The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1919, Page 24

® THE NEW PLAYS o “Carnival” Suggests | Venice on-the-Thames _ BY CHARLES DARNTON | ITH all our ingenuous hospi ts W the English play, “Carnive duced to an indifferent audi tee 6n Wednesday night in taking their play from the suggest Venice on-the-Thames. sense of “Othello” they have made i in the final scene, she chirps up and #he is true to him cites comment. But she has merely her husband, so there's nothing to @m uneventful end. formance. It might be well for him Jest” liveliest thing in the piece. but they have not carried him to the point of killing her. Othello off-stage, and though his wife, cast as Desdemona, Left to herself while the carnival is abroad launches forth as Bacchunte, clad only in a leopard skin, und, naturally, ex- Mr, Tearie is extraordinarily amiable in his Othello-like role. acts like a tired actor-manager, without a gleam of fire. Anduigent, but utterly lacking in the Gash needed to light up his per-! to see the Barrymore brothers in | ‘in which Godfrey ence at the Forty-fourth Street Thea- Kallan of Pordes-Milo, whatever he} may mean to you, H. C. M. Hardinge and Matheson Lang made “Carnival” They might have done better by turning an English novel of the same name to theatrical account With a theatrical an actor-manager jealous of his wife, The actor plays is half-dead tells her husband at great length that in the canals, she been kissed by the devoted friend of worry about when the play comes to He He is sincere and The English actors jn “Carnival” are out of their element. As the! ardent lover, A. E. Anson is ascetic, in spite of the uniform Margot Kelly suggests « bit of fluff as Simonetta, the spoiled | “wife. Bobby Clark, as the little son of Silvio and Simonetta, figures as the “Carnival” in a sad affair, slow in movement and hopelessly Pnglish. | About Plays ITH the Christmas night per- Broadway was able to say it had come through the season's most precarious fortnight with flying col- 5 ore. The two weeks just preceding } — Ghristmas always constitute what is a theatrical term. People are usually busy shopping and thus diverting their money into other channels that the theatrical attractions suffer greatly. Many that are “on the road” are laid off for the week immediately leading up to Christmas as it is @beaper not to play. However, this year the Broadway shows suffered Yeas than ever. While all of them & emperienced a dropping off in at- ¥ tendance, it was small compared to - other seasons. ee From sow on business for the _ shows ghould be excellent. Visitors will begin coming to the city in droves bog usually they have but two things @ shows. The indications are when May 1 comes a reoapitula- fea us most lucrative theatrical sea- gon in years. CHILDREN ATTEND. Riesenfeld opened his thea- evenings in the Sixty-third Street Hall auspiciously yesterday. nt’ shows made wp of films, and pantomime. Mr. Riesen- f t their business and &: will show that Broadway has Hugo tre for children afternoons and adults audiences attended and saw music oa will have the theatre through the idays. WY MISS STRATTON ENGAGED. * Clare Stratton, a talented young ginger, has joined the cast of “The TAttle Whopper” at the Casino, She will assume the role of Janet Mac- Gregor, the girl who never told a lie. Jess Mendelson, a-Culifornia whirl- ‘wind dancer, has been added to this Show's cae: also. 'S) DITRICHSTEIN AT BOOTH. Lee Shubert will present Leo Dit- richstein in “The Purple Mask” at ithe Booth Theatre beginning Jan. 6. _In the star’s support will be Brandon » ... ACTORS IN A LEAGUE. Charles Cherry, Cyril Keightley and Godfrey Tearle, it is reported, are or- ing an English Actors’ League the purpose of bringing together wocially the many Broudway playerr i who began their careers in England. rs ay “NIGHT BOAT” MONDAY. Charles Dillingham will launch his Rew musical comedy, “The Night Boat,” by Anne Caldwell and Jerome Kern, in Baltimore Monday night. In the cast are Jack Hazzard, Louise Groody, Stella Hoban, Hal Skelly, Hansford Wilson, Ada Lawis, Ernest ‘Torrence, Jeannette Methven, Lillian Kemble Cooper and others, A LEGION BENEFIT. comamnittee of the mem adway Post, No. 415 fon, of ‘which’ Gus Hess man, is arranging a big ber formance for the night of Sunday, Jan. 25, ai the Cort Theatre, ‘The Legion will use the money in its wel- » | fare work. A aaa. Ws See, eee * Jetf Nutt; our'special cor fas written us as fol