The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

means the best drawing play.
OF the foreign authors. Barrie wa
the most conspicuous with The Legen'
OF Leonora," Peter Pan and the tire
short pieces. In spite Of his prominence
In number of performances. his produc
this season has added no new laurels
Mr.. Shaw's genirls was exemplified onl!
in the presentation of his very earl.
"The Philanderer." which, owing to {
good cast and the extremely small CO
pacity of the Little Theater. was KEEP
before the New York public for q con
siderable run.
The success Of Grumpy" imported b!
Mr.. Cyril Maude, was due largely to tn
vogue and fine acting Of the star. Mr.
II. v. Esmond was less fortunate, ans
his engagement with Eva Moore in tw,
of his own comedies was Eat failure
Mr.. Vaughan sent US only THE Prom
Used Land" which even with the pop
ularity of Billie Burke (now dinmed b!
her recent marriage) was only moder
ately successful here and was a failure
on the road. Bernstein was the onl!
Frenchman on the list except the authol
of Madam President" the risky fare,
in which Fannie Ward established her
self as star. Bernstein's THE Secret
with all the powers of Belasco as pro
Queer and with Frances Starr in the lead
I've mart ma. . y.rx r,oda.t spcca.s NJ
Arnold Renn.tt With the s,.,e versio,
of his Buried Alive" called THE Greai
Adventure" showed that he Is better q
making a novel than q play. Canon
Hanay's Gen. John Regan" failed t.
reach the understanding OF the American
public and failed to please the Irish pub
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The Native Dramaffst.
The money-makers of the season have
been the product of our own writer, The
two PLAYS first mentioned were inherited
from last season hut thi, wear We have
added to them potash and Perlmutter. -
owing its in.piration To Nontse,,e Glass
Seen Keys To RaIdpate." made from the
Bigsers novel bv George NJ Conan: "Tbe
Yellow Ticket nv Michael Morton
"Kitty MacKay.' by Catha rine Chisholm
Gushing and TOO MANY Cooks. nv
Frank Craven II seem, iIkeIv that "a
Pair Of SIZES, by Edward penIe and
..The Dummy" bv Harvey O'Hir9ins
and Harriet Ford NAV have tn he added
To this list am not sure NJ the nativity
Of Lawrence Eyre. who wrote The
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htsceiianeous Undertakings.
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have IN reiv more strongly IN fors,gn
sources NJ SUNNY To enter into a die
,ussion Of the rirl-and-music shows of
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Juicy moral MOVIES at WORK IN the
oi .ne pays IN that CITY.
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one Sosue Here, put ootn were TOO
oeticaI anu iahciIun LOT OUTSIDE con-
umpton: Panthea is still running
iere anu peihg strongly emotional
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