Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
DREW CONQUERS
IS CONQUERED
IN TWO PLAYS
Actor Rises Above First Bill, but
Bows Before Rare Power Of
Second.
By TARLEToN COLLIER.

An evening with John Drew is al
ways q delcctablc occasion it was 50
at the Atlanta TUESDAY, besides beile
an evening to talk tritciy of infinite
variety. Two main, lIanscendent
spectacles stand out as result o.
the three fun hours Of entertainment
one is that Of the Incompatible
John Drew cclipsing by force Of his
volatile personality. as Is his wont. tie
play itself; the other : the unusual
spectacle or John Drew himself be
sng eclipsed by the intrinsic power
Of play, And so you sec, there wa
bit of everything In tho evening.
There was a double bill. with TIE
Tyranny Of Tears" one of tho clev-
crest Of Mr.. Drew's comedies, iirS'.
In this It was that he was the real
John Drew. the John Drew ~ natural
case savoir faire and supreme en-
tertsinment Then came somber
little sermon by James Matthew Bar
RE. The Will" whose potent effe 4
was moi derived from the work of Mr..
Drew or OF any other individual but
from the art Of Barrie.
Drew's Strenuous Acting.
In the somber second part Of the
evening. Mr. Drew acted-strenuouslY
acted needs must he with his task
or delineating the evolution Of char
actor through three ages, with none
Of which he possessed an affinity And
Mr. Drew i'm this role was not the de-
aightful acquaintance OF old. as he
was in the hippant first part Of the
entertainment when, with tho COM
edy. there was no need for acting nor
for erect but only for him TO be his
charming self
the personality Of Mr.. Drew. The
VIII" Of Mr. Barrie is the more sig
nidcant, beyond question, and tran
scende IN its concentrated power any
drama OF AUanta's recent acquain-
fauceship. 1t les the story of how
PhNiy Y s makes three wills.
First he rs a young man of %, with
an adorug and adorable wife who
sobs at the suggestion Of his death
Then he comes, twenty years later
when he has attained wealth ana
when his wife has been metamor-
phosed into q sordid, selfish, vulgar
woman who demands everything.
Wife Dies in Meantime.
Ten wears later he returns. his vile
IS dead, his children have blasted his
hopes; he is broken man. And an
old man by the fire speaks doddering-
every ne. and that spreads auI
spreads until 1t destroys
With Miss Mary Boland, Miss
Laura Hope Crews, Ernest l.awf 1rG
and Hubert bruce in a company the
entertainment vouchfased can but
be the most delightful and artistic.
All these are with Mi Drew, and all
except Miss Crews, we're given the OPP
portunity thetwo plays TO display a
remarkable versatility Miss Crews
appeared i'm only the first, as wife
who Is silly, jealous and selfish with
out knowing a. H.w she controls her
easy uatured husband by her tears
and how he finally rebels, is the story.
Mr. Lawford and Miss Boland, their
mouths filed with the most brilliant
Of dialogues that Cight easily have
been their own for the graciousness
with which they interpreted II, were
delightful II was an occasion for
sympathetic and understanding
chuCkles that came from the heart
never for laughter.
Mr. Drew and his admirable com
pany viii he at the Atlanta for a
matinee and evening performance
WcdT psdaN