Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-14
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Mrs. Fiske Delights Large Audience
With "The New York Idea"

| What was undoubtedly the greatest
| theatrical event that has ever been
offered Marshalltown audience was
| the appearance a the Odeon Monday
night of Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan
company in Mrs. Fiske's latest success,
The New York Idea" Mr.. Harrison
] Grey Fiske's presentation of his tai
ented wife is distinctive in the fact that
Mrs F'iske seldom goes out of New
York, and when she does is secured for
only the larger cities. A coast trip
made her Marshalltown appearance a
possibility, and of the four bookings In
the state but one other city. Council
Bluffs, can have the same elaborate
production as was given here Monday
night.
|. 1t is seldom that city the size of
Marshalltown can boast of having one
of the foremost stars of the country
and a strictly New York cast, selected
especially for a production, brought TO
its very doors, and Mrs. F'iske could
not have possibly been disappointed in
the interest manifested in her produce
ton She played before a brilliant au-
dience that filled the theater practically
to It's capacity
Langdon MitchelPs latest play for
Mrs. Fiske differs materially from 9TH
er successes in which the same author
has provided, and in some ways it is
probably not as popular "The New
York Idea is constructed along some
what peculiar lines, and must be ac-
cepted for just what 1t is intended
satire on the divorce problem. In this
Mr.. Mitchell has defined in detail many
complex situations, portraying them by
ingenious skill and imagination. The
dialogue is brisk in the extreme, the
situations constantly changing with
rapidity that must be followed closely
in order to be fully comprehended.
Mrs. Fishes character, to which she
does ample justice, is that of Mrs.
Cynthia karslake. one of the Divorces,
who is about to wed Judge who has
divorced his wife. She married for
love the first time, became angry after
a cruise of seven months on the mat
rimonial sea, and decided on second
venture to secure a home. She de-
cides at the very altar not to wed,
and finally joins her first love, who
thru investigations at law, discovers
that her decree was not valid, and
that she is still his wife. All. of,course
ends happily, despite the innumerable
complications that arise
Mrs. Fiske's company Is all that
could be asked in the way of support
that Is fiawless. Especially strong
are Mr.. John Mason. in the leading
male role, John Karslake. the divorced
husband of Cynthia: Mr.. George Ar
liss.. as Sir Wilfrid Gates Darby, Mr..
Charles Harbury. as Philip Phillmore
the judge whom she is engaged to
wed; and Miss Marion Lea, as Mrs
Vida Phillimore, the divorced wife of
Phillip Phillimore
Three gorgeous settings were shown
during the Interpretation of the scenes
incident to- the play, and the costumes
worn by the women Of the cast, es-
1pecially Mrs. F'iske apd Miss Lea, won
the admiration of the entire feminine
representation in the audience.
The company went to Des Moines
today. appearing there in the old Mir
ror theater. where it will be impossible
to arrange the stage effects carried for
the complete production Mrs. Fiske
appears in nothing but theaters that
are outside Of the trust. and at Sioux