Chapter XII: Appendix: A. M. Palmer--Author's Matinees

_Madison Square Theater_ 1887

MARJORIE'S LOVERS _Brander Matthews_
ELAINE (from Tennyson) _G. P. Lathrop_
A FOREGONE CONCLUSION _W. D. Howells_

THE THEATER OF ARTS AND LETTERS

_23rd Street Theater_ 1891

GILES COREY _Mary E. Wilkins_
SQUIRREL INN (from Frank Stockton) _Frank Presbrey_
THE OTHER WOMAN _Richard Harding Davis_
HARVEST _Clyde Fitch_

THE DECISION OF THE COURT _Brander Matthews_
_Frederick J. Stimson_

THE CRITERION INDEPENDENT THEATER

_Madison Square Theater_ 1897

_Berkeley Lyceum_

JOHN GABRIEL BJORKMAN _Ibsen_
{THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUL _Giacosa_
{THAT OVERCOAT _Augustus Thomas_
{FROM A CLEAR SKY _Henri Dumay_
EL GRAN GALEOTO _Echegaray_

THE INDEPENDENT THEATER

_Carnegie Lyceum_ 1899

EL GRAN GALEOTO _Echegaray_
TIES _Hervieu_
THE MASTER BUILDER _Ibsen_
THE STORM _Ostrovsky_
THE HEATHER FIELD _Martyn_
A TROUBADOUR _Coppe_

THE NEW THEATER

1909--1911

_First Season_

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA _Shakespeare_
THE COTTAGE IN THE AIR _Knoblauch_
STRIFE _Galsworthy_
THE NIGGER _Sheldon_
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL _Sheridan_
{LIZ THE MOTHER _Fenn and Bryce_
{DON _Besier_
TWELFTH NIGHT _Shakespeare_
THE WITCH (adapted from Scandinavian by _Hagadorn Wiers-Jenssen_)
{BRAND (act IV condensed) _Ibsen_
{SISTER BEATRICE _Maeterlinck_
THE WINTER'S TALE _Shakespeare_
BEETHOVEN _Fauchois_

_Second Season_

THE BLUE BIRD _Maeterlinck_
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR _Shakespeare_
THE THUNDERBOLT _Pinero_
{DON _Besier_
{SISTER BEATRICE _Maeterlinck_
MARY MAGDALENE _Maeterlinck_
OLD HEIDELBERG _Meyer-Foerster_
VANITY FAIR _R. Hichens and C. Gordan Lennox_
THE PIPER _Marks_
NOBODY'S DAUGHTER _Paston_
THE ARROW MAKER _Austin_

In addition there was a borrowed production of

A SONG OF THE PEOPLE _Michaelis_

MISS GRACE GEORGE--THE PLAYHOUSE

_The Playhouse_ 1915-1917

_1st Season_

THE NEW YORK IDEA _Mitchell_
THE LIARS _Jones_
EARTH _Fagan_
MAJOR BARBARA _Shaw_
CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION _Shaw_

_2nd Season_

EVE'S DAUGHTER _Ramsey_
ELEVATION _Bernstein_

WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYERS[7]

