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...classics; when they were permitted to view this famous old comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, their faces were not seen to twitch with pleasure, excitement, or surprise. Little did it matter to them that Producer George Grouse Tyler was offering this amiable revival at popular prices; that D. Lyn Harding, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Fay Bainter, Glenn Hunter, Pauline Lord and O. P. Heggie were listed in the cast. The sly choirs of critics were heard chirping in shrill and resonant annoyance; some of the stars, they justly cried, were out of orbit; the play itself was not quite so twinkling...
Frank Crowninshield, famed editor of Vanity Fair, Forbes Watson, editor of The Arts, William Henry McBride, Jacob Epstein,† lyn Museum of Art, Art Critic Henry McBride, Jacob Epstein,* famed sculptor, agreed that "The Bird" was a worthy example of fine art. Most emphatic was Sculptor Epstein, who brought with him to court a 5,000 year old piece of stone, reputed to be an Egyptian representation of a hawk. "It is a matter of indifference what it represents," said Sculptor Epstein, "but if the artist calls it a bird, so do I. In this there are certain elements...
...playing of this substantial superficiality is chiefly in the hands of Lyn Harding as the Grand Duke. The New York Herald: 'The neatest and most fetching surprise finish of the season ... an evening of spoofing, leaving the impression that - here is George M. Cohan being done in an offhand British manner...
...best, as always when subdued, tending to become theatrical when roused to any great pitch of emotion. Miss Mackay's Anne Bullen could hardly have been bettered, portraying as it did the willful, attractive personality of Henry's second wife. But the master characterization of all was Lyn Harding's King Henry. The easy going, blustering, good-natured king, slow to anger, but strong in his wrath when aroused, was played to perfection by an actor who should be used to playing parts that way. The remainder of the cast, with the unfortunate exception of the Duke of Buckingham, were...
...Vitality is the essence of the performance. The Wolsey of Sir Herbert Tree, the King Henry of Mr. Lyn Harding, the Queen Katharine of Miss Edith Wynne Matthison seem to have stepped from the canvasses of Holbein at Hampton Court, so veracious are they in posture and costume. But they do more than fill the eye. The vigor and pulse of their reality and the magnetism of their life touch our emotions and make us understand the human qualities of these princely beings...