New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

The second play is one o. He'""
Aov mood called might Of Snow"
ss,s the two women Of the play poison
a,nsslves with charcoal fumes, we
r,v take It TO be an exercise in hor-
~, But It did not hOrrify US be-
.Bss II failed 10 interest Us. The
nay has been cut bit since the frs
,srformanee and this may make for
rss, Improvement might Of Snow"
serves TO give Agnes Mccarthy a chance
70 act with skill.
aHelsna's Husband" by Philip Noel
Ter. will without doubt be the most pop
ulsr play in the present bill. This we
nav properly cal! buriesque. 1t is the
Shsyian point Of view Of the story OF
Troian Helen. "The face that launch'd
thousand ships and burned the top
less towers Of nium" wore a simpel
according to Mr. Moe.ler.
The influence Of Shaw may be traced
IL the play, and also not little OF
the Hermione Of Don Marquis, for
Mosllers Helen IS serious thinker
The trouble may be due 20 the fact
that one Of the WISE men Of Sparta has
informed the queen that she is toe
irrespective"
Whatever the cause Menelaus well
cones the arrival Of Paris and connlve
a. the elopemert. The fact that tn
lcver is from Troy causes international
romplications which enable the author
10 sstirize the Great War. Although
this satire is amusing, we felt that u
vas carried just a bit too far. Inc
analogy built up by the author between
sparta and Germany is pat and super
pat
This play has wit and humor, but It
las something sc which we ma
hard 10 define. High spirits is most
nearly what we mean. We don't know
the years Of Mr. Moeller, but wei
wager they are few. His play contains
Tor instance, one or TWO broad INES
which 70 Us seemed 20 indicate GER
IAN youthful and decidedly normal and
healthy love Of improperly for its own
sske
Noel Haddon OF "Helena's Husband"
IS By no means q finished artist, but
Earring a rather imperfect enunciauon
he handles the main points OF tn
thsrseter well. Frank Conroy scores
sgsin In an exceedingly finished por-
ifsil Of Menelaus Walter Frank IS an
amusing Analytikos and Harold Melt
ier makes handsome Paris. Helen
Wesley puts a little too much vehe-
hence into Tsumu, the slave, but sue
setas IN getting a great deal Of fun
sEi Of her part.
The Antick" is Percy Mackaye in
Wat We consider his most pleasing
hood. His plav is study OF those
eSefse elements Of New England which
Produced an Emerson and a Haw-
uoFne. Romance Mr. Mackaye may
stl. trust 20 Lydia Lopokova. as blithe
hitle actress as ever skipped across
stage. Robert Strange aud Holland
Hacson are others in this well cast
iece.
VIA, The Tribune said about me
,"sanesday was NICE" remarked MISS
.'posoya, "but do not think ! was so
s'9a as The story said"
Iyeia LopOkova, you may see, Is
fnAfEable actress.
Ihis is season OF dramatic live
soek "The Antick" has goat. IL
ne intention Of Percy Mackaye
Az Miss LopOkova should leave the
4ge or the back Of the goat. Nobody
20 any objection bur the goat. "WheI
NJ 10 get on his back he butts me-
,i'alneo the little actress, "and do
80. .as goat has carried his point, but
~ 80 an ungal.ant animal, we have
'' VIII come 20 no good end.
Vsons who come 20 the theatre late
oaiy are guilty Of gross rudene
soienee and actors, but sin against
rueuons sc; unborn. The mark OF
s. Afdy y on our drama now, and
I'VE Il will stay unless radical re
'''n Is achieved.
music be the food Of love, play on;
N. me excess Of IL. that, surfeiung,
appetite may sicken and so die"
S.tss, with his best foot forward. did
Nsssyeafe begin Twelfth Night" If
lss'sspeare lived IN our age he would
srs. amended this opening. No play
bo,,ss can afford 10 put anything i'm
81 l or beautiful al the beginning
M, Pay because he know that il will
n neard. The author. experieficed
an. Voucilons on the New York stage,
M - 90 10 more than mark time
~ hrst ten or fifteen minutess