| Show PERCY HAMMONDS HAMMOND'S S LETTER r NEW YORK July Tuly 14 arks 14 against the tho doom that lowers loners 10 ers on the tho v verge ergo of o autumn when the the the- theatrical theatrical the theatrical managers manager and the Actors Equity are ore almost inevitably to be are arn bring being raised b by the ones The agreement be- be bc een tho the host of ot labor and thoI tho the I Simon Legree as ns everyone every one knows to continuo continue until June Juno 1 1924 lis But Juno Tuno 1 1924 Is n a a good deal nearer August and September mana than thal many realize I lie 0 manager is h going going- to sink much money In a 0 production production-eo o so mUch march money that he be begin b ln to toI tomake I make a profit after paying oft off or- or orIginal original or original costs for tOI many months months- months without some somo n assurance urance that his 1 proscenium won t be ire empty on the fatal first of June Hence the tho thoI I listening posts and the barbed sire Ire and the tho reserve forces lined up along the Rialto Charles Dillingham ju lust t back from the Continent thinks he be may hate o a way to thumb h his nose noM at atthe atthe atthe the actors sov This is by menu means ot of puppets He lie has baa bought the Italian Marionette Players Playas PIa us gua guar guar- guaranteed r- r ne net never er to sign an Equity con con- contra contract con contract tra tract t and to be faithful unto There are marionettes in the troupe Mr Ir Dillingham announces announce 11 anti and their repertoire consists ot of i 2 operas Innumerable bur bur- bur bur- burlesques ballets and aude llIe acts Music for tor these pieces has been uen written by no less classical I maestri than Rossini Cesar Cul Cui and The group I Is known n as IlS the I Idt dt del Piccoli I The The- project I la fraught with Ith sig significance I h SS Why does docs anyone any one both bolh- bother Ier er tor with lIh flesh and harm bon actors at atall I I all all- Why not the docile stringed on once s universally Hamlet played I I by a doll has a an n aspect that com com- pals coat compels Perhaps like I the jaded cognoscenti t could get as I Ithe much of a jolt joU out of or such a dem dem- demonstration demonstration demonstration as th than did at their first Judy and punch judy sho show Perhaps the true In Inwardness of ot the soul of the melancholy Dane would at last be roe led to u u 11 perplexed world orld Might not these portray such stuff as IlS dreams drams are made ot of otas ofas ofas bone and flesh as fittings as mere I Y I Dillingham promises some I matter mattel asell as well ell Ta Douche Bouche Is to tobe tobe I Ibo bo be offered This Ts s Is 15 a n frh olous I trench musical piece lId curd to defy the translator It will Hill be trans trans- translated translated translated I one Is Informed Into terms I not too Ingenuous Katza Katza and andI the Dancing Girl Is to bo be Import import- imported Imported I ed cd also The book was aas as Import Import-I by U Frederick Lonsdale tat father her of Arent We e All AIL 7 The music Is Isby isby Isby by Jean Gilbert Gilbert t Is the fel- fel fellow fel fellow I 10 low who oho ho wrote roto the music for Kano and other pre pre- pre war ar hen Puppe medleys Including Puppe hen In the tho high and off far day days ho was as dubbed the Irving In Ing Berlin of Berlin The summers summer's lethargy on Broad Broad- Broadway way Broad way was as lately relle relieved ed by an incident In- In Incident In Incident that may or may not havo ha o occurred at the GIl Gayety ety Theatre Reports or of o the matter malter are aro still as clouded as the issue Itsue between beten the irresistible Ir- Ir Ir resistible force torce and the Immo Immovable able object and all the faithful Icier chron-Icier Icier of ot ephemera can do Is note noto the facts and leave the tho rest to pos pos- pos posterity posterity First ot of o all let Jet It be clearly tan un- understood un understood that Frederick Lonsdale Lansdale British author ot of Aren t I We 0 All 7 specifically denies that he failed tailed to nizo recognize hl his own oan 0 n pIa play plan when ahen hen ho saw the American production of oIt It for the first time lust Just after ater his I arrival here ere In company with lIh l h Miss Laurette Taylor Ta lor and her I J Manners not long ago Cy- Cy Cyril Cyril Cy Cyril I ril Maude J the tho star of ot the also specifically dented denied that