Show English E O Experiment Ex At 4 t Trees Tr s London Dramatic Letter LeIer I l T May My 10 Within a tow few re LONDON L hour of or the mulling of ot this let tet tetter I t ter tar the th curtain will hive have finally alien tulln at t His HII HI Majesty upon I lb hi shakespeare festival and Mr lr ir Herbert Tree TreeS ann esuna come lo to In an n end d During Durin the th next three months month hi place will willbe willbe willbe be taken tallen by b Thomas Thomaa whose wh ambition It la I to 10 do In la English h at itt HI Hl HIt t what ha has keen been n done In Ital Itel Italian ian at t Covent In other word h b he meant means to discover whether there thre ia i ia a public for opera In la large irge are enough to 10 ure him from tro at t least Maine motley money In kiss BUI U 12 week weak k venture vent To Pu return 10 to Tees Tret however At the of ot tonight performance he h wll Bike the Ih Into hi his confidence anil 1111 hit hin hi lilli fur rr next nut aut autumn In r X U k ij j III l h t 1 In keeping anything to himself No sooner woner MM nr ha he he lie an Idea ide than Ihan he ho long lonn Ion to communicate It II to tf everyone Hut But this thin time Ume he ha h has kept the Ib secret welt although he h revealed II It to Co a select few of or u ui Home some weeks week k ago qu Tonight lh then n hi his patron atron l will l learn Irn rn thaI that ho he h ha has h 4 1 It elded to tt reopen o in His HI In ill sop Hep with a S revival of ot peare Henty UI VIII PUt n II play ply which will sill come com m to the th younger generation with all thi attraction of novelty Inasmuch a as It ha hu not been n n In I London ondon Inre Henry Irving memorable production at Mt the Ih Lyceum In n 1110 Quit QuIte ii a short time Um ago an O George ril Alexander hi his hill Intention of lit reviving It at the ft St James JUnOS JUIll Bui BulO of 01 count ou he can n hardly expect to tu have hv acquired a II monopoly lly of U it by b uch uh mean I 1 d however he h will be none antic too ton well pleased to hear that thaI Tree TIN la Ia I to forestall him himat Tree of at course will play pia the pert of il r Cardinal ardInal 1 Wolsey In which Irving ninO mini I i all 11 I 1 ri hy h hi Ii h 1 ai a 11 rt l li in i iy ty hii hi ini fl I ij lj t Hut wl 1 i In I su ti ii William Iam T n II is Bluff I ilK 1101 anil iti n n 11 T ri i v a t J n 1 Well 11 II i ri a ii are a ettli P i nn I I Is It i ii i filer p s I V I II i i ito to t I rant t I i u m i 1 n nIn In the fIji II MI h i f r i 1 i tn h 1 I It I If tr l hl I 1 hIll nl i I h I Iv s hull I v ii i pita I r tl II I mi 1 n I hile Viet Vloet who by the III bye by played Anne Ann Boleyn kiley B eya In tile the tit Irving revival should houd be b well suited milted as RM Queen Kalls rein Tree Idea I is to rut cut out all 1111 lit the and nd i f know there Ib are enough II and to spare pare and bring the piece within a two hours limit To All Alt nut t the tile evening he hI will II TIt The title 11 which I is III always alway al good e od for f cw a hearty b tt laugh lauh Henry Rry if vm he will mount mot in M ina Ma a most mt sumptuous and an fashion fully fulty recognising that In Ihl he ha must need Neda go 1 one urn ne than Irving Irvin 1 Ti harks rl Frohman I Ia to In ti give us a 1 new nw n lw comedy at hi Repertory Theater ItI Tuesday y evening It U Is I th the work Wf lk of Anthony Hope Ho and ami nd Gordon flordon Len Lennox 1 flax nox n and nd bears bear Oa the th title till of Helena Path ath It seems m to be pretty generally generelly agreed agree l 1 that hat I has bits ba hardly hard achieved hv with the Ute Repertory T i r the thO success ue he hf hoped to tn ii il 01 do The chief ell n I ii that be ha bl not produced play laY of a tI kind to In ap to ti the th popular