The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

In the Nora Bayss and Jack Nor
worth company are Cyril Chadwick, an
English comedian. brought over by the
Lieblers; Rita Walker and Ubert Carl
ton, the sensational dancers: David
Stamper. the piano yirtuoso, and Albert
Anderson, the legerdemanic comedian
The Argentina the latest dance
.'craEe," Is already raging IN Vienna.
Berlin, Paris. London. and New York.
and Is due here next week. II IS de-
waltz. two-step. glide. with grotesaue
variations. supplemented by whIrling
after the fashion OF spinning dervish.
George Cohsn has written a song sx-
cIusIyeIy for the Bayes-Norworth COM
pany.
Everybody" the latest one-act mo-
raIIty play, which Chase's has secured.
was written by Peter c. Piatti. II is
said to surpass its predecessor. Every
wife"
In a speciality called Crazy Music"
Billy Arlington, with The Golden
Crook company. will play a violin solo
at the Gayety this week
Moving pictures. showing Indian life
from Alaska to New Mexico. supplement-
ed by tribal music offered by = symphony
orchestra, win be q part OF the picture
opera. "A Vanishing Race" presented
by Edward S. Curtis at two matinee
performances at the Belasco Theater,
January 20 and February /. The per-
formances here will be for charity. un-
der the auspices of the League OF the
Covenant and the Washington Chapter
Of the American Institute Of Ar
ehaeology.
William H Crane In The Senator
Keeps the House" Il one Of the latest
bookings OF the Columbia Thsater.
Fred G. Berger, who has so success
fully directed the affairs Of the Columbia
Players for the past three seasons. was
in New York the latter part Of the week
signing contracts for the next season OF
the Players.
Mr.. de Cortez wolnungen, an operatic
tenor, late Of Berlin. has undertaken the
task OF organizing a permanent local
grand opera chorus in this city. He Is
making his headquarters at Sanders &
stayman's. where he is receiving appli-
cations for enrolment in the organiza-
ton.
Miss Kitty Gordon says that she will
ION her own hook" take Victor Her
bert's operetta called The Enchantress"
to Australia next summer. She adds
that she is to appear in q nonsinsing
role IN q play by Henri Battails.
A play by Rudolf Besier. founded on
II. c. Wells novel. "Ripps," is scheduled
for production in London this season
Bernard shaw's comedy. '"wIdowers'
HouseS" was produced at the Residen1-
buehne. Vienna. on a recent Sunday
evening. II was the first performances Of
the play in the Austrian capital and
was enthusiastically applauded.
Granville Barker and Miss LiIah No
Carthy opened their season at the Rings-
way Theater, London. on New Years
Day with "Fanny's First Play" Future
ARRANGEMENTS at the Kingsway include
the production OF new plays BY Gals
worthy and Arnold Bennett, and Of Prof.
Gilbert Murray's adaptation Of Euripidss'
'Iphigenia-"
TT Is a great thing" said Mr.. Barker.
''to be getting the drama decentralised.
We no longer. thank goodness, get 30
many plays written about Mayfair. all
the characters with their. incomes Of
eaOoo a year land poor at that), and
their dresses by this or their furniture
by that. Look at the present success Of
PLAYS like 'Bunty Pulls the Strings' and
'Fanny's First Play. They are about
commoner indeed about quite ordinary
people, but they are alive and vital, and
people so again and again to see them