The New York herald., 1922-10-22

ON USE BRlAR, the lnpenuliS
Booth Harrington play,
- promises to call for lots OF
attention in more ways than one. 1t
was written by Harrington In order
to uphold Emerson's well known law
of compensation. so far as Billie Burke
is concerned. Last season Miss Burke
appeared in THE Intimate Strangers"
which, as everybody ought to know
now with any pretense to being ac-
quainted with roadway, was origi-
nally meant to be grated on the tai
ents of Maude Adams. 1t was writ
ten about a character who had passef
the first bloom of youth. but try ae
desperately as she might Miss Burke
could not look anything but young.
So the author promised to write for
her a play in which she would be jus
titled in appearing youthful. In addr
tion to Miss Burke the cast on the
male side will be topped off with Allan
Dinehart and his melifiuous voice and
ewes. Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, moreover, will
return to the metropolitan stage in
this piece after a summer spent alb
out West.
A further member of the cast will be
Don McGibney, who is to be noted under
the following counts: Cd He is a grad
uate OF Hamilton College, .(2) he was
an aviator in the war. CD he is a novel;
list who sells. Last spring he caused the
book reviewers to draw bead on him
with "Slag." He Is now having a move.
published serially In the AetropolitdI
Magazine and already the critical weap-
ons are being sharpened for 1t. This
will be the first time he has taken refuge
on the stage from novel writing.
At the professional matinee last Sum
day of his comedy. THE Torch Bearers
George Kelly indicated that he has the
modesty of nonchalance. Coming out to
make curtain speech he became SEEM
ingly confidential with the first two or
three rows-presumably because there
were no critics sitting there From the
back Of the house came cries of louder
from those who felt entitled to free
speech as we'll as free seats. Said Kelly
In a loud tone:
"But 1t isn't important"
The public who have been attending
"R. ". r." at the Garrick Theater and
wondering how to pronounce the last
name of the author, Karel Capek. will be
immensely relieved to have that burden
taken off their mind. 1t is uttered thus,
"Shah-peck." with the accent on the
first syllable as In disgust.
Nov that this matter has been settled
something about Capek and his brother
might be IN order. These Czecho-Slo-
vakians. who coliaborated on The In
sect Comedy" are both young and are
inclined to be revolutionary in their
plays. tendency Of the young which
is not confined to Czecho- -Slovakia.
karel ls avowedly writer. while his
brother. Josef. Is a cubist painter and
an author when sidetracked. He came
into the writing OF "The Insect Comedy"
because of the picturesque elements,
bugs being Inherently more adapted to
cubists than to dramatists.
William A. Brady is said to be spend
ing on the production OF the Capek
comedy as much as $4,000. not TO men
tion sleepless nights. Brady aims to de-
velop this into the most ambitious eff
fort OF his life. with its butterfly act. its
beetle act and It's ant act. and to make
the stage genuinely creepy Tor once.
Just by way OF contrast--and possibly
for relief--Srady will present at Provi-
dence tomorrow up She Goes" mu-
sical comedy version OF Too Many
Cooks" for which Frank Craven himself
whipped the book into shape when not
writing plays with his other hand. Harry
Tierney and Joseph Mccarthy of Irene"
accumulated the score and lyrics. Dom
aid Brian and Gloria Foy will have the
roles in the show, which will
be the first musical Offering Brady has
made since his daughter Alice grew out
of stage pigtails.
John Emerson and Anita Loos. who
have hitherto beeu confined 20 the movie
scenario tier. have passed along to a.
II. Woods the finished adaptation OF
work by two Teutonic authors, Arnold
and Bauch. called THE Whole Town Is
Talking" until the cost OF this title IN
electric light has been figured out. 1t
deals with small town youth of incon-
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