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SHOWER OF NEW PLAYS WILL HIT TOWN THIS
WEEK
No Appeals from
Verdict of Public
Acting Is One Art Where the
Opinion of Expert Has
Little Weight in
the End.
By HEYWOOD BROUN.
In every art save that of acting final judgment1 is passed by the expert.
Painters, sculptors, novelists, poets and dramatists arc accepted among the
glee in nl of the Wl ?? hut the actor must depend, 'irst and last.
upon the opinion of the amateur. Colley Cibber commented on this state
-v" a* f>.Hows :
"Though the majority of puldick auditor? are hut had judge* of
theatrical action and are often deceived into their approhation of what
? lid pretence t.. it; yet, as there are no other appointed judgl '
: p; irle spectator has a right to be one of them,
their sentenee will be definitive, and the merit of an actor must in some
\'d by it."
Conditions now ?iiifer little from the days of Colley Cibber. Jane
("owl. William Hodge, Robert Edeson, William Courtenay and any num
1er of our most popular players were raised to the Starry firmanent not
through what the profession terms "good notices" hut simply because the
\?nlict of the pul.lie has heen overwhelmingly in their favor.
An actor cannot be great without being popular. A later generation
may decide that Robert W. Chambers is an insignificant literary figure
and unearth some author now obscure as the important figure of the
period. This may not he done with the actor. The judgment of one
>?> aeration m regard to the ability of a player must be accepted by the
next. Booth is a great actor to us because he please?! large audiences in
his day. It is entirely possible that motiern theatregoers would not accept
ihe verdict made in Booth's time, but an actor once acquitted with a
reputation may not be placed in jeopardy again.
??, acting is ephemeral from its nature, but, more than that,
the art is limited from a lack of exact technical language in which it may
be described? The technique of the drama ha* been expounded in book
i.fter book. At times when English has not sufficed to comprehend a
shade ?if meaning, first aid ha** been summoned from abroad and a
"?lenoum? r.t." for instance, is added to the vocabulary of criticism.
But acting has always been described in generalities glittering.
perhaps, but not in the least illuminating. To bo specific. Marie Tempest
gave a fine performance in "Rosalind" on Monday night, hut it was quite
impossible for any one to tell a person who had not heen at the theatre just
whv she was tine.
"Ihr acting is in a mood of pf
? nt humor, whieh is delicate, subt
and true," said one paper. "Her gift?
mid another, "arc exceptional. SI
) !/.v.? with such extraordinary, unfla
ping alsrrity of the spirit." And y
ajrain, "Mis? Tempest whs charming
the frankness and fascination of h<
humor." Still a fourth reviewer v.;
etSBteat to remark, "Marie Tempest Wl
excellent."
These snatches may give the reaib
an inkling of the performance of Mi
Tempe-t, but they fall short of tl
knowledge of a painting or a book or
violin solo which a skilled critic mifrl
?y through the printed word. N'ati
?ally, wa arc not willing to admit th;
eisneisa sre in any way tl
? of lack of skill among dramat
'I ne same vagueness may i
found in the works of masters \vh
have undertaken to comment on the ai
of acting.
I'r. Johnson, for instance, was ai
lly a Bass who could make a
opinion eleur and definite, and ye
lursd t'.v Boswell to a diacnaalo
of (iarrick, h?. said: "Up whs tlic onl
nrtor I ever asw whom 1 could citil
-. r both m tragedy and comedy, a!
though 1 liked him best in comedy. .
lu??- i of character and nau
lui expr.-ssion of it were his distir
jruishinp excellencies."
? Bough. <>ne woul
hardly can- te write a comparison o
art of (iarrick and Charlie <"hap
lin on th< ' ' 'ion u
Qarrick's art given by Johnson.
In all truth the spectator knows th
effect whieh the actor produces, but h
hasn't the least idea of how that el
Mined. Nor does the acto
know M SI J a player has said wit
sin?. that he achieved hi
Bg the emotions of th
character which hi- ??as playing. Thi
? ntions of G
an.i it taras Is regard to this belief tha
1 ?? tid; "If (.at rick reall
i to be that ?
