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THE BUREAU !:
OF PLAYS i:
? ; It Broutfht Out Some;;
Curious Facts
By EDWIN B. HENRY
In i in 1 1 1 ii 1 1 hi n 11 1 1 n-:
I started my career as a theatrical
manager. I had no trouble In trotting
acton? Indeed. It waa all I could do
to get rid of those I didn't need. They
wouM beg for a trial sometimes with
tears In their eyea, and alnce I am of
a sympathetic dlapoaltlon my feeling*
were often racked almost beyond en
durance. Aa for the women who were
trying to make a living on the stage,
they nearly drove roe dlatracted.
Aa for getting rid of the playwright*.
I found It a much easier matter. Most
plays I received were sent by mail or
express, and when found unavailable
all I had to do waa to send them back
by the way they had come. True, now
and again an author would bring his
play to my office and tell me all about
how he got on to the theme and the
suggestions that led to hla happy hlta,
and after occupying three-quarters of
an hour of my time he would go away
satisfied he had made an Impression
that would Insure his work special at
tention. I had a reader whom I kept
?II day porlug over these manuscripts,
and after the author's departure I
would tosa his production on the read
er's desk without a word. He knew
that he was to look Into It and make
? report upon It
After paying my reader hla salary
for a year 1 became satisfied that It
didn't pay me to keep him. Not that
he wan Incapable of doing the work
?aalgned htm. but little or nothing
came In that It seemed to me was
worth producing. So I discharged him,
and after that 1 relied for playa upon
such playwrights as had established j
reputations.
It was about this time that I liecame
Inoculated matrimonially. The young
lady upon whom I placed my affec
tions was Miss Jenetta Starkweather
and well worthy the love of any man.
Unfortunately she had a father who
was a very difficult person to handle.
In early Ufa he had tried his hand at
acting and playwright Ing. After a
brief time at each he had failed as
algnally at one as at the other.
It Is ne?<lle?* to say that when I was
Introduced to him as a suitor for his
daughter's hand my calling wss great
ly against me. Few pernons hare fail
ed in any artistic line who hnve not
blamed almost any one except them
selves for thi'lr failure. Among actors
the person blamed Is the manager, who
will never assign an aspirant a part
In which he can show his jiowera. Play
wrights blame tbe manager because he
will not produce their plays.
Old Starkweather, who, having fail
ed. histrionically, turned his attention
to the leather business and made a for
tune at It, had passed the principal part
of his life grumbling at theatrical roan
agera. whom he accused of being the
cause of turning him from what he
was fitted for to that which was com
monplace ami altogether uninteresting.
Be this as It may, there was not a bet
ter buyer or a better seller In the
leather district than old Starkweather
When I applied for the hand of Jenet
ta the old man looked me over from
head to foot, and I could see that some
thing was moving him against roe. Tie
spent a long while talking to me about
my affairs, then, after a thoughtful
pause, said:
"My daughter seems to have aet her
heart on you; why I dont know. I
never could find out why her mother
set her heart on me? natural feminine
cusaednesa. I suppose. But Jenetta
seema to want you, and her marriage
with you will give me an opportunity
to go Into a line that I have alwava
wished to enter. I wish to prove that
the reason there are no good plays on
the boards or very few of them Is
that the plays sent In by playwrights
who have not achieved a reputation la
owing to the fact that the playa are
not read. I am ready to put up the
money to hire a corps of readers to
read carefully all plays that are sub
mitted for examination and to produce
on the boards those that are found to
l>e meritorious. I wish to be a allent
partner, having nothing to do with the
management of the business, flow
would you like to be the active part
ner?"
It WHS plain that Jenotta might ram
peaceably into my possession If 1
should consent to enter upon a scheme
which would take np a great deal of
my time to no purpose and would sink
considerable money for my prospective
father-in-law. I set him down for one
of those penwns who "know it all" and
believed that any attempt to convince
him of the futility of hla proposed en
terprise would be useless. By such at
tempt I would risk losing his daugh
ter; by consenting I might posses* her
at once. I was anxious for an Imme
diate marriage and chose the latter al
ternative.
"I would be very happy, Mr. Stark
weather," I said, "to manage your
scheme for you. Indeed, it will only
be an addition to what I am now do
ing. We shall at least prove whether
good plays are being wasted or wheth
er authors having strong dramatic in
stinct are being lost to the world on
playwrights through lack of em-ou r* ce
ment "
"Very well, sir," he replied. "1 Wtil
filaoe |10,<K? t*i your credit at th# ? tk
National bank for capital. Whn (Jo
i you and .lenetta pro|*n?? to be mar I
rtedr
"I believe It ia the lady's privilege to
(Ix the da j," I replied.
Within ft month 1 became a married
man and had the 'lureaua of playa
In working order. I hltvd a dotco
reader* of experience In theatrical mat
tera and another doten who had nevef
tried to write a play or bad tread the
j boarda. When all waa ready I ad
vertlaed fc* play* They came to by
hundred*. I had each play looked Into
by an expert and an Inexpert reader,
and those that aeemed worthy of at
tention were paaaed along up through
the other* till they came to me.
