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MADAME SIMONE ON THE AMERICAN STAGE.

Miidamfr .'Siffiotto, tlio distiHgu'is'L.GtJ ' French .afeteess,' wJio paid' her-itrii't tisjtr • to Anicriea last ysa;r,, has- contributed a very -clever article oil .the- stage of/that' ■ ' After roastii-rg' tho. slapdash' uiethpds: of"'' britics, Mndai'ne says:'— ■ ■;: "Aiiibug t%(J Sow York critics, ■gra■Soma witty, writers, who I'aV.c ox-co'llMit ■judgi'nent;, but fey ft* rarely of tlio same opinion-, "ft'ten om has j>ean una newspaper oilo call.get a gocsd .ideii of iv .pia-y .5 it is not Jiiittii on©; begins to reaii • & second that the'ii'oiybte commences'. Wtieh a 'lieWspapeF sends their IjascbrtVl reporter Or tlio young ffm'iian who does tho iasitioii. ar-t'icfc to write a, criticism, the author, the- 'ijetofs, svnit the manager get « good .'roaiithig..' Often, under* .■ math a. tariffing- headline-, o'm finds ferty liiicS of ajj attack without incf-cy-, ■and tljeii ti;vQ Hues at the; end of th« articfo where the .critic sums up- by .suggesting that the. only thing to do is to elosfe the thea'tro, the iteSt' day. tferq iii Paris Ave speak of the plays tili-st do. not rait a. week. ■ In New York 'it is no, ■osaggerfioii to say thah the majority do not .(sjou fin* as loiig as thai. Biota •first nights' iv'ithoiit fcnio.rww.s, the«'» disasters, arp tile fcstijt .of a theatrical situation which has no piil-atiel .'in Europe Dramatic art iii tlio United States na« not escaped i'roni tte economic laws which,, over ' thci'Oj gover.ii .alt ciitei prises! Tlio colossal American, theatrical . triists and speculators cot quo anflthorAs; throats, and .lessen the importance of' tho mvthoi' and throttle the geniiis of the aeto:i\ "i3a.u the 'theatre in Ametica e&a'po from thti lust mi bliSmesSi Oin.i it temaiii free in. this bbhtitecnt where everybody spcafcs the s.a'nie IsiigiMyio* whei'o, a siiEqesshil play:, to-tired rightacross tlio country, not oii'ly hri'iigs an appreciable■-profit, Vtffc not aJwiys a. ;deftiiito one? "A-pieco that fails- iii New York can play -ft-r a year in Chicago; awatii-cf that fats to please J it: tlio JKd'di'o West will tri'unvpjl for Sj's In.Oilths ' in 'Ohiiforttia; ■an&thcr play .will'.oni,V ten- ' ■rich itsownoi tfhen toiifed .iii.'Ga.iiada:; but a real sucewss «a}V he- touictl' hy seven or eight ■ciinipaii.i'es for' fohr or ■five years. flgM through every State in tire XJiiioiij ; li« .North to- Sbytli mi-' horn EaS-t to West. "The authors recdhje two IwrivdTcd thbiisand dollare iij ,- ties ,a«d the inaiiagevs /iiiakfe a.b.o.ut a niiiliou. Is it surprising that tho IMSsihiiities of the ' theatrp. teinpt -so *0f" iici\ a'.ud.ie»ces Jtadanie 'Sffliwo wites:—''lt is difficult to speak :al thCt •Vji)ori«nt .public, bGcfl-usß in Aiiioricn, there rt'i'fi «t least -fjvrt Or sis publics,., each, (liferent -from -tto otlwr., uho ■ people of the ol thin!; 'in ■c.onuno.n with t'hoso "of the ibast. Wittj wiiiit lvaUtciri- -a 'speaks:, of a. dwotlOT.iii the North! In > ■as in England, tWy place- %jn% .'W on a pt'destaL In the fol-ipe.r ..c.oAintfy.i. . where <o»o tlibily tbo facilities tpi diviij-e'd \vO(iid Jvavo vs;ii«> iity of UvarWage., -Otto mp'ote with ijothiiig imt puotestaitetts anil revpits Jlijamst the slightest audacity, Anicticauß,.- • di'vorei; is silly a \iM syrong,, because & J do«s itway wifli .adultecy, Nova's Wvly oiit'comO is nuiftiajte..'' 1 ' ~' .; " , *r f ho. aiffcd actress tsaiicludes yer/Zftielo hf >\, sd!M>soa.p .icildiiig, . :probaply . ah atteivthoiviilvt, ettgehdecod ;by tlie possibility.thai Aniei'iean 'JiMiag>:i's'Pl«y: i-etiuire hit costly services again,' ;|p sii.o siocithe.s "the Amorieaiv 11110110 ym\ the fellmvma; VW oititei-od thaii tlio 'Jd'cucji ipubliCj tlio Auiencaus are iucapiihfo of. Ui-iiitjatici. omotioii which is pwreh 1 inteHectoal, Of ■ci*H'niat)B cfflfltloli iii tlw Kccoiid "degree, i! I can so exp.Hiss iijysclf-. may aro overcome by tlio ftisfef ItencS ofvOipbc'luu but iint -W the beauties d Mi<V';«spi*?= sioil d tlio inlsfbrtuw's ¥ 'Q\)]KW',. "f ' could give the- Amci'itiaiis o.'ii'i' "WPtlipd. We otrii'lcl tench them &«r sense fif Art, ... our love of tlio pMoct, tiiey ftoiilrt briwg iip their jsliiiras, their enthusiasm, '.*» ..that 'joio do- vivi'e 5 W'Jrtcii is.:inhbfit in theiit. ... 1 Irolie.yC tiiat \v<? siiqivlil .e:e'aso;-to pi*' tend to show anvtl.iiiig to-oiii? : ti.-ii?'ild.s : of ' iiiio VtiiM. Ml "s-' I.cw-.0. their ! vo'iitlfffiinoss, tteir frank c'oiiragfi. ftet •■■ its, in oitr smik he sj;iii<Sfirt. t* %sb ■s?ii.iiiivg ImjnijA wlio, m tlio 'blhe.r sklq ~ of i?Ho' w6vW, liave', discovered . iv -WOiv aspect of life,..a4voh.tu , vbii.s, '.hardy, Xrcb, - ■eiis.v, affeotioiiafe, Slid i.ibiisst, ' tlioso, iieopjo who,, by ■tlift"''bx.am:plo o",f'their itapiiy c.x'is'tci.'icc,' fbrcb : 'us'- -to ■ afd.ii.vjro. iiiid ask theiii' lb tcacli iis. tho scci-ct bf it,"'- ' ' .

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2013, 21 March 1914, Page 6

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MADAME SIMONE ON THE AMERICAN STAGE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2013, 21 March 1914, Page 6

MADAME SIMONE ON THE AMERICAN STAGE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2013, 21 March 1914, Page 6

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