| Show IN LONDON THEATERS I Special Correspondence June 1 enough I LONDON L considering that ono ot oC them Is 15 based bas on a I Incident and the theother I other on a best selling American i novel 1 theio promises to be quite Quie a similarity between a 1 new play Co n the German which Harvey Is about to produce at III the London AdelphI and Millions which Is duplicating dl ut tho Hicks Heks thea theater theater ter the big success which It scored It Is across 1 the water Incidentally doubtful if any on other ather underlined I for COI production In lldon this season se on Is 11 pr arousing halt so much curiosity and anticipation as IS the tho German Ormal ono ole men mentioned which Is called caled Great Posses IMS and Is II the work of ot Karl Hoss Hossler Hossler ler The original Der DeI though accepted by h ono ot oC the principal theaters of the fatherland has ha yet yel to tobo bo he there but when wien It Is It will wi make lake o n sensation as tho adaptation Is s confidently ex expected to do hen Tor this work of or which Is a tragedy Is a a sort or Of sequel to i lit h New Testament story of the and the young man who had ot possessions and who was WJ hidden bidden to sell lel al ill be lIe had hlll ind Imd gUo 10 to 10 the Iho 1101 poor speaks highly ot or It Itald and ald tho theme must have hac been beell handled the play with some dexterity certainly would have hae been vetoed by byth h th British censor who seldom beldom consents to tho production of ot Biblical plays In JI Greal Possessions however Iho tho hero Is named Jamed simply Imply Nathaniel while other are ara Ruth and ami the second of these parts by hy the thE way Wa being taken In 11 the AdelphI production by Suzanne Sheldon Mur tIn Harvey Hrc of course Is tho he hero and he Is said ald to have hae a olden golden opportunity In the tho second act of tho drama dram when In Ina II IIa a a long soliloquy Nathaniel tries ties to at attain Injunction tain to the tle tell reI meaning nf the tho The Tho ItOI of ot thc tho play pil begins just nt the moment when Chrlot looks In 1 lal of oC tho row nt the retreating figure nuro young younG man I and Ind the authors object Is Isto Isto to show that In rejecting tho Divine In Injunction junction to HIve to the poor Nathaniel took the roud Crazed with tho problem of ot hid liU wealth walh h ha tn I throw his to the winds tho horo thu In odd similarity to 10 of oC I American farce further urthel along nong In II the West Welt Hut in III the Herman tho end I II tragic tho Ihl owner onel of the tho great IQ dying at the tho hand of or an I assassin A tontine of ot the flossier play pIa pIato too to IH Is tho Iho fact numB nunie of or ono of or thu Iho Is I Indicated on In thu lh program only by hy a I blank Tho general hele unions people hero Iere who take tn ke an In Intermit In 11 this thin wort lort of thing in Ii that 1 tie ea t Mr I who ho ap appears appears pears an 11 must have o 1 part resembling re that of oC the Iho Ore Greel k or 01 the Wench l nut but thin Is only It I IH Ii lold that Har Harvey la vey P who Ills hil at nl the Ada phi with hla hl play piny The rhe Dread of ot th t has faith In II nat possession Inel mi will wi mount it IL with wih The rho ICCI however whIch In Is In n open In n mull 1 Iah town un 1 throughout Tho drama U II In four Cour arts orl H und probably nil wil bo he produced In oma time during July I If It el Is of mi UI appreciative I llon b hl must this I hll mad mado a 1 grateful to ton II n 1 actor and to 10 both bolh o f whom lift 11 rather n lot lot These ore are Mutts ud ill 11 de the founer rOmer of ot whom hal lim hH Truth 16 only a 1 partial nt uie nt ot or Iho hill nt of Dm Iho I I i I I I the tatters work In the adaptation of 01 which Fitch l made for Car Charles Chlrles l rohnl hns his carried It pst past Its 11 three hundredth per performance though on Its It merits as a pla It probably would havo ha run rn about the lost a week Finally however JI nights of ot Toddles are ar announced and when Cyril Crl reopens his bis hisIe liew Ie theater The Playhouse In July It will wil be with The Earl Carl of or ct el tho comedy by h Augustus Thomas tle which so much favor at nt home This production at tt The Playhouse will wi be uncommonly Interesting too since with wih ther the exception ot the star every ee member of or the cast will wi be an American As might be he expected nude found some In finding enough Transatlantic In Lon London London don to fill ni out the cast but It I Is now complete and ond with wih the tie coming of nr tho th Thomas Thoma play the American boom In Inthe Inthe the will wt get Het a n further Im hn Impetus petus At A present It Is going pretty prell strong though It Is Js evidently not a n good year for fOI Indiana here herl and tho have hu e been well wel advised In de deciding not to try tr Tho Squaw Mon Man ManIn MonIn In London for tor a I while In fact will wil be ending Us HH brief run rn at atthe atthe the about the time this Is li prInted The Thu Lost of at His Race Is also being withdrawn from Crom Dri Lane Inne after 1 career of only a fort fortnight night Both plays pla s were admirably acted and an their fn ure must nl t bo b set let down dawn to of o Interest here In the as os n I stage topic taille Meanwhile Millions Is crowding the Hicks nightly while Mrs lr Wiggs of or the thc Cabba e Patch Is turning away money mone nt ot and another American hit hi must tIRl be he credited to Robert who IK Is playing John funner In Man 1111 and Superman at the tho Court ono one know knew of ot course cour that his performance hud had won wal high praise In America but Berk Berker cr er who originally played the tho part nt the Court Is one of ot the foremost t younger English actors octor and U 13 to surpass In any Jn congenial role That hat Is a much better per performance than Is 18 however generally agreed A leading critic says suy Berker made mude John Tanner an unreal personage per e concerned with wih taking opportunities of f letting oft off verbal fireworks r 1 con cn contrives trives to make him hll a I young oln man Inn tangled ed In the meshes of at Intellectuality The fhe n I rendered by 11 Mr Jr Parker PIter a too on UI to tomake make it I possible Anne should tuko 11 I violent to him hll An Aa played by Mr Ir ono feels that Anne Anno Is g doing a 1 rr ll work In ing John ohn for CO I 1 and thereby him to 10 e eap from a 1 pausing phase which he II Inn like Iko the by hy The gum to 10 the til piece Is 11 IH II likely menly to 10 make It t more over In Tn Franco the Ih latest theatrical pro proJect In II of M I the theauthor tl author and critic who will wIl establish nn tn playhouse In 11 tho forest of ot ho hl him 1111 a I I neat WIIt Ho Jo 11 had the l lero In bin hl mind for fo a 1 long hut but took no 10 UH IH realization fearing opposition llon from the tho municipality Ollo that hil the Ile nut to tho Iho muni municipality but to 10 tho lio ho sought mill nd 1 tin t r The rhe Ii II propone to 10 In II an ni in I io produced of ut hil plas lII at lt II 11 IM II to 10 wiit 1111 2701 IC he i 11 In il et The fhe production will wi probably liu he Iu coup CO et IOHl l and nHI lifter 1010 vf f the with M I 1 will wi bo II Iule WN |
