5542 \/78-f- go«% QfarncU Hmueraitg Slihrary 3ltl!ara, Neva ^orlt FROM THE BENNO LOEWY LIBRARY COLLECTED BY BENNO LOEWY 1854-1919 BEQUEATHED TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell University Library PS 3342.W78 The William Winter testimonial, Centur 3 1924 022 229 920 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022229920 r "William^inter a CENTUDT THtATDE 1 q 1 6 Tke William Winter Testimonial CENTURY THEATRE Tuesday afternoon, March lourteentk Nineteen nundred and sixteen COPYRIGHTED I9t6, BY ORLANDO ROULANO ALL RIGHTS ASSIGNED TO WILLIAM WINTER PAINTED BY ORLANDO ROULAND 1913 ^ti/xc.^ ^L'Ktev-. PROGRAMME PART I. OVERTURE— Merry Wives of Windsor Conductea by Victor Herbert ADDRESS to William Winter Nicola By Mayor MitcKel RHADA — A Hindoo Temple Dance - - - Conducted by Louis Horst THE RHYME OF THE VETERAN Read by William H. Crane Ruth St. Denis William Winter SONGS— The Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It) When I Was Page (Falstaff) David BispnaTTi Henry Hold en Huss Giuseppe Verdi LEO DIETRICHSTEIN AND HIS COMPANY, in the first Act of his Successful Comedy "THE GREAT LOVER" By kind permission of Conan ana rlarris EPILOGUE Read by Grace George ■/ Edwin Markham SPRING SONG ( WEDDING MARCH \ INTERMISSION A Midsummer Night's Dream Mendelssohn PART II. THE HOUSE OF MAGIC A Masque The Spirit of tne City - Miss Elsie Ferguson - ROMEO AND JULIET— Act III, Scene 5. Juliet - - - Julia Artbur Romeo - - Ornn Jobnson Nurse - Mrs. Sol Smitb by Hermann Hagedorn TWELFTH NIGHT— Act II, Scene 2. Viola - Viola Allen Malvolio - - Fuller Mellish MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING— Act II, Scene 1. Blanche Bates Eugene Ormonde Beatrice Benedick THE MERCHANT OF VENICE— Act IV, Scene 2. Portia Shylock Bassanio Antonio Gratiano Beatrice Cameron (Mrs. Richard Mansfield) Clarence Derwent Oswald Yorke (Kindness of Chas. Hopkins) Norman Trevor Fred Eric MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR— Act II, Scene 1. Mistress Page - - _ Rose CogKlan Mistress Ford - - - Percy Haswell ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA— Act II, Scene 1. Cleopatra - - _ Jane Cowl ' AS YOU LIKE IT— Act IV, Scene 1. Rosalincl - - Henrietta Crosman Celia - - - Isabel Irving Orlando - - - - Frederick Lewis MACBETH— Act V, Scene 5. MacbetK - _ - James K. Hackett THE TAMING OF THE SHREW— Act IV. Scene 5. K.atnarina - - Katnryn Ividder PetrucKio ----- Eric Blind Hortensio - - - George G. Carr Vincentio - Pedro de Cordooa KING JOHN— Act III. Scene 1. Constance - - - Mary Lawton Salisbury - Allen Tnomas Prince Arthur Alexander Leitwicn HENRY FIFTH— Act III, Scene 1. Henry - - - Conway Tearle JULIUS CAESAR— Act IV, Scene 3. Brutus ----- Louis Calvert Cassius - - - - Albert Bruning HENRY EIGHTH— Act lU, Scene 2. Cardinal Wolsey James O Neill OTHELLO— Act II, Scene 3. lago - - Wilton Lackaye THE WINTER'S TALE— Act II, Scene 3. Hermione - - Alice FisKer HAMLET— Act III, Scene 1. Hamlet - - Brandon Tynan Ophelia - - - Crystal Heme THE MERCHANT OF VENICE— Act II, Scene 2. Launcelot Goddo - Rowland Buckstone KING LEAR— Act III, Scenes 2 and 4. Lear - - - - Walter Hampden -^ Fool - - Gerald Hamer Kent - - - Hermann Lieb A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM— Act V, Scene 1. Puck ----- Annie Russell VOICES Porter (Mactetk) - Walter Hampden Feste (Twelfth Night) With Song, David Bispham Coriolanus - - - - James O'Neill "O, Mistress Mine" Ariel (The Tempest) With Songs - Idelle Patterson Agrippa (Antony and Cleopatra) - Eric Blind "Where the Bee Sucks" t7LL i k ^ i n\ ^ \ r • r' \ ,,T7 11 n .1 "c- " E«nobarbus (Antony and (.^leopatra) Lrouis Vjalvert ruU rathom rive *^ ^ Francis (Henry Fourth) - - Clarence Derwent Officer of the Court (Winter's Tale) L. K. Anspacher Falstaff (Henry Fourth) - James K. Hackett Hark, Hark the Lark (Cymbeline) Idelle Patterson KNABE PIANO USED TRIBUTE Reproduction of Original Manuscript Presented to Mr. Winter ':^>':: Uca.r / lir Wi;rvter~1 Tke ,5iurfiver5 ortkis letter' (dii\a- flvarvv OPvers.