Evening star., 1919-08-24

i Has Played Many Pnrts.-Norman
Trevor. who will be seen in the pic
turesque character of George Wash
ington Silver in Booth Harrington
and Harry Leon Wilson's new play.
has had some experience since he be-
came an actor in 1907
Born in Calcutta. educated at St
Xavier's College, Calcutta, and set
tied in England in 1905, and for 2
while before he went to England to
live, Mr.. Trevor was in the jute trade
in Bengal.
Mr. Trevor made his first stage ap-
pearanee at the Apollo Theater, Janu-
ary 20. 1907. in ''The Stronger SEX"
His next engagement was at the st.
James. March, 1907. as servant in
John Glayde's Hono1s'; he then ap-
peared at the Royalty. July, 1907. as
Dick Power. in "The Pocket Miss
Hercules" He first attracted atten-
tion with the play actors as Bert
Mestaer. in '.The Man Who Won." at
the Scala. May. 1908; Harry Kibble-
white. in THE Vagabond." at the
"Kifs woman at the Court. @ June e.
1903. He toured as Maj Maurewarde
in His House in Order; was at the
Hippedrome. August. 1s0s. in -'sFhe
Sands of Dee; in April, 1909, with his
own company. toured as Ferran in
with Evelyn Millard as Hugh Cole
man, in Idols
At His Majesty's, during the
Shakespearean festival, April, 1910, he
played Horatio in sHamlet'' and
Orsino, in Twelfth Night" He ap-
Commander Max Gilet. in sParasites.s
and June. 1910, as Capt Bernard
OBrien, in Glass Houses; at the
Coronet, September. 1910. as David
Bafostan. in Sister Anne: at the
Criterion: octeber. 1910. as Gilbert
market. February. 1si1, as Allan
Hyde. in "All That Matters; at the
Kingsway. May, 1911, as King Alhein,
in "Rosamond." and Torvald Helmer,
In a Dolls House; in August. 1911.
Is Tom Kemp. in THE Mellusc''; at
the Palace, October, 1911. as Walter
ce.ens, in The Man in the Stalls" /"
and at the st. James. oetaher. 1911,
as Lord Darlington. in Lady Win
deFmeFe's Fan.
In America. Mr.. Trevor has been
seen, the past few years. in 'satur-
Pair of Petticeats." "An Ideal Hus-
band" "A Place in the SUM-" and last
season in "feby's Bow" =
ME-. Trevor Is an all-round athlete.
He was during the years between 1888
6and 1900. the all-round champion of
fAHote, was q MEMBER OF the English
Olympic team at Paris in 1900 and
has won over 120 prizes for athletics.
War On slapstiek.-Joseph Il. Wat
son and Will H. Cohan. who today
claim 10 be the first comedians in
buriesque, have combined to do away
with "slapstick" and Smart" comedy,
fact which their manager assigns
as being partly responsible for their
popularity along the Columbia bur-
1esque circuit last season. t<.-'
. known as the .Siamese twins of
puFiesque. previous to last season,
they had been separated for three
years, during which each comedian
was on the vaudeville stage and made
eeveral appearances in Washington.
The nrst thing they agreed to upon
fheir reunion was the abolition OF
eslapstick" comedy and a Campaign
among burlesque entertainers to make
II a minus quantity hereafter. II
took lot of hard work, after this
the comedians agreed. to produce 'sthe
funniest book they have ever writer
IN their stage careers" But thei,
vehicle, nevertheless, serves to ex-
pleit not only the talents of the fun.
makers, but also the ability of a large
east. Wearing no clown" make-up
the two comedians claim in theil
eketch to put over a new brand oi
comedy for Gayety patrons this year
watson and Cohan have been on tn,
ttage twelve years. They made theil
debut together in amateur theatrical,
IN Boston.