Show Author of Strange Interlude Annoyed by Flattery Noise Though the outline of of Eugene O'Neill's adventures when he was a destitute tramp and sailor and the black sheep of his family is pretty well known very little is known of the personal side of this celebrated playwright People who have been deeply moved by his plays and especially especially es- es those who were touched by his Strange Interlude which will willbe willbe be given by the Theatre Guild at atthe atthe the Paramount theatre two evenings evenings eve eve- Friday and Saturday March 1 and 2 2 have often asked What Is he really like Little Is known about his personality because merely merely mere mere- ly he is thoroughly uninterested in shuns publicity it His shyness is isnow isnow now proverbial When out o of the dark of the rehearsal rehearsal re- re o of Strange Interlude when Its presentation was first being prepared prepared pre pre- pared a brief suggestion came from froma a quiet man sitting alone everyone was a bit surprised The man was ONeill O'Neill Ho He slipped in and out of the rehearsals without anyone knowing He even sat by silent while changes were being made When ONeill O'Neill Is in New York he stops at a quiet hotel in the Forties and keeps much to himself lIe He is appreciably annoyed by flattery and attention One hears f few w persons call calI him by his first name Among those who do are several sightseeing sightsee sightsee- ins ing bus announcers acquaintances of other days and nd of course no en enof end of wandering sailors with whom he has shipped on one voyage or another another an- an other have that prIvilege lIe i is seldom seen about Broadway even though he was born at the corner of that thoroughfare and third Forty street he was last in New York lie he is now somewhere in the Orient Ori- Ori ent he consented at the behest of coaxing companions to make his tour of the and night clubs At Its conclusion he an- an it would be his last lie He likes to go however to Madison Square Garden for the prizefights and six day bicycle races races-a heritage bent heri- tage of the days when he used to spend all his time lim n nean al' al the old Garden just after being being- expelled from Princeton and one of the tho few Cew persons persons he Is known to have expressed ex- ex pressed a desire to meet is Tex Seats for fOI Mn 11 O'Neill's Strange I go on sale at the box office of- of flee fice of the Paramount theatre Monday Mon Mon- da day at 10 o'clock Because of the unusual length of thIs production there will be two performances only at the Paramount theatre on Mardi March I 1 and 2 each performance starting at 5 30 p p. p m. m sharp with dinner in intermission in- in tel mission from 7 40 until i p. p m m. |