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THE SUN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY ' 24, 1918.
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THE LITTLE TEACHER'S REAL TEARS
Tkeatye du. Vie.u.x Colvuriiier
TUB Little Tencher why Thi
Mlfc Teacher? Why not Just
Tlio Teacher, or Kometlilng
he?
Why?
Why, because there U that Ineffable
D5uclntion of sweetness, tenderness
nl beauty about the word. One's best
js.rl. even should she bo a militant
t' ffraglst in HrolHtingiui.tr, Is always
lltt.e. Tlio amuzem of the divorce
cuurt, the sympathetic reporters tell
Is little. The torJ means much
tnovo than size.
Thus, far from Intimating that he
thought of It when he chose tlio name
for this play of country Joys and sor
rows in Which Mary Ryan is can-ylns
olf such honors at Tho Playhouse,
Harry James Smith has, even with his
title, touched a strlnt; of the play
goer's heart, which, It seems at times,
It is his well laid purpose to play. Sho
ts the little teacher sweet and tender
nd all that is beautiful.
The cynicat Hrondnnyltc and the
Bad and to bo pitied analyst may call
It nil "hokum," but they aro llko an
n'istcre botanist who might so
meamleiin? over those sama hills of
Cns?i('t Hollow seen rolling away to
the blue horizon through- the window .
cf Tin- I.litle Teacher's schoolroom
the botanist who finds a Vermont sun-'
flower and calls It HellanthuaMnsubtl-follu:-.
Tho oynh-al r.ro;ultv.iitc and the
aad and to be pilled analyst see, in the ,
flr! act, Puij. from Jersey City (the
tall, broad shouldered, pleasantly smll- .
Inn Curtis Cook&cy) como carrying
Into the schoolroom the unconscious
ffiim of Jlallstc, the stocky little for-(
eisner. Hatisle, somewhere just out
tlde 'he hchoolhoii'-'e, had been knocked
OUt by 'Hi;.
Why had he ''cn knocked out?
Think that Pug is In love with The
l.itlln Teacher, and think of tho most
Jdc.il provocation a hero might have
tor .uch an act, and the play's situa
tion has tho ideal answer. Itatiste had
uiil, not so very harshly, at that, that
lie didn't think Thr Little Teacher
w o beautiful, which Pun, -with his
impetuous fiaht.ng nature, rightfully
reiented. They say that is "hokum."
ASJin, J,'iih7j 1IV love all her
pupils, and, of course, they ,tll Uive her."
T:iey like to "stay In after .school,'"!
and they want to build her llres in the
bijt itovc. Two of them, n little boy
and girl, have drunken parents, and
v''in tho drunken father comes to
chuol to set them, and when they run
I'jm! to "teacher" for ii'otectlon, she
tflkes them under her wing.
W'inid it ic Ideal for those children
eur to go back to thoso drunken
parents? Would It be even worth
tv.'iil" to take a chance on reforming
the- parents? ,
1 I'milu M'est takes them home
't ' her to her'country boarding house.
T; c hard hp.irted landlady or do they
call them landladies In the country?
6ni not want the children under her
roof and is ready to turn them out Jn
twe snow. l'.mily "West's pleading
breaks her .strong resolution, and for
tho flr.st time in thiiiy years the hard
old woman weens and softens, and
the children stay. 1
V. ;i makes a 'call that very evening '
arid is there when the drunken father. ,
si " .nt warning, slips into the room
t r out even tattlin;
ittling the latch and '
U 'est, who. her back
Bin is fur I'.miln
t r " d, is playing the organ for Pun's
ed fixation and enjoyment.
W mid it be l.lenl for The r.i
Tea her even to hear that drunken
man enter the room'.'
