New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
sting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
5. S. Tenacitv1
Making Eight
Trips a Week
A Seaworthy Vessel Whicl
Carries Wine, Philosoph,
and Love in Equal Lot

1t is strange that the entire plot .
The s. S. Tenacity" should ban.
the pop Of a champagne cork and ..
TINS is the truth. II the cork cannof
De extracted from the bottle Therase.
and Bastien cannot have their surre,
Sieious midnight supper. and if thev ID !,
not have that supper they surely viii
not kiss, and if they DO not dr;,k
champagne and kiss lingeringly Tbe,ss.
Will 20 straight to her own lis.i. x,,o
and Bastien will 70 to his. II 4b,+
Bastien will not decide that ne csnro+
live without Therese, and he will hoa-a
the S. S. Tcnacity and 70 to Canada
as per arrangements. Or norban.
Iherese might even have decided tol
marry Segard and 90 to Canada witt
them-who can say?
So it was serious matter ono niyhs
last week when the cork in the temp
ing, dusty bottle which Theress
brought from the cellar displayed IN
usual tenacity, and when Baztiea tried
IN VAN to remove it it broke OF inside
the neck Of the bottle.
That's All
There Is
Therese and Bastien fenced viii.
those in the audience who knew vhst
had happened were suffering Leeni7
with them. What we're thev cojn~ a.
DO? In moment Basticn Turned r.
Thcresc, or perhaps one should say
more properly this time That George
Caul turned to Marguerite Forrest an
said: Let US have another bottle" So
down in the cellar Iherese went again,
and again the spectators sat in an
agony of doubt. What # Mr. Gaul 1ers
only sparring for time; what il there
were no other bottle, Two bottles o.
champagne represent fortune ct ths
present moment. All broathed q sigh
Of relief when Therese did appear 7ith
another bottle, which Bastien specdiv
opened and they drank. The plot then
went on undisturbed.
Now, if this had occurred q photo
play no one would have been surprised
They would merely have said: "Thr
censors have been at work again Q,
course, the fact that that scene va
cut out would spoil the story, but cen
sors do not mind that.
A Difference
In Opinions
~ have been much criticized Tor tna'
scene," said Augustin Duncan, smiling
serenely. They say it is dreadful
thing to show the seduction of youn:
girl under the influence of wine on tn
stage. But I say it is a perfect,
natural occurrence-theya are mating q
the birds mate"
Besides presenting this French play
which is the first work Of Charles vi
drac, Mr.. Duncan plays Hidoux, char
acter not unlike Old Bill, only VT
less developed nlustache. That mus
tache belonged to Robert E. Lee" sal
Mr.. Duncan. holding it aloft like
scalp; and then he added: Il mean n,
stage Lee, which played in NJ Dixon,
production last year
For those who never have seen M-
Duncan out Of character, he is youn:
and handsome, but he likes to disguis'
himself and play people like John Fe-
guson and Robert t. Lee and thi
French porter person, Eidoux, who i
in "The S. S. Tenacity.'
Mr.. Duncan has been having a lar.
putting on that curtain raiser. The
Critics" which ST. John Irvine wrote
and Mr.. Duncan improved upon. Tc
the original script he added al OF the
uncomplimentary lines which wer'
written by the first-night critics wh1
saw "The Tenacity." Mr.. Dunca
doesn't mind in the least, because the
furnished him with such good natcria
for his curtain raiser. Needless to say
however, he does not agree with them
he likes "Tenacity' as we'll as anythin
he has ever done, and there are plent.
of people who agree with him.