Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-30
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"The Whip" at Shubert's, a
Wonderful Production Fraught
With Thrills.


theatre seat for over three hours al
thrill after thrill succeeds each Other
almost momentarily, go to the Shu-
bert Theatre this week and see 1.-THE
Whip" which was produced at that
theatre last night for the first time
In America outside of New York and
Chicago.
THE Whip" is a melodrama Of the
good old-fashioned type, filed with
the best mechanical effects ever seen
on stage In Newark, while the pro-
ducing company, numbering in the
neighborhood of 100 persons, is highly
capable, from the leading actors down
to the grooms that handle the dozen
horses and the pack of twenty five
hunting dogs that are used In the
performance.
without at all disparaging the work
of the performers 1t can be said that
the big things in '"rhe Whip" are the
scenic effects, particularly the ell
makes of the first, third and fourth
acts The play Is in four acts and
8 thirteen scenes and every one Is
gam of the theatre mechanics art.
THIS Is especially true of the horse
race that closes the show, and In
! which six horses are shown dashing
around q race track at full speed with
'aThe WHIP" ON which depends the
happiness of the hero and heroine and
i the discontinue of the villain and his
Inevitable companion In naelodrama,
the woman adventur sse, gradually
] forging ahead of the other horses and
winning the race.
In most race-track scanes SHOWN
on the stage but a momentary view
AZ tv.
i SO in THE Whip" The six horses
last night, dashing apparently around
real race track. were In evidence
for a minute and nineteen seconds.
When it is remembered that the
great Salvador ran an entire mile IN
I minute 351a seconds on a real race
track for a worlds record, 1t IAN
be realized that some real action Is
shown In the race scene In ire
Whip"
Three other bits of startling real
ism add to the play. One is the au-
tomobile wreck at the end OF the
first act. where the hero is thrown
from his machine as it runs of the
road and upsets. the big automobile
actually upsetting and sending the
hero dashing to the ground.
The other two are in the third act,
where a railroad train is shown In
motion with the villain cutting loose
the car containing 1.-THE Whip" Tor
the purpose of having it stop on the
track and be wrecked by a follow
ing train. The car is wrecked all
right. but not until the race horse
has been taken from 1t, the rescue
being due to the wild dash made in
an automobile to catch the train
after the news of the plot has been
discovered.
just as the horse Is taken from the
car the shrek of locomotive is heard
and the next instant the Hash OF the
headlight shows, followed by the en-
CINE itself, which piles into the stalled
freight car in which the horse has
been, with terrific crash. A cloud OF
steam goes up and then the stage is
seen strewn with the bodies OF the
dead and injured.
In the limited space of theatre re-
view it is hard to give credit to all the
capable performers in such large
cast as that of 1.-The Whip" Miss
uilda Honiss as Lady Diana Sartoris,
the heroine, was pleasing to look at
and proved a most capable actress.
Miss Alice Esden az the Honorable
Mrs. Beamish, coquettish widow,
furnished some good comedy, while
Miss Saba Raleigh as Mrs. DAqulla,
the adventures, played difncult
role in a manner that left nothing TO
be desired.
Honors among the male performers
were about equally divided between
|Eric Mayne, as Captain Greville Sar-
oris, the villain, and John L. Shine
\, veteran actor, as Tom Lambert, the !
: .ainer of the 1.-THE Whip" Mr. Shine
(,sd a deal to do with the comedy of
Inc play and was especially good in
|ae scene in the chamber OF horrors
IL a wax works show, where by
4 king the place of one of the wax
lures he overhears the plot to wreck
car in which his horse, Ihe
L hip," is to be shipped.
others who deserve special mention /
lac Herbert Sleeth, as the Earl of
|erancaster, who made manly hero;
ATthelbert Hales, as the Marquis OF
kTeverley, a typical English nobleman,
kyad Frank Compton in the hard role
IF Rev. Werner Haslam, whom the
Force of circumstances places in the !
control of the villain. Eric Hudson,
hs Joe Kelly, a bookmaker, did !
Isplendid piece of work, as did Cecil |
cameron as Harry Arson, the Jockey, |
and Miss Margaret Boland, as his sis
ter, Myrtle Arson, who is wronged by
the villain.
.sThe Whip" is such heavy produc-
ton that the curtain will rise at .
O'Clock promptly each night and even
with this early start Of the show 1t
was 1870 last night before it was
concluded and the wait between acts
was very brief at that. Many OF the
audience missed the first act entirely
last night. 1.-THE Whip" is well worth
the price of admission, to say nothing
OF the pleasure of witnessing real,
old fashioned melodrama produced by
q capable company.