 

Th6r^se  Miss  Beatrice  von  Brunner 

Angfele  Didier  Miss  Lily  Elsie 

— Dalj'a. 

2i)*Margaret  Catchpole.  costume  drama,  in 
twelve  scenes,  by  Walter  Frith.  (Origin- 
a'lv  produced  at  the  Prince  of  Wales's, 
Birmingham,  July  31,  1910;  October  19, 
1910,  (jjand.  Crovdon).  L;is.t  performauce 
(tdie  17th}  June  3. 

Sir  Luc'us  Cracknell Mr.  James  Skea 

John  Lutf   Mr.  Laurence  Irving 

William  Laud    Mr.   Godfrey  Tearle 

Jim  Cook  Mr.  A.  Field  Fisher 

John  Barry  Mr.  Rupert  Harvey 

Edward  Barry      Mr.  Cecil  Kinnaird 

Dr.  Stebbing   Mr.  George  Owen 

Mr.  Wake  Mr.  Willi:im  Holies 

V\'ill  Rickes Mr.  Arthur  Stanley 

Lieutenant  Blount Mr.  R.  G.  Beard 

Lord  Cf.  Baron  Macdonald..  Mr.  O.  James 

Ripsliaw  Mr.  A.  Williams 

Philip  Mr.  Percy  Nash 

O'Keefe   Mr.  N.   O'Neill 

Constable   Mr.  F.  J.  Arlton 

Mr.  Spink  Mr.  S.  Arthur 

Capt.  of  tne  Watch   ..   Mr.  A.  A.   George 

Ostler's  Boy  Master  G.  Pell 

Margaret  Catchpole   ..   Miss  M.  Hackney 

Mrs.  Clayton  Miss  Beatrice  Smith 

Kate   Miss  Katherine  Herbert 

Sarah  Barker  Miss  Alice  Inman 

Hosteso   Miss  Amy   Fanchette 

Mrs.  Thatcher  Miss  F.  Amy 

Polly  Miss  Susie  Nainby 

Susan  Miss  Lisa  Macready 

—Duke  of  York's. 

20.*The  Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Mr.  Robert 
Arthur's  revival  of  Shakespeare's  pl»y. — 
Coronet. 

^O.'^What  the  World  Thinks,  one-act  play,  by 
Frank  Duguid. 

Mr.  Staines   Mr.  Frank  Duguid 

Rev.  Mr.  Tufnell      i    ,,      t    rr    x-    ^     ■ 

A   Figure   f  ^^^-  •'■  ^-  ^-  Craigen 

Tivoli,  Aberdeen. 

21  Das  Erbe  {The  Inheritance),  drama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Felix  Philippi. 

Baron  Karl  von  Larun  Rudolf  Exner 

Heinrich  Sartorius  Mas  Sylge 

Henriette    Olga   Sylge 

Hertha  Hedwig  Rohmann 

Van'der  Mattliiesen   Ernst  Keuhl 

Clariise  Olga  Remberg 

H.E.  von  Kiistner   ..    Hermann  Lindhorst 

Lipetzky    Richard  Muelle.- 

Bernhardi    Georg  Borwitz 

Lorinser  Alfred  Goltermann 

Rossmann  Willy  Reifschneider 

^Scala. 

21. II J  Comedy  of  Bohemia,  adaptation  by 
Robert  Blatchford  from  his  novel  "  The 
Bohemian  Girl."— Socialist  Clubhouse, 
Handforth. 

•22.*A  Sentimental  Cuss,  comedietta,  in  one  act, 
by  Douglas  Murray.  (Originally  produced 
at  the  Vaudeville,  October  31,  1907.) 

Mr.   Revill   Mr.   Gerald  Ames 

Mr.   Quilter   Mr.  C.  B.   Vaughan 

Mr.    Batson    Mr.    Franc    Stoney 

Mr.  Hague  Mr.  Walter  Hewctson 

Mr.  Fearon   Mr.  Hubert  Druce 

Kitty      Miss   Moca   Harrison 

—Prince   of   Wales'o. 

2-ZXThe  Thief-Catcher,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Stuart  Lomath. 

Leslie  Lloyd   Mr.  Stuart  Lomath 

Harry  Vernon  Mr.  Cyprian  Matthews 


The  Thief-Taker  {continued). 

Ikey  McGregor  Mr.  Arthur  Byron 

Jaspar  Blair   Mr.  Clifford  Edwin 

Joshua  Sharp Mr.  George  Parkman 

Louia  Villebois  ,.Mr.  Waiter  Terriss 

Snickey  Dobbs  Mr.  James  Stewart 

Warder  Thompson    Mr.    W    Jenkins 

Smith    Mr.  D.   Little 

luispectoT  Froud   Mr.  Tom  O'Connor 

Flora  V'ornon  Miss  May  Beatrice 

Aunt  Arabella   Miss  Ellen  Owen 

Lottie  Love   Miss  Daisy  Norman 

Rose  Trevelyon   Mis.s  Georgie  dfe  Lara 

— Eoyal,   Woolwich. 

21*JuUus  Ccesar  -His  Majesty's. 

22.  For  Mother's  Sake,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Arthur  Shirley  and  Ben  Landeck. 

Henri  Romaine  Mr.  Carl  R.  Kerzo 

Old  Geriot   Mr.  E.  W.  Bretton 

Luigi  Ferroni  Mr.   Harry  C.  Robinson 

Louie  Myers  Mr.   H.  P.  Carr 

Bill   Higgins    Mr.    Willie   H.    Vernon 

Pomponnel  Mr.  Sydney  Barnes 

Polere    Mr.    St.   John  Stuart 

M.   Careze   ; Mr.   F.   H.   Fortescue 

Dubois   Mr.   Reginald  Wilson 

Wait-er  Mr.  John  Raby 

Freak   Proprietor  Mr.  Fred  Burns 

Mathilde  Mi«o  Gwen  Stuart- 

Fill  Miss  Nana  Flensberg 

Jacqueline    Miss   Ruby    Maude 

— Dalston. 

22.  The  Angel  of  the  White  Feet,  one-act  play, 
by  Douglas  Bain,  adapted  from  a  story  by 
Tom  Galloii. 

Albert  Sims Mr.  Thomas  Pauncefort 

Mrs.   Sims   Miss  Doris   Digby 

Olivia  Hartigan   Miss  Muriel  Kedaall 

—County,   Kingston. 

22.  Lords  and  Masters,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
James  Byrne. 

Mary    Miss   Hilda   Davice 

Brian  Harding  Miss  .^.sme  Percy 

Mrs    Henderson  Miss  Muriel  Pratt 

Major  Rorke  Mr.  Frank  D.\-ch 

Catherine  Henderson  Miss  Irene  Rooke 

Malcolm   Henderson  ..Mx.   Milton  Rosmer 

Molly  Frant  Miss  Edyth  Goodall 

Mrs.  Frant    Miss  Ada   King 

— G*iety,  Manchester. 

22.  The  Bells  qf  Lin-Lan-Lone,  play,  in  three 
acts,  by  Walter  Frith. 

Gwyilini  Williams   Mr.  Lyn  Harding 

Sir  Owen  Williame,  Bart Mr.  Felix  Pitt 

Lord  Shakerley    Mr.   Geoxgs  Mallett 

The   Hon..    Guy   Shakerley 

Mr.  Vivian  Gilbert 
Roderick  Williams  ....Mr.  H-stiug-s  Lynn 
Hon.   Frank   Parker-Lysons 

Mr.  Geoffrey  Denys 

Steevens  Mr.  H.  Fletcher 

Robert   Mr.   Gordon  Hamilton 

Benson  Mr.  Henry  Elmore 

Waiter  Mr.  J.  Brooks 

Mary  Edwards  Miss  Lilian  Mason 

Ladv  Williams Miss  Frances  Wetherall 

LadV   Shakerley    Miss  Stella  Leigh 

Olive  Shakerley  Miss  Phyllis  Hu»e 

Miss  Baines Mi&s  Eva  Leonard  Boyne 

Mrs.  Parker-Lysons 

Miss  Florence  Jackson 

Louise   Miss  Kate  Vincent 

— Lyceum.  Newport 

22.  The  Belle  of  the  Skies,  musical  play,  in 
two  acts,  by  Grahame  Squiers,  music  by 
Guv  Jones. 

Cecil  Grahame  Mr.  A.  D.  Butler 

Herman  Leversutch   Mr.  0.  H.  Russ 

Josiah  Peters  Mr.  J.  F.  Rettallack 

Archie  Peters  ....  Mr.  Frank  H.  Timings 

Sir  George  Hamilton  Mr.  Alan  Reid 

Lady  Ethel  Dun3tan....Mrs.  Leslie  Wynn 

Phvllis  Darrell   Miss  Ada  Price 

Alfred  Billings   Mr.  J.  M.  Holt 


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The  BelU  of  the  Skits  (continued). 

Maude  De  Muir  ..  Miss  Blanche  Freeman 

Mrs.  Deane  Mrs.  Alan  Barker 

Victoria  Lane  Miss  Elsie  Cooke 

EUie  Mason  Miss  W.  Hughes 

Gladys  Sniythe  Miss  Violet  Lewis 

Sol  Goldstein   .' Mr.  Walter  Newman 

Bill  Spanner  Mr.  Geo.  B.  Wallar 

Arthur  Grimes Mr.  H.  S.  Vi'orrall 

Mary    Miss  E.   Newman 

Persephone    Miss   E.   CosteUo 

Fluffy  Miss  L.  E.  MiUard 

Mrs.  MacNab  Miss  May  Jordon 

Horace  Mr.  J.  S.  Madeley 

Dawson  Mr.  H.  E.  H.  Cooke 

Hon.  Charles  Donneau..Mr.  H.  W.  Jones 

Betty  Hamilton  Miss  Lillie  Aston 

— Koyal,  Birmingham. 

Zi.*The  Only  Way,  dramatised  version,  in  a 
prologue  and  four  acts,  by  Freeman  Wills, 
of  Charles  Dickens's  story,  "  A  Tale  of 
Two  CitifL^."  La.st  performance  (the 
67th)  July  22. 

Prologue,  1774. 
Marquis  de  St.  Evremonde 

.Mr.  Albert  E.  Raynor 
Vicomte  de  St.   Evremonde 

Mr.  Edward  Combermere 

Dr.  Manette   Mr.  E.  Stidwe'l 

Jean  Defarge  Mr.  G.  T.  Lambert 

A  Peasant  Mr.  H.  Blackburn 

The  Plat,  1793. 

Sydney  Carton Mr.  Martin  Harvey 

Ernest  Defarge   Mr.  Chas.  Glenney 

Mr.   Lorry    Mr.   Percy   Foster 

Mr.   Strvver   Mr.  Philip  Hewland 

Dr.  Manette   Mr.  £.  Stidwell 

Charles  Darnay   Mr.   Cowlev  Wright 

President  Mr.  F.  Stoney 

Public  Prosecutor Mr.  R.  Atkins 

Comte  de   Pauchet — Mr.    Albert  E.  Raynor 

M.  de  Maury  Mr.  J.  E.  Eraser 

Marquis  de  Boulainvilliers 

Mr.  Denholm  Muir 

Gabelle    Mr.    Paul    Barry 

Barsad   Mr.   S.   McCarthy 

Jailor   Mr.   A.   Robinson 

First  Citizen  Mr.  Alf'-^d  Ibberson 

Second    Citizen    Mj     David   Bain 

First  Juryman  Mb.  A.  B.  McKay 

Lucie  Manette  Miss  Brenda  Gibson 

The  V'enzeance Miss  Florence  Hunt 

A  Citizeness   .., Miss  Bessie  Elder 

Mimi  Miss  N.  de  Silva 

— Lyceum. 

H.\\The  Other  Man,  dramatic  play,  in  one  act, 
by  W'.  Haward  Mallett. 

Elijah  Goldstein  Mr.  F.  W.  Lambe 

Detective  Steele  Mr.  Percy  Storey 

Ginger  Petersen  Mr.  L"  Abbott 

Arthur  Saville  ..  Mr.  W.  Hawanl  Mallett 
— Balham  Assemblv  Rooms. 

26.iThe  Touch  of  Truth,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
H.  M.  Walbrook  (produced  as  a  music- 
hall  .-ketch  May  22,  Kilburn  Empire).— 
St.  Jame.s's. 

26.iOnly    a    Woman,    dramatic     episode     "  in 
twenty   minutes."   by   Ru.ssel    V'aiin. 
Mrs.  Kenyon  ..  Miss  F.  C;.iiipben-Patterson 

•    Ena  Miss  Mercia  Swinburne 

Raymond   Rose    Mr.    James   Lindsay 

-  Jim   Mr.  Nicholas  Hannen 

— Lyric,    Hammersmith. 

26.-fThe  King's  Oath,  idyll,  by  Mary  Rinhton. 

King  Zealot  Mr.  PoeJ  Edwards 

Princess    Catrine    Miss    Scott 

Lady  Delia  Miss  Mary  Righton 

Philip  Miss  M.  Sfackenzie 

Irene  Miss  Winifred  May 

— Lyric.   Hammersmith. 

'27.*nedda  Gahler,  revival  of  Ibsen's  play  by 
Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska. 

Hedda  Qabler Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska 

George  Tesm  la  Mr.  F.  Kinsey  Peil« 


,     \.HedS.a  0 a, ler  (continued). 

■-.       Mis8  Tefiman  ....  Miss  Florence  Haydon 

Mrs.   Elvsted   Mifis   Helen  Haye 

"Judge  Brack   Mr.  Franklin  Dyali 

Eilert  Lovborg   ..    Mr.  Lewis   WiUougbby 

Berta    Miss   Jean    Bloomfleld 

— Kingsway. 

28.  The  Cherry  Orchard,  comedy,  m  four  acta, 

by    Anton    Tchehov,    translated    by    Mrs. 

Edward  Garnett.    (Produced  by  the  Stage 

Lopahin    Mr.   Herbert   Bunston 

Dunyasha    Miss   Muriel    Pope 

Epihodov   Mr.    Ivan   Berlyn 

Firs   Mr.   E.   U.   Paterson 

Varia  Miss  Mary   Jerrold 

Ania    Miss    Vera    Coburn 

Liubov    Andreevna.-Miss    Katharine    Pole 

Gaev   Mr.   Franklin   Dyall 

Charlotta  Ivanovaa Miss  Lola  Duncan 

Semyonov-Pishtchik   ..  Mr.  Nigel  Playfair 

Yasha   Mr.    Edmond   Breon 

Troflmov    Mr.    E.    Harcourt-William.!- 

A  Wayfarer Mr.  C.  Herbert  Heweteon 

'        The  Station  Master.. Mr.  P.  Percival  Clark 

— Aldwych. 

28.  Die  Zigeunerbaron  (The  Gipsy  Baron), 
operetta,  in  three  acte,  by  Johann  Strauss. 

Graf  Homonag  Hermann  Lindhorst 

Conte  Caruero Ernest  Bernhard 

Sandor  Barinkay   Rudolf  Exner 

Kaknan  Zsupan   Hans  Berthold 

Arsenia    Elsa  Bland 

Mirabella  Olga  Romberg 

Ottokar  "Willy  Reif Schneider 

Czipara Martha  Haase 

SafQ  Julie  Stoeri 

— Verein  Deutohes  Volkstheatre, 

East  Road,  N. 

'>9.iA    Trip  to  Brighton,    adapted    from    the 

French   of    M.    Tarride    by    W.    Somerset 

Maugham. 

Lord  Charles  Gerome  ..  Mr.  Sam  Sottoern 

Maurice  Gray  Mr.  Douglas  Imbert 

Sir  Philip  Rumour Mr.  C.  M.  Lowne 

Andrew  Noyes Mr.  Dp.w.^on  Milward 

Footman  Mr.  Reginald  Walt-er 

Lady  Charles  Gerome  ..  Miss  Mary  Moore 

Mrs.  Patterson Miss  DorotJiy  Thomas 

— New. 

29.  La  Fanciulla  del   West,  opera,  by  Puccini. 

Minnie    Mile.   Destlnn 

Jack    Ranee    M.    Gilly 

Dick   Johnson    Signor  Bassl 

Xick    Signor   Zucchl 

Ashby    Signor    Marcoux 

Sonora Mr.  Alan  Turner 

Trin   M.   Wam6ry 

Sid   M.  Verheyden 

Handsome    Signor   Samplerl 

Harry    Mr.    DOisly 

Joe    M.    Lheureux 

Happy    Mr.    Gaston   Sargeant 

Larkens    Signor    Malat«sta 

Billv    Jackrabbit    M.    Huberdeau 

Wowkle    Mile.    Bourgeois 

.      Jack    Wallace    M.    Crabb6 

Jos6  Castro   Mr.   Edpiund  Burke 

A  Postilion  ~Sm)elrSre 

— Covent   Garden. 

29.1  Tfte  Blind  God,  one-act  play,  by  Olive  Leth- 
bridge  and  Gtrald  Fitzgerald.  (Produced 
by  the  Oncomers'  Society.) 

Lady  Ettieltwrough   Miss  Ina  Royle 

Iris  Westerby  Miss  Cicely  Barcham 

Capt.  Jack  Denvers..Mr.  Rich.  A.  Greene 

A   Servant   Miss   Ethel   Tyler 

—Little. 

29.fKobody's  Sweetheart,  one-act  play,  by  Inez 
Bensusan.  (Produced  by  the  Oncomers' 
Society.) 

Margot  Caillac  Miss  May  Saker 

Jean   CailLac    Mr.   Percy   Crawford 

Marie  Miss  E.  Anton  Laing 


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Nobody 'i  Sivetthtart  (continued). 

Yvonne    Miss    Katherine    Stuart 

Jacqueline    Miss    Evelyn    Cecil 

Jeanette    Miss   Eileen   Savage 

Blanche    Miss    Dorothes    Tanqueray 

Eustace    Mr.   Cyril   As.hford 

Etienne    Mr.    Franc   Stoney 

Herv6  Dorrien  ..   Mr.  Richard  A.  Greene 

Peasant  Girls  :— Misses  Constantia  Brookes. 

Winifred     Laurence,      Ursula     Keene, 

Clarice  Laurence,  and  Aithna  Gover. 

—Little. 

29.tTf7ia(  Some  Men  Don't  Enow,  one-act  play, 
by  U.  F.  Maltby.  (Produced  by  the  On- 
comers'  Society.  Originally  produced 
Winter  Gardens,   Blackpool,   May  1.) 

Alf    Mr.    Edmund    Kennedy 

Garge    Mr.    Wvn    Weaver 

•Erb   Mr.   Arthur  E.   Holland 

A  Lady   Miss  Nell  Du  Maurler_ 

"'  —    '  —little. 

ae.tFor  One  Night  Only,  one-act  play,  by 
Gladys  B.  Stern.  (Produced  by  the  On- 
comers'  Society.) 

Mrs.  Venables  Miss  Mildred  Orme 

Minx  Miss  Ina  Royle 

Pert  Miss  Grace  Richardson 

The  Midget Miss  Winifred  Lawrence 

Sorry  -Miss  Sibyl  Maurisse 

Don  Juan   Mr.  Charles  Roberts 

—Little. 

29.  Banished  from  Home,  gipsy  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Emma  Litchfield. 

Jack  Morland  Mr.  Arthur  Hinton 

Silas  Craven  Mr.  Robert  Purdio 

Sir  Charles  Morland  ..  Mr.  Archer  Brown 

Terry  O'Flynn   Mr.  John  Hignett 

Old  Oliver  Mr.  Chas.  E.  Warne 

Bentley  Mr.  W.  0.  Rossiter 

Ernest  Laidlaw Mr.  Charles  Reyne 

Stoney  Jim   Mr.  Walter  Gambler 

Superintendent  Joyce   ..    Mr.   Alfred   Tod 

Policeman  X  236  Mr.  C.  F.  Pick 

Dorcas  Trim  Miss  Nina  Hardinge 

Eliza  Hunter   Miss  Florence  Zillwood 

Little  Chance  Miss  Ethel  F.  Greene 

Nell  Hillyard  Miss  Winnie  Webster 

— Britannia. 

•i9.  The  Tavern  Knight,  romantic  play,  in  a 
prologue  and  three  acts,  founded  on  the 
novel  by  Rafael  Sabatini.  (London  pro- 
duction, July  31,  Royal,  Stratford.) 

Prologue. 

Roland  Marleigh   Mr.  Junius  Booth 

Joseph  Ashburn  Mr.  Harry  Bannister 

Gregory   Ashburn.. Mr.   Percy   Braithwaite 

Alice   Marleigh    Miss  Elsie   Jones 

Betty  Thrimby   Miss   Kitty  Terriss 

Play. 

Roland  Marleigh  Mr.  Junius  Booth 

Jocely  Marleigh   Mr.  C.  E.  Horobin 

Joseph  Ashburn  Mr.  Harry  Bannister 

Captain  Harry  Hogan   ..    Mr.   Fred  Elvin 

Oliver  Cromwell  Mr.  Walter  Jarvis 

Colonel  Pride  Mr.  J.  Hawden 

Smite  Mr.  Aubrey  Norton 

Lieut.  Faversham  . .  Mr.  Norman  Bradford 

Justice  Pride  Mr.  Fred  Lodge 

Ensign  Tyler  Mr.  Percy  Miller 

Lieut.  Beddoes   Mr.  William  Huron 

Sergeant  Ireby   Mr.  Sam  Elton 

Jasper  Blount Mr.  A.  H.  Henderson 

Quinn  Mr.  F.  Martin 

Cadby  Mr.  Sidney  White 

Gaoler  Mr.  Charles  Crow 

Cynthia  Ashburn  Miss  Alice  We>t 

Orton  Miss  Jessie  Blake 

—Prince  of  Wales's,  Salford. 

29.  Before  the  Dawn,  one  act  play,  by  Geo. 
She'don.  (Originally  produced  as  a  music- 
hall  sketch). — Soala. 


29.  The  Crowning  of  the  King,  historical  play, 
in  four  acts,  by  Barton  Shepherd  Yates. 

Charles  II Mr.  Norman  Partridge 

James  Stuart  Mr.  Melville  Chiswell 

George  Villiers  Mr.  C.  P.  Wentworth 

John  Wilmot   Mr.   Henry  Lloyd 

Sir  Toby  Brainheavy.  .Mr.  William  Calvert 
Sir  Charles  Sedley  ..  Mr.  Norman  Blackett 
Thomas  Killigrew  ..  Mr.  Henry  M.  Clifford 

Morris  Vane  Mr.  William  Macready 

Warden  Mr.  James  Dillon 

Robert  Maxwell  . .  Mr.  William  Learmouth 
Edward  Chillingham..Mr.  Charles  Carlton 

John  Dryden  Mr.  Richard  Evelyn 

Godfrey   Mr.  George  Victor 

Luke   Mr.  Herbert  Lees 

Lady  Ann  Masham  . .  Miss  Betty  Manners 

Catherine    Miss   Clara    C.    Curtis 

Barbara   Miss  Ponsonby  Hartshorn 

Lucille  Macklin   ..    Miss  Edna   G.   Turne- 
— Queen's,  Manchester. 

29.  Written  in  Red,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
F.  M.  Douglas.  ft)unded  on  the  novel  of 
the  same   name — Royal,   Brighton. 

30.t*.4s  You  Like  It. — His  Majesty's. 

31.*The  Cat  and  the  Cheruh,  Chinese  play,  by 
Chester  Bailey  Fernald.  (Originally  pro- 
duced in  America.  London  production, 
October  30,  1897.)— Royalty. 

31.  Ealf-a-Crown,    a    farce,    in    three    acts,    by 
Frank    Howel    Evans.    Last    performance 
(the  11th)  June  10. 
Christoplier  Middleton  ..  Mr.  Dennis  Eadie 

Henry  Carthorne   Mr.  Fred  Lewis 

Mr.  McWirter  Mr.  Harry  Dodd 

George  Mallins   Mr.  Stanley  Logan 

Jarvis  Mr.  Campbell  Gullan 

Mr.  Schweitzer  Mr.  George  Bealby 

Signor  Napoli   Mr.   Shiel  Barry 

Jules   Mr.  Philip  Kay 

Fritz  Mr.  Michael  Sherbrooke 

Harris    Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn 

An  Excursionist  Mr.  Guy  Rathbone 

A  Customer  at  Napoli's..Mr.  Henry  Ansell 

Telegraph  Boy  Master  Robert  Lawlor 

Mrs.  Trent   Miss  Lena  Halliday 

Ethel  Trent  Miss  Gladys  Cooper 

A  Customer  at  Napoli's  Miss   Gillian   Scaife 

Second  Customer  Miss  Ethel  Dane 

Signo'a  Napoli  ....  Miss  Suzanne  Sheldon 
■'"—Royalty. 


JUNE. 

l.*T/ie   Merchant  of   Venice— E\?,  Majesty's. 

1.  The  Gods  of  the  Mountain,  play,  in  three 
scenes,  by  Lord  Dunsany,  music  by  Nor- 
man O'Neill. 

Oogno  Mr.  E.  A.  Warburton 

Thahn    Mr.   Reginald   Owen 

TJlf   Mr.  H.   R.   Hignett 

Agmar   Mr.   Chas.   V.   France 

Slag  Mr.  Charles  Maude 

Thief  Mr.  Laurence  Hanray 

Mian    Mr.   R.   P.   Lamo 

Oorander  Mr.  G.  Dickson-Kenwin 

Akmos Mr.  Ernest  Graham 

Illanaun    Mr.   Grendon   Bentley 

Bashara  Mr.  F.  G.  Clifton 

Thulek   Mr.  G.  Carr 

Thoharmas   Mr.   Kenneth   Dennya 

Haz  Mr.  B.  Hatton  Sinclair 

Theedes  Mr.   A.  Jone<? 

Lirra   Miss  Muriel   Lake 

Eselunza  Miss  E.  Risdon 

Thorion  Alara  Miss  V.  Whitaker 

Ylax    Miss   M.    Ronsard 

Ackarnees,  from  the  Desert..  Mr.  N.  Page 

Dromedary  Man   Mr.  W.  Black 

Nennek  of  the  Meadows  . .  Miss  Enid  Rose 

The  Others  Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete 

and  Messrs.  A.  Webster.  K.  Black,  H. 
Cooper,  E.  Leverett,  G.  Wilkinson,  aBd 
J.  O'Brien.  — Haymarket. 


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JUNE 


\.  \\Secret$  of  State  (produced  by  the  Side- 
lights Dramatic  Club)— Court. 

1.  ilonua  Vanna,  ^lut-tt-riini-k's  poetic  drama 
in  tliree  acts  (origiually  produced  (in 
French)  June  19,  1902,  liijou,  Bayswat^er), 
by  the    Women's  Aerial  League— Court. 

o.*!  A  WaitiiiQ  Game,  one-act  play — DuKe  of 
Yorli's. 

b.tThe  Piedifh,  play,  in  one  act,  by  George 
Fitzmaurice. 

Jatk    Mr.   Sydney   J.   Morgan 

Eugene  Mr.  J.  A.  ORourke 

Margaret Miss  Eileen  O'Doheriy 

Johanna  Miss  Maire  O'Neill 

Leum  Donohue  Mr.  .\rthur  Sinclair 

Father  Troy  Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigan 

—Court. 

"i.  Tne  Algerian  Girl,  musical  comedy,  in  two 
acts,  by  Herbert  Shelley,  music  by  Stephen 
R.  Philpot. 

The  Bey    Mr.   Colin  Coop 

Arthur  Brooklyn  Mr.  Leslie  G-aze 

Rob  Robinson  Mr.  Mark  Lester 

Macaro  Mr.  Alfred  De  Manby 

Hypolyte  Bresson Mr.  Myles  Clifton 

Ha&sock   Mr.  Powell  Eastbury 

Beppo    Mr.   F.   Williams 

Benjamin  Biggs Mr.  William  Cromwell 

Casarita  Miss  Florence  Beech 

Marjorie  Ayrshire Mi.ss  Mabel  Graham 

Lady  Ayrshire Miss  Edith  Cruikshanks 

Bon  Bon   Miss  Connig.  Emerald 

Ladies  of  the  Bey's  PaJace,  .^rabsTiZouaVe^',' 
Outlaws,  Moors,  British  Naval  Stokers, 
etc..  etc. — Misses  Rita  Bisscod.  A.  Rowles. 
Gladys  Corston,  Angela  Rav,  N.  HHnton, 
L.  Bell.  N.  Bell,  C.  Brocklehank.  P.  Fer- 
nau.  B.  Raymond.  Trissie  March,  Molly 
Williams,  May  Laarhovcn,  Gladys  .\nfler- 
son,  Lorna  Milne,  Ann  Moore,  ^i,  Hellier, 
Daisy  Bray,  Cora  Engleton.  Nellie  Hunt; 
.Me.ssrs.  F.  Williams.  A.  Sinclair.  Os-^ar 
leyton,  Powell  Easthurv.  F.  Davis,  Ben 
«;iark.  Alec  Bolton,  F.  Leyiand,  C.  Gar- 
land, F.  Randall.  ' — KeTinington. 

5.  The  Price  of  a  Girl's  Bonour,  drama,  in 
four  acts,  by  Frank  Dix. 

Leonard  Porter   Mr.   Austin  Stuart 

Rev.  Peter  Rock  ..  Mr.  Bertram  Burleigh 

Theodore  Cornell Mr.  Leonard  Bnoker 

Scriwie  Hicks   Mr.  Royce  Milton 

Rainy  .Mullins  ..  Mr.  P.  Howard  Sturg?ss 
Old  Uncle  Able  ....  Mr.  William  Mallalieu 

Dr.   Abbiss  Mr.  W.  R.  Maxwell 

Perkins  Mr.  Arthur  Davis 

W.  Bastable   Mr.  Edwin  Lambert 

Esther  Morrison. .Miss  Dorothy  Richardson 

Nurse  D.irt  Miss  Gertrude  Strode 

Maggie  Dench   Miss  Nita  Lanaford 

— Lyric,  Hammersmith. 

5.  Our  Fortune,  comediictta,  by  Charles 
Beatty. 

Harry  Scarlett Mr.  Edward  C.  Coutta 

Lydia    Miss   Josephine   Middlefon 

Amarjila  Mi.«  Gertrude  Savage 

Mo.ses  Goldstein  Mr.  Edward  Mervvn 

.Mile.   Cerise   Miss  Dot  Seilby 

John  P.  Smithere Mr.  Eric  H.  Albury 

— County,  Kingston. 

h.^Txeelfth  .Yij/Jit— His  Majesty's. 

(..•King  Richard  III— His  Majesty's. 

C.  Till  the  Bells  Rimj,  comedy  of  Scottish  life, 
in  one  act,  by  Gniham  Moffat.  See  revi- 
val under  dat<?  June  29. 

Aggie  Turnbull  Miss  Kate  Moffat 

Janet  Struthers  —  Mrs.  Graham  Moffat 

John  Snodgrass  Mr.  Graham  Moffat 

Sam'l  Dowie   Mr.   Watson  Hume 

Erchie  Dowie   Mr.  Percival  Clark 

— Playhouse. 


7.  The  Follies  produced  "  potted  "  versions  of 
The  Chocolate  Soldier  and  The  Witneit 
for  the  Defence—  A\)oho. 

7.  The   Crucible,   play,    in   three  acts,   by   Ed- 

ward  0.  Uammerde  and  Francis  Neilson.  , 

La.st  performance  (the  26tJ))  July  1.  ^ 

Mark   Melstrode   .Mr.   Henry   Ainley  ^^^ 

Kenyon   Shrawardine    ..    Mr.   Owen   Naresf^ 

Patrick  Delane .Mr.  J.  D.  Beveridgc 

John  Palmer  .Mr.  A.  S.  Homewood 

Dudhess  ot   Droone  ..   Mrs.  Rusa  Whytal 

Countess  of  Bude Miss  Mary  Korke 

Mary  Shrawardine  ,.  Miss  Evelyn  D'Alroy 

— Comedy. 
7.;il/ixed  Marriage,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  8t   v 
John     G.     Ervine.    (Originally     produceti  ^ 
March  30,  Abbey,  Dublin.) 

John  Rainey  Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

Mrs.    Rainey    Miss    .Maire   O'Neill 

Tom  Rainey Mr.  U.  Wright 

Nora  Murray.. Miss  Maire  Nic  Shiubhlaigh 

Hugh  Rainey  Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigan 

Michael  O'Hara Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

— Court. 
S.'The  Marriage  of  Kitty,  by  Cosmo  Gordon 
Lennox,  adaptation  of  La  Rasserelle  of 
Mme.  Fred  de  GriSsac  and  Francois  de 
Croisset  (produced  at  the  Paris  Vaude- 
ville, January  31,  1902;  in  England,  at  tbe 
Duke  of  York's  on  August  19,  1902).  Last 
performance  (the  54th)  July  29. 
Sir  Reginald  Belsizc.W.  Graham  Browne 

John   'iravers    Mr.   J.    R.   Crauford 

Norbury  Mr.  Ernest  Mainwarin;; 

Hampton   Mr.   Chalres  J.  Cameron 

-Madame  de  Semians Miss  Marie  Polini-^ 

Rosalie   Miss  R.   Smylie 

Katherine  Silverton..Miss  Marie  Tempest 
—Duke  of  York's. 

8.  Birthright,    play,      in   two   acts,    by    T.   C. 

Murray. 

Dan  Hesarty  Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

Maura  Morrissey Miss  Eileen  O'Doherty 

Bat  Morrissey Mr.  Sydney  J.  Morgan 

Shane  Morrissey Mr.   J.   M.   Kerrigan 

Hugh  Morrissey Mr.  Fred  O'Donovan 

— Court. 
i^The   Taming  of  the  Shrew,  Mr.  F.  R.  Ben- 
son's  revival    of    Shakespeare's   play — His 
Majesty's. 

11.  The  Married  Woman,  play,  in  three  acts, 
by  C.  B.  Fernald.  (Produced  by  the  Stage 
Society). 

Jane  Temple  Mrs.  A.  B.  T.ipping 

Alice  Matthewson  ..  Miss  Nannie  Bennett 

William  Temple Mr.  A.  S.  Homewood 

George  Herbert   Mr.  Hubert  H;irben 

Henry   Matthewson.. Mr.    Frederick   Llcyd 

Sylvia  Temple   Miss   Grace  Croft 

Maid-servant    Miss   Anne    Gaston 

Hugh    Bellamy    ....    Mr.    Norman   Trevor 

Footman   Mr.  A.  E.   Filmer 

Man-servant    ..Mr.   C.   Herbert  Hewetson 

Maid-servant  Miss  Mabel  Adair 

— Aldwych. 

li.'Hcnry  VIII.,  Sir  Herbert  Tree's  revival  of 
Shakespeare's   play — His  Majesty's. 

12.JT/ie  Rogueries  of  Scapin  (Les  Fourheries  de 
Scapin),  Lady  Gregory's  translation  of 
Molifere's  three-act  farce.  (Originally  pro- 
duced, April  4,    1906,  Abbey,  Dublin.) 

Argante    .Mr.    .Sydney   J.    Morgan 

Geronte    Mr.   J.   A.  O'Rourke 

Octave    Mr.   Fred   O'Donovan 

Leandre   Mr.   J.   M.   Kerrigan 

Zerbinette    Miss    Sara    Allgood 

Hyacinthe    Miss  Eithne   Magee 

Scapin   Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

Silvestre    Mr.    U.    Wright 

Nerine    Miss   Eileen   O'Doherty 

Carle   Mr.   Brinsley  Macnamara 

—Court, 


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\2.*The  Price  She  Paid,  melodrama,  in  four 
acts,  by  B.  M.  Fox.  (Originally  produced 
Gaiety,  Burnley,  April  17.  S.P.,  January 
20,  Standard.  Hetfcon.) 

Sir  Jamts  Nortield   Mr.   C.   Hallet't 

Neomi  Norfleld  Miss  Mabel  Phillips 

Cecil   Wehtwortli    Mr.   H.    Day 

Grace   Arundel    Miss   Amy   Dori.s 

George   Arundel    Mr.   Ben  Carr 

Clement  Harley  Mr.  B.  M.  Fox 

William  Stott  Mr.  Cecil  Raymond 

Lotty  Brown   Miss  Sophie  Reiss 

Dr.   Carrol   Mr.   Stephenson 

Ned   Mr.  Burton 

Governor  of  Prison   Mr.  A.  Nutter 

J         Chaplain    Mr.   J.    Wiiman 

V        Warder  Jones  Mr.  N.  Vernon 

—Royal,   Stratford. 

12.  The  Peckham  Pretender,  farcical  comedy, 
in  three  acts,  by  Edgar  Marzetti. 

Charley   Tomkins   Mr.   Edgar  Martin 

Mr.  Bertram   Mr.  Henry  Wolston 

William  Dickson  Mr.  Norman  Clifton 

Charles  Seaforth  Mr.  Geoffrey  Guise 

Mr.   Barnes   Mr.   Herbert  Walter 

Old    Mills    Mr.    Walter    Russell 

Miss  Evangeline  Mills.. Miss  Mary  Bessie 
Mrs.  Ikey  Moss  . .  Miss  Betty  Stannard 
Rebecca    .Moss    ..    Miss   Winifred   Gardner 

Mrs.  Wicks   Miss  Lottie  Coleman 

Polly  Miss  Dora  Dent 

— Pier  Pavilion,   Heme,  Bay. 

12.  In  the  Land  of  the  Chrysanthemum,  musi- 
cal comedy,  by  George  E.  Cornille-Pescud. 
Commander  Wilding.. Mr.  Arthur  G.  Hart 
John  Dorriugton..Mr.  G.  E.  Cornille-Pescud 
Sir  Charles  Grenville.  .Mr.  Gilbert  Edwards 
Pat  Jink.s   Mr.  Tom  E.  Roma 

•         Marquis  Tao-Pao  Mr.  Arthur  Midgley 

Tea-Rose  Miss  Elaine  Cliffe 

Chrysanthemum   Miss  Doris  Gilbert 

— Arcadian  Pavilion,  Leeds. 

llAMacgregor'a  Mixture,  one-act  play,  by 
Lyddell  Sawyer.  (Produced  by  the  Eng- 
lish Play  Society.) 

Prof.  Septimus  Hadleigh.  .Mr.  Fred  Grove 

Miss  Letitia  Simms..Miss  Blanche  Stanley 

—Little. 

Vi.\After    Jena,     one-act     play,     by     Captain 
Adrian  Porter.     (Produced  by  the  English 
Play  Society.) 
General    Von    Falkenstein 

Mr.   Arthur  Hands 

Otto Mr.   William   Kersliaw 

Henri  de  I'EncIos  ..  Mr. "TTPiTf KcTT'in'oyes' 
Sergt.  Lefevrc.Mr.  A.  Harding  Steerman 

Emil    Mr.   Claude   Edmonds 

Margaret  Miss  Helena  Millai.s 

--— _ixrft)" 

12.tr/ic   Art    of    Timmins,    one-act    play,    by 
Lyddell  Sawyer.     (Produced  by   the   Eng- 
lish Play   Society.) 
Lord  St.  Clair Mr.  P..  Gedge  Twyman 

12.XDescrter,  The,  drama,  in  two  acts,  by 
Charles  Clifford  (originally  produced, 
April  24,  Palace.  Ramsgate,  under  which 
date  see  cast) — Royal,  Woolwich. 
Mi»s  Millie  Jobson  ..  Miss  Jessie  Burgwitz 
•  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Jobson.Miss  E.  Cruikshanks 

—Little. 

IS.tThe   Chair  of  Love,  domestic    comedy,    in 
three  acts,  by  Cecil  Ferard  Armstrong. 
Lord  Buckenham...Mr.   P.   Perceval  dark 

Cotter  Mr.- William.  Kershaw 

Scoones   Mr.  Claude  Edmonds 

ML?s  Modley   Miss  Hilda  Honi&s 

Jewel  Mr.  Ewan  Brook 

Countess  of  Derbyshire. Miss  Isabel  Ohmead 
Lady  Marjory  Starboven..Miss  R.  Bidwell 

Mrs.  Leigh   Miss  E.   Trevor  Lloyd 

Miss  Margaret  Leigh Miss  Jean  Cadell 

Dr.  Wayne  Mr.  Arthur  Trantom 

«^ourt. 


13.t.4  Blind  Woman,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Sabben  Clare. 

Ann  Crowstock  Miss  Helen  Macgregor 

Mary    Misj.Jean   Cadell 

Dick  Crowstock Mr.  P.''Percevnl  Clark 

— Court. 

IZ.^Everywife,  "  symbolic  symphony  in  five 
suites,"  by  Geo.  V.  Hobart. 

Nobody    Mr.  Fred   W^ite 

Everyman    Mr.   George  'Jull 

Everywoman   Miss  Maud  N^'/man 

Happiness   Miss  Florence  X/ongman 

Rhyme   Miss   Murici   Simpson 

Reason    Mi.ss  Christine   Small 

Jealousy    Mr.   Lawrence   Smith 

The  Stranger Miss  Dorothy  Grosvenor 

Squabina   Miss  Lucy  Taylor 

Dres.s  Miss  Nancy  Wright 

ilxcitement   Miss  Emily  Hall 

Care  Miss  Rose  Norman 

Lacibroke  Hall,  W. 

14.  Dombey  and  Son,  Metcalfe  "Wood's  version, 
in   four   acts,   of   CTmrles   Dickens'   novel. 
L«st  performance  (the  30th)  July  15. 
Mrs.  Louisa  Chick   ...  Miss  Emily  Fitzroy 

Lucretia   Tox    Miss  Nellie   Bouverie 

TowHn^son    Mr.   King  Fordham 

Mrs.  Edith  Dombey  ..  Miss  Evelyn  Millard 

Paul  Dombey Mr.  Clifton   Alderson 

Mrs.  Skewton   ..   Miss  Sydney  Fairhrother 

James  Carker   Mr.  Frank  Randell 

Major  Joseph  Bagstock..Mr.  Louis  Calvert 

Florence  Dombey Mi.ss  Marjorie  Chard 

Suisan  Nipper  Miss  Diilcie  Greatwich 

Walter  Gay   Mr.  Frederic  Worlock 

A  Bank  Director  Mr.  Howard  Sturge 

Lord  Feenix  Mr.  O.  B.  Clarence 

Dr.    Blimber    Mr.    Acton   Cresfall 

Mrs.  Blimber  Miss  Dorothy  Hullah 

Cornelia  Blinrber Miss  Constance  Little 

Feeder,  B..\.   ..  Mr.  Guy  Leigh-Pemberton 

P.  Toots   Mr.  Evelyn  Beerbohm 

Sir  Barnet  Skettles  . .  Mr.  Charles  Sugden 

Lady  Skettles  Miss  Emily  LeVcttez 

Miss  Skettles Miss  Margaret  Macdona 

Sir  Parker  Peps  Mr.  T.  H.  Brewer 

Lady  Parker  Peps Miss  Nellie  Weston 

Miss  Parker  Peps Miss  Maxine  Hinton 

Miss  Hvirriet  Parker  Peps.  .Miss  F.  Roche 
Lady  Jane  Finchbury.  .Miss  Florence  Wells 

Sophia  Smalder  Miss  Gloria  Hamilton 

Amelia  Smalder.  .Miss  Gabrielle  de  Wilden 

Rev.    Alfred   Feeder Mr.   Ben   Field 

Dr.  Pilkins  Mr.  Arthur  Windsor 

Miss  Pilkins   Miss  Phyllis  Birkett 

John   Chick    Mr.   Edward   Irwin 

James  '. ..  Mr.  Alex.  Onslow 

John  Mr.  Olaf  Hytten 

M.  Fontaine  Mr.   Daniel   McCarthy 

Francois  Mr.  Arthur  Cleave 

— 'Savoy. 

H.tCoats,  comedy,  in  one  act.  by  Lady  Gre- 
gory. (OriginaMv  produced  December  1, 
1910,  Abbey,  Dublin.) 

Hazel    Mr.   J.    M.    Kerrigan 

Mineog  Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

John   Mr.  J.   A.  O'Rourke 

— Court. 

li.tThe    Casting-out    of   Martin    Whelan.   play, 

in  three  acts,  by  R.   J.   Ray.     (Originally 

/produced,    September     29,    1910,    Abbey, 

Dublin.) 

Mrs.    Kirby    Miss   Sara   Allgood 

William  Kirby   Mr.  Fred   Harford 

James  Kirby  Mr.  Sydney  J.  Morgan 

Ned  Mooney   Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

Peter   Barton    Mr.    J.   M.    Kerrigan 

Ellen  Barton    Miss   Maire  O'Neill 

Martin  Whelan   Mr.  Fred  O'Donovan 

Mrs.  Pender  Miss  Eileen  O'Doherty 

Mikeen   Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

Denis  Barton Mr.  Brinsley  Macnamara 

— Court. 


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JUNE 


U.tDoHy'*    Wttk    End,    one-act    comedy, 
Florence    Warden— Ladbroke  Hall,   W. 


by 


US,Dicky's  Luck,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Kobert  and  Julian  Hay.— Ladbroke  Hall, 
W. 

li.^Wanted,  a  Housekeeper,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  Clement  O'Neill.- Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

li.^The     Wild    Girl    of    the    Forest,  romantic 
drama,  by  .\ir.^.  !•'.  (J.  KiJnbc-rlt.v.     I'loduf- 
ti<,>n,    Junotion,    ManoJR^ter.    AuRiiit    14; 
London.   Royal.  Woolwich,  Sejiteniber  4. 
Prince  of  Floralia  ..  Mr.  Algernon  Hicks 

Captain  Riccardo Mr.  Clavering  Craig 

Count  Mr.  Edward  Bikker 

Penzar  Mr.  Edward  Warden 

Hilarion   Mr.  Harry  Lyndon 

Crispin   Mr.   Fred  Newburn 

Trillo   Mr.  F.   G.  Kimberley 

Countess  Miss  Helen  Clavering 

Mima   Miss  Edie  Macklin 

Princess   of    Floralia.. Miss   Laura    Walker 

Maritza   Mrs.  F.  G.  Kimberley 

— Koyal,    Wolverhampton. 

IS.jThe  Full  Moon,  one-act  comedy,  by  Lady 
Gregory.  (Originallv  product-d  Noveiubc-r 
10,  1910,  Abbey,  Dublin.) 

Shawn  Early Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

Hartley  Fallon Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

Peter   Tannian Mr.    Sydney   J.   Morgan 

Hyacinth.  Halvey  Mr.  Fred  O'Donovan 

Mrs.    Broderick Miss    Sara    Allgood 

Miss  Joyce Miss  Eileen  O'Doherty 

Cracked   Mary Miss   Maire  O'Neill 

Davideen   Mr.  J.   .\1.   Kerigan 

—Court. 

16. t J.  Good  Sort,  one-act  play,  by  Russel  Vaun. 
(Subsequently    presented    as   a   music-hall 
sketch,    Victoria  Palace,   December  4.) 
Mile.   Nina  Leblanc   Gaston 

Miss  Agnes  Miller 

Pierre  Dubois   Mr.  David  Darrell 

Antoinette   Dubois Miss   Fay   Temple 

Monsieur    Dubois Mr.    R.    Biletta 

— Court. 

liAAbsinthe,  one-act  play,  by  Maud  Hildyard 
and  Russel  Vaun. 

Dick  Lovelace Mr.  Milton  Rosmer 

Jack  Worsley Mr.  Nicholas  Hannen 

Nitocris Miss  F.  ^^ampbell-'ifatteTSOtr 

— Court. 

18.  Olaf    Liliekrans,    play,    in    three   acts,    by 

Henrik  Ibsen,  translated  by  C.  A.  Arfwed- 
son.    (Produced  by  the  Ibsen  Club.) 

Olaf  Kiliekrans Mr.   Valentine  Penna 

Arne  fra  Guldvik Mr.  Townley  Searle 

Hemming   Mr.  Ned   Llewelyn 

Thorgierd    Mr.   \V.   Herbert  Cox 

A  Serving  Man Mr.  Eric  Adeney 

Alfhild   Miss  Pax  Robertson 

Dame    Rirsten    Liliekrans 

M[s3   Gladys  Jones 

Ingeborg   Miss  CatBurlUfe  RuUdrtSlfn 

A  Serving  Maid Miss  Edith  Edwards 

—Rehearsal. 

19.  Th»  Clancy  Name,  tragedy,  in  one  act,  by 

Lennox  RobLn.son. 

Mrs.  Clancy  Miss  Sara  Allgood 

John  Clancy   Mr.   Fred  O'Donovan 

Mrs.  Spillane  Miss  Maire  u  Neill 

Eugene  Roche  Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke 

Michael  Dempsey  ..Mr.  Sydney  J.  Morgan 

Mary   Brien    iMss  Eileen  O'Dohertv 

Jerry  Brien   Mr.  Brinsley  Macnamara 

Father  Mahony  Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigan 

— Court. 
19.  The   King's    Bride,   comic    opera,    in    two 
acts,  by  Norman  D.  Slee,  music  by  John 
Ansell. 

Maximilian  IX Mr.  Mark  Lester 

Prince  Rudolph  Mr.  E.  J.  Marsden 

Count  Franz  Elfenbein Mr.  Leslie  Gaze 


The  King's  Briile  {continueil). 

Count  Von  Blumcnkohl  ..Mr.  M.  Clifton 

Sergeant  Dolch    Mr.   Colin  Coop 

Konrad   Blitz    Mr.   Powell    Eastbury 

Hugo  Backer   Mr.  Oscar  Laytcn 

Baron  Pepstein  Mr.  William  Cromwell 

The  Lady  Mynette  ..Miss  Florence  Be^ch 

Avis  Von  Senzbtrg Miss  Jess.e  Lonnen 

Princess  Fruzelda Miss  Edith  Jtflerite 

Kathie  Miss  Connie  Emerald 

Ellaine    Mi^   Fatty   Mck)re 

Citizens,  Courtiers,  Guards,  etc. : — 
Misses  Nance  Hantcn,  Cecily  Brocklebank, 
Lily  Bell,  Nora  Bell,  Paula  Feniau,  Molly 
Williams,  Gladys  Anderson,  May  Laar- 
hoven,  Tri&sia  March,  Betty  Raymond, 
Daisy  Bray,  Angela  Ray,  Gladys  Coreton, 
Alice  Rowles,  Rita  Bisgood,  Eisa  Trepass, 
Ann  Moore,  Nellie  Hunt,  Lorna  M.lne, 
Cora  Engleton,  Messrs.  J.  Leyland,  Alec 
Bolton,  Ben  Clark,  F.  Davis,  Oscar  Ley- 
ton,  Powell  Eastbury,  A.  S.nclair,  C.  Gar- 
land, F.  Randall,  F.  Wiiliams. 

— Kennington. 

19.  The  Mineral  Workers,  play,  in  three  acts, 
by  William  Boyle. 

Mary  Mulroy  Miss  Eileen  ODoherty 

Uncle  Bartle  ,..Mr.  J.  A.  0  Rourke 

Ned  Mulroy   Mr.   Sydney  J.  Morgan 

Patrick  Mulroy  Mr.  U.  Wright 

Daniel  Fogarty   Mr.   Arthur  Sinclair 

Kitty  Mulroy Miss  Eithne  Magee 

Stephen  J.  O'Reilly  ..  Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigan 

.  Mra.  Walton  Miss  Kathleen  O'Brien 

Casey    Mr.   Brinsley   Macnamara 

Sir  Thomas  Musgrove  ..Mr.  Eric  Go.rman 

Dick  Mr.  P.  Kearney 

— Court. 

19.lThe  Man  from  ;   or.   The  Little    \VU- 

ness,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Julian  Bain- 
bridge. 

Jack  Hartley  Mr.  Fred  Davis 

Sir  Richard  Templeton   Mr.  C.  Gierke 

Philip  Gordon   Mr.    Julian  BaLnbridge 

Auetey  Fowler  Mr.  Hugh  Carmichael 

Bullock    Mr.   Archie   Grant 

Peter  Miggles Mr.  Fred  De  Vere 

Dick  Fenrett  Mr.  R.  Cruickshanks 

Bill  Fisher   Mr.  W.  Nobble 

Constable  Catchem Mr.  H.  McCullough 

Jim  Roe   Mr.   Fred   West 

Inspector  Sharpe  Mr.  Fred  Dobell 

Warder  Skiliey     Mr.  Charles  Foster 

Mary  Templeton  Miss  Ruth  Zillwcod 

Kate  Meadows  Miss  May  Emery 

Jenny  Perkins  MUs  May  Davis 

The  Nipper  Miss  Ethel  Clare 

— Foresters'. 

19.  Lady  Lavender,  musical  play,  in  three  acts, 
words  by  Henry  Edlin,  music  by  Clarence 
C.  Corri.  London  production,  November 
20,  ArtiJlery,  Woolwich. 

Tommy  Turmutt  Mr.  Jack  Crichtco 

Billy  Brandon   Mr.  Frank  Barclay 

Jim  Grimes   Mr.  George  Deiaforce 

Furnival  Deedes  ..Mr.  W.  Besley  Beltran 
Captain  B.  Fort^scue  ..Mr.  L.  S.  Harrison 
Hon.  Algernon  Albemiirle  ..Mr.  H.  Wurde 
P.C.  Packham   ..Mr.  Richard  Sommerville 

James   Mr.    Stanley   Liston 

Hon.  Josephine  Fairfax  ..M:ss  I.  Bowman 

Countess  Cora  Miss  Valerie   Crespin 

Lady  Vera  Vavasour  ...Mws  D.  Doveton 
Duchess  of  Dichwatter  ..Miss  Edie  Burton 
Marchioness  of  Muddshire.  .Miss  K.  Cotter 
Baroness  von  Blicke   ..Mis"    Annie  Bunee 

MoUie  Mopps  Miss  Nancy  Sheridan 

PoUie  Popps   Miss  Nellie  Sheridan 

Dolly  Dopps  Miss  Doris  Wheatley 

Florry  Flopps  Miss  Nellie  Graham 

Lavender  Hill  Mise  Maudie  Ray 

— Royal,  Manchester. 


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19.  At  WiUow  Creek,  dramatic  sketch,  by 
Harry  Talbot. 

— Castle  Pavilion,  Littleliampton. 

19.  For  a  Child's  Sake,  dramatic  sketch,  by 
Harry  Talbot. 

— Castle  Pavilion,  Littlehampton. 

19.  Devil's    Tinsel,    The,    dramatic   fantasy,    by 
Adelene  Harrison,  music  by  Denham  Har- 
rison. 
Hon.   Chas.   Hampton.. Mr.   Chas.   Cautley 

Kathleen    Miss    Eileen    Savage 

Gregory    Mr.    H.    Lewis 

— Royal,  Worcester. 

ZO.fMrs.  Appleyard's  Awakening,  one  act  play, 
by  Evelyn  Glover.  (Produced  by  the 
Actresses'   Franchise   League.) 

Miss  Appleyard Miss  Victoria  Addison 

Mrs.  Crabtree  Miss  Agnes  Imlay 

Morton    Miss   Kitty   LoftiDg 

— Rehearsal. 

20. to/  Two  Opinions,  duologue,  by  J.  B.  Wal- 
ters. (Produced  by  the  Actresses'  Fran- 
chise League.) 

Maude  Miss  Hilda  Honiss 

Sally  Miss  Margaret  Murch 

— Ileuearsai. 

ZOACompensation,  one-act  play,  by  St.  J.  G.  Er- 
\me.  (Produced  by  the  Actresses'  Fran- 
chise League.) 

Alfred  Jordan   Mr.   Rupert   Harvey 

George  Adair  Mr.  Ernest  Graham 

William  Harrison  Mr.  Eric  Adeney 

Minnie  Allen  Miss  Winifred  Mayo 

— Rehearsal. 

26.  The  Pied  Piper  of  Hamelin,  pastoral  play, 
founded  on  Browning's  poem,  by  William 
Stewart  Kennedy.— Balmuto  Grounds, 
Kirkcaldy. 

26.*The  Importance  of  Being  Earnest,  "  trivial 
comedy,"  in  three  acts,  by  Oscar  Wilde. 
(Originally  produced  St.  James's,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1895.)  Last  performance  (the 
28th)  July  22. 

John  Worthing,  M.P Mr.  H.  Revelle 

Algernon  Moncrieffe  ..  Mr.' A.  E.  Mathews 
Canon  Chasuble  ..  Mr.  E.  Vivian  Reynolds 

Lane   Mr.   A.   Royston 

Lady  Bracknell  Mrs.  G.  Kemmis 

Hon.  Gwendolen  Fairfax  ..  Miss  D.  Green 

Cecily  Cardew   Miss  Gladys  Cooper 

Miss  Prism  Miss  Alice  BefC 

— St.    James's. 

26.*r?ie  Scarlet  Pimpernel,  romantic  comedy, 
in  four  acts,  by  Baroness  Orczy  Barslow 
and  ,M.  Barstow.  (Originally  produced  at 
tho  Royal,  Nottingham,  October  15,  1903; 
New.  jKHuary  5.  1905.)  Last  performanct 
(the  40th)  July  29. 

26.  The  Parisienne,  a  translation  of  La  Parisi- 
enne,  a  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Henry 
Becque. 

Clotilde    Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska 

Du  Mesnil   Mr.  F.  Kinsey  Peile 

Lafont   .Mr.  Charles  Bryant 

Simpson  .Mr.  Eric  Maturin 

Adele Misb   .\im6e  de   Burgh 

— Royalty. 

26.  Pericles  and  Aspasia,  classical  farce,  in 
one  act,  by  W.  L.  (ilourtney. 

Pericles    Mr.   Charles   Bryan! 

Aspasia    Miss   Aim6e   de   Burgli 

Alcibiades Mr.  Eric  Maturin 

Voice    (of    Pericles'  Vife) 

Miss  Frances  Welstead 
—Royalty. 

ZS.tRing  Argimenes,  play,  in  two  scenes,  by 
Lord  Dnnsany.  (Originally  produced  al*; 
King  Argimenes  and  the  Unknown 
Warrior,  January  26,  Abbey,  Dublin.) 

King  Argimenes Mr.  Fred  O'Donovnn 

Zarb Mr.  J.  A.  O'Rourke    I 


i   ng  Ar  gimcnes  {ccntimied). 

The  King's  Overseer  ..   Mr.  S.  J.  Morgan 

A  Prophet  Mr.  J.  M.  Kerrigam 

An  Old  Slave  Mr.  Richard  Carfax 

A  Young  Slave.. Mr.  Brinsley  Macnarnara 

King  Darniak  Mr.  Arthur  Sinclair 

Queen   Atharlia   Miss   Sara   AUgood 

Queen  O.xara Miss  Kathleen  O'Brien 

Queen  Cahafra   Miss  Maire  O'Neill 

Queen  Thragolind 

Miss  Maire  Nic  Shiubhlaigh 
The  Idol  Guard.. Mr.  Lancelot  Hutchinson 
The  Keeper  of  the   King's  Dog 

Mr.    U.    Wright 

An  Attendant  Mr.  Roy  Beard 

— Court. 
20.  Honor's   Choice,   comedietta   of   Irish   rural 
life,  by  Johanna  Redmond. 

Morough   Mr.  Jack  Little 

Pnelim   Mr.   Geo.   Larch-t 

Widow  Kelly  Miss  N.  Black 

Honor   Miss  K.  Drago 

—Queen's,    Dublin." 
26    Peggy     Peters,     -adapted     from     G?od    for 
Nothing.     (Originjally  played   as  a   music- 
hall  sketch.)— Scala. 
27.\\The    Lady    Companion,    comedv,    in    three 
acts,  by  Joseph  Backhouse. 
Archibald   Stubbins 

Mr.  C.  J.  Leatherbarrow 

Howard  Vane Mr.  J.  E.  Etherington 

Captain  Tierney  Mr.  J.  J.  Simms 

Daniel  O'Brady   Mr.   G.   H.  Shields 

Dick  Terry  f    at      t 

Esmeralda  Terry  1  '  "'  •'^'^ei*  Backhouse 

Servant Miss  Harri.son 

Mrs.  Terry   Miss  Grigor 

Mrs.   Spooner  Miss  Devey 

Mary   Stubbins    Mrs.   J.   Backhouse 

—Royal,  Crook. 
28.  Above  Suspicion,  play,  in  three  acts, 
adapted  by  William  Morpeth,  from  Vic- 
tonen  Sardou's  Ferreol.  Last  perform- 
ance (the  17tih)  July  14. 
Gerard  de  Mayran. . .  .Mr.  Charles  Maude 
M.  de  Boism artel.... Mr.  C.  Aubrey  Smith 

Lavardin    Mr.    Fisher    White 

P/risso    Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete 

Martial    Mr.    Charles    V.    France 

Maxence  Mr.  Leon  Quartermaine  ~ 

pi"-  Brochat  Mr.  Norman  Page 

Ludolphe  Mr.  H.  R.  Hignett 

Du  Rosoy  Mr.  Lawrence  Hanray 

Du  Coudray   Mr.  Ernest   Graham 

^?iiP-V; Mr.  E.  A.  Warburton 

First  Usher    Mr.   W.   Black 

Second   Usher    Mr.    R.    P.    Lamb 

■{"'es   Mr.   Grendon  Bentlev 

Alexis         .....    Mr.    G.    Dickson-Kenwih 
Roberte  de  Boismartel  ..  Miss  A.  Carlisle 

^h^rese         mjss    Enid    Rose 

Mme.  dOrbesson  ....  Miss  Ellen  O'Mallev 

M^-  A^  ,Yfltamiers   ..   Miss  M.  Ronsard 

Mme.  de  1  Astaque  ....   Miss  Helen   Haye 

Mme.   d'Articues    ....    Miss   V.    Whitaker 

?.s"'«e   .  Miss  Amy  Lam-born 

Lshers  of  the  Court...  .Messrs.   W.   Black 

and   P.   Lamb 

„.  „„,  — Haymarket. 

"  Pauf  Pvm.'^''    ^''''   "^P*^-'^^^   P'ay."   by 

Duke  of  Maidenhythe  ....  Mr.  W.  Ingram 

lllfl^  Mr.  A.  Starling 

?^'  Mr.  Paul  J-ym 

?-?ff  .„••;; Mr.  R.  Rossiter 

b^^^  Bet^y   Miss  HadfleJd 

Mistress  Prunella  Mrs.  A.  E.  Flood 

pf,^?y  Miss  F.  Shrewsbury 

^"°'?e   Mrs.  H.  E.  Da-ies 

Charity  Miss  Dulake 

—Grounds  oi  Crauford  Hall,  Maidenhead 

^■*T)--Plafho^f '"''•    ^^^  "°'*^''  "^'^^  -"^"^ 


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29.  Pomixndtr  WaXk,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Louis  N.  Parker.  Last  performance  (the 
37th),  AuRuet  4. 

John   Savie    Mr.   Norman    Forbe.« 

Lieut.    Hon.   John   Sayle Mr.    R.   Owen 

Admiral  fevr  Peter  Antrobus..Mr.  C.  Maude 
Jerome  Brooke-Hosiiyn  ..  Mr.  Fred.  Volpe 
Rev.  Jacob  Sternroyd  ..  Mr.  R.  Hardin? 
Mr.  Basil  Pringle  ..  Mr.  Frederick  Culltv 

Jim  Mr.  John  Har\*ood 

The  Muffin  Man  Mr.  C.B.  Kcfton 

The  Lamplighter  Mr.  L.   P.itohelor 

The  Eyesore  Mr.  Peter  Blr.nt 

Mme.  Lucie  LachesnaLs  ..  Miss  W.  Emery 
Mile.  LachesBais  ..  Mi'ss  Margery  Maude 
Mrs.  Pamela  Poskett  . .  ML-^s  Maidie  Hope 
Mis3  Ruth  Pennymint  ..  Mi.>s  E.  Chambers 
Mias  Barbara  Pennjinint  ..   Miss  E.  Ross 

Nanette  Miss  Vera  Coburn 

Jane  Miss  M.  Dixon 

Hon.  Caroline  Thring..Miss  Ethel  Russell 

Angelina    Miss   Kathleen   Jones 

—Playhouse. 

80.  Honique,  French  play,  in  one  act,  by  Alice 
CJerc. 

Monique  Mile.  Alice  Clerc 

Yvonne     Mme.  Sylvan 

Jacques  Mr.  Anthony  Winspeare 

Alain    Mr.  Cecil  Brooking 

— Lyceup  Club. 


JULY. 

3.*  The  llerry   TFire«  o/   yfirxdior. 

Sir  John  Falstaff  Sir  Herbert  Tree 

Master  Fenton  Mr.  Basil  Gill 

Justice  Shallow  Mr.  Ross  Shore 

Master  Slender.  .Mr.  Walter  R.  Creighton 

Master  Ford  Mr.  Arthur  Bourchier 

Slaster  Page   Mr.  S.  A.  Cookson 

Sir  Hugh  Evans  Mr.  E.  M.  Robson 

Dr.  CaiuB   Mr.   A.  E.  George 

Host  of  Garter  Inn.. Mr.  Edmund  Gurney 

Bardolph   Mr.  Edward  Sass 

Nym   Mr.  Henry  C.  Hewitt 

Pistol  Mr.  Edward  O'Neill 

Robin  Master  Burford  Hampden 

Simple  Mr.  Leon  M.  Lion 

Rugby  Mr.  Henry  Morrell 

Mistress  Page  Miss  Ellen  Terry 

Mistress  Ford  Miss  Violet  Vanbrugh 

Mistress  Anne  Page Miss  Viva  Birkett 

Mistress  Quickly Miss  Winifred  Rae 

— His    Majesty's. 

3.  Napoleon'*    Victorj/,    dramatic    episode,    in 
one  act,  by  Edward  Abbott  Parry. 

Napoleon  Mr.  Charles  Macdona 

Constant   Mr.   Arthur  Eldred 

The  Countess  Waleska  Mrs.  Mouillot 

—Gaiety,  Dublin. 

3.  The  Green  Elephant,  play,  in  four  acts,  by 
.Maurice  Baring.      Last  performance  (the 
6th),  July  8. 
Lady  Warburton..Mis8  Gertrude  Kmgston 

Harper  Miss  Rita  Everard 

Miss  Letty  Hart.. Miss  Marjorie  Patterson 

Footman  Mr.  D.  Darrell 

Rupert  Harvard  Mr.  Wilfred  Forster 

Sir  Henry  Warburton..Mr.  Hubert  Harben 

Mrs.  Motterway  Miss  Darragh 

Anthony  Pollitt   ..    Mr.  C.   Quartermaine 

Butler  Mr.  Geoffrey  Hill 

Professor  Norman  Nutt..Mr.  H.  De  Lange 

John  Betis  Mr.  Augustin  Duncan 

—Comedy. 

3.  Hi«  Heart  in  Jav'^n,  Oriental  drama,  in 
four  acts,  by  Vane  Sutton-Vane.  (London 
production,  July  17,  Royal,  Woolwich.) 
Lieut.  Harry  Lanvon  ..  Mr.  H.  B.  Waring 
Dr.  Richard  Savage  . .  Mr.  Theodore  Kelly 
Hon.  Jimmy  Fordyce..Mr.  Archie  Selwyn 
Thomas  Achilles.. Master  Charlie  St.  John 
Miss   Angela  Fordyre  ..  Miss  B.  Forsyth 


Hm  Heart  in  Japan  (eontinued). 

Mile.  Clarice  Patinard..MLiB  Mari  Bchuning 

Santaro         Mr.  Stanley  Brown 

Okaski  Mr.  Burton  Yaldwin 

Rambo  Mr.  William  Lenton 

Bepu  Mr.  Lionel  Cooper 

Dandesuka   Mr.  Thomas  .\ddington 

Tsngane   .Mr.  William  Cobb 

Kono  Hito  Mr.  George  Ridley 

Shonin   Mr.  Eversleiph  Beaumont 

Kami  Mr.  Walter  Ingram 

Ikas  Mr.  Percival  Lawrence 

O  Eikibo  San  Miss  Jeannie  Thomas 

O  Toyo  San  Miss  Mabel  Coleman 

— Royal.  Smethwick. 

iABunty  Pulls  the  Strings.  Scottish  comedy, 

in  three   acts,   by   Graham   Moffat.     (See 

under  date  July  18.  when  the  piece  went 

into  the  evening  bill  at  the  Haymarket.) 

Rah  Bigcar  Mr.  George  Tawde 

Bunty  Bigpar   Miss 'Kate   siotrat 

Susie"  Simp>on    Miss  Jean  Turnbull 

Tammas  Biggar   Mr.  Graham  Moffat 

Weelum  Sprunt  Mr.  Watson  Hume 

Eelen   Dunlop    .Mrs.   Graham    Moffat 

Teenie  Dunlop  Miss  Margaret  Nybloc 

Jeems   Gibb    Mr.   George   Greig 

Maggie    Mercer    . .    Miss   Lizzie   Chambers 

Dan  Birrell   Mr.   Sanderson  Moffat 

Elders,    Shepherd,    Villagers,    and    other 
Kirkgoers.  — Playhouse. 

6.  Trachiniae   of   Sophocles. 

Deianeira  Miss  E.  B.  Abrahams 

Hyllus  Mr.  A.  G.  R.  Garrod 

Messenger  Mr.  C.  R.  Eddison 

Licha.s   Mr.  P.  Guedalla 

Heracles   Mr.  G.  Edwards 

Nur:*  Miss  K.  M.  Goffin 

Old  Man   Mr.  C.  R.  Eddi>on 

lolfe   Miss  M.  Thompson 

Attendant  Miss  M.  Williams 

Chorus  Leader  Miss  K.  B.  Martindale 

—Court. 

GtSome    Showers.    Cockney    duologue,    in    one 
.scene,    bv    Pett    Ridge.     (Originally    pro- 
duced,  March  16.  1910,  Tyne,  Newcastle.) 
— Playhouse. 

6.*.The     Girl     Who     Couldn't     Lie.     eccentric 
«  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Keble  Howard, 

\       upon  which   was   based   his  story  of   the 

''      same  name  published  in  1908.    (Originally 
\    produced    Rovalty,    Gla=sov.-.    March    29.) 
\Last  performance  (the  21st)  July  26. 

"^rr.  Huegall  Mr.  Franklin  Dyall 

Mrs.  Huegall   Miss  Marie  Illington 

Arabella Miss  Elaine  Sleddall 

Pauline  Miss  Muriel  Pope 

Ivy Miss  Pearl  Keats 

Queenie    Miss  Vera  Wray 

Vincent  Mr.  Edmund  Breon 

Maurice   Miss  Margaret  Nybloc 

Uncle  Peter  Mr.  Edmund  Gwenn 

Basil  Marsh  Mr.  Athol  Stewart 

Sarah    Miss   Pollie  Emery 

Minnie  Miss  Eva  Rowland 

P.trLiNB's  Other  Victims. 

Mrs.  Fawcett  ." Miss  Hilda  Honiss 

Mi.ss   Fawcett    Miss   Violet   Mayo 

Mrs.  Sass  Miss  Lydia  Rache! 

Miss  Sass  Miss  Ruhamah  Catton 

Mrs.  Odium   Miss   Agnes  Thomas 

Miss  Bute  Miss  Lola  Duncan 

MLss  (Goodrich   ....  Miss  Elizabeth  Dexter 

Miss  Billbrook Miss  Margaret  Omar 

Mrs.  Cosham  ........  Miss  Isabel  Ohmead 

Mi-^s  Lugg  Miss  Rhoda  Beresford 

Lady  Spratt  Mrs.  A.  B.  Tapping 

Mr?.  Callow  Miss  Agnes  Thomas 

The  Baroness  Miss  Rachel 

Mrs.  Lunch   Miss  Duncan. 

Miss    Cop perstone.... Miss   8.   Fairbrother 

Esther  Miss  Honiss 

— Criterion. 


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7.  Cleopatra,  choreographic  drama,  in  one  act, 

invented  by  M.  Fokina— Covent  Garden. 
7.  Les  Sylphides— London    Coliseum;    Covent 

Garden. 
7.  Le  Spectre  de  la  Rose,   Russian  ballet. 

— Covent  Garden. 
7.  Prince  Igor,   Russian   ballet. 

— Covent  Garden. 
7.'!Jhe  Brolcen  Mirror,  play,  by  Camillo 
Schwarz.  (Previously  produced,  in  Ger- 
many.) Subiiequently  presented,  October 
23,  London  Hippodrome,  as  a  music-hall 
sketch.— Royal,  Worthing. 
g.  Two  Peeps  at  PickwicU,  Dickens  play,  by 
Metcalfe   Wood. 

Samuel   Pickwick    Mr.   Ben   iicid 

Augustus  Snodgrass 

Mr.    Guy   Leigh-Pemberton 

Nathaniel  Winkle  Mr.  F.  G.  Knott 

Mr.    Wardle    Mr.   Daniel    McCarthy 

ITacv  Tupman  Mr.  J.  H.  Brewer 

CabmM  Mr.  King  Fordham 

Alfred  Jingle  Mr.  O.  B.  Clarence 

Sam  Weller  Mr.  Arthur  Cleave 

Mr.    Perker    Mr.    Arthur    Bowyer 

Rachel  Wardle   Miss  Xellie  Bouverie 

Landlady   Miss  Nellie  Weston 

— Sevoy. 
S-liThe  Frontier  Queen,  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  Bertram  Damer.    Production,  Octoher 
23,  Royal,  Woolwich. 

Colonel  Lucas Mr.  Theo  Balfour 

Dick  Lucas  Mr.  Chas.   H.  Lester 

Jose   Manildra    ....   Mr.   Wilton   Richards 
Phineas  E.   Mole    ..    Mr.   Horace  Buckley 

Ben    Ryder  ' Mr.    John    Paley 

Chief  Ga  Na  Gule  Mr.  Chas.  Osborne 

Chief  Black  Eagle   ..   Mr.  Pat  Van-Issher 
Mexican    Joe,   Broncho   Bill,  ana 

Lasso  Jim  Mr.  Harold  E.  Kinton 

Ah  Sing   Lee    Mr.   Billy   Ross 

Dougal  McKenzie   Mr  .John   Talford 

.4ggie  Miss  Nell  Ingram 

Mamie    Miss  Dorothy   Riddell 

Cherry    Miss   Beatrice    Anderson 

— Alexandra,   Hull. 
!».  Ariadne     in     Naxos,     Maurice     Hewlett's 
poem,   given    as   a  stage   play   under  the 
auspices  of  the  Poets'  Club. 

Dionysus  Mr.  Godfrey  Tearle 

Leader  of  the  Chorus 
of   Cretan   Maidens 

Miss  Margaret  Morris 

Theseus   Mr.  Claude  King 

Ariadne  Miss  Grace  Lane 

An  Athenian  Sailor.. Mr.  Herbert  Bunston 
—Little. 
10.*King    Henry    Vlll. — His   Majesty's. 

10.  A    Fair   Impostor,    Sicilian   drama,    in   four 

acts    and    fifteen    scenes,    by    Lewis    Gil- 
bert. 
Prince  Luis  of  Catania.. Mr.  Lance  Breton 

Leo  Stephano   Mr.   Lewis   Gilbert 

Marco  Mr.  R.  Harley  West 

Tommaso   Mr.   Chas.   Higgins 

Pietro  Mr.  Chas.  Lovel! 

Giuseppe   Mr.   Fred   J.    Kay 

Giovanni    Mr.    M.    Redmavne 

Bibi    Master  W.   Stokes 

Monk Mr.  Sutton  Taylor 

Cyril  Mannerley...Mr.  Harold  Woodleigh 
Augustus  Sylvester.. Mr.  Wilfrid  Compton 

Marietta    Miss  Geraldine  Vemer 

Francesca   '. .    Miss   Miriam   Holt 

Elsa    Miss    Florrie   Green 

— ^Lyric,    HammeTEmith. 
11.*PeUeas   and  Melisande — ^Lyceum. 

11.  The    Mysterious    Murder    in    the    Mill;    or. 

Would  You  if  You  Could?  by  Austin 
Strong  and  Dion  Clayton  Calthrop— 
Botanic   Gardems. 


11.  21  Segreto  di  Susanna  (Susanne's  Secret), 
interlude,  in  one  act  (in  Italian),  by  Er- 
manno  Wolf-Ferrari.  (Originally  pro- 
duced in  Italy  in  1910.) 

II  Conte   Gil   Signor  Sammaroo 

La   Contessa  Susanna   ..    Mile.   Lipkovska 

Santa    M.    Ambrosiny 

Conductor   Signor  Campanini. 

— ^Covent  Garden. 

UAThat  Five  Pound  Note,  episode,  by  Ivan 
Firth. 

Dr.  Conway Mr.  Ivan  Firth 

Rita  Conway  Mi.^s  Nell  du  Maurier 

Mrs.   Bartou   Miss  Mabel  Erskine 

Sylvia  Barton   Miss  Florence  Neville 

Dick  Barton  Mr.  Howell  Robinson 

—Rehearsal. 

U.'iThe  Charm  of  Life,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
John  Richards,   founded  on  his  novel  of 
the  same  name. 
Rev    Barrington  Oxley..Mr.  Chas.  Combe 

Ronald  Fitzgerald Mr.  Alfred  Barber 

Oliver  Oxley   Mr.  J.  Cooke  Beresford 

Sir   Barrington    Oxley Mr     H.    Greville 

Aiphonse  Le  Mercier..Mr.  Godfrey  Francis 
Obadiah    Fothergill.  .Mr.    Fredk.    Wiggins 

WiiUam    Maxwell Mr.    Geo.    S.    Harper 

Adoiphus   Browne    Mr.    G.    H.    Smith 

Mary  Buxton   Mi.^  Lindsay 

Mrs.   Fitzgerald   Mi.^s  Vi<»Iet  Greville 

M.arion  Oxley   Miss  Hilda  Vaughan 

Ladj  Oxley  Miss  Young 

Servant  Miss  Sarah  Francis 

Servant  Miss  Kato  Liddle 

Pritchard  Miss  Edith  Beresford 

Betsv  Granfield   Mi.ss  Ada  Griffiths 

—Duke  of  York's. 

14.  The  Apple,  one-act  play,  by  Irene  Bensusan, 
])erformed  in  the  grounds  of  "  The 
Laurc's,"  Putney. 

l5.tSaUy  Bishop,  play,  in  four  acts,  dramatised 
by  E.  Temple  Thurston  from  his  novel. 
(Originally  produced  Kins's,  Glasgow,  May 
15.)  Last  performance  (the  25th)  August 
17. 

John  Hewitt  Traill  Mr.  Dennis  Eadie 

Charles  Devenish Mr.  E.  Holman  Clark 

Mr.  Arthur  Mr.  A.  W.  Baskcomb 

Wooteu    Mr.   P.   Perceval   Clark 

Mrs.  Durlacher  Miss  Elaine   Inescort 

Miss  Standish  Roe  ..   Miss  Maud  Cressall 

Janet  Fallard   Miss  Agnes  Thomas 

Sally  Bishop   Miss  Daisy   Markham 

—Prince  of  Wales's. 

16.  Glaube  und  Heimat  (Faith  and  Home), 
dranna,  in  three  acts,  by  Karl  Schonherr. 

Chr'stof  Rott   Herr  Max  Sylge 

Peter   Rott    Herr  Otto  Wolfram 

Alt-Rott  (his  father)   ..   Herr  Paul   Wind 

Rottin  (his  wife)   Ffau  Olga  Sylge 

"  Spatz  "  (his  son)   Herr  Erich  Sylge 

RottLn's  Mother 

Friiulein   A.   van  den   Driessche 

Sardperger    Herr  Charles   Victor 

Sandpergerin    ..    Friiulein    Gisela   Koehier 

Unteregger Herr  P„iohard  Mueller 

Englbauer   Herr  Ernst   Kuehl 

The  Emperor's  Envoy.. Herr  Paidolf  Exner 

A  Scrivener Herr  Hermann  Lindhorst 

A  Shoemaker Herr  Friedrich  Hermann 

A  Barber   Herr  Hern  ann   Berthold 

A   Soldier   Herr   H  an.=   Franke 

A  Drummer  Herr  Ernst  Bernhardt 

— His  Majesty's. 

17.\\Masque  of  Empire,  written  by  Miss  H. 
Packer— The  Brixton  School  for  Girls. 

17.  Making  Him  Jealous,  farcical  sketch,  by  St. 
John  Hamund. 

George  Smythe Mr.  Charles  Steuart 

F61ix  Poudray  M.  Jean  D'Artois 

Selina   Smythe    ..    Miss   Katharine  Carew 
Ellen  Bennett   —    Miss  Florence  Linton 

—Seal  a. 


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17.  father,    play,    ifl    o~iie    act,    by    Uanworth 

tathi-r   Mr.  diaries   Ilarley 

Mother    Mi^s   KUa    Dixon 

CharUt    Mr.    Russell    Barrj 

Barbara    Mis^i   Violet    Barley 

— I'aiace,  Tynemouth. 

17.  In    the    Clouds,     English    version   of     MM. 

liiotion     and    tie     Xuiique'b   Chateau    Uh- 

toriqae.  ^ 

George   Baldwin.. Mr.  Arthur  HoLmes   Core 

Claud   Barry   Mr.   Fredk.  Lloyd 

Walter   Wright    Mr.    Guy  Newall 

Mr.  Horace  Wright. ...Mr.  Edward  Uigoy 

Monsieur  Breton   Mr.  H.  de  Lange 

Shaw    Mr.    Harry   UoUd 

Old   Gentleman   ....   Mr.  Charles  Danvers 

Harrv    King    Mr.    Frank    lioy 

Margaret    Miss    Edyth   Latimer 

Gladys   Mi^  Sheila   Heseltine 

Cionuda   Miss  Mary   Barton 

Annie   Miss  Phyllis  Birkett 

A    Vouag  I>ady Miis   Irene    Wells 

A  Visitor  Mis5  Amy  Broadwood 

— Royal,  Bournemouth. 
17.  A  llome-Spun    Heart,  American  drama,  in 
four  acts,   by   Hal  Reid. 

Tom   Willoughby   Mr.  Cecil  Wilson 

Richard  Garland   ..   Mr.  Frank  Woodville 

j;ick  Mr.  Klwyn  Walter 

Andy,  a  Uall-Wit  ..   Mr.  Frank  Bertram 

Zebediah  Muir  Mr.  Louis  Hector 

Bill  Dyke   Mr.   Bryan  Daly 

Capt.  Coyne   Mr.  George  A\ebb 

Dr    Warner   Mr.    Arthur  Goodon 

Barkeeper  Mr.  Alfred  Wick 

Mrs.   Garland Miss    Gwen    Vtrschoyle 

Svenga  Sevening.  .Miss  Gertrude  H«rri.-wn 
Sister    Monica.... Miss   Gertrude    Glanmor 

Marion    Garland    Miss   Enid    Edoni 

— Grand,    Swansea. 
I7.t//w    Heart    in    Japan,   new    Oriental    spec- 
tacular   drama,    in    four  acts,    by    Vane 
Sufcton-Vane.  (Originally    produced    Royal, 
Smethwick,  July  3.)  . 

Lieut.   Harry  Lanyon..Mr.   H.  B.   \\  anng 
Dr.   Richard   Savage.. Mr.   Theodore   Kelly 

Hon.   Jimmy    Fordyce Mr.   Cyril   Smith 

Tiiomas  Achilles.. Master  Charlie  3t.  "John 

Angela    Fordyce Miss   Blanche   Forsyth 

Mile.  Clarice  Patinard..Mi6s  M.  Scharning 

Santai-o    Mr.    Stanley    Brown 

Okoski   Mr.   Burton   Yaldwyn 

Rambo    Mr.    William    Ltnton 

Bepu    Mr.    Lionel   Cooper 

Dandcsuka   Mr.  Thomas  Addinglon 

Tsngane   Mr.   William  Cobb 

Kono-Hito  Mr.  George  Ridley 

Siionin  Mr.  Eversleigh  Beaumont 

Kami  ...'. Mr.  Walter  Ingram 

Ikao    Mr.    l\rcival   Lawrence 

O  Eiklbo  San  .Mi&s  Jcannie  Thomas 

O  Toyo   San   Muss  Mabel  Coleman 

— Royal,  Woolwich. 
18  *Tiunty  PuUs  the  Sifings,  three-act  comedy, 
bv  Graham  .Mollai.  (Produced  at  the 
Playhouse,  July  4.)  Went  into  the  even- 
ing bill  at  tlie  Uaynwirket. 
IS.  Thais,  opera,  in  three  acts  (in  French),  by 
Jules  Ma.>senet,  poem  by  Louis  Gallet, 
after  the  novel  by  Anatole  France. 

Athanaiil    ^ M.    Gilly 

Xic'iQs   M-   Darmel 

Palemon    M.   Verheyden 

Un   Serviteur   M.   Defrfere 

Thais   Mme.   Edvina 

Albine  Miss  A.  Mutch 

Crobyle    Mile.    Wilna 

Myrtale Mile.    Bourgeois 

Premiferes  Dan.=eu&es:  Miles.  Olga  Ghione, 
Opalsvens,  H.  Berbist,  S.   Hanssens. 

Conductor  Signer  Panizza 

—Movent  Garden 


21.tr/ifl    Last    of    the    English    (act    two),    by 
Arthur   Scott  Craven.  „    ^,  .,_ 

Clover  -Mr.   G.  C.  Nathan 

Torifrida  Miss   H    Esty-Marsh 

Steward   Mr.  E.  S.  C.  llameliu 

llereward  -Mr.  F.  Ion  Swinley 

Gi'bert  of  Ghent  ..  -Mr.  E.  C.  G.  Lascelles 

Ultrude  -Miss  I.  Rutherford 

Elhelwyn   •'^^''•,,^'^V.  ^'•x-^^..^^'^ 

Wulfrie   Mr.   G    C.   Nathan 

— Kiugsway. 

"1  tr/ie  Lady  of  the  Shadowed  Hill,  play,   in 
one  act,  by  E.  Ion  Swinley 

A    Recluse    Miss   Z.   Lauder 

A   Peasant  Girl   Miss  L.  Cavapagh 

A    Fugitive    Mr    K    P    VVcbb 

A  Pursuer  Mr.  G.  C.  Nathan 

— Kingsway. 

23.  The  Father,  the  Adelphi  Play  Society  pre- 

sented,  for    the   first    time     in     England, 
Strindberg's  play,  in  three  acts. 

Adolph   Mr.   Maurice  Elvey 

j,aura   ■'^'rs.   Alice  Chapin 

Bertha" Miss  Hilda  Honiss 

Dr.  Ostermark   Mr.   Harold  Chapin 

Jonas  Mr.  W.  Townky  Searle 

Marcret    Miss  Marion  Sterling 

J,- Old  Mr.  Leslie  Gordon 

—Rehearsal. 

24.  The  Little  Prospector,  play,   in   four   acte, 

bv  Edward  Locke  and  Hal  Keid.  . 

Kitty  Colwell  Mi.sf  Enid  Edpni 

Dr.  Colwell  Mr.  Frank  Woodvihe 

Harry  Myers   Mr.  Cecil  Wilson 

Hank  Tregresser   ....   Mr.   George  Gordon 

Frank    Plunket    Mr.    Louis    Hector 

Pedro  Mercaido....Mr.  Oscar  Shuttlewood 

John   Holmes   Mr.   Fred   Whittaker 

Mose  Smith   Mr.   Albert  Logan 

Colonel  Parks  Mr.  Frank  Worthmg 

Sheriff  Owens   Mr.   Frank  Bertram 

Luu  How  Mr.  Brian  Daly 

Judge  Carson   Mr.  Elwyn  Walter 

Mrs    Bridget  0'Dowd..MUs  G.  Verschoyde 

Helen  Black  Miss  Gertrude  Harrison 

— Grand,   Swansea. 

24.  The  Girl  Without  a  Home,  drama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Mrs.  Morton  Powell 

Nell  Maltland  Miss  Mamie  Thorpe 

Mab-   Mi.ss    Patience    Pelham 

Sarah  Guzzle   Miss  Eli_zabetli_  Parks 

Luke  Maitlaud  . 
Dudley  Grey  ... 
Harold  Arnold.. 
Old  Daft  Dandy...  J 


Mr.  J.  U    Clyndes 
Mr.  Stanley  Radclifie 

Mr.  F.  Pv.  Robertson 


Kil    Currly       Mr.    Harry    Seymour 

Socker  Orange   ....    Mr.   Henry  C.   Gilpin 

C'illord  Benson   Mr.  S.  L.  Garnet 

Ben   Sault    M*r.   Edwin   Lever 

Bill  Coddgers   Mr.  J.  M.  Bond 

Harry   Lane   Mr.   G.   A.   Lomas 

P.C.    Coppley    Mr.    W.    Garrett 

George  Dale  Mr.  Albert  Clifford 

Anna  Glade  Mis-s  Lucie  Bright 

Nan    Purley    Miss   Maud   Vincent 

Cora  Castle   Mrs.  Aiort-on  Powell 

— Eiei)hant  and  Castle. 

24.||C/irii<mas  Geese,  farcical  comedy,  by  Mrs. 

Cunningham   —    Holy      Trinity      Rooms, 

South  all. 
20.  The  Be.H  of  a  Bad  Bargain,  play,   in  one 

act,  by  Johanna   Redmond. 

Ben  Brusnahan Mr.  Charles  Macdona 

Jerrv  O'Rourke  Mr.  Arthur  Eldred 

Mary  Sheehan  Mrs.  Mouillot 

—Gaiety,  Dubhn. 
2G1iIn   Love,   play   by   Gloria   sSrrow,   adapted 

from  A.  Dumas's  La  Dame  aux  CamUias. 

— St.    James's. 

26.M  Royal  Divorce,  drama,  in   five   acts,   by 

W.    G.    Wills    and    G.    G.    Collingham. 

(Originally  produced,  Avenue,  Sunderland, 

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A  Royal  Divorce  {contimied). 

1891.)      Last     performance     (the     117th) 
November  4. 

Napoleon   Mr.  Frank  Lister 

Talleyrand   Mr.  Fred  Morgan 

Marquis  de  Beaumont  ..  Mr.  J.  C.  Aubrey 
General  Augereau  ..   Mr.  H.  W.  Jackson 

Marshal  Murat Mr.  Frank  Tennant 

Doctor  Corvisart   Mr.  Cecil  Tresilian 

Grimaud  Mr.  J.  T    Macmillan 

Brigadier  Jacques.. Mr.  Percy  Baverstock 

Brigadier  Pierre   Mr.  Louis  Field 

Lord  Keith  Mr.  S.  Major  Jones 

First  Lieutenant  Mr.  P.  Morris 

Officer  Mr.  J.  Rigby 

Rob  Royal  Mr.  Herbert  Williams 

Servant Mr.  W.  Read 

Marie  Louise   Miss  Edyth  Olive 

Stephanie  de  Beauharnai6..Miss  G.  Scaife 

Blanche   d'Hervas   Miss   Mary  Dibley 

Angelique    de    Varennes.  .Miss    M.    Collier 
Little  King  of  Rome.. Little  Mimi.  Sewell 

Gouvernante    Miss  Mabel   Mannering 

Jeanne  la  Terreure  ....  Miss  Marie  Johns 

Mother  Lomas  Miss  Enid  Ross 

Empress  Josephine  ..  Miss  Ethel  Warwick 
— Lyceum. 

27.*A  Member  of  Tattersall's,  sporting  comedy, 
in  four  acts,  by  H.  Browning.  (Originally 
produced  October  8,  1908,  at  Brighton.) 

Mrs.  Craven   Miss  Eva  Sinclair 

Mary  Wilmot  Miss  Nora  Macdonnell 

Mrs.   Deverense.  .Miss   Florence   Steventon 

Nancy  Playfair   Miss  Lucy  Eden 

Olive  Playfair Miss  Adeline  Norman 

Edith  Monckton  ....   Miss  Elsie  Richards 

Lady  Flashington   Miss  Zilla  Sharp 

Maidservant   Miss  Bay  Cortopassi 

Thomas   Mr.  Frederick  Holgate 

Buttons  Mr.  Reggie  Dauncey 

Barton    Mr.  Harold  Redcairn 

-Clerk  of  Scales Mr.  Eric  Bridgemau 

Foxey    ,    Mr.   Forestier   Walker 

Bertie   Monckton.  .Mr.   Lam^bert  Plummer 

Carl  Sampton   Mr.  T.  Ring 

Major  Brooks  Greville.  .Mr.  T.  Homewood 
Captain  Lord  Winthorp.  .Mr.  E.  Burnaby 

Peter  Perks Mr.  Rutland  Barringtou 

\  — Kursaal,   Bognor. 

29.  Schnapp  of  Rotterdam,  musical  comedy,  in 
two    acts,    libretto    by    Bertie    Thompson, 
music  by  the  late   Geo.  Le  Brunn. 
Clive,  Duke  of  Kenyon..Mr.  Alfred  Butts 

Bookie  Briggs   Mr.   Lionel  Howard 

Johann  Schnapp  Mr.  Will  Lorenzi 

Hans    Mr.  Jones 

Hon.  Reggie  Winchester Mr.  S.  Maude 

Professor  Tweedeldee  Mr.  Ed.  Rees 

Count  Von  Heinsher.  .Mr.  Max  I.  Jerromc 

Mareeca  Schnapp  Miss  Hettie  Peel 

Mina  Schnapp  Miss  Molly  Glover 

Irma    Miss   Violet  Brandon 

Priscilla  Miss  Molly  Grey 

Vivienne  Miss  Jean  Findley 

Dulcie  Miss  Lillian  Brandon 

Mary  Ann  Matilda.  .Miss  Winnie  Winifred 

Gretchen   Miss  Sadie  Leslie 

Geneeca  Miss  Elsie  Bingham 

Lena    Miss   Sylvia   Barton 

Lady  Seaton  Miss  Maidie  Percival 

Angela   Miss  Muriel  Fabian 

—Hippodrome,    Eastbourne. 

31.  Autumn  Roses,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Law- 
rence Hanray. 

Benjamin  Mulberry  Mr.  Olaf  Hytten 

Lucinda  Jane  Friars.. Miss  Annie  Williams 

Sarah  Annie  Friars  ..  Miss  Hamly  Clifford 

— Gaiety,    Hastings. 

31.  A  Love  Story,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Ursula 
Keene  and  Dennis  Cleugh,  music  by 
Brigata  Bucalossi. 

Max  Sarolta  Mr.  Cyril  Clensy 

Harold  Lenville  ..  Mr.  Lawreace  Robbins 


A  Love  Story  {continued). 

Martini  Mr.  W.  Walton  Palmer 

Cornelius  B.  Crawfish  ..  Mr.  Edmund  Lea 

Stillaway  Mr.  Robert  Entwistle 

Paula  Reinhertz  Miss  Ruth  Henton 

Mrs.   Bigford-James    ..    Miss   Eily   Wilson 

Ivy  Meyritt  Miss  Ruth  Parrott 

Marie  Selig  Miss  Marjorie  Maxwell 

— Royal,    Wo' thing. 

31.  The  Ruin  of  a  Countess,  jilay,  in  four  acta, 
by  O.   Silverstone   and   II.   G.   Walton. 
Hon.  Francis  Hunter. ..Mr.  0.  Silverstone 
Lord  Wilfred  Effingham.. Mr.  E.  A.  Duval 
Dr.  Stephen  Webster. Mr.  C.  N.  BuckLand 

Jack  Carruthers Mr.   F.   E.  Chabot 

Barney  O'Rourke   ..   Mr.  Jo>seph  Magrath 
The  Priest  Quong  Hi  and   Black  Mike 

Mr.  Cowell  Clarke 

Chung  Li  Mr.  J.   Bounelle  Harvey 

Inspector    Mr.    Alfred    Jeffs 

Bertie  Effingham   ..    Miss   Doris   Thomson 

Lucette    Miss  Helena   Thomson 

Joy    Hunte"    Miss   Edna    Clare 

Lady    Marion   Effingham.  .Miss   A.   Liddon 
—Royal,   Sheffield. 

Sl.JThe  Tavern  Knight,  romantic  play,  in  a 
prologue  and  three  acts,  by  Junius 
Booth,  founded  on  the  novel  of  the  same 
name  by  Rafael  Saibatini.  (Originally 
produced  Prince  of  Wales's,  Salford, 
May  29). 

Characters  in  the  Prologue. 

Roland  Marleigh  Mr.  Junius  Booth 

Joseph  Ashiburn  Mr.  Harry  Bannister 

Gregory  Ashburn  ..   Mr.  Chas.  H.  Brooke 

Alice   Marleigh Miss  Irene   Graham 

Betty  rhrimbj    Miss  Leta   Scarlett 

Characters  in   the   Play. 
Roland  Marleigh  ......  Mr.  Junius  Booth 

JoceljTi  Marleigh. Mr.  C.  Edwards-HorobLn 

Joseph    Ashbum Mr.    Harry   Bannister 

Captain  Harry  Hogen.Mr.   Aiibrey  Norton 
Gregory  Astobum   ..  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Brooks 

Oliver  CTomwell Mr.  Walter  Jarvis 

Colonel  Pride     Mr.  J.  Hawden 

Smite  the  Amalekite  Toneleigh 

Mr.    Aubrey    Norton 
Lieut.  Faversh<am..Mr.   Norman  Bradford 

Justin  Pride   Mr.  Fred  Lodge 

Lieut.    Beddoes    Mr.   William   Huron 

Ensign    Tyler    Mr.    Percy    Millan 

Sergeant    Ireiby    Mr.    Sam    Elton 

Jasper  Blount  Mr.  A.  H.  Henderson 

Quinn    Mr.   F.   Martin 

Cadby    Mr.   Sidney   V/hite 

Gaoler   Mr.   Charles  Crow 

Cynthia   Ashburn    Miss   Alice   West 

Orton    Mi.?s    Jessie    Blake 

—Royal,   Stratford. 


AUGUST. 

i.^The  Fool  of  the  Force,  farcical  play.    (Pre- 
viously played  as  a  music  hall  sketch.) 

Bill  Higgins  Mr.  Harry  E.  Howe 

Sergeant  Stern   Mr.  Robert  Chester 

Bill  Sykes   Mr.  H.   H.  Reeves 

Maud   Vane    Miss  Ethel  Carney 

Miss  De   Vere   Miss  Carrie  Foy 

Mr.  Hoskins   Mr.  F.   A.  Smith 

Mr.  Dunn  Mr.  J.  J.  Townsend 

Mr.  Dunn  Mr.  Harrington  Grey 

Algy  Dunn   Mr.  J.  E.  Ward 

P.C.  Mudd   Mr.   George  Carney 

— Empire,  Southend. 

5.\\A    Tyhurn    Martyr.— St.    Thomas's    School, 
E'rdington. 

5.  Bonnie  Mary,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  H.  F. 
Housden.    (London  production,  November 
27,   Royal,   Edmonton.) 
Sir  Mervyn  Fairfax  ..  Mr.  Dunlop  Stewart 
George  Fairfax   Mr.  Charles  Locke 


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honnic  Mary  (continufil). 

Angus  Melrose   Mr.  A.  W.  Norman 

Stephen  Gaunt  Mr.  Fred  U.  Constable 

lion.  Bertie  Barlow. ..  .Mr.  V.  T.  Raymond 

Kben«;zer  Mobe  Mr.  Percy  Duwsone 

6am  Sharp  Mr.  Fred  Barnee 

Hubert  Dunn  Mr.   Tom  Senior 

James,  a  Ftiotman   ..   Mr.  William  Grant 
I'oliee-inajiictor  Jarvis..Mr.  Frank  Preston 

Lady  Cathcart Miss  Alice  Greenwood 

Doris  Fairfax  ....  Miss  Effle  D.  Crawford 

Kosie  Perk6  Mis6  Fanny  Roberts 

Mary  Melrcee  M^eb  Maisie  llanbury 

— Royal,   Dewebury. 

7.  Our    Grand-Daughter,    comedietta,    by    6t. 
John  Uaraiind 
Col.  Lord   Atterclifi'e..Mr.  Shadwell  Clerke 

John  Cornish  Mr.  Percy  Kverard 

Hon.  Mary  BrightsidcMise  Annie  Hughes 

— Scala. 

11.  KUty,  one-act  playlet,   by   Robert   Higgin- 
bottom. 

Lil   Mios  Evelyn  Summers 

Sid Mr.  Edward  Nimmo 

— Marlborough. 

11.  Life  in  Camp,  version  o^  Schiller's  Wallen- 
ttein,   adapted    by   William   Poel. 

Wallenstein    Mr.    Frank   Cellier 

Octavio  PifiColomini..Mr.  Clifton   Alderson 
.M^i.x  Piccolomini    —   Mr.  Reginald  Owen 

Von  Queetenberg   Mr.  John   Williams 

Count  Terzky  Mr.  Clarence  Der\vcnt 

Illo   Mr.   Kenyon  Muegrave 

Butler    Mr.    Herbert   Bunston 

Gordon   Mr.  Campbell  Cargill 

Captain  Devereux    ..    Mr.   W.   J.   Wheeler 

Captain  Mardonaki   Mr.  Ellis  Watson 

CoriK)ral    Mr.    Archibald   McLean 

Sw&dish  Captain  Mr.  James  Stanners 

Wrangel   Mr.    WilUam   Poel 

Seni    Mr.    Nugent    Monck 

Duchess  of  Friedla-nd   ..  Miss  Emily  Luck 

Thekla  Miss  Katharine  Pole 

Counte.«  Terzky  * Miise  Lucy  Wilson 

Lady  Neubrunn    Miss  Massey 

— ^New,    Oxford. 
14.  The    WUd    Girl     of    the     Forest,    four-act 

melodrama,    by    Mrs.    F.    G.    Kimberley. 

(S.P.    Royal,     Wolverhamipton,    June    14; 

London  production.  Royal,  Woolwich,  Stj)- 

it timber  4.) 

loris    Mr.    Algernon    Hicks 

Captain  Riccardo  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Butler 

Count   Mr.  Edward  Batcher 

Penzar    — • Mr.    Harry   Sainsbury 

Hilarion    Mr.    Fred    Barnes 

Crispin    Mr.   J.  Newton-Cowlinn 

Trillo     Mr.   Edgar  Morgaii 

Counteea  Miee  Helen  Madell 

Mima    Mies   Lunn   Darlington 

Princess  of  Floralia Mif«   D.   Lawrence 

Maritza    Mrs.   F.   G.    Kimberley 

— Junction,   Manchester. 

U.\The  Temptress  of  Paris,  drama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Herbert  Fuller.  (Ori^^Mnally  pio- 
duced  April  17,  Alexandra,  Sheilield.) 
Rev.  Harry  MannerinR..Mr.  Geo.  Gaisford 
Louis  du  Cressy  —  Mr.  G.  Poteon  Turner 
Archie  Chamberlain  ..  Mr.  Robt.  Hewland 

Pierre  Detour Mr.  Louis  Wceton 

Tonie  Onie   Mr.  Kenneth   Black,  jun. 

Tom    Brown    Mr.    Will    Fennings 

Jim  Stokee  Mr.  Stanley  Hoban 

Bill  Steel   : ..    Mr.   J.  U.  Mansell 

Rev.   MacNeil   Mr.  Francis  Bates 

An  Old   Verger    Mr.  R.   N.   Noble 

A  Footman   Mr.  Fred  Small 

Clinton  Mannering   ..   Little  May  Ingham 

Iris  O'Mara   Mise  Lily   Fuller 

Babette    Miss    Florrie    Hall 

Ben6e  Macnering   Miss  Agne.3  Collier 

—Royal,    Woolwich. 


M.  Geraldine  Wants  to  Enow,  comedy,  in  one 
act,  by  Janette  Steer. 

Miss  Wiseman  Miss  Hilda  Francka 

Geraldine   Miss  Cicely   Barchan) 

Georpie    Mir«   Vera    Vallis 

Eugenie  Mise  Ella  Daincourt 

Royal,  York. 

U.\That    Chauffeur    Chap,    "non-stop    laugh, 

with    music,"    in    three    acts,    by    Edward 

Marris,  music  by   Arthur  Roby,  lyrics  by 

Albeit    E.    Ellis.        (Oripincilly    produced, 

April  24,  0]>era  House,  B«?lfait.) 

James  Dickens   Mr.   P.  L.  Juliun 

Archie  Framland  ..  Mr.  W.  Witeon  Blake 
Maj.  WelHngton  Bluff  ..   Mr.  Phil  Lester 

Jim   Stent   Mr.   Jack  McKenzio 

Mr.    Tailby    Mr.    George   Power 

Inspector  Birch   Mr.  Fred  Kirtland 

Fagiu    Mr.    Fred    Rigby 

Airs.  Dickens  Miss  Grace  Lester 

Mrs.   Stent   Miee  Gwen  Chfford 

Poppy  Prenton    ..   Miss  Gertrude  Morrow 

Marv   (a  maid)    Miss   Ahce   Williams 

Mildred  Miiis  Madge  Prioi- 

Iris   Miss  Vera  Crackles 

Todd    Mr.    Tom    Payne 

Bridesmaids,  Guests,  Girls  from  Jay's, 
Members  of  Deputations,  etc.:  —  Misses 
Cecilia  Morris,  Kitty  Morris,  Lily  Holdcn, 
Vi  Reher,  Violet  Lindsay,  Vere  Grace, 
K.  Holmes,  Messrs.  James  Goddard,  Frank 
Rex,  Arthur  Greenwood,  and  Fred  Brad- 
ford. —Broadway. 

'JJ..  The   Fairy    Glen  Laundry. 

Capt.  Laurie  Marchmont.. Mr.  G.  P.  Huntley 

Perks    Mr.   Lawrence   Hanray 

Lady   Dorothy   RaneIagh..M!S6   Eva   Kelly 
—Palace   Pier,  Brighton. 

21.  The    Pride    of    Byzantia,    musical    panto- 
mimic play,  written  by  Arthur  W.  Field, 
music  by  J.   A.   McAlibter. 
Mr.  Oofenstein   —   Mr.  Herbert  Landeck 
Capt.  Hon.  Difk  DajehanK.Mr.  R.  Sydney 

Sammy  Blenkinsop  Mr.  W.  H.  Irving 

Sir  Joseph  Rivers.. Mr.  James  Chippendale 

Percy  Rivers   Mr.   Vittor  Crawford 

Pet^er    Master    Fiy    Holgate 

James   Mr.   Ralph  Morton 

Mrs.    Blenkinsop    Miss   Lucy   Murray 

Sarah  Ann   Miss  Connie  Meadows 

Mabel  Rivers  Miss  Olive  Purcell 

Reggie  Little  Gertie  Zachlin 

Winnie    Little    Alary   O'Hara 

Aliss  Briggs  Mi*;  Rita  Hoidsworth 

Doris  Gray  Miss  Alinnie  Myrl^? 

Princess  Sadie  ..   Misa  Barbara  BabliigroD 
—Prince's,   Bradfora. 

21.  The  Swordsman  of  Wolfsherg,  five-act  plaj, 
by  W.  A.  Tremayne. 

Sir  Rudolf  Air.  Norman  Partridge 

Gottfried  Von  Bergman.. Mr.  W.  Calvert 
Count  Von  Bergman  ..  Air.  W.  T.  Clifford 

Otto   Air.  Leonard  Lawrence 

Henrich  Schmidt  ....   Air.  R.  B.  DrysdaJe 

Herr  Schultz Air.  William  Alacready 

Nicholas  .Meyer   Mr.   Val  W.   Gully 

Hugo   Mr.   Alelville  Chiswell 

Karl    Air.    A.    GarBtang 

A  Soldier  Air.  C.  H.  Evanson 

A   Servant   Air.   Ernest  Fryer 

A  Tapstress  Aliss  Edna  Macready 

Countess  Alagda  ..   Aliss  Zana  St.  George 

Freda   Miss  Betty   Alannere 

Frau  Schultz  Aliss  Alinnie  Webb 

Princess    Hildagarde... Aliss    IJthel    Griffles 
— «Rx)y al,  '  Blackburn. 

21.  The  Chance  of  a  Lifetime,  sporting  and 
romantic  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Nat 
Gould. 

Dick    Douglas    Mr.    Paul    Lovett 

Capt.  Francis  CUnch  ..  Air.  Frank  Gerald 
Hon.  Bob  Lovett.. Mr.  Charles  V.  Sandford 
Joe  Robson   Mr.  Frj  Knight 


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The  Clmnce  of  a  Lifeiitae  (continued). 

5fat  Lawson   Mr.  Cole  Aspinall 

Jim   Ames   Mr.   Dan  F.  Eoe 

Ben  Bl<wer   Mr.   Fred   Dark 

Abel   Asche    Mr.    Edward    Sidney 

Mr.    Brown    Mr.    Henry    Thornley 

The  Starter   Mr.  W.  Howard  Barlow 

Custodian  of  the  Oup.    . .   Mr.   Geo.  Lewie 
Weighing    Steward.. Mr.    Leonard    Robbins 

Diana   Miss  Una  Tristram 

Lady   Betty   Lovett.Mi»»  Beatrice  Marsdene 

Mrs'  Edgar   Miss  Evelyn  Vaudray 

— Kennington. 

28-  The  Tenor  and  the  Maid,  operatic 
burlesque,  written  by  Colin  Xeil  Rose, 
t'omposed  by  Cleiment  Locknayne.  (Origin- 
ally prod'Uced  as  a  music-hall  sketch.)^ 
Soala. 

2S.  The  Concert,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Herman  Bahr,  English  version  by  Leo 
Dietrichstein.  Last  performance  (the  61st) 
October  20. 

Gabor    Arany    Mr.    Henry    Ainley 

Helen   Arany    Mies  Irene  Vanbrugh 

Dr.   Fredk.   Dallas    ..    Mr.   Charles  Bryant 

Flora  Dallas  Miss  May  Blavney 

Patrick  McGinnis    ....    Mr.   G.   W.    Anson 

Mre.    AIcGiiinia    Mite    Dora   Diehl 

Miss   Merk    Mies   Florence    Edney 

Eva  Wharton  —   Miss  Marguerite  Leslie 

Fannv  Martin  Mice  Margaret  Paul 

Claire  Flo-ner Miss  Nell  Carter 

Edith   Gordon    Miss  Marguerite   May 

Xatalie.  MoncriefI..MiiSB  Beatrice   Highland 

Georgina  Roland    Miss   Verita   Vivien 

Laura  Sage   Mis6  Evangeline  Hilliard 

Mrs.  Lennon  Roch  Miss  Alma  Dudley 

Mis3  Chatfield    Mies  Sheila  Heseltine 

— Duke  of  York's. 

31.  The  Red  Widow,  musical  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  book  and  lyrics  by  Channing  Pollock 
and  Rennold  Wolf,  music  by  Chas.  J. 
Gebest. 

Cicero  Hannibal  Butts Mr.  Danvers 

Violet  Butts   Misfi  Dorothy  Vernon 

Oswald  Butts Mr.  Cecil  G.  Calvert 

Anna  Varvara Miss  BJanlca  Stewart 

Yvette   Miss  Margaret  Murch 

Ivan  Scorpioff  ...  Mr.  Leonard  Calvert 

Bardn  Strikouto\ich  ..  Mr.  Charles  Combe 

Dick  Graham  Mr.  F.  Kingsley 

Tantul  Popov?  Mr.  Orlando  Barnett 

Capt.  Ba-sil  Romanoff   ..   Mr.  Tom  Brown 

Princess  Sophya Miss  Dora  Levis 

Ceunte.ss  Alexandra Miss  Maud  Evans 

Adyk  Mr.  Arthur  Smith 

Pskof  Mr.  John  Lancey 

Kirchiz   Mr.   James  Berry 

A  Manager Mr.  Maurice  Allan 

— Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 


SEPTEMBER, 

2.*R'>meo  and  Juliet,  Shakespeare's  tragedy, 
presented  in  four  acts.  Last  performance 
(the  91st)  November  22. 

Escalus  Mr.  William  Devereux 

Paris Mr.  Henry  C.  Hewitt 

Montague   Mr.   John  Beamish 

Capulet    Mr.    Alfred   Brydone 

Uncle  to  Capulet Mr.  Arthur  Hare 

Romeo    Mr.   Vernon    Steel 

Mercutio  Mr.   Louis  Calvert 

P.envolio  Mr.  Frederick  Worlock 

Tybalt  Mr.  James  Berry 

Friar  Laurence   Mr.   J.   Fisher   White 

Baithas.ir  Mr.  E.  Stuart  Vinden 

Peter Mr.  Frederic  Sargent 

An   Apothecary   Mr.   Ivan   Berlyn 

Page  to  Paris Master  Gordon  Gay 

Lady  Montague   Miss  Evelyn  Shaw 

Lady  Capulet  Miss  Lena  Halliday 


Romeo  and  Juliet  (eontimied). 

Nurse  to  Juliet  Mi^s  Rosina  Filippi 

Chorus  Miss  Evelyn  Carleton 

Juliet  Mi.s3  Neilson-Terry 

— Ne,v. 
2.f Invasion;   or,  the  Story  of  a  Boy  Scout, 
sketch,    by   Sidney    Warwick.— Metropole, 
Glasgow. 

4.  What  Should  a  Woman  Do?  revised  ver- 
sion of  A  Woman's  Sacrifice,  by  Herbert 
Darnley. 

Sir  John  Brenton Mr.  Francis  Dainley 

Jack  Brenton     Mr.  Terrance  Byron 

Dick    ■<  aster   Mr.    Fred  Terris 

Signjr  De  Lara   Mr.   Hal   Byford 

Peter Mr.  Sammy   Foster 

Sergeant  Pimperton  Mr.  Lionel  Dare 

P.C.  Nippit  Mr.  Walter  Hinton 

Lady  Brentoi   Miss  Ernestine  Walter 

Mrs.  Meekin   Mis?  Hilda  Norton 

Ann  Meekin   Mrs.  Annie   Terence 

Mary  Foster Miss  Cissie  Bellamy 

— Brixton. 

i.tThe  Wild  Girl  of  the  Forest,  romantife 
draima,  in  twelve  scenes,  by  Mrs.  F.  G. 
Kimberley  (S.P.,  June  4,  Royal,  Wolver- 
liMiKpton.  Produced  at  the  Junction, 
Manchester,  August  14.) 
loris.  Prince  of   Floralia 

Mr.   Algernon  J.  Hicks 

Capt.  Riccardo   Mr.   Geo.  E.  Butler 

Count   Mr.  Sidney  Rennef 

Penzar    .   Mr.   Harry   Sain&bury 

Hilarion   Mr.  Fred  Barnes 

Crispin   Mr.  .T.    Newton-Cowling 

Trillo  Mr.  Edgar  Morgan 

Countess  .■ Miss  Helen  Madeil 

Mima  Miss  Lynn  Darlington 

Princess  of  Floralia  Miss  Dulcie  Lawrence 

Maritza  Mrs.  F.  G.  Kimberley 

^Royal,  Woolwich 

4.  The  Glad  Eye,  farce,  adapted  from  the 
FreLCh  of  Armont  and  Nancey,  by  3os6  G. 
Levy.  London  production,  November  4, 
Globe. 

Maurice  Polignac  Air.  H.  Marsh  Allen 

Gaston  Bocard  ..  Mr.  Lawrence  Grossmith 

GaUpaux  Mr.  Arthur  Hathertf;ii 

Chausettc  Mr.  Graht.me  Herington 

Ferdinand  Floquet  Mr.  George  Bealby 

Traca.58in    Mr.   Philip   Knox 

The    Count    de    la    Beuve 

Mr.  J.  Parish  Robertson 

Francois    Mr.    Stephen   Wentworth 

Police  Sergeant  Mr.  Horn  Conyer'? 

Suzanne  Polignac Miss  Daisy  Markham 

Lucienne  Bocard   Mi.^   Auriol  Len 

K:kl  Mi.5s  Ethel  D<ine 

Juliette   Mis.5  Mahel  Ormonde 

— West  Pier.  Brighton. 

4.  The  Harem  Doctor,  musical  comedy,  in 
three  scenes,  lyrics  by  Tom  E.  Murray  and 
EuLstace  Baynes,  music  by  Malcolm  C. 
Ives. 

Felx  Lucky  Mr.  Finn  Doyle 

Ha«abad   Mr.   Henrv  Cullenford 

Pedro   Mr.   Frank  St.  Clair 

Bullymorea  Mr.  Robert  Monteigle 

Cascara Mr.  Claude  Agnew 

Hunyadi  Mr.  Fred  Chester 

Haf ed   Mr.  Boon 

Phatfellah    * Mr.  Bradley 

Ahmed  Snid  Mr.  Chris  Rowlands 

Zobeide  Miss  Pattie  Biddulnh 

Zuleika    Mise    Ino   Belshaw 

Fatima   Miss  Ida  Stone 

Tirza    " Miss   Belle   Hanson 

Zaidee  Misa  Lilian  Wyngarde 

Zelia    Miss  Irene  Stuart 

Hasbeena   Misa   Alice   Drummond 

Anett .  ., Miss  Constance  Glenabyn 

Minora Miss  Marion  Jamea 

— Queei'a  Park  Pippodrome,  Manchester. 


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SEPT. 


iAA  Iloipilal  Ward,  drama,  in  one  act,  by 
J.    Malaclii    Muldoon. 

Eileen   Miss  D.  Manners 

Miss  Desmond   ..  Miss  Violet  McGuinness 

Nurse  Miss  Nettie  Neville 

Shaun    Mr.   Jack   Little 

llouse    Surgeon    Mr.    U.    HutcliinKon 

-     Priest    Mr.   M.   Flynn 

— (Jueen's,  Dublin. 

4.tPro  Patrid,  Irish  drajna,  in  one  act,  by 
Johanna   Redmond. 

Sarah    Miss   K.   Drago 

Mrs.    Kelly    Miss    11.    Maloney 

I'eter    Kelly    Mr.    U.    Ilutchinson 

Michael  Dwyer  Mr.  F.  J.  Uridgeman 

John    Mr.    Bob    Arthur 

Knclish  Officer  Mr.  Harry  Kildare 

Spy    Mr.    Jack    Little 

— Queen's,   Dublin. 

4.  Xhc  Quality  of  Mercy,  four-act  melodrama, 
by    Hall    Caine. 

Acts  One  and  Two. 
Lawrence  Chancellor  . .  Mr.  Eille  Norwood 

Lucy  Chancellor  Miss  Hilda  Dick 

Little   Lucy    Mi.ss  Ella   Jones 

Mary    Miss  Elfie  Leigh   Hunt 

Captain   Crow    Mr.    Thos.  Jlolding 

Little   Harry    Miss   Phyllis   Alma 

Rev.  Mr.  Pickersgill   ..   Mr.  A.  S.  Barber 

Jonathan  Knaggs Mr.  Douglas  Munro 

Joe   Knaggs    Master   John   Clifford 

Susan  Miss  Molly  O'Toole 

Mr.  Pettigrew  Mr.  Cecil  Bevan 

The   Watchman    ..    Mr.    Arthur   Jameson 

The   Sexton   Mr.  Hampton   Gordon 

The  Lamplighter    Mr.   Capel  Frost 

The  Town  Crier  ..   Mr.  Hampton  Gordon 

Coachman   Mr.   Arthur  Jackson 

Guard  of  Coach  Mr.  Lancelot  Lowder 

Mr.  Gatenby  Mr.  Henry  Newman 

Acts   Three  and   Four. 
Lawrence  Chancellor  ..Mr.  Eille  Norwood 
Mr.  Henry  Crow,  J. P.    Mr.  Thos.  Holding 

Lucy  Crow    Miss   Hilda   Dick 

Little   Harry    Miss   Phyllis   Alma 

Mary   Miss  Elfle  Leigh  Hunt 

Rev.  Mr.  Pickersgill   ..  Mr.  A.  S.  Barber 

Mr.    Pettigrew    Mr.    Cecil    Bevan 

Joseph  Knaggs  Mr.  Douglas  Munro 

Erik  Patriek.«en    Mr.  Shakespeare  Stewart 

Jack  Rattlin   .Mr.  Douglas  Munro 

The  Spcckioner  Mr.  Alfred  S.  Barber 

Billy   Crampton    Master    A.    Morton 

Police-Sergeant    ..    Mr.    Lancelot    Lowder 
Railway    Porter    ....    Mr.    George    Curry 

Footman Mr.   "Green 

Chauffeur    Mr.    Hampton    Gordon 

— Royal,   Manchester. 

4.  The  Love  Charm,  farce,  in  one  act,  by 
William   Boyle. 

Terence  Tracy  Mr.   Arthur  Sinclair 

Patsy    Ward    Mr.    Fred    O'Donovan 

Betty  Cronin   Miss  Nora   Desmond 

Ann  Cronin   Miss  Sara  Allgood 

— Abbey,  Dublin. 

i.'Comirtg  of  Aideen,  The,  comedy,  in  one 
act,  by  Mary  Costello  (originally  pro- 
duced May  18,  1910,  Iri.sh  Theatrical  Club, 
Dublin) 

Aylmer  Fitzgerald  Mr.  Jack  Little 

Patrick  .Scully   Mr.  H.  Hutchinson 

JNLiry  ^Martin    Jli.ss  V.  McGuinness 

Ann  Kate   Miss  Nettie  Neville 

Aideen    Miss   A.    Deane 

—Queen's,  Dublin. 
5.*Mncbcth,    Shakespeare's   traccdy,    presented 
In    four    acts.      Last    performance    (the 
lOOtli)  Oecembcr  13. 

Duncan  Mr.  Edward  O'Neill 

Malcolm    Mr.   Basil   Gill 

Donalu>ain    Mr.   E.    Ion   Swinley 

Macbeth    Sir   Herbert   Tree 

Banquo    , Mr.  J.   H.   Barnes 


Macbeth  icontinued), 

Macduff    Mr.    Arthur    Bourchier 

Lennox    Mr.    Guy    B.    Rathbone 

Rosi    .Mr.    Philip    .Merivale 

Angus    Mr.    Victor   Wiltshire 

Fleance  - Master   Charlie    Thomas 

Siward    Mr.   William   Burchill 

Seyton    Mr.    Cyril    Sworder 

A  Wounded  Soldier     Mr.   Arthur  Granijer 

A    Porter    Mr.    Edmund    Gurney 

An  Old  Man   Mr.   Francis  Chamitr 

A  Doctor  Mr.   Henry  Morrell 

A    Soldier    Mr.    Alfred    H.    Go<ldard 

Lady   Macbeth    ..    Miss   Violet   Vanbrugh 

Lady    Macdulf    Miss    Viva    Birkett 

Gentlewoman    Miss   Laura   Cowie 

Macduff's  Son  ..   Master  .-Vlfred  Willmore 

Hecate   Miss  Eve  Balfour 

First  Witch   Mr.   A.  E.   George 

Second   Witch    Mr.   Ross   Shore 

Third  Witch   Miss  Frances  Dillon 

First    Apparition    Mr.   Frank   Conroy 

Second  Apparition  ..  Master  W.  Saunders 
Third  Apparition  ..  Ma.ster  Sydney  Oliver 

Attendant    Mr.    William    Abingdon 

First    Murderer    Mr.    S.    A.    Cookson 

Second  .Murderer     Mr.  Clifford  Heatherley 

Third  Murderer   . .  Mr.  Edmund  Goulding 

— His  Majeety'p'. 

6.  The      Lifeguardsman,      romantic     four-act 

drama,  by  Walter  Howard. 

Max,  Prince  of  Calvaria..  .Mr.  W.  Howard 

Hugo,  Prince  of  Sax-Steinberg 

Mr.   William   Clayton 

Philip   Miss  Jessica  Black 

Lieut.  Tosh  Mr.  Cyril  Delevanti 

Lieut.  Dinkie  Mr.  Ned  Llewelyn 

Lieut.  Spiff  Mr.  J.  Cooke-Beresford 

Baron  Strelzer  Mr.  Chris  Walker 

General  von  Roseberg..Mr.  A.  B.  Mackay 

Captain  Salzburg  Mr.  Arthur  Emery 

Baron  Greber  Mr.  George  Lawrence 

Baron  Gclstein  Mr.  Edward  Grey 

A  Royal  Servant  Mr.  A.  Linnacer 

A  Vagabond  Mr.  George  Winter 

Sylvia  Miss  Jessie  Burgwitz 

Nina   Miss  Molly   Paget 

Dorine Miss  Annie  Saker 

—Junction,   Manchester. 

7.  The   Great   Name,   comedy,    in   tl;ree   acts, 

adapted  from  the  German  of  Victor  Leon 
and  Leo  Fekl  l)y  Charles  Hawtrey.  Last 
performance  (the  51st)  October  21. 

John  Harcourt  Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey 

Robert  Brand  Mr.  James  Heirn 

Isaac  Manhard  Mr.  Arthur  Playfair 

Hubert  Last  Mr.  Ronald  Squire  ' 

Webber Mr.  Chas.  B.  Vaughan 

Tristan  Brand  ..  Master  Sydney  Sherwood 

Marks  Mr.  Henri  Laurent 

Eversfleld   Mr.  Edgar  B.  Payne 

Hilton   Mr.  Lionel  Williams 

Wilburn  Mr.  Franc  Stoney 

Andrews  Mr.  Charles  E.  Vernon 

Cannard  Mjxster  Noel  Coward  „ 

Stephanie  Julius  . .  Miss  TyaTa~BtTCrooTie" 

Clara  Brand  Miss  Dorothy  Thomas 

Senta  Brand  Miss  Enid  Leslie 

Anna  Miss  Mona  Harrison 

Mary  Miss  Violet  Graham 

Lady  Roderick  Miss  Hilda  Moore 

Mrs.  Harcourt  Miss  Mary  Rorke 

— Prince  of  Wales's. 
9.  The  Monsme  (The  Maids  of  Japan),  musical 
play,  in  three  acts,  by  Alex.  M.  Thompson 
and  Robert  Courtneidge,  with  music  by 
Lionel  Monckton  and  Hov.ard  Talbot,  and 
lyrics  by  Arthur  Wimperis  and  Percy 
Greenbank. 

General  Okubo  Mr.  George  Elton 

Captain  Yamaki   Mr.  Eric  Maturin 

Captain  Fujiwara  ..  Mr.  Harry  Welchman 
Lieutenant  Make!  Mr.  Nelson  Keys 


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The  Mousmi  {The  Maids  of  Japan)  (continued). 

Lieutenant  Ito  ..  Mr.  Coningsby  Brierley 

Hasliimoto  Mr.  Georse  Hestor 

Kieki  Mr.  Alfred  H.  Majilton 

Tanaka Mr.  Harry  Ray 

Suki    Mr.   Dan  Rolyat 

Ko-Matsu  Miss  Sheila  Hayes 

Ko-Fuj!  Miss  Gladys  Miles 

Ko-Yanogi Miss  Violet  Mordne 

Ko-Giku   Miss  May  Etheridge 

Um6  Miss  Cissie  Debenham 

Mitsu  Miss  Ada  BJanche 

Sume  Miss  Leslie  Graham 

Tuki  Miss  Evelyn  Laurie 

Tsuru  Miss  Louie  Lochner 

Gin    Miss  Muriel  Yarns 

Miyo  Ko  San Miss  Cicely  Courtneidge 

Aki  San  Miss  Hope  Charteris 

Haru  San  Miss  Hetty  Kelly 

Take  San  Miss  Maisie  Sinclair 

Ko-Yuki   Miss  Dorothy  Garth 

Kanskei   Mr.  F.  W.  Hearne 

Jiubei   Mr.  Arthur  Stroud 

Seifu    Mr.   Bert  Stanmore 

0  Hana  San  Miss  Florence  Smithson 

—Shaftesbury. 

9.  .4   Storm  in  a   Tea  Shop,  one-act  play,   by 
Stafford  Hilliard. 

Mrs.  Foley   Miss  Annie  Hill 

Mrs.    Gerrard   Miss  Lytn  Fontanne 

Rev.  Hubert  Payne.. Mr.  E.  Spencer  Geach 
Mr.  \ViIliam  Snaith..Mr.  Stafford  Hilliard 

Waitress  Miss  Constance  Bachner 

— Vaudeville. 

11.  The    Ogre,    play,    in   three   acts,    by   Henry 

Arthur    .Tone^;.       Last    performance    (the 

37  th)  October  13. 

Nicholas  Fawsitt  . .  Sir  George  Alexander 

Bertie  Fawsitt Mr.  A.  B.  Matthews 

Cosmo  Paradine  Mr.  C.  M.  Hallard 

Boyce  Mr.  E.  Vivian  Reynolds 

Pidduck  Mr.  Sydney  Valentine 

Tony  Sitgrave Mr.  Owen  Nares 

Plumrner  Mr.  Arthur  Royston 

.Postman    Mr.   G.   Trevor  Roller 

Dorinda  Fawsitt   Jliss   Kate   Cutler 

Sylvia  Fawsitt Miss  jGladys  .Cpppa_ 

Lilian  Fawsitt  Mils  Dorothy  Vane 

Victoria  Quinton  Miss  Maidie  Hope 

Euphtmia  Boon  ..  Miss  Henrietta  Leverett 

Mrs.  Pidduck  Mrs.  Fairclough 

— St.  James's. 

12.  The    Perplexed    Hxishand,    comedy,    in   four 

acts,   by   Alfred   Sutro. 

Thomas  Felling  ...Mr.  Gerald  du  Maurier 

Clarence  Woodhouse  ..Mr.  E.  Lyall  Swete 

Pitts  Mr.  A.  E.  Benedict 

Sophie  Felling  Miss  Athene  Seyler 

Dulcie   Elstead.  ..Miss   Henrietta    Watson 

Agatha  Margell  Miss  Maude  Millett 

Kalleia   Miss  Enid  Bell 

— Wyndham's. 
14.  The  Hope,  sporting  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  Cecil  Raleigh  and  Henry  Hamilton, 
incidental  mu.sic  composed  by  .J.  M. 
Glover.  Last  performiance  (the  103rd} 
December  6- 
Harold,   Earl  of  Norchester 

Mr.    Cyril   Keightley 

Capt.  Hector  Grant  Mr.  Lyston  Lyle 

Benjamin  \etherby Mr.  Charles  Rock 

Michael   Whitburn    . .    Mr.   Frederick  Ross 

Xorman    Wake   Mr.   Cecil   Cameron 

Capt.  Denshire  Mr.  Frank  Elliott 

Lord  William  Eardley  Mr.  Austin  Melford. 

Capt.  Knox  Mr.  H.  Hewetson 

Lyddon  Mr.  Fred  Grove 

Duke  of  Grantly   Mr.  David  Darrell 

Mrs.   Bendemeer   Miss  Fanny  Brough 

Countess  of  Norchester.  .Miss  Kate  Rorke 

Olive   Whitburn    Miss  Madge  Fabian 

Lady  Barbara  Mowbray  ..  Miss  G.  Wren 


The  Hope  (continued). 

Flower  Girl  Miss  Leslie  Stuart 

Maid  Miss  Jessie  Winter 

Brenda  Carlyon  Miss  Evelyn  DAlroy 

Baililf    Mr.   Bert   Monks 

Postman    Mr.   Edward   Morgan 

Auctioneer  Mr.  Franks 

Servant    Mr.    John   Bew 

Misses  C.  Ellam,  L.  Cripps,  P.  Birkett, 
A.  Varre,  C.  Little,  Marie  North,  E. 
Lennard,  0.  Britton,  1.  Doone,  A.  Hein, 
G.  Manners,  C.  Murray,  iL  O'Farrell, 
Houghton,  Mapleson,  E.  Humby. 

— Drury  Lane. 

li.\\The  Wandering  Souls,  in  Yiddish,  new 
musical  play,  by  D.  Shtitzer,  composed 
by  Aubrey  H.  Silver. — Ruda's  Farm, 
Highara's   Park. 

16.  Le  Mariage  de  Mile.  Beitlemans,  French 
comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Frantz  Fonson 
and  Fernand  Wicheler.  (Originally  pro- 
duced in  Belgium  in  1909,  and  at  the 
Renaissance,   Paris,  in  1910.) 

Beulemans   M.  Jacque 

Albfrt   Delpierre   M.   Jules   Berry 

Seraphin  Meulemeester  M.  Bernard 

Meulemeester  pere  M.  Ambrcville 

Delpierre   pere    M.   Henriquet 

Mostinckx    M.   Decock 

Le  Secretaire   M.   Lenac 

Le  Tr^sorier  M.  Delville 

Suzanne  Beulemans  Mile.  Gilberte  Legrand 

Madame  Beulemans   Mile.   Charmal 

Isabelle    Mile.    Dorval 

Octavie    Mile.   Willy 

—Globe. 

16.  Moonshine,  fantastic  episode,  with  music 
composed  by  Brigata  Bucalossi.  (Originally 
produced.  May  29,  Hippodrome,  Man- 
chester.) 

Pierrot    Mr.    H.   A.    Saintsbury 

Harlequin   Mr.   Hubert  Willis 

Pierrette   Miss  Laurie  Flockton 

— Court. 

16*Married  hy  Degrees,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  X.  P.  Sinnett.  (Orisinally  produced 
by  The  Play  Actors,  March  5,  Court.) 
Last  performance  (the  39th)  October  20. 
Lady  Belmont  Mrs.  Russ  Whytal 

J;"^^'pjj ;  •   I  Miss  Maud  Hoffman 

G.  WinthropV  F.r!s.  Mr.  J.  D.   Beveridge 
Montague  Gaskell  ..  Mr.  Kenneth  Douglas 

Alice  Miss  PoUie  Emery 

Mrs.  Waterhouse  Miss  Dorothy  Hammond 

Count  Garciola Mr.  Clifton  Alderson 

Rev.   Jo.seph  Stewart  Mr.   Rudge  Harding 

Mrs.  Jones  Miss  Mabel  Knowles 

Jane   Miss  Anne  Gaston 

Hotel   Waiter    Mr.   James   Ford 

— Court. 

IS.  Wanted:  A  Cook;  Apply.  Etc.,  farcical 
comedietta,  by  Lilian  Tweed. 

Gordon  Trelawny Mr.  Frank  Saker 

Mrs.  Trelawny   Miss  Lilian  Tweed 

Ruth  Carruthers  Cook    Miss  A    Hatchwell 

Liuiy  Cook  Miss  Amy  Coleman 

— Scala. 

18.  Down  Stream,    comedy,  in  three   acts,    by 
Oliver  Madox  Hueffer. 
Edward  Pelham  ..   Mr.   Philip  Cuningham 

Archibald  Carey  Mr.  Arthur  Eldred. 

Murk  Mr.  Sebastian  Smith 

A  Fisherman  Mr.  John  Wardle 

Sylvia  Miss  Elaine  Inesccrt 

Erb   Mr.   Arthur  Cleave 

Lizzie  Miss  Katie  Johnson 

Mr.  Brumfltt  Mr.  Frank  G.  Bayly 

Mrs.  Chalke  Miss  Kate  Osborne 

Mr.  Chalke,  M.P Mr.  Fred  Lewis 

— Pier  Pavilion,  Hastinga 


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18.  Queen  of  the  Redikint,  Red  Indian  romantic 
plav,  in  four  acta,  bv  Emma  Litclifleld. 

Bronco  llill  Mr-  ArUiiir  Uinton 

Georpe  Lvndhurst Mr.  Charles  Kean 

William  Lvndliurst  ..  Mr.  Theodore  Kelly 

Matawah  ." Mr.  .Arthur  8.  Pitt 

SamlK)  Mr.  Clarence  Ibbot«)n 

Great  Bear  Mr.  Lionel  Moore 

Fleet  Foot  ....  Mr.  Frank  Litchfield,  jun. 

Louis  d'Krvan  Mr.  Georpe  Melford 

Pale  Moon  Miss  Cissy  Avery 

Little  Queenie  Miss  Phoebe  Brady 

Julia  Miss  Cicely  Fisher 

Olive  Miss  Patricia  Bostock 

Wahneetah  Miss  Phyllis  Orme 

—Elephant  and  Castle. 

'e.jrfte  Eie  of  Her  Wedding,  domestic  drama, 
in  four  acts,  by  C.  Watson  Mill.  (Origin- 
ally produced  at  the  Royal,  Sunderland, 
Ma'y  27,  1907.) 

Geo.  TremaLn  Mr.  Wilson  Benpe 

Squire  Leverton  Mr.  Benn  Carr 

Dick  Leverton  Mr.  Alec  Finlayson 

Rudolph  Earle  Mr.  Douplas  Clifford 

Giovanni  Mr.  Arthur  Keand 

Dean  Clifton  Mr.  Arthur  Pringle 

Paul  Cairsliaw     )^    ^       q        ^ 

Hirajn  P.  Younger   ..      I 

Jack  Heme  Mr.  Herbert  Hastings 

Bill  Groggins  Mr.  K.  Arthur 

Rev.  A.  Goodman  Mr.  Alex.  George 

P.C.  Lockup  Mr.  G.  Horton 

Ren6e  de  Telle  Miss  Mona  Gray 

Gwendoline  Younger  ....  Miss  Hettie  Gale 

Edith  Trevanion  Miss  Dora  Olpa 

Mavis  Leverton  Miss  Sadie  Smith 

—Royal,  Woolwich. 

18.  The  Great  Adventure,  comedy,  in  four  acts, 
by  Arnold  Bennett. 

Albert  Shawn    Mr.  Kenelm  Pose 

Ham  Carve Mr.  Frederick  Lloyd 

t>r.  Pascoe  .~,.^.-r:7-r.-.  Mr.  Charles  Combe 

Waiter   Mr.  R.  Woods 

Edward  Homing  ....  Mr.  Victor  MacClure 

Janet  Cannot_.^^. Miss  Helen  Hay^e 

Cyfus  Carre' '. ~ ."  .  "Mr."  Harry  Astrford 

Father  Looe   Mr.  Percy  Marmont 

Honoria  Looe  Miss  Hilda  Sims 

Peter  Horning  Mr.  Edward  Breon 

Mr.  Sebag Mr.  Ben  Field 

John  Shawn  — '. Mr.  Harold  Chapin 

James  Shawn  Mr.  Eliot  Makehara 

Mrs.  Shawn  Miss  Harriet  Trench 

Lord  Leonard  Alcar  ..  Mr.  Frtdk.  Morland 

Footman  Mr.  Edv.ard  MacClure 

Mr    Te.xel  Mr.  Edward  Breon 

— Rov.altv.  G1."3SC0W. 

18.  Cupid  and  the  Captain,  farce,  by  Waller 
Ellis. 

Capt.  Hector  Phipp.Mr.  ClifTord  Pembroke 
Col.  Theodore  Travers  ..  Mr.  Basil  DjTie 
Viscount  Whattingham 

Mr.  Huntley  Giflard 
Archie  Haviland  ..  Mr.  F.  Vernon  Travers 

Dawson  Mr.  George  Roberta 

Peters   Mr.  H.  Wi)itley 

Countess  of  Lothburn 

Miss  Oclavia  de  Noel 

Mrs.    Haviland    Miss   May    Mulvey 

.\unt  Jane   Miss  Jessie  MelVilfe 

Aunt  Lizzie  Miss  Sybil  Chester 

.\unt  Gertie  Miss  Ruby  Hallier 

Miss  Estcourt    ..  Miss  Sylvia  Cavalho 

— Palace,  Pier,  Brighton. 

13.  The  Long  Valley  Claim,  play,  in  three 
scenes,   by   Ma.xwell  Cody. 

Jack  Manley   Mr.  William  Goodall 

Red  Feather  Mr.  H.  L.  Davies 

Sam  Mr.  H.  A.  Burgon 

Pedro   Mr.   J.  Willett 

BiU    Mx     Rich 

Dian   Mr.  McCarthy 


The  Li)ii{i  Vnlley  Claim  ^l•f>ntinucd). 

Bess  Miss  Mabelle  May 

Zona   Mise  Elsie  May 

Judge  Stevens  Mr.  Ma.xwell  Cody 

— St.   Jamen's   Hall,   Worthing. 

■20.  The    Girl    with    the    Cash;    or,    How    He 
Collared  It,  burlesque,  by  Hugh  Robir.son 
and  Arthur  Hall. 
Miss  Evie  Carnegibildt 

Miss  Beatrice  Meredith 
Miss  Jenny  Peroxide.  .MLsb  Beatrice  West 

Ix)uise  Miss  Phoebe  Hodgson 

Jeremy  Deakin   Mr.   Ernest  Thesiger 

Herr  Schwinddlerr  ..  Mr.  Louis  Palgrave 

Michael  Alexander  Mr.  Miles  Malleson 

Jimmy  Poffle  Mr.  Hugh  Robinson 

— Kingsway. 

20.  Sherhert  Jones;    or.    Who  Stole  the  Roller 
Skates?  burlesque,  by  Hugh  Robinson. 
Mi.ss  .Arabella  Brown.Miss  Phoebe  Hodgson 
Miss  Marjorie  Brown 

Miss  Beatrice  Meredith 
Mii36  Dolly  Goryarty..M:ss  Beatrice  West 

Fred  Mr.  Louis  Palgrave 

Dr.  Wh.at's  On    Mr.  Ernest  Thesiger 

Professor  Goryarty Mr.  Miles  Malleson 

Sherbtrt  Jones  Mr.  Hugh  Robinson 

— Kingsway. 

20.  The    Conversion,    one-act    play,    by    Mary 

Staflord  Smith.  (London  production, 
November  23,  Marlborough.)" 

Mr.  SimpkiEs   Mr.  Leopold  Profeit 

Mrs.  Simpkins Miss  Josephine  Bennett 

John  Simpkins  Mi^s  Violet  Rangdale 

Nellie  Simpkins  ....  MLss  Sylvia  Dauncey 

Sam  Wilkes   Mr.  Stafford   Smith 

"  Smiler "   Mr.  Leonard  Buttress 

— Royal,  Manchester. 

21.  Rip  Van  Winkle,  new  version,  by   Austin 

Strong,  of  "  a  fant^asy  founded  on  the 
legend  of  the  Kaatekill  Mountains,  made 
famous  by  Washington  Irving  and  rare 
Joe  Jeffer--^n."  Last  performance  (the 
45th)  October  31. 

Rip  Van  Winkle   Mr.  Cyrdl  Maude 

Dominie  Van  Shaick..Mr.  E.  Holman  Clark 
Samuel  Starbuck  ..   Mr.  Frederick  CuUey 

Peter  Vanderdonk  Mr.  George  Foley 

Peter  Dobbe   Mr.  Jolin  Harwood 

Henri  Pierre  Mr.  Daniel  McCarthy 

Adolphus  Stitch  Mr.  Peter  Blunt 

An    Indian    Mr.    Arthur    Joy 

Otto  Van  de  Grift  ....   Mr.   Shiel  Barry 

Hendrick  Hu-dson  Mr.  Walter  Brodie 

Green-ia-the-Face    Mr.    Willie    Atom 

Sergt.  Sam  Slocum  ..  Mr.  Frank  Bradley 

Corporal  Brom  Mr.  C.  B.  Keston 

Hans  Vedder   Mr.  Bobbie   Andrews 

John  Hutchinson... .Mr.  Daniel  McCarthy 

Mould  and  Mildew  Man Mr.  II.  Peters 

A  Mohawk  Scout  ..  Mr.  Johnson  Brinton 
Minna  Van  de  Grift  (in  act  one) 

Miss  Margery  Maude 
Minna  Van  de  Grift  (in  act  three) 

Miss  Winifred  Emery 

Mrs.  Starbuck  Miss  Emma  Chambers 

Lucy  Mis^  Rente  Mayer 

Rosa  Van  Tassel  ..MLss  Marie  Hemingway 

Mrs.   Folger  Miss  Violet  Lingard 

Dame  Van  Storm  Miss  Ethel  Russell 

Marie  Heuvel  Miss  Mary  Wilson 

Eva  Gelder   Miss  Eisie  Spencer 

Alice  Van  Oosteveen..MLss  Dolly  Stephens 

Meenie   Miss  Moya  Nugent 

Elsa  Van  Brunt  ..  Miss  Gertrude  Hamue 

Fritz  Van   Brunt  Master  Nugent 

Rip's  Five  Senses : — Misses  Gladys  El- 
lam.  Qrimaldi,  Furnivali,  Marjory  Dixon, 
and  Vera  Cobum 

=-Playlhoufie. 


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21.||Tfte  Tea  Girl,  musical  comedy.— Booksellers' 
Provid'ent  Retreat. 

21.  The  Ways  of  a  Flirt,  one-act  play,  by  Fanny 

Bowman. 

Lffititia  Curtiss Miss  Alice  de  Winton 

Jlichard  Helstone  Mr.  Rohan  Clensy 

— Devonshire   Park,    Eastbourne. 

22.  Bonita,  comic  opera,   in   two   act.s,   and    a 

prologue,  by  Wadham  Peacock,  music  by 
Harold  Fraser-Simson.  Produced  by  Gran- 
ville Barker.  Last  performance  (the 
42nd)   November  3. 

The  Prologue. 

An  English  Sergeant Mr.  Cyril  Vernon 

Lieut.  Philip  Mannerton 

Mr.  Walter  Wheatley 

Private  Capper   Mr.   Robert  ConoUy 

Margarida  Miss  Clara  Evelyn 

Soldiers :— Messrs.  Brady,  Pollard,  Slade, 
Tait-Knight,  Underwood. 

The  Plat. 

Mariana  Miss  Thelma  Raye 

Joaquim    Mr.  Charles   Maude 

Rosa  Miss  Minna  Deacon 

Teresa    Miss   Billie   Sinclair 

Perpetua  Miss  Edith  Clegg 

Thomaz    Mr.    Fred   VoIp6 

Frederico   Mr.  Lionel   Mackinder 

Pedro  Mr.  Mark  Lester 

A    Sergeant   Mr.   Eric   Roper 

Lieut.  Mannerton Mr.  Walter  Wheatley 

Bonita    Miss  Clara  Evelyn 

Brother  Domingos Mr.  Gordon  Yates 

Vermillion  Lancers  : — Messrs.  Brady, 
Conolly,  Garton,  Larkin.  Mason,  Pollard, 
Slade,    Tait-Knight,    Underwood,    York. 

Fishermen,  Fishermaidens,  Peasants, 
etc. :— Messrs.  Elliott,  Fenwick,  Gage,  Hors- 
croft,  Lillie,  Mepstead,  Murray,  Prescott, 
Sedgeley,  Shorman,  Strachan,  "Ward, 
Wyatt;  Mesdames  Ashton,  Bliss,  Clare, 
Constance,  Davies,  Diggins,  Ducane,  Ida 
Evelyn,  Finucane,  Hanton,  Harbert,  Hart, 
Home,  Irish,  La  Bare,  Lewis,  Montague, 
Morel,   Sears,   Vickers,  Wells.      — Queen's. 

22.  The  Miniature,  play,  Ln  one  act,  by  Walter 
Frith. 

Henry  Boyton  Mr.  Arthur  Royston 

Policeman  X Mr.  T.  N.  Weguells 

Lady    Mary    Duncan 

Miss  Lilian  Braithwaite 

Beadnell   Miss  Margaret  Chute 

— ^St.  James's. 

23-  The  Marionettes,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 
Pierre  Wolff,  the  EnglisJi  version  by 
Gladys  Unger.  (Originally  produced  at 
the  Com6dde  Francaise,  Paris,  October  25, 
1911.) 

Monsieur  de  Femey  Sir  John  Hare 

Marquis  de  Monclar3..Mr.  Arthur  Wontner 

Raymond  Nizerolles  Mr.  C.   M.  Lowne 

Pierre  Vareine Mr.  Godfrey  Tearle 

Bonnaire    Mr.    Rupert    Lumley 

Due  de  Ganges Mr.  A.  S.  Homewood 

Valmont   Mr.  Robert  Horton 

Bertrand  Mr.  Lewis  Fielder 

Marquise    de    Monclars..Miss    Marie    Lohr 
Lucienne  de  Jussy  ..Miss  Beatrice  Beckley 

Baronne  Durieu  Miss  Marie  Hassell 

Mme.  Briey  Miss  Gwendoline  Brogden 

—Comedy. 

?5.  Taking  a  Chance,  musical  sketch,  by  Henry 
Julian,  music  by  Walter  Scott. 

Tiny    Mr.    Eric  .  Campbell 

Honri    Mr.   Ernest   Spalding 

Gendarme   Mr.   Arthur  Cottesmore 

Susan    Miss  Bobs  du  Cane 

Mrs.  Patch   Miss  Marie  Shields 

Tommy    Mr.    Harry   Phydora 

— County,  Kingston. 


19.*Man  and  Superman,  play.   In  three  acta, 
by  G.  Bernard  Shaw  (originally  produced 
at  the  Court,  May  23,  1905). 
Roebuck  Ramsden 

Mr.  Edward  Mainwaring 

Parlourmaid    Miss  Madge  Murray 

Octavius Mr.    E     Ion    Swinley 

John   Tanner Mr.    Robert   L<>raine 

Ann   Whitefield Miss   Pauline   Chase 

Mrs.    Whitefield Miss   Florence    Haydon 

Miss   Ramsden Miss   Agnes  Thomas 

Violet  Robinson Miss  Doris  Lytton 

Straker Mr.    Edmund    Gwenn 

Hector   Malone Mr.    Guy   Standing 

Mr.    Malone , Mr.    Edward    S:is3 

-—Criterion. 

2S.'iThe  Aviator,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  James 
Montgomery. 

Robert    Street Mr.    James    Welch 

James   Brooks Mr.   Henry   J.   Ford 

Hopkinson   Brown Mr.   H.   Agar  Lyons 

J.    H.    Douglas Mr.    Arthur   Grenville 

Mons.    Gailiard Mr.    Leopold    Prof' it 

John    Gordon Mr.    Gordon   Tomkins 

Sam   Robinson Mr.   Guy  Lune 

Joe   Hurley Mr.    Fred   Dawson 

Louis Mr.    W.    Coltman 

No.  1  Bell  Boy Miss  Sylvila  Dauncey 

No.  3  Bell  Boy Miss  Violet  Rangdale 

No.  4  Bell  Boy Miss  Josephine  Bennett 

Miss  Grace  Douglas Miss  Audrey  Ford 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Bc'ig!as...Miss  Mabel  Younge 
Miss  Madeline  Kyley 

Miss  Annie  Chipr»eiidaJe 

Miss    Blair Miss    Phyllis   Carr 

Mies    Henderson Miss   Leslie    Blake 

Miss   Zonne Miss   Dorothy   Runde'l 

— Lyceum,  ShefBeld. 

,",9.  Betty  Beguiled,  "  trivial  tale  of  the 
tropics,"  by  Charles  Heslop,  music  by 
Ernest  Crampton. — Grand  Pier  Pavilion, 
Weston-super-Mare. 

30.  The  Sprinci  Maid,  musical  comedy,  in  two 
acts,  from  the  German  of  Jul'us  Wilhelm 
and  A.  M.  Willuer,  English  version  by 
Charles  H.  E.  Brookfield,  book  by  Henry 
B.  Smith  and  Robert  B.  Smith,  music  by 
Heinrich  Reinhardt.  (Previously  produced 
in  America.  Last  performance  (the  64th) 
December  2. 

Princess  Bozena Miss  Marise  Fairy 

Prince  Nepomuk Mr.   Courtice   Pounds 

Prince    Aladar iMr.    Walter    Hyde 

Annamirl Miss    Julia    James 

Baron    Rudi Mr.    Arthur    Royd 

Roland Mr.   Charles   McNaughton 

Lisette Miss  Beatrice  Von  Brunner 

Spaetlirig Mr.    E.    Statham-Stap;les 

Evakati Miss   Helen    Laurame 

Mr.    Lomax Mr.    Reginald    Crompton 

Mr.    Skinner Mr.    George   Carroll 

Creditors:  Messrs.  Wilbye  Turner, 
Arthur  Bourne,  George  Dash,  and  Bob 
Daly.  Hotel  Porter:  Mr.  Hubert  G.  Gor; 
don.    Landlord:   Mr.   Frank   F.    omythe. 

Gretel,  Miss  Olive  Leslie;  Hanni,  Miss 
Kitty  Crowther;  Josie,  Miss  Nellie 
Knovvles;  Fritzi,  Miss  Yvonne  Ingram; 
Sophie,  Miss  May  Hollam ;  Elsie,  Miss 
Verona  Phillis;  Barbara,  Miss  Florence 
Grimaldi ;  Mazie,  Miss  Lena  Miller,  who 
are  admired  and  courted  by  the  Officers: 
Franz,  Mr.  Ernest  Arundel ;  Fritz,  Mr. 
George  Da-sh ;  Gustave,  Mr  .Bowman 
Duff:  Valdimir,  Mr.  Donald  Gulland; 
Eugene,  Mr.  C.  H.  Hobson ;  Pepi,  Mr. 
Stanley  Ross;  Louis,  Mr.  Frank  F. 
Smythe;  Toni,  Mr.  Leslie  Winter. 

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OCTOBER. 


1.  Grotsstadtluft,    comedy    in    four    a;t-8,    by 

Oscar  Biuiueiithal  and  Gustav  Kadelburg. 

(Produced     by     the     Deutscher     BUbiien 

N'eriin.) 

Martin  Schroter,  Fabrdkant 

Herr  Ernst  Kuehl 
S:ihine  Schroter.. Frauk-iii   Hidda  Kostncr 

WalttT  Lenz  Herr  Paul  Wind 

AiitKiiiie  Lenz    Herr   Alix   Grein 

Ut-rnliard     Gempe..Herr  Alfred  Goltermann 

Fritz  Flemniing   Herr  Max  Sylge 

Dr.  Crasiiis  Herr  Hernianu  Me-mer 

Mr:i.  Crusius  Fraulein  Olga  Sylge 

Relitcr  Arnst«dt  . .  Herr  Richard  Mueller 
Mrs.    .\rnstedt   ..    Fraulein  Olga   Romberg 

Marthe  Herr  Hedwig  Rohmann 

Manservant   Herr  Hans   Berthold 

—Court. 

i.*The     Admiral    Speaks,    one    act    play,    by 

Major  W.  r.  Urury.    (Originally  produced, 

October  22, 1910,   Alhambra ;  December  27, 

1910,   Criterion.)— Court. 

2.  The  Reward,  play,  in  one  act,   by  Edward 

Ferris   and  B.  1".   Matthews. 

Torn  Moonlight.. Mr.  H.  Lawrence  Leyton 

Shtriff    Mr.    Harold   Richardson 

Chatterbox   Mr.   R.   Symons 

I'oison   Mr.  Reginald  Maiirice 

Co|iper    Mr.    Grahame    Uerinaton 

Pete  Mr.  A.   loose 

Bessie   Bedford   Miss  Tittell-Brune 

—Coronet. 

2.  Just,  a  Girl,  musical  play,  in  three  acts 
and  seven  scenes,  written  by  Marguerite 
Irevosper. 

Stephen  Langton.. Mr.  Douglas  B.Watson 
Lieut.    Robert   Erskine 

Mr.    Robert   Blythe 

Jack  Taylor,   A.B Mr.  Lionel   Yeomans 

Percy  Fit7,Pii)pington   Mr.  Wal  Kirby 

Sir   James  Carrington 

Mr.    Thomas   Marshall 

Simon  Ross   Mr.  Harold  Silverwood 

Nathaniel   Blobbs    ..    Mr.   Reginald   Tjrell 

Martin   Loveday    Mr.    Percival  Clegg 

P.  C.  Coppeui   Jlr.  Frank   Htnnerty 

Old  Wheezy  Mr.  Longfort  Taylor 

Mary    Miss    Kuby    Opal 

Minnie    Miss    Lucy    Gibbs 

Sarah    Miss   Tops-y    Sutcliffe 

Lottie  Loveday  ..  Miss  K.  Kennedy  Allen 
Rose  Phillips  ..  Miss  E.  Wynne  Matthews 
Betty   Carrington 

Miss  jjlarguerite  Trevosper 
—Lyceum,   Stj  fford. 

2.  A  Country  Rose,  musical  comedy,  in  five 
.-cenfs,  Ubrclto  and  lyrics  by  Mrs.  F.  G. 
Kimberley,    music    by    W.    C.    Pike. 

Jack  Graythorne    Mr.   Beckett  Bould 

Sir  (Charles  Graythorne 

Mr.    Lawrence     Doyle   - 
Captain   Holroyd    ..    Mr.    irerbcrt  S>dr'ey 

Percy    Crackles    Mr.    Sidney    Dean 

Bill  Slidaway    Mr.  Eric    C'rahame 

John    Brunt   Mr.  J.   Newton-Cowbng 

Joe    Flo])pp    Mr.    Fred    Barres 

Monsieur  Wrigloom  ....  Mr.  John  Firing 

Mabel    Miss  Lynn   Dai  linpton 

Violet    Miss    May    Legge 

May    Miss    Irene    Coralie 

Maude    Mis.s   Winnie    ilalsbury 

Harriet   Brunt    Miss   Florence    Moore 

Gwendoline  Thorpe   ..Miss  Marian   Ma.^ne 

Dollie   Dimple    Miss  Thea  Horwich 

— King's,   Longsight. 

2  The  Call  of  Duty,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Charles  Beatty. 

Major-Generai   Love    Mr.   H.   P.   Owen 

Evelyn   Miss  Florence   Harcourt 

— South  Parade  Pier,  Portsmouth. 


3.  The  Love  Mills,  comic  opera,  in  three  acts, 
book  by  Frantz  Fonson  and  Femand 
Wicheler,  music  by  A.  Van  Ooet,  English 
version  and  lyrics  by  Leslie  Stiles,  addi- 
tional numbers  by  Louis  Hillier.  Last 
performance  (the  24th),   October  26. 

Claes    Mr.    Leslie    Stiles 

Henry   Mr.  Carlton    Brough 

Hans  Mr.  A.  W.  Baskcomb 

Fritz   Mr.  H.  Briosley  Sheridan 

Mayor  of  Middieburg    Mr.  Gua  Oxley 

Kobus    Mr.    Rix    Curtis 

Van    Gottshenoven Mr.    George   Barrett 

Peter    Ma-ster   Philip  Tonge 

Kate    Miss   Mary    Glynne 

Lisbeth    Miss    Nan    Stuart 

Nele    Miss   Marjorie   Manners 

Daffodil    Miss   Violet   Gould 

Maria    Miss   Marion   Marler 

Clara   Miss  Betty  Rutherford 

—Globe. 

3.*Miss  Lillah  McCarthy  started  special  seriee 
of  matinees  with  a  triple  bill,  comprising 
George  Meredith's  fragment.  The  Senti- 
mentalists, J.  M.  Barrie's  The  '  Twelve- 
Pound  Look,  and  Granville  Barker's  farce, 
Rococo.  — Little. 

^.':Ladie«'  Day,  musical  farce,  in  three  acts, 
words  and  lyrics  by  Vernon  Oassard,  and 
music    by    Gustav    Luders. 

.lack   Cliiford    Mr.   F.    Kingsley 

Harry   Gregory    Mr.    Danvers 

Joiui  Randolph   Mr.   Leonard  Calvert 

Ivan  Marmakofl  ..  Mr.  Orlando  Barnett 
Billy  Brayton  ....  Mr.  Cecil  G.  Calvert 
"  Bahiy  "  Somraers..Mr.   George  Mannings 

Jerome   Wentworth .Mr.    Arthur   Conroy 

J.  Arlington  Dalton Mr.   W'alter  Brown 

Jim    Spud    Mr.    Chas.    Combe 

Jennings    Mr.    F.   Smith 

Griflin    Mr.    C.     Moore 

Madge  Denton   Miss  Dorothy  Vernon 

Mrs.   Randolph   Miss  Blanka  Stewart 

Ruth  Randolph  Miss  Margaret  Murch 

Jane  Gregory    Miss  Dora  Levis 

Babette   ." Miss  Maudie  Scott 

Mrs.    Mohns    Mrs.    Chas.    Combe 

Hilda   Miss  Marie  Wilmot 

— Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

5.  Sumur&n,  wordless  musical  play,  in  nine 
scenes,  by  Friedrich  Freksa,  music  by 
Victor  Hollaender.  (A  condensed  version 
was  produced  at  the  London  Coliseum, 
January  30,  1911,  and  revived  there  on 
August  21,  1911.)  Last  performance  (the 
36th).   November  4. 

The  Sheik  , Herr  Conradi 

His  Son   Herr  Rothauser 

Nur-al-Din    Herr   Lotz 

Janitor  _ Herr    Hotzel 

The   Hunchback   Herr  Herzfeld 

The  Slave  Dealer  Herr  Tiedemann 

The  Chief  Eunuch   Herr  Karchow 

Nur-al-Din's  attendant   Herr   Matray 

The   Negro    . .- Herr   Tyouis 

Sumurfm    Fraulein   Von  Derp 

An  Old  Woman   Fraulein  Von  Biilow 

Sumurfin's  Maid    Friiulein   Miiller 

{Fraulein   Bendorff 
Fraulein  Liebrecht 
Friiulein  Reimer 
Fraulein   Scholz 
Friiulein  Dina 
Fraulein  Remi 
A  Beautiful  Slave 

Fraulein  Leopoldine  Konstantin 

—Savoy 

5.  Stephen  Maquoid,  M.P.  (of  Laiyiheth  Road), 

comedy,     dn     tiiree     acts,     by     Norman 

McKeown. 

Stephen  Maquoid,  M.P. ..Mr.  Cha&.  Kenyon 
Lord  Culbroo}£ Mr.  0.  B.  Clarence 


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Stephen  Maquoid,  M.P.  (continued). 

Fergus  O'Neill  Mr.  Edmond  Brecon 

Lord  Kilmeny  Mr.  Edward  Bonfield 

Branscom   Mr.  Hubert  Carter 

Lady  Mary  Kingswill.Mis.s  Jladge  Mclntoali 

Lady  Millicent  Kmgswill..Miss  L.  Christine 

— Royal,  Bury. 

C.  The  Houei/moon,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Arnold  Bennett. 

Flora  Lloyd  Miss  Marie  Tempest 

Mrs.  Reach  Haslam.Miss  Kate  Serjeantson 
Mr.  Reach  Haslam  . .  Mr.  Dion  Boucioault 
Cedric  Baslam  ..  Mr.  W.  Graham  Browne 

Charles  Haslam  Mr.  Basil  Hallam 

Bishop  of  Chelmsford.  .Mr.  Berte  Thomas 

Mr.  Frampington  Mr.  Dennis  Eadie 

Gaston  Mr.  Cecil  Rose 

Cuthbert  Mr.  Horton  Cooper 

—Royalty. 

7.  First  Love,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Edwin 
V.  Odle. 

Mrs.  Smith  Miss  Elaine  Limousin 

M>adgc  Smith   Miss  Rose  Iserlisse 

Richard  Fitzgerald  ..  Mr.  Wm.  Wllk'nson 

Charles  Wilmot  Mr.  Fi-ed  Penfold 

Mrs.  Wilmot   Miss  Dora'  Norns 

Gladys  Wilmot  Miss  Bessie  Buhay 

Reginald  Wilmot   Mr.  Edwin  V.  Odle 

— Rehearsal. 

9.  There's   Many   a   Slip  (produced   as   a 

music-hall  sketch,  July  23,  Oamberwell 
Empire) — Soala. 

O.^The  Eitchitntresg',  operetta,  in  twio  acts, 
book  by  P.  de  Grassac,  lyrics  hy  Harry  B. 
Smith,    music   by   Victor    Herbert. 

Vivien  Savary Miss  Margaret  Murch 

Moumette  Miss  Blanka  Stewiart 

Marian  Love  Miss  Dora  Levis 

Princess  Diana  Miss  Darrell 

Princess  Stephanie  . .  Miss  Dorothy  Vernon 

Prince  Ivan  Mr.  Charles  Calvert 

Troute  Mr.  C.  Danvers 

Poff Mr.  M.  Collins 

Miloch  Mr.  Bert  Morley 

Ozir Mr.  Richard  Morton 

Prince  Zepy  Mr.  Charles  Combs 

— Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

9.  Mary  Broome,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 
Allan  Monkhouse. 

Sheila  Ray  Mrs.  Edyth  Goodall 

Ada  Timbrell Mrs.  Hilda  Bruce  Potter 

Edgar  Timbrell  Mr.  Herbert  Lomas 

Mary  Broome  Miss  Irene  Rooke 

Leonard  Timbrell  Mr.  Milton  Rosmer 

Mrs.  Timbrell  Miss  Ada  King 

Edward  Timbrell Mr.  Charles  Bibby 

Maid  Miss  Doris  Bateman 

•Mr.  Pendleton  Mr.  Cecil  Brooking 

Mrs.  Pendleton  Miss  Louise  Holbrook 

Mrs.  Greaves  Miss  Hilda  Davies 

John  Broome  Mr.  Edward  Landor 

Mrs.  Broome  Miss  Muriel  Pratt 

— Gaiety,  MancJiestcr. 

Q.*The  Little  Stone  House,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  George  Calderon.  (Originally  produced 
by  the  Stage  Society  at  tlie  Aldwych, 
January  29.) — Gaiety,  Manchester. 

9.  Providing  for  Marjorie,  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  J.  J.  Bell. 

Jenny  Mivss  Muriel  Gibb 

Sus«Mi  Miss  Nell  Greig 

David  Halogen  Mr.  Ben  Field 

Marjorie  Silver  Miss  P.  Reljjh 

Dr.  Douglas  Frampton.Mr.  Edmond  Breon 

Colonel  Frampton Miss  Mary  Raby 

John  J.  McFee  Mr.  Fred  Morland 

Mr.  Blowman  Mr.  Harry  Ashford 

Miss  Prater    Miss  Hilda   Sims 

Mrs.  Gentles  Miss  Harriet  Trench 

Dolly  Harker Miss  Eugenie  Gray 

Willie  Sargent  Mr.  Eliot  Makeham 

Captain  Merriman  . .  Mr.  Percy  Marmont 
—Royalty,  Glasgow. 


9.  The  Oay   Widow,  new  "  Fun  on  the  Bris- 
tol," in  two  acts,  by  M.  A.  Scott. 

Count  S<arallio  Mr.  Leonard  Rnssell 

Capt.  Dreadnought  ..  Mr.  William  RokeDy 
Billy  Dreadnought... Mr.  Stanley  Brereton 

Dick  Fennel  Mr.  Max  Herbert 

Jerry  Thompson  Mr.  Edward  Kipling 

Gladys  O'Bizzy   Miss  Julia  Heath 

Doris  McAllister  . .  Miss  Gwennie  Vaughan 

Topsy  Tliompson Miss  Nellie  Sheffield 

Mrs.  Bridget  O'Bizzy  . .  Mr.  Pascoe  Rutter 
— Palace  Pier,  Brighton 

10.  Pietro  of  Siena,  Stephen  Phillips's  play, 
given  ait  a  private;  performance  by  the 
Drama  Society  at  the  Studio,  92,  Vic- 
toria Street,  S.W.,  with  th&  following 
cast: 

Pietro  Tornielli   Mr.  Rathmell  Wilson 

Luigi  Gonzaga  Mr.  Charles  King 

Antonio  Mr.  W.  Midgley  Russell 

Montano  Mr.  W.  Townley  Searle 

Aneelmo   Mr.  William  Fazan 

Girolamo    Mr.    Alexander    Irth 

Jailor  Mr.  Oliver  Johnston 

Pulci   Mr.  E.   Stuart  Vinden 

Carlo   Mr.  W.  Midgley  Russell 

A  Soidier  Mr.  Eric  Adeney 

Gemma  Gonzaga  ..Miss  Winefride  Borrow 
Fulvia  Tornielli  . .  Miss  Muriel  Hutchinson 
Caterina    M  iss   Gllajdys   Jones 

IS.iThe  Payment,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Laura 
Leycester. 
Lady  Helen  Templeton  ..  Miss  B.  Chester 

Mrs.  Armitage Miss  Katherine  Stuurt 

Maid  Miss  Maude  Jarvis 

— Rehearsal. 

13.  The  Flail  of  Fate,  drama,  in  two  acts,  by 
Geoffrey  Hardinge. 

Geoffrey  Leach,  M.P... Mr.  Geoff.  Hardinge 
Frank  Scammers  . .  Mr.  Frederick  Garratt 

Sir  Hilary  Brend Mr.  Harry  C.  Power 

Pringle,  the  butler Mr.  Garrett  Ilolliclf 

Lambson  Mr.  Carl  Vallender 

Crummins  Mr.  Alan  Longford 

Mrs.  Rayburne  Miss  Lilian  Bates 

Helen  Raybourne  Miss  Kate  Saville 

Lady  Georgina  Leach  Miss  F.  White 

— New,  Hawick. 

U.*Lady  Windermere's  Fan,  play,  in  four  acts, 
by  Oscar  Wilde.  (Originally  produced, 
February  22,  1892,  St.  James's.)  Last 
penformance  (the  54th),  December  1.— St. 
James's. 

U.^Jack  Frost;  or,  The  Re-formation  of  the 
Pole,  musical  fantasy,  by  Silas  Darke  and 
F.  Neville  Piggott,  music  composed  by 
E.  P.  Ornstein— Bijou,  Bayswater. 

16.  Lady   Venborough's   Vow,   light  comedy,   in 
three  acts,  by  E.   M.   Thorpe.     (Produced 
by  the  Oncomers  Society.) 
Harry  Le  Strange.. Mr.  W.  H.  Hargreaves 

Mr.  Wingbourne  Mr.  Ivan  Firth 

Mr.  Buskin   Mr.  Claude  Vernon 

Mr.  Fordhnm  Mr.  Richard  Coke 

Mr.  Clayton   Mr.  Charles  Roberts 

Prof.  Mouldyman  . .  Mr.  Lawrence  Groves 
Arthur  Heathcote.Mr.  G.  Leigh-Pemberton 

Burton Mr.  Dudley  Bishop 

Gardener  Mr.  H.  E.  Coleridge 

Lady  Venborough Miss  Mara  Maltby  " 

Maud  BracebridgcMiss  (Christine  Raynor 

Mrs.  Chatterton Miss  Mildred  Orme 

Miss  Sweetman   Miss  Lilian  Revelle 

Cook  Miss  Mildred  Orme 

—Little. 

16.  The  Mother,  dramatic  sketch,  by  Olive 
Lethbridge.  (Produced  by  the  Oncomers 
Society.) 

Jim  Alban  Mr.  H.  P.  Owen 

Mary  Alban  Miss  Mabel  Mannering 

—Little. 


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16.  The  Queen's  Champion,  play,  in  four  acts, 
by  Graham  Hill  aii<l  Hubert  Lricscn. 
(London  jiroduction,  October  23,  Broad- 
way.) 

Prince  Bernard  Mr.  Eric  Mayne 

I'rince  .lolin  Mr.  Lionel  Gadsden 

General  IJlendt Mr.  L.  B.  Butler 

Colon.;  KaliscJi  Mr.  A.  Wingrave 

Baron  Zaillv  Mr.  S.  Young 

Count  Merat  ..  Mr.  A.  HirdinR  Steerman 

Baron  Frondovitch  Mr.  Clive  Currie 

Capt.  >[arakofI  Mr.  II.  B.  Waring 

liieut.  Klings Mr.  N.  C.  Slaughter 

Lieut.  Limner  Mr.  A.  Wills 

Sergt.  Larnor  Mr.  H.  Kversleigh 

Lieut.  Steinhill  Mr.  H.  Brooke 

Sergt.  Hertzman   Mr.  H.   Stern 

Kaltz  .-. .  Mr.  Gordon  Doonc 

Bildoft  Mr.  W-  H.  Langford 

Countess  Adela  . .  Miss  Leah  Marlborough 

Avora  Miss  Jenny  Lynn 

Ursula  Miss  Maud  Court 

Queen  of  Darmadt >Iiss  Ellen  Snow 

—Opera  House,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

IQ.'Gisclle,  pantomime  ballet,  in  two  acts,  by 
MM.  de  Saint^Georges,  Th6ophile  Gautier, 
and  Corali,  music  by  Adolphe  Adim. 
(Originally  produced.  Paris,  1841;  London 
(at  Her  Majesty's),  March,  1842.)— Ck)vent 
Garden. 

16.  Head  of  the  House,  operetta,  written  and 

composed  by  Ernest  Bucalossi. — Scala. 

17.  Le     Pavilion     d'Armidc,     Russian     ballet— 

Covent  Garden. 

17.  Le  Carnaval,  pantomime  ballet,  in  one  act, 
'  by  M.  Fokine,  music  by  Robert  Schumann  . 

—Covent  Garden. 

19.  Cheherazade,  Russian  ballet— Covent  Gar- 
den. 

20.1!Be(si/,-  comic  operetta,  in  three  acts,  book 
by  H.  Kellett  Cniambers,  lyrics  by  Will  B. 
Johnstone,  music  by  Alexander  Jolinstone 
— Ladbroke  Hall. 

20.^r/ic  Case  of  Becky,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
Edward  Locke. 

Charles  Emerson  ..  Mr.  Ernest  E.  Norris 
JIarrv  Peters,  M.D.  ..  Mr.  Ivan  Pat  Gore 

.Tohn"  Arnold  Mr.  E.  J.  Henley 

Professor  Balzamo Mr.  Hugh  Wildy 

Thomas Mr.  H.  BurreFi 

Miss  Jennie  Petingill Miss  May  Xorris 

aiiss  Dorothy  Stone  ..  Miss  Wray  Holmes 
— Dalston. 

21:*  What  Every  Woman  Knows,  comedy,  in 
lour  acts,  by  J.  M.  Barrie.  (Originally 
produced,  September  3,  1908,  Duke  of 
York's.)  Last  performance  (the  65tl)), 
December  16. — Duke  of  York's. 

23. JThc  Queen's  Champion.  (See  under  date 
October  16.)— Broadway,  Deptford. 

23.  The  Girl  Who  Knew  a  Bit,  dr?ma,  in  four 
acts  and  sixteen  scenes,  by  Charles 
Darrell. 

Raymond  Beaumorris  . .  Mr.  Chas.  Dickens 
Hon.  Marcus  Blavthwaite.  .Mr.  H.  Weston 

*  Tom  Oassick  Mr.  H.  P.  Owen 

Ix>rd  Jerrv  Midlothian  ..  Mr.  H.  L.  Tracy 
Bobbie  Speckler  ..  Mr.  Charles  H.  Hughes 

Horatio  BlifTkins Mr.  Walter  Denham 

Det.-Insp.  Parkins Mr.  George  Renton 

P.C.  Bobbins  Mr.  William  Parker 

Steve  Cotter  Mr.  Charles  Xorman 

Ben  Mamey  Mr.  Leslie  Hamilton 

Sambo  ". Mr.  William  Jackson 

Lucy  Manners  Miss  Mabel  Coleman 

Hon.  Elspeth  BlaythwaitcMiss  Y.  Wynne 

Lizzie  North   Mis?  Babs  Stuart 

Lady  Diana  St.  George  ..   Miss  F.  Lovell 

Sarah  Alice  Fit Miss  Grace  Emery 

The  Woman  of  the  Dungeon 

Miss  Esther  Carthew 

Mrs.  Maud  Patcham.  .Miss  A.  Drummond 

—Elephant  and  Castle 


23.  'Awkins's  Ordeal,  coster  episode,  by  Hubert 
Bartlett — Coronet. 

23.iThe  Frontier  Queen,  drama,  in  nine  scenes, 
by  Bertram  Damer.  (S.P.,  July  8,  Alex- 
andra, Hull.) 

Colonel  Lucas  . . .  .• Mr.  Chris  Dare 

Dick  Lucas Mr.  Chas.  H.  Lester 

Jose  >Lanildra  Mr.  Hugh  Travers 

Phineas  E.  Mole  ..  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Coleman 

Ben  Rvder  Mr.  0.-;wald  Douglas 

Chief  Ga  Xa  Gule  ....  Mr.  Fred  Stephens 
Chief  Black  Eagle  ..  Mr.  Pat  Van  Issher 

Slexican  Joe  Mr.  Charles  Stanley 

Broncho  Bill Mr.  E.  Harold 

Lasso  Jim  Mr.  Henry  Mowbray 

Smiley    Mr.   Seymour   Perry 

Dougal  McKenzie.SIr.  Haughton  Macauley 

Aggie  Miss  Dot  Morella 

Maniie   iliss  Dorothy  Riddell 

Cherry   iliss  Beatrice  Anderson 

—Royal,  Woolwich. 

23.tT/ie  Sins  of  the  Rich,  four-act  drama,  by 
Ada  G.  Abbott.  (Originally  produced 
Royal,  Wolverhampton.) 

Duke  of  Chmgowan Mr.  Edwin  Keene 

Earl  of  Borringdon  . .  Mr.  John  Johnston 

Mr.  Ashmore Mr.  Philip  Layton 

Gaspard    Mr.   Weedon   Ross 

Monsieur  Antoine  ..  Mr.  W.  H.  D.  Brown 

Bill  of  London  Mr.  Ernest  R.  Abbott 

Duchess  of  Clangowan. .Miss  Hilda  Hatton 
Lady  Marlah  Stuart  ..  Miss  Black-Roberts 

Mrs.  Cooper   Miss  Annie  Morgan 

Nanine   Miss  Mar jorie  Tennant 

Mary   Miss  Nellie  Ivinson 

Ronnie  Miss  Elsie  Cropper 

Liz  ": Jtiss  Ada  Abbott 

— Royal,  Stratford. 

23.  Realities,  one-act  play,  by  Gertrude  Robins. 

Mrs.  Smythe Miss  Hilda  Bruce  Pott-er 

Mrs.  Thompson  Miss  Ada  King 

Mr.  Thompson   Mr.  Herbert  Loifias 

Mr.  Albert  Smythe Mr.  Charles  Biboy 

— Gaiety,   Manchester. 

23,  The  Geisha  Girl,  musical  comedy,  in  one 
act,  by  Herbert  Cottesmore,  with  music 
by  Franz  V.  Lasque,  and  lyrics  by  P.  J. 
O'ReiUy. 

Lieut.  Reggie  Lennox Mr.  Cyril  Dane 

Timothy  Pumpkins   Mr.  Jas.   Salter 

Li-Hung   Mr.  Herbert  Cottesmore 

Peach  Blossom Miss  Grade  Horsfall 

Yo-San  Miss  Wilmot  Karkeek 

Tea  Girls,  et<;.— Rosie  Dane,  Valetta 
Rushton.  Maud  Banford.  Cecil  Desmond, 
J.  G.  Birtles,  John  Scott. 

.  — Empire,  Wakefield. 

23.  'Twixt   the   Nightfall   and  the   Light,  play, 

in  one  act,  by  Graham  Hill  (originally 
produced,  March  6,  London  Hippodrome) 
— Coronet. 

24.  The  Little  French  Theatre  began  a  season 

at  the  Boudoir,'  Pembroke  (Jardens.  with 
Les  Deux  Pierrots,  La  Paix  Chez  Soi,  and 
La  Fugue  de  Madame  Caramon.  On  Octo- 
ber 29  the  programme  included  Bohimos, 
La  Revenante,  and  Le  Petit  Hotel. 

26.  Same  Lodge,  play,  in  one  act,  by  John 
Holies  and  Guy  Newall. 

J.  K.  Ainslie  Mr.  Guy  Newall 

Colonel  Thorndyke  ..  Mr.  Edgar  B.  Payne 

Simplicity  Grey   Miss  Mona  Harrison 

— Prince  of  W^ales's. 

26.  Aurora's  Captive,  plav,  in  one  act,  by  Tom 
Gallon.  (S.P.  December  13,  1904,  Lad- 
broke  Hall,  W.) 

William   Mr.  Franklin  Dyall ' 

Miss  Dorcas  Burningham  ..  Miss  B.  Elder 

Aurora  Petunia  - Miss  N.  de  Silva 

—New,  Cardifl. 


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26.  The  Uninvited  Guest,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
adapted  from  the  French  of  Tristan  Ber- 
nard, by  John  N.  Raphael.  Last  perform- 
ance (the  43rd),   December  2. 

Jacques  Calvel  Mr.  Charles  Hawtrey 

Barthazar   Mr.  Arthur  Playf air 

George  Herbert Mr.  A.  Vane-Tempest 

M.  Glonthier  Mr.  Fred  Lewis 

Pedro  Gfonzalez  Mr.  Reginald  Owen 

Alexis  Blivet Mr.  Charles  B.  Vaughau 

M.  Beauchamps  Mr.  William  Fazan 

R^my   Mr.  0.  B.  Clarence 

Charles  Mentel Mr.  Edgar  B.  Payne 

Felix    Mr.   Henri   Laurent 

First  Guest  Mr.  Franc  Stoney 

Second  Guest  Mr.  Edward  Y.  Rae 

Florist  Mr.  Hubert  Alexander 

Customer  Mr.  J.  H.  Brewer 

Berthe  Gonthier  Miss  Enid  Leslie 

Louise  Carnot Miss  Hilda  Jioie 

.Teanne  Miss  A'^iolet  Graham 

Gilberte  Miss  Phyllis  Barker 

Mme.  G-irot   Miss  Kate  Douglas 

Mile.  Girot  Miss  Sheila  Heseltine 

L^ontine  ; Miss  Mona  Harrison 

Mme.  Edmond  Miss  Isabel  Grey 

Mme.  Tombelle   Miss  Lydia  Rachel 

— Prince  of  Wales's. 

26.  According  to  Eis  Lights,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  Ada  and  Dudky  James. 

Hector  Rawiings  Mr.  Leslie  Paget 

Policem'an    Mr.    Henry    Deas 

Amelia  Rawlinga  Miss  Vera  Pole 

Mrs.  Higgias  Miss  Annie  Huyuiw- 

— Lyceum  Cni'i 

26.  Securing  a  Fortune,  comedietta,  by  Bertha 
N.   Graham. 

Dr.  Fletcher  Brooke.. Mr.  Barnett  Parker 
Mrs.  Fletchei  Brooke  Miss  Gladys  Gardner 

Hans  Gratz  Mr.  James  Bottomley 

— Lyceum   Club. 

'2,7. Ti Alice  in  Ganderland,  one-act  political  skit, 
by  Liaurence  Housman. 

Alice   Miss  Eva  Moore 

The  Mad  Hatter Mr.  Ernest- Thesiger 

The  March  Hare Mr.  T.  X.  Weguelin 

The  Dormouse  ; .  Mr.  Lytton  Grey 

BUI,  the  Lizard  Mr.  W.  G.  Fay 

— Lyceum. 

2~.fThe  Pageant  of  the  Leagues. — The 
Pioneers :  Mrs.  Euss  Whytal,  Jiisses 
Adeline  Bourne,  Gillian  Scaife,  May 
Martyn.  The  National  Union  of  Women's 
Suffrage  Societies :  Misses  Nancy  Price, 
Elaine  Inescort,  Gladjs  Cooper.  The 
Women's  Social  and  Politicat  Union : 
Misses  Charlotte  Marsh,  Florence  Lloyd, 
Victoria  Addison.  The  Women's  Freedom 
League :  blisses  Helen  Haye,  Nella  Powys, 
Alice  Crawford.  The  Artists'  Suffrage 
League :  Misses  Lilian  Braithwaite,  Naomi 
Veasey,  Barbara  Hymans.  The  Women 
Writers'  Suffrage  League  :  Miss  Margaret 
Morris.  The  University  Leagues  for 
Women's  Suffrage :  Misses  Edith  Clegg, 
Daisy  Thimm,  Dora  Barton.  The  Conser- 
vative and  Unionist  Women's  Franchise 
Association  :  Mrs.  Saba  Raleigh.  The  New 
Constitutional  Society :  Miss  Janette 
Steer.  The  Church  League  ^or  Women's 
Suffrage :  Miss  Gwen  Lally.  The  Free 
Church  League  for  Women's  Suffrage : 
Miss  Christine  Silver.  ■  The  Catholic 
Women's  League  for  Women's  Suffrage : 
Miss  Mary  Dibley.  The  Irish  Women's 
Suffrage  Leagues :  Miss  Auriol  Lee.  The 
Cymric  Suffrage  Union :  Miss  V.?.j 
Whittv.  The  Tax  Resistance  League  (John 
Hampden) :  Miss  Edith  Craig.  The 
Actresses'  Franchise  League :  Tragedy, 
Miss  Edyth  Olive;  Comedy,  Jliss  Iris 
Hoey :  Music,  Miss  Maud  Cressall :  Danc- 
ing, Miss  Nancy  Denvers.  — Lyceum. 


27.  Repentance,  domestic  play,   in  three  acts, 
by  Herbert  Barrs. 
Sir  Guy  Montague.  .Mr.  Arthur  Wimpenny 

Stuart  Manville  Mr.  Rolf  Leslie 

Dr.  Eric  Stanton  Mr.  Ernie  Shannon 

Gerald  Eden  Mr.  Herbert  Btrrs 

Solomon  Levinstein   Mr.  W.  Fish 

Jimmy  Jump   Mr.  Chas.  Fooley 

Mr.  Mustipher  Mr.  W.  Ash 

Rev.  George  Franklin  Mr.  F.  Wilkins 

Bertie  Brassey  Mr.  C.  Chapman 

P.C.   Softy   Mr.  R.   Elliott 

Pinson  Mr.  H.  W.  Dale 

Bill   Mr.  A.  Jones 

Hazel  Miss  Dorothy  Oswald 

Mrs.  Maggs  Jliss  Fanny  Wills 

Susy  Miss  Mabel  Edwards 

Tottie  Truelove  Miss  Flossie  Hall 

Daisy  Nowall   Jliss  Winnie  Wish 

Stella  Miss  Olga  Audrg 

—Grand,  Leek. 

