| Show 1 f NEWS OF THE LONDON STA GEI GE GEt 11 t I t n 1 fI fl Pt fl fl fl 11 ft ft T ni i n n n n n n n I n 11 fl n Special Correspondence I ONDON Jan JI n i London piny pley pIn LONDON I goers are Iro curious to see lee leeI II If I i H 11 U l 1 Irving Sir lieu Hen Henrys len rys nys oldest eldest non pon wilt will wi make lake anything like Iko ns on R striking a success In Inthe inthe the tho part of ot Hamlet ns ne n his omens famous sire did 30 years ego ngo Oddly enough riy Irving who duo will play piny tho the Dane Dana i for or tho the first time nt at the next month under ulder the tho management ement of ot Otho I Stuart stands today to n almost exactly where his hiI distinguished li father stood prior to his appearance ns as n Hamlet He lie use hiA made himself recognised PS pa I one of or the tho ablest actors on Oi the tho British stage hut but Is II not yet nt regarded ns as n a it 1 great lent player Of Ot course after the tho memorable night at the Lyceum um whort Henry Junry Irving first played M In The Tue ho Dells BeIK them WAS wal as little doubt that ha he would woul take his place sooner or later inter It a tragedian of ot the tho first Irot rank but It was WIO not until his hIl Hamlet was trim seen secie stel at It the tho same theater In lie IS 1874 that he Ice took bin place at tt tho the head of ot his ills pro ITO profession ro a SC H If 1 B Irving whose Initials stand for or Henry enry Is IH 35 or slightly younger than his 1114 father was teas WI when Wilen lit ht appeared as ns the tue Prince of It It would Old bo be 0 an 11 a exaggeration to my sq Mi that hit his most successful tuL performance no to 10 far of ot Sir William iero In The Ambassador was wan le ns os striking In Its Is way lea R as his fathers acting In Thu 1 Belle Bel but this Impersonation made it Seoul seem certain that the tho younger Irving would be ho soon Boon at the tho top of ot the tho tree Unfortunately since then thou H Ii J I 1 13 Irving lies hu hail had no part that gave IaO him him a n chance to be he great hut It is doubt doubtful ful tul ul If It his ide performance of or In Ill play could linvs luave been bet iet bettered nd he wits uncommonly good an at A In Iii Letty Lotty and nod ns IIA Orlando In Ii The Te Twin Sister He lie le Is h a student anti and writer chiefly on matters connected with criminology tins has hOl published two thoughtful works work French Criminals of It tile tho Nine Nineteenth tenth Century and The T LIfe of ot Judge Jeffreys Ills Hlo Hamlet will wi bo tue bon n a I profound character charn ler study silly whatever else pt o It is b and An he lie will wi have havo havethe the tho advantage of ot being support supported ed eul by the company of or orld old 1 ld who ho though they the be he began hl gao gan gln badly u a 1 Willie while ago ngo OlO with lh Th n Pray Prayer Pra er or r of at the tho Sword are now enjoying e pros prosperity perly with Tho Taming of o the Shrew In JI the tho coming Cooling production of ot Item Ham Hamlet let lot Oscar O clr Asche will 1 be he hI the th king and Ine his ills wife Lily the Ophelia Probably there thero will wl be no 10 more In Interested spectator of ot his sons eons perform performance ance anco In lii Hamlet then than Sir Henry Heno IN Jr Ir Irving ving vim himself The Tho knight Is In London nt at present but hut leaves lens for Portsmouth nt at lt the end of ot the week to begin n a pro provincial I tour which wilt will last until East EARt Easter EARter Easer er Then ho opens at nt Drury Lane Lana for lor 00 three his hi repertoire and In iii the autumn will wi leave for tor th Ih United States Staten on what Is II almost certain to bo be hits his hil last lost tour there therl In 1906 B s FH Henrys Honos farewell appearance In IMon J I In on will wi bo Ire matte made mIlie or at least fo so he thinks now nol S SC Mrs Irl Langtry has hns put on Mrs hoer Deer Ings logs Divorce at nt Terrys Torry for tor a I season renso of ot six weeks w kl and from Crone the plays pleys 1 Y reception It I hardly likely Ik I tha this titan time will wi have ilave to be he extended An At AnIn Atin In the tile United States the piece has hl b been n adjudged rather rn thin and nM there Is in I thi against It U too that the Identical situ I situation I I 0 Is Ie treated mulch much mich moro more In Tho Tue ho Freedom of ot Suzanne Mario Marit Tempests play pl at the Criterion rl rP I lc let INI however find Mrs act at atIn Acting ing In much Improved and that thaI she sho h 3 in ease case and confidence a Jean who has hns come to Lon Jn London I ion don to tic eta eo his hil Du ni Harry Barry play pla pro produced by t Mrs Jr look hook In the tho least like Iko a 1 dramatist drama Ha Ito HaIs 10 Is over 6 feet tall and has ha a n skin skill thet th thetis t Is 19 almost As Al a n matter male maleo of or o fact had bad no ice Idea IdO of or becom log ing a n playwright In the beginning Hn lie 1 was Clue born In Africa hence his complexion and started life Iro by b trying to teach tench Then ho became a 1 profession professional prot Balon al at lt wrestler nt at fairs and developed his r muscle to some scale purpose After the tha I Iho ho he went Olt before the mast mart mAlt In a I trading i vessel teasel and wrote verses cres during the I night watches Tiring of Ir this he hI lived I with II u band hll of nr performing gipsies until I ono coo 01 of or the ladles ladies of or the company offer r ott d him her heart knew knel that If it ho lIe refused he hie would woul certainly ha ho stabbed by h the Indignant Ildy o he fled 10 from her hol to Paris antI from moment merely n II literary man Inn He lectured In several years yeAr Ino anti edified edWed by lila his hl sincerity by the tue fact that t he tie h had bet no notes notel to tl lecture from and by b the manner In which he ho finished he up II Iho M eel of sugar which lay icy at nt the bottom bolom of or his hil glass of ot water center and sucked It rig hr In the midst of or ono one of at hH hs hl moat Impassioned C sentences S C Before Deore this time tince no doubt a it 1 lit Ini of ot melodramas with wih airships airship In them lines been produced In the tile United Unite States lout but tilt the tue first piece nf ot the kind to tl leI see ee the light on Oi this tide side sile of ot tho the water has Just ju 1 been given In Paris It I Is II n a n spectacular drama In four acts called calI Tin Tice eon Con Conquest quest of ot the Air and written by Arch Arell Archdeacon Ath deacon the tho aeronaut anti Camille And ud brier The Tho Tho plot Is In bused based on fa rn auta ts l known to Parisians and line has to do tic with an nn un unfortunate unfortunate fortunate airship Inventor who echo ho otter after himself with lilt his hl ruining experiments falls talA Into the hands of ot unscrupulous financiers who steal some of ot hi hIs Plots unit ani sell him up The 11 big hiI scene of ot the play 11 shows shown tIle the Ul first platform of ot the Elf Eif Eiffel tel fel tower with a realistic ascent of O th Ih Inventors airship Something ROC Of wrong auth the machine falls tal nod and li Is I wrecked the unlucky genius receiving mortal Injuries The Tho piece Is thrilling throughout and Is a n CURTIS hit lilt at lt the |