I had had niffldnt extwrlence la my
bualnesa to enable me to take advan
tage of Mr. Starkweather'* enterprise
to aolve a problem connected with It
that had long Interested ma. I hired
a competent person to pounce npoo the
motif of each play? wherein there waa
motif? and enter It In a blank book
kept ft>r I he pnrpoae with a brief
atatement of the machinery or tbe
atory or whatever It may be conalder
ed by which tbe theme waa lllaatrat
ed. 1 bad a theory in my mind which
I believed would be proved or disprov
ed by thla record.
Well, 1 ira* surprised to And that
though we were obliged to go through a
groat deal of chaff to get a very little
wheat we did get some wheat Mnch
of thla wheat turned out to hare been
produced by playwrlghta who had al
ready achieved some anccesa, but what
astonished me waa that we received a
number of playa that were baaed on
an excellent dramatic theme and only
needed Axing up by one familiar with
th? technique of the atage to make
them acceptable.
I selectnd one of the* playa by an
unknown author and took ft to my
father ln-lavr with the suggestion that
we put It on the boards. He wm muck
pleased with the result thna far of
hla scheme and Rave his consent to the
play's production
The play was called 'The Secret
Drawer." The plan turned upon the
finding of a lost will. Thers ware a
number of One dramatic scenes In It
the author had succeeded tn pre swat
Ing It In a form to hold the attention
of an audlerce. and I waa fortunate ta
finding actors and actresses well fitted
to Impersonate the different character*
The piece succeeded and proved fafrly
remunerative. Mr. Starkweather waa
delighted at the proof of his statement
that to fret plays managers must read
manuscripts.
The day after the production of "The 1
Secret Drawer" I received a call from i
a gentleman with long hair and heard, '
wearing a maty autt of Mark.
"What do yon mean, air." he aakl.
"by stealing the plan of my play, re
writing tt and putting It on the l*mrdat
It wa? went yon In confidence, and 1 did
not dream of yoor ?|i|W?|ilW1>g It
without paying for It."
"To what play do you refer?" I
aaked.
"To my play, 'The I ??? WIU.' Too
hare called your version of It "The
Secret I>rawt?r.' "
"My friend," I aald after surveying
him for pome time thoughtfully. "I an
? >nl> a pnssenger In this bualneae. Ton
go to John St ark went her, No. ll?7 B
street, and alate yonr raae to him "
"Stark went her. the leather manT"
"Yes."
"He's rich. If he doeent come down
handsomely for this theft Til sue him "
And be went out to And my father-In
law.
A dozen accusations were mad* ft
ther In person or by letter of our har
lng stolen the themes of plays submit
ted to ns and declined. In several In
ffrtaln nam** In the ptaya w*
acfapted and yrnlilfrd were MmlVtl
with USM In the i?l8*a tra were ac
roand of ateallnc I raf*rre4 ad tfc?
claimant* to niy i?lovei fither-tn law
Two different author* mil, mrnoad an*
vatnat him for *ppr<iprta??f thafr
thonder, Finally he mmf for me I
<rn( to him with the hook i-onttMnf
tha record of thrum and rnethoda of
thalr pfwentwhixi timW my arm
"What'a the meaning of all the ?
rharjrr* T" he aaked ancrlly.
"I'll trtl yon There aw hardly a
doaen themea on which to tw* atnrfea
of play*. and errry rntti t think* at
leaat nnp of thea* theme* helonpt fr
him TWr* are more than a mlMtoe
author* and not enonrfl the Tie* to f
mad."
I of* no<1 my rwnnl hook and hem
to frail
"In lo.nci |<lay? examined f?.2l7 |?r
?nta objeeltd to tip mat.-V fn tH
aame nntnlwr of p'-v ? ?V Ikww 1
1.542 tnn.rd on a to-; "ill: f>T3 tnr ? ??
on a till h rtwli' ??i w irn n
a^Jolnln? ??arfih-*. *0T? <?n a [*"?>"> *?*
*nm In g to hire r*>mmlt?rd a rrlm.* t
aar* the rti ntral. flP' oi"
"Rtop"' enialmed Mr fftark wenfh<-?
'1 don't care to ha re any more .?
thewe detail* They wdnre the r1?r1
on* bMrlotik- art to the l? rl of It
lanther t"i?lne*? It rrmltwta me > '
the ranaca for onr I?a4 d?bt* Th?
aw hnt a few eta aw of the*e enrrf
the prlnHpal one lieln* had manac
ment. What do y?n think It will ro*
to r*?n?n?nil*e theae ranaa of i larln
riam, breo.-h of rrrprrlirht or w l.aterM
they are?"
"From 2R eetita to tV> "
"What?"
I repeated.
"Pay >m off and rlnae Ml# twiwi*
Pr? fead en<mirh of thU i?t?ln#aa.~
Til do It lit once "
Ai I wan r>a?*)ng oat I foroed and
aaked
"Do y?>? "till think. Mr. Ktnrkweaffc
IT, that yon ?-ere N?dty treated by
manner *h?n th?y"?
t aaw him rrarMnc for an Ink well
tix) rkned th?> ?oor behind me J?at In
Kmc to Iwir the (Mug <raab aralnat ?
pa ml.
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