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’ N in T H E s ce 1 8 b . site occupied ‘ 35 y St James s s t o od Theatre an ancien t hostelry , known as ’ N ev o t s Hotel , a quaint building , dating in all 11 likelihood from the reign of Charles . These

premises were crumbling into decay , when john W B raham , the famous tenor , whom Sir alter Scott described as “ ” A beast of an actor , though an angel of a singer , cast his eye

. 0 0 0 0 upon the spot Already he had squandered J£4 , in buying ’ the Colosseum in Regents Park , but the spirit of speculation was still strong in the composer an d singer of “ The Death of ” Nelson . He therefore decided to build a theatre where ’ N evo t s — Hotel once flourished . At the age of sixty one , having o f b e obtained the sanction King William IV . , commissioned z Bea ley , the famous architect , to build him a playhouse ; and , ’ e at the cost of nearly t h St . James s Theatre came into i ex stence . in s i In a preliminary flourish , which may have been the p ’ “ ration of Sam G erridg e s appeal to the nobility and gentry of ’ ” the B oro Road , the managemen t announced “ ’ — S T . AM E T H E A T R E M r . J S S Braham has the honour to inform the nobility , '

e . gentry , and the public that his new theatre , King Stre t , St James s Square , will 1 1 8 O open on Monday , December 4th , 35 , when , and during the week , an pening

A . s ddress will be spoken by Mrs Selby ; after which will be pre ented , for the first time , ‘A ’ a new and original burletta , which has been some time in preparation , gnes Sorel , ' A B k t T h e written by Gilbert e c e . overture and the whole of the music composed by '

. A B e ck e t . Mrs G . Braham was supported in his undertaking by Miss Priscilla

Horton , familiar to a later generation as Mrs . German Reed , f but all their e forts could not win success for so dreary a drama ,

and , a month later , it gave place to a musical piece , called ” Mons . Jacques , by Morris Barnet , one of the few real

successes of this three years of management . After one or two re— revivals of opera , the theatre was closed for repairs , to open with the following pompous announcement T h e theatre having during the recess been perfected in all its departments , and being now admitted to be the most splendid theatre in Europe , wil l open for the T 2 th season , on hursday , September 9 ,

- Despite its splendours , however , ill luck continued to dog

the career of the theatre . , whose fame was

then nearing its zenith , turned his attention to the stage , and “ ” - provided Braham with The Strange Gentleman , a two act “ ” W in l e b ur comic burletta , based upon The Great g y D uel , in “ ” Sketches by B oz . A run of fifty nights was thei r reward , and emboldened Braham to commission the novelist to write a “ ” comic opera . Village Coquettes was the result , and Braham , h ad in his enthusiasm , declared that its like not been seen since ’ “ a” Dal un . Sheridan s In a preface , dedicated to Harley , the

comedian , Dickens admitted “ T his drama may have a plot , or it may not ; and the songs may be poetry , or ; ff they may not and the whole a air , from beginning to end , may be great nonsense , or it may not , just as the honourable gentleman or lady who reads it , may happen to think . So retaining his own private and particular opinion upon the subject (an O pinion which he formed upwards of a year, when he wrote the piece), the author leaves every such gentleman or lady to form his or hers as he or she may think proper , without saying one word to influence or conciliate them . It is needless to add l ib retto that the of an opera must be , to a certain extent , a mere vehicle for the music , and that it is scarcely fair or reasonable to judge it by those strict rules of criticism " fiv - which would be justly applicable to a e act tragedy or a finished comedy . “ ” a ol o icz This p g notwithstanding , the strict rules of criticism were applied , and the poor thing perished of public neglect at “ 1 8 . 8 the early age of twenty nights In February , 3, The ” S ital s field p Weaver (since made so popular by Mr . L . Toole)

first saw the light , played by Messrs . , E . Wright ,

. M J Webster , and iss Allison . Its success was immediate , and

- Braham , entering the green room on one occasion said , with “ - a u h ve st glee , I feel qui te proud to night . I j counted the pit , and there are seventeen people in it I

But one swallow does not make a summer . At the end of 1 8 8 the season , in 3, Braham found himself a ruined man and , 6 at the age of 5 , obliged to begin life afresh in America , where 1 8 6 he attained great pop ularity . He died at Brompton in 5 , 8 r d in his 3 year .

1 8 . The theatre remained closed until 39, when Mr Hooper became manager . A man of considerable enterprise , he not — only engaged such well known artists as Walter Lacy , Alfred

Wigan , james B land , M rs . Glover , Mrs . Honey , and M rs .

i . Nisbet , but decided to assist the r talents wi th varieties He o f A me r h o . theref re secured Van b g and his famous troupe lions

The public , nothing loth , gave him so cordial a welcome , that Hooper imported from Paris a troupe of highly - trained monkeys , dogs and goats . The bait proved irresistible , all the “ rank and fashion crowding to witness the antics of Mdme . ” “ ” “ ” Pompadour , Mdlle . Batavia , Lord Gogo , and his valet “ ” Jacob . The young Q ueen having patronised the wild beast show twice in one week at Drury Lane , everyone was eager to ’ show his or her loyalty by doing likewise at the St . James s , and the theatre was crowded nightly . It is interesting to a r o or record , p p of this strange phase , that Mr . , on taking over the theatre many years after , found in the cellar several i ron cages in which the animals , doubtless , had been kept . fi M r . and Mrs . Charles Mathews made their rst appearance “ at this theatre during this management , in Love among the ” “ ”

85 . Roses . and Simpson Co f One season satis ied Mr . Hooper , and French plays reigned in King Street from May until the end of July . The house

t h re - n then closed until November 5 , when it was ope ed by

Mr . Alfred Bunn , with an Opera Company , including all the ” ” M as saniell o principal singers of the day . Guy Mannering , , “ ” “ ’ ” The Waterman , and The Beggar s Opera , were the most noteworthy of his productions , and , at the end of his season ,

re - the theatre was again closed , and not opened until April , 1 8 0 4 . ’ This being the year of the Q ueen s marriage , Alfred Bunn thought a series of German pl ays might be attractive , and for “ ’ ” a time the theatre was called The Prince s , under Herr