Ml, he deserwd to h
led att iy tune i ? i it."
Ui talked' the other day with Mar
Rysn, who plsys an i ,otiona
B "The Rouas of (iiass" at th
i ? ;!.-r Theatre with much skill. \V
to learn the mental an.
-.cal demands of such a part. Fir?
??.- evinced ?? cariosity <?- te metho
and Miss Hyan asid thai she ap
?rt m an effort to fee
iifid B older tha
play the role up to its bes
I Ity of the .
? uld not eaespa a solid Joknaoniai
doubt, ami we marvelled that a womai
: faint four time.? in as many acts
all but cry her heart out in the last
? on ??alls in the final muiuti
of a play throuirn the extraordin?r;
I of the dramatist, atid relay ?
a charminc; normality ?? soon as tht
n fell.
II ?' I.'yan actually docs feel al
the i ' (.Us?'
?he is the bravea! woman ?n New Y ni
in ?? ???>? nijfht on to t> ,
??f th? ag the haras
sinr vhu-i >.-.., i- at thi
band? of the fates. W? i . .1 a Ir.'.b
?.f this doubt, hut U was no'
to ba) diasusded froai th.e stand tha'
m ord? r te make others feel a moo?
she mu?t take on :hat emotion hcrasll
although ? Imitted that man?
ie?i themselves in keepini
out si th?
recognized tech
niijue. without eves an adequate Ian
luiir?- of its own, acting remains amon|
t> ?hi art- Tl.- tksatregser, th?
critic ami svss the factor himaelf doei
not Vii-iw much about acting, but h?
know? what he IlksS. And seeminuh
the hiirh- at form of praise which BM]
in- beatowed upon a player is to sa?,
that he gives the public what it wants.
DATE SET FOR "MOLOCH '
Hujfr (sal Kngarrd for ?if War IMs>
??? Maw & Krlangcr.
KIhw A Kr!an?/er. in association with
?it Holbrook
Blinn's company in "Moloch," the play
dealing with war condition?, at the New
Amsterdam Theatre on Mond?
temhrr 10.
"Moioch," la many respects the most
?itious production planned for the
imou, had a few preliminary
fatStioaa is ( hicago last spring,
i. the ca?t an- Helbreek Bilan, Ed?
muful Hi..-.. L.li.an Albsrtsoa, Mrs.
Thomas Wbiffen, Creigbton Hale,
Kutter, (.areth Hugh?.??, Ruth
Benson and I'aul Gordon, in addition
to three score supernumeraries who
P-UUWiVSls ID the battle scene.
Diversified Drama.
THE ROAD TO HAPP1NE8S."
A baby ?n a doorttrp ?tin
Tn? ?nier ?I ? country ?qulr?.
HI? d?u?ht*r com??, ha thinks It hen
And v?nti gn tier hi? cau?rlr?i Irr.
"You are m> daughter, girl, r.o m?r?!
A? )?u g? out. dont >l?m th? door!''
But William Hodg? ha? got th? ?and
T? ???? her tr?m ?n ?t?k???rd plight,
H? 'akaa a ?rainpt and taarlt?? ?tand
Upon th? h?llo??d ?Id? ol n?ht.
It thrill? ? ?u> t? hrar him I'll
Th? d*u?hty iqulrf to ?o te h-.
H? than d?ftei th? ?Irkad ?na.
Aid NfeM ?bout t? rom? to ?Hat.
Ha make? at though to pull a gun.
And fanourrt??lib ? handkfrrhl?l.
Th? whll? he ?prlr.kln on thr la*
Of III? hi-. c?lm ?hllotophy.
tVilh dog and horca ?nd hon and h??
And ?on? ol honnt rural toll,
Th? ?lot ?I thlt Ea?t Lynnlth ?la>
Il part and parr-l of the soil.
Th? ?rsdurtt of Ih? land ?bound?
I? fact, It II * Pitt ol ?round.
