Show I IN I Special Correspondence OV His In light ro L mantle which some lome at atliS liS ii caught aught IL a at al the tho rehearsal much It If time the productIon or of TIme The Vicar or of It Is likely to rt rc 1 In tho ho future of oC suit Bult In 1 a bl big chango opera for tor tt It Is along lie tine Uno that has hall been so often ot of late hint that no manager has lured darell to follow tollo Iz a plot almost as definIte and com coin completo pleto ant 1111 an ordinary play music that thatis I is worthy of oC serious con consideration Iy ics that In almost every onry case grow directly out ot of the dialogue lost last and ond best ot of plenty ot of real humor without u tunny man ot 01 tinny low COnt comedy It If It the public wilt will at last have popular opera In English that tills Oils part ot of tho vast gILl gap between opera opert musical comedy The Tho Vicar of Wakefield wilt lit not be bee bei i 1 1 e F i z 1 J r v Jt f f f t 1 w 12 and ot of detailed cornmeaL on this experiment must ho be post till 1111 thou thun SlIme It Il to Sll say that thaI itt at tho rehearsal It gave high promise ann that It will lie IH b by the tho pro tour It Is to make before Its 1111 tint first night In London ot of course courle tAkes the tho therole role roo ot of the VIcar anti Is also his own I manager It was his own Mea idea anti book lint anti wore written on corn com commission mission tram from him wits was a queer about ahou the writing of oC the tho music Ito Ite decided that whose Persian Garden he hind had nil all over the United States was Just the tho tu to the music and lie he wont UI 1111 to her hor London flat to see h her r about it Il This Is the lie rut rest ot of time the story Re liS told It to me yesterday Before DeCore r I got fot around to tIle Ibe subject ot of my call she suddenly exclaimed ti IIII ale David Dald Ive 10 got a great Idea I think I shall borrow Sir ir IrvIngs version ot of Time The Vicar or of and aM set let It to music Ills It Is exactly suited to the purpose Y Yet raM raid T I that III hn a good 1111 r J J J JA l tr i Ii A 1 il ii J I t I I I Jr j Pulled oUt ot of lilY my an gave tt I her the outline of the tho plant I haul hall como come comoto cometo to to hor about Ot Of course after aCtor such nn arm coincidence ns as that It would have seemed like flying In hit the taco ot of Provi Providence dence for Cor us not to como conto to nn an ogree ment then tumid Jut wo we t Use Sir henrys of B 8 as 08 It was culled by the adapter Sir Hoary and consequently Laurence I hit huins II written time the book nail the other lyrics himself Shakespeare and Ive Ise hII the then Plan In my head hoad for Cor two years anti hahl doubtless produce the opera In America but I to 10 bring It out In Its lIs native so 80 10 0 speak It to 10 tomy lilY my own country although I 1 had rev sev several oral eral offers for tor It last hut wh when n I nil II there or Of It If thIs ox nt In light opera sue suc succeed I shall II a number ot of for Cor instance Verdis Falstaff whIch baa hos never been done clono In aim It Is Interesting to noto that Itous naomi man who supplies time the book anti most ot of tho ha lyrics I Is the tho author of It Ant An Eng n Iove Letters which male made such II ft when l Kome caine ago |