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THREE PLAYS OPEN AT THEATRES TO PLEASE PHILADELPHIA AUDIENCES
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GHOSTS OF MANY PLAYS
More Than the Title Haunted In
The Haunted Violin"
Morn than tho title is haunted in
"The Haunted Violin.'- ('nine Wilbur'
tirninn, in wlilclt the iilnjwrlRlit assumed
tle innin role lnil night. The ghosts of
ninny other ntayn walked (lie stage n( tho
Uarrlck it the local premiere of tills
jilay. so usual in most of its situations
niid' theatrleiil expedients ns to make mi
uncannily unusuiil totality of effeet. In
Ftrticturr II tnki-s the fntitiis.N -form or
dream -drama recent ly so favored In Mleh
plnys lis "The Kyes of Youth, Uie
Phantom Lover" and "Itnuds of Des
tlnv." niid like them in manner it is
episodic. In matter it utilizes the sub
stance of such plays as "The Concert
nml "The tlreat l!Mer," in that its ma-
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stage Itself. In the adaptations ot for- the famoui novel: but the nmllencc
elgn plnjs dealing with artists, ot which seemed to enjoy every minute of it.
Mr. Dltriehsteln Is so fond, that actor- Vlcnty of funmakcrs have been pro
plavwrlght either drninatl7.es them or'vltleil to euliven the proceedings and
satirizes them. Sometimes Mr. Wll- ' vary tins musical numbers. The piece
terlnl is the drllstlo temiierament en
vironed by various corroding or oner
rating influences. It might, also be
called ti composite nf Ditrielistcmlan
motives.
The chief character Is a violinist,
vliosu nmbltion Is leading him to cast
aside the girl who truly loves him and
who has aided iu the early development
of his career. Possession of a violin
baunted by the genius, and the pecca
(liloes of a great virtuoo lead him
into a career In which women and music.
nnd mainly women, rule his tempera
mental disposition. His philandering
with various t.vpes of womanhood is
Vortrnycd in several passages, some
times very amusingly and at others very
theatrically. The epilogue shows that
it is all a phantasmagoria. This is
the surprise or the punch Of the piece.
Tlinneh rmssililr It pxiilnins some of the
tlieatiicallsm of tlie play, It is nnij
fair to say that adoption of such an ex- '
ludlcnl, if it is to be thoroughly effee- ;
five, requires the establishment ' of
the premises. Otherwise it is unfair to
the audience groping after the signlfi- i
cauces of the passing action In the plot- I
development. !
It is hard to decide, whether this play, '
of the stage stngy, is so thentrical be- t
cause it was written by an actor or be
cause the pivotal figure is per !'e a
jioseur of artistic affectations. At any ;
rate, Mr. Wilbur takes the audience
behind the scenes of the artistic tem
perament, lie exposes the virtuoso wor
fchip of emotional femininity wnlch packs
concerts even unto the capacity of the'
Inn-. Intnnllnnnllv or not. Is verv close
to burlesquing his hand-picked artistic
temperament. He allows himself con
siderable license in his dialogue, but
not much originality iu the (situations
which govern climaxes In tlie action.
Twice he resorted to u love scene
Interrupted by an eavesdropper. On
tlie whole, the play brought considerable
iiiuuseinent to the audience.
Mr. Wilbur's own Impersonation was
graphic. Of his long list of colleagues
the most natural acting wns contributed
to character bits by Klwood itostwick.
.lames Hillings, llelene l,aeknye and
llcruard Itelnhold. nnd, as the play
moved on, by I'nullnc Armltage, who Un
priced greatlj. It was very beauti
fully staged. v
murks u change from those usually put
out as extravaganzas, in recognition of
the fact that present audiences seem to
wnnt u lot to laugh at instead 01 Hav
ing merely to giize at striking spectacles
and to listen to lilting tunes, though
"Monto Crlsto. Jr.," has both, In addi
tion to its comedy. Scenery plnys an
liiinnrlnnl nnrt ill this nrodllctlou, for
there nre many changes of It and some
arc cleverly designed. As for the cos
tumes, they nre plentiful and gorgeous
in color scheming.
