Show I Irvings Old Lyceum Changes Hands Again London Dramatic Letter l I Special May 21 Moat of nC tho LONDON look looking Ins ing forward to 10 nn early resumption tion of activity tho Ihl arc dl poM hold hohl hack back rather than to In ITI forward their In I the very r few r who to In Into the Iho breach having given up I nl tho Iho Repertory theater a n play by h linker named The Ihl piece 11 was don ilon t n year ago ilKI at lit a n performance li h one nn of lit the Ih It II In I well II It not have been belli rn n bint to In notice for tor It la I un undoubtedly n II clever Interesting and thoughtful piece of or work fur above al the Ih average Tuesday nights audience which was 1114 largely of or pro professional evidently It II not n little In the Iho 1 descried Kyrlo Hollow Jell ow looking well und hearty hear Tyler Is I off lo 10 Rome leav IRv leaving IRvIn ing In The Dawn 1 Hwn of n Tomorrow at ata II IIa a bequest to II London Ho fur London has hn shown Itself Indifferent to Ihn Ih gift hilt but thAt may partly nt lit nil rate be I duo lIun to 10 tho Iho general feel feelIng Ing IIII of ot gloom Im afraid Mrs Hodgson ploce Is nol nIl des destined tined to 10 achieve hero horo tho success It appears In 10 have 1110 enjoyed on your our side I r understand Hint Tyler has hall loft loCI In with hi thai It In I to br bP given a I four If H nt nl the end nd of u that time Iho II doe nut Improve The Ji of or u It will h from Hit Ih tor bill 1011 On the th II night i J wan united Natoli between Iw Mure ami Hyley InH b x wu 1 and lii In the one jut Juit below her ar the Ih new Mr It Nat 1 xo o Informed me ll other present wen w Hr William W ml hum and II Lena Iona IOU on nn Ih fall of r the ho curl hut hul III In the tho H f r till tho HiHi that very little ii 1 Im hall gained II I II hI In power nhe h lant lito 1 In Lon 1011 London don do and II nil lui hn none nOli of her hr bright n her n nd charm The Tho bubble hll hurl bunt nt Henry Irv In tn old III th Lyceum which I inn b ben en run during Ih Ht f NU on nil line 1111 Th Ih original Mere r II It Smith and Hm e al t Carpenter wh Joint when hell th to I n ure ur lea l IB I l ellee by very little more Hum The fhe Ir er Wit mil IlIn tin ull a I hand pulley and again and Ih couple only ju t con eun contrived to 10 i eh Smith in aB I recorded lit fit the time prompted hy J ali of fit r ni ru lu l off and the Ih Waldorf Haw the hi determined tn to what lie h do I an on lib hl 1111 w in nd d with an ItO hi h told m a 1 nf like ilkI Where he ho found such aKum only knows IRMI Carpenter suddenly died dI and whan hh estate earns to bo up u It II found that ho h owed Irod I Carpenter hit hi brother H It man without any allY roal theatrical or ability stepped Into 1110 Ills hll shoes aho m 10 far n nR the Ihl Lyceum was con concerned Irnell antl together he hll and a III lit pair 1 tu keep w The Th Inevitable le end linn now lOW tOOl came Their resources and Carp approached Walter and Wed i who have made n fort lino an s their did before by Iw run running ning melodrama by hy In III Ihl It t 1 and In III Hie The fhe fame of ot such Much us U The Woman In London 1110 TI Who Wrong Turning I and The rhe Hud Girl airl of or Family may possibly have reached American playgoers My own experience nf ot them IH I limited II m lo the U Unit 1 lOHI onni William Greet and weI I took tok the th In to 10 produce Captain Kettle u II lira Mill founded on nn stories The o other ul nt u II and lo 0 find an a successor proved similarly unavailing when matters were wr nt their worst Walter utter lI offered lo 10 come com In III on terms with The Worst orMI Woman In III It wan a II lurid lurhl absurd melodrama nf r n fI kind likely lo 10 appeal only to III th III