El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-21

Z avoided by the schoolmsster's keen
! maneuvering- He brings the guilty
! promoters to terms. secures the stolen
! bonds and heals the breach between
his daughter and her promised hus-
band.
The play was adapted for the Ameri-
I can stage by Frank MandeL II IS
! based on a modern German play
Irene Fenwick plays Gretel kruz.
! the tenderly reared daughter Of the
! schooImaster. with charm and visit
fitness Nine Mathilde Cottrelly. as
! Anna, the housekeeper-s sister. is so
! natural and sincere one almost feels
she is not acting.
The doctor. as presented by John Ma
I son. avs an interesting ana dominating
parsonage
/ Miss Ellen Hubsn appears as a bud
. ding hope Of the stage IN the bsauti-
/ ful Irish tragedy, -Grasshopper, at the
! Garrick theater. The few who remen1-
! Der her in vaudeville and with the
Irish Players were surprised at her
finished work in the present produc-
Z ton. while those to whom her face IS
new hail her as most agreeable add
tion TO the galaxy of stars
This sad story of Erin's superstition
: and poverty was penned in its present
form by Psdrica Colum and Mrs. F z
: Washburn Freund- 1t vas written
originally. in different setting, by F.
/ Y Keyserling. TO whom the program
I refers as 4 Baltic dramatist. We
. presume We nave the WAT 10 lnlnk AOE
. this ingenious euphemism.
1t is 2 pleasing piece. despite It's
| sad ending. Little of the Teutonic
! remains as II comes before the pub
/ lie here. The little Grasshopper is
| child of love. hated and abused by her
| family and the villagers only her
! kindly stepmother and the parish
/ priest befriend her.
According TO an old legend a young
mother had saved her child by going
| TO a lonely shrine and pleading with
| the image of the Holy Mother toGbe
! permitted to die for the little one The
| Cirasshopper's stepmother i'll. and lit
| tie Sheila sets out to perform like
! supreme sacrifice.
The statue accepts her offer. The
stepmother miraculously improves.
1 But on her way back from the shrine.
I Sheila has met young Matt OConnor.
I the village handsome man. 10 whom
1 she has long paid secret court and
| at last found him apparently returning
Arriving home she welcomes the
I Improvement in her beloved step
mother, but pleads to be sbsoived
I from her sacrifice
Then she learns the sad truth that
! Matt is only playing with her; through
piqUe at the coquetry of his real
I sweetheart So the Grosshopper plucks
up courage to carry out her vow. ana
1 drinks poison
Miss Huban. as Sheila. showed a
/ mastery OF the arts of simple love-
making which endeared her TO the
audience. whose heart she had already
touched IN her portrayal OF poverty
! and frierdlessness- Her final brave
act OF sacrifice reached A high plane
OF art and brought tears 70 many an
/ eye seldom wet
r. Iden Paynes settings. the in
! terror OF = peasant cottage. a green
beside the Holy Well and a dark wood
through which Sheils and Matt are eX-
I cenent John P. Campbell plays the
part OF Matt
Turn to the Right
With the withdrawal OF Cheating
I Cheaters'' from the Eitinge theater to-
( night Turn 10 the Right now heads
I the list for New York runs TO date Max
Marcin's crook play reached the me-
! tropolis a week ahead Of the Winchell
/ Smith-John Z. Hazard crook farce
! comedy.
This was back in August last. Since
then many plays have come and gone
plays with crooks and PLAYS without.
I 4 few remain. but Turn to the
Right which celebrates its SOUth per
Torrance at the Gaiety on April 20
promises to run clean through the
! summer and finally 10 break the Ions
distance record set by Mr.. Smiths last
/ previous play. The Boomerang And
this in spite of the fact that Turn
i, ! to the Right is also being presented
in Chicago. where it began its 14th
week at Cohan's Grand Opera mouse
! tomorrow
only the New York nd Chicago casts
| will be seen on tour even though that
! means that il will he nearly two years
! ! before Turn TO the Right reaches
. 1 many important cities The reason Tor
this is that the casting Of the plan
r proved to be "A most difficult task anc
I after completing two companies that
satisfied authors and producers II was
I decided to take no chances on lower
+. ing the standard set by these IN get
: ting together any more ORGANIZATIONS
, Z Although each company consists or blu
= Ia members. more than 1890 men and
I women were tried out before the two
casts were completed.
The Negro Players.
When the announcement was MADE
[ ! that Ridgely Torrence's plays OF tht
: sunny southland would be produced BY
cast Of negro actors at the Garden
! theater. the theatergOinE public looked
/ forward to something sensational IN
, this respect, however, the productions
were rather disappOinting- Tor the
pretty little Characterization OF NE
in Dixie were really marred by the
work Of the black cast.
/ Taking the plays alone one IS forced
10 admit they were delightful The
; first. The Rider OF Dreams" as al
I amusing playlet concerning piaybo>
. of the south In trying to follow out
: the dictation OF the spirit world he
gets into all manner Of trouble and
causes no end of amusement
, The author has shown a clear under
standing of the childlike simplicity OF
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