The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
Of the Week the Leading Washington
Biggest Dramatic EpentOf
Season Occurs This Week
We Bid Farewell to the Fine, Familiar Figure OF
Forbes-Robertson, Representative of the
Highest and Best There Is in
Dramatic Art.

anticipate many happy hours with my
OILS and easel and canvas
And then. again, there is work for me
to do in connection with the School OF
Dramatic Art, in London. which Sir Her
bert Tree and other actor-managers
started about five years ago and which
las proved to be such a success"
The repertoire In which Sir Johnston
will be assisted by his wife. Miss Ger
trude Elliott, and the company which
supported him when he inaugurated the
season OF the new Shubert Theater In
New York last fan. will not include
Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra" the
reason assigned for which is that the
exactions of three performances OF
Hamlet" are SO great as to make the
further inclusion OF the Shavian eoutri-
button to the art of heroic acting i'm
practical within the limited engagement
of a single week.
Another artistic achievement OF the
current week IN local theaters Is prom
ised at the Columbia Theater where Tom
Terriss. the English actor, brings
an all-English company in a repertoire
of Dickens, presenting his own ar
rangements of The Christmas Carol"
Shadows from The Cricket on the
Hearth" Pagan, tine Jew from .'Oliver
Twist" and Nicholas Nickleby," while
the National offers a new comedy, The
Dummy" by Harvey OHiggins and
Harriet Ford. authors OF The Argyle
Case" in which Robert Hilliard was
seen here earlier in the season.
The Dummy is a four-act detective
play which was given its FIRST presenta-
ton several weeks ago; withdrawn for
the purpose Of making a few changes.
renamed. and reproduced last week at
Nixon's Apollo Theater in Atlantic City,
where 1t was well received.
Prior to her collaboration with Mr..
O'Higgins in the writing of The Argyle
Case" Miss Ford achieved considerable
success as a playwright, having been re-
sponsible for ''The Gentleman from
France" in which Kyrle Below and
Eleanor Robson were starred; The
Greatest Thing in the World" which
served Mrs. Sarah Cowell-Le Moyne as a
staring vehicle. and also the successful
newspaper drama, THE Fourth Estate"
which she wrote in conjunction with
Joseph Medin Patterson.
The cast for the new piece includes
names which give assurance that 1t will
be well asted. Ernest Truck. who win
be recalled for his fine creation OF the
boy hero OF David Belasco's production
of The Good Little Devil" has the
role of the boy detective in THE Dunn
my" and little Miss Joyce Fair. who will
be seen as the kidnapped heroine. Is a
fairy-like little creature OF but ten sum-
mers, whose graciousness and intelligence
have already scored two distinct hits for
her in Little Christina at the Princess
Theater, New York, and The Real
Thing" in which she was seen here with
Miss Henrietta Crossman-
Then there's Ada Dwyer. an account
of whose fine character delineations will
be found elsewhere IN this department
today, and quite a list OF other ex-
perienced and proficient stage folk. in
cluding Joseph Tuohy, who was one of
the detective in The Argyle Case" and
for four seasons leading comedian with
Lillian Russell: Frank Conner, who
played leading roles with Kyrle Below
for many seasons, and John N. Wheeler.
recently associated with David Belaseo's
production of THE Governors Lady,