BRADY OFFERS NEW PLAY
"Husband and Wife." for 4Mh Street
Theatre.
William A. Brady's Forty-eighth
Street Theatre will be opened on Wed?
nesday evening for the- season with a
new American play, called "Husband
and Wife," by (liarles Kenyon, the
author of "Kindling." As it? title
indicute?, the new drama tell? the
story of marriage complication?. Thl
? ?ut of the husband'? early insist?
ence thai hii young wife devote herself
to no pursuit mine serious than that
of becoming a gay, thoughtless, extrav?
agant society woman, and she eut m
f this < areer so thor?
oughly that ?hen the time eomes to
?top her the ta*<k not alone shatter?
the home of tin* pair, bul very nearly
- both principals outright
In this crisis the woman narrowly
escapes dishonor and the mat; barely
avoids a criminal prosecution, and both
are saved from a source to which neith?
er of the twain has any reason to look
for ?uecor.
The play, which is produced by Will?
iam A. Brady is association with Ar?
thur Hopkins, will have the advantage
of a east including Robert Edeson,
. Olive Tell, Helle Daubb, Mabel Road
Harriet Mendel, Dion Titherage, Mon?
tague I.ove, l)od?on Mitchell, Allan At
well, William S. I.\on?, Edward If.
Dresser and Nick Lour.
SCENIC SURPRISES
IN "STOLEN ORDERS"
Drury I ane Melodrama Opens at
Manhattan To-morrow.
"Stolen Orders." which will have its
American premier at the Manhattan
i'pera House to-morrow night, i? de
S genuine Hrury I.ane melo?
drama full of incident, striking situn
I OBI and ama/.m-* scenic effects. To
stage th" play adequately at the Man
hattan it has been found necessary to
build an addition to the stage.
Jewels of fabulous value, a cup of
poison, death and a diplomatic ci
; to say nothing of the stolen 01
?are ?ome of the things that go to fur
aish the thrills. Before the hero can
recover the stolen order?, which con?
tain ?ecret? that would ruin hi? coun?
try, the trail of adventure leads to a
light in an aeroplane at a presumably
dissy height.
The cast is a large one, there being
more than fifty ?peaking parts as v , ?|
?* many otra people. Among the more
prominent member? of th? company
1 M. Hallard, Franklin Ardeli,
renes Handyside, Connie Ed -- ami
Flora (?cran, a child adre*.- *rw to
| the ?tage.
NEW COHAN PLAY AT ASTOR
"HII-the-Trail Hollida>" Will Hue
Premiere T??-morro*?.
"Hit-the Trail Holliday." the tirst of
? three play? to come from the pen of
i George M. Cohan this ?eason, will have
r.?t metropolitan performance at
, the A?tor Theatre u. saorrow night.
?lay is built along Hilly Sunday
lines, and in it Mr. Cohan's brother-:ti?
la?, !'?'d Niblo, w:ii return te Broad
Way after three yiais spCBt in touring
Australia?
Among other? in the cast will be
Katharine La Salle, Lorena Atwood,
Laura Bennett, ??rant Stewart, Edgar
Hahtead and Frederick Dempsey. |
Dan forth Is a Professional
Father and Likes the Job
Veteran Actor Has Hac
Much Experience with
Papier Mache Babies
and Real Ones, Too.
By GEORGE 8. KAUFMAN.
The heart of William Danforth hac?
heen won over by a papier mache baby
and the curtain at the I.nngarre The
atre had descended. As Paul F?bre
the rich but grouchy father in "Tin
Girl Who Smiles," Danforth had ecu
tinned until the next to th? last min
uto in an attitude of intolerant objee
tion to his daughter's marrisge. Ani
then, just when all the oot-of-tOWl
people hail given up hope (your Nes
York theatregoer is too wise a bird), hi
relent?.I and allow? d the curtain t<
come dowt on a happy family n
As intimated, it was his gismlson
the papier mache baby, that did i'
And, inasmuch as William Da
baa a couple of hi.- own bless you. no
not papier mache onei thai looked
like the moment of moments t
one's way through the stage debris U
his dressing room ant! take a chance on
aaking a few questions.
