The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-25
At rHE LONDON THEATRES


many yeess rs LossSsoa SAp~rtenoed -
dull a season In the theatrical world a.
the present one is proving. RsvivAls
continue to hold the boards a. most of the
playhouses and even the Rspertory
Theatre promises nothing new for some
time 70 como. -Trslawney % the Wells
has been the first really great success
thsre 80 far and it 10 booked for large
number Of performance.
Wednesday night Mr.. Prohman tried
another revival. This time it was -Pri-
r.ua fantastic little PierrOt play by
granville Barker and that poet Of the
~oman's suffrage cause. Laurence HOus-
man -pfunella- made its first appear
anc- al the Court Theatre In the Oarly
t,vs ~ the vedrsnns- BARKER regime.
ard n that tiny playhouse IL met with
a fair measure Of success. Al the Duke
Of Works. nov the RepertOry Theatre
~h,ch il 80 much larger. much a the
daintness and delicAcy % the playlet was
los,
The action 81 .Prhnella- takes place
IN Dutch garden. Under the guidance
~ three old maid aunts PrSRsiia H. being
brought up strictly and pTimly. bu, into
the Businesses OF the garden y Pisrroi
renetrate. and steals the little girls heart.
80 that she leaves her three afectionate
IN, sorely trying aunts and joins his
bAnd % -trolling players "a their Pierrs'fe.
In the last act, crushed and broken. de-
serted by P'crroa. PTUReila comes hack
~ her Dutch garden 90 find her home
de.olate. the old aunts d~ad. everything
changed: but Pisrrot arrives there too.
relieving her lost to him forever and
hop,nk Co evoke soms ghost % her To-
.9aA
become reconcilsd. she finding in him
A man instead Of a reckless selfish hoy
and he in her n woman instead % a girl
looming for the excitement and frvolity
Of the world.
An airy trifie 10 -Prunella.' but excellent
acting. charming incidental music, dainty
costumes and an effective scene made u
q pleasing evening entertainment.
The Repsrtory Theatre IL certainlv
heconinRa feature 81 London life ~ the
performance 81 -Prunella. a very repre-
sentative first night audience was
gathered Sir Edward and Lady de Grey,
LADY JekyII, Mrs Mckenna. Mrs. Winston
churchill and many other people promi
men, IN the social world were in the stalls.
In the balconies were representatives ot
the sunrasisss and sufragcttes. headed
nv Mrs. Pankhurst. Miss Cioely hamilton.
Mls- Evelyn sharpe while IN tho ''ti were
long haired male devotees % the Sunday
night play PRODUCING societies and short
bnred female -int-llcctuals.-
Az Wyndhan Theatre on ThL rsdav
Charles pawtrey produced a new riece
nv GeorRe Pastor Miss SimmondsI and
Va. Maxwell. the novelist Who 10 the on
81 that veteran novel writer Miss Brat
don TIE play was called The Nsked
Truth and WAS chiefly bu'it around
Hawtrsy's personality. IN smiable
Young man named RaHnB mas a habit OF
telling everybody only pleasant things
that they would like To hear whether at
the cost ot a strain on his conscience or
not Naturally he II very popular
Howevar an old uncle from India pre-
sents him With a ring which has the magic
pnop@rtv Of forcing itA wearer to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing hut the
truth. The compli cations which arrive
rake three acts Of roaring farce. 'ros'
~ which Mr.. Hawtrey a. The hckleSs
Pvrnv carries on his shoulders.
The piece proved a great success ard -
.,,r. Of . long run ~ well n an American
production.
Hamlet has been done twice az He
Na,esty'e Theatre this week. once with
SIR Herbert Tree IN the name part. and
again With n. y. Irving A. the nlelan-
choly Dane. King Lear has also been
given there nv Mr.. Trsnch'z Haymarksi
Theatre company. Certainly English
theatrical maGaDars have come forward
noblv 20 aid SIR Herbert Tree la his
.Shakeapeare Festival and their enthu-
siasm in the cause. A. we'll A. the p'iblic
encouragement gwen. argues sp'endidiV
for British hopes Of n national theatre
where Shakeapeare's plays shall he
presented from time TO time by famous
exponents Of hts characters.
Gerald du Maurier IL 90 start as an actor
manager in the early autumn and has
several plays in hand already. although
he has not quite decided what theatre
shaII he the horne Of his enterprise. Robert
Lorraine mas also aspirations toward an
actor managerial career. bu; tells all
interviewers that his plans are very much
IN the AIR At present.
At the Haymarket ~ soon as the Blue
Bird finally hies OF comedy by Countess
Won Arnim Of Elisabeth and Her Ger
man Garden" fame will be given. " y
IN rehearsal nov. though no definite date
can ~ act for its production ~ the Blu,
Blvd remains exceedingly popular
Fred Terry has taken hrs daughter,
Miss PhiIlida Terson. as hts leading lady
instead 81 his wife. Miss Julia Nelson.
whose health necessitates q long rest
from stage work
Scl another English woman has
ambitions toward managing and owning
theatre Iris time !. 10 Miss Gertrude
Kingston. . well known ACTRESS who 10
having = playhouse Of her very own built
on the strand IL " 90 10 called the Little
Thsatrs and AIiss Kingston intends TO
usodei Il On tho idea Of the Partisan
ThsAtre Intinas. She will give three
49, plays som~timss and again an eve
n!ng % ore set pieces. all original in idea,
even eccentric. but not m0rbid or horrible
She has no thought of copying Grand
GWEnol msthocla a. those met With such
fAllurs in London. but hopes 10 emulate
Miss Daisy Andrews. until recently the
olsy~r Amsrican manager Of similar
little theatre In Paris.
Already the now arfr~Ns-manRg sresa
has hon inundated with playS and shs
- deep IN flaming and prepnFing foS
kar A. In 49, tstes n. an