The Washington times., 1914-10-21
PLAYS COMING NEXT WEEK

Marie Tempest, who comes to the Be-
lasco Theater next week with her Lon
don company, headed by w. Graham
I Browne, will produce under the aus
edies from her repertoire which theil
respective authors designed specially
for her and with which the name OF
this distinguished English coincidence
! must always be associated. Mary Goes
| First is Henry Arthur Jones new
satrical play Miss Tempest scored d
big hit last season with this at the Lon
don playhouse, and II will be presented
there next Monday, Tuesday, Friday
| and Saturday nights, and at the We'd
nesday and Saturday matinees: Wed
nesday and Thursday nights will be de.
voted to the revival Of THE Marriage
of Kitty" which has become a classic
or the English-speaking stage. Mary
Goes First is story Of English pro-
vfncial society treated in Mr.. Jones
the important question of who shall go
aristocratic Mrs. Richard Wichello
Mary or the vulgar and impossible
Lady Bodsworth. In THE Marriage of
role Of Kitty silverton, which she
created twelve years ago.
The only man on the American stage
who has made the wearing of women
clothes an artistic achievement In The
best sense of the word is Julian Eltinge,
who comes to the columbia Theater
next week. when he will appear in his
newest success. The Crinoline Girl"
This piece. the successor Of THE Fasci-
mating Widow" affords Mr.. Eltinge the
opportunity Of gracefully and logically
shifting from the role of an agreeable
young man into that of a much more
agreeable young woman and back again
II f1ro naI l.Ir
matte comedy" Mr.. Eltinge will sing
several war songs. wearing the while a
beW1ldering succession of gowns. The
supporting company includes Miss
Jeanne Eagels. Lottie Linthicum, Eddie
CARVE, Herbert Mackenzie. James
Spottswood. and Joe Smith Marba and
others.
Among the new plays of last season
in New York many inclined to the
tory entertainment Of the year came
from an American playwright. The
play IN question has the greatest origi-
nality. and provokes the most unre-
served admiration for the craftsman
ship behind It, 1t never felt the touch
OF the Belasco hand. 1t has not had
a Frohnan star to light it on its
course. 1t was written in no English
manor nor In the study Of any villa
at Versailles. Wherever its actual COM
DoSltlon was done Its author Is apt
to do his thinking forty-fve minutes
from Broadway. The play in mind Is
Seven Keys to l3aldpate." and the
man who wrote 1t is George NJ. Cohan
IT will be seen next week at the New
National Theater.
Next weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater will be The Liberty Girls
with Matt Kennedy, Familiarity known as
Everybody's Favorite,' in the leading
role. There is good farce with music
called The Alimony Club" in one act
and three scenes. during which Is in
troduced A burlesque on the famous
opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. THE Mi
kado. The cast Of principals assisting
Mr.. Kennedy are Lillian Smalley, Bella
Corina, Doris Claire. Carl George, JOS
Ward. Oliver De Grant. sGene Gomez,
and others. One Of the features Of the
entertainment are The Flying Sher-
woods" a death defying trapeze act
over the heads Of the audience
Adelaide and J. J. Hughes, in a series
Of dances. Nat NJ. Wills, The Happy
Tramp and Adele Richie, head the
bill at b. F. Keith's next week, which
VIII also include Dainty Marie, Allan