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H PLAYS THAT LAST.

The plays that continue In New
York are "A Lady's Name" at
the Comedy Theatre, Ramona"
ut the Forty-fourth Street The
atre, "Rio Grande" at the Empire
Theatre, 1.-THE Heart of Wetona"
at the Lyceum Theatre, 1.-THE
Boomerang" at the Belasco The
atre, Common Clay" at the Re
public Theatre, "a Woman of No
Importance" at the Fulton The
atre, "Hit the Trail Holli-
day" at the Harris Theatre,
"Just a Woman" at the Forty
eighth Street Theatre, "The Gin
derella Man" at the Hudson The
atre, Treasure Island" at the
Punch and Judy Theatre, "The
Melody of Youth" at the Criterion
Theatre, ''The Great Lover" at the
Longacre Theatre, 1.-THE Core
spondent" at the Booth Theatre,
"Erstwhile Susan" at the Gaiety
Theatre, Fair and Warmer" at
the Eltinge Theatre, "Beau
Brummel" at the Cort Theatre,
1.-THE Merchant Of Venice" at the
New Amsterdam Theatre, "A
King Of Nowhere" at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre and the
Washington Square Players at
the Bandbox Theatre.
The musical plays are every
Good Eddie" at the Princess
Theatre, "Pom- Pom" at the
Conan Theatre, "Katinka" at the
Lyric Theatre, "Come to Bohe.
mia" at the Maxine Elliott The
atre, 1.-THE Blue Paradise" at the
Casino Theatre, "Sybil" at the
Liberty Theatre, "The Conan Re-
vue 1915" at the Aston Theatre
and Robinson Crusoe, IT," at
the Winter Garden.
The Hippodrome IL open with
Sousa's Band, "Hip Hip Hoorsy"
and "Flirting at St. Morits."s
big spectacular Offering.
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THE M
The share They Have Piaywriting
To-day In New York.

II would appear that the dear old
wheeze "How many women dramatists
are there" Answer: ''There are none"
would have to be revised. And this
Is for several reasons, chief OF which
is That the feminine contingent is mas
tering the art. and no longer
fear that dread old dictum that n
woman can't write n play. The latest
candidates are Alice Leal Pollock and
Rita Weiman. the authors of "Thc CO.
respondent" which served to Introduce
irene Fenwick as a star. Evidently
the Shuherts have no dread OF stage
superstitions. While THE Core
spondent' IS by women authors, n part
of the play is laid in n newspaper Of
flee. which. of course. makes 1t n
newspaper play" Now il Is one Of
II superstitions Of the stage that "A
newspaper play cannot succeed. even
though written by newspaper women.
Mrs. Pollock and Miss Weiman are
far from being the only members OF
the air sex who are now drawing
royalties for plays on the boards IN
New York. Amelie Rivcs Nriuccss
Trorbetzkoy) has won n distinct suc-
cess with her play. The Fear Mar
ket," which is on View ut the Comedy.
and curiously. like "The Correspond
emit The Fear Market is a ncwspa-
per play. Lou-TelleEen's play, "a
King of Nowhere" has a woman as
one OF It's authors. the play having
been written bv a brother and sister.
j. and l.. du Rocher Macpherson. In
the case Of The Great Lover We have
again femininity dividing the honors
OF authorship. only in this case II Is A
man and wife who wrote the play
Frederic and Fanny Hatton. And. too.
one of the musical successes OF the
town was written by a woman. THIS
IL 'Pom-Pom." The women have
nothing to complain az in the way of
managerial courtesy In the production
Of their plays or public patronage.
The most important moving picture
OF our day is from n novel by "A woman.
Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona" In
the case OF "Erstwhile Susan" we have
n triple combination. The feminine
star. Mrs. Fiske. is in n play from
a novel that was dramatIzcd by a
woman. Marian de Forest
Mrs. Pollock and Miss Wciman. the
authors of THE Correspondent" on
view at the Booth Theatre, are not
novices in playwritinE. While this is
their first full fledged play. each has
written n number OF successful dra-
matte sketches used in vaudeville.
Mrs. Pollock has written in all
a dozen successful vaudeville sEotcr-s $.
some OF the most successful Of these
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A WAR PLAY SEEN IN PARIS.
And the Public Proved to Re 4,
different to the New Dra N

