Evening star., 1915-01-03

be waiting ION the road" was
Zoo Many Cooks" The New York
prpdifctfon on tour has fallen Slightly
under suspicion because of a pretty
wsll Understood principle that any
thing that has shadow of hope in the
METROPOLIS will be retained there. The
road so far this season has been re-
yarded largely as a refuge where the
dramatically unfortunate may go and
hide their, shame.
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fToo, Many Cooks was not one of
the o1tca SITS. It was a thorough sue
cess and had claimed many consecu-
tive weeks of enthusiastic attention
before being sent on tour. Clean and
sparkling, it managed to make its
luminous though unpretentious merits
pretty widely known to the community
In spite of the mists of suspicion which
overhung the theatrical landscape.
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1t wo1ad be an advantage If the re-
sponse Here to we'll acted entertain
ment free from the miasms of the
underworld proved sufficient to war
rant the presentation outside of New
York of some Of the unauestionabIy
eACeiieHl material tndI is now DelnS
held there in state of suspense.
The excellence of the performance of
Lady windermere's Fan" and Green
Stockings the past week under the
direction as well as with the assist
ance of Miss Margaret Anglip argues
strongly for the Lou-Telleren idea of
a school for acting with faculty COM
-f
tresses7 who might be playing New
York engagements. Miss Anglin's
work was in evidence in many ways
besides in her own fine characteriza-
tions.
adele had all the earmarks of a
rosy apple badly speckled. Something
must have happened in it's Aneliciza-
ton which discouraged the producer
and distracted his attention from the
cast after he had selected Miss CAROLYN
Thorn. Like the song that runs all
through the pretty music she was one
Of the few things connected with the
production to be remembered
!.
The Belasco Theater in technical par-
lance will be dark" this week. Mr..
John Drew. in a new comedy, will en-
tertain patrons of the New National.
and ''The Girl of Girls enliven those
who go to the Columbia. Polls will
have for the first time in Washington
'Passersby." The other theaters will
afford their customary entertainment.
JOHN DREW, ACTOR-John Drew
has created more than a hundred
roles. Born in Philadelphia, the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Drew, who for
many years managed the old Arch
Street Theater. John Drew made his
first appearance on the stage at that
old playhouse in a comedy called Cool
As Cucumber" His success con-
vinced his parents that he was to
maintain the family traditions, and
'wo years after his first appearance he
was enaged by Augustin Daily and
Philadelphia. His first New York en-
Sagement was made at Augustin
Daly's Fifth Avenue Theater. Febru-
ary u, 1876. as Bob Ruggles, in The
Daily until 1892. except for a short
period during the season of 1S1s-1s79,
when he went on tour in Diplomacy"
During his term with Mr.. DAILY he was
seen in widely varying range of
characters. His Shakespeare interpre-
tations included Hamlet" "Riche-
lieu," ''OtheIlo," Richard ILL.," king
Lear" THE Merchant of Venice" The
Tanning of the shrew" and "As You
Like IT, He was seen also in Bron-
New Lamb" .Piaue." weak Women ~
Money" The Princess Royal The
nasan anss G'y Night ss way %s Live an
''Tiote,' Our First Families" Needles
and Pins" "Odette,' THE SQUIRE
rshe Would and She Would Not"
Dollars and Sense" The Country
Clutches" The Magistrate" Nancy
railroad of Love-" AN International
Match" New Lamps for DID, The
school for Scandal" Love in Tandem" !"
and SO through list Of characterize
ions too numerous to enumerate here.
In 1892 he came under Charles Froh-
ANS management, an association
Hhtch has existed without interrupt
lioa sSer since. His first appearance
fsh Mr. Frohman occurred at Palmer's S
';hsateT, October 8, 1892, when he was
seen as Paul Blondet, in The Masked
BaH" In the order named. since that
enlargement, he has been seen in the
BaabIe shop" The Imprudent Young
CdlpY r'Christopher, jr."; The Squire
o1p:gnes." Rosemary" "A Marriage
oflfonyenie.nlc.s, ., ore nnn summers ef Tasr nay'
"aehard Carvel.' The Second in Com
mitd," The Mummy and the Hurnming
BiH,'' Capt. Dieppe." The Duke of
Kierankie.M M~ Deianeey. M1fs Lack his stlaW Hawss
.I&tonstistent George" Smith," "A
SlRelS4Mafl," The Perplexed Hus-
AID. 1.-THE Will" LAS You Like 1t,
NH The Prodigal Husband"
Bkom his companies there have grad
uafed such celebrities as Miss Maude
Adams, Miss Ethel Barrymore. Miss
Billie Burke, Miss Mary Boland, Miss
tlEte De Wolfe and others whose
nastes would read like pages from a
,h{atrical blue book.
ACTORS TOO HANDSOME.-Some-
thing is the matter with the drama
oh, not the awfulness of themes nowa-
lays and things like that, but some-
thing else. The trouble is chiefly with
the one-night-stand companies. From
far and near come reports that busi-
ness with the Broadway successes is
not what 1T should be. To use the ver-
raeular, the tank towns are shy OF
the serious play" while musical shows
are cleaning up fat fortunes.
EHhel Valentine says the reason is
Rain to her:
Actors are too handsome"
To quote Miss Valentine, who, of
,tage. is a deep student of human ma
sre. and blessed with 4 heaven-borr
nse of humor:
Take Oshkoch, just for example. The
Noe clerk IN the biggest store in towI
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