The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1920, Page 24

‘COMIC PAGE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920 © THE NEW PLAYS o “Light of the World” Simple and Beautiful BY CHARLES DARNTON OOD and legitimate use of the Passion Play has been made by Pierre Suisson in “The Light of the World,” produced at the Lyric Theatre last night with reverent care by those earnest sponsors of “Aphro- dite,” Comstock and Gest. | The French author, possibly from motives actuated by the war, has Ohanged the scene of the Passion Play from Oberammergau to « village in Switzerland, but this doesn't matter, for none of the atmosphere of peasant Aide is lost in the transition. It is this reflection of peasant life, in fact, that makes “The Light of the World” simple and beautiful. Firat of all, the home of the woodcarver, Anton Rendel, has a quaint, old-world charm. Then after a rehearsal of the scene of the Three Wise Men in the sacred play there is revealed an amphitheatre in which two crosses stand and a third is erected by the wood carver who is to play the Christus, It is at this point that the drama reaches its height Marna brought out of hiding as the living Magdalen, stands with her back aguinst a cross and faces the villagers who revile her. The father of her child, young Simon, who has just brought back Ruth as his bride, will not speak the truth, so responsibility falls heavily upon the head of Anton, in the home| FR. * of whose mother Marna and her baby have been given shelter. Tho pastor [Wriatin’ how a> di secnivndlnaitohd then takes from Anton the great honor of playing the great role in the imams Play. . But in the end this honor is restored to him after the truth is discovered by Ruth, and Anton goes forth in his white robe to be the , y 9 chief figure in the play that is about to begin. When first he is chosen by THE BIG LITTLE council for this rol tle A, * ator ; je, little Agnes says to him: “I know now, Anton, Nolte NETA' BILL DEAR! OUST A NEW WEARS PRESENT Ail UNCLE SOE” why you've never married. God wanted you for this.” At other times the author relies upon familiar biblical phrases, and for the most part it is the expected that happens in the development of the story. Yet the play is well written, human and impressive. Pedro de Cordoba gave nobility to the character of Anton, and though Christitke in appearance, he had both the good taste and the good sense to keep the woodcarver solidly planted on the earth. Clara Joel gave dramatic strength and flashing beauty to tho role af Marna; Ralph Kellard played Stmon with excellent discretion as well as feeling; Janc Cooper was sweet amd simple as the bride; Percy Haswell made Anton's mother tender and Jovable; Fuller Mellish did admirable work as the helpful, kindly old Jew who had found refuge in the house, and little HeJen Chandler behaved charmingly as Agnes. The entire cast, for that matter, served to bring out “The Light of the World” as a play of spiritual beauty and dramatic interest. About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY / Nono! I wore OFF SMcKIN' FoR y) “TH’ NEW ‘Year \ \ AN TLL STICK ( (_ TO ME RESOLUTION: AT “HAT-3"100 BAD I DES @YARTED GIvIN’ ¢ UP SMoKIN'’—— 2} AN' THEY'RE ME Favorite CIGARG /_m-m! Good a ONES Too -CLEAR _ HAVANA 'N'EVERYTHIN ! MT r mun) « | to call it ‘Wild Women.’ FIBDLDS was sitting at his EW AB desk in the Broadway Theatre Building late yesterday after- oon When we dropped in for a brief visit. “Say,” he said, suddenly wheoling @round, “what's a wild woman?” Well, now! Naturally, we couldn't tell him, but we asked why he wanted to know. “I'm going to stage a summer revue thie year,” he said, “and I've decided I like the title but I don’t know just what it means. How am I going to engage|}, wild women for my company if I don’t iknow a wild woman when I see her?” “That's easy,” said Bob Harris of the Fields forces. “A wild woman is ‘ene who goes the pace.” “Oh, eo that’s the meaning of the term, eh?" came from Mr. Ficlds. “Well, that makes everything easy. ‘Now I can go right ahead and get my troupe engaged. Much obliged, Bob!” “You're welcome,” said Harris as he tol’s box office, has a brother singing in the Capitol's show. the press agent, Martha Mansfield has returned to the Ziegfeld “Midnight Frolic.” She spent two weeks in the Ohio town named for her. During 1919 exactly 2,245,620 people attended the shows at the Hippo- drome. This number includes the Prince of Wales and Eugene Kelcey Allen. Kyra, the dancer, has been added to the cast of the Morris Gest “Mid- night Whirl” on the roof of the Cen- tury Theatre. