New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-01
BRADY BACK, PLAY-LADEN
Producing Manager Promises
Big Things for Next Season.
PLAYS FOR MISS GEORGE:
Finds England Enjoys Yankee
Acts Successes To
Be Seen in London.

Miss Grace George, the actress. and Will
fam A Brady. her husband, were passen-
gers or the Caronia, arriving yesterday
Mr.. Brady has been away month, but IN
that short time he has covered theatrical
Europe and succeeded In bringing back his
share of the novelties to be presented in
this country during the coming season
! Miss George may return to London imrne-
diateiy to accept an offer that has been
made to her to play an autumn engagement
in that city.
This will altogether depend on whether
two plays that have been especially written
for Miss George by American authors prove
to be satisfactory for production in New
York. If so, Miss George viii play two
engagements in New York this season
one In October. and the other the open
Ing attraction OF Mr. Brady's new theatre,
The Playhouse, In 4Sth street. which viii
be ready early in the new year For the
opening Mr.. Brady purposes to revive
brilliant old comedy. Miss George heading
an al-star cast In talking Of his plans
AIR. Brady said:
Mr.. ManteI while he WAS abroad, got
from Sir Herbert Tree the rights for The
O'flynn,' by Justin Huntiy Mccarthy,
which Tree produced with considera bic sue
cess AT His Majestys Theatre. In the title
role Mr.. AIanteil will play the character OF
an Irish soldier Of fortune of long ago. MI
Mccarthy has also contracted to write a
new tragedy for Mr.. AanteIl, founded on q
famous historical character. Both plays we
will present during Mr.. SMantell's New York
engagement as part Of his already ex-
tensive repertory.
Arnold Daily will play his Bernard Shaw
repertcry and viii produce several new
plays; ons called The End of Eustace Ede,'
by George Pleydell, which I have an option
on for either Mr.. DAILY or Virginia Harmed,
and which I consider a remarkably strong
work, IS to be acted next season in London
by young Horny Irving; another, The
Kite. by Thomas Gallon, will probably
serve as Mr. Days first production IN New
York this year.
I have brought back quite a number of
manuscripts Of romantic plays for James
K. Hackett to choose from for his reper-
tory, among them being The Ilustrious
O'Hagen' by Justin Huntly Mccarthy: a
version of The Dukes Motto by the same
author; The Vagabond Duke and The
Fighting Chance by Edward Ferris
In the interest of the Shuberts l have
succeeded in making an arrangement with
Greet and Englehach and Herbert SIeath
whereby all the Shuberts American sue
cesses shall be produced in London. three
theatres being placed at their disposal for
productions of The City Lottery Man.
Going Some and The WOLF The inten-
ton is an international working agreement
to provide active representation for the
contracting parties on both sides of the
water.
The success of the open door move
ment in the United States has caused great
enthusiasm among English theatrical man
ayers, who see for themselves an oppor-
tunity not granted them in recent years of
enlarging their individual operations in
this country. The remarkable dearth of
good new plays i'll London, where at pres
ent three of the best theatres are playing
reviyals and three are filed by American
successes-'Al Jimmy Valentine Dawn
OF a Tomorrow and The Squaw Mani
has brought the English theatre owner to
a realization Of the fact that our dramatic
writer's Slowly but surely surprising
those Of the OLD Country. who seem to be
written out, and that they will soon have
to come to US for their new play material
instead of our having to 80 to them. as it
has been in the past. AS it is now, the
foreign music hall bills are filled with
Yankee acts and most Of the successful
musical plays III London have American
song hits as their best numbers.
THE London manager is far more anS.
ious than he used to be to know what IS
going Oh Electrically in America, and I
venture to predict that England viii soon
be a valuable market for our dramatists
l am under contract to produce a great
many new plays by American authors dur
ing the season.
The best serious play saw while abroad
was a SDeckied Band by Conan Doyle;
the rights for America rest with Charles
Frohman The finest musical piece l saw
was The Count dc Luxembourg my
opinion another Merry Widow It is
owned for the United States by the Inter
state Amusement Company"