The Washington times., 1915-08-01
With Purpose Completes With Things That Just Ann1se
Twinkline Stars and a
Satellite or Two
BY GARDNER MACK.

BY GARDN
The drama IL how being served Q Ia
carte By Z capsbie dramatic caterer IN
the. home. the barn, The ballroom, the
the. back yard. or anywhere else the
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be carried into the sitting room Of the
home. provided tho dimensions are In
excess OF twenty.two feet " eishtssn
served BY the act. play or program No
81 course. this isn't exactly til tie etvi way
| Stuart Walker announces hts perfection
Il eao ns to sse :as ihn
and gives even a clearer idea OF what
Mr.. Walker proposes to DO. The fact
that the people have not been going TO
s 'nssse @sSse woad Setter
to pack up the theater and take It to
the people! A. he bad been z play
thing more than the ordinary ground
work ofNdrAmatlc technique. Mr. Walker
designed his theater to ft practically
any ~ place he could hsns his hat
stage and a lot Of portable scenery.
spot LIGHTS and other accessories. Light
lnk ie done on q new plan. but With
electric current to be found In most
carried bv the producer. The entire
affair packs In ten large boxes. the
whole thing weighing but 800 pounds.
Accompanying the theater is q carefully
and actresses, who are quite capable Of
reeiizing all the playwrights desire.
Mr. Walker announces that he Is pre-
pared to produce almost anything within
the range of dramatic production. The
| first performance was given In the GYM
nAsi'im Of the Christadora settlement
house. In New York. and was a complete
| success. The theater will te shipped
anyw here a freight car or motor truck
can penetrate.
Hope. we are told. is the soil In which
greatest celerity: II is the state of mind
iiticians are born finally. shifting the
metaphors deftly. Il Is necessarily the
| baseline for the point Of view of every
| theatregoer at this time Of the year. The
playsoer must be the champion long
| would be little or no audience in any Of
| the theaters. when one considers how
many pounds Of managerial promise 1t
takes to produce one ounce Of perform
As We have all promised ourselves to
| be optimists this season. because by the
good cheer Of optimistic thoughts . sys-
tenn Of CONGREGATIONAL teiepathy might
, the footiights to players and make them
DO what We all hope they will, the an
| nouncements that are being made by
the managers must be received for their
| strain on the human power Of credulity
to do this. And because Of this fact
We are inaugurating our publication Of
| the annual announcements with that OF
ths @ Tfchmsn offices; ,, Fer the hero Erohman
| tain a heavy weight of faith. It Is a
| pretty tribute to the memory Of Charles
Frohman that his successors should
| make known their plans for the coming
. was accustomed to make his announce
ments It will be a much greater trib-
ute to Mr.. Frohman II his successors
make sure that the promises therein
have been heretofore.
Three new stars. Francis Wilson.
Marie Tempest and Graham Browne,
appear in the announcement with all
Of the other former Frohman actors
and actresses except Billie Burke. Mr..
Wilson, Miss Tempest Mr.. Browne.
who came here last year from London
appear with Ann Murdoch in q revival
of The Duke Of Kiliikrankie' and q
new playlet by Sir James M. Barrie.
After short seasions in New York and
dividually. Mr.. Wilson will appear in
a comedy he has written himself; Miss
Tempest Is to have a comedy by HAroud
Chapin; Miss Murdock gets a new play
revision Of "A Girl Of Today" which
was produced here last year, and Mr.
Browne is to have play BY Henry
Arthur Jones
,ols Msvas sss, Xssm; 1 ,c;sg. S sn, ssv s,ss
What Every Woman Knows Peter
Pan" and new play by Barrie. later
IN the season: Mr.. Gillette win appear
in revivals Of Sherlock Holmes" and
new new p play By Arthur f% wi Wing P,nsrc s
"Roaet Beef Medium" drannatized from
Edna Ferber story by Miss Ferber and
new play by Henry Arthur Jones
Elsie Ferguson 10 to continue Is out
cast until the middle of the season
when she will produce a new play by
same playwright. Hubert Henry Davies
| Michael Morton has written a new play
In which Blanche Bates will be starred
and Marie Doro IL TO be seen In a new
play by. Rudolph Besier:
Julia sanderson, Donald Brian. and
son at the Knickerbocker Theater in
The Girl From Utah" next week. and
after a short tour Will be seen in new
musical play. In conjunction with
ops caed ns% PIX rSe q G Gsorss ssa sc
with Mr.. Belasco. will make an all-stal
revival Of famous play late In the
season. In addition to these stars and
The Coup" by Haddon Chambers
"our Betters." by Somerset Vaughan
serious drama, by Henry Arthur
""TThe Flying Dutehm.n." BY Paul n