The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

sion. No, 1 am certain that Tree is far
too shrewd to suggest such thing II
he discussed anything with Strauss il
would be the question of produeine
"Ariadnen at His Majestys in the pre-
else shape it was originally given al
Stuttgart
Apropos of Somerset Vaughan, he sails
for New York in the course of a week
or two. I mentioned some little time ago
that, despite his announced intention OF
concentrating his attention upon novel;
writing, he was secretly at work upon
new play. IL is designed for Charles
Hawtrey and Charles Frohman will pre-
sumabiy have the American rights. Late.
y Somerset Vaughan has been turning
over IN his mind the idea of writing 4
piece dealing with life and character in
Canada 1t IS more than probable. conse-
duently, that while on your side he will
visit the Dominion for the purpose OF
obtaining material for such work
Hawtrey at West End
Reference to Charles Hawtrey reminds
me that he is to resume West End man
agement early in January As at pres
ent arranged he will do so at the Appolo.
| say at present" because a couple of
days ago the lessee of that house. Tom
b. Davis, and Hawtrey seemed likely to
disagree upon the merits of their OPEN
ing play, an Irish comedy by the well
known novelist. George Birmingham.
known in his official capacity as the Rev.
G. Hannay, canon of st. Paurs cathedral,
Dublin At the last moment Hawtrey
tells me that having reasoned with
Davis over good dinner. the latter went
so far as to admit that after all he
might be wrong on the subject of the
play As stated above Hawtrey will fol-
low General John Regain as Birming-
hams piece is tentatively entitled. with
Somerset Maugham's new comedy, and
that again will be succeeded by piece
by Stanley Houghton, author of 'Hindle
Wakes and THE Younger Generation"
This latter, I understand, has been Sc
cured for America by the Shuberts.
Charles Klein's drama, Find the Wom-
en-" has only about month more to run
at the Garrick. Upon its withdrawal Ar
thur Bourchier intends to give himself q
little holiday, and to enable him to do
so he has leased the theatre to Hawtrey.
who will revive there that delightful
children's play, Where the Rainbow
Ends which proved so successful last
year as a Christmas entertainment at the
Savoy. When Bourchier returns he hopes
to produce new play by Stanley Hough-
ton. whose work is very much in demand
at present. Bourchier, / gather, is getting
a little tired OF management He tells
me that another Ave years will see him
out of 1t. Between then and now he
counts upon securing two or three really
big successes, such as he had with 1.-THE
Walls of Jericho" Should he persist in
his intention he will retire from the stage
still a comparatively young man. The
glare of the footlights has, however, a
fascination for anyone who has ever
stood behind them and Bourchier will,
doubtless, when the period stipulated by
him is over, find it difficult to resist their
influence.
Smith Presents "Instinct"
This week Aubrey Smith has given us
at the Duke of Yorl1s Penrhyn Stanlaws'
version of Henry Kistemaeckers play,
"Instinct." After the curtain fell I went
round to have a chat and found him
in the highest spirits and extremely hope
ful OF a prosperous run. How far his
expectations will be justified by events
remains to be seen. He is confident, how
ever, that he viii make a lot Of money in
the United States with the piece. One OBJ
vious drawback II has, namely, that It
plays into only an hour and half, in
GLIDING waits. which, of course, is much
too shert an interval to fill out an even
ing's entertainment. To help matters,
Stanlaws has cabled over that he is mail
ing another scene which may possibly add
10 minutes to the duration of the perform
ance. The piece was very we'll acted by
Smith himself and Lillian Braithwaite
in the principal parts. 1t is somewhat,
nevertheless, OF the machine-made. order
of things and thoroughly to enjoy it you