| Show London Theaters I Preparing for Christmas Special Correspondence ONDON Or DO Nov Nv 01 I Fannie Waid ald L who Is playing III In Funny Falln und tile the Servant Sellout Problem I comedy at itt the has add added ed oil to her bIer bill hili hi ii the ti pha y The Th Flag Station by aller thee It h has immensely pleased the th playgoers and ai tl added to I her strong attraction Its chief importance i lies lie I ie In II the thc fact that I it provides Miss Ward 1 with lIh an opper opportunity of demonstrating a uI quite hUite unexpected amount amu nt of versatility culling calling as asIt a It does docs for ot strong emotional acting far from the light comedy of the part she ShO portrays 1 In Fanny 1 nod and the Servant Problem Although Christmas Is IH still some ills dis distance tance away London Loudon managers are busy buy with plans plan for fOI the thc pantomimes which play phay pla so 0 large a t part In lii the I theatrical world on oiL this side Ido of the Atlantic a ii few b to 0 appear d will Im be b b spread 1 broadcast over oel the tIle country At Drury Lane Ian the subject will 1111 be Dieli nod and the cast already Includes Marie Ilarie George I who Wilo Is I a t yearly fixture and Trul TrulS S an a ii American new noli to London pantomime ill I mie but t who made a very el has favorable fa Impression at her lice two appear appeal appearances ances s in vaudeville in London earlier In ill tile the year At the tile Robert will I produce ii CC Cinderella Ci ii with thi such es established tJ favorites UK mi a Carrie Moore Phyllis h llis Dare Dame and Dan Da l nol and anti at al rt tho tIle Lyceum Little Red ned Riding Hood will 11 make malic her hel how bow howo o 0 London Is iii asking Itself if ie the tIit th quite extraordinary success of H B 13 1 IrvIngs production of o The Ilie Lyons L on Mall laJ por tends tend a 1 popular revival e 11 a I of ef f melodrama ma The Tile consensus of opinion appears to be bo that it does 1005 cOs According Ac to some IO well 11 informed theatrical managers London Is IR sick of problem plays s and Shavian subtleties and flue arc clamoring for fO san Sail sanguinary Mal sensation Ren and ald are ravenous for fol forthe the Iho raw ral beef of shocks shock All Al this tubs Ilia lh son of Sir Henry nem Irving gives them In ill tIle the undying ln a g romance l which thi Ichi ho Is now noss producing at itt the Sha e bU Young 1011 Irving himself In speaking of the pro says a R RI I consider it I t a Il splendid III example of that healthy health typo of or melodrama appealing at It once to the Imagination and tho tile heart a typo t p which very much mull needs recalling in Ill these tho o lays days da People may ma cal fl II these tho o stir str 1 ln scenes merely sensational but they are am a lu human Ii ii man and tomy ti my mind ill a avery ary avery very ry true trini and right light art or When hen flue Tho Lyons I on Mull has worn out its tt Irving will wil produce Caesar and Ind a Ii tl lie i Hamlet 0 Henry H IT author or of The rule Thief will wil shortly If it present ure enl hold holl good rood Ol letTie m Lil English hehu rage rg ii go The Thief has just ju t l cen played d in the biLl province with Ith unprecedented fla l suc sue cess cos by George Goge Alexander and his lila St SL Jarnes Jale theater company His Ills Is JR Israel rael cad which has ha just been produced in Ill Franco by b Mine Nimio Rejane will 1111 wil ore CC 10 long ho bo produced IHo In iii London lon IO and Ii hilt Ar AI thur ii 1 is prepared to II tf I Ills his II Is strong and al rim emotional 1 lOll drama d Sam Sui ma son soIl on ill Oi his Ii Is return to tile the GAnick Garil ek the thc t ater RhO slim th bY after acel Christmas I T bear also that has haR almost com a n new IR PlOY Il iii lIngI I sh m which cli will be lit produced by h George Alexander wil ill at lt the thC St James Iames theater Those who accuse tIm thC English EI of a lack hack of Initiative know not whereof I they thc speak plak Evidence in hi support ot or my 1 hil statement is to be bt b found fonn 1 In the thc extraordinary I i number of if London on ac liC tors tois tO and amid all actresses who annually feel fel annual the buzz burr nf or o tIme the II iii 01 I heir heh wings The he latest Is IR Aubrey Smith with sith whom yon u arc 8 well wel acquainted ii tell at ab an till In actor and who Is now noy no appearing In lii Cyril Maudes lau os production JI of Thu h Flag Lieutenant at thu Playhouse