New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22

Miss Ethel Warwick. one of the most
versatile and accomplished actresses IN
London, is the latest addition 70 the man.
agerial ranks. and this week she is pro-
ducing her third venture at the Queens
Theatre. four-act play called The
Tide" by Basil Macdonald Hastings. the
author Of THE New Sin" Miss Warwick
is not a manager by choice altogether
but rather by accident and force OF CIR
cumstances. At the request OF London
producer who desired To- engage her for
the tide role she obtained the London
rights of "Zaza" for a season here, but
having done this. the manager in question
refused to produce the play, as he wanted
Miss Warwick 10 take part i'm some other
production. Hence a severance Of their
business relations and the decision OF
Miss Warwick to lease the Queens The
atre and produce the play herself.
Fortunately for her ii was a success,
but her second venture, sylvia Greer
by Anthony o. Wharton, did not achieve
such an eminently desirable result
killed by the critics" Miss Warwick
SAYS. though she appreciated the tributes
they paid to her ability as an actress.
PERHAPS it was that they had never be-
fore seen me i'm role OF the character
of Sylvia Greer. because for years ! nave
been in melodTama with the Melvllles at
the Lyceum and New Princess theatres.
and later in Ben llur at Drury Lane
and sylvia Greer was a difficult and very
subtle comedy part" she remarked.
Miss Warwick has been on the stage
only twelve years, ard she is no"
twenty-eight In talking To Tribune
representative about the woman in the
atrlcal management she confessed To a
feeling that the public regarded the
woman manager with something akin to
skepticism You see" she said, al
though have been on the stage for
twelve years. | have spent considerable
time in Australia and South Africa, ANA
II rather seems to me that the public has
an inherent idea that only the actress
who has been a popular idol for twenty
or thirty years can ever be capable OF
producing good plays we'll"
And here, IL must be confessed. that
Miss Warwick who is certainly the
Youngest woman manager In England.
has shown considerable grit i'm the way
I'm which she tackled an awkward sltua-
ton by becoming her own producer So
many women, prompted by a vain desire
To loom largely i'm the eye OF the play
goer, have essayed the same task ana
learned a Statutory lesson, but Miss war
wick is not pandering TO her own van
ity. for she has no exalted idea OF the
value of stars" Indeed, as you will
realize from a perusal OF the opinions she
expresses. she believes that with few eX-
ceptlons the modern trend is toward a
dwelling down process in the matter OF
big type actors and actresses, and, incl
dentally. their salaries.
Il recognize" she remarked, that my
temerity i'm having my own theatre and
producing my own plays is not altogether
favorably regarded. because, ! suppose, !
labor under the disadvantage Of beinG
young. People seem 10 ask themselves
why should be manageress, simply be-
cause IL is contrary 10 custom Tor
woman To rush in whore angels fear To
tread before she has been twenty years
a West End star at least, and when the
public are so familiar with her name that
they take 1t as the natural evolution oil
things when she becomes a manager
Still I am hopeful and not the slightest
degree discouraged by the failure OF my
last play, even though it meant loss OIL
many thousand pounds.
Even In the comparatively short tlm'
that she has been associated with ua'
theatre. Miss Warwick has noticed
marked change in public taste ana never,
she declares. has Il been more prohoullceo
than i'm the last year or two. "The pup
lie are getting tired Of plays that dea
with things they do not meet with II
daily life" she remarked. The ViVl'
picture of the Mayfair plot has ceased t'
interest and attract, because II was -
obviously untrue to life. The PUBIC wan
the homely dramatic comedy, II / ma!
describe il in that way, ana the muc'
criticised .Hindle Wakes is the sort o
thing that hits the popular palate now
adays. IL is the strong, virile play, ful
of human interest, of dramatic intensity
a blending OF comedy. and play iuii
nurpose. that Is understanding uu'
In life with a strong touch or sin'oiIclt'
I'm II. The society drama has been put "
bed for a while, and the younger schooi
dramatists. like Stanley Houghton. Mac
donald HASTINGS and Graham Mohfat Will
his 'Bunty Pulls the strings ana
scrape o. the Pen are holding sway. An
another thing, the romantic costume p!a'