. who has been seated deep In a
efca.r .n a far corner, spies him strld-
Jn? tonufcl Mhs HV. will, menacing
o jtMruehed hands. Pun jumps up
,in,n..u ,i, ..! .. 1
. ,.L.i uiici titi.i. itiuiuui ,x sv ui-
fle. without outcry, Pup grasps the
ifj'i, ard by the napo of tho neck and
r'-evherc and puts him out, softly
i-'. utting the door after him. And
Aroil.7 HVit never Wiew her danger,
I'l the next net Lmllji West Is con-fi-
mteti hy the "selectman" and "a
'"mmittee," w)io arc thorn to take the
ie of the parents, sitting In Jiltlg
nunt against The Little Teacher.
T.ieio is something wrong about
those parents, P.mily West pleads;
tl ey cannot be tho genuine pj rents of
t!"e two lovely children. Do they
remember ever having seen any one
leg.irded them with loving care?
Vs. i'te little laiy rcsiiembcr.s, or per-T'-.ifs
li was in a dream ho remembers
".'ii annei." Then Lmilu West's Im-
THE FRENCH THEATRE.
Jacques Copeau announces
repetitions of three current suc
cesses in the week's repertoire
ft the Theatre du Vieux Co
lombier. On Monday and Tues
day, February 25 and a6, "Les
Mauyais Bcrgera"; Octave Mir
beaus drama of capital and
abor, which had its premiere
J?t.week. "'li be given. On
Wednesday evening and Thurs
day matinee "Les Freres Kara
mazov" will again be presented.
Ihursday evening will wit
ness a repetition of the double
bill of "La Traverse" and "Poll
de Carette." On Friday evening
and Saturday matinee "Les
Mauvais Bergers" will be per
lormed. The week's repertoirp
will end with Saturday evening
production of "La Traverse" and
P01I de Carette."
portunate pleading with tho gypsy
voi;m who has c.ilM herself the
mother of the children softens that
Human's heart. ,
And who is tho real mother? Should
Aw be any other than an Ideal
mother?
She is n kind and wealthy woman
; New York city tho little boy's
"angel."
And what in these times of war
should happen to a hero and heroine?
In this play "The l.'lttle Teacher" It
happen, Pun and his friend, JlatUlc,
appear In the last act drepsed In khaki
and The Little. Teacher is doing-jiajrk
for the Ited Cross.
So It is that Mr. Smith has squeezed
all the sordid things out uml left the
Ideal things. Ho has seen that mod
erns tolerate sorrows and the sadness
of death only in opera and he bus
sono them several better by giving
I them happiness, goodness and tender
ness. Hut. like his cholco of a name
i for the play, with no objective con-
mmWm
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I. A
BEATRICE MAUDE
in" SEVENTEEN?
scloiiness of a tender touch in the
word "little." It very likely is that lie
wrote tho play out of his heart and
with no manufacturing of situations
deliberately .to touch tile emotions of
hl.s audiences.
This was indicated by .Mary Kyan
the other evening during a long con
versation about the play and Mr.
Smith.
"He Is Just like a big boy," said Miss
Kyan. "Ho Is very sincere and h has I
been especially Interested in this pl.iv, '
uewiuso r Its sincerity He wanted to
nwko it simple nnd sincere, and what 1
' tr-yins to do now is to get ns
.mi,ch simplicity Into the rolo or the.
"l,le teaclier ni 1 can. It is a role.
' ,nln,;- that "hould be played with tho
""(.st simplicity."
. 1 1,0 ""Ul'el'V W' which Miss 1
Tho simplicity with
1 uyan piays me rule now is one of the ,
tu me play, llltllls.it
mightO indicated, as it has been an-
nounccd. that tho playwright wrote
tU" '!la; cf",da,1 J' for hr; TJ'?' shc
ulncly feci, the sincerity of It was
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I , , f,,7
.nan mien
on Hatistc. in khaki, sitting
happily in a clutr and singing "Over
There." Thero were tears in her eyes.
Thero had been tears In tho eyes of
many In tho audience. .
"It often brings the tears," she said,
In that gentleness of tone that Is a
delight of her acting, "when I hear
that song, 'Over There," and think of
what 1 cully Is going on 'over here.'
