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Many New Attractions
At the London Theatres
London Dramatic Letter

Especial Correspondence
Y ONDON. Sept. 4.-1he past week,
although unusually fruitful Of
new pieces, has proved some
what less exciting than we had
every reason TO expect L would. Pine
ro's work Of course always calls for
respectful attention and the first per-
Torrance OF "Mid-Channew at the ST.
James is manifestly an event of the
highest Importance. But that excepted,
the plays presented during the past
few days cannot certainly be spoken OF
as taking first rank.
"Arsene Lupin' at the Duke Of York's
was a distinct disappointment. IL Is
third rate "Raffies," a mixture Of farce
and melOdrama, rather disjointed and
by no means remarkable for deft con-
struction Charles Frohmau has cabled
over that on your side IL has made a
tremendous hit and for the sake Of an
concerned / hope its success may be Of
"a lasting nature. The chances Of
Madame Kat the Globe are much more
favorable The piece itself "a uu-
abashed melOdrama, but the story Is
handled iu an interesting fashion and
the Intensely human acting Of Lena
AshWel bids fair to ensure II good
run. sydney Valentine also contribut-
cd his quota TO the general success. He
is one of those actors who never ran 10
do well, but who. somehow rarely con-
triye To get into the front rank Of their
profession.
"A Sense Of Humor." at the Play
house. need not detain me long. IL
would probably be all right as one
aCt curtain-ralser, but spun out INTO
three 70 becomes Just little tedious.
The theme has certain elements OF im-
proprlety in IL: a French dramatist
would assurcdly have turned these 10
the worst possible uses But the au-
thor. Cosmo Hamilton. knows the Eng
lish public far too we'll 10 risk any
thing by stirring up dirty water he
merely skins over the surface and an
riVes safely ON the other side of the
stream 200 Dear Little Denmark,
Frank Curzons new attraction az the
Prince of Wales. Paul Rubens reveals
hls old talent Tor writing effective lyrics
and catchy melodies. The plot how
ever ls too thin for words and the
second ACT might have been left unWut-
tou for au BE- docs Go carry ON the story
As an auer-dinner digestive. Dear
Little Denmark may appeal 20 those
satisfied with the hghtest Of fares, but
for rpalN hungry man II can have
few attractions.
A somewhat unexpected develop
mtnt has just taken place IN the his
tom. of the Haymarkct The lease OF
that theator ls held by Fred Harrison
who "a little time back sub-let the
house to Herbert Trench. whose am
bilious repertoire scheme. aa 7 hHFe
already lnumatod speedily collapsed
under the pressure Of PRACTICAL OK
ucrlence This week Harrison has
taken the step of turning the Whole
thiug into "a private company named
The English Drama COMPANY limited.
with "a capital nf 100000 The directors
of The enterprise are LORD Howard de-
Walden " cochranc, ana Harrison
himself Tho first Two are Tronchs
hackers. be Walden ls by way of be-
nE l playwright who has hardly YET
emerged from chrysals stage,and coch-
rane. "a partner iu the Well known hrm
of ginger beer and soda water manu-
facturers ln Felfist 10 is hardly like
lN however. that the formation OF the
new company viii lead 10 any inn
mediate change of policy
Two days ago the London papers
came out with the news contained in
my last letter, that m B. Irving has
secured "a lease Of she Queens
promised 90 say something ~ the now
plays he has acquired and that pledge