Show M fiji QUEST OF PLAYS IN LONDON Successful Pieces Which May be lot This Coun Country try Marshall Piny Play Refused by Cyril Cyri Maude Proves A Gold Mino lUno Barrio Too Yearns lot fOI a n Repertoire H McCarthys Now Piny Ploy for 01 Virginia Horned Ha l Mn n Mt Special Correspondence March 26 Tho difficulty I LONDON L In the this United 11 States Hin sItI Charles Frohman l when hll he lie hI arrived 1111 ed In don tha th other elliot day tn in IK H to got pot good We Wo hl got Kot the Iho actors but we WI must K get t plays for them Ho So let Us 11 see leo what Mr I wilt will willbe wi be to pick up UI lion her In the tIne way tay of ot vehicles for tor his lila nt nl homo An As Ashe he Is I producing It I Hi Iii Il London no doubt built the head hN of or the Theatrical Trust al nl already ready holds liable the American rights of ot rite Tho Duke of ot When Whon hon Captain 1 til Marshall M roto this comedy coined he It I to Cyril whom the tl Iut would lun lilted lIke Ilko Iko a It 1 glove glo but tim actor Kt I VI lee Cousin Kate In iii II which ho Will titan than playing to 10 run right the tim season no so K ho he tinned The Tue Duke Mew ev oa ho lie must bo be sorry Hurry Horr for tor or whereas Cousin Kate after nelI ItO 10 flights or to so camo to the tho end of ot HH its IK with a n hunK bang Cap Captain Cal tain him comedy Is II said Id to ba bo paying better heler than titan any other othel III ceo which tins has given In II London and ought to Ratify run a I year or more lucre Arthur Athur Jones Joseph which Cyril Crl Maude put on hastily I I when wh n Cousin lato l lo canto came to 10 oo so 10 abrupt an on end did tild not lIot draw golden Holden opinions from tram the critics critic but hut It I scents noema lucma to bo be audiences and rind Mr Ir may decide to 10 try Ir It In tho Iho tim United States The Tho Arm Ann of the Law III tho tue English l version cr lon of ot La folle whoso whose striking plot was ns described In iii these theo recently is also likely to tobe tole tobe be le snapped up by the American Am mann mana manager ger Ker when Arthur Arthu Athur r produced tithe this piece lio ho neglected to 10 nay la ItO on tho ito program by whom the tho adaptation lied hail 1111 been made but speculation line accord according accordIng ing ng to been so 80 rite rife an M to tho the unknown adaptors Identity that tho the has hn just confessed bash bashfully bashfully fully tul that ho did It Il himself ThUs This Thil Is by hy nu no means first nut offence olence Ills Hlo H adaptation of ot another Krench play Monsieur lour le Ie runt ran for tor nights under tho the name of ot The Thu Chill Chii Widow Most of ot tho Iho other pieces now In view In lit II the tho West Welt K I nc 1 either olther are of American origin or havo been beel produced In Iii the tho United States al nl already ready but html Somerset A AMan AMan Man of at Honor with Its 11 grim story of tho tim barrister iio 10 married a 1 barmaid Is II available and should bo be se Be seen n ut lit homo home Of ot plays announced tar for can production production tion ton about the tho most mOlt promising Is II Loves Iwen Carnival which hl h George Alex tho the St BI ThIs Thin nader will RIve give at James Is II another successful German play I adapted for Alexan Alexanders tiers ders derl U I by hy whose those I version ver lon of ot Old him iiii just JURt been withdrawn nt R t tho lie Ht St James Jumes attar after n a run rUI of t m nights Tho The ut of Lovos Levos vo place In ho n I military town and the tho play chile tragically lie titu hero and und hero heroM Inn inti M dying 1111 together Probably by title time I hU Mr Ir line has seen ocen Justin Jully McCarthy Ml ho line 11 Just re returned reo turned tim rood from froni a I long lOlI holiday on the Riviera during however he line has a it I good goud tied deal of time on un the thu 11 play lUcy which he hue line has In hand for COl Virginia hummed Horned The Tho author of ot If It I I t Were er ere King says ay 11 It will wi be he found the best thing hu lie hl lies hUH done dIme Another new lie play pIny with wih an In American Interest Is I Sunday which Julia rind her husband Fred Terry Forty fori are about to give glo nt at lt the lie Comedy Tho Jho piece which is l by h u jt 1 