| Show r i GOSSIP OF rj EUROPEAN DRAMA RAMA I Haddon n Golden Silence Martin Hr ey I fit Last Another London Thin Its of 0 Dolly Letty 1 nn n nn nn n Special Correspondence Oct Get n a play which suffers severely from complaint yet yel ho bo and SUCceSS uI It looks that WilY way from the mulch crIticized new lIew drama drains 11 by Chambers The Golden SI SIlence hence lence end outworn all ci Is its backbone till Its central Idea Qt n ii miss voluntary surrender of oC luci hel Jovet to a younger uner woman fill far less suited to tn him yet ot there Is iii much In Its ta integument so much ingenuity in its Is O craft unforced In its III dialogue In so many Incentives to good acting that In split spite or of all the tho It leaves It its 1 w hearers bearers to Is n velh or of It even That Is that really counts for tor the tho life ot of n a play piny One peculiar feature or of the per pc Is that Arthur who hio 11 gs would naturally ally bo be to choose thin tho h best st part hits has token taken a minor role leaving th en tel of the stage t to Mills 1 c halos 11 taking I but not Inspired no nc notor tor Furthermore Mr ures as nn an morlan deserves grit lt I I I t tO 10 I ii Ihl I lie oh Jub bail 10 lie tho Idel idea thuit twang slang Ind ansi bang are oro not American attn nother peculiar tact fact that Vue 0 lot let hiI hiss In The Thie Si RI l nn flu exact repetition l of her bier lest previous part In Thin Tho Move and ond yIelds Ielda tho th man of her choice to tho th same nm charming young 1111 girl J La Dust who hH bias here this week In by y tha beloved nunzio lost host 10 no Iem of at her Glent great art 0 or of oC her bar Thu on onh only ly h rew now that nn tue he said about her II is that II lok ot while hair which so con her on tile oc CC cahon or of her test iii hi Eng hand and the lie united bits oinK I to its of Ilch Ichi u glinting brown SI brought out itt at II a London to the tho ProfessIon as the I house 10 lUI through th the tests teet of at iso 0 well tech that n a successful run lS as assured 1 It hues hus heen that hlll hues not been aum original II in his idiot lot too tuio lie linc or of 01 11 cily Country Countr but II in p to toof of at this objectIon the lie fid I It d f to get away awny frol rain tho of Captain I 1 love IlIe liar tOI foi hel 11 ankles des nut her bier feet teet thui tho NelY Pretty which for fOI the tho oel opera lt at homo the tho Dresden Chinn hi laive t their impression here Al As Doily proves ni all ne ac substitute for Cor Lain moser linser ont alit excepting for tor flue I audiences 0 lon she haR hia heel been given 1 a great deul ot of merited credit nail 11 all signs Indicate her success II Iii the tue Americans who rol fallow the theatrical IUS liens of oC may moy feel teel to toFee Fee how lOl long tile tho Stage lucre hara II Is going to Oi Wi thai tho lub tib Is h nol that Mr MI Hel to Il hn succeeded II in himself rIdiculous ty hy refusing to to give Ie Mar Martl Marta tl ta II In London lB as I it Is re do Pun Ot on al al I shies how hats much 10 go b by before thai tho Post tI hi lieu he huls wil ho abol aln ii Ito loth l SOlo apparently PartlY playgoers generally are vexed over the tho recent fiasCO just JURt justas ns as they semo when Mr 11 for Venue anla no ho ono talks M doing about I It And then lien It t II l dUl cult cull to let get lt lit lie censor who o of course is 18 to n a certain extent 1 a court count uller Under tho lord Moreover Mr I Interference In the tho natural order ue of things Is so 80 infrequent hunt hat anything 1 0 a 0 movement against scarcely Ret get meat to 10 feed 01 on Filet is s the tho of at It It Suggestive adaptations fol Iho ns its wel teIl R as musIcal comedies by byno byno no means devoid of go on being licensed until ono one forgets 11 thua there IR iii n a censor hut but then Cles conies a for tor of at nine limo with n a pier which hits hns been hoell net el ni all over the tho censor forbids Is Its hero Ot Of course Mr J hy has ha for tor his nail without question lie he Is onlY ly by a to protect tile the great Public Hut But It Is 18 11 wih with Juis tice hut the section of the tho hub 10 which Patronizes Is 18 small and Intelligent not to leed need the cel ceo sums sors I 00 Al As lie ho glows older rapt leSI 1080 con content lent wih titi his as 18 the tho foremost of oe seems to take tuko more und and 1010 more delight II iii the technique ot of lila his craft scorning an thing cas easy of oC attainment l keeping his lui eye ee on the Iho experIenced Play Playgoer goer who lies hUA Ion long since tired of COl COrL effects itoh expert rather r lien Ihan raw material So It Is II that the plot idiot of at Icly tM hO ln on en which lie he hM Iia been