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“RILEEN.” 
Victor Herbert’s newest operetta, 
“Fileen,” until recently called “Hearts 
of Erin,” which reaches the pinnacle 
of musical achievement for its bril- 
lant composer, begins its third pros- 
perous. week at the Shubert Theatre, 
Boston, next Monday, January 20. 
Crowded audiences have manifested 
great appreciation for the magnifi- 
cence of composition, and general ex: 
cellence of production with the same 
great enthusiasm that prevailed among 
the first-nighters a week ago, when it 
first had its Boston hearing. 
One who knows Victor Herbert’s 
past achievements—and who does not 
—and who believed that he had 
reached his highest ambition in pre- 
vious compositions, will be surprised 
to know that by far and long “Eileen” 
is his greatest work and seemingly 
destined to occupy that position for 
time to come. 
PLyMouTH THEATRE, Boston. 
Grace George’s success at the Ply- 
mouth continues to such a degree that 
-she will present there for still an- 
other week the double bill which has 
proved so popular this week. This 1s 
the second offering of the Plymouth 
Theatre engagement of Grace George 
and her New York Playhouse Com- 
pany. 
It consists of a double bill: “Half 
an-Hour,” by Sir James M. Barrie, 
and. “Divorcons,” by Victorien Sar- 
rou. Miss George created the lead- 
ing role in Barrie’s play at the Lyceum 
Theatre in New York, appearing then 
under management of the late Chas. 
Frohman, and she has made arrange- 
ments with the Frohman estate to 
present it now in Boston with her 
own company for the first time. It 
is a short play in three scenes. 
“THE UNCHASTENED WoMAN.” 
Next week at Y® Wilbur Theatre, 
Boston, Oliver Morosco will present, 
beginning. with. the Monday evening 
performance, Jan. 29, for the fifth and 
~ last week there» Miss: Emily Stevens, 
- in a serious modern comedy by Louis 
K. Anspacher, called, ‘‘The Unchast- 
ened Woman.” 
For seven months 
and “The Unchastened Woman” have 
been at the Thirty-ninth Street Thea- 
~tre, New York City, where both play 
and star scored tremendously. Mr. 
Anspacher in the central figure of 
~The Unchastened) Woman” has -tak- 
INORTH SHORE BREEZE 
en a type which, while a rare one, 
unquestionably exists today the world 
over—a thoroughly selfish, morally 
correct, but mentally a vicious woman. 
The character is described as being a 
distinctly unsympathetic one, but it 
also may be said that Miss Stevens’ 
Jan.26, 1917. 
by the Henry Jewett Players at the 
Copley Theatre. “Candida” is one of 
Shaw’s most quaint and “unexpected” 
comedies, full of surprise and fairly 
bubbling with mirth. The play is 
like an oasis in a desert of dry drama. 
It is not only luminiously written, but 
it is full of ideas, new outlooks, 
Miss’ Stevens 
portrayal is wellnigh flawless. 
———— quaint trends of thought and laughter. 
HENRY JEWETT PLAYERS. 
Lovers of pure wit and satire will 
find an entertaining luxury in the 
presentation during the coming week 
of George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida” 
“Candida” is a bright spot in the 
winter sombreness of the world. — It 
is wistful, pleading, and, in fact, it 
is Shaw’s “‘play-pleasant.” 
Monday evening. 
It opens 
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