The Washington herald., 1911-10-08

C---3are- with other seasons, Washing
ton is being given comparatively few
'.try-out' performances Of new plays by
the booking powers this fall, and the
ritv is the gamer as result. The con-
scrvative playGoers of the Capital much
prefer to stake their dollars on such
established pieces as The Fortune Hunt
.r." Madame "" and The Chocolate
Soldier" than to speculate with the new
and the untried. In many cases great
|ramatic successes have been launched
n this city-''The Easterst Way" The
Great Divide" and The Woman" among
jhem-but there has been far more chaff
than wheat sent this way.
October will be a month of reviva!s
LARGELY. although Charlotte Walker will
appear at the Columbia in a drama
t'zation of John FoX's novel. THE Trail
q the Lonesome Pine" The play has
Eeen written by Eugene Walter. who.
besides being the husband of the plays
star. is incidentally one of the leading
Gramatists Of America. The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine should be one of
the best Offering of the fall season.
The reception rendered The Blue Bird
at the ReIaSco last week augurs well for
the next few months. As always, the pub
lie has a mind of its own. and will
gladly pay to see that which it desires
tO see.
From Washington THE Blue Bird"
goes TO BROOKLYN for a single week, and
thence to Boston for the balance of the
season.
As a restaurant theatcr, the FoIies
Rergere. Of New York. which was re-
Gently represented in WASHINGTON with
a ''rcv..e" Of Indifferent quality. is no
more 1t ended It's existence in its pres
ent form last week, and the managerial
partnership between Henry B. Harris and
Jesse I-asky has been severed.
For over year we have heard more
or less Of the Folies Bergere, and finally,
when Mr Harris returned from Europe
last spring hr said ne was of the belief
that New York would support an amuse-
men- resort where people could see
light and taIky entertainment after en-
jpying a meal and could remain until
HaSt midnight to observe the French idea
of 4 cabaret show. Now Mr.. Harris finds
that he has been ahead of the times. He
says the day will come when New York
will literally patrOniZe a theater play
ing musical UtractiOns in connection
lust now the big eating houses are sup
plying us with musical and vocal seleC-
Ii nS during the meal hour without any
charge Of admission, and this may have
hampered a restaurant theater.
The FOlies Bnrgare opened in the latter
part Of May with two revues and a bal
let. The house closed for a summer va
cation. then introduced another new pro-
duction in the fall This did not attract
sufficiently to warrant a continuance of
the pOliCy.
Mr. Harris assumed sole management
a!-d ownership CT the place on Monday.
Alterations are u be made so as 10 con-
vert the Folies Bergere into a regular
theater. 1t will nave new name, a new
policy and new ideas. Mr.. Harris i in
'.'.CSted in the Hudson. Harris, and Ma
sic theaters n New York, the GarrCk
y Philadelphia, and several out-of-town
FiayhOuscs.
Al G. Fields is preparing to celebrate
his twenty-sixth anniversary in the min
streI field. This, indeed, is a record to
oe proud of. There are several Ministries
who have had a career almost as long,
but they have never been continuously
at the head of their own organization,
as for instance, George Primrose, who
is now playing in vaudeville: GeOrge
Tha cher, now playing in a comedy;
Banks Winter. who has left the stage,
and Hughey Dougherty and Willis
SW eatnam.
The coming visit of Forbes Robertson
to Washington in The Passing of the
Third Floor Back inaugurates a tour
which, in the range of territory covered.
is almost unique in the theatrical an
nails of America. The distinguished Eng
liSh actor will play as far west as San
Francisco. as far north as Calgary, and
as far south as San Antonio. More than
5000 mics will he covered by his pri-
Vate car. A. NJ J.