The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-04
VARIED OFFERINGS
FOR THE THEATERS
Ethel Barrymore Comes In
"Mid-Channel," New
Arthur Pinero Play.

5 Again rival managers seem to have
aCOnspired 10 arrange bookings thar viii
appeal TO d wide range Of tastes in
-theater fare this week
" Students OF the drama from phase
OF literature viii welcome a new play
-iby Pinero, which comes to the National,
IN ''AIid-Channcl-' with Miss Ethel Bar
TymOre as its chief exponent Admirers
OF the brand OF humOr made famous by
Miss Marie CahHl are promised a rich
setting for this condolences talents IN
Judy Forgot" at the Belasco- The
rural drama, vi.-~s seems TO be q pop
uIar factor in this years productions,
will be exploited by The Country Boy"
at the Columbia
Even baseball fans viii be provided,
for despite closed parks and wiutry
WINDS the redoubt2 he ChT1Sty
Mathewson viii Try 70 twI-l winning
game IN vaudeville al Closes
In Pinero Play.
The past eighteen months, during
which Miss Ethel Barrymore became
wife, a mother and an emotional actress,
have been an eventfuI period for that
actress.
The presentation Of .4AIid-Channel''
holds a double interest that OF The ap-
pedrance Of Miss Barrymore, which IS
always an event of theatTlc Importance
and the first presentation IN this city or
2 recent play by that master among iV-
ing draEsaIiSUs, Sir Arthur Wing PInerO-
Charles FrOhIIan' S worst enemies have
never accused him Of being a pound
o. Foolish producer, and an adequate pre-
senIatlOn Of the play seems assured The
Play- deals with a subject on which
6TamatiSts have been strangely neglect
flII, that period In marital existence
when, as one writer expresses IL, tire
tlinzs that bind the pair have ceased
10 become mere ornaments and have
taken on something Of the character Of
The play is said to be told in that
tnCisive style. and with those epiSraTl-
matte lines Characteristic Of PinerO- The
more is capable
Munsey's Verdict Favorable.
Amid a cast Of such entertainers as
Arthur Stanford, Joseph SantIey and
Maud Meredith, Miss Marie Cahm Is
Set as the bright star in Judy Forgot
al the BeIaScO-
cot this production Matthew White,
n, the dramatic reviewer OF MuuSey
has this 10 say
: Miss CahTI has found a splendid
vehicle for her humCr in judy FOrSOt,'
founded by Avery EOpWoOd. CO-auJhor
81 seven DAYS upon his own story
Of The WinEiug Princess with music
by Silvio Helm Happily. too, she -
not one OF the stars who are 50 much
afraid Of being OUiShCue JhaJ they can
not tolerate anything above medIOcrliy
n the way Z support
"She has that clever dancer Ethe-
Johnson lately with Montgomery and
Stone. 10 say nothing of young Joseph
Santley. a BOY OF twenty, who IS MIN
BE a. an eel, and who throws himself
INTO his pat win q WnOie-leaTted ZeSt
mat seems TO put SaIaTy-Gay quite out
Of the reckoning Sautley, by the way,
comes Of dyed-in-the-RCo col theatrical
hsTn for a Matinee IDOL last season
he toured the country on the popular
ETiced circuits rs the Boy Bandit NICK
e the Woods and other heroes Of melo-
sWashington will not have TO wait IN
II New York has seen its III Of one
oramatlc SUCCESS 19T a company VII
be sent to the Columbia this week IN
+The Country Boy
The play is said TO breathe a rural
Fragrance found in such dramas as
The Fortune FIuUIeT.' Edgar Selwyn
Is responsible for the new Offering and
he attempts 10 point a moral TO young
men who forsake what they believe Is
q limited sphere for their opportunities
to make their way IN q great metrop-
oils.
ed as a laughing hit 50 that II does not
allow the sermon TO obscure the one
purpose which the production claims. TO
provide an evenings entertainment
without leaving q bad taste in the
mouth.
Vaudeville Program
"Chief Meyers" will receive Chrlsty
ATathewson's verbal curves in q lin
Euistic inning at ChaSe's this week
when the pair appear with Nay TuIly
BY way OF an added attraction IN a
.ane-act baseball sketch
= Bozeman BuIger provides the vehicle.
labeled Curves and the pair are
given a chance TO wear their home uni
form and tTaVeSty their summers work
p Coming from the West IN a pOtpOUTTi
of Musical FOOlishness are Taylor
Kranzman, and White" A third at
traction Is James Young, remembered
by many older theater-gOerS for his
Shakesperian Representations, and later
seen in Brown Of Harvard and light
er productions
The Charles Ahearn troupe, Dora
Romeo, viclinist, and Emerson and Bald
win are included IN the bill J p H
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