member of at Wilson company lute has hlll auth lug Ing to du do with th Ih the Sa but hut takes lakel Its Is name from frol rOta its Ita Il heroine an tin In American i girl Irl whom the tho catly earl of ot the how hoss In her homo In the Far West Vest lint but hit who vito Inal comes conies to 10 London and lies has adventures t t S Tho The state of or the tho drama It I seems to tobe tobe tobe be the Iho universal al theme at nt least In Inthis Inthis this title country coultry and 1111 tIm Ih United States From Irom home homo come celtic rOlo tim tha lamentations of ot David on tim tho parlous state Into Inlo which theatricals there thero are ura alleged to have fallen elicit anti and hero here no ito gathering of ot antI their Is la com coun cot without a n no suit 11 to 10 how hiow howa a I similar stati of at things thinKS In IB is to 10 bo IJU mended Wo We o Mr liar Bar rio would steer clear of ot the tho HU It t had hail been announced that In his address to the tho Playgoers club chub last Sun Sunday lily day evening the thu author of at Little Mary Mar would enunciate his lila views as asto 1 asI to tn I how far a I dramatist might go In tho th direction of at deluding his hI audience but Instead Mr spoke poke on the Iho of ot the tue inn I It I Is true truo that he ho wan wal wa Incited thereto by Ill what A U II I Walkley who was ras WI in thu lit chair had said sold pre pro previously The Tue Times critic declared that what the h drama really relly wits WI suf suffering faring fering from Crol rout WOH aM slow lov Inadequate supply of at good god play i from Crr which It would seem nn as ni It If Mr l html had come conic to n a desert dellert In quest of or water waler What Shat Is Tree showing asked Walk Walkley ley lay A play piny made condo In II America What IH Is Alexander showing A play Ilia mails made In Germany What are nn Wyndham nod and Waller showing Plays made In lii Whon Mr Mn Ir Barrio ro rose rORO o to reply telI hits his hil hearers were surprised to learn that he hue like Ilko Iko Henry Arthur Athur Jon Jones and amid others considered tho tim many state clued aided theater an ns thin tho dramas best but It If not lot only olly hope hOll I am atti Bar Barna na said alI n ft passionate believer bel er In the repertoire theater thealor and If It we WI had bad one conducted on an good eod lines I should semi every play 1111 I wrote to tn It before I sent sont Mil MilI It I anywhere else The author of ot limo Tho ho Little Minister did d tint not nt however die dil hIl lila tB audience by b remaining en Il entirely Speaking of ot certain corlin criticisms on ca his hl oik he ho said laid that he knew a 1 lady Indy who took a 0 friend of or his histo hl IiI to A l theater once to 10 see seo onn anI of ot his hil pieces plo es the ladys If It I he wondered why Iho she ho took him there his friend saId Id he supposed It was war because she Rhe liked hIked Mr plays Ilia Oh no she he replied I cant abide them Its Il because It Is a 1 nice quiet street for tor the tho horses hores Barrio also alo al til alluded feelingly to the tue authors box hox boxA boxA A bad authors box ho he said suld was waa very cry large with wih a n good view of at tho the house A good authors box was one with wih u a I adark dark clark recess reces In It especially If It the recess consisted con of f two Iwo walls meeting In iii II till nil 11 acute angle Into Inlo which the lie author could press pr SH himself elt and then work his hil hiI way WiY to a 0 spot trout from which ho h got a n aview view of ot tho the house houBe The humorist also aroused laughter by b likening himself to the actor Ictor who got Rot Into Inlo a n cab and said to 10 the driver Mar Marble Marble Marble ble Arch please S stage lage door coor doorS In London at ut present a I series of at con concerts rOi cents Is 19 being given hen by h tho fatuous famous brass brast band ban which italic halls from the tho oddly named little village tillage In Lancashire U I o th tho Horn Barn Title This bund band really la Is a crack one onI It has won WUI cups clIM amid trophies galore and Is in iii constant de do demand mand mald all al over oer the kingdom II hut but tho Iho I organization organisation In lit Interesting lj of oC the Iho fact tuc that In It I HO so 