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Sherlock Holmes Might Lend That Needle to a Show or Two
?Unchastened Woman''
Scorns Sympathy
m . l.v Louis An.ap.aC.he_ Mas Characters Which Com?
pel Interest, Which It I lighest Emotional
action a Dramatist (an Gain.
Bv HEYWOOD BROUN.
thai "Tha i'r ? u i Bi " la not n good
' which of the characters
We hold that such an objection ia un
? ' between lapo nn?l
that atari who have acted "Otl
i i than another of the
po akeapeara. Upon which character
taras? centred. Is it the doctor.
utter of fact the deft comedy nt the Rclasco
. o between the trio. And there is r.o
? ate a creator's neutrality In
,,
-The L'ncha
Lh the Ca? line Knoljra of Mis;
rarde Sanbur; f ( Kristine Norman
. - ? ' L Thi | lay remains a |
? ? ting t the spectator.
1 jection that the
. ar.r.. ? ? not sympathetic. Such a
that s matist, ?>? one working
character? -teeped in amiaiile
roua.
jv,..f ? ' y widespread movement to
t?at* Thsekera: Vanity] auae Becky Sharp aras un
? v. "The Portrail of Dorian (?ray"
? \ much to boast about. Milton
the chief figure
M&rieCarroU. tnRolUrir^ Ston-es: Harris Then
? m epic poem, and in those days there was none of that easy tolerance
? HlBatai which now prevails.
We ? Becky Sharp, but wo are sure that the devil
?ould r, ? ]|,. would, we are certain, ?.true: ?is the
a-ttviaf ? ril .'?? That is, above every oth.-r feel
't. tr.e BB | which the dramatist .hould se. k for hi- chl
One | ? | ,. first pages of any B< arspaper tfl
Bat i*. . ..,, attract the greatest interest m this
?Wit Yet If v. BS t'". far we might fall into
'^wrr.e foil} wl gl.pl those who prate about lympathetic
dieters. : ethically speaking, a good character I
^o* iaflaitJ ? A go 1 Oharactar is a character which gives an actor
12 ?P? ? act.
***** playwright may endow one char-.
U*am ever] ? .? ?r.d burden aa*
c *** attb , ?t allarlai
** *f th? character la not alle?-.
** ?hm tarious qoalltlea la
'._! *_ b*': ' ' '
J*J*. If to
_r.y* "o:i'
TV
I r .'
:._r.;;:'
.
?_i a ?'"??
U ?, '"' * : e gave
?ill __.
i--".'' ' .'. arrogance
?w_ i__ ' ? ' typ?
U? f.I '?'?'? ena with
?_t 1 ! '? ? ?' ?kleb
??5*1 _?*_ ' - 1- - an ur.
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?* BU___
"?''
Hingt; v?*lT
Vri ?V ? '
laWl ... the play
*?*?? eel '"'?t '. tl ?re are those
tan. thAt'.k0' r'Ki,t ""' wron* '? *?
Wb_Bm_I.i_ J mui'- rarry It ?o the
?asa tua. ?nd Xl#??? im a Ui
-
umpb.ant virtue and a defeated vice
Our objection to Much a consummation
. that It is not true. Vice uril
: ? safa OkeOt even in this
. ? , | ? ?
10 b J ' ?
. . . ...
t II Shich one con*.
?'? ..' .ll ?
to wil
... course <?.' ? || only
? . ? the auf -.or.
Bed woman should logi
?. II
to th? - ! It ? ? a mag
? characterization by
bat it must be it- kembered that
Mr. Aaapacher wrote th? part. To our
baracter played by Christin?
. Ojooll '? good? After ?
I to Ul fat bei
n "Our Chil
. .
"The I ? ? .
ed an admirab
a charactei played bj
rait of
two v. p .? Bgaiast each other in a
logical clash of intere.t?, and not the
el contrait of a good woman and
a ba?l woman. "The I'ncha.ter.ed
WeasaaM I? beyond every other play of
U.a. ;,?.... la. OUT UB.UluA.
Ethel Barrymore in Role
of Edna Ferber Heroine
... thi
r
?
peered in namerona magasines, have
been welded togl ther into a play, and
. It tl I
Theatre Taeadaj night Ethel Barry*
ii...i e will play the role of Kmrna, but
not even that can overshadow the fact
that I ? 1 ? .i Ferber has achieved
th?. di
In "o .i Emma McCheeney" Misa Bar*
.an ambition that
K . I
?
rcatl icte.I I ? 1 he
? g '-he ?tar
as much sc _ dlgeraat
, ,. ven 1er in the role of
Berth? Tregnier in "The >'hadow" l__t
?