-wKo asWatt aivLy ak^ WoroL to jouvtlvcirv) Arc^ carrvcstt^ Vtsktul i» express, -trvscmvc special aTul lasting tnaiivtver, tke ^zzi.t aomiratloiVjTcspecrt-, aavd. ri^vrdLvniclv tKeV red for Yoit.,— wz\o\\crrzA^ veteraiv orcnxrtjiteTes.ta.T&~, ike/ O'o-tic Jou,malist,5cKolacr; aovi'Poctj'vAo KaiS^ soloiv^&ncLsoivoU» Laboi*ea, rortke. <3igivitv aivapmntv orourictters Ai\.d owr" lDrain.a^^ aj\fl jw tke- ^ocA. of tke^Uvc&trcy arvitke puWic ^ Tkere^ -L^^ru? otlxeirAOay iTcWKu^vsuclvaLaetnonstraCtoiv caavlse^^cWeU- ti\juieas^y ^iVm^" a spccixv.L ^^ke-^irlczJu pCT-fortnacrure i.iv-Youir Ivoivor-r TKis ^v^U enable not oiuv -you-r Wotker^ anvd 5tstC)3 ^tv Aart aTuiYCwi.i~inany personal frtcTvos otLtj, also, A^ottnlvoStS orxtivlcnov>>ivTea3.eT5 aivcL aimtrerS to -participate^ itva, irihute- oftke- stnccrcst; cstccTTv. ^ ^oitr career^, -ku:1v-We feel tolse aslvonorableto tkose Aoko e^eprcss It as itis to -Y^Ht wko inspire-it-. ^A^e trust -tkcrel-ore-; to r-eceiVe^ A'ou-r' earl^ acceptacnce oFtke TestiTnomaltkatvenoW formally tender you, and -we Vould as1c tkat ^ou address YottF' reply to rVr: Augustus Tkomas at tke Empire Tkeatro, ^eW Vorlc, vivo 'V«?llLreceiA?e'U: -iiv oar WkalfT witk^ tke T-cpcated. as5urai\ce orproroutid respect, -We are all, dea-r M.-r.'Wiivter', To William Winter By EDWIN MARKHAM AutKor of "TKe Man with the Hoe and Other [Poems" A lusty Winter, frosty out kinaly. — As You Like It. Hail, comraae, we are gathering to lend Praise to the poet, honor to the friend. lis well that happy thousands cluster here To laud your name in Shakespear s mighty year ; For all his lofty lore and lyric art Have breathed their w^onder music on your heart. And he who taught the players how to speak. Would clap you on the shoulder, kiss your cheek ; Because our William with a heart of oak Held to high purpose all our player-folk. In the great days departed you were friend Of noble souls \vho made of Art an end — Forrest, tempestuous, with throat of thunder, A rush of lightning with the whirlwind under — Our Edw^in Booth, pale Hamlet s very double. Whose probing thought found life an empty bubble — Irving, w^ho flung on men the woven spell Of Shylock's hatred hissing out of hell — Salvini, w^ho across the silent years Called to our hearts the Moor's immortal tears — Our Mansfield, whose wild laughter summoned back Mad Richard, cynic, king, demoniac — Our Rehan, wandered from the Wood of Arden. A glad girl stepping out of Shakespear s garden — Blithe Ellen Terry, light and lyric wild, Romance s sister. Fancy s April child — Modjeska, Neilson, Marlowe, lovely trine. Each with her separate glory — all divine ! These and a thousand others — women and men — Who made dead days upstart to life again — Whose magic touch let life s old mystery rush Over our hearts in a great wonder hush .... If now^ vi'e have no more the noble rage And emn beauty of the elder stage. If we have fallen upon evil days Of hectic drama and of raucous praise. Still IS Will Winter w^ith us to remind Of the great art that we have left behind. This IS a kind star in our horoscope. For while we can remember we can hope. You marked them all, the sad glad Thespian throng ; You cheered w^ith laurel or you flayed with thong. One purpose marched beside you from your youth — To honor Art and not dishonor Truth. You never bowed to fashion, knelt to power. Nor praised the simulacrums of the hour. Knowing the stars abide tho vapors fly. You stood your ground and let the crowds go by. And so w^herever Time shall speak your fame. Truth will nail high this writ above your name : He kept his soul unspotted of the mire Wherein so many smirch their souls for hire. However fortune wavered, still all men Revered the austere honor of his pen. Qod made him of unpurchasable stuff: Say this at last and this Will be enough! Miami, Florida. February 22d, 19 16. Dear William Winter: On this merry occasion, when that Audi- ence, about whose shoulders you have- so often put your arm with friendly squeezes at choice and del- icate moments of the play, turns toward you to thank you and to honor you, as you deserve beyond all our words, please know how big this Audience is, - how it trails far from the misty past, up through the present, and into the dawning future, and thunders its applause, and smiles from a deep stirring of heart and spirit. rare Will Winter, we would express our love for you! Your roses are the phrase and word Of olden tomes divine: (With hi ! and ho ! And pinks ablow And posies everywhere!) So you are as a humming-bird. That