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Jiu Jitsut1 That the Earth Was Round and Was Call- Could Withstand Even Mr. odd moments 'Op o' Me Thumb, as and looks as tnougb he might have ashamed of me! But I don't blame The play is said to be well written be seen by many people. Amanda had once styled herself, would been a handy man about a fish market him. I'd 'a' been ashamed of a little and contains a great deal of local at- Clyde Fitch's reputation as a play- - inch THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL." take the shirt from Its shelf, unwrap it or a first class plumbing establishment. 'Op- o" Me Thumb like me, I guess, if mosphere of the most pleasing sort. It wright is not proof against sixteen - ' ' "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. and gaze fondly at it for long intervals. After a, few minutes, however," Green-smit- h I'd 'a' been somebody else." has been equipped with unusually ef- dramatic shell failures. One Saturday before a bank holiday, softens and Invites Amanda to go Arthur Byron appears as Mr. Green-smit- h. fective and expensive settings. The headed -' when Celeste and the rest had departed driving with him on the bank holiday. Mr. Byron is realistic. All the cast engaged is a strong one, by , . Albert Chevalier.t Edward after dilating on the good time they Her trouble 'worli, disconsolate little deaf people in the audience sit up and Morgan. I dropped in at the Circle theater a were to have oh the following Monday, face and she chat- look happy as he lets loose his lines' It seems quite the practice nowadays brightens instantly, a to a initial In few nights ago to have another look at ADA REHAN who should appear in Mme. Dldier's ters gleefully about the surprise she with what the horsemen would term give play its performance Albert Chevalier. This unexcelled im- - IN but Horace Greensmlth will give her arch enemies. Her joy, "no recall" start. The other members the particular section of the country dis- laundry deal. personator of eccentric types has like that of most of the rest of us, is of the company (they all do well) are,1 with which the story happens to covered the secret of success. This se- cret Is summed up in the following CLASSIC PLAYS legend: "Keep on improving. Don't lei well enough alone." Chevalier has been on the stage doing the same things long STORY OF "'OP O' ME THUMB." enough to wear out his welcome undei "A GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA." ordinary conditions. But he is mora popular than ever. The people that laughed at him and wept with him ten years ago are doing the same today. From Our New York Dramatic Corre- of the fact that she is a penniless or- Why? Because, while excellent enough spondent. phan, has a mission in the world. She a decade ago to "get the money," ha A DA REHAN'S revival of classic conveniently gives her associates, Clem, has not failed to add little touches here lk plays at the Liberty theater Celeste and Rosie Jordan, fellow starch and there that make "Dear Old Dutch," Is one of the well patronized "Old Kent Road" and "Mrs. 'Enry 'Aw-kin- s" features of the hour. Miss seem even better than ever. Rehan opened here with the AugustHn Daly version of "The Taming of the Strange, but True. Shrew" and followed with "The School It is strange, but nevertheless true; For Scandal." that an actor who scores a success bj In "The of the Shrew" Miss reason of a certain kind of acting will Taming or fiv Rehan repeated her artistic success of a often be "roasted" severely four year ago, when with Otis Skinner as years later when ne duplicates to th co-st- ar the- most minute point the original per- she at the Lyric - appeared ' "7- 7' formance. is be- ater in several Shakespearean revivals. 2 Why this? Simply cause standards of criticism have im- This season Miss Rehan has Charles a 1 .Richman as her support. This 7 firs &e&rk sm proved during those four or five years principal iijtPi the not. still capable actor, whose starring venture i& and actor has He stood last year finished disastrously for him- while the critics and the public went self and managers, appears entirely at Scene from "'Op o'MeDwmb! ahead. Perhaps the actor would ay: home in the difficult roles apportioned "There! People deride what they to him. 7S used to praise back in 1895. The publio doesn't know what it wants, and it will Miss Rehan's Best Role? "Mrs. of never be haopy till it gets it. I gave a Wiggs the Cabbage Patch" of Bob Acres Miss Rehan is also to revive "The was given its inaugural