29.  Mauerbliimchen    (Wallflower),    comedy,    ia 

four  acts,  by  Oscar  Blumenthal  and  Gus- 
tav  Kadelburg.  (Produced  by  the 
Deutscher  Biihnen  Verein). 

Justus  Wormann  Max  Sylge 

Paul  Wormann   Alfred  (Soltermann 

Eduard  Marberg  Richard  Mueller 

Henriette   Olga   P.«mberg 

Edith   Hedda  Kostner 

Spangenbach  Ernst  Kuehl 

Franziska  Hedwig  Rohmann 

Martm  Volz   Otto  Wald 

Bngitte    Olga   Sylge 

Hinze    Hans   Berthold 

— Court. 

30.  Rogues   of   the   Ring,   sporting   melodrama, 

in    four    acts,    by    Fred    Moule.      (An    ex- 
tended version  of  Gretna  Green,  originally 
played  as  a  music-hall  sketch.) 
Sir  George  Buckley.. Mr.  Frank  Beresford 

Jeffrey  Dale  Mr.  J.  B.  Lestei-re 

Christopher  Dale  Mr.  H.  Maxwell 

Amos  Weazel  Mr.  Jack  Wiyo 

Josiah  Conway   :Mr.  H.  Lewis 

Rudge  Conway  Mr.  Clifford  Marie 

Dave  Rothwell    Mr.  Jack  CoUinson 

Thomas  Newsells  Mr.  H.  Maxwell 

Samuel  Oldwhistle   Mr.  Conrad  Clerk 

Ned  Grimley  Jir.  Con  Allister 

Hunchy  Jackson  Mr.  Archie  Grant 

Hezekiah  Ives  Mr.  Joe  Drury 

William  Murgatroyd.  .Mr.  Phillip  Douglas 

Dorothy  Dale  Miss  Ida  Chapman 

Lydia  Rosslyn  Miss  Effie  Bartlett 

Elizabeth  Conway  . .  Miss  Lizzie  Chambers 
„„    „  —Foresters'. 

30.  Forty    Winks,   comedy   playlet. 

Capt.  Harry  Fenton..Mr.  James  A.  Story 

Mollie  Lambourne  Miss  Roselle  Dodd 

Bella   Miss  Florence  Reeves 

—Royal  Hippodrome,  Eastbourne. 

31.  Violets,  one-act  play,  by  Douglas  Bain. 

Nat  Garland   Mr.  Harry  Gilbev 

Chris  Garland   Miss  Kathleen  Russell 

Marple   Mr.   Louis  Palgrave 

•  Dr.  Rorke  Mr.  Edmund  Lee 

— Royal  County,  Kingston. 

31.  The  Great   Young  Man,   revised  version  of 

the  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Prince  V. 

Bariatinsky,      entitled      The      Career     of 

Nablotslcy. 

Prince  Belsky   Mr.   Charles  Sugden 

Variagin    Mr.    Kinsey    Peile 

Nablotsky  Mr.  Charles  Bry.int 

Sambarof  Mr.  Ivan  Be'rlyn 

Count  Talysin  air.  Lewis  Willoughby 

Yahontof  Mr.  Richard  Neville 

Servant  Mr.  Henry  Armstrong 

Baroness  Bilderingshof.  .Miss  A.  de  Burgh 
Princess  Helen  Nablotsky 

Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska 
— Kingsway. 


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NOVEMBER. 

l.^liic  Wounded  Bird,  play,  adapted  by  F.  de 
Wcndt  Fenton  from  M.  Capus's  VOiseau 
Blessi.  — Wyndliani'ti. 

3.  The   Duke's    fldfffr,   play,   in   one  act,   by 
Baroness  Orczy. 
Tlie  Duke  of  Flint  ..Mr.  Edward  Lytton 

Ivord  lUaunuirii Mr.  Bellenden  Clarke 

Lord  Davenant  Mr.  Francis  Drake 

Sir  Thomas  Wliiffen  Mr.  Henry  Gray  Dolby 

Mr.  Culpepper  Mr.  Harry  Collier 

Ladv  Lilian   Glyn   ..Miss  Gwendolen   Hay 
— Dakton. 

3.  The    Woman    Who   Loved,  one-aot  play. 

— Kennington. 

3,  Sisters,  one-act  play.  —Kennington. 

4.  Dad,  comedy,   in  three  acts.     Engli&h  ver- 

sion bv  Captain  John  Kendall,  of  Arraaod 
<le  CaiUavet  and  Robert  de  Flers'  Papa. 
Sir  Joseph   Lorrimer,   Bart. 

Mr.  Cj-ril  Maude 

Sam  Carbury  Mr.  Sam  Sothern 

Richard  Beaufort  ..Mr.  Kenneth  DoUfiias 

I'arson  Grylls  Mr.  J.  D.  Beveridge 

Farmer  Tregeilis- Mr.  John  Ilarwood 

Mr.   Vivian   Mr.   Daniel  McCarthy 

ZiUShy Mr.  F.  Bradley 

Jamea    Mr.    Peter    Blimt 

The  Constable  Mr.  Eric  Langham 

Georgina  Cardew  Miss  Alexandra  Carlisle 

Mrs.   Mellish    Misi -Vera  Cobum 

Jennifer  Tregellis  Miss  Marie  Hemingway 
— Playhouse. 

4.  The  Colonel  and  the  Lady,  farce,  in  one  act, 
by    E.    Hotaian   Clark    and    Dawson    Mil- 
ward. 
Sir  Outlibert  Wegg..Mr.  Daniel  McCarthy 
Col.  Francis  Bretherton 

Mr.  Spencer  Trevor 
Arthur  Craven    ..Mr.    Langhorne    Burton 

Ladv   Wegg    Miss   Marjorie   Ohard 

Mrs!  Arthur  Craven MLsk  Vera  Cobum 

,  — Playhouse. 

^U.lThe  Glad  Eye,  farcical  comedy  in  three 
acts,  a'dapted  by  Jos6  G.  Levy,  from  the 
Prejioh  Le  Zcbre  of  M.M.  Armont  and 
Nancev.  (Originally  produced  September 
4,  West  Pier,  Brighton.)  Transferred  to 
the  Aifollo,  December  26. 
Gaston  Bocaru  ..Mr.  Lawrence  Grossmith 
Maurice  Polignac  ....Mr.  H.  Marsh  Allen 

Gallipaux    Mr.    E.    Dagnall 

Chaiisette    Mr.    Arthur   Hatherton 

Ferdinand  Floquet  Mr.  George  Beal'by 

Traca.-^in    Mr.    Philip    Kay 

Comte  de  la  Beuve 

Mr.  J.  Parish  Robert.son 

Francois   Mr.   Stephen   Wentworth 

Police    Sergeant    Mr.    Edward    Irwin 

Lucienne  Bocard    Mi«»  Auriol   Lee 

Suzarjie  Polignac   ..ALiss  Daisy  Markham 

Kiki    Miss   Ethel    Dane 

Juliette    Miss   Enid    Sass 

—Globe. 

5.  The  Hartley  Family,  play,  in  three  acts, 
by  Vincent  O'Sullivan.  (Produced  by  Tie 
Play  Actors). 

Hartley    Mr.   Herbert  Bunston 

Garth    Mr.    Charles   King 

Hopper  Mr.  Spencer  Geach 

Maule    Mr.    Benedict    Butler 

Dabbs    5Ir.    Allan   Jeayes 

The  Doctor    Mr.  Fred   Grove 

\       Mr.  Formby  Smithson  ..Mr.  Alfred  Harris 

\    Mrs.  Hartley   Miss  Dorothy  Green 

\  Mrs.  Smithson   Miss  Rose  Dupr6 

^Jessie    Miss   Gladys   Mason 

A  Nurse   Miss  Georgette  de  Serville 

Lady    V.    Targett-Beam 

Miss  Beatrice  Chester 
Clergyman's  Wife Miss  Rose  Cazalet 


Tin  UnrtUy  Fumily  {noHtiniial). 

Solicitor's  Wife   Miss  Armine   Grace 

Retired    Naval    Officer's    Wife 

Miss  Katherine  Stuart 
Bank  Manager's  Wife  ..Miss  Vita  Spencer 

— Court. 
(i.\^fidniqht  London,  drama,   in  four  acts,  by 
H.  F.  Housden  (originally  produced  March 
27,   Star,  iSwansea). 

Sir  John   Milton    Mr.   C.   Coventry 

Mortimer  Clyde    Mr.   Geo.   Gordon 

Gilbert  Fane  Mr.  Holland  Ray 

Frank   Fairley    Mr.   Roy   Rhind 

Benjamin  Bloomer Mr.  Louis  Nanton 

Mr.    Latimer    Mr.    W.    G.    Brookes 

Horatio  Bloggs  blaster  Alfy  Lawrence 

Billy   Winkle    Mr.   Will   Kirk 

Gladys   Milton    Miss  M.   Spencer 

Betsy    Barker    Miss   Lizzie   Palmer 

Lucy  .\shcroft  Miss  Grace  Warner 

—Royal,   Edmonton. 

8.  The  Three  Musketeers,  a  new  version  of 
Alexandre  Dumas'  novel,  by  Arthur  Shir- 
ley and  Ben  Landeck.  Last  performance 
(the  45th)  December  10.  Transferred  to 
the  New  Prince's,  December  26. 

D'Artagnan    ^Ir.    Austen    Milroy 

Athos    Mr.    Lauderdale    Maitland 

Porthos    Mr.    J.   T.   Macmillan 

Aramis   Mr.  H.  Wilmot  Jackson 

De    Treville    Mr.    S.    Major    Jones 

Louis  XIII Mr.  Fred  Morgan 

Cardinal  Richelieu   Mr.   Bassett  Roe 

Duke    of    Buckingham.. Mr.    Gerald    Ames 

Fenton    Mr.   Cli ve   Currie 

Planchet    Mr.    Herbert    Williams 

Grjmaud    Mr.    Douglas    Vine 

Bazin    Mr.    Charles    Henry 

Count  de  Rochefort  Mr.  J.  C.  Aubrey 

Malines    Mr.   Frank   Tennant 

Jussac    Mr.   Cecil   Tresilian 

'    Bonacieux  Mr.  Percy  Baverstock 

Captain  of  the  Port.. Mr.  Raymond  Wood 

Queen  of  France    Miss  Mjry  Dibley 

Constance    Miss   Gillian    Scaife 

Kitty    Miss   Nannie   Meade 

Milady    Miss  Ethel   Warwick 

— Lyceum. 

S.tTfte  War  God,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Israel 
Zangwill. 

King  of  Gothia   Mr.  Charles  Maude 

Duke  of  Romberg  Mr.  J.  H.  Barnes 

Count  Torgrim    Mr.   Arthur  Bourchier 

Count  Frithiof   Sir  Herbert  Tree 

Baron    Konrad    Mr.    Ross    Shore 

Osric    Mr.    Basil    Gill 

Karl  Blum  Mr.  Gerald  Lawrence 

Brog    Mr.    A.    E.    George 

Servant    Mr.   Harold  Meltzer 

Princess   Elsa   of   Hunland 

Miss  Laura  Cowie 
The  Lady  Noma   .  .Miss  Lillah  McCarthy 

Martha    Miss    Clare    Greet 

Revolutionists— Jlessrs.    W.    B.    Abingdon, 

Clifford  Heatherley,  Cyril  Sworder. 
Lords  and  Ladies  of  the  Court.  Lackeys, 
etc.      — His  Majesty's. 

9AThe  Failure,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Lancelot  Hutchinson. 

Sam  Sowerby,  M.P...Mr.  Frederick  Culley 
Capt.  Peter  Hume.. Mr.  Lancelot  Hutchinson 
Capt.  Antony  Hume.. Mr.  Harold  Holland 

Primrose  Hume  Miss  Eva  Killick 

Midshipman  B.  Hume.. Mr.  Bobbie  -Andrews 

Thomas  Courtney Mr.   T.   N.   Weguelin 

Clara  Courtney Miss  Madge  Walsh 

— Court. 

9.»flamZet,  Mr.  Laurence  Irving's  revival  of 
Shakespeare's  play. 

Claudius    Mr.  Henry  Crocker 

Hamlet  Mr.  Laurence  Irving 

Polonius    Mr.    H.   Elmore-Frith 

Horatio  ,  Mr.  Rupert  Harvey 


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Hamlet  (continued), 

Laertes  Mr.  W.  Bridges  Adams 

Rosencrantz  Mr.  Roy  G.  Beard 

Guildenstern   Mr.  Leo  Wendover 

Osric  Mr.  WentwQrth  Fane 

Another  Courtier.. Mr.  R.  H.  W.  Maddoclv 

A  Priest   Mr.  Lionel  Braham 

Marcellus   Mr.  B.   Barnett 

Bernardo  Mr.  G.  Simmons 

FrancisGO  Mr.  T.  Dodd 

First  Player  Mr.  George  Owen 

Second  Player  Mr.  Clive  Terrance 

Player-Queen   Miss  Hilda  Esty-Marsh 

Ghost   Mr.   Jas.  H.   Stanners 

Gertrude  Miss  Esm6  Beringer 

Ophelia    Miss  Mabel   Hackney 

Ladies  of  the  Court,  Misses  Emden,  Law- 
ton,  Turner,  Vickers ;  Pages,  Misses  Hay, 
Inman,  Nelson,  PuUinger;  Guards,  Messrs. 
Armitage,   Arnold,   King,   Wilco.x. 

— Lyceum,  Edinburgh. 

10.  Fancy  Free,  one-act  play,  by  Stanley  Hough- 

ton. 

Fancy   Miss  Carrie  Haase 

Alfred   Miss  Esm6  Percy 

Ethelbert  Mr.  B.  Iden  Payne 

Delia  Miss  Mona  Limerick 

— Gaiety,  Manchester. 

ll.^The  Admirable  Crichton.  The  Liverpool 
Repertory  Theatre  opened  with  a  revival 
of  J.  M.  Barrie's  piece. 

The  Earl  of  Loam  Mr.  Arthur  Chesney 

Lord  Brocklehurst-.Mr.  Dion  Titheradge 
Hon.   Ernest  WooUey.  .Mr.   Ronald   Squire 

Rev.   John  Trehern Mr.   J.   H.   Roberts 

Mr.   Crichton Mr.   James  Hearn 

Naval  Officer  Mr.  H.  Stuart 

Lady  Mary  Lasenby 

Miss    Estelle    Winwood 
Lady  Catherine  Lasenby 

Miss  Hazel  Thompson 
Lady  Agatha  Lasenby 

Miss   Marjorie   Patterson 

Fisher   Miss  Louise  Holbrook 

Tweeny    Miss   Dorothy    Day 

Countess Brocklehurst.. Miss  Aida  Jenoure 
— Repertory,  Liverpool. 

11.  An    Ideal    Thief,    romantic    play,    in    four 

acts,  by  Maree  Parry. 

Lady  Carton    . .    Miss    Florence   Nicholson 

Lord  Carton  Mr.  iS.  J.  Wainwright  ■ 

Ladv    Nora    Mii-:^    Margaret   Ba&s 

Lady    Violet   Miss  Ellaline  Parry 

Lady    Sandford    Miss   Graven 

.Mrs.   Allen   Bercy   Miss   Summers 

Mrs.   Charles  Lewis   Mrs.  Price 

Mrs.    Armstrong    Mrs.    Whit« 

'  R«v.  Armstrong  Mr.  C.  L.  Rutty 

Rev.  Archibald  Armstrong.  .Mr.  S.  Neate 
Colonel  Patrick  O'Flynn 

Mr.  T.  V.  Dunham 
Dr.  Ralph  Talbot  and  Samuel 

Isaacson   Mr.   Gilbert  Webb 

James   Mr.  W.  Holt 

Harris  Mr.  F.  Burrows 

Reece    Mr.    F.    White 

Jack'eon    Mr.  R.  Nash 

Austin  Delegrade  Mr.  P.  W.  Parry 

Sammy  Mr.  W.  J.  Butler 

Bunny   .» Mr.   R.   Rose 

Charles  Fenton   Mr.  H.  G.  McCoy 

Marie  Fenton  Mrt?.  P.  W.  Parry 

—Town  Hall,  High  Wycombe. 

n,*A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel,  Edward  G.  Hem- 
merde    and    Francis    Neilson's    drama,    in 
four  acts    (originally    produced    April    18, 
Globe). 
Rt.  Hon.  George  Admaston 

Mr.    Eille   Norwood 
^  Roderick  Collingwood 

Mr.    Leon   Quartermaine 
Lord  Ellerdine Mr.  Evelyn  Beerbohm 


A  Butterjiy  on  the  Wheel  (continued). 

Sir  John  Burroughes. ..Mr.   J.   Wheatman 

Sir  Robert  Pyfle Mr.   Stanley  TurnbuU 

Gervaise  McArthur.  .Mr.  W.  Cronin-Wilson 

Stuart  Menzies Mr.  Edmund  Waller 

Frank  Cartaret   Mr.   Lewis   Broughton 

Jacques  Mr.  A.  Caton  Woodville 

Foreman   Mr.   George  Robinson 

Lady  Atwil  Miss  Grace  Croft 

Pauline    Miss   Marianne   Caldwell 

Maid    Miss  Ellaine  Cecil 

Peggy  Miss  Madge  Titheradge 

— Queen's. 

13.  Quo  Vadis  ?  historical  opera,  in  five  acts  (in 
French),  founded  on  the  novel  by  Henryk 
Sienkiewicz,  libretto  by  Henri  Cain,  music 
by  Jean  Nougufes. 

Lygia    Mile.  Eva  Olchanski 

Eunice  Mile.   Aline  Vallandri 

Poppoea  Mme.  Isabeau  Catalan 

Petronius    M.    Maurice   Renaud 

Nero   M.  Jean  Berkin 

Vinicius  M.  Jean  Auber 

Chilo   M.  Figarella 

Peter   Mr.  Francis  Combe 

Sporus  Mr.  Arthur  Philips 

Demas   M.   Enzo  Bozzano 

The  Young  Nerva M.   Fernand   Leroux 

Iras   Mile.   AndriS   Kerlane 

Myriam  Mme.  Nina  Ratti 

Ursus   Mr.  A.  Greenfield 

Croton    Mr.   Rourke 

The  Mother Mile.  N.  Campbell 

Nazaire   Mile.  Bice  Delva 

Lilith  Mile.  Sonelli 

Psyllia   Mile.  T.  Rasband 

A  Young  Christian  M.  Henri  Leroux 

Lydon M.   Virly 

A  Child  Miss  Pearl  Harris 

Two  Women   -'  ;^J;P  ^-  P^'ne 

(  Mile.  Lebrua 

Tigellinus  M.  Dubois 

Vitellius   M.  Disard 

Vatinius    Mr.   Hudson 

is^anor"°°[     M.  Pierre  V-erheyder 

Pythagorus   Mile.  Harris 

Thdocl^s  M.  Guillaume  Gehe 

An  Old  Man  Mr.  J.  Lang 

A  Slave   Mile.   Moreau 

The     entire     production     staged    by    M. 
.    Jacques    Coini.      Conducted    by    the    com- 
poser,   Jean    Nougufes.      Ballet     mistress, 
Mme.  Pauline  Verhoeven. 

— London  Opera  House. 
13.  The  Money  Spider,  play,  in  one  act,  by  E. 
Phillips  Oppenheim.     (Originally  produced 
as  a  music  hall  sketch,  June  20,  1908,  Lon- 
don Coliseum)— Scala. 

13.  Our  Little  Fancies,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
Margaret  Macnamara. 

Daniel  Fayres  Mr.  Charles  Bibby 

Ellen   Burtenshaw    Miss   Ada   King 

Alfred   Fayres   Mr.   Milton  Rosmer 

Miss  Dempsey Miss  Hilda  Bruce  Potter 

Gladys  Miles  Miss  Edyth  Goodall 

A  Nurse  Miss  Doris  Bateman 

Thomson   Mr.   Herbert  Lomas 

Mrs.  Tate  Miss  Hilda  Davies 

Mrs.  Akehurst Miss  Annie  Moller 

Mrs.  Jupp  Miss  Margaret  Anderson 

Annie   Miss  Gwlad.ys  Rees 

— Gaiety,  Manchester. 

13.  The  Blood  Flower,  one-act  play,  by  (Miss) 
E.  Hamilton  Moore. 

Maddalena  Colonna Miss  Irene  Rooke 

Blondinetfca  ....  Miss  Hilda  Bruce  Potter 

Cesare  Colonna Mr.   Frank  Darch 

Camillo  Santoni   Mr.  J.  V.  Bryant 

The  Cur^   Mr.  Cecil  Brooking 

Sergeant  of  Gendarmes.  .Mr.  Howard  Rose 

Francesca   Miss  Doris  Bateman 

— Gaiefc''    Manchester. 


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13.  The  I'robationer,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 

Anthony   KowUy. 

Mrs.  WilUiim  Loi;:in..Miss  Harriet  Trench 

Rev.  Wilh.im  Log;in...Mr.  Frtdk.  Jtorland 

Bella   niack    >Iiss  Nell   tiriilv' 

Walter  Shaw  Mr.  Victor  Mac*''iire 

Neil    DimiinR    Mr.    lidniond    lireon 

Gavin    Murray    ^'r.    Ikn    Field 

.lohn    Logan    Mr.    Percy    Marmont 

Katharine  t'aiiieron.  .^^iss  Thyrza  Norman 
lUv.   Dr.   Cameron   ..Mr.   Krederieic  Lloyd 

Ailine    Dinning    Mi.ss   Hilda   Sims 

— Royalty,   Glasgow. 

liATo-morrotp's  Dawn,  one-act  play,  by 
Barone.ss   Bcckoff.— Hay  market. 

\i.fl{c(j(iie's  Double,  Protean  sketch,  by  Lally 
ToUindal— llaymjirket. 

14.  Man,  "  an  incident  from  life,"  by  W.  Coats 

Bush. 

lOmma  Lichfield   Miss  Edith  Pither 

Liz  Gosling  Miss  Katlurine  Fielder 

Miss  Hall  Mips  Dorothy  Tanqueray 

Tom  Lichfleld  Mr.  W.  CJoata  Bush 

— Rehearsal. 

14.  The    H'eafcesf    Liiifc,    one-act    play,    by    W. 

Coats   Bush. 

Mary   Morley    Miss   Eileen   Savage 

Betty    Miss    Dorothy    Tanqueray 

John  Morley  Mr.  W.  Coats  Bush 

—Rehearsal. 

HAThe  Fairy  Cap,  mime  play,  in  one  scene, 
by  E.  Geoffrey  Toye  (presented  by  stu- 
dents of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Music). 

Shepherd    Miss   Irene   Flanders 

Fairy    Miss    Christa    Wood 

The  Wind  Miss  Ivy  Wigmore 

The   Sun   Miss  Phyllis  M.  Foster 

— His  Majesty's. 

lo.'WThe  Wa'ifarers,  Thomas  Hardy's  play  (ori- 
ginally i)roduced  June  3,  1893,  Terry's)— 
Dorchester  Village  Hall. 

15.  Pitch    and    Toss,    one-act   play,    by    Bertha 

N.   Graham — Court. 
15.'n'iUiam    7't!!— London    Opera    House. 
15.\\The  Distracted  Preacher,  version  of  Thomas 

Hardy's  story — Dorchester  Village  Hall. 

16.  Expert    Opinion,    one-act    play,    by    Ewart 

Mackinnon.     (London  production,  Novem- 
ber 21,   St.   James's). 
Horace  Beverley  Carton 

Mr.   Gerald  Mirrilees 

Ellen 'Clancy    Miss  Iris  Hawkins 

— Town  Hall,  Maidenhead. 

lG.*The    Water    Carrier,    opera,    by    Cherubini 

(produced     in  .  Paris,    January     16,    1800) 

(played  by  students  of  the  Royal  Academy 

of   Music) — His   Majesty's. 

17.  The    King's    Dancer,    by    M.    Maxwell    and 

Arthur   Ferris   Mortimer. 

Rollo,  King  of  Salevia.Mr.  Barnett  Parker 

Count  Gaston   Mr.   Martin   Alwvne 

President  of  the  Council.  .Mr.  H.  G.  Beville 

Baron   Roche   iNlr.   Horn   Conyers 

Hugh   Tonbridge    ..Mr.    Arthur   Mortimer 

Alphonse    Mr.    M.    Mclvor 

Gentleman  in  Waiting  ..Mr.  J.  B.  Archer 

Queen  .\delaide Mrs.  Arthur  Mortimer 

Princess  Etfrida   Miss  Helen  Bercsford 

Mother    Superior    Mrs.    Boielle 

Clasine    Miss  Florence  Adale 

Nita  Celeste 

Miss   Flora   Campbell-Patterson 
— Opera  House,  Jersey. 

17.».Vorma— London  Opera  House. 

X7.  The  Marriage  of  Julia  Elizabeth,  come- 
dietta of  Dublin  life,  by  James  Stephens 
(Produced  by  the  Theatre  of  Ireland). 

Mr.    Reilly    Mr.   Fred   Jeffs 

Mrs.  Reilly  Miss  Kitty  McCormack 

Young  Mr.   O'Grady   Mr.  Cyril  Keogh 

Hardwicke  Street  Hall,  Dublin. 


17.*2'fte  Turn  of  the  Road,  Rutherford  Mayne'o 
two-act  folk  play  (orieliially  produced  by 
the  Ulster  Library  Tli<atre  in  Belfast, 
December  10,  190G).  Revived  by  the 
Theatre  of  Ireland— Hardwicke  Street 
Hall,   Dublin. 

18.*A  Blot  on  the  Scutcheov,  Broivning's  tra- 
gedy—St. George's  Town  Hall,   E. 

18.  Cophetiia,  one-act  play  in  verse,  by  John 
Drinkwaler.  (Produced  by  the  Birmingham 
Pilgrim  Players)— Assembly  Rooms,  Edg- 
baston. 

20.  Le  Portefeuille,  satirical  comedy,  by  Octave 
Mirbeau  (M.  Louis  Tunc  and  company) — 
Coronet. 

20.  The  Good  Samaritan,  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  C.  N'ernon  Proctor. 

Lord  Wynberg  .Mr.  Raymond  Dudley 

Arthur  Settle   M:    Chas.  Lewes 

Albert  Spiux  Mr.  Chas.  Lewes 

Alfred  Sphinx  Mr.  Percy  Hewitt 

John  Boddington   Mr.  H.  M.  Turner 

Jack  Boddington Mr.  Chas  S.  Kemble 

Peter  Primrose  Mr.  Stuart  Bolton 

Hon.   Fitz  Adolphus..Mr.   Wra.   Hammond 

P.C.  Osrg  Mr.  Robt.  Peel 

Bill  the  Newsboy   ....Mr.  Will  B.  Herdotf 
Joshua  Quartermaine.  .Mr.   C.   V.   Proctor 

Marjorie    Miss  Amy  Riidd 

Jess   Muller    Miss  Jannie  Bath 

Nellie  Boddingtoh  Miss  Beatrice  Hone 

Drunken  Bess  Miss  Carrie  Moore 

— Royal,  Edmonton. 

20.  Kit,  play,  in  a  prologue  and  three  acts,  by- 
Douglas  Murray. 

Dexter  Revelle  Mr.  Herbert  Sleath 

Charles  Hague  Mr.  A.  G.  Onslow 

Joseph  Trevor Mr.  Wm.  F.  Grant 

Ruben  Fearon  Mr.  Hubert  Druce 

David  Bernstein  Mr.  Fredk.  Culley 

Count  Nurri   Mr.  Herbert  Dansey 

Count   .Maronni   Mr.   Reginald  Dane 

Lotti  (Servant)  Mr.  B.  W.  Murray 

Mrs.  Ruben  Fearon  ..Jliss  Hetta  Bartlett 

Marie  Fearon  Miss  Christine  Rayner 

Mrs.  Baxter  Smith Miss  Eva  Killick 

Carernnie  Miss  Adeline  Bourne 

Rogers  Miss  K.  Begbie 

Kitty  Trevor  Miss  Ellis  Jeffreys 

— Royal,   Newcastle. 

20.XLady  Lavender,  musical  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  words  by  Henry  Edlin,  music  by 
Clarence  C.  Corri  (originally  produced 
June  19,   Royal,   Manchester). 

Billy  Brandon.. Mr.  Frank  Barclay 

Tommy  Turmutt Mr.  Hylton  Warde 

Jim   Grimes   Mr.   George  Delaforce 

Furnival  Deedes  Mr.  Jack  Crichton 

Captain  Bernard  Fortesque 

Mr.   Dannel  Greene 
Hon.  Algernon  Albermarle 

Mr.  Stanley  Liston 

P.C.  Packham   Mr.  Richard  Somerville 

Lavender  Hill  Miss  Maudie  Ray 

Countess  Cora    Miss   Valerie  Crespin 

Lady  Vera  Vavosour Miss  Rene  Rees 

Duchess  of  Dichwater 

Miss  Kathleen  Cotter 
Marchioness   of    Muddshire 

Miss  Edie  Burton 
Baroness  von  Bilcke  ..  Miss  Annie  Bunce 

MoUie  Mopps  Miss  Nancy  Sheridan 

Pollie   Popps    Miss  Nellie   Sheridan 

DoUie  Dopps Miss  Doris  Wheatly 

Florry  Flopps  Miss  Nellie  Graham 

Hon.  Josephine  Fairfax.. Miss  Isa  Bowman 
—Artillery,  Woolwich. 

20.  The  Dumb  and  the  Blind,  play,  in  one  act, 
by  Harold  Chapin. 

Mrs.  Henderson  Miss  Elsie  Davison 

Emmy   Miss  Eugenie  Gray 

'  Mr.  Henderson Mr.  Frederick  Lloyd 

Bill   Mr.  Eliot  Makenham 

—Royalty,  Glasgow. 


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2144   Classical  Instance,  play,   in  three  acts, 
by  Cecil  Lloyd. 

Fay    Talbot Miss   Estelle   Winwood 

Madame  de  Sade  ..Miss  Dorothy  Kingsley 

Curtis  Miss  Mar^'aret  Bolton 

Claire  Volny Miss  Hazel  Thompson 

Major  Drage  Mr.  J.  H.  Roberts 

Vried  Mr.  S.  H.  Groome 

Manservant  Mr.   William  Macready 

Sir  James  Talbot  Mr.  Arthur  Chesney 

Roy  Volny    Mr.  Dion  Titheradge 

— Kelly's,  Liverpool. 
21.  Duke   or   Devil,   one-act  farcical   opera,   by 
Nicholas  Gatty. 
The  Duke  of  Bologna 

Mr.    Charles    Moorhouse 

Antonio    Mr.    F.    Davies 

Pietro   Mr.   Henry  Beaumont 

A   Priest   Mr.   Harry   Brindle 

First  Watchman  Mr.  Kushell 

Second   Watchman    Mr.   WooUard 

Vincenzo    Mr.    Moore 

Bianca   Miss  Raymonde  Amy 

— Crystal  Palace. 

2l.itExpert    Opinion,    one-act   play,    by    Ewart 

Mackinnon  (originally  produced  November 

16,  Town  Hall,  Maidenhead)— St.  James's. 

•ll.iRainboio  Lad,  children's  phantasy,  written 

and   composed  by  Frances   Browne. 

Rainbow   Lad    Miss    Babette   Philips 

Lupus    Miss   Margery   Philips 

1st    Disease    Miss    Vera    Percival 

2nd    Disease    Miss    Nancy    Bennett 

Dryad    Miss    Phyllis    Warren 

Miss  Kathleen  Holmes 

Fauns  Miss    Joan    Neame 

Colours M'-'^s   Margery   Neame 

Red    Miss   Maude  Lucombe 

Orange    Miss    Tina    Co'rtesi 

Yellow   Miss  Ina  Jones 

Green    Miss  Kathleen   Stacey 

Blue Miss  Freda  Fosdick 

Violet    Miss   Carol    Wilding 

— Devonshire    Park,    Eastbourne. 
-^..,The   Conversion,   play,  in   one   act,  by   Mary 
Stafford    Smith   (originally   produced   Sep- 
tember    20,      Royal,      Manchester)— Marl- 
borough. 
23.  The    Grey    Room,    one-act    play,    by    Max 
Pemberton     and     Eille     Norwood— Royal, 
York. 
23.i Outlawed,   drama,   in  three   acts,   by   Alice 
Chapin  and  Mabel  Collins. 

Hannah    Mrs.    Alice    Chapin 

Jane  Peters   Miss  Agnes  Imlay 

Mr.   Marchmont    Mr.  Frank   Bayly 

James  Marchmont  Mr.  G.  T.  Lambert 

Claude  EversIey..Mr.  Guy  Leigh-Pemherton 

Beryl  Marchmont   Miss  Elsie  Chajiin 

Miss  Alison  Jones  ..Miss  Muriel  Johnston 

Miss   Selina   Groves    Mfss   Amy   Elstob 

James  Faulding   Mr.  Frederick  Victor 

Clara   Dering    Miss   Elsie   Chapin 

Lester  Vivian  Mr.  J.  M.  Napper 

Henry    Waters    Mr.    Allan    Jeayes 

Police  Officer   Mr.  Stanley  Roberts 

First   Wardress    Miss  Muriel   Johnston 

Second    Wardress    Miss   Amy   Elstob 

Covenant  of  the  Prison.  .Mr.  Stanley  Roberts 

—Court. 
ii.^Match-Making   in  Mat/fair,   comedietta,   by 
Edgar  Frere. 
Mrs.   St:    John   Fitz-Oakley 

Miss  Patricia  Bostock 

Minelhi   Miss  Beatrice  Read 

Derrick  Speedwell Mr.  Ivan  D.  Carlyle 

— Court. 
2i.^Slaves   of   the    Drug,   dramatic   sketch,    by 
Marjorie  Williamson. 

James  Cawston Mr.  Elwood  Wainwrisht 

Mabel  Cawston  Miss  Patrica  Bostock 

Ching  Foo   Mr.  Henry  W.  Hatchman 

Pedro Mr.  Walter  W.  Langford 

— Court. 


24.1IPandora,   "  comedy  of  indecision,"   in   one 
'  act,  by  Edgar  Frere. 
Sholto  Bardolph..Mr.  Walter  W.  Langford 

Sophia   Miss  Ethel  J.  Lodge 

Ermyntrude  Miss  Edith  Bruce 

Mervyn  Mr.  Alfred  Jaggard 

Pandora Miss  Geraldine  Le  Sage 

— Court. 
Z5.^Rigoletto — London   Opera   House. 
25.tLa    Vierge    Folle,    play,    in    four    acts,    by 
Henry   Bataille   (originally  produced   Feb- 
ruary 25,  1910,  at  the  Gymnase,  Paris). 

AbbI  Roux  M.  Louis  Tunc 

Marcel    .-\rmaury    M.    Saiilieu 

Due  de  CJnarance   M.  Demoiaage 

Gaston  de  Charance   M.   Dhurtal 

Secretaire  d'Armaury.  .M.   Fernand   Liesse 

Fabien   M.  Pierre  Maugue 

Secretaire  de  Charance.. M.  Maurice  Wick 

1st  Garcon  d'hotel   M.  Picard 

2nd  Garcon  d'hotel  M.  Train 

Fanny  Armaury  Mile.  Eugenie  Nau 

Diane  de  Charance.  .Mile.  Jeanne  Marcyla 
Duchesse   de   Charance 

Mile.    Martha    Dhermont 

Kitty   Mile.  Rachel  B^r'endt 

Lucy   Mile.  Ysiane 

^Coronet. 
26.  The  Borstal  Boy,  one-acfciplay,  by  H.  Hamil- 
ton Fyfe. 

Albert   Mineral    .Mr.   Fisher   White 

Mrs.  Mineral  Miss  Nancy  Price 

Charlie    Mr.   Spencer   Geach 

— His    Majesty's. 

26.  The   Jug    of    Wine,    "  caprice,"    by    H.    M. 

Walbrook,   partly  suggested  by  the  poem 

of  Omar  Khayyam. 

Jack  Marlow^e   . .   Mr.  Jerrold  Robertshaw 

Lord  Garth  Mr.  John  Deverell 

Potter    Mr.    Frederick   VoIp6 

— His  Majesty's. 

26.  Pains  and  Penalties  (The  Defence  of  Queen 

Caroline),  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Laurence 

Housman.       (Produced     by     the    Pioneer 

Players). 

Sacehi   Mr.  Clarence  Derwent 

Mariette  Vrend   Miss  Auriol  Lee 

Parry    Mr.   Arthur  Cleave 

Rastelli  Mr.  Shiel  Barry 

Countess  Oldi  Miss  Maud  Hoffman 

Caroline,  wife  of  George  IV. 

Miss  G.  Kingston 

Baron  Bergami  Mr.  Frank  Randell 

Barnes  Mr.  C.  Roberts 

Majochi    Mr.  Michael   Sherbrooke 

Victorine   Miss  Eileen   Grist 

Mr.  Vizard  Mr.  J.  Rudge  Harding 

Doorkeeper   Mr.   G.   Chalmers-Colona 

Vizard,  Junior  Mr.  W.  B.  Abingdon 

Louisa  du  Mont  Miss  Winifred  Mayo 

Countryman  Mr.  Cyril  Laurence 

Mr.  Denman  Mr.  Charles  Iving 

Dr.  Lushington  Mr.  William  Farren 

Mr.  Dickenson  Mr.  Mark  Hannan 

Sir  Robert  Gitiord.  .Mr.  Philip  Desborough 
Duke  of  Cumberland.. Mr.  T.  N.  Weguelin 

Duke  of  Gloucester Mr.  Ross  Shore 

Usher  Mr.  Charles  Roberts 

Lord   Eldon   :....    Mr.  T.   Hughes 

Mr.  Brougham.  .Mr.  E.  Harcourt-Williams 

Spinetto   Mr.  Eric  Adeney 

Lord  King Mr.  Harold  Meltzer 

Lord  Carnarvon   Mr.  Ben   Webster 

Lord  Liverpool Mr.  Clifford  Heatherley 

Mr.  Powell  Mr.  Allan  Wade 

Peters   Mr.  Nigel  Plavfair 

Stubbs Mr.  Ross  Shore 

Verney   Mr.  John  R.  Collins 

George  IV Mr.  Charles  Thursby 

Lord  Conyngham   Mr.  Ernest  Thesiger 

Sir  Robert  fiiulis  ....Mr.  Victor  Wiltshire 
Master  of  Ceremonies.  .Mr.  Norman  Harl» 

Hawkins  Mr.  Herbert  Alexander 

Jarvis  Mr.  J.  H.  Ryley 

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26  Die    Beiden    Leononn    (The    Two   Lenorag), 

Paul  Lindaii's  caniedy  in  four  acts. 
(Produced     by     the     Deutscher     Biihneu 

Otto'Kaiser  He"  Ernst  Kuehl 

Leonore  M""^-  ^''-^  Orein 

■    Lorchen  '.'.'.'. Friiulein  Hedda  Kostncr 

Christian  Weiberc  v.-H''''^J'''J  1'''^^' 

Hermann  Wleberg  ....  Herr  Albert  Kehn 

Dr.  Brosius  Herr  R'c''''rd  Mudkr 

Minna  Mollheim  Fr^iu  O'fi'^  °>'"® 

Au-niste  . ...  Fraulein  Hedwig  Rohmunn 
Knfler  ..   Herr  Ali'rtd  Golterniann 

h"  !/   Uerr  Otto  Wald 

\  'Ladv  Tourist.. Fraulein  Olga  Uomberg 
A   Gentleman  Tourist   ....Herr  Fr^Hfji^|^ 

27  The     Grecian     Princess,     comic     opera,    by 

Yorke  Sheffield,  libretto  and  lyrics  by  J. 
G.  Bailey. 

T)„iirious      '^^^..'...  Mr.  W.  Busteed 

Prhw^Croton      Mr.  W.  Learmouth 

ivasus  ...v.  .    Mr.   Chas.    Tunnicliff 

Phn«  ;•  Mr.  J.  D.  Fox 

F/fn'os .;.■....... Mr.  J.  Cowley 

S,VX,= Mr.  W.  Kemp 

K'p  an .■.■.■••  Mr.  J.  H.  Darnley 

AHone  .     Miss  Lily  Leonhard 

K Miss  Dora  May 

Futacia  ■::::: miss  Agnes  Stuart 

T*ART    11 

Sir  Richard  Delurious."...Mr.  W    Busteed 

^>-^^>'-''="-•••.•.^^.•.^^V?.^T"Tfo^ 

l^'iil^i'  .;.■.■.■.....  Mr.  J.  H.  Darnley 

rKl-ndele..Mr^Hose^n.^ 

iJene    ■■■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.........   Miss  Dora  May 

[X  i>elurious    J^^^J^^^^^l 

"•«^StS^).Sbr^.^beA*'^um^ 

S.jr "°.  '.'.  .'""'H?rT'"J^o  wolf 
Semaed Frau    Gura-Humrael 

1= ""'.srtSJnS 

TRphtPrchen  Miss    Beckley 

iatsafteste    . ! !  .  •  Herr    Erich    Hunold 

Rawitesie  ^^^    ^^^^^^  Sargeant 

iSS"lS    • ""f„'^.!>U'ntli 

Torwiichter    I    Jlr.  Dolphin 

Conductor    Herr  Franz   Schalk. 

— Covent    Garden. 

Zl.tBonnie  \fary,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  H. 
F.  Housden  (originally  produced  Aug.  5, 
Royal,  Dewshury).  ,     ^     ,       o*        -* 

Sir  Mervvn  Fairfax  ..Mr.  Dunlop  Stewart 

George  Fairfax   Mr.  Charles  Locke 

Angus   Melrose    Mr.   A.   W     Norman 

Stephen  Gaunt  ....Mr.  Fred  H.  Constable 
Hon    Bertie  Barlow  ..Mr.  V.  T.  Raymond 

Ebenezcr   Moss    Mr.   Percy   Dawsone 

Sam    Sharp    Mr.    Fred    Barnes 

Robert   Dunn   Mr.  Tom   Senior 

James  Mr.    William    Grant 

Inspector  jarvis   Mr.  Frank  Preston 

Lady  Lucy  Cathcart..Miss  Alice  Greenwood 

Doris  Fairfax Mi.^.'^  Effle  D.  Crawford 

Rosie  Perks  Miss  Fanny  Roberts 

Marv  Melrose   Miss  Maisie  Hanbury 

■'  —Royal,  Edmonton. 

27  Killibeg;  or.  The  Peer  of  the  Pacific,  comic 
opera,  in  two  acts,  hbretto  and  lyncB  by 
K  E.  T.  Wilkinson,  music  by  T.  Tertius 
Noble.— Royal,  York. 


27.  Die  Sky-Skipper,  musical  comedy,  in  two 
acts,  written  by  Albert  E.  Ellis  and 
Arthur  Rigby,  music  by  Arthur  Rigby, 
lyrics  by  Albert  E.  Ellis  and  K.  W. 
Rogers. 

Richard  Rowton  Mr.  Jack  McKenzie 

.lack   Gordon    Mr.   Arthur  Rigby 

Sam   Slapp    Mr.   Chas.    E.   Paton 

Robert   Redison    Mr.  Teddy  Rutland 

Timothy    Mr.   Ernie   Westo 

The  Emperor  of  Amoros 

Mr.  Michael  Mahoney 

Winnie  Miss  Claire  Harrington 

Seiina  Slapp   Miss  Gwen  Clifford 

Mi-Mi    Miss    Laurie    Potter 

Sauci    Miss  Vi  Reher 

— Shakespeare. 

27.  Breaking  a   Woman's  Heart,  drama,  in  four 

acts,    by    Arthur    Skelton    and    Will    H. 
Glaze. 

Harry  Vivian   Mr.  J.  Ridgway  Thome 

Richard  Vandeleur Mr.  Clifton  Earle 

Charlie  Cunningham  Mr.  Philip  Storm 

Colonel  Dene  Mr.  Ernest  Hamilton 

Mr.  Johnson   Mr.  Ernest  W.  Parr 

Briggs   Mr.   W.  H.   Glaze 

Dr.    Sawyer    Mr.    Ernest   Yandell 

Inspector   Smart   Mr.   George  Gormley 

Policeman  X941   Mr.  Frederick  Wynne 

Phyllis    Miss  Clarice   Warner 

Asylum  Attendant  Miss  May  Martin 

Sylvia  Grey   Miss  Cherry  Vehyne 

Margaret  Vivian  . .  Miss  Blanche  Forsythe 

Corona  Durant Miss  Florence  Dalton 

—Lyric,  Hammersmith. 
27.||Iord  Jack  Intervenes,  comedy,  in  four  acts, 
by  R.  Louis  Casson. 

Sir  Geo.  Bastowe Mr.  J.  6.  Q.  Bescli 

Hon.  Richard  Tresise.. Mr.  Harold  Worville 

Lord  Denbury  Mr.  J.  Charles  Moore 

Jack  Forster Mr.   Alfred  A.  Burch 

Surg.-Maj.  MacfarlancMr.  Leonard  Burch 
Bertie  St.  Hughe   ..Mr.   Arthur  Michelsen 

Rapkin   Mr.  Norman  Kyte 

Poono  Lai  Mr.  Roderick  Gates 

Abdul  Mr.  Allan  Besch 

Punka-Wallah  Miss  Dulcie  Besch 

Lady  Julia  Bastowe Miss  Ruby  .\yres 

Aline    Bastowe Miss    Dorothy    Brown 

Mrs.    St.   Hughe Miss   Gracie   Michelsen 

Tessie  Miss  Gladys  Clubb 

Flora   Miss  Violet  Gates 

Mary  Mrs.  Treacher 

Surajee  Miss  Dora  Lavender 

— Court. 

28.  A  Fairy  Masque  of  Love  and  Empire — Con- 

nausht  Rooms,  Great  Queen  Street,  W.C. 

2SAtChri'stina,  Scottish  "  divert,"  in  three  acts, 
by  Laurence  Therval,  from  the  story  by 
J.  J.  Bell  (originally  produced  at  the 
Royalty,  Glasgow,  June  6,  1910). 

Miss  Purvis Miss  Elspeth  Dudgeon 

Mrs.  McLeerie  ..Miss  Agnes  Bartholomew 

Miss  Mclndoe   Miss  Jean  Turnbull 

Christina   Miss  Jean  Fitzgerald 

Flora   Miss  Nellie   Greig 

Jimsie  McPhee  Mr.  George  Tawde 

James  Baldwin   Mr.  Walter  Roy 

Dr.  Reid  Mr.  Kenneth  Black 

Rev.  Mr.  Beaton Mr.  Duncan  Tovey 

A  Man  Mr.  William  Black 

A  Lady  Miss  Nancy  Blackwood 

A  Little  Girl Miss  Dorothy  Adam 

—Playhouse. 

28.+T/ie  Price  of  Coal,  play,  in  one  act,  by 
Harold  Brighouse. 

Mary  Brown  Miss  Kate  Moffat 

Jack  Brown    Mr.   Watson  Hume 

Ellen  Brown    Miss  Louisa   Gourlay 

Polly  Walker  Miss  Lola  Duncan 

— Playhouse. 

30.  Dwellers  in  Glass  Houses,  play,  in  three 
acts,  by  W.  H.  Roberts. 

Hon.  Peter  Fane Mr.  Oswald  Marshall 

Hon.   Gilbert  Fane.,.. Mr.  Charle*  Esdale 


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Dwellers  in  Glass  Houses  (continued). 

Lord  Fane Mr.  David  Douglas 

Sir  Lucas  Benbolt Mr.   Chas.  Stone 

Jasper  Ctialmers Mr.  James  Tempest 

Walter  Benbolt  Mr.  Cecil  Klein 

Georce  Baxter  Mr.  Lancelot  Lewder 

Hawkins    Mr.    Grahame   Herington 

Lady  Fane  Miss  Mary  Eaby 

Hon.    Avice  Gordon Miss   Leigh-Hunt 

Lady  Benbolt  Miss  Lilian  Tweed 

Helen  Chalmers   Miss  Winifred   Harris 

Olive  Benbolt    Miss  Harrison   ShetTield 

Franky  Manners  Miss  Tittell-Brune 

—Devonshire  Park,  Eastbourne. 


DECEMBER. 

l.fThe  Soxd  of  the  World,  Christmas  Mysitery 
play,  by  Mrs.  Percy  Dearmer  (produced 
by  the  Morality  Play  Society)  . 
CHARACTERS  IN  THE  PLAY. 
Eternity,  Time,  Simeon,  Eliz.abeth,  Mary 
MagdaJene,  Rachel,  Zorah,  Esther,  Salome, 
Abihu,  Benotti,  Esra,  Far&t  Shepherd, 
Second  Shepherd,  Young  Shepherd,  a 
Oliild,  Joseph,  Gaspar,  Melchior,  Bal- 
thazar, Innkeeper,  a  Poor  Woman  and 
Child,  Nicodemus,  Lazarus,  the  Rich 
Young  Man,  the  Samaritan  Women,  the 
Man  with  the  Withered  Arm,  the  Man 
who  was  Born  Blind,  the  Demoniac,  a 
Mother  and  Two  Children,  Gabriel,  Mary 
of  Xazareth,  Angelic  Choir,  Jews,  Water 
Carrier,  Seller  of  Fruit,  Beggars,  etc. 
The  characters  in  the  play  represented  by 
Miss  Florence  Farr,  Mr.  H.  A.  Saintsbury, 
Mr.  James  Hearn,  Miss  Helen  Haye,  Miss 
Lilian  Braithwaite,  Miss  Edyth  Latimer, 
Misa  Alida  Klemantasfci,  Miss  Agnes  Bray- 
ton,  Miss  Annan  Bryce,  Miss  Enid  Burton, 
Mr.  Frank  Randell,  Mr.  Frederic  Sargent, 
Mr.  Clarence  Derwent,  Mr.  Rathmell  Wil- 
son, Mr.  Gordon  Bailey,  Mr.  H.  Hilliard, 
Miss  Violet  Siemering,  Mr.  Kenyon  Mus- 
grave,  Mr.  Hugh  Law,  M.P.,  Mr.  Robert 
Farquhaj-son,  Mr.  J.  Henry  Twyford,  Miss 
Maud  Douie,  Miss  Monica  Burnett,  Mr. 
H.  Waring,  Mr.  Cyril  Way,  Miss  Elwyn 
Diehl,  Mr.  George  Skellan,  Mrs.  Nye 
Chai-t,  Mijd  Wallis-Jcnes.  Mr.  Alex.  Payne, 
Miss  Edyth  Hall,  iiiss  Henrietta  Wiatson. 
— Imperiail  Institufte. 

l.*Faust — London  Opera  House. 

2.1ir/ie  Edge  of  the  Storm,  play,  in  four  acts, 
by  Henry  Pettitt,  music  composed  by 
Kopski. 

Lord  Dereham Mr.  Horace  Saxonby 

Claude  Temple  ..  Mr.  George  R.  J    Austin 

John   Worral    Mr.   Cuthbert  Taylor 

Herbert  Mainwaring Mr.  H.   Robertson 

Midshipman   Mainwaring.  .Miss  M.  Florence 

Patrick    Regan    Mr.    Billie   Owen 

Lieut.  Archie  Ciumley..Mr.  H.  V.  Smith 

Mootoos-wami    Mr.    Fred   Conway 

Ali   Khan    Mr.    George   Formby 

Ram  Natii Cyclops 

Rev.  Septimus  Hawiey    Mr.  B.  B.  Brabazon 

Sergeant   Collins Mr.   Brian   Palgrave 

Violet  Mainwaring.. Miss  Hilda  Plowrisht 

Gabrielle  Mainwaring Miss  May  Lind 

Kiola  Miss  Laura  Hansen 

—County    Hall,    St.    Albans. 

2.*The  Lower  Depths,  play,  in  four  acts,  by 
Maxim  Gorki,  translated  by  Laurence 
Irving  (originally  produced  November  30, 
1903,  Great  Queen  Street). 

The   Baron    Mr.    Vmcent   Clive 

Kvashnya   Miss  Clare  Greet 

Bubnov    Mr.   E.   H.   Brooke 

Kleshtsh    Mr.    C.    F.   Oollings 

Nastya  Mme.  Lydia  Yavorska 

Anna   Misa   Haid6e   Wright 


The  Lower  Deptlis  (continued). 

Satin    Mr.    Herbert    Bunston 

The  Actor  Mr.  Lewis  Willoughby 

Kos-tylov    Mr.    J     H.    Brewer 

Vaska  Pepel   Mr.  O.  P.  Heggie 

Natasha    Miss   Jean   Bloomfleld 

Luka iMr.  E.  Holman  Clark 

Alyoshka    Mr.    Richard    Neville 

VassULssia  Miss  Frances  WetheraJl 

Medvediev  Mr.  Alban  Atwood 

The  Tartar   Mr.   Ivan   Berlyn 

Wen  Mr.  Sidney  Teversham 

— Kingsway. 

3.  The  Celibate,  light  comedy,  in  three  acta, 
by  Raymond  Needham.  (Produced  by  The 
Play  Aei:ors). 

Fabian  Langham,  K.C Mr.  J.  Wilcox 

St.  John  Sutherland  ..  Mr.  J.  M.' Napper 

Lord   Lintington    Mr.    Lyonel    Watts 

Dawkins    Mr.   Stuart   Musgrove 

Berry    Mr.    Allan    Jeaves 

Lady   M,arlowe    Miss    Agnes    Imiay 

Miss   Marlowe    Miss   Ruth    Parrot* 

La  Belle  Pompadour.  .Mile.  Juliette  Mylo 

La   Tanagra    Miss   Rita    Sponti 

Jane  Corby    Miss  Blanche   Stanley 

Kemton    Mass   Sybil   Noble 

Nurse   Miss  Rosemary  Rees 

-^laid    Miss   Eily    Wilson 

— Court. 

3.  La  Chute  du  Dieu,  one-act  play,  by  B. 
Morley  Steynor.  (Produced  by  the  French 
Theatre  Society.) 

Claude   Henderson    M.   Louis   Tune 

Jack    Ranger    M.    Maurice    Wick 

Liady    Studfleld    ....    Mile.    Yvette    Bariel 

Margaret  Henderson.. Mile.  Nilsson  Norva 

—Boudoir,  W. 

3.  Le  Lieutenant  Felberg,  one-act  play,  by 
B.  Morley  Steynor.  (Produced  by  the 
French   Theatre   Society.) 

Le  Comte  de  Peilijon   M.  Louis  Tune 

Marguerite    Peilhon.  .Mile.    Nilsson    Norva 

L6on    Felberg    M.    Pierre    M.augue 

Ernest    M.    Maurice    Wick 

„    ,      „  —Boudoir,  W. 

3.  La    Femme    de    I'Acteur,    one-act    play     by 

B.  Morley  Steynor.  (Produced  by  the 
French   Theatre   Society.) 

Claude    Verdier    M.    E'Juia    Tune 

Jacques  Gauthier   ....   M.  Pierre  Maugue 

Louis   Ledoux    M.   Maurice   Wick 

Jones    ji     pioard 

Madame  Verdier  ....  JHle.  Yvetie  Biariei 
— Boudoir,  W. 

4.  Foiled  by   a    Woman,   melodrama,   in  four 

acts,  by  Joseph  JI.  Wharncliffe. 

Harold    Siward. . . .Mr.    Geo.    Cruickshanks 

Charlie    Travis    Mr.    Jack    Armitiage 

Robert  Rokeby  Mr.  James  Jarrett 

Joe  Todd  Mr.  Syd  Claydon 

Mr.  Mortimer   Mr.  Arthur  Swaine 

Jim  Maverick  Mr.  Leonard  Conroy 

P.C.  Irvmg  Mr.  A.  Cresswel] 

5*vi3    Mr.   Francis  Cavans 

Night   Watchman    Mr    Huzzee 

Florence  Vandyke   ..Miss  Mary  Brammer 

Daiisy   Graham   Miss  D.   Hildebrande 

Mrs.    Siward    Miss   Grace   Carew 

Mrs.   Fleece Miss  Hetty  Schular 

Sylvia  Carew   Miss  Hilda  Beverley 

—Junction,  Manchester. 
4.  Chanty,  play,  in  one  act,  by  M.  F.  Scott. 

Farmer  Flanagan    Mr.   J.  M.   Harding 

Mrs.   Flanagan.. Miss  Margaret  O'Gorman 

Kate    Miss   Mary    Crothers 

John    Mr.    Francis   Dornan 

Michael   Mr.   C.  K.   Ayre 

Danny   Mr.   Walter  Kennedy 

Maggie  Harty  ..Miss  Kathleen  Lawrence 
Mrs.  Donovan  ....Miss  Marion  Crimmims 
Timothy  Tracy   Mr.  Arthur  Malcolm 

—Opera  House.  Belfast. 


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44.4  Quiet  Honeymoon,  one-act  comedy,  by 
KicharU   Elliot. 

Mr.   George   llarcourt. .Mr.    Harry   Collier 

Mr.  Kdward  llarcourt.  .Mr.  Franeis  Drake 

Mrs.  Edward  Earcourt  Miss  B.  St.  Vincent 

— Coronet. 

i.'Monna  Vanna,  Maeterlinck's  poetic  drama, 
in  three  acts  (orijiinally  produced  in 
French,  June  19,  1902,  Bijou,  Bayswater. 
Played  in  English  at  the  Court,  June  1, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Women's 
Aerial   I^eague). 

Guido  Oolonna  Mr.  J.  M.  S.  Carr^ 

Marco  Oolonna  Mr.  Geo.  Fitzgerald 

Prinzivalle   Mr.   Geo.  Nesbitt 

Barso  Mr.   Arthur  Orrett 

Torello  Mr.  Gerald  P.  Doyle 

Trivulzio  Mr.  S.  Grenville  Darling 

Vedio  Mr.  Brtflni  O'Rorke 

Monna  Vanna  Miss  Flora  MacDonnell 

_     — Gaiety,  Dublin. 

4.  A    White    Secret,   play,    in    four    acts,    by 

Ciiarles   Hannan. 

Morria  Westerfield— Mr.  Stanley  S.  Gordon 

Jesmond   Clare   Mr.   Henry   Parr 

Sir  Julian  Westerfleld Mr.  G.  Lonsdale 

Lawrence  Lambert  ..Mr.  Pjchard  Nugent 

Mr.   Dale  Mr.   Wilfred  Blair 

Wilberforce    Mr.   E.    Vivian   Charles 

Old  Joe  Mr.  Albert  Pringle 

Helen   Rae    Miss  Beatrice  Hudson 

Mary  Westerfleld    Miss  May  Dana 

Alice    Miss   Emmie   Gurney 

Little  Edna   Miss  Gladys  Clemson 

Agnes  Clare   Miss  Nina  Vaughton 

— Royal,  West  Bromwich. 
S.yihe   Anniversary,    one-act    piece,    by    M. 
Stanley  Clark. 

Percy  Vibart  Mr.  Kenj-on  Musgrave 

Adeline  Vibart.  .Miss  Leah  Baiemaii-Hnnter 

Taylor   Mr.   Benedick  Butler 

— Lyceum  Club. 

5.  The  Jerry  Builders,  play,  in  two  acts,  by 

William   Paul. 

Robert  Grainger  Mr.  Ross  Canmer 

Howard  _. Mr.  Norman  Gray 

Eva    ...." Miss    Marion    Crimmins 

Eileen  Thonipson-Smythe 

iliss  Alexandra  Kelso 
Rev.  Joseph  McCurdy 

Mr.  Gerald  Macnamara 
Dr.  John  Crichton....^Ir.  Francis  Dornan 
Mary  Crichton   ..Miss  Eveleen  Fitzgerald 

Ada  Kelly   Miss  Kathleen  Lawrence 

Hugh  Rowan  Mr.  Walter  Kennedy 

Mias  Boggs Miss  Mary  Crothers 

— Opera  House,  Belfast. 

5.  Red  Turf,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Rutherford 
Mayne. 

Martin  Burke   Mr.  Joseph  Campbell 

Mary   Burke    Miss   Josephine   Mayne 

John  Hefferman Mr.  J.  M.  Harding 

Michael  Flanagan   Mr.   Ro.ss  Canmer 

Michael  Mr.  Francis  Dorman 

— Opera    House,    Belfast. 

7.  Tuppence,  Please,  comedietta,  in  one  act, 
by  Sewell  Collins  (original  English  pro- 
duction, November  6,  Tivoli,  under  the 
title  of  Are  You  There?). 

Millicent Miss  Margaret  Moffat 

Gritfin  Mr.  Stanley  Logan 

Benson    Mr.   Wilfred   Shine 

Claude Himself 

— Royalty. 

T.fColomhine,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Reginald 
Arkell. 

Dan'l   Mr.  B.  Butler 

Nathan'l  Mr.  A.  E.  Filmer 

Pierrot   Mr.   Mark   Hannam 

Harlequin  Mr.  Reginald  Bach 

Colombine  Miss  Ethel  Evans 

—Clavier  Hall,  W. 


8.  Venture  and  Vengeance,  play,  in  six  scenes, 

by  Frances  Morrell. 

Sir  John  Trevelyan Mr.   Franklin  Miles 

Harry  Trevelyan Mr.  Basil  N.  Sydney 

Joseph  Strickland  Mr.  Henry  Lloyd 

Peter  Drinkwater   Mr.  Harold  Greaves 

William  Blunt  Mr.  James  Lord 

Jack  Hewett  Mr.  Cecil  C.  Crossley 

Bill  Yeats  Mr.  Robert  Jones 

Tom  Hardy   Mr.  George  d'Arcy 

Miss  Jane  Trevelyan....Miss  Maud  Prlesinal 

Mrs.  Thorley Miss  Marie  Shaming 

Constance  Thorley. .Miss  Dorothy  Dewhurst 

Mary  Miss  Millie  Lloyd 

Hannah  Dale  Miss  Dorothy  Davidge 

Sister   Grace Miss   Maud   Elliott 

Margaret   Ashton Miss   Francis  Waring 

— Alhambra,  Openshaw. 

9.  Bella  Donna,  play,  in  five  acts,  adapted  by 

James  Bernard   Fagan   from  the  novel  of 

the  same  name  by  Robert  Hichens. 

Dr.  Me.ver  Isaacson.  .Sir  George  .McxanJer 

Hon.  Nigel  .\rmine Mr.  Charles  Maude 

Mahmoud  Baroudi Mr.   Charles  Bryant 

Dr.  Hartley   Mr.   Athol  Stewart 

Sir  Henry  Grebe Mr.  Herbert  Rea 

Ibraham    Mr.«  Shiel  Barry 

Hamza  Mr.  G.  Trevor  Roller 

Hassan   Mr.  .Alfred  Harris 

Monks   Mr.   Harold  Holland 

Mrs.  Chepstow   Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell 

Mrs.  Marchmont Miss  Mary  Grey 

Marie  Miss  Lydia  Branscombe 

— St.  James's. 

9.*A  Message  from  ifars,  play,  in  three  acts, 

by  Richard  Ganthony  (originally  produced 

November    22,    1899,    Avenue) — Prince    of 

Wales's. 

10.  Esther   Waters,  play,  in  five  acts,   founded 

by  George  Moore  upon  his  book  of  the 
same  name.  (Produced  by  the  Stage 
Society.) 

Randall   Mr.  F.  Cremlin 

William    Mr.   Harvey   Braban 

Sarah   Miss  Evelyn  Martheze 

Esther   Waters   Miss  Lucy  Wilson 

Mrs.  Latch  Mrs.  A.  B.  Tappmg 

Mrs.  Barfield  Miss  Cicely  Hamilton 

Ginger  Mr.  Nelson  Keys 

Carrie  Roe   Miss   Mabel  Knowl«?»- 

Mrs.   Spiers   Miss  Clare  Greet 

Rachel  Boyd  ^iliss  Esme  Hubbard 

Mtb.   Rivers  Miss  Frances  Wetherall 

Fred  Parsons  Mr.  Arnold  Lucy 

Mrs.  Lewis  Miss  Mary  Brough 

T  ,  .  /  In  act  three.  .Master  Frank  Brown 
Jackie^  In  act  five.... Master  Len  Bethell 

Barman  Mr.  P.  L.  Julian 

Journeyman Mr.   C.   Herbert   Hewetson 

Ketley Mr.  Herbert  Bunston 

Bill  Evans  Mr.  Edmund  Gurney 

1st  Policeman Mr.  Charles  Lascelles 

2nd  Policeman Mr.  E.  Stuart  Vinden 

— .Apollo. 

11.  Wanted  by  the  Police,  play,   in  two  parts 

and  six  scenes,  by  Ronald  Grahame. 
Richard   Crawford   ..    Mr.   Edward   Vivian 

Philip  Stanhope   Mr.   Otto  Minster 

Jasper    Underwood Mr.    H.    J.    Walton 

Ea''|{i^Ke-.::}^I>--J--E.  Firth 
Nunky  Snarl    ' 


Mr.  Ronald  Grahame 


Dr.    Bosey    . . 
Benjamin  Turnover 

Desmond     

Jack  Marlingspike  . . 

Dt.    Fositer    Mr.    Norman    Clarke 

Graves    Mr.    Pat   Quinn 

P.C.    Roberts    Mr.    Arthur    Burton 

Simon  Thomeycroft   Mr.   Frank  Rosa 

Fannie  Fordyce  Miis  Sybil  Chester 

Molly    Miss    Nelly    Bertram 

Mary  Stanhope  Miss  Eirene  Douglas 

— Royal,   Woolwict. 


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11.  Barnaby  Rudge,  play,  in  four  affcs  (pro- 
duced by  the  Dickens  Repe.rtory  company). 
Bamaby'a    Father.. Mr.    Fredk.    T.    Harry 

Sir    John    Che-ater Mr.    E.    Lewis    Winn 

Mr.    Haredale Mr.    Thos.    L.    Adamson 

Gabriel    Varden. . .  .Mr.    Frederick   Lawscn 

Simon    Tappertdt Mr.    Frank    Staff 

John    Wiilet Mr.    Herbert    M ason 

Joe   Wiilet    Mr.    Guy    Hlnglis 

Maypole    Hugh    Mr.    Walter    De.xter 

Dennis    Mr.    Harry    H.    Pearce 

Solomon  Daisy.. Mr.  Augustus  J.  Chinnery 

Tom    Cobb    Mr.   John   Patt&on 

Phil    Parkes    Mr.    Edward    Smitli 

Stags    Mr.    John    Chart 

Barnaby  Rudge  ..   Mr.  Bransby  Williams 

Mns.   Varden    Miss  Maud   E.   Phjlp 

Dolly   Varden    Miss   Bessie   Mapley 

Emma  Hare<lale   Miss  Violet  Cuddon 

Mrs.  Rudge   Mrs.  Alfred  B.  Cross 

— Broadway. 

ll.lThrough  Death  VaUey,  melodrama,  Ln  four 
acts,  by  Joseph  le  Brandt. 

Jim   Myddleton    Mr.    Jack    Fortescue 

Jack    Mr.   FYank   Norman 

Dan   Hamilton   Mr.   Arthur   Estcourt 

Noah  CatchpoJe    Mr.   Louis   Hector 

Isaac    Mr.    Arthur    Gordon 

Pat    CaTiill    Mr.    Frank    Bertram 

Grey  Wolf   Mr.  John  Sargent 

Pete    Mr.    Brian    Daly 

Jasper    Mr.    Peter   H.    Gardner 

BiU   Fox   Mr.  Edward  Millins 

Amos   Chard    Mr.   Fred   Bishop 

Matt   Morley    Mr.    Fred   Badclifle 

Madelene    Miss    Maggjie    Lindsey 

Bess  Hamilton  Miss  Enid  Edoni 

Florrie    Miss    Winifred    Haveme 

Kitty  Cabill   MLss  J.  Ru.ssell  Spires 

— Shakespeare. 

11.  The     Glass     Slipper,  '  comedietta,    Ln    two 
scenes,  by  Arthur  Rose. 
Edward    Windermere.  .Mr.    F.    J.    Randeil 

Jack  Viviaa   Mr.  C.  H.  Hewitson 

Norman  Hayden    Mr.   Henry   Guun 

Rock    Mr.    Chas.    Seymour 

Gwen  Vivian    Miss  Dorothy   Green 

Winnie  Carlisle  Miss  Jessie  Bellmore 

—Ealing. 

11.  Eleanor's     Enterprise,     comedy,     in     three 

acts,  by  George  Birmingham.  (Produced 
by  the  Independent  Theatre  Company). 

Lord    Kilbarron    .Mr.    Geo.    Nesbitt 

The  Archdeacon  of  Baraa..Mr.  E.  Gorman 

Dr.   P.eilly    Mr.    G.   P.   Quill 

Pandeen   Finnegan    Mr.    J.    Connolly 

Butler    Mr.    Fitzherbert 

Sergeant    R.I.C Mr.    Stockley 

Constable  R.I.C Mr.   G.  Moore 

Lady   Kilbarron   ....    Miss  Violet  Mervjn 

Eleanor    Maxwell JIme.    de    Markievicz 

Marion  Ashley   M.iss  Eleanor  Moore 

Mrs.   Finnegan   Miss  Helena  Maloney 

Housemaid    Miss  de   Vere 

Cook    Miiss    Fairfax 

Gadety,  Dublin. 

12  *L«c!a  di  Lammcrmoor  —  London  Opera 
House. 

12.  Rival  Stars,  drama  of  Parisian  life,  in  three 

acts,  by  Casimir  Dunin  Markievicz.  (Pro- 
duced by  the  Independent  Theatre  Com- 
pany.) 

Robert   Ellis    Mr.   John   Raeburn 

Rene  Dupuis  Mr.  J.  P.  Quill 

Roy   Goldberg   Mr.   E.   Gorman 

John  Maxwell  Mr.  V.  Justice 

Mr.   Hayes   Mr.   G.  Fitzgerald 

A  Beggar   Mr.  Lytton 

Mary   ► Miss  N.  Fitzpatrice 

Amy  Webster  Miss  Violet  Mervyn 

Dagna  Ellis. .Mme.  Constance  de  Markievici 
—Gaiety,  Dublin. 


12.-fSouls   on   the   Tramp,   Theosophical   farce, 
by   Paul   Hyacinthe  Loyson   and   Leonard 
Henslowe.      (Produced     by     the     Drama 
Society.) 
Gran  Boragine..Mr.  Harry  St.  A.  Hilliard 

Sergius  Boragine   Mr.  H.  B.  Waring 

Bryant  Mr.  Leon  M.  Lion 

Joseph"   Mr.   Alexander   Irth 

Olga   Miss  Alice  Crawford 

—92,  Victoria  Street,  S.W. 

14.  Plain  Miriam,  one-act  play,  by  G.  Colmore 
— New,   Cambridge. 

14.  The  Golden  Land  of  Fairy  Tales,  fairy 
play,  in  two  acts,  with  Prologue  and  Epi- 
logue, translated  and  adapted  by  A.  H. 
Quarit-ch  and  Maurice  Raye,  music  com- 
posed by  Heinrich  Berte. 

The  Prologue. 

The  Fairy  Queen  Miss  Maud  Cressall 

Granny   Mrs.   Alfred  Davi6 

Lotty  Miss  Agnes  Glynne 

The  Wanderer  ..Mr.  Shakespeare  Stewart 

Little  Red  Riding   Hood. 

Red   Riding   Hood    Miss   Florrie  Lew.a 

The   Grandmother    Miss   Joy  Chatwyn 

The  Wolf    Mr.   Alfred   Latell 

The  Huntsman   Mr.  Basil  Seymonr 

The  Shepherd   Mr.  Waltw  Cross 

Puss  in  Boots. 

Puss  du  Boots   Mr.  Alfred  Latell 

The  Princess Miss  Joan  Trevitit 

The  Miller's  Son  Mr.  Walter  Cross 

The  King  Mr.  Charles  A.  White 

The   Chamberlain    Mr.    Arthur   Cleave 

The  Giant  Ogre  Mr.  J.  M.  East 

Tom  Thumb  Miss  Dorothy  Turner 

The  Hare   Master  Harold  Barrett 

The  Magic  Wood. 

The  Fairy  Amora  Misis  Maud  Cressall 

Cinderella  Miss  Mary  Glynne 

Snowdrop    ^ Miss  Elise   Craven 

The  Sleeping  Beauty.. Miss  Mai jcrie.Moore 

Prince  Arthur    Mr.   Rohan  Clensy 

Prince  Richard   Mr.  Bobbie  Andrews 

Prince  Henry   Mr.  Jack  Hobbs 

The  Page    Miss   Ada  Glynne 

The  Magiciian  Mr.  J.  Patric  Curwen 

Cinderella. 

Cinderella    .-. Miss    Mary    Glynne 

The   Stepmother    ..Miss   Lena   Flowerdew 

The    Stepsisters.. Misses    Rhoda   Beresford 

and  Honoria  Elliot 

The  Bull  Dog   Mr.  Alfred  i^atell 

The  Queen  Miss  Blanka  Stewart 

The  King   Mr.   Shakespeare  Stewart 

Prince  Richard   Mr.  Bobbie  Andrews 

The  Master  of   Ceremonies 

Mr.  Arthur  Cleave 
The  Minist-er  of  State.. Mr.  Basil  Seymour 
The  Court  Marshal.  .Mr.  .Charles  A.  White 

The  Page    Miss   Ada  Glynne 

Snowdrop. 

Snowdrop   Miss  Elise  Craven 

Prince  Henry   Mr.  Jack  Hobbs 

The  Queen    Miss  Joy  Chatwyn 

The  Huntsman   ....Mr.   J.   Patric  Curwen 
The  Chief  Dwarf Miss  Dorothy  Turner 

The   Sleeping   Beauty. 
The  Sleeping  Beauty.. Miss  Marjonie  Moore 

Prince  Arthur  Mr.  Rohan  Clensy 

The  King   Mr.   Shakespeare   Stewart 

Epilogue. 
The    Vision   of  the   Golden   Land. 

The  Fairy  Queen   Miss  Maud  Cressall 

Granny    Mrs.   Alfred  Davis 

Lotty  Miss  Agnes  Glynne 

— Aldwych. 


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U.'iMUliccnl,  the  Girton  Girl,  musical  comedy, 
iu  three  act*. 
Earl  of  l{iinoastle..Mr.  J.  Wrangham.  jun. 

Henry   CrailUy    Mr.    Raleigh   Boyd 

Colonel    J'eare   Mr.   James  Delaney 

John   Briggs   Mr.   Percy   Fallon 

Perkins   „ Mr.  Jack  Garrett 

Crabb  Mr.  Albert  Graham 

Jack  Master  Cyril  Supden 

Millicent  Miss  Sharrie  Linden 

Lady  Tcare  Miss  K.  Aspell 

Marjorie   Miss  Mabel  Fielding 

Marv  Jane  Miss  M.  Johnson 

Kate  Miss  May  Harraghy 

Emily   ^. ..   Miss  Alice  Delaney 

Annie  •. Miss  J.  Holmes- 

Parlourmaids,       Housemaids,      Kitchen- 
maids— Misses  S.   Gomjn,  A.  Kewin,   May 
Conway.    Ivy    Mattiiew.*.    Connie   Bearing, 
Einna  "Senrab,  Ethel  Shimmin,  etc.,  etc. 
—Gaiety,  Douglas. 

J5.  Alcegtu  of  Euripides,  English  version, 
by  Francis  W.  Hubback  (produced  by  the 
Elizabethan  Stage  Society).  Revived, 
Little,  January  3,  1912. 

Apollo  Mr.  Rathmell  Witeon 

Death   Mr.  R.  F.  Hodgee 

An  Attendant   Miss  Muriel  Dole 

'Vlcestis   Miss  Lucy  Wilson 

Admetus    Mr.   Esm^   Percy 

Eumelus    Miss   Mercia  Tours 

Heracles   Mr.  W.  A.  Mackerey 

Pheres    Mr.   George   Ellis 

A   Servant   Miss  E.  C.  Massey 

Chorus:— Mis.ses  May  Saker,  Armine 
Grace,  Lucy  Milner,  Irene  Greenleai,  Enid 
Nunn,  and  Ivy  Meager.  Vocalists:— 
Misses  Gwladys  Byrd,  Kathleen  M.  Peck, 
and  Katie  Sampson. 

— Univers-ity  of  London. 

15.  The  Treasure,  play,  in  one  act,  by  Harriet 
Packer.  —Raleigh   Hall,  Buxton. 

lo.^McDarragh's  Wife,  one-act  play,  by  Lady 
Gregory.  —Abbey,  Dublin. 

IG.  Berodiade,  Massenet's  opera  (original  Eng- 
lish production  in  somewhat  difitrent  form 
aa  Salome,  Covent  Garden,  December  8, 
1910). 

Salome  Mile.  Lina  Cavalieri 

Herodias Mile.  D'Alvarez 

Herod    M.   5laurice  Renaud 

A  Prophet    M.  Jean  Auber 

Vitellius    M.    Enzo  Bozzano 

Phanuel    Mr.    Henry    Weldon 

High  Priest  M.  P.  Verheyden 

A    Slave    Mile.    Delva 

A   Voice   M.   Leroux 

—London  Opera  House. 

17.  Der    Dunkle   Punkt  (The    Dark  Spot),  new 

comedy,  dn  three  acts,  by  Gustav  Kadel- 
burg  and  Rudolf  Presber.  (Produced  by 
the  Deutsches  Volkstheater,  West  London.) 
Major  Ulrich  von  Kuckrott 

Herr   Richard   Mueller 

Thusneide    Friiulein  Olga  Romberg 

Hana  Herr  Alfred  Golt-ermainn 

Else   Friiulein   lledda  Kostner 

Gebhard  Freiherr  vou  der  Diihnen 

Herr  Max  Sylge 

Marie   Luise    Fran    Olga   Sylge 

Emmerich  Herr  Leo  Schaerf 

Christian   Brinknieyor.  .Herr   Ernst   Kuehl 

Lottie  Friiulein  Hedwig  Rohmann 

Dr.  Roby  Woodleigh  ..  Herr  Otto  Walter 

Ida  Fraulein  Bertha  Hahn 

Anton  Herr  Hans  Berthold 

—Court. 
13.  Dick   Whittington  and  His  Cat— Bedford. 

18.  Aladdin  and  His   Wonderful  Lamp— Crouch 

End  Hippodrome. 


ISATice-Versa,  farcical  fantasy,  in  three  acta, 
founded  by  F.  Anstey  on  bis  novel  of  the 
same  name  (originally  produced  November 
7,  1910,  Devonshire  Park.  Fiastboume; 
November  10,  1910,  Comedy).  Revived  for 
a  serie.-!  of  matinies). 

Paul  Bultitude  Mr.   Frederick  Volp6 

Dick    Bultitude    Mr.    Spencer   Trevor 

Barbara  Bultitude  Miss  Cicely  Eldou 

Mai-maduke  Paradine  ..  Mr.  C.  M.  Lowne 

Dr.    Griinstone    Mr.    Arthur   Playfair 

Dulcie  Miss  Phyllis  Embury 

Mr.  Blinkhom   Mr.  C.  Leveson  Lane 

Mr.  Tinkler  Mr.  Brian  Egerton 

Tipping    Mr.    Arthur    Philips 

JoUand   Ma.'iter  F.  Thomdike 

ChawTier    Master    Hereward    Knight 

Biddlecombe  Master  Joseph  Victor 

Coker  Master  Russell  Wray 

Cogga    Master    H.    P.    Stewart 

Killin    Master   Len    Bethell 

Boaler   Mr.   Clifford   Brooke 

Rhoda    Miss  May   Taverner 

Ellen    Mi.«3   Jean  "  Bloomfield 

A  Nurse  MLs«  Kathleen  (Jower 

Cecily    Mies   Marjorie  Dane 

Pater  Master  Philip  N.  Lloyd 

— Comedy. 

18.  Cinderella — Edmonton  Empire. 

18.  The    Widow    Dempitey's    Funeral,    satirical 

sketch  of  old  Dublin  Life,  in  two  scemes. 
By  Watty  Cox.  (Produced  by  the  Theatre 
of  Ireland.) 

Dan  Flattery  Mr.  Fred  A.  Jeffs 

O'Regan    Mr.   Jack  Morrow 

Mr.   Pat  Mailey   Mr.   Keogh 

Mrs.    Artichoke    Miss   K.    MeCJormick 

Mrs.   B.    Maley    Miss   Foley 

Biddy    Miss    Taafie 

— Hardwicko  Street   Hall,   Dublin. 

IS.  A  Bunch  of  Lavender,  drama,  in  two  acts, 
by  Jane  Barlow.  (Produced  by  the  Theatre 
ot  Ireland). 

Fergus  McDonagh ^fr.  Crawford  Neil 

Murt   Regan    Mr.   Frank   Walker 

Lance  Fitzalleyne  Mr.  G.  Jackson 

Mrs.  Helen  O'Neill Miss  Norah  Hague 

Eileen  O'Neill  Miss  Gipsy  Walker 

Theresa  Finucane   Miss  Mary  Delane 

— Hardwicke  Street  Hall,  Dublin. 

19.  Wee    Macgreegor,    "  frolic,"    in    four    acts, 

founded  by  J.  J.  Bell  upon  his  stories  of 
the  same  name. 

•John   Robinson Mr.   Edmond   Breon 

Lizzie  Robinson Miss  Lola  Duncan 

Mrs.  McOstrich..Miss  Agnes  Bartholomew 

Wee  Macgreegor   Master  Willie  Elliot 

Grandpa    Purdie    Mr.    Walter    Roy 

Aunt   Purdie    Miss  Nan  White 

Mrs.  Bowley  Miss  Rita  Ritchie 

Mr.  Pupipherston  Mr.  Victor  MacLure 

Mrs.  Pumpherston  Mi.ss  Nell  Greig 

Mr.  Baker  Mr.  Harold  Chapin 

Miss  McCrae  Miss  Joan  Power 

Mr.  McOstrich   Mr.  Clavering  Power 

Miss  Goodall  Miss  Hilda  Sims 

Miss  Wilkins Miss  Greta  Hahn 

Mrs.    McLeerie..Miss   Agnes   Bartholomew 

Mrs.  Munro  Miss  Ellis  Drake 

Willie  Thomson.. Master  Archie  Fitzgerald 

Jessie   Mary    Miss   Ina  Robin 

Grandma  Purdie.. Miss  Helen  Bartholomew 

Uncle  Purdie Mr.  MacLure 

—Royalty,   Glasgow. 

19.1|L'.4ir-guJ-C/iarme,  pantomime-ballet,  in 
three  acts,  scenes,  dances,  and  music  by 
Lorna  Rothney. 

Cynthius    Mr.   T.   E.   Hanson 

Luna   Miss  Ethel  De-la-Mare  Rowley 

Cupid    ....Miss   Dorothy   Meadows 

Deiopea  Miss  Lorna  Rothney 

—Crystal  Palace. 


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20.  Orpheus  in  the  Underground,  Offenbach's 
opera,  Orphee  aux  Enfers,  nevi  version,  in 
two  acts,  by  Alfred  js'oyes,  J'rederick  Nor- 
ton, and  Sir  Herbert  Tree. 

Pluto  Mr.  Lionel  Mackinder 

Jupiter   Mr.   Fr-ank   Stanmore 

Orpheus  Mr.  Courtice  Pounds 

John  Styx Mr.  Walter  R.  Creighton 

Mercury  Air.  Peter  Upcher 

Morpheus    Mr.   Kingsley  Lark 

Bacchus  Mr.  iloss  Shore 

Mars    Mr.    Philip    Me ri vale 

Eurydice  Miss  Kieanor  Perry 

Mrs.  Grundy  Miss  Lottie  Venne 

Juno   Miss  Maidle  Hope 

Diana   Miss  Jane  Gair 

Venus   Miss  Hilda  Antony 

Cupid    Miss  Betty  Callish 

Minerva  Miss  Olive  Tempest 

Cybele  Mi.ss  Rita  Wallace 

Hebe   Miss  Isabel  Hatchard 

Pomona Miss  Myfanwy  Newell 

—His  Majesty's. 
21.  Where  the  Rainbow  Ends,  fairy  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Clitford  Mills  and  John  Ramsey, 
music  by  Roger  Quilter. 

Rosamund  Carey   Miss  Esme  Wynne 

Crispin    Carey    Master   Philip   Tonge 

William    Master  Noel  Coward 

Cubs  Master  Guido  Chiarletti " 

Matilda  Flint Miss  Jeannie  Thomas 

Joseph  Flint Mr.  C.  W.  Somerset 

Schlapps  Mr.  Henry  Morrell 

Genie  of  the  Carpet 

Mr.    Norman    Macowari 

Jim   Blunders Master   Sidney   Sherwood 

Betty  Blunders  Miss  Dot  Temple 

St.  George  of  England.. Mr.  Reginald  Owen 

The  Dragon  King Mr.  Clifton  .41derson 

Will  o'  the  Wisp Miss  Mavis  Yorke 

Dunks  Mr.  Reginald  P.  Lamo 

The  Sea  Witch Miss  Helen  Vicary 

Captain  Carey   Mr.  Norman  Macowan 

Mrs.   Carey    Miss   Lydia   Bilbrooke 

The  Slacker  Master  Harry  Duff 

The  Slitherslime  Mr.  Maurice  Tosh 

Spirit  of  the  Lake Miss  Grace  Seppings 

Dragon  Sentry  Mr.  J.  K.  Edro 

Hope Miss   Zoe   Gordon 

A  Mother , Miss  Ivy  Williams 

— Savoy. 
21.tr/ie  Great  Gay  Road,  romantic  comedy,  In 
four  acts,  by  Tom  Gallon  (originally  pro- 
duced March  20,  Royal.  Torquay). 
Hilary  Tolfrey  Kite  ..  Mr.  Arthur  Phillips 

"Crook"  Perkins  Mr.  O.  B.  Clarence 

A  Policeman  Mr.  W.  Lemmon  Warde 

.^  Nanqy   Sylvain    Miss   Christie  Laws 

'Rodney   Foster    Mr.   Owen  Nares 

Miss   Azalea   Vickery.. Miss  Katharine  Pole 

Backus    Mr.    Fred    Lewis 

Sir  Crispin  Vickery  Mr.  G.  W.  Anson 

Col.  Napoleon  Trigg.. Mr.  Louis  Goodrich 

— Court, 

22.  The  Test,  one-act  play,  by  Emil  Lock  (pro- 

duced by  the  Oncomers'  Society). 
Vincento  di  Haro  ..  Mr.  Herbert  E.  Terry 
Manuel  de  la  Cier\^a..Mr.  Lancelot  Lowde'r 
EuJalia  de  Havelquinto  ..  Miss  Ina  Royle 
Maraquita  di  Zubiarre.  .Miss  Inez  Bensusan 

Inez   Miss  Kiatherlne  Stewart 

—Little. 

23.  The  Miracle,  wordless  mystery  spectacle  by 

Dr.  Karl  VoUmoeller,  music  by  Professor 
Engelbert  Humperdinck.  Produced  under 
the  direction  of  Ma.x  Reinhardt. 

Acts  One  and  Two. 
The  Nun  —  Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The  Abbess   Mile.   Francisca  Diihne 

The  Old   Sacristan   Miss  Nellie   Dade 

The  First  Novice  Mile.  Irene  Strauss 

The  Second  Novice Mile.  Mania  le  Fre 

The  Firsit  Nun Miss  Leonora  Caldwell 


Tlie  Miracle  (continued). 

The  Second  Nun   ....  Miss  Elaine  Goode 
The  Third  Nun  ..  Miss  Florence  Churchill 
The  Fourth  Nun   ..   Miss  Irene  Churchill 
Other  Nuns. 

The  BLshop    Mr.  R.   0.   Riche 

The  Priest   Mr.  Hubert  G.   Gordon 

The  Blind   Man   Herr  Marcel  Brohni 

The  Spielmann   Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

The   Knight    Mr.   Douglas   Payne 

The  Madonna  Signora  Maria  Carmi 

CHAP.ACTERS   OF   INTERMEZZO. 
First  Episode. 
The  Robber  Count.. Herr  Ernst  Benzimger 
The  First  Huntsman 

Herr  H.  K.  Ludwig  Peppier 
The  Second  Huntsman  ..  Mr.  A.  E.  Duff 

The  Nim  Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The   Knight    Mr.    Douglas   Payne 

The  Spielmann  Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

Second  Episode. 
The  King's  Son  ..  Herr  Rochell  de  Raadt 
First  Companion  . .  Herr  Fritz  H.  Kirchoff 
Second  Companion.  .Herr  Paul  Konigsberg 

Third  Companion  Herr  Marcel  Brohm 

Third  Episode. 
The  King's  Son  ..  Herr  Roohell  de  Raadt 

The   Old   King    Mr.   J.   H.   Irvine 

The  Spielmann  Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

The  Nun  Mile.  Nivtacha  Trouhanowa 

Fourth  Episode. 

The   Old   Kiug    Mr.   J.   H.   Irvine 

The  Nun  Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The  Spielmann  Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

Fifth  Episode. 

The  Nun  Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The  Spielmann  Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

(as   Grand   Inquisitor) 

The  Old   King   Mr.   J.   H.  Irvine 

The  Executioner.   The  Twelve  Inquisdtors. 
Sixth  Episode. 

The  Nun  Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The  Spielmann  Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

(as  Hag) 
The  Young  Girl  ..  Miss  Leonora  Caldwell 
Seventh  Episode. 

The  Nun   Mile.  Natacha  Trouhanowa 

The  Spielmann   Herr  Max  Pallenberg 

(as  Deat-h) 
Ghosts  of  the  Dead  Lovers. 

— Olympia 
23.  Goody   Two   Shoes — Briitaimia. 
23.  Babes  in   Toyland — Camden. 
23.  Babes  in  the   Food— Coronet. 
23.  Mother  Goose— Crystal  Palace. 
23.  Dick    Whittington — Pavilion. 
23.*Pe(cr   Pan,   play,    in  three   acts,   by   J.    M. 
Barrie   (originally   produced   December  27, 
1904,  Duke  of  York's). 

Peter  Pan  Miss- Pauline  Chase 

Jas.  Hook  Mr.  E.  Holman  Clark 

Mr.  Darling  Mr.  Donald  Calthrop 

Mrs.  Darling  Miss  Viva  Birkett 

W«ndy  Moira  Angela  Darling 

Miss  Hilda  Trevelyan 

John  Napoleon  Mp.  Stephen  Thomas 

Michael   Nicholas   Darling 

Master  Alfred  Willmore 

Nana  Mr.  Edward  Sillward 

Tinker  Bell  Miss  Jane  Wren 

Tootles  Miss  Gertrude  Lang 

Nibs    Miss   Stephanie  Bell 

Slightly   Mr.  W.  West 

Curly    Miss   Marjorie   Graliam 

First  Twin  Miss  Doris  Macintyre 

Second  Twin  Miss  Rosemary  Craig 

Smee   Mr.   George  Shelton 

Gentleman  Starkey Mr.  Charles  Trevor 

Cockson Mr.  Charles  Medwin 

Mullins  Mr.  Chris  Walker 


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DEC. 


Pttcr  Pan  [continued). 

Cecco   Mr.  William  Luff 

Jukes   Mr.  James  English 

Noodler   Mr.   John  Kelt 

Pirates   

Messrs.  A.  Grand,  D.  Darrell, 
and  S.  Spencer. 
Great  Big  Little  Panther 

Mr.  Humiphrey  Warden 

Tiger  Lily  Mis.s  Margaret  Fraser 

Mermaid" Miss  Evangeline  Ililllard 

Habv  Mermaid   Miss  Moya  Nugent 

Liza    JIi.ss   Moya   Nugent 

Crocodile  Mes.srs.  Nagle  and  Searle 

Ostrich   Mr.  E.  Marini 

—Duke  of  York's. 
Z6.*The    Three    Mnsyeteers    (transferred    from 

the  Lyceum)— Prince'.s. 
26.*Th€  Blue  Bird,  fairy  play,  in  five  acts,  by 
Maurice  Maeterlinck,  translated  by  Alex- 
ander Teixeira  de  Matt-os  (originally  pro- 
duced December  8,  1908,  Haymarket;  re- 
vived -wifh  the  addiition  of  a  new  scene 
December  10,  1910). 

Mummy  Tvl  Miss  Vivienne  Whitaker 

Daddv   Tvl    Mr.   E.   A.    Warburton 

Tyltvi    ..! Mi*3   Dorothy   Burgess 

Mvtyl    Miss    Mattie    Block 

The   Fairy   Berylune    ..    Mi.'is   C.    Addison 

Bread   Mr.  Edward  Rigby 

Fire    Mr.    Allan    Glen 

Tvlo,   the   Dog    Mr.    Ernes^t   Hendrie 

Tvlette,  the  Cat   ....    Mr.   Norman   Nage 

Water  MLss  Glady.<i  EUam 

Milk    Miss    Gladys    Burgess 

Sugar  Mr.  H.  R.  Hignett 

Light   MJss  Mary   Barton 

Gaffer  Tyl    Mr.   H.   Asheton  Tonge 

Granny   Tyl    .Miss  Daisy   England 

Night    Miss  Madge   Mclnitosh 

Time    -Mr.    C.    V.    France 

The  Oak  Mr.  E.  A.  Warburton 

Neighbour  Berlimgot  Miss  C.  Addison 

Neighbour  Berlingot's  Little  Daughter 

Miss  Marie  Crowden 
— Queen's. 
2C.  For  Her.   melodrama,   in   four   acts,   by  E. 
HiU-Mitchelson. 

The  King  of  Bosnia.. Mr.  Arthur  Lenfrere 
Prince  Rambra  ..  Mr.  Charles  B.  Bedells 
Duke  of  Nesta  ....  Mr.  Stephen  Vereker 
General  von  Slashburg.  .Mr.  Ru.ssell  Bague 
Hon.  Jack  Woodville.  .Mr.  Gerald  Kennedy 
Andrea  Rouville  . .  Mr.  Leonard  Lawrence 

Huaar  Miss  Beatrice  Fitzhugh 

Duke  of  Carva   Mr.   Harry  Harrop 

Oough   Mr.   C.   H.   Hender-son 

Bora   Mr.   Cyril  M  aitland 

Pluty   Mr.   Walter  Hastings 

The  Queen  of  Bosnia.  .Mi.ss  Violet  Carlyle 

Countess  Casina Miss  Beatrice  Shirley 

Baroness  von  Slashburg.. MLss  Ella  Sennett 

Fosca  Miss  Ada  Douglas 

— Osborne,  Manchest-er. 
26.  Kit    Carson,    the    Blind   Detective,   drama, 
in  five  acts,    by     Ben    Landeck  and   In- 
spector Guilbert. 

Kit  Carson    Mr.  John   S.    Millard 

Ned  Patterson   Mr.  Chas.  H.  Longden 

Mervyn  Fitzro'y   Mr.  Edward  Vivian 

Jim    Poole    Mr.    Henry    Deane 

Pet«r  MerrioD   Mr.   Victor  Knight 

Pedro   Pasquale    .......Mr.   Bernard   Liell 

Inspector  Starkey   Mr.    A.   H.  Gann 

Joe Mr.    Frederick    Valder 

Jim    Mr.   Stanely   Wynton 

Letitia    Miss    Mai-ie    Wood 

Dolly    Miss   Jeannie    Weston 

Annie  Poole  Miss  Cathleen  Kavanagh 

Jack  PatersoD    Miss  Marie  Longden 

Norah   Patterson  Miss  Georgette  Thierry 
— Royal,  Leamington. 
26.  Black    Hand,    The,    detective    drama,    by 
Fred   Moule — Foresters. 


.'Charley's  Aunt,  farcical  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Brandoin  Thomas.  (Originally 
produced  February  28,  1892,  RcTyal,  Bury 
St.  Edmunds;  December  21,  1892, 
Royalty.) 
Sir  Francis  Chesncy..Mr.  T.  McC.  Stewart 

I  Stephen   Spettigue   Mr.  Henry  Hare 

Charles  Wykeham    ..Mr.   Robert   B\irnett 
'  Lord    Babberley.. Mr.  Charles  Windermere 

j  Brassett   Mr.   Sydney  Compton 

Donna  Lucia  D'Aladore      Miss  Ada  Ferrar 
I  Kitty  Verdun 

Miss    Amy   Brandon-Thomas 

Amy    Spettigue    Miss    TTr-tsula    Grant 

[  Ela    Delahay   Miss  Eva  Rowland 

— Whitney. 
26.  Snow    White,    fairy   play,   in   two   acts,   by 
Henry    Gillidge    Green,    music    by    Wolf- 
gang von  Bartels. 

A   Fairy    Miss  Iris  Rowe 

Grimhoff    Mr.    Brember    Wills 

Nurse    Miss   Margaret   Withers 

Old   Sarah    Miss   Ada  King 

The  Good  Queen  Miss  Beatrice  Fay 

Princess  Eldreda Miss  Mrma  Limerick 

Snow  White   Miss  Isabel   Rowland 

Prince  Roland   Mr.   Alfred   Wild 

The  Mirror Miss  Carrie  Haase 

Voice  of  Demon    Mr.  Terence  Nerrey 

Voice  of  Forest.. Miss  Margaret   Withers 
A  Bear  with  a  Sore  Head 

Mr.  John   Scott 

An   Old  Wolf    Mr.   Arnold   Reynor 

A  Wild  Boar  Mr.  George  Ridgeway 

Wild   Rose    Miss  Mabel    Roberts 

A   Young   Wolf   Mr.   Wilfred   Eaton 

Bo-Bo    Mr.   W.   G.    F.iy 

Acorn    Mr.    Francis   Hope 

Robin    Mr.    Percival    Madgewick 

Splutterbout    Mr.    Ivor   Barnard 

Rimple    Mr.    Geoffrey   Wilkinson 

Rumple    Mr.   Percy    Goodyer 

Pimple   Mr.    Williarn   Podmore 

Messenger    Mr.    Eric    Williams 

— Gaiety,  Manchester. 
26.  The  New  Clown.  H.  M.  Paull's  three-act 
farce  (originallv  produced  Februarv  ."?, 
1902.  Grand  Margate),  adapted'  to 
mu.sical  comedy  purpo.=«s  by  Charles  Om- 
manney,  lyrics  and  music  by  Tom  Wood. 

Lord  Cyril   Garston Mr.    Victor  Kerr 

Capt.  Jack  Trent Mr.  Frank  Nugent 

Joe  Dixon   Jlr.  George  Barran 

Jesse  Lamb   Mr.   Jack   Hellier 

Tom   Baker    Mr.    George  Byrne 

Billy Mr.    Alfred    Lawrence 

Hezekiah  Pennyquick 

Mr.   Monty   Goodwin 

Fred    ......Mr.   Gerald   Smithers 

Figgis   Mr.   Frank   Searle 

Policeman Mr.    Reginald    Hollingdale 

Tommy   Miss  Babs  Kendal 

Winnie   Chesterton Miss   Marie   Moss 

Maud  Chesterton   Miss  Violet  Leslie 

Trixie    Miss   Betty   Norton 

Fifi    Miss   Pearle    D'.\lroy 

Babs    Miss   Nora   Gunter 

Cheeky    Miss   Do'.ly  Manners 

Queenie    Miss    Violet    Delver 

Fluffy    Miss   ETia   Wilson 

Rosie    Mis   Dulcie    Dalmer 

'         — Palace,    Rugby. 
2(>.*Talee  of  Hoffmann— London  Opera  House. 
26.  LHtle  lied  Riding  TToorf- Alexandra  Palace. 
26.  The  House  that  JacJc  Bu?7<— Borough. 
26.  Cinderella — Brixton. 
26.  Dick  Whittington — Broadway. 
26.  The  Bahes  in  the   TTood— Croydon    Grand. 
£6.  r/;?d('re??a— Dalston. 
|26    Hop   o'   My   Thvmb — Dirtiry  Lane. 
26.  Red  Riding  Hood — Ealing. 
26.  Robinson  Crusoe — Elephant  and  Castle. 


DEC. 


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185 


26*The  Count  of  Luxembourg.  (Special 
provincial  production  of  piece  while  still 
in  its  original  run  at  Daly's). 

(xrand  Doike  R,utbinoff Mr.  Eric  Tliorne 

BrLsisard    Mr.   Lauri   de  Frece 

Regisitirar  Mr.  Grafton  Williaras 

.M.  de  Pierre    Mr.  Harold  Batt 

•Aions.  de  Tresac  Mr.  Norman  Greene 

i.Mons  de   Valniont   iMr.   Philip   Greefl 

Pcligfiu    Mr.   Francis   Pater 

Mentscliikoff    Mir.    N.    EdwardB 

Paulovi'tch  Mr.  A.  Colne 

LavigTie   Mr.  Stewart  Patterson 

Boulaager    'Mr.    R.    A.    Swiii'hoe 

S-aville    Mr.    Ivan   Clarke 

Count  E/en6  of  Luxembourg 

(Mr.   Robert  Michaelis 

Juliette   Mios  Daisy  Burrell 

Princp&5  Kokozeff   Miss  Grace  Wiixon 

Lisette    Mies    Winifred    Griffitihe 

Fleurette   MiSiS  Gertrude   Gould 

Coraiie   (Miss  Dorothy  Raymor 

Araelie    Miss  Maidie  Andrews 

Rosalie  Miss  Lillian  Gilbert 

Niiinette  Mies  May  Poole 

Clairette    Miss   Hilda  Coward 

Sidonie   Miss   Sibyl  Ivor 

Susette    'Miss    Aud.rey    Mason 

Babette  Miiss  A.  Bounds 

Tb(5r&se    Miss  Addle   Hine 

An.gele  Didier   Miss  Phyllis  Le  Grand 

-^Prince's,  Manchester. 

26.  Cinderella — Kennington. 

20.  Aladdin— Kind's. 

26.  Tom,  Tom,  the  Piper's  Son — Kingston. 

2C.  The  Babes  in  the  Wood — Lewisham  Hippo- 
drome. 

26.  Dick   Whittington — Ljx^e.Uim. 

20.  Jack  and  the  Beanstalk — Lyric,  Hammer- 
Mnith. 

26.  Boy  Blue — Marlbcrouigh. 

26.  Bick  Whittington— iShukesiiteSiTe. 

26.  Robin  Hood  and  His  Merry  Me?i— Totten- 
ham Palace. 

20.  Aladdin — Walthamstow   Palace. 

26.  The  Babes  in  the  Wood — ^West  London. 

26.  Humpty-Diimpty — Wimbledon. 

2S.*Sweet  Nell  of  Old  Brury,.  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Paul  Kester  (originally  produced 
August  30,  1900,  Haymarket). 

Charles  II Mr.  Malcolm  Cherry 

Lord  Jeffreys  Mr.  James  Berry 

Lord  Rochesiter  Mr.  Henry  Hewitt 

Lord  Lovelace  Mr.  Frederick  Grove 

Sir  'Roger  Fairfax  . .  Mr.  Alfred  Kendrick 

Percival  Mr.  Arthur  Williams 

RoIlLnis    Mr.    Arthur   AppUn 

Lacey    Mr.    Maurice    Elvey 

Captain  Clavering Mr.  J.  C.  Ed-wards 

Lord-in-Waiting  Mr.  George  Dudley 

First  Alderman    Mr.   Horace   Hodges 

Second  Alderman  Mr.  Leslie  Gordon 

Mercer   Mr.   H.   Huinberetone  Wright 

William    Mr.    John    Beamish 


Sweet  Kell  of  Old  Brury  (continued). 

Nebuchadnezzar  ..  Mastej  Edward  Dcrniiie 

Lady  Caetlemaine Mi-ss  Miriam  Lewes 

Duc'iiesa  of  Portisanoutb.  .Miss  Muriel  Dole 
Ladv  Olivia^  Vernon.. Miss   Molly  Terraine 

Tiffin    Miss   Winifred   Rae 

Nell  GwjTi  Miss  Julia  Neilsoii 

— New. 

2S.%Trapved,    .play,    in,    on*    act,    by    Maude 
Tiiomiiwon^Palace   Pier,   St.   Leonards. 

30.  Nightbirds.  musical  play,  in  three  acts  (up- 

to-date  vcir&ion  of  Johann  Strauss's  Die 
Fledermaus),  book  by  Gladys  Unger,  lyrics 
by  Arthur  Anderson,  music  by  Johann 
Strauss. 

Ilka  Miss  Muriel  George 

Gabor  Szabo  Mr.  Maurice  Farkoa 

Leopold   Mr.  Willie  Atom 

Countess  Rosalinda  Cliquot 

Miss  Constance  Drever 

Dr.  Bemoastler Mr.  Claude  Fleramdng 

Count  Max  Cliquot. .Mr.  C.  H.  Workman 

Blind    Mr.    Stanley   Breitt 

Hochheimer  Mr.  Tom  A.  Shale 

Minna    Miss   Mabel    Bumege 

Prince   Orloftsky    Mr.   John    Devere-H 

Inspector  of  Police  ..  Mr.  J.  E.  ThornhiJl 

A    Warder    Mr.    William    AbingdOin 

Mattoni    Mr.   A.  W.   Biaskcomb 

Sidi    Miss  Hilda   Vinin^g 

Irma    "  Miss    Vai^hti    E  arle 

Faustine    Miss    Ethel    Morrison 

N.atalie    Miss   Eileen   North 

Sabine Miss    Dorothy    Moulton 

HermLne   Miss  Phyllis  Allen 

Melanie   Miss  Winnie  Murray 

Fehcita    Miiss   Danie   Rayae 

Fritzi    Miss  Gogo  Murray 

Doreen    Miss    Violet    Vernon 

Adela    Miiss  Feme  Rogers 

Silvia    Miss   Cyllen^   Moxon 

Alfred    Mr.  Otto   Alexander 

Franz   Mr.  Murri  Moncrieff 

Ernest   Mr.  Edmund  Digues 

Joseph    Mr.   Frank   Melville 

Wilhelni    Mr.    Arthur   Ballance 

Oscar   Mr.  Chiarles  Chamier 

1st   Footman    Mr.    Alec    John&toiie 

2nd    Fcoitmaoi    Mr.    Edward    James 

3rd  Footmiin Mr.   G.  Jones 

4th  Footman   Mr.  Pi.itte 

—Lyric. 

31.  Auf  der  Sonnenseite   (On  the   Sunny  Side), 

comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Oscar  Blumen- 
thal    and    Gustav   Kadelburg.     (Produced 
by  the  Deutscher   Biihnen  Verein.) 
Botho,    Freiherr   von    Sandorf 

Herr  Leo  Sch.aerf 

Thessa  Frau  Olga  Sylge 

Pi/icTiard  von  Brick   Herr  Max   Sylge 

Heinrich  Wulkow Herr  Ernst  Kuehl 

Caroline   Fraulein   Alga  Romberg 

Kiithe  Fraulein  Hedda  Kostner 

Heinitz   Herr  Albert  Zettler 

Franz    Herr   Richard   Mueller 

Jean    Herr   Alfred    Goltennann 

—Court. 


FIRES    IN   THEATRES. 


February  19.— Slight  fire  at  the  Royal,  Coat- 
bridge. 

February  20. — Slight  Are  at  the  Pavilion,  New- 
castle. 

May  9.— Slight  fire  at  the  Royal,  Aldershot. 

June    10.— Palace,    Jarrow,    destroyed    by   fire. 

May  9. — Empire,  Edinburgh.  Stage  burnt  out. 
Lafayette  and  several  members  of  his  com- 
pany   lost    their    lives.      To    the    Empire, 


Edinburgh,  had  been  given  the  signal 
honour  of  being  chosen  by  the  King  for 
a  gala  performance,  which,  of  course,  had 
to  be  abandoned.  This  would  have  been 
the  first  time  the  variety  stage  had  been 
officially  recognised  by  the  King. 

-August    13.— Wonderland. 

October    21. — Empire,    Cosy    Corner,    Romford, 

November  5.— Fire  at  the  Tivoli,  Pentre, 


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INDEX    TO    PLAYS. 


ALPHABETICAL    LIST    OF    BRITISH    PLATS     PRODUCED     IN    THE     BRITISH     ISLES 
DURING    THE    YEAR    1911. 

Full  particulars  and  casts  will  be  found  in  the  preceding  pages. 

The  particulars  in  parentheses  refer  to  prior  productions  in  the  provinces. 


ABBE'S  GARDEN,  THE— March  31,  Globe. 
ABOVE  SUSriCION— June  28,  "Haymarket. 
ABSINTHE— June  16,  Court. 
ACCORDING    TO    HIS    LIGHTS— October  26, 

Lvceum  Club. 
AFTERWARDS— May  19,  St.  James's  (January 

24,  Devonshire  Park,  Eastbourne). 
AFTER  JENA— June  12,  Little. 
AIR  QUI  OHAEiME,  iL'- December  19,  Crystal 

Palace. 
A/LOESTIS— December  IS.  University  of  London. 
ALGERIAN  GIRL,  THE— June  5,  Kennington. 
ALICE       IN       GANDERLAND— October       27, 

Lvceum. 
ALLEGORY,  AN— April  25,  Rehearsal. 
ALL    THAT     MATTERS— February    8,     Hay- 
market. 
AMBITION    AND    THE    WOMAN— March    31, 

Balfour  Institute,  Liverpo.->l. 
ANGEL  OF   THE    WHITE    FEET,  THE— May 

22,  County,  Kina.=iton. 
ANNKRSLEY'S       BRIDE— March      18,      West 

HampsteaJ  Town  Hall. 
ANNIVERSARY,    THE— DecemJDer   5,    Lyceum 

Club. 
APPLE,     THE— July     14,      "The      Laurels," 

Putney. 
ARCTIC      CURE,      THE- May     9,      Emipire, 

Southend. 
ARIADNE  IN  NAXOS— July  9,  Little. 
ART  OF  TIMMINS,  THE— June  12,  Little. 
ASK    NO    QUESTIONS    AND    YOU'LL    HEAR 

NO  STORIES— March  11,  Little. 
ATHKNi:— Ktbruary  6,   Royal,   Kind's  Lynn. 
AT  THE  COURT  OF  XERES— April  16,  Little. 
AT   WILIjOW  CREEK— June  19,  Castle  Pavi- 
lion,  Littlehampton. 
AUF    DER    SONNENSEITE     (On    the    Sunny 

Side) — December  31.  Court. 
AURORA'S      CAPTIVE— October      26,      New. 

Cardiff.    (S.P.  December  13,  1004,  Ladbrcke 

Hall,    W.). 
AUTOCRAT  OF  THE  COFFEE  STALL,  THE— 

.\pril  27,  Rovalty,  Glasgow. 
AUTUMN  ROSES— July  31,  Gaiety,  Hastings. 
AVIATOR,      THE— September     28,     Lyceum, 

Shffneld. 
'AWKINS'S   ORDEAL— October  23,  Coronet. 

BABY  MINE— February  22,  Criterion.    . 

BANISHED  FROM  HOME— May  29,  Britannia. 

BARDELYS  THE  MAGNIFICENT— Febru.nry 
21,  Globe  (August  29,  1910,  Royal,  Birming- 
ham). 

BARNABY  RUDGE— December  11,  Broadway. 

BARON   TRENCK— April  22,  Whitney.     • 

BATTLE  OF  LIFE,  THE— January  3,  Odd- 
fellows' Hall,  Jersey. 

BEAR.   THE— May  13.   Kingsway. 

BEFORE   SUNRISE— January  24,  Little. 

BEFORE  THE  DAWN— May  29,  Scala. 

BEIDEN  LEONOREN,  DIE— November  26 
Court. 

BELLA   DONNA— December  9,   St.   James's. 


BELLE  OF  BARCELONA.  THE— April  3, 
King's,  Sutton-in-Ashfield. 

BELLE  OF  THE  SKIES,  THE— May  22,  Royal, 
Birmingham. 

BELLS  OF  LIN-LAN-LONE,  THE— May  22, 
Lyceum,  N-.  wport. 

BEST  MAN,   J  HE— April  18.  Royalty,  Glasgow. 

BEST  OF  A  BAD  BARGAIN,  THE— July  2C., 
Gaiety,  Dublin. 

BETSY— October  20,  Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

BETTER  NOT  INQUIRE— April  20,  Prince  of 
Wales's. 

BETTY  BEGUILED— September  29,  Grand  Pier 
Pavilion.  Weston-super-Mare. 

BIRTHRIGHT— June  8,  Court. 

BLACK  HAND,  THE— December  26,  Foresters'. 

BLACKGUARD  OF  THE  QUEEN'S  REGI- 
MENT, THE-^March  20,  Elephant  and 
Castle  (December  19,  1910,  Hippodrome, 
Wigan). 

BLIND   GOD.  THE— May  29,   Little. 

BLIND  WOMAN,   A— June  13,  Court. 

BLOOD  FLOWER,  THE— November  13,  Gaiety, 
Manchester. 

BONITA— September   22,   Queen's. 

BONNIE  MARY— November  27,  Royal,  Edmon- 
ton fA>i2u.=;t  5,  Rov.al.  Dew.«hury). 

BOUQUETS    FOR    BREAKFAST— January    26, 
Rehearsal  (S.P.  October  18,  1910,  Ladbrok- 
Hall.  W.). 
BORSTAL    BOY.    THE— November     26,      His 
.Majesty's. 

BOPS    THE— January  2.  St.  J.imes  s. 

BOW  SING— February  24,  Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 

BREAKING  A  WOMAN'S  HEART— November 
27.  Lyric,   Hammer.~mith. 

BROKEN  MIRROR.  THE— July  7,  Royal. 
Worthins-  „  .  , 

BROTHER  OF  MEN,  A— M.arch  17,  Gaiety. 
Leith. 

BUNCH  OF  LAVENDER.  A— December  i;, 
Hardwioke  Street   Hall.   Dublin. 

BUNTY  PULLS  THE  STRINGS— July  4.  Play- 
house. 
BUSINESS— MarcJi   19.   Aldwych.     S.P.   Marcn 

17,   Aldwych. 
BUTTERFLY  ON  THE   WHEEL,   A— Apnl  13, 
Globe. 

CALL    OF     DUTY,     THE— October    2,     South 

Parade   Pier.   Portsmouth. 
CAPTAIN  JACK— February  16,  Royalty.  More- 

camhe. 
CARAVANNERS,    THE— February    27,    Gaiety, 

Hastings. 
CAREER     OF     NABLOTSKY,    THE— February 

2B,  Royalty  (see  also  THE  GREAT  YOUNG 

MAN)." 
CARNAVAL,  LE— October  17,  Covent  Garden. 
CASE  OF  BECKY,  THE— October  20.  Dalston. 
CASTING-OUT  OF  MARTIN  WHELAN,  THE— 

June  14,  Court  (September  29.  1910.  Abbey, 

Dublin). 
CASTLES  IN  THJE   AIR— April  11,  Scala. 


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187 


CELIBATE,  THE— .December  3,  Ck>urt. 
CHAIR  OF  LOVE,  THE— June  13,  Court. 
CHANCE   OF   A   LIFETIME,   THE— August  21, 

Kenning  ton. 
CHARITY— December  4,  Opera  House,  Belfast. 
CHARM    OF    LIFE,    THE— July    14,    Duke    of 

York's. 
CHERRY  ORCHARD.  THE— May  28,  Aldwycfi. 
CHRISTIX.\— Xovemb«r    28,    Playhouse    (June 

6,    1910,    Royalty,    Glasgow). 
CHRISTMAS  PRESE^CT,   A— March  11,  Little. 
CHRISTMAS    GEESE— July    24,    Holy    Trinity 

Rooms,  Southall. 
OHUTE  DU  DLEU,  LA— December  3— Boudoir. 
CLANCY  NAME,  THE— June  19.  Court. 
CLEOPATRA— Julv  7,  Movent  Garden. 
CLASSICAL     INSTAN'CE,     A— November     21, 

Kelly's,   Liverpool. 
COATS— June    14,     Couxt    (December    1,    1910, 

Abbev,  Dublin). 
COIXER'S   ^VIFE,   THE— February   20,   Royal, 

Colchester. 
COLOMBIXE— December  7,  Clavier  Hall,  W. 
COLOXEL  AXD  THE  LADY,  THE— Xovember 

4,  Playhouse. 
COMPEXSATIOX— June  20,  Rehearsal. 
CO.MEDY  OF  BOHEMIA,  A— May  21,  Socialist 

Clubhouse,   Handforth. 
COXCERT,  THE— August  28,  Duke  of  Y'ork's. 
COXTEST,  THE— January  26.  Lyceum  Club. 
COXVERSIOX.      THE— Xovember     23.      Marl- 
borough   (September   20,   Royal,    Manches- 
ter). 
OOPHETUA— Xovember   18,    Assembly   Rooms, 

Edgbaston. 
COUXTER      REFORMATIOX,       A— April      7, 

Studio,  Bedford  Street,  \V.C. 
COUXT    OF    LUXEMBOURG,    THE— May    20, 

Dalv's. 
COUNTRY  ROSE,  A— October  2,  King's,  Long- 

siiglit. 
CROCK  OF  GOLD,  THE— January  2,  Theatre, 

Arbroath. 
CROWXIXG   OF  THE    KIXG,   THE— May   29, 

Queen's,  Manchest-er. 
CRUCIBLE,  THE— June  7,  Comedy.  • 
CUPID    AXD   THE   CAPTAIN- September   18, 

Palace  Pier,  Brighton. 
CUP>,E,    THE— March   11,   Empire,   Southend. 
CURIXG   ELIZA— May   1,  Opera   House,   Scar- 
borough. 
CURSE     OF     CARADOS,      THE— January     9, 

Church   Hall,   Britannia   Row,   N. 
CUTTIXG    OF    THE    KXOT,    THE— March    13, 

Royalty,  Glasgow. 


DAD — Xovember  4,  Playhouse. 

dark'  lady,    THE— January   4,   Town   Hall, 

Crediton. 
DEATH     TRAP,    THE— March    18,    Alexandra 

HaU,  Leeds. 
DEBT  OF  HOXOUR.  A— May  4,   Rehearsal 
DECEIVERS     THREE— January    14,    Freehold 

Social  Institute,  Xew  Southgate. 
DELIVERER,       THE— January       12,       Abbey, 

Dublin. 
DESERTER,   THE— Juno  12,   Royal,   Woolwich 

(April  24,  Royal  Palace,  Ramsgate). 
DEUX  PIERROTS,  LES— October  24,  Boudoir, 

W. 
DEVIL'S  TINSEL,  THE— July  19,  Royal,  Wor- 
cester. 
DEVILS       TRAP,       THE— March      31,       His 

Majesty's,    Barrow. 
DICKY'S  LUCK— June  14,  Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 
DISTRACTED    PREACHER,    THE— Xovember 

15,  Dorchester  Village  Hall. 
DIXOX'S       DIVORCE— March       20,       Gaiety, 

Hastings. 
DOCTOR'S     EXPERIMENT,     THE— April     24, 

Fulham  (March  6,  Lyceum,  Stafford). 
DOLLY'S    WTEEK    END— June    14,    Ladbroke 

Hall,  W. 
DOMBEY  AND  SON— June  14.  Savoy. 


DOUBLE  DECEPTION,  A— May  4,  Rehearsal. 
DOUBLE   VICTORY,   A— AprU  22,   Cripplegate 

Institute. 
DOWN  STREAM— September  18,  Pier  Pavilion, 

Hastings. 
DRONE,  THE— January  11,  Garrick  Chambers, 

Stockport. 
DUKE    OR    DEVIL— November     21,     Crystal 

Palace. 
DUKE'S  WAGER.  THE— Xovember  3.  Dalston. 
DUMB    AXD    THE    BLIND,    THE— November 

20.  Royalty,  Glasgow. 
DUNKLB  'PUXKT.    DER   (The   Dark    Spot).— 

December  17,  Court. 
DWELLERS     IX    GLASS    HOUSES— November 

30.   Devonshire  Park,  Eastbourne. 
ECLECTIC'S     CLUB,     THE— April     25,     Re- 
hearsal. 
EDGE    OF    THE    STORM.   THE— December   2, 

County  Hall.  St.  Albans. 
ELEAXOR'S     ENTERPRISE  —  December    11. 

Gaietv.  Dublin. 
ENCHXXTRESS,     THE— October    9,   Ladbroke 

Hall,  W. 
ENDING    THE— March  7,  Court. 
'ENEBY    BR/OWN— Felbruary    4,    Town    Han, 

Epsom. 
EPISODE.   AN— March   11.   Little. 
ERBE,  DAS— May  21.  Scala. 
ESTHER  WATERS — December  10,   Apollo. 
EVE  OF  HER  WEDDING.  THE— September  IS, 

Roval.  Woolwich  (May  27,  1907,  Royal,  Sun- 

EAT:RY^WIFE— June  13.  Ladbroke  Ha.ll,  W. 
EXPERT  OPINION"— November  21.  St.  James's 
(November  16,  Town  Hall.  Maidenhead). 

F\ILURE,  THE— November  3,  Court. 

FAIR  IMPOSTOR,  A— July  10,  Lyric,  Ham- 
mersmith. ^,        „. 

FAIRY  CAP,  THE— November  14,  Hia 
Majesty's.  „        .         .    ,, 

FAIRY  GLEN  LAUNDRY,  THE— August  21, 
Palace  Pier,  Brishton.  „,,„.-„t. 

FAIRY  MASQUE  OF  LOVE  AXD  EMPIRE- 
X^ovember  2R,    Connaught   Rooms,   W.C. 

FANCIULLA  DEL  WEST,  LA— May  29,  Covent 
Garden. 

FANCY    FREE— X'ovember    10,    Gaiety,    Man- 

FANNY'S   FIRST   PLAY— April   19,  Little. 

FATHER— Julv  17,   Palace.  Tynemouth. 

FATHER,  THE— Julv  2.3,  Rehearsal. 

FEMALE  DETECTIVE,  THE— February  27. 
Royal  Stratford  (May  30,  1910,  Osborne. 
Manchester). 

FEMME  DE  L'ACTEUR,  LA— December  3, 
Boudoir.  W. 

FIRST  ACTRESS.  THE— May  8,  Kingsway. 

FIRST  LOVE— October  7,  Rehearsal. 

FLAIL  OF  FATE,  THE— October  13,  New, 
Hawick. 

FOILED  BY  A  WOMAX— December  4,  Junc- 
tion. Manchester. 

FOOL  OF  THE  FORCE,  THE— August  4,  Em- 
pire,  Southend. 

FOOL  THERE  WAS,  A— March  21,  Queen's. 

FOR  A  CHILD'S  SAKE— June  19,  Castle 
Pavilion,   Littlehanipton. 

FORCE  OF  CIRCUMSTAXCES— February  20. 
Gaietv.  Dundee. 

FOREST  OF  HAPPY'^  DREAMS,  THE— April 
15.  Quten's. 

FOR  HER— December  26,  Osborne,  Manchester. 

FOR  LOVE  OF  HIS  DAUGHTER— February 
6,  Palace.  Xewcastle. 

FOR  MOTHERS  SAKE— May  22,  Dalston. 

FOR  ONE  XIGHT  OXT>Y'— May  29.  Little. 

FORTY  WIXKS— October  30,  Royal-Hippo- 
drome, Eastbourne. 

FOWL   PLAY— February   20,    Broadway. 

FREAK  OF  FATE,  A— May  8,  Fulham. 

FROM  PRISON  TO  PALACE— May  8,  Royal. 
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FRONTIER  QUEEN,  THE— October  23,  Royal, 
Woolwich   (S.P..  July  8,   Alexandra,  HuU). 

FUGUE  DK  MADAME  CARAMON,  LA— 
October  24,  Boudoir,  W. 

FULKILMKN'I,  TJIK— May  11,  Stafford  Hou.so, 
St.  James's. 

FULL  MOON,  THE— June  15,  Court  (Nov€inb<  r 
10,  1910.  Abbey,  Dublin). 

FUNDAMENTAL  PRINCIPLE,  THE— Febru- 
ary 16,  Criterion. 

GAY  WIDOW,  THE— October  9,  Palace  Pier, 

Brighton. 
GEISHA    GIRL.    THE— October    23,    Empire, 

Wolverhampton. 
GERALDINE  WANTS  TO  KNOW— Augu&t  14, 

Roval,  York. 
OIRL  FROM  NOWHERE,  THE— May  1,  Opera 

House.  Wo(>!wifh  (March  9.  Palace,  Riisiby). 
GIRL    WHO    COULDN'T     LIE,    THE— March 

29,  Royalty,  Glasijow  (Julv  C,  Criterion). 
GIRL    WHO    KNEW    A    BIT,    THE— October 

2.3,  Elephant  and  Castle. 
GIRL    WITH     THE    CASH,   THE— September 

20,  Kingsway. 
OIRL    WITHOUT    A    HOME,    THE— July     24, 

Elephant  and  Castle. 
GLAD    EYE,   THE— November   4.    Globe   (Sep- 
tember 4.   West  Pier.  Brighton). 
GLASS  SLIPPER,  THE— December  11.  EalinR. 
GLAUBE      AND      HEINRAT— July      18,      Hi.? 

Majesty's. 
GODS    OF  THE   MOUNTAIN,   THE— June     1, 

Havmarket. 
GOLDEN   LAND    OF    FAIRY    TALES,    THE— 

December   14.    Aldwycli. 
GOOD     SAMARITAN,      THE— November      20, 

Royal,   Edmonton. 
GOOD  SORT.   A— June   16,  Court. 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL,      THE— January     23, 

Grand,  Gainsborough. 
GRANDPAPA— April  12,   Athenreum,   Glasgow. 
GREAT    ADVENTURE,    THE— September     18, 

Royalty,   Glasgow. 
GREAT     GAY     ROAD.     THE— December    21, 

Court  (March  20,  Royal,  Torquay). 
0RE.4T    NAME,    THE— September    7,    Prince 

of  Wales's. 
GREAT     YOUNG     MAN,     THE— Ortoher    31. 

Kingsway    (see    also    THE    CAREER    OF 

NABLOTSKY). 
GRECIAN    PRINCESS,    THE— November     27, 

Grand.   Oldham. 
GREEN   ELEPHANT.    THE— July   3.   Comedy. 
GREY     ROOM,    THE— November    23,    Roy.-il. 

York. 
GROSSSTADTLUFT— October  1,   Court. 


HALF  A  CROW^— M,ay  31,  Royalty. 

HAND  ON  THE  LATCH,  THE— March  18, 
Plavhoiu«e. 

HAREM  DOCTOR,  THE— September  4.  Queen's 
Park  Hippodrome,  Manchester. 

HARTLEY  FA.MILY,  THE— November  5. 
Court. 

HAUNTED- April  10.  Grand,  Derby. 

HEAD  OF  THE   HOUSE— Octol)cr"  16,   Scala. 

HEART  BOWED  DOWN,  THE— February  27, 
Lyric.  Ha.ramer.-mith  (February  13,  junc- 
tion, Manchester). 

HEARTS  V.  DIAMONDS— April  20,  Royal, 
South  Shields. 

HEIR  TO  THE  THRONE,  THE— March  6, 
Junction,   Manchester. 

HERODIADE— December  1^,  London  Opera 
House. 

HER  RUINED  LIFE— May  15,  Royal,  Wool- 
wich (December  5,  1910,  Clarence,  Ponty- 
pridd). 

HER  WILD  OATS— March  7,  Rehearsal. 

HIS  CHILD  WIFE— February  20,  Brixton. 

HIS  HEART  IN  JAPAN— July  17,  Roval,  Wool- 
wich  (July  5,  Royal,  Smethwick). 


HISTORIE    OF    JACOB    AND    ESAU,   THE~ 

March  6,  Little. 
HOME-SPUN     HEART,     A— July    17,     Grand, 

Swansea. 
HONEYMOON,  THE— October  6.   Royalty. 
IIO.NOK'S  CHOICE— June  26.  Queen  .s,  Dublin. 
IKU'i:,  Tin:— September  14.  Drury  Lane. 
ll(l.^l•ITAL  WARD,   A— Sf]ittrmber  4,  Queen's, 

Dublin. 
HUSBAND'S    DEVICE,    A— March    25,    Spear's 

Hall,  Highgate,  N. 

IDiEAL  THIEF,  AN— November  11,  Tuwn  Hall, 
High   Wycombe. 

ILSA— May  12,  Devonshire  Park,  Eastbourne. 

INHERITANCE,  THE— February  9,  Iron  Room, 
Stroud  Green,  N. 

IN  LO\E— July  26,  St.  James's. 

INSPECTOR  WISE,  C. I. D.— April  1,  Queen's. 

IN  THE  CIX)UDS— July  17-,  Royal,  Bourne- 
mouth. 

1\  THE  LAND  OF  THE  CRYSANTHEMUM- 
June  12.  Arcadian  Pavilion,  Leeds. 

IN  THE  PATIO— March  23,  Lyceum  Club. 

IN  THE   WORKHOUSE— May  8,  Kingsway. 

INVASION — September  2,  Metropole,  Glasgow. 

IS  MATRIMONY  A  FAILURE?— January  4, 
Criterion. 

JACK    AND    JILL    AND    A    FRIEND— May    8, 

K.ing.>\\ay. 
JACK   FROST— October  14,   Bijou,   B-avswater. 
JAMES  AND  JOHN— March  27,  Havmarket. 
JAPPY     CHAPPY— May    11,    Stafford    House, 

St.   James's. 
JERRY  BUILDERS,  THE— December  5,  Opera 

House,    Belfast. 
JUDGE  OF  CHARACTER,  A— March  18,  West 

Harup&t-ead  Town  Hall. 
JUG     OF     WINE,     THE— November    26,     His 

^laje&ty's. 
JUST  A  GIRL— October  2,  Lyceum,  Stafford. 

KATRIENO— May  17,  Pagoda.  Libtle-bampton. 

KEEPSAKES— March  18,   Little. 

KILLIBEGS— November   27,    Royal,    York. 

KING  ARGIMENES— June  26,  Court  (January 
26,    Abbey,   Dublin). 

KING  ARGIMENES  AND  THE  UNKNOWN 
WARRIOR— Court,  June  26  (Jaiiu.ary  26, 
Abbey,  Dublin). 

KING'S   BRIDE,    THE— June   19.    Kennington. 

KINGS  DANCER,  THE— November  7,  Opera 
House,   Jersey. 

KINGS  OATH,  THE— May  26,  Lyric,  Ham- 
mersmith. 

KIS.MET— April  19,   Garrick. 

KISS  OF  ISIS,  THE— May  11,  Royal,  Notting- 
ham. 

KIT — November   20,    Roval,    Newcastle. 

KIT  CARSON,  THE  BLIND  DETECTIVE- 
Deaember    26,    Royal,    Leamington. 

KITTY'— August    11,    Marlborough. 

KONIGSKINDER— November  27,  Covent 
Garden. 

LADIES'     DAY'— October    4,    Ladbrokc    Hall, 

W. 
LADY    COMPANION,    THE— June  27,   Royal. 

Crook. 
LADY   JANE— March   6,    Artillery,   Woolwich. 
LADY    OF   THE    SHADOWED    HILL,    THE— 

July  21,   Kingsway. 
LADY    PATRICIA— March    22,    Haymarket. 
LADY    VENBOROUGH'S    VOW— October     18, 

Little. 
LADY    LAVENDER— November    20,    Artillery, 

Woolwich  (June  19.  Roval.  Manchester). 
LAND      OF      NONLOCIA,      THE— March      4, 

Royalty. 
LAST    OF    THE    ENGLISH,    THE-July    21, 

Kingsway. 


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189 


LAUGH    -AGAINST    THE    LAWYER,    OVHE- 

April  28,  Court. 
LATHJHTEIl  OF  FOOLS.  TlHiE-^March  9,  Little 
LEGEND     OF    NARCISSUS,    THE— April     17, 

Court. 
LEiSSOiN    IN    RINKKNG,    A— January    26,    Re 

hearsal    (August    13,     1910,     Public     Hall 

BircTiinsfcon). 
LIEUTENANT    FELBERG,    LE— December    3; 

Boudoir,  W. 
I.IFCGUAKiDSMAN,  THE— September  6,  June 

tiott,  Manchester. 
LIFE   IN  CAMP— Auftust  11,'  New,  Oxford. 
LILAC   LAND— May   8,   MecTianicfi'   Hall,   Not- 
tingham. 
T,TLY.  THE — Febniarv  23,  Kingswav. 
LILY,  THE  BILL-TOPPER— April  is,  Lyceum, 

Eidiiiburgh. 
LITTLE     DPjEAM,     THE^Ap.ril     lo,     Gaiety, 

RIancliester. 
LITTLE  PHIL'S  MOTHER— February  20,  Rojial, 

Woolwic*    (October  4,   1909,   Opera   House, 

M'a'kefieW). 
LITTLE  PROSPECTOR,  THE— July  24,  Grand. 

iSwjiBjea. 
LITTI^    SATAN— iMav  3.   Prinpe'ui,  Bri.^ol. 
LlfTLE    STONE    HOUSE.    THE— January    29. 

Aldwych  ;  (October  9,  Gaiety,  Manchester). 
LOA\  ES  AN©  FlSHES-^ebruary  24,  Duke  of 

YoTkV.. 
L0Nii:.SO.ME-LIKE-^ebruary  6,  Royalty,   Glas- 
gow 
LOiN'G   VALLEY  CLAIM,  TBE-^&6Dtember  18, 

St.  James's  Hall,  Worthing. 
LORiD     JACK     IN'TEPv-VEINEiS- November     27, 

CO'Urt. 
LORDS  AND  MASTERS-nMay  22,  Gaiety,  Man- 

cheisfter. 
LOVE    CHARM,    THE— September    4,     Abbey, 

Dublin. 
LOVE  MILLS.  THE— October  3,  Globe. 
LOVE  STORY,  A- Julv  31,  Royal,  Worthing. 
LOWLAND  WOLF,  THE— February  15,    Opera 

House.  Leicester. 
LUCIE— March  23,  Lyceum  Club. 


M.VCALLISTER'S  DREAM— March  12,  Royalty, 
Glasgow. 

MAODARRAGH'S  WIFE— December  15,  Abbey, 
Dublin.    • 

MACGREGOR'S  MIXTURE— June  12,  Little. 

MADAME'S  HOLIDAY— February  4,  Re- 
hearsal. 

MAID  OF  ORLEANS,  THE— January  2,  West- 
minster Cathedral  Hall. 

MAKING   HIM   JEALOUS— Julv  17,   Scala. 

MAN-i-Novr-niber  14,  Rehear.sal. 

MAN   PROM  ,  THE— June  19,    Forest-ers'. 

MAN  PROPOSES,  WOMAN  DISPOSES— 
January  24,  St.  Peter's  Hall,  Hornsey. 

MARIAGE  DE  MLLE.  BEULEMANS,  I^E— 
September  16.   Globe. 

MARIONETTES,  THE— Septemhrr  23.  Comedy. 

MARRIAGE  OF  JULIA  ELIZABETH.  THE— 
'N'ovember  17,  Hardwicke  Street  Hall, 
Dublin. 

MARRIED  BY  DEGREES— March  ?,,  Court. 

MARRIED  WOMAN.  THE— June  11.  Aldwvch. 

MARY  BROOME— October  9,  Gaiety,  Man- 
rb  ester. 

MARY  EDWARDS— May  8,  Gaiety,  Man- 
chester. 

MASQUE  OF  EMPIRE— Julv  17,  Brixton 
Sfh<-ol  for  Girls. 

MASTER  OF  MRS.  CHILVERS,  THE— April 
2.R.  Rnvaltv  (April  10.  King's.  Glasgow). 

MATCH-MAKING  IN  MAYFAIR— November 
24.   Court. 

MATTER  OF  AGREEMENT,  A— January  6, 
Countv  Hall.   Guildford. 

MAUERBLUMCHEN— Oetoher  29,  Court. 

MIDNIGHT  LONDON— November  6,  Royai 
Edmontom  (Miarch  27,  Star.  Swansea;. 


MILLICENT,  THE   GIRTON  GIRL— December 

14,  Gaiety,  Douglas. 

MINERAL  WORKERS,  THE— June  19,  Court. 

MINIATURE.  THE— September  22,  St.  James's. 

MIRACLE,  THE— December  23,  Olympia. 

MIRACLE  OF  THE  CORN,  THE— May  2,  Bou- 
doir, W. 

MRS.  APPLEYARD'S  AWAKENING— Juno  20, 
Rehearsal. 

MRS.  PLEASANCE— May  13,  Bingsway.      - 

MRS.  WATERLOW  CHAPERONES— February 
24,  Court. 

MR.  DAWSON  AND  MISS  CLARK— March  28, 
Park  Ball,  Hanwell. 

MR.  JARVIS— February  IC,  Wyndham's. 

MIXED  MARRIAGE— June  7,  Court  (March 
30,   Abbey,   Dubliu). 

MONEY  SPIDER,  THE— November  13,  Scala. 

MONIQUE— June  30,   Lyceum   Club. 

MOONSHINE— September  16,  Court  (M,ay  29, 
Hip piod  ro m  e ,  M^an chest  e r) . 

MOTHER,    THE— October   16,    Little. 

MOUSME,    THE— Septemiber    9,    Shaftesbury. 

MUDDLE  ANNIE— March  13,  Royalty,  Glas- 
gow. 

MYOSOTA— February  20,  Royalty,  Mor&cambe. 

MYSTERIOUS  JIURDER  IN  THE  MILL,  THE 
—July  11,  Botanic  Gardens. 

NAPOLEON'S  VICTORY— Julv  i,  Gaiety, 
Dublin. 

NATOMA— February  25,   Ladibroke   Hall,   W; 

NEAR  THING,  A— February  20,  Prince  of 
Wales's. 

NE'ER  DO  WELL.  THE— June  29,  Grounds  of 
the  Cranford  Hall,  Maidenhead. 

NEW  CLOWN,  THE— December  26,  Palace, 
Rugby. 

NEW  HAREM,  THE— January  12,  Little. 

NEW  JACK  SHEPPARD,  THE— May  8,  Vic- 
toria, Broughton. 

NIGHT  BIRDS— December  30,  Lyric. 

NOBODY'S  SWEETHEART— May  29,   Little. 

NO  MOTHER  TO  GUIDE  HER— January  ?, 
RovaJ,   Stratford 

NUIT  ROUGE— May  15,  Scala. 


OF  TWO  OPINIONS— June  20,   Rehearsal. 
OGRE,  THE— September  11,  St.  James's. 
OLAF   LILIEKRANS— June   18,   Rehearsal 
ONE  OE  THE  DUKES— March  18,  Playhouse. 
ONLY   A   MILL   GIRL— January   16,    Junctiois, 

ONLY  A  WOMAN— Jujie  16,  Court. 

ON  THE  LATCH— February  7,  Rehearsal. 

ORPHEUS  IN  THE  UNDERGROUND— Decem- 
ber 20,  His  Maiestv's. 

OTHER  MAN,  THE— May  24,  Balham  Assembly 
Rooms. 

OUR  FORTUNE— June  5,  County,  Kingston. 

OUR  GRAND-DAUGHTER— August  7,  Scala. 

OUR  LITTLE  FANCIES--November  13,  Gaiety, 
Manchester. 

OUR  NERVOUS  SYSTEM— April  15,  Playhouse. 

OUTCAST,  THE— February  5,  Town  Hall, 
Epsom. 

OUTLAWED— November  23,  Court. 

OUT  OP  THE  STORM— April  28,  Court. 

OVER  THE   WALL— May  8,  Royal,  Margate. 

PAGE,  THE— January  28,  Empire,  Oldham. 
PAGEANT  OF  THE  LEAGUES,  THE— October 

27,  Lyceum. 
PAINS      AND      PENALTIES— November      26, 

Savov. 
PAIX  OHEZ  SOI,  LA— October  24,  Boudoir,  W. 
PANDORA,  November  24,  Court 
PANTOMIME     DAME,     A— Apnl    10,    Winte» 

Gardens,  New  Brighton 
PARISIENNE,    THE— June   26,    Royalty 
PASSERS-BY— March    29,    Wyndham'a 
PASSING     OF    TALMA      THE-January    an 

Aldwyck 


190 


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17, 


12, 


PATTY   PACKS   A  BAG— February  27,  Grand, 

Southampton. 
PAVILLO.N       D'ARMIDR,      LK— October 

Covent   Garden. 
I'W.MENT,  THK— October  13,  Rehearsal. 
PIXKIIAM      I'UETKNDER,     TBE— June 

Pier   Pavilion,    Uerne   Bay. 
PEER   GYNT— I'lbruarv   20,   Rehearsal. 
PE(;GY— March   4,   Gaiety. 
PEGGY    PETERS— June    2o,    Scala. 
PERICLE.'^  AM>  ASPASIA-June  26,  Royalty. 
PERPLE.XEl)      HUSBA\1>,     THE— September 

12.  Wvndham's. 
PnoCA— April    7,    Studio,    Bedford    Street. 
PIEDISH,  THE— June  5,  Court. 
PIED   PIPER   OF   HAMELIN,   THE— June   26, 

Balmuto   Gardens.    Kirkaldy. 
PIETRO     OF      SIEXA— October     10,     Studio 

Theatre. 
PINCH  OF  ANOTHER  MAN'S  SHOES,  THE— 

April  17.   Grand.  Hull. 
PITCH    AND    TOSS— November    15,   Court. 
PITY  OF  IT.   THE— March  22,  Court. 
PLAIN     MIRIAM— December    14,    New,    Cam- 

bridpe 
PLAYING   WITH   FIRE— April  29,  Comedy. 
PLT'ME  OF  PEATHERiS.  A— May  4,  Rehe.aJ&al. 
POEM      IN     PAN1X>MIME,     A— January     17, 

Little. 
POLYGON.  THE— February  5,  Court. 
POMANDER  WALK— June  29,  Playhouse. 
POMPADOVK.    LA— JaJiuary    20,    Savoy. 
P<XH;   JOK— March  3.  Holloway  Empire. 
POI'IV.T  \Y,    Till?— Fcbniarv   2,   New. 
PORTEFEUILLE,  LE— November  20,    Coronet. 
PKESKRVING    MR.    PANIMUEiE— January    19, 

Comedv. 
PRlfK  OF  A  GlRl'S  HONOUR,  TBE— June  5, 

Lvric.  H.Tmmeremitb. 
PRICE    OF  COAL,   THE— November   28,    Play- 
house. 
PRICE    SHE    PAID.    THE— June    12,    Royal, 

Stratford  iApril  17.  Gaiety,  Burnley;  ^.P., 

Januarv   20,    Standard,   Hetton). 
PRIDE     OF     BYZANTIA,     THE— August 

Prince'.s,  Bradford. 
PRIDE  OF  LIFE— Januarv  29,  Aldwycb. 
PRINCE   IGOR— Julv  7,  Covent  Garden. 
PRINCE    OF     PLEASFRj:.     A— February 

Opera  nou.>e,  Kidderminster. 
PROBATIONER,  THE— Novemiber  13,  Royalty, 

Gla^cow. 
PRO  PATRIA— Sei)temb€r  4,  Queen's,  Dublin. 
PROVIDING      FOR     MARJORIE— October     9, 
Royalty,  Glasgow. 

QUALITY    OF    MERCY,    THE— September    4, 

Roval,  Alanchester. 
QUEEN   HERZELEID— April  2.  Court. 
QUEEN  OF  SPADES,  THE— February  4,  Public 

Hall.    Epsom. 
QUEEN    OF   THE    REDSKINS— September   18, 

Elephant  and  Castle. 
QUEEN   OF  THE  WICKED— March  27,  Royal, 

Edmonton. 
QUEENS      CHAMPION,      THE— October      23, 

Broadwav  (October  16,  Opera  House,  Tun- 
bridge  Welb). 
QUIET       HONEYMOON,       A— December   *  4, 

Coronet. 
QUO    VADIS?— November    13,    London    Opera 

House. 

RAINBOW  LAD— November  21,  Devonshire 
Park,  Eastbourne. 

REALITIES— October  23,  Gaiety,  Manchester. 

REAL  MAN,  A— January  27,  Opera  House, 
Wakefield. 

REAL  NAPOLEON,  THE— March  9,  Gaiety, 
Manchester. 

RED  *R1A— February  22,  Coronet  (March  28, 
1910,  Gaiety,   Manchester). 

RED  TURF— December  5,  Opera  House,  Bel- 
fast. 


21, 


20, 


RED    WIDOW,    THE— August    81,    Ladbroke 
Hall,  W. 

R1;FOUMATION    of    DAVID,    THE-May    2, 
Ladbroko  Hall,  W. 

REGGIE'S      DOUBLE— November      14,      Hay- 
market. 

REMEDY,  THE-May  5,  Court. 

REPENTANCE— October  27,  Grand,  Leek. 

RK.STrrUTION— Marcli  7,  Rehearsal. 

REN  ENANTE.   LA— October  29— Boudoir,   W. 

REWARD.  THE— October  2,  Coronet. 

KIP  VAN  WINKLE— September  21,  Piay- 
hoiLse. 

RIVAL  STARS— December  12,  Gaiety,  Dublin. 

KHAL,  THE— Mav  4,  Rehearsal. 

RorcX"0— February  21.  Court. 

ROGUERIES  OF  SCAPIN— June  12,  Court. 

ROGUES  OF  THE  RING  —  October  30, 
Foresters'. 

ROSAMOND— February  28,   Royalty. 

RO.'^E  SHOP,  lUE— (S.P.)  February  24,  Lad- 
broke  Hall,  W. 

ROYALIST,  THE— Mav  8,  Royal,  Margate. 

RUIN  OF  A  COUNTESS,  THE— July  31,  Royal, 
Sheflield. 

RUIN  OF  HER  LIFE,  THE— February  13, 
Marlborough  (October  31,  1910.  Royal, 
Leicester). 


SACRIFICE     TO     KALI,     A— March    27,    Re- 

hear.sal. 
SALLY   BISHOP— July    15,   Prince   of   Wales's 

(.May  15,  Kind's,  Glasgow;. 
SALOON,  THE— Januarv  17,  Little. 
SALVATION   SAL— March  28.   Albert  Hall. 
SA.ME  LODGE--October  26,  Prince  of  Wales's. 
SL'HKHERAZADE— October  19,  Covent  Garden 
SCHNAPP  OF  ROTTERDAM— July  29,  Hippo- 
drome, E.istbourne. 
SEA    OF    TROUBLES,     A— March    6,     Surrey 

Idasonic    Hall. 
SECRET  AGENT,  THE— May  9,  Opera  House, 

Cheltenham. 
SECRETS   OF   STATE— Jime  1,   Court. 
SECIRING  A  FORTUNE— Octobel-  26,  Lyceum 

Club. 
SEGRETO  DI  SUSANNA,  IL— July  11,  Covent 

Garden.  » 

SHATTERED  VENGEANCE— May  1,  Victoria, 

B  rough  ton. 
SHERBEUT  JONES— September  20,  Kingsway. 
SINS  OF  THE  RICH,  THE— October  23,  Royal, 

Stratford. 
SISTERS— November  3,  Kemimgton. 
SITUATION        VACANT— March      20,      Opera 

House,  Woolwich. 
SKY    SKIPPER.    THE— November   27.     Shake- 
speare. 
SLAVES  OF  THE  DRUG— November  24,  Court. 
SLEEPING     PARTNER,     THE-May     18,     St. 

Peter's  Parish  Hall,  Stockton. 
SNOW    WHITE— December   26,    Gaiety,    Man- 
chester. 
SOME   SHOWERS— July   6,   Playhouse   (March 

10,  1910,  Tyne,  Newcastle). 
SOUL   OF   THE    WORLD,    THE— December   1, 

Imperial  Institute. 
SOULS  ON  THE  TRAMP— December  12,  92,  Vic- 
toria Street,  S.W. 
SPECTRE  DE   LA   ROSE,  LE— July  7,  Covent 

Garden. 
SPINKS  AND  CO.— February  27,  Curzon  Hall, 

Birminuham. 
SPRING   IN  BLOOMSBURY— April^  3,   Gaiety, 

Manchester. 
SPRING  MAID,  THE— September  30,  Whitney. 
SQUARE  KING,  THE— April  28,  Royalty,  Glas- 
gow. 
STAATSANWALT  ALEXANDER-February  20, 
Cripplega.te  Institute. 


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191 


STEPHEN  MACQUOID,  M.P.  (OF  LAMBETH 
ROAD)— October  5,  Royal,  Bury. 

STORM  IN  A  TEA  SHOP,  A— September  9, 
Vaudeville. 

SUFFRAGE   GIRL,  THE— March  4,  Court. 

SU.MURUN— October   5,    Savoy. 

SUXDE,   DIE— April  11.  Cripplegate  Institute. 

SWORDSMAN  OF  WOLFSBERG,  THE— August 
21,  Roval,  Blackburn. 

SYLPHIDES,   LES— July  7,  Covent  Garden. 


TAFFY'S  WIFE— May  11,  Lyceum  Club. 
TAKING   A   CHANCE— September  25,   County, 

Kingston. 
TALLYMAN,      THE— February      20,      Coronet 

(February  28,   1910,   Gaietv,  M.anchester). 
TAVERN  KNIGHT.  THE— July  31,  Pioyal  Strat- 
ford (.May  29,  Prince  of  Wales's,  Salford). 
TEA    GIKL,   THE— September   21,    Booteellers' 

Provident   Retreat. 
TE.MPTRESS    OF    PARIS,    THE— August    14, 
Royal,    Woolwich    (April     17,     Ale-xan-dra, 
Sheffield). 
TENOR    AND   THE   MAID,   THE— August   29, 

Scala. 
TERRORIST,  THE— April  15,  Duke  of   York's. 
TEST,   THE— December   22,.  Little. 
THAIS— February  7,  Ladbroke  Hall,  W. 
THAIS— July  18,  Covent  Garden. 
THAT  CHAUFFEUR  CHAP— Augu.st  14,  Broad- 
way (-\pril  24,  Opera  House,  Belfa-st). 
THAT     FI\£     POUND     NOTE- July    14,    Re- 
hearsal. 
THERE'S  MANY  A  SLIP— October  9,  Scala. 
THESPIS    COTTAGE— May    6,    Opera    House, 

Cheltenham. 
THIEF-CATCHER,      THE— May      22,      Royal, 

Woolwich. 
THIEF     OF     VIRTUE,    A— March    18,    Royal, 

Darwen. 
THOSE  WHO  DWELL  ON  THE  THRESHOLD 

— February  4,  Metropole,  Gateshead. 
THREE     MUSKETEERS,    THE— November    8, 

Lyceum. 
THROUGH    DEATH    VALLEY— December    11, 

Shakesipeare. 
TILL  THE  BELLS  RING— JuBe  6,  Playhouse. 
TO-MORROW'S    DAWN— November    14     Hay- 
market. 
lOPHY    TURVY— April   29,    Balham    Assembly 

Rooms. 
TO  .SERVE  THE  OR06S— Pelbniary  3,  Dailston. 
TOUCH     OF     TRUTH,     THE— May     26,     St. 

James's. 
TRACIHINIAE     of    Sophocles,     THE-July    6, 

Court. 
TRAP,    THE— January   17,    Little. 
TRAPPED— December    28,     Palace     Pier,     St. 

Leonards. 
TREASURE,      THE— December      15,      Raleigh 

Hall,  Brixton 
TRIMMINGS— April  25,  Rehearsal. 
TRINKET,     THE— February     23,     St.     John's 

Rooms,   Stockton. 
TRIP  TO  BRIGHTON,  A— May  29,  New. 
TRUE  W'OMAN,  A— April  21,  Wyndham's. 
TUPPENCE,  PLEASE— December  7,  Royalty. 
TWISTING    OF     THE     ROPE,    THE— May    2, 
Boudoir,     W.     (October    21,    1901,    Gaiety, 
Dublin). 
'TW'IXT  THE  NIGHTFALL  AND  THE  LIGHT 

— October  23,  Coronet. 
TWO  OF  US— April  25,  Stedman's  Academy. 
TWO  PEEPS  AT  PICKWICK— July  8,  Savoy. 


TYBURN  MARTYR,  A  —  August  5,  St. 
Thomas's  School,  Erdington. 

UNDER  THE  ROSE— February  4,  Rehearsal. 
UNINVITED      GUESTi     THE  —  October      26, 
Prince  of  Wales's. 

VENTURE  AND  VENGEANCE— December  8, 
Alhambra,  Openshaw. 

VIERGE   FOLLE,   LA— November   25,   Coronet. 

VIOLETS— October  31,  Royal  County,  Kings- 
ton. 

VIVE  L'EMPEREUR— January  6,  County  Hall, 
Guildford. 

WAITING  GAME,  A— June  3,  Diike  of  York's. 

WANDERING  SOULS,  THE— September  14, 
Ruda's  Farm,  Higham's  Park. 

WANTED,  A  COOK,  APPLY,  Etc.— September 
18,  Scala. 

WANTED,  A  HOUSEKEEPER— June  14,  Lad- 
broke  Hall,  W. 

WANTED  BY  THE  POLICE— December  11, 
Royal,   W'oolwich. 

WAR  GOD,  THE— November  8,  His  Majesty's. 

WATER  DANCE,  A— January  26,  Savoy. 

WAY  OUT,  THE— May  10,  92,  Victoria  Street, 
S.W. 

WAYS  OF  A  FLIRT,  THE— September  21,  De- 
vonshire   Park,    Eastbourne. 

WEAKEST    LINK,    THE— November    14,    Re- 

WEAKNESS  OF  WOMAN,  THE— April  28, 
Royalty,  Glasgow. 

WEDDING  BELLS— January  26,  Savoy. 

WEDDING  MORNING,  THE— March  11,  Little. 

WEE  MACGREGOR— December  19,  Royalty, 
Glasgow. 

WHAT  SHOULD  A  WOMAN  DO?— September 
4,   Brixton. 

WHAT  SOME  MEN  DON'T  KNOW— May  29, 
Little  (Alay  1,  Winter  Gardens,  Blackpool). 

WHAT  THE  WORLD  THINKS— May  20,  Tivoli, 
Aberdeen. 

W^HERE  THE  RAINBOW  ENI>S— December 
21,  Savoy. 

WHITE  SECRET,  A— December  4,  Royal,  West 
Bromwich. 

WHY  SHE  DID  IT— May  11,  Lyceum  Club. 

WIDOW  DEMPSEY'S  FUNERAL,  THE— De- 
cember 18,  Hardwicke  Street  Hall,  Dublin. 

WIFE  FOR  A  DAY,  A— April  17,  Fulham 
(February  0,  Royal,  Maoclesfleld). 

WILD  GIRL  OF  THE  FOREST,  THE— Septem- 
ber 4,  Royal,  V/oolwich  (August  14,  Junc- 
tion, Manchester;  S.P.,  June  14,  Royal, 
Wolverhampton). 

WINTER  SPORT— January  26,  Lyceum  Club 

WITCH,  THE— January  .31,  Court  (October  10 
1910,   Royalty,    Glasgow). 

WITNESS  FOR  THE  DEFENCE,  THE— 
February  1,  St.  James's. 

WOMAN,  THE— April  7,  Dalston. 

WOMAN  WHO  LOVED,  THE— November  S 
Kennington. 

WOUNDED  BIRD,  THE— November  1,  Wynd- 
ham's. 

WRITTEN  IN  RED-May  29,  Royal,  Brighton. 

YOUNG'  LADY  OF  SEVENTEEN,  THE— Fe'r^.- 
ruary  22,  Criterion. 

ZIGEUNERBARON,  DER— May  28,  Vereia 
Deutsches  Volkstheater,  East  Road,  N. 


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PRINCIPAL    REVIVALS. 


ADMIRABLE     CRICUTON,     THE— November 

11,  Repertory,  Liverpool. 
ADAIIRAL  SPKAKS,  THE— October  2,  Court. 
ARMS  AND  THF.  MAN— May  18,  Criterion. 
AS  YOU  LIKK  11— April  2j,  Coronet. 
AS  YOU  LIKE  IT— May  U,  New. 
AS  YOU  LIKE  IT— May  30,  His  Majesty's. 
ATALAXTA  IN  CALYDON— April  4,  Lyceum. 

BLOT   ON   THE  SCUTCHEON,    A— November 

18,  St.  George's  Toxsn  Hall,  E. 
BLUE  BIRD,  THE— December  26,  Queen's. 
BOHEMOS— October  29,  Boudoir,  W. 

C.\T     AND     THE     CHERUB,     THE— May   31, 

Rovaltv. 
CATASTROPHE,     THE— February    20,     Opera 

House,   Woolwich. 
CHARLEY'S   AUNT— December   26,  Whitney. 
COMING    OF-  AIDEEN,    THE— September  4, 

Queen's,   Dublin. 
COUNT  OF  LUXEMBOURG,  THE— December 

26,  Prince's,  M'ancbester. 
COUSIN  KATE— April  15,  Playhouse. 

DOLLS  HOUSE,  A— March  C,  Court. 

FAREWELL  SUPPER,  A— March  11,  Little. 
FAUST— December  1,  London  Opera  House. 

GISELLE— October  16,   Covent  Garden. 
GRACE — February  6,  Duke  of  York's. 

HAMLET— March  18,  Queen's  (H.  B.  Irving's). 
HAMLET— November    9,    Lyceum,     Edinburgh 

(Laurence   Irving's). 
HEDDA  GABLER— May  27,  Kfngsway. 
HENRY    VIII.— June  12,   His   Majesty's;   July 

10,  His  Majesty's. 

IMPORTANCE  OF  BEING  EARNEST,  THE— 
June  26,  St.  James's. 

.II'.MMY— May    13,    Criterion. 

I')HN      GABRIEL     BORKM  AN— January     26, 

Court. 
.UiLIUS  C;ESAR— May  22,  His  Majesty's. 

LADY  WINDERMERE'S  FAN— October  14,  St. 
.lanies's. 

LITTLE  STONE  HOUSE,  THE— Oct.ober  9, 
Gaietv,   Manchester. 

LOWER  DEPTHS,  THE— December  2,  Kings- 
way. 

LUCIA  DI  LAMMERMOOR— December  12, 
London  Opera  House. 

MACBETH— September  5,  His  Majesty's. 
MAN       ANT)       SUPERMAN-September       28, 

Criterion. 
MARGARET    CATCHPOLE— May   20,    Duke   of 

York's. 
MARRIAGE   OF   KITTY.   THE— June  8,   Duke 

of  York's. 
MASTER  BUILDER.  THE— March  28,  Little. 


MEMBER    OF    TATTERSALL'S,    A— July    27; 

Kursaal,  Bognor. 
MERCHANT  OF   VENICE,  THE— June  1,  His 

Majesty's. 
MERRY      WIVES      OF      WINDSOR,      THE— 

February  25,   Garrick. 
MERRY      WIVES      OF      WINDSOR,      THE— 

July  .3,  His  Majesty's. 
MESSAGE     FROM     JIARS,     A— December     9, 

Prince  of   Wales's. 
MIDSUMMER    NIGHT'S     DREAM,     A— April 

17,   His  Majesty's. 
MONEY— May  17,  Drury  Lane. 
MONNA  VANN.\— June  1,  Court;  December  i, 

Gaiety,  Dublin. 
MUCH      ADO      ABOUT     NOTHING— May      5, 

Coronet. 

NAN— May  16,  Little. 

ONLY  WAY,  THE— May  24,  Lyceum. 

PELLEAS       AND       MELISANDE  —  July       11, 

Lyceum. 
PETER  PAN— December  23,  Duke  of  York's. 
PETIT  HOTEL,  LE— October  29,  Boudoir,  W. ; 

November  20,  Coronet. 
PRISONER     OF     ZENDA,     THE— March     1, 

Lyceum. 

RICHARD  III.— June  0,  His  Majesty's. 
ROCOCO— October  3,  Little. 
ROMEO  AND  JULIET— September  2,  New. 
ROYAL  DIVORCE,  A— July  26,  Lyceum. 

SALOME— February  27,   Court. 

SCARLET     PIMPERNEL,     THE— January     2, 

New  ;  June  26,  New. 
SENTIMENTAL  CUSS,   A— May  22,   Prince  of 

SENTIMENTALISTS,  THE— October  3,  Little. 
SINS    OF    SOCIETY,    THE— March    30,    Drury 

Lane. 
SPECKLED  BAND,  THE— February  6,  Strand. 
SYLPHIDES,  LES— July  17,  Covent  Garden. 
SWEET  NELL  OF  OLD  DRURY— December  28, 

New. 

TALES  01'  HOFFMANN— December  26,  London 

Opera  House. 
TAMING    OF    THE    SHREW,    THE— May    20, 

Coronet. 
TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW,  THE— June  9,  His 

Majesty's. 
TURN    OF    THE    ROAD,    THE— November    17, 

Harrlwicke  Street  Hall,  Dublin. 
TWELFTH  NIGHT— June  5,  His  Majesty's. 
TWELVE     POUND     LOOK,     THE— October  3, 

Little. 

VICE  VERSA— December  18,  Comedy. 

WALTZ  DREAM,  A— January  7,  Daly's. 
WATER    CARRIER,    THE— November   16,    His 

Majesty's. 
WAYFARERS,  THE— November  15,  Dorchester 

Vill.ige  Hall. 
WINTERS  TALE    THB— January  14,  Queea'a 

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AUTHORS    OF    THE    YEAR. 

AN  ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  AUTHORS  AND  COMPOSERS  WHOSE  PLAYS,  OPERAS,  ETC., 

HAVE    BEEN    PRODUCED,   OR    REVIVED    DURING    THE     YEAR    1911,    ALSO    OP     THOSE 

WHOSE  WORKS   HAVE   BEEN   DRAWN   UPON   BY    DRAMATISTS,   INCLUDING  AUTHORS 

OF  FOREIGN  PLAYS  FROM  WHICH  ENGLISH  ADAPTATIONS  HAVE  BEEN  MADE. 

No  references  are  included  to  the  plays  of  Shakespeare  or  to  familiar  operas. 
"  Sketch  "  refers  to  a  play  produced  in  a  music  hall. 


i 


ABBOTT,  ADA  G.— "  Tbe  Sins  of  the  Rich." 
ALiilM,   FELIX.— "  Baron  Trenck." 
ANDERSON,  ARTHUR.    —    "  Xightbirds," 

"  Bruderlein   Fein"   (sketch). 
ANSELL,  JOHN.— "The  King's  Bride." 
ANSTEY,  F.— "  Vice  Versa  "  (revival). 
ARCHER,  WILLIAM  AND  CHARLES.—"  Peer 

Gynt." 
ARFWEDSON,  C.  A.— "  Olaf  Liliekrans. 
ARKELL.  REGINALD.—"  Colombine." 
ARMONT.— "  The  Glad  Eve." 
ARMSTRONG,  CECIL  FERAPJ).— "  The  Chain 

of  Love." 
ARMSTRONG,  FRANK.—"  The  Suffrage  Girl." 

BACKHOrSE,     JOSEPH.— "The    Lady     Com- 
panion." 
BAHR,  HERMAN.— "The  Concert." 
BAILEY,  J.  G.— "  The  Grecian  Princess." 
BAIN,   DOUGLAS.—"  Violets,"   "  The  Angel  of 

the  White  Feet." 
BAINBRIDGE,     JULIAN.— ".The     M.an     from 

BARKER,     GRANVILLE.—"  Rococo,"     An.ato! 
dialogues:—"  Ask  No  Questaoas  and  You'll 
Hear  No  Stories."  "  A  Chri.stmas  Present," 
"  A     Farewell     Supper "     (revival),     "  An 
Episode,"       "  The      Wedding      Morning," 
"  Keepsakes." 
BARIATINSKY,     PRINOE— "  The     Career    of 
Niablotsky "     (subsequently     called     "  The 
Great  Young  Man, "). 
BARING,  MAURICE.— "The  Green  Elephant." 
BARLO'W,  JANE.—"  A  Bunch  of  Lavender." 
BARRS,    HERBERT.—"  Renentance." 
BARSTOW,  BARONESS  ORCZY.— "  The  Scarlet 
Pimpernel,"     "  A     True     Wioman,"     "  The 

BARTELS,  WOLFGANG  VON.  —  "Snow 
White." 

BARTLETT,   HUBERT.—"  'Awkins's  Ordeal." 

BASS,  B. — "  A  Pantomime  Dame." 

BATAILLE.  HENRY.—"  La  Vierge  Folle." 

BAYNES.  EUSTACE.—"  The  Harem  Doctor." 

BARRIE,  J.  M.—"  Peter  Pan"  (revival),  "The 
Twelve  Pound  Look  "  (revival  and  as 
fiketch),  "  What  Every  Woman  Knows"  (re- 
vival), "  The  Admirable  Criohton "  (re- 
vival). 

BEATTY,  CHARLES.-"  The  CaU  of  Duty," 
"  Our  Fortune." 

BECAVE.  HENRY.—"  The  ParLsienne." 

BECKOFF,  BARONESS.  —  "To-morrow's 
Dawn." 

BELASCO,  DAVID.—"  The  Lilv." 

BENDEL.— "  A  Water  Dance." 

BELL,  J.  J.—"  Christina."  "The  Best  Man," 
"  Wee  Macgregor,"  "  Providing  for  Mar- 
jorie." 

BENNETT.  ARNOLD.—"  The  Great  Adven- 
ture "  "  The  Honeymoon." 


BENNETT,  P.  R.— "  Marv  Edwards." 
BENSON,     ROBERT     HUGH.— "  The   Maid   of 

Orleans." 
BENSUSAN,    INEZ.— "  Nobody's    Sweetheart," 

"  The  Apple." 
BERNARD       TRISTAN.   —  "The      Uninvited 

Guest." 
BERNSTEIN,  MAX.—"  Die  SUnde." 
BERTE,    HEINRICH.— "  The   Golden   Land   of, 

Fairy  Tales." 
BESIER,   RUDOLF.— "  Lady   Patricia." 
BIRKETT,    JOHN    (JUN.).— "  Myosota." 
BIRMINGHAM,   GEORGE.—"  Eleanor's  Enter- 
prise." 
BISSON,  M.— "In  the  Clouds." 
BLATCHFORD,     ROBERT.— "  A     Comedy     of 


Bohemia. 
BLUMENTHAL, 

blumchen." 
BLUMENTHAL. 


KADELBL^G.  —  "  Mauer- 


OSCAR.— "  Grossstadtluft," 
"  Auf  der  Sonnenseite,"  "  Is  Matrimony  a 
Failure?  " 

BODANSKY,  ROBERT.— "  The  Count  of 
Luxembourg,"   "  Baron  Trenck." 

BCDILLY,   FREDERICK   J.—"  The    Curse    of 

BOIELLE,    E.    CLARENCE.— "  The    Battle    of 

Life." 
BOVILL,    C.    H.— "Peggy." 
BOWMAN,  FANNY.—"  The  Ways  of  a  Flirt." 
BOYLE,      WILLIAM.— "  The      Love     Charm," 

"  The  Mineral   Workers." 
BRANDON,    DOROTHY.—"  Winter   Sport." 
BRANDT,     JOSEPH     LE.—"  Through     Death 

Valley." 
BREMA,  MARIE.—"  A  Water  Dance." 
BRIDGE,   FRANK.—"  A   Water  Dance." 
BRIGHOUSE,       HAROLD.—"  The       Polygon," 

"  Lonesome-like,"    "  The    Price    of    Coal." 

"  Spring   in    Bloomsburv." 
BROOKFIELD.  CHARLES  H.  E.— "  The  Spring 

Maid,"  "  The  Young  Lady  of  Seventeen." 
BROUGH,   CECIL.—"  Madame's   Holiday." 
BRO^VNR,  FRANCES.— "  Rainbow  Lad." 
BROWNE,   FRANKIE.— "Ilsa." 
BROWNE,     PORTER     EMKR.SON.— "  A     Fool 

There  Was." 
BROWNING,     ROBERT.—"  A     Blot     on     the 

Scutcheon  "  (revival),  "  The  Pied  Piper  of 

Hamelin. 
BROWNING,  H.— "  A  Member  of  Tattersall's  " 

(revival). 
BROWNING,  HANWORTH.— "  Father." 
BRUNN,   GEORGE  LE.— "  Schnapp  of  Eotiter- 

dam." 
BUCALOSSI,     BRIGATA.— "A     Love     Story," 

"  Moonshine." 
BUCALOSSI,  ERNEST.-"  Head  of  the  House." 
BUONAPARTE,  JUAN.— "  The  Real  Napoleon." 
BURLES,  FRANK.— "Over  the  Wall." 
BUSH,   W.   COATS.— "  Man." 

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194 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


CADM.W,  KDWARD.— "The  Royalist." 
OAILLAVET.     ARMAND     DE.— "  Dad,"     "  La 

Chance  <lii  Mari  "  (sket-ch). 
CAIN,  UKXKI— "Quo  VailU?  " 
CAINE,  HALL— "'I  he  Quality  of  Mercy." 
CALDERON,     GEORGE.—"  The     Little     Stone 

House." 
CALTHROP,     DIO>f    CI.AYTON.— "  The    Mys- 
terious .M'jixier  iu  the  Mill." 
CAXNAN,   GILBERT.-"  James  and  John." 
CAPL'S,     ALFRED.— "  Better     Not     Enquire,' 

"  The   Wounded   Bird." 
CARRAGHER,  P.  CHARLES.— "  The  Crock  of 

Gold." 
CARTON,  R.  C.--"  An  Eve  Opener"  (sketch). 
CASSARD,   VERNON.—"  Ladies'  Dav." 
CAS3IDY,  LILLIAN   CLARE.— "  The  Pinch  of 

AnoUier  Man's  Shoes." 
CASSON.  R.  LOUIS.— "Lord  Jack  Intervenes." 
CASTAIGNE,       ANDRE.-"  Lily.    .   the       Bill- 
Topper." 
CECIL,    F.— "Captain   Jack." 
CUA.MBERS,   C.    HADDON.— "  Passers-By  " 
CHAMBERS,    H.   KELLETT.—"  Betsy  " 
CHAPIN,   ALICE.—"  Outlawed." 
CUAPIN,    HAROLD.— "The    Autocrat   of    the 

Coffee  Stall,"  "  Muddle  Annie,"  "  The  Dumb 

and  the  Blind." 
CHERRY,   MALCOLM.—"  Mr    JarvLs  " 
CHERUBINI.— "  The  Water  Carrier"  (revival) 
CUOLMONUELEY.     MARY.-"  The    Band    on 

the  Latch." 
CLARE,  SABBEN.-"  A  Blind  Woman." 
CL.\RK.  E.  HOLMAN.— •"  The  Colonel  and  the 

Lady." 
CLARK,      ALBERT      H.— "  From      Prison      to 

Palace." 
CLARK     .M.    STANLEY.— "The    Anniversary," 

"The  Fundamental  Principle." 
CLARKE,       CHARLES      A. -"Little      Phil's 

Mother. 
CLERC,    ALICE.— "Monique." 
CLEIGH,  DENNIS.-"  A  Love  Story." 
i^^lfJ'^^"'    t^'HARLES.-"  The   Deserter." 
CODY,      MAXWELL. -"  The     Long     Valley 

Claim.' 
COLLINGHAM,    G.    G.-"  A    Royal    Divorce" 

(revival). 
COLLINS,    MABEL.—"  Outlawed  " 
roT  vnpp  ^^^^?."',-"  Tuppence,  Please." 
^l^f^'w'^^•    ^-       P'ain    Miriam." 
rnpvTVTPm-B:^r-^''The  Miracle  of  Corn." 
CORMLLE-PI..SCI;d.    GEORGE    E.-"In    the 
nr.^}-^^^J^^  "'«  Chry.santhemum.'  ' 
roSTrVT^n-\'?'^^'S^  9-;7/'I'»dy  Lavender." 
COSTELLO   MARY.-"  The  Coming  of  Aideen  " 

frevival). 
COTTESMORE,       HERBERT.-"  The       Geisha 

oiri. 

COUrTnpIP^w-    r^.HT-.-"  The-  Mousm^." 
^OURTNEY     W    L--'' Pericles   and   Aspasia." 

Funen.t."^^"^*'"      '*^*^''^      Dempsey's 
COYNE.  C.  J.— "The  Secret   A^pnt  " 
r^l^'?:?"^;p?Sf^^T-"'Bet^trBeguiled." 
thP^-pn  1-\^S^.Pn.u^^0TT.-"  The    Last    of 
^sketch)  ^^^'"'^^   Triumphant" 

CROISSHT,'  FRANi;OIS  DE.     "The   Marriage 

of  Kitty  "  (revival). 
CROSS.     MARGARET.     B.-"  Mre.     Waterlow 

Chaperone.'! 
CROSSLKY,  FLORENCE   HOLTON.-"  A  Thief 

of  Virtue." 

CCNNINGH.AM.       MARION. -"The       Laugh 

rnvviv}4V»  ^'i'iv.^'"'"  "  0"*  »<  the  Storm." 
CUNNINGHAM,  MRS.— "  Christmas  Geese." 

DALE,  LT'CY.-"  Why  She  Did  It." 
DALRYMPLE.  LEWIS  V.-"  A  Lesson  in  Rink- 

mg,     "  Bouquets   for  Breakfa.st." 
DAMER,  BERTRAM.— "The  Frontier  Queen   ' 
DANIEL.  FRANK  CRINGLE.-"  Hearts  v   Dia- 
monds." 
DARKE,  SILAS.-"  J.ick  Fr«=t." 


DARLISON,  JOHN.—"  A  Brother  of  Men." 
DA.RNLEY,     HERBERT.—"  What     Should     a 

Woman  Do?  " 
DARN  LEY,  J.  fl.— "  For  Love  of  His  Daugh- 
ter." 
DARRELL.  CHARLES.— '  The  Girl  Who  Knew 

a  Bit." 
DAUDET,    ALPHONSE.- "  The   Popinjay." 
l/AVIES,   HUBERT  HENRY.— "  Cousin  Kate" 

(revival). 
DEARMER.  MRS.  PERCY.—"  The  Soul  of  the 

World." 
DEFFELL,   FREDERICK.— "  Mrs.  Pleasance." 
DICKENS,  CHARLES.— "The  Only  W'ay  "  (re- 
vival), "  Poor  Joe,"  "  Barnaby  Rudge." 
DICKINSON,  CHARLES  H.— "  A  Near  Thing," 

"  The  Pity  of  It." 
DITRICHSTEIN,     LEO.— "  Is     Matrimony     a 

Failure?"  "The  Concert." 
DIX.     FRANK.— "The     Price     of     a     Girl'.s 

Honour." 
DOERMAN,  FELIX.—"  A  Waltz  Dream." 
DOUGLE.S,   MINNIE.—"  Under  the  Rose." 
DOUGLAS,  F.  M.— '  Written  in  Red." 
DOYLE,    ARTHUR    GONAN.— "  The    Speckled 

Band  "    (revival). 
DOYLE,  GILBERT.—"  What  Would  a  Gentle- 
man Do?  " 
DRINKWATER,  JOHN.—"  Cophetua." 
DUGUID,       FRANK.—"  What       the       W'orld 

Thinks." 
DTTKES,  ASHLEY.—"  Pride  of  Lif(>." 
DUMAS,    ALEXANDRE.— "  The  Three  Muske- 
teers "    (new  version). 
DUMAS  Fils,  A.—"  In  Love." 
DUNS.VNY,  LORD.—"  King  .A,rgimenes  and  the 
Unknown    Warrior,"    "The    Gods    of    the 
Mountain." 
DRURY,  W.  P.—"  The  Admiral  Speaks." 


ECKERSLEY,    ARTHUR.— "  Lady   Jane." 
BDLIN.   HENRY.—"  Ladv  Lavender." 
ELDRED,   ARTHUR.—"  Situation   Vacant." 
ELLIOTT.  RICHARD.—"  A  Quiet  Honeymoon. " 
ELLIS.  ALBERT  E.— "  That  Chauffeur  Chap," 

"  The   Skv  Scraper." 
ELLIS,   BETH.— "Mr.    Jarvis." 
ELLIS.  WALTER.—"  Cupid  and  the  Captain." 
ERICSEN,     HUBERT.— "The    Queen's    Cham- 
pion." 
ERNEST,  L.— "  Her  Ruined  Life." 
ERVIXE.    ST.    JOHN    G.— "  ML\ed    Marriage," 

"  Comnpn.';ation." 
EVANS,   FRANK   HOWEL.— "  Half  a  crown." 

FAGAN,  JAMES  BERNARD.—"  Bella  Do«nna." 
FALL,     LEO.— "  Bruderlein      Fein"      (sketch), 

"The  Eternal  Waltz"  (sketch). 
FELD,  LEO.—"  The  Great  Name." 
FENTON.    F.    DE    WENDT.— "  The    Wounded 

Bird." 
FERNALD,    CHESTER    BAILEY.— "The    Cat 

and  the  Cherub  "  (revival),  "  The  Married 

Woman." 
FERRABY,  HUBERT  C.-^"  The  Catas^trophe." 
FERRIS,   EDWARD.—"  The  ReWcird." 
FERRO,  L.  V.—"  Wedding  Bells,"  "La  Pompa- 
dour." 
FIELD,       ARTHUR       W.— "  The       Pride      of 

Bvzantia." 
FISHER.  HOWAP^D.— "  Two  of  Vs.." 
FITZGERALD,  GERALD.— "  The  Blind  Girl." 
FITZJOHN.  G.  P.  R.— "  A  Plume  of  Feathers." 
FITZMAI'RICE,  GEORGE.— "  The  Piedish." 
FLEMING.  CARROLL.—"  Bow  Sing." 
FLERS,    ROBERT    DE.— ".  Dad,"    "  La  Chance 

du  Mari  "  (sketch). 
FONSON,    FRANTZ.— "Le    Mariage    de    Mile. 

Beulemans." 
FOX,  B.  MERVYN.— "The  Price  She  Paid." 
FRANCK,   ANATOLE.— "  Thais." 
FRASER-SIMPSON,-    HAROLD.—"  Bonita."     , 
FREETH,  FRANK.—"  A  Judge  of  Character. 


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FRERE,    EDGAR.—"  Match-making    in     May- 
fair,"   "  Pandora." 

FRESKA,    FRIEDRICH.— "  Rialon  "     (sketch), 
"  SumurOn." 

FRIEDMAN,       ARMIN.— "  The      fassing      of 
Talma."  ,    ,, 

FRITH,      WALTER.—"  Margaret     Catclipole 
(revival),    "  The    Bells   of   Lin   Lan   Louc," 
'•  The  Miniature." 

FULLER,     UERBEllT.— "  The     Temptress     of 
Paris." 

FURNIVALL,    VIOLET.—"  A  Poem   in   Panto- 
mime." 

FYFE,  H.  HAMILTON.—"  The  Borstal  Boy. 

GALLET,  LOUIS.—"  Thais." 
GALLON,    TOJI.— "  The    Angel    of    the    White 
Feet,"  "The  Great  Gay  Road,"  "Aurora's 
Captive." 
GAlLSWORTHY,  JOHN.— "The  Little  Dream." 
GANTHONY.    RICHARD.—"  A    Message    from 

Mars  "    (revival). 
GARNETT,     MRS.     EDWARD.—"  The     Cherry 

Orchard." 
GARROD,  W.  V.—"  A  Wife  for  a  Day." 
GARROW,  DAVID.—"  Patty  Packs  a  Bag." 
GATTY,   NICHOLAS.—"  Duke   or  Devil."  , 
GEBEST,  C.  J.—"  The  Red  Widow." 
GERBERDING,      ELIZABETH.    —   "  In      the 

Patio." 
GILBERT,  LEWIS.—"  A  Fi.ir  Impostor." 
GILBERT,      SIR      W.      S.— "  The     Hooligan  " 

(sketch). 
GILL,   ARTHUR  S.— "  The  Kiss  of  Isds." 
GLAZE,     WILL     H.--"  Breaking     a    Woman's 

Heart." 
GLOVER,       EVELYN. —  "  Mrs.       Appleyard's 

Awakening." 
GOLDBERG,      MAX.—"  The      Heir      to      the 

Throne." 
GOLDIE,   JOHN.— "  Business." 
GORKI,   MAXIM.— "The  Lower  Depths"   (re- 
vival). 
GOULD,  NAT.—"  The  Chance  of  a  Lifetime." 
GRAHAM,     BERTHA,     N.—"  Taffy's     "Wife," 
"  Pitch  and  Toss."  "  Securing  a  Fortune." 
GRAH.\ME,       RONALD. -"  Qneen        of       the 

Wicked."  "  W-anted  by  the  Police." 
GRANVILLE.    EDWAkD.— " 'Enery   Brown." 
GREEN,  HENRY  GILLIDGE.— "  Snow  White." 
GREENBANK,    PERCY.—"  The    Mousm^." 
GREENE,   ALICE   CLAYTON.— "  The  Trap." 
GREGORY,    LADY.—"  The    Deliverer,"     "  The 
T-wii^ting  of  the  Rope,"  "  The  Rogueries  of 
Scapin,"     "  Coats,"     "  The    Full     Moon," 
"  McDarragh's  W  ife." 
GREIN,   ALIX.— "  Wedding   Bells,"   "  La  Pom- 
padour." 
GiRESAiC,     FRED     DE.— "  The     Marriage      of 
Kitty"      (revival),      "The      Enchantress" 
GRO.S.SMITH,       GEORGE       (JUN).—"  Peggy," 

"  Bv    Georse  !  "    (sketch^. 
GRUNDY,     SYDNEY. —  "  The     Right     Sort" 

(sketch). 
GUILBERT,   INSPECTOR.—"  Kit  Carson,    the 
Blind  Detective." 

HALIFAX,  ROBERT.—"  The  Sleeping  Part- 
ner." 

HALL,  A.  E.— "  Di.xon's  Divorce." 

HALL,  ARTHUR.—"  The  Girl  with  the  Cash." 

HAMILTON,  CICELY.—"  The  Cutting  of  the 
Knot,"   "  Jack  and  Jill   and   a  Friend." 

HAMILTON,  HENRY.—"  Bardelys  the  Magni- 
ficent^" "  The  Sins  of  Society "  (revival), 
"  The  Hope." 

HAMUND,  ST.  JOHN.—"  Making  Him 
Jpalous,"    "  Our    Granddaughter." 

HANNAN,    CHARLES.—"  A   White   Secret." 

HANRAY.   LAWRENCE.—"  Autumn  Roses." 

HARDINGE,  GEOFFREY.—"  The  Flail  of 
Fate." 

HARDY,  THOMAS.—"  The  Wayarers "  (re. 
vival),   "  The   Distracted   Preacher." 