Schumann (Director of Grand Opera at Mayence). Every thing German was the fashion , so the venture proved suc

6 cess ful , although the singers and actors were declared by the critics to be execrable . h 1 t 8 2 . On February 7 , 4 , M r Mitchell , the Ticket Agent of B ond Street , took possession under the authority of the Lord

Chamberlain , for the performance of French Comedies ; and , ’ “ for about twelve years , the St . James s was designated The ” D é . az et . French Theatre . Mdlle Plessy , Mdlle . j , Mdlle P erl et ffé Rachel , Mons . , Frederick Lemaitre , Clarisse , Bou , V estris e Leroy , Mesdames , Faur , and Mdlle . Judith , were among the more celebrated of the French artists who appeared during this period ; and Rachel , in particular , was the talk of ” “ ” “ ” e P ol s act e the town in such parts as Ph dre Roxane , y , “ ” ” ” ur Leco uvre Adrienne , Andromaque , Marie Stuart , and ” Mdlle . de Belle Isle .

Curiously enough , while the aristocracy flocked to applaud ’ the French actors at the St . James s , the democracy rallied to the cry of “ Protection "” raised by great actors and literary men of ea eminence , and hissed the Parisian company of the Th tre o ff Historique the stage of Drury Lane when , in they ’ “ ” strove to obtain a hearing for Dumas Monte Cristo . An internecine war of words ensued , whilst pamphlets , calling on “ B ritons to stand by the British Drama ” and painting the horrors consequent on the French invasion of “ the most sacred ” domain of the British author and actor , were showered into the f arena . Macready , alone , de ied the storm raised by Charles

Kean , Benj amin Webster , Charles M athews , Harley , Buckstone f and their fellows , and o fered a handsome apology to the French visitors . But his intervention was in vain ; they were driven out of the Paradise of Drury Lane and left to wander at their ’ will at the St . James s . 2 t h 1 8 0 Y On August 5 , 5 , Mr . Bamrnum , of New ork , opened the theatre with the j uvenile dra atic performers , Kate and

Ellen Bateman , aged six and eight respectively ; they played selected scenes from Shakespeare ’ s Richard also The ”

Y . oung Couple , much to the amazement of the critics George Henry Lewes predicted that their talents would die young ; but the infant prodigies flourished , and gave , during their ” stay , , and several comediettas . ’ L ewes s Kate Bateman , in later life , gave the lie to prophecy ” “ ” by her superb acting as Leah the Forsaken , Mary Warner , “ ” “ in Karin , and , quite recently , as Q ueen Elinor in King ” ’ John at Her Maj esty s .

1 8 . . In 5 4 the theatre was taken in hand by Mrs Seymour , long associated with Charles Reade , who had great faith in her “ ’ powers , and whose faith she repaid by producing The King s ” Rival , an original drama , written by Reade and Tom Taylor .

In the cast were Messrs . Mead (also stage manager), George f Vanderho f, and L . Toole from the Theatre Royal , Edinburgh , ’ his first appearance here — h e had m ade his deéut at the “ ” 1 8 2 S ital sfield . Haymarket , in July , 5 , i n The p Weaver This “ a - was followed in October by Burlesque Burletta , called The ” Spanish Dancers , with Mr . Toole and Miss “ ” principals , Miss Thompson also appeari ng in Magic Toys , ’ and dancing her way into the public s heart . “ ” The bold experiment of producing Alcestis , adapted by

Henry Spicer from the French of another adapter , M . Hippolyte f Lucas , was then tried , and served to introduce Miss Vanderho f

and M r . Barry Sullivan . 1 8 8 From this time unti l June , 5 , there were few events of

note at this theatre . Then the great Italian actress , Ristori , “ e ” “ ” played for a short season , in Ph dre , La Locandiera , “ ” “ ” “ ” L eco uvre ur Maria Stuarda , Adrienne , and Elizabetta , l t h 1 8 8 in which play she took a farewell benefit , July o , 5 . A genuine attempt to reinstate the fallen fortunes of the

was . house at length made by Mr . F B . Chatterton , who 1 s t 1 8 8 opened on October , 5 , with a shilling pit and sixpenny

gallery ; the boxes were three shillings and two shillings . A “ fairy spectacle was received with much favour , entitled The ” C ne t ta Swan and Edgar , Miss Lydia Thompson as y g again

winning the warmest praise .

Two years later , however , Chatterton retired in favour of 2 th 1 86 0 Alfred Wigan , who opened on October 9 , , with “ U ” p at the Hills , by Tom Taylor , cast with Miss Kate

Terry , Miss Herbert , and Mr . Alfred Wigan . Later he “ ” ’ “ produced A Scrap of Paper (adapted from Sard o us Pattes ” des Mouches , by Palgrave Simpson), concluding with the “ ” farce , Done on both sides , played by Mr . G . Vining ,

J . Robins , and M r . and Mrs . F . Matthews . This was a

brilliant successs . 1 86 1 At Christmas , , Wigan made way for George Vining , “ ” who opened on Boxing Night with a A Wonderful Woman ,

by Charles Dance . 1 86 2 In January , , this was replaced by a new drama , ” “ — entitled Self made , by George Vining .

9 ” In March a great success was achieved in Friends or Foes , ’ “ ” ardo u S s . adapted from Nos Intimes , by Horace Wigan The cast included Mr . G . Vining and Miss Herbert , M rs . Frank i Matthews and W . H . Stephens , and others . It was dur ng the run of this play that Miss Kate Terry first came to the front .

She had been engaged as understudy to Miss Herbert , and was ’ called on to play the part at a moment s notice . Her triumph was instantaneous , and Tom Taylor immediately secured her as leading lady at the Olympic . ’ After nearly a year s successful management , Vining retired t e— in favour of M r . Frank Matthews , who opened on Boxing ’ “ ” 1 86 2 Planch é s night , , with Faint Heart never won fair Lady , ” and Golden Hair the Good , by H . Byron . In the company were Miss Adeline Cottrell , Miss Pattie Josephs , Miss Herbert ,

M iss Ada Dyas , and Mrs . Frank Matthews , M essrs . Arthur “ ” Stirling and Sam Johnson . The Carte de Visite , by F . C .

