The Washington times., 1912-06-13
HOUSE NEXT DOOR"
TO Be GIVEN BY
COLUMBIA PLAYERS
, Hartley Manners Three-Act
Comedy Will Be Present
ed Next Week. a.

No thatergoer who appreciates the
JOY that good dramatic entertainment
brings, or feels the satisfaction that
good acting produces can afford to
miss "Th Q House Next Door," the
three-act comedy which the Columbia
Players will present at the Columbia
Theater next week. The play, written
by ]. Hartley Manners. was last seen
here with J. e. Dodson in the role of
Sir John Cotswold, bart, a testy,
irascible; grouchy, impoverished noble-
man, with no possessions save a mass
of debts and his title. The offering of
} TINS play at summer prices, and with a
company OF standard excellence. un-
company, is sure to attract a house
that will tax the Columbia's capacity.
BESIDES the character of Sir John, the
pay is possessed Of number Of in
Mare loved, and upon whose attachments s
: the plot of the play is founded. The
SotsWolds and the Jacobsons are the
dominating factors in the company,
with the boys of each family desper-
ately In love with the girls Of the other.
At the Belasco Theater next week the
butterfield Players will appear in
jerome K. Jerome's brilliant comedy,
The Way to Win a Woman"
This piece was produced by the
Lyceum Theater Stock Company, New
YORK, during period when E. H
zation: Though presented some years
ago, Jerome's comedy Is essentially
modern in construction, the time being
the present. and the action Of the play
taking place in London. The premise
! set forth Is that money, as the means
OF winning the luxury-loving woman in
the case, is the solution Of the prob
lemadcal title, and by the working out
! Of a plot of absorbing interest, abound
Ing In tense situations. the fallacy Of
the original deduction is demonstrated
ana ana love alone wins the day. In addi-
ton to the two principal characters
there is a delightful secondary love
story which is free from the Jingle of
gold. The more serious side of the play
Is relieved with a continuous vein of
sparkling comedy. situations, brilliant
dialogue and epigrams, written in
Jerome's characteristic style. The pro-
tings.
. The Poll Players promise a genuine
novelty next week. when they will pre-
. sent Three Twins" with elaborate
{ scenic investiture and a professional
chorus Of twenty. On two previous oc-
casions. in the history of summer thea
tricals in Washington, stock companies
have given musical comedies, but never
before has a professional chorus been
engaged for the event, together with
the original musical director.
Three Twins" is the masterpiece of
Karl Hoschna and Otto Hauerbach.
These prolific musical comedy writers
took the famous farce success, ~"Incog,' -
built up a stirring, tuneful entertain
ment, with such tremendous song sue
cesses as ''The Yama Yama- Man and
mCuddle Up a Little Closer. Lovey
A. H. Van Buren,, the Poll leading
man, will be called upon to give very
varied performance next week in the
role which was created by Clifton Craw-
ing, Mr.. Van Buren, will be expected to
be a featured monologist. a quick
change artist, and a farceur of the
most extravagant type. Miss 1zetta
Posite him. while Miss Gertrude Bond
hill will be seen in the role created by
Bessie Mccoy and played here by
Mayme Gehrue. There are a number
the company, for Three Twins'' is an
excellent entertainment as farce
alone. and the music is big added
attraction so to speak. The electrical
effects. which were unusually elaborate
in the original production, will be dupli-
Gated in every particular.
'FuJiyama" Is the. stellar feature
/ at the Cosmos next week. 1t Is a
delightful operetta which locale in
wistaria-scentcd Japan, and Is pre-
sented by a capable company COM
prising Ada Mitchell and John B. Will
son. 1t is extremely tuneful. brimful
OF buoyant comedy. and Is pictorially
one of the most elaborate pieces in
vaudeville.
With many novel elements. includ-
ing the youngest band leader in the
world, the Four Musical Kleises will
be seen in their latest Offering. Mack
id-fre song and dance act, and Wall
l!sh, comedy juggler will give some
The great Loose, whose "triple-voic-
ed" songs have gained currency in
vaudeville. Is sure of popularity.
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