_Bandbox and Comedy Theaters_ 1915-1917

INTERIOR _Maeterlinck_
EUGENICALLY SPEAKING _Goodman_
LICENSED _Lawrence_
ANOTHER INTERIOR
LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR _Andreyev_
MOONDOWN _Reed_
MY LADY'S HONOR _Pemberton_
TWO BLIND BEGGARS AND ONE LESS BLIND _Moeller_
THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE (pantomime) _Hudson_
THE MIRACLE OF ST. ANTONY _Maeterlinck_
IN APRIL _Stokes_
FORBIDDEN FRUIT _Feuillet_
SAVIOURS _Goodman_
THE BEAR _Tchekhov_
HELENA'S HUSBAND _Moeller_
FIRE AND WATER _White_
THE ANTICK _Mackaye_
A NIGHT OF SNOWS _Bracco_
LITERATURE _Schnitzler_
THE HONOURABLE LOVER _Bracco_
WHIMS _Musset_
OVERTONES _Gerstenberg_
THE CLOD _Beach_
THE ROAD-HOUSE IN ARDEN _Moeller_
THE TENOR _Wedekind_
THE RED CLOAK (pantomime) _Meyer_
CHILDREN _Bolton and Carlton_
THE AGE OF REASON _Dorrian_
THE MAGICAL CITY _Akins_
_Monsieur Pierre Patelin_
AGLAVAINE AND SELYSETTE _Maeterlinck_
THE SEA GULL _Tchekhov_
A MERRY DEATH _Evreinev_
LOVER'S LUCK _Porto-Riche_
THE SUGAR HOUSE _Brown_
SISTERS OF SUSANNA _Moeller_
BUSHIDO _Izumo_
TRIFLES _Glaspell_
ANOTHER WAY OUT _Langner_
ALTRUISM _Ettlinger_
THE DEATH OF TINTAGILES _Maeterlinck_
THE LAST STRAW _Crocker_
THE HERO OF SANTA MARIA _Goodman and Hecht_
IMPUDENCE _Auernheimer_
PLOTS AND PLAYWRIGHTS _Massey_
THE LIFE OF MAN _Andreyev_
SGANARELLE _Moliere_
THE POOR FOOL _Bahr_
GHOSTS _Ibsen_
PARIAH _Strindberg_

REPERTORY OF THE STUART WALKER COMPANY

THE TRIMPLET _Walker_
A FAN AND TWO CANDLESTICKS _Macmillan_
SIX WHO PASS WHILE THE LENTILS BOIL _Walker_
THE SEVEN GIFTS (a pantomime) _Walker_
THE MOON LADY (a pantomime) _Walker_
NEVERTHELESS _Walker_
GAMMER GURTON'S NEEDLE (adapted by Mr. Walker) _Stevenson_
THE LADY OF THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE _Walker_
THE GOLDEN DOOM _Dunsany_
VOICES _Flexner_
THE CRIER BY NIGHT _Bottomley_
THE GODS OF THE MOUNTAIN _Dunsany_
THE MEDICINE SHOW _Walker_
THE VERY NAKED BOY _Walker_
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA (from Oscar Wilde's Story) _Walker_
KING ARGIMENES AND THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR _Dunsany_
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE _Megrue_
THE DUMMY _O'Higgins and Ford_
THE CONCERT _Bahr_
KICK IN _Mack_
SEVENTEEN _Walker_
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE _Cohan_
THE COUNTRY BOY _Selwyn_
YOU NEVER CAN TELL _Shaw_
OFFICER 666 _McHugh_
BROADWAY JONES _Cohan_
THE WOMAN _DeMille_
THE SHOW SHOP _Forbes_
A NIGHT IN AVIGNON _Rice_
THE SON OF ISIS _Kelly_
STINGY _Parry_
THE BOOK OF JOB
ROMANCE _Sheldon_
STOP THIEF _Moore_
THE HERO _Brown_
THE MISLEADING LADY _Goddard and Dickey_
ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE (from O. Henry's story) _Armstrong_
PASSERS BY _Chambers_
SEVEN UP _Coleman_
THE THREE OF US _Crothers_
THE FORTUNE HUNTER _Smith_
ALICE SIT BY THE FIRE _Barrie_
THE WORKHOUSE WARD _Gregory_
THE WOLF _Walter_
THE TRUTH _Fitch_
JONATHAN MAKES A WISH _Walker_
THE LAUGHTER OF THE GODS _Dunsany_
THE TENTS OF THE ARABS _Dunsany_
THE CINDERELLA MAN _Carpenter_
GOOD GRACIOUS ANNABELLE _Kummer_
LEAH KLESCHNA _MacClellan_
OVER NIGHT _Bartholomae_
THE PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK _Jerome_
MILESTONES _Bennett and Knoblock_
KISMET _Knoblock_
DON _Besier_
THE GIBSON UPRIGHT _Tarkington and Ailson_
THE MURDERERS _Dunsany_
TOO MANY COOKS _Craven_