HAIEiRISON,      AWELINE. "  The      Devil's 

Tinsel." 
HATTON,    BESSIE.— "  Before   Sunrise." 
HAWTRKY,  CHARLES.— "  The  Great  Niunc." 
HAY,  Gi;ORGE.— "  Katreeno." 
HAY,       ROBERT      and      JULIAN.— "  Dicky's 

Luck." 
HEARNE,    ISABEL.—"  Queen    Herzeleid." 
HEATH,  RUPERT  M.— "  A  Double  Victory." 
HEMMERDE.  EDWARD  G.— "  A  Butterfly  ou 

the  Wheel,"  "  The  Crucible." 
HENRY  L.— "  Grandpapa." 
HENSLOWE,      LEONARD.— "  Souls      on      the 

Tramp." 
HERBERT,      VICTOR.— "  The      Rose      Shop," 

"  Natonia,"   "The    Enchantress." 
HERBERT,  JOSEPH  W.— "  The  Rose  Shop." 
HERTZ,   H.   A.—"  The  Passing  of  Talma." 
HESLOP,  CHARLES.—"  Bettv  Beguiled." 
HEWLETT,  H.  W.— "  Jappy' Chappy." 
HEWLETT.  MAT'inCE.—"  Ariadne  in  Naxos." 
HICHENS,  ROBERT.—"  Bella  Donna." 
hlGGlNB01iU-\i,  ROBERT.-"  Kitty." 
HILDYARD,  MAUD.—"  Al)s:nthe." 
HILL,   GRAHAM.—"  'Twixt  the  Nightfall  and 

the  Light,"   "  The  Queen's  Champion." 
HILL,    H.    BRINSLEY.— "  For    Love    of    His 
Diaugihter."  "Bill's  Laiit  Ch-ance  "  (sketoh), 
"  Ciem  "    fsketch). 
HILL-MITCHELSON,  E.— "  The  Blackguard  cf 

the  Queen's  Regiment,"  "  For  Her." 
HILLIARD,  STAFFOPvD.— "'  A  Storm  in  a  Tea 

Shop." 
HOBAKT.   GEORGE  V.— "  Evervwife." 
HOFFMAN,    AARON.—"  The    Reformation    of 

David." 
HOFFMANSTHAL,       HUGO.—"  Des       Fremde 

Madclien  "    (sketch). 
HOLLAENDER.    VICTOR.—"  Sumurfin." 
HOLLES,   JOHN.— "Same  Lodge." 
HOOD,  BASIL.— "The  Count  of  Luxembourg." 
HOPE,  ANTHONY.—"  The  Prisoner  of  Zenda  " 

(revival). 
HOWARD,  KEBLE.— "  The  Girl  Who  Couldn't 

Lie." 
HOWARD,  WALTER.—"  The  Life  Guardsman." 
HOWE,    RONALD.—"  Fowl    Play  " 
HOUGHTON,  STANLEY.—"  Fancy  Free  " 
HOUSMAN,   LAURENCE.— "  Pains   and   Penal- 
ties,"  "  Alice  in   Ganderland." 
HOUSDEN,       H.       F.— "Midnight       London," 

"  Bonnie  Marv." 
HUBBACK,  FRANCIS  W.-"  Alces.tis.'" 
HUEFFER,       OLIVER       MADOX.  —  "  Down 

Stream." 
HUMPERDINCK,       ENGELBERT.  —  "  Konig.^- 
kinder,"     "  The     Miracle,"     "  Hansel     and 
Gretel  "  (sketch  revival). 
HUNTER.     J.     MAURICE.-"  The     Eclectics' 

Club." 
HURGON,    AUSTIN.— "The    Eternal    Waltz" 

(sketch). 
HUTCHINSON,  LANCELOT.—"  The  Failure." 
HUTCHINSON.  ERNEST.—"  The  Way  Out." 
HYDE,     DOUGLAS.— "  The    Twisting    of    the 

IU>p9k" 

IBSEN,  HENRIK.— "  Peer  Gvnt,"  "  A  Doll's 
House,"  "  Hedda  Gabter,"  "  Oilaf  LEie- 
krans,"  "  John  Gabriel  Borkman  "  (revivals). 

IRVING,  LAURENCE.— "  The  Terrorist,"  "The 
Lov.er    Depths  "    (revival). 

IVES,  MALCOLM  C— "  The  Harem  Doctor." 


JACKSON,  MARGARET  NELSON.—"  The  End- 
ing." 
JACOBSON,  LEOPOLD.— ■'  A  Waltz  Dream." 
JAMES,    ADA    and    DUDLEY.—"  According   to 

his  Lights." 
JAMES,  HENRY.—"  The  Saloon." 
JAMES,    SPENCER    T.— "  The    Death    Trap." 
JENNINGS,       GliRTRUDE.— "Our       Nervous 
System." 


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JEROME,  JEROME  E. 

Chilvers." 

JOHNSTONE,   ALEXANDER.—"  Betsy." 
JOHNSTONE,  WILL  B.— "  Betsy." 
JONES,  GUV.—"  The   Belle  of  the  Skies." 
JONES,  HENRY   ARTHUR.— "  The  Ogre." 
JULIAN,  HENRY.— "Taking  a  Chance." 

KADELBURG,    GUSTAV.— "  Is   Matrimony    a 

Failure?"    "  Auf   der   Sonnenseitc,"    "  Der 

Dunkle  Punkt,"   "  Grosstadtlaft." 
KEENE,   URSULA.—"  A  Love  Story." 
KENDALL,   JOHN.—"  Dad." 
KENNEDY.       WILLIAM      STEWART.—"  The 

Pied  Piper  of  Hamelin." 
KESTER,     PAUL.— '•  Lily,     the     Bill-Topper," 

"  Sweet  Nell  of  Old    Drury  "  (revival). 
KIDD,    .lOHX.— "  Restitution." 
KLilBERLEV,  Mrs.  F.  G.— "  The  Heart  Bowed 

Down,"    "  The   W'ild    Girl  of   the   Forest," 

"  A  Country  Rose." 
KING,     WILL.— "The     Cure,"     "The     Arctic 

Cure." 
KIN8EY,  M.— "  A  Double  Deception." 
KIPLING,  RUDYAPJ).— "  A  Fool  There  Was." 
KLEIN,  MANUEL.—"  Bow  Sin«." 
KNOBLAUCH,  EDW'ARD.— "  Kismet." 
KOPSKI.— "  The  Edge  of  the  Storm." 

LANDA,      GERTRUDE      AND      JACK.— "  Red 

■Ria." 
LANDECK,  BEN.—"  For  Mother's  Sake,"  "  Kit 
Carson,"    "  The    Blind    Detective,"    "  The 
Three  Musketeers  "  (new  version). 
LASQUE.   FRANZ   V.— "  The  Geisha  Girl." 
LAWRENCE,  BOYLE.—"  The  Popinjay," 
LEHAR,     FRANZ.—"  The     Count    of     Luxem- 
bourg." 
LENNOX,  COSMO  GORDON.— "  The  Marriage 

of  Kitty  "   (revival). 
LEON.  VICTOR.—"  The  Grer'.t  Name." 
LEROUX,  GASTON.—"  The  Lily." 
LETHBRIDGE.     OLIVE.—"  The    Blind    Gk)d," 

"  The  Mother." 
LEVY,  JOSE  G.— "The  Glad  Eve." 
LEWIS,   CECIL   C— "The   Queen   of   Spades," 

"  The  Outcast." 
LEYCESTER,  LAURA.—"  The  Payment." 
LINCKE,  PAUL.—"  Castles  in  the  Air." 
LINDAN.  PAUL.—"  Die  Beiden  Leonoren." 
LINDO,  FRANK.— "His  Child  Wife." 
LION,     LEON     M.--"  Mr.     Jarvis,"     "  C.Q.D  " 

(sketch). 
LITCHFIELD,      EMMA.  —  "  Banished      from 

Home,"  "  Queen  of  the  Redskins." 
LLOVD,   CECIL —"  A   Classical   Instance." 
LOCK,  EMIL.— "The  Test." 
LOCKE,  EDWARD.—"  The  Little  Prospector," 

"  The  Case  of  Berkv." 
LOCKNAYNE.    CLEMENT.— "  The   Tenor    and 

the  Maid." 
LOMATH.  STUART.—"  The  Thief  Catcher." 
LOVEDAY,  CHARLES  T.— "  The  Cure,"  "  The 

Arctic  Cure." 
LOYSON,  PAUL  HYACINTHE.— "  Souls  on  the 

Tramp." 
LUDERS.  GUSTAV.—"  Ladies'  Day." 
LYNN.   J.    WELLESLEY.— "  The  Doctor's  Ex- 
periment." 
LYTTON,  BLXWER.-"  Money  "  (revival). 

McALISTER.  J.  A.—"  The  Pride  of  Byzantia." 
McEVOY,  CHARLES.—"  All  that  Matters." 
McGOWAN,  M.  SLIEVE.— "  Trimmings." 
McKENZIE,     JACK.— "The     Belle    of    Barce- 
lona." 
McKEOWN,     NORMAN.—"  Stephen    Maquoid, 

M.P.   (of  Lambeth  Road)." 
MACKINNON.    EWART.— "  Expert    Opinion," 

"  Columbine  "   (sketch). 
MACNAMARA,      MARGARET.—"  Our      Little 

Fancies." 
MAETERLINCK,      MAURICE. —  "  The      Blue 
Bird"  (reviv.al),  "Monna  Vanna  "  (two  re- 
vivals). 


MALLBTT,  W.  HAWARD.— "The  Other  Man. " 
MALTBY.   H.   T.— "  The  Laughter  of   FooU." 
"  Haunted,"     "  What     Some     Men     Don't 
"Know." 
MANTELL,  FREDERICK.— "  Force  of  Circum- 
stances," "  Spinki  and  Co." 
MARKIEVICZ,      CA^JIMIR      DUNIN.—"  Rival 

Stars." 
MARRIS,  EDWARD.—"  That  Chauffenr  Chap," 

"  Her  Madcap  Majesty  "  (sketch). 
MARZETTI,     EDGAR.- "The     Peckham     Pre- 
tender." 
MASEFIELD,   JOHN.— "  The   Witch,"   "  Nan   ' 

(revival). 
MASON,    A.    E.    W.— "  The    Witness    for    the 

Dfcf&nce." 
-MASSE.  CHARLES.— "  The  Page." 
.MASSENET,   JULES.—"  Thais,"   "  Herodiade." 
MATTHEWS,  B.   P.—"  The  Reward." 
MATTOS,  TEIXEIRA  DE.— "  The  Blue  Bird  " 

(revival). 
MAUDE,     CHARLES.-"  The     Hand     on     the 

Latch." 
MAUGHAM,    W.    SOMEP^ET.—"  Grace "    (re- 
vival),  "  Loaves   and   Irishes,"   "  A  Trip  to 
Brighton." 
MAUPASSANT,      GUY      DE.— "  The      Abbe's 

Garden." 
MAXWELL,        BEATRICE        HERON.—"  The 

Garavanners." 
MAXWELL.  M.— "  The  King's  Dancer." 
MAY,    C.    EDGAR.— "Man    Proposes;    Woman 
Disposes,"   "  The  Inheritance,"   "  Deceiver.s 
Three,"  "  A  Husband's  Device." 
MAYNE,   RUTHERFORD.—"  The  Turn  of  the 

Road,"  "  Red  Turf,"  "  The  Drone." 
M.\YO,   .MARGARET.— "  Baby  Mine." 
MELVYN,  WILLIAM.—"  The  New  Jack  Shep- 

pard." 
MEREDITH,        GEORGE.—"  The        Sentimen- 
talists." 
MERVYN,.       WILLIAM.  — "Shattered       Ven- 
geance." 
MILL,  C.  WATSON.—"  A  Prince  of  Pleasure.  " 

"  The  Eve  of  Her  Wedding." 
MILLE,  WILLIAM  C.  DE.— "  The  Woman." 
MILLS,     CLIFFORD.— "  Where     the     Rainbow 

Ends." 
MILLWARD,     DAWSON.—"  The    Colonel     and 

the  Lady." 
MIRBEAU,    OCTAVE— "Le   Portefeuille." 
MITCHELL,  BASIL.—"  A  Real  Man." 
MOFFATT,  GRAHAM.—"  Till  the  Bells  Ring," 
"  Bunty    Pulls    the    Strings,"   "  The    Con- 
cealed Bed  "   (sketch). 
MOLIERE.— "  The  Rogueries  of  Scapin." 
MOLNAR,  FRANZ.—"  Playing  with  Fire." 
MONCKTON,   LIONEL.— "The   Mousm6." 
MONKHOUSE,    ALLAN.—"  Mary   Broome." 
.MONTAGUE,  LEOPOLD.— "  The  Dark  Lady." 
MONTGOMERY,  JAMES.— "  The  Aviator." 
MOOR,  A.  L.— "  La  Pompadour." 
MOOR,    EM.\NUEL.— "  Wedding    Bells,"    "  La 

Pompadour." 
MOORE,       E.       H.VMILTON.  — "  The       Blooii 

Flower." 
MOORE,      F.      FRANKFORT.— "  The     Queen's 

Room  "  (revival). 
MOORE,  GEORGE.— "  Esther  Waters." 
MORPETH,    WILLIAM.—"  Above    Suspicion." 
MORRELL,       FRANCES.    —    "  Venture       and 

Vencreance." 
MOUILLOT,   FP.EDERICK.— "  The  Popinjay." 
MUULE,  FRED.—"  Rogues  of  the  Ring,"  "  The 

Black   Hand." 
MULDOON,      J.      MALACHI.— "A      Hospital 

Ward." 
MUNK,   EDMUND. -"Lilac  Land." 
MURE,   WILLIAM  C— "  A   Counter  Reforma- 
tion." 
MURRAY,      DOUGLAS.— "  Kit,"      "A      Senti- 
mental Cuss  "  (revival). 
MURRAY,   TOM   E.— "  The  Harem   Doctor." 
MURRAY,    T.    C.-- "Birthright." 


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XAXCEY.— "The   Glad   Eye." 
XASH,  PERCY.— "The  Suffrage  Girl." 
N'.MIOX.  W.  H.  C— "  The  Land  of  Nonlocia." 
XEEDHAM,  RAYMOXD.— "  The  Celibate." 
XEILSON,    FKAXCIS.— "  A    Butterfly    on    the 

Wheel,"    '■  The    Crucible." 
NEVIXSnx,   MARGARET   WYXNE.— "  In  the 

Workhouse." 
XEWALL,    UUY.— "Same   Lodge." 
XICnOLLS,   HELLER.— "The  Secret  Agent." 
XICIIOLSOX,   R.   T.— "  Athene." 
NICODEMI,    DORLS.— "  L'Alerte  "    (sketch). 
XOBLE,    T.    TERTIUS.— "  Killibcgs." 
XORTOX,     FREDERICK.—"  Orpheus     in     the 

Underground." 
X^ORWOOD,    EILLE.— "  The   Grev   Room." 
XiOUGUES,  JEAN.— "Quo  Vadis?  " 
XOYES.    ALFRED.—"  Orpheus    in    the    Under- 
ground." 

ODLE,   EDWIX   v.— "First   Love." 
OFFEX'BACH.— "  Orpheus       in       the       Under- 
ground." 
OMMAXNEY.  CHARLES.—"  The  New  Clown." 
O'NEILL,     CLEMENT.— "  Wanted,     a     House- 

O'NEILL.  '  NORMAN.—"  The     Gods     of     the 

Mountain." 
OPPENKEIM.    E.    PHILLIPS.— "  The    Money 

Spider,"  "The  Gilded  Key"  (sket<;h). 
ORCZY,    BARONESS.— See    Barstow,    Baroness 

Orczv. 
O'REILLY.  P.  J.—"  The  Geisha  Girl." 
ORNSTEIN.   E.P.— "  Jack  Frost." 
O'SULLIVAN,      VINCENT.  —  "  The      Hartley 

Family." 
OSMOND,  H.  L.— "  The  Belle  of  Barcelona." 

PACKER,  H.— "  Masque  of  Empire." 
PACKER,    HARRIET.— "  The    Treasure." 
PAGE,   BERNARD.—"  Lilac  Land." 
PARGETER,  E.   W.— "  The  Trinket." 
PARKER,     LOUIS     X.—"  Jemmy  "     (revival). 

"  Pomander   W'alk." 
PARKER,  OSCAR.—"  The  New  Harem." 
PARRY.      EDWARD      A.—"  The      Tallyman," 

"  Napoleon's  Victory." 
PARRY,  MAREE.— "  An  Ideal  Thief." 
PASQUAL,   M.— "Nuit  Rouge:" 
PASTOX,   GEORGE.—"  Colleagues  "  (.sketch). 
PAUL,  WILLIA.M,— "  The  Jerrv  Builders." 
PAULL,  H.  M.— "  The  Xew  Clown." 
PEACOCK.   WADHAM.— "  Bonita." 
PEMBERTOX,   MAX.— "  The   Grev  Room." 
PETTIT.  HEXRY.— "The  Edge  of  the  Storm." 
PHILIPPI,    FELIX.—"  D.a.^    Erbe." 
PHILLIPS,  STEPHEX.— "  Pietro  of  Siena." 
PHILPOT.  STEPHEX  R.— "  The  Algerian  Girl." 
PIGGOTT,  F.  XEVILLE.— "  Jack  Frost." 
PIKE.   ,W,  C— "A   Country   Rose." 
PINEP>0.      SIR      A.      W^-"  Preserving      Mr. 

Panmure." 
PLEYDELL.   GEORGE.— "  One  of  the  Dukes." 
POBL.   WILLIAM.—"  Life  in   Camp." 
POLG.\R,  ALFRED.—"  The  Passing  of  Talma."- 
POLLOCK,   CHAXNING.— "  The   Red  Widow." 
POLLOCK,    JOHN.—"  Rosamond." 
PORTER,       ADRIAX".- "  Vive       I'Empereur," 

"  .After    Jena." 
POULTON,   J.   A.—"  The   Governor-General." 
POWELL.  MRS.  MORTON.—"  The  Ruin  of  Her 

Life."   "  The  Girl  Without  a  Home." 
PRESBER,   RUDOLF.—"  Der  Dunkle  Punkt." 
PROCTOR,  C.  VERNON.—"  The  Good  Samari- 
tan." 
PUCCINI.-"  La  Fanciulla  del  West." 
PYM.  PAUL.— "The  Ne'er  Do  Well." 

QUARITCH,  A.  H.— "  The  Golden  Land  of  Fairy 

Tales." 
QUIETER.     ROGER.—"  Where     the     Rainbow 

Ends." 

RAE,  NITA.— "No  Mother  to  Guide  Her." 
RAINGER,      HERBERT      T.— "  The      Secret 
Agent." 


RALEIGH,    CECIL.— "The    Sins    of    Society" 

(revival),    "  The    Hope,"    "  The    Winner  " 

(sketch),   "  The  Prime  Minister  "   (sketch). 

RAMSEY,      JOHN.— "Where      the      Rainbow 

Ends." 
RAPHAEL,      JOHN      N.  —  "  The      Uninvited 

Guest,"  "  Just  a  Minute  "  (sketch). 
REDDING,    JOSEPH    D.— "  Natoma." 
REDMOND,     JOHANNA.—"  Honor's     Choice," 
"  The    Be.st    of    a    Bad    Bargain,"    "  Pro 
Patria,"  "  Falsely  True  "  (sketch). 
REID,    HAL.—"  A    Home-spun    Heart,"    "  The 
Little  Prospector,"  "  To  Serve  the  Cross." 
REINHARDT,      HEINRICH.  —  "  The      Spring 

Maid." 
RICHARDS,  JOHN.—"  The  Charm  of  Life." 
RIDGE  PETT.— "  Some  Showers." 
RIGBY,  ARTHUR.—"  The  Sky  Skipper." 
RIGHTON,   MARY.— "The  King's  Oath." 
RISK,  R.  K.— "  Macallister's  Dream." 
ROBERTS,      W.      H.— "  Dwellers      in      Glass 

Houses." 
ROBERTSON,   MISS.—"  Afterwards." 
ROBBRTON,    MARION.—"  Salvation    Sal." 
ROBINS,      GERTRUDE.—"  Realities,"      "  Pot 

Luck  "   (sketch). 
ROBINS,  MABEL  H.— "  A  Debt  of  Honour." 
ROBINSON,  MRS.  CAYLEY.— "  Castles  in  the 

Air." 
ROBINSON.    HUGH.—"  The     Girl     with     the 

Cash  "  and  "  Sherbert  Jones." 
ROBINSON,   LENNOX.—"  The   Clancy  Name." 
ROBY.    ARTHUR.—"  That  Chauffeur  Chap." 
ROGERS,   E.   W.— "  The  Sky  Skipper." 
ROSE,   ARTHUR.—"  The  Glass  Slipper." 
ROSE,    COLIN    NEIL.—"  The    Tenor    and    the 

Maid." 
ROSE,   CUTHBERT.— "  Katreeno." 
ROSE,   EDWARD.—"  The  Prisoner  of   Zenda." 
ROSE.  R.— "  The  Scarlet  Pimpernel." 
ROSMER.  ERNEST.—"  Konigskinder." 
ROSS,    ADRIAN.—"  A    Waltz    Dream,"    "  The 
Count  of    Luxembourg,  "    "  Castles   in   the 
Air." 
ROTHXEY,  LOBNA.— "  L'Air  qui  Oharme." 
ROWLEY,  ANTHONY.— "  The  Probationer." 
ROY",    R.    J.—"  1  he    Casting-Out     of     Martin 

Whelan." 
ROYE,    MAURICE.— "  The    Golden     Land     of 

Fairv  Tales." 
RUBENSTEIN,      H.\ROLD      F.— "  Her      Wild 

Oats." 
RUCH,    HANNES.— "  Das    Fremde    Madchen  " 

(sketch). 
RUSKIN,  SYBIL  R.\PHAEL.— "Lucie,"  "  Little 

Satan." 
SABATIXI,    RAFAEL.— "  Bardeley's  the   Mag- 

nliflceat,"  "  TIhe  'Tavern  Knight." 
ST.      JOHV,      CHRISTOPHER.— •' The      First 

Actress." 
SAKER,  GEORGE.—"  A  Poem  in  Pantomime." 
SANDARS,  M.  F.— "  The  Rival." 
SARDOU,    VICTORIEN.— "  Above    Suspicion. 
SAWYER,    LYDDELL.— "  A    Matter   of    Argu- 
ment," "  Macgrcgor's  Mixture,"  "  The  Art 
of  Tim.mins." 
SCHILLER.—"  Life  in  Camp." 
SCHNITZLER,    ARTHUR.— Anatol    dialogues— 
"  Ask   No   Questions  and   Y'ou'll   Hear    No 
Stories."    "  K      Christmas      Present,"    "  A 
Farewell  Supper  "  (revivall,  "  .Vn  Episode," 
"The   Wpdrlinsi  Morninc,"    "Keepsakes." 
SCHOXHERR,  KARL.—"  Glaube  und  Heimat." 
SCHRADER.  FREDERICK.— "  Baron  Trenck." 
SCHWARTZ,        CAMILLO.  —  "  The        Broken 

Mirror." 
SCOTT,   C.   A.   D.\WSON.— "  Phoca." 
SCOTT,  M.  A.—"  The  Gay  Widow." 
SCOTT,   M. .  F.— "  Charity." 
SCOTT,  WALTER.—"  Taking  a  Chance." 
SHAW,     G.     BERNARD.—"  Man     and     Super- 
man "      (revival),     Fanny's     First     Play." 
"  Arms  and  the  Man  "  (revival),  "  How  He 
IJed  to  Her  Huslxand  "  (revival  as  sketch). 


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The    Grecian     Ti  in- 


SIIEFFIKLU,     VORKI^ 

CCPS." 

SITELUDX.   K.   S.— "  Tlif   Doss." 
SHELDON,  GEOItGK.— ••  Refore   the   D:i\vn." 
SHEI.LKY.   IIKIM51CKT.— •■  The  Algerian   Girl." 
SHEPPKRD,  IVV.— ■•  A  Sacrillce  to  Kali." 
iSHIlU.EV,   AirniUR.— "  The   Keal   Napoleon," 

••  For  Mothcr'.s  Salve."  "  The  Three  Muske- 

teer.s  "  (new  ver.sion). 
SUTI  rZKK,  D.— "  The  Wandering  Souls." 
SIH'TK.   !•;.  L.— "  .lanpv  C'liappy." 
SIENKIEWICZ,     HENRYK.— "Quo    Vadis  ?  " 
SILVER.      AUBKEV      11.— "  The      Wandering 

Souls." 
SILVERSTONE,    O.— "  Tlie    Ruin    of    a    Coun- 

te.'ss." 
SINXETT,  A.  P.—"  Married  bv  Degrees." 
SKELTON,   ARTHUR.—"  Breaking  a  Woman's 

Heart."   "  The  Child   Wife." 
SLEE.   NOR^TAX   I).—"  The  King's  Bride." 
SMITH,   HARRY   B.— "  The  Enchantress." 
SAtlTH.    III;m;Y   B.— "  The   Spring   Maid." 
SMITH.     MAIiV     STAFFORD.— "  A    Freak    of 

Fate,"  "  The  Conversion,"  "  Simple  Silas  " 

(sketch). 
SMITH.   ROBERT  B.— "  The  Spring  Maid." 
SOLOMON'.  JESSICA.— "  The  Contest." 
SOPHorLES.— "  Trachinia." 
SORROW.  GLORIA.—"  In  Love." 
SPE.VCER,   T.   H.— "  A   Sea   of   Troubles." 
SQUIERS.    GRAHAME.— "  The    Belle    of    the 

Skies." 
STANLEY,    nORACE.— "The    Female    Detec- 
tive." 
STEER,     .TAXETTE.— "  GeraldiBe     Wants     to 

Know." 
STEPHENS.  JAMES.— "The  Marriage  of  Julia 

Elizabeth." 
STEPHENS,      W.      THWAITES.— "  The     Way 

Out." 
STERN.  GLADYS  B.— "  For  One  Night  Only." 
STEYXOR,  MORLEY.— "La  Chute  du   Dieu." 

"  Le  Lieutenant  Felberg,"  "  La  Femme  de 

r.Acteur." 
STRAUSS,      JOHAXN.— "  Nightbirds,"      "Die 

Ziceunerbaron." 
STRAUS.  OSCAR.—"  A  Waltz  Dream." 
STRINDBERG.— "  The    Father." 
STROXG.   AUSTIN.-"  The  Mysterious  Murder 

in  the  Mill."  "  Rip  Van  Winkle." 
STUART,  LESLIE.— "  Peggy." 
SUTRO.      ALFRED.— "The      Perplexed     Hus- 
band." 
SUTTOX-VAXE,       VANE.— "  His      Heart      in 

Jap.in." 
SWINBURNE,      ALCEEIXOX.-"  Atatanta     in 

Calvdon  "   (revival).v 
SWIXLEY,      E.     lOX.— "  The      Lady     of     the 

Shadowed    Hill." 
SYKES.  ARTHUR  A.—"  The  Beau." 
SYMOX.   DUDLEY,  J.—"  The  Cruise  of  Cara- 

dos." 


TALBOT,         HOWARD.—"  Athene,"         "  The 

Mousm6." 
TALBOT,    GEORGE.— "  Annersley's    Bride." 


For 


The 


TALBOT.  HARRY.-"  At  Willow  Creek. 

a  Child's  Sake." 
TAXIDE,   M.— "  A  Trip  to  Brighton." 
TAYLOR.  HELEN.—"  Two  of  I's." 
TCHEKHOFF.    AXTON.— "T  he    Beau, 

Cherry  Orchard." 
THERVAL,   LAURENCE.—"  Christina." 
TH0:MAS.      BRAXDOX.— "Thcspis     Cottage," 

"Charley'.';   Aunt"   (revival). 
THO]\IPSOX",  ALEX    M.— "  The  Mousni€." 
THOMPSON,    BERTIE.—"  Schnapp    of   Rotter- 
dam." 
TH0:MPS0N.    MAUDE.—"  Trapped." 
THORPE    E.   M.— '•  Ladv  Venborough's  Vow." 
THORPE-MAYNE.         GERTRUDE.—"  Cunning 

Eliza." 
THURSTON.  E.  TEAIPLE— "  Sally  Bishop." 
TOLLEXDAL,   T-ALLY.— "  Reggie's  Double." 


TOYE,  E.  GEOFFREY.—"  The  Fairy  Cap." 
TREE,     SIR     HERBERT.— -Orpheus     in    the 

I'ndorcround." 
TREMAYXE,    W.     A.—"  The    Swordsman    of 

Wolishcrg." 
TKEVOSPER.  MARGUERIIT:.— "  Just  a  Girl." 
TURIQUE,    M.   DE.— "  In  the  Clouds." 
lUEED.  LILIAX.—"  Wanted,  a  Cook;   Apply, 

etc." 

rXGER.  GLADYS.—"  The  Marionettes,"  "  The 
Night  Birds,"  "  Be(tt.6r  Not  Enquire. " 

VARCOE,      MITFORD.   —   "  The      Queen      of 

Spades,"  "  The  Outcast." 
VASEY,  GRACE.—"  Those  Who  Dwell  on  the 

Threshold." 
VAUN,     PvUSSEL.— "  Only    a     Woman,"     "  A 

Good    Sort,"    "  Absinthe." 
VERXOX.      HARRY      M.— "  Inspector      Wis.  . 

C.I.D.,"    "Caiiada"    (sketch),    "The    Old 

Old   Story  "    (sketch). 
VOEGTLIX,   ARTHUR— "Bow  Sing." 
VOLLMOELLER,  KARL.— "  The  Miracle." 

WALBROOK,  H.  JI.— "  The  Touch  of  Truth." 

"  The   Jug  of    Wine." 
WALLACE,    EDGAR.—"  The  Forest  of  Happy 
Dreams,"       "  Dolly       Cutting      Heraelf " 
(sketch). 
WALSH.   SHEILA.—"  Only  a  Mill  Girl." 
WALTERS,  J.  B.— "  Of  Two  Opinions." 
WALTON,    H.    G.— "  The    Ruin    of    a    Coun- 
tess." 
WARDEN,        FLORENCE.—"  Dolly's        Week- 

End." 
WARDROP,  MRS.   C.  C.—"  Ambition  and  the 

Woman." 
WARREN,       F.       BROOKE.—"  The       Coiner's 

Wife." 
WARWICK.     SIDNEY'.-"  Invasion;     or,     the 

Story  of  a  Boy  Scout." 
WELTON.     WILFRED.—"  At     the      Court     of 

Xerxes." 
WENTWORTH,  VERA.— "  An  Allegory." 
WHARNCLIFFE,   JOS'EPH,    M.— "  roiied   by    a 

Woman.' 
WHITE.   BARTON.— "The   Remedy." 
WICHELER,    FERN.Vu^D.— "  Le    (Manage    dc 

Mile.  Beulemans." 
WIERS-JEXXSEX,    H.— "  The    Witch." 
WILCOX,    ELT  A     WHEELER.— "  A    Poem    in 

Pantomime." 
WILDE.  OSOAR.—"  Salome  "  (revival).  "Ladv 
Windermere'.s    Fan"    (revival),    "The    Im- 
portance of  Be'ng  Earnest  "  (re\ival). 
WILliHLM.   JULIUS.""  The   Spnnir   Miid." 
WILKIXSOX,   GEOFFREY.—"  On   the   Latch." 
WILKIXSOX.   K.   E.  T.— "  Killibegs." 
WILLIAMSOX,    MARJORIE.— "  Slaves    of   the 

Drug." 
WII,LXER.    A.    M.— "  The    Count    of    Luxem- 
hourc."    "  Baron    Trenck,"    "  The    Spring 
Maid." 
WILLS,    FREEMAN.—"  The    Only   Way       (re- 
vival). .  .     „ 
WILLS.  W.  G.— "  A  Roval  Divorce      (revival). 
V\ILSTACH.   PAUL.—"  Thais." 
WIMPERIS.    ARTHUR.— "  The    Mousm6." 
WOLF-FERRARI,  ERMANNO.— "  II  Segreto  di 

Susanna." 
WOLF.  RENXOLD.— "  The  Red  Widow." 
WOLFF.        PIERRE.— "The       Lily,"        "The 

Marionettes." 
WOOD.     METCALFE.—"  Dombey     and     Son." 
"  Two     Peeps     at     Pickwick,"      "  Wilkins 
Jlicawber  "    (sketch). 
WOOD,  TOM.—"  The  New  Clown." 

YATES,  BARTON  SHEPHERD.—"  The  Crown- 
ing of  the  King." 

ZANGWILL,    ISRAEL. -"The    War   Goa." 


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PRINCIPAL    SKETCHES    OF    THE    YEAR. 

BEING   AN    ALPHABETICAL    LIST   OP    NEW    SKETCHES    AND    REVIVALS, 

AND    THEATRICAL    PIECES    OR    EXCERPTS     THEREFROM    PRESENTED 

FOR  THE  FIRST    TIME    ON   THE  VARIETY  STAGE  DURING  19II. 

*  Indicates  Revival.  t  Indicates  matinde  performance. 

I  Indicates  first  performance  in  London  of  piece  originally  produced  in  the  provinces 


ABSENT-MINDED     PROFESSOR,     THE— May 

29,  Metropolitan. 

ACCOLADE,  THE— By  Gaston  Gervex— May  8, 
London  Coliseum  (originally  produced  June 
16,  1910,  Court). 

ACTRESS  AND  THE  BATH,  THE— April  10, 
Richmond  Hippodrome. 

ADMIRAL  PETERS-"  Nautical  chat,"  by  W. 
W.  Jacobs  and  Horace  Mills,  adapted  from 
Mr.  Jacobs's  story  of  the  same  name — Octo- 
ber 16,  Tivoli  (originally  produced  at  the 
Garrick,  May  25,  1909). 

AFTER  THE  HONEYMOON- Revised  version 
of  HE  TRIED  TO  BE  NICE— October  16, 
Hippodrome,  Brighton;  October  23,  London 
Coliseum. 

ALOIS — Story  of  ancient  Greece,  by '  J.  A. 
Bentham,  music  by  Denham  Harrison — De- 
cember 18,  Ilford  Hippodrome. 

ALERTE,  L' — Play  in  one  act,  by  Doris  Nico 
demi — September  25,  London  Hippodrome. 

AMATEUR  ANARCHIST,  AN— April  3,  Kil- 
burn  Empire  (originally  produced  June  20, 
1910,  Empire,  Edinburgh). 

AMATEUR  HAIRDRESSER,  THE— By  Fred 
Rome  and  Percival  Knight — July  17,  Hip- 
podrome, Southampton ;  July  24,  Tivoli. 

AND  IT  HAPPENED  IN  SAGONIA— Drama, 
in  one  act,  by  Guy  de  la  Force  and  Hunter 
Donaldson,  with  incidental  music  by-  Geof- 
frey Toye — April  24,  Kilburn  Empire. 

ANYTHING  FOR  A  CHANGE— By  H.  H.  Gar- 
den— January  9,  Tivoli. 

I  ARCADIA;  OR,  THE  TRIUMPH  OF  PEACE, 
ballet  divertissement,  in  one  scene,  written 
and  produced  by  John  Tiller  and  Frank 
Parker,  with  music  by  Hermann  Finck — 
February  20.  Palladium. 

ARE  YOU  THERE?— By  Sewell  Collins  (pre- 
sented as  TUPPENCE,  J-LEASE!  at  the 
Royalty,  December  5) — November  6,  Tivoli. 

AS  A  MAN  SOWS— By  Edith  E.  Finden— April 
10,  Queen's,  Poplar. 

ASK  NO  QUESTIONS  AND  YOU'LL  HEAR  NO 
STORIES — Dialogue,  in  one  scene,  by 
Arthur  Schnitzler,  "  paraphrased  "  for  the 
English  stage  by  Granville  Barker — Feb- 
ruary 6,  Palace  (subsequently  staged  at  the 
Little). 

AT  THE  FOX  AND  HOUNDS— By  Frederick 
Firth,  September  18,  CamberweLl  Empire, 

BACHELOR'S  WIFE,  A— By  Crete  Hohn  and 
Max  Sylge^July  3,  Battersea  Palace. 

BANK  THIEF,  THE— July  10,  Hippodrome, 
Nottingham. 

BARGAIN,  THE— By  Alfred  Toose— May  22, 
Camberwell  Empire. 

BATTLE  OF  SUNFLOWER  LODGE,  THE— By 
Jack  White — September  18,  Surrey. 

BELLA  RUNS  AWAY— By  Edward  Thane- 
March   20,    Grand,   Clapluui). 


BELLE  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE— Tabloid  ver- 
sion, by  Fred  Bowyer,  of  the  musical 
comedv — March    13,   Kilburn   Empire. 

BETWEEN  THE  NIGHTFALL  AND  THE 
LIGHT— One-act  play,  by  Graham  Hill- 
March  6,  London  Hippodrome;  October  23, 
Coronet, 

BILL  BIFFIN'S  BABY— July  3,  Palace. 

BILL'S  LAST  CH.\NCE— Duologue,  by  H. 
Bnnslev  Hill— June  26,  Bedford. 

BILLY  BOY— By  Leonard  Mortimer— March 
13,   Bow   Palace. 

BLACK  ANGEL,  THE— By  Eugenie  Magnus, 
Februarv   13,  Bedford. 

IBLUE  PEARL,  THE— February  13,  Finsbury 
Park   Empire. 

BOBBIE'S  BUNGLE— July  10,  Camberwell 
Empire. 

BOTH  SIDES  OF  THE  CURTAIN- By  Alfred 
Crocker — February   13,   Kilburn   Empire. 

IBRAND  OF  THE  ARROW,  THE— April  10, 
Greenwich  Hippodrome. 

BRIDGE,  THE— By  Seton  Malcolm— August 
28,  Hippodrome,  Brighton. 

BROKEN  MIRROR,  THE— October  23.  London 
Hippodrome  (S.P.  Julv  7,  Royal,  Worthing). 

BRUDERLEIN  FEIN  (DARBY  AND 

JOAN) — Operetta  in  one  scene,  adapted 
from  the  German  of  Julius  V/ilhelm  by 
Arthur  Anderson,  music  by  Leo  Fall- 
December  11    London  Coliseum. 

BUCK  UP,  BILLY!— July  10,  Palace,  South- 
ampton. 

BUGLER  BOY,  THE— Military  sketch,  by 
Douglas  Alden — October  16,  Camberwell 
Empire. 

BUSH  WIFE,  THE  Comedy  sketch,  in  one 
scene,  by  Mrs.  St.  Clair  Stoberl^Decem- 
ber  11,   Kilburn   Empire. 

BUYING  A  GUN— By  Harry  Grattan— 
January  16,  Hijjpodrome,  Brighton; 
January  30,  Tivoli. 

BY  GEORGE  .'—Revue,  in  three  scenes,  by 
George  Grosemith,  jun. — February  11, 
Empire. 


C.  Q.  D. ;  OR,  CALLED  BY  WIRELESS— 
Dramatic  sketch,  by  Leon  M.  Lion — March 
20,  Empire,  Glrisgow;  April  10,  New  Cross 
Empire. 

CANADA— By  Harry  M.  Vernon— October  9, 
Palace.  Manchester. 

OARMEX— An  e^ccerpt  from  Bizert,'s  opera,  pre- 
sented by  the  Beecham  Opera  Company- 
February  8.  Palladium. 

CASE  FOR  DIVORCE,  A— By  Edward  Thane 
and  F.  L.  S.— July  10,  Camberwell  Empire. 

CAT  AND  THE  GIRL,  THE-March  20,  Royal, 
West  Stanley. 


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CASE  OF  nil,  1,(kM..mim.11   ASYLUM,  THE— 
"  Detective    dramette,"    in    three    scenes, 
by     C.     Douglas     Carlisle — November     13, 
Olympia.   Shoreditch. 
CAVALLERIA  RUSTICANA-Giovanni  Verga's 
dramatic     play,     in     one     act — April     24, 
London   Hippodrome. 
CHANCE— January  23,  Cambemtll  Empire. 
CHANCE   DU    MARI,   LA— O.   A.   de  Caillavet 
and    Robert    de    Fler's    one-act    comedy — 
.Tuly    3,    London    Hipi)odrorae. 
CHAPTER     SEVEN— Play,     in     one     act,     by 
Rudolf    Oesterreichcr  and  Ernest  Mayer — 
March  27,   Finsbury  Park   Empire. 
CHOICE,  THE— November  20,  Palace. 
CIRCE     AND     THE     PIGS— By     W.     Graham 

Browne — May  26,   London   Hippodrome. 
CLEM— One-act   sketch    by   R.    Briusley   Hill- 
December  11,  Crouch  End  Hippodrome. 
CLOWN,  THE   (condensed  version  of)— May  8, 

Willesden  Hippodrome. 
COINERS'   CRIB,   THE— Detective   sketch,   by 
George       Harvey— October      9,      Pavilion, 
Leicester. 
COLD  POISON— By  H.  Whitaker- May  22,  Kil- 

burn   Empire. 
COLLEAGUES— Duologue,  by  George  Paston— 
January  30,  Kilburn  Empire. 
.    COLUMBINE— Fantasy,   by  Ewart  Mackinnon, 
music   by   Marjorie   Hope   Lumley— Novem- 
ber 20,  Oxford  (Water  Rats'  matinee);  De- 
cember 11,  Tivoli. 
COMEDY    FOR    WIVES— By    Owen    Johnson- 
November  6,  Palace. 
COMPOUNDING  A  FELONY- By  Jack  White 

—January  23,  Granville. 
CONCEALED     BED,     THE— Comedietta,     by 
Graham    MofTatt— April    10,    London    Pavi- 
lion   (originally    produced    April    23,    1909, 
Athenffium,   Glasgow). 
CONFIDENCE    TRICK,    THE— August    14,    Is- 

linston  Empire. 
CORONATION  BILL— By  J.  F.  Traynor— June 

19,  BattcTsea  Empire. 
COWBOYS'  FRAUD,  THE— Sketch,  in  one  act, 
by  R.  S.  Horsley  and  Frank  Shaw— July  3, 
Lyric,  Liverpool. 
COWBOY'S    REDEMPTION,    THE— Sketch,    in 
one  scene,  by  R.   S.  Beresford  and   Frank 
Shaw— November  27,  Cambenvell  Empire. 
CROSS  ROADS— May  8,  Bedford. 
CUPID'S  UNDERSTUDY'— One-scene  fantasy,  by 
Herbert  Clayton— July  31,  London  Pavilion. 
CUP  OF  COFFEE,  A— Drama,  in  one  .act,  by 
Harold      Simpson— February     6,      Kilburn 
Empire. 

DAILY  MAIL,  THE— By  Leonard  F.  Durell— 

September  4,  Hacknev  Empire. 
DANCE  DREAM,  THE— Ballet,  in  seven  scenes, 

invented    and    produced    by    Alexander    A.    ! 

(jforsky,  with  music  composed,  selected,  and 

arranged  by  George  W.  Byng— May  29,  Al-    i 

hambra. 
DANDY   CHARLIE— Western    episode,    by    W.    I 

Cronin  W'ilson- July  17,  Palladium.  ; 

:  DAY'S    RACING,    A— By    F.    Warden-Reed— 

January  23,  Hippodrome,  Rotherhithe.  | 

D.\Y   WITH   THE    BIRDS,    A— July  31,    Shep- 
herd's Bush  Empire.  I 
D.\Y    WITH    THE    DUCKS,    A— July   31,    Tot-    I 

tenham  Palace.  i 

tDEAD    BROKE— By    Charles    Vane— January 

14,  Shoreditch  Empire.  ! 

DEFORTED-By     John     Jackson,     music     by 

Victor  Vorzanger— October  IC.  Paragon. 
.DEVIL'S    MASK,    THE— By    J.    G.    Brandon—    ! 

September  4,  Shoreditch  Olympia. 
DEVIL'S     TINSEL.     THE— Dramatic  fantasy, 

by    Adelene    Harrison,    music    by    Denham 

Harrison,  music  by  Denham  Harrison— July    i 

17,  Royal  Palace,  Worcester. 
DIPLOMATIC     AFFAIR,     A— Playlet,    in   one 

scene,  by  Isa  Bell— December  4,  Battersea 

Palace. 


(     DIVER  AND  THE   Mi;i;MAlU,  THE— May  29, 
Edmonton  Empire. 
DOLLY  CUTTING   HERSELF— By  Edgar  Wal- 
lace— January  2,  London  Hippodrome. 
tDONE  BROWN— January  7,  London  Pavilion. 
DON'T  TELL  AUNTIE— Farckal  absurdity,  in 
one  act,  writtenJjy  H.  E.  Garden — February 
20,   Grand.   Clapham. 
tDOUBTFUL    POLICY,    A— Comedy    duologne, 
by  Wal  Pink,  music  by  Jullien  H.  Wilson- 
October  2— Oxford. 
DREA.M   IN   THE   ROCKIES,   A— Musica}  and 
dramatic    episode    of    ranch    life,    in    one 
scene,    by    Jamrs    A.    Douglas,    music    by 
Lewis  Barnes — December  18,  Balham   Hip- 
podrome. 
DREAM   OF  BUTTERFLIES   AND   ROSES,   A 

— June  12,  London  C<5liscum. 
DUTCH  CORPORAL,  THE— Musical  sketch,  ii 
I  three    scenes,    written    and    composed    by 

I  Jake  Friedman  and  Syd  Walker — February 

I  20,  Metropolitan. 

I     DWELLERS     IN     DARKNESS— By     Leonard 
I  Mortimer — March  27,  East  Ham  Palace. 

1830 — Ballet     in     three     scenes,    scenario     by 
I  Maurice  Volny,  music  selected  by  George 

W.  Bvns — Alhambra. 
EIGHTH     COMMAND.MENT,    THE— May    29. 

Edmonton  Fmnire. 
END  OF  THE  .STORY,  THE— By  Arthur  Ro.se 

— Mav  22,  Battersea  Palace. 
ETERNAL  W^ALTZ,  THE— Comic  operette  ,in 

two    scenes,     bcok     by     Austen     Hurgcn, 

music  by  Leo  Fall — December  22,  London 

Hippodrome. 
tEX-CONVlCT,  THE— By  H.  Matheson- June 

5,   Empress. 
EYE    FOR    AN    EYE,    AN— April   17,   London 

Pavilion. 
EYE  OPENER,    AN— One-act   play,   by  R.   C. 

Carton— May    1,     Hippodrome,     Brighton; 

June  20,  London  Coliseum. 

FACTORY  GIRL,  THE-Ver.sion  of  "  All  that 
■  Glitters  is  not  Gold  " — August  7,  Victoria 
Hall,  Walthamstow. 

FAIR  IMPOSTOR,  A— July  17,  London  Coli- 
seum. 

FAIRY  GLEN  LAUNDRY.  THE— August  21, 
Hippodrome,  Manches.ter  (originially  pro- 
duced AuaiKst  14.  Palace  Pier,  Brighton). 

FAIRY  GODMOTHER,  A— By  Henry  Bedford 
—January  16,  Hippodrom«,  Peckham. 

FALSELY  TRUE— One-act  play,  by  Johanna 
Rpflmond — March  6,  Pal.ice 

tFAMILY  HONOUR,  THE— March  13,  Shore- 
ditch  Empire. 

FAREWELL  SUPPEE,  A— Arthur  Schnitz- 
ler'6  one-act  play,  "  paraphrased  "  for  the 
English  stage  by  Granville  Barker — 
February  13.  Palace  (subsequently  staged 
at   the  Little). 

FATE-April    24,    Collin.s's 

FATHER'S  FOOTSTEPS— January  23,  Camber- 
well  Empire. 

FEAST  OF  THE  WOLVES,  THE— Bv  Leon 
Ca-ssiles.  June  12,  Putnev  Hippcxlrome. 

*FEMINA— Spectacular  ballet,  in  five  scenes, 
by  Alfred  Curti,  music  composed,  selected, 
and  arranged  by  George  W.  Byng  (that 
of  the  fourth  scene  by  Sefior  Valverde)— 
April  10,  Alhambra  (originaJly  produced 
May  .SO,  1910,  Alhambra). 

FEUDALIS.MO  (excerpt)— May  4,  London 
Hippodrome. 

FIVE    GEORGES,   THE— June  5,  Oxford. 

FOLLIES  OF  A  KING,  THE— Founded  on  De 
Banville's  GRINGOIRE.  by  Vincent  Kelway, 
September  25,  Greenwich  Hippodrome. 

FOOTBALL  RESULTS— Scottish  duologue,  by 
Graham  Moflatt — September  25,  Palace. 


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FOR  FRANCE— By  Herbert  T.  Rain g»— March 
13,   Camberwell   Empire. 

FOR  THE  KIKG— A  Cavalier  sketch,  by  Walter 
Howard  and  Sydney  T.  Pease— March  20, 
Camberwell  Empire. 

FREDDIE'S  FLAT— Musical  farce,  by  Fred 
Thompson,  lyrics  by  II.  E.  Garden,  music 
by  Cecil  Cameron— September  4,  Alhambra. 

FREMD  MADCHEN,  DAS  ("The  Strange 
Girl  ") — ■■  unconventional  wordless  musical 
play,"  by  Hugo  Hoffmannsthal,  music  by 
Hannes  liuch— November  6,  Palladium. 

FUGITIVES— Dramatic  sketch,  by  R.  Sabatini 
— June  26.  Kilburn  Empire.  j 

FUTURE.    THE— By    E.    Morell    and    B.    Hall, 
music    by    J.     W.    Ventom,    October    10,    { 
Paragon.  i 

GARDENER'S     DAUGHTER.     THE— Adapted 
from  Charles  Dibdin's  THE   WATERMAN,    \ 
February  6,  Kingston   Empire. 

GATE  OF  DREAMS,  THE— One-act  tragedy, 
by  Dion  Clayton  Calthorp— July  31,  London 
Coliseum. 

GETTING  THE  BIRD— Set)tember  25,  Tivoli. 

GILDED  KEY,  THE— By  E.  Phillips  Oppen- 
heim,  Janu,ary  16,  Woolwich  Hippodrome. 

GIRL  AT  THE  BALL,  THE— Musical  comedy 
sketch,  book  by  Percy  Ford,  music  by 
Thomas  J.  Crawford— December  18,  Kings- 
ton Empire. 

GIRL  WITH  THE  WINK,  THE— February  13, 
Brighton  Hippodrome;  February  27,  TivoM. 

GIRL  WITH  THE  WINK,  THE— One-act 
sketch,  by  James  Madison— February  13, 
Hippodrome,  Brighton ;  February  27,  Tivoli. 

GIRL  WHO  LOST  HER  HONEYMOON,  THE— 
February  23,  Pavilion,  Glasgow;  March  20, 

GOLDEN  TOUCH,"  THE— By  Joseph  Hayman, 
October  30,   Edmonton   Empire. 

GOOD  SORT,  A— One-act  play,  by  Russell 
Vaun — (originally  produced  June  16,  Court), 
December  4,  Victoria  Palace. 

GREAT  LOOK,  THE— By  Nita  Faydon— Decem- 
ber 4,  Victoria  Palace. 

GREAT  MESMERIST,  THE— By  Horace 
Hunter — Ausust  14,  Palladium. 

GREAT  RELEASE,  THE— By  E.  H.  G.  Cox 
and  Garrett  Todd— May  15,  Hippodrome, 
Devonport. 

GREY  PARROT,  THE— Comedietta,  by  W.  W. 
Jacobs  and  Charles  Rock  (founded  upon  a 
story  by  the  former) — (originally  produced 
Strand,  November  6,  1899),  February  6, 
TivoH. 

GUN  RUNNER,  THE— Military  episode,  by 
■•        Harry   Cavan — January   9,   Bedford. 

HALLUCINATIONS— May  15,  Tivoli. 

'HAMPTON  CLUB,  THE-^March  20,  London 
Hippodrome. 

FIANSEL  AND  GRETEL  (angel  tableau  and 
the  third  scene) — December  26,  London 
Coliseum. 

HAPPY'S   MILLION— June  5,  MetropoUtan. 

HER  FOOL  OF  A  HUSBAND— By  Fred  Moule 
^Battersea  Palace. 

HER  MADCAP  MAJESTY— Sketch,  in  three 
scenes,  by  Edward  Marriss — November  20, 
CollLns's. 

HER  ONE  CHANCE— September  25,  Battersea 
Palace. 

HER  ONLY  WAY— By  Cooper  Magrue— July 
31,   Empire.   Liverpool. 

HIS  COUNTRY  WIFE— September  11,  Metro- 
politan. 

HIS  WIFE— By  R  Vernon  Grey— June  10, 
Empress. 

HONOUR  IS  SATISFIED— By  Charles  Eddy- 
January  23,   Kilburn  Empire. 


HOT  STUFF— Adapted  from  T.  J.  Williams's 
MY  TURN  NEXT,  February  20,  Kilburn 
Empire. 

HOOLIGAN,  THE— Play,  in  one  act,  by  Sir 
W.  S.  Gilbert— February  27,  London  Coli- 
seum. 

HOUSETOPS  AT  NIGHT  May  22,  Richmond 
Hippodrome. 

HOW  HE  LIED  TO  HER  HUSBAND— George 
Bernard  Shaw's  one-act  play  (originally 
produced  February  28,  1905,  Court)— Decem- 
ber 4,  Palace. 

HOW  IT'S  DONE— March  27,  Kilburn  Empire. 

HUSBAND  FOR  HALF  AN  HOUR,  A— August 
21,  Camberwell  Empire. 

IN  DAYS  OF  OLD— By  H.  C.  Sargent,  May  S, 

FLusburv  Park  Empire. 
♦IN      FATHER'S      FOOTSTEPS— January      e."?, 

Camberwell  Empire. 
INQUISITION,   THE— By   Max   Sterling— April 

4,  Hippodrome,      Birmingham;      May      S. 
Surrey. 

IN  THE  BULL  RUSHES— By  Arthur  Rose  and 

Worton  D-avid- August  7,  Surrey. 
INTRUDER,  AN— October  23,  Tivoli. 

JACKIE'S  PICNIC— By  C.  G.  S.  Hilton— June 

5,  Holborn  Empire. 

JEM'S  LAST  FIGHT— August  21,  South  Lon- 
don Palace.  „  ^  ,, 

JEN— Bv  Margaret  Chute  and  G.  Trevor  Roller 
— Mav  29,  Kilburn  Empire. 

JERRY,  THE  TRAMP— December  4,  Surrey. 

JIM,  THE  Pi.AT— May  29,  Tivoli. 

JOAN  OF  ARC— A  play,  in  eight  tableaux,  by 
Henry  Hamilton,  with  music  by  Frank 
Tours— April  3,  London  Coliseum. 
I  JULIUS  CJESAR  (the  Forum  scene)— Staged 
by  Mr.  Lewis  Waller— January  23,  Palla- 
dium. ,    „  , 

JUST  A  MINUTE— By  J.  N.  Raphael— February 
27,   Palace. 

KEY    OF   THE    SITUATION,    THE— Augu.st    7, 

Tivoli,   Manchester. 
KING'S     RANSOM,     THE— By    J.    E.     Harold 

Terrv— J\ine    12,    Palladium. 
KING  THEY  COULDN'T  KILL,  THE— "  Laugh 

compeller,"   by   George  Rowlands,   October 

2,  Poplar  Hippodrome.  . 

tKISS     OF     ISIS,     THE— June     5,     Richmond 

Hippodrome. 
tKITTIE'S  HERO— May  29,  Holborn  Empire. 
KITTY'S     SUSPICION— By     Aileen     Conan— 

April   10,   Battersea   Palace. 

L\BOUR  EXCHANGE,  THE— By  Charles 
Ridgwell  and  George  A.  Stevens— May  8, 
Empress. 

LAST  CHANCE,  THE— By  Phihp  Edwards- 
December  11,  Bedford. 

LAUR.A.  KICKS— Miniature  musical  comedy, 
in  one  scene,  by  Herbert  Clayton,  music 
by  Frederick  Norton— December  26,  Mid- 
dlesex. 

LINK,  THE— By  J.  F.  Traynor— June  26. 
Battersea  Palace. 

LITTLE  BROWN  MOUSE,  THE— Sketch,  by 
Sydney  Blow  and  Douglas  Hoare— Decem- 
ber 18,  Canterbury. 

LITTLE  LIEUTENANT,  THE— Musical  sketch, 
by  Sydney  Blow  and  Douglas  Hoare,  music 
by  Reginald  Somerville,  January  23, 
Pavilion,  Glasgow;  March  13,  Hackney 
Empire. 

LITTLE  GYP,  THE— By  Fred  Bowyer— July 
31,   Greenwich  Hippodrome. 

LITTLE  JAPANESE  GIRL,  A— Play,  in  one 
act,    adapted   from   the   Japanese   by   Loie 

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202 


J  HE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK 


Fuller — July  2C.  London  Coliseum  (origin- 
ally produccil  Augusr.  2C,  J90",  Duke  of 
York's). 

LITTLE  PURITAN.  TIIK  -Hy  C.  Hcibt-rt 
WiLlitiiir.  Mav  l.'i,  Winihlwlon. 

LOVE  A   LA   MODE— -May  22,  Tivoli. 


MACARTY'S     TROUBLES— May     15,     Hippo- 

dronie,  Portsmouth. 
MC    TODDY— April     10,     Coliseum,     Gla.«gow : 

October   9.    Huston. 
MADAME       BUTTERFLY— David       Belasco's 
'•  opi.so«ip    of    Japanese     life  "—March     20, 
Palace   (original   EngSish   production   April 
28,   1900). 
MAD  PIERROT,  THE— Divertissement,  in  two 
.scenes,    invented    and    produced    by    Eli.se 
Clerc,   with   music   by    George    SV.   Byng— 
March    1.3,    Alhambra. 
MAGIC     CHARM,     THE— May     1,     Stratford 

Empire. 
MALIA  (excerpt)— M.av  1,  London  Hippodrome. 
MANAGER'S     OFFICE,    THE— September    11, 

Wetit  London. 
MAN      AND      WOMAN— By      Leon     Casells— 

August  11,  Surrey. 
MAN   IN   THE  CASE,  A—"  Problem",  in  two 
scenes,  by  Virens  H.  Virens— December  18. 
Palace 
MAN    IN    THE    STALLS,    THE— Play,   In   one 
act,   by   Alfred   Sutro— October  2,  Palace. 
MAN     UNDER     THE     BED,     THE— May     8, 

Crouch  End  Hippodrome. 
MAN    WHO   NEVER  CAME   BACK,   THE— By 
Fred  S.  Jennings— June  5,  Camberwell  Em- 
pixe. 
MARCH       TRIUMPHANT,       THE— Dramatic 
playlet,  bv  R.  Henderson  Bland  and  Arthur 
Scott  Craven,  December  5,  New  Cross  Em- 
pire. 
MARKER,   THE— November   13,   London   Pavi- 
lion. 
MASTER  AND  MAN— Tabloid  version  of  play 
of  the  same  name  by  George  R.  Sims  and 
Henry  Pettitt— April  24.  Battersea  Palace. 
MATRIMONY    LIMITED— Mu.sical    playlet    by 
P.   T.  O'Reilly,   music   by  Reginald  Somer- 
ville— Mav   1,   Tivoli. 
MAY  BL0S.SOM,  THEt-Musical  comedy  sketch, 
music  composed   by   R.   Penso  and   George 
Arthurs,  and  written  by  George  Arthurs- 
July    17.    Crown,    Eccles. 
ME.XICAN    SNAKE,    A— July    3,    Lyric,    Liver- 
pool. 
ME.XICO— by   Albert   Hengler- May  22^^  Olym- 

pia.   Liverpool;    August  21,   Palladium. 
MIDNIGHT  EXPRESS,  THE— By  Vivian  Croft 
and  Robert  Lord— May  29,  Camberwell  Em- 
pire. 
MRS.     JUSTICE     DRAKE— Fantasy,     m     one 
scene,  by  Percy  Feudal- January  16,  Grand, 
Birmingham ;    January    30,    London    Hippo- 
drome. 
MISTAKEN       MISTAKE,       A— January       9, 

Empire,  Southport. 
JMIXED    UP— Musical    extravaganza,    by   Joe 

Hayman — September   11,   Euston. 
MOONSHINE— By  Brigata  Bucalossi— May  29. 
Hii)podr<'me,    Manchester   (London    produc- 
tion.  September  1(1.  Court). 
MOILMON'S   WIFE,  THE— By  Harry  Manfield 
— August  7,  Woolwich  and  Poplar  Hippo- 
dromes. 
MOROCCO   BOUND— One-.scene  version  of  the 

full  play— April  17,  Oxford. 
MOTH   AND   THE   STAR,   THE— July  3,  Bat- 

ter.sea   Palace. 
MOUNTEBANK,   THE— By   Harry  M.    Vernon 

— August  7,  Grand,  Birmingham. 
MY    FRIEND    SMITH- November    30,    Hippo- 
drome,  Sheffield. 


N. AN. \— Adaptation  from  Eiuile  ZoIu'b  novel 
bv  Lodge  Percy— October  16,  City  PaJace, 
Leeds. 

NEW  YORK— Ballet,  in  two  sienes,  by  Lieut.- 
Colouel  NewnJiam  Davis,  with  inui«ic  ar- 
ranged and  composed  by  Cuthbert  Clarke 
— Empire. 

NIGHT  IN  THE  HAREM,  A— May  15,  Oxford. 

NIGHT  WITH  THE  SULTAN,  A— July  31. 
London    Hippodrome. 

NIGHTY.  THE- Mav  1.'5.  Lslington  Empire. 

NIIULISTIN.  DIE— March  13.  London  Pavilion. 

Nf)N   E   VER— March  27,   Collins's. 

NO  SECRETS- January  9,  Hippodrome,  Peck- 
ham. 

01!    A    FIGHTER— January    .30,    Kilhurn    Em- 
pire. 
OLD  LONDON  TOWN— By  C.  A.  Clarke— April 

10,   Empire,   Stockport. 
OLD.  OLD  STORY,  THE— By  H.  M.  Vernon— 

January  23,  Hippodrome.   Brighton. 
ONE  HUNDRED  PER  CENT— By  J.  T.  Tray- 

nor.   Mav   1,   Euston. 
ON  THE  BRINK— by  Bertrand  Davis— July  31, 

Canterbury. 
ORANGE  BLOSSOM— By  Marie  de  Beausobre, 

Miav  1,  Edmonton  Empire. 
OYSTER,      THE— July      24.      South      London 

piaiace. 

PAGE,  THE— By  Charles  Masse,  January  28. 
Empire.    Oldham. 

PAGLIACCI— Shortened  version  of  Leon- 
cavallo's opera,  presented  by  the  com- 
poser— September  11,  London   Hippodrome. 

PAIR  OF  JACKS,  A— .March  ti,  London  Hippo 
drome. 

PAIR  OF  LUNATICS,  A— March  6,  London 
Hippodrome. 

PEMBERTON'S  (P)  LUCK- By  Grace  Falconer 
—May  1,  Tivoli. 

PERKINS,  THE  PURSER— Revised  version  of 
"  R.M.S.  Wontdetania  "— Decembej-  11, 
Empress,  Brixton. 

PERSEVERING  POTTS— Sketch,  by  him, 
Fred  Kitchen,  and  Charles  Baldwin — 
February  20,   Hackney  Empire. 

PETITS  RIENS,  LES— Mozart's  baKet— 
January  10,  Palladium  (originally  pro- 
duced  at   the   Little,   December,   1910). 

PIETRA  FRA  PIETRA— May  8,  London  Hip- 
podrome. 

POINTSMAN,  THE— June  5,  South  London. 

POLICEMAN  AND  A  .MAN.  A— By  Stuart 
Cleveland — April    17,   Camberwell   Empire. 

POSTMAN'S  KNOCK,  THE— Version,  bv  J.  C. 
Bucksitone,  of  Mrs.  Hugh  Bell's  BETWEEN 
THE  POSTS,  M,ay  22,  Willesden  Hippo- 
drome. 

♦POT  LUCK— Village  farce,  in  one  .-ict,  by  Ger- 
trude Robins— .August  7,  Palace  (orieinally 
produced  November  19,  1910,  Schoolroom", 
Napliill). 

tPREHISTORIC  MUSIC  HALL,  A— By  E.  C. 
Montagu— March   16.   Empire. 

PRIME  MINISTER.  THE— Sketch  in  two 
scenes  by  Cecil  Raleigh— April  17,  Camber- 
well  Empire. 

PROCES  DE  JEANNE  D'ARC,  LE— Mme. 
Sarah  Bernhardt  presented  the  second  act 
— October  9,   London   Coliseum. 

PROS'  PAGEANT,  THE— Revuette  of  to-day 
and  seasonable  skit,  suggested  by  C. 
Douglas  Stuart,  lyrics  adapted  by  Edwin 
Barwick.  music  selected  and  arranged  by 
Alfred  Dove — December  12,  London  Coli- 
seum. 

QUAKERESS.  THE— Musical  comedy  scena,  by 
Moritz  Lutzen  and  Donovan  Meher — 
January   30,    Stratford    Empire. 


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203 


QUEEN  OF  POLONIA,  THE— By  Charles  Nor- 
ton and  Henri  Jaxon — March  6,  Willesden 
Hippodrome. 

QUKSTION  OF  FORM.  A— April  24,  King's, 
Edinburgh. 

IQUICK  WORK  — By  Arthur  Falkland- 
February  13,  London  Pavihon  and  Metro- 
politan Coriginallv  produced  December  26, 
1910,  Tivoli.  Manchester). 

QUITS— June  26,  Battersea  Palace. 

QUITS — Society  sketch,  in  three  scenes,  by  M. 
E.  Alden — October  19,  Croydon  Empire, 

RECKONING,  THE— By  Ivan  P.  Gore,  Bat- 
ter.sea    Palace. 

RED  FLAG,  THE— By  Robert  Wilford— July 
3,   Balham   Hippodrome. 

RED-HAIRED  WOMAN,  THE— By  Emma 
Litchfield — January  30,  Camberwell  Empire. 

RI.\LON — Wordles.s  play,  in  a  tableau  and  six 
-scenes,  by  Friedrich  Freksa — October  16, 
London  Coliseum. 

RICHELIEU — Three-scene  version,  by  Fenton 
Mackay,  of  Lorfl  Lytton's  play — February 
27,   Palladium. 

'RIGHT  SORT,  THE— Condensed  version  of 
The  Degenerates,  by  Sydney  Grundy — 
January  23,  Finsbury  Park  Empire  (origin- 
ally produced  December  12,  1910,  Grand, 
Birmingham). 

ROOM  24— February  6,  Hippodrome,  Accring- 
ton  ;  February  13,  Collins's. 

ROYAL  HIGHWAYMAN,  THE— April  24,  Fins- 
bury  Park  Empire. 

RUNAWAY,  THE— June  26.  Crouch  End  Hip- 
podrome. 

SACRIFICE,  A— July  10,  Palace,  Oldham. 

H.\NS  GENE — Excerpt,  presented  by  Mme. 
R^jane. — October  9,  London  Hippodrome. 

SHEARING  OF  SAMSON,  THE— By  W. 
Graham  Brown  and  Stanley  Dark — May  8, 
London  Hippodrome. 

SIMPLE  SILAS— By  Mary  Stafford  Smith- 
November  13,  Battersea  Palace. 

SINNERS  TWO— By  Ivan  P.  Gore— June  26, 
Rotherhithe  Hippodrome. 

SIR  PERTINAX— Costume  comedy,  in  one  act, 
adapted  from  Charles  Macklin's  "  A  Man 
of  the  World  " — September  11,  Kilburn  Em- 
pire. 

SITUATIONS— December  11,  Putney  Hippo- 
drome. 

SLUM  ANGEL.  THE—"  A  thought  in  three 
scenes,"  by  Seymour  Hicks,  music  by  H.  E. 
Haines — November  27,  London  Coliseum. 

SNOOKERED— Farcical  comedietta,  by  Fred 
Rome — December  18.  Royal  Hippodrome, 
Easlbourne ;  January  1,  1912,  Crouch  End, 
Hippodrome. 

SOLICITOR  FOR  THE  CROWN,  THE— By 
Cecil  Twyford— November  13,  Tivoli,  Man- 
chester. 

SOME  SHOWERS— Cockney  duologue,  by  Pett 
Ridge — October  16.  London  Hippodrome 
(originally  produced  ^March  16,  1910,  Tyne, 
Newcastle;   Playhouse.   July   6,   1911). 

SON  OF  A  SOLDIER,  THE— March  27,  Bed- 
ford. 

STORM,    THE— October  23,   Canterbury. 

SUMURUN — Wordless  play,  in  seven  scenes,  by 
Friedrich  Frcska — January  30,  London  Coli- 
seum (revived  August  21,  Londoh  Coli- 
seum). A  fuller  version  was  subsequently 
staged   at   the   Savoy. 

SURVIVOR,  THE— Dramatic  episode,  by  R. 
Henderson   Bland — Kilburn   Empire. 

SYLVIA — Leo  Delibes's  romantic  ballet,  re- 
arranged in  one  scene  by  C  Wilhelm,  music 
arranged  and  supplemented  by  Cuthbert 
Clarke,  the  piece  produced  by  Fred  Farren 
May  18,  Empire. 

SYRIA — iMemodrama,  in  four  tableaux,  by 
MM.  Xianrofl  and  Naggi.a.r — November  13, 
London  Hippodrome. 


TALES  OP  HOFFMAN— The  Venetian  scene, 
presented  by  the  Beecham  Opera  Company 
•"March  6.  Alhambra. 

TA.MING  OF  THE  SHREW  (wooing  scene)-- 
Eebruarv  20,  Holboni  Empire. 

TANNHAUSER— Scene,  presented  by  the 
Beecham  Opera  Company — January  30, 
Palladium. 

TERRIBLE  DREAM.  A— mimodramc,  by 
Georges  Marck — July  31,  London  Hippo- 
drome. 

THAT  RED-HAIRED  WOMAN— By  Emma 
Litchfield,  January  30.  Camberwell  Empire. 

THEODORA- Excerpt,  presented  by  Mme. 
Sarali  Bernhardit — September  IS,  London 
Coliseum. 

THERE'S  MANY  A  SLIP— July  24,  Camber- 
well Empire  (subsequently  staged  at  the 
ScaJa). 

THOU  SHALT  NOT  STEAL— July  10,  Met<ro- 
politan. 

THREE  AND  A  FOOI^Bv  G.  Fennimore  Glyn, 
February  20.  Bedford. 

THREE  MUSKETEERS,  THE— In  five  scenes 
• — December   11,   Camberwell  Palace. 

THROUGH  THE  VALLEY— April  24,  Putney 
Hippodrome. 

TINKER,  DETECTIVE— April  3,  Olympia, 
Shoreditch. 

TOUCH  OF  TRUTH,  THE— By  H.  McK.  Wal- 
brook— May  22,  Kilburn  Empire  (originally 
produced  at  St.  James's,  and  subsequently 
revived   at   the   Haymarket). 

tTUBE,  THE— June  12,  Finsbury  Park  Em- 
pire. 

TWAS  IN  TRAFALGAR'S  BAY— Sketch,  in 
'three  scenes,  based  upon  the  play  of  the 
lait'C  Robert  Buchanan,  "  The  Mariners  of 
England  "—May   29.    Coliseum,    Glasgow. 

TWELFTH  OF  AUGItsT,  THE— Condensed 
vers-ion  of  "  The  G.".y  Gordons  "—Novem- 
ber 27,  New  Cross  Empire. 

TV/ELVE  POUND  LOOK,  THE— One-act  play, 
by  J.  M.  Biarrie — October  30,  London  Hip- 
podrome (originally  produced  March  1, 
1910,    Duke  of   York's). 

TWISTERS,  THE— By  W.  T.  Thompson- 
January  30,   Richmond  Hippodrome 

TWO  FLATS— November  27,  Hippodrome, 
Manchester;  December  4,  London  Coli- 
seum. 

UNDER  CROSS-EXAMINATION— By  Wal 
Pink — August   7,  Oxford. 

VEILED  PICTURE.  THE— By  Josfe  Levey- 
January    5,    Canterbury. 

VENGEANCE— December  11,  Olympia,  Shore- 
ditch. 

WAITING  GAME,  THE— By  Godfrey  Tearle 
— September  4,  London  Pavilion. 

WANTEiD— A  MAN— Dram.atic  episode,  by 
Wialter  Macnamara— June  26,  Hackney 
Empire. 

WANTED  AT  BOW  STREET— "  Crinoline '■ 
farce,  by  Sydney  Blow  and  Douglas  Hoare 
February  27,  Alhambra,  Glasgow;  March 
27,   Kilburn   Empire. 

WAY  OUT,  THE— By  E.  H.  G.  Cox.  April  10, 
Queen'.9,  Poplar. 

WEDDING  MORNING,  THE— One-act  play, 
by  Arthuv  Schnitzlier,  "  paraphra.sed  "  for 
the  English  stage  by  Granville  Barker- 
Februarv  27,  Palace  (sutosequently  staged 
at  the  Little). 

WESTERN  LOVE  AFFAIR,  A— One-act  drama, 
fey  Stanton  Latham  and  B.  fsl.  Gee- 
March  27,  Balham  Hippodrome. 

tWHAT  A  PAL !— January  30,  Empire,  Edmon- 
ton. 


204                                     THE    STAGE  YEAR    BOOK 

WUAT  KVEIIY  WOMAN  WANTS  TO  KNOW  WISE    FATHER.     A— By     Harry     Lowther— 

— Marrli  VA.  Queen'p,  Poplar.  September  18,  Camberwell  Empire. 

WHAT    HAPPK.NED    IX    FiOOM   44— Fantastic  WISHING  STONE,  THE— By  Stanley  Cooke— 

comedy,  by   Victor  Smalcy— March  13,  Ox-  Jnlv  .HI,  Finsbury  Park   Empire, 

^ord.  :    WOMAN    HETWEE.N",  THE— By  Percy  Ford— 

WHEN    KILBUKN   SLEKPS— May   15,   Kilburn  April  ID.  Bow  Palace. 

Empire.  i    nvOMAN'S    WIT.     A— Bv    Douglas    Vigors— 

WHITE  FEATHER,  THE-Melodrama.  in  four  |    *      April  17    PaJl-<3ium           """b""       '^    "^ 

scenes  by  R.  Heaton  Grey-September  25,  woMAN   w'n  il   TUe'veLVET  HAND.  THE 

ix:u7i"l    vviin    ci,^*„i,     ;„    ♦!.,>«    .^«„„.      i  ^  —March   6.    Hiprxidrome.   Rotherhithe. 

Fr^ni.    r  fL?f*^  *o*n^H    P.  J'' vLn-^"n  ;.i^ll  WOMAN     WHO    BROKE    HER    HUSBANDS 

5^    P.ia..    SoMjh^^nfon^  noflW'^^»  HEART,  THE-Sketch,  fouoided  on  Arthnr 

i.i.  Palace,  Southampton     October  30,  Kil-  , •,.„■'   .^„  i  ..  x-^  t  •„,;»  •■    r\=«„™i,,,  ic 

burn   Empire  Apphn  s  novil      No  Limit    —December  is, 

WIDOW.S  MIGHT,  A-By  Wal  Pink,  November  „.„S?^''^'TM'ln^''^Tul."    ^        .         .        w    . 

C.  Palladium,  Brighton.  WRONG      FLAT,   1  HE— Comedy,      translated 

Wllb  WES'i' j'ulv  31,  Surrey.  from  the  French  of  Max  Guillois— October 

WILKINS  MIC AWBER— One-act  play,  founded  9.   Edmonton    Empire. 

by  Metcalfe  Wcod  up'>n  the  work  of  Charles 

Dickcnri — November  27,  Empire. 

WILLOW    PATTERN    PLATE,    THE— Chinese  i    ZAZA— Signor      LeoncavaKo      presented      tlie 

mu'^ical    romance,    by    Eugenie    Magnus  }          third    act    from     his     opera — October    13. 

October  16.   Oxford.  |          London   Hippodrome. 

WINNER,     THE — Sportinj;    sketch,     in     four  ZING.\RO — Dramatic    episode,  •  in    one    scene. 

scenes,   by   Cecil   Raleigh— March  27,   Lon-  by    1'.    Owen    Hunter — Decembftr    11.    Can- 
don    HippodronTe.  terbury. 


CIRCUITS. 

WHERE  AND   TO   WHOM   TO  WRITE  FOR  ENGAGEMENTS. 

FREDERICK  BAUGH.— Foresters'  Music  Hall.    (Telephone  :  Avenue  5954.) 

BENNETT  AND  TOLFRKE  TOUR.— Hippo;lrome,  Wakefield. 

BLACK  BROS.  TOUR.— 47,  North  Bridge  Street,  Sunderland.    (Telephone  :  88  P.O.) 

B08TOCK  TOUR.— Mr.  E.  H.  Bostock,  Zoo.  Glasgow.  (Telegrams:  "Zoo,  Glasgow."  Telephone 
492  Douglas.) 

BROADHEAD  TOUR.— Mr.  Percy  B.  Bro^dhead,  Hippodrome,  Hulme.    (Telegrams:  "Broadheads, 

Manchester."     Telephone:  7359  and  7360  Central.) 

HARRY  DAY  TOUR.— Mr.  Harry  Day,  1,  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand.  London. 
(Telegrams  :  "  Terpsichore,  London."    Telephone  :  1500  Central ;  1009  and  6915  Gerrard.) 

T.  ALL\N  EDWARDES  TOUR.— Mr.  T.  A.  Eclwardes,  Grand  Theatre,  Derby.    (Telephone  :  193.) 
GEORGE  URIE  SCOTT  TOUR.— Mr.  G.  U.  Scott,  6C9,  Gallowgate,  Glasgow. 

GIBBONS  TOUR. -Mr.  Walter  Gibbons.  Randvoll  House,  39,  Charing  Cross  Road,  W.C.  (Tele- 
grams :  "  Randvoll,  London."    Telephones :  9870  (Six  lines)  Gerrard.) 

KARNO  TOUR.— Mr.  Fred  Karno,  28,  Vaughan  Road,  Camberwell,  S.E.  (Telegrams:  "Karno: 
Camberwell,  London."    Telephone:  3550  Hop. t 

KENNEDY  TOUR.— Head  Office :  Empire,  Smethwick.    (Telephone:  127.) 

MACN.\GHTEN  TOUR.  —  London :  Oakley  House,  Bloomsbury  Street,  W^C.  (Telegrams: 
"Cirvanmac,  London."  Telephone:  9167  Gerrard.)  Provinces:  King's  Chambers,  Angel 
Street,  Sheffield.     (Telegrams  :  "  Macnagliten,  Sheffield."  Telephone  :  3449.) 

MOSS  EMPIRES,  LTD.-Sir  H.  E.  Moss  and  Mr.  Frank  Allen  (Mr.  Ernest  Wighton.  chief  of 
boakinj,'  staff),  Cranbourn  Mansions,  Cranbourn  Street,  W.C.  (Telegrams:  "  Twigsome, 
London,"    Telephone :  1050  and  1051  Gerrard.) 

POOjE  TOUR.— Mr.  C.  W.  Poole,  Palace,  Gloucester.  (Telegrams:  "Myrioama,  Gloucester." 
Telephone ;  176  Gloucester.) 

STOLL  TOUR.— Mr.  Oswald  StoU,  Coliseum  Buildings,  St.  Martin's  Lane,  W.C.  (Telegrams: 
"  OswastoU,  London."     Telephone:  7545  and  7546  Gerrard.) 

SYNDICATE  TOUR  (Mr.  Leon  Zeitlin).— 1,  Durham  Housa  Street,  London,  W.C.  (Telegrams: 
"  Mimesis,  London."    Telephone:  2619  Gerrard.) 

VARIETY  THEATRES  CONTROLLING  CO.,  LTD.  (Butt,  Barrasford,  De  Frece  Tour).— Mr. 
Paul  Murray,  Randvoll  House,  39,  Charing  Cross  Road,  W.C.  (Telegrams  :  "  Yellit,  London." 
Telephone  :  9870  to  9875  Gerrard.) 

LEON  VINT  TOUR. —  Mr.  Leon  Vint,  142,  Long  Acre,  W.C.    (Telephone :"  City  9549.    Telegrams 
■  "  Vinticon,  London.") 

ALBANY  WARD  TOUR.— Mr.  Albany  Ward,  Jubilee  Hall,  Weymouth.    (Telephone  :  180.) 

WILMOT  TOUR.— Mr.  Fred  Wilmot,  156,  Islington,  Liverpool.  (Telegrams:  "Vacancies,  Liver- 
pool."   Telephone  :  1758  Royal.) 


TRE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


205 


GENERAL  MEETINGS  OF  SOCIETIES,  FUNDS,  &c. 


January  17. — The  Annual  General  Meeting  of 
the  members  of  the  National  Association 
of  Kinematograph  Operators  was  held  at 
the  Bedford  Head  Hotel,  Maiden  Lane, 
Mr.  A.  Malcolm,  president,  in  the  chair. 
The  accounts  showed  receipts  amounting 
to  £-225  2s.  9d.,  including  a  balance  of 
£53  8s.  brought  forward  from  the  preced- 
ing year,  and  expenses  £140  7s.  8d. 

January  18. — The  twenty-third  Annual  meeting 
of  the  Showmen's  Guild  of  Great  Britain 
was  held  at  the  Agricultural  Hall,  Mr. 
Fred  Bibby  presiding. 

January  22. — Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Variety  Artists'  Federation.  Mr.  W.  H. 
Clemart  in  the  chair.  The  accounts 
showed  receipts  amounting  t-o  £3,691 
lis.  3d.,  and  an  expenditure  of  £2,80.5 
OS.  4d.  A  new  rule  was  passed  in  which 
it  was  stated  that  legal  protection  should 
not  be  granted  to  any  member  in  refer- 
ence to  any  dispute  which  had  arisen  prior 
to  or  during  the  first  six  months  of  mem- 
bership—Bedford Head  Hotel. 

February  2. — Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Variety  Artists'  Benevolent  Fund.  Mr. 
Fred  Herbert  in  the  chair.  The  accounts 
.showed  recerpts  amounting  to  £946 
9s.  8d.,  including  £343  Is.  from  the 
M.H.A.R.A.  membership  cards,  and  an 
expenditure  of  £1,085  73.  5d.,  of  which 
£754  12s.  7d.  was  grants  for  Relief— Bed- 
ford   Head    Hotel. 

February  7. — .\nnual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Actors'  Benevolent  Fund.  Sir  Herbert 
Tree  in  the  chair.  Receipts  during  the 
year,  including  £1,156  los.  2d.  from  the 
Covent  Garden  Fund,  £1.055  163.  6d.  from 
the  dinner.  £927  5s.  3d.  from  invest- 
mentis.  and  £1,385  from  subscriptions, 
donations,  box  collections,  etc.,  £5,240 
(is.  lid.  Expenditure,  £5,012  8s.  3d.,  in- 
cluding £3.227  4s.  6d.  grants  and  allow- 
ances,  and  £990  15s.  leans — His  Majesty's. 

February  7. — Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Actors'  Association.  Sir  Herbert  Tree  in 
the  chair.  Receipts,  £742  193.,  and  ex- 
peufliture.  £755  83.  lOd.  The  important 
•announcement  was  made  by  Mr.  Clarence 
Derwent  that  one  theatre  manager  would 
in  future  pay  actors  for  rehearsals.  It 
was  understood  that  the  manager  re- 
ferred to  was  the  chairman,  Sir  Herbert 
Tree — -His   Maiesty's. 

February  7. — Meeting  at  His  Majesty's,  pre- 
.sided  ovpr  by  Sir  Herbert  Tree,  with  th** 
object  of  forming  a  theatrical  branch  of 
the  National  Service  League. 

>rarch  36. — Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Royal  General  Theatrical  Fund.  Mr. 
Georse  Alexander  in  the  chair.  The  ac- 
counts showed  an  income  of  £3.376  7s.  7d., 
and  an  expenditure  of  £1.168  8?.  7d 
Prior  to  this  meeting  a  special  general 
meeting  was  held  at  which  the  revised 
rules  were  passed — St.  James's. 

March  29. — Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Kinematograph  Defencei  League.  Mr. 
Gtorr,'e  H.  Gray  in  the  chair — Holborn  Res- 
taurant. 

March  31.— Conference  of  dramatic  members 
of  the  Society  of  Authors  held  at  the 
Society  of  Arts,  John  Street,  Adelnhi. 
Sir  Arthur  Pinero  In  the  chair.  The 
dramatic  .enb-committee  of  the  Society  was 


elected.  A  resolution  calling  upon  the 
Government  to  carry  out  the  recommenda- 
tions of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  single  license  was  carried. 
It  was  also  arranged  that  the  Dramatic 
Sub-Committee  should  draft  a  model 
agreement  embodying  the  clauses  common 
to  all  dramatic  authors'  agreements,  witli 
the  object  of  having  it  accepted  by 
theatrical  managerial   associations. 

April  11.— Annual  Meeting  of  the  Theatres 
Alliance. 

April  30.— Annual  General  Meeting  of  the  Con- 
cert Artists'  Benevolent  Association  Mr 
George  Robinson  in  the  chair— Criterion 
Resftaurant. 

May  9.— Annual  Meeting  of  the  Rehearsal 
Club.  Mr.  Rutland  Barrington  in  the 
chair— St.    James'.s. 

May  26.— Pift-eenth  Annual  General  Meeting 
of  the  Actors'  Orphanage  Fund.  Father 
Bernard  Vaughan  in  the  chair.  The  ac- 
counts showed  an  income  of  £3.363  8s.  9d., 
including  £2.168  2s.  2d.  from  the  Garden 
Party;  £3  10s.,  6Ub.';criptions  and  dona- 
tions: £122  Is.  5d.  from  taxes  on  free  ad- 
mi-ssions:  and  £68  10s.  Id.  from  collecting 
boxes;  and  an  expenditure  of  £1,459 
13s.    8d. 

May  .31.— Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Travellins  Theatre  Managers'  Association. 
Mr.  A.  F.  Drink-water  in  the  chair.  Re- 
hearsal  Theatre. 

June  1.— Summer  General  Meeting  of  the 
Theatrical  ^ranasers'  As.sociation.  At  this 
meeting  it  was  decided  to  cancel  the  Con- 
cordat made  some  years  aso  between  the 
Theatrical  Managers'  Association,  on  the 
one  hand,  and  various  music  hall  managers 
on  the  other,  by  which  the  theatrical  man- 
.agers  bound  themselves  not  to  prosecute 
in  the  matter  of  stage  plays  being  pre- 
.sented  in  music  halls  so  long  as  the  plays 
were  confined  within  certain  limits  as  ixi 
time  of  representation  and  number  of 
characters,  etc.  The  Concordat,  which,  of 
course,  never  hnd  any  lesal  standin".  wa'; 
cancelled  at  this  meeting,  but  formal 
notice  of  the  cancellation  was  not  served 
on  the  music  hall  managers  until  some 
weeks  later— Tavi.<itock  Hot«I. 

June  15.— Annual  Genenal  Meeting  of  the 
Touring  Managers'  As.sociation- Managers' 
Club. 

June  30.— Extraordinary  Meeting  of  the 
Variety  Artists'  Benevolent  Fund,  in  order 
to  accept  a  resolution  nassed  nreviouslv  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Music  Hall  Benevolent 
Institution  to  the  effect  that  the  two 
charities  should  he  combined.  Lieut.  Albini 
in  the  chair— Bedford  Head  Hotel. 

July  17.— Delegates  from  the  International 
Art!>ts'  Lodge  of  Berlin,  the  Varietv  Ar- 
tists' Federation  in  London,  the  Union 
Syndicate  des  Artistes  Lyriques  of  Paris, 
and  the  White  Rats  of  America  met  in 
Paris  and  began  a  congress  which  com- 
pleted on  July  21,  and  resulted  in  these 
four  representative  bodies  forming  an  In- 
ternational combination.  The  underlying 
principle  of  the  combination  is  that  mem- 
bership of  any  one  organisation  places  an 
artist  in  a  similar  relationshin  to  the  other 
three    whenever    he    is    within    theh-    re- 


206 


■THE  STAGE  YEAH   hCOK 


spective  "  territories."  wliich  were  defined 
In  the  terms  of  the  affiliation.  The  com- 
bination was  afterwards  confirmed  and 
accepted  hs  iiRMtrngs  of  the  Federation 
and  the  other  organisations  i-oncerned. 
One  of  tlie  princiixU  effects  of  the  com- 
bination is  that  artist.s  visitinj;  other 
countries  will  in  their  professional  affairs 
he  poverned  by  tlie  policy  of  the  society 
attached  to  the  combination  within  who.-c 
j>articiiliir  territory  they  may  be.  Tims 
if  thiTi-  were  a  strike,  the  visiting'  mtni- 
luT  would  have  to  fall  in  with  the  condi- 
tions laid  down  by  the  local  orjianisation. 

Julv  20.— Eleventh  Annual  Conference  of  the 
"Actors'  Church  Union.  Rev.  Prebendary 
Pennefather  in  the  chair.  The  accounts  to 
the  end  of  December,  1910,  showed  receipts 
of  £319  17s.  9d..  which  did  not  cover  the 
expenditure— KingV  College,  Strand. 

July  20.— Meeting  at  3.'),  Roland  Gardens,  for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  a  Catholic 
Guild  in  connection  with  the  theatrical 
profession.  Monsignor  Brown,  Vicar- 
General  of  the  Southwark  Diocese,  pre- 
sided. 

July  26.— Annual  General  Meeting  of  the  Mueic 
'Hall  Home  Fund.  Mr.  Hurry  Barnard  'n 
the    chair.       The    statement    of    accounts 


showed  an  income  from  May  1„  1910,  to 
April  30,  1911,  of  £486  9.s.  4d.,  including 
.f272  14s.  6d.  from  the  Kra  Shilling  Fund, 
and  an  expenditure  of  £43.')  Is.  OJd. — 
Bohemia  Club,  Westminster  Bridge  Road. 

October  29.— Annual  Gcuciul  Meeting  of  the 
Music  Hall  Artists'  Railway  Associatiosi. 
It  wa-s  decided  at  tliis  meeting  that  the 
subscription  be  increased  to  7s.  M.  pi-r 
year,  2s.  6d.  of  which  hhould  go  towar<ls 
the  upkeep  of  the  Benevolent  Fund  and 
Institution.  Previously,  with  the  subscrip- 
tion at  Os.,  Is.  from  each  subscription  had 
been  set  aside  with  this  object,  and  liad 
(|)Poduced  £345  15s.  The  accoimts  of  the 
Association,  as  iias;,ed  at  the  meeting, 
showed  an  income  of  £2,882  3s.,  including 
£518  5s.  in  entrance  fees.  Mr.  Harry 
Blake  in  the  chair—Bedford  H:ad  Hotel. 

November  21. — Fifth  Annual  General  Meeting 
of  the  Music  Hall  Ladles'  Guild.  Miss  Cecilia 
Macarte  in  the  chair.  The  accounts  showed 
an  income  of  £4H8  4s.  llj-d.,  and  an  ex- 
pejiditure  of  £386  2s.  ll|d.  —  Bedford 
Heaxi  Hotel. 

November  27.— Inaugural  Meeting  of  tflie 
r.'itholic  Stage  Guild.  Rt.  Rev.  Monsignor 
Brown,  V.G  ,  in  the  chair— Sodality  Hall, 
-Mount   Street. 


BANQUETS,  DINNERS,   &c.,   OF  THE   YEAR. 


February  2.— Testimonial  dinner  to  5Ir.  J.  L. 

Graydon— Adelaide   Galleries,    Strand. 
February    19.— Annual    dinner    of    the    Gallery 
First  Nighters,   with  Mr.  Dennis   Eadie   as 
the  principal  guest.     Mr.  James  Kenny  in 
the  chair— Frascati's  Restaurant. 
February    23.— Kinematograph    Trade    dinner, 
Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C.,  M.P.,  in  the  chair 
— Hotel  Cecil. 
February    26— Music    Hall     Artists'     Railway 
Association   dinner  and  dance,   Mr.  Harry 
Tate  in  the  chair— Criterion  Restaurant. 
March    12.— Annual    dinner    of    the    Dramatic 
Debaters,    Mr.    Anthony    L.    Elhs    in    the 
chair— Hotel  Richelieu. 
March   26.— Annual   dinner   of   the    Playgoers* 
Club,   Mc.    \V.   Pett  Ridge   in   the   chair- 
Hotel  Cecil. 
April  9.— Annual  dinner  of  the  Terriers'  Asso- 
ciation,  Mr.   Albert  Voyce  in  the   chair- 
Horns,    Kennington. 
April    9.— Annual   Ladies'    dinner  of  the    O.P. 
Club.  Mr.  A.  E.  W.  Mason  in  the  chair- 
Criterion  Restaurant. 
April  14.— Annual  banquet  of  the  Grand  Order 
of   Water   Rats   at   the    Vaudeville    Club- 
Mr.  Harry  Tate  in  the  chair. 
April  25.— Mr.  H.   B.   Irving  wa,s  the  guest  of 
the  Manchester  Playgoers'  Club  at  dinner 
at  the   Midland   Hotel,   Manchester. 
April    25.— Annual    luncheon    of    the    N.A.C.O. 
(branch    of    the    National    Association    of 
Theatrical     Employes),     Mr.     Edward     H. 
Mason  in  the   chair— Popular  Caf6. 
April  30.— Sixty-fifth  anniversary  dinner  of  the 
Royal      General      Theatrical      Fund,      Mr. 
George     Alexander     in     the     chair— Hotel 
M^tropole. 
May    10.— Mr.   H.   B.   Irving   entertained   at    a 
farewell  supper  prior  to  his  departure  for 
AustraUa— Sir  Herbert  Tree  in  the  chair- 
Savoy. 
June   11.— Twelfth  annual   dinner  of  the   pa.st 
and  present  members  of  the  F.  R.  Benson 
company — Imperial    Restaurant. 


June      18.— CompUmentary      dinner      to      Mr. 
Edi'^ard    Compton.    to   celebrate    his    com- 
plet^mg    thirty    years    on    tour    with    the 
Compton  Comedy  Company,  Mr.  A.  E.  W. 
IMason       in       the       chair— Prince's       Hall 
Restaurant. 
July  16-— CompUmentary  dinner  to  Mr.  Gordon 
Craig    on    liis    return    to    England— C'af6 
Royal. 
November   18.— Gallery   First  Nighters'   Club's 
ladies'      *ui>per      and      concert — ^Boulogne 
Restaurant. 
November   26.— CompUmentary   dinner   to   Mr. 
George   Edwardes  to  mark  the  attainment 
of   twenty-live    years   of   management,    Sir 
Herbert  Tree   in  the  chair— Savoy. 
November  26.— Annual  dinner  of  the  Eccentric 
Club,  Mr.  Tom  Honey  in  the  chair— Hotel 
Cecil- 
November  30-- Inaugural  dinner  of  the  Bristol 

Playgoers'    Club— Royal  Hotel,    Bristol. 
December    3. — Actors'    Association    dinner.    Sir 
Herbert  Tree,  the  president,  in  the  chair 
—Hotel  Cecil- 
December    9.— Annual    dinner    of    the    Savage 
Club,  Hon.  John  L.  Griifiths  in  the  chair 
— Connaught  Puooms. 
December       10.— Actors'       Benevolent      Fund 
dinner,    Risrht    Hon.    F.    E.    Smith,    K.C., 
MP.,   in    the   chair.     £1,200   raised— Hotel 
M^tropole. 
December     10. — CompUmentary     dinner     ten- 
dered   by    the    O.P.    Club    to    Mr.    Robert 
Courtneidge  and  the  principal  members  of 
his  The  Arcadians  and  The   Mousme  com- 
panies,   His    Honour   Judge    Parry   in   the 
chair— Criterion 
December     17.— Green     Room     Club      annual 
dinner.    Sir    Herbert    Tree    in    the    chair- 
Prince's   Hall   Restaurant. 
December  17.— Pla.vgoers'  Club  Ladies'  Christ- 
mas dinner.   Miss  Violet  Vanbrugh  in  the 
chair. — Hotel    Cecil. 


THE    STAGE    YEAR    BOOK. 


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207 


OBITUARY. 


Akbar.     October  1. 

Allan,  Oeorgo  Kerr.     Ui'cciiiIht  18. 

Allan,    Charles.     Agod   50.     February  11. 

.\llen.  Clarence.     Aged  59.    February  11. 

.\le.\ander,  Pat  (Patrick  Alexander  Hale 
Monro).     ]March  26. 

Alexander,  Stuart  Duncan.  Aged  34.  October 
23. 

Anderson,  Stewart  Newman.  Aged  25.  No- 
vember 1. 

Ashton,  Alfred  Henry  (Walter  King).  Aged 
44.     March  25. 

Ashworth,  Jlargaret  Ann  (Mme.  Angelo). 
Agfd  40.     September  8). 

Aspland,  George  V.     May  5. 

Aspley,   Herbert.     Aged  47.     October  22. 

Attwood,   Herbert.     Aged  35.     February   16. 

Baddow.     December  5. 

Baker,    Arthur   John.     Aged   31.     May   11. 

Banks,    Bessie.    August  27. 

Barnard,   Mrs.   Charles.     February   9. 

Barnes,  Emily  Jane.     March  28. 

Barrs,  Marjorie.     Aged  13.    February  .3. 

Barton,   Georgina   Lambton.     Aged   59.      July 

25.    . 
Bawtree.  Charles  Frederick.    November  20. 
Beale,  Harold  G.  W.     April  1. 
Belasco,    Will    (William    Cliarles    Sutherland). 

February  22. 
Bellew,    Kyrle    (Harold    Kyrle  Money   Bellew). 

Aged  .56.     November  2. 
Belmore,  Mrs.  George.    Aged  65.    June  7. 
Beltram,  Sidney  (Richard  Sidney  Bustin).  Aged 

60.     July   24. 
Berger,  Mrs.  Rosetta  Jane.     February  24. 
Bennett,  Joseph.    Aged  79.    June  12. 
Bennett,  William.    Aged  76.     April  26. 
Bijou,    Mrs.    Peter    (Florence    Cannon).     Aged 

40.     October  13.   " 
Black,  Elizabeth  Ann  Gallier.    July  31. 
Bonney,  Mrs.  James  W.     Aged  47.     September 

28. 
Bowen,  Jrhn  Thomas.     Aged  63.    November  3. 
Brogden,    Dorothy    (Viola     May).       Aged     34. 

February   22. 
Brooks.   James.     Aged   49.     February   7. 
Brough,   Sydney.     Aged  44.     March  28. 
Browne,  Walter.    Aged  51.    February  9. 
Brownson,  Archie.     Aged  32.     November  2. 
Brull,   Anton.     November   22. 
Budd,      Charles     George      (Charles     Langley). 

March  17. 
Burchall,  Clara   (Mrs.  J.  C.  Smith).     Aged  78. 

February  15. 
Burnell    Mee),   Joseph.     March   5. 
Burton,  Maud  (Maud  Rankin).    Aged  49.    July 

7. 
Burton,   Mrs.   George   (PoUie   Kiddie).    Decem- 
ber 19. 
Burton,   Pollie.     Aged   42.     December  21. 
Byford,   Mary    (Doris  Hunt).     Aged   39.     June 

20. 

Calhaem,  Mrs.   Stanislaus.     Aged  69.     May  27. 

Campbell.    Wallace.     February   27. 

Cannon,  Florence  (Mrs.  Peter  Bijou).    Aged  40. 

October  13. 
Cantree,   E.    (E.   W.   Lill.v).     May   7. 
Carney,     Tom     (Henry     Penny).       Aged     52. 

December  4. 
Carrid^n,  William.     Agrd  51.    November  4. 


C'harle,  Beatrice  (Agnes  Bruce  Maclaglilan). 
Aged  42.     May  9. 

Oarlotti,  Samuel.    June  1. 

Clarges,   Verner,   Aged  65.     August  11. 

Clyde,  Mary  Allen.     November  8. 

Compton,  Charles  G.     August  17. 

Conneaux,   Fred.     Aged  55.     April   14. 

Connelly,  Michael.     Aged  80.     Augu.st  11. 

Connor,  John.     Aged  78.     July  17. 

Crane,  Emily  (Mrs.  E.  Ebley,  senior).  Septem- 
ber  25. 

Crosse,  Mary.     Aged  50.     Jamuary  10. 

Crossley,  Violet.    September  1. 

D'Alton,    Curtis.     August   24. 

D'Alton   (Tebby),   Jessie.     Ferbuary  10. 

Daiper,   H.  W.     January  5. 

Damer,  Frank  (Edward  Francis  Dawson).  Aged 

45.     September  18. 
Danvers,  George.     Aged  59.     October  20. 
Davis,  Billy.    Aged  27.    December  8. 
Day,  Charles  Ernest  David.    Aged  30.     August 

4. 
Day,   George   D.    December  15. 
Delevine,   Letitia  Minnie.     May  12. 
De    Lornie,    Blanche.     April   18. 
Denby,    Agnes   Ann.     October   8. 
Dene,  Royston.     Aged  52.     November  5. 
De  Stainer,  Marguerite.    Aged  25.    January  28 
Dick,    Charles    George    Cotsford.       Aged     64 

August    28. 
Dix,  J.  Airlie.    December  7. 
Dixon,  Mrs.  Robert.    January  10 
Dobson,   Marjorie.     Aged  43.     March   23. 
Douglas,    Mrs.    Jack.     May    10. 
Douglas,   Richard.     Aged  67.     July  22. 
Downie,   William  M.     April  28. 
Drake,  Collard  Augustus.     May  23. 
Dryden,  J.   P.     November  25. 
Dundas,   Lilian.     January   1. 
Dunn,  Siinclair.     Aged  64.     January  10. 

Eastlake,  Mary  Flower.     Aged  56.     August  5 

Ebley,  Mrs.  E.,  senior  (Emily  Crane).  Septem- 
ber 25. 

Echards,  Steve.     Aged  76.     June  24. 

Edmonds,  E.  W.    Aged  47.    January  28. 

Edwards,  John.    October  9. 

Edwards,  Pas.smore.    Aged  88.     Anril  22. 

Egginton,  Arthur  Gostling  (Arthur  Wellcrbv) 
April  21. 

Eley,  Douglas  W.     Aged  44.    May  5. 

EUerton.  John  Alexander.     August  7. 

Ellis,  Amy.     January  16. 

English,  George  E.    May  14. 

Eugene,  Thomas.    Aged  52.    October  16. 

Evans,  May.     February  25. 

Evans,   Mrs.   Bensley  (Olive  Lanty).     July  7.  ■ 

Fairclough,   Boothroyd.  Aged  86.  September  18. 

Felix,  Tony.     Aged  49.     January  10. 

Ferguson.  Ted.    October  18. 

Ferriss,  Edward.    December  21. 

Pindlater,  Adam  S.    January  18. 

Finney.   Jameson   Lee.     Aged  47.     August  9. 

Ford,  Millie.     Atred  32.    January  22. 

Fowler,     Mrs.     Montague     (Gaston     Qervex) 

July   23. 
Francis,  Mrs.  Marguerite.  Aged  78.  Februarys 
Franks,  J.  W.     Aged  93.    January  9. 
Frampton.  C.  H.    October  19. 
French,   George.    June   5. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


tiala,  Frank.    Agod  37.    March  3. 
Gardiner,   Elizabeth   (Kiilyard).     May  7. 
Gardner.  Eliza  Slinn.     February  1. 
(Jauntlett,   Hilary   Sehastien  Deane.     Aged  24. 
(iervex  Gaston  (.Mrs.  Montagu  Fowler),  July  23. 

.August  9. 
Gibbons,  .Mrs.  Walter.    January  1. 
Gilbert.  Sir  W.  S.    Aged  74.    May  29. 
(iill,  Mrs.  John  Bireh.    July  7. 
(;innett,  Claude.     Aged  54.    December  3. 
Glenroy,  William  Cruiokshanks.     February  24. 
(ilover,  Bessie.     May  9. 
Golborne.  Gertrude.     October  27. 
(iood,  William.     November  6. 
Graham,    Walter.    Aged   89.    November   29, 
Grant,  Nellie.     Aged  31.     January  23. 
Granville.   Mrs.  Joseph.     May  7. 
Gregory,  Walner.    Aged  42.    December  27. 

Hall^,  Lady.     Aged  72.     April  15. 

Hamilton,  Gavin  James.    Aged  58.    August  4. 

Harboard,  Mrs.     October  22. 

Hart,  Arthur.     .■Vged  50.     September  3. 

Hart,  Leolvn.     March  3. 

Hiirvey,  Hettie  (Hettie  Holt).     Aged  U.     July 

8. 
Hayes,  Harry.     Aged  C9.     August  15. 
Hermann,   Charie.«.    December  2. 
Heron,  Dalziel.     August  8. 
Heron,  Philip.     April  27. 
Hitchens,  H.  J.     Aged  67.     February  8. 
Hobin.  Thomas.    February  27. 
Hollick,   Edmund    (Edmund  Humphrey   Hollick 

Nash).     March  6. 
Howarth,  Arthur.    July  21. 
Humphreys,  Rex.    Aged  28.    February  19. 
Humphries,  George.     Aged  32.    April  16. 
Hunt,  Doris  (Mary  Byford).    Aged  39.    June  20. 
Hurst,  Will.    November  12. 

Ingram,  Gwladvs.    Aged  24.    Augu.st  25. 
Isherwood,  Tom.     Aged  28.    July  21. 

Jacques,  Fanny  Lavinia.  Aged  81.  November  25. 
Jee  (Burnell),  Joseph.    March  5. 
Jones,  Jim.     February  17. 

Johnson,  Charles  Frederick.     Aged  47.    June  7. 
Johnson  (Mortimer),  Austin.    Aged  29.    Novem- 
ber 28. 

Kauffman,  Abraham..    Aged  74.    September  7. 

Kavanagh,  Margaret.     July  25. 

Kelly,  Alfred  Cain.     April  6. 

Kiddie,  PoUie  (Mrs.  George  Burton).  Decem- 
ber  19. 

Kimm,  Mrs.   .\nne.     September  4. 

King,  Eugene  M.    November  22. 

King,  Maude.    .Vpril  20. 

King.  Sarah.     Aged  .56.    July  3. 

King.  Walter  (.Vlfred  Henry  Ashton).  Aged  44. 
March  24. 

Kingston,  Thomas.    Aeed  41.     August  2. 

Klanwell,  Mme.  Marie.  Aged  58.  November 
19. 

Lafayette,  The  Great  (Sigmund  Neuberger). 
Aged  39.    May  9. 

Langlev.  Charles  (Charles  George  Budd). 
March   17. 

Lantv,  Olive   (Mrs.  Bensley  Evans).     July  7. 

La  Place,   George.    May   25. 

Latimer,    Mrs.    Harrison    (Florence    E.    Short- 

Leglere.  Mrs.  (Mile.  Nanoni).  Aged  <i9.  August 
land).     September  2. 

Le  Clerq,  George.    Aged  62.     Januarv  16. 
9. 

Leslie.  Will  (W.  W.  Pigott).  ,  Aged  38.  No- 
vember 4. 

Lidsone,  Thomas  Henrv.     .\ged  64.     March  11. 

Lilly,  E.  W.   (E.  Cantree).     May  7. 

Lincoln,  Percy  (Victor  Raynor).    September  14. 

Livesey,  Joseph.     October  9. 

Lockwbod,  Edmund  (K  E.  P.  Ludlow).  Aged 
55.     March    14. 


Lucas,  Mrs.  E.  H.    Aged  39.    June  2. 
Lyall,  Chailes.    May  3. 
Lyons,   George.     June  9. 

Mackenzie,  Henry  Compton.  Aged  58.  April 
19. 

Maclaghlan.  Agnes  Bruce  (Beatrice  CharU ). 
Aged  42.     May  9. 

Maddox,    Francis    Reginald.     February   17. 

-Mappin,  Walter  Clement.     June  16. 

March,  Mrs.    December  4. 

Marson,  Arthur  (Nat  Watkins).    October  22. 

Maskelyne,  Mrs.  J.  N.     July  23. 

May,  Charles  F.    Aged  67.    January  5. 

May,  Viola  (Dorothy  Brogden).  Aged  34. 
February  22. 

McAuIay,  Robert  Scott.     September  14. 

McCullagh,  Brien.     July  0. 

Mead,   Mrs.     February   20. 

Mehany,  Houston.     .4ged  33.    September  4. 

Melville,  Violet.    Aged  25.    September  1. 

.Melvin,  Dave.    Aged  22.     March  IS. 

Miles,  George.     Aged  49.     October  30. 

Miles,   Mrs.   Charles.     December  11. 

Miller,  Alfred  Charles  Vernon.  Aged  5.  No- 
vember 30. 

Mitchell,  Mrs.  Charles  (Vicky  Moore).    May  3. 

Mollison,  William.  Aged  50.  December  19. 

Molyneux,  Dorothy  Olive  Gertrude.    March  25. 

Monro,  Patrick  Alexander  Hale  (Pat  Alexan- 
der).    March  26. 

Montgomery,  Alfred  Augustus.  Aged  66. 
March  10. 

Morley,  Charlotte  (Mrs.  J.  G.  Scott).  October 
11. 

Mortimer,  James.     Aged  79.     February  24. 

-Vlortimer  (Johnson),  Austin,  Aged  29.  Novem 
ber  23. 

.Morton,  John  Henry.    Aged  62.    September  30. 

Moscovitz,    Marcel.    October    18. 

-Mouillot,  Frederick  Charles  Arthur.  Aged  47. 
Augu.st  4. 

Myer,  Frederick.    Aged  61.     March  23. 

Niaironi,  Mile.  (Mrs,  Leglere).   Aged  49.   August 

9. 
Nash,     Edmund    Humphrey   Hollick    (Edmund 

Hollick).     March  6. 
Navarro,    Nellie    (Mrs.     J.    Wilton   Richards). 

Aged  35.    April  29. 
Neuberger,    Sigmund    (the    Great    Lafayette). 

Aged  39.    May  9. 
Newhouse,  Willie.    November  12. 
Nightingale,  J.  W.    Aged  60.    June  26. 
Norton   (Ross),   Peggy.     February  7. 
Nunse,  Agnes  Mary.    Aged  29.    March  26. 

Olive,  Bessie.    Aged  61.    March  9. 

Orford,  Sarah  Jane.     Aged  66.    February  16. 

Osborne,  Charles.    Aged  69.    November  6. 

Paget,  F.  Maurice.    April  23. 

Penny,  Henry  (Tom  Carney).  Aged  52. 
December   4. 

Peterson,  Alf.    May  8. 

Piggott,  W.  W.  (Will  Leslie).  Aged  38.  Novem- 
ber 4. 

Pleon,  Harry.     Aged  49.     .\pril  23. 

Pleon,  Harry,  jun.     Aged  19.     August  7. 

Porter,  Mrs.  Matilda  Grace.    February  13. 

Power,  Mrs.  Clavering  (Caroline  Amelia  Power). 
Aged  71.     .4iUgust  19. 

Preston  (Spencer),  Belle.    Aged  33.    May  8. 

Preston  (Spencer),  George.    November  28. 

Price,  Edward  Graham.     Aged  37.    June  28. 

Ramsdale,  Isabella  Fisher.  Aged  75.  October 
23. 

Randegger,  Signor  Alberto.  Aged  79.  Decem- 
ber 18. 

Rankin,  Maud  (Maud  Burton).  Aged  49.  July  V. 

Rayne,  Mary  (Mrs.  Henry  Rayne).  February  17. 

Ravnor.  Victor  (Percy  Lincoln).    September  14. 

Rickards,  Harrv.    Aged  65.    October  13. 


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209 


Kiuhards,   Mrs.    J.     Wilton     (Nellie   Navarro). 

Aged  35.    April  29. 
Richeux,  Jules.     October  24. 
Ridyard   (Gardiner),  Elizabeth.     May  7. 
Risley,  Jennie.    December  15. 
Roberts.  Owen.     Aged  52.     February  2(). 
Robins,  Vv'illiani  Robert.  Aged  87.  February  12. 
Ross.  Pet'gy  (Norton).    February  7. 
Rowley  Captain.    December  10. 
Russon.  Joseph.    May  11. 
Ryan,  Dan.     September  27. 


Saadoe,    Alfred.     Aged   46.     October    Ifi. 
Sanger,  "  Lord  "  George.    Aged  84.    November 

28. 
Scott,  Mrs.  J.  G.  (Charlotte  Morley).    October 

11. 
Selkirk,  William.    Aged  79.    January  27. 
Selway,  Mrs.  Charlotte.     March  17. 
Shortland.    Miss    Florence    E.    (Mrs.    Harrison 

Latimer).     September   2. 
Sheridan,  John.    Aged  69.    April  15. 
Sinden,  Bert.     January  1. 
Sinott,   Mrs.   Catherine.     March  7. 
Smith.  Mrs.  J.  C.   (Clara  Burchall).     Aged  78. 

February  15. 
Smith,   Mrs.   Sidney.    December  12. 
Smith,  William.     Aged  77.     November  10. 
Snazelle,  Mrs.  G.  H.  (Annie  Tilden).    Aged  50. 

December  1. 
Snelson,  Hannah.     November  22. 
Somers,  Alexander  C.  C.    September  9. 
Spencer  (Preston),  George.     November  28. 
Spencer  (Preston),  Belle.    Aged  33.    Mav  8. 
Stannard,  Mrs.  Arthur  (John  Strange  Winter). 

December  13. 
St.  Claij,  Tom.    July  .30. 
Stevenson,   George.     Aged  77.     October  31. 
Stratford,  John  D.     August  6. 
Sutherland,    William    Charles    (Will    Belasco). 

February    22. 
Sutton,  Henry.     Aged  78.     January  17. 
Swinburne,  Charles.    July  9. 


Taylor,, Mrs.  Florence.    Aged  34.    March  29. 
Tebby  (D'Alton),  Jessie.     February  10. 


Temple,  Clarence.    Aged  42.    February  11. 

Thompson,  Denman.     April  14. 

Thompson,   William  Henry   (Jubilee).     October 

21. 
Thursby,   George.     October  28. 
Thurston,    Mrs.     September   H. 
Tinansfleld,  T.  G.    February  6. 
Tilden,  Annie  (Mrs.  G.  H.  Snazelle).     Aged  50. 

December   1. 

V^aidis,  Lizzie  (Sisters  Vaidis).    Aged  4«.    Juno 

6. 
Venimore-Wriglit,  George.  Aged  87.    August  21. 

Wainwright,  John.    Aged  69.    March  13. 

Wainwright,    Mary.     March  19. 

Wake,   Mrs.   Maria.    Aged   57.    December   11. 

Walker,    George.     January  6. 

Wallace,   George  Nelson.     Aged  (53.     February 

23. 
Ward,  Edwin.     April  23. 

Watkins,  Nat  (Arthur  JIarson).     October  22. 
Watkins,  Thomais.     May  2. 
Weathersby,      George      William.       .^ged      81. 

December  3. 
Webb,   George   John.     Aged   74.     .\ugust  14. 
Wharton,  Robert  W.     Aged  49.     March  9. 
White,    William   Henry.     Aged   57.     November 

15. 
Whiteley,   Mrs.     November  12. 
Whitby,   Elsie    (Manville).     March   15. 
Whittle,  Betsy.     Aged  11.    November  26. 
Whitty,  John  Irwine.     Aged  87.    March  11. 
Whyte,  Stirling.     Aged  72.     October  3. 
Wilde,   Henry   J.     March   4. 
Willerbv,   Arthur   (Arthur   Go.stling  Egginton). 

April  21. 
Wilmot,  John.     Aged  68.     August  21. 
Winter,  John  Strange  (Mrs.  Arthur  Stannard). 

December  13. 
Woodehouse,  Cecil  Henrv.     February  15. 
Worswick,  Mrs.  John.    January  22. 
Worster,  Miss.     March  24. 
Wright,  Ada.     March  9. 
Wright,  Fred.    Aged  85.    October  19. 


Young,  Watkins.     Aged 


November  2. 


NEW    THEATRES,    MUSIC    HALLS,    &c. 


January   12. — Empire,   Che.ster-le-Street. 

January   12. — Grand,    Gillingham. 

February   6. — Pavilion,    Bradshawgate. 

February    13. — Lewisham    Hippodrome. 

February  20.— Empire,  Harrogate. 

February   20.— Metropole,    Bootle. 

March    20.— Hippodrome,    Greenwich    (formerly 

Palace). 
March    27. — Hippodrome,     Langley    Park,    Co. 

Durham. 
April   17. — The    Surrey    (reconstructed). 
May    12. — New    Empire,  .  Preston. 
June   19. — Victoria   Pier,    Fleetwood. 
August   3. — New    Pavilion,    Margate. 
August    3. — Bedminster    Hippodrome,    Bristol. 
August   6. — Pier    Theatre,    Bognor. 
.\ugu.st  7.^Empire,  Edinburgh,  reopened  after 

fire. 
August    28. — Palace,    Doncaster. 
August     21. ^Official     opening     of     .completed 

Opera   House.   Blackpool. 
September   4. — New,    Crewe. 
September    11. — Empire,    Burnley. 
September    IS. — Olympia,    Glasgow. 


September   IS.— Collins's.     Reconstructed. 

September  30.— P.O. W.,  Birmingham  (re- 
opened). 

October  9. — New,   Chorley. 

October  9.— New,   Pontypridd. 

October  IG. — Empire,   Maryport. 

October    16.— Watford    Palace.    Reconstructed. 

October    23. — Royal,    Castleford. 

October    23.— Palace,    Wellingborough. 

October    23. — Casino,    Glasgow. 

October  30.— The  New  Middlesex.  Recon- 
structed. 

October  31.— Palladium,  Brighton  (formerly 
the   Alhambra). 

November   fi. — Victoria    Palace. 

November  C.^ — Palace,   Aberavon. 

November  11.— Liverpool  Repertory  Theatre 
(formerly  the   Star). 

November   13. — London   OpeTa  House. 

November   25. — New   Pavilion,   Morley. 

December    26. — New    Prince's. 
December     26. — Theatre     and     Opera     House, 
Maidenhead. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


THE     AMERICAN    STAGE. 

PRINCIPAL     PLAYS    PRODUCED     IN     AMERICA,    AND    IMPORTANT 

REVIVALS    IN    NEW    YORK    BETWEEN    DECEMBER    1,    1910,    AND 

NOVEMBER    30,    1911. 

The    atstfi    given    in    all    cases    are    those    of    the    Neic     York    productions. 


AIULOX,  L',  drama  in  five  acts  by  Edmond 
Rostand.  Produced  by  Sarah  Bernhardt  at 
the  Globe,  New  York,  December  5,  1910. 

A  LA  BliOAIXWAY,  satirical  burlesque  in 
one  act  by  William  Le  Baron,  Harold 
Orlob,  and  M.  H.  Hollias.  Produced  by 
Henry  B.  Harris  and  Jesse  L.  Lasky. — 
Folies  Berf;6re,  New   York.  September  22. 

John    Morris    James   Bradbury 

Archie    .Mann    Will    Phillips 

FitzHugh  St.  Clair  Hayden  Clifford 

Tom    Jackson    Agostino   Baci 

Jim   Jamb    • James  Cook 

Nick   O'Teene    John    Lorenz 

Smith    Earl    Mountain 

Mrs.    Morris    Octavia   Broske 

Polly    Morris   Rae   Morris 

Dorothy  Morris  Mae  Thompson 

Maggie   O'Hara    Mae    West 

ALCESTIS,  a  modernised  version  of  Euri- 
pides' drama,  by  Blanche  Shoemaker 
Wagstaff  (produced  by  Charles  Douville 
Coburn,  Hudson,  New  York,  December  1, 
1910). 

Nemesis   Dorothy  Turner 

Apollo   Leopold  Lane 

Erebus    J.   Malcolm   Dunn 

Alcestis    Mrs.    Coburn 

Admetus  John  E.  Kellerd 

Hercules    Mr.   Coburn 

Pheres   Burr  Caruth 

First   Maiden    Amelia   Barleon 

First  Leader  of  Chorus... .David  Kirkland 
Second  Leader  of  Chorus... Frank  Richter 

AMOR  DI  PRINCIPE,  operetta  in  three 
acts,  by  Edmund  Eysler,  original  ver- 
sion in  German  called  "  Furstenliebe." 
Signor  Raimondo  Sarnella's  Italian  Comic 
Opera  Company  from  Palermo.— Majestic, 
New   York,   May  2. 

Natalie    Inez    Imbimbo 

Stanislaus G.    Farri 

Pufferl   Fausto   /lleonorl 

Kwald    Giuiseppe    Merighl 

Kate   Virginia  Farri 

Chiffon    Elvira    Canepa 

Lili    Esther   Scozzi 

Mimi    .\usiista   Verdi 

Fift     Gilda    Beccari 

Franz    Ludnvico   Guidi 

The    Governor    ,.    Silvio    Carbone 

Mother    Sunerior Ade'ina    Levia 

Countess   of    Ribond    ..    Maria  C<'loffrande 

First    Maiordomo    Luigi    Campeggi 

.Second    Majordomo    Ugo  Carrani 

First  Ladv  R.  Preoerutti 

Second   Lady   A.   Bronzini 

Maddalena   E.    Galletti 

Eva    F.     Lancetti 

Tecla    E.    Glronetti  , 

Sofia  L.  ComDeggj  ' 

A   Groom   M.  Grille 


ANGELUS,  THE,  play  in  three  acts,  by  Neil 
Twomey. — Lyceum,  Englewocd,  N.J., 
April   12. 

ANN  BOYD,  based  on  the  novel  of  the  same 
name.— Shubert  Theatre,  Boston,  Mass., 
May  1. 

ANTIGONE,  of  Sophocles,  translation  by 
Prof.  Joseph  Edward  Harry. — Grand 
Opera  House,  Cincinnati,  March  10. 

ARAB,  THE,  drama  in  four  acts,  by  Edgar 
Selwyn  (prod,  by  Henry  B.  Harris).— 
Burbank  Theatre,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  May 
14 ;    Lyceum,   New    York,   September  30. 

Mahmout  Azeer    Anthony   Andre 

Selim    Victor    Benoit 

Kyamil    Pasha    Edward    R.    Mawson 

Sheikra  Thomas   Adams 

A   Barber    Joseph    Kisber 

A   Peasant    Tom   Azoon 

Robert    Cruikshanks    Walter    Wilson 

Mary    Hilbert    Edna   Baker 

Myrza   Ethel   Von   Waldron 

A  Mendicant   Charles  De  Forrest 

Dr.    Hilbert    James   Seely 

Hossein    Sam    Russell 

Jamil  Abdullah  Azam   Edgar  Selwyn 

Abdullah    Joseph   Rawley 

Water  Seller  Abraham  Seror 

Ibrahim    E.    Fernande 

Drucis    Virginia  Rankin 

Eena   Eileen    Percy 

Menka   Gerard   Gardner 

Sayeh   Jack   Percy 

Minna   Dorothy   Rankin 

Jazeer   Harry  McCullom 

\     Muezzin George    AtaJIa 

ARIANE  AND  BARBE  BLEDE.  musical  set- 
ting of  Maeterlinck's  drama,  by  Paul 
Dukas. — Metropolitan  Qpera  House,  New 
York,  March  29  (prod.  Opdra  Comique, 
Paris,  May  10,  1907.) 

Ariane    Geraldine    Farrar 

Barbe-Bleue    Leon    Rothler 

The  Nurse  Florence  Wickham 

Selysette  Jeanne  Maubourg 

Ygfaine    Leonora   Sparkes 

Melisande    Roeina    Van    Dyck 

Belangere   Henrietta   Wakefield 

AUadine    Lucia    Fornaroli 

An  Old  Peasant  Georges  Bourgeois 

Second    Pea.sant    Bernard    Besue 

Third  Peasant  Basil  Ruysdael 

ARROW  MAKER.  THE.  drama  in  three  acts, 
by  Mrs.  Mary  Hunter  Austin. — New 
Theatre,   New  York,  February  27. 

Choco    Stewart   Balrd 

Winnedunah    John    Sutherland 

Pamaquash    Recinald   Barlow 

Yavi    .\Ibert    Ea,sdale 

Fleetfoot  Edwin  Cushraan 

Tavwots   Pedro  de  Cordoba 

Seegooche    .,,4.i»k:-   Ethel  Brandon 


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Arrow  Makrr,  The  (conlhiiieih. 

Tiawa    Helen   Reimer 

Wacoba    Olive    Oliver 

The   Chisera    ..    EdiUi    Wynne   Matthison 

ISright  Water   Leali  Bateman-Eunter 

White  Flower   Eisie  Herndon  Kearns 

Tuiyo  Lewise  Seymour 

Seyavi    Barbara   King 

Simwa    Frank    Gillmore 

Great  Hawk  Ben  Johnson 

Rain   Wind    E.   M.   Holland 

Haiwai   Mary   Doyle 

AS  A  MAX  THINKS,  drama  in  four  acts,  by 
Augustus  Thomas  (Shubert  prod.).— 
Hyperion,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  March  4; 
Thirtv-ninth  Street  Theatre,  New  York, 
March   13. 

Vedali  Seeli?  Charlotte  Ives 

Doctor    Seelig    John   Mason 

Holland    Ernest   Wilkes 

Butler    Ralph    Samono 

Mrs.    Clayton    Chrystal   Heme 

Julian  Burrill    Vincent  Serrano 

Benjamin   de   Lota    Walter    Hale 

Frank   Clayton    Jchn   Flood 

Mrs.    Seelig    Amelia   Gardner 

Sutton    W.   H.    Sadler 

Miss   Doane    Gail   Kane 

Dick    Raymond   Hackett 

Judge   Hoover    William   Sampson 

AVIARY,  THE,  comedy  in  three  acts,  by 
Marc  Sonal  and  Gabriel  Annel. — Empire, 
New  York  (Academy  of  Dramatic  Arts 
matinee),  January  12. 
AVI.\TOR,  THE,  farcical  comedy  in  four 
act.3  by  James  Montgomery  (produced  by 
Cohan  and  Harris,  Aston,  New  York,  De- 
cember 8,  1910). 

Robert  Street    AVallace   Eddinger 

James  Brooks  Robert  Conness 

Hopkinson   Brown    Jack    Devereux 

J.    H.   Douglas    Frank   Currier 

Mons.  Gailfard   Frederick  Paulding 

John   Gordon   Samuel  Reed 

Sam   Robinson   Edward    Begley 

Joe  Hurley  Ford  Fenimore 

Louis  Wm.  P.  Connery 

No.  i.."j    Pages  at    I Cantor  Brown 

No.  8..}-  "Gordon  ...Richard  Webster 
No.  4  ./  Inn."  L .William  Oflferman 
Miss   Grace  Douglas  ...Christine  Norman 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Douglas  Emily  Lytton 

Miss  ^Madeline  Riley  Oza  Waldrop 

Miss  Blair    Edythe  Thome 

Miss  Henderson   Nan  Davis 

Miss  Z(Jane    Irene  Warfleld 


BALK.\N'-  PRINCESS,  THE,  musical  play  in 
prologue  and  two  acts,  book  by  Frederick 
Lonsdale  and  Frank  Curzon,  music  by 
Paul  A.  Rubens,  lyrics  by  Paul  .\.  Rubeu'> 
land  Arthur  Wimperis.  (Prod,  by  the 
Shuberts). — Hyperion,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
January  18;  Herald  Square,  New  York, 
February  9. 
The  Grand  Duke  Sergius    Robert  Warwick 

Count  Boethy   J.    H.   Pratt 

Captain    Radom.sir    Kenneth    Hunter 

Lieutenant    Varna    Fritz    Macklyn 

Max   Hein   Percy   Ames 

Blatz    Teddy    Webb 

Lounger    Harold   de  Becker 

Emii    Harry    Lewellyn 

Hermann    Robert  MiUiken 

Henri    Herbert   Corthell 

Magda   May    Boley 

Olga    Alice.  Brady 

Sofia    Vida   Whitmore 

Paula    Rose   Firestone 

Tessa   Robby  B.  Nichols 

Carmen    Carmen    Romero 

Margherita    Daisy    James 

Teresa   Peggy  Merritt 


Balkan  Princess,  Tlie  {continueA). 

Guests  ..  Robert  Milliken,  Lew  Litchfield, 
Olin  Howland. 

Cashier Sylvia   Clarko 

Princess  Stephanie   Louise  Gunning 

Nobles  of  Balaria  ..  Olin  Howard,  S.  Keen, 
H.  de  Becker,  Irving 
Finn,   Robert   Milliken 

Waitresses    .Millie    Bright,    Gra-..> 

Kimball,  Mabel  Ferry, 
Nanon  Welch. 

BARRY  OF  BALLYMORE.  play  in  three  acta, 
by  Rida  Johnson  Young. — Academy  of 
Music,    New    York,   January  30. 

Thomas    Barry    Chauncey    Olcott 

Sir  Edward   Emery   ..    Howard  Chambers 

Lord    Bannon    George    Sydenham 

Michael   McShane    Ned  "Reardon 

Phadrig   Bannon    Nesta   de   Becker 

Gerald  O'Mara   Arthur  Jarrett 

Corney    Daniel    Jarrett 

Lady    Mary    Bannon    . .    Edith    Browning 

"      Betty  O'Mara   Alice  Martin 

Nanette    Alice   Farrell 

Mrs.    Barry    Mary  Johnstone 

Biddy    Marion    GasParo 

BAXTER'S  PARTNER  comedy  in  three  acts, 
by  Thomas  T.  Railey.— Bijou,  New  York, 
June  27. 

Earl   Dunn   E.   A.   Sparks 

Lucretia   Wiggins    Fayette  Perry 

Benjamin   Baxter    Charles   Reigle 

Colonel    Hopkins    Edwin    Burns 

Dorothy  Livingstone    May  Talbot 

Mrs.   Baxter    Florence  Nelson 

HDward  McFarland,  ir.  K-yn<.'d  WiUiims 

Ho.vard  McFarlmd,   jr Robert  Ober 

Briggs   F.  J.  Broder 

Dan   Huntley    Robert   Ellis 

BECKY  SHARP,  Langdon  Mitchell's  four-act 
play.— Lyceum,  New  York,  March  20, 
revival. 

BEHIND  THE  SCENES,  play  by  Margaret 
Mayo.— Wahiut  Street  Theatre,  Phila- 
delphia,  April  17. 

BIRTHRIGHT,  tragedy  in  two  acts,  by  T.  C. 
Murray  (produced  by  the  Irish  Players), 
Maxine  Elliott,  New  York,  November  20. 

BLUE  BIP..D,  THE,  revival.— The  Century 
(late  New),  New  York,  February  6,  (with 
two  new  scenes),  and  September  15. 
Originally  produced  New  York,  October 
1,   1910. 

BOSS,  THE,  play  in  four  acts,  by  Edward 
Sheldon.  Produced  by  William  A.  Brady. 
— Garrick,  Detroit,  "Mich.,  January  9; 
Astor.  New  York.  January  30 

James  D.   Griswold    Henry   Weaver 

Donald   Griswold    Howard   Estabrook 

Emily   Griswold    Emily   Stevens 

Mitchell    Henry  Sargent 

Lawrence    Duncan    Kenneth    Hill 

Michael  R.  Regan    Holbrook  Blinn 

"Parky"  McCoy   H.    A.  La  Motte 

Mrs.  Cuyler   Ruth  Benson 

Gates    John   M.    Troughton 

Davis    J.    Hammond   Dailey 

Scanlon    Wilmer  Dane 

Archbishop  Sullivan   Frank   Sheridan 

A    Cook    Bella   Paul 

A  French  Maid  Rose  Wincott 

A    Parlor    Maid    Miss  CeUa 

Lieutenant    of   Police    Frank    Julian 

Police    Officer    James    Macdonald 

Another  Police  Officer   H.   G.  Weir 

BOUFFONS.  LES,  play  in  four  acts,  by  Miguel 
Zamacois  (produced  by  Sarah  Bernhardt). 
— Globe,  New  York,  December  10,  1510.  ' 

BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR,  drama  in  four 
acts  by  George  Broadhnrst.  Produced 
by  William  A.  Brady,  Limited. — First 
New  York  prod.,  Playhouse,  New  York, 
September   26. 


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Bitwiht  nnti  Paid  For  {conlinuril), 

Robert   Stafford    Charles    Richman 

Jame«  Gilley  Frank  Craven 

Oku    Allen    AtwcU 

Louis    Kdpar    Hill 

Virninia   Blaiiie    Julia  Dean 

Fannv    Blaine    Marie    Nordstrom 

Josephine     Dorothy    Davies 

RRISKIS,  OR  THE  BRIDE  OF  CORINTH. 
Chabrier's  unfinished  opera.— Carnegie 
Hall.   New  York.  March  3. 

IIINTY  PILLS  THK  STHINtiS.  comedy,  m 
three  slots,  bv  Oraham  Molfat— Comedy. 
N*-w  York.  October  10. 

Kab  lliu.uir   Edmond  BeresforU 

Huiity   B»ugar   .Molly  Pear.'^on 

Su-ie"  Simpson    Jean  CadtU.l 

Tammas  Bijiuar  CampBeTl  "Gullan 

Weeluni   Sprunt    Sander.son  Moff:it 

Eelen  Dunlop   Amy  Singleton 

Teenie   Dunlop    Margaret   Nybloc 

Jee.ns  Gibb   George  Ingleton 

Maggie   Mener    ilarjory    Davidson 

Dan   Birrell    WiltJaxone 

HTTTEKFLY  ON  THE  WHEEL,  A,  the  Enghsh 
plav  (Marie  Doro  prod.).— Apollo  Theatre. 
Atlantic  City,  N.J.,  October  2G. 

CALIFORNIA,  light  operetta,  book  by  C.  de 
Mille,  music  by  Robert  Hood  Bowers.— 
Polls.   Springfield,   Mass.,   November   20. 

CASE  OF  BECKY.  THE,  play,  by  Edward 
lyocke  (David  Belasco  prod.).— National 
Theatre,   Washington.  October  31. 

CARMEL.\,  operette.— Easton,  Pa.,  October  30. 

C.WE  MAN,  THE,  satirical  farce,  in  three 
acts,  by  Gelett  Burgess,  produced  by 
Henry  B.  Harris.— Fulton  Tlieatre,  New 
York!  October  30. 

:Mary    Beatrice    Bertrand 

Lady  Mechante   Grace  EUiston 

Wrestling  Brew.st«r  Bradford 

Martin  Sabine 

Emily   Frothingham    .^eatrice   Noyes 

Dolly  Van  Dream   Isabelle  Lee 

Hauiick  Smagg   Robert  Edeson 

First    Barber    John    Prescott 

Second  Barber   Thomas  E.  Dunn 

Footman  James  J.  Nolan 

Tillotson  Herbert  Budd 

•    Huggins    Walter   Renjort 

Glush John    Dewey 

Dystart  Van  Dream  ..William  H.  Burton 

Mrs.   Van  Dream   Florine  Arnold 

Dante  Gabriel  Lilliput  Clifford  Leigh 

Violet  Eleanor  Stuart 

CERTAIN  PARTY,  A,  musical  f:irce,  in  thn&e 
acts,  by  Edward  W.  Townsend  and  Frank 
W.  O'Malley,  music  by  Robert  ^  JUood 
Bowers,  staged  by  William  Collier,  and 
produced  by  Liebler  and  company  (origin- 
ally produced  as  a  comc-dy,  Amsterdam 
Opera  Hou.se.  New  York.  February  12, 
iniO).— Wallack's,   New  York,  April  24. 

Homer  Caldwell    .Tames  Seeley 

George  Caldwell  Alfred  Kappeler 

James  Barrett  Mike  Donlln 

Jerry   Fogarty    .John    T.    Kelly 

Sydney   Finch    Harold   Hartsell 

Danny  Clark   Arthur  O'Keef e 

Roundsman   Timothy    Moline.  .Tom  Jaftola 

.\tkins   ". John  Peachey 

Larry   Dunn   John   Pierce 

Handsome  Harry  Quayle  Settliffe 

Buck  Powers Tom  Jaffola 

Patrick    Reilly    Andrew    Brannigan 

Barney  Rafferty    Eddie  Cline 

Ikey  Finklestein   George  Sullivan 

Jerry  Fagan  Frank  Grom 

Mrs.  Lorimer   Beatrice  Moreland 

Grace  Fairweather   Nina  Biake 

ilrs.  Jeremiah  Fogarty   ..Louise  Dempsey 

Miss  Depuystcr  Marie  Ashton 

Miss  Brompton    Esther   Bissett 

Miss  Ogilvie    Ruth   Lloyd 


Ctrtain  Party,  A  [continued). 

Mary    Susanne    Willis 

Maybelle  Carrington   Lillian  Herbert 

Lena .^ Carolyn  Par.sons 

Ciirrie  Keyes  liuth  Lloyd 

Norah  Mabel  Hite 

CHALLENGE,  THE,  play,  by  Edward  Childs 
Carpenters  (.\.  H.  Woods  prod.).— Par- 
.sons' Tlieatre,  Hartford,  Conn.,  October 
20. 

CH.W'TECLER,  play,  in  four  acts,  in  ver.se  by 
Edmond  Ro.stand.  translated  into  Engli.sli 
ver.se  by  Louis  N.  I'arker.  iirodured  l)y 
Charles  Frohmaii. — Knickerbocker,  New 
York,  January   'S.i. 

Chantecler  Maude  .A<lams 

Patou    Arthur    Byron 

Blackbird    Erne.st    Lawford 

Peacock    William    Lowers 

Nightingale    .\labelle    Chapman 

Great  Horned  Owl  ..Gustav  von  Seyffertitz 

Screech  Owl   Allen  Fawcett 

.Scops  Edward  Morrison 

Stry.x    -Maurice   Stewart 

Surnia Lillian  Sjiencer 

Owlet   Edward  Wilson 

Caparacorn   George  Rowlands 

Kite  Owlet    David  Manning 

Game  Cock  Bertrand  Marburgh 

Pointer    Allen   Fawc«tt 

Woodpecker  Fred  Tyler 

Cat    W^ilter    Stanton 

Turkev  Cock  R.  Peyton  Carter 

Duck    Wallace    Jackson 

Guinea  Chick   Maurice  Stewart 

Cockerel    Edward    Wilson 

First  Cockerel    Edward  Morrison 

Second  Cockerel  F.  Owen  Baxter 

Third  Cockerel  David  Manning 

Ma?.)ie    Fred   Tyler 

Rabbit  Joseph  Wallace 

Ten  Fancy   Cocks    Messrs.  Rowlands, 

Fawcett,  Silven,  Moran,  Wilson, 
Carhart.  Hogarth,  dinger,  Jack- 
man,  Graham 

Six  Toads  Jlessrs.  Carter,  Stanton, 

Baxter,  Jackson,  Morrison,  Fawcett 

A   Gu-nea  Pig   Veronica   Marsh 

Hen   Pheasant    May    Blayney 

Guinea  Hen    Dorothy   Dorr 

on    Hen    Ada    Boshell 

W'hite    Hen    Margaret    Gordon 

Gray    Hen    May    Roberts 

Black  Hen    Lillian  Spencer 

Three  Other  Hens Maybelle  Chapman, 

Mav  Southern,  Margaret  Boland 
Hen  Turkey" Helen  Kraft 

CHASTE  SUSAN,  THE,  musical  farce,  in  three 
acts,  adapted  from  the  French  of  Georg 
Okoiikowski,  music  by  Jean  Gilbert  (Gus- 
tav Amberg,  manager). — Irving  Place, 
New  York.  April  12. 
Baron  Conrad  des  Aubrais.. Adolf  Kuehns 

Dolphine Frau  von  Wegern 

Jaqueline  Frl.  Loeber 

Hubert    Rudolf  Werder 

Lieutenant  Rene  Boislurette  ..Otto  Marie 

Pamarel    Herr   Olmaf 

Susanne   Emma  Malkowska 

Charencey    Herr   Habrich 

Rose Frl.    Weber 

Alexis     Ernst   Robert 

Emile  Picola    Frl.  v.  Bodenhausen 

Mariette   Frl.  Brockmann 

V- varel    Heinrich   Oesfeld 

Godet   Herr  Helmer 

Pailason  Herr  Sonndern 

Irma   Else   Specht 

Polizeikommisaer  Herr  Keller 

CLOUDS,  THE.  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Jaroslav 
Koapil,  adapted  from  the  Bohemian  by 
Charles  Recht. — Bijou.  New  York.  May  16. 

COYIE  MICHAELMAS,  one-act  play,  by  Keble 
Howard. — Empire,  New  York  (Academy  of 
Dramatic  Arts  matin6e),  January  20. 


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CONCERT,  THE,  revived  at  the  Belasco,  New 
York,  September  14  (originally  produced 
Pittsburg.  Pa.,  September  19,  1910.  and 
Belasco.  New  York,  October  4.  1910). 

CONFESSION.  THE,  drama,  in  lour  acts,  by 
James  Halleck  Keid  (management  of  L.  S. 
Sire). — Bijou,  New   York.   March  13. 

Rose  Creighton  Helen  Holmes 

Mrs.    Mary   Bartlett    Olive   West 

Michael  Grogau  Mart  Cody 

Pat.sy   Moran    Paul   Kelly 

Thomas  Bartlett   Harold  Vosburgh 

Rev.  J.  J.  Bartlett   Orrin  Johnson 

.losef  Dumont   Theodore  Roberts 

.Andrew    Strong    Jack   Drumlar 

Frank  Gordon  W.  D.  Ingram 

John   Peabody    Ralph   Delmore 

E.  P.  Du.stin  Bigelow  Cooper 

C.   H.  Blackhurn   W.  J.  Brady 

Jem   Coburn   John  Nortli 

Edward  Stevens   Willard  McDermott 

CONVICT  ON  THE  HEARTH.  THE.  Frederick 
Fenn's  one-act  play. — Empire.  New  York, 
Academy  of  Dramatic  Arts,  February  12. 

COUNTRY'  GIRL,  A,  musical  play  in  two  acts, 
book  by  James  T.  Tanner,  lyrics  by  Adrian 
Ross  and  Percy  Greenliank,  music  by 
Ldcmel  Monckton  and  Paul  Rubens  (re^ 
vived  by  the  Gray-Stewart  Musical  Com- 
pany) Herald  Square.  New  Y'ork.  May  29. 

Geoffrey  Challoner Melville  Stewart 

The   Rajah   of   Bhong Robert  Elliott 

Sir  Joseph  Verity  George  E.  Mack 

Douglas   Verity   Donald  Hall 

Granfer  Mummery   A.  ^V.  Fleming 

Lord    Anchester    Cyril   Chadwick 

Lord  Grassraere   A.  L.  Clark 

Major  Vicat AV.  L.  Doyle 

Sir  Charles  Cortelyou Charles  Kamp 

Herr  Tulzer   F.  Von  Gottfried 

Rube    Fairfax    J.   A.   Bingham 

Barry    John    Slavin 

Marjorie  Joy    Grace  Freeman 

Princess   Mehelanch Genevieve   Finlay 

Mile.  Sophie  Laura  JafTray 

Nan    Florence   Burdett 

Mrs.   St.   Quinton   Raikes Ada    Sterling 

Nurse Anna  Bel] 

Lady   Anchester    Ada    Sterling 

Lady   Amotfc   Teresa  Bryant 

Mi=i3    Carruthers May   Wesley 

Miss   Pouyscourt    Ediia  Houcic 

Miss   Courtlands    Madge   Gest 

Miss  Ecroyd    Ada  Holt 

Miss  Fitzroy   Florence  Burnham 

Miss    Arundeil    Florence    Farmer 

OOnvT^RY  MOUSE.  A.  Arthur  Law's  play.— 
Empire,  New  York.  Academy  of  Dramatio 
Arts  matinee,  February  0. 

DADDY  DUFARD,  comedy  in  three  acts,  by 
Lechmere  Worrall  and  Albert  Chevalier 
(produced  by  Liebler  and  company),  Mon- 
treal, Can.,  November  28.  1910;  Hackett, 
New   Y'ork.   December  6,   1910. 

Achille   Talma  Dufard Mr.  Chevalier 

Rose  Dufard    Violet  Heming 

Paul  Hammond  A.  Hylton  Allen 

Celia  Fitzjames   Frankie   Ravmonde 

Grover  Toft  Leslie  Kenvon 

Bert  Cole   Claude  H.  Cooper 

Mme.   Poulard    Marv    E.   Barker 

•  Joseph    Fontaine    Arthur  Brankston 

The  Great  Jolly  Harry  Brett 

Otto   Meyenherg   Louis   Hendricks 

Cesare   Golitti    Horace   Mitchell 

Mark  Heinle  John  C.  Holliday 

Wr  .T-ohn  Baines  .-..John  Blackmore 

Marie    Grace   Illinsworth 

Jackson   C.  L.   Emerson 

Manager  Welland   Robert  Martin 

Box  Office  Clerk   Stenhen  Jov 

Florist's  Boy   James  L.  Foster 

Mabel    Alice   Johnson 


Daddy  Dufard  [continued). 

Robert  Burton   J.  Sebastian  Smith 

Commissionaire    Gus   Stinson 

Signor  Gilfonti  Harry  Le  Grange 

Mr.  Saunders  Walter  E.  Johnson 

DEEP  PURPLE,  THE,  play,  in  four  acts,  by 
Paul  Armstrong  and  Wilson  Wizner  (Lieb- 
ler and  Company,  managers). — Lyric,  New 
York,  January  9  (originally  produced  Shu- 
bert's,  liiociester,  September  2G,  1910). 

William  Lake  Richard  Bennett 

George  Bruce  Wilham  A.  Norton 

Gordon   Laylock    Eniniett  Corrigan 

Harry  Leland  James  Lee  Finney 

"Pop"  Clark   W.  J.  Ferguson 

Connolly    George   T.   Meech 

Flynn  George  M.  Fee 

Laura   Moore    Catherine   Calvert 

Kate  Fallon    Ada    Dwyer 

Mrs.   Lake    Isabel   Waldron 

Ruth    Lake    Mabel    Morrison 

Christine    Rosamond    O'Kane 

Postman    John    Williams 

Bell  Boy  Andrew  Kelly 

Valet  Elmer  Clifton 

Page  Henry  Davidson 

Messenger William   Page 

Organ   Grinder    Giovanni   Cavalaro 

DELIGHTFUL  DOLLY,  three-act  comedy, 
adapted  from  the  French  by  Henri  Mor- 
vant.^Valentine  Theatre,  '  Toledo,  O., 
February  2. 

DICTATOR,  THE,  revival,  William  Collier's 
comedy.— Theatre,  New  York,  April  13. 

DISRAELI,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Louis  N. 
Parker,  produced  by  Liebler  and  company. 
—Princess,  Montreal,  Pa.,  January  23; 
Grand  Opera  House,  Chicago,  February  13; 
Wallack's,  New  Y'ork,  September  18. 

The  Duke  of  Glastonbury Charles  Carey 

The  Duchess  of  Glastonbury.  .Leila  Repton 
Adolpliiis,  Viscount  Cudworth 

J.  R.  Torrens 

Lady  Cudworth   Frances  Reeve 

Lord  Brooke,  of  Brookehill 

Guy  Cunningham 

Lady  Brooke  Marie  R.  Quinn 

Lady   Clarissa  Pevensey   Elsie   Leslie 

Charles,  Viscount  Deeford..Ian  MacLaren 
The  Rt.  Hon.  Benjamin  Disraeli 

George  Arliss 

Lady  Beaconsfield Marguerite  St.  John 

Mrs.   Noel  Travers    Margaret  Dale 

Sir  Michael  Probert,  Bart. 

Herbert  Standing 

Mr.   Hugh  Meyers   Oscar  Ayde 

Mr.  Lumley  Foljambe.. Alexander  Calvert 

Butler  Harry  Chessman 

Foot -nan    Rutherford    Herman 

Bascot    Douglas   Ross 

Potter   St.  Clair' Bayfield 

Flooks  W.  Mayne  Lynton 

A  Clerk   Dudley  Digges 

DOLLARPRINZESSIN,  DIE,  mu.sical  comedy, 
in  three  acts,  book  by  A.  M.  Willner  and 
F.  Gruenbaum,  music  by  Leo  Fall,  pro- 
duced by  Gustav  Amberg. — Irving  Place, 
Nev  York.  November  1. 

DOLLY  MADISON,  liLstorical  comedy,  by 
Charles  Nirdlinger.— Apollo,  Atlantic  City, 
N.J..  Februarv  23. 

DOPPELMENSCH.'  DER,  farce,  in  three  acts, 
by  Wilhelm  Jacoby  and  Arthur  Lippschitz, 
produce'd  by  Gustav  Amberg. — Irving 
Place.  New  York,  September  30. 

DRIFTING,  play,  by  Preston  Gibson.— Hype- 
rion, New  Haven,  December  7,  1910. 

DRONE.  THE,  comedy  in  three  acts,  by  Guy 
Bolton    and   Douglas   J.    Wood   (produced 
by    Douglas    Wood),    Thirty-ninth    Street, 
November  17. 
W.  D.  Hollingsworth   ..Douglas  J.  Wood 

Jason    Harold    Howard 

George  Mather  L.  Rogers  Lytton 


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DroHf,  The  (funtiiiinil). 
Mrs.  Mather 

Mrs.  Ida  Jeffreys-Gcodfriend 

Marjery   Mather Edna   Phillips 

Cofcton   Mather   Herbert  Y()st 

Mrs.    Williaruiion    Christine    Norman 

Annie   Eleanor  Hicks 

Cabman    Hary   Dornton 

DRUM.S  OF  DOO.M.  IHE,  playlet,  by  Gerald 
Villiers  Stuart.— Majestic,  Chicago,  Sep- 
leniber  4. 
DFt.  DE  LUXE,  musical  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
Otto  Hauerbach  and  Karl  Hoschna.  pro- 
duced by  Joseph  M.  Gaites. — Ford's  Opera  > 
House,  Baltimore,  March  27;  Knicker- 
bocker, Now  York,  April  17. 

Dr.  De  Paw  Taylor  Williams 

Miss    Barker    Kena    Santos 

Miss  Ada  Houston Marion  Ballou 

Sadie   < Polly   Prim 

Dennis    Ernest  Truax 

Kittle  Melville  Jeanette  Childs 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Melville Helen  Robertson 

Dr.  P>x)bert  Melville  Harry  Stone 

Mrs.  Clara  Houston   Georgie  Keily 

Margie  Melville   Ethel  Green 

Donald  Houston   Edward  Nicander 

John  Truesdale  (Dr.  De  Luxe),  .llalph  Herz 

Colonel  Houston William  Pruette 

Hattie  Hoartsdale  Lilian  Berry 

Francesca  Foote  Ethel  Millard 

Annette  Armswell   Verna  Dalton 

Ixjttie  La  Nerve  Bessie  Muller 

Lillian  Legglesby   Anna  Hall 

Louise  Lipton  Julia  Mills 

Vera  Van  Dentine  Ada*  Mitchell 

Laura  Lasliwood Florence  Campbell 

Toodlums  Albert  Lamson 

DREAM  OF  A  SPRING  MORNING,  THE,  by 
D'Annunzio.  —  Empire,  New  York 
(Academy  of  Dramatic  Arts  matinee), 
January  26. 
DUCHESS,  THE,  comic  opera,  in  three  acts, 
with  book  by  Joseph  Herbert  and  H.  B. 
Smith,  and  music  by  Victor  Herbert,  pro- 
duced by  Sam  S.  and  Lee  Shubert. — Provi- 
dence Opera  House,  Providence,  R.I.,  Sep- 
tember 25;  Lyric,  New  York.  October  IC. 

Aristide  Boutonniere   Wilton  Taylor 

Rose  Fritzi  Schefl 

Angelique  Boutonniere   May  Boley 

Marianne   Lillian  Spencer 

Philippe,  Marquis  de  Montreville 

George  Anderson 
Adolphe,  Comte  de  Paravant 

John  £.   Hazzard 

Boni  De  Francellas   George  Graham 

-Alfonso  Castelet  Madison  Smith 

Lieutenant  Prosper  de  Merimee 

Robert  MilUken 
Comte  Gaston  Gerome.. Raymond  Bloomer 

Picotee    M.    Berenson 

Duchess  de  Greadfre  Ida  Bernard 

Notary  Robert  Flynn 


EARTH,  THE,  by  James  B.  Fagan  (Grace 
George  and  Co.). — Lyric,  Cincinnati,  O., 
October  14. 

ELEVATING  A  HUSBAND,  four-act  drama,  by 
Clara  Lipman  and  Samuel  Shipman. — 
Collingswood  Opera  House,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.Y..  September  11. 

ENCHANTRESS,  THE.  opera  comique,  book 
and  lyrics  by  Harry  B.  Smith  and  Fred 
de  Gre'sac,  music  by  Victor  Herbert. — Na- 
tional Theatre,  Washington,  October  9.^ 
New  York,  New  York,  October  19. 

Vivien  Savary   Kitty  Gordon 

Mamoute    Hattie    Arnold 

Marion  Love  ..Nellie  Mc(3oy 

Princess  Diana  Ida  Fitzhugh 

Princess  Stellina  Louise  Bliss 

Princess  Stephanie    Venita  Fitzhugh 

Princess  Poppy  Nina  Barbour 


Kiichiintnuii,  The  [continued^. 

Princess  Floria   Mabel  Berra 

Princess  Berenice  Dorothy  Berry 

I'rincess  Hortensia  Clarice  Gilberte 

Prince  Ivan  of  Zergovia 

Harold  H.  Forde 

Troute  Ralph  Riggs 

Pofl ' Gilbert   Clayton 

>Iiloch  Harrison  Brockbank 

Ozir  Arthur  Forrest 

Prince  Zepi  Bertram  Fox 

Mina    Katherine    Witchie 

ENCOUNTER,  THE,  play,  translated  from  tlie 
French  oi  Pierre  Berton  (.Margaret  Illing- 
ton  prod.). — Masonic,  Louisville,  Ky., 
January  3. 

END  OF  EUST.A.CE  EDE,  THE,  play,  in  four 
acts  (Shubert  prod.). — Hyperion,  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  May  8. 

END  OF  THE  BRIDGE,  THE,  play,  by  Flor- 
ence Lincoln. — Castle  Square,  Boston, 
;March  6. 

EVERYDAY  MAN,  AN,  comedy,  by  Owen 
Davis. — Majestic,  Peoria,  August  IC; 
Court.  Chicago,   August   25. 

EVERY  WIFE,  a  symbolical  story,  a  skit  of 
"  Every  Woman,"  produced  by  the 
Lambs'  Club  at  their  Gambol  at' the  New, 
New  Y'ork,  on  May  12 

EVERYWOMAN,  modern  morality  play,  in  five 
canticles,  by  Walt-er  Browne,  music  by 
George  Whitefield  Chadwick  (Henry  W. 
Savage,  manager). — Herald  Square,  New 
York,  February  27. 

Nobody   H.  Cooper  Cliffe 

Everywoman   Laura  Nelson   Hall 

Youth    Patricia    Collinge 

Beauty    Aurora   Pitt 

Modesty    Juliett   Day 

Conscience    Wilda    Bennett 

Flattery    Frank   Lacy 

Truth  Sarah  Ckjwell  Le  Moyne 

King  Love  the  First Edward  Mackay 

Bluff  Henry  Wenman 

Stuff  John  L.  Sliine 

Puff    Richard  Lee 

Passion    Sydney    Jarvis 

Time    Barry   Maxwell 

Wealth    Frederic    de   Belleville 

Witless  Hubert  Osborne 

Age   Mclntyre  Wickstead 

Greed  Kathleen  Kerrigan 

Self  Jean  Barrein 

Vanity  Vivian  Blackburn 

Vice  Stella  Hammerstein 

EXCUSE  ME,  "  a  Pullman  carnival  in  three 
.sections,"  by  Rupert  Hughes,  staged  by 
George  Marion,  produced  by  Henry  W. 
Savage. — Lyceum,  AUentown,  Pa.,  January 
13;  Gaietv!  New  York,  February  13. 

Harry  Mallory  John  Westley 

Ira  Lathrop  Scott  Cooper 

Rev.  Walter  Temple   John  Findlay 

Jimniie  Wellington  James  Lackaye 

Arthur  Fosdick  John  Davidson 

Roger  Ashton  Harry  Carter 

Harold  Wedgewood  Harry  Kendall 

The  Porter   Willis  Sweatnani 

The  Conductor  Thomas  H.  Walsh 

Lieutenant  Hudson  Alonzo  Price 

Lieutenant  Shaw  E.  H.  O'Connor 

Mr.   Baumann    Frank   Manmng 

The  Gambler   Alonzo  Price 

The  Train  Butcher  Frank  Dee 

First  Highwayman  E.  H.  O'Onnor 

Second  Highwayman   Alonzo  Price 

Rev.  Charles  Selby  E.  H.  O'Connor 

Marjorie  Newton  .^nn  Murdock 

Kathleen  Llewellyn  Rita  Stanwood 

Anne   Gattle    Grace  Fisher 

Mrs.  Walter  Temple  Lottie  Alter 

Mrs.  Fosdick   Grace  Dreyer 

Mrs.  Jimmie  Wellington  ..Isabel  Richards 

^Irs.   Whitcomb   Margherita  Sargent 

Snoozleums  By  Himself 


TILE  STAGE  YEAR  B007Z 


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b'ANFAN  LE  TULIPE,  militaTy  operetta  in 
three  acts,  by  Vamey  (produced  by  the 
Grand  Italian  Comie  Opera  Compaiiy), 
Irvina  Place,  New  York,   June  19. 

Fanfan    G.    Meriphi 

Prinpinella   Mme.  Amelia  Bruno 

Maddalena  Mme.  E.   Canepa 

MichaPl    Mr.   Guidi 

FASCINATING  WIDOW,  THE.  comedy,  with 
music,  in  three  acts,  book  by  Otto  Hauer- 
bach.  and  dances  by  Jack  Mason,  pro- 
duced by  A.  H.  Wood.?.— Liberty,  New 
York,  September  11. 

Lankton  Wells   Edward  Garvie 

Tiithill   Leffinswel!   James    Spottswood 

Oswald  Wentworth  Lionel  Walsh 

Rev.  Wilbur  Watts  ....Charles  W.  Butler 

"Nick"    Bulgier   James  E.   Sullivan 

John  Wilson  Frank  Wentworth 

]Mrs.  Leffinswell   Carrie  E.  Perkins 

:Marsaret    Leffingwell    Winona    Winter 

Tessie  Danforth  June  Mathis 

Ivy   Tracy    Natalie   Alt 

Ethel  Ethridge   Jean  Morrell 

Maisie  Mannering    Louise  Orbh 

Lottie  Ix)vpdal6  Gladys  Feldma> 

Bessie   Bothwell    Marie   Baxter 

Harriet  Halford  Blanche  Burnham 

Nellie   Novthrup    Dorothy   Sanders 

Rholla    Rollins    Dorothy    Wilcox 

Oissie  Cvril   Natalie  Seymour 

Hal  Blake   Julian  Eltinge 

FATHER  .JEROME,  flve-aet  drama,  by  Louis 
de  Coucy  (Louis  H.  Frohman  manngement). 
— Lvceum.  Red  Bank.  N.J.,  October  2. 

FATTED  CALF,  THE,  optimistic  comedy,  In 
four  acts,  by  Arthur  Hopkins. — Jacques 
Theatre,  Waterbury.  Conn..  July. 

FATJN.  THE.  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Edward 
Knoblauch,  produced  by  William  Faver- 
.<;ham.— Majestic,  Erie.  Pa.,  January  9; 
Daly's,  New  York,  January  16. 

The  Faun   William   Faversham 

Lord   Stonburv    Martin    Sabine 

Sir   Ernest    Craddock,    K.C... Albert    Gran 

Maurice  Morris    Lionel    Belmore 

Cvril  Overton  Harry  Redding 

Fish    ...Frank   Hollins 

Jackson    Leon   Brown 

Lady  Alex.-indra  Vancey  Julie  Opp 

Mrs.  Hope-Clark   Nina  Herbert 

Vivian  Hope-Clark   Elise  Oldham 

Lvdia  Vancey  Mabel  Crawley 

FEMME  X..  LA. "drama  in  four  acts,  by  Alex- 
andre Bis<5on  (produced  by  Sarah  Bern- 
hardit).— Globe,  New  York,  December  12, 
1910. 

FIRST  NIGHT,  THE,  adapted  by  Hobart  from 
Dt>T  Balbe  RicMer,  from  which  Nancy  and 
Comvany  was  adapted  by  the  late  Aucus- 
1in  Daly.— Bla'ckstone,  Chicnso.  April  17. 

FOLLIES  OP  1911,  review,  in  three  acts  and 
thirteen  scenes,  with  words  and  lyrics  by 
George  V.  Hobart.  and  music  by  Maurice 
Levy  and  Raymond  Hubbell. — Jardin  de 
P.aris,  New  York.  June  26. 

Folly  of  1907 Emma  Gorman 

Folly  of  1908  Dorothy  Dalland 

FoUv  of  1909  Katherine  Daly 

Folly  of  1910  Eleanor  St.  Clair 

Folly  of   1911    Vera  Maxwell 

Inspector    Search    Leon    Erroll 

F.  Ziegfeld.  Jr Walter  Percival 

Siamese   Twins    Dolly   Sisters 

Mrs.   Hillside    Arline   Boley 

Widow  Wood  Clara  Palmer 

Miss   Prim    Stella   Chatelaine 

FOOLISH  VIRGIN,  THE,  adantation  of  Hemi 
Bataille's  La  Vierge  FoUe,  Mrs.  Patrick 
Campbell  as  Fanny  Armanry.— Broad 
Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  December 
12,  1910. 

FORTUNES  OF  BETTY.  THE,  comedy  drama, 
in  four  acts,  by  Cecil  Spooner,  staged  and 


Fortunes  of  Betty,  The  (continued). 

elaborated  by  Mrs.  Mary  Gibbs  Spooner.— 
Metropole,   New  York,  February  27. 

Mark  Burton  Rowden  Hall 

Claud  Burton  Joseph  Manning 

Phil  Logan     Philip  Leigh 

Mr.  Meredith   James  Furey 

Sammy  Check  Arthur  Jennings 

Luke  Peterson  James  J.  Flanagan 

Cheerful  Charlie  Wallace  Owen 

Wade  Bender  William  Dale 

Maud  Burton  Fannie  Tvouise  Carter 

Sissy  Slenderfish   Gracye  Beebe 

Miss  Henderson  Maude  Stevens 

Betty  Bell  Meredith   Cecil  Spooner 

FORBES  CASE,  THE,  by  .John  P.  Prince,  jun. 
(Grace  Barrow  and  Co.).— Michigan  City, 
Inrt.,  October  18. 

FOX,  THE,  play,  bv  Lee  Arthur.— Lyric 
Theatre.  Chicago.  111.,  April  15. 

FRIENDS  OF  YOUTH,  comedy,   in   four  acts, 
bv    Ludwig    Fulda.— Empire,     New     York 
(Academy    of    Dramatic    Arts    matinee), 
February  23 
Dr.  Bruno  Martens  ....Edward  Paul  Bern 

Philip  Winkler  A.  M.  Botsford 

Heinz  Hagedorn  Myron  Z.  Paulson 

Waldemar  Scholz   Abner  W.  Ciissidy 

.Stephan    Donald    Macdonald 

Dora  Lenz  Alice  Neweil 

Amelia  Siebert   Ernestine  Peabody 

Toni  (Antoinette  Leitenberger) 

Laurette  Browne 
Lisbeth   Gerlach Mary  Alden 

FRIER  BACON  FRIEiR  BONGAY,  comedy 
drama,  by  Robert  Greene  (produced  by 
the  Philoiexian  Society  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity on  November  17). 

GARDEN  OF  ALLAH,  THE,  play,  in  four  acts 
and  epilogue,  from  the  book  of  Robert 
Hichens.  by  Mary  Anderso.T  de  Navarro 
and  Robert  Hichens.— Century  (late 
New),  New  York,  October  21. 

Domini    Enfllden    Mary   Mannering 

Suzanne    Mrs.   Alexander   Salvini 

Count  Anteoni  Eben  Plympton 

Father  Roubier  Arthur  Lewis 

Capt.  De  Trevignac  Edwin  Brandt 

Batouch    Jose    Ruben 

Hadji     Roy    Merrill 

Ouardi   Francklyn  Hurleigh 

Larbi    Dikran   Seropyan 

The    Sand   Diviner    Charles   Hayne 

Sheik    Keill    Ayobb 

Mueddin Salum    Ayobb 

GarQon   Alphonse  Fabre 

Irena  Faddma 

Tamouda    Asmasa 

Selima    Forcin 

Boris  Androvsky   Lewis  Waller 

G\Y  MATILDA,  comedy,  with  music— Apollo, 
Atlantic  Citv,  N.J..   Anril  3. 

GENTLEMAN  OP  LEISURE.  A,  comedy.  In 
four  acts,  by  John  Stapleton  and  P.  G. 
Wodehouse  (William  A.  Brady  prod.).— 
Hyperion,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  April  18; 
Plavhouse.   New   York,   August   24. 

Joseph    Sutton    Edmund   Forde 

Dana   Willets    Frank    Kendrick 

George  Fuller Lindsay  J.  Hall 

Clarence    Macklin    Francis    Carlyle 

Sir  Spencer  Dreever,  Bart... Arthur  Laceby 
Robert  Edgar  Willoughby  Pitt 

Douglas  Fairbanks 

"Spike"    Mullins    T.  ..Elmer    Booth 

Ladv  Blunt  Ruth  Chester 

Sir  Thomas  Blunt  Roland  Rushton 

Mollie  Creedon  Ruth  Shepley 

Phillip   Creedon    George  Fawcett 

Walter  Langdon Leon  Kendrick 

Harold  Ames  Harry  K.  Jones 

Reginald   Cakes    Bert  Danbe 

Basil  Pierce  Carl  Mann 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR   BOOK 


(IriilUmnn  of  Lfixtire,  A  (continued). 

Miss  Otis    Ida   Van  Tine 

Mis?  Belden   Mona  Morgan 

Afiss  Re:ile  Gwendolen  Brooics 

Miss    Hewett    Florence    Dcshon 

Miss  Graves   Frances  Sherburn 

Miss  Cass  Claire  Burke 

Miss   McMurray    Mona   Mayo 

Miss  Roufledge   Evelyn  Shea 

Miss  Wolfe  Lillian  Keller 

Jepson   Lawrence   Dwight 

John  Coleman  Louis  Mason 

Herman  Schultz    Charles   Ilartman 

GENTLEMW  OF  THE  ROAD,  A.  one-act  play, 
by  Arthur  Ketcham. — Empire,  New  York 
(Academy  of  Dramatic  Arts  matinee), 
March   21. 

GERMAN  PRINCE.  A,  romantic  drama,  by 
Archibald  C.  Gunter.— Chestnut  Street, 
Opera  Flouse,  Sunbury,  Pa.,  January  19. 

GIKL  I  LOVE.  THE.  musical  comedy.— Terre 
Haute,  Ind..  January  31. 

(.IRL  OF  :My  DREAMS,  THE.  musical  comedy, 
in  two  acts  and  a  tableau,  with  book  by 
Wilbur  D.  Nesbit  and  Otto  Hauerbach, 
and  music  by  Karl  Hoschna,  produced  by 
Joseph  M.  Gaites. — Criterion,  New  York, 
Aus^ust  7. 

Pidseon  Williams   Harold  Forbes 

Socrates  Primmer   Percival  Aylmer 

Charlotte   Dorothy   Wilcock 

Carolyn  (Cuddle)  Swifton.. Carrie  Bowman 

Tucker  Joseph  Harris 

Harry   Snifton    •. John    Hyams 

Generalissimo  Bombastino 

Edouard  Durand 

Count  von  Schnlgglcfits  Irving  Brooks 

Helen  Bombastino  Henrietta  Lee 

Phineas   Medders    Ray   L.    Royce 

Lucy   Medders    Leila   Mclntyre 

Daphne   DafTington    -..Alice   Hills 

Mcssencer  Boy   Edward  Swartz 

GIRL  OF  THE  GOLDEN  WEST.  THE.  opera, 
libretto  by  G.  Zangarini  and  C.  C.  Civi- 
nini,  nnisic  by  Puccini. — Metropolitan 
Opera  House,  New  York,  December  10, 
1910. 

Minnie    Emmy   Destinn 

Dick  Johnson    Enrico  Caruso 

Jack  Ranee   Pasquale  Amato 

>'ick Albert   Reiss 

Ashby   Adamo    Didur 

Minora    Dinh    Gilly 

Trin    Anaelo  Bada 

Sid    Giulio    Rossi 

Brilo    Vincenzo   Rescliiglian 

Harry    Pietro   Audisio 

•Toe   Glenn  Hall 

Hi»PI>y    Antonio    Pini-Corsi 

Larkens    Bernard   Begue 

Billy    Georcres   Bourgeois 

wowkle    Marie   Mattfeld 

Jake  Wallace  Andrea  de  Segurola 

Jose    Castro    Edoardo    Missiano 

The  Pony  Express  Rider. Lamberto  Belleri 

GLASS  HOUSE,  THE,  four-act  drama,  by 
T/Ouis  Kaufman  Anspacher.-^Lyceum, 
Rochester.    N.Y..    May    2!>. 

GOLDEN  AGE,  THE.  musical  pinv.  hook  and 
music  by  J.  Nevia  Doyle.— Belleville,  Ont., 
Canada.  Februarv  23. 

GOLDEN  Rl!LE.  LIMITED,  THE.  comedv, 
by  Charles  Dickson. — New  London,  Conn., 
.September  23. 
GORDONS  WIFE,  play  of  American  life,  by 
B.Tvard  Veillor.— Academy  of  Music,  Nor- 
folk. Va.,  March  2S. 
GRAIN  OF  DUST.  THE.  dramn,  in  four  acts, 
by  I/ouis  Evan  Shipman.  founded  on  the 
novel  of  the  same  name  by  the  late  David 
Graham  Phillips  (produced  James  K. 
HarVntt).— Blackstone.  Chicago,  Septem- 
t-T  17. 


GREAT  NAME,  THE,  comedy.  In  three  acts, 
adapted  by  James  Clarence  Harvey,  from 
the  German  by  Victor  Leon  and  Leo  Feld, 
produced  by  Henry  W.  Savage.— Hartford, 
Conn.,  December  26.  1910;  Lyric,  New 
York.  October  4,  1911. 

Joseph    Hofer    Henrv    Kolker 

Robert   Brand    Russ   Whvtiil 

Rupert    Lang    Edward    Langford 

Ludwig    Marhard    Sam    Edwards 

Wigand   Frederick  Vroom 

Roland    Arthur    Hoyt 

Hubert   Forrest  Orr 

Sommers    Hans    Figdor 

Weitman    Francesque  Lardan 

Kelloga    8.   Grosskopf 

Frederick    Holt   Massey 

Tristan  Sydney  Ray  Melvin 

Stephanie  Delius  Louise  Woods 

Mrs.  Hofer  Lizzie  Hudson  Collier 

Clara   Brand    Aileen   Mav 

Isolde  Brand   Ruth  Chatterto'n 

Anna   Dorothy   Walters 

Gretta    Naomi    Weston    Childers 

GREEN  STOCKINGS,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  A.  E.  W.  Mason  (version  of  *"  Colonel 
Smith,"  produced  St.  James's.  April  23. 
1909),  produced  by  Lieb?er  and  Company. — 
New,  Britan,  Conn.,  January  2:  Grand. 
Chicaeo,  January  21 :  Thirty-ninth  Street 
Theatre.  Now  York.  October  2. 
Colonel  J.  N.  Smith.  D.S.O. 

H.  Reeves  Smith 

William  Faraday.  J.P Stanley  Dark 

Admiral  Grice.  R.N Arthur  Lawrence 

Honorable  Robert  Tarver Ivo  Dawson 

James  Raleich   Wallace  Widdecombe 

Henry  Steele   ....■ Henry  Hull 

Mirtin    Halbert   Brown 

Cflia    Faraday    Margaret    Anglin 

Evelyn  Trenchard  ..Ruth  Holt  Boucicault 

Madie   Rnckinsham    Helen   Langford 

Phyllis  Faraday   Gertrude  Hitz 

Mrs.  Chisholm  Faraday Maude  Granger 

GYPSY  LOVE,  romantic  opera., in  three  acts, 
book  by  Willner  and  Bodansky.  English 
adaptation  by  Harry  B.  and  Robert  B. 
Smith,  music  by  Franz  Lehar  (originally 
produced  Philadelphia).  —  Globe,  New 
York    October  17. 

Zorika   Marguerita  Sylva 

Niklas    Harry    JTcDonough 

.Tozsi    Arthur   .Albro 

Fedor    Carl    Haydn 

lima   France.s  Demarest 

Mik'^l   George  L.  Bickel 

Lilia  Dorothy  Webb 

Kaspar  Robert  G."  Pitkin 

Moschu .Albert    Hart 

Sacha   Lucie   Mitchell 

Magda Josephine    Harmon 

Dimitri    Anton    Hanschmann 

Fancha  Kittle  Saville 

Henry   Master  Robert  Smith 

Etta   Oralla  Mars 

HAVOC.  THE.  play,  in  three  acts,  by  H.  S. 
Stieldon,  produced  bv  Henry  Miller.— Bijou, 
New  York.  January  9. 

Richard    Craig    Henry    Miller 

Paul   Hessert    Francis   Bvrne 

Denton    Daniel    Perinell 

Kate    Laura   Hone   Crews 

HAND,  DIE,  pantomime,  in  one  act.  by  Henri 
Berenv. — Garden.  New  Yo^k.  February  6. 

HAPPIEST  NIGHT  OF  HIS  LIFE.  THE,  musi- 
cal comedy,  in  three  acts,  book  by  Junie 
McCree  and  .Sydney  Rosenfeld.  miisic  by 
Albert  Von  Tilzer,  produced  by  Frazee  and 
Lederer. — Criterion,  New  York,  February 
20. 

Harry  Jelliman   Phil  Ryley 

Martha  Jelliman  Julia  Ralph 

Popsy  Sallie  Stembler 

Tom    Dawson    Jack    Henderson 


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Happiest  Night  of  Bis  Life,  The  (eontinned). 

Minnie  Randolph Annabelle  Whitford 

Mrs.    Clark    Leola    Lucey 

Mrs.   Dearborn    l.ilUan  Stanton 

Mrs.  Washington  Rose  Leslie 

Mrs.   Madison   Maud   Le  Roy 

Mrs.    Monroe    Dorothy    Page 

Mrs.'  Adams  Beryl  Marsden 

Mrs.  Wabash   Kdylhe  Gilbert 

Mrs.    Lake    Bes.';ie    Stewart 

Officer   Flannigau    Junie    McCree 

Herman  Schultz   Will  A.  McCormick 

Dick    Breunan    Victor   Moore 

^Irs.    Kicketts    Mae   Phelps 

Jane  Ricketts  Gertrude  Vanderbilt 

Popsy's  Little  Sister   Enima  Littlefield 

Anastasia  Mclntyre  Charles  E.  Walt 

Nell   Grogan    .lack  Fairbanks 

John    James  C.   O'Neill 

Dan  Victor  H.  Bozardt 

Tom Geors^e   W.  Steteler 

Pete    Edward    C.    Yeager 

Ohimmy     Harry    Smithlield 

Post  L.  Carried  Henry  Ward 

HEART  BREAKERS,  THE,  musical  comedy, 
by  Will  M.  Housh  and  Frank  R.  Adams, 
music  by  Harold  Orlob  and  Melville 
Gideon. — Princess  Theatre,  Chicago.  May 
20. 

HEART  OF  SPRINGTIME,  THE,  play,  by 
Pauline  Phelps  and  Marion  Short. — Post 
Theatre,  B;ittle  Creek,  Mich..  October  la 

HE  FELL  IN  LOVE  WITH  HIS  WIFE,  by 
Edith  Ellis,  dramatised  from  E.  P.  Roe's 
novel.-»-Cort,  Chicago,  111.,  October  9. 

HELD  BY  THE  ENEMY  (revival).— Empire, 
New  York,  March  27. 

HENPECKS,  THE,  musical  panorama,  in  6lx 
pictures,  words  by  Glen  MacDonough, 
music  by  A.  Baldwin  Sloane,  lyrics  by  E. 
Ray  Goetz,  produced  by  Lew  Fields.— 
Harraanus,  Bleecker  Hall,  Albany,  N.Y., 
January  2G;  Broadway,  New  York, 
February  4. 

Silas    Sam    Watson 

Henoria   Peck    Gertrude   QuinJan 

Henrietta  Peck   ' Lillian  Lee 

Hiram     Joseph    Keno 

Dr.  I.  Stall  Bert  Leslie 

Henderson   Peck    Stephen    Maley 

Verbena  Peck    Edith   Frost 

Zowie    Vernon   Castle 

Pansy    Marshmallow    Lilian   Rice 

Weenie  Wistaria  Angle  Weimars 

Henry  Peck  Lew  Fields 

Rule  Frank  Whitman 

Henolia  Peck   Ethel  Johnson 

Ayer'  Castle Lawrance    Wheat 

Henelia  Peck  I... Blossom  Seeley 

Montgomery   Muggs    Fred  Roberts 

Launcelot  Gaggs  Harry  Pond 

Ravioli    Joseph    Kane 

Mrs.    Murgatroyd    Nan    Brenuan 

Major   Manley   Hazel  Allen 

Ermengarde    Dolly   Filley 

Casey    Jones    Virgil    Bennett 

Mile.   Twinkle   Toes    Mazie   King 

HERMATH,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Hermann 
Sudermann. — New  German  Theatre,  New 
York,  February  6. 

HIPPOLYTUS,  three-act  tragedy,  by  the  late 
Julia  Ward  Howe. — Tremont  Theatre,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  March  24. 

Artemus    Ruth    Holt    Boucicault 

Amphrodite    Crosby    Little 

Phaedra  Miss  Margaret  Anglin 

Oenone Maude  Granger 

Priestess     Miss    Rose 

Hippolytus   Walter  Hampden 

Acreon  Wallace  Widdecombe 

Leton    Charles    Parry 

Theseus    Leslie   Kenyon 

Polydorus   Ernest  C.  Joy 


Hippolytus  {continued). 

Priest  Frederick  Powell 

Phenixetes George  Woodward 

Messenger    Henry    Hull 

HIGH  POLITICS,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Richard  Skowronnek.— Irving  Place,  New 
York,  Febuary  21. 

Duke  Ottomar  Werner  Franz 

Von   Pfundtmann    Ernst   Robert 

Princess  Adalgisa  Ella  Robba 

Dr.  Hillung   F.  W.  Staudte 

Maria    Bertha    Kleen 

Jonaa    Siegfried    Bruck 

Rosa    Selnia   Webe.r 

Merck    Hans    Hansen 

Schoepfle    Heinrich    Oesfeld 

HIS  HONOUR  THE  BARBER,  musical  comedy, 
in  three  acts  and  seven  scenes,  book  by 
Edwin  Hanaford,  music  by  James  Brymm. 
produced  by  the  Southern  Enchantment 
Company. — Alajestic,  New  Y^ork,  May  8. 

Raspberry  Snow   S.   H.   Dudley 

Mose  Lewis  James  Burris 

Captain  Percival  Dandelion.. Will  Grundy 

Wellington    White    James    Lightfoot 

Lily  White   ;...  .Elizabeth  Hart 

Caroline  Brown    Ella   Anderson 

Ella  Wheeler  Wilson   Alberta  Ormes 

Babe   Johnson .Andrew  Tribble 

Patrick    The    Donkey 

The  Lion  Will  Everly 

The   Bear    George   McClain 

The  Monkey    John  Warren 

In  her  specialities  ..Aida  Overton  Walker 

HOMEWARD  BOUND,  play,  by  Eugene  Wal- 
ters, produced  by  Charles  Dillingham. — 
Lyceum,  Rochester,  N.Y.,  December  24, 
1910. 

HOOSLER  SCHOOLMASTER,  THE,  by  Beulah 
Poynter. — Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  August  10. 

IM  AUSTRAGSSTTTEBERL,  folk  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Ganghofer  and  Neuert,  produced 
by  Berchtesgadner  Peasant  Players. — 
Irving  Place.  New  York,  May  4. 

IMPOSTOR,  THE,  play,  by  Leonard  Merrick 
and  Richard  Morton. — Atlantic  City,  De- 
cember 8,  1910. 

INMi&CREE'T  MRS.  TYNE,  THE,  comedy,  by 
Cosmo  Hamilton  and  .Anita  Scott. — Hy- 
perion Theatre.  New  Haven,  November  14. 

INGRATE,  THE,  four-act  comedy,  by  Charles 
Dickson.- Walnut  Street  Theatre,  Louis- 
ville,  Kv..  April  9. 

INTRODUCE  ME.  comedy,  by  Delia  Clarke.— 
Meriden,  Conn.,  October  28. 

JACINTA,  opera  comique,  by  Heinrich  Berte. 
— Providence  Opera  House,  Providence. 
R.I.,  NovembpT  27. 

JAIL  GATE,  THE,  tnagedy  in  one  act,  by 
Lady  Gregory. — Maxine  Elliott's,  New 
York,  November  27. 

JAPANESE  GIRL.  THE.  musical  play.— Plaza, 
Norwood,   Ohio,   March. 

JEAN  MARTE,  drama  in  verse,  in  one  act,  by 
Andr^  Theuriet  (originally  produced  Paris 
Od(5on,  October  11,  1871).— Globe,  New 
York,  June  19. 

Jean  Marie  Lou  TelleHen 

Joel    .\M'.    Pirori 

Therese   Sarah   Bernhardt 

JOLLY  PEAS.\NT,  THE.  operetta,  in  prologue 

and  two  acts,  book  bv  Victor  Leon,  music 

by  Leo  Fall,  produced  by  Gustav  .\mberg. 

— Garden,    New    York.    February    22. 

Mathaeus   Scheichelroither   Konrad   Dreher 

Stefan    Christian    Hansen 

Annamirl  Frl.  Lotte  Engel 

lindoberer    Emil    Berla 

yincenz  , Herr  Lippich 

Raudaschl    Herr    Keller 

Endletzhofer  Herr  Waltuch 

Zopf    Herr    Froehlicji 


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.lullii  I'eiiAant.  The  (continued). 

Lisi^  Kiihdim  Frl.  Dahms 

Ileinerle    k1.    Foerster 

Von    Grumow    Herr    Heine 

X'ktoria  Frau   Barsch 

S"''^*'   Herr  Bniss 

Frierierike    Frl.    Haeseler 

Franz    Herr   BoRdahn 

,„^  Toni  Frau  Froehlich 

JOSHUA,  Biblical  cantata,  by  Modest  Mou4- 
sovTcsky.— Carnegie  Hall,  New  York, 
Marc  1  3. 
JUDAS,  drani.a,  In  eijht  tableaux,  by  .Tohn 
ds  Kay,  translated  by  J.  C.  de  Chas- 
sjiicne,  produced  by  Sarah  Bernhardt.— 
Globe,  New  York,  December  29,  1910. 

•Tudas    Mme.   Sarah    Bernhardt 

Ponce  Pilate  M.  Deneubourg 

Pierre    M.    Decoear 

Nicodeme  M.  Laurent 

S;mnn  de  Cyrene  M.  Pierrat 

Thaddee  M.  Piron 

Tim.the© M.  Ruben 

Daribas    M.    Bary 

Zacharie   M.  Favieres 

•Tacob M.    Coquelet 

Simon  de  Bethanie  M.  Dleck 

Ephraim    M.   Durozat 

Lono'in  M.  Tellegan 

Q'lintus    M.    Coutier 

T^itlian M.   Cauroy 

B'eazar    M.    Mauro 

Ptolemee    M.    Petit 

Isaac  de  Capernaum   M.  Thierry 

Archaelaus   M.  Andre 

Amon  d'Hebron   M.   Legrand 

Samuel  de  Joppa M.   Miguel 

Abiron    M.    Balta 

Marie-Madeleine    Mme.   MacLean 

Marthe Mile.  Sevlor 

Veronique   Mme.  Laurent 

JUDITH  ZARAINE.  •  play,  in  four  acts,  bv 
C.  M.  S.  McClellan.  produced  by  Liehler 
and  company.— Astor,  New  York,  January 
16.  •' 

David   Murray    Charles   Waldron 

Colonel  Pontifex  .John  E.  Kellerd 

Conrad  Borinski   Emmett  Corrigan 

JncV  Borinski    Gordon  Johnstone 

Lieutenant  Trench    Walter   Chixton 

Lieutenant   Goodrich    ..Edward    Lansford 

Orderly Charles  Dowd 

Carl  Borinski   Donald  Gailaher 

,TT^,'l"*^iJ^  Zaraine  Lena  Ashwel! 

JLDY  O  HARA.  comedv  drama,  bv  Mrs 
Frances  Hodsson  Burnett.— Poli's  Theatre, 
AVfltcrbnrv.  Conn.,  Mav  11. 
JUMPING  JUPITER,  musical  farce,  in  three 
acts,  by  Richard  Carle  and  Sidney  Rosen- 
feld.  with  music  by  Karl  Hoschna,  pro- 
duced by  Frazee  and  Lederer.— New  York. 
New  York.  March  6. 

Robert  Winthrop  Burrell  Barbaretto 

Major  Felix  Buchanan   ..Joseph  C.  Miron 

Stephen  Buchanan  Lester  J.  Crawford 

Toby  Pebbleford  Will  H.  Philbrick 

Cl.iy  Bnght  .lohn  Goldsworthv 

Stiiwell   Murrav  D'Arcy 

Connie  Curtiss Edna  Wallace  Hopper 

Genevieve  Buchanan Isabelle  Winloche 

Elsie   Buchanan    Natalie    Alt 

Carohne  Goodwillie Jessie  Cardowiiie    ; 

Molly   Pebbleford    Ina  Claire 

Mrs.  Anasta.sia  Kidd  Anna  Chandler 

Prof.   Jupiter  Goodwillie Richard  Carte 

JUNGFERNSTIFT.  DIE.  vaudeviHe -operetta.  In 
four  acts,  by  Ernst  Quinot,  music  bv  Max 
Winterfeld,  suasested  bv  a  storv  by  Paul 
de  Kock.— Irving  Place,  New  York, 
January  23. 

KAUFM.ON  VON  VENEDIG,  DER.  German 
versio'  of  The  Merchant  of  Venice,  re- 
vived.—Irving  Place,  New  York,  December 
28,  1910. 


