| Show I 11 LA Tf V MS Of L lONDON I Special Correspondence ODON Nov Ngy 25 1 thought LONDON L everybody In Il the the United States had forgotten mo me long lun before this declared Marie George Goorge 1 when I entered her at atthe t couple pie ot of the Dri Lane Lano Theater fhe tel a u COl have Do think they nights ago you YOI appreciatively thereby dem she added that not n so sure C Cit it as lier hel first remark would wo ld lead one one onet that many man her hor assured I T t 1 on your our side of the Atlan Atlantic Aln tic fc still sti had h d a warm spot pot in their thell hearts for CO her and Le thereby cleared the way for fO the object ot my visit to leant leal ot oC her coming return some somo I particulars to Jl r native lund land Yes lYes I am going back to good gooc old 01 America she sho said sal How soon loon Well Vel that Is hard to say sa I r came very vely near neaL going this year but th the J musical l com comedy edy in which It was Intended c to pros nt od me In New York did ld not look strong stron enough to me 10 and Uld I was afraid At the present tm although I have havo not yet el signed sIgne any nl papers and ILc have ha not yet y t seen the tho revised musical comedy I be believe lieve leve every thing will wi be he all ul right and that I T wll leave for the United States next spring after anel tha sea season son SOl at nt I Pl Lano draws drawl to a n close closer I r ab go over under tho man management gc of In a play called Victor Her the composer Ind Georgo Ho Hu Hobart Hubart bart IS is the author m h frat That looks like a It not good c doel Do you ou know I am 11 awfully nervous about this return to my myown own country t I do not want to go 0 unless I can go SO goIn In the tho strongest kind dud of a play In a apart apart part that will w me mo tho opportunity ot of I was II very ver much ils dis disappointed appointed In the Strollers which as you know was the lust last thing T appeared In la Inthe In the United I Teal really had ha tho and I do not want to make tho same sll e mistake this time 1 1 c In England of course cour I now I a fixed place a 1 big JIlt hit JIlton hiton on my appearance and the people havo hae taken me m to their hearts ever ov r rI Both inside and an outside the I 1 have been treated with the of or kindness and atI naturally it Is hard harl for ft mo 10 to 10 te lr myself away wa a safe lalo harbor to 10 s 1 unknown theatrical waters u t 1 I am going to todo todo do It because h I am still sti an American through h and unc through and am anxious to please lea o Iny il own people Marie Georgo Is IR really ral the pet ot of Old Drury und and It Is la her own fault if shu hl Is not I looker looked about the thc big bIg dressing room in which we were sitting and an remarked on its luxurious fittings the easy ca chairs and the tho big ll open tre robbed the chill chi from the November fog that penetrated even en back aek stage You wont get a dressing room like Im this In tho United States I said saidI I 1 know I wont Miss Georgo ans answered WOI r with a sigh but then ou know know wo wc have almost unlimited room here The cast of The Tho Jin Triages of May Mayfair Ja fair which we Wc are lre now playing docs not number more molo than thul 30 from frol principals to supers while Hi 1 panto mine time than a I thousand thou and are aro engaged back stage Bull Hut dont care how cheerless my dressing room in the United States Is if 1 can Cn be bE sure sure of ofa a warm welcome from Cram the tho people on the other othel side of the footlights I discovered among other things that Mario Marlo Georges horizon horion was not bounded by b musical comedy I had before my m interview with wih her a 1 vague idea that Her l r part In The The of oC that of the tho had boon assumed by her hel somewhat as asa a 1 filler to occupy her hr time until tho season Reason rolled I ICI mark CI led that I r was n long way wa from fr m tho Do you ou know she sho said towards tho thoen end en of our talk that th t my present part partis partI is I u a big step towards tho realization of my ambition I really r l want to ret ret out of musical comedy despite the fact that I Have been so successful In It It lt would woul be one of o the happiest st mom moments moments of my n life Ifo If IC I could work under undera a 1 master r like Belasco I wonder wondel if I 1 will wf over oer get the tho chance John Powell tried tred a 1 new American suite of his own composing on an al English audience for Cor the time at his piano recital this tho tle occasion proved to t ha considerable significance for fol it is doubtful if iC such American AI has hus ever c r been b en provided I before ln 11 composition for the th pl no The suite suito Is entitled At Al the Fair and an the themo movements mo are Tho The Tho Hooch Ho cn il Tho The Snake Charmer 1 i Tho he Clowns Clo ls and The Tho Banjo Players subjects that might toa oa dignified not notto notto to say 11 solemn gathering with minds attuned to na rl In Tho C lc Dance Powell Powel been bold chough to o cm em ploy loy mid r able abl melody usual connected nee d with this peculiar form no IU develops iton I on thorough t lines Inos Into something charming of oC thoughtful attention Familiar JIH ely melodies 10 nl C f tho other othel movements too but treated trell e with dignity i S Tho composition no pretense of or being n but leis ItIs neveil but never and nc Lit li Is I m nl Inter Interesting esting And A d It l It genuinely go el Amer American AmerIcan ican Dorl orak a to hit upon In his search for American ulon music Perhaps this young southern s uth l pianist and ml composer has hadan idea that hat will wi be as i memorable m some s nw day nn dle ce appeared p r 1 to tobo t bo be hugely with the tho new neV work worl and al I most 10 of th London L critics took kindly to it too a Fay Fa Davis Dals lias h s returned r to London f from rom y of theAt Atlantic an lel Alias h s sn n Immediately l y by b Lewla Wiler C e or orIe Ie r V Shei I play th p rt of sl at 1 Jg mi de of the bytho James n w deliver delver her ln before e ch act nn curtain 1 Bom later tm Fay may In ln rc ll n nIn In Ili which l hn icel success s c If r She Shea a lid I J h c thy d On raid I e i are e numbered among tho on IsIt of Eng Ens tr SS rand actors i tol who Il have hao 1 g n and lr h Ind come em ibal bark upon a i S off of uti 1 one l Ct Sw at theaters tt The Industrious Ind Somerset 1 Maugham lug am 4 of Jack and Lady Lad Fid l l has his delivered to CI rl Frohm lucky lan has hus r d a Icorn l on hl output a a act light cpm el It I 1 J Jed P nel llo and has 11 been lleen written specially p that thai popular c i T l who Is IH now I l r Dot also written by b Maugham 1 gha i and you ou aro uro yet yetto ct to tu s sec J lil an In Il trial lat Charles Frohman who controls the th American rights of Mrs ri Dot D thinks i Mario lare Tempest or has Just j t about t ut imide ni o the ti char actor act her hor CI and n that the t t play pIL will willbe wi be bo saved sa C her hr use a a year if I iw JJ try Iy he luck in the United States again Incidentally n l she has just renewed the teril of r a year ear contract c t with which had hal run out |