PARIS. April ia recent editorial
In THE Sun commented on the scar
city of plays in France dealing with
the war n spoke OF tho distas;e
shown for h use OF the war a; this
time as a theme for dramatic writing.
The accuracy OF the writer's observa-
ton has since been again shown by
the limited appreciation which n new
war play. "l9l+--l937." has met since
Its production at Rejane's Theatre.
1t Is n serious play, somewhat Of a
melodrama. well written, with all It's
leading characters we'll drawn and
we'll acted. but the truth seems to be
that the limited Partisan public which
goes to the theatre at the present time
goes to forget the war for a few mo-
ments and has no wish to have my OF
Its real problems presented to II,
The scene In laid In a Swiss hotel
In the year 1887. Admiral Lcmicre,
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his sister, Nine. Lemiere, and the

his sister, Nine. Lemiere, and the
latter's son, Jean, a French family,
are staying there. and Jean has fallen
in love with n charming Swiss girl.
Elsa Schwob. who, with her mother, Is
also a guest. Mr.. Schwob. a business
man, Is not there. Nine. Lemiere
would have preferred her son to marry
a French girl, but will not stand In
the way Of her sons happiness. From
Loyalty OF sou land partly in hope
that the confession may prevent the
engagement) she tells Nine. Schwob
that her son is an illegitimate child.
that his father was her fiance. q
French officer killed in 1914. Nine.
Schwob is of n highly senti-
mental nature and Is only pleased at
such a romance. AS Nine. Lemierc
kisses the girl who IL TO be her daugh-
ter-in-law she sees a miniature on
the girls neck. the portrait of the
absent father. That absent father she
recognizes as n Uhlan officer. who In
1914 entered Lille. where Nine. Lemiere
lived, and lodged in the house where
Nine. Lemiere lived. She became the
victim of his brutality, and her sons
father was in truth the THAN officer.
The marriage between the boy and
girl who had the same father becomes
IMPOSSIBLE. Mine. Lemlcrc cannot con-
vince her son of such imprssihili.y
without revealing the whole story.
which she docs to him and to her
brother. the admiral.
So Jean Icmierc puts the young girl
out If his mind and thinks onty of re-
ycnge In the third act he makes
his mother accompany him to Mr..
Schwoh's room. Mr.. Schwob, who has
lust returned from a business trip to
Paris. is forced to admit that he is
only "A naturalized Swiss, n~aturali2ed
after the war "hecause II was so diff
iict,lt for "A German TO do n business
abroad" He scouts the idea that he
or any Pruss!an officer violated any
French girl There was no need for
that he declares with n srcer. bat
the mother having recognized him as
her b~otraycr. the son sei2os him by
the throat and attempts to drag him
to his knees To demand the mothers
f~ur-ivcncss. The boy uses such force
that h.s father is stransled. and the
curtain falls on tho Adniral's entrance
and his assertion thnt he Will take
the consequences Of the act on his
" shoulders.
The play is by no means rs cheaply
melodramatic as a short summary
makes It appear. but Il has received a
cold welcome from critics as we'll as
the public.
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WHERE TO DANCE.

It is said that more than fifty
thousand persons have been in
the Hawaiian room at ReiseU-
weber's during the season. As
this is called "Thc Four Hundred
Room" it is needless to say they
were not all there simultaneously.
Doralinda still dances, and there
is "llow Are YOU" in the grill.
This is the sixteenth week Of
the Zicgfeld Midnight Froiic.
Just how many hours during all
this time the play has kept cit
liens of New York out of bed It
would take an expert accountant
to discover. But they seem to Ike
it and are still sitting up.
There is n nightly fashion show
now in connection with the az a..
night Revue" on the roof Of the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre.
Tempest and Sunshine, O'Hricn
and Harris and a large chorus r
there rs well rs the skater.
"At Montmartre at Miduigh''
begins late. but its a~ttractioI- arc
sufficient to keep the patrort ~,
Among them are Samya ana i'on-
ert, Lucettc Valsy, Eva Proul and
her Leap Year Girls.
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the two performers who were secured
for these roles-players who had not
yet achieved great regulations or who
had been seen in pictures-made signal
successes.
"a while ago everybody was crying
that there were too many theatres
in this city. This may have been the
truth three years ago, but the point
is that so many plays have scored
successes that there are a great num-
Der of plays on tour waiting their
turn. II will, doubtless, DO many
months before many Of these will have
a New York opening. A while ago
managers were on the lookout for
attractions: now they have more than
they can take care Of"
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\ E w $a6
ORTIA

