Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

dict on THE Beloved Vagabond." the
first night reception accorded the piece IN
Dublin this week indicates that 1t viii
/ cross the Atlantic IN its turn.
/ Beerbohm Tree produced the new
Locke play at the Dublin Theater Royal
himself playing the title role and even
allowing for exuberance on tn part OF
he local critics appears to hava scored
something OF a triumph Chief honors,
/ "Gw ,vrr, were conceded to the thor
adapter. who save for a rather weak first
. act as IN The Mo as of Ma"cus is
/ 'dfu7g 4 to have mad an uncomnonly
good play ont OF his book. Report de-
clares hts Beloved Vagabond'' u have
-,eA1 a "'b=st ler' at home. 50 rea 3ers
may be glad 20 hear that IT has been
. changed only izhtly 'or stage purposes
The only essentta! differ nee h"tw on
book and play, in fact. appears to be that
. tra latter ends happily With Par got we'd
do 70 his lady love instead of leaving
him as a small farm ami the hus band
Of Blanquette, as was done IN the novel,
! l. Is not every actor by thu way, who
~oUld play Parasot, and IL is rather IN
t-rss sting considering that Tree has not
"TosseI the Atlantic Cor vars, 10 specu-
'~'r as T. who VII e"act the char t.
Al home The original intention was that
f"tGl- Bourch er should have the pa Il
It's side OF the water. bit some 0n-F II
WAS not carried GU. md Lock s aventual
qrrans ment wit" Ire" appears t have
/ been Justified by the results Of last Tues
days premiere. The D -bIn il C In
fact are unanimous In praisinr his Par
agOt which they describe as a character
study second only tn thai VIII Oh he re-
| Gently gave OF Col y awcome in Mfcha@'
| Nortons version OF the Thackeray novel
Unlike the novel. tho dramatic version
- The loved Vagabond" begins wit
the first love passages between Joanna
/ Huslworth and G ston d. Nerac The
i've Indebtedness of the Cir fatf>er 70
/ the Eoull7ss Count de Vnrneuil is reveal
ed and CASTOR makas his compact with
/ the ''nobleman." "a result OF which n
! 7isgrsts his sweetheart by pretending t.
! b" drunk. He turns his back on poit
! sOCir ty. buys the boy Asticot fro his
/ We see them n tn second act tn pal
! 'avn tramped the roads of Europe from
! Rome 70 Mini Novgorod. Now, how
/ yer, 'stiny lands them at an Inn nee
| Ghampigny. outs'd' the g tes O. th'
| cha teau of the Count and Counties de
| Varneuf country wedding Is n prog
! ~ss. The mus clans arrive an old mar
/ and a girl. Blanauetta. Then, as in the
| "nvel, the old man suddenly becomes III
| Paragot, Always ready for an adventure
/ takes his place. and. decke1 in fantastic
| in ery, fddl"s for the merrymakers. In
| count and countess COM to wish good
| will to the bride. Parasot reco MICS
| Joanna and plays the hymn which a.
| been associated with their courtship. she
| turns to him, recognizes him also and 4
| > 4 fa.rting away by her Husband soon
! afterward Joanna returns for an explana-
| tion of Paragots abrupt and cruel night
| His sense of honor compels him 10 refuse
it. and matters are left in rather worse
| state than before. Paragot drifts off
| again, having added the girl Blanquette to
his curious family We next find him in
Paris where he is painting dolls houses
for living, and here. after some further
suspense, things come at last to happy
andng. The count dis. Paragot and
Joanna are reunited. The Beloved Vaga-
bond" abandons the freedom of the uni
verse" for the shelter of love and home
A love scene on horseback will be one
Of the features of The OCrindles, the
new farce in three acts by Fl. V. Esmond
Cyril Maude will produce the latter prob
ably early in the New Year. but not be-
fore that, in any case, since the tn EAT .ap. OF
house" in September. gives promise OF
filing it until after Christmas and pos
sibly longer. The critics roasted the
Thomas play, but the public failed to
agree with them, and Maudes acting in
the title part is among the best things he
has done Meanwhile it will be interesting
% see what the new Esmond piece is like
This young playwright has had no piece
produced for over three years prior to
The appearance of Maxine Elliott in his
Under the Greenwood Tree" at the
Lyric recently, and that comedy proved
only sufficient to carry the star through
her American season. 1t Is doubted
whether it has made any money in Lon
don so Esmond has yet to prove himself
capable of writing another when We
Were Twenty-on or One Summers
Day" His new piece Is described by the
playwright as wild, impossible farce.
and has an Irish captain of dragons as
IT'S hero When 1t is produced at the
Playhouse, Maude will have his wife,
Winifred Emery, as his leading woman,
for the first time in many months.