Particularly anil especially, informa?
tion was wanted in regard to this rau
sical comedy father business, Half
the tansies! howi that have come into
New York in the last twenty years
have had William Dsnforth
father of the prima donna. The Other
half wanted -him, but he was busy,
Certainly, when the hi-tory of tha
Stage ?s written and the hook elo
will bo found that William Danforth
was the world's champion all Bl
catch-as-catch-can musical comedy
father.
"Ves, indeed, it's funny how
run." With a quick motion, that
swept away the m.-i'ke-up of the million
.-ioucli and Stood i.?vealed Bl B d' -
cidely pleasant-faced human. "For a
long time it was briganda. I go
wsa a eoupls of dozen of the most un?
principled scoundrels thai ever lived.
Hut there's one thing about brig?n.1.
'g somethini |ua and ro?
mantic about them, and the BO
nearly always hss a soft spot for them.
It doesn't matter bow wicked a Im
gaud la, there's sura to be a lot of peo
pie that like him.
"Well, 1 p ay? .1 briganda srith :
Dsniels for ten years, sandwiel
a Cuitan plantel once in B whi
break the monotony. Then suddenly
things switched and I atsrt. ?
kmg-. I plsyed a couple of kings
Daniels, and then one with Hopper in
'Hsppyliand.' I guess I played kit .
one loti or another pretty steadily for
a couple of seasons, and then this
fsthei business came along.
Bo here I am. I'm a musical comedy
father, ami it looks as though 1 was
going tO have to stay one. This is the
seeond season in a row that l'i
the father of Natalie Alt last year it
was 'Adele.' Before that? Oh, 'The
Girl From Montmartrt,'snd'1
''I he three Romeos,' and
'The Debutante,' ami any number of
'em. Th?-.- were all fathers.
"Hut the iras that nearly
all of them were millionairaa, oh. 1
know what you'n
mus- frei nice t.. play ?
Well, it does, but think of the money
you have to spend for clothes I Don't
? tha* the actor has to bl
own clothes, ami that a millionaire ha?
to (?less pretty well.
"The one I'm doing now's a mill?
ionaire. 11,'s pretty tight, but often
they're gensrona fellow?, who
BWsy all kinds of money. 1'va given
sway mon- money than Rockefeller
t \er poasi ssi ?! bsrrsls sad bsi r?
it- 8 || hurt? me to think
of it. Hut I don't need a
know that that's what fathers \? ?
vented for."
William Danforth, in fact, ?:
need a libretto to tell h,
about fatherhood. Out in Key port. V
J.. there is Virginiu. age?! nine, ami
John, live. If you enw Danforth his
job in ? New York sue -, him
travelling to Keypoti evsry night after
the performance. Key-port i? BOB!
Perth Aniboy; .t |a reached Only at't.r
a lonjr and complicit?.! proesss, ai
is invsrisbly l.SO o'clock is tha ?
lag when the actor' sticks his kej
the tloor.
Hut John and Virginia, he assure?
you. are well worth the trip. In fact,
he could ait in hi- dressing room and
UIV to you si il them for boni
vou had batter !>.- csrefal or hell do ?t
He'll till yoa thai Virgin a liki
?hat John hates it. and that
VirfriniM disdainfully rafa*
g lessons in Perth Amboy, "Who
ever heard of an settees eoming from
I'erth Amboy?" asks Virginia. And
he'll tell you about the time ihat hut
I by this time you ha\e grasped the fact
.'. ill am Dai full-fledged
er ol the Order ?if Fathers, stage
.m.I other* .
?if . lurae, as everybody know?,
brief interludes when Will*
Dan forth is relieved of his ?tage
paternity. Everybody know?, too, thai
? ehronise with Oilhert
and Bullivan revivals. The Oilbert
and Si ras simply cannot he
I not in N'ew York, Bt any rate
unless William Danforth cancels all
engagera? nti and join:? the or?
ganization. His most recent sally into
With He Wolf Hopper
spring of this year.
