Arizona republican., 1913-05-11

iIcluueu the present Mrs. August Belmont, then Miss Eleanor Robson, whose portrayal of Bonita still r,- mains the most charming achieve ment of her stage career; Miss Ma riOn Abbott, Theodore Roberts, whose "Canby' was likewise the finest piece of work he has ever done, George Nash and Vincent Serrano:
 Some time after it's Boston az pearance, the late sam Shubert, the founder of the present Shubert firm, obtained control of the Herald Square Theatre, and he brought Arizona" there. It scored a most sensational success, made MT. Thomas reputa
 tion as a playwright and d fortune as well, not only for him, but for the producer and the theatre also It was produced in England and throughout this country it's success was wonderful.
 The revival which has just been made is universally praised by the metropolitan press and, what IS much more to the point, the public crowding to it at every perform ance. It has not grown old and is as charming and delightful as ever. The Cast which is a notable one, contains some of the original players-unfor-
 
 Ferguson plays Miss Robson's part of Bonita" and as scored a big hit
 Like Liberty Hall' and unlike Arizona" Pfnero's The Amazons,' which was revived on Monday at the Empire, has failed to bridge the nineteen years between it's original production and today without show
 ing signs of age. It fact it has aged more lhan any of the plays which have been revived in the last three years Perhans it is not altogether the fauit of the play, for 1t has been altered a good deal ir order to feature Mrs Billie Burke 1s Lady Thomasina'' The AmaZons" was never written for a starring vehicle vehicle and to manhandle the other parts in order to make "TOmmy' the 'one and only member of the bunch must have done incalculable dama Se- Miss Bessie Tyree, who was the original Tommy did not need any | such assistance in her day and n l one who ever saw her in the part will ever forget her. Miss Burke | seems to have made very good iln- prcssion without disturbing anyone;
  used to be. but the best of the reViv- l al seems to be that it gave an op- 1 portunitv to those splendid artists, l Mir Fritz Williams and Mir. Feldi- 1 hand Gottschalk to appear once more l in their original parts Although 1 time has not dealt gently with the 1 play, it has not dulled the artistry l nor the charm of these two actors
 and their portrayals have called 1 forth just as enthusiastic praise to- day as they did nineteen years ago.
 They are telling a story of play 1 wright whose plays have been pretty 1 strongly criticized of late. Recently he met a well known dramatic critic and still smarting under the roasting l received. he told the critic what ta
 thought of him, causticaily remark ing that although he was fond Of finding fault with the work of others
 he could not write a play himsa's to save his life.
 1, Quite true" replied the critic Neither can I lay an egg; but l
 am a better judge of an omelet than
 any hen in New York"
 New York is still laughing over
 the rot quite one consecutive per
 formance' which constituted the lii ?
 af The Passing of the Idla Rich at the Garden Theatre. Nothing since the London FollieS" at Weber's The
 atre some four years ago can com
 pare with this fiascO. At least the
 London Follies" ran TO the bitter enc 1 of one performance, but the curtain l never even rose on the final scene
 of The Passing of the Idle Rich It was to have been "a great 5ociety
 event" and tickets were offered for
 the first performance at double rates What they were accepted at history does not record Props, scenery, 3lc- tors, actresses, interest and intent were all missing at the first perform ance. Eiped as "a drama of serious interest," it proved unintertionally to be the nc st screamingly funny thing New York has been treated to in many cay and those few cr1tics who scented something unusual passed up the opening of the new Loneacre theatre in order to be in at the death. are hugging themselves with glee.
 The "Longacre" Theatre, MT. Fra gers latest addition to New York said to be one of the most attractive | plavhouses in America anG crltlcs are bemoaning the fact that so beau-