Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-17
Mr.. GILMORE EXCELS.
Small Audience Appreciates His Work
in Mummy and Humming Bird
and Calls Him Before Curtain
Actor Cajoles Handful Of
People.

Mr.. Paul Gilmore, the well known
actor, is nothing if not an artist in
his line of dramatic work. Mr.. Gill
more appeared here last night before
a small audience at the Boyer Theatre
in the English society drama 1.-The
Mummy and the Humming Bird"
Every movement, every lift of the
eyebrow, every gesture of Mr.. Gill
more is artistic to a high degree. He
studies the effects of the finer details
in the great play by Isaac Henderson,
and he executes them with dramatic
effect and finesse that marks the cul-
tured actor.
The play tells the story of young
wife who marries q scientist and
book-worm, who neglects her for his
laboratory, and a gay cavalier appears
on the scene to help her enjoy the
operas, the dance and life as she has
known it. The husband, a veritable
mummy, sits pouring over his books
and experiments until he is made to
understand his wfe's reputation is at
stake. In the meantime an Italian
organ grinder appears on the scene.
He is hunting down the villain who
destroyed his happiness and wrecked
his home.
1t is he of the cavalier stamp who
is at a second game of the kind.
The husband engages the organ grinder
as his valet, and helps him hunt down
the betrayer, who proves to be the
tempter in the husbands own house
hold. The first scene is probably the
strongest, where the Italian, in his
attempt to make the English noble
man understand him, tells of the ruin
ing of his home and happiness. Mr..
Paul Tehune, as Giuseppe, is splendid.
He does not overdo the part, but puts
vigor and strength into it, and makes
the character of the Italian with re-
venge in his heart, one that is next
best to that of the husband.
Mr.. Gilmore is surrounded by a
fairly good company. His leading
woman is somewhat weak, and grows
too intense during strong through un-
important scenes. Her" Lady Lumley"
is not up to the standard, but she is
young and has a future. The audi
ence, though small, appreciated Mr..
Gilmore's clever acting, and he re-
ceived several encores, and was call
ed before the curtain. He made a
neat little speech, punctuated with
wit and satire. He spoke pleasantly
of the "size" of the audience, and
said he appreciated their coming, and
would like to shake hands with each
one, can easy matter"
AoI
stories, one of great actor, who was
about to put on play and peeked
through the hole in the curtain and
saw but one man in the audience. The
actor told the man he would be given
the benefit of the full performance.
The man replied: "Wel then, hurry
up for I'm the janitor and want to
lock up and go home" Mr.. Gilmor
said he would hurry up so the small
audience could go home.
The management probably lost
money on last nights performance.
The theatre was warm and comfort
able, the play good and the acting
meritorious but even John Drew,
Mary Mannering, Ethel Barrymore,
Nazimova or the Divine Sarah could
not draw a crowd at the Annapolis
theatre unless a card party or hop
were thrown in on the side. The local
theatregoing taste has become vitiated
and was long since been perverted by
moving pictures and cheap vaudeville.
or the gist of the matter is this is a
"cheap town" Shades of colonial
ancestors of the one time "Athens of
l.