Show I WHO WILL BE THE NEXT Special Correspondence T ODO Nov Not Nn 4 There is a I rather lather LONDON L definite throughout time the profession t that at an nn actor will wi be b among the recipients of oC knighthood this year or Theme Theio helo baa hn been heel no announcement on iii Oi the subject of oC course there thol re never leer 1 is III hut but hit tim tho IH report Inns hUll such cuch cur currency rency that thal there thre la Is undoubtedly solute In II It I And iud of uC roars course as an to who the now theatrical knight will willbe wi willbe be le I Is keen koen kon one would say city It Il probably lay IW John Hare lar anti and Tree hut hit HUMP thip ar ruInous rumI that a n sur stir prise IH Is in III stole lt 0 Ie These hl e an 1 not hOt by II th tue king kins but the guy KOV 10 eminent and afteu such a i as 11 that thul of IC Alfred Ired an PS IU Pt t aureate It I IH he to 0 y what trust hat will happen On tuft other hand tilt 1111 knighted thus thul fur far have hiI of oC this honor There have hl l been on only olly 1 living Sir Bancroft and nun Sir Charles Charle anti and In lii each cacti OAk cany ostile tile tho en rendered 1 to tt tho thu stage was viii WI V record 1 i h ho of o o too well wel known to American A to need recalling und mind un although it ft t j s snow now almost al 10 I a 1 decade Sir retired l the tho reputation r In lit 11 gained M its 11 manager of oC the London thou tion UI ha has suffered C no 10 diminution John here Hare Is l in lii II wry mory respect reaped worthy worth of tic Tree Trpe nun has tt it I knighthood hl certainly worked Okell hard luard to get Iel one oae lie He liat 1183 ha made n ii lot of or notable tin an 11 has hal given 10 end of ot ble and 11 hits bus lUl lUlI M a I lur ICI ung that FC oem IIII I to II t be le out OUI wine ma ml I there I II Ii Alexander who ii iad n a really plucky 1111 sum probably disinterested i a it I ago a u to t encourage UK th drama dam but hut hid Imal to t I give Ive It up till he lie cover ex exen lenss en I 1 I think this ct that Sir Gearge O Alex AIx antl would sound uncommonly iu well wel llie hint of oC a n appointment however one oma nn the time n II tuv M Sir will wull b be tattled not to iii any an of thu th names wil mentioned but to that ue itt I F F U It Benson Benlon nale And Alit nl on second thought tius would not lot be b b surprising at t all allbut but lut lK ut the most worthy worth If IC not lot hut tl inot popular that thaI could b lie be mode made To 10 many Amerle ai this Iw tie unknown wilt will hello probably 11 I I IU but lucre here hee It in is synonymous with wih art literallY for Art ait of or orth th the Jen on i II Is tho proprietor of n what IK Is undoubtedly th lh the leIt In II Mn l the tune time trl He lie M 1 k popular in II London for fot the th rennon that he t closely CIel to the IIII Shak peare Sheridan IH nI Hn the U uhl fhI Mil an London I II uc ro fm for t I lions lull less s they the uri ilP ut r so 9 t iu null th erd In stage effects anti and nn dominated by 11 stars Mara a 18 as to 10 t frustrate trust rate completely tho the authors author Intentions AVIth Wih tho the assistance of if Frederick Term Feint Feln who wrote Hop 0 My t Thumb mind I nIl Saturday to Monday ton l V W Ja In Jacob lob cob haw has hal turned turnell luis bin recent short hurt story Tho The Temptation of oC Samuel BurI Into a ii 1 play pIn which Is to be put on Ott at lt the This Is IR one oae of oC oCth I the thi roost most laughable trines trifles that Jacobs ever 11 lies has written and It should make an 11 Interesting B By Ely the way l everyone who saw Jacobs Beauty anti and the In Tx is III surprised at lt Its failure in America Ono rather doubts 11 If I it I was WIS quite done Justice by Goodwin n anti and hl hIs company certainly It II was wal n It I rollIcking affair as Its played at atthe the tho lh C S S Sr To r a certain oun American dram dramatist who is 11 known to tunic fame however for tor work vork of quite another kind l Sir Henry Irvines Irvings recent death must have a n t Severn