Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02


lance that We part with our
merryInakers. however We may synlpl
thizc in their ambitions TO leave some
serious imprint on tho thought Of their
generation. 1t is true, William FaNef-
sham was never a hoist erously comic
parsonage. His work in Lord and Lady
Algy.'' which was regarded as the cul-
mination of his career, had the note OF
warm human sympathy which redeemed
1t from association with characters OF
pure farce The best that seemed posi-
be for Mr. Faversham at that time Was
10 find another play good Lord
and Lady Alsy,'' and i'll the same veil.
lie was an accepted matinee idol whose
enunciation charmed with its hint Of
exotic culture and the cut of whose
clothes was something To be considered
in criticism of his performance. Like
other successful men he has been CON
tent to accept the popular estimate with
out protest. He has labored faithfully to
win the confidence of the public in his
higher powers, without antagonizing his
audiences 10y amy walls Of disappointed
ambition.
In "Hcrod' AIR Favcrshan arrives"
completely and at a single step. His We
~
pathy as Wei as dramatic technique, for
Stephen Phillips has woven story
which blends suhtlctics OF thought and
yraccs of expression with !, plot that
yca1s d keen perez ptiuu for situation AMI
climax. lie Is both the artist and the
architect. competent 10 cInbellish to the
finest details the structure his imag ina
ton has fashioned in proportions Of mas
siVc grandeur
Report had been most favorable con
corning the enactment Of Julia opp of
the part Of Marianne scarcely less i'm
portant than the title role. Yet the me
irnpresSiveness of the performance was a
surprise even TO her WarmcSt admirers.
Metropolitan comment on PLAYS and play
CrS is sometimes distinguished bX
spirit of generosity which is not shared
Ivy the ultimate consumer il other cities.
occasionally il has ir"cn = sad experience
pass from tho gladsurle excerpts from
print, framed by living managerial hands
and placed on view in tho lobby, to the
actual performance inside. Better have
remained at tile door, with the press
notices In this instance the triumph
had not been rnagnitied. Miss Ops per
fornanc. is 4 surprise. because it IS ono
adaptability to such 4 role. would have
been capable. Tire. representation entities
her to be considered not merely Il good
actress, but great one
With both Mr. FayerSham and Miss
opp thus established classic heights
there is small hope that either will re-
turn to the more or less mirthful veins
of interest with which they have been
identified They have passed the roInping
youth of Their artistic careers, and a.
though the public must approve their
read ness for higher responsibilities, it
will scarcely say ''good-byc to the light
ness and laughter without touch of re-
gret The world loves its comedians
somewhat as children are loved, and
would keep them i'll curls and pima
fores forever. if it could.
No new impressions were contributed
by the other productions Of the week
The Travelling Salesman" competentiy
readjusted. proved q highly entertaining
picture of life among knights of the
grip" II is entitled to take rank the
best drummer play since sam of
Posen'' Paid in Full' repeated it's claims
TO consideration as an enduring success.
PIIILANDER JOHNSON.
FRANK DANIELS IN '1IAMLET.''-
y genuine comedy of errors was enacted
at Days Theater. New York. one day
last week.
Mr.. Sotf.ern and Miss Marlowe had
called for rehearsal the members Of their
large Shakespearean organization, with
which they open their fifth annual stellar
engagement in this city Monday
niGLt. W nile waiting for tie two Illus
trlous stars, their stage manager de-
cided to utilize the time by gong
the grave scene OF Hamlet" taking UNI
derstuules for Miss MaTlowc and MIR.
Sothern.
Through some error Frank Daniels had
also caued his company for reneaI sal at
the same time. Suddenly upon the i'm
pressivenesS of Hamlet there burst a
strange corps of merry chorus ladies and
lausnter-ioNing comedians, and for the
Hrst time, perhaps, Shakespeare and com
IL opera all of sudden became almGSt
inc &trIcably commingIcd.
Frank Daniels himself then appeared
and hearing the sonorous lines of shake
Speare Were he was expecting merely
the jlngles of The Belle of Brittany
was somewhat surprised. Equal 10 the
occasion, however, lie advanced To Row
land Blackstone, who going through
the part of the first graveuIgger, and Of
Tered 10 give INN d number of valuable
hints as to the proper performance of the
part AIR. Blackstone, always eager for
instruction. consented 10 take the part of
the second gravedigger, and not to be
outdone, the dignified Malcolm Bradley of
the Sothern-MaTlowe corps agreed to en-
act the remains Of Opheha. The result
was bewlldering. Mr.. Daniels, whose re-
membrane Of Shakespeare consisted en-
trely OF the classic lines "A stoup of
vine, what no., and by all the gods
THAT fury ever breathed." whose Shake
spearean authenticity is doubtful at least,
entirely Improvlsed his speeches.
When Mr.. Sothern and Miss MarsoWe
appeared on the scene there burst upon
their vision a fat-faced little gentleman
IN a Scarlet Nestlet appareled in a white
and blacn cleckcred suit. wearing white
SpatS aud an enormous buuttIniere spout
ing imitation Shakespeare Ia Il billiard
oal supposed 10 represent The skull of
poor iorick, with their Gisniiicd Malcolm
bradley lying prone upon the stage and
Kowiy Blackstone fecbly wipinc. the per-
SEPARATION from his brow. cndeavorng to
project a few words in eGgewise
Sacrllege. however. as ii may have been
10 the immortal bard, Frank Daniels had
The wish of his life. lie had appeared
with Sothern ana Mariowe in a Shake
spearean production.
HOW He MADE HIS MONEY john
9. Sparks, who appears in the role OF AL
derman Jim Phelan in 1.-THE Man Of the
Hour, IS resident OF Philadelphia,
where lie and the other members of his
family have, resided for wears Sow.