Variety (January 1926)

Wednesday, January «, IWt LEGITIMATE SONG OF THE FLAME 44th »r»' I ^^^^ ,4^„ feature.!; book "iTwriVs by Otto Harl>»ch and 0»cr ?r.mmCT»t'ln° and; .cor. by Herbort Stot- l'*ir .^d GwrK. Gerehwln: d.nce. and JSHmbl". .Vy illck I.a.k,!.; booked .ta.e by Frank Kflclier. A ..?h."" • Dorothx Mackay* SiM^oUii '. "UBh Carnpi on S"i"-• V. V\H Sharon N Jf aiha. Phoeb*. Brune Vo'odya... ""y R"ber;8on A Dancir I,.Tinnrd 8t T^o V:riV *'"»' Wll«on An Avenger Louise Dalbere RUSSIAN ART CHOIR Directed by Alexander U. Fin* Ifmc. Oorln^. Cb^reko. Dublfiffo, Pe- trrnkn, Teitovlch, Schmidt, M!challova. ICuitaihcvH. Ivanor*. Andrlef«''la, Tulrhl- tiova, Kuchirs'tala, I.os'eva, Chfvla'ova, Tz^rova, Shnnfon. Oro«hpva. Troltzkaya. tltfTan. Orlnllnaklawa. Orebenletn'-nla. Men.. Tro'tgkl. Apol'onoff. Pro1cofle(T. iCIrlllook. An(1-<'efBltv. Sonstr'^eff. Troonln. Tutschowi'tv. D'^dooVln. 8r., DndooVln. Jr.. Petry, Davldpn'rn. KMmovlt.^h. O-dlniiky. JaeVoIi-IT. ArdatofT. VIeJIn. PithTmTi-nVo, T<>mi<'lofr. VinoOTadoff. SohMln. PmvillooV, feebfrer, Kmi-ll'-. OTurdsroff. TorchlnVcy, Kottony, Div'dofr. liasa, Qorlenko. Dublen- (tkl, Ramonoff. AWERICAM BALLRT MiMet Verdi, Mntl. Lucille Oflbo'ne. Alice Ake'*. r.otta Knnnlnr. r,oii>«<» Her- «ey, Marion Boo'h. M^rjr Oreon, Dorothy Booth. Flleen Wp»««M, Prance. T^-'P^. Qeorirla Owvnne. Ann r'on^tince, MI'-lan Avpn''ale. Christine Momr, Aud»<»y RturvPa, Do'othy Th->'tell. Oca Tlvlan. Fmllv ah'-'- man, Arlplslde M. Pfrmin, Te'ry O^rroll. Blvlnne Hull, nub» Pon. Roth Sito. Sylv'a Ps«i>no, I.aurle Phllllpa. Klale M"rcu». IDorethy r.ee, d'olvn Jo»'n«f)n. M'>r«te Hortoii. Buddie Ha'n»», Betty Credlto, He'Mi Rowera, T.. otela. Tma Bo'l'"", Ad». Jal'e Candee. Kdlth H'lr^Ina. Beth Fill, Lillian Lyndnn, Pr«no<-« N.vliia, EHaa Roelohma, Jeanne St. Jolm. Arthur Hammersteln declared he Waa through makins blfi produc- tions. That was lart seaHon. Ap- parently he ia no more able to 8tay awajr from prodiiclngr than an actor from the footlights. The result ^s "Song of the Flame," the most am- bitious of all this manager's works. If It Is his swan song, which in Im- probable, he may well be proud of It. The first act Is dazzling. On the bpenlng night that port'on of the show alone seemed worth the ad- mission. Such a profusion of .vocal excellence, costume's and brilliant en.'^embles m.ide the performance pretty c?o«e to thrllllnir. The sec- ond act tapered off, the plot be- coming too thick and the Kiiss'an Influence perhaps too hf^avy. But even then there was fine enter- tainment Otto Harbach and Osonr Ham- mersteln, 2nd, teamed with mii(<h success In fuHhlonint? an operetta with dramatic moments In "Rore M:irie." Thoy have pone In deeper for the dramatic e'ement In "Song Of the Flame." The theme la the Russian revolution of 1917. Though It Is true enough that other musical comedies h.ave used similar conditions for the book, the Russian Commnnl.'^tlc w.'ive Ih h.ird'.y comic. On the whole the librettists came out we'l. consider- ing the seriousness of the basic idea. Much of the score la tinged with Ru.-'slnn. Herbert Stothart and GcorKe Gershwin fashioned the melodies, but the former's work Is more recognizable than the lat- tpr's. One or two of the ll>;htcr ditties sounded like Gershwin. An orchestra of over GO Is In the pit. Including 20 vloMns and indi- cating & weekly wage item of about $4,000. Some seats were removed from the front to accommodate the musicians. For the vocal Btrenj,'th beslJos Eoveral cxcd'ent voices In the cast, there Is,the Russian Art Chnir, an aggregation of 64 men and women. This gives "Song of the Plnnie" an aspect alino.it oper- ate and la a reminder tli-t the producer Is the son of the f )rmer Impresario, Oscar Hammersteln The Incidents In the plot are leg- endary, except of course the revo- lution. The "Flame" Is a Russian Joan of Arc, forced to h de In the country after teaching the peasants a new song—'Song of the Flame." »ong of liberty. Among her country cousins, she falls In love