| Show Lent and Influenza Vanquish Theatrical Prosperity in London Ia I ON DON DONa April iLent h has had bad LO L It a more than t uPU effect upon theater and ami pla t of oD and Del they are an one and aDd andall all experiencing a e sere slump in their hulne With rare 19 every theater In Im the Weal End port a b big drop In TIM The majority of the manager however dx ax the on the of influenza as well II a on the In two months no 1 tarn that Ill II pals been bean withdraws betide besides maD many which we were put on tor a limited number of per performance Of the lot IP Maio M Droplets effort carries oft off the palm for brevity of t run onlY II Mot Moat of th the housea bo are making el elaborate 1 prepa for lOr the tK or after Easter and during dun April 11 lIt Ant nights will keep the critic bUll Th Thea include the revival of The School for a new pia ping by It B C Carton the production production tion of The Devi the tb of Rolle Iloe In The CM Chortle LadY and Maxine Initial appearance All a a coStar with Lewis lAwle Waller Waller In Inn InThe The n Double THE TERRY KERRY WIDOW Leading ladles may cotta and go 0 but The Merry Widow whirl on forever The Souls ham hall nd made her appearance In Edwarde pro production Lly Llly Ite being belne a victim of the prevalent flue flu the of that fascinating Berliner Weh Wehlen len Lu have bave been obtained and she he II 1 now appearing u a foil to the excellent humor of Joseph Cone Coyne Maugham appears to have bAve scored another In his haa adapt atton atlon from the French led The Th Noble Nobl Spaniard l with which Hawtrey inaugurated t isle hll season am at t the N New Royalty theater t r In the sat cut L Gladys Cooper a recruit from musical comedy who conceded to ha be the mot moat beautiful beautiful chorea girt I In England Richard Golden hit baa made hi hi ap appearance ce for tor a short bort run at the Palace mule innate hell hall 11 in a sketch teh called A Cap for fol Divorce H He wu wit well etl received by u as audience which hl bI rood good work In The Ih Old Firm nn but many or of hi choicest bite of clang went completely over the beads bead of hi him hearers A AThe SIC Y The general topic of conversation In theatrical circle I the extraordinary snores of John which hark Chrle ohman originally put pul pulon on for a art rt of matinee and which is II now In the evening bill at the Ad Adel Adelphi phi Unfortunately although the d de demand mand for seat t hall ha been heavy vy It can cannot an annot not continue continua at tbt theater as p pee arrangement nuke It bl ble The plaY therefore will be moved moved ed to the In addition to tow w eug ring from lack k of a ant nt home It also allO he hall the to MV have anI only a temporary esat t for tor three or of the loading lIne rol roles art are played by member of Lena e IUne wA way theater company who will chort Iy If lie he compelled to report for the ft new production at that houze NOBODY Flew w people on this d Ide de are cur IlIr priced that The Hume Hom received Ived an awful ful meting at al the hands or of tbt New York Vork N No Otto ever claimed that the pixy au cue seeded on It Its tie me tm hare re as a matter of fad fact It w wee Ily pointed out at tb the time of It Its production that It wan WAIl the crudest kind kina of claptrap And that It its almost unparalleled nudes warn due to Ito Ita amt the leason which It brought lame hOme to the English people There I Is no doubt also Iao that the succor ucc of the play here w wit largely due to tile the war ore and the newspaper of the govern government ment who boomed It for all 11 It WM was worth the moment they ther saw flaW thAt It was waa helping them out of a nasty ale aleby b le leb b by Inducing the young youn men ot of the country to Peter Pan with Pauline ChaM In Inthe the IbEl title role rob will shortly be taking a European tour It hit baa already teen n In Part and nd to Hamburg VIelmA and Berlin are now being ar arrn arranged rn ranged by Charka barle Mat loat of the Duke of York theater company tom which appeared In the production winter will III support Mlp MI IN PARIS Adolt Adolf the famous dramatic critic of LI Le Tem Temps Part ham aM been In London and 11 ha been saying ome interesting things bout the English drama In Marie advocate a dramatic entente London and the French capital and lid Icom the Idea 12 of a national theater In Lou Loll Loudon dun don Few w thin things as you can understand says aay In can do more to ruler foster the general mutual un understanding between be tween England and France Frane than a dra matte malic interchange of Id ides upon the stage which I to w 80 at atan atan an extent the home of Id Idea 1 am delighted to hear that you are IfO go going In ing to a national theater From what I have heard 1 think It ItIn Is Isan In an excellent scheme though surely urel It will need government aid Certainly tb the would have hae very soon to but abut It its dorc dona without It Anyhow I shell hall look forward most moat heartily to the time when the Col and the Na National National theater will be able to exchange visits of 01 their respective I f companie 10 my mind Parts Pari could du do with a agnat gnat t deal rne more than It gets it 11 I is vel very rarely that the tho eWe puts on any other othar Shakespearean In ean play than Ihan Hamlet The Th recent t revival of Cyr aa was Ii quite a a revelation to moat mat Parisian T 1 have n Mr Shawl and la and nd lira Mira Warrens Warren C ran un undid did WI was a little too fo fur ua U to 10 understand but Mrs M Warren was Interesting dome iome of Mr Hr PInero pia plays I leave seen n and read but I am afraid J I do 10 donut nut lIot find nd him wry very original Mr Barrie on the other hand who whose Peter Petr Pan Pane we e hv have seen II In P Part sums m to write Just Juet a pretty story torr for tor the young peg pee is III the liMO word I is It not nol Hut But I due dare say aay thin seems an only Because 11 we In Part Pals cannot really un no the English wy way of looking at yet ot otA A As the stag This Brt son IOn declared that there bere wu warn no on one particular trend What I happen happell In leg h he I is expansion it Ir every evry direction from flom the delicate herek bem or of orto to M to the untrammelled and frankly energies of 01 M Bernstein I is DO now and made mad play JIll lal mn Iles U with Ith or Of without a purpose Tn In gene p pral oral ral all 11 that ran Ian be definitely lo said I Is that wt we are re getting year by year r roar of th than w we u r rAnd rAnd And that III after all 11 tit yin 1 ti f disaster lilt W N |