Danforth ; Sir Joseph Porter in
"Pinafore," the Mikado in "The Mika?
do," ti." brigand chief in "The Pi
i rates," the prison keeper in "The Yeo
thr rmirt attendant in "Trial
b\ Jury." Ha does not play the part;
the character.
"Incidentally," he ?aid, when the |
I talk had reered to (?ilhert and Sulli-'
ran. "a loi of people, including some
critics, said that as Sir Joseph Porter
a ?,""'1 deal like Josephua Dan?
iels. That's sort of funny, you know.
because mj uni name i? Daniela."
It was ?u "Pinafore" that Danforth
debut, plaving Dick
Deadeye. The year was 1879, and he
was eleven years old at the time
which affords a simple problem in
rnetic for those who care to work
l out. The east was a juvenile one,
? need scarcely he stated. At the op
performance Willie Daniel?
missed bis eue, and was discovered
under the stage and hurriedly dragged
upstairs for his first entrance. That
?a the fir-; und last cue that William
Danforth ever baa missed.
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"'GRUMPY- BACK AGAIN
Cyril Maude to Open the Empire
Thealre.
At the Kmpire Theatre to-morrow
Cyril Maude will return to.
lii?. N'ew York stage in his now famous;
characterisation of "Grumpy," present-1
ing the four-art play of that name by
Hi rae.. Hodges and T. Wigney Percy
ral, which served to establish him ?o
. the American stage, and
:n which he attracted larjr.. audiences '
at Wallack'i Theatre two seasons ago
lor a long run Mr. IfsudeV < nfrp.ge
rnent at the Kmpire wil! be for only !
four week*.
S
FASHION SHOW AT COHAN
Special Matin?es Set for Mr?.
N\ bitney.
Four specisl matinees are announced
?it the Cohan Theatre on September '-?",
-'s ':n.i 80 and October 1. when Mr*-.
.n Show will lie given
under the direction of Selwye i Co.
\ thre? part performance has been
a vehicle for the exploita?
tion of fashion? which will predomin?
ate during the coming full and winter
: i u bitney has just re
d from a Furope.m trip made for
purpose of gathering to
gether an array of gowns to be worn
annikina, so that
a beauty conclave ai
well as a panoramic exposition of tine
?,:.h will tempt the well
mediate fu- ;
ture.
MIB1 UM ' ?M I.INs..
In "The I?, i to Happiness."
"1 own Topics" Brings New
Idea to Century Theatre
Ned Wayburn Will Have
Big Show to Open House
a.s a Continental
Music \ lall.
After many wfeks of preparation,
Ned Wayburn's "Town Topics" will
have it? first presentation at the Cen?
tury Opera House Saturday night. The
week will be devoted to dress rehear?
sals, as the production is too large to
be taken out of town for the usual
try-out. The company consi*;s of ISO
principals and chorus members and
ZOO supernumeraries.
According to Mr. Wnyburn's present
plans, the opening of "Town Topics"
at the Century marks the entrance of
that theatre into the Continental mu?
ir hall fu Id. It will be the only thea?
tre m" it.? kind in Ami rica.
"Town Topic?" is described as an
American entertainment in a Continen?
tal atmosphere. On the opening nigh:
?he tap-rooms, tea-rooms, private din?
ing-rooms and smoking pron..
will be open, and later in the season >
I the roof garden and the dance clul
will assist in entertaining the audi
anees.
The show proper will be staged ir
twenty scenes aml will contain thirty
| musical numbers. Mr. Wayburn ha
?been producing musical spectacles ioi
more than eighteen years, but ir
"Town Topics" he is said to excel rill
previous itforts. All of the marvel
lous tage facilities of the Century
will be utilized, including the revolv?
ing stage.
