The evening world. Newspaper, October 11, 1918, Page 24

THE NEW PLAYS| “The Awakening” Strange and Weird BY CHARLES DARNTON UST an Mikhail and Flora are getting on very nicely with “The Dance! J of Death” a shot is fired from a darkened upper box at the Criterion Theatre, and the lovely maiden crumples up on the sta | This is the most startling moment in Ruth Sawyer’s play “The Awaken- fng.” Suspicion points tu Wilton Lackaye as the gunman who over- steps the footights, for in the exceedingly villainous role of Prince , Dmitrieff he is up to all sorts of aera he: Dt) at isn't quite clear, for “The Awakea- U1 P.M. At 1 o'clock Miss Fenwick | {1 “appeared at the Fulton Theatre and told Mr. Bailey the registration places | *' Pent ae EE a er A ee fe rt, Pl mw a Mw ae i Ne | "The Awakening” might be described ing” is strange and weird. Love’ young dream is mixed vith the herv- | ne’s visions and rhetorical outbursts bearing on the freedom of Russia, | as lyric melodrama. At any rate, two of the characters recite poems— ind no one shoots them in the act The scenes range from Russia to Paris with so much freedom that even the intermittent Russian music ayed by an excellent orchestra ses it# meaning at times. You may be sure the war something to do with the case, Be-| cause Flora ¢ s from Vienna she} is Suspected in Paris of b ussiAn y for living at all, since danger is ever lurking at their lively heels, Fortunately, how the court off | the Prince so bh | aan | rome the box, there is the Mush of a pistol, and then, with a flutter of curtains, the guilty man “ducks” and vanishes. Now, Mr, Lackaye may have an un- derstudy to perform this dark deed for him, but it is my opinion that he does the work himself. In any event, he makes such a@ fine drive over < .footlights for the Liberty Loan th. he is easily forgiven. Just what Miss Sawyer is driving him and giv: Thereupon Miki o tically in one of the maide convenient visions, after which he comes back to her in full uniform. It's all very pleasant from time to time, though a bit confusing. Naturally enough, Theodore Kosloft like'a Russian, but he thall works cent, and Gilda Varesi is coldly vin dictive as the sister of the Prin And what a Black Prince Mr. Lack. aye makes him! About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY influenza permitting, Augus- tua Pitou will produce a new starring vehicle for May Rob- @on in the near future, It will be a @ramatization of Mary Roberts Rine- hart’s “Tish” stories, which have been appearing in the Saturday Pvening Post. Edward E. Rose will make a play of the stories. Mr. Pitou is greatly concerned over the matter of @ name for the play. He admits he can’t think of a good one himself, and Mr, Rose and Miss Robson are in the same fix. With the idea in view of iting an acceptable title, Mr. Pitou f omerine & $50 Laberty bond for the sugsestion, His office is in the New Amsterdam Theatre Building. POLLOCK PLAY CAST. Fe cast for Channing Pollock's “Roads of Destiny,” which A. H. 8 will produce, is now complete. it aro Florence Reed, Charles bridge, John Miltern, Thomas rain, Alma Beiwyn, Arnold Lucy @nd'Noei Haddon. IRENE WILL VOTE. Irene Fenwick wanted to register terdsy so, to accommodate her, | Oliver D, Bailey postponed a rehearsal of “A Stitch in Time” from 11 A. M.| didn’t open till 5. “That's all right,” sald Mr. Bailey “You can register this evening. Are) you going to vote for Whitman or Smith?" “Oh, I don't know either one of them,” replied Miss Fenwick. “I'l pick out some good friena ana vote for him.” LOOKS BAD FOR BILL. headed for on compared to war, pretty quick "Good morning, Nick!” JOHNSON COMES BACK. Orrin Johnson, who married re- | cently, and was said to have retired MARLEY 2% IN DEVON 24 IN. COLLARS from the stage, hasn't. He has just been engaged by Charles Emerson Cook as the featured member of the east of “Remnant,” in which Flor ence Nash will be starred, Others ta the company, besides Miss Nash, are Geoge Gaul, Marguerite Leslie, Cor- rine Barker, Etienne Girardot and Ben R. Graham, EDNA BAKER A POET. Edna Baker, the stenographer in “Three Faces East,” has written a really and truly poem and here it is The pi 4 his drama through, had. the goidar, te knew! wana German brute, fiyer bo wright's ry he How dare you play without © German ay UNITS SAIL. America’s Over ‘There Theatre League has recently sent to France to entertain th idiers The Dough- ris, The Live Wires and the Just rls units, Included in their person- nel are Kita Gould, Vardon and Perry, ny, Dora Ronca, Mar- Helen Ci Robent, nan, Margaret Sumner, ge and an Indian Prin- GOSSIP. Joseph Brennan will be in “Stop ndly Enemies" will be played y night for the sailors and sol- iers. | Charles Dillingham has arranged a Hall of His- podrome for to- ral Counsel for the Unite Mitices, was married yesterday to Adele 8, Plato, While a fire w across the |street fro th Avenue Theatre , Manager }Quaid s of Liberty Mollie King the Century Grove girls have sold nearly $100,000 worth of Liberty bonds on the roof on the Century Theatre this week. PASSED WITH BONDS. Managing Director Rothapfel has given a sterling silver engraved per petual pass to both the Rialto and Rivoli Theatres to Commander Tru- man H, Newburg as a reward for the purchase of @ $10,000 Lib..ty bond, Liberty Day at the Liberty Thea on the Public Library steps, w also Adolph Zukor Day, Manager Edel of the Strand will auction off a| season pass to the Strand, It will go| to the highest bidder for Libesty bonds, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. For Sale—Cheap, one German jdt CO.INC.TROY IY, POPUL AD MUSIC AMO RAGTIME PIAND PLAY IMG throne, Owner wishes to dispose of | }it quickly because his health ts] threatened. Any reasonable offer ac. | cepted, Address Will Hohbenzollern, Berlin, FOOLISHMENT. Tommy MePhee FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Hey, waiter, how long am I going] | to have to walt for that .half portion of duck I ordered?" “Until somebody ‘orderg the otner If, We can't go out an@kill half a ‘COMIC PAGE Friday, October 11, 1918 Aw- GINMe@ & Bite of Your APPLE Pi cant - kaa Dors nt Berone NEW GOWN IN “THESE > WAR “TIMES S Loontr Woorsie! IPF SHE HASN'T Got AER AAND IN TooTs\e's pocket! CouRsE, NoBoors LOO I<int THINGS ALw CHARLIES HAVIN ‘ALL IXINOS ©’ TROUBLE WITA HIS POCKETS, HIS ISEYS AND IKKNDFE AN? AYS WEAR. HOLES In EM: | ON. %. Bveving Worta. SOE - 1 WANT a CUTE. UTTLE VICTORIA “TOP POCIXETS JN HE GOWN. 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