po u ular lar mr taste Ie And after all 11 even a s story Reper tory lory Theater depends depend upon the good gam goodwill I will of the public HI trump card ha has haa I been of the UIt Wells and anti that can n hardly be 0 t to I carry hm Iti very fI tar fill Frohman Im afraid bin ban trusted a little too blindly to ti his hi au author author thor and too little to hi his own iwo judg Jud judgment went ment It wa ass enough for him hi that men like Dam and jid Granville Barker Darker e l to t supply auppl him with lIh plays playa what particular kind klad they thy i en ri to tn b bIt bIt It II seemed med almost to t ii Inquire It V B announced some ago ao that Henry Hnry Arthur Jone Jones hits hiu hit also volun volunteered I Cr 1 I to I hi Into nto the th r tint hilt that st has hR himself told tolt mo flU III flUth th Ih 1 there wise was a m tie the th slenderest foun tun dilon nothing i than a vague 11 statement not nt before Tim possibly 9 S tO 30 tOh I Unit that tin Iii h nuil 1 ln would have h tit titI I V or iI thu II ii t I k H u cigarette arlI or orL orI I H HI L 1 M I i i I I I i i i iT T 1 In II 1 0 r liS 8 t I I II t tI tI I 1 lII In I t I Ii I 1 I I ri II ii iiI iiI I t I C oilier 1111 Ir I lick I k In I I Immensely el pleased hd with wit h her hr visit vi lo to I I America I came JUT i a here hr on un n the stage of ot Itta Ria 1 the tn flu U II i and ah she th tb then n r 41 In la i 10 term I to t the Pie cordial welcome a ahr tier her oft Ia your SOUP our lidS In n arLIO Bh She he hunt taken long on lo to t fall Into an 11 en ent a as a at t o ages ap ape her lIr with nith an Sn offer to 10 play the tho part W bt mom 1110 muster hi In th the a Sa he ha has now renamed r P PI Paul l tM piece pl 1 The Tb T Honor of the lb Family Thursday next ant hoe haa h hrh been rh tat foP ro It Itt first performance at t the 0 whet where ler and nd Frohman will continue tn to work ork together until the end nd of or the th season on By B the bye by the 91 former t Is under tinder lr contract t to tn produce the he Ih tat lat flyd yd plY play plaThe The Th fIta 1 now called railed The Th before tor the th end and lid of the year 1 HOW n Ts tIt to make milk thIs ht nt In rl engagement mIM to In go 0 to t tRI HI RI His M MIP V I am rather at t a lose loaa loseto 1 I to understand 5 S SI I have hav Herbert own wont for It that he hI ha hu at last obtained a alease lease I of or the In this thle connee connection tion I believe he hi ha hall Joined forces force Oketo with Herbert Trench of nf the Hay Hy Haymarket Haymarket market and nd with Joe Jo Lyons the head 10 of if t that famous firm which own owlie ow more moll tea ta shop and nd restaurant than I 1 should ear care r to tn number Joe Jo aa as hi his friends friend familiarly call all him Mm I Is a won wonderful wonderful fellow He ha h made mad an Im Immen Immense mense mn men fortune by hy hi hits own bill 1111 hi his real RI ambition I to win a It reputation for fr himself elf a as artist rt novelist and playwright He HI ha h has al ai teady done Ion firt ell cli 1 In the thu two form former er it r department hut he h certainly with will not nol he h content until he If see ee a play pl Inuring h lii hi nato name lilt fill on un the th stage of a aVist West Vist 1 Eri theater He I Is III deservedly r n My own la is I that when set Sep September 1 cornea come n we iliaD hall find the Reper Repertory He tory Cory quietly dropped fd and lAd the Uk of ot York Yorks transformed Into the lie headquarters cither of or Irene ll nu i or of or herald du Like new nw keep kp springing up only ully to 0 die dLe away as A rap rapIdly rapIdly Idly Idy I hope ho f however butter bottI luck uck may my attend the fresh fh departure which Ger Jer Gertrude trude Kingston Kin