ir 4 Lonsdale failed to I recognize e his handiwork ork and that there thero was as a Iback tack stale hubbub afterward ot of which Pe Peg Pec was wag an Interested par par- participant participant participant otI I and which resulted In tho aho calling of o JL a special rehear rehearsal al for forthe forthe forthe the not next Wednesday morning ben forI I the author was as to point out certain In the tho current version erslon furthermore Mr Severance Se than I Cles whom hom no more veracious press pres agent exists protests with sound and fury fUr t ir that the Imputation Is un- un un I orth Other members ot of the cast 1 and management are vehement In spurning the tho Innuendo as base bae and preposterous andI I I On ln the ino other land hand It ft was put forth from a source closer to the I productions production 8 vital core than many are aro aware are hat moroseness s charac charac- characterized the aspect of ot the play that Monday night an and that he ho almost swooned an Instant after the curtain descended One minor but specific point at sue atis-sue issue ue deposes was as that of 01 oil bloody blood vs damn damn In the Lon Lon- London Lon Lon- London London don a pm a a highly success success-I successful success fill ful ul one one- one blood bloody stands out In all Its horrendous and shocking Igor In New where here where the populace doesn t begin to comprehend the tho daring of ot tho the use of ot that th th It e e It has hns become a a mild damn Lonsdale Lonsdale on this point a we e learn was as placated when alien hen Informed that 1 e esen n damn damn mean means more to the Yankee than the other But Dut you ou 1 remember Jt It was as with Ith that unmentionable I to to the English cord English that Mrs l Pat Campbell and G D B DS BS BS S caused excitement when ahen hen malion was as being performed In n London Imagine the possible reactions reaction ot of the cast and management ot of Arent We Ie Ally All at this totally un- un unexpected un unexpected expected spectacle of ot a n mere worm Ot of an cavilling lJ with Ith what hat the 10 powers ers do to his hia pl play y The humble scrivener ener seeking to tam tam-pc tam tam- tamper per pel with Ith a n Broad Broadway ay success Is a Quixotic and Incongruous picture Jugging a piece that Is 18 making money making mone money has not occurred within the memory of man and on that s sweet reasonable and e assurance peace Is said to ha hate e settled again over the Gayety like blue skies after a summer storm Interpretation of ot a part aas TV as a matter at Issue bet between en Lonsdale and the producers The tribulations tribulations lion of Willie In the piece ar are portrayed in the first act to NewYork New NewYork NewYork York in n rather a broad road most almost a burlesque solo ein eln In Lt London tho the ac- ac action action ac tion is much more somber All the are de desecrated by the tho v thoN Nv New York manner but manner but after all It goes over oser Mr Maude Maudes s follow tollow- following following ing Is an enthusiastic one Ho He could pIa play Hamlet in kilts The renowned Mis Miss Peggy Hop Hop- Hopkins Hop kins kins Joyce heads Mr AIr Carroll s a Vanities of ot 1923 1922 Her IIer appeal en- en enhanced enhanced en enhanced bv by the most fascinating re- re reports reports re reports ports of ot her marital casualties Is Immediate but she makes the mis- mis mistake mis mistake take tako of ot singing It Is la not a great mistake because she sho doesn t sing very sing very ery much Furthermore every every- everybody every eer e everybody er- er body on the stage la is I sery ver er nice to her Tho The similitude of ardor In Inthe inthe Inthe the postures of those surrounding her ber in her few tew scenes puts the thc lady at a a premium Mss Miss Joyce JoCe could hardly be described as an entertain entertain- entertainer er She Sho sImply exists and it Is highly the populace will part with no Inconsiderable sums of money to look at her Miss Joyce JO co undoubtedly could pour words ot of advice into the tho porches of the tho ears of ot aspirants to toa toa toa a stage success She might say hat shat Jack Dempsey said to Luis Lul Firpo b before fore the Bull of ot the tho Pam Pam- Pampas Pampas Pampas pas attained the measure of ot celebrity celeb celeb- celebrity celebrity rity he now holds bolds Go Go get a rep rep- reputation rep reputation was what shat hat Dempsey saidon said 00 on |
