The evening world. Newspaper, November 15, 1920, Page 24

F all the neurotic, erotic rot t Stage by foreign hands, “The THE NEW PLAYS “The Mandarin” A Mad, Bad Thing By CHARLES DARNTON hat has ever been dumped upon our Mandarin” at the Princess Theatre is Quite the worst. America is too healthy for this truck from Vienna, Where it was turned out by Paul Frank, and the “adaptation” by Herman Bernstein is #0 crude a piece of work S to be laughable in its absurdities, Only a great artist can turn distuoe into drama, and then he must do Mt by stirring the pity in our hearts ivr those unfortunates who find them- @elves burdened with sound bod!» and unsound minds. In this painful @ase we have under observation « young Baron crazy about women and Seeking happiness without struggle because he doesn’t think it worth his While to devote himself to making conquests. To this dubious end, a Chinese doll dressed like a mandarin is placed in his hands, and he is told that with it he may summon at will any woman to whom his fancy turns, Then the doll comes to life and the poor wretch finds bimself trying to @Scape from its influence so that he With, he has with him a model whose fond of candy—probably nut candy may assert his own power. To begin picture he adores, a simple creature, In the next picture--or caricature—he 48 wildly in love with an opera singer; und so it goes, with the phonograph at work off-stage and the lights going on and off with even less Illusion, ‘When the extravagant lovemaking is over it appears that all the figures In the hallucination are inmates of a sanitarium. You are saved the bother of asking, “Who's loony now” for “The Mandarin” js a mad, bad thing. The pity of it all is the’ so fine an actor as Brandon Tynan should Gite his exceptional talents to this nonsense. He acts as though het were acting Hamlet. Mario Majeroni plays the devil with the Mandarin, and Halina Bruzovna has the air, if not the voice, of an opera singer, The other members of the cast fre us bad ag the play. ' \ Ab | out Plays and Players | | By BIDE DUDLEY SEASO of French opera com. | | ique and light musical como- ( By Way of Diversion. } a dies will be inaugurated at the Belmont Theatre on Dec. 28, and will continue at that house for fit- teen weeks. The company will arrive from Paris within ten days. It will imolude fifteen principals and a oh rus of thirty-two men and wome + The opening bill will be “Josephine.” No public sale of tickets will be made a the performances are to be given each Sunday evening, and will be for subscribers only. The season will be under the direction of Theodore Stucky and Armand Robi. A lfttle kindness shown cach day to help make glad some heart; a little patience at mis- takes where anger's apt to start; a little aid for those who plod with loads up life’s steep hill—-4f these won't win a little pass to heaven, nothing will. MISS KUMMER COMPOSES. “Rollo's Wild Oats,” with Roland You featured, will open at the Punch and Judy Theatre on Nov. 23. WHAT ABOUT THIS? Paul Gray of Newark comes right out and announces that Newark is to have the most beautiful and up-to- date motion picture theatre in the Bast soon. It will be called the New Branford, and will be opened on or @bout Thanksgiving Day by Jacob Fabian. Respectfully ‘referred w George Shor of the Riesenfeld string! CHANGE AT BROADHURST. A switch in plans for the Broad- hurst Theatre will bring Lee Shu- bert’s latest attraction, Henry Hull, Alma Tell and G fe Marion, in Kate L. McLaurin’s new comedy, “When We Are Young,” to that hcuse next Monday evening, instead of Robert Warwick in “The Spider.” Supporting Messrs. Hull and Marion and Miss Tell will be Frank Monroe, | Grace Reals, Florence Carpenter, Dorothy Day, Oliver Hall, Gertrude Clemens and R. P. Davis. Edward Bisner has staged the play. MISS HANNEFORD TO WED. Elizabeth Hanneford, an eques- trienne in “Good Times” at the Hip- podrome and a sister of Poodles Han- neford, will marry Ernest Clarke, a list. The romance began ago when the Hannefords and Clarke were with the Barnum & Hailey Circus. The ceremony will be performed at the Littl€ Church; Around the Corner next Sunday. THE OPERATOR'S PARROT. Clare Kummer, the author of the play, also furnished the incidental music, Her daughter, Marjorie Kum- mer, will be in the cast, as will be Lotus Robb, Ivan Simpson, Edythe Treseider, Grace