The Washington times., 1913-10-23
SOTHERN-MARLOWE
COME TO BELASCO
Seven Shakespearean Plays Are
Included in Engagement for
One Week Only. :.

L. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowc are
announced for Monday night at the Be
lasco Theater where they will begin a
weeks engagement in the following ar
rangement of plays: Monday, Tanning
of the Shrew;" Tuesday, Romeo and
Juliet Wednesday matinee IF 1 Were
King" Wednesday night, Much Ado
About Nothing" Thursday. Macbeth;
Friday. The Merchant of Venice"
Saturday matinee. LAS You Like It.
Saturday night, Hamlet" Seven
Shakespearean plays in all will be pre-
sented. covering tragedy, comedy and
farce
During the engagement Mr.. Sotherp
VIII afford his admirers an opportunity
to once more enjoy his splendid portrait
of Villon, the poet, in Justin Huntley
McCartS's romantic play, IF ] Were
King" He has revised the play sumptu-
ously for presentation a Wednesday
matinee.
The Poor Little Rich Girl" an
nounced for next week at the National
Theater, is a play for the fellows
whose love. for life and youth is un-
broken by the crust of age. 1t tells a
plaintiye story, based on psychological
facts and fancies. and peopled with
creatures real and imaginary who live
, in the real and unreal world. Fanciful
in the extreme. its success places its
author. Eleanor Gates. in the same eX-
elusive circle wherein we find Barrie.
Rostand, Maeterlinck. and a few other
equally clever literary geniuses.
From all accounts to see it is to live
in the one bright refreshing spot of
this seasons theatrical armament.
Washington play-goers will receive
-, fi,oT
Mabel and Edith Taliaferro are to be
seen here as co-stars at the Columbia
Theater for a weeks engagement, be-
ginning next Monday evening.
IT L. so long since two sisters have
appeared as stars in the same dra-
matte Offering that the present genera
ton Of play-Soers must receive this
news as a distinct novelty. Adding TO
this the popularity of the Taliaferro
EiTs, it Vlay be safely predicted that
next weeks attraction at the Columbia
WI prove one Of the most populac of
the season.
The play in which these two talented
young women are TO be seen is entitled
Young Wisdom" was written by Ra-
cEcl Crothers, and is modern in the
str:ctcst sense. No two actresses have
been better fitted in the matter of roles
tlan Mabel and Edith Ta,iaferro are in
this play.
"Clownland," the new grotesque musi-
cal hit, from the House of Jesse L.
Lasky. will receive its Washington pre-
miere next week at B. F. Keth's Thea
ter, commencing at the Monday matinee!
The musical farceur stars, Babette, and
Victor Stone, at the head of a big cast
of players, keep the moments illcd
with songs and dances.
Another attraction will be the racon-
teur, Julius Tannen, STYLED The Chat
nence VII. be Madden and Fitzpatrick.
in the latter's dialect comedy THE
life in Paris. Another figure in the oil
vii be The Girl from Milwaukee"
who hides her identity, but does not
conceal her strikingly attractive face
and g!oriously toned voice.
Other diyerting features. will be
burlesque, THE Mis-Fit Army" led
and Ethel Dooley, the cycling come
dams, and entertainers; Mack Williams
and Ida Segal, in their revue dansante
hit: Blanche Sloan. The Queen of the
Air and the Pathe motion pictures of
current events Of worldwide import
snce.
Clyde Fitchs first big success. Cap
tain links of the Horse Marines" will
be next weeks attraction at Polls
Theater. The comedy was produced
thirteen years ago in Philadelphia, and
in one night established Ethel Barry
more as a star. The play was sent to
Washington the next season and re-
ceived an ovation. 1t has not been re-
vived here since. and will be a novelty
10 a great many theatergoers.
The story goes back to the period