| Show I fOYLES DOYLES PLAY ABOUT GERARD TO BE PRODUCED AT LAST Special Correspondence I ONDON Feb leb M Although Sir SI Ar M Arthur Arthur LONDON thur Conan Doyle DOe was unsuccessful Jd In his recent attempt to get tutu Into parliament the Ito creator of ot Sherlock Holmes Is I probably not It entirely down cown downcast cast can ca t at present for tor he has lies Just succeed succeeded succeed succeeded ed d In arranging an Important little mat matter mit mittel ter tel which has been boen hanging lire Ire for fOl a along along along long time rather to his hi disgust In oth other er Cr words Doctor Doye DOYle has his ha succeeded in disposing of ot the play h he wrote around hits his hi Gerard quite a n while ago and which until quite recently lie he ngo hid had hd found It U quite Jule Im mi to place Of Ot course everybody with will 11 remember Gerard The exploits of ot this hits dashing member of t Napoleons Old Guard maelo uncommonly good gOOI reading ns as narrated d dby by Dr Doyle Dole In story stol form to Im anti and their author believed front from the first that I there thero was an on uncommonly good play In Gerard Accordingly he Ito wrote it but bitt ui ill II he ho confessed somewhat ruefully In inIda im un interview recently ho of offered terel the tue tie manuscript to practically ev cv every C er crt ery r In London lAndon It was 1 aK Declined with thanks thank by hy one mind and all ni Ju juht t as lS If it the dramatized adventures of ot that other oilier oth r Doyle toyio hero her Sherlock Holmes not hot been one OlO ot of tho tle biggest t thelt heal successes of at recent years lII Perhaps It Was because Doyle had hadn n t this tinto the tho assistance of ot that dexterous playwright William Gillette nut Hut n Il as a 1 matter mater of 01 fact there Is no tea ica son lIon lon why Dr Doyle should not hot have been heen able to put Gerard on the stage for tor his hil play pia Halves which was wn produced at nt the Garrick a aI afew fw few I years ago ngo Was not badly construct if d while his hil Waterloo In Iii which Sir Henry appeared so many times wits was wasa Wl a ft I thoroughly effective little work He lie this as a It may however tho the Gerard Play tilt did not seem scent to go liar vey ny ty nibbled nt at It I for lor a I while but finally finalY threw It down at last accounts Dr Doyle DIle was decidedly crestfallen over th the tue whole shoie affair U It I Is II all al right now noa no however for tor Lewis Waller Jaller Waler who was WIK ono one of ot the few tel that bitt Doyle try 11 It 11 first has hami Just Juat definitely accepted tho the Play pIn and will wl It immedIately lifter after the thc run of The Harlequin King which he Is U now nol giving at lt the Imperial theater I understand that ho he has hal both bath tho the English and American rights the latter of ot which ought to bo be un tin uncommonly uncOmmonly commonly valuable If I the Ito play plc pIa Is 13 a I sue suc roes ceHR here al ci According to Dr 11 Doyle though some Imf of ot the Ito material In lie tho erard stories IM is II mado use of ot the tho Plot of at his hit play piny H Iii 1 entirely en new misty being soon ln In the tho full tul bloom of at n mu sort earl of ot later Inter In tact fort I though housh without that heros I Tho The story stor concerns sonic ome miss maims mis I mg Ing papers of ot untold value antI and the tho heroine Is a beautiful Wheat hom Gerard Is IA In lit love lore Certain It Is I that Lewis Wailer Waller who wile In ed Monsieur on this tide fide of ot time the tie water will wi males make n a gallant of ot the tho hero antI and ns as WaIler Waller has hI long Jong Jon been boen meditating nn an In American tour ho lie may IY decide to take tako the new nOl Doyle play piny across the th water In caso case It Pleases playgoers here In n any ca case cae o there win wI wi be consIderable cn Interest In Ini SeeIng sort ort ot of ll ti OC I It Is ls that i 1 Dr IT 1 DO Dle IC has haA made mada out of ot his hla Gerard stories and If I It succeeds tho the laugh will wi I 6 I 1 L he be on tho time who vho display displayed ed cd unanimity In turning tuning It down Iown J M 1 enthusiastic letter lettel to Cissie Leftus Lot HIS In of ot her once ance In Peter Poter Pan lan turn hai already been beel to In these notes hates I Just Jul gained Miss Mi Loftus permission to pub publish limit lish Ish the tha full tull text of ot this thi letter utter after ICer reading reading which no 1 ono otto will wonder at lt atthe tho the delight which It I aroused In II the tho f fur Or recipient It 1 really realY Is a rather extra extraordinary extraordinary ordinary epistle especially coming from tram tho lie commonly reserved omit author of 01 The LIttle Ulo Minister Meanwhile Mean Jean while here hero It isMy Is IsMy I My IY Dear I want ant you ou to know knol how proud I 1 am ant of ot you ou Some Instinct for tor that line has been saying to me mc years jou ou vero w ro tho the girl for tor me inc anti and you ou prey provid pro id etl ee gorgeously last night I have had hlll some lome line things done clone for tor ma me and my mI plays now and again but never any thing timIng liner than your Peter Ieter and It Is tho tIle most lost difficult part I have evem Cel ask asked ed cd a woman to play lila Ilia If 1 I go on writing eo I hope iou ou will wi often oUen be lie In them thel if Ir you 01 are lre not aol It will wil be bit because you iou ou would not I urn mum letting Mr Ir know knots knol that you ou are arc Iro the tho best belt thing that ever came camo to mo mu from froni America Your grateful author J M I HAnnIE I SI There Thero U Is I always n a direct American In Interest interest terest In iii 11 the production of lIt f a it new Iel mu comedy by George 11 warde for forIt fo forit It It Is I good Kool It Is sure lUre to 3 Inko its way suay across time the Atlantic The LIttle Cher Cherub Cherub nb put on nt itt tho lie Prince of ot Wales Vales theater recently can safely count on passing this maritime test t st for lor some minute sOle of Ivan Ciryl music mu lo Is of at his Ills best and amid brightest and that hat I Is mil Ins much The lyrics by liy Hoss HoslI ItO are ture up to the lie av uv average U too to Owen Itch 1111 who wh 11 supplies what Is necessary In tho the way of ot spoken words wads tells Intermittently n a I story which apparently nan has hal something to do II with wih the lie Intention of ot the lie four frisky daughters of ot a n hypocritical sari nIl to give gle glean an amateur performance ot oC a popular musical comedy cored Che riley ha have to call In Inthe II Inthe I the tho dashing star of time the original com corn comedy tidy edy to show Dhow them what whal to do tie nut of ot course tho the earl el riot nt once adores her h cr makes lale ridiculous In the second act net and anel liTers her his hand at nt the end coil of at tho the third act net Exle Etie Greene who wito Is la beloved of ot all 11 frequenters of ot tho lie IM l ll ardos shows was II In II excellent otc form torm aslie as ns the lie musical comedy star The hit lilt of ot the tho pIece however was vas undoubtedly n a dance by live five Cupids four of ot them theta the tIme tiniest timid most graceful of ot tots tot to toOle sonic some Ole of ot tho list most charming tint that hathas has been written for tor an out al entertainment of ot this sort ort In II n a I long time |
