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Show "5!i 7T 7 T 7T7 7T j y GEOSGIj JEAX KATKAX. ' " ETV TOP.K. De. 0 As if by way of a:o-er-.er.i for h.s Ercadv.y ; pr:'Cu;;.c:i of th:r.-..m cruir.a, as; i: ty way of wuihi::? ;;-,e bought . ; irc:n his art:s.:o coritoic::ce, " ?. Jr., l.ds h.ed ::i:r.c'.f : ' the Greenw ich Village ihea.c-r : '-- a t-roughly respeciabis , .Th s .orou?:i:y respcotabie play i6 --i'-i-." by the Iris'- Lm-"x i 'l lne ma::: - " it!" .ictorrlv I'T'-, I'T'-, on v. hole c-nuuentiy well - V5 ai. '"s trr.e tio farr.il. ar tC'"3J-3 Sltart Parr. ell. the - ,-n v'"s r,"t imcrred ... ca;-: hciiev(-i to cortai:; h: ni1-- that he hid ;r t'o " rf 1 TVe '''is T'-c.-pie ; "3":n f'av- feed of Inn-. Robin -.? ,-'''?t'j:i'.td a t'-r:tive ard e',?rr-:r'K mantis-.-r pt. -'jj1" c''" aco, v.pr-n the :;rst oopr ..,r-ar-,j5CrPt reached Nct Tor!;. .rcv,il!-- But I oor.te:s ihnt jr... abe theatrical quale rather - V 11;;U u was a Pood plav. ' T,in l.. a doubt; but that it would Jf'-'::c"l-e as c'fcey as it doub, -----y to be tuspecttd. ,: Compelling Power. script, in truth. p'avS twice -t. --y tale, with all the trvCr?n:oM:r5 oharni of a e-.-m- ' aaK:r.ed and adroitlv com- pr'1 Tne first act is parti-.-u-l !!'V;t-L 11,0 pcond but jTt'sh'ly and if the third dron.s corsid-d. corsid-d. Mrtuo of us e:;ce?iive gar-;t,;"r: gar-;t,;"r: 1S ,yct a Preut deal in it : Jc- it an hold auditor's at- ct1-r-- m the smoking rom ' " i'-r- r' u'riiOre. Anmi: t ' iaVri-.-7'"-' h-rc are a celebrated 1 " . 5- aild a younrj London j'.ur- , : - t,vrr t con'crvHt:on turns casua'.iv '' ' 'J1 Ti,f3 v'Ji'cr journait .rov''- 1,0 fts the rsvehi-.. rsvehi-.. h'm f he ,allf"r P abr.ut livpno- - b4;l8f?r ra5,'plc? The p?vchi" - p-tf V cx",;!'- A he doej 5i ' . i th- 'r,r-'m an old man, one " "I'J.?" as he is known, who , .-'I? h"'.d the cioc-tor and . - -i:1 10 the la iter's word.--. itrV M"xrt livpnotic words . - Vrr.- ' . 5 1101,1 chamber. And ou- 1 rf''"'y- they s-rHl into the t;i.'f"r holh the doubting vour.e - e l.' t" n" youn- journalist huU. n f',' drr'v-no"s ai.d i- on the n-nir:: a entcker at the f'n-the latiKh fadh-.p frum : ' i AT tar.--s jthrj f,f hint and sos man wrapped in the !d3 of - : . ion Is Sprung. ' b?n-1r' tur-iii'(r. proceeds now to : ' vrl ;l.yian ;ir': 0U..,stinn3. to - ' i " Fn de':Ain ;'- duly - - ."- I'-.-ci..Htr:T. y. ."f.- inteiTupt? tlio old man's -;. en i-'T n,H Len.lKm.- fnT:v"'" 0ur n;':n?' bids the - '1-1K" .drr,nPS th . . n t:..-ir". s Stewart F'ai n!!." : '. !v--('.' . ' c''1' the dexterously :'- ' v"'' "rtV jui-rriy with the " felv'.! c'.;.. V';, V' ,lf- E'arnMii. or - ha- K i p '"d.-Ilnw who in:aa:-V- fir u a,'!ltl1- nc Irishman Thr-v J. In l-f- villas.- who can ' s hand. 2" hi'n- H4i ili Wind. - . kroir.g reminisccntly over the face. hai-. ' -:n: d m d the fri'.::-. cf the via ;. un. tivrn.::y him v.n; : -ly as Prn.clh i .:e pi-'.'jf. cb-- ioj.-'.y. i.- t.ot sv.ff icioi.t . Other;;, :"; on' .-. " ir. are su n':uied. Put as t''e ao. thay :e ir.owr uo th-2 lhi! v.