The Detroit times., 1913-03-18
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

There Is all atmosphere OF realism
about The Rainbow. produced and
played by Henry Miller. for the first
time In this city. in the Detroit Opera
house, Monday evening. that seems
TO bring it within the scope Of OF
binary experience. There is not q
situation, not "A line that is strained
or stacy 1t is a simple. straightfor-
ward story told artistically, acted with
skill and staged with the refnements
OF detail that go to make play com
plete
Mr.. Miller appears as Neil Sumner,
rich, idle. separated from his wife,
who was given the custody OF their
daughter by the decree OF the court,
and involved in the kind of life which
riches, idleness and the modern un-
plritanical code open mp 10 "A man In
New York. He Is not thought OF as
bad his attitude seems that OF toler-
ance OF the badness of the set that
hangs around him because II relieves
him of the loneliness which would OPP
press him.
Into this life OF races. cards. din
ners and the round of things that
make fast living comes the rainbow,
his daughter. all that could be desired
OF sweetness, innocence and purity.
In her long separation from her father
she has built up an ideal OF him. an
ideal that is decidedly out of harmony
with the environment into which he
has drifted for want Of anything bet
ter 10 do
Then comes the struggle TO live mp
TO the ideal which his daughter has
IL II. l. ~. l..
who would not be n company FOR
her, but the entanglemenCs are too
many 10 be slipped all al once and
the mother, fearing to have her
daughter brought mp in the sporty
atmosphere. takes her away again 10
France, just as the father was begin
ming 10 break away from his objec.
tionable associations.
The scene Of the parting Is one Of
the most appealing bits OF pathos that
has been seen on the stage for many
a season. The father knows that N
Is forever, but he keeps up the pre-.
tense that his daughter is TO be back
In two days Mr. Miller rises 10 his
height of art in this scene. portraying
the grief with the repression that
makes II real, moving the audience 10
tears with him by the simple though
exceedingly difficult method OF acting
like a grief-stricken man.
The story ends pleasantly in a
beautiful spot in France The recon
ciliation is tinged with a faint rose Of
the young girls romance. and there
is not a tioubt that the father has put
the real things of life in the plate OF
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The Rainbow is BY A. F. Thomas.
1t abounds in striking lines, though
the realism OF the dialogue Is never
sacrificed for an epigram. II is
finished product. natural and con-
vincing without jar
VT. Mf11er mas gathered around him
a cast that meets every requirement.
or his acting little need be said. He
shows the art which has made him
high favorite Miss Ruth Chatterton,
as Cynthia, the daughter, Is the per
sonifcation OF girlishness and dainty
loveliness. She fits. into the part per
fectly Betsy Sumner the sharp
tongued maiden sister OF Neil. VINO
attempts to rearrange his social at
mosphere, is well-drawn character.
and Louise Closer Hale, who plays
the part. does very we'll. Edith Bark
err, as Mrs Ruth s INNER, and Charles
Hammond, as Edward Fellows. attor-
ney FOR Them b0rh, are abit-9tl4e.
paris Of varying importance are
handled by Robert Stowe Gill. Muriel
Hone. Ethel Martin, Joseph Attention,
George G. Fearce and II Conway
Wingfeld
There are three scenes IN The Rain
bow, and each is artistically perfect.
The last setting In the south OF
France. with the blne mediterranean
in the background, is the most beau.
tiful OF The three.
The Rainbow will play in the De
troit opera house all week, with the
usual matinees.