The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Weeks Amusements.
NationaI-John Drew,


| John Drew comes to the National to-
morrow night, direct from his recent sue
cess in New York, with double bill that
promises to be one Of interest. He will
appear in Haddon Chambers four-act
comedy, THE Tyranny of Tears" and
in J. NJ. Barrie's new play. The Will"
Prominent in his supporting company
| will be Mary Boland and Laura Hope
Crews. OF course. the chief interest will
| focus upon the Barrie play because of
: its novelty. The VIII" Is a chronoloEical
play. Mr.. Drew will portray q, man at
three different epochs of his life. First,
he is a young English clerk of about
twenty-five, with an income, which he
! considers enormous. of $50 a year. The
next scene shows him the purse-proud,
over-bearing business man OF forty-five
with fortune Of nearly half q million
In the last scene he has a title, millions
and nothing else. He is immensely
wealthy, but he has nothing but his
money. His wife Is dead, his son is a
scapegrace, his daughter has married E
chauffeur. He is alone in the world, ex-
cept for his money, his power, and his
misery.
There are three scenes, each laid In q
lawyers office, to which, at the three
stages OF his career. the man, Philip
first scene he is the clerk and he has
his young wife, Mary Boland, with him.
Twenty years elapse and Rose and his
wife come back to make another will
The elder lawyer has gone and his son
has the business. The old clerk Is dead
and young successor has his place.
Ross-in silk hat, fur coat, and rather
fiambuoyant raiment-is swollen by sue
cess. His wife, in silk and velvet is not
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about is what he is going to leave her,
and whether she is to have full control
Of his fortune after he has gone.
In the third scene Sir Philip Ross mil
lionaire, enters. Arrogant. impatient in
tolerant Of criticism, and brooking no
interruptions nor contradiction, he de-
mands that his new will be made Sud
denly he realizes that he has no one to
whom he can leave his wealth.
CoIumBia-"The Conspiracy,,
Charles Frohman will bring The Con-
Spiracy' to the Columbia this week, CIV
ing theater-goers their long-waited oppor-
tunity to see this police-detective COM
edy by Robert Baker and John Emerson.
The play has to its credit a run of an en-
tire season at the Garrick Theater, New
York, as well as an additional engage
ment of three months in Boston. Incl
dentally, THE Conspiracy" is now the
success of the London season at Mr..
Frohman's Comedy Theater.
The Conspiracy" has an abundance of
thrills and more than the usual number |
Of laughs. The story concerns the plight |
Of young girl, only recently ESCAPED
from threatening white-slavery and her
efforts, aided by her brother, an assistan nt |
district attorney, to wipe out THE Scar
let Band" as the crew Of TenderIoIn |
criminals was called. The girl becomes
the stenographer Of the bands leader
TO whom she is unknown, and to save |
her brothers life and later her own. in
self-defense, she kills her employer In
hiding. she later enters the employ Of an
irasctble and sour-tempered old news
paper man. Winthrop Clavering whose
ability as composer of stories for the
Evening Journal, based on crimes In
New York, has made him a shrewd anna
teur detective. To the girl Claverinr nm
knowingly dictates his story of the very
murder she herself committed. He dis
covers her guilt in a very surprising and
gripping fashion. In rapid sequence in.
cidents approach climax OF extremely
thrilling interest. and at the falI of tha |
curtain the audience is left a bit breath
less but happy
John Emerson's portrayal Of old CLAW
ering was one Of the personal successes
Of New York's past theatrical season. and
that player continues in his original role
during the engagement here. The cast
includes May Buckley, Helena Rapport
Julia Blanc, Roslyn Martin, Francis
Byrne, Georgia Majeroni, Martin p
Mann, c. Krauss. Langdon Gillet, War
rem Cook, Conrad Cantzen, William 7
Kane, Willard Barton. Boyd Agin, P, e
Mccoy, and George West.
DelaSco-saTrnflc I'm SouJ.0 |.