The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-09

At the Theatres

George Evans and HIS Honey Boy
.Minstys.s---O.asy 4 keaiYsca. Mo-,
Tonight anu sA.x uay night, NATL
nee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Evails A.ia-
sIteiS.
Eijou.
THE White Slave. all the week.
Colonial.
Vaudeville and moving pictures.
Empire.
Continuous VAUDEVILLE, afternoon
and night
Society Vaudeyiiie having made its
bow anu departed. George evans and
his money Boy minsli els VIII oC-
cury the At6Lcmy stage tooay and
tomorrow. II Is now some years since
signor Evans hrst apkeared. Lut
whether lie 0oes monoiosue act or
Teaas niA own company h.s audiences
are true to their honey 0cy.
Members OF the "Gtri in the Taxi"
Company. who are having hcuoay
Until they APPEAR next week at lne
BlJou. enjoyea seeing ftchmoLd
trip YESTERDAY. In the party were
A.iss oaralo. sIias DAVIS, Miss tinola
! and Aiiss koLerts. A big Stevens
Duryea car carried the sisht-seeIs.
The cid veterans who are fiddling
at the tzoientni this wick were ot,ttrsrd
to po- ;pone their trip TO the Soldiers
Home yesterday. owing to q funeral
there. They VIII entertain their for
mer comrades with concert at 10
q clock To-Day.
Claude Adams 10 to play "Chante-
cicr" In New York again. she reacn-
ed her S6ath performance In wash
ington last night.
new comedy by Sutro. Of walls OF
Jericho fame. Vas tried out In Lon
den, and did nor score 4 success. Bril-
liant dialogue fails TO save 1t.
Making Good 10 to be taken OF ct
the ulton theatre. New York, for the
simply reason that II Isn't.
Henry Niller's new play by Angus
tus Thomas Ia called The Rainbow.
In spite OF the fact that 'Dedip,ls
Rex" has been cslied a tremendous
success In Lcnccn II has net impress
ed all the critics fayorabiy. One OF
them writes: Despite the size and
numbers In Mr.. Martin Harvey's rep
RESERVATION Of Herr Keinhardt's pro
ducticn OF Oedipus Rex 1t Is not
artis ticaly successful II We are to
have IL represented az Z Greek play
well and coed. But II not, why not
re present II In the ordinary way upon
an ordinary stage? Az done Ut Co
vent Garden II 10 a piece OF bastard
art. The architecture--the great black
.~hy blackfl palace 10 not Greek, the
dresses are not Greek. the feeling 10
not Greek. Very big and clever and
inventive, but not Greek. The sound
Ut the wooden steps az the crowd
rush UP the tlack marble staircase Ia
not Greek. II We are to have the
charac ters entering through the audi
ence and the audience forming part
Of the crcwo. 80 to speak. why not
the nlasns for the actors and trumpets
for the chorus. az they had IN Greece?
OF course. this intermixsure OF puoiic
and players 10 hoIeiessiy wrong ~ any
artistic standard. though u - clever
enough 10y the commercial " hen
interminsled, all were garLed alike.
audience and actors. all composed
perfect picture. the play was telling
n story VI their own time. and they
were Nil dressed for the part. but
10 do II nowauays--it 10 merely
centric, and AL Illusion In spoiled. The
small but enei getic fnoderp scnooa
which II always urging that the thea
ire should not be considered az place
Of amusement will ind o fercible ar
gument at Coyent Garden. But 10 u
physically I'll? This story of \ man
who has murdered his father and mar
ried his mother II In itelf not very
conducive to comfort when enacted,
however, wonderful II may b to read,
out the picture Of Oediuu with hts
eye gorged out ~ terrible. and ~ Mr..
Martin Harvey gropes his way alon9
tho stall aisle. through playgoers close
on each side OF him-well. cannot
consider this ~ art from any point
OF view. Considered AZ . spectacle,
.Oedipus Rex il remarkabie. The
great inky palace filling the entire
stage. the enormous crowd coming
from all quarters OF the auditorium,
the coup d'oeii Of hundreds .of white
figures with arms uplifted against
that rail OF solid black IL quite WON
der1ul. The murmur OF whtDpsred
voices from here. there. and every
where Ii timely weird. The occasional
music IL strongly impressive. r the
tragedy were preacpted In dumb show
although MIR. Gilbert AuSrayss trans
lation Is always fins. and often highly
p0essc-v.and I'm m nbhFsx1A4<S4s fa<As4
il would be thrilling and moet Ct
fectiye sight But the long-dfawnout
horrors OF the Anal episode. the sight
less. gibbertng man. sobotng. Uroan-
ing and grovelling. graphing his two
little daughters to bis breast. u
naueaatinR.