Notes

Impending productions in London are: Lord Adrian by Dunsany, Monckton Hoffe's The Lady Cristilinda, The Perfect Fit (adapted from the American A Tailor-Made Alan) and a revival of Paddy the Next Best Thing. During the holidays Gladys Cooper, the most popular actress in England, will play the annual Peter Pan revival. Miss Cooper comes to America in March for production in a few of her most noted London successes.

The Hardy players presented at Dorchester, England, Thomas Hardy's new play, The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. Said The Times (London) : "The action is swift and strong without interruption. The poetry is clear-cut and precise."

Of major importance on the French theatrical horizon is the coming La Dame Aux Camelias with Ida Rubinstein in the title role.

Far in the future Manhattan is promised a glimpse of Sacha Guitry and his noted wife, Yvonne Printemps. They have signed contracts for an American tour, but previous obligations in Paris will delay them until 1925.

Lucien Guitry and Mile. Spinelli (French favorites seen several seasons ago at the Ziegfeld Frolic) have the leading parts in Le Lion et la Poule, by Sacha Guitry, the first important production of the Paris season.

Arriving last week in Manhattan was Luigi Pirandello, Italian author of the fantastic Six Characters in Search of an Author. Signer Pirandello is a professor of philosophy at the Normal College in Rome. His first visit to America will be devoted to lecturing and inspecting the Pirandello cycle of several plays which Brock Pemberton will present in the middle of January.

The rumor flies that Elsie Ferguson will appear with Sidney Blackmer in a play from the Hungarian by Zoe Akins, to be directed by David Burton, who did so magnificently with The Swan.

Raquel Meller, extraordinary Spanish actress, has been forced by illness to postpone her American engagements. She will not be seen here until next Fall.

Interior-decorated, magnificent, "like the shining face of a lady friend that has been lifted," the Hippodrome (Manhattan), re-opened as a Valhalla of Vaudeville. The seating capacity is now 6,100, making it the "largest vaudeville theatre in the world."