Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 32 | Week of New Plays for Firstnighters of London

WEEK OF NEW PLAYS FOR OF LONDON The Girl Fro From Giro's Ciros Cirps Cirp's an Uproariously F Funny Far Farce e a Winner R By The Ti ft edl New ew 1 LO LONDON DON Dec 2 A A whole week o. o of new plays plays' Something every night and nothing whatever for the critics to grumble at must be something of ot a record The week began merrily with The Girl from Ciros at the Garrick The nature of the he plot has already been hinted at and surely the extraordinary co complications absurd if Jf you will but uproariously funny are sustained to the very last and the acting of Miss Madge 1 Messing Lessing Miss Lottie Venne Mr H H. V. V r. r Esmond and Mr Ir Marsh Allen lifted lined it m much ch above e the average in farce The Girl from Ciros is is' is a asure asure asure sure sure winner 5 S C Commander Dion Clayton C Calthrop lthrop in The Old Country has written n. n for Wyndham's a real English play It ItIs Itis Itis Is even English in the tiresome way In which a tiresome stor story does its best beat to mar a 3 delightful work But Dut apart from that it is a dell delightful piece of work The village children the precise precise pre pre- cise ciso and curate the old country people the squire himself and arid the vicar and doctor are admirably drawn And there are two daring old spinsters who mutual affection expresses expresses expresses ex ex- ex- ex presses itself In Identical dresses with just an individual choice in hats parasols parasols parasols para para- sols and brooches The contrast between between between be be- tween the traditions Of dt f English country country country coun coun- try life lite its pride even Its stupidities and weakness with with the material mat mat- mat mat- fact ter-of-fact hustling of America is all admirably done Mr Calthrop well known as an a Writer of delicate comedy has given gi a come comedy full of freshness and charm S SHer Her Husbands Husband's Wife at the New Theatre which has had such a success succesS' in America broadly farcical though it be at times is full of light com comedy dy and should prove proe one of the successes of the season season Not only Is the play brilliant bril bill and witty but it is splendidly acted by Miss l Marie 1 Lohr Miss Irene Mr Nr Dion company Although one can forese foresee its course from the beginning it is full of surprises and ingenious situations There was hardly a minute at the New The Theatre tre when the audience was not laughing S S S The Misleading L Lady another American importation having been een tried with excellent results a week before at Manchester has has' received a wholehearted reception at the Play Play- house S S S SNot Not the least interesting event of ot the week though only a revival was the reopening of the Princes Prince's theatre b by Mr Seymour Hicks arid and Miss Ellaline Ellaline Ellaline El- El laline Terriss with that mirthful American Amer American Amer- Amer merican ican farce Broadway Jon Jones s. s To this first performance Mr Ir an and Mrs rs Hicks invited two thousand nd wounded soldiers whom they provided with cigarettes cigarettes cig cig- cig and soft sott refreshments But there was little smoking the soldiers were too much Interested in in th the pl play y which never went more merrily never to more laughter S S S SIt It is just a little more than twenty- twenty two years since Sir J. J M M. Barrie wrote The Professors Professor's Love Story for the late Sir Henry Irving who hand handed d it over to Mr Willard who made a fortune fortune for jor- tune out of ot it it- itin In America Americ NOW ow the younger Irving II H B. B has revived it at the Savoy with a success which there is no gainsaying It was re received received re- re with the utmost enthusiasm and Mr Jr Irving played th the dear old professor sor sol with that characteristically forceful forceful force torce- ful and yet charming manner which he assumes so naturally that made even eyen the occasional melodramatic moments of ot the guileless professor perfectly nat nat- ural And the play has not grown out of date with the years Like Barries Barrie's Peter Pan it has not grown up or any more aged in appearance for Barrie Barrio Bar- Bar rio rie is able to give characteristic touches even to such an old theme as QS the love of a middle aged man man for fOl or a young girl Tonight we had bad been promised by Mr Arthur de Courville the new Hippodrome Hippodrome Hip Hip- revue Flying Colors but it has been postponed till next Thursday But there will be no release for the hard worked critics as the Lyceum reopens re reopens re- re opens with a revival of ot Woman and Wine S S S The Princess Club Hospital foun founded ed edby by Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein at the outbreak of the war for wounded soldiers rs is ie to have a matinee at His Majesty's on October 20 when Mary Iary Anderson Madame de deNavarro deNavarro deNavarro Navarro will rc reappear as as' as Galatea Inthe In tho the late W W. S. S Gilberts Gilbert's fantastic play P Pygmalion mallon and Galatea and the same sadie authors authors author's Comedy and Tragedy which was specially written for h her r. r Mr 11 Hawtrey Buckstone is to support her herby herby herby by playing his original part of ot Chrysos