Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09


piete failure of Comyns Cars Mystery
of Edwin Brood" the final performances
of which are announced. Hailed with en-
thusiasm when produced by Tree In the
provinces. this stage version Of Dickens
unfinished novel has run less than three
weeks at His Majesty's.
The list OF other dramatiZations of nov
els. however. is by no means exhausted.
Perhaps the most important is that which
r. c. Carton. author of Lord and Lady
A]gy." has made OF j. c. Snaith's book.
Lady Barbarity." and which will be
played by Marie Tempest at the Comedy
There 1t will replace Angela" the Angli-
cized version OF "Di Minutes d'Arret."
which has just managed to place fifty per-
the faces of all concerned. Meanwhile
the London Stage Society announced pro-
auctions of a play called Cupid and
Commonsense." based by Arnold Bennett
on his stories of the Five Towns" and
Charles F'rohman promises "The Story of
the Gadsbys," adap pied by Cosmo Hamil-
ton. while among the other dramatiza
tons which London is to have In the near
future is that which Somerset Vaughan
has made of his latest novel. The Ex-
plorer.'
Under the heading. 'Americanizing the
British Peerage," the Westminster Ga
zette, Londons leading evening journal,
prints the following:
rs not the above process going on a
little too fast?' writes correspondent.
"In Mr.. Edwin Milton Royle's 'Squaw
Man Capt. the Hon. James Wynnegate.
being next living heir to the Earl of Ker-
hill. must be son of the late earl. or
brother. or possibly uncle or nephew, of
the living earl. He could not be the earrs
cousin. If he were he could not be the
Hon. If the Hon. James were the next
heir. but not the cousin. he could not mar
ry the widow of the earl. for she would
be either his brothers widow or else his
amt or his niece by marriage
Mr.. Royle will have to invest In
Guide to the Peerage" before he writes
another play about titled folk.
Greenwood Tree in which Maxine Ell
lott is now appearing in America, wrote
1.-The O'Grindles.' which was put on at
the playhouse this week for the first time
on any stage. 1t suits Cyril Maude we'll
that is. the later. revised Cyril Maude.
who is going insfor frolieking. rollicking.
llght-minded plays and making much
money, instead Of impoterishing himself
by striving for the something better that
he would like to do II 1t were not so
costly.
Esmond is in the same category. He,
too. has ideals and fancies ana the quail
fications for doing something OF d high
order, but doesn't find much profit in
them Hence Inc O(rTlftOleS, WHICH
is good of it's kind. and the Kind ia anus
ing and amiabIe The scene is Ireland of
a century ago. Dear old Sir Harry
O'Grindle's elder son, Jim, broth of a
bhoy." is in love with the delightful
daughter Of eSir Harry's old crony. The
girl reciprocates and the parents approve.
But Jim Is a rollicking lad and has been
seen flirting harmless bit with a pretty.
footed colleen. so it looks bad when
her wretched father tries to blackmail
the family Jim's adorable sweetheart be-
lieyes the story and off goes gallant Jim
to "the divvle" as he SAYS. well knowing
that 1t was his SNUG younger brother who
had trifled with the pretty colleen's af-
fections.
But of course Jim didn't succeed in GO
ing to the divvle at all. at all, and every
body was ultimately happy. Lot star
thing plot but every character in the piece
is entertaining and often uproariOus. and
each has a different degree of brogue
from each Of the others. SO there is no
lack of fun.