Word: countess
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stuff is the same--in the production at the Shubert, at least. From the first to the last curtain a lot of stage ordnance is exploded while brutal German officers are stalled and finally thwarted in their purpose to defile an American girl and a countess in the inevitable Belgian chateau...
...management of the production. The cast will be composed almost entirely of members of the regular Workshop company. It will be as follows: Helen Harriden, Miss Mary Ellis Aranka, Mrs. R. N. Burnham Count Ladislaw Henszy, Irving Pichel '14 Count Caroszy, G. E. Massey '15 Countess Henszy, Miss Ruth Delano Madame Henszy, Miss Willowdean Chattison General Henszy, F. Hubbard Nina, Miss Charlotte Read Mr. Kendy, J. W. D. Seymour '17 Bardi, A. P. Archer '17 Janco, D. Holbrook...
Miss Hazel Kirk, as Countess Drubetzkoy, sets off the leading lady's part to perfection. Hers is the bouncing vivacious style and she first draws attention in an unusual dance of the silk pantelet sort. Later, her dancing is less vivid, but always it draws applause...
...course Miss Augarde is charming, and the princess and the mysterious countess are all very well in their well worn, old-fashioned way, but the whole production is severely lacking in freshness of ideas and "snap". The first act was almost unbearably slow...