The Washington herald., 1910-08-28

productions were made at the theaters
At the Republic Monday night Mr.. H B
Harris presented Bobby Burnt" with
Wallace Eddinger as the star. The play
IS dramatization by wincAen Smith of
George R. Chester's novel. THE Making
of Bobby Burnt" and has 10 do with a
young man who. UP to the time Of his
fathers death. had shown no business
ability. Upon the death OF his parent he
Is placed in control Of large sum Of
money and a prosperous business. He be-
comes involved in speculation and loses
his fortune. Burnt pere. anticipating this
had placed another fortune IN the hands
Of a trustee-and this trustee, young
woman Is Bobby's fiancee. Finally Bob
by turns on his enemies. shows that he
can make good. and marries the girl trus-
tee. Mr. Eddingsr acted the title role
convincingly. and In the important scenes
was vigorously applauded. Bobby is o. X,
or words to that effect. An important
event Monday night was the return TO
Wailack's Theater Of Mr. II. B. Warner,
who again applied his deft fingers TO the
task OF reOpening the great bank vault
that figures so conspicuously In the last
act OF Alias Jimmy Valentine" Paul
Armstrong; drama. which was first pro-
duced in Wallack's early In last January
and played to capacity audiences until
June. when Liebler & Co. put a stop 10
its run. II Is presumed. therefore. that
the play will have no difficulty in re-
Stunning its popularity and that Mr.. War
ner and his company will remain in town
for some months to come The cast is
practically unchanged.
Charles Frohman has opened a bottle
at the Lyceum Theater. and IL looks as
though he would keep on opening them
at the same old stand for the entire sea-
son. In Mr.. Anstey's Brass Bottle the
incidents happen rapidly and the audience
is kept laughing and guessing az 70 what
may occur next In the book from which
the comedy IS made. young man buys
a brass bottle az auction and opens IT,
only TO release a green Jim, who from
that time on gets him into all sorts OF
trouble IN order to repay his Kindness
for freedom that has come after many
years Of Imprisonment. Edwin Stevens
is the green Jim who appears and dis
appears into the brass bottle. He Is ex-
cellent in the part. which Is extremely
fantastic. Richard Bennett is the young
man who opens the bottle. He brings ont
all the comedy there is In the role. Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen gives fine impersona-
ton OF a professors wife, and Irene Fen
wick Is attractive as the daughter
Another success is The Commuters b"
James Forbes newest comedy now on
view at the Criterion Theater. where II
promises to have a prosperous run. No
matter whether one lives in the suburbs
and Is a commuter or not he or she will
laugh. for the play comes close To re-
Meeting the real thing. The story starts
IN a suburban dining-room. and from the
first TO the final curtain sparlles with
breezy dialogue. One Of the slIrprises
or the performance IS the capital i'm
personation by May de sousa of a CAV
young wife. II shows that this pretty
young woman. who has heretofore an
peared In musical comedy only. can be a !
genuine emotional actress II she so de- |
sires. This play has also introduced TO /
New Workers new comedian. TAYLOR I
Holmes, who IS admirable as the giddv
bachelor friend OF the family. His face |
alone IS his fortune. Orrin Johnson as
the husband, and George Lawrence as
a cook lady. assist materially IN making
THE Commuters" go
The return TO the stage OF Clara Lin
man. who IS appearing in the Hackett
Theater in farce called. The Marriage
Of STAR is a welcome event. Her NAV
Is an adaptation from the French but
in transferring the locale from France
20 New England it has lost some OF its
electric quality. and IS not so lively as
It probably was IN the original. Miss
Lipman has the part OF a French actress.
who comes TO America 20 make her de-
but. She finds in the role fine scope
for the art which she possesses in no
small degree. Her blunders In the use Of
English provoke much laughter. and in |
the serious scenes she IS just as sue
cessful. carrying the main burden OF the |
performance easily The Marriage Of a |
STAR may not DO the best ever. but with /
Miss Lipman as the central figure It is |
good entertainment
The Echo has scored at the Globe |
Theater, and Charles Dillingham; and his /
cohorts are shaking hands with them I
selves every FIVE minutes. AS the piece |
is a musical comedy the story is not i'm !
portant But II Is first-class rapid IRE |
song and dance affair. mostly dance. and |
one Of the fastest shows seen on Broad |
way in many moons. Bessie Mccoy. the /
star. is not much of a singer, but her |
dancing ability cannot be questioned |
That clever ingenue. Mrs. Annie Yea
mans. just as Young and frisky as ever, /
Is also in the cast
party Of newspaper men and mana
gers, including yours truly. journeyed to
Saratoga Tuesday TO see Chauncey Oh |
cott's first performance Of RIda Young's /
new romantic drama, Barry OF Baily- |
more" The play is in three acts and four
scenes, and tells OF Tom Barry. a young /
artist. who, having won fame and a for
tune IN Paris, returns to Ballymore.
County Galway, Ireland. where he meets /
Lady Mary. the daughter Of a Lord Ban
non. Many interesting complications fol-
low. but in the end Tom wins the girl
and they are supposed to live happy ever
after. During the performance Mr.. Oh
colt sang several songs. as only he can
sing them. At the close OF the third
act he was given an ovation by the audi
ence, which included many prominent
New Workers. As a matter OF fact. Il
looked Ike regular first night at one
OF the Broadway theaters Barry OF
Ballymore" is an excellent play, and has
been deliberately staged by Olcotts man.
ager. Augustus Pitou New York will
see II in January
After many announcements and one
postponement Baby Mine" has finally
reached the stage Of Days Theater. At
first W. A. Brady's press agent had II