The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-20
THE STAGE
oARRIck.

plays OF surprise, excitement, thrills
numor, satire and waimsy, the Prin'
cess players nom the Princess thea
ter. New York, attracted q large audi
ence To the Garrick theater, Thursday
evening. Tor the mid.week change OF
bill IN The weeks ,engS:seulenL The
plays given were Tine Hard Man." the
lnclueal VI 4 British 0dicer In the
6Oudau sending hts son, renegade and
spy, to death ny his own hand, '.he
only Memorable way TO end dishon.
ogAble hie:" Amy Might" an episode
Of uight life In New York's tenderloin.
unfortunately too true: EN- Desha-
bilis." 4 bit OF risaua and amusin civ
daring dialogue and scene turned from
o9ense' BY very clever handling by
playwright and actors: The. Black
Maxi" q realistic tale OF horrible
physical Disagreement, wife's inf.
deity. a lovers weakness and y hus'
bands jealousy; THE Bride" an ex'
ceedinsly amusing. II highly reprehen,
sible exposition OF bored ''bridey" OF
Two months and three days. philander-
Inc. with three former lovers.
These i've plays. like the ave pre-
scented during the hrst half of the
week. were judiciously selected to pre-
seut Holbrook Blinn and his associates
at their best and to maintain the av0w-
81 policy OF the management OF the
Princess theater to offer discrimi-
mating public the most finished TAD
l0ld stage products OF wit, uniQueness,
roalism and truth. The Princess thea
ter 70 patterned after the Grand Guig-
mol and Theater Antoine In Paris, and
many Of the plays in the repertoire OF
me Princess players have come from
the stages Of these famous French
playhouses, although In the current
grist the American playwright and his
British brother have invaded the
rrenchman's own den. ~ In "En Des-
hah1lle,' and 1.-THE. Bride" and beaten
him ct his own game.
Inward Ellis. Q New Yorker, wrote
ANY NiHht' The program calls II, =
mslodramlette, and It Is staged In
three scenes-a street In front OF q
Raines law hotel, the hotel ONCE and
. room In the hotel The action CEN
ters around q typical night policeman
Of the tenderloin district, big, burly.
getting his little bit 0f change" from
the drabs Of the street at the plying
OF whose trade he connives: q street.
walker In the fatal grip Of consump-
ton; an old man. beastly intoxicated;
. young girl whom dishonorable
And bestial lover has persuaded to
SPEND the night with him In the Raines
law hotel: the porter and the night
clerk OF the place. and the fireman,
whose strong arms are needed for res.
cue when the miserable place called
. hotel Is enveloped In flames and the
old man and the young girl face each
ether to ind they are father and
daughter. Mr.. Blinn acted the police
man and his characterization was per-
feet. The whole noisome exposition
of depravity and immortality indeed
WAS enacted only too realistically and
tynthfully by Mr.. Blinn. and Jean Muir
dock. as the young girl: May Buck
10y. a. the woman Of the streets;
Harry Mastayer. az the old man;
Vaughan Trevor, as the porter; Lewis
Udgard, as the young man; William
j. O'Eein. as the hotel clerk, and
Charles Mather. as the fireman.
Emile Polini did her mont effec.
tive bit Of work OF the week a. the
woman In THE Black Mask" and Mr..
Blinn, In the dual role Of the hus-
b1nd. and lover was exceptionally
powerful. The scene Of the piece is
laid. in = miners cottage In Lanca.
snire. the speech II the dialect Of tho
district and the ability Of the two
players made the playlet q perfect
artistic representation. n0thwith-
standing al it, horribleness.
{ The spice and humorous naughti-
ness OF Edward Coodman's "En Desh-
abi!le." and William Hurlbut's "The
Bride" came a. relief to the awful
realism OF ANY Night and 1.-THE
Black Mask" and the epigrammatic
brillisncy Of the dialogue Of both Of
the lighter skits was productive Of
gaIee Of laughter. Miss Murdoch
played with Mr.. Blinn in I'm Desh.
abille," which In described a. "mys-
terry OF the night In a country house."
and Miss Polini was the bride, Of
lirtatious shortcomings. In the Hurl-
but comedy. In the latter, Mr.. Blinn
lad the role Of the elderly admirer,
With Mr.. Trevor and Mr.. Edward as
the other lovers and Mr.. Mestayer as
the husband. All of the men Of the
company were in the cast of "The
Hard Man." with Mr.. Blinn as the
British general.
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE.
Pietro, the accordionist. really has
nothing on Joseph Cawthorn In HE
mastery of that instrument. az anyone
win acknowledge who has heard Mr..
Cswthorn play this week In THE Sun.
shine GIRL" In the Detroit opera house.
Mr.. Cawthorn- plays the instrument
with the greatest skill and the music
10 produces II delightful. The audi.
ooces In the theater this week have
len loath to let Mr.. Cawthorn leave
The stage after his music speciality.
He song. "You Can't Play Every In
stfumeut In the Band" has made big
Mt, also.
Richard Bennett. producer and star
Of Damaged Goods" which IL to pre-
sent In the Detroit opera house next
week. has the distinction Of being
tie only actor ever invited by the
naculty Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania to give . professional perform
apce IN Houston hall. on the college
campus. This honor was conferred
UPON him during his recent engage