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bled the waters considerably, but per-
haps even more interest has been
awakened by the promises that have
been made regarding dramatic adapta-
tons from Edgar Allan Poe and Bret
Harte
:, Arthur Bourchier, who is in a way
responsible for both these adaptations,
,Poe's story, 1.-THE System of
DR.. Goudron and Prof. Plume"
says that he was inspired to
make nit ~ by seeing French
version of the famous tale in Paris
ia few weeks ago. The Gallo piece.
however which was given at the The
atre Grand Guignol, did not follow Poe
as closely as Bourchier thought de-
sirable, so he decided to see If he
couldn't do better.
The actor, by the way, is no novice
at the playwright's trade, for he has
several English versions Of continental
pieces, one of which, 1.-THE Chill Wild
ow," he played for 800 rights in Lon
don, as well as in the United States.
He will act in his own version of the
Poe story, which he calls "The Sooth-
ing System" The scene is laid In a
private madhouse, and one Of the
actors who will appear in the piece
will be Frank Mills, an American who
used to play with Mrs. Leslie Carter.
Boucher at whose theater 1t was that
Annie Russell made he great success
in Bret Harte's "Sue," also commits
stoned the version Of the same writer's
story, "Snow-Bound at Eagles" which
was made before his death by the nov
elist in collaboration with T. Edgar
Bourchier, at whose theater it was that
and will be tried in the provinces first,
with a. London season afterward should
the niece DrOVe slJccQSSfrl
Bulldog Is the Star.
A genial bulldog, who donned sock
and buckskin the other night, succeed
ed in putting many theatrical noses
out Of joint Probably James WEIGH,
Lennox Pawle and the other clever
English players who appeared in
"Glittering Gloria" the new comedy
by Hugh Morton, author Of 'The Belle
of New York." thought that they were
booked for any honors that were forth
coming therefrom, and that the bulldog
was just super, but hardly had the
second act begun than the merely hu
man actors found out their mistake.
For then the bulldog came On and
thereafter monopolized the applause.
Morton's play proved quite taking
specimen Of It's kind and probably
would have done well without the bull
dog, but with him as its star, GLITTER
ing Gloria" promises to shape into a
real, eighteen-carat success.
Having discovered" the plays of
Arthur Wing Pinero, French actresses
seem bent on exploiting the English
dramatist in wholesale fashion. 1t was
only few weeks ago that Jane Hading
was giving "The Second Mrs. Tan
queray" In French, and Sarah Bern
hardt Is still determined to produce
Iris" in Paris. Now Rejane announces
| that she will appear as a Gallo, Sophy
Fulgarney, in "The Gay Lord Quex,"
and still another adaptation Of MRS.
| Tanqueray' is in makiItg for the
French stage.
Prompted by the success of the
French and American versions of Toll
stoy,s Resurrection" an English play
| wright is about to try his hand at
| adapting the same authors greater
novel, Anna Karenina."
"MeIo Farce" the Latest Novelty.
Here's new one in names! The
| fertile Cecile Raleigh says his annual
| big melodrama for the forthcoming
| Drury Lane season is to be a "melo-
| farce,-original and spectacular. The
| name of it IS to be 1.-THE Flood Tide"
and one of it's big scenes will be a
realization of w, p Frith's famous
painting "a Railway Station"
In a rare burst of enthusiasm for art,
the captain of an Atlantic liner once