The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
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NEW YORK, March 8. There have been times this seasons duplicates wien the wranpings were broken off new plays at the rate of two night for sev- eral nights, Or almost dozen a week. They are somewhat like wedding pres ents. People like to open them, but there is considerable Complication of ! salad bowls by authors and producers. who think alike, and it is not uncommon to hear it Said: .*Why,. we've had sev- eral of those.r s
 There is always the hope, however, this one, tonight, is going to turn fo,A to bed good serviceablk drama for a really ornamental comedy, sand. a genu- inc contribution to the effects of Broad ways household. s'N s5 s+f
 The prcdHceisr lfa ves Isfesentetl fewer gifts of late and this week 6 program of premieres has been very conservative as to numbers,
 To one who prefers to play in the alley with such neighbors' kids as "Red Light Annie,y ''T The Song and the Dance Man, Outward Bounsi, aand ssrhe Show-off," it is not easy to be called into the house and be A little gentle man in such front parlbf company. as
 Anthony and 'Cleopatra; which the Selwyns added to their chain of sue cessful shows, this week, the first pres cntation of the play in New York
 Renovation Of Cleopatra
 The latest impression of Cle0patra was given by a pioneer vampire of the movies, who went, on with lot of writhing and implied that Cleopatra hadn't been nice. Miss Jane Cowl in the same role amends this impression and 1t now appears that Cleopatra, al though she{couid love with vehemence, also loved with sincerity and was far more respectable fperson than history has allowed her to be-. Well, that's the way things go. / It's easy to Jsoil, the good name of a girl Perhaps, some of the young show girls, who have married SC many nri1lionaires in the last few years. aren't what people think they are at all. .4s
 To this role, Miss Cowl brought the same Soft symmetry of gesture and the same, dripping voice. that drenched the audience with romance when she was Julie" glast.. year and the entire pres entation was done well enough to justi- fy the venture after 15 years. Rollo Peters, whos designed the setting of Romeo, also designed the background of "Anothony and Cleopatra" and played opposite Miss Cowl again as Anthony. New Toys A Failure
 New Toys" intended to be another of the domestic hpmely'' plays, which are now prospering on Broadway, failed to sustain it's veracious spirit to the end and therefore full praise has been withheld, the first part of the play has been commended, however, as fine por- trayal of familiar bits of life which ev- eryone knows we'll enough to make comparisons. Objection is raised to the last moments of the story, when quite natural young. man. and his wife, who is also familiar piece of work, are drawn together by her mothers recitation of a bedtime story. With this sort of thing, apparently, New York is unfa- miliar, and it therefore cannot be .ac- cepted as a true representation of something that never did; will, or could happen to people as intelligent as the characters in the story.