The San Francisco call., 1906-06-10
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or October, at the earliest
For which reason he said yester
day. when ! caught him for a moment
in the foyer of the Garrick Club, Il
can't so much as hazard a guess when
the new play which have in mind will
be finished. to say nothing of being pro-
duced." And, of course. he would give
not an inkling of what his forthcoming
piece will be about. He never breaks
his rule of absolute secrecy on such
points.
Well, there is little doubt that Mr.
Pinero can afford a lengthy holiday,
for His House in Order" the latest
work of his pen. is quite evidently
st. James, and probably will do as
well in the United States when John
Drew produces it there next season.
No Pinero play has pleased the public
so greatly since The Gay Lord Quex,"
and the dramatiSt has more than made
up the ground that he lost when play
goers here failed to appreciate Lefty"
and were shocked by "a Wife Without
a Smile"
So Mr.. Pinero's twenty fifth ami
versary as a prominent dramatist finds
him decidedly sin It." Oddly enough
it was at the St James. where His
House in Order is now being played.
was produced back in 1881. This was
The Money Spinner in which the
Kendals and John Hare appeared, and
prior to its production Mr.. Pineros
stage work had consisted only of two
curtain -raisers and one-act farce.
The first of these were put on by Sir
Henry Irving. in whose company the
author was then playing as utility
man." and the third was done at the
Globe. when r. c. Carton, now well
known as the author of Lord and Lady
Algy" and many other plays, but then
an unknown young actor, appeared in
it,
Since The Money Spinner over
thirty pieces, most of them notable
works. have come from Pinero. which
is really amazing record considering
the slowness and care with which he
works. They have included those
famous comedies The Squire" Dandy
Dick" The Cabinet Minister" and The
Amazons, and such powerful dramas
as The Profiigate, The Notorious
Mrs Ebbsmith," THE Second Mrs
Tanqueray" and Iris" No man of his
time has done more to enrich English
dramatic literature, and so every one
will congratulate Mr.. Pinero and hope
he may have golden dramatic jubilee
as well as silver" one.
1t will be interesting to see what
Millionaires' by Mrs Henry de la Pas
ture, produced at the Adelphi Theater
this week Except for performances
by amateurs this is the first time the
author has appeared in public as
playwright, although her novels now
rival those of Mrs. Humphry Ward in
success among the social elect.
The Lonely Millionaires" is not q
dramatiZation of one of the authors
hooks Of
Mrs. de la Pastures love of the stage
l understand that the financial results
and personal prestige OF stage success
are not of much value to her, for she
has about all that mortal could want
already: so she was free to pursue any-
ideals she might choose. The result
in the case of The Lonely Millionaires''
was not in the least "highfalutin." On
the contrary. it was simple and
gentle and good -humored and ingenious
that the gallery booed at il. The story
was the amiable one of the rough.
kindly old millionaire with the lovely,
impulsiYe young daughter. the design
ing. oleaginous Italian drawing master
who made love to the daughter while
he had wife in his garrett and the
manly secretary who turned out to be
a millionaire baronet in disguise
There were no complexities and there
was little excitement, yet it was all
uOic Will sum tAtttltHI nusQOf and
good taste, with many nice little
touches Of character and by such an
admirable company headed by Oscar
Asche and Lily Brayton. that it may
prove to be of Importance as an ex-
ample of what success may achieved
by good-natured refusal to strive for
effects.
e. w. Hornung's "Raffies' came sud
denly to the Comedy Theater this week
in place of the Barrie play. Josephine.
which failed so disastrously and jude-
ing by the enthusiasm with which it
was received is likely to stay long
time. The American version was con-
siderably modified for English use. and
was given the benefit of what might
almost be called all-star company.
Gerald du Maurier hasn't enough
deyiltry in MIN TO be really good
Rafi1es and appeared TO play the part
without much relish, whereas BUNNY
who cut rathey poor figure in the
stories on which the play was founded
came out Unexpectedly strong in the
person of Grahame Browne Dion
Boucicault made the detective far
different character from the ordinary
stage detective.
Walter Schultz of Chicago. who was
for four years first violin of the
Thomas orchestra. during the last two
years of which he taught at the Chi
cago Musical College. made his debut
before a London audience with the
symphony orchestra this week and
created distinctly favorable impress
sion- He has been studying with Sew