* * * * *

CASTS

THE LADY OF THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE

CAST FOR OPENING

O-SODE _Harrie Fumade_
O-KATSU _Annie Lowry_
OBAA-SAN _Florence Wollersen_
THE GAKI OF KOKORU _McKay Morris_
AOYAGI _Nancy Winston_
RIKI _Wilmot Heitland_

THE VERY NAKED BOY

CAST FOR OPENING

HE _Willard Webster_
SHE _Dorothea Carothers_
BOY _Gregory Kelly_

JONATHAN MAKES A WISH

NEW YORK CAST

AUNT LETITIA _Elizabeth Patterson_
SUSAN SAMPLE _Beatrice Maude_
UNCLE NATHANIEL _George Gaul_
UNCLE JOHN _Ainsworth Arnold_
JONATHAN _Gregory Kelly_
MLLE. PERRAULT _Margaret Mower_
HANK _Edgar Stehli_
ALBERT PEET _Joseph Graham_
MARY _Elizabeth Black_
JOHN III _John Talbott_

First produced at the _Murat Theatre_, Indianapolis, August 12, 1918.

At the _Princess Theatre_, New York premiere, September 11, 1918, Elizabeth Patterson played Aunt Letitia, which was played in Indianapolis by Judith Lowry.

FOOTNOTES:

[7] Taken from Prof. Dickenson's book, "The Insurgent Theater," in which a number of interesting and more recent repertories of "independent" theaters are given.

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_Photogravure frontispiece of Strindberg etched by Zorn. Also, a reproduction of Velma Swanston Howard's authorization._

_Handsomely bound. Gilt top Net, $1.75_

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_Easter_

(A PLAY IN THREE ACTS)

AND STORIES BY AUGUST STRINDBERG

_Authorized translation by Velma Swanston Howard. In this work the author reveals a broad tolerance, a rare poetic tenderness augmented by an almost divine understanding of human frailties as marking certain natural stages in evolution of the soul._

_Louisville Courier-Journal_:

Here is a major key of cheerfulness and idealism--a
relief to a reader who has passed through some of the
author's morbid pages. * * * Some critics find in this
play (Easter) less of the thrust of a distinctive art
than is found in the author's more lugubrious dramas.
There is indeed less sting in it. Nevertheless it has a
nobler tone. It more ably fulfills the purpose of good
drama--the chastening of the spectators' hearts through
their participation in the suffering of the dramatic
personages. There is in the play a mystical exaltation,
a belief and trust in good and its power to embrace all
in its beneficence, to bring all confusion to harmony.

_The Nation_:

Those who like the variety of symbolism which
Maeterlinck has often employed--most notably in the
"Bluebird"--will turn with pleasure to the short
stories of Strindberg which Mrs. Howard has included in
her volume. * * * They are one and all diverting on
account of the author's facility in dealing with
fanciful details.

_Bookseller_:

"Easter" is a play of six characters illustrative of
human frailties and the effect of the divine power of
tolerance and charity. * * * There is a symbolism, a
poetic quality, a spiritual insight in the author's
work that make a direct appeal to the cultured. * * *

_The Dial_:

One play from his (Strindberg's) third, or symbolistic
period stands almost alone. This is "Easter." There is
a sweet, sane, life-giving spirit about it.

_Photogravure frontispiece of Strindberg etched by Zorn. Also, a reproduction of Velma Swanston Howard's authorization._

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_The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution_

By EMERSON VENABLE

_The tragedy of Hamlet has never been adequately interpreted. Two hundred years of critical discussion has not sufficed to reconcile conflicting impressions regarding the scope of Shakespeare's design in this, the first of his great philosophic tragedies. We believe that all those students who are interested in the study of Shakespeare will find this volume of great value._

_The Louisville Courier-Journal_:

"Mr. Venable's Hamlet is a 'protagonist of a drama of
triumphant moral achievement.' He rises through the
play from an elected agent of vengeance to a man
gravely impressed with 'an imperative sense of moral
obligation, tragic in its depth, felt toward the
world.'"

