The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

very big theatre and I daresay the
weekly expenses for rent and staff
alone total up to something like s25o0.
When you add to that the cost of a big
production and of first class West
End company the result Is of a kind
which only man with a pretty long
purse would care to face. Tree ac-
| knowledges he has to keep very
| watchful eye upon His Majesty's for.
when business does begin to show a
drooping tendency, it does so in no un-
certain fashion. However, so keen Is
| be to pay New York a second pro-
fessional visit that he will leave no
stone unturned in order to carry the
project into effect.
Officer 666" Playing Out
Ihe next few weeks are likely to
| witness considerable number of
changes at the West End theatres.
some of these / have already men,
toned; others demand a word "Offi-
GER $685. for example, has not / fear,
| very many more days to run. Charles
frohman is. at any rate prepared to
| accept tenant for the Globe at the
beginning OF next month: as matter
OF iact, there was possibility of Ethel
irving going there for a season of her
| own, starting with a revival of Lady
Frederick" But as she has now ac-
| cepted Louis Meyers offer to apear at
the Strand in Gladys Unger's new play,
| Ehe Son and Heir" that scheme is
off. Meanwhile there are quite a num-
Der OF would-be acquirers of the thea
| ire IN the market. Ethel Warwick al
| though her latest production, Tho
| llde, has proved q failure, is deter
mined to continue London management
and as she is backed up by a wealthy
peer who firmly believes In her talent,
there is no reason why she shouldn'
90 so, George McLenna, also. who is
making pot of money out of "The
Girl In the Taxi at the Lyric. has a
German opera called "Grigri," music
by Paul Lincke. which he will seize the
earliest opportunity to exploit and ]
| daresay If Frohman would run Off
! Ger 666" until the end of February
Mcclellan would gladly take the Globe
on his hands. The principal part in
"Grisri will probably be played by
| Emmy Wehlen.
Michael Faraday. who also has n
large share in The Girl in the Taxi
is, too. on the lookout for another
theatre With this view he opened me-
gotiations with Charles Wyndham fol
the New. Everything went swimmin e
ly at first and Faraday had every rea
| son to believe that his terms would
be accepted. He reckoned without
J Wiliart Brady, however, who got In
ahead of him and who. having had 2
/ genuine success with Ready Money,
has no desire to lose his hold upon
! London. Besides he is pledged to pro-
| duce George BroaIhursts Bought AMI
Paid For" and so Wyndham has beer
| forced to throw down his cards.
! Graham Moffat's "A Scrape of thu
Pen" has also entered upon it's last
stages at the Comedy; 1t is. however, tc
be sent out into the country by the
| author for lengthy tour. Arthur
Chudleigh's next attraction at the Com
| edy is to he drsmatization of Edgar
Jepsons "Noggs."
To Give Isben's "Pretenders''
/ AT the iaymarkrt, Frederick Harrl-
son is pressing forward rehearsals Of
| lbsen's historical play. the Pretend
ers." which has never vet been done IN
| London. This is not because he hao-
pens to be doing badly with his pres.
i ent mixed bill. which includes .rhe
| Younger Generation" and ]. NJ. Barrie 4
"Rosalind." but because Lord Howard
de Walden, who is associated with him
' in the direction OF the Haymarket. has
waited four years for the realization