OF POrtid. Lyn Harding will be An
tonic. They will be supported by Au-
rlol Lee as Jessicd, Nell Compton as
Ncrtssd, Julian L~'F;strange as Bdssdnio.
Schuyler Ladd as Grdtidno, Henry
Herbert rs Tubdl and Cecil King as
LduncciOt cobb.
The Merchant OF Venice will only
he played for n limited number of per-
f~ormances. as Sir Herbert Tree wishes
to keep faith with the public and give
them an opportunity Of seeing his Fat
star in THE Merry Wives Of Windsor
before the termination Of his season.
Marie Tempest In "A Lady's Name
a now comedy by Cyril liarcourt, au-
thor Of "A Pair of Silk Stockings
will he seen at the Comedy Theatre on
Monday of ncX: week under the d,rcc-
ton of the Shuhcrts. The comedy is
in three acts. and for the first :'me IN
many years Miss Tempest will o he
seen In n drawing room.
In ~ i.ady's Name" Miss Tempest
will assume the role of Mabel Iors. n
novelist. who occupies quarters with
an ardent suffragette 10y the name OF
Maud Brcy. who is also somewhat of
a man hater. In order TO obtain ma
tcral for a new book which she j.
writing Miss We're adyertisps for a
husband. Notwithstanding the fact that
She is already engaged "a a man by
the name Of WGIiGDc. Among those
who present themselves rs candidates
for Miss ICrc's husband are Nocl
'orkordn. a well to do explorer, and
his va,ot and butler.
The butler, appealing to Miss ICrc's
prediction for adventure. invites her
with sc:ne other servants ~ n tea the
following afternoon. The tea IS held
in the Kitchen of Corkor0Hs apart
ments ana in the midst of 1t he inVades
the kitchen TO discover tho lady who
advertised FOR a husband acting as
cook. He attempts To have her JOIN
him with the other guests in the din
ing room. hut she clcverly cludeS him
Il fees to her own rooms. Mean
while the club members. to which he!
iiance belongs. have placed bets on the
morals Of the ,adv Advertising for a
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HERE ARE ART AND BUSINESS.
they Unite In the Person Of This
Actor.

