Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-01
THE PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK

weeks thereon Tbis ~ too t1 r'i,oh hhita'.wo y, wv
pect. 30 let us seize tSe I daV S and % enfo,,
what novel offerinrs wo co, S,,hr S"yUs ,,.
may We 'l' ""'ie W.
On No,,,,. .,,..,,. IT,.
s,ss,r won,S hignt there VIII be Mon
thai bnaro me charning operetta
srari, ,nre nnore Messenger based on Booth
ditsH ~ t,on perlod novel "Aphro'
mad o,,t ome s e,sapp3ratei% p% speGtaSular drama
yivsd y ae la lame n pane from which was de
onera ",so snd "ciet,n siLenSn pay ana Erlanger =
oSm1focS"n Snq SnihEIhgs; stage version
story 1t is interesting SV%5 to note eHRs hat c0d Sf
are dari,,a,I',a new stage attractions
sonrcsa iNba,,Vss, tbat s,. ana ia IN e9ch case from
their Original FORM n"a as we as suIsgsS
tSsYsnieh's tarnrs elsewhere as theatrical en-
rpss.,ra
MI MESSAGER, whose operetta will be
AV1 produced al the Forrest, is a noted
french composer and CONDUCTOR whose
AMERICAN tour last year as director ~
the Paris. Conservatoiro Orchestra viii
also the composer OF "Neroniuue" a
delightful light opera, presented in this
country more than n decade ago and re
Hlved with much success last season IN
Paris. His grand opera Madame
Pierre Lofts story. was also produced
Ia ID,n IN Gnlcago and New York. but
pertorv ma.spY, 'ts.''el't ~, piacc N the re-
oVtt IL.
Jobn I,,,he,. ~ ~ n,I'hi t,''l1 @ f beiaSco.
on a. somawbat seI,iia ' uatlie Ia,ie 'trr.n.
The idea of "Snerntri1S 1s".sse Ssa,cnirn; unettt;
Henri MIL" WI ~, I,osrt ,'o,. M'iIsr. son OF
s,,ccssst,,i T,,u nov on' OF tn' most most
story b,. IpD".E -, 81. 10, ,,uo' m lc
over tventy Tcar, ae6 "''s b,r,' ,C' wv, w''I[e, S,,
successful noyeiIst and and rInvyyr,JM, nav ,,,T no"
Just been Eraduat%d from; pripceton
was as w,delT rc,G IN 'Tl, isnvI,rd as ~,
America. Its sales RAJ into Sundrs1, ,d %H ~ ~
menber the ro1anco - ,ba no,,sjr ~
the French lS;nv S,bC tre tn sVofd s"oSdn or UI
unweicoms natTeaae escaSes ~ ~ a"
Land dise,iised ns barbcr Eva ~ F.S .bSo
famous waterIng nlace ps,b h"u ,aIis I'll "re I've
love with ar hos,.9t,,I 5,, La'4s III III
her heart unmssEs' "cheats' '"s', AZ caras mt,,s
fights dueis and in the end goes back
play form II was n Mansfield success
A master OF the classic form, or omar,
oonItoue, M Messa9er has long beep an
infernational fiS,ire ISrederfclt 'ons. ns
dale is the librettist and Adrian Ross
the lyricist Tho titIe roIe noa aDs,,noaG
during both thn long Gnd"n and Ss,
York runs by Marion Green, formeriv a
and he will sing N here s,innorted M,
the oroeinai cast ~
&C A PHRoDITE" will put on the big
Snuoert s'ase' upon MASSIVE
ssaie ana win gorgeous coloring one
70 no5ar sc;ion Ts rom,&fmces knoWn
Pierre Louye; Frenchman, was n acn-
Sasl9n' p various versions IN Eng RIlsh,
@ I@nucn Ioneu, nave psen printed, put the
Iierre fTondale MADE the dramatic YER
sion which was such sensation in Paris
that Mary Garden afterward appeared
In IL III the grand opera adaptation. with
Morris Gest Who bought the Smerica,
rfg IN nd hn pla fp,
can stage. II was produced last Decem-
Der IN New YORK and was big theatrt-
car sensation on account OF ltS elaborate
staging EirtIally the original com
Eany and all the mammoth producttouN
consisting OF ten stage pictures Of spIcn-
dor' Will De Drought 70 PhiIadelphia'
"Aphrodite" Is partly historical and
partly fiction. Tho two historical char
acters are Dcmetros, a sculptor whcse
lnutilated statue or Aphrodite stin is
exhibited as one of the prizes OF the
Louvre in Paris. and Berenike. queen
OF Egypt at the period Of the novel. 50
B. c. Demetrtos Is loved by Berenike.
hut he repulses her advances because OF
his ideal love for his statue or Aphrodite:
Chryss. q courtesan of Alexandria and
tho most notorious or women from the
Temple OF Aphrod't". For her he COM
m!ts sacrilege and thereby Is treed from
his infatuation. returning 70 his spiritual
Iove Tor AphTodltt, oorothN DaIlol, me
Chrysis is replaced by Pauline Arn:-
tsge remHmhersd Igr nrr i'hG ,t2,; work mere
~ u'e 49, "I, - hiri T1'i ~ w
x.,, SJnrri, ris'ng yo,,ng ror,artic
ray M9rrIs' ItHIns 0Trs ioIiLanstc 1
ho ~. H,ny nIoJ he SCnpeTy FOR r,E% ST
t'bow" have nerfNrmcd like service FOR
"Nphrodite" and Micnael Fokine orig-
mated and drilled the choreography
nav. 49, '--T---
a an" o. .'.e |,.o,esol,'' l,D, SAT- o'ee",