The Washington times., 1914-01-21

Tbsrr will be quite a change In the
tbeatricaJ menu TO be dished up for
Warrington theatergoers next week.
I'm rIece of spectacle, flames and en-
lines Irish comedy and problem plays
T~rricaI comedy will come into its own
n tEe National, sentimental COMEDY
will be seen at. the Belasco and Ihc
Colu-r.bia stage will be the scene. OF
q revival Of book play. Polls pay
ITS Will separate themselves from thelT
locomotive and its attendant clatter
and excitement and will be seen IN
ne Of William Faversham's most gen.
llemsnly productions. All the other To-
cal houses will present bills following
rut their usual policy.
National.
Donald Brian comes to this house with
The Marriage Market" The produc-
lion Is Of course still under the man
cement Of Mr.. Frohman and the orig
nal cast which appeared during the
New York run at the Knickerbocker
Theater is promised. In addition to the
star. the company includes Miss Car
roll McComas, May de Sousa, Moya
Nannering, Cissie Sewell, Guy Nichols,
arthur Reynolds, Irene Hopping, Ed
win Burch, Elizabeth Wood, Viola
King. Mary Aunis and Percival knight.
The latter is the chief comedian in sup
port of Mr. Brian and between the two
A long list Of new songs and weird
dances is promised. There Will be tho
usual Wednesday and Saturday mat
ineeE.
BelaSco.
A purely sentimental play dealing
with the love AFFAIR Of a opera singer
and a Clergyman is Romance" by Ed
ward Sheldon which will be Seen at
The Belasco next week with Doris
Keane IN the stellar role, supported by
an English actor, Leslie Faber. There
Is ar element of novelty in the pro
Guction inasmUch as the acting OF the
play while 1t includes q prologue, Is
.'bacRward Instead OF hence, and the
leading man is called upon TO play
brst a middie-aged bishop and then
Jump back forty years INTO the role OF
a youthful clergyman. The remainder
Of the supporting company inciudes III
NyC Chart, Gllda Naresl ana mary
Elizabeth Forbes.
Columbia.
Those who have read the novel, THE
Trail Of the Lonesome Pine" written
by John Fox, jr., will have a chance to
sse the play, which Eugene Walter has
evolved from the narrative Of the Vir-
zfnia hills 1t comes to the Columbia
TEeater next week. 1t is a tale Of the
ulountains, with a wild, primitive girl
- the pivot on which swings thrill
inE plot In Mr. Walters version, you
follow the same trail the author of the
book guided you up tC reach the
lone mountain cabin and the tai,
rugged, lonely tree. though the drama
tist has cast a more subtle Veil OF
romance over his protagonlSt, June, and
makes her the cause OF the deadly feud
that starts between the factional noun
,aineers. Klaw and Erlanger have
promised n fine stage setting. The COM
pany Is headed by Charlotte Walker.
Keith's.
A new dance feature is announced as
the neacIine act at Keith's next week.
II is called The Spark OF Life and will
be danced by Mile. Adelaide, assisted
b. J. J. Hughes. Another new act TO
Washington will be presented by Madge
Terry This is described in the billing
as novel musical suggestions and is
called Words Without Song. Miss Nor
ton and Paul Nicholson will present the
love story Of q ribbon counter girl and
q department store clerk IN a comedy