The Washington times., 1912-02-25
HENRY MILLER WILL
OPEN At COLUMBIA
IN. THE RAINBOW"
Distinguished Gathering to
Witness Premiere Next
Monday.

Henry Miller will produce his new
play, THE Rainbow" at the Columbia
Theater next Monday night. and the
occasion promises to prove interesting.
1t will bring to Washington a large
party of New York producing managers
who are keenly interested In the sue
cess of the new Thomas PLAY, and II
will attract to the Columbia Theater
| probably the most brilliant first night
audience gathered in Washington this
| season.
In THE Rainbow" Mr.. Miller returns
to the field of high comedy, in which
he made his first big hits as leading
man of the famous old Empire Thea
ter Company. THE Rainbow" Is a bril-
liant, epigrammatic comedy OF mag
ners; it's characters are smart people
and it's scenes are laid in beautiful
homes. At the beginning OF the play,
which opens at O'Clock in the morn
ing, game of auction bridge for high
stakes is in progress.
| The second act takes place at a beau
tiful country home. The PLAY ends on
the Italian Riviera at the edge of the
| Mediterranean, where the chief person
| of the play arrives in his yacht from
a cruise in South American waters.
! in these various scenes, Mr.. Miller
plays the role of a man OF the world
1t is a strong role, and Mr.. Miller nils
it with the easy nonchalance and nat
uraI ability to display carefully re-
pressed emotions which the actor man
ager manifested in the long list of
past successes.
Mr. Miller will be supported by ar
Latham. Edith Barker. Ruth Chatter
ton, Ethel Martin, Laura Hope crews
Fania MarInoff, Marie Porterin, Etnng.
ham Pinto, Charles Hammond, RooerI
Stowe Gil. Conway Wingf1eld, DAME
Pennell, George Pierce. and number
of other well-known players.
Miss Lima Abarbanell who originated
the role of Madame Sherry, and who
had previously won the place in the
hearts of theatergoers through her in
terpretation of the leading role in the
Merry Widow" comes to the Nationa
Theater the week of March 4. in the
brilliant musical play, Mauame
Sherry"
Messrs. Woods, Frazee, and Lederer
managers OF Madame Sherry" have
summoned together the original eX-
moments Of tie roles play, when it was
first presented at the New Amsterdam
Theater, New York. last year, and this
original organization, now Fnown as
the all-star cast of Madame Shefry,
is making a tour Of the United States
from coast to coast, appearing only in
the largest cities
The members OF the company featured
with Miss Abarbanen comprise Mis- Miss
Elizabeth Murray, George a Schille-,
Ignacio Martinetti, Jack Gardner. who
created the role of the Chocolate Soldier
in this country; Mae Phelps. Florence
Mackie. John Reinhard: and the famous
Madame Sherry" Talking Chorus.
Tie success of Madame Sherry siacc
its first production has been phenome'
nal Eighty-tlVc companies are nov
presenting it in the different cities OF
England. Australia, France. Germany
and Austria, and five in America alone
The present company which is to Visi
this city, however. is known SS the flr3
original organization.
The Introduction "f Miss Lima Abar
baneH as a star in Madame Sherry
brings to the fore this Young lyric
artist. The antecedants. Of Miss Ahar
. hanen are like those OF FrltZi Schsff
She was trained in a German capital
where she worked in grand opera, hgh