The Washington times., 1901-07-16
AT THE THEATRES.
Lnfnyette-.Young Mrs. winthrop

Lnfnyette-.Young Mrs. winthrop"
The production Of Young Mrs. Win
throp' by the Lafayette stock company
last night ushered in the final week OF
the present season at the Berger house,
and those of the companys clientele who
have not as yet abandoned their town
houses in favor of the mountains or sea-
shore will most likely embrace last OPP
portunity of seeing the Lafayette players
in an entertaining bill. The current offer
ing is from the pen of Bronson Howard,
to whom the stage is indebted for ''Shen-
andoah" and '.Aristocracy," that brilliant
satire on social high life. In writing
Young Mrs Winthrop" the authors mo-
tive was plainly to paint the domestic
side of social life. He has put into each
and every one of his characters DISPOSE
tions, inclinations, and tendencies which
are absolutely true to those one meets
in the world day after day. The play is
highly dramatic and is brimming over
with human nature, both of which go
far to make up for the old plot material
The estrangement of Constance and
| Douglas Winthrop and their ultimate re-
Cancellation through the scheming OF an
old lawyer is prettily told and many
dainty and cieverly fashioned scenes are
two leading characters are undoubtedly
the most difficult to handle. which cannot.
as a rule, be said of such parts. There
| is absolutely nothing to them, and their
| interpreters are forced to re-create ttem.
For the rest, each part acts itself. The
dashing society woman who is kept busy
getting married and divorced is a bright
| breezy type, which. while it may be a
| trihe oyerdrawn, lends sparkle and
buoyancy to the play that is very refresh
| ing. Then there is the old family lawyeS
a splendid example of his kind, and to
offset these is the sympathetic role of the
blind girl, whose lovabie nature and sweet
resignation should go through the play
| like a gleam of sunlight.
Edwin Arden plays Douglas Winthrop
the young husband The only demand
which the part makes of an actor is that
he should look and act well bred. Added
to this Mr.. Arden brought his intelligence
to bear with the results which invariably
| mark his efforts. He made Douglas Win
throp an acting part-something which
the author evidently never intended that
oughly natural and consistent. In the
hands of an inefficient player the Sart
would easily be lost sight of in so much
as its acting merits are involved, but Mr.
Arden's artistic touch Is sufficient to give
prominence to an even less worthy role
He never fails to make the most of the
| opportunities provided and when there
| is none he promptly creates them of his
own will.
Robert Rogers imbues the character of
Buxton Scott with more humor than dig
| nifty though he took good care of a pretty
| scene with the young couple in the last
| act. Wright Kramer gave commend
| able performance as Herbert. in love with
Edith. and Myron Leffingwell was a quiet
and dignifled DIR. Mellbanke. Minnie Rad
cliffe played Constance, the young WIFE,
and did her best with the part, which is
palpably lacking in opportunities. Biiou
! Fernandez acted the role of Mrs. Dick
| Chetwyn. the society devotee, according
| to her own idea of the part which for
| tunately is not of the stereotyped va
riety. She gave a portrayal which was
thoughtful. studied and quite out of the
ordinary. Louise Macintosh gave a sym
| pathetic reading of the role OF Mrs Ruth
Winthrop and repeated the favorable i'm
| preston which she created earlier in the
season in similar roles Violet Kimball
| plays Edith, the blind girl. Matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.
Chase's-'A Trip to Cbinntown.D
When the .:.te Charles Hoyt framed the
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