The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
CAREW MAKES
HIT IN LONDON
American Actor Takes Yam
kee Parts in English Plays
and Earns Great Praise
Special Dispatch to The Call

LONDON. April 2-"For this relief
much thanks" American playgoers in
London would like to say to Maxine FL
lott. or rather TO the business managers
of that actress. For, thanks to her, or
them, as the Gaze may be, we have had
the qualification for a while Of seeing
American parts in London plays acted in
& realistic and vigorous instead Of unreal
and grotesque fashion, and that is more
than little to be grateful for.
The actor whose performances have thus
given relief to his fellow countrymen in
the metropolis is James Carew, formerly
Of Maxine ElliOtts company in Her Own
Way" and one is reminded Of the yeoman
service that he has done here by the an
nOuncement that he is going to play the
part of Captain Stephens. L. S. N, in
Bernard Shaws play, Captain Brass
bounds Conversion" which is 10 be re-
Nived at the Court. In the hands of an
English actor this character might be gro
tesque enough; in those Of Mr.. Carew it is
sure 10 be-well, American. at any rate.
And this il IS that is apt TO make one
rage inwardly when watching a British
player trying to speak with an American
accent, guessing and calculating and
wearing supposedly transatlantic dress,
that he not only is absurd and offensive.
but absolutely unlike any American that
Glll one ever saw or HeaIQ OF.
WINS GREAT PRAISE.
Hence the real satisfaction that has
been derived from seeing Carew in the
several American parts which he has ere
ated in London since he came over here
with Maxine Elliott last season and
played Ehe unsuccessful lover in Her
Own Way" His performance then at
tracted a good deal of attention, and as
soon as the run OF Her Own Way was
over Carew was engaged to play the part
of the American speculator in Robert V.
HarcOurts piece, An Angel Unawares, -
which, however, was a complete failure.
And now q word for George Bernard
Shaw The part, of Hector Malone, the
young American in Man and Superman, -
was a comparatively small one, and most
playwrights would probably have given it
10 an English actor, but not Shaw. He
promptly engaged Canew for the part. and
the sure-enOugh Yankees performance
was one OF the most memorable in the
English production of the piece. OF late it
IS true Carew has been playing the part
Of a Britisher-Or rather cosmopolitan
81 Michael Morton's Little Stranger, -
but he win come back into his own again
shortly when Captain Brassbound'
comes on at the Court. and can be de-
pended upon, one thinks. for a creditabIe
performance of the American part therein.
With one or two brilliant exceptions this
has been a season Of theatrical disap-
pOintments. and the latest Of these has
just been furnished by Brandon Thomas
Thomas. Of course. is the author OF
"Charley's Aunt" and when il was an
nounced several months ago that a new
piece from his pen would be produced by
James Welch a good deal of pleasurable
anticipation was aroused. for il is now
nearly fourteen years since his last piece
Marriage" saw the light of day
NEW PLAY Is RATHER WEAK.
In the interim, Thomas, who is vel
known here as an actor. has been play
ing almost constantly, and one hopes
that no great part Of his leisure time
has been devoted to the construction
OF "A Judges Memory, as his new
play is called. for apart from som.
rather clever lines and situations. il
must be described as an unimportani
and feeble production. Its hero is al
elderly Scotchman who has suffered al
unjust sentence OF five years pena
servitude, and afterward come into !
fortune Meanwhile his son, the appl,
Of his eye, has been brought up in ig