The sun., 1918-10-06
M. U. PROVES FLASH
| IN PAN AT BELMONT
Mary Nash Plays Heroine In o
Stage Version Of "The
Cheat,
.oyE SITUATION IN SHOW
Faults Of Piece Are Not At
tributable to Work Of
Actors.
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On his own responsibility william A
Brady added yesterday to me COMPILE
e,ted theatre schedule arranged by the
board Of Health the ten minutes to three
matinee. This was introduced at the
little Belmont Theatre along with
81 o. IT," play by Hector Turnbufi
and willard Mack. AZ the public has
besn advised to keep rs much as possible
IN the open air and on the time Of the
performance was set down for o'clock.
IL d possible that Mr. Brady's innova-
ton may not be q success.
Whom The Cheat" by Hector Turn
hull. n successful writer OF scenarios.
was shown at the Strand two years ago.
word went out that II was . model Of
,ts kind. Its story was said to be drA-
matte, but above all. the cinema was
said to be so cleverly made that II was
possible to gather some idea Of what II
was about Mr.. Turnbull and willard
Mack converted the scenes into q play
which Mr.. Brady presented yesterday
with Mary Nash and Jose Ruben In the
leading roles. There are three acts
which pass In Washington. Two are in
the drawing room Of q prosperous fam
ily and the third In the picturesque
home Of an East Indian who II proving
about the underbrush Of capital society.
An Extravagant wife.
The piece possesses but . solitary
situation" The frst two acts do no
more than establish the extravagance OF
q wife who Is pursued by the creditors
to whom she owes money. She tries
rambling In the stock market to pay her
bills and even uses $4,000 which II
entrusted to her as treasurer OF char
table committee. Everything II lost. yei
the stolen money must be produced
within two days.
She seeks to borrow from the East
Indian, who has previously indicated his
devotion to her only to be snubbed. HI
consents to make the loan on hts owl
terms She accepts, but even in this
crisis does not lose her sense Of bust
ness She telephones her broker TO no
tity her when the money IL received
He does this later. but she still refuses
to keep her part Of Enlargement Their
her Oriental lover brands her shoulder
with an iron. indicating that she 10 9
cheat, and poisons himself. 30 when he,
husband and friends arrive there Is only
the death rattle OF the Indian to reward
his efforts at revenge. The wife. wht
has writhed under the pain OF the hot
iron. Is restored to her family still S1o.'
900 ahead OF the game.
An Ignorant Play.
There was some brutal thrill In thia
episode, which was all the play con-
tanned OF drama. During the flrst two
acts there was abundant dull talk. bur
1t was its illiteracy that distinguished
the dialogue Rarely has such ignorant
writing been heard in the theatre. ever
this year Mary Nash did something &c
excuse her extravaganza by buying hel
chifrons with such good taste. They
we're beautiful. but not nearly % lovely
as her glossy waves Of black hair. JOSS
Ruben acted with less than his usual In
tensity, but he played the East Indiar
with his invariable nnish and repose. L
Is surprising to see an Actor VINO cal
keep still on the stage and stin act. Blu
the faults of TO. u" are not to be at
tributed to the actors.