Edward II. Robins. who II playing
the lawyer in "Erstwhile Susan" with
Mrs. Ffske at the Ga!ety Theatre. is
hot only IN actor of standing but
a manager who has been successful
IN a business way in the theatre.
Then he is n contradiction Of the
usual idea that an actor is not a good
business man.
Although he is a Pennsylvania
"Dutchman" Of the locality about
which "Erstwhile susan is written.
his business success has been in To-
ionto. There he was manager n
star in a feature film company
which has now ten features playing
throughout the British Empire and in
this country. lie WAS also producing
manager and owner Of tho Robins
Players. which last summer did the
most successful summer stock sea-
son in Canada at the Royal Alexandra
IN Toronto.
Uobins's faith in the theatre is
strong and he believes. from his own
experience, that livestock conpanles.
which are rapidly returning to high
popular favor. are the schools Of the
theatre from which is always turned
ON. tho r~orsonual Of olr most thor
ouGh'y good actors and actresses.
..T.o stock cumpany." saws Mr..
roI.-s as tho onion hearth flrn,cs
Cr. 40 vrs,b one mus, ,xt.r- to leo
turned The finished artists Of the dra-
n,,ti, s,t.a and from no other Mace.
I Iraula,.. s,hnuls arc ouly a hcgin-
r,n- I, is true that one VII find
,b.t .,,.- bas had , s,,t If monoto-
| ,'l.,., office, an sauna one actor or
,,,,..s tr nm ~n..,s.ou,l instance This
r.pueus rarely. nwcye and or'v 70
those Who's. abilities are not OF n
/ rt.r STANDARD inst a. n college co,,rss
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/ nfgi.,s wore n.y,r utcuded for any
I -~r.l.,r .0,,t Than ,n,t @. having tic,
/ APP l~..,,..r f.. u. Inns, holes
"e.,.k .~r,tu.n, * discInIine and
ART without d~,.pl.na IS homeless In
M form .sar...t. ,xnressinn Is /, mar.
uo,o.s,ry .n.n in tho drama wb.r,
| Tho eult..ti,u ,r ones own self ia ,la
r.,u. r,,r.,ts ~ , r3rt il abso,u.o,v
essential Il, un,oh'n achievement
"Tnr r,.r,u of the movies 10 thar
rr,,..r s,1.,, in tho world of rl,,s
- g, nar,.,u,,r form az .ntortainmen,
vr.,,, is r,, considered IN comne,i.ion
v.,r ira J,.u,l iu any rra,ter sansa
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tions are imposed by the rules Of their
craft.
On the other hand, the scenario
writer for the moving picture plays is
practically limited In no way. He may
enjoy the privilege Of boundiess lati-
tudc 20 far Is his field NJ action Ia on
cerned. He may wander to the end Of
the world and back. His usefulness to
the manager Is indeed largely the re-
suit Of Just the degree Of Imagination
which he brings to bear on his work.
Anything like the concentration and
economy Of the dramatset are unknown
&c him.
The result Is the most "cxtravagant
and erring" action on the part OF the
characters. OF every ten moving pic
turc plays constructed by the famous
scenario writer's seven are incomprc-
hensible to the intelligent spectators.
They of course serve their purpose
Perfectly for those who wander in to
watch something passing before their
Eyes from which they may bc seeking
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LESSON OF THEATRES YEAR.
Views Of Lee Shubcrt Rs to the
Conditions at Present.

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having taken account OF 'he business
during the first half of the present
dramatic season, the theatrical husl-
ness in New York and in the princi-
pal cities OF the Country was more
prosperous than II had been in several
years. There has not been a time
In my recollection, said Mr.. Shuhert.
when there have been so many sue
cesses in the theatres in New York.
| think that | am well within the fact
in stating MAT there are over twenty
plays now being presented in this city
each a substantial success. such a
thing has not been known heretofore
IN the dra'natlc history OF this city.
The fact !s that the spoken drama
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THE NEW PLAYS.
M~aeterlinck, Shakespeare an
Others to he Heard From.


Interesting may be the dress re-
hearsal of Maeterlinck's "Aglavaine
and Selysette." which the Washington
Square Players are to give at the
Bandbox Theatre this evening. The
subscribing members of the theatre
have been invited and the play will
have but the one production. as the
players return tomorrow night to the
current bill Of one act plays. With
the exception OF Margaret Mower. who
is to play the part Of Selysettc. the
cast In made up Of those who have
been with the Washington Square
Players since their organization and
appeared in every bill. Miss Mower
Joined the players this year.. appear
ing firsr in Weiekini's THE Tenor"
and on the present hill has made a
great success as Pet,Onelh In "The
Magical City" The part Of A0lapdine
will be played by Helen Wesley,
MeN0rane by Josephine A. Meyer.
YssdHne by Florence Enright and Ne
le0nGer by Ralph Roeder. who trans
lated and adapted the play. The stage
sets are by Robert Lawson and the
play Is produced under the direction OF
Philip Moeller.
On Monday Sir Herbert Trees Sec
Ond Shakespearian revival will be seen
In 1.-THE Merchant Of Venice at the
New Amsterdam. Interest will be di-
vided between his portrayal of ShyIock
and 3lsis Fsrguson's hrst appearance
In shakespeare In the important role
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.Ws-te I0Deet mNZ-@y:WS~e"
Choio W "a rhrta

