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Show "PEG 0" MY HEART" Ask the majority of playwrights, play-wrights, who have seen the children of their brain really presented on the stage, what they consider their most successful suc-cessful play and they will hem and haw, glance at the skyline in an effort to look wise and ultimately ejaculate, "really, old chap; you take me quite unaware." Not so with J. Hartley Manners, the author of "Peg O" My Heart." which comes to the Orpheum tomorrow tomor-row night. Ask him the question and the answer comes with the suddenness of a bullet bul-let from a "Lee-Metford," "Peg O' My Heart," of course. And Hartley Manners means it. Any play which will win for a man the woman of his heart, is wonderful in his estimation, es-timation, no matted what critics may think of it. Mr. Manners says he is an Irishman, Irish-man, that will account for his wit, which runs through Peg, adaling sparkle to the dialogue and a piquancy to his imagination. imagina-tion. As a matter of fact he was born in London, of Irish parents. (A geographical mistake which has embittered his whole life whenever he thinks of it) ; that is seldom. It is just a little over three years ago, Mr. Manners ran out to Los Angeles to see Mr. Morosco about having some 1 plays "tried out" by his won-j derful Burbank Theater stock company. It was there the I young author first saw and met Laurette Taylor and wrote "Peg O My Heart" for her, and in which she is to play the name part in London. In writing this comedy of youth, love and laughter, the author1 laid the scenes in an English 1 resort the home of Mrs. j Chichester. She is a proud un-natural un-natural aristocrat and accepted the responsibility of making a polished lady out of Peg, an j unknown niece, for no other! reason than that her bank had 1 failed and left the family ab-' solutely penniless, and the I 1 ,000 pounds a year offered by "Peg's" uncle will keep the wolf from the door. "Peg" on the other hand is a jolly impetuous im-petuous Irish girl with a fascinating fas-cinating brogue. She has been raised by her whole-hearted 1 father, and when she arrives j in the Chichester home with j her dog "Michael," she shocks i the family with her appear-j ance and then by her man-. ners. Her unfamiliarity with 1 their modes of living her ready wit, and her curious an-1 tics, cause many humorous scenes throughout the even-j ing. Miss Marion Dentler, j Mr. Morosco's youngest "Peg" will interpret the star part. ! Miss Dentler gives a wonder- j ful artistic performance of this famous character and is sup- j ported by a well balanced cast. I |