IN is I about to tusk mak I Ike kU JUl b taut ham obtained a ka te lease of Coutta Coutt old bank la In the Strand and nit I ii turning the tile building Into what he she h ha loa named The Little Theater The Tb place pia will eon con contain tain tam something hort short of ot OO people but butI I III to tu be rum rua on the lb moat fashionable line lines that la Ia I to nay ey y It will appeal al at moat moet to tn the Wet West W End En J smart mart set net t The Th et arat t will coat oot and nd the highest UW ue Bright merry Inch and witty witt comedies are to tn h b be bethe the staple attraction and aad they will b be played plad by a first nt da class company I was wa discussing the th whole question a day dy of two t ago allO with George Kd lCd ward who also alo as a he h to me m mh ha has h a In tn hi his head had which he hop hopes to 10 put Into effort effect be bt before before fore very vry long lOll Already he haa h ha ur td M 41 an aJi option on a site alte Ie In avenue venue and nd there he h propose p to 10 Ii a 1 dainty little theater to hold only nl people J The entire place pae will be devoted to at liSO each and the tho I entertainment will be ha nn in an equally plane It Is iii I to t consist of ot a amerry amerry merry little piece pie or a It real Grand Orand I Gulano thriller lasting from 50 SO to Ill t 60 80 minute The Th rest ret of 0 the th evening will silt he be h occupied hy by h a II Devue or skit upon current events event Into Inlo which new nw items Item will wilt be 0 dropped once on a 1 week lIk or even own every night if Ir What the newspaper does d for the Ih man mn In III the th street tret Edwards new n theater will In hort abort do for the th 1 ami able ahle classes cla The TIll performance would one meet maet t popular men In Lon Len London Lendon don doa i kindly and nd generous generou I fancy tany ho he use haa gone lIOn Into the th merely a as an 11 Investment as I Ito Ito k to be the th controlling force tori thin Intention la IS I of nf course to tIt Ht I Wit wife EMI Ellis Jeffrey Jeffreys my arr errs version of Ur I Ir r Jekyll and Mr Hyde has ha l it somewhat brief career at the thi th Jin III eirand and nd at if Wing revive rh his hi fathera M play J Louis nul XI The Th piece 11 la ii enly saly to 10 he used HR as a II 1 gap gag hi tn order tn tO give time fur for rehear rehearsal rehearsal 1 sal of ot a new W play piny which Irving ninO N I under contract to 10 produce In M This ta is L hy by O Georges orge In which Antoine non manager of the Odeon Odon originally ap appeared a atI appeared tI In Purl Paris 1111 I was wan al ac Sc acquired I qui br who hat hav having hating ing made ma m n for the Ih Immediate Tutor ha has now transferred It to tI Irving cell Cecil 1 Raleigh and Henry Henr Hamilton have hav Just JUlit completed the th scenario of ut otI the he I new n drama drains to be hf produced l hy by Arthur Collins at Lane Lan In tIn th autumn The Th authors author this time have hv turned lum their attention to 10 the th navy and promise a series aerie of stirring picture of life lit on ill board a I battleship The Tit t will wi l h e crowded with wih bluejacket and I f should not be b at t all 11 If It th the great sensation scene hal had Home sin II thing Ihn to tn do 0 with the th foundering of r ini m of nt these Ih monster of or the Ih steep deep I Collins ha has h arranged to inns bring ChantIer with the th original French to I Drury Dru Lane on nn June Jan 27 and un It Is I JIMI possible negotiation with wit ii the I i iv t rate rut been ien starlet that Hint have at lt any he h may my tran fer the th Tane lon success u B The T Whip t lIt th Porte Pori Ht St l Martin In Paris lock teh K k kand and nd barrel during the th tb time 10 tin s r vIsit to tn |