| Show 1 p Cl k ci I A Ai i iO Special Correspondence Corre London Aug J M It pre preeminent preeminent preeminent eminent place In the hearts hearth of nt London L n on playgoers Is 18 I Indicated by b tho the extraordinary Interest that Is le l manifested In Iii his hll b forthcoming play ilia which Is to be produced nt at Wyndham theater some onie tour sour hence The astute Froh Frob Frohman Frohman man men press agent who la ta taking advantage advantage tage of the prevailing curiosity by eke Ing out ou b bt of Information little by lit littie littie littie tie now io denies that tho namo of ot the play lay Is le to be Little Mary Mar and also aleo refutes th the report that It was WIlS to bo called The Petrel a 1 t title not ln In the least tenet lue It seems that there really Is l a n little Mary In the mysterious she the Is Ic to ba bl naught but an Influence but nov nev nover never er Or seen The scene ceno Is to bo be laid In an nn English country house houBe of ot the present day and the story Is s said sahi to be as nil whimsical and fantastic as all that of ot The Admirable Crichton Tho The moat most Inter Interesting eating esting announcement In connection I With the play pIa Is that H IL B D wife the charming Dorothea who became famous flu he Is Trilby will wilt reappear on the stage stale In this piece to together together gether gother with Gerald Iu Ju ron con on of the author it Trilby It Jt is III under understood stood however that Nina will vill have the tM th principal role next to that of oC John Hare Thanks chiefly to the contagious frol frolicking frolIcking icking Impudent good humor of little Louie Freear that wholly and not Ilot especially picturesque musical ni comedy Tho Chinese Honeymoon Is III Isto isto to tl celebrate cel Its It II second In a n afew few tew Weeks ekR thus breaking all 1111 records for tor long lon runs without change of house After Atter a preliminary canter In the coun country country try the tiny ploy was wall brought out at the theater on Oct let t 4 and there it tl has hRs been ever since with the tho same cast and with every prospect of oC staying Maying on through the winter Es Ell Established A D I 1901 Is a n line row now ow In sorted In the advertisements t S I The Tho record long lonE run however Is of ot course that of ot Charleys Aunt U H who with Sidney Val Valentino nI al Is now preparing to make his hili bow nt M actor manager with Clyde play pIny The Tim Climbers actually played In every overy performance of Char Charleys leys leya Aunt In London for tor three years and nine months He lie also appeared hi Sweet Lavender times George musical comedies comedIc A mt Gill Gai Gaiety ety Girl The Geisha eisha Son san Toy and The Th Toreador had ball an average run of at two years each and Dorothy holds record for musical comedy with performances S I Tho rho Savoy theater sacred to the memory of ot Gilbert end and tho the home ever since of English light opera I h undergoing transformation In spirit nid ad In Tho The Is be beins ins considerably rebuilt and th corn com ini BO o 0 long associated with It has departed d on tour t or to return i In h I ber bet to tb another theater t th Ih h hitherto tho the home borne of melodrama where 11 r under the management ment of at Wm Greet Of ct they will produce a comb opera Mrs rs DOyly DOy Carte Carto wid widow widow I ow ov of at the tamos Gilbert ailbert and Sullivan manager still BUll holds the tho acting rIghts right of ot all the tho Gilbert Cilibert and Sullivan operas and the exiled Savoy company wilt will therefore bo b cut ofT off from the old plays which Mrs Carte will probably revive reviveS S at III the tha Savoy with another company II 0 Elwyn Harron whoso success as US a ft 1 playwright led him to give up hi hl his work I as M l dramatic critic und and como come over oer to Europe for tor old words to conquer has picked up his hla pen agaIn after taking it If easy cas for tor some soma time He lie put tho the finishing touches lent last week on n a play which will probably get gt g t Its first production pro in America Mr Ir and Mrs Mr Bar BarI h h u I a c Ic z Ij MISS ALICE JOHNSON JOHNSONn I In n the New Now Farce A Friend Fen of ot the tho Family d ron ion amuse themselves them by b living In two to London houses at lit tho the same some time Doth Both places are and both bath are equally home homed to tho the family who gravitate back and forth as All the spirit moye moe If tt you ou dont donl find fad them In one on place e run over oer to the other less leis than