with a prince. Dlacovered later by a Com- munlat admlrw. she Is unable to prevent the sacking of the palace. The .second act la spotted In Paris and there the p'.ot becomes in- f yu • *" **^°* *^ '» •'•a'd this part or ttro show was not written when It opened out of town. A Ru.sslan care in the French capital Is the principal scene. There and outside y»e plot twines, with the Com- munist leader finally detected as the person who stole the palace Jewels. Rrillianoe In ensemble dance iium- Ders l.H to the credit of Jack Haskell. *n American director who achieved i^/**"^:*' '" I'Ondon and now comes into hU own with "Song of tho ♦J,* While Greek Evans and ine Russian singers furnished the tu u '"X'kcround with "Tartar," "»« chorus or ballet as It Is billed, went through aa fine an ensemble or color and action aa ever romem- hTk "^^^ »'••'• were gabbed in ril I '-"•«>'■««* velvet, the costume ue.<«ign.s bning suggestive of the Cos- ■ack They narhed scimitars and amall swords. whllA the fantastic "u««ifin music completed a da7»:llng •tect. Phoebe Brune, a flery tittle person of Spantah typo, preluded the enaemble. dancing splendidly. Kn^^emble excellence canie again near the close of the flrat act. with- in a rich Joaeph Urban setting, the Interior of the palace. The number was "Vodka," aung by the attractive Dorothy Mackaye who led the ensemble. Mlsa Mackaye waa nervoua at first but she came through nicely, her suubrette con- tribution t>elng one of A|^e standout performancea of the Evening. Miss Mackaye and Hugh Cam- eron tickled with a lyric "(Jreat Big Rear" that might better have been tit:ed "I Want A Man." It la a trickly little tune and likely to be- come popular. Later Cameron and Bernard Goi-cey. who teamed for comedy, formed a trio with Miss Mackaye In another humorous lyric "I Want Two Hu.'^banda." There isn't much to laugh at In the new operetta but that ia not the fault of the comediana. Along- side the shrimp Gorcey. Cameron looked like a mountain and the contest between them for the hand of the same girl. Is traded on for most of the lighter touches. U'a Sharon on her toes l>rought plaudits early in the going and later with Leonard St. Leo with adagio work. Teamed again for "The First Blossom," the American ballet on its toes furnished a rich, white, silken background. Tessa Kosta. the only featured member of the coat, waa in tine voice, eatabilablng heraelf In the opening scene with the theme num- ber. "The Song of the Blame." Greek Evana duetting partly. The Russian Choir was In action at the start, singing "Far Away," a melody deeply tinged with Russian, based on the old folk song, a lanient on late sprli^. Miss Koata duetted prettily with Guy Robertson with "The Cossack's Love Song." Rob- ert.«on is the manly singing Juvenile who gave auch a good performance in Hammerstein'a "Wildflower." He used the Cossack number for a re- prise in the second act. The Rus.slan Choir in fancy dress held a spot all its own In the Paris cafe scene, the singers group- ed almo.st vertically backstaKC. While similar Russian group sing- ing is not entirely new, it has never been heard on a similar scale save on the concert platform. The producer certainly did not frame "Song of the Flame" for road purposes. Only several major stands out of town could support such a costly attraction. In other words it will not be the money maker that "Rose Marie" 'roa and is. Hammerste.n may fool the tal- ent, however, by whipping the sec- ond act Into form. "Song of the Flame" la richly Russian and though without the popular elements of "Rose Marie," it is one of the finest operettas pro- duced, /bee. PLAYS OUT OF TOWN CAPTAIN FURY Washington, Dec. 29. RuMell Janney preaent. Otia Skloner In a yarn of the C^arlbheea In four acta by Cornelta 0:ia Skinner. Staged by W. H. Poet. Sccnea and costumea by Jamea Reynold.. rremlere at BelaMO Theatre, Dec. 28. Michafl Dearmer Malcolm Faaeett Timothy Clover Otl. Skinner A Ualllft William H. Barwald The Town Crier n?n H. Roberld