The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-13

MAUDE ADAMS
COMING FRIDAY

Charles Frohman will present Maude
Adams in a double bill consisting of '"rhe
Legend of Leonora" and THE Ladies
Shakespeare" at the Jefferson theatre Fri
Gay and Saturday, with a matinee Satur-
day. There is always a desire on the
part of the public to see Miss Adams
and the desire in the present instance
is made more keen by the slluring quail
tiles of her new Barrie plays.
The chief play and the one with which
the bill opens is 1.-THE Legend of Leo
nora This is the first long work from
the pen of Barrie since What Every
Woman Knows" 1t has had runs in Lon
don and New York and it has won lavish
praise while in the hands Of Miss Adams.
1.-THE Legend of Leonora" is a subtle
study of woman. But it also is a tribute
to it, type rapidly going out of style.
While it is a comedy it is as far removed
from the stereotyped style of play of the
times zenith is from the nadir. Frank
ly. it is a piece of whimsicality. The ques-
ton as to whether Leonora ever existed
is beside the matter, for as she is I'M
folded she is undeniably human and low
able. She has the maternal instinct; she
commits murder for her child. She is
lOOnSnt SpOlieu, q cOqueIte-In6 eternal
feminine who. without half trying, can
twist men around her finger. Her story
is startling enough A rude man rid
ing in the same compartment of the train
as she. persists in keeping the window
open, although she persists that her little
girl has a cold. After the second protest
she calmly pushes him off the train. This
is before she is introduced to the audi
ence in the first act. 1t Is at a dinner
no ~ fhnf he dc RrCf
of honor is told that he is to meet seven
women and each of them is described
TO him. After chatting awhile with Leo
nora the man discovers that she is all
seven women and ever so many more
rolled into one. OF course, Leonora is
tried for her rash act and the two acts
in the court contain a good deal of play
full humor and satire.
THE Ladies' Shakespeare with which
the bill concludes, is announced as being
one womans reading of a notorious work
called The Tanning of the Shrew.' edited
by j. NJ Barrie 1t is in one act and
contains three elaborate scenes. The work
is said to be delightful and Barrie has
made 1t appear without changing the text
of the original play that 1t is Petruchio
and not Katherine who is tanned The
play calls for a large cast. The spiris
o fthe old comedy is faithfully retained.
The company surrounding Miss Adams is
made up of prominent players.
AL III. Wilson
Al II. Wilson, the singing German
dialect comedian, will present when
Old New York Was Dutch" at the JEFF
ferson theatre on Thursday, matinee
and night.
Like all the plays in which Mr.. Will
son has appeared his present offering
has a distinctly German flavor. thus
giving him an opportunity to use the
Dutch dialect for which he is cele-
brated. and which has earned for him
the name of Metz"
The scenes are laid in the village of
New York in the year 1864. and the
plot tells of the efforts of the Dutch
to wrest the village from the English,
the story involving the adventures of
Metz Won Freiburg. who has earlier
an English girl from whom
he was separated by cher parents i'm
mediately after the ceremony. Fol-
lowing this separation Metz kills a
brother officer in defense of his wifes
good name and is deprived of his es-