B urnand , was also given . “ ” The Dark Cloud , by Arthur Sketchley , was the rather omi o f in Y 1 86 nous title the piece which ushered the New ear , 3, but we may assume there was a silver lining , since it proved a success , “ ” in conj unction with another play called The Merry Widow . “ ’ ” Lady Audley s Secret , adapted by George Roberts , from ’ Bradd o n s n 2 8th Miss ovel , was produced on February , and ’ achieved a sensational success . Professor Henry M orley s criticism was fully to the point " “ It is only in two acts ; and the putting of the superfluous husband into the well follows so closely on the bigamy , the glow of the arson , again , so closely on the stain t h e of murder , and the interesting heroine goes mad so immediately , with glow of the house she has burnt yet on her face , and the man she has burnt in it dying on a ” stretcher by her side , that the audience has a pudding all plums .

I O But , for all the plums , the public remained unsatiated , and ’ ’ flocked to the St . James s throughout the season . Miss Herbert s remarkable acting was in the main responsible for this change of fortune , though she was admirably seconded by Frank ;

Matthews as Luke Marks , and Arthur Stirling as Robert Audley , a part to which afterwards succeeded . The autumn season commenced with William Brough ’ s “ ” ’ Bo uci u ca l t s Great Sensation Trial , and a burlesque on Dion m“ ffi ” Dra a , E e Deans , in which Miss Marie Wilton (Lady

Bancroft) played . D uring the season the programme was varied “ ” “ ” “ by Turning the Tables , The Little Sentinel , Perdita , or , ” “ ’ The Royal Milkmaid , and other pieces , Lady Audley s ” Secret still maintaining a prominent place in the bills . 1 86 In April , 3, Henry Morley , commenting on the success — “ M r . of this venture , said Frank Matthews produced the best new plays he could get of a creditable sort , and though they were not bad , and were acted well , I saw one evening his curtain rise to an audience of five in the stalls , seven in the — " dress circle , and thirty in the pit He is now acting to crowded “ ’ ” houses Lady Audley s Secret , and a burlesque of M r . ’ “ ” Bo uc icaul t E fli e s Deans . ’ At the close of Matthews management , Benj amin Webster became lessee , gathering round him the following talented

— co man z M r . p y . and M rs . Charles Mathews , Mr and Mrs .

Frank Matthews , Mrs . Stirling , Miss Fanny Josephs , Miss

Herbert , Messrs . Ashley and H . M ontague . Many of ’ Matthews favourite plays were revived , but the public did “ 1 1 t h not respond very heartily . On M ay , The Fox

I I ” five - Chase , a diverting act farce by D ion B oucicault became " “ ” t h the attraction , and on July o , Faust and Margueri te , by F . Burnan d was C . , added , Frank Matthews playing Mephistopheles , to the Marguerite of his wife . A frequen t change of bill failed to establish the venture on a firm basis , and , after the production of a new comedy by “ ” Palgrave Simpson , entitled Sybi lla , or Step by Step , with

Nb . and M rs . C . Mathews and Mr . and M rs . Frank Matthews “ in the cast , and a new piece in five acts called A Lesson in ” Love , Webster made way for Miss Herbert . 1 86 6 The two years of management inaugurated in , stand ’ out prominently in the records of the theatre . Miss Herbert s genius and beauty , which had previously endeared her to the — Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood , now for the first time found full scope . For the first time , too , the bri lliant work of Henry “ Irving began to attract the attention of the bright—e y ed ” ” “ — minority , so soon to swell into that blear eyed maj ori ty , whose approval was to sweuep him into his rightful place as head of his profession . Bo cicault , it was , who brought him up from Manchester to play Rawdon Scudamore to the M ary “ ” Lei gh of Miss Herbert in H unted Down , and nobl y he ’ vindicated the dramatist s j udgment . A series of revivals of old “ ’ ” “ ” comedy , including The Belle s Stratagem , The Rivals , “ ” “ ” “ an d Road to Ruin , School for Scandal , She Stoops to ” Conquer , followed during the next eighteen months with n varying success . Irvi g and Miss Herbert raised a critical o f o s e h z storm by their new readings J p Surface and Lady Tea le , but the voice of so shrewd a j udge as Henry Morley turned

1 2 the balance in their favour and there were no two opinions as to the unsurpassed quality of their D o rinco urt and Letitia Hardy ( “ The Belle ’ s O n a t h 1 86 8 April 7 , , Miss Herbert took her farewell of ” managerial responsibilities , with The School for Scandal , and “ ” The Happy Pair . u n b Another long period of inanition ens ed , to be broke y

n . the appeara ce of a certain Mdlle De la Ferte , on Boxing ’ w A Becke t Night , ith a new comedy by Arthur , called “ ” Glitter . The cast included Charles Coghlan , Arthur Fl o ct o n m . . . Willia s , Gaston Murray , C P , and Miss Rushton ’

1 86 . r e 9 passed uneventfully , until M rs John Wood s “ o u l ot h opening , October , with a revival of She stoops to ” Conquer . Messrs . , William Farren , John z Clayton , Henry Marston , M rs . Herman Ve in , and Miss Lydia Foote were the most distinguished members of a company which ’ won for Goldsmith s comedy a new lease of life , extending ” considerably over 1 0 0 nights . La Belle Sauvage was added

2 th . to the bill on November 7 , with Mrs John Wood as ” Princess Pocahontas . 1 8 0 After the summer vacation of 7 , the theatre was “ ” re— 1 opened on October 5 th , with Fernande , adapted by Sutherland Edwards from Sardou , Miss making her first appearance in as Fernande . The cast also included Messrs . W . Farren , Gaston Murray , Lionel V Brough , Mrs . John Wood , Mrs . Herman ezin , and Miss “ ” Sophie Larkin . Fernande lasted well into the following year .

