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been tho object of the ardent de-
s.res of HotchLisS.
Tho characters wander through ~
labyrinth and at one time it seems ans
II they would all he hopclcssiy lost,
hut at the psychological moment Shaw
leads them to the light and the comedy
ends satisfactorily.
Presented originally al a matinee.
;hc return Of The yellow Jacket" TO
New York viii likewise he made at an
afternoon performance. To-day a
matinee performance has been made a
necessity owing to the absence Of any
I broadway theatre available for eve
ming performances. The original
Presentation at the Fulton Theatre
was on Monday, November 4. 1912.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn will give the first
Of their performances on Thursday
afternoon next. and ten matinecs will
he given. on Monday. Tuesdays.
Thursdays and FRIDAYS, the Cort's
current attraction. Upstairs and
Down" continuing as usual in tho eve
niugs and At m%atinees OF Wednesdays
end Saturdays.
THE yellow Jacket" j. = play by
Gcoicc {. HH2citou and Benrimo, fol-
lowing Chinese stage conventions i'll
tho telling and tho acting. When first
produced here l. proved as startling a
novelty to the sophisticated band Of
Manhattan first nightcrs as II since
has proved to audiences throughout
the world. For The yellow Jacket"
is unlike anything the Occidental
stage has ever put forth. Never was
any doubt OF it's artistic success. 1t
Was proclaimed 10y the critics "a play
OF great worth and when the public
lid not flock to see il Immediately fol-
lowing the first impassioned outburst
of the reviewers Il number of New
York literary men constituted them.
selves a first aid band and issued a
round robin urging all interested in
! the welfare OF the stage to see IL. M
Drama League, too. bulletined the pivy.
and thus. wins largelN 10 the active
friendly Interest OF I~nhhehtia' al
mircrs. II has bcen PRODUCED III nearly
every European centre OF ho'e ana
Tor inc past W." N'"'o"" '''s.''''"
nv MT anu MIS- 'o""i" !" MI '"e
important '>h''I''"H '""'H'
ho'ao'e '',s' mas peeh "NSsi''"'e' "
'he c'~'l''o""e''on "','u'."7 WV
actors VINO "e'''Ne" "'sl'""e
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.h,a.ro ,his ;s in i,sc,f no small fri.
,,,,rh ,ua ;s -, once a tribute 10 the
d,n,m,,,,ior Of rlayrocrs and a fit
,;nn ronarI Car Tho courage Of Mr..
,rd Az, ,,ohu,u whose faith. some
viva, tried a, IN. bcg!nn!ng. is now
arn,v Justified
II IS nm upcn secret tina, for a brief
interval the fate of The Yellow
Jacket" wayercd in the balance. II did
mot, start with the roar and the rush
edN thai must h''uS carry an oe'oio
u AT the very outset OF ''He IAN 'u.
has grown gradually I'M" inc favor vi
a large hody oi ~p''!F'"'S' ''o" "'''
10 realize that IN" play Is on" I" '"e
most delightful entertainments ""'s'
inahl". Tho success IS NOR" IMAM n
of curiosity, th"uSh II must nc 'i'e'E
admitted that the ''ainoSc manner
in which tho play Is :i\on l. - potent
factor. But II - evident also from
many and diverse criticisms that The
Yellow Jacket is a play whose appeal
il limited 10 no one point OF outlook or
school OF insight. Indeed, IN more
than a hundred opinions. noted for
curiosity's sake. from representatives