in Louisville, performance just exactly A f now as I gave it in Chicago during the Merchant of Venice" before spring. because the famous cabbage patch war. I move admirers are of s located in the suburbs of the of Spanish made every single Her the opinion that llE City as I did then, I am Colonels. Now we have "A Gentleman tonight just yet . her playing of Portia is quite the best silence where I then ' thing she has ever done. From Indiana" slated to open In the greeted by got in ad- of Indiana. Several more in- deafening applause." In Miss Rehan's company are, capital his words the actor convicts him- dition to Mr. Richman, Oliver Byron, stances might be given. Possibly the By box office man can true self. He repeated after several years William Redmund, Fulton Russell and give the expla- a identical one ol Miss Fola La Follette, daughter of the Fola La nation of the matter. performance with Fol- Follette years before. Therefore he has become governor of Wisconsin. Miss La ns one of those monotonous ma-chi- lette made her debut with Miss Rehan. The Late Mrs. Gilbert and tiresome, ;; "Granny."' actors in other words, a some -- living She has ability and will doubtless I It is a fact not generally known that automaton. There are scores of 'era improve. s;All ;7 the late- Mrs. Gilbert did not appear in too. vf these days The supporting company as a whole and sal soda experts, opportunities to "Granny," the play she was using when Is fair, but not one that induces lauda- shine as leading exponents of the con- "1 she died, in the ordinary way. The tory hysteria. versational art of which low bred fem- truth of the matter Is that her manager, A Reminder. inine witticism is a branch. Amanda's Charles Frohman, presented "Granny" By the way, do not forget about Chev- "'Op o' Me Thumb." life is made unbearable by their bully-ing- s. to Mrs. Gilbert as a testimonial in rec- alier. He will not get the automaton It is not often that one sees so effec- They have admirers who fre- ognition of her long career in his com- habit if he lives to be eighty-seve- n. He tive a bit of acting as that of Maude quently take them out for holiday trips. panies. All the profits from the play has kept pace with this rapidly advanc- Adams in a little one act play which Amanda, minus these valued adjuncts, were the property of Mrs. Gilbert. In ing world as few other actors have done, she now uses as an afterpiece for "The fills the void by telling a fictitious story addition, Mr. Frohman bought the play yet he is not even in the "legit." How- Little Minister." about a certain Mr. Horace Greensmith - as as Lady Teazle outright from Clyde Fitch. As "Gran- ever, he may be soon. He was once in The playlet in question is entitled who had showered jewels and promises Portia School ny" was only to run twenty weeks, it "straight" drama with John Hare, and 'Op o' Me Thumb." Frederick Fenn upon her. Mr. Greensmith had left a 'Merchant of Venice for Scandal has been stated that Mr. Frohman had Chevalier says he has in his trunk a and Richard Bryce, ' Englishmen, are shirt (a linen shirt) uncalled for for to pay Mr. Fitch a price higher than play in which he thinks he can make a the authors. Charles Frohman two or three months. When he returns, the seems that it is a sac- success. picked so L AS KATHERINE ordinary. It up the piece on his last trip to London. Amanda would say, "Notice how Amanda becomes Ethel Winthrop, May Galyer, Margaret rifice for a playwright of Mr. Fitch's Chevalier is again touring the United " I will be treated." almost speechless TAMING OF THE SHREW He will In 'Op o' Me Thumb" Miss Adams grandly with joy, and by degrees she manages Gordon and Violet Rand. prominence to write a play for a fair States. remain here until plays the role of Amanda Afflick, a to tell Greensmith how he had figured sum of money unless the author is spring, giving his enjoyable impersona- poorly fed little (of course she is little That Precious Shirt. in the life of the laundry. Greensmith, "A Gentlemarr From Indiana." guaranteed that the production will be tions of unique characters. if Miss Adams plays her) worker in a In the meantime Amanda would wash with all the scorn of boisterous young short lived, for "Mr. Horace," as she Booth Tarkington's successful book, kept on the boards a stipulated length laundry in a poverty stricken neigh- and iron the priceless souvenir every manhood, tells Amanda that she is a terms the his "A Gentleman From Indiana," has been of time.
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