The Billboard 1911-03-25: Vol 23 Iss 12 (1911-03-25)

Re t Cy "EF a ee | ae Ke di: ee Site ate BOTT HN MARCH 25, 1911. The Billboard 55 FILLED WITH PATHOS. (Continned from page 10.) i » bring out two different critics ae "it ie pertinent to quote the Times as fol a «In The Confession, that bad its first New York hearing at the Bijou rheatre last t. James Halleck Reid has written 4 en that will probably have a strong popular appeal, specially to Roman Catholics, though inem ‘« of other denominations can searcely fina fault with the basic principle of the plot. I story concerns & young priest who heard confession of a murderer, and later learns his own brother is aceused of the crime. oder his vows to the Church he is unable to ake use of the information he has received, « obliged to watch the brother go to the , scaffold without being able ers hreshold of the » save him, : rhe confession comes early in the first act, when Josef Dumon, a French-Canadian fisherman, st Gloucester, Mass,, asks absolution for the ng of a man he believed had betrayed his sister The priest's brother, Tom, has been eogaged to Rose Creighton. the sister of the jead man. Tom has quarreled with this brother, and they have had two struggles. The police vicer finds a rifle belonging to Tom near the body “rprough circumstantial evidence alone, the ean a is held for trial and later convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The Governor grants a short reprieve, and almost at the last moment of the last day of grace, the Canadian, dying of consumption, confesses. Through all f this the priest is obliged to keep silent on all knowledge of the crime, and it is his stead fastness to his vows that gives the play its e at 1 play, performed by an unusually well «lected cast, visibly affected last night's aud lence. and kept the majority of the women ip tears for fully half of the playing time, Com ody is not lacking, but the pathos preponder “The Herald did not quite take so kindly to this piece, as will be evident by perusing the following excerpt: ‘‘Together with some fairl; strong dramatic scenes, there is much that ia ‘rude in the play and yard-long platitudes, re ligious and otherwise. that clog the action and tire the audience. There is no irreverence, however. in the treatment of the confessional scene, and with more competent stage managemen* the court room episode, even if hackneyed in the treatment, might have proved impressive. The acting was better than the play. Mr. Theodore Roberts makes the French-Canadian murderer a powerful, sinister figure that dom inates the performance. Mr. Orrin Johnson as the priest. Mr. Harold Vosbure as the brother, Miss Helen Holmes as his sweetheart, and Miss Olive West as the priest's mother, concr yuted some good work Mr. Mart Cody supp:i the comic relief. “An audience. in which a number of clergymen were represented, seemed to find the performance interesting, and after the third act, the author was called out to sav a word of ." Ocienificent it is to note that favorable reviews predominated im the papers on last Tuesday morning, which entitles us to believe that The Confession will prove equally as successful a tenant as was its predecessor, Henry Miller tn The Havoc, now on the road. JOHN MASON FORCEFUL. (Continued from page 10.) “In another respect the first title, The Jew, would not have fitted the play. The dominant figure of Dr. Samuel Seelig, who always stands somewhat aloof from the romantic interest of the plot is an advanced Jew, who has progressed intellectually beyond the narrow and arbitrary orthodoxy. His character represents the highest and fineat humanitarianism, but his philosophy is no more applicable to the Jew than to any other man who has learned to view life in its broadest and noblest aspects and to understand thelr meaning. There are other Jews among the characters. Racial prejudices and racial ideale are sometimes discussed, but the scope of the play Includes both sides of the question." As do these two excerpfs. so the other reviewers praise and in conclusion it might be well to view the performance from the light which the Times throws upon It: “And his play has many polgnant moments, with tears that will spring naturally to the eyes of any man or woman in whom sentiment ls not wholly dead, while punctuating it with laughter that is never forced, that comes natarally out of the relationships and the sayings the characters. Better still, his characters tre human—every one of them—and they «peak and act as human beings to the last. “The author Is fortunate, too, in having a cast of players who most admirably supplement his writing and direction, A man of less power and finesse, of less knowledge of the means by which speech is made to seem spontaneous, might easily have marred some of the finest passages in the role of Veedah Seellg. But Mr. John Mason, playing at his very best, which 's very fine Indeed, was never unduly oratorical, wemed always to be expressing the passing. pulsing thought, and yet gave full value to every line and action. It was a beautiful performance of a role that must be grateful to ‘ny actor of sound attainments, that could be Mayed so convincingly and well by but few, f any. on our stage, and so became correspond ingly and appealingly grateful to the andfence “So. too, Miss Chrystal Herne. as the wife, playing one of those roles whose complexities ate increased by the varying moods, now strong, how feverish, now femininely weak, and cling (ng, touched each phase with clearness sure ness and distinctness, bringing the charm of t woman to the front. giving sense of thoughts and emotions lying deeper than the “urface indleation, and conveying graphically = powerfally the {lusion of doubt and enter g i c ‘ character Inherently sweet and pure. In ® part less showy, but one which called for delicacy of touch, Miss Amelia Gardner gave adie ‘he most satisfying performances of the while Mr. Flood. Mr. Serrano and Mr. ae ove seldom, If ever, appeared to quite oele s~) advantage, Mise Charlotte Ives was nty. charming and appealing, and Mr. Wil am “copson, as generally, was amusing and Proper!) disereet about {t. ee, ‘act the entire performance tn every ‘eeted good taste and understanding."' THIRTY NINTH STREET THRATRE.