Washington: Dear Dud-1 ind the wife ran down to Washington to look into the rail- | road situatian god found it just as | hed suspected. On March 1, three @ays before he jx inaugurated, Presi- | t Wilson will re} es. His plan contains @bout rolling stock, which means, Presume, that he wants catt dier bpats. muen, whieh Ig in t —the Grand Cen pylvania terminals in N Will not be moved, When 1d the wife the trains would €ontinue to rur nd n Ye I to into them she said the engineers bet- ter look out.on the trains would be smashed by the impact. She's a cute MiG, but I wish she had mor About sh-p window temptations, afraid to walk up the main stree Ge With her an acquunt of the fur cow ~~ jn the windows. Mere Rever Dery ay st night called “The and somebody in the gal <woa wad Ob. Well, 1 guess Bent you a @onsidered the dullest period of the) ‘Tynan, Cahill, Orlando Daly and q Barle Miche son T have discovered nature of a sense We went to a show Desert's gum down on my Me should have pasted? the Men, as he was the real of-| With the anitnal .» Players DUDLEY pitcher for Christmas, Don't worry about that “Railroad Hotel” on tt. The silversmith thought I wanted to make the proprietor of the hotel a present, and went ahead and engraved jit ,xoure for a Snappy New Year— Je GossiP. Janette Stone has been engaged i | | Hop Hadley's “Movie Girl's Revue.” | | | Sam Blair has signed up Betty Hol- Mngsworth for @ new film called * miration.” ‘ ichard Bennett of “For the De- fense” may be seen in a tragedy at apecial matinee performances. George’ Broadburst has elevated Helen MacKellar to the featured po- sition in “The Storm.’ | ‘Wille and Eugene Howard will ap-| pear in the Winter Garden concert | Sunday ntgt, | Ted Lewis, the Jaxzarist, has a bot-| tle labelled “Poison” which isn't poi- con at all. Col. Felix Wendelachafer of Provi- dence gave William Hodge four cows for Christmas. ‘They had theit hoofs manicured. | Charles Diltingham's “Apple Bles- eoms” will reach #ts 100th perform-~ ance at the Globe Monday. ‘The English classes at Yalo are to study the Drinkwater play, “Abra- ham TAncoln. ‘Myron Selznick has bought the film “Bucking the rights to Pop's play, | As @ Christman present Poodles |Hanneford, the Hippodrome clown,| | -31 Divingham contract} for his whole fami! M. Anna Wheaton and Harry Carroll will go to the Coast for a vaudeville tour ‘Twenty soldiers whom Marte Sewell entertained in France saw her in Yes, ahe's " yestérday. ne. Edgar Selwyn will direct the stag- ing of “The t Ttuston” for A. H.| Woods, | Gilbert Miller will present ‘Wed-| ding Bells’ in London early to Feb- ruary, We have been notified that Clarence Hibbard will have a new blackface uct again in the near future. Nearly every man appearing in “Forbidden” at the Manhattan Opera House saw : in the armed forces of Uncle Sam After 146 performances, “Phe Crim- Alibi” will leave the Broadhurst It will be seen at the to-morro’ House next week, ¥ Regiy, who dances at the Capitol, bumped her nose into a piece of scenery and bruised it badly—the nose, not th The Hebrew Sisterhood of York- ville will hold an entertainment for charity soon, Harry Ford, Dixie ett and Al White will supply the talent ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 1#o Cohen—They are. different on, Hope the booze ts good. r, Lewengood—You lose! Claus is a myth A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. It is always the other fellow who is on a busy wire. { FOOLISHMENT. (Coutrtbuted) Did you ever notice this— When a fetiow steals a kiss From a righteous little maiden Calm and meek, That her Scriptural training shows, \In not turning up her nose, But just simply turning 'round The other cheek? me Santa FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | “I've asked k Dempsey to assist ng to do?” “Serve the punch, of course.” WOULDN'T WASH. MAN wanted to buy a plebald He visited a horse er, and the dealer the next produced 1 beautiful piebald HA horse. man bought at @ stiff price, first in the H shed off There was u rubbe Bentham announces that} { half cream and half black—that the | But the ne drove ‘his new purchase k rain came on and the| drove straight up to the} t Did 1 forget to all in aljgive you @ rubber blanket ington SI FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26,1919 COMIC PAGE “THAT WoMAN OUGHTA " HAVE A DOZEN MAIDO-FIRST 11 “Go DOWN An! PUT “WH CKT OUT AN’ Look AT “TH! 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