El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Another Crook Play Delights the People of New York.
Freedom" Is Tableaux Play That Is Very Pretty


I in the shape Of a patriotic pageant
! play, presented by Mrs Julie OPP Fa-
I versham and Lee Shubert- It con-
/ tinued arriving during the evening IN
three acts and p scenes.
/ To the person who rarely, If ever
I misses a play. Freedom" is a SPLEEN
! did educational play for children, but
many adults could not resist making
l the following observation:
Freedom is historical; II is in
and il is patriotic. And yet it would
I have been really more useful had II
! been presented prior 10 and during
Z the Fourth Liberty loan. rather than
! a week after the fourth drive had
I ended"
/ Nevertheless. Freedom" has its
I very good points. its very good aaating
and its very good looking woman who
plays the part of Freedom"
Marcia Van Dresser
story OF The Play.
The play opens with two little
{ American boys in bed at night await
ing as an American volunteer with
Of them recently lost his father. who
was killed in the trenches while fight
ing as an American volunteer with
the British forces. The boys eventual
" fall asleep and dream, and the play
begins with the arrival of Freedom.
who takes the boys on an educational
ages Of American and English history
Perhaps the most impressive scene
of all is the dedication of the National
cemetery at Gettysburg with Lin
coins figure in heroic proportions in
the background and his audience with
their backs to the auditorium listen
ing while some one reads the famous
Gettysburg address.
Back In Same Show.
For the first time in their long as
ISOLATION in the various Potash and
Perlmutter" plays, Barney and Alex
ander Carr are appearing together in
Boston. Each has appeared individ-
ually in Boston on various occasions.
but the pair OF them have not hap
pened 10 decorate a Boston stage in
unison. The occasion is the first per-
Torrance Of Business Before Pleas
ure" at the Welbur Theater.
Another A. II. Woods production to-
reach Boston shortly is up in
MabeTs Room" which was presented
at the Park Square theater on No
vember II.
David Belasco has produced the
new Edward Knobloch play, Tiger,
Tiger" in which Frances Starr ap-
peared November IL, at the Belasco
theater. Meanwhile, paddles" at the
Belasco was transferred to the Ly-
ceum theater Monday night.
sequel To @BIuebird.S
Instead Of the date originally ap-
pointed. Winthrop Ames used Novem-
Der II as the date of the opening Of
Maeterlinck's The Bethrothal," which
has been in rehearsal for several
weeks.
This play. which is a sequel TO The
Blue Bird" had its first performance
on any stage at the Shubert theater.
Mr.. Ames produced The Blue Bird"
at the New theater IN 1914, following
its presentation in Europe. Because
OF the great success Of that work here
NJ Maeterlinck has decided to give
this country the first opportunity to !
pass judgment upon its sequel, and at
his request Mr.. Ames has taken
charge of the entire production
Edith Wynne Mattisons Reggie Shef- !
field. Cecil Yapp. Mrs Jacques Mar |
tin and eighty more prayers comprise |
the cast Herbert Paus, the poster
artist, has designed the scenery and |
Erick Delamater has composed the !
music
Making A HerO's Wife.
Catherine Proctor. who plays the
wife OF Leo Ditrichstein in The I
Matinee Hero" says it was the
real Mrs. Ditrichstein who coached |
her in the part with positive instruc- /
tons that the only way to make the /
wife's role convincing was to baby
the hero or bully him out OF all sem
blance TO a man" And one day at re- i
stage wife Of her husband. Fight him /
you don't fight him hard enough
Ever since then Mrs. d. continues to i
encourage Catherine to browbeat and /
bulldoze the star 10 her hearts con-
tent
DitriehsteIn Has New Manager.
Parting in the friendliest way with /
C0han & Harris. his erstwhile man
ayers, Leo Ditrichstein has chosen
Wallace Munro, his present personal I
representative, as manager Of his fu- l
ture theatrical activities. Contrary TO 4
published reports, Mr.. Ditrichstein 1
does not propose to confine his stage 7
efforts to the presentation of plays
written by himself.
Manager Munro said recently that
his stars present vehicle, The Natl 4
nee Hero" will continue at the Van /
6erbilt for six weeks. during which 4
time Mr. Ditrichstein will complete 4
the adaptation rehearsal and staging i
Of 4 play By Henri Lavedan, the 4
French playwright. which ran for two /
seasons with wonderful success at the 4
Coincide Franchise. Paris