THE LONDON SEASON.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 964, 27 August 1908, Page 17

THE LONDON SEASON.

A carefully compiled and very interesting statistical article on the West End theatrical season 1907-8, from the pen of Mr James Waters, appeared in the “ Daily Mail.” Mr Waters speaks of the season—which may be reckoned as from August of last year to the present July—as a successful one, and he expresses the opinion that it has made far more money for the successful managers than was lost by those who failed. Mr Waters makes a list as follows: — Plays of two or more acts, 63; musical plays, 6; one-act plays, 35; pantomimes, 3; revues, 1; ballets, 4; revivals of plays of two or more acts, 27; revivals of musical plays, 3. Excluding one-act pieces, pieces produced for special performances, revues, and ballets, the new pieces numbered sixty-three. Deduct ten. for the French, five American, and one German, and ten for dramatised novels, there is left a total of thirty-seven plays as the output of our dramatic authors for the season. That is not much more than one piece per theatre for the working year.