The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1920, Page 28

Bi ty THE NEW PLAYS “The Tragedy of Nan,” With Alexandra Carlisle BY GHARLES DARNTON COMIC PAGE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, courage to stage plays of pitiless ‘ew accorded Alexandra Carlisle, Co: Te covdenin it as sordid and gloomy Sibly be merry and bright, for killing a sheep she eats the bitter flave, and sees no hope of anything better until Dick dention of making her bis wife. But Wer mother tolls him that Nan’s fat back quite as quickly to Nan upon learning that her parent was innocent and that she has come into posneasion of enough blood nove} Then Nan stabs the greedy hypoeri: Mp in housekeeping. ahrow herse!f into the sea. As tho luckless heroine Miss Carlisle gives an Interesting, though not a In the lighter momenta of the play—such as they | ire—she is sympathetic and appealing, but abe is lacking in the primitive ‘ ing, performance. and passion that the character excellent actor, Is also unable to suggest a peasant. dagiy vigorous as the merciless aunt, and Harry Ashford likewise dds to the ity of the performance as the woman's husband. ie as the weird old fiddler, but only tn a theatric way. The same ts true Beatrice Noyes aa the mean and ‘bed mutton ple that is her death portion, There ts enrnest work throughout the cast, with the result that “The ‘Tragedy of Nan” is fairly well acted. days ago, the Messrs, Sbubsrt have obtained control of the Century Theatre, A statement from Morris Gest, who has been the lessee ©f the house for nearly three seasons, Sys, however, that. the sale of the Property to the syndicate headed by Lee and J. J. Shubert will not affect ‘he presentation at the big playhouse ‘MW “Aphrodite,” the Comstock & Gest fpectacle now curtent there, It is _ Stated further that Comstock & Gest will carry out thelr plan for present- ing “‘Mecoa,” the new Oscar Asche Plece, at the Century next season. Morris Gest's lease on the Century will expire March 13. ‘There has ol- Ways been @ clause in his agreement ‘which provided for tho ending of the + ase if the property were eold. Mr. Mest has cen tho Century Inssce agnger than any other producing man. wer ever interestod in the theatre, TULLY PLAY DOES WELL. *¥rom Richard Walton Tully’s of- figge corhes the news that “The Bird Paradiso” Is a big hit In Londoa Members of royalty have been fre- quent visitors to the theatre housing 4. Mr. Tully has just launched an- | vier Company to present the play In A new comedy called “Walt Tilt ber large cities of Groat Britain and| were Married” by Hutchonen Bact wil put out one more for tho smaller) and Rudolph York, will be produced places, by Oliver Morosco, ‘ ees We have been notified that Cyrit “THE NEW DICTATOR.” |Keightley of “He and She" is the Charles DiMingbam bas selected wh “7ho! Now Dictator” as the title of |"NO,°t? sdeak Maori, Wis newest imusical comedy now in re-| free lunch counter back sti Wearsal, It ‘is a musical version of Wichard Harding Davis's play, “The A@etator.”” Wrank Craven has written ook and lyrics and Silvio Hein the rausic, Mr, Craven heads the cast, which {ncludss, also, Gladys Gald- Well, Flora Zabelle, Marion Sunshin Winifred Frances, William Burress, Jeg Prouty. Russell Mack, John Parks, Jobn Hendricks, Irving Car- penter, George Mack, Virginia Shelby, Caroll, Wleanor Masters, ¢ Sewell, Sophie Brenner, Edna Kathryn Yates and Janet Megrew, COME ONE, COME ALL. A, Leap Year matinee of “Always ou” will be given at the Lyric Thea- the on Saturday, Feb. 28. Brides who shared husbands by proposing will be a@mitted at regular prices and there ‘Will be souvenirs which may be pur- . Ralph Herz sug- HONORS FOR TWO. “Richard G, Herndon, genera! man- ager of the Theatre Parisien and pro- of Nance O'Netl's play, “The ion Flower,” has been tagged With the order of-Officier Instruction Publique by the French Government for promoting French musical and dramatic art in the United States. Frank Kintzing, his associate, has been honored in the same manner, passing out ll good OMm- ique should do. | THOSE SNOW SHOVELLERS. “The modern snow shoveller is a ar person,” said Copeland ger of the Hotel Ma- jeutic, last night, “When the heavy show fai recently I paid some men bot of money to clear it away from in front of the hotel on 72d and Central Park West. What think they