The Washington times., 1913-09-14
GOOD ATTRACTIONS
FOR NEXT WEEK
.. "
Theatrical Season Gets Into
Full Swing in All the WASH
ington Theaters.


door circus that comes to the Colum-
bia Theater next week with Marceline,
the worlds greatest. clown, is different
from anything that has been seen in
this city before The managers take
their audience out of their seats, bring
them back on the stage and show them
what a big production looks like on the
other side of the footlights.
Although there is a riotous spirit OF
travesty all through the performance,
making it a continuous series Of laughs,
one following the other with lightning
speed, the scene opens the eyes OF the
public to some of the accidents and dis
advantages against which the managers
j. have to contend when staging pro-
duction worth thousands Of dollars.
Harris & Shaw, in presenting Marce-
line, the famous clown, have construc-
ted a novelty indoor circus, and seated
l5o people on the stage-the audience
watching the audience. There is a
thirty-foot ring in which. all the big
foreign and American acts work. There
are daring bareback acts, trapeze per-
formers, dogs, and ponies, and bucking
mules, comedy acrobats. riding prima
donnas, blackface comedians, singing
catchy music, and turkey rotters,
He
Marceline band, all Of which has been
gotten together to enable Marceiine full
play for his marvellous skill In making
people laugh harder than anybody else.
There viii be matinees every day.
stanislaus STANCES adaptation of An
thony Mars famous French comedy,
The Girl in the Taxi" will be revived
next week at Polls Theater. This story
Of man who is respectable banker
by day and a gay member of the cleo
tric-nghted life of big city whenever
he manages to escape from his home by
q side door at night, fairly bristles with
fun and unexpected situations. 1t ran
just little less than two years in New
York. and even longer in Paris. Trans
Vienna, Berlin, and st. Petersburg
three years ago. The version which
Polls Theater viii produce newt week
retains all the fun and novelty of the
Paris production. but has been trans
lated with due regard to American play
goers' more wholesome sense of humor.
The production at Polls will be the first
presentation of the famous comedy at
popular prices.
Few theatrical attractions booked fer
sppeai snce here have caused the COM
ment and general feeling of expectation
which has been occasioned by the an
nouncement that the big star combine,
composed Of Gertrude Hoffman,. Mime.
Polaire and Lady Constance Stewart
Richardson will play in this city at the
Belasco Theater, on September 3,- 26.
q. for six performances. and that the
entire production, that IL. the entire
three productions of the three tempera-
mental stars, will be given here just As
faithfully as in Chicago, New York and
the other larger cities. Over one hum
and three musical directors, not to men,
ton several other features, used to
wedge in between the three stars. dur
ing the performance, make up the per-
sonnel of the first international tour
OF the three world-famous artistes, the
first attraction of its kind ever sent on
tour.
B. F. Keith's Theater will present
next week, commencing at the Monday
and notables. the foremost being Nora
Bayes, in her own arrangement of
'Scngs and Foolishness." A special
attraction will be the comedian and
song writer. J. Francis Doaiey, with
Pavement Pafter." Edgar Allan
woolf's successful piayIet, Youth" will
be acted by Mrs. Gene Hughes & Co.
Paul Kleist, the pantomimist will pre-
sent his spectacular surprise, Tine
Land of Dreams" A startling speciality
by LIE Roy Wilson and Tom is called
''Three Crazy Men From Frisco" Leo
Carrillo. the newspaper cartoonist and
monologue mimic Is among the in-
portant iEclusions., The Kinemacolor
will present Decentralization Of the
famous poem. "Hiawatha." The pipe or
gan recitals will be given at the usual
hours matinees and, nights.
There is an intensity which does not
pail in Porter Emerson Brownies play,
"A Fool There Was which will be |
presented at the New Academy. during |
the week commencing Monday. Septem- |
Der p. This play is already well known |
TO local playgoers through the former |
appearances Of Robert Hilliard in the |
character of the man who is dragged |
down to the uttermost depths by his |
infatuation for an unworthy woman. |
Although the author obtained his first
inspiration for his play from Kiplings |
poem of The Vampire" the play itself
rs entirely the production of his own
Imagination. and in its construction Mr..
Browne demonstrates that the dramatic
instinct Is his to marked degree
Florence Auer as The Woman" ,s
said TO portray her repulsive yet fasci-
mating character with a power that
commands every moment that she is
on the stage. In look. poise. voice. and
manner she makes of the "Vampire- a
woman of passionate reality. No less
interesting IS tire work of Warner OIand
as the husband. the mart originally as
sumed by Robert Eilliard The subtle
change in his character, the gradual
eislntegrahon Of his forces are vividly
portrayed by Mr. GLAND All the re-
manning character in the plav are also
imnortsnt. and are presented by PLAYERS
Wei known in the theatrical profession.
The HONEYMOON Girls" will he the
p attraction at the Gavetv next week. A
pleasing musical burlesnue will he nre-
fonted which abounds in comicaI sj'ua-
lions and funnr lras Among those |
feature Will he found Phil OFT. an &C.
centric comedian. and Alice I.azar leads
nanv numbers with dash and swing |
Netfie Nelson ard Virginia Ware ALSO
lead song numbers. Joe Burton will he
sHen as character comedian and Al
Hvland and Jack Hart contribute many
musical SURPRISES Beautiful scenery
and- costumes are promised, with
chorus OF twenty-five people.