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1 8 1 . . In January , 7 , War , by T W Robertson , was pro

duced . . , but ran for three weeks only Mrs John Wood , after “ being out of the bill for a short period , reappeared as Jenny ” Lind at last , an operatic trifle by Angus Reece . About this time the bill of the play began to take a more e suitable form ; at this theatre it was like a small news pap r , with information about new productions , and also short stories and paragraphs . “ ” ot h On May the Poll and my Partner Joe , by F . C . “ Burnand , went into the bills , and on the same evening Secret ” ’ ” e v Service , Planch s adaptation of Michel Perrin , was re ived , with Mr . W . Farren and Miss Fanny B rough in the chief parts . This piece had been previously played at D rury Lane 1 in 834 . ’ c) r u F nearly three years after thme concl sion of M rs . Wood s management , the theatre stood e pty an d deserted , a reproach

- b to the passer y , and more than ever fitting its first title “ ’ ”

. 1 8 Braham s Folly Early in 7 5 , however , Miss Marie ” r eins and in Litton assumed the , , addition to reviving Brighton , 1 8 (originally produced in May , 7 4 , at the Court), in company with Mr . , W . Hill , and Edgar Bruce , “ ” staged several original pieces . Brighton was played in “ ” conj unction with Conrad and Medora , with Misses Hen riet t a Hodson , Edith Challis , Rose Egan , and ; “ M essrs . W . Hill , A . W . Boyce , and Charles Steyne . Tom ’ ” Cobb , or Fortune s Toy , by W . S . Gilbert , was produced ” “ ” with A Small Frock , and Trying it on , with M r . Wynd ” th ham as Walsingham Potts . On June 5 , Tom Cobb was

I 4 “ ” “ preceded by The Dancing Barber , and followed by The ” Z o o , with music by . h 1 6 8t 8 . mOn January , 7 , Mr Horace Wigan returned to anagement , with a play by Messrs . Hermann Merivale and ’ ” Palgrave Simpson , founded on Dicken s Tale of Two Cities , “ ” and called All for Her . The authors were especially con gratulated on their wisdom in merely using the motive instead of attempting to dramatise the book and M r . William Archer “ th e pronounced it an excellent play , least faulty if not the best ’ ” M erival e s of all Mr . works , romantic without bombast . The e same critic has , too , nothing but the warm st praise for the development of the plot and for the character of H ugh Trevor , the Sidney Carton of the drama , of whom John Clayton departing from light farcical parts — made a lovable and intensely sympathetic personage . ’ The year 1 87 6 saw Mrs . John Wood s return to management ’ “ ” Danisch eff at the St . James s , when Les filled the theatre for over three hundred nights . .

Mr . Samuel Hayes followed as manager and , in rapid “ ” succession , produced The School for Scandal , with Ada ’ z Cavendish as Lady Tea le , Palgrave Simpson s sensational drama , “ ” “ ” Scar on the Wrist , and , Forrester playing the T ith er ad e Moor to the Iago of Mr . G . S . g and the Emilia of f Mrs . Bernard Beere . A ter the retirement of Mr . Hayes , “ ’ ” m Braham s F o lly s ee ed to have deserved its title only too well . B ut it is proverbially darkest before the dawn . Mr . John h ’ Hare , w ose brilliant career in the Bancroft s Comedy Company had laid the foundation - stone of an equally distinguished

I S management at the old Court Theatre , had long contemplated

partnership with Mr . and Mrs . Kendal . The moment for this ’ — union had come ; and , with the hour , the place the S t . James s

Theatre . t — in From the outse , a company , which addition to Mr . and

— Mrs . Kendal and Mr . Hare included the names of William

Terriss , Albert Chevalier , William Mackintosh , Brandon

Thomas , Miss Kate Phillips , Miss Cissie Grahame and Mrs . “ ’ ” . Q Gaston Murray , was engaged The ueen s Shilling , a three — “ . l e act comedy drama , by Mr . G W . Godfrey , and Monsieur ” P rinse — Duc , a comedietta , by Mr . Val p consti tuted the bill th 1 8 of the play on the opening night , October 4 , 7 9. 1 8 Two months later , on December th , to speak by the card , “ ” ’ “ ” l e Monsieur Duc made way for Tennyson s Falcon . Of ’ Mrs . Kendal s performance in this play , Mr . Archer said “ She was a living poem in her gracious stateliness and queenly

yet tender womanhood . Never , in Englan d or elsewhere , have ” I seen a piece of acting more instinct with the truest poetry . 1 880 When , in March , , a change of bill was found “ ” necessary , such safe cards as Still Waters Run Deep and “ ’ ” The Ladies Battle were played . But , though admittedly revived only to fill up the time which must elapse before

Mr . W . G . Wills was ready with his new version of Douglas ’ “ ” - Jerrold s Black eyed Susan , the former old play was staged with a finish at that time seldom even given to a new pro

duction . In addition , Mrs . Kendal and Mr . Hare scored very “ ” h ol d Stern . palpable hits as Mrs . and Potter Of the next ” " production , William and Susan , Mr . Archer wrote

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wo n was thereby , and nine months elapsed before Mr . Hare , “ ” ’ re— Y who had no part in Impulse , appeared in oung Folks ” ’ ” Ways , an adaptation from Mrs . Hodgson B urnett s Esmeralda , ' in which Mr . George Alexander made his debut at the ’ St . James s . “ ” Revivals and adaptations were then the only wear , from 1 88 1 886 U f December , 3, until October , . nder the ormer “ ” heading , mention must be made of A Scrap of Paper , and a “ Y ” o u . lavish production of As Like It , Mr . and Mrs Kendal playing Orlando and Rosalind to the Jacques of Mr . Herman z Ve in and the Touchstone of Mr . Hare . Whilst , under the “ ” latter , Mr . Pinero was responsi ble for The Ironmaster , and “ ’ ” ’ ’ D E n ne r s Mr . Sidney Grundy for The Wife s Sacrifice ( y

