| Show I IN lit LONDON THEATERS S l I itI I Corr NUON Oct OCI LONDON L I L it ut 1 the Ih first 1 performance of r Alfred latest play pIH Th Thu Barrier k as the th play If I 0 is I bout about Ii as a M ir tt There rh the kind of applause at 1 the Ih end of the that ilmi spoil spells 11 IU c ia unrestrained en n and nd genuine til 1 act e look the th at titi It over play of th tIe first rank had a If we d t I an ot K 5 0 far rr Kr at t least w ILl a goe goes And AndI something happened Pl I then hn I nd players lost lISt their grip on Ibe h audi me nee n and nd at t the end d disappointment tin eloped us Ik like a fog mg rn of ofa But this gives hardly hardi a uL fair faira Idea a play pia of which great things thin had lied been expected and nl which came eam te near to fulfilling It its promise that with some me n It may ma Its and atud lid prosper proper like yet tet pI redeem pledge pIedt The i 1 h he Walt Wall of Jericho and John s Honor for In sheer clever Ier cleverness cleverness ness n It Is I a play pIa than either Apparently Ap l t was Mr Butros bold Idea to 10 take lak all aft the characters and situations of l cent society melo inelo melodrama drama and show h ow w us II what whitt a It master aster hand band could do with them n 0 we Wi w had hadIn hadIn hadIn In The Barrier a popular actress re me retiring tiring from th Ih stage to 10 mil rry the the th lh younger oun r son lIOn of a duke duk conquering I family objection objections by her hr charm and ana getting on swimmingly when hn suddenly sudden r confronted by 11 a ii man alan who had provid provided ed d her w with Ith a U past pt by b treating her badly bad He promise to 10 keep if It she he be will help him win the Ow affection of the th daughter who wh ha hili has been betrothed to In him because he hf la 18 ii a mil mit millionaire the Ih ducal family need n ds money mon But Bul the dukes duke daughter think th the millionaire odiOUs and cant atut bear the si sight ht of him Vcr cry r iiiI 11 then Ihen the actress will III prevent tho thu marriage and nd let 11 the I h villain reveal her secret eret if he be h will It El sounds an sat It If It all Il came e straight from a dime dim novel hovel hoveland and like enough It did The Th dif dlf ferenci feNn Is I that th the characters are all 11 alive and nil deftly endowed with qualIties dualities that thaI make them Ihm uncommon uncommonly ly II I interesting Ho ala n everybody is it keen to If t know the h outcome of the problem thus thu stated In two acts 11 11 But from front here on Mr dutro seems to lose IBIO his hi hold for fr a am noon as 55 a the tha plot lot thicken thickens the th character develop development development ment that made hit his beginning so at attractive attractive attractive Is I no longer required and It becomes become almost almo t Impossible to tn follow out jilt his hi plot without Ion ios of distinction He H had to introduce unexpected and d evidently his hi Ingenuity fUI d The actress act sticks 11 0 to her runs una the millionaire carries carrl out his hi threat In good old fashion IOD and In III Ina ina a 1 scene acen that would have ha been n highly effective If It the very nry care with which the th characters character hail had been n drawn dra hud hudnot h hnot not distracted attention from the tho main point their Individualities ob obtruded obtruded obtruded Well the heroine Is I so an 0 truly rilly nuble Hobie that thaI after the thu Ih villain Is III kicked out jut she Me Is III forgiven and d the Ih drama would be bo over If tf It II were ware not that the playbill announced another act In Inthis Inthis this tb act art It appears that the thu Ih younger son Soil try Iry as a he will 1111 to In for fur forget get ct his ladys lady past put cant quite get et over It His HI love for fr her has hall cooled Of course sIte she IIII discover dl the th fact despite hi his hili attempt to con conceal on onIt coal ceal It nd him and we weare w ware weare are given to 10 understand that she h eventually bestows bestow blo her hand on a amore amore more faithful talt and experienced ad The Th Frohman hman management ment had 1 a wonderful east cast for fr the thu th play Merit Tempos was the hero Cay baa hie Ie A K Matthews Matth the dukes duke son MOn MOnard ard Lilian MCarthy MCarth Allen Alien Ayes ADt worth woMb Michael and Eric lAw Lewi all of Item tham players player of or first II rat rank rail were among the others ote In the thu II bill bil London Landon hail baui bd the Ita 11 first Sight night of ot an un Ann Ar r rIcan Ican play pi t III l week wk aa eg an a off t to I Ithe the production pru n In America mer of I I Arthur Joes