Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1916 — Missed Big “Successes.” [ARTICLE]

Missed Big “Successes.”

The death Of George Edwardes recalls how he sold “Dorothy” for a song, and how a song—“ Queen of My Heart"—made a fortune for the piece. The death of Lewis Waller recalls the case of “Monsieur Beaucaire.” That play, when “tried on the dog” at Liverpool, was a dead failure. The “dog’s” verdict was wrong. Produced as a mere stop-gap at the Comedy, “Beaucaire’’ proved a big and instant success, It ran for some 400 times, and had the crowning triumph of a royal command performance at Sandringham.