thana a mile away S I S Mrs Mr Patrick Campbell Is II going to produce three new plays pIn on her provin provincial provincial cial tour which begins begIn Sept 7 1 CD hours hour entertainment at nt the Granda dreada lecture and recital combined upon the tho of or Shakespeare S Among Amon the acts nt at the Salt Palace this week eek which have drawn considerable ble tie applause Is II the teat feat of at Prof Proto Barr who Iho takes a II large piece of ot paper paler and anu tearing It In strips attilla with his hla fingers ul UI ultimately hangs It up tip and an shows that he hehns has hns evolved n a very neat pattern One OM of his teats feats t especially clever clev r was In working out an jn rl n a 1 huge piece of ot pink paper lp r and making It read rend Head the tho Nd The net Is II a de do clover one and one grown gros be In thinking how Mr hart Barr could over ever have acquired the art Florence Florenco Roberts Roberta Is In like likely kely to secure from Amelia Amell the Pacific const coast rights of ot Clyd Clyde The Frisky Mrs Johnson Johnton a comedy coined peculiarly tinny suited to her temperament and method The Dramatic the representative ve Journal of the tho theater of ot Amer Arner America AmerIca ica ka most widely circulated dra dramatic matic newspaper In tho the world will at attain attain tain tam the tho age of at 25 years In December The event went will be signalized by the publication of at a holiday number of ot cx ex exceptional Interest Inter st und and value It is IB a n fact tact not generally known that the tho Mir Mirror Mirror some 20 years ago Issued the first tint Illustrated holiday number nu ber published In Inthis Inthis this country and yearly since Ince It has published hed holiday numbers of striking interest and beauty Tho The anniversary annl number of the Mirror MIrro will ba bo rich In contributions from distin distinguished writers on o tho the theater and Ite Illustrations Illustration will Include the tho wor work 11 of ot many prominent artiste The Mirror la III recognized ro ra n 1 ne of ot notable end high principle and lt till its success baa beta been b cn dc deserved Frank Franl Worthing Julia Julin lending leading man Is III back from froni his Ms home In Scotland ready and fit to 10 play pla his hili part in i Poole Fools of Nature His Ills health at the end of at last season was slightly Im Impaired paired perhaps by the tue strain of ap appearing p nightly nl as 18 that most villainous of ot stage villains Capt Oliver In The Cavalier C but a course of ot golf has put I him right again An example of ot Clyde l thor In securing nn an adequate pro production production of ot his plays IB Ie 1 the fact that all nil tho the actors who are arc to support Max Ine me Elliott tt In Her Own Way War were ere se selected selected select lect d and engaged a year ago for the coming season senon This Thu was before Mr Fitch had touched pen to paper on the play proper He had drafted a ti scenario for Miss Elliott and Mr Dillingham and when it was accepted he described to the tho manager each character that tha would be Involved and nominated the actor or actress who could play pUy It best It WAS WAil then comparatively easy callY so far farIn farIn In 11 advance to secure the people want wanted wanted wanted ed Millie James has haR been rereading tier her DIckens since her manager C B 13 Dil Dillingham lingham arranged with Clyde Fitch I to present her the IIi latter lailer part of the sea season season son eon In n A new play phI written around the dear old characters of Little Nell and The Marchioness In the light of her new Interest she was Wall struck with the frequent references Dickens Dicken made to theatrical life His Ills works abound with description of ot theatrical performances On ot the tho funniest Is III In Great Ex Expectations when Pip visited vl Mr sic at nt the Temple T mple of ot the Drama The play wn WM Hamlet Ophelia Ophella was a s aprey aprey sprey prey to such slow sia musical madness that when then In tho the course of ot time she had taken ort oft her white muslin scarf folded It up and burled buried It a sulky man who ho had been cooling his Impatient noie noe no e against an nn iron bar In the front row tow of ot the gallery galler growled Now Xo the put to bed b be l lets have supper When the prince frince asked the question whether It was wu nobler In the mind to suffer Buffer sonic somo roared yes sand and some someno someno no noi end and sonic some Inclining to both ions ald said Toss up for tor It ItI |