The cast of principals reads like thn
list of volunteers for a charity bene?
fit. The headlinera are Trixie Fri
ganza, Vera Michelena, Rlossorn
Seeley, Flanagan ami Kdwards, Wi'l
Rogers, Melt Leslie. CrOSa and Jos.
phine, Eileen Molynenx, Mana Zueca,
the Cameron Sisters, Lew llearn, Ed
Gallagher, Moran and Wiser, Clifton
Webb, Pster Page, Adelaide snd
Hughes, Jacob B, Ailler, jr., fius Shy
and B?sala Calla. There are also
trained horses and "prancing poultry."
In addition to the regular nightly
performances, there will be popula."
matin and
Saturdays. Sunday night concerts will
also be given.
"JUST BOYS" AT COMEDY
Big Scene of New Play Will Be Ju
venlle Court Boom.
William Elliott, who produced "Kitty
Mackay" and "Experience," will pre?
sent at the Comedy Theatre to-morrow
night a new play dialing with certain
phases of New York life, cut.tied "Ju-?
Boys," by Katherine Browning llillsi
and Ailena Kanka. The eompai
Iected bv Mr. Elliott include? Erne?!
Truex, M*ilton Sill*, formerly with "The
Law of the Land"; Mattie Ferguson,
Mary Elizabeth Forbes and M isa Gladyi
?Vyni e.
The play i? a comedy ir: four act?
and include? a ?cene in the juvenile
courtroom, which, it is believed, will
arouse much discussion.
PARIS SUCCESS FOR HERE
"T-?o b Ciimpanj." To Be Sun?; at
I.\ rie.
After a run of mor.- 'ha?:
in Pari? the Savoy Producing l'ompan>
will offer a Parisian musical noveltv
called "Two I? Company" at the Lyric
Theatre next Thursday evening,
tember 15.
Thi? latest musical product i? from
the triangular authorship of
Herv?, Jean Briquet and Adolf Phil?
ipp, who were !e for
"Alma," "Adele," "The Midnight Girl"
sad "The (iirl Who Smiles." "T?.. !
Company" I ! for the Ai..-ii
can ?tage bv Edward A. Paulton and
Adolf Philipp.
Prominent in the cast are (leorgi.i
Came, May de Soasa, ?'laui.' F
Clarence Harvey, Hoydon Keith, Vic?
tor La Rey, Kalnh Nairn,
zard. Gwendolyn Lowrey, !
Ii?le, Ro?el frei sud (Jertrude Uro??
berk'.
SUCCESSES COME
BACK TO TOWN
Popular [Mays To Bo Seen at the
Neighborhood Theatres.
the Standard Theatre, Broadway
and Ninetieth Street, the attraction for
ning to-morrow night
, will i A Co.'s subtantial suc
." a farcical comedy by
Sa isburi Field and Margaret Mayo,
which played for tifty-two consecutive
we?-ks at th?? Fulton and Harris thea?
tres last season.
The cast will include Lois Bolton,
? . ist Arsmini, John Welch. Clare
VVeldon, Josia Claflin, Helen Eddy ?id
Fred Ozsb. Mstiness Tnsadsy, l'hurs
ind Saturday.
For its second week as a neighbor?
hood playhouse, the York Theatre, on
. tilth S'reet, near Lenox Avenue, will
have ract,"ti, beginning to?
rn rros i"i'lit. II. H Prasee's farcical
. "A Full House," which recent?
ly had a profitable run at the Long
acre Theatre.
Practically the entire original cast
will be Been in the play. The company
will Include Herbert Corthell, May
Yokes. Maude Turner Gordon, Edgar
. Hugh l'ameron, Bernice Buck
and many Others, Matinees Tuesday,
Thursday ami Saturday.
"The Yellow Ticket." A. H. Woods's
production of Michael Morton's drama
of Rus ISO life, will be the week's at
trsetion at the Lexington Theatre,
Fifty . t ami Lexington Ave?
nu- , ! ? to-morrow night, with
matimes Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
The cast will include Frrderica Go?
ing. Fletcher Harvey, Ralph .1. Herbert,
Miehsel Wilkeaa, Kaiman Malus, Dor
1 othy Sluytur and others.
FEARS CAMERA,
MOT CRITICS
Rozsika Dolly Faces "One
Big Awful Eye" in
Terror.