only a temporary sensation. Anything
like connected or reasonable plot or
story is u Of the question. A pro-
fesslonal playwright with any respect
for his craft would be incapable Of
turning cut what the scenario writer's
are expected TO provide.
So there Is no difficulty in under
standing why tho we'll known dram
atists have not taken q place among
the scenario writer's.
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1t Is easy to understand why no play
wright of Importance has made any
success as a scenario writer for the
moving pictures. Dramatists who have
learned their craft and respect It's con
vsnt!ons are a sparing az possible
with their material. Their method is.
like every art. a process Of selection.
They must content themselves with the
essentials. They are not allowed TO
use all the material they would like.
since there Is a limit to the time and
space at their disposal. These limita-
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husband. When he discovers WI OF
his club fellows closeted with the lady
he promptly gives her her freedom,
which leaves the way open for Corko-
ran. who has fallen In love with the
fair adventurer.
In the cast supporting Miss Tempest
are Graham Browne. Lillian Cavanagh.
Daisy Belmore, Sybil Frisbee, Ruth
Draper. Beryl Mercer. Malcolm Dunn.
Rex MacDougall. Harry Lambert and
Algernon Grieg.
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Bernard Shaw in whatever form he
may choose to express himself.
There are several other plays than
Justice which Charles Frohman
brought ont through his Repertory
Theatre which ought to he valuable TO
managers enough to pro-
duce them. There are fashions in the
theatre. Just now It appears to be the
play with a theme that interests the
public more than anything else hat
the stage has TO offer. There ought to
be plenty Of material TO be found IN
England even II II might be necessary
to get hold Of IT quickly unless It be
toe old when the managers import 1t
or at all vents as Old as. say. Rio
Grande."
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written. But It is scarcely worth the
time of any playwright 70 put these
old pieces into form for the brief term
Of their use.
There are not OF course such pieces
as "Trilby' to Ice found often. They
are rare. The number OF dramas
suited TO UGH performance is limited.
II is not probable that the custom OF
busting off these roroco masterpieces
VIII again he regarded with favor. The
hausted by the few years in which the
custom fiour!shed. II Will he neces-
sary for another crop Il develop be-
fore there is enough OF them to make
such REVEALS popular agan.
Indeed Beau Brummel' would have
been further c~onsecrated possibly by
the delay OF a decade or more. "A
Woman OF No Importance" Is played
by only two actors who could by a
stretch OF the imagination be called
as important" as the heroine. Why
David Beiasco should have abandoned
the revival set down for him has not
been announced. 1t was probably due
to the loss of confidence in the few
plays that remain available for such
performances.
It IL interesting to observe that three
Of the financial successes OF the season
were plays that have been accessible
for years. Capt. B~rassbound's Con-
version" wa not new here. although 1t
served to close Miss Georges season in
a particularly brilliant manner. Jus
tlce" and MAJOR Barbara" have long
been available. although no manager
would have thought Of touching them
until they had been made trium-
phantly successful by Mr.. Williams and
Miss George. OF course there are still
plays by Bernard Shaw and John Gals
worthy to be had by managers who
think them worth experimenting with.
But 1t Is dubious If even with all the
initiative faculty Of these gentlemen
they will desert their false gods.
As a dramatist no writer seems to
draw as Bernard Shaw. Arthur
Pinero never had any such following
even In his prime. But he was not OF
course SO widely known to those who
had learned of his work an other than
a playwright. He has left few fields
of human activity UNEMPLOYED. So the
announcement OF his name interests a
part OF the public which ordinarily
finds little diversion in tho theatre. In
the ase Of Henrik Ibsen the situation
used to be the same. The plays Of Ib-
sen were known because they had trav-
elled far in book form. But they were
never found attractive In stage form to
those who had read them. The result
was an entire indifference to these
pieces when they were offered on the
stage. But the English speaking world
y Just now interested in the work Of
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THE WEEKS PLAYS.

SUNDAY-Bandbox Theatre
Private rehearsal of Maeter-
linck's "Aglavaine and Sely-
settle" by the Washington
Square Players for their sub
scribers.
MONDAY - New Amsterdam
Theatre - Sir Herbert Tree
will revive "The Merchant of
Venice" with Elsie Ferguson,
Lyn Harding and a large COM
pany.
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patience with the ab~surditics Of these
o!c pieces which might have some
chance OF popularity were they re-
written. But II is scarcely worth the
time Of any playwright 10 put these
old pieces into form for the brief term
Of their use.