KID  FAWN,  THE,  one-act  phantasv,  by  Amelia 
Rivers.- Maxi.ie  Elliott  Theatre,  New 
York  (matinee),  February  17. 

The  Kid-Faun  Efnngham  Pinto 

Chloe  Ann  Swinburne 

Echo  Eleanor  Cleveland 

I    .\lice  Morrissev 
I     Margaret   Ladll 

Nymphs   -|  Nancy  Thomp.son 

Anna  Archbold 
I         May  Malone 

Naiad  GweBdolen  Valentine 

KINDLING,   play,   by   Charles   Kenyon   (Marie 
Illington  prod.).— Los  Angeles,  Cal..   July 
i  31. 

KING    LEAR,    Shakespeare's   tragedy.    In   five 
acts,  arranged  by  William  Winter,  revived 
I  by  William  A.  Bradv.— Daly's,  New  York, 

I  April  17. 

1  I^ar    Robert   Mant«il 

I  Earl  of  Gloucester  Alfred  Hastings 

I  Earl  of  Kent  George  Stillweli 

Duke  of  Ccrnwall  Oscar  Pfeffe-le 

I  Edmund  Henry  Fearing 

Duke  of  Albany J.  Sawver  Crawlev 

[  Curran    , Frederick    Baldwin 

Duke  of  Burgundy  Laurence  Kray 

King  of  France  Casson  Ferguson 

I  Edgar    Fritz   Leiber 

Oswald    W.   H.   Niemever 

i  A  Fool  Guy  Lindsley 

An  Old  Man  Thomas  Louden 

A  Physician  Oscar  Pfefferle 

A  Heraid   Cas.son  Ferguson 

Gonerii Marie  Booth  Russell 

Regan  Agnes  Elliot  Scott 

Cordelia  Leonore  Harris 

KING'S  GAME.  THE,  satirical  comedv,  by 
George  Brackett  Seitz.— St.  Paul,  Minn.. 
December  2C,  1910. 
KING'S  GARDEN,  THE,  one-act  drama,  by 
Amelia  Rivers.— Maxine  Elliott  Theatre, 
New  York  (matinee),  February  17. 

John   Carston   J.   Palmer  Coilins 

Louis  Valdel  EfTingham  Pinto 

Phyllis  Carston    Eleanor  Cleveland 

KISS  WALTZ,  THE,  a  Viennese  operetta,  in 
two  acts,  music  by  C.  M.  Ziehrer,  lyrics 
by  Matthew  Woodward,  American  version 
by  Edgar  Smith,  produced  by  Sam  S.  and 
Lee  Shnbert.— Hyperion,  New  Haven, 
Conn..  May  18;  Casino,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 18. 
Count  Arthur   Wildenberg 

William  Pruette 

Jenny,  Countess  Wildenberg Elsa  Ryan 

Nelia,  Baroness  von  Bernau.. Flora  Zabelle 

Guido  Spi.-ii   Robert  Warwick 

Leopold  Fuhringer  Charles  Bigelow 

Kathi Eva  Davenport 

Antschi   Adele  Rowland 

Paul  von  Gervais   Martin  Brown 

Marquis  Roget George  Pauncefort 

Braissard  Robert  Milliken 

Jacques   Oscar   Schwarz 

Lady  Helene   Lillian   Wiggins 

Mile.   Florine    Olga   Hempstone 

Lady  Henrietta  Mae  Allen 

Madame  Ritzi Mildred  Manners 

kn   .American   Girl   Ethel  Weir 

KOENIGSKINDER,  lyric  elaboration  of  a 
musical  drama  produced  at  the  Irving 
Place,  New  York,  in  1898,  by  Engelbert 
Humperdinck  and  Ernest  Rosmer  (Elsa 
B(A.-.nstein).  —Metropolitan  Opera  House, 
New  York,  December  2S,  1910. 

LADIES'  LION,  THE,  comic  opera,  in  two 
acts,  book  and  lyrics  by  Jefferson  de 
Angelis,  music  by  Wm.  T.  Francis.— Illi- 
nois Theatre,  Chicago,  September  16. 

LADY  FROM  OKLAHOMA,  THE,  play,  by 
Elizabeth  Jordan.— Apollo  Theatre,  Atlan- 
tic City,  N.J.,  May  15. 


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LADY  FROM  THE  SEA,  THE,  drama  in  five 
acts,  by  Henrik  Ibsen,  translated  by  Wil- 
liam Archer  (produced  by  the  Drama 
Players,  under  the  management  of  the 
Shuberts).— Lyric,  New  York,  November 
b. 

Doctor  Wangel   Donald  Robertson 

EUida  Wangel    Hedwig   Heicher 

Bolelta    Barbara   Hall 

Hilda    , Renee   Kelly 

Amholm   Lionel  Belmore 

Lyngitrand  A.  Hylton  Allen 

Ballested    Edward   Emery 

A   Stranger   , Sheldon  Lewis 

I.ADY  OP  COVENTRY,  THE,  play,  by  Louis 
N.  Parker  (Liebler  and  Co.  prod.j.—Mou- 
treal,  October  30. 

f-ADY  OF  COVENTRY.  THE,  romance  in  four 
acts,  by  Louis  N.  Parker  (produced  by 
Liebler  and  Company),  Daly's,  New  York, 
November  21. 

Dorothea    Viola    Allen 

Alys    Jane   Ferrell 

Damaris     Adelaide    Robinson 

Philippa.    Frances    Savage 

Father   Bernard   Charles    Harbury 

Malet   S.  Van  Dusen  Phillips 

Nigel    Fred   Bock 

Gilbert    _. George   Cooke 

Leofric    Henry    Kolker 

Waltheof Henry    Stanford 

Gamel    Lewis    Howard 

Witgar   Frank  P.  Giles 

Torfrid    _. WLnfield    Freeman 

Cymeu   Vincent  Sternroyd 

Ulling    , Howard   Morgan 

Jenny    Elinor   Brownell 

Godild   Nina  Lindsay 

Joan Jessie    Crommette 

LAND  OF  DELPH,  THE.  a  phantasy  iu  blue, 
with  libretto  and  lyrics  by  Joseph  Herbert, 
and  music  by  Arthur  Wild.— Weber's,  New 
York,  April  17. 

Bothof  George  E.  Mack 

Lena  Gwlady s  Archbutt 

Hoek  -....Helen  Lalor 

Van  Rooy  Charles  Olcott 

Reuskop    Laura  Jafitray 

Kloof    .Mr.    Baron 

Hoch,  the  Standing  Army..Agostino  Baci 

Jean' Norman  A.  Blum6 

Valerie   Natalie  Alt 

LARBOARD  WATCH,  THE,  musical  comedy.— 
Cort  Theatre,  Chicago.  Julv  S. 

LEARNED  LADIES,  THE,  "translated  by 
Curtis  Hidden  Page  from  the  French 
(produced  by  the  Drama  Players),  Lyric, 
New   York,  November  9. 

Chrisale    Donald   Robertson 

Pbilaminte    Charlotte    Granville 

Armande    EfBe  Shannon 

Henriette    Renee    Kelly 

Ariste Herbert   Kelcey 

Belise    Eugenie   Woodward 

Clitandre    , Fred    Eric 

Trissotin   Edward  Emery 

Vadius    Sheldon   Lewis 

Martina  Alice  Cobourn 

Lepine Frank  Hardin 

Julien  A.  Hylton  Allen 

A   Notary    Lionel   Belmore 

LEHRER      VOM      SEESPITZ,       a      domestic 

comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Christian  Flueg- 

ger,      by     the      BerchJ«sgadner      Peasant 

Players. — Irving  Place,  New  York,  May  10. 

LIGHTS     O'     LONDON,    revival.— Lyric,    New 

York,  Mav  1. 
LITTLE  BOY  BLUE,  romantic  operetta, 
mu.sic  by  Henri  Bereny,  original  German 
libretto  by  Rudolph  Schanzer  and  Carl 
Lindau;  adapted  into  English  by  A.  E. 
Thomas  and  Edward  Paulton.  German 
production  known  as  "  Lord  Piccolo." — 
H.    W.  Savage  production,  Fulton    Opera 


Little  Boy  Blue  {continued). 

House,    Lanoaater,    Pa.,     November      9; 

Lyric,  New  York,  November  27. 

The  Earl  of  Goberdeen...John  Dunsmure 

Gaston    Charles   Meakins 

Dupont    Otis    Uarlau 

Captain  Graham   C.   Morton    Home 

Tabarin    Victor    Kahn 

Archie    Nell    McNeil 

Daisy Gertrude   Bryan 

Amaranth    Maude   Odell 

Kitty    Katheryn   Stevenson 

Rene   Viola  Napp 

Marcelle    .; Edith    Warren 

Lois Anita   Pollock 

Clementine    ...Ada  Ripel 

Helene    Mary    Hamilton 

Raoul   .Antoinette  Le  Comte 

Munkacs  Janos   C.  Grosskopf 

Donald   Ferguson   James  Cooper 

Ronald  MacGregor   John  Cowle 

LITTLE  MILLIONAIRE,  THE,  musical  farce, 
in  three  acts,  by  George  M.  Cohan. — Par- 
son's Theatre,  Hartford,  Ccnn.,  beptember 
18;  Cohan's,  New  York,  September  25. 

Henry  Spooner Jerry  J.  Ckihan 

Robert  Spooner George  M.  Cohan 

George  Russell  George  Parsons 

Bill  Costigan   Tom  Lewis 

Roscoe  Handover    Sydney   Jarvis 

Danny  Wheeler  Eari  Benham 

Edward  Plumber   Donald  Crisp 

Rudolph Donald    Crisp 

Starter  at  the  Beaux  Art WiUiam  Ford 

Mrs.  Prescott  Mrs.  Helen  F.  Cohan 

Goldie  Gray    Lila  Rhodes 

Berdina  Busby Juha  Ralph 

Bert'ua  Burnham   Josephine  Whittell 

Miss  Primper  Maud  Allan 

Mary    Amy   Mortimer 

Policeman   Dore  Rogers 

Pago  Boy  Charles  W.  Weil 

LITTLE  MISS  FIX-IT,  three-act  play,  with 
songs,  by  William  J.  Hurlburt  and  Harry 
B.  Smith,  produced  by  Werba  and 
Luescher. — Watcrbury,  Conn.,  March  9; 
Globe,  New  York,  April  3. 

DeUa  Wendell   Nora  Bayes 

Henry   Burbank   William   Danfortli 

Buddie  Arnold  Jack  Norworth 

Marjorie  Arnold   Grace  Field 

Percy   Paget   Lionel   Walsh 

Bella  Ketcham   Eleanor  Stuart 

Harold  Watson  James  C.  Lane 

Ethel    Morgan    Oza    Waldrop 

Mary  Ann  Annie  Buckley 

Edward  Doolittle   Harry  Lillford 

Jimmie  Ernestine  Emler 

Mazie    Edith   Norman 

Cora  Lee  Bessie  Gibson 

Jane  Wheatley ' Hazel  Cox 

May  Roberta  Helen  Hilton 

Kate  Winthrop  Estelle  Perry 

Rose  Lawton   Alys   Belga 

Florence  Gordon   Mona  Trieste 

.Agnes  Marston  Vivian  Rushmore 

Fred    Harry    Wagner 

Jack   David  Stampler 

Tom    Egbert   T.    Roach 

Ned Joseph  Baumeister 

"  Billie  "    W.   J.   Curtis 

LITTLEST   REBEL,    drama  in   four   acts,    by 
Edward     Peple     (produced     by     A.     H. 
Woods),    Liberty,    New    York,    November 
14. 
Lieutemant-Colonel  Morrison 

Dustin  Farnum 

The  General   Wilham  B.  Mack 

Forbes   Roy  Gordon 

Lieutenant  Harris  Walter  Horton 

Sergeant  Dudley    T.  E.  B.  Henry 

Corporal   Dudley    John    Sharkey 

Harry   O'Connell    John    C.    Hickey 

Sergeant  of  the   Guard M.   A.  Kelly 


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I.itllest  liehfl  (continued). 

Collina    Charles   Lawr«nce 

Smith   Fred  Kley 

Judson   Franklyn  Horton 

ColourSc-rg..aiit John   C.    Leslio 

Courier    Frederic   Morris 

Captain   Herbert  Gary.. ..William   Fariiiim 

Mrs.   Herbert  Gary   Percy  Haswell 

Virgie    JiUiet  Shelby 

Uncle   Billy    George  Thatcher 

Sally    Ann    Mamie   Lincoln 

Jeems-Henry    Lawrence    Merten 

LIVING  COKPSE,  THE,  drama  in  four  acts 
and  si.t  scenes,  translated  b'y  L.  Korbin 
from  the  Russian  by  Count  Leo  Tolstoy. 
—Revival,  Thalia,  New  York,  November 
10. 

LOUN.\  DOOXE.  a  dramatised  version  by  Wil- 
liam Holcomb  of  the  book  by  H.  D.  Black- 
more.— Belasco  Theatre,  Washington,  U.C, 
Jnlv  4. 

LOVES  H.\RVEST,  melodrama.  In  prologue 
and  three  acts,  by  Henry  Hamilton.— 
Chestnut  Street  Opera  House,  Philadelphia. 
M.irch  0. 

LOVELY  LIAR,  A.  musical  play,  by  Janie 
McCree  and  Hans  S.  Lenne. — English 
Opera  House,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Novem- 
ber 10. 

LOUISIAN.\  LOU,  musical  comedy.— Davidson 
Theatre,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  .\ugust  27;  Lu 
Salle  Opera  House,  Chicago,  September  4. 

LUSTIGE  WITTWE,  DIE,  operetta  in  three 
acts,  book  by  Victor  Leon  and  Leo  Stein, 
mubio  by  Franz  Lehar. — Irving  Place, 
New  Y'ork,  November  15. 

M.\OBETH,  Shakespeare's  plqy  (produced  by 
E.  H.  Sothern  and  Julia  Marlowe), 
arranged  in  six  acts  and  twenty  scenes. 
— Broadway,  New  York,  December  5, 
1910. 

M.-VCUSUL.A,  comedy  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Ridi  Johnson  Young  (Chauncey  Olcott 
prod.).— Columbia,  San  Francisco,  July  9. 

-MAESTROS  MASTERPIECE.  THE,  by  Edward 
I^ocke,  with  music  by  Gaetano  Merola. — 
Parson's  Tneatre,  Hartford,  Januarv  23. 

MAGGIE  PEPPER,  drama,  by  Charles  "Klein, 
in  three  acts,  produced  by  Henry  B.  Har- 
ris.—Opera  House,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
January  SO;  Harris  Theatre,  New  York, 
August  31. 

Hattie  Murphy  Agnes  Marc 

lomogene   Kelly    Helen   Dahl 

Miss  Morton   Rachel  Arliss 

Elevator  Boy  Stuart  Robson 

Jake   Rothschild   Lee    Kohlmar 

Mrs.  Thatcher  Eleanor  Lawson 

John   Hargen   Grent  Stewart 

Ethel  Hargen  Jeanette  Horton 

Murchison    Herbert    Ayling 

Joe   Holbrook    Frederick   Truesdell 

Maggie  Pepper   Rose   Stahl 

Ada  Darkin   Beverley   Sitgreaves 

Zaza    Beatrice   Prentice 

Johnson    Lewrence    Eddinger 

James  Darkin  J.  Harrv  B'enrimo 

Johanna   Marie  Hudson 

Expressman    Albert  Goldberg 

Detective  Bailey   Lawrence  Eddinger 

MAN  OF  HONOR.  A,  play,  in  three  acts,  by 
Isaac  Landman,  produced  by  Joe  Weber.— 
Weber's,  New  York,  September  14. 

Judge  Amos  Kingsley  Edmund  Breese 

Richard  Kingsley   Hans  Rob"-*- 

Qeraldine   Kingsley   Muriel   Starr 

Porter  Kingsley  Ben  Johnson 

Sylvia  Kinssley   Fav  Wallace 

William    Price    Ralph    Delmore 

Burton  Wills  Edward  H.   Robins 

Court  Attendant   Hermann  Korn 

MAN  O'  THE  NORTH,  plav,  by  William  Dan- 
forth,   California,    Mav   1. 


MAN  ON  THE  KERB.  THE,  duologue,  by 
Alfred  Sutro.— Empire,  New  York 
(Academy  oi  Dramatic  Arts  matinee), 
February  9. 

MAN  TO  .MAN,  one-act  sketch,  by  Oliver 
White.— Fifth  Avenue,  New  Vork,  Fe- 
bruary 15. 

Jim   Drab    Mr.   Keenan 

Tliomas   Graceman    Robert   Cummings 

Dr'.    Brooks    George    C.    Pearce 

Miss  Truman  Sadie  Williams 

MANN  SOBL  KEINE  BRIEFE  SCHRIEBEN. 
comedy,  in  three  acts,  Waschner  Players. 
— Milwaukee.  Wis.,  Januarv  15. 

MARRIAGE  A  LA  CARTE,  musical  corned v 
in  thr«e  acts,  book  and  lyrics  by  C. 
M.  ,S.  McLellan.  music  by  Ivan  Caryll. 
produced  by  Liebler  and  company. — 
Casino,  New  York.  January  ) 

Napoleon  Pettingill  Harry  Conor 

The  Hon.  Richard  Mirables 

C.  -Morton  Horn« 

Lord  Mirables  Harold  Vizard 

Jimmy  Wragge  Norman  A.  Bl'ume 

Pousonby  de  Coutts  Wragge 

Cyril  Chadwick 

Aubrey  Hipps  Quentin  Tod 

Eustace  Haws  Jack  F.  Henry 

Thomas    Bolingbroke    Mullens.. Joe    Doner 

Cuthbert  Coddington  Charles  Brown 

Gerald  Giflord   J.  R.  Torrens 

Young   Micklethorpe    Jack   Hagner 

Mr.  Pink  A.  W.  Fleming 

Footman    Harry   Kelley 

Rosalie    Emmy    Wehlen 

Sheila  Wragge  Esther  Bissett 

Mrs.  Ponsonby  de  Coutts  Wragge 

Maria  Da\is 

Daisy  Dimsey   Elsa  Ryan 

Iseult  Punchum Frances  Reeve 

Euryant.ne  Bowers  Marie  Ashton 

Primrose  Farmilow   Ida  Barnard 

Elsie   Tattleby    Diane   Oste 

Mollv    Rosina   Henley 

-MARIONETTES,  THE.  comedy,  by  Pierre 
W^olfT.  Mme.  Nazimova's  production.— 
National  Theatre.  Washingt'On,  D.C., 
November  20. 

MARY  MAGDALENE,  play  in  three  acts,  by 
Maurice  Maeterlinck  (produced  by  Lieb- 
ler and  company).  New  York;  December 
5,    1910. 

Lucius  Verus  Edward  Mackay 

Annoeus    Silanus   Arthur  Forrest 

Appius  Charles  B.  Hanford 

Coelius    Frederick    Macklyn 

Lazarus    W'ilfrid    Roger 

Nicodemus    Reginald    Barker 

Joseph  of  Arimathea  .•V.  B.  Imeson 

Martha    Beatrfce  Moreland 

Mary  Magdelene  Olga  Nethersole 

MASTER  OF  THE  HOUSE,  THE,  play,  by 
Edward  James.— Atlantic  City,  N.J..  Oc- 
t-obei-  .'50. 

M.\THIAS  GOLLINGER.  play,  in  four  acts,  by 
0.  Blumenthal  and  Max  Bernstein,  re- 
vived by  Gustav  Amberg. — Garden,  New 
York,  February  17. 

MERRY  M.\RY,  musical  comedy.— Wliitney 
Opera  House,  Chicago,  111.,  April  15. 

MILLION,  THE.  farce,  in  four  acts,  by 
Georges  Berr  and  Marcel  Guillemand. 
adapted  from  the  French  by  Leo  Ditrich- 
stein.  produced  by  Henry  W.  Savage. — 
Academv  of  .Music.  Newhurgh.  N.Y..  Sep- 
tember 19:  Hyperion,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
October  20;  Thirty-ninth  Street,  New 
York,  October  24. 

Ramon  Andrade   Eugene  O'Brien 

liOrimer  Walsn   Taylor  Holmes 

Charles  Burt  John  A.  Butler 

Frederico  Donatelli  Paul  Rer 

Frank  Porter   William   Burress 

McKorkel    Robert  Webb  Lawrence 

McGuinness    Charles   McCarthy 


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221 


Million,  The  {continued). 

Schultz  Gustave  Hartzheim 

Flynu    Fred   Sears 

Flaherty George   Bales 

Smitn  William  J.  Malioney 

Tom  Ryan  '• Fred  Osborii 

Maurice  John  Needham 

Piano  Player  at  Pelliani  Inn.. Bert  Grant 

Beatrice  Lind  Irene  Fenwick 

France.sca -Roversi    Eulalie    Jensen 

Pearl   Kenyon  Bishop 

Mother  Sharin   Jennie  Weatheisby 

Madame   llo versi    Sadie    Harris 

MISS  DUDELSACK,  by  Grant  Stewart,  from 
the  German  book,  by  Fritz  Gruenbaum 
and  Heinz  Ileichert. — Parson's,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  October  10. 

MISS  JACK,  musical  comedy,  in  three  acta, 
by  Maik  E.  Swan  and  William  Frederic 
Peters,  produced  by  Ben  Sangor. — Herald 
Square,  September  4. 

Jack  Hay  ward   Bothwell  Browne 

Evelyn  Stanley  Olive  Ulrich 

Nellie  Trevor  Suzanne  Rocamora 

Otto-Von-Hertz  James  B.  Carson 

Silas  Bean  Jonathan  Keefe 

Eudora  Marshall   May  McCaoe 

Bob   Marshall    Ernest   F.   Young 

Marcie  Brook   Rose  Beaudett 

OUve  Brook   Hazel   Cox 

Chucky  Berton  Carl  Stall 

MLLE.  IIOSITA,  comic  opera,  by  Victor  Her- 
bert and  Joseph  Herbert.— Shuberi 
Theatre,    Boston,    March   27. 

MODERN  MARRIaGE,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Harrison  Rhodes,  produced  by  Cyril 
Scott. — Bijou,  New  York,  September  16. 

Nelson    Fairchild    Henry    Dodd 

Thomas,  footman  John  Rogers 

Perkins,  butler  Henry  Dornton 

Mrs.   Gibson' Loretta  Wells 

Fanny  Thornton  Olive  May 

Maisie  Clitford   Ren6  Kelly 

WiUiam  Clifford Percy  Ames 

Howard    Elliot    A.   Hylton   Allen 

Max  Fisher    -.Albert   Gran 

Victoria  Fairchild  Emily  Stevens 

Mrs.    Van   Orten    Catherine   Calhoun 

Cornelius  Allen  Cyril  Scott 

Alice  Woods  Edna  McClure 

Maria  Tucker  White   Margaret  Seddon 

MODEST  SUZANNE,  Viennese  operetta,  music 
by  Jean  Gilbert,  book  by  George  Okkon- 
kowsky,  American  Version  by  Harry  B. 
and  Robert  B.  Smith. — Valentine  Theatre, 
Toledo,  November  24. 

MORAL  CODE,  THE,  play,  in  four  acts  and 
five  scenes,  by  Herbert  Thompson. — Ly- 
ceum,  Rochester,    N.Y.,   August  21. 

MOTHER'S  GIRL,  play,  by  Beulah  Poynter.— 
Auditorium,  fouth  Bend,  Ind.,  August  31. 

MRS.  AVERY,  comedy  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  Gretchen  Dale  and  Howard  Estabrook, 
produced  by  Charles  J.  Ross. — Weber's, 
New   York,  October  23. 

Waldo  Avery   Howard  Estabrook 

Mali    Anna   McConvillo 

CoUins    Blaine    Norman    Tharp 

Seimstress   Coronella  Birkett 

Thyra  Avery  ;Gretchen  Dale 

Another   Maid    Rose   Wincott 

Mabel    Cummings    Helena    Byrne 

Gertrude  Ryder  Helena  Head 

Collector   William  Martin 

Clarence  Crowle    Brandon    Hurst 

Ivan  Barzias  Emmett  Coxrigan 

Workman    Ralph    Dean 

Irene  Loring  Eleanor  Bourne 

J.  M.  Calhoun   Henry  S.  Robinson 

MRS.  BUMPSTEAD-LEIGH,  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Harry  James  Smith,  produced 
by  Harrison  Grey  Fiske.— Lyceum,  New 
York,  April  3. 


Mrs.  Bumpstead-Leigh  {continued), 

Justin  Rawsou   Charles  Harbury 

Miss  Rawso  i  Kate  Lester 

Geoffrey   Rawson   ; . .  Malcolm   Duncan 

Anthony    Rawson   Douglas  J.    Wood 

Stephen  Leavitt   Paul   Scardon 

Mrs.    Leavitt    Veda   McEvers 

Peter  Swallow  Henry  E.  Dixey 

Kitson  Cyril  Young 

Mrs.  de  Salle  Florine  Arnold 

Mrs.   Bumpstead-Leigh    Mrs.   Fiske 

Violet  de  Salle   Kathlene  MacDoneil 

Nina    Helena   van    Brugh 

MRS.  MAXWELL'S  MISTAKE,  originally 
named  "  Homeward  Bound,"  play,  in  four 
acts,  by  Eugene  Walter.— Park  Theatre, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  (Schubert  prod.),  April 
20. 

MUF-F  AND  JEFF,  a  musical  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  produced  by  Gus  Hill,  book  by  Frank 
Tannehill,  jun.,  and  Bud  Fisher,  lyrics  by 
E.  S.  S.  Hutchinson,  music  by  Howard 
Webster.— Washburn  Theatre,  Chester, 
Pa.,  September  14;  Grand  Opera  House, 
New  York,  October  23. 

Mr.  A.  Mutt  Eoger  Grey 

Othello  Montgomery  Jeffries 

Shorty  Edwards 

Jack  Weyler  Louis  Kelso 

Curley   McBride      Arthur   Alton 

John  Meade  Henry  A.  Morey 

Antonio  Bosco   Marshall  Vincent 

Jim    Montgomery    Dave   Miller 

Captain  Swift  C.  Newton 

Wireless  Operator  of  the  steamer 

"Insurgent"    Will    Knoud 

Gateman  Charles  Newton 

Dorothy   Meade Arline  Boiling 

Senorita  Roena  Corrillo  Anita  Arliss 

Donna  Papricka  Alice  Gaillord 

Jessie  May  Lillian  Goldsmith 

MY  PARTNER'S  GIRL,  comedy  drama,  in 
five  acts,  by  C.  T.  Dazey,  produced  by 
Blaney  Spooner  Amusement  Co. — Metro- 
polis, New  Yor^i,  October  16. 

Jlin    Norris    Philip   Leigh 

Tom  Birney   Richard  Purdon 

Theophilus  Torrens James  J.  Flanagan 

Lem  Lyle  Darrell  Vinton 

Bob  Burton    Al.   Gardner 

Ben  Underwood  William  Dale 

Grey   Wolf   Wallace   Owens 

WHIiam  Marvin   L.  J.  Fuller 

Hugfi   Birney   Harry  Fisher 

Lillian  Birney  Gertrude  Maitland 

Jane  Gn^y   Ricca   Scott 

Sarah  Jane  Loretta  King 

Hattie   Beau    Lillian   Warren 

Maggie  Fresh    Vera   Presnall 

Doily   Smith    Violet   Holliday 

MY  WIFE'S  GONE  TO  THE  COUNTRY,  three- 
act  comedy,  by  Charles  Blaney  and  Cecil 
Spooner.— Orpheum,  Jersey  City,  March  27. 

NATOMA,  opera,  libretto  by  Joseph  D.  Red- 
ding, music  by  Victor  Herbert.— Philadel- 
phia, February  25;  Met.  Opera  House, 
New  York,  February  28. 

Natoma    Mary    Garden 

Barbara Lillian  Grenville 

Lieutenant  Paul  Merrill.  .John  McCormack 

Don  Francisco  Guslave  Huberdeaii' 

Father  Peralta  Hector  Dufranne 

Juan  Bautista  Alvrado.  .Mario   Sammarco 

Pico    Armand   Crabbe 

Kagama    Constantin    Nicolay 

Jose   Castro   Frank  Preisch 

Chiquita Mile.   Nandina 

A   Voic3  Minnie  Egener 

NEVER  HOMES,  THE,  musical  "kinemacolor," 
in  six  scenes,  with  dialogue  by  Glen  Mac- 
Donough,  lyrics  by  E.  Ray  Goetz,  and 
music  by  A.  Baldwin  Sloane,  produced  by 
Lew      Fields.— Harmanus      Bleecker      Hall, 


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THE  STAGK  YEAR  BOOK 


Stvtr  Homes,  The  {continued). 

Albany,    N.Y.,    September    25;    Broadway. 
New  York,  October  S. 

Patricia  t'lynn  George  W.  Monroe 

Herman   Dinglebeinler   Jess   Uauilv 

Ualy  liunu  Al  LeecJi 

Dr.  August  Breeze  Denmau  JNlaley 

Webster  t'hoate   Joseph  Santley 

Jimuiy   Louder   Will   Archie 

Mr.  Louder  Edward   Adams 

Mrs.  Daly  Buna   Kay  Cox 

Mrs.  Talklngtou  Louder   Lilian  Herlein 

Wistaria  Bunu   Bessie  Clillord 

Pearl   VVliite    Artie   Hall 

Fannie  Hicks Helen  Hayes 

Pauline  Panhard    Vera  Tiniay 

Fanchon  Flnnegan  May  Maloney 

Annie  Key    .Maude  Gray 

Daisy  Copp   Hazel  Allen 

Lotta   Lipp    Nan   Brennan 

lona  Mann    Grace  Gilbert 

Lina  Pipe   Elsa  Keinhardt 

Bonavita  Hagenbeck    Harry   Kussell 

Chauncey  Nightingale   Julius  bchroeder 

Utfendutter    Leslie    Powers 

Hermann  Muff  Kenneth  Ryan 

NEW  MARUIAGE,  THE,  comedy,  by  Langdon 
Mitchell,  presented  by  Mrs.  Fiske. — Empire 
Syracuse,   N.V.,  October  19. 

NEXT,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Rida  John- 
son Young,  produced  by  S.  S.  and  Lee 
Shubert  (inc.).— Daly's,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 3U. 

Jack  Warner  Julius  McVicker 

"  Up-to-Date  "  Prendergast   ..Harry  Conor 

Barney  Barnes  Harry  D.  Crosby 

Swat  Rogers   , Bert   Walter 

Sam  Small   Howard  Morgan 

Big    Regan    Frank   T.    Charlton 

Long    Jim    Wallace   Owen 

Jake   Wells    Albert   Perry 

Larry   Wliite   Albert  Alphonse 

Mulligan    Evelyn    Benson 

Bill   Dawf.on    John   Woodward 

Brick  Oldham    Jack   Devereaux 

Phyllis  Oldham  Antoinette  Walker 

Sage  Brush  Kate  Warda  Howard 

Sopfiie   Brush    Helen   Lowell 

NOBODY'S  DAUGHTER,  comedy,  in  lour  acts, 
by  George  Paston. — New,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary  13. 

Mr.  Frampton  ,.. A.  E.  Anson 

Mrs.  Frampton  ..Theresa  Ma.\well  Conover 

Colonel  Torrens   E.   M.   Holland 

Mrs.  Torrens Harriet  Otis  Dellenbaugh 

Tony    George  Clarke 

Honora  May  Pamela  Gaythorne 

Christine  Grant  Helen  Reimer 

Teresa  Holyrod  OUve  Wyndham 

Sir  Jasper  Marchmont  ..William  Raymond 

Will  Lennard   Frank  GUImore 

Jane    , Mary    Doyle 

OLD  NEW  YORKER,  AN,  play,  in  four  acts, 
by  Harrison  Rhodes  «nd  Thomas  Wise, 
produced  by  William  A.  Brady.— Belasco, 
Washington,  March  13;  Daly's,  New  York, 
April  3. 

Samuel  Beekjnan   Thomas  A.  Wise 

Richard   Corliss    William    Rosell 

Horatio  Trimble  George  Gaston 

Josiah  Leggett   Frank  Currier 

Jonathan   Gormley   Ethelbert   Hales 

Jameson  Gormley   Franklin  Jones 

Robert  Rhinelander  Bagley  ..Willard  Perry 

Gibson    ....Lindsay   J.   Hall 

Stanley  George  C.  Somnes    ; 

Morgan   John  B.  Maher    j 

Anne   Schuyler    Blanche   Yurka    ' 

Elizabeth  Beekman    Gertrude  Whitty    ! 

Cornelia  Mason   Esther  Banks 

Caroline  Mason   Lettie  Ford    | 

Sally    Livingston    Lola   May 

Marion   Haldeman    Mary  Hopkins 

Mamie  Kerwin   Frances  McLeod    ' 


ONE  IDEA,  THE,  domestic  drama,  in  four 
acts,  by  Irma  Kraft.— Court  Theatre, 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  August  7. 
ONLY  t>ON,  THE,  play,  in  tiire«  acta,  by 
Winchell  ^uiith  (Cohan  and  Harris  po-o- 
d'uction),  originally  produced  Broad 
Street  'itheatre,  PhUadelpiiu,  October  2.— 
Gaiety,  New   York,  Oolober  16. 

'J-'nomas   Br;uiierd    Claude    Gillingwater 

Thomas  Brainerd,   jnr... Wallace    lioJdinger 

1  Loixl    OverU>ai-iie    Ltslie    Kenyon 

Ciiarlee  Ltodei-    Roy   Atwell 

Henii'y   Tihouiptjom    ..' Elmtr   Grandin 

Jini   ToniipJdas   Cnaxlcs   W.   Goodrich 

Collias    George    Spelvin 

Oilice  Boy Wiluam  Stone 

Mis.    Brainerd    Luuisc:    Randolph 

Anne  Lester   Ouive   W jndiham 

Gertrude    Brainerd    Vivian    Martin 

Mre.  Johm  Lloyd  Roach Ida  Wateimaii 

Mrs.    Preston    Beaoh'   Alice    Andres 

LiULan   Beach    Eiiel   Giey    Terry 

Mrs.   Feetey Camilla  Cru«;e 

Waoda   .ilict   Putnam 

ON    THE   WEDDING    TRIP,  operetta,  mus'c 
by  Reginald  Ue  Kovea,   book  by  Fred  de 
Gresac   and   Harry    B.    Smith.— Hyperion, 
New  London,  Conn.,  November  21. 
OTHER     MARY,     THE,     diama    of     modern 
American      hfe,    by      Algernon      Boyetien 
(Ciiarleti  Frohman  ajid  Mme.  Nazimova). — 
Majeotic,    L't.ca,  N.Y.,   Scp.ember   21. 
OTHER   PEOPLE'S  MONEY,   cumcdy,   in   one 
act,    by    Edwiard    Owing    Towne,    tabloid 
version  of  Mr.   Towne's  three-act  comedy 
of    the   same    name,    by    Gerald    Grillin. — 
Fifth   Avenue,  New  Y'ojk,  January  30. 

Hutchinaon    Hopper    Gerald    Griflin 

iMjb.   Hopper    Mary  Condv>D 

Miai'jory    Beatrice    Belmon.i 

Oliver   Starbird Francie   Fay 

i>V£}i  THE  RlVEJl,  book  by  George  V 
Hobartf  and  H.  A.  de  Souchet;  music  by 
Jolun  L.  Golden  (Ziegfeld  and  LilUnghaui 
management;.  —  Sliudebacker  Iheatr*. 
Oiiicaao.  October  1 
OUR  \VOi\i<D,  drama,  in  lour  acts,  by  Walter 
Hackett,  produced  by  Frank  McKee. — 
Apollo,  AtLantic  City,  New  Yo/k,  January 
25;  Garrick,  New  York,  February  (i. 

Hope   Sommers   ....Doris   Keane 

Mrs.  Constance  Sommeis.. Amelia  "Gafasef 

Herbert  Morley   Malcolm  Duncan 

■Dr.  John  Morley  Campbell  Gollan 

Black    Ahce    Putnam 

Parsons    Olive    Murray 

Hutchins   Herbert  Budd 

Arth.ur    Railton    Vincent   Serrano 

OUTSIDERS.  THE,  play,  by  Charles  Klein.— 

Majestic,  Boston,   Mass.,  November  6. 
OVERNIGHT,  farcical  comedy,   in   three  acte, 
by    Philip    H.    Bartholomae,    produced    by 
William      A.     Brady,     Limited. — Hackett, 
New   York,  Januaiy  2. 

Caroline   Patschen    Grace    Grisiwold 

Caroline  Powers   Norma   Winslow 

Purser    Royal   BjTon 

Al.   Rivers    Wallace    Worsley 

Steward John  Morton 

Mrs.  Rutherford-Cleveland  ..Terese  Deagle 

Georgina  Kettle   Jean  Newcombe 

Richard   Kettle   Herbert  A.  Yost 

Elsie  Darling  Margaret  Lawrence 

Percy  DarUng  Robert  Kelly 

Hot-el  Clerk  '...Artibur  P.  Aylsworth 

Professor  Diggs  Ma.x   Freeman 

Porter    Joseph   Dillon 

PARADTSE  OF  MAHOMET,  THE,  opera 
bouffe,  in  two  acts,  book  and  lyrics  bj 
Harry  B.  and  Robert  B.  Smith,  from  the 
Frencih  of  Henri  Blondep.u,  with  musdc  by 
IiJobert  PLanquette,  produced  by  Daniel  V. 


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223 


Paradise  of  Mahomet,  The  {continued). 

Arthur. — Herald       Square,       New       York, 
January  17. 

Babouch    Florence    Kolb 

Vianinika    Bexnice    MereJion 

AJi    Albert  Crecelius 

Hassan    Joseph    Guthrie 

Mabojul   Harry  MacDonough 

Clari»e    Miaude    Odell 

Piincp  C?j3i5:in    George   Leon   Moofe 

First  Friend  of  the  Prince.  .Harry  Murphy 
Second  Friend  of   the   Prince.  .RcM.  Latsch 

Bengaline   Grace  Van  Studdeford 

Noah    Vale    Robert   G.   Pitkn 

Ba.9kir    Arthur    P.    Ripple 

Nareistan    Charles    Knapp 

Nemea    Marta    Spears 

Zeil'in*    Slhixlev    King 

ijiTnTin.'^i^e   Karl   Stall 

PARTiNBRS,  comedy  dra.ma,  by  Editli  Ellis.— 
Pawer's  Theatre,  Grand  EJ?.pidi3,  MicTi., 
October  5. 
PASi=^iFiJ!.S-BY,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Haddon 
Chambers,  produced  by  ChuTlei?  Frohman. 
— Criterion,  New  York,  Se.ptember  14. 

Mr.' Peter  Waverton    Richard   Bennett 

Pine    Julian    Royce 

"  Nishty  "    A.    G.    Andrews 

Samuel    Bums    Ernest   Lawford 

Margaret  Snmmers  Louise  Uutter 

The   L.;=.dy   Hurley    Ivy   Hertzog 

Mis;  Bpatrice  Dainton   Ro^ilie  Toller 

Little    Peter    Mr.r5iter    Smdtih 

PT7AOT^    ^N    EARTH,    comedy    drama,    by    E. 

Lawi^he. — Ixjs    Angelos.    Miarcih    27. 
PEGGY,  the  English  musical  comedy. — Trenton, 
N.J..    October   27:    Chestnut   Street    Opera 
House.  Philadelphia.  October  30. 
PHILOSOPHER    IN    THE    APPLE    ORCHARD, 
THE,     playlet,     by    Harcourt     WilUams.— 
Lyceiim,  New  York,  January  26. 
PINAFORE,     revival,     by     Arthur     Brady.— 
— Casino,  New  York,  Mav  29. 
The   Rt.    Hon.   Sir  Joseph   Porter, 

K.C.B Henry    E.    Dixey 

Captain  Corcoran.. George  J.  MacFarlan'e 

Ralph   Rackstraw   Arthur  Aldridge 

Diclc  Deadeye  De  Wolf  Hopper 

Bill  Bobstay Eugene  Cowles 

Bob  Becket   Robert   Davies 

Jo=ipphine    Louise    Gunning 

Little   Butercup    Marie   Cahill 

Hebe    Alice    Brady 

PINK  LADY.  THE,  musical  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  adapted  from  the  French  of  "  Le 
Satyre."  by  Georges  Berr  and  Marcel 
Guillemand,  book  and  lyrics  by  C.  M.  S. 
McLellah,  music  by  Ivan  Caryll,  produced 
by  Klaw  and  Erianger. — Atlantic  City,  Feb- 
ruary 10;  New  Amsterdam,  New  Y'ork, 
March   13. 

Serpolette   Pochet    Alma   Francis 

Desiree  Ida  M.  Adams 

A    Photographer    Dudley    Oatman 

Pochet  , F.  Newt-on  Lindo 

The  Hungry  Man   Joseph  Carey 

Annette   Ida   Gabrielle 

Gilberte    Olive    Depp 

Gabriele   Eunice  Mackey 

Raymonde    Trixie   Whitford 

Minette    Florence    Walton 

Sophie    Erminie   Clark 

Benevol  Fred  Wright,  jun. 

Lucien  Garidel  William  Elliott 

Julie    Ruby    Lewis 

Nmi    Teddy    Hudson 

Suzanne    May   Hennessy 

Angele    Alice    Dovey 

Maurice  D'Uzac   :...Craufurd  Kent 

Bebe  Guingolph   John  E.  Young 

Claudine   Hazel  Dawn 

Crapote     Harry    Depp 

Mme.  Dondidier  Alice  Hegeman 

Pbilipe   Dondidier    Fraak   Lalor 


Pink  Lady,  The  {continv£d\ 

Theodore  Lebec    A.   S.   Humerson 

La  Comtesse  de  Montanvert 

Louise  Kelley 

Rouget    Dudley    Oatman 

Dr.  Mazou   Maurice   Hegeman 

Pan    Joseph   Carey 

Ywaxy    Benjamin    Lissit 

PIPER,  THE,  play,  in  four  acts,  by  Josephine 
Preston  Peabody. — New  Theatre,  New  York, 
January  30. 

The  Piper   Edith  Wynne  Matthison 

Michael-the-Sword-Eater    ..Frank    Gillmore 

Cheat-the-Devil    Jacob    Wendell,    jun. 

Jacobus    Lee    Baker 

Kurt    Ben  Johnson 

Peter  the  Cobbler  John  Sutherland 

Hans    William    McVay 

Axel   Stewart  Baird 

Martin    , Edwin   Cusliman 

Peter  the  Sacristan    William   Raymond 

Anselm   Pedro  de  Cordoba 

Old   Claus    Cecil   Yapp 

Town  Crier    Robert   Hamilton 

Jan    John    Tan.sey 

Hansel    Emmett   Hampton 

Use    Jeanette    Uix 

Trude    Claribell  Campbell 

Rudi    Dorothy   Vernon 

Veronika    Olive    Oliver 

Barbara    Dora   Jesslyn 

Wife  of  Hans  Thais  Lawton 

Wife  of   Axel    Elsie    Herndon   Kearns 

Wife  of  Martin  Mary  Dovle 

Old   Ursula    Mrs.   Sol   Smith 

PLAYBOY  OF  THE  WESTERN  WORLD, 
THE,  J.  R.  Synge's  play.— Pre- 
sented by  the  Irish  Players,  Maxine 
Elliott  Theatre,  New  York,  November  27. 

POOR  RICH,  THE,  modern  comedy,  by  Paul 
Wilstach. — San  Antonio,  Tex.,  October  18. 

PRICE,  THE,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  George 
Broadhurst,  produced  by  Henry  B.  Harris. 
— Pole's  Waterbury,  Conn.,  August  31 ; 
Hudson,  New  York,  November  1. 

Mrs.   Dole    Jessie   Ralph 

Susan    Margaret    McWade 

Ethel   Toscani    - Helen   Ware 

Stanard  Dole  Warner  Oland 

Professor  Damarofl  George  W.  Bafnum 

Dr.    Bristol    Harrison   Hunter 

Florence    Gertrude   Dalton 

PRIVATE  SECRETARY,  THE,  from  the 
German  of  Von  Moser  by  William  Gil- 
lette. Originally  produced  September  29, 
1884;  revived  by  Mr.  Gillette,  Empire, 
New  York,  December  12,  1910. 


QUAKER  GIRL,  THE,  musical  comedy,  in  three 
Acts,  by  James  T.  Tanner,  music  by  Lionel 
Monckton,  lyrics  by  Adrian  Ross  and  Percy 
Greenbank,  produced  by  McKee  and 
Harris. — Apollo,  Atlantic  City.  N.J., 
October  2;  Park,  New  York,  October  23. 

Jarge      Fred    Tooze 

Mrs.  Lukyn  Nellie  McHenry 

William   Harold   Thomas 

Nathaniel   Pym    Lawrence   Eddinger 

Rachael  Pym  Eleanor  Sheldon 

Phoebe    May    Vokes 

Princess  Mathilde   Daphne  Glenne 

Captain  Charteris   Pope   Stamper 

Mme.   Blum    Maisie   Gay 

Tony  Chute   Clifton  Crawforii 

Jeremiah    Percival   Knight 

Prudence Ina  Claire 

Toinette    Viola    Clarx 

Monsieur   Larose    Arthur   Kleim 

Diane    .^ Olga    Petrova 

Prince  Carlo    Lawrence   Rea 

Monsieur   Duhamed    Edward   Martyn 

PhylUs Elaine    Hall 

Dorcas   , Irnia  Bertrand 

Marguerite    ,,..MaJge    Wallace 

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Quaktr  Oirl,  The  (eontintied). 

Germaine    Anna   Nelson    | 

Gaby    Stella  lieardsley 

Oleo     Blanche    MalU 

Liaue    Gertrude  Fajot 

Louise  Alice  Chase 

Mimi    ■ Nora   McClory 

FiO    Gloria   Starr 

Suzett«    Belle    Delinar    I 

Miche'.ine   Myrtle  McCloud 

Comriiissionaire  W.  Metcalfe 

QUO   VADIS?  book  by  Henri  Kabn,  music  by    1 
Jean     Nougues,     prexiously     produced     in 
Philadelphia.— Metropolitan    Opera    llouse,    i 
New  York,  Apri'  4. 

Lygie    Alice    Zcppilli 

Eunice    Lillian   GrenviUe 

Poppe  Eleanora  De  Cisneros 

Petrone    Maurice    Renaud 

Ner  )n    Vittorio    Arimondi 

Vinicius    Mario    Guardabassi 

Chilon   Hector  Dufranne 

Pierre  '. .  .Gu>tave  Huberdeau 

Sporus    Armand    Crabbe 

Demas    Constantin    Nicolay 

The  Young  Nerva   Emilio  Venturini 

Iras    Marie    Cavan 

Myriam   Mme.   Clotilde  Bressler-Gianoll 

Ufsus   Walter  Wheeler 

Croton    Arthur    Wheeler 

The  Mother  Alice  Eversha.m 

Nazare    Mabel   P..iegelnian 

Llith SeraDna  Scalfaro 

Psyllia   -.Minnie   Egener 

A  Young  Christian  Suzanne  Dumesnil 

Lydon    Robert   Henry   Perkins 

Tigellin    Michele    Sampieri 

Viete'lius    Charles    Meyer 

.   Vatinius    Desire   Del'rere 

A    Centurion    Nicola   Fossetta 

Pythagoie Oliver  Lucas 

Theocles    Char'es   Meyer 

A   Sailor   . : Jean  De   Key.ser 

A   Slave   George  Ludwig 

HACK.  THE,  play,  in  four  acte,  by  Thompton 
Buchanan,  produced  by  William  A.  Brady, 
Limited.— Playhouse;  New  York,  Septem- 
ber  15. 

Blanche   Gordon Kathcnne   Grey 

Thomas    Gordon    Milton    SilU 

Jack   Freeman ...Conway  Tearle 

Paula    Mars.l-en    Louise    Kent 

Elsie    Rutherford    L*abel   Lee 

3Iargaret    Eilie'on    Jane    Gail 

Louise  Freeman   Leonore  Oakford 

Effie  MacKenzie   Eliz).iboth  H.  Van  Sell 

Agnee   Ellsworth    Diva  Morolda 

Gertrude  Harrington    ..B.  Helen  Langford 

Gerald    Rutherford P>ic7iard   St-erling 

Jimmy  Cabot    Wil.i-.'.m   Oonkl'l 

Marshall  Ralston   Freierick  Esmelton 

Don   MacKenzie   \.  Ronia:ne  Oallender 

Harriet  Kelly    Brenda  Fowler 

Karl    Schmidit   J.    Frankenberg 

Patrick    Shea    Wilton    Taylor 

Judge  Dougherty   T.  C.  Hamilton 

Dis.tnct   Atitomey    Joeaph   Greene 

Clerk  of  the  Court   Robert  A.  Weseells 

Reporter    Edmund   Mortimer 

Stenographer    Pr.u!    Weidenfeld 

Butler    Harrv   Gwvn;;e 

RE.AX  THING,  THE,  comedy,  in  three  acts. 
by  Catherine  Cliisho'.m  Cu-^Jhing,  produced 
by  Maurice  Oanrpbell. — Apollo.  .\tlan;t4c 
City.  New  York,  July  24;  Maxime  ElliottV, 
New  York,   August  'lO. 

Ricihard    Grayson    Frank    Milk 

Kate  Grayeoif 'AFinnie  Dupree 

.Tack    Mac    Macomber 

Dorothy AUiene   Morrison 

Olive   Wycoff    Marion   Kerby 

Jeise   Lorraine    Henrietta   Crcsman 

Tom  Bradley   ,,., Albert  Bcown 


REBELLION,  play,  in  four  aote,  by  Jo«e))h 
Medell  Patterson,  produced  by  Liebler  ajad 
Company. — Shubert  Theatre,  Kansas  City; 
Maxime  Eliliotl's,  New  York,  October  3. 

Georgia  Connor   Gertrude   Elliott 

Jim  Connor    George   Farren 

Mrs.  Talbot   Eva   Vincent 

Al.  Talbot   George  Le  Guere 

Mason  Stevei!6   A.   Scott   Gatty 

Father  Hervey   Fuller  MellisJi 

Dr.  Randall  ." James  E.  Wilson 

A    Politician Charles    Dowd 

A  Collector Malcolm   Cook 

.\  Janitor  Harry  M.  Price 

P.iF;D  ROSE.  TIFE.  musical  comedy,  in  three 
laote.  with  books  and  lyrics  by  Harry  B. 
•Smith  and  Robert  B.  Smith,  and  music  by 
Robert  Hood  Bowers,  produced  by  Valeska 
Suratt.  under  the  management  of  Lee 
Harr'son.  —  G;irrick.  Phil-.'de)pbia,  Pa., 
Mav  2;   Globe,  New  York.  June  22. 

Lola    Valp^V?    Svratt 

Dick  Loriraer  Wallace  McCutcbeon 

.\lonzo   Lorimer    Alexander   Ckrk 

Silas  Plant   John   Daly  Murphy 

Hon.  Lionel  Tallwys   Ernest  Lambar* 

Dai>v  Plant   '. Lilian   Graham 

Lnilwig  Spiegle   John  E.  Ilazzard 

Mme.    Joyant    Flavio    Arcaro 

M.  Duprey He:iry  Bergman 

.\'ndre    Craig    Canvpbett 

0>T)    Carrie    Reynolds 

Baron   Leblanc    Louis  Caisavant 

Afiixime   DupoTit    Henrv   Berfrnan 

R,ED  WIDOW.  THE.  musical  play,  in  three 
acts,  with  book  and  lyrics  by  Channing 
Pollock  and  Rennold  Wolf,  and  with  music 
by  Charles  J.  Gehest.  produced  by  Coban 
and  Harris— Colonial,  Boston.  Mass..  Sep- 
tember 2;  Astor,  New  York,  November  6- 
Cicero  Hannibal  Butts.. Raymond  Hitchcock 

Violet  Butts   Jean  Newcombe 

Oswald  Butts   Harry  Clarke 

Anna  Varvara   Sophye  Barnarfl 

Yvette   Gertrude  Vanderbilt 

Ivan   Scorpioff    .Tohn   Hendricks 

Baron  Maximilian  Scareovitch 

Joseph   Allen 

Dick  Graham   Lincoln  Plumer 

TantuI  Popova  George  E.  Maclc 

Captain   Basil   Romanoff  Theodore   Martin- 
Princess  Sophya   Augusta  l>ang 

Countess   Alexandra    Clara   Pchroeder 

Kirglig    Stanley  Fields 

Paskof    Rokey    Johnson 

Advk    Sydney    Cnrrter 

Ovak William  LafTerty 

.tlanager  of  the  Alcazar  Music  Hall 
C!?rk  of  the  Hotel  de  I'EUrope 

Ralph  Harlowe 
REMITTANCE  M.AN.  THE,  drama  of  Ameri- 
can life,  by  Gertrude  Ne!«;n  Andrewe.— 
Princess.  Chioasro.  .\nril  16. 
T.rTrTfiX  OF  PETTR  ORBBT.  TflF.  pliav,  in 
t'hree  acit^.  by  David  Be!r-'o.— Holle*» 
Th<>^atre,  Boston.  Mass.,  J.^nuary  2: 
Belnsfo.   New   York.  October   IR. 

Peter  Grimm    I>?.v:d   Wp.Tfleld 

Frederik    .7ohe   Sflinpolis 

James   Hartman    Thom?s   Meigihan_ 

Andrew  MacPher,=^in   Trsenh  BrennaJ) 

Rev.    Henrv    Bstholommey.  .William    Bciae 

Colonel  Tom   Lawton    Jo^n  F.   Webber 

Willem    Percy    Helton 

Kathrion    ^awei  IVt'^bar 

Mrs.    Bp.thokxmmey Marie   Bates 

T^Iarta    Marie    Reifhnrdt 

T>ip   nnwn    ToTiv   B-v:'i 

RIGHT  PRINCESS  THE.  drama,  in  three  acts, 
bv  C'ara  Tx)uise  Burnham,  producert  by 
Robert  Dempster.— Bijou,  New  York, 
matinde.  January  6. 

Dudley  Evelyn  varden 

Miss   Hereford    3- ise   Hoyt 


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225 


Right  Princess,  The  Icontinued) . 

Miss  Graves  Prances  Hoy t 

Billy    Robert    Dempster 

Saunders    Walter  Young 

Guy   Hereford   Charles  Lane 

Frances  Rogers  Maude  Gilbert 

RISING  OF  THE  MOON,  THE,  play  in  one 
act,  by  Lady  Augusta  Gregory,  presented 
by  the  Irish  Players,  under  the  direction 
of  Liebler  and  Company,  Maxine  Elliott, 
New  York,  November  20. 

RIVAL,  THE,  presented  by  Margaret  Anghn. 
— Garrick   Theatre,   Detroit.   March  2. 

ROCK  OF  AGES,  play,  by  Edward  Rose.— 
Crown.   Chicago,  Anril  IS. 

ROMANCE  OF  THE  UNDER  WORLD,  A,  play- 
let, in  three  scenes,  by  Paul  Armstrong.— 
Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York,  March  27. 

Dorth    George  B.   Miller 

Higgins    ., Jay  Preston 

Devore  William  Kenny 

Wallen    Jesse    Boelsen 

Hardy James    Aubrey 

Bronson    Charles   Brokate 

Lusk,    alias    "  Slippery   Jake  "  " 

W.  Tammany  Y'oung 

McGuire    Charles    H.    Phillips 

Mrs.   Smith    Elsa   Beroid 

Herbert  Elliot   L.  D.  Hollister 

Grace   McGraw    Jane   Lothian 

Dago  Annie  Farnia  Marinoff 

Mrs.  McGuire  Mrs.  Charles  Phillips 

Smith  Harry  E.  Pine,  jun. 

O'Hara    O'Kane"  HilUs 

O'Leary   Philip  Gastrock 

Durrell H.  Elvin  Mack 

Kelly   John  McLaughlin 

Harvey    Caryl   Gillen 

McDermot    Ralph    Theodore 

Davis   William  Keiiney 

Murphy .....H.   Elvin   Ma'ck 

Moran    Jay    Preston 

ROSENHAGENS,  THE,  three-act  tragic  drama, 
by  .Max  Halbe,  translated  by  Paul  H. 
Gramman. — Empire.  New  York,  Academy 
of  Dramatic   Arts  matinee.  March  21. 

RUNAWAY,  THE,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 
Pierre  Veber  and  Henri  De  Gorsse,  adapted 
by  Michael  Morton,  produced  by  Charles 
Frohman. — Lyceum,  New  York,  October  9. 

Maurice  Delonay    C.   Aubrey   Smith ^ 

Simoneau  George  Howell 

Pierre  Berton Henry  Miller,  jun. 

Vignaux    Morton    Selton 

Monsieur  Pingo    H.  A.   Cripps 

Alcide  Pingo    Edwin  Nicander 

The  Cure  Harry  Barfoot 

Agnes  Irondelle    Emily   Wakeman 

Hortense   Irondelle   Isabelle  West 

Nancy    Vallier    Jane   Evaos 

Leonie    Alice    Gale 

Mile.    Suberville    Josephine   Morse 

Mile.  Lyse  Roma  Devonne 

Julia    Aline    McDermott 

Mme.  Pichu    Adelaide  Cumming 

Mme.  Pingo  Lettie  Ford 

Colette    Billie   Burke 

SACRIFICE,  THE.  American  opera,  book  and 
music  by  Frederick  S.  Converse. — Boston 
Opera  House,  March  2. 

SAiLTIMBACHI,  I,  operetta,  in  thxee  acts 
and  four  scenes,  by  Louis  Ganne,  pro- 
duced by  the  Italian  Comic  Opera  Oom- 
ii>anv.  of  PM'srmo,  Sicily. — Miajeeitic,  New- 
York,  April  24. 

Marion   Amelia  Bruno 

Siu»«ana    E.    Canepa 

.Vndreasi  Langeat   G.  Meri'ghi 

Pagliaccio    L.    Guidi 

Pinsonin    F.    Eleo^ori 

Bgisto  Mialicorne    G.   Farri 

Madama   Melicorne M.   Colagrande 

II  Cont-e  des  Etiquettes  5.  BojiWOO 


Saltimbachi,  I  [eontinuetl). 

II   Barone   Vallengoujon L.   Giorpi 

La  Baronestia  Vallengoujon   A.  Verdi 

II  Marcihe.^se  De!  Libano  R.  Romoli 

Bertillard    L.    Campepgi 

Komponnet    D.    Baccarini 

Pisonnet    N.   Grille 

Simona   V.  Malin.a 

Geltrude    A.   Brozini 

Toaladebte    R.    Slargio 

Pri'jolett'e    T.    Beccnri 

SAMARITAINE,  LA,  Biblical  drama   in  three 
acts,    by    Edniond  Rostand  (produced  in 
Paris  m   1897),  produced   by   Sarah   Bern- 
hardt.  Chicago,  October  30,  1910;   Globe, 
New  York,  December  8,  1910. 
8.VTAN    SANDFJRiSON,    dramatisation    of    the 
novel  by  Kirk   Alexander  and  Mrs.   James 
Murftn      (produced      Normnn      Hacketn).— 
Lyceum,   Toledo,   0..  September  11. 
HAUOt;    for  THE    GOOSE,   comedy,   in   three 
acts,  by  Geraldine  Bonner  and  Hutchison 
Boyd,    produced    by    William    A.    Brady.— 
iStratton   Theatre.  Middletown.,  New  York, 
Niovember  14,  1910;  PI'ayfhouse,  New  York, 
April  15,  1911. 

Hawkine    E.   D.   Cromwell 

Fanny    Louise   Everts 

John   Constable    Hejrbert   Percy 

Kittv   Oon/^t able    Grace    George 

Edith  Dareh   Carolyn   Kenyon 

Mr.s.    AUoway    Keiitlh    Wakprnae 

Harry  Traveirs   Frederick  Perrv 

Moon    Frank   E.    Dennv 

SCARiECROW.  THE.  frmta/jtic  romiance.  in 
four  acts,  by  Percy  Mackaye,  produced  by 
Henrv  B.  Harris.— Garrick,  New  York, 
3nv.r2?.Ty   17. 

Blacksmiiit.h   Bess   Alice  Fleeter 

Dickon    Edmund    Breese 

Rachel   Merton    Fola   La   Follette 

'  Ridhard  Talbot  Earle  Browne' 

Justice  Gilead  Merton Brigham  Royce 

Lord    Ravensbane    Frank    Reicher 

'Mistress  Cynithia  Merton. .Mrs.  Felix  Morris 

Mieah    Harold    M.   Che-shire 

Captain   Bugby    Resan   Huphsiton 

Mini/^er  Dodge  Clifford  Lei0h 

Mistress   Dodge    Eleanor    Siheldo'n 

R?v.  Miasiter  Rand   William  Lev's 

Rev.  Master  Todd   H?,rrv  Lillford 

Sir  Cliarlps  Reddin.gton   H.  J.  Carvill 

iMi?tres,s   Reddington   ....Zenaidee  Williamt= 

Amel'a    Reddington    Georgia    Dvorak 

SENATOR  KEEPS  HOUSE,  THE,  comedv  in 
four  acts,  by  Martha  Morton  (produced 
by  Messrs.  Crane  and  Brocks),  Garrick, 
New  York.   November  27. 

Christopher   Larkin  William  H.  Crane 

The  Hon.  Adolphus  Judson 

Harrv  Harwood 

Patrick   Henry  Larkin Jack   Devereaux 

Colonel  Seely   Theodore  Marston 

Reeves   L.    E.  W^oodthorpe 

Sam   • William  W^  Jefferson 

Mrs.    Ida   Flower    Mabel    Bert 

(Miss    Eva    Flower    Lorraine   Frost 

Mrs.  Wallace  Esther  Lvon 

Miss  Isabella   Marv  Leshe  Mavo 

Honeysuckle    Marion    Kerby 

SEVEN-  SISTERiS,  domestic  farce,  in  four 
aotB.  by  Ferencz  Hercz?gh.  timn.slated  b" 
Ferike  Boroe,  adapted  by  Edith  Ellis,  pro- 
duced by  Daniel  Frohman.— Lyceum,  New 
Vork.   February   20. 

Mrs.    Gyurkovics   Clara  T.   Bracy 

Katinka   Alice    J^hm 

Sari    Carlc-tta    Dotv 

raia    Eva   McDonald 

Mici    Laureate    Tavlor 

Terka   Gladvs  SrnitJi 

Liza    Viriinfa  "SarnfRoiri 

Klara   O.'-illa  Miarg 


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Stren  Sitter*  {eotilinurd).    ■ 

Baron   Radvajiyi    Wilfred    Dra}^;^! 

Haron   GiiJa  llarlvanyi    Gaston  Bell 

Count-  Fi-ii   Ho.-k .  v    Charles  Clierry 

M'fka   Sa^idorlTv    .'. Sh«llev   Hail! 

Toni  TeUky   John  B.  Holli.< 

Janko    Bernard    ThorB.on 

C«ri    A Ibac    Saiiidsjr 

SBAI)E6   OP  NIGHT,  a  famtasy.  by  R.   Mar- 
shall.—Knipire,    New    York     (Academy    of 
Dramatic  Art>s,  matin<Se  February  25. 
Captain  tlie  Hon.  Terence  Trivett 

Herman  Joslin 

Sir  Ludovic  Trivett   Ernest  Rowan 

Winifred  Yester   Katheriine  Vincent 

The  Lady  Mildred  Y'ester Liicile  Arnold 

SH.\r>:>WS,    modern    play,    in    Wires    acts,    by 
Arthur    J.    Kddy. — Wi(tii;g    Opera    House. 
Syracuse,  Xew   Y'ork,   December  29. 
SMF    KNOWS   BETTER  NOW^  farcical  sai'ire, 
by   A?nes.  L.   Criminino   (May bum   prcdiu3- 
tionV — .^llPtitown.    Pa.,    Nrv.rnbeT    9. 
SHERLOCK  HOLMES,  drama  in  four  acts,  by 
Sir  Arthur  Conan  Doyle  and  William  Gil- 
lette.   Oriainally    produced,    November  6, 
1S99.  Empire.  New  York ;  revived  by  Mr. 
Gillette,    Empire,    New    York,    December 
5.  1910. 
RUaWlNii    VV    OF    BLANCO    POS-NET.    THE, 
by    G.   B.    Shaw— Plymouth   Theatre,   Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  October  5  (played  by  the  Irish 
players  from  the   Abbey,   Dublin). — Maxlne 
Elliott.  New  Y'ork.  November  23. 
SIGN   OF   THE   ROSE.   THE,    drama.   In    four 
acts,  by  George  Beban,  produced  by  Klaw 
and  Erlanger. — Garrick,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 11.- 

Dorothy   Griswold Baby    Wilson 

>L'try,    the    nur.ie    Lillian    Hathaway 

A  Floral  Decorator  George  Fredericks 

Lillian  Griswold,  the  wife Marie  Pavey  , 

Philip    Griswold,    the    brother 

George  Probert 

Nora,  the  maid   Virginia  Reynolds 

Arthur  Bronson   Philip  Perry 

•' Tubjjy  "   Rutgers     A.  S.   Byron 

William    Griswold      Franklin    Ritchie 

Percy   Robbins      Carl  Anthony 

Pietro  Massena  Mr.  Beban 

Harriet   Bullock Estha    Banks 

Lynch    ' James    A.   Marcus 

Ra-ia  Massena   Edna  May  Hamel 

Coogan     Del.  De  Louis 

Mrs.    Flannigan   IMary  Johnstone 

The  Concertina  Ignazio  Biondi 

Bud  Majors     Jack  Conway 

Antonio  Capino     Goorge  L.  Derr 

Mrs.   Abrams   .-Vnna  Murdock 

Marie  Cassiglio     Beatrice  Mable 

Emma   Inman Ittie    Ash 

Ambulance  Surgeon    George  W.  McGrath 
Page   Boy  at  the  flower  shop 

Fred  Davis 

Violet      Edith    MacBride 

Mrs.  :^^o^ton      Ada  Oilman 

Mrs.    Bradley    Belle  Clayton 

Georce    Fitz-Maurice    Roy   Torry 

J.    Arthur  Clark Leo  White 

Abraham  Markovitch   Ralph  Ash 

SINGLE  MAN,  A,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 
Hiibert  Henry  Davics,  produced  by  Charles 
Frohman. — Empire,  New  Y'ork,  Sep- 
tember 4. 

Robin   Worthington    John  Drew 

Henrv  Worthington  Ivan  Simpson 

Dickie   Cottrell    Thoma.s    Kelly 

Lady  Cottrell  Clara  Bracy 

Maggie  Cottrell   Carroll  JlcComas 

Miss   Heseltine    Mary    Boland 

Lsabella    Worthington    Ix)uise   Drew 

Louis©   Parker Thais  Lawton 

Bertha   Sims    Helen   Bolt* 

Gladys    , Lewise   Seymour 


Single  Man,  A  {continued). 

Mrs.  Higson  Ctcilia  Radcliff 

Tlie  Nurse   Frances  Comstalke 

SIRE,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Henri  Lavedan, 
adapted  by  Louis  N.  Parker,  produced  by 
Charles  Frohman.— Criterion,  New  York, 
.January  24.  ' 

Denis  Roulette   Otis  Skinner 

Abb6  Remus   John  Clulow 

Dr.  Cabat   A.   G,    Andrews 

Darling  Charles  B.  Welles 

Brossette    Edward    Fielding 

Verougnoux    .\rtliur    Row 

Camus  Walter  Scott 

Lagratte    Arthur    Hyman 

Jlaitre  L^tourneaux   Thomas  Kingsburj' 

A    Soldier    George   Devt-reaux 

Mile,  de  Saint-Salbi  Mabel  Bert 

L6onie    Bouquet    Izetta   Jewel 

Gertrude    Alice   Gale 

Mme.  Aurdlie   Margaret  Sayre 

SIREN,  THE.  musical  play,  in  tliree  acts,  with 
book  by  Leo  Stein  and  A.  M.  Willner,  and 
music  by  Leo  Fall,  translated  by  Harry  B. 
Smith. — .\pollo,  .\tlantic  City.  N.J.,  August 
21 ;   Knickerbocker.   New  Yoik,  .August  28. 

Baron   Siegfried   Bazilos   Frank   Moulan 

Clarisse   Ehzabeth    Firth 

Grion    Gilbert  Childs 

Armand  Marquis  de  Ravaillac 

Donald  Brian 

Malipote  ...." F.  Pope  Stamper 

Lr]!otte    Julia  Sander.son 

Ilanibal   Beckmesser    Will    We.st 

Frau  Eisenbehr  Florence  Morri.«on 

Ladislas    A'ictor   Le    Roy 

SISTER  BEATRICE,  revival,  miracle  play,  by 
Maurice  Maeterlinck. — Played  by  Sarah 
Bernhardt  and  company.  Globe,  New 
York.  June  19. 

SLIM  PRINCESS.  THE.  musical  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  book  and  lyrics  by  Henry  Blos- 
som, mu.sic  by  Leslie  Stuart,  adapted  from 
George  Ade's  story  of  the  same  name,  pro- 
duced by  Charles  Dillingham.— Star, 
Buffalo.  September  8,  1910;  Globe,  >''^- 
York.  January  2.  1911. 

Hxmdi  Pasha   Carl  Haydn 

Bokhara    Neil    Walton 

Baluchistan    Arthur  J.   Engel 

Prince  Selim  Malagaski     .Joseph  0.  Miron 
Herr  Louis  von  Schloppenhauer 

Joseph  Cawthorn 

Hon.  Crawley  Pluniston   Ralph  Nairn 

Count  ^uigi  Tincagni  Tomasso 

Charles  Judels 

Alex.  Pike Wallace  McCutcneon 

"Tod"    Norcross    Charles    King 

Harry  Romaine Eugene   Revere 

Tom    Golding    Sam   Biirbank 

Lucas Albert    Stewart 

Princess  Jeneka  Julia  Frary 

Mme.  Saidis  Queenie  Vassar 

A    Visitor    Harriet   Sterling 

Hon.   Mrs.   Plum.^t-on    Katt    Winglield 

Lutie   Longsireet    Elizabeth   Brice 

Princess   Kalora    -Eljag. Jan^. 

SNOBS,  satirical  farce,  in  three  acts,  by  George 
Bronson-Howard,  produced  by  Henry  B. 
Harris. — Strand  Opera  Hou.«e,  Newhaven. 
Conn..  August  25;  Hudson,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember *. 

"Buck      Reade    Regan   Hughston 

Henry  Disney  Frank  Mclntyre 

Nondas  Parkyn   Willette   Kershaw 

Phipps  Jlaynadier   Orlando  Daly 

Mrs.  Pendleton  Beauregard 

Kath?rine  Stewart 

Laura  Lanvale    Eva    Macdonab 

Club-boy Olaf    Vide 

Bradley  Fairfax    John  Cumberland 

Milly    , Helen    Bond 

Usher  at  theatre  William  Calvert 

Sergeant  McNutt Walter  Craven 


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227 


SPEED,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Lee  Wilson 
Dodd,  produced  by  Cecil  de  Mille. — 
Comedy,    New   York,   September  9. 

Edwin  Wise  Jessup  Orrin  Johnson 

Victoria    Oza  Waldrop 

Wizzy  Thomas  R.  Tobin,  jur. 

Carolyn    Taylor    Elise    Sco*t 

Billy  Poiliiiore  Sidney  Jreenstrot'' 

Mrs.   Podrnor©   Lela  Lee 

Frank  Quimby   Gray   Eric  BUnd 

Martha  Eleanor  Hi-;ks 

Larry    Frank   Broder 

Constable    Joseph    Buckley 

Bill  Green    John  M.  Stall! 

SPREADING  THE  NEWS,  comedy  in  one  act, 
by  Lady   Gregory. — By  the  Irish  Players, 
Maxine  Elliott,  New   York,  November  20. 
STILL   ALAR.M.   THE,   revival,  oiiginally   pro- 
duced   Fourteentii     Street     Theatre,     New- 
York,  August  20,  1837.— Grand  Opera  House, 
New  York.  Mav  22,  1911. 
STRANGER,  THF,  play,  by  Charles  T.  Dazey. 
—Columbia,  Washington,  D.C.,  February  6. 
STAR   FOR  A   NIGHT,   A,  play,  in  four  acts, 
by  Elsie  Janis,  produced  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Actors'  Fund,  March  30. 
"  Marky      Zinsheimer  ...  .Joseph  Cawthorn 

Mrs.  Blackman  Jane  Bh*" 

Mrs.    Gilday    Pauline   Hathaway 

Mrs.    Martin    Josephine    Lachm.xr 

Mrs.   Carlin    Henrietta   Poutts 

Bell   Boy     .' Al.   Stuart 

Mrs.  Dainton   Harriet  Sterlin" 

Victor  Weldon  Ralph  Nairn 

Sanford  Gordon  Stanley  H.  Forde 

FeUce   Josephine  Kernell 

Rigby    Jack   SulUvan 

Florrie   Forsythe    Elizabeth    Brice 

Mrs.    Kilpatrick    < Margaret   Km?/ 

Martha  Farnuni   , Elsie  Janis' 

"Pinky''  Lexington    Julia  Frary 

'  George  Clayton   Wallace  McCutcheoii 

Lizzie    Olive   Quimb  • 

Arthur   Mtfi'timer    Eugene   Revere 

Mrs.   Jane   Anderson    Queeuie   Vassar 

Mesoenger    Boy    Albert    Lamson 

Arnold    Lawrence    -.Charles    Judels 

Phil    Hummer    Charles  King 

STRUGGLE,  THE.  comedy-drama,  by  Anthony 

E.   Wills.— Philadelphia,   August  14. 
STRCGGLERS.    THE,    play,    by    H.    H.    Hork- 

heimer. — Reading.  Pa..  October  23. 
SUZANNE,  comedy,"  in  tiiree  acts,  by  C  Had- 
don  Chambers,  from  "  Le  Manage  de 
Mile.  Beulemans,"  of  F.  Fonson  and  Fer- 
nand  Wicheler,  produced  by  Daniel  Froh 
man. — Buffalo.  December  5;  Lyceum,  New 
Y'ork.   December  26,  1910. 

Albert    Delpierre    Julian   L'Estrange 

Beulemans   Geo.  W.    Anson 

Seraphin    Meulemeester    ..C^onway    Tearle 

M.    Meuleraeei'ter    Harry    Har-wood 

M.    Deipierre    David    G'assford 

^lostinek    C.  Harrison   Carter 

The  Secretarv   C.  J.  Wedgewcod 

The   Treasurer P.   E.   McCoy 

Isadore  Van  Ceiilebroeck.  .G.  H.  Beverman 

Cesar    Destuyft     E.    R.    Sheehy 

Louis   Van   Herseel    M.   B.  Hende! 

Jean   Oaneels    N.    K.   Leavitt 

Suzanne    Beulemans    Billie    Burke 

Mme.    Beulemans    Rosa    Rand 

Isahelle     ...Alison    Skipworth 

Waitress    Jane    Galbraith 

SWEET  SIXTEEN,  musical  comedy,  by  Victor 
Herbert  ahd  George  V.  Hobart. — Court 
Square,  Springfield,  Mass.,  December  5, 
1910. 
TAKE  MY  ADVICE,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  William  Collier  and  James  Mont- 
gomery, management  of  Lew  Fields. — 
Grand  Opera,  Wilkes  Barr,  Pa.,  Sep- 
tember 16;  Fulton,  New  York,  November 
27. 


Take  My  Advice  (continued). 

William    Ogden    William    CoUier 

Jack  Cornish   Wilham  Lamp 

Prof.  Hugo  Kardly  Chas.  Dow  Clark 

Thomas  Brooks   Thomas  Garrick 

Robert  Brooks    John   Junior 

Paula   Brooks    Paula   Marr 

Mrs.   Clark    Helena    Collier   Garrick 

■•Buster"    Clark    William   Collier   Jn. 

Diana   Kardly    Dorothy   Unger 

Sing   Foo    John   Arthur 

Wilson   John  Adam 

Lew    West    Tlioiiias   Stuart 

Miss  Underwood   Regina  ConnelU 

TEETH  OP  THE  GIFT  HOR.SE,  THE,  comedy, 
lone  ia>cit,  Margiaret  Oaxueron.— Empire, 
New  York  (Academy  of  Dramatic  Arts 
matinee),   January  12. 

TESS  OF  THE  STOtPuM  COUNTRY",  dramatised 
version,  by  Rupert  Hughes,  of  the  novel 
by  Grace  MiJler  While  Wells.— 'Lyric 
Theatre,   Atlanta,   Ga.,  July  51. 

THAIS,  drama,  in  four  a^cts,  by  Paul  Wilstach, 
bounded  aa.  the  romaiice  by  Aaa>toile 
France,  produced  by  Joseph  M.  Gaites. — 
Court  Square  Theatre,  Siiiringneld,  Mass  , 
February  9;  Criterion,  New  Y'ork,  March 
14. 

Thais    Constance    Collier 

Damiel  Tyrone  Power 

Nioias    Artlmr    Forrest 

Hermedorus  V.  L.  Granville 

Dorion   -4.  B.  Imeson 

OhereaiS  Franklin  Jones 

Arlstobulus    Edmund  Mortimer 

/     Eucrites    Harry    Christie 

/        Oallicrates    Charles    Sievert 

Lucius    W.    C.    Bradley 

Basilides    Frank     Lenord 

Dekon   Frank  Durand 

Theros  Milton  King 

Zenotheinis    Fred   B.    Hanson 

Drose    Cynthia    Fane 

Philina    ^|ary    E.    Forbes 

Helen -May  McCrea 

Phroe   Gladys  Carroll 

Oallista     Nina  Heather 

Euronia      Lucile  Fallon 

Damon   A.  B.  Imeson 

Palemon    Elmer    Grandin 

Flavian    V.    L.    Granville 

Paul      Franklin  Jones 

Adhemes    E'jnier    Grandii 

Cephenes      Sydney   Greenstreet 

Orobyle   Winifred   Kingston 

Myrtale  Maude  Bums 

Firsit  Egyptian  Slave    ..Marion   Alexander 

Second  Egyptian  S'.ave :.Rit-a  Ricardo 

Third   Egyptian  Slave    John  Ennis 

Fourth  Egyptian  Slave  H.  B.  Bogart 

Albina  .Frances  Younge 

The  Inflrmarian  Mary  Shannon 

Maria  Pia Winifred  Kingston 

Jonatha    Maude    Burns 

Rosalia    Mary   E.    Forbes 

Anuelica   Cynthia  Fane 

THINGS  WE  CREATE,  play  by  David  Carb 
(Grace  George,  producer). — Lyric,  Cincin- 
nati,  O.,   JMaroh  9. 

THREE  LIGHTS,  THE,  farcical  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  by  May  Rob=on  and  Charles  T. 
Dazey,  produced  by  L.  S.  Sire.— Troy, 
N.Y^,  September  26;  Bijou,  New  York, 
October   51. 

Granmum    May   Robson 

Jack Jack  Storey 

Betty        Faye   Cusick 

Paul    Paul  Decker 

:\Irs.   Duncan Lotta   Blake 

Mrs.  Hasleni   Edith  Conrad 

Grace   Leonore  Phelps 

Terry   John  Rowe 

Mrs.  Deacon  C.  C.  Gwynne 

Percy    Eddie   Leaman 


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TJ!E  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


Thrte  UghU,  The  {continutd). 

Mr.   Staples   Eugene  Ordway 

Pet«r8    George   Hall 

McMahon      W.   Uuentges 

;Mitza     Eleanor    Flowers 

THliEE  KOMEUS,  THE,  musical  comedy,  book 
and  lyrics  by  K.  H.  Buni.side;  niuj^^ic  by 
llaymoud  llubbtll.  (Fellner  and  Drefut-, 
jiroducers).— National  Theatre,  Wanhinu- 
ton,  b.C,  October  3.— Globe,  New  York, 
November  13- 

Vera   Steinway    Peggy   "Wood 

Daisy   I>can    Shirley   KeUog, 

Peter  Popplcton    Fred   Walton 

Minerva  Poppleton  Minnie  Olton 

Nancy    Mallory    Ethel    Cadman 

Diana   Mallory    Mabella   BaXer 

Gussie  Gibson   Georgia  Calne 

ntus  Bellamy  William  Danlorth 

Dick   Dawson    Alfred  Kappeler 

Jack    Willoughby    Fritz    Williams 

Rose   Bellamy    Vivian    Kusbmore 

Mrs.    Bellamy, Elita    Proctor   Otis 

Timothy   Stubbs    Fred   Lennox 

Bertie    Montague    Edwardo    Alfino 

Willie  Mortimer   II.  P.  W'oodley 

THREE  WEEKS,  play  in  three  acts,  by  Elinor 
Glyn  (produced  by  Corse  Payton),  first 
time  in  New  York,  Grand  Opera  House, 
New    York,    June    12. 

King  of  Sardalia Joseph   W.   Girard 

Sir  Charles    Verdayne   Lee  Sterrett 

Paul   VerdajTie  Claude  Payton 

Captain  Grigsby    ...Williiam   A.   Mortimer 

Dmitry    Charles  Rowan 

Verchoff    Aubrey  Lowell 

Petrovitch    Everett   Murray 

Head    Waiter    Richard    Vanderbilt 

Second  Waiter  Samuel  Moss 

Lady   Verdayne    Elizabeth   Hunt 

Anna    Grace   Fox 

Queen  of   Sardalia   Minna  Phillips 

THUNDERBOLT,  THE,  Sir  Arthur  Wing 
Pinero's  play. — Revived,  Empire,  New 
York,  November  22. 

THY  NEIGHBOUR'S  W'IFE,  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Elmer  Harris,  produced  by  Daniel 
Frohnian,  Grand  Opera  House,  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  September  1;  Lyceum, 
New   York,   September  5. 

John   Robbins   Arthur  Byron 

Gerty  Robbins    Pamela  Gaythorne 

Harry  Miller  Frederick  Tiden 

Alice  Miller   Alice  John 

TO  SERVE  THE  CROSS,  play  by  James  Hal- 
leck  Reid.— Academy  of  aiusic,  Baltimore, 
February  6. 

TRAILING  A  RAINBOW,  play  by  Frederic 
Thompson.— Taylor  Opera  House,  Trenton, 
N.J.,   March  20. 

TRAIL    OF    THE     LONESOME     PINE,     THE, 
founded  on  John  Fox,  jun.'s,    novel    by 
Eugene    Walter    (Klaw    and    Erlanger). — 
Apollo,   Atlantic  Citv,  N.J.,  October  12. 

TRELAWNY  OF  THE  WELLS,  comedy,  in 
four  acts,  by  Art^hur  Wing  Pinero,  re- 
vived by  Charles  Frohman.— Empire,  New 
York,  January  1. — Originally  produced  In 
America,  November  22,  1898,  at  the  Ly- 
ceum. 

Tom  Wrench   Charles  Dalton 

Ferdinand   Gadd    Charles- Millward 

James  Telfer  George  C.  Boniface 

Augustus  Colpoys   William   Sampson 

Rose  Trelawny   Ethel  Barrymore 

Avonia  Bunn    Louise  Drew 

Mrs.  Telfer  <Miss  Violet) Maud  Milton 

Imogen  Parrott  Constance  Collier 

O'Dwyer     James  Kearney 

Mr.  Denzil   Edward  Arnold 

Mr.  Mortimer   Fred  Thomas 

Mr.    Hunston   Herbert   Kaye 

Miss  Brewster   Katherine   Brooke 


Trelaumy  of  the  Well*  (conlinutd). 

Hallkeeper  Albert  Want 

Vice-Chancellor   Sir   W'iUiani   Gower 

Cbarles    Walcot 

Arthur  Gowcr  Eugene  O'Brien 

Clara  de  Foenix   Helen  Freeman 

Miss  Trafalgar  Gower  Anita  Rothe 

Captain  do  Foeni.x    Lawrence   D'Orsay 

Mrs.   Mossop     Lydia   Rachell 

Mr.   Ablett    Harry   Barfoot 

Charle.'s   Arthur  B.   Murray 

Sarah   Alice  Beresford 

TWELVE  POUND  LOOK,  THE,  play,  in  one 
act,  by  J.  M.  Barrie,  produced  by  Charles 
Frohman. ^Empire,  New  York,  February 
13. 

Sir   Harry    Sims    Charles   Dalton 

Lady    Sims    Mrs.    Sam    Sothem 

Kate    Ethel   Barrymore 

Tombes    James    Kearney 

UNCLE  SAM,  farce  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Anne  Caldwell  and  James  O'Dea,  pro- 
duced by  Charles'  Drllin'gham. — Readintg, 
Pa.,  August  28;  Liberty,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 30- 

Col.  Sam  Gunnison  Thomas  A.  Wise 

Robert  H  ud.son   John  Barrymore 

Eithelbert  Anstey   Cyril  Biddulph 

Cavanaugh   John  J.   Scannell 

Gordon  Wright  . ." Emmett  Whitney 

Franz  Von  Tromp   Eugene  Hohenwart 

Marquise  De  St.  Pierre   ...\:ibert  Roccardi 

Otto    Hans    Hansem 

Adolph    Kurt  Werhle 

Burt  Paul  Arnold 

Leopold    George   Clemens 

EJitzi    Von   Tromp    Juliette   Dika 

Amy  Wright  Marjorie  Wood 

"  Pinkde  "     Katharine    Blythe 

Grace  Allfeton  Ida  Darling 

Fran  Vogel   Louise  Muldener 

UNDINE,  idyl  in  one  scwie,  written  and  com- 
posed by  Manuel  Klein. — Winter  Gardens, 
New  York,  November  20. 

The  Lord  of  Rose  Hill  Edward  Cutler 

The  Lady  of  Rose  Hill Doris  Cameron 

Jacqueminot    Dorothy    Scherer 

Ursula    Maidie   Berker 

Atheling    Max    Weily 

A  Court  Jester  Clarence  Harvey 

A    Shepherd    George    Dellett 

Undine    Annette    Kellermann 

VAiNITY  FAIR,  dramatization,  in  seven  scenes, 
of  Thackeray's  novel,  by  Robert  Hiohens 
and  Cosmo  Gordon -Leowiox. — New  Theatre, 
New    York,    January   7. 

Miss  Briggs  Lelia  Repton 

Mrs.  Firkin  Helen  Reimer 

Bowls  John  Sutherland 

Mr.    Pitt  Crawley    Frank    Gillmore 

Sir  Pitt  Crawley  Louis  Calvert 

Captain  Rawdom   Crawley 

Grahame   Browne 

Miss  Rebecca  Sharp   ., Marie  Tempest 

Miss  Crawley   ..Harriet  Otis  Dellenbaugh 

Miss    Amelia    Sedley    Olive    Wyndham 

Lieutenant  George  Osborne 

William    Raymond 

A  Market  Woman  Lewise  Seymour 

The  Earl  of   Southdown..    Stewart   Baird 

Fifine    Carmen   Nesville 

General  Tufto  ...William   McVay 

The  Marquis  of  Steyne Alibert  Bruning 

Mr.   Wenham    Ben  Johnson 

Mrs.  Major  O'Dowd   Rose  Coghlan 

The  Countess  of  Bareacres  Thais  Lawton 
Lady  Jane  Crawley  Elsie  Herndon  Kearus 

The   Countess   of   Gaunt    Gail    Kane 

Mrs.  Winkworth  ..Eleanor  Scott  L'Estelle 
The  Marchioness  of  Steyne  ..Olive  Oliver 
Mr.  Tom  Toady  Edwin  Cushman 


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229 


Vanity  Fair  {continued). 

His  Majesty  George  IV Lee  Bxiker 

The  Vicomt©  de  Truflgny 

Ferdinand    Gottschalik 
Mr.   Moss  Pedro  de  Cordoba 

VICE-KOKPOllATOK,  DEK,  a  farce,  by  Karl 
Frey  and  Julius  Beck.— Irving  Place,  New 
Yorl{.   May  17. 

VERA  VIOLBTTA,  musical  entertainment  in 
two  scenes,  adapted  from  the  German  of 
Leo  Stein  by  Leonard  Liebling  and 
Harold  Attridge.— Winter  Gardens,  New 
York,  November  20.  (Previously  produced 
in  New  Haven.) 
Manager  of  Barton's  Skating  Rink 

Lew  Quinn 

Claude Al.    Jolson 

Margot  Doris  Cameron 

Aristide  de   St.   Cloche 

Van  Rensselaer  Wheeler 

Pierre    Ernest    Hare 

Professor  Otto  von   Gruenberg 

James  B.  Carson 

Mile.    Angelique  Kathleen   CHfford 

Morris  Cohen  Barney  Bernard 

A.    Rounder Billie    Taylor 

La  Duchesse  Florence  Douglas 

Mme.   Von  Gruenberg  "  Vera  Vio- 

letta  "    Jose   QoIiijiB 

Paul   Voison MeTvTTIe  Ems" 

Mme.  Adelle   de  St.  Cioctie 

Mile.  Gaby  Deslys 

Mme.    Elise    Stella   Mayhew 

Andrew  Mason   Harry  Pilcer 

Marquis  de  Tivoli    Clarence  Harvey 

Ninon    Maidie    Berker 

Lulu   Florence  Douglas 

Susanne    Jane    Lawrence 

WALL  STREET  GIRL,  THE,  musical  comedy, 
in  tliree  acts,  book  by  Edgar  Selwyn  and 
Margaret  Mayo;  lyrics  by  Kapgood  Burt, 
music  by  Carl  Hoschna.— Grand  Opera 
House,  Wilkes  Barr,  Pa.,  October  2. 

WARNING.  THE,  play,  by  Arthur  J.  Eddy 
(Shubert's). — Hyperion,  '  New  London, 
Conn-,  October  14- 

WE  CAN'T  BE  AS  BAD  AS  ALL  THAT, 
drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Henry  Arthur 
Jones,  produced  by  The  Authors'  Produc- 
ing Society.— Niazimova,  New  York,  De 
cember  30.'  1910- 

Mrs.  Enctaine  Katharine  Kaelred 

Lady  Oaraforth    Charlotte    Granville 

Violet  Engaine   Frances  Jordan 

Mrs.   Fred   Chinnery    ..Mrs.   Sara   Sothern 

Lady  Katherine:  Greemoip  Kate  Phillips 

■Panmy   Ohirk    Alice   Wilson 

Biirkmore Veda  McEver 

Sir  Ralph  Newell  Nye  Chart 

Lord  Carnforth   Wallace  Erskine 

Fulks   Bissett    Ivo   Dawson 

Topham  Bal-geny  WilMam  Hawtrey 

Toller  Herbert  Budd 

Harry    Stackpool   Edward   Bonfleld 

Marsh   Wil'liiam  L .  Branscombe 

WELL  OF  THE  SAINTS,  THE,  play,  by  G. 
M.  Svnge.— Presented  by  the  Irish 
Players',  Maxine  Elliott  Theatre,  New 
York. 

WHAT  THE  DOCTOR  OiPoDERJED,  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  by  A.  E.  Thomas,  produced 
by  Wagenhals  and  Kemper.— Princess 
Theatre.  'ToroQto,  Oa.n.,  September  11; 
.\stor.  New   York,  September  30. 

John    Carr    Fritz    Williams 

James    Fessendemi    Allan   Pollock 

Dr.    Edson   William  McVay 

Daisy  Carr   Virginia  Hammond 

Mrs.    Samuel  Oarr    Kate  Meek 

Mrs.    Emery    Mable    Bert 

Sally  Fisher Anne  Meredith 

Jenmy    Katherin«   Bayard   Bell 


WHEN  SWEET  SIXTEEN,  song  play,  in  two 
acts,  book  and  lyrics  by  George  V.  Ho- 
bart,  music  by  Victor  Herbert,  produced 
by  the  Everall  and  Wallach  Company.— 
Daly's  New  York,  September   14. 

John  Hammond  Frank  Belchei 

Mrs.   Hammond   Josie  Intropidi 

Victoria  Harriet  Standon 

Jefferson  Todd    William  Norris 

Stanley  Morton  Roy  Purviance 

Zeke  Harry  S.  Fern 

Gertie   Greene   Eva  Williams 

The  Laird  of  Loch  Lomond 

Georgee  Ridgwell 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  Arthur  Lipson 

Eleanor   Bradford    Mabel   Mordaunt 

Mabel    Bradford    Belle    Taylor 

Gridley    R.   M.   DoUiver 

WHIRLWIND.  THE,  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  Henri  Bernstein,  revived  by  Liebler 
and  Co.  (originally  produced  Daly's,  New 
York,  March  23.  1910).^Daly's,  New  Y'ork, 
November    5,   1911. 

Baron  Lebourg  Emmett  Corrigan 

Robert  de  Ohaceroy   Edwin   Arden 

Henri    Lebourg    Charles    Francis 

General  Due  de  Brial  Ben  Greet 

Comte  de  Brechebel  Wilfred  Forster 

Bragelin Sydney  Herbert 

Monsieur   de  la   Viellarde   ..Edgar  Lesrter 

Francois    Percival   Vivian 

Servant  at  Lebourg's  ..Thomas  S.  Louden 

Helene  de  Brechebel  Madame  Simone 

Baroone  Leibourg  Louise  Rial 

Marquise  de  Doullence  Helen  Weathersby 
Madame  de  Tbizieux  Grace  Halsey  Mills 
WIDOW  HIGGINS,  THE,  by  George  Hazleton. 
(Produced  by  May  Robson).— Valentine 
Theatre,  Toledo,.  0.,  January  25. 
WIENER  BLUT,  operetta,  in  three  acts;  book 
and  lyrics  by  Victor  Leon  and  Leo  Stein ; 
music  by  Johann  Strauss. — Irving  Place, 
New    York,   October   18. 

Graf  Balduin  v.  Zedlau Paul  Verheyen 

Gabriele    Crete  Meyer 

Fiirst  Ypsheim-Gindelbach 

Friedrich  Becker 

Kagler   Theodor  Lamberg 

Franziska  Cagliari    Frl.  Georgi-Mahlau 

Graf  Bitowski   Richard  Richter 

Josef   Leopold  Murauer 

Pepi    Vilma    Conti 

Anna    Frl.   Jacobs 

Fiaker    Herr   Home 

Ein   Kellner   Herr  Jaklitsch 

WIFE  DECIDES,  THE,  comedy  drama  in 
three  acts,  by  Thomas  McKean  (produced 
by  Donald  Wallace^  V/eber's,  New  York, 
November   14. 

Frederick   W.  H.   Murdock 

Mrs.   Alfred   Dorian   Frances   Murdock 

Mrs.    Kenneth   Macauley Nina   Herbert 

Druce   McAllister    Severin   De    Deyn 

Alfred  Dorian    John  J.  Kennedy 

Edith  Malcolm   Madge  Tyrone 

Leslie  Griswold   Joseph   Granby 

Janet    Carrie   Lee   Stoyle 

Bradford  Hoyt  Elwood  F.   Bostwick 

Wanda  Edna  May   Hamel 

Lucie    Ferise   Boros 

Sister    Martlie    Caroline    Locke 

Nora    Jane    Wheatly 

WIFE  HUNTERS.  THE,  musical  comedy,  in 
two  acts  and  four  scenes,  with  book  by 
Edgar  Allan  Woolf,  lyrics  by  David 
Kempner;  music  by  Anatol  Friedland  and 
Malvin  Franklin.  Produced  by  Lew  Fields. 
Harmanus  Blecker  Hall.  Albany,  Octo- 
ber 26;  Herald  Square,  New  York, 
November  2. 

Reginald  Ogden  Bruce  John  Park 

Dudley  Stephens  Jo.^eph  RatlifT 

Guernsey    Bruce    George   A.    Schiller 

Count  De  Grampion   Louis  Franklin 


230 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


Wife  Hunttr,  The  (continued). 

Homer  Van  Pelt  Louis  Mcrkle 

Hirara      George   Keefe 

Porter    George  Dowlin« 

Chauncey     Fred  Thorpe 

Phil    Atkin Louis    Simon 

Juanita  De   Laperra   E<lith  Decker 

Henrietta  Lampion  Dorothy  Brenner 

Jliss  Phot  be   Lang   LiUian   Lee 

Belle  Carruthers     Hazel   Kirke 

Mile.   FoUette   Folarie    Frances   Alain 

Mabel  Lang  Madge  Vincent 

Flora    Lang Frances    Nelson 

Premiere  Danseuse   Gladys  Moore 

Mellatte   Veronica  Marques 

Lulu    May    Brennan 

Marie       Harriet    Richmond 

Wilfred  Pago    Olive  Carr 

Egbert  Page   Nora  Cotter 

Mrs.   Homer  Vai  Pelt Emma  Carus 

WILL  0'  TH'  WISP,  musical  play,  by  Walter 
Percival  and  Alfred  G.  Robyn.— Olympic. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  1;  Stridebaker 
Theatre,  Chicago,   May  8. 

WINNING  WIDOW,  THE,  musical  comedy, 
book  by  Frank  Kennedy,  and  music  and 
lyrics  by  Seymour  Furth  and  Will  A. 
He^flan.— Taylor    Opera    House,    Trenton, 

*      N.J.,  September  16. 

WITH  EDGED  TOOLS,  from  Seton  Merriman's 
book.— Princess,  Montreal,  Canada,  Octo- 
ber 16;  Chicago,   October  30. 

WOMAN,  THE,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by 
William  C.  de  Mille,  produced  by  David 
Belasco.— New  National,  Washington, 
April  17;  Republic,  NeTv  York,  September 
19. 

The  Hon.   Jim  Blake  John  W.  Cope 

Tom    Harold    Vosburph 

The  Hon.  Mark  Robertson  — Edwin  Holt 

Grace    Jane   Peyton 

•  The    Hon.    Matthew   Standlish 

Ciuyler    Hastings 
Raljih  Van   Dyke   Carleton  Macy 


fVoman,   The  (continued). 

The  Hon.  Silas  Gregg  Stephen  Fitipatrick 

The  Hon.  Tim  Neiigan William  Holden 

Wamla  Kelly  Mary  Nash 

YOUTH,  translated  from  Max  Ualbe's  Jugend 
by  Herman  Bernstein  (originally  produced 
in  German  in  New  York  at  the  Irving 
Place  Theatre,  December  13,  1S94).— 
Bijou,  New  York,  June  8. 

Father  Paul  Robert  McWade  Sr. 

Anna    .' Louis   Woods 

Amandus     David    Manning 

Gregory H.    H.    McColium 

Hans ..Pell    Trenton 

Marushka    Beatrice    Mable 

YSOBEL,  drama,  by  Armando  liomano  and 
Leopold  Marucsa— Italian  Theatre  Gari- 
baldi, New  York  Citv,  January  13 

YUTTA  SANDEN,  drama,  in  two  acts,  by 
Marguerite  Zol'.ner. — Carnegie,  Lyceum, 
New  York,  April  12. 

Yutta  Sanden  A gatbe  Barsescu 

Werner  Von  Sigburg Mr.  Pittschau 

Adele   Merwitz    Yona   Grahn 

Elizabeth    Madame   Berla 

ZEBRA.  THE,  farce,  in  three  acts,  from  the 
French,  by  Paul  M.  Potter,  produced  by 
Charles  Frohman.— New  Haven,  Cono., 
February  2;  Garrick,  New  York,  February 
13. 
Comodore   Farragut  Lee 

A.  Hamilton  Revelle 
Colonel  George  de  Peyster  ..Richie  Ling 
Lieutenant  Agincourt..  .Lawrence   D'Orsay 

Sludge   Alexander  Clarke 

Profe.ssor  Ferishtah Alfred   Hud-on.   sr. 

Count  de  la  Beuve  '. Reginald  Mason 

Bullincer    Ernest  Cossart 

Milliken     Henry    Hall 

Hicks   John   Harrington 

Bulbul  Adelaide  Nowak 

Ottima    Vera   McCord 

Kiki   .Irene  Fenwick 

Blenda  Wilhelmina  Lewis 


THE  STAGE   YEAR   BOOK 


231 


AMERICAN    OBITUARY. 


FROM    DECEMBER    1,     1910,    TO     END    OF    NOVEMBER      1911. 


Abrams,   Edward,   musician.     Rochester,   N.Y., 

i'ebr.iary  17. 
Ahl,    Ed.,    vaudeville    artist.      Carlisle,    Pa., 

Augusi  if. 
Akanuan,     NVilton,     F.,     cornetist.      Aged    19 

years.     San  Antonio,  Tex.,  June  5. 
Albion,   William  (Baiinerman),  acrobat.     Aged 

54  years.     Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  15. 
Alexander,    Sydney    (Daymond),    actor.     Aged 

63   years.     Jamaica   Plain,    Mass.,    Decem- 
ber 15,   1910. 
Allen,   Frank   (Jenkins),  actor.     Pulaski,  N.Y., 

June  2. 
Allen,    Whiting,    advance    agent.       Aged    56 

years.     Chicago,    111.,   July   27. 
Anderson,  James  P.,  manager.    Aged  74  j^ears. 

Cleveland,  O.,   April  23. 
Angus,    Frank    J.,    vaudeville    artist.      Mason 

City,  la.,  March  4. 
Antrobus,    Henri,    musician.      Milford,    Mass., 

May  20. 
Arden,   Edna.     Philadelphia,  Pa.,   April  29. 
Arnold,     Wilham     H.,     old     time     minstrel. 

Dallas,  Tex.,  February  15. 
Austin,   Chas.    H.,   showman.     Aged   58   years. 

Syracuse,   N.Y.,   February  10. 
Avey,      Harrv,      comedian.       Houston,     Tex., 

March  13. 

Bacon,    Jlillar,    actor.     Aged    38    years.     San 

Francisco,   Cal.,   May   23- 
Bagley,     WilUam     D.,     bellringer.       Aged     80 

years.     Preston   City,   Conn.,   January   28. 
Baker,    Benjamin,   manager.     New   York   City, 

October  24. 
Baldauza,     Belle,     opera    singer.      Wiscasset, 

Me.,  January  18. 
Barrett,  'Joe,   juggler.     Aged  54   years.     Islip, 

L.I.,   X.Y..  January  26. 
Barton,  Harry  C,   actor.    Minneapolis,  Minn., 

June  3. 
Batchelder,  Frederick  W.,  musician.     Aged  72 

years.     Manchester,  N.H.,  October  12. 
Beadle,     Mary,     vaudeville     actress.       Phila- 
delphia, February  8. 
Beatty,    J.    K.,    actor.      Fort    Worth,    Tex., 

November   7. 
Beck,  J.   G.   S.,   bandmaster.     Aged  76  years. 

Philadelphia,  March  25- 
Beebe,     William,     manager.       Chicago,     III., 

March  16. 
Belasco,    Abraham,    father   of    David    Belasco. 

Aged     80     years.       San     Francisco,     Cal., 

April   11. 
Belcher,     Clara,     actress        Aged     23     years. 

Carrollton,   Ga.,   March  23. 
Bell,   George   R.,   actor.     April   28. 
Bell.  Ricardo.  showman.    New  York  Jlarch  12. 
Bellfiw,    Kyrle,    actor.      Aged   56    years.      Salt 

Lake   City,   November  2. 
Belmont,     Charles,    old    time    actor.      Coney 

Island.   N.Y.,   May   16. 
Bennett,    Madeleine    Schiller,    pianisj*.     Aged 

65  years.    New  York  City,  July  3. 


Bernard,  Maggie,  one  time   actress.     Aged  57 

years.     Newark,    N.J.,   November   23. 
Bernstein,  Jellerson  Davis,  manager.     Aged  45 

years.     Baltimore,   August  3. 
Bert,  Frederick  W.,  one  time  manager.     New 

York  City,  May  4. 
BitaU,     Luigi,     musician.       Aged     80     years. 

Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  December  26,  1910. 
Blaisdell,   John    W.,    veteran   actor.     Aged   71 

years.     Chicago,  February  4. 
Blaisdell,  Ralph   W.     Aged  47  years.     Maiden, 

Mass.,  November  4. 
Bley,  WilUam,  musician.     Aged  55  years.    New- 
York  City,  June  16 
Blum,   Edwin.     Harrisburg.  Pa.,  July  2. 
Bois,   August,   agent.     Newark,  N.J.,  January 

12. 
Bolton,    Emma    Augusta,    one    time    actress. 

Aged  56  years.    Fair  Haven,  N.J. ,  Novem- 
ber 21. 
Booth,    Lizzie.      Aged    42    years.      Baltimore, 

Md.,  June  19. 
Botti,  Joseph,  stage  manager.    Aged  39  years. 

New  Orleans,  La.,  February  V2,. 
Bovvers.     Otis,      minstrel.       Aged     52     years. 

Davenport,  la.,  January  10. 
Brackett,      Mrs.      Helen      Hedeia,      burlesque 

actress.     New   York  City,    February   20. 
Bradwell,    Herbert    A.,    showman.      Aged    44 

years.     Brooklyn,   September  3. 
Brandt,    Herman,    violinst.      Aged    68    years. 

New  YorK  City,  December  27,  1910. 
Bree,  Thomas,  old  time   minstrel.     San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  January  9. 
Brenneman,  George,  manager.     Aged  34  vears. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  July  30. 
Brighton,     Albert,     actor.       Grassmere,     S.I., 

N.Y.,  July  11. 
Brookland,     Chas.,     vaudeville     artist.       New 

York  City,   March  6. 
Brooks,   Hamilton.   L.   (Weil),   actor.     Aged  30 

years^  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  July  24. 
Brown,    Earl    Van    Dorn,    manager.      Kansas 

City,    Septembe.    30. 
Brown   G.   Byron   (Bonti),    manager.     Chicago, 

November  14. 
Brown,     Mrs.      Gertrude     Swiggett,     actrcsa. 

New  York,  November  15. 
Brown,    Harry,    property   man.     Chicago,    111., 

October  1. 
Bowne,    Mrs.   Nellie,   actress.     Brooklvn,   X.'i'., 

April. 
Browne,  Wajter,  author.    Aged  56  years.    New 

York    City,    February    9. 
Bugbee,   Chas.    R.,    manager.     Aged   51   J'ears. 

Philadelphia,   November   26. 
Buisley,    August,    circus    performer.      Aged    64 

years.     San  Francisco,  Cal.,  November  19. 
Bunnell,  George  B.,  one  time  manager.     Aged 

76  years.     Green's  Farm,  Conn.,  May  3. 
Burgess,      Bobby,      manager.       Kansas      City, 

November  9. 
Buttling,     William     J.,     manager.       Brooklvn, 

N.Y..   March   12 

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Hyers.  llenry  D.,  actor.     Aged  55  years.    San 
Francisco,  Marcli  31. 

Campbell.     Jack,     adviiiicc     agent.       Aged     .31 

jears.     Faribault,  Minn.,  April  8. 
Campbell,    John    T.,    actor.      Aged    44    years. 

Cedar  Rapids,  T.A.,  April  10. 
Cannon,  James,  S.,  one  time  stage  electrician. 

San   Francisco,   April  3. 
Cardona,  I'eter,  lion  tamer.     Calumet.,  Mich., 

August  1. 
Carncross,  John  L.,  minstrel.      Aged  77  years. 

I'hiladelphia,   November  13. 
Carroll,    Joseph     A.,    one    time    actor.      San 

Francisco,  Cal.,  January  23. 
Carroll,  J.   Ballard,  one  time  manager.     Aged 

,')3  years.     Albany,  X.Y.,  January  9. 
Carsteris,    Fred,    carpenter.      Aged    34    years. 

IMooniinL'ton,  111.,  March  2o. 
Causton,  Dudley,  manager.    Kimouski,  Quebec, 

Sejitenibcr  28. 
Chumbcrlain,    Frank    X.,    magician.      Aged    34 

vears.     Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  18., 
Chambers-Howard,    vocalist.      Aged    38    years. 

New  York  City,  March  15. 
Chappelle,    Patrick    H.,    one    time    showman. 

October  21. 
Chartres,    Joseph,    manager.      Aged    51    years. 

Taunton,    Mass.,    May   7. 
Clavansky,    Frank,    acrobat.      Aged    22    years. 

New  York  City,  March  14. 
ClarRes     Verner,     actor.       New     York     City, 

.Vusrust  11. 
Clark.  Charles  B.,  vaudeville  artist.     Mineola, 

L.I.,   September  25. 
Clark,    James    J.,    manager.     Pittsburg,    Pa., 

June  13. 
CliHord,   Edward   W.,   clarionet   soloist.     Aged 

45  years.  Woonsocket,  K.I.,  September  19. 
Cohan,  Daniel,  treasurer.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June. 
Cohen.  Jacob  R.,  actor.     .\ged  34  years.    Long 

Branch.  N.J.,   -Vpril  28. 
Cole,      Dalline,      vaudeville      actress.       Nome, 

Alaska,   September  30. 
Cole,  Robert,  vaudeville  artist.    Catskill,  N.Y., 

August  2. 
Coleman,    Ethel    M.,    chorus    girl.      Aged    30 

years.     Joplin,  Mo.,  February  24. 
Collier,     Joseph     H.,     old     time     actor     and 

manager.    Aged  64  years.    New  York  City, 

May  3. 
Conners,' Frank,  vaudeville  artist.    Bear  Lake, 

N.Y.,   March  10. 
Connolly,  Sadie,  vaudeville  artist.     Amityville, 

L.I.,  N.Y.,  December  17,  1910. 
Corey,    ^Villiam    M.,    actor.      .\ged    Gl    years. 

-Vdrain.   Mich.,  No\ember  2. 
Cronin,    William,    vaudeville    artist.      Aged    59 

years.     New  York  City,  July  24. 
Crouch,    Percy    S.,    singer.      El    Paso,    Tex., 

October  1. 
Crowley,  John  P.,  vaudeville  artist.    Rosbury, 

Mass.,  October  13. 
Cro.x,  Elvia,  one  time  actress.    New  York  City, 

January  10. 
Curtis,    Owen    B.,    manager.     Aged    40    years. 

Bozeman,  Mont.,  January  25. 

Dallas,  Merwyn  (Ford),  actor.    Aged  87  years. 

New  York  City,  January  23. 
Danz.  F.,  jun..  musician.     Aged  GO  years.     St. 

Paul,  Minn.,  February. 
Darling,  Rose,  chorus  girl.    New  Orleans,  La., 

December  2. 
Darrell,  Jewell,  comedienne.    Los  Angeles,  Cal., 

December,  1910. 
Dashingtan,  Alvin,  one  time  vaude\ille  rrtist. 

.^ged  35  years.  Beaumont,  Tes.,  October. 
Davenport,     Ira    Erastus,    of    the    Davenport 

Bros.     Aged  72  vears.    Mavsville,  Chautau- 
qua Co.,  N.Y.,  July  8. 
Davis.   Thomas  H..   manager.     Aged   52  years. 

White   Plains,   N.Y..   Jime  8 
Deagle.    Mary   B..   vaudeville   artist.     Aged   28 

years.    Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  8. 


Decker,  sen.,  George  W.,  old  time,  showman. 
Albany.  N.Y.,  February  3. 

De  Forrest,  Genevieve  (Josephine  Gerbel), 
singer.    Chicago,  September  3. 

De  Grande,  Giuseppe,  musician.  Aged  71 
years.     New  York  City,   May  21. 

De  Laur,  Maurice,  vaudeville  artist.  New 
York  City,   April  6. 

Denny,  Frank  Dwight,  old  time  actor.  Aged 
70  years.    Spokane,  Wash.,  May  19. 

De  Rialp,  Frank,  singing  teacher.  Aged  71 
years.    Milford,  Pa.,  September. 

De  Vere,  George  F.,  actor.  Aged  75  years. 
Ronkonkoma,  L.L,   December  24,  1910. 

De  Vine,  Florence,  chorus  girl.  Albany,  N.Y., 
July  1. 

Diana,  Peter  F.,  treasurer.  Aged  40  years. 
July  12. 

Dixie,  Henry  F.,  old  time  actor.  Aged  57 
years.     Ithaca.  N.Y.,  February  10. 

Dohm,  J.  Arthur,  treasurer.  Bloomington,  III., 
September  9. 

Dollar,  Heine,  acrobat.  Aged  18  years.  Cham- 
paign, 111.,  July  26. 

Donelson  ("  Peggy  "J.  Margaret  V.,  actress. 
New  York,  May  26. 

Dornan,  Leo,  cornetist.  Aped  25  years.  Stock- 
ton, Cal.,  September  13. 

Drew,  Will  N.,  manager.  .\ged  32  yeare.  New- 
York  City,  April  5. 

Dwyer,  Eddie,  comedian.  New  Y'ork  City, 
June  1. 

Edwards,  Blanche,  chorus  girl.  Chicago,  Soji- 
tember  22. 

Edwards,  Edward  R.  (Smedes),  actor.  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  July  25- 

E^ner,  Chas.  G.,  stage  m.anager.  Aged  38 
yeare.    Kansas  City,  Mo.,  May  8. 

Elliott.  Mrs.  WiUirtni,  daughter  of  David 
Belasco.    Colorado  Springs,  Col.,  June  5. 

Emmett,  Frankie,  actress.  Aged  35  years. 
West  Hoboken,  February  21. 

Emmett,  Mrs.  Kitty,  vaudeville  artist.  New 
Y'ork  City,  July  13. 

EVirren,  George  W.,  manager.     Aged  69  years. 

New  Y'ork  City,  February  3. 
Fawn,-  Loretta,  burlesque  artist.  Aged  24  vear.«. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  May  23. 
Felldinger,  Walter,  musician.     Aged  35  yeais. 

Philadelphia,  February  21. 
Fincegan,   Thomas,   comedian.     Chicago,     111., 

September  29. 
Fleming,  John  B.,  manauer.    September  12. 
Flood,    John     J.,     acrobat.       .\ged     31    years. 

Waterbury,  Conn.,  March  17. 
Florence,  Helen  (Mrs.  Helen  F.  Dixon).     A^ed 

71   years.     East  Denver,  Colo.,   September 

16. 
Ford,    Edna   (E.    F.    De    Sarro),   opera   singer. 

Pittsburg,  Pa..  November  6. 
Fowley,  Frank  (Cunningham).     Boston,  Mass., 

June  22. 
'    Fox,  Arthur,  vaudeville  artist.    Aged  27  yeare. 

Gloversnlle.   N.Y.,  June. 
Fox,   Mns.   Martha  Temple,  one  tinie   actress. 

Brooklyn,  October  10. 
Francis,  John  Oliver,  musician.    Aged  25  years. 

Plainfleld,  Conn.,  June. 
French,    Pvichard    E.,    actor.     Aged    54    years. 

Seattle,  Wash.,  January  20. 
Frink,  Fred  C,  actor.    Aged  42  years.    Kansas 

Oitv,  Mo.,  February  2. 
Fuller,  "Ethel,  actress.    New  York  City,  May  6. 
Fyles,    Franklin,   pla>"wright.     Aged   64   years. 

New  Y'ork  CSty,  July  4. 

Gardner,  Jim,  acrobat.     St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April 

17. 
GiU,   George  E.,   advance   agent.     New    York, 

March  25. 
Gillette,   Garna,   chorus   girl.     Seattle,   Wasrb., 

February  6. 


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Giraudet,    Alfred,   musician.     Aged    75    ye«^rs. 

New  York,  October  17. 
Gloy,  Paula,  actress.    New  York,  November  3. 
Godfrey,  Hal,  comedian.    Chicago,  III.,  Novem- 
ber 11. 
Godley,  James,  veteran  actor.    Cincinnati,  0., 

April  6. 
Gordon,    Helene,    actress.     Long   Beach,    Cal., 

February  5. 
Gossweiler,    Albert,    violinist.      Aged   34   years. 

Orange,   N.J.,   February  3. 
Gottlob,  Joe,  manager.     San  Francisco,   Cal., 

May  19. 
Gould,  Patrick,  J.,  minstrel.  Bridgeport,  Conn., 

August  21. 
Gracie,  Harry,  property  man.     Cincinnati,  0., 

April  6. 
Green,    Henry  F.,   advance   agent.     New   York 

City.    February  16. 
Gregory,    Charles   James,   showman.     Aged   56 

years.    Ottawa;  Can.,  June  25. 
Griffith,    John,    actor.      Aged    49    years.     New 

York,  November  25. 
Grove,   Mrs.   Charles,   actress.     Aged  38  years. 

Chambersburg,   Pa.,   March   26. 
Gulick,  Richard  M.,  manager.     Aged  57  years. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,   August  6. 

Haines,  Nat  (Frazee),  vaudeville  artist.    Aged 

50  years.     New  York  City,  October  16. 
Hampton,    Bonnie    (Bertha    Kees),    vaudeville 

artist.     Aged   20   years.     Cincinnati,   June 

22. 
Harrig,  George  W.,  manager.    Aged  66  years. 

Suffolk,   Va.,   April  5. 
Harrigan,     Edward,     actor     and     playwright. 

Aged  67  years.    New  York  City,  June  6. 
Harris,   Jesse    (Berry),   vaudeville   artist.     Chi- 
cago. November  6. 
Havre,   Lillie   (Mrs.   Senter).   actress.     Aged  21 

yeirs.     Clarinda.  la.,  June  3. 
Hawley,  Frnnk,  manager.  Aged  60  years.    New 

York.  June  19. 
Hayden,    Thomas,    amateur   actor.     Aged    50 

yi?ars.     Brooklyn,  July  7. 
Heckler,    Lillian,    burlesque    actress.      Iiiwood, 

N.Y.,  June  24. 
Hedges,  Lewis,  manaser.    Chicago,  111.,  May  7. 
Hendricks,   Charles   T.,  opera   siliger.     Patton, 

September  1. 
Heuck,  George  \V.,  manager.     Aged  44  years. 

Cincinnati.  November  13. 
Hickey.    William    Henry,    musici.in.      Aged    51 

years.     New  York,   May  20. 
Higgins,     Gregory,     manager.      Guelph,    Ont., 

Alarch  10. 
Hillyer.     Allie,     vaudeville     artist.       Aged     55 

years.     Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  March  25. 
Hilton,  Alice,  actress.    New  York,  February  24. 
Hoffman,  Charles,  one  time  actor.     May  10 
Holland,  George,  clown.    Hoboken,  N.J.,  June 
Holman,  Margaret  (Mrs.  J.  H.  Muller),  actress 

Roanoke,  Va.,  July  18. 
Hosmer.    Alice    (Mrs.    J.    K.    Adams),    actress. 

New   York,   January  12. 
Howard,   Hollie  L.,   musician.     Aged  42  years 

Bellevue.    O.,  May  5. 
Howard,  J.  M.,  Lafayette,  Ind.,  Ausust  14. 
Hudson,    L.    B.      Aged    76    years.    ^Eldn,    111., 

September  16. 
Hudson,  Hazel,  actress.    Atlanta,  Ga.,  May  31. 
Huebner,     Fred.,     old    time     actor.      Seattle, 

Wash.,  May  14. 
Humphrey,  Anna,  actress.    Aged  29  years.     St. 

Louis,  January  19. 
Hutchings,     William     S.,     lecturer.       Aged     79 

years.     Boston,   August  25. 

Irish,  Mrs.  May,  one  time  actress.  Aged  91 
years.     Siasconset,    Mass.,    November   15. 

Irwin,  Frank  J.,  manager.  Aged  55  years. 
Chicago,   July  9. 

Irwin,  Robert,  treasurer.  .\ged  52  years 
Albany,  N.Y.,  September  7. 


Jackson,    A.    E.,    advance    agent.      Trinidad, 

Col.,  Jime  2. 
Jackson,  Clement  E.,  minstrel.     .4ged  30  years. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  3. 
James,  (^renville,  actor.     Aged  39  years.    New 

York  City,   February  13. 
Jansen,  Ben,  comedian.     Aged  29  years.     May 

14. 
Jeanes,    James    acrobat.     Coney    Island,    Cin- 
cinnati O.,  July  12. 
Jefferson,   Charles,   circus  performer.     Aged  58 

years.     New  York  City,  July  12. 
Johnson,    Frank,    comedian.     New   York    City, 

January  10. 
Johnson,  Fred.   A.,  minstrel.     New  York  City, 

November  23. 
Jones,  Harry,  stage  manager.     Aged  33  years. 

Lagonsport,  Ind.,  May  3. 
Jones,     Oscar,     manager.      Winchester,     Ind., 

September  14. 
Joyce,  Jennie,  one  time  vaudeville  artist.    New 

York  City,  March  14. 
Jukes,  James  T.,  showman.     Cheltenham,  Pa., 

August  2. 

Karr,   Harry   M.,    opera   singer.     Easton,    Pa., 

October  8. 
Kelly.  Dan.  minstrel.    Aged  70  years.    Cincirr- 

nati,   October  6. 
Kelly,     Ed.,     vaudeville     agent.       Somerville, 

Mars..   July   26. 
Kennedy,  Josep-h,  treasurer.  Baltimore,  Augu.st 

31. 
Kilpatrick    Washington  I.,  m.anager.    Aged  48 

years.     New  York  City,   March  24. 
King,     Charles,    vaudeville     artist.      Aged    34 

years.     Maspeth,  L.I.,  July  28. 
King,  Earl  S.,  manager.    Aged  57  years.    New 

York.    September   4. 
Kirby,  Maurice  B.,  playwright.    Aged  35  years. 

New  York  City,  March  27. 
Kissell,  Henry,  concert  manager.  Atlanta,  Ga., 

March  7. 
Kittredge,    William,    one    time    actor.    Boston, 

Mass.,   Oct.    19. 
Klein,  Bruno  Oscar,  musician.     Aged  53  years. 

New    York   City,   June  21. 
Koert,    Jan.    musician.      Atlantic    City,    N.J., 

February  2. 
Kramer,     Theodore,     acrobat.       Bristol,     Pa., 

October  IS. 
Kuntz,  Frederick  P.,  cornetist.     Aged  49  years. 

New  Orleans,  La.,  April  5. 

Laing,  Howard  E.,  agent.    Chicago,  March  15. 
Lake,    Emma    (Mrs.    G.    N.    Robinson),-   circus 

performer.     Morris  Plains.  N.J.,  May  11. 
Landin,   Edward   G.,   actor.     St.    Paul,   Minn., 

August  21. 
Langley,    Fred,    actor.     Aged    40    years.     Bay 

City,    Mich.,   March   6. 
Larose,    F.     X.,    musician.      Montreal,    Can., 

March  22. 
Lawson,  George  W.,  one  time  vaudeville  artist. 

Aged  38  years.     Brooklyn,  November  19. 
Leckie,     Malachi,     manager.       Butte,     Mont., 

October  11. 
Lee,    Pearl,   vaudeville    artist.     Toronto,   Can., 

October  21. 
Lefebre,  Edward  A.,  saxophone  soloist.     Aged 

73  years.     Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  February  22. 
Leslie,  Geo.  W.  (Walker),  actor.  Aged  48  years. 

New  York,  .\ugust  15. 
Levin,    Percy    H.,    manager.     Aged    42    years. 

Chicago,  November  3. 
Liberty,    Ida    C.    vaudeville    artist.      Boston, 

Mass.,  April  9. 
Lincoln,  Lillian  (Sophie),  vaudeville  performer. 

Chicago,   111.,   April   19. 
Lind.     Gertrude,     vaudeville     artist.       Denver, 

Col.,   May   15. 
Lingard,  Freda  (Mrs.  J.  Lownes),  actress.    New 

York  City,  March      . 


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Lipman,  Alvah  8.,  actor.  Aged  56  years.    New 

York  City.     April  6. 
Little,   Jack,  property  man.     Mcthuen,   Mass., 

May  26. 
Lively,  Robert  E.,  contortionist.  Aged  35  years. 

Jfay  IS. 
Lloyd,  Lee,  entertainer.     Aged  80  years.    San 

Francisco,  Cal.,  October  2. 
Lonp,  Harry    actor.    St.  Loqie,  Mo.,  December 

29,   1910. 
Lord,  Helen  (Mrs.  Raymond  Hubbell),  one  time 

:u;tress.      Aged   32   years.      HorneJJ,   N.Y., 

January  2. 
Lothanier,   Marion,    electrician.      Cant-on,    O., 

June  1. 
Lovenberg,  Michael,  old-time  showman.     Aged 

86  years.  Providence,  R.I..  March. 
Loverinjr,  Gertrude  A.,  one  time  actress.    Aged 

32  years.     Boston,  Mass.,  June  15. 
Lowell.  James  Gardner,  vaudtviLle  artist.     St. 

Louis,  Mo.,  April  20. 
Lynn.    Augustus,    one    time   oircus   performer. 

Aged  73  years.    Belvldere,  N.J.,  February 


MacFlinn,     Samuel     H.,     old-time     showman. 

Aged  59  yeans.     May  26. 
Mack,   Frank    G.,    manager.      Aged   50   years. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  May  14. 
M.ackley,    John,    vaudevilie     artist.      Aged    61 

years.     Pittsburg,  Kan.,  March  5. 
>Iiagbe,  John  G.,  advance  agent.    Sandusky,  0., 

November  11. 
Magee,  William  J.,  one  time  actor.     Aged  52 

years.    Pittsburg,  November. 
Mahl,    Franz,   composer   of  musiic.    -Aged    59 

years.    New  York  City.  Febroaxv  25. 
Mahoney,   John  F.,  manager.     Aged  33  years. 

Milford,  Mtiss.,  April  19. 
McCale,  Larry  (Ryan),  burlesque  actor.     Blas- 

dell,  N.Y.,  April  IS.- 
McCord.  Lewis,  act^r.   New  York,  February  16. 
Mcl>ouall,    Joseph    L,    manager.      Brooklyn, 

N.Y..  September  4. 
McDo-.vell,    John   B.,   vaudeville    artist.     A.ped 

42  years.    ,Tack«onvil!e.  Fla.,  November  11. 
McGannon,     Terence,    old-time    circus    clown. 

Aged  60  years.    Pittsburg,  Kan.,  March  6. 
McGavisk.   Jame:..  conijKJser.     Aged   29  years. 

Meddletown.  N.Y.,  .\ugust  l."). 
McHugh.  Mrs.  C.   J.   fP.Iantfhe   Schermerhoen). 

Cadillac,  Mich.,  July  31. 
McHugh.  Joseph,  actor.    Aged  44  years.   Phila- 
delphia, December  21,  1010. 
McKeever,  Charles,  vaudeville  actor.     Aged  37 

yearc.    Philadelphia,  August  22. 
MoiHUan,  Ella,  chores  girl.    New  York,  April 

27. 
McCoy,  Frank,  actor.     .Vged  28  yeans.    Brook- 
lyn, N.Y..  May  11. 
Markeson.    Chris,    Dianager.      Lawton,    Okla., 

March  15. 
Markowitz,  David,  manager.    .'Vugust  25. 
Martin,  Ernest  K.,  advance  agent.    New  -York 

City,  April  3. 
Maseha,     Joseph,     cornetist.      Cleveland,     0., 

Jime  20. 
Miay,  Mrs.  Reorgie,  burlesque  artist.    Aged  52 

years.    Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  March  22. 
Maybin,     Mac     (Mflc.^llen).      Aged    26    years. 

Tamna,  Fla.,  August. 
Mayer.  Ella  (Nfrs.  J.  T.  Craven),  actress.   Aged 

59  years.    New  York,  December  9,  1910. 
Mayo,    Deronda   (Mrs.    Green),    actrese.     Aged 

31  yeurs.     February  4. 
Mealey,    Edward,    cornet    soloist.      Aged    71 

years.     Baldvrin,  L.I.,  April  18. 
Metius,   E<i\vard,    musician.      Aged   43    jsears. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  3. 
MigheJs,    Phi'.ip   Verrill,   play-n-right.     Aged   42 

years.    Winnemucoa.  Nev.,  October  12. 


Miller,  Charles  T.  E.,  manager.    Aged  44  yeiars. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  February  9. 
Miller,  Grace  (.Mrs.  Cliarle<5  .McParland),  vaude- 

ville  artist.     8cheiie<;kady,  N.V.,  June  3. 
MUler,  Marcus,  cornet  player.     Aged  49  years. 

Lagan^port,  Ind.,  March  21. 
Miller,  lUiy  C.  (Kollj).  vaudt\'ille  artist.    Aged 

55  years.    Baltimore,  Juiy  3g. 
Miller,   William,   actor.     .\ged  '^it  years.     Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  February  14. 
Minar,  Mina,  vautfcville  artist.    San  Francisco, 

Cal.,  August  9. 
Mitchell,  Fredk.  W.,  manager.    Aged  59  years. 

Biawthorne,  N.Y.,  Majch. 
Montejo,    Ella    (Mrs.    Eleanor    M.    Quigg),    old 

time     opera     singer.       Philadelphia,     Pa., 

March. 
Montgomery,  Harry  ("  Scamp  "),  actor.     Aged 

44  years.     New  Y^ork  City,  July  9. 
Montgomery,     Nellie     (Mrs.     C.     A.     Fischer), 

actress.      Aged    22    years.      Los    Angeles, 

June  8. 
Mora,   Charles   (Bernhardt),   dancer.     Aged   41 

years.    New  York.  March  12. 
Moran,    Ed.    (J.    E.    Marron),   old-time    vaude- 
ville performer.     Aged  49  years.    Pittsburg, 

Pa.,  December  30,  1910. 
Morello,    William,    acrobat.      Aged    55    years. 

New  Y'ork,  November  23. 
Morey,     George    H.,     musician.      Manchester, 

N.H.,  May  18. 
Morgan,    William,    showman.      .4ged   42   years. 

Chicago,  May  31. 
Morris,  J.  B.,  manager.    Aged  52  years.    New 

York  City,  May  26. 
Morrisey,  Thomas  J.,  vaudeville  artist.     Aged 

62  years.    Chicago,  111.,  September  27. 
Mudge,   Henry  Tyler    ("  Hank "    Mudge).   min- 
strel.    Aged  71  years.    New  Y'ork,  January 

11. 
Mullally.  T.  B.  (Barney),  comedian.     Aged  55 

years.     November  7. 
Murphy,  Thomas  V..  musician.    Aged  51  years. 

Philadelphia,  January  9. 
Myers,    Will    H.     manager.      Aged    45    years. 

Philadelphia,  February  7. 

Nankeville,   W.  E.,  one-time  manager.     Pliila- 

delphia,  October  25. 
Nation,  Carrie.     Leavenworth,  Conn.,  June  9. 
Naughton,     Mildred,    actress.      Chambersbury, 

Pa.,  January  4. 
Nelsonia     —      (D.     F.      Haggerty),     juggler. 

Chicago,  September  5. 
Norburg,    Robert,    cornet    player.      East    St. 

Louis,  111.,  July  9. 
Norton,    Mrs.   Isabel  freeman,   actress.     Aged 

73  years.    New  York  City,  July  0. 

O'Malley,    Charles    G.,    baritone.      Baltimore, 

Md.,   January. 
Osborne,     Genevieve     (Mrs.     Harry     Bradley), 

actress,    bl.  Albans,  Vt.,  November  1. 
Osgood,  Mrs.  E.  Aline  (E.  M.  Dexter),  singer. 

Philadelphia,  November  8. 

Palmer,  Joseph  (Gutman),  actor.  Aged  49 
years.     Brooklyn,   N.Y.,   March   19. 

Parker,  Tony  (J.  B.  -■Vgler),  clown.  Aged  87 
years.    Wenfield,  Kan.,  July  3. 

Patron,  J.  Joseph,  one  time  minstrel.  Aged 
65  years.     Killingly,  Con.,  November  26. 

Patterson,  .\lbert  D.,  burlesque  actor.  Aged 
38  years.    New  York  City,  April  13. 

Perry,  Thomas  R.,  treasurer.  Toledo,  O.,  May 
28. 

Phillips,  Edward  P.,  advance  agent,  Lancaster, 
N.H.,  March  12. 

Phipps,  Harry  W.,  actor.  Aged  50  years.  Chi- 
cago, September  14. 

Pinner,  Simon  Leo,  violinist.  Aged  34  years. 
New  York,  May  12. 


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Pitkin,  H.  Everett,  manager.  Kankakee,  111., 
January  20. 

Pope,  Edwin  Benedict,  playwright.  Shrews- 
bury Park,  Mo.,  May  7. 

Rafter,  Adele,  singer  and  actress.    New  York- 
City,  January  30. 
Rapier,  Grace.    Greenville,  Texas,  June  19. 
Rascoe,   Sam.   J.,   comedian.      Syracuse,   N.Y., 

April  8. 
Raymond,    Lillian    (Dolfingcr),    actress.     Aged 

25  years.  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  16. 
Reed,    Bobby,    clown    and    concert    performer. 

Paterson,  N.J.,  September  18. 
Reignolds,    Kate    (Mrs.    Erving   Winslow),   one 
'  time    actress).     Aged   75    years.     Concord, 

Mass.,   July  11. 
Rhoden,  Mrs.  John,  vaudeville  artist.     Cincin- 
nati, May  31. 
Ringling,  Otto,  circus  owner.     Aged  52  years. 

New  York,  March  31. 
Rietzel,    John    E.,    musician.     Aged    59    years. 

New   York,   October  9. 
Roach,  Otto  W.,  actor.    Aged  41  years.    Belle- 

fontaine,   0.,   July   17. 
Roberts,    E.    R.,    manager.     Knoxville,    Tenn., 

June  5. 
Robinson,     John    F.,     manager.       Waterbury, 

Conn.,    December   3. 
Robinson,  Joseph  \V.,  musician.  Aged  45  years. 

Evansville,   Ind.,  July  16. 
Robinson,    W.    G.,    manager.     Aged    78   j'cars. 

Akron,  0.,  July  2. 
Rodney,  Bert,  actor.    October  28. 
Rogers,  William  T.,  composer.     Aged  81  years. 

Chardon,  O.,  June  2. 
Ross,    Wayne,    actor.      Rouleau,    Sask.,    Can., 

May  25. 
Rowan,    Charles,    actor.     New    York,    Septem- 
ber 16. 
Runkel,    Mrs.    Morris.     Aged    50    years.     New 

York  City,  September  18. 
Russell,    Marie    Booth    (Mrs.    R.    B.    Mantell), 

actress.    Atlantic  Highlands,  N.J.,  October 

31.  •    • 

Ryan,    William,    vaudeville    artist.      Aged    52 

years.     Buffalo,  N.Y.,  September  10. 

St.  Clair,  Minnie,  vaudeville  artist.    W\ishing- 

ton,  D.-C.,  October  16. 
Saunders,    Westropp,    manager.     Philadelphia, 

Pa.,   November   29. 
Saywell,    Harry,    treasurer.      Aged    33    years.  ' 

September  3. 
Schloerrjann,   Edward,   opera   singer.     Aged    55 

years.     White  Plains,  N.Y.,  September  15. 
Schnatter,    Adam,    musician.     Aged    75    years. 

Lyons,   N.Y.,    August   6. 
Schultz,   Pete,   circus    artist.     Aged    31   years. 

Troup,  Tex.,  November  15. 
Schweitzer,  Henry  F.,  musician.  Aged  59  years. 

Louisville,   Ky.,   February   16. 
Shadle,  Frank,  showman,  Boston,  Mass.,  June 

19. 
Shapiro,    Maurice,    music    publisher.     Aged    38 

years.  New  York  City,  June  1. 
Shedman,  \V.  S.,  circus  artist.  April 
Shewell,       Emma,       actress.         Philadelphia, 

August    16. 
Short,   Patrick,   manager.   Aged  62  years.     St. 

Louis,    Mo.,    May    19. 
Sidney,  Nadine.    New  York  City,  April  30. 
Simmons,    Lewis,    minstrel.        Aged    70    years. 

Reading,   Pa.,   September  2. 
Sission,    George,   actor.     Aged  60   years. '  New 

Orleans,  La.,  June  30. 
Smith,  Harry,  vaudeville  artist.    Denver,  Col., 

March  2. 
Stack,    Jack,    acrobat.     Aged    40    years.     San 

Nateo,  Cal.,  October  23. 
Staley,  WiUiam  A.,  orchestra  conductor.    Aged 

39  years.    Pittsburg,  Pa.,  March. 


Stanley,  Henry  C,  one  time  manager.    Aged  48 

years.    Philadelphia,  September  11. 
Starin,    Myndcrt,    manager    of    Glen    Island. 

Aged  63  years.    May  2. 
Stefcon,  Blanche,  vaudevUIo  artist).   El  Verano, 

Cal.,  October  23. 
Stewart,  Mrs.  Ida,  one  time  vaudeville  artist. 

Aged  26  years.    Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1910. 
Stewart,  Mrs.  Mary,  equestrienne.    Bridgeport, 

Conn.,   May   17. 
Stinson,    Charles,    one    time    vaudeville    actor, 

Pittsburg,   October  4. 
Stock,   John   A.,   old-time   magician.     Aged  83 

years.     Cincinnati,  O.,  February  7. 
Stoddart,   Mrs.   George   W.,   one   time   actress. 

Aged  79  years.     New  York  City,   April  29. 
Stough,  Sim.,  billposter.     Aged  23  years.     Jop- 

lin,   Mo.,   April  20. 
Strom,    John    R.,    actor.      Le    Grand,    Iowa 

June,  ' 

Strong,  David  A.,  scenic  artist.    Chicago,  HI 

February  5. 
Sutherland,   Albert,  manager.     Aged  50  years 

New  York  City,  February  21. 
Sutherland,       Julia       Bennett       (Mrs.       Louis 

Macphie),    actress.      New    Harmony,    Ind. 

May  6 
Swift,  Lionel  J.,   actor.     Aged  32  years.     New 

York  City,  July  19. 

Tait,    W.    Morrow,    vaudeville    artist.      Harris- 
burg,  Pa.,  July  17. 

Tansy,    Patrick,    playwright.     Aged    48    years. 
wew  York,  October^S. 

Taylor,    D)aryl,    vaudevMle    artJist.       Aged    2/ 
years.     New  York  Gity,  May  8. 

ihomas,      Erwin,      dancer.      Cincinnati       O 
July  27.  ■' 

Thompson,    Denman,    actor.      Aged    77    years 
West  Swanzey,   N.H.,   April  14 

Thorne,  John  T.   (Thornton),  vaudeville  artist. 
Aged  55  years.     Marquette,  Wis.,  May  19. 

Tornberg,  Samuel,  actor.    Aged  38  years.    New 
York  City,   October  5. 

Tracey,    Thomas,    of    Ringling    Bros.'    Circus. 
Utica,  N.Y.    July  25. 

Transfleld,     Thomas,     circus     manager.       New 
York   City,   February   7. 

Tristram,    Alice,    singer.     New    York,    Novem- 
ber 26. 

Turner,   George  H.,  old  time  burlesque  actor. 
Chicago,  111.,  October  1. 

Vaidis,    Lizzie    (Mrs.    Harry    Allen),    one    time 

vaudeville  artist.    New  York,  June  6 
V  allaiere,   Louis,   treasurer.     April  4 
Van   Dusen,   Herbert,   vaudeville   artist.      \<yed 

25  year.i     Zanesville,  O.,  January  16       ° 
Vaughan,    Mrs.    Olea    Bull,    actress.      Aged    40 

years:    West  Lebanon,  Me.,  July  18 
vaunt,      Jacob,      mu.sician.       Genesco,      Kan 

April  12. 
Vernon,  Oarl  (Tibbetts),  actor.    Aged  40  years 

Augusta,  Me.,  July  24. 
Vernon,  Ch.irles  S.  (Spenner),  aerial  performer. 
.  Aged  47  years.    Baltimore,  July  1. 

Walker,    George,    negro    comedian.      Aped   38 
years.     Long  Island,  N.Y.,  Jatffiary  6. 

Waller,  John  E.,  vaudeville  artist.     Brooklyn 
N.Y.,  April  10.  , 

Wand,  Daniel  J.,    one  time   actor.      Aged    65 
years.     Worcester,  Mass.,  February  26 

Warren,  J.  C.  (Bre.5naham),  circus  artist.    Aged 
27  years.     .Manchester,  N.H.,  April  7. 

Watkins,    Grant,    showman.      Melrose,    N  M 
June  20. 

Watson,  Frederick,  actor.    New  York,  Septem- 
ber 16. 

Webster,    Charles    R.,  actor.      Aged  62  years. 
New  York  Oity,  January  1. 

Wendell,  junr.,  Joseph,  actor.     Aged  42  yeans. 
New  York  City,  April  22. 


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w^.'>t.  C9Mrlea,  TMideTlUe  artist.  CSilcago,  Hay 

■j-'i. 
\s !:' '  ior,  Dave,  H.,  advance  agent  atid  man- 
ii.n'T.    Ag«l  49  jears.    Coney  Isktnd,  X.Y., 

ApLfU    1-. 

\A'hitt.ni:rt<>n     Ida,  opera    singer.      New   York 
<    ■■      ^'    V  26. 

C.  (O'Connell),  vaudeville  artlet. 

\S:.jiii^ui,  J.,  agent.    Aged  73  years.    Cbioago, 

June  4. 
'WiVev,   William  J.,    manager.    Aged  56  years. 

Fall  River,  Ma-«.,  March  13. 
Wilkes,    P.iul   Tapper,   one  time    actor.     Xew 

York  City,  October  SI. 
Willnrd,     Charles     (Gates),     actor.      Chicago, 

Kttiruary  27. 
WiKiama,    Mrs.    Barney    (Flaherty),    old-time 

actress.     Aged  85  veara.     New  York  City, 

May  6. 
Williams,  John  C,  burlesque  actor.     Aged  41 

jears.     Philadelphia,  August  14. 


WilUams,  Helen.    Cbic&go,  July  8. 

Wilson,  John,  circus  performer.  Aged  65  year*. 
Sask.,  Canaoa,  July  25. 

Wise    Frank,  actor.    Staten  Island,  July  24. 

Withington,  George  Ro^co,  musician.  Aged  63 
ytars      Milford,  Maes. 

Wood,  H.  W.  manager.  Sedalia,  Mo.,  Febru- 
ary 7. 

Wood,  Oscar,  playwright.  Aged  60  years.  Port 
Chester,  N.Y.,  July  6. 

Worthing,  Frank,  actor.  Detroit,  Mich.,  De- 
cember 27,  1910. 

Wrenn,  Bessie,  vaudevil'e  artist.  Aged  35 
years.    Dallas,  Tex.,  January  4. 

Wright,  Chailes.  Aged  40  years.  New  York, 
September  12. 

Wurzner,  Maximillian,  vaudeville  artist,  ".^ged 
49  years.    Chicago,  February  5. 


Young,  George  S.,  actor.    Aged  31  years.  Jack- 
.son,  Tenn.,  November  4. 


FIRES    IN    AMERICAN    THEATRES 

BETWEEN    DECEMBER    1,     1910,    AND     NOVEMBER    30,    1911. 


1910. 
December  4. — Family  Theatre,  Lafayette.  Much 

damaged. 
December  6.— Grand  Opera  House,  Marion,  0. 

De.-troyed. 
December    25.— Tara    Hall    (Nickel    Theatre), 

Quebec,  Can.     Destroyed. 

1911. 
January    29.— Opera    House,    Rensselair    Falls. 

Destroyed. 
February  18. — Laurence  Theatre,  New  London, 

Conn.     Damaged. 
February    18. — Bowersock    Opera    House,    Lau- 
rence, Kan.     Destroyed. 
March   14. — Kritcher  Opera  House,  Fort  Plain,    i 

N.Y'.     Destroyed.  i 

March   14.— Green's  Opera  House,  Tallula,  111. 

Destroyed. 
Marcli    14.-  Pole's   Bijou   Dream.    New    HaNen. 

Conn.    Destroyed, 
reh      18.— Folly,      Paterson,      N.J.       Badly 

damaged. 


March  18.— Star  (picture  theatre).  New  Straits- 
ville,  O.    Destroyed. 

March  19.— Auditorium,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Destroyed. 

March  23. — Athenteum  Roof  Garden,  Savannah, 
Ga.    Destroyed. 

March  26. — Kidd,  Princeton,  Ind.    Destroyed. 

April  3. — Majestic,   Maricopa,  Co\.     Destroyed. 

April  20.— Academy  of  Music,  Lynchburg.  Va. 
Destroyed. 

May  7.— Adelphi,  Philadelphia.     Damaged. 

May  9.— Lyric,  Wilmington,  Del.    Destroyed. 

June  3. — Bijou,  Memphis,  Tenn.    Destroyed. 

June  30.— .Athenaeum,  Brooklyn.     Destroyed. 

July  20.— New  Theatre,  Cohoes,  N.Y.  De- 
stroyed. 

.August  12. — Rustic  Theatre,  Forest  Lake  Pal- 
mer,   .Mass.     Destroyed. 

August  15.— Opera  House,  Jellico,  Tenn. 
Destroyed. 

November  29. — Exchange  Opera  House,  Temple. 
Destroyed. 


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THE    PARIS    STAGE. 


PRINCIPAL     PLA.Y3     AN'D     REVIVALS     OP     THE    YEAR    1911. 


ABBE  CONSTANTIN,  L',  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  adapted  by  Hector  Cremieux  and 
Pierre  Decourcelle  from  the  novel  of  the 
same  name  by  Ludovic  Halevy — Porte 
Saint-Martin,  May  26   (revival). 

ABIMK,  L',  spectacular  mimo-dramia,  in.  four 
tableaux,  by  M.  Leon  Xaurot,  with  music 
by  JJaggiar — Casino  de  Paris. 

ACCoEl)  PAKt'AiX,  L',  comedy,  in  one  act, 
by  Tristan  Bernard  and  Michel  Corday— 
I'eiiiiua   lutaire,  iNovember  25. 

A  CIKL  UUVliiKT,  spectacular  revue,  in  two 
acts  and  eigateen  labitau.x,  by  Henri  K6roul 
and  Valentin  i'arault,  with  new  music  by 
M.  Monieu-x-Brisac— Scala,  May  20  (re- 
vival). 

AIME  t»±;S  FEMMES,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Maurice  Henuequm  and  tieorges  Mit- 
chell—Palais Koyal,  May  2;  revived 
Palais  Koyal,  September  25. 

A  LA  AOUVELLE,  drama,  in  five  acts  and 
seven  tableaux,  by  Jacques  Uhurs— Ambigu, 
April   13. 

AMOUK  UjiFENHU,  L',  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Pierre   Vvolu — Uymnase,  November  7. 

AMUiJK  EN  CAGE,  L',  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  MM.  A.  de  Lorde,  Eunck-Breutano,  and 
J.  Marsele,  with  incidental  music  by  M.  E. 
Bonuamy — Athenee,  November  23. 

AMUUtC  t.is  MAiNLhU\  RES,  L',  vaudeville,  in 
three  acts,  b^  M.  Mou4zy-Eon — Palais 
Royal,  March  it. 

A.MOtiit  iZiUANE,  L',  operette,  in  three  acts, 
by  Eranz  LeUar — Vaudeville,  June  23. 

ANNA  K.AKEN1NE — Tu6atre  National  Ambu- 
lant, on  tUe  Place  des  Invalides,  July  7. 

ANCj!.iRE,  L',  lyric  drama,  in  three  acts,  by 
Ange  de  Lassus,  with  music  by  Camilla 
Samt-Saeus — Upera-Comique,  January  23. 

A  PLElN  CIEUR,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Mme.  Michel  Carre — Com6die  Royale,  April 
22. 

APRES  MOI,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Henry 
Bernstein — Com6aie  Fraugaise,  February  20. 

APOi'RE,  L',  a  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  M. 
Paul   Hyacinthe-Eoyson — Od6on,   May  3. 

ARTICLES  E>E  PARIS,  by  MM.  Claude  Girel 
and  Enzog — Theatre  Michel,  October  20. 

AU  PAVS  UV  MANNtyElN-PlS,  Belgian  farce, 
in  three  acts,  by  Pitje  PoceJeyntje — D6ja- 
zet,  June  11. 

AUX  JARDINS  DE  MUROIE,  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  in  pro^e,  adupicd  by  MM.  Carlos 
de  Rattle  and  Antouin  Lavergne  from  the 
Spanish  of  the  late  Jos6  Feliny  Godina,  who 
died  at  2(5  years  of  age — Od^on,  Novem- 
ber 25. 

AVEC  LE  SOURIRE,  a  revue,  by  R.  Dieu- 
donn6  and  C.  A.  Carpentier--Capucines, 
February  13. 

BARON  DE  BATZ,  LE,  drama,  in  four  acts 
and  six  tableaux,  by  M.  J.  J.  Frappa— 
Bouffes-Parisieps,  September  5. 


BEAU  MARIAGE, -UN,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Sacha  Guitry — Renaissance,  October  17. 

BERCEUSES,  LES,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
MM.  Pierre  Veber  and  Michel  Provins — 
Theatre-iiichel,  November  8. 

BERENICE,  a  tragedy,  in  music,  by  Alb6rie 
Magnard— Grand  Op^ra,  December  15. 

BLEUS  DE  L'AMOUR,  LES,  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Roniain  Coolus — Athen^e,  May  20. 

BOCCACE  (revival),  comic  opera,  in  three  acts, 
by  Chivot  and  Durn,  with  music  by  Franz 
de  Supp6— Theatre  du  Chateau  d'Eau, 
November  IS. 

BONHEUR,  LE,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  oy 
Albert  Guinon — Theatre-Antoine,  Novem- 
ber 3. 

BONICHE,  LA,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Henri  Moreau  and  Marc  Sonal — Cluny, 
April    5 ;    revived,    September    1. 

BONNE  INi'ENTlON,  LA  (revivaJ),  a  comedy 
m  two  acts,  by  Francis  de  Croisset — 
Th6atre-Micliel,  October  2U. 

BON  PETIT  DIABLE,  UN,  a  faerie  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  in  verse,  by  Rosemoiide  Gerard 
and  Maurice  Rostand— Gymnase,  Decem- 
ber 22. 

BREBIS  PERDUE,  LA,  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  i\l.  Gabriel  Trarieux — Coniedie  Frangaise, 
November  20. 

BPuUNiB  OU  LA  BiLONJ)E,  LA,  operetta,  in 
itwo  aots,  by  M.  Georges  Rose,  music  by 
M.    Wiilliiam-Miarie — ^Grevin,    August  20- 

CADET  DE  COUTRAS,  LE,  comedy,  in  five 
acts,  by  MM.  Abel  Hermant  and  Yves 
Miramle — ^V  audeviue,    I'eDrumy    i/. 

OANARiD  JAUNE,  LE,  a  vaudeville,  in  three 
laotSi,  toy  Oliaud©  Iloland— Cliiny,  Septem- 
ber 29. 

CASCADjCi,  LA,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by  Pierre 
Veber — Theatre-Michel,  November  6. 

CE  CHER  MARQUIS,  a  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  MM.  Eddy  Leois  and  B.  Dangenues— 
Theatre  Michel,  December  2. 

CELIMARE  LE  BIEN-AIME,  comedy,  in 
three  acts,  by  Mm.  Lubiciie  and  Deiaeoun — 
Grevin,   August  23   (revival). 

CHAGRIN  DANS  LE  PALAIS  DE  HAN, 
Chinese  drama,  by  Ma-Tclieu-Yen,  adapted 
by  Louis  Saloy — Theatre  des  Arts,  June  9. 

CHER  MAITRE,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 
Fernand  Winderem — Com6die  Frangaise, 
June  7. 

CCEUR  DE  FLORIA,  LE,  ballet,  in  two  acta, 
by  Mme.  Mariquita  and  Andr6  de  Lorde, 
wlith  music  by  Georges  Menier — Gait6- 
Lyrique,   May  8. 

COMBINAISON  TURQUIN,  LA,  a  comedy,  in 
one  act,  by  MM.  Marcet  Guihemand  and 
Pierre    Montrel — Capucines,    February     13. 

COMTE  DE  LUXEMBOURG,  LE,  operette,  in 
three  acts,  by  MM.  Wilmer  and  Bodansky, 
with  music  by  Franz  Leh..r — Vaudeville, 
June   4. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR   BOOK: 


CX>NTES     D'HOFFMANN,     LBB     (revival),      a 

comic  opera  in  five  acU,  libretto  b;  MM. 
Juivf    Jlarijitr    juid    Michel    CUrrt-,    with 

iLUsic      bv      Otlvubuch — Upura       Comique, 

November    IS. 
COUK    U'A.MOUR.    LE,    comedy   in    verse,    In 

ouo    act,    by    P.    de    Puyfontaine— Od^on, 

.March   3. 
tx»l  1'   i»l:   UKRGER,  LE,  vaudeville  in  three 

acU,  by  Ale.xaiidre  Bissoa  and  Marc  Sonal 

— I'alaia    Royal,   July    29. 

It.VME  DE  MONSOREAU,  LA,  drama,  in 
Uvo  acts  and  eleven  tableaux,  by 
Ali'xanilre  Duuias  and  Auguste  Maquet— 
biiriUi-Binihardt,  March  15  (revival); 
again  rfvi\cU  on   Sipii-mber  11. 

•DAME  DE  MONSOREAU,  LA,  drama,  in 
four  acts,  by  Alexandre  Dumas  and 
Auguste  MaQuet^^araJi-Bernhardt,  Sep- 
tember  11    (revival). 

DAVID  COPPEKFIELD,  a  play,  in  five  acta, 
adapted  by  May  Maurey  from  Dickens'' 
novel  of  liie  iauie  name — OUeon,  Novem- 
ber 8. 

DEJANIRE,  a  lyric  tragedy,  in  four  act«,  by 
Camihe  Saini-Saens,  tlie  poem  by  Louis 
Uallet — Grand    Opera,    November     22. 

DE.MAIN,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  MM. 
Pataud  and  Olivier  Garin — ^Molifere,  May 
19. 

DENISE,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Alexandre 
Dumas — Comedie  Franjaise,  July  20  (revi- 
val). 

DEPUTE  DE  BOMBIGNAC,  LE,  comedy,  in 
three  acte,  by  Alexandre  Bisson — Com6die 
Kranvalse,    August   5   (revival). 

DIVORCEE,  LA,  an  operette,  in  three  acts, 
by  Victor  Leon,  with  rauMc  by  L6o  Fall 
— Apollo,  February  13. 

ECOLE  DES  MENACES,  L',  (revival),  a 
tragedy  in  five  acts,  by  Honors  de  Balzac 
— Odeon,  November  9. 

ELLE,  LA,  LbOURlRE!  revue,  in  two  acts 
and  tvvelve  tableaux,  by  M.  Wilned,  with 
music,  arranged  by  H.  Jose — Cigale, 
September  15. 

ELSEN,  lyric  drama,  in  four  acts  and  five 
tableaux,  by  Jean  Ferval,  with  music  by 
Adalbert    Meroder— Gaite'Lyrique,     Majch 

EN    DDICEUR!  a  revue,  in  two  acts,  by  M. 

Ungues      Delorme  —  Capucines     Theatre, 

I)iit'niber  20. 
ENFANT    DE    L'AMGUR,    L'.    a    drama.    In 

four  act.^,.  by   Henry  BataiUe— Porte-Salnt- 

Martin,  February  27. 
ETKI{Ni.L  .MAJtl,   i/,   a  drama,  in  four  acts, 

afhij.ted  by  .M.M.  Savoir  and  Nozifere,  from 

the  Kusiiian  novel  of  Dostoievsky— Th^atre- 

Antoine.   December  8. 
ET  MA   S(EUR,   vaudeville,   in  three  acts,  by 

Benjamin    Rabier    Nouveaut6*,    March   23. 

FAMILLE  BENOITON,  LA,  comedy,  in  five 
itets  by  Victorien  Sardou— Vaudeville, 
January    13  (revival). 

F.VIKS  DM  EKE  OU  LES  TALENTS 
L\RIQUES,  ballet,  by  J.  P.  Rameau— 
Ihuatre  des  Arte,  June  9. 

F.WoitlTES,    LES,    a   comedy,    in   four    acts 

r,,-..'i.J^^l!^^  Capus— Vari^tds,  November  29. 

FLMME  DINTRIGUES,  LA.  a  comedy,  in  five 

„„ww**'  ^^  '^^-  Rancourt— Od6on,   February  2. 

fEMME  ET  LES  PANTINS.  LA.  a  comedy,  in 
one  act,  by  Pierre  Veber— Michel, 
February  2. 

TE.MME  NUE,  LA  (revival),  a  comedy,  in  four 
,  acts,  by  Henry  Bataille— Porte-Saint- 
Martin,  October  6. 

FIANCEE  DU  MAJOR,  LA,  vaudeville,  in 
three  acts,  by  Ernest  Pont  ajid  Marc  Leo 
— Oluny,  June  L 


FIL  A  LA  PATTE,  UN,  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
by    Georges    Feydeau— Antoine,    May    lu 

(revival). 

FL.\.\liJi!.fc,  L.\,  a  drama,  in  three  acts,  by 
Henry  Kistemaeckers  —  Porte-St.-Martiu, 
December  6. 

FORET  ENOHANTEE,  LA,  divertissement, 
by  R.  Drigo,  by  the  Russian  troupe  per- 
forming at  the  Sarah-Iienihardt.    .\l:iy   20. 

FRERES  KARAMAYON,  LES,  drama,  in  five 
acts,  adapted  by  MM.  Copeau  and  Fron6, 
from  the  Ru-=«ian  novel  by  Doat-oiewski— 
Des    Arts,   April  6. 

FUEKES  L.\.Miii^KlIER,  LES,  a  drama,  rn 
three  acts,  by  MM.  Charles  Hell  and 
Auguste  Villeroy— Odeon,  December  16. 

GAMINE,  LA,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  PiTre 

Veber  and   Henry  de  Gorsse — Renaissance, 

March  24. 
GENDAKME  EST     SANS  PITIE,  LE,  conied\, 

in  one  act,  by  MM.  Courteline  and  Nor^t — 

Com(5die    Royale,   January  24. 
GOUT   DU   VICE,   LE,   comedy,    in   four  acts, 

in     prose,     by     Henri     Lavedan — Comedie 

Fran?aise,    April   10. 
GWENDOLINE,     opera,    in     three    acts,    by 

Catulle  Mendfes,  with  musdc  by  Emmanuel 

Chabrier — Grand    Opera,    May    2. 

HEDDA  GABLER,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Ibsen  ,with  French  translation  by  Count 
Prozor— F6mina,   January   9   (revival). 

HEURE  ESPAUNOLE,  L',  musical  comedy,  in 
one  act,  by  Franc-Nohain  and  Maurice 
Ravel— Op6ra  Comique,  May  19. 

INCIDENT  DU  V  AVRIL,  L",  comedy,  in  one 

act,  by  Tristan  Beiaiard— Ath^nee,  May  20. 
IL-Y-A  UNE   SUITE,  comedy,  in  one   act,   by 

Lucien    Mayragne,   Comedie  Royale,    lanu 

ary  24. 
INQUIETE,   L',    comedy,   in   four  acts,   by   M. 

Jean  Pucliard— Od6on,  January  21. 
IVAN    LE    TERRIBLE,    an    opera,    in    three 

acts,    by   R-aoul   GuiLsbourg— Gaii^-Lyrique, 

October  31. 

JOUEUR,  LE,  comedy,  in  five  acts,  by  Reg 
nard— ^om^die  Franjaise,  March  3  (revi- 
val). 

JOUR  DE  FETE,  comedy,  in  one  act.  by 
Gabriel   Faure— Comedie  Frangaise,  July  5. 

JUDAS,  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Achille 
Richard— Antoine,   April  13. 

JUGEMENT  UNIVERSEL,  LE,  lyric  poem,  by 
Lorenza  Persoi— Trocadero,  April  27. 

KONIOK-GORBOrXOK,  Russian  baUct,  by 
Pugni— Sarah-Bernhardt,  May  26. 

LA  FILLE,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  MM.  Felix 
Duquesnel  and  Andrd  Barde — Vaudeville. 
October  10. 

LEGION  ETRANGERJi;,  I/A,  drama,  fn  five 
acts  an'd  seven  t;ibi!eaux,  by  ,\I.  M.  Jean 
ia  Rjode  and  AJ6vy;  (revival)- Amtoigu, 
.AAigust   26. 

LEGION  ETRANGERE,  LA,  drama  in  five 
acts  and  seven  tableaux,  by  Jean  le  Rode 
and  Alcoy— July  6. 

LEONE  ES'   EN  aVANCE,  comedy. in  one  a 
by     Georges     Feydean  —  Com6die-Royale. 
December  8. 

LUCRECE  BORGIA  (revival),  a  drama  in  four 
acts,  by  Victor  Hugo,  originally  produced 
at  the  Porte-Saint-Martin,  in  1833— Sarah- 
Bernhardt    Theatre,    November    23. 

LUMIERE,  LA,  drama  in  four  acts  by  Georges 
Duhamel — Od^on,   April  8. 

MADAME  COLIBRI,  comedy,  in  four  acts, 
by  Henry  Bataille— Athen6e,  March  25 
(revival). 


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MADAME  FAVART  (revival),  an  operette,  in 
three    acts,     Dy    MM.     Alfred    i>uru    and 
ilenri    Chivoli,  '  with     njiisic    by    Jacquea 
OU'enbach— Apollo,    October    18. 
MAUAMK     L'AMIKALE,     comedy,     in     three 
acts,    by    MM.     Antony    Mars    and    Louis 
Lyon — Bouftes-Parisiens,  January  la. 
MAGES   SANb   ETOILK,   LES,   drama,   in   four 
acts,    by   Edouard    Schneider — Odeoon,    May 
20. 
MAIS    \'TE   PROMENE    DONC    PAS   TOUTE 
>'UE!   a  comedy,   in  one   act,   by    Georges 
Eeydeau — Femina,   November  25. 
MALAZARTE,    a   symbolic    tragedy,    in    three 
acts,      by      M.      Graca      Aranha — F^mina, 
February    19. 
MARCHAND   DE   PASSIONS,  LE,  comedy.   In 
three    acts,    by    Maurice    Mage — Des    Arts, 
January  30. 
MARIAUES    D'    AUJOURD'HUI,    comedy,    in 
three       acts,       by       Albin     Valabr^gue.— 
Vari(5tes,   March  10. 
MARIAGE   D.E   FIGARO,    LE,   Beaumarchais's 
four      act      comedy — Com^die      Frangaise, 
July   17  (revival). 
MARIEVICTOIRE,    drama,    in    four    acts,    by 

Edmond  Guiraud — Antoine,  April  7. 
MARTVRE      DE     SAINT     SEBASTIEN,     LE, 
mystery    play,    in    five    acts,    by    Gabriele 
d'Annunzio,      with      music      by      Claude 
Debussy— Chatelet,    May    22. 
MAUD,   comedy,  in  one  act,  by  the  Count  du 

Nony — Odeon,  March  3. 
MEDECIN  DE  CA.MPAGNE  UN,  comedy,  in 
two  acts,  by  Henri  Bordeaux  and  E. 
D^narie — Antoine,  May  6.  (Produced 
under  the  auspices  of  Hhe  Theatre  de 
I'Giuvre. 
MERE,    drama,    In     three     acta,      by     Mme. 

Dick-May— Od^on,  March  3. 
MESSIEURS    LES    RONDSDE-CUIR,    comedy, 
in  three  acts,  and  four  tableaux,  by  Robert 
DieudonniS     and     Raoul     Aubry,     adapted 
from    a    novel    by    Georges    Oourteline — 
Ambigu.   October  3. 
MICHE  A  DES  PRINCIPLES,  comedy,  in  one 
act,    bv    .\i.    J.    J.    Frappa,    wiDh    Sacha 
Guitry's    VEILLEUR    DB    NUIT— Michel, 
September  25. 
iMIDINBTTES,  LES,  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by 

M.   Louis  Artus — Viariet6s,  January  SL. 
MOISK,   larce,    in  one  act.   by    h  dmond  Guiraud 

— Theatre-Antoine,  December  8. 
MONSIEUR      CHASSE,      comedy,      in      three 
acts,     by     Georges     Feydeau — Nouveaut^s, 
January    19    (revival). 
MONSIEUR    DE    PREUX,    coinedy,    in    three 
acts,    by    Gabriel    Nigond — Athen^e,    June 
13. 
MONSIEUR    PICKWICK,    burlesque    comedy,, 
in   five  acts,   adapted  from   Dickens'  novel 
by      MM.     Georges     Duval     and     Robert 
Charoay — Ath^nee,    September    21. 
MUSOTTE  (revival),   a  comedy,  in  three  acts, 
adapted    by    M.    Jacques    Normand,    from 
a    novel    by    Guy    de    Maupassant — Od^oD, 
October  11. 
MYSlu-itE      DK      JUDAS      ISCARIOTE,     LE, 
drama,  in  four  acts,  by  M.  Maurice  Pot- 
techer— Open-air      theatre      at      Bussang, 
August    20. 
MYSTERIEUX      JIMMY,      LE,     comedy,     in 
three    acts    and    four    tableaux,    by    Paul 
Armstrong,     with     French     adaptation    by 
Yves     Mirande     and     Henri     G^roule — Re- 
naissance, June  26;  revived  on  September 


NAN.4.  a  drama,  in  five  acts,  adapted  from 
Zola's  novel  of  that  name,  by  William 
Busnach — Montmatre,  February  3  (revi- 
val). 


NOUVELLE  IDOLE,  LA,  comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Frangois  de  Croisset— Porte  St. 
Martin,  January  23. 

OCCUPE-TOI  D'AMELIE,  a  comedy,  in  four 
acts,  by  Georges  Veydeau — Nouveautff's, 
February   25   (revival). 

OISEAU  BLEU,  L',  play,  in  five  acts  and 
ten  tableaux,  by  Maeterlinck,  with  inci- 
dental music  by  the  Russian  composer, 
Elias  Satz--RL'jane,  March  2;  revived  Sep- 
tember  20. 

ORSEAUX,  LES,  play,  in  two  acts,  adapted 
from  Aristophanes  by  F.  Nozifere — Antoine, 
May  6.  (Produced  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Theatre  de  I'CEuvre.) 

PAPA,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  De  Flers  and 

G.    A.    de    Caillavet — Gymnase,    February 

11 ;    revived    August   10. 
PAPA  FLIRT,  comedy,   in  three  acts,   by  Ar- 

mand    d'Artoist — Theatre    des    Mathurins, 

November  19. 
PAPILLON       DIT      LYONNAIS-LE-JUST,       a 

drama,  in  four  acts,   by  M.  Louis  Benifere 

(revival)— Antoine  Theatre,  December  23. 
PAVILLON,  LE,  a  comedy,   in  three  acts,  by 

MM.  Sylvane,  de  Mou6zy-Eonand — Com^die 

Royale,  December  8. 
PAYSANS  ET  SOLDATS,  drama,   in  five  acts, 

by    Pierre    de    Sancy,    with    music    by    N. 

Gallon — Gait6-Lyrique,  May  19. 
PERDREAU,  comedy,  in  two  acts,   by  Robert 

DieudonntJ — Antoine  Theatre,  October  3. 
PERE   LA  FROUHSE,  LE,  vandeviUe,  in  three 

acts,  by  M.   A.  Fontanes — Cluny,  January 

19. 
PETIT  CAFE,  LE,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by 

M.  Tristan  Bernard— Palais  Royal,  October 

13. 
PETITE  CAPORALE,  LA,  spectacular  play,  in 

three  acts  and  twenty  tableaux,  by  Victor 

Darlay    and    Henry    de    Gorsse— Chatelet, 

March  31   (revival). 
PETITE  ROQUE,   LA,  comedy,  in  three   acts, 

adapted   for   the   stage   by   MAI.   Andr6  de 

Lorde  and  Pierre  C.  Laine  from  a  novel  by 

Guy  de  ^Maupassant — Ambigu,  October  3. 
PETITE  PENSIONNAIRE,  LA,  comedy,  in  one 

act,   by   MAI.    Georges   Nanteuil    and    L6on 

Moral— Capucines  Theatre,   December  20. 
PETITES  ETOILES,  LES,  an  operette,  in  three 

acts,     by     MAI.  Pierre     Veber     and     L6on 

Xaurof,    with    music,   by    M.    Henri    Hirch- 

mann— Apollo   Theatre,  December  23. 
PHILANTHROPE,     OU     LA     MAISON      DES 

AMOUks,  Li:.,  lyi'ic  comedy,  in  luree  acis, 

by  MM.  J  eh  an  and  Henri  Bonvelet — R^iane, 

June  19. 
PIEGE,  LE,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by  M.  Auvard 

— Theatre-Michel,  November  8. 
PIES,    LES,    comedy,    in    three    acts,    by    the 

Spanish     author,     Ignasi     Iglesias,     with 

French    adaptation    by    G.   Billotte— Palais 

Royal,  March  29. 
PLUS   HEUREUSE   DES   TROIS,   LA,   comedy, 

three    acts,    by    Jacques    Vincent— R^jane, 

Noveinber  22. 
POLICHE,  LA  (revival),  comedy,  in  three  acts, 

by   Henry  BataiUe   (originally  produced   in 

December,       1906)  —  Comedie       FrangaLse, 

November   1. 
POUR   ETRE   DU  CLUB,  comedy,  in  two  acts, 

by    Richard    O'Monroy— Michel,    September 

POUR  LA  COURONNE,  drama,  in  five  acts,  by 
Frangois  Copp^e- Moncey,  February  3  (re- 
vival). 

PRIMEROSE,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  MM. 
Gaston  de  Caillavet  and  Robert  de  Flers— 
Com6die  Frangaise,  October  9. 


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I'JClNCKSbliS  Dt  TliOTTOlK,  LES,  a  comedy, 
in  Ove  acts  and  I'l^'lit  tableaux,  by  MM.  A. 
lUrnide  and  A.  llriiant  -Monct-y  Theatre, 
Dfceniber  25. 

RKCONNAISSAXCE,  LA,  comedy,  in  one  act, 
by  Ueoryes  Monnier  and  L^on  Michel— 
AthfnOe,   June    13. 

RESPECT  UE  LAMOUR,  LE,  comedy,  in  one 
act,  by  Lionel  Laroze— Com^die  Frangaise, 
June  2a. 

REVEIL,  LE,  drama,  in  three  acts,  in  verse, 
by  M.  Uenri  Uuerlin,  performtd  at  the 
Theatre  de  la  Nature  at  Courcay-eur- 
Indre.   August   14. 

REVUE  DE  L'AMBIGU,  LA,  comedy,  in  four 
acts,  by  MM.  Dominique  lionnaiid,  Numa 
Blcs,  and  Lucien  Boyer. — Ambigu,  Novem- 
ber 30. 

REVUE  DE3  FOLIES  BERGERE  LA,  a  revue 
in  two  acts  and  tliirty-five  tableaux,  by 
MM.  P.  L.  Flers  and  Hupues  Delorme,  music 
arranged  by  Aim^  Lachaume — Folies  Ber- 
pcre,   December  2. 

REVUE  DES  X,  LA,  by  MM.  X  X— Bouffes- 
Parisienj,  November  23. 

REVUK  SANs  GE\E,  LA,  a  revue,  in  two  acts 
and  twelve  tableaux,  by  MM.  Rap  and 
Bousquet— R6jane-Theatre,   December    15. 

RIP,  comic  opera,  in  four  acts  and  six 
tableaux,  by  MM.  Meilhae,  GiUe,  and 
Farine.  with  music  by  Robert  Planquette — 
Trianon-Lyrique,  September  23. 

RIVOLl,  drama,  in  four  acts  and  five  tab- 
leaux, by  Ren6  Fauchois— Od^on,  March  28. 

ROI  S'AMUSE,  LE,  drama,  in  five  acts,  by 
Victor  Huso,  oriiiina'ly  produced  in  1832 — 
Com6die  Fran^aise,  May  16  (revival). 

ROI-SULhlL,  Lb,  histjiical  drama,  in  five 
acts  and  seven  tableaux,  by  Arthur  Ber- 
nede — Ambigu,   March  3. 

SAUTERELLES,  LES,  adrama,  in  five  acts,  by 
Emile  Fabre — Vaudeville,  December  13. 

SCAN  DALE,  LE  (revival),  com«^ily,  in  four 
acts,  by  M.  Henry  Bataillc — Renaissance. 
October  4. 

SOUS-MARIN,  LE— Theatre  National  Ambu- 
lant, on  the  Place  des  Invalides,  July  7. 

SCULPTEUR  DE  .MASQUES,  LE,  drama,  in 
three  acts,  in  prose,  by  Fernand  Cromme- 
lynck — Gymnase,  February  1. 

SIBEKIE,  lyric  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  TJm- 
berlo'  Giordano,  poem,  by  Signor  Hlica, 
with  Freni.'h  adaptation  by  Paul  Milliet— 
Grand  Op£ra,  June  9. 

STELLA,  ballet,  by  Mile.  Mariquita  and  M. 
Rene  Louis,  with  mu.^ic  by  Claude  Terrasse 
— Folies  Bergere,  September  1. 

SUR  LE  SEUIL,  comedy.  In  one  act,  in  verse, 
by  G.  Battanchon— Antoine,  May  6.  (Pro- 
duced under  the  auspices  of  the  Theatre  de 
rCEuvre.) 

THERESE,  musical  drama,  in  two  acts,  poem 
by  Jules  Claretie,  music  by  Jules  Massenet 
— Op^ra  Comique,  May  19  (revival). 


TOUT  A   LA   CHINE,  revue    in  two   acts  and 
ten  tableaux,  by  MM.  Maurice  de  Marsan 
and     Gabriel      Timmory  — Cigale,     Decem- 
ber 1. 
rOUR     DU     MONDE     EN     80     JUUR8,     LE, 
comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  .M.M.  d'Ennery  and 
Jules       Verne— Chatelet,       September       4 
(revival). 
TOUT  PETIT  VOYAGE,  UN,  comedy,  in  one 
act,    by    Yves    Mirande— Com^die    Royale, 
January  24. 
TRAIN   DE    8H.   27,    LE,    military    drama,    in 
three  acts,  adapted  by  L6o  Marchi-s  from 
the  novel  by  Georges  Courteline— Ambigu, 
September  7  (revival). 
TRANSATLANTIQUES,  LES.  operette,  in  three 
acts  and  four  tableaux,  by  Abel  Hermant 
and   Franc-Nohain,   with    music  by  Claude 
Terrasse — Apollo,     May     19;     revived    on 
October  2. 
TRIBUT,   LE,   drama,   in  three  acts,   by.  Paul 
Bourget — Vaudeville,   March  15. 
I    TRIBUT,    LE,   drama,    in    four    acts,    by   MM. 
Adrian  Karcher  and  Ren6  Y'eanne— -Od^n, 
October   28. 
TRISTI    A  MORI,    drama,    in    three    acts,    by 
I  Giuseppe    Giacosa,    acted    by    Ermete    Zac- 

1  com     and     his     Italian     troupe — .\ntoine, 

!  January  22. 

I    TYPHON,  LE,  drama,  in  four  acts,  adapted  by 
I  M.   Serge  Basset  from  a  play  by  Melchior 

Lengyel — Sarah    Bernhardt    Theatre,    Octo- 
ber 10. 

VAGABOND,     LE,     drama,     in     three     acts, 

adapted  by  Henri  Berteyle  from  a  play  by 

R.   Fellinger — Antoine  Theatre,  October  3. 
VEILLEUR   DE   XUIT,   LE,  comedy,   in   three 

acts,  by  Sacha  Guitrv — Michel,  February  2. 
VERS    L' AMOUR,    comedy,    in    five    acts,    by 

L6on  Gaudillot — Od^on,  April  21  (revival). 
VEUVE     JOYEUSE,     LA— Apollo,    August   20 

(revival). 
VIEIL  HOMME,  LE,   drama,  in  five  acts,  by 

Georges       de        PortoRiche — Renaissance, 

January  12. 
VIE  PARISIENNE,  LA  (revival),  opera  bonffe, 

in    four    acts,    by    Meilhae    and    Hal6vy. 

music  by  Oifenbach — Varit'tes,  April  8  and 

October  2. 
VIEUX  MAROHETJR,  LE,  a  comedy,  in  three 

acts,   by   Henri  Liavedan;    (revival)— I'orte- 

St. -Martin,    August  31. 
VIEUX  MARCUEUR.  LE  (revival),  comedy,  in 

four    acts,    by    Henri    L.ivedan — Porte    St. 

Martin.  June  22. 
VOYAGE    k     DEUX,    comedy,  in  one  act,    by 

Jean     Jacques     Bernard — Theatre     Michel, 

October  20. 
VRAI  CHEMIN,  LE,  comedy,  in  one  act,  by 

Alfred  Gragnon — Com^die  Royale,  January 

24. 

'L.\ZK,  lyric  comedy,  in  four  acts,  adapted  for 
the  operatic  stage  by  MM.  Pierre  Berton 
and  Charles  Simon,  with  music  by  Leon- 
cavallo— Trianon    Lyrique,    February    16   . 


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GERMAN    PLAYS. 


ALPHABETICAL    LIST    OP    PRINCIPAL    PLAYS    IN    GERMAN    PRODUCED    FOR    THE 
FIRST    TIME    IN    GERMANY,   AUSTRIA,    HUNGARY,    BOHEMIA,    AND 
SWITZERLAND    DURING    THE    YEAR    1911. 


AHNENGALERIE,  DIE  (The  Ancestral  Gallery),    | 

farcical  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Stein  and 

Heller — Berliner  Theater,  Berlin,  November 

18. 
ALARMVOGEIj,  DEB  (The  Bird  of  Warning), 

comedy,     in     three     acts,    by     Carl    Gustav 

Negeleim    and    Carl    Schuler — Royal  Schau- 

spielhaus,  Potsdam,  November  12. 
ALT    WEIMAR   (Old   Weimar),  drama,  in  four 

acts,    by    Wilhelm    Arminius — Stadttheater, 

Jena,  October  14. 
APOSTEL,    comedy,    in    three    acts,    by    Adolf 

Andreas   LatzI6 — Modemes   Theater,  Berlin, 

April  13. 
ARTUR  UND  GRETEL  BEI  DEN  INDIANERN 

(Arthur    and    Gretel    Aniong     the    Indians), 

comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  I^lix  Ebelt — Stadt- 
theater, Gijstrow,  January  1. 
ATTILA,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Margaret  von 

Stein— Residenz    Theater,   Stuttgart,   March 

29. 
AUF  FREIERS  FiJSSEN  (Courting),  comedy,  in 

three  acts,  by  W.  Gancza — Kaiser  Wilhelm 

Theater,  Graudenz,  June  16. 
AUF   RECHTER  BAHN  (On  the  Right  Track), 

social  drama,  in  five  acts,  by  Fritz  Bertram — 

Stadttheater,  Laubau,  March  38. 

BAJADERE,   DIE   (The    Nautch    Girl),    Indian 
drama,  in  three   acts,   by   Fritz   Bernhard — 
Neues  Theater,  Mayence,  January  15. 
BARONESrfE  CL.AIRE,  drama,  in  five  acts,  by 
E.       Ritterfeldt  —  Luisentheater,       Berlin, 
November  6. 
BAUERN   (feasants),   drama,  in  three  acts,  by 
Franz   Mading — Festhalle,    Heidelberg — Lei- 
men,  April  30. 
BERNSTEINHEXE,   DIE  (The  Amber  Witch),, 
drama,  in   five  acts,  by  Max  Geissler — Court 
Theatre,  Weimar,  January  26. 
BESTIMMUNG  (Destiny),  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by    Max     Tedermann — Volkstheater,     Wies- 
baden, October  19. 
BET.^03ENE    SULTAN,     DER     (The     Duped 
Sultan),  operetta,    in    three    acts,   by    Hans 
Pick,   libretto   by    Hausmann — Stadttheater, 
Asohaflenburg,  March  20. 
BETT  DER  POMPADOUR,  DAS  (The  Pompa- 
dour's Couch),  oi^eretta,  in  three  acts,  by  Dr. 
Giuseppe  Becce,  libretto  by  Karl  Schneider— 
Shauspielhaus,  Bremen,  July  4. 

C^SAB  IMPERATOR,  tragedy,  in  three  acts, 
by  Konrail  Falke — Stadttheater,  Hambuig, 
August  12. 

CCEUR  ASS  (The  Ace  of  Hearts),  play,  in  four 
acts  adapted  from  The  bcarlet  Pimpernel — 
Berliner  Theater,  Berlin,  October  27. 


DAMON  WEIB  (Woman  the  Demon),  drama  in 
three  acts,  by  Otto  Grund — Sommertheater, 
Brandenburg,  June  12. 

DEIN  VOLK  1ST  MEIN  VOLK  (Your  People  are 
my  People),  drama  in  five  acts  by  Emil 
Pleitner  —  Court  Iheatre,  Oldenburg, 
February  10. 

DRACHE  GRAULI,  DER  (Grauli,  the  Dragon), 
romantic  tragedy,  in  three  a  ts,  by  Max 
Dauthendey  —  Sohauspieliiaus,  Mmiich, 
November,  11. 

DRAGONERBLUT  (Blood  of  Dragoons),  oper- 
etta, in  three  acts,  by  Franz  Daserda  ;  libretto 
by  Baton  Dankelmann — Victoria  Theater, 
Magdeburg,  August  11. 

DU  GLEICHST  DEM  GEIST  (Thou  Resemblest 
the  Spirit)  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Franz 
Ulbrich — Court  Theatre,  Oldenburg,  April  9. 

DUWELS  (Devils),  rustic  diama,  in  four  acts,  by 
Professor  Heinrich  Sohnrey  —  Schiller 
Theater,  Allona,  November  16. 

EHRENWORT  (Word  of  Honour),  drama,  in  four 

acts,  by  Emil  Jacoby — Battenberg    Theater, 

Leipzig,  March  14. 
FINE   HALBE    STUNDE     VOR   TAG  (Half-an- 

hour  Before  Daybreak),  play,  in  four  acts,  by 

Hermann     Reiuhenbach  —  Thalia      Tlieater, 

Hamburg,  February  9. 
EISERNE  HEILAND,  DER  (The  Iron  Saviour), 

drama,  in  four  acts,  ly  Axel  Delmar — Natur 

Theater,  Potsdam,  May  28. 
ERDA  DIOSl'',  opera,  in  three  acts,  libretto  and 

music     by     Eugen     Dawison — Stadttheater, 

Teplitz,  January  11. 
ER  KANN  NICHT  IMMER   NEIN  SAGEN  (He 

Cannot  Always  Say  No.)  comedy,  in  three  acts, 

by    Georg    Prinz — Stadttheater,    Hamburg — 

Altona,  November  5. 
ES  1ST  EINE  ALTE   GESCHICHTE    (It  is  an 

Old,  Old  Story),  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Peter 

Wtrth,  Thalia  Theater,  Hamburg,  February 

24. 
EXISTENZEN  (Existences),  drama,  in  five  acts, 

by  Hermann  Stein — Schiller  Theater,  Ham- 

burg-Altona,  April  25. 

FALSCHE  PRINZ,  DER  (The  Spurious  Prince), 
verse  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Fritz  Oliven 
('•  lUdeanius")  —  Couit  Theatre,  Dessau, 
March  ii. 

FAMILIENKIND,  DAS  (The  Child  of  the 
Family),  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Fritz 
Friedmann-Frederich — Kurtheater,  Freien- 
walde,  June  25. 

FAUST  :  Part  II.,  tragedy,  by  J.  W.  von  Goethe, 
staged     by     Professor     Max      Reinhardt— 

;:-  Deutsches  Theater,  Berlin,  March  16. 


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hi  I.  Ki;  KM  WERT    VOM    HOPP'NSACK  (Mine 

■of  the  Hopsufk),  farcical  comedy,  in  five 
iiy   H.   Kisthbach  and  Georx  Gorner; 

,  by  ItiidoU  Haitiiiaiiu— Ernst  Drucker 

Theati-r.  Haiiilmrg,  June  17. 
FRAU  KAllKNBAllTH,  tragedy,  in  three  acts, 

by    ^^n\    Dauthendey— Deutsches    Theater, 

Colo;;no,  J^ovcniber  3. 
FRAUENI>IKB  (Love  of  Wonian),  comic  opera,  in 

three  acts,  by    Robert   Hansen,  libretto  by 

Mario  Boltz— Royal  Theatre,  Sondershausen, 

March  14. 
FKITH.JOF,    drama,   in     five    acts,    by    August 

Hii.richs,  Court  Theater,  Oldenburg, February 

10. 
FUNF      FRANKFURTER,     DIE      (The      Five 

Frankfortors),  comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Karl 

Rossler— Theater  in  der  K..iiiL'i'i:it/i'rStiHS8e, 

Berlin,  December  16. 

