The Washington times., 1919-06-10

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| Chevalier au Masque." by Paul Ar
mont and Jean Manoussi
THE CAST:
! A dandy ..............L Leo. Aielzlner, "
Another dandy ........... Fred Williams
/ A customer ..........M Miss Gladys Morris
Coastance ......... Miss Jeanne Lawrence
Miss Marguerite DesbrOwe
! Irene Observation-Disclosures. Miss Blyth DAILY
| I.aurette .............Mi Miss Ruth Findlav
Dominique Alfred Shirley
Captain Lavernais ......... Fleming Ward
Fouche ...................A Albert HOwson
Brisquet northumberland Reginald Barlow
Valentine BOudet &c. Mise Florence Short
The Able Brochard. ...... Frank Andrews
Armand. COmte de TreviereR.
Roche ..............Th Theodore Westman
Germaln ,-............: David stephenson
Nine AnaiB ........... Miss Peggy Payter
Sabine ...............A Miss Boots wooster
Bernard ................E Ed Van Vetchen
Brigadier MaiIIard ..........Jack Thorne
Brigadier Caron ........ Joseph McKenna
The Vicomte de Aorsanne. Herbert Barnes
The Baron de Vivonne Victor Harrison
Nine. de Breau ...... Miss HeIoise Leeds
sergeant Of gendarmes 49,. Eric Jswett
Plouraec ...............Je ID. Barnham
Captain Of gendarmes Horace Canning
The Due de ChateAubriand. 49,.
Hussars, gendarmes. peasants. etc.
Coming so closely on the heels Of
merry musical melanEes and tantaliz-
ing bedroom scenes, The Scarlet
Mask" is most refreshing in its sim
certify and in its return to romance
upon the stage. Romance has suf-
fered grievously. since those days
when theatergoers dreamed their
plays all over again. but Richard Ben
nett brings il back triumphant IN
- L III al
successfully last night at the Be
lasco.
Royalist intrigues in 1904. seek ng
to bring back the Bourbons and GUST
the First Consul, Is the story OF tn
play, which ran year each in Paris
and London and which should do
equally as well in America They
center around an unknown daredevil
who kidnaps republican officials and
holds them for large ransOms for the
good Of the cause.
And so il happens that. in fdther-
ance Of the plans for the rescue of
the Due de Chateaubriand. some sub
stitute must be captured somewhere
else, thus diverting attention. Rich
ard Bennett. as Armand. Comte de
Trevieres. is that substitute for The
Scarlet Mask" going to his apparent
death on the guillotine only to escape
again and again.
Restraint, that Is the keynote of
this estirnable actors delineation of
royalist plotter. His first appear
ance captures his audience. even as
II did HttlefLaurette. His second, un-
der wholly. different circumstances.
captures the bewitching Sabine at
EVreux. He never loses his artistic
grasp OF character which is a COM
bination OF swashbuckling with sa-
voir-faire expected in a noble OF
France. There are so many surprises
for the AUDIENCE that. il would be un-
fair to expose them. but all are plausi-
BILE and perfectly carried out to the
second.
1t is difficult to refrain from too
high praise for Reginald. Barrow. who
Is Brisquet. Pouches notorious police
agent Seldom has Washington seen
such skillful acting OF a difficult part
Similar praise is due Albert HOwsOn
as Fouche and Clarence Derwent as
Majolin, the rOyalist conspirator
Miss Ruth Findlay il a fetching
Laurette. at her best perhaps in the
third act. but good always.
Long and careful training in pro-
nounciation is evident in Mr.. Bennett's
company. The French names SOUND
French. while the first consul is given
the hated name OF Bounaparte rather
than 'Bonaparte. To those familiar
with French history, this means much.