South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-09
Stage


travels have not broughht her South
Bendward and her engagement at
the Oliver next Wednesday evening
in ladies First" a musical version
Of "A Contented Woman a Charles
IT. Hoyt farce OF days past. will
serve 10 introduce her 20 those in
the audience-which will be a big
one-whO have never seen her else
where. Absence OF Miss Bayes from
this locality IS explained mainly
through her having been principal
~ unidentified with revues such as
never went 20 the smaller localities
and the period she spent in vaude-
ville-top-notch vaudeville. Miss
Bayes Is essentially an individual
perform cr-Nora Bayes Interest in
her appearance at the oliver is un-
usual for several reasons. chief Of
which IS because she is a newcomer
Many a season has whirled by since
Charles H. Hoyt wrote "a Con
tented Woman" for his wife. Car
oline Miskel-Hoyt. a reigning
beauty Little did one think it was
TO be taken from the shelf and
But Il has become the fashion TO
use every old farce available in the
musicalization process. In trans
forming a Contented Woman"
from the past TO the present Harry
3 Smith. expert stage doctor. wrote
the book and lyrics and A. Baldwin
Sloane composed the music. La
dies First is in three acts. 1t was
produced at the Broadnurst thea
ter in New York a year ago. where
il was sufficiently well liked to stay
In coming TO South Bend Miss Baye:
viii bring with her several of her
New York engagement associates
There is scarcely "a person who fol-
lows the theater even casually but
that recalls the Jack NorwOrth and
Nora Bayes combination There
fore n cordial welcome awaits Miss
Bayes here in Ladies First"
Another star due at the oliver
soon and who comes as a stranger.
although her reputation has pre-
coded her, is Patricia Collinge She
is coming in Title" the Mennonite
maid play. IT was always regretted
that South BenC di6 not see Miss
Collinge in "Pcllyanna.' and now
that she is coming e. "Tillie" there
s. much stir over hcr appearance.
The long run Of Miss COlllnge i'm
"Tillie" at the blackstone I'm Chi
CagO is sufficient evidence 20 con-
vince thcatergocr5 of the merits of
the star and the play In it John
W. RansOue. remembered in
Prince Of Pilscn." does n remark
shlc bit OF character acting as n
village doctor. Patricia Collinge
80 "TnUe" liked everywhere, win
O. liked here
While Nora EayCs and Patricia
ColHnge are coming as strangers.
Richard Carrie. old acquaintance. is
returning after n prolonged alb
sence Sunshine" was offered at
the Princess theatre in Chicago
several morths ago Then Richard
CarIe was called upon 20 "radiate"
IT, lie must have done So, for il
moved 20 the Shubert Studebaker
and nourished. Now the Carrie 'ra-
diation" has been carried into the
fornances Ga "Tre StorkS.' 1.-THE
Teudcrfoot." THE Mayor of Toxic"
Jumping JUpctcr" c-c., are easily
recalled THE TculerfoOt" was
produced for the frs. time on any
stage az the Auditorium. Mr.. Carrie
did not come here in THE Spring
chicken" in which he was at the
height OF his popularity.
When "39 East arrives NJ the
oliver. it viii be acted by the orisi-
nal New York cast including Con-
stance Binney and Henry Hull
Valeslla Surratt is an Oliver book
ing She comes in the nature OF
novelty.
From the manner i'm which For
the Defense" was staged az the Oil
Yer last Tuesday night when it was
acted by Richard Bennett. it is quite
evident that the name OF John d.
Williams as a producer is 20 carry
that guarantee for good taste in
staging and good Judgment in Sc
lectiug cast. as was carried by
Charles FTOnUau, deceased. Mr..
williams was Mr.. Frohman's press
representative.
Early reports from Love For
sale" in which Kitty Gordon is star
ring. are that il will not do. Jack
Wilson is in Miss GOrdon's support.
The Critical Moment" in which
that always capable actress. Henri
eta Crosman. is starring, is declar-
ed 10 be hopeless. These opinions
come from the country. Possibly
the cities may change them.
several companies are being or
canized 10 act Civilian Clothes"
Thurston Hall and Olive Tell are in
the New York organization. Will
lam Courtenay and Virginia Fox
Brooks were here John McFar-
lane and Dorothy Dickson are TO
tour tile middle west. A stock COM
pany acts the play IN Los Angeles.
Marjorie Rambeau. Of whom
nothing is known in this section,
but whose popularity In New York
a. ,,-,.,e,,a1 Is acting IN ssTha I'm