The audience which packed Keith's Theatre Monday night was there with only one idea -- to see Ethel Barrymore. It has been several seasons since Miss Barrymore has appeared in Boston and the larger part of the audience came to see whether she still retained that unique fascination which has made her famous. Her voice is as mellow as ever and she still dominates the stage with her personality and mannerisms. Some of us wish that she would pose a little less and be a little less Miss Barrymore and more of Sir James Barrie's "Kate", but then one goes to see her, not the play. As her vehicle she has chosen Barrie's "The Twelve Pound Look". The manager either doubts the sophistication of Boston audiences or confusion on their part due to the unsettled condition of foreign exchange, for the program carefully explains that twelve pounds is sixty dollars. Miss Barrymore's supporting cast is adequate. Mr. Plinner as Sir Barry Sims was capital.

The surrounding bill is obviously put in to while away the time for the appearance of Ethel Barrymore. Charles Harrison and Sylvia Dakin in a musical tidbit "The Three of Us" was the shining lights among otherwise mediocre acts.