Captain Jesaup Charle. Hemlornon Prayor Kmll Hoch ThanksKlvlng Harry Cawley Horny Luther Walter P. Lewis Duaty Afhley Cooper Sebas: la n Uordon Burt>y Smith Cyrim Ruas<-1! Pilotte » W'.iltor Qeer Mai vlato Kobsrt Billoups Joae M.'irla Charlea UuMont Kl Lnqulto Arthur C. Tennyson TsITmI Horace Manton Harlot of TortUKB Klalne Ivans )Cua-Ku D;in;el Hamilton Feun M. Chiir'.os Palazzl Dark Angel of .s:. liurta.. .Minna Gombell Dpna l.llns Da Vega Antoinette I'erry Don OblaiMi Montague Rutherford A acainan William H. BarwiiM A MiiJ'>r Donin Harry Cawley A Ki?ihlng Captiiln Krcd Moali-y A Prle.st M. Ctiarica PalazzI A Pi!lace I.nrty Vanda Roberta Another Palace Lady Narciasa VBrnoy Tliere was considerable added In- terest In the advent of Otia Skinner in a new play by his daughter. It was the sort of lntere.'«t that at- tracl.s a hl?;h hat audience, .-x ratbor rare thing of late hereabouts for the new ones. As a dontonstration of parental Indulgence it takes the top honors. If anyone but a daughter had asked Mr. SUirmer to play this part It is a 100 to 1 shot he would have turned it down. However, Miss Skinner has sup- plied a vehicle that with doses of expert doctoring will do for a time for this particular star. It cannot and wi:i not ever attain a run in New York City but it will attract the faithful and do the same thing on the road. Tho following season, though, Mr. Skinner will have to come back with something mighty strouK to build up the excellent rep- utation he ho'.d.s. There are decided opportunltie.'; that on experienced Itand would have cashed in on and Home moving picture director can make a whirl- wind picture out of it. The .story concerns an innkeeper (Mr. Skinner) who loves the sea. He b«s a daughter that before the play opens ran away with a pirate, leaving the old man and her youth- ful lover. An opportunity In given them to acquire a ship after the boy ha.s killed the man who earried oft hi-s .sweetheart. Another pirate wants to settle down on the same day the other was killed and tho exchange of the Inn for the ship and crew is made. The innkeeper keeps his pirate ship as he would hia inn with the ro.ult that his crew mutinies and leaves him on the ship of a lady governor who is in league with a female pirate. D(;velopments fol- low In which the Innkeeper pirate Is made the governor (in name only); the daughter is tho female pirate. This account of the story la bad enough—It waa depleted with loose- ly connected characters and sit- uations even more rambling than above. Mr. Skinner la a fatherly old aoul with Ju.st an occasional fla.sli of the real Skinner. Antoinette I'erry. as the governesH. hI(>> the show. Minna Gombell waa rather ml.sc.ist as the "Dark Angel" r)irate but still acf|uitted htiaclf nobly. Several oth«^s in the cast gave excellent performances, while Jan- ney's production is magnificent and looks nice real money. MIhs Skinner should try again. If Father Skinner wants to take a chance for a season In this one, and can convince daughter to let somebody else do the fixing, then Broadway may see it for a few weeks. Meakin. THE KID, HIMSELF Washington, Jan. B. DowlInK und Anhalt, Inc., present a new play by Bernird .S. Schubert with \Vlllli<m T Tlldt-n, i'nd. Ju.ina Nelaon and Hilly Quinn. Directed by Robert Armstrong. Bc- tne^o Theatre, Wi.hington. Jan. 4. Jim John McOrath Ro.ifli^ MaxiiUi Klooi the Kid (Jessie Jamc. Smith). .Billy Quinn Judge Overton , John T. Uvyvr Carrie Overton, hli diufthter. .Juant Nelsur Ooorga Wilson, Clerk. .William T. TiUen. 2d Tom Kelly Frank C-innnr" Mickey Kelly Bert Gorman t'ourt Attendant McFadden. .E.