Wo can't help but be affected there
are so many of our own suffering nnd
dying In this war."
"I thought," said her Interviewer,
"when I saw tho tears in your eyes
that you had been touched by tho play
as many in the uudlenco were. Thei-c
were many weeping.-'
"Well, It la the play too.but they
are happy tears tho play brings. I
think she's a dear little girl tho little
teacher. ' I love that last act, espe
cially where the mother comes for
those children and tho Ilttlo teacher
gives them up. 1 think of the pathos
of the kidnapping by those gypsies;
It reminds me of that case a few years
ago, where that child was kidnapped
1 lllinit 11 WIIH lit v-fliwl iuii inn
nnd at that tlmo I felt the mother's j
. "VousJyyoulM'Mfto lU lo
110 you mean tnni in piiiying uie ron-
you regard her as a personality out
L-nn reonnl her ns n. nersonalltv out-
side of yourself?" the Interviewer
asked. .
'Oh, yes," she sold. "She Is en
tirely another person. I love her be
cause she tries to do tho right thing
all the time. I love tho way she loves
those children and cares for them.
Don'' you think It Is n good thing to
have characters llko her on tho stage
and play 'l!t bring out the good
thlnge" In these times we want things
that aro good. I think It Is 11 line thing,
especially for young girls, to seo plays
like this. I llko 10 think I am helping
the lS-year-old girl. Tho girl of the
clty sees this play and It will make her
want the sweeter theirs of life."
"Do you like looks, too books that
emphasize being good and doing good,
like 'Pollynnna'?"
"I haven't read 'I'ollyanna,' but there
Is anothor someth'ng like it that I
like 'Just David. I think books like
that help us."
Miss Ityan's dressing room showed
plainly her sincerity In these views.
A table In a corner was literally cov
re,l with trinkets nnd toys that the
children if) her cast had hrotltrht hnr.
j It seems that even off fctagu they re
gard her as the little teacher. They
, are genuine, children too. The little
negro boy, who rolls his eyes nnd
,shoW8 his teeth In a broad imlle that
catches tho entire audience, was found
, the other night, between the acts, slld
I lug lown n balustradu buck stage.
"I love these children," said Miss
Kynn. "And the little colored boy as
much as the rest. They nre all good
i actors, too, don't you think? They
come to me with their questions and
bring me theso things oh, 1 havo a lot
of fun with them off the stage as well
as on."
There, could be no doubt that Miss
Kyan oo.. Her xolii and her actions
off stage are marked by that same
tentlernesj she. bus Jn the play. Be
sides the toys tho children hail given
her, indicating this in her charaiter,
she had on the wall above the table
that I'salm which ends: "Surely, good
ness and mercy shall follow me nil the
days of my life, ami 1 will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever."
CUTTING PRICES.
By Hit IIAItl) tV.iJ.TO.Y TILLY.
In these days of nervousness In-the
theatre suggestions are rampant ns
to ways and means of bettering affairs,
especially financial. Numerous people
have declared that the price of theatre
tlcle!s Is loo high and that the gross
Intake would be. greater If tho prices
wero generally lower. I doubt if' this
would prove to be tho case.
The standard $2 scale as applied
In practically all Now York theatres
has been a proved success through
a long term of years. Again and
again the public; have shown a proved
disposition to pay for their tickets
accordingly when the fare set before
them has been tempting. Now that
days of financial stress have come
upon u., I believe that the public are
quite as willing as ever to pay regula
tion prices fof amusemc'nt, especially
since they aro paying inflated prices
fur nil the commodities of life. At this
lime when the theatre manager Is
faring increased expenses in nearly
every department of his business, to
vJUNE CONGRENB
"WJ1EHC ROGUES FALL OUTt
tTJ
ay nothing of the handicap of in-
cie.ised tae. playgoers wl',1 scarcely
jtiuibbl,. at doing their shaie. If j
malingers give the public plays they
want to oe there will be no grumblins
at paying regular prices. 1
Of coitise atti actions for which
desirable tickets nio never kept at the
box office, the public being obliged to
pay all sorts of fancy prices from I
agencies to procure suitable locations,
come unSer an entirely different head
ing. The public Is getting tired of
being thus gouged, and with the in
flation of prices to such unrenonab!e
extents I hnveabsolutely 110 sympathy.