G.\ST,  DER  (The  Guest),  drama,  in  three  acts, 

by    Wilhe  m    von    Scholz — Court    Theatre, 

Weimar,  .January  14. 
GEFAHRLICHE  ALTER,  DAS  (The  Dangerous 

Aget,    farcical    comedy,,  in     three    acts,    by 

Hermann    JoIj — Job-Classen     Theater,  Kiel, 

January  28. 
GEISTERSTUNDE      (The      Witches'      Hour), 

burlesque,  in   three  acts,  by  Job.   Lehmann 

and   P^ijerhard  Buchner — Kurtheater,  Fried- 

richroda,  Au^ist  13. 
GELBE    PRINZ.   DER    (The    Yellow    Prince), 

operetta,in  three  acts.liy  Ohnesorg — Resideuz- 

theater,  Dresden,  January  20. 
GESPENST  DER  KLIPPE,  DAS  (The  Phantom 

(^f  the  Cliffi,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  York 

Nelson — Stadtheater,  Mayence,  January  21. 
(51SELA   BROMSER,  fairy  play,  in  three  acts, 

by  Court  Councillor  Dr.  C.  SpielmAnn  ;  music 

by  August  Bunjert — Bromserburg  (open  air) 

Riidesheim,  .June  29. 
GLOCKEN  UNTER  DEM  WASSER  (Bells  under 

Water),   drama,  in   four  acts   Wulf  Haidyl — 

Residenz  Theater,  Stuttgart.  April  11. 
GLUCK  D.\S  (Fortune)  drama  in  three  acts  by 

Heniianu    Horn — Schauspielhaus,   Stuttgart, 

April,  22. 
GLrCKSZWERGE,  DIE   (The   Lucky  Dwarfs), 

fairy  play  in  five  acts  by  Julius  Schweizer; 

Music  by  Willy  Beiderwieden — Kur  Theater, 

Borkuni,  July  20. 
GOLDENE  SCHi  SSE,  DIE  (The  Golden  Dish), 

comedy,  in    three    acts    by    Rudolf     Strauss 

— Reiiidenz  Theater,  Vienna,  April,  26. 
GROSSTE   LIEBE,   DIE   (The   Greatest    Love), 

drarna    in   five  acts,   by    Paul    Loder — Rose. 

Theater,  Berlin,  December  5. 
GUDRUN,  tragedy,  in  five  acts,  by  Ernst  Hardt 

— Lessiug  Theater,  Berlin,  November  24. 


HALLING,  DER  (The  Marshes),  opera,  in  three 
acts,  by  Anton  Eberhardt,  libretto  by  Gustav 
Weinberg  —  Deutsches  Theater,  Pilsen, 
January  15. 

/HANS  SONNENSTOSSERS  rioLLENFA-HRT 
(Hans  Sonnenstiisser's  Descent  to  Hell),  a 
merry  dream  play,  in  two  aet.s,  by  Paul  Apel— 
Royal  Schauspielhaus,  Dresden,  February,  16. 

HARMONIKAGRAF,  DER  (The  Concertina 
Count!  operetta,  in  three  acts,  by  Hermann 
S'lwedel ;  libretto  by  H.  M.  and  A.'KoUoden— 
.Vkt'cntheater,  Landsberg,  June,  30. 

II.\UPTMANN  REIMER  (Captain  Reimer), 
drama,  in  one  act,  by  Robert  Passarge— 
Neues  Schauspielhaus,  Konigsberg,  February 

HEI  r.IGEN  WALD  (Holy  Forest),comedy,  in  three 
acts,  by  Alfred  Halm  and  Robert  S'andeck— 
Thalia  Theater,  Hamburg,  November  23. 


HEIMKEHR  (Retnrn  Home),  drama,  in  thr.  r 
acts,  by  EmilJakobi — Sommertheater,  Fnlda . 
June  23. 

HEIMLICHE  LIEBE  (Secret  Love),  oiJeretta,  iu 
three  acts,  by  Paul  Oppenheimer  ;  libretto  by 
Julius  Bauer— Johann  Strauss  Theater, 
Vienna,  October  12. 

HERZOG  HEINRICH'S  HEIMKEHR  (Duke 
Henry's  Return),  drama  in  three  acts,  by 
Hans  Franck,  Court  Theatre,  Altenburg, 
October  22. 

HERZ-SIEBEN  (Seven  o'  Hearts),  operetta  in 
three  acts,  by  Albert  Mattausch ;  libretto 
from  a  comedy  by  Angely  von  Sicgmund 
Schickler — Stadttheatcr,  Magdeburg,  October 
15. 

HEXE,  DIE  (The  Witch),  operetta,  in  three 
acts,  by  Richard  Jaeger — Apollo  Theater, 
Niirnberg,  May  23. 

HOHEIT  AMisiERT  SICH  (His  Highness  Sees 
Life),  operetta,  in  three  acts,  by  Julius 
Freund ;  music  by  Nelson — Metropol  Theater, 
Berlin,  April  29. 

HYPATIA,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Franz 
Herwey — Stadttheater,  Memel,  February  21. 

IDEALE      FORDERUNG,     DIE      (The      Ideal 

Challenge),  comedy,  in  three  act=,  by  Richard 

Kesrtler  and  Hermann  Katsch — Stadttheater, 

Liibeck,  August  11. 
IDYLL,  DAS  (The  Idyl),  drama,  in  four  acts,  by 

Peter     Egge  —  Schauspielhaus,     Stuttgart, 

December  16. 
IKE    STEENBACH'S    ERBE    (Ike    Steenhaeh's 

Heir),  drama,  in. five  acts,  by  Ernst  Ritterfeld 

— Luisenthesiter,  Berlin,  June  26. 
IM  FL-NPECK  (In  the  Pentagon),  burlesque,  in 

two    acts,  by    Paul    Voltz  —  Kleine    Biihne, 

Vienna  March  1. 

JOJAKIN,  tragedy  in  five  acts,  by  E.  A.  Saar- 
weber— Stadttheater,  Barmen,  January  23. 

KAISER,  DER  (The  Emperor),  tragedy,  in  five 

acis,   by    Hans    von    Kahlenberg   and    Hans 

Olden — Schillertheater,  Berlin,  February  3. 
KAJUS    DER    STROLCH    (Caius   the    Rascal), 

romantic  comedy,  in  thr^  e  acts  and  a  prologue, 

by  Kurt  Kiichler — Thalia  Theater,  Hamburg, 

September  21. 
KASSETTE,  DIE  (The  Trinket  Box),  comedy,  in 

four    acts,    by     Kai-1     Sternheim — Deutsches 

Theater,  Berlin,  December  1. 
KLEINE  FREUNDIN,  DIE  (The  Little  Friend), 

musical    comedy,   in    three    acts,    by   Oskar 

Straus — Neues  Theal^er,  Berlin,  December  21. 
KLOSTERPRINZKSSIN,    DIE    (The     Nunnery 

Princess),  oijeretta;  in  three  acts,  by  Eduard 

Wagner,   lioretto   by    Hans  Pflanzer — Opera 

House,  Graz,  October  21. 
KOKOTTEN  (Ladies  of  Easy  Virtue),  comedy,  in 

three  acts,   by    Pierre   Wolff  —  Josefstadter 

Theater,  Vienna,  December  6. 
KONINGIN  IjOANDA  (Queen  Loanda),  operetta, 

in  three  acts,  by  Oscar  Malata;  libietto   by 

G.:org  Okonkowsky — Stadttheater;  Chemnitz, 

October  29. 
KUHREIGEN,  DER  (The  Country  Dance),  opera, 

in   three  acts,  by  Wilhelm  Kienzl — Imperial 

Opera,  Vienna,  December  7. 

LASSALLES  ENDE  -fThe  Death  of  Lassalle), 
drama  in  fom-  acts,  by  Jacobus  Rhenanus — 
Volkstheattr,  Erfurt,  February  21. 

LAUSCHIGE  NEST,  DAS  (Ihe  Snug  Nest) 
comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  J.  Horst  and  A. 
Lippschitz  —  Lustspielhaus,  Diisseldorf, 
November  4. 

LEGION.^RE,  DIE  (The  Legionaries)  drama,  in 
three  acts,  by  Alfred  Nossig  ^— Friedrieh 
Wilhelmstadtiiches  Schauspielhaus,  Berlin, 
October  7. 


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LEIDENSCHAFT  (Passion),  tragedy,  in  four  acts, 
by  Herbeit  Eulenberg-rNeues  Volkstheater, 
Berlin,  November  27. 

LETZTEN  DINGE,  DIE  (The  Final  Matters), 
two  rustic  comedies:  Part  I., Das  Testament 
(The  Last  Will);  Part  II.  Tod  and  Leben 
(Death  and  Life),  in  one  act  each,  by  Dr. 
Ludwig  Ganghofer  —  Schauspielhaus,  Stutt- 
gart, October,  21. 

LIEBE  HORT  NIMMER  AUF,  DIE  (Love  Never 
Ceases)  trAgi-eomedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Otto 
Ernst — Lobetheater,  Breslau,  September  30. 

LIEBESMANOVER  (Love's Manceuvre I, operetta, 
ill  three  acts,  by  Cai'l  Robrecht;  libretto  by 
G.  W.  E.  Schack — Royal  Municipal  Theatre, 
Olmiitz,  March  1. 

LdWE  UND  DIE  MAUS,  DER  (The  Lion  and 
the  Mocse),  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Charles 
Klein — Resideuztheater,  Dresden,  April  3. 

LUDAS  MATYI,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Ernst 
Vajda-Nemzeti  Szinhdz,  Budapest,  November 
17. 

LUPIIKUS,  DER  (The  Ne'er-do-well),  comic 
opera,  in  three  acts,  by  Lena  Stein — Royal 
Opera,  Berlin,  November  9. 

LLGE  (Lie),  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Theodore, 
C'junt  von  Salburge-Falkenstein  —  Stadt- 
theiter,  Miihrisch-Ostrau,  February  12. 

LUXUSWEIBCHEN  (Wife  de  luxe),  operetta,  in 
thrde  acts,  by  Max  Gabriel ;  libretto  by  Georg 
Okonkowski  —  Tivoli  Theater,  Bremen, 
August  5. 

MACHT  DER  LIEBE,  DIE  (The  Power  of  Love), 
drama,  in  five  acts,  by  Ernst  Ritterfeldt, 
Ijuisentlieater,  Berlin,  September,  24. 

MARCHEXPRIXZESSIN,  DIE  (The  Fairy 
PrinL'ess),- operetta,  in  three  acts,  by  Max 
Stein-r-Kaiser  ;  libretto  by  .Johann  Bureau — 
Stadttheater,  Kaiserslautern,  November  17. 

MARMORWEIB,  DAS  (The  Marble  Woman), 
operetta,  in  three  acts,  bv  K.  F.  Adolfi;  libretto 
bv  G.  W.  E.  Schlack  —  Wilhelm theater, 
Ma^jdeburg,  November,  18. 

MATER  DOLOROSA,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by 
M.  Henzler  —  Resideuztheater,  Stuttgart, 
Ootobtr  19.      ■ 

MAUSCHEN  (Little  Mouse),  plav,  in  three  acts, 
by  Oskar  Diehl,  Stadttheater,  Metz,  February 
3. 

MEIN  I3T  DIE  RACHE  (Revenge  is  mine), 
social  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Berthold  Amberg 
— Ihalia  Theater,  Bremen,  September  12. 

MEINE  TANTE,  DEINE  TANTE  (My  Aunt, 
Your  Aunt),  operetti,  in  three  acts,  by  Amelie 
Nickisch  and  Use  Friedlander;  music  by  the 
fontier — Resideuztheater,  Dresden,  April  1. 

MICHEL  MICHAEL,  comedy,  in  five  acts,  by 
Richard  Dehmel — Deutsohes  Schauspielhaus, 
Hamburg,  November  11. 

MONCH  VON  HEISTERBACH,  DER  (The 
Monk  of  Heisterliach),  drama,  in  four  acts, 
and  a  prologue,  by  P.  Saget — Natiu'theater, 
Drachenbnrg,  June  16. 

MONSIEUR  BONAPARTE,  comic  opera,  in  three 
acts,  by  Bogumil  Zepler  —  Stadttheater, 
Leipzig,  April,  5. 

MUSTERWEIBER,  DIE  (Model  Wives), 
operetta,  in  three  acts,  by  Paul  Habl  and  Dr. 
Guedenfeld;  music  by  Franz  Werther — 
llesidenztheater,  Dresden,  May  14. 

NACHT  VON  BERLIN,  DIE  (Berlin  by  Night), 
Annual  review,  by  Julius  Preund  and  Viktor 
Hollander  —  Metropoltheater,  Berlin,  Sep- 
tember 16. 

NAPOLEON  UN'D  SEINE  FRAUEN  (Napoleon 
and  His  Wives),  translated  and  adapted  by 
Siegfried  W.  jjutz,  from  the  English  version 
by  W.  G.Wills— ;Friedrich\Vilhelmstadtisches 
Schauspielhaus,  Berlin,  December  21. 


NARRENSPIEL  (Pools'  Play)  drama,  in  five  acts, 
by  Adela  Ruest — Belle  Alliance  Theatre, 
Berlin,  November  25 

NEAPEL  (Naples),  opera,  in  three  acts,  by  E.  W. 
Hartmann ;  libretto  by  Willy  Kissmer — 
Stadttheater.  Landshut,  November  21. 

NEUE  HEIMAT  (A  New  Home),  drama,  in  five 
acts,  by  Ernst  Ritterfeldt — Luissentheater, 
Berlin,  -June  1. 

NOTLEIDENDE  AGRARIER  (Destitute  Agrar- 
ians!, comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Wilhelm  von 
Borkendorf  —  Stadttheater,  Schweidnitz, 
Januax'y  7. 

ODYSSEUS,  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Eeinhold 

Eichacker^Neues  Theater,  Mayence,  March 

21. 
OFFENEN  TCREN,  DIE  (Open  Doors),  comedy, 
-    in  two  acts,  by  Robert  Faesi — Pfauentheater, 

Zurich,  October  25. 
OFFIZIERE  (Officers),  drama,  in  three  acts,  by 

Fritz  von  Unruh — Deutches  The.ater,  Berlin, 

December  12. 
ORESTIE,  DIE  (TJie  Orestiadi,  spectacular  play, 

after  ^schylos,   by  Karl  VoUmoller — Circus 

Schumann,  Berlin,  October  12. 

PARKETTSITZ  No.  10  (Stall  No.  10),  operetta,  in 

three  acts,  by  W  Goetze;  libretto  by  Hermann 

Haller    and'    Willy     Wolff  —  Tivolitheater, 

Bremen,  September  23. 
PASTOR  NISSEN,  drama,  in  five  acts,  by,  Ernst 

Eilers  —  Schillertheater,    Hamburg-Altona, 

March  25. 
PHRYNE,  drama,  in  three  acts  and  a  prologue, 

by   Rudolf    Burghaller  —  Preilicht    Theater, 

Hertenstein,  Lucerne,  -July  30. 
PRINZCHEN,  DAS  (The  Little  Prince),  comedy, 

three   in  acts,  by   Robert   Misch — Reaidenz- 

theater,  Vienna,  .January  7. 
PROBE,  DIE   (The  Re  >earsai),  comedy,  in  three 

acts,     by    Fred    Indeweld — Neues    Theater, 
■  Mayence,  January  10. 

RIVALIN,  DIE  (The  Rival),  drama,  in  three  acts, 
by  Eduard  Eiigen  Ritter  —  Schauspielhaus, 
Putbus-on-Riigen,  August  18. 

ROBERT  GUISCARD,  a  fragment  of  a  tragedy, 
by  the  late  Heinrich  von  Kleist  —  Royal 
Schauspielhaus,  Berlin,  November  21. 

ROSE  VON  TILSIT,  DIE  (The  Rose  of  Tilsit), 
historical  play,  in  four  acts,  and  a  prologue  by 
Hans  von  Schlieben — Stadttheater,  Regens- 
burg,  March  22. 

SAL YA TOR,  play,  in  three  acts,  by  Max  Ferner  ; 
incidental  music  by  Theo  Rupprecht — Volks- 
theater, Municli,  June  21. 

SCHEINEHE,  DIE  (The  Pretended  Marriage), 
operetta,  in  three  acts,  by  Friedrich  Kork ; 
libretto  by  M.  Dannenberg — Kleines  Theater, 
Kiel,  October  22. 

SCHLEIER,  DER  (The  Veil),  comedy,  in  three 
ac  s,  by  Wi  ly  Schenk — Stadtheater,  OfEen- 
burg,  January  21. 

SCHULD  UND  SUHNE  (Fault  and  Atonement), 
drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Carl  Mayl — Resideuz- 
theater, Stuttgart,  March  15. 

SCHWARZE  BESSIE,  DIE  (Black  Bess),  drama, 
in  three  acts,  liy  George  Burghardtand  .Julius 
Seger— Deutsches  Theater,  Mmiich,  .June  28. 

SCHWARZE  HAND,  DIE  (The  Black  Hand), 
burlesque,  in  three  acts,  by  Hans  Hubner — 
Volkstheater,  Munich  January  1. 

SEIN  HERZENSJUNGE  (His  Darling  Boy), 
musical  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  a  Ne  dhard 
and  Rudolf  Schanzer;  music  by  Walter  KoUo 
—Thalia  Theater,  Elberfeld,  Ajpril  1. 

SIBERIEN  (Siberia),  musical  drama,  in  three 
acts,  by  Giordani — Komische  Oper,  Berlin, 
November  1, 


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SIEBENTE,  DEft  (The  Seventh),  drama,  in  five 
acts,  tiy  Ernst  Ritterfeldt  —  Luisentheater, 
Berlin.  Jnly  30. 

SIEGFRIED,  DKR  CHERU8KER,  drama  in  five 
acts  by  Ailolf  WilhraiiJt— Fredrich-Wilhi^im- 
stftdtisflies  SchaiiHpieUiaus,  Berlin,  Sep- 
tember 2. 

SIGURD  RING,  opera,  in  three  acts  by  Max 
.losef  Kunkel,  from  his  own  poem — Stadt- 
tlie;iter,  Wiirzburc,  March  15. 

SIMSON,  tragedy,  in  five  acts  by.  Herbert 
Eiilcnberg  —  Court  Theater,  Stuttgart, 
Novemljer  25. 

SO'N  WINDHUND  (Such  a  Gadabout),  comedy, 
in  three  acts,  by  Kurt  Kraat  and  Arthur 
Hoffmann— Stadttheater,  Krefeld,  February 
10. 

SONN  GEHT  AUF,  DIE  (The  Sun  Rises>,  drama, 
in  three  acts  and  a  prolog^ie,  by  Adele  Troppa, 
incidental  music  l)y  Leopold  Welleba  — 
Stadttheater,  Zraim,  .January  27. 

SOXXEXSCHEIN'CHEX  i  Little  Ray  of  Sunshine), 
drama,  in  four  acts,  by  G.Schat.-'ler-Perasini — 
Sommertheater,  Diirrenberg,  July,  18. 

SPRACHE  DER  VuGEL,  DIE  (The  Birds' 
Lan?ua?e»,  comedy,  in  three  acts,  by  Adolf 
Paul — Bur^theater,  Vienna,  December  6. 

STAATS.\XVVALTBOXSACK  (Crown  Councillor 
Bonsack',  drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Bernhard 
Handmann — Thalia  Theater,  Bremen,  Nov- 
ember 1. 

STUDEXTEXLIEB  (Student.';'  Love),  drama,  in 
four  acts,  by  Leonid  Androjew;  German  by 
Karl  Ritter — Kleines  Theater,  Berlin, 
January  12. 

Si'HXE,  DIE  (The  Atonement),  musical  tragedy, 
in  three  acts,  by  Ingeborg  von  Bronsart,  after 
Theodor  Komer  —  Stadttheater,  Augsburg, 
December  10. 

SUSAXX  \  IM  BAD  (Susanna  Bathing),  musical 
farce,  in  three  acts,  by  .Josef  Berger  and 
Philipp  Weichand ;  music  by  Fritz  Redl. — 
Volkstheater,  Munich,  January  28. 

THESSALONICHER,  DIE  (The  Thessalonians), 
historical  drama  in  four  acts,  by  E.  Gallert — 
Freilichtbiihne,  Oldesloe,  August  12. 

■TRAUM  EIXES  FRLHLIXGSMORGEXS,  DER 
(The  Dream  of  a  Spring  Mo'ning),  drama,  in 
two  acts,  by  Linda  von  Liitzow,  after  Gabriele 
d'Annunzio — Residenztheater, Vienna,  June  8. 

THAUMTAXZERIX,  DIE  (The  Dream  Dancer), 
comedy  in  three  acts,  by  Max  Bagehammer 
and  HermannHausleitner— Residenztheater, 
Cassel,  June  21. 


TRi"BES  WASSER  (Muddy  Water),  comedy,  in 
three  acts  and  a  prologue  by  Felix  Fischer — 
Stadttheater,  Plauen,  March  26. 


ULRICH  VON  HUTTEN,  drama,  in  four 
acts,  bv  Alfred  Joekel — Stadttheater,  Cassel, 
November  9. 

UXSERE  fCsILIERE  (Our  Fusiliers),  military 
comedy,  in  four  acts,  by  Oscar  Franz  Kaiser — 
Metropoltheater,  Hanover,  March  18. 

UXTER  DEM  SCHWERT  (Beneath  the  Sword), 
drama,  in  four  acts,  by  Hermann  Reichen- 
b.-ich— Deutches  Theater,  Cologne,  November 
18. 

UNTERWEGS  (En  Route),  drama,  in  three 
acts,  by  Thaddiius  Rittner— Volkstheater, 
Munich,  June  7. 

VATER  UND  TOCHTER  (Father  and  Daughter), 
domestic  drama  in  three  acts,  by  G.  A.  Nadler, 
Stadttheater,  Xeustadt — Vienna,  March  15. 

VERFLOGENER  VOGEL,  A.  (A  stray  Bird), 
Bavarian  drama,  in  three  acts,  by  Franz 
Winter— Stadttheater,  Ingolstadt,  March  22. 

VIERBLATTRIGE  KLEEBLATT,  DAS  (Clover 
Four),  operette,  ici  four  atts,  l)y  Xeel  Lutteroy, 
libretto  by  Eugenie  Nikoraf  —  Stadttheater, 
Czernowitz,  March  5. 

WAHL,  DIE  (The  Election),  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  Leo  Lungmann  —  Xeues  Stadttheater, 
Boclium,  March  5. 

WEIB  DES  NARREX,  DAS  (The  Fool's  Wife), 
pantomime,  by  Felix  Severeau ;  music  by 
G.  Corssen — Schauspielhaus,  Bremen,  June 
15. 

WEITE  LAND,  DAS  (The  Wide  Country),  tragi- 
comedy, in  five  acts,  by  Arthur  SchuitZler— 
Stadttheater,  Bochum,  October  14: 

WELTEXBUMMLER,  DER  (The  Globetrotter), 
operetta,  in  three  acis,  by  Paul  Kraus;  lyrics 
by  Hans  Kraly — Stadttheater,  Beuthen, 
February  17. 

WIR  TANZEX  DLTRCH'S  LEBEN  (We  Dance 
Thro'igh  Life),  operetta,  in  three  acts,  by 
Martin  Knopf ;  libretto  by  Dora  Dunker  and 
Hans  Gaus — Kurtheater,  Freienwalde,  June 
18. 

WUXDER  DES  HEILIGEX  TEREXZ  (The 
Miracle  of  St.  Terence),  drama,  in  four  acts, 
by  H.  Bayerlein  —  Stadttheater,  Leipzig, 
November  30. 


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INDEX    TO    LEGAL    CASES. 


Plaintiff. 

Defendant. 

1 

Date. 

Nature  of  Case. 

Adams  

The  Empire,  Ltd.   . . 

June  29    

March  8  

December  5   .... 
March  30 

February  Z^  . . .  . 

April  24  

March  7 

March  23    

May  19 

March  10    

February  20 

January  11 

December  8   . . . . 
February  5     .... 

April  10  

November  2 

December  14 

April  27  

February  13  

February    3  and 

May  15 
November  15. . . . 
November  10. . . . 

November  10. . . . 
May  10 

Question  of  deputy  and  his  notice 

Albert  Hall 

London    County 

Conuci! 
HuiThes  and  others.  . 

Penuinstton    

E.  Lloyd,  Ltd 

Bijou,  Camberwell.. 

Question  of  Letters  Patent 

Liability  for  printing  bill 
Claim  tor  services  rendered 
Alleg  d  libel 

Allen  &  Son,  Ltd 

Auden    

Birker  Motion  Co. 

Over  "  Henry  VIII."  film 
Prejudicing  interests  of  employer 

another 

Worswick  and  others 

The  Stage    

Lloyd    

Bell  

Libel 
Alleged  libel 

Waldorf  Hotel 

Cadel  and  Haycock 

Alleged  enticing  away  of  musicians 
Claim  for  return  of  de.  osit  on  royalties 
Payment  for  goods 
Breach  of  contract 

Bland  and  Phillips  . . 

Burchell    

Calvert 

Keith,  Prowse&Co. 

Carlisle 

Alleged  breich  of  contract 
Contract  in  a  beauty  compstition 

Question  of  negligence  of  agent 
Claim  for  salary  in  lieu  o;  notice 

Hicks 

Clark  

Hart 

London   Thr-atres  of 
Varieties,  Ltd. 

Peter  man       and 

Ricketts 
Lord  Chamberlain.. 

Edelsten 

Sales      .     . 

Claim  for  salary 

December  8    .... 

October  10 

March  20     

March  21     

July  7  

plays   for  which   licenses  had  been 

refused 
Claim  for  guarantee  money 
Payment  for  scenery 
.\lleged  breach  of  contract 
Question  of  unlicensed  theatre 
Libel 

De  Mera  

Bestic 

DouEclas  Corporation 
Edelsten   

March  31     

February  10  

October  6    

October  31 

December  4   .... 
February  28 

September  16    . . 

March  14    

June  15   

March    10,    May 
19,  and    Oct.  6 
May  2  

Elphinstbne     

Elphinstone    

Scott  Alexander  .... 
St  mley    

Breach  of  contract 

ColUns 

Alleged  breach  of  contract 
Libel 

Ferris    

"Illustrated  London 
News"         and 
"Sketch  "Co.,  Ltd. 

Smith  

Weathersby 

Empire      Guarantee 
Insurance       Cor- 
poration   

London       County 
Council    

Popular  Playhouses, 
Ltd 

Floyd     

Fox    

Franco  -  British    Ex- 
hibition      

Wrongful  dismissal 

Claim  for  commission 

Insuring  attendance  at  Exhibition 

Fritz's  Agency  

Garstin     

The  licensing  of  agents 
Flyposting  trespass 

July  19 

Glenville  and  Osmond 

Selig  Poly-cope  Oo. . 

London   Music   Hall 

Co 

Alleged  infringement  of  copyright 
.'Vssault     in     removing      member      of 

Goidfarb   

May  9  

June  2 

Goodman 

Rosenthal 

Damages    for    horse    injured    on    the 
stage 

Harding 

November  16 

July  6  

Hardacre  . .     

Walden  

"Ea^t  Lynne"  coppright       „ 

"  East  Lynne  "  copyright       i 
Libel         _^    _  __^          ^J^'_ 

Hardacre 

Henderson  

Correlli  and  another 
May 

March  9 

May  1     

246 


THE  STAGE  YEAR   BOOK 


INDEX    TO   LEGAL    CfiiSES—ConUmied. 


Defeudnnt. 


Hampel 

Hcydeiiiann 
Heron    


Hornim  m 
Hudson..    , 
Itvings  .. 

Jerome 
JerotiK' 
Karno    . 

Kelly  . . 

Ketelbey 
King  ..'. 
Kitchen 
Leamoi'- 


Leyton  . 
Liyons 
Mahone 
Mayne   . 


I  Larlon  and  ottaors  . . 
London       County 

Council   

Scala    Kinemacolor, 

Ltd 

South- lOastern    and 

Chatham   Railway 

N-ilaon    

Sheppard    

tirice    


Date. 


Nature  of  Case. 


May    

McLeiu    

Meyer    

Minster     •. 

Mitchell    

Mapleson 

Niemau  an!   B-H 

Nunn 

Oakes.. 
Paragon 


Pit  .... 
Poel  . . 
Poole  . . 
Parker 


Rayne      

Read  and  Wright 

Redruth     Public 

Rooms,  Ltd. 

Rickaby    

Uigby     

Rowe 

Ri  ckm  ans worth 

Cinema 
Robl  and  another  .... 

Roland 

Silnio    . 

Saunders      Theatres, 

Ltd. 

Seigenburg 

St.      Austell      Pablic 

Ro  mis  Co. 
Scarpetta 
Stean  .... 
Schmidt 
Shirley 

Soles 

Stone     

Seener  and  Pridkin.. 


Taylor   

Terry 

Theatrical     Curtains 

Advertising  Co. 
Thurston 


Lingard 

Lin^ard  

Hicks   

Dublin   Theatre  Co. 

and  O'Neill    

Wiggett 

Valery 

Dar  iley 

Macnaghten        and 

Murray    

Whyatt    

Brandon  and   Revis 

Devaliou 

Canning      Town 

Varieties 

Lloyd   

Sandord 

Mordkin     

Watson   

Curzon    

Sears    

Graham  

Xew  Bioscope  Co.  . . 
Lynn  and  Harding 
London    County 

Council 

Walff    

l^urion  •ind  others  . 
Magnet  Film  Co.  . 
London  Theatres  of 

Varieties 

Selwyn     

Pilkington 


May  25 Claim  for  salary 

January   12    and  Licensing  of  agents 

March  10    .... 

Ju  y  4 Breach  of  contract 


Cocks  and  Baker. . 


Arnold  

O  ah  am  Falcon  . . 

Foidnv  di 

Walter  Tyler,  Ltd. 


Palace  Theatre  and 

another 
Richmond       Hippo 

drome 
Barraslords,  Ltd.    . . 

John  Halpin,  Ltd.  . . 


Lurion 
Poole    . 


Lowenfeld 

Kdwards 

H.-ill  Caine 

Tivoli,    Manchester, 

Ltd.,  and  another. 

Lancashire  ttly.  Co.. 

Macn  ighteu 

Altman  &  Co.    ... 


November  2  ... . 

P'^bruary  9    

March  29    

March    30     and 

'  May  20    

July  3  ' 

November  24 

May  5 

February  16  .... 


Claim     for     goods     damaged 

"  tempest " 
.\n  actor's  residence 
Infants  and  beneficial  contracts 
Q  lestion  of  dismissal  of  artist 

Claim  for  royalties 
Injunction 
Bieach  of  contract 
Damages  for  assault 


Dooley  and  Owens 

Gilmore  ' 

Beckett  and  Co.  . . 


February  7    . . . .  [  Question  of  copyright 

October  9   |  Breach  of  contract 

October  25 j  Ou  stion  of  contract 

July  11    1  Alleged  libel 

July  28    '  fiost  luggage 

November  7  . . . . ,  Action  to  act  aside  agreements 

July  10 \  Claim  for  payment  for  work  done 

.January  15 ]  Alleged  breach  of  contract 

February  10   ....    Payment  fir  costumes 
February  10   . . .  . ;   .-Vlleged  libel 

June  26    Claim  for  commission 

November  27.  . .  .i  Breach  of  contract 

May  12 j  Workmen's  Compensation  Act 

October  27 '  Question  of  garnishee  order 

August  2 Claim  for  commission 

January  27 .Alleged  malicious  pioseculion 

September  26    ..     Keiurn  of  deposit 
January  11 In  re  grant  of  license 

July  27 1  Workmen's  Compensation 

May  31 1  Claim  for  salary 

April  25   Xon-d-livery  of  film 

October  27 Wrongful  dismissal 

January  30 Question  of  gimishee  orders 

June  20  and   Oc-i  Alleged  breach  of  contract 

tober  19 
February  23  ....    Claim  for  rent 

January  24 :  Change  of  occupancy 

February  2 Variation  of  contract 

February  23  ....    Claim  for  commission 
October  30 ,  Breach  of  contract 

November  13 "The  Broken    Mirror":    alleged  in- 

,     (ringement  of  playright 
November  17 |  Alleged  breach  ol  contract 

March  21    The    "  occupation    and    possession '' 

clause 
December  20 |  Motion  to  sequestrate  property 

March  13 '  Claim  for  salary 

July  17 i  lnter-i)leader  action.    Rent  due 

June  17    Recovering  on  an  Italian  judgement 

July  20 ,  Claim  for  p  lyinent  for  work  done 

Febru  iry  23  . . . . ;  Claim  for  scenic  modeU 
July  27 i  C  jpyright 

November  27 !  Question  of  personal  luggage 

February  27  ....{  I'o  recover  money  under  an  agreement 
February  16  ....[  Claim    for  negligence  and  breach   of 

warranty. 
November  30.  . .  .    Breach  of  contract 

March  13     1  Slander 

October  6   ',  Advertising  on  curtai   s 


"The  Era" Jan.  13  and  May  2    Alleged  libel 


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INDEX    TO    LEGAL    C^^^— Continued. 


Plaintiff. 

Defendant. 

Date. 

Nature  of  Case. 

March  8  

January  26 

Feb  uary  23  .... 

March  28     

March  21     

May  29     

December  15 

Tiibh 

Copyright 

.Alleged  breach  of  contract. 
Libel.     The  "  Robey  phone  " 
Claim  for  salary 

Wade  (Eobey) 

\V)iite    

O'Brien  and  others. . 
Bishop         Auckland 

Pavilion       Picture 

Palace. 

Willing 

Claim  for  advertising  opera 
Passing  6ft  action 

PROSECUTIONS. 


Beck  

B-ck .-... 

Bedford  Palace 

Bermondsey  Bioscope     . 
Broadway  Gardens,   Ltd 

Casbsteiu 

Castle    

Clarkson   

Clazeuburg 

Cruse 

Davey    

Davies  

Davis     

Finch 

Forsyth 

Fowle     

Fredericks  . 

Glenville 

Gaiety  Picture  Palace    . . 

Grey . 

Greenberg    

Griffi  hs    

Gulliver 

Harvey 

Hart   

Hughes     

Kennedy  

Leonard! 

London    Theatre    of 

Varieties. 

Mo  )dy'  

Moss  Empires    

National  Theatre  de  Luxe 
New  Bi  iscope  Co.    ... 

O'Brien 

Picture  Theatres,  Ltd. 

Shulman 

Simmons  and  Co 

Skiros    

South     London    Electric 

Theatres,  Ltd. 
United  Electric  Theatre?- 
Victoria  Pier  Folkestonp 
Williams 


January  31 . . 

March  7 

October  13.. 
January  2  . . 

May  9  

March  15  . . 
January  23. . 
June  16  .... 
January  31. . 

April  24  

May  18  .... 
October  27 

April  15   

February  3 
November  24 
.January  12. . 
November  22 
April  26  .... 
January  13. . 
November  10 

May  20 

July    5 

April  22 

January  10. . 
April  13   .... 

July  27 

Jtnuary  31 

May  6  

March  11 

May  3  

October  24  . . 
May  18     .... 

May  4  

May  2  

September  5 

May  20 

July  20 

June  7 

August  1 . . .  . 

March  15  . . 
December  28 
April  13   


Nature  of  Case. 


Unlicensed  picture  hall 

Overcrowding  in  a  picture  hall 

Stage  plays  in  music  halls 

Sunday  opening 

Sunday  opening 

Inflammable  films  in  unlicensed  building 

Stage  plays  in  a  picture  hall 

Contravening  the  Factory  &  Workshops  Act 

Unlicensed  picture  hall 

Unlicensed  agent 

Sunday  opening 

False  [iretences 

Sunday  opening 

Stage  plays  in  unlicensed  building 

Admission  money  and  prizes 

Theft 

Breach  of  the  Theatres  Act 

Alleged  Assault 

Unlicensed  picture  hall 

Stage  plays  in  unlicensed  building 

Overcrowding  picture  hall 

Breach  of  kir  ematograph  license 

Sunday  opening 

The  Kinematograph  Act 

Sunday  opening 

Stage  play  in  unlicensed  building 

Lottery  in  a  picture  hall 

Faise  pretences 

Stage  plays  in  unlicensed  building 

False  pretences 

Stage  plays  in  music  hall 

Sunday  opening 

Infiammable  films  without  a  license 

False  pretences 

Sunday  opening 

Overcrowding  a  picture  house 

The  Factory  and  Workshops  Act 

Sunday  opening 

Breach  of  license  conditions 

Inflammable  films  in  unlicensed  building 
"  Non-flam  "  films 
Sunday  opening 


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JAN. 


LEGAL    CASES    OF    THE    YEAR. 


JANUARY. 


LONDON  COUNTY  COUNCIL  v.  THE  BEK- 
MONUbEV  BIOSCOPE  COMPANi— SUN- 
DAY  Oi'ENns'U. 

At  Tower  Bridge,  Mr.  Cecil  Chapman  im- 
postd  a  peualty  ol  40s.  and   five  guineas 

2  cosU  upon  the  Beriuoudsey  Bioscope  Com- 
pany Jor  liaving  kept  a  liineniatograph 
theatre  in  Borough  Jiigh  Street  open  on  Bun- 
day  in  contravention  of  the  London  County 
Council's    prohibition. 

Xliis  waa  ttie  ca»e  which  the  King's  Bench 
Divisional  Court,  alter  defining  the  powers  ol 
the  London  County  Council  under  the  new 
C-jneniutograph  Act,  1909,  sent  back  to  the 
magistrate  with  instructions  to  convict  the 
deieiidauts. 

A  new  summons  was  heard  against  a  dif- 
ferent defendant,  George  Eustace  Skliros,  lor 
keeping  a  kmematograph  tlieatrC  open  on 
Sunday  at  Kotherhithb  iSew  lload  on  a  date 
subsequent  to  the  decision  ol  the  King's  Bench 
Court.  A  penalty  was  juiposed  of  40s.  and  two 
guineas  costs. 

The  defendant  asked,  for  his  future  guidance, 
if  he  might  open  on  Sundays  provided  he  used 
non-intlaitiniable  films. 

Mr.  Cecil  Chapman:  The  point  is  that  where 
intlaimnable  films  are  used  the  Council  has 
complete  control  over  the  buildings,  and  can 
refuse  to  grant  a  license  or  to  grant  a  license 
for  its  Use  on  Sunday.  If  you  do  not  use  in- 
flammable films  I  do  not  think  it  is  contended 
that  the  Coiincil  has  any  authority  one  way 
or  the  other. 

The  defendant  said  he  wrote  to  the  London 
County  Council  asking  the  same  question  and 
received  this  repl^:  "  The  Council  has  no  juris- 
diction in  connection  with  kinematograpti  en- 
tertainments in  cases  where  non-inflammable 
films  are  used  beyond  the  power  of  inspection 
to  ascertain  whether  the  films  are  actually  non- 
inflammable." 


A      KINEMATOGRAPH     PROSECUTION.— A. 
HARVEY. 
At  Newmarket  Police  Court,  Abraham  Har- 
vey,  kinematograph    proprietor,   of   Ray- 
l  O  liegh,  Essex,  was  summoned  as  owner  of 
a    kinematograph   for   using   Inflammable 
films    at    Ashley    ou    December    31st    without 
having  given  to  the  Chief  Constable  two  days 
before  the  exhibition  notice  in  writing  of  his 
intention. 
Defendant  was  fined  £2  and  costs. 


BELCIIKR   V.   LLOYD— ALLEGED    LIBEL. 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division  before  Mr. 
Justice  Bucknill  and   a  special  jury,  Mr. 

■|1  Harold  Belcher,  an  actor  and  theatrical 
agent.  Maiden  Lane,  Strand,  sued 
Messrs.  E.  Lloyd,  Limited,  the  proprie- 
tors of  Llvyd's  \^eeldy  ,\ews,  and  Mr.  Robert 
Donald,  the  editor  of  the  paper,  complaining 
of  what  he  alleged  to  be  reflections  on  his 
reputation,  contained  in  a  serial  story  appear- 
ing in  Lloyd's  under  the  title  of  "  Motley  and 
Tinsel,"  a  story  of  the  stage. 


The  defence  was  that  the  statements  did 
not  refer  to  the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  Sanderson,  K.C.  (for  the  plaintiff),  said 
his  client  had  been  acting  with  success  in 
America.  He  came  to  this  couutry  for  a 
holiday,  and  secured  an  engagement  at  Drury 
Lane,  and  acted  in  The  Whip.  Ho  also  started 
a  variety  agency,  and  had  some  success  in 
that  business.  Opposite  his  office  in  Maiden 
Lano  there  was  a  restaurant  named  Rule's, 
where  he  would  naturally  be  well  known,  and 
at  that  and  other  places  the  habitues,  counsel 
continued,  would  be  sure  to  know  that  Bel- 
cher figured  in  the  story ;  indeed,  it  would 
almost  seem  to  the  ordinary  reader  that  he 
was  in  fact  the  person  aimed  at,  though 
defendants  now  said  that  the  characters  were 
all  imaginary,  and  that  Mr.  Belcher  was  not 
referred  to.  The  story  was  written  by  Mar- 
garet Hamilton,  and  it  was  curious  that  it 
had  been  described  in  an  advertisement  as 
being  "  Drawn  from  her  own  real  experience  " 
and  as  a  "  story  true  to  life,"  in  which  "  the 
characters  were  real  men  and  women." 

Four  of  the  characters,  counsel   said,  were 
real   persons,    and    Marshall   was  one  of    Mr. 
Belcher's  personal  friends.    Amongst  the  pas 
sages    of    which     plaintiff     particularly    com- 
plained was  one  which  read  as  follows: — 
The  offices  of  the  great  Belcher,  near  Wel- 
lington  Street,   Strand,   were  crowded   with 
an  eager  and  gesticulating  throng.    Belcher 
was  producing  ne.xt  week  a  drama,  one  of 
those     mammoth     shows     that,     perfectly 
staged    with     gorgeous    dresses    and   sensa- 
tional   eflects,    draw    big    houses    and    large 
receipts. 

Another,  which  seemed  to  show  that  the 
plaintiff  was  pointed  at,  was  as  follows: — 
Belcher's  arrival  at  eleven  o'clock  pre- 
cisely was  heralded  by  a  general  movement 
towards  the  door  through  which  the  great 
man  entered. 

Mr.  Belcher  didj  in  fact,  arrive  at  eleven 
o'clock. 

Another  passage  said :  "  Belcher  is  a 
scamp." 

Belcher,  counsel  said,  was,  in  fact,  the 
villain  of  the  story.  One  passage  was  as 
follows : — 

Have  you   let   him   touch   you?       All   the 

time   I   have    had   that   thought   before   me. 

I   have  seen  him   bend  towards   you,  touch 

your  hand,  smile   at  you  with  his  sneer.ng 

mouth  and  cynical  eyes.    I  have  wanted  to 

kill  him  where  he  sat.    I  have  ached  to  take 

him    by    the   throat.    Can't   you   understand 

how  it  sets  a  man  on  fire  to  think  a  beast 

like  Belcher  is  looking  at  you? 

Mr.  Belcher  wrote,  through  Jiis  solicitors,  to 

the  defendants,  and  the  concluding  chapters  of 

"  Motley    and   Tinsel  "    were    never    published, 

but  no  apology  had  been  tendered  to  the  plain- 

tifl',  who  was  therefore  compelled  to  come  into 

court  to  clear  his  character. 

The  plaintiff,  giving  evidence,  said  that  his 
agency   business  had   improved  until    the  pub- 


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249 


licity  of  this  story.  About  the  same  time,  too, 
he  was  arranging  to  produce  a  sketch  called 
The  Opera  Tramps.  The  gentleman  who  was 
to  finance  the  piece,  however,  withdrew  his 
offer  because  of  the  story  in  Llo)/d'i>. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Siiearman,  K.C,  (for 
the  defence),  the  plaintiff  said  while  playing 
Lord  Langham  nt  Drury  Lane  h-e  received  25s. 
a  week. 

The  case   was  continued  on  the  12th. 

Mr.  A.  Richard  Hughes  said  he  met  plain- 
tiff a  year  ago  at  Rule's.  Witnefs  arranged 
with  him  to  get  money  to  finance  "  The  Opera 
Tramps."  Subsequently  he  heard  some  actor- 
discussing  the  serial  story  in  Lloyd's  news- 
paper, and  he  had  no  doubt  that  plaintiff  was 
the  person  referred  to  in  that  story.  Ths 
negotiations  for  fin.^ncing  the  "  show  "  were 
not  carried  through.  Witness  wrote  to  plain- 
tiff, saying  that  he  could  not  induce  his 
friends  to  provide  the  necessaxy  funds  owing  to 
the  statements  in  Lloyd's,  at  the  same  time 
expressing  the  opinioo  that  plaintiff  would 
doubtle^  be  able  to  deny  the  allegations. 

Mr.  Edward  O'Neill  said  he  heard  of  the  story 
in  Lloyd's,  and  bought  a  copy  of  the  paper, 
only  to  ftnd  they  regretted  they  could  not 
puUlif=h  any  more. 

Evidence  was  also  given  for  the  plaintiff  by 
Mr.  H.  V.  Rees,  Mr.  G.  A.  Daxwint,  Mr.  Mar- 
shal', and  Mr    Arthur. 

Mr.  Shearman,  for  the  defence,  submitted 
that  no  reasonable  person  could  have  taken 
the  alleged  libel  to  refer  to  plaintiff.  The 
Harold  Belcher  of  the  story  was  a  man  at  the 
head  of  his  profession,  who  was  described  as 
responsible  for  "  mammoth  productions." 
Plaintiff  was  a  man  with  a  little  office  in 
Maiden  Lane,  and  if  he  were  the  origin  of  the 
Belcher  of  the  story  would  not  people  have 
flocked  to  his  office  for  engagements?  What 
libel  was  there?  Plaintiff  said  his  character 
was  attacked  in  the  story,  but  Harold  Belcher 
was  not  the  villain,  but  the  hero  of  the  story. 
It  was  not  the  author  of  the  story,  but  one 
of  the  villains  in  it  who  described  Belcher  a-s 
a  "scamp."  Counsel  further  contended  that 
plaintiff  had  absolutely  failed  to  show  any  loss 
resulting  frojn  the  publication  of  the  story. 
The  author  had  never  heard  of  plaintiff.  The 
various  restaurants  and  the  neighbourhood 
were  described,  and  in  that  sense  the  story 
was  one  of  real  life,  but  none  of  the  charac- 
ters was  taken  from  living  persons.  The 
similarity  of  names  was  pure  coincidence. 

Mis^  Ada  Elizabeth  Jones  said  she  had 
written  several  serial  stories.  In  order  to 
write  a  series  of  articles  on  the  life  of  a  pan- 
tomime girl  for  a  daily  paper  she  obtained  an 
engagement  as  a  chorus  girl  at  Drury  Lane 
nine  years  ago.  She  visited  Rule's  and  other 
restaurants  to  get  local  colour.  She  had 
never  heard  of  Mr.  Harold  Belcher  until  she 
met  him  at  defendant's  offices.  She  did  not 
know  the  proprietor  of  the  Bedford  Head 
was  a  man  named  Marshall.  She  had  not  the. 
least  intention  of  making  her  character, 
Harold  Belcher,  a  scamp.  The  work  was 
purely  one  of  imagination,  with  the  appro- 
priate setting. 

Mi.  R.  H.  Lindo  said  he  had  heard  extracts 
from  the  serial  story  read  in  court,  and  he 
would  not  have  thought  the  descriptions  could 
apply  to  any  living  soul 

Cross-examined  :  They  were  perfectly  satis- 
fied with  the  way  in  which  plaintiff  performed 
nis  parts  at  Drury  Li.ne. 

Mr.  E.  Perris,  news  editor  of  Lloyd's  Weekly 
News,  sitated  that  when  plaintiff  called  at  the 
office  of  the  newspaper  and  met  Miss  Jones 
they  were  evidently  strangers  to  each  other. 
Plaintiff's  attitude  was  threatening,  and  he- 
was  abusive.  Witness  said,  "  Whali  do  you 
want? "  Plaintiff  said,  "  Another  man  got 
£1,500   for   something   much   less    than    this." 


Witness  offered  to  stop  the  story  or  change 
the  names,  and  eventually  they  stopped  the 
story. 

The  hearing  was  concluded  on   the  13th. 

Mr.  Justice  Bucknill,  in  summing  up,  said 
that  the  author  of  this  story  had  sworn  that 
her  work  was  purely  fictional  and  imaginative, 
and  that,  although  she  knew  the  neighbour- 
hood in  which  the  story  was  cast  she  did  not 
know  any  of  the  characters  portrayed  She, 
therefore,  was  innocent  of  any  intention  to 
libel  the  plaintiff.  Miss  Jones,  however,  was 
not  being  sued.  It  was  the  newspaper  which 
printed  this  story  that  was  liable.  In  law 
everything  printed  or  written  which  reflected 
on  the  character  of  anyone  was  a  libel,  what- 
ever the  intention  might  have  been.  And  it 
was  not  necessary  to  show  express  malice. 
Plaintiff  said  that  in  this  serial  story  he  was 
held  up  to  contempt  and  ridicule.  He  said 
also  that  if  the  defendants  did  not  know  that 
he  was  a  theatrical  agent  they  should  have 
taken  the  trouble  to  And  out.  And  he  said, 
in  effect,  my  friends  who  knew  me  as  an  up- 
right and  honest  man  read  this  story,  and 
have  expressed  it  as  their  honest  opinion,  as 
reasonable  men,  that  the  libel  referred  to  me, 
and  to  me  only.  It  was  for  the  jury  to  con- 
sider whether  reasonable  persons  would  take 
the  story  to  refer  to  the  plaintiff.  And  they 
must  look  at  it  as  a  whole,  not  in  bits.  Sup- 
posing they  thought  that  it  was  reasonable  to 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  this  story  was 
applicable  to  the  plaintiff,  they  had  to  consider 
whether  the  language  used  was  defamatory. 
That  was  a  matter  entirely  for  them  to  de- 
cide. It  was  no  answer  to  that  on  the  part 
of  the  defendants  to  say  that  there  was  no 
intention  of  being  defamatory.  And  if  they  de- 
cided in  the  plaintiff's  favour  on  that  point 
the  last  question  was  that  of  damages. 
Counsel  for  the  defendants  had  said  that  this 
was  a  fraudulent  claim.  Counsel  could  not 
help  saying  that,  because  his  suggestion  was 
that  The  World  and  His  Wife— a.  play  for 
which  the  plaintiff  declared  he  had  been  en- 
gaged—had no  existence,  and  counsel  also  con- 
tended that  the  plamtiff  had  practically  no 
business.  He  meant,  indeed,  that  this  was 
practically  a  blackmailing  case  brought  in 
consequence  of  a  recent  case  decided  in  the 
House  of  Lords.  It  was  for  them  to  decide 
whether  the  plaintiff  was  an  honest  man  or  a 
dishonest  man.  He  said  that  he  was  a  theatri- 
cal agent,  struggling  to  create  a  business,  and 
he  complained  that  he  was  injured  in  his  busi- 
ness because  he  was  described  in  this  story  as 
a  liar  and  an  immoral  person.  It  had  been 
said  by  witness  that  the  identity  of  plaintiff 
with  the.  character  in  the  story  had  been  a 
topic  of  discussion  in  tiieatrical  circles.  But 
the  jury  must  not  conclude  from  that  that  the 
discussion  was  necessarily  hostile  to  the  de- 
fendants because  people  might  have  said, 
"Oh,  rubbish!  There  is  nothing  in  it."  If  they 
thought  that  the  reasons  witnesses  gave  for 
believing  that  the  plaintiff  was  aimed  at  were 
insufficient  they  should  reject  the  evidence. 
For  they  not  only  had  to  consider  what 
■  reasonable  people  would  do,  but  whether  it  was 
reasonable  in  the  circumstances.  The  defen- 
dants said  that  reasonable  people  would  come 
to  just  the  opposite  coriclusion,  but  that  again 
was  a  question  entirely  for  the  Jury.  If  they 
thought  that  no  reasonable  person  could  say 
that  this  referred  to  the  plaintiff  then, 
although  there  were  other  extraordinary  co- 
incidences in  the  story,  they  must  give  a 
verdict  for  the  defendants.  Plaintiff  claimed 
in  two  ways.  First — general  damages,  damage 
to  reputation.  If  they  were  going  to  give  him 
anything  on  this  ground  he  suggested  that  the 
jury  should  say  to  themselves :  "  If  I  were  the 
person  who  had  to  pay,  being  satisfied  that  I 


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aui  Id  th«  wroug,  wtutt  would  I  give? "  If 
the  jury  were  salisfled  Uiat  defendants  were 
wrong,  and  not  having  acted  maliciously,  the; 
had  acted  without  siilllcient  cure,  that  was  the 
way  Lhey  should  estimate  t!ie  dania^'e  to  the 
defendant.  Tht-n  the  plaintilf  made  a  claim, 
wlMch  he  (the  learned  judge)  widhed  had  not 
been  made,  for  special  damage.  lie  did  not 
Uilnk  the  jury  could  be  satisfied  without  any 
ab.^olute  proof  that  money  was  lost  in  conse- 
(|uence  of  this.  When  a  man  made  a  claim 
for  special  damage  he  had  got  to  prove  it. 
PLiintilf  said  business  is  not  now  what  it  was, 
but  there  was  no  proof  of  tliat.  But  if  they 
thought  there  was  proof  of  special  damage 
they  must  give  it   to  him. 

The  jury  delivered  a  verdict  for  the  plaintifl, 
estimating  the  damages  at  £200. 


THE  PARAGON  AND  THK  L.C.C.— LICENSE 
GRANTED. 

In  the  Divisional  Court  of  the  King's  Bench, 
the    Court    dealt    witli    the     rule     nisi 

11  granted  to  Mr.  Cashstein,  the  proprie- 
tor of  the  Paragon,  in  the  Mile  End  Road, 
for  a  mandamus  directing  the  London  County 
Council  to  show  cause  why  they  should  not 
grant  him  a  renewal  of  the  "license  for  the  hall 
for    music   and   dancing. 

It  was  stated  that  the  Council  voted  against 
the  renewal  of  the  license,  debating  the 
matter  in  private,  and  without  giving  Cash- 
stein  an   opportunity   of   being   represented. 

Counsel  on  behalf  of  the  L.C.C.  now  stated 
that  his  clients  would  not  oppose  the  rule, 
which  should  be  made  absolute,  Mr.  Cashstein 
being   granted  the  license. 

[Stage  Year  Book,  1911.    Page  327.] 


JOHN  EDWARD  FOWLE. 

At  Bow  Street,  John  Edward  Fowle,  a 
young  man,  living  at  Nfw  Cross,  was 
1 2  charged,  on  remand,  before  Mr.  Curtis- 
Bennett,  with  stealing  £100  belonging 
to  H.  B.  -Vlarinelli,  Limited,  theatrical  agents, 
Charing  Croie  Road. 

The  prisoner  was  secretary  to  the  prosecut- 
ing company  at  a  salary  of  £4  a  week,  and  it 
was  alleged  that  he  drew  an  open  cheque  on 
their  account,  and  put  the  money  into  his 
own  iHjcket,  covering  the  deficiency  with  a 
false  entry  in  the  b9oks. 

The  priionei  wae  sentenced  to  five  months' 
imprisonment. 


LICENSING  OF  AGENTS- APPEAL  UNDER 
THE    NEW    ACT.-A.    HA.MPEL. 

At  Bow  Street,  Mr.  Curtis  Bennett  heard 
an    appeal    lodged    by    Arthur    Hampel, 

1 2  variety  agent,  of  Shaitesliiirv  Avenue, 
against  a  refusal  by  the  London  County 
Council  to  grant  him  a  license  to  carry  on  a 
theatrical    employment    agency. 

Mr.  George  Elliott,  K.C.,  and  .Mr.  Harold 
Brandon  appeared  for  the  appellant,  and  Mr. 
Bodkin  for  the  L.C.C. 

Mr.  George  Elliott  raised  the  point  that 
particulars  ^f  the  ground  upon  which  the 
license  was  refused  were  not  given  in  writing 
by  the  Council  within  three  days  of  being  re- 
quested to  do  so  as  provided  in  the  Act.  The 
only  reason  stated  was  that  the  appellant  was 
not  a  suitable  person  to  hold  a  license,  but 
no  particulars  were  given  as  required  by  the 
Act. 

Mr.  Bodkin  said  th.-it  the  Council  had  writ- 
ten to  say  they  had  refused  to  grant  the 
license  on  the  ground  that  the  applicant  was 
an  unstable  person. 

Mr.  Elliott  said  that  was  not  sufficient,  and 
moreover  it  was  not  given  in  time. 


Mr.  Bodkin  said  it  was  not  considered  neces- 
lary  to  give  further  particulars,  as  the  appli- 
cant was  present  when  the  evidence  was  given 
before  the  Council.  He  proceeded  to  argue  at 
length  that  the  magistrate  hud  no  power  to 
order  a  license  of  this  kind  to  be  granted,  the 
Council  being  the  only  licensing  authority 
under  the  Act.  All  the  magistrate  could  do 
under  the  Act,  was  to  allow  the  appeal  or 
disallow  it. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett:  Then  it  is  a  solemn 
farce. 

Mr.  Bodkin  said  he  did  not  think  so.  If  the 
magistrate  allowed  the  appeal  then  the  Coun- 
cil would  either  issue  the  license  or  withhold 
it.  If  they  withheld  it  application  could  be 
made  for  a  mandamus,  but  it  was  inconceiv- 
able that  the  Council  would  withhold  the 
license  if  the  magistrate  had  expressed  the 
opinion  that  it  should  be  granted. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett  said  that  he  certainly 
had  power  to  impose  costs. 

Mr.  Bodkin  submitted  that  under  the  Act  of 
1879  the  magistrate  sat  simply  as  an  "  ex- 
perienced person  "  in  the  law,  but  that  he  had 
no  power  as  a  Court  of  Summary  Jurisdiction. 
He  had  only  the  power  to  express  an  opinion 
whether  the  appeal  should  be  allowed  or  not, 
and  then  if  the  license  were  not  granted  by 
the  L.C.C.  a  writ  of  mandamus  could  be  issued 
against  that  body. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett  did  not  agree.  He  con- 
sidered that  he  was  a  Court  of  Summary 
Jurisdiction.  He  would  like  Mr.  Bodkin  to 
ask  him  to  state  a  case  in  order  that  his 
powers  under  the  Act  might  be  clearly  de- 
fined by  the  High  Court. 

Mr.  Elliott  said  "that  unless  the  magistrate 
had  power  to  grant  a  license  or  was  himself 
empowered  to  grant  one,  the  Act  was  a  sham. 
If  the  magi.strate  allowed  the  appeal  and  gave 
costs,  the  Council  might  say  that  they  knew 
their  own  business  best,  and  still  decline  to 
grant  a  license.  The  appellant  might  perhaps 
decide  to  carry  on  his  business  without  a 
license,  and  might  be  summoned  before  the 
same  magistrate  for  doing  so.  That,  of  course, 
would  be  absurd.  He  suggested  that  as  the 
Council  had  not  supplied  the  particulars  re- 
quired by  the  Act  he  should  allow  the  appeal. 
The  Council  might  then  have  the  position  re- 
viewed by  a  superior  court  if  they  thought 
fit  to  do  so. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett  said  that  the  Act  was 
very  difficult  to  decipher. 

Mr.  Bodkin  explained  that  he  was  chary 
about  taking  a  case,  because  the  magistrate 
could  only  state  a  case  as  a  Court  of  Sum- 
mary Jurisdiction,  and  he  did  not  want  to 
admit  that  the  magistrate  was  acting  in  that 
capacity. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett :  If  I  am  to  be  an  arbi- 
trator, there  may  be  a  que.stion  of  fees.  My 
view  is  that  I  have  power  to  order  a  license 
to  be  issued. 

Mr.  Elliott  said  that  the  Act  introduced  an 
entirely  novel  condition  of  things. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett :  And  was  one  which  the 
County  Council  introduced  themselves.  The 
magistrate  went  on  to  say  that  Mr.  Andrews, 
a  County  "Council  solicitor,  had  told  him  that 
the  Council  would  do  just  as  they  liked,  and 
would  not  be  bound  by  his  decision.  He  would 
adjourn  the  case  in  order  to  consider  the 
points  raised. 

On  January  19,  Mr.  Curtis-Bennett  announ- 
cing his  decision  on  the  point  stated  that  he 
had  no  doubt  whatever  that  the  case  came 
under  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Act,  and  for 
that  reason  he  should  hear  it,  and  if  he  were 
wrong  he  could  be  set  right.  The  case  there- 
fore  proceeded. 

Mr.  Elliott  then  took  the  prelirainiary  ob- 
jection that  as  the  County  Council  had  not 
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the  statutory  three  days  after  the  request  had 
beeu  niadf  that  body  could  not  be  heard  in 
oppoisjtion  to  the  application. 

The  magistrate,  however,  repeated  that  he 
had  taken  the  view  that  be  should  heac  the  case. 

Mr.  Elliott  said  he  was  prepared  to  agree 
with  that  course  if  his  client  would  not  be 
prejudiced  regarding  that  point  should  the 
case  continue  and  evidence  be  lieard. 

It  was  suggested  that  a  case  should  be 
stated  by  the  magistrate,  and  tlie  point  wai= 
then  debated  at  length  as  to  liow  tiie  matter 
should  be  raised  for  the  decision  of  the  High 
Court. 

Mr.  Bodkin  contended  that  if,  as  Mr.  Elliott 
alleged,  it  was  a  matter  of  life  and  death  for 
Mr.  Hampel,  and  if  he  mentioned  that  the 
County  Council  should  be  excluded  from  the 
hearing  of  the  appeal,  then  the  magistnate 
should  decide  in  favocr  of  going  on  with  the 
case,  and  against  that  decision  Mr.  Elliott 
could  ai)poal  to  the  High  Court. 

On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Elliott  argued  that 
the  Council  ought  to  take  the  matter  up. 

The  Magistrate:  1  will  go  on  with  the  case 
and  hear  it. 

Mr.  Elliott  then  asked  Mr.  Curtis  Bennett  to 
adjourn  the  case  so  that  he  could  go  to  the 
High  Court  and  apply  for  a  rule  determining 
the  procedure  to  be  .adopted  in  hearing  the 
case. 

Mr.  Curtis  Bennett:  Certainly. 

Mr.  Bodkin  said  the  County  Council  would 
do  everything  they  could  to  facilitate  a  rapid 
hearing  of  the  mutter.  The  Council  were 
always  ready  to  support  their  decision,  but  in 
tlie  present  case  the  difficulties  encountered 
were  the  cause  of  the  delay.  When  Mr.  Elliott 
had  had  the  mode  of  procedure  determined  the 
Council  would  be  ready  to  sup.port  their  deci- 
sion. 

The  two  cases  (the  second,  which  ran  on 
precisely  similar  lines,  being  that  of  Fritz's 
Agency,  Limited,  of  Charing  Cross  Road)  were 
then  adjourned  tine  die,  and  permission  was 
given  from  Fritz's  to  appeal  should  Mr. 
Hampel  not  be  prepared  to. 

The  question  of  costs  was  reserved. 

[See  reports  of  further  proceedings,  March  10, 
May   19.] 

THURSTON  V.  THE  ERA   (LIMITED). 
ALLEGED  LIBEL. 

In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 
Justice   Scrutton   and   a  special   jury,   an 
1  3  action  for  damages  for  alleged  libel   was 
brought  by  Mr.  Marcus  Cowan,  profession- 
ally   known    as    Harry   Thurston,    a   music-hall 
artist,    against  the  Era  (Limited).    The  defen- 
dants  puhiished    in    the   Era   a  criticism   of   a 
performance    by    the    plaintiff    which    he   com- 
plained had  injured   his  reputation  and   liveli- 
hood.    The  defendants  pleaded  fair  comment. 

Mr.  Ralph  Bankes,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  J.  P. 
Valetta  appeared  for  the  plaintiff ;  Mr.  M. 
Shearman,  R.C.,  and  Mr.  M'Cardie  represented 
the  defendants. 

Mr.  Bankes.  K.C..  in  opening  the  case,  said 
the  plaintiff  in  March,  1910,  sang  a  song  called 
"  The  Jockey  "  at  the  Islington  Empire.  It 
was  a  burlesque.  The  Era,  with  regard  to  the 
plaintiff,  stated  : — "  Harry  Thursteon  claims  to 
be  the  bad  boy  of  the  family,  and  he  might 
have  added  '  the  blue  one,  too.'  "  The  whole 
case  (said  counsel)  turned  on  the  word  "  blue." 
Music-hall  managers  and  artists  would  be 
called  to  say  that  there  was  only  one  possible 
meaning  to  the  word  "  blue,"  and  that  was 
"  filthy,"  "  indecent."  A  man  who  gave  a 
performance  of  an  objectionable  character 
could  not  get  an  engagement. 

Plaintiff  said  he  had  never  had  a  word  of 
complaint  as  to  the  character  of  his  perform- 
ances.   Up  to  March,  1910,  be  had  as  many  en- 


gagements as  he  reasonably  wanted.  His  per- 
formance at  Islington  was  a  burlesque  racing 
monologue — an  absurdity.  Witness  appeared 
on  the  stage  in  a  jockey's  suit.  He  gave 
twelve  performances  and  received  £7  a  week. 
There  was  only  one  meaning  in  the  profession 
attaching  to  the  word  "  blue,"  and  that  was 
"  indecent."  Witness  went  to  the  office  of  the 
Era  and  saw  a  representative  of  the  paper, 
who  told  him  It  was  done  by  a  new  reporter. 
Since  the  publication  of  the  article  his  engage- 
ments had  fallen  off  to  a  very  great  extent. 
Witness  recited  several  of  the  lines  of  his  song. 

Mr.  Shearman,  cross-examining  plaintiff,  put 
to  him  that  the  last  lines  of  his  patter  were  : — 
"  I  liave  thought  of  my  poor  dear  mother  in  a 
far-off   distant   land,    and   then    I   thought   of 

my    sister  walking    at    night    down    the 

Strand?" 

Plaintiff  :  No,  I  did  not. 

Did  you  not  say,   "  I  thought  of  my  sister 

walking  at  night  down ,"  and  then  did  you 

turn  to  the  audience  and  say,  "  The  boule- 
vards of  Paris?  "—No. 

Mr.  Bert  Adams,  manager  of  the  Islington 
Empire,  said  he  had  received  no  complaints 
about  the  song.  Nothing  in  it  struck  him  as 
"  blue."  If  it  had  been  he  should  have 
stopped  it. 

Miss  Victoria  Monks  thought  such  a  criticism 
would  do  a  man  harm.  She  had  heard  the 
song,  and  there  was  nothing  in  it  that  could 
properly  be  called  "  blue."  The  words  sug- 
gested by  Mr.  Shearman  would  be  "  blue." 

Other  witnesses  gave  evidence  in  support  of 
the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  G.  G.  Bartram  said  plaintiff's  turn  was 
most  inoffensive. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Clemart  also  gave  evidence.  He 
agreed  that  if  the  lines  suggested  had  been 
said  by  the  plaintiff  they  would  be  "  blue." 

Mr.  Shearman,  in  opening  the  case  for  the 
defendants,  said  that  he  regretted  that  Mr. 
Bennett,  who  had  written  the  article,  had  gone 
away,  and  he  would  be  unable  to  call  him,  but 
a  shorthand  note  had  been  taken  of  the  plain- 
tiff's turn  at  Newcastle,  which  took  place  im- 
mediately after  his  performance  at  Islington, 
and  that  it  appeared  that  the  lines  he  had 
put  to  the  plaintiff  in  cross-examination  had 
been  spoken  by  him  in  the  course  of  his  turn 
at  Newcastle.  He  suggested  that  the  Era 
rightly  described  what  he  said,  not  in  strong 
terms,  but  in  language  which  any  reasonable 
critic  was  entitled  to  use.  The  defendants 
were  not  attacking  the  plaintiff,  but  were  cri- 
ticising the  performance.  The  reason  why  the 
plaintiff  had  since  got  few'er  engagements  was 
because  his  turn  was  "  stale." 

Mr.  Kilburn.  assistant  manager  of  the 
Empire,  Newcastle,  gare  evidence  to  the  effect 
that  at  the  Pavilion,  Newcastle,  plaintiff  at 
the  end  of  his  patter  said  the  words  which  had 
been  put  to  him  in  cross-examination. 

In  summing  up,  Mr.  Justice  Scrutton  said 
the  question  for  the  jury  was  whether  the  de- 
fendants had  expressed  an  honest  opinion  that 
the  plaintiff's  performance  was  suggestive  or 
indecent. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  defen- 
dants, and  judgment  was  entered  accordingly. 

[See   Report    of  Appeal,   May  2.] 


THE       KINEMATOGRAPH       ACT.— GAIETY 
PICTURE  PALACE. 
At  the  West  London  Police  Court,  the  Gaiety 
Picture    Palace,    Limited,    of   22,   Totten- 
13  ham      Court     Road,      were      summoned 
before    Mr.    Fordham,    at    the    instance 
of    the    London    County    Council,  for  allowing 
the  College   Park    Picture    Theatre,  Tranmar 
Gardens,  Barrow  Road,  to  be  used  for  the  ex- 
hibition of  kinematograph  pictures  without  a 
license. 
A  flqe  of  £3  with  £2  23,  costs  wa?  imposed. 


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MAYNE    V.    CANNING    TOWN    VARIETIKS. 

LIMITED. 

••  DR.    JEKYLL    AND    MR.    HYDE." 

At  tlip  Marylebone  County  Court,  before  his 

Honour    Sir    William    Selfe,    Mr.    Albert 

1  6  Ernest   Maync  olaimeil  £9  damages  from 

the    CanniiJg    Town    Varieties,    Limited, 

for  alleged  breach  of  contract. 

Mr.  C.  V.  Hill  (.Messrs.  J.  Hill  and  Son, 
«olicJtor.  appeared  for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr. 
A.  E.  Woodgate,  barrister,  represented  the 
defendants. 

The  Plaintiff  said  that  he  was  ejiga.ged 
under  a  contract  to  produce  a  sketch.  Dr. 
Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,  at  the  Canning  Town 
Palace  of  Varieties  on  October  3,  for  one 
week,  at  a  salary  of  £9.  He  played  the  prin- 
cipal part,  and  was  assisted  by  a  iady  and 
two  gentlemen.  It  was  however,  really  a  one- 
part  sketch,  the  subordinate  cha^act^3rs  hav- 
ing very  little  to  do.  Prior  to  October  3  he 
and  his  company  had  a  week's  rehearsal,  ana 
the  sketch  was  produced  at  the  two  Monday 
evening  shows,  but  the  following  d.ny  he 
received  a  telegram  from  Mr.  Harry  Day, 
the  agent,  informing  him  that  his  services 
would  not  be  required  for  the  remainder  of 
the  week,  and  telling  him  to  have  his  proper- 
ties taken  away.  Plainti.f  added  that  he  had 
had  over  twenty  years'  experience  as  an  actor 
and  had  produced  the  same  sketch  with  great 
success  at  other  halls. 

Cross-examined,  pLiintifT  said  tlie  members 
of  his  company  who  played  with  him  at  Can- 
ning Town  were  not  all  the  same  as  appeared 
at  the  Bedford  and  at  Crouch  End.  Mr.  Good- 
son  had  arranged  the  contract  with  him,  but 
it  was  not  on  the  strict  understanding  that 
the  sketch  should  be  produced  precisely  as  ii 
had  been  at  Crouch  End.  As  a  matter  of 
fact, Mr.  Goodson  remarked  to  him,  "  You  are 
all  right,  and  it  does  not  matter  about  the 
other  people."  The  contract  applied  onlv  to 
the  principal;  it  did  not  matter  who  played 
the  other  parts,  so  long  as  thev  were  compe- 
tent. It  was  true  that  the  "lady  who  ap- 
peared in  the  sketch  did  not  play  at  the  first 
performance  on  the  Mondav.  She  was  in  the 
house,  but  objected  to  the  insanitary  con- 
dition of  her  dressing-room  the  floor  of 
which  was  wet.  The  two  male  subordinates  . 
had  not  played  with  him  in  the  sketch  before, 
but  he  denied  that  thev  did  not  know  their 
lines.  The  lady  had  plaved  with  him  before 
in  the  sketch  at  the  Standard  Music  Hall. 
PinWico.  It  was  not  true  that  on  the  night 
of  October  3  his  a^istants  ^poke  while  they 
had  their  hacks  to  the  audience,  and  that 
they  were  hissed.  Witness  did  not  consider  it 
relevant  to  explain  what  remuneration  his 
Bubordinat-es  received. 

Miss  Marguerite  Oldfleld  said  she  was  the 
authoress  of  the  sketch,  and  played  in  it  with 
Mr.  Mayne.  The  reason  she  did  not  appear  at 
the  first  performance  at  Canning  Town  was 
because  the  accommodation  was  "  terrible." 
Her  dressing-room  was  insanitary  and  damp, 
and  she  afterwards  suffered  in  health.  Her 
part  was  Dr.  .Tekyll's  wife,  and  she  had  been 
very  well  received  by  the  audience,  though 
she  had  very  little  .speaking  to  do. 

Mr.  H.  Goodson.  of  the  firm  of  Day's  Variety 
.Agency.  Effingham  House,  Strand,  said  le 
entered  into  the  contract  with  the  plaintiff, 
who  assured  him  that  the  company  that  would 
appear  at  Canning  Town  would  be  the  same 
as  that  which  had  played  in  the  .sketch  at 
Canning  Town. 

Mr.   G.  R.    Parry,   manager  of  the  CaJining 
Town  Palace  in  October,   1910,  said  the  audi- 
ence hoor-d  and  hissed  the  sketch  from  all  parts 
of  the  house  at  the  first  performance. 
Mr.  Woodgate:  What  about  the  second  per- 


formance?—I  think  it  was  worse  than  the 
first. 

Was  the  lady  suitable  for  the  part  — Well, 
you  could  not  hear  what  she  said. 

Mr.  Dockery,  stage  manager  at  the  Canning 
Town  Palace,  said  he  saw  both  performances 
on  October  3,  and  he  agreed  that  .Mr.  Mayne 
was  very  good  m  his  part  The  others,  how- 
ever, could  not  speak  their  lines,  and  did  not 
know  their  positions  on  the  str.ge  or  when 
to  take  up  the  "  cues."  The  audience  resented 
this  and  made  a  great  noise. 

Cross-examined,  witness  said  the  lady  of  the 
company  only  complained  of  not  having  a 
dressing-room  to  herself.  In  the  part  she 
played  she  only  spoke   about  two  lines. 

Mr.  H.  A.  Knicht,  musical  director  at  the 
Canning  Town  Palace,  said  he  considered  the 
sketch  very  i)oor  and  amateurish,  .\part  from 
Mr.  Mayne,  the  men  appeared  all  the  time  to 
be  trying  to  remember  what  they  had  got  to 
say. 

Hie  Honour  said  he  was  afraid  Mr.  Mayne 
had  not  been  ably  supported.  There  would  be 
judgment  for  the  defendants,  with  costs. 


STAGE  PLAYS  IN  PICTURE  HALLS— PAN- 
TOMIME AT  CONSETT— POLICE  AS 
PROSECUTORS. 

At    Con.sett    Petty    Ses.sions,    JoJin    Thomas 
Castle,  the   owner  of  the  Palace  Picture 

2  3  Hall    and    Skating    Rink    at    Catchgate, 

-\nnfield  Plain,  and  Robert  L.  Nuttall,  the 

manager,   were  jointly  charged  with   allowing 

a  stage  play  to  be  prrforined  In  a  building 
unlicensed  for  the  performance  of  stage  plays. 
Mr.  H.  Jackson  prosecuted  on  behalf  of  the 
Chief  Constable,  and  Mr.  J.  M.  Aynsley  (Con- 
sett)  defended. 

Mr.  Jackson  stated  that  the  defendants  con- 
ducted a  picture  hall  with  the  usual  music 
and  dancing  license,  and  these  proceedings 
were  instituted  under  the  Theatre  Act  of 
1843.  On  January  9  the  defendant  billed  a 
pantomime  entitled  Beaut;/  and  the  B:'ast,  to 
be  played  for  a  week  by  Mr.  Joseph  Arm- 
strong's company.  The  cast  consisted  of 
seventeen  performers;  there  w,^3  a  full  chorus, 
three  ax;ts,  and  various  scenes.  There  was  a 
distinct  p:ot  running  through  the  piece.  On 
the  Monday  the  defendant,  having  some 
doubts  in  his  own  mind  about  the  m.atter. 
telephoned  to  Superintendent  DrydcB,.  of 
Consett,  to  come  through  and  see  the  per- 
formance, and  advise  him  if  it  constituted  a 
stage  play.  The  superintendent  refused  to 
comply  with  his  request,  but  Sergeant  Chris- 
tin  attended,  and  now  gave  evidence  that  it 
was  a  stage  play. 

Mr.  .4ynsley  submitted  there  was  no  case 
to  answer.  It  was  not  a  stage  play,  but  a 
sort  of  disconnected  burlesque  without  a 
connected  plot.  , 

The  Magistrates  stated  tha/t  the  d'^fendant 
Castle  was  only  convicted  -  December  last 
for  opening  this  Palace  on  .a  Sunday,  after 
having  been  cautioned  by  the  police.  They 
understood  that  the  defendants  were  jointly 
charged,  otherwise  they  would  have  penalised 
Castle  more  th'an  his  manager.  Defendants 
would  be  fined  .£5  and  costs. 

John  Armstrong,  the  proprietor  of  the  pan- 
tomime comp.n.ny,  was  summoned  for  con- 
travening Section  11  of  the  above  Act  by  per 
forming  a  stage  play  in  an  unlicensed  build- 
ing. 

Mr.  WinskiM.  on  behalf  of  the  defendant, 
pleaded  "  guilty."  He  .stated  that  hi.s  client 
answered  an  advertisement  appearing  in  The 
Stage  from  the  defendant  Castle,  and.  th  nk- 
!ng  that  the  Picture  Hall  was  a  lieers'-d 
theatre,  he  accepted  the  engagement.  B- 
learned  on   arrival  that  the  place  was    not 


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licensed  for  stage  plays,  and  he  offered  to 
substitute  a  variety  show,  in  order  that  his 
company  should  not  be  thrown  out  of  an 
engagement  for  a  week,  but  Castle  told  him 
it  was  all  right,  as  he  had  obtained  the  con- 
sent of  the  superintendent  of  police,  and,  be- 
sides, the  managers  of  the  local  theatres  had 
no  objection  to  a  pantomime  being  produced 
at  a  picture  hall. 

The   Bench    imposed   a  penalty  of   10s.   and 
costs  for   each    performance. 


RICKABY  V.  ARNOLD— CHANGE  OF  OCCU- 
PANCY AND  TERMINATION  OF  CON- 
TRACTS—TEST   ACTION. 

The  case  of  Rickaby  v.    Arnold   was   before 

his  Honour  Judge  Woodfall  in  the  West- 

24  minster  County  Court,  and  was  a  claim 

for  salary  under  a  contract  to  appear  at 

the  Lyric,  Liverpool. 

Mr.  Doughty  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Judge 
and  Priestley)  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff, 
and  Mr.  Rigby"  Swift,  M.P.  (instructed  by 
Messrs.  Berry  and  Co.)  for  the  defendant. 

Mr.  Doughty,  in  opening  the  case,  said  the 
contract  was  made  on  February  20,  1909,  and 
the  plaintiff  was  to  appear  for  the  defendant, 
Mr.  Harry  C.  Arnold,  at  his  theatre,  the  Lyric. 
The  contract  "  barred  "  him  from  other  Liver- 
pool houses.  He  saw  a  notice  in  The  Per- 
former that  variety  artists  who  had  been 
engaged  would  not  be  required,  as  the  house 
was  reverting  to  dramatic  business.  It  was 
almost  comical,  counsel  commented,  to  put 
that  notification  forward  as  being  in  accord- 
ance with  the  Arbitrator's  Award.  This  was 
a  test  action.  It  was  rather  unfortunate  that 
Mr.  Rickaby's  action  had  been  selected  as  a 
test  case,  because  he  believed  that  during  tlie 
actual  time  plaintiff  was  to  appear  the  house 
was  closed. 

Mr.  Swift-  said  defendant  had  parted  with 
the  house  to  a  company  which  was  in  posses- 
sion during  the  time  plaintiff  was  to  have 
appeared,  and,  under  plaintiff's  contract,  to 
succeed  it  must  be  proved  against  the  de- 
fendant in  this  action  that  he  was  in  occupa- 
tion at  the  time  plaintiff  was  to  appear. 

Plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support  of  his 
counsel's  opening,  and  in  answer  to  the  judge 
stated  the  only  information  he  had  was  the 
notice  in  The  PerfoTmer. 

In  cross-examination  he  said  he  sent  his  bill 
matter  from  Cardiff  to  Liverpool.  Did  not 
write  to  Mr.  Clemart,  Chairman  of  the  Variety 
Artists'  Federation,  complaining  about  any 
notice  received  from  Mr.  Arnold.  The  letter 
produced,  from  Clemart  to  Arnold,  was  dated 
earlier  than  he  sent  his  bill  matter,  and  it 
referred  to  a  notice  from  Arnold  to  him 
(witness).  Messrs.  Fortune  and  Granville  were 
his  agents  in  this  matter,  and  the  letter  pro- 
duced was  one  of  theirs  acknowledging 
defendant's  notice,  and  promising  to  inform 
their   clients. 

They  did  not  inform  him,  and  the  first  he 
knew  was  the  advertisement.  He  performed 
at  the  Hippodrome,  Liverpool,  in  July,  1910, 
and  did  not  ask  defendant  for  any  per- 
mission to  appear  in  Liverpool.  Did  not  see 
any  notice  in  another  professional  paper. 
Received  no  notice  that  the  house  would  ha 
closed  at  the  time  he  was  to  have  appeared. 

Mr.  Swift  said  the  defendant's  case  was 
that  he  was  not  in  occupancy  of  the  theatre 
at  the  time  the  performance  was  to  have  been 
given.  During  that  period  the  house  was 
closed  He  produced  the  agreement  under 
which  a  company  took  over  the  house  which 
was  closed  pursuant  to  notice  for  one  week, 
and  then  opened  with  drama  twice  nightly. 
Notice  was  sent  to  plaintiff's  agents  who  re- 
plied  that   they   would   inform    bim,    and    he 


submitted  that  notice  entitled  defendant  to 
terminate  the  contract.  "  He  was  unable  to 
call  Mr.  Arnold  as  he  was  ill,  but  he  would 
call  the  accountant  who  had  the  business  in 
hand. 

Mr.  Joseph  West,  chartered  accountant,  of 
Liverpool,  gave  evidence  that  there  was  a 
loss  of  about  £1,000  in  1909,  and  there  was 
an  overdraft  at  the  bank  at  the  beginning 
of  1910.  The  place  could  nol  be  run  as  a 
music  hall  owing  to  the  exorbitant  salaries 
of  performers.  He  gave  the  opinion  on  the 
capacity  of  the  building.  A  company  was 
formed  to  run  it  as  a  theatre,  and  defendant 
was  appointed  managing  director  at  a  salary. 

Cross-examined :  He  was  the  largest  share- 
holder holding  on  trust  for  Mr.  Arnold's 
creditors.  The  one  object  of  forming  the  com- 
pany was  to  raise  money  to  pay  Mr.  Arnold's 
creditors.  The  managing  director's  salary  was 
£6  per  week. 

Re-examined :  Mr.   Arnold  held  106  shares. 

By  the  Judge :  The  landlord  adopted  the 
company   as    tenant. 

Mr.  Doughty  submitted  there  was  only  a 
change  in  form,  not  in  substance.  The  real 
occupancy  and  management  was  still  Arnold's. 
He  submitted  that  defendant  should  not  be 
allowed  to  succeed  in  a  case  like  this  because 
it  would  mean  that  some  trifling  alt-eration  in 
the  name  of  a  company,  or  a  person  assigning 
a  premises  to  his  mother-in-law  or  someone 
else,  would  enable  contracts  with  artists  to 
be  broken  with  impunity,  contracts  which 
barred  artists  from  the  town,  as  in  this  case, 
for  fifteen  months. 

His  Honour  found  that  the  occupation 
changed,  and  on  that  he  gave  judgment  for 
the  defendant  with  costs.  It  was  not  neces- 
sary to  decide  the  point  as  to  notice,  but  if 
the  clause  did  not  mean  notice  to  the  plaintiff 
through  the  aaent  throush  whom  he  was  en- 
gaged it  needed  considerable  gramraatic  altera- 
■  tion. 

Leave  to  appeal  was  given. 


TUBE   V.    LAIDLER. 
ALLEGED  INFRINGEMENT  OF  COPYRIGHT. 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  before  Mr. 
Justice  Channell,  the  action  of  Tubb  v. 
2  6  Laidler  was  heard.  Plaintiffs  were  Mr. 
Richard  John  Cornelius  Tubb  and  his 
wife,  they  being  professionally  known  on  the 
stage  as  Dick  Tubb  and  Jess'e  Buckle.  De- 
fpndant  was  Mr.  Franci-s  Laidler,  of  the 
Prince's.  Bradford,  and  the  Royal,  L^eds. 
Plaintiffs  claimed  damages  for  allegpd  in- 
fringement of  plaintiffs'  song  called  "  Coke 
for  the  Fire."  The  defendant  pleaded  t^at 
"Coke  for  the  Fire "  was  not  a  dramatic 
piece  or  musical  composition :  that  it  w^e  not 
new:  and  that  the  defendant  had  committed 
no  infringement. 

Mr.  Doughty  appeared  for  the  plaintiff, 
and  Lord  Tiverton  and  Mr.-  L.  P.  Walker  for 
the  defendant. 

Mr.  Doughty,  in  opening  plaintiffs'  case, 
said  Mr.  Tubb  played  the  character  of  Ali 
Baba  in  the  pantomime  at  Bradford  during 
the  season  1909-10,  and  made  a  great  success 
of  the  song  "  Coke  for  the  Fire."  During  the 
panto.mimp  a  number  of  little  grls  gave  imi- 
tations of  the  principal  singers,  and  one  little 
girl  called  Lena  Boo+h  was  particularly  good 
in  this  way.  Plaintiff  made  no  obiection  to 
this  girl  imitating  his  song,  but  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  last  performance  Mr.  Laidlet.  the 
defendant,  said  he  was  going  to  produce  a 
children's  pantomime  at  Easter,  and  that 
Lena  Booth  was  going  to  sing  plaintiff's  song. 
Plamtiff  objected,  and  then  defendant  said 
he  would  u=e  something  like  it.  On  March  29 
Lena  Booth  imitated  the  plaintiff,   and  ean§ 


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JAN. 


a  sons;  entitled  "  Milk  far  the  Cat,"  which 
plaintitT  said  was  an  infringement  of  hJs 
song. 

Mr.  Francis  Laidler,  the  defendant,  said  he 
(tave  to  Mr.  MacAUi-ster,  the  composer  of 
"Milk  for  the  Cat,"  express  instructions  not 
to  cop.v  the  pluiiiijll's  song.  He  never  told 
plaintiti  he  should  use  a  song  something  like 
bis. 

Mr.  MacAIlister,  the  composer,  said  the 
onl.v  similarity  in  the  two  songs  was  Jn  the 
rhythm.  There  was  no  similarity  in  the 
melody. 

Dr.  Ralph  Dunstan,  professor  of  music,  said 
the  artistic  value  of  the  two  songs  was  nil, 
and  there  n-ii.>'  not  a  spark  of  originality  in 
either  of  them.  They  might  have  a  music-haU 
value.  The  words  of  either  song  might  easily 
be  sung  to  the  music  of  the  other. 

Mr.  Justice  Channc'l,  in  giving  judgment, 
said  the  plaintiff  rested  his  case  on  the  musi- 
cal copyright  of  the  song  as  a  song.  As  a 
dramatic  performance  he  could  not  sustain  the 
claim.  The  words  were  very  different,  so  that 
there  could  not  be  an  infringement  of  the 
words.  The  song  had  common  features  with 
many  other  music-ha!!  .sonas.  To  some  extent 
it  was  new,  and  he  could  not  help  thinking 
that  there  was  a  copyright  in  it  as  a  song, 
against  any  one  who  took  it  as  it  was  and 
sang  it.  But  to  say  that  a  song  that  had 
similar  features  to  the  plaintiff's  song  was  an 
infringement  of  the  plaintiff's  song  was  not 
sound,  where  the  two  had  features  which  were 
common  t-o  prior  publications.  Those  features 
were  not  the  cau.se  of  its  novelty.  That  was 
the  answer  to  the  case.  It  was  not  sung 
identically  as  the  plaintiff  sang  it,  neither  was 
the  music  identical,  and  the  words  were  dif- 
ferent. Were  they  so  similar  as  to  make  it 
an  infringement  was  a  question  of  .some  con- 
siderable doubt.  He  had  not  the  sma'lest 
doubt  the  song  complained  of  was  sung  in 
jrder  to  remind  the  public  of  the  song  that 
plaintiff  had  sung  in  the  pantomime,  but  he 
did  not  think  it  came  to  an  infringement. 
Though  not  without  hesitation,  he  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  plaintiff  had  not 
made  out  his  case,  and  there  would  therefore 
be  judgment  for  the  defendant,  with  coste 


NUNX    V.    NEW    BIOSCOPE    COMPANY 
ALLEGED  MALICIOUS  PROSECUTION. 

In   the    King's    Bench    Division,    Mr.   Justice 
Lush   delivered  judgment  in  the  case  of 
2  7  Nunn   v.    the    New    Bioscope    Company, 
Limited.  ' 

In  thi-*  case  Mr.  Xunn,  the  plaintiff,  who  was 
made  a  bankrupt  some  four  years  previously 
brought  an  action  against  the  New  Bioscope 
Company  for  damaces  for  malicious  prosecution 
and  for  false  imprisonment.  The  claim  under 
the  second  heading  was.  however,  withdrawn 
The  action  was  the  result  of  a  prosecution  insti- 
tuted by  the  New  Bioscope  Comp:inv  against 
Mr.  Nunn  for  a  breach  of  the  Bankruptcy  Act 
in  obtainina  credit  for  more  than  .£20  without 
disclosing  that  he  was  an  undischareed  bank- 
rupt. The  plaintiff  stated  in  his  evidence  at 
the  trial  that  before  he  entered  into  an  agrfee 
ment  for  the  hire  and  purchase  of  goods  he 
made  it  clear  to  Mr.  Demontelle,  who  was  act- 
jne  for  the  company,  that  he  was  an  undis- 
charged  bankrupt.  This  was  denied  by  Mr. 
Demontelle.  .Mr.  Justice  Lush,  after  a  lengthy 
iumming-up,  left-the  following  questions  to  the 
jury;—     . 

(1)  Did  the  agents  of  the  defendant  company 
who  instituted  the  criminal  proceedings  know 
when  the  goods  were  supplied  that  the  plain- 
tiff was  an  undischarged  bankrupt? 

(2)  Did  tbey  act  maliciously  in  instituting 
them?  • 


(3)  Did  Mr.  Demontelle  know  that  the  plain- 
tifif  was  un  undischarged  bankrupt  when  the 
goods  were  supplied? 

(4)  Did  the  dei  ..dants  act  honestly  and  in 
good  faith  in  charging  the  plaintiff  with  ob- 
tu.ining  credit  to  the  amount  of  JE'JO? 

To  the  first  three  questions  the  jury  answered 
"  No,"  and  to  the  fourth,  "  Yes." 

Mr.  Justice  Lush  then  entered  judgment  for 
the  defendants  with  costs. 


RAYNE   V.    SELWYN.— QUESTION   OF 
OARNISHEiE   ORDERS. 

In  the  Marylebone  County  Court,  before  his 
Honour  Sir  W.  Lucius  Selfe.  the  question 

30  of  garnishee  orders  was  raised.  Messrs. 
E.  and  M.  Kayne  had  obtained  judgment 
against  Mr.  Harry  P.  Selwyn,  a  sketch  pro- 
ducer, for  £14  OS.  6d.  in  respect  of  cos- 
tumes supplied,  and  subsequently  they  en- 
deavoured to  garnis.hoe  moneys  in  the  hands 
of  the  Metropolitan  Theatre  of  \'arieties  Co., 
Edgware  Road,  at  v.hich  hall  the  judgment 
debtor  had  produced  a  skotch  called  Ihe  I'rice 
of  Peace  for  one  week  at  a  sialary  of  £07  10s. 

The  point  of  interest  in  the  ca.se  was  whether 
under  the  terms  of  the  contract  with  the 
theatre  maniagement  the  judgment  debtor  was 
entitled  to  the  receipt  of  moneys  before  the 
whole  of  the  six  days'  performances  hud  been 
completed.  The  garnitibee  order  was  served 
before  the  expiration  of  the  week,  and  the 
question  was  whether  the  plaintiffs  were  en- 
titled under  the  circumstances  to  attach  tlie 
amount  due  to  them  on  Llie  judgmemt. 

Mr.  Walter  Franiplon,  counsel  for  the  plain- 
tiffs, submitted  tliat  the  salary  due  and 
accruing  could  be  attachable  for  the  debt. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Blackwell,  counsel  for  the  judg- 
ment debtor,  urged  on  the  other  hand  that 
no  part  of  the  salary  oould  be  legally  claimed 
until  the  whole  week's  performance  had  been 
•carried  through.  He  further  stated  that  a 
Miss  Woodheiad,  a  member  of  the  Selwyn  Com- 
pany, claimed  to  be  the  proprietor  of  the 
sketch.  The  Price  of  Peace,  and  other  sketches 
produced  by  Mr.  Selwyn,  who,  she  said,  was 
'her  manager,  and  in  connection  with  the  pro- 
duction of  these  sket-ches  certain  proceedings 
were  pending  in   the   High  Court. 

Mr.  Ibbertson,  secretary  of  the  Metropolitan 
Theatre  Co.,  questioned  as  to  the  payment  of 
•artists'  salaries,  said  they  were  usually  paid 
on  Saturday  afternoon.  It  was  not  custo- 
mary for  payments  to  be  made  during  tJie 
week  unless  an  artist  for  personal  reasons 
desired  an  advance.  With  regard  to  the  sketch 
The  Price  of  Peace,  Mr.  Selwyn  was  the  pro- 
ducer, although  he  did  not  play  in  it.  Wit- 
ness knew  nothing  of  Miss  Woodhead  being 
the  proprietor  of  the  sketch. 

His  Honour,  in  giving  judgment,  said  the 
garnishee  order  was  flrtt  served  on  the  secre- 
tary oi  the  theatre  corporation,  and  this  did 
not  constitute  a  proper  service,  as  it  ought 
to  have  been  served  at  a  registered  office.  It 
was  so  served  subsequently,  but  the  secretary 
of  the  company  having  been  served  with  a 
summons,  thought  it  proper  not  to  disregarjl 
it,  but  to  withhold  a  portion  of  the  salary 
due  in  order  to  meet  the  garnishee  order. 
This  order,  having  been  served  before  mid- 
day on  the  Saturday,  the  point  arose  whether 
under  the  terms  of  the  week's  contract  a 
claim  could  be  legally  made  for  salary  before 
the  whole  of  the  six  days'  performances  had 
been  completed.  Although  it  seemed  custo- 
mary to  pay  art'isU  on  Saturday  afternoons, 
that  appeared  to  be  a  matter  of  pure  con- 
venience, so  as  not  to  keop  the  treasury  open 
until  late  at  ndght.  It  seemed  to  him  that 
the  money  did  not  become  due  under  the  con- 
tract until  Wbe  wiicle  of  the  performance*  bad 


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been  given,  and  he  gave  judgment  for  the 
judgment  debtor,  garnishee  to  pay  the  amount 
into  court,  less  10s.  6d.  for  his  costs.  The 
money,  however,  could  not  be  paid  out  for 
fourteen  days,  m  cat«  appli'O.a t ion  was  niiade 
by  the  judgnienit  debtor's  trustee  in  bank- 
ruptcy or  hiis  a.^Kgnee  on  proof  of  aisignment. 


THE    KINEMATOGRAPH    ACT. 
.1.   CLAZENBERG   AND   D.  W.   BECK   FINED. 

At    North    London,    Joseph    Clazenberg,    of 

Cranfield  Gardens.  N.W.,  and  David  Wal- 

31  ter  Beek.   of  Hillfield    Road,   N.W.,  were 

summoned   for   opening  the   premises  331 

ami  331a,  Mare  S^treet,  Hacliney,  known  as  the 

Hackney   Picture'  Palace,    as   a   kinematograph 

theatre,    without    the    license    of    the    London 

County  Council,  on  December  26  and  28,  1910. 

Mr   Hedderwick   imposed   a  fine   of   £6   with 

£2  2s  costs. 

LOTTERY    IN    A    PICTURE    HALL. 
B.    KENNEDY. 

At  Wednesbury,  Benjamin  Kennedy,  proprie- 
tor of  the  King's  Hall  Picture  Palace, 
31  Wednesbury,  was  fined  by  Mr.  Neville. 
stipendiary  magistrate.  £20  and  costs 
under  the  Gaming  Act  for  keeping  a  lottery, 
and  Samuel  Leonard,  his  manager,  was  fined 
£1.5  and  costs  for  aiding  and  abetting  him. 

Mr.  Glover,  for  the  Chief  Constable  of 
Staffordshire,  explained  that  in  connection 
with  the  Picture  Palace  was  a  letter-box  com- 
petition. Two  boxes  were  kept,  one  inside 
the  door,  the  other  in  the  gallery,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  audience  were  permitted  to  put 
a  postcard  in  the  box  with  the  name  and 
address  on  it.  Before  the  show  concluded 
postcards  were  drawn  from  the  box,  and  the 
fir.st   card   out   won   5s. 


FEBRUARY. 


ALLEN  AND  SON'S,  LIMITED  v.  HUGHES 
AND   OTHERS. 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division  before  Mr. 
Justice    Hamilton,    Messrs.    David    Allen 

2  and  Son,  Limited,  sued  Miss  Annie  Hughes 
for  £90  2s.  lOd.,  balance  of  an  account 
for  printing  posters  in  connection  with  the 
tour  of  the  Mollusc.  Sir  Charles  Wyndham  and 
.\liss  Mary  Moore  were  joined  as  third  parties  to 
the  action,  from  whom  Miss  Hughes  claimed 
an  indemnity. 

.Mr.  C';'.nnot  appeared  for  plaintiffs;  Sir 
Frederick  Low,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Broxholm  were 
for  the  defendant.  Miss  Hughes;  and  Mr. 
Spencer  Bower,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Albery  were  for 
Sir  Charles  Wyndham  and  Miss  Mary  Moore. 

Mr.  Cannot  stated  that  the  action  was 
begun  in  the  County  Court,  but  was  removed 
to  the  High  Court  on  the  defendant's  asser- 
tion that  she  wished  to  raise  points  of  law  and 
questions  of  theatrical  custom,  and  to  join 
Sir  Charles  Wyndham  and  Miss  Mary  Moore 
as   third   parties. 

There  was  a  custom,  said  counsel,  in  the 
theatrical  profession  by  which  printers  kept 
posters  in  stock  and  supplied  them  to  touring 
companies  from  week  to  week  as  required. 
Accounts  were  paid  weekly,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  tour.  Orders  for  the  printing  for  Miss 
Hughes's  tour  of  The  Mollusc  were  given  by 
Yearsley,  who  the  plaintiffs  alleged  was  de- 
fendant's agent.  The  tour  came  to  an  end, 
and  plaintiffs  had  a  number  of  posters  in  their 
possession  for  which  they  now  claimed  pay- 
ment. 

Mr.  George  Dornan  .said  he  wa,?  printing 
manager  to  tb^-  plaintiffs.    For  the  posters  in 


quer.tion  he  received  orders  signed  by  Yearsley 
as  for  the  defendant.  Nothing  was  said  about 
the  third  parties  being  the  ultimately  re.-^pon- 
sible  parties.  Invoices  were  made  out  to  the 
defendant,  or  to  Yearsley  on  htr  behalf. 

In  cross-examination  he  said  he  only  knew 
the  defendant  in  the  matter.  He  was  aware 
that  on  the  printed  matter  for  The  Mollusc 
tour  there  appeared  the  words  "  by  arrange- 
ment with   Sir  Charles  Wyndham." 

.Mr.  Frank  Yearsley  said  he  considered  him- 
self engaged  as  manager  for  Mis.s  Hughes.  He 
booked  dates  for  her  in  her  name,  and  she 
signed  the  theatre  contracts.  He  submitted 
orders  for  printing  by  the  plaintiffs  to  the 
defendant,  and  she  told  him  to  sign  them, 
which  he  did  for  her. 

Cross-examined. — He  knew  there  was  an 
agree;nent  between  the  defendant  and  the 
third  parties  under  which  the  defendant  was 
to  send  in  nightly  returns  to  the  third  parties 
as  the  tour  proceeded,  and  the  third'  parties 
were  to  take  over  the  financial  responsibility 
of  the  whole  tour.  He  did  not  tell  the  witness 
Dornan  that  Sir  C.  Wyndham  had  an  interest 
in  the  tour. 

The  hearing   was  continued  on  the  3rd. 

Mi^s  Annie"  Hughes  said  that  for  some 
.vears  she  had  been  engaged  in  taking 
theatrical  comTianies  about  the  provincer,.  Sihe 
toured  with  Miss  Tommy  and  Sxceet  Nancp- 
Mr.  Yearsley  was  her  advaJice  agent,  and 
afterwards  "burliness  manager  with  Miss 
Tommy.  On  January  4,  1908.  she  entered 
into  an  agreement  with  Sir  Chp.rles  Wyndham 
?vA  Miss  Mary  Moore  to  tour  with  Thf 
Mollusc.  Mr.  Yearslev  acted  sfi  the  bur.ine&s 
manaser.  She  had  told  Meis.>r.s.  Allen's  repre- 
r;  ntative  with  regard  to  the  printing  that  he 
must  go  to  Sir  Charles  Wyndham  or  the 
Criterion. 

CroHi'S-examined  by  Mr.  Cannot :  She  was  re- 
snonp5ibIe  for  the  management  and  conduct 
c.f  the  tour,  but  she  was  engaged  as  an  artist, 
and  Mr.  Yearsley  became  Sir  Charles  Wynd- 
ham'-s    buisinere   manager. 

Mr.  Alexander  Henderson,  general  manager 
for  Sir  Ch-arles  Wyndham,  was  called.  He 
admitted  that  under  the  agreement  Sir 
Charles  was  to  finance  the  company,  but  he 
■-.?id  that  if  he  had  had  the  management  of 
the  tour  he  certainly  should  not  have  given 
orders  fox  picture  posten?.  M  Mr.  Yearsley 
hiul  acted  on  anyone's  authority  when  the 
order  was  given  it"  was  the  authority  of  Mim 
Hughes,  who  was  to  manage  the  tour. 
■I'-though  Mr.  Yearsley  was  her  business 
manager,  and  hew;i£  paid  by  Sir  Charles. 

Mr.  Justice  Hamilton,  in  giving  judgment, 
said  he  was  of  opinion  that  the  order  for  the 
nrinting  in  question  which  had  been  signed 
hv  Mr.  Yearsley  was  signed  by  him  upon  the 
.-uithoritv  of  Mi,ss  Hughes,  and  consequentJy 
that  Miss  Hughes  wi£  personally  liable,  and 
could  be  sued  by  the  plaintiffs.  But,  havinu 
reg.ard  to  the  fact  that  there  was  an  agree- 
ment between  herself  .n.nd  Sir  Charles  Wynd- 
ham and  Misis  Mary  Moore,  who  had  been 
joined  ?i?  third  parties,  by  which  the  third 
'n.«!rties  had  undertaken  all  financiail  respon-i- 
bi'ity  for  the  tour.  Miss  Hughes  was  entitled 
to   recover    indemnity    against    them. 

The  next  i>oint  he  had  to  consider  was  the 
counter-claim  which  the  third  parties  had 
entered  against  Miss  Hughes,  alleging  they 
c"Uld  not  "be  held  liable,  because  the  plain- 
tiff's claim  wais  for  a  debt  which  Miss  Hughes 
had  improperly  incurred,  in  the  sense  that  it 
was  a  needless  expenee  having  these 
picture  poeters  printed  at  all  for  a  tour  of 
this  kind.  He  could  not  accept  the  third 
parties'  contention  that  ordering  these  posters 
was  imiproTidence  on  Mi?»5  Hughes's  part,  foi- 
which   on    that    ground   she   was    to    be   held 

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ptrsuiiaJiv  liable.  It  wa«  hoped  thai  the  tour 
would  have  proved  more  succeesful  than  it 
did,  but  because  it  had  not  come  up  to  ex- 
I)ectationa  he  did  not  see  how  tliat  could 
affect  MU«  Hughes'e  liability  under  the  agree- 
ment. 

There  would,  therefore,  be  .iudpment  for  the 
plaintifTo  for  £90  3>.  lid.  on  the  claim  apainsit 
Mins  Huches,  but  judgment  for  a  like  amount 
would  be  entered  for  her  against  the  third 
p.orties  with  coste.  There  would  also  be  judp- 
mcnt,  with  oo<»t€,  for  Miee  Hughes  on  the  third 
party  counter-claim. 


RIGBY  V.  GKAH.4M-F.\LC0X— NOT  IX  THE 
CONTRACT. 

In  the  Westminster  County  Court,  the 
case    of    Ricby    r.    Graham-Falcon    was 

2  heard  hv  his  Honour  Judfje  Woodfall. 
Plaintiff  (Mr.  Arthur  Rigby)  claimed  £8 
tialance  on  performances. 

Mr.  Pitman,  the  plaintifT's  counsel,  said  th'it 
Mr.  Graham-Falcon  was  proprietor  and  man- 
ager of  theatres  at  Luton  and  Bedford,  an.! 
the  plaintiff  entered  into  an  agreement  to  pro- 
vide variety  entertainments,  with  a  sketch,  sit 
each  house,  end  to  take  on  per  cent,  of  the, 
proceeds  as  his  payment  He  went  to  Bedford 
first,  and  found  that  kinematograph  pictures 
were  being  shown.  The  overture  followed,  and 
then  he  gave  his  show,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
week  was  paid  his  60  iier  cent.,  and  w.is  told 
that  nothfng  had  been  deducted  for  the  pic- 
tures. He  then  performed  at  luton,  where 
pictures  were  also  shown,  and  at  the  end  of 
the  week  .€4  was  deducted  for  pictures  there, 
and  .€4  for  pictures  at  Bedford,  from  his  60 
per  cent  The  plaintiff  at  no  time  agreed  to 
include  pictures  in  hiis  show.  Mr.  Egbert,  who 
acted  as  agent  for  the  plaintiff  and  the  de- 
fendant, engaged  artists  for  the  plaintiff,  but 
he  was  not  introduced  to  engage  pictures. 

The  plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support,  and, 
in  answer  to  the  judge,  said  that  the  pictures 
were  not  necessary  tx)  his  show,  and  no  men- 
tion was  made  of  them  when  the  contract  was 
made. 

The  defence  was  th.'.t  Mr.  Egbert  was  to 
arrange  the  items,  and  the  pictures  were  one 
of  the  items  he  arranged,  and  a  draft  bill  w:vs 
.■^ent  to  the  plaintiff  at  the  Hippodrome,  Dover, 
fhowing  that  the  pictures  were  one  of  the 
turns.  It  was  a  mere  oversight  that  the  £4 
was  not  deducted  the  first  week. 

His  Honour  said  that  he  had  no  doubt  the 
plaintiff  was  entitled  to  judgment.  It  would 
be  a  hardship  if  this  could  be  drafted  on  to 
the  plaintiff's  contract  without  his  consent. 
If  the  defendant  had  a  remedv  it  was  against 
Egbert,  but  the  contr.-ict  between  him  and  the 
plaintiff  could  not  be  added  to.  Judgment 
would  be  for  the  plaintiff,  with  costs. 


OHAPLIM     v.     HICKS.— AUL-EGED     BREACH 

OF  CONTRACT.— SEQUEL  TO  A  "  BEAUTY 

COMPETITION." 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  before  Mr. 
Justice    Pickford    and    a    common    jury, 

3  -Miss  Eva  Chaplin  brought  an  action  to  re- 
cover damages  from  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks 
for  alleged  breach  of  contract. 

Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  G.  A.  Scott 
(mstructed  by  Messrs.  Charles  Anderson  and 
Co.)  appeared  for  the  plaintiff:  Mr.  Duke, 
K.C.,  and  Mr.  H.  A.  McCardie  (instructed  by 
Messrs.  J  D.  Langton  and  I'assmore)  for  the 
defendant. 

Mr.  Smith  said  that  the  contract  consisted 
of  an  offer  or  a  series  of  offers  made  bv  Mr. 
Hicks  to  the  public  through  the  medium  of  the 
BaxXy  Express  published  on  November  5.  6,  and 
9,  1908.    The  offer  was  set  out  in  a  Mter  from 


Mr.  nicks  to  tlie  Daily  Express.  It  was  beaded 
"  The  Prize  of  Beauty.  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks 
makes  a  novel  offer :  £7,200  stake.  Express 
Readers  to  Select  Future  Peeres-ses."  The 
letter  set  out  that  Mr.  Hicks  would  lay  out 
a  sum  of  £7,200  upon  a  beauty  competition. 
Competitors  were  invited  to  send  in  their 
photographs,  and  Mr.  Hicks  and  a  committee 
were  to  pick  out  twenty-four.  These  were  to 
be  published  in  the  Express,  and  the  readers 
were  to  vote  for  the  "  prettiest  aspirants  for 
histrionic  and  matrimonial  honours."  Twelve 
of  these  were  to  be  given  engagements  by  Mr. 
Hicks — four  a  three  years'  engagement  at  £5 
a  week,  to  the  second  four  the  same  engage- 
ment at  £4  a  week,  and  the  third  four  at  £3 
a  week.  "  It  will  be  your  readers,"  the  letter 
continued,  "who  shall  say  which  of  these 
lovely  ladies  I  am  to  place  before  the  public 
and  infuse  new  blood  int-o  a  decadent  House  of 
Lords." 

The  plaintiff,  who  was  then  in  Mr.  F.  R. 
Benson's  company,  filled  in  an  entrance  form 
and  sent  her  photograph  to  the  newspaper. 
On  December  9  the  defendant  varied  the  offer, 
and  the  photographs  of  the  candidates  were  to 
be  voted  for  by  coupon.*  published  in  the 
Express  by  readers  in  certain  districts  where 
the  competitors  resided.  Mr.  Hicks  was  to 
make  an  appointment  with  the  fifty  ladies  who 
obtained  the  greatest  number  of  votes,  and  he 
would  select  the  twelve  winners.  On  Decem- 
ber 16  the  plaintiff  was  informed  that  she  was 
one  of  the  fifty  selected,  and  that  she  should 
endeavour  to  obtain  as  many  votes  as  possible. 
She  had  obtained  the  top  position  in  her  dis- 
trict. On  January  4  the  defendant  wrote  ask- 
ing her  to  see  him  at  the  Aldwych  for 
selection,  but  she  did  not  receive  that  until 
the  6th,  as  she  was  playing  at  Dundee.  She 
wrote  back  and  explained  the  circumstances, 
but  did  not  receive  an  answer.  She  afterwards 
called,  but  could  not  see  Mr.  Hieks. 

On  February  3  the  result  of  the  competition 
w-as  announced.  Of  the  twelve  winners,  counsel 
said,  eight  nf  them  were  already  in  Mr.  Hicks's 
employment.  The  last  two  in  the  plaintiff's 
section — the  fourth  and  fifth  selected  by  the 
readers — got  prizes,  and  both  were  in  Mr. 
Hicks's  employment.  That  showed  the  chance 
that  the  plaintiff  had.  The  plaintiff,  counsel 
said,  was  entitled  to  a  fair  consideration  of 
her  claim  at  the  final  decision.  She  was  de- 
prived of  it,  and  under  those  circumstances 
coimsel  submitted  the  defendant  had  com- 
mitted a  breach  of  the  contract.  The 
defendant  had  said  he  did  not  recollect  receiv- 
ing tire  letters  the   plaintiff  had   sent. 

Mr.  Duke  remarked  that  it  was  admitted  the 
plaintiff  received  the  largest  number  of  votes 
in   her  district. 

Mr.  Justice  Pickford  said  that  it  was  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  letters  which  was  disputed. 

Miss  Chaplin  said  she  was  trained  in  acting 
at  the  Guildhall  School.  She  had  been  in  Mr. 
Benson's  company  and  had  taken  the  part  of 
a  boy  in  Henry  V.,  al.so  the  part  of  Lucius 
in  Julius  Casar.  and  various  other  Shake- 
Iiearean  roles.  When  she  received  the  letter 
asking  her  to  attend  at  the  .\ldwych  she  was 
in  Dundee,  and  at  once  sent  a  telegram  and 
afterwards  wrote.  She  then  came  to  London 
and  endeavoured  to  see  Mr.  Hicks.  She  sent 
in  her  card  and  wrote  "  Re  Beauty  Show  "  on 
the  back  of  it,  but  was  told  he  was  too  busy 
to  see  her.     She  called  three  times. 

Mr.  Duke,  for  the  defence,  then  submitted 
there  was  no  case  to  go  to  the  jury,  there 
being  a  failure  by  the  plaintiff  to  perform 
one  of  the  conditions  of  the  contract  with  re- 
gard to  her  address.  He  also  contended  that 
damages  were  too  remote. 

Mr.  Justice  Pickford  tiouaht  it  better  to  take 
the  verdict  of  the  jury      '^«>  could  hear  argu- 


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ments  afterwards.  A  question  for  the  jury 
was  whether  a  reasonable  opportunity  was 
given  to  the  lady  of  presenting  herself  in  Lon- 
don for  selection. 

No  evidence  wias  called  for  the  defence.  An 
answer  to  an  interrogatory  to  the  effect  that 
Mr.  Hicks  had  not  received  plaintiff's  tele- 
gram and  letter   was  put  in. 

Mr.  Justice  Pickford,  in  summing  up,  pointed 
out  that  the  plaintiff  had  only  given  her  Lon- 
don address.  The  questions  for  the  jury  were 
whether  the  defendant  gave  the  plaintiff  a 
reasonable  opportunity  of  presenting  herself 
for  selection,  and  if  the  defendant  was  liable, 
what  damages.  The  question  of  law  as  to 
whether  damages  in  such  a  case  as  this  were 
recoverable  need  not  concern  them,  that 
would  be  a  question   for  future  consideration. 

The  jury  found  thai  a  reasonable  opportunity 
was  not  giver  to  the  plaintiff,  and  assessed 
the    damages    at    £100. 

Hir^  lordship  had  the  case  before  him  asain 
on  February  8.  when  Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C., 
asked  that  judgment  .should  be  entered  for 
his  client  in  accordance  with  the  verdict  of 
the  jury. 

Mr.  H.  E  Duke,  K.C..  .submitted  that  judg- 
ment should  be  ent-ered  for  Mr.  Hicks.  He 
said  the  contract  was  a  little  difficult  to  spell 
out.  but  it  was  clear  that  there  were  no  ex- 
press stipulations  in  it.  except  that  certain 
elect-ed  persons  should  in  a  certain  event  be 
emiployed  by  the  defendant.  There  was  no 
fitipulation  concerning  the  capacity  in  which 
they  should  be  employed,  and  altogether  the 
contract  was  so  vague  that  no  action  for  sub- 
.stantial  damages  could  be  founded  upon  it. 

His  Lordship:  I  thought  the  contract  was 
that  the  plaintiff  should  have  the  opportunity 
of  being  selected. 

iMr.  Duke :  For  some  class  of  employment. 

Counsel  said  the  jury  had  apparently  found 
that  the  plaintiff  did  not  have  the  chance  of 
attending  to  see  whether  she  might  be  selected 
for  employment ;  but  that  wfjs  only  a  chance 
l>o^tponed;  and  the  chance  '  itself  still  re- 
mained. He  knew  of  no  case  in  the  books 
where  such  a  chance  had  been  held  sufficient 
to  found  an  action  for  damages  upon. 

Mr.  McCardie  also  addressed  arguments  to 
his  lordship  on  behalf  of  the  defendant. 

Mr.  S.mith  argued  that  Mr.  Hicks  had  done 
fomefchins  which  prevented  him  from  fulfilling 
the  obligation  he  had  undertaken  to  discharge. 
He  had  undertaken  to  give  this  lady's  claim 
consideration  together  with  the  claims  of  the 
other  competitors. 

His  lord.ship  entered  judgment  for  the  plain- 
tiff for  £'100,  but  granted  a  stay  of  execution 
on  the  usual  terms. 

[See  report  of  Appeal  on  May  15.] 


STAGE  PLAYS  IN  UNLICENSED  BUILDING. 

At  Chelmsford,  Charles  Robert  Pinch, 
assistant    overseer.    Great   Baddow,    and 

3  Ernest  Albert  Moss,  schoolmaster,  Great 
Baddow,  were  summoned  for  permitting 
a  certain  part  in  a  stage  play  to  be  performed 
in   an  unlicensed  place. 

Police-constable  Pickett  deposed  to  visiting 
Jeftery's  Schoolroom  on  the  evening  of  January 
18.  where  an  entertainment  was  being  held. 
One  item  of  the  programme  was  The  Major's 
Gout.  The  last  item  on  the  programme  was 
another  play,   entitled  Hodge's  Predicament. 

Mr.  Sutthery,  for  the  defence,  said  the  en- 
tertainment was  got  up  for  charitable  pur- 
poses, and  the  programme  comprised,  among 
other  items,  a  couple  of  little  sketches.  Mr. 
Sutthery  pointed  to  the  fact  that  similar 
sketches  were  given  in  the  London  music  halls, 
which  were  not  licensed  for  stage  plays. 

A  fine  of  IDs.  and  4s.  costs  was  imposed  in 
each  case. 


BUCALOSSI  v.   WALDORF  HOTEL. 

In  the  Court  of  Appeal,  before  Lords  Jus- 
tices    Vaughan-Williams,     Farwell,     and 

5     Kennedy,      the    case     of      Bucalossi     v. 

Waldorf   Hotel  Company,  Limited,  came 

on.        In    this    the    plaintiff     appealed    from 

a  decision    of   Mr.    Justice    Scrutton    in    the 

King's  Bench  Division. 

Mr.  Brigata  Bucalossi,  a  musician  and 
comiposer,  sued  the  hotel  company  for 
damages,  alleging  that  they  had  enticed  away 
from  him  a  number  of  his  orchestra.  He  con- 
tracted to  supply  the  hotel  with  an  orchestra 
at  £26  5s.  per  week,  and  trained  a  number  of 
men  so  well  that  the  band  secured  a  good 
name,  and  was  of  considerable  value  to  the 
hotel.  Then,  he  asserted,  his  contract  was 
terminated,  and  the  members  of  his  orchestra 
enticed  away.  The  defendants  denied  the 
.•allegation,  their  contention  being  that  after 
Mr.  Bucalossi'e  agreement  was  duly  termi- 
nat«d  they  heard  that  he  had  told  his  men 
that  tJhe  contract  would  finish  on  a  certain 
day,  and  they  accepted  an  offer  from  the  men 
to  continue  at  the  hoted  at  nineteen  guineas 
per  week.  The  jury  disagreed,  and  were  d's- 
ch.arged,  and  after  hearing  arguments  .Mr. 
Ju.-^tice  Scrutton  entered  judgment  for  the  de- 
fer.dants. 

Lord  Justice  Vanghan-WilMams  said  it  was 
not  handsome  on  the  parit  of  the  botel  coim- 
pany,  after  Mr.  Buo.'ulo'Sf^i  had  been  playing 
for  them  for  a  long  time,  to  go  to  the  or- 
cihestra  which  he  bad  trained  and  see  if  tlhey 
oouid  get  thear  serviices.  At  the  sia.me  time", 
he  cvame  to  the  concliuaiooi  that,  alt'hough  it 
was  a  hard  case  for  the  plaintiff,  in  the  cir- 
oumisitances  the  appeal  mu.^t  fail,  and  the  judg- 
ment of  Mr.  Justice  Sorutton  must  stand.  He 
thought  in  future  Mr.  Bucalossi  had  better  not 
rely  so  mnoh  on  the  loyalty  of  his  orchestra, 
but  get  a  binding  conitract  with  them,  so 
that  they  would  not  be  able  to  leave  him 
immediately  after  he  had  pro'pcrly  trained 
tihem. 

Lords  Justices  Farwell  and  Kennedy  con- 
curred, and  the  appeal  w.as  dismissed",  with 
costs. 

Mir.  Spencer  Bower,  K.C.,  asked  that  he 
might  make  an  explanation  on  behalf  of  the 
hotel  company,  but  their  Lordsh'iips  refused  to 
hear  it. 

[For  report  of  original  trial,  see  St.\ge  Ye4R 
Book,  I9ii,  page  312.] 


KETELBEY  v.  WIGGETT.— A  QUESTION  OF 
COPYRIGHT. 

In  the  West  London  County  Court.  Mr. 
Albert  W.  Ketelbey,  a  musical  composer, 

7  residing  in  West  Cromwell  Road.  Earl's 
Court,  and  formerly  musical  editor  for 
Messrs.  Chappell  and  Co.,  sued  Mr.  Frederick 
W.  Wigget,  managing  director  of  tne  Music 
Teachers'  Supply  Association,  Chancery  Lane, 
for  three  guineas,  the  sum  awarded  to  him  as 
the  winner  of  a  competition  for  three  pieces 
of   music   composed  for  the  pianoforte. 

The  plaintiff's  case  was  that  he  entered  a 
competition  promoted  bv  the  defendant,  and 
w:is  informed  that  he  had  been  adjudicated 
the  winner  bv  Dr.  Karn.  The  printed  terms  of 
the  competition  .stipulated  that  the  Music 
Teachers'  Supply  -Association  reserved  the  right 
to  print  and  publish  a  thousand  copies  of  the 
composition  without  further  obligation  to  the 
composer  beyond  the  prize,  but  subsequently  it 
was  intimated  to  the  plaintiff  that  the  award- 
ing of  the  three  guineas  entitled  the  defendant 
to  the  coypright  of  the  composition.  The 
plaintiff  said  that  there  was  no  mention  of  the 
copyright  in  the  printed  conditions,  and  he  had 
no  idea  at  the  time  he  entered  the  competition 
that  any  such  claim  would  be  made. 


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FEB. 


The  ilrfcnilMnt  ••niitciidci]  that  the  conditions 
iiiipUcd  the  holding  of  the  copyright. 

The  Plaintill :  I  gave  you  tlie  right  to  print 
a  thousand  copies,  hut  tliat  was  all.  Tlic 
matter  of  copyriuht  was  not  dealt  with  at  all 
in  the  cDiiditiiuis. 

Deputy-.ludce  Gurner,  after  perusing  the 
printed  conditions,  found  that  there  was 
nothin;;  implied  as  to  copyright,  and  he  gave 
judgment  for  the  plaintiff,  with  costs. 


HOKM.M.W      V.      NKILSOX.— AN      ACTORS 
RESIDKXCE.— IMI'ORTANT  P01J4T. 

Mr.  Harold  V.  XeJLwn  was  the  xlefendant 
in     an    action    in     Manchester    County 

9  Court,  iu  which  an  order  was  applied 
for  af-'ainst  him  for  tliL-  payment  of  law 
ooftts  due  to  ML-^a  Hominum,  ot  the  Gaiety, 
Mancliester. 

Tiic  ca^e  wa^  a  sequel  to  the  recent  litoga- 
tioji  as  to  the  acting  rights  of  Ihsen'o  John 
Gabriel  Borkman.  Mr.  Neilson  proceeiied 
against  Miss  Hominian  Ix-fiore  Mr.  Jiistice 
Ridley  for  alleged  infring<?mem.t  of  copyright. 
Tile  case  went  agaiiU'dt  him,  and  wihen  taken 
to  the  .\pfteal  Court  the  ai))>e-al  was  di.smisoed 
with  eortts.  The  costs  amounted  to  £'157 
(is.  7d.,  an<l  on  Mias  Homimian's  beJialf  an 
order  was  now  asked  for  payment  of  this 
amount  at  the  rat-e  of  £i  per  rnontih. 

An  important  point  as  to  the  legal  "  resi- 
dence "  of  actors  on  tour  for  the  service  of 
judgment  summonses  was  raised  in  the  case. 

His  Honour  Judge  Parry,  who  de^lt  with 
the  ciuse,  intimated  that  he  had  received  a 
letter  from  the  defendant,  Mr.  Neilson,  from 
London,  in  which  he  wrote  that  it  was  quite 
imp<>.-riible  for  him  to  apr>ear  jn  ;iie  c.>.-e  in 
.Manchester,  and  suggested  that  the  case 
sfhould    l>e    taken    in    London. 

Counsel  (Mr.  Delin)  ;;.pp,aring  fcr  Miss  Horni- 
man  siiid  the  summons  was  served  in  Man- 
chester. 

His  Honour  :  The  suggestion  of  defendant's 
lejfer   is  that    I    have  no   jurisdjetion.  . 

Counsel :  I  underst'iind  jurisdiction  is  given 
by  the  fact  that  Mr.  Neilson  was  employed  in 
Manchester  at  the  time  talie  judgment  sum- 
mons was  served.  It  was  serveid  when  he  W'os 
acting    at    the    Prince's,    Manchester. 

His  Honoiir :  Suppose  a  person  is  w^andering 
thn.u'jh  Mancht^.ter  and  you  served  him  with 
a  judijment  summoas;  does  that  give  me  juris- 
diction ? 

Counsel :  Not  if  he  is  "  wandering,"  but  if 
he  Ls  here  for  seme  time  it  is  different.  The 
order  I  am  asking  for  is  an  order  whic>h  does 
not   prejudiv-e   the  defendant. 

His  Honour:  1  agree  about  that.  But  as 
the  point  is  important,  and  as  defendant  is 
not  ropresented  at  .-ill,  I  shouM  like  to  be  clear 
that   the   .summons   is   in  order. 

.Mr.  Dehn  read  the  rules  of  procedure  bearing 
on  the  point.  "  A  judgment  summons  may  be 
issued  by  the  Court  witJiin  the  district  in 
which  the  debtor  resides  or  carries  on  busi- 
new,  or  is  employed." 

His  Honour:  This  t!  a  High  Court  judgment 
for  a  large  amount  You  wa-nt  to  collect  it, 
and  you  bring  it  into  this  court  for  collection, 
tiiough  the  defend.".at  apparently  resides  in 
Lfrtidon. 

CouTisel :  He  is  travelling  about  the  country 
and  he  resiides  for  the  time  at  the  particular 
place  where  he  is  acting.  He  is  employed  in 
that  place. 

His  Honour  said  the  c.-ise  was  of  -=ome  im- 
portance to  aotors,  again.st  whom,  of  course, 
there  were  occasionally  judgment  summonses. 
As  the  law  stood,  rt  was  rather  hard  on  them. 
Could  it  be  .'sugges.ttd  tliat  if  defendant  had 
l>ecn  for  a  we;-k  in  Ncwcrtstle,  while  h\<  general 


pla«e  of  retiidt'jice  was  in  I>indon,  he  could 
be  proceeded  a.gainst  in  tbis  way  in  New- 
castle? 

Counsel :  Tlie  only  difference  under  the  rules 
would   be  tJiat  U-ave  would   be  required. 

His  Honour :  .\nd  leiave  would  not  be  given. 
The  great  pity  Ls  that  the  High  Court  do  not 
collect  their  own  jud.gmenitj;.  I  suppose  tliey 
are  too  aristocratic  for  that. 

Coun.sel  and  an  actor  was  a  particularly 
difficult  person  to  g'.'.t  hold  of. 

His  Honour:  Is  he?  But  it  is  always  well 
advertised  where  he  is  going  to.  Some  people 
in  this  count  go  aw:iy  and  they  do  not  a<lv£r- 
ti.'C  where  tlu-y  are  to  a.p(pear  next. 
The  defendant  in  this  case  (his  Honour 
observed)  said  he  had  a  residence,  but  it 
was  not  necessariJy  a  permanent  residence,  in 
London. 

Counsel :  How  far  th:it  is  differeJit  from  his 
other  residences  I  do  not  know,  because  he  is 
going,  week  by  week,  to  diifferent  places.  Mr. 
Dehn  added  that  it  seemed  to  him  very  im- 
portant tiiat  defendant's  residence  in  London 
should  not  l>e  regarded  as  a  permanent  one, 
otherwise  a  man  could  avoid  a  .summons  if  iie 
were  travelling  from  hortel  to  hot-el.  There 
would  be  no  juriivdiction  whatever  tilien. 

W\s  Honour  decided  tffiat  pladntoff  was  en- 
titled to  the  order  asked  for.  "I  t'hought, 
however,"  Judge  Parry  added,  "  that  the  point 
raised  by  the  defendant  silioaild  be  diiscu6ee<l. 
He  did  not  aippear,  and  I  generally  like  to 
appear  for  anybody  wlio  is  not  represented. 
iUit  1  think  the  answer  to  the  point  brought 
forward  by  him  is  that  he  wae  employed  in 
Manchester  within  the  meaning  of  the  Ad: ; 
and.  in  any  oa.«e,  plaintiff  is  entitled  to  this 
order,  because  there  is  no  real  evidence  that 
he  doe^s  reriide  in  London."  Hi.s  Honour  .«ing- 
gested  to  counsel  that  if  ;it  .should  prove  to  be 
wrong  to  allow  the  summons  in  Manchester, 
and  if  the  defendant  were  aggrjeved  in  any 
way,  it  would  no  doubt  be  agreerable  to  him 
(Mr.  Dehn)  to  transfer  the  matter  to  the  Lon- 
don Courts. 

Mr.  Dehn :  Certainly.  We  are  not  asking 
for   a   committal    at   this   moment. 

His  Honour :  If  you  want  to  a.sk  for  a 
committal  you  are  bound  to  give  hira  his 
railway  fare. 

The  Judge  then  granted  the  order  asked  for 
for  payment  of  the  amount  due  at  the  rate 
of   £4   per   month. 

MCLEAN   V.    SANDFORD.— ALLEGED   LIBEL. 

In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 
Justice    Pickford    and    a    common    jury, 
10  ^^a^*  heard  a  case  brought  by  Mr.  Archi- 
bald  McLean   against   Miss  Nesta   Sand- 
ford  for   damages   for  libel. 

The  plaintiff's  case  was  that  he  was  engaged ' 
by  Miss  Stanford  to  play  in  a  sketch  entitled 
Queen's  Honour,  the  understanding  being  that 
an  engagement  entered  into  with  another  man- 
agement, should  the  production  materialise, 
.shouid  have  prior  claim  on  his  services. 
Plaintiff  had  to  withdraw  from  the  sketch  at 
the  last  moment,  thereby  causing  Miss  Sand- 
ford  considerable  inconvenience.  Miss  Sand- 
ford  wrote  to  the  Council  of  the  Actors'  Asso- 
ciation complaining,  according  to  the  plaintiff, 
that  he  (plaintiff)  was  a  "  bogus  "  actor,  and 
expressing  the  opinion  that  he  should  be  ex- 
pelled from  the  Association. 

Defendant  did  not  appear.  A  verdict  of  £10 
wa.s  returned  for  the  plaintiff,  and  judgment 
for  that  amount,  with  costs,  was  entered. 

Solicitors  for  the  plaintiff,  Messrs.  Broxholm 
and  Williams. 


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ELPHINSTOXE     v.     SCOTT     ALEXANDER.— 
BREACH    OF   CONTRACT. 

At  Staft'-ord  County  Court,  James  Elphin- 
stone,  lessee  and  mana;,'er  of  the  Lyceum, 
1  O  Stafford,  brought  an  action  against  Scott 
Alexander  to  recover  £40,  agreed  liqui- 
dation and  ascertained  damages  fod'  breach  of 
a  contract  entered  into  by  the  defendant  to 
bring  and  play  a  certain  comipany  at  the 
plaintiff's  theatre.— Mr.  S.  Wattjon  was  for 
plaintiff  and  Mr.  Leonard  Hey  for  defendant. 

Plaintiff  stated  that  he  entered  into  a  con- 
tract with  Mr.  Scott  Alexander  to  give  a 
variefty  entertainment  as  "  per  bill  "  for  six 
nights  and  a  matinee — from  December  5  to 
December  10,  1910.  On  November  23  prior 
he  received  a  letter  from  defendant's  agent 
stating  that  Mr.  Scottie  (defendant's  profes- 
sional name)  was  closing  hi.s  company  up  that 
week,  and  that  it  would  be  impossible  for 
him  to  biing  Mie  same  cojnpany  a«  originally 
negotiated  ifor,  but  that  if  Mr.  Elphinstone 
wisJied  him  to  fulfiJ  the  dat«  he  was  prepared 
to  bring  Napoleon  at  Waterloo,  "  Whizzing 
the  Whdrl,"  The  Cry  of  the  Children,  and  the 
Marathon  cycling  novelty,  wiliich  were  four 
good  turns,  which  would  be  really  a  good 
twice-nightly  bill. 

Mr.  Elphinstone  replied  stating  that  he  pre- 
sumed from  the  contents  of  the  letter  Mr. 
Alexander  did  not  intend  keeping  the  contract, 
and  continuing:— 

"  This  is  the  second  time  you  have  served 
me  like  this.  The  last  time  I  wats  ccmpeUed 
to  close,  and  had  to  pay  staff  etc.  Twice 
nightly  will  not  pay  here.  I  can  only  accejit 
contract   a^   made.         .    ." 

To  this  defendant'is  agent  answered  asking 
plaintiff  to  consider  the  contract  off,  as  Mr. 
Alexander  was  in  town,  and  he  did  not  know 
when  he  would  be  back.  "  Regarding  the  pre- 
vious disapivointment,"  proceeded  the  letter, 
"  you  must  have  mistaken  him  for  someone 
else,  as  you  have  never  previously  arranged  a 
date  for  Scottie  to  appear  at  your  theatre, 
but,  on  the  other  hand,  you  negotiated  a  date 
with  him  and  threw  him  over  at  the  last 
minute." 

Plaintiff  wrote  on  November  25  asking  what 
offer  defendant  proposed  to  make  for  breach 
of  contract,  and,  receiving  no  reply,  he  wrote 
again  on  November  30  making  a  similar  re- 
quest, also  repeating  that  it  was  the  second 
time  defendant  had  treated  him  like  this, 
adding:  "On  October  2,  3,  and  4,  1902,  you 
caused  me  to  close  the  theatre  for  three 
nights,  and  I  had  my  expenses  to  pay.  That 
wa>5  with  The  Artful  Millionaire  and  A 
Romance  of  Waterloo.  Unless  1  hear  from 
you  by  return  of  post  with  a  satisfactory  offer 
1  shall  at  once  proceed  for  the  £40." 

On  December  1  defendant's  agent  replied  as 
follows: — "Mr.  Scott  Alexander  never  ran  a 
turn  The  Artful  Millionaire  or  A  Romance  of 
Waterloo  in  1902  or  a'-,  any  other  time.  Re- 
garding the  cancellat'un  of  this  date,  we  have 
a  letter  ffum  you  in  which  you  distinctly  state 
that  twice  nightly  is  no  good,  and  as  this 
booking  was  for  twice  niglitly  your  liquidated 
damages  are  linnkum,  and  if  you  are  anxiouij 
to  have  a  cut  to  see  what  tihe  law  says  about 
it  tire  away.  Mr.  Alexander  is  quite  pre- 
I>ared  to  meet  you  in  court  whenever  it  may 
(►lease  you  to  contest  the  action.  You  have 
had  ample  opportunity  to  fill  the  date  .should 
you  have  wished  to  do  so.  Mr.  Alexander  is 
still  prepared  to  send  you  a  big  company  for 
this  date  provided  you  are  prepared  to 
guarantee  sufficient  to  covej  hi.s  expenses, 
since  you  state  twice  nightly  would  mean  dis- 
aster." 

Plaintiff  said  he  lost  rather  heavily  as  the 
result  of  the  breaking  of  the  contract.  He 
had    instead    a  drama— i'/ic   Mocker//   of  Mar- 


riage. The  company  were  impecunious,  and 
on  the  Tuesday  night  they  s.truck.  He  had 
an  awful  bother  with  them.  His  exixmses  for 
the  week  were  about  £25.  and  he  received  as 
his  share  of  the  takings  about  £9  or  £10. 

Questioned  on  twice-nightly  entertainments, 
plaintiff  said  they  did  not  pay  at  Stafford. 
Only  a  few  Bhillings  were  taken  at  the  first 
house,  and  Stafford  was  such  a  quiet  place 
that  all  the  folks  were  gone  home  to  bed 
before  the  second  house  commenced. 

In  reply  to  Mr.  Hey,  he  said  the  rule  at 
Stafford  was  to  have  once-nightly  perform- 
ances. He  took  £27  4s.  lOd.  the  week  of  The 
Mockery  of  Marriatje.  On  the  Tuesday  night 
the  performance  did  not  commence  until  8.30 
instead  of  8  o'clock  owing  to  the  company 
refusing  to  go  on  until  they  were  paid. 

Plaintiff  was  cross-examined  as  U)  his 
takings  other  weeks,  iiaxticularly  during  the 
election  and  the  week  when  George  Robey 
wa^  to  have  appeared,  but  9id  not  do  so. 
Miss  Louie  Freear  was  engaged  in  his  place. 
He  had  bookings  amounting  to  £80  for  Mr. 
Rchey's  visit,  and  returned  the  money. 

Mr.  Scott  Alexander  gave  evidence.  He 
said  the  contract  was  for  twice-nightly  per- 
formances. The  bill  produced  was  for  one 
night,  but  in  the  ordinary  way  he  played 
twice  by  cutting  out  some  of  the  items. 

The  Judge:  What  did  you  mean  by  saying 
on  November  17,  about  three  weeks  before  you 
tvere  to  perform  at  Stafford:  "Mr.  Scottie 
has  clo.5e.d  his  company"? — That  my  tour  was 
closed  because  I  could  not  get  bookings. 

Defendant  fui-ther  stated  that  if  Mr.  Elphln- 
stone  had  insisted  upon  his  coming  to  play 
once  a  night  he  should  have  come,  but  Mr. 
Elphinstone  knew  he  always  played  twice 
nightly.  Speaking  with  regard  to.  custom,  de- 
fendant said  the  contract  would  be  considered 
performed  if  the  items  given  were  substan- 
tially those  stated  on  the  bill.  He  expected 
to  clear  £80  at  Stafford. 

Mr.  George  Strange,  manager  to  defendant, 
also  gave  evidence.  He  thought  the  four 
suljstituted  items  mentioned  would  be  as  good 
as  the  original  company  negotiated  for. 

Recalled,  plaintiff  said  his  average  takings 
were  £45  to  £50  a  week.  He  exipected  to  take 
£60  with  defendant's  coan,pany,  and  his  share 
would  be  £24. 

The  Judge :  But  your  e^spenses  would  be 
£25.  Hiow  can  you  sue  for  a  profit  if  you  ex- 
pected a  loss? 

Plaintiff'  replied  tihat  he  hoped  to  make  a 
small  profit. 

In  wumming  uip  the  judge  said  that  the  con- 
tention that  there  had  been  no  breach  of 
contract  at  all  w?js  a  very  difiicult  point  to 
maintain  having  regard  to  ths  terms  of  the 
contract  and  to  the  character  of  the  correis- 
pondence.  That  there  was  a  breach  of  the 
contract  to  bring  a  particular  troupe  or  com- 
pany and  perform  a  pajticular  biU  on  the 
dates  between  December  5  and  10  last  there 
could  be  no  doubt.  Mr.  Elphinstone  had  made 
his  contract  in  writing,  and  it  stood.  He  sued 
for  £40,  the  sum  mentioned  in  the  contract 
as  that  which  either  party  who  broke  the  con- 
tract should  forfeit  to  ths  other,  n.nd  if  he 
(the  judge)  had  only  to  deal  with  that  forfeit 
^-f  £40  the  matter  would  be  simple.  But  there 
came  a  que<,tion  of  law.  Could  the  plaintiff 
recover  that  £40  in  that  particular  case?  Was 
that  sum  what  the  parties  really  meant  shouUl 
be  the  liquidated,  the  ascertained  damages  i.i 
ci.'ii-o  of  a  breach  of  agreement,  or  did  they 
put  it  in  .as  a  penalty?  If  it  was  a  penalty 
clause  the  Courts  which  adminii^tered  law  and 
equity  as  well  could  relieve  against  a  penalty. 
He  was  .satiisfled  that  it  was  a  penalty,  and 
one  had  to  look  at  the  contract  to  see  that  it 
was  a  penalty  ard  not  l\.u:d.itcj  damajcvs  be- 


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cau«e  it  was  payable  not  only  on  an  Important 
breach  such  as  that  of  not  bringing  a  coin- 
paivy  at  all,  but  for  little  "  two{>enny  haJf- 
Iieoiiy  "  brcache«.  The  first  clause  in  the  con- 
tract, for  instance,  said  Uiat  no  one  on  the 
stage  was  to  allude  to  any  tradeeman,  public- 
house,  or  local  person.  Supposing  someone  did 
uncon*jiously  mention  the  name  of  a  well- 
known  publican  or  citizeji,  £40  would  be  pay- 
able. Another  thing  was  that  no  one  was  to 
addre^  the  audience  without  the  content  of 
the  local  raanagej.  Suppoeing  someone  said 
a  few  words  to  the  audience  without  the  con- 
•ien^  of  the  manager,  then  £40  would  be  pay- 
able. Again,  no  one  was  to  introduce  behind 
the  stage  anyone  other  than  engaged  in  the 
business.  He  supposed  £40  would  be  pa\ab!e 
If  anyone  did  60.  Mr.  Elphinttone  reserved  to 
himself  the  right  to  issue  not  more  thaj)  si.xty 
orders.  Supposing  sixty-one  were  icsued,  £40 
would  be  payable.  A  lot  of  trifling  things  like 
that  were  mentioned,  and  for  the  breach  of 
any  siipulation  in  the  agreement  an  agreed 
Bum  of  £40  was  payable.  That  was  a  penalty 
without  a  doubt,  and  it  was  not  a  sum  that 
was  agre«d  a^  a  lose  by  breach  of  anv  one 
ctipulation.  That  made  it  hie  duty  to  sav  that 
iie  had  not  got  to  give  £40  damages  unless  he 
was  satisfied  that  that  was  the  amount  of  the 
loss  sustained  by  uhe  breach  of  that  agree- 
ment. It  waa  left  open  to  him  to  consider 
what  the  real  lo6«  was.  He  was  6atis.fled  thai 
by  the  dismissal  of  his  own  company  de- 
fendant had  put  it  out  of  his  own  power  t<\ 
carry  out  his  agreement  at  Stafford.  It  did 
not  matter  one  bit  whether  plaintiff  produced 
plays  once  nightly  or  twice.  The  contract 
was  to  carry  out  a  performance  ais  "  per  bill." 
H  was  never  intended  to  be  twice  nightly,  but 
one  performance  that  would  occupy  tlie  whole 
of  the  evening.  It  was  unarguable  that  there 
had  been  a  breach  of  contract.  The  reason 
was  that  defendant  had  diemiissed  his  company, 
but  was.  in  common  parlance,  prepared  to 
make  up  a  "  scratch  "  bill  and  give  a  double 
performance  in  the  same  night.  Plaintiff  was 
not  bound  to  take  it,  and  he  did  not  take  it. 
Mr.  Ephiniitone  was  entitled  to  damage*.  It 
was  impoocible  for  anyone  in  the  wide  world 
to  say  what  the  plaintiff  would  h.ave  made 
if  the  company  had  come  down  and  acted  for 
the  week.  It  wau  largely  a  question  of  chance. 
Mr.  Elphinstone  estimated  his  groes  takings 
at  £60,  and  out  of  that  he  would  only  have 
received  £23  or  £24.  His  expenses  of  running 
the  theatre  were  £25,  so  that  he  would  not 
liave  made  a  proat,  or  only  an  absolutely 
trivial  one.  That  week,  however,  he  had  to 
get,  bome  other  company,  the  net  result  being 
that  he  loet  £15.  He  (the  judge)  thouglit  that 
was  the  measure  of  the  damages  plaintiff  had 
siutained.  and  the  loss  which  had  really  been 
occasioned  by  the  defendant  not  carrying  out 
the  contract.  He  accordingly  gave  judgment 
for  the  plaintiff  for  £15. 


MAY  V.  LLOYD. 
I'AY.MENT     FOR    COSTU.MES. 
In  the  Westminster  County  Court,  the  ease 
of  May  V.  Lloyd  was  a  claim  by  Messrs. 
10  ^-    and    W.    May,   theatrical  costumiers, 
of    Garrick    Street,     for    £22    10s.,    for 
the    hire   of    costumes    lor    a    performance    of 
Dorothy  by  the  City  Light  Opera  and  Dramatic 
Society  at  Cripplegate   Institute. 

Mr.  Wm.  May  proved  receiving  the  request 
by  telephone  for  an  estimat-e  from  defendant, 
who   afterwards  sent  along   the  order. 

Defendant  said  he  gave  the  order  for  the 
society,  which  was  now  broken  up.  He  told 
Mr.  May  he  was  ordering  for  the  society. 

Judge  Woodfall  held  defendant  was  acting 
as  agent  for  the  society,  and  gave  him  judg- 
ment. 


CARLISLE   v.    STOKER— ALLEGED   BREACM 
OF  CONTRACT. 

At    Durham   County    Court,    before   Mr.    E. 
Meynell,     acting    judge,     Colin    Carlisle 

1  3  sought  to  recover  £3  10s.  for  breach  of 

contract   from   Messrs.    Stoker    and   Co., 

proprietors   of   the   Hippodrome,   South   Bank. 

-Mr.    Edgar,    barrister,    was   for   the   plaintiff, 

and  Mr.  J.  Tumbull  for  the   defendant. 

.Mr.  Edgar  said  the  philntiff  entered  into  a 
contract  with  the  defendants  on  November  18, 
lUlO,  to  perform  for  one  week  at  the  South 
IJank  Hippodrome,  and  the  payment  was  'o 
be  £3  10s.  for  the  week.  He  began  on  the 
night  of  November  28,  and  on  the  afternoon 
of  that  day  he  had  a  reheart^al  with  the  min- 
ager,  and  tried  over  four  songs,  two  of  which 
were  chosen  by  the  manager  as  being  suit- 
able. There  were  two  performances  nightly 
at  the  hall,  and  at  the  first  performance 
plaintiff  went  on  and  sang  one  song,  which 
took  quite  well.  Then  plaintiff  executed  a 
quick  change  and  went  on  again  in  a  light 
frock  coat  and  silk  liat.  Whether  that  dis- 
pleased the  habitues  of  the  Hippodrome  or 
not  cou.'sel  did  not  know ;  but  there  was  some 
noise  and  disturbance  during  the  singing  of 
the  plaintiff's  second  song.  When  he  came 
oft,  he  complained  that  no  order  was  kept  in 
the  house,  and  was  told  that  the  audience 
was  inclined  to  be  rowdy  on  Monday  nights. 
A  few  minutee  before  he.  was  ready  to  go  on 
for  the  seco.id  house,  plaintiff  was  told  that 
he  w;is  not  to  go  on,  that  he  was  incapable, 
and  ihao  the  management  would  have  nothing 
more  co  do  with  him.  They  offered  him  10s. 
for  the  night,  in  accordance  with  a  certain 
provision  of  the  contract,  but  he  refused  to 
take   it. 

Plaintiff  gave  evidence  bearing  out  his  coun- 
sel's   statements. 

Cross-examined :  He  had  been  two  years  on 
the  stage,  and  had  performed  pretty  regularly 
during  that  time.  He  was  not  interrupted,  so 
far  as  he  could  remember,  during  his  first 
song. 

Mr.  Turnbull :  Do  you  suggest  that  at  South 
Bank  they  have  not  seen  a  gentleman  in  a 
frock  coat  and  silk  hat'?— I  don't  think  thev 
have  at  South  Bank. 

Y'ou  suggest  that  a  frock  coat  was  like  a 
red  rag  to  a  bull?— Yes;  I  suggest  it  was 
rather  the  top  hat  than  the  song.  I  think 
the  song  was  rather  too  good  for  them  as 
well. 

Bertie  Lorraine,  a  music-hall  artist,  said 
that  when  the  plaintiff  went  on  for  the  second 
song  there  was  an  exclamation  of  "  Oh !  "  from 
the  audience,  which  reminded  him  of  a  lot  of 
children  when  they  saw  some  fireworks.  The 
audience  struck  him  as  not  having  previously 
seen  a  frock  coat  and  top  hat  in  the  London 
style. 

Mr.  Allan  McAskell,  variety  agent,  of  Roker 
Avenue,  Sunderland,  gave  it  as  his  opinion  that 
the  plaintiff  was  competent. 

Mr.  Turnbull,  for  the  defendants,  drew 
attention  to  a,  clause  in  the  contract  which 
provided  that  if  any  artist  was  considered  by 
the  manager  to  be  incompetent  or  imsuitable 
such  artist  should  be  subject  to  dismissal  at 
the  end  of  the  performance,  and  should 
receive  that  night's  salary  only.  The  question 
was  whether  the  defendants  bad  acted 
honestly  in  what  they  had  done. 

Young  Harris,  the  manager  of  the  Hippo- 
drome, said  the  plaintiff,  in  his  opinion,  was 
a  pure  and  simple  amateur,  who  could  not 
sing  and  had  no  action.  His  action  in  his  song 
was  purely  and  simply  amateurish. 

Mr.  Turnbull  intimated  that  the  defendants 
had  paid  lis.  8d.  into  court. 

Hi.s  Honour  said  the  contract,  in  his  opinion, 
made  the  management   the  sole  judges  of  the 


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competence  or  otherwise  of  ;i  performer,  and 
so  long  as  that  judgment  was  exercised 
honestly  he  did  not  think  the  performer  had 
anything  to  complain  of.  His  decision  did 
not  suggest  that  plaintiff  was  incompetent ; 
there  was  no  evidence  of  that  whatever.  He 
gave  judgment  for  the  defendants,  with  costs. 


SEENER   AND   FRIDKIX  v.  HANS   ALTMAN 
AND  CO.— RESPONSIBILITY  OF  AGENTS. 

■  The    case    of    Seener    and    Fridkin    v.    Hans 

Altman  and  Co.   was  before  his   Honour 

1 6  Judge     Woodfall     in     the     Westminster 

County    Court.      It    was    one    in    which 

tlie   plaintitts    were    Russian    cancers    and    the 

defendants    variety    agents.    It    was    a    claim 

for    damages    for    negligence    and    breach    of 

warranty    of    an    engagement    to    perform    at 

Luton,  Bed>. 

Mr.  C.  Doughty,  instructed  by  Messrs.  Judge 
and  Priestley,  was  for  tdie  plaintiffs,  and 
Lord  Tiverton,  instructed  by  Messrs.  Roberts, 
Seyd  and  Co.,  for  the  defendants. 

Mr.  Doughty  stated,  in  the  course  of  open- 
ing the  case,  that  defendants  sent  plaintiffs  a 
contract  for  the  Grand,  Lnton,  but  later  ■ 
wrote  them  that  they  could  not  perform  the 
week  stated  in  the  contract,  and  sent  another 
for  another  dat«,  which  they  signed  and  re- 
turned, asking  where  bill  matter  was  to  be 
sent  to.  Defendants  replied  that  they  knew 
the  plaintiffs'  turn  so  well  that  there  was  no 
need  to  send  it  at  all,  but  it  could  be  sent 
direct  to  them.  Plaintiffs  sent  defendants 
their  bill  niatt-er.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  Tfte 
Prince  ami  the  Beggar  Maid  was  on  at  the 
theatre  the  week  defendants  gave  plaintiffs, 
who  wired  to  Luton,  and  got  a  reply  that  it 
would  be  useless  to  go  there.  The  lessee  of 
the  theatre  had  given  defendants  no  autho- 
rity to  make  this  contract,  and  defendants 
took  up  the  position  that  if  plaintiffs  had 
any  remedy  it  was  against  the  leseee  of  the 
theatre.  All  contracts  had  to  be  submitted  to 
the  lessee  by  defendants,  and  this  one  was 
not  submitted. 

Mr.  Seener  gave  evidence  in  support,  and 
stated  that  Mr.  Fridkin  and.  himself  were  pro- 
prietors of  a  troupe,  the  members  of  which , 
they  had  to  pay  He  took  an  engagement ' 
th;u  he  should  not,  because  of  this  contract— 
one  at  Hastings.  He  was  showing  at  Edin- 
burgh and  Liverpool,  and  took  an  engagement 
between  the  dates  for  Hastings,  as  he  was 
coming  south  to  Luton. 

Cross-examined,  witness  said  he  did  not  go 
to  Luton,  and  therefore  he  was  saved  some 
expense. 

Mr.  Edward  Graham  Falcon,  lessee  and  man- 
ager of  the  Grand,  Luton,  gave  evidence  that 
he  let  the  theatre  to  a  Mr.  Lee  for  varieties, 
but  had  to  take  it  over  again  for  the  drama 
himself.  He  kept  on  the  varieties  arranged 
for  for  a  few  weeks,  and  arranged  with  the  de- 
fendants that  they  should  find  him  artists  to 
fill  in.  He  paid  defendants  commission,  and 
gave  them  no  authority  to  make  firm  con- 
tracts for  him.  Every  contract  had  to  be 
signed  by  himself.  He  "did  not  sign  this  con- 
tract. 

Cross-examin-ed,  witness  said  defendants 
were  to  find  artists  for  him,  as  he  knew 
nothing  about  the  music-hall  business.  He 
did  not  remember  this  contract  being  sub- 
mitted to  him  He  instructed  defendants  that 
they  were  not  to  book  for  him  for  more  than 
£60  a  week. 

Lord  Tiverton :  Then  they  were  to  book  for 
you? 

Mr.  Doughty:  Were  they  to  sign  your  name 
Of  bind  you  in  any  way  to  any  single  artist? 
-No. 

Lord  Tiverton  submitted  there  was  no  case 
to  answer,  that  there  was  no  evidence  of 
negligence,  and  the  action  for  breach  of  war- 


ranty was  misconceived.  Defendants  were 
agents  for  both  parties.  Mr.  Falcon  said 
defendants  were  to  "  find,"  afterwards  to 
■■  book  "   artists. 

His  Honour:  I  cannot  say  there  is  no  case. 
It  is  the  duty  of  the  agent  to  get  conflrma- 
tiou,  and  he  did  not  get  it.  Defendants' 
letter  says:   "Confirmation  will  be  sent  you." 

Lord  Tiverton:  I  say   that  does  not  matter. 

His  Honour:  Then  it  is  on  you  to  show  it. 

Lord  Tiverton  :  I  submit  not,  that  they  have 
to  set  up  an  alflrmative  case. 

His  Honour :  It  is  sufficient  to  show  that  you 
were  acting  as  plaintiff's'  agent  and  promised 
confirmation  in  due  course  and  did  not  send  it. 
There  is  prima  facie  evidence  of  negligence. 

Lord  Tiverton :  The  negligence  alleged  is  not 
sending  the  confirmation. 

His  Honour  :  The  particulars  allege  negligence 
and  misrepresentation. 

Lord  Tiverton  pressed  that  the  negligence 
alleged  was  "  not  sending,"  not  "  not  getting  " 
confirmation. 

His  Honour :  You  hold  out  that  you  are 
going  to  send  on  confirmation,  and  you  do  not 
do  it. 

Evidence  was  then  given  for  the  defendants 
by  Mr.  Jenkins,  who  said  that  Mr.  Falcon  took 
over  the  arrangements  made  by  Mr.  Lee,  and 
this  contract  was  among  those  sent  to  Mr. 
Falcon.  The  contracts  were  sent  in  batches, 
each  week's  contracts  being  fixed  together. 
Directly  defendants  got  an  intimation  from 
Mr,  Falcon  they  communicated  with  the 
i.laintifls. 

Cross-examined,  witness  said  Mr.  Falcon  did 
not  pay  any  commission.  It  was  the  artist  who 
paid  the  commission,  because  it  was  deducted 
from  his  salary.  Mr.  Falcon  showed  by  his 
letter  that  he  received  the  contracts  because 
he  wrote  that  he  was  returning  them. 

Re-examined,  witness  said  Mr.  Falcon  re- 
pudiated none  of  the  contracts  for  any  date 
prior  to  that  of  the  plaintiffs. 

Mr.  Falcon,  recalled,  said  he  had  a  theatre 
at  Canterbury,  and  he  was  there  when  de- 
fendants sent  contracts  to  him  at  Luton.  The 
delay  in  returning  them  was  because  they  had 
to  be  sent  on  to  him. 

Lord  Tiverton  submitted  defendants  had 
done  all  reasonable  men  could  do,  and  any 
remedy  plaintiffs  had  was  against  iir.  Falcon, 
who  delayed  the  business  by  his  absence  from 
Luton. 

His  Honour  found  there  was  no  negligence, 
but  said  it  was  impossible  to  escape  from  find- 
ing in  plaintiffs'  favour  on  their  claim  for 
breach  of  warranty  contained  in,  their  letters. 
He  gave  judgment  for  the  plaintiffs  for  £19  15s. 
damages,  with  costs. 


IvELLY    V.     DUBLIN     THEATRE    COMPANY 
AND    O'NEILL. 

At  Dublin  Sessions,  before  the  Recorder, 
John    Kelly    claimed    £50    damages    for 

1 6  false  arrest,  imprisonment,  and  assault 
against  the  Dublin  Theatre  Company 
and   O'Neill. 

Mr.  .lustice  O'Connor  (instructed  by  Mr. 
James  Brady)  appeared  for  the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  Henry  Kennedy  (instructed  by  Mr. 
Gerald  Byrne)  appeared  for  the  defendants. 

John  Kelly  stated  that  on  the  night  of 
December  10  he  went,  in  company  with  three 
companions,  to  the  gallery  of  the  Royal.  One 
of  the  latter  applauded  and  demanded  an 
encore.  The  defendant  O'Neill,  who  was  an 
employe  of  the  company,  told  him  that  he 
was  making  too  much  noise,  and  that  he 
should  go  out.  Plaintiff  asked  O'Neill  not  to 
put  his  friend  out,  as  he  was  doing  no  harm. 
The  attendant  O'Neill  then  struck  plaintiff 
on  the  head,  cutting  him  and  knocking  him 
down.       O'Neill    gave  him   into   custody   on    a 


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FEB. 


charge  of  disturbing  the  audience.  His  head 
was  dressed  in  Mercer's  Hospital,  and  after- 
wards he  was  again  brought  to  College  Street 
Police  Station,  wlierc  he  was  informed  th.-it 
the  charge  against  him  had  been  withdrawn. 
Witness  was  sober,  ami  he  and  his  friends 
had   brouglit   no   drink    in   with  them. 

Thomas  O'Neill,  the  attendant,  stated  that 
one  of  the  four  men  was  shouting  and  drink- 
ing a  bottle  of  stout.  They  were  all  more 
or  less  under  the  influence  of  drink.  Kellv 
caught  him  by  the  coat,  and  asked  to  know 
why  he  was  putting  his  friend  out.  He  did 
not  give  Kelly  into  custody,  but  simply 
handed  him  over  ^  the  constable  on  duty. 

The  witness,  in  cross-examination,  stated 
that  plaintiff  was  given  into  custody  on  a 
charge  of  obstructing  the  performance.  He 
never  struck  the  plaintiff,  he  shoved  him 
away. 

The  Recorder  said  he  could  not  see  how  the 
Theatre  Company  could  be  responsible  if  an 
official  knocked  plaintiff  down  two  or  three 
.steps.  He  dismissed  the  action  against  the 
Theatre  Company,  and  gave  a  decree  of  Is. 
against  O'Neill,  with  the  ordinary  costs  for 
false   arrest. 


BliLL    V.   '■  THE   ST.\GE." 
LIBEL     ACTION. 
In    the    King's   Bench   Division,   Mr.    Justice 
StTutton  and  a  jury  heard  an  action  for 
20  damage^s    brought   by   Mr.    Harris   Leslie 
Bell  against   J  he  Stage  newspaper. 
-Mr.    George    Elliott,    K.C..    and    Mr.    Daniel 
ward    ai>pe3red    for    the    plaintiff;    and    Mr. 
Dickens,  K.C.,   and  Mr.  Lever  represented  the 
deiendante. 

The  alleged  Hbel  was  contained  in  the 
fcllowtng   statements   which   appeared   in   The 

STAGE: — 

Our  Asliington  correspondent  last  week,  in 
iiib  notice,  recorded  the  hostile  reception 
which  had  been  given  to  Mr.  Leslie  H.  Bell's 
company  at  the  theatre.  Tlie  performance 
was  a  iwor  one,  and  the  audience  resented, 
and  greeted  it  with  cat-caJls  and  whistling, 
even  goipg  to  the  extent  of  throwing 
ha  pence  on  the  .stage  to  the  singers  and  de- 
manding them  to  shut  up.  We  now  know 
tli;it  Mr.  Bell  left  the  town  and  deserted  his 
company,  though  the  monev  had  been  ad- 
v.mc-.-d  by  .Mr.  F.  Gould,  the  local  resident 
manager,  for  printing,  etc.,  and  for  railway 
fares.  Our  correspondent,  describing  the 
sjtne  on  the  Saturday  night,  says:  "The 
scene  on  the  stage  was  heart-rending,  the  i 
chorus  ladies  receiving  3s.  8^d.  each,  the 
others  nothing  at  all. 
and 

We  noted  in  these  columns  Ia.<i  week  the 
.-tr.ndi'is  of  Mr.  Leslie  Bells  pantomime  at 
Ashington.  .Most  of  the  men  have  been  en- 
ablfd.  through  the  subscriptions  that  were 
raised,  to  leave  the  town  and  return  to 
their  home-s,  but  there  still  remain  two  in 
the  town  who  cannot  leave  because  they 
are  unable  to  obtain  money  for  the  neces- 
sary fares. 

Mr.  Bell  in  his  evidence  said  that  the  com- 
pany were  at  Ashington  on  commonwealth. 
He  had  signed  the  contract  with  Mr.  Fred 
Gould,  the  manager  of  the  Ashington  theatre 
and  the  corfipany  appe.-.red  on  the  bills  as 
his,  and  he  did  not  inform  Mr.  Gould  that  he 
was  not  resix)nsible  for  the  companv;  but 
the  notice  for  the  termination  of  the  to'ur  had 
gone  up  previously,  and  the  tour,  so  far  as 
he  was  concerned,  was  finished  before  the 
company  played  the   Ashington  date. 

A  verdict  of  f  100  damages,  with  cost*;,  was 
returned,  and  judgment  was  given  accordinslv 


VBRNON    V.    CX)NQUEST— ACTION    BY 
MUSICAL   CONDUCTOR. 

In  the  Shoreditch  Couilty  Court,  before  his 
Honour    Judge    Sniyly,    K.C.,    .Mr.    Wra. 

2  3  Carlisle  Bawden,  of  63,  Nichols  Square, 
Ho.\ton,  professionally  known  as  Carlisle 
Vernon,  musical  conductor,  sued  Mr.  Geo 
Conquest,  of  the  Britannia,  Hoxton,  N.,  to 
recover  £75  for  breach  of  contract.  Mr. 
Harry  Lewis,  barrister,  appeared  for  the 
plaintiff,  and  Mr.  Louis  Green  was  counsel 
for  the  defence. 

Mr.  Lewis  Mid :  In  the  month  of  Septem- 
ber, 1910,  Mr.  G«o.  Conquest  acquired  the  old 
Britannia  and  coatempiated  producing  ihe 
forty  Thieves  as  a  Christmas  pantomime. 
Upon  seeing  the  announcement  in  the  papers 
plaintiff  communicated  with  the  defendant  on 
October  2,  asking  if  there  was  any  chance  of 
a  berth.  He  was  asked  to  state  terms.  Plain- 
tiff replied  by  asking  the  best  offer  for  a  per- 
manency, and  on  Ootober  6  defendant  wrote, 
■■  The  best  terms  this  theatre  can  afford  is 
£3  a  week."  To  tliis  plaintiff  replied  that  he 
would  accept  for  a  permanency,  that  was,  if 
he  could  have  £1  a  week  for  writing  the  music 
of  the  pantomime.  To  this  the  defendant 
re])Iied,  "  .-ill  right.  When  wiU  you  be  up 
from  Weston,  because  of  engaging  the  orches- 
tra? I  am  openiuig  on  the  17th."  On  Octo- 
ber 17  plaintiff  duly  entered  upon  his  duties, 
the  orchestra  hiaving  been  engaged  under  the 
supervision  of  the  defendant.  Early  in  De- 
cember dissension  arose  in  the  orchestra,  as 
some  were  in  the  Musicians'  Union  and  some 
were  not.  The  Union  were  holding  out  for 
pay  for  matinees,  and  went  on  strike.  The 
defendaat  got  very  irritated  at  the  turn  of 
events,  and  he  consulted  with  the  plaintiff  as 
to  the  best  means  to  adopt,  and  it  was  re- 
solved to  clear  tiiem  all  out.  Defendant  hav- 
ing decided  on  that  course,  it  was  decided  to 
ha\€  non-Union  men  in  the  future,  and  plain- 
tiff wiis  expreosly  told  to  arrange  for  their 
engagement  and  also  to  dismiss  the  others. 
On  December  3  a  notice  was  put  up  in  the 
band  room :  "  Gentlemen  of  the  orohe&tra. — 
Take  notice  that  all  your  engagements  ter- 
minate next  Saturday,  December  10. — Geo. 
Co.SQUEST."  By  arrangement  this  notice  was 
extended  to  the  17th.  when  it  became  opera- 
tive and  they  left.  On  Monday,  the  5th,  in 
consequence  of  somethin.g  he  had  heard,  plain- 
tiff weat  to  the  deiendant,  and  said  he  had 
heard  it  -va*  intended  to  include  him  in  the 
notice,  but  that  i)\/'.  would  be  impossible. 
Defendant  said  he  had  made  up  his  mind  on 
t)ie  matter,  and  he  would  have  to  go.  Plain- 
•  tiff  poinited  out  the  terms  of  his  engagement, 
but  defendant  said  he  would  have  to  get 
ttn'>ther  job.  I'laintiff  said,  "  We  are  ap- 
proaching Ohri^^tmas,  so  Hhat  is  the  u<se  of 
my  trying."  Defendant  then  promJeed  to 
assist  him  all  he  could,  ;uid  it  was  arranged 
that  he  should  advertise  in  The  Stage,  and 
it  appeared  on  December  8  as  follows : — 
"  Wanted,  by  Carlisle  Vernon,  musical  direc- 
tor, disengaged  for  pantomime  or  per- 
manency through  misunderstanding. — Apply 
or  refer  to  Geo.  Conquest,  Britannia  Theatre, 
Hoxton. 

Mr.  Green:  We  do  not  admit  that  we  pre- 
pared  that. 

Mr.  Lewis :  I  should  like  h-is  Honour  to  par- 
ticularly look  at  Jt,  as  it  is  dissimilar  from 
hundreds  of  other  advertisements  in  the  some 
paper,  and  ."^hows  that  the  defendant  assented 
that  there  had  been  a  mi.^ake.  Counsel,  con- 
tinuing, said  the  plaintiff  continued  until 
Deceanber  16,  when  he  was  paid  £4  IDs.  for 
that  week.  On  the  Monday  he  offered  to  per- 
form, but  found  he  was  superseded. 

The  plaintiff  then  went  into  the  box  and 
bore  out  his  counsel's  statement.    He  said  he 


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selected  iill  ths  niusi-c  for  t.lie  paiitoinime  wiUi 
the  approval  of  Mr.  Conquest,  and  had 
finished  it  on  Movember  29.  The  pantomime 
was  advertised  as  "  Libretto  by  Geo.  Cou- 
(|ue5it.  music  written  and  composed  by  Car- 
WsAe  Vernon."  He  emiphatically  denied  tha.t 
he  could  be  called  ■oonnected  with  the  orches- 
tra; he  was  the  conductor  of  the  orchestra, 
but  not  a  part  of  tt.  hi  this  case  the 
musicians  received  their  money  direct  from 
tihe  treasury.  He  was  engaged  for  a  per- 
manency. 

Judge  Smyly :  That  is  very  vague.  Tell  us 
what  you  mean  by  a  permanency.  Do  you 
mean  year  in  and  year  out,  to  go  on  for  ever? 

Plaintiff :  No,  sir. 

Judge  Smyly :  Well,  is  there  not  some  tech- 
nical meaning  in  the  profession  to  the  word 
fiermaneucy,  because  I  see  quite  a  number  of 
advertisement.s  here  in  The  Stage  in  which 
permanency  is  reiferred  to.  , 

Plaintiff :  I  had  written  some  of  the  music 
p.nd  scored  some  of  tilie  music,  and  as  1  was 
the  conductor  I  say  I  should  have  been  cn- 
gaiged  during  the  pantomime,  to  go  on  if 
satisfaotory. 

Judge  Smyly  :  And  that  is  your  definition  of 
permanency!  You  only  mean  during  the  run 
of   a   pantomime. 

Pliaintitf  :  I  mean  if  there  is  a  special  con- 
tract for  anything,  and  there  was  here  for 
the  pantomime,  and  you  are  engaged  as  p. 
permanency  you  cannot  be  discharged  with- 
out performing  that. 

Judge  Siniyly :  You  do  not  set  up  here,  then, 
that  you  should  have  been  given  any  particu- 
lar notice? 

Plaintiff :    No,   only   for   the    pantomime.    I 
.  should   have  been   there   in   exactly  the   same 
way  as  engaged  on  a  tour  for  the   tO'Ur. 

Mr.  Green  :  fn  the  profession  a  permanency 
does  not  mean  for  ever? 

Plaintiff:    Not  at  all. 

Mr.  Green  :  It  really  means  so  long  as  the 
emplioyer   is  .satisfied. 

Plaintiff :  fn  the  ordinary  way  I  suppose 
that  is  what  it  amounts  to.  The  orchestra 
are  never  engaged  for  a  permanency,  but  it 
must  be  t'R'o  weeks'   notice,' 

Mr.  Green  :  Does  not  that  apply  to  the  con- 
ductor? 

Plaintiff:  Not  at  all.  The  conditions  ara. 
far  different,  as,  first  of  a.ll,  he  is  not  one  of 
the  orehe.s.tra. 

Plaintiff  said  he  certainly  did  not  put 
the  advertisement  in  The  St.\ge  on  his  own 
account ;  it  was  entirely  with  the  defendant's 
approval.  Mr.  Conquest  said  there  were  plenty 
of  conductors  wanted,  and  an  'advertisement 
would  'no  doubt  do  the  trick.  He  had  never 
told  Mr.  Conquest  that  he  got  a  berth.  There 
were  several  telegrams  came  for  him,  and  one 
he  thougiiit  w.as  from  Wigan,  offering  a  berth 
as  pianist-condaictor.  He  did  tell  Mr.  Stan- 
ley to  wire  in  reply,  "  Engaged,"  because  he 
was   actually   engaged   at   the   Britannia. 

Judge  Smyly  :  What  absurd  rubbish.  What 
would  be  the  use  of  putting  in  an  advertise- 
ment and  then  saying  engaged  wihen  a  berth 
was  offere^.  It  would  be  a  waste  of  money. 
Wha.t  do  you  say  was  the  object  of  the  ad- 
vertisement? 

Plaintiff:  To  please  Mr.  Conquest  and  save 
di.'cord.  I  knew  I  had  never  been  dismissed 
from  the  orchestra,  and  told  him  so. 

Judge   Simyly :   You   ask  me   to  believe  that 

man  advertises  when  he  has  a  good  per- 
manent   berth? 

Mr.  Horace  Vickers  Rees  said  he  had  twenty 
years'  experience  as  a  musical  conductor. 

Judge  Smyly :  Whait  is  the  proper  notice  to 
a   conductor? 

Witness:  That  is  according  to  the  contract. 

.Judge  Smyly:  Wihat  Ls  a  permanency? 


Witness:  A  pei-manency  can  be  put  :in  end 
to  in  a  fortnight  unless  there  Ls  a  special 
agreement. 

Judge  Smyly:  Just  what  I  thought.  Tlii.s 
gentleman  seems  to  put  an  end  to  the  plaiii- 
tilf's  case.  Tliere  was  not  the  sm.allest  doubt, 
oontinued  the  Judge,  that  plaintiff'  wa.s.  en- 
gaged for  a  perananeacy,  and  on  his  own  show- 
ing was  entitled  to  give  or  receive  a  fort- 
night's notice  on  such  an  engagement.  Under 
tihe  circumstances,  the  defendant  was  entitled 
to  win.     ' 

Judgment  was  given  accordingly,  with  costs. 


ROWE  v.  FORDWYCH— A  BALANCE  OF 
COMMISSION. 

The  case  of  Rowe  v.  Fordwych  was  a  claim 

for  a  balance  of  f G  Is.   in  the  Westmin- 

2  3  fter    County    Court,    before    his    Honour 

Judge      Woodfall,     the     plaintiff      being 

Miss    Winifred    Rowe,    trading    as    Lynji    and 

Harding.      The    claim    was    admitted    subject 

to  a  counterclaim. 

The  defendant  declared  he  had  paid  the 
wiiole  of  this  account,  which  was  one  for  com- 
mission, and  £5  in  excess.  He  held  Mr. 
Lynn's  I.O.U.  for  £4  odd.  '  He  produced  Mr. 
Lynn's  I.O.U.  and  his  receipt  for  flCi.  The 
receipt  was  dated  June  24,  1910,  and  next  he 
got  an  account  for  £1  5s.  8d.  Now  he  was 
sued  for  £6  Is. 

In  cross-examination  by  .Mr.  Tibbs,  plain- 
tiff's counsel,  he  denied  paying  £.')  and  taking 
a  receipt  for  £10.  It  was  an  ab.=oiute  tabri- 
cation  to  .'■•ay  he  took  £23  in  cash  and  an 
I.O.U.  for  £4  from  Mr.  Lynn,  representing  the 
result  of  a  game  of  billiards.  He  did  not 
knO'W  the  business  belonged  to  Miss  Rowe. 
He  diid  not  know  that  tihere  ever  was  a  Mr. 
Harding,  who  sold  the  business  to  Mi.=s  Rowe. 
He  thought  the  names  were  made  up  to  get 
as  near  as  possible  to  the  name  o-f  Mr.  Lyn 
H;'.rding,  the   actor. 

Mr.  Tibbs  called  John  Lynn,  who  said  he 
was  manager  to  Messrs.  Lynn  and  Harding. 
The  lousiness  was  carried  on  by  Mr  Harding 
before  it  belonged  to  Miss  Ro-we.  The  receipt 
for  £10  was  given  by  witness,  but  the  amount 
was  not  paid  in  full,  as  defendant  said  he 
had  a  lot  of  expense  for  printinig  and  cos- 
tumes at  Hythe,  a.M  he  would  pay  on  hi.s 
return  from  tihere.  The  I.O.U.  was  for  a 
balance  of  £27  he  lost  to  defendant  at  bil- 
liards. 

By  the  Judge  :  Witness  was  not  o.  partner 
in  the  business.  His  name  was  used  becau.se 
he  was  known  as, a  writer.  Mr.  Harding  put 
his  name   in   thinking  it  would   be   useful. 

His  Honour  found  he  could  not  disregard 
the  receirtt.  Credit  was  given  in  the  accoimt 
for  half  the  amount,  but  credit  must  be  given 
for  the  whole  amount,  and  that  reduced  the 
amount  due  to  one  guinea,  for  which  he  gave 
plaintiff  judgment.  Defendant  could  not  suc- 
ceed on  the  I.O.U.,  as  Lynn  was  not  a 
partner. 

Defendant:  Here  is  Lynn  and  Row-e  in  the 
list  of  agents  in'  The  SncE. 

His  Honour:  You  cannot  set  it  up  against 
the  plaintiff. 

Judgment  wa«  entered  for  the  plaintiff  for 
£1  Is.,  with  costs  on  that  amount. 

REDRUTH    PUBLIC    ROOM'S    CO.,    LIMITED, 

AND   OTHERS,    v.    COCKS    AND    BAKER 

In   the   Redruth   County   Court,   the  case   of 

the       Redruth       Public       Rooms       Co., 

2  3  Limited    v.    William     John    Cocks    and 

Edward    Cyril    Baker,    both    of    London, 

was  heard  before  his  Honour  Judge   Granger. 

The    plaintiffs     are     the     proprietors   of     the 

Druids'    Hall,    Redruth,    which    hall    had    for 

some    time    past    been    occupied    by    the    de- 

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fendaaU  (or  an  auiinHt4bU  piuturc  show.  Mr. 
Henry  OrylU,  solicitor,  Redruth,  appeared  for 
the  pkiintitT  company,  and  the  defendant, 
Bitker,  c»i«<liiil(-d  the  «lofence.  Tlie  plaintiffs' 
<-Jaini  was  for  tis  Is.  Kd.,  balance  of  rent 
for  hire  of  i)rni<is'  Hall,  mid  for  licatlnt;  tiiid 
lichtiuK  saJnv.  'Hie  d»-fi'ndant«  eonutir- 
«'lainici<l  for  .fttl  Ifvs.  for  allowance*  for  alU'4;ed 
lM>okiu)te  Hot  inchule^l  in  contract,  wroogfiil 
<lotention  of  goods,  and  for  do,priving  dc- 
fvnduntcj  of  lusc  of  the  Druids'  Hall.  Mr. 
Owen  Hill,  plaiutilfs'  w-cretory,  proved  the 
company's  claim,  and  after  hearing  the  evi- 
dence of  the  curator  of  the  hall  and  others 
his  Honour  gave  judigment  for  the  plaintilfs 
for  amoiLTit  claimetl,  with  costs,  and  gave  ver- 
dict for  plaintiffs  on  defendants'  counter- 
e)aim,   with   cost*. 

The  Mme  defendants  were  sued  on  the  same 
day  by  William  C.  Hodge,  builder,  Redruth, 
who  obtained  a  v  rdict  for  £15  14s.  lid.  for 
work  done  and  mflterials  supplied,  and  by 
i*.  R.  Earle  and  Co.,  who  obtained  a  verdict 
for  £10  4s.  9d.  for  printing.  W.  C.  Hodge 
also  sued  the  defendant  Cooks  for  £5,  a  loan, 
and  Cocks  wa.s  ordered  to  pay,  with  costs. 


SCHMII>T    v.     H.\LL    OAIXE.— SCENIC 

.MODELS. 

In    tlie    Brentford    Countv    Court,    Franci 

Schmidt,     scenic     axtist,     of      Chiswick, 

2  3  sued   .Mr.   Ralph   Hall  Caine    for   £4  10s. 

for     preparing    models    of    two     scenes 

for    'I'he    Kterual    Question. 

According  to  plaintiff's  evidem-e  the  models 
were  jseen  by  defendant  and  Mr.  Hall  Caine, 
the  author,  and  one  was  a'pprovcd.  T'jie 
author  suggested  alterations  in  the  second, 
and  they  were  duly  made,  but  plaintiff  wa^s 
not  given  any  appointment.  When  the  plav 
was  produced  scen&s  similar  to  liis  were  used". 
Defendant,  in  evidence,  said  The  Eternal 
Question  failed.  The  models  were  submitteti 
on  approval,  but  tiiie  pri^-e  for  the  scenery 
was  too  heavy,  and  a  quotation  from  another 
firm  was  aceepteil. 
His  honour  found  for  plaintiff,  with  costs. 


that  his  client  was  entltlct«  to  any  .set-off  and 
counter-claim  fie  might  have  against  Ellison. 
He  had  lost  a  favourable  lease  and  the  benefit 
of  contracts  which  could  not  be.  fulfilled  owing 
to  the  theatre  lieing  dosed. 

Eventually  a  settlement  of  the  case  was 
come  to  liy  consent,  judgment  to  t)e  entered 
for  i.1'20  to  cover  thy  liaf)ility  and   thy  costs. 


STONE  V.  MACNAGHTEN.-TO  RECOVER 
-MONEY    UNDER    AOREEMENT. 

At  the  Manchester  Assizes,  before  Mr.  Jus- 
tice  Lawrence,  without  a  jury,  Mr 
2  7  WiUiam  Stone,  financial  agent.  Higher 
Broughton,  sought  to  recover  a  sum 
under  an  agreement  from  Mr.  Frank  Mac- 
naghten.  Counsel  for  the  plaintiff  were  Mr. 
Sutton  and  Mr.  Gordon  Hewart,  and  for  the 
defendant  Mr.  Sanderson,  K.C.,  and  Mr. 
Atkinson. 

It  was  stated  that  before  the  money  was 
advanced  about  which  the  action  was  taken 
there  were  several  transactions  in  connection 
with  the  Grand.  Stalybridge.  A  Mr.  Ellison 
took  a  lease  of  the  theatre  in  1907,  and  two 
years  later  arranged  with  the  defendant  to 
become  the  sub-lessee.  Ihe  arrangement  was 
for  a  payment  to  be  made  for  rent  and  the 
benefit  of  certain  contracts,  and  later  Elliion 
sold  his  benefit  under  the  agreement  to  the 
plaintiff.  In  May,  1910,  however,  the  defendant 
paid  the  amount  agreed  upon  to  Ellison,  who 
did  not  transfer  it  to'  the  superior  landlord, 
with  the  result  that  the  latter  entered  into 
possession  Defendant's  plea  was  that  he  was 
therefore  released  from  the  payment  of  the 
£150  to  plaintiff. 

Mr.  Sanderson  submitted  that  the  assignor 
could  not  have  sued  the  defendant  for  the  £150 
when  he  himself  failed  to  keep  the  lease  alive, 
and  that  plaintiff  as  an  assignee  was  in  no 
better  position  than  the  assignor.  If  he  were 
forced   from   that   contention   he   would   claim 


FERRIS    V.    ILLUSTRATED    LONDON    Ni:\\- 
AND    SKETCH,    Ll.MlTED.— LIBEL. 

In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 
JiLsticc   Darling   and   a    special  jury,   an 

28  iiction  by  Mr.  Edward  Ferris,  actor  and 
autlior,  against  the  Illustrated  London 
News  and  Sketch,  Limited,  to  recover  damages 
for  an  alleged  libel  contained  in  a  certain  pic- 
ture and  notes  on  the  plaintiff's  play,  was 
heard.  The  defendants  by  their  defence  said 
this  was  not  a  libel,  and  they  also  pleaded 
fair  comment.  They  also  said  that  from  what 
was  represented  they  thought  the  play  was 
what   they  called  it. 

Mr.  Patrick  Ha.stiiigf  appeared  for  the  plain- 
tiff, and  Mr.  Marshall  Hall,  K.C.,  and  Mr. 
A.  H.  Spokes  for  the  defendants. 

Mr.  1*.  Hastings  said  his  client  produced  a 
short  while  ago,  at  the  Lyceum,  The  Fighting 
Chance.  The  position  at  the  end  of  the  play 
was  this— that  the  hero  and  the  villain,  who 
were  both  soldiers  in  the  Army,  were  shut  up 
in  a  fort  in  India  and  besieged  by  Indian 
troops.  The  heroine  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  Indians,  and  they  threatened  to  kill  her, 
but  made  an  offer  that  if  the  villain,  who  was 
the  officer  at  the  fort,  would  surrender  to 
them,  they  would  return  the  heroine.  The 
villain  would  not  consent  to  this,  and  in  the 
end  shot  himself.  The  hero,  however,,  imper- 
sonated the  villain,  and  was  escorted  on  to 
the  stage  under  the  white  flag  to  be  exchanged 
and  handed  to  the  Indians.  As  the  escorting 
troops  retired  the  Indians  discovered  that  they 
had  been  tricked,  and  they  began  to  fire  on 
the  troops.  At  that  moment  the  Gordon  High- 
landers rushed  up,  routed  the  enemy,  and 
saved  the  hero  and  heroine.  The  play  was 
produced  on  March  5,  and  on  March  16  the 
Sketch  published  a  large  picture  of  the  fight, 
and  headed  it  as  follows  :— "  Terrible  Treachery 
of  a  British  Force  in  India.  Natives  Butchered 
under  the  Shadow  of  the  White  Flag.  Re- 
markable Incident  in  The  Fighting  Chance  at 
the  Lyceum  Theatre."  Beneath,  after  describ- 
ing the  play,  the  paper  added,  "  This  action 
takes  place,  as  we  have  noted,  under  the  white 
flag,  and  marks,  we  cannot  but  think,  a  new- 
era  in  the  history  of  the  British  Army." 
Nothing  of  the  sort  as  alleged  by  the  defend- 
ants, counsel  added,  happened,  and  the  com- 
ment was  unjustified.  The  white  flag  was  only 
used  to  bring  a  prisoner  for  exchange.  There 
was  no  white  flag  on  the  stage  at  all— that 
had  retired  when  the  Gordon  Highlanders 
rushed  on. 

