New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-24
NOTES FROM LONDON
1ANGTRY-THE DAILY COMPANY

Mrs. Ianqtrv arrived in Liverpool by the Gulon
.teamship Arizona on Saturday. after QUICK anu
GOOD passage. and reached London sunday even
nc She has spent the week here ana pesins P''
Viucial tour at Newcastle on Monday gong 'ne"o1
- GLASGOW. Edinburgh and so on am airaiu
,o,r exnectation of seeing her in America next
Ionr,rv will be disappointed. The provincial
- ords n 10 true in November, but Mrs Lang
a. nresent plan is TO take theatre IN LONDON
omen il in January and play here during iour
months She has been looking at different 'ne"-
tres. and is now considering proposals IRON noio
than one manager. 1t is proof. suppose ot 'uo
fame Mrs. Langtry has brought back WIN noi
from America that London managers prefer " i0
hcrtheir theatres on terms Involving sha.o VI
the profits rather than as is usual lor Il uNeu sun
monthlv Attempts have been made to induce her
an,,aar a. q, star in At least one leading house in
Iondop They will not succeed for the simple
reason that Mrs Langtry has found IL more
rroftabe TO manage for herself she taxes H,i
own company 10 the provinces, VIII brhg II o"CN
IN London and will produce her own plays herc IN
London AS she has done during her last NlS'' ~
America. .
IN see Mrs. Langtry again on the stage Ihc
American press, many Of whose criticisms nave
boor telerraphed over and republished IN England
have told the English public how much MIS-
Iorctrv has gained in power and ability as an
actress. and it is as actress, as artist 'ha' sho
is now to be Judged. aud no longer merely vi
mainly as the most beautiful woman OF her time'
The rrnown of her beauty none the less aJ'ehus 'r
still wherever she goes met her on Wednesday
-, ,bo Uealtber,es where Wednesday IS the uight
which is supposed still to attract such members u
tho rulite world as remain in London. LATE as 1t
IN the season empty AS London is supposed to he
aud a. many of these superior persons are there IN
search like The rest of MS Of such relief rom 'he
6.rce heat of the dnv "a the gardens OF South Ken
snetou might afford. Mrs. Langlry was
surrounded 10y company OF tleWS WIN
whom she had arrived. and ATTENDED
by Mo the Chinese boy of s'oa posi-
ton as the American papers toll us' Whon SUI
has brought all the way from California. MO Nas
clad in blue silk hut nobody seemed to lo'k ~ MN.
rho Chinese department Of this exhibition mas
made the Monaghan a familiar object A' stood
talking with the lady tu whose service Mo ha' ne
tntad hunsnlG - party of ta'hona'le N"Nhs 'h'H
yopt hv, "Mts tiatatfv hy heavens, burst H"m
thr ipa of Que of he'u aud presently Tao u'o'
coed b,sa, Ia follow tho footsteps Of th" dri' at
Nhasr feet Loadoh tof many frh'a lld 'ta "'.' ''
yorrd homage. II Ia tho old story II ahr "rPr''s
NJ a theatre the peftor uera oh Che stage at" n's
le,t,d aud ewes aud opera glasses are bent "h hrt
II .he drives the streets are fail of latrrs II suits
mi. raprc,ous creature, whose equinas'7 We nave
heard were the talk of New-York, 10 IN IKE her way
al about London IN a neutrality-suspicious. l'',"''
horo,, Ioudon thus gets a better look AZ the face
which is thought 20 have gained rather lhHh l'S' "S
lis six mouths contact with the American ''lh''e'
A. the Uealtheries she the centre 81 aGIouP III
which Ncre conspicuous some of the bcsi-kno"n
men in London a Cabinet Minister among them ana
one or two celebrities who are known to hhu 'Ae
great charm of wonanly society in cleveIness OF
conversation.
Mrs Lanrtrv postp0ucs her return to America
with much reluctance and regret. But she is no
doubt right in thinking that she is to reappHar ID
London she ought not TO delay too long. Playing
here next winter. she will present her5eh 10 lie
METROPOLITAN public with all her American lauIels
stin fresh. | dare say she thinks alSo-What
woman would not THAT Inc personal triumph to
Lo Gained is worth considering and that she VIII
mot lac srrv TO present herself before her old friends
land enemies if encmesshe have III all the splend'r
Of the loneliness which first dazzled the weary
world of London society. And with all her enthH-
siasn for America she can hardly be ma IeleA' /"
the greetings of old friends who surround her
A passen ger Of the Arizona tells me story OF the
voyage which may perhaps, be retold IS the
shin nearcd port q group of men were discussing
their fellow >seugcr. said one Of them, 60 We'll
before came aboard / had heard hard things sand
ofNrs. Langtry | don't know whether they are
+r1,c hut know this that If she fell overheard
there's not a man on this slip who would not Jump
after her.
Mr.. Dalvs company found, hear that Seven
Twentv-Eight" here produced as " Casting the
boomerang" did not fiji Tooles little theatre and
on FRIDAY last they brought out Dollars an"
Sense This piece appears to Ice by no VaI''cu'8r
author None is named, nor is there huch III llS
construction or plot which any dramatist of high
fame need care ~ claim a, his ON. such n II Is.
If sntliccd so the plav-bll assured us. TO interest
American audiences during 400 nights. II IS prob
able that the playing interested them more than
the play Whatever may he the ease with the
public, the critics are much impressed with the ca
pab1itics Of Mr.. Dalv's comedians. One writer has
gone so faras 10 declare i'll print that the rne!ish
and French stage have more TO learn from these
actors than to teach them. The author OF that
sentiment usually iudicious and sound critic.
has. perhaps yielded to "a friendly wish TO DC ctvu
20 the stranger in a strange land The prevailing
tone of the English estimate Of the company Is,
however. clearly laudatory while not wanting IN
Discrimination Most people argue that Mr. James
Lewis and Mrs Gilbert are superior by many dc-
grees to their fellow actors and actresses. MIS-
Gilbert's old woman in the present piece must BE
set down as an almost faultess piece of acting. te
fined effective and altogether admirable MI
Lewis IA "a larger part with many opportunities 10
everyday. keeps well within the limits of genuine
comedy. lie has hunpr, swiftncss and simplicity
of ,I.-iod aud a true sense Of art. Miss May
Flc.d. 9 does not occupy her right place IN tho
company. She il an artist not. perhaps. OF varied
or s,r.,,lq power. but an artist, IN whom
good Ia lee and a pleasing style are con
,pcuous The friends of Miss Ada kchan
eve ON that her distressing exhibition of
hoydcnisn yulgatity in the second act mat be set
down to the necessities of the situation II Is not
no She has only TO vlndicate to the German
Baron Co ~ nose she is engaged that she IS not
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