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt jr. gave a “Blue Bird” theatre party at “Apple Blossoms” last night for her debutanio daughter, Muriel. R. H. Burnside announces a second professional matinee of “Miss Millions” for the Punch and Judy Theatre on Y. George C. Tyler has received word from Chicago that “Clarence,” at the Blackstone there, has scored as em- phatically as his company at the Hud- son here has done, ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Perplexed — Divorced by Frances Ben Atwell is) , Here ~ToOwserR ? HERE “Towser ¢ COME GET YER LITTLE MARY MIXUP ICI oni [ ICA A <— Meaning: v7, [ea | MEANING : ONE PLATE GeT out $ { Mom? Ae wort £47 HIS BRoTt ~ = He DOESNT SEEM 6 Be Huncry¥ ¢ left the room. “Bob's a bright boy,” said Mr. A and he left me flat. Fields, “You can't stump him on @0Y¥-) “ joreo_Jest Nutt never lends himself He helps me out a lot around) to press stuff. Thanks! i White; then he married Mrs, How. K. G.—Showed Jeff your contribution A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Mel Gurley and Scoot O'Harrihar met with an accident this mornin They collided head on while diving for @ 80-cent cigar butt a travelling man threw away. Jepp Lasher got the snipe by a quick mova while they were dazed.—Wellsville Optic, “A “He is indeed,” said Mr. Fields, a | 1 knowing lad,” we ventured. he puffed his cigar. “But say, tell me —gum what is a woman who goes the pace?” AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Joe Flynn, press agent for Arthur Cmrrneet 1908 Preset Publishing Co (NY Frenne Werte) JOE’S CAR Hiammerstein, orrived in town yos- FOOLISHMENT. Haan roaa the West and dropped in| 4 9a1eky young actress named Shaw-| [Cro wancrauaes 0 tom Yo , Elect beige cepatenat geld Fe Aas adi d ti rT 1 WANT A Y'Do ; EH? wee - LISTEN! 1 WANT HAH - HAH! " ‘oun TOE a} roducers . syle consented to give us an ieee vy DP quite SMELLS KINDA WEAK: QUART BOTTLE. TAKE. MY ADVICE AND tt FoR MY 1SEE You KNow su! ‘well, Mr. Flynn,” we sald, “how| he'd say: “Pleate excuse me, 1 @vess \'D BETTER PUT IN BE MIGHTY CAREFUL oLp “sTae"! “Hat's is the West?” ‘ OF ALCOHOL But you can't refuse me, Gosh, man, I'm a scream in Milwau- kee.” “It's pretty good,” replied the noted “but the new ‘Always You,’ is How You use IT! LOTTA PEOPLE GET BLIND FROM DRINKIN’ THAT STUFE! ANOTHER QUART BEFORE ' WHAT “THEY ALL say! SHE FREEZES UP ON ME, ler-press agent, nee show, meat makes it 80 we all there’s a guy in it named Resell Mack who has invented an’ overcoat watcher, It's a little mirror which he attaches to his soup bow] at dinner so he can watch his over- @oat bebind him. I'm going to get I dine out 60 frequently, you know. Out in Kansas City I got a fine overcoat and I must protect it in the New York cafes," "Do they have overcoat watchers jm Kansas City?” , “Oh, no!" ‘ “Mr. Flynn. It was Arthur Mac- Hugh speaking. “Don't you think we'd better be going?” ‘The interview ended then and there, Mr, Flynn spent last evening at the Gasino seeing “The Little Whopper.” GOSSIP. Polly Van is playing a sweet thing fa an industrial film about ents | good?" FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Did the lawyer’s speech carry con- viction 2” “It did. His client got five years.” een MUCH BEWILDERED SUPER. HEODORE THESPIAN leaned on the rall of his sea-going yacht soliloquizing about love, while the blue waves rolled and heaved splendidly, each blue wave being a “super” canva But the waves were here and there threadbare, and suddenly a wave rip- ped and a head bobbed up in the midst of the heaving sea and stared around in bewildered fashion. re Thospian silenced titers with one’ stern hb overboard!" he yelled stentorian tones. Then the| istant man-| “super,” managing to draw back his boy — nine | head through the hole in the wave, the ing. Murdock Pemberton, ager of the Hippod: pounds, all well WOR OAV EVE Om. Hisie Janis and “Her Gang” will re. a stormy A ie ene WASN'T main at the George M. Cohan Theatre d by the relent two more weeks. : wid, And down “agen AM OLD PESSIMIST Jose Ruben and Vincent i » house with roars of ap- TO BE GAD re have been en ed for E pluuse,--Philadelphia Star, \> CALUNG “THIS play, “Sacred and Pr non's — 80 THOUGHTFUL OF HER! 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