New-York tribune., 1912-07-14
FOREIGN NOTES
London Season Draws to a Close
"A New PLAY in Vienna.

"A New Play in Vienna.
| With the Royal Command Performar..
at the Palace Theatre the London thea,,.
cal season came to an end In a blaze =.
excitement. The only note Of di,,as.
faction that was sounded over the evs,.
was heard in the general lament over IN.
omission Of Albert Chevalier from the ,,..
Of command performers. THE Post" fn,'
don, commented that the audience h.a
the satisfaction Of witnessing what an.
often hears Of but seldom sees-'Hann,s,
with the Prince Of Denmark omitted
What London Audiences Want.
| Charles Klein's THE Third Dexr...
| which has been transplanted TO Londn,
with the title Find the Woman" has me,
with general favor. English critics Seer,
| to be more interested In It's exposition a,
American police methods than in the story
] or characterizations of the play. One a,
| them said that he wished there was mor.
| third degree" and less story. English an.
diences have gained the reputation Of want.
| ing more kernel in their dramatic mn,
than Americans seem TO demand Geors.
London arranging with Louis Meyer 10,
future productions, commented on th,s
same tendency.
Production in London wants a LOT a,
thinking out" he said TO an interviewer "a,
THE Standard the other day. Yours "a
skilful. critical public and your plays ar.
very full of matter. We Americans) ar.
inclined to rely too much on features"
London and the Cabaret.
The~latest innovation In the field Of Lon.
| don amusements is the cabaret, until re-
Gently. curious to say. not introduced !nto
the British metropolis The name OF thu
new resort, which is organized in the form
of a cabaret theatre club, is The Cav.
/ of the Golden Calf" and It is located IN
the basement Of house in Heddon stree,
Regent street The prospectus OF the Gold.
en- Calf states:
| We do not want TO Continentalize ".
only want to do away. 10 some degree,
| with the distinction that the word "Con'
tinentaP' implies and with the necessity
OF crossing the Channel 10 laugh freely
! and to sit up after nursery hours.
The interior walls have been effectively
II somewhat we!rdly, decorated, and there
| Is a determination TO make the Cave"
permanent institution of artistic pleasure,
| with special appeal TO the lovers Of ltera.
| ture, painting, music and the stage.
Former attempts In London at the i'm
promptu. happy-go-lucky style OF amuse.
ment known as the cabaret are described
by The Daily Chronicle"
The first London cabaret happened about
year ago at a small hall In the West End
The promoter was a charming lady with a
gift for singing coon songs-hardly an ideal
cabaret accomplishment but one which
yielded considerable enjoyment TO legion
OF admiring friends who were not very par.
| ticular about the entertainment so long ss
they had the chance OF sitting II out amid
peculiar surroundings.
The next cabaret attempt was made a.
the Bijou Theatre in Bayswater-a curi.
ously shaped apartment which, with ord.
nary private residence approaches, seemed
10 have been fashioned out OF two conser.
vatories. a drawing-room, part OF hall and
staircase landing, this serving as q gal.
lery.
Some parts OF the entertainment were
distinctly clever and novel A Viennese
y dI
calling herself Mika Mikun made some
Max Beerbohm lightning caricatures TO
quick time measure OF music; her COM
panion in a subsequent dance, NJ. Blondsl'
sang some delightful peasant songs 10 DIS
own Lutte accompaniment, and an Aubrey
Beardsley girl. with flaming red hair ana
convolvulus lips, sat in the middle OF the
stage and made emotional response WIN
the muscles OF her face TO a passionate
love song delivered by a supposed adm!re'
hidden in the wings
FOLLOWING this came second attempt
al a cabaret on the part OF the charming
coon song singer, Miss Floyd Ariston' Ihe
experiment took place at the Clavier Han
in Hanover street, and socially. It was
great success. The entertainment 100 haa
many n good point. and a harmlessY
naughty Quarter Latin air was lent 10 the
proceedings by the presence OF NUMBER
OF Art School girls. who sat on the cor
ners Of tables and choked over French
cigarettes OF black tobacco. and OF num-
ber OF pale-faced young men in brown
blouses. who wore flowing neckues OF
HACK and auaffed lager beer with an ar
tistic flourish
at had. however. but one night onH
chance. and a form OF entertainment ne"
to London is not 10 be established IN
single experiment. 1t must be given uh''
10 find its way into our blood. Ana ln,s
is where The Cave Of the Goiden Ca.
rises superior TO antecedent enorts' ihe'
I. organization here and definite policy
Irish PLAYERS Offer New Play.
Several new plays have been offered Lon
don this season by the Irish National The
atre company. the latest OF them oeIns
william Boyles Family Failing Inc
critic for THE Pail Mall Gazette writes
entertainingly OF what must be a part'eu'
larry amusing play. He says:
"In previous dramatic pieces presen'eo
by the Abbey Theatre Mr.. william Doi'e
has SHOWN two useful characteristics VI
dramatist-a genial humor and Keen seh'e
for a good story-and both qualties
once again TO the fore In his ne" p'a'.
Family Falling acted in LONDON lot -.
arst time at the Court Theatre last n'sn"
II is lust such a sly whimsicality as WI
Rarrie has given us more than once Inv
men of the Donnelly family are all ia1n
laziness being the family falling Doni'".
and his younger brother Joe are a' 80" -
in Ireland, letting their farm go 70
and ruin and taking It all as nshu'
they would the fall OF spider IRON,
roof. while their energetic and devoted
ter Maria waits on them hand ana ~
Presently their Uncle Robert comes - -
from America with a frock coat on ~.
a visible watch chain and Immense 49,
bilty on the subject OF energy Ma,'a
once conceives him TO be wealthy anu -,
suades her older brother to be man o."
show a little briskness and ihous"y, e
only to please the capitalist Ihe resun .
that by the end of Act II there Is nv a.
no obalor IN all the county so strenuous