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IN THE THEATERS
JAMKti K. IIACKKTT.
- Juno* K. Hmkott, who will ap
pear here In "Tho Prisoner of Eon-
da” on December 21, has recently
wilt ten a niaRAilitv article, in which
,no aak* Ihe very pertinent ques tin,
apropos of his successful revival of
tlio, a ronuntlc drama: “What has be
come of the staffe villain?"
Among other tlRngs he nays:
••There whs a time whin lla 1 frewalnu.
RlowrrtnjK man. who |H*r#vt*utnl vir
tue for four arm, to bo dealt with no-
cording U» hi* hu rlts in tin* itrth. was un
tnson*ruble pert ot our Irsltituatc *!»«»•
iimtlo riitorlHlunKat.
• Hut aomrlhlDK Imn h*p)>r»t.'i1 to tin*
villain. It I* not that villainy m tin-
theater is any W* popular than It wan
fM'vorat dreade* aao. but the villain n» h
villain Medina to have Iso n • llmtnuP >1.
In tact. wo may own go further nml m>
that the vlllutn him boctime thu If
that paradox woukt tie M*-tv|>t*-d. In tin*
good old-fnshloiaal lomantlo th*r»*
was not euch JmnhllnK of rbzut or wrong
mn wt have today, iUttit was rlaht, and
the hero roproMUH'd virtue; ami wrong
,%iw wrong. Mini the villain rrwwwtal
■the devil, and all that bakmini to that
Amiable ad at pretcitt very popular Indi
vidual.
:!( * Confuses Right and Wrong.
• ••Following the vogue of the romanth'
fclnyji them came a |» rind or uulinaltutiv
.2nd problem diaiga. which very fionkU
I Pet forth the Id* a that right wu not al
ways right, or wrong always wrong, and
therefor# that iu ewry hero there was a
v good btt of villainy, and In every villain
•arnettilng of tin herote ami the vlrtuon*.
• .Now we have the drama today In which
•them Isn’t any doubt whati-wver ** to
the Inter.-nltt* ut «iuallty of the hem'* vlr-
dtw or Hie vtltain’s Vice. In other words,
today vice la rvpreaented by the bans, or
fwth-r h# rrpn-aents vko* and virtue, tf
It Is h'|iriMiU(«l at all. stalks upon the
•logo In
atHrted t
_ this latter-day form
of drama Is. of course. p»*» well fcmiwn to
naad much comment. The genttemei
whn ara tm»re than qualitled to dtacus
tbeas Iblngs have explained to uv that
• mu
glowing ««4ort» and
ua hue# that only children
the ilreatvr Interastlng The
fight of the tbaen ivill for
Imh-atrd however, that th<
klltfmi had a good grip «*n th<
i oho still
nut ah«ral
lire hero
mui
entertainment.
Villain In Every Day Life.
Man knows too well that tho villain
every duy life does not moot with hts
Just deserts, and It Is therefore with a
greater glee and a deeper Interest that he
follows the villain through four seta in
which h# seems to triumph. In life wo
know that be may continue to triumph,
and It la a great satisfaction to know
that there la one place where he will get
his Just deserts, even If that one pi
tho stage.
•it Is to be questioned as to whether
the passing of tho villain, his glorlttcgtlon
and delfleatlon, la a ((Improvement. It Is
la rr.lly the mission i>f the Musa, but It
la by nu iiuwi, a question tluil tli.ro I, a
large public who stll love the
mance, who lovo
Mr. James K. Rackett.
Scene from Vera, the Medium.
with »l tli. swash-bncSlInv prMlIvltles.
hla .Irfalua at virtue. at hta ultimata
“DOMINO THRO; thk kyk "
Of the many musical
which have been produced In title
country during the put few year* *
there tf not one which has achieved
a greater record of sucoee than hu
"Coming Thro’ the Hye." which w\U
be aeen here at tha ((rand on Ch(Hat-
mu, matinee and night. December
Si. Indeed, Judging from all ec-
counts, there are certain section
of tha couatry where Its popularity
has not (wen area remotely ap
proached by aay similar work. It
wu presented for nine weeks In
Boston to' a succession of literally
overflowing audiences, whence It
proceeded to the larger New Ragland
towns and created something like a
sensation, going back to the aarne
cities two, three and even four time*
within a few weeks and invariably
with the ume result* In the matter
of tremendous patronage. The ume
conditions prevailed throughout the
sooth and middle west and every
where the performance and the stage
production received the hlgheet en
comium* of the newspaper review
ers. There mutt he something far out
of tha ordinary In a theatrical offer-
lag which coo roll op such a record,
and Ua forthcoming presentation
here win, u a natural consequence,
be looked forward to with unusual
Interest. “Coming Thro the Rye”
was written by George V. Hobart,
snd the music wss composed by A.
Baldwin Sloane, It Is said that Mr.
Hobart haa evolved a story of much
originality, and that In lu working
out he hu hit upon many Incidents
and situations which keep the au
dience convulsed with laughter. It
tails of the effort* of a rich widow
of the Mri. Malaprop type to break
Into fuhlonable Newport society,
and the scenes are all laid Inand
around her beautiful mention at tha
famous retort. After mtny futile
attempt* to (sin recognition, Mrs.
Kobb Invites a distinguished portrait
painter to be her guest, with the
result thst the personages whom ah*
aspires to know visit the artist's
temporary studio In her home. . .
Mrs. Kobb Is elated at the success
of her scheme, and It serves the
purpose of bringing before the au
dience in the theater the charac
ter* whose fua making and singing
and dancing make up the entertain
ment. Among these Is a certain
Nott, a tailor, whom the artist owes
o small account Nott Is an exceed
ingly comical character and, u
Played by Tom Waters, It hu taken
a place among tka really distinctive
{CuUaiMd aa fogs Thru)
T1IE MACON" DAILY TELEGRAPH:
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908