“ ” 2 rd 1 886 The Hobby Horse , produced on October 3 , , “ marked another phase in the career of Mr . Pinero The H obby Horse ” was the last original play produced during ’ Mr . Hare s partnership with Mr . Kendal . Revivals of Lady ” Clancart y and several of their earlier successes followed , and “ ” 2 1 st 1 888 the partnership was dissolved on July , , The Squire being appropriately revived for the occasion . In his farewell speech M r . Hare claimed that “ Whilst fighting to live amidst a keen and vigorous competition , we have endeavoured not to forget the advancement of our art in the more sordid care of theatrical management . It has been argued to our prejudice that we have favoured too much the productions of foreign authors ; but I would ask you to remember that , in the matter of plays , the demand has ever been greater than the supply , and that the history of the English stage for many years has proved it to be incapable of being f entirely independent of oreign work . I can safely say , however , that to England we T have always turned first for the dramatic fare that we have placed before you . hat we have not done more has been our misfortune ; I would like to think not altogether u" our fa lt .

1 8 ’ There is none to gainsay Mr . Hare s very modest estimate

of the work of Mr . and Mrs . Kendal and himself at the St . ’ James s ; it stands out as one of the brightest pages in the history

- of actor management . 1 888 Mr . Rutland Barrington became manager in October , , n and surrounded himself with a strong company , i cluding

Mr . and Miss Olga Nethersole , and produced “ ’ ” v The Dean s Daughter , adapted from a popular no el by “ ” Br ntin h ame a Mr . Sidney Grundy . g Hall , by W . S . Gilbert ,

was the next production , and , with its withdrawal , Mr .

nk - Barrington passed out of the ra s of the actor managers . “ Y o u Mrs . Langtry , who followed wi th a revival of As Like It ” (in which the manageress played Rosalind to the “ ” Bo urch ier Jacques of Mr . Arthur ), and of Esther Sandraz , kept the theatre open for a few mon ths , at the end of which i Bo rch er . Mr . u produced one or two plays of slight importance

A supreme stroke of irony was yet to come . The theatre , whose name fifty years previously had become identified with

M r . French plays , now returned to its starting point , and . M . L h h d “ ” Mayer took possession . The w eel a come full circle indeed " But not for long . Taste had changed since the “ ” forties , and the French invasion no longer provoked either

u. . enthusiasm or deliri m Mr Mayer retired , and , at the end of 1 8 0 9 , the gloom of emptiness once more reigned , giving tongue ’ to the pessimists who had already composed the theatre s epitaph , “ ” Ichabod , the glory is departed . ai r The was still Vibrant with the last echoes of the sentence , e a’ and the fate of the theatre , like R becc s , hung in the balance ,

I 9 wh e n a new Ivanhoe spurred into the lists . The air of mystery surrounding the Disinherited Knight also sat upon the new

comer , and none might j udge his strength ; but , no sooner had ’ Laz rrez aller " the been sounded than , to complete the analogy ,

he dashed to the charge against Tradition , Superstition and their

companions in arms , unhorsed them , and set the crown of the — tourney at the feet of his mistress , the Anglo Saxon drama .

That knight was Mr . George Alexander , who , having tilted

successfully as a manager at the Avenue , now came to give

battle on a larger scale and against far heavier odds at the St . ’ James s . Some of these he had disposed of in advance . Miss N t co b e . um , Miss Maud Millett , Mr Gould and — w Mr . Ben Webster formed the nucleus of a company after ards

swelled , as occasion might demand , by the addition of Mrs .

Patrick Campbell , Misses Fay Davis , Winifred Emery , Lily ff Lecl erc Hanbury , Ellis Je reys , Gertrude Kingston , Rose q ; N esvill e , , Juliette , Amy Roselle ,

Irene and Violet Vanbrugh ; Messrs . , Arthur Bo ur h ie c r E mond me a . . s s . . , H V , J Fernandez , H B Irving , Cyril i R h t o n . Maude , John Mason , Edward g , E . M Robson , Vane — Tempest , and Herbert Waring which could , in

modern comedy , drama or tragedy , hol d its own against any in

the world . The theatre , too , was thoroughly overhauled .

Gloom was dispersed by electric light , dinginess by warm tints ,

and the resources of the upholsterer were taxed . It was indeed

Ph d enix - to a new theatre , rising like out of the ashes of the old ,

. 1 s t that Mr Alexander bid his patrons welcome on January 3 , 1 8 1 9 , when the following programme was presented

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( A W E E K LAT E R ). “ " r v v A c T h e e T H E OW F . t 3. Sam SHAD ADES R ( FO U R MO N T H S LAT E ).

A O ne A ct A R . CA LM O U R fter which , a Comedy in , by LF ED C , entitled T H E GAY LOT H AR I O

M R . G E A X A N R A Go ld acr e A U T T Sir Harry Lovell O . LE DE manda MISS M DE MILLE B E N T R A R A R A Sparks (his Valet) M R . WEBS E Letty ( her Maid) MISS L U G VES ' — — R A Go ld ac r e s T 1 8th . Scene oom at manda House , near Bath . ime Century i T h e D r e s s es D e s gned by M R . P ER CY A N D E R S O N .

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M us e L H T t e B ical D c o M r W A L T E R S A U G E R . S a a a e R O E R T . S H O N E . ir t r . g M n g r Mr . V W Y N L B s i e s s e . A L E u n M anag r Mr W I S . u o 1 . 5 . o N m Private B xes , £ I S to £ 4 4 Stalls Dress Circle 7 ] and 5 / Upper B xes 2 bered and R eserved (Bonnets allowed) 3/ Pit / Gallery 1 1 N O FEES .