Ro/.sika Polly, who has faced the
critics as n dancer, musical comedy star
and vaudeville performer, ?ay? the '
camera is worse.
"When I first heard it? awful crenk,"
.-he went on, "and knew it was looking
at me with its one big, awful sj I I
felt just like a poor crippled canary
thai had wandered into a cat ?how.
But now I'm beginning to love motion
pictures by the pound. All except the1
make-Up and the L'i'tting-up. 1 can't
get i^ed to the dull finish make-up, and
oh, this going to work when the whistle
blows' My maid peels me off the bed
lik" a piaster.
"Bel at Arsl I was so frightened that
I gazed straight into the camera. 'Look
away,' commanded the director. Then
I took on a stony, distant stare. 'No,
no! Don't look as if you saw somebody
you owed mon. y to.' I felt exactly like
an incubator chick in a farmyard. Noth?
ing could be much more terrified than
that kir.d of a chicken, could it?
"By and by I quieted down. Work?
ing on a low gecr is awfully hard,
though, isn't it? It's so natural for
Bis to work fast. And doing without
talking Is one of the hardest things.
They did have an awful time making
me stop talking. No, I don't find it a
bit h;.rd making up the few necessary
lines, dabbling is the best little thing
I do."
This is a summary of the impression
Miss Po?v's first film appearance ha?
made on her. She is working in Call?
forain with the Triangle forces, with
what results will be *hown later, when
the Fr.ickerbocker Theatre present? all
star combinations on Broadway.
KOZSik.v DOLLY.
With the Triangle Film Company.
WHERE AND WHY
PLAYS CONTINUE
Marie Tempest at Her Best
in Lyceum's Double
Bill.
"BOOMERANG" SETS
PACE AT BEUSCO
Kinkead's "Common Clay" Etu
tablishcd as Success at the
Republic Theatre.
"The r?uke of Killirrn- '?-?." ,t. ?a^
Lyceum Theatre, is a light comedy rr
Robert Marshall which gives Maria
Tempest a splendid oppor
show her rcmarknh'.f "Kng.
Imd," a one-act piay by R-trr:?, wMf?,
follows the longer pier??, is whi??^
in the extreme, but air: : ? -fash
pest scores w'th a clever p^riormase?
"The Boomerang." at the B '.?.?<??, is
a light comedy by Victor Mapes agi
Winchell Smith. Excellently eor.c4rrs4
and acted with rare skill, thi.? p'ieasut
piece should prove universal in its sa?
pea!. The cast includes Martha H?*tJ.
man, Wallace Eddinger ard Arthur
Byron.
"Common Clay," which has eiti?.
lished i?self as a success at th* Ra.
public Theatre, is a sex play of a cer?
tain power, in spite of some cruditie?.
The piece is frank in the extreme. A
notable cast includes Jane ('owl, Joes
Mason, Russ Whytal and Oj.?ey Haw
ley.
"The Rlae Paradise." at tha Cuis?
Theatre, is an exceedingly tuneful as.
sical comedy. Cecil Lean ar.d I ? \gy.
field contribute to the gsyety byfe
cellent comedy work, a .,?? |
number of ?rood tinging
company.
"Young America," at the Gaiety
Theatre, is a light COI
Bsllsrd. Dec 'he mest
?rholeaoBse plays in town, the piece it
dramatically well worth wl . . ?*p]
BCted with much skill. A number?/
delightful stair" children and a '.mart
able trained ?log add much to the per?
formance. It is a play for boys tai
men. girls ami women.
"The Road to Happiness." at th? tha.
bert Theatre, is a more or less con?
ventional rural drama, whieh ?fives fall
scone to the pi?-,? Williaa
Hodge. It is not altogether a pity
for the sophisticated.
"Rolling Stones." at the Harris, it
a somewhat tangled bu?. 1?
comedy by Btlgsr Selwyn. C.harte?
Ruggles is amusing as the hero, at?)
the safe blowing scene should girt
everybody but the most Jaded theattt?
goer a thrill.