-irlo CraOdnrlt omer Lang Milton Krlma Jacob Ciilw n Qeorice Spclvin, Jr. I'.altlirif Sherman Kdward RIlwu Hamillon Reid John Uallaudet THE UNSEEN DraV. Maynard Audrey Dimiuock... Harris Ciilda Wayne Olive Cray Hugh Uolton Boston. Doc Si. StHIlb'/ I.OK in Marl >n Co ikley Thomnn Ijowdeii Lucille Wi'Vion Oall Iv.me ....Richard Stevinsi.n Getting square with your mother by stealing the love of her new hus- band is the plot of Lfe Wi:si>n Dodd'a newest play, "Tho Unseen," opening thla week at the Hollla Street for its premiere. As a novel It might prove Inter- esting fodder, but as a drama it falls to click. It lacks that touch of lightness and comedy which haa marked much of Dodd'a playwrlt- Ing. In producing. Robert Milton apparently decided not to splurge in hia casting. Just where It geta the title la a matter of speculation. One lobby guess was that It predlcta the ptib- lic'a attitude toward the production and another It pertains to that part of the plot which occurs before the opening curtain, explained retro-' auniclont but nothing exceptional haa other plana and givea $2,600 oC it to George Braun, a sharper, who tells her he will pyramid It in Wall Street, the remaining $600 going to Sani. The curtain of the first act linds the family in deep, e.speclally in the money business of WaU Htreet. Through George Braun'a suo- re.'ssful ''manipulations" they all be- 1 ome mllllonairca. George. it .seeitis, too, la Koing to get the girl. Dor'i Herman, though It la the sym- pathetic and trustwortliy Sam who should really have her. A bomb- shell occtirs wlien Braun's manipu- lations turn (Mit to be an (>^^;i^nlzed holding up of bond nies.sen^;er.s and It looks aa if In- .nnd p.trt of the Herman fanilly are headed for Jail. The end Is Jacob Berman's ac- quittal, l?r^iin'8 sentence ot three years, and Sam getting Dora. "Money Business" is typical Lew Fields stuff, dependent upon his clowning of humorous aggravation. It is the same Lew Fields In the same kind of role, this one being gresslvely during the first act. It would play much belter with a pro- log or a first act which would cover that part of tlie story which has to be established by conversation. The missing preliminary story 1« the bitter hatred of a husband whose wife eloped with another man after leaving him with a baby daughter toward which she had never fe't any maternal love. The husband devotes his life to poison- ing his daughter's mind toward her supposedly dead mother. After his death the daughter, now 18, recelvea a Job aa private aecretury to a mid- dle-aged and highly auccesaful au- thoreas. who haa married a young and handsome husband. The authoress, of course, is the mother who deaerted her Infant. Her young huaband promptly atarta making love to the young secretary, who has been added to tho house- hold of hia rather aged and shop- worn wife whom he married for her bankroll. A young phyalclan was responsible for the secretary being engaged, having heard the death- bed confession of her father and de- termining to try and reconcile mother and daughter after they have spent a year under the same | roof aa employer and employe. All this before the opening of the play. The only other character ia a female friend of the authoreaa, really the mistreas of the authoress' young husband. She guesses the ^..^.^ „, ^ „ ._ secret and Immediately telU 'hi ' , i^'^'j'jjJ^pU^fj'iJ,^"th^'ntmosphere of daughter her hated mother i-: '-"t. jj, Chinese empire. The second act only alive, but her emr. -y-ir. j ,^ j^^j^ ,„ i^ndon, but the plot Is Daughter wants revenge ani; .le-! ,.^|,„.j,,y oriental, cldes to get it by stealing mo.lioi .-«: ,^.^^ contrast of the east and west second husband. Her psychology is ,^ vivid Many of the commonplaces The author's wife, Po'a Carter, playing for the first time in Eng''sh< does some good character and hu- morous work. The rest of the cast is satisfying and there Is a butler who looks like Robert Bench ley. dramatic critic of "Life." "Monov Business" goea to New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, and will come in as soon aa Its present Jockeying for a New York theatre ia brought to a conclu?lon. Pratt. THE LOVE CITY WilUamsport Pa.. Dec. 30. Drama in three acU by Han. BachNrlta Staged by Stuart Walker. Chang Ix) SosBue Hayakaim Tze-dil Margaret Mowei Richard Cayendl.b Barl. Larlmorr P^i-Jen >;••/ '''iT, ?i"'^ Wen-Chun Carolyn Walke. Yin«r-ylng :."