The evening world., 1911-01-03
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AKK 1--WE Can't Be as Bad WNA
@& as All That" MESGN
8Y CHARLES DARNToM
BY CHARLES .DARNTON.

r. you are looking for thatd dear Old stage lady who hobbies along trailing .
oedrassed past you will find her at Nazhmovas Theatre. where to TN extern.
. Of three acts Henry Arthur Jones insists w Cant Be as Bad as All That"
TO- OF course not' Mr.J jones' doesn't mean US at ALL He means the people in
m M play wo IRE a rotten "a ot taken a a whole. Compared with most of
mem the lad Tho wears a n oldfashoned pas with a new-fangied rown IL a
mowwhite angel lust to be agreeable she mLnsles with the familiar country.
mousse set OF which English phywrghts are so fond an of which 70 are 20 tired.
I'm At a loss to know why Mr. Jones bothered tor g tn whole crowd over hers
vhsn he had London right at his doorstep Unless It was because OF hs owe for
= Antnors Producing Company. which seems to be a curiousy international
However young American authors need not be alarmed Mr. Jones las not,
rought overs new ideas The idea of his play is as old as Te euensrat
ne nerunes paste ates back to her sweet sixteenth year, or thereabout wbsn
% nA he misfortune to run on with a mai n was married, only to hay him
- ~ her hde-in a carriage And low the mn who was the best friend IF ,s
@ueman a was so badly upset hangs round OF he edges OFT the unpleasan
n ~.sa waiting fr lei to say she viii be his wife. Her past hurts her 50
eeutelyt this she doesn't tpt 1t out until she hi rested for a momen In his, ARM,
rails herself a fool '" 'e ro""' 's
Mr. Jones seem to be inordnateiy FOND of ladies' with pa,, 40 iona n, ~
,noseo't het 70 are almost led to beneveth that only unloyey, unpleassnt won.
S~ ~ q pats tut Mrs Ensane. unlike thu EARLIER Mrs Dane. doesn't lie about
-. Se outs With quite calmly. first x Lady nfoth-w .nor,nv snaaL.
H1 ~ y iady-and then to Sir Ralph Newell h loves br so tina he can,,
s"ron, m rn ue rec spirit OF the houseparty at all. There is no great
onpery tt pull himself ot Of debt tn apesrac. brotber o, Iaov amor
lifts frs Engaines necklace. N' ~A"'0n
From the moment the necklace is missing Mr.. Zones Il. 90 busy ca,,,. n.,-,,
10 ~ ousnes IN nan until Mrs. Engaine through the Ios II her pearls savss
~ GIRL. ut let's him keep the necklace. 1ts worth on,vn 40 y" nvh Mm NV up
s us 70 MRS Ensalne she closes Lady Carnforths mouth a, thu same tm.
M nnahy walks OF with herr past m Sir Ralph. Win hI., go ""
II Mr. Jones hadn't written Mrs Danes Ds,snsa" 49, n.
. muoel,h enry Davies hadn't written Mrs .Gorlnges Necklace" sornsvba, az
anf"- simply won write III that again-woud seem much lev. s.. nen
en@anS momenta an It Is very well acted. Jul hss" S "'
MISS atha Kaered does nj best work. of hsr car..r NJ. Me- r,~.,.
49,. Wv "' mat he gives q curously uneven performance. se h,
- Anpp m 100 simple method that wins you over to her a. =, urTs
~ ioHHve hr emotional shortcomings IL he woud onyI leave bsr' to-,
sme nope o. lancao Miss Charlotte Granville, M was, poos .nou1, ~
go 49,. wiz weldon orossmMh Away las Lady Carnforth 10 we'll In
oone o. rs Kate Phillips a. a ncous old rip who thrvs ON .o.nd.i 80
mrs san other also ps in her oar very skufuny. Ne Chart n looks, os
mo pse. ed william Hawtreyh amusngy successfm az a scandal Mons.
st No max TIT bad young a a rather bad Joke
n farlv .ood to-. n, uorr "rv SNm 'uosed a. a machtne-ma play II Is
. larry goo pNss {" WORK W cant"-wen to ut 1t short 1t might be worse