| Show u n LOI LONDON DON STAGE NEWS Special Correspondence pt s It would be tot tor L to 10 suppose that nn ambi ambitious in blank erse 1 on the theme of oC Tristram and be lit the kind of ot thing thine one ought to 10 enjoy InJo more or thin one usually don does but hul the tit veteran Our ha haa writ written ten a Ilia which hJ h as IIA produced at ut the week Hk turned out nullo to tobe be 1 MUrff of real al pleasure to In pit ami an alike It II MUK Mund workmanlike drama for the Of I par parI and ami not a sacrifice of action and Inter Interest est lit to pretentious words Wagner took up the story for his h opera at the Ihl point where wh the Ihl lovely to 10 be lit till f bride of King Mark drank with h r the Ih supposed lIu poison polson which prof 1 to be tI a love potion In the Comyns Carr play pia we haia hI two stirring aits lellI before we reach the loe jetton The tell the story llor of If Tristram for Ireland In of or from ra radiant diant for the wound he got from poisoned spear ur In the duel that MIl saud thu Cornish h kingdom from the depredation of ot the warriors n that Ihal won for Tris Tria Tristram tram the Ih loe 10 of Cornwall Co rn lall and tho hs reil of ot the Cornish to whom Tristram was nephew and heir In tho Carr ver version Ir sion of oC the old story Mark fark to be berid I rid of ot and urges him to set Mt forth on the Journey urner knowing that Ihal the king kin father of oC Mordaunt and beull had owe to clay Ila the first Corn l Ith h knight who set nl toot foot on hl shores thore Jn In the on art we wt find fin Tristram In Inthe Inthe the Irish Inh court Ms Identity while hult ha hall cured urro him himot of ot his wound Fur For loe of her he enters the at lit the last lut moment find and de d feats the Saracen knight who Iho otherwise would hae been b n victorious In the tour tournament for tor her hand having thrown one by b one nil of oC the Irish champions There Thre M I a Mp II dramatic moment when TriAl ram triumph U h announced and It II li la revealed ltd that he the who ho Is II entitled to hand ham I II none other than the of I la brother He loves her too and Ind yet tt Is II bound to II demand her In marriage not far tor himself but for tor King J Mark It li I In the third art that we et the familiar Kone of ot the the tho fourth act Irl dealt deal out death dalh to the fated pair air The authors blank ver in I service serviceable able abl never ruing to great heights or 1 rationally Illonal to commonplace but nearly the on without d dela I Tristram and must be to be far Clr above the average merit And It II had worthy Interpreter In Oscar Atchi as King Mark fark Lily LilT Bray ton Ion at aa h ll and Md nn uncommonly uund straight for art going actor Lang in II Tristram Play PIa and players were Hr with en In enthusiasm thUlIum The London dramatic season Huon may ml b baId said aId to have han opened earlier arUn In the week with the debut of oC Cyril Maude under the tb Frohman management In on 1111 adap tation tallon of ot the new nt French farce arN Trip under the title of ot Toddles Although the of ot the tho adapter tr 11 not nol Riven Inn It Is t generally understood to tobe tobe be none other than Clyde Fitch The TM story orT I that of ot an In amiable young Eng En lish lord nicknamed To Toddle J dies who nev never ne er tr could make up his mind Even Enn on the very morning when he to bo be married for tor hi hh debts Mke kt to the daughter or 0 a millionaire rrt t find him in i td Nod half an hour th time set Itt for tor the ceremony trying to tu whether or not he shall wed Hit II prospective p an Aunt whose whole daughter r ho bo ha to In due course A widow 1 a money r and various other tr make L i lively I for dear Toddles until the re redoubtable reo doubtable aunt walks oft off will lIh his trousers Toddles having Rent away awn nil nf oC Ills his other clothes for Cor forthe Corthe the honeymoon Journey Journ climbs comfor comfortably tably Jack back Into beJ relieved of oC th Ih of ot making up his hili mind This was the situation nt the tho end of oC the rec PC art arU But Toddles Is III captured and carried ort oft to 10 the wedding In III his hll py JI jamas and jet 1 cc then It II Is III quite be ond him to 10 ray rayjes M jes HS ul at the Ih proper time ho taU falls In love lon with the Ille girl he has lias flouted and all mils u Ill ll It la Is tau easy to how much of oC blithe Irre Irresponsible there was In tho Iho original French Frinch version enlon and ant how bow much the English version has suffered by the tha convention But nUl It Is Ie all and amusing and give an excellent and highly hl hl appreciated opportunity for Cor by b Cyril Maude Venne Alfred Bishop Nancy ncr Price and the other members of ot n A company Toddle Is preceded by b a Ii play pIa without words ord a n version of oC Al Albert 1 bert Chevalier of oC the oM story tOI of ot The Scapegrace with Incidental by br Jones Jonn That Thal uncommonly pretty American girl Pauline Chase Is III the chief figure of ot the little play Iia which without her attractiveness would have hae been rather dull As AI a arule rule rull without words word Is I ai as val valuable aI an artistic achievement as play pla Ing the piano with one finger fingerIt It would not lIot be surprising if It nil all hands hand at the Garrick theater were a tilt hit sick Iek over oer the result to 10 date dale of oC Ar Arthus Arthu thus thu recent action In con connection with tint first night dramatic crit criticism For or Instead of 01 falling In with the managers suggestion tion and announcing their Intention to publish criticisms Immediately Immediate the piece was wu a week old the London with one on exception has pointedly poInted d The Moral of ot Marcus although all hough one has hu no positive Information I tion on the subject It Is 18 believed that business nt lit the has lIall suffered considerably In 11 ion is II rough on W J whose adaptation lion tion of f his hll novel Is I said Mid to be worth teeing to ray fa of the at tt the and the feeling Is I that who ho Is III not appearing ap In Thi Th Morals Morall of oC Marcus should have hae postponed po his hie experiment if ho felt It necessary to II make It at til 11 until om time hell ho himself was creating an part Certain H It Is Urn that the Initial results of the new Oller at It the have hae ben been un and aM It II remains to be teen If It will 11 persist pp IH In it his bl subsequent productions bt be like likewise wise he CURTIS no |