<,t "rj;e Y Ilobart has had a hand In
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SI 1 no ?ne ?tory has been clung to
? ? ?? play.
. 1. A. Bach
then but tlie
? I] oat "7 ? ?
Jock, Emm.??. ? bo I
. a chorus girl The
from Sal:
Okie, to u Rivsrsi??? Drive apartment.
Three act? und t..?- .-cru ? are required
to tell the story
There are more than thirty speaking
part?, tkoM ? ion,.-...- ' ?fl BuBI Barry
m..re's ?u sport being Williaai Hoyd,
Donald Galiaker aad Lola I .-her
Lectures at Princess.
Mil i Roberts will
iret on current *
. (?eatre, beginning No
i 10 I he lecture? Brill be given
WedBeadaj moroiags, sad w-.l! be con?
cerned lur?-<lly with the war and con?
ditions growing out of it Miss Rob?
erts has recently returned from
00000*4
"MARK OF THE BEAST"
FEATURES GEORGE NASH
e
New Drama at Princess Theatre
Wednesday.
"The Mark of the lieast." a three-act
play by Georgia Karle and Fanny f-'an
non, Will receive its premiere at the
Prince-. Theatre Wednesday evening.
The proiiuction will be made by the
Mesan Shubert anil Brill feature
' I Nasb, la?t seen in New York in
"The Three of Hearts "
The action of th?* play takes place in
the library of Hubert O rmsley's home
?er Port Ch? l ? :. i Orma
ley, an ex-judge of the Supreme Court
::;.i-; of big) ..: ; i "in ii. d
by the young wife o? a frisad with the
t that he defend l:?-r In a d.vorce
action. The judge refuses to take the
case as a lawyer, but offers his aid as a
fril ni in reconciling the husband.
Be succeeds in convincing the young
? 1 that the greatest happinc-?
lies in forgivenesa. After a reeoncilia
. a i ' itigs
that his men trite I.a- been .
same i lei of the
play is concerned with the manner in
which he works out his own problem
1'romment in Mr. Nash's support will
be Leonore I'lnch. AlSM Balarla,
George Howard, Reginald Mason, Su?
zanne Jackson, Uorac? Uraham and F.
______
CLOAKS AND SUITS
RETURN TO BROADWAY
New Potash and Perlmutter
Play at Lyric Thursday.
Potash and Perlmu'ter are going
right ahead. I SI viBCed that the
lities of the famous
partner? were not exhausted with the
i-? play, A. II Wo...Is has i'au<.'d the
instalment to be written, und
..i', m II see It Thur?i!ay night.
"Abe and M.r.iru ?" .- ?he title of
the sea play, ami the Lyric Theatre
Tk? play la tke work
. ? -. ai."nor of th.. origr
si d Roi I ooper Mesjrue,
a? .ii Ij ??-? srj ? n.-.,; else. It
i? - ribed s 's ' ? na I a thro? act?
I ? happy embng." The action of
the play takes place in 'he home of
Perl matter, the home of Potash, the
of the Cloak and Suit Company
of North America and the cloak and
suit establishment of Potash and Perl
mutter in Root Rroodwoy.
In the cast will be Barney Bernard.
Julius Tannen. Louise DrOBSOr, Ma
thildo Cottrolly, Lee Kohlouer, Las
l>onnelly and thirty other?.
To Give Profesional M.itinee.
i inri Wka Smile?," i neariag
its one hundredth iierformar.ee at the
Longacre, will be the first play of the
IB to give a professional matine?;.
So many requests have been received
from member! of the profenion that a
?necial performance will be given on j
u? aiterneoa of Monday. November 1.1
r
TO PRODUCE " Q.UINNEYS"
London Success Is To Re Seen at the
Maxine Klliott.
Frederick Harrison will present
. "Quinney..." from the Haymarket The?
atre, London, vcith the Kniclish com?
pany, Monday ni.ht at the Hasina Kl
liott Theatre, "t^uinneys." which has
been running thirty weeks, was a suc
eesfl of the Loadoa leaaea. This play
is a comedy in four acts by the well
known n< relist, Horace Aaneeley V'a
chell. "?..'uinneys" was characterized
bv a London reviewer as being: "All
about old ehalra and young iiearts, an
old 'fusspot,' and a young girl."
