New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
"OFF|CER 666" |NL0NDON
English Critics UnWontedly
Kind to American Play.
OTHER IMPORTED PLAYS
THE Spendthrift' To Be Pre-
sented by Arthur Bourchier-
Sir Herbert Tree, Author.
fBy Cable 10 The Tribune.I

BY Cable 10 The Tribune
London. Nov. 2-"Ohicer 666." which
was promised here last summer, was
finally produced at the Globe Theatre
or Wednesday and met with an en-
thusiastic reception. All the critics
were unwontedly kind, and some of
them more than kind, while the audi
ence was delighted and every one left
the house i'm good humor. If II is safe
10 predict from first night audience
and from the newspaper comments, the
niece is destined 10 have as successful
run here as in New York,
Only few days more remain for the
triple bill at the Duke of York's The
atre. Sir a. w. Pineros and George
Bernard Shaw's contributions to the
programme will be withdrawn next
Wednesday and Penrhyn StanaW
adaptation of Eenry Kistemaecker
play. "Instinct" will be substituted
FOR them, j. NJ. Barrie's cameolike
''Rosalind" 10 GsI-a.u 10 complete the
evening. "InStiI-t. ,u" story of Nhlch
has already been told in The Tribunes
cables from here, was produced re-
Gently by Mr.. Aubrey Smith in the Liv-
erpool Repertory Theatre for q weeks $
run, but it proved so popular that the
tine was extended a week, and Charles
Frohnnan lost no time in securing the
play and using 1t TO replace his uh-
fortunate experiment at the Duke or
Yorks.
Hall Caine is working on a drama
tization of his latest book, The Woman
Thou Gavest Me" and has already
made an agreement with Messrs. klaW
& Erlanger for the production thereof
in New York next fall. and is negotiat-
ing for simultaneous production IN
Lon don
This i, the last week of The Great
John Canton" at the Aldwych. 1t is to
he followed on November IA by Porter
Emerson Brownies play, The spend
thrift" which was given i'm America
with Edmund Breese and Thais Ma
Crane in the principal roles.
Another American play soon TO be
seen i'm London is The Havoc by
n : sheldon. Arthur Bourchier will
present this piece at the Garrick The
atre on the afternoon Of November l9.
II will he preceded by Stanley Housh-
toms orc act play "Phiprs." on the
evening Of the same day Mr.. Hough-
TONS play TIE Younger Generation
wiz take the place of "Bunty Pulls the
Strings" at the Haymarket.
on the evening Of Saturday, Novem-
her is. Miss Ethel Warwick will, at
the Queens. replace "ZaZa" with ne"
three-act comedy entitled sylvia
Greer" by Anthony Wharton This,
like AT the Barn" is i'm the authors
lighter vein. although possessing a
stronG dramatic interest. 1t is story
of English life and character, the hero
inc being highly strung young wom-
au whose experience Of the world has
served 10 give her somewhat distort-
ed and uufavOrable view of those living
iu it. Her father Is a delightful old
rouG. who has trained his daughter TO
regard. and discuss with him, the prob
lens of existence, viewed from his own
decidedly low standpoint,
When il comes 10 settling Sylvia
future her marriage with a wealthy but
unprincipled admirer seems the most
obvious and satisfactory step. But an
obstacle presents itself in the shape of
an honest, common sense but impe-
cunious doctor. With him Sylvia falls
strongly emotional temperament
there is a very considerable streak OF
the play actress in your disposition
the doctor is always telling her-she
jumps at this chance of introducing
CLEAN Of romance into her drab exist
cnce. Here one has what should prove
an interesting study Of two very differ
cat pcrsonalities--the nervous eXcitable
woman and the self-possessed, matter
of-fact man. In the promised produc-
ton Miss Warwick will be supported
hy Guy Standing, c. NJ. Lowne, as the
scrapegrace father and Reginald Owen
as the rich admirer.
Sir Herbert Tree, for the first time
in his career, has yielded to the blan-
dishrnents Of the book publisher. About
the beginning Of next year there will
appear two volumes signed by him, one
containing a series of essays upon diff
ferent subjects. not all connected with
the theatre, the other number Of
short stories. None OF these latter, al
though the contrary might we'll have
been expected. will be cast in dramatic
form. Sir Herbert has evidently not
forgotten that while the art OF the
actor is necessarily of an evanescent
character the written word remains.