The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-30

THEATRES


"The Wolf" touring the country
under the direction of San and Lee
Shubert, Eugene Walters great play
of life in the Canadian Hudson Bay
country, is announced for presenta-
ton in this city New Years matinee
and night at the Grand with all its
trappings. stage accessories, elabor-
ate scenery and light effects, precise
ly the same as seen in New York
and Chicago.
Mr. Alan Dale, the celebrated writ
er on the New York American, said
in the issue of that paper of April
goth:
Let me say right here. without
further parley. that in The Wolf
Mr.. Eugene Walter has most assured
Iy confirmed impression that
he is a find His. second play is a
melodrama, vivid but primitive, Wit
al but unfledged. 1t is direct, terse,
capitally written. sincere and free
from conventional hapdoodle.
The Wolf hit the frst-nighters
inspte of ali. This was an achieve
ment 1t was a great feat. 1t proved
beyond preadventure of doubt that
young Mr.. Walter is made of the
right dramatic stuff.
when one recalls this young play
wrights own admission that, just be-
fore the production of Paid in Full
he was sleeping in the parks, and
struggling for the right to nourish
his poor outward shell, one cannot
help applauding the fine hand of ct
ernal justice Everybody comes to
him who waits" Is apparently correct
1t is q nice and consolng thing to
believe in.
Apparently Mr.. Walter has not
seen many plays, and therefore
doesn't kTow how managers, act
ors and claque expect them to be
done. He does them his own way,
which is a mighty good thing to do.
Whatever may be the fate of The
WOLF 1t has been proven Mr. Wal
ter's right to be looked upon as per-
haps the only serious dramatic pro-
position that this season has set forth
we may think ourselves lucky. He
will give us a good play"
The vogue of bright and brilliant
conversation in the drama will never
become extinct. The scintlllant grip,
Jest, bonmot or arrow OF repartee Is
always admirable although some
times overwhelmed and forgotten by
the overpowering appeal and strength
of some particular dramatic NOM
ent
Since Arthur Wing Pinero, Henry
Arthur Jones, Sydney Grundy and
the late deceased author of Lady
Wlndermer's Fan" and "a Woman
Of no Importance" stopped writing
fashionable drawing room comedies.
ther has been a lamentable dearth
of this theatrical relish. The only au-
thor who at present looms upon the
dramatic horizon in pleasing dimen-
sions as a writer of light, airy, bril-
liant persiflage and sustained con-
versation of the high class variety is
Mr.. Somerset Vaughan, whose clev-
er comedy dramas have all been cor
rallied by Mr.. Charles Frohman.
Not so very long ago in London
Mrs. Pat Campbell produced a SER
ious society drama called "The Dav-
entrys" that caused no end of COM
mnet, and the theatregoers and crit
les became reminiscent of the Eng |
lish salon days. This drama is now
in America Mr. Paul r., Liebler hav-
ing acquired rlhgts for this country |
have written Of It, pronounced one of
Mr. Leibler has rechristened 1t "Justl-
fication," Although the program
name of the author is Frank Harris,
L is now known that there aint no
such person" The mystery of the
is still unsolved, but there
S general belief that the respon-
ibllity of its remarkably clever dial
ogue and epigramatic rests with
he late Oscar Wilde. The whole
)lay Is resplendent with a wealth of
conversation and repair
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