New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
On London Boards
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had captaincd party deputed TO make
a raid on the English arsenal. Only
that morning he has been secretly mar
lied 10 Myrtle Carey (Cathleen Nes-
bitt). the daughter Of Andrew Curcy
j. I'ishcr Whito), a fanatical sup
porter Of tho English. Tho secret is
betrayed to the outraged father by
Captain Vaudeville (Franklin DyalN,
who is also in love with Myrtle. Carey
insists on an immediate duel. and The
two lncn stand face to face. pistol in
hand. Carcy's shot goes wide and
Harry lovers his weapon. He will re-
serve the right Of shooting the elder
man just when 1t suits his purpose. II
Carey would be free to start another
quarrel as i is. Latmcr holds the
whip hand. THIS threat drives Carey
into paroxysm Of fury. and ,hc act
ends with hin, cursing his daughter
and her husband
IN Act II. 1879. the war is in full
progress and things are not going we'll
for CharlestowN. Latimer, now q cap
tain under Cooncl Mcultrie aubrey
Mather), is trying to discover how it
is that the English, who are besieging
the town, always seem to know, Just
how lnstters stand. Myrtle has become
reconciled TO her father and visits him
frequently. This worries Latimer, who
suspects that Carey is spy; and his
suspicious arc even more aroused when
q mysterious Quaker is arrested and
proves TO be none other than Captaia
Mandcvl.e, who has been journeying
backward and forward from Charles
town to the enemy lines. Vaudeville
has been lodging with Carey.
Things come TO a head when a coup
d'etat that was to have given victory
TO the Caro!inians fails, through the
English being forewarned. By an in
genious device the authors have con-
trived that the blame Of conveying this
information shall fall on Harry, who,
on his side, is led TO suspect that the
guilt lies with his wife, Myrtle. There
IS courts martial and the excitement
rises higher and higher as first one and
then the other of the incriminated par
ties finds that, seemingly. there is no
way Of convincing Governor Rut~
ledge Of his innocence. Carey him.
self is arrested. His hatred of his SON.
in-law is fercer than ever and he does
all he can to entangle Harry more and
more In the web Of suspicious, from
which the latter can escape only by
accusing his wife. The sudden appear
ance of an American officer who has
had his dispatches taken from him by
the English, thus giving them the in
formation upon which they had been so
quick to act, unties the knot. Mande-
vile is shot, Carey is judged maniac
Che goes crazy when he sees Harry's
innocence established), and so there is
happy ending, so far as the hero and
heroine are concerned. There arc many
side issues and ample scope for strcnu-
Gus acting. In the second and third
acts, which take place in the same room
as the first, ones attention is drawn to
the red silk flag, with its coiled rattle
snake and motto Don't tread on me-"
which replaces the portrait Of George
III seen in the first act
Milton Rcsmer is more known to
Britishers as film actor and his name
appears on the program "by permis-
sion of the Stoll Picture Productions
Ltd" One Of the things which seem
to have made an impression on the
British critics is the tolerance of an
English audience toward play in
which all the heroes are Americans and
most Of the bad" men Englishmen.