AMUSEMENTS
Amusement DRAMA Chekov, Satirist of Nineteenth Century Russia By Henry W. Nevinson ALL who have seen "Rlveaslde Nights" at the Lyric or the Ambassadors. Theatre have been laughing over...
...Claire Luce...
...Theatre have been laughing over the burlesque upon Cbehov's plays...
...Ascent and Janeiko and the Connor Twins...
...Therefore »«!_, net 'dp fur me...
...you remember those Russian traits you may better understand the necessity of Lenin's revolution...
...And the actor-managera and ethers who had refused the play were osioosjj iagry envious and felt Hxe kioktag theseeaWse...
...The resolution, which was proposed by Mejsr Ben Hay Belth and sax-ended by Aahtey Dukes and Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, read a* folio ws: "Resolved, That, this general meeting of'the Dramatists' Section of ths Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers (Great Britain) congratulates the Dramatists' Guild of the Authors' League of - America upon having successfully settled the terms ot a minimum basic agreement, and expresses Its cordial adherence to the main principles therein contained...
...by -Rol Bryant and Harxx* purarot...
...Twentyfive years was only a alight overestimate...
...with Miss Le Gallienne, will play the leading roles ln next season's repertory...
...Austrian court, 'Merry-Go~ Bound," which had its Broadway premiere three years sgo, will, he shown at B. S. Moss* Colony op Sunday...
...The matinee prices are from S3 to $10...
...King Park, June 23, June 30...
...The cast will Include James Barton...
...Wa xBe» import them from foreign parts...
...the $1 theatre ao freely J3*| but not realized, by arrangBooster to the public a People's KnM, with seats priced from 60 lata |1A6...
...by xksmafarr...
...Tis pssaipg talr...
...I read remarkable books of all sorts, but I can never make out the tendency...
...again Jn a hundred moons...
...He shows It...
...The time is at -hand, an avalanche is moving down upon us...
...What he foresaw to be the inevitable result is shown in the words of the Lieutenant Tueabahch ("Three Sisters"): "I have never worked" in my life . .", T was guarded from work...
...In most of the plays a revolver Is prominent, and it usually Accomplishes suicide, though in one Case a wouldbe murderer misses his man twice in half a minute and cannot forgive himself for that further evidence of life's futility...
...Jurgen" was the storm centre of the censors 'several years • ago when published, h - was withdrawn from sale .for a time, but eventually overcame the criticism and.had a record sale...
...That seems another proof that Russia is the "land of contradictions...
...Howbelt, there are too nxany fat parts...
...In that admirable burlesque we are shown the white-bearded old steward who is spending his tew remaining years in vainly attempting to make out the family assessments for the income tax...
...The Silver Box," by Oalashy: The Secret Life," by Granst farter: "Twelfth Night...
...Mandel will produce in tbe early fall...
...It was said, haa not called for the best work of uegro actors, or the most poignant npgrc drama, large numbers of colored groups at present entertaining their audiences with Shakespeare, and with Broadway successes with colored principals...
...I am not sure 'whether people then recognized his^ power as a satirist...
...The children are educated by their environment and the convict surrounding*.'' He speaks, too, of the repeated floggings and executions, but thoae were then too common in Russia itself to attract remark...
...Lyubov," the chief character, is no doubt a foolish, futile woman...
...3"* So the writer sent it unto snother producer, who lost it, but aftw "aBf means found K again, and read U and aaidU - ^X'i This Is piffle gad pot what tbe people like, and ho returned it...
...I will therefore wrftf oozyer, 1 play aaeeppealeth to them and f will send it to those setor-managers aad eeaysv I Aad when they read it" they will gay (for they abto have knowledge ot afaa> j the people like): —< j My boy, this is It...
...e musical comedy, now current' In Philadelphia...
...In the introduction to the new collection of his letters, his wife, known as the actress, Olga Knipper, writes of him: "Chehov was always extremely fond of everything comic, humorous...
...We all contradict ourselves, but for violence of self-contradiction, I would back the Russian...
