| Show Story of a Theatrical Syndicate And Sir William Villiam Gilbert London Lo dOft Dramatic l e Letter t Nov 8 0 I lunge F oi of I i t ihn LONDON LUNDON L hn he hate e been poing lna Uy by II no ine Moan n too loo t at use once ome on the Hie happy ot or Gilbert and van an n In the th eye 11 of ot a commercial ea n i N hux hoz office o lt asses aner I b the only thing I that count and a that tat la III pe pta 1 what Workman who ho I is en entrust entrusted t runt ed d with the Ih reins et f hall hail failed to 10 obtain The Th ills hla first lion Uon IH es H as 1 I printed pointed poin out at III the u time timea a very vers N n lw t ry affair nor III la lathe the Ih music mul mu much to boast of tit Workman himself la is a slaver elover h hardworking rd illan IIAn whys who h during dUline the p peal JH 20 years ha hat 11 played play the Hie elder Ider H HiM iM rt in the th operas OI throughout the th lint ho hr h juat just lurk lak that thai one on tim h dust vague but quality which h betrays the Ih really 11 talented lIml dean illan the compans engaged n nI to I h rt t him as I rather of lit A B second Iund rule rate rl ordes All would uld haY have Rone ne ha heel l the Ih responded r favorably to hi hl Hint appeal tel It II pros Im n 01 d dand l lio io and shy hy h declining to lu yield 1111 to liu hI hl l In Inthe step s the tit wl chairman Is l I if it 1 MUI nuts judge tram from hla hili scent nt a II shrewd Ii levelheaded American and who other leading nf la as the Ih managing man ln director of f the musk house houw housed huu d f As Workman Work IH I blandly informed that Ihal evidently hl his hili Judgment i rat not to I IK be t and that apparent apparently ly l I he h IH Is I Incapable of or gauging the Ih pub Ik Ii taste late A All As a result It nf or this slate tat ot rat nil 11 the th syndicate lust has determined t to LI t 1100 ike is matters Into I Ita its own n hands hand an nn I 1 It It t I I entire control of the tutu lutu d 01 I of 0 the Ib Savoy Meanwhile n ni nc i practically have hats ha been brought hv by Workman to the point of rumple comple completion Ion tion I for the production of nf new opera with music b by d Ott tk 1 And now cornea the Ih really humor humorous ous part pait of ot the Ih business The Th chair chairman man of ot the th duly Uly informs Inform Gil Gilbert bert that ho he and ad hi bl hIe fellow members member would could I uld like ilkI to 10 hear the lit opera a 11 Ion sion I to which hith considering that thai they are up all 11 the money mon they con 1011 consider sider Id entitled reply I IH b In Inh his h m and d manner he hp replies 1 I dont know an un thing thine about your rout syndicates My Ml transactions have Flag been bean with 1111 HI Mr Workman and Ill U see nee you all at t MY y the Ih north polo pole before be before fore ro I 1 11 to 10 your r Clear Clearly ly a pretty and one not easy to n struggle out nut of rat r without some loss lorn ao of or dignity The Th denouement nt In is that the yn a ex humbly down don upon its Ita knee and ami begs beg of t the great veat Sir Ir Wil William llama liam courtesy courtl thin that he bl will 11 aver to 10 their proposal And Anda a one on of those little Inci Incident dent dents no so frequently encountered in to the world orld of the th theater When rt piece p 1 dOM does sane coine tOt on Oil and nd It II IK is I likely to todo todo todo do so o at al no fro very 1 distant date dale It la is laur I pure ur In to awaken the liveliest The rho rh story atory I 1 believe bellev i fa founded on an anold anold anold old Idea acme 25 year yean old oW Indeed and nd mot most of the Ih are irks Irle or ori i connected onn with fairyland There I III b only one M scene De while principal and nd chorus wear the same me dresses throughout Further the cite shortie a composed entire entirely ly I of nf women all of ot which manifestly makes make for tor cheapness In to the tilt matter matler of ot mounting I e e I IThe The Th struggle ha h has been long Ion and some whit bitter but bUI Mn fir 1 I Patrick Campbell ampbell has at length had luul her li 11 r way al at His Hla Ma la TIll Tile question tIIt wa would oud she abc consent con nt to te aj J In a MI play pl In order to 10 All tIl slit out UM the Ht meat program JINaI wherein Tree enact enacts the tb leading character ha will play lay Into two till tw I liours at the most moat end and at 1 III Ills HIli laJ ty the public a I beral ral return for forIt Its It mosey Mrs Mra 11 Pat It happened to ti hata have hat havea a l piece 14 In her h t Bae lon but she be would wouW ouk only Ol agree to U its ua u use on the Ih that It II was waa given n after nr In other word words a as Tree Tr himself expressed It to 10 me she ahe he wanted him to 10 pM the lit public in aa as a a prelude to 10 H seeing I Mn Mrs 1 Campbell t In a II star str part fart For Por days IJa and days day IH the lit question war debated with equal vigor on oli I a both bolh aides aide el l e each determined not to 10 budge bud an n Inch Hut But at length nath Mrs lr Pat Pa showed allowed signs of oC weakening If Tree would put on 01 her not nol later than Ihn she ahe he would appear PIear In fu It Hut HUI conceded so o much she lie he at al once I proceeded to 10 make fresh free condition In III another Tn 11 rf fin at length gall R 1 e AMI av uses mil it at 1 S o luck clock ok last laft aft tIt lie If me Site 11 that tf rr I ml I that no II human 1 r m iii hint burl tn la I rein n them six lx Ix I d I h 10 mug taug I nn nut II ui up on en mi the th telephone tIt holl to 10 Inform me m that thai very thing had been amicably arranged und and d that he and an Moo Mra M Pet Pat had