Identifier: johndrew00dith (find matches)
Title: John Drew
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dithmar, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1854-1917
Subjects: Drew, John, 1853-1927
Publisher: New York : F. A. Stokes company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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merry and infectiouslaughter after the fall of the screenstill lingers in my ears. Coghlanacted here with his customary re-serve of force, while Drews Charlesbore himself gaily but with an ob-vious sense of the pity of LadyTeazles predicament. I am in-clined to think that Murdochs wasthe right, the Sheridan, reading ofthe scene. Late in the spring of 1891, Mr. Drew acted the King of Navarre 107 J O H N D RETF in Mr. Dalys second revival ofLoves Labours Lost, a play whichno other American manager everdared to touch. With its daintysetting and some good acting, thisearly satire of euphemism was tome much more interesting thanl^he Merry Wives of Windsor everis in these days, except in Verdismusical setting, in which the Fal-stafF of Victor Maurel is the bestFalstaff this age has seen. But itwould be folly to consider the Kingof Navarre an important role in thecareer of a famous comedian. Afew nights of Pineros delicatehumour in T^he Cabinet Minister,which utterly failed of apprecia- io8
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JOHN DRi:\V AND BLANCHE BURTONAs SirChrisiophfi- Deei ing and Mrs. Ebernoe in The Liars y O H N DREW tion, gave Drew small opportunityin the role of young ValentineWhite, but he found a moretaking character in Love in Tan-deniy which was founded on LaVie a Deux of MM. Bocage andde Courcy. Richard TompkinsonDymond was an impossible fellowwho might easily have been madeintolerable. Drew made him com-panionable and suggested humor-ously the workings of a rather slowmind. His last role at Dalys, inthe spring of 1892, was RobinHood in Lord Tennysons dra-matic poem called The Foresters,Miss Rehan as Marian, Miss Cheat-ham as Kate, with her lovely song109 y O H N DREW of the bee, Mr. Gresham as LittleJohn, had the most taking parts inthis. Mr. Drews success was chieflythat of tasteful elocution, correctbearing, and a fine sense of pictorialeffect. no y O H N DREW ^ Part Fourth MR. DREW began hiswork as a star actorunder the managementof Charles Frohman, at PalmersTheatre, New York, October 3

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