The Washington times., 1913-03-02
''DUNTY" APPEARS IN
CAPITAL NEXT WEEK
Play Of 1860 Has Great Deal
Of Modern Satire and Rep
artee in Its Lines.

az the criticism Of Scotch Characters,
with a sting. dellcately sasared. and
its essential humanity, regarded with
a quizzical. kindly outlook. on The funp,
side Of Life q ss - 2.
The setting of ..Bmty' Is Victorian.
the exact period lsse but. the treat
ment OF the theme reveals the sprfght-
mess of present-day satire. The. play
20 said to be, ;deiicately quaint novel
In the humanity 1t pictures; fresh,
SPARKLING with dry h1fnnor II carries
one back to; erinoline days. aid the
prtm forma,ities of the middle Nine
tsenth century. So =. ~. ss7s-.--.,- =.
Behind this Is the rich human nature
Of Scotch country folk, which breaks
through continually. like sunshine. iliu-
minating the dreary and dour monotony
Of everyday life.s - -ts--Fs' % -
Graham Moffat the author. was fa-
vorably known in Scotland as a reader
and lyceum entertainer before his as
pirations as a playwright began to
bear fruit. HIS keen faculty for
sb:ervst.on. is of course, a gift, and
II 10 this precious endowment Of the
gods that lends to .Bunty its salient
The play was produced early in the
fal OF isl1 at the Comedg Theater, New
York. and ran continuously until Sep
tefnber. ls12 Messrs Shubert ana vii.
liam A. Brady are sending here the
original company that was organized
an rehearsed by the author himself
ana who have appeared in # contin-
uoasiy nearly two years +etf-fs -
among the players in, the interpre-
tntion here will be Molly Pearson, Amy
singleton. Miss Margaret NybIoc Vera
PQee. Ma5orie Davidson, Edmund Beres-
ford, Sanderson Moffat Leonard Book
e. and others. - -
The lengths to which woman will
90 In her search for excitement and to
grafify her love of the luxuries OF life
have been visualized to the stage by
James Bernard Fagan, who is said to
have made an absorbingiy interesting
play out of Bella Donna. the widely
read novel by Robert Hichens. The
play, like the novel, keeps one in sus-
pence until the final curtain, and the
role of Mrs. Chapstow. as played by
the most wonderful bits of acting and
artistry the stage in this country has
ever seen Charles Frohman will pre-
sent Nine Naximova in Bella Donna"
at the New National Theater for a
woeks engagement, beginning Monday,
next
The rich tenor voice of Fiske O'Hara,
who is announced to appear next week
at the Columbia in his new play, THE
Rose Of Kildare" is without doubt the
best now before the public outside of
the grand opera stage, and will COM
pare favorably with most of those now
heard In the classic works
He was the greatest of the Robin
Hoods when he was singing in light
opera. and could easily score a success
In the best italian and French works,
His interpretations of the Irish songs
is especially characterized by q simpli-
city of rendition and a depth of feeling
such as can only be given by a real art
list OF unusual culture. ....
MT. o. Hara has several songs in The
Rose of Kildare" in which both his
beautiful voice and his art are shown
70 the greatest advantage.
The famous Paul Armstrong-H. j. W.
paw Western drama, The Heir to the
Hoorah." viii be the attraction at Polls
the week beginning March 10. This is
the play which made Guy Bates Post
q star.
II tells an interesting story Of a
Western miner who narries an Eastern
society girl. The miner is driven from
home by the constant naeglng Of a
the birth of an heir. whom the boys"
fellow miners, call the heir to the
Hoorah.' !
The "Hoorah" is the name of the
seen rs the miner, with Izetta Jewell
as Geraldine. the wife, and Helen Tracy
as the mother-in-law. q E3$a 4
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Chase's next week will give the Wash
ington premiere Of Jesse L. Iasky
most recent production. bijou mu-
sicai comedy, "The Little Parisienne,"
the book and lsr.cs by William Le
Baron and Cecil de Mile. the music by
Deems Taylor and Robert Hood Bowers,
the musical numbers by Lewis Hooper
Ind Robert Marks. and the interpolated
songs by Gere Buck and Dave Stamper
The company numbers eighteen, head
ed by Valerie Serice, with Maym KeIso.
Ward de Wolf. Jack Claire. Edmund H.
Reardon. and Mons. Martel in the
principal roles. Next in order will be
Roland Vests presentation OF Allan
Dinehart and Ana Heritage in the COM
edy, Just Half Way The petite
prtlna donna connedienne. Minnie Allen,
formerly with The Three Twins" will
otter catchy character songs, featuring !
The Magic Air
Diero. the European plano-accordion- |
lst. is another special addition. Bal |
Laos anc badlnage- from Biny Hailigan /;
and Dana Sykes will form an interest |
ing number. The Partisan aeriaIist,
Nile. Lena Painter. will give an extra !
ordinary novelty a drama of the Far !
West, THE HOUSE On the Plains" will !
be presented I'm kinemacolor. Enjoyable |
programs will be rendered by the pipe
organ recitals at i:So. 40 and internis-
sion in the promenade toange. i
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That roaring musical farce spectacle. !
~picFadden's Flats comes to the Acad-
emy the week-os March 10 with every
thing resrraneed. sparkling and reju-
venatcd The management has replaced |
everything heretofore used with entirely
new up-to-date material and the con-
sequence is a brand new and thoroughly
finished farce comedy. spectacular re-
view Of the latest fads and funny things
OF the day. A brilliant and prettily
coGtumed chorus of girls assist in the
ettractiyely arranged ensembles and the
modern popular music.
the New Century Girls is the show
billed to appear at the Lyceum next
week This offering is made up of two
buriesques, entitled respectively. "A
Busy Day at Union Station and the
Lords Reception" Both have been ar
ranged and staged by Ted Burns, who
also plays the principal comedy role. |
said to be very bewitching.
The annual engagement of Al Reeves