...Max Jacobs' Orchestra to Play in Central Pk> Saturday •• * " If *" Max Jacobs and "his orchestra o? sixty men will give a concert in Central Park this Saturday evening at 8.11...
...Edna Covey...
...She has squandered her affection upon one scoundrel, or more than one...
...Miss La Gallienne believes the American public will bo glad to have the same privileges accorded it which are enjoyed by the people of every country in Europe, via, to' attend a repertory theatre where plays of the highest dramatic value, such da the works of Bhakespeenav imaiv Strindberg, Goldonl...
...There will be about four more members to be added to this list for the permanent company, each one of whom, including Miss Le Gallienne, has signed a contract for Ave years with the "Civic Repertory Theatre" organisation...
...One recognized the Russian tendency to futile theorizing arid lnterptinable discussion, the Incapacity for organizing anything practical, the admixture of brotherliness and cruelty that cancelled e^ich other out, and the quick discouragement or despair...
...Irving Fisher, John E. Hasaard...
...it was that this laughter-loving nature, so energetic and gallant In hie contest with a fatal disease, was the most melancholy satirist of Russian life, unless, indeed, Gorky or AndreiefT may surpass him in sadness...
...after many rhesus, the other producer read'it and said: ''TlJ Tbls is tripe and ant what the people Take.' Ano be returned tt...
...Is now appearing at the Charleston Chateau, a pepnMr show at Luna Park...
...Here it is...
...But there Is one point about the ChekoV plays that Is often overlooked...
...a. E. c^ithrop la in charge of the department of costume and scenic design...
...All the four plays mentioned have the same main theme.' all are satires upon the mournful futility ot middleclass and intellectual life in Russia...
...I have to work, and In another twentyfive or thtry years everyone will have to work...
...Everyone can see the satire on Russian futility, but many are blind to the Russian idealism...
...Slster Beatrice," by Maeterlinck, an* "The Cradle Song...
...whether to live or to shoot myself, speaking precisely, but nevertheless I always carry a revolver...
...they dlseemMad SiSM wrath and said: -»•" .¦*»%'3 This is sheer task, aad soaed ard.spoux...
...MUSIC Kim Hoo&trattn mil Open Stadium Concert Season /utj...
...In "Three Sisters" we are told of a newly-wedded wife who "makes philosophical reflections and frequently attempts to commit suicide, evidently to annoy her husband...
...This fall Miss Roderick wail be Be Chief soloist for the fifth time at uW State Pair in Syracuse...
...Greta Nlsseh...
...Pillars of Society," "The Master Builder" end "John...
...which Edgar Belaya hr^ produce In the autumn, will hem Elisabeth Rlsdon...
...Charles King...
...Similarly Uncle Vanya observes to the woman he loves: "Day and night the thought that ray life has been hopelessly wasted weighs on me like a nightmare...
...Provincelonm Barnstormers '. Planning Active Summer The Provincetown Barnstormers, of which Frank Shay and Cleon Throckmorton are the directors, are planning a summer of activity at that Massachusetts seaside town...
...Fundamental principles of the' Little Negro Theatre, on the other band, have stipulated that lays presented on its stage must be about negroes, written by black men and women, for negro audiences—and the theatre itself must be located In a negro neighborhood...
...What he found is partly described in the volume of "Letters to His Family and Friends," published in 1920...
...2*rj*a*o*d to beg-in the season OctoPlr*'' with "Saturday Night," Xejavoelr, to be followed by the apjstt-n of a group of plays con^Mjf-tt "The Three Slaters," by Smmffi Locandlera," by ClolXb...
...Margaret WyehdPE and Anna Morrison Jn the oast . ^ The Parable of What the People Liked NOW |t came to pass that Ahe Actpr-Managers and others wan 'nfm* Plays raised a great outcry, saying: ^bsxt ' Lo, there are no good" play a to be bad ia this country...
...the detectives of "The .Gorilla," will appear in Keith-Albee vaudeville in a comedy sketch written for Stem by Balph...
...A. P. Herbert has chosen Futility—the Russian sense of life's futility, and the futility of so much in the Russian' life and habit...
...We are shown a dismal woman who keeps on repeating "There ia something peculiar about this house" in solemn tones as she waves about a teapot from which hot water dribbles...
