The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29

| theatergoers who r+vel in romantic
drama. for Guy Bates Post will return
to the Bclasco TheatHr the week COM
! mencing Monday. in Richard walton
| Tully's spectacular Persian love play
Omar. the Tentmaker."
| The plot deals with the enRroSSinS
love-lifc OF Omar Khayvam. the merry
hearted Persian poet and MYSTIC Of the
eleventh century, whose oeautitul qua
! trains clarifying earthly existence are
| world treasures. Like a page from the
Arabian Nights" the picturesque char
actors enact their destinies. During al
| moat the entire action of the play the
| stage Is thickly peopled. and it Is doubt
| ful If so faithful q representation of the
| Vaccinations and bewildOrinG charms
| Of Oriental life has been set forth upon
the stage. as has been designed by Mr..
TullS. in association with Wilfred Duck
land. Of particular interest Is the vast
assemblaGe of valuable Persian proper
ties, including rugs. marvellous silks.
potteries and wonderful garments. dis
played throughout. The action is brisk
! nearly all Of the most familiar and
popular quatrains are spoken by Omar,
being introduced naturally and with
much deftDess in the course OF the dia-
loEue.
Pablo CAsals. the Spanish master
| 'cellist, Is the assisting artist tor the
] initial concert of The New YORK Phil
| tiOnal Theeter tomorrow at 40 Josef
Stransky conducting, Casals will play
| the famous Saint-Saens concerto. with
orchestral accomnaniment. Tho Phil
harmonic program includes Russian
| symphonic suite. composed by Ba'
| Varian a French concerto and Ger
man orchestral selection.
Four stellar attractions and six othei
features are announced for the b. f
Keith Theater next week. the foremost
being Alexander Carr and company il
| AN April Shower" by Edgar Altar
human interest" comedy. like "Th'
Music Master" and Mr.. Carr. who was
the creator of the role OF Perlmutter IL
| Potash and Perlmutter." is heralded as
the Warheld of vaudeville" Mr.
Carr's role Is that of an old umbrella
member. Second i'm Importance is ar
j augmented production OF b. F. Rolfe''
THE Bride Shop" featuring Andrew
Tombes with Lola Wentworth and Basi
Lynn. supported by an auxiliary q
| De Gressac, author of THE Enchant
ress." Others on the bill are James G
Morton and Frank +. Moore. the fan
tastic comedians and pantomimlsts O.
new hit: Charles Olcott offering "A
Comic Opera in Ten Minutes" Mignon
the dainty mimic; Everest's MONKEY
Hippodrome; Fred Porter and Alice Sui
u
and Max Dinus. in Paris Apache revels
the pipe organ recitals. and the Path'
news pictorial.
Next Sunday at 3 and s:i5 D. m. a
Keith's the bill will disclose Ernes
Evans and company. I'm "The Society
Circus" Morris Cronin and His Merry
Men: Wyatt's Scotch Lads and Lassles
Clarence oliver and George dip; Nil
Collins, and all the other offerings II
the current weeks program.
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"a Bachelors Honeymoon" will bt
presented by the Hall Players at the
Casino Theater next week. This is q
II Hoyt comedy that has won interna
tional success, The play is in three
acts and tells of a bachelors double
romance. The sister with whom hi
| lives goes away on a visit and thu
bachelor decides to marry a chorus cir
who had heen courted by two of hij
friends lie has a grown daughter. bu
negtects TO mention the fact. Ills tW
friends visit him. insisting upon renew