-h-urir: the c':d n....;i ttard-. the latter is s trnk ci-'-ad t v t hhnd rr.aii an acider.tii. and t vinhoi: j. ImO'. The ?roup ber.d near ;l:e prostrate figure. fig-ure. "I it Far n eh ?" v. h per Fevera! -" f those w!;o have now arrived a, the hill-tor. hill-tor. 'It looks hke Parrel! ?'.iu:.sely hhe him." reply the r.ew eer.v-r:?. Ar.d on this lirg-ering- d"i;lv., nn th:.-? un-rejUed un-rejUed chord, th.t- curtain faht. Company Is Competent. Here you have the n.erei fkeleton of the manuscript, a thel-:toi enfoldod by Kcb:r.-Kn in the tv.ar.tle of an aute understanding un-derstanding and a u ; " p and rt .-onan.t fecLr.g. The p'yy : acted by a c.uv.pany whleh, if it v:as to no cccpt:oi.al iiL-'tius. s i.t least ,-:r.-... tc-M , Frank fottroy. in the r-v.e of LenihaT. :r. : irodera'.oly cf iretiv. th .'" - h I. s th'"d ! act is very pood indeed. Tb.e re.-t of the acting- group, containing Hush Huntley I as th.e psychiatrist, has btn car-.-full :' rehearsed and constitutes a taticfacto! y 1 er.embie. The best feature of Triward Sa'ihury F.eid's farce comedy. '"Wedding tclh-." is th.e performui'.ce uf the central fen aie ro'e by Miss Margaret Lawrfiw.-o. Tina young- woman is an u:vo:nmoniy serviceable service-able comedienne p if ted with a fre'-h metld of p-ojection. ITe-r work in the current play is even better than her work in "Tea for Three." I doubt that there is a more charming personality on our smee at the present moment. The exhihit to which Mi.-s Lawrence bequeaths interest is itself an amiahio little affair, rather sua" eiy written, but not espe-ha 11 y witty. Tr a ut hor's hu -niorous dvjccp. in pofi t"u.!i. are often sureonped and labored. The am: as so frccjuen'ly tiie re-cnt aiin -6 at the Clare K uninmr tort, of 'in rs; but onee a train the aim is not wbvhy sucn-s-ful in lodging the bulh.-t in the chiy p'.j'C Story of the Play. The story Is of a yountr fellow, n.adly in love vi rh a girl at f ir t Mght. who marries lur and is soon thereafter deserted de-serted by hrr. Time i a.-sc-. and. when the pIhv" begins. 1: 1 ; on tl- point of manning again. With the wording set fr the morrow, up t his im-c h-ve. This latter, it appears. "M! hatiktr- a.'Jer our voutuc friend, as u ; , yuung friend ath-r P.-r. What to do? Tim yoniu woman b-ins to execute prr subtle dirty work. tmu by on-- h. r plans su.'c. d, ar.d, in the end, we fhul the weduin ean-celed ean-celed and the original iover:, nose to This fable, as I have observed, Mr. Field ha.i enriched with no particular sauce of wit. And the result, while occasional! oc-casional! v divert.nc. is pot ahoget h.T bappv. That Is. v.1v:ii Miss Lawrenc is rat on the perform. Wh-n Ma' is. her deeidedlv worhnianlike and la.'a t i;.t iig methods take the play by the nek and iitt-rany slutke the author's backward laimws out of it. She is not a prrtty gir': she is not a ver giace.Ful crirl: and sh u-'es in ,, rather ugly duds. But s!u knows now to projt --t b'dite comouy beau i f.ihy. al-lt al-lt e l'"-dd:nz-u" bus thn P-. ihng n:ale rie j rnnip':;,v ir.epjd.'s John ! h-rwo-ni. i'er. y i in's Jessie Gb"ndiining and lnr ear-r.ckncg ear-r.ckncg baby voao. .Maude Andrew and 1 Mrs. Jacques Martin. Ivltru'- Selwyp has st;e,l the play with a considerable glow. Tne theater is live Harris. |