Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13

~ NE Of the most pleasing an
nouncements for the coming
season is that of Margaret An
slin's Shakespearean revivas
of "As You Like 1t. i"eli'h
>-..., ERR. Tanning of the Shrew ana
Antony and Cleopatra some Sea,s 70
Miss Anxlin starred in las You L'he II
and during her Australian tour
Years ago she played the stellar cha o.
tor in special revivals of that play
"rUeIfth Night and 1.-The Tanning OF Tue
sbreu' winning high critical inoorse-
r,snt If her work. 1t has long oeeh hei
,h;.,on IN devote her talents exclusive
" To Shakespearean portrayals- he'
nrssent venture. pleasing TO all ioTeis
Of the immortal dramatist. VIII douo'fea
determine the expediency of her doihs So
The stock companies achieved more OF
less of summer glory in their producuohs
last week. Man and Superman taxed
the abilities of the Poll Players TO lieli
utmost, so much so in fact tiial on
things considered, including the appIo
priateness of the play for presehla'io'.
10 audiences made up IarseN VI
Young girls, the company Wouiu ha'o
lost nothing had it been omitted iroi'i
Tho columbia Players. also drew large
houses and received cordial summer III,
aorsement, even though 1t was permitted
"a lose tho delicate English flavor inn
narted TO it by John Drew and his capa-
bic company of years ago
The summer season this year at the
Columbia and Polls is repetition oil
last wear in the splendid patronage &C
corded by the stay-at-homes. 1t is evil
dence of more than the fact that the
nIays are pleasing and that they are
being we'll presented. Year in and year
out changes in the personnel OF the
companies do not seem TO affect the at
tendance And that seems a very good
endorsement of the don't worry cruz.
for as long as one can be Kept III gooo
humor and content. even for three hours
of the day, the thermometer Will not
cut such an important figure in the con-
versation, and the grocer may be as
sured of an occasional smile. even when
he brings his bill around. That Is one
reason why the plays of the stock COM
panies are SO popular
NO REVERENCE IN NEW YORK
An amusing story of Henry Arthur
Jones, the English dramatist. Is told oy
John Drew. who is now touring the west
in The Perpiexed Husband"
"On his last visit here" says Mr.. Drew.
Mr.. Jones' play, The Evangelist, dio
not receive the welcome that was eA-
pected. Jones was in New YORK STOPPING
at the Hotel Gotham-on the twelfth Moor,
j think Anyway, my apartment was
some floors beneath his, and had come
up to call on him. 1 found him gazing
out of the window across our wonderful
New York.
Drew he said do you know why
my play failed? Well. it was because OF
the total lack of reverence among New
Workers.
windows; everywhere you gaze you look
down upon church spires.
That's just it, replied the dramafist.
In this city of altitudinOus buildings you
look down on the, churches and that's
why there isn't damned bit of reverence
in all America.
APPLAUSE A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Shaw once complained that one of his
plays was ruined on its first night
in q London theater by the applause OF
the audience during the action. He SAID
that there was no need at all for applause
except at the end of an act and when 1t
was pointed out to him that the actors
played better when they were applauded
he declared that he could write play
without any applause and certainly If he
could do that an actor could play it with
out applause.
Nine. Nazimova is of the same opin-
ion. She makes the point that while the
applause Of the public is certainly stiEnu-
lating to the player. some of the greatest
orations the world has ever known have
been made without the silence of the
church, court or hall being broken and
that it quite frequently happens
that the we'll intentioned applause of an
audience mars and sometimes ruins an
important scene or speech