DOI issue:
October 11, 1884
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17757#0178
October 11. 1884.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 171
“the STUBBLES.”
Sporting Gent {from, London). “How provokin’! Here have I been Tramping about all day, and never getting within Ten
Yards of ’em, and there’s that Old Woman pokin’ ’em dp with ’er Umbreller !’’
SCHOLARS AND PLAYERS.
That the aggressive vigour displayed by that pushing little insti-
tution known as the “ Dramatic School of Art” should have led it
into fresh fields of enterprise is no matter for wonder, and from its
latest advertisement, headed with the imposing name of its august
“ President,” it appears that its assiduous labours have at length
been crowned with no inconsiderable success. Hot only are its funds
now sufficient to admit of its educational advantages being offered
to the Public on reduced terms, but nothing less than a couple
of “ Scholarships, entitling the holder to free tuition in all branches,
and tenable for one year,” are actually to be competed for in a real
examination at Christmas. This is most promising, and no time
should be lost by the Professorial Staff in furnishing intending can-
didates with specimens of the papers they will be expected to face on
the encouraging occasion.
The triumphs of the School, too, are of no mean order, and, follow-
ing- the precedent set by Messrs. Wren and Gurney, the Oxford
Military College, and similar establishments that “prepare for the
professions,” it announces that out of its two hundred pupils it has !
successfully passed no less than fifty-seven to “salaried engage- ;
ments.” This is a hopeful—almost a brilliant statistic, and though !
not of any direct or immediate comfort to the other 143 finished
scholars who are possibly still waiting for something to turn up,
one that nevertheless ought to inspire confidence in the regular out-
sider who is perpetually thirsting for fame, or even for obscurity,
beyond the footlights.
As a means of turning his advertisement to the very best account,
the President would do well to take another leaf out of the book of
Messrs. Wren, Gurney, & Co., and furnish a few details, giving
the names, and, if not the number of marks, the salaries obtained by
his successful candidates. He might even enter into further par-
ticulars with much effect. Say, for instance, that the “ School ” has
succeeded in any current quarter in passing ten pupils to salaried
engagements. Some such Schedule as the following could hardly
! fail to prove attractive and interesting : —
Pupil’s Name.
Specially
Trained for
Character selected
by Pupil.
Salary ashed by
Pupil.
Character selected by
Manager.
Salary given
by Manager.
Length of
Engagement
John Thomas Smith
T ragedy
Hamlet
£100 per week
2nd Player
£0 12 0
1 week.
Horatio Wilson Barrett Brown ..
Pantomime
Harlequin
£25 per week
Hamlet
£0 0 0
5 weeks.
Leonora Kendal Siddons ..
Comedy
Beatrice
£30 per week
Mrs. Bouncer
£0 5 0
1 night.
Turner Toole Northumberland ..
Tragedy
King Lear
i The Bare-backed 1
£1 10.s. per week
Galvanico the Fire Sprite
£5 0 0
3 years.
f
Henry Solomons Irving .,
Circus
} Steed — W onder >
) of the Antilles )
£5 per week
Evelyn j
One per cent of
gross receipts
1 1 month.
Ben Jonson Jones
Burlesque
Captain Crosstree
£20 per week
Julius Caesar
( 1 night.
Elizabeth Faueit de Rosherville .
Melodrama
Eily O’Connor
£10 per week
Nurse in Komeo and Juliet
£0 15 0
1 week.
Maeready Blink Parkinson
Tragedy
Macbeth 1
Half gross
1 1st Witch
£0 0 0
1 month.
Gustavus Bancroft Abrahams
Tragedy
Macbeth i
receipts and
1 2nd Witch
£0 0 0
Ditto.
Roscius Harris Sheridan Stubbs .
Tragedy
Macbeth )
Benefit.
( 3rd Witch
£0 0 0
Ditto.
Such an occasional published announcement, if it did not act as a was doing ; and all well-wishers of the Institution cannot but trust
very violent incentive to youthful aspirants for histrionic fame and that something of the sort will be shortly forthcoming. The noble
emolument, would at least let the outside world see what good, and distinguished President cannot too speedily take the matter in
steady, hopeful, business-like work the enterprising little “ School ” , hand.
