The Washington times., 1911-11-05
COMING ATTRACTIONS

At the National Theater for next weei
David Belasco will present his favorits
star. Blanche Bates, In Avery Hop
woods farcical romance ''Nobody'i
Widow" This will be the first tims
Miss Bates has appeared in washington
In comedy, and 1t is evident from the
| M. ~ uc,ne.el s4f
and elsewhere, that the transition er,u
serious to humorous role has beer
most happy one. In "Nobody'i
4 Widow" Miss Bates reveals herself al
arating woman is disclosed In the char.
Bates Of "Madame Butteriiy."" "Th,
Darling Of the Gods" and ''rhe Cir
terpieees. is forgotten. and a new
blanche Bates Is revealed.
Mr. ~Belasco. with his characteristic
consistency. sends the original cast In
Guiding Bruce McRae, Adelaide. Prince
Rex. MaSDougali. Edith Campbell, Alice
Clare Elliott. and Westropp Saunders
Needless to add. the production will be
selaseonian. in hdelity to detail.
With Lulu CHASER heading a company
Of twenty principals. chorus of fifty,
and an orchestra. of thirty, Werba a
Leuscher will bring the latest European
the Columbia Theater next week for q
weeks engagement.
Miss Dudeisack, an opera from a
Scotch source, was successiyely pro-
and, although many of the American
managers tried In every way to obtain
the rights. It remained for werba &
Leuscher to be successful
Miss Dudelsack" has now been seen
in this country for eight weeks. ana the
doubted. II is called an operetta in
| ofn ,v,tr no
stage settings, and music Of an unusu-
ally high and dainty order.
Miss Lulu Glaser. who has been star
been added to the list Of Werba &
Leuscher, and she appears as Miss
Dudelsack, winsome, romping Scotch
hlassie. s and IN this part she seems to
that she has had heretofore.
At the Belasco Theater next week the
attraction will be the famous Irish
Lay layers, ofncialiy known In Ireland as
lin" This noted organization. brought
over to this country for O brief tour by
Liebler Co., have Just concluded q
Rosfon RRhsnomensily s successful ,S sngasement IN
and will appear here, Just previous to
their New York ENGAGEMENT. Tie Bos-
ton. critics have been loud in their
praise Of the ideal Interpretations which
OF 9. B. Shaw, ]. NJ. Synge, william
Butler Yeats. Lady Gregory, and other
Irish dramatists. The plays are said
to have attracted the most serious at
players and their plays are said to be
undisputed. The repertoire to be pre-
sented by the Irish players during
their local engagement will be announc-
ed later. but will include the widely
discussed play entitled "Piayboy OF
the Western World"
Kilroy,Britton have a big success in
The Millionaire Kid play is
responsible for "The Candy Kid" and
'The Cowboy Girl" The play Ia q
musical drama built along tie lines
that go to please the great majority Of
Raymond Paine who was seen in the
title role of "The Candy Kid" has been
cast for the lead In the new play. Mr..
aaI1,In Paine has been surrounded with an sx-
ported In the musical numbers by
dainty chorus. A score Of catchy musi-
cal numbers have been !nterspersed
sre ssid be Of a'o the Shstns af a Kind ana
THE Millionaire Kid" will be the Of
fering at the Academy next week.
1.-THE Queen CT the Folies Bergere" is
the title Of the new high. class Counihan
French vaudeville IN two frol;cs. IN
Which several OF the biggest vaudeville
acts in America are employed. In ud-
tent chorus OF twenty young woraen
who can sign and dance. and levy Of
funny comedians.
The big feature act is Ray Montgom-
cry ard the Healey sisters, known every
where high-class vaudeville is present
ed. Another act Of talent will be Cali
ente, the Spanish dancing marvel, whip
has been tremendously successful and u
Rerlin. London. and Havana.
seasen gem with Mad ime p"H sherrY. "' pos. pos.
sesses tn, best singing voice in vaude-
Sullivan. who has made millions laugh.
THE Queen of the F0l,es Bergcrc,
complete in all its detail, comes to the
Lyceum next week. .2..
Theater will open its doors to the pub
lie and inaugurate its first season. Un-
til that time everybody connected with
the house is working overtime In order
to complete the details.
The Imperial Theater will be one Of
the most artistic playhouses In WASH
ington. Great care and thought has
been given the project and everything
done to insure its being in every way
model and high-class house. In fol-
lowing this, not only have the future
patrons of the house been considered,
but the performers as well, and the
most comodious and" comfortable quar-
ters possible have been arranged for
everybody. ~
The. decorative scheme of the house
has been carried out In browns and buff,
and the entire, coloring will be a har-
monious blend of these shades. The
proscenium dome presents the appear
ance of an orange orchard.
The arch over the foyer represents a
golden lattice with oranges bordering
1t. Surrounding the stage the same
idea has been carried out. and bunches
of oranges cluster. meeting over the
center around figure representative
of the purpose OF the playhouse.
Four stairways lead to the balcony
and mezzanine floor. These are In the
body Of the house. while others lead to
both floors from either end of the foyer.
At the first bend of the stairs just in
side the main entrances, attractive
spaces have been left which will be
fitted up as rest rooms for the patrons.
A green room has likewise been
planned for the performers.
Unusual interest attaches this season
to the annual engagement at the CO.
lumbia Theater of the distinguished
travelogue lecturer, Burton Holmes.
who announces two parallel courses of
five lectures each. beginning next Sum
day evening, at S:15 o'clock. The af-
ternoon course will begin next Monday