The theatre is " gamble when it} comes to the question of gauging in advance the possibilities of a play. The late Mr. Oscar Ascke made a fortune over "Chu Chin Chow" which was in many respects a mediocre work and he promptly lost most that fortune over "Kismet" which had real artistic merit. Mr. Laurence Olivier preferred to take the lead in Beau Geste rather than that in "Journey's End". Mr. Colin Clive benefitted: Beau Geste which cost pousands to produce, ran a week and "Journey's End", costing £100 stage, ran for two years. Dan Rolyat and Alfred Lester, afier the dress rehearsal of "The Arcadians" decided fat once ta look for "another shop" as they felt the show could not last 'a week. They made their names in it for many a night. This series of horrid examples is produced in all Kindness to deter Mr. 8. L. Hsiung. from placing too muck: reliance on Mr. George Bernard Shaw's characteristic depreciation of "Lady Pre-dous Stream" for the boosting of "The Western Chamber." "Lady Precious Stream" may or may not deserve the Shavian stigma thus belatedly given it The fact remains that it has run for over 00 performances. And experience tells that playwrights do not always hit the target with their Second shot. Absit omen. May "The Western Chamber" justify Mr. Shaw and bring more fortune to Mz. Hsiung.
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