Peters, Eleanor Cox and J. Palmer Collins. “Be- cause of Helen,” now at the Punch ber ad will go to Boston next wi GREEN ‘TO SAIL. | Morrts Green of The Bohemians, Inc., which controls “The Greenwich Village Follies,” will sail for Europe Wednesday to visit England, Spain, France and Belgium. He promises to bring back some foreign players and several European plays. TO EJECT GHOSTS. Raymond Hitchcock, whose town home is at No. 410 West 2th Btreot, believes he is living in a haunted house. Almost every night he hears the tinkling of glassware, the shuf- fling of dancing feet and the like. The house is 150 years old and, while Mr, Hitchcock believes the spirits are all old, harmless, gray-bearded men, he doesn't fancy having them cavort- Ing around. Accordingly he haa en- gaged a medium to visit the house next Sunday night and call the ghosts to account. If the medium succeeds in catching the spirits Mr, Hitchcock will have @ bouncer throw them out. This tsn't a press agent's dream. Mr, | Hitchcock has actually employed the, medium, Supper wili be served a| number of invited guests after the William Jonnson worked the wires— Telegraphed, I mean; One day Johnson bought a parrot, It was bright and green. Polly tried to learn the business, As one of her tricks, Since that time her owner's daily Mized in Polly-ticks. A SHAKESPEARE ROYALTY. Moses Shaw, who translated "The Merchant of Venice” into Yiddish for the use of the mpany at the Jewish Art Theatre, draws a royalty of §20 @ performan: = DoYou Know? 1, What is to be the diameter of the mew Hudson tube? i 2. What is the famous gigantic Jap- nese statue of Buddha made of silver and bronze called? %. What well known French author Married at the age of 77? 4. What trees once scattered all over the world are now to be found only in California? 5. What ts the name of the city where uamsons were first cultivated and from which it is believed they obtained their name? 6. What building was once erected on Bryant Park at the back of the New York Library? 7. What aviator recently established @ new world's airplane speed record fn France? 8. What king recently met his death through the bite of a monkey? 9 What country did Baron Rosen formerly represent here as ambassa- dor? 10. What well known jockey was refused a license during the season dust past? 11,Wha did Christ curse for being be 12, What part of a dynamo revolves between the magnets to generate elec- tricity? ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. 1, 29 feet; 2, Daibutsu; 8, Anatole France; 4, Sequoias; 6, Dam 36 Crystal Palace; De Roman 8. Alexander of Gres 9%. Russia; 10. Johnny Loftus; 11. Fig wee; 12, Ar- mature. ghosts are given the buim's rush. GassiP, Frederic J. Ozab will eal) for Lon- don Wednesday. Max Marcin will send a special ae Live Ghosts" troupe to Can- ada, Michio Itow and Serova will dance at the Selwyn Theatre Friday after- noon, Dec, 3, Having recovered from his illness, G. P, Huntley will return to the “Hitchy Koo” cast to-night. Georges Flateau has written @ play called “Uncovered,” in which he will act. The Mummers will stage some playlets soon. They want some good amateurs, Address Bertha E. Domes, Room 1106, No, 61 Broadwa: Ernet Truex goes into “Pitter Pat- ter” in William Kent's role next Sat- urday, He will be featured, Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, will have every seat at the Century, Dec. 15, for the performance of “Mocca.” Comstock & Gest/have signed up Lupino Lane of “Afgar’. for five years. ‘They will star him some day. Jack Starkey informs us that Joe Higgins and the Flat Tires had a theatre rty at “Jim Jam Jems” last week, Maclyn Arbuckle, Louis Kimball, Andrew Lawior jr, Florence Flinn, Olive May, Dan Dawson and others are in “Daddy Dumplins,” which Bari Carroll will present at the Republic, | Nov. 23, Blanche Ring will make a flying trip from Chicago to New York Bat- | urday to attend the Actors’ Equity Ball at the Hotel Astor, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. My idea of a nice round sum is $20 gold piece.—Beth Meakins, FOOLIGHMENT. The toreador was waiting, No bull was there in view, He tore his hair in anguish, And cried; “What shall I dof” They called up Mr. Lockwood, And used a little puil, And very soon he sent them The well-known Brindell bull. 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