The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1914, Page 12

# fe THE NEW PLAYS ©| “The Big Idea” an Ingenious {| Theatrical Novelty. / -By CHARLES DARNTON. & Very good trick so long a8 we aro allowed to turn it. If we can take & play, soul and manuscript, for what it is worth we are reasonably sure Py te be on friendly terms with it. With “The Big Idea” at the Hudson Theatre Jast night we virtually ourselves in the position of the theatrical manager who accepted a fee to prevent a tragedy. The literary trick of the authors, A. E. Thomas Mi Clayton Hamiiton, wha followed by the two important characters in the ‘who worked together on a play that meant everything in the world to In other words, pere was Broadway brought home to you without we Aid of a taxicab—Brondway with ita tragedy and Ite comedy. Most of Mt reprerented a theatrical novelty ingeniously worked out. of all, there was a bank preat- ) ~~ @——— ‘whore good tntentio into lending money loaque called ‘The Dope'n Ler- in which Mr. Kelly appeared as Prof. Dope. In sqmbre dress and with Rae scene, ferlous mien, Me. Kelly, cauned uproar; It was only oe anal iter, In 4 rapeine Review’ 1/990,000—as bank presidents go— | {he Br member of the company ft fell 20 heavily on the unfortu- gentleman that the son deter- to commit suicide in order to | must his parent with the life ineur- | gh he wés carrying on his young ern. Piay began in the dark, but changed to the light of farce the young woman from Vassar, @ditorial training on the college stepped tn as a guest and of the house to write a of the diMiculty. rama right at his own 1 He could take it or leave it— of course he took it. ‘Though most unknown playwrights be driven to thoughts of suicide the unsympathetic attitude of re, this particularly gifted ter, with feminine encouragement, | ney himself to the task of reeling off play in short order. It was merely t ‘Matter of time with him to save and before he had even play he talked a Broadway into signing a check that it a happy ending for all con- wing out the manager who rn to occapy the anxious ncing gave variety to t of the performance je, whore lan Eltinge. were Vincent Mack, Corinne Ford, Lan Hascall, James Ten= Brooke, Ameta Pynes, Jean Irwin, Maude’ Santley and Winn Dougias. SEEKS CONTROL OF BRIDGES City Limite 7 Hie Department, viaducts within the city limits the Juriediction ofthe Department of. Bridges. In partly carrying out this suggestion the Commissioner and Bor- agreed that reet no’ r the su th President. The painting of W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES THE PRICE YOU YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WEARING trick of it was that the man- + Charles Gilmore, whose name ned first on the programme, to be merely a character in the ly. William Courtleigh plaped the and played it very well—in honor & Harris. Here wo had the Gurprive in another name for a that is never without its eur- Dlece, like “Seven Keys to te,” seemed really to be written Bile we waited. ‘Furthermore there @ suggestion of “Peter Pa ‘when beroine stepped to the footiighte Qsked us if we didn’t believe ia and iike it. At any rate we had watisfaction of seeing « play in me making,.eo to say, with télk of yy construction” as y|tomorrow. 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