The New York herald., 1922-08-20

ticie. Aitor uyiHB pOrne OF tno DeSt
fnown roles in his repertoire he ac-
luired Grumpy" merely because
George Arliss for whom George Tyler
had bought the piece, happened not t.
care for the leading role as medium
for his talents. Mr.. Maude In spite ct
his expectations, is not to act the hero in
the dramatic version of IF Winter
Comes" since it has been decided that
the self sacrificing Mark Sabre shall be
played by Owen Mares.
Every English actor looks to this
country as his only hope of cleaning
up fortune" said New York man
ager the other day to a reporter for THE
New YORK HERALD. Forbes Robert
son made enough out Of The Passing of
the Third Floor Back to retire with
dignity. In three seasons here he made
a fortune out of that play which also
made him so well known that he could
come back and act his repertoire with
some profit. The Kendals might have
played all their lives in England with
out earning anything like the profits OF
their American tours. 1t was from these
alone that their money came
'E. S. Willard once he established
himself here made his fortune also with
The Professors Love Story and the
Middleman.' Poor old John Hare never
did much because he brought only such
plays as The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith'
and The Hobby Horse. He hoped to
clean up with a Pair of Spectacles' but
| 1t was sold to r. Henry French during
the first performance. Olga Nethersole
| Is living in the most comfortable re-
tirement now in England, although It is
| doubtful If she ever earned enough
there to pay her chauffeur. Mrs. Pat
! rick Campbell also earned whatever
she may have in this country. Their
profits on their native heath are nothing
like the fortunes that the successful
play will bring them here"
Echoes From Hollywood.
w. J. Ferguson, the veteran actor who
has been through many adventures be-
fore the camera is in a hospital in Los
Angeles as the result of an accident In
Hollywood. He was skylarking with
William III. Crane In front of the Hotel
Hollywood where both are living when
he slipped and in falling broke his hip
He will be confined to his bed for some
time.
| Hampden and "OtheIlo."
1t will be good news to all lovers
of Shakespeare that Walter Hampden
does not intend to confine himself next
year to "Othello." The misunder-
standing arose from the fact that Mr..
Hampden will extend his repertoire by
no other new role. But Hamlet"
Macbeth" THE Tanning of the Shrew''
and 'rhe Merchant of Venice will be
seen again. His new modern play will
be A. I1. Thomas's "The Black Flag
which happens to be tne title of an
old melodrama which Edwin Thorn,
brother of the more famous Charles
Of the same name. once played here.
During the last hundred years six
actors won lasting renown for their
portrait Of the Moor OF Venice" said
| MIR. Hampden. They were Edmund
Kean, Tomasso Salvini. Edwin For
rest, John Mccullough, z. l.. Daven-
port and Edwin Booth. OF the half
dozen, two made overwhelming impress
sions in the role-Kean and Salvini--
that is. they were accounted genuinely
great in the part and their acting OF
1t proved the climax or their careers.
Forests OthcIlo was memorable,
too, but mainly for brute force. there
being little imagination or subtlety ~
his performance. Booths OthefIo, while
possessing many undoubted merits. was
outranked by his Ramiot. Critical
opinion OF the day was that Booths por.
trayal was uneven. parts of II reaching
great tragic heights. but other parts
falling short of the accepted ideal. The
same criticism was made or p. Ia
Davenport's OtheII0 and, curiously
enough, II was where Booth was worst
that Davenport was accounted best, and
vice versa.
"But In the matter OF Kean and
\ Salvini there appear to have been nc
dissenting opinions. Their portrayals
while entirely different IN conception
were called truly great and were the
outstanding tragic performances OF
their times. Kean's undoubtedly was
more the Othelio that Shakespeare drew
than Salvini's was. This was to bc
expected, because Kcan was an English
man and stepped I'm Shakespoarean
tradition. Salvini put into the role much
that was his own. but so splendid was
his vitality and 30 magnificent his
genius that simply as q theatrical per.
formance 1t perhaps has never been
equalled on the tragic stage"