New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-21
Haman Light Comedy
which Is Acted Ad-
mirably.
npE BRADY MAKES
INDIVIDUAL HIT
...r. Scarborough'S New
olsv Unusual, Clever and
Exceedingly Human.
BY ACTON DAVIES,
THE CAST

II
THE CAST
......... Ruth Flr3lay
ffl..,',...' .. Nauctto COWStOck
0Ht 49, ..... IbcCiCrc Fricbus
nI1A Seu .......A Mice Brady
iss ff,rrr aty!rs ............ +. r. 1rahRm
vs. hs. .......... charles Ralsar
fsH ...... Jerome Patrick
~ s ........... Edward See
Anpt. ~ ~ no, ............ Lucia Moore
ne. note OF interrogation which
title as what Is Love? % might
,,pected to sound was efeetually
..r.red at the Maxine Elliott on
,.tr5, night And ;hc answer was
s,a, love IN the abstract remained
A,t il bsd been since the world
p-,n the Ugh comedy which deals
- this particular individual episode
love scored rich; of the handle.
81, one thing. "Nhst Is Love ?"
s,red its author. George Scarbor-
.,b. in new light He has written
/. sWhat Is Love- what looks at the
"A sf the first act like an incense
r,utisl but exceedingly interesting
rest comedy. Then in the second act
,esuires not only comedy, but an
exceedingly human and unusual note,
sd in its final scene It mounts into
lama
B,foFe sll else this credit must be
,v,p 10 "What Is Love 90 1t stands
4 Is own bottoms itis quito different
ran the average run Of comedies as we
rvr them on the stage. It's the sort
4 Blsy which will stick in your
r,nory like burr, whether you want
% or not, before il presents--at
h-rt from the stages standpoint-a
~ point Of view on a subject which
ba old as Adam The action all takes
rsee in q provincial town in the
curse Of one evening. The family liv-
NJ room is the arena, and a single
IL starts everything going. The
heroine is a girl of eighteen, who has
teome engaged 70 a young but solid
sasiness man I'm fact, he's exceed
hrly solid. Hes a lawyer, doing very
ven for himself. The heroine and her
fiaer-in-law, a character which Miss
sinstte Comstock makes most di-
unely human, are addressing the in
nistions for the heroine's wedding.
Anong these invitations is one for
2sbsrt Hoyt. her old time sweetheart,
vho for three years had been taking
Z medical course in Berlin, and dur
ng that time, feeling sure of her and
hing very busy, has sent her only
Fcture postal cards. The sister-in-law
nOBs that Robert has come home that
UrY day. but she doesn't mention that
hct to Lucy. However, Robert comes
s and declares himself. He kisses
iaey-and that one kiss does the
Mole business II makes her think;
he says il has the same effect on
tr as the drink Of apple teddy which
iie once took at a picnic. And the
nore she thinks about il the more she
lSes her old sweetheart, Robert. and
he less she cares for her fance, John.
John, whatever his qualities as Il
hEyer may be. as a kisser is dis
enetly below par. His oscillations are
ne efforts Of a tired and absorbed
asiness man-no more. no less. The
'iler-in-law, being happily mar
ned herself, is all for love in the alb
S.1et. She's woman who knows her
@oE, and she brings all her powers o.
ETsuasion to bear to induce Lucy to
marry the man whom her sistev-in-law
noEs she is really in love with. That
nan, Of course, is Robert. Still tire
pay drags along. Lucy is looking for
niormation. First she asks her maid
ioE the different kisses she may have
'heountered affected her. The maids
'Eperience, which has been varied,
counts for a good deal with Lucy, BE-
iluse on the face of il it is absolutely
saeere. Eventually Lucy confesses
nat Robert had kissed her, and the
conflict which ensues between her fam
W and his family and Johns, the
saer fellows family makes the
vest comedy situation Of the play.
Alice Brady who played Lucy, has
hefer done anything so we'll She
'ssmed to have forgotten that she had
ever been IN comic opera, and she acted
WIN a gentleness and an ingenious
he-s which made her portrayal both
SalUneing and charming. Jerome
fasrlek, usually a leading man in all
ne many senses Of that word, scored
distinct success by the remarkably
"a, way in which he acted the matter
d'iset lover Charles Balsar was good
q the lad who finally won her, and
Lscia Moore and Jennie Eustace were
lenirable as the two. elder wives who
NED to make the girl profit by then
shg experience The role of the maid,
sno only knew her lovers by their first
Sgsnss' was capitally played by Mis-
What Is Love ?" will cause no end
y discussion Il is a play something
IVY Of the ordinary run, and it's as
0ean ss a whistle.