The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
RepieW of the Past Week
In NeW York ThedterS

, lines, but possessing the ease of English
actors and therefore making the perform
ances unusually smooth ones. Standing
out from the rest is the work OF Mr..
Lennox Pawle, best known in America
through his delineation of the retired
| butler IN "Pomander Walk"
The engagement of Mr.. Maude in New
York is an indefinite one, and Grumpy"
seems to hold out strong signs of en-
couragement for the showing Of other
characters in his extensive repertory.
A Curious One.
The necessity Of supplying attractions
for our over-numerous theaters gives op-
portunity for many a strange concoction
to get a hearing in New York. The latest
and strangest of these is The Mislead-
ing Lady" by MeSsrs. Goddard and
Dickey,, who wrote ''The Ghost-Breaker,' .
in which Mr.. Harry Warner is still
starring The play came to the Fulton
Theater, the scene of good many unfor-
tuuate try-outs, and with a company none
of whose members are known to metro
politan fame.
The story wends mostly about a Sc
cluded lodge in the Adirondacks that hap
mems 10 be near an insane asylum. To
the lodge the hero abducts the heroine
with the notion Of subduing her very
civilized fiirtatious tendencies oy snow
ing her that she has for once come up
against primitive man with whom the
latest STYLES in coquetry have no in
fiuence. TO add TO the joy Of this COM
pIication it gets mixed up with a pursu-
ing suitor. relatives, a reporter out for
a society story, and an escaped lunatic
who thinks he is Napoleon the Great
There's a limit to human credulity even
In the theater Despite this incongruous
mixture, some ingeniously contrived sit
nations and a fairly charitable frame OF
mind, the first audience refused to take
The Misleading Lady" seriously, or
lauChably. Its actors are not likely TO
become subject to the income tax fora
fixed salary and its scenery is likely still
further to bulge the walls OF the storage
houses where defunct productions are
filed away to await the requirements OF
some one who wants TO bring out play
in hurry.
Cream of the New York Theaters-
The attractions recorded below are
practically the best in their respective
lines Quite a number about which there
may be question are omitted, but II
would take the visitor to New York who
looked for no other amusement than
theatergoing almost a fortnight to make
the round Of even these.
Still heading the list are the imported
repertoires of Forbes-Robertson and Cyril
Maude In the way of farce are Nearly
Married and 1.-The Marriage Game" In
Jewish delineation are THE Auctioneer'
in finished portrayal and Potash and
Perlmutter' as broad comedy. For the
poetic and sentimental there is the dainty
''Prunella." If you are more lurid and
melodramatic in your tastes you may
choose between with the Law" and
"The Man Inside" Cherry little Peg
o. My Heart we have always with us.
By way Of light musical entertainment,
The Madcap Dutchess' and adele"
may be safely recommended. Delightful
Elsie Ferguson should not be missed in
"A Strange Woman and Ethel Barry
more has a remarkable role in "Tante."
If you have any love of the fun to be
found in Irish character, General John
Regan" will keep you roaring with laugh
ter. Much the same story Is agreeably,
but differently told in The Great Ad-
venture" and THE TemperamentaI Jour
ney." And, of course, there is the Hip
podrome, which must be seen every year.
A fortnight?-if any one covered this
round in three weeks, saying nothing of
the Metropolitan and Century operas,
there might well be question whether
that over-theatred person would not be a
fit candidate for rest-cure.