—As a an Thinks. Play, by Mr. Anguatne Thomas Dixie Gray. March Song, Bande we Mowe tn ACR wanerne’ THEME Meese sibs = oO 43 j "Epieret inten; ts, 4 j= vi — ee y | ee. lerbe i ee os i? = a 5: ce | Se ae ees oe : en i ee ES lee a ites g | wid <— j ié j im: ine 73554 eS 2S SS ie i 5 — = Sa (PF cece lente ites eit gs = (eS ee ié i # = — ag SS RE a = S39 Spee ripe on PRE eee ierien ts Pt HT Oe Teeter Saree Re Ce EAT Rinadeey See tene drm mee Copprgm Serene THE CAST. LK. eee Miss Charlotte Ives CLE oGcnccesesens es ..John Mason DD: suc clcncuhvudscenduws ..Ernest Wills DEE. unhssddne au'echebunkevndns Ralph Samone me GOED ove da codseats Miss Chrystal Herne Se ee) os Vincent Serrano Benjamin de Lota .......... Walter Hale Pt CEO .6.acedcchenw el enna John Flood i ME” ccacgadeaacen Miss Amelia Gardner DE ‘ngcchaneenes denbs oeeeeene . H. Sadler nt senbtive tes seeaer Master Raymond Hackett ey ONE soos sevbinedeeéens Miss Gall Kane DUD WERDURE. oo cdcccvecteaccs William Sampson BAKER & CASTLE WHISPERS. (Continued from page 10.) ray was with the Fritz! Scheff and Eddie Foy companies in the past two seasons. Joseph Weber, a character actor. late of the Wm. A. Brady forces, is doing the principal eharacter work In Gay Matilda. Mr, Weber played opposite Tom Wise in A Gentleman from Mississippi, There is a little four-foot-nine ingenue, Isabel Daintry, playing the soubrette role in Gay Ma tilda, who possesses both daintiness and per sonal charm, Walter E. Perkins, a farceur, heads the cast of Gay Matilda. Mr. Perkins was the creator | | | | | tivated the “But one other character plays a conspicuous | part, that of Nicais, Thais’ lover. He represents the world of evil as opposed to Daniel in the struggle for Thais’ soul. These three roles were in the main superbly acted by Tyrone Power. Constance Collier and Arthur Forrest. Mr. Power, by virtue of Daniel’s domination, as well ae by his own physical strength, gives the varions scenes a forcefulness that held the audience fast in reverential appreciation."’ Needless to remark, Thais seems to be des tined to compel its share of metropolitan recog nition UP AND DOWN BROADWAY. (Continued from page 10.) Gaby de Lys has loaned Ethel Levey the gown which she wore on the night when she first capthen King Emanuel, of Portugal. Miss Levey, who is a chum and confidante of the French beauty, is bringing the gown with her on the Oceanic to New York and will wear it as one of the costumes at the new Folies Ber | gere when she impersonates Gaby de Lys in the | Harry B. Smith-Paul Lincke revue. After a number of weeks of investigation, the | Board of Aldermen decided on the 14th of March | continuously ; country. The that no ordinance was necessary to prevent the use of loose or profane language on the stage, wherefore Alderman Mulhern’s proposition to regulate the use of this language in the theatres of this city was tabled. Consuelo Bailey, who replaced Marguerite Clark in Baby Mine, has had to retire from the cast on account of spinal trouble, caused by the continuous jumping on and off the bed in the role of Zoe. She has been playing the part since July 18 last, in Chicago, Kansas City, Winnipeg and other cities. She is being attended by Dr. Henry 8. Bartholomew, who was Sir Henry Irving’s physician in this return of Miss Bailey to the | cast is an indefinite matter. | | | | | ' of the title roles in My Friend from India and | The Man from Mexico, as well as plaring the leading part in Charley's Aunt. THAIS IMPRESSIVE. (Continued from page 10.) hew occupant of the Criterion Theatre given the name Thais, a powerful drama founded upon Anatole France’s novel by the identical name. now playing at the Criterion Theatre. Paul Wiistach is the author of the new version and Is indeed deserving of great praise. In its minutest detail this Thais 's in accord with both the reverberating depth and splendor of its theme. The author has neither adhered rigidly to the details of the Alexandrian courtesan and the monk of the desert. nor has he followed closely the story as told in the Massenet opera. He seems to have extracted the subject matter from the romance and to have treated it along lines of his own preaching, a sermon of religion rather than love, to quote a paragraph from one of the press reviews: ‘‘The culminatlon of Mr. Wilstach’s drama brings salvation to both the hermit and Thais, and his text is summed up in Daniel's final utterance when he speaks of the miracle of his having saved Thals. the courtesan, only to be saved himself in turn by Thais, the saint. Less stress is laid on the sensual In the relation between Daniel and Thais than In elther the original romance or the opera. ‘ ' | Daniel's overpowering love for the courtesan in | the flesh comes after he has redeemed her and when she ts dying. Such worldly temptation as he is shown to feel fs momentarily and quickly dispelled “The greatest virtues of Mr. Wilstach’s ver sion are Its clearness and directness. He does not rise to great heights, but tells his story simply, forcibly and reverently. 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