New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
THE DRAMA
"The Greyhound" by Armstrong
and Mizner. at the Astor.,

Tne underworld went anoat last nlgnt
at the Astor Theatre on board the ocean
greyhound Mauretania in order to carry
out a plot hatched I'm San Francisco
| boarding house. Represented by Deep Sea
| Kitty" THE Greyhound" Pale Face
/ Kid and Whispering Alec" the under
| world WAS bent on earning a great deal
of money quickly and In a way not smiled
upon by the law Notified In San Fran
cisco by a fellow inhabltant OF the semi
obscure regions that wealthy family
more than that. stupendously wealthy
fsmily-were about 10 sail on the Maure-
tania, the four conspirators beat It across
the continent" 10 drop into the sliding
phrases of the play, and alighted on the
big steamers decks just I'm time. This
much is done In the first busy act. and a
lot more besides. For the Greyhound"
the leader OF the underworld. had a wife
who drank poison and fell on the floor as
one dead. And 1t transpired that she had
friend. once a sutor. who had come back
10 save her from her horrible life with an
adventurer. and who found her on the
floor (as one dead) and by some magic
brought. her back to life, got her on
train and started east with her to sail on
the big ship also.
In Act 2. with everybody safe aboard
and far out at sea. the C, piracy begins
to bubble. There are. in fact, so many
colorful thres Dis of plot that If woven to-
gether Trey would make tapestry. They
are quite beyond the chroncler to recall
except in short lengths. Deep Sea Kitty"
as the Baroness Won Hide entraps the
youngest son Of the all important family.
the Greyhound" begins his efforts with
the mother. while the other two. acting as
"supers." fall in wherever needed.
The friend of the supposedly poisoned
wife finds out and foils each valiant
scheme just as II Is about 10 wind horn
of success lie beats Pale Face Kid at
an exciting poker game In the smoking
room. extracts q check for $1,000 which
was the sweet loot Of the "Greyhound." re-
veals the identity OF Deep Sea Kit Just
as she had her mtt on the dough" and
waves aside the discredited Whispering
Alex" With these misfortunes whizzlng
through his head and sight of the wife he
hoped was dead. 10 terrify him, the poor
Greyhound" who was not so deep sea
villain. 1t seemed, as Kitty, Jumped over
reign OF terror in which cries Of Man
overboard,' mingled with the believing
whistles from the hoarse throat of the ship |
The ending was highly unhappy for the |
In what play did clever vii |
lany ever succeed?
The acting was brisk and amusng. and /
the scenes "shippy" and attractive. A |
WIS provided in special encore |
curtain which represented the ship as seen
from the dock. The play persons then
came along the dock to the open gangway,
bowed and disappeared.
The two playwrights Paul Armstrong and !
Wilson Miner. know all the ingredients OF
stagecraft. They have concocted |
many pennant winners before this, and this !
latest play has all the popular elements |
which those that preceded 1t had and more.
The many ship scenes, the operation OF the !
wireless the breathless poker games and !
the love making episodes on the hurricane |
deck under the stars are all strictly up-to-
date and American TO the wIshbone. Then |
the excitement Of the qucklime plot that |
eobbles UP all the evil ones In tho end keeps |
eve, ear and nerve on the jump.
The play was cast very we'll Elita Proc !
tor Otis walked away with large percent !
age of the honors. She was witty. nervy |
slangy and altogether capital Henry |
Kolker Is used to being hero. 1t must |
have been plizzling for him TO adopt the
white face, sneaky eye and haunted con |
science Of an underworldling Still, he did |
adopt these things quite effectually. He
must have been even more Of a ghost than |
he looked in the last act, for when he
jumped overheard he did not s'lash. The
others all looked their various parts-mill- !
ioraires. Middle Westerners. collegians, etc !
The greyhound" is an amusing speci-
mon OF the popular speed play II the day.
CAST OF THE GREYHOUND"