| Show 4 Greek Creek Tragedy Arouses A rouses Cheers in London out Our London Literary Letter Special Correspondence ONDON No Not feeler ler LONDON L ought to be a cheerful young OUI man manto to today I Until thus reek he hc WIS known 01 t to a lImited circle ot of a mis the tho editor of oC ono or of the smaller EnglIsh Like everyone el else o who hiI has se se toot foot on the I of oC Grub street ho he had writ written I ten Cen n a pia play 1 it Wil wile 1 IL tragedy I IntI even een more than 1 a fleet Oret ordinarily I is allt and according to 10 tile tho usual on tile Iho sub subJect was os les lees lIkely to see Beo the Iho lIght fIr suf dayer rather tile Iho footlIghts of IC a the Iho work vork o of au i 1 Yet lite VIrgin 11 as coiled hil his islay hUl lulls leen been ft at the ant and Mi huts I anti were l tue hart hearty oud vig Ig Irous erous as aN they were ed cd The Is 18 that tile nn new Mi bath I itu hand handIn In a hl theme In 1 a WI wiLy never lIewer forgettIng that hil his prIncipal oh jEtt to 10 get on with hi luis story tor Tim ho VIrgin Goddess follows cro care carefully ruly fully mat matty uC of the of oC nn ancIent Greek tragedy r In even ha has n a chorus whose hoe It I to out on the thA events ot of the drama The lak takes niece Il in 1 a single afternoon acton Q anti nil the Cho ChoH H scene n does not change th second anti thin thIrd acts beginning exactly where the previous acts Act l left of at the fall foU of if the curtain Hut al all these e and other lar lIar observances probably Ito lIttle to the POpular r Interest In the Che pl piece e eThl Tho story of oC the tite pia play tel tells ot of the t fleece ro happenIngs of t n a da day ni tin tile tho courtyard before the ter temple II of Arte Artemis mis In an Greek capital calt ArEIs Tributary towns are Iro itt In revolt nM anti are ora laying layIng siege tIle beet men In ArtIst have hao saIled awa away In ships hInt hays luw been lost lest tile King of oC his troops lIke a 11 man has hasti iua ti k n to praying to the tho vie Ir Irgin gin ful of th the ot of hl his and nd or of the tho I lace In dl p Ch the queen n has secretly sent for tor the kings I whom had I ex exiled because ot of jealousy When I appears prepared to head hend tile the tr troops opI anti save C the Iho et cIty the king I knowing that his brother and the Che i an are In love orders him to 10 len leave e ld and secedes to terms front the 11 Kill him that the City nitty be saved nell says the queen queenI I wi wIll 1 says H straightway to Co the Iho mi I I r Then speakS th the the mouth of bee H and lalI I heart Is revealed to him Th The deed hI he hA has dons as l not hot for patriot hot ha hn led himself to lel for desire of Ih time qU the hI 1 lint until he ha has slain the rl CitY b be le lie defies tlene anti ni all the gods and I sets forth fontin to 10 balo battle In iii spi spite or of hit hilt paralysis seizes hint him lie He struggles but bUl II vain and cannot cOllnot while the bate hatter In the cIty wals walls LIlt women and children fy fly to 10 tue courtyard o of Cho the t tern m Thor They too have hac heard the decree of oC anti and the death ot of the queen but holds out the tho appears an anti males that hue he 1111 shall slay her that the tho curse curo o of tile the goddess mi nitty b be withdrawn Hi Ito and the tho return of oC the Ion iong I missing warriors all the Ir are announced A notable feature of time vas tue Iho return to the stage or of that dil dIe American actress Ward ard ater after a of oC some years eare ler n as tIle tho aged agM antI mother o rut liar was van ono one 1111 long to 10 lii fr leIM O Oscar clr amId Ill this stare of oC tue tho At 1111 allo also lIne suited to their lel ties II lit Iho of oC anti tint tho rime rho pIn play lit If the blank tl that IR 1st nl ci ways II 1 busInesslIke lt at least un MW and then or of really high I as Tito Iho ot of Dramatic Authors Authon hall jnet just son Cn R a victory In Iania which sinews that IhM those who ho writs writ pl plays t In France wield far ar greater r dramatIc outliers Ph In other lAnds lu Ill ot of heinl being the tho slaves of M the they are their masters The They hlL hae com pelle two to theatrical hal ha to Co def defy the Iho rules and lon thorns to 10 theIr and comply lh their associated believe It II is In mu I II I al to 10 their IS that In any Olt eta control moro more than 01 one theater Time Tho enterprising Ir of the nl auth b by n a sordId tf to acquire more flUiro pelt Ignored the code todo of oC ethics ethic Into IC ICI ime to acquire control o of several theaters Antong th y I succeeded tl In securing the Ihl 11 l arM of thu tho anti I Royal Thu society pro n a ban of at a against t tl iii anti Ih under tinder n a All tiers bere of the society under penalty oC 51 I were ero forbidden to it r I Ilem wih 1113 Plays 1 Only e authors rebelled t tile the deC decree They Ther wIro were promptly eject d I Tile Tho e W I that tito Iho two antI the Iho three recalcitrant cre re linked tt te bY forte fore ot itt ills hn LOll could 11 from no I en I L titers tim th tatter thid I leli sell to 1 11 rh Chic hi has 11 lwon oinK goIng II on for tor lr The Tue got Rul Ile the wort 01 ot of otI I It amid at al Iut Bnell for tor They hl have to 10 Ie 11 I hh amount lount to 10 In an surrender Timey egren to 11 kc no to 1 Control mere than one Ino Ih tr trI I i 1 each amid tito tho society agrees to purchase I their leases leRe tine tho VarietIes and n The bl three playwrights t I been bark Into Inlo Ihl the fell but bul lost their ii LIt UI II to eale date The linal I n adjustment ot of tint Iho makes flo floI the I dramatic luters rut or the thea feld In control every theater In the tho dId draw I royalties from Crom HAYDEN sivery II |
