The evening world. Newspaper, June 2, 1917, Page 9

is "Three Fine Portrayals Still on * THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JUNE Women of the Theatre, In Acting and Writing, | Win Season’s Honors _-—> lgives to her of delicacy Miss Kummer and Miss Crothers work, too, @ fine sense View Are Given by Beryl Mercer, Margaret Wycherly should inspire theatregoers with onl! fresh hope for the American stage and Ethel Barrymor are | Freer at of their intelligence, skill Kummer Leads the Writing | Group With Her Scintillating | py: are comparatively few Comedy, “A Successful Cal- al people who read plays in print amity”—Sympathy and Intel- except, and sympathy. perhaps, the plays of 4 Shakespeare, so that it doesn’t ligence Again Shown by/.iittor in the least to thom if they Rachel Crothers. see something by Shaw or Gals-| worthy, for example, played in the | Wrong key. They have an impetuous habit of brushing aside a book and rushing off to ¢he theatre, where they re delighted to find living fiction, That is enough for them, They look to the actors for enlightenment, And yet there is nothing so interesting in the little world of imagination reading the play you a: ing to # if this opportunity is offered you. By this method only can you fidge the work of the actors, If all plays were By Charles Darnton. IN looking back over the theatrical season that is fading into the dis tance, despite the brilliance of Broadway, there is only one view to take—one angle of interest—and that is that the honors of the year have been won by women. The plays brought out are not worth talking about in detail, for most of them| printed before being produced on the have meant nothing. stage, the people who acted them would face a keenly critical audience. By far the best play to come to light, in skill of treatment and charm of dialogue, is “A Successful Calam- ity,” from the pen of Clare Kummer, who easily leads the writing group. With this scintillating comedy Miss Kummer not only put her eartier It is the opinion of the person who walks out of a theatre that counts most In the long or short run of a play. If the actors are left to be-| lieve that you know nothing about the play they may do what they like with it and still get “curtain-calis.” HAS been our good fortune, tn | @ffort, “Good Gracious Annabelle,” to Hee ‘Btust, but she “revives” tha¢|/ A ‘Be course of the seascn, to see} Well-poised, careful actor, William] ,, certain actresses who brought un- | Gillette. But first cre Mt must go to|1erstanding to the roles they played. The men whose names have climbed to electric signs cannot claim new | distinction. Mr. Gillette had only to | act himself in “A Successful Calamt- | ty." David Warfield and George Ar- | |!18s fell back upon old plays to keep | |them going through tho season. Ar- Daly, even with tae aid of | 8 ould not make brandy stim. | Miss Kummer, who has set a new pace for authors with a graceful form of comedy that was not real-| ized even by Clyde Fitch in his easiest days. If Miss Kummer can keep up the sort of thing she has done s0 well, she will save us from | English drawing plays that offer merely a ificial outlook on life. And heaven knows we've en- | ' play in which he gave a dured them for a longer time jcharacteristically inter tin ng perform. | was good ance, Unie: 8 a pose | Were on the ard Mansfield | a story rs f to voice anc . the admirat was granted her i Poms fere| WRIT POEVET IN when she gave a human touch tc But occasionally an actor pom oT i ss Crother: 4 Both’ ee th “svn Miss Crothers # a characterization with the v -. ne ; TH om pyeeerhy _& of the real artist. ‘This is sableat oa gence, qual wd ae Te Lionel Barrymore does in | Fi ore er Ibettson.” Another fine actor chievous and rather agnacious | Sats id his way to the Washington « litte “Abe.” With her death begins Nature Says Square Players in Jose Ruben, | |the harsher but none the less im- portant influence of My Father.” IRST honors 0, however, to tha| Th 7 ory clea ra ere Was never a very clear under- I can remedy most ills, and women of the stage. Proof of standing between this father and help you to escape many ail-| this 1s to be found in three fine| MARTIN | Son, but, as Lincoln once sald, “My | ORMOND r ments, if you give me timely | portrayals still on view. They arc | ce Hidha, MMIAWAY crueaautes tncer be anon pata) aid.” Naturally, Nature prefers | sven by Beryl Mercer in “The Old | AND | thrown aside, and that to strike ae Boxee | Lady Shows Her Medals," by Mar- | 1 sK rine, hard then became a sacred du _THEATRE all IEE | caret Wycherly in “The Thirteenth | BEAR Ar | Alysett Pacccint tetotes the Can "i |Chair" and by Ethel Barrymore tn | Boek ES amnnwan War was fouglt and outlines the “THE SUBMARINE B) J - peleesPouna’® " 1 1 : ; > The Twelve-Pound *Look.' | GRAND CENTRAL almple but sturdy Lincoln principles TO STAY AT THE LIBERTY Miss Barrymore, to be sure, ts | PALACE. GHin