The  plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  sujiport  of 
his  case. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Mar.shall  Hall,  wit- 
ness said  he  did  not  agree  that  the  action  was 
so  very  hurried  that  people  could  not  under- 
stand what  was  taking  place. 

Mr.  Marshall  Hall  said  they  were  asked  to 
publish  a  letter  in  regard  to  this  matter,  and 
they  had  done  so,  and  published  it  in  a  pro- 
minent place  in  the  paper.  His  submission 
was  that  here  there  was  no  libel. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Carpenter,  Corporal  Claud 
Gluming,  Mr.  B.  O'Donnell,  Mr.  C.  G.  Mac- 
Ginness,  and  Mr.  Frederick  Ross  gave  evidence 
In  support  of  the  plaintiff's  case. 

Mr.  Ernest  Goddard,  assistant  editor  of  the 
Sketch,  was  called  for  the  defence.  He  said 
he  thought   the   picture   in   the   paper,    whicl] 


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was  purchased  from  the  Daily  Mirror  and  en- 
larged, correctly  represented  the  scene.  It  was 
diftlrult  to  say  who  fired  the  first  shot,  but  he 
thought  it  was  tlu-  Hritisli  who  fired  first. 
At  all  events,  tliey  had  their  revolvers  out. 
He  put  the  Ietteri)ress  eoiiiplaintd  of  beneath 
the  picture  in  consequence  of  what  he  had 
seen. 

Mr.  Mostyn  T.  Pigott,  wlio  was  present  at 
the  first-night  performance  of  the  play,  said 
his  impression  was  that  the  white  flag  and  the 
white  flag  party  were  progressing  whilst  the 
relief  jnirty  were  firing.  He  was  of  the 
opinion  that  it  was  a  fair  criticism  of  the  play. 

Colonel  Richardson,  also  present  at  the  first 
performance  of  the  play,  said  his  impression 
was  that  the  Gordons  were  shooting  natives 
under  the  white  flag. 

The  jury  found  a  verdict  for  the  plaintiff, 
and  assessed  the  damages  at  £250. 

Judgment  for  plaintiff  with  costs. 


MARCH, 


BAGGE  V.  EDWARD  LLOYD  (LIMITED). 
ALLEGED   LIBEL. 

In   the   King's   Bench    Division,   Mr.   Justice 
Lawrance   and   a    special  jury   heard    an 

7     action    for    damages    for    \alleged    libel 
brought      by      Mr.      Henry      Bagge,      a 
journalist,   against   Edward   Lloyd    (Limited). 

.\Ir.  Sander.'ion,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  George  C. 
Kingsibury  appeared  for  the  pkiintitt';  and  Mr. 
Shearaian,  K.C,  Mr.  E.  F.  Spence,  and  Mr. 
W.  Frampton  for  the  defendants. 

Mr.  Sanderson,  K.C,  for  the  plaintift',  siiid 
his  client  was  an  actor,  and  had  of  rec«nt 
years  been  a  journalist.  He  had  alao  written 
several  plays,  some  of  whi-ch  had  been  acted. 
Towards  tlie  end  of  1909  the  plaintiff  and  a 
Mr.  Wood  conceived  the  idta  that  it  would  be 
a  good  thing  in  this  country  to  produce  a 
nuniiber  of  one-act  play.s  in  a  theatre.  A  cer- 
tain theatre  in  Paris  had  been  very  successful 
in  running  one-act  plays,  but  so  far  as  he 
(counsel)  knew  it  had  never  been  tried  in  Lon- 
don, with  one  exception.  Mr.  Bagge  was  an 
actor  of  some  di.sitinction,  and  in  1S9S  he  was 
acting  with  Mr.  Edmund  Day  in  a  drama  they 
themselves  produced.  In  1904  the  plaintiff 
became  closely  connected  with  the  Daily 
Chronicle,  and  w-as  appointed  its  chief  Pari* 
correspondent.  After  a  year  he  returned  home 
on  account  of  .some  domestic  trouble,  and  was 
employed  in  the  London  offices  of  the  paper. 
The  plaintiff's  relations  with  the  Daily 
Chronicle  afterwards  became  strained,  and 
the  position  of  Paris  correspondent  was  filled 
by  someone  else.  The  plaintiff  afterwards 
went  to  .\merica,  and  was  employed  on  the 
New   York  Herald. 

Returning  to  London,  the  plaintiff  and  Mr. 
Wood  proceeded  to  get  together  a  number  of 
short  plays  in  furtherance  of  their  scheme. 
They  had  an  option  on  Terry's  Theatre,  and 
had  the  assurance  of  plays  from  several  noted 
writers.  The  five  plays  actually  intended  to 
be  produced  during  the  first  week  were  adver- 
tised in  the  Times  of  February  21,  with  the 
names  of  the  authors.  The  plaintiff  also  had 
a  conversation  with  Mr.  Littlewood,  the  dra- 
m^atic  critic  of  the  Daily  Chronicle,  and  tlje 
scheme  was  diMussed  and  the  question  of  the 
sort  of  plays  to  be  produced  considered.  A 
company  was  formed,  and  a  prospectus  is.sued. 
the  directors  of  the  company  being  Colonel 
Charles  James  Vines.  Mr.  Hugh  George  Spen- 
cer Tuite,  and  Mr.  Bagge  as  managing  direc- 
tor. After  the  publication  of  the  article 
complained  of  the  plaintiff  wrote  a  long  letter 
dealing  with  the  points  raised  in  the  article. 
and  gave  the  names  of  the  fir.st  week's  plays 
to  the  Daily   Chronicle,  but  thev    refused    to 


publish  it.  Proceedings  were  afterwards  insti- 
tuted. As  a  result  of  the  article  the  scheme 
was  knocked  on  the  head  (concluded  counsel), 
and  tile  plaintiff  .suffered  con.sider.-iible  financial 
los-i. 

On  .March  22,  1909,  ihe  J)aily  Chronicle  pub- 
lished   an   article   severely   criticising  the   i)ro- 
spectus.     It    was  headed  :— 
Playlets    and    Finance.     The    One-Act    Play 

House   Prospectus.    Modest   Enterprise. 
The  article  continued : 

Amidst  the  rush  of  new  issues  which  have 
appeared  this  week,  a  little  one  that  runs 
the  risk  of  being  overlooked  in  the  crowd 
deserves  attention — except  from  investors,  to 
whom  it  should  be  of  no  Jntertst,  ats  it  is  little 
likely  to  return  any.  This  little  issue  is 
called  "  The  One-act  Play  House  (Ltd.)," 
capital,  a  modest  £10,000.  The  capital  is  net 
the  only  modest  thing  about  the  enterprise. 
The  company  is  more  than  modest  about 
what  it  possesses— it  is  secretive.  The  direc- 
tors tell  the  public  that  they  have  obtained 
a  theatre— unnamed ;  also  that  they  "have 
already  arranged  the  whole  of  the  first 
week's  programme,  comprising  five  original 
and  striking  plays."  The  names  of  the 
authors  of  these  striking  plays  are  not  given. 
So  far,  there  is  nothing  in  the  way  of  assets 
except  the  option.  There  is,  of  course,  the 
idea  of  a  one-act  play-house,  giving  a  lot  of 
little  plays  at  the  same  performance — just 
like  a  series  of  music-hall  sketches.  But 
even  that  is  not  original.  It  has  been  bagged 
from  Paris. 

.\nother  novel  feature  of  the  prospectus  is 
tliat  subscribers  are  to  receive  coupons  en- 
titling them  to  eight  stall  tickets  with  fifty 
Preferred  shares,  while  eight  dresa  circle 
tickets  go  to  the  holder  of  thirty  Preferred 
shares. 

The  article  added  that  the  method  of  capi- 
talisation belonged  to  the  skatins  rink  and 
rubber  groups,  and  also  called  attention  to 
the  fact  that  if  the  company  was  as  success- 
ful as  it  anticipated,  while  the  preference 
shares  only  got  10  per  cent.,  the  holders  of 
€500  worth  of  Is.  shares  would  get  £19,000. 
This,  it  was  said,  was  a  case  of  "thinking  in 
thousands."  "  If  the  Is.  shareholder  re- 
ceived his  Is.,  back  he  would  get  100  per  cent 
dividend,  but  he  is  led  to  expect  a  return  of 
38s.  Rubber  and  oil  are  not  in  it  with  such 
staggering    results." 

The  defendants  did  not  admit  that  tlie  plain- 
tiff was  an  author  of  dramatic  works,  or  that 
the  words  were  puWished  of  the  plaintiff  in 
his  alleged  profession  of  dramatic  author. 
They  further  pleaded  that  the  words  used 
were  not  capable  of  the  meaning  alleged  by 
the  plaintiff,  that  they  were  true  "in  sub-tancs 
and  in  fact,  and  that  they  were  fair  comment 
on  a  matter  of  piilblic  interest. 
The  case  was  continued  on  March  8. 
M.r.  Hcary  Bagge  sa'd  in  evidence  that  he 
-had  been  a  journ«l:i«it.  for  ecght  or  nine  years. 
Before  tliat  he  wia.5  on  the  isitage  as  an  actor. 
In  1SR6  he  appeared  with  Mr.  Thcs.  Thome, 
and  in  the  following  year  Wias  at  the  Vaude- 
vUe.  He  aippeared  also  at  the  Olympic  with 
Mi.-;s  Agnes  Hewitt  in  The  Ticket-of-Leave 
Man.  He  and  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks  had  minor 
parts  in  that.  Atterwairids  be-wemt  to  Amorica 
to  join  the  company  of  Miss  Fanny  Davenport. 
They  opened  with  Cleopatra,  in  which  he  had 
a  leading  part.  His  salary  wns  £20  a  week. 
He  ako  succeeded  Mr.  Leonard  Boyne  in  The 
Prodigal  Daughter.  In  all,  he  was  in 
-America  about  ten  years,  returning  to  this 
country  in  1901.  Witness  said  he  wrote  his 
first  pla.y  while  still  a  boy  at  Rugby.  Later 
he  collaborated  with  Mr.  Edmund  Day  in 
writing  The  Fifth  Royal  Irish.  He  al.so  col- 
laborated in  writing  a  email  play,  which  was 
prodaiced    at    Manchaster   in    September,    190^. 


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T/Z/T  STAGE  YEAR   BOOK 


MARCH 


After  bfuig  iu  J...:-  ,  •;  some  tiitw^  as  tliu 
Chronicle's  csliief  Paris  correejKwudoiut ,  he  came 
to  London  on  lM.ve.  He  was  sutisefiucntly  a 
star  reporter  on  tJio  AVic  I'ort  World.  Aft-cr- 
uarck  tlii?  i<lcH  of  tlie  cii'j-act  |>laylioUM.'  <x- 
currtM  to  liLin.  TMu^  i<lca  had  been  tried  in 
Kftglund  alH)Ut  flftct-n  years  ago.  In  the  pro- 
motion of  tlie  Idta  h'-  spent  alK>ut  .t'500,  and 
i>bta"'j>f<l  an  oiition  for  the  Royalty.  Tlic 
otftioii  w:us  prixlui'xi. 

Mr.  S'lt-arinan,  K.C..  for  the  defence,  said 
he  woii'd  eonttiid  that  the  document  wee  not 
uxwth  a  fartl:Ji|;. 

VVitneta?  atU'td  that  the  company  was  regis- 
tered in  M.ir>-li.  1010.  He  had  anticipated  that 
there  would  be  a  profit  of  £530  p«r  week  on 
the  venture.  As  the  capacity  of  the  house  was 
.€•200,  he  put  the  takings  at  £140  each  per- 
formance which,  with  sevin  perform aflces  a 
week,  would  give  a  revenue  of  £980.  He  put 
e.xi»enAi'6  at  £450,  which  he  thought  a  liberal 
allowance. 

Wit(n«ss  said  that  aiter  the  publac-aticin  of 
the  article  comiplaimtd  of  he  wrote  a  letter  to 
meet  the  "  uavprovoked  a/ttack  on  hira."  Mr. 
I'erris,  the  nc\\£  editor,  refused  to  publMi,  and 
he  consulted  his  soli-citors.  After  the  article 
Colonel  Vines  and  he  returned  the  moneys  that 
had  been  subscribed  towards  the  company.  The 
article  ruined  the  whole  scheme,  and  they 
decided  not  to  call  up  the  underwriters. 

The  hearing  was  adjourned  until  March  14, 
when  evidence  was  given  for  the  plaintiff  by 
Mr.  Metcalfe  Henry  Wood,  part  author  of 
Ih-^  Elder  Miss  Blossom,  Mr.  Hugh  George 
Spfrcer  Tuite,  'Sir.  Alexander  Kehealy,  Br. 
I(,natiu.'!  J.  Ruble,   and   Mr.  Harry  Mills. 

For  the  defence,  Mr.  Robert  Donald,  manag- 
ing editor  of  the  Jinily  Chronicle,  stated  that 
the  one-act  playhouse  scheme  was  brought  to 
his  notice  by  a  correspondent,  and  he  placed 
the  matter  in  the  hands  of  his  financial  editor. 
The  financial  editor  was  not  appointed  until 
two  year.5  after  Mr.  Bngge  left  the  paper.  The 
criticism  which  the  financial  editor  wrote  came 
before  witness  in  his  editorial  capacity.  The 
criticism  was  not  inspired  by  any  ill-feeling 
towardi'  "Wt    Bagge 

.\t  this  point  the  foreman  anirounced  that 
the  jury  were  of  opin  on  tha:t  there  had  been 
no  libel,  and  that  plaintiff  was  not  entitled 
to  damages. 

His  lordship  said  he  regretted  that  the  jury 
had  had  to  spend  three  days  over  the  case. 

Judgment  was  accordingly  entered  for  defen- 
dants, with  costs. 


THE     KINEMATOGRAPH     ACT.-P.     BECK. 

At    Old    Street    Police    Couit,    Philip    Beck, 

proprietor    of    a    kinematograph    theatre 

7  in    High    Street,    Shoreditch.    was    sum- 
moned before  Mr.  Biron,  at  the  instance 

of  the  London  Coimty  Council,  under  the 
Kinematograph    Act. 

Mr.  Kemp,  of  the  solicitors'  dei)artment  of 
the  London  County  Council,  eaid  th.it  Con- 
dition 11  related  to  the  overcrowding  of 
gangways  of  these  places  of  entc-rtainment, 
people  beimg  allowed  to  stand  provided  the 
free  ingress  R.nd  egress  of  people  was  not  in- 
terfered  with.  • 

Mr.  Biron  imposed  a  penalty  of  £5  and 
12s.  Cd.  costs. 

ADAMS  V.  GROSSMITH— ALLEGED  BREACH 
OF  CONTRACT— A   MISSING   PLAY. 
In    the    King's   Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 
Justice  Pickford  and  a  common  jury,  an 

8  action   was  heard,   brought  by  Mr.  Dick 
Adams,    sou    of   the   late   Judge    Adams, 


au    Irisli    Comity    Coiut    judge,    against    Mr. 
George  Grossmith,   jun. 
Plaintiff  claimed  damages  for  alleged  breach 

of  contract,  and  also  a.^iked  for  the  return  of 
the  first  act  of  The  Venetian  Maid,  a  musical 
comedy,  which,  he  said,  he  had  handed  to  de- 
fendant. Mr.  George  Grossmith,  jun.,  denied 
the  alleged  contract,  "  which  was  to  engage 
the  i)laintitf  as  his  private  secretary,"  and  dis- 
puted the  sugge.stion  that  he  had  possession  of 
the  play.  He  also  disclaimed  any  liability  if. 
as  was  allegcfl,  the  play  had  been  lost. 

Mr.  T.  M.  Healy,  K  C,  for  the  plaintiff,  told 
liov/  Mr.  Adams  made  the  acquaintance  of  the 
defendant  through  an  introduction  by  Mr. 
Paul  Rubens.  Last  July  there  was  an  inter- 
view. It  was  at  that  interview  that  defenda/it 
verbally  agreed  to  employ  Mr.  Adams  as  his 
j)rivate  secretary  at  £2  a  week.  .4t  that 
time  the  plaintiff  was  employed  in  the  Inland 
Revenue  Department  at  Chatham,  and  Ills 
idea  was  to  do  evening  work  for  Mr.  Grossmlfii. 
Counsel  went  on  to  say  that  Mr.  Adams  went 
into  the  wings  as  Mr.  Gro.ismith  was  aliout  to 
go  on  the  stage  in  Our  Miss  Gibbs,  and  made 
some  suggestions  about  the  play.  Defendant 
appeared  pleased'  and  ofltered  to  engage  Mr. 
.\dams.  With  reference  to  the  first  act  of 
The  Venetian  Maid,  Mr.  Grossmith  expressed 
a  wish  to  see  it.  Plaintifl'  accordingly  sent  it 
to  him  by  registered  post.  Subsequently 
various  letters  passe  J  between  the  parties  with 
reference  to  the  suggested  engagement  and 
the  play,  and  Mr.  .Vdams  gave  up  his  work 
at  Chatham.  Mr.  Grossmith  in  October  wrote 
expressing  regret  that  he  "  could  not  arrange 
•anything  at  present,  and  followed  thb  with  a 
letter  stating  that  he  had  handed  the  MS.  to 
Mr.    Napoleon   Lambelet. 

Plaintiff,  in  the  witness-box,  said  he  saw 
Mr.  Lambelet,  but  was  unable  to  tnace  his 
play.  He  worked  out  the  idea  of  the  play  in 
Ireland,  and  submitted  It  to  Mr.  Seymour 
Hifks  and  others.  Eventually  he  went  to  see 
Mr.  Grossmith,  and  complained  to  him  about 
the  loss  of  his  play.  Mr.  Adams  added  that 
the  possibility  of  "legal  proceedings  following 
was  hinted  at,  whereupon  defendant  remarked 
that  "  theatrical  people  were  very  loyal  to 
each  other." 

In  reply  to  the  judge,  Mr.  Hicks  said  the 
idea  of  the  play  Vas  good,  but  it  wanted  re- 
moulding. In  the  state  in  which  he  saw  it 
production  was  impossible. 

Addre=«ing  the  jury  for  the  defendant,  Mr. 
Marshall  Hall  said  that  Mr.  Adams,  in  addi- 
tion to  a  claim  for  £2,000  damages,  was  asking 
for  an  injunction  to  restrain  Mr.  Grossmith 
from  using  the  play.  The  defendant's  case, 
however,  was  that,  if  the  play  were  Jost  in  the 
post,  as  was  suggested,  he  was  not  liable. 

Mr.  G.  A.  Redford,  Examiner  of  Plays, 
proved  receiving  a  play  entitled  The  Venetian 
Maid  in  June,  1909,  to  read,  and  a  license  for 
it  was  granted. 

The  defendant  gave  evidence  denying  that  he 
agreed  to  engage  tlie  plaintiff  as  private  secre- 
tary. He  remembered  receiving  the  play.  He 
did  not  read  it,  but  handed  it  to  Mr.  Lambe- 
let. Subsequently  it  appeared  the  play  was 
lost  in   the  post. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Healy,  the  defendant 
said  he  wrot«  the  "revue  for  the  Empire,  bu6 
did  not  embody  a  character  entitled  Lord 
Helpus.  Possibly  an  actor  had  worked  in  the 
name,  as  Lord  Chesterfield's  name  had  been 
dragged  in  recently.    (Laughter.) 

Mr.  Napoleon  Lambelet  gave  evidence  that 
he  posted  the  play  back  to  the  plaintiflf  at 
Harrow  after  he  read  it. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  de- 
fend.int. 

Juilgiiicnt  accordingly. 


MARCH 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


267 


TKUEMAN     V.      COLLINS.    —   COMMISSION 

CLAIM.— ENGLISH  GIRLS  AND  CONTI- 
NENTAL CAFES. 

The  case  of  Trueman  v.  Collms  before  his 
Honour  Judge  Wootlfall  in  the  Westmin- 

8  ster  County  Court  was  an  action  by 
Kelson  Trueman  against  Joe  Colhns 
for  £16,  being  10  per  cent,  commission 
on  an  engagement.  Mr.  E.  F.  Lever  (instructed 
by  Messrs.  Roberts,  Seyd,  and  Co.)  was  for 
the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  Doughty  (instructed  by 
Messrs.  Judge  and  Priestley)  for  the  defendant. 

Mr.  Lever  said  plaintiff  was  an  agent,  and 
the  Stella  Girls  Troupe  was  under  the  manage- 
ment or  superintendence  of  the  defendant. 
Plaintiff  obtained  an  engagement  for  the  Stella 
Girls  at  Vienna,  and  for  some  reason,  which 
had  nothing  to  do  with  the  plaintiff,  the  troupe 
did  not  perform.  Plaintiff  had  earned  his  com- 
mission by  securing  the  contract.  There  was 
some  question  of  the  hall  deducting  half  the 
commission.  Perhaps  he  might  be  informed 
what  the  defence  was,  as  he  could  not  see  that 
there  was  one. 

Mr.  Doughty  said  defendant  had  not  received 
anything  from  Vienna.  If  plaintiff  had  a  claim 
it  was  for  damages,  and  then  he  must  prove 
it  was  defendant's  fault  that  the  money  had 
not  been  received.  Continental  halls  deducted 
10  per  cent,  from  the  salary  and  kept  half  of 
it.  In  this  case  nothing  was  deducted  from  the 
salary,  because  there  was  no  salary.  There  was 
another  substantial  defence. 

The  Plaintiff  said  he  was  a  dramatic,  concert, 
and  operatic  agent,  of  Piccadilly  Mansions, 
Shaftesbury  Avenue.  He  secured  an  engage- 
ment for  the  Stella  Girls  at  Ronacher's,  Vienna. 
The  custom  as  to  commission  on  the  Continent 
was  very  elastic.  Sometimes  15  per  cent,  was 
deducted  from  salary  and  the  hall  kept  5  per 
rent.  He  had  heard  the  reason  for  the  per- 
formance not  going  on  was  that  the  bill  matter 
was  not  received  in  time. 

Cross-examined,  plamtdfl'  siaod  that  the  onTy 
reason  given  was  that  the  bill  matter  was 
no*,  in  time.  H*^  was  not  awaire  that  the 
troupe  went  first  to  Cartebad  and  Bud'a  Pe&th 
and  them  on  to  V-ienma,  and  he  ddd  not  know 
whether  the  girls  were  expected  to  give  an 
opdiuiary  music  hall  i\mi  in  the  hall  and  then 
at  an  adjoining  caf6.  He  did  not  know 
whether  there  was  a  caf6  attached  to  the 
hall.  He  had  heard  nothing  about  the  girls 
not  being  allowed  by  their  mamagerass  to 
wailk  about  with  men  In  the  oaf 6  after  the 
peiriormanoe.  He  had  no  knowledge  that  the 
mamiager  at  the  hall  at  Carlsbad  wrote  to 
the  managers  at  Buda  Pesth   and  Vienna. 

Mr.  Doughty  :  You  would  a.gree  that  it  was 
an  undesirable  thing  to  allow  eight  Engliith 
dancing   girls  to  be  forced   into  a  c-iWi 

His  Honour :  I  should  have  no  hesitation  in 
holding  that.  It  is  a  matter  for  me  to  decide, 
but,  of  course,  it  wonld  have  to  be  proved. 

The  defendant  gave  evidence  that  he  sent 
tlie  bill  matter  and  words  of  songs  on  August 
27,  and  the  performance  was  to  st'art  on  Oc- 
tober 1.  Tihe  bill  matter  and  words  of  songs 
had  to  be  suppliied  thirty  days  before  the 
date  of  opening.  He  received  a  telegram  from 
Vienna  that  the  contract  was  cancelled  as 
the  words  of  songis  had  not  been  sent  in 
time.  He  sent  them  with  the  bill  matter. 
He  told  plaintiff  the  reason  for  the  cancelling 
was  that  he  would  not  be  a  party  to  the 
girls  beiinig  forced  into  the  oaf€.  Thia  matter 
had   cost   him   £300. 

Cross-examined :  He  concluded  what  the 
rea.son  was  from  what  had  happened  at  Carls- 
bad. Tlve  girls  were  told  at  Carlsbad  that 
the  contract  at  Vienna  was  going  to  be 
oancelled  as  he  would  not  allow  them  to 
"  work  the  CAt(: "  after  the  performance. 
Roniacher's  "  hunted  up  "  tihe  reason  given  for 
not   going   on    warth    the   contraot.     He    made 


no  suggestion  against  Ronajcher's  further  th«n 
thiiit  he  believed  the  reason  for  cancelling  the 
oontra-et  was  t!ic  mes&age  from  Carlsbad  that 
he  would  not  consemt  to  thedr  appearance  m 
the  caf(5. 

His  Honour  stopped  the  case  and  gave 
judgment  for  the  defeoid.init,  with  cositt;,  with- 
out going  into  what  he  tei-med  the  •'  unplea- 
sant suspicion "  about  the  caf6.  Plaintiff 
had  fadled  to  prove  his  case.  Defendant  savore 
he  sant  on  tiie  sonigs  with  t'le  bill  matter, 
and  plaintiff  would  have  had  to  prove,  had 
Ilk!  claimed  damages,  tfaiat  it  was  defendiainft's 
fault  thait  the  money  upon  which  he  claimed 
commLasion  was  not  earmied. 


HARDACRE   v.  CORELLI   AND  ANOTHER.— 
INFRINGEMENT  OF   PLAYRIGHT. 

At     the     Manchester     .Vssizes     before     Mr. 
Justice   Grantham   a.id   a   common  jury. 

9  Mr.  John  Pitt  Hardacre  claimed  damages 
for  an  alleged  infringement  of  tlie  "  Bul- 
lock "  version  of  East  Lynne  from  Meissrs. 
Corelli  and  Co.,  Arthur  Corelli,  and  Coleman 
Davis,  of  the  Hippodrome,  Ellesmeie  Por\. 
Plaiiiitiiff  was  repieicnited  by  Mi'.  Whairton  and 
Mr.  Macbeth  (instructed  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Cooper), 
and  Mr.  Tobin,  K.C.,  M.P.,  and  Mr.  Sandbach 
(iastiruoted  by  Mr.  R.  D.  Morgan)  appeared 
for  defendants.  The  defence  was  that  plain- 
tiff was  not  tihe  registered  owner  of  the  dra- 
matic rights  of  the  play  which  was  prodoicefl, 
nor  ddd  the  defendiant  Corelli  cause  tlie  pro- 
duotion   to   be   presented   by   his  authority. 

Mr.   Wharton  said   plaiatiff  claimed  the  ex- 
clusive   power    of    producing    the    "  Bullock 
version,    which    Mr.    Hardacre    had    purchased 
from   Mr.  Colman   Chute. 

Mr.  Tobin :  What  we  eay  is  that  we  acted  a 
different  version   called    "  Dick's "   version. 

Mr.  Wharton  explained  that  in  Dick's  ver- 
sion there  was  no  policeman,  except  the  man 
who  made  the  arreat.  Counsel  then  proceeded 
to  compare  the  two  versions,  a  shorthand  note 
having  been  taken  of  the  performance  at 
Eilesmere  Port  in  June  last. 

Mr.  Tobin,  for  the  defence,  said  Mr.  Corelli 
was  manager  of  the  Hippodrome  at  Eilesmere 
Port,  and  was  ir  effect  Co.-elii  and  Co.  Mr. 
Coleman  Davis  was  the  proprietor  of  the  tour- 
ing comtpany  wlidoh  played  the  piece.  Mr. 
Core'lli  ddd  not  authorise  the  represent a-tion  of 
amy  portion  of  the  "  Bullock  "  version.  What 
happened  was  that  Mr.  Coleman  Davis's  com- 
pany of  serven  were  engaged  at  a  salary  of 
£13  10s.  per  week  to  produce  serveral  plays, 
imclU'ding  Diick's  version,  which  was  iplayed  for 
three  mights.  Mr.  D-avis  assured  Mr.  Corelli 
that  he  only  played  the  Dick  version,  and 
Corelli  told  him  he  must  not  infringe  any 
rigduts,  and  the  actors  were  also  similiari? 
warned.  If  Mr.  Core^lli  wias  to  be  hit  because 
two  men  of  Mr.  Davis's  company  suddenay 
stole  a  hist  of  "  gaig  "  from  the  Bullock  ver- 
sion it  would  be   unfair. 

Arthur  Corelli,  the  defemidamit,  said  that  for 
two  weeks  Mr.  Davis  produced  his  own  plays, 
but  things  were  not  going  well,  so  they  tmed 
East  Lynne.  He  did  mot  know  of  the  Bullock 
version  till  the  writ  was  served,  and  under  no 
circumstances  would  ihe  have  allowed  any 
"  cribbing "  from  any  copyright  versiion. 
Cross-examined,  he  said  he  did  not  know  Mr. 
Hardacre  had  been  running  East  Lynne  for 
twenity-five  years,  thougth  he  might  have 
associated  his  name  with  the   play  latterly. 

Mr.  G.  J.  Eavanagh,  Mr.  CorelU's  stage 
manaiger,  saiid  tdnat  ait  tdie  rehearsals  Mr.  Davis 
told  the  actors  to  stdok  to  tlie  Dick  version. 

Mr.  Wdiarton  said  that  in  addition  to  an 
injuniction,  Mr.  Handacre  claimed  tlie  penalty 
fixed  by  law  of  £2  for  aooh  of  the  three  per- 
formances. 


268 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


MARCH 


TJie  jury  nit.i>med  a  vi^rdiot  for  Um;  plain- 
tiff iind  awardod  iiini  i'O  .IwiiaRes.  His  Lord- 
eliip  i\>\M>  agreed  to  igr.ni.1  :ui  iiijimct-ion  witli 
cosU. 

HKNSOX     V.     WOKSWKK     AND     OTHERS- 
SLANDKR     ACTION. 

Uiforo   Mr.   .Ill^til•e   Lawnnrc  and   a   Bpecial 

jiirv    at    Manclutter    A  ..sizes    .vas    licard 

lO  an  ii<ti<m  brought  liy   Mr.  William  Ben- 

son    aiiaiiust    Mr.    II.    J.    Worswiciv    and 

(tlier.s,  in  which  .€1,000  damages  were  claimed 

for   alleped   lido!  and  slander. 

The  plaintitr,  Mr.  Willi.im  Hen.-on,  was  ili« 
iiiv.ntor  of  a  '•  rc-ionanrt-  "  chamber  whirh 
was  instalU<l  in  the  Wiuan  theatre  of  the  de- 
fendants. Mr.  Henrv  James  Worswick,  of  tlie 
Wigan  Knt  rtainments  Company,  and  Mr. 
.lolin  ^Vo^^wi<•k,  of  Messrs.  Worswick  and 
Sons,  theiitric-al  proprietors,  Wigan.  This  was 
durins;  the  time  [daiirtiff  was  conductor  at 
defendants  tlieatre.  But  subsequently  plam- 
titf  became  interested  in  a  Leigh  house,  and 
liter  at  Nelson,  and  his  allegation  was  that 
in  1009  defendants  wrote  to  the  architects  of 
tlie  Nebon  Hipiwdrome,  as  the  result  of  which 
h"  Wst  a  valuable  contract  for  the  installa- 
tion of  liis  invention.  He  further  complamed 
while  he  (plain-tiitt)  was  musical  director 
of  the  yfisi  Lancashire,  Ltd.  comp.iiiy, 
then  coart^mplaitrng  a  vitoit  to  Wigan, 
Mr  W<>rs^viek  telephooed  to  Mr.  Barton, 
manager  to  Mii«  Baines.  of  Miss  Lanra- 
shire  Lid.,  at  Blackburn,  and  used  the  follow- 
ing words.  '•  This  man  Benson  has  caused  us  ■? 
lot  of  trouble.  We  will  not  print  his  name  on 
the  dav  bill,  or  even  allow  him  to  enter  our 
theatre,  because  he  is  a  wrong  'um."  This,  it 
WIS  represented,  was  followed  by  a  suggeetioti 
that  plaintiff  should  be  given  the  "  sack. 
Plaintiff  stated  thtt  in  conscfpience  of  Messrs. 
Worswick's  letter  to  Nelson  he  lost  a  con- 
tract  worth   to  him   £100. 

For  the  defence.  Mr.  Langdon  contended 
that  the  alleged  slander  to  Barton  over  the 
telephone  was  not  proved,  whilst  the  blander 
pirt  of  the  case  was  quite  different  from  that 
pleaded.  The  letter  to  Nelson  was  not  libel- 
lous. 

His  Lordship  ruled  tJiafc  t/h«  letiber  w:is  not 
defamatory,  and  the  alleged  libel  was  with- 
drawn from  the  jury. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  defen 
dants. 


THE      LICKNSINO      OF      AGENTS.— POLICE 
COURT      APPEALS.-ARTHIR      HAMPEL.- 
FRITZ.S  AGENCY. 
At    Bow    Street    Police    Court,    Mr.    Curtis- 
Bennett   again   had   before   liim   the   ad- 

1 0  journed     summons    against    the    London 

County    Council    for    having    refused    to 

grant  t-o  .\rthur  Hampel  a  license  to  carry  on 

a   theatrical    and    variety   employment  agency 

in  Shaftesbury  Avenue. 

.Mr.  Bodkin.  w5io  reprcr-mtted  the  Loindon 
Coini'i.y  Council.  f<iid  that  wlitn  the  oate  first 
o.-itne  before  the  Court  ctr'tui'n  legal  points 
were  raised  a.s  to  the  pnx-edure.  and  as  to  the 
tiervice  of  particularB  <if  the  refusal  to  grant 
the  lioonse  within  the  time  mtJiilioncd  in  titi-e 
Mtatuie.  The  inagL-itriute  dec.ided  those  points 
in  favour  of  the  CVuncil,  and  the  summcms 
was  adjourned  in  order  t!i:it  the  complainnnt 
niiglH  aji>iK<al  against  hU  ruling  in  the  lli^ 
Court.  Mr.  Hampel's  solicitor  had  since  written 
to  any  tliat  his  client  liani  been  put  to  end) 
exi>en«je  in  apidying  for  his  iiccJiise  that  lie 
did  not  |)^.'<Ilo^-^•  to  iirooced  furHitir  wit.li  it. 
He  (Mr.  Bodkin)  t.he!vfr.re  a^^iked  that  the 
appeal  of  the  compkuiiKiiit  agaiin^it  the  de<M- 
m-»  of  the  CoamctI  sfliould  be  dismissed  witih 
costs. 


j       Mr.     Curtis-Beian«tt     marked     tlve     regLsrtet 
'    "  .\piiea.l  abandoned,"  aiKi  awarded  the  Coun- 
cil  £'15   l.Vs.   costs. 

Fritz's  Age.ncy. 
I  Fritz's  .Vgency,  Limited,  appealed,  through 
]  their  secretary,  Mr.  Fredeirick  Lamport,  again-t 
!  the  refui:<al  of  the  Lond<jin  Oo««ty  Council  to 
I  grant  tlum  a  licein.se  to  o.irrv  on  an  agency 
'    at    IGC,    Shaftesbury    Avenue.  " 

Mr.  George  Elliott.  K.C.,  and  Lord  Tivertoo 
appeared  for  the  appellants,  ;yid  Mr.  Bodkin 
rei)refented   the   County  Council. 

.Mr.  Elliott  ptvid  Fritz's  .^  .^eney  was  a  private 
conjpany,  the  sicre^.ary  of  wliach  w\-iri  Mr. 
Frederick  Lamport,  w)'  ,se  luime  was  put  for- 
ward a.s  the  persK^n  tj  wiliom  a  licenie  .should 
t>3  gramited.  What  tvas  undtristood  to  be  the 
oltjectiion  on  the  j/art  of  the  Coamcjl  w^as  Uifl't 
certain  of  the  iindivadual  directors  or  sliare- 
holders  had  beem  guilty  of  conduct  wihjch 
was  undesirable  in  relartdoiT  to  an  agency  of 
this  kind,  or  that  Leo.poM  Fritz,  who  was  the 
mania'ging  director  an<i  undoubtedly  the  most 
aotiive  member  of  tlie  company,  hod  himself 
been  in  a  po^Jtiion  wliioh  would  m^ike  it  un- 
desirable that  this  particutor  company  should 
be  granted  a  license.  When  the  whole  matter 
w.is  gone  ip.ito  it  would  be  found  that,  how- 
ever just  the  allesations  again:*  Mr.  Fritz 
might  be  in  relation  to  purely  ftnandal 
matters,  there  was  no  foimdation  for  the  sug- 
gestion t!ii,it  he  or  any  member  of  the  com- 
I>;uiiy  had  beein  gualty  of  any  conduct  in  rela- 
tMm  to  the  varieit.y  bu^ineiss  which  had  called 
forth  the  slightesrt  complaint  from  any  variety 
artist  or  anyone  connecte*!  with  the  profes- 
.-^ion.  The  matters  alleged  against  him  were 
utterly  irrelevant,  amd  ouglvt  not  to  have  en- 
giiged  the  attention  of  the  Council  for  a  single 
moment. 

The  first  ground  O'f  objecticn  was  that  the 
company  was  Tegietered  solely  for  the  purpose 
of  carryinig  rm,  in  the  guise  of  a  limiAed  oom- 
p;wiy,  a  busciness  really  owned  and  conducted 
by  Mt.  Leopold  Fritz,  and  that  the  person 
applying  for  the  licemi-e  was  not  rei^poneSble 
for  the  conduct  of  tlie  business.  That  was 
untrue,  because,  bet^ide^  being  the  secretary, 
.\Ir.  Lamport  was  the  manager  of  the  com- 
I>any,  and  to  a  large  extent  controlled  the 
business  .of  tihe  company,  Mr.  P'ritz  often  beini 
in  the  provinces  for  .six  months  in  the  year. 
The  seconid  objecrt.ion  was  tliat  the  company 
was  a  me>re  alia.s  for  Leoipold  Fritz,  and  was 
not  a  smb.-^tantiFa!  coimpany.  But.  raid  counsel. 
it  haid  been  decided  in  the  House  of  Lords 
that  so  lon.g  as  tihe  provisions  of  the  Com- 
painieis  .\ct  were  complied  with,  the  fjct  tJi^it 
only  one  i)ei3.«3in  was  in  control  diid  no.t  affect 
the  validity  of  the  company.  The  third  part 
stt  fortih  was  in  rekition  to  Mr.  Fritz's  pri- 
vate fluanoial  difficulties,  but  as  there  had  been 
no  conipla.int  in  conuiecticn  with  h's  biusiness. 
he  diid  not  tiliink  that  was  a  suffioient  rea.s<-)n 
for  refui-ing  a  license.  The  fourth  objection 
w;js  that  Mr.  Fritz  wn.s  not  a  suitable  person 
to  hold  a  license,  having  regcird  to  a  judigment 
o'»t:'in'd  agjiiir.t  Ivm  by  Me.^s'-s.  Oldfield  in 
.\pril..  1910,  and  his  havimg  been  warned  off 
the  coursi?  and  posted  as  a  defaulter  at  Tat- 
ter.siall's,  and  to  his  having  beem  refused  mem- 
bership of  the  Va.rie4y    .\gents'    Association. 

Kvery  one  of  theLse  objeotiions,  .said  Mr. 
Elliott.  w;is  capab'p  '>f  the  most  simple  ex- 
planiatiion,  and  could  be  minimdsed  to  almost 
nothiiug.  l^he  statennewt  that  he  had  been  re- 
foised  membership  of  the  Variety  .Ageints' 
.\«siociiat ion  ^^■■a.s  the  most  illusory  of  the  \Mhole 
lot.  Mr.  Fritz  was  one  of  the  creators  of  the 
oiriginal  association.  When  the  new  associa- 
tion was  formed  there  was  on  the  committee 
a  p'.-rson  with  whom  he  had  li;ul  seme  person:/ 


MARCri 


THE  STAGE  YEAH  BOOK 


269 


difference,  and,  witiiout  any  reason  beimg 
assigned,  he  wras  refused  membersihip  for  Uie 
tiime  being.  The  committee  had  siince  met  him 
in  an  amicable  spirit,  and  negotiations  were 
I>roceeding   with   a   view   to   his   reinstatement. 

Mr.  Leon  Zeitlin,  booJcing  manager  of  the 
Looiidon  SjTiidieat*  Halls,  spoke  as  to  the  repu- 
tation borne  by  Mr.  Fritz  as  an  agemt.  He 
said  he  had  known  him  foir  eight  years,  and 
was  not  aware  of  amy  reason  why  he  sihould 
not   continue   to  carry  on   his  business. 

fn  reply  to  Mr.  Bodkin,  he  said  he  had  no 
know.ledige  of  the  fact  that  Mr.  Fritz  bad  also 
traded  in  Charing  Cross  Road  as  a  commissdon 
agent. 

>[r.  Sam  Mayo,  comediian,  e.xpressed  the 
opinion  that  Mr.  Fritz  was  "'  one  of  tihe  best 
agenits  in  the  business  sind  a  veiry  honourable 
man." 

Mr.  Allen  Massey,  manager  of  Messrs.  Old- 
flelds.  the  company  refexmi  to  by  counsel, 
said  that  Mr.  Fritz  liad  paid  his  firm  all  he 
owed  them,  with  co&ts.  His  firm  had  obtained 
judignient  against  about  half  a  doaen  agents 
who  had  obtained  licenses  from  the  London 
Counrty  Council. 

Mr.  Charles  Francis  Reed,  of  the  London 
Thieatre  of  Varieties,  Limited,  Mr.  Harry  Mas- 
ters, of  the  same  company,  Mr.  Arthur  Wil- 
liams, manager  of  ColUns'.  Mr.  Victor  Rowe. 
Mr.  Monte  Bayley,  and  Mr.  John  BLickburn 
Taylor  gave  evidence  in  favour  of  Mr.  Fritz. 

The  case  was  adjourned  until  March  17. 
when  further  evidence  was  given  in  favour  of 
the  agency. 

The  case  was  again  before  the  magistrate 
on  March  24,  when  further  evidence  was 
heard  ;  also  on  March  31,  when  Mr. 
Bodkin,  who  appeared  for  the  Council 
cross-examined  Mr.  Leopold  Fritz,  the  manag 
ing  director  of  the  company,  as  to  a  commis- 
sion agent  who  at  one  time  rented  one  of 
h;t5  ofRees,  and  was  desirng  to  put  a  question 
as  to  a  betting  transaction  when  Mr.  George 
Elliott.  K.C.,  who  appeared  for  the  appellant, 
interposed.  Mr.  EUiott  submitted  that  as  the 
aJiesed  incident  was  not  included  in  the  par- 
ticulaTB  which  the  Council  had.  under  their 
General  Powers  .\ct.  given  for  their  refusal  to 
'-'rant  the  agency  a  license,  Mr.  Bodkin  was  not 
in  a  position  to  cross-examine  upon  it. 

Mt.  Curtis  Bennett  said  he  quite  agreed  with 
Mr.  Elliott. 

Mr.  Bodkin,  after  arguing  the  matter  at 
some  lenath.  said  the  Council  regarded  it  •» 
one  of  great  importance,  and  the  case  was 
adjourned  sine  die  to  enable  them  to  appeal 
against 'the  maaistrate's  ruling. 

[For  proceedings  in  High  Court  see  May  19 : 
see  report  further  proceedings  at  Bow  Street, 
October  6.] 

STAGE    PLAYS    IX    MUSIC    HALLS.— PALLA- 
DIUM   HEAVILY    FIXED. 

At  Marlborough  Street  Police  Court,  the 
London    Theatres    of    Varieties,   limited. 

1 1  of  Randvoll  House,  39,  Charing  C'-oss 
Road,  W.C..  was  summoned,  on  the  infor- 
mation of  Mr.  Alfred  WilUams,  on  behalf  of 
the  Theatrical  Managers'  Assocition,  for  keeping 
the  Palladium,  Argyll  Street,  W'.,  on  certuian 
days,  between  January  30  and  February  11, 
for  the  performance  of  stage  plays  wrtioiit 
t'he  authority  of  Lettters  Patent  or  the  license 
of  the  Lord  Chamberlain. 

Mr.  Bodfcin  appeaj^ed  in  support  of  the  sum- 
mons, and  Mr.  W.  Taylor  Parkes  was  for  the 
defence. 

Mr.  Parkes  said  lie  would  plead  guilty. 

Mr.  BodMn  said  proceedings  were  takem  under 
the  Theatres  .Act.  1843.  Two  sketches  were 
produced  which  oaone  within  the  provisions  of 
the    Act.     Ctoe   wias    the    Forum    scene    from 


3n\x\Ls  CcBsar,  in  wtoloh  Mr.  Lewis  Waller  iw- 
the  part  of  Mark  AnitOBy,  and  which  lasted 
thiirty-flve  minutes.  The  oitlier  wad  a  com- 
pressed version  of  Bizet's  opera,  Carmen,  last- 
ing t\venty-t«o  minutes.  Twx>  performamcee 
of  eaoh  sketeli  were  givtin  each  day,  and  it 
would  be  seen  that  they  took  fifty -seven 
minutes  to  perform.  In  the  Foruni  scene 
seventy  "supers"  were  employed,  and  in  Car-, 
men  fifty  supers.  The  Palladdum  w.is  not 
licensed  by  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  having  only 
the  license  of  the  London  County  Council,  and 
it  was  felt  that  the  production  of  sucli  pieces 
caused  serious  injury  to  tiieartres  that  were 
licensed  by  the  Lord  Chamberkiin. 

Mr.  Mead  said  there  seemed  to  have  been 
a  persastent  disregard  of  the  Act,  after  many 
warmings  and  in  breach  of  tlie  very  liberal 
concessions  made  by  tlieatnioal  managers.  The 
law  must  be  vindicated,  and  he  should  fine  the 
defendant  company  £150  on  the  first  ten  days, 
beiiig  at  the  rate  of  £15  a  day,  £10  on  the 
eleventh  diay,  and  10s.  on  the  twelfth — a  total 
of  £160  10s. 


TERRY  V.  GILMORE.— A  SLANDER  ACTION. 

At  the  Manchester  Assizes,  Mr.  Herbert 
Edward  Terry  brought  an    action   against 

1 3  *ir.    G.    Gilmour,    managing    director    of 

the        Empire,        Stockport,        claiming 

damages   for  slander   and   false  imprisonment. 

Mr.  Gibbons  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Judge 
and  Priestley)  outlined  the  plaintiff's  case.  It 
was  to  the  effect  that  Mr.  Terry  produced  a 
sketch  Wanted  at  the  Empire,  Stockport,  in 
May.  1909,  his  terms  being  £35  a  week,  and  on 
the  Tuesday  night  he  drew  £4  to  cover  inci- 
dental expenses.  On  the  Wednesday  night, 
after  the  first  performance,  the  defendant  then 
complained  that  the  contract  was  not  com- 
plied with,  inasmuch  as  there  ought  to  have 
been  six  principals  in  the  sketch,  whereas  two 
of  the  persons  in  the  sketch  were  local  men 
engaged  in  Stockport.  He  called  upon  the 
plaintiff  to  withdraw  Wanted  for  another 
sketch  called  Retribution.  The  plaintiff  said 
this  was  impossible,  and  the  defendant  replied 
that  he  would  pay  the  plamtiff  for  the  three 
nights  he  had  performed,  and  he  could  then 
take  himself  and  his  companv  away.  On  the 
Thursday  plaintiff,  in  defendant's  office,  was 
handed  £17  10s.,  less  £4,  but  he  refused  to  sign 
a  receipt  in  full  discharge.  The  defendant  there- 
upon became  angry,  said  the  plaintiff  had  got 
£17  10s.  from  him  by  false  pretences,  and  that 
the  plaintiff  had  swindled  him.  He  told  his 
manager  to  go  for  the  police,  and,  as  the  plain- 
tiff alleged,  locked  the  door  of  the  office  and 
set  his  back  against  it  so  that  the  plaintiff 
should  not  leave.  Two  officers — one  in  uniform 
and  one  in  plain  clothes — arrived,  and  the  de- 
fendant then  charged  the  plaintiff  with  ob- 
taining money  by  fraud.  The  constables,  how- 
ever, refused  to  take  the  charge,  and  the  de- 
fendant then  told  the  plaintiff  to  clear  out. 
The  defendant  was  sued  in  the  Marylebone 
County  Court  for  the  balance  of  the  amount 
due.  and  the  plaintiff  got  judgment  in  his 
favour. 

Mr.  Terry  gave  evidence  bearing  out  his 
counsel's  statements. 

A  police  officer  named  Graham  said  the  door 
was  opened  from  the  inside.  The  defendant 
told  the  witness  to  take  Mr.  Terry  into  custody, 
but  he  refused. 

Mr.  E.  K.  Nelson,  a  member  of  Mr.  Terry's 
company,  said  the  door  was  locked. 

Mr.  B.  Nathan,  agent,  who  had  acted  for  the 
plaintiff,  spoke  of  the  difficulty  he  had  had 
since  this  occurrance  in  getting  an  engagement 
for  Mr.  Terry. 

Mr.  W.  G.  Gilmore,  the  defendant,  said  he 
was  a  qualified  solicitor,  but  had  not  taken  out 
his  certificate  for  two  years.  He  was  very 
much  dissatisfied  with  the  sketch  produced  by 


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the  plaintifT  and  considered  be  bad  broken  bis 
contract.  There  was  no  key  or  bolt  on  the 
door  and  it  was  not  locked.  He  did  not,  in- 
deed, leave  liis  chair  at  his  desk  while  the 
police  were  sent  for.  He  denied  that  he  gave 
the  plaintiir  into  custody.  His  idea  was  that 
the  presence  of  the  police  would  induce  the 
plaintiir  to  give  back  the  money.  He  told 
the  otUcers  that  the  plaintifT  had  obtained  tbe 
money  ■fcy  means  of  a  trick. 

Mrs.  Gilmore  supported  in  evidence  the  state- 
ments made  hjf  the  defendants.  She  said  she 
thought  the  pluintitf  had  been  guilty  of  a  piece 
of  sharp  practice. 

The  jury,  after  a  short  consultation,  found 
for  the  plaintiff,  and  awarded  him  £500 
damages. 

Judgment  was  given  accordingly. 


SIEGENBURG  v.  LLKION.— THE  PARAGON 
PAXTO.MIME  FIASCO. 

Miss  Lot'tjc  Siegenberg;  resid'ing  at  Highbury 
New    Park    Road,    N.,    sued    Mr.    Raoul 

1 3  Lurion,    of    Finchley    Road,    Hampstead, 

in  the  Marylebone  County  Court,  for  £16 

IDs.,  being  the  balance  of  three  weelj's  salary 

due  to  her  in  connection  with  the  production 

of  a  pantomi.Tie  at  the  Paragon. 

Mr.  H.  D.  Samuels  (instruottd  by  Mt.  T.  E. 
Crocker)  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  a-nd 
Mr.  Coumbe  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Swepsrtone 
and  Co.)  represented  tiie  d<;fendant. 

Mr.  Samuels  said  the  pladntifl'  was  engaged 
by  the  deffnidaiit  to  play  iJie  part  of  Alice  in 
ihe  pantoaiinie  of  i'icfe  Whittington  at  tiie 
Paragon,  and  she  playe<l  for  a  week.  Siie  wats 
to  receive  £6  weekly.  The  artisrte  were  in- 
formed that  there  would  be  "  treasury  "  after 
the  Sa/turday's  matinee,  but  when  the  plain- 
tiff' applied  for  htr  salary  sihe  failed  to  obtiadn 
more  than  a  sum  of  3(te.,  and  sl»e  was  after- 
wards informeid  that  a  sjndioaAe  with  wthicJi 
the  defendant  was  connected  wa^  ree/pcaisiible 
and  not  the  defendant  personally.  The  syndi- 
cate was  in  liquidation,  and  the  plaintiff's  case 
was  that  her  engagemenit  was  made  with  the 
defeodant,  to  whom  she  looked  for  tihe  afflounft 
claimed. 

The  plaintiff,  in  evidence,  emipbatically  demied 
that  when  she  entered  into  this  particular 
contract  siie  was  informed  that  it  was  in 
connection    witii    a   sondioate. 

Mr.  Coumbe  siaid  Mr.  Lurion  was  a  young 
gentleman  with  imtereists  in  the  City,  and  he 
oarae  in  contact  witJi  a  man  who  said  he  could 
geit  a  production  staged  on  consideration  of 
payment  to  him  of  £100.  He  said  it  would  be 
a  good  going  concern,  and  ^laat  there  was 
going  to  be  a  little  sjndioatb  7ormed  to  take 
over  his  liabilities  dn  connection  with  srtage 
productions.  Tlie  plaintiff  signed  a  contract 
with  the  inddviduaJ  referred  to,  who  appeared 
to  have  m;ide  cooitraete  "  aJl  over  the  pjace." 
The  defendant,  said  counsel,  told  the  plaintiff 
that  her  contract  would  be  taken  vtp  by  the 
sjTKlicate,  and  he  therefore  could  in  no  way 
be  held  responsible. 

In  evidence,  the  defendant  siaid  he  had  every 
ronfldt-nce  in  the  sj-iidioate  wheal  the  scheme 
«  as  nienrtioned  to  him,  and  aJl  throupgih  he  had 
aoted  in  a  perfetitly  bon&-flde  manmer.  He 
understood  that  the  sjTidioate  was  to  be  formed 
wit.il  £250,  and  he  got  his  fatlieir  and  a  friend 
to  advance  him  money  to  put  into  it. 

Mr.  Samuels:  Did  you  not  tcill  the  plainrtdfT 
that  you  would  be  restponsible  for  tilie  monev? 
—Never  in  my  life.  I  said  the  syndiioa/te  would 
take  it  all  over. 

Did  you  think  it  would  l>o  right  if  a  eymdi- 
oate  took  it  over?— Yes,  1  bad  every  faaith 
th'.Tit  it  would  be  so. 

I  ~ut  it  to  you  that  it  was  simply  a  dodge 


by  which  you  coiild  escape  liability?— I  had 
no  personal  interest  to  dodge  Liability. 

Mr.  Samuels  submitited  that  Wie  defendant 
entered  into  a  contract  with  the  plaintiff 
before  the  formation  of  the  syndicate,  for 
which  only  two  appLicaitioais  were  made  for 
shares,   witiiout  tiieie   being   any   allotment. 

His  Honour  said  it  was  a  veo^  unfortunate 
business.  ITie  evidence  did  not  afford  proof 
of  a  distinct  conitraot  having  been  entered  into 
with  tlie  defendaait,  and  the  plaintiff  was 
shown  to  be  no  novice  in  siuoh  matters  as  slie 
had  entered  into  a  good  nvaoy  contracts  pre- 
viously. There  w-ould  be  judgment  for  the  de- 
fendant,  but  without  costs. 


FOX  V.  WEATHERSBY.— AGENTS   AT  LAW. 

In  the  Westmimter  County  Court,  the  case 
of    Fox   v.    Weathersby    was   before    his 

1 4-  Honour  Judge  Woodfall.  It  was  a  dis- 
pute between  two  agents  over  comm'ssion 
on  an  Australian  tour. 

Mr.  Black  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  John 
Gallimore  Fo.x.  He  said  both  parties  were 
theatrical  agents,  the  defendant  carrying  on 
business  in  the  Strand.  Mr.  Anderson,  of  Mel- 
-bourne,  Australia,  came  over  to  procure 
artists  for  a  pantomime,  and  defendant  was 
his  agent,  engaging,  through  plaintiff'.  Miss 
Lilian  Lea  and  Foreman  and  Fannan.  It  was 
a  six  months'  engagement  for  Melbourne  and 
a  tour.  Plaintiff's  commis-sdon  would  be  £79 
odd,  and  he  received  £46,  leaving  £33  odd 
due.  Defendant  agreed  to  pay  plaintiff  when 
he  received  the  money  from  Anderson,  who 
deducted  it  from  tie  salaries  of  the  artists. 
The  artiste  having  returned  to  England,  plain- 
tiff sought  the  balance  of  commission  due, 
and  defendant,  stating  he  had  not  received  his 
money  from  Anderson,  cablegrams  were  sent. 
Defendant  told  him  £150  had  been  received, 
and  later  that  £250  had  been  received. 

Mr.  Turner,  counsel  for  the  defendant,  said 
the  defence  was  t-hat  the  money  had  not  been 
received  from  Anderson.  To  use  a  colloquial- 
ism, Anderson  had  left  defendant  "  in  the 
cart."  Money  had  been  received,  but  not  to 
apply  to  commission. 

The  plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support  of 
Mr.  Black's  opening,  and,  in  answer  to"  the 
judge,  said  he  only  knew  from  defendant  him- 
self that  £150  and  £250  had  been  received 
from  Anderson. 

Mr.  Turner  produced  an  account  showing  the 
amounts  received  from  Anderson  and  the 
amounts  expended  on  his  behalf  for  artists' 
fares  to  Australia,  etc.  Defendant  had  paid 
some  money  to  plaintiff,  but  it  had  been  re- 
ceived for  printing  and  in  connection  with 
other  matters.  Anderson  had  left  him  in  a 
hole  and  he  was  about  £100  out  of  pocket 
on  the  business. 

His  Honour  interposed  while  defendant  was 
giving  evidence,  asking  Mr.  Black  if  he  had 
better  not  take  a  non-suit  if  he  was  not  in  a 
position  to  displace  the  evidence  of  the  defen- 
dant that  the  money  to  be  applied  to  the 
commission  had  not  been  received  from  Ander- 
son. 

After  consultation  Mr.  Black  agreed,  and  a 
non-suit,  with  costs,  was  entered. 


TUB  FINEMATOGRAPH    '.CT.— D.  J.  CASH- 
STEIN. 
At  the  Old  Street  Police  Court,  David  Jacob 
Cashstein   was  summoned,  at  the  instance 
15°^     the    London     County     Council,     for 
allowing  the  Paragon  to  be  used  for  the 
purpose  of  exhibiting  pictures  by  means  of  in- 
ffanimable  films  without  being  licensed  in   ao 
coi dance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Act. 

A  fine  of  £10  and  two  guineas  ccerbs  was  im- 
posed. 


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THE    KINEMATOGRAPH    ACT. 
THE     UNITED     ELECTRIC     THEATRES. 

At  the  Thames  Police  Court,  the  TTnitcd 
Electric   Theatres,    Limited,   422,   Strand, 

I  5  were  summoned,  before  Mr.  Chester  Jones, 
for  a  breach  of  the  Kinematograph  Act, 
1909,  at  one  of  their  electric  theatres  in  the 
Mile  End  Read. 

'Mr.  C.  C.  Altorook,  on  behalf  of  the  L.C.C., 
said  that  one  of  their  inspectors  found  a  quan- 
tity of  litter  and  highly  inflammable  material 
in  the  ■winding-room,  which  adjoined  the 
operating-room.  On  two  previous  occasions 
there  h?.d  been  similar  contraventions. 

Mr.  Chester  Jones  said  that  the  offence  was 
not  a  serious  one,  and  ordered  the  defendants 
to  pay  236.  costs. 


DE  MERA  V.  SALES.- PAYMENT  FOR 
SCENERY. 

At  the  Maryleboue  County  Court,  before  hi? 
Honour  Sir   W.  Lucius  Selfe,  Mr.  Ferdi- 

20  nand  de  Mera,  scenic  artist,  claimf'd 
£11  10s.  from  the  J.  Rowland  Sales 
Agency,  in  respect  of  scenery  supplied  for 
a  music  hall  sketch.  The  defendant  counter- 
claimed  for  £15,  alleging  defects  in  the 
scenery  and  inability  to  produce  the  sketch 
in   consequence. 

The  plaintiff's  case  was  that  in  November, 
1910,  the  defendants  instructed  him  to  con- 
struct and  paint  them  a  French  window,  for 
which  he  was  to  receive  £4.  He  received  £3 
on  account,  and  a  second  order  was  then  given 
him  to  paint  a  scene  with  a  French  window 
inset.  Hs  fulfilled  the  commission.  Certain 
alterations  were  suggested,  such  as  the 
painting  in  of  additional  foliage,  and  these 
were  carried  out  by  the  plaintiff,  but 
when  he  sent  in  his  account  the  defendants 
complained  that  the  scenery  was  defective, 
and  had  not  been  delivered  to  time,  and  they 
therefore  declined  payment. 

For  the  defence  it  was  stated  that  the  scene 
when  delivered  was  "blurred"  as  if  it  had 
been  folded  up  while  the  paint  was  wet.  The 
window  inset  was  also  too-  heavy  for  the 
canvas,  and  there  were  no  "pockets"  such 
as  were  necessary  for  proper  support. 

Mr.  George  Isenstein,  manager  to  the  de- 
fendant agency,  said  the  sketch  was  sent  from 
London  to  the  Manchester  Tivoli,  but  the 
scene  again  fell  down  on  the  heads  of  those  on 
the  stage. 

After  hearing  several  witnesses  his  Honour 
gave  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  on  the  claim 
for  £1  and  for  the  defendants  on  the  counter- 
claim for  £4  and  costs. 


DEMPSEY  v.  BESTIC.  ALLEGED  BREACH 
OF  CONTRACT. 

Before  Mr.  Justice  Darling  and  a  special 
jury   in    the   King's   Bench    Division,    an 

21  action  brought  by  Mr.  William  Patrick 
Dempsey  against  the  Rev.  Alexander 
James  Bestic,  as  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  his  brother,  the  late  Mr.  Charles  M.  Bestic, 
actor  and  manager,  to  recover  damages  for  an 
alleged  breach  of  contract  was  heard.  The 
defendant   denied    the    contract. 

Mr.  S.  A.  Farleigh  and  Mr.  Ramsay  ap- 
peared for  the  plaintiff,  while  Mr.  Marshall 
■Hall,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Spokea  represented  the 
defendant. 

The  plaintiff  stated  that  in  1908  Mr.  C.  M. 
Bestic  was  about  to  go  on  tour  with  a  musi- 
cal comedy  entitled  The  Flower  Girl,  and  a 
day  or  two  prior  to  November  26  plaintiff 
received  a  letter  from  Mr.  W.  T.  Gliddon, 
musical  composer,  in  which  that  gentleman, 
acting  on  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Bestic,  asked 
him  if  he  was  willing  to  go  on  tour  with  the 
play  and  to  undertake  the  part  of  Joe  Wheeler. 


Eventually  the  witness  agreed  to  play  the 
part  for  £6  a  week.  He  received  the  MS., 
but  Mr.  Bestic  subsequently  refused  him  the 
right   to  perform   the   part. 

Mr.  W.  T.  Gliddon,  playwright  and  musical 
composer,  stated  that  in  asking  the  plaintiff 
to  go  on  tour  with  the  company  he  acted  on 
the   instructions  of   Mr.  C.   M.   Bestic. 

Mr.  J.  J.  Stanford,  secretary  to  the  late 
Mr.  C.  M.  Bestic,  gave  evidence  for  the  de- 
fence. He  said  that  Mr.  Bestic  engaged  the 
artists,  and  Mr.  Gliddon  had  no  general 
authority   to  engage   them. 

Mr.  Henry  Adnes,  stage  manager,  stated 
that  when  the  rehearsal  for  the  principals  of 
Ihe  Flower  Girl  was  in  progress  Mr.  Dempsey 
arrived,  and  after  going  through  a  portion 
of  his  part  declared  himself  dissatisfied  with 
it.  He  also  said  that  he  could  not  possibly 
be  ready  to  play  the  part  at  the  date  re- 
quired. Witness  thereupon  proceeded  to  find 
another  actor  to  take  the  part. 

Mr.  J.  T.  MacOallum  said  that  he  com- 
menced to  study  the  part  on  a  Thursday  and 
played  it  on  the  following  Monday  night. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  defen- 
dant. 


SALMO   V.    BARRASFORDS,   LIMITED.— THE 

OCCUPATION     AND     POSSESSION     CLAUSE. 

In  the   King's  Bench   Division,    the  case  of 

Juno  Salmo  v.  Barrasfords.  Limited,  was 

21  heard  before  Jlr.  Justice  Scrutton.  The 
plaintiff,  Mr.  Juno  Salmo,  known  on  the 
variety  stage  as  "  The  Devil  Dandy,"  sued 
the  defendants  for  damages  for  alleged  breach 
of  agreement  to  employ  plaintiff  at  the  Bir- 
mingham Hippodrome  for  a  week,  commencing 
July  4,  1910,  at  the  salary  of  £20  weekly.  De- 
fendants said  the  contract  was  subject  to  the 
condition  that  the  defendants  should  be  in  occu- 
pancy and  pcssesisaon  of  the  theatre,  and  that 
the  theatre  waG  closed  before  the  date  when 
the  engagement  was  to  commence,  and  there- 
fore they  were  not  liable.  Mr.  Doughty  was 
for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Turner  for 
the  defendants. 

Mr.  Doughty  said  it  wa.s  true  the  Hippo- 
drome was  closed  on  the  date  in  question,  but 
that  did  not  relieve  the  defendants,  as  the 
words  of  the  contract  were  "subject  to  the 
provision  that  the  theati'e  is  in  the  occupa- 
tion and  possession  of  the  management."  He 
said  the  "  management  "  must  mean  those 
who  were  responsible  for  the  Birmingham 
Hippodrome. 

Mr.  Turner,  for  the  defendants,  said  there 
never  was,  in  fact,  any  agreement  between 
the  Birmingham  Hippodrome,  Limited,  and  the 
defendant  company.  The  words  of  the  con- 
tract shut  the  plaintiff  out.  What  happened 
wias  this:  Mr.  Barrasford  and  four  other  gentle- 
men in  1904  became  leasees  of  the  Tivoli,  Bir- 
mingham, which  subsequently  became  the  Bir- 
mingham Hippodrome.  Mr.  Barrasford  was 
the  owner  of  a  number  of  other  halls  in  Liver- 
pool, and  his  Interests  were  formed  into  a 
company  called  Baxrasfords.  Limited.  In 
order  that  these  interests  might  become  as- 
signable to  that  company,  bis  interests  in  the 
Tivoli  were 'formed  into  the  Birmingham  Hippo- 
drome, Limited,  and  in  that  he  had  one-fifth 
share.  Mr.  Barrasford  was  the  managing 
director,  and  he  assigned  his  share  in  the  com- 
pany to  Barrasfords,  Limited.  He  also  drew 
a  salary  as  director  of  the  Birmingham  Hippo- 
drome. The  defendants  never  had  control  or 
occupation  of  the  Birmingham  Hippodrome, 
and  in  February.  1010,  during  the  currency  of 
that  agreement,  Mr.  Barrasford  died.  In  June. 
1910,  the  Birmingham  directors  shut  up  the 
Hippodrome  because  it  did  not  pay,  and  the 
defendante  never  had  an  'assignment  of  the 
lease,  because  the  lessees  had  refused  to  sane- 


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tkw  an  asstgntnent.    In  December  the  interests 
<»f  BHrra«»fordti,  Limited,  were  assigned  to  the    | 
Variety  Theatre  ControUinp  Comi)any.     It  wae    I 
ijuite  clear  tluit  the  "  maaagement "  referred     | 
to  In  tile  eiTiitraci  were  not   in  poaseseion  and 
oecupatlon    of    the    Hippodrome    at    the    time 
when  piaintritf's  enpajrenieiit  wa«  due. 

Mr.  IViimhty  contended  that  the  word  "  man- 
ajiement "  mu^t  be  taken  to  mean  Barrae- 
fords.  Limited,  and  no  one  else. 

Mr.  Beech,  a  Birmingham  accountant,  gave 
iviilent-e  for   tlie  defence. 

His  Lor<l-.;iij)  sjiid  that,  in  the  circumstancee, 
lie  mitet  give  jiidgmeuit  for  the  plaintiff  for 
the  amount  claiiiud.  viz.,  £20,  with  coeta  on 
the   High  Court  ecaie. 


WHITE  V.  BItvHOl'  AUCKLAND  PAVILION 
PICTURE     PALAOE. 

Before  Judge  Bon«ey,  in  the  Auckland 
County   Court,  Flake  White,  lightning  car- 

21  toon  artist,  claimed'  £7  balance  of  salary 
owing  under  an  agreement  with  the 
proprietors  of  the  Pavilion  Picture  Palace, 
Bishop  Auckland. 

The  case  for  the  plaintiff  wias  to  the  effect 
that  in  November,  1910.  White  was  engaged  at 
the  Tivoli,  at  Spennyrooor,  decorating  the  hall. 
Whilst  there  Mr.  Heimming  came  to  eee  him. 
As  a  result  of  the  conversation  White  agreed 
to  tAke  £9  for  six  dajB  and  six  nighte,  to  do  the 
decorating  work  and  a  turn  at  two  houses  a 
night  during  the  week.  An  ■  agreement  was 
drawn  up  to  this  effect. 

On  the  Wednesday,  during  the  week,  plain- 
tiff was  carrjing  out  his  agreement.  Plainiitt' 
received  £2.  On  the  Saturday  night  plaintiff 
was  offered  a  further  £2  l(>s.  for  his  work,  but 
this   White  refused. 

Mr.  Hodgson  submitted  that  according  to 
hii5  client's  reiading  of  the  agreement  pjaintiff 
had  bound  himself  to  decorate  the  hall, 
whether  it  took  him  one,  two,  or  more  weekfi. 
Having  not  done  so,  the  claim  failed.  The  de- 
fendants aUo  contended  that  A^'!hite  had  washed 
his  time. 

His  Honour  said  it  .-seemed  to  him,  having  re- 
card  to  all  the  circumstances,  that  there  was 
not  eufficieut  evidence  of  the  plaintiff's  negli- 
gence to  deprive  him  of  his  money. 

Judgment  was  entered  for  plaintiff  for  the 
ful!   amount  w^th  ccste. 


RARKKR     MOTION     PHOTOGRAPHY     v. 

BIJOU,    CAMBERVVELL— LITIGATION    OVER 

"  HENRY    VIII."    FILM. 

Before    his    Honour    Judge    Pyrry,    at    the 
Lambeth     County     Court,     the     Bijou 

2  3  Picture  Palace,  Cuinbervell,  wis  sued 
by  the  Barker  Motion  Photography, 
Llmittd.  to  recover  £40  for  the  liire  of  the 
film  representing  Sir  Herbert  Tree's  production 
of  Henri/  VIII.  by  deft't'.d.ants  from  pLiintift's 
for  a  week,  dating"  from  February  27. 

Mr.  Saunders,  counsel  for  defendants,  said  a 
contract  v\as  entered  into  by  which  his  clients 
Were  to  i>:iy,£40  for  the  "e.\ciusive  right  of 
presenting  the  film  at  Camberwell.  The  only 
question  was  whether  the  exclusive  right  wa^ 
for  one  week  only.  Before  defendants  showed 
the  film  they  discovered  that  a  rival  theatre 
in  Camberwell  w-as  advertising  the  same  thing 
for  the  following  week  Defendantr;  had  ad- 
vertised that  they  had  the  sole  right  of  the 
performance  in  Camberwell.  and  on  that  ac- 
eoumt  paid  £40  for  tlie  film.  Counsel  con- 
tended that  it  Wits  a  case  of  misunderstanding 
by  plaintiff's  of  the  word  they  uised. 

The  defendants'  managing  director  pave  evi- 
dence of  a  conversation  lie  had  over  the  tele- 
phone with  a  representative  of  the  plaintiffs. 
He  said  on  the  telephone  that  £40  wa.?  a  trc- 


mendoiu  price,  and  the  Teply  was:  "  Look  wimt 
you  arc  getting.  Nobody  else  in  Camberwell 
can  produce  the  film.  You  will  have  the  ex- 
clusive right."  When  the  film  was  about  to 
be  produced  at  a  rival  theatre  he  wrote  to  Uie 
plaintifffi.  who  replied  that  defendants  had 
only  the  exclusive  right  for  one  week. 

Witness  was  shown  a  letter  written  in  reply 
to  one  from  plaintiffs  asking  him  to  confirm 
the  verbal  contract  over  the  telephone.  In 
this  letter  defendants  m:'.de  no  mentitffl  of 
exclusive  rights. 

Th«  Judge :  You  are  invited  to  confirm  a 
verbal  contract  made  over  the  telephone,  an<i 
you  do  so  by  leaving  out  the  most  imiwrtant 
i)0iut. 

Judgment  was  given  for  the  ulaiutiffs  for  the 
amount  claLm.ed. 


WADE  (ROBEY)  v.  O'BRIEN  AND  OTHERS. 
-ACTION  FOR  LIBEL.— THE  "  ROBEY- 
PHONE." 

Before  Mr.  Justice  Darling  and  a  special 
jury  in  the  King's  Bench  Division,  G.  E. 
28  Wade  (George  Robey)  brought  an  action 
agiiinst  Mr.  Francis  Salmon  O'Brien,  Mrs. 
.\da  O'Brien,  and  George  Robey,  Limited,  of 
Coventry,  for  damages  for  libel  and  an  injunc- 
tion restraining  the  defendants  from  passing 
off  gramophones,  etc.,  as  the  goods  of  the 
plaintiff'.  It  was  complained  that  the  de- 
fendants had  published  advertisements  which 
were  defamatory  of  the  plaintiff.  The  de- 
fendants denied  that  they  passed  off  any  goods 
as  the  plaintiff's,  or  that  they  had  published 
any  defamatory  statement  concerning  him. 
They  further  said  that  Mrs.  Ada  O'Brien  has' 
carried  on  business  as  George  \V.  Robey  or 
George  Robey  since  1905. 

Mr.  H.  E.  Duke,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Harold  Sim- 
mons appeared  for  the  plaintiff;  while  Sir  E. 
Carson,  K.C.,  Mr.  George  Elliott,  K.C.,  and 
-Mr.  J.  F.  Eales  represented  the  defendants. 

Mr.  Duke,  in  opening  the  case  for  the 
plaintiff',  said  that  his  client  bad  enjoyed  a 
good  deal  of  popularity  in  his  profession  under 
the  name  of  George  Kobey.  and  he  desired  to 
retain  it.  For  some  years  the  defendants,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  O'Brien,  had  dealt  in  bicycles  at 
Coventry,  and  a  short  time  ago  they  were 
anxious  to  deal  in  gramophones  and  gramo- 
phone records.  They  commenced  to  use  the 
name  of  George  Robey,  and  in  190S  they  adver- 
tised themselves  under  that  name.  In  doing 
this  the  defendants  infringed  the-  plaintiff's 
right  in  the  use  of  the  name  George  Robey. 
By  the  defendants'  circulars  and  advertise- 
ments, at  the  bottom  of  which  were  the  words 
"  George  Robey,  World's  Provider,  Coventry," 
people  were  led  to  believe  that  the  business 
was  being  carried  on  by  the  plaintiff.  It  was 
well  known  that  the  plaintiff'  made  a  speciality 
of  representations  of  feminine  characters. 
Amongst  the  published  matter  was  a  repre- 
sentative depicting  the  plaintiff  in  the  familiar 
character  of  "  Mrs.  Blobbs,  widow."  The  de- 
fendants also  published  a  representation,  of  the 
plaintiff  as  a  domestic  servant  with  the  song 
"  Let  me  love  thee." 

The  defendants  entered  'nto  a  contract 
with  a  young  man,  George  Robey,  by 
which  he  was  to  enter  their  employment,  and 
they  were  to  be  at  liberty  to  use  his  name.  The 
plaintiff's  case  was  that  the  defendants  in- 
tended that  the  public  should  attribute  the 
business  to  him,  and  that  his  reputation  would 
suffer  if  his  name  were  associated  with  the 
business. 

Mr.  Duke  contended  that  it  was  a  discredit 
to  the  plaintiff  to  be  thought  to  be  con- 
cerned in  a  disreputable  and  bogus  company 
of  this  sort.  He  had  not  come  before  the 
court  to  obtain  damages  or  an  advertisement, 
but  simply  to  put  an  end  to  an  intolerable 
state  of  things. 


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Mr.  Robey  stated  that  he  was  educated  as 
a  civil  engineer,  and  twenty  years  ago  he 
entered  the  music-hall  profession  as  a  come- 
dian. The  name  of  George  Robey  was  of 
great   value   to   him. 

Mr.  Duke:  What  value  do  you  attach  to  it? 

The  Plaintiff:    All   the   money   I   receive. 

Sir  E.  Carson  :  That  is  for  your  singing. 

The  Plaintiff:  No,,  it  is  not  for  my  singing. 
•Ooutinuing,  the  plaintiff  said  that  when 
he  first  received  letters  about  gramophones 
he  thought  that  they  came  from  lunatics. 
When  he  had  been  performing  some  per- 
sons in  the  audience  shouted  out.  "  George, 
your  gramophones  are  rotten  "—(laughter)— 
and  "  What  jirice  the  gramophones."  People 
liad  come  to  the  stage  door  of  a  hall  where 
he  was  performing  for  the  purpose  of  asking 
him  about  the  gramophones,  but  he  had  not 
seen  them.  Last  year  he  became  aware  of  the 
formation  of  George  Robey  (Limited).  He 
san^  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Gramo- 
phone Company  to  produce  records  of  his 
songs.  , 

In  cross-e.xamination  by  Sir  E.  Carson,  the 
plaintiff  said  that  he  had  a  friend  at  school 
named  Robey,  and  when  he  became  a  come- 
dian he  thought  it  was  a  good  name  to  ad- 
vertise. 

Did  you  think  it  was  a  better  name  than 
Wade? — Yes,  and  my  family  rather  objected 
to  my   using   the  name   of  Wade. 

Why? — I  cannot  say.  Old-fashioned  people 
do  that  sometimes.  The  witness,  continuing, 
said  that  he  was  not  connected  in  any  way 
with    any  gramophone  business. 

Mr.  Justice  Darling:  Suppose  the  defen- 
dants called  themselves  Wade  ins.t«ad  of 
Robey,  would  you  mind  then? — That  would 
not  make  any  difference  to  me  at  all.  I  am 
not  known  to  the  general  public  as  Wade. 

Evidence  was  given  by  various  people  who 
had  bought  gramophones  and  were  dissatisfied. 

Mr.  Arthur  Edward  Taylor,  in  the  depart- 
ment of  the  Registrar  of  Joint  Stock  Com- 
panies, said  that  George  Robey,  Limited,  was 
registered  on  September  12  last,  the  nominal 
capital  being  i;100. 

Mr.  Ed.  Foster,  of  the  Grand,  Birmingham, 
iaid  that  the  plaintiff's  name  had  a  value 
ipart  altogether  from  his  performances  in  the 
music  halls.  The  publication  of  the  defendatits, 
-which  represented  a  domestic  servant  singing 
a  love  song  at  the  gramophone,  was  an  abso- 
lute copy  of  one  of  the  plaintiff's  attitudes  on 
the  stage. 

Mr.  Harry  Masters :  The  picture  of  the 
domestic  at  the  gramophone  represented  one 
of  plaintiff's  characters  and  attitudes. 

George'  Robey.  Coventry,  said  that  he  had 
worked  for  the  defendants  at  different  periods. 
On  one  occasion  the  manager  of  the  com- 
pany s«nt  for  him  and  said  "  We  are  in  a 
b;id  mess,  and  you  can  get  us  out  of  it." 
The  witness  replied  that  he  would  on  condi- 
tion that  they  found  him  work.  "  I  was  there 
for  five  months."  added  the  witness,  "  and 
after  they  got  what  they  wanted  they  gave  me 
the  sack."  After  being  away  three  years  they 
sent  for  l.im  again,  when  the  works  manager 
told  him  that  he  would  have  work  as  long  as 
possible. 

Mr.  Walter  Gibbons  said  it  would  do  plain- 
tiff considerable  injury  if  the  public  were  led 
to  think  that  he  was  connected  with  the 
Jefr-ndants'  business. 

Sir  E.  Carson,  for  the  defence,  contended 
that  plaintiff  had  disclosed  no  cause  of  action. 
There  was  no  right  of  property  in  a  name, 
and  the  law  would  not  restrain  tlFe  use  of  a 
name  unless  it  was  a  case  of  passing  off.  Mr. 
George  Robey  had  not  established  a  business 
for  the  manufacture  of  gramophones.  It  was 
abourd  to  say  that  a  firm  calling  themselves 
George    Robey,    Limited,    with    an    address    at 


Coventry,  could  be  said  to  infringe  any  right 
to  a  name  used  by  a  London  comedian.  Sir 
Edward  Carson  added  there  was  no  damage 
proved.  He  submitted  that  no  libel  had  been 
shown.  There  was  no  holding  out  that  Mr. 
Robey  was  connected  with  the  company  and 
no  evidence  that  the  comi>any  was  disreput- 
able. 

His  Lordship  said  he  would  leave  tiie  ques- 
tion of  libel  to  the  jury. 

No  evidence  was  called  for  the  defence. 

His  Lordship  left  the  following  questions  to 
the  jury  :— 

1.  Is  the  business  carried  on  by  the  defen- 
dants in  gramophones  fraudulent  and  dis- 
reputable? 

2.  Are  the  circulars  and  prospectuses  pub- 
lished by  the  defendants  libels  on  the 
plaintiff? 

3.  Are  the  circulars  calculated  to  lead 
people  to  believe  that  the  plaintiff  is 
interested  in  the  defendants'  business? 

4.  What  damages,  if  any,  would  they 
award  the  plaintiff? 

The  jury  answered  the  first  three  questions 
in  the  affirmative,  and  fixed  damages  at  £100. 

Judgment  was  entered  for  the  plaintiff,  and 
his  Lordship  granted  the  injunction. 


HUDSON     V.     SHEPPARD.— INFANTS      AND 
BENEFICIAL    CONTRACTS. 

At  the  Bloomsbury  County  Court,  Judge 
Bacon  toad  before  him  the  case  of  Hud- 
2  3  son  v.  Sheppard,  wliich  involved  the 
important  point  of  the  validity  of  a  con- 
tract entered  into  by  a  minor.  The  plaintiff. 
Mrs.  Amy  Hudson,  sued  Miss  Dorothy  Shep- 
pard (Dorothy  Dayne)  to  recover  the  sum  of 
£100  for  breach  of  contract. 

The  plaintiff  w?,s  represented  by  Lord  Tiver- 
ton and  the  defendant  by  Mr.  Highmore. 

Lord  Tiverton  explained  that  the  defendant 
had  entered  into  a  contract  with  the  plaintiff 
to  take  lessons  from  her,  and  the  remuneration 
was  to  be  a  percentage  of  her  earnings  on  the 
stage  during  three  years.  It  having  been  put 
forward  for  the  defence  that  the  contract  was 
invalid  on  account  of  the  defendant's  minority. 
Lord  Tiverton  said  that  his  contention  would 
be  that  the  agreement  was  for  the  defendant's 
benefit,  and  therefore  it  was  binding. 

The  plaintiff  then  gave  evidence.  She  said 
that  she  w-as  a  teacher  of  voice  production  and 
singing.  In  February.  1910  the  defendant 
came  to  see  the  plaintiff"  with  a  pupil  of  hers. 
She  said  she  wished  to  study  with  her.  Nothing 
definite  was  done,  as  .«he  wished  to  consult  her 
mother  as  to  all  that  was  taking  place. 

Lord  Tiverton  then  read  a  letter  by  the  de- 
fendant, in  which  she  said  she  had  been  talk- 
ing the  matter  over  with  her  mother,  and  the 
latter  thought  it  was  a  very  excellent  offer, 
and  one  that  would  prove  very  beneficial. 

On  the  following  day,  the  plaintiff  continu- 
ing said,  the  defendant  came  to  see  her  and 
signed  the  agreement.  The  plaintiff  explained 
that  the  defendant  attended  forty-seven  lessons, 
but  frequently  there  were  letters  from  her 
stating  that  she  was  unable  to  attend.  She 
produced  her  diary  to  show  that  it  contained 
the  word  "  absent  "  when  those  letters  were 
received.  She  was  always  ready  to  give  the 
lesson.  The  defendant  had  had  a  part  in 
Tantalizing  Tommy,  and  was  an  understudy  in 
the  same  play. 

The  defendant's  voice  gained  in  volume,  and 
she  promised  to  be  very  succe.ssful.  The  total 
amount  earned  by  the  defendant  from  Feb- 
ruarv,  1910,  to  February.  1911.  was  £111.  She 
estimated  about  £240  a  year,  or  £8  a  week 
for  thirty  weeks  in  the  year  as  the  earnings 
of  defendant  in  the  coming   year. 

What  would  you  call  a  fair  estimate  for  the 
year  afterward?— I  should  think  from   £10  to 


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MARCH 


£12,  making  an  average  of  £300  in  the  thirty 

The  year  after?— Certainly  not  less  than  £12. 
She  was  a  young  woman  of  talent,  and  was 
capable  of  earniuc  the  amount. 

judce  Bacon:  What  are  you  suing  for? 

Lord  Tiverton :   We  are  suing  for  £100. 

To  plaintiff:  Have  you  been  perfectly  wilhng 
to  continue  your  part  of  the  contract?— Yes, 
most  decidedly,  and  1  do  not  l;now  wliy  she 
ceased   to   come. 

Mr.  Highmore :  Do  you  Icnow  that  at  present 
she  has  not  an  engagement? — I  do  not  Itnow. 

And  no  prospect? — I  have  not  seen  her,  so  1 
cannot  say. 

In  reply  to  other  questions  plaintiff  said  she 
did  not  consider  the  agreement  was  a  harsh 
one.  The  last  lesson  was  given  in  November, 
but  before  that  there  had  not  been  any  sugges- 
tion by  the  defendant  that  the  agreement  was 
not  a  reasonable  one. 

Miss  Alice  Joseph  said  that  she  carried  on 
an  agency.  She  had  known  Mme.  Martin  for 
about  fifteen  years,  and  considered  her  a  very 
fine  teacher  of  voice  production  and  singing. 

.Mr.  Highmore  contended  that  the  agreement 
was  clearly  not  for  the  benefit  of  an  infant, 
and  quoted  a  judgment  of  Mr.  Justice  Darling 
in  1899. 

Judge  Bacon  said  it  was  a  case  of  no  cure 
no  pay.  Could  it  be  urged  that  the  contract 
was  not  for  the  benefit  of  the  infant?  She 
\va»  not  aslied  to  sign  an  agreement  binding 
her  for  payment  for  lessons.  No,  the  plaintiff 
said,  "  1  will  train  you.  and  as  a  result  you 
will  be  able  to  repay  me  out  of  the  earnings." 
If  there  were  no  earnings  there  would  be  no 
remuneration.  He  could  not  see  a  more  honest 
agreement.  Could  there  be  any  answer  to  the 
plaintiff's  claim? 

The  defendant  gave  evidence,  and  said  that 
she  had  an  engagement  before  she  ihet  the 
plaintiff.     She  was  receiving  £2  a  week. 

Judge  Bacon :  Did  that  include  maiinees  ? — 
Yes.  It  was  at  the  Playhouse,  where  she  was 
an  understudy.  She  had  previously  taken  part 
in  the  Shakespeare  Festival  with  Sir  H.  Beer- 
bohm  Tree.  She  was  expecting  another  en- 
gagement shortly. 

In  giving  judgment,  his  Honour  said  that 
lie  saw  no  h;:i(i.-!iip  in  the  a<^reement.  The 
plaintiff  underi  xik  to  give  lessons  which  would 
be  beneficial,  a'ld  c.U  she  said  was,  "  I  ll  be 
paid  by  results.  "  Nothing  more  honest,  more 
straightforward  than  the  confidence  In  the 
method  of  teaching  he  could  not  imagine. 
There  had  been  an  agreement  which  was  broken 
by  the  defendant.  He  assessed  the  damages 
on  the  three  years'  earnings  at  £90.  As 
£6  9s.  had  been  paid,  there  would  be  judgment 
for  £83  116.  and  costs. 

ALBERT  HALL  v.  LONDON  COUNTY  COUN- 
CIL—A STAGE  PLAYS  LICENSE  NECES- 
S.\R\. 

In    the    Divisional   Court,    before    the   Lord 
o  fx  1.         Justice    and    Justices    Ridley    and 
3  0  "ray.    an   appeal   was  heard  on   a  case 
stated   by  the  magistrate  at  Westminster, 
tlic  question    being  whether  a  license  for  the 
performance  of  stage  plays  at  the  Albert  Hall 
was   necessary.     The    London   County   Council 
had    taken   out   a   summons   against   the   Cor- 
poration  of  the   Royal   Albert   Hall  owing   to 
the  public  performance  of  plays  there  without 
J'"°;;^-,     The    defendants    contended    that 
under  their  charters  no  licen.se  was  required. 
The  magistrate  convicted,  and  the  Albert  Hall 

Cecil  Whit^ley,  mstnuted  by  Messrs.  Burchell, 
\\  ilde,  and  Company,  appeared  for  the  appel- 
lants, and  Mr.  Bodkin,  instructed  bv  Mr  E 
Tanner,  for  the  respondents. 


Sir  R.  Finlay  said  that  the  performances 
were  in  a  small  hall  holding  about  2.50  per- 
sons, and  it  had  been  used  since  1875  for 
theatrical  performances,  money  having  been 
taken  on  some  occasions,  but  not  on  most. 
The  performances  were  chiefly  amateur  per-r 
formances,  charily  performances,  and  the  re- 
presentation of  new  stage  plays.  He  argued 
that  by  virtue  of  the  Royal  Charter  granted 
in  1867  and  a  supplemental  one  no  license  for 
the  public  performance  of  stage  plays  was 
required,  such  charters  being  tantamount  to 
letters  patent. 

Mr.  Bodkin  argued  that  under  the  Act  of 
1843  letters  patent  were  lor  the  public  per- 
formance of  stage  plays.  He  submitted  that 
they  would  expect  to  find  no  such  documents 
as  the  charters  relating  to  the  Albert  Hall, 
having  regard  to  the  purposes  of  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  society,  an  authority  equivalent 
to  letters  patent  within  the  meaning  of  the 
Act.  The  powers  grant-ed  to  the  appellant 
corporation  were  for  the  advancement  of 
science  and  art. 

The  Lord  Chief  Justice  said,  though  he  was 
not  sure  he  agreed  with  all  the  magistrate's 
reasons,  he  felt  that  this  building  could  not 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  stage  plays  with- 
out a  license  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain.  He 
could  not  hold  that  on  the  facts  the  Royal 
.\lbert  Hall  and  its  buildings  were  licensed  for 
stage  plays  by  letters  patent,  for  letters 
patent  granted  to  theatres  by  the  Crown  were 
quite  different  from  the  charters  in  this  case. 
That  being  so,  a  license  was  required,  and 
this  appeal  must  be  dismissed,  with  costs. 

Mr.  Justice  Ridley  and  Mr.  Justice  Bray 
concurred. 

[For  a  report  of  original  proceedings  see 
Stage  Year  book,  3911,  page  293.] 


IRVING    V.    GRICE.— CLAIM    FOR    SALARY. 

Before    His    Honour    Judge    Greeawell,    at 
the    North    Shields    County    Court,    the 

30  Mysterious  Irvings  brought  an  action 
against  Robert  L.  Grice,  proprietor  of 
the  W'hitley  Baths  Pavilion,  for  the  balance  of 
a  week's  salary  for  their  performance  at  that 
hall.  Mr.  G.  W.  Chap-man  appear:d  on  be- 
half of  the  plainitiffs,  w-hile  Mr.  H.  S.  Mundahl 
aji)ipeare<d  for  the  delendant. 

Mayniird  Constantino  Burrows  said  he  was 
one  of  the  partners  of  the  Mysterious  Irvings, 
and  he  and  bis  partner  were  engaged  to  ap- 
pear at  the  Whitley  Bathe  Pavilion  for  the 
week  commencing  January  30.  The  act,  which 
was  entitled  the  "  Auto-Boy,"  had  been  run 
by  him  for  over  two  years.  After  completmg 
the  laot  witness  went  downstairs  to  dress, 
and  on  returning  to  the  stage  was  told  that 
Mr.  Grace  wanted  to  seo  him.  Mr.  Grice 
said  to  witnees,  "  What  sort  of  a  show  do 
you  call  this?  You  will  findsh  to-night,  and 
can  pack  up  your  things  and  clear  out."  Wit- 
ness saw  his  ^partner  and  told  him  about  the 
affair,  and  Ijoth  afterwards  saw  Mr.  Grice, 
who  again  said  they  would  have  to  leave,  and 
would  gave  no  reason  for  tha  dismiissal,  but 
said  something  about  having  received  a  letter. 
After  witness  took  the  fittings  down  the  defen- 
dant offered  to  pay  him  £5  in  full  settlement, 
but  this  he  refused  to  take.  Witness  eventu- 
ally took  the  sixth  of  £10,  £1  3s.  4d.,  as  his 
salary  for  the  first  night,  together  with  the 
railway  fares  for  his  partner  and  himeelf. 
The  following  week  witness  and  his  partner 
apipeared  at  Derby,  where  the  turn  was  well 
received. 

Replying  to  Mr.  Mundahl,  witness  said  that 
they  were  engaged  to  ajpipear  at  £10  for  the 
week,  and  the  turn  was  entirely  pleasiing  to 
the  audience. 

Mr.  Mundahl :  Then  your  act  did  not  meet 
with  disfavour?— Witness:  Certainly  not. 


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275 


Samuel  Sharpke,  the  other  partner  ia  the 
In'ings,   gave  corroborative  evideoice. 

In  defence,  Mr.  Muodahl  remarked  that  the 
flct  did  not  attract  the  audieDce,  and  Afr. 
Grice  dismissed  the  plaintiffs  because  he  felt 
that  if  he  allowed  them  to  continue  it  would 
ba  disastjous  to  hia  show.  He  did  not  reflect 
any  discredit  upon  the  ability  of  the  artists, 
but  the  fact  remained  the  act  did  not  please 
the  audience.  He  would  calJ  Mr.  Grice  and 
other  witnessee,  who  would  speak  to  that  fact. 

Robert  Lawrejice  Grice,  iproiprietor  of  the 
Baths  Pavilion,  Whitley,  bore  out  the  s-tate- 
ment.  He  saw  the  act  practically  "  got  the 
bird "  at  once.  After  the  performance  wit- 
neee  went  up  to  the  artists  and  terminated 
the  contract,  as  he  waa  entitled  to  do.  He 
made  the  plaintiffs  two  offexs,  to  pay  them 
£'\  in  fuli  settlement,  ox  else  pay  them  one 
night's  wages  and  their  train  fare,  and  he 
d:d  not  know  which  amounted  to  most.  After 
the  performance  was  over  for  the  night  the 
artists  cajme  to  witness's  house,  aad ,  witnefe 
thought  they  were  going  to  accept  his  offer, 
so  he  gave  them  £5.  They  would  not  sigTi 
the  receipt  in  full  settlement,  so  witniees  re- 
covered hie  £5.  and  gave  them  the  £3  Is.  Cd. 
that  they  asked  for,  e/i  one  night's  salary 
and  their  train  fare. 

A  gentleman  who  w^as  a  member  of  the 
audience  on  the  night  in  question  was  called, 
and  gave  e^^dence  as  to  the  performance. 

Mr.  Mundahl :  How  did  the  audience  receve 
the  'performanjce?  Was  it  in  atony  .silence  or 
applauise?— Witness:   With    absolute  disgust. 

John  McColl,  lasisietamt  manager  with  Mr. 
Grice,  was  also  called,  and  said  in  his  opinion 
it  was  the  worst  perfoTmamce  they  had  had 

His  Honour,  in  summing  up  the  facte,  said 
the  management  were  entitled  to  do  away 
with  the  turn  if  they  had  a  reason.  The 
defence  had  not  called  many  witnesses  to 
testify  that  the  performance  was  an  unsuit- 
able and  an  unpleasing  one,  but,  on  the 
other  hand,  the  plaintiffs  had  called  no  evi- 
dence that  their  show  was  a  good  one.  It 
would  have  beem  an  easy  matter  for  the  man- 
agement to  retain  the  services  of  the  plain- 
tiffs if  they  thought  it  w-oiild  not  affect  their 
audiences.  Mr.  Grice  had  acted  perfectly 
fairly  and  honestly,  for  he  made  them  two 
offers,  and  did  not  even  consider  which 
amounted  to  the  larger  sum.  There  was  no 
doubt  that  he  meant  to  be  perfectly  fair.  The 
audience  did  aiot  like  the  performance,  but 
that  said  absolutely  nothing  against  either 
the  performance  or  the  ability  of  the  plain- 
tiffs. He  would  give  judgment  for  the  defen- 
dant.    • 

[See  report  of  appeal  on  May  20.] 


EDELSTEN     v.    MARINELLI    LIBEL. 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  before  Mr. 
Justice  Grantham  and  a  special  jury,  an 
31  action  was  brought  by  .Mr.  Ernest  Edel- 
sten  against  H.  B.  Marinelli,  Limited,  for 
damages  for  lalleged  libel.  The  defendants  did 
not  admit  that  they  published  the  libel  com- 
plained of,  and  further  pleaded  that  if  they 
did  publish  the  words  complained  of  they  were 
not  defamatory,  and  were  written  on  a  privi- 
leged occasion. 

This  was  a  retrial  of  a  case  heard  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1910. 

Mr  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Martin 
O'Connor  (instructed  by  Messrs.  W.  B.  Black- 
well  and  Co.)  appeared  for  plaintiff;  and  Sir 
Frederick  Low,  K.C.,  Mr.  Storry  Deans,  and 
Mr.  Carlyle  Croasdell  (instructed  by  Messrs. 
Stanley  Woodhouse  and  Co.)  were  for  defen- 
dants. 

It  was  stated  by  Mr.  Smith  that  the  action 
mrqee  out  <rf  bookings  of  engagements  by  plain 


jiff  for  Captain  Auger.  In  1908  plaintiff  made 
iingagements  for  Captain  Auger  with  Mr.  Mac- 
naghtou.  Thi.-;  seemed  to  have  annoyed  the 
defendants,  who  had  previoiisly  booked  en- 
>;ageraents  for  Captain  Auger,  and  it  was  be- 
cause of  tliat  that  the  words  complained  of 
were  written.  On  December  2,  1908,  defendants 
wrote  to  Mr.  Maenaghten  : — 

"  We  are  rather  surprised  to  liear  froiil  our 
client,  Captain  George  Auger  (of  Jack  the 
Giant  Killer  sketch),  that  he  has  signed  a 
number  of  weeks  with  you  for  which  he  has 
not  received  confirmation.  These  dates  were 
offered  him  by  another  agent,  who  informed 
Captain  Auger  that  he  was  the  only  agent  who 
could  fix  him  your  tour,  claiming  that  we  did 
not  do  any  business  with  you  at  all,  which  was 
an  entire  misrepresentation  of  facts.  Captain 
Auger,  having  found  out  this  was  untrue,  broke 
off  all  negotiations  with  that  agent,  and  asked 
us  to  arrange  with  you  re  tJiese  dates.  You 
are  no  doubt  aware  that  we  were  instrumental 
in  importing  the  act  from  America  at  great 
expense,  and  we  therefore  think  that  you  will 
agree  with  us  that  un3er  the  circumstances  tjhe 
confirmation  should  go  through  our  office. 
Captain  Auger  has  expressly  asked  us  to  put 
this  matter  before  you." 

Plaintiff  said  theire  was  no  foundation  for 
suggesting  he  had  made  the  representations  to 
Captain  Auger.  Witne.ss  arranged  an  eight 
week's   tour  at  £70  per  week. 

Cross-examined :  The  contract  was  never 
confirmed,    because  defendants  had  stopped  it. 

Sir  Frederick  Low  submitted  that  defendants 
had  no  case  to  answer. 

His  Lordship  said  that  in  his  view  the  occa- 
sion   was  privileged. 

Sir  Frederick  Low  then  submitted  there  was 
no  evidence  of  malice,  and  did  not  call  any 
evidence  for  the  defence. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  plaintiff,  who 
A-as  awarded  £75  damages. 

His  Lordship  entered  judgment  accordingly, 
ivith  the  costs  of  the  present  and  the  former 
trial.    A  stay  of  execution  was  granted. 

[For  reports  of  previous  case  and  appeal. 
see  Staoe  Ye4R  Book,  1911,  pp.  269  and  292.] 


APRIL. 

BULMER  v.  CADEL  AND  HAYCOCK—"  MRS. 
WIGGS  OF  THE  CABBAGE  PATCH." 

The  case  of  Bulmer  v.  Cadel  and  Haycock 
was  before  his   Honour    Judge  Woodfall 

1 0  in  the  Westminster  County  Court.  It  was 
an  action  by  Fredk.  Bulmer,  theatrical 
manager,  for  the  return  of  £25  paid  in  ad- 
vance for  rovalties  on  performances  of  Mrs. 
Wigrjs  of  the  'Cabbage  Patch  to  the  defendants, 
who  had  the  performing  rights.  There  was  a 
counterclaim  for  £210  damages  for  breach  of 
contract. 

Mr.  Cannot,  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  said 
defendants  were  theatrical  printers,  but  had 
the  rights  of  Mrs.  Wiggs  for  the  provinces, 
and  were  running  a  touring  company.  Plain- 
tiff entered  into  a  contract  for  the  No.  2 
rights  in  August,  1909,  and  under  that  he  had 
to  pay  £25  on  account  of  fees,  and  perform  a 
minimum  of  112  times  in  the  year  or  the  con- 
tract would  be  void. 

His  Honour  asked  if  "  on  account  of  fees  " 
meant  on  account  of  royalties. 

Mr.  Cannot  said  it  did,  and  that  there  was 
no  question  under  the  contract  of  its  being  a 
deposit  to  be  forfeited.  Certain  towns  were 
barred  to  plaintiff,  but  the  list  did  not  include 
Wolverhampton,  where  plaintiff  intended  to 
play,  but  found  defendants  were  playing  there, 
and  wrote  defendants,  "  Surprised  to  see  Wiggs 
at  Wolverhampton ;  Wolverhampton  is  mine." 
That  was  a  breact)  of  the  agreement  by  the 


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THE  STAGE  YEATk    BOOK 


defendants,  who  were  claiming  JC210  for  alleped 
breach  of  it  by  plaintiff.  Later  plaintiff  wrote: 
'•  I  wiah  to  bo  friendly,  but  am  willinK  to  go 
to  law  if  you  wish  it."  Dofendanfs  toiiriii:,' 
iiianaKt'r  n-plit'''  tluit  there  was  no  desiro  t->  -.lo 
Ui  law,  I  lit  plaintiff  had  broken  the  contrai  i 
by  not  starting  his  tour,  and  therefore  he  bad 
better  send  the  script  back.  He  al--*<)  asked 
plaintiff  not  to  continue  to  advertise  for  datis 
in  the  theatrical  papers,  a.s  his  (plaintifl-) 
breach  of  contract  made  it  null  arid  void. 
IMaintiff  replied,  stating  defendants  broke  tlic 
contract  bv  playing  Wolverhampton,  ami 
added:  "My  solicitors  sadly  wislied  me  to 
i.ssue  a  writ  "against  you,  but  friendshij)  st:iiiil-> 
in  the  wav."  Later  plaintiff  askeii  for  lii.s  ,t_'.') 
back,  and"  defendants'  manager  replied  that  it 
was  forfeited.  Plaintiff  then  wrote  that  he 
would  not  (itand  any  nonsense,  and  defendants' 
manager  replied,  accusing  him  of  resorting  to 
subterfuge.  Plaintiff  wrote,  complaining  oi 
sharp  practice,  and  threatened  an  action  in 
Whitbj-  County  Court. 

Plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support,  and  in 
eross.€x.amination  said  he  had  booked  dates  for 
York  and  South  Bhields,  and  wae  negotiating 
for  Donca.'itcr  and  other  towns. 

Plaintiff,  in  cross-examination,  .said  he  met 
defendant's  manager  in  Helfast,  but  did  not 
give  consent  to  a  No.  1  company  appe.iring 
at  Wolvertiam.pton.  He  knew  Mrs.  Wigiji 
wemt  on  to  Dublin,  but  iie  was  sure  he  had 
no  knowledge  at  the  time  t^hat  it  viras  going 
f/.raight  from  Dublin  to  Wolverhampiton.  The 
expencses  of  hiis  company  would  be  £80  to  £]f)fp  a 
week,  and  the  lakijigs  would  depend  <m  <'ir- 
ciin.KtaJicei!.  He  w.is  to  pay  1\  per  cent,  on  the 
t.ikin«s  to  defendants  vnder  tlie  contract. 

For  the  defence  Mr.  JJiohol,  who  had  the 
management  of  Mrs.  Wiggs  for  the  defendan'.s. 
gave  e\idence  that  it  was  a  recognised  custom 
of  the  profession  that  if  the  contract  was 
not  performed  the  amount  paid  o^n  account  of 
royalties  was  forfeit'Od.  If  the  contract  wai^ 
carried  out  tlhen  the  amount  was  deduct e<l 
from  what  became  payable  He  met  plaintiff 
in  Ireland,  and  he  said  ihe  had  no  objection  to 
the  No.  1  company  going  to  Wolverhampton, 
eo  it-  went,  and  there  was  a  loss  of  £32. 

Hie  Honour  rose  for  half  an  liour,  and  .sng- 
ger.ited  a  settlemenit,  intimating  that  he  was 
against  de-fendants  on  the  contention  that 
plainttiff  agreed  to  ith?  performance  at  Wolver- 
hampton. 
The  suggestion  was  ncrt  adopted. 
Ernesrt  Cadel  corroborated  Air.  Nichol,  and 
declared  it  was  childish  to  ask  for  the  .£'2.') 
back.  If  the  £25  could  be  recovered  it  was 
open  to  anyone  to  comer  plays  by  making  a 
contract  and  hanging  it  up  for  a  twelvemonth 
aJid  then  asking  for  the  deiposit  back. 

His  Honour  heard  Mr.  BucJ<niIl  and  Mr. 
Cannot  at  some  length,  and  reserved  judg- 
ment. 

Jiidgmcint  was  delivered  on  April  26,  when 
his  Honour  wiid  : — 

The  first  point  was  wliether  the  £2^  paid 
by  plaintiff  to  the  defen<lant^s  w;us  a  deposit 
which  had  beert  forfeited  by  his^  breach 
of  contract  to  carry  out  his  tour.  The  first  thing 
that  struck  him  was  that  it  was  not  called  a 
deposit  in  the  agreement,  and  he  was  not  aware 
that  any  sum  so  paid  was  forfeited  by  the 
custom  of  the  profession.  The  plaintiff  came 
forward  and  said  he  wanted  what  the  agree- 
ment said.  That  was  very  strong.  The  de- 
fendants said,  "  We  want  something  construed 
into  the  agreement."  In  his  opinion  if  the  in- 
tention was  that  the  £25  should  be  forfeited, 
failing  the  carrying  out  of  the  tour,  it  should 
have  been  expressly  stated  in  the  agreement. 
There  would,  therefore,  be  judgment  for  the 
plaintiff  on  the  claim  for  £25  and  costs.  With 
regard  to  the  counter-claim,  the  agreement  ex- 
pressly provided  for  the  tour  to  commence  at  a 


certain  date,  but  it  did  not  start.  Plaintiff 
said  there  had  been  "  waiver,"  but  such  state- 
ment was  not  supported  either  by  the  eyidene 
or  correspondence, 
fendaiits  eonunitted 
by  performing  at 
Wolverhampton— but, 
met  by  damages, 
had      not     claimed 

lie  had  sustained  none.  Defendants  hail 
let  the  play  to  the  plaintiff  and  could  not  let 
it  to  any  one  else,  but  the  plaintiff  not  per- 
forming it,  the  defendants  had  suffered  real 
substantial  damage.  The  only  question  was 
how  much.  He  asses.sed  the  damage  at  £50, 
and  he  therefore  gave  judgment  for  the  de- 
fendants on  the  counter-claim  for  that  amount, 
with  costs. 


IMaintiff     said 

the     d. 

a     breach     of 

contrail 

one      of      his 

towns 

if    so,    that 

would     111 

'J'hc    plaintiff'. 

however. 

any     damages, 

bccaiisi 

SI'ND.VY    OPKXING.— NOMINAL     FINKS. 
.1.    DAVIS,     J.    WILLIAMS    AND     H.    HART. 
At    East    Ham    Police   Court,    Joseph    Davi* 
was  summoned,    as   the  occupier   of   the 
1 3  Palace   Mui^ic    Hall.    East    Ham,    for   un- 
lawfully  allowing   kinematograph   exhibi- 
tions to  be  given  on  a  Sunday. 
The  defendant  w;i9  fined  f>d.,   and  7s.  costs, 
.lulian  Williams  and  Herbert  Hart,  occupiers 
of    the    Picture    Coliseum,  Green   Street,   Ea.st 
Ham,    were    similarly    summoned,     and    were 
fined   Od.  and  cost-s.  . 


THE     KINEMATOGRAPH     ACT. 
C.   GULLIVER. 

At     the     Stratford     Police     Court,     Charles 

Gulliver  was  summoned,  at  the  instance 

2  2  of    the    Essex    County    Council,    as    the 

licensee   of  the   Hippodrome.    Ilford.   for 

unlawfully  allowing  the  place  to  be   used  for 

kinematograph  exhibitions    on   Sunday,  'March 

2r.. 

The  defendant  was  fin-d  £3  3s..  with  4s. 
castas. 

THE  LICENSING  OF  AGENTS.— MRS.  L. 
CRUSE   PROSECUTED   BY   THE    L.C.C. 

At  L.ambeth  PoMce  Court,  Mrs.  Louisa  Cruse, 
of  Camberwell  Road,  was  summoned, 
2  4  before  Mr.  Baggallay,  by  the  I/ondon 
County  Council,  for  carrying  on  an  em- 
ployment agency  without  a  license  from  the 
Council,  contrary  to  Section  20  of  the  Council's 
General  Powers  .\ct.  1910. 

Mr.  Greenwood,  suppoiiting  the  proceedings 
on  behalf  of  the  Council,  s«id  the  defend'ant 
had  a  friend  in  Paris— a  Mme.  Milinni— who 
was  the  pxoprietiresis  of  several  dancing  troupes, 
and  defendant  seemed  to  h.ive  arranged  to 
send  gJrls  over  from  London  to  join  the 
troupes.  She  had  never  applied  to  the  Oouno'l 
for  a  licenee  for  an  emiployment  agency,  her 
explanaitiion  being  that  she  took  no  fees  from 
the  gir'm.  but  merely  d'd  this  for  Mme.  Milani 
out  of  kindness. 

Mr.  Peter  M'Intyre,  an  irepector  in  the 
Public  Cont.rol  Deipa.rtment  of  the  London 
County  Council,  said  he  saw  the  defendant  on 
February  22,  and  told  her  he  had  called  in 
reference  to  five  giiir's  who  were  sent  over  to 
Paris  on  February  14.  The  defendan't  repjied 
that  her  husband" and  herself  ^aw  the  girU  off 
from  Victoria  St-ation,  and  said  they  were 
going  to  Mme.  Milani.  who  had  five  dancing 
troupes  running  in  different  ipante  of  France. 
The  defendant  siaid  that  when  Mme.  Milani  had 
vacancijes  she  wrote  to  her  (defendanit)  asking 
her  to  get  girls  to  fill  them.  She  advertised, 
the  defendant  added,  in  The  St.4GE  for  girls. 
and  when  girls  came  to  see  her  she  questioned 
them  as  to  their  experience,  and  got  them  to 
show  her  a  fe^v  sbeps.  The  defendant  said  she 
had  been   a  dancer  herself  in  her  young  ^ays 


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277 


a  ad  uiiMleTstood  the  busiiiea^.  If  sTie  thought 
the  girls  were  competent  she  reconimeind'ed 
them  to  Mme.  Milami,  wlio  then  sent  the 
money  for  their  r.ailway  fares  from  Londdn  to 
Taii-iit!.  She  then  MT'iuii^fd  witli  the  railway 
••omjii'aJiy  for  the  conveyaiu'e  of  the  ijiirls  to 
l'iiri«.  He  (wLtiuisB)  asked  defendant  what 
trt'coiniiJense  she  got  for  aiU  t.his  trouble.  She 
replied,  "  Nothing  at  all  in  the  way  of  money. 
I  hiave  two  daug-ht^irs  of  ni;y  own  witJi  Mni<' 
-Milaoii.  One  has  been  with  her  for  four  years 
and  Qine  for  about  three  years.  Madame  i.s 
very  kind  to  them,  and  I  do  this  out  of  kind- 
ness to  her  because  she  is  so  good  to  ray  girls. 
I  rvometimes  have  a  holiday  wiith  Mme.  MU.ani 
in  Parip.  and  when  she  comes  to  Londoin  she 
stays  with  me.  Thiat's  all  I  get  ont  of  it." 
Ttie  defendant  gave  him  the  names  and  ad- 
drasces  of  the  five  girls  who  went  to  Pards  on 
February  14.  Three  of  them  had  previously 
arranged  to  join  Mme.  Milami'e  troupes,  and 
the  defendant  only  arranged  for  their  jouirneiy 
to  Paris,  but  the  othec  two  came  to  her 
through  an  adviertLsement. 

Addressing  the  mia^gistrate,  the  defendant 
■said  she  d'd  not  think  it  was  neceesapy  for  her 
to  have  a  lioemse.  She  was  told  that  it  Aas 
all  rigiht  so  long  as  she  did  not  accept  a  fee. 
She  had  never  accepted  a  fee — not  a  pendy. 

The  further'  hearing  of  the  case  was  ad- 
journed until  May  1.  when  Mrs.  Cruse  said 
that  she  thought  people  ihad'  to  make  a  living 
out  of  it  to  be  an  agent.  She  had  during 
the  last  three  or  four  years  inserted  adver- 
tisements for  dancers— probably  two  or  three 
times  a   year. 

Mr.  Baggaliay:  Didn't  you  know  there  had 
been  a  new  law  passed? — No,  sir.  I  knew 
that  agents  had  to  have  a  license,  but  1  was 
only  doing  it  for  one  party. 

Yes,  but  you  were  doing  it  for  a  number  of 
girls. 

Mr.  Baggaliay,  in  giving  has  decision,  said:  It 
was  pretty  obvious  that  girls  sent  out  in  thi.- 
ivay  ran  some  risks,  and  that  an  agency  doing 
this  sort  of  work  should  be  licensed  and 
under  inspection  He  had  come  to  the  con- 
clusion that  this  was  one  of  those  agencies 
which  ought  to  be  licensed, 'so  that  there 
might  be  jiroper  in.^peotion  and  that  it  might 
be  made  Quite  clear  wh^t  was  being  done.  He 
did  not  say  that  there  was  any  evidence  to 
suggest  that  the  defendant  knew  or  thou^i 
that  any  immorality  was  likely  to  arise,  but  it 
was  obvious  to  anyone  of  common -sense  that 
very  serious  dangers  might  arise  to  the  gi^'ls 
sent  out.  He  would  take  it  that  the  deren 
dant  did  not  appreciate  the  alteration  in  the 
law.  She  would  have  to  pay  a  penalty  of 
40f.   and'  £3    Ss.   costs 


AUDEN    V.    PENNIN'GTON. 
TESTING  THE  STRENGTH  OF  A  GALLERY. 

In  the  Liverpool  County  Court,  before  his 
Honour  Judge  Shaud,  Mr.  Arthur  Charles 
24-  Auden,  consulting  engineer,  of  Liverpool, 
sued  Mr.  Harry  Pennington  on  a  claim 
for  fifty  guineas  for  professional  services  ren- 
dered in  "connection  with  the  new  Metropole, 
Bootle.  Mr.  A.  Hyslop  Maxwell  (instructed  by 
Mr.  i.  H.  Glover)  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff, 
and  the  defendant  was  represented  by  Mr.  F 
Cuthbert  Smith  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Edwin 
Berry  and  Co.). 

The  case  for  the  plaintiff  was  that  the  new 
theatre  was  finished  and  licensed  and_  the 
opening  performance  advertised,  but  the  license 
could  not  be  taken  up  until  the  Corporation 
authorities  had  certified  the  structure  as  satis- 
factory in  regard  to  the  strength,  particularly 
Of  the  reinforced  concrete  of  which  the  gallery 
was  constructed.  The  theatre  contractors  and 
the    borpugh    surveyor   disagreed     as    to    the 


formula  by  which  the  strength  could  be  calcu- 
lated, ami  although  it  wa^  claimed  that  the 
gallery  would  stand  a  pressure  of  4J  cwt.  per 
superficial  foot,  the  theatre  architect,  Mr. 
Havelork  Sutton,  refused  to  submit  it  to  a 
test  of  tliat  weight.  He  declared  it  wy.s  an 
unreasonable  denumd  either  to  take  2.50  men 
into  the  gallery  on  a  test  or  to  load  it  with 
many  tons  of  iron,  lead,  gravel,  or  other  con- 
centrated weigTits.  Evencually  both  sides 
agreed  to  leave  the  decision  to  an  independent 
e.xpert  in  reinforced  concrete,  and  Mr.  Auden 
was  chosen,  his  opinion  to  be  taken  at  the  cost 
of  the  owners  of  the  building.  Mr.  Auden  at 
first  suggesied  that  ten  guineas  would  be  about 
the  fee;  but  when  he  discovered  he  had  tv- enty 
or  thirtv  plans  and  a  mass  of  calculations  to 
check,  and  also  that  in  his  opinion  some  actual 
test  of  strength  of  the  steel  and  concrete  was 
necessary,  he"  said  his  fee  must  be  more.  As 
the  matter  was  urgent,  he  devoted  five  consecu- 
tive days  entirely  to  the  task.  Sunday  in- 
cluded, and  for  one  test  employed  seventy-five 
men  moving  in  unison  in  the  gallery.  Finally 
he  reported  complete  satisfaction  with  the 
structure,  and  the  theatre  license  was  issued 
and  the  place  opened  to  time. 

For  the  defence,  Mr.  Cuthbert  Smith  con- 
tended that  the  fee  was  exorbitant,  and  offered 
twenty  guineas.  It  was  arcued  that  the  actual 
tests  as  required  by  the  pla'ntiff  were  not  n'ces- 
sary  and  were  useless,  and  that  calculations 
on  recognised  formulae  were  all  that  was  neces- 
sarv  to  ascertain  the  strensth  of  the  structure. 

In  the  irasult  his  Honour  gave  judgment  for 
the  plaintiff  for  forty  guineas  and  costs. 


POOLE    v.     MAGNET    FILM    CO.— DAMAGES 
FOR  NON-DELIVERY  OF  FILM. 

At    Taunton    County    Court,    before   Judge 

Beresford.  Charles  Poole,   of  the  Empire, 

2  5  Taunton,  claimed'  £10  damages  from  the 

Magnet     Film     Co.,     London,     for     non- 

deliverv   of  a   film. 

Mr.  C.  P.  Clarke  appeared  on  behalf  of 
plaintift'.  and  Mr.  W.  T.  Booker  represented 
the  defendants. 

Mr.  Clarke  stated  that  the  claim  was  for 
damages  which  plaintiff  had  sustained  by 
reason  of  a  breach  of  contract  on  the  part  of 
defendant  company  to  deliver  a  kinematograph 
film  which  they  had  contracted  to  do.  Mr. 
Poole  carried  oh  the  business  of  an  entertainer 
at  Tiverton  and  Taunton,  and  at  the  time  of 
the  Sidney  Street  siege  there  was  a  consider- 
able demand  for  films  in  connection  with 
that  particularly  exciting  incident.  Mr.  Poole 
saw  an  advertisement,  and  wired  for 
the  film.  A  telegram  was  received  in  reply  :— 
"  Siege  film  leaving  here  Sunday."  Relying 
upon  that,  Mr.  Poole  advertised  that  it  would 
be  on  view,  and  went  to  some  expense  in 
printing.  On  January  7,  as  the  film  had  not 
arrived,  he  wrote  again,  and  received  a  reply 
saying  that  the  film  had  been  sold,  but  they 
would  send  another  film.  The  film  did 
not  arrive,  and  the  public  were  dis- 
appointed. Mr.  Poole  practically  lost  custom 
for  several  days  because  he  failed  to  enter- 
tain the  public  as  they  were  led  to  believe  he 
would  do. 

Plaintiff  stated  that  on  the  evening  the  film 
was  to  have  been  shown  there  was  a  record 
"  house."  and  in  consequence  of  the  film  not 
being  shown  £2  lis.  6d.  had  to  be  refunded. 
The  takings  were  over  £11,  but  on  the  follow- 
ing night  they  dropped  to  £3  odd. 

Mr.  Booker  contended  that  the  £5  10s.  paid 
into  court  was  sufficient  to  cover  the  damage 
sustained. 

His  Honour  said  they  could  not  sliggest  that 
the  damage  was  too  remote,  as  an  affair  like 
the  Ea.st  End  would  be  a  great  draw.  He 
gave  judgment  for  the  £10  claimed. 


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APRIL 


A   CASE  OF   ALL?:GED   ASSAULT.— GEORGE 
GLENVILLK   SUMMONED. 

At  the  Bow  Street  Police  Court.  Mr.  GeofRC 

Glenvill.-,   theatrical   manager,   of  South- 

2  6  iirnpton  House,  High   Holborn,  was  sum- 

inouetl,    before    Mr.    Marshain,    for    aJi 

alKgLtl   asi^ault  on  Mabel  Caner. 

Mr.  Conway,  who  suitport<:d  tlxe  summonB, 
said  this  ca4  indicated  one  of  the  numerous 
dangi-rs  which  were  run  by  inexperienced  girls 
who  wished  to  go  on  the  stage.  The  com- 
plainant was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  for 
the  last  three  years  h.id  been  employed  as  a 
domestic  servant  at  Highbury.  Owing  to  her 
desire  to  go  on  the  stage  she  answered  aji 
advertisement  in  a  daily  paper  for  "Ladies 
and  gentlemen  (inexperienced)  to  take  small 
parts  in  a  stage  production."  She  received  a 
reply  from  Glenville  and  Eliiston,  who  carried 
on  bufiiness  in  High  Holborn,  ?.nd  on  April  24 
saw  the  defendant  at  his  office  there.  He 
asked  her  to  sit  on  a  sofa  in  his  private  room, 
an<I.  after  questioning  her  as  to  her  position, 
said  his  tuition  fee  was  £'3  Ss.  The  com- 
plainant said  it  was  impossible  for  her  to  pay 
that  as  she  was  earning  small  wages  as  a 
domestic  servant.  He  then  said  he  took  more 
interest  in  poor  girls  than  dn  those  who  had 
money,  and  discussed  the  ethics  of  the  stage 
with  her.  He  promised  to  ^\Tite  to  the  ma>i- 
agere  of  several  theatres  in  order  to  obtain 
a  situation  for  her,  and,  having  paved  the  way 
in  this  manner  (went  on  counsel),  he  suggested 
that  she  should  be  photographed.  He  also 
said  he  Hiked  her,  and  a-sked  her  if  she  liked 
him.  He  afterwards  drew  her  to  a  chair, 
kissed  her  against  her  will,  and  got  her  upon 
his  knee.  The  complainant  resisted  and  got 
away.  When  she  returned  to  the  house  at 
which  she  was  employed  she  told  her  mistress 
wliat  had  occurred,  and  the  po'.ice  were  com- 
municated with. 

The  complainant  gave  evidence  in  support. 
When  she  told  him  she  could  not  pay  a  fee  cf 
.€S  3s.  the  defendant  said  that  if  she  would 
have  her  photograiih  taken  he  would  try  to 
get  her  into  the  second  row  of  a  chorus.  He 
a.sked  her  if  she  knew  anyone  who  would  take 
her  photo  in  tights,  and  she  said  she  did  not. 
The  defendant  then  assaulted  her,  and  she 
struggled.  He  said  she  would  have  to  give  up 
the  idea  of  going  on  the  stage,  Snd  she  said 
fihe  did  not  think  much  of  him.  She  told  him 
he  would  hear  of  the  matter  again,  and  the 
defendant  replied,  "  If  you  say  anything 
against  my  name  I  will  summon  you."  He 
added,  "  You  have  no  witnesses."  She  (com- 
plainant) fai<l,  "  There  is  one  above  " — mean- 
ing God— and  the  defendant  said.  "  You  are 
more  fit  for  the  Church  than  the  stage."  He 
then  showe<l  her  cut  of  the  door,  which  had 
apparently  been  fastened  in  some  way. 

In  reply  to  the  magistrate,  the  witness  said 
she  had  no  witness  to  ctwroborate  her  S'tate- 
ment. 

The  defendant,  giving  evidance  on  his  own 
behalf,  said  the  complai-inant  web  only  in  his 
office  a  few  minutes.  After  hearing  what  she 
had  to  say,  he  advised  her  not  to  go  on  the 
stage,  as  she  was  not  likely  to  get  anything  to 
do  for  some  weeks,  and  would,  in  the  mean- 
time, be  leaving  her  situation.  He  certainly 
asked  her  to  be  photographed— but  not  in 
tights— and  told  her  tha,t  if  she  had  a  good 
figure  he  might  secure  a  position  for  her  in 
the  second  row  cf  a  chorus.  The  comp'iainant 
seemed  to  think  he  was  talking  to  her  im- 
properly, and  said,  "  I  suppose  you  are  like  all. 
the  rest  of  the  agents.  I  have  seen  several. 
What  you  want  is  to  get  money."  He  said, 
"  \  !\.m  afraid  I  can  do  nothing  for  you,"  and 


openetl  the  door  for  her  to  go  out.  This  was 
the  first  day  for  eighteen  months  that  his 
wife  had  not  been  at  the  office.  He  was  a 
gentleman,  and  it  would  be  impqjsible  for  him 
to  act  in  the  way  described.  Some  girls  got 
ideas  into  their  heads  without  any  foundation. 
The  complainant's  statement  as  to  hi.s  having 
assaulted  her  or  behaved  improperly  to  her  in 
any  way  was  an  absolute  concoction. 

In  cross-exam-nation,  he  said  the  police  told 
him  two  months  ago  they  had  had  a  com- 
plaint, and  he  must  conduct  his  business  pro- 
perly. That,  he  said,  was  after  he  had  put  a 
girl  out  of  his  office. 

Mr.  Marsh  am  said  there  was  no  corrobora- 
tion of  the  girl's  story.  It  was  a  case  of  oath 
againsit  oath,  and  the  summons  would  be  dis- 
mi^ed. 


CALVERT    V.    MONTEITH— WRITING    A 
SKETCH. 

At  Bloomsbiiry  County  Court,  before  Judge 
Bray,  Mr.  Cayley  Calvert  sued  Miss 
27  Florence  Monteith.  The  claim  was  for 
£50,  an  amount  agreed  to  be  paid  by  the 
defendant  to  the  plaintiff  as  author,  for 
writing  to  tlie  defendant's  order  a  sketch,  en- 
titled The  Bandolero,  or,  in  the  alternative, 
for  work  and  labour  done  by  the  plaintiff  as 
author  at  the  defendant's  request  in  writing 
the  sketch,  which  sketch  was  duly  delivered 
to,  and  approved  and  retained  by  the 
defendant. 

Mr.  Doughty,  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  said 
it  appeared  that  the  defendant  was  desirous 
of  making  her  d^but  on  the  music  hall  stage. 
In  reply  "to  a  letter  the  plaintiff  sent  some 
specimens  of  his  work,  and  had  an  interview 
with  her.  The  plaintiff  was  shown  an  operatic 
sketch  written  by  Miss  Monteith's  sister  which 
contained  parts  for  a  soprano,  a  tenor,  and 
a  baritone.  The  scene  of  the  plot  was  Russia. 
Mr.  Calvert  did  not  think  this  was  a  suitable 
one.  Mr.  Calvert  told  the  defendant  that  he 
could  produce  a  .sketch  for  her.  and  stated 
what  the  terms  would  be.  The  first  would  be 
£50  down,  or  £25  and  a  royalty  of  £3  per 
week,  being  10s.  each  performance.  There 
were  two  forms  of  agreement  left  with  Miss 
Monteith.  He  went  home  and  wrote  a  sketch. 
The  Bandolero.  A  synopsis  was  prepared,  and 
composers  were  communicated  with  as  to  the 
musical  composition.  Ultimately  Mr.  Denham 
Harrison  was  decided  upon,  and  they  went  to 
.Miss  Monteith  and  tried  over  some  of  the 
parts.  Alterations  were  made  in  the  musical 
.score.  Shortly  after  Miss  Monteith  went 
abroad,  and  when  she  returned  there  was  a 
refusal  to  go  on  with  the  piece. 

Mr.  Calvert  gave  evidence.  He  detailed  how 
he  had  interviews  with  the  defendant.  It  was 
in  consequence  of  conversations  that  he  secured 
the  services  of  a  composer.  The  plaintiff  said 
defendant  did  not  sign  any  agreement  because, 
as  he  understood.  Mr.  Powell,  her  agent,  was 
ill,  and  she  would  not  have  anything  to  do 
with  signmg  documents  until  he  was  present. 

Mr.  Denham  Harrison  said  he  wrote  the 
music  for  the  sketch.  In  consequence  of  what 
was  said  at  an  interview  with  defendant  he 
re-wrote  the  parts  of  the  music. 

Mr.  Roland  Carse  said  he  thought  the  charge 
made  by  i)Iaintiff  for  the  sketch  was  reason- 
able. 

Mr.  Hugh  Moss  saild  he  looked  through  the 
sketch,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  it  was  one 
with  which  he  would  not  mind  his  name  being 
associated  as  producer.  Mr.  Calvert  asked  his 
opinion  of  the  sket<;h.  and  he  replied  favour- 
ably. In  reply  to  further  questions  Mr.  Mess 
said  he  thought  Mr.  Calvert's  charges  were 
reasonable. 


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Mias  Florence  Monteith  eaid,  in  reply  to  Mr. 
Thomas,  that  she  never  undertook  to  pay  any- 
thing either  to  Mr.  Calvert  or  to  Mr.  Harri- 
son. All  she  asked  was  that  her  sister's  sketch 
might  be  altered.  After  a  visit  paid  her  by 
Mr.  Harrison  she  found  the  sketch  left  behijul 
in  the  room  where  they  had  been  talking,  and 
she  sent  it  back  by  her  maid.  The  music  was 
never  brought  to  her  house  at  her  request. 
She  took  no  notice  of  letters  which  were  sub- 
sequently written  to  her  on  the  subject,  and, 
as  a  matter  of  fact,  she  regarded  the  entire 
matter  as  a  "  try  on."  When  the  music  was 
played  over  to  her  she  did  not  approve  of  it. 
She  had  the  same  opinion  as  to  the  libretto. 

Mr.  Powell  and  other  witnesses  were  also 
called  to  give  evidence  as  to  what  took  place 
when  some  of  the  music  was  played  over.  They 
said  that  the  work  was  not  completed. 

Mr.  Justice  Bray,  in  giving  judgment,  said 
undoubtedly  terms  were  discussed,  and  the 
plaintiff  said  he  thought  the  sum  of  £50  would 
be  the  proper  amount  to  pay  for  them.  The 
letters  did  not  throw  much  light  on  the 
matter.  He  did  not  accept  the  imputation 
that  it  was  a  "  try  on  "  on  the  part  of  the 
plaintiff.  Both  the  plaintiff  and  the  composer 
were  two  respectable  gentlemen.  It  was  clear 
to  him  that  there  was  a  conversation  as  to 
terms.  He  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
plaintiff  ought  to  be  remunerated.  He  could 
not  think  the  plaintiff  agreed  to  do  the  work 
without  remuneration.  The  question  was, 
could  she  now  fall  back  upon  either  of  the 
agreements  and  choose  that  one  which  was  the 
least  onerous  in  the  circumstances.  He  did  irot 
tliink  she  could.  Work  was  done  and  Miss 
Monteith  must  pay  for  it.  He  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  plaintifl  should  receive 
£18,  and  he  was  to  have  costs  on  that  amount, 
everything  he  could  get  on  that  scale. 


MAY. 

HI^NDEBSON    v.    GOMER    MAY.— LIBEL. 

Before  Judge  Lumley  Smith  at  -tlie  Central 
Criminal  Court,   Gomar  May,  actor,   was 

"I  placed  in  the  dc-ck  for  sentence  for  pub- 
lishing libels  Concerning  Mr.  Hender- 
son and  his  wife,  Mrs.  Henderson,  known  on 
the   stage  as   Miss  Evelyn  Beresford. 

Mr.  Cecil  Dwyer,  who  prosecuted,  said  the 
defendant,  at  the  January  Sessions,  pleaded 
guilty  to  two  indictments  for  libel,  and  was 
bound  over  in  the  sum  of  £20  to  come  up  for 
judgment  if  the  libels  were  repeated.  Miss 
Beresford,  a  sketch  artist,  employed  defen- 
dant for  some  time,  and  a  question  arose 
over  salary,  defendant  then  wrote  a  series 
of  libels  reflecting  upon  Miss  Beresford.  He 
also  accused  Mr.  Henderson  of  swindling 
him.  Since  being  bound  over  he  had 
written  two  letters,  one  of  them  being  to  the 
chairman  of  the  bench  of  magistrates  at  Acton, 
who  cornmitted  him  for  trial.  That  letter  was 
sent  on  to  the  Public  Prosecutor,  who  handed 
it  over  to  tha  prosecution  in  the  present  case, 
with  instructions  as  to  what  they  ought  to  do. 

The  Judge,  having  read  the  letter,  said  it 
was  a  Ubel  on  the  bench  of  magistrates. 

The  letter  alleged  that  the  bench  was  "  on 
the  side  of  the  swindlers,"  and  referred  to  the 
magistrates  as  "  a  bench  of  monkeys." 

Mr.  A.  W.  W.  King,  chairman  of  the  Acton 
bench,  proved  the  receipt  of  this  letter. 

Defendant,  in  answer  to  the  judge,  said  l.e 
was  at  present  rehearsing. 

The  Judge  said  he  could  only  sentence  de- 
fendant for  the  previous  libels,  and  not  for 
the  present  libels.  He  would  go  to  prison  in 
the  second  division  for  a  fortnight,  the  sen- 
tence to  date   from   the  preceding  Tuesday. 


THURSTON     V.     THE     ERA      (LIMITED).— 
ALLEGED     LIBEL. 

In    the    Court     of     Appeal,     before     Lords 
Justices     Vaughan     Williams,      Fletcher 
2    Moulton,     and      Farwell    came     on     the 
appeal  in  Thurston  v.   the  Era,  Limited. 
Tlie   plaintiff  Mr.  Marcus  Cowan,  profession- 
ally    known     as     Harry     Thurston,     claimed 
damages  for   an   alleged  libel  which   appeared 
in   an   article  in  the   Era  newspaper. 

In  March,  1910,  the  plaintiff  was  fulfllhng 
an  engagement  at  the  Islington  Empire.  The 
Era  published,  on  March  19,  1910,  the  article 
complained  of,  which,  after  making  some 
reference  to  the  plaintiff's  appearance  at  the 
Empire,  ran  on  as  follows : — "  Harry  Thurston 
claims  to  be  the  bad  boy  of  the  family,  and 
he  might  have  ladded,  '  the  blue  one,  too,'  " 
At  the  trial  before  Mr.  Justice  Scrutton 
and  a  special  jury  the  plaintiff  called  evidence 
to  show  that  the  word  "  blue,"  in  reference 
to  a  turn  on  the  variety  stage,  meant  that 
the  turn  was  suggestive  of  indecency  .and  he 
alleged  that  the  innuendo  to  be  placed  on  the 
words  was  that  the  turn  was  not  fit  to  be  per- 
formed ■•n  pubUc,  and  that  in  consequence  of 
the  statement  he  had  lost  engagements  and 
had  suffered  damage.  The  defence  was  fair 
comment  on  a  matter  of  public  interest  pub- 
lished without  malic?.  The  jury  found  for 
the  defendants,  and  judgment  was  given 
accordingly. 

The  grounds  of  the  appeal  were  that  the 
judge  had  wrongly  admitted  evidence  as  to 
the  way  the  song  was  -sung  by  the  plaintiff 
at  an  engagement  he  had  subsequently  ful- 
filled at  Newcastle,  and  misdirection. 

Mr.  Bankes,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Valetta  appeared 
for  the  plaintiff;  Mr.  Shearman,  K.C.,  and 
Mr.  M'Cardie   for  the  defendants. 

In  opening  the  appeal,  Mr.  Bankes  pointed 
out  that  no  evidence  whatever  was  called  by 
the  defendants  with  respect  to  the  perform- 
ance at  Islington,  but  they  called  evidence  of 
what  the  plaintiff  subsequently  sang  at  New- 
castle. It  was  not  shown  that  what  he  sang 
at  Newcastle  he  also  sang  at  Islington,  there- 
fore he  submitted  the  evidence  ought  not  to 
have  been  admitted  as  the  alleged  libel 
directly  referred  to  Islington  only. 

Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams  remarked 
that  the  fact  that  the  words  were  spoken  on 
this  particular  date  was  not  a  matter  in  issue 
at  the   trial. 

Mr.  Bankes  urged  that  if  it  was  pleaded 
that  the  words  were  fair  comment  they 
must  have  relation  to  a  particular  occasion, 
and  to  the  particular  words  on  which  they 
were  based.  At  the  time  the  words  were 
written  there  were  no  facts  to  justify  them. 

Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams  thought  it 
was  admissible  to  call  evidence  as  to  the 
way  in  which  the  song  was  simg  at  Newcastle, 
though  possibly  that  evidence  mig'ht  be  dis- 
placed by  other  evidence  that  the  song 
varied  on  different  nights^for  instance,  that 
it  was  a  hymn  one  night  and  a  comic  song 
the  next  night.  If  the  critic  did  not  recol- 
lect the  exact  words  used  at  Islington,  and 
his  recollection  was  Jhat  they  were  not  decent,, 
and  action  was  brought  because  of  what  he 
wrote,  was  it  not  desirable  that  he  should  go 
somewhere  else  to  see  what  the  same  per- 
former did? 

Mr.  Bankes  explained  that  the  critic  him- 
self did  not  go  to  Newcastle,  but  somebody 
was  asked  to  take  shorthand  note  of  the 
words  used  in  the  song  there.  If  the  same 
man  had  gone  to  both  performances  the  posi- 
tion would  have  been   different. 

Lord  Justice  Fletcher  Moulton  thought  the 
fact  that  the  same  performance  was  given 
again  and  again  made  the  evidence  ad- 
missible. Could  it  be  contended  that  a  copy 
of  the  second  edition  of  a  book  could  not  be 
put  in,  because  it  would  not  be  evidence  of 
what  was  In  the  first   edition? 


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MAY 


Without  calling  on  Mr.  Slicarman  for  the 
respondents. 

Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams  said  that  in 
liis  opinion  this  appeal  failed.  Before  lie  gavt- 
his  reasons  for  m>  holding  he  desired  to  make  a 
few  observatioui  which  might  prevent  his 
judgment  being  construed  as  being  given  on 
the  question  of  whether  the  song  as  sung  wits 
indecent  or  decent.  The  defendants  really 
.succeeded  here  on  their  plea  of  fair  comment. 
When  u  defendant  succeeded  on  that  defence 
it  did  not  by  any  means  follow  that  the  con- 
clasion  which  he  drew  in  Jiis  criticiim  ought 
to  be  taken  as  a  Unding  <.>f  fact.  His  criticism 
wiis  his  opinion,  which  he  gave  in  the  interest 
of  the  public,  and  if  fairly  given  there  was 
no  question  here  but  that  it  was  a  matter  of 
public  interest,  or  that  it  was  given  other 
than  bona  fide— the  fact  that  he  was  in"  the 
minority  made  no  difference. 

He  (Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams)  did  not 
«-ish  anyone  to  think  that  the  Court  of  Appeal 
in  dismissing  the  api)eal  decided  that  the  song 
as  sung  by  the  plaintiff  either  at  the  Islington 
Empire  or  at  Newcastle  was  improper.  And 
for  the  purpose  of  deciding  this  appeal  it 
made  no  difference  whether  the  critic  had 
criticised  it  as  "  blue,  black,  or  white."  The 
only  point  this  Court  had  to  decide  was 
whether  the  defence  of  fair  comment  carried 
tfie  defendants  safely  home.  The  conclusion 
he  had  come  t-o  was  that  it  did.  It  was  said 
that  the  song  had  been  written  and  composed 
by  the  plaintiff  himself.  Well,  he  (the  lord 
justice)  had  read  the  lyric,  and  he  must  con- 
fess he  had  not  been  impressed  by  its  literary 
merits  very  much  either  way.  He  dare  say  it 
might  be  said  that  it  would  be  an  unfair  criti- 
cism if  he  were  to  say  that,  having  read  this 
song,  he  did  not  appreciate  its  literary  merit 
or  its  humour,  but  that,  of  cour.se.  might  be 
due  to  mental  deficiency  on  his  part. 

He  thought  in  this  case  the  evidence  was 
clearly  admissible  on  two  grounds.  The  plain- 
tiff was  singing  a  song  composed  by  himself; 
he  seemed  to  have  composed  variations  to  it, 
as  if  it  had  been  a  piece  of  music.  That  being 
a  matter  within  his  own  knowledge,  the  de- 
fendants had  sent  a  shorthand  writer  down 
to  Newcastle  aft-er  the  puWicAtion  of  the 
article  in  order  to  get  tlie  ipsissima  verba  of 
his  song.  Prima  facie  w^hen  a  man  was  sing- 
ing a  well-known  song  all  over  the  country  it 
was  not  unreasonable  to  go  and  hear  it  sung 
after  the  publication  of  the  notices  referring 
to  it,  and  prima  facie  until  the  plaintifl  gave 
evidence  one  could  assume  that  this  song  was 
substantially  identical  wherever  sung.  He  was 
satisfied  that  it  was  so.  He  thought  that  the 
evidence  was  admissible  on  that  ground  alone. 
Besides  that,  the  suggestion  made  by  the 
plaintifl  was  that,  however  indecent  the  words 
might  have  been  on  the  first  occasion,  the 
words  simg  at  Newcastle  were  not  capable  of 
the  same  construction.  If  there  was  any 
doubt  as  to  the  quantum  of  indecency, 
whether  a  distinction  could  bo  drawn  between 
the  rendering  at  IsUngton  and  the  rendering 
at  Newcastle,  surely  evidence  was  nios-t 
material  on  that  point,  and  this  evidence 
showed  that  the  plaintiff  had  himself  solved 
the  question,  because  in  one  of  his  variations, 
whether  before  or  after  the  publication  of 
the  defendants'  article,  he  had  intrcduced  the 
very  words.  On  that  ground  also,  when  one 
i;ime  to  ask  oneself  wliether  the  words  were 
indecent  and  it  was  doubtful,  was  it  a  matter 
which  was  material,  and  might  be  given  in 
evidence,  that  the  author  occasionallv  intro- 
duce<l  words  which  showed  tliat  he  "himself 
at  all  events  put  an  indecent  construction 
upon  them? 

Lords  Justices  Fletcher  Moulton  and  Farwell 
gave  judgment  to  the  same  effect. 

The  appeal  was  therefore  dismissed. 

[See  report  of  oricinal  action  in  King? 
Bench  Division,   January  13.] 


JOSEPH      O'BRIEN     SENTENCED.— SEQUEL 
TO  *•  THE  SHADOW  OF  A  CKIME  "  FIASCO. 
At  the  Central  Criminal  Court,  before   the 
Recorder,   Joseph   O'Brien   (23),  described 
2    ii6    a    theatrical    manager,    was    indicted 
for     obtaiiiing    i.'20    by    false    pretences 
from   Walter  Mills.     .Mr.   Walter  Briggs  prose- 
cuted and  Mr.  K.  D.  Kcx>me  defended. 

Counsel  stated  that  the  prosecutor  was  en- 
gaged through  an  advertisement  by  the 
prisoner  as  the  acting  manager  of  a  theatrical 
company  which  was  on  tour  with  A  Shadow 
of  a  Crime  at  a  salary  of  £3  per  week. 
O'Brien  said  that  he  had  ±'5,000  in  the  venture 
and  that  the  scenery  was  his.  On  the  strength 
of  that  statement  prosecutor  handed  over  ±20 
to  the  prisoner  as  a  security  of  his  honesty. 
He  also  lent  O'Brien  ±9.  The  tour  came  to  a 
sudden  ending  at  Stratford,  but  the  prosecutor 
did  not  get  his  money  back. 

The  fact«  as  set  out  by  the  prosecutor  were 
that  on  November  29  he  called  at  6,  Lid- 
lington  Place,  and  saw  the  prisoner.  He 
told  prisoner  that  he  called  in  answer 
to  an  advertisement.  O'Brien  said  that 
he  had  had  many  applicants,  but  witness 
.-truok  him  as  the  man  best  fitted  for  the 
post— 4jhe  manjaging  of  a  piece  on  tour.  He 
said,  according  to  the  witness,  that  be  was 
lessee  of  a  piece  called  -The  Shadow  of  a  Crime, 
and  that  he  had  £5,000  in  The  Shadow  of  a 
Crime,  and  the  scenery  in  Manchester  was 
worth  £60,  and  belonged  to'  him.  He  wainted 
the  witness  to  contract  for  six  months,  but 
the  witneiss  sjLgned  a  contract  for  one  month 
certain  at  £3  per  week,  the  eoga^ememt  to  be 
terminable  at  a  fortnight's  notice.  He  paid, 
at  prisooier's  request,  £20  as  "  security,"  be- 
lieving in  the  getnuinieness  of  the  mian's  sitate- 
ments.  The  piece  was  rahearsed  for  three 
weeks — the  witness  doing  the  necessary  corre- 
spondence— and  on  December  24  the  company 
mat  at  Eusiton  to  tnaveil  to  Nortbwioh.  The 
prisioaier  borix>wed  a  sovereign  from  the  w-jrt- 
ness  to  make  up  the  necessary  fares,  saying 
t.ha,t  he  had  beeoi  "  di*ajppodn(ted  of  a  cheque." 

They  played  The  Shadow  of  a  Crime  ait 
N'o.rthwieh  for  a  week,  and  the  manageanent 
there  advanced  eight  gufinieias,  witness  aaid,  in 
order  tli;it  tiiey  might  go  to  Colohesrter,  where 
they  played  for  three  days.  They  then  went 
on  to  Strartiford,  where  they  played  for  a  week, 
and  the  company  were  left  "  straimded."  The 
witness  received  altogether  £3  for  his  services. 
.•Vt  .Stratford  the  prisoner  tried  to  raise  a  loan 
on  the  scenery,  and  was  told  that  it  wias  "  not 
worth  50s."  He  them  told  the  witness  he  bad 
paid  "  £5  down  "  on  it. 

Under  cross-examination  by  Mr.  Roome,  the 
prosecutor  denied  that  he  paid  the  £20  f>o  be 
taught  the  business  of  a  theatrical  manager. 

Giving  evidence,  the  accused  said  that  the 
money  was  accepted  by  him  as  security.  Mills 
had  proved  himself  to  be  thoroughly  incom- 
petent, and  on  that  account  had  been  dis- 
charged. 

Croos-examined.  accused  said  he  did  not  start 
the  tour  with  ±5,000,  as  suggested  by  the 
prosecution,  but  with  £50.  When  tne  tour 
started  they  had  a  splendid  week,  and  yet  he 
was  handed  over  only  £35  as  the  gross  profits. 
He  thought  he  should  have  had  at  least  ±150, 
and  Mills  should  have  prevented  his  being 
robbed  by  local  managers.  He  was  accordingly 
dismissed. 

The  Recorder  passed  sentence  of  three 
months'   imprisonment. 


GAP>,STIN       V.       POPULAR       PLAYHOUS.ES, 

LIMITED— LIABILITY    IN    REGARD    TO 

PLY-POSTING. 

In  the  Shoreditch   Coimty  Court,  before  bis 

Honour    Judge    Bray,    Mr.    Wm.    Evans 

2     Garstin,    of    379,     Kiugslaud    Road,    N., 

sue<l    the    Popular    Playhouses,    Limited. 

lessees    of    the    Lyceum,     to    recover    £3    as 


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damages  for  trespass  for  three  weeks  on  pre- 
mises owned  by  the  plaintiff  at  392,  Kings- 
land  Road,  X.,  by  way  of  posting  bills.  Mr. 
A.  E.  Robinson,  who  appeared  for  the 
plaintiff,  said  the  defendant's  bills  were 
posted  on  the  plaintiff's  premises  adver- 
tising a  Christmas  pantomime,  and  when 
they  heard  of  it  a  letter  was  sent  to 
the  defendants  drawing  their  attention  to 
ic  aad  demanding  £3  f<:r  the  ur;e  of  the  s^hcp 
front.  No  notifte  w,"!,  taken  of  this,  60  a 
letter  wias  sent  by  the  solictors  demandan;; 
the  payment  of  the  £'3  or  the  name  of  the 
firm  of  Wllposters  who  liad  carried  out  the 
breach,  as  a  notice  was  disiplayed  "  biU  po-siert; 
will  be  prosecuted."  Still  no  notice  was  taken 
of  this,  but  60on  after  this  the  bills  diw.p- 
peared  from  the  windows,  but  they  rortu- 
nat-e'y  had  a  photograph  of  the  windows  shnv.- 
ing  that  they  had  been  there.  After  the 
acib'on  had  been  brought  a  notice  of  special 
defence  was  enTexed,  saying  that  the  whole 
of  the  bill  posting  was  given  to  recognised  bil'- 
posters,  and  that  th«y  had  receipts  for  it, 
and  that  therefore  they  were  not  responsible; 
but  Mr.  Robinson  contended  that  this  was  no 
ainswer  to  the  claim  at  all,  as  it  was  the  de- 
fendants' paper  that  was  used  for  th«  ad 
veirtisemente,  and  they  must  have  known  who 
used  it  up. 

For  the  defence,  Mr.  Arthur  Rosebery,  the 
general  advertisrjng  manager  to  the  defen- 
dants, went  into  the  box  and  said  that  30,000 
sheets  of  paper,  pictorial  and  letterpress,  were 
seat  out  .to  bi'lposters,  all  of  whom  were  of 
reput«.  It  ocBt  them  .£700  a  month  for  the 
d  splay  of  the  bills,  or  st  the  rate  of  £8,000 
a  year.  They  never  employed  what  was  called 
■A  fly-poster  excepL  Mr.  Dulake,  who  was  paid 
£'2  every  time  for  posting  the  trout  of  the 
theatre,  but  he  never  d'd  anything  else.  He 
had  not  the  faintest  idea  who  did  the  posting 
on  the  windows  of  this  shop;'  and  they  cer- 
tainly gave  no  authority  for  it.  Of  the  8,000 
sheets  of  paper  used  for  the  Christmas  panto- 
mime, 4,000  sheets  were  sent  to  the  bill- 
posters and  4,000  were  window  bills  for  shops, 
etc. 

.Judge  Bray:  Who  did  you  pay  for  the  dis- 
play of  the  bills  on  the  windows? 

Witness:  Nobody;  we  don't  know  who  put 
them  there. 

Judge  Bray :  What  are  the  instructions  to 
the  billposters? 

Witness :  To  post  them  on  their  recognised 
hoardings  and.  not  on  private  houses.  Our 
position  wou'd  be  imposiMble  if  we  were  to  be 
miftt  with  these  sort  of  actions  evejy  day. 

Judge  BJay :  Of  course,  it  seems  to  me  that 
you  musit  know  who  posted  Kmgsland  Road. 

Witness :  I  do  know  so  far  as  the  recognised 
billposting  statione,  but  we  are  not  respon- 
sible for  any  other  posting. 

Judge  Bray :  It  seems  to  me  quite  clear. 
There  is  no  authority  for  the  posting  of  these 
bills  proved,  and  therefore  the  defendants 
cannot  be  held  Uable  for  the  unlawful  act  o? 
siome  biUpo>ster  unknown.  There  will  be  a 
verdict    for    the  defendants. 

Mr.   Rosebery:  Can  I  have  my  expenses? 

Judge  Bray :  Not  a  penny. 


ALFRED    MOODY    SENT    TO    FRISON— DR  i- 
MATIC   MEETING   IN    GAOL. 
Before    the    Common    Serjeant    (Sir    F.     A. 
Bosanquet),     at     the    Central     Criminal 
3    Court,    Alfred    Moody,    forty-two,    man- 
ager,   was   indicted    for    obtaining    sums 
varying  from  £2  to  £20  by  false  pretences. 

Mr.  Leycester,  prosecuting,  stated  that  the 
prisoner  advertised  offering  employment  under 
a  bioscope  company  as  money-takers  and  kine- 
inatograph   operators,    and   for   security    as   to 


honesty  required  from  the  successful  applicant 
a  deposit  which  varied  in  amount.  From  a 
man  named  Carter  he  obtained  sums  amount- 
ing to  £20  and  lesser  sums  from  other  people. 
The  prisoner  pretended  that  he  had  an  address 
at  Wyvern  Hall,  South  Tottenham,  from  which 
the  company  of  which  he  was  the  managing 
director  conducted  its  business,  but  the  case 
for  the  prosecution  was  that  the  company  had 
no  existence  at  all,  and  that  the  representa- 
tions of  the  prisoner  were  untrue.  The  per- 
sons engaged  failed  to  get  a  return  of  their 
money. 

The  jury  found  the  prisoner  guilty. 

Detective-inspector  Baxter  proved  four  pre- 
vious convictions  against  the  prisoner,  who,  he 
.said,  had  been  systematically  victimising  per- 
sons under  similar  circumstances  for  a  long 
time  past.  He  had  obtained  from  his  victims 
in  all  sums  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  over 
£300.  At  the  man's  own  special  request  he  '' 
had  visited  him  at  Brixton  Prison  while  await- 
ing trial,  and  the  prisoner  had  then  said  that 
he  should  plead  guilty  to  all  the  charges, 
hoping  that  the  Court  would  deal  with  him, 
so  that  upon  his  release  he  might  be  enabled 
to  start  life  afresh  "  with  a  clean  sheet." 

Inspector  Baxter  mentioned  the  case  of 
a  man  named  Bell,  who,  finding  himself 
■■  stranded,"  obtained  food  for  which  he  could 
not  nay,  and  was  sent  to  prison,  where,  to  his 
surprise,  he  found  the  prisoner  and  recognised 
him  as  the  man  to  whom  he  had  parted  with 
£10,  and  who  had  been  the  cause  of  him  (Bell) 
trettins  into  trouble. 

The  Common  Serjeant  said  that  the  prisoner 
had  been  guilty  of  a  series  of  systematic  frauds 
perpetrated  upon  poor  persons.  Having  regard 
to  his  past  record,  it  was  useless  to  pass  a 
light  sentence.  He  ordered  him  to  be  kept  in 
penal  servitude  for  three  years. 


KINEMATOGRAPH     ACT.— NEW    BIOSCOPE 
COMPANY. 

At  Lambeth,  the  New  Bioscope  Trading 
Company,  Limited,  of  Cecil  Court,  W.C., 

4  were  summoned  to  answer  the  complaint 
of  the  London  County  Council  that  they 
being  the  occupiers  of  premises  known  as  the 
Central  Hall,  High  Street,  Peckham,  allowed 
them  to  be  used  for  the  exhibition  of  pictures 
or  other  optical  effects  by  means  of  a  kine- 
matograph,  for  the  purposes  of  which  inflam- 
mable films  were  used  without  a  license. 

1)11  behalf  of  iue  defendant  company  Mr. 
OUev  explained  that  since  October  non-inflani- 
niaole  films  had  been  used  at  the  hall,  but 
that  on  March  15  some  inflammable  films  were 
sent  there  bv  accident. 

Mr.  Garrett  ordered  the  defendants  to  pay 
a  penalty  of  £5,  and  31s.  Gd.  costs. 


KARNO 


HICKS— MISS  ZENA  DARES 
ILLNESS. 

At  the  Westminster  County  Court,  before 
His   Honour   Judge   Woodfall,   Mr.    Fred 

5  Karno  sued  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks-  for  £100 
damages  for  alleged  breach  of  contract 
arising  out  of  an  engagement  made  for  Miss 
Zena  Dare  to  appear  at  one  of  the  plaintiff's 
places  of  entertainment.  Mr.  E.  F.  Lever  was 
counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  McCardie 
represented   the   defendant. 

Mr.  Lever,  in  opening  the  case,  said  in  1909 
Mr.  Sevmour  Hicks  entered  into  an  agreement 
with  Miss  Zena  Dare  whereby  that  lady  was 
to  sing,  act,  and  perform  on  such  occasions 
as  he  should  require  her.  Then  in  September 
of  last  year  the  plaintiff  entered  into  a  con- 
tract with  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks  by  which  Miss 
Dare  was  to  appear  at  the  Hippodrome, 
Exeter,    for    one    week    at    a    salary    of    £200, 


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cominencing  on  March  18.  On  January  22  Miss 
Itare  married  the  Hon.  Mr.  Brt-tt,  anil  about 
tlial  tinii.'  a  rumour  got  about  that  Miss  Dare 
»<iiilii  tiTiiiinate  her  stage  career  8i.x  weeks 
lat^T.  I'Uintitr  communicated  with  Mr. 
Hicks'.*  agent ri,  and  received  an  assurance  that 
the  announcement  was  not  true.  The  plaintiir 
advertised  Miss  Dare  very  extensively  as 
aliout  to  appear  at  his  theatre.  On  February 
•-'7,  liowevcr,  a  communication  was  received 
from  Mr.  Hicks':*  secretary  saying  that  Miso 
l»are  wjl*  prohibited  on  account  of  a  private 
reason  from  appearing  under  his  management 
at  the  plaintill's  hall.  The  letter  added  "Miss 
Zina  Dare  has  been  in  a  delicate  state  of 
hralth  for  some  time,  and  the  medical  testi- 
mony  to  this  fact    is  very  strong  indeed." 

In  spite  of  these  statements,  said  counsel, 
.Mis.-;  Dare  w.-is  actually  appearing  at  the  time 
at  Huddersfield,  and  subsequently  she  was  an- 
nounced to  api)ear  at  Croydon.  The  communi- 
cation intimating  tliat  Miss  Dare  was  pro- 
hibited from  appearing  at  Exeter  stated  it 
was  owing  to  "  a  privat-e  reason  "  and  was  not 
In  the  nature  of  a  medical  certificate,  whereas 
if  under  the  well-known  terms  of  the 
Arbitrators'  Award  in  such  cases  it  was  clearly 
stipulated  that  if  an  artist  were  unable  to 
appear  in  accordance  with  a  contract  medical 
rertiticates  must  be  furnished.  Miss  Dare  ful- 
llUed  an  engagement  from  March  6  to  March 
11,  but  -Mr.  Karno,  finding  definitely  that  she 
would  not  appear  at  his  Ejfeter  hall  had  to 
return  all  tlie  advanced  bookings,  and  was 
put   to   considerable   pecuniary   loss. 

Mr.  Fred  Karno,  the  plaintiff,  gave  evi- 
dence. 

Mr.  Seymour  Hicks  said  he  entered  into 
tontraot-s  with  regard  to  Miss  D?.Te  in  Sep- 
tember, 1910,  and  agreed  to  go  to  E.xett-r  with 
her  on  March  18.  The  intimation  of  Miss 
Dare's  fjlness  came  a-s  a  blow  to  him,  and  he 
wrote  to  her  when  in  the  North  of  England 
asking  her  to  come  to  see  him.  Miss  Dare 
traveUed  from  Sunderland  to  Newcastle  to  see 
hrm,  and  he  then  thought  she  looked  ex- 
tremely ill.  He  said  to  Miss  Dare  that  he 
hoped  she  would  try  to  play  at  Halifax,  even 
if  she  crawled  on.  and  she  replied,  "  Howevtr 
ill  1  am  I  will  try  to  play  at  Halifax  on  Mon- 
day." The  next  week,  while  in  Edinburgh, 
witness  received  a  telegram,  "  Too  ill  to  play 
for  a  few  days.  Have  WTitten."  That  was 
on  February  20,  and  he  had  not  seen  Miss 
Dare  since. 

.\fter  .Mr.  Hicks's  examination  his  Honour 
was  asked  to  grant  counsel  a  privaite  consulta- 
tion. 

On  returning  into  court  Mr.  McCardie  s-aid, 
on  behalf  of  the  defendant,  he  was  glad  to 
say  tliat  the  partict;  had  come  to  terms.  Had 
the  ca.se  gone  on  it  would  have  involved 
bringing  a  great  deal  of  medical  and  other 
evidence  forward.  Mr.  Karno  had.  however, 
behaved  with  great  courtosy,  ajid  he  now 
fully  accepted  the  medical  evidence  with  re- 
j;ard  to  Miss  Dare's  state  of  health.  The 
parties  had  come  to  a  friendly  arrangement 
whereby  Mr.  Hicks  and  Miss  Ellaline  TerrJss 
undertook  to  give  performances  ait  Air.  Karno's 
theatre  at  Exeter. 

His  Honour  ty.iid  that  Mr.  Hicks  h.iid  been 
able  to  prove  that  he  had  not  aA?t-e<i  in  bad 
faith,  and  Mr.  Karno  had  been  able  to  show 
that  he  had  done  liis  best  to  keep  his  word 
with  the  public. 

H.  LEONARD].— FALSE  TRETENCES. 

At  Colchester  Pohce  Court.  Henry  Leonard!, 

was  charged  with  obtaininig   food,  value 

6    "s.,  bv    false    pretences  from  Eliza  Frances 

Whitfiehi.   of    12.   East   Stockwell   Street, 

between  Ai)ril  24  and  oO.— He  plead. d  guilty.  - 


Prosecutrix  said  defendant  came  to  the  bouse 
on  April  24  and  asked  for  lodgings,  stating 
that  he  was  engaged  at  the  Hippodrome.  Wit- 
ness gave  defendant  lodgings  for  a  week,  on 
the  last  day  of  which  he  told  her  he  was  going 
to  get  his  money.  On  returning  d^endant 
said  he  h,-.d  not  .seen  Mr.  King,  but  woiild  go 
and  try  t*>  see  him  later  in  the  day.  He  again 
returned  to  the  house,  and  remarked  that  as 
he  had  been  unable  to  see  Mr.  King  he  would 
go  for  his  money  on  Sunday,  on  which  day  he 
left  and  did  not  return.  Defendant  repreeented 
himself  to  be  a  member  of  the  Vari-ty  Artists' 
Federation. — Mr.  Leo  King,  manager  at  the 
Hippodrome,  stated  that  the  defendant  had 
not  been  employed  in  any  caj)acity  at  the 
Hippodrome.  On  April  24.  howevtr,  he  went 
to  the  Hippodrome  and  asked  to  give  a  trial 
show  with  a  view  to  an  engagement. — Defend- 
ant wafi  eeiitence<l  to  fourteen  days'  imprison- 
ment without  hard  labour. 


GOLDFARB  v.  LONDON  MUSIC  HALL  CO.— 
SCENES  AT  SHOREDITCH   EMPIRE. 

At  Shoreditch  County  Court,  Judge  Smyly. 
K.C.,  had  before  him  an  action  in  which 

9  Reuben  Goldfarb  claimed  £29  2s.  Cd. 
from  the  London  Music  Hall  Company, 
Limited,  as  compensation  for  an  assault  upon 
him,  committed,  it  was  alleged,  by  the  de- 
fendants' servants  at  the  Shoreditch  Empire 
on  the  evening  of  Jlarch  17.  Mr.  H.  Gate- 
house appeared  for  the  plaintiff  and  .Mr. 
Hinde  for  the  defendants. 

.ludgment  was  given  in  plaintiff's  favour  for 
t24  2s.  fid.,  with  costs. 


THE  KINEMATOGRAPH  ACT.— THE 

BROADWAY  GARDENS,   LIMITED. 
At    West    London,    the    Broadway    Gardens, 
Limited,     Broadway     Gardens,     Walham 
9     Green,  were  summoned,  before  Mr.   Gar- 
rett,   at    the    instance    of    the    London 
County  Council,  for  allowing   the  premises  to 
be    used    for    kinematograph    performances   on 
Sundays,  March  27,  and  April  9,  in  contraven- 
tion of  the  conditions  attaching  to  the  County 
Coiuicil    license. 

The  magistrate  imposed  penalties  amounting 
to  £4,  with  23s.  costs. 


CON  AN    v.    PETERMAN     AND    RICKETTS— 
CLAIM    FOR    SALARY. 

At    tlie    Westminster    County    Court,    John 

Conan,    comedian,    St.    Leonard's    Road, 

1 0  Ka--<t     Sheen,     sued     Messrs.      Petexman 

and     Ricketts,     sketch     proprietors,    for 

£Vi     being     the     amount     of     two     weeks' 

salary  in  lieu  of  notice  and  £1  in  respect  of 

travelling  expenses. 

Mr.  Ganzoni,  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  said 
Mr.  Conan  was  engaged  to  play  the  part  of 
Bantam,  in  a  .sketch  called  Chicks  in  the 
Wood,  at  ±C  a  week  and  travelling  expenses. 
He  played  a  week  at  Liverpool,  and  he  was 
then  asked  to  release  the  defendants  from  the 
contract.  He  declined,  and  on  the  following 
Monday  he  was  at  the  theatre  to  perform, 
but  was  not  allowed  to  do  so. 

The  plaintiff,  in  his  evidence,  said  he  re- 
hearsed the  part  and  played  it  at  Olympia, 
Liverpool.  After  the  second  house  on  the  first 
Thursday  Mr.  Ricketts  said  to  him  :  "  1  am 
sorry  this  part  doesn't  suit  you."  A  wire  was 
next  received,  supposed  to  come  from  Mr. 
StoU.  .stating  that  complaints  had  been  made 
about  Bantam,  and  that  the  defendants  must 
remedy  the  defect  by  getting  a  competent  man 
to  plav  the  part  for  him  the  foUowmg  week. 

In  eross-pxamiiiation  by  Lord  Tiverton,  wit- 
ness  said   he   doubted   the   genuineness   of  the 


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telegram  purporting  to  have  been  sent  by  Mr. 
Stoll. 

Mr.  Dicks,  solicitor,  and  connected  witb 
Moss'  Empires  and  the  Olynipia,  Liverpool, 
said  he  received  no  complaint  from  the  local 
manager  in  regard  to  the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  C.  Brooks,  variety  agent,  Shaftesbury 
Avenue,  deposed  that  he  had  seen  the  plaintiff 
play,  and  had  considered  him  sufficiently  com- 
petent to  book  him  for  engagements. 

For  the  defence,  Mr.  Peternian  said  in  his 
opinion  the  plaintiff  gave  a  very  bad  perform- 
ance in  the  sketch.  He  could  not  properly  be 
heard,  and  he  sang  a  song  very  indifferently. 

His  Honour  said  he  did  not  think  the  evi- 
dence proved  that  there  was  justification  for 
discontinuing  the  agreement  entered  into,  and 
he  therefore  gave  judgment  for  the  plaintiff 
with  costs. 


MITCHELL    V.    CIRZOX.— WORKMEN'S 
COMPEXS.\TIOX  ACT. 

The  case  of  Mitchell  v.  Curzon,  an  applica- 
tion by  William  Mitchell,  stage  hand, 
1  2  under  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act, 
was  before  his  Honour  Judge  Woodfall 
in   the  Westminster   County   Court. 

Mr.  D.  Harvey  J.  Hartley  was  counsel  for  the 
applicant,  whose  case  was  that  he  was  em- 
])loyed  at  Wyndham's  in  Mr.  Curzon's  season, 
going  on  February  13,  and  meeting  with  an 
accident  three  days  later.  The  first  scene  had 
been  struck,  and  the  stage  was  clear,  ready  for 
the  second.  A  mantelpiece  was  put  in  position. 
and  he  and  two  other  hands  put  an  overmantel 
on  it,  applicant  being  the  centre  man.  The 
overmantel  was  let  down  on  his  right  thumb, 
and  what  would  have  been  a  small  matter  was 
made  serious  by  blood  poisoning,  setting  in. 
He  had  been  earning  money  elsewhere,  but 
only  appUed  for  half  the  wages  (16s.)  he  was 
earning  at  Wyndham's  at  the  time  of  the  acci- 
dent, which  iiad  incapacitated  him. 

Mr.  R.  Thorn  Drury  was  counsel  for  the  re- 
spondent, whose  case  was  that  no  accident 
occun-ed  while  applicant  was  in  his  employ- 
ment, and  notice  as  required  by  the  Act  had 
not  been  given.  Applicant  did  not  start  work 
at  the  theatre  until  four  days  after  the  date 
upon  which  he  s.iid  the  accident  happened.  He 
started  on  Monday,  February  20,  and  was  dis- 
charged the  same  week. 

The  application  was  dismissed  with  costs. 


CHAPLIN  V.  HICKS— BEAUTY  COMPETI- 
TION—MR. HICKS  FAILS  IN  HIS  AP- 
PEAL. 

In  the  Appeal  Court,  before  Lords  Justices 
Vaughan  Williams.  Fletcher  Moulton,  aind 
1 5  Famell,  Mr.  Seymour  Hicks  appealed 
from  a  verdict  given  against  him  in  an 
action  brought  by  Miss  Eva  Chaplin,  who  al- 
leged breach  of  contract. 

Mr.  Hicks,  in  1908.  made  an  offer  through  the 
medium  of  a  beauty  competition,  conducted 
by  the  Baily  Express,  of  appointments  in  his 
theatrical  companies.  Miss  CJiapUn  was  one 
of  the  competitors  whose  photograph  was  pub- 
lished, and  she  was  placed  first  by  the  votes  of 
readers  in  her  district.  There  were  t«n  dis- 
tricts and  the  readers  of  the  newspaper  in  each 
were  entitled  to  vote  for  those  whose  photo- 
graplis  they  considered  the  most  charming,  and 
the  five  at  the  head  of  the  list  in  each  dis- 
trict were  to  be  seen  by  Mr.  Hicks.  The  twelve 
he  selected  from  these  fifty  were  to  receive  en- 
gagements for  three  years.  Miss  ChapUn  was 
invited  by  letter  to  attend  at  the  Aldwych.on 
January  6,  1909.  but  did  not  receive  the  com- 
munication in  time  to  enable  her  to  keep  the 
appointment. 

At  the  trial  before  Mr.  Justice  Pickford  the 
jury  foiind  that  the  defendant  had  not  taken 
reasonable  means  to  give  the  plaintiff  an  oppor- 


tunity of  presenting  herself  for  selection,  anti 
assessed  the  damages  at  £100. 

Mr.  McCardie  appeared  for  Mr.  Hicks,  and 
Mr.  G.  A.  Scott  represented  the  plaintiff. 
The  case  was  continued  on  the  16th. 
Mr.  McCardie  contended  that  the  action 
would  not  lie,  the  damagts  being  too  remote. 
He  submitted  that  the  plaintiff  had  not  shown 
that  she  had  in  fact  suffered  damage. 

Lord  Justice  Moulton  said  he  thought  there 
might  be  a  position  of  value,  the  final  realisa- 
tion of  which  might  depend  upon  a  contin- 
gency. There  were  many  people  who  would 
pay  "for  being  in  a  position  of  one  of  three 
from  whom  a  penson  was  to  be  chosen. 

Mr.  McCardie  did  not  think  that  was  quite 
the  test.  There  was  no  question  of  market 
value  in   the  present  case. 

Lord  Justice  Moulton  was  not  quite  so  svire 
of  that.  It  was  conceivable  that  a  person 
could  .suffer  a  real  wrong  in  certain  similar 
circumstances. 

Mr.  McCardie  urged  that  the  contract  in  the 
present  case  was  one  which  in  the  circum- 
stances ought  to  be  construed  as  bringing  no 
real  result  to  the  plaintiff.  His  submission  was 
that  a  plaintiff  could  recover  only  nominal 
damages  where  his  or  her  claim  was  in  respect 
of  the  loss  of  a  benefit  which  might  or  might 
not  have  accrued  to  the  plaintiff. 

Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams:  Is  it  not  i 
question   for  the  jury? 

Lord  Justice  Moulton :  You  take  your  chance 
Your  chance  soes  to  the  quantufn  of  damages. 
Mr.  McCardie:  If  Miss  Chaplin  had  wished  to 
insure  her  cliance  at  Lloyd's  her  offer  would 
not  have  been  accepted,  for  the  risk  could  not 
have  been  assessed. 

Lord  Justice  Farwell:  Why  not?  They  will 
take  risk  of  suicide.  How  do  you  define  the 
word  "  chance  "? 

Mr.  McCardie:  I  say  "chance"  is  a  non- 
assessable possibility. 

Lord    Justice    Farivell:    That   is   very    vague. 
You  illustrate  it  by  the  present  case? 
Mr.  McCardie:  Yes. 

Lord  Justice  Fanvell :  Is  it  a  possibility  or  a 
chance  that  a  first  favourite  will  win  the 
Derby? 

Mr.  McCardie:  "Chance,"  I  should  think, 
but  I  don't  know. 

Lord  Justice  Moulton :  The  real  question  Is 
whether  the  plaintiff  having  stepped  into  a 
limited  class  from  whom  a  choice  must  be 
made — twelve  out  of  fifty — whether  that  wa« 
not  a  matter  which  gave  her  an  assessable  and 
tangible  advantage?  That  it  gave  her  a  tan- 
gible advantage  I  think  every  jury  would  feel. 
Mr.  McCardie:  But  the  damages  are  not 
capable  of  asse.^ment.  We  have  given  the 
twelve  selected  ladies  their  contracts. 

Lord  Justice  Vaughan  Williams,  in  giving 
judgment,  said  that  the  case  had  been  dis- 
cussed really  on  the  basis  that  there  was  a 
contract  and  that  there  was  a  breach,  but  it 
was  said  that  the  breach  of  contract  was  such 
that  the  damage — if  any — was  really  nominal. 
In  his  opinion,  the  moment  it  was  admitted 
that  there  was  a  contract — a  contract  which 
gave  the  plaintiff  a  right  to  present  herself 
ifor  final  selection  in  the  competition — and  the 
moment  the  jury  found  that  the  lady  was  not 
given  a  reasonable  opportunity  of  presenting 
herself  on  the  particular  day  upon  which  the 
actual  competition  was  to  take  place,  it  was 
impossible  to  say  that  damages  could  not  tiave 
been  within  the  contemplation  of  the  parties 
as  a  possible  outccme  of  the  breach  of  con- 
tract. It  could  not.  therefore,  be  successfully 
contended  that  the  damages  were  too  remote. 
The  point  which  had  been  more  seriously 
argued,  and  on  which  many  authorities  had 
been  cited,  wrs  whether  the  damages,  being 
based  on  a  contingency,  were  capable  of  being 
a.s--e-sed. 
It  was  said  that  the  chances  of  winning  one 


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of  the  I'ligatjfUienU  tiirue<J  upon  ^uch  a  number 
of  cootingencies  that  it  wa«  impossible  (or 
anyone— if  they  had  arrived  at  the  conclusion 
that  the  plaintiff  had  by  reason  of  the  breach 
of  contract  lost  ht-r  opportunity  of  compettintj 
for  an  engagement — to  say  thait  there  was  any 
a&se-j^able  value  to  the  chance.  He  agreed 
that  the  presence  of  the  contingencies  made 
the  valuation  a  ditllcult  one,  and  one  as  to 
which  it  was  not  easy  to  speak  with  any  cer- 
tainty or  precision,  but  it  seemed  to  him  that 
the  doctrine  of  averages  applied,  and  that  the 
i|uistion  of  damages  was  one  for  the  jury.  For 
the.se  reasons,  in  liis  (Lord  Ju.^tice  Vaughan 
Williams")  opinion,  the  appeal  failed. 

Lord  Justice  -MouUon  and  Lord  Justice  Far- 
weil  agreed,  and  the  apj)ea!  was,  therefore, 
di.'JinisNe^l    with    cost.s. 

[See  report  of  case  in  King's  Bench  Division, 
February  3]. 


.SI'XD.W    OPENING.— NATIONAL   THEATRE 
I>E   LUXE.— A.   T.    DAVEY. 

At  the  Tottenham  Police  Court,  the  National 
Theatre  de  Luxe,  of  Bishop  House, 
18  BLshop-sate.  wa.s  summoned  by  the 
Middle.sex  County  Council  for  contra- 
vening the  conditions  of  the  license  granted  for 
the  exhibition  of  pictures  by  kinematograph  at 
the  Corner  Electric  Theatre.  Seven  Si'Sters 
Road,  on  April  2,  9,  H,  Ifi.  and  21. 

The  Bench  imposed  a  fine  of  £-2  and 
costs  on  one  summons  and  10s.  and  ctsts  on 
each  of  the  other  four. 

Alfred  Thoma.s  Davey,  of  Sebert  Road. 
Forest  Gate,  was  summoned  in  respect  of  a 
picture  palace  at  Green  Lanes,  HarriTigav,  and 
wa.s  fined  £2  and  costs. 


BENAVENTE    AND    BELINFANTE   v.   R\US- 

CHER.-MCSICIANS      AND      MEMORISING. 

At   the  Clerkenwell    County   Court,   a   claim 

was  made  by  Arnold  Benavente,  'cellist, 

19  and     Sidney     Belinfante     against     Bela 

Rauscher,    musical    director,    for    wages 

and    railway    fare.      The    first-named    claimed 

£■•3  Os.  7d.  and  the  second  £3  2s.  9d. 

.Mr  Wright,  counsel  for  first  plaintiff,  said 
his  client  was  engaged  to  play  at  a  kinemato- 
graph theatre  in  Cardiff  at  a  salary  of  £3  5s. 
per  week.    The  engagement  began  in  December 

1910,  and    was    to    terminate    on    March    15 

1911.  Plajntifl  went  to  Cardiff  and  plaved 
in  the  orchestra.  Matters  went  on  all  right 
up  till  March,  when  ajiparently  there  was  some 
disaureement  as  to  the  exact  money  to  be 
paid  for  matinee  performMnces,  which  were 
outside  the  agreement  entered  into  between 
plaintiff  and  defendant.  On  March  9  a  letter 
was  written  terminating  plaintiff's  engagement 
that  night.  Plaintiff  was  paid  up  to  the  time 
when  his  engagement  was  terminated,  and  he 
was  now  claiming  for  the  remaining  days  on 
the  acreement.  which  terminated  on  Sfarcli 
l.i.  He  also  claimed  12s.  7d.  as  railway  fare 
from  Cardiff  to  London. 

Plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support  of  his 
claim. 

Mr.  Osmond  (solicitor  for  defendant) :  On 
one  occasion,  when  asked  to  plav  from 
memory,  did  you  put  your  instrument  down?- 
I  could  not  play  from  memory  at  that  time 
because  I  was  worried. 

I  put  it  to  you  that  you  were  asked  to  play 
the  waltz,  "  September,"  from  memory  and 
you  could  n^t  do  it?— I  could  not  at  the  time 
because    I    was   worried. 

Down  to  the  time  when  this  trouble  occurred 
I  put  it  to  you  that  you  had  frequently 
played  this  waltz,  "  September,"  from 
m^emory?— I  might  have  done.  I  tried  to  on 
this  occasioB.  but  I  was  worried. 


Sidney  Belinfante,  violinist,  said  he  was  en- 
gaged as  first  violinist  to  play  at  the  kinema- 
tograph theatre  in  Cardiff.  He  was  dismissed 
with  plaintiff  on  March  9. 

Plaintiff  said  that  when  asked  to  play 
'■  Waltz  September  "  on  March  8  he  tried,  but 
was  not  successful,  because  he  was  very  mucii 
worried. 

Mr.  Aurol  Belin-sky,  director  of  the  or- 
chestra, said,  for  the  defence,  that  neither  of 
the  plaintiffs  tried  to  play  the  waltz.  They 
put  their  instruments  down  and  looked  at  him 
in  an  impudent  way. 

His  Honour :  The  second  plaintiff  says  he 
asked  you  for  the  music. 

Witnes<:  He  simply  told  me  he  would  not 
play  from  memory.  He  had  played  the  valse 
several  times  before,  and  I  knew  he  could  play 
it  from  memory.  If  he  asked  for  the  music 
it  was  simply  to  give  me  annoyance. 

Judge  Edce  said  he  accepted  the  evidence 
that  the  plaintiffs  had  played  the  "  Waltz 
September "  many  times  from  memory.  In 
his  opinion,  they  wilfully  abstained,  on  the 
occasions  complained  of,  from  doing  what  they 
could  easily  have  done,  and  in  abstaining  they 
were  prejudicing  the  defendant,  and  they  were 
going  against  the  interest.";  of  the  band.  Under 
those  circumstances,  the  verdict  would  be  for 
defendant   in   both  cases,   with  costs. 


THE      LICENSING      OF      AGENTS.— FRITZ'S 

AGENCY,    LTD.    v.    THE    LONDON    COUNTY 

COUNCIL. 

There  came  before  the  Lord  Chief  Justice 
and  Justices  Pickford  and  Lush,  sitting 
1 9  as  a  Divisional  Court,  an  application  to 
make  absolute  a  rule  nisi  for  a  man- 
damus against  Mr.  Curtis  Bennett,  the  police 
magistrate  sitting  at  Bow  Street,  to  allow 
certain  questions  to  be  put  regarding  certain 
transactions  of  Mr.  Leo  Fritz,  a  director  of 
the  above  company.  Lord  Tiverton  (instructed 
by  Messrs.  Arnold  Carter  and  Co.)  appeared 
on  behalf  of  the  company  to  show  cause 
against  the  rule,  and  Mr.  Bodkin  appeared  on 
behalf  of  the  London  County  Council,  urging 
that  the  rule  should   be  made  absolute. 

The  Court  dismissed  the  rule,  with  costs 
agafnst  the   London   County   Council. 

[Proceedings  at  Bow  Street,  see  reports 
March  10  and  October  6.] 


IRVINGS  v.  GRICE.— QUESTION  OF  DIS- 
MISSAL   APPEAL. 

In  the  Divisional  Court,  before  Mr.  Justice 
Pickford  and  Mr.  Justice  Lush,  an  appeal 
20  "'S'S  heard  from  a  decision  of  a  county 
court  judge  at  North  Shields,  the  Irv- 
ings  being  the  appellants.  Mr.  Doughty,  in- 
structed by  Messrs.  Judge  and  Priestley,  ap- 
peared for  the  appellants,  and  Mr.  Roche  for 
the  responc'ent. 

Plaintiffs  performed  The  Auto-hoy,  which 
they  were  qnder  contract  to  present  at  the 
Pavilion,  W^iitley  Bay.  On  the  first  night  the 
audience,  it  was  alleged,  showed  dislike  of  the 
performance,  with  tlie  result  that  the  man- 
ager of  th'j  hall  called  the  artists .  off  the 
.stage  and  terminated  the  contract,  offering 
them  £5.  The  artists  eventually  accepted, 
without  prejudice,  a  night's  salary  and  their 
railway  fare  to  their  next  town.  In  a  county- 
court  claim  which  they  brought  they  were 
non-suited.  No  question  was  raised  as  to  the 
artists'  competency,  and  counsel  submitted 
that  the  judge  was  wrong  in  holding  that  the 
words  of  the  contract  allowed  the  management 
to  terminate  the  agreement.  The  chief  point 
debated  at  the  trial  was,  it  was  said,  whether 
or  not  the  show  was  displeasing. 

Mr.    Justice    Pickford    thought    the    county- 


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court  judge  was  wrong  in  non-suiting  plain- 
tiffs. Whilst  it  was  found  that  the  show  was 
displeasing,  it  was  also  found  that  the  man- 
agement did  not,  in  accordance  with  the  rules, 
ask  the  artists  to  vary  their  performance. 
There  was  no  breach  of  tlie  contract  because 
the  audience  did  not  accept  tlie  performance, 
and  the  management  were  not  entitled  to  do 
what  they  did.  What  they  could  have  done 
was  to  prohibit  the  whole  or  part  of  the 
performance,  or  ask  the  company  to  give  a 
difl'erent  show.  If  the  latter  request  were 
made  and  not  complied  with,  the  performers 
wQuId  commit  a  breach  of  the  contract.  But 
the  management  could  not  order  an  artist  off 
the  stage  and  refuse  to  pay  him  if  his  per- 
formance were  not  a  bad  one. 

The   appeal   was   allowed,    with    costs. 

[See  report  of  County  Court  trial,  March  30.] 


OVERCROWDING     PICTURE     THEATRES. 
B.  SHULMANX  AND  L.  GREEXBERG. 
At  the   Thames  Police  Court.  Barnett  Shul- 
maji  was  summoned  before  Mr.  Dickinson 
20  f^^r  allowing  his  premises,  known   as  Silver- 
land,     273,     Commercial     Road,     to     be 
used   in  contravention  of  Condition  11  of  the 
Kinematograph     Act.     1909. — Mr.    Dimes,    who 
prosecuted   on   behalf  of   the   L'^ndon    County 
Council,    said    that   the   defendant   had    been 
granted    a    license    subject    to    certain    condi- 
tions, but  it  was  alleged  that  he  had  broken 
Condition  11  by  permitting  persons  to  sit  or 
stand    in    the   gangways. — Mr.    Dickinson   said, 
as   defendant    had    been    previously   convicted, 
he  would  be  fined  £3  and  23s.  costs. 