VniidoUllo's loss has been this show's
culn. for the roster of names looks like
n booking list of ft prominent variety
1'eter r . Dunne, creator of "Air.
peated their vaudeville success. Kitty . farces seen here In many moons have in !." made in the carters of several f 1mm and others.
and Knnny Watson are pleasing to hear; had the speed of this offering l'rom nf the other cliarnelers.
To n Squires enacts the title role as the rise ot the curtain on the tlrst net Marry S. Sheldon, the author, has .
well as slugs the "nnmc" song; 1,ew the comedy inelodnnun. or farce, mntrlved it more or less Ingenious. In-I MMHMM
Melton C'lodagh, Kdwiti J'ellx Jlurn-! streets has been leased by tho Scliulte
( Igar Stores Co
Ilearn was n capital "rube": Mart
rullcr Ooldcn, James Orny and Knth
erlne Galloway hnd liuportant roles.
Adelaide and Hughes executed some
wonderful dancing anil led a large corps
ot dancers in several numbers.
.... ... I, ,,i. .' .,,,,. .iwnwi.u tn enll II. wntlnn till fashioninz this coined).
moves with eipress-train rnpldiO. The entire notion of the piece takes
Situation crowds situation n fnt that1 place within the period of sixteen
the audience has scared) time to com-, hours. There are three acts and only
prehend one before another i presented, two scenes, the latter appropriately
And' what puzzling situations they are In addition to Mr. Lloyd mention
for the time being, and how plausible, staged.
. nrnv AT 1MM MUTI sometimes, they seem after the author must be mnile of tin- wort; or leggy
SPEEDY COMEDY AT WALNUT! ,,,,,1 10 nctiirs make them clear. Weltohmd. as Klein Klrkwood. She
I ,ive seen leading men in a great twin aided materially iu the success of the
.... .. . u.j.... m plays nnd musical entertainments, lint phij. 'I'lien there nre Dorothy Allen.
-u Happens iu vciyuuujr '-"-"' I ,, ,..,nnot r(.,.. offhand, when an ho makes much of a comedy role .1
Big Audience at Old Playhouse
l'ncked ns full ns n Christmas lio-c
with mystery, comedy, romance nnd
business intrigue, and with all tho
attending suspense, laugiurr, tnrin
actor has been "called upon to sin so II. inker Wright. In n good character
much, do so much nml be so much in i'nl : lieitrnile l.e liramlt. as it
IllM'Ilt
Donlev." should relolce in the knowledge
-:-. .- . .. m
1 iiii L this entertainment lioasts tlirec oi i....i,.i .,,,,, r,i ,, nncnenmeiit ni ine
that name, nil of them good. AVflllnm ' Vnlniit. Inst night nnd sent a big
and l. onion nooiry. nom ninueii, , mi,lipni:e home well pleased with the
scored n complete hit with their nero- nearly three hours spent In the his-
bane nonsense, while .1. ! rnucis uooiey, . torir- old playhouse.
'Monte Crlsto, Jr.," at Shubert,.a' with his partner, t'orinne Sales, re- ycw comedies or even the liveliest
evidence as Is the lot of Hollo I.lo.wl
in this piece. And be It Mild, he
aeoults himself cry eredltnbb. The
nnd melodrnmatic 'situations such a , title mnj be applied to any number of
theatrical package might lie expected . iiiihbm nm niniinin "i ""'". "
to contain, "Jt Happens to i.very
DUMAS IN EXTRAVAGANZA
Frolic, Not Melodrama "
"MoTite Crlsto, Jr.." was the sum- I flfB llliBlllB lllllffiHIB !!:
mer show nt the Winter Garden, nnd H Tt, T
II came to this city last evening at i ft HC lOl'C
th'e Sliubert Theatre, where the fatigued "
financier found It wholly diverting. Mke K
"Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," and "Slubad." ej
this entertninment is based upon the
dream of onO.of its players, and thus
much latitude is given to the coworkers a;
In its construction. j
There is some doubt ns to whether jj
Alexander Damns or James O'Neill , a-
would recognize this .Inzzical version of H
PROMPT
instance, the opiiortunity that comes tn
Donald Jtrnwn, pla.inl b.i .Mr l.lnyil,
to make his fortune and win the girl of
his choice and to several of the "mis-
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