The Washington times., 1913-12-23
Drew Scoressin d Double
Bill at the New National
py JULIA MUnDoCK..
NE might al.nost think n.

~ NE might almost think that Mr..
Frohinan in arranging this
seasons road attractions for
John Drew had in. mind the
presentation of general dramatic
SUMMARY Of all the. parts that actor
ever played and then the addition of q
iew more For, In the course Of the
evening 8 entertainment at the National
Monday night, through four acts. Of
The Tyranny of -Tears,. and three
scenes of en- odd playlet. 'saThe wrII,"
Mr.. Drew ran the samut of age and
work-from the rising young author to
the tottering old man: from the work
of the matinee girls, delight, the lead
ing man, 10 the broadest of character
delineation.
1t is well Tor the success Of "The
Tyranny 6f Tears that the arrange
ment Of the program puts '.The WIN
In the position of an afterpiece, for
while the c. Haddon Chambers comedy
is an amusing piece Of light entertain
ment and still sufficiently John Drewish
to please his particular following In its
revival The WILL" which Is by, ]. n.
Barrie. is 10 me quite the most interest
ing play in which have seen Mr..
Drew. In addition to the human inter-
est Of The play itself. with its varied
delineations Of characters. it gives Mr..
Drew scope of work which brings
to the fore abilities never before gwen
W which the FrohmaH managehleat has
seen At to cast him during the years
he has been .-Frohman star"
The piece, in fits three scenes, or one
might better say three episodes or
periods, for the scene .itself remains
cred to mark the transition Of time.
covers a stretch of thirty years. In the
first episode. Mr.. Drew as Philip Ross,
a young clerk earning Els year and
five weeks married, puts in an appear
ance at the office Of firm Of London
lawyers. father and son. for the purpose
of having them draw up his will. He
is accompanied by his bride. who finds
in the will-makfng operation an event
50 sinister and ominous as to keep her
weeping almost constantly at the mere
thought that at some time in the dim
and distant future her new found and
ambitious husband must die and leave
her.
In connection with these particular
tears and sobs, il is, interesting to note
by the way that with his growing years
o. age and producing experiences.
CHdIiCS - CNioChtiy uCNChOP-
ing a growing sense of humor, also
curiosity regarding the lachrymosal abil-
tiles Of his leading women. There can
hardly be doubt that, in addition to
giving Mr.. Drew g. wide range of work
IN his present tour. Mr.. Frohman also
determined to find out who could cry
the hardest and 10 the best effect-Laura
Hope Crews Or Mary Boland- 1t must
be said that Mary Boland wins both
ways.
In this first visit to the lawyers. Mr.,
Drew gives a fne inpersonation Of the
Young clerk, and with his manner Of
self-reliance quite prepares one for the
second episode when he appears again
at the same office twenty years later.
as the successful man of business. In
this period. Mr.. Drew first showed his
marked ability 20 change quickly his
entire trend of dramatic thought, for
one is able to sense at the moment he
r'akes his entrance and before he utters
the first word of his lines, the harden
ing process which he has gone through
as the years went by.
Again his wife is among those pres