The billboard (Feb 1911)

10 Xtie Billboard FEBRUARY 11,1011. The Aimisl^meiit Week in New Y6rk THE BOSS VIBRANT Play Is Clothed in an Atinbsphere of American Realism IH»rtra^ing Ambition in AH Its Rawness—The ' Dialogue Is Cruelly Convincing Warn T«rk. ra>. 1 (flpceUI to Tlw Bmbatrd). —Ktt tm mur WMks has New York been «■(«- Maid to aiiT piemleie to stnac and fomfiil— m cretux (kal and Iraman, ao imnlentlitc and nnMsaoaa aa vaa offered at the Aator Hon- iV« JaBoaxr SO. With Unci and wotdlas (all ' at aoiar—of strcnjitlk and onfllnchlns dlnctneaa, ■MB tboocli tlier nach the point of ethical n- ■agaaaei and oSenslTeoesa, eontilnlng naked '.■nCaltr. Cdward Sheldon haa pcodnecd a play Bat wkfla It —>-'-T manr at the aame ale- ■Mto «t TIM Htaat and suratlan McU. con- moat antloaa attention bceanae «( ita _ from Teneer and bTpocHir. , Boea la a character plar not of tbm tarl- «Cr Hat deala prImarUr with tha eatanslamenta • at taBllr tilt —no. It chooaea a mora eorrapt fiU. ami portraya with fnll abajtdod the de- wt/ttammnt of a political Irlah-Amerlcan, hU tattia throoKh lodomltable, althongh nnethlcal aflOct to political distinction and hli atmnle fW tha lore of a refined and dellcatelr-reaied ■vac woman who baa noblT' devoted bereelf to Mttlainnt wock. _ •teanctb In all Ita bmtal fore* itaapa tUa Anaw aa aaaanriinj American. It baa do alm- 'SfjlCflaaBnlan to tall back upon nnlcaa It iMMtr* fia Vina Uaatcr. bot bj compar- Saa M» And IhaMova colorfnl drama ao mach -*^anaa and nipping that Alan Dale _At "It la a better play than any Mr. _ 'haa Utharto written. It la certainly ~ dramatle than aitbar Tba Mlgaac ar lalTa-' ST^cai^^t^rssambv; ^ - play.'' jiaaUns and lirealatlbU !■ Ik* Boaa that _atropolTtan erlUea nrafanad to dea rrih e «naw and paycholocua tba dMiaetar of ' - tba' asBtMalTa polltielaa. tathar . tMr&aeHaloaa aa any _ partle- . ney and It wallowlttc In reaUam. ' m latoitlonally done aa to warrant pralie tkan dlaparaccment. The Trlhima Ten- tmiB that the play ahowa a weakneia In the itova aact, bnt OiXm point or Tlew la enersetle- 3ff fSbattaa by Tarltnu other erltlca. who and • mS igj^ tkama a balandns relief—an artlitlc It ha tha portrayal of tha haman alda of _lltlelan'a character asalaat bis aombstlTa, lltable political Ttgot, ermry ■tory orar hla rtTala, bot who la wflUac te I Chauncey Olcott York, tab. ___ae«r Olcott a fc ii alta with - - Itw - to ^ke Billboard). Ilnca been known aa _ ■atfopnlltan andloneea. sntnlaa tBstbls two waefca' ^lUsd with jBTor by the p»- «t tha Aeadcmr of Wa^ laeh ^the Kltla have found hia new vaUdaMS tawUek •Aa a Mth.iBtiijli« and gananns "^^^ wltk thaaa In power In ~ ' b0it|frtB, be '"^SSS'ot eoDiM, tkara an aoogt. tad Ur. 01- astt sans tbam. And whether Joyful ar aor- -Mr. Oleotfs eompaiqr la «■ — mm Ulth BrawBlnc. aa fua ■riatomL . baastr. whs flat apons tha hare, bat, of cMiaa, mamim laths ad; Ur. flaorse Bydenham aa ^a fallal I icr. Med Beardon. aa a ataz-caalns aod Kn. Mary Johnatone, aa a doTOted .SSar ^aycd with alneerlty and Intclllgenee. " a «a»>n«if the new aonca moeh applanded were the Ifame of Mary, Uy I,and and Kother I, for an of which Mr. Olcott and Mr. faOI wrote the nnulc" Hfef^'Bpwnid Olcott _ , unbars T: Mr. Ned Reardoo Mr. Kesta De Becker >. lb. Arthnr Jarrett «•'... Btr. Daniel Jarrett ,'. ''Waa Edith Brownlna MliB Alice Martin .. .. UlM Alice runll Mi3b a compromlae for the sake of salnlas the band of the woman be loTea.- She la nsoally the danshter of the man to whom he standa In op- position. And In The Boss these are the re- tatlooa. ' Asaln, after Tarlous acts, during which the wife stands aloof from her hosband— they are married in name ooly—aha dlaootars that sbe lores bim, or caa ttw !