Show She's he's hes Only Woman in e Play I That's 9 Based on Death hr f h. h 3 4 i h Si 4 r rr r r v. v II I II I 4 I I ra I K KATHLENE ENE MAC MACDONELL DONELL BY JAM JAMES ES W W. DEAN DEANN N NEW W YORK March 25 In In almost I. I every human existence there is isa a mo mo- ment mentor or several such uch moments when Death suddenly stands st stark before usand us usand usand and makes us conscious of our ur weaknesses weak weak- nesses TerrifIed at death and atad whipped b bour by our our consciences we think of the good deeds we might have done and didn't do and the the evil things we might not have done and did do And then we promise ourselves and promise death that If he will leave us for a while awhile we shall shan not be afraid when death comes again PLOT OF THE DELUGE DELUGE Death satisfied with the tho bargain leaves Then we laugh at him and goon go goon goon on In the same sam old wa way This Is the plot developed vel ped In The Deluge Deluge Arthur Arthur Hopkins Hopkins' most recent production Death comes com s Jn In the fo form ni of a sudden flood that Imprisons a motley gathering In a Mississippi f. levee saloon Promoter attorney broker saloon owner barkeep roving actor immigrant Immigrant I grant and a woman of the streets are I I locked in the saloon by the flood They are arc all equals when they stand upon the threshold of eternity They tell each other so so but no sooner than the flood recedes they forget their noble resolves Those who have havo read Henning Berger's Bergers Bergers Berger's Ber- Ber Bergers Berger's gers ger's ma may recognize this story It has been made familiar on all aU the stages of Europe but was vas only once before attempted on the American stage although its ts action takes places in this country ONLY WOMAN IN PLAY It was staged four years ago Jn In n August a very warm August In the first pct Act lct each character remarks how warm the day is That was too much for tor an August audience It failed at tho end of the second week In the midst of a snowstorm it promises to pr prosper sper An AH unusual feature of tho the play is thi that there is IS' only ori one woman In tho the cast and although much of the action pivots about her she speaks less than thanG I 5 G per cent of the total lines IInes of tho the play Tho The woman who says so little is 15 s II I Kathlene MacDonell |