...She has squandered her money upon everyone who comes...
...a mighty clearing storm...
...Tbls development...
...Is called "Americana...
...1 Reinhardt to Stage Three Productions at Salzburg Festival Three productions by Max Reinhardt will be on the program ot...
...Frances Starr.'a forthcoming vehicle, to...
...Peggy Fears...
...I see glimpses of it already...
...Our fortunes are made, a few more writers such eexhobl and no longer need we produce works by the foreigner...
...Ray Dooley...
...A student lover in "The Cherry Orchard" says to the young girl: "My soul waa always, every minute, day and night, full of inexplicable forebodings...
...I saw starving children, I saw girls of thirteen prostitutes, girls of fifteen with child...
...The assisting soloists will be Irma de Braun...
...A comparatively cheerful young clerk In "The Cherry Orchard," playing a guitar upon a garden seat, tells his little audience: ' "I'm a cultivated man...
...tku year, in addition to the sale of tickets, they will be asked to contribute Only $15,000...
...We are shown how the bride just wedded flings herself upon the goalkeeper's neck In the midst of the party and clings there until it occurs to her that they may be observed...
...he liked listening to funny stories, and, sitting in a corner, his head propped on his hand, pinching his beard, he would go oft into such Infectious laughter that I often left oft listening to the story and enjoyed it secondhand through him...
...English Authors Send Greeting} To Dramatists' Guild Here A resolution congratulating the Dramatists' ' Guild of the Authors' League of America upon Its successful negotiations with -the theatrical .producers haa been received by tbe guild from the Dramatists' Sections of the English Authors* Society...
...who, will sing "Caro Nome," from, "Rigoletto," and Max Jacob* himself, * who will play the "Meditation" from "Thais" as a violin aolo, to the accompaniment of the orchestra...
...Popular matinee prices E —aa from 35 cents to $1...
...the Munro comedy at the Guild Theatre, until early in July, when they will sail for a short vacation In Europe...
...Everyone...
...Frank Craven to Play Lead In McCutcheon's 'Going Home' Frank Craven will ° play the leading role in "Going Home," the comedy by George Ban- McCutcheon, which A. L. Erlanger will present at Werba'e Brooklyn Theatre Monday night...
...V , Mrs...
...Why...
...In Chekov's time there waa enough in Russia to 'make the merriest heart sad...
...It has been stupidly wasted on trifles, and the present is awful in its senselessness...
...accompanied by the Marine shad...
...sometimes before menstruation has begun...
...The play will come to Broadway early next season...
...I am myself precisely Inclined, for...
...a musical comedy -adapted from Edward Pepfe's play by Buddy De Sylva and Laurence Schwab...
...During the summer, while abroad...
...Fair Lady," a musical comedy, the book by Otto Harbacb...
...She has been planning for the fruition of this idea for three years an* la encouraged to project It at this time because of the tremendous success resulting from her presentations of "The Master Builder" and' "John Gabriel Borkman" this, season, here 1ft New York and on tour...
...TXa^H For they all returned It (after many moens) saying that It was not wha*aay^ people liked (or that there was no part ia it for so-and-so...
...Instead of knowledge—insolence and Immeasurable conceit...
...Jacob* and his orchestra will appear again on the Mall on Saturday evening, June 26...
...Perhaps that Is the reason why "Gulliver's Travels," the greatest satire Upon English life, has been commonly used as ah amusbig book for children, and why Cbehov himself objected to having his most depressing satire...
...That is to me the inner meaning and intention ot Chekov's gloomy dramas ot Russian life...
...Subscription tickets to' the "Civic Repertory Theatre" will be available for the entire season, ranging la price from |S to $15...
...Girls begin to live by prostitution from twelve years old...
...by Guy Bolton...
...That was written in 1900...
...Broadv»ay Biiefs x Gutaeppe Stem!, an Italian actor ot note, who is now on .his way here, will appear at the Greenwich Village Theatre on June 20 for a limited engagement in "Power," by Arlo Flam ma...
...And Indeed It is not hard to perceive...
