The Washington times., 1913-04-27
LITTLE WOMEN" IS
COMING TO BELASCO
Louisa N. AIcott's Story, Now
Dramatized, Is Enacted BY
Capable Players.

After forty-three years of popularity,
Louisa NJ. Alcott's immortal story. Lit
tie Women" has been made into a
play. And the very natural inquiry is:
why has 1t not been done before?"
Back Of this there is a story of one
woman's constant effort for more than
eight years to get the consent of the
Alcott heirs to allow this famous book
to be dramatized and those delightful
characters-Meg. 10, Beth and Amy
put upon the stage to live the scenes
so well known to thousands of readers.
Miss Jessie Bonstelle. herself an ac-
tress of wide experience, is responsible
for Miss Alcott's story being drama
tized. while Miss Marian de Forest, a
book into four-act play, showing the
old home at Concord and the apple or
chard at Plumf1eld, and giving TO the
playgoers of this generation every in
teresting character in Miss Alcott,s
book.
There are twelve characters in the
play Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Marmee,
Mr.. March, Aunt March, Laurie, Mr.
Laurence. Hannah Mullett, John
ties from out the pages of Little wom-
en-"
William A. Brady has made an elab-
crate production and selected a cast of
representative New York PLAYERS, in
houn, Edna Walther, Jane Salisbury. |
Jean Adair. Eleanor Carey, Julia Var
ney. Robert Adams. George Stahl, Nor |
timore Martini, Douglas Patterson, and
Little Women" will be the attra ction |
at the Belasco Theater next week.
Everyone who has a spark of romance |
in his make-up will be delighted with |
the offering at the Columbia Theater |
next week. when the Columbia Players |
will present one of their greatest former
successes, "a Royal Family" 1t is a |
romantic comedy in three acts by
Capt. r. Marshall of the British army,
that deals with and has its scenes laid |
in one of the foremost courts of Eu-
rope. The play was produced by the |
Columbia Players four years ago with |
Julia Dean in the role of Princess An
sela and Orme Caldara as Victor Con-
stantfne. Its original production in this
country was at the Lyceum Theater.
New York, with Annie Russell in the
role Of the princess.
= At Chase's, commencing next Sunday
at 2. m, the greatest play production
by the famous kinemacolor players.
"Nathan Hale based upon the colonial |
drama written by Clyde Fitch, in which |
tionary hero. will be the special attrac-
ton, continuing Monday and Tuesday. |
For the regular week beginning Mon
day next at p. m. the Edison talking
picture plays will be THE Indian Girls
Revenge" a woodland romance, and
The Five Bachelors farcical COM
edy. Added to these will be the Gus
.tomary quantity and quality OF kinema-
color and black-and-white picture plays
and subjects. The prices and hours re-
main unchanged.
Following its first offering of Western
life, the Academy Stock Company will
present for the second week of its sea-
son the beautiful and ever popular
East Lynne"
Never has there been a play with a
stronger appeal. to all classes of thea
ter-goers than East Lynne with its
laughter and its tears 1t has often 8
been called the greatest emotional 2
drama ever written.
In the cast next week. Fred Hand,
TIC leading man. will be seen ct Archi-
bald Carlyle. and Rose Cameron will
appear TO great advantage in the dual
role of Lady Isabel and Madame Vine
There will be three matinees, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
In honor of the sixtieth performance q
by the Poll Players. to be celebrated
next week, S: z. Poll has secured the
stock Ishls IN washington Tor way i
Down East the American classic | Z
which has not been seen in the Capital 4
for almost a decade. This play, like
The Old Homestead" seems destined
10 exercise its appeal for American I,
playgoers for many generations to n
,cme, and the Poll management anti Il
sipates its biggest week of the spring
or this production.
"a big and talented chorus will be a
leard in The Girls of the Cav White | :,
Nay" the offering at the Gayety next II
reek, following The American Beau
les. The company is headed by seven
unmakers of more thar ordinary abil- /,
q. Harry Ward. Sam Hearn, Dan G
9ealy. James Rowland. Helen Bley, E
Sertie DMilt. and Harriet Lee imbue h
he performance with lots of spirit. and
he costuniing of the chorus is said to
unusually elaborate and tasteful e,
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