The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-13

ity and OF the most attentive demeanor-
They are now talking Of sending out
second company Shea0ed by A1l1ur
Lewis as Marchbanks. He played Os-
wald with Mary Shaw in Ghosts last
Mr., Da1v has acquired the rights TO
ala the George Bernard Shaw plays, ana
il IS an interesting fact that George
Minchei Smith, VINO IS associated viii
him in the business end OF the venture,
IS the actor who up 70 a snort time
ago was playing Joseph. the naI pOr-
ter of the Flacton Hotel. in The tIlrl
candida has stin the same superb
cast as when I saw II on Its nrsC
American performance that December
afternoon at the Princess I could Wish'
however, that the others would learn 70
follow Mr. Days and Miss DOnreiIy5
example and adjust their voices to the
smaller dimensions OF the vaudeville
Herbert Standing (the Mr. Burgess)
rOars in a manner that plays havoc
with ones ear drums In the tiny mouse
I should except Miss Louise Closer,
too, whose performance OF the typls-,
ProSsy. is perhaps the most thoroughly
satisfying of any IN the cast Miss
Closer was raised in that hOtbed OF
genius. Indiana. having passed her girl
hood in Indianapolis. She does not
come of theatrical folk. althougS she
is now married to the well known ACTOR,
Walter Hale, who created the Villain II
Arizona and her nrSt tnesDlan anort
was an amateur rendering OF Lady
Macbeth in the ballroom Of eX-PreSident
HarrisOn's mansion.
She went on the regular stage about
ten years ago, and conceived great
fondness for pantomimes, her Pierrot
making quite a hit. Then she went with
Chauncey Olcott for while to do emo
tiOual work
Mr.. Shaw's one-act play. "The Man
of Destiny which has been added to
Candida IS an afterpiece, is disap-
pointing by contrast, being far more
conventional in treatment; and where
il is not conventional IL verges too much
on the burlesque % seem. really con-
Vincing. Mr. Days Napoleon. too is
more noise and blusters than power, and
the piece drass terribly in spots. Dor
OthV DOHneLy Is pretty good as the
Mill OF candida. gets neatly into the
skin OF the STUPID heutenant's role Mr.
Lawford IS an English player, seen IN
New York last season VITA Amelia
Bingham as the Oxford man in The
F'Ti,sky Mrs rs, johnson, -.
Irishman, which accounts for his speech
in THE Man of Destiny severely ar
raigning the English. he was born in
Dublin in 1S66-Dubhn, the city where
I the, purest English in the world IS
dependent in dress IhGt it has been
said he would so TO the opera in a fan
As TO his other eccentricities. a London
paper once printed 4 picture OF him
standing by the roadside on crutches.
touching his fOrelOck with one hand
and holding ont his hat TO the DaSsers-
bv with the other And the picture was
/ labelled Mr. George Bernard Shaw
supporting himself in the intervals Of
Dlay-writing.
Mr. Shaw's work is no stranger to the
/ American boards. Richard Mansfield
brought out his Arms and the Man"
otherwise known as The Chocolate
Cream Soldier. some nine years ago.
and delighted the select few with its
delicate satire, but failed TO win the
general public He was more success
ftl a season or TWO later with The
Devils Disciple. the scene OF which
was laid in Puritan America.
A later play OF Nj Shaw's, which
Arnold DAILY win probably give US next
season is You Never Can Tell" an
odd AFFAIR which first saw the light in
London In 1900. The title refers TO tie
I consequence of tbs coming together
voluntary separation of eighteea years.
An impecuniOus dentist and sel extra
ordinary waiter are among the notable
| characters concerned in the piece.