The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
ORDYNSKI REFUSES
PLACE IN BERLIN
Max Reinhardt Wanted Him
10 Direct New P%antOmimc
Theatre There.
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP

sumo charge Of the new theatre which
Rcinhardt expects to found there. Tn.
rev institution is to be devoted 30
pantomime and ballet.
There are to be famous artists inter.
es,ed in the theatre Of which Mr..
ordynski was invited to be business and
artistic manager. Rcinhardt also re-
ques,ed the cooperation OF Ordynski In
the production " certain plays at his
was forwarded through the courtesy Of
the American Embassy In Berlin. 1t
was by this means that Mr.. Ordynski
answered that he had made up his mind
to remain here.
Richard Ordynski. although he made
his reputation in Berlin when he stood
BY the side Of Max Reinhardt during
all his artistic progress. is a Pole. lie
cam 10 this country first with
%"Sumurun' when II was performed At
the Casino.
Frieda Hempcl has been called back
10 Berlin by the Illness OF her father
and will sail about the middle of Juno By
way Of Norway. But Lottie gel
will remain here all summer. This hap
pens TO be the young woman whose
skating name Is Charlotte. She Is under
contract to Charles h. Dillingham; for
NO more years and will continue to
appear at the H~ippodrome. She has
many accomplishments as a skater
which have never been shown here.
Joseph Ritter Of the Arm Of Corey.
Williams n Ritter has just bought the
rights to a farce called For one Day
only" by Frank Ferguson. Mr.. Fergu-
son has written numerous vaudeville
sketches. Rose Coghlan acted In them
and has bought another. MI. Ferguson
knows the vaudeville sketch from more
than one point Of view as he has play ID
all season with Mary Shaw In THE
Dickey Bird"
II ought 10. be cheering to admirers OF
culture. however IL may be spelled. 20
know that the Yorkvilie Deutsches Thea.
ter. summer home of the German.c
Muse Of the Drama. is now open. After
having been sufficiently censored by the
police II is again presenting Die
Schaemige,' "6s" and 'Das Starke
Stuck"
Two ~ the most widely known stars
on the English speaking stage roads
. despatch from the Fulton Theatre.
were considered and deliberately turned
down In favor of a comparatively un-
known English woman. who Il liz be-
leved by Mr.. Blinn and the management
will prove a veritab,e dramatic sensa-
ton. Her name .s Edythe Lattimer."
The actress who was thus chosen will
take the place Of Maragret Anglin. who
has ceased to act Mrs. Arbuthnof In
a Woman Of No Importance" here In
favor of Rosdiind In st. Louis She will
he seen in the oscar wilde play to-
morrow night. II would only have been
possible for the despatch TO have been
more c-ue! by naming the two actresses.
Leonore Clrich will return to the
moves from which David Belasco tried
IN vain 10 rescue her. But in The
Hear, Of Wetona" she displayed only a
camera technique and seemed always
searching for some important inspiration
to her acting which was always missing
AZ the L.yceum Theatre. 1t must have
been the camera. Miss Ulrich has been
on the stage for only five years, how
ever. and she has time to outgrow all
her faults.
Now II Is the tear producer who is a
novelty IN the world of the movies. But
unlike the actresses who used to play
emotional ro.es in the spoken drams II
Is on her own cheeks and not those Of
her listeners that the tears are meant
to roll. There have been various ex-
plantations as to the manner In which
this illusion can best be created, Am
mon.a held under the nose. a diet OF
onions for the leading man n similar
devices have been mentioned to accom-
plish this artistic effect. Helen Eddy.
who has won special eminence on the
screen a. a tear producer. declares that
none Of these expedients Is possible and
that her tears are the natural result OF
htr emotional feeling.
Frederick warde, who is TO be seen in
shakeSrearlan tragedies on the screen,
VII speak hts afternoon at 81. Thomas's
Church. He viii take AZ his suoJect
Shakespeare. Apostle OF Christianity"
The lecture viii be under the auspices
u the Actors Church Alliance,
Two Of New York's little theatres
closed their doors for the season last
rEht Treasure Island was given Tor
n" last time at the Punch and judy
Theatre The play has proved ore OF
the most successful ventures OF a pros
porous theatre year and has done much
- Increase he fame OF Charles HOP
k-s As A producer. The Princess Thea
ire .oses Very Good Eddie which has
been Constantly crowded ever since 1t
Vas produced before Christmas.
Y ought 20 cheer up New Workers to
learn hat Sada Cowan. the dramatist
o. cheer, IL to return to her duties In
this city. Miss Cowan wrote The Law
forhits,' which dealt gracefully and
lightly with some of the deepest mys-
'eries Of birth control. Even cheerier in
Us merry wit was IN the Morgue," an
earlier work Of the same gifted au-
thoress, She Ia now In town to superin-
tend the rehearsals OF playing the
Game which she wrote with TraRarn
Whitney, II is TO be produced by the
Harris Estate. What the game may DO
has not been divulged, but 1t seems per-
iecnv sure, to judge by the authors
other words. hat II must he murder, sui
eide, arson or some equally gay topic.
performances TO be given by Stuart Wall
kers Portmanteau Theatre company
VIII take place tomorrow evening In the
seventh Regiment Armory at Park ave-
nue. and Sixty-sixth street for the bien-
nal convention OF the General Fedora
uon OF Women's Clubs. Mr.. Walker
WIN present six Who Pass While the
l.enfils Boil" the one act play given At
me chr!stodora Settlement Hous when
~" Portmanteau company first appeared.
The players Will include Judith Lowry,
Nancy Winston. Gregory Kelly. Mckay
MOTIFS, Edgar Stehli, William Farrell
ana Mr., Walker. Other summer perror-
nances by the company will be ut the
Non'clair Athletic Club. June 90; the
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