did?” no," we replied. ‘I found later they had canted all jo Nd around on the Tist Street of the hotel and dumped it, I ‘to phy some more men to dig us on side.” . Towhsend will try to persuade intyre, Arthur Somers Roche WHEN MR. HOPE SPOKE UP. Hope of the Cohan & Harris gare for nennarenamee mat bay WaYe 1 aves T IS ONLY on afternoons, apparently, that producing managers have the | Streat Theatre we again have “The Tragedy of Nan,” When the Stage Society produced John Masefield’s grimly relentless | ‘Play reveral years ago, Constance Collier was not given the stellar distinction Tt must be accepted for what it | ¢, Nan is inevitably a victim of circumstances that Maken into the house of ber uncle and aunt alter her f. A told in this column several y Rebn to do the shovelling simplicity, and so at the Thirty-ainth | rtainly, the play is of first importance, ig absurd, since a tragedy « , bread of a “cl " works like a unces hiv in- ntly to Jenole when | ther died on the galldis, only to turn} he switches ins’ demands, Philip Merrivale, though an Annic Hughes is unfail John Harwood ia effec- treacherqua Jennic, who deserves the “Listen!” ihe said. “You can play that Hope thing three ways—Frank, Francis or Mister, ‘Take your choice.” It created a situation which, ac- cording to Steve Ieardon, should be in a play. JOWNNY'S LITTLE JOKE. “They were discussing watches,” says a communication a bashful man has just slipped onto our desk, “and ono of the crowd said he had had his watel dipped for a dollar, Quick as A flash Hite Johnny Everett replied: “That's nothing! I know several men who had thoir watches “dipped” and it didnt ¢ost them a cent,’ Thero rely should be an explana- tion with this. Will somo pickpocket reader kindly write it and send it in? Gossip. Beatrice Herford will be in “What's }in a Name?" The third annual Chu Chin Chow ball will be held to-night at the Hotel des Artistes, John PD. Williams will transfer “Beyond the Horizon" to Criterion Tuesday for special mati- nees, The words of the old songs of Claudius and Scarlet at the Iippo- drome have been put in a folder by Charles Dillingham, Barry Baxter, now in “One Night in Rome.” will creato a leading role in the Woots production of “Happy- Go-Lucky” next season, only actor on the riean stage | | Quaid has installed a} ut the mers to | William H, Fifth Avenue, He asks pe jlet their conscience |. Walter Hast has Plays as starring v | cine Larrimore of 39th Street, | “Not So Long Ago” will be pro- duced by the Mensrs, Shubert in At- lantic City on March 1, |\“Harold Seton, of Mask" company, ia an author of fle- ion, He has stories in fo - zines this month PE YREE SASS The annual presentation of “The Passion Play" by the Parish Players of Holy Family Catholic Chureh, Union Hill, N. J., will be launched at Columbus Auditorium to-morrow and will continue through Lent, ran- " at the “The Purple ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, Horton—Ask at a music store, don't know, John M.—Stacy is @ bachelor, | GOOD BOY, JOHN. John Durisen of Brookiyn certagnly | can write limericks, The following is from his pen: A hideous old vamp Once tried to vamp a tramp; He took out a pin And stuck her in the chin, | Ouch! Qut it out, you scamp!” | | We | MALONE ARRIVES, Capt. J. A. E. Malone, the London producer of musical comedy, arrived | in New York yesterday to confer with Walter Jordan of Sanger & Jordan regarding a list of American produc- tions to be staged abroad. GREENPOINT NEWS. Jeanette and May, we see, are quite Popular with the boys.—Greenpoint Home News, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Hector Harmon, the hustling young son of our popular tailor, is taking a correspondence school course in bar- bering and is looking for some one to practise on, He can be found at the tailor shop with his razor,—Wellsville Optic, FOOLISHMENT. was @ young fellow Taylor, Who ventured to sea on @ whaler; The waves and the foam Made him wish he were home, “I've pulled a whalebone,” said our sailor, FROM THE CHESTNUT “John's out watching the ti mbling, eh?" ¢ ate clock,” _ Reames ies ACES There named EE, ne the |; KATINKA THERE'S SKATING IN J I HAVENT HAD} CENTRAL PARK ToDAY B A” SKATE” ON MR. GESSITT — SINCE THE ARE You GOING Down 7 BUT you Tole HE PROWIBITION, KaTiNKA! 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