Show I YOUNG UI ACTORS oE CONCEITED E I I LA LACK INTEREST E SHOWN BY ELDERS RS V e C I j 1 4 J I i cc- cc 1 2 43 Sidney is cure to say the rIght thing to Violot hIs lines at for ibo star all production of Tue By Ily J Ir W V N DC NEW YORK May ray 19 IS It It 1 seem rank rani heresy Iere y for tor a oun critic to say that the old school of acting Is superIor In almost almot almo cery nay ay to the new school Yet Yot YetI TotI I can not see eo how anyone an one could for tor a mom nt after see see- Inc In lag the Players re revival h of The Tho Rivals that the younger members of o the tho star all-star cist are arc in any ammy particular equal to tho the older old of the tho cast I watched a 0 rehearsal of ot the play just two before first night Francis V MIson ilson as Acres James T Powers as us David Mary Jary Shaw as Mrs Irs and Mac Mae Mae- Mac hn Arbuckle Arbuckie as Sir Anthony Ab- Ab Absolute Ab Absolute solute were almost letter Itter perfect In their roles 81 Sidney Sidne Blackmer sho ho played Captain Absolute was not at rehearsal Mackay 1 lorris rca rea I mot most of ot his lines JInes from the script The honors for Cor the first firt nil nl l t belonged to Wilson lIson Pow Pow- Powers ers era Mary Iary Shaw and Ar Arl That takes take us back to tho al rehears rehears- a Tho The older pIa players ers nero sero ero mol mor thorough than the younger ones They Hero ere better craftsmen I believe e the chief fault of the ll younger generation of players p- p the men Is la This is h said without direct reference to lo lothe lothe the cast of The The Rivals It bold for all our actors Ameri Amen Americans Americans cans in particular Several years ago E I 11 JI Sothern volunteered gratuItous instruction In Shakespeare to o any young oune oung act act- actors act actors ors ore who would attend classes Sothern ern discovered ered that there ther tone t one oung American actor who wanted to learn It seems that as soon as a young youn- man acquires acquire a leading 1 part art In a successful play he feels that h ho he h his arrived lie He needs no more morp schooling The quality which the theold old school of oC actors has In abundance abundance ance and Is deficient in th younger school is 18 enthusiasm It would hardly be fair fall to pass I Crom real this tills reference to The The flit Riv- Rivals Riv Rivals als ala lt out acknowledging that Hemine Heming Eva Emit Le Lo Galliene and Vivian lobin ero well mersed In their lines ond Ilni quite e In their roles However the tho Mrs Irs of Mary Iary Shaw nearly obscured their parts 4 S What hat seems conis to this writer the most significant theatrical event In several crOll months Is the aslon of Broad Broadway ay by the Art theatre This band of colored play play- players play players ers era gathered by Raymond ella 0 a ahll hll man from froni the tho South Side Ide cabarets of Chicago presents as thir first offering of ot a repertory season The Chin oman s tune a n negro ro folk folk sketch by y Wll is s Richardson 1 L negro and Silome 1 the he folk sketch projects six sic negro t pes In an stor tor The high merit of this performance lies lle in the faithful portrayal of o negro tYpes bv by ne roes A negro neEro etches usually 0 omer er- er a negro ro character I Salome a as drama I is dull stuff n no who presents It Without music It becomes singsong In tone and monotonous In action That Thai Is because Oscar cared not nol so 50 much what he hp said Id as how Ilow he said Mill t nor how the story was ns shaded just no so long lone as It was continuously shocking Continuous shock loses Its effect IThe The spectator becomes hardened ot It I heso hese colored pia e I dill did not attempt 1 an any variation of the theme They played It pretty much L Wilde would have had It played therefore they did not lift the per per- performance per performance 1 above e the ordinary The Salome of Preer as asDOt not DOt as natively sensuous as IlS might have been expected Ethiopian troup has great la m It bring brini about salutary effect on the thO th laggard white actors of Broadway Broad way |