Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-20
he Tempest for
Selected Audiences


good deal matter of the
after all. potash and PERL
Enthusiasts won't enjoy Mary
,,,,t,. perhaps they won't enjoy
arnent Marie Tempest. And the
A. the Lyric last night would
IN have had sad time of It over
Mouruss. Sophlsticatlon for the
.'.a,s.sd, and high comedy or the
We can come to 1t.
.vdlence was In tune. You knew
a ,he moment the lady behind you
r,,sd the overture with the infor-
aoh, yes, ], know her quite in
Il. we've taken two cures to-
.s such people we're more than
q, for little go at the humors of
a r,.cedence I'm the English prov
They like to watch wealthy
..-4on. 'reco'nlzed" at last, wallow
4. ,sw knlghthood. They enJoy-they
n, feel-the rebellion of such worthy
..,tv as Mary Whlchello's at giving
4, nrivilege of being taken in first
Z s.,ar And even the average work.
~ American-who never heard of
.,..e and doesn't go in to dinner In
r.rucular way at all-can't help
4. amused at so amuslngly written
acted comedy as Henry Arthur
,Ss aetlng-her acting-Marie Tempest's
aI,
N NAV. See her measure up her prey
&,sh calculating humor in her squirting
y. and then launched upon such a
ohsrerng Of the new knight as TINS:
vsrv-glr Thomas, have congratulated
a on your honor, haven't II
4, THOMAS very stiffly)-Thank you,
y have congratulated me three times
hing the last week,
q Yary-Have very sweetly)? Oh. l
Z ,slIv must give myself the pleasure of
Irssratulatlng you once more. May l?
4 N, cheerful practically OF her manner
4 she goes into unpleasant details in
I Il. nights benefactions; the well-bred
f,ps that follow her foes discomfiture
. n, sueals of delight when they have
i,,,red from the field! Upon all this gay
r,rhIef this bubbling over of tempera-
f,npest puts the faint veil of vulgarity
. /, Ehch you know that Mary Is after all
Lcyincial" and Miss Tempest an artist
4 ,M not a ''personality." Moreover-a
Z atm times moreover-behind the Whole
hvsrsonation is the robust, animal play
hnsss Of a vital, energetic, thoroughly
,Uva and Individual woman. Such a su-
rs quality of liveness would animate
ska nf Snpiatv hurnpr
4 And Henry Arthur Jones comedy is
,,ly far from that. Mr.. Jones wakes old
4 ID the absurdly natural course of this
Ias He grows a more conscious and less
.ifrol, artist; his convenient stage uncles
,sns In more obviously to act as tele-
.lacnlc receivers for whatever the audi
NO must be told. And the final sur
HiEder Of the newly knighted, rather than
/ he the consequences OF their suit for
'lsndsr Is convenient more than con-
'trdHg
But that Is not the substance of the
.lhL The substance is the comedy of
hs and in that Mr.. Jones grows stead
|ly younger. He even becomes audacious-
~ Ingenious, For who would have eX-
p.e.td the author OF Judah" and THE
Hpocrltes" to invent so delightful an
Insult as these words of Mary upon
|Fllrh the action turns
But those poor factory girls! Keep
him out of temptation? Why, with her
|gsvdered cheeks and her yellow hair, she
1on an impropriety herself!"
The Human Hot Toma1e
Such Is the sobriquet of the peppery
person who insists on separating Richard
Cafia from his beloved in the new musi-
eal eomedy. Ninety in the Shade"
which has just had it's first production
Y Detroit. The scene is the Philippines.
hehArd Carle Is endeavorIng to marry
~ American maid and to conceal his
Previous affairs and the aforesaid "hot
rnals' from his betrothed. There is
g Incidental revolution or two and the
h9.Ifention Of a bevy of chorus girls
KY some music by Jerome Kern.
me local reviewers are a little hesi-
nHI In expressing complete approval.
tpy await Its production on Broadway
esek hence, and the burden of their
nas Is this; "In justice to all concerned
Y I be stated that Ninety in the
a.aas Is undergoing the pruning and re-
.-olng ana bolsterlng up that produce
e'aa OF this sort rarely II ever escape.
young, very young. 1t has already
es.h appreciably telescoped. and by the
sa q the week 1t will be possible to pass
lsa!ment on what has been accom-
20 undeniable fact In connection with
slaey In the Shade" is the cast. Be
I. ~. Mt Garlic, Marie Cahill and Victor
@ofley-an old hands at the game of