Jo eph Quinney Is the proprietor of
a qua:. * snl .] la -hop in Sohn Square,
which he ealla *he "sancuary." lie is
an enthasis il ie, keen-witted dealer in
; .. ' old man with
BO pretensions to social position, but
a bo ... . ?" - foi arei d t.? seeing I -
dam hti i- occupy b niche la tha -phere j
ibis aociety to which he coa* '
? ? i led bj roaaon of her
no pretensions to social positions, but
wealth.
CHANGE AT BANDBOX
Maeterlinck'. "Interior" on Rill Instead
of "Night of Snow."
Beginning - _t, Master? !
lincha "Interior," produced by the
Waahington Sqaari Playera last year,
will be subatitutod on tha Baadbox
programma for Robert Braceo, play,
"A Night '.:' Bnew." The latter play,
I? is stated, ha< proved foreign to the
understanding ai d irmpathy of an
American audieace. In the Maeter?
linck play will be Jeaephina A. Meyer,
Florence Enright, Edwina Hehre, Bea?
trice Savelli, Avrii'-? McCarthy. Ralph
Boeder, Waltai Praakl, Remo Rufan.
and .James i',rli<.||.
Another ekaaga this week will be the
elimination (fer "n?- week aaly) of the
S.,'m day matine I- '?? id, I -l '-.-. ll
auftrage matinee will he given Friday,
and i percentage of tke seat sa!.s will
b. -liven t.? the suffragists,
Walter Priehard Eatoa ??11 give the
Ural af ?? leriea of Sunday lectures at
?he Bandbox thia afternoon. His hud
ject will be "The American Theatre ?
DOW tha I.and Lies."
I _
i .
Josephine A. Meyer In .Maeterlinck's
"Interior" at the Bandbox.
"ALONE AT LAST" TUESDAY
Postponed Premiere of Lehar Opera
at Shuhert.
"A'.on. A' La-*." r?an.-. Lehar*
apara, will be given at the Bbubert
rheatre roeadaj eight The premiere
waa originally set foi last Saturday,
The new opera is by the author of
"The ?Merry Widow," and h__ been ac?
claimed abroad as his best work In
the cast are Jose Collins, Harry Conor
Roy Atwell, Marguerite ?amara and
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WHERE AND WHY
PLAYS CONTINUE
"Unchastened Woman" at
39th Street Theatre Is
Finely Done Drama.
By HFYWOOI) BROl'N.
CoiTiedle*.
* PoekOBtOOOd Woman," at the
Thir?.. I ? tploa?
Louil Anapacher.
? a- i Miss
Norman opportunities for
e-ac.|p* ...' a.. ...
ion, "'! ? ?? 1 toe
.y now in New fork.
"The Two Virtue?," a* tk? Booth, hai
E. II. ."-"?hern in a pleas.U
S u t ro I ?
la the dominating factor.
"The New York Idea" at the PUy
? ? arti?
ficial school. Its wit l? an;- :.?? A
g lo.) ?-.i,*, headed by the .iei.ghtful
? leorge, g vee a- g per?
formaaee, maned only by the fact ?hat
some of the ac'ing is just a bit orf thi
-
"The Boomer.mg" s? ?he Re'.asco i. a
light eomed) wl a wi I ?
aad eertaii fully devised,
it is adrnir i va r.-markablij
casr, which idei Mattka lleiiman.
Arthur Byron sad Wallace Hblinger.
"The Bargain," at ih? Comedy Thea
?re, is a poorly MOStrueted play aetel
with great force and ????'.?net ion. It
deals with ?he clash of modoTB life and
the Je In spite of the fact
that it ?le,.s not tell the truth abou*
either in action or Words, "Th"
Bargain" is worth leeing on account
of the noteworthy performance? of
Jo ephine Victor and Loui? ?alverf.
"Young America." at the Gaiety, (? a
light comedy by bred Bailar?!.
"Rolling Stone?."' at ?he ?turn?, il a
brisk piay of adventure in the bminei*
world by Hogar Selwyn. A good cas*
purs much spirit into what i- a r.ithe?
crudely built ploy.
Farces.
"Mill Information," at the George V
folian Theatre, is more properly a
farce than a musical play. Its complex
plot i? -?-light, but it attai*
object, which is to give Misa Um? ?
chance to .?how her facility Ifl lUrfoiM
characterization?. The talented M.??
Janis never appeared to better BdvOO?
tage. Her dancing, .n particular, ?i
more delightful than ever before.
