Life — November 28, 1912 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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the character is that of a spinster of un- certain age turned loose, with all the unattractiveness of the spinster set in her ways, among a lot of Western miners, the better the impersonation the less pleasing the character, The total result is a musical piece which a few good numbers are unable to lift out of mediocrity. The Gypsy,” a far more elaborate effort in the musical line, and written by Messrs, Pixley and Luders, who are responsible for some previous successes, proved to be too old-fashioned and hu- morless to hold the metropolitan boards for even a fortnight. PPR R CA HE advertisement given to Mr, William Mul- doon's well-known recuperation resort. in White Plains by Mr. Rupert Hughes’s new farce, “ What Ails You?” may or may not be valuable to that excellent insti- tution. It supplies the scene for two of the three acts and a dis- torted portrayal of its methods supplics the laughing material of the piece. This is pretty slender foundation for an entire evening's entertainment, particularly as the author has neglected to supply anything in the way of a plot. The com- pany is a large one, and sclected mostly with a view to exhibiting the humorous contrasts between the fat ones who go to get thin and the thin ones who go to get fat. Mr. William Courtleigh im- personates the celebrated Muldoon, here disguised under the name of Medill, though why he should go to the pains THE COMPOSITE DRAMA “THE MERRY COUNTESS” AS “JULIUS CAESAR” “LIFE: of a close imitation in personal appear- ance and then endow him with a pro- nounced brogue is an actorial mystery. It may be that curiosity about the Muldoon methods—which are only cari- catured here—may draw audiences for “What Ails You?" As a_ legitimate attraction it needs a considerable injec- tion of basic material and point. BSaeaegegeas s O. D.” is a farce so crude in some particulars that one wonders how it ever found a place on Broadway; and yet it has one act which is screamingly funny and appeals to the risibles of the intelligent and unintelligent alike. Time was when that one act would carry any performance, but the public has become so exacting that when it goes to laugh it has to laugh pretty nearly all the time, or it doesn't think it is getting its money's worth. It seems a pity that “C. O. D.” and some of the other partial failures and limping successes could not be boiled into one really good entertainment. Which would go to indicate that the are being Metcalfe. ‘ON FIDENTIAL <= GUIDE ideas of our spread too thin. playwrights racarae, Astor.—" Hawthorne of the U.S. A..” with Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Extremely amusing and well acted romantic farce of American heroism in the Balkan Belasco.—""The Case of Becky.” A girl with twin brains brought back to single ex- istence by hypnotism. Well acted and in- teresting, but very clinical. Broadway.—" The Sun Dodgers Casino.—" The Merry Countess.” Up-to- date version of “Die Fledermaus,” by Strauss. Well done ard very tuneful Century.—"The Daughter of Heaven.” Spectacular mounting of drama with scene laid in China, Elaborately_ staged. Cohan's. —“ Broadway Jones.” Highly amusing farcical comedy of the day, well lone, Comedy. Bernard Fanny's First’ Play.” Mr. Shaw's diverting and clever fling at the L dramatic critics, Criterion.--" What Ails You?" by Mr. Rupert Hughes. Sce_abov Daly's.—" The Red Pstticoat.” See above. Eltinge.—" Within the Law.” Very. well acted and absorbing melodrama of conditions here and now. Empire—Nazimova in dramatization _of Mr. Hichens's novel, “Bella Donna.” See above. Forty-eighth Street-—Mr, William Collier Never Say Dic.” See above. Fulton.—" The Yellow Jacket." Unique presentation in Chinese style of Chinese drama, Interesting and laughable. Goicty—"C. 0. D."_ See above. Garden.—Mr. John E, Kellerd in Shake- spearean repertory. Notice later. Gorrick.—Mr. John Mason in “The Ate tack.” Not dramatic, but well acted play of French political 2289 Globe.—* The Lady of the Slipper." The old Cinderella fairy tale turned into divert. ing musical play with Elsie Janis and Mont- gomery and Stone. Harris.—* Mere Man,” by Mr. Augustus Thomas. Notice later. Hippodrome.—" Under Many Flags." Ine teresting pictures of foreign scenes together with gorgeous ballet_and spectacle Hudson—Mrs, Fiske in“ The Road,” by Mr. Edward Sheldor Knickerbocker. “Oh! Oh. Delphine." rland-music show, cleverer and better done than usual Little —"The Affairs of Anatol." Epi- sodes in the life of a philandering young bachelor. Afternoons, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Pretty fairy play for chil Lycewm.—" The * Mind-the-Pairt" Girl.” Life in the musical comedy circles of Lon- don, dramatized by Pinero, and well inter- preted by Miss Billie Burke and good com- pany. Lyrie.—Mr. Faversham in “ Julius Cxsar.” Creditable presentation of the classic Manhattan Opera Honse.—" The Whi Marine Elliott's." Ready Money.” Get- rich-quickness, with counterfeit money as a basis. Farcical and amusing. Moulin Rouge.—" Ziegfeld’s Follies.” The apotheosis of the chorus-girl. Park.—" A Rich Man's Son.” commonplace farcical comedy. Playhouse.—" Little Women." The cele- brated story of girl life in New England, pleasantly turned into flesh and blood pres- entation. Republic, — “The Governor's Lady." American domestic drama, staged by Mr. Belasco, and with Emma Dunn in the lead- ing part, Not remarkable, but fairly inter- esting. Thirty-ninth Street-—Annie Russell's com pany in “She Stoops to Conquer.” Admir- able presentation of the old English comedy. Mme. Simone in “The Paper by Mr. Notice later. Weber's, — the Pen.” Scotch village life amusingly described by the author of “Bunty Pulls the Strings,” and well portrayed by a good company. Weber and Fields's Music Hall.—* Roly High Crude and rtrude Hoffmann, in Notice later. THE ILLUSTRATED DRAMA “THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER” comicbooks.com