*!?' *"*" Ll-Sao "»• CaMnoya Opening with a scene of China and Oriental splendor, "The Love City, a drama of aast and west, starring Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese screen nrtlst, was presented at the Majestic here. To those who have seen Hayakawa only on the screen the actlnfc of the Japanese star in the sjKiken drama must have been a revelation. He Is perfectly at home on the stage and speaks Eng- lish fluently. , .. j There are thir'^ acts, the first and When thla one Is unfolded In the big town it is very possible It will create a controversy. There will be thobo who will propounce It tho bunk of the sontlmental kind, ad- ding that It Is nothing more than a preachment for the understand- In.f,' sort of reformatory for wayward kids. OUi'jrs will claim for the piece that It has a heart appeal that Isn't often reached, that it has a Juvenile star who outranks any that have gone before and that It is the senti- mental sort of play that everyone who is a kid, or who remembers I when they were such, will want to see. There are a number of angles to get them In, first is the boy, Billy CJuinii. Thl.s young fellow ia a won- der, and though carrying a heavy burden on his youthful shoulders he did H extremely well. Another reason for box office pat- ronage Is the tennla plpyer William T. Tildcn, 2nd. In hia first profes- sional role and doing right nobly. Anyone who has seen Tllden play tennis will realize Just what a show- man he l.s, aa he haa made many a (lull match look like the real thing. He stepped into thla dumb lover role v.ho couldn't tel! the girl all about It and landed solidly. He reminds one of Alfred Lunt. His name ia of value—and he makea good. M irjorle Daw was billed to play the feminine lead, but it was an- nounced that the picture star was ill in New York, threatened with n. serious operation, and Juana Nelaon stei>ped in. The part Is Just a lov- able girl without opportunities. Tho story concern.^ a boy left without father and mother, first cared for by a spinster he called Aunt Nora, but "who wtisn't even a cousin." as the boy puts It, -and then by another apinater. Rosie. Rosle is in love with a gassed soldier who wants to go to Arizona. Tho boy gets the Idea from the movies apd robs a storekeeper of exactly $ir>0, and as the gassed soldier want<'d Roslo ar.d his chance more than the boy. he took tho^ money and the coimle left the youngster alone. The play isn't an Inspired bit of writing. Ilowi ver. if la bu.slness- Ilkc and provides two made to order parts, one for the boy, Quinn, and the other for the tennis champ, Tll- den. Its Hrst net ia by far the best of the lliree, while the othera are piade plausible by the boy. In fact, it Is this youngater, plua Tllden, that mtikca the entire proceedings, and hence, with due caution. It la believed that beeauae of theae at- tributes, plus the othera already enuinf rated, that the piece haa a gambler'H chance of landing. If It doesn't, Kddle Uowling and Lawrence Anhalt and the rest of the "Inc" will not be out much, aa production coata were nIL Mealcin. that mother loves her young hua- band so deeply that having him stolen will break Iter heart. It nil ends with the mistreas going to Europe, the mother discarding her youthful husband, and the daughter changing from hate to love toward her mother becauHe the old lady has heart trouble. It glvea little action and much dialog. Lucille Watson was well cast for the mother, and the daughter's rnle In the hands of Marlon Coakley, although creditably handled, failed to definitely register. Stanley Lo- gan has the young llght-o'-love hun- band part. Olive Cray Irad the al- most ImposBlble part of the vamp, and Richard Stevenson waa the phyalclan. Leo Bulglkov as the wHe waiter preparing the studio meal for the big scene between the daughter and her mother's husband had only a few moments, but eiisily carried off flrat honors for Intereat- Ing work. Dodd haa already atarted on a new play for Henry Miller, and It Is not a heavy aex drama. Lihhfy. MONEY BUSINESS Stamford. Conn., Dec. 31. Charter-Arkatoy Pro<luc.i"n«, Inc., present I,ew Field. In a comedy by (>s<-.ar M. Carter. Staged by Ijiwrence Marxlon. !