steals from song to song. And scents the ripest-blooming rhyme, Bearing your heart along To sack all sweets of bursting verse And ballads, throng on throng. (With ho! and hey! And brook and brae. And brinks of shade and shine!) With all loyal, and friendly, and cheery salutations and greetings, Your faithful COMMITTEES S0 SJ» Executive Committee DANIEL FROHMAN President WILLIAM A. BRADY Executive Manager AUGUSTUS THOMAS Secretary DAVID BELASCO Stage Director WALTER W. PRICE Treasurer CHARLES EMERSON COOK, Inc. Publicity Programme Committee Miss VIOLA ALLEN DAVID BISPHAM HAMLIN GARLAND Mrs. RICHARD MANSFIELD Mrs. ORLANDO ROULAND Mr. Belasco is assisted by IRA HARDS and STUART WALKER Mr. Brady is assisted by LEANDER RICHARDSON and LEON REDLICK PATRONESSES » » Mrs. Richard AUrich Mrs. JoKn Alexander Miss Elizabeth Averell Mrs. August Belmont Miss Caroline Bensel Miss Bertha Brooks Mrs. Hodgson Burnett Mrs. William Burnham Mrs. Arthur Buxton Mrs. Andrew Carnegie Mrs. Melville Cary Miss Kitty Cheatham Mrs. Charles A. Coffin Mrs. William Corey Mrs. Paul Cravath Mrs. Eugene DuBois Mrs. Thomas A. Edison Mrs. Franklin Fyles Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson Mrs. Warren Goddard Mrs. Almon Goodwin Mrs. George Gould Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison Samuel Insull Robert Underwood Johnson Otto Kahn Augusta Raymond Kidder Louis Ledoux Joseph Brewster McDonald Howard Mansfield T. Commertord Martin Laura Moses Emily Nome Frederick Partington Ernest Peixotto Benjamin Prince Whitelaw Reid Douglas Robinson Caroline Ruutz-Rees Sprague Smith James Speyer Takamine Oswald ViUard Henry ViUard Works of WxUiam Winter if A* 1889- 1889- Poems ("The Convent anJ Other Poems") ; Boston, 1854. The Queen's Domain; Boston, 1856. The Witness; Boston, 1858. Thistledown; London. 1878. The Trip to England ; New York, 1878. rla^vin Booth in Twelve Dramatic CKarac- ters; New York, 1871. Tne Jenersons ; Boston, 1881. EngliaK Ramtles ; Boston, 1884. Henry Irving — Studies of His Acting ; New York, 1885. Tke Stage Life of Mary Anderson; New York, 1886. Snakespeare s England; EdinburgK, 1888 — New York. 1892. Gray Days and Gold : New York, 1892. Wanderers (Poems) ; New York, 1892. Brief Chronicles; New^ York, John McCuUough — A Memorial ; New York, 1889. The Press and the Stage; New York, 1889, John Gilbert — A Monograph; New York, 1890. The Actor, and Other Orations ; New York, 1891. Shadows of the Stage: First Series. New York, 1892. Old Shrines and Ivy: New York, 1892. Life and Art of Edwin Booth ; New York, 1893. George William Curtis — An Oration; New York, 1893 (Delivered Before the People of Staten Island, February 24, 1893; Be- fore Brown University, April 17, 1895). Shadow^s of the Stage. Second Series; New^ York, 1893. Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson ; New York, 1894. Edinburgh, Edinburgh. 1889. Shadows of the Stage, Third Series ; New York, 1894. Brown Heath and Blue Bells ; New York, 1896. A Wreath of Laurel; New York, 1898. Ada ReKan— A Study; New York, 1898. Mary of Magdala — A Tragedy in Blank Verse, Based on a German Prose Play by Paul Heyse; New York, 1903. Life and Letters of William Law^ Symonds : Portland, Maine, 1908. (The above are out of print). Other Days — Chronicles and Personal Me- moirs of the Stage; New^ York, 1908. Old Friends — Personal Literary Recollec- tions; New York. 1909. Poems — Author's Edition (Definitive) ; New^ York, 1909. Life and Art of Richard Mansfield ; New York, 1910. Shakespeare s England, Definitive Edition; New York, 1910. Gray Days and Gold, Definitive Edition; New York, 1911. Over the Border; New York, 1911. Shakespeare on the Stage — First Series ; New York, 1911. Lives of the Players — L Tyrone Po'wer : New York, 1913. The Wallet of Time; New York, 1913. Shakespeare on the Stage ; Second Series ; New York, 1915. Vagrant Memories ; New York, 1915 (Doran ©Co.) Shakespeare on the Stage — Third Series (in preparation). Shakespeare s England (a Limited Edition, autographed by Mr. Winter, 1916). A* A* Moffat, Yard ©* Company New York Publishers of the Works of William Winter Mr. Winter s books, copies of this program, and group photographs of all appearing on the stage and the audience can be obtained irom Brentano s 5th Avenue and 26th Street