John Drew . humour of the young comediansdenotement of the shifts and per-plexities of the imaginative husbandin his encounters with a watchfulmother-in-law, impersonated spir-itedly by Mrs. Poole. CatharineLewis was the fascinating circusrider, and Charles Leclercq herprotector, the strong man; whileMiss Rehan had another quite hope-less role, as the ingenue with themake-believe toothache. WhenAn Arabian Night had run its 59 J O H N DREW course, the stage of Dalys washeld for many weeks by a musicalburletta or operetta from the Ger-man of Genee, called The RoyalMiddy, in which Mr. Drew had no
John Drew . humour of the young comediansdenotement of the shifts and per-plexities of the imaginative husbandin his encounters with a watchfulmother-in-law, impersonated spir-itedly by Mrs. Poole. CatharineLewis was the fascinating circusrider, and Charles Leclercq herprotector, the strong man; whileMiss Rehan had another quite hope-less role, as the ingenue with themake-believe toothache. WhenAn Arabian Night had run its 59 J O H N DREW course, the stage of Dalys washeld for many weeks by a musicalburletta or operetta from the Ger-man of Genee, called The RoyalMiddy, in which Mr. Drew had nopart; but the last fortnight of theseason was made notable by thefirst appearance together, in those** opposite roles which they solong and brilliantly sustained onthat stage, of Miss Rehan andMr. Drew. The play was anotheradaptation from the German, withthe characters and plot fitted in anAmerican scene, entitled The WayIVe Live, Miss Rehan was alovely young matron who de-voted all her time to fashionable60. JOHN DREWAs the King of Navarre in Loves Labours Lost JOHN D W charities. Mr. Drew was heryoung husband, whose home wascheerless and neglected becauseof his wifes devotion to the pa-gan and the poor. After afew very simple complications asufficiently plausible and happydenouement was reached. To tellthe truth, The Way We Live wasnot much of a play, and someof its humour was insufferablyjuvenile; but in the role of theyoung wife Miss Rehan finallyrevealed her fitness for the workthat then lay plainly before her,and Mr. Drew gave new evi-dence of his ability as a lead- ing actor. 6i J O H N DREW Miss Rehan had acted charminglyas Lou Ten Eyck, Miss Daven-ports original character, in thebrief revival of Divorce, and hadshown uncommon power and acomprehension of dramatic effectin the role of the outcast, RuthTredgett (also created on theAmerican stage by Miss Daven-port) in Gilberts Charity. In TheWay We Live, however, her bestabilities were indicated. The mostsignificant s
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