Her Majesty, the Widow (by John Charles Brownell) is the vehicle which oldtime Tragedienne Pauline Frederick (Madam X) put together in San Diego, Calif, in May 1933. After a 13-month drive across the western plains, it arrives on Broadway creaking like a stagecoach. So familiar has Miss Frederick become with every bolt and board in its rusty structure that she is inclined to overact, grimacing broadly at every tiresome turn, popping wide her eyes and flapping her hands at each sorry nuance.
Miss Frederick is cast as an amiable widow called Jane Seymour. Her...
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