| Show r IN LONDON WE filA A TillS JERS i in Correspondence i April 1 Mrs minor Ilor LONDON lilyn brought Jack buck with her troll th piny III Y aha hUll hail writ written ten her hel Mcd noil I Th t noil UIt two days UK ho W I the tho louche oil oila Oila a of ft Already she hI Is I I by b who an 11 10 Ret it mn 11 will probably havo C K with one I nf r tho I before in h for Parin alln l tomorrow She I to Rot got Jack back to the U this thill but 11 with I tv 1 fortnight ht lino and 1111 him bo J n nin in III 1 ever cv r until two daja tI afro U 11 In III her h nt At the In I II 1 th I understand hUll has for ful tho dm Iru I production of Three Weeks In until iho can cun go p over to look after It In portion I am In a treat hurry hurl to sot t back hp hE suld to 10 Uio writer for 01 tho NUll delight and I had iv II lovely time lime there the Or court course I 11 or oC tho 1110 things tho papers credited me with raying All tho 1 I ivan though I 1 was waN never BO an annoyed noyed as IS I was Willi by hy tho t reporter who mot met me lOa on my m arrival nt at Liver Ilver Liverpool pool In nil aro equals tho reporters have a II tl n be lie freo reo and but over hero thuy thoy any such luch u r O GIn hopes s to 10 stay lill In the United Status till the autumn ma materials for Cur her next book In which her hor famous Elizabeth the who will fU The Tha will wm probably ably ho ready for Cur by tho thu of ot tho year car and arrangements for tor KB Ih publication In England and aud America have already boon matle f Hut the most mORt news of or all allIs allIs Is that plans plan aro for Cor an operatic version of or Three Weeks by l y Puccini the libretto to II bo he written by ly tho Italian playwright Signor Signer Fontona Is III much taken with tho suitability of o iho story for and 18 Is now busy making his scenario for the tho com composers composers posers etlou The Italian trans translation lation rights of oC tho thu novel noel have also boon Hold and amt tho book Is to tP bo pub published In Italian and Ild French month Norway Sweden and 1111 Den Denmark mark havo hao already had It 11 t Iol or them the and Germany 1 IJ said to lx bo about to follow tollow suit V Chance visitors to tho Hay markeL theater week could hao hod the fun of seeing do otherwise Uly for her forthcoming production of II A Joy the now play pia written for ful hor by b Y The famous Unous beauty cluty who hns not nol born seen for 01 three yours onla the London looks about a al young as H ever ICI and li I ur 11 and vigorous as II ever clr In her hll move movements ments lII Judging by b iho Ihn stolen 1 hint of the tho play it Is lit a II rattling milling Rood come dy II full of fun go and action If Jr Sid Sidney ney could havo his way 11 nu critics would woul 1 be bc Invited to lo tho nl t Tho rhu critical bench I loll 1111 ono olin thing I iho tho public another tho two are wholly e 1 find nt at daggers drawn A play mould b be Judged J by h Its Ita not its literary if I 1 had my WilY way only till the public I the real who are 1111 out CHit for to entertainment would be iH to tho Iho of or a 11 piece tho th critics not being l until the second 1 night Till The playwrights ht II chief object would hI r be hf to get gAt Into direct touch lOUCh with his hiI public JI mp 1111 have tho verdict at ot I the tho public without any Interposing medium me lum and I 1 can em more well 1311 con COli lent It wan 1111 ruth PI 1 i o that Iho should ll be let to toN Jr N for nn 1111 eight weeks sen lIell ii n and I nuked Frederic Harrison about It Im tired be hI said The Th of a II West gild End theater in London LQ II do 11 l III a I strain thc o days thore for Instance In The Jho Indicated as liS there was u a piled high with Iha g of thom them that had hn been sifted by IW preliminary reading from tho vast mami of Impossible Impo dramas that pours In weekly Mr Harrison sighed and went on III Ive 10 had a 1 lung of o and Jm to tu tallo a bit of a rest nut before I go 10 two Iwu weeks w ks hence 1 I shall decide what wo wn aro going to 10 put pitt on onto to In follow Sirs which will hay havo to bo over so o far lit OK the Hay Buy Haymarket market is III concerned in June JuneA A f K l W V Mason would woul probably arM with Sidney Grundy that be Ix excluded from night Performance lu by b tho applause tho Iho of it tho Ih public on the presentation of his now comedy Mar Marjory jory Jor Strode at tho o wis much moro than that pro pronounced by b the tho critics next morning Mr 11 Mason Is a IL successful novelist Also ho Is a I member r of parliament Why hy does ho for fOI distinction as us a 1 playwright Because that Is tho 1110 sort ort of or success that spells riches In the thes J days till I Now ami then thell of 0 course a yields Yield a 11 fairly handsome Hut But tho average novelist 11 II t makes nothing tho Income of or tho play t In the tho action brought by Thorpe against tho Orczy Ore for tor a larger share shalo in the e royal lies of or her play phI The Scarlet Pimpernel 1 nel It was brought blou ht out that tho tet paid on account of or It had Imd already reached The Tho book hool pro no such golden stream as that Hern you ou have hlO disclosed at t oneo why RO w many of ot tho literary lights lirE are striving InS ing to become playwrights Tho success lIucc ss scored coret by Miss III Fanny 1111 In A Carriage at tho Waldorf has I aroused d great If at Interest t In hor forthcoming appearance In The Secret Orchard at Terrys Theater This clever young actress Is ono IIno of or tho busiest women In London and has hns 10 Ie acquired several now pieces eR Ono of ot thorn them Is I a IL play founded on Colllns Now Magdalen l In which Miss lIss Margaret Anglin scored d a 1 success in America Another is If Tho Plug Flag Station in which Arnold Duly 1 appeared at the tho J In New York Polly of r the tho Circus by Mist lI a Mar May tiL is yet y t another nother u play piny secured by h Miss lIfs Ward In which she will tako lall the tho title part that of ut a wll circus eltus girl 1 Miss of or Holland which has hn nearly reached its hundredth th pei pel at nt tho thu of ot V Ue Tho uter will be W In III a tow few days tin Tho hl expense attached to UK It II production is III so IO great that to yield a I decent it must mURI draw raw a n full house all tho time attendance has Jm begun to II wane 1111 u hit Frank 1 is going t tt i take it off orr Its weekly expenses ha h told me mc aro uro Just double what It cost to run La L 1 at ut tho same 10 yearn ago IttU And they the are more molO than double those of oC Tim Tho Chinese moon which I 1 rin rn for over 1000 con conse cons nt al the tho se s performances 1 Theater It Is III only tho enormous ex tX expense pense of ot musical plays pin like Miss Hook of Holland that prevents prevent them from eclipsing the records made some years figI Tho rhu successor to Miss Hook will bo produced on April 21 Thus tar It has hus hasteen husI teen I III given only a n tentative title Tho of Flowers It Is III by b tho samo authors author and Bur Hur Hurgon BurIon will ap up appear Ion gon and the company pear In it Tho scene oC or the story is ison on Oil tho It two lusts anti and andall all ull tho characters aro of French na nationality nl and In humble life Tho story tor said Mr r Curzon Will depend on Its simplicity but it wilt wll bo 11 full of It color and will havo hao a n military clement supplied by 11 the soldiers of or a 1 French regiment 1 OWN H o 0 N b 1 I f i i 1 J Jk k 1 i i 1 f i itI tI i iy y Y X 1 I I Y Y YI I j X i 1 X I f XII II III y Y YI t I i 1 1 I 1 t I 1 I I t I X DAISY AS POLLY PICKLE 11 At 1 llio Week teI in flolly Pickles PCB |
