The Washington times., 1911-11-12
NEW IRISH DRAMA
. TO Be SEEN At THE
BELASCO THEATER
Dublin Players to Present
Eight Plays for Capital
i Audiences.

The Irish Players, from the Abbey
Theater, Dublin, Irelands much dis
cussed national theater, will present to
washington during the week, eight
plays from their large repertory that
ought to interpret adequately to
Americans the methods and materials
or the new school of Irish dramatists
that has created SO much discussion in
dramatic and literary circles every
where during the past four years. They
will be seen at the Belasco.
The Irish Players have been in this
country for eight weeks six of which
they spent in Boston, where they were
acclaimed by the critics to be the most
artistic actors that had come to Bos-
ton in decade. They are presenting
among eight plays. George Bernard
Shaw's piece, THE Showing UP of
Blanco Posnet," at the Belasco.
The program for Monday and Sat-
urday nights and Wednesday matinee
contains William Butler Yeats "Kath-
leen nj Houlihan,' delicate one,aet
that 1t has become a classic. Follow
ing Kathleen nj Houiihan" is ]. M
Synge's wonderful three-act comedy
ICES the vanity ana futility of human
desires and human ambitions
Tuesday and Thursday nights and
Saturday matinee will be presented
Mufray taasl' ana GsSrge e@Srse' fB5ey Ga
Shaw's new piece "The Showing up of
Rlanco Posnet." which Shaw sub-titles
"a sermon in crude melodrama.'
Lady Gregory's little play "The Rising
of the Moon," delicate bit Of comedy
showing an escaping Fenian prisoner
wheedling a British sergeant to aid him
IN Cnay ya ha F.t y,t-in ~
head.
On wednesday and Friday nights the
Irish Players will present Lady Greg
ory's pathetic little play The Jail
the emotions that lie in the heart of
Irish love of country. The Jail Gate
will be followed by Syrge's much dis
cussed satiric comedy 1.-THE Playboy of
the western World.
Science and nature have conspired to
: produce In the personality of Kellogg,
the world famous naturalist and Ma
ture, Singer" at Chases this week, "one
of the most remarkable human beings
of all time" Science has given him an
insight into animal life by which he
understands and can form the sounds
going to make up fifteen animal lam
guages, and nature has bestowed upon
him vocal organ so constituted that
he Is actually. able to sing bird songs
in the same key, pitch, and tone the
feathered songsters do.
The extra added attraction will be
the comic opera comedian, Arthur Dea-
gon, whose travestied popular songs and
dialect drolleries are said to form one
of the delightful stellar features. A
musical comedy, THE Dude Detective -
will be given by Frank Byron and
Louise Langdon. Grant Gardner and
Marie Stoddard will offer their varied
Vaudeville Frivolities." A big hit, it
is predicted, will be the Reed brothers
in arenic grotesquery, and Eva Shirley
and Sam Kessler will present a blend
of songs, steps and satire. The Savoy
trio will exhibit their acrobatic bull
terriers. The photoplane daylight mo-
ton pictures will give another review
of recent international events.
Those Four GirlS of Folies reputa-
ton open this weeks Casino bill.
Gravetta & LIE Vonde Company will
present Partisan illusions and character
changes and representations.
Howell & Scott, the nature Hebrew
comedians, have a program of parodies,
stories, and eccentric dances, The Fly
ing Henrys will give an exhibitions of
aerial feats. New photo plays will open
and close each performance.