B ffice D i m1 i . k ox O o e a F o 0 a n b b o d b L r T mr T e h n N . 0 . S e s ca e o e e e e e a o e o e o p n ly r t ll 5 t y tt , l gr , l p 39 3 ’ s The revi val of Mr . Carton s comedy fully j u tified the faith b engendered y its run at the Avenue , and was noteworthy as supplying a bone of agreement for Mr . William Archer and W ” Mr . Clement Scott . For once the orld echoed the “ ” opinion voiced in the Daily Telegraph , and , answering those who protested against his excessive praises , Mr . Archer wrote “ I said , and will maintain to the last drop in my inkstand , that it is a genial , sunny and gentlemanlike piece of work ; o ne of those plays ( to adapt Emerson to the

o o t o . ccasion), Which always find us y ung, And tend keep us so

Whilst Mr . Scott said “ T h e o not . no t play charms , it d es startle Its motive is simple , exaggerated or ’ improbable . Its characters are not cranks , but flesh and blood , men and women .

- From the comedy of Mr . Carton to the drawing room melodrama of Mr . H addon Chambers was but a step , a step none the less which must have given pause in the early nineties . Both dramatists were young and headstrong ; the seed of their art was barely sown ; its cultivati on was as likely to yield tares as wheat . B ut youth goes toward youth with calm confidence , the youthful manager to the youthful playwright , and the confidence was singularly well placed in this instance . “ ” u 2 oth The Idler , prod ced on February , ran through the i season , was played during the provinc al tour which followed , and revived , with but slight diminution of public interest , on ’ the return of the company to the St . James s . This , in despite ’ of Mr . Archer s scornful declaration that

e From the lit rary point of view , the play ranks no higher than the most ephemeral ’

- - - - . o railway reading It belongs to the Hugh C nway cum Fergus Hume , not to the ” - - - R - Bret Harte cum udyard Kipling , order of fiction .

Ephemeral or no , it has borne the test of revival on many sub ’ sequent occasions . Indeed , its success rather forced the manager s

2 2 - hand . D rawing room meulodrama was the need of the moment , which Messrs . Mark Q inton and Henry Hamilton (with ” ” M r Lord Anerley ) and . J . Comyns Carr (with Forgiveness )

1 8 1 . set out to supply in the autumn of 9 In neither case , however , did the means j ustify the end . The intention truly But was there , the realisation all to seek . this check only r — — served to e cast Mr . Alexander in his proper mould high

- comedy and comedy drama . Incidentally , too , it set a notch h is in the progress of the English drama which , under direction , has advanced by leaps and bounds during the past eight years . ae The sthetic movement had been accepted under protest , satirized , and finally had become an integral part of art and literature ; but the drama , always lagging behind , had still to “ ’ ” W in d ermre e s come up with it . In Lady Fan it did more , d it reached forward beyon the advanced outposts . “ " Of this comedy Mr . Archer said How comes it that , for the past twelve years or so , we have been entertaining a dramatist unawares , when he ought , on the contrary , to have ”

" . . been entertaining us And the impression on Mr A B . ’ “ ” “ Walkley s mind was such that for two pins , he declared , I ‘ ’ ” ind W ermere s . would say Lady Fan is an admirable play d ’ " r 1 8 2 . On December g , 9 , Mr Carton s comedy , Liberty ” Hall , was placed in the bills . The wit of the dialogue and the humours of the low comedy parts , equally with the beautiful acting of Miss Marion Terry , Mr . George Alexander , Mr . Edward R igh t o n— whose quaint pathetic and picturesque sketch of Todman brought the s tufli ness of musty volumes across the — footlights ensured it a long career .

2 3 By this last production Mr . Alexander had but marked time in in the march of progress . He was now again the van , and , “ T an era . u under his astute generalship , The Second Mrs q y and

Mr . Pinero advanced to glory . The play was produced on 2 th 1 8 May 7 , 93, and stamped itself on the minds of the first night audience in no uncertain manner . Expectancy gave place to hushed silence , and the later scenes intensified the profound impression . Enthusiastic cheers broke the spell after every act , but with the final fall of the curtain there was a pause of some muoments . The force of the play had gone home , and the a dience was almost awed by pained interest ; then , suddenly , a storm of cheering burst over the theatre , to be renewed again and again on the appearance before the curtain of Mr . Pinero . ” “ — Epoch making , exclaimed one critic , giving the rein to his enthusiasm ; and few were ready to quarrel with the ' A rch e r h e — . t description M r . , most level headed , shrewd and unresponsive of critics , did not hesitate to declare that “ T echnically , the work is as nearly as possible perfect . How masterly . for — " T example , is the exposition clear , simple , natural , profoundly interesting here is

- plenty of wit in it , without a trace of that elaborate conceit hunting which has ’

. o . hitherto spoiled so much of Mr Pinero s best w rk In brief, the play is modern it — and masterly . I want to read it , to study but . with Mrs . Patrick Campbell in

- the title part though , or because her performance is almost perfect in its realism , the sensation it gave one could not at any point be described as pleasure .

N o t . once during the whole evening were the tears anywhere near my eyes Yes , — T once when Mr . Pinero came before the curtain , and the house rose at him . hen I felt a thrill of genuine emotion to think that here at last , in spite of all the depressing and stunting influences of our English theatrical world , was a man who had the will and the talent to emancipate himself and give the artist within him fre e — play to take care of his soul , and let his pocket , for the nonce , take care of itself. “ . A In , Mr. lexander has laid his hand upon the very woman for the part of Paula . Her performance was as novel and unconventional N as the character itself, and her triumphant success was thoroughly deserved . ever was there a more uncompromisingly artistic piece of acting . It was incarnate A A e T an ue ra reality , the haggard truth . Mr . lexander himself played ubr y q y with

2 4 it was surely not in the nature of things that an artist of ’

- Mr . Henry James s hyper subtlety should succeed . Least of all with an audience lately heated by the feverish excitements ’ of Mr . Jones s Gaming Scene . M r . Alexander , however , “ ff r th 1 8 was sanguine , and o ered on Janua y 5 , 95 , in Guy ” mill e D o v , A dream , an idyll , call it what you will , O f — o man still man , and woman w man still l

The public was in no mood for such paltering . They had " asked for bread , and behold a stone , which they flung back with relish an d unerring aim at the heads of manager and author . M r . Clement Scott j oined issue with the public , declaring that

“ ‘ ' T h D mvill e e first act of Guy o is one of the most beautiful human documents T h e that has been committed to the care of the stage for some time . man who can write that first act will one day write a play that will live . It was not only that

- Mr . Henry James took us at once to an old world garden at the end of the last century ; not only that we breathed the charm , the sweetness , the calm of repose in O ld England in the Georgian era . He showed us not only the persons of two men " and one woman he showed us their hearts . ” - D mi l The delicate half tones of Guy o v l e gave place on “ February 1 4th to the assertive notes of The Importance of ” Being Earnest ; a Trivial Comedy for Serious People , which “ Mr . Walkley described as the wildest of fantastic farces , a ” - r m sca u breathless rush of mad harum , delicious n onsense .

