The evening world. Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 24

® THE NEW PLAYS © “Beyond the Horizon” Changed for the Better BY CHARLES DARNTON “Beyond the © say that Dugene O'Neil’s simple and true tragedy y Horizon" has finally found a night refuge in the Little Theatre, after having been knocked about from pillar to post along Broadway on we afternoons, is an excuse for saying more about one of the finest real- 3 plays of an unusually realistic season, bi Wt must be reported, first of all, that the play has been changed for the he + and in some instances this is true of the players. lobert Kelly is hing that a rough big brother should be, and Sidney Macy, except | ia ir tho need of drawing an occasional reef in his breath, makes a very good ipper. But the performance loses a great deal by the acting of Helen j in the role originated by Helen MacKellar of “The Storm.” These _ fife the bare facts that may interest you if you happen to have a profes- to interest in the theatre. With the cutting of scenes, the play has ‘ made more compact and vastly improved. But there is still room for 7 ement at the end, when the ory of the wife should be Robert's knell, Stead of the explanatory talk that goes on between the wife and the er in the bedroom. It's enough to know that enough’s enough. Richard Bennett leaves nothing to the imagination in his vivid realiza- of the visionary youth who gives up the world he sees over the hills marry a dull creature of the soll and take tho level of a rotten apple on | It’s the pity of it that makes the play. But Miss Freeman gives Bennett no help in this process. She is nothing more than monotonous. Closser Hale is stil! doing the best work of her life in an invalid’s ir, but at the same time she is making the mistake of overplaying her- ‘by way of exciting the easy laughter of an audience. Mr. Bennett, ith his dizzy meanderings as a feverish consumptive, remains a remark- fine actor in a remarkably fine play. About EB “Florodora” sextet is to have eight girls, Now, before you get a dictionary to confirm idea of the meaning of the word, permit us to add that two of the tell- | ing?” Me+pretty-maidens will be substi-| ‘No, came the reply. to be used when the others take| “Wife working?” ings off. They will be also a) “ of @ precaution against matri-| “ jal demobilization of the six. The| “Gee; this has been a terrible season Shubert, who are producing | for wives.” have engaged recently line Richers, Darothy Leeds and Sykes as members of the sex- Other members already an- anced are Beatrice and Marcella “is : the afore mentioned young yn called on Mrs. Albert Stokes No, 171 West End Avenue yester- Mrs. Stokes, as Marjorie Rel- ‘was a member of the original it. fine told her callers many in- tiny; things about the wonderful ity “Florodora” enjoyed yea:s Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY him 60 he told tt to half a dozen! friends and all were pleased. It was @ conversation between two actors. “Hello, old top!” eaid one. “Work- ORDERS FOR ABIE. George (Goggles) Goldbete writes us to tell a funnystance. “Friedman,” he writes, ‘found it hard to use Pnglish fluently. One day a buyer for a Western store visited Friedman's place and asked to see some khaki suits. Friedmun was all excited. “ ‘Hey, Abie!’ he called, ‘bring oud dem cock-eye suits! " ALICE WRITES A POEM. Allee Webster of Lawrence, L. 1, iw oflly twelve years old, and yet we'll wager Lord Byron never could have Written poetry like hers. . She has sent a rhyme called “The Fat Simp,” which we consider quite a thing. Ace what little Alice has done: A fat young man named Ned, As up the path he sped Called loudly for a picce of bread And also a knife to spread The jam on which he fed. With an awful cry of dread, Byes rolling in his head, The poor simp fell down dead, Was buried in a bow of lead With a tombstone on his head By Alice Webster of Lawrence, L. 1. ___ _MI8S RAMBEAU GOING IN. ‘Marjorie Rambeau will assume the pal feminine role in “The Sign the Door” at the Republié Theatre day night, succeeding Mary who will withdraw from the, @ast to fulfl an engagement con-| fed for several months ago. Miss Reo will be starred in the Pol- gk melodrama . NUT?’S DOPE. ‘PFetl Nutt, special correspondent of column, sends us the following ommunication from Washington: ‘Dear Dud--I and the wife left San Antonio and came here. Just between Bund you, I thought it best, because We ball players got to paying the wifc yo much attention to suit me. Ge was worse than living next door to Fire Department. However, that's Mothing to you, so just forget it. We atrived here in Washington and found the treaty all balled up. Lodge, it wants to change the Eigh- th Amendment so that Congress vote war on some country—just eh one I haven't found out yet. President says that would nullify whole treaty and leave Prohibi- in ful! force. In other words, rding to the wife, it would take “treat” out of “treaty.” Pretty eh? She sure does hand me a GOSSIP. Mecca Temple will entertain 8,000 chiktren at the Hippodrome Thursday afternoon, March 2. ‘The Friars Post, American Legion, will have @ benefit at the Cort Thea- tre Sunday night, March Charles Dillingham doesn’t permit his actors to have Ouija boards in| their dreasing rooms. Why? Ask | Ouija. | Donald Brian of “Buddies” is to be @ judge in a beauty contest.. Them actors sure ts lucky. Beginning Monday, April 5, will be daily matinees of Famous Mrs. Fair’ at Henry Mill Theatre. Walter Passing Show,” at the Winter Garden, will have ‘a role in the revival of "Floro- Wolf of “The dora." now and then; but say, bo, if] °C. wy. r wife's sot to be a baseball fan, | « her learn it from the newspapers, from the players. Well, I'll look Savage's production of has been indorsed by the tre Movement. Marjorie Pringle ie now prima don- “Ruddigore” at the Park Th ito the war thing down here and ihe is a young woman of unus © I can hand you a scoop. "s u lot of excitement heve, but vier will present learn nothing.—Jeff. na new play called po Powers Theatre, Chi- BROWN TO MARRY. Fred Brown of the Six Brown thers, playing in “Jack o' Lantern” | Newark this week, is to be married @ome time to-day to Leita Randall of leveland. red Stone will give them midnight supper to-night OH, LOUVISE—LOOKY! Philip B. 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