New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
NEWS OF PLAYS
and PLAYERS
Phyllis Nelson Terry
Gives Special Per
Torrance.

Phyllis Neilson-Tcrry, the young
English actress who is playing at
Maxine Eiliott's Theatre in Anthony
Hopes "The Adventure OF Lady Ur-
sula," yesterday dedicated her career
TO stage entertainment that shall avoid
vulgarity and low suggestion. She
gave a special performance and as.
sembled the faculties and students OF
the various institutions for girls and
Young women connected with Columbia
University.
81 love the stage" she said, when
spurred by repeated demands for q
word or two out OF character; the
good. clean, wholesome stage. with
which, fortunately, | have been asso-
ciated during my five years career as
an actress. | have never appeared IN
any offering that was not as pure as
this play of nearly $50 years ago, and
trust that no circumstances VIII ever
force me TO, whether 1t be SNAKES
peare's comedies or tragedies, or Sheri,,
dan or Goldsmith, or the so-called
modern plays. | say now that 1t Will
be my every effort 10 appear only III
such presentations as would meet the
unrescrved appreciation OF TINS audi
ence.
"There seems 20 be a popular I'M
nression, particularly during the pas
wear or two. that play TO succeed
nowadays must deal with murder and
Sudden death. with the underworld
ard the police. or with vulgarlty TO
the point of salaciousness. But let
us hope that such performances appeal
only TO the sordid and morbid, and
that the day is not far away when the
stage will know only what is good ana
GLAD and pure and wholesome, Just
what il was meant 10 be-
Charles Frohman and David Belasco
decided last night that their all-star
production of "a Celebrated Case" VIII
be given at the Empire Theatre and
that the first performance will be On
Wednesday night, April 7. The YER
sion of the play that will be spoken
is an especially prepared ana copy
righted Frohman and Belasco text
This. too, is the version OF the play
that will be used when other frohma =
and Belasco companies are sent on tour
in "a Celebrated Case"
Rehearsals for this Empire Theatre
aIl-star performance are now going on
in New York. Chicago, Boston and New
Orleans under the direction of various
stage managers, who will direct the
preliminary rehearsals until Mr.. IRON
man and Mr.. Belasco personally take
charge.
Next Monday all the stars concerned
in the performance, Otis skinner, y.
C. Goodwin, Ann Murdoch. Helen ware
Florence Reed, Robert Warwick, Fred
eric de Belleville, Elita Proctor OTIS
Minna Gale Haynes and Eugene
O'Brien, will be assembled under the
direction of William Seymour IN 80 =
ton. where they will be joined by MI
Frohman and Mr. Belasco.
Announcement comes from Ithaca
that the Cornell Dramatic Club has IN
preparation Giuseppe Giacosa S drama
Like Falling Leaves" which has been
translated into English by Edwin BJork-
man. Samuel Karrakis, freshman
from Newark, will have a prominent
role. Others in the cast are the Misses
Virginia Van Brunt and Emily Schultz,
of Brooklyn; Florence Wilbur, OF Al
bany: Kathryn Lyon. of Hudson. Jane
Bates. Of Ithaca. and Kathleen Colpltts'
of Chicago. and +. G. Flemming, OF But
falo; Clayton Cousens and Harper Holt
of Ithaca; f. X. Curtis. Of Piattsburg,
and J. VI. CAN'T, of this city.
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