New-York tribune., 1911-10-29
STAGE NOTES

Tho report is being circulated that Eu-
gene Walter. who is known chiefly for his
drama Paid I'M Fun has written another
plsv which David BelaSco will produce
sometime ina January or February next.
Whether or not the success od "Bunty
Pulls the Strings" will delay William Col
liers coming TO the Comedy Theatre IS not
decided Mr.. Collier declares that he viii
appear there in his new play "Talae My Adj
vice" before the first Of December.
Some Of the new plays which will pass
within this city's gates and be set on its
various stages before the close of 1911 will
o. the following. The Witness for the De
fence" which will bring Ethel Barrymore
10 the Empire; "Kismet." with Otis Skin
ner 'Thc Earth" with Grace George, at
the Playhouse: THE Butterfly on the
Wheel. with Marie Doro; Henry Miller in
arepertory Of plays at the Garrick; Charles
Klein's ucW play at the Thirty-ninth Street
Tteatre: '~The Bigamists.' Lew Fields
PRODUCTION; Viola Allen, in The Lady Of
Coventry. Thomas W. Ross. in An Every
Day Man; Little Boy Blue one of
Henry ". Savase's productions; Miss
Duddlesack." with Lulu Glaser, ond THE
Little Rebel" with the Farnum brothers.
Tho first play of the season at the Kam-
ucr- Theatre I'm Berlin has not been an un-
allowed triumph for Max Reinhardt. Lam
val" Eduard StUcken's treatment OF Ar
tlurisn persouag,s. has been received with
respectful attention but little enthusiasm.
The play. is strange, 20 say the least. In
unJeuiably beautiful language IL tells the
love tragedy oI Lanval, a young knight.
He is secretly welded 10 a swan maiden,
Tiggu'a. who has been bewitched. He loves
her passiouatcly. bat has been made TO
swear never 20 divllge his marriage under
pain Of disaster 10 both. King Arthur ar
ranges marriage between Lanval and his
niece, Lionors. Compelled to give q reason
for his refusal TO wed her, Lanval at last
admits that he is already married. and to
the most beautiful woman I'm the world.
This arouses tie jealousy of the queen,
who challenges him 20 produce her. He
calls 20 FiuguiJ % come. No one appears,
and ho is condemned t0 die for his deceit
ionors saves him. however and out u
finger at the Swan Naiden's desertion.
Lsnya. marries ler Then Fingula ap-
pears TO him as q graceful female foot out
lined IN light The door opens 4 ehostIy
knight ia black arm0r appears Lanyal
sals him. only 90 find within the armor his
swan bride. Li0nors brother learns Of il
and slays Lanval The effect Of the play is.
needless to say mystic and enigmatic-
Boston Transcript
Cyril Maude. well known in London as
an actor and manage. as well as director
o. the London Playhouse. viii make a tour
IN this country next rsar in q repertory of
his plays
In the second part. of four acts. the au-
thor dramatically groar- the events which
took place during tEs brief reign Of Ma
Poeon as Emperor OF France and sovereign
Of the greater part ~ Western Europe
until his enforced abdi.atlon. and the post
hde shows the end at st Helena.
News comes from England that George
Moore IS writing play
An explanation Of tn. p.odigious use
made boy playwrights ~ the Dickens stories
Is not far 90 seek. Though, perhaps. the
novelist was, as William Winter declares,
fundamentally humorI-t DIS literary hail
mark is really melodramHtic. Deeply IN
idested In tie stage from early youth, and
al one time an ardent amateur actor,
Dickens developed in his authorship a clear
conception OF dramatic values. and his
stories in The main lend themselves really
O" The pen % the dramau-t His early as
sociauons We're theallcel and TO the day
oi his death he never lost interest IN the
iage.
An incident occurred during Dickcns's
'.slt 10 the United States which illustrates
sirNnely his deep interest in the theatre.
pom The arrival Of the novelist in New
YORK where he was 30 give the first Of n
"Iles OF readings from his works, one OF
ls hrs, visits was % the stage Of the old
'iEinmc Theatre. where Horncas,le. n then
lannon's burlesque comedian. was giving
H"I' onaiions Of Dckenss characters un.
i'r general title of "Boz 81 de-
-N.h.'H was Tho great author with HON.
Ss'Ie work that ho then end there oil
800 himself ~ his peculiar hat and cloak
ana banded them otcr 10 tho actor. who