Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-21

NNuhl IIAEA mute nlNAlMfAANt NN afAA0a Cameron herself 1t was done at one
 time under the title The Passion Play of Washington Square.
 Wallis Clark, whose success i'm New ! York during the past fortnight has been noteworthy. played Blll Sikes ln oliver Twist in London and scored l one of the biggest successes of the season. lie has few peers as creator | of old men types. His Sheer ln The Sritic at the Princess Theatre in New " ork Is one of the interesting incidents ! of that excellent performance
 ! Ferne Rogers, the petite and talented musical comedy prima donna who has | recently added international distlnC- l iIUu Co her professional career by SCOT ing an unmistakable success in the | leading role of The Sleeping Beauty | Beauuhed' at the Drury Lane Theatre. ! London, claims Meridian, Conn, as her l home. She is now enrOute Co the ! United States from London
 Clara Blandick. who may be relied l upon to know whereof she speaks, de- l clgres that the only play which will ] stand the test of time ls the play pt ! human interest. Plays of sex have ! their day Miss BlandiCk justly de- Clares. and while they laat they un- l doubtedly occupy the center uf the
 stage, but plays which were wit l witnessed by our Children-she refers
 to those who have children-are the plays of good, human heart interest ! W hen Paul ker made hia big success ! in "rhe Alilion.' two years ago. he l hurlesQued Caruso. the great Italian tenor. and thereby won tho everlasting ] interest of the Metropolitan star ! Caruso was a frequent attendant at the ! Herald Square Theatre where the play ! had its long run, and ker and the ! Italian became fast friends Indeed, ] ker wrote and dedicated a song Co ] .H ! sang. ker ls now playing an eccentric ! role iu Twin Beds at the Fulton l Theatre in New York, and CarusO is gaining flesh through laughter at the
 antics of his former protegee.
 Mary Hall has been described by the
 London stage as "the woman who
 knows how Co die gracefully In an interview recently it was observed that
 Miss Hall had won great distinction
 for her numerous death scenes" She
 confessed that close association with
 members of the medical fraternity many of whom have been identified
 with her family gave her new com .Ception of the effect of death in many of its forms. Miss Hall has not died
 for some time, taking her cue from
 the new plays which carry few death
 scenes. Dying seems, as it were, to be
 dying out as popular dramatic inci-
 dent
 one of the most artistic creations Of the recent stage period Is that cred Iitcd Co Rupert Harvey. the John Rhead in 'MIestOnes." To convey Co the audience that the youthful, debonair | figure of lS6v is Jhe same character of 1912, is tax upCT the intelligence as ! well as the talent of any actor, and yet Co lose this effect is to spoil the per
 formanCe. Mir. Harvey creates dis
 tinctiNc atmosphere which he carries throughout the play and one realizes
 c .. the difference of maturity. There is
 the ldealist Of 1A6u, the lf-saushed |higOt of 1883 and the QucrelUus char |ucter of lgl2. Arnold Bennett and Ed |wlrd NnOblauCh. who contributed this |cNquisite play Co the American stage,
 have done nothing in collaboration since, and they will likely be remem- .btrcd for this one brilliant bit uf dra-
 matic construction.
 In the propaganda of the "new Istagecraft" Granville Barker. now , playing at WaIuck's Theatre iu New York. is accepted as the authority of ' England In this country we have 2 many notable representatives of the new art in scene painting and prOduc- ton. Indeed, at the present time Liv- ingston Platt, of Boston Is doing the scenery for a new company to be known as the Modern Drama Players, and his work compares most fayOrably with the best that fus been brought
 Co this country rom either England or Germany. Francis Powell stage di- , rcctor uf distinction, who was for many years associated with ls. H. Suthern, Julia Marlowe and Aladame NazimOva, has written extensively on the sub- jeCt. and is recognized as an Amerl- can authority. Mir poWell's produce uons in Boston and for the University ] of Wisconsin have been accepted as among the best that have been done in the country.
 Gilbert White, the American painter whose portrait of the former governor of the State of Kentucky was the first Co be placed in the new peace palace at Washington, is one uf the most dis- ] tngulshed younger American artists. p His work has received high award in Europe as well as the United States. ] At the time Of the declaration of war E between France and Germany. he was in this country with a commission from r the City of New Haven, and his atelier V in Paris was subjected to the usual % deprcdations preceding the unsuccess- tul attempt Of the German army to " enter Paris. Most Of the work done by - l MT. White has been in Paris, although
 many of the most prominent public e buildings in the United States are U graced by examples of his talent. He l has placed American art high in rank
 in his own country and the foreign I. l countries where he has resided, and I where he is as we'll known as he is
 1 among the art circles of New York and Washington.
 . "The English public, as well as the y English producer is beginning Co real-
 iZe the enviable position of the United l States in the matter of furnishing the z amusements for the world pretty and n l talented little Ferne Rogers declared " 1 after her arrival this week from her own London success. "Thcre is no new
 play in prospect in London. and the
 public, insisting upon entertainment y even during the present tense condi- - tions, look to the United States to fur z nish the plays and many of the players U And the same condition prevails in . Germany, where ] sang and have many z l friends. They realize that It win be q many months before the native writere s and composers are in condition tO fc- Q velop their artistic ideas, and Amc"ica y being so far removed from the scenes e of hostilities, is relied upon by 9V the
 nations to furnish the stage material = for many months to come. Even be-
 fore the European nations were actual e lv engaged in hostilities. the United To States was taking an enyiable position - in this respect among the producers oi