The Washington times., 1912-05-05
COLUMBIA PLAYERS
IN BURNETT DRAMA
--"The Dawn of Tomorrow" Will
Be Next Weeks
p Attraction.

In poetical beauty of thought, general
dramatic excellence, and inspiring op-
timism, THE Dawn of a Tomorrow"
which is to be produced by the Co
lumbia Players during the week of
May 13, is probably without a peer upon
the modern stage. 1t is a play in three
acts, from the pen of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett. and was produced
originally at the Lyceum Theater New
York, January. 25, 1903, with Eleanor
Robson in the part OF. the beautiful
cockney, CAD,
So great was its success that Mr.
Frohman was compelled to transfer the
entire organization to London year
later, where, at the Garrick Theater,
it duplicated its New York hit.
IF Were King" written by Justin
Huntly Mccarthy, and played with sue
! by the Butterfied Players in the week
OF May 13. 1t is a romantic story of
France in the days OF Louis Xl; and
Everett Buttertiseld will assume the PIC
story is full of adventure and old world
romance, and is founded on facts in the
life of the swashbuckling Vtllon, who
could write a ballad, fight a duel, or
WOO a lady with equal facility and
success
The patrons of Polls have selected
MADAME X" as the play which they
are most anxious to see 1t will be pre-
scented next week with Miss Izetta
Jewel in the role which made Dorothy
Donnelly famous. 1t is one of the big
gest emotional roles ever written and
# win reveal Miss Jewel In an entirely
, different light, for although she has
played such dramatic roles as Zaza and
eappho In other. cities she has never
done anything of the sort here. Ma
dame X' is the story of a woman who
sinned and was turned from her hus-
bands home. She returns when she
Ill. but the husbands heart has been
hardened against; her and he drives heI
into the street.
The second act opens twenty years
LATER wh9n Hatrn s9dden sH3p Of the
whore she has undergone every mis-
fortune and disgrace imaginable. She
is the companion Of blackmaiinG ad-
Nenturer. When she learns that this
blackmailer is planning to reveal hel
identity TO her former husband she slays
the would be betrayer. She is arrested
and placed on trial for murder, but
she refuses to furnish her counsel any
Information that will assist in freeing
he", for she wishes to die. Her own
son, now n grown man and admitted
\ TO the bar is appointed 20 defend her
not revealed 20 one another until in the
court room while the boy is making
| his Ia st plea for the unknown woman.
The situation is>one OF the most dram.
/! attic in the whole realm Of the theater.
The very successful season of the
' AZ born English Grand Opera Company
! at the New National Theater this year
/ has, to very large extent. been due
to the excellent bills and fne casts. as
. well as beautiful productions which
this popular organization have given
For the coming week another popular
and delightful bill is announced. wher
Eerdi's masterpiece. Aida" one Of the
= operas which always pleases, viii bt
E'Ing Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
nights. and at the Wednesday matinee
For the second half of the week Wag,
ner's melodious opera, "Lohengrin,'
will be given Thursday Friday. anC
Saturday nights and at the Saturday
matinee. AS both "Aila" and "Lohen
grim permit IF elaborate staging, these
operas will be given on q very elabora t.
scale with entirely new scenery, AM
special costumes.
1.-THE Social Maids" one of the most
popular buTlesque companies on the
Eastern wheel, will play a return eli
- gagement at the Gayety next week
The company was seen at this theateI
early last fall, and won such high favor
that a return engagement was arranged
1 Thirty attractive young women com,
prise the chorus, and there is a double
quartet which will be heard in a number
OF new inteTpolated musical selections