It hurts business for everybody and
In iho end will react most strongly'
ugalnst thoso who have shared In tho
extortion.
On tho other hand, though, I can
seo no sound recson why' regular the
atre prices should bo cut. When the
Government Imposed a tax of 10 per
cent, upon theatre tickets there was a
great hue und cry ns to whether or
not it would hurt business.' After the
first few nights I cannot m-o that It
did, The public soon lieeanio iicimis
tomed to the comparatively small Addi
tional charge, which after nil was not
large enough to work hardships upon
uny theatregoers Several theatres im
mediately announced that they would
pay the war tax for their patrons' that
Is, deduct 10 per 'cent, for the Gov-I
ernment from the regular purchase I
price of tickets.- Tho nltrulstlo p'port '
of this policy Is (scarcely apparent, and 1
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f having tho nurchaser o.av the
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ernment Intended In tho first place.
In other words tho bait of n small dis
count of 10 per cent, failed to lure suf
ficient additional patrnnugo to offset
the loss of revenue to the theatre.
Now moro recently another theatre
has lowered its prices on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
cnnrging on inose nignis ?i.:u ami i
for orchestra seats Instead of 12, which
rogul'ir sen In prevails during tho last
half of tho week. I cannot seo where
this will work out to any permanent
advantage. .Several years ngo 0110 en-,
1 terpilsing manugcr tried the expert-
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ment of presenting n new play with a
iormidablo cast nt n llroadwuy the
atre with tho best tickets for fttiy per
formance priced nt $1. Two or 'three
weeks, I believe, was the length of tho
engagement. Tlio public found tho
play not to Its liking, und when a play
Is not liked people In any considerable
numbers are not going to seo It slrnply
liecnuso they can buy tickets for half
what It would cost them to see some
other play that they really want to
witness. And If the plrfy had been a
real success, tho theatre cotrld have
filled Just as readily n't tho i scale
m at the (1.
Indeed this whole Idea of lowering
prices dnrlnrr the llrst part of tho
week Is rfot a new one, but an old one,
nnd was worked nt least n dozen years
no on tho I'aclflc coast, nut oh I will
ondeavor to show late'r, tho scheme has
opportunities to succeed In week
stands that nre not possessed In New
York.
At the present time the cutting r.f
prices will havo no material effect.
Doubtless there will be a few persons
attracted by tho saving of 50 cents
during the first half of the week, but
xery few, and even ft). It Is difficult
to determine how may of these very
patrons wouldn't go to the play with
out tho cheaper prices. When the
wife nt the dinner table suggests to
her husband that she Whuld llko to
nee such and such a play that evening
the husband Is going to have a hard
time getting her to go seo a play not
of hrr cholco simply becaus.; they can
recuro orchestin feats for SO rents
apiece less. And besides, In nearly
every theatre In New York good
llrst balcony seats can be obtained for
any performance at $1.50 and t
eats that are good enough for any
b.Kly to sit In. Henco of what avail
to lower the orchestra scale during
the first h.ilf of tho week?
In fact this very reduction In scale
has for a long time prevailed for mat
lneea In practically all New York thea
tres. The .jest Feats at the Wednes
day matinees are nearly always $l.p0,
while at Ihe Saturday matinees the
$2 scale prevails. Yet any manager
will tell you that tho receipts at the
Saturday matinees average at least
double what they do on Wednesdays.
If people prefer tmat'tend matinees on
Sat unlays they nre not going to fore
go xt his preference for the saving of
.'0 cents.
