Show French F Plays S eJ Ruin in London London Dramatic Letter L Special Correspondence ONION Sept Kept 10 Perhaps the I LONDON LONDO L most obvious useful lesson leMon which the Ih autumn season 1010 so IO far linn liar afforded IH IR that from tho the French no nn longer enjoy the tho they tIC lie were wont to 10 do un There rr ns a time tiou tm when the tho Paris Iaria play market watched with wih the keenest eye eje rI when Port plays pIA o were the tho object of ot the lie fiercest competition That time ti ie Is I ii past and there Is I no rea reason on to regret the tho fact A Rood good play pin whether It come from roni Paris harIs Berlin New cw York or Nova will ivill 11 always command Its It I price r But Hut tho the tendon public Is I becoming more tinS and more moma suspicious of ot Importations Importations train from Irm across nernes S the I men tinned In a II previous letter leter that tat J K E Vedrenne had found It I impossible to obtain the thc necessary noe Mr sum rum to make the orner mpr In French s Which he and the Paris Po 11 I play n agent He Dp to establish and although tim tho mn lila BO go through with wih another London firm my I in own own opinion is 18 that ants things change neer n r will still wIl be bo much attached to It Charles Charl s of remains one of oC the purchasers of ot French Fench goods goodo He lie however stands In a unique position having to find material m for tor forto torto forto to many man stars nod and theaters Hut But even cacti ho ha hl has had a R forcible reminder this week rek hot everything Is I not gold cold Ald that glitters A Holt Bolt from Irm the nine Blue Bur Adapted iIa front from Lo Ie 1 COllaud des es ettes with which he ho reopened the Ih Puke of or York Yorks s last Tuesday has hRs fallen tallen as at flat ns as CI a n r When h n tho the cur thIn descended on n 0 the tho flirt performance tile tho audience froze frose Into Inlo respectful sl si silence I lenco lencl but hut there therm nn bo ho no flo two opinions n u as to how hon they th felt frit regardIng the he pro production pro Suction This Till Is th tho piece which Un Under der the th title of or A Thief In the te Night Frohman has ha peL ei t d for tor tho the reap reappearance reappearance of oC Marie Man Tempest In tn New NewYork cw York Tork Jf If I ilie h can CU mk a success of or It I I 1 shall proclaim her a n gen genius genus ius iu us Irene did Ild what he could COl li with the th Impossible part of ot the tho th heroine but hut the chief hilet thing about bout tier her performance likely to be bo remembered star that sun she sh nun wr 1 a phenomenally lee dec Ie ollete gown nn I have hA rarely spent a II amoro amore moro more tedious or 0 bewildering evening Fortunately FortunatI Somerset Maugham I 1 learn has hl completed his hi new comedy enON specially designed for Irene I i isa y fortunately It I Is I lx 11 Lorn m hard hanl street to In a china orange o that It tt I will 1 bo be b wanted soon nn nt at tho the nuke fluke if r Yorks YorkI Furthermore It I Is 10 said IRI that Evelyn FI n Millards career rarer In II The Tho dais rI Boners frs version rolon of ot lerton le Ie 1 Hen linus 1111 contre centre Is 18 coming I to n a sudden end nil The Tho play pIn lila produced only sat 10 JO days ta ago Igo Against this It Is good rood to place pinel her ler lerald er aid ald du u Manners success IUlO with nth No 10 hodA nt fit Du Pu fu Is I H R universal favorite and 1111 everyone Is IA delighted that Ihal he lie should have hi made such url a n prosperous start in I his hil managerial partnership with Frank Curzon lu du ru tolls hells 1011 mo rue moIn r In Is II excellent and 1111 thor Is la oven every appear that tho the pise pl wilt will wi havo hao nt at least loat n a respectable run Mil U It I Is II clangor clangorous IRn r rou our ous ou to It prophesy hut but personally I am Inclined to think that s Daughter will wi do I well Indeed for tor a A awhile while that after some rome 10 U or ni II U 12 i weeks there will St 1 Ill he bo a n falling failing off sf offIn r In the tho attendance II 1 I For r the tho sake Ako of at t all 11 concerned however 1 I shall bo be only too should my m anticipations b ho falsified by b feet f The chief trouble with wih the he play Is t that tha tho lest last IS 15 Ii min minutes bore bure utes uti of ot It are a Adeline Cense Is I making makInI her preparation tion inns for tor sailing for tor New Ness v York within the Ih not next few Iw laYS day la In order to start again under Klaw I fc man management mAI In Harry larr H n Smiths play piny pI Th Tb 1 I i understand In Ia I to 10 ho his first nl submitted to a Ihlan Ice 1 J urn In form Hi she h has ha b on ben utilizing her lir time tinie tm vr N here to tl for tor n a summer maimer sa pe a n P flet eIther tho f to Coliseum or r the I I PI rue l Ir Vf nelll Is I in to I settle 1 on tin mutually I natu factory tenn cnn Gone Conee I 1 believe bIr asks alk n a we Wik k an n amount ain that K fm some m little lItti thinking about Having rr vs t gustS to t the tb figures i u and given r M t I dancer tAner like Ike Pavlova and I 1 nm ay ray la Gelee request reut seem by b no means |