The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-15
"She Stops to Conquer
Will Open Stock Season
at BelaScO.
MISS JULIA DEAN y
BACK AT COLUMBIA
''King Dodo" This Weeks Offer
ing Of the Aborns at
the National.

The Ben Greet Players begin their
summer engagement at the Belasco
Theater tomorrow night with a pre-
SentatiOn Of GoIdsmith's comedy, she
Stops to Conquer" which win be con-
tinued Tuesday. Wednesday. and Thurs
day nights and Wednesday matinee
TIE management has decided 20 offer
a second play for the first week and on
Friday and Saturday nights and Satur-
day matinee Ihe Greet players viii aD-
pear IN The Merry Wives Of Wind
sor-" Owing 10 the time required for
the building Of special scenery for the
more modern PLAYS, the Greet Players
VIII Offer during this engagement. and
10 the great success which M Greer
achieved with she Stops to Conquer
during his recent long engagement N
New York CITY. il was thought advisable
70 open with those two plays which
have long been a feature Of the Greet
The leading claim made for the pro-
ductiOu Of this band Of English players
s the uniformity in the ability OF The
Mr. Greet viii appear in s'she Stops
10 COnuuerr' as that irrepreSSi bic
scapeErace, Tony LumkinS-
For tie latter part Of the week The
Merry Wives OF windsor that merry
COnCeit of ShapespeaTe, promises an
equal delight IN this plav Mr.. Greet
wiz be seen as Sir John Falstaf, one Of
mounted with adequate scenery.
COLUMBIA-"T New York Idea"
Announcement today that Julia Dean
had returned to assume her old posi-
ton Of leading woman Of the Columbia
Players. and that upon her request Mrs.
Fiske's greatest success. THE New
York Idea had been prepared as her
opening bin, was received with evil
rfaura= trT r-0-7rrrz-- 7-7-s---r-zE
In the role OF Mrs Cynthia Karslal0e
Miss Deans friends challenge compari-
son with the Interpretation which proved
one Of Mrs Flske's greatest successes
The New York Idea Is fOur-act
comedy from the pen OF LalgdOn Mitch
ell that deals with the divorce situation
IN a novel manner. terminating in a
happy reunIung OF the couples and the
bringing home TO the auditors health
1UI lesson In addition 10 the star part
Tor Miss Dean il Is well supplied with
exceptionally good parts, including both
the leading role that OF John karSiake,
and that OF Sir Wiltrid Cates-Darby, IN
which Everett Butter1eld VIII resume
his position as Q member Of the play
eTs- Florence Huntington also returns,
after week s rest in the role Of Mrs.
Vida Phillimore, while Pearl Havlin re-
sumes active work with the company
as Benson, her maid
NATIORAL-"King Dodo"
With Agness Finlay, Ada Meade, Car
re Reynolds. Robert Lett and Charles
Meyer, the production OF king DOdo'
at the New National tomorrow night
VIII Include an envtably long roster OF
Washington favorites.
This merry operate comedy was the
first cola boTation Of Gustav Lu6ers
and Frank -PixIey and viii be given
for the first time at summer prices
The original production VIII be dupli-
Gated and Charles H Jones. who staged
81 for its first pTesen ta1iOn. VIII direct
its staging at the New National for
the Aborn management
Robert Lett viii have the part created
bv Raymond Hitchcock, as King DOdo
! Of DOdOIand, the eccentric old mon
arch who makes a futile attempt 70