El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-24
WAKEFIELD SEEN
IN AUCTI0NEER
Great American Actor Ap-
pears in His First and Most
Popular Success.

It was impossible for all of FL Paso
that wanted to see David VARIED TO
get seats for the night performance
Monday so the matinee was aDouI as
well attended as the night peIIoI llaI ~
which means that there were TWO
hacked houses for 1.-THE Auctioneer- AS
Warfields first great success anu per
hans his greatest success II d pOpuLaI
vote were taken, FL Paso was curious
IN see in the leading role the great ac-
tor who had so charmed II Few years
ago in THE Music Master. IN dehcate
refinement THE Music Master IS the
greater shbw, but with David varied
IN the stellar role. "The AuctOneer' is
a great play. It would be commonplace
with any other actor in II but warned
Not so with this master american actor
Warfield makes Of the old HebreW sec
Ond hand man a real character not
caricature but a living, Dreaming, low
able human. There is laugh Tor every
weep, but there are WeepS enough 70
lift above everything else the sympathy
of the audience for the kind nearL or
the old Hebrew who, while Wllhng TO
sprinkle and smoke his stock OF cloth-
ing in order to put on a IRE SAFE
ad0nts the little daughter of Chris
tian widow and rears hef 10 woman
hood with all the tenderness OF real
father; gives a suit OF clolhes 10 an
aged and broken waiter 10 heip MN
get started in life again, 1org1VeS the
brother who robbed him and performs
enough other acts Of human Kindness
TO SWeeten mucA Oh the pALLSAAAS9o Al
life for those about him.
This was Warfields first great play.
Before appearing in The AucLloneer,
this present day genius had been the
alter usher, a proper ~ man an ~, q Sasls 5
hand and had done Jew DTS IN Varl-
! Gus minor plays in san FRANCISCO ana
| the west; had sung in New Eorks BOW
| erv music halls and aften gone hungry
because Of his inability to get engage
ments. Finally he was given a role in
! Weber & Field music production, where
/ in the role of Jew peddler, ne mace
millions laugh and soon esta oIlsne e1l
/ himself as a comedian. Varied took
the stage too seriously, however. to
/ want to be known always merely as
man who had caricatured the Jew q
! clown, a man who by making fun OF a
certain TYNE. could make people laugh.
] He declared he could make character
that was human Of the old Jew ne was
portraying in burlesque; vainly he
| sought for such a change and Valnly
/ his hopes were fruitless until David Be
/ laScO was interested. Belasco TOOK q
| chance" and Warfield made good In
| face of predictions of failure, The Auc-
] tioneer," written under Warfields spe-
! cial direction, was a success from the
] first and New York quickly proclaimed
/ the genius of the man who had hereto
fore been only mimieker-
! No other American made play has
/ ever had the run of THE AuctOneer-
| Warfield has done greater things; he
/ has had better plays and chances Tor
/ better acting. AT ledSL IOE dCLllB LlltL
reached greater heights, but none have
I ever gained the popular public favor OF
! The AUctioneer." For years he laid II
/ aside while he appeared to great au-
! diences IN THE G.. A. r. Man" The
] Music Master" and other productions
but always there was demand Tor a
revival Of The Auctioneer-' This came
not only from the provinces, where
| tbe DeoDle had never seen THE Auc-
tiOneeT." but from New Aork user. 30
Warfield is back again in the piece that
made his career. and his audiences ar e
I happy. Thousands ana InOusahds u
1 Deopie who never saw the play are see
ing il, and many who have seen IL o.
! ten. are going again. 1t is indeed a
wonderful character lnat d. LEI t.SIe,
! makes of the old Jew, and as a stage
type it viii live along with Mansflelo 5
| Beau Brummel," Jeffersons KIP van
Wrinkle" and Booths Hamlet
In his tour of the provinces as New
| York would call his present TRANSCRIPT
mental engagement, Mr.. VARIED IS
supported by a most capable company
/ and a very large one. Ihere are 70 peo-
Die in the cast. all carried by the great
| actor as members of his company, and
| the scenery is massive and complete 1T
I REQUIRES a special train to carry the
| comDanv and scenery Many of the
| Darts are but bits, vet there is not an
| actor in the cast who is not capaDle
! and like Mansfield, Warfleld OVerlooks
none Of the little details that go so far
towards making play complete anu
/ satisfactory. These and the fact that
| he has a capable company add much tc
/ the play, but Warfteid himself Is tht
! pIav: 1T is the character of Simon Lew
that stands out as the one dominating
feature; it is Simon Levi that the audi
ence thinks of all the time-the JOYS
! and the sOrrOWS OF poor OLD Samon
WarfieIds work does not seem like act
! ing. Simon seems to be living all his
successes and LnisfOrtunes right before
the audience and it is so artlstleal3
periences them with him. 1t rejoiee'
with him and sheds tears with him. i
takes a genius to bring about such
condition and VARIED is a genus, a.
American genius. Every American Il
proud Of this, u a NJ