"Hit the-Trail Holliday," at th? .
tor, is a play about Billy S unlay by
George M. Cohan.
"Some Baby," at the Fulton," is a
farce of much activity. It is founded
on an excellent i?lea. The ac'ing or"
Emms Janvier and Frank Lalor is to be
commended.
One-Act Playo.
The Washington Square Player?, ?tt
the Bandbox, P|f| BtreOt an?l
Third Avenue, are presenting an ex?
ceedingly iaterostiag bill of one-act
play? The programme rango? fro?;i
"Helena'? Husband," a livelj p.?tiric.i
farce concerning rhe Trojan beauty, to
[ "Interior," a tragedy by Maeterlinck,
which is added to the bill thi. week.
This play was well done by the Wash?
ington Square Playeri list season.
"hire and Wafer," an interesting al?
though somewhat aimless play about
tar, arid Percy Mackaye's dainty fan?
tasy, "The Antick," complete a rr.03t
attractive programme. The curtain, b/
the way, does not rise until -?:*5.
Serious Drama.
"Common Clay," at the Republic, Is
B crude but powerful play, which deals
,v.*h a conventional sex problem and
solves It la a conventional theatrical
way. It is. however, exceed.ngly ef?
fective in that it provides ample ma?
terial for a number of notarile BCtOH
to act. It is fair to add, moreover,
?hat "Common Clay" is the most popu?
lar play in New York. The cast in
clud? s Jane Cowl, John Mason, Rusa
Whytatl nn.l Robert McWade. CI? ve?
. 1 is the author.
Melodrama.
"Sherlock Holme-'," at the Ftnpire
Theatre, has (?ill.-tte la his famoii?
portrayal of Oman D . I ?t de?
tective. Although an old fash.one?!
melodrama, the work of Mr. Gillette in
the chief character is amply ?kilful to
make tk? piece seem as good a? new.
"Sherlock Holmes" Is still a delight.
"Cnder Fire," at the Hudson Theatre,
paint? the great war in romantic fash
ion and ?hows that the true method of
preparedness is to leave our defence.
to the Irish. It was not JofTre, but
Captain Larry Redmond who saveil
Paris. W :iiam Courtenay Is the Iri?h
hero an?l Violet Horr'ng I? a delightful
heroine. Frank Craven also is excel?
lent a? a BOWSpoaOI reporter. "Inder
Fire" is an excellent war melodrama.
"The House of Glass,* at the G'and
ler Theatre, i* a police melodrama by
Max Marcin.
Musical Plays.
"The Prince?? Pat," at the Cort
Theatre, i? a dainty and tuneful mu?
sical comedy, with Eleanor Painter in
the chief role. Miaa Painter singa,
dance! and acts and ?loes each delight
?ully. The music is Victor Herbert'!
sad characteristically excellent? The
book, by Henry BIOSSOBS, is enly mod
Siatoly amusing.
"Town Topics," at the Century, la a
huge vaudeville - ?? at a rapid
pace, with much iconic magniticenc?
and a deal of skill in danc.ng. Will
Rogers is easily the best of th? spe?
cialists, and his care-free monologue 1.
one of the most amus.ng thing, which
has been done in New York this aeaion.
"Hip-Hip-Hooray." at the Hippo?
drome, is generous entertainment on a
big scale. It has a number of lur
pr.ses and amusing features, ai well aa
one or two touches of beauty. It ia a
big, bountiful and wholesome show.
"A World of Pleasure," at th?
Winter Garden, is a large, physicallv**
BCtiv? show, which is sometime, beau?
tiful, always noisy and often vulgar.
Among the chief performer, are Stella
Maykew, Kitty Gordon and Cliftoi
Crawford.
"Chin-Chin," at the Globe, is tho
i same jolly musical ?how which has
i held its own ?o long. The work of
Montgomery and Stone ia ?till a tre i*.
"The Girl Who Smile?," at the Long
acre m a tur.eiul'musical comedy, with
Natalie Alt ami her agreeable voice
featured. The work of William Dan
toith i.? also well worth while.
"The Blue !'.?t.,dise." nt the Casino.
ha? a tune e and an am
? ..... :u . i and Cecil Lean
?.r?- sate?rtaiaiag in tbu chief parts.
"The Z.egfeld Midnight Frolic" ?a
pleasant after tie theutre entertain?
ment Much of the appeal of the show
is vested in a ?arg* and well trained
I aLv.'^a