Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18

last week in this town-and perhaps
other towns as well-and Have
Heart will also depart after this
week. The Washington Square play
ers. not satisfied with their present
bill, will make a change next week,
introducing new bill
Last week The Willow Tree, The
Brat ana Stranger Than Fiction"
We're the new plays. with some special
performances which were interesting.
"rhe Willow Tree unmistakably
pleased. THE Brat" is a clever char
acter comedy sagging percepuhly at
the end, stranger Than Fiction is
all that and more-it is stranger but
not so interesting.
oliver Morosco produces The Brat
10y and with clever Maude Fulton.
Fulton was formerly vaudeville ia
yorite. and in writing The Brat she
showed better judgment than when
she decided to act it, The story in
brief, tells of a chorus girl down on
her luck, who is picked up by pop
ular novelist. and installed in his
home with the consent of his mother
and family. He studies her as
type" and she leads them all merry
dance The dialog is amusing, sug-
gestivo of "Chimmy Fadden' OF an
other day. but the story is decidedly
weak. Whatever interest attached to
the play is due entirely TO Miss Full
TONS slang and the eNcruciatingiy
funny episode in which John Findlay
and Edmond Love are involved. After
two interesting acts the play suddenly
doubles back on a new track ana inc
audience Is lost. Besides Miss ful-
ton. Mr. Findlay and Mr.. Lowe, be-
fore referred to, there is Lewis stone
Isabel O'Madigan, Charlotte Ives, GER
trude Maitland, Gertrude Workman
and others, all "typically' Morosco,
which is another way Of saying they
were competent.
"The Willow Tree" is an exquisite
Japanese fantasy. written by Harrison
Rhodes and Benrimo from a JhFHlcs'
legend. and staged by Benrimo with
cxcel,ent Judgment and effect. The
cast engaged is "A notable one. ray
Fainter i'm the dual role of an image
come to life and a modish Bohd
street girl gave a delightful and APP
healing performance, better III tho
costume of Japan than or Lonuon'
Shelley Hull was "A transplanteu EnS
| lishman. who is avvikened to n fenso
of honor only when the Image rs uiu
the ORIGINAL. return to the heart OF
the willow three, was impassi 1nec
and comnendably restrained. VI mo
others. Harold de Becker. as Jnpa-
rose. faithful to the faith aud cos
tune. was by far the best Hls work
| indeed. was intelligent, comprehensive
and gripping. This young actor nag
! Justly won distinction for his creative
| intelligence. Others in the cast IN
| cluded George Wilson, Harold Nos-
burgh, Richard Tabor and Mrs.
THOMAS A. Wise. The reception py
the press indicates a success. me
| staging deserves n note of praise.
stranger Than Fiction Is stiRe
satire. written by II. II. Sothern, ana
presented at the Garrick theater py
John Craig, formerly of Boston. ana
n company of general excellence As
before suggested, II is indeed "stran-
GER, but not so interesting, rs Ilo-
ton. The Shuberts presented i.
Have n Heart, "Old Lady ~ ana
"Magic" and its companion, Fhe lAt-
tie Man, are packing up. They leave
New York shortly. Henry Miller. too.
will bring to a termination his al too
brief revival of THE Great DIVIDE
which has been one Of the really no.
table productions of the present sea-
son. The belief that this play Is one
of the best American dramas OF the
past generation seems well founued
by the reception which has hecn ac-
corded Mr.. Miller and the play.