The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-14
PEG O. MY HEART
SCORESAT COURT.

Peg % My Heart" which appeared II
the Court Theatre last night gives the
have recently flooded the American
s,"Ee leg % Ny Heart played a year
In New York. The Lure" may play a
month Peg O. Ny Heart viii live
long and be long remembered The
brothel play is forgotten In a day What
children books. What Tom Hs sioap. a.
among the poets. Peg % My Heart T.
among the recent plays. II Is sweet and
clean. II Is fresh and young a brings
the laugh. II forces the tears And oest
OF all. and because of IL all. u l. art
Wheelingites have not had the pleas
ure or seeing l-aurette Taylor In the
title role. But MheelingiteS have seen
Elsa Ryan. And Elsa Ryan IL creator.
Her methods are not those employed by
iaurette Taylor. She would give any
part she played new shading. a purely
personal note.
We would rather imagine that Laur-
cite Taylor X "a bit more subtle than
Elsa Ryan. but Ryan has broader
cite Taylor could play the Part OF Peg.
Elsa Ryan could be the girl herself.
As "A play Peg % My He1r." - not
40 much for plot No one steals any
comes pretty near getting away with
young girl, no one visits any dis
reputable places and no one does any
double intendre talking. Not much 20
the thing except areal girl. an Irish
girl who had "A real irish fathsr-the
Kind too gentle spirited 10 break his
friends in order to get heir gold. not
much except youth. youths dreams and
all told with the witty words OF the
daughter OF a witty race.
And just to uiEress. Peg o. My
Heart IL one OF the few plays In which
man who never appears Is n principal
factor Pegs father - only spoken ot
and yet you can fairly see the man. He
IL "A rollicking. devil-may-care Irish
man who would give his last dollar t. a
friend. who could not keep money To
save his life ana who would TO the end
OF his days cherish the woman he mar
ried with n chivalrOus devotion as beau
tiful as II Is rare. Pegs father was a
man out of touch with the world because
the world - cruel and he was always
kind The way he In suggested in the
play Is one Of the triumph's OF the FRO
The lines Of the play are FUN OF clever
things. Did you ever see selfish
woman who did not keep a dog" asks
Peg % NV Heart Is comedy Of
youth In three acts. The play has won
it, place. II IS safe from attack because
- has dared to be bright and clean-and
the curious thing Is that because IL is
bright and clean the world floCks to see
~ a. no other play OF the last two sea
sons.
The cast that appeared In this city IS
an UNUSUALLY strong one. The original
production" II no better-not one whit.
Elso kNan's role Is Cougeutai- and when
Elsa Ryan has cougenial role go and
Sc. her. Its worth while Fanny Addi-
son Pitt puts more artistry In her pur-
trsNals Of old and middle aged than
half % our modern stars ever knew.
Gilbert Douglas Is capital lie Il the
best Juvenile seen her" Ia moons. Lii
lian kellar Is am actress who uses ner
head. She Is good to look at and TO her
natural ply advantages she adds
brains.
Henry Stanford Jerry Is strong work.
lie makes one think. There t. man
who is a. clean as hound tooth
The players tit the play And when
one considers the play. that is quite
enough IA the line of praise.
Peg a. My Heart" Will travel far be
cause 10 - "a contribution to the things
worth while.
The play viii again be presented to-
night and at matinee ana night per
foruauceS Saturday.
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