lied come rome tu to terms The he little piers piece 1 It lod for mr the Ihl oc or f r con carton I Is III an adaptation M by Henry nry Hamilton of a foreign play III It 11 t was waa 11 originally named lIam The hl word rd of ot Dam nm oclea I but bUI this ha has now crow no been altered alt altI to In I A Humlan Tragedy The h hero heroine ine Mm part n we Rh ah whose sweetheart has ban h been tl cap tI captured lured and don Anne to death by b the Ih brutal brulA governor or of a prison Deter Determined mined to is be IMI revenged n upon him the th woman seeks seek k out the governor rn em Im employ ploy all 11 her charms charm to 10 fascinate hint him and at IU brings him to her II feet I In the room where h the Ih Interview lew takes take place there th I is III a stone Htone pillar and encircling It an Iron band to 10 which t Ie I attached a kind of torture machine In the th most moat Ingenuous manner the th woman a II as If to 10 enjoy a now new n experience Invites Invite the tIe governor to set net nether sether her therein Restored to l freedom xi str w laughing Insist what fun tu It would b be If the Ih nor were we to 10 take the vacant place nl It Is I yon yell till see seethe seethe the tho old story tory of or the Ih confidence trick Irick The h unsuspecting governor dorm doe do as ho hI hola hII hoI la I bid The he manacles manacle are locked upon hla hl hi hand the Ih Iron close 1 upon hi hinkl his ankles ankle And then the avenging woman draw a knife from her bosom bottom and after enjoying the th terror and agonised appeal appeals of her Iter victim for tor R a time plunges the Iho weapon Into hi his heart Rather lUther a gory and blood bloodthirsty thirsty tOrt sort of puce piece but decidedly decided I powerful sod and affording a an actress of Mr kin Campbells caliber ample mple opportunities opportunities S r rIt It 11 seems that there th I U no hope for tor forThe forThe The Th Servant c In the Ih House ou Its run at the Adelphi la Is I hardly likely to be b beyond three throe weeks week The Th Thi i result fur for Henry Miller to Is distinctly disappointing but he hf will I am sure mire admit that everything possible lloa has hi hien been en dune done for tor tin the piece Aa As a means mn W attracting attention to 10 U II Invitation tion were w sent I out oUI this lh week k to vari varl various ous nus of nf the Ihl hunch church oral and t tI tn he the I Ih clergymen of or London to lu attend alId a asto i sto lul 1111 The lh performance took tok place 1111 on Wednesday last and looking larking In lit for tor a tI few fp minutes minute I found round the th theater packed from frees rom floor to n cell II log ing In with curates cul and then their w wives and ft drama wa was a received with Ith the th utmost I but hut oven even n Ili the I hI Influence of r the clergy will I 1 tsar fear rail fell to I make mk It a i with the th general public The hc of ot the Ih O 0 P Club whoso whose nd It l I Is to tob watch b over the thO drama and anal nd to 10 encourage encourage age p debate Oil on theatrical questions question hate hal In 11 tharl hark Haw Hawtrey trey to be lie the guest of ot honor a tit ul I their tb lr truth tenth annual to I take lake pirn place p on Munday the lust The TI t oust of the evening The la to be Ire proposed by hy bythe hyI bythe the I hI well known and R Ill play playwright wright right A K 10 Vf Mason MallOn ii Sl 1 1 I alai t to 10 tobe tobe be boo to 10 by 1 Hawtrey law trey The lat latter latter t ter has just shown me a 1 copy of hi his hili h It t contain contains some pretty hard hand hitting and may be expected to flutter flut flutter flUIter ter the th dovecot dovecots Hawtrey does doe not lIot dl his hla hi It be l e ellef lid lief that the Ibe modern actor would be beall beall beall all the better for tor a little less lea It of ot the petting and the feting which he geta get nowadays he warmly contend that hat there Ih la is much to IQ be said MId for tin the th time tim when actors acton were w seen veen and soul heard only on an the stage when the lh public knew little or nothing of or the history of their thelt Inner Inn lives live II Haw I further tills a II alance lance tit at II t certain easily 11 recognizable dramatic critic critics who alto also act 11 a as n agents agent for tor theater or artist artists Ii I he 11 declares dec suffer toda today fro m tot too close 10 an n association with leader leaden lead of lit KIh critic rIU I assuredly suffer auer ni no nn noless less lex I trolls from too low to close cloae dO an n with the h men und and ald women whom hom It la Is I their thelt l to tu criticise fearlessly and Im mm Impartial partial partially Of or course ur there la b nothing strikingly new ne In an all tills this but bul coming rom rein I tr y who I Is III looked lok upon u uthe as the epitome of or geniality and an urbanity U Ie I will 11 I 1 um urn Inclined to 1 think give Ive hit his listeners of a shock hock hocke t e Hem Hn H m the Ihl ladles ladle Ideal Idel of or w what hat u II handsome Jeune premier should be b who n bl ho is Ie now appearing ap In tn I Ind Grade nd with Tree T ha has hall succumbed to 10 4 a tempting I offer to 10 cross the boundary bunar line In which separates the variety amb from Irum the th theatrical stage Ia He Ile le with hi bb wife will wi make mak his hi bl lest first appearance In vaudeville a u I te shortly before This Thin In is I only Iv lo to I lie be h foi ti six lx weeks k hoPter while hI I Pinkie HiltS tin the I Pahl 1111 hung In h i UK iK at HI Ills Maj Mui Maji i st iv I Il ia 1 i r tI t tto to I 1 Ti T 1 until 1111 next n J Jolt inn M 1 MI 11 IlM IM A WIS TSuN N |