...Broadway and' 51st atreet Another ..attraction at . Lisas M Whirls-lad...
...Howbelt...
...And so...
...snT* So he wrote bis play and sent'ft unto a certain' aetor-mgnager...
...Calthrop will visit the Goldonl museum In Italy to obtain authentic designs Which will enable them to present "La Locandlera" in truest Venetian manner...
...Instead of work—sloth and swinishness: there is no justice, the conception of honor does not 'go* 'beyond "the honor of the uniform...
...which is coming, is already -near and will'soon blow the laziness, . the Indifference, the distaste for work, the rotten boredom out of society...
...It was characteristic of the man that just when he was rising to fame he set off through Siberia (before the railway) to study the conditions ot life in the terrible convict settlement of Sahalln (Saghalin...
...Goldlni's comedy, "The Servant of Two Masters," and Mozart's "The Magic Flute" will be the Reinhardt contributions to the festival...
...the champion AsssaBj .horse, at the Joe Oreer Wild ahSj Rodeo.' Johnny Rufus, a prise-wxsSfl In the roping contest of coeaoyar.m San Francisco last year, has eaogje] the roping tournament to se>hsatei September bv Denver...
...She la utterly helpless in worldly affairs and she deserves her ruin...
...Lyup Fontanne' and Alfred Lqnt will' remain In the cast of "At Mrs...
...You may say almost anything about Russians and always be Tight...
...present plenty of syncopation, and also have woven into Its novel fibre music of earlier periods of American history...
...Lulu Belle" and "The Emperor Jones" were cited as examples of the hesitation with which negro characterization has been portrayed...
...c_Snitbettt Roderick.' well known who has 'been prominent in vjjadsrale, -is now appearing at Luna •ark...
...Starting this week, the matinee performances of "A Night in Paris" will be discontinued for the summer...
...Louise Brown...
...be the first offering of William B. Friedlahder's new producing organization, has .been given the title ot "The Shelf" by its author...
...Mrs...
...Gioka won the.title of the world's champion by dancing the Charleston tor twohtytwo and one-halt consecutive hours at Roseland...
...Following this production will come "The Brigand," a melodramatic comedy, by George Tllton and Faul Fox: "The Tree of Aphrodite...
...Estelle WInwood and Earls Larlmore, who is to he a member ot thp Theatre Guild's permanent company next year, will take up the two roles.y ' > Clyde Dompaey and -Frank MeCor'mack...
...Jt $ And...
...and will embody delightful satire on 'Americans and American habits...
...Oscar Hammerstein 2d_ and Frank Mandel: the music by Sigmund Romberg...
...The knowledge that '"her beautiful cherry orchard ta to be destroyed to satisfy the greed of a speculative builder breaks her heart...
...Sheridan, Shaw, Calderon, Maeterlinck, Claudel...
...which was dedicated last summer, and In the Municipal Theatre...
...Take "The Cherry Orchard," for Instance, as being the best-known of the plays...
...Last February Mr...
...Others in the cast include Isabel O'Madigan...
...Helen - O'Sbea...
...Establishment of the Little Theatre was described as an attempt to create a center "where negro actors before negro audiences Interpret negro life as depicted by negro pwywirighti and artists...
...6pence...
...Linden Park, June 23, all at 8.1S p. m., and Highland Park, June 20, June 27, at 4 p. m...
...Church and school exist only on paper...
...And osaajgj many mohns the actor-manager read it and said: - ZT...
...He was very fond of conjurers and clowns...
...The success Of this plan would depend fully upon the response of the public...
...Hugh Wakefield, the English comedian, baa been engaged by A. L. Erlanger to play the leading role In Martin Flavin's comedy, "Service sfor Two...
...Presence of the negro In the" theatre, she stated, was abnormal, his audiences being principally white...
...Gerhard 1. the young Oxford writer, chose) the name c ha restarts tic, having perceived it in his visit to Russia after the war...
...Writing about' the same date, after praising the work of the English In Hongkong and India, he soys of Russians: "We, so we are told In our own newspapers, love our great motherland, but how does that love express Itself...
