The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-30

When Constance Collier went 40
her hotel from the Academy last
night, she carried with her IA crown
Of tn9rel. tnat Ia, if the artists are
Hthl rewarded with Il leafy crown fof
al great piece II work, a masterpiece.
III she a.G not have the crown. at least
II Was Rors 10y sovereign right, more
divine t.saa that of many queens, Tor
no queen ever he'd her Audience win
suCh supreme POWER as Constance Col
Tier isylaycd last n.ei.t. call II
mower, cal 4. magnetism. cali II what
yr1 pas. she held that audience spell
hnana To her will. held Il tense,
a-4u.sev, Elsiil some overw souBht,
tinsitnE creature would neFFously
break into epil-asF. Then, The spsti
broker. the applause would b. taken
lln spasulo1icaly n various parts OF
the asuxe. Until al tae eonclasso OF
the se.ere there wouht be an outbarsi
ct frantlc handciapping. like a salvo
fgor- ? battery II machine guns.
And then Is prove the %ertht1ess
CT The choice of the auctis nee. no
am Surl. Of applause eoaia bring the
l.rrderad Nance fl front or the cur
tain AT the end of this particular
eroar Skies and Pagan were forced
5na fsyorsts Miss Colder refused 10
enosl the effec; by appearing ia view
IN the Earo uf Nancy, ~sie ftftd Just
Teen done TO death by Skies, on stag.
IL Was the finishing touCh IT. q per
s2ffsr.7 -
Veteran theaterEpers may talk ct
Lucille Western and EiitA Proctor
s,tis. whose Slattern of the under
world, glorious with her red gold hair.
tick the theatrical world BY storm IN
aayA gone by. bat otts, great as she
was in the part, never made snch
figure as Constance Collier OF ap-
peaied 10 the eye and car, but Com
stauc. Collier appeals 10 the 'magina-
ion as well aud il correspoHdingly
greater.
toliver Twist" with its ali star cast
mas been heraided so 8 play which
the Fagin Ut Wilton Lackaye $ the
great. stellar role. Maybe II ia The
play. as drafnatized by ComynS Carr
sagant we'll be called 'Fagtn" instead
OF oliver TWIST. bur with all due
Difference In the cleEeruvss of MIR
I.arkaye the merit Ut his interpreta-
{ on sesteti ch city In his makeup.
Through this disguise Mr.. LeekaSe
spoke. sometimes rs tie Jcw of DICK
ems and sometimes as himself. Con-
q
qrst entrance to her iinat exit, fol
loved IN the TGngefnf, ruuFderous
Skies Mr.. iackaye showed talent
Constance Collier genius.
And ssich Skies.
After Miss Coli or Il was Edmund
Breese who cane nearest 70 idea lizinE
the character outlined hy Dickens
brutal King az the underworld Bill
Skies the burglar. as portrayed ny
Edmund f}reese. displayed his autnor-
ity, exacted Difference, homaGe; YET
without bullying 4 giant, black"
t.rowea. nfshavan, wrathfug brute
~ man was he, s;sii with a dignity
tina, raised him above tho ferret mint
al E'sgfn ana the more common place
II unconventional. Artfal Dodger. The
Pill Skies Of Edmund Breese was
worthy cora n v}on Ia the Nancy OF
Constance Golfer.
Marie Doro was the oliver of the
cast Her musical voice was enoueA
III hiring tears even To- the eyes Of the
most sophisticated but there never
has been girl vel who could play
The part of boy. And If not never.
then hardly ever. and Marie Doro IN
not one Of them. for which many
thanks are given,
Now the MIR Rrownlow OF Charles
I,arhury-s should Il be Hanburyg no2
we'll. never mind' The Browniow OF
Ny. Uarfury tx worthy Of being starred
with ,he rest of the famous quartet and
no Monks OF Howard Gould does not
-ali short OF Mr.. Harbury's perform
anse.
Rut. for that matter. the cast Is
arooeriy Labelled an ail-star cast: all
good. although some are little bet
ter t,thn the rest. Even the gentle
woman seemed natural nj times, q
raost extraordinary occurrence for the
~ eies ~ Dickens. He never oId excei
IN That particular line bf endeavor
r.oIisnr Twist" as presented at the
s.adcsa. last Night and as 1t will be