The Washington times., 1914-01-11
pARKER'S DRAMA ON
NATIONAL PROGRAM
|Joseph and His Brethren" Had
Seasons Run at Century
Theater in New York.

q
} Js eph and His Brethren" will open q
vr Ks enga gagement at the National next
20 K. The play is from the pen OF
G is y. Parker, who wrote 'Disraeli, .
T ,nander Walk Rosemary" and a
o. n o~.e- successful plays. The Lieb-
er Company produced Joseph and His
Brethren in the Century Theater a
FCar ago. where it continued playing
a. ,argc audiences throughout the sea
Eor.
More than 80 persons participate in
u. performance, and the entire produc-
To- comes to Washington practically
aI hanged. There are efeven scenes,
rI there are herds Of camels, sheep,
lc keys, oxen. and horses.
There is a splendid cast, including
DANES O'NeiII, who has the part Of
Jacob: Pauline Frederick, Brandon Ty-
mon, W. T Carleton. Henry Harmon,
George Gunther, Leopold Proseit,
franklin PangboTn, Charles Ridgers,
S,-dnev CARLYLE. William L. Thorne,
Charles Rodgers, Sidney Carlisle, VIII
inn NJ. Thorne. Charles Herman, Ruth
Rose, Jane Ferrell, Laura Russell,
X atherine Beach, Blanche Fisher 1rma
Lsrner. Dolly Norris, Bobby Bertrand,
Nadelyn Dale, Helen Prayer, and her
Visnnese dancers. and more than 800
others. ...-
ON account of the extreme length Of
the performance, the curtain Will rise
evenings at s o'clock, and in the after
noon at >
THE Family Cupboard" comes to the
BeIasco next week. This is the drama
Of family affairs with which Owen Da-
la
ming Of last season. In this play he
q, iicts a family of today. the father,
mother, son and daughter. all living
ir one house, but no one. much inter-
es ted in the other. Craving affection
the husband does not receive in his
h, me, he seeks It elsewhere. Kenneth
n elson, one day accuses his father OF
|nsiEtaining two establishments. Mrs.
Nelson overhears the charge and sep
aIates from her husband. Mr.. Nelson,
.kesrtsick at The tragedy he has caused
tn mis- home, forsakes the girl. And
the girl to ayenge herself on the father.
ersnares Kenneth. How the tangled
'slTairs of the Nelson's are straighten-
Ell out, forms a drama of the most
Timely interest with a message back
'Of il worthwhile. Running through the
whole piece is a vein of hearty comedy
and the laughs follow close upon the
tears.
William Morris, Olive Harper Therne.
FTanklyn Ardell. Ruth Benson, John
Cromweil. Irene Romaine. Frank Hatch,
] elice Morris, John Bowers, Louise
AiChel. and Frank Andrews are IN the
Present company.
Back to the time Of war-the day
when the clink of ;he saber and the
rattle Of light artillery were Constant
J. in the ear Of The Irish people,
Chauncey Olcott takes his audience in
his new play, 'Shameen Dhu." at the
Columbia Theater the coming week.
The action of the play takes place in
Ireland when the Revolutionary War
was being fought out across the At
l7nttc, and in the days when the for
mes OF the struggling CClGnials seemed
T. be at their lowest ebb. Mr. Olcotr
} lays the part of a fiery young Irish
IucL. writing under the name of Sha-
n cen Dhu (Blaek Jamie), and his
j. mDOons at the Government and secret
ID and counsel given 10 the Americans
J We made him extremely non grata to
e crown The usual Clcott audiences
80 and to see Mr.. OlcOtt ss a lover,
and in this play they certainly have
c:T wish. as the handsome Celtic star
j. not only in love with pretty colleen,
Il engaged to a fascinating young
y dow as well.
Pcl's Theater will offer next week a
T-vivsI Of THE Ninety and Nine" the
: .-iodrama written by Ramsey Norris,
+; I'd which was a sensation in New York
IGven years ago. Mr.. S. Z. Poll has
! st effected an arrangement that will
enable his Washington theater to lease
f,r one week the original mechanical
- age effects. The big scene of the play,
T. may be remembered. shows a giant
lynomotive rushing at the rate Of ninety
: lies an hour through a sea of flames.
u bile this and other scenes which, ac-
Crrding TO the New York critics, are
- en- more strikingly spectacular than
5 fimilar episodes in the famous Drury
sane productions, have given ''Thl
Ninety and Nine" its remarkable repu=
atiOn, there runs through the melo
Q anna d beautiful romance between an
J 1diana girl and a fugitive from the
law Of New York State.
Believing that the constantly increas-
irr horde of American tourists who
\ sit the large cities of Europe each
F ason has created demand for a
ze5ies OF Traveltalks on those subjects,
J NJ. Newman, traveller and lecturer,
DeEt six months rambling through them
u ring the last spring and summer. As a
esult the FIVE lectures which he is to
resent at the Columbia Theater on sue
-:.ve Sunday evenings and Monday
,teIn moons, at 4:45, beginning next Sun
~, will be a visual and verbal pOr-
ayaI Of London Paris" Rome"
:Crence and Venice" and Vienna
Z as they are today.
Ia his opening lecture on January is,
: r. Newman will feature the present
~ y life of London, guiding his hearers
,p and down the thronged streets, with
leir contrasts ana diversified objects
Z interest. The activities Of the mill
mt suffragettes and life in the White
.apel district will be interesting fea-
ives