Show j M r MI MII rM P MUSIC AND DRAMA IN LONDON I I An English Version of The Tho T Pit to be bo Seen In London May 2 Coming Reappearance at The Tho Halls Hals 5 5 5 aWU Special Correspondence ONDO April 13 Among Madame L LONDON Liza admirers there thoro when U it was Wil general generl amazement I was announced some 1000 into ago ngo that the tho score Icoro for tor the tho now lew musical comedy by hy Owen Hall hail HII author of Flor Florodora odora dor would be bo supplied by her hr Front From FromIn of sort Borl In lit 11 a I Persian Garden Garlen to the tho thing thin that lint finds favor nt nl the lie Gaiety seemed scented a far cr cry Indeed and tutu nil whether the talented composer would be he entirely happy hn py In lii tho the medium of or Caryll COrI Jones Jonos ant and Monckton Is u a I matter mator open ollon to 10 question The rite play of ot Halls for which Madam undertook un to furnish n a score Deore Is in I Sergeant with which It Is k II Intended to 10 follow A Chinese wih Honeymoon at nt tho lie Strand Tho TIme whimsical plot plat of the tho piece Illece with wih Its hero who thought though having holn Inherited Ia several millions cant get Iet oft off the tho force already has teen Icon outlined o In hueso letters and It seems scouts that Madame leters has had performed tho the taK ot of providing n it I suitable settIng to her own at itt lt least I could never hose havo hlo believed It would be so cany en eu nho wild the other oilier hay day I really think I 1 must mURt In 10 n a previous exist once ence let us UI tny ny on 0 Mars ar have written musical comedies before Tim Tho task tank line has been tho lImo greatest fun Imaginable Yet Vet 01 she sho ho went Welt on al dramatic work wore cannot bo he saul Ihl to be entirety entirely out Olt of or my lY lute line for or I 1 wrote tho lie Incidental ullo lne to tho hue Twin HIMI at nt tho hue Duko ot of Yorks and also th thu 11 music to n a Ing fairy piny play of of Teresa Haupt called ni Ielli I Else E e which hurts has hll luau had a 1 great groat lii In n Germany I wrote too soy sc little musical My M husband Herbert con continued continued 01 Madame who uti us you 01 know klOW Is II also n a 1 er In his hla spare spuro time hind had 1111 been very ry Interested In the tIme progress ot or tho the work t hao havo often orlen pulled 1 I el the piano up lip to 10 the telephone and CI him bits on ott which I wanted nn an ni opinion He lie 10 has told toll mo mule 10 that lint he lie heard them quite Iule well wel rite Tho author of A Daisy Da Dale 11 chain claims claim tIle the distinction of at being bell the tha pioneer of ot women olen no en 10 for far 11 its n comic opera In concerned sergeant Is now In lit rehearsal nt at the tM ISI Strand Mrs lr new lew play ilay Ilia A rime 1100 to IIvo 1 has h been written In with not nl Carson her part nor ncr lon In wih The Tho Move lol but htmL Ed Edward I II I hol ward Hose lInac who dramatized Under tho the lied Kobe Hobo ami nt rut several other novels It will 11 bo be given Iven nt ot tho when I wi Cyril Cyri will wi have time tho tILl prin Iriti principal cipal part hart that of nf n a man Inn of 10 O I File Tho other ather new now play piny of ot Mrs which Is to 10 be he seen almost Im n I was W written solute nome time ago 1 go and and accepted by hy Olga U It I Is 18 called The Fluto 1 of ot Pan PUl It II Is IK a I comedy and the notion action nelo passes In Flor Florence ence enee tutu Venice Yen Ice MIss Mini 1 IB playing in lit 11 tho time Provinces hut but Nho has ban begun to make arrange munis for to or tho the lo piece one cite ole of the hue first being that of at John Hares ton son on ill Gil Gilbert 01 bert hoyt who wits WIS VIm seen ren lust Jut tn in 1 The hue Mar rl ge ot of Kitty Meanwhile Joint John Joh Oil I 11 11 l ver vcr has tuns Just JURI boon been malting a C profession prore of faith In tho the Intelligence of hue tho average English audience which It U its much uch to to bo ho hoped the reception of ot other her tier coming pieces will wi justify JUst It I IH it II absurd Mrs Mr declares declare for fm or managers and tuil othero to pretend that tho the public demand rubbish or tho ho con constant rn slant stant presence of or sonic pome particular Indi Individual huh vidual on the tho ut at any CUY cost to tho the design dIgn ur of a n plot or the tho reasonableness of a Q situation It I Is IR absurd also for tor ac nc crl to pretend that lint every play piny must end ell In it sickly anti and ns tin n it re cc result resul stilt sult sul most Immoral sentiment The T Th im Inu immorality morality of ot some lomo recent happy endings II IH Itt quito Illo revolting hut but U It I In Is or ot so feeble a C kind I nl that ono one Is not stimulated to to protest against such lelH On Ou tho tIme other hand HomO Home un Uli unhappy happy endings aro equally Immoral anti and Infinitely unlikely and un II the tho PlaY piny enthusiast Il wonders wonder why ho ha h Is In so 80 hard luard to please plo ol I can ell toll tell tel him hll why wh The he manager line hns Insisted on oil Oi seine somo old aId fatal or fomo sonto IOla now the end ending endIng falso erred effect even for ing The flue loathing lending lady or tho the leading man In do ito or say Ray a it 1 umber number of or things which are lre eIther cither Jarring or false falso they thoy ore seldom natural awl and they thoy arc nr never effective Under tho thue title tile of The Tho Wheat King Kinga n a 1 now 10 version entirely distinct ml front from that produced In iii 11 tho ho United States of Frank Norris Norna novel ocl Tho The Pit Il Is la about to to bo ho given Riven In It I I t Is la in four acts Is he tho hie work of or two Iwo font fern playwrights Mrs Mra pot Fon and Miss 1189 Elliott Page Murray MurlY Carson who is nn nfl actor ns OR well el an as I a n 1 dramatist will wi haVe havo tho the part of Jadwin nail and ald Miss Esmo Heringer lint of ot tho heroine I II Probably It I will wi bo be 10 news CS to 10 most Americans that London 1 I 01 for tor years oar linn had hOll whIt what might bo lie called n a t perma permanent nent lent show London Is la about to lose it I however In conse consequence quence of the tho hue coming destruction of of Ht lit Jamess luaU hall In III Piccadilly whore for more than 40 to years Mo ro Burgess minstrels have Imo performed The troupe tru iou ic was WM started soon loon after the tM visit leht Hi of the tho famous haul had Introduced this country countr to to the delights of ot burnt cork entertainment anti and to 10 thIs day Ila n a performance Is l I given lon nightly nt at fit St hell ball amid on ott the Iho good goot oil linen too with wih none nono of ot the time provided by I troupes which ap appeared all nt nl homo hOlo In lit recent years a p May Mn florla of tho Iho lie halls Is about to return to tl them and no no doubt there will wi ho lie n a to toree toFee Fee FCO and hear the lie erstwhile Lady Hope friend of o Captain Strong Miss Mias Mi oho will w depend nt at first ul on her herold old alit oll songs Lazily Drowsily and tho time thorest rest but later later on ott she ohio will wi appear In K it monologue called East Fat ant ami West Vest which Is s now being boll written for tor her tier by hy Mostyn tho the of tho time London World Sho Rho ID Is I also Ilso threatening to tn appear n nt some senile future time In lii n a play which sho ho says will wi he bo In lii the th nature ot It nn flit epitome of tier her No engagements for this thin production have however yet ot been mattel CUITIS |