The Washington herald., 1910-09-04
PROGRAMME AT LOCAL THEATERs.



Evidently unusual Importance is being
attached TO the initial production Of
''The Storm" at the New National The
alter at the special Labor Day matinee
tomorrow afternoon. Thomas w. Ry-
ley, the producer, has learned that both
the heads OF the theatrical syndicate,
I6law and Granger; several managers of
New York theaters. and several of the
metropolitan critics are coming 10 Wash
ington 10 be present at the first out
break Of THE Storm"
Another indication of the exceptional
interest In the production was the pres
ence in The city since last Wednesday.
when the company and scenery arrived
In Washington and final rehearsals be-
gan on the stage of the New National.
Of the recognized three masters OF stage
creations-Ernest Albert. scenic artist;
Burney Mcdonald scenic and stage me-
chanical constructor. and Henry Kissing.
inventor and creator Of stage electrical
effects and equipments.
only something extraordinary could
bring either Of these men from their
studios or ateliers especially at this sea
son Of the year. the period when their
activities as the creators OF the most
ambitious of stage productions are the
greatest of the year 1t is announced
that The Storm" after one week here
and one week in Baltimore. will be taken
10 New FORK for an indefinite run. Mr.
Klaw is reported as saying: Nothing
can convince me. excepting its unexpect-
ed failure. that The Storm is not a
very great play. and I fully expect It
20 run at least one year. and possibly
two years. in New York"
AS has already been outlined in these
columns. the story of The Storm is
simplicity and directness itself and has
for its theme the original impulse that
began in the Garden OF Eden-the love
OF man and woman The author OF the
play. LRngdon Mccormick. widely expe-
rienced in stagecraft. with his lessons
learned as both actor and playwright,
has approached the canvas with a broad
brush that has been welded vigorously
in drawing his outlines. and then filled
out the picture with delicate and deity
drawn detail
How well the creation Of Mr.. McCor-
mick may be developed by the players
remains. of course. 70 be seen. But
the story is already known and may he
at least limited at in advance of its pub
lie telling. Manette, a French Canadian
girl, daughter Of a famous Partisan
beauty and a woodsman. has known no
man but her father, who has augmented
HIS income as a woodsman by occasional
smuggling OF whisky across the border
and selling It 70 Indians. brings her
father wounded TO the house of an Amer
lean woodsman. who Is a friend Of her
father and engaged in the same trade.
There she finds a young Eastern law
yer who Is seeking in the great forest
a restoration Of the health that has been
lost 20 him by his life In clubs and the
designations OF society. The lawyer and
the woodsman have been known to each
other. through their families. since child
hood and they have formed Damon
and Pythias friendship and partnership.
emitting the one item Of smuggling.
which the woodsman has promised to
abandon.
After the SHOWS have begun TO fall
and they know that they will be COM
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dies and leaves their girl to the two men
as a legacy and ward Each swears 20
the dying man to protect her with his
life. Each falls IN love with her and
attempts to conceal it from the other
But their enforced association is too
close. and each soon knows the others
sentiments. And then comes stealthy
wooing by both-the one with poetry and
song. the other by simple masculinity
Robert T. Haines. known to be an ex-
Ceedingly capable actor. will imperson-
nj the Western man. and Conway TearIe
will have the portrayal Of the Eastern
man. The role Of the girl will be played
by real girl in years. Muriel Starr.
but she has had already sixteen years
experience as an actress. and is re-
ported 70 possess much power as well
as charm. The other roles. Of which
there are very few will be IN reliable
hands.