“the STUBBLES.”
Sporting Gent {from, London). “How provokin’! Here have I been Tramping about all day, and never getting within Ten
Yards of ’em, and there’s that Old Woman pokin’ ’em dp with ’er Umbreller !’’
SCHOLARS AND PLAYERS.
That the aggressive vigour displayed by that pushing little insti-
tution known as the “ Dramatic School of Art” should have led it
into fresh fields of enterprise is no matter for wonder, and from its
latest advertisement, headed with the imposing name of its august
“ President,” it appears that its assiduous labours have at length
been crowned with no inconsiderable success. Hot only are its funds
now sufficient to admit of its educational advantages being offered
to the Public on reduced terms, but nothing less than a couple
of “ Scholarships, entitling the holder to free tuition in all branches,
and tenable for one year,” are actually to be competed for in a real
examination at Christmas. This is most promising, and no time
should be lost by the Professorial Staff in furnishing intending can-
didates with specimens of the papers they will be expected to face on
the encouraging occasion.
The triumphs of the School, too, are of no mean order, and, follow-
ing- the precedent set by Messrs. Wren and Gurney, the Oxford
Military College, and similar establishments that “prepare for the
professions,” it announces that out of its two hundred pupils it has !
successfully passed no less than fifty-seven to “salaried engage- ;
ments.” This is a hopeful—almost a brilliant statistic, and though !
not of any direct or immediate comfort to the other 143 finished
scholars who are possibly still waiting for something to turn up,
one that nevertheless ought to inspire confidence in the regular out-
sider who is perpetually thirsting for fame, or even for obscurity,
beyond the footlights.
As a means of turning his advertisement to the very best account,
the President would do well to take another leaf out of the book of
Messrs. Wren, Gurney, & Co., and furnish a few details, giving
the names, and, if not the number of marks, the salaries obtained by
his successful candidates. He might even enter into further par-
ticulars with much effect. Say, for instance, that the “ School ” has
succeeded in any current quarter in passing ten pupils to salaried
engagements. Some such Schedule as the following could hardly
! fail to prove attractive and interesting : —
Pupil’s Name.
Specially
Trained for
Character selected
by Pupil.
Salary ashed by
Pupil.
Character selected by
Manager.
Salary given
by Manager.
Length of
Engagement
John Thomas Smith
T ragedy
Hamlet
£100 per week
2nd Player
£0 12 0
1 week.
Horatio Wilson Barrett Brown ..
Pantomime
Harlequin
£25 per week
Hamlet
£0 0 0
5 weeks.
Leonora Kendal Siddons ..
Comedy
Beatrice
£30 per week
Mrs. Bouncer
£0 5 0
1 night.
Turner Toole Northumberland ..
Tragedy
King Lear
i The Bare-backed 1
£1 10.s. per week
Galvanico the Fire Sprite
£5 0 0
3 years.
f
Henry Solomons Irving .,
Circus
} Steed — W onder >
) of the Antilles )
£5 per week
Evelyn j
One per cent of
gross receipts
1 1 month.
Ben Jonson Jones
Burlesque
Captain Crosstree
£20 per week
Julius Caesar
( 1 night.
Elizabeth Faueit de Rosherville .
Melodrama
Eily O’Connor
£10 per week
Nurse in Komeo and Juliet
£0 15 0
1 week.
Maeready Blink Parkinson
Tragedy
Macbeth 1
Half gross
1 1st Witch
£0 0 0
1 month.
Gustavus Bancroft Abrahams
Tragedy
Macbeth i
receipts and
1 2nd Witch
£0 0 0
Ditto.
Roscius Harris Sheridan Stubbs .
Tragedy
Macbeth )
Benefit.
( 3rd Witch
£0 0 0
Ditto.
Such an occasional published announcement, if it did not act as a was doing ; and all well-wishers of the Institution cannot but trust
very violent incentive to youthful aspirants for histrionic fame and that something of the sort will be shortly forthcoming. The noble
emolument, would at least let the outside world see what good, and distinguished President cannot too speedily take the matter in
steady, hopeful, business-like work the enterprising little “ School ” , hand.