The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

Did You Hear?
That Marie Lohr Is an Austral-
ian and That Calve Has Fin
ished Her Memoirs.
ny LUCIEN CLEvEs.

II IKE so many Noleu sicliESsSS ""
the London stage. Marie Loilr
- is a native OF Australia ana
was indeed but years old VIXEN she
began to act there. Only short time
later in London she acted in two plays
| for Riddles at the Garrick Theater,
1.-THE Man Who Stole the Castle ana
"Shockheaded Peter" Ever since that
time she has been before the London
/ .Es
public. !.
She is now the only actress-nan-
ager in London. She and her husband,
| Anthony Prinsep, have conducted the
Globe Theatre there since 1913. pro-
ducing In that period Love in Cot
tage," by w. Somerset Maughani;
Nurse Benson" 1.-THE Voice from the
Minaret," which ran for q year!
"L'Aiglon" and Fedora She has
just been playing for five months
through Canada. There she also gave
Her Destiny" which Horace Vacheit
adapted for her from the French. and
Fedora" Miss Lohr delights 70 act
the Sardou heroine, in which she has
been highly praised.
| A. II. Woods is presenting Miss
Lohr here because they have mutual
friend in Michael Morton, who sug-
gested to Mr.. Woods that he might
introduce Miss Lohr, who was ending
her Canadian tour, to New York. Mr.
Woods was delighted at the idea and.
having no theater OF his own avail
able. took the Hudson. .y
THE turning point in my career
Miss Lohr told the reporter for THE
New YORK HERALD. came in 1905. Sir
Herbert Tree was rehearsing Colonel
Newcome.' He had no actress for Rose
Mdckenete. Just then / was knocking
at his door to find place in his COM
pany. / was literally at the stage
door one day when i encountered M
Morton, who had just come from a
conference with Sir Herbert
He thought / was Just the girl they
were looking for and in short time
/ was rehearsing. So / began as an
actress in London. I went away TO
act for Mr.. Morton in My WIFE but
when ] did rejoin the company at the
Haymarket Theater again 1t was to
play with Sir Herbert in Faust The
School for Scandal and Hamlet My
last part there was Marie OdHe." Miss
Lohr never was in New York before.
About the "Czarina." p
Travellers to that artistic institution
the Neighborhood Playhouse, have heard
the name of Warren Dahler. but few
uptown theatergoers know who he IL.
Now his name Is on the program OF
the Empire Theater as the designer OF
the beautiful Russian Interior in which
the three acts OF THE Czarina" pass
Rarely has such an appropriate and
beautiful scene been witnessed from the
brush of New York stage designer.
Mr.. Dahler several years ago designed
an uncommonly impressive scene for
Tho Queens Enemies" II was plainly
the work of a gifted stage artist. His
present achievement at the Empire is
fulfillment of that earlier artistic
promise OF which he may well be proud
In the meantime he has had plenty
OF practice at the Neighborhood Play
house decorating the various plays acted
; there. J.-
ag
, All for One, One for All.
Another group of actors has united
for the sake of art and a. salary to give
! cooperative representations. 1t is called
, the Players Assembly and includes such
! we'll known actors as Helen Ware, Helen
Lowell, Mabel Frenyear and Winnifred
, Harris on the distaff side. with Arthur
Hohl, Frank Doane. who acted in the
"Trilby' revival; Brandon Hurst and
, Clark Silvernail. M
: They win appear a week from to-
, morrow night in "Montmartre." by Pierre
Frondaie, OF which SO much has been
said here and so little seen. 1t used to
be said that Jane Cowl would act an
| English version OF this Paris success
made by A. L. Thomas. But the dra ma
never has been seen in the vernacular,
aIf .e~t. N1.a oh .-tn . f,.
rick Theater before jacques Copeau ar
rived there gave an abridged performs
ance Of IL. ia
No Change as Yet.
Experienced observers of the dramatic
( horizon have so far been able to detect
: no change In ting attitude of the public
D toward the theaters. The most success
D full plays continue their prosperous
: almost unprecedentedly prosperous
e course, while there Is a general indTcr-
r ence toward the average performance.
THE furry of occasional production
a which has recently been noticed" a
4 manager told a reporter for THE New
I YORK HERALD yesterday, has no real
q significance. The situation remains
: what 1t has been since the start Of the
5 theater year. Managers have theaters
4 to fll' When there are no attractions
| tOE NutH lIlty must DC created. so nero
g and there a new enterprise Is from time
n TO time launched. But the conservatives
r are still sitting tight
About More or Less Famous.
Emma Calve has finished her me-
moirs. which she wrote during tho last
two years Much of the operate HIS
tory i'm the volume, which will soon
appear. Is concerned with her years al
' the Metropolitan Opera House.
Reginald Pasch. who made such n
= success in Henry W. Savages revival
, of THE Merry Widow" during the New
a York run, has returned to Holland. BUT
- he will be back here in March to pose
. for a moving picture company.
!. Eva Moore, who Is in private life thr
a wife of II. V. Esmond. English play
wright and actor. has begun to play
old women's roles by taking In THE
Bat" Effie Eilsler's part.