Evening star., 1916-04-30

a Notable Performance.-Sir Johnston
Forbes-Robertson, the great classical
actor, made his farewell appearance on
the American stage Friday night in
.FauIet" at Sanders Theater, Harvard
University. before an audience which
crowded this old "Elizabethan" play
house to the doors.
At the end of the tragedy the eminent
actor spoke of the advancement of the
drama and the promising signs for the
future. he gratefully acknowledged
the encouragement and substantial sup
port America has given him during his
many visits 10 this country
The beau7ies of Forbes Robertson's
~Hamlet" are too well known to need
comment 1t is not. perhaps. too much
TO say that in the setting of the old
E.Izabethan playhouse they were
heightened, much as they were in his
recent production of the tragedy, with
curtains and no scenery. Sanders Thea
ter was altered to represent, to the best
of modern knowledge, the interior or
the Fortune Theater of Shakespeare
day. The platform stage. the only part
covered over, was the main scene OF
the tragedy The boxes and pit were
hIled with students in Eiizabethan COS
painted cloud effects. an effort was
made 10 reproduce the open-air thea
ter The front curtains. now disap-
proved. were discarded. but curtains
were hung before the inner stage and
balcony The lighting. one of the
greatest problems, was more or less
overcome by dinused lights from above
and the sides. Footlights were, of
course. tabooed Simple stage proper
ties were used, these being arranged by
"supers'' in view of the audience.
Thus. 800 years, almost to a day since
Shakespeare death. Forbes Robertson,
foremost actor of the bard's greatest
creation. bade farewell to the Ameri-
can stage, to which his personality and
art have given much during the past
generation. The simplicity of the
scene and the dignity of the occasion
were = fitting compliment to the man
who has all his life Stunned the obvi-
Gus. the artificial and the unreal side
of his art and has devoted his energies
and genius TO finer understanding OF
the stage, Of literature and of life IT.
self.
woman as Play Producer.-"The
reason why ! think women will some
day make great stage producers says
Adelaide. the dancer. both for vaude-
VILE and the legitimate. is because
women are mad for novelty Look a,
the way they dress, The creates
compliment you can pay to a mans
hat is TO say that every man has one
exactly like il. but every woman wants
hat as unlike every other woman's
as she can get.
Our managers, being men. follow
each other like sheep. II one produces
sex play. all produce sex plays. II
one produces crime play, all run &c
crime plays, and so IL goes. but a WON
an manager Will at least strike out and
try for something different"
4 New MorOseo stsr-Oliver Morosco
the theatrical producer. has discovered
more unknown quantities and mad
them leading women than any theatri
cal manager in the country. This sea
son he comes along with a new sta
in the part of Luana. in THE Bird o
Paradise" Her name is Cariotta Mon
terey.
Miss Monterey is a native Of Oakland
Cal. hut has lived most of her lif,
abroad. She Is twenty-three years olt
and was educated at the convent OF tn,
Sisters of Mercy" In Paris, France
After she left the convent she took
course in dramatic instruction at tn,
Academy of Dramatic Art. in London
where she was graduated with htgl
honors. She studied voice culture un
der Nine. Yeatman In Paris and ais,