The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
THEATRICAL REVIEW
BY Elise Latnrop.

the tide at flood and seems to be safe
ily embarked upon the golden sea O
success Mr.. William Hodges Fer
Torrance in il is much admired, ana
public interest in the continuance OF
the play bids fair to endure.
At the Belasco Theatre the play
called THE Devil" continues to please
an unfastidious public taste oy its
story OF a preternatUral prOmptinZ
| to vice and crime. Mr.. George Ar
liss's clever performance of the prin
cipal part in it has been mainly in
strUmental in promoting its popularity
This drama is current in many Ol4Ccs
and an effort has been made, because
of that currency, to establish belief
that it has aroused national interest
The play is not protected by cop light
and. accordingly. il can be seized by
any INSCRIPTIONS theatrical manager
who wishes to present it; and there
are many who have been willing TO
present it for the sake of possible
profit from a widely advertised new
piece that cost nothing for use
Mr. Thomas Wise, Mr.. Douglas Fair
banks, and their professional realiClc
acting in the play called A Gentle
man from Mississippi, are giving
pleasure to considerable audiences at
the Bijou Theatre, and are proving
what indeed requires no proof-that
earnest, faithful. intelligent endeavor.
in the art of acting, even in play OF
common order, is potent TO attract
and retain the public favor.
Golden opinions have been won,
alike from the public and the press,
by THE Golden Butterfly, and Miss
Grace Van StuddifOrd and her asso-
ciates, who are sporting and warbling
in that tuneful play, at the Broadway
Theatre, provide innocent qualification
for many persons.
At the Casino, as at several other
theatres. the reign of nonsense en-
dures. and numerous smiling deniZens
Of The Kingdom of folly hail with de-
lighted plaudits the mirthful sovereign
" Of the monarch of fun. The extern
'sive prevalence of musical farce is
not an suspicious indication of pros
perity for the art of acting or for the
growth and prevalent authority of dis
eliminating public taste; but it is
cheering to observe that, at the popu-
lar Casino and elsewhere, the quality
OF the prevalent musical farce is, for
the most part, creditable and copl-
mendable. "Marcelle", with Miss
Louise Cunning in its leading part,
has been enjoyed by many audiences
and no doubt ii will be enjoyed by
many more.
Mr. Favershams victory. gained in
THE World and His Wife" at Days
Theatre. is decisive. The play is in
teresting, cumulative in action, and
freighted with salutary significance.
without being preachy, and it is we'll
acted in several of its subsidiary parts
as well as in its principal one
At the mpire theatre Mr.. Drew,
acting in Mr.. w. S. Haugham'S play
of Jack Straw" retains his hold on
the public favor. The plays of Mr.
are not exceptionally admirable, since
they lack felicity of construction and
sometimes refinement of taste; but
they are agreeable. and they serve a
useful purpose. Mr.. Drew is. OF
course. easily equal to all the require
ments of his present part, and his
clever assumption of it has added an
other to the long line of his facile tri-
umphs in nOnchalant character.
This was the last week of the career
of The MOllusc" at the Garrick The
atre. Mr.. Joseph Coyne' and Miss
Alexandra Carlisle, who are acting the
principal parts in it, will return to
England, and the play will be taken
10 other cities, with Miss May Irwin
in the part now performed by Miss
Carlisle
That excellent musical farce, Three
Twins" is filling the Herald Square
Theatre every night. The indications
are that it will occupy this stage until
long after the holiday season.
The brittle. artificial. snowy colo
guy of Lady Frederick" and the per
sonal popularity of Miss Ethel Barry
more, who plays the principal part III
it. have carried that piece. at the Hud-
son Theatre. and no intention To
change the bill there has been init
mated.
The musical play of THE Girls of
Gottenburg" is approaching the end
of its allotted time at the Knicker-
booker Theatre. 1t will be acted there
for only one week more. It is a merry
play, and the merriment of it is en-
HANGED by Jealous participants in its
representation. On Nov. 80 FRITZ
Scheff will begin an engagement at
that playhouse in the comic opera OF
The Prima Donna
The melodrama called Via Wire
less, which was produced at the Lib
erty Theatre, on Nov 3. has attracted
attention. because of it's
scenery and mechanical effects, and it
to have entered on a pros
porous run
Mr. Armstrong; play of "Blue
Grass, produced at the Majestic
Theatre, last week, has been eagerly
accepted by good audiences. and it's
there seems to be as