The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
THE DRAMA
Blansco Ibanez, Gregory Ziboorg, Luisa
 Tetrazzini and Arnold Daily
By ANNE GOLDEN wILNE5nsO SON

zilboorg will tell us how the Russian
 artistic currents are interwoven with the
 social conditions
 Arnold Daly. whom l saw play the
 part of the mysterious stranger in
 George NJ. Cohan's production of The
 Tavern around whose part centers the
 whiriwind action of the piece. is in-
 teresting figure of the world of the
 theatre. Mr, Daly more restless than
 the average player disli&es 10 remain
 long in single role. and vows it would literally kill him if he were to act the
 same part for two seasons. In fact Brandon ,rynan has lately succeeded MT
 Daly in lis former part in The Tavern.
 MT. Tynan, l hear, is even more happily
 cast as the vagabond than Daly was
 Arnold Daly has the distinction of being
 the first actor to interpret Shaw success fully in the United States. He produced Candida" for single matinee in New York in 1903. The success of both actor and play was so marked that Mir. Daily and MT. Winchell smith formed a part. nership to produce the play, which ran successfully for l50 nights Arnold Daily later gave more Shaw plays, including "The Man of Destiny and How He Lied to Her Husband" travesty on 1 Candida"
 Mir Dflys plans call for a spring ap- pearance in New York, for which oc- casion he is considering revival of 'The ! Man of Destiny" wright, has recently returned to America 1 for another stay Mir. Drnkwater has l completed two plays one about Mary 1 Queen of Scots, and the other about Oliver Cromwell No doubt his visit here has to do with their production.
 l Mary Queen of Scots" is in perpara- tion and will be given spring staging 1 in New York. This play is not of a 1 chronological character like Abraham 1 Lincoln" but deals with Mary Stuart at | the time when she was "A and still tho wife of Darney, when the murder or ! Tiz1io took place.
 ! One who has lived less than dozen years in Birmingham can note how the city has progressed musically The -v-- son has already brought number of the worlds artist musicians to US. and thls work is especially notable Two of the best symphony orchestras Of the cvuntrs ! are to appear in our midst, and also a 1 famous coloratura soprano.
 l There is a famous saving that genius IS an infinite capacity for hard work but l this expression is frequently belied by 1 me careers of people with highly 'gI,e- musical natures to which consummate artistry comes with incredible ease ana with little or no effort In Isuisa Tetraz- zni the world has surely one of them. | Her first teache~ began her instruc- 1 tiop when the pupil was l5 years of age, ! At the end of six months he refused to l further continue on the ground that she already possessed all his knowledge of i singing This was all the regular ru- l sical instruction she, ever received. To | day the skill and fh.ish so easily ac- ouired are maintained with as little ef- l fort Except when she is to sing at a 1 matinee she plays the piano in the aft
 ernoon and sings several songs; but she l never practices with her voice. Tetraz- 1 zinis dehrt was made in the role o' Inez in Meyerbeer's "LAfricaine' in , Florence At that time her salary was 1 so0 month. After singing in other ! Italian cities, she made tours in South America Russia and Mexico. Later she 1 sang in San Francisco
 l IL is the fame of her discovery and sensational introduction to the American and Enalish pnblics that stamp her ca rcer with romanticjsm, The people ot
 San Francisco were the first to really
 acclain, Mrae Tetrazzsni suceessN Nr of