disappointment This Thill Is III Penrhyn Inventor of ot the tho famous Oil I who was second only ani to 10 tho the GIbson damsel In imi II popular favor Cor at sut It a 1 few Cp yours years ago Like most people who made unade a 11 hl big r CeM of at one Oi Oli timing this young oung artists most cher chor ishel ambition IB is II concerned with some som something tIming thing quito anti and an In II his hili ease It Is isi JI A years yen or two to IJO ago Mr Ir who spends a n l large 1 part pat of lt his tm tim In London wrote his first stage piece of t any Importance a tragedy In il ru one aie act ne anti and thinking that he hl ht as its I well wel utica aim high at nt th the outset sent Melt It I to Mr Sir Ir Henry Truing Irving Not ot Ionic he ItS wan WIS delighted 1 lie he ond by 1 receiving a letter leter iron from time the 1111 h actor Ictor the time play to produce it as soon son lP lie is the opportunity cune caine calc But Hut M Ith lh ac nc actor tills tor great Irest us well as RH small that IH is II an 11 elastic term For example a 11 friend of ot mine line who uhn hid hal n a play IlIa by ly Ii one Olt of oC the b bt best t known Imol of o over three UI years eals ears a 11 ago o Is it stilt still waiting to 10 see lee It put iut on 01 the time stage Irv Ir lag fn proved no to the rule 1 No o doubt lie fully ful expected IX ell to appear in iii inthe II time the piece itt t some time or another during lit hil his i farewell tour lour in Iii America but the fact remains timid he died 1151 without producing It and so Mr lo IO loses es lt tho the Ini that such uch a 1 production thai tion lon would have been to him hll In his hil ef cf effort tort fort to gain gall gem recognition ns as ni a 1 play pla playwright wright right gi At last accounts thin tho Inventor of ot the Iho un 11 was vas working on n a play 1111 tila of or which ho h hud haul red great hOI hopes but which lie he hI did not nt Intend Intelli to tn offer t to tn any Iny manager until aft r Sir Henry Irving had produced Ms hl t S S S Thore hore was 1 a It 1 particular kind of roar rest with which Sir Henry Hen Irving Irvings first Orl audiences lenel used 10 always to tn met greet hII rl thu Ih ordinary pro 11 pig quite to tho the occasion I J i Hr bend that roar accorded to un an other th r actor Ictor till ti Thursday night when wien JI II U D 1 IrvIng Irvine made his nut first bow to the time In Lights Out OUI failed ailed Taps In the United Status States which was 11 Just ready Ildy for production in Iii J Sir sudden lullen death made postponement necessary nr Time The be younger Ille IrvIng Irvine was WIS producing the play Ilia and owing to tIme the more titan then ordinarily affection that thit existed between himself mind Ind his tile father l whoso whose who funeral he hue attended last ho hu would have wished to delay dela the lue tion much longer If his bis hl own feelings hurl hud been the only ones onca to consider The l Ivell to him doubt ices was partly portly In recognition of ot this fuel fact file and an partly also ho n It I tribute to the memory of Sir Henry But nut tho thu grout applause at nl tho the end In l oC or the tho 1111 luy was aa I for or the letor and 1111 for a n aLly ably and company and amid Lot for u ti I PlaY piny that was strong und lud simple and In 1 dr going toliu straight to Its It I grim conclusion without letting to su u for Cor a moment Part larl of if IC ICI Ito I point tho gulf cull between and non noncommissioned commissioned Is lost here as lS was probably the tho case ease nt at home but bu tho the story of oC time tiu th aristocratic lieutenants lovo love for Cor the servants daughter and its I tragic outcome Is 18 BO so 0 direct Illo and am con convincing anti and so fertile ferte in effective that arise naturally from room the sto story story story ry instead of oC being In III hOI that the time play ploy Is III sure euro BUrl to be he a 11 sue suc SIC mt cees rel at lit lt tin hit tl Waldorf This is of oC course now 10 under the time of ot time the Ihl Lights Out Omit being their production |