"Some Baby," at the Fulton, il t
farce, Fr-mk Laier is humo I ??
i?ood comedv role and ?
plats with much skill ai v
sf theae angular parts m h i
orays does so ?sell.
"("hin-Chin," at the Globe, la a B??
sica! comedy. I? is 01
say that the piece is in its M-eot?'
>ear on Broadway and that Montgaa*
? rv and Stone head the cast.
"I'nder Fire." at the Hud i
exciting war melodrama by Ri I
Megrue. Among the thrills of the pltr
Is the blowing up of a I'.ritish tread
by the Germans. The author ha.? taktt
good care, however, to bring victefj
to the Alii?-s in the end. Williaa
Courtenav is the hero and Viol?t
Homing and Frank ('raven are othlf
popular members of a good ( afl
play will not amuse nro G ttij*!?
much.
"Cousin Lucy," at the Cohan Th*t
tre, is a musical farce ta
Julian Eltinga, whose specialty n It
male impersonation. Tha rrusical
numbers are tuneful. An)
likes the art of Julian 1
joy "Cousin Lucy."
"N'o H Washington Square." at tat
Park Theatre, la a i ' arour.?1
May Irwin. Need' it is SS
riroad lines. The ;
tion hv Leroy Scott of his novel. ?
??tFords many amusing situations ht
Miss Irwin, and Leona t
a crook, also scores hsevily,
"The Girl Who Smiles." tt ?*
I.ongacre. is a musu-a] comedy mt\\
music. The piece siso provi?*}??
?vith per-on- to sing this music. ?*
talle Alt has one of the ? ?.<?*?
? 'he musical comedy ttage and Ge?t?sa
Baldwin :? pli ising in her ?uppt*
Willisn Dsnfo'rth contnhu
?"lient comedy bit.
"The House of Glass," at th? randl?.
is a melodrama in which emt ? '?''
' turned on full. 1' crude ?
; construction, the play affords oppw*
tunities for some excelb ? ' ictine el
t 'auk M. Thomas and
Max Marcin is the author.
i
"The ' -now of 191
.-eiit'n week at the Wintef G-**
> (ten to-morrow. The -.hov.
i type of other ?... iiich ta?
Winter Carien ha- had and iaclstjsfj
! big cast of well known perfaeSBiP
? Among thoa?
(?eorge Munroe. 1 ?JjJ!
Howi-rd Hirry Fisher and Dap""
Pollard.
"Ziegfeld Follies" beg nt itt h*
eight performances at :? :' ^'''.^?
ttsraam Theatre to-morrow, ir.stliw*
Mae Murray, Ed Wynn. Will test?t*
Bert William? are among those ?
contribute to an exceedingly smut?
performance.
The new Ziegfeld M ' 1,'rc,''
"Just Girls." on the New Antst?""'
Roof, is designed for after the V*
! ?itre entertainment and furnish?*? ??
'hat. Will Rogers, the cowboy*
'. his lasso tricks, is one ol the **n
?he performers, and, t f couisa w
chorus is large and beautiful.
"Our Children." at the Matin? 0'^
: Theatre, is a comedy dram? blJL
, Louis An?pacher. The cast ,n"S?
, Emmet Corrigan. Mist ' hi
man and Ralph Morgan.
REVIVAL AT THE BOOTH
Limited Engagement for "l'*'r
Silk Stocking?.'"
For a limited engagement of >?*
I weeks, beginning next Tueaday DI?gJ
Wmthrop Ames will present at ^
Booth Theatre the delightful d?
? success of last season. "A 1'sir ?'.^
I Stockings." whieh ran for mor? ?*?
six months at the Little Theatre.^
A notable ca.?t of the ?l*u*1 JT,!
Theatre excellence will be oiT,ir?i g
the Booth, a noteworthy feature ?
being the ?ntrin.uction of Sam ^?Zof,
in th? principal role. Mr ^yTI
who, by the way, is a brother el ?V
Sothern, createri th'- role in t?*^a.
inal London DiodutUoo, ??i ?h? &nmw