Show IN LONDON THEATERS Special Dec 2 If It t u Is truo I LONDO Ital Ihu thu 01 a Jd lift 1111 I a II J M 11 In II no IU trun a n clone Ilose ll of nf the 1111 In II with tho writer Ih other tl apropo of or tho Ihl recent revival in I fur the fourth Im of ut Iho 1 lor Tan n le IlIO I y U I the thu Ilu lu lutH of t and to no 10 und of ul ohl 11 1 but hiI ho I firmly in II nul hl hand Know hit hi luft hand hald doeH The he lut nt et of or opt dm N un on IN part to 10 IU to 10 my 11 Hr wa WI In COl with wih a In II tho Iho north of ot 1 n II of ago IHo One of road e on CI tour lOl with wih Tt hl und went to IU the Not far 1 from Ih train HID thu wan t Inc 1111 Injured urn IrK not nol luckily any of f Iho perform No sooner lour did dil that the I I folk tol Injured H rr poor than Ihan ho hn wei to In OlO of ot tl und tu bw rel Inre f 1 I t urn Mr 1 and Ild I want luren r b hy u The 01 IUt man y win 1111 f e OU lt bl Iho 1010 not lut know II who It I eOl from fl 1 and no oe lu t 1 HI hl thin hll OU i c 11 t Into tie the Ilp n That I lionly II one of non JonK ll 1111 l of ot UCto un part pari At Jt th Duke of oC thin r aHO th ll t vi of o The ho lloy Joy Who Up but trow 11 talc U I a u MW 11 rum t Hook In II th of Hubb lubI du 1 Mum lei unavailable lahl on account Oi or f rt of o Ur sIn llull In which ho hu tj thu Ilm part Thin Thil American arct a I month or like Us It ve It r bun hal boon ew at It lu Ul a t rt out half hult u I or M Il of or curtain raiser 1 I tun am told 1011 by tho Iho way 1 that Ihn the f novelty OIl of ot Ih hi pr l nl of at Ian PIU In 11 London wa al by the author tiL or only olly dix do i not 1 In Maude Mauce A Ad iam II hll vt ut Uio I piece nt homo It takes the lie form torm of or a designed by I Barrio BarrIe and arll In land Is 11 known ni M a n work by Wendy Wenly Moira Angola 9 On It I are lre embroidered various PR fg tires tirell from with wih this leRond In the center When tho to first baby for Iho tho first Olt time I lauch u pieces picco and lId all 81 went nt skipping about and that was a tho Iho beginning of or d At Al the tho top tOI of the en l pays tribute to tour four poet of ot thu It nu JU JUer s sery ery er Dear Dor Hans Anderson D I Lamb Dear Lewis Carroll Dear Robert Louis Stevenson This decidedly effort has liis bren heen received with delight by b audiences lu here I presume the tle reason the drama dramatist dramatist send a n duplicate of It over overto to tu Maude alde Adams lies In tho fact rad that al II homo Ieter Peler In I a while over 01 hero Wendy Wel 1 the tho Mother 19 Is perhaps drat favorite In the tho of lovers 10 11 The Tho reception o othe of the play Ihl at It the Duke of Yorks this week was rapturous the tho principals called over 30 times In lu tho Iho coulse of ot the tho evening Meanwhile there are no signs of a a anew new piece by b the author of ot Peter Pan Pon bellg forthcoming True Truo It recently was announced that thai Mr BarrIl was on n a play plu but lIu then Mr Banle has been b cJ on 01 a now play piny for tor two years ears or more the new play Il never conies comes to light sh This Is 11 extremely significant when hm you OU consider tho rapidity with which Bal string of stage successes followed ono another Three of or them thel ones re remembers members actually were running In III Lon 1011 don at nt the same sUle time Quality Oot The Admirable and Little Mary after which with wll the shortest i Intervals 1110 Alice Alee And then the tho dramatists friend Ind representative died since when whon ve We have had no now lew suc success cess tram from Mr Ir pen lien but Josephine that hopeless attempt at lt political satire which struggled on for tor two Weary weeks at the Comedy heater and Ind then expired Thi story slot Kocs oes of or courso couro that Barrio Barrie supplied the tho raw ral material of hla hili atago ana that Bright whipped It t nto Inlo shape and nd tho fate fat of Josephine which was quite without dramatic form or 01 void cave Kave color to Iho thu assertion Mr I London aselton 1 rep denied lien led Its Is truth In 11 tho most vigorous manner Illner when 1 Questioned him oi 01 tho subject recently but tho tact fact remains that BarrIe Is I silent His UI friends say SI that ho he took the fiasco of at Josephine greatly to 10 heart hearl but lIlt does docs not lust forever and It is unthinkable likewise that Barrios s Ideas have out Nor Is tho fact that he Is rich and need to new le plays an n acceptable explanation BarrIo was wealthy wealth before betor he wrote l Quality Street It I appears to be up to him to prove that he ho can win a n now new stage success all al w by h himself Just as lS there Is no end to tot of o books so a there ther Is none to tho le making of o adaptations thU nM ot 0 thorn U I tn have Ilvo a II or 01 moro more of ot tho latter during the ext few eW v ok Ino t later during Important of or these perhaps belim the version of at The Thu Mystery of at Edwin Drood mado by Comyns for Beer Beerbohm bohm bohl Two It I already has IlaA ben been pro produced pr with wih success succo In II tho provinces and If I London endorses the verdict you lre pretty pret sure lure to tl havo tho piece In America long Ions After lt Drood haa hOA finished Its iA ca career el His Tree will present pr reer at It wH another adaptation Ilu namely that which W J Locko has hl ot f his hla Beloved Vagabond II th piece tho author ot or Tho Morals now ono by the tho of It Marcim has hall proved a big hit hl on 01 lour and Londoners are looking for tor forward ward lo 10 It with wih Interest M Lati on Oscar chA is II to produce a u version of or Stanley Shley no novel 10 vel cl Count while the other adaptation that are Include ones oles of ot Fortnight by h tho author of Elizabeth and RII Her lel Kerman Harden The Explorer Somerset t novel Ice ree by b K J W author of or HIte and last hut but by no means lest tho th version of ot The ho ot William Ash Ashe which Its I authoress her hel herself self IB hi for tor Arthur CURTIS |