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Title: Players and plays of the last quarter century; an historical summary of causes and a critical review of conditions as existing in the American theatre at the close of the nineteenth century
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Strang, Lewis Clinton, 1869-1935
Subjects: Theater -- History Theater -- United States Acting and actors
Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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in 1893. Mr. Grundy, Jr., from the French, pro-duced in 1894. His Grace de Grammont, produced byOtis Skinner in 1894. 170 Players and Plays April Weather, produced by Sol SmithRussell. Mistress Betty, produced by Modjeska in 1895- Gossip, adaptation done in collaboration with Leo Ditrichstein, and produced in 1895. Bohemia, from the French La Vie deBoheme, by Henri Murger and TheodoreBarriere, produced in 1896. The Liar, from the French of Bisson,produced in 1896. Nathan Hale, produced by Nat C. Good-win and Maxine Elliott in 1898. The Moth and the Flame, rewritten froman earlier play called The Harvest, andproduced in 1898, afterward used as a star-ring vehicle by Efifie Shannon and HerbertKelcey. The Head of the Family, from the Ger-man, produced by William H. Crane in 1898. The Cowboy and the Lady, produced byNat C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in 1899. Barbara Frietchie, produced by JuliaMarlowe in 1899. Sapho, from the novel of Alphonse Dau-det, produced by Olga Nethersole in 1900.
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ETHEL BARRVMORE As Madame Trentoni in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Four American Dramatists 171 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, pro-duced by Ethel Barrymore in 1901. The Gimbers, produced by Amelia Bing-ham in 1901. Lovers Lane, produced in 1901. The Marriage Game, adapted from theFrench, produced by Sadie Martinot in1901. The Way of the World, produced by ElsieDe Wolfe in 1901. The Last of the Dandies, produced byBeerbohm Tree in 1901. The Girl and the Judge, produced byAnnie Russell in 1901. The best of these recent plays and a veryfair example of Mr. Fitchs capabilities was The Climbers, the merits of which fairlybalanced its obvious and rather exasperatingblemishes. In accordance with his custom,Mr. Fitch started out very well; and byintroducing his leading women charactersimmediately on their return from the funeralof the husband of one of them and the fatherof several others, the dramatist secured thenovel, even startling, and to some, possibly,shocking effect, that he

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