Pla hou c He lie has ha several sCOla o lal new plays plu phui s and amid If bib hi present plans hold good ho he li will 1 enter tIle the managerial ranks anks early earl next year One Ono of his Ills plays 11 s Is by Cosmo Hamilton and Is IR called caled Tho ThIC Master lla ter I Key Ke Incidentally Cosmo Hamilton Is In I II demand both as a writer 1101 of o t original I plays h s and amt as an adaptor of foreign pieces l Another I actor shortly shull to lo enter the Ih t hi lists J I ts as aH a s a I 1111 P is Allan Ihan Ayno A yil es worth now unIV appearing ri ilg in I ii Idols Eve Evelyn lyn l ym i Milliards 1 I ids production of tho OJ drama dramatization 1 railia t of V P Lockes hook book of tho the Mime Hune i name George Graves who hio has lias hashen hen been l semi described betI as the Sam SalmI Sal Bernard Br of at England 1 a d and ii il who thio a with sell II Jo 11 Joseph seph 5 Coyne Lo ne In iii the tue tJ London ondon I it production I l mod met loll of nf o r The Merry Widow also looks hooks Lou for forward ward 1 ill to the lie I time tinie when he ii e can Cun bund ii h Ills his hi own oln salary every Saturday night i and Kenneth Douglas who shio Is Isla playing la time the part of if Freddy Perkins to Marie Tempests Mrs MIH Dot huts has ha ad il admitted i that hInt t he ho h and 11 his wife will go g goi lulu I i ii Li management Till I when se hell he lies has secured red the tilO proper 11 ill OC plays Ia s 0 0 0 Forbes Robertson who Jeroms Passing of the tim Third Floor FIol Back from St St James Jame to Terrys the tha theater atm ater on Nov 9 0 will wl be ho seen in iii Augustus Thomas homas The rhe Witching Hour lour when It Is produced in London Ills Il other plans Include the thio revival loIal or of o certain of tib plays and Ill it I Is IH interest interesting ing to unto note that they tho Include Tho Merchant of Venice o a a a When hen the tue London public has grown own tired of Tho ilie he Merry 11 Widow though such nn an In event does docs not seem cem yet to be he in Ill sight Ight George will wIl produce Leo 10 Falls cull and A M I Winners Whiners The ho Dollar Dolhar Princess Berlin Is IR already enjoying this tImi play Ila awl and It I comes to 10 both England and the th United States where It will wi be II produced later Inter with ith consid considerable erable prestige Although A Old Drury has hia just de rIe declared n Ii dividend of If 10 per pel cent there here has lias ha been 11 a protest by b some som of the tho theS S rl against I lust the tho salary i of 0 f Wo 25 5 a year Y I which Arthur Collins Colin the tue I managing director receives Such Hueh a it salary one Ohio need hardly point t out nu lii Is a largo hll one Ohio for fO London ii anil a hIll the imo i proposal ii sal al of those who ho objected to 0 It ut was wal that thal Mr II Collins should take lake half In salu sultry salary arid and receive a it bonus at uit the end ond ondo of o If the In tIm the tC event of tho tim 1 12 o months tIle previous having ng b 1011 on successful To hI 0 tin thy man lan in iii II the street It would appear I I that If anybody all boll In iii tho the London theatrical t lIeu world earns n illS his h salary ll It Is Arthur coln In Tn tho thiLl tl couri of the tl bIb controversy It I was ilS pointed a ted out ou t comparatively cJ lii speaking speaking kh ng M ln I View ow of r the tIle fuel that ho was lYriC er 1 of o t u it theatrical enterprise C l o which H sll d engaging Harry Hal Ladder at t n a ii yearly salary of Cf Thore Is probably no nin In lh La or for that matter m te wild wid 11 hIlt tho hio position o once l c held li h hl by h Sir Sh Harris H In so cc a n manner I Arthur A Coln ColnA C A for o I the sal of has hiis hl been talking of the thu popularity ty of hi tI th un A to him hll East EUSt 1 has milIe Ilium more ill me money nail my than thlin any all a thel I Little LII the Lord hind Fi ll I t very el eho hart linit 1 netted something something like I i ho In iii fruK eH from amateurs for fol Ha its It I author ii Ii I I or tIie Th I LIght of I Ii und I I ho Silver SI lter King Ih ii g nm 1 am dl IsO IRO gold 1011 for fir thiKe th Iho hold II Id this that ts lH of t jf them I hel Ax A s R an i ii Index I of if 1 thu i IllS hl II ss s wih 51 I hI I 1111 11 this hitS agent allt I t almic sells R ieh II III I IW a II year Jl and II 01 It la is I IS s 8 tOll ta t hia fully to I 13 1 it I 01 hi lire aro t l a 1 In iii II Ill I Ill I gl la ad l 1 |