Lazajus  Greenberg.  proprietor  of  tlie  Prin- 
cess Hall,  120,  Commercial  Road,  was  sum- 
moned for  a  similar  offence. — The  defendant 
was  fined  7s.   and  23s.  costs. 


HILIAND  v.  LURION  AND  OTHERS— AX 
ECHO  OF  THE  PARAGON  PANTOMIM' 
FIASCO. 

His  Honour  Judge  Woodfall  was  engaged  for 
some  time  at  the  Westminster  County 
2  5  Court  in  hearing  a  case  in  which  Mrs. 
Jessie  Hilland  sued  Mr.  F.  Lurion,  senior, 
Mr.  R.  Lurion,  junior,  and  Mr.  G.  A.  Mathey 
for  fl5,  in  respect  of  wages  due  to  her  in  con- 
nection with  the  production  of  a  pant>cni:me, 
Dick  Whittington,  at  the  Paragon,  in  Decem- 
ber last. 

Mr.  AV.  S.  M.  Knight,  counsel  for  the  plain- 
tiff, eaid  that  Messrs.  Lurion  were  merchanis 
in  the  City.  The  plaintiff  was  a  wardrobe 
mi.stress,  and  in  I">ecember  last  she  was  engaged 
by  a  Mr.  Brammell  to  do  work  in  connection 
nith  the  production  of  the  pantomime  of  Dick 
Whittington  at  the  Camden,  at  £3  a  week. 
She  was  introduced  to  Mr.  Lurion.  junior,  who 
told  her  that  his  father  and  Mr.  Mathey  were 
furnishing  the  money  for  the  production.  The 
plaintiff  worked  during  the  rehearsals  lliat 
took  place,  and  there  di.scovered  that  owing  to 
some  difficulty  the  production  of  the  panto- 
mime was  changed  from  the  Camden .  to  the 
Paragon.  She,  however,  heard  nothing  cf  a 
limited  company  having  been  formed  to  take 
over  the  responsibility  of  the  production. 
Plaintiff  worked  all  night  on  Christmas  Eve  and 
on  CJiristmas  Day.  and  the  pantomime  was 
produced  on  Boxing  Day.  On  the  following 
Saturday,  when  the  plaintiff  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  company— about  100  in  all— went 
for  their  money,  they  were  told  that  they 
could  not  he  paid  until  a  cheque  for  £120  had 
been  received  from  Mr.  Mathey.  A  Mr. 
Jacobs  said  he  would  advance  £50,  and  the 
plaintiff  was  paid  £4  lOs..  but  this  sum  she 
paid  away  to  the  members  of  her  staff,  and 
she  also  spent  £3  for  the  purchase  of  the 
material  for  dresses,  repairs,  etc.     Since  then 


tlie  plaintiff  had  received  notliing,  and  the 
point  was  whether  the  defendante  weie 
res])on6ible. 

Evidence  having  been  given  on  behalf  of  the 
plaintiff,  counsel  for  the  defendant's  urged 
that  neither  one  of  them  was  responsible  to 
tlie  plaintiff",  Mr.  Brammell  havintr  received 
£100  and  made  himself  responsible  for  engag- 
ing all  the  artists  and  others  connected  with 
the  production  of  the  pantomime. 

Mr.  Lurion,  junior,  said  he  never  told  the 
plaintiff  that  she  was  to  look  to  his  father  and 
Mr.  Mathey  for  her  money. 

Mr.  Lurion,  senior,  said  he  advanced  certain 
moneys,  but  Mr.  Brammell  was  the  promoter 
of  the  syndicate  and  witness  couisldered  him 
responsible. 

Mr.  Mathey,  who  described  himself  as  an  in- 
dependent gentlemian,  residing  in  Whiteih:'" 
Court,  s-aid  the  proposed  production  of  the 
pantomime  was  first  mentioned  to  him  by  Mr. 
Lurion,  junior,  and  he  was  induced  to  take  15.i 
£1  shares  in  what  was  called  Camden  Produc- 
tions, Limited.  He  had  nothing  to  do  with 
engaging  the  plaintiff,  or  any  of  the  artist.*, 
and  when  the  change  was  made  to  the  Paragon 
Productions  he  had  no  s.hares  allotted  to  him. 
When  difficulties  arose,  he  was  told  a  long  story, 
and  agreed  to  give  .£'120.  but  undertook  no  lia- 
bility whatever.  He  afterwards  handed  over 
the  £120 — in  fact,  he  was  so  worried-  that  he 
gave   £13.5— £15  too  much. 

His  Honour,  in  giving  judgment^  said  what 
he  had  to  decide  was  whet.her  the  defendants 
authorised  Brammell  to  ent-er  into  a  contract 
with  the  plaintiff  to  act  as  wardrobe  mistress. 
There  could  be  no  doubt  that  although  Mr. 
Mathey  intended  only  to  subscribe  for  shares 
in  the  syndicate  when  it  was  formed,  he  did 
take  an  active  interest  in  it  beforehand.  He 
first  paid  £25  on  account  of  shares,  and  the 
effect  of  that  was  that  it  enabled  them  to  g< 
and  make  an  arrangement  with  the  plaintiff. 
Time  was  short,  the  thing  had  to  be  rushed, 
and  undoubtedly  they  put  Brammell  in  a  posi- 
tion to  make  this  contract.  Of  course,  Mr. 
Mathey  was  over-persuaded,  and  did  not  under- 
stand it,  and  he  got  'himself  into  a  serious 
difficulty.  He  might  have  made  his  position 
perfectly  clear,  and  said  he  did  not  mind  put- 
ting money  into  the  scheme,  but  he  should 
have  waited  until  the  syndicate  was  properi^ 
formed.  The  defendants,  he  held,  had  placed 
BrammeU  in  the  position  of  their  agent,  and 
he  gave  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  for  £11— 
being  two  weeks'  salary  at  £3  a  week,  £3  for 
a  week's  preliminary  work,  and  £2  out-of- 
pocket   expenses  with  costs. 

His  Honour  added  that  it  was  a  miserable 
ease.  A  large  number  of  people  engaged  for 
the  production  of  the  pantomime  no  doubt  suf- 
fered considerably,  and  they  would  have  suf- 
fered more  but  for  the  kindnts?  and  genero&ity 
of  Mr.  Mathey  .n  coming  forward  when  he  dia. 


WILLING  V.  CLUTSAM.— "  PAYMENT   "   FOR 
ENGLISH    OPERA. 
At  the  Westminster  Countv  Court,  before  his 
Honour     Judge     Woodfall,     Mr.     C.     H. 
2  9  Clutsam,    composer    of    operas,    residing 
in    Wellington    Road,    St.    John's    Wood, 
was  sued  by  Willing  Junior,  Limited,  advertis- 
ing agents,  for  £33,  said  to  be  due  to  them  for 
advertisement-s  inserted  in  various  newspapers 
in  connection  with  the  production  of  an  opera 
entitled    A    Summer    Night.     Mr.    R.     0.     B. 
Lane,  jun.,  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiffs,  and 
Mr.     Harold     Simmons     represented     the     de- 
fendant. 

Mr.  Lane  said  defendant  was  the  comptoser 
of  the  opera  A  Summer  Night,  which  was 
produced  by  the  Beecham  Opera  company, 
first  at  His  Majesty's  and  afterwards  at  Covent 
Garden.    As  the  result  of  the  first  production 


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st'vtTHl  very  favourable  notices  ai>i>eare<l  in 
the  Press,  and  the  defendant,  calling  the 
attention  of  the  plaintiffV  manager  to  these, 
expre.sse<l  a  wish  that  they  iihould  be  included 
hi  the  a<ivirti.-.ements  announcing  the  sub.-;e- 
qiient  iir<xluc-ti<m.s  of  his  opera  wliicl-.  were 
.sent  to  tlie  iiaj)ers  in  the  ordinary  way  l)y  the 
Heiiliiini  Opera  comiiany.  The  instruction, 
said  counsel,  was  a  jiureiy  per.*onal  one,  and 
liad  nothins  whatever  to  do  with  the  Beecham 
oompanv,  who  nieiely  undertook  to  announce 
the  prodnctioius  of  the  opera  without  the 
further  respoasibilitv  of  advertising  Press  com- 
ments. The  plaintiffs  accordingly  sent  in  the 
accoimt  to  the  defendant,  who,  however,  re- 
pudiated resiK>nsibility,  contending  that  the 
Beecham  company  sliould  be  held  liable. 

Mr.  A.  .\rchdeacon,  manager  for  tl:e 
Beeihani  Opera  c<rmpany,  .^aid  the  Press  com- 
ments which  the  defendant  wi.slied  to  see  ad- 
vertise<l  were  quite  apart  from  the  ordinary 
advertisements  which  his  company  inserted  in 
tlie  new.spai>ers,  and  which  prece<led  the  favour- 
atile  comments  on  the  defendant's  opera. 

Mr.  Simmons:  But  the  Beechani  company 
took  the  theatres,  and  the  advertising  of 
favourable  comments  would  be  to  their  ad- 
vantage. The  better  advertised  the  fuller  the 
house  surelv?— It  does  not  follow  at  al'. 
In  reply  "to  further  questions  by  counse'., 
witness  said  the  defendant's  opera  was  only 
given  three  times — once  at  His  Majesty's  and 
afterwards  at  Covent  Ganlen.  He  added  that 
no  opera  by  an  Knglish  comi>oser  had,  he  be- 
iieve<l,  beek  produced  with  success  in  thLs 
country  for  many  years. 

The  defendant,  in  evidence,  said  he  arranged 
with  the  Beech:un  company  for  the  production 
of  his  opera,  but  received  no  remuneration 
from  them.  After  the  first  production,  in  a 
conversation  with  Mr.  Archdeacon,  witness 
said  he  thought  he  ought  to  get  something 
out  of  the  opera,  and  he  pointed  out  that  the 
Press  notices  were  very  favourable,  and  added 
that  advertising  them  would  do  him  good,  and 
also  do  the  Beecham  Opera  company  good. 
Xo  suggestion  was  made  to  him  that  he  would 
be  expected  to  pay  for  the  advertisements,  and 
when  the  account  was  sent  in  to  him  he  at, 
once  repudiated  responsibility. 

His  Honour  said  if  it  had  bi^en  shown  that 
by  the  insertion  of  the  personal  advertisements 
the  defendant  would  have  benefited  pecu- 
niarily, the  evidence  might  have  been  con- 
sidered to  be  against  him.  But  this  was  not 
so.  The  defendant  received  nothing  for  the 
production  of  his  opera,  and  the  insertion  of 
the  advertisements  brought  him  no  profit, 
unless  it  were  in  the  sense  of  contributing  to 
his  vanity.  The  plaintifts  had  failed  to  make 
out  their  case,  and  there  would  be  judgment 
for  t!ie  defendant,  with  costs. 


POEL  v.  LURION  AND  OTHiERS.— THE 
PARAGON    PANTOMIME   FIASCO. 

At    the    Westminster    County    Court,    before 

hie   Honour  Judge  Wooiifall,  William  Poel, 

31  described   as   a  pantomime  producer  and 

theatrical   manager  of  Romford,  claimed 

from    Messrs.    P.    Lurion,    senior,    B.    Lurion, 

junior,   and  G.    A.   Mathoy  £100  in  respect  of 

artists'  salaries  due  under  an  agreement. 

Mr.  W.  S.  M.  Knight  was  counsel  for  the 
plaintiff,  Mr.  Bennet't  represented  Mr.  Mathey, 
and  Mr.  Simner  appeared  on  behalf  of  the 
other  two  defen<lants. 

Mr.  Knight,  in  opening,  said  the  case,  though 
different  to  the  one  heard  again.st  the  same 
defendants  the  preceeding  week,  in  which  a 
wardrobe  mistress  sued  for  and  was  awarded 
a  sum  due  to  her  for  wages,  had  certain 
matters  in  common,  and  it  would,  therefore, 
not  be  necessary  for  him  to  go  at  great  length 
into  details.  The  claim  arose  out  of  arrange- 
ments made  for  tlie  production  of  a  pantomi.me 


at  tlie  Camden,  but  the  pr<duction  of  which 
was  transferred  at  the  hist  moment  to  the 
Paragon.  Mr.  Lurion,  senior,  and  Mr.  Mathey 
advanced  money  in  conne<tiiin  with  the  pro- 
dnition,  and,  it  was  cont<Mded,  authorised  a 
.Mr.  Br.immall  to  act  as  tluir  agent,  .tnd  there- 
by made  themselves  responsible.  In  the  present 
case  the  plaintiff,  in  consequence  of  an  adver- 
tisement which  appeared  in  The  Stage,  got 
into  communicatitkn  with  Mr.  Brammall,  who 
wa«  desirous  of  <pbtaining  the  services  of  a 
certain  number  of  artiste  in  connection  with 
pantomime.  Mr.  Poel  had  a  number  of  artists 
at  his  dispo.sal  under  a  contract,  and  it 
was  arranged  that  the  contract  should 
be  transferred  to  Mr.  Bramma'l.  who 
was  acting  .  as  the  agent  of  the 
defendants.  The  c6ntract  set  forth,  "  I  agree 
to  take  over  all  your  principals  and  chorus 
and  all  concerned  in  your  production  as 
arranged,  upon  December  2C,  1910.  all  concerned 
to  rehearse  at  the  Paragon,  and  I  also  agree 
to  pay  the  terms  arranged,  including  salaries 
and  out-of-pocket  expenses."  This  contract 
was  .signed  by  Brammall  on  beha'f  of  the 
three  defendants.  It  was  necessary  for  Mr. 
Poel  to  arrange  with  the  artists  and  satisfy 
them  that  whatever  they  failed  to  get  from 
the  syndicate  or  Brammall  in  connection  with 
the  contract  he  himself  would  be  responsible 
for  two  weeks'  salary  in  lieu  of  notice,  and 
this  arrangement  was  made  with  the  know- 
ledge of  the  defendants.  The  artists  so  en- 
gaged commenced  their  duties  in  the  panto- 
mime on  December  20.  but  received  no  re- 
muneration from  the  syndicate,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  small  sum  of  .£5  5s.  6d.,  and  Mr. 
Poel  paid  tlieni  £04,  which  represented  two 
weeks'  wages,  less  the  £5  .Os.  6d.  In  addition, 
the  plaintiff  had  to  pay  the  artists'  fares  from 
Liverpool  Street  and  other  incidental  expenses, 
which  totalled  some  £24. 

The  plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support  of  his 
case.  Witness  said  he  and  Brammall  weni 
to  see  the  company  rehearse  at  the  Argyll 
Rooms,  and  on  December  22  the  agreement 
was  drawn  up  by   Mr.  Lurion,  jun. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Simmer,  he  knew  that 
the  pantomime  to  be  produced  at  the  Paragon 
was  Whittington.  and  he  understood  that  a 
few  princijial  aitists  were  required. 

Is  it  not  a  remarkable  thing  to  take  over 
the  wliole  of  the  artists  in  a  pantomime  of 
Sinhad  and  put  them  on  in  Jiick  Whittington'! 
— No,  inarimuch  as  several  of  the  artists  in  my 
company  had  played  in  Dick  Whittington  only 
the    previous    year. 

Witness  said  he  had  not  in  the  first  instance 
heard  anything  of  the  syndicate  in  connection 
with  the"  Paragon,  but  mention  had  been 
made  to  him  of  the  pantomime  being  trans- 
ferred from  the  Camden  to  the  Paragon.  The 
agreement  was  signed  at  the  Argyll  Rooms, 
BrammalJ  and  others  being  present.  In  con- 
nection with  the  agreement,  witness  left 
everything  to  Brammall,  and  understood  that 
it  had  reference  to  the  Camden. 

Was  there  any  claim  made  on,  either  of  the 
defendants  until  February  15? — ^No. 

His  Honour:  The  point  is  this:  The  agree- 
ment was  to  date  from  December  26.  By  that 
time,  assuming  that  Brammall  was  the  agent 
to  make  this  very  abnormal  agreement,  whose 
agent  was  he? 

Mr.   Knig^it:   I   t^ink  it  will  be   established 

that  he  was  the  agent  of  the  three  defendaate. 

His    Honour:     The    Paragon     Company    was 

registered  on  December  24.  and  the  agreement 

was  not  to  apply  until  December  26. 

Mr.   Knight:   But   Mr.   Poel   had  to  transfer 
the  artists  from  one  place  to  another,  and  the 
rights  under  the  agreement  were  assigned  to 
.somebody   else. 
His  Honour:  I  can't  say  I  agree  with  you. 


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Mr.  Knight:  If  we  are  going  to  break  down 
on  the  point  of  the  construction  of  the 
agreement,  perhaps  it  ie  no  good  my  calling 
lurtber   evidence. 

llis  Honour :  No,  you  had  better  go  on ;  but 
it  is  an  entirely  diflerent  case  to  the  last  one. 

Mr.  Brammall,  in  evidence,  said  he  was  at  the 
Duke  of  Argyll  rehearsal  rooms  when  he  came 
in  contact  with  JMr.  Poel  on  December  22,  and 
.signed  the  agreement  produced.  his  princi- 
pals were  Mr.  Lurion,  sen.,  Mr.  Lurion,  jun., 
and  Mr.  Mathey.  Witness  had  previouoiy  ij^t-n 
in  communication  with  the  plaintiff,  and  he 
went  to  see  the  company  who  were  playing 
Sinhad.  Some  of  them  were  excellent  artists. 
One  who  was  getting  £4  a  week  witness  thought 
was  worth  £40.  Arrangements  were  made 
whereby  witness  was  to  pay  Mr.  Poel  £23  or 
£25  on  behalf  of  his  principals,  and  the  plaintiff 
was  to  be  responsible  for  the  artists'  salaries 
for  a  number  of  weeks.  Witness  said  it  would 
be  all  right,  as  they  would  be  guaranteed  for  a 
longer  time  than  that. 

His  Honour  at  this  stage  said  there  seemed 
to  be  no  evidence  whatever  of  a  contract  with 
the  three  defendants. 

Mr.  Knight  said  the  plaintiff  had  an  agree- 
ment with  his  artists  that  whether  they  were 
paid  or  not  after  being  transferred  to  others  he 
was  responsible  to  them  for  a  fortnight's  wages 
in  lieu  of  notice,  and  it  was  to  cover  this  that 
the  contract  was  drawn  up.  If  tlie  contract 
was  a  contract  of  indemnity  and  was  authorised 
by  the  defendants,  he  (Mr.  Knight)  submitted 
that  the  defendants  were  responsible. 

His  Honour :  You  have  brought  the  action 
against  the  wrong  person. 

Mr.  Knight  saia  tuey  were  in  a  peculiar  posi- 
tion. They  did  not  suggest  that  Lui'ion  and 
others  were  in  partnership,  but  what  could 
any  reasonable  man  do  more  than  Mr.  Poel  did, 
according  to  his  own  statement.  Artists 
having  been  engaged  to  work  for  him,  they 
would  naturally  refuse  to  leave  him,  having 
regard  to  the  promise  to  pay  a  fortnight's 
salary  under  adverse  conditions.  It  must  be 
obvious  that  the  agreement  covered  that.  The 
agreement  was  hurriedly  drawn  .up,  and  not  as 
a  lawyer  would  do  it,  but  as  the  defendants 
were  the  principals  behind  Brammall  counsel 
urged  that  they  should  be  held  Uable. 

His  Honour  said  he  was  prepared  to  enter 
judgment  for  the  defendants,  having  in  re- 
membrance the  evidence  given  at  the  previous 
trial.  He  could  not  help  speaking  of  the  pecu- 
liar nature  of  the  agreement  lu  the  previous 
case,  which  had  to  do  with  the  engaging  of  a 
wardrobe  mistress,  it  was  an  entirely  different 
thing.  Here  the  allegation  was  that  Brammall 
was  authorised  as  the  agent  of  the  three  de- 
fendants to  enter  into  a  contract  with  Poel 
to  relieve  him  of  a  responsibility  incurred.  But 
that  did  not  show  sufficient  authority.  li 
there  was  a  ground  for  action  it  was  surely 
one  between  Poel  and  Brammall,  and  then 
the  latter  might  have  joined  the  defendants. 
But  there  was  no  ground  for  action  against 
the  three  defendants,  and  there  must  be  judg- 
ment in  their  favour,  v/ith  costs. 


JUNE. 

GOODMAN  v".  ROSENTHAL.— DAMAGES  FOR 
INJURY    TO    HORSES    ON   THE    STAGE. 

An  action  was  brought  in  the  Whitechapel 

County   Court,     to  recover  damages   for 

2    injuries  sustained  by  a  horse  on  a.  stage 

during  a  theatrical  performance. 
Mr.  Lort  Williams,  plaintiff's  counsel,  ex- 
plained that  Mr.  Goodman,  his  client,  engaged 
to  lend  two  horses  to  the  management  of  the 
Pavilion,  -Mile  End  Road,  the  horses  being 
required  to  appear  in  The  English  Rose.      One 


of  these,  a  grey  mare,  declined  to  go  before 
the  footlights.  The  animal  persisted  in  back- 
ing, and  eventually  put  a  lioof  thr()ugh  a  hole 
which  it  kicked  in  the  stage.  One  of  its 
hind  legs  went  down  through  the  woodwork 
and  very  serious  damage  was  done  to  the 
animal.  Its  forelegs  had  to  be  stitched  in 
several  places,  and  it  required  the  attention 
of  a  veterinary  surgeon  in  regard  to  otner 
injuries.  Owing  to  the  injuries  to  the  mare, 
its  depreciation  in  the  inarKet,  owing  to  what 
had  happened,  and  the  general  expenses  con- 
sequent upon  the  injuries,  his  client  made  a 
claim  for  £45  against  the  licensee  of  the 
Pavilion. 

Mr.  Julius  Goodman,  the  plaintiff,  was  called, 
and  explained  that  the  hunter  was  sent  back 
on  the  hrst  night  of  the  engagement  injured. 

A  large  splinter  of  wood  was  here  produced, 
and  it  was  explained  that  it  was  a  portion  of 
the  flooring  of  the  stage  at  the  spot  where  the 
horse's  leg  had  gone  through. 

The  plaintiff  said  he  did  not  think  that  the 
woodwork  was  thick  enough  to  support  the 
weight  of  a  horse,  especially  when  it  became 
restive. 

Other   witnesses   having    been    called. 

Deputy  Judge  Gurner  said  one  fact  in  the 
case  must  be  generally  admitted— the  horse  was 
injured  while  on  the  stage.  He  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  injury  was  caused  through 
the  rottenness  of  the  planks  on  the  stage. 
His  judgment  would  be  for  the  plaintiff  for  £50 
with  costs. 


SUNDAY  OPENING.— G.  E.   SKIROS. 
At  Tower  Bridge,  George  Eustace  Skiros,  of 
Regent  Street,  was  summoned,  before  Mr. 
7    Cecil   Chapman,  "by    the   London   County 
Couucil,   for   opening    his   kinematograph 
theatre    at    100,    Rotherhithe    New    Road,    on 
Simday  evenings,  April  2  and  9,  in  contraven- 
tion of  one  oj;  the  conditions  of  his  license. 

Mr.     Cecil     Chapmiiu     imposed     a     iioiiiinal 
penalty  of  5s.  and  25s.  costs. 


FRANCO-BRITISH  EXHIBITION  (Incor- 
porated) V.  EMPIRE  GUARANTEE  IN- 
SURANCE CORPORATION,  LLMITED.— IN- 
SURING ATTENDANCES  AT  AN  EXHIBI- 
TION. 

In  the  Official  Referee's  Court,  before  Mr. 
Pollock,    the    Franco-British    Exhibition 

1  5  (Incorporated)  sued  the  Empire  Guarantee 
Insurance  Corporation,  Limited,  for  £1,816 
8s.  3d.,  alleged  to  be  due  under  a  policy  of  in- 
surance made  between  the  parties  on  August 
17,  1908.    There  was  no  defence. 

Mr.  Douglas  Hogg  and  Mr.  Wertheimer  (in- 
structed by  Messrs.  Slaughter  and  May)  ap- 
peared for  plaintilfs. 

The  plaintiff  company,  Mr.  Hogg  said,  were 
running  during  1908  an  exhibition  at  the  White 
City.  They  insured  against  the  total  number 
of  visitors  falling  below  9,000,000.  The  arrange- 
ment was  that  a  sum  of  Is.  3d.  per  head  was 
to  be  paid  on  every  person  falling  short  or 
9,000,000.  The  total  insurance  was  to  be  for 
a  sum  of  £250,000,  and  it  was  agreed  that  each 
of  the  insurees  should  take  their  proportion. 
The  Empire  Guarantee  and  Insurance  Corpora- 
tion took  £10,000  worth,  and  they  were  to  pay 
l-25th  of  the  Is.  3d.  per  head.  Eighteen  com- 
panies and  underwriters  took  up  the  insurance, 
and  all  had  paid  with  the  exception  of  de- 
fendants. The  actual  number  of  persons  who 
visited  the  exhibition  in  1908  was  8,273,435,  and 
that  was  a  deficit  of  726,505.  When  the  exhibi- 
tion closed  Mr.  Beale,  the  accountant  in  charge 
of  the  audit  department,  made  out  a  return  of 
the  attendances,  which,  as  then  calculated, 
showed  a   deficiency   of  739,153.     Subsequently 

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all  the  underwriters  appointed  a  firm  of*  ac- 
countants to  eo  throunh  the  Qgurcs,  and  it  was 
agreed  that  the  deUciency  of  the  9,000,000  was 
720,605.  Counsel  said  that  the  policy  was  ad- 
mitted. ,  ^     ^ 

Mr.  Horace  0.  Beale,  chartered  accountant, 
gave  evidence  to  the  ellect  that  all  the  daily 
returns  ol  the  visitors  were  under  his  super- 
vision and  were  duly  checlied.  I'he  deficit  of 
720.505,  at  Is.  3d.  per  head,  woriced  out  to 
£46,410  10s.  3d.,  and  the  proportion  due  from 
the  defenUants  was  £1,816  bs.  5d. 

The  Omcial  Keferee  entered  judgment  for 
plaintiff  for  £1,816  8s.  3d.,  with  costs. 


nations,  by  which  one  country  recognised  tiie 
judgments  of  another.  There  would  be  judg- 
ment for  the  plaintiff  for  the  amount  claimed, 
with  costs. 


W.    CLARKSON    AND    THE    FACTORY    AND 
WORKSHOP   ACT. 
At  Bow   Street,    Mr.    William   Clarkson   was 
summoned     before     Mr.     Curtis-Bennett, 
1 6  for    employing    three     women    overtime 
without      reporting      the      matter      by 
eight  o'clock  the  same  evening  to  the  inspec- 
tor of  the  district  as  required  by  the  Factory 
and  Workshop  Act,  1901.  . 

Mr.    Curtis-Bennett    mulcted    defendant    m 
fines  and  costs  amounting  to  £9  IBs. 


SCARPETTA     v.     LOWENFELD. 
RECOVERING  ON  AN  ITALIAN  JUDGMENT. 
In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 
Justice   A.  T.    Lawrence,   an   action  was 
17  brought   by    Mr.    Edward   Scarpetta,   de- 
scribed   as    a    play    writer,    residing    in 
Naples,    against   Mr.   Henry   Lowenfeld   to   re- 
cover £409  3s.  8d.,  the  amount  of  a  judgment 
of  the  Court  of  Appeal  in  Florence. 

Mr.  B.  Bruce  and  Mr.  B.  Williams  appeared 
for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C., 
t>nd  Mr.  M'Carthy  represented  the  defendant. 
Mr.  Bruce,  on  behalf  of  the  plaintiff,  said 
that  in  April,  1900,  th^  defendant  was  in  Flor- 
ence, and  became  acquainted  with  the  plam- 
tiff,  and  a  contract  was  entered  into  under 
which  the  plaintiff  sold  to  the  defendant  the 
right  to  produce  his  plays  in  all  countries  out- 
side Italy.  In  order  that  any  disputes  arising 
under  the  contract  might  be  settled  according 
to  Italian  law,  the  defendant  undertook  to 
deposit  about  £800  in  an  Italian  bank  within 
a  speciiied  period.  The  defendant  did  not 
n'ake  the  deposit,  but  alleged  that  a  German 
theatrical  manager  was  about  to  question  the 
plaintiffs'  right  with  regard  to  the  play  Ha 
Camcrera  Nova.  The  plaintiff  brought  an 
action  against  the  defendant  for  alleged  breach 
of  contract,  and  the  defendant  counterclaimed 
for  a  rescission  of  the  contract.  The  Court  of 
First  Instance  dismissed  both  the  claim  and 
counterclaim,  but  the  Court  of  Appeal  in  Flo- 
recce  entered  judgment  for  the  plaintiff.  Coun- 
sel submitted  that  the  plaintiff  was  entitled  to 
enforce  tliat  judgment  'n  this  country. 

Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  for  the  defendant,  said  that 
according  to  the  rules  and  procedure  in  the 
Italian  Courts,  the  parties  to  the  action  were 
not  permitted  to  give  evidence.  That  was  a 
practice  which  offended  against  English  views 
of  substantial  justice,  and  on  that  ground  he 
contended  that  the  judgment  could  not  be  en- 
forced in  thii  country. 

Mr.  Justice  Lawrence,  in  delivering  Judg- 
ment, said  he  did  not  think  it  was  possible  for 
an  English  judge  to  hold  that  the  practice  in 
Italy  was  contrary  to  substantial  justice.  If 
he  were  to  do  so  he  would  say  that  the  com- 
mon law  of  this  country  was  built  up  contrary 
to  substantial  justice,  because  prior  to  1846 
the  universal  practice  in  the  English  courts 
was  to  exclude  the  same  evidence.  It  was  im- 
possible for  him  to  hold  that  the  change  in 
the  practice  of  the  court?  of  this  country  struck 
Italy  and  other  nations  out  of  the  comity  of 


READ    AND    WRIGHT    v.    PILKINGTON.- 

ALLEGED     BREACH     OF    CONTRACT. 

The    adjourned    case    in    which    Read    and 

Wright,    two    actors,    claimed    from    A. 

20  Auoiiii     Pilkington,    of    Toothill    Road, 

Loughborough,  salary  of  £5  15s.,  alleged 

to  be  uue  in  heu  of  notice,  was  concluded  at 

the  Loughborough  County  Court. 

The  plaintiffs'  case  was  that  they  were  en- 
gaged by  defendant  for  his  pantomime  season 
at  a  joint  salary  of  £5  los.  a  week,  subject  to 
a  fortnight's  notice.  When  the  company  was 
at  Sfieerness  a  notice  was  posted  on  the  call- 
board  that  the  tour  would  end  at  Salisbury 
the  following  week,  aad  defendant  declined  to 
pay  for  more  than  the  week.  During  the  hear- 
ing of  the  case  at  the  last  Court  a  written 
agreement  between  the  parties  was  handed  in, 
and  as  this  was  not  stamped  penalties  bad  to 
be  paid  to  the  amount  of  £11  Is.  6d. 

Mr.  Charles  Doughty,  barrister  (instructed 
In  behalf  of  the  Variety  Artists'  Federation) 
was  for  plaintiffs,  and  Mr.  R.  S.  Clifford,  jun., 
for  the  defendants. 

Mr.  Clifford,  for  the  defendant,  relied  upon 
Article  5  of  the  agreement,  which  stated  "  No 
play,  no  pay."  Here  there  was  no  play,  and 
consequently  there  was  no  pay. 

Mr.  Pilkington  said  that  when  the  engage- 
ment was  made  with  the  plaintiffs  the  only 
terms  discussed  were  in  regard  to  wages.  Wit- 
ness's list  of  places  toured  was  always  com- 
plete before  he  opened,  and  the  last  place  on  ■ 
this  list  was  February  13.  It  was  customary  to 
leave  a  space  at  the  bottom  of  printed  tour 
cards  in  case  other  engagements  were  secured. 
He  could  not  say  whether  there  were  two  dates 
marked  after  February  13  on  his  list.  The  tour 
finished  at  Salisbury  on  the  IStli  instead  of 
Oxford. 

His  Honour :  Doesn't  that  show  your  list  was 
not  complete? 
M"-.  Clifford :  It  was  a  substitution. 
Witness  said  there  was  a  disagreement  with 
the  management  at  Oxford,  and  he  would  not 
play  the  date,  but  rather  than  break  faith 
with  his  company  he  fixed  an  engagement  at 
Salisbury. 

Mr.  Clifford  remarked  that  the  theatre  at 
Oxford  had  been  turned  into  a  music  hall. 

Mr.  Pilkington,  continuing  his  evidence,  said 
that  when  the  company  was  at  Southend  plain- 
tiff asked  if  there  was  any  possibility  of  extend- 
ing the  tour,  and  witness  replied  that  business 
was  not  very  good  and  he  should  finish  on  Feb- 
ruary 13.  There  was  an  understanding  that  all 
engagements  ended  when  the  tour  ended.  If 
witness  had  desired  to  dismiss  plaintiff's  when 
two  weeks  out  of  the  eight  weeks'  tour  had  run 
he  would  have  had  to  give  them  a  fortnight's 
notice. 

Mr.  Doughty :  If  you  had  a  comedian  at  £20 
a  week,  and  dismissed  him  and  engaged  an 
inferior  man,  you  would  be  breaking  faith  with 
the  theatres  where  you  were  "engaged. 
Defendant  said  he  did  not  think  so. 
His  Honour  asked  if  there  had  been  any 
luling  in  the  High  Court  as  to  the  meaning  of 
the  words  "  No  play,  no  pay." 

Mr.  Doughty  said  the  only  judge  who  had 
ventured  to  interpret  the  words  was  Mr.  Jus- 
tice Darling,  and  he  said  they  meant  nothing 
at  all,  or  that  they  meant  no  work  no  pay. 
His  Honour:  Both  are  the  same  thing. 
Mr.  Doughty:  No,  your  Honour;  that  is  hia 
jocular  way  of  putting  it.  "  No  work  no 
pay,"  he  says,  is  when  the  artist  doesn't 
choose   to  work. 


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Mr.  Doughiy  proceeded  to  read  an  adver- 
tisement from  iHJi  SrAGE:  "  Kecord  breaking 
iiajitouiime :   I'he  HaOts   in  the    iVuod." 

'ihixi  is  your  pantomime,  i&  it  nolV  queritu 
Mr.   i>ougkty. 

Yes,   repiied  the  defendant. 

"  Xihreo  records  already  broken  in  the 
season.  Last  week  at  Jiamsgate  Haisned  up 
to  over  i.30  more  than  Chriaima*  week."  Ihat 
is  your  pantomime,  1  think? 

l>efen<lant:   \es. 

You  told  ufi  it  was  not  a  paying  pantomime. 
Did  it  as  a  fact  tLaiah  up  to  over  iSO  more 
Chan  at  Christmas  week? — Yes. 

It  muist  have  been  a  very  bad  Christmas:  — 
Yes,    evidently. 

Mr.  Doughty  went  on  to  read  the  advertise- 
ment which  stated :  "  Wanted  theatres,  t  eb- 
ruary  13,  February  20,  February  27."  What 
was  defendant's  e.xpla4iation? 

Defendant  said  he  did  not  try  for  any  en- 
gagements beyond    the   13th. 

His  Honour ;   You  advertised  for  them. 

Defendant  said  it  was  advisable  to  give 
managers  the  impression  that  the  company 
were  dom-g  well. 

His  Honour:  You  only  wanted  to  take  the 
one  date. 

Defendant:  Yee. 

Mr.  Doughty:  In  that  case,  would  not  the 
wording   be   "  Only  week  free,   February   13 " 

Defendant  said  he  would  not  have  worded 
it  in  that  way. 

His  Honour  summed  up  at  some  length.  The 
engagement  of  the  plaintiffs,  it  seemed  to  him, 
was  for  a  tour  of  eight  weeks.  It  was  not 
necessary  to  give  a  fortnight's  notice  to  end 
the  engagement,  which  was  for  eight  weeks. 
.  His  judgment  would  be  for  the  defendant. 
There  would  be  leave  to  appeal. 

[See  report  of  appeal  in  the  Divisional  Court 
on  October  19.] 


MEYiEK,  V.  MO'UDKIN.— CaMMlSSION  ON 
EJS'GAGEMENTS. 

In  the  King's  Beach  Division,  before  Mr. 
Justice  Bankes,  an  action  was  brought 
26  by  Mr.  Daniel  Meyer,  carrying  on  the 
business  of  a  concert  agency,  against  M. 
Mordkin,  the  Russian  dancer,  for  Bums  of  £53 
and  £52  lOd.  in  respect  of-  commiseion  for  en- 
gagements at  t(he  Palace. 

Mr.  Shearman,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Beyfus  ap- 
peared for  the  plaintiff ;  and  Mr.  Grcorge  Elliot, 
K.C.,  Mr.  Walter  Frampton,  and  Mr.  C.  L. 
Shuite  for  the  defendant. 

.Mr.  Shearman,  K.C.,  stated  that  two  -writs 
had  been  i^ued,  but  the  actions  were  con- 
sohdated.  By  a  contract  in  writing,  dated 
July  20,  1909,  land  made  between  the  plaintiff 
and  the  defendant,  Mr.  Meyer  was  to  be  the 
defendant's  exclusive  agent  in  Emgiand  for  five 
years  at  10  per  cent,  comimaissio-n.  In  1009  Mr. 
Meyer  met  Mme.  Bavlova,  and  got  an  engage- 
ment for  her  at  the  house  of  a  counteiss. 
Negotiations  were  afterwards  entered  iuto,  and 
contracts  were  obtained  for  Mme.  Pavlova  and 
M.  Mordkin  to  dance  at  the  Palace.  Botih 
dancers  signed  similar  contracts  to  pay  Mr. 
Meyer  10  per  cent,  commission  for  five  years. 
In  1910  Mr.  Butt,  exercising  an  option  under 
his  contracts,  again  engaged  Pavlova  and 
Mordkin  to  dance  at  the  Palace,  Mordkin,  how- 
ever, refused  to  pay  commission  to  Mr. 
Meyer  under  the  later  contract  with  the 
Pa'ace.  In  an  affidavit  the  defendant  said 
i'hat  the  commission  contract  was  banded  to 
him  in  the  street  to  sign,  and  that  the  con- 
tract was  in  French,  a  language  he  did  not 
understand.  That,  however,  said  Mr.  Shear- 
man, waa  not  the  case.  The  contract  waa 
signed  at  the  Grosvenor  Hotel,  and  the  de- 
fendant had  himaelf  written  letters  in  Frenoh 
to  the  plaintiff. 


Mr.  Daniel  Meyer  said  tie  fiirst  met  Mme. 
Pavlova  and  M.  Mordkiu  in  London  in  June, 
1900,  and  he  succeeded  in  getting  engagtmtnts 
for  them  at  the  Paiace.  He  ai^o  got  them  an 
engagement  at  Lady  Londesborough'e  hou^. 
He  sipoke  to  M.  Mordkiu  in  Frencii,  and  the 
engagements  were  thoroughly  discussed.  At 
an  interview  he  had  with  the  defendant  and 
Mme.  Pavlova  at  the  Grosvenor  Hotel  in  July, 
19UU,  M.  Moidkm  siaid,  "  Whatever  Mme.  Pav- 
lova Signs  1  will  glaaiy  sign."  The  contract 
as  to  tne  lo  per  cent,  commission  was  signed 
at  the  hotel  by  both  of  them.  Mme.  Pavlova 
was  flr^t  engaged  at  the  Palace  at  £400  a 
week,  and  M.  Mordkin  received  £80  per  week. 
When  the  contracts  were  signed  at  the  hotel  a 
Russian  gentleman,  M.  Dauare,  read  them  in 
KiUssian  to  the  parties,  but  th.ai  geniieman 
was  no  longer  in  Eingland.  T'he  defendant  paid 
the  10  per  cent,  conimission  on  the  privai« 
engagements  the  witness  got  for  him  and  on 
title  Paiace  engagements  under  the  contract  of 
1909.  liie  commission  amounted  to  £242  dur- 
ing 1910. 

When  Mr.  Bntt  exercised  his  option  to  re- 
engage the  defendant  and  Mme.  Pavlova  the 
defendant  wanted  £200  a  \\;eek.  After  a 
great  deal  of  negotiation,  prflceeded  the  wit- 
ness, Mr.  Butt  said  that  he  woUiU  g.vc  u,c 
defendant  £80  a  week  and  £25  for  matinees. 
As  to  private  engagements,  it  was  agreed 
that  Mr.  Butt  should  take  the  whole  risk  of 
those  on  his  shoulders  and  pay  M.  Mordkin 
£50  'a  week  in  resipect  of  them  for  the  sixteen 
weeks  of  the  Palace  comtract.  M.  Mordkin 
told  the  witness  tiiat  he  wanted  £200,  but 
afterw-ards  the  witmess  found  that  the  de- 
fendant had  signed  a  contract  with  Mr.  Butt. 
OrosB-examined  by  Mr.  EUiot,  K.G.,  the 
witness  said  that  ihe  was  the  first  persoa  to 
m.troduce  the  defendant  to  the  Palace. 
_  Do  you  know  that  the  letters  written  to  you 
in  French  were  drafted  for  the  defendant  by 
his  wife  or  some  other  person?— I  know  he 
could  sfpeak  i'rench  in  1909. 

Mme.  Pavlova  gave  her  evidence  through  an 
interpreter.  Both  she  and  the  defendant 
signed  the  commission  contracts  at  the  Gros- 
venor Hotel.  M.  Mordkin  spoke  Frencli.  She 
was  very  satisfied  with  Mr.  Meyer  as  her  agent, 
and  she  was  stiU  (paying  him  oommissiom. 

CroGs-examined  by  Mr.  Eiiliot,  the  witness 
eaid  that  when  she  sipoke. to  M.  Mordkin  siho 
used  the  Russiian  language. 

Mir.  Alfred  Butt,  managing  director  of  the 
Palace,  said  that  he  first  saw  Mme.  Pavlova 
and  M.  Mordkin  in  Paris  in  1908.  They  were 
introduced  to  him  at  the  Palace  in  1909  by 
Mr.  Meyer,  and  subsequently  he  entered  into 
contracts  with  them  for  1910  with  an  option 
for  1911.  '^ 

Oross-esamined,  the  witnees  said  that  th» 
defend^ant  spoke  to  him  in  broken  Erench 

You  would  not  suggest  that  M.  Mordkin  is  a 
competent  linguist?— He  is  like  a  good  manv 
more  artists— they  understand  what  they  w.ant 
to,  and  what  they  do  not  waat  to  understand 
tiicy   don  t. 

The  witness  said  t.hat  Mordkin  made  it  quite 
clear  to  him  that  he  was  entering  mto  ,a  con- 
tract on  his  o\ra  in  1911.  He  asked  whether 
ne  had  to  pay  commission,  and  witness  re- 
plied, "  Tlhat  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with 
me. 

The  witness,  replying  to  another  question, 
said  that  the  defendant  appeared  then  to  be 
dissatisfied  with  Mr.  Mever,  but  the  defendant 
w^as  a  gentleman  who  was  usually  dissatisfied 
witJi  things.  He  was  rather  swolien-headed, 
and  he  complained  about  the  advertisinf? 
When  the  defendant  objected  to  Mr  Meyer's 
commission  being  deducted  from  his  salaary 
every  week  the  witness  arranged  that  the  e  - 
femdant  should  be  (paid  in  full.     It  waa  only 


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JUNt.<IULY 


to  oblige  ATtiatA  \htX  be  deducted  agente' 
commieeioiui  from  thiir  salaries  and  paiu  u>  .. 
over.  WhiucVi-r  any  objiciivu  wta  taken  to 
tliai  arraugcuitiii  he  aiwuja  paid  tiie  artiet  in 
luil,  and  left/  theiu  to  setiie  with  the  agents. 

Mr.  £il.ut,  K.C.,  said  Uiat  Uie  dclendaat 
wooid  give  an  euure'y  ditlt-remt  version  U/ 
whai  p;ajuuil  had  givtn.  Wljen  he  came  to 
JAjndua  in  1900  the  deiendant  was  engageu 
lo  dauce  at  some  bpecial  concerts.  Those  en- 
giLgcuu-uts  were  oUi allied  lor  him  by  M. 
Asfirux.  of  Tails.  Afterwards  he  was  intro- 
duced with  uMuie.  I'aviova  to  Mr.  Meyer,  who 
got  taem  engagemtUits  at  the  Palaee  for  1910. 
'J'he  coinnjisaion  for  those 'en^gageujeiits  was  de- 
ducted from  iJiejr  salaries  and  paid  to  tihe 
plajnt.fl.  When  Mr.  Aleyer  asked  the  de- 
fendant lo  6;gn  a  docimient  in  the  street  he 
understood  it  only  relat-ed  to  private  engage- 
meats. 

M.  Mordkin,  who  gave  his  evidence  in  Rus- 
sian, said  that  when  the  negotiations  were 
taking  place  with  regard  to  the  Palace  enr 
gagements  iLme.  Pavlova  said  to  him,  •  Don't 
be  uneasy.  1  am  your  partaier.  I  will  arrange 
ever)  thing  for  you."  'llhe  witmece  left  every- 
thing absolutely  lo  her.  He  understood  the 
document  whicU  Mr.  Meyer  asked  him  to  sign 
only  related  to  soirees,  and  had  nothing  what- 
ever to  do  with  the  Palace  eogagemems.  He 
neveiT  arrantjed  to  pay  commissiion  for  the  per- 
formances at  the  Palace.  He  asked  Mme.  Pav- 
lova why  he  had  to  do  so,  .and  slie  repJitd, 
"  I  do  not  know  myself."  When  the  deduc- 
tions were  made  from  his  salary  every  week 
he  looked  upon  it  as  a  ta.x  which  he  had  to 
pay,  as  he  was  a  stranger  to  this  country. 

Cross-examined,  the  witness  said  that  he 
did  not  see  Mme.  Pavlova  sign  a  contract  at 
the  Grosvenor  Hotel. 

His  lordship  said  that  he  accepted  the  plain- 
tiff's version,  whiich  was  confirmed  by  Mme. 
Pavlova,  and  iie  enttjed  judgment  for  the 
plain tiiS   for   £100  land   costs. 


ADAMS  V.  THE  EMPIRE.— A  DEPUTY  AND 
HIS  NOTICE. 

At   the    Westminster    County    Court,    before 

Judge   Woodfall,   Fos    Adams,    musician, 

29  sued      the     Empire     Palace,      Limited, 

Leicester   Square,  for  bi  10s.,  being  two 

weeks'  salary  said  to  be  due  in  lieu  of  notice. 

The  plaintiff,  who  conducted  his  own  case, 
said  that  on  March  13  last  he  was  engaged  to 
play  in  the  orchestra  at  the  Empire  as  deputy 
for  one  of  the  number  who  was  absent  through 
illness.  On  the  Wednesday  following  he  was 
informed  that  there  was  to  be  a  benefit 
matinie  following  the  death  of  Mr.  Hitchins, 
the  late  manager  of  the  Empire,  and  that  all 
the  regular  stalf  would  give  their  services.  He 
pointed  out  that  on  that  particular  afternoon 
he  had  another  engagement  that  would  pre- 
clude him  giving  his  services,  but  offered  to 
find  a  substitute  if  the  management  would  pay 
him.  This  ofl'er  was  declined,  and  he  was  asked 
to  finish  his  engagement  on  the  Friday.  Witness 
urged  that  by  the  terms  of  his  agreement  he 
was  entitled  to  two  weeks'  notice  or  its  equiva- 
lent in  salary. 

His  Honour:  You  were  paid  for  one  week? 

Plaintiff :  I  was  paid  for  five  days  and  then 
they  dismissed  me,  but  the  man  for  whom  I 
had  been  engaged  to  deputise  did  not  return 
until  April  4. 

His  Honour:  Who  made  the  contract?— The 
■lanagement. 

But  one  man  must  have  made  it? — I  was  told 
to  come  round  by  Mr.  Murray,  who  engages  all 
the  deputies  for  the  orchestra,  and  I  was  asked 
by  Mr.  Murray  to  play  at  the  Empire  until  Mr. 
Dawson,  the  man  who  was  ill,  could  come  back. 

His  Honour :  Then  had  he  come  back  one  day 
afterwards  you  would  have  only  been  entitled 


(   Xo  one  day's  pay?— Quite  right;  but  because  I 

refused  to  play  at  this  matinie  1  was  cut  off. 

{        in  cross-examination  by  Mr.  Melville,  counsel 

'    for  defendant  company,   plaintiff   said  he  had 

been  a  player  in  orchestras  lor  ten  or  twelve 

years,     it  was  certaiuly  customary  for  regular 

1    members  of  an  orcliestra  to  give  their  services 

j     on  the  occasion  oi  a  maUnie  like  the  one  re- 

1    ferred  to,  but  he  was  only  acting  as  a  deputy. 

i        Mr.  Melville  :  Is  it  not  the  custom,  if  you  are 

1    deputising    lor   someone    else,    that   you   must 

j    play   at   a   beneUt   performance  and   that  you 

I    arrange    the    terms    of    remuneration,    it    any, 

with  the  principal  for  whom  you  are  acting  V — 

Yes,  that  is  generally  the  case,  but  I  had  an 

agreement  with  the  management. 

Were  you  not  told  that  everyone  from  the 
call  boy  upwards  was  giving  his  or  her  services, 
and  that  if  you  wanted  to  get  someone  else  to 
play  for  you  you  must  ask  Mr.  Dawson? — 1  was 
aiiked  if  Mr.  Dawson  couid  play  and  I  said. 
No.    A  deputy  always  has  to  be  paid. 

But  you   would  have  to  arrange  that  with 
your  principal,   and   1   put   it  to   you  that  a 
deputy  is  entitled  to  no  notice  at  all. 
His  Honour :  Have  you  any  evidence  of  that? 
Mr.  Melville  said  he  would  call  Mr.  Wood. 
Mr.   Wood,  in  the  witness  box,  said  it  was 
not  customary  for  a  deputy  to  be  entitled  to 
fourteen  days'  notice  under  such  circumstances 
as  those  stated  by  the  plaintiff. 

His  Honour :  Should  a  deputy  be  engaged  by 
the  man  who  is  ill  or  by  the  management? — 
By  the  man  he  was  deputising  for. 

Mr.  Melville :  Have  you  ever  heard  of  a 
deputy  being  entitled  to  notice?— No,  I  have 
not. 

In  your  experience  of  the  profession  is  a 
deputy  expected  to  play  at  benefit  perform- 
ances?— Well,  they  are  generally  asked,  and  I 
don't  think  they  ever  refuse  in  such  a'  case  as 
this. 

The  Plaintiff:  If  Mr.  Dawson  had  come  back 
at  any  time  it  would  have  nullified  my  con- 
tract altogether,  but  he  was  away  for  a  fort- 
night after  I  was  sent  away,  and  therefore  I 
contend  that  I  am  entitled  to  a  fortnight's 
salary.  I  was  engaged  until  Mr.  Dawson  came 
back,  and  I  could  not  afford  to  throw  up  my 
other  engagement  on  the  day  of  the  matinie. 
For  that  reason  they  threw  me  over  altogether. 
Mr.  John  Murray,  librarian  of  the  orchestra 
at  the  Empire,  said  he  did  enter  into  an  en- 
gagement to  take  on  the  plaintiff,  and  he  had 
no  knowledge  of  a  deputy  being  entitled  to  a 
fortnight's  notice. 
His  Honour:  Not  to  any  notice? 
Witness:  None  whatever,  except  from  the 
person  who  is  absent,  and  who  writes  to  the 
deputy  to  say  that  he  will  be  back  on  a  certain 
day. 

His  Honour  said  it  was  clear  to  him  that 
there  was  no  agreement  to  give  fourteen  days' 
notice,  and  under  those  circumstances  there 
must  be  judgment  for  the  defendant  company, 
with  costs. 


JULY. 

JEROME     V.     LINGARD.— CLAIM     FOR 
AUTHOR'S    ROYALTIES. 

In  the  Marylebone  County  Court,  before  Sir 
W.  Lucius  Selfe,  a  claim  was   made  for 

3  ill  2s.  3d.,  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome  against 
Horace  Lingard,  touring  manager,  of 
Clifton  Hill,  St.  John's  Wood. 

Mr.  Everard  explained  that  the  plaintiff  was 
the  author  of  Fanny;  or,  The  Servant  Problem, 
and  it  was  taken  on  tour  by  the  defendant, 
under  an  agreement  dated  November  4,  1909. 
The  author  was  to  have  5  per  cent,  of  the 
gross  receipts,  and  an  account  of  the  fees  had 
been  rendered  up  to  January,  1910,  amounting 
to  the  sum  claimed. 


JULY 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


291 


Miss  Wooldridge,  for  the  plaintiff,  produced 
the  copy  agreement,  and  said  its  terms  had 
been  varied,  as  to  the  royalty,  to  5  per  cent, 
on  Mr.  Lingard's  takings  after  paying  the 
members  of  his  company. 

His  Honour  gave  judgment  for  the  amount 
claimed  and  an  order  for  an  account  of  further 
takings  in  respect   of  the  play. 


HEYDEMANN     v.     SCALA     KIXE.MACOLOR, 

LIMITED.— ALLEGED     BREACH     OF 

CONTRACT. 

At  the  Westminster  County  Court,  before  his 
Honour     Judge     Woodfall,     Dr.     Charles 

4  Henry  Heydemann,  Ph.D.,  of  Seymour 
Street,  W.,  sought  to  recover  £100  from 
the  Scala  Kinemacolor,  Limited,  for  alleged 
breach  of  contract. 

Mr.  G.  A.  Scott  and  Mr.  Macaskie  were  coun- 
sel for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  G.  F.  Hohler, 
K.C.,  M.P.,  and  Mr.  P.  J.  White  represented 
the   defendant  company. 

Mr.  Scott  said  the  plaintiff  was  a  German  of 
very  considerable  distinction  as  a  lecturer, 
author,  and  journalist.  In  1910  the  Scala 
Kinemacolor  Company  was  formed,  with  a 
capital  of  £10,000,  and  the  Scala  Theatre  was 
opened  with  a  series  of  kinematograph  pictures 
in  natural  colours.  It  was  intended  that  they 
should  be  of  a  distinct  educational  character, 
and  negotiations  were  entered  into  with  the 
plaintiff'  to  give  lectures  during  the  progress 
jof  each  entertainment.  In  March  "a  contract 
Jwas  drawn  up  whereby  the  plaintiff  was  to  give 
two  lectures  daily,  one  in  the  afternoon  and 
one  at  night,  at  a  remuneration  of  ten  guineas 
a  week.  He  entered  on  his  duties  and  gave 
his  lectures  at  a  private  Press  view,  and  also 
before  Royalty,  without  any  complaint  being 
raised  by  the  management.  On  April  29  it  was 
intimated  to  the  plaintiff  that  the  educational 
side  of  the  lectures  should  be  gone  into  more 
fully,  and  in  consequence  the  plaintiff  got  into 
communication  with  the  L.C.C.  educational 
authorities  and  submitted  a  scheme  to  the 
Scala  directors.  The  scheme  was  discussed,  and 
the  plaintiff  was  told  to  continue  his  lectures, 
but  on  May  9  he  received  a  letter  giving  hiui 
his  dismissal.  The  contract  was  for  six  months 
at  ten  guineas  a  week,  and  the  plaintiff  had 
only  been  paid  for  one  week's  services.  He 
would,  said  counsel,  have  brought  a  claim  for 
£300  in  the  High  Court,  but  hearing  that  the 
defendant  company's  expectations  had  not  been 
realised  financially,  and  that  they  were  losing 
something  like  £500  a  week,  he  decided  to 
make'  a  smaller  claim  in  the  County  Court. 
Since  this  decision  was  come  to,  added  counsel, 
the  defendant  company  had  submitted  to  the 
public  a  series  of  views  of  the  Coronation  pro- 
cession, etc.,  with  the  result  that  tlie  theatre 
was  crowded  at  every  performance. 

The  plaintiff,  having  given  evidence  in  sup- 
port of  counsel's  statement,  was  cross-examined 
by  Mr.  Hohler.  He  said  he  never  heard  hisses 
while  he  was  lecturing,  but  it  was  true  that  on 
one  occasion  he  heard  a  cry  of  "  Get  along !  " 
or  something  of  the  kind.  The  remark  came 
from  the  cheap  and  rougher  section  of  the 
audience. 

Plaintiff  denied  that  he  ever  broke  down 
when  lecturing.  The  managing  director  sug- 
gested that  he  did  not  speak  loudly  enough, 
and  witness  told  him  that  he  had  been  mis- 
informed in  regard  to  the  acoustic  properties 
of  the  theatre. 

Did  you  represent  to  the  defendants  that  you 
were  an  experienced  lecturer  in  this  very  thing? 
—I  did  not. 

So  that  when  you  went  to  the  Scala  manage- 
ment you  were  a  complete  novice  as  a  lecturer 
in  this  country  ?—Ye£. 


What  is  your  nation.ility?— I  am  an  English- 
man. I  was  partly  educated  in  this  country 
and  partly  abroad. 

In  answer  to  further  questions,  the  plaintiff 
said  he  had  contributed  articles  to  three 
London  newspapers,  and  was  formerly  London 
correspondent  for  a  Paris  journal.  He  might 
be  nervous  the  first  night  of  a  lecture,  but 
not  on  other  occasions. 

Mr.  Harold  Rcott,  a  managing  clerk,  said  he 
visited  the  Scala  on  three  occasions  when  the 
plaintiff  was  lecturing  there,  and  he  considered 
the  lecture  very  interestinp.  He  heard  the 
lecturer  without  difficulty.  Witness  came  for- 
ward in  a  perff'ctly  disinterested  way. 

Mr.  Charles  Urban,  managing  director  of  the 
defendant  comp.iny,  said  the  plaintiff,  when 
Intrnducpd  to  him.  repre.iPTited  that  he  had 
great  influence  with  the  Press  and  was  per- 
sonallv  acquainted  with  the  leading  educational 
authorities  of  the  L.C.C.  On  these  assurances 
witnpss  engaged  him  at  ten  guineas  a  week 
after  the  nlaintiff  had  asked  fiftepn  guineas. 
The  first  night  of  the  lecturp  the  plaintiff  was 
vprv  nprvous.  and  it  was  difficult  to  hpar  him 
in  diffpfpnt  parts  of  the  h<->nse.  He  repeated 
h'msplf  vprv  oftpn.  and  witnpss  felt  verv  sorrv 
for  him.  He  sp-^ke  to  the  plaintiff,  who  assured 
him  that  he  would  imprAVP  when  he  sot  over 
his  nervousness.  Thp  audipncp  hissed  the  lec- 
t'li-e  at  t'mes,  and  witnpss  heard  cries  of  "  Get 
nff!  "  and  the  like.  Witness  got  so  nervous 
him<iplf  that  he  wpnt  on  to  the  stasp  near  the 
riirtain  and  save  the  nlnin+iff  "  a  punch  in  thp 
ribs,  so  to  speak."  CLnughtpr.>  WitnPss  and 
his  pn-directors  came  to  thp  con^lusinn  that  thp 
plaintiff  had  over-pst'mated  his  abilities  and 
was  not  comnetpnt  to  servp  thpm  as  a  Ipcturcr. 
and  thpy  cor^spquently  decided  to  dispense 
w'+h  hifi  servipep. 

The  c.ise  was  continued  on  the  following; 
dnv.  when,  in  cross-pxaminntmn.  Mr.  TTrhan  nd- 
mi+ted  +hnt  when  the  n'aintiff  first  rend  his  lec- 
ture over  and  rehearsed  it  witness  was  sat'sflel 
with  it.  hut  said  that  when  thp  nnhlip  nerfrirm- 
anpe  came  to  he  siven  he  found  that  the  plain- 
tiff's dp'iverv  was  not  satisfactory.  It  was  not 
true  that  the  n'nintiff  foun^d  fault  with  the 
nrrnnc'pment  of  the  niptures  on  the  cronnd 
that  thprp  wac  no  senuence  hetwen  the  sub- 
iorts  thrown  on  the  serpen.  Apart  from  the 
dplivoTv.  wif.np.ss  was  dif^ftisfipd  with  the  mat- 
tPT  contained  in  the  Ipptn^'es.  He  also  con- 
s'dpred  that  the  p'aint'ff  did  not  nroperly 
fulfil  his  pTomises  with  regard  to  influencina 
mennbere  of  the  ednoational  authority  of  the 
L.C.C.  and  membpTs  of  the  Prpse.  It  was 
true  that  the  plaintiff  was  present  at  the 
PrpsB  view,  and  that  he  knew  several  of  the 
company,  but  the  printed  matter  which  he 
gave  ont  the  Press  representatives  called 
'■  piffle." 

Mr.  Scott:  But  you  passed  it?— I  had  only 
three  miniiteis  to  read   it  over. 

Dr.  Distin  Maddick.  proprietor  of  the  Scala 
and  a  director  of  the  dpfendant  com.pany, 
sa'd  he  heard  the  plaintiff  lecture  on  the 
occafion  of  his  flr.st  appearance  at  the  theatre, 
and  he  eoasidered  that  he  was  incompetent. 
The  lecturer  was  at  timeis  inaudible,  and  he 
was   also  nervous   and   excited. 

A  man  named  Carpenter,  who  was  gallery 
attendant  at  the  Scaila  at  the  time  of  the 
lectures,  said  on  one  occasion  there  was  a  dis- 
turbance in  the  gallery  while  the  plaintiff  was 
lecturing. 

C-ounse! :  Was  not  the  man  who  made  the 
disturbance  affected  by  the  lecture? — "So;  I 
camp  to  the  conclusioo  that  he  had  6omet.hing 
outside. 

Judsp  Woodfall  said  he  s.houId  find  for  the 
plaintiff.  He  held  that  the  plaintiff  was  not 
given   siTflEcient   time  to   bring   hiiS  influeape. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK! 


JULY 


wic'h  w  It  •was,  to  hear  on  the  educational 
fnithoritlp*  and  make  them  so  Interest^ed  in 
t'ho  enterprise  at  the  Seals  that  they  wonld 
cive  it  their  support.  With  recard'  to  the 
delivery  of  the  leofures,  it  was  not  uncommon 
for  staee  artiste  t-o  be  nervoiie  on  first  nit^tft. 
»nd  no  evidence  had  been  cAlIed  to  prove 
that  the  plaintiff  -was  nervous  on  other  occa- 
ision«.  As  to  whether  the  plaintiff  was  an 
fx!)erienced  lecturrr,  he  was  never  aslced 
whether  he  hs»d  been  aocnstomed  to  lecture 
In  a  larce  theatre,  and  as  he  had  lectured  to 
audience*:  on  previou.i?  occasionfl  the  plaintiff 
was  eTititled  to  describe  himself  as  experi- 
encd.  A  very  important  -witness  had  been  a 
centleman  who  wa-s  present  in  court  in  another 
case,  and  who  had  voluntarily  come  forward 
:ind  jJtated  that  he  heard  plaintiff  lecture  at 
the  Scala.  that  he  could  hear  all  he  said,  and 
wa-o  60  nleafied  -with  the  lecture  that  he  went 
to  the  theatre  a  second  time  and  took  friends 
with  him.  Under  all  the  circumeitances.  said 
his  Honour,  judgment  would  be  entered  for  the 
plaintiff  for  the  amount  claimed,  with  costs. 


THE  KINEMATOGRAPH  ACT.— F.  R 
GRIFFITHS. 

At  Lambeth,  Frederick  Richard  Grifflths,  of 
Cecil   Court   House,   Louahboroush   Park, 

5  Brixton,  was  stimmoned  to  answer  the 
complaint  that  he.  being  the  occupier  of 
premises  known  as  the  Gem  Picture  Hall, 
Carter  Street.  Walworth,  allowed  the  same  to 
be  used  in  contravention  of  condition  6  of  the 
conditions  upon  which  the  London  County 
Council  granted  a  license  for  the  premises 
under   the    Kinematograph    Act. 

Mr  .7.  Hawkins  Pawlyn.  supporting  the  pro- 
ceedings on  behalf  of  the  County  Council, 
explained  that  condition  6  of  the  license 
gjianted  in  respect  of  the  premises,  v  n^•  to 
the  effect  that  not  more  than  100  persons 
should  be  a'lowed  in  the  gallery  of  the  hall 
at  any  one  time.  On  May  6  there  were  in  the 
gallery  at  leaet  160  persons  in  contravention 
of  that  condition. 

Mr.  Walter  Frampton,  defending,  explained 
that  the  defendant  acquired  the  hall  from  an 
other  person,  who  failed  to  disclose  the  fact 
that  the  license  restricted  the  use  of  the 
gallery  to  100  persons.  The  gallery  was  capa- 
ble of  accommodating  220  or  240  rersone,  but 
the  County  Council  refused  to  al'ow  it  to  be 
used  for  a  greater  number  than  100  until  an- 
other exit  was  provided. 

Mr.  Horace  Smith  imposed  a  penalty  of  20s. 
and  2Se.  costa. 


HARDACRE  v.  WALDON.— "  EAST  LYNNE." 

Lord  Guthrie  gave  judgment  in  the  note  of 
suspension    and    interdict    bv    John    Pitt 

6  Hardacre  agadnsb  Kchafd  Waldon, 
Princess's.  Glasgow,  in  which  complainer 
sought  to  have  respondent  interdicted  from 
producing  the  Bullock  version  of  the  drama 
EaH  Lynne,  of  which  the  copyright  of 
which  the  complainer  is  proprietor.  Com- 
plainer Raid  respondent  had  infringed  his  rights 
by  producing  a  play  in  which  "  Bullock " 
appeared  as  ."  Policeman  X-Rays."  Respon- 
dent said  his  drama  wa.s  in  no  fair  sense  a 
copy  or  colourable  imitation  of  complainer's. 
He  had  a  version  of  his  own.  and  when  the 
present  action  was  served  he  took  the  police- 
man out  of  his  production  altogether.  He 
disclaimed  any  intention  to  encroach  upon  the 
complainer's  rights. 

Lord  Guthrie  refused  the  prayer  of  the  note 
and  recalled  the  interim  interdict  formerly 
granted. 

His  lordship  said  the  respondent's  drama  did 
not,   like  the  complainer's  drama,  make   the 


policeman  an  import^ant  figure.  So  unimpor- 
tant was  the  character  of  the  policeman  in 
respondent's  drama,  and  so  little  speaking  had 
he  to  do,  that  it  was  filled  by  a  super  atls.  6d. 
a  night.  Complainer's  dr.ama  depended  for  its 
comic  element  to  retrieve  the  gloom  of  tJie 
novel  on  the  policeman  Bullock,  whereas  re- 
pondent's  drama  relied  for  the  same  object  on 
.Justice  Hare.  His  lordship  was  not  able  to 
hold  that,  independent  of  the  part  of  t^e 
comic  policeman,  there  w.as  in  re<^pondent'8 
drama  such  substantial  identity  or  such  copy- 
ing of  a  material  part  as  would  involve  r.n 
infringement  by  respondent  of  complalne-*i 
copyright. 


DOUGLAS  CORPORATION  v.  DARE. 

At  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man,  the  High-Bailiff  of 
Douglas   delivered   judgment  in   the  cas«^ 

7  of  the  flavor,  .\ldermen,  and  Burgesses 
of  the  Borough  of  Douglas  against 
Charles  Dare,  the  lessee  and  manager  of  the 
Empire.  Douglas. 

His  Worship  said  :  In  this  matter  the  defen- 
dant is  charged  with  having,  on  .Tune  5.  1911. 
kept  open  a  theatre  without  having  obtained 
from  the  complainants  the  certificate  required 
by  the  Local  Government  CTheatres)  Act.  It 
appears  that  the  defendant  has  been  the  occu- 
pier of  the  theatre  in  question  for  some  years, 
and.  from  year  to  year  has  applied  for  and 
received  a  certificate  from  the  complainants. 
Prior  to  May,  1910,  his  attention  was  called  to 
the  fact  that  the  theatre  did  not  conform  to 
the  reculations  made  in  accordance  with  the 
Act.  He,  however,  received  on  Afay  12,  1910. 
a  similar  certificate  to  that  which  he  had 
been  accustomed  to  receive,  stating  that  his 
theatre  complied  with  the  regulations,  but.  on 
this  occasion,  a  provision  was  appended  that 
the  certificate  was  to  remain  in  force  until 
September  30  only.  By  the  provisions  of  the 
Act.  the  complainants  have  power  to  make 
regulations  with  respect  to  places  of  public 
resort  for  protection  from  fire,  and,  by  such 
regulations,  may  prescribe  requirements  as  to 
the  structure  of  existing  theatres,  and  may, 
from  time  to  time,  in  any  special  case,  dis- 
pense with  or  modifv  such  resulations  or  may 
annex  thereto  conditions.  These  regulations 
must  be  printed  and  kept  at  the  office  of  the 
complainants.  It  is  provided  that  after  the 
making  of  regulations,  no  person  shall  keep 
open  a  theatre  unless  a  certificate  be  granted 
to  him  to  the  effect  that  such  theatre  is  in 
accordance  with  the  regulations  and  conditions 
(if  anv)  annexed  thereto,  and  that  where  any 
additions  or  alterations  are  made  after  the 
grant  of  a  certificate,  such  certificate  shall  be 
void. 

The  question  arises  whether  or  not  it  is  requi- 
site that  a  certificate  be  renewed  in  the  ab- 
sence of  any  structural  alterations,  and 
whether  the  limiting  of  the  certificate  to  Sep- 
tember 30  is  binding  on  the  defendant.  In  this 
case,  no  structural  alterations  have  taken  place 
since  the  issue  of  the  certificate  of  1909,  to 
which  no  condition  was  attached. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  not  necessarv 
to  make  application  annually,  but  that  until 
"  additions  or  alterations "  are  made  a  cer- 
tificate once  given  holds  good.  The  defendant 
did.  as  a  matter  of  fact,  make  a  yearly  appli- 
cation, but  I  do  not  think  that  he  should  be 
preiudtced  by  complving  with  the  com- 
plainants' demand  in  this  respect. 

The  statement  in  the  certificate,  that  it 
should  remain  in  force  until  September  30, 
raises,  of  course,  the  question  whether  that 
was  a  "  condition "  wbfch  the  complainants 
could  impose  or  enforce.  T  think  that  the  word 
"  conditions  "  in  Section  1  of  the  Act,  takefl 


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in  connection  with  the  rest  of  the  section, 
refers  to  structural  work  only. 

I  am,  of  opinion,  therefore,  that  until  any 
additions  or  alterations  are  made  in  the 
theatre,  or  possibly  until  new  or  amended  regu- 
lations are  made  by  the  complainants,  the 
defendant  is  entitled  to  keep  his  theatre  open. 

This  complaint  must,  therefore,  be  dismissed. 


MAHOXE  V.  DEVATyTON.— CLAI^t  FOR  PAY- 
MENT  FOR    COSTUMES. 

At  the  "Westminstrr  County  Court,  before  his 
Honour  Judae  Woodfall.  Miss  Nora  Edith 
10  Hughes  Mahone,  described  as  a  theatri- 
cal costumier  and  actress,  of  Little 
Newport  Street,  Charing  Cross  Road,  sought 
to  recover  £8  6s.  3d.  from  Mr.  Harry  Gardner 
Devalion,  music  hall  artist,  living  in  Brixton 
Road,  Brixton,  for  goods  supplied  and  work 
done. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Dalley  (instructed  by  Me<=frs. 
Mote  and  Son)  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff; 
the  defendant  conducted  his  own  case. 

It  was  stated  on  behalf  of  the  plaintiff  that 
the  defendant  or<?ered  from  her  certain  cos- 
tumes, the  covering  for  a  piano,  and  the 
draping  of  .stage  ."icreens.  which  he  wanted  for 
the  production  of  a  sketch.  Meph.istnphe'les. 
and  an  entertainment  entitled  "  Musical 
Moments."  The  articles  were  made  according 
io  order,  but  the  defendant  refused  to  pay 
for  them  on  the  ground  that  the  charges  made 
were   excessive. 

The  defendant  urged  that  in  certain  respects 
the  articles  had  not  been  made  according  to 
instruct-ions  and  that  far  more  material  had 
been  used  on  the  screens  than  was  nece.^sary. 

His  Honour  said  the  defendant  admitted 
that  he  had  no  expert  evidence  to  call  as  to 
the  reasonableness  or  otherwi.se  of  the  charges 
made.  There  would  be  j^idgment  for  the 
plaintiff,  with  costs. 


LEAMORE  V.  M.4CNAGHTEN  AND  MURRAY. 

In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before   the 

Lord   Chief    Justice   and    a  special   jury, 

ll    Tom    Leamore    sued    Frank    Macnaghten 

and  Will  Murray  for  damages,  for  libel. 

The  defendant  Macnaghten  was  described  on 
the  statement  of  claim  as  carrying  on  business 
at  Bloomsbury  as  The  Macnachten  Vaude- 
ville Cir-^uit,  aj\<\  the  defendant  Murray  as 
his  manager  at  Blackbum,  wbere  he  (Murray) 
also  carried  on  business  as  a  bookmaker  under 
the  name  of  Arthur  Price  and  Company.  The 
claim  further  set  forth  that  in  May.  1909.  whilst 
fulfilling  an  engagement  at  the  Hippodrome, 
Blackburn,  the  plaintiff  entered  into  bets  with 
Munrav,  w^ho  stated  that  plaintiff  owed  a  bal- 
ance of  £24  18s.  4u.  in  re.spect  of  those  bete. 
It  was  alleged  that 'Murray,  with  the  consent 
of  Macnaehten,  threatened  that  unless  plain- 
tiff .settled  this  racing  account  by  instalments 
the  whole  amount  would  be  stopped  out  of 
plaintiff's  salary,  whicti  was  £30  per  week.  To 
avoid  unplea-^antnees  the  plaintiff  signed  .some 
documents  purporting  to  charge  his  future 
si.alaries  with  instalments  to  pay  off  tlie  bal- 
ance. On  December  4  it  was  alleged,  df^fen- 
dants,  or  either  of  them,  received  or  retained 
from  plaintiff  an  instalment  of  £10.  It  was 
further  stated  that  on  December  11.  wbilst 
plaintiff  was  performinc  bis  pneagement  under 
contract  with  the  defendant  Macnaghten  at 
the  Palace,  Blackburn.  Mr  Foster  (who '  it 
was  alleged  was  ac+ine  as  deputy  to  Murray) 
falsely  accused  plaintiff  of  being  drunk,  in  the 
presence  of  several  persons,  and  told  him  he 
would  not  let  him  eo  on  for  the  second  hou.se. 
It  was  alleeed  that  tihis  was  .said  with  the 
connivance  of  the  defendants,  and  that  it  was 
a,  conspiracy  to  iniure  plaintiff,  or  to  obtain 


the  b.ilance  of  the  racing  aocountT.  The  defen- 
dants refused  to  allow  him  to  perforra  h!« 
second  turn,  and  repudiated  liability  for  th« 
balance  of  his  week's  salary.  £25.  Macnaghten 
also  refused  to  allow  plaintiff  to  appear  at 
Bradford,  and  refused  to  pay  him  for  the  week 
under  the  contract.  In  the  Bloomshury  County 
Court,  however,  plaintiff  obtained  payment  of 
the  amounts.  The  plaintiff  further  alleged 
that  on  December  13  Macnaghten  caused  to 
be  published  by  his  typist  or  clerk,  in  a  letter 
addressed  to  plaintiff,  a  statement  that  plain- 
tiff was  very  much  the  worse  for  drink  at 
Blackburn  and  incapable  of  giving  his  perform- 
ance. Plaintiff  considered  this  a  libel,  and 
claimed  damages,  a  return  of  the  £10,  and  the 
delivery  or  destruction  of  the  documents  pur- 
porting to  charge  plaintiff's  future  salary  with 
in.stalments  to  pay  off  the  racing  account. 

The  defendant  Macnaghten  alleged  that 
plaintiff  was  the  worse  for  drink,  or  that,- in 
the  alternative,  the  letter  was  privileged  and 
was  without  malice.  The  defendant  Murray 
denied  that  there  had  been  any  conspiracy. 

Mr.  Moyses  appeared  for  the  plaintiff,  Mr. 
McCall.  K.C.,  for  the  defendant  Macnaghten; 
and  Mr.  Martin  O'Connor  for  the  defendant 
..-urray. 

During  the  hearing  of  the  case  on  July  11 
a  medical  witness  stated  that  plaintiff  was"  not 
or  -nk  when  performing  at  Blackburn  on 
December  11.  Plaintiff  also  gave  evidence,  and 
was   under   cross-examination    by    Mr.   McCall 

when     the    case     was    adjourned     until     the 
following    day. 
Mary    Leamore,    p!aintiff',s    wife,    said     that 

she  was  with   plafntiff   at  Blackburn    on    the 

night  of  December  11,   and   he   was   perfectly 

sober. 
Mr.   McCall    -submitted    that    there  was  no 

evidence  of  publication  of  a  libel. 
The  Lord   Chief  Justice  said   that  that  was 

the  only  point  to  go  to  the  jury,  if  it  did  go. 

He  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  was 

no   evidence  of  conspiracy. 
Mr.   McCall    had   only    ju.st  commenced    hii 

address  on    behalf   of   Mr.    Macnaghten   when 

the  jury  stopped  the  case  and  gave  a  verdict 

for  the  defendants. 
The    Lord     Chief    Justice    supported     their 

action  and  gave  judgment  for  the  defendants. 

with  one  set  of  costs,  remarking  that  he  should 

not  make  any  distinction  with  regard  to  costs 

between  Mr.  Macnaghten  and  Mr.  Murray.  He 

added    that    the    verdict   did    not   mean    that 

plaintiff  had  been  drunk. 


ST.  AUSTELL  PUBLIC  ROOMS  CO.  v.  POOLE. 

In    St.    Austell    County    Court,    his    Honour 
Judge   Granger   adjudicated   in  an    Inter- 
1 7  pleader     action     in     which     St.     Austell 
Public    Rooms    (Jompany,    Limited,    were 
plaintiffs  ;  J.W.  Poole,  trading  as  Joseph  Poole's 
Myriorama     Company     was     defendant;     and 
Susajmaih  Poola  (widow),  Josepih  Wolseley  Poole, 
Frederick   Mayer,   and   Elver  Clement  Milsom, 
executors  of  Joseph  Poole,  deceased,  were  the 
claimants. — Mr.    Nalder,    for    claimants,    said 
his  clients  were  suing  as  executors  of  the  will 
of  the  late  Joseph   Poole,   and  those  proceed- 
ings  were    to    determine    the    ownership   of    a 
van   containing    a' myriorama   show,   the   pro- 
perty of  the  estate  of  the  late  Joseph  Poole, 
seized    by    the    Sheriff   of    Wiltshire    under    a 
writ,    issued   by   a   judgment   of   the   Supreme 
Ck)urt,  obtained  by  St.    Austell  Piublic  Roo  m 
ompiny      against     the    defendant       A    mvri 
ma    show    visited   St,    Austell  in    Septem  be 
10,    and     good     hui-iress    Veirg    dcre,   J.     W- 
o    le    thrifht    it   wrrlf"    le   a    prof'  ."^reculation 
to  engage  the  St.  Atistell  Public  Rooms  on  his 
own  account  for  a  kinematograph.      He  nego- 
tiated with  the  secretary  of  the  plaintiff  coiJi- 


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pany  for  lettinR  the  Public  Rooms,  and  car- 
ried on  a  correspon<5encc  written  on  the  hill 
pappr  whicli  he  iisod  for  the  niyriorama.  The 
show  failwl.  and  J.  W.  Poole  found  himself 
unahle  to  pay  tlip  rent  of  the  hall,  which,  ar 
dCS  per  week  for  ei2ht.een  weeks,  amounted  to 
fon.  On  hoinc  preased.  he  used  certain  funds 
In  his  hands  as  manacer  of  the  myrioiama 
shows  to  pay  in  part  the  rent  of  his  priv.ite 
venture  at  St.  AiistelJ.  He  used  one  of  a 
numher  of  eheoues  in  his  nosisppsion.  sipned 
In  hl.ank  hy  Mr.'.  Poole,  widow  of  the  late 
.losoph  Poole,  whose  will  stipulated  that 
cheques  for  sums  of  money  found  hy  the 
nianacer=  mu«t  be  sicned  by  two  executors. 
J.  W.  Poole  paid  €20  on  account  of  the  rent, 
the  sum  heini;  paid  hy  cheque  drawn  ^ 
executors'  aeeoiint.  Pefendant  was  unable  to 
paT  more,  and  plaintiffs  issued  a  writ  against 
.T.  W.  Poole,  tradins  as  Poole's  Myriorania.  for 
f.^1  lOs.  There  w.n.s  no  defence  so  far  as 
.T.  W.  Poolp  wa.s  concerned,  and  iudjrment  went 
by  default.  On  Mav  1  defendant  was  at  Chip- 
penham, and  a  writ  was  is.^ued  acainst  the 
show.  A  further  sum  of  fsn  was  paid  hy 
J.  W.  Poo'p  to  p'amtiffs.  m.-A-incr  .€.^n  alto- 
cether  api>Hpd  by  him  nut  of  the  property  of 
the  executor  t-o  satisfy  his  own  d'^ht.  Kxecii- 
tion  was  t^^n  levied  arrninst  f'p  van  con- 
tainins  the  mvriorama  .show,  with  the  result 
that  notice  w<ifl  eiven  that  the  van  and  (roods 
were  not  .T.  W.  Poole's  property.  The  peneral 
spcretarv  of  the  m^Tiorama  .shows,  formerly 
the  property  of  the  late  .Toseph  Poole,  cave 
evidence,  and  ATt.  Coode  ^for  plaintiffs)  antt 
Mr    Vn'-ior  addressed  the  Court. 

His  Hono'ur  said  that  it  was  with  preat 
retrret  that  he  w.-'.s  comnelled  to  cive  iuds- 
ment  for  clnimant.s.  The  St.  Austell  Publi'^ 
Rooms  had  had  drawn  to  their  attention  that 
this  was  a  companv,  and  ought  to  have  made 
inquiries  as  to  whom  the  company  consi.st^^d 
of  before  they  broupht  their  action.  The 
whole  of  this  case  w,as  hroucht  about  by  the 
fraud  of  the  man  Joseph  Wolseley  Poole,  who 
not  only  obtained  these  rooms  under  false 
pret^ences.  but  embezzled  money.  Defendant 
oueht  to  have  done  anything  -sooner  than  let 
this  case  come  into  court.  Without  showing 
the  elichtest  signs  of  shame  when  he  appeared 
in  the  box,  he  calmly  said,  as  thoftigh  it  was 
the  most  ordinary  thing  in  the  world,  that 
he  applied  the  executors'  money  In  settling 
up  his  own  private  account.  He  only  wished 
he  could  have  him  prosecnted. — His  Honour 
eave  judgment  for  claimants  for  the  amount 
in  Court,  but  would  not  grant  them  costs. 


GLKNVTLLE  AND  OSMOND  v.  THE  SELIG 
POLYSCOPE  CO.— AJ.LEGED  INFRINGE- 
MENT OF  COPYRIGHT  BY  KINEMATO- 
GRAPH  REPRODUCTION. 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  before  Mr. 
Justice  Ohannell,  the  case  of  Glenville 
1 9  and  Osmond  v.  the  Selig  Poly.scope  Co. 
and  Montagu  came  on  for  hearing.  The 
plaintiffs  claimed  damages  for  the  infringement 
by  kinematocraph  representation  of  the  plain- 
tiffs' copyright  in  the  dramatic  piece  called 
The  Still  Alarm,  and  for  penalties  and  an 
account.  An  injunction  had  al.-o  been  applied 
for  to  restrain  the  defendants  from  publicly 
representing  the  piece  or  from  selling  or  hir- 
ing the  films  of  the  piece. 

Mr.  Kniu'ht  and  Mr.  Carlton  Hall  appeared 
for  the  plaintiffs,  and  Mr.  Bentwich  for  the 
defendant. 

Opening  the  case,  Mr.  Knight  said  that  the 
plaintiffs  were  Messrs.  Matthew  Henry  Glen- 
ville and  Mr.  Fred  Osmond,  who  carried  on 
business  as  the  proprietors  of  dramatic  pieces, 
ond  were  also  acting-managers  and  actors,  and 
the  defendants  were  the  Selig  Polyscope  Com- 
pany and  Mr.  Edward  H.  Montagu.    The  de- 


fendant company  appeared  to  be  an  American 
company  by  incorporation,  and  their  head- 
quarters were  there,  but  they  had  offices  at 
Gerrard  Street,  where  there  were  showrooms 
and  what  he  might  call  a  private  theatre. 
Mr.  Montagu  was  in  charge  of  that  office  as 
the  sole  agent  of  the  company.  Two  new  and 
important  points  arose  out  of  the  case.  The 
flr.st  was  whether  there  could  be  any  infringe- 
ment of  a  dramatic  piece  by  a  kincmatograph 
representation,  and  the  second  was  whether 
the  theatre  which  the  defendants  had  for  the 
exhibition  of  the  films  was  a  place  of  public 
entertainment  where  an  exhibition  would  be 
a  public  representation  such  as  would  cause  an 
infringement  of  the  dramatic  piece.  A  writ 
was  issued  on  June  2fi,  he  proceeded,  and  an 
ex  parte  injunction  was  obtained  as  to  some 
part  of  tlie  endorsement  on  the  writ,  and  on 
•July  4,  on  the  hearing  of  the  summons  to 
continue  the  ex  parte  injunction,  an  order 
was  made  which  practically  amounted  to  an 
arrancrement  between  the  parties  to  obtain  a 
speedy  trial.  The  difTieulty  with  which  both 
of  them  had  been  confronted -was  that  the  de- 
fendants had  sold  the  firms,  or  were  selling 
the  films,  to  bioscope  shows,  with  the  condi- 
tion that  they  should  not  be  released  until 
July  23.  and  both  parties  therefore  wished 
for  a  speedy  trial  in  order  that  the  whole 
question  would  be  disposed  of  between  them 
before  what  would  be  an  undoubted  public 
representation  of  the  piece  in  many  picture 
shows.  The  dramatic  piece,  T^ie  Still  Alarm, 
he  continued,  was  an  American  play,  written 
by  an  American  citizen,  and  produced  originally 
in  that  country.  In  view  of  the  fact  that 
America  was  not  a  party  to  the  Convention, 
the  play  was  "  open  "  to  England  and  to  the 
world  if  it  wa.s  first  produced  in  America. 
Having  thus  become  public  property,  there 
could  only  be  a  copyright  in  respect  to  any 
part  of  which  another  person  was  the  author. 
For  instance,  Kiner  Henry  VIII.  was  open  to 
the  world  to  play,  but  Sir  Herbert  Tree's 
version  was  protected,  and  the  same  thing  had 
applied  to  the  Bullock  version  of  East  Lynne, 
which  was  an  extremely  valuable  property. 
The  original  version  of  The  Still  Alarm  was 
Introduced  into  Engl.ind  in  1888,  and,  after 
being  played  in  I^ondon  for  five  years, 
the  present  plaintiffs  acquired  the  pro- 
perties ajid  effects.  A  year  later,  in 
19n4.  the  plaintiffs  produced  a  new 
version  of  their  own  by  the  introduction 
of  two  scenes,  a  "  drop "  scene  at  the  end 
of  the  third  act  and  a  subsequent  scene  which 
was  well-known  in  the  profession  as  the  great 
fire  scene.  This  was  the  scene  which  had 
made  the  piece  a  financial  as  well  as  a  drama- 
tic success.  The  plaintiffs  had  "hooked  up" 
the  play  for  a  year  ahead,  and  if  the  country 
was  to  be  flooded  with-kinemntograph  repre- 
sentations of  the  best  scene  the  piece  would 
be  ruined.  With  reeard  to  the  auestion  as 
to  whether  the  exhibition  at  the  defendants' 
theatre  was  a  public  representation,  he  shouin 
like  to  call  attention  to  an  advertisement  in 
The  Stage  on  June  8,  which  read :  "  Joe 
Arthur's  great  success,  as  played  for  years 
throughout  the  country.  The  Still  Alarm,  the 
greatest  fire  scenes  ever  depicted.  To  be 
released  on  Sunday.  July  23.  On  view  to  all 
at  our  offlces.  June  12  to  17.  The  Selig  Bio- 
scope Company."  He  thought  that  "on  view 
to  all  "  was  a  public  invitation,  because  other 
people  read  The  Stage  b&sides  those  engaged 
in  the  profession.  Mr.  O.smond  and  other 
gentlemen  had  visited  the  Selig  offices,  and  the 
film  had  been  exhibited  to  them,  and  he  con- 
sidered that  that  was  a  public  representa- 
tion. 

Mr.  Glenville,  giving  evidence,  stated  that 
he  purchased  the  piece.  The  StUl  Alarm,  for 
£85.    That  sum  included  the  scenery  and  pro- 


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parties.  The  piece  was  then  "in  the  gutter; 
anyone   could  have  had   it  for  a  mere  song." 

iie  tirot  remembeied  tlie  piece  about 
ten  years  ago,  and  he  played  in  the  old  ver- 
sion for  about  two  years.  He  purcliased  it  on 
July  1,  1903.  Tlie  third  act  then  ended  with 
the  fire-engine  driving  otf,  and  the  iourth  act 
comme  iced  with  a  drawing-room  scene,  the 
audience  simply  being  toid  that  Jack  ha  1 
rescued  his  sweethearu.  After  purchasing  the 
play  he  and  liis  i)ariiier  spent  quite  a  year  in 
thinking  out  alterations  and  improvements,  and 
the  revise  I  version  was  not  produced  until 
March,  1904.  It  was  then  ttaged  at  the  West 
London.  They  had  never  attempted  to  stage 
the  piece  without  the  addition  of  the  drup 
scene  and  fire  scene.  The  Press  notices  of  the 
reviaed  version  c'rew  attention  to  the  difier- 
ence  between  that  version  and  the  original 
version.  He  had  endeavoured  to  see  the  him 
at  the  Selig  oihce,  but  had  been  told  that  it 
was  not  on  view. 

Mr.  Knight:  Do  you  know  that  kinemato- 
grap .  shows  in  towns  where  your  piece  is 
booked  have  purchased  this  film? 

Witness:  Yes,  because  we  have  liad  letters 
from  kinematograph  proprietors  asking  us  for 
our  prmting  to  put  on  the  walls,  thinking  we 
were  a  narty  to  the  kinematograph  representa- 
tion. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Bentwich,  witness 
said  that  correspondence  had  taken  place  with 
the  Sehg  Company  on  the  matter,  but  he  had 
not  written  the  letters. 

Mr.  Bentwich  quoted  ff^m  one  letter  the 
sentence,  "  We  hold  the  sole  rights  of  The 
Still  Alarm,  by  Joseph  Arthur,"  and  asked 
witness  if  it  was  true  that  he  held  the  sole 
rights  of  Joseph  Arthur's  plaj. 

Witness:  Yes,  we  maintaiji  that  we  bought 
It. 

Mr.  Bentwich:  Can  you  show  me  any  docu- 
ments by  which  you  got  those  rights? 

His  Lordship  pointed  out  that  Mr.  Knight 
had  not  attempted  to  support  that  claim,  and 
if  they  wished  to  finish  the  case  that  day 
they  would  have  to  confine  their  attention  to 
disputed  points. 

Mr.  Bentwich  said  his  submission  was  that 
a  totally  false  and  unfounded  claim  had  been 
brought  forward,  and  that  it  was  now  aban- 
doced,  and  a  new  claim  patched  up. 

Further  cross-examined,  Mr.  Glenville  ad- 
mitted that  when  the  revised  version  was  pro- 
duced at  the  West  London  attention  was  not 
drawn  on  the  first  playbill  to  the  alteration. 

Mr.  Fred  Osmond  said  that  some  three  and 
,a-halff  yeara  before  he  ajid  hia  partner  pur- 
cha.se<i  The  Still  Alarm  he  was  playing  in  the 
original  version,  and  it  did  not  contain  the 
fire  scenti  of  the  revised  versioo.  In  faot,  as 
far  as  he  loiew,  a  fire  scene  had  never  been 
in'&oduced  into  a  play  until  he  and  his  partner 
introduced  it  into  The  Still  Alarm.  The 
necessary  miach'inery  for  that  scene  w\as  not 
purchased  with  the  original  piece,  and  instead 
of  the  drop  scene  there  was  only  a  representa- 
tion in  the  old  versioa  of  the  engine  driving 
off.  He  saw  the  film  at  the  Selig  theatre,  and 
the  fire  scene  was  substantially  idemtical  to 
the  oae  in  the  revised  version  of  The  Stilt 
Alarm.  H©  was  introduced  at  the  Selig  office 
by  a  friend,  and  had  no  difficulty  in  getting 
in. 

Mr.  Bentwich :  You  went  in  with  a  gemtle- 
man  who  described  himself  as  a  custx>mer?— I 
presume  he  did. 

You   paid  nothing?— No. 

You  say  the  fire  scene  was  substaatialty 
identical.  In  your  affidavit  you  said  it  was 
exactly  the  same? — Ln  a  fire  scene  lasting 
foar  or  five  minutes  it  would  be  difficult  to 
say  whether  every  detail  waa  exactly  the 
same. 

Were  there  not  eight  eoginee  and  an  escape 
Oil  the  film?— iNo;  you  could  not  poissibly  get 


eight  engines  in  the  eame  street  at  the  same 
time. 

It  does  not  matter  about  the  same  street. 
Could  you  not  see  eight  engines  dashing  to 
the  fire?— The  same  engine  could  be  shown  in 
several  dilferent  places.  I  should  say  there 
was  one  steamer,  an  escape,  and  a  first  aid 
car. 

You  find  nothing  of  that  sort  in  the  play?— 
Yes,  we  have  a  fire  engine  that  dashes  across 
the  stage  from  the  fire-station  to  the  street. 

You  don't  say  that  was  your  invention? — 
No;  part  of  that  was  from  Joseph  Arthur's 
piece,  but  it  has  been  considerably  improve'd 
since  it  was  first  produced  at  the  Princess's. 

After  further  examination,  Mr.  Bentw'ch 
asked  witness  if  the  fire-rescue  scene  on  the 
film  was  the  same  as  in  the  play,  and  said 
that  on  the  former  there  was  no  representa- 
tion of  persons  sliding  down  a  life-line. 

Witness  replied  that  on  the  film  the  people 
came  dov/n  ladders  or  something  similar. 

Mr.  Bentwich :  Do  you  claim  to  have  the 
monopoly  of  fire  scenes  just  because  you  c'aim 
that  a  stage  fire  was  your  idea? — Our  inven- 
tion is  not  an  actual  fire.  It  is  what  is  there. 
(Meaning  the  scene.) 

Mr.  Ashley  Beale,  a  variety  agent,  of  Ken- 
nington  Road,  said  that  he  saw  the  old  ver- 
sion of  the  piece  at  the  Princess's,  and  the 
third  act  ended  with  the  dashing  out  of  the 
fire  engine.  He  saw  the  two  new  scenes  in 
the  plaintiffs'  version  at  the  Brixton  about 
four  years  ago.  and  considered  that  those 
scones  improved  the  piece.  He  visited  the 
Selig  offices  on  June  17,  and  saw  the  film.  No 
one  asked  liim  what  he  wanted,  but  he  handed 
in  his  card,  which  showed  that  he  was  a 
variety  agent.  He  considered  that  the  fire 
Bcene  on  the  film  was  a  reproduction  of  the 
scene  in  the  revised  version  of  The  Still 
Alarm. 

Mr.  Bentwich:  Did  yau  go  there  for  enter- 
tainment?— No,    to    see    the    piece. 

The  place  was  nothing  like  a  theatre,  was 
it? — I  have  seen  smaller  rehear.sal  theatres.  It 
was  about  20  ft.  long  and  12  ft,  wide. 

Mr.  Bentwich,  for  the  defendants,  submitted 
that  the  claim  was  a  totally  unfounded  and 
audacious  one.  The  plaintiffs  had  started  by 
putting  themselves  on  the  register  as  being 
the  o\vner6  of  the  copyright  of  Joseph 
Arthur's  play. 

Mr.  Knight,  interposing,  said  that  if  his 
friend  insisted  on  that  point,  he  should  like 
to  call  evidence  to  prove  that  it  was  owing  to 
the  death  of  a  solicitor  that  they  were  unable 
to  get  the  documents. 

Has  Lordship :  Your  clients  consider  that 
they  are  the  owners  of  the  whole  piece,  but 
you  have  not  the  documents  to  prove  it  in 
your  possession. 

Mr.   Knight:   That   is  so. 

Mr.  Bentwich  said  he  could  not  accept  that 
explanation,  as  his  instructions  were  that  the 
plaintiffs  knew  that  there  had  been  a  pro- 
duction of  the  piece  in  America  previous  to 
its  production  Ln  Europe  and  that,  therefore, 
they  could  not  get  the  exclusive  rights  of  the 
piece  in  this  country. 

His  Lordship  said  that  that  had  nothngl 
to  do  with  the  matter  now.  Mr.  Knight's 
contention  was  that  if  a  play  that  had  been 
produced  in  America  was  materially  improved 
upon  they  conld  then  obtain  exclusive  rights. 
and  the  material  matter,  if  it  was  necessary — 
and  in  this  action  he  was  afraid  it  was  not^— 
would  be  to  show  whether  this  piece  had  been 
substantially  improved  upon  or  whether  the 
plaintiffs  had  merely  introduced  some  little 
"  business "  which  it  had  been  decided  was 
not  material  improvement.  But  the  real 
point  now  was  whether  the  film  had  been 
exhibited    in    a    place    of    public    entertain- 

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ment.  It  looked  as  if  the  real  case  would  be 
between  the  plaiatiiTs  and  the  purchasers  of 
the   lUms. 

Mr.  Bentwich  was  proceeding  with  hla  argu- 
ments respecting  the  copyright  of  tlie  piece 
when 

Ills  Lordship  said  that  he  had  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  there  was  no  evidence  that  the 
film  bad  been  exhibited  in  a  place  of  public 
enteruainuieut,  and  he  sJiould  uoi  decide  any 
furtlier  point.  AdUiejising  Mr.  Knight,  lie 
added,  "  On  the  ac>suiuptiou  that  these  are 
flluLS  which  Uicy  have  no  right  to  malie,  and 
that  when  they  are  sold  the  people  who  use 
them  wili  be  infringing  some  rigJit  of  yours — 
upon  that  assumption,  stiU  can  you  say  that 
they  have  themselvea  exhibited  it  in  any  place 
of  public  entertainment,  when  wHat  they  have 
been  doing  is  to  tempt  people  to  come  and 
6ee  them  and  buy  ttiem'/f  That  is  the  diffi- 
culty." 

Mr.  Knight  submitted  the  case  of  Russell  v. 
Smith  (12,  Queen's  Bench,  page  217)  and  other 
casea  deatin?  with  the  question,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  argue  that  the  advertisement  in  The 
STAGE  constituted  a  public  invitation.  He 
■aid  that  The  Stagb  went  into  the  hands  ot 
every  class  oi  the  community.  There  was  no 
subject  connected  with  the  social  life  of  to- 
day tnat  touchtxl  the  whole  of  tlie  people  so 
much  iih  the  theatre,  and  here  was  an  adver- 
tisement n  the  paper  devoted  to  the  interests 
of  the  stage  and  the  theatrical  profession  in- 
viting "  all  "  to  witness  the  hJm. 

Ei.s  Lordfihip,  giving  judgment,  said  he 
thought  It  was  really  imj>o&sible  on  the  facts 
o(f  the  case  to  say  that  there  was  any  evidence 
on  which  oce  could  say  that  the  defendajQts 
had  represented,  or  had  caused  to  be  repre- 
sented, the  production  in  question  at  any 
place  of  public  entertainment.  He  assumed 
from  the  advertisement  that  the  defendants 
did  intend  to  sell  the  film,  and  to  sell  it  for 
the  purpose  of  its  being  ultimately  exhibited 
by  other  people  for  the  purpose  of  public 
entertainaneni,  and  if  it  was  not  for  the  case 
of  Kamo  v.  Path6  Frferes,  Limited,  he  sftiould 
have  had  considerable  doubt  as  to  wheither 
there  was  not  evidence  that  they  were  causing 
it  to  be  represeated  by  ottering  It  for  salt: 
in  the  way  they  had  to  people  who  wou'd 
represent  it.  But  the  case  of  Karno  v.  PathtS 
Piferes  was  very  clear,  although  it  was  true 
that  in  that  case  there  was  no  evidence  of  any 
demonsitration  of  the  film  at  all.  There  was 
also  the  advertisement  in  The  Stage,  and 
that  was  a  strong  f/oint,  because  it  invited 
"all";  but  although  everybody  was  invited, 
they  were  not  invited  to  come  to  an  enitertain- 
ment,  but  to  come  to  buy.  Supposing  it 
stopped  there,  and  no  one  bought  the  hlms, 
could  it  be  eaid  that  any  harm  had  been 
done?  He  was  obliged  to  decide  that  the 
place  where  the  fllm  was  e.xhibited  did  not 
come  under  the  statute  as  a  place  of  public 
emtertainraent,  and  he  should  not  decide  any 
other  poiQt.  Upon  the  assumption,  however, 
tibat  the  plaintitl's  had  got  the  e.xciusive  right 
in  the  presentation  of  a  certain  portion,  even, 
of  th«  pUy,  he  could  not  help  thinking  that 
some  day  or  another  it  would  be  decided  that 
a  copymj  of  the  piece  in  a  kinemat-ograph 
«;xhibition  and  the  sight  at  it  at  a  public 
en'tertainment  for  payment  would  come  within 
the  eta.tute.  That  was  his  present  opinion, 
but  he  did  not  intend  to  decide  it.  He  simply 
wanted  to  make  it  clear  that  his  deciding  in 
favour  of  the  defeoidaaits  in  the  present  case 
did  not  mean  that  he  held  that  the  plainUfls 
had  got  no  case  against  anyone  who  publicly 
exhibited  the  films.  He  did  not  say  that  they 
had,  but  he  wished  to  make  it  clear  that  he 
did  i)ot  decide  that  they  had  not.     He  saw 


difQculties  in  the  plaintiflb'  case,  but,  ot 
course,   there  were  dilhculties  on   both  sideb. 

His  L<Jrd^hip  gave  juuguieut  lor  ttie  Ueieiid- 
ants,  with  costs,  and  granted  a  stay  of  exe- 
cuuun. 

Mr.  F.  G.  Cordwell  was  the  solicitor  for  the 
plaintitfs,  and  Messrs.  .Montagu,  Milebam,  and 
vlonlagi*  were  the  sO'-C'tcrs  lor  the  defendants. 


THE    FACTORY    AND   WORKSHOPS    ACT.— 

MESSRS.    B.    J.    SLMMONS    AND   COMPANY. 

At  Bow  Street,   Messrs.  B.   J.   Simmons  and 

Company     theatrical     cootumiers,     were 

20  suiiiiiioued,    beiore    Mr.    Curtis-Bennett, 

for  employing  women  after  4  p.m.  on  a 

Saturday  al'teruoon,  contrary  to  the  provisions 

of  the  Factory  and  Workshops  Acts. 

Mr.  Curtis-Bennett  ordereo  the  payment  of 
fines  and  co.st&  amounting  to  £6  lOs. 


STEAN   v.  EDWARDS.— WRITING  A  SCENE. 

At  the  Slioreditch  County  Court,  before 
Judge  iimyiy,  Jonu  Henry  Scean,  an 
20  autlior  and  composer,  of  91,  Victoria 
Park  Road,  sought  to  recover  six  guineas 
from  Fred  towards,  of  the  St.  George's  Pic- 
ture Palace,  Westminster  Bridge  Koad.  Mr.  A. 
E.  Robinson  appeared  for  the  plaiutitt,  and 
the  defendant  appeared  in  person. 

Piainuns  case  was  Uia,i  eariy  lu  the  year  he 
was  commissioned  to  write  and  compose  a 
scena  for  Miss  Loving.  His  idea  for  tJiis  was 
acce>pted,  and  it  w;is  agreed  tliat.  the  price 
should  be  five  guineas,  another  guinea  being 
subsequently  added.  The  mtisic  of  the  scena 
was  piayed  over  by  the  orchestxa  at  the  Em- 
presiS,  Brixton,  in  the  presence  of  the  defen- 
dant and  Aliss  Loving,  and  ploiintifl's  case  was 
that,  although  it  wias  suggested  that  the  open- 
ing w-as  weak— which  he  promised  to  remedy — 
no  real  disapproval  of  the  work  was  expressed. 
Mr.  Edwaras,  however,  seemed  to  have  taken 
a  dislike  to  the  thing,  and  "  humbugged  him 
about  until  he  got  tired  of  it  all." 

Defendant  said  Miss  Loving  asked  him  to 
lend  her  the  money  to  pay  tor  the  scena,  and 
to  this  he  agreed.  Whe\  the  music  was  played 
once  at  the  Empress  he  was  disappointed  with 
it.  The  manager  of  the  theatre  said  he  would 
not  put  it  on.  He  (defendant;  would  have 
paid  had  the  w-ork  been  satisfactory. 

Miss  Loving  corroborated  this  evidence,  and 
stated  tliat  Mr.  Pearce,  of  the  Empress,  re- 
fused to  give  her  an  engagement  after  hear- 
ing the  scena. 

Mr.  Pearce,  acting-manager  of  the  Empress, 
said  that  'f  the  scena  diad  been  satisfactory  he 
would  have  put  it  on  for  a  week,  but  aiter 
hearLng  it  he  said  it  was  of  no  use  to  him.  It 
was  more  like  a  hymn  than  anytihlng  else.  He 
admitted  that  what  did  not  please  him  might 
have  suited  other  managers. 

His  Honour  said  that  it  objections  were 
taken  to  the  scena  they  should  be  expressed 
before  it  was  orchestrated.  Plaintiff  had  not 
had  a  chance  of  submitting  a  revised  score, 
and  he  was  entitled  to  a  verdict  for  the  six 
guineas  claimed.  The  scena  would  become  the 
property  of  the  defendant,  and  he  hoped  Mr. 
Stean  would  do  his  best  to  make  it  satisfac- 
tory. 


SHIRLEY       V.       TIVOLI       (MANCHESTER), 

LIMITED,  AND  HAROLD  V.  NEILSON. 

In    the    King's    Bench    Division,    before    Mr. 

Justice     Darling,     Mr.     Arthur     Shirley 

2  7  brought    an    action    against    the    Tivoli 

(Manchester),    Limited,    and    Mr.    Harold 

V.   Nielson,   to   recover   damages    for    alleged 

infringement  of  the  copyright  in  the  plaintiff's 

play,  Pity,  an  adaptation  of  the  French  play 


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Gringoire.      The  defendants  denied  the  alleged 
inirmgement. 

Mr.  Moreton  Smith  appeared  for  the  plain- 
tiS,  and  Mr.  Vathell,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  S.  Lynch 
appeared    ior    the    company. 

Mr.  Moreton  Smith,  in  opening  the  case, 
said  in  1883  Mr.  Shirley  produced  an  adap- 
tation of  M.  Theodore  de  Banville's*  French 
play  Gringoire,  under  the  title  of  Pity.  In 
June,  19U9,  and  February,  lyio,  the  deiendant, 
Mr.  Keilson,  produced  at  the  Tivoli  Music 
Hall,  Manchester,  a  sketch  entitled  'Die 
Balladmonger,  which  Mr.  Shirley  alleged  was 
an  infringement  of  his  adaptation.  There 
was  another  adaptation  which  was  played  by 
Sir  Beerbohm  Tree,  and  which  was  caked  The 
Balladmonger.  His  adaptation  was  registered 
in  1888.  Mr.  Shirley  s  version  differed 
materially  froai  the  original  and  Sir  Beer- 
bohm Tree's  play,  but  the  sketch  produced 
by  Mr.  Neilson  at  ^Manchester  was  almost 
identical  with  Mr.  Shirley's  play.  No  doubt 
it  had  been  cut  down  in  order  that  there 
should  be  no  breach  of  the  arrangemcLt  en- 
tered into  between  the  theatrical  and  music 
hall  managers  that  no  sketch  at  a  music 
hall  should  exceed  thirty  minutes.  Ihe 
verses  were  certainly  taken  from  Mr.  Shirley's 
version.  The  reirain,  "  Poverty  is  a  crime 
to-day,"  was  to  be  found  in  both  versions. 
It  was  true  that  Mr.  Neilson  had  omitleu 
one  of  the  characters  and  had  changed  the 
name  of  another  from  Jannette  to  Annette. 
Mr.  Neilson  had  not  put  in  a  defence,  and 
therefore  Mr.  Shirley  was  entitled  to  judgment 
against  him.  With  regard  to  the  proprietors 
of  the  Tivoli,  Manchester,  there  were  thirty 
performances,  and  Mr.  Shirley  was  entitled 
1-0  penalties  amouu.  ing  to  d£60. 

Miss  Whittaker  stated  that  she  attended  at 
the  Tivoli,  Manchester,  on  the  evening  cf 
March  5,  1910,  when  The  Balladmonger  was 
performed.  The  words  spoken  were  precisely 
the  same  as  those  contained  in  Mr.  Shirley's 
version. 

Mr.  Cyril  Wentworth  Hogg,  representative 
of  S.  French,  Limited,  dramatic  pubhshers, 
gave  evidence  to  the  effect  that  he  had  read 
Mr.  Keilson's  version,  and  was  of  opinion 
that  Mr.  Neilson  must  have  resorted  to  Mr. 
Shirley's    play. 

Mr.  'Vachell,  for  the  defendants,  said  the 
sketch  produced  by  Mr.  Neilson  at  the  Tivoli, 
Manchester,  was  purchased  by  him  from  a 
French  gentleman,  named  Moreau,  for  two 
guineas. 

Mr.  Jusbice  Darling :  Where  did  Mr.  Neilson 
get  his  verses  from? 

Mr.  Vachell  said  the  lady  member  of  the 
company  provided  some  verses  which  she 
thought  were  much  better  than  those  sup- 
plied to  her.  He  had  no  doubt  the  verse 
she  provided  were  the  same  as  those  used  in 
Pity.  His  clients  had  no  idea  that  they 
were  infringing  any  person's  copyright  when 
they  permitted   the  sketch  to   be  produced. 

Mr.  C.  A.  Wilkes,  managing  director  of  the 
Tivoli  (Manchester),  Limited,  stated  that  he 
had  no  knowledge  that  Mr.  Neilson's  sketch 
was  an  infringement  of  Mr.  Shirley's  play 
Pity.  He  had  never  heard  of  Pity  until  the 
present  proceedings, 

Mr.  Harold  Neilson  said  he  purchased  the 
manuscript  of  his  sketch  Balladmonger  from 
M  E.  Moreau  in  January,  1909.  No  doubt 
the  verses  which  were  given  at  Manchester 
came  from  Mrs.  Sanders,  who  took  the  lady's 
part. 

In  cross-examination,  witness  said  he  did 
not  know  of  the  play  Pity  until  after  the 
present   action   was  commenced. 

Mr.  Ernest  Shiel  Porter  gave  evidence  to  the 
efiect    that    the    sketch    produced    at    Man- 


chester was  different  from  Mr.  Shirley's  play 
rity. 

By  permission  of  his  lordship,  Mr.  Morton 
Smith  called  the  plaintitt  to  dispute  a  sug- 
gestion tiiat  he  had  assigned  his  rights  in  his 
adaptation   Ptty. 

Mr.  Justice  Liarling  gave  judgment  in  favour 
of  the  plaintill.  Long  ago,  observed  his 
lordship,  Theodore  de  Banville  wrote  a  very 
bcauDiiul  liitlc  piece  vvnicu  uau  been  mora 
liian  *juce  translated.  It  was  played  at  the 
Coiiicaie  iran^aise  as  long  ago  as  IstiO,  and 
the  late  M.  Coquelin  had  a  peculiar  gift  for 
reeitaig  tile  Deuuiuul  versesj  put  IUlO  tUe 
moutu  of  tjringoire.  He  (,tlie  learned  judge; 
haa  no  doubt  that  the  sketcn  now  com- 
plained 01  was  an  inirmgement  of  the  plain- 
tiff's copyright,  and  there  would,  therefore, 
DC  judguum,  ior  i>ir.  buirley  wiui  a  penalty, 
as  provided  for  by  statute,  of  i6U  as  against 
eacn  of  tne  deiendants.  His  lordship  added 
tnat  the  person  to'  whoiji  he  ougiit  to  be  able 
to  order  some  compensation  was  Theodore  de 
BanviUe,     but     uoiuiounaieiy     ae     vsas     dead. 

Upon  an  application  by  Mr.  Morton  Smith, 
an  injunction  restraining  further  inirmgement 
was  granted   against   Mr.  Neilson. 


STAGE     PLAYS     IN     AN     DNLICENSEiD 

BUILDING.— REV.    POOLE    HUGHES. 

At  Oswestry,  the   Rev.   Poole  Hughts,  rector 

of  Lianyiaynech,  was  summoned  for  per- 

27  mittiing  the  Church  House,  Lianymynech, 

to  be  used  for  the  performance  of  stage 

plafs   without   a  hcense  on  July  4. 

P.C.  Evu'iiB  said  that  on  the  date  mentioned, 
havjig  seeoi  some  p-t-sieis  advertising  the  eiiter- 
tainmeni,  he  visited  tlie  Church  House  and 
found  a  compainy  givm,g  a  number  of  stuge 
plays.  When  interviewed,  the  defendant  said 
that  after  conouiting  one  or  two  pari^jhioncJo 
he  let  the  room  for  IDs. 

The  defendaJK,  who  professed  ignorance  oi 
the  Jaw,  was.  ordered  to  pay  the  coots. 


PIT    V.    WOLFF.— DODGING     BALLS     FROM 
A     TUB. 

At  West  London  County  Court  compensa- 
tion was  sought  by  Walter  John  Pit, 
27  S'  showman's  assistant,  of  Mayrick 
Road,  Clapham  Junction,  the  respondent 
being  Max  Wolfl,  a  concessionaire  of  certain 
side  shows  of  the  Earl  s  Court  exhibiuon. 

Counsel  said  that  applicant  was  engaged  at 
the  exhibition  under  respondent,  who  had  a 
show  called  "  The  Mug  in  the  Tub."  He  was 
engaged  as  "  dodger,"  and  it  was  his  duty  to 
sit  in  the  tub  and  have  balls  thrown  at  him 
by  visitors  to  the  show,  and  any  person  hit- 
ting him  obtained  a  prize  from  respondent.  On 
one  occasion,  it  appeared,  he  did  not  success- 
fully dodge  a  ball,  which  struck  him  in  the 
eye,  with  serious  results. 

Applicant  stated  that  he  was  engaged  at  353. 
a  week  by  respondent's  manager.  He  had  had 
a  good  deal  of  experience  at  exhibition  work. 
Referring  to  the  incident,  he  said  people  threw 
balls  at  him,  and  he  had  to  dodge  them  as 
best  he  could.  On  one  occasion  three  fellows 
were  throwing  tennis  balls,  and  one  of  them 
hit  him  in  the  eye,  causing  him  temporarily  to 
lose  his  sight.  He  went  as  an  out-patient  to 
St.  George's  Hospital  for  a  month,  and  was 
now  an  in-patient.  Replying  to  the  judge,  his 
Honour  Sir  Wm.  Selfe,  applicant  said  he  had 
not  permanently  lost  his  sight,  but  part  of  the 
eye  was  ruptured.  The  wages  of  a  showman's 
assistant  varied  from  £2  to  £3  a  week.  He 
usually  received  from  30s.  to  35s.  a  week  from 
May  to  October. 

Respondent  said  he  did  not  engage  appli- 
cant and  had  not  seen  him  before.    He  rented 


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Au6u6t.set»t. 


fiiUi'^iows  to  otiiiT  peojjle,  receiving  commis- 
£lon  on  tbe  takings.  The  man  whom  applicant 
bad  reicrred  to  a£  respoudcnt's  maouger  ht 
had  nottung  to  do  with. 

His  Uouour  lulil  tliat  respondent  was  liable, 
and  awardtd  upplicaiit  coniptnsation  at  the 
rate  of  12.-.  Gd.  :i  week  (hall  bis  wages)  from 
the  date  of  the  accident. 

LEYTON    V.    VVHYATT.— LOST    LUGGAGE. 

At  the  Manchester  Assizes,  before  Mr.  Jus- 
tice Luaii,  .\lr.  George  Leyton  sought  to 
28  recover  damages  for  alleged  breach  of 
contract  ajjd  neghgeiice  from  Arthur 
Whyatt,  a  furniture  remover  and  carrier,  of 
Manchester  who  acted  as  bacgage  man  to  the 
Manchest-er  Hippodrome.  .Mr.  Eustace  Hills 
(instructed  by  .Mr.  S.  H.  Perrin)  appeared  for 
the  plaintiff,  and  the  defendant  was  represented 
by  Mr.  Gordon  Hewart  (instructed  by  Mr.  T. 
H.    HinchcUtfe) 

Plaintiff  alleged  the  non-delivery  or  loss  by 
the  defendant  of  a  basket  containing  MSS. 
songs,  which  the  defendant  was  instructed  to 
send  to  Grimsby.  Defendant  pleaded  that  his 
instructions  were  to  send  the  basket  not  to 
Grimsby,  but  to  London. 

Mr.  Hills  said  that  the  plaintiff  had  been 
performing  at  the  Manchester  Hippodrome  up 
to  November  19,  1910.  His  next  engagement 
was  on  November  28  at  Grimsby.  The  basket 
containing  the  songs  and  other  articles  were 
ordered  to  be  sent  to  Grimsby.  (Certain  other 
articles  the  plaintiff  took  with  him  to  London. 
The  instructions  relating  to  the  songs  were 
given  to  the  defendant's  son  by  Mr.  Leyton's 
manager,  Mr.  Maitland.  There  were  seven 
packages,  consisting  of  four  baskets,  two  long 
wooden  cases,  and  some  metal  tubes  which 
were  used  for  the  purpose  of  imitating  the 
chiming  of  church  bells.  Only  one  basket  was 
lost.  Six  were  placed  on  the  slope  at  the  Hip- 
podrome, and  the  basket  which  was  subse- 
quently lost  was  placed  in  the  dressing-room 
that  had  been  occupied  by  Mr.  Leyton.  It 
was  not  until  Mr.  Leyton  reached  Grimsby  that 
he  knew  the  basket  was  lost.  He  satisfied  him- 
self that  it  was  not  delivered  to  the  railway 
company  to  go  to  Grimsby. 

Mr.  Leyton,  in  the  witness-bo.T,  estimated 
the  contents  of  the  box  to  be  worth  £250.  They 
consisted  of  sketches  and  songs  orchestrated 
for  sixteen  instruments. 

Mr.  Gordon  Hewart  said  there  were  two  sets 
of  luggage,  one  of  which  the  defendant  was 
told  he  would  find  on  the  slope  and  the  other 
in  the  dressing-room.  His  instructions  from 
Maitland  were  that  everything  he  found  on 
that  slope,  a  total  of  seven  articles,  had  to  go 
to  Grimsby,  and  all  the  things  in  the  dressing- 
room  had  to  go  to  London.  The  basket  was 
in  the  dressing-room,  and  either  went  to  Lon- 
don or  was  lost  in  some  way  for  which  the  de- 
fendant was  not  responsible. 

After  hearing  the  evidence,  the  Judge  gave 
judgment  for  the  defendant. 


AUGUST. 

THE        KINEMATOGRAPH        ACT.— SOUTH 
LONDON   ELECTRIC  THEATRES. 
At    Greenwich,    the    South    London    Electric 
Theatres,    Limited,    29,     Bridge    Street, 
I   1      Greenwich,    was    summoned    for    contra- 
vening the  Kinematograph  Act. 
Mr.  Pawiyn,  for  the  London  County  Council, 
said  the  fl.m  spool  on  the  occasion  in  question 
wa.i   not   either   chain   or    gear  driven,   ae  re- 
quired   by    the    Act;    the    spool    was    being 
worked  by  the  finger,  the  metal  box  was  open, 
and   the  film   wa«  expoccd,  th',  exit  lights  of 
the    building   were   not   lit,    the   door   of   the 
operator's    chamber    was    ojieu,    and    there 


seemed  to  have  been  a  wholesale  disregard  o4 
the  regulations 

Mr.  Uutton  said  he  should  inflict  only  a 
nominal      .loo^iy  of  5s.  and  12s.  6d.  ooets. 

NIEMANN  AND  BELL  v.  GRAHAM.— 
CLAIM   FOR  COMMISSION. 

The  case  of  Niemann  and  Bell  v.  Graham 
was  before  liis  Honour  Judge   Woodfall, 

2  in  the  Westminster  County  Court,  and 
was  a  claim  for  tl  10s.  balance  of 
commission   on   an  enyagement. 

Mr.  Cannot,  counsel  for  tlie  plaintiffs,  said 
they  were  variety  agents  carrying  on  business 
in  the  Strand.  They  secured  for  the  defen- 
dant, Miss  Gracie  Graham,  a  sixteen  weeks' 
engagement  at  £'25  a  week  in  Australia,  and 
she  broke  her  contract  at  the  end  of  thirteen 
weeks.  She  had  paid  part  of  the  commission, 
leaving  the  amount  claimed   due. 

Mr.  Doughty  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Roberts, 
Seyd,  and  Co.)  took  two  objections  to  the  pro- 
ceedings— firstly,  that  one  of  the  plaintiffs 
was  dead  before  the  action  started ;  secondly, 
that  this  was  a  claim  for  damages  by  a 
default  summons. 

Mr.  Cannot  said  the  firm's  name  was  used 
in  the  proceedings,  and  a  surviving  partner 
u...-     uing. 

His  Honour  thought  no  harm  would  be  done 
in  consequence  of  the  form  in  which  the  action 
was  brought.  Technically,  Mr.  Doughty  might 
be  right,  but  the  objection  was  rather  late 
in  the  day. 

Mr.  Doughty  :     I  will  not  press  it. 

Adolph  Niemann  gave  evidence  in  support 
of  Mr.  Cannot's  opening,  and  stated  that 
Fred  Niemann,  his  father,  and  William  Benn 
were  proprietors  of  the  firm,  and  his  father 
was  dead. 

Cross-examined  :  Part  of  the  commission  was 
deducted  in  Australia.  The  full  10  per  cent, 
was  deducted,  and  plaintiffs  received  half  of  it. 
Had  defendant  performed  the  other  three 
weeks  plaintiffs  would  have  received  three  sums 
of  25s. 

His  Honour :  Then  the  claim  cannot  be  for 
more  than  £3  15s. 

Witness,  in  further  cross-examination,  said 
he  knew  nothing  about  defendant  buying  Mr. 
Willie  Benn  a  suit  of  clothes,  but  he  knew  his 
father  had  a  fountain  pen  from  her. 

The  defendant  gave  evidence  that  the  con- 
tract was  fixed  up  through  Mr.  Richards.  She 
told  plaintiffs  she  was  booked  for  pantomime 
and  could  not  do  all  the  sixteen  weeks.  They 
said  they  could  get  her  out  of  the  last  three 
weeks  if  she  gave  them  a  present,  and  she  asked 
Mr.  Niemann  what  he  would  like.  Mr.  Benn 
answered  :  "  I'll  have  a  suit  of  clothes,"  and 
later  he  said  he  had  the  clothes  and  they  cost 
£3  15s.  She  gave  him  a  cheque  for  that 
amount,  and  gave  Mr.  Niemann  a  fountain  pen. 
She  had  been  anxious  to  go  to  Australia,  as 
she  had  been  medically  advised  to  take  a  sea 
voyage. 

By  the  Judge :  Had  she  performed  the  full 
term  she  would  not  have  been  in  London  until 
about  Christmas  Day.  Plaintiffs  were  not  en- 
titled to  any  commission  on  the  pantomime 
engagement. 

His  Honour  nonsuited  the  plaintiffs. 


SEPTEMBER. 


THE 


KINE.MATOGRAPH      ACT.— PICTURE 
THEATRES,     LIMITED. 

At  Lambeth,  the  Picture  Theatres,  Limited, 
of     Bank     Buildings,     Kingsway,     were 
5    summoned,    ajs  the  occupiers  of  the  pre- 
mises    known     as     Queen's    Hall,    High 
Street.    Peckham,    to    answer    the    complaint 
that   they   allowed    them   to    be    opened    ou 


SEPT. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR   BOOK 


299 


Sunday,  July  23,  in  contravention  of  one  of 
the  conditions  of  a  license  granted  by  tihe 
London  County  Council  under  the  provisions 
of  the  Kineni;it02r;iph  Act.  19(10. 

Mr.  Hopkins  ordered  the  defendant  company 
to  pay  a  tine  of  £5  and  23s.  costs. 


FLOYD    V.    SMITH— ALLEGED     WRONGFUL 
DISMISSAL. 

At  tJie   Southend  County  Court,  Jurge  Tin- 
dal  Atkinson  heard  a  claim  for  damapres 
1 6  for     wrongful      dismissal.    The     plaintiff 
was     Edward     Floyd,     tenor,      and     he 
claimed    £50    from    Stanley    Smith,    of    F'nlay 
Dunn's   Dandies,   at  the   Pier   Hill   Bandstand, 
on   the   ground   that  he   had   been   wrongfully 
discharged    from    defendant's    employ    during 
the   early   summer   season.     Mr.    P.    B.    Moule 
(instructed    by    Jlessrs.    Jefferies    and    Bygott) 
represented   the   plaintiff ;    and   Mr.   F.    Hinde 
(instructed    by    Mr.    Dunman    Edwards)    de- 
fended. 

Plaintiff  stated  he  had  been  singing  all  his 
life  and  had  performed  at  many  leading  places 
in  London  and  at  seaside  resorts  in  concert 
parties.  Up  to  the  present  no  complaint  had 
been  made  as  to  his  professional  competence. 
He  got  into  communication  with  Mr."  Squire, 
the  defendant's  manager,  and,  after  singing 
to  h'm  and  Mr.  Dunn  in  London,  he  was  en- 
gaged for  the  seasoi.  Soon  after  that  Mr. 
Dunn  told  him  that  if  he  had  his  way  he 
would  have  engaged  his  old  friend,  Mr.  Bowie, 
who  was  a  favourite  in  Southend,  but,  as  Mr. 
Squire  was  holding  the  reins,  he  could  not  do 
anything.  The  season  began  on  April  15.  and 
for  the  f  rst  few  days  he  suffered  from  a  slight 
hoarsene  s.  Mr.  Dunu  told  him  he  did  not 
come  up  to  expectations.  Mr.  Dunn  gave  him 
a  fortnight's  notice,  but  a  day  or  so  later 
withdrew  it.  The  notice  had  been  withdrawn 
in  the  morning  and  in  the  evening  it  was 
announced  that  Mr.  Bowie  was  coming  down 
and  would  remain  for  the  rest  of  the  season. 
On  April  29  Mr.  Bowie  came  and  took  part 
in  the  programme.  So  did  witness,  but  he 
did  not  sing  any  solos.  A  number  of  rehear- 
sals followed  for  the  concerted  items,  but 
when  he  went  down  to  work  in  them  he  was 
told  he  was  not  wanted.  In  May  he  was  seen 
by  a  doctor,  whom  Mr.  Dunn  recommended, 
and  he  was  then  told  he  was  suffering  from 
adenoids,  that  the  back  of  the  throat  was 
swollen,  and  that  an  operation  was  necessary. 
Witness  was  not  satisfied  and  went  to  Dr. 
Hopkins,  who  assured  him  that  the  vocal 
chords  ,were  as  clear  as  a  bell,  and  that, 
though  there  was  some  slight  swelling,  ft  was 
only  the  effect  of  the  open  air,  and  would  pass 
off  in  a  few  days.  On  May  8  he  took  part 
in  the  programme,  but  on  May  12  he  was 
given  a  written  fortnight's  notice  by  Mr. 
Dunn.  After  leaving  the  Dandies  he  was  able 
to  get  another  engagement  at  Walton-on-Sea, 
the  term  expiring  that  day. 

Dr.  Gerard  Herklots  said  he  could  not  find 
anything  wrong  with  the  voice.  There  were 
no  signs  of  adenoids  or  laryngitis,  only  a 
slight  hoarseness,  the  result  of  singing  in  the 
open  air. 

Mr.  Barrington  Foote,  actor  and  singer,  said 
he  had  heard  plaintiff  sing  at  Walton  during 
the  summer,  and  he  had  a  good  voice,  which 
always  came  in  for  much  appreciation.  It  was 
a  common  thing  for  the  voice  to  be  affected 
when   singing   in   the  cpen   air. 

Mr.  Alexander  Milne,  baritone,  gave  evi- 
dence of  hearing  plaintiff,  whom  he  had 
known  for  twenty  years,  sing  in  Southend  in 
April.  He  had  an  exceptionally  good  tenor 
voice,  and  witness  had  never  heard  him  in 
better  form. 

For  the  defendant,  Dr.  L.  G.  Hopkins  said 


on  May  G  he  examined  the  plaintiff's  throat, 
as  he  complained  of  a  .slight  attack  of  laryn- 
giti.*.  He  found  the  thro-at  to  be  slightly  re- 
laxed and  reddened,  while  the  voice  was 
hu.sky.  He  formed  the  opinion  that  the  plain- 
tiff should  not  sing  for  a  time  ianrt  should 
take  a  rest,  and  ,g;ive  him  a  prescription.  He 
attributed   the  h.uskiness  to  slight   laryngitis. 

In  cross-examination,  witness  said  the 
hoiarsene&s  thus  engendered  might  pass  off 
wthile  singing. 

Mr.  Finlay  Dunn,  man.i'ger  and  st«ge  direc- 
tor for  defendant,  said  the  firs.t  night  plain- 
tiff sang  he  was  not  satJsfied  with  his  solo 
performance.  He  put  it  down  to  nervousness. 
Witness  at  last  gave  him  a  fortnight's  notice, 
saying  he  wms  not  strong  enough.  After  a 
time,  witness  withdrew  the  notice,  on  the 
suggestion  of  Mr.  Smdth,  and  plaintiff  was 
given  a  rest. 

Mr.  Hinde :  It  has  been  suggested  that  you 
tried  to  get  rid  of  Mr.  Floyd  so  as  to  engage 
Mr.  Bowiie?— There  is  no  truth  in  the  state- 
ment. I  wrote  to  him  because  I  wanted  some- 
one to  do  the  tenor  work  while  plaintiff  was 
resting. 

Witness  added  that  he  gave  plaintiff,  after 
a  rest,  another  opportunity  to  sing  solos,  but 
he  was  then  no  better,  and  witness  had  to 
terminate   the    plaintiff's  engagement. 

In  further  cross-examination,  witness  said 
plaintiff  took  his  full  share  in  the  programme 
until  Mr.  Bowie  bad  come,  and  then  he  was 
given  notdce. 

Defendant  gave  evidence  to  the  effect  that 
the  first  week  he  was  not  satisfied  with  the 
whole  of  the  company,  but  he  only  spoke  to 
Mr.  Dunn  about  Mr.  Floyd,  who  was  not  an 
artist  to  his  libing. 

His  Honour  held  that  »he  justiflcation 
which  should  form  a  reasonable  ground  for  the 
di.smi.ssail  of  the  pi'iaint''ff  from  defendant's  em- 
ploy had  not  been  supported.  There  would, 
therefore,  be  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  for 
£40  and  costs. 


CAKES  v.  LYNN  AND  HARDING— RETURN 
OF     DFPOSIT. 

At  \he  Manchester  County  Court,  before  hi« 
Honour  Judge  Mellor,  K.C.,  Mr.  Jack 
2o0akes,  residmg  in  Mo^s  L.ine.  K.i^t  Man- 
Chester,  sued  Messrs.  Lynn  and  Harding, 
of  Savoy  House.  Savnv  Street,  for  the  return 
or  a  mm  of  £2.5  paid  as  deposit  bv  plaintiff 
when  he  entered  defendants'  service"  as  assist- 
ant  manager    of  one  of  their  companies. 

It  was  .stated  by  Mr.  fobbeU  <;nijo;tor  for 
the  Plaintiff  Oake^  that  he  ioined  the  com- 
pany at  Darwen.  hut  remained  with  it  onlv  a 
week,  wlien  he  tnve  i.otice  terniinatinf^  the 
engagement.  It  w.os  arranged  with  the  defen- 
dants thf.t  the  deposit  shouV!  he  retKrned  to 
him.  but  afterwards  a  ouestion  of  !;reach  of 
contract  w.^^s  raised.  No  counterclaim  had 
however,  been  pnt  in,  ar.d  tliere  was  no  a,PT>par- 
ance  by  the  defendants  to  ans^^er  the'pb'm 
in  court  D-fonri.ints  had.  however,  in  tihe 
correspondence,  raised  the  onestion  of  the  Man- 
chester court's  jurisdiction  in  the  matter 
ciaimmg  that  the  case  should  be  tried  in 
London. 

Mr.  Cohbett  s+.ated  that  the  interview  be. 
tween  Mr.  Lynn  ai.d  Mr.  Oakes  took  place  in 
London,  at  Savoy  House  Rnt  the  aereement 
arrived  at  at  the  interview  was  suh'Vrt  to  a 
^vrItten  con+raot  hpin?  connl.,i^od  between  the 
parties,  and  th-'s  rlopurr^cf  „.a,  Krhsponerit-'y 
sput  to  Manphp.ster  snd  .si<rned  there  hv  Mr 
Oake«.  Plaintiff,  therf-forp.  c<intpndpd  th^t  the 
pp>ntrr>et,  wns  .irppntpd  ii  \f:,ry^hc~itpT  or..,i  iv,j,f 
the  encasement  was  a  M.ojiPhPster  transaef  jon 

His  TT/^nonr  upheld  plaintiff  on  tbP  onpption 
of  innsdietion.  and  gave  judgment  for  the 
amount  clarmed,  with   (.ssts 


300 


rnil  STAGE  YEAR  BOO?: 


OCT. 


OCTOBER. 

FRITZ'S  ACKNCY.  T.TMITED,   AND  THE 
L.C.C. 

This    niippol    rparlic'l     its    flnxl     stncp    wlifn 
Lord     Tiverton    (instructed     by    Messrs. 

6     ArnoM    Carter   and   Co.)   applied    to   Mr. 
Curtis-Bennett,     sittine    at    Bow    Street 
Police  Court,  to  liave  the  appeal  allowed  with 
costs. 

The  hearing  previously  had  been  adjourned 
sine  die  to  enable  the  counsel  to  appeal  to 
the  High  Court  acainst  the  refusal  of  the 
tnaci.strate   to   admit  certain   evidence. 

Mr.  Bodkin,  for  the  London  County  Council, 
now  said  that  the  High  Court,  without  giving 
any  decision  on  t!ie  merits  of  tlie  case,  dis- 
charged the  rule  with  costs,  holding  that  the 
application  was  premature,  as  the  majiistrate 
had  not  given  his  deci-ion  on  the  summons. 
The  Council  did  not  desire  to  put  an  end  to 
Mr.  FritTi's  business  if  it  was  properly  and 
legitimately  conducted.  Having  regard  to  the 
new  complexion  that  had  been  put  on  the  case 
bv  the  witnesses  called  on  his  behalf,  the  Coun- 
cil would  offer  no  further  resistance  to  the 
license  being  granted. 

Lord  Tivcrt-on  poiut-ed  out  that  when  the 
license  was  applied  for  no  notice  was  given 
of  the  allegations  to  be  made  against  Mr. 
Fritz,  and  he.  therefore,  had  no  opportunity 
of  calling  evidence  to   rebut  the  charqes. 

Mr.  Curtis-Bennett  said  he  thought  the 
license  should  he  granted  on  tTie  undertaking 
that  had  been  given  by  Mr.  Fritz  on  a  pre- 
vious occasion  as  to  how  the  agency  was  to  be 
conducted,  and  made  an  order  accordingly, 
with  twenty-flve  guineas  costs  against  the 
Council. 

[See  Reports,  March  10  and  May  19.J 


ELPHINSTOXE    V.    STANLEY.— BREACH    OF 
CONTRACT.— LATE    PRINTING. 

At  the  Stafford  County  C-ourt,  James  Elnhin- 
stone.    lessee    of    the    Lyceum.    Stafford, 

6     brought  an  action   acainst  Leslie  Stanley. 

of     The     Little     Gipny     and      Kino     of 

Myxtnnia   companies,     to     recover    £30   agreed 

liquidated  and  ascertained  damages  for  breach 

a)f  an  acreement  dated  September  6  last. 

Defendant  counti^r-claimed  for  £30  damages 
for  the  alleged  breach  of  the  before-mentioned 
agreement  by  the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  S.  Watson,  who  appeared  for  plaintiff, 
said  that  prior  to  Aucust  28  last  defendant 
entered  into  an  arrangement  with  plaintiff  to 
produce  The  Kina  of  Myntonin  for  one  week, 
commencing  September  18.  at  the  Lyceum, 
Stafford.  Correspondence  afterwards  took  place 
between  the  parties,  and  at  the  request  of  the 
defendant  the  piece  he  was  t-o  produce  on  Sep- 
tember 18  was  changed  to  The  Little  Gipsy. 
An  agreement  was  entered  into  on  September 
f)  between  the  parties.  Among  the  terms  of 
this  was  that  defendant  was  to  find  at  least 
400  sheets  of  large  pictorial  posters  dated  and 
headed,  and  at  lea.st  250  d.c.  picture  lithos.  all 
printing  supplied  by  Mr.  Stanley  to  be  de- 
livered at  the  theatre  eight  clear  days  prior 
to  the  date  on  which  the  engagement  was  timed 
to  commence.  The  printing  should  have  arrived 
on  September  9.  but  it  did  not  do  so.  On  Mon- 
day, the  nth.  plaintiff  wrote  to  defendant  stat- 
ing that  it  had  not  been  received,  and  asking 
for  an  explanation  At  midday  on  the  14th 
plaintiff  received  from  the  defendant  a  letter 
intimating  that  the  printing  had  been  sent  on. 
Later  that  day  Mr.  Elpbinstone  wired  to  de- 
fendant that  nothing  had  been  received.  By 
Friday,  the  15th.  no  printing  or  the  copy  of 
the  day  hill  had  come,  nor  was  their  any  reply 
to  plaintiff's  telegram.  On  the  15th  plaintiff 
wrote  this  letter  to  defendant :— "  What  ex- 
planation have  you  to  offer  for  the  manner  in 


which  you  have  treated  me  over  the  engagement 
you  made?  Not  a  sheet  of  printing,  not  even  a 
copy  of  day  bill  has  arrived  here,  and  this  Is 
Friday  night.  I  have  placed  the  matter  in  my 
Bolicitor's  hands,  and  shall  proceed  for  the  re- 
covery of  damages  named  in  contract.  Why 
did  you  write  on  the  13th  and  say,  '  Printing 
being  sent  on,'  when  such  could  not  have 
possibly  been  the  case?  "  A  copy  of  that  letter 
was  sent  to  defendant's  address  in  London  and 
to  the  theatre  at  Wisbech,  where  he  was  play- 
ing at  the  time,  and  Iqter  in  the  day,  after 
plaintiff  had  written  that  letter,  he  received  a 
small  parcel  of  printing  matter,  but  he  was 
still  without  a  copy  of  the  day  bill,  and  was 
unable  to  put  out  his  advertising.  This  was 
Friday,  and  the  engagement  was  for  the  fol- 
lowing Monday.  On  the  following  day,  the 
IGth,  plaintiff  received  a  telegram  from  de- 
fendant saying  that  the  printers  had  sent  print- 
ing off.  To  this  plaintiff  replied  by  telepraph  : 
"  Humbug !  No  copy  of  day  bill  or  printing 
arrived.  You  have  broken  contract.  Claiming 
damages."  Defendant  wired  back  that  he  had 
not  broken  the  contract,  and  that  the  company 
were  opening  on  Monday.  To  this  plaintiff  sent 
the  following  telecram  : — "  Fault  yours;  no  an- 
nouncement: can't  open:  useless  coming:  claim- 
inc  damages  :  final. — Elpbinstone."  On  the 
following  morning  (Sunday)  the  day  bill 
arrived.  It  was  at  that  time  quite  im- 
possible to  get  out  advertisements  ready 
-for  the  opening  of  the  theatre  on  the 
Monday  evening.  Mr.  Watsnn  went  on 
to  state  that  on  the  Monday  morning,  the  18th. 
and  also  the  ne.xt  day.  the  10th.  the  L.  and 
N.W.  Railway  and  also  the  G.N.  Railway  com- 
panies each  tendered  different  parcels  pre- 
sumably containing  printing.  All  of  them  were 
refused. 

In  answer  to  the  Judge,  Mr.  Watson  said  that 
the  companv  turned  up  on  the  Monday  after- 
noon, but  they  were  not  allowed  to  use  the 
theatre,  as  their  play  had  not  been  advertised 
at  all. 

Further  questioned  as  to  what  happened  at 
the  theatre,  Mr.  Watson  said  that  as  time  got 
on  in  the  week  before  defendant's  company 
were  to  appear  they  got  into  touch  with  a 
non-ensaged  companv.  The  company  were 
secured,  and  played  Only  a  Woman.  Under  all 
the  circum.stances.  plaintiff  sought  to  recover 
€.30  as  the  liquidated  damages,  which  were 
based  upon  the  clause  in  the  contract. 

His  Honour  remarked  that  they  had  had  to 
consider  this  question  of  linnidated  and  ascer- 
tain'^d  damaees  before.  He  helieved  he  had 
dealt  wi+h   it   before  at   Stafford. 

Mr.  Watson  replied  tbnt  this  was  so.  and 
th.at  plaintiff  was  evidently  so  impressed  with 
his  Honour's  ruling  that  he  at  once  went  home 
and  remodelled  the  clause,  which  now  read  : — 
"  Should  either  of  the  parties  to  this  agree- 
ment neglect  or  refuse  to  fulfil  the  same,  the 
party  so  neclectincr  .shall  pay  to  the  other 
partv  thereto  the  sum  of  .€30.  which  sum  is 
herebv  agreed  and  declared  shall  be  as  and 
for  liquidated  and  ascertained  damages,  and 
not  by  wav  of  penalty."  He  submitted  that 
clause  entitled  him  to  sue  for  the  liquidated 
damages  agreed  upon  between  the  parties. 

The  Judge :  Why  do  you  say  "  neglect  or 
refuse  to   fulfil    the   contract"? 

Mr.  Watson  argued  that  in  construing  these 
things  one  had  to  find  out  what  the  object  of 
the  agreement  was  and  what  was  to  be 
attained  bv  it.  Then  havin?  ascertained  that, 
one  ou'jht  to  say  whether  either  party  bv  what 
he  had  done  had  disenabled  the  attainment  of 
.that  object.  The  ohiect  of  the  contract  in 
this  instance  was  to  produce  at  this  theatre 
on  September  18  this  drama.  It  was  not  pro- 
duced. Why?  For  the  reason  that  the  public 
of  Stafford  could  not  be  informed. 


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The  Judae :  You  say  it  was  not  produced 
owing  to  their  fault? 

Mr.  Watson :  Exactly,  and  that  is  what  I 
say  is  the  neglect  or  refusal  to  fulfil  the  object 
of  the   contract. 

The  Judge  said  that  unfortunately  the  object 
which  the  contract  was  intended  to  infer  was 
not  the  final  object.  There  were  cer- 
tain obligations  imposed  on  each  side 
■which  it  was  difficult  to  say  were  not 
part  of  the  contract.  Supposing  the  company 
were  late  or  did  not  come  for  the  first  day, 
could  it  be  said  they  had  broken  the  contract? 

Mr.  Watson :  Most  certainlv  the  contract 
would  have  been  broken,  and  I  should  say  in 
that  case  that  it  was  clear  that  the  object  of 
the  contract  was  defeated. 

The  Judge :  Then  you  would  sue  for  the 
same   amount   of   damages? 

Mr.  Watson  :  Exactly. 

The  Judse :  You  would  sue  the  same  for  one 
dav  as  if  it  were  for  six? 

■\rr.  Watson  :  Yes. 

The  Judije :  Then  he  might  as  well  have 
staved   away   altogether. 

Mr.  Watson  argued  that  the  clause  in  the 
contract  he  had  read  .showed  what  the  obiect 
of  the  parties  was — it  was  to  secure  the  play- 
ing of  the  drama  on  the  date  mentioned. 

Counsel  for  defendant  said  that  his  defence 
to  the  clause  was  that  they  turned  up  to 
perform,  and  were  not  allowed  to.  The 
gist  of  the  clause  was  to  give  a  performance, 
and  they  were  ready  to  perform.  Thev  were 
heins  sued  on  a  \ps.s,^t  thing.  It  was  ridiculou.=. 
to  sussest  that  the  .same  penalty  attached  to 
everything.  He  submitted  plaintiff  would 
have  to  prove  what  damases  he  had  sustained. 
If  it  was  put  in  af;  a  penalty  it  was  a  mere 
safeguard. 

The  Judge  said  where  it  was  found  that 
damages  were  really  a  jjenalty  the  Court  had 
power  to  relieve. 

Counsel  argued  that  it  was  put  in  as  a 
penalty,  and  that  therefore  plaintiff  would 
have  to  prove  his  damages. 

Plaintiff  gave  evidence  bearing  out  his  coun- 
sel's openins  statement. 

Cross-e'^amined,  he  said  he  had  had  The 
KivQ  of  Myotonia  played  at  his  theatre  before, 
and  was  not  sorry  to  have  the  chance  of  hav- 
ina,  it  aeain.  ATr  S^^nn'pv  wanted  to  products 
The  GivBv  Girl  and  The  Kino  of  Mystonia.  but 
plaintiff  did  not  want  the  former,  as  he  knew 
nothing  about  it.  Defendant,  however,  led 
him  to  believe  it  would  be  a  big  draw,  and  on 
his  assurance  he  decided  to  have  it.  He  had 
taken  many  companies  on  the  assurances  of 
mnnasers. 

Questioned  by  counsel  as  to  when  he  first 
determined  to  end  the  contract,  plaintiff  said 
that  it  was  on  the  Thursday  when  he  could 
not  get  a  reply  from  defendant.  He  had  to 
send  his  advertisements  to  The  Stage  on  Wed- 
nesday morning.  The  breach  in  the  contract 
was  his  not  receiving  the  bills. 

Asked  why,  if  he  did  not  determine  to  end 
the  contract  until  the  Thursday,  he  sent  an 
advertisement  to  The  Staoe  on  the  Wednesday 
(the  day  before)  for  another  company  for  the 
tSth.  plaintiff  said  he  simply  did  it  for  pro- 
tection against  beine  without  a  company. 

The  Jndse  observed  that  this  was  quite  right 
—plaintiff  must  protect  himself.  His  Honour 
said  that  he  thought  there  had  been  a  breach. 
It  was  a  case  where  the  touring  manager, 
inst^ead  of  looking  after  his  own  bills,  had  left 
it  to  others,  and  they  had  not  sent  them.  If 
he  did  that  he  must  be  responsible.  He  was 
quite  crta'n  thev  were  not  sent  in  time. 

Mr.  Whitfield  remarked  that  thev  were  not 
f^nt  by  themselves,  hut  by  the  printers. 

The  Judge,  continuing,  said  it  seemed  to 
him  that  touring  managers  were  most  careless 


and  most  slovenly  In  these  matters.  They  toM 
their  printers  to  send  these  bills,  and  seemed 
to  allow  them  to  do  so  when  they  liked.  He 
did  not  know  what  contracts  were  made,  but 
he  should  have  thought  that  they  would  have 
very  strong  and  strict  contracts  about  sending 
bills.  He  could  not  hold  in  this  case  that 
the  damages  were  liquidated  damages. 

Mr.  Whitfield  said  that  as  it  had  been 
decided  they  had  broken  the  contract  they 
could  not  counterclaim  on  it. 

Plaintiff  was  then  cross-examined  in  respect 
of  his  claim  for  loss  of  profit.  The  week  The 
Little  Ginsy  s^hould  have  appeared  the  takings 
were  .€42.  and  ,€66  the  week  after  with  The 
Master  of  ^fiUions.  He  could  not  say  whether 
The  Little  Gipay  was  worth  as  much  as  The 
King  of  Mystonin.  as  he  had  not  seen  the 
former.  He  could  not  say  whether  at  Wisbech 
The  Little  Gipsy  was  played  for  three  nights 
with  only  £11  as  the  gross  takings. 

The  Judge :  Perhaps  the  bills  were  late  at 
Wi=;bech.     (Laughter.) 

Further  cross-examined,  plaintiff  said  he 
based  his  claim  on  the  average  takings  of  the 
theatre. 

Defendant  said  that  he  was  running  The 
Little  Gipsy  and  The  King  nf  ^fystnnia  on 
rovaltv  from  Miss  Queenie  Claver.  He  took 
P.^9  when  they  were  at  Stafford  last  with  The 
King  of  Mystonia. 

By  the  .Tudge:  The  takings  were  most  un- 
certain. It  depended  on  a  number  of  circum- 
stances. 

In  answer  to  Mr.  Whitfield,  defendant  stated 
that  when  he  said  The  Little  Gipsy  would  be  a 
big  draw  it  had  not  been  played.  He  was  not 
continuing  it  in  the  same  form.  The  play 
was  being  re- written. 

The  Judge  remarked  that  it  was  like  the 
tradesman  trying  to  run  down  his  own  wares. 

In  further  evidence  defendant  said  the  play 
was  not  a  success.  Something  went  wrong  on 
the  first  night.    The  plot  was  not  very  strong. 

Cross-examined,  defendant  said  he  was  not 
now  of  the  oninion  that  The  Little  Gipsy  was 
a, big  draw.  It  w«s  not  written  at  the  time  hf 
said  that.  He  admitted  that  after  his  arrival 
at  Stafford  he  instructed  his  solicitors  to 
demand  from  plaintiff  the  ^um  of  £^0  damages 
for  breach  of  contract.  He  tried  to  get  the 
bill'  sent  off. 

Miss  Oueenie  Claver  s-iid  The  Little  Gipsv.  in 
which  she  took  the  leading  part,  went  well  as 
a  .sketch.  The  takings  at  Wisbech  were  very 
bad. 

Mr.  Watson  said  it  was  quite  clear  that  up 
to  the  time  it  came  to  Stafford  it  was  held  out 
to  be  an  exceptionally  good  thing,  and  it  was 
no  use  trving  to  depreciate  it  now. 

In  giving  judgment  his  Honour  said  it  wafl 
as  clear  as  possible  that  there  had  been  a 
breach,  but  the  nuestion  of  damages  was  an 
exceedingly  difficult  one.  The  defendant  asked 
for  things  to  be  done  in  a  time  in  whieh  there 
was  no  time.  They  treated  the  whole  thing 
in  a  casual  manner,  and  did  not  even  take  the 
trouble  to  have  a  contract  with  their  own 
printers.  The  contract  was  to  send  the  hills 
eight  davs  previous  to  the  opening  night.  They 
were  not  sent  at  all  to  be  of  any  use.  That 
was  a  clear  breach  of  contract.  It  seemed  to 
Mm  Mr.  Elphinstone's  conduct  was  reasonable. 
He  gave  them  every  opportunity  to  perform 
their  contract,  and  he  was  perfectly  iustifled 
in  getting  another  companv.  It  was  fortunate 
for  defendant  that  he  did.  If  plaintiff  had 
chosen  to  close  the  theatre  for  the  week  and 
s„p  defendant  for  the  damages,  he  (the  Judge) 
could  not  sav  at  present  that  his  action  would 
he  unreasonable,  and  defendant  wnuld  hljve 
had  to  have  paid  the  whole.  Mr.  Elnhinstone. 
however,  decided  to  get  another  company.  The 


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thine  he  had  to  decide  was  what  was  The 
Little  Oipsy  worth.  Defendant  had  cried 
otinking  fish  with  his  own  play  and  Enid  it 
was  a  poor  piny.  One  looked  at  this  sort  of 
thing,  when  it  was  done  with  the  purpose  of 
reducinK  damages,  with  a  very  great  amount 
of  suspicion.  On  the  whole,  however,  he  was 
satisflwi  that  it  was  not  a  very  wonderful  or  a 
very  startling  play,  and  that  It  would  not 
move  the  people  of  Stafford  to  any  great 
amount  of  enthusiasm.  He  was  satisfied  that 
if  it  had  come  it  would  not  have  been  a  very 
brilliant  success.  The  question  was  whether 
Mr.  Elphinstone  would  have  drawn  much  more 
from  The  Little  Gipsy  than  the  £42  from  Only 
a  Woman.  He  thought  he  might  have  drawn 
a  little  more,  and  he  gave  judgment  for 
plaintiff  on  the  claim  for  £5,  also  judgment 
for  plaintifl  on  the  counter-claim. 


THEATRICAL  CURTAINS  ADVERTISING 
COMPANY    v.    BECKETT    AND    CO. 

At  the  Bow  County  Court,  before  Judge 
Smyley,     K.C.,    some    important     points 

6  with  reference  to  contracts  for  advertise- 
ments on  theatre  curtains  were  raised  in 
an  action  in  which  the  Theatrical  Curtains 
Advertising  Company,  of  Broadway,  Strat- 
ford, sought  to  recover  £15  lis.  from  Messrs. 
Beckett  and  Co.,  coal  and  furniture  dealers 
of  Willcsden,  in  connection  with  advertise- 
ments at  the  local  Hippodrome.  Defendants 
paid  £4  into  court.  Mr.  A.  Robinson  appeared 
for  plaintiffs,  and  Mr.  Hilbury  was  counsel 
for  defendants 

Mr.  Albert  Lee,  traveller  to  the  plaintiffs, 
proved  taking  the  order,  which  was  for  fifty- 
two  weeks'  exhibition  of  the  defendants'  ad- 
vertisement by  means  of  lantern  slides  at  the 
Willesden  Hippodrome  from  June  of  last  year. 
Photographs  for  the  slides  were  supplied  by 
defendants,  and  when  they  stated  that  thev 
were  not  sati.sfled  with  the  slides  an  offer 
wa-s  mado  to  make  new  ones  at  cost  price,  it 
beS''g  pointed  out  that  such  slides  were  sel- 
dom satisfictory  when  made  from  photo- 
graphs. This  offer  was  not  accepted.  Later 
defendants  mtimated  that  they  would  with- 
draw from  their  contract. 

Mr.  Hilbury:  How  many  times  did  you  see 
the  slides  exhibited  ^^I  couid  not  go  every 
night.  I  went  once  or  twice  for  my  own  satis- 
faction. 

Thos.  Home,  the  operator  from  January  to 
June,  1911,  said  that  the  defendants'  slides 
were  exhibited  every  evening.  It  was  a  two- 
houses-a-night  show,  but  last  June  they  re- 
verted to  drama,  and  had  The  Bad  Girl  of  the 
Family,  which  took  up  the  whole  evening. 

His  Honour:  There  is  notJiing  in  the  contract 
about  two  houses  a  night. 

Mr.  Lawrence  Maloney,  the  manager  of  the 
Hippodrome,  said  he  made  a  practice  of  seeing 
that  the  sUdes  were  exhibited  according  to  the 
list  supplied  to  him.  Even  when  drama  was  on 
the  slides  were  shown  before  the  performance. 

Mr.  Hilbury:  You  do  not  suggest  that  you 
saw  Beckett's  advertisement  every  night?— 1 
saw  it  many  times  almost  every  week.  1 
must  trust  the  operator  to  a  certain  extent. 

Mr.  Hilbury,  for  the  defence,  contended  Hiat 
his  learned  friend  had  not  met  the  onus  which 
lay  upon  him  of  proving  that  the  slides  were 
exhibited  for  the  full  flftv-two  weeks. 

For  the  defence  Mr.  Beckett  said  that  when 
he  first  saw  the  slides  they  were  very  indis- 
tinct, and  he  was  not  satisfied  with  them.  On 
a  certain  date  in  September  only  one  of  the 
two  was  shown.  In  his  opinion  the  company 
had  not  carried  out  the  contract.  A  former 
attendant  named  Cooper  said  that  on  one  or 
two  occasions  when  there  was  a  big  first  house 
th*'  elides  were  not  shown  at  the  second. 


Mr.  Hilbury  contended  that  plaiT>tifls*  duties 
under  the  contract  were  more  than  ordinary. 
Mr.  Beckett  could  not  go  every  night  to  see 
whether  his  slides  were  exhibited.  It  has  been 
shown  that  there  were  occasions  on  which  the 
slides  had  not  beet  shown. 

His  Honour  :  Do  you  suggest  that  the  man- 
agement should  have  kept  up  the  two  houses 
a  night? 

Mr.  Hilbury  :  The  Hippodrome  was  known  as 
a  two-houses-a-night  hall,  and  what  does  fifty- 
two  weeks  mean  if  not  that?  I  submit  that 
under  the  circumstances  Mr.  Beckett  was  en- 
titled to  cancel' his  contract  as  his  only  remedy. 

His  Honour  said  in  this  case  two  objections 
had  been  raised  with  regard  to  the  photo- 
graphs. He  thought  that  if  defendants  had 
accept-ed  the  plaintiffs'  offer  a  better  picture 
might  have  been  produced,  but  they  had  not 
done  so.  The  second  objection  was  that  on 
certain  occasions  the  slides  had  not  been  ex- 
hibited at  both  houses,  but  there  was  nothing 
in  the  contract  to  make  that  necessary.  It 
had  been  stated  that  upon  one  or  two  occasions 
they  had  not  been  shown  at  all,  but  a  few 
shillings  would  cover  that.  If  he  allowed  12s. 
for  this  and  gave  judgment  for  £15  he  thought 
that  would  be  fair. 

Judgment  accordingly,  with  an  allowance  for 
the  £4  paid  into  Court. 


KINO      V.       VALERY.— BREACH      OP 
CONTRACT. 

In    the   Marylebone   County    Court,    Charles 
King,     actor,     residing     in     Wimbledon. 

9    claimed     £2     10s.     sailary    from    Odette 
*  alery,  of  22,   Norland   Square,    Holland 
Park  Avenue,  W.,  in  respect  of  an  engagement 
that  he  was  not  allowed  to  carry  through. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Mote,  solicitor,  said  that  Mr 
Charles  Hunt,  who  was  the  author  of  a  sketch 
entitled,  FaZery  at  Home,  called  upon  plaintifl 
at  the  Actors'  Association  and  engaged  him, 
in  behalf  of  the  defendant,  to  appear  at  a 
special  matinee  at  Harrogate,  to  play  9  part 
in  this  sketch.  His  salary  was  agreed  at 
£2  10s.  Hunt  handed  him  the  part,  which  he 
studied,  and  he  rehear-sed  it  at  the  defendant's 
address  three  or  four  times.  He  made  his  ar- 
rangements to  go  to  Ha.rrogate  by  the  12  noon 
train  on  a  Sunday  in  the  end  oif  May  or  be 
ginning  of  June  last.  On  arrival  there  he 
found  that  only  Mr.  Himt  and  another  of  the 
artists  had  arrived,  and  nothing  was  heard  of 
the  defendant-  As  she  did  not  keep  the  ap- 
pointment, the  three  returned  home.  He 
waited  till  the  following  Tuesday,  and  then  he 
communicated  thro.ugh  his  solicitor  with  the 
defendant,  who  replied  fixing  dates  for  further 
rehearsals  on  the  following  Wednesday.  He 
attended  then  and  also  on  the  following  Thurs- 
day. In  the  afternoon  of  the  latter  day  he  re- 
ceived a  telegram  from  the  defendant  to  the 
effect  that  oi  account  of  her  ha^^ng  received 
a  solicitor's  letter,  on  reflection  she  would  not 
eneace  him  for  the  performance  at  Harrogate, 
which  she  had  substitutpd  for  the  previous  one 
whioh  had  been  dropped. 

Plaintiff  bore  out  this  statement,  and  in 
answer  to  the  Resistrar  said  that  he  had  not 
any  other  engagement  for  the  dates  named. 

The  Registrar  made  an  order  for  payment  In 
fourteen  days,  with  costs. 


D'EWDXEY   V.    EDELSTEN. 
At  Lambeth  County  Court.  George  TilewooCk 
Dewdney,    music-hall    sketch    proprietor, 
10  ?f    Glouc&?ter    Road.    Teddinaton,    trad- 
ing as  G.  F.  Hamilton  and  Co.,  sued  for 
£15  15s.   4d.   from   Willie   Edelsten.   music  hall 
aeent,  of  Brixton   Road.  Lambeth,  trading  as 
WHHp    F-ipi'tpn'o    A<jpnov.       Plaintiff    claimed 


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303 


the  amount  as  the  balance  of  the  sum  of 
£30  which  he  said  was  guaranteed  to  him 
by  the  defendant  to  cover  an  engagement  of 
his  company  at  a  theatre  at  Barrow.  De- 
fendant said  plaintiff  told  him  he  would  re- 
ceive 60  per  cent,  of  the  gross  profits,  and 
that  he  himself  would  personally  guarantee 
the  receipt  of  £30  for  the  week.  Defendant 
denied  that  he  made  any  such  promise,  but 
plaintiff  produced  documentary  evidence,  and 
Judge  Parry  decided  in  his  favour  for  the 
amount   claimed. 


STAGE  PLAYS  IN  ]\rUSIC  HALLS.— THE 
ACTORS'  ASiSOCIATION  AND  THE  BED- 
FORD. 

At  the  Marylebone  Police  Court,  the  New 
Bedford  Palace  of  Varieties,  Limited,  of 

1 3  High  Street,  Camden  Town,  was  sum- 
moned for  keeping  a  "  house  and  place 
of  public  re.=ort "  for  the  public  performance 
of  a  stage  play,  known  as  The  Money  Spider, 
without  the  authority  of  letters  patent,  or  the 
license  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain  on  the  Lon- 
don County  Council,  contrary  to  the  Theatres 
Act.  1843.  Mrs.  EVelyn  Henderson,  profes- 
sionally known  as  Evelyn  Beresford.  of  133 
and  136.  High  Holborn,  was  also  summoned  for 
presenting  or  permitting  the  stage  play  to  be 
presented  at  the  Bedford  Palace. 

The  informant  was  Cecil  du  Gu6. 

Mr.  Ernest  Bowen-Rowlands  conducted  the 
case  on  behalf  of  the  Actors'  Association,  and 
explained  that  on  many  occasions  the  music 
hall  proprietors  had  entered  into  contracts 
witih  actors  to  act  in  sketches,  but  had  broken 
the  cout.racts,  and  when  asked  for  compensa- 
tion they  referred  the  actors  to  their  rights 
at  law.  But.  as  a  matter  of  fact,  they  had 
no  such  Tightv=i  seeing  that  the  sketches"  were 
being  played  illeaally.  The  Actors'  Association 
had  therefore  decided  to  prosecute  in  the 
cases  where  the  music  hall  proprietors  had 
flldhed  what  by  law  h.id  been  reserved  to  the 
theatre.  The  piece  in  question  was  a  stage 
play,  and  it  occupied  twenty  minutes. 

Mr.  du  Gui5  gave  evidence  to  the  effect  that 
the  ski^tch   was   a  stage  play. 

Mr.  Henderson  gave  evidence  for  the  defence. 
He  declared  that  thf  sketch  only  occupied 
twelve  or  thirteen  minutes.  The  reason  of 
this  prosecution,  he  said,  was  that  Mns.  Hen- 
derson refused  to  engage  Mr.  du  Gu6  to  play 
in  the  piece  at  the  Bedford  because  she  did 
not  consider  him.  an  actor.  He  stated  that 
t)h.e  play  had  been  presented  at  eighteen  or 
twenty  ha'h.  and  did  not  occupy  more  tihan 
tm'elve  or  thirteen  minutes. 

A  shorthand  writer,  who  took  a  verbatim 
note  of  the  play  at  the  Bedford  Palace,  said 
it  occupied  eighteen  minutes  on  one  occasion 
and    sixteen   on    another. 

Mr.  Paul  Taylor  found  that  The  Money 
Spider  presented  all  the  characteristics  of  a 
stage  play,  and  remarked  that,  in  view  of  the 
termination  of  the  agreement  between  the 
theatrical  managers  and  the  music  hall  pro- 
prietors as  to  the  production  of  these  plays 
at  mufiic  halls,  he  had  to  fall  back  on  the 
rigid  mterpretation  of  the  law  in  the  matter. 
He  fined  the  defendant  company  £15  La  re- 
spect of  two  days,  making  £30  in  all,  and 
directed  that  out  of  that  sum  £15  156.  should 
go  to  the  prosecution  as  costs. 

In  view  of  this  result  the  summoUiS  against 
Mrs.   Henderson  was  withdrawn. 


READ     AND     WRIGHT     v.     PILKINGTON.- 

A     FORTNIGHT'S    NOTICE. 

In     the     Divisional    Court,     King's     Bench 

Division,   before   Mr.   Justice    Avory   and 

1 9  Mr.    Justice    Horridge.    was    heard    the 

appeal  on  the  part  of  the  plaintiffs  from 

the    judgment    in    an    action    heard    In    the 

I.onnhboroiiErh  County  Court-  on  June  20. 


Mr.  Tom  Read  and  his  wife  were  eugaeed 
by  Mr.  Arthur  Pilkington  at  a  joint  salary  of 
£5  15«.  for  a  pantomime  tour  beeinnin;;  on 
December  26,  1910  The  contract  stated  that 
the  engagement  was  for  the  tour,  Clause  7 
reading: — 

All  engagements  subject  to  the  usual  fort- 
night's notice  on   either  side,   unless  other- 
wise specially  specified  in  the  agreement. 
A   tour   card   was  supplied,  on   which   eight 
weeks'    toui     was     shown    to   be    booked,    but 
there  were  spaces  on  the  card  for   a  further 
period  of  three  weeks  without  mentioning  any 
names  of   places  at  which   performances  were 
to  be  given.    The  tour  terminated  on  February 
18,  the  plaintiffs  having  been  given  one  week's 
notice  as  from  February  11.     In  these  circum- 
stances  the     plaintiffs    sued     for   one   week's 
salary  in   lieu  of   a  further  week's  notice,  to 
which  they  claimed  to  be  entitled. 

At  the  county  court  trial  the  defendant 
admitted  advertising  in  The  Stage  for  dates 
for  theatres  beyond  the  date  when  the  tour 
ended,  but  stated  that  he  wanted  only  one 
week,  February  13  to  18,  and  that  he  adver- 
tised the  other  because  he  thought  it  advisable 
to  give  managers  the  impression  that  the  tour 
was  doing  well.  The  county  court  judge 
found  that  the  engagement  was  for  a  tour  of 
eight  weeks,  and  gave  judgment  for  the  defen- 
dant. 

Mr.  C.  Doughty  (instructed  by  Messrs.  Judge 
and  Priestley),  who  appeared  for  the  appel- 
lants, stated  that  the  tour  card  was  received 
by  them  eleven  months  after  signing  the  con- 
tract, and  pixjceeded  to  argue  that  the  con- 
tract was  complete  in  itself,  and  that  a  tour 
card  given  eleven  months  aiter  could  not  be 
considered  as  part  and  parcel  of  it. 
The  respondents  were  not  represented. 
Mr.  Justice  Avory  said  that  in  his  opinion 
the  coimty  court  judge  came  to  a  correct  con- 
clusion. It  was  admitted  by  Mr.  Doughty  that 
the  words  "the  engagement"  meant  the  tour. 
Therefore,  it  could  not  be  disputed  that  the 
employment  was  for  the  tour,  and  it  was 
common  sense  to  suppose  that  something  must 
follow  to  define  what  length  that  tour  must 
be.  The  card  did  that,  limiting  the  tour  in 
this  instance  to  eight  weeks,  and  it  was 
obvious  there  was  no  obligation  to  employ  be- 
yond the  end  of  the  tour  or  any  necessity  to 
give  a  fortnight's  notice.  The  tTue  meaning 
of  a  "  fortnight's  notice,"  as  specified  in  the 
contract,  was  that  given  by  respondent,  that 
it  only  applied  to  dismissal  during  the  tour. 
It  was  unnecessary  to  find  or  prove  custom, 
and  the  finding  of  such  custom  by  the  county 
court  judge  enforced  the  view  expressed  that 
appellants  could  not  succeed.  The  appeal 
must  be  dismissed. 

Mr.  Justice  Horridge  delivered  judgment  to 
a  similar  effect 
[See   report,   County  Court  trial,   June  20.] 


STAGE    PLAYS    IN    MT7SIC    HALLS. 
MOSS   EMPIRES    FINED. 
Before   Mr.    Curtis   Bennett    at   Bow   Street 
Police    Court-,    the    Moss    Empires,    Ltd., 
2  4  ■were   summoned   at   the   instance   of   the 
Theatrical  Managers'  Association  for  un- 
lawfully keeping  the  London  Hippodrome  for 
the  public  performance  of  stage  playa  "  with- 
out  the   authorities   of   letters  patent    or  the 
licence  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  and  contrary 
to  the  Statute  6  and  7  Victoria,  chap.  68." 

The  information  on  which  the  summons  was 
based  was  laid  by  Mr.  Herbert  Henry  Black- 
piore,  secretary  of  the  Theatrical  Managers' 
Association,  and  concerned  the  days  between 
September  26  and  September  30.  when  the 
condensed  version  of  Pagliacci,  by  Leoncavallo, 
and  a  short  play,  L'Alerte,  in  which  Mme. 
R^jane  appeared,  were  both  being  performed 
at    the  Hippodrome. 


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THE  STAGE  YEAR  BOOK 


OCT. 


Mr.  Bodkin  nnstnicted  bv  MfiRsrg.  Stanley. 
WoorihouR".  nnrt  TTpdrtprwick)  prosecuted,  and 
Mr    R.    M     T>ix  defended. 

Mr.  Ciirti.<  Bennett,  in  delivennc  judement. 
Raid  that  in  this  case  it  was  unfortnnnt*  that 
the  miwic  hall  proprietors  did  not  Veep  within 
the  siiucrested  time  limit,  and  tran.ssrefsed 
very  frequently,  so  that  they  had  to  come  to 
that  eiiiirt  and  others  to  be  reprimanded. 
TTe  fined  the  defendants  €20  for  each  of  the 
first  two  <1aTs  to  which  the  summonp  related, 
and  f  10  in  respect  of  each  of  the  other  four, 
makinc  fO  in  all.  The  higher  amount  in  the 
rase  of  the  first  two  days  was  in  order  that 
an  allowance  miuht  he  made  of  £20  for  costs, 
the  whole  fine  of  £80  thus  including  costs. 


KITCHEN      V.      I>AP>VI/KT— QUESTION      OF 
CONTRACT. 

In   the    Kins's  Bench    Division.   Mr.    Justice 

K.  T.  T/awrence  had  before  him  an  action 

ORbroiisrht    bv    Fred     Kitchen,    comedian. 

acainst    Herbert    i>amiey,    auttior    ana 

music   hnW    sketch    proprietor. 

Plaintiff  soucht  a  derlarntion  that,  he  was 
not  hound  to  perform  for  thp  defendant  aft-er 
Fpbrnnrv.  I^IS.  v  h^n  an  pV=:t!n<7  tV>TPP  vears 
contract  between  them  would  terminate. 

Mr  Atkin.  K  C.  for  the  o'aintiff.  .said  Mr. 
Kitfhpn  was  pn^sTed  in  IROR  to  appear  m 
cl<"tphp-s  as  nrincin^l  comPflinTi  for  t>ip  dpfen- 
f^riTit  for  thrpp  vears.  commpncine  February, 
loin  nt  an  inolusivp  Ralary  of  *70  per  weeh-. 
Mr  Bnmlpv  a«k'v1  for  an  ont'on  to  pTtend 
+v,o  DPTiod  for  anofhpr  three  vears.  and  plain- 
tiff ^Tid  he  coi'M  havp  it.  Coiin=°l.  >iowe\'er. 
xiT",^  that  thpre  h.T^  been  no  bindmc  eon- 
tmrt  in  that  connpotion.  In  .Tanuary.  19n9. 
Mr.  TVamlev  wa«  adii'f''>at«H3  a  bankrupt,  and 
ha'i  "Of  vpf  obtained  bi«  di'^charce. 

■p',nii*ifP  crave  pvidence  that  he  bad  often 
t^ld  Mr  T>amlev  that  be  woiilr^  not  continup 
TrHh  him  aft<>r  the  end  of  the  three  years  in 
February,  191.'?. 

TTnd'^T  cTos.s-eTa.minat.ioTi  by  Sir  Frederick 
Tyow  K  r  nla'itifT  «ai(1  b^  beard  ^^  cf^itrp^ts 
with  miisip  »if>l's  entered  into  bv  Mr  Darnley 
for  the  plaintiff  to  appear  after  February, 
191  s. 

The  dpfondant  contended  that  Mr.  Kitchen 
was  honnd  to  him  for  a  further  three  years 
under  an  ontion  for  renpwal  containpd  in  a 
ipftPT  writton  bv  Mr.  Kitchen  to  him  on 
March    S.    lOOfl.    in    which    occurred    the    sen- 

Ip^^p  ■ "  Pprtainlv    von    have    the    optaon    of 

rpnpwal  when  thp  three  vears  T  have  si<n)ed 
with  von  is  no."  This  letter  was  in  answer  to 
one  of  M.nr^h  7  from  ATr.  Parnley  to  the 
plaintiff.  After  defendant  had  obtained  the 
ontion  to  extend  the  eneaffement  until 
Fpbriiarv.  191fi.  he  entered  into  contr.Tcts  with 
musio  hall  nronriptors  for  the  plaintiff  to 
annear  at  their  halls  after  February.  1913,  and 
showed  the  rontraets  to  the  pV.intiff.  who 
raised  no  sort  of  obiprtion.  Further,  the 
defeu'lant  said  the  bpneflt  of  the  contrart  with 
the  plaintiff  did  not  pas,?  to  the  Official  Re- 
ceiver on  his  bpinc  adindicated  a  bankrupt, 
as  it  was  a  purely  personal  contract  to  employ 
the  plaintiff. 

Mr.  .Tustice  Lawrence,  in  delivering  juds- 
rnpnt.  said  there  was  no  contract  which  bound 
thp  plaintiff  to  appear  in  tho  defppdant's 
cVr-tches  aftpr  FpbTitary.  19T!.  The  Icttprs  of 
March  7  nr\<^  S.  if  thev  constituted  a  contract, 
wore  an  a^lditi'^nal  contract  from  the  orialnal 
one.  But  as  there  was  no  considpr'>tion  the 
letters  failed  a«  a  contract.  Consirlpred  as 
pp  r,ffpr.  thp  offer  xrns  withdrawn  when  the 
<lpfen<^a"t.  WPS  •xiiitr'ipatp'1  a  bapVr"pt.  He 
gave  judgment  for  plaintiff  with  costs. 


MAPLESON     V.     SFARS.— MOaS'     EMPIRES 
GARNISHEES. 

In  the  Kinz'fl  Bench  Division.  Divisional 
Court.,  before  Mr.  Justice  Bankes  and 
2  7  ^'r.  Justice  Lush,  was  heard  an  appeal 
from  an  order  made  by  a  Master. 

Mr.  H.  Sears,  music-hall  artist.  wa«  on  May 
17.  1911.  indebt^'d  to  Mr.  Mapleson  to  fbe 
cTtent  of  £.31  as  the  result  of  a  judement 
obtained  aeainst  him.  For  the  wpek  b°Bin- 
ninc  May  LS  Mr.  Sears  was  eneaced  by  Mogg' 
Empires  for  a  week's  performance  at  Live- 
pool  at  a  salary  of  £1R0  a  week.  On  May  17 
an  application  was  made  on  behalf  of  M-. 
Mapleson  for  a  garnishee  order  aeainst  Mow' 
Empires  with  the  ooiect  of  attaching  the  pro- 
portion of  salary  alleged  to  be  due  to  Mr. 
Sears  for  the  performances  alrcadv  given  bv 
him  upon  Monday  and  Tuesday,  Mav  15  pjid 
16.  the  affidavit  by  which  the  application  was 
supported  stating  that  Moss'  Empires  was  in- 
debted to  the  judgment  debtor  in  the  sum 
of  £lPn.  or  thereabouts. 

On  behalf  of  Moss'  Empires  an  affidavit 
was  sworn,  in  which  it  was  stated  that  they 
were  not  indebted  to  the  judgment  debtor  at 
the  date  of  the  application  for  the  gami-shee 
order  It  was  further  stated  that  the  salary 
payable  to  Mr.  Sears  became  due  at  the  end 
of  the  week's  perforniin-^e.  and  that  there 
was  a  custom  in  the  profession  to  this  effect. 

The  Master  made  a  garnishee  order  vUl. 
and  it  was  served  on  the  garnishee,i!  before 
the  expiration  of  the  week  for  which  Mr. 
Sears  was  engaged. 

From  this  decision  Moss'  Empires  appealed. 

Mr.  C.  Doughtv  nnstnicted  bv  Mcs.sr*. 
.Tudge  and  Priestley')  appeared  for  Moris' 
Eimnires.  the  appellants,  and  Mr.  F.  F.  Lever 
(■instructed  by  Mes.srs.  Coleman,  Evans,  and 
Co.l  for  the  respondents. 

Clause  8  of  the  contract  prxjvfded  '  that : 
"  In  case  the  artist  shall  except  through  ill- 
ness ...  or  accident  .  .  .  fail  to  perform  «t 
any  performance  the  arttjst  shall  pay  to  the 
management  as  and  for  IVouidated  damages  a 
sum  eoual  to  the  sum  which  the  artist  would 
h<ave  received  for  .such  performance  in  add"'- 
tion  to  costs  incurred  bv  the  managemen* 
through  the  default  of  the  artist.  .  ." 
Clau.sp  12  provided  that  "  the  artist  shall  pot 
a.ssign,  mortsase,  or  charge  the  artist's 
sa'arv.  nor  ^iprrpit  the  .same  to  bo  taken  in 
execution.  No  sa'iry  sha-ll  bp  pa'd  for  days 
upop  which  the  theatre  is  clospd  bv  reasop 
of  natiopal  mourning.  .  .  ."  "No  ofllarv  shall 
bp  payab'e  for  anv  perf'^rmapce  at  which  the 
arti.st  T"av  not  aPipear  thTonph  illness  or  his 
owp  dpf«"ilt.  .  .'  " 

Clause  '6  provided :  "  If  the  artist  shall 
commit  anv  breach  of  any  of  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  thi.s  contract  or  of  the  rules  the 
management,  without  prejudice  to  other 
remedies,  and  in  addition  to  richtvS  eiven 
under  the  terms  and  conditions  aforesnid.  or 
the  rules  mav  forthwith  determine  this  con- 
tract and  the"arti-st  shall  have  no  claim  u>pon 
them'  for  salary  Coth»r  than  a  proport.ion  for 
pprforman'"'s  played,  expanses,  costs,  or 
ofiprw'sp)."  .it. 

Mr  Doughty  argued  that  the  scheme  of  the 
contnact  was  "that  it  .should  be  an  ordmary 
engagement  at  -a  weekly  salary,  the  latter 
not  be'-omhig  due  until  the  expiration  of  the 
week,  but  that  the  salary  was  apportionable 
for  the  purposes  of  Clauses  8.  12.  and  Ifi  only. 
In  these  circumstances  he  submitted  that  no 
order  gamisheeing  the  salary  could  be  made 
during  t>—  -nirrency  of  the  week,  since  there 
was  th'..  ..o  .salar>    ine.  ,*.,,. 

Mr  Lever  argued  that  the  clauses  of  the 
contract  referreo  to  showed  that  it  wa.s  con- 
?^plated  that  the  artist  should  bP  taken  to 
have  earned   his  salary  at  the   end  of   eacU 


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THE  STAGE  VEA7?  BOOK' 


305 


performance,  althousli   it  mieht  not   be   pay- 
able until  the  expiration  of  tie  week. 

JCDOMENT. 

Mr.   .TiKtire  Bankes.   in   eivine  .iudcment  fot 
the  appellants,  said  :   This  is  an  appeal  which 
by    arrangement    is    treated    as    raising,    and 
raising   only,   the   proper   construotion    of   thi.'s 
mntract  which  the  partie?  have  entered  into. 
The  contract  is  one  which   is  in  common  use 
as    between    proprietors    of    music    halls    and 
artists,    and   contains   a   nurr  ber  of   provisions 
which  are  intended  as  far  as  possible  to  meet 
and  deal  with  the  various  incidents  that  may 
occur    during   the    engagement   of   the    artist: 
hut  the  real  nuestion   which   w"  have   got  to 
decide   is   whether   the   salary   which   is   made 
pavable    by    this    particular    agreement    is    a 
salary  for  the  week  or  is  a  salary  at  so  much 
per  performance  or  so  much  per  day.    In  my 
opinion,   it   is   a  salary  for  the  wfek.       Prima 
facie  when   a   person   is  employed   for   a  week 
it  is  assumed   hv  hofh  nartios  that  the  agree- 
ment   will    be    carried    through:    it    is   to   the 
interest  of  the   artist  that  be  should    get  an 
engagement  for  the   whole   week,   and   it   is  to 
the   interest   of  the   proprietor  that  be   should 
secnre  the  services  of  the  artist  for  the  whole 
week,  and  by  making  an  arranirement  by  which 
the  salary  is  a  salary  for  the  week  each  party 
obtains   what   presumably   he   desires.     Rut.   of 
course,  it  may  be  that  things  may  occur  which 
may   stop   the    performan'^es   in    fie   middle   of 
the  week   or  the   performance.    They  may   be 
stopped   by   fire,    or   they   may   be   stopped   for 
many  reason'  for  which  performances — by  per- 
formanee  T  mean  the  entire  performance  at  a 
place  of  entertainment^may  be  stopped.    They 
ma"   he  stopped   owing  to  the   artist's   illP"ss: 
they  may  be  stopped  owing  to  bis   absenting 
himself,    and    there    are    manv    other    reasons 
which      one      can      foresee    whv.      during     the 
course    of    a    week's    engagement,    the    one 
party     or     the     other     may     be     prevented 
from      carrying      out      what      was     original'v 
contemplated.      and      T      think      it      is      for 
+bat    reason    that    a    m'nihr>r    of    rlauspo    are 
inserted  wbich  deal  with   that  kind  of  tbine. 
We  have  been  referred  to  several  of  them,  par- 
ticularly 8.  12,   and   16.   and  we   are  asked   by 
Mr.  L»ver  to  sav  that  those  clauses  clearly  con- 
template that  in  certain  events  the  parties  in- 
tended  that    a   proportion   of   the   full   week's 
salary,  representing   the   amoimt  which,   by   a 
mathematical  calculation,  would  be  the  proper 
proportion    for   one   performance   or   one   day. 
should   be   payable   by  the   one   party   to   tbe 
other;    Now    that  is  quite  true,  and  the  aues- 
tion  is  whether  we  ought  to  draw  tbe   infer- 
ence from  that  tbat  the  parties,  although  they 
expres.s   the  salary   in   a   lump   sum   per  week, 
intendi'd  that  it  should  be  treated  as  a  salary 
per  Performance  or   per  day.  or  whc-tber  we 
should   construe   the    a^rreement    as    an    apree- 
ment    which    provides    for    a    salary    for    the 
•week,  but  wbich   also  provides  that  in  certain 
events    a   proportionate    portion   of   that    may 
be  payable  to  the   artist  in  the  events  which 
are   indicated   in    these    clauses.      I   think    tbe 
last   is   the   correct   view.     I   think   that   this 
agreement  does   provide  for  a  salary   for  the 
week     and    tiiat    unless    eome    of    the    events 
contemplated     in    these     clauses     happen    the 
arti.st  is   not  entitled   to   any   portion  of  this 
salary  until  the  end  of  the  week,  and  no  por- 
tion of  tbe  salary  becomes  a  d°bt  to  him  until 
the   end  of   the  -week   and   until  be   has   fully 
completed  cll  tbe  performances  which  are  con- 
templated.    Now,    if  tbat  is  right.-  it   follows 
that    this    appeal    ought    to    succeed    because 
the  Master  took  the  other  view.    There  is  one 
passage  in  one  of  the  clauses  wbich  eeems  to 
me  to  point  clearly  to  the  correctness  of  tbe 
view    which    I    am    endeavouring    to    express, 


and  that  is  Clause  16.  because  tbat  proylded 
that:  "Tf  the  artist's  performance  is  con- 
trary to  law.  or  Is  obiected  to  by  any  licensini! 
or  other  public  authority,  or  if  the  management 
shall  be  threatened  with  lepal  proceedinps  In 
respect  of  the  perTormance.  or  if  the  artist 
shall  commit  anv  breach  of  any  of  the  terms 
and  conditions  of  this  contract  or  of  the  rules, 
the  management,  without  prejudice  to  other 
remedies,  and  in  addition  to  riahts  civen  under 
the  terms  and  conditions  aforesaid  or  the 
rules,  may  forthwith  determine  this  contract, 
and  the  artist  shall  have  no  claim  upon  them 
for  salary  ("other  than  a  proportion  for  per- 
formances played)."  Tf  !^Ir.  Lever's  view  is 
right  it  is  not  a  question  of  his  being  entitled 
to~  a  proportion  of  the  weekly  salary, 
but  it  is  his  beinpr  entitled  to  the 
salary  which  was  due  to  him  in  respect 
of  the  performances  on  the  days  on  which  he 
had  actually  plaved.  T  do  not  pretend  to  say 
that  the  agreeTPent  is  so  clearlv  eypres.sed  that 
the  matte-  is  not  one  as  to  which  there  may 
be  some  fliPRenltv  and  possibly  some  doubt,  but 
the  conclp^4on  T  have  come  to  after  hearing 
the  very  clear  arguments  on  both  sides  is  that 
the  contention  of  tbe  appellants  is  right,  and 
that  the  appeal  ought  to  be  allowed. 

