The Washington herald., 1912-03-28
The Belasco.

over Night" the laugh compelling
comedy. which william A. Brady, Ltd,
brings to the Belasco for its first pressn-
tation here. next week. is heralded as
one Of the greatest comedy successes Of
the year II viii be remembered that II
was this same William A. Brady who
produced Baby Nine" which met with
instant recognition and had a wonder
full success In New York all OF last sea-
son.
'-Over Night is a sweet. pure. whole
some, and up-to-date play. and II is
funny, egregiously funny; moreover. from
all accounts II gets you. There Is
no doubt about that, and II gets over
the footIights" No one who has seen
il will deny that 1t was made for laugh
ing purposes only. That is what Philip
H Bartholemae. the author. says Of it,
and he ought to know.
From first to last. the fun is Of the roll
licking kind. and the lines and situations
are very laughabIe. II all hinges on a
mix-up of brides and grooms, who go
for a honeymoon trip on the Hudson
The newly-weds whose blunders form
the basis Of the plot are young. gushing.
foolish, and sentimental, and therein lies
their charm.
''over Night" is recommended as a
cure for the blues and II certainly proves
an exhilsrating tonic. II Is the original
New York company which comes here.
and there will be the usual matinees.
The Columbia.
Billy" the hilariously funny comedy.
from the pen of George Cameron, that
packed Daly's Theater. New York. for a
solid season before being taken upon
the read there to duplicate the metropoli-
tan success. will be the offering at the
Columbia Theater next week by the ever
Popular Columbia Players. 1t is a come
dy that combines nautical scenes with a
college atmosphere, in that the princi-
pal characters are those familiar to
college life, who are enjoying a voyage
from New York to Havana for recuper-
ative and restful purposes. Billy has
had hfs front teeth knocked out in a
football game and is most sensitive about
the false set that adorns his mouth as
consequence. While proposing to the OBJ
ject of his alteration a lurching of the
ship dislodges the plate and the teeth
are lost. The proposal Is not completed
and the young man so hastily seeks the
seclusion of his own cabin that the
young woman takes offense and subse-
quently lends encoIe ement to advances
Ct the villain Of the play, who tells her
a malicious lie respecting the hero. The
situations become more and more con-
vulsingly funny as the play progresses
and affords an evenings entertainment
such as Is rarely provided. Edward
Hass Robins will appear for the first
time in the role Of a Juvenile comedian.
playing the title role, originally played
by Sidney Drew. All of the other men,
hers OF the company are equally well
cast and the week promises to be one
OF the most entertaining ones OF the
season
With the programme that will include
some of the most beautiful compositions
of such masers as Mendelsshon and
Hadyn, the Heinrich Hammer String
Quartet will give a second concert at
the Columbia Theater next Tuesday aft
ernoon, at 4:30 o'clock. The organiza-
ton, under the careful and experienced
training Of Prof Hammer. has made
rapid strides in the local musical field
during the current season, and is to-day
recognized as the most pretentious quar-
tet in this part OF the country. devoting
IT'S attention to chamber music. The sale
of seats for this event Is now in progress
at the box office of the theater.