The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-01
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Wnen MS Dr0therS are executed. But
this is not developed until the play
has progressed and the Rajah has won
all by his urbanity and philosophy.
When the true state of facts come out,
however, things begin to happen. They
happen until the curtain is rung down
for the last time, up to the very death
chamber where the explorer is to give
his life the wife is to be pre-empted by
the Rajah, the husband having pre-
viously been killed while sending a
wireless for help AS the crimes are to
be committed the whirr of planes are
heard and the soldiers enter with q
demand for immediate release, so the
Rajah solaces himself with the
thought that after all, the woman
might prove a nuisance. The acting
is brilliant and always affective, the
settings original and the play, consid-
cred as first class melodranla, one OF
the best of the season.
Mrs. Fiske is another perenniel fav-
orite on Broadway, and no play could
be wholly unfnteresting with her in
the principal role wake Up, Jona-
than" is not a great play, but it is a
most interesting one, and with the
work of Mrs. Fiske, Charles Dalton,
, ing group of Juveniles seen on the
stage this year, it affords an evening
of real delight. Mrs Fiske is con-
summate coincidence, and in her pres
ent role, that of a deserted wife who
is confronted at critical period by
the return of her husband as we'll as
an old sweetheart, she acts most
amusingly and treaties her audience to
bits of most delicious comedy Her
skill is well known wherever the play
is appreciated, and in Wake Up, JON
athan", which, by the way, is by
Hatcher Hughes and Elmer Rice, she
adds much gaiety to the playgoing
public
Dear Me" IS a sort of clean, whole
some, amusing and more or less in
tangible comedy with opportunities for
clever and sweet throated Grace I.arue
to break into song. 1t is a sort of
grown up Pollyana story, the first
scene being laid in the home for ar
tistic failures. The slavey, acted by
Miss Larue, wakens the inmates to
her philosophy of achievement. ant7
by her own precept, leads to the la
act with evening clothes and 81,
cess. In the meanwhile there is mu
humor, and considerable philosophy
The title Dear Me- is derived from
the salutation to a series of letters
which Miss Larue writes to herself
charging her manifold misdeeds and
taking full credit where deserved. The
letters are to Dear Me- and from
Myself. There is really nothing to
get excited about in Dear Me-, but
with Grace Larue, Hale Hamilton and
Robert Fischer contributing such ex-
cellent acting, it is, at least, amusing
A French adaptation. known for the
present as Love" is in rehearsal for
special performances. Georges Fla
teau, Cyril Keightley and Estelle Wins
wood are entrusted with the leading
roles. If it proves popular, as it is
expected to- do, it will be placed regu-
larly on for performances.
The Palais des Art Bureau has been
incorporated in New York by Ivan
Bankoff, the Russian dancer, Jennie
Karp. well known in musical circles
and a group of interested personages.
The purpose is to present dramatic,
dancing and musical novelties in New
York and throughout the United
States.
Brigham Royce, leading man in the
play now attracting attention at the
Belmont theatre, Miss Lulu Bett,,
adapted from the novel by the same
name, is preparing to offer a series of
matinees of Shakespeares "Othello"
this year.
Avery Hopwood is being congratu-
lated this week on the attainment of
the 50th performance of THE Gold
Diggers" under the David Belasco
management. 1t ranks second in point
of continuance performance on Broad
way at present.
Madame Lydia Lipiowski, the Rus
sian prima donna, who is to concertize
this year in the United States. is to
sing at Ellis Island next week for the
pleasure of the newly arrived emf
grants.