Mr.  .Tustice  Lush  :  When  this  case  was  before 
the  ATaster  the  present  appellants  raised  two 
grounds  in  support  of  their  contention :  one 
was  that  on  the  true  construction  of  this  con- 
tract there  was  no  debt  due  or  accruing 
d"e  at  tbe  time  that  the  order  ni>i  was  made 
and  served :  the  other  was  that  apart 
altotrpfher  from  the  particular  t^rms  of  this 
contract  there  was  a  custom  in  this  particular 
business  or  profession  imder  which  custom  at 
all  events  debts  were  not  treated  as  duo  nntil 
the  week  bad  come  to  an  end.  Mr.  Doughty. 
H.psirip<7  a  decision  upon  the  first  of  tho=e  two 
grounds,  has  ahandoned  the  second.  The  only 
nuestion.  therefore,  tbat  we  hf  re  to  consider 
is  whether  upon  the  true  construction  of  this 
nrfT-fxprrippt  th/>rp  was  a  debt  due  or  accruing 
due  on  that  Wednesday  when  the  ordpr  ni=i  was 
made  and  served.  T  must  sav  T  think  that  the 
niipqtiop  iii  hv  no  mf>ans  frpo  from  difficulty. 
and  when  T  first  heard  Mr.  Lever's  very  cogent 
and  forcible  areumefit.  and  when  be  pointed 
out  the  provisions  of  ri!)i7^p.<)  fi  anrl  12.  it  d"d 
seem  to  me  at  first  sight  that,  notwithstanding 
the  vrirnn  ineip  rule,  to  tbe  effpf  t  tbat  sial.ary 
is  only  duo  when  the  term  mputioned  is  at  an 
end.  yet  those  clauses  indicated  an  intention 
on  the  face  of  the  agreement  other  thian  that 
which  one  won'd  infer  from  the  prima  fnrie 
view  of  the  miatter.  an  intention  as  part,  of  the 
bargain  that  the  .salary  should  be  treated  as 
due  when  eiach  performance  was  over.  T  do 
not  think,  on  rpflp'^tion.  th-at  that  is  the  right 
view  to  take  of  this  contract.  T  do  not  know 
that  T  can  use  a  better  term  than  that  which 
was  used  during  the  course  of  the  discussion  ; 
what  sppms  to  me  to  have  been  the  real  bar- 
gain between  the  parties  w^as  this:  The  weekly 
.service  is  stipulated  for  in  return  for  a  weekly 
salary  calculated  no  doubt  according  to  the 
bargain  between  them  by  the  number  of  per- 
formances. On  the  other  hand,  contingencies 
may  arise  under  which  the  management,  on 
the  one  hand,  mav  have  to  impose  certain 
penalties  as  lioiiidat'^d  damages  upon  the 
artist,  and  on  the  otbpr  hand,  the  artist  miay 
hp  entitled  to  .something  for  a  performance 
whi<-h  he  was  preventpd  from  attpnding.  and 
for  thiat  purpo.se  and  that  limited  purpose  the 
partips  have  apportioned  thp  weekly  salary 
not  hecansp  they  intend  the  salary  to  be  earned 
from  pprformannp  to  performance,  but  because 
it  would  facilitat-e  the  carrying  out  of  this 
Trangement  if  for  certain  purposes  an  annor- 
tionment  of  the  salary  takes  place.     I  think 


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OCT. 


tbat  does  not  show  that  the  mamaKement  in- 
Unded  that  each  performance  should  carry 
with  it  a  particular  sum  a.*  the  earnings.  The 
true  bareain.  I  think,  is  that  unle.ss  the  whole 
week's  ser\'ice.-  are  given  nothing  i.?  earned  and 
nothing  Is  due,  hut  that  for  certain  purposes 
in  order  t-o  calculate  the  amount  by  way  of 
liquidated  danrtages  or  otherwise  you  may  take 
what  in  Clause  16  is  called  a  proportion'  for  a 
particular  performance  or  number  of  perform- 
ance*. That  being  the  bargain  between  the 
parties,  and  that  being  so  on  that  particular 
Wednesday,  I  think  nothln?  was  earned  and 
nothing  had  accrued  due.  Therefore  the  appeal 
must  be  allowed. 


PARKER  V.  THE  LONDON  THEATRE  OF 
VARIETIES— WRONGFUL  DISMISSAL. 

The  case  of  Parker  v.  the  London  Theatre 
of  Varieties,  Limited,  came  on  tor 
27  hearing  in  the  King's  Bench  Division, 
before  Mr.  Justice  Bucknill  and  a  special 
jury.  The  action  was  one  for  wrongful  dis- 
missal, damages  being  claimed  by  Mr.  Frank 
Parker,  described  as  a  stag«  manager  and  pro- 
ducer of  plays,  of  Sunnyside,  Thames  Dltton, 
Surrey. 

Counsel  were  Mr.  Lewis  Thomas,  K.C.,  and 
Mr.  Walter  Frampton  for  the  plaintiff,  and 
Mr.  McCall,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Turner  for 
the  defendants. 

Mr.  Thomas  announced  that  a  settlement  had 
been  arrived  at,  and  that,  therefore,  the  Court 
would  not  be  troubled  with  the  case.  Proceed- 
ing, he  stated  that  the  plaintiff  had  been  stage 
manager  and  producer  at  the  Palladium  under 
a  contract,  and  the  defendants,  who  were  the 
proprietors  of  the  Palladium  and  other  variety 
theatres,  suddenly  terminated  his  agreement. 
It  was  not  a  question  of  money,  but  Mr. 
Parker  had  to  put  himself  right,  and  this  ac- 
tion was  brought.  The  defendants  had  agreed 
that  judgment  should  be  given  for  the  plaintiff 
for  an  agreed  sum  of  money  and  costs. 

Mr.  Justice  Bucknill  (addressing  the  jury) : 
It  was  an  action  for  wrongful  dismissal,  but 
instead  of  fighting  wiser  counsels  have  pre- 
vailed, and  they  shake  hands.  I  think  that  is 
very  wise. 

His  Lordship  gave  judgment  for  the  agreed 
sum,  which  was  £350,  and  taxed  costs. 


MUSIC  HALL  ASPIRANTS— JOSEPH  DAVIES 
SENTENCED. 

At  London  Sessions,  before  Mr.  A.  J. 
Lawrie,  Joseph  Davies.  30,  pleaded  not 
27  g'lilty  to  charges  of  obtaining  by  false 
pretences,  with  intent  to  defraud,  £5 
from  EHzabeth  Mary  Starling,  £3  from  Eliza- 
beth Maud  Collier.  £40  from  Lulu  Weltner, 
£3  3.1.  frtim  Jessie  Baines,  a  similar  sum  from 
Ethel  Leyson  and  sums  of  £3  from  Elizabeth 
Hicks  and  Mary  Pauline  Gerding. 

Mr.  Raymond  Asquith  prosecuted  for  the 
Treasury,  and  Mr.  Hinde  defended. 

In  outlining  the  case  Mr.  Asquith  said  .the 
accused  advertised  from  an  address  in  Duke 
Street,  St.  James.  Those  who  responded  to 
the  advertisement  had  their  voices  tested,  and 
sometimes  he  promised  them  a  trial  turn  at 
Edmonton  Theatre  Royal,  with  which  at  one 
time  he  appeared  to  have  some  sort  of  connec- 
tion. After  hearing  the  ladies  sing,  he  ex- 
pressed himself  as  delighted  with  their  t.alents, 
and  represented  that  he  could  get  them  en- 
gagements at  short  notice.  In  some  of  the 
cases  mothers  brought  their  little  girls  to  have 
their  voices  tried,  and  believing  his  statements, 
and  that  they  would  be  able  to  get  their 
money  back  from  the  salaries  promised,  they  and 
other  applicants  parted  with  various  sums.  In 
no  single  case,  added  cou*"€l,  did  the  accused 


procure  an  engagement  or  return  the  money, 
although  repeatedly  pressed  to  do  so. 

Counsel  stated  that  in  August  seventeen 
cheques  of  the  prisoner's  were  dishonoured  at 
his  hank  to  the  amount  of  £176,  a  sum  of 
4s.  4d.  only  standing  to  his  credit.  On  August 
15  he  was  in  debt  to  the  extent  of  £150. 

Evidence  was  given  by  various  witnesses, 
supporting  counsel's  statements. 

In  the  box  the  prisoner  stated  that  he 
started  a  theatrical  agency  in  1009.  and  made 
it  a  practice  to  get  a  deposit  from  inexperi- 
enced applicants,  returning  the  money  in  the 
event  of  his  failing  to  secure  engagements  for 
them.  In  three  weeks  in  August  he  lost  £2i" 
in  a  music  hall  at  Edmonton.  He  gave  a  denial 
to  the  allegation  that  he  told  the  ladies  who 
had  given  evidence  against  him  that  he  could 
get  them  positions  at  the  leading  halls  at  big 
salaries.  Those  whom  he  sent  to  Battersea  for 
a  trial  he  informed  that  it  was  possible  to  be 
booked  on  from  there  for  fifteen  weeks.  What 
he  told  the  ladies  was  that  he  would  try  to 
obtain  good  encasements  for  them,  and  his 
reason  for  asking  them  to  give  him  money  was 
that  when  seeing  managers  it  was  necessary 
to  spend  money.  Unfortunately,  he  fell  ill, 
and  when  he  recovered  he  found  that  his 
furniture  had  been  distrained  upon  for  rent, 
thus   preventing   him   continuing  the  bu.siness. 

The  case  was  adiourned  until  October  30. 
when  the  jury  con\icted  the  accused  on  all 
the  counts. 

Det.-Sergt.  Aldridge  stated  that  prior  to 
becoming  a  theatrical  agent  Davies,  against 
whom  no  previous  convictions  were  recorded, 
wa.s  employed  by  a  firm  of  City  stockbrokers. 
Since  his  arrest  the  police  had  received  thirty- 
eight   complaints,   invohinc    £170. 

In  passing  sentence  of  nine  months'  im- 
prisonment in  the  second  division.  Mr.  Allan 
Lawrie  said  that  the  prisoner  was  responsible 
for  a  long  series  of  otTences.  If  he  had  been 
an  old  offender  it  would  have  been  a  case  of 
penal  servitude.  His  lordship  considered  the 
case  a  serious  one.  Davies  having  defrauded 
people  who  could  'll-afford  the  money. 


RICKMANSWOT^TH  CTNFMA  v.  WALTER 
TYLER.  LIMITED— BP.EACH  OF  CONTRACT. 

Before  Judge  Woodfall    at  the  Westminster 

Count>       Court,      the      Rickmansworth 

30  Cinema  Theatre  Syndicate  claimed  £100 

damages  from  Walter  Tyler.  Limited,  for 

alleged   breach  of   contract.       The  defendants 

coimterelaim'^d    for    ten     guineas. 

Mr.  W  Clarke  Hall,  coi.nse!  for  the  plain- 
tiffs, said  in  March  la.«t  five  gentlemen  resi- 
dent at  Rickmansworth,  formed  themselves 
into  a  syndicate.  A  kinematograph  display 
had  been  givei  at  Rickmansworth  a  short 
time  previously,  hut  it  did  not  provp  s 
success,  owing  to  the  operator  being  unskilled 
in  his  bueiness.  The  plaintiffs,  being  anxioirs 
+o  have  evervthing  un  to  date  and  of  the 
best,  entered  into  negotiations  with  the  defen- 
dants. The  picture  &how  was  opened  at  the 
Town  Hall  and  the  fir.st  few  days  thin?.? 
went  very  favourably,  the  operator,  a  Mr. 
Henderson  giving  every  satisfaction.  When 
the  Saturday  came.  however.  another 
orerator  wis  seat  down  from  London,  and 
was  at  once  recogrised  as  the  man  who  had 
pifved  a  failure  at  a  previous  show,  and 
>vith  which  the  plaintiffs  had  had  nothing 
whatever  to  do  The  operator  also  arrived 
an  hour  and  a-qunrter  late,  and  the  enter- 
tainment proved  most  unsatisfactory  The 
first  slide  thrown  on  the  screen  was  put  on 
upside  down,  som^  of  the  pictures  were  old 
and  "streaky."  and  several  films  broke  as 
the  performance  proceeded,  pieces  of  material 
falling  from   the   gallery  on   to   the  heads  of 


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307 


the  audience.  3  he  operator  also  talked  at 
the  people,  and  tiie  audience  uecame  noLsy, 
and  jeered  at  both  the  operator  and  the 
pictures. 

Mr.  W.  S.  M.  Knight,  counsel  for  the  delen- 
danu  suurnitted  tl.at  there  had  been  no 
breach  of  cont'-act,  and  that  the  ^how  pro- 
vided was  adequate  and  according  to  agree- 
ment. The  operator  eent  down  to  replace 
Mr.  Henderson  (who  had  to  keep  a  prior  en- 
gagementj  he'd  numerous  certificates  of  quali- 
Hcation,  ajid  had  been  official  operator  at  the 
Northampton  Polytechnic  Institute.  It  was 
denied  that  there  was  any  disturbance  among 
the  audience. 

Mr.  W.  E.  Day,  manager  to  the  defendant 
company,  taid  the  Rickmanoworth  show  was 
only  a  tempoi-ary  one,  and  eince  the  present 
proceedings  had  bee  i  started  the  company  had 
decided  to  >hut  down  temporary  shows.  The 
Saturday  wafmee  performance  was  spnmg 
upon  him  as  a  surprise  by  a  message  on  the 
telephone  and  the  best  operator  available  was 
sent  down. 

Mr.  Weedoii  said  he  had  to  work  under 
great  difficulties  at  the  Rickmansworth  show, 
the  Town  Hall  gallery,  from  which  he 
operated,  bein^  so  small  that  he  was  com- 
pelled to  ^\'o:k  wifi  one  leg  over  the  gallery 
rail.  The  plaintiis  had  insisted  upon  having 
films  which  could  not  be  supplied  in  non 
flam,  films,  and  there  were  a  few  breakages, 
but  only  a  few,  and  witness  denied  that  there 
was    any   distu-b  nee   am'>ng   the   audience. 

His  Honour  said,  in  his  opinion,  a  contract 
had  been  established.  The  plaintiffs  had 
expressly  stipulated  that  what  was  supplied 
by  the  defendants  should  be  of  the  best,  and 
that  the  •jpe'-.ttor  should  not  be  the  same  as 
h  id  previous'y  giv>.'>i  a  show  at  Kiekraansworth 
which  was  not  a  srccess.  Yet  the  same  man 
wae  sent  down,  and  it  was  quive  clear  from 
the  evidence  tin,*;  the  pictures  were  not  the 
best  obiaiiab'e.  The  plaintiffs  were  entitled, 
he  thought,  to  damages,  although  the  claim 
for  £100  was  a  prep'.isterous  one  He  gave 
judgment  for  the  pli;  it  tiffs  for  fifteen  guineas 
on  the  claim  and  for  defendants-  on  the 
counterclai  n,  which  was  iu  respect  of  money 
due    in   connection   with   the   performances. 


EVA>rS   V.   BEEOHAM.— BREACH    OF    CON- 
TRACT. 
In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  before  Mr.  Jus- 
tice Darling  and  a  special  jury,  Mrs.  Edith 
31  Evans,  operatic  singer,  sued  Mr.  Jo&epti 
Deecham    and    Mr.    Thomas    Beecham, 
trading  as  tche  Thomas  Beecham  Opera  Com- 
pany, to  recover  damages  for  alleged  wrongful 
dismissal'. 

Counsel :  For  The  plaintiff,  Mr.  Marshall 
Hall,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  E.  Todd;  for  the  defen- 
dants, Mr.  Spencer  Bower,  K.C.,  and  Mr. 
Rose-Innes. 

Mr.  Marshall   Hall  said  the  defendants  had 
been  advised  that  they  had  no  answer  to  the 
claim  and  had  consented  to  judgment  for  the 
full   amount  claimed   and  costs. 
Judgment  for  the  plaintiff,  with  eo«t«. 


NOVEMBER. 

BLAND    AN©    PHILLIPS,    LTD.,    v.    KARNO. 

In  the  Official  Referee's  Court,  the  hearing 

was  continued,  before  Mr.  Muir  Macken- 

2    zie     of    the   action    brought    by    Messrs. 

Bland  and  Phillips,  of  High  Street,  I>ept- 

ford,  to   recover   £101  9s.  lid.,  balance  of  an 

account  alleged  to  be  due  for  goods  supphed 

to    Mr.    Fred    Kamo   in    connection    with    the 

production   of   Cinderella    at    the   Broadway, 

CJiTistmas,     1910.       The     defendant     denied 

liability,  and  pleaded  that  if  the  goods  were 


obtained  it  was  without  written  orders  from 
him. 

Mr.  C.  C.  Scotit.  K.C  ,  and  Mr.  Lilley  ap- 
pealed for  the  plaintiffs;  Mr.  Norman  Craig, 
K.C,  and  Mr.  R.  J.  Drake  for  the  delendiuit. 

On  November  11,  Mr.  Muir  Mackenzie 
delivered  judgment.  He  said  he  was  satisfied 
that  all  tlie  goods  for  which  the  piainliUaUow 
claimed  payment  were  sold  by  plaintiff's  to  the 
defend.ant  for  use  at  the  pantomime  and  other 
entertainments.  On  November  4,  1910,  Mr. 
Karno  issued  the  notice  guarding  himself 
against  orders  given  by  his  staff'  without  his 
knowledge,  and  this  notice  reached  the  plain- 
tiff's in  due  course.  The  notice  also  came  to 
the  knowledge  of  Mrs.  Henley,  who  was  for- 
merly the  defendant's  wardrobe  mistress.  Mrs. 
Henley,  during  the  rush  period  a  fortnight  or 
so  before  the  pantomime  commenced,  ordereu 
goods  from  plaintiffs  for  the  pantomime,  ana 
they  were  supplit<i  ii.  circumstances  of  urgency 
and  hurry  in  order  to  get  the  pantomime 
readv.  Mrs.  Henley  in  her  evidence  said  that 
if  she  had  sent  to  Mr.  Karno's  office  at 
Vaughan  Road,  Camberwell,  to  get  ^vrltten 
orders,  the  pantomime  could  not  have  been 
produced,  as  there  would  not  have  been  time. 
If  Mr.  Karno  wanted  things  she  got  them,  ana 
when  she  complained  to  him  about  having  time 
to  get  a  written  order  she  deposed  that  he  re- 
plied, "  Never  mind  about  orders ;  ^et  what 
you  want."  The  case  had  given  him  (tne 
Official  Referee)  a  great  deal  of  difficulty,  but 
Mr.  Karno,  according  to  the  evidence,  knew 
that  the  plaintiffs  were  supplying  the  gooas, 
and  the  defendant's  staff  had  used  and  taken 
benefit  of  the  goods  in  one  form  or  another. 
Hs  decided  that  Mr.  Karno  was  liable  to 
plaintiffs  for  the  full  value  of  the  claim.     . 

Judgment  was  accordingly  entered  for  plain- 
tiffs for  £161  9s.  lid.,  with  costs. 


HERON    V.   SOUTH   EASTERN    AND 
CHATHAM   RAIL'WAY. 

At    Southwark    County    Court,    before    his 
Honour   Judge    Granger,    an    action   was 
2    brought    by    Gilbert    Heron,    music    hall 
artist,    to    recover    from    the    S.E.    and 
C.    Railway    £9    17s.    lOd.    for    injury    to    pro- 
perty deposited  by  him  at  Heme  Hill  Station. 
Mr.  L.  Tyfield,  for  plaintiff,  stated  that  his 
client   performed     a    sketch   called    Saved    by 
Wireless,  in  which  was  introduced  modern  wire- 
less telegraph  apparatus.    On  May  7  the  pro- 
perty was  deposited  at  Heme  Hill,   and  four 
days  later  a  terrible  thunderstorm  burst  over 
London,  -nith  the  result  that  the  parcels  office 
was  flooded  and  the  property  of  plaintiff  was 
damaged. 

Mr.  R.  A.  Gordon,  for  the  railway  company, 
argued  that  the  damage  arose  out  of  a 
tempest,  for  which  the  company,  according  to 
its  bye-laws,  was  not  resiponsible. 

Evidence  was  given  to  show  that  the 
damage  was  caused  by  the  main  sewer  being 
overcharged  by  the  heavy  rainfall. 

A  long  legal  discussion  took  place  as  to  the 
meaning  of  the  word  "  tempest,"  and  Judge 
Granger  said  a  most  interesting  point  had  been 
raised.  He  would,  therefore,  reserve  judg- 
ment. 

He   delivered    judgment   on   November  20. 

His  Honour,  in  giving  judgment,  said  that 
the  definition  of  a  tempest  in  the  Century  Dic- 
tionary was  "  a  very  violent  storm,  an  exten- 
sive current  of  wind  rushing  in  great  velocity 
and  violence  and  commonly  attended  with 
rain,  hail,  or  snow."  In  the  Oxford  Dictionary 
there  was  nearly  the  same  definition.  Taking 
the  description  given  by  the  witnesses  of  the 
storm  on  May  11,  his  Honour  thought  it 
clearly  came  within  the  above  definitions  and 
that  it  a-moumted  to  a  tempett,  and  that 
the  conditions  relieved   the  railway  company 


m 


THE  STAGS  YEAR  SOOK 


tiOii, 


from  liaJ>ility.  He  would  therefore  give  judg- 
ment (or  the  defcuiluiiLs,  with  costs,  he 
gnmted  leave  to  appeal. 


LYONS  V.  BRANDON  AND  REVIS.— ALUS- 
UAXIONS    AOAl.NSl     L.C.C.     MEJUBtK. 

lu  the  Chancery  Division,  before  Mr. 
Ju^iUce   Parker,    Isaac    Nathaniel    Lyons 

7  sued  Jocelyn  Bramlofu  and  Leonard 
Henry  Kevis,  solicitors,  of  suUolk  Place, 
Pall  Mall,  to  set  aside  a  series  of  agree- 
uieuts  for  gifts  or  payments  of  jtlOU  per  aunutn 
upon  freeliolU  property  in  the  liayniarket, 
iauo  on  comuutvjiions  alleged  to  have  been  ob- 
tained from  a  proposed  cable  combine,  o  per 
cent,  out  of  the  piotlte  of  the  New  .Middlesex 
Theatre  of  Varieties  under  certain  agreementtj, 
and  a  sum  equal  to  the  feee  and  costs  of 
another  Urm  of  solicitors  in  connection  w'th 
the  investigation  of  the  tatle  of  the  Middlesex 
Music  Hail.  The  defendants  counttr-ciaimed 
to  enforce  the  agreeinintji. 

Mr.  Komcr,  K.C.,  said  the  agreements  for 
moneys  to  be  paid  v/ere  made  in  the  defen- 
dants' capac'ty  as  the  eolicitors,  and  he  im- 
peached them  on  the  well-known  rule  of  law 
i-hat,  whilst  a,  solicitor  was  acting  for  a 
client  he  was  inoapable  of  taking  any  gifts 
from  him  in  addition  to  his  proper  remunera- 
tion. Mr.  Brandon  bad  acted  upon  the 
Theatres  and  Music  Halls  Committee  of 
tlie  London  County  Council,  and  had,  it 
was  alleged,  abused  his  position  as  a  mem- 
ber of  that  committee.  Mr.  Lyons  was  a 
rope  and  twine  manufacturer,  and  supplied 
rope  and  cordage  to  theatres.  He  concerned 
lumseli  in  acquiring  theatres  and  theatre  sites 
with  a  view  to  business  generally.  Among  the 
sites  he  was  interested  in  was  one  in  the  Hay- 
m-arket,  the  negotiations  for  the  acquisition 
of  which  commenced  in  1905  and  lasted  till 
1906,  when  he  obtained  the  conveyance.  Mr. 
Brandon  acted  as  solicitor  throughout.  On  the 
completion  of  the  conveyance  Mr.  Brandon 
pirocured  from  Mr.  Lyons  a  letter,  saydiig,  "  1 
confirm  our  verbal  agreement,"  and  went  on  to 
say  th'at  in  consideration  of  his  (Mr.  Brandon's) 
introduction  of  the  Haymarket  property  and 
of  the  valuable  services  rendered,  Mr.  Lyons 
agreed  to  pay  him  £150  out  of  any  profits 
miade. 

Mr.  Romer  declared  that  tliere  never  was 
any  such  verbal  agreement,  and  th,at  it  was 
abundantly  clear  from  a  document  in  Mr. 
Brandons  own  handwriting  th.at  Mr.  Brandon 
did  not  introduce  the  property  to  Mr.  Lyons. 
In  his  bill  of  costs  Mr.  Brandon  !.:ad  already 
charged  £900  in  respect  of  that  matter.  Sub- 
sequently Sir  Jos.  Lyons  bought  up  the  plain- 
tirt's  option,  and  when  negotiating  a  resale 
raised  the  question  as  to  a  rent-charge  held 
by  Mr.  Brandon,  who  agreed  to  release  the 
rent-charge  on  condition  that  if  the  property 
reahscd  between  £90,000  and  £100,000  he  was 
to  receive  £3,000.  That  prjce  had  been  ob- 
tained, and  the  £3,000  paid  into  court,  Mr. 
Brandon  haring  instituted  interpleader  pro- 
ceedings. 

As  to  the  Middlesex  Music  Call,  Mr.  Lyons 
entered  into  a  contract  with  Mr.  Graydon  to 
buy  it  in  1909.  He  engaged  no  solicitor  in  the 
matter,  but  subsequently,  when  purchasing  the 
equity  of  redemption  for  £5,500,  he  saw  Messrs. 
Beyfus  and  Bey f us  in  the  matter.  Mr.  Bran- 
don was  furious  when  he  heard  of  this,  and 
wianted  an  interest,  and  a  letter  wi;is  dictated 
by  Mr.  Brandon.  Mr.  Lyons  agreed  to  pay  a 
sum  to  tlie  defendant  firm  equal  to  the  costs 
and  fees  of  Beyfus  and  Beyfus. 

Counsel  added  that  he  was  instructed  that 
on  two  occasions  when  these  documents  were 
signed  Mr.  Brandon,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  Theatre  Committee  of  the  London  County 
Council,  brought  pressure  to  bear  on  his  client 


to  execute  those  documents  with  the  sugges- 
tion that  unless  he  did  so  the  plans  of  the 
proposed  theatre  would  probably  not  go 
through  and  be  accepted  by  the  Loudon  County 
Council. 

The  case  was  continued  on  the  following 
day  when  evidence  was  given  by  Mr.  Ldwin 
George    Saunders  and   Mr.   Lyons. 

When  the  case  was  continued  on  the 
following  day,  November  9,  it  was  announced 
that  a  settlement  had  been  agreed  upon 
between  fche  parties. 

The  foUowints  were  the  terms  of  the  settle- 
ment :— 

A  sum  which  has  been  agreed  is  to  be  paid 
out  of  the  sum  in  court  in  the  inter-pleader 
proceedings  in  the  King's  Bench  action  to 
Mr.  Brandon's  sohcitors,  in  full  discharge  of 
all  his  claims  in  respect  of  commission,  special 
fees,  advances,  bills  of  costs,  or  otherwise. 
The  balance  of  the  fund  in  court  in  these 
proceedings  is  to  be  paid  out  to  Mr.  Isaac 
Lyons's  bolicjixirs,  in  full  discharge  of  any 
claims  he  may  have  against  Mr.  Brandon. 
Each  party  pa>s  its  own  costs  of  this  and  the 
■King's  Bencu  action,  and  in  other  proceedings 
between  the  parlies  now  pending,  including 
proceedings  for  the  taxation  of  costs,  not- 
witiistanaing  any  other  order. 

Mr.  Marteiii,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Brandon,  said 
his  cUent  Had  been  anxious  to  go  into  the 
witness-box  nimseif,  and  to  call  evidence  deny- 
ing the  suggestion  that  he  used  his  position 
on  the  London  County  Council,  or  had 
threatened  to  use  his  position,  to  bring  pres- 
sure of  any  kind  to  bear  on  Mr.  Lyons.  In 
view  of  the  settlement  come  to  Mr.  Brandon 
had  accopted  his  (counsel's)  advice  that  his 
anxiety  to  go  into  the  witness-box  should  not 
stand  in  ths  way  of  the  settlement  which 
had  been  arranged  by  a  mutual  friend. 


OliEMPEPvT   T.    PARAGON   MUSIC  HALL 
COMPANY. 

At  the    'WMtechapel    County   Court,    Judge 
CJuer    heard    the    case    of    Clempert    v. 
1 0  Paragon   Mu&ic   Ball   Company.     It    was 
an  action  by  Mr.  John  Clempert,  of  Glen- 
eagle  Road,  Streatham,  to  recover  about  £27 
as  damages  for  breach   of  contract. 

Lord  iiverton,  for  the  plaimih,  said  there 
was  an  important  principle  involved.  in 
August  the  plaintiff  entered  into  an  agreement 
with  the  defendants'  manager  to  appear  at  the 
Paragon  for  one  week  and  to  have  a  fourth 
share  of  tlie  takings  for  the  week.  The  de- 
fendants were  to  pay  a  part  of  the  printing 
expenses.  The  first  night  was  on  Monday, 
September  11.  On  tiie  following  day,  when 
Mr.  Clempert's  representative  (Mr.  Cohen) 
went  down  to  arrange  labout  checking  the 
tickets,  iie  w:as  told  it  would  not  be  necessary 
because  tiie  Paragon  Music  Hall  had  sold  the 
hoiLse  for  the  lump  sum  of  £40.  Mr.  Clempert 
then  visited  the  Paragon  land  saw  Mr.  Ros«n- 
'thaJ,  who  siaid  tliey  had  sold  the  house  to  a 
deserving  charity.  Mr.  Clempert  said  that  his 
(agreement  was  for  a  week,  but  if  it  was  a. 
bond-fide  charity  he  would  be  pICased  to  give 
h'is  services  for  nothing.  He  did  not,  however, 
get  that  assurance,  and  insisted  upon  having 
'a  quarter  share  of  the  takings  for  the  week. 
He  at  once  consulted  his  solicitor  as  to  his 
position.  Mr.  Clempert  appeared  ©acii  even- 
ing at  the  Paragon.  At  the  end  of  the  week 
the  defendaats  were  desirous  of  paying  the 
^Laintill  for  the  Tuesday  night  by  adding  the 
•takings  of  Monday,  Wednesday,  Thursday,  and 
Friday  together  and  dividing  by  four.  Mr. 
Clempert,  in  his  evidence,  detailed  the  pro- 
ceedings which  led  up  to  his  appearance  at 
the  Paragon.  When  he  heard  that  the  house 
had  been  sold  for  a  night  he  went  and  saw 


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Mr.  Hooenbhiol,  and  said  that  if  dt  was  a 
bond-/ide  caaj-ity  lie  would  appear  for  nothing. 
Plaintitt  was  not  shown  the  agreement. 

fse  t<ne  ad'tnoe,  lUr.  iCooeaiuai  ^aKi  that  at 
me  rehearaal  no  menUontd  u>  Mr.  Clenipert 
itiai  tue  noiLie  liad  been  aold  lor  a  beneiii.  ior 
which  they  were  to  receive  £40.  He  had  not 
oroughti  wie  agreeuieiH/  lor  wi«  selling  ol  uue 
house,  and  he  could  not  recall  the  name. 

In  rcpiy  lo  lariuer  qucs.u>AU6  l»j  Loiu  liver- 
ton,  witneea  said  lie  coula  noti  give  me  name 
oH-tianid.  It  was  a  oacwneii  maKers'  society. 
'Ihey  <lad  not  pay  by  cheque.  Xhey  pawl  a 
deposit  of    i;lO    and    two  sums   of    x\it   each. 

iu»  Honour  aslied  the  plamiiti  \i  he  desired 
the  produciuoo  of  the  deitjiaauts'  books.  Out 
the  latt-er  siaid  be  wouid  b«  satioihed  if  the 
matter  was  settled   that  day. 

Judge  Cluer  decided  in  favour  of  the  plain- 
Utf.  He  allowed  him  ±2  oe.  on  the  bill  for 
printing  expenses  and  iS  los.  balance  on  the 
±;40  reeeivea  by  the  deiendants  lor  ine  house. 
tor  tne  breacn  of  contract,  the  judge  awarded 
nominai  damages  of  one  gumea.  ihere  w^as 
judgment  emtered  for  th6  piaintitf  for  X,l  Is. 


STAGE  PLAYS  IN  UNLICENSED  BUILDING. 
THE  LITTLE   FKENCH    THEATRE. 

At  West  London    tlie  adjourned  summonses 

against    i-Ugar    v'augiian    urey,    of    tbe 

1 0  ijoudoir     Xneatre,     Jf embrolie     Gardens, 

Aensmgton,    in    respect    of    the    pubhc 

performance  ol  stage  plays  on  June  15  and  19 

witnout    a    hcense    from    tJie    London    County 

Council,  came  before  Air.  Fordham. 

At  tbe  previous  hearing  evidence  was  given 
by  Mr.  Robert  Stanley,  inspector  under  the 
County  Council  ol  theatres  and  music-halls, 
to  tlie  etlect  that  after  paying  a  sum  of  31s. 
ed.  he  w as  made  a  member  of  tne  Little  trench 
Theatre  Society,  and  was  given  three  tickets, 
entitlmg  him  to  attend  three  performances  ol 
French  plays  at  the  Boudoir  Theatre.  For 
the  defence  it  was  urged  that  thtse  perform- 
ances were  private  performances,  and  that  the 
Little  French  Theatre  Society  was  a  genuinely 
private  society,  whose  members — properly 
elected — subscribed  for  theatrical  performances, 
lectures,  concerts,  etc.  The  case  had  been  ad- 
journed in  order  that  the  defence  might  pro- 
duce evidence  of  the  existence  of  a  club  mem- 
bership;. 

Application  was  now  made  on  belialf  of  the 
L.C.C.  for  an  adjournment 

Mr.  Fordham  observed  that  he  must  hold 
that  the  so-called  Little  French  Theatre  Society 
was  merely  a  colourable  excuse,  ina  that 
these  performances  of  French  plays,  which  were 
advertised  in  the  public  Press,  were,  in  fact, 
pubhc  performances.  There  was  no  suggestion, 
continued  his  worship,  that  there  was  anything 
improper  in  these  plays,  but  it  was  essential 
in  the  interests  of  the  public  that  a  theatre 
where  the  public  performance  of  plays  took 
place  should  be  Ucensed  so  as  to  come  under 
the  inspection  of  the  County  Council,  wnich 
was  the  body  responsible  for  the  protection  of 
the  public  from  the  danger  of  fire.  He  con- 
victed the  defendiait,  and,  as  regards  the 
summons  in  respect  of  the  performance  on 
June  15,  he  inflicted  *    penalty  of  £10. 


CLARKE  V.  LONDON  THEATRE  OF  VARIE- 
TIES—ENGAGEMENT OF  MUSICIANS 
AT   THEATRES. 

At   the   Westminster    County   Court,   before 

his    Honpur     Judge    Woodfall,     Roland 

1 0  Clarke,  of  Levanon  Road,  Croydon,  sued 

the  London  Theatres  of  Variety,  Limited, 

for  £4  15s.,  being  £1  ILs.  a  week's  salary,  and 

a  fortnight's  salary  in   Ueu  of  notice. 

Mr.   H.  Lipson-Ward,  counsel  for  the  plain- 
tiff, said  the  defendants  vere  the  owners  of 


the  Empire  Palace  at  Croydon,  where  Mr. 
Jay  wad  i/he  maaagw  and  Mj'.  Axiurd  the 
conductor  of  the  orcnestia.  The  piauitill  had 
deputised  lor  Mr.  Moore,  wno  was  the 
pianist  at  tne  theatre.  While  doing  so  He 
got  to  know  Mr.  Axloid,  and  about  July  12  ha 
received  a  postcard  Irom  tnat  gentleman  asK- 
mg  mm  to  see  him  aoout  an  engagement.  At 
tne  mtexview  piamtiu  was  toiu  taat  tne  suc- 
cessor of  Mr.  Moore  (wtio  at  this  time  nad 
leii;  was  not  a  success,  and  piaiutih  was 
ouered  and  accepted  a  position  at  a  salary  ol 
£1  lie.  a.  week.  On  July  Zo,  the  day  oelore 
lie  was  gomg  to  take  up  lits  positujn  m  tne 
orchestra,  ue  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  A.xford 
stating  tnat  tuexe  na<i  been  trouble  about  tbe 
engagement,  and  ne  iiad  orders  not  to  engage 
ium  owmg  to  the  lact  tnat  objection  was 
taken  to  mm  oy  the  Amalgamated  Musicians' 
Union,  the.  plamtiU  not  being  a  member  of 
it.  Counsel  said  he  stiould  call  witnesses  to 
prove  tnat  the  invariable  practice  m  tne  pro- 
ieasion  was  lor  tne  conductor  to  engage  tne 
members  of  his  orchestra,  and  not  the  manager 
ol  tne  tneaue. 

PlaintiH  gave  evidence  in  support  ol 
coiuLsei's  statements.  He  sai<i  he  nad  been 
a  pioiesiiouai  musician  practically  all  liis  liie, 
auu  niiu  never  been  eugageu  by  anyone  except 
tne  cououctor  ol  tUe  orcnestia.  It  was  aiso 
m  witness  s  experience  tne  piovmce  of  tne  con- 
auctor  to  oismisd  mcmsers  ol  tne  orcnestra. 

Seven  or  eigut  proieasional  musicians  were 
calle>a,  wUo  gave  eviueiice  to  tne  same  ettect- 
One  of  tne  witnesses  said  tnat  during  an  en- 
gagement in  tne  orchestra  at  tne  i-aiace  He 
obuaiuea  permission  to  uv  absent  two  nights. 
He  engaged  a  Ociputy,  wno  'aiied  to  put  in  an 
a,ppeaiiuice  on  tne  nrst  Uight,  and  on  witness 
returnmg  to  the  theatre  ue  was  toid  his  ser- 
vices would  no  longer  be  required.  He  tben 
went  to  tne  managej,  who  saiu:  "  It  is  nothing 
to  do  with  me,  you  must  settle  the  matter 
with  the  musical  director." 

Mr.  H.  T.  Wright,  counsel  for  the  defend- 
ants, said  his  contention  was  that  yi.i.  Jay 
had  sole  control  o\er  tne  management  of  tne 
tneatre,  and  that  this  control  mciudeti  the 
engagement  or  aismissal  of  members  of  ide 
oicuestra. 

Mr.  Eustace  Jay,  manager  for  the  defendants, 
said  it  was  customary  lor  him  to  engage  tne 
members  of  tne  orcnestra  tnrough  tne  Amal- 
gamated Musicians'  Ijnion.  He  aumiited,  how- 
ever, tnat  he  had  on  certam  occa^dons  given 
tlie  conductor  autnority  to  engage  memoeis  of 
tne  orcnestra. 

Mr.  Axiord,  musical  director  at  the  Croydon 
Empire,  said  it  was  customaiy  lor  nim,  alter 
selecting  a  siutable  musician  lor  his  orcne^ra, 
to  speas  to  Mr.  Jay  and  get  nis  autnority  to 
engage  him.  He  admitted,  however,  tnat  in 
tne  case  of  the  plamtitl  he  did  not  take  that 
course. 

Counsel  for  the  plaintiff:  Tnat  proves  my 
case. 

Mr.  Wright  called  further  evidence  to  prove 
that  memoers  of  the  orcbesti'a  had  been  en- 
gaged by  Air.  Jay  through  tne  Amalgamated 
Musicians'  Union,  Air.  C.  Jesson,  Secretary  to 
the  Union,  being  one  of  the  witnesses  who  oore 
te^imony  to  tbis  tact. 

His  honour,  in  giving  judgment,  eaid  the 
custom  of  members  of  an  orcnestra  bemg  en- 
gaged by  the  musical  dixector  had,  m  his 
opinion,  been  proved  up  to  tlie  hilt,  and  lie 
considered  it  a  reasonable  custom.  He  had 
had  similar  claims  beiore  him,  but  had  never 
previously  had  the  csustom  contested.  That 
bemg  so,  he  considered  that  tne  conductor  of 
the  orchestra  was  the  agent  to  make  the  oois- 
tract.  The  management  could  only  give  th«j 
conductor  notice  that  he  wae  not  to   act  m 


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his  agent,  and  he  had  not  done  that  in  thia 
case.  The  evidence  of  the  musical  directur 
himself  bad  put  the  matter  out  of  court.  The 
plainiitl  was  entitled  to  judgment,  but  the 
question  ojo.^e  as  to  what  damages  he  had 
sustained.  It  had  been  admitted  that  flv«  aa>6 
after  being  told  that  bis  st-rvices  were  not 
required  he  c^tainea  another  appointment  at 
double  the  salary.  Under  tliese  circumstances 
there  would  be  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  for 
26<».  and  costs. 


150BL  .WD  AJfOTHER  v.  PALACE  THiEUTRE 
AND  AXOl-HBR.  —  "  THE  BROKEN 
MIRROR." 

In  the  King's  Bench  Division,  Mr.  Justice 
Hamilton     began     the     hearing    of    the 

13  action  brought  by  Robl  and  another 
against  the  Palace  Theatre  and  another. 
Mr.  McCall,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Doughty  (instructed 
by  Messrs.  Judge  and  JrTieoilcy;  reiprosenited 
plain tiH's,  while  Mr.  Gilbert  Beyfus  (instructed 
by  Messrs.  lieyfus  and  Beyfus)  appeared  for 
the  defendant  company,  and  Mr.  J.  R.  Atkin, 
K.C.,  and  Mr.  E.  F.  Lever  (instructed  by 
Robert  Seyd  and  Co.)  appeared  on  behalf  of 
the  second  defendant,   Mr.   Laurie  Wylie. 

The  facts  upon  which  the  plaintiffs  relied 
were  outlined  by  Mr.  McCall,  K.C.,  who  said 
that  the  action  was  brought  to  obtain  an  in- 
junction to  restrain  the  defendants  from  in- 
fringing the  plaintiffs'  rights  in  a  dramatic 
sketch  called  The  Broken  Mirror,  and  also  to 
oibtain  damages.  When  the  case  was  started 
application  was  made  in  chambers  to  Mr. 
Justice  Horridge  for  an  injunction,  and  an 
order  was  then  made  for  a  speedy  trial.  The 
plaintiff's  were  father  and  son,  and  were 
music-hall  performers,  acting  under  the  stage 
name  of  Schwartz.  Some  time  before  1910 
they  had  written  a  play  or  a  dramatic  sketch 
called  The  Broken  Mirror,  which  depended  for 
its  central  jwint  upon  two  servants  having 
broken  a  mirror,  and  being  anxious  to  escape 
reippoof,  one  of  the  players  represen'ted 
behind  the  mirror  the  reflection  of  the  mas- 
ter and  persuaded  him  that  he  saw  his  own 
reflection.  Tlie  play  was  produced  on 
January  25,  1911,  at  Gorlitz,  in  Gei-many.  In 
April  it  was  presented  in  Hanover,  and  was 
seen  by  a  theatrical  agent  named  Passpart, 
carrying  on  business  in  London.  With  a  view 
to  its  production  in  London  Passpart  was 
appointed  plaintiffs'  agent,  and  negotiations 
ensued  between  tJiem  and  the  manager  of 
the  Palace  for  the  purpose  of  securing  the 
I»erformance  for  the  defendant  company.  The 
negotiations  went  on  for  some  time  in  Jome, 
and  on  July  7  the  play  was  produced  at 
Worthing,  and  was  licen.<Ted  by  the  Lord 
Chamlx-rlain  three  days  later.  Jn  the  mean- 
time the  play  had  been  disclosed  to  Mr. 
Wylie,  and  counsel  alleged  that  Wylie  and 
Passpajt  prepared  a  play  called  Early 
Morning  Reflections,  which  in  every  essential 
was  a  copy  of  the  plaintiffs'  play,  the  story 
being  the  same,  the  accessories  the  same,  and 
the  by-play  precisely  the  same.  The  way  in 
which  it  was  produced  by  the  defendants 
would  be  proved  to  his  lordship  by  a  state- 
ment made  by  the  manager  to  the  defendants 
in  the  presence  ot  Passpart.  It  came  to  this, 
that  Pa&gpart,  having  ceased  to  be  the  agent 
of  the  plaintiffs,  who  had  transferred  their 
business  to  another  agent,  determined  to  have 
his  revenge,  and  gave  the  plaintiffs'  play  to 
Wylie,  who  produced  Early  Morning  Reflec- 
tions, which  was  a  copy  of  The  Broken  Mirror 
more  or  less  diaguised.  According  to  the  law 
of  Germany  it  was  not  necessary  that  the 
author  of  a  play  should  register  it,  but  it  was 
necessary  that  he  should  perform  it,  and  in 
order  to  do  that  he  had  to  get  the  permission 


of  the  police  authorities.  That  permission 
was  given  before  the  production  of  The  Broketi 
Mirror  at  Gorlltz.  The  plaintiffs  registered 
their  play  on  June  14,  1811,  having  produced  it 
at  the  Canterbury  Music  Hall  two  days  earlier. 
The  state  of  the  negotiations  between  the 
plaintiffs  and  the  manager  of  the  Palace  was 
shown  by  two  letters,  dated  July  6  and  7, 
when  Mr.  Butt,  the  manager,  had  practically 
completed  a  contract.  The  first  letter  was 
from  the  plaintiffs'  solicitors  to  Mr.  Butt,  and 
stated  that  they  understood  he  was  nervous 
about  confirming  the  contract,  in  the  belief 
that  someone  eise  had  a  right  to  the  Schwartz 
Brothers'  sketch.  They  reminded  Mr.  Butt 
that  not  only  was  the  play  copyright  and 
plajTight  in  Berlin,  but  that  the  plaintiffs' 
English  rights  were  secured,  as  the  Berne  con- 
vention gave  the  author  the  rights  of  produc- 
tion and  translation  in  the  protected  coun- 
tries. The  solicitors  added  that  they  were 
instructed  to  proceed  against  anyone  infring- 
ing  Schwartz   Brotliers'    rights. 

To  this  Mr.  Butt  replied  that  he  was  given 
to  understand  th,at  there  was  a  sketch  in  Lon- 
don of  a  similar  kind,  and  foi  that  reason  he 
had  said  that  he  could  not  book  the  Schwartz 
Brothers  without  an  undertaking  from  them 
that  he  had  the  right  to  cancel  the  contract 
should  a  similar  sketch  be  given  by  other 
artist*  in  London  before  they  (the  Schwartz 
Brothers)  had  fulfilled  the  suggested  contract. 
If  they  said  that  it  would  be  impossible  for 
other  "artistA  to  do  the  sketch  he  saw  no 
reason  why  they  should  have  objected  to  the 
clause  suggested. 

The  result,  counsel  continued,  was  that 
Early  Morning  Reflections  was  taken  by  Mr. 
Butt,  who  produced  it  on  July  23.  It  w.as 
still  running,  and  if  the  plaintiffs  were  en- 
titled to  the  sole  right  ol  the  production  of 
the  play,  the  damage  they  had  sustained  must 
be  very  heavy.  They  had  produced  their  own 
sketch  at  the  Hippodrome,  but  the  fact  that 
a  simUar  play  was  going  on  at  the  Palace 
must  have  seriously  diminished  the  profits 
which  they  would  have  othenvise  have  derived, 
and  to  whicii  they  were  entitled  under  the 
International  Copyright  Act  and  the  Berne 
Convention. 

Ev^idence  was  then  called.  Mr.  Karl  Roibl, 
one  of  the  plaintiffs,  said  that  he  and  his 
father  were  the  authors  of  The  Broken  Mirror, 
which  the  latter  started  to  write  ten  years 
ago.  They  finished  it  at  the  end  of  1910,  and 
produced  it  for  a  week  at  Gorlitz  last  January. 
The  plot  was  that  two  servants  smashed  a 
mirror,  and  to  cover  tJie  daaiage  one  of  them 
went  behind  the  empty  frame  and  copied  every 
movement  ol  the  ma.soer,  so  that  the  master 
))elieved  it  was  himself  in  the  mirror.  At  the 
finish  of  the  act  the  master  crossed  the  stage 
lidfore  the  mirror,  and  the  servant  knocked 
over  the  mirror,  took  a  piece  of  the  glase, 
threw  it  over  tlie  mirror,  and  the  master 
believed  that  he  himself  had  smashed  it. 

He  first  saw  Pasispart  In  Hanover  last  April, 
W'hen  the  latter  asked  for  permission  to  do 
business  for  him  in  England  and  get  him  an 
engagement  at  the  Palace  and  also  a  twenty 
weeks'  tour.  About  the  beginning  of  July 
witness  had  a  discussion  with  Mr.  Percival, 
of  the  Palace,  about  The  Broken  Mirror. 
Mr.  Percival  asked  him  about  Early 
Morning  Reflections,  and  whether  he  had 
heard 'there  was  a  copy  of  witness's  act  per- 
formed at  the  Canterbury.  He  added  that 
there  was  a  copy,  and  thiat  witness  was  too 
late  in  England,  and  therefore  could  not  get 
an  engagement.  Witness  e.xplained  to  the 
Court  that  it  was  not  until  June  29  that  he 
heard  that  there  was  a  copy,  and  he  imme- 
diately travelled  from  Berlin  to  London  to 
take  steps.   He  told  the  manager  of  the  Palace 


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that  Early  Morning  Reflections  was  a  copy  of 
his  act,  and  that  he  should  have  to  take  steps 
against  the  oomipany.  He  then  went  to  his 
solicitors,  and  sent  to  nearly  every  manager 
in  the  country  a  warning  that  Early  ^forning 
Reflections  was  an  inifringement  on  his  father's 
and  his   rights. 

Mr.  Doughty :  Have  you  ever  seen  Early 
Morning  Reflections? — Yes,  twice,  and  it  is  a 
copy  of  my  play. 

In  what  respect?— The  whole  story  is  the 
same ;  the  business  is  also  the  same.  Every- 
thing is  the  same,  but  the  dialo-gue  is  changed. 
Some  words  are  just  the  same. 

Answering  further  questions,  the  witness  said 
that  under  the  arrangement  with  Passpart  the 
latter  was  to  ge^  10  per  cent,  on  witness's 
saiary  of  £70  a  week.  He  took  the  matter  out 
of  Passpart's  hands  because  he  could  not 
arrange  an  engagement  at  the  Palace.  He  was 
always  oiTering  a  less  sum  than  £70.  After 
witness  had  placed  the  m.atter  in  the  hands 
of  the  agent  Marinelli,  Passpart  visited  him 
at  Berlin  and  offered  tiie  salary  desired.  Wit- 
ness told  him  it  was  too  late.  Passpart  stated 
that  he  had  the  signature  of  the  manager  of 
the  Palace,  but  he  did  not  show  it,  and  wit- 
ness asked  him  to  get  confirmation  by  tele- 
gram. Passpart  then  sent  a  wire  to  Mr.  Butt, 
who  wired  the  reiply,  "  Certainly  contract  will 
t>e  confirmed."  Witness  said  it  was  not  a  con- 
firmation, as  his  name  was  not  mentioned  in 
the  telegram,  and  he  asked  Passpart  to  leave 
the  contract  with  Marinelli.  He  offered  Pass- 
part  a  new  arrangement,  which  was  accepted 
at  first,  but  refused  the  next  day. 

In  cross-examination  the  plaintiff  said  that 
he  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  and  that  his 
father  and  he  wrote  the  play.  Neither  of  them 
had  ever  made  any  agreement  for  the  sale  of 
their  rights.  The  play  was  printed  on  Feb- 
ruary 28.  His  father  was  born  in  Austria,  but 
had  lived  in  Germany  for  forty  years,  and  wit- 
ness was  a  German.  The  play  was  translated 
into  English  in  the  middle  of  May  by  a 
German. 

Mr.  Atkin.  K.C. :  The  idea  of  a  person  stand- 
ing   in    front   of    a    looking-glass,     imagining 
I  90imeone  us  copying  him,  is  not  a  new  idea  on 
(  the  music-hall  stage? — I  have  seen  the  mirror 
dance. 

*  Did  you  see  a  sket<ah  in  Vienna  in  Septem- 
.ber  last  year  in  which  there  is  a  looking-glass 
'with  one  man  in  frout  and  one  behind ?-j\o. 
.  I  daresay  you  are  not  familiar  with  English 
!  plays,  but  have  you  ever  seen  My  Friend  the 
1  Prince  ? — N^o. 

In  your  play  the  mirror  has  already  been 
broken  beffore  the  play  begins? — It  "is  just 
breaking  when  the  curtain  rises. 

And  in  our  play  the  mirror  is  broken  on  the 
stage  ?— Yes. 

It  is  broken  beoau.se  the  servant  girl  is 
startled  by  the  appearance  of  a  policeman? — 
Yes. 

In  the  defendants'  play  there  is  an  elabo- 
rate  business  of  shaving? — Yes. 

The  master  shaves  before  the  glass,  and  the 
rK)liceman,  imitating  him,  catches  up  the 
hearth-brush  and  uses  it  for  lathering  his 
face?    You  do  not  do  that?— No. 

Nor  is  it  in  your  manuscript? — So. 

Mr.  Frederick  Trussell,  stated  that,  in 
hi-3  opinion,  there  was  a  great  similarity 
between  the  two  sketches.  It  was  im- 
possible for  them  to  have  had  independent 
origin.  Early  Morning  Reflections  was  a  com- 
plete copy  of  The  Broken  Mirror,  he  declared 
emphatically;  the  most  complete  copy  he  had 
ever  seen.  > 

Herr  Karl  Norhaus,  for  eighteen  years  a 
judge  in  Germany,  and  now  carrying  on  a 
practice  at  London  Wall  as  an  adviser  on  Ger- 
man law,  stated  that  there  wias  no  German 


law  under  wihicli  an  author  registered  his 
play.  When  he  finished  writing  it,  he  became 
entitled  to  the  copyright  and  the  playright, 
and  it  was  not  necessary  to  publish  or  per- 
form it. 

Mr.  Beyfus,  cross-ex.imining.  Inquired  if  the 
witness  was  acquainted  with  the  decision  of 
the  German  courts  thiajt  the  leiading  ideas  of 
a  work  might  be  taken  from  it  in  so  far  as 
they  were  worked  out  in  a  manner  so  original 
that  the  /production  might  be  looked  upon  as 
the  reproducer's  own  intellectual  creation. — 
The  witness  answered  that  he  was  not  aware 
of  the  decision,  but  he  disagreed  with  it. 

Counsel  was  putting  further  questions,  when 
the  judge  inquired  if  witness  had  seen  the 
sketches.  He  replied  that  he  had  not,  where- 
upon his  lordship  held  that  Herr  Norhaus 
could  not  possibly  reply  to  what  was  asked 
him  as  to  the  free  use  of  the  characters. 

Frederick  Bert  Howell,  the  London  agent  of 
Marinelli's  Agency,  declared  that  he  did  not 
see  how  the  one  sketch  could  have  been  pro- 
duced without  a  knowledge  of  the  other. 

Mr.  Hambly  said  that  the  impression  made 
upon  him  was  that  one  sketch  was  a  copy  of 
the  other,  and  that  it  would  be  impossible  to 
write  one  without  a  fuU  knowledge  of  the 
other. 

Mr.  Beyfus  :  The  chief  thing  is  the  business? 
— Xo,  the  form  in  which  it  Ls  presented. 

Mr.  Beyfus,  addressing  the  judge,  said  there 
were  two  questions  for  his  lordship  to  decide. 
The  first  was  \Vhether  defendants'  sketch  w~as 
derived  from  the  plaintiffs' ;  secondly,  sup- 
posin'z  it  was  so  derived,  was  it  an  infringe- 
ment? He  maintained  that  even  if  the  ques- 
tion of  fact  were  decided  in  plaintiffs'  favour 
there  w.rs  no  case  in  law,  because  what  had 
been  copied  was  not  literary  matter,  which 
the  Acts  were  designed  to  protect,  but  "  stage 
business."  As  regards  this,  the  plaintiff  ad- 
mitted that  he  changed  his  "  business "  to 
suit  his  audience.  If  "  business  "  were  to  be 
subject  to  copyright,  there  would  be  no  cer- 
tainty at  all.  The  plot,  coiunsei  argued,  was 
as  old  as  the  hills. 

The  Judge  :  But  if  there  is  a  plot  at  all,  it 
is  suhjpct  to  conyriffht. 

Mr.  Beyfus :  If  there  is  a  substantial  plot 
which  is  taken  directly',  it  is  subject  to  copy- 
risht  in  so  far  as  it  is  a  copy  of  a  fact 
printed  and  published.  Counsel  asserted  that 
there  was  no  literary  resemblance  between  the 
two  sketches. 

The  Judge :  The  words  cannot  be  the  same. 
because  in  one  the  words  are  in  Gerrrjan  and 
in  English  in  the  other,  and  I  daresay  the 
German  translator  would  translate  them  dif- 
ferently from  the  English  composer.  But  they 
translate  the  same  sentiments. 

Mr.  Beyfus:  I  think  you  will  find  they  do 
not  describe  the  same  sentiments.  They  are 
not  the  same  matter  except  so  far  as  the 
situations  are  similar. 

The  Judge:  It  is  a  slender  plot:  but  it  is  a 
plot,  is  it  not? 

Mr.  Beyfus:  It  is  a  plot,  but  if  you  will 
look  a.t  it  as  printed  and  publi.ihed  you  will 
not  find  any  re«emib!ance  between  them. 
Counsel  contended  that  no  infringement  of 
words  had  been  shown,  or  anv  sentiment  or 
idea  between  the  words.  Until  that  was  done 
he  submitted  it  was  impossible  to  hold  that 
any  case  had  been  made  out  for  an  infringe- 
ment of  conyrisht.  The  .4ct  was  designed  to 
protect  literarv  matter,  and  however  many 
resemblanres  th^re  miaht  be  between  ''stage 
business."  the  scenes,  and  the  "  eag  business." 
it  was  absolutely  impossible  for  the  judge  to 
say  that  a  case  had   been   made  out. 

Mr.  T,ovpr  made   a  similar  submission. 

His  Lordship :  May  I  draw  your  attention 
to  this:  I  have  a  copy  of  the  shorthand 
writer's  notes,   and   I' have   a  translatioQ  q| 


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THE  STAGE  YEAH  BOOK 


NOV. 


the  0<?nnan,  which  1  judge  to  be  m«de  by  an 
American  (tentleman.  I  find  that  the  pro- 
tAgoni/st  In  each  ca^e  U  going  to  piny  some 
part  In  the  dramatic  performance.  In  the 
plaintiffs'  piece  he  has  to  recite.  "  You  have 
g^rovni  pale  In  the  fare.  I  will  kill  you  with 
my  own  hand.  Xo,  I  will  shoot  you.  Where 
b  my  revolver?  "  In  the  other.  "  AFi,  ha ! 
Villain,  scoundrel!  At  la-st  we  meet  face  to 
face!  You  reptile  in  human  form!  W'here  is 
the  partner  in  your  crime?  You  think  you 
can  shield  her  from  the  conscqupnces  of  your 
wron?.  Die,  scoundrel,  villain !  "  There  is  a 
resemblance  even  from  the  literary  point  of 
view. 

Mr.  Lever  .said  he  would  accept  that  as  the" 
\<'ei  of  the  whole  case.  He  submitted  that 
the  words  were  not  the  same,  althoujrh  there 
was  a  casual  similarity  between  some  of  them. 
The  Judce :  I  should  infer  from  the  length 
that  the  German  public  would  stand  more  of 
this  sort  of  thing  than  the  English.  But  in 
the  compressed  form  I  see  a  certain  amount 
of  reflection  in  the  English  piece  from  the 
German. 

Later  his  Lordship  read  another  passage,  and 
after  further  argument  decided  to  hear  evi- 
dfnre  for  the  defence. 

Mr.  Lawrie  Wylie  then  entered  the  box.  and 
.stated  that  he  was  appearing  with  Mas- 
kelyne  and  Devant,  and  al.^  in  Enr\y  Morn- 
in(i  Reflections  at  the  Palace.  There  was 
nothing  new  in  the  idea  of  a  man  behind  a 
mirror.  He  saw  such  a  scene  in  My  Friend  the 
Prince.  He  began  to  write  the  sketch  in 
April,  the  idea  having  been  suggest-ed  to  him 
by  a  mirror  in  use  at  St.  George's  H.all,  this 
mirror  having  reminded  him  of  ^fy  Friend  the 
Prince.  He  informed  Mr.  Devant  of  what  he 
was  writins.  At  no  time  had  he  seen  or  read 
the  plaintiffs'  play,  either  in  English  or  Ger- 
man. 

Is  it  tTv.e  you  procured  the  play  out  of  re- 
vence? — Xo.     1  wrote   it  before  I  knew  Pass- 
part.     Witness  admitted  that  he  owed  one  or 
two  suggestions  to  the  latter.     He  registered 
the  play  on  June  14.  and  was  .<;till  playing  it. 
It  had  "a  different  opening,  different  bu.iiness, 
and  different  words  from  the  plaintiffs'  sketch. 
Mr.    MoCall,    K.C.     fcross-examining) :     Was 
that  your  flrsit  attempt  at  playwriting  or  pla- 
giarisinc? 
Mr.    Atkin  obiected   to  the  nuestion. 
Mr.  McCall :  Wns  this  your  first  attempt  at 
anv  sketch,   whether  original  or  otherwise? — 
Yes. 

.An.=wprine  furfhT  nnestions.  witness  said  it 
was  in  .\pril  that  he  fir>t  nut  pen  to  paper  to 
write  F.arhi  Mnrninn  Refections,  and  the  dia- 
losiie  was  com-nle^ed  in  May. 

Where  are  the  orirrinal  paipers? — I  cannot 
tell  you.     I  tore  them  up. 

When?— I  do  not  know.  Witness  mentioned 
thnt  he  made  a  copy,  which  wias  torn  up  as 
well. 

The  centra)  idea  of  the  sketch  is  the  same? 
— The  id"a  of  reflec/tion  in  the  mirror. 

In  both  .iV'^t'>hes  the  mirror  is  broken? — I 
h'^licvo  so.  Mine  gets  broken  after  the  cur- 
ta""  Tis"s. 

Witness  acreed  to  points  of  rosembltmcp  in 
the  two  niavs.  and  Mr.  McCall  iTiouired  If 
tho=o  re.^om^'.Tneos  wer"  mere  coincidences. 
WitTion; ;  r^^r+ninlv:  they  must  he. 
Mr  Divid  P°vant.  of  Pt!  George's  Hall,  W.. 
d<».«CTib»«1  a  mirror  whi^h  he  u.sed  for  illu- 
si''>n'.<5t  p"rT>oiM>.*.  a"d  snid  tha+  Mr,  WvMe  told 
hiTi  in  ^^;l.y  t>i.at  h"  was  wriitiner  a  ske.tcih  in 
wb'ch  th°r"  v.y\f.  a  mirror  as  a  "  sort  of  delu- 
?ioTi."  Wylip  a''ded.  "I  was  joking:  it  isn't 
A  de'inioTi.  On  h<'arin<!  nbout  this  mirror  I 
w<i<;  lyvTriind^d  of  what  I  saw  in  Mt)  Friend  the 
Prince.  T  am  joiner  to  write  a  music-hall 
ek'^^^'Ch  on  t.he  s-qme  idea." 

Mr.  F'-'^'^eriok  Knv.  actor,  of  Am^sbury 
At?^'!-:  Stre^tVi^rri    HHi    who    nlaved   in    My 


Friend  the  Prince  at  the  Garrick  in  1897,  de- 
scribed the  part  taken  by  the  broken  mirror 
In  the  production.  Behind  it  a  man  imitated 
the  actions  of  the  man  looking  into  it. 

In  answer  to  Mr.  McCall,  the  witness  said 
he  did  not  think  the  play  had  been  given  in 
London  since  1897. 

Mr.  Lionel  Walter  Rignold,  actor,  of  Nortli- 
daJe  House.  Highgate,  stated  that  he  appeared 
in  the  provincial  tour  of  Nell  Owyn  in  1884. 
In  the  second  act  there  was  seen  the  Interior 
of  the  miser's  house,  and  in  order  to  avoid  the 
beadie  (Buckingham  had  to  step  behind  the 
framework  of  a  mirror  and  imitate  the  beadle's 
actions.  The  beadle,  who  was  "elevated," 
admired  himself,  and  thought  what  a  hand- 
some fellow  he  was.  Mr.  Kay,  he  added,  had 
accurately  described  the  scene  in  My  Friend 
the  Prince. 

Mr.  McCall :  li  looks  as  if  the  mirror  scene 
in  My  Friend  the  Prince  had  been  taken  from 
Nell   Gtryn. — Witness    agreed. 

Mr.  Ben.iamin  McClachan.  manager  of  the 
New  Victoria  Pp'ace.  described  a  mirror  scene 
whifh  he  had  witnessed  in  Vienna. 
The  case  was  continued  on  November  16. 
"Mi.  Passpart.  European  manager  to  the 
Orpheum  Circuit,  .^aid  that  he  first  saw  The 
Broken  Mirmr  in  Hanover  in  April.  In  May 
Wylie  told  him  that  he  was  going  to  pro- 
duce a  sketch,  and  witness's  daughter  was 
engaged  to  play  in  it.  At  Wylie's  reouest  h** 
went  on  a  Sunday  to  see  the  sketch  rehearsed, 
and  he  made  some  suggestions. 

Mr.  Atkin,  K.C. :  How  did  that  come  about' 
—In  cleaning  the  lookins-glass  they  took  out 
two  pieces  of  rag,  and  I  .sugeested  that  one 
should  take  a  white  handkerrhief  and  one  a 
coloured  one.  I  had  seen  this  on  the  Conti- 
nent at  the  Schwartz  Brothers'  performance. 

Witness  added  that  he  also  sugsest^d  that 
Wylie  should  force  the  comedy  more,  and  that 
the  players  should  run  round  so  that  the  rook 
might  hit  the  mirror  frame  and  the  imliceman 
throw  it  down  in  order  to  mnke  the  master 
believe  that  he  himself  sma.shed  the  glass. 

Mr.  Atkin  :  Is  there  any  truth  in  tb^  sue- 
gestion  made  the  other  day  that  you  told  Mr. 
Wylie  all  about  the  play  in  order  to  revenge 
yoiirself  upon  Messrs.  Schwartz?— Xo. 

Mr.  Doughty  cross-examining,  the  witnpss 
admitted  that  he  was  very  anery  with  the 
plaintiffs  about  the  way  in  which  they  had 
treated  him. 

YoTi  told  'Mr.  Howell  how  badly  they  bad 
treated  you? — Evervbodv  knew,  and  when  I 
came  back  evervbody  lauehed  at  me. 

The  witness  declared  that  when  he  went  to 
Berlin  to  see  the  plaintiffs  he  Irad  no  know- 
ledce  that  a  copy  of  their  play  was  going  to  he 
produced.  He  did  not  know  Wylie  personally 
until  the  middle  of  May,  when  they  were  intro- 
duced to  each  other  by  Julian  Wylie. 

For  what  business  were  you  introduced  ? — 
Wylie  wanted  to  put  on  a  sketch.  I  did  not 
know  the  title. 

You  knew  what  the  sketch  was  to  be  about? 
— ^Xo;  I  only  knew  it  was  about  a  looking- 
gla.ss. 

Counsel :  Do  you  ask  us  to  believe  that  the 
similar'tv  between  the  two  plays  is  entirely 
accidental? — Yes,  it  may  be. 
Yes.  hut  is  it?— I  guess  it  is. 
Mr.  .Tii'ian  Wylie,  variety  agent,  brother  of 
Mr.  L.  Wvlie,  declared  that  Passpart  had  never 
advanced  him  anv  mon^v  for  the  produ''ti<-.n  of 
Barly  Momma  Bertecfiona.  The  prod\iction 
would  cost  r'h'^ut  f  .">  He  Prat  heard  ab'^ut  the 
proY>osed  sketch  of  his  brother's  early  in  May. 
when  the  whole  outline  was  described  to  him. 
He  prnceeded  to  trv  to  place  it.  and  visited 
I'asspart.  Two  or  three  weeks  after  hearing 
«hoiit  the  outline  he  saw  the  manuscript, 
ivhich  consisted  of  roush  bits  of  paper,  whlc^ 
he  threw  awnv  ofter  typing  two  copies.     At 


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the  rehearsal  Passpart  made  the  suggestions 
already  mentioned. 

Mr.  Gilhert  gave  evidence  to  the  effect  that 
he  had  translated  the  German  .sketch. 

Dr.  Scliust-er,  a  member  of  the  Enslish  Bar 
and  an  expert  on  German  copyrisht  law,  ex- 
nressed  the  opinion  that  an  entirely  new  dia- 
losne  would  amount,  in  Germany,  to  an 
orisinal  work. 

His  Lordship  asked  if  according  to  German 
law  it  was  necessary  to  show,  in  a  case  where 
there  was  a  .strong  resemblance  in  the  ideas 
of  the  two  works,  that  the  producer  of  the 
second  had  resorted  to  the  first.  Th«  witness 
answered  in  the  negative. 

His  Lordship  also  inquired  if  there  would  he 
an  infringement  supposing  no  evidence  was 
adduced  to  show  that  a  second  producer  had 
resorted  to  the  work  of  the  first,  but  that 
from  his  own  ingenuity  he  had  evolved  a  simi- 
lar work. 

Dr.  Schuster  replied  that,  assuming  that  the 
coi-ncidenc*  was  so  strong  thnt  the  .second 
production  was  practically  identical,  it  would, 
he  should  say.  be  an  infringement. 

This  closed  the  case  for  the  defence. 

Legal  argiim'-nts  followed,  in  the  course  of 
which  his  T/ordship  snid  that  he  was  not  dis- 
posed to  think  that  Pnsspart  wns  the  means 
of  communicatine  anything  to  Wvlie.  with  the 
excention  of  the  sueg'^stions  whii^h  had  been 
mentioned  by  him  in  pvidpnce.  Thpre  was  no 
direct  evidence  that  Mr.  Wylie  had  had  com- 
municated to  him  even  the  outline  of  the  gprm 
of  the  nlav  or  the  subipct-mntt-er  down  to  the 
time  that  he  had  completed  his  libretto. 

Mr.  Doughty,  for  the  plaintiffs,  asked  why 
the  defendants  should  be  so  eager  to  produce 
the  sketch  when,  as  Mr.  Atkin.  K.C..  asserted, 
the  idea  was  as  old  as  the  hills.  Why  should 
not  someone  have  produced  one  before  if  the 
plot  was  so  ancient? 

The  Judge :  Audiences  nowadays  are  not  so 
old  as  some  of  us  who  can  go  back  to  the 
time  of  AVn  Owt/n.  Things  become  fresh  again 
after  a  few  years. 

In  delivering  judgment,  Mr.  .Justice  Hamilton 
said  that  the  case  was  interesting,  as  it 
aoneared  to  raise  a  point  of  dramatic  copy- 
right law  hitherto  undecided,  although  very 
weighty  opinions  had  been  expressed  about  it. 
The  case  made  by  the  plaintiffs  was  that  Mr. 
Lawrie  Wvlie  had  appropriated  the  fruits  of 
their  originality  and  work,  and  with  altera- 
tions which  from  the  hypothesis  must  have 
been  purely  colourable  had  tried  to  make  his 
own  something  which  bv  law  snd  in  common 
honesty  was  theirs.  Mr.  Wylie's  s.tory  was 
that  he  c'omnosed  Early  Mornlnn  Peifectiovs 
absolutely  indeperidently  of  the  plaintiffs'  com- 
nopition.  and.  with  the  exception  of  two  small 
Incidents  added  later,  independently  of  Mr. 
Passpart  and  his  advice.  Plaintiffs  stated  that 
he  Cthe  iudgp')  ought  to  infer  from  what  it  was 
alleg<^d  Passpart  told  Howell,  from  the  .situa- 
tion between  the  plaintiffs  and  Passjiart.  which 
was  one  of  mutual  annoyance,  and  from  Pass- 
part's  opportun-ties  of  knowledge,  that  Enrhi 
Mnrvina  Beffectiona  could  not  be  indenen- 
dently  arrived  at.  but  must  have  been  derived 
from  the  plaintiffs'  work,  and  through  the 
channel  of  Passpart,  or  possiblv  through  his 
daughter.  H»  need  offer  no  criticisms  on  the 
propriety  of  Pas'^nart's  suggestions  of  imnrnve- 
ments  in  the  eomic  business,  though  it  did 
not  seem  to  his  Lordshin  to  have  been  very 
imnrooer.  Hnvins  heard  Mr.  Wvlie  and  his 
witn°«=es.  he  had  c^me  to  the  cinflusion  that 
+>e  r>''''n*'ifT!:  hr\<]  not  made  out  their  ease  thnt 
Mr.  Wvlie  got  his  idpa.  or  a  verv  subiitantial 
nart  of  it.  before  thp  two  comic  incidents,  from 
■fVin  nlifnt'ffs  and  their  sketfh. 

Cosjtinuing,  the  Judge  said  that  it  was  pos- 


sible that  there  was  a  po!"t  where  the 
probability  of  two  inventions  became  go 
unlikely  that  a  whole  crowd  of  dramatic 
author.s  and  their  friends  swearing  to  the  con- 
trary would  prcKluce  the  impression  njKin  obc'« 
mind.  But  in  this  case  there  was  no  sncli 
Intrinsic  evidence.  He  thought  the  intrinsic 
evidence  pointed  in  the  other  direction.  There 
could  be  nothing  novel  in  introducing  a  play 
by  the  entrance  of  a  servant  girl  followed  by 
.someone  making  love  to  her.  Neither  wa« 
there  anvthing  novel  in  making  a  servant 
break  something  or  in  deceiving  her  master, 
and  he  did  not  think  there  was  anything  novel 
in  the  idea  of  the  master  being  deceived  when 
the  curtain  was  rung  down.  Those  seemed  to 
lie  the  commonplaces  of  many  centuries  of 
dramatic  effort,  and  he  should  have  thought 
they  were  rather  outworn.  The  whole  thing 
appeared  to  him  to  be  so  elementary  as  a 
matter  of  composition  that  he  .should  have 
thought  that  any  gentleman  with  some  experi- 
ence of  stage  business  and  some  aptitude  for 
dealing  with  comic  parts  could  have  devi.sed  it 
in  the  course  of  a  few  evenings.  He  did  not 
see  in  the  subject-matter  or  the  words  any- 
thing in  the  defendants'  play  to  lead  him  to 
the  conclusion  that  they  must  have  been  taken 
from  the  plaintiffs'  composition  and  transferred 
to  tjjhe  other,  and  to  enable  him  to  get  ovef 
the  positive  evidpnce,  very  fairly  given  by  Mr. 
Wvlie  and  Mr.  Passpart,  in  contradiction  to 
the  suspiciorus — and  they  amounted  to  nothing 
more — entertained  by  the  plaintiffs.  There 
were,  however,  in  Early  Mnrninq  Fleflertionx 
incidents  whieh.  it  was  admitted,  had  been 
furnished  by  Passpart,  but  he  did  not  under- 
stand that  Wylie  knew  they  came  from  the 
Schwartz's  play.  He  found  that  the  similarity 
between  the  two  sketches  to  which  witnesses 
had  testified  was  merely  a  coin.p.idcnce. 
although  no  doubt  it  was  ronsiderable  when 
seen  on  the  stage  and  when  the  comic  business 
was  attended  to.  He  found,  nevertheless,  that 
the  defpnd-ant.s'  play  was  derived  independently 
froiji  the  common  stock  of  dramatic  notions 
and  was  adapted,  thanks  to  Mr.  Wylie's  recol- 
lection of  ^fy  Friend  the  Privrp  and  to  his 
experipu'-p  of  the  stage.  They  had.  therefore, 
two  similar  plots  and  two  similar  pieces  of 
businp«is  not  derived  directly  or  indirectly  from 
the  other.  ^ 

As  to  the  new  point  of  law,  finding  as  he 
did  that  the  similarity  between  the  plays, 
thongh  considerable,  was  merely  a  coineidence, 
and  that  both  plays  were  derived  independently 
from  the  common  sto^k  of  drnmatif>  ideas,  was 
the  produeer  of  the  first  nlav  entitlpd  to  pro- 
tection under  the  Act  of  IS-S.*??  The  matter' 
bad  been  considerpd  bv  Mr.  Justice  Srrutt/vn 
in  his  book  on  Convriffht.  and  the  eonplnsion 
there  come  to  (Note  h.  p.  83,  of  fourth  edition) 
was  that  to  which  his  own  reflection  during 
the  progress  of  this  case  woT'Id  have  led  him. 
He  considered,  therefore,  that  where  the  simi- 
larity was  a  mere  coincidence  th^re  was  no 
breach  of  copyright.  He  found  that  Wylie's 
work  was  not  surh  as  infringed  any  legal 
right  whiph  the  plaintiffs  had  regarding  The 
Brol-en  Mirror.  He  thought  that  if  there  had 
been  any  rpal  ground  an  iniunption  should  have 
Been  applied  for  very  much  more  promptly 
than  it  was.  There  would  be  judgment  for  the 
defendants  with  costs. 


CL4PK       V.       HAKT.— APvTIST      'RECnVEPS 

DAMAGES  FPOM  AGENT  FOP.  NEGLIGENCE. 

Before  his  Honour  Judge  Parrv.  at  Lambeth 

County   Court,   Mrs.   Kathlpen   Clark,   of 

1 5  Chryssell  Road.  Brixton,  claimed  damages 

from   Samuel  Hart,    of  Endymion  Road, 

Brixton    Hill,   for   loss    alleged   to   have   been 

sustained  through  the  defendant's  negligenge, 


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NOV. 


Mr.  J.  D.  Caasels  said  Mrs.  Clark  was  the 
proprletreas  of  a  musir-hall  "  turn "  called 
"  The  Two  Krns,"  and  through  the  agency  of 
the  defendant  she  received  at  the  end  of  April 
last  a  contract  to  appear  at  the  Duke  of 
York's  Tlieatre.  Brichton.  for  one  week,  com- 
mencine  August  21.  From  the  time  .«he 
received  the  contract  until  August  she  received 
no  communication  at  all  from  the  defendant. 
It  was!  part  of  her  contract  that  she  should 
.•wnd  the  bill  matter  down  to  Brighton  a  fort- 
night before  the  engagement  commenced,  and 
plaintiff  complied  with  that  condition.  On 
Sunday,  .\ugu-it  20.  .she  and  her  comnanions 
went  down  to  Brighton,  only  to  find  that  the 
theatre  had  changed  hands  and  that  she  would 
not  be  allowed  to  appear  because  there  was  no 
contract  with  the  new  proprietors.  Plaintiff 
was  informed  that  the  theatre  changed  hands 
as  early  as  .Tune,  long  before  the  date  fixed  for 
the  pngagfm'^nt.  and  the  fact  was  communi- 
cated to  defendant  by  the  proprietor  with 
whom  the  contract  was  made,  in  accordance 
with  one  of  the  clauses.  No  notice  was,  how- 
ever, sent  by  him  to  the  plaintiff,  the  pro- 
prietress of  the  "  turn "  for  which  he  had 
arranged  the  engagement,  and  the  claim  for 
damages  was  based  on  the  contention  thnt 
plhintiff  lost  the  sa!?iry  for  that  week  through 
the  defendant's  negligence,  for  had  she  known 
the  engagement  wns  cancelled  she  could  have 
arranged  for  a  performance  elsewhere. 

Defendant :  I  never  received  any  such  notice. 
The  theatre  company  went  broke. 

A[r.  Ca.ssels.  continuing,  said  when  plaintiff 
returned  to  London  and  saw  the  defendant  he 
stated  that  he  did  send  her  notice  of  the 
cancellation  of  the  engagement,  and  advised 
her  that  her  ground  of  action  was  against  the 
proprietor  of  the  theatre.  He  Ccounsel)  was 
finite  surprised  to  hear  that  defendant  now 
denie.1  having  received  notice  from  the  theatre 
people. 

Plaintiff,  in  the  box,  sard  the  gentleman  who 
was  acting  as  manager  of  the  theatre  at  the 
time  the  contract  was  signed  told  her  that 
the  bill  matter  she  sent  would  have  been  re- 
turned to  y\T.  Hart,  and  thnt  he  was  to  blame. 
When  she  saw  Mr.  Hart  he  told  her  he  had 
sent  a  notice  to  every  arti.st  concerned,  but 
she  denied  that  she  had  heard  from  him  since 
the  contract  w»s  signed.  The  railway  .strike 
was  on  at  the  time,  she  added,  and  she  "  was 
left  In  awful  trouble  at  Brighton." 

Mr.  Mockett,  manager  of  the  theatre  at 
the  time,  deposed  to  sending  notice  of  the 
change  of  proprietorship  to  the  defendant. 

Defendant  said  that  to  his  knowledge  he  re- 
ceived no  such  notice.  He  also  contended  that 
an  agent's  liability  ceased  the  moment  the  con- 
tract was  signed. 

His  Honour  gave  judgmenv  in  favour  of  the 
plaintiff.  He  certainly  thought  defendant 
should  pa7  the  expen.ses  incurred  in  her  jour- 
ney to  Brighton  through  his  carele.isness.  but 
in  regard  to  the  £.5  claim.ed  for  loss  of  the 
week's  .salary,  he  thought  the  plaintiff  mu.;t 
take  action  against  the  theatre  proprietor  with 
whom  the  contract  was  made. 

^tr.  Ca.ssels  pointed  out  that  the  contract 
contained  a  clause  to  the  effect  that  the  en- 
gagement should  be  fulfilled  subject  to  the 
theatre  being  then  in  the  occupancy  of  that 
particular  proprietor,  and  that  the  contract 
could  be  cancelled  .subject  to  due  notice  of 
the  change  of  proprietorship  being  given. 
That  notice,  he  said,  was  given  to  the  de- 
fendant, whereupon  the  theatre  proprietor's 
liability   ceased. 

His  Honour,  after  examining  the  contract, 
said  this  was  so,  and  gave  judgment  for  the 
^Ull  amount  claimed,  with  costs. 


THE  BOROUGH.   STRATFORD.— A    BREACH 
OF  THE  THEATRES*    ACT. 

Before  Mr.  Gillespie,  at  West  Ham  Police- 
court,  Caroline  Ellis  Fredericks,  the  pro- 
2  2  prietress  of  the  Borough.  Stratford,  was 
summoned  at  the  instance  of  the  West 
Ham  Corporation  for  permitting  obstruction 
in   certain  of  the  gangways. 

The  inspector  of  theatres  having  given  evi- 
dence, Mr.  Fredericks,  the  manager  of  the 
theatre,  said  the  inspector  came  in  during  afl 
interval,  when  many  persons  had  left  their 
seats. 

Mr.  Gillespie:  An  offence  has  been  com- 
mitted, and  I  can  onlv  deal  with  It  by  order- 
ing the  house  to  be  closed.  But  the  Act  does 
not  say  for  how  long  it  should  be  closed.. 
What  time  does  your  matinie  commence  to- 
dav? 

Mr.  Fredericks :  At  a  quarter  to  two,  after 
this  one  is  over. 

Mr.  Gillespie:  Well,  I  shall  order  the  theatre 
to  be  closed  till  one  o'clock  to-day,  and  there 
will  be  £4  4s.  costs. 

Tt  was  12. -30  p.m.  when  the  order  wasrnade. 

In  the  case  of  Arthur  John  Gal°.  proprietor 
of  an  electric  theatre  at  High  Ptreet,  Strat- 
ford, summoned  for  a  simi'ar  offence.  ?.  nomi- 
nal penalty  of  20s.,  with  £'3  3=.  costs,  was  im- 
posed. 


HARDING    V.    B4TNT;S— TFV.AVT'S     AND 
LANDLORD'S  FIXTTRES. 

At  the  Manchester  Assizes,  before  Mr. 
Justice  Luch,  Gerald  Harding,  theatrical 

1 6  manager,  formerly  lessee  of  the  Royal. 
Colne.  Lancashire — ^now  the  King's — sueri 
Cecil  Mamilton  Baines,  the  present  lessee  of 
the  King's,  Colne,  for  a  sum  of  £)3"  6s.  6d. 
for  fittings  and  fixtures  which  plaintiff  alleged 
defendant  had  agreed  to  buv  from  him  on 
taking  over  the  lease  of  the  theatre  at  Colne. 
Mr.  Gordon  Hewart,  barrister,  apneared  for 
plaintiff.  The  defendant  conducted  his  own 
case. 

Mr.  Hewart  said  the  defendant'.s  lea.se  of 
the  theatre  commenced  in  March  '5,  under  a 
lease  dated  February  20.  Plaintiff's  case  was 
that  before  the  lease  was  made  an  agreement 
was  come  to  between  plaintiff  and  defendant 
wherebv  the  latter  undertook  to  purchase 
from  him  the  fixtures,  fittings,  and  effects 
which  he  Cplaintiff')  claimed  in  the  theatre, 
the  prices  to  he  determined  hv  two  appraisers, 
one  appointed  by  the  plaintiff  and  the  other 
by  defendant.  The  appraisers  were  duly 
appointed,  and  they  put  a  price  upon  the 
effects,  but  defendant  refused  to  pay  the  price 
or  any  part  of  it. 

The  defence  submitted  to  his  lordship  by 
^fr.  Baines  was  that  the  agreement  with  Mr. 
Harding  provided  that  when  the  Inventory  of 
"the  fixtures  and  fittings  was  taken  he  (Mr. 
Baines)  should  have  the  option  of  refusing  anv 
of  the  articles  which  could  be  classed  as  land- 
lord's fixtures.  For  the  plaintiff  it  was  stated 
that  when  Mr.  Baines  sugge.s.ted  that  he  might 
not  take  over  all  the  fittings  he  was  told  that  the 
negotiatiops  for  the  lease  of  the  theatre  to 
him  would  be  broken  off  if  he  did  not  do  so. 

His  lordship  said  he  could  come  to  no  other 
conclusion  than  that  plaintiff  was  entitled 
to  succeed  in  the  case.  The  real  issue  was 
whether  at  the  interview  Mr.  Baines  had  with 
Mr.  Pilgrim,  he  (defendant)  did  or  did  not 
accept  the  terms  offered.  He  (the  judge) 
accepted  ^^r.  Pilgrim's  evidence  as  to  what 
occurred  at  thfr  interview — that  although  de- 
fendant then  objected  th.at  a  good  many  of 
the  fixtures  were  such  as  did  not  belong  to 
the  tenant  with  whom  he  was  contracting, 
Mr.  Pilgrim  said  he  must  take  these  if  the 
negotiations  were  to  go  on.  Defendant  then 
gave  way  upon  the  promise  tha-t  at  the  end 


NdV. 


THE  STAGE  YEAR  SOOK 


3l3 


of  his  term  he  would  be  paid  in  his  turn  for 
:)ny  landlord's  fixtures  he  might  thuB  take 
"ver. 

Judgment  was  given  for  plaiintiff.  A  stay 
oi  execution  for  fourteen  days  was  granted 
on  the  defendant  bringing  the  money  inito 
court.    Costs  were  allowed  the  plaintifJ. 


WELDON  V.  RICHMOND  HIPPODROME— 
SEQUEL   TO    A   NOISY    SCENE. 

At   the    Westminster   County   Court,   before 

Judge    Woodfall,    Harry    Weldon,    music 

1 7  hall    artiit,    sought   to    recover   damages 

from     the    Richmond     Hippodrome    tor 

breach  of  contract. 

Mr.  Dougaty,  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  in 
opening  the  case,  said  that  the  action  arose 
out  of  an  engagement  by  which  Mr.  Weldon 
had  to  appear  at  the  Richmond  Hippodrome 
during  tiie  week  ending  April  15  last.  Mr. 
Weldon  was  a  well-known  music  hall  artist, 
and  he  had  to  appear  at  two  shows  a  night. 
He  did  so  appear  each  night  until  the  last 
show  on  the  Saturday,  when  in  consequence 
of  great  disorder  the  plaintii!  was  unable  to 
get  the  attention  of  the  audience.  He  accord- 
ingly went  to  Mr.  Wray,  one  of  the  manage- 
ment, and  asked  him  to  go  in  front  of  the 
curtain  and  request  the  audience  to  become 
quiet.  Mr.  Wray,  ho-^ever,  refused  to  do 
this,  and  the  plaintiff,  seeing  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  get  a  proper  and  decent  hearing, 
declined  to  return  to  the  stage  and  give  a 
mild  turn.  In  consequence  of  this  the  man- 
agement refused  to  pay  the  plaintiff  any 
salary  for  the  whole  week  that  he  had  been 
engaged  at  the  Hippodrome.  The  contention 
of  the  defendants,  said  counsel,  was  that  the 
plaintiff  did  not  give  an  encore  according  to 
contract.  The  words  under  the  contract  were 
to  the  effect  that  an  artist  must  respond  to 
an  encore  at  the  request  of  the  manager;  so 
that  the  question  in  dispute  was  whether  Mr. 
Weldon  was  justified  in  the  circumstances  in 
refusing  to  return  to  the  stage.  The  first 
song  which  the  plaiotiff  sang  was  called  "  The 
Jockey,"  and  his  second  turn  was  a  sketch. 
Jack  Shepherd,  in  which  other  artists  assisted 
him.  While  both  these  turns  were  being  pre- 
sented the  audience  continued  to  interrupt, 
the  gallery  being  in  an  uproar,  the  pit  noisy, 
while  the  people  in  the  stalls  were  appealing 
to  people  in  other  parts  of  the  house  to  keep 
quiet.  Under  these  circumstances,  said 
counsel,  he  thought  his  Honour  would  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  no  self-respecting 
:irtist  could  be  expected  to  go  on  and  con- 
tinue his  performance. 

Lord  Tiverton,  counsel  for  the  defence,  said 
by  the  words  of  the  contract  an  artist  was 
bound  to  sing  three  songs  at  each  perform- 
ance if  reasonably   required   to  do  so. 

The  plaintiff,  in  evidence,  said  the  first  song 
he  gave  was  "  The  Jockey,"  his  second  turn 
was  Jack  Shepherd,  and  the  third  turn  was 
"  Stitfy,  the  Goalkeeper."  When  he  went 
on  the  stage  at  the  second  house  on  April  15 
he  noticed  that  there  was  considerable  up- 
roar in  the  gallery.  On  his  beginning  to  sing 
"  The  Jockey  "  there  were  cries  of  "  Whoa, 
horse "  and  "  Go  on,  Ginger,"  and  on  going 
on  for  the  second  turn  there  was  more  dis- 
order both  in  the  gallery  and  in  the  pit,  the 
galleryites  shouting  at  each  other  and  hurl- 
ing coarse  and  filthy  expressions  at  those  on 
the  stage  and  people  in  the  stalls  who  rose 
in  protest.  His  turn  might  be  termed  a  quiet 
one,  and  he  strongly  resented  the  behaviour 
of  the  audience,  and  for  that  reason  refused 
to  go  on  the  stage  for  the  third  time. 

Cross-examined,  the  plaintiff  said  it  was  true 
that    "  Stiffy,    the    Goalkeeper "    w»-    "S   vejT 


well  known  song  of  his,  but  he  could  not  say 
whether  it  was  well-known  and  advertised  in 
Richmond    and    neighbourhood. 

Mr.  Uarberd,  an  actor  in  the  plaintiff's 
company,  said  he  appeared  in  Jack  Shepherd. 
There  was  certainly  great  disorder  in  the 
gallery  while  he  was  assistinj  in  the  burglary 
bcene. 

His  Honour :  There  is  often  shouting  in 
music  halls  on  Saturday  night,  is  there  not? 

Witness :  Yes ;  1  have  heard  a  good  deal  of 
shouting,  but  of  a  different  kind.  1  saw  uo 
effort  made  to  check  the  disorder. 

Mr.  Doughty:  Was  this  ordinary  Saturday 
nigtit  hilarity,  or  something  ditterent? — 
Something  different.  It  appeared  as  if  a 
number  of  people  wanted  to  make  a  disturb- 
ance. 

Mr.  Jack  Roberts,  also  an  artist  in  the 
plaintiff's  company,  stated  that  the  audience 
on  the  night  in  question  was  extremely  noisy. 

His  Honour  said  that  up  to  this  point  he  had 
heard  nothing  which  appeared  to  justify  an 
artist  in  refusing  to  return  to  the  stage  to 
complete  the  terms  of  his  contract.  It  was 
for  the  management  of  a  place  of  entertain- 
ment to  decide  what  was  sufficiently  objection- 
able in  an  audience  to  justify  the  ringing 
down  of  the  curtain.  Of  course,  if  missiles 
were  thrown  or  anything  similarly  serious 
happened,  an  artist  might  reasonably  refuse 
to  return  to  the  stage.  It  was,  of  course, 
incumbent  on  managers  to  do  its  best  to  pre- 
vent a  breach  of  the  peace,  but  in  this  case 
such  a  contingency  did  not  arise. 

Mr.  Arthur  Collins,  football  player,  said 
he  was  present  at  the  Richmond  Hippodrome 
on  April  18,  and  there  was  considerable  noise 
among  the  audience.  He  heard  cries  of 
"Whoa!"  and  other  expressions  that  in  his 
opinion  were  calculated  to  embarrass  those 
on  the  stage.  He  had  never  previously  heard 
so  much  noise  indulged  in  by  an  audience  in 
a   theatre. 

Mr.  Wray  managing  director  of  the 
defendant  company,  denied  that  there  was 
any  noise  among  the  audience  at  the  Rich- 
mond Hippodrome  on  the  night.  All  that 
happened,  he  said,  was  that  two  boys  were 
removed  from  the  gallery  for  crying  out 
"Whoa!"  Witness  was  called  to  the  stage 
just  as  Mr.  Weldon  was  coming  oft'.  The 
audience  was  very  appreciative  of  his  endea- 
vours, and  the  plaintiff  went  on  the  stage  and 
bowed  a  second  time.  Witness  then  asked 
him  "  Are  you  not  singing  '  Stift'y?  *  "  and  he 
replied  "  No."  Witness  pointed  out  that  it 
was  only  a  quarter  to  eleven  o'clock,  and  the 
audience  was  expecting  him  to  sing  again.  The 
plaintiff,  however,  emphatically  refused  to 
return  to  the  stage,  and  witness  then  said, 
"  Mr.  Weldon,  if  you  refuse  to  go  on  I  shall 
ring  the  curtain  down  and  refuse  to  pay  you 
your  salary." 

Mr.  Doughty :  Do  you  suggest  that  the  audi- 
ence was  orderly? — To  an  extent.  On  Satur- 
day night  people  are  out  enjoying  themselves, 
I  heard  no  filthy  language  or  anything  that 
should  give  offence   to   an   artist. 

Witness  added  that  he  had  never  had  occa- 
sion to  go  on  the  stage  to  appeal  to  an 
audience.  Mr.  Weldon  asked  him  to  do  this, 
but  he  did  not  take  his  instructions  from  Mr. 
Weldon.  Witness  added  that  his  company 
were  counterclaiming  for  £50  damages  from 
the  defendant  for  his  not  having  properly 
fulfilled  his  engagement. 

His  Honour  at  this  stage  suggested  that  it 
might  be  desirable  for  the  parties  to  arrive 
at  a  settlement,  but  a  consultation  led  to 
nothing. 

Mr.  Doughty  then  argued  that  by  the  terms 


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of  the  contruc't  itself  the  defendants  could 
not  legally  wiitiliold  imyuieut  lor  services  ren- 
dered uy  ilic  (iiaiuiUi  Uunug  the  week  ending 
April  lo.  iliu  ulujyst  llie>  had  a  right  to 
do,  he  iDaiutuined,  was  to  deduct  a  sum 
equivaleui  to  thai  due  for  the  omission  of 
the  one  boDg  ur  turn. 

Lord  Tiverton  argued  that  the  defendants 
had  a  perieci  right  in  law  to  refuse  to  pay 
the   plaimitl    the    whole  of   bis   week's  salary. 

ills  Honour  delivered  judgment  on  November 
24. 

UI3   Honour,  in   giving  judgment,  gaid  the 
case    raiatd    a  rather   interesting   point.       lie 
bad  already  determined  tbu  issue  of  fact,  that 
was   tnal   uho  plaiutilf   did   commit  a    breiich 
ol  Keguiatiou  7  by  not  appearing  to  sing  the 
third    boug    when    reqmred,   and    the   poiiit   to 
deiermme    now    w;is    wbether    tliis    agreemjat 
could  bo  held  to  be  ail  entire  contract  la  the 
uieaniug   put  by  the  Uivisional  Court    'u   the 
case  01   •■  Mapieoon  v.  beears,"  and  no  c^'i.ary 
could  bo  held  to  become  due  and  payable  to 
tne  piaintin   because   he  could  not  prove  the 
complete    contract.    He    had    given    the    lUcid 
and  well-reasoned  arguments  of  Lord  X'verton 
^counsel  for  the  deleudants)  very  careful  con- 
bideration,    aird    paid    attention    to    the    argu- 
ments  he   cited.       Ihe   question   was   whether 
tius  case   fell    within  the  case  of   "  Mapleson 
v.    Seears,"    or     was    distinguished    from    it. 
Lven    a    within   that   case,    nhe   piaintin    was 
entitled  to  a  verdict,  and  he  should  be  sorry 
1/0    come    to    aiiy    other    conclusion,    because 
a.ltbougU  he  did  commit  this  breach  it  would     | 
be   tatner    repugnant    to  one's   sense   of   fair     1 
play    if    for    tuat  one    breach    he    was    to    te     I 
deprived  of  his  week's  salary.    He  bad  come  to    ■ 
the  coi'Clusion  that  the  piaintin  was  entitled 
to  his  saiaiy,  notwithstanding  the  breach,    it     j 
was  quite  true  itiat  tiie  reguiaiious  and  con- 
ditions which  were  enforced  on  the  contract 
were  made  part  of  the  terms  of  the  contract, 
but   aitnough    that    was   so    he    thought    the 
regulations  could  be  more  precisely  described 
■  as  annexed  to  the  contract,  and  he  came  to  the 
conclusion  that   the  substantial  contract  was 
that  the  artiat  should  give  his  usual  perform- 
ance.   That,  in  his  opinion,  was  fuliiUed.    But 
•what  the  plaintill   did   do  was  that  he  com-     1 
mitted    a    breach   Of   the   annexed   conditions,     1 
namely,  'that  he  shouid  sing   a  third  song   if 
required.    If  he  was  right  in  that  then  he  was 
following     absolutely     the     decision     of     the 
liivisional   Court.    By   the   terms  of   the   con- 
tract the  usual  performance  was  two   songs, 
and   three   if   required.    That   being   so,   what 
was  the  proportion  of  the  salary V    He  thought     ' 
it  would  be  ridiculous  to  say  that  the  plain- 
tiff had  earned  nothing  of  lus  salary.    At  the 
same  time,  one  had  become  famihar  with  some 
dLsturbing  noise  at  a  music  hall  on  a  Satur- 
day night,  when  an  audience  was  inclined  to 
be    hilarious,    and    to   laugh   when    a   popular 
artis't  came  on   the   stage  and  sang   a  comic 
song.    Under   such   circumstances,    however,    a 
so-called     disturbance    often     subsided.      The 
manager  of  the  hall,  who  was  responsible  for 
the  orderly  and  proper  control  of  the  house, 
was  in  the  Mudience  and  knew  the  extent  ol    I 
the  disturbance  and  the  best  means  to  check  it, 
ani  ha  asked  the  plaintiti  to  go  on  and  sing 
his  third   song.    He  refused,   and  the  curtain 
had   to    be  rung  down.    That  in  Itself  might 
have    led    to   a   kind   of   riot,    and   he   looked 
upon  that  as  very  serious.    That  being  so,  the    \ 
question  was  what  damages  he  ought  to  give? 
The     defendants     could     not     prove      actual 
damages,  but  he  thought  they  were  entitrtrt  to 
something  more   than  nominal  damages.       He 
considered    that  justice   would    be   met   if   he 
gave  them  £5  damages,  and  the  plaintiff  £25 
damages.    A&   to    costs,   there   was    no   doubt 
that  the  action  raised  a  question  of  very  great    ■ 


importance  to  music  ball  managers,  and, 
therefore,  he  certiUed  for  costs  on  bcale  B, 
which  would  have  the  effect  of  each  of  the 
parties  paying  their  own  costs. 

Air.  bouguty,  counsel  for  the  pUintiS,  and 
Lord  Tiverton,  for  the  deiendants,  having  sub- 
mitted arguments  on  the  question  of  costs, 

His  Honour  said  with  regard  to  the  claim 
he  should  give  the  piamtiu  judgment  for  the 
full  amount,  £26,  with  costs,  and  he  wouid  give 
the  deieudauts  the  costs  on  the  issue  as  to 
fact.  On  the  counterclaim  the  defendants  were 
entitled  to  damages,  which  he  assessed  at  £5. 
for  wmch  he  gave  them  judgment,  with  costs 
on  Scale  B,  because  of  the  importance  of  the 
iiisue. 

On  the  application  of  Lord  Tiverton,  his 
Honour  granted  a  stay  of  execution,  pending 
a   possible   appeal. 


JEROilE    V.    LIXGARD— "THE   ^'E^V    LADY 
BA^l'OCK." 
Mr.     Jerome    K.    Jerome    appUed    in    the 

Chancery    l)i vision,    before    Mr.    Justice 
24  Swiulea    Eady,    for    an    injunction    to 

restrain  Mr.  Horace  Lingard  from 
puhUcly  perfornung  Mr.  Jerome's  play 
'ihe  i\ew  Lady  uantocli,  oiiginaay  pro- 
duced as  Fanny  and  the  Servant  trobiem. 
Mr.  Macgillevray,  who  appeared  foi  the 
plaintitt,  i,tat«d  that  Mr.  Lingard  formerly 
held  a  license  from  Mr.  Jerome  lor  the  pex- 
formance  of  the  play.  That  license  had  ex- 
pired, but  Mr.  Lingard  continued  to  p. ay  the 
pie<ie  as  before,  and  at  the  tune  of  the  applica- 
tion to  the  Court  was  actually  playing  it  at 
the  Royal,  Norwich.  Mr.  Juaiice  bwmien  Eady 
grantee  an  injunction  restraining  Air.  Lingard 
until  trial  or  further  order  from  again  per- 
forming the  play. 

ADMISSION     MONEY     AND     PRIZE8.-01R. 
ROBERT    FORSYTH    SUMMONED. 
A   case    of   interest   to   kinemaiograph   pro- 
proprietors  and  managers  was  heard  at 
24  the     Canterbury      Pohce     Court.       Mr. 
Robert    Forsyth,    managing    director    of 
the  St.  Margaret's  Picture  Palace,  was  sum- 
moned "  for  that  he  on  November  11  in  the 
parich  of  Canterbury  did  imlawfully  publish  a 
certain   proposal  and  scheme  for  the  sale   of 
certain  tickets  or  chances  in  a  certain  lottery 
not  authorised  by  any  Act  of   Parliament. 

Mr.  Henry  Fieiding,  Town  ClerK  to  the  Can- 
terbury Corporation,  prosecuted.  He  stated 
that  the  manager  of  the  Picture  Palace  issued 
a  ^mall  bill  saying  that  on  a  certain  night 
five  pairs  of  pictures  would  be  given  away 
for  lucky  seats.  This,  he  contended,  con- 
stituted a  lottery  under  the  Act  of  1823.  Mr. 
Justice  Hawkins  had  stated  that  "  in  Webster's 
Dictionary  a  lottery  was  defined  to  be  a  dis- 
tribution of  prizes  by  lot  or  chance,  and  a 
similar  definit'on  was  given  in  Johnson.  Such 
definitions  are,  in  my  opinion  carrect." 

Inspector  Jackson  and  Detective-Sergeant 
Jury  proved  the  facts  of  the  case,  which  were 
admitted  by   tL?  defendant. 

Mr.  Forsyth,  who  conducted  his  own  defence, 
said  there  was  no  evidence  that  what  had  been 
done  was  a  lottery,  inasmuch  as  there  had 
not  yet  been  a  case  decided  on  the  particular 
point  in  Great  Brtain.  The  competition,  if 
such  it  might  be  called,  was  a  distribution  of 
presents  by  the  manager  to  people  after  they 
had  paid  the  ordinary  price  of  admission  to 
the  entertainment.  Just  the  same  programme 
was  given  as  on  other  nights;  not  one  picture 
more  nor  less  was  shown.  This  was  not  the 
first,  but  the  fifth  competition  of  the  kind 
that  had  been  held  in  the  city,  and  similar 
competitions  were  being  hold  all  over  Kent. 
If  the  Bench  held  that  it  w^s  illegal  for  a 


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man  to  giva  presents  away  in  that  manner, 
lueu  pracuicaiiy  all  Christmas  boxes  were 
Illegal.  11  he  gave  everyone  a  present  it  would 
be  no  more  illegal  than  giving  presents  to  ten 
persons.  If  he  had  received  a  hint  that  there 
was  a  doubt  as  to  the  legality  of  the  com- 
l>etition  or  that  the  authorities  objected  to 
11  he  would  gladly  have  withdrawn  it.  He 
had  not  in  any  way  tried  to  avoid  responsi- 
bihty  in  the  matter;  Le  did  it  with  his  eyes 
open,  and  he  beUeved  that  the  competition  was 
u  perfectly  legal  one. 

Xhe  3'owu  Clerk  said  Mr.  Forsyth  had  made 
a  great  deal  about  "  giving  "  away.  If  those 
prizes  haJ  been  absolutely  given  away  there 
might  have  been  some  diuiculty.  But  he 
advertised  to  the  public  that  if  they  would 
come  and  buy  tickets  he  would  show  them 
pictures,  and  that  he  would  give  them  some 
thing  else.  That  was  reaily  selling.  That 
point  was  decided  in  a  case  in  1901,  and  had 
been  quoted  in  later  cases  ever  since.  The 
case  was  in  reference  to  a  competition  in  a 
newspaper,  and  it  was  argued  that  the  pay- 
luent  was  for  the  newspaper  and  not  for  the 
chance.  Lord  Justice  Bingham,  however,  held 
that  the  newspaper  and  the  chance  were  sold 
together."  The  present  case  was  an  precisely 
the  same  hnes,  and  what  Mr.  Forsyth  called  a 
gift  was  really  no  gift  at  all. 

After  the  Bench  had  retired  for  a  short  time, 
the  chairman  reminded  the  defendant  that  he 
was  habie  to  a  £20  line  or  to  be  sent  to  prison 
under  the  Vagrancy  Act.  They  considered 
that  they  had  no  alternative  but  to  convict, 
but  they  had  taken  luto  sympathetic  con- 
sideration that  this  was  the  first  case  of  the 
kind  that  had  come  before  them  for  a  very 
long  time,  and  that  Mr.  Forsyth  had  given  *o 
undertaking  not  to  hold  the  competition  agui'i. 
A  tine  oi  £1  and  14s.  fed.  costs  was  imposed. 
The  Town  L'lerk  was  also  granted  £1  Is.  as 
otpenses. 


MINSTER  V.  WATSON— VERBAL  AGREE- 
MENTS—CONTRACTS, ANK  REFUSAL 
TO     PERFORM. 

A   case   in  which   important  questions  were 
raised  as  to  tlie  notice  requisite  for  the 
2  7  termination    of    theatrical    engagements 
came    before   Mr.    Justice    Lush    in    the 
Civil  Court  at  Manchester  Assizes.     His  Lord- 
ship  tried   the  case   without  a  jury. 

Xhe  action,  which,  in  the  first-  instance,  was 
for  recovery  of  balance  of  salaries,  was  brought 
by  Otto  Richard  Schipper,  actor,  whose  stage 
name  is  Otto  Minster,  against  William  Watson, 
lessee  of  '  the  Crana,  Rawtenstall.  The  sum 
claimed  was  £184  15s.,  and'there  was  a  counter- 
claim by  Mr.  Watson  for  £240  for  alleged 
breach  of  agreement. 

Mr.  Acton  was  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  and 
Dr.  Atkinson  for  the  defendant. 

Mr.  Acton,  in  opening  the  case  for  plaintiff, 
explained  that  Mr.  Minster  undertook,  under 
an  agreement  with  the  defendant,  to  bring 
together  a  company  of  twelve  artists  to  play 
at  the  Grand,  Rawtenstall,  on  terms  of  what 
was  called  in  the  profession  an  eight  weeks' 
"  certainty  "  of  £33  per  week.  The  claim  was 
for  a  balance  of  the  eight  weeks'  certainty, 
part  of  the  third  week's  salary,  and  salary  for 
the  following  five  weeks.  The  engagement 
began  (Mr.  Acton  stated)  in  the  middle  of 
June,  1911,  when  Home,  Sweet  Home  was  pre- 
sented with  success.  Under  Two  Flags  was 
given  in  the  second  week,  and  was  scarcely 
less  successful.  In  the  third  week  Shadows  of 
a  Great  City  was  presented.  The  salaries  were 
paid  for  the  first  two  weeks,  but  not  promptly, 
and  in  the  third  week  the  difficulties  came  to 
a  head.  In  the  profession  Friday  night  was 
recognised  as  "  treasury  night,"  salaries  being 
paid  thon,  or  at  latest  by  noon  on  Saturday. 


On  Saturday,  July  1,  the  salaries  lor  the  third 
week  of  the   eignt   weeks'    "  certainty "   were 
still  owing.    The  Sliauykraun  was  to  be  staged 
the  following  week;  and  after  rehearsal  on  the 
Saturday  morning  the  company  held  a  meet- 
ing,    at    which    strong    protests    were    made 
against    the    treatment    they    were    receiving. 
Mr.  Renshaw,  the  manager,  was  sent,  for,  and 
hard  and  bitter  things  were  said  by   plaintiff 
and  members  of  his  company  about  the  treat- 
ment  they   were   receiving.       Througnout   the 
difficulties  (said  Mr.  Acton)  it  was  never  sug- 
gested,  either  by  the  defendant  or  Mr.  Ren- 
shaw, that  the  company  were  not  entitled  to 
payment    in    full    on   triday,    or    by    noon    on 
Saturday   at  the  latest.    On  this  occasion,   as 
previously,  they  were  asked  to  wait;  and  Mr. 
Renshaw  said  he  had  had  to  mortgage  his  own 
furniture  to  get  money,  and  he  could  not  do 
any   more.    Ine   meeting   broke   up,   but   suo- 
sequently  the  company  announced  that  i:  they 
were  not  paid  for  the  week  they  had  worked 
they   would   not   play    again.    Alter    Saturday 
night's  performance   the  sum   of   £13  6s.   was 
paid  on  account,   and  the  balance  was  faitn- 
luUy  promised  to  plaintiff  if  he  called  at  de- 
fendant's house  on  the  Sunday.  Plaintiff,  along 
with  another  member  of  his  company,  accoru- 
ingly  called  on  defendant  in  HasUugden  on  the 
Sunday.    Mr.  Renshaw,  the  manager,  was  pre- 
sent at  the  interview.    Plaintiff   (.counsel  said) 
was  told  that  he  was  entitled  to  the  money, 
but  defendant  said  he  owed  money   in   other 
directions,  and  that  he  was  a  rumeO  man,  and 
had  no  money   to   give  him.    Plaintiff'   replied 
that  the  company  would  not  play  on  the  iUOU' 
day  if  they   were   not  paid,   and  he  also  lold 
defendant  that  there  were  great  distress  and 
inconvenience  among  the  company.  Defendant's 
reply  was,  "  All  right,  we  shall  have  to  close 
the  theatre;  "  and  he  told  his  manager  to  have 
some  slips  printed,  "  'iheatre  closed, "  and  put 
across  the  bills.    Later,  however,  he  undertook 
to  provide  the  money,  and  the  company  were 
in  attendance  on  the  stage  on   Monday   with 
the  audience  waiting  to  get  inside.    No  money 
was   forthcoming,   however,   and  the   company 
unanimously  refused  to  perform,  declaring  that 
they    would    not    open    till    they    were    paid. 
Plaintiff   (Mr.  Acton  further  stated)  kept  the 
company  together  for  a  fortnight,  ready  to  per- 
form if  called  upon.    'They  were  almost  entirely 
without  means,  and  they  finally  got  away  oniy 
by  pawning  their  belongings. 

Miss  Florence  Melrose  Millett,  leading  lady 
in  the  company,  gave  evidence  bearing  out 
counsel's  opening  statement.  She  said  the 
manager  of  the  theatre,  when  the  company  de- 
clined to  go  on  with  the  performance,  told 
them  to  remove  their  belongings.  She  had  no 
engagement  for  seven  weeks,  that  period  of  the 
year  being  the  worst  for  the  profession. 

At  this  stage  of  the  hearing  plaintiff  was 
given  permission  to  alter  nis  claim  to  one  of 
damages  for  breach  of  contract.  Mr.  Acton 
(for  plaintiff)  said  he  understood  that  £19  5s. 
(the  balance  of  the  third  week's  salaries)  would 
be  added  to  any  sum  to  be  paid  into  court  if 
defendant  was  found  liable. 

In  course  of  cross-examination  plaintiff  (who 
had  already  given  evidence  of  the  circum- 
stances detailed  by  his  counsel)  said  that  at 
the  interview  in  Hasluigden  on  the  Sunday 
before  his  company  declined  to  continue  to 
play  defendant  offered  him  "  sharing  terms." 
This  proposal  he  refused,  but  after  thinking  it 
over  he  decided  on  Monday  to  accept  it  on  con- 
dition that  he  had  someone  in  iront  of  the 
house  to  look  after  his  interests.  Defendant 
did  not  agree  to  this. 

Defendant's  countiel  (Dr.  Atkinson)  then  cross- 
examined  Mr.  Minster  at  some  length  on  the 
notice  required  to  terminate  an  engagement. 

Dr.  Atkinson :  Can  an  engagement  with  a 
theatrical  proprietor  or  lessee  or  owner  of  the 


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theatre  be  terminated  cither  way  by  a  fort- 
aigbt'a  noticed 

Mr.  Minster:  I  don't  say  that  altogether. 
There'e  the  agreement  in  this  case;  "A  cer- 
tainty "  for  eight  weeks. 

The  Judge:  Is  it  the  custom  in  the  profes- 
sion for  engagements  under  agreements  of  this 
sort  to  be  terminated  by  a  fortnight's  notice? 
—1  cannot  say  so.  If  1  am  engaged  as  an 
artist  1  can  give  in  my  fortnight's  notice  or 
receive  it. 

Can  the  artist  do  this  if  the  engagement  is 
for  three  months  or  six  months  or  more?— Yes, 
unless  it  is  a  contract  by  which  he  's  en^aiied 
for   a    tour. 

Suppose  you  are  engaged  for  three  months 
\:\  London  or  any  one  town,  jou  can  terminate 
that  by  a  fortnight's  notice? — Exactly. 

But  if  it  is  for  a  particular  tour  you  say 
it  holds  for  the  tour?— Yes. 

Suppose  you  axe  engaged  as  an  .irtist  to 
play  for  eight  weeks  in  a  particular  tn  wn, 
could  that  be  terminated  by  a  fortnight's 
notice?— No;  I  should  not  feel  justified  in 
doing  that  That  is  not  the  rule  of  the  pro- 
fe£6ion. 

The  Judge:  Suppose  you  are  engaged  at  a 
particular  town  for  a  definite  time — six  or 
eight  weeks — can  you,  when  you  have  once 
started,  write  a  letter  to  the  management 
stating  that  although  you  have  arranged  to 
play  for  eight  weeks  you  all  intend  to  go  at 
the  end  of  a  fortnight?— No,  you  cannot  do 
that. 

-Vre   you   quite   sure? — I   am. 

Dr.  Atkinson:  Suppose  you  yourself  were 
engaged  as  an  artist  to  play  for  three  months 
at  a  particular  theatre  in  London,  could  you 
not,  during  those  three  months,  give  a  fort- 
night's notice  to  leave? — ^No,  not  if  I  signed  a 
contract. 

Suppose  you  did  not  sign  anything?— Well, 
verbally   perhaps   you  could. 

The  Judge:  You  could  terminate  all  your 
artists  engaged  verbally,  if  it  -were  done  ver- 
bally?—Yes. 

Dr.  Atkinson:  By  a  fortnight's  notice?— Yes; 
but  it  would  not  be  correct,  and  it  would  not 
be  likely  to  happen  once  in  a  thousand  times 
ia  our  profession. 

You  can  do  it,  strictly,  but  you  would  not 
like  to  do  it?— That  is  so. 

In  the  case  of  a  stock  company— if  it  is  not 
turning  out  satisfactorily,  cannot  the  engage- 
ment be  termmated  at  a  fortnight's  notice?— 
No;  I  don't  think  so. 

But  that  may  be  the  custom,  and  you  may 
not  be  familiar  with  it?— It  may  be. 

Re-examined  by  Mr.  Acton:  About  the  verbal 
agreement  which  you  say  may  be  terminated 
by  a  fortnight's  notice— do  you  mean  merely 
that  it  would  not  be  a  nice  thing  to  do  that? 
— It  would  not  be  fair  play. 

The  Judge:  Do  you  know  if  there  is  any 
custom  about  that?— The  custom  of  the  pro- 
feesion  is  a  fortnight's  notice  on  either  side 
unless  you  sign  a  contract  for  the  length  of 
the  piece. 

Mr.  Acton:  You  say  that  when  an  agreement 
is  drawn  up  and  signed  for  six  or  eight  weeks 
the  artist  cannot  give  a  fortnight's  notice  and 
is   not    liable    to   receive   it?— Exactly. 

His  Lordship  wants  to  know  if  it  makes  any 
difference  if  the  agreement  is  not  put  in 
writing,  but  made  verbally?— It  makes  no  dif- 
ference. 

Other  menbera  of  the  company  were  in  court 
for  the  purpose  of  giving  evidence,  but  it  was 
agreed  not  to  call  them,  the  plaintiff's  state- 
ment being  accepted  that  they  threatened  pro- 
ceedings against  him  if  he  did  not  bring  this 
action. 

For  the  defence  Dr.  Atkinson  submitted  that, 
there  was  no  case   against  the  defendant  in 


respect  that  the  noj-payment  of  the  eaUrlet 
for  a  week  did  not  entitle  the  plaintiff  to  repu- 
diate the  whole  contract,  as  he  had  done. 
There  was  no  suggestion  that  the  defendant 
said  he  would  not  pay  the  salaries  for  the 
weeks  that  were  to  follow.  The  evidence  was 
rather  the   other  way. 

The  Judge:  Suppose  I  draw  an  inference 
that  he  was  not  in  a  position,  and  did  not 
intend,  to  carry  ou*-  his  contract  by  paying? 

Dr.  Atkinson:  That  would  be  a  very  harsh 
deduction  to  draw  from  what  was  said.  The 
fair  deduction  is  that  defendant  was  extremely 
anxious  to  pay,  but  simply  could   not. 

Dr.  Atkinson  pointed  out  that  there  was 
not  a  word  in  the  contract  about  when  the 
money  was  t-o  be  paid. 

The  Judae:  That  is  imparted  by  custom. 

Dr.  Atkinson:  Even  if  the  agreement  had  said 
the  sum  of  £33  was  to  be  paid  week  by  week, 
that  would  still  be  very  far  from  a  condition 
precedent  to  plaintiff's  duty  to  perform. 

The  Judge:  The  company  did  not  get  their 
money  properly  from  the  very  first.  It  was 
always  in  driblets.  Are  all  the  artists  bound 
to  go  on  when  they  are  not' properly  paid, 
getting  into  worse  and  worse  difficulties  with 
a  man  who  has  no  money  when  it  is  rCquired, 
and  who,  I  am  asked  to  infer,  would  not  be 
able  to  pay   them   at   all? 

Dr.  Atkinson  suggested  that  the  circum- 
stances were  similar  to  the  cases  in  which  it 
had  been  held  that  a  man  must  go  on  supply- 
ing goods  he  had  contracted  to  supply,  even 
when  he  saw  that  there  was  not  much  likeli- 
hood   of   being   paid. 

The  Judge:  I  don't  thiink  a  sale  of  goods  \a 
much  of  a  parallel  to  a  case  like  this,  where 
a  man  induces  another  to  bring  a  number  of 
artists  into  a  town  where  chey  must  have 
money  to  pay  their  way,  and  where  they  find 
after  the  first  fortnight  that  they  cannot  get 
their  money  and  that  they  would  never  have 
got  anything  if  somebody  had  not  mortgaged 
furniture. 

Mr.  Acton  said  Dr.  Atkinson's  argument  left 
out  of  consider."»tion  the  fact  that  artists  were 
human  beings  wRo  had  to  live. 

The  Judge:  That  is  so.  They  are  not  so 
many  ounces  or  pounds  of  goods. 

Dr.  Atkinson:  The  substance  of  a  contract 
does  not  depend  on  whether  the  goods  are 
alive  or  dead. 

Ultimately  his  Lordship  said  he  differed  from 
Dr.  Atkinson  in  his  view  of  the  facts,  and  he 
asked  for  the  evidence  in  defence. 

Dr.  Atkinson  said  the  evidence  was  that 
defendant  did  not  dispute  not  having  paid,  nor 
that  he  was  unable  to  pay.  But  he  made  a 
distinct  offer  to  plaintiff  that  he  could  take 
the  receipts  at  the  theatre  until  he  was  paid 
Jo  full. 

Mr.  Watson,  the  defendant,  in  his  account, 
given  in  evidence,  of  the  circumstances  under 
which  the  company  refused  to  perform,  con- 
firmed most  of  the  details  spoken  to  by 
plaintiff.  He  said  the  custom  was  to  pay  the 
salaries  on  the  fall  of  the  curtain  on  Saturday 
night.  He  told  plaintiff  to  take  the  money  at 
the  door  on  the  Monday.  He  also  asked 
plaintiff  if  lie  would  play  on  sharing  terms, 
and  he  refused. 

Dr.  Atkinson :  Is  there  any  custom  as  to 
giving  notice  in  theatrical  companies? — Yes. 
No  matter  on  what  terms  you  are  engaged  you 
must,  if  you  are  not  satisfied  with  your  en- 
gagement, give  a  fortnight's  notice.  On  the 
other  side,  the  proprietor,  if  he  is  not  satisfied, 
can  give  you  a  fortnight's  notice.  I  have  had 
to  put  up  with  that  myself.  A  whole  company 
can  be  given  a  fortnight's  notice. 

Dr.  Atkinson :  Supposing  an  artist  has  got 
an  engagement  for  eight  weeks  for  a  certain 
play,    does    that    custom    apply    there?— Yeo, 

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just  the  same.  If  there  is  anything  un&atis- 
factory  on  either  side  they  can  go. 

So  Mr.  Minster  could  have  given  a  fort- 
nidit's  notice  to  his  company? — Yes;  and  I 
told  him  if  things  did  not  improve  I  would 
ihuve  to  put  a  fortnight's  notice  up.  I  did  not 
get  the  chance  to  do  so. 

Defendant  added  that  he  had  had  thirty 
years'  experience,  and  the  custom  had  always 
been  as  he  described. 

Defendant  was  croso-examined  by  Mr.  Acton 
as  to  the  meaning  of  the  word  "  certain  "  in 
the  contract — "  to  commence  Monday,  June  12 
— eight  weeks  certain." — The  custom  was,  as 
he  asserted,  that  the  engagement  could  be 
terminated  by  a  fortnight's  notice. 

Defendant  said  that  when  the  contract  was 
for  "  eight  weeks  certain  "  notice  would  have 
to  be  given  on  the  sixth  week. 

Dr.  Atkinson :  And  if  the  notice  was  not 
given  at  the  end  of  the  sixth  week  what  would 
iiappen? — Probably  the  artist  would  want 
another  fortnight's  money. 

Wm.  Ernest  Renshaw,  manager  for  defen- 
dant, gave  a  generally  corroborative  account 
of  the  previous  evidence  as  to  the  termination 
of  the  company's  performances.  He  said  the 
word  "certain"  in  the  contract  made  no 
difference  as  to  giving  notice  to  terminate  the 
engagement  if  the  performances  were  not 
paying. 

His  Lordsbip  said  that  on  the  evidence  for 
the  defence  he  did  not  think  the  defendant 
Jiad  a  case  on  tlie  question  of  notice.  It 
seemed  to  him  almost  impossible  to  argue  that 
the  word  "certain"  could  be  struck  out  of  a 
contract  and  a  custom  of  uncertainty  intro- 
duced. 

His  Lordship  then  suggested  an  arrangement 
between  the  parties  on  the  basis  of  his  obser- 
vations on  the  contract. 

After  consultation  with  parties,  counsel  con- 
ferred with  his  lordship  in  private,  and  when 
they  returned  to  court  it  was  announced  that 
there  would  be  judgment  for  plaintiff  by  con- 
sent for  £100  and  costs.  The  counterclaim  was 
withdrawn,  and  Mr.  Acton  said  all  imputations 
were  withdrawn. 

It  was  a'-50  .stated  that  the  artists  of  tie 
company  would  abide  by  the  result  of  the 
•action  in  respect  of  their  claims  against  the 
plaintiff. 

SOLES    v.    LANCASHIRE    AND    YORKSHIRE 
RAILWAY      COMPANY— QUESTION      OF 
PERSONAL  LUGGAGE. 
At  the  Birmingham  County  Court  on  Novem- 
ber 27,  before  Judge  Ruegg,  K.C.,  and  a 
2  7  jury,    an   action   was   brought   by   Harry 
Soles,  music-hall  artist,  against  the  Lan- 
cashire   and    Yorkshire    Railway    Company    to 
recover  the  value  of  a  basket  containing  cloth- 
ing, etc.     Mr.  E.  W.  Cave  (instructed  by  Mr. 
D.  Davis)  appeared  for  the  plaintiff,  and  Mr. 
J.   Armstrong   represented   the   company. 

It  appeared  that  the  plaintiff  had  been  per- 
forming at  Blackpool,  and  on  September  9  he 
consigned  a  basket  containing  his  clothes,  etc.. 
for  transit  to  Birmingham.  He  paid  and  had 
a  receipt  for  6d.  He  himself  left  Talbot  Road 
Station  and  went  to  Birmingham.  His  basket 
of  clothes,  however,  had  never  arrived,  and  he 
had  had  much  correspondence  with  the  railway 
company,  but  without  any  satisfactory  results. 

Mr.  Armstrong  said  the  defence  would  be  a 
question  of  law.  The  point  was  that  the 
plaintiff's  luggage  was  sent  as  passenger's  lug- 
gage, and  it  was  not  passenger's  luggage. 

His  Honour;  Does  that  entitle  you. to  lose 
it? 

Mr.  Armstrong :  No,  but  it  deprives  him  of 
the  right  to  complain  if  it  does  get  lost. 

His  Honour:  Why  is  not  a  slate  frock  coat 
and  heliotrope  waistcoat,  evening  dress,  white 
front  and  so  on  passenger's  luggage? 


Mr.  Armstrong :  Because  they  arc  articles  lie 
used  in  his  trade  or  profession. 

In  urging  that  there  was  no  case  to  go  to 
the  jury,  ]\Ir.  Armstrong  said  that  although  a 
railway  comiiany  were  undoubtedly  insurers  of 
passengers'  luggage  as  of  other  goods,  yet  if  a 
passenger  sent  as  passenger  luggage  goods 
which  in  law  were  not  personal  luggage  there 
was  no  liability  at  all.  The  reason  was  that 
they  were  entitled  to  merchants'  charges  on 
these  goods. 

His  Honour :  Could  the  company  make  a 
bonfire  of  them? 

Mr.  Armstrong:  Well,  if  they  wllfullv 
destroyed  them  something  else  might  be  saiii. 
He  then  cited  cases  to  show  the  distinction 
between  personal  luggage  and  other  luggage. 

His  Honour :  I  see ;  the  fisherman  may  have 
his  rods,  the  artist  his  easel,  the  student  his 
books,  but  not  the  actor  his  cocked  hat? 

His.  Honour  asked  the  pLaintifl  if  any  of  the 
articles  in  his  missing  basket  were  "personal 
property  which  he  wore  apart  from  his  pro- 
fession. 

Plaintiff  enumerated  a  number,  including 
overcoat,  shoes,  shirts,  and  other  articles  which 
he  wore  off  the  stage.  Those,  at  any  rate.  In- 
said,  were  "  personal  clothing "  within  the 
meaning  of  the  railway  company's  definition. 

Mr.  Armstrong  said  he  considered  the  solu- 
tion of  the  matter  was  a  pure  question  of  law 
as  to  what  passengers  could  and  could  not 
carry  as  "  personal  luggage." 

Ultimately  his  Honour  entered  judgment  that 
the  plaintiff  was  entitled  to  recover  articles 
to  the  value  of  £9  Ss.,  which  constituted  the 
articles  ticked  off  by  the  plaintiff  himself  as 
being  personal  belongings  apart  from  his  pro- 
fession. 


TAYLOR    V.     DOOLEY    AND     OWENB.— 
BRJIACH  OF  CONTRACT. 

In  the  Shoreditch  County  Court,  before  his 
Honour  Judge  Smyly,  K.C.,  Miss  Violet 
30  Taylor  and  Miss  NelUe  Taylor,  sisters, 
actresses,  professionally  known  as  Grav 
and  Clifton,  of  45,  Wellington  Road,  Stoke 
Newington,  sued  Mr.  Sydney  Dooley  and  Mr. 
Ernest  E.  Owens,  comic  opera  producers,  of  14, 
Barrington  Road,  Brixton,  to  recover  damages 
for  alleged  breach  of  contract.  Mr.  Martin 
O'Connor  (instructed  by  Mr.  Atherton)  ap- 
peared for  the  plaintiffs,  but  the  defendants 
made  no  appearance,  ^and  it  was  stated  it  was 
believed  they  were  touring  with  The  Rose  of 
Sicily. 

Judge  Smyly  said,  in  the  circumstances,  he 
must  hiave  the  strictest  proof  of  the  service 
of  the  summons,  so  Mr.  Atherton's  managing 
clerk  went  into  the  box  and  formally  proved 
the  legal  service.  Mr.  Martin  O'Connor  then 
said  they  would  take  the  case  of  Miss  VMolet 
Taylor.  The  cases  were  exactly  alike,  but 
they  were  suing  separately.  They  always  got 
engagements  together.  On  July  27  an  adver- 
tisement (uppeared  in  The  Stage  as  follows:— 
"  Wanted,  young  actresses,  with  strong  con- 
tralto voices,  for  musical  comedy."  Also 
there  was  an  advertisement  in  Thb  St.^ge  for 
chorus  ladies.  The  plaintiff  answered  the  ad- 
vertisement, and  in  due  course  got  a  letter 
from  the  defendants  asking  her  to  call,  which 
sihe  did.  The  defendants  then  said  they  were 
running  a  play.  The  Rose  of  Sicily,  and 
wanted  contraltos.  Her  voice  was  tried  and 
passed  as  satisfactory,  and  she  was  engaged 
for  the  tour  of  the  piece.  On  July  31  she  re- 
ceived a  ipostcard :  "  Please  call  at  Mr.  Woolf'a 
rehearsal-room,  98,  Hackford  Road,  Brixton, 
at  1  o'clock  t3-morrow  (Tuesday)."  Bhe 
attended  there,  and  eyerything  was  again 
satisfactory.  On  August  1  she  received  a  letter 
offering  her  303.  a  week  for  the  tout  of  the 
piece,  to  which  &he  agreed.    Rehearsals  started 

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on  tiie  following  Monday,  and  her  voice  viae 
again  tried  and  approved.  Slie  rehearsed  on 
August  7  and  8,  aiid  not  a  word  was  said  to 
her  'altering  the  urrangniients,  but  on  the 
morning  o(  August  9  she  received  the  follow- 
ing letK'r,  heoded  The  Rose  of  Sicily,  which 
read  :— 

"  Owing  to  the  necessary  alteration  in  our 
arrangements,  we  sliall  be  unable  to  avail  our- 
selves of  your  services  for  the  above  produc- 
tion, and  enclose  you  herewith  P.O.  value  10s. 
to  cover  your  out-of-pocket  expenses. 
"  Yours  truly, 

"  Sidney  Dooi.et." 

An  explanation  was  immediately  demanded, 
in  view  of  them  having  been  engaged  for  the 
run  of  the  piece,  but  no  satisfaction  could  be 
obtained,  t<Jie  only  coiiiiiiunication  received 
being  to  the  effect  that  there  was  nothing  to 
add  to  the  previous  letter.  The  tiling  was  in- 
conipreheiisible  to  the  lady,  us  they  bad  even 
measured  her  for  her  dress,  so  a  solicitor's 
leUex  w<i6  sent,  but  it  ended  in  the  ajption 
having  to  be  brought.  On  the  quesition  of 
daniagevs,  it  had  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  she 
Ha.1  engaged  for  the  tour  of  the  piece,  which 
might  have  been  many  months,  that  it  went 
on  the  road  on  August  :il,  and  was  etill  run- 
ning. The  lady  bad  tried  her  best  to  obtain 
engagement*  since,  but  had  only  managed  to 
get  three  weeks'  busmess,  and  was  "  out " 
now  until  the  pantomimes  commenced.  She 
would  start  on  December  26.  Under  these  cir- 
cumstances she  claimed  she  was  entitled  to 
damages  to  the  end  of  the  year,  e-speciially  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  the  engagement  was  for 
an  indefinite  neriod. 

Mis*  Violet  Taylor  then  went  into  the  box 
and  in  evidence,  bore  out  her  counsel's  state- 
ments. 

Judge  Smyly:  When  do  you  start  rehearsing 
for  the  pantomime? 

Witness:  On  December  10. 

Judge  Smyly:  You  see,  there  is  a  diflBculty 
after  the  10th.  If  they  had  t-o  rehearse  for 
the  pantomime  they  could  not  have  been  in 
The  Rose  of  Sicily. 

Mr.  O'Connor:  But  that  sliooild  not  inter- 
fere, as  they  had  no  intention  of  appearing  in 
pantomime.  Their  intention  was  to  carry  out 
the  engagement  to  the  letter  for  the  tour  of 
The  Rose  of  Sicily,  and  Wiey  would  have  had 
no  rehearsing  to  do. 

Judge  Smyly.  Actually,  there  are  eighteen 
weeks  from  the  contract  date  to  the  panto- 
mime time,  but  she  starts  rehearsing  on  the 
10th  and  has  done  three  weeks'  work. 

Mr.  O'Connor:  Your  Honour  will  not  lose 
sight  of  the  fact  that  she  is  paid  nothing  for 
the  period  she  is  reheaiaing. 

Judge  Smyly:  Oh!  is  that  so?  Well,  that 
leaves  fifteen  weeks,  and  I  do  not  see  how  the 
amount  can  be  reduced.  She  goes  to  the  pan- 
tomime at  the  same  salary  as  she  was  getting. 
Ha<l  she  have  got  more,  of  course  it  might 
have  made  a  difference.  The  damages  must  be 
fifteen  weeks  at  306.  a  week— £22  lOs. 

The  case  of  Mis.s  Nellie  Taylor  was  then 
taken,  and  Mr.  O'Connor  said  it  was  exactly 
the  same  as  iier  sister,  as  they  always  ap- 
peared together. 

Judge  Smyly:  Then  my  verdict  is  the  same 
for  her— £22  IDs.  damages  and  costs. 

Judgment  was  entered  accordingly  in  each 
case. 


DECEMBER. 

ERNEST    v.    COTLLINS.— ALLEGED    BREACH 
OF  CONTRACT. 
At  the  Westminster  County  Court,  the  case 
m     of    Krn'.'st   v.   Collins    was   heard    by   his 
*    Honour  Judge  Woodfall. 
Mr.  Doughty,  counsel  for  the  plaintiffs,  said 


the  claim  was  for  £40  for  alleged  breach  of 
contract.  The  plaintiffs  were  acrobats,  known 
as  the  Three  Ernests,  and  the  defendant  was 
a  variety  agent.  The  plaintiffs  came  to  this 
country  early  this  year  to  fulfil  a  number  of 
engagements,  and  having  several  dates  open 
during  the  summer,  they  arranged  with  Mr. 
Collins  to  fix  up  performances  for  them  in 
certain  towns  in  the  north  of  England,  Soot- 
land,  and  elsewhere.  The  defendant  got  into 
communication  with  the  managing  director  of 
the  King's,  Edinburgh,  and  as  a  result  sent 
a  telegram  to  the  plaintiffs  saying  that  he 
had  fi.xed  an  engagement  with  them  at  that 
house  for  a  week  commencing  July  31  at  £40. 
Subsequent  correspondence  took  place  and  the 
prospective  'engagement  at  the  King's  fell 
through,  but  the  plaintiffs  were  not  notified 
of  this  until  July  25,  when  it  was  too  late 
to  sub.stitute  other  engagements.  The  suc- 
cess of  the  plaintiffs'  claim,  said  counsel,  rested 
largely  on  the  meaning  of  the  word  "  fixed  " 
and  on  the  contention  that  earlier  intimation 
of  the  breakdown  of  the  arrangement  with  the 
King's  management  should  have  been  given 
the   plaintiffs. 

Harry  Ernest,  one  of  the  plaintiffs,  said  he 
arranged  with  Mr.  Collins  to  get  him  engage- 
ments in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  after  the 
understanding  as  to  his  appearance  at  Edin- 
burgh he  sent  a  telegram  to  Mr.  Collins, 
"  King's  Theatre  £40  O.K."  Witness  adderi 
that  while  performing  in  Glasgow  he  received 
another  offer  of  an  engagement  on  July  31, 
but  declined  it  as  it  clashed  with  the  Edin- 
burgh booking. 

Cross-examined  by  Lord  Tiverton,  counsel 
for  the  defendant,  plaintiff  admitted  that  he 
had  arranged  to  take  a  week's  holiday  after 
performing  at  Edinburgh,  but  w'hen  the  King's 
engagement  went  off  he  had  the  week's  rest  and 
performed  the  following  week.  On  his  return 
to  London  there  was  mention  of  a  contract 
with  the  Messrs.  Stoll  management,  but  this 
had  not  been  confirmed   up  to  the  present. 

Lord  Tiverton  submitted  that  there  was  no 
breach  of  warranty,  inasmuch  as  the  telegram 
mentioning  "  a  fixed  engagement "  was  not 
confirmed  as  it  should  have  been  to  make  it 
legal,  and,  therefore,  that  the  plaintiffs,  by 
performing  on  the  week  following  that  which 
commenced  on  July  31  (instead  of  taking  a 
holiday  as  they  had  expre.ssed  their  intention 
to  do),  resulted  in  their  sustaining  no  pecuniarj 
loss. 

Mr.  Doughty  urged  that  when  Mr.  Collins 
sent  the  telegram,  "  Fix  you  at  the  King's 
Theatre,"  he  meant  that  he  had  obtained  a 
binding  consent  with  the  management  of  that 
theatre. 

His  Honour,  in  giving  judgment,  said  he  had 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  telegram  of 
June  28  could  not  be  held  to  constitute  a 
contract.  It  was  one  of  the  customs  of  the 
profession  that  the  contract  should  be  con- 
firmed by  the  theatre  manager,  and  although 
this  cu.stom  was  frequently  neglected,  that 
fact  did  not  seem  to  him  to  rob  it  of  its 
legal  significance.  He  held,  therefore,  that 
the  plaintiffs  had  not  proved  that  the  defend- 
ant had  represented  to  them  that  he  had 
obtained  an  engagement.  His  Honour  non- 
suited the  plaintiffs,  with  costs,  and  granted 
a  temporary  stay  in  the  event  of  an  appeal. 


.AiLBANO      V.      JIAWSCHER. —  "  INFANT  " 

MUSICIAN'S   CLAIM. 

At   the    Westminster    County   Court,    Judge 

Woodfall   and   a  jury   were  occupied  in 

5    hearing   an   action   brought   by  a   young 

musician   named    Albano,    who,    through 

biis  father,   claimed  £100  from  Mr.  Bawscher, 


bee. 


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theatrical  manager,  for  alleged  breach  of  con- 
tract. 

Mr.  Lever,  counsel  for  the  plaintiff,  s.iid  the 
latter,  who  was  now  about  twenty  years  of 
age,  wa5  the  son  of  a  musician,  and  himself 
played  the  violoncello.  Hearing  that  defen- 
dant wanted  a  'oUo  player  for  the  Cardiff 
Cinema  Theatre,  he  made  application  for  the 
■appointment,  and  an  appointment  was  made 
for  him  to  give  a  display  of  his  efficiency  at 
the  defendiint's  rooms. 

At  this  interview  young  Albano  was  asked 
to  play  over  several  pieces,  and  the  defendant 
was  so  pleiised  with  his  interpretation  of  them 
that  he  immediately  wrote  out  a  contract 
whereby  the  plaintiff  was  engaged  to  play  at 
Cardiff'  for  twelve  months  at  £2  10s.  per 
week,  although  it  was  previously  understood 
that  if  an  engagement  was  entered  into  it 
would  ooiy  be  for  three  months.  On  the 
.strength  of  tbis  arrangement  the  plaintiff 
.~^!)ent  money  on  new  clothes,  etc.,  and  then 
journeyed  to  Cardiff,  but  after  playing  at  the 
Cinema  Theatre  there  for  only  a  week  he  w^as 
told  that  nis  services  were  no  longer  required. 
On  asking  for  an  explanation,  plaintiff  was  in- 
formed that  his  p'aying  was  not  loud  enough. 
and  he  was  advij.d  to  see  the  defendant  on 
returning  to  London.  He  did  this,  but  with 
no  satisfactory  result,  and  the  plaintiff,  being 
unable  to  obtain  another  engfgement,  earned 
nothing  for  a  period  of  some  twenty  weeks. 

Mr.  R.  Rawscher,  the  defendant,  stated 
thai,  he  engaged  the  paintifl  purely  on  the 
strength  of  his  own  statements  and  the  ex- 
perienece  he  had  had.  On  going  to  Cardiff, 
however,  he  found  tJiat  the  plaintiff'  was  quite 
incap'able  of  properly  taking  part  in  the 
orchestra.  At  a  rehearsal  the  plaintiff  broke 
down  twice  when  the  overture  to  Maritana 
was  beiuig  played,  and  witness  had  to  atop  the 
band. 

.Mr.  Bolinski,  conductor  of  the  orchestra  at 
the  Cardiff'  Cinema,  said  that  after  the  first 
rehearsal  on  the  Saturday  he  tried  the  plain- 
tiff on  the  Monday  in  several  pieces  that  were 
not  difficult,  but  the  plaintiff  was  unable  to 
play  them  satisfactorily.  The  theatre  man- 
agement told  witness  that  if  he  did  not  get 
another  player  to  take  the  plaintiff's  place  the 
agreement  with .  the  orchestra  would  be  can- 
ceUed.  Witness  did  not  consider  that  the 
plaintiff  had  had  a  proper  musical  education. 

His  Honour  said  the  question  for  the  .jury 
to  consider  was  whether  the  plaintiff  was  com- 
petent to  play  in  an  otrehestra  or  whether,  on 
'the  other  h.i.nd,  li.e  was  not  euttieiently  compe- 
tent, and  for  thDt  rea.son  the  plaintiff  was 
justified  in  breaking  the  ternw  of  the  contract. 

The  jury  found  in  favour  <>1  the  plaintiff',  and 
assessed  the  damages  at  £2)i. 


BROZEL     v.     BEECHAM.— OPERA     AT    THE 

PALLADIUM.— ALLEGED     BKEACH     OF 

CONTRACT. 

Before   Mr.   Justice    A.    T.    Lawrence   and    a 

special     jury,     in      the      King's     Bench 

8    ]>ivision,   an  ^action  was  brought  by  Mr. 

Phihp      Brozel      against      Mr.       Joseph 

Beecham,    carrying    on  business    as    the 

Thomas    Beecham  Opera  Company,  to  recover 

damages  for  alleged  breach  of  contract.    The 

deifendant    pleaded   that    he    was    justified    in 

terminating   the   plaintift"s   engagement. 

.Mr.  F.  E.  Smith,  K.C.,  Mr.  R.  E.  Moore, 
and  Mr.  J.  W.  Orr  appeared  for  the  phuntiff, 
and  Mr.  Spencer  Bower,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  Rose 
Inues   represented   the   defendant. 

Mr.  Smith,  in  opening  the  case  for  the 
plaintiff,  said  his  client,  a  well-known  operatic 
singer,  complained  of  a  breach  of  contract 
on  the  part  of  the  defendant,  and  the  latter 
had  thought  it  necessary,   for  the  purpose  of 


his  defence,  to  justify  the  phiintiff's  dismissal 
on   the   ground    of   professional    inefficiency. 

.Mr.  Spencer  Bower,  interposing,  eaid  the 
defendant  alleged  not  that  the  plaintiff  was 
inefficient,  but  that  liis  performance  was  un- 
satisfactory. 

Mr.  Smith,  continuing,  said  in  1910  the  de- 
fendant signed  a  contract  with  the  London 
Theatre  of  Varieties  to  produce  portions  of 
operas  at  the  Palladium,  and  on  December 
19  of  that  year  tlio  plaintiff'  signed  a  contract 
to  perform  at  the  Palladium  at  £70  a  week 
for  12  weeks.  Under  that  contract,  if  the 
management  considered  that  the  plaintiff'  was 
ineflScient  or  unsatisfactory,  they  could  put 
an  end  t-o  his  ©ngagemenit  by  giving  a  week's 
notice,  or  paying  a  week's  salary  in  lieu  of 
notice.  On  January  30  the  plaintiff  sang  in 
Tannhduser  at  the  first  performance.  Mr.  Thos. 
Beecham,  who  conducted,  was  presented  with 
a  laurel  wreath,  and  he  was  so  pleased  with 
the  plaintiff's  singing  that  he  went  to  his 
dressmg-room  to  compUment  him  on  it.  The 
following  day  it  was  said  the  defendant  re- 
ceived notice  from  the  Palladium  that  he 
must  arrange  to  have  another  artist  to  take 
the  plaintiff's  part,  as  the  plaintiff's  per- 
formance left  much  to  be  desired,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  pubhc  were  asking  whether  it  was 
true  that  it  was  not  the  Thomas  Beecham 
company  which  was  appearing.  Mr.  Arch- 
deacon, the  defendant's  manager,  informed 
the  plaintiff  of  the  letter  he  had  receive<l, 
and  gave  him  notice  terminating  the  contract. 
The  Palladium  management  wrote  to  the 
defendant  that  the  plaintiff's  singing  was 
terrible,  and  that  the  performance  was  little 
short  of  chaos.  Mr.  Archdeacon  replied  that 
the  plaintiff  was  out  of  voice,  and  that  he 
had  beesn  able  to  get  Mr.  Jostph  O'Mara  to 
sing  that  night. 

Subsequently  (went  on  counsel)  the  defend- 
ant's solicitors  wrote  that  the  accusation  that 
the  pladntaff's  singing  was  terrible,  tha.t  he  c<it 
the  opera  because  he  could  not  sing  the  music, 
and  that  the  performance  was  little  short  of 
chaos  was  absolutely  without  foundation.  They 
added,  "  He  is  an  antist  of  great  repute  and 
competence,  and  h;w  been  engaged  by  the  com- 
IKany  at  great  expense."  That  letter  gave  away 
the  whole  of  the  defendant's  case.  The  plain- 
tiff was  the  inn^ncent  sufferer  of  a  quarrel 
between  the  defendant  and  the  Palladium.  On 
February  3  the  plaintiff  was  ;isked  to  go  t-o 
the  Palladium  and  .*ing.  He  did  so,  and  w.as 
complimented  by  the  conductor.  After  the  per- 
formance he  w.as  handed  a  letter  from  Mr. 
Archdeacon,  which  ran  :  "  My  dear  Brozel,— I 
hope  you  will  play  afternoon  and  evening  to- 
morrow. You  are  a  good  sort.  Consider  the 
other  affair  oancelled.  I  am  on  my  back  in 
bed.  Come  and  see  me  after  the  show."  The 
plainitiff  asked  for  a  written  c;ancellation  of  the 
notice  termmating  hiis  engagement,  and  re- 
ceived the  following:  "1  have  much  pleasure 
in  confirming  my  note  to  you  of  last  night. 
It  is  now  imderstood  tha.t  my  letter  of  Feb- 
ruary 1  is  oancelled,  and  your  contract  with 
the  Beecham  Opena  Company  is  proceeded 
with."  The  plaintiff  afterwards  .s.an.g  in 
Tannhciuser,  and  on  February  10  the  Palladium 
management  terminated  their  agreement  with 
the  pLaintif  on  the  ground  thiat  he  had  broken 
its  terms.  On  February  11  Mr.  Archdeacon 
wrote  to  the  plaintiff:  "  My  dear  Brozel,— 1  am 
;.orry  to  .5 ay  that  in  view  of  the  unsati.sfactory 
nacure  of  your  &in,g:iig  in  Tannhdmer  it  has 
been  imp.os.sible  to  put  you  in  Carmen.  1  was 
glad  to  be  able  to  give  you  another  chance. 
Unfortunately  the  results  were  jus.t  as  unsati.'.- 
fiaotory,  and  I  h.ave  therefore  no  option  but  to 
ask  you  to  close  your  contract  with  the  usual 
week's   notice  from   to-diay." 

The  plaintiff  again  saw  Mr.  Archdeacon 
(counsel  siaid),  and  .asked  what  was  the  mean- 


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DEC. 


ing  of  the  notice.  Mr.  Archdeacon  replied: 
•'  Nothing,  give  it  me  back  and  I  will  tear  it 
up."  The  plaintiff  ai^ked  what  was  going  to  be 
done,  as  the  contract  with  the  Palladium  had 
been  cancelled.  Mr.  Archdeacon  answered, 
••  You  will  rehearse,  and  will  be  paid."  After- 
wajxls  Mr.  Arclideiicon  in/ormed  the  plaintil'" 
that  the  notice  he  had  leceived  mu.st  btand. 
The  plaintiff  then  put  the  matter  into  the 
hands  of  his  solicitor,  and  he  (the  learned 
counsel)  submitted  that  the  way  in  wliicin  the 
plaintiff  ha<i  been  treated  was  a  scandal  to 
the  operatic  stage. 

Mr.  Brozel  gave  eviden<:e  in  support  of  eoun- 
BCl's  opening  statement.  He  added  that  the 
performances  lasted  about  thirty  minutes,  and 
that  he  sang  about  ninety  seconds. 

In  cnoss-exiamination,  witness  said  before  he 
piTformed  at  the  Palladium  he  had  never 
played  in  tabloid  opera.  He  did  not  think  tlip 
bal:iry  he  received  under  his  contract  \vith  the 
<lefetdant  was  a  good  one,  having  regard  to 
the  number  of  performances. 

Mr.  Spencer  Bower:  Do  you  say  your  voice 
is  of  that  kind  that  it  is  good  in  any  building 
or  under  any  conditions  ?— In  any  building,  the 
larger  t-he  better. 

Was  it  not  stated  as  a  reason  for  terminating 
your  engagement  that  unfortunatelv  your  voice 
i\'A  not  oarry?-lt  is  the  first  time  I  have 
heard  it. 

Were  you  told  that  your  voice  was  weak 
and  was  drowned  by  the  chorus  and  orchestra' 
— Never. 

Were  you  informed  that  in  some  of  the  per- 
formances you  sang  out  of  tune?— Never. 

Did  you  require  the  music  of  TannMaser 
tc)  be  altered  to  suit  your  voice? — Never. 

Do  you  say  it  was  not  transposed?—!  do 
n<;>t  know. 

Mr.  Justice  Lawrence:  No  question  was  raised 
about  a  transposition? — Never. 

Mr.  Spencer  Bower :  During  the  rehearsals 
did  you  want  parts  of  the  music  in  Carmen 
transposed  and  lowered  in  pitch?— No,  I  did 
not.  I  found  the  pitch  was  half  a  tone  higher 
than  the  opera  was  written. 

Ivvidence  for  the  plaintiff  was  given  by  Miss 
Kdyth  Evans,  Mr.  Charles  Manners,  Mr. 
Hamish  M'Cunn    and  Mr.  Harold  Warren. 

The  case  was  resumed  on  the  13th. 

Mr.  3i)encer  Bower,  in  opening  the  case  for 
the  defendant,  said  the  contract  entered  into 
between  the  plaintiff  and  the  defendant  pro- 
vided that  if  the  plaintiff  did  not  suit  the 
defendant  could  dispense  with  his  services  The 
inanagement  of  the  Palladium  found  that  the 
plaintiff  was  unsuitable,  and  the  defendant 
e.xercised  his  right  by  giving  him  notice.  What 
had  taken  place  was  not  a  dismissal,  but  a 
coi'.trai-tual  .separation. 

Mr.  Albert  Archdeacon,  the  defendant's  man- 
ager, said  he  entered  into  this  contract  with 
.At.  Brozel.  Before  signing  the  contract  he 
told  Mr.  Brozel  that  the  pitch  of  the  orchestra 
at  the  Palladium  was  the  high  pitch.  The 
plamtiff  expressed  dissatisfaction,  and  asked  .'f 
Jt  could  not  be  changed,  but  that  was  impos- 
sible on  the  ground  of  expense.  Mr.  Brozel 
signed  the  contract  knowing  that  the  pitch 
was  the  high  pitch.  He  heard  Mr.  Brozel's 
first  performance  at  the  Palladium,  and  was 
very  much  disappointed,  as  -Mr.  Brozel  had  d 
big  reputation,  and  was  engaged  on  that  and 
on  his  singing  in  Salome.  He  seemed  out  ol 
voice  or  suffering  from  an  attack  of  nerves. 
When  the  plaintiff  sang  on  January  31,  Mr 
Archdeacon  continued,  the  effect  was  exactly 
the  same  as  on  the  flr.st  day.  Later  some  ques- 
tion arose  about  cutting  down  the  excerpt  from 
Tannhciuser  that  was  being  given,  in  order  to 
bring  it  within  the  time  Umit  that  had  been 
agreed  upon,  and  ultimately,  as  Mr.  Brozel's 
smging  was  so  unsatisfactory,  it   was  decided 


to  cut  down  his  part  from  four  and  a-balf 
minutes  to  about  ninety  seconds. 

On  February  1,  Mr.  Archdeacon  went  on  to 
say,  he  wrote,  determining  the  plaintiff's  con- 
tract, on  the  ground  that  they  had  received  a 
request  from  the  management  of  the  Palla- 
dium to  remove  him  from  the  cast. 

-Mr.  Rose-Innes  (for  the  liefence):  Were  you 
actuated  by  any  reason  in  the  world  except 
the  desire  to  please  the  pubUc?— The  Witness: 
No,  bertainly  not. 

The  witness  stated  that  he  wished  it  to  be 
understood  he  did  not  say  anything  against 
Mr.  Brozel's  reputation,  or  that  he  was  in- 
efficient, but  on  this  occasion  the  engagement 
was  unsati.sfactory. 

In  cross-examination  witness  et^ated  that 
when  he  wrote  to  the  Palladium  that  "  he 
could  not  agree  that  Mr.  Brozel  was  in- 
competent," his  honest  opinion  was  that  the 
plaintiff  was  out  of  voice,  but  he  would  not 
say  that  to  the  Palladium  people. 

Mr.  Archde>;iton  said  it  was  by  r.o  means 
because  he  had  notice  that  the  Palladium 
would  no  longer  require  his  company  that  he 
determined   the   plaintiff's   contract. 

Re-examined,  the  witness  said  the  Beecham 
Company  liad  brought  an  action  against  the 
Palladium  Company  for  breach  of  contract. 
which    had    been  compromised. 

Mr.  Kreutz,  musical  conductor,  said 
plaintiff's  performance  was  feeble  and  out  of 
tune. 

Mr.  Walter  Gibbons,  managing  director  of 
the  London  Theatres  of  Varieties,  the  owners 
ol  the  Palladium,  said  the  plaintiff's  singing 
spoilt  the  whole  performance. 

The  case  was  continued  on  the  14th. 

Mr.  Justice  Lawrence,  in  summing  up,  said 
the  issue  was  a  comparatively  simple  one.  It 
was  not  suggested  by  the  defendants  that  the 
plaintiff  was  incompetent.  What  they  sug- 
gested was  that  he  proved  to  be  unsatisfactory 
in  the  performance  of  this  particular  engage- 
ment, which  was  a  special  and  peculiar  one. 
Plaintiff  was  an  artist  of  very  considerable 
reputation.  He  sang  in  mo.'it  parts  of  the 
world  w-ith  distinction,  and  with  great  ielat  in 
the  performance  of  Salome  given  by  defendant 
at  Covent  Garden.  What  the  defendant  said 
was  that  at  the  Palladium  the  plaintiff  was 
unsatisfactory,  and  that  was  the  question  of 
fact  to  which  the  jury  had  to  address  their 
minds.  To  give  performances  in  opera  under 
conditions  of  considerable  difficulty  any  artist 
might  be  unsatisfactory,  but  it  was  hardly  fair 
to  suggest  that  because  it  was  said  an  artist 
was  un-i^atisfactory  that  that  was  a  reflection 
upon  his  reputation. 

The  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  plain- 
tiff for  £540  damages. 

Judgment  accordingly. 


COWEN    V.     THE     LORD     CHAMBERLAIN- 
DETENTION    OP'    MSS.    OP    PLAYS    FOR 
WHICH         LICEiNSES         HAD  BEEN 

REFUSED. 

At  Bow  Street,  Mr.  E.  H.  Cannot  applied  to 
Mr.  Curtis  Bennett,  on  behalf  of  Mr. 
8  Laurence  Gowen,  for  a  summons  against 
Earl  Spencer,  the  Lord  Chamberlain, 
for  detaining  tJie  manuscripts  of  two  one- 
act  plays.  Mr.  Cannot  explained  that  the 
manuscripts  were  only  of  nominal  value — under 
€15 — but  the  case  raised  a  very  important 
question.  Counsel  said  that  Mr.  Cowen  was 
the  author  of  two  one-act  plays,  entitled  The 
Pity  of  It  and  Tricked.  On  November  9  he 
sent  them  to  the  Lord  Chamberlain  to  be 
licensed,  and  it  was  his  intention  to  produce 
them  at  a  matinee  at  the  Court.  Ac(?ompany- 
ing  the  MSS.  was  the  fee  of  two  guineas.  The 
plays   were  returned   on   November    16,   along 


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323 


with  the  fe&s,  and  several  alterations  had 
been  made  in  them  by  the  Lord  Chamberlain's 
department.  These  alterations  Mr.  Cowen 
adopted,  afterwards  retuminc  the  plays  and 
the  fees  to  the  Lord  Chamberlain.  Later  he 
wa,';  informed  that  the  plays  would  require  con- 
siderable alteration  before  they  could  be 
licensed.  He  communicated  with  the  depart- 
ment, and  found  that  the  Ix)rd  Chamberlain 
refused  to  license  the  plays  at  ail,  notwith- 
standing the  fact  that  the  alterations  had  been 
made.  Mr.  Cowen  then  applied  to  the  depart- 
ment for  the  return  of  the  MSS.,  and  received 
a  letter  informing  him  that  copies  of  stage 
plays  sent  for  examination  and  license  were 
not  returned,  but  registered  and  preserved  in 
the  records  of  the  departmentv  In  the  cir- 
<.M|mstances,  the  Lord  Chamberlain  regretted 
that  he  wa^  unable  to  return  the  MSS.,  but 
offered  to  supply  copies  if  Mr.  Cowen  required 
them.  A  very  serious  question  has  arisen 
between  Mr.  Cowen  and  the  Lord  Chamberlain, 
proceeded  Mr.  Cannot.  Other  proceedings  are 
being  taken,  and  the  possesion  of  the  original 
MSS.,  with  the  Lord  Chamberla.in's  alterations 
and  emendations,  is  most  important  t-o  Mr. 
Cowen.  ,  They  refuse  to  return  the  originals, 
but  offer  us  copies,  which  we  cannot  accept. 

The  Mag'rtrate:  Supposing  the  copies 
showed  the  alterations  that  had  been  made. 
Would  not  that  do? 

Counsel :  We  offered  to  allow  the  Lord  Cham- 
berlain to  take  copies.  Counsel  argued  that 
there  was  no  provision  in  the  Act  entitling  the 
Lord  Chamberlain  to  retain  manuscripts  of 
plays  which  he  had  refused  to  license.  Although 
he  refused  to  return  them  now,  he  had 
returned  them  once.  The  Lord  Chamberlain 
sent  the  fees  back  on  the  first  occasion,  but 
now  he  had  retained  both  the  manuscripts  and 
the    fees. 

The  Magistrate :  You  only  raise  part  of  the 
question  in  your  application.  Ijf  you  go  to 
the  county  court  you  can  claim  for  the  return 
of  the  fees  as  well  as  the  manuscripts. 

Counsel:  We  are  not  troubling  about  the 
fees. 

The  Magistrate:  It  is  a  curious  thing  that 
the  question  has  never  been  raised  before. 

Counsel  suggested  that  possibly  in  similar 
cases  the  importance  of  the  author  having 
possession  of  the  originals  had  not  been  so 
great. 

The  Magi.strate  said  he  w-ould  like  inquiry  to 
be  made  as  to  what  had  been  the  custom  since 
the  patsing  of  the  Act  of  1843.  If  it  had  been 
the  practice  to  retain  the  manuscripts,  it 
might  be  taken  thait  there  had  been 
acquiescence  on  the  part  of  those  concerned. 
In  the  event  of  that  being  the  case,  he  should 
not  grant  a  summons.  If,  however,  it  had 
been  the  rule  to  return  the  manuscripts,  and 
this  was  an  exception,  he  would  consider  the 
matter. 

On  the  (11th,  before  Mr.  Marsham,  Mr.  Can- 
not renewed  his  application. 

Mr.  Marsham  thought  that  the  application 
ought  to  be  renewed  before  Mr.  Curtis  Ben- 
nett. 

Mr.  Cannot  said  he  thought  possibly  that 
the  application  might  be  made  to  another 
magistrate  in  view  of  two  letters  which  had 
been  received  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain's 
Department  since  the  application  was  first 
made.  The  first  letter  was  dated  December  8, 
and  was  as  follows  : — 

Sir,— I  am  desired  by  the  Lord  Chamber- 
lain to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your 
letter  of  the  6th  inst.,  and  to  inform  you  in 
reply  that,  as  you  specially  desire  the  posses- 
.sion  of  the  original  copies  of  the  two  plavs 
Tricked  and  The  Pity  Of  It,  further  copies 
will  be  made  and  the  originals  returned  to 
you  shortly.— I  am,  yours  faithfully,  J. 
Crichton  (Major),  Asst.  Comptroller. 


On  the  receipt  of  thaf  letter  he  (counsel)  had 
intended  to  appear  o  (t  of  courtesy  to  the 
magistr&ce  and  inform  him  that  the  applica- 
tion would  not  be  proce.ded  with,  as  the  MSS. 
were  going  to  be  returned.  But  since  then 
Mr.  Cowen  had  received  the  following  letter, 
which  was  dated  December  9 : — 

Sir, — With  reference  to  the  letter  from  this 
department    of     the     8th    inst.,     respecting 
Tricked  and  The  Pity  Of  It,  1  am  desired  by 
the  Lord  Chamberlain  to  say  that  in  view  of 
an  application  made  to  a  police  magistrate 
on  your  behalf  he  must  ask  you  to  consider 
his  letter  as  cancelled.     The  Lord  Chamber- 
lain  will   await    any    action    taken   by  the 
magistrate  in  the  matter.— Yours  faithfully, 
DouGL.As  Dawson  (Colonel),  Comptroller. 
It     seemed     from     that     letter,     continued 
counsel,     that     the     department     desired     a 
magisterial  decision  on  the  question,  which  was 
a  very  important  one.     There  was  nothing  in 
the  Act  which  entitled  the  Lord  Chamberlain 
to  detain  the  MSS. 

The  Magistrate  directed  that  the  application 
be  made  to  Mr.  Curtis  Bennett. 

On  the  Friday,  December  15,  Mr.  Curtis 
Bennett  granted  the  summons. 


BURCHELL  v.  KEITH  PROWSE,  AND  CO — 

BREACH  OF  CONTRACT. 

Messrs.  Keith  Prowse,  and  Co.,  Limited, 
agents,  of  New  Bond  Street,  W.,  were 
14  the  defendants  in  an  action  for  breach 
n^,.„f  contract  brought  in  the  Lambeth 
County  Court.  The  plaintiff  wa.s  Alfred 
Burchel  a  musician,  of  Carroun  Road, 
V-auxhall,  and  he  claimed  £100  damages. 

Mr.  Douglity,  lor  the  plaintiff,  said  while  he 
V^  ™  Scotland,  finishing  an  engagement, 
plaintLff  entered  into  negotiations  with  the  de- 
tendants  m  regard  to  an  engagement  as  prin- 
cipal bass  player. in  an  orchestra  at  Hastmcs 
for  SIX  months,  from  October  1  to  March  31 
A  contract  was  sent  to  him  to  be  signed,  and 
on  September  25,  in  answering  a  question  bv 
plaintiff  m  regard  to  hours,  defendants  wired "• 
•  You  must  commence  Sun-da.y  afternoon,  throe 
o  clock.  Wire  acceptance  and  post  contract 
to-day.  Otherwise  engagement  off."  To  this 
pliaintifl  replied,  "  Accept.  Contract  follo.ws." 
Siiortly  after  thTs  telegram  was  handed  iu 
however,  plaintiff  received  another  from  the  de- 
fendants, stating,  "  Referring  to  your  letter 
notice  you  promise  to  return  contract  to-day 
Regret  therefore  contract  off."  To  this  plain- 
tiff replied,  "  Have  wired  acceptance  and  con- 
sider myself  emga.ged."  Defendants,  however, 
refused  to  carry  out  the  contract. 

Mr.  Jowitt,  for  the  defendants,  admitted 
that  the  telegram  sent  to  the  plaintiff  declar- 
ing the  contract  off  was  a  ridiculous  one.  He 
agreed  with  the  judge  that  defendants  had 
obviously  determined  that  the  contract  should 
be  off,  and  someone  in  their  office  had  mis- 
taken plaintiff's  obligation  to  post  the  contract 
on  September  25  to  be  an  obligation  to  return 
it  on  that  date.  If  the  matter  had  stayed 
there,  he  said,  and  plaintiff  had  accepted  their 
rennnoiatioii  as  a  breach  of  contract,  he  could 
have  aued  them.  But  plaintiff  did  not  accept 
that  renunciation.  Instead  he  wired  that  he 
considered  himself  engaged,  and  this  being  so 
he  was  boimd  to  perform  his  part  of  the  con- 
tract and  post  the  contract  back  that  day. 
Tlhiis  he  failed  to  do.  The  point  at  issue  was 
whether,  after  defendant's  wire  and  plain- 
tiff's reply  to  it,  liis  not  posting  the  contract 
-■vas  fatal  to  his  claim.  If  plaintiff  treated 
defendant's  wire  as  a  breach,  Mr.  Jowitt 
argued,  he  could  have  sued.  But  he  did  not 
do  so,  and  that  threw  him  back  on  the  con- 
tract, and  as  he  did  not  carry  out  his  part 
of  the  bargain  and  post  the  contract  that  day 
counsel  submitted"  that  he  could  not  sue. 


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THE    fTAGE  YEAR   BOOK: 


Ott. 


ju<lge  Parry,  in  giving  judgment,  said  it 
cuiowed  tliat  d<.-it.-jKl:ints  mleuded  to  Uirow  up 
ilie  contruct  when  tihey  seut  ihe  tel&gram  on 
bepteiwber  115,  and  Uuii  fore  lor  jiliuniitt  for- 
niaily  to  aisn  and  j>o6t  the  <;ontra<.-t  w:ls  watte 
o(  time.  Had  be  done  so  defendants  would 
nicrt-iv  ticive  n-piied  tlml  u  was  uuthiiig  to  do 
with  "Uiwu,  aad  that  thty  had  liniihed  with 
UK'  matter.  He  did  not  lliinJv  tout  any  Couri; 
when  one  party  Ji^id  put  iuiotlier  in  6uch  a 
dilUoa)t  jKisition,  would  liold  that  the  mere 
j*t-ndjn'i;  ol  the  telegram  poiniini;  out  to  them 
that,  he  oonoidered  lUms-lj  eugaijed — which  was 
n<)t  a  lejMl  but  a  buisini-.>s  and  eommon-senee 
phrase— would  make  any  dittereuce  in  regard 
to  tile  contriic<t..  Judgmtflit  would  be  given  for 
the  plaint  ill  for  iW  and  cofcts. 


woOiDWAIU)    V.    BBRZAC— PASSING    OFF 

AOTIOiN. 
In  the  Cham-ery  Court,  Mr.  Ju.stice  Swinfen 

Eady  Jiad   before  him   an  ai)pIication  to 
15  rt«train   the  defendants   from    exhibiting 

sf^-hoiis  in  buch  a  manner  a*  would 
Ixj  likely  to  load  to  t!he  belief  tha-t  tiheir 
«5a-liotts  Were  tho»e  of  the  plaiatiffs.  The 
plojinitiffs  claimed  thait  they  had  the  sole  right 
to  use  their  own  najne  in  cooMiection  with 
l»erforming  sea-Mons,  while  the  defendants  al- 
leged that  by  am  agreememit  oouie  to  between 
Ch«j  parties  in'  Xew  York  in  1906  they  bad 
bough.t  all  the  seals  or  sea-lions;  the  plain- 
tiflri  then  had  the  ri!,'ht  to  perform  under  the 
name  of  Captain  Woodward's  sea-lions,  aed 
the  name  of  Woodward  for  the  purpose  also 
passed  to   them. 

Mr  Justice  Swiiifen  Eady  said  it  was  clear 
that  the  agreement  referred  to  gave  no  right 
to  the  defendjints  to  hold  out  that  seals  or 
Msi-Uons  not  t>ou!,'ht  thereuwltr  were  Wood- 
ward's seals  or  soa  lions.  It  appeare<l  that 
the  .seals  and  sea-lions  which  were  bouglit 
under  the  agreenierct  had  all  died  by  1910. 
In  tlMse  circuin.stance.s  his  lordship  was  of 
opinion  tlwt  the  jijaiutills  were  entitled  to 
an  injuiiotion  restraining  the  defendaitts,  until 
judumenit  or  further  orders,  from  announcing 
adv.  rti'iu'i.  or  [cis-iirj  oil  sraU  or  sea-lion>  as 
Oaptiiin  or  Captain  Fred  Woodward's  sea-lions, 
or  using  any  other  name  likely  to  lead  to  the 
l>cHef  that  the  .«eals  or  .<ieA-lions  were  those 
of  tlie  plaintiffs,  or  trained  by  them,  or  other- 
wise representing  then  as  being  those  of  th& 
plaintifTs. 

SATNDKUS  THKATRKS.  LIMITKD,  v  JOHX 
HALPIN.    LI.VHTKD. 

In  the  Chancery  Division,  Mr.  Justice  Joyce 

heard   a  motion   to  sequestrate  the  pro- 

20  perty  of  the  defendant  eoiiii)an\  and  to 

Lssue  a  writ  of  attiichment  .^gainst  John 

Halpin,  tin-  managing  (lirect<ir  of  the  defendant 

i-ompjuiy,  for  contempt  of  Court  committed  by 

the  defendants  in  wilfully  disobeying  an  order 

of  the  Court.. 

Tlie  defendant  company  were  tenants  of  the 
Coronet,  under  an  agreement  with  the  plain- 
tifis,  dated  ^ptember  12,  1911.  The  defendant- 
company,  having  failed  to  pay  the  rent  due 
under  the  agreement,  the  plaintiffs  on  Decem- 
ber 2  obtained  an  injunction  re-straining  the- 
defendant  company  and  its  directors  from  pre- 
vent.ing  the  receiver  appointed  by  the  plaintiffs 
from  entering  the  Coionet  for  the  purpose  of 
re<.-eiving  the  entrance  moneys  until  the  rent 
for  tlie  tdme  being  jiayable  to  the  plaintiff.s 
should  have  been  i»aid  or  satisfied. 

It  W.1S  .stated  for  tJie  iilaintiffs  that  the 
order  was  duly  sened  on  December  6.  Tlie 
receiver  had  gone  over  and  over  ag.ain  to  the 
theatre,  and  had  been  refused  admission  to  the 
box-office.    On  December  8  notice  of  this  motion 


had  been  given  and  duly  served  on  tlie  de- 
fendant company. 

For  the  defendanit  it  was  argued  that  th. 
only  breaches  that  took  plaec  were  between 
December  2  and  7,  and  during  that  time 
Halpin  was  ill,  and  not  doing  any  business. 
He  bad  asked  Mr.  Halpin  to  give  an  under- 
talvtuig,  but  he  had  received  no  answer,  and  ne 
understood  Mr.   UuLpin  was  ill  again. 

.Mr.  Justice  Joyce,  in  giving  judgment,  said 
it  was  new  to  say  that  the  managing  director 
of  a  company  who  had  not  been  near  the 
place  of  businc-ss  shoidd  be  attached  becau.-e 
the  servant6  of  the  company  had  refused  to  d<» 
something.  In  tlie  circumsitances,  the  motion 
to  issue  a  writ  of  attachment  against  Mr. 
Halpin  would  not  be  granted. 


NON-FLAM  FILMS.  —  VICTORIA  PIER, 
FOLKESTONE. 

At  tlie  Folkestone  Police  Court,  the  Vic- 
torta       Pier       (Folkestone)       Syndicate, 

28  I'imited,  were  summoned  for  a  breach 
of  the  Kinematograph  Act,  in  that  the\, 
on  December  12,  being  the  occupiers  of  the 
Victoria  l*ier  Pavilion,  Folkestone,  allowed 
such  premises  to  be  iLsed,  in  oontraventitwi  of 
the  Kinematograph  Act  of  1909,  for  an  exhibi- 
tion of  pictures  for  the  purposes  of  which 
inflammable  films  were  used,  the  «aid  premises 
not  being  licensed   as  required  by  the  Act. 

.Mr.  Robert  Forsyth,  managing  director, 
represented  the  syndicate,  and  pleaded  "  Not 
guilty."  He  admitted  that  the  Pavilion  was 
unlicensed.  He  defended  the  case  himself. 
The  Town  Clerk  of  Folkestone  (.Mr.  A.  F. 
Kidsou)  prosecuted,  and  Mr.  De  Wet  held  a 
watching    brief   for    i>artieis    concerned. 

The  To^ra  Clerk  in  outlining  the  case  said 
that  it  would  probably  be  contended  on  the 
part  of  the  defendants  that,  although  the 
Alms,  when  they  were  teste*!,  flamed,  they 
were  not  what  wiis  known  dn  the  trade  as 
inflammable  films.  But  the  only  reason  he 
could  conceive  why  that  contention  was  put 
forward  was  that  they  did  not  flame  quite  so 
easily  as  what  were  admitted  to  be  inflam- 
mable films.  He  suggested,  however,  that  if 
the  Legislature,  in  p;ussing  the  Kinematograph 
Act,  liad  iiitemle<l  that  the  word  "  inflam- 
mable "  should  mean  anytliing  but  what  it 
was  generally  umlerstood  to  mean,  a  defini- 
tion of  the  word  would  have  been  given  in 
the  Act.  There  w;is  no  such  deftnitiom,  and 
Parliament  ha<l  apparently  lef^  the  word  to 
be  luiderstood  in  its  ordinary  sense.  He 
understood  that  Mr.  Forsyth  had  a  com- 
munication from  the  firm,  in  which  they  said 
that  these  partScular  films  were  non-flam. 
But  .simply  because  a  firm  of  traders  .said 
that  they  were  non-flam  should  not  have  any 
influence'  witli  tlie  Bench  at  all.  That  there 
were  degrees  of  inflamni.ahility  he  did  not 
contest,  but  as.  no  provision  had  been  made 
in  the  Act  of  Parliament,  he  took  it  that 
the  Bench  would  take  the  word  in  its 
ordinary  meaining.  There  was  another  con- 
tention that  might  be  put  fonvard.  viz.,  that 
the  only  proper  way  of  testing  these  films 
was  when  they  were  in  the  machine,  and  if 
they  did  not '  ignite  when  in  the  machine, 
that  they  were  non4nflammiable.  But  he 
suggested  that  that  was  a  contention  that 
should  not  hear  any  weight  with  their  wor- 
ships, for  the  rea-on  that  there  were  other 
ways  in  which  films  could  be  lighted  in 
addition  to  ha\-ing  the  full  heat  of  the  light 
concentrated   on   them. 

Mr.  Harry  Reeve,  CJliief  Con.s.table  of  Folke- 
stone, .said  th.at  on  December  12  he  visited 
the  Victoria  Pier,  in  company  with  Mr. 
Nichols,  the  Borough  Engineer.  He  found 
that  animated  pictures  were  being   shown   by 


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325 


means  of  the  kinematograph.  He  «aw  Mr. 
Forsyth  in  liis  private  offlce,  at  the  end  of 
the  performance,  and  told  him  that  he 
wished  to  te^t  the  Alms.  The  operator  un- 
wound several  films  from  the  spools,  and  they 
took  ten  pieces,  to  which  they  applied  a 
naked  iiglit.  Nine  of  the  pieces  at  once  set 
on  fire  and  flamed.  Witness  told  Mr.  For- 
syth that  the  matter  would  be  reported.  De- 
fendant showed  witness  tlie  invoice  of  a  firm 
in  London,  who  guaranteed  the  films  to  be 
non-flam. 

Quftsbioned  by  Mr.  Forsyth,  witness  said 
that  lie  beheved  the  Pier  Pavilion  conformed 
to  the  regulations  of  the  Kinematograph  Act. 
He  attended  the  Pier  entirely  on  liLs  own 
responsibility  as  a  police  officer,  and  it  wa.s 
he   wlio   authorised    these   proceedings. 

The  films  were  tested  in  court,  a  naked 
flame  was  applied  to  them,  and  all  the 
section-s   blazed,  with  the  exception   of  one. 

Mr.  NiclioLsy  Borough  Engineer,  ."iaid  that 
he  Iiad  heard  it  suggested  that  the  proper 
way  to  test  the  films  wias  to  do  so  in  the 
laniteru,  but,  to  his  knowledge,  there  were 
other  ways  in  which  these  films  could  be 
lighted  'n  addition  to  the  heat  from  tiie  light 
of    the  lantern. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Forsyth :  Witness 
advised  the  Cliief  Constable  not  to  test  the 
films  in  the  lantern,  because,  in  his  opinion, 
the  simplest  way  to  test  them  was  to  apply 
a  flame. 

He  agreed  that  there  was  a  great  difi'erence 
between  the  films  he  had  tested  and  inflam- 
mable film*.  He  did  not  agree  that  the  only 
way  to  test  w-hetiher  a  film  was  inflammable 
or  non-inflammable  was  to  stop  the  machine 
and  to  allow  the  full  power  of  the  arc  lamp 
to   play   on   the  film. 

For  the  defence,  Mr.  James  Jackman,  a 
Iiractical  electrician,  was  the  first  witness. 
He  said  that,  in  responise  to  an  invitation, 
he  visited  the  Victoria  Pier  on  December  13, 
He  carried  out  several  test.s  wiith  films  there. 
He  put  seven  films  through  the  macliine  with 
the  shutter  up,  throwing  the  full  power  of 
the  light  direct  on  the  film.  He  left  the  first 
for  twelve  seconds,  and  there  was  a  certain 
amount  of  smoke,  but  no  flame.  He  exposed 
the  second  for  thirty-nine  seconds,  the  third 
for  two  .minutes,  the  fourth  for  five  seconds, 
the  fifth  for  three  seconds,  and  the  sixth 
for  twenty  seconds.  In  each  case  there  was 
combu::,tiQn  without  flame.  The  seventh  he 
tested  was  an  ordinary  inflammable  film.  Mr. 
Jackman,  continuing,  stated  that  he  believed 
that  _  if  something  w-ent  wrong  with  the 
machine,  and  the  full  power  of  the  lamp  was 
concentrated  on  the  film,  the  inflammable 
films  w'ould  fire  in  a  few  seconds,  whereas 
before   the   non-flams   fired   he    believed    there 


w«uld  be  time  to  close  the  mechanical 
shutter   and  switch  off  the  Ught. 

Tlie  Town  Clerk  asked  what  was  the 
difference  in  witness's  test  between  a  ncai- 
flam   film   and   an   ordinary   inflammable   film. 

Witness  repUed  that  one  immediately  flamed, 
whereas,  in  his  test,  the  non-flams  stood  for 
twenty   seconds. 

Mr.  Stainer :  Did  any  of  these  pictures 
flame,   or   did    they  only  scorch? 

Witness:  None  of  them  flamed  except  the 
inflammable  one. 

Mr.  William  Fredericli  Marlow  said  an  inflam- 
mable film  would  very  easily  ignite  if  the  heat 
from  the  arc  was  applied  to  it,  but  a  nou- 
flam  film  would  not  ignite  in  that  way.  It 
would  not  ignite  even  if  there  was  a  heat  of 
(JjOOiJ  c;nidle-i>ower  cast  on  the  film.  A  piece 
of  non-flam  film  would  certainly  light  if  a 
naked  flame  was  applied  to  it,  but  it  would 
not  flame  to  the  extent  that  an  inflammabli- 
film  w^ould.  Even  if  a  naked  light  was  a]iiilicd 
to  a  non-flam  film,  it  would  only  flame  for 
a   few  seconds. 

Mr.  Sam  Holdsworth  Hare  said  that  he  was 
nraruiger  of  the  film  hiring  department  of 
tlie  Artograph  Comp.auy,  of  New  Compton 
Street,  W.C.  It  was  his  firm  that  supphed 
the  dafendiaaits  with  the  films  that  had  been 
condemned,  and  wiiioh  were  the  cause  of 
that  prosecution.  They  knew  that  the  de- 
fendants (had  no  license,  a.nd  they  supplied 
them  with  non-flam  Aims.  Witness  testified 
to  there  having  been  several  important  cases 
of  managers  of  large  picture  palaces  5n  Lon- 
don having  forfeited  their  licenses  and  re- 
sorted to  the  use  of  non-flam  films  instead. 
The  identical  films  which  had  been  condemned 
in  this  case  were  accepted  in  those  places, 
and  were  liable  to  be  inspected  by  the  Lon- 
don Oounty  Council   Inspector. 

The  magi.=.trates  said  tjiat  the  question  they 
had  to  decide  was  simply  as  to  whether  the 
films  used  for  the  exhibition  on  the  day  in 
question  were  inflammable  or  not.  Neither 
the  Act  nor  the  regulations  of  the  Home 
Secretary  gave  any  definition  of  the  word, 
and  there  was  no  decision  in  a  court  on  the 
subject.  Therefore  they  could  only  give  the 
interpretation  which  was  given  by  a  reliable 
modern  dictionary.  The  Oxford  EngUsh  Dic- 
tionary was  such,  and  its  deflaiition  of  the 
word  was  laiS  follows:  "Capable  of  being  in- 
flamed or  set  on  fire ;  susceptible  of  com- 
bustion; easily  set  en  fire."  They  were  of 
opinion  that  the  evidence  in  the  case 
established  the  fact  that  the  films  used  by 
the  defendant's  sjTidicate  came  under  this 
definition.  They  found  nothing  in  the  Act 
which  ju.stified  Mr.  Forsyth's  contention  that 
the  test  was  to  be  applied  only  when  the 
films  were  in  actual  use  for  the  purposes  of 
exhibition.  They  had  no  option  but  to  con- 
vict, and  imposed  a  fine  of  £5,  with  14s.  costs. 


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