The evening world. Newspaper, January 24, 1920, Page 12

5 E f } |THE NEW PLAYS “The Power of Darkness” Staged With Understanding | Power of Darkness,” this trag edy of Russian peavants is still inter- E VEN thougi@#thirty years or more have passed since Tolstoy wrote “The esting as a study of human bel der that greatest of all curses, ignorance, and the ings groping thelr way through life un- Theatre Guild has sv @eeded in giving a surprisingly reolistic production of the play at the Gar- rigk Theatre. In this respect the director, Ema nuel Retcher, again proves the ski!l he Aispiayed in his production of “The Weavers” at the Garden Theatre a num- ber of years ago by employing the most simple means to bring the characters Close to the audience, People are corcernec—and this is o Dave been thoughtfully and effective! It was recessary to shorten the The play is staged with understanding so far as its f first importance—while the settings y designed. play, of course, and it is just as well, perhaps, that more or less polite changes in the language were made—though there was 20 sign of flinching at plain words on the part of last night's audi ence. The main thing is to give a true reflection of the life of these peas- ante, and this Was writing about, Only an ‘ncidental interest can be is done ancording to Tolstoy, who beyond doubt knew what he felt in the final regeneration of Nikita, | even though he betrays a girl, marries the woman who kills her husband on’ hig account, and then buries the new-born baby of his mistress (to use 4 grand term) in the cellar. After all, he is merely « lusty young brute with the | Mordid reaction of his kind One listens more intently to the philosophic old father with his simple beliefs and mation the evil mother who urges even her own son to murder. feehng of pity and horror at seeing primitive instincts in the raw, Here and there a striking characterization stands out. old father, firm in his faith, Frank Re Helen Westley plays the scheming o Erskine Sanford makes the drunken | g00d performance; Arthur Hohl is a hulking and convincing Nikita, and Mar- jorie Vonnegut, Ida Raub an! Rertha The Theatre Guild has given fresh proof of ite powers in its noteworthy production of “The Power of Darkness.” About Plays and Players By BIDE JORRIS GHST has returned from: Chicago, where he went recent- ly to be present when the Chi- eago Opera Company sang “Aphro- ite” The performance was not given, wince at the last moment it was de- @ided to hold the new opera over until the company came to New York. Mr. Gest made an arrangement whereby F. Ray Comstock and he will present the Century version of the play at the Auditorium in January, a year hence. WHERE WAS OSCAR? About 200 members of the Pi Lamb- Phi fraternity of Columbia saw ays You" last night. They went to the Central Theatre to surprise fF _their fellow Pi-face, Oscar Hammer- tein 24, author of the “play. Oscar, ~«) however, did not appear, which fact surprised the surprise party. “LASSIE” TO-NIGHT. Dodge & Pogany will make their bow as producers to-night at the Playhouse, Wilmington, Del., when they offer “Lassie,” described as a whimsical musical novelty, In the cast IRD ‘nosyo}q AyIOIOC ‘eWON HRA, 1" Hyson,' Molly Pearson, Roland Bot- tomley, James Harrod,"Robert Nairn, Perciv Vivian, David Glassford, Gladys Lanphere, Loule Emery, Ada Binclair, Olga Ziceva and Ruth Kol- ins. The production will play Wash- idigton next week. A NEW UPTOWN HOUSE. David V. Picker wili open an elab- rate film theatre called the Rio on Broadway, between 159th and 150th Streets, early next month. Alfred de Mandy will be director of the theatre and Edwin Mocsary the house man- ager. “ BILL 18 PROMISING ‘A good show has been arranged for the benefit to be given for Broadway Post. “merican Legion, at the Cort Theatre to-morrow night, Larry Leahy, tenor, will sing Dorothy Dare's march song, “Liberty, My Liberty,” \. and various stunts will be contributed \\ by Fannie Brice, W, C. Picids, Dab- \ ney's Orchestra, Burch and Dale, Bernard Granville, Kath Brothers, Cameron Sisters, Donald Kerr, Pear) Regay and Blythe and Green. “LOMBARDI” SNOWED IN. ‘| Mary Ryan in “The Sign on the Door.” true religion, and watches with fasci- There ts a ‘As the mumbling | icher is like a man from another world, 1d harridan with malevolent cunning; jaborer reek of the soil in an especially Broad act their roles creditably, DUDLEY eecape 4 savage Rie on)ler Gossip. Katherine Tower {s understudy for J. Aldrich Libbey, who made “After the Ball" famous, has entered vaude- ville. in the cast after a siege of iliness. On Monday night each feminine member of the “Scandal” cast will ‘Tin HS CELLAR! dog on Sixth Avenue yesterday to) Henry Lewis of “Frivolities” is back | appear in a new gown, Brandon Tynan of “The Purple Mask,” 13\ threatening to revive his play, “Robert Emmet.” Helen MacKellar and the rest. of, the cast of “The Storm,” will be! guests of the Pleiades Club Sunday | evening. A man has een sent to London by| the management of “The Passion Flower” to arrange for a production of the play there. Montague Glass saw Jack Oster- man's act in vaudeville at Los Ange- les recently and wired Jack's daddy, Jake Rosenthal, to puff out with pride. Jake did. Julla Kelety, of “Always You,” has written a farce which she says is very funny. It is being considered by a Broadway manager. Sybil Carmen has been engaged for the new “Nine o'Clock Revue” and the next “Midnight Frolic,” now in rehearsal, She has been off the stage for a year. Maxim Gorky's “Night Lodging” is still the bill at the Irving Place Thea- tre, where it is being played in Yid- dish, All the Chinese tapestries which formerly hung in the Old Kashmir Club, London, have been purchased by F. Ziegfeld jr. from Richard Klegin. They will be hung on ‘the New Amsterdam roof, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Treasurer Moon of the Eltioge Theatre, und Treasurer Light of the Bijou, are seen together every day. FOOLISHMENT, 1 know a little maidey, Her name is Bughouse Lee, And ev'ry morn at sunset She winks her ear at me. This pretty little maiden Is very, very plain; I'll bet this rhyme, dear reader Gives you an awful pain, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. ing to Mary's birthda haat hat birthday?” lols it last year.’ _—— A CHAT WITH “UNCLE.” Oliver Morosco has received wort |€67 WISH you would fix this wateh that his “Lombardi, Ltd.,” company, for me—something's the matter ingluding Leo Cafrijlo and Grace Val-| ,,, pean it. emtine, has escaped from a snowslide| | “ont see that anything is which held it thirty-six hours be- yell , tween Calgary and Vancouver. All ell, It's lost a minute in the last the players had to cat while thus]|three months.” marooned was hard boiled ess. They| ‘That's nothing to worry about,” paid no cover charges with thelr meals, however. AT. SOUL ONT BE DONE, by wire, ne Casino, New York. Three hours luter she received a t t you play m which read: man ng and favor cards some other eve us with your prosence PERSONALITIES. 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