<ar« Berman Pola Carter Lcul. Borman Harry Lyons I>ora Berm^in Beatrlo Miiuile Jacob Herman Lew KIbMh Ham MadiiiMky .SKm t.o.vltl (leorge Braun A. J. Ilnrberl Ignor Austin Fa Irman of the east are startling. In the great Chinese cities the district known aa "Fa-Lu-Kal." or "Love Citv." conducts Its traffic In women openly, and opium Is aold as freely as o.vater stewa. It Is in thla d'afrlet of the great Chinese cities that tbe pl.nv opens and closes. Haynknwa gives a portrait of the complex Orlen'nl ch.-iracter. He ap- pears as a rich opium dealer who prays to hia u'od.s In words of poetic beauty but who does not hrnitate to commit murder aa coolly as he alps tea; who pauses at no cruelty, yet who haa a tender appreciation of loveliness, whether It be In a simple flower or a lovely woman sifh aa Tze-shl. whom he holda a prisoner In bis house. The star ia surrounded by a fine Bunportlng company. The sr^ttlnga and costumes ate gorgeous n"(l the drama aa a whole is worth while. "Money Business," by Oscar M Carter, broke here New Year's Kve to an excentlonal audience frc » whose reaction it Is ditflciilt to tell anything. But it ia pretty sure that the piece won't be alive by the time another first of the year rolls around. This doesn't mean that It won't register auccesafuliy, for Ita chances are fair, i>robabIy holding the abort end of 60-40 rating. The piece la the first play to t>e presented In KnK'Ilsh by Carter. Heretofore he has written only for tho Jewish stage, notably "Three Little Business M«n" for Ruilolph SchildkrauL "Money Biiainehs" originated as a col'aboratlon with MonUigue Olaaa. with Olaaa finally pulling out and leaving Carter the slake. The play la a folk play of Jewish- Americans in New York City, carry- ing a Yiddish atmosphere through- out and peopled by Ylddlah typt^s. Ita greatest appeal, therefore, will be to the Jewlfh pubMe and to which l^w Flelda wilt add hia draw- ing power. The atory ta of Jacob Bcrmfin who wants to invent the $3,0no fani ily neat egg In Sam Madorf^ky's laundry buslneaa. liig wife. Sara, Duchess of Pittsburgh Los Angeles, Dec. 26. Whimsical sea mystery In three ni-is md two »(ietie. t>y Le.i Freeman. Prcfenled by Thomn.i Wilkes and .t»Ted by KUkFon Nf|>rKan and I'reeaiao. At the Orange (■'.rov<-. Deo. 25. Ilurney KorreM flentjurT Bertuccl IVram N «"en Will BriTgs Fni.Ulfc- Kh'rm'in H'eanor Pernel.. Chirlo'te Stevens Captain llf>d(fer AI. V Cunnii'ifhem PIr Wm. Duncan Keene.. .Roland Bottumly I.ndy Duncaa-lCeene Mia Mii-vin Kifike Otnr llrlgg» Mrs. Peter Pernel Maule Tniai Myrtle Florence Oberly Ituth Randall Clnro Ventera Jark Byrnea Tudor Qwen ("omit r.itrinu Dlaf Hylten Cabin steward Thomas Morgu One page of the house program at the Orange Grove is devoted to explain the fact that I<ea Freeman, autbor of thla opus, waa a n^porter on a newspaper. It may be that Wilkes or his ataff wanted to re- mind the critics that what they were aeelng waa conceived by one of their own craft, anil thcrof:>ro they ahould take cognizance of the fact. However, to repeat what one of the audience (an elderly m.Tn. about 65) said aa he emt iv,".'d from the theatre la to say, "I have po sl- bly seen worse plsiys tlian this, but if I have, I do not know where." Mr. Freeman has created an Ig- norant wife of a pickle manufac- turer of Pittsburgh who.la at a loss for converBation when confronted by people she feels are al)ove her Hoelal .station, llir sole aim In life la to marry her daughter to r )y.>!ty. Around this chnrncter the aulhor h.aa weaved what he progr ima nM a tjea mystery. It la unneccsaary to delve Into *b»t the niithor aska the actors to uiifo'il. The actors are not to be fDudi laeii ffir what tliey fried to Interpret Wlike i n •■iV .'iMow thla t lay t«/ run a w«-. i- or au. Vng.