heen ever since Irl IrIs was rams two years ago antI which linus hns just been lucre hero under the tho Is 1 meager amid unpromising when set Iet forth II in newspaper type 11 ing ns as sortie melody clod from fromn with without out Cult the which tho hue com coin poser has haK ul and I It lely Letty Is n a In It a Lou Loudon don bucket of shady reputation A good 1111 gIrl Iel with taste Ind tem Ind thuit have won on the Iho or of Nevil NevIll el to mi I TheIr affair makes the tue play pin The obvIous thing be cd vIllaIny this 1111 UI ti UI a t virtue the typist with I it robust hero to tako her herIn herin In hil huls arms for tho lie Ilal final tableau lint Hut thin tho obvious thing does not attract Mr lr Mr Nevi Is Ut its round and honorable and n it genteman IR aim the tho blood ot of generations of ichi had bad will flue only member of oC tho hue ram Itoh ramly ly so far ns as anyone could Wall NeIs who had held her hor 1 1 nUe to I ii brute bruto of at I a anti ami hind bunted the other when 11 the hell heIr of the Latchi lers themes met betty by chineo chance encounter hue ho hiatt followed her with the tho Irol Idea that thai she sho tas ns not above n a rul ul II IntrIgue but discerning her innate fluid and superiority In mind and heart alien In love with her Intend and thus Won her hate loe In retain She hial halt starved herself nail hun Iun In debt that t she mIght hlo have the gowns In III which to take tako little Ull strolls 1111 anti suppers him w lau nosing ln hInt tf to ue e ot of her hor ut alas was a 0 nil Let Letty know This Thil Is the tie the ed by 11 Mr In his hlA nl flu st t net at which lii III t bach Jach elor apartments nn an Innocent nt at 11 is on Oil tOI am Letty eUy and two girls ot of her station ot of hilt In Iii thin tho second act staged on thin tho root ot of I it cheap lodging house houFe Letty recel 1 not the offer lt of she sho hiss tu tu expect hunt I a confessIon ho Is and fath fatherly erly to her hor to 10 11 thin etor of oC thu tho n a has hns boon J ln her bier No says tuner poor tI ny on kio know where a my towns Rio Ill huh von OU Npr says imor In ina It a great revulsion ot of to by clout n fl brok broken en hert heart Rho hue accepts lil thin man mail The ort net ps 1 in thin of lie salli In 1 a room ot of a tent sister Is sn say log Ing goodbye tor forever ver to 10 tho other nut hn hor Indulgent to stay b by keep tier from All thin the 1110 trio heaves enter Letty end her friends guests nih ot of h her r ThO Th person hrs begs to Uny stay and ami drink a toast in 10 the tho bride to 10 he Lu the young Inn man consents for Cor JOe hove ot of otIel Iel hetty hearIng hll his sIster thus the other man to their alon alone rho manners ot of hit host hoet prove to be unthinkable I Ho is II n it example Lety Lotty Is In torture You cant such a brute AS that pers No t I moans Letty Youve lost your It at his hilus shop Youre 1 ill anti hOI hopelessly In debt You havo nowhere eis to turn t I love 1011 you OU Come to me Act four tur I is almost to lie thu great reat scenic In lay ay Lord lArd Wo We an back bek In rooms At mith nIght on th lie evening retty has hns como In II a desperate anti passionate 1001 caring nothIng about thin the liberal ot of which I and only hilts love IOl Assured on in this point hi Is about to sun completely when word tord arrives tha lint sIster lies hils th the theother other mami le lie even cven lotty in his transport ot of wrath anti grief Al All that he 11 says or of hil hii of the tue black future that h he tor or her her applies Iqual tl to Letty startles h her r out omit ot of bier hor moot mood ot of Sho Shia him to let It her go after n a struggle wih wIth his he gently nt her bier forth SIze She returns In I ii huit of and a anti 11 again hue he helel lel heads her tortI though I It tell out his hils heart to do s so I that iz nih E n IIno o r rOS cannot wholly SIVO sum th the apI hotie tron trout I a tedIous 1 it itIs Is to plue two to I it halt yeats utter la Is the tho chap lH Cl r iii a n II I ii th tue till tales 11 of It 11 nit tim tho 11 am lip up ti II a I It to I uy that la Is tom corn II not mat vied tl ii n ii who hind INI for o Rots 11 t and nd lace In 1 n In last t 1 to 11 tah oi hil hits a 1 grave she ho lre Professes 08 lt foP tor S It vIvId char leer shone Rhone forth to great yr cr lien in In every lne of thIs thib iha I IH Mi h trans not lint 1 11 greater marvel of t worl hlll lint Hut lie Letty lies 1 it a Id ad 11 iii Ien 1111 Iris mis lu in t hd Il cry I It tal takes es esI I B step II In strength especially lii In epilogue Of tue Ihl of oC I 11 I Ii and IrenC h maize In I a the tue princIpal parts I It hp he icil iii ghi to speak too highly CURTIS nHON |
