New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

When drama reveals life In terms Of
Tilt there must be Lopokovas. Lydia
Of the Bandbox lost her way in seek
ing Washington Square. The journey
IS easy If you take a bus, but arduous
in the roundabout way which lies
through Petrograd, Berlin and Paris.
Accent is prevalent and contagious IN
those cities. Miss Lopokova has
caught it. A cure is promised in the
progress she has made this season.
Yet, after all, her eloquence tran
scends the merely lingual. Mackaye
was kinder when he gave her panta-
looms than de Musset, who thrust her
into a hoopskirt. Still, not even
bushel basket could hide her lightness,
and in "Whims" Miss Lopokova re-
peats the success which she made as
Julie Bonheur of "The Antick" in the
first Bandbox bill.
Literature" is the best thing on the
present bill of the Bandbox. 1t Is
PLAYED by actors who comprehend its
humor. Helen Wesley has a sense
of humor which is ever so rare trait
in an actress. The wit Of "Litera-
ture" and Of "Whims" is intensified by
her excellent work. II is a pity that
she does not study cues more closely.
"Overtones," by Alice Gerstenberg
seems 10 be the most popular play on
the Bandbox bill. II is an attempt TO
show the real self and the conven-
tional woman. The one speaks the line
which polite usage dictates and the
other expresses the truth. The notion
is clever. but il struck US as rather
cumbersome when put in operation, al
though we must admit that this is
minority opinion In the field Of re-
Elective drama the movies have the
upper hand. and we feel sure that
similar play could be worked out much
more artistically on the screen.
The Honorable Lover" OF Bracco
gives Miss Florence Enright q chance to
show her fire and spirit. and while we
might not .sbate the vigor OF her per
formance we believe that the sketch
would be more effective II played IN
slightly slower tempo. Perhaps this Is
impossible, in which case our verdict
would be against the author rather
than the director. Frankly, in such
small theatre the quarrel scenes OF this
play sound almost as loud as the attack
on the stockade in Treasure Island"
Literature, beats SchnitZler at his
own game. II combines in an interest
ing degree sentiment and its natural
antldote, cynicism.
The Bandbox bill as a whole hardly
serves its purpose as an evening or
comparative comedy. Although the
PLAYS are. in order, Austrian. Ameri-
can, Italian and French, they are in
slight sense national IN theme or man
ner. There is nothing so cosmopolitan
as intrigue. and three Of the PLAYS are
built on philandering plots. However,
we don't In the least care about an op-
portunity 20 do any comparing IN the
theatre. We would rather be enter
tanned, end we we're.
Notable in the productions are the
four settings By Paul 7. Frank, Lee
Simonson, Robert Lawson and John
King. Third Avenue is nearer the sun
than Broadway.
Charlie Chaplin has almost completed
another Essanay comedy. IL is called
Charlie Chaplin BurlesQue Of Car
men" We are rather sorry 90 learn
from the press agent that there IS
less Of the slapstick variety OF run
and more of the subtle points Of genn-
inc humor," and yet we feel that even
In the face Of this announcement W.
NAV look forward confidently 20 a hui
morous encounter between Chaplin and
the bull
The dramatic department scored ita
first and probably ts last beat OF the
eeason along about midnight Wednesday
Ip reviewing Treasure Island" Messrs.
Alex Wolcott. New York Times,
and Louis Sherwin, New YORK Globe,
quoted: Fifteen men on dead mans
chest" In The Tribune IL ran "tli..
teen men on the Dead Mans Chest,
and This time we were right. The Dead
mans Chest Of the song Is repository
neither Of socks nor lungs, as implied
By the dramatic critics Of The Times
and "The Globe" but small island.
The city editor was the man VINO set
us right.