This , after a run of three months , was withdrawn in favour of ’ “ Mr . Henry Arthur Jones s comedy , The Triumph of the ” “ ” Philistines . In spite of the most necessary moral which , “ Mr . Jones subsequently admitted , he had felt compelled to ” o drive home to Englishmen t day ; in spite , too , of the brillian t study of a French model , presen ted with amazing dash

2 6 N esvill e and piquancy by Miss Juliette , the Philistines

T an uera re - retired gracefully as The Second Mrs . q y entered , ” few and a performances of this play and The Idler , brought the season to a close . ’ During M r . Alexander s absence on tour , Mr . W . Elliot — produced a three act play by Mr . H . V . Esmond , entitled ” “ Bogey , which Mr . Walkley regarded as more important ” for what it suggests than for what it presents . “ Two months later— o n the production of The Divided “ — M r " . . . Way . Archer said Mr H V Esmond is a born play ” wright , and a man to be reckoned with . H e was , too , lavish in praise of the manager , of whom he wrote

“ ’ ur Al T an e a . In producing Mrs . q y , Mr exander was only giving loyal and able support to an acknowledged master of the stage . It was a good thing to do , and we are not ungrateful ; but it is a still better thing to give an untried man his first ‘ ’ chance (for T h e Divided Way was announced befo re the production o f and to back your opinion of his talent as emphatically as though he brought Al with him the prestige of a score of successes . He ( Mr . exander) has done the right thing in producing it , and confirmed his position as the manager whose career we all watch with the keenest and most sympathetic interest and " expectancy .

re Three weeks later the theatre closed , preparatory to “ ” o n th 1 8 6 Z opening , January 7 , 9 , with The Prisoner of enda , in which the note of popularity was struck with no uncertain touch . “ " “ If three or four calls after every act , said Mr . Clement Scott , cheers for author , double cheers for actors , and the customary congratulations mean anything ,

- e . A . A th n Mr George lexander , the three headed actor , and Mr nthony Hope , the R charming novelist , and Mr . Edward ose , the critical dramatist , must have gone home " perfectly happy and contented . “ ” " Z 1 8 A shrewd prophet i ndeed enda ran until July th , was played in the provinces , revived in London on October 2 o th (when Miss Julia N eilson replaced Miss Evelyn Millard

2 7 2 8t h as Princess Flavia), and was continued until November , a ’

0 0 . total of over 3 nights at the St James s alone , a longer run “ ” “ ” T an uera either than q y or The Masqueraders . But this ’ triumph , instead of fixing the manager s mind on other heroes

' of romance , other dramatised novels , drew his wayward feet back into the field of comedy ; and , quite naturally , he turned “ ” Y o u to Shakespeare and As Like It for his first production .

The transition was , to most , startling ; the transformation none the less complete . Mr . A . Addison B right sounded the note of criticism , which was to be taken up on all sides , when he wrote ” in the Daily Mail " ' Al T h e R T o Mr . exander must the lion s share of honours fall . new osalind will

e . T be excit dly discussed his very picture of romantic beauty , a booted Ganymede , of A A mein so noble and looks so frank and brave , an pollo himself in rden , will be R championed against less superb if wittier and more poetic osalinds . War will wage T — " ’ around the new ouchstone nervous , eager , well ware of his own wit , without reminder from his shins , a genial Voltaire , with a touch of Spring as Mephistopheles " T upon the Brocken . And Celia here must go up one long cry of admiration over ‘ ’ the revelation by brilliant Miss Fay Davis , of that mere second wanderer , hitherto

u R . A j st a tiresome lady in attendance upon osalind But to Mr . lexander , nevertheless , ’ ' the lion s share " For the first thing to note in his production o f Shakespeare s delicious c o medy is the exquisite taste pervading and improving every scene ' A r Mr . lexander s laurels in production are won by the spi it he has breathed into I ' . n f w o , e every acted scene his hands the comedy is harm ny itself a “ actors — — A nd A s blemishes not his apart . to my thinking this is the first and only You " Like It worthy of Shakespeare and worthy of our modern stage .

The public readily endorsed this View , and crowded the — theatre for th ree months , at the end of which time March ’ 2 th 1 8 — ir 9 , 97 , to be exact was replaced by Mr . Pinero s “ ” Princess an d the B utterfly . Opinion was greatly divided over this comedy ; Mr . Walkley , Mr . Archer , and Mr . B right , “ ’ ’ ” la for m"comedze alone among the critics , discerned in it worthy ’ é ” a place by the side of Moliere s Pr cieuses Ridicules , whilst ” — “ the last named boldly hailed it as the comedy of the age ,

2 8 and j ustified the faith that was in him in the following analytical criticism

0 “ ’ In discussing Mr . Pinero s latest and greatest work , the name of Mr . Meredith must recur , for the comedy has been conceived and written purely in the Spirit of the acknowledged master of English fiction . Deliberately , of set purpose , the premier dramatist of England discards the accepted methods , his consummate mastery over th e T h e which he has in farce , in drama . and in one great modern tragedy , Second ’ ur T an e a . Mrs . q y , carried him from triumph to triumph In place of naked emotions , '

- strewn broadcast over the stage for us to break our shins upon , we have the bird s eye