• lata hta, a belated happiness Is in ailllC tMM Ifea aOI falla OB the last act THE PI PER CH ARMS t ^^^^^^^^^^ Third Version of Pied Piper of Hamlin ^Produced Last Week, Admitted Excellent by Press—Edith Wynne Matthison Gives Delicious Portrayal in Name Role THE PIPEB.-^ play In foar aetab tv Jose- pbiaamalan Peabody. The Maw.Ttiatri. THE CAST. Strolling Players. The Piper Edith Wynne Matthison Micbael-tbe-Sword-Eater .. Prank GUmore Cbeat-tbe-DeTU Jacob Wendell, Jr. Men and Women of Hsmelln. Jacoboa, tue Burgomaater Lee Baker — - aradlc Ben Johnaoa AbbMr John Sotherltaa WnUaa Ueraj Baird CHRISTIE MacOONALD, Xtentlnl wm play fonr weeks ~ Marietta at the New York will Oil a month'a cngage- ment tn Boston is this comic opera, after which ahe will leare for Holland, .where she has been encaited to appear at The Hagne In a prodoctlon of The Tales of Hoffmann. - that alfbt traadied ehUdica-aaw Hande Ad- aiw ta fflSntaBlar at as m a tl Ma last aatvday Now la her alatb wack la Iha Striae Maid, at the Ubcrty Tbeatr*, New Talk. Herz Leaves Madame Sherry New York, Feb. 4 (Special to The Billboard). —Balpb Ben,- who originated the principal comedy role In Frazee and Lederer's Madame Sherry In Chicsgo, snd who has been plsylng the urt since its premiere at the New Amster- day Tbeativ. haa left tha company, and hIa part la beinx taken by JTanwa DaiUag, who nider- atndlad Baa la CMca«o. 'Aaatber actor la ba- _ . . IT- LOUISE 18 REVIVED. New York. Feb. 1 (Special to The Billboard). —With Mary Garden .in the leading role, the Cbleago Opera Company made its aecond ap- pearance at the Metropolitan Opera Roaae, last Toesday erenlng, Jannary 31. and presented Cbarpentler's Lonlse, another of the modem French operas. It was formerly prodo'ced at Hammersteln's Manhattan Opera Hoose,. three years sgo, and It has erer alnce delighted snil interested the pnbllc. Mr. Gampanlni coodoeted. The praaa waa maat liberal with Ita worda of pralae aad laalattoa. Ckailaa Bout Melaar tea. tttrlag that "at an the auaY opcraii wMeb (Oastlaaad aa paac M.) ' Bennett Takes Pasteur Treatment New York, Feb. 4 (Special to The BiUboard). —HIcfaard Bennett, the actor, la snfTcring from aerere lacerations of the haoda aaatalned In a battle with a feroclona bulldog known to be affccte<1 with rabies, last Tbnrsday at hia coun- try place nt Paliaades, N. J. Accompanied bf hlB little daaghter. be went to his Jerser place to eserclsa bla bloodad English bnlldogs. MOK daa .dC BiB aiCia attachaa aU lltua gin. Baaaatt And Ira ahota from a taralTtr at tha brate. none of which wera vital, aad then closed with the enraged anl^ial, and beat it Into sobmlaiiloa with the empty weapon. Be- fore he had accomplished this, however, he was sererely bitten, and ao examination of the dog's l>ody proving that it was mad, Mr. Bennett's berolsm and presence of mind have tenr Inatltote In 23rd atreet. New York. Mr. Bennett's berolsm snd presence of mind has evoked many tribates oC admlratlfta from bla frleoda. Blllle Rnrke In ,' and la her.portrayal of The Philosopher In Tfca Apple Oldkard, by Anthony Hope, which abc' nail aa a preloda t« tha Iswar play. Is spsadlaa iher savsath weak at tfea r Martin, tha Watch » Idwln Coihmaa Peter, tha SaMlitlB .•...•.'.'.Wttlam Baymoaf Anaelm .. .... .. .i'-nira de Cordoba Old Clana .. .. .. Cecil Yapp Town OHar .. .. .. .. .. ■•bert Hamlltcs Varonlka Olive Oliver Barbara Dora Jeaalya Wife of Hans the Bnteher .. .. Thala Lawto* Wife of Axel, the Smith..Klila Bemdon Keaw Wife of Martin, tba Watch .. .. Mary Doylo Old Urania .. ..^^^^^^j^.. .. Hia. hot Badtb Jaa .. .. Maatw Ma Tanav Hanael ..;.. lllaMar ■matt Bamptaa Use .. ..... .. .. mi'.. .. Jeaaette OI> Tmda .. ..' .. '.• ii aailbel CampbaP Bndt ••'..