The Little Gray Lady review of Channing Pollock play
A Washington boarding-house set drama analyzed for its attempts at a heroless plot. Anna Gray anchors the story with fidelity to Carlyle and Ruth, while Pollock’s effort to fuse romance and realism leads to inconsistent, melodramatic turns and an overextended third act.
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Ruth
Anna
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Ruth Sha
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Jordan
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Mme du Barry
Cleo
Patra
Innterest
Mr Pollock
Fred F. Schrader
Little Gray Lady review notes flaws in plotting and character
Fred F. Schrader critiques the maiden play The Little Gray Lady for wavering fidelity to its subject, uneven outcome, and overstrained romantic comedy. Despite clever character painting and moments of humor, the work struggles with inconsistent development and a weak central case for its two leads.
Theatre Gossip From New York Stage Scene
Rumors from New York theatre circles link Haddon Chambers and others abroad with fresh projects. Clara Bloodgood Virginie Harned motor cars Robert Mantel revives Metamora Edwin Forrest ties. John Perugin quits opera for stock brokerage in New York. Dorothy Tennant returns to The College Widow after illness. Margaret Anglin secures The Gold or Butter fly. Digby Bell collapses on stage but continues. Nate Goodwin buys rights to The Germs and the Model for Albany debut. Henry Harris presents The Son of David at Hudson with Edeson headlining. Thorbes Robertson Gertrude Eliott plan American tour. W H Thompson returns to Belasco in Morey Talk. Max Rogers out of Rogers Brothers in Ireland. Rogers the play’s star away ill in New York. Irene Hayward may join local stock company. Mia Fisker’s one-acts showcased by The Rose and The Eyes of the Heart. Dolce features in a triptych with Mrs Fisker’s company.
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Manhattan Theater
New York
St Agnes
Pittsburg
John Luther ‘Long
Ethics of the Theater at Carnegie Hall Speech
Mr Otis Skinner addressed the Society for Ethical Culture at Carnegie Hall on theater as moral life art. He argued stage must be moral and that drama may portray vice and virtue while elevating emotion, citing examples from Rip Van Winkle and Samson and Delilah and condemning sensational or pornographic works as false to art.
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Carnegie Hall
New York
Society For Ethical Culture
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Mina
Cleopatra
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Rip van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
Salvini
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Ife
Abel Trust
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Shaw
It's All Your Fault Farce at Broadway Savoy Review
Washington Post correspondent reports on the Savoy farce It's All Your Fault. Critics deride overacting and lack of originality while praising Master Pincus's unusual novelty and Herbert Sleath's restrained performance. Other features note Leah Kleschna at the Academy and Candida at the Proctor All-star Company.
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Forty-second Street
Herbert Sleath
Edgar Selwyn
Louie Crosser
Pressey
Selwyn
Herbert Carr
Coming Attractions At The Academy And Nearby Theaters
The week of April 16 brings Bee Cecelia Shay in Paul Jones at the Majestic while Lotte Williame performs My Tomboy Girl at the Academy in four acts and ten scenes. Otis Skinner headlines The Duel at the National, with Gallops at the Garrick, and Baron's Burlesque Menagerie headlines Easter week at Chase's with a Houdini style jail break and a cast of comedies, operas, and vaudeville acts.
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Lotte Williame
Charles E. Blaney
Academy
Scenia
Cecelia Shay
Paul Jones
Majestic Theater
Chase's
Baron
Leodini
Houdini
Ms Master
Herzog
Monrose Mack & Lanwrence
Katherine Broodgood
Thompson
Vidocq
Thes Cartwells
Rice
Dinner
The Stage as Life and Morality Through History
A compact reading of quotes on theater from Sophocles to William Winter. Voices compare drama to life and art, noting the stage as truth, education, or moral risk, and debating its power over public taste and virtue.
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Sophocles
William Woodfail
Betterton
Anna Dickinson
Alan Bougicault
Charlotte Cushman
William Winter
Immorality on Stage Says Nethersole Quote
The passage argues that labeling a play immoral or dishonest due to imperfect social conditions of its characters defeats drama’s purpose. It asserts truth cannot harm and stage truth can influence for good, quoting Qlganethersole on moral theatre.
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Qlga Nethersole
Mrs Tyler to Lead Repertoire Season at Belasco Theater
Ohetty plans to reopen the Columbia Heights home and launch a dramatic repertoire season at the Belasco Theater. Miss Tyler, with R D MacLean, returns from a national tour under David Belasco. Leading man Wilson Melrose and Miss Ann Butterfield join a tall, striking company for high art productions.
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R. D Shepherd
Columbia Heights
Belasco Theater
Mise Tyler
R.D MacLean
David Belasco
Boston
Washington
Wilson Melrose
Algin Stock Company
Pittsburg
Tyler
Ann Butterfield
Edna May
Mies Tyler
Sepable
Lightning Conductor at the National Theater
Kelcey and Shannon star in The Lightning Conductor at the National Theater tomorrow night. Effie Shannon as Milly Randolph and Herbert Kelcey as John Winston bring a motor voyage through France with a romantic plot, a comic tone, and a dramatic chaperone by Aunt Mary, ending with Winston revealing his identity and a happy conclusion. Regular matinees are scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday.
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Herbert Kelcey
National Theater
Kebby
Buffalo
Star Theater
Cornell
Kelocey
Montreal
New York
Milwaukee
Washington
Shannon
the National
Washington Theater
Harry B Smith
Milly Randolph
Effie Shannon
France
Pepairs
John Winston
Herbert Kelces
Molly Randalph
Molly
Winston
Mary
Dieppe
Paris
Molly Randolph
The Little Gray Lady Continues One Week at Columbia
The Washington comedy The Little Gray Lady by Channing Pollock is extended for another week at the Columbia Theater. Julia Dean stars with Dorothy Donelly in a humorous study of clerks and boarding house life, praised for its local Washington references and broad character work.
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Venezuela
Tobbery
Moundsy Ile
Anna
Roth
Graham
Priceton Triangle Club
Triangle Club
Princeton University
Belasco Theater
Washington
Princeton
Washington Alumni Association
Channing Pollock
Columbia Theater
Julia Dean
Dorothy Donelly
Fry
New York
Edward Harrigan in Old Lavender at the Majestic Theater
Veteran stage star Edward Harrigan returns to the Majestic for Old Lavender, his farewell after years away, with son William Harrigan as Dick and Thomas J. Fallon as Coggswell. Royce, Barrows Lancaster, and a lineup of vaudeville acts accompany the program including the Macarte Sisters and Bobby Worth. The bill also features Tactics on the Blue and the Gray, a wire act, and motion pictures.
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Majestic Theater
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Mulligan Guards
Old Law
Sary
Tis Company
Wiliam Harrigan
Thomas J Fallon
Philip Coggswell
Fallon
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York State
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Hoyce
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Royce
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Hauptmanns New Play and Elsie Janis Spotlight
Berlin critic reviews Hauptmanns Und Pippa and mirrors on Elsie Janis. The article outlines Pippas dreamlike arc with Michel, the Crystal carriage, and the tragic limit of beauty. It also profiles Elsie Janis as a leading Broadway star with a storied career and recent fame.
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