- view of life , the tender , tremulous half tones , the thoughts scarcely to be freed in — words , the actions arrested in the moment of expression all the media , rather , of the T h e novelist , and him unique among the writers of our time . change of method may prove irksome to many . Music in the minor key does not appeal to all . But none can call in question the exquisite harmonies that the hand of Mr . Pinero has wrought and , ‘ ’ even in the most fantastical moments of his Fantastics , who provide him with the

- sub title of his utterly fascinating play , his mastery of the instrument under his hand is a thing to be wondered at no less than admired . Attention must be called to two scenes , scenes which at once took the sympathy of the house by storm , and swept the play to success . In both Miss Fay Davis and

. A A nd Mr lexander , the Mignon and the Butterfly , were the only figures to be noted . ’ in both the exquisite expression by Miss Fay Davis of a girl s fearless , innocent love , A and the tender awakening to the joy of it expressed by Mr . lexander as her friend " r and guardian , constituted a evelation of the fine uses to which rare gifts may be put .

finan cral Success , artistic and , having been won by comedy

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. 2 th old and new , Mr Alexander raised his hand , on October s , “ ” 1 8 97 , to pluck the fruit of The Tree of Knowledge (M r . ’ Carton s). The crop was golden during the next four months , when Mr . Alexander again turned to Shakespeare and revived ” Much Ado About Nothing in a way which drew from M r . Archer the statement "

“ It has never been so richly caparisoned , nor (in our time) acted with more A ’ gaiety and gusto . Mr . lexander s Benedick is one of the best things he has ever ” e — don gay , gallant , humorous , incisive , amusing from first to last . “ ” of T h e The production Conquerors , in April , was followed md ’ “ ” Crai ie 2 . s won June by Mrs g first comedy , The Ambassador , hich Mr . Archer described as

2 9 M c e o o . r s . un annily , almost disqui tingly , g d She ( Craigie) has in an T h e eminent degree the knack , the instinct of the scene . knack of the stage , T however, is not everything . here goes a great deal more than that to the making — of a dramatist . Mrs . Craigie has one thing more she has wit . She has another — O ut thing more she has knowledge of society . of these ingredients an airy comedy ‘ ’ T h e A of dialogue , like mbassador , can readily be whipped up ; and a delightful dish it is . What chiefly pleases one is the straightforward ease and simplicity of its technique , and the delicate tact with which the tone of comedy is preserved throughout . This “ delightful dish ” continued grateful to the p ublic ’ s palate until the end of the season , was revived in the following ’ — “ February with the same author s one act Carlist drama , A ” ’ Repentance , and played until April , when Mr . Edward Rose s “ ” romance , In Days of Old , was ready .

D uring the usual autumn tour Mr . and M rs . Kendal played “ m” for a season of nearly six months , in The Elder Miss Blosso , ’ a charming comedy . As for M rs . Kendal s superb performance ,

Mr . Scott said this last word Let the playgoer, old or new , enthusiastic or prejudiced , critical or cantankerous , rejoice that it has been his (or her) good fortune to see as Dorothy " Blossom . For that is the very perfection of English dramatic art . 2 rd 1 8 On June 3 ; 99, the curtain was rung down upon the ’ ’ first period of Mr . Alexander s management at the St . James s .

I t had lasted for over eight years , and had been marked through “ out by an almost feminine solicitude for that tending growing ” flower , to which M r . Henry Arthur Jones once likened the

English drama . Wherever it raised its head above ground , and “ ” ' t o wat ch put forth tender leaves of hope , he was at hand i ts t blossoming , to bring it to frui ion with words of faith and — in — encouragement , and the worst extremity to guard its delicate stem against the un expected biting frost . How far this consistency of aim has advanced the cause of dramatic art is not a point for the present writer to urge . His task begins and ends

30 with the piecing together of the scattered fragments of theatrical — history . It is for the critics and the public the final arbiters — a' mana er in such matters to say whether g has deserved well or

ill , who (in addition to two Shakespearian revivals) has produced nothing but original English plays ; who has been the means of

introducing such distinguished writers as Mrs . Craigie , Henry

James , Mr . H . V . Esmond , Mr . Anthony Hope , and M r . Stephen ’ Phillips to the stage who has also p roduced two of Mr . Pinero s ’ tr ues t and one of Mr . Carton s works and who has created a new

— - vogue for one act plays by commissioning well known dramatists ,

and by himself appearing in them . " So much for the past . And the future An enlarged theatre necessarily implies expansion of the managerial hori z on and it is ’ — — to a very much larger and practically new St . James s Theatre

that the public is now invited . Adj oining houses have been e acquired , only to be knocked down and r built as part of the h as theatre , the stage been sunk and increased in depth , the ceiling “ ” heightened , with the result that a perfect rake is obtained .

The orchestra is sunk beneath the level of the stalls , the view from which will no longer be impeded by any vision of the ’ instrumentalists heads . Stalls , pit , circles , and gallery have been

materially enlarged and the seati ng capacity increased . Only

two boxes remain , that designed for the use of Royalty , with a

separate entrance , and its companion facing it on the prompt d si e . Spacious exits are also provided everywhere , permitting

the theatre to be emptied in the shortest space of time .

All this has been carried out under the direction of Mr . l omfil B e d Jackson , formerly partner and now successor to the

31 E ml b in late Mr . C . Phipps , assisted by M r . Walker ; whilst M ac uoid M r . Percy q , R . I . , has designed the decorations , — X I I . which are of the Louis Francois I . transitional period , and

include the coats of arms of Shakespeare and Arden , of Goethe , l o U Camos t el . . of Dante , and of St . James of p nder Mr ’ M acquo rd s supervision the decorative work has been carried

C o . 85 . out by Messrs . Morant , and the upholstery by Messrs 8c Co . w H . S Lyon . ; hile the electric lighting has been l R ash ei h 86 . entrusted to Messrs . g Phipps Co The new act T el bin drop , painted by Messrs . D . T . White and , is an exact “ ” reproduction of the famous tapestry Pastoral Scenes , in the “ South Kensington Museum . I believe the future is only ” n the past agai , entered through another gate , declared Paula T n uera a q y . Surely n o motto could be more appropriately ’ inscribed over the portals of the new St . James s .

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