Evening star., 1919-10-05
D,st,.xuisAeA a. Aeter-Man.ser-

Percy Hutchinson, the star OF "The
Luck Of the Navy" 10 one of the lead
ing London actor-managers Of today.
He il the nephew Of the late Sir
Charles Wyndham. and for the past
twenty years has been one OF tns S.n.a;t mos'
prolific producers in London theatr1-
calls, in addition to acting as the per.
sonal manager and representative OF
his distinguished actor uncle.
For q period Of ten years. when ne
was exclusively with the late Sir
Charles Wyndham. he controlled all
the productions 1t the three LONDON
theaters managed by Sir Charles ana
also acted in q number of other pro-
ductfons. He appeared in David Gar
rick" with Sir Charles and LADY
Wyndham at windsor Castle At the
notable state performance. given Dy
command, before the late King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra.
s.The Luck Of the Navy has been
the most successful production Mf.
HutchisOn has ever made In LONDON.
1t has broken all records Of any play
produced under his management. and
yet It fs q notable fact that during
the past few years Mr.. Hutchison per-
sonally produced in London. and acted
the leading roles Of the following sue
ceases: "Brewster's Millions. In
which he played Monty srewstsr; ,.;
the titie role: scapt. Kidd. Jr.": ON
Ger e66," stop Thief" "A Pair OF
skies" and ''The on Chance" which
Ethel Barrymore played here. and
which was originally produced ana
acted in London by Mr.. Hutchinson.
During his management. in the last
twenty years. Mr.. Hutchison has been
the lessee and manager of the follow
ing London theaters: The Criterion
Theater. New Theater. Queens The
ater. Haymarket Theater. Prince OF
Wales Theater. the Princess Tneater
and Wyndham Theater. tho last two
being under his management at the
present time. In addition. he is the
lessee and manager Of theaters in
York and Southport. and is the owner
and director OF eleven touring com
panies playing In the English prov
inces. In his twenty years Of man
agement he has produced. by actual
count seventy-nine plays. most Of
them by eminent English authors, in
cluding Sir James Barrie. Sir Arthur
Pinero, Henry Arthur Jones, Hadden
Chambers. r G. Carton. Harold Terry
and Clifford Mills. Mr.. Hutchison's
biggest production was "Cyrano de
Bergerac," for his uncle. the late Sir
Charles Wyndham. Although . Lon
don producing manager for twenty
years, Mr.. Hutchison is q compare
lively young man. being exactly forty
one years OF age.
Ffanees starr C0minG-From the
time that Frances Starr first won rec
ignition as a star Of great promise
in Tho Rose Of the Rancho" she has
proved her versatility In some Of the
most dimcult roles that have ever
fallen to the lot Of an actress. II
would be dificult to conceive Q more
realistic or gripping performance
than that given by Miss Starr in The
Easiest Way" or ono that evoked
moro laudAtory comment than her
conception Of dual personalities in
The Case Of Becky" role equaled
only. perhaps. by the late Richard
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" In "The
Secret Miss Starr painted with fine
strokes the effect OF jealousy on the
human mind, her performance being
likened to Duse at her best: while a
the little convent girl in Marie
. role that put her to the severest
dramatic test The Little Lady in
Blue" afforded Miss Starr the oppor-
tunity of proving that her long ex-
perfence in highly emotional roles had
not dulled her sense Of comedy. I'll.
appear at the Shubert- -Belasco Tho
atef soon, came to Mr.. Belasco from
the front-line trenches. just before
the armigdce was signed. 1t IL from
the pen Of Capt Edward Knoblock
the famous English author. who has
given to the stage . number Of sue
ceases. including 'Kismet," The Out
cast MY Lady's Dress" Marie
Odile.- The Faun" and -Milestones.'
Capt Knobiock wrote Tiger: Tiger
while he was fighting for the allied
cause and the play impressed Mr
Bslasco as an achievement SO beauti-
full that he At once set aside all other
plans for Miss Starr and produced
the Knoblock drama 1t has had sen
sat3onal success at the Beiasco Thea
ter, New York, for over six months
breaking all previous records. The
play will be produced here under the
Mr.. Belasco has surrounded Miss
Starr with celebrities from the Lon.
don and New York theaters, includina
Lionel Atwell. Wallace Erskine, Fred.
erick Lloyd. Whitford Kane, Thomas
Londen. Edwin Denison, Dorothy
Cumming. Helen Andrews aud DAISY
Belmofe.
Tunis =. Dean, personal represents
ington perfecting arrangements 70,
Mis- Stars engagement.
singing Sear o3 Delsiun-Niss Ia.
vte Beige. the singing star Of Bel.
GUM" created . sensation among tn
musical critics Of New York, Chicags
and Boston when, out Of nowhere
she suddenly displayed q vocal and
dramatic genius that sent people
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