New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
HANK SCARS
GREAT SUCCESS
.eham and Mile.
lat Score Big Per
sonal Successes.
BIGGEST FRENCH PLAY
SINCE "THE THIEF
lI.rsrally Fine Production.
ahloh Both Stars shine
fosvay Tearle Also Scores.
r. ACTON DAVIES

Az Wv 80 49,
u.wh scared 1T the ShubeFt last
sSared 10 the most legitimate
wbich any French play has
Ave since 1.-THE Thief" THIS
prancis de Crolsset, won lie
completely because, after Ella
Srd done, il gave o new YER
~ Ola triangle. The psyenol'
tbs play held its audience quite
- al rs drama did, and 10 the
fact. during the last act moss
skere was a human, poignant
rsieh caught md held the aus
,slhos Of Nile. DorziRt's acting
lnal scene was en- exhloision OF
ralnsfy naturalness. ehe ala
n tie things which emotional ner
Are accustomed 60 do Ia theiP
~ Of stage stressi but she
N that audience 70 tears just
~e. To Faversham, too, the Play
lsen great in opportunity. His
l.rmsnce was so admirable, In fact,
made one wonder why an actor
sreiucer who could do such bFlll-
~srk In modern roles should want
s,is tine on ShakespeaFiRn pro-
go In which AZ his best he must
a. 70 tradition. His portrayal
~ bssetta, the Italian gambler,
5isit was q brilliant performances
-r than anything he has done N .
ssn play since his hrst great sRes
- . Bronson HowRrd's 'AEistoe7
vas a role which called for many
.l,,st bat he was equal to them ALT
IA never played with finer poise
= mbtlety. OF the other members Of
ssst Conway Tearle won hFst
,sors. He PLAYED his role OF the
~ with raty and power, and
~ n the final scene with tenderness,
srs big step forward artistieally
IA III. Tearie.
RgL leaving the acting quite aside,
~ vas 8 play a big play-apd per-
~ thst audience was not qplek 70
Teeiate III For one thing the French
tsphere was there. FaYersham rs
rojueer had done for his play what
Y IA foT his Spanish settings Of "Ths
Fsfi and His Wife" The scenes
ri3e themselves felt,
As for the play, here il is in q nut
Sci. De Dasetta, q weli-tO-do Hum
rriln, is madly in love with his wife,
~ Is frightfullY eXtTavagant, end in
lltsr 10 keep her supplied with jewels
w goney he goes in for high Play.
ne wife has met g young French count,
mi i greatly attracted TO him, Moth
Ia wrong has passed between them,
y, the young man is so infatuated
gilh Der that be has broken of bis en-
ngement 20 a young girl.
he hrsl act takes place in his
neiAsY's house. De Dssetts, the hus-
lnd, calls; he and the young fellow
fsgg q friendly interview. Presently
~ husband asks if he may esil his
Fle up on the telephone. he does 80,
81 is al her dressmaker's, They have
Z lieBsly chat and as he ia about TO
w up the phone the husband speaks
a. sentence in hungarian. He turns
= i,e young count and translates, His
lllhslati0n Is, "You are my world. /
i1sR you" Later his wife comes in
IN kl. She and the young Frenehman
"a BlOne
gh telephone rings. 1t is the hus-
haad They chat, and in conclusion
60 uses the same sentence in Hum
Nfiln This time the FrenchmaR asks
"a Translation. She explains that
3, vas merely saying, "For heavens
ilsl don't be late for dinner.H He tells
d she lies. she admits the fact
'nlls also that she loves him, but 10
Z eeadly fear Of her husband.
TIE second act fnds them all ct q
W.. A game Of poker is proposed.
q young trenchman's rich American
nee Is the victim whom De Dasetta
.spiS 70 fleece He eOmpels his wife
pay against her will. Her young
aH watches the game. lie catches
~ y TIE act Of handing her husbaT d
t1tFs ace. Tie says nothing, but in
N upon being allowed to play. He
directly opposite her. His eyes
e leave her for one moment.
he woman cannot stand the strain.
4 breaks up the game-says she IS
Y All leave the room but Che young
s'I he tells her hat he has seen.
ne denies, then finally eOnfesses. He
3i7ei her, and the husband enters
sls tells him what has happened, He,
seasoned gambler, naturslly asks
~ hasn't the FTeuchman, being
~ 81 honor exposed them, His
cannot explain why. Then jeal-
.g Of his wife surmounts all fear
z detection.
q ne ever ,ekes my hand again |
A kill him. because / shall know
"a mat what I suspec. is true"
lns young trcuchman enters on hi1
~ out Of the house. De Dasetta
hs hand out The FFenehmRp
4 u Bot for some reason known
% himself De Dasetts does not
~ am ne oeuounces Aim and leaves
ar together.
20 minutes later, in the third act, all
Nlrsilons have been made for the
s,tess De DaSetta to get divorces
gaseRa, attet a long search, Is
and comes TO q meeting, lie
me young ETenehman that he Is
hg 70 give his wife q divorce on
saheiuOn. He must near her ask
With her own lips. She GENES
slm She makes the request, He
as u, Then she begins 70 realize
eondltiou He is pale, shabby,
sated More than that, he admits
sH that he is dead broke. She re-
70 leave him. That is the end
he play.
may sound trite In type, but In
aching II is very, very human
sent zone Of the most human that
@ge has shown In a long day,
~ frank Locke, as the wealthy
!, ,eah, ana Miss Grace Henderson,
t,ssneh gTande dame, did admiFsr
s9t the triumphs Of the night
Alle. Dorsiat's and Faversham'e.
re remarked before, "The Hawk"
Very few plays do that IN