Theatre: New Plays: May 5, 1924

Leah Kleschna. The daddy of all crook melodramas, first presented by Mrs. Fiske 20 years ago, has been revived by William A. Brady with a stellar cast which proves that all actors are ham under the skin when allowed to run rampant. In this case the director seems to have allowed them to roam at will. The air is thick with gestures and forbidding faces.

William Faversham pronounces even the simplest line as either a benediction or a curse. Arnold Daly is a living exhibit of all the...

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