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    • ADVICE TO ADAPTERS.
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      May 2i , 1870. 3 The Tom Aha Wk. 203

      May 2 i , 1870 . 3 THE TOM AHA WK . 203

      Advice To Adapters.

      ADVICE TO ADAPTERS .

      International It Is Now, We Copyri Concl...

      International It is now , we Copyri conclude ght is , an in established a highly unsatisfactory fact that the condition Law of . dition Not by to this drive , however British , is authors it to be to understood despair . that Quite it the is in contrary a con- . The French playwright may raise his voice against it , and de-| but plore th a at state essentiall of things y British which institution robs him , of the the adapter profits proper of his , work must ; I dance It for glee from . the case of Wood v . IVood thatin the first appears , adaptation place , the ri does ghts not of fall a translation within the meaning alone can of the be Ac secured t—a . useful An dash arrangem whereas ent , inasmuch the only as possibl a tran e sl way ation of must producing be sheer a French balderpiece , in English is to cut it , dress it , take great liberties with been the dialogue done can —in be a gathered word , adapt from it . the That very this obvious has translations not always the of French lories p of ieces the that British have drama been b , from enthusiastic time to British time , added authors to dictionary g , but not grammar , in . hand y . , i may and The adapting as subject well illustrate it , , however first , in it b a , y is fashion taking a highl , to say y ensure entertaining a passage its protection , from one , Chenier and under we , the as may International enable enterpri Copyrig sing ht dramatic Act ; and authors secondl to y extract , in such its shapes honey grati The s . following few lines , from his Henri VII 7 " ., will serve our purpose : — HENRI VIII . Elisabeth Boulen . pesant { subirai regardant ; il bientot doit les blesser chaines de lus tes de cruel sa mains mere destins . ) . Ce . fer est trop Elisabeth Je . . Quel est done le p mdchant qui peut causer ta peine ? Boulen Pour . Un prix puissant de ma ennemi tendresse m ' , accable il a proscrit de sa mes haine jours ; . Elisabeth . Eh 1 que n ' appeiles-tu mon p & re a ton secours ? Boulen Elisabeth . Ton . II pere te che ? ' rit , il viendra te defendre . Boulen Elisabeth . Lui . Mon , tu le pere crois ! ah ? ! s'il pouvait m ' entendre ! On fait tout ce qu'il veut . Boulen Elisabeth . Oui . Allons I je le aupres sais trop de bien lui . . Tu ne me re * ponds rien ? BOULEN . Enfant n'herite pas du malheur de ta mere ; Surtout dans ses rigueurs crains d'imiter ton pere .

      ( 1 . ) Translation { almost protected ) within the meaning of the International Copyright Act . Purest Grub street style . Elizabeth ( regarding the chains of her mother ) . This iron is Bullen . I too shall weig underg hing ; o it in oug a ht short to wound time your of ha more nds . cruel destinies . Elizabeth . Who is , then , the naughty man who can cause Bullen . A your powerfu pain l ? enemy has me overwhelmed with his For price hate ; of my tenderness , he has proscribed my days . Elizabeth . Eh ! that not call— thou my father to your as-Bullen . Th sistance f ather ? Elizabeth . y He thee cherisheshe will come thee to defend . Bullen . Himthou it thinkest ? , Elizabeth . My , father ! ah ! if he could me listen to . One does all that he wishes . Bullen . Yes ! I it know too much well . Elizabeth no . Let t me an come sweres in t the no neighbourhood thing ? of him . Thou , Bullen . Infant , inherit not of the disagreeables of your Overall mamma , in his shivering fits , fear of imitation of your papa . ( 2 . ) Stage Adapta audiences tion . . A — rra Well nged masked by Mr , and . T . suited W , R for n fash . ionable Ltzzte ( playing with Lady I " s . bracelet ) . —I don't care for

      if bracelets you have —they got hu pretty rt—and ones , what . is much worse , hide your wrists , life Lady the better Pulleyne . . —The more one can hide , my dear , in this Lizzie . —A woman never yet hid anything from a woman ! Now Lad , tell y P . me —The —yo old u are story worried , my — dear wh . o is Men the treat wretch their ? wives as in they three do their month bills s never . They care turn to meet them them into again gold just 1 at first , and Lizzie Lady . P — . — Bill ( Sneers s ! dear . ) me , that reminds me of dear papa ! Lizzie . —Why he adores you ! Lady P . —After twenty-five years of marriage—men don ' t adore , they wear slippers ! Lizzie . —Why shouldn't they ? I ' m sure they win our hearts in tight boots . You must let papa have a little more room now . marri Tight boots ! grow into slippers , and courtship grows into age Lady P . —And marriage again into courtship—County Courtship Lizzie , dear . — , - as There your , make papa ' s it bootmaker up—won't mi you ght ? tell you . Lady P . —My dear , after a certain age we all make up . May to you be manage hoped th it at as , in well leaving as your you mother his good . As name to your he father will , it not is leave you his credit as well . , ( 30 Pit Adaptation . —High-pressure sensational stylebut free and independent after the manner of Mr . D n B , 1 . floor Eliza is g . — iving Mother way , ! dear Flames , mother and ! boiling The roof water is falling are bursting in—the in on all sides , and there is no escape from the most horrible of deaths save this ! ( Points to heavy chains 071 Hannah ' s wrists . ) that Hannah has been . —Escape tearing ! this First tortured , child , I heart must for reveal years the ! secret The monster who placed these bitter irons on my poor thin hands was—Eliza . —Oh , spare me ! [ Enter Henry Hate . Hannah . —Your father ! ( The roof gives way , the floor falls innflames burst frovi every seventh part story of , the hang scene ing , and by t , h as e c Eliza hains , , whic escapes h graduall from the y the assume Benchers a red heat of t he Hannah Middle Temple holds them an d the of Oxford window , Jlight for 1872 enter and form tableati . )

      ( f ) Undefined or upper Adaptation boxes . Domestic aiming dramatic vaguely school atptt , stalls sugggested , gallery by , Messrs . A w H y and y 71 H y JS 71 . Betsy ( Jookt 7 ig at the fire-irons )— . Ah ! mother , you may where but talk believe to you me lived of me your there as grand a child is nothing aristocratic with your so touching papa home , the , in so Bedford naug honest hty S and quare Duke so , , true , in the whole , proud peerage of Englandas the seat , of a good British conscience hearth . by the side of a cleanly-kept , , though lowly , daughter The Hon , the . blood Lad y of de one Bulleyne hundred English Smith E . arl —Bettsinia s is flowi , ng my in , your veins . Do not forget yourself ! If your exalted grandfather , who is doubtless at this moment smoking three-penny balcony cigars , and in Bedfo eating rd nuts Square and oranges could hear with your crowned low-bred heads reflection on his j he would dash the proud , golden and highly-jewelled coronet , from his lofty and snow-capped head into the magnificent area beneath . Betsy . —Then why did you marry father , who , though his name is Smith and his profession that of a cabmanhas as is hones not t a a shamed British ) as heart the beneath most velvet his honest -clad and badge luxurious ( of which , Peer he J who ever lounged on pampered cushions and trampled on the people ' s rights ? The Hon . Lady de Bulleyne Smith ( grimly . )—Because voice being . a cabman he was at least a man of rank . Ah , that is his f Enter Harry Smith . ^ . ^^ Jl ., _ .. _ ... ¦ II 1 ¦ ,.... ! , . J

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 21, 1870, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21051870/page/11/