Life — May 16, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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A Future Good Influence. RAY of sunshine has struck the theat- rical landscape. Next season we are to have one theatre where art on the stage will not be wholly dominated by the com- mercial influence of the Me. Harrison Grey Fiske has taken a lease of the Manhattan ‘Theatre for a term of years, and Mrs. Fiske will be practically its manager, producing the plays, and her voice may depended upon to be lifted in box office. be bebalfof performances artistically and con- scientiously done. She has the means, the ability and the ambition to become what New York sadly needs—an Mrs. Fiske’s theatre will do a double service, because it will not only give us performances artistic in themselves, but it will create a standard which will muke it necessary for the Syndicate mana- gers to improve on their present stage methods, Mr. Fiske, who is the editor of the Dramatic Mirror, has put himself on record as the enemy of the methods used by the Syndicate in dealing with the pul in announc actress-manager. g his new enterprise he ges himself to do his best to reform the es by which the public is forced » paying exorbitant prices for its theatrical entertainment New York may well w Fiske success in from selfish re swindling de Mr. and Mrs. their new undertaking, sons if noth: HEN “ Allon Account of Eliza" was performed at the Garrick last autumn, and later on at Wallack’s, Mr. Louis Mi as an adjunct to his fun-making a miserable little dog of no particular Every one noticed that he handled creature with unnecessary rough- used breed the } ness and that it showed as best it could that it was in a state of terror. Me. Mann has had the pice road since then, and a few weeks since the dog died. Min on the “LIFE- Lire does not Mr. M y that the do n'y ill-treatment, although Miss Beaudet is said to have made that tement in a conversation with Mr. Mann ashort time since. The conversation took place during the performance of the play and Miss Beaudet, who was a me the company, told Mr. Mann wh thought of him. new dog. She knew that ret died from aber of she his brutality with the said afterwards that she pnstrance meant trouble for her but that she could keep silent no longer. ‘The result was that Miss Beaudet was di charged and Mr. Mann is left to treat the poor animal as he likes until death comes to the latter's rescue, Itis absolutely unneces- sary to maltreat the dog and with proper handling he could be made to enjoy the per- formance and thereby add to the audience's sure instead of exciting its disgust. Miss Beaudet should receive a medal from the Humane S and a testimoni the vast army of dog-lovers in Ameri ‘ociet from MR, PROUMAN'S LMPOSITION. inferior dramatic. company played Phe Little Minister” at the Auditorium y night, though the performance was duly advertised as “presented by Charles Frohman.” It is well understood that a road company cannot present a York success with the same finished that characterizes a metropolitan perform- ance, nor can the same company be sent on the road, but so long as first-class plays are presented in the West by a capable company, and the attraction fs advertised as an ‘astern success presented by a first-class ompany, the public isfied. But ihe imposition. practiced night will not soon be forgotten. companies will come to the West in the Frohman name, and the public will be more ry of its patronage until the odium of “The Little Minister” is worn away, for it cannot be presumed that Mr. Frohman will care to repeat an experiment wh has brought forth the st criticism all along the route traveled li t company. One of Live's readers in Spokane, Wash- Ington, sends us the above extract from a and in an “Ar ilar character have ter says: company has played at ‘robber Even in the wild and woolly West your fight agi the Israel preciate This is another instance of the old trick. But the Syndicate knows the fondness of the West for nist ie is ap- simply gold bricks and green-goods One might suppose the West would learn better, especially when the commodities are identified by the well-known trade-mark, “Charles Frohman presents.” OMETIING besides the weather and a lack of paying audiences is evi- dently responsible for the carly closing of the sea- The weather has remained cool and New York is full of persons wXh money who don’t know what to do with their evenings. son. ° ° ° T doesn’t speak well for the popularity of Browning that Mrs, Le Moyne dares give in each city only one of her excellent per- formances of “Ina Balcony.” Boston ought to stand more than that, if there is anything in Boston's reputation. Metcalfe. LIFE’S CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE TO THE THEATRES. Republic.—" Lovers’ Lane." Well - performed rural comedy at reasonable prices. Garden.— Interesting and well-acted melo- drama, “Under Two Flags,” at old-fashloned, high prices, Daly's.— Merry and melodious “San Toy, Worth seeing and hearing. Empire.—The good oid play of * Diplomacy * acted with the Syndicate’s idea of excellence. Garrick.—Ethel Barrymore in * Captain Jinks: of the Horse Marines.” Original and ¢lever comedy, Watlack"s.—" Mistress Nell.” Clever comedy with Henrietta Crosman tn the title part. Bou,—Amelia Bingham and clever company in “The Climbers." Soctety comedy. Worth seeing. Criterion. —" When Knighthood Was to Flower” ta stage form, with Julia Mariowe as Mary Tudor. Fately tuteresting. Academy of Music. Last week of Tom's Cabin" in spectacular form. Herald Square,—* The Prima Donna.” Neither hook nor score of much good, but the chorus is shapely. Madison Square,—Wiie Collter tn “On the Quiet." Light comedy falriy well done. Uncle QUITE A STRAIN ON THE ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE. comicbooks.com