| Show American Market Looking u in London Theaters 11 Correspondence l May aw 7 For Por the Ih first frt LONDON time Ume Ine lohman new nw re ro scheme ah was w th Ih curtain at the Duke r k of York Yorks fell 11 to a mixed mf reception biasing and nd I cheering being pretty equally euly balanced The Te I was wa named nl Helena lel Ith U I Is I rounded founded on u I short ort tory tol by An Anthony Anthon thony thon Hope Cosmo GIm Gron lordon I who In private I la the Duke of Rich Richmonds rh monds nephew phew and ald Marie re Tempests hu band fancied the tule tl might be b transformed Into an n effective comedy cy Consequently he hC drew drw out a and then Invited Anthony Hope le to 1 work upon It I with lh him The Th colla collaborator 11 i bra tor neither of whom ha many hi missed stage ta work to II crt never a rehearsal herl Their presence p and ld their whispered suggestions u aIO to Barker the th only served to the performers performer and nd a gen general n eral debacle set t In A a a matter mater of uffa fact fa everybody concerned In the In Interpretation of the Iho play predicted H frost frt They rh all recognised they had hd been n sc t the th hopeless tuk of or mak mk making ing I bricks without straw trw 11 In II tho circumstance it II la hardly har I that a feeble and nd Invertebrate aiice 10 WH WM the result ull Irene Irol In a part Indifferently suited In her could do 10 little to tn retrieve the ti waning fortunes of nf the play pl and nd the Ih audience ait I hR hinted hiltl or ur at III any ny rate ril n enn n portion porton of ot tho those assembled took tok tio to In to It I HI of disappointment The rhe had put Into the Ih mouth of one 01 of their diameters the dangerous phrase phra IH I ver rf slow 11 which was 1 promptly i li I n A voiced tnt ir In the gallery fIn with the Ih significant ex mUon And HO say y all al of us UI On 01 the Ih morning after production I Iwas Ia was a chatting hat tn with Ith Charlee i and Ind he observed l I certainly r expected that so n much hostility would I e shown own Of course oU I never n Ien Path aa a a It I seemed to me m a I dainty light and n pretty lt bit of gossamer work that would make mk a fitting contrast to 10 mime om of the ti mire serious play produced rd at t tho Ihn Reper Repertory tory tr theater However there Ii I i n In the th thought MM tI the r system lends Ind Itself admirably 11 I I the 11 speedy p of ot a piece III with without IL out Inviting unnI attention to 10 the tho fact of It I failure In this m one mut take 11 the tl rough with wll the I smooth and Ind I hav been In tr rr ton long Iun at It I to question th Ih Ight to decide Ten day d he h produce ruC a new n piece 11 entitled nUle aln by b an n untried playwright th linker It I Is I a piece Ie of ot somber rel ing II the t humdrum 1 if Ir a city elt clerk who has h taken unto himself s f wife on 01 the th ml sl f MS UI a week k kAt At the Ih Lyric there are rt already Ird IRn that The h 11 VA produced barely harl a month ago AfO I not fled fated to enjoy enJo a long existence The piece pl started well w but the first week waa w the ht and d ever Ivr since receipts have h lieen steadily drop drol dropping ping The Th slump during durin the th past pi day or two Iwo has hA been n so 1 pronounced that Waller ha hu been hn forced fOr to 10 look round for a he h haa hu quite a anum number Ir of f play writ written wl ten n or being written for fr pl him hut but practically he 1 nd It I hard tv I II put I hi hand on one On for production prod Ilton Chance hAnl haa ha however brought him within the ft 4 R hour houra a piece pi entitled The Th founded bv b nn I author on n an 11 American short hort stor Io It I I l tn to tin Ih KI nd l who n 11 I I It r I II I I I I I Ihl I Ilin hl I I IV in o I i I I ll I II III III 1 MI KI il I Ii I i K i i mi nil jor i Ih ar ii ket kt 1101 ho in n i K n I Improvement W who wh H i i i m u em j ii inn 1 in n I i ie mean men lii 1 in I i i d N nothing more morr suit lb 1 iu it I novelty Into Inlo i un i r Hie th moat mUt Important part pr In it II H that liat of an n American HI lien and Waller ha h offered It I In to 1 Fawcett who wo Is I so 0 much In love lov with the character that he I willing to tot postpone t ne his hi return turn to lu the th Mates t In order to appear In It at al the th Lyric The Th matter matr will I J expect be b de decided de I before bo a week I III over George 0 Alexander A too to ha h 4 een n laying hi hl plan for the ti Immediate fu future ture tUr The T lAn Importance of f Being ln It I I In virtually ly certain will I carry ca him to the th middle of nf Juh Jul when he h will wi up the th hute at lt the It t James Jm and nd go Io off ot on a month holi holiday hol day dy He H mut mul have h done don well wl with lh lhOr Oscar Or Wilde ld comedy me for he h told me m that even Raster Pr week wk the very vry wt he h ha h had ha to tu face fA left Ie him a clear