...When, a writer accurately describes contemporary life aa It is, It may well seem so natural to contemporary people that they do not notice the satire...
...Because, ahe says: "I am" In mourning for my life...
...It is remarkable that this satirist of gloomy futility was himself a merry man...
...by Ibsen...
...Work is what is wanted, and the rest can go to the devil...
...To the last she fought to save beauty from destruction...
...The others are Beatrice Terry, Sydney Ms chat, Harold Moulton, J. Sayre Crawley, Ruth Wilton, Rose HObart, Beatrice de Neergaard, Mary Balfour...
...Polly Walker, Mary Jane...
...But none the less she retains her love of beauty...
...i John Giote, the champion Charleston dancer, winner ot the Bessie Love cup...
...Think of "a foreboding of happiness" th a love scene...
...A '¦eel Woman...
...Next month Edgar Selwjnrr wi'.l try out "Tbe Imaginative Girl...
...and at regular, interval* throughout the summer...
...jk the financial statement issued by tat stadium concert* it is reported tbat mitt was contributed by friends Mfrartf the expenditure of $i«l,*53...
...In a utilitarian and commercial world she remains the one noble soul...
...Do ranee Davis...
...fr ¦: . 2^1 DRAMA Dollar Drama Planned By Civic Repertory Theatre ^mWjk 1* GALLIENNE, who sailed Wm S"*ope th- other day, to ¦Wj-asiiirrlnr her plans for next £g^*a*wers the far-flung question "sa^Ln-kftown critic concerning the of...
...Miss 1* GalUeaae and Mrs...
...Beth Herri, Edna Leedom...
...I give only one quotation: "I will try and describe minutely the position of the children and young people in Sahalln (his visit was in 1880...
...producer, snd to another, aad4V^ another...
...It was obvious to myself in the revolutionary years twenty years ago...
...Added to these waa the passion for fleeting pleasure*, and the easy-going idleness which makes futility certain...
...The ntay Negro Theatre For Washington FROM Washington comes a report that a Little Negro Theatre is to be developed, patterning after a similar organization In New York City...
...Schwab & Mandel to Open Season with "Queen High" The Ambassador Theatre has come under, the control of Schwab and Mandel, producers of last season's "Captain Jinks," through a leasing arrangement with the Shuberts...
...by Sierra...
...I~can only suppose that It was the failure of the attempts that annoyed htm...
...7 '^BP aienjim^cstmoerts will open July t-atd will continue nightly for eight PPM ~TT)i i will be held as usual in US Igwlsnhn Stadium of the City cxjozt** Wlllem van Hoogatraten will M th* conductor and will open the strife Associated with him...
...under the management of the American Stage Producing Company, Incorporated...
...The other productions will be staged in the Festspielhaus...
...Herbert Tost, Louise Carter,' Andrew MOlony, Robert Williams...
...For we know a stood play-when we read one and we know what the peoPB JB"*\ j No*- a certain man a/ho ha* ooare skill in pmywritlng: hearing of tha\ |SPf I unto himself: ' ' ' ft'- I I also know the tastes of'the common people...
...We are shown the young goal-keeper who, when the goals stood Ave aside, reflected upon the insignificance of victory In any case and walked in the opposite dh-ectlon when the ball was approaching his goal for the sixth time...
...The program will include numbers by Massenet...
...M»,'ol b^aW-aaaaJ tax people IBM...
...x, glorious...
...The Cherry Orchard" called anything but a comedy...
...Will be TfsjMek 'StocJc of the Chicago ByoiahsM Orchestra, Nickolai Sokoloft of tat Chrvtland Symphony and Henry Batter, associate conductor of the J*tw fork Philharmonic Orchestra...
...Egon Brecher, Who played the title roles of both of the Ibsen plays, "John Gabriel Borkman" ahd "The Master Builder...
...He died about, six months before Father Gapon's revolution . In January, 19"05, began and all Intellectual Russia was then still lamenting the loss of her most remarkable dramatist and story-teller...
...It is an • irresistible burlesque, not only upon the Chehoy plays, of which London has lately witnessed four—"The Cherry .Orchard," "The Sea Gull," "Three Sisters" and "Uncle Vanya"— but upon much in all Russian literature...
