The Detroit times., 1914-11-03
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DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.
Thestergoers who have seen Maude
Adams In = Barrie play were prepared
for = treat when Miss Adams opened
weeks engagement In The Legend
Of Leonora. In the Detroit opera
souse. Monday night.
Many who have fallen In love In
past seasons with Babbie. and be-
come a. little children under the spell
OF Peter Pan, thought they had en-
joyed 70 the full the point product OF
this delicately whimsical playwright
and the versatile witching actress.
But the character OF Leonora offers Q
still greater revelation OF the potency
for charm found In the Barrie Adams
combination.
Every facet of Miss Adams person
atty II brought into play In the char
acter Of Barries' newest Heroine. For
Ieonora H.. as the author says, "a
mother. coQuette. feminist, q Wild
ow who dances devinely. woman
S5without a sense Of humor and wo-
man with too much sense OF humor."
And Miss Adams. In her tnterpreta-
ton. 10 all these. and more.
Leonora. being all these things. can
not understand why she should be
tried on charge Of homicide. because
she pushed from moving train
man who refused to close the window
when her littleg irl was catching cold.
/ "for what else was there to dor" she
asks. And she even brings that most
solemn institution, British court OF
| justice, to her point OF view. y or
course the story IL In direct violation
| Of all conventions and probabilities;
now much so can be guessed by any
one who has ever seen British court
| in operation and then tries to mag
Inc the jury decked out In flowers pre-
scented by the prisoner and the dignt
| fed Judge engaging In what approach
es q Irritation with the fair culpris.
But the absurdity Is delightful and
underlying all Is rich and tender
vein OF sentiment.
Barrie himself sums up the whole
story In the words spoken by the
edge ~ the play, after Leonoras' ac-
| quittaf:
"You are one OF those around whom
. legends grow even In their life time.
This is the sort Of thing you might
have done had your little girl had q
cold. and this Is how we might have
acted had you done It, You are not
OF today But as we look
lon gingiy a. you we see again. IN their
habit as they lived. those out OF date,
unreasoning. womanish creatures, our
mothers. our grandmothers. and other
very dear ones long ago loved and
lost"
While. OF course. the play Is all
Miss Adams, the excellent support
which she receives should not be lost
sight or The Mr.. Justice Grimsby.
OF Arthur Lewis Is admirable. Nor
ton Selten Is an excellent attorney
general, and Charles Hammond as
Captain Rattery, portrays the tradi-
tional English naval officer.
The play Is concluded by Barrie
version OF The Tanning Of the Shrew"
which the author calls "The Ladies'
shakespeare" In this Il Is made ap-
parent. that the famous. Katherine
was never shrew at ALL On the con-
trary. having decided to be married
land "have the thing over" she de-
fermined to wed only man whom she
could turn around her finger. BY max
ing the masterful Petrucnio imagine
that she IL violently opposed to we'd
Hook she fires him with desire to
tame her, thereby accomplishing her
y
her husband with self-satiEfaction.
oARRlck.
The best part OF High links" the
lively musical comedy that opened
weeks engagement In the Garrick,
Monday night. Is that the magic per-
fume that makes light the hearts and
heads OF the company Is waited out
into the audience, and has a similar
result there.
The firstnighters packed the house.
nnd they discovered well-staged
and well-cast performance, filed to
1.-The brim with irresistible music.
clever, and on the whole, clean
|bumor, amusing situations and dane
| ing, that is far above the ordinary.
There Is chorus, something
Seems Tingle-ingling," that is repeat
' ed every few minutes throughout the
| ev ening, that splendidly describes the
{khow. Something Is "tingle-ingling
| on the stage every minute, and before
| the performance has fairly started,
' the crowd catches the spirit and tin
RieinRles," too. The curtain calls
were 90 numerous and lengthy that
| the principals had barely time to
| change costumes between the acts,
Stella Mayhem, who was greeted
with an ovation when she first APP
peared, was easily the star OF the
show. She has few clever songs
that take the house by storm. and her
every move is signal for roar She
| II supported by an able cast, Eliza.
| beth Wood being entitled to second
honors because OF her splendid sing
| ing OF Loves First KISS" which shar-
Led the popularity Of the "Tingle' tune.
Bernard Gorcey's fun-making ability
was In inverse ratio to his size, and
Eugene O'Rourke, Ada Meade, Emma
Francis. and Billie Taylor all earned
q good word.
On the whole. High links" Is much
above the average musical comedy
and should not be overlooked by per-
IONS seeking an evening filled with
sparkling music and infectious fun.
TEMPLE.
Anyone asked to pick headliner
out OF the bill offered at the Temple
thfs week would have q mighty hard
lob on his hands. The writer IL not
going to attempt Il.
Grace LaRueh vivacious, little sn-
tertainer, received mighty hand"
for her splendid singing, fantastic
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