Evening star., 1920-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS
P0LI'S-"Twelfth Night"

Public favor never wanes for
Twelfth Night" nor. as last nights
capacity audience at Polls proved.
Tor Sothern and Marlowe. 1t cannot
be said that the Shakespearean play
on that occasion was revival for
the play itself cannot be revived. 1t
is perennial and assured of approval.
The return of the two interpreters
and producers of the classic drama to
active participation. however, may be
said to have been a revival" in the
sense of a restoration to public view.
and it was so acclaimed last night in
n manner to denote the unfailing eS-
TEEN which is accorded to those who
aim at the highest art and who bring
~ hA4g work the utmost of the skill
Nth which they have been endowed.
Time has not changed Julia Mar
loves Viola, save perhaps that her
voice is a thought less clear and full
than in the earlier days. She is still
the same convincing masquerading
maid. with the same pure devotion TO
her mission, and shrewd appraisal of
her own heart and the heart OF the
beguiled olivia. There was possibly
touch more OF whimsicality in MISS
Marlowe's rendition last night than in
former times. Perhaps the rollicking
fun of the other scenes have in the
course of time influenced her own por-
tions of the play. But Viola, as pre-
lightful and winning.
1t has been long considered that
Malvolio is one of Mr.. Sothern
most satisfactory impersonations- Last
night proved that il has lost none or
its sincerity and finish With due
appreciation of the balances. he e1-
faced himself during the earlier scenes
and only gradually came into tne
center of the stage. He took no cur
tain calls until compelled by lnsistent
after the prison
, scene when he was repeatedly sum
'moned forth His reading was. as in
the past sonorous and effective. IL
takes an exceptional Malvolio TO
hold the eye in the garden scene
against the antics of the concealed
conspirators, but Mr.. Sothern did TINS,
without trick or special effort NAL
volio lived humanity throughout the
play
twelfth Night is exacting in its
demands upon the supporting cast of
repertoire company. A less COM
petent combination of excellent play
ers than that Mr.. and Mrs. Sothern
have assembled might easily spoil
their finest efforts. The present as
semblage, including several who nave
appeared with them before, is IN every
essential respect competent Roland
Blackstone has lost none of his vigor
and capacity as Sir Toby Belch: He
was ably accompa MED by j. Sayre
y.
cheek. also seen before. is even bet
. ter than in the past. Vernon kelso
as Feste is sprightly and satisfac-
torily vocal in the songs that feature
the play, especially the concluding
ditty. rendered effectively on a dark
ening stage. Lenore Chippendale as
Maria and Colvil Dunn as Fabian
completed the quintet of plotters
against the unhappy steward most
acceptably. Frederick Lewis as Duke
Orsino and Alma Kruger as Olivia
were cast in familiar roles with ex-
ceIlent results. Henry Stanford as
Sebastian presented sufficiently re-
sembling impersonation of the un-
happy Viola's brother to sustain the
traditional fiction of mistaken iden-
tity.
a word is due to the setting of
the play. The absence of traditional
scenery and the use of stuffs and pill
lars gave a most pleasing efnect.
With adequate accessories OF furni-
ture, but no crowding of the stage.
the scenes were quickly reshaped and.
though the verson offered is one of
the fullest of all the modern presen-
tations of Twelfth Night" the time
required is not excessive. With the
usual setting the final curtain would
not have fallen for fully half an hour
later than it did last night.
Twelfth Night will be repeated
Thursday night and Saturday after
noon. Tonight and Saturday night
! Hamlet will be offered, with Mr..
Sothern as the Prince of Denmark and
Miss Marlowe as Ophelia- Wednesday
and Friday nights Tanning of the
Shrew" will be offered, the principals
cast, as usual, for Petruchio and
Katherine, respectively.