The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-04

theaters this week Mrs Leslie Carter
came to the Lyric in a play by Rupert
Hughes called 1.-TWO Women" Willie COL
lier began an engagement at the Comedy
In 'T'll Be Hanged If / Do" and at the
Knickerbocker julia Nelson and Fred
Terry we're seen In Henry OF Navarro"
for the first time here Henry OF Ma
yarre" is a romantic drama In four acts
by William Deyereaux. II deals with the
love AFFAIRS of Marguerite de Valois and
Henry Of Navarro and of the intrigues
in which Catherine de Medici and King
Charles figured extensively. Mr.. Terry
acts the title role with spirit and again
shows he is an artist of ability Miss
Nelson is charming as Marguerite AMI
plays the part with distinction.
I'm BE Hanged II / Do" is a farce in
which Willie Collier is the whole show,
with a little doing for the other members
or the cast. As matter of fact it is a
Collier monologue with Willie In the CEN
ter OF the stage and in the limelight from
start TO finish. Mr.. Collier, as usual, was
very funny. He was assisted % by sew
eral members OF the Collier family.
Two Women IN which Mrs Carter
began her engagement at the Lyric Thea
ter Tuesday night, is a tedious, long wind
ed problem play In the big scenes Mrs
Carriers work is fine, but not altogether
convincing David Belascos expert guild
ing hand is sadly missing A swagger
audience that included men and women
prominent in the business and social life
n Or
and seemed TO enjoy IT,
For Commander Walk" a comedy
without a plot" by Louis n. Parker.
Liebler & Co. have engaged a remarkable
cast OF London fayorites. A play dealing
with phase Of life distinctly English
cannot be intrusted to any but Eng
lish actors. and the achievements of sew
erai 10 be imported stamp them of stellar
caliber. Three OF the principals have ap-
peared In America before. They are
George Giddens. the best OF English
Iouchstones, who played with w. II.
Crane and Ellis Jeffreys in the company
that toured the United States a few
seasons ago; Yorke Stephens, who shared
leading business at Days Theater with
John Drew thirty years ago, and Sybil
Carlisle. who was William GIllette's lead
ing womaB in ''The Admirable Crichton. 3"
Besides these there Will be Lennox Pawie
Winifred Fraser, Godfrey Douglas. and
7. Wigney Percival, who used TO be with
Wilson Barrett. and is part author OF
Sunday" In which Ethel Barrymore ap-
peared
May Twins introduction of one old
song in Getting a Polish" is so pop
ular move with the audiences at Wal
lacks Theater that she has decided TO
mix ''new-Old" one every night with
the modern melodies she sings. In adj
dition 10 her new songs, Miss Irwin will
revive When You Amt Got No Money
You Needn't Come Around" Frog
Song" You're Scared" Mr.. Johnson,
Turn Me Loose" and Sweet Genevieve. %
A. Conan Doyles "Speckled Band" is a
shaky melOdrama and is one OF the
old-fashioned type where the villain can
not be mistaken for anything else. It's
this way: doctor has a venomous
snake by means OF which he kills a
step-daughter, but in his design against
her sister is frustrated by Sherlock
Holmes. Charles Millward plays the part
| Of Sherlock Holmes with skill Irene
Fenwick. a beautiful young woman. II
ever there was one. is the prosecuted
heroine. Critics may scoff. but this par
/ ticular Sherlock Holmes is a fine melo-
drama. even II it is shaky.
| To MI the gap between the date orig
inally set for the premiere OF Mascagnfs
! ''YsObel' at the New Theater and the
new date. deferred because of the III
ness or the composer, the Bessie Abott
/ Opera Company will undertake a tour OF
the South in Puccini's operas La Bo-
heme" and Madam Butterfly" The
part of Mimi in La BOheme" was Miss
AbOtt's most successful role. both at the
National Opera in Paris and at the Met
ropolitan Opera House here. The tour
viii take in fifteen cities, several of
them in Texas. BY January I the en-
tire organization OF 80 artists will be
back in New York to resume prepare
tons for the production Of ''Ysobel
Although The Nest Egg" in which
Zelda Sears is appearing at the Bijou
Theater, is a cold storage product. il Is
not stale as might be supposed by any
body who had not seen IT, It is as fresh
as new-mOwn hay. and full OF healthy
| laughs. If il does not attract large au-
diences yours truly has lost her grip as
a prophet Miss Sears. as an old maid
with a fad for chickens, is a delight,
and in every scene has her audience con
vulsed with laughter Her role is some
thing ike Abigail Prue in The County
| Fair but not so broad. and not In the
least vulgar Anne Caldwell. the author,
/ is 10 be cnngratulated-so may be Miss
Sears. for they have nest egg that will
hatch for them many golden dollars.
Since the first performance the theater
has been packed from orchestra to gal
lery nightly
Lulu CHASER has scored a hit in THE
Girl and the Kaiser at the Herald
Square Theater, where she will probably
stay for many weeks to come. The music
Of the piece Is capitally sung by the prin-
cipals and a large and gingery chorus.
In the first act there is gypsy dance so
lively that il has to be repeated over and