10 to toK tolk K ak lk Is II centered the whole life Iro of at the place piece from front which It II comes timid and from it IL tithes taken Its itA name ro To o 0 th hum Har Its Is band menus as a munich much It If not more Inure than time the tw Passion play doc to Oberammergau ond this has been beau n w so 0 for over or yearn yeats carl The ambition of ot little hoys lios in iii the tho town ton Is 18 not to be he either a 1 policeman or u it pirate but to 10 play In the tue bard band and the tho favor favorite favorIto Ito ite Io playthings 11 of ut such sich urchins are lre drums and toy loy horns If Jt Ild hors two young men liten tire lire courting lie tho same girl Irl In II the tho village hinge and only one of or them is IK a 1 memo mem mel her of oC the bond it I Is II ten len to 10 C one Ofle on that the musician will wi get Ke her Football unit and cricket are played hardly at lt nil ni In csell o th thO fain Harn lal and the thin performances attract but bitt little the thin town folk tolk prefer to 10 attend at the frequent concerts which are given by 1 their beloved bend band 1 ld Of o course curl It goes goo without saying that every member of ot tho the are il I In till all lives lel In the tho town lown o 0 th thO fern Itself Is II a I factory village and it would bo Interesting to ta t tell tel where Its Il odd 11 name camo mo from but hUl unfortunately this tuii point IH is II shroud t f od Il In mystery OS I 01 The e most mOl popular be ri lief la Is that Dick DJ Turpin the high highwayman r I I wayman lyman used to stable stahl hoes r t In II a n lucid local barn br when business bu brought hint him hm to tl the locality beauty but there thero IH JK j ii other lug nd to the Ihu effect that thal nn an In inn San much resembling r a I hal once stood In ins 11 I 1 j th the ila e and alJ wu a s kept by n IL I named IDled lIes Ie 1 The rho baud band of ot ci u IK th 2 f blare Barn practises several times hone a it 1 week track r rIn In rooms especially up for or its Ita i use else On Out these nights the tha conductor Ii Alexander Own Owen who has hiI led the tho beaU band ane i t for tor 20 w years el ami the U 21 players may 1 bo be seen making better beler titus time tle toward i 1 home borne titan than usual After the Ihl factory f whistles have announced 1 tho tim end of at I Ithe the days 1111 work smith and a I as soon u tot supper A i Is ht out Iut of ot the tue way 1 lights light appear In the tha practise room shortly followed by I tho the c o which draws drais half the town towa out oUI outside outside side Bide to listen lUten IUen No o matter maler how often the band goes away WU to Iu attend com come competition petition l a n few f w at itt lt least of Its IK local loal nd ad Id mhers go 10 with lh ith It I the rest providing the Ih send seal M off of nt at lt th railway station J It I Is interesting to hear hell that lint mora macro than helm one era player idaer who now iio follows the tha he baton nf ot John Phillip Sousa once on worn wont tho uniform of or this the Besnes o a th itt Barn Hani HaM Ir 1 Im the course of or the this last lust 20 2 years oar of ot Ito Ita Ia the tue band hant hits has hlll won von WOI worth of ot prizes prize During tho the last 20 24 21 years 1111 It I has hal competed In iii prize IIII con cn contests I tests winning Whining and 21 second prizes f Once n a year er all al the bands of ot o the tha United Kingdom I come together at nl the thu c Crystal In London where they compete for ton a n prize trophy valued luet at nt I The Flip Besses BeReR 0 o th thO Barn Hur at lt pres present prel I ent ant hold this prize within which also curies 1 with wih It II the th of it Great ret i 1 Britain nail the Ihl lie colonies colonl rho The II 1 trophy exceeding e r In splendor even the tho famous Ascot t racing cup clip Is II the time most i In existence being mode made of o moi solId fold gold studded with nearly larl DOO oo PrecioUs 1114 11 designers won 0 the honor bettor honorof of ot making It In lit a ti I competition entered elrd 1 by b nearly all ni the prominent of ot tim the kingdom which was wall Judged by b Sir Jurl J president of at the tho Ihl Boyal loal academy t e tIn elii In lii 1112 18 the hand band hold held every cr challenge cup cul In Great t I |