This cutting nf prices tinting the
first part of the week has leen worked
succe.s.sful"y in tlio so-calTed week
stands of the country. Hut not In
New York, where plays are booked
for runs, whtno plays the public want
to Fee pro per despite the hold-up
method-? of ticket sHculatorf, and
where plays the public does not want
to see can no longer tempt eyen dead
head audiences. It all comes down to
a ImsLs of economics. If the play Is
one the public wants, crowds will tomo
and pay the $2 scale Just as willingly
I as the J1.S0, but If the play isn't one
that finds favor, profitable business
cannot be expected by reducing prices
to $1 r.rt or to $1. And the average
New Yorker who would like to attend
the theatic on say Friday evening Is
hardly going to postpone his evening's
amusement to attend the same attrac
tion the following Tuesday evening
because his ticket will cost him Jlfty
cents less. And granting that a few
GRACE LA RUE
rt the PALACE THEATRE "
pations might delllH'iately choose an
evening in the first part of tho week
because of the "bargain into" offered,
there is no way of proving that the
very same patron, seized with sufil
clont deslro to see the play in ques
tion, would not gladly havo paid the
customary t'l hud no bargain Is-en
offered him, or havo sat in the cheaper
seats In the balcony.
The thing that will breed prosperity
for the theatre Is not bargain prices,
but win thy attraction". When the
thirty theatres, in New York can offer
playgoers thirty good plays there will
Ui no talk of theatrical hard times.
One inane play produced In 11 slipshod
manner and Indifferently nctrel can
"CHEER-UP!"
This coming week Charles
Dillingham's "Cheer-Up!" at the
Hippodrome enters upon the
eighth month of its phenomenal
run at the big playhouse. The
week just past was the largest
in point of attendance since this
record season began last August
and the colossal' pageant with it
additional novelties and new
stars seems to enjoy an even
greater vogue to-day than it did
earlier in the season. For a pro
duction of such gigantic propor
tions Mr. Dillingham works won
ders in keeping the interest con
stantly alert and alive, as there is
always something new to be seen
when a return visit is paid to the
v.
nippoarome.
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keep moro peojilo from attending other
theatres then can ever bo attracted to
tho theatregolng habit through tho
Haunting of i educe1 priors. '
LEO PONDERS AGAIN.
Mr. Illtrlrlmtrln Oprns I lie SrcreU
of Ilia Heart o the Presa Agent.
"Tho world Is full of actors. Every
branch of business, profession, trade,
occupation possesses actors, and the
better the actor the moro successful
the man or woman." wild Loo Dltrlch
sleln tho other evening while in his j
tlre.alng room hetween acts t "ine
King." Tho remark w.is made in con
fidence to ,hls vress agent, "Hut the
stage actor must bo born, nqt made.
There Is a metaphysical law thnt is In
cvitltucc In the demonstration of every
BETTY CAULISH
in " THE KING "
I
IHHalHBWBHHWi-;i:;jj
Inception; second, ihe materialization, I will never make him or her a success
and, third, the realization. I ful player unless they possess indivld-
"The actor must be born, then de- uallty, personality, a natural aptitude,
veloped and thtri exploited, but unless ambition, and above nil brains.
th6 God given gift Is already created
all the development or exploitation In 1 "The Book of Job" Is announced as
the world will never be of any sub-' ; dramatic production by Stuart Wal
stantial profit, for If the foil Is barren I Iter for two special Lenten matinees
how can the vegetation blossom? 1 to be given on Thursday. March ,
"The banister, for example, who 1 and on Thursday', March 14, nt the
stutids liefore a Jury thoroughly cognl- Booth Theatre. Thu Bible story Is
zant of the fact that his client Is guilty ' mostly In the form of dialogue It Is
AMl'SF.MENTS.
