| Show n N nn n n I IN LONDON ONDON THEATERS Special Correspondence March IS London LONDON capably represented nt by tho ut the Hicks Theater made mado It quite clear that It lilted liked Oscar Strauss mu for The Waltz Dream Just MS as much as os American audiences had hut that It lIl nt caro especially for fo tho book of ot this operetta as 1111 made ma o over overto to tl suit h tastes tostes Tho last act In particular went against the tho grain and andu u II part of ot audience no having tin authors of or the tho words at liand took toul It out In III booing at ill tho company at the tho end of oC the tho play But Dut when tho Iho com composer poser who hall had celebrated l pro production production by conducting the orchestra In person was summoned to the Hinge he h wn Willi applauded with ono one accord and HO heartily that there thero could be 11 beno no mistaking tha tho Intention of ot the aU Since then theil Mr Straus has something to say 11 for himself on tho subject has hall mado U It Quito evi 01 evident dent that he approve of oC the tinkering that has hn been dono dOlle on nn the original libretto Hohas nov nev never novel er el soon tho highly successful American production of ot course but Heem In Inclined to at lit tho reports of ot the Uh Interpolations that hue been made too English ml comedy traditions cull for much clowning without re 10 regard gard to tho plot Apparently tho un understanding Is that at lit certain fie tro the thread threll of tin If thero tholo Is any an story and It has hae my III thread shall bo ho broken to tho funny man a 11 chance chanco to III let lut loose If It possible Ilo the authors author 10 him something to work on hut In III any event If ho Is III a truly great funny funnyman man ho Is expected to Improvise dill dur during ing the of ot rehearsal and even utter after tho lt night he ho Is m nn d to be bo considered as one of or Ihl authors O car Straus ays saYIl that In III Vienna tho public Insists upon having a good with Its III musical 1111 I comedies LillI that If they had to be he between tween 1 ono musical comedy with good oud lc and bad book boult a ml another with good hook hool and bail they world ole oh for tur till tha latter 11 11 every time a good book meaning according to tl his hl tHill not nul only bright lines and plc 1110 situations but u a dot that Insists on keeping Itself Jt olt In III Ho TIll xii frankly ho hB think author can enn write lib librettos an II good as those mado In Vi Vienna I lImn enna Ho n linK has an act nel ami amia a half of oC a n now light with n 1 book by no lei a onal than hM tut begun hl work on nil ona a U musical for tur Bernard Shaws Arm rm and tile the Mini which ho thinks an him libretto for tor a II light r Well comedies In III l not In III tho of ot A friends it ittin f tin writers was called up 1 by U tolo phon three dUI days ngo n and Ind nuked If It ho 1 had a comI up UI hi hlo sleeve 1 The Ihl man ut lit the lh othur end of II tho t till l 1 hano hollo WI u who wanted one and It quick My I In 1111 that Ihal h would lio II with one Ulle nit day 11 and thOlo u II on tho pot The h T manager to III It ny and It good II hold fald he I Ihla w nit do fur for our Hint pro it will be hI Just Ihu thing for tOI the Iho after aUll Ih Why h not lIot nO It n new liP Idon 1101 hI III and that would 0 II hI hIlI lI or do for tur tho l production by I a 1 Tho 1111 Ing a man of ot groat wild li IIA thought hl h ui rein edy II tho and thereupon Im a plot for to n 1 nl t t I which ivon tb 11 moat could not IL object thai thul it con COI contained 1 anything now n w This do tie elarid 1 to 10 bo Ill going on 01 well wh n the manager mid Oh by h the III I for tur forgot got Irot to III mention that I 1 had the tho u uto to to buy up UI a II I lot of yesterday at a n bargain and wo ought to take a II look at It to II sec 1110 how tho story would have to bo changed to lit it And Ivo bought up ripping lyrics too music to fit them or anyway tho music fiu be bo made to 10 Ut tit them with a n little change You w will of or course have to work wort In II When the management comes comell to an end this week at tho Savoy SaOr both partners will go out of business for 01 a time As haa hUI al ai already ready been announced In these col columns columns Barker and his hll wife Lilian McCarthy and William Archer tho thou u u u r I j 1 Y i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i h 1 f A y y 1 1 ci If 1 1 11 hi X f ir m f Kif f 1 x i 1 I v I 1 N MISS CECIL FAY FAYAs As 1 JoMo 1 10 In III Only On a II Shop ut lit II All 11 ext lt Week nI nIo o 00 u hU U n will sail for tor next week to look tho ground over and perhaps to arrange for to tho Iho publication In III book form In America of ot omo of ot BurlIer plays us I am lun told this morning leading plays plas will wll have hwo no further ua u o for tor fur fill a fow f month k has tho project projected I Ie ed e production of or I Foyer Poyer Tho Hearth at t tho Iho which will probably In III a I law lawsuit suit and til Ihu postponement of ot the tho play phi 1111 I Is authors aio 1110 M II Octavo and M II Tho 1110 play WILH 1111 two to ngo 1110 but rc re only on a I fow t w weeks It Is If not 1101 nn 1111 which J 1 e Foyer I uyel depicts Its HI hero If lIuch ho hI can be hr lallo I IH I a II of ot man mall pop popularly to 10 bo mom numerous I In III Franco than hern Ho H haK long lonte reached the tho ago 1110 4 discretion 1118 but IH III content to 10 o In III comfort on the Ihl Income of or his well aware by h what moans that Is IH ob Ib obtained Nor dot H ho h lie In III this any anything thing Incompatible with his hili an all ana a 1 and a II of ot tho French Academy From l thin It may nUl be I Infer Inferred InI I red 11 that It In III not nol nort Hort of ot play Unit would 1 appeal I to tl weak to III I II It IN mild that when M It Jules til Ih manager a of or the tho l accepted 1 tint thu play 1111 be ho d that tho Iho would W 1111 hI consent to 10 tOil tono down nf It the tho WWII when tho began ho found out lut that tint r nt lit all 1111 M II Mir lUr beau underflow no thing thill M Mil U It limy bo recalled h I him to l e Homo o critics ald ono ODD of ot Iho of ot tho day Having acquired that wrt of llon in proposed to 1111 Ul un to It and hotly tho Ihn that ho any ny In III tho play to mako It Il moie to II M for tor hu hll huIs Is Iii n II man If f rather t 0 lIefl 11 tI them WIIO omo lively ph and mana manager ger gol Ot nl till the lilt Willi 1 for t M Clar th Ih M 11 IJ tl ul I imd he h I 18 lr ah lin A hu 1111 l 1 could 1 not lIot afford to u senator ni n It degraded blackguard Nul could he hr hen n nn a n of ut that august IURu t body to bo he portrayed as os a 1 degenerate scoundrel Jn III despair Ile hu n compromise c Jf M I would make the man a I for tor tho senate merely and only a Il bo h Academician he hO M 11 would him to on the stage nil the tho unsavory rl with which the tho authors had Invested l him M I Mil beau refused U would kill the pra ho protested to make such IlIch n 11 Tho man would have to 10 bo be both bolh u 1 senator a n academician It you YIU Insist In on that M 11 rc re tho Coined I will not bring out nul tho play M In Insisted and tho Iho deadlock was Willi Complete Various state authorities Including M tha Ih primo minister appealed to but declined to 10 Intervene In the Iho matter Tho authors It Is Mill will now bring brillA milt against M for rol br of contract L claim damages 1111 mn If It tho Iho CillO In III brought to trial It will bo a Il great advertisement lI for Cor Lo LQ Foyer 11 ciniTis |
