Show DRAMA LEAGUE PRAISES PLAYS COMING TO ZION Tit The Drama League of or Am America play play- committee of III Hurt aso has hu mailed to 10 Salt lak member n of ot the league bulletins on two 10 pay that will visit thU etly The BOOT allt and Th TM Th fuel act that the committee com om Iu a IL Indicate that If I considers the pili play worthy of ot The annual due uj only 1 Hero l are aro tilt the two bulletins Play lay Th Ro ROM d t In Chicago January I ion New rUy York production r at the i Astor theatre began bettan February 1 1811 un Author Author Sheldon of 1 Salvation Noll an an anThe l The Tho Theatre rhe The k theatre Chicago Time Four weeks beginning Septem ber I. I 1011 General ral Idea Idea Idea-A A of at social condition condi condl- tion In America today bringing Into Jus- Jus the tho false falle business ethics buth hullt of th tho WAre ward and of or the banker bank The power of lo love to 10 develop n n untrained find lod brutal nature Is Ie the central theme thE of or the tho play Plot Regan bow of or the fourth ward whose I creed r Is success at any price lep ace G Erl I upper t I hand of O Sun il grain merchants mE and demands hf i of the dau daughter Emil Emily In compromise She consents to 10 a marriage In name only wh when n she loams that the victims of or her hr fathers father's failure would wouW b be her b U ct overwhelmed h of rm the f a and fourth du defeated ft ward by T Tho a strike boss r which has been tI Instigated for revenge by who Is dangerously I. I u In the meeting by otin M Kegan a takes this crime upon himself and In prison regrets hIs hla former high handed measure and abandons his dishonest d deals III the thereby by winning the pity and lovo o of hl hi wife The recovery of or the brother brothel releases Regan from prison to start anew The plot b melodramatic is crowded with Incident Characters Characters-A A one play the tho boss bOils dominating the situation Dialogue Hac Kacy with Am Irish American Ism Isms The lines Unes of ot the boss bosI give ahe unusual un lua color to the tho character ter painting Technique As In plays designed tl to th show a strongly marked a I type rp there I Is Isa a kind of or broad theatrical character 1 JOHN JOliN GANTON Millionaire moat meat packer who dominates the tho action of the tho now new play The Groat John which will be produced at the Garrick theatre next week beginning tomorrow night M. M 1 Cohan Colonn hat had Boston pla Ir T U Ulie lie first week In III October The Hed nd Widow was 8 at t the Colonial Get Gel Rich Weh Quick at tho Park and If Forty five r rl e Minutes J 8 i front at atho J ho s Square Tho three are Cohan made shows I I THEODORE ROBERTS Who will be seen as Hartfield in Jim the Penman at the Colonial t theatre for one ole week starting October 22 with matinees Wednesday and Sat sketching The structure is loose and r the fourth act falls faUs In Interest but tie tle climaxes are powerfully melodramatic and I the he scenes in which the boss Is on the tage never fal fall to sway the audience Value Value r a great nor a well made matIe matIel play but full of Interest A vital bit of l c drawing Prod Production Acting The Acting The acting of or Holbrook In Iii lie UtI roll role of Michael Regan ngan l Is so 60 carefully finished as to be worthy of a better setting set set- ting Ing The character Is too complex for tor melodrama and Mr l BUnn depicts the van van-Ing kill Tie and shows contrasting one aide ft moods of his s with nature u great e to its his wife lIfe another to the archbishop an another anther an- an other ther to the butler another to his friends the he ward and another to his ene- ene JIls moods BO fIO blend as to make lh he dramatic and appealing Wife TIow lumps Quotations How man many BOlla Josa Four please I t like things sweet Don Ife Don't Dont yon YOt know that's v rry h h Boss Perhaps BOils Perhaps Im I'm more of or a child than nan vou ou think Also apropos of oC the re repetitive Ie merits mt of or a diamond frO frog t Id nd a anear near ring rim as a gift for his hIli wife Dla mon pix pix-es tile wealthy look Kyrle B Play J Y flay The Mollusc t A graceful satiric comedy of manners First produced In London with th Sir Charles and s far later In III Vew York Tork at the Km pi re theatre Author Hubert Henry Davids author or nr f cC f Cousin Kate and A Single I Man Theatre Power Powers Powers' theatre Time Two Two weeks beginning September lr 8 Theme The power of of K to I through hi hat combination of physical Inertia and mental alertness whirl 1111 author symbolizes in the tho term General idea The mollusc In a 11 moral i stand patter The development of I the he play l built A around roll III the OlE effort of or hI her Brother to redeem her ller from rom The audience III IMA Interested In th h t of oC the slight plot than in the constantly recurring comedy situation The he nature of C th dramatic conflict for for- ids forceful methods s. s The Thc play Is re- re wIll cast Char Characters four Pour carefully studied and engaged In a of or skirmishes Dialogue The dialogue Is I and clev- clev cr r characterized more b by than b 1 wit Technique A in all 11 sw od c nied the HV Is I in tn the same ke key fn from m to tid 1 8 both lh anti and The Th tempo Is I. tow flOW and th tie tie- tails A r elaborated Acting Acting Mr Bellows Bellow's finished art arf is ismore more mor convincing of or lAndon of or I Colorado ado mining minim camps Mr rr h madl nad an rs d d 1 nd I laurel van p at h her t In h hr r of nr In Irvine's Irvines lu IK I clone with 11 h I hI hl big hI Value 1 An example of or s t dramatic form arely een on our Ir I stage A charming plaT lar for oun people Quotations Tn To a It mollusc th i e ieno no least re Ii like r lying Irlo II In bpd bed when von f I I Ihie hie to 10 1 got up FK nam HIO laziness No o for Cor the laa fellow ellow will 1 1 rift with 1 th h tide I while while- confirmed n l 11 Irl w l force to resist pressure A special cable to Variety says say Emma Emma Em ma Calve has hu b been En secured b by the nelll agency for Cor the Shubert lInger will open in New York December 18 In Inthe Inthe the meantime the same agents are ne negotiating nc- nc with some I ondon music hall managers for her appearance here herc It Is reported the Sh wilt will pay Cal Calve e eNo f tt 00 weekly No information could be obtained In Ind New York o as to where the b I In Intend I hr tend d to place a Calve I There has been no production announced for which the I could be b. placed oj J Cadets Do coming to the tho Orp Orpheum hewn next week 1 |