The Detroit times., 1914-04-07
IN LOCAL PLAYHOUSES


tulIH - :. ~ 81.
| WARRINGTON.
The farewell oGsrlne Of TIE WASH
ingtou players 90 Eugone Walter'e ND
Of the Northwest Canadian woOds
THE Wolf" and one Of the very eeol
productions Of the season mas resulted
The story - . vtrtle one and -
lacking In the artincial emotions q
the society drama ~ u r niled viii
the Dlvod-luickensns eptsOoeo that -
SUIT waen sIrons men aro ~ wer "
the wtids. Tne play opens 10utsaoe
the cabin Of IN Old. sour Scotchman
bitter and cynical and allied WIN Z
fierce hatred OF women. which includes
even HIS own daughter. Hib0a. Hell
he hates because she has the golden
hair OF her mother. 6wedish giri
who was driven out into the world BY
the Scotchman's harsh manner. and
who, the old man believes. was =
bad woman" He has taken the dnugh
ter deep into the woods that fhe may
escape temptation and mankind
Here comes an American engineer
and his assistant, and the girl appeail
to the engineer. He has . wife IN
"the States" but his reputation - 9
winner and destroyer OF women u
well deserved. and he starts his lure
to enmeeh the forest girl. His assist
ant balks, but IL over.ruled at first 0y
the masters will. A Fre4ch-Canadtan
In love with Hilda scents the TRUTH
and just In time sweeps the girl out
OF the clutches OF the engineer. to
make their struggle more bitter the
Frenchman finds the engineer had
wooed and won and deserted his SIS
ter years before, and that she In her
shame had sought death. by her own
hand. Retribution comes at the end
and In q duel with knives In black
ravine the young Can adam revenges
his sister and makes sure the win
ming Of the girl.
Charles Carver presents the French
man with q buoyant, spirited swinG
and thrilling rise to dramatic ell
MAKES In which he demonstrates his
ability ~ Q leading .ce',, and at the
same time proves he has lost none OF
the cleverness that made his character
portrayals 90 appreciated during the
stock season.
Miss Barney plays the girl with .
steady sweetness and perfect realixa'
ton Of the frozen she'll that must sur
round woman brought up as the girl
In the drama was. Arthur Matthew
does q splendid bit Of character work
as the aour old Ecotchman. and &C.
rome Edwards. Donald Gregory and
Hardie Meakin present well-drawn
characters In an artistic way.
peTRoir OPERA HOUSE.
Detroit theatergoers who see THE
New Henrietta" remodeled by Win
chell Smith and Victor Mapes from
Bronson Towards famous old comedy
Of that name, get their moneys
worth. Seldom has the Detroit opera
house witnessed . production which
contained IN Its lines 30 much Of gen.
uine merit and enlisted the services OF
such an aggregation of talented play
ers. The presence In the same cast
Of William H. Crane. Douglas Fair.
banks. Amelia Bingham. and Patricia
.CoIlinge n enough In Itself 20 guar
'antee entertainment out Of the ordi-
nary, and not alone the stars, hut
every member Of the cast, from the
least to the greatest, ID m actor OF
ability.
Morsovsr, Messrs. smith and Mapes
have retained in their revision all the
interest and charm Of the old Henri
eta, and have added to the ortG)nAl
play some new Situations whic
hance It's merit. It II replete II
real thrills, sparkling with wholesb1os
comedy. and contains . love story
which ID sweet and clean.
: Nicholas Van Alstyne. an old broker,
wishes to retire. Believing his son.
BERTHE, to be an empty-headed as. 10
leaves his affairs In the hands Of his
son.in-law, Mark Turner, who tries to
ruin him. Van Alstyne 10 saved In the
nick OF time by 100000 which he
has reluctantly bestowed on the in
competent Berthe whom his ward, Az
mes Gates, insists ON marrying the vac
uous youth. incidentally Bertie dem
onstrateS. his latent manhood BY a.
suming responsibility for package Of
letters accusing his brother-in-law,
Mark, Of infidelity, TINS saving his sis
ter from the knowledge Of her hus-
bands unfaithfulness. OF course In
the end everything ID agreoaoiy
straightened out, and the conventional
happy ending u reached with orange
blossoms and . mipister IN the back
ground.
william H. Crane, who played Mich
olas Van Alstyne In the original Hen
rietta, II cast for the same role IN the
remodeled production. His imperson-
alton Of the elderly broker Of simple
tastes. whose love for an attractive
young widow leads him to make be-
lated attempt at renewing His youth,
ID delightful. His anticS on smoking
his 1rst cigarette are alone worth the
price of admission.
Douglas Fairbanks, 10 Berthe. rises
to heights Of the ridiculous which are
nothing less than wonderful. Every
every posture, Of the anna
BILE simpleton incits laughter. And
yet Mr.. Fairbanks manages TO bring
out the impression Of manhood b.
meath the ridiculous exterior Of the
gilded youth.
Patricia Collinge. 90 Agnes, 10 BY
turns wistfully appealing and radiant
ly happy. and In both moods excel
lent. while Amelia Bingham 90 Mrs.
Cornelia Opdyke. fashionable
widow, gives her usual talented per.
f0rmance. Eileen Enrol. - Van Al.
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