...1 have no past...
...Brahma and Wagner...
...Gabriel Borkmsn...
...t But ft came to pass that (after nxany years) ths writer himself preeXhaSf* the play...
...Demands and ideals of another race than' his own were regarded ss s limitation on negro development in the theatre, the "norm** ot the black actor being set by audiences with small conception of negro life, who accept htm as a minstrel, comedian, singer and lay figure, but seldom as an ordinary human being with everyday reactions...
...Augustus Minion...
...toa Arthur Rlofamaa's play...
...Craven's last appearance here was in hia own play, "New Broome," while it was playing- at the Fulton Theatre...
...I am unhappy...
...The Pink Mule," a musical comedy by Guy Bolton- and Frank Mendel, and "Spitfire...
...Jurgen," Cabell's Suppressed Novel, (» Be Dramatized "Jurgen," the suppressed novel ot John Brancu Cabell, is to be dramatized and produced next season by Norman Bel-Geddes...
...the annual Salzburg dramatic and musical festival to be held in that Austrian town August 7 to 29...
...I haver a foreboding of happiness, Anya...
...Carrie W. Cnfford, club president, described the movement aa a "novelty" in the hew birth of tbe theatre...
...He was only going to stage the piece...
...Liszt, Verdi, Tchalkowsky...
...No matter what the London Council or tbe House of Commons might say, she would have preserved Waterloo Bridge...
...Helen Weatherby, Lou Ripley and Basil West Mr...
...Tchekev, etc., are offered, many of which have never been produced ln America, aeted by a fine cast and at popular prices...
...jLvJf'T And he returned tt ta the writer, who seat it unto another producer...
...Haxdle Hunter Albright, Mischa Auer and Ell Ida Plerra...
...Miss |&alaaae has organized for this anaea producing- company with the [m.i** "Civic Repertory Theatre...
...Mr, Craven did not Intend to piay this part...
...In his novel actually called "Futility," Mr...
...If the weather Is good "Everyman" will be presented in the open court In front of the cathedral, and in case of rain - it will be given in the Festspielhaus...
...Bel-Geddes will design his own sets and will also supervise the staging...
...As the natural theme for his burlesque, Mr...
...A revival of the production of "Everyman" In the version of Hugo von Hoffmannsthal...
...which Is to be one of the early autumn productions...
...Whereupon tbe goal-keeper, realising her misery, bourn tbe contents of his toy revolver into, tbe body of a spectator, and learning from the bride that the spectator was unfortunately not her husband but only the best man, sinks .into despair, murmuring, "That's the way things happen to me...
...t*ga And the people came In great reel tit usee to see It (for many mooes), thex said one te Um other in thetr own Tsnguage: J^aJ This ia great, this ia the stuff to give us, which, being interpreted, aacaaeeJBI thai ia what wo like...
...Beam's...
...J. P. McEvoy's Revue, which Rlchsrd Herndon will present at the Belmont Theatre the week of June 28...
...Eddie Buszell has been engaged for the principal comedy role In "Lady Fair," the Harbach - Hammerstein - M a n d e 1-Romberg operetta, which Schwab qnd...
...WnaK Then the writer sent" it unto anytber...
...Commissioner Butler of th* Queens Park Department has announced that concerts will be held as follows in the Queens parks during June 'and July: Forest Park, June 22, June,24, July 1; Astoria Park, June 23, June 30...
...Almost everyone ia vaguely unhappy...
...Harold Winston will be the director and the offerings will include several new plays and revivals of various Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell works...
...We are shown the bride returning from church with a husband whom she detests, but has married in tbe hope of restoring the family fortunes through his knowledge of betting tips...
...In the "Sea Gull" we are at once shown a young girl who always wears black...
...The new lessees will open their season In September with ."Oueen^Hlgb...
...THE NEW PLAYS MONDAY "ZIEGFELCS PALM BEACH GIRL" will be presented at the Globe Theatre on Monday by Florenz ZiegfeM...
Vol. 3 • June 1926 • No. 23
