Evening journal., 1908-02-12
THEATRICAL
Inn Mnmin Rona.p

Arnold DAILY, IN his new play, My
Mamie Rose" scored a decided success
last night at the Grand opera House.
Il is a play well worth seeing, but |
some will deny that it was elevating |
However, unless signs fail. Il will find [
"a place upon the stage and by the ex-
cellence Of the story and the superior /
ity of its naturalness OF diction bring
response from any discriminating aud |
fence. Play and players alike score, 7
and while Il may be that the triumph
was with the actors Il was none the |
less certain that the drama was de-
serving the respectful hearing that the
Interpretation demanded. owen Kill
dare and Walter Hackett the authors.
have given the stage another really
vital play, but II Is melo-dramatic, pure
and simple, but on the clean cut kind.
II savors somewhat OF THE Straight
Road" only IN this case the one re-
deemed was a man. The vital subject
Of the drama Is commendable, for. in
all plays that grip attention and that
bring about discussion, Il deals with the
redemption Of a thug q thief, a Bowery
tough from his life OF sin and villiany
by a woman. She reclaims him from
the vassals Of bondage. uplifting him
10 q level almost equal TO her own,
land having placed him upon a pedes-
tai he falls on again, and all through
a lie he tells TO save a pal from cap
ture by the police my Mamie Rose
Is a iVis-named play II should be call
ed up From the Depths" OF THE Re-
dempton." The drama is soul study,
and shows the struggle Of noble
woman, who, 20 bring a simple living
faith and a little learning into the
heart OF a brute almost disenobles her
very self by the absorption Of her task,
and the struggle Of this brute against
fate and depravity after he has looked
into the eyes Of woman and sees for
the first time pity, sincerity and trust
Arnold Dav was the hrute-Owen Con-
way; Chrystal Herne-Marie Deering,
the woman When they meet In Chic
Tory Hall. the headquarters Of Conway's
gang where she comes 10 reclaim her
lpocketbook snatched from her hand by
one OF the gang She rs confronted by
some OF her friends who have been out
stunning" II. One Of the men in
, the part, Arthur Ames-Holbrook Blinn,
gets little too fresh to suit the gang,
land they decide to detain him and rob
him, when Miss Derring, the settle
ment worker. interposes. She conquers
> Conway by a mere look, and secures
his release much 10 the gangs chagrin.
The reclamation begins then and there.
The man awakens to a realization that
Their IS something really higher I'm life
and he decided TO cast his old associa-
? tions aside for the better Here he
( faces the real struggle when he decides
to cast off Nellie-Helen Ware his
girl, who thinks OF nothing but her
! lover for whom she would do and die
J from whom she has taken nothing but
! bims and cuffs Tue parting scene was
( as perfect piece Of acting seen on the
, Opera House stage for a long while
3 and many IN the audience dried theii
! eyes. In this scene Miss Ware was
superb, and she swayed the entire
audience by her emotional intensity
! n was perfect example Of the effective
e ness Of repression in dramatic express
: sion.
e In the second act teachers and pupil orr
4 at work on the simple rpdiments OF learn
e inestIrnr tflphabet and the bord's Prayer
IT The dialogue OF this act was inspiring
but the most powerful work Of the pla
ia Is seen IN the third act which was 70
Z plete with vivid action and splendid stu
J. atlons The scene between Mr.. DAILY an
Miss Herne when she discovers the u
he tells 10 save his pal. was intense, bu
2 not more notably than the scene betweel
MT DAILY and Mr.. Blinn. where the latter
+, Jealous Of the attention given Conway b!
4 Miss Derrlng with whom he Is in love
Q warns him Of the danger a man mus
. inevitably face when he assumes TO recas
Z his life so that he can reach to that hei'
by the woman above him socially an
. innuentially. In this scene Mr.. DAILY wa
at his best. Through a slight mlsunder
standing Conway decides to return q
e his former haunts despite his regenera
Z ton. Miss Deering is heart broken. Tn
d last act takes place In a Montana minin
camp where Conday and Ames are a
:, work. Miss Derring visits the camp an
= meets her former pupil unexpectedly
'e His regeneration Is now complete. He
= a man every inch Of him. But conwa
n cannot understand why she Is so inter
e ested in him, and she declares that som
d men never do understand Conway coul
y not be blamed for his ignorance. Wa
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