The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
ACTORS WHO'S WHO.

Finero specially chose Galway Herbert
+ 70 play all the Juvenile comedy parts in
his plays and for i've seasons with
Charles Wynham in London Mr. Herbert
continued 10 amuse John Bulls plavcoers-
In Canada he is best known as the Charlie
Of Charles Aunt He first came 10
America to act with Nat Goodwin in
Beauty and the Barge and was early
this season in The Squaw Man from
which he was specially released at Henry
Miller's request 10 create the Cockney
servant part in The Servant in the
House"
There are five ladies in John Drew's
company. al OF whose claims to being
widely known are well founded. Miss
Billie" Burke has made an immediate
impression by her beauty and art: Miss
Dorothy Tenant whose pictures adorned
all the magazines two years ago. when
she created and played Jane Witherspoon
in The College Widow Miss Ida Gree
ley Smith. a granddaughter of Horace
Greeley and sister Of the weII-known
writer Miss NixOla Greeley Smith. Mrs.
hate PattisOn Selten, and Miss Hope
Latham. the last TWO being actresses Of
"ell-established fame, won BY splendid
WORK IN the support of some OF the great
stars on the American stage
The name Of Charles Dalton inevitably
recalls The Signs OF the Cross that
very popular play in which he enacted
Tor thousand times the part OF thar
! heroic Christian Of the Rome OF Nero.
Marcus Superbus. Later he also starred
In The Helmet Of Navarro. as the dash
ing Etienne de Mar. With Nance O-NeW
he played Macbeth. Essex. Armande Du-
val. Brsck in 'dedda GabIer." the pastor
in 'Magda." and George in The Fires o.
St John He created the principal male
role in James BAILEY Aldrich's Judith OF
Bethulea' When Margaret Anglin srs.
produced The Great Divide" Mr. Dalton
played Henry Miller's present role OF tba
Western hero. Steven Client In .sT-s
Servant in the House" he plays one OF the
three brothers with Tyrone Power ana
Walter HampdeE.
The preservation of his youthful an
pearance is one Of the remarkable things
about John Drew. who viii be in Wash
ington this week. Mr Drew preserves
his youthful appearance. beth on and or
the stage In a striking manner. He has
been acting for thirty-ive years. and
all that time has been under but
managers-h!s mother. the late Augu- 4
DAILY. and Charles FrOhman. The secret
Of his buoyancy and vitality he attributes
20 the fact that he has never worried him
self with the details % management.
When an actor. he says. goes on the stage
and is engaged in interpreting his role he
has no time % count the number Of per
a-.
amount of money in the box Office. When
so doing he IS making drafts on his nerv-
Gus system which VIII eventually hank
rupt him. His whole energy and artentio.
should be directed toward the proper por-
trayal Of the character in hand When
the curtain falls his mind then reverts 10
the social occupations in which other nan
and women. not on the stage. indulge ard
which keep the mind fresh and elastic
John DreW's motto IS no managerial
cares FOR me" and Il may be set down
as a sane and satisfactory one.
Edith Wynne Matthison won her faus
in America in q unique way. As one Of
Ben Greet's unnamed players she
achieved an anonymous success as --Ev-
eryman' In that quaint medieval nor
atty play which compelled her identity
10 be revealed. William Winter. the dean
OF American critics. first made public her
name in a wonderful eulogy Of her art.
Later on she confirmed the deep impress
sion Of her portrayal Of "Evervmq7v bv
the brilliancy and charm OF her Shakes
pearean impersonations Of Rosalind and
Viola She was The RosaIind in the mem
oraole open-air production OF As You
Like It az the Columbia College when
Robert Lorraine was the Orlando. Charles
Ram Kennedy. the author OF The SER
ant I'm the House" in which she is this
week 10 De seen az the Belasco Thearer.
has been her husband since the begin
nlng OF her stage career and PLAYED with
ner ID all those productions Of four sea-
sons ago. Since leaving for England aft
er those triumphs here Miss Nattbison
has added three Shakespearean roles 10
her repertoire. playing Amelia in the all
star cast Of "OthellO" n London and
both Beatrice and juliet In Stratford-o1-
Avon festivals She supported the late
Sir Henry Irving up 20 the very night OF
his death. and was chosen by Prof Gil
bert Murray for his classical dramatic
series in English translation in London
recently. Despite her achievements 10
date. she is stiu a very young woman.
with her real future bright with untold
promise.
Walter Hampden. who has made such A
mark for himself on the London stage
and who has so distinguished himself
before American playgOers as leading
man with Viola Allen and Ala Nazimova.
was one Of the first actors selected bv
Henry Miller for the virtually aIl-star
cast Of The Servant in the House. a
cast which IS 70 be permanently cortin-
ued as Henry 8Iiller's Associate Players
for the presentation Of high-class drama
OF the nobler kind. Abroad the reputa-
ton Of Mr. Hampden is a most brilliant
one. for this Still young actor has won
notable laurels in a number Of Shakes
peareans PLAYS. particularly as ObeTOn IN
A Midsummer Nights Dream" as the
duke in Measure for Measure and as
Romeo and Hamlet When H 3. Irving
was recently taken III in London Afr.
Hampden was specially engaged 20 act
his substitute as the Danish prince
Otho Stuart chose him out OF all the
young English actors 10 create the part
of Andrea in 'The Prayer Of the Sword.
written by James Pagan. whose Gloria
is now being PLAYED BY Julis Msrlowc.
When Maelerlincks "Aglavaine and Sely-
SetIe' was given its remarkable presen-
tation at the Court Theater Mr. Hamp-
den enacted the principal male role, as
be also did IN Besier's curious Greek
modelled experiment The Virgin God
dess. which caused So much discussion
abroad His artistic triumphs have not
untitled him for the more popular melO-
drama. as witness his occasional in Hall
Gaines PLAYS as the hero IN both The