The Washington times., 1906-06-17
Summer Entertainments
In Full Swing This Week
Summer

The eighth week OF the successful
summer season Of Guy Standing and the
Columbia Theater company viii be ush-
cred in tomorrow evening with Henry
Arthur Jones most recent success.
Joseph Entangled." a delightful COM
edy which viii then be offered for the
first time at popular prices and has
never been seen IN Washington although
il has enjoyed long runs in both New
York and London, where Il was regard
ed as being as notable as Mr.. Jones
The Liars for the cleVerness OF its
situations and the brightness OF its
dialogue. While the comedy IS new. to
Washington. IL IS not, strictly speaking.
a new play although IL is the most
Eotable recent success Of its author. In
offering IL 10 local playgoers Mr. sta
Ing will be supported BY John Mason.
who is under special engagement. and
will remain indefinitely al the Columbia.
where he has found his associations and
environment especially pleasing. The
comedy had its original production at
the Royal Haymarket Theater. London.
in the season Of 1907. where IL was pre-
sented by Cyril Maude. and enjoyed a
run With a cast OF uniform excellence
which Included his wife. Winifred En-
cry. Ellis Jenreys. Herbert Waring.
sam SOthern. Beatrice Farrar, Edmond
Maurice, Rudge Harding, Kenneth
Douglas. as well as the dramatist's
daughter, Winifred Arthur-Jones. Its
success was immediate and attracted
the attention Of Charles Frohman, who
brought Il out the following December
1T the Garrick Theater, New York,
where it had another run with Henry
Miller and Hlda SpOng. in the leading
roles. supported by John Glendenning,
J. Hartley Manners. Stanley Dark.
Grace Heyer. Laura Hope Crews. Fred
erick Tiden. and Mrs. Maggie Holloway
Fisher. Guy Standing will interpret the
role Of Sir Jospeh Lacy. which was ere
ated in London by Mr. Maude. and in
this country by Henry Miller In this
character Mr.. Standing will find abun-
dant opportunity TO display the polish
and skill Of his art The part is that of
a bachelor who in his life has gone
through the storm and stress of a mem
orabIe love affair. and. as an aftermath.
is suddenly confronted with a revived
memory Of il and brought into a state
Of embarrassment and trouble. The
manner in which he emerges is exceed
iuEly funny Incidentally the readi ness
Of people in general to believe i'll of
their ueighbors. and TO think the worst
of others. is pungently satirized. The
plays setting is a garden Of lies where
hOurishes what one of its admirable
characters. Prof Toheld. calls That
organized system of conventional lying
which sustains and regulates English
society" The purpose of the playwright
aside from his purpose TO furnish
delightful evenings entertainments to
set forth in a vein Of high comedy the
appalling peril OF the system. Prior to
the opening of the play Sir Joseph had
been desperately in love with the heroine
and been discarded by her Then she
became Lady Verona Mayne, while
Jospeh went travelling TO forget his dis
appointment. The play opens with the
arrival IN London Of Lady Verona to
stop her sister. Lady JOyne Fanmere,
from an elopement in which she sue
ceeds and sends her wayward sister
back to her hreside before ii is too late.
But il so happens that Lady Verona
has had a tiff with her husband, who
has gone of TO Scotland and is not
aware of her trip to London. 1t also
happens that on this very night Sir
Joseph arrives In London. Clubs closed,
hotels full, nowhere to go UNTIL in pass
ing the Mayne house, he spies his old
butler, who takes pity and invites him
to spend the night there. The trouble
begins the next morning when Sir
Joseph end his old sweetheart, Lady
Vernon, inter the breakfast room one
after the other and are mutually sur
prised to learn that each has innocently
and unknowingly slept under the same
room. They make the best OF the stu
alton and are getting along famousIy
with banter and the revival of old sent
mental memories, when there are pre-
monitions that the episode of the acci-
dental breakfast will develop disaster
but the toviaI breakfasters do not dis
Germ them The servants, however, sur-
mise that the meeting had not been Iln-
foreseen by the parties to It. Two gos-
sips who happen 10 call fancy that
they have stumbled upon a rendezvous.
A slanderer across the street sees the
coming of the wife and the bachelor at
night and their departure in the morn
ing and believes she has discovered a