A Grand Army Man

Grand Army Man, A (1907), a play by David Belasco, Pauline Phelps, and Marion Short. [Stuyvesant Theatre, 149 perf.] Wes Bigelow (David Warfield), a Civil War veteran, has adopted and raised Robert (William Elliot), the son of a comrade killed in the war. Unfortunately, Robert gets into bad company, lends one worthless friend funds he has been given in trust, and is sent to jail when that friend squanders the money. Matters are eventually set right, and Robert returns to marry Hallie (Antoinette Perry), the daughter of the judge who imprisoned him. Although this was the least successful of the Belasco‐Warfield vehicles, it nonetheless enjoyed a reasonable success thanks to the theatrical brilliance of the two men.