E. H. Sothern:

"Your ideas of Hamlet so entirely agree with my own
that the book has been a real delight to me. I have
always had exactly this feeling about the character of
Hamlet. I think you have wiped away a great many
cobwebs, and I believe your book will prove to be most
convincing to many people who may yet be a trifle in
the dark."

_The Book News Monthly_:

"Mr. Venable is the latest critic to apply himself to
the 'Hamlet' problem, and he offers a solution in an
admirably written little book which is sure to attract
readers. Undeterred by the formidable names of Goethe
and Coleridge, Mr. Venable pronounces untenable the
theories which those great authors propounded to
account for the extraordinary figure of the Prince of
Denmark. * * * Mr. Venable looks in another direction
for the solution of the problem. * * * The solution
offered by the author is just the reverse of that
proposed by Goethe. * * * From Mr. Venable's viewpoint
the key to 'Hamlet' is found in the famous soliloquies,
and his book is based upon a close study of those
utterances which bring us within the portals of the
soul of the real Hamlet. The reader with an open mind
will find in Mr. Venable a writer whose breadth of view
and searching thought gives weight to this competent
study of the most interesting of Shakespearean
problems."

_16mo. Silk cloth Net, $1.00_

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_Portmanteau Plays_

BY STUART WALKER

Edited and with an Introduction by

EDWARD HALE BIERSTADT

This volume contains four One Act Plays by the inventor and director of the Portmanteau Theater. They are all included in the regular repertory of the Theater and the four contained in this volume comprise in themselves an evening's bill.

There is also an Introduction by Edward Hale Bierstadt on the Portmanteau Theater in theory and practice.

The book is illustrated by pictures taken from actual presentations of the plays.

The first play, the "_Trimplet_," deals with the search for a certain magic thing called a trimplet which can cure all the ills of whoever finds it. The search and the finding constitute the action of the piece.

Second play, "_Six who Pass While the Lentils Boil_" is perhaps the most popular in Mr. Walker's repertory. The story is of a Queen who, having stepped on the ring-toe of the King's great-aunt, is condemned to die before the clock strikes twelve. The Six who pass the pot in which boil the lentils are on their way to the execution.

Next comes "_Nevertheless_," which tells of a burglar who oddly enough reaches regeneration through two children and a dictionary.

And last of all is the "_Medicine-Show_," which is a character study situated on the banks of the Mississippi. One does not see either the Show or the Mississippi, but the characters are so all sufficient that one does not miss the others.

All of these plays are fanciful--symbolic if you like--but all of them have a very distinct raison d'etre in themselves, quite apart from any ulterior meaning.

With Mr. Walker it is always "the story first," and herein he is at one with Lord Dunsany and others of his ilk. The plays have body, force, and beauty always; and if the reader desires to read in anything else surely that is his privilege.

Each play, and even the Theater itself has a prologue, and with the help of these one is enabled to pass from one charming tale to the next without a break in the continuity.

_With five full-page illustrations on cameo paper._

_12mo. Silk cloth $1.75_

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_The Truth About The Theater_

_Anonymous_

Precisely what the title indicates--facts as they are, plain and unmistakable without veneer of any sort. It goes directly to the heart of the whole matter. Behind the writer of it--who is one of the best known theatrical men in New York--are long years of experience. He recites what he knows, what he has seen, and his quiet, calm, authoritative account of conditions as they are is without adornment, excuse or exaggeration. It is intended to be helpful to those who want the facts, and for them it will prove of immeasurable value.

"The Truth About the Theater," in brief, lifts the curtain on the American stage. It leaves no phase of the subject untouched. To those who are ambitious to serve the theater, either as players or as playwrights, or, again, in some managerial capacity, the book is invaluable. To those, too, who would know more about the theater that they may come to some fair estimate of the worth of the innumerable theories nowadays advanced, the book will again prove its value.

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