The evening world. Newspaper, November 12, 1920, Page 40

seetRigies meete aaae ne ee Se a te 'N “Adam Bede,” as you may remember, George Eliot has a village land-| Jord describe hs neighbors as “a poor lot, big and little.” | THE NEW PL “Heartbreak House” Full of Talk | By CHARLES DARNTON AYS This 18 also, apparently, Bernard Shaw's opinion of people in England to-day, only fm “Heartbreak House” he scolds the “big bugs" and is content to blow up! Merely two of the smaller ones with dynamite. ‘There seems to be an earnest effort on the part of England’ @ramat!-te these days to give the leisured class a good shakin, @o something more than waste its tin After all, what do we care? We nro a patient and curious people, and only | thoughtful d make it r business? But is this any of @ur curiosity can explain any possible interest here in much plays a6 “Heart- @reak House” and “The Skin Game.” @haw and Galsworthy, evidently with @he war otill tn mind, have taken much the same theme with much the @ame result. Far more vital and dramatic was “An ‘weitten years before the war. @haw frankly adnvts the influence of Tchekov, and more than once his| Englishman's Home,” » produced by the Theatre Guild at the Garrick, seems to fly back to Sea Guill,” not to mention other plays. But when he says “these tn- tensely Russian plays fitted all the country houses in Europe,” we may well @teagree with him. For one thing, no one but a Russian can understand Russians, whereas the English are obviously matter-of-fact. ‘The truth te, perhaps, that Tchekoy fascinated Shaw. fe makes the point that so-called cultured Pngland should go back to} In the poorest play he jias written horseback riding. But even the implied culture may be questioned In char- ectere who talk mainly about themselves. “Heartbreak House” is full of talk, much of {¢ entertaining, to be sure, | ut more of It tedious. The second act @havian records ami leaves the listener well-nigh exhausted 1s so long-winded that {t breaks all ‘who chatt¢r ‘in this strange country house are for the most part so fan- tastic as to be almost impossible as to the extravaganza, changing from one mood to another so suddenly that! et times “Heartbreak House” is ke a madhouse. The old mariner, Capt. | human beings. The father of the “Pousehold doesn't know his own daughter when rhe returns after a long| ebsence, nor is the visitor recognized by her sister. Other guests contributé Ghotover, finally puts a bit of sense into the rambling discussion by saying that ® drunken skipper lying tn his bu Tecks, at the same time reminding his to guard against such disaster 4s to lea’ the business of navigation. Finally the nk Je bound to run bs ship on the silly son-in-law that the only way rm his business as an Engiishman— talk 1s stopped by an air raid, with @ bomb blowing up a gravel pit in which dynamite is stored, thus killing two business men—a “captain of industry” and a burglar. Effie Shannon is delightful as the overdressed, responsive daughter, who does most of the talking for the th dit indistinct in her rapid-fire utteran wister skilfully, and Elizabeth Rigdon acanty means with telling directness, Helen Westley also 4 of work as an imperturbable old servant. jousehold; Lucille Watson, though a cea at mpments, plays the visiting acts the romantic Ellie Dunn of & good bit ‘The part of Boss Mangan fatrly calls for Charleé Dalton, yet in it Dudley Digges !s something more than | satisfectory and a most amasing lump as he sinks into an hypnotic trance, Albert Perry gives force and authority Henry Travers 1s so good as the productio to the role of Capt, Shotover, and relar that no'reward could be too great for him when he takes up a colléction after being caught. x ‘The Theatre Guild has given “Heartbreak House” a most pr seworthy About Plays By BIDE and Players |' DUDLEY ‘E theatre managers, or most of them, ¢isoovered yesterday that {t isn't a good plan to have spe- @al matinees on holidays which are Mot observed by the closing of all ep business.“ Most of the houses had special Armis- tive Day matinees and most of these’ ‘were poorly attended. In these days @ Equity regulation {t costs one- @ighth of @ week's expense to put on an extra matinee, unless some other fa omitted, and where Me holiday isn’t generally recognized fhe extra matinee is apt to lose f@oney for the producer. ‘The theatrical business over the @ountry at this time seams to bo on @ line between good and except in the case of the big hit | eye ‘The general impression is it will gradually get better as Political condifions settle down and @oenfidence grows in other lines. There! not as many showa on the road, rever, as there were a year ago| time, ; and Frank Myers turned and beat It THEY WANTED TO KNOW. Gerbert Standing jr, of “The Out- Mrs. Palmer” stood on a way corner yesterday wearing a Miniature black bow tle. Two stran- ®ers, evidently under the influence ‘f Prohibition, eyed him a moment, ‘Then one approached him unsteadily, “Shay, Mister,” sald the stranger, “would ya mind tellin’ us if that's @ cravat or an ink spot?" | WRONG NUMBER k A@ureger Robert I.“Ronchetti ot the Astor Theatre was in the box office yesterday when the ‘phone rang. He Gecided to try his band at ticket wetome. Placing the receiver to his @ar he aald: “Yes! ‘Kissing Time!’ How many?” “What? Why, you fresh thing!" maid a woman's yoice, Then she hung up. | Central later said the Indy had|#t the Punch tried to get a delicatessen store, not the theatre, Mr, Ronchettl gave up ticket selling then and there “DEAR ME” DOING WELL. John Golden appears to have un other hit in “Dear Me,” in which Hale Hamilton and Grace La Rue are starring in the Middle West. It is ® comedy by Luther Reed and Mr. | Hamilton, which has never been seen on Broadwhy, At present {t is in St. ‘Paul, where business ts excellent #. Mr. Golden hasn't arranged New York engagement for the play nd probably won't until after the Mdays. MISS DRANGE RECOVERING Pnily Drange, the “Midnight I girl who was injured in an a ion recently, telephoned Ff A e., yesterday, that she would be abje to return’ to 4 to~awiiow night. that hereafter she will lea te the binds. WHEN FRANK LEFT. Frank Myers of the Liberty Thea fre was in a photograph gallery's office yesterday on business. A pretty girl was at the clerk's desk t have been finished yesterday ‘The clerk couldn't find them, he asked: some pictures of herself which were | Finally | { Our Own Minstrels Bones — Why ts the ticket you get at the ball park, when toet weather atopa the game, like an wmbreliar u Interlocutor—1 give it up, Mr. Bones, Bones—Because it's a rain check. Tambo—I've got a new girl. She works in a dairy. Interlocutor——Is she pretty? Tambo—She has red cheeks, Diue eves, blond hair and @ sweet disposition, ae Interlocutor—Rhe’s a queen. Tambo-—No, she isn’t. ghe’s a cow “pelle. Interlocutor—-Archibald High- note, our peerless tenor, will sing that touching ballad; “The Maid- en Baig She'd Wed Him, But It Turned Out She Was Full.” GOSSIP. George Rasley, tenor, will go to London to sing in the new Cochran revue Helen Gunther, Little Whopper,” Me" N will join “Tickle Fay eney-4x to be leading woman with the Vaughn Glaser Play- * Robe ties wili ning Pollock Hotel Astor, Sunday evening, Rubye De Remer is being in a serfes of films made tor by the Arrow Film Corporation. *Rollo's Wild Oat," Young, will follow “Mecause of Hele Judy to be annou * Maxine is, has of Mr. and Mrs, | e home | A. Meyer \einging « He new song won is to yaudey called “Da r acts, ‘Th World.” the ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Levey ig at No. t ireen--Price very hard, too. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. 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