| Show I LONDON NEWS pedal II I ut or r ri ii inc incI I AUK tuK n i Mu R l cum LONDON L L edv Id h hll ha hud hd 1111 Its itC Jay day 10 here declare delaree de lare George and nd as nn on ar nr arbiter biter lilter In these theatrical fashions Mr 11 speaks with lIh authority The fh Gaiety aft Arter r a It long I nt period of ot fickleness IR l I about to 11 return rpt urn to 10 Its Ita old love lot and musical mu comedy coined like Ilk the Ihl un unemployed Unemployed employed actor Is I lo to re r reM t for some Iome sometime om time limo to 10 come Hut HUl It II will not nOI be he a revIval of mere omere old time that we lire are to 10 The public of ot Ilk hat hal dies shirts a wig and his hili I fare lur from London to 10 Glasgow lie He declined tho time munificent and nail tho the part wan cas eventually given glen to 10 an nn actor who signed for Cor 10 I 0 a week According to an aO actor who ha hll has been en ventilating the grievances Irle n of ot the pro players an actor who now no gnon goe on tour lour In a 1 Xo o 1 I company to In play pl the th lending headIng part pari In n a London success of the comedy fIr im r drawing room type tp coUnts count himself exceedingly fortunate Ie If it he Ime receives JJ p 20 a week wk antI and an generally hug has to be content with less I Before BeforetIme tIme slump tel met in he could command SIR or SO O 0 a week for a n similar role rol The leading lady lad In such a company I off of In rotation they will willo agree to o the plan the tha theaters that thaI adopt It will ill run limo tho mick nf ot Irritating the pub flub public lie lic slid 1 losing patronage And Amid lId the Ih course OuISe 1 is 18 beset with lIh dif dlf difficultly One Omme manager Ingenuously I asks Dilks how hoe ho the Ulf stars the of peo pM people plc to deal with will take It to the Ibe Idea Id Idof of replaced by one olle day In the week Ik ansi anil whether the pub lie III will wll u ill like hike It either On 00 the other hand suppose UPI OM the understudy Instead In IM 1 of or proving Inadequate should hould make n a nhit nhit hit That ThaI might bo be to 10 the public but bul It II certainly would nul not please the star Ilar s sas s the manager who knows know histrionic human hum II nature pretty we wt w However the matter mallEr Is Ii I lb III can enn be hardly any an that the new ne Ian law will be a n boon to 10 the profession slot sion The TM French actor In a successful play ilia now no has to 10 make nine tune appearances a 11 wl Mk k m seven evenings and at t two to o matinees Sundays sail and Thursdays That Chat Is I too much work fork He lie ought to 10 have ha one Une day a week that he hp can an cull call his hili own He lie will wUl act ael all III the tile I better for tom It II the elder eider has lias Just given glen his first performance In th the o thea theater ter of ot his Home Homo for Retired Actors at Pont aux Dames Damos l Many Man Ian prominent net act actors ova ors and actresses gave their services and a host of people from Paris at attended tended ll has hn done ilone n it good work x a work that hunt attests his hll Infinite kind lies lIe of ot heart hart In establishing this home for outworn stage slag folk He lie takes great greal pride In him It and no wonder onder Instead of oC what remains of their lives In penury arid and misery er his hili nr am here ending their days dRS In peace and comfort I fr I has a knack of ot making people happy hIlPI He lie knows know II Just what tho Iho ho veterans of ot the footlights hlA ne 1111 l and amid provides It II for them gener generously Gulch end the IIII shade of oC the in n IL I beautiful park they can take Inke life lite easy and fight their stage slag battles over again No o monument that muy mu bo be I erected to the great comedian hereafter snore more worthily perpetuate his I memory than this Ihl Home of his hili for tor re me retired reo i I tired actors It is 18 to 10 be lie hoped that means will bo be found