The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Chats About
Next Weeks S
Plays

n aduesday matinee, Twelfth Night
T..rsdly and Friday nights and Sat-
III iay matinee. "As You Like IT. We'd
nt sday and Saturday nights, The
OF her supporting company, which in
cl ,des F7ller Mellish, Ian MacLareIl'
F-ic Blind Ruth Holt Boucicault- Wal
/ Ia g widdecombe. Max Montesofe, LII
+ IL n ThurgaSe, E. Y. Backus. Harrison
5, n. Sidney Greenstreet, Harry Bar.
foot. Margery Grad, George Currie ana
o, hers. -
]. vingston Plat, who spent three years
| In Europe studying the stage methods
o. Gordon Craig. Max Rienhardt and
o, her innovators, previous to Whlcn
|tirle he was technical producer for Da-
i Nd ReIasco. Mr.. Platt is also RESPONSE
be for the wonderful results optalned
In the productions Of the Toy Theater
H. Boston.
Julian Eitinge. whose beautiful gowns
= wonderful makeup in The Fasci-
n ting Widow caused favorable COM
ment will bring an entirely new en-
|tcrtainnient to the Columbia Theate-
next week. with matineeS Thursday and
s. turdav. II is described as melo-
klramatic mystery farce With music, and
& called The Crinoline] Girl" The
book is by Otto Hauerbach. author Of
" hIadame Sherry High links" and
O ler notable successes who has sup
L ed Mr.. Eltinge legitimate comedy
Tlle Of ample proportions, in which
5 me Of his female approximations are
incidental to the action Of the piece. Mr..
/ tinze wrote, the lyrics. and the music
8 as furnished by Percy Weinrich. Mr..
] tinEe is surrounded with an excel
!, It company, including Herbert Cort-
ilL. Charles Morrison. Walter Horton.
J erbert Mckenzie. James c. SPOTS
y God. Joseph S.. Marba, Helen LuttreI
~ 1idel Turner, Grace Studdiford, Au-
& usta Scott and others.
Nt the National TheaIer next week
ihe attraction will be, ''Oh, Oh, Del
Lime seats for the engagement Of
y lich will 60 on sale at the box office
q the usual hour tomorrow morning.
= IS Klaw & Erlanger New Amsterdam
eater success comes to Washington
st as Il was given in New York, the
st including Frank Mcintyre, Scott
Welsh, Octavia Broske, Grace Edmond
Dpane, George Stewart Christie, George
A Beane. Alfred Fisher, and a chorus
u hich looks and is dressed as few eN-
hlbits Of pulchritude have been in Wash
ington this season, so the management
announces. The transplanted musical
romedy pleased New York enormously
-nr nearly a year, and in these days Of
usi.aI comedy competition and public
ments. that record might well come
within the classification of going
some
Chief among the qualities to enlist in
terest in ''Delphine" is the fact that the
book and lyrics are from the pen of c.
n. S. Mcclellan, who has been said to
h-, the only successor of W. S. Gilbert.
nc music is described as particularly
.tfuI and full OF color, with an orches-
ltIon that is delight to all real lovers
Of music.
only a dramatist who has a great
..oaI of courage and much skill could
AXE A man who deserts his family the
ero Of a play. This unusual feat was
....complshed by Edith Ellis, author of
Mary James Pa the play selected for
cyiyal next week by the Poll Players
Us action occurs in a little Indiana
e of the story, deserts his little
ramily because the life Of his little home
'rwn bOres him, and he wants to see the
Drld. He returns after eleven years
nd finds that his wife has taken up his
UTk and made a success Of II. When
ne wanderer makes his appearance, un-
empt, tired, and hungry, she invites
i'm in. and asks about his plans. When
. tells her he has none, and that he
i'm reality a tramp, she offers to make
.1u her general servant and cook The
~3Egestion, of course. is made in a
irit of irony, but Hiram accepts. In
e development of the story the audi
nee learns To love this man who had
Dandoned his home and family eleven
.aaTs before the beginning OF the
Lay
The New York vaudeville drama, The
Green Beetle an expose OF the meth
Ods Of ensnaring American women into
tie life OF the Chinese underworld, Will
I-,- the leading offering at 3. r. Keith s
Tneater next week. The extra added
Traction will be Ray Cox, former star
rC The Charity Girl" who Will present
cycle Of comic character songs Of her
own composition, with Joseph Wood
Nard assisting at the piano. The public
III be given an opportunity to decide
le age-Old controversy regarding the
comparative beauty of the three princi-
pal types through the presentation OF
Jesse l. Lasky's novelty, The Three
}eautifuI Types" a beautiful represent
aliNc Of each being posed. Another
unber will be the eccentric comedian,
'aris Richards. The remaining offer
rgs will include James T. Duffy and
Harcedes Lorenzo, in ''Springtme:' Ap-
lies troupe Of bears, dogs, monkeys,
nd an ant-ea1er: the chieftain, Caupol-
rau. Indian orator and singer; the
.,-azC,z, in songs and dances: the Pathe
t~ekly review, the pipe organ recitals,
ID the matinees' dansante.
Next Sunday there will be two con-
ING, at and Sis p. m.
The Blue Rose" twO-act musical
f,'rlesQue entertainment. the new We
l,cle Of the Beauty. Youth and Folly
.ImpGny. with James L. Cooper and
"urn McRae. comes TO the Gayety next
eek. Cooper and McRae are seen in
he roles OF Gus Crouch and Smoke.
SIT eccentric porter, respectively. The
ole of Gus Crouch was used by Cooper
her he was with the Jersey Lilies
JmDanY. but otherwise the show is en-
reIv new. The lyrics are by Billy K.
.jcRae. During the action OF the COM
adv twenty musical numbers are intro
"uced BY the principals and chorus OF
more than thirty picked Broadway
singers ana dancers.
Act one is laid in the flower store Of
lack Stand2T on Fifth avenue, while
act two Il laid in the outer grounds
OF thu home OF Ben Jolly. on the Hud-
son. anC allows for the introduction OF
the entire company in the role of A
mammoth baseball team, with Tom
McRae as the pitcher. The list of
I-rinciDalc Includes Mabela and Dolly
Webb. Lrcia Cooper Jenny Ross Lot
re Bl"C kfOgd and George Thompson.
AT Carlton will present the Thirteen
Girls In Blue. ''sunragette zouaves," q"
direct from Hammerstein's New York
Hr great exhibition of
..rches. wall scaling,
and acTObatic feats,
ter next week. Dick
.. comedy entertainers: {:
.'. the man Of forty
5aupened at Nudville
ID Y hIte. melndiOus
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