El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-30

a musical setting IS "Toot-Toot,"
4 which was given its premiere on
/ March II at the George n Cohan
I theater. This is an adaptation Of the
/ Rupert Hughes farce. s'1xcuse Me-"
I in which Ann Murdock and Willis ?.
! SWeatnam appeared so successfully
. five or six years ago. The new YER
sion Is under the guidance OF Henry
{ W. Savage, who also produced Elk
Z cuse Ne. The book for loot
/ loot was produced by Edgar Allan
Z Wolff the lyrics by Berron Braley
and the musical numbers by Jerome
! Kern.
! Prominent In the cast are Flora Ia
I belle. Louise Allen. Louis Gr0OdE. Ed
I die Garvie. Billie Kent. Donald Mac
I donald. Harry Fern. Ben Hendricks
! Greek Evans. Earl Bannum. real
Indian chief named Oskenarotan. and
more than half a hundred others.
] Especially interesting is the Work
of Miss Zabelle as Mrs James Vel
liuEtOn. and Edward Garvis as her
harassed husband Harry Fern, as
the Pullman porter. gives a different
Z interpre tation Of this role than was
supplied by lIr- SweaunaE. but this
is only natural, fin view Of the tran
I sitiou OF the character from the quiet
drama TO the more boisterous musi-
season Of Ibsen.
Arthur Hopkins has inaugu-ated
season Of Ibsen drama in English az
the Plymouth theater- Madame Nazi-
nova wiz rake-1Lhe leading role ili g.
number Of the plays OF this Norwe-
gian dramatisr, and AT present is ap-
pearing as Hebvig- EkdaL in The
wild Duck"
Mr.. Hopkins has given Madame
Nazimova an exceptionally well bal
auced cast which includes Harry
Mestzyer. Dodson Mitchell, Edward
Connolly and others. THE Wild
Duck viii run for several weeks and
4.
GabIsr" a Dolls House The Mas
ter Builder and last, but not least
that airy little sketch entitled
Ghosts"
Coincident with the launching. Of
the Ibsen season. the Drama League
Of America has started q drive to
stimulate interest in theatrical pro-
ductions and 10 vanish any possible
gloom due to the fact that the United
States is at war.
II is true that there has been no
evidence Of gloom or depression in
the theatrical business down 10 date.
but possibly the Ibsen revival viii
give the Drama League a splendid
field 70 work in
fsMrs- Warren's Profession
It seems scarcely longer ago than
yesterday that this country was torn
wide apart by the determination Of
certain theatrical managers 10 FRO
duce. and the equally determined ef- /
to prevent the production Of Mrs. I
Warren's Profession" The times {
must be changing, for a revival Of 4
this Shaw problem play is now being
given at the Comedy theater in New I
York and is creating scarcely a ripple .
OF excitement The piece VIII run for +
only two weeks. under the auspices OF E
the Washington Square players.
Diantha Psttison IS cast as Vfvie. the .
daughter while Nary shaw IS again I
seen as AIRS. Warren
Stuart Walker has sounded an uu-
usual note in things dramatic by es-
saying two matinee productions Of .
the Book OF Job. These matfnees P
have been presented in the last two
weeks at the Booth theater.
From a dramatic standpoint the
performance left much to be desired.
but the splendid work OF David Bis /
pham as the Voice out Of the Whirl- .
wind. and George Gaul as the poor
persecuted hero or the piece. was
worthy Of note
ReErites Last Act Of show.
J. Hartley Manners has taken
large part OF the gloom out Of Hap 4
piness" by rewriting the last act In 4
the old version the herofne's mother
died and the final curtain descended {
on the heartbroken E1rI holding her
body in her arms. Miss .