Arizona republican., 1909-12-16
DAVID WAKEFIELD AND
 THE MUSIC MASTER
The Greatest Emotional Drama ot the Decade Was Prc5entc1 at the
 Eiks' Thcater Last Night.

IL can be said without exaSEeration that no play written during the last decade is possessed of such heart gripping qualities as The Music Mas fer written by Charles Klein and acted by David Warfield at he Elks' theater last night This single play has been so success fiI that NIT. Warfield could doubtless continue playing it for the rest of his life if he were disposed to limit his tai ents to a single dramatic vehicle. In fact. every play that this genius of the stage has attempted. has been so popu- Iarlv received that his repertoire to- day. after nearly ten years of legitlm- ate drama. consists of but two plays. ..Tbe Music Master and the Grand Army Man" The Austioneer," which was Warfield's transitional medium from comedy to pathos. can hardly be considered in his repertoire, as he no longe" plays it.
 MT. Warfield and his company were booked for matinee at the Elks- The Companv came here from Dallas, Tex, and on their way played Fl Paso. They were / Lave played Tucson also, but . Fl te,t< miles out of Dallas the train Was delayed by wreck on the Texas and Pacific. They lost six hours Tn this manner and the next day near Tavah a freight wreck ahead caused another delay Of eight hours This made them too late for the Fl Paso cn- gagcment of last Monday
 They decided to play Fl Paso Tues day and consequently found it incum- bent to skip either Tucson or Phoenix Melville Stoltz Mir Warfield's man. acer. decided to drop Tucson and noti- fled Manager Drachman of the Tue son opera house to that effect NIT Drachman was fully alive to the possi' biities of the case. He figured up hi' prospective profits hastily and theI obtained the assistance of a constable and went to the train when it pulled III in Tucson. He presented his hlh t' NJ Stoltz with the request that War field either play Tucson or paymen he made. StoItz did not hesitate but passed over S36o and the tran MS then allowed to proceed towar' Phoenix.
 Even hv skipping Tucson the delay was so great that it was impossible r" ZVarfieId to keep his matinee engage nlpr+. i Stoltz wired the manager Q the Elks' thcater that the perform an,e would be he'd in the evening in stead.
 To return to the play. Every sea in the theater was oCcupied-on graduated scale of three per for thos in the orchestra-when the curtail rose on the first act The scene is New York boarding house of the shab bv sort down on the East Slde-ious ton street. to be exact (which is no pronounced as though it were cit in Texas or a famous general Tn old prints on the walls with thci faded gilt frames. the delapidated fur niture and antique grate are essential of all such boarding houses. In thi room the action of the first part q the play takes place.
 So cleverv is the play constructe and acted that one almost feels lik an eavesdropper looking in on the live of the poverty stricken musicians wh do their best to take a bright view ( life under narrowing poverty. In
 sense it is not play: it is glimps of the real lives of people with all tn uninteresting details left out.
 The real action of the play begin with tho visit of Helen stanton, th Music Masters daughter. When sf enters the room he is looking at tf portrait of her mother. which he holt in his hands. she was taken frol him when child by d man who alier atad the affections of the mothe Warfield sees the resemblance at ono and from this moment to the tin when he finds the old doll with or eve gone there is always a suspicion his mind that this girl is his daugl ter When he finds the doll he
 sure of it.
 Perhaps there is no more delicio' bit in the whole drama than the mus lesson which terminates with Il D.usiNZ saster discovering the ident ty of the girl. There is no actor
 America today whose power of repre- sion is as great as Warfield's. His a is beyond analysis and just how makes one feel the tremendous emoti' tion without really giving eXpressi' to t is beyond the ken of the critic