Jo latest two 10 plays pi fI fIon his own on country saw Haw thorn them The Th oni u udon 1 Ion don ln ivas v for rca rei ri ria Sons ons a aside u rout lb play 1111 for It I the d opening of nr the Ih queens In lit just of ol Fl Pit Circus slid and 1110 h gave IYe back bk to t I Lou Lon London Lu don dois 41 that tt 1111 actress acU Kills Kill Jef Jr Jeffreys freys fi aft after her hr long loa and a successful tour tur In the th Ih It Hr Her hue bus bl 11 t Heath has I taken over 1 this thin 11 hu for a 1 season 8 mid a apparently nl him I isis M Ild a food a start f fm n I H 11 1 B play Tin Tb TI ru ugar r Howl Is I 81 py In iii 11 l i u l It I is entertaining mid uni nl often of i I Will wil willy all nd stud It U keep Kills 1 I Jiff n s on the tl sta ut ta i 1 or nr tn tee tune There Is I II so hla In I The Sugar ur urto Howl Ba I Ito to lo Indicate tint UK its 11 author Is It I an sit Ameri American can cn It I dials deal with th th the affairs sirs of ur a ayoung aal ayoung young al woman Hearing SO 30 S who has hi ha l I e n and suid u pd out Bt nine s h but In getting tl ia although a gK 1 match tf for her h i IH Is I or of the Ih l l Importance to It t her hr ambitious mania Hy Ity Hya I a pretended a this mature matu lium ru ruIn ins Ine In attracts th Ih the of Sir Basil 11 Luring a distinguished and a fascinating British home burn bo for fur a I rout rest rtH His H Hi polite Interest re t in II h hr r al at 1 once o brings bring to I her hr feet t th the sacine alII who 0 had been neglecting h hi ht r and she hu h a Iv the th eminently feasible and ald practical ld idea a of asking all the I g good d Mr Sir I mail Basil Dl to iii tt i i t Si to 10 her har Ir for far a is ah h i month on out the theory Ih that t f If II I on OM OMu u II fly I i s in sn 1 bu bit b induced to t 0 to her luer Ir sugar ugar r bu butil 1 l I the ri others h will wi begin n to 0 thither also bo Of 0 tours ou the e di 41 fa fal U In II with this tl Id a as any nr astute and nd rn mould a ur of ours nur wheat W WI the I iii ur nth month Is I up Ui th Ih deeny d By ly ka dropped IIpP 1 n to i and wanta II hi hl hip sugar auar ur bowl all II to 10 himself Hut But thre them were wel with wit another n ti 11 a titled hilt Inu 11 julle ul itu blou and Ild until Ih fourth u ci I 1 we WI III are supposed tn I 5 be benil b nil d A cub Ith 11 charts l Ie lash l I everything should ifo Iol foi ful iii a Ml 1 of if r moy fn hi 1 I the I fourth act balsam bl su ass old uld 01 family I lau hi yer er ind a young girl rl m tin uler hc n I Is III I nothing fresh In 11 the lh play bin bUI li I f is I wll i and I pa K I witty wity and 1111 now aunt and HI then h 11 i i h of nf re 1 feeling I The T audience was wa evidently well vell satisfied with wih The M Bo ROi Hio I I arid and Mn MIK RI was t I ti how hiv hn her lur It I In Ii F rl pirate I VIM tint to In record that her hr new ilav IR hiN hil 1 fair to 10 ho hi a U ii for fu Mrs MM lt H le h two tai dramas Mr M IId The Th Great rt enn II wr re ni nf hot I II no so I fortunate She h hi his not nol hit hI on nn n n bit bi of Bt prosperity clue MI IP II l Mice Mico and anti Men o 0 It I would wold be l almost worth while t I trun trun run scenes the Ih Atlantic for fr a I f rr fr i holiday just Jut to 0 HP so IK is u i C CAthes Athes production of An As A Y n Lilt 11 It I at a His HIli MaJ theater that It I hM hin ha haI no Ito I one feature of sensational nalo I nurit n rl but for general 1 enl ness n It probably reached rah about n ui high a level as a It Is I t I g 1 Perhaps the Ihl finest ede da of or Shuk h i shears u poetry in is l blunted n na I md i 1 then Mid and a perhaps rh Lily Liy r I ill 1 I tIe tle I artificialities prevent lieu hei h fruit fr us ii a Rosalind ROld so nearly art idil as 8 Julia Jul Jo Marlowe for tor Instance hut hull hit th Ih average I ve Intelligence of the I h m an anI li ii I mora mON than ordinarily high an anti each apparently plays pia for tor the th com common C mon mOD g a good K 4 he takes lak the th part o othe tat r the melancholy Jacques Jaue whose whom name nam he h pronounces Jak anti and to tu tuhO ii nhom hO he lie Il given a cynical fla tnt old aid libertine effect rt He flu H gives give the tbt th lines of ff All AU the Ihl lb worlds i t Li stage i casually cl and between bites at an apple pp The Th Or Orlando Orlando lando tendo of ot Henry Henl Is I p all notable Ainley rather eat earlier Her In I his hi career CArer to tJ be b merely pretty matinee Idol Hard work in urn am earnestness of nf purpose II developing him hini Into a it Hound ull manly thoughtful actor tor Ct I Pianos for Rent M 23 I West WI tat 1st til South |
