The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-23

Theater-going America looks lorWdTu
to the advent Of twenty-year-old Phyllis
Neilson-Terry. niece Of Ellen Terry and
the idol OF the English stage. who has
signed a flve-year contract with an
American manager.
Miss Terry, despite her youth. Is
known as the English Bernhart. title
which naturally excites the Imagination
of American admirers OF the Divine
Sarah" Miss Terry also is called the
most beautiful actress on the English
stage Here is brief Interview at
trIbuted to her by the London Daily
Chronicle shortly after the announce
ment Of her contract with the Liebler
Company:
1T has always been my ambition to go
to America said Miss Terry. My
mother. Julia Nelson, and my father.
Fred Terry. received such kindly re
ception in that country that l am proud
to look forward to the trip.
My contract, as announced, calls for
nv exclusive services for five years, but
I have six months free in every year.
so I shall not be entirely lost to London.
I sail in October and open in November,
in New York. with Twelfth Night
Il shall probably go on tour In Amer
lea, visiting Chicago. Philadelphia Bos-
ton, Baltimore and other large American
cities.
(which Is my favorite role? Viola. 1
think. but II has always been my ambi-
ton to play Lady Macbeth. think II
an excellent sign that Mr.. Tyler has
chosen Shakespeare for my opening per-
formances. So much has been done by
Sir Herbert Tree and others in this
country to popularize Shakespeare that
l am glad TO see there is q similar move
ment on the other side Of the water.
Ashton Stevens. Of the Chicago Ex-
amlner., says of Edward Peple's "A Pair
of Skies" which opened in Chicago last
week:
Edward Peple's A Pair Of Skies is the
little liver pill: it is easy to take and
worth taking. The Saturday night crowd
at the Cort laughed itself we'll Very
little poetry, a great deal OF hustle and
fun, and a great. great deal of Frank
Mcintyre the superdreadnought comedian
of commerce. are in Mr.. Peple's ire
sponsIble farce. II is weather-proof and
it is war-proof. You forget the blaze,
the bulletins, the Bulgarians, the bullets.
every last dIstressful member Of the
B-famIIy 1t announces the new season
with a large and comic hit. Full houses
will be drawn TO A Pair of Skies
New York critics who witnessed the
opening of Sylvia Runs Away" at the
Playhouse, New York, last week are say
ing, NO wonder"
Twin Beds" received much pleasanter
treatment 1t was supposed to rival
Apartment l2-K" in plot. The fastidious
reviewer Of the Evening Post finds II
as amusing as did Cricago. 1t is quite
possible to be funny without being vul-
he II q nOEgihla IN take
as the raw material of your piece scenes
and situations which might easily offend
and shock even the mildly fastidious-
and still be funny, even uproariously
funny without being vulgar. The proof
is the performance at the Fulton Theater
Of the farce called Twin Beds re-
sponsibility for which is shared by
Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo, al
ready author of the phenomenally sue
cessful Baby Mine"
Much of the raw material is Identical
with that which was served up not long
ago in the ridiculous and offensive thing
called Apartment FIX" But the two
entertainments have nothing whatever
in common beyond the crude mechanics
Of the plot-an old and tired stock con-
trivance. In the one case the other in
gradients Of the mess were stupidity and
nastiness.
Mr.. Poll has engaged Harry Andrews.
who is conceded to be the best stock
director in the United States, to produce
the plays for Polls Tbeater in this city
throughout the coming season. Edward
Renton. Mr.. Polls general manager, has
shipped to Washington two car loads Of
special scenery to be utilized In the big
productions scheduled for the opening
weeks of the new season. This shipment
in Ind he nrfer al hn1N g.
The Heart OF Maryland" built under
Mr.. Belasco's personal direction for the
stage at Polls Theater at the time the
play was produced here and when Polls
was known as Albaugh's Grand Opera
House.
Miss Elsie Ferguson on wednesday
obtained a divorce. Her husband was
Frederick Chamberlain Hoey, kin to