NEW YORK'S LEADING THEATRES AND SUCCESSES
PUDIRP ll'wi.'& tost Kv. nt r.
cmrinc Mutinm. i ,v s i.v
ISMARTEST AND BESfACTEDl
1 COMEDY OF THE YEAR!
MirroN
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THE
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CHANCE
joiin yv.
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mill other,
"The Bnt Plait Since
'The Music Master "
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BRANDON TYNAN in
SUCCESS
AT Tin:
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nnnmo wti t.'.i si
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T'l ;i."iot'(il I'p4 s i I
Mv Will A. sal l! .'il.
7th BIG WEEK to Delighted
Capacity Audiences.
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SEVEN
Sro ll- Xnii rU-.in CniUr lnk Hit rueiny
V I'.onl Nilnit tliir Tranirts ami tlio
II r nr L'liooo Xiiurlpaii t"mp n
act'ial svniii In tl"" Wnrlil crcalott ro-111.-1111
Ir nui'Ci' i;f to-ila;'
DAYS
"MllfMiiUI lllnml llliclr till- ) it
did hnou trr k lm).T' l.r. hot).
"Itlns "HI) pnlrlollf Irrior,
rrainmrd full ol usii-iif ui rvillc
mrnt." . V. U-irlil.
"Hound, uhulfMiiiir, liiMilrlim."
, V.r, ril.
LEAVE
. Ullli Nutnlilr 'nt nnd lo;i otlirrt.
PRICES 25 -50 -$1.00 -$1.50
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BariMore
i
'MAVKU5S" PF.HLHUTTEK and "ABC POTASH in
tint! yet In apparent sincerity with
tremulous voire and tear bcdlmmed cyo
argues his plea for acquittal with such
Intensity and feeling that the Jury re
turns a verdict of 'Not guilty' Is an
netor.
"The commercial traveller who b.v
that indefinable something called per-
I .".mallty, Individuality or art succeeds,
! si distancing his competitors In the
rjco for trade Is an actor.
"Tho physician who contends that
you are getting along splendidly when
be knows thnt you aro r.lowly ebblrg
to the bi-yond across the grmt divide
ls nn ni.tur,
"The preacher who discourses upon ,
it theology that he does not believe In
but does so to appease the demands of
his congregation or denounces from
his pulpit social conditions thnf ho Is
personally in sympathy with Is nn
actor.
"The undertaker who with solemn
vlsngu nftd funereal meln enters the
house of mourning nnd consoles the
bereaved In pathetic whispers, escorts
the cortege with reverential air to tho
last resting place und tlin goes to his
club to crack o ribald Joke. Is nn
actor. . t
"The politician who meets you for
the llrst time and with apparently the
acquaintance of long standing slnps
you upon the 1-aek and says 'Why. Hill,
you haven't nged a day since 1 saw
you last' and tflen gingerly flsl
nr'otind to ascertain your name, resi
dence, occupation nnd political creed
is an nctor.
"Tho bartender, the hotel clerk, the
stenographer, the manicurist, barber,
Sc., nre all nctors. We live In an ago
ot acting, and the gleater the hucccss
In llfo the better the actor. Hut the
i stage actor must bo lmrn: theory may
I aid In reflecting life, but nature must
sustain the reality in exposition.
f "Book education will noer make a
successful player any more than It
would make a successful painter,
scijlptor. poet; all tho education you
AMl'nRMKNTS.
m a ip-iii irtrtv ii-.tit
hllr I Y b-la A KrUiw-r Mur-r
w , , , .