most Hut by h of or Its ItH very ory crudity and andUs Us It utter Irrationality It caught the I fancy II of ot oal who ho Hocked to Iho tho lo 10 D p Into li h laughter over Ihl and proceedings of ot authors Anyhow the Iho 11 grist to hI the mill en II shied UM UH to produce Tho 1111 and tho Iho success of nf which recouped us for our previous Iou lIe losses The Melville Hint they Intend lo to nt lit the he Lyceum tho Iho Mime ml policy pursued Ill by Smith and Carpenter but hili they would be he some something oln thing less 10 than human humn If Ir did 1111 not upon tho Iho opportunity to 0 present pent pentone one or ur tuo IWI dramas of f their own In the II of or Ills hh Arthur IUM tUf not 1101 loCon particularly of t late Ho 10 ex expected x The Tenth Man would Il fl nil 1111 and UM 1111 run beyond 0 M I performances J Then brought Tho rho Honor of or Hie lly lIy or as 1111 It I uw u I and effort ha br n tn up Ul the piece 11 It l IC i Is to no but a 1 brief car er It h two or ur three ago 1 that ID me 1110 nf ut The Honor of tho Iho Family stoutly ully declaring ing that II could e not lull full All this serves to tn point Iho moral Hint U II Is I always dangerous to prophecy unless you know AH AM an nn alternative hit ho just put Iut Into al at III the Ih an version eron of ot Olny pIny originally dyne nl at tho Fran nl o In III From n I reading of the 11 I Judge o that Ihal Its 1111 chances arc all till tn In but butan butIU an IU Shaw says 11 Vou ou never can cantell R tell will 1111 of coutHo our ap appear pear lit hi l I e mil of ot Oen do Hl bortin wn nil elderly officer and with fixed Ideas 1 10 on nn tho subject of or wifely wire duly As Violet lol 1 Van brough Mr IH at n fret free I that hI will undertake the oin role rol of ot do Ie who suddenly fall folia a IL victim lo In a cm n miming lon for tor one nf or her hus hu inan O 14 11 y It the a II new 1110 play from own 1 have previously r mentioned that tho Iho piece was wnM founded on nn one ron of ot hiM bin hort and Hint bolh hoth k Holmes and hili Oflus Dr r Wat Watson nt son IOn would make their In It Tho story I have since learned th title of or The Th Speckled Hand RII I Is I with tho diabolical dIll do Dr r unprincipled Inga of or nn nil who w ki k to 10 n m Iho tho death d nth of ot his niece and si hl lt of fir h hI r fortune The Tho he h choo os to 10 effect his hi mi are fairly novel Her bedroom l I next lo In his hi Through n placed In 11 the wall willi separating the tv t o a po n III slides a con cnn until It th Fortunately girls bod 1 arrives on the th spot alo Just In III the Ihl nick o time to 10 drive Iho tho elc adder which In end nfl turns upon Its owner ami stings Uns him to death dl Altogether tale 1 It Is I a A creepy tells me he hI will spare parc us 1111 none of ot It honors oven n to 10 tho on the Ihl scene of nt the Ihl snake tt Lyn Harding has l to tn play pIn tho part of ot Dr while H J A a n sound actor actorIs Is III to 10 be ho Sherlock Holmes a A part ho hohns IH sustain sustained time lime some hns for tor ed 01 In the tho province In William nineties drama of ot that name In lens than a It fortnight from now The rhe will have disappeared from tho Lyric Irle bill mid Its 11 1 place boon 11 01 taken by Wallers revival of ot The adapt Don Onn do Bazan 1 done by of tho Iho was It II du who ha hns been touching occasion and WitH was for tor the present u up given nt tho Ihn Convict oNnet under of at A la In May th the 1901 and transferred to 10 the Ih Duko of t Yorks York In August of ot the um No 0 great enl measure of ot popularity l Its lis performance but the Iho piece nay prove serviceable In helping Walt all T r lo to bridge over tho Interval now and the th end of ot the season Inson |