| Show h LONDON STAGE NEWS I I Special Correspondence orre ODO Morel March 31 LONDON L new ilS III piece The rIme Belie Helle of ot Mayfair will wll probably have been given Its lit production nt at the Iho Vaudeville before lefore these c lines are arc printed but It lively rum rota rumpus may ITaly be bo stIlted stated that quite luite n II time the pus PUH occurred 1 at nt one rno of oC the other TOY day regarding which how however however ever eer not IlOt so flO much as us a n whisper was II allowed to 13 get Into Inlo the er here her The TIA cause of ot the trouble was a 0 natural disinclination on nn Miss Mays Tays part to In bo l overshadowed by h anyone else elKI in n R pro production of ot which she fhe Is III nominally the time particular star nail the tha person who threatened temporarily to eclipse the th Syracuse e girt girl WOR pretty Louie Loule Pounds who Is silo nl o In III the cast enst of or The Helle Brill of Mayfair and who Is III a former favorite of much popularity In III Inthe IIII the time metropolis I The authors of pf The Time Belle of May Ia fair are arc Leslie Stuart and apt Hood amid on J the tatter latter of or these gentle gentlemen men mm IH is well known In theatrical cir dr circles cles 1118 to tn be one aims of oC Louie Pounds mot most mo t devoted admirer So Po perhaps It Is I not nol I surprising that In writing wilting his hili latent latest book aPt Hood provided Mien 8 Pounds with nn nil fat CI ILl t I part It H arts a it purl part In fact that Oat not only ran time Ih stars decidedly close eloe so o 0 far ns nM opportunities And amId numbers BO go If 0 but iUt gave gIte Ive lBs h Pounds what In Is known on un Iii the stage as nil nn nil entrance which promised to tim be one of the sensations of nf I the thc piece Miss lIu Mays ln 11 entrance Willi nothing to It II and amid when the t complete rehearsal r l of the took t ok place last Tuesday TUe time the th little lady from rain tile the United States was WAil observed to lis us listen usten ten with something like n It frown t the salvo from the orchestra and chorus which brought her rival rhul on arm And Anti now Miss lIs May Ia If IC you please said MI l the stage singe manager a It few minutes later when whelm nothing much appeared to tobe tobe tobe be happening on the stage Hut But di lim distend stead stend of making her entrance the American singer Minger rounded upon Leslie Stuart time the composer who Iho was standing neat with Ith Hashing eyes eye c e Is III tIlls this really to 10 be my may entrance Mr r Stuart she demanded demand In n what me lire known as 1114 freezing accents Why h yes 11 Miss May In I 1 believe bellee so faltered the compo rompo er l r while an all elo eloquent do quent silence reigned Then you may many ma have your our part hack back observed the th former 01 UI few CW York and forthwith swept from th time scene Acene while author composer and stage manager malinger hastily hashii took look counsel together and the test rest of oC tho time company stood around with ys es II and mouths open Of course with the th whole town waiting to see Sec the time American lIon In tIme the uart piece there WUI WU I nothing for tor both authors and amid manage management ment but hut capitulation timid so without more ado certain changes chane were ero malle mado In the lending leadIng feminine patti parts anti after these lied been submitted to her herMies Mies May In gracefully consented to 10 re return 1 return turn to the cast anti the day was wall saved Meanwhile though Cant Capt Basil Hood hoodIs l Is III presumably rather sick Kick ovum over the tho business there thero Is IH not much disposition dl po l tion tiomi to 10 blame Miss I A May for declining to I take c second place In u a piece that was wall written specially for her use S I If It Michael Mortons new dramatization lion tion of oC Tho Time proves to ho lie hon n Ct 1 SUCCeSS It will have to be admitted I that this American playwright ht IH is n ft I versatile man It uns Morton of nt course who adapted gloomy Resurrection 10 io successfully lucce und amid ho imo hoIs Is its also time tho author of oC The Tho time tho