•-••>.. DoiDthy Vena* New York, Feb. I' CipMil to The Blllltoard) —^hat Joaephlne P re i t c a Peabody has pre acatcd a production which loica tha growa-npa inth a story thst aimeala atrongly to the child, as well, haa been admitted with nnaniml^ hff tha preaa. Sweet worda have baaa accorded K by the metropolitan andlcnees, and Kdlth Wyur Mattblaon la recorded aa .hsrinc alven a chaia- IBC aad Mletoaa partrayal at m wdtd pipw hlaaelf. Tt»m ttw woMa at Jatradacttoa ee» talaad la tha Mbnaa wlB aatva ta tapiwa tka ncaaalsad qoall^ of tha drama: "Ifea Plpv la a play ot ttraigth aad baaa^, •( dliallj aa* tendcmeas, a play of novamaat aad aclow wllk living dnmatle Intereat. The history ot Ihta poetic drama is known well •ooasb by thia thne—Its wtnnlng of the Stratford-on Avon pitta laat year. Ita preaentatlon at the Memorial na at» la Sbakcapeare'a town, the saecess It ha« tn the Brltlab dtlea oa ita way to I«nda>. when It met with blfh aapracUtlaa, Parhtpa It to aat as wan kaawa taat tha plar aai witttaa ear tha StMltM asapaUOaa, It aa tared that eoataat in tha fbra eC i book mailed from America ahaot thiaa i fotc the Hats cloaed. Ita antlMr.la K Set. Joiephlne Preatoa Paabadr (■ arka. of Cambridge. Maaa>." The Monday premiere marked tha third appear aoce on a New York stag* o( Brownlat*! la* Piper of Hamelln. Three veraSona have nvw l>een siren, the former two being Tba PiaP Piper In maalcal form. In which Dewdf HoMV ilajad. and tb* light apM, Baaa, tha Ratp Up and Down Broadway na OMHafa. ekntm njira- eoatfiaaa «■ Its wwW a Maxlna iniolfa Thaaliak One ot the largest bog partlaa ever given to atndents of tha drama, attudad laat Aaaday^ pecformaaca of Maoda Adaaa la Chiatadar, a< the Knickerbocker Theatre. It was given «a der the ansptces of the Amerlcaa playgeera, wht- reserved tor the oeesalon eiglity-nve seaU tm lk» bilcony. Tber witnessed It la arder t« dlteair It In foram at their next monthly saeetlag. KIsw A Erianger gave in lxmA<m Wedaeaday Jannarr 31, a coprright pertoimaaca at tta Plak Ladir. a aualeal ewaity tr Iwa CUfP aad a M. k. UcLaUaa. «&• fiatTkMiieaB par farmanca wOl be glean la Atlaatla Cltr. i* mary 10. Among tha popular anabara from Tka fftta* Maid ttelng whiatled and hummed' everywhef* are Two LttUe I^e Beea, The PMtntala Fay How I Love Yoor Pntbr Face, and the gn> teaqoe dancing aong. On tha Tnek. William Ovular contlnaaa bis eagagament l» rn Be Hanged If I Do at WDllam CeUiev** Omadr Theatre. Tha Balkan Prlncees, with Mlaa Lonlaa Oaa alas aa the aUr. Impataoaattag the tlUa char- aetarria <• be praaaataa la Maw Task OltY ■< tha Barald Sqaar* Theatre, ea Tkanday are alac, Fabmary 9. It la described aa a sew Baneal play u a prologoe and two aeta. Tfe* beak ta by ftedcrick Lonsdale and Frank Cor sob; tha~ mnslc by Pan! A. Bnbeaa, snd the Ijrlci by Mr. Babena snd Arthnr Wlmperls. Adele. -Rafter, who had appeared in varlone mnslcal comedies, died Jnat bsfaca aeaa .las' Sunday a week ago at the plttl la Park Avenue, New Tei an operation for appendleltla. The opening performaaea of the new farer comedy from the French, Tha Zebra, the latest- work of Paol M.'Potter, waa gtvaa at . New Be Tea, befoes an andlenea Indadlag the anther aad Ur. Ftebnia, at tha Oraad Opera Boaae, ef<. rebmaiT 3. Tha apeelal eompaay that baa beei> organised for the performance ot The Sefars, la dades the name of A. Hamilton Bevells, Bichir LiBg, Lawrence D'Oriay,. Atexaadar Clarke, Al fred Hodaon. Sr., and the Mlaaes Adelaide New ak. Vera McOord. Irene Fenwick and Dolly Lewla. On the evening of Monday, FCbnury U, Daw and Brianger have amnged tor Henry W. ■ar- age'a pradnetloli, Bzenae Me, a Bnpert BaCMe comedy, to open at the Oatety Theatre. That New York theatregoen still like a re maacc In (heae Ksllatlc dsjs. Is once more Shown by the popalsrity Otis Sklnaar la. now enjoying at tha CrlterloB Xhaatra la,niiaiyTg i?""-'!!?.'"*'' ""^ • *wia df BkwSii. tlOD Of 184B. (OMttaaat aa pane M.1 '