Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20
"She's In Again."
But Not Very Far

r,sSeR "saS ot d Paul Gayaults ma Tapie d Hon
Thomas aRe J. Gray Breed Street Street, Thsars
knthony ,,r;i,;,oIc Me- ,usrt pobso,
ss Aubrey brighton. MIR. Arthur Aiyleswortt
Miss Ann Ralner ''''''',,..'' Mss Mss, Ag2 Levi,
leslie T0Ti5SI T6ST Miss oEim Mac fSfPfS opRIS.
sH.'TTS ny Tarton ..........., Mr.. Geo. 4 Schiller
Mfs Tarl,on;; Miss Srissn ri Nam RisSr
sf}yant fgy t.,.....T The Honorable Helen Montagn
slm.gso1d slm.gg Aubrey nrightons bachelor apart.
srt New York Tuesday, 2 q. NJ.
y 9,Lvirg room 9o.aoy at tsa ao orSri0ns a. @ Lake.
N91t aGThe guests suite at the Tarltons,
wednesday. p. IN.
oshe's In Again" deserves serious con-
,,deratIon II for no other reason, be-
,,.se Of the novel. intelligent and honest
advertisement Of yesterday, in which the
sroducer Ned wayburn, explained that
I, thought the play full of clean, honest
,.,shso and wanted "everybody's opinion
N n while It remains here"
THAT and some other things prevent the
abviousy cheap gibe at "She's In Again, -
aoaacer. take her outn The other things
40 good cast, a very amusing last act,
nd some exceptionally tasteful scenery.
honesty. however, honesty to Mr.. Way
h,rn as much as to the reader and play
,oer demands the admission that she's
= Again" doesn't get over" as 1t
should. -, !.
One trouble may pe tne tenloVai OF
,orts of the original play which were too
french or which gave too much prom
inence TO thc HthusilEI! , ploa IIll'','c', ,
aunt VINO NlS'tS ne' s,, ito "..''
finds nin ts s"e 10y NY ~, .''..NS ~
Ing MS WIN o"tS, =. t,.,,,,,
having lnpeccaoNi luU9' ,,i.
trouble, no"envi, ,', 10 III ,i,,t o,.,i,,it,
witty hnes' P.I ,.,i,t,. T., ,,,o
the appearance VI u. at .,,,, -. wv
hero's nat tne Speeumes ,n'' al 90 ,,,ni,
the introuuclior vi ,ne "u'' est,, si. ,.9.i,,.
furtner Co.u ,,, -, ,ta,,,,,,,o,,t
TO escape lIo"l a C'o US -. aI'o,,,,,' Hi
even tne speecieS vi nc. ,i,, ", -
herself lack snap ltNoi' VI ie'n.' i',s. nS
\ Thomas j. gray may i,,t icy a. ,,o,.,,.,
reputation ior WY 'ut -. ,e;
American iarceur mas many ho.,a.
command OF sld"s az ai ''''
stocked hotcoooN VI ',fes.,,.. ,., ,,.,..
Further there Is ulliiGu''y mat nay 10y,
or may not Oe lalu at tie uooI VI l"'
original authoT me ldrCe P@alH @ 'o,,, ,,
pany with Itself between tne suIonu anu
third acts me lrst wv ~ 'Ie ss.sIa., ST.
amusing Situations ,.,,', ,,,,l,,
ed-between various ioVeloTn Eou',S il'J' il''J'
and women ana various oluei lci".'Ne9'
The usual misuhderstahulhss ol latee'
which would survive about TWO minutes
Of real life, are playing mob with every
body's happiness when the second curtain
goes down. When 1t comes up on the
third act we are told that some one has
dlsobeyed Rule No. 1 of the farce wrl-
ters' union by explaining, and all Is well.
Then what do the authors do but start
tbe plot and the misunderstanding Ill
over again. Now, aside from the resulting
hiatus in the play, IL becomes absurdIy
evident 10 the audience that If the peo-
nIs exnlained once and found out how
rrusuaIIv well II worked. thew would i'm
msdioteIv exnIain again. The misunde--
s,snding business is exploded for audi |
s,'se and nlavers alike.
po - said IN ,he credit of "she's In
A Go,,S tbot tho last act in snite of all
nj 10 ,,,,doniobI,, funny II concerns
,.na,s ,,,i,h ,,othino moro tban tho coin
..sonoo of ,ha hare and HE amt and the
s,i,,,,,e al Soir, ossigned ,,nwittinriv