profit of 1250 He I re reopen I open hi hi theater on the of n September with a ply which I 1 be believe lieve lev ha hf done don well rl on jour our Id namely nam Lout Lul Evan Ean DAr of ot the th Alexander ha I engaged nl L Tree T leading during the the past Pt for tor the th female role rol I 1 am a told by hy or Tyler Tr who ha haju h ju jut t returned from fo Liverpool that The Th f r a produced In that city It lat Mond d ha h Might ht on there In 1 10 o uncertain The T notice tel lire r excellent and the th public hai ha endorsed Indr the tt critic verdict by h the th hoU nightly Tyler TIr hi hil eaon wn at the London Oar Ur next t Thursday Turay and d I very v hope hopeful ful ul that tha the th pi e will 1 repeat the Ih cc It has h made m both th In II America and andIn nd In Liverpool A A soon a he t ban hl fairly i launched It he Is la off C to tn Italy Ily but ex n expects nI I Pt tn I be back NII In London In July Another of ot your yoU manager whom who I Ihn have hn been looking for this neck Marc r Klaw who W I understood to arrive r In London at t the th beginning of we wI k Nobody Noy however seem m to t een n him up to now nw Probably he hr ho hl Int In France nt or In ny and Id Is I om Ii on to u later M h the th bye by turned tur up In time tn to in company her hr sister Gertrude t In Liver Liverpool I I pool 11 and to II witness ln her hr appear appearance I ance r In The Dawn of a Tomorrow Charles Frohman tell tl me mf that he ht hat h patched the up hi little Ill difference with Marie Tempest and nd that she he will I play pia under adr his hi man management m all 11 next nt a After the th termination tInto of the th run rn of Caste e in New NI York he h Is to ml a holiday 11 to t returning to your our Id later to appear apr In a new fW play p which Frohman I now no getting ready dy for her In the th Caste CI I am de delighted d lighted to that f n P Huntley HuntI ha hu hamide humId mId mide such urh a brilliant success u as W Ee Eerie F FIa rie Ia In IOrI old ol comedy I t re t im well II It mut be mime mr 13 1 or 15 1 y r how he h came m out at al the th Avenue nl In a 1 r ailed The Shell produced plue by the Ih Kendal The Th part r he hf played was Wi that of an n old er r rIn imn In maker m py of bomb bb He H wa la Irl on n the th stage two minute altogether but hi performance wo one 0 of the th nn In Int et t thing I een n and ought out to have hi reputation there and an then a I a character actor Ado Hut Hii somehow managers pd him by and nd he h had hd perforce pre to drop Into musical mua I Iome comedy in order to make ma a livelihood ome Now that tha the th brilliant of ot hi hiE Eccles E hae ha been h no generally 0 no douW douht he h will 1 he allowed to tot get t out of his h old ol groove rv and nd be b al allotted talents parts p worthy of 0 his hi undoubted H B 8 Irving Is I to 1 u a double bill composed of a Grand thriller In which appeared here hr some om three year II ago ao and of a revival of fam fAu u triumph Robert The Tp choice h eem m a one 01 for the th two to piece Ie will wi afford H U HB Uh B h an opportunity to tn reveal both a 8 a I tragic tr actor tor and a n comedian InquI Is I the story tol of a Krem h magistrate subject to 10 epileptic mi I who during durn one on of tf hi attack tk commits a murder murr An Innocent man n IH I haro ed N with wih the t crime rim and nd It il the h buln of th th magistrate maCrI to II over oCr hi examination It I will wi he that In tin t end nd the Ih truth I brought home to him but death happily putt un In end nd to the torment occasioned IK h the th discovery Step bv b tep Ip Irving I hi claim ahn to I rank with lh our leading acton ato although somehow he ha failed to make mke hi hl tenancy t n 1 of w Queen a paying affair The Th tn I largely due du In 10 the of the bv hy him and In Ina Ina a lean 1 degree to n the th theater I Ir for which the th public tin hl neer revealed n kindly feeling However HOVer if hi project for tor a brand new theater In Leicester square aur should huld rOi I take lak h noth nothing ing In would me 0 lex I than to 10 nee M him become both and Ind one on of 0 our mont mt I Went Wt End mour Hick HIka tell tl me m he h ha h Just been brn arvd nerved with wih a writ bv b L I Stuart who allege all that the th failure flur of ot their joint piece Captain at 1 wa w due du to the h Inadequate and nd Impoverished manner In w hit h Hick produced prud It For or thin he h d mand nd a good round rund um b by nay WI t of f damage nl He H further bring Hid Hick a charge of ot hinder that the th latter ha h that the th non of Captain wax attributable to 10 the Ih nt quality of muI The Th uil ull If ever It I ally doe lorM tome rt Inlo In If ouri ourt promise to I be l an a Interesting one nn It I may be remembered that Ihal Ix lle threatened Or ex exactly x the th fume thing in the Ih I e of rf Uvan at II the th t hut but the Ih affair ended In smoke mk |
