El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07

aQap LaClOn by James Clarence Harvey
from Der Gross Name" a comedy of
musical folk, by Victor Leon and Leo
FIELD which won great favor in Vienna
and Berlin last season, and is now
being played with marked success in
London with Charles HaWtreT in the
featured character. The piece deals
with the genial eccentricities OF
young composer of Operetta who has
won special fame with his waltzes.
This successful COMPOSER lends the
glory of his own name temporarily
TO great ter musician in order that the
latter may gain a hearing he needs
Tor MS masterpiece, and the results Of
so daring move constitute the main
thread of the story. The play is witty
and fun of brilliant characterizatiOns
AS Incidental features there are two
important musical episodes. An or
chestra Of is pieces plays symphonic
suite supposedly composed by the seri-
Gus genius Of the comedy, and through
out the play is heard an allUring
waltz, which is supposed to be respOn-
si0le for the hero,s great repute.
At the New York Thirty-ninth Street
theater Margaret Anglin has inauguar-
ated a long season in the course of
which she expects to produce a series
is a comedy by a. r. W. Mason en-
titled Green Stockings" The play
takes its name from an old Irish Gus
tom which prescribes green stockings
dances at younger sisters wedding.
It will reveal Miss Anglin as com
edienne, pure and simple, for the first
time since she became a star noted
for her rendition Of roles Of an emo
tiOnal character, At the conclusion of
the run of Green Stockings" Miss
Anglin intends to stage ZangwilIs
"The Next Religion" and later a new
play by Henry Arthu. Jones
On Tuesday evening at Maxine Ell
lofts theater, Gertrude Elliott Max
ines sister. was seen by New Workers
for the first time as lone star. Her
last appearance there was as cO-star
with her husband, Forbes Robertson, I
in Shaws Caesar and Cleopatra" [
Since that time Miss Elliott has starred
Independently for several seasons, no
tabIy I'm "The Dawn of TO-MorrOW," I
and now she comes in new play by
Joseph Alediu Patterson entitled RE
belli0n," which has caused consider
able stir in the critics of the road" /
Rebellion is not as It's title might |
lead some to suspect, drama of /
strife. On the contrary, the I
rebellion in question natures in a
simple Chicago flat 1t is the rebel Z
lion of a wOman's soul against the re- I
strictiOns her church would place upon I
the conduct of her private life. Like I
it's authors. The Fourth Estate" I
Rebellion" is said to be written with l
out fear or favor
One Of Chfcago's aldermen by the 4
name Of BritOn. is not living up to I
the traditions of his name. Unlike /
other BritOns, he is deficient in gal I
lantry toward the weaker sex as /
proved his desire to deprive the girl /
ushers I'm Chicago Of their living. Bri-
ton thinks that the girls would lose /
their heads during a panic. and, there
fore. would not be as reliable as young
men. Girls are more polite and at I
tentative than the usual type of man
usher. who, when the managers back /
is turned smokes CigaretS, and takes
tips from the patrons for putting them
In better seats than the coupons they
have call for. The experience Of the /
ShU6erts in using girl ushers during
the last three years in all their thea
tiers. throughout the country, has
proved that they are to be preferred I
to young tOughs. who slide down the 1
aisles and bang the seats. instead OF l
merely directing the person to his or
her seat The theater patron Of New
York or Chicago theater where there /
are men ushers, is lucky If he gets out /
Of the theater without having to give
an usher @ tip or indulge in a row
about wrong seats.
"The Lady of Coventry" is the title
selected for the new Louis N Parker I
1lav for Viola Allen. This is the love
putting in his time all summer and
which is associated with the affairs Of |
Lady GOdiva, of clOtheless memory
The period is 1869 A. D.. and the action
concerns itself with the antagonism
between the Normans and the Saxons
In ENGLAND Lady GOdiva is a Norman.
and the hero. LeOfric, a Saxon. TO
some extent. the play is historical but
The love romance is paramount Miss
Allen was last seen in FL PasO-1O
years ago exactly-in 1.-THE Power Be
hind the Throne" Last year she /
played in "The White Sister"
zaged by Lew Fields for the prfma I
lonua role in "The Wife Hunters" /
which shortly is TO open in New York /
Of all famous American singers. Miss
Thompson probably has heen heard less Z
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