rollicking farce which scored oled Its It fiftieth performance at It tho tim Criterion the other night so If IC he bus hll also managed to make moke nn 1111 au play phi out nul nf of delightful hut htmL lint not especially dramatic novel notel too tio l io thing will wilt Indeed be ha a III In his hi cup cai Meanwhile It may mn bo TIC said that this stage version of tho the adventures of oC Col Cal Clive Ethel and nd the tho thorest rest lest has hns been matte made by hy Mr tr Ir Morton for I Tre fre who will produce It ItIn In ill London PS IS soon ns as time tho run 1110 mu of ot Stephen Phillips Nero ero cornea conies to 10 nn an I end cal anti that If It It proves proven nn nil success successful fill ful an all a the adaptation of Oliver Twist which Mr 11 tr Tree Treo gave recently the American merican rights will be ha available forthwith It should be a it too ton If Ie care careful ful ul iii painstaking work count for 0 I anything for Michael tells mo rue that he Ito has had hall this thin adaptation of at atI I TIns Tho In hand for tor or over three years yearn And Amid 1111 although of oC course courso courson u n leal 1101 of ot hook book hail bud to Ii bo be left out In iii transferring It to tilt tho Mage time the II story itself has IIII been altered In Ili no way mid 1111 In time the last art act we ve find the tho kindly k lad ly old lIld colonel eol murmuring ring uT ir ir Him Imn while Kind live after their many aro looking forward to ii church bolls boll The Jh 1 r cm nie n It II stands contains 1 four Lotte fournet net the tho tint first of which past passes es In Col Cal hlll l tIme the second nt nl Lady all ball 1111 I while in In I ii lie tho t rd a n Is III made to I the thO colonels house houseIn In lit 11 the Ihl fourth we him Installed In lii apartments with Hive I II Hoslo and mind time tho old iii lel ti Campaigner Cit iii and mid then thell tim en of nt course there in s the foal final nt It Grey frIars That till the piece will bo b pro Iru produced luI by h rice with much attention to detail goes gnes jo R without saying aln and both bolh bothIn he In und and whoever the Colonel Colon 1 In ill Inthe the 1111 United States will wilt have abundant is as a regards makeup and characteristics rim c irs In III I mm Doyles man inn II coun COUll counterfeit presentments of at o Cal Col New el come com 1 Cosmo Hamilton collaborated with Seymour Hicks In lit The of produced nt lit tho time thea theil theater ter 11 I ii thin II ml s week ho Ito ban hila another or musical I comely coming along III In u a 1 week w el or II two turn time tho run Ilin of lit yet ot another of o his hl plays bus hits just t come comae to tin 1111 end IIII anti and n a fain fourth tit hillS bus been announced man that The rue of Hath IH Is undoubtedly u ml 1 success owing to the lImo fact act that Seymour S IU r I I and a ii d his Ii is wIre wife ivl to h I I ito lI are aro popular partly to II the time fact turl that thU musical comedy actually has haK a It little plot hint and amid to thin tho fact that no un imi money hits has spared on Oil dressmakers bills 1 on aim pretty girls to wear weal the time dressM Ih e The Tile Is IA commonplace to n a 1 degree I do 1111 to t I It i musical comedy the time night If it you yiu 1 want to In II put hUt a n keen edge on aim III enjoyment of I f even of ot such lIuch 11 II play playas as all for 1 Jl It hUH nuH man years slime since anyone hiltS lias hu huI I ventured veti t to ta put 1 tit that hat t rather mthr r busty hll tr und it ad heartier Ii rt less drama d I ra I on ll the tho London stage sLim ge geill po ill tI tutu was an aim adventitious Interest In lit time tho at lit time the where we WI have hal had so Sll Si many really live entertaining vigorous performances r lately In Hh H it Is III difficult to toI Imagine I nia a It miKH 11 better be U ei I mm t of oC Measure for Measure tuna that given by tw Lily nr nail ami Walter Waltel nIter Hampden Of n fI lot lotof lotof lo loor of or tho text had to 10 be bl omitted for fir pro hiro sake ake anti torno comae of nC what was IM left In caused time the pit nit and amid gallery to ClItTIS BItOW |
