| Show THEATRE GOSSIP It was WAe Inevitable thiU the tha I I I tho should dramatized cn e bi of ot n melodrama to bo be tried hero horo next Benson George Bernard Shaw 1 IB 1 writing rl a 11 for tor the Irish National Theater So 80 clety Mr hopes to t nay tay In this all he thinks concerning the th Iruh 11 The ho of ot til play flay will bo nn In Ir and not BH wi reported an 11 Irishman In 11 The he German of ot offers a n prize of ot 30 ao for Cor tho bent belt of ot the tho arrangements of ot the tho stage of ot tho theater as II shown In the dramas of ot that tl t time 1 he must luet b I n In Herman erman Competitors mut ml 1 send In their worK not later March Murch 1 nO Don Dnn comedian rol III olleo H reel the legitimate It I I expected of ot him to walk on the th Mage and way The fhe king II dead l live 10 tho king Duly with much fear and trembling walked out nn on the n II time or two 10 and il Lour live lve tho kin Hes He dead The Th Intent from both London and ami Paris are to 10 the effect that there therl la Is lann nn absolute dearth of ot neW nev plays In 11 the tO capital Tho rho Herman O piny pIl market seems to be ho In in un equally ron con American man will bo be obliged to seek sek hinder IRel over for tor now nul material In their own country Air Ir latest engagement In I for to appear In Lon Ion London lele don next April for tor the telson He 11 will willbo wi Api bo be Been loen In a I now no comedy which ho hI will wil play there thoro previous to Its ls production In Inthe Inthe the United States StateR Thin comedy Is 18 by Sir Ir himself and was wall written during hl ble engagement In New York In Tho Admirable rich ton Augustus Thomas IB ta In writ writing ing n II new MW play PIRY for tor the tiie e of or John JohnDrew JohnDrew Drew next season Tho themo will wi bo I purely American and tho Iho char character acter to bo b embodied by b Mr rr Drew Irel will wi be b a B type Rough Her After Ater It Its here Man Ian Manager ager Ir Charles Intend to tn pre lIre present sent tho piny In London wIth Mr Ir Draw Dro DroIn In the role written for tor him Mme will In America In November and Ind will wil make her first nt the Inlo theater New NewYork NewYork York on Nov S 8 Four of ot the 12 1 weeks week of ot her American tour lour will bo given Riven to New York Tho The rest ret of the time will willbe wi be taken by b Chicago Boston no ton phU and New Orleans It I Ii 18 even Keren years pine Ince she was 11 last seen een In tho United States The Dramatic Mirror Is I for the follow ng That cute little Itle 10 actress Edith met Teddy Roosevelt nO Jr at nl an nn open op n air performance of or A Dream and registered her opinion thus Hes lel n 1 nice little boy Ho toM told me m mM h M my m performance He ni He le has hs teeth and spectacles 1 like his hi father It I has haa been bee definitely arrange that Lew J I Fields In II to make his hi starling venture In H comedy drama hulit hul about the which time appeared In n P t 11 John J fheo pictures by I heon have hav been foi rOl no by Mitt hell and lm hl e been turned over to In Ulen who ha fui tUI n R which the firm 1 M le well wel rowl Wil 11 th the London jutt C H f Hamilton a romantic drama by 1 10 wo women men Mis Maud llo ford entitled The Muster of ot the Kings Company Miss Is II on nn and u great groat of at Maude Adam while Mrs 1 Is I ft n nT Kentucky T nov II Mr Waller to produce the tha play In the fall fallA A funny suit wan wrung on Miller tier of Philadelphia by a who damages on thu tho ground that their houge nl HO 11 U It her hel to be become become come III II nd that tho crowd crowl was so RO she Rhe could not gel to tho fresh tresh ir or get Iet medical There Thore am aTo quite u number of at managers who would been glad to ha 10 risked Ilsk 11 such a asuit suit Thet Thel are ar mar mor stock com panle than over before year en Mirror Is III due partly porty to tho fui tad t actors are to 10 take en on engagements In many man rates M for Cor hll their usual The hu anxiety to t the of ot employment early for tor iho tho next regular teacon In II In Inthe Inthe the reduced demands demand of ot many players player of the rInk rank and file ro the actors of at prom prO lence However urn art their cua figures Clyde Filch the tho playwright collect In of at the tho enors enon foreigners In dealing with strange tongue Ono of Mr Ir IB la to to the sort lort of ot English that Frenchmen jomo tire 1 l A new nl addition wa made t this volume the other day dl It I was 1111 a n French tutors advertisement clipped from a 1 London Ion on and Ind It ran ranA A young man shall to show hie to classes of ot English Engleh gentlemen Address etc Henry nt lt n 1 given In hi honor by hy the tho Manchester Art club sald that he ht would from tho stage In 1000 l OO reminded his that It I was t yearn since ho trod tl stage ItI I Fifty of nc ae live lve work ni lB a n player la Is enough sold he h and when I have completed th tally to years I shall make my last bow to the public that has ha shown holn me so 10 much lovo patience anti s thy Ih I T take with wih mi 1 IH 11 I go o hick hael from tro the glare of the tho footlights u memo mem memory ory which shall Rh and nd pleasure urt lot to whatever period of ot rest may be my never won laurels ns 18 a n avery very vry great letor His Is st triumph was an al the ghost In his hla own uIn Hamlet His name was waR with thou of at and Kemp ICom nd almost all 11 his hla tragic characters wera created on tho singe by tho tha un l hit hIs comic onen by tho latter as M long as 11 ho lived Out Outside side Shakespeare made his hla way 11 In early life te ns RI a poet He Ie before the public as a writer of or narra narratives tives In II verse verae Tho critics of at those days lus dwelt with emphasis on hil of anti and he be was wu unanimously entitled Sweet RIe 1 Master became a 1 regular form of or address his con can Frank who went abroad sev wicks weeks ago ngo to pavo Ilao tM way lay for Cor CorThe The Prince of PIen company at tho Theater haH bal returned will spend pend the summer at lt hU his country countr place ploce arranging mean meanwhile while the thc details concerning the delula of Imo with whom ho a I contract for tor a 1 season of ot 20 weeks commencing next January with a I of ot tour four or five leks If business warrants It I Mme Imo Ivo will wi appear ar In The i 8 Inasmuch n nl Mrs Irs Patrick Patrik Campbell CAmpbel will wi use this play under Charles Charle nt It tho Herald Square Theater In October then will wil be a 1 Trench 1 and English version verion In op after the tho first fint of the tho year yearA enrA A n playwright has written n 1 drama 0 rn 1 half In and halt In French which U II to bo be used Jointly by Low Is Waller Waler the English I actor and tho 9 These Thue two prominent stage folk each of or whom has hll rather more than n of at the others language are Treat friends They have hae for tor tormo somo mo time to appear together gether t but It Ita was a only recently that the previously mentioned Parisian playwright who H Ha Ii a I mutual friend of or the two stars found meant of placing them on nn An equal footing by writing a piece for Cor their use half lit In English nd half In French Midway in the action the Url hero of his Play suddenly discovers dl that tha t the heroine of ot It 1 Is a French rench upon ho Insists that they converse here hereafter after In her native tongue The Te piece Is In one act and Ind It I U I probable that Wal WAI ler and 11 Ih It I at lit a mat inee Inel In London early In June Jun at lt I which time the French actress Is III OinK going to tha metropolis to play Ilia a short with |