for maintaining It long tong after arler he has haa gone BROWS BROWN I I today I Mr Ir r sa M aC would n HintS Mand It 11 the they hue luve b been lIeen n far farbe be beyond on t It Musical lukal comedy lItH will break reak breakaway away in two to 11 will Mill be bt a ad d rather than a revival One nfl line will take tab the to tosi toa si a artistic and n 1 highly 1111 flirt pro lu 1 of vf the th musk muM J remedy comedy singe Mage The fiber nth r will the Ih audience to In Inh a ah h production pt 4 t ue extra l London H wants wanta Int lightening MM amul ml In tim th long IGn and winter months month and the change will undoubtedly be 11 welcomed l I y mc mil moul i who sr are nn an theaters for th U b bIk U nt of their enjoyment how liow Her tN It U may eM the feelings of f Mod ti e ever er r on eu the thew hook w k oat nut for tor or the 1 anti and the d lie do doa lieI I a th the lilt increased hut of nf theaters and amid ant the number of people there Ih undoubtedly Is Ii I II C slump I In cetera actors salaries here Offer effer If me mar aa AI engagement at fJ U 3 til tila U lI Ua lIa a w week k for tor tnt years ur ar certain and suet Ill take lab It this r MI na was I made In ta all II s only aidy a I few fen week rek k ago age agoto to 11 a ho wn owns severa pro provincial N rights by hr an Icier r of f c r lder able lib touring Inuring who h hn riM fIt long leng ago Gald command sat US Jt m om S 4 44 a week and was out if tit o an nt In a still Mill more re rint nt 1 a see e an actor MOr or was wa offered elfr an uc as h rv V VI lead I on tour In a popular melodrama which has ben been pU ng to t Wg big bush busi business buln bushness ness n The term II he tit ww was a ak kH to It oc reft tr JU S sis n M per ne k He was If t 11 to AM a h at suIt a leung ut tuti an in n e suit Aad n l la a tP not nOI to in mention a ama araa amay ma raa may If it Me h Is II fortunate receive r hf It U l r f U 2 In nine t c eo out Oln of oC ten If 0 ah s ha ball baa to 0 her Mr swat own II n for a It tr wh h h Ii probably b slyly ably 1 dora doe i oi tan last aft fw fer n more r thas three months it Its U 4 it question of eI and d do de demud mud maud MM saM I a theatrical r when I I asked sJ NI him M whiZ what hat h d the Slip fla plump Mump Three a se EON d del deal of twp tsp p ply 11 and nothing tike like as s much demand demandA A man mAil Is I not nol golic JI elt to tn pa pay 5 f A wk If he hp can ran get equal talent toe for U 12 I la Ii U ft f likely Ami AnI there II Is al ala aiwa at room at the top The fact that there are rl so 1 Uhf many Mage 11 struck IdIot nb about ut In ht th these f day Iky who ho are r willing to d do tar for r next neat to nothing says MIR George n 8 make matters aw any 11 better bUer fr faa the Ut S SS Theatrical managers aM In I Part Pars l ar are I Borr worrying ln a good gONS deal OT 0 over T the aw tIIA law la Imposing Imn one legal day da of reM meet t In seven even How It ii Is I u tt be bI carried out flut I Is what hat them On that th Ih y are arf all at al sea ML Parts Pan with lii t theaters theater on Ott II Sundays Sundar if kI almost alMOt unthinkable Lest 11 things have hate p v revolutions 11 m In it th ta the jr pr gy y at It 1 ha side itt It jt mean a greet great lose 1 of ef f money mo t u ma th Ih the pr r for lor r the SUn San Sanday SUnitA n day itA performances ar a are the th most moat m profit profitable I able of the th we wt week k The Syndicate of If advocate wl the U e Ing Inget nf lit the flue th theater en n Mo loHa on ova Sunday 1111 arguing l alJ that as II Monday h t the th woi wo paring laing t enIng of the week t br by I following folios log rath u h M II courts n U rr fr r half the Ih v Ar ar r at least leaa t would rave rate money mOil of ot losing It An tny bow bos the hI will wm have hut M ua o elf eie t c shut till the W one asic dar diy e week ek k or giving eer Pf ery member af of the Ib theand mimi ml any and ami 1 1 the tI on one OM day da In U 1 d |