K.s 'JO. MalvWtil .VHat
TO MORROW (MON.1 at 8:20
BIGGEST LAUGHMAKER
OF THE SEASON
KLAW & ERLANGER
jpri'p nt
Thr N rarrlrnl (innr1y
y Kthrt Watt- Mnni'or.1
tSininM by KilKar Mactlrfitiir )
AVith a Homiirknliii t'at
nf l'oim.iiis. lurltiili'iK
Mary Boland
Georre Ptrtont
Charlei E. F.tani
Mary Newcombe
Frank Connor
Edttln Nicander
UalUs Wflford
John Flood
Julia Ralph
Darid Burton
uml
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mtsT maiimj: ii;iim:mui,
HUDSON
111 llar"X intAIHt
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n, .Mr. Mal, w,
TIIK K KMNtl SUN
s.ll:
"ftRNOLD
Daly
AGAIN GAVE HIS REALLY
SUPERB DELINEATION OF
Til MASTER
Hnr Hit rr tr nhiy
ttiHl 1 iriirrntr! nrtil
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In reality n di-Jimtlc poem, considered 'do 'The Hook of Job' in the theatre,
by many crltlc- to bo the greatest In 1 I want to present tho book dramatlc
all llteraUrre. The divine contest with 1 .illy, but not theatrically, and have
Satan, Job's sulTerlm.- and Until talked with ,n number' of leading
triumph through faith, orm a stir-I clergymen of all denominations, whos.
ring story of poetic beauty and power,
D.tvld J'.ispham has been especially
1 engaged to repiesent the l oic Out 11
thr, Whlrlirlml and .Waller llnmpden
will represent the young man l'.Hhii.
, George Gaul will ! -lob and
Mar-
be the 7Vo Xurruttim, Job's three in simple and reverent wayTind to en
fi lends will be shown by Kdgar Stehll, list the legitimate aids of tho theatt
Kugene Stookdalo and Henry Buckler, to express Us message of ful'li and
Special music ! being ui ranged by patience, .loh. it seems to me. Is a
Klllott Schenrk and Frank Zlmmerer 1 nvm of nil times. His words and those
Tias designed the costume'; and setting, j of his friends are our words nnd our
Mr. Walker has devised the lighting ' thoughts ' now In these war scarred
effects. 1 days, and 1 hope to strike in our prn-
lu speaking of these special mntl-j duelion the wondeiful note of courage
nees Mr. Walker (whose l'uttman-. anil final triumph over woi Id surferlng
teiu Theatre productions of the Dun- that the Bible story so splendidly
s.my and other plays at the I'r'ucess 1 ielN."
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PLATfS THAT LAST.
Astor. "Why Marry?"; Be
lasco, "Polly With a Past"; BL
jou, "Girl o' Mine"; Booth,
"Seventeen"; Broadhurst, "The
Madonna of the Future"; Casino,
"Oh, Boy"; Century. "Chu Chin
Chow"; Cohan. "The Klnjr";
Cort, "Flo-Flo"; Cohan & Kar
ris, "A Tailor Made Meir";
Comedy, "Youth'' ; Criterion,
"Happiness"; Eltlnge, "Business
Before Pleasure"; Empire, "The
Off Chance"; Forty-eighth. "The
Love Mill"; Forty-fourth, "May
time"; Fulton, "Billeted"; Har
rls, "Success"; Hippodrome,
"Cheer Up!"; Hudson, "The
Master": Gaiety, "Sick-a-Bed";
Globe, "Jack o' Lantern"; Green
wich Village Theatre, "Karen";
Liberty, "Going Up"; Longacre,
"Yes or No?"; Lyceum. "Tiger
Rose"; Maxine Elliott, "Eyes of
Youth"; Morosco, "Lombardi,
Ltd."; New Amsterdam, "The
Cohan Revue, 1918"; Norworth,
"Under Pressure"; Park, "Seven
Days Leave"; Playhouse, "The
Little Teacher"; Plymouth,
"The Gipsy Trail"; Princess,
"Oh. Lady I Lady!!"; Republic,
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath";
Thirty-ninth, "A Cure for 1
Curables." and Winter Garden, I
"Sinbad." I
I Theatre aro well remembere'd) said:
"I hnvo for several vl.trs wanted to
approval mid support I have in the
undertaking. No attempt will be made
to delve Into the accuracy of Hebraic
I scene, costume nnd enston- nor wll'
' the Greek or any other set method nf
1 presentation bo followed.
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