AOEHEE GE OGTIOR Que Gisteige AT : : Hien eth} —— | with scenes of action and emotion at |playing @ role old to her, Miss 4 oa a by| the White House, thou 1¢sone| “The Submarine Eye” continues ite \w on the other hand, has sity art of the actress whosetwoice |tme it, shows the Pr s home| run at the Liberty Theatre and will Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World, | “creat A character that is weird 1 eyes haunt one on the journey |//fe and love of his sons, Tad) undouliediy become a fixture there Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10¢., 25¢. and -marked with the blight of age, home from the theatre Miss Wych 1 Wile — for r, The underwater —_—_—_—_—_—_——_—_—_—_——_—_—_ — erly's performan¢ 4s out as on ; of the vivid ac ents of the sen- |“ THE BAR SINISTE manc eet Pe "7; 7” AUDIENCES! une Miss Mercer, in Barrie's war-time DRAWS LARGE AUDIENC ES} am : is ay of the oor old varwoman who | 1 ex her “bit” by sending letters and| “The Bar Sinister,” 14 | presents to a soldier and has tho holl- | great production, continue yy utilleln, | day of her life with him in London as | § ae By btn " : Lt Bh nal warfa san his “mother,” offers a portrait that |Mthusiastic audiences to the nathatanie Mle od | aS lives in the memory. The pride,|Way Theatre. Mr, Lewis ; ae | |trepidation, weakne ve and #or-|again the genius for | __ EXCURSIONS. given’ the part by this thor-|imosphero th ! : ain ughly human actress can only be| Harrier 1 be abl that | felt, not described hen there i] cover withir | Laurette Taylor in “Out |which gives such un uation ® In short, the women stage las “The Old Hoi t if. right that they should have fir *| apps al in t and Its deepesea, photo n our hearts. en by Anth To Bridgeport—Steamer City of Lowell - : saw the ee ture th 1 p ll wong no te ” An ideal Sunday Outing on Long Island Sound PP, if sought. The fac .| “ONE LAW FOR BOTH” Bi Good Music—Dining Room-—Lunch Counter lays or the hin ik ite ton r ¢ SHOWS RUSSIAN LIFE Leave Pier 40, North Kt aM | W V for, the pu 3 tb" | Leave Pler North Bi M | tions and gave full Law for Both,” Ivan Abram Tickets limited. 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Mt, Ty, \, [contributed by Helen Vreeland, 1917. pte Renan nee \SOME STAGE STARS WHO APPEAR IN NEW YORK THEATRES NEXT WEEK’ ELEN YRERLAND Pi Hoom a” cenohima GIRLS “HD, HIP, HOORAY GIRLS Re COLUMBIA THEATRE HIT “Hip, Hip, Hooray Girls” enter upon the third week of its high- ly successful engagement at the Co- lumbia Theatre, The two one-act burlesques are crowded with humor ous dialogue that leads up to funny scenes, But the features that are most talked about are the interpo- lated specialties, which include the ice skating carnival and ballet, the high diving and swimming feats of hulf a dozen girls, the novel municus specialty wherein volumes of har ony are produced without a visible wilt | rument, and the song spectally —_—_ ««MAN WHO CAME BACK” PLAYHOUSE REC ‘ORD| | “The Man Who Came Back” ues from its 838th to tte 846th per mance. Willlam A, Brady pre sents It nine times a week. He wi ve matinces on Wednesday, Thurs lay and Saturd, Jules Eckert Goodman wrote pon @ story by John Fleming Wil son, and Mary Nash heads the cast AMUSEMENTS. Carnival and Ballet. ¥ will | y. the play, founding it) BIGGEST HIT ON BROADW AY! The Daring, Beau Winter Garden Tn” Siew sant. PASSING SHOW 3 ASTOR ti°t it Hk $95 ere! HIS LITTLE WIDOWS BW BLIOU Hee aa Pr THE KNIFE “wate ins HARRIS JR, Presents Te] Margaret Wycherl: By Bayard vei : ponte de LOVE'O! wie CASINO Virus Was tik (eames! YOU'RE IN LOVE BOOTH x} ange Reber pe MR. R. WILLIAM GILLETTE _in “A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY.” PRINCESS "Ri Oty a"e ee tie | WASHINGTON $Q. PLAYERS | gammy Mag Ah aN a Wen ap i. MOROSCO {ict #83 Min Fatut THE BRAT wade. |] LONGACRE Wg, Prep Mes Wed. (Pop,) Sat,, 2:80, ‘1 WM. COLLIER in NOTHING Fai TRUTH CORT jf Wal a Hie iS td Fir 3 ‘Oliver Morosco “UPSTAIRS | "AND | D DOWN” HUDSON Son: 425,55, Bre. SEB ahd Wed, & sat OUR E BETTERS 3x ED HEDDA NOvA In “THE BAR INISTER ¢ ROADWAY THEATRE th. “ ae cunts ‘4 HARRIS Ws . | ENTERS ON LAST WEEK JANE COWL Te” “A Trip Thru China” enters upon the last week of its engagement at the Eltinge Theatre, The Militia of Merey receives the proceeds of this sagement for its fund for the ald of the families of the members of the New York State Naval Militia who have gone on war service. New pic- tures of the Chinese Army prepar- Ing, extended views of Chinese oars: men who row with their hands and feet, and also of the fish-catching birds have been added to the film, REPUBLIC ¥.2 FPrie nim “PETER IBBETSON me, erreire, en Coltier, Wea & a0et Ere. 630, tan Mx is OUT THE FULTON “Qi5i: Woll"2’ sat" be™ hake cou RTENAY vs WISE EVELYN NESBIT “Su, in The Film ” RUSSELL Inte Pm “Redemption Seats Selling Two Week HO. W, a4TH We far PROCTI PROC TIES . 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