Show BEAN STARTS A BIG ROW Author Tells Why He lIe Wrote That Stinging Criticism I IThe The publication in a local paper yesterday yesterday yes yes- cs tertia of O. O U. U Beans Bean's criticism of oC his his own pIa play and of or the players producing It It o. a criticism which was written before the Initial performance performance performance per per- precipitated a dramatic cli- cli nax among the actors and managers of oC Ule tile company more intense and ex exciting cx- cx citing while shile It Il lasted than any of the thrilling scenes in the Aztec romance Mr Beans Bean's comment dealt with some of or the players rather frankly particularly with Miss A Agnes nes Rose Roe Lane and andas andas andas as a result Manager George Blair straightway received the resignation of or his leading lady Mr Ir Bean also touched upon some me of oC the dialogue which the stage director and others have added as M being foreign to the theme of the stor story and In his opinion was Illogical leal and anti made the play less effective Manager Blair asked naked Miss Lane to reconsider her resignation and it Is believed be be- that the trouble will be smoothed over oyer Mr 11 Bean does not deny that Brigham Roberts wrote half the play Author Bean today made the following following follow follow- ing InS statement to The Telegram The Th criticism I left len with ith a local focal pa paper laper la- la a per was merely a 1 private comment and was not intended for publication n. n but butto butto butto to be used b by the critic as sug suggestions In making his comments on the pIa play during durIng- the week in order to aid ald the theauthor theauthor theauthor author in accomplishing certain ends which he deems necessary to lo make the production successful I If there are an any grammatical errors In the lines they are not in the authors author's authors author's authors author's au au- au- au thors thor's lines hut but in those that have been add added cd I wl wish h to express my appreciation to Manager Blair for the magnificent production production production pro pro- he has given en the play to Mr Lewis for his untiring work nork in staging It ft and to Mr 1 Bowers for tor skillful and artistic work in sketching the tho scenery and nd designing the costumes |