The Washington times., 1915-01-20
Attractions
Coming TO
Washington

ASSO "a
ihree ghmpses or the genius OF Bar
RE, personified in the charm of Maude
Aoains. are promised the patrons OF
the National Theater next week In
equai proportions Or. as the position
OF barrie and OF Maude Adams in the
~ ,hea,er ,,,, Is so neatly counterbalanced.
acters drawn with the charm OF barrie
nnn u vltaiized with the genius of Miss
Auams are to be presented. Whichever
nMn,ppens M,p to best please the fastidious.
OF OF ieonara anarns VIII r produce The Legend
peare' and Quality Street." for the
Sane NUMBER OF performances, giving
mer opportunity to appear as three
oen tron, mat almost represent the ex-
tnemes t,o,,, IN types as Barrie best knows
Io Iow 10 draw them. Monday. Wedncs-
DAY, Thursday and Friday nights a
aouole bill Will bring the newest OF
tne Barrie plays. The Legend OF Leo
nora nora and The Ladies Shakespeare"
The first named shows the depths OF
Inother love. the varied moods Of an
a.! unusual woman, and though comedy
IN al Its essentials. is based upon
tragedy. for the burden of the piece
charged with murder. The ladies'
shakespeare" is a gentle satire with
she shro,,!9 lines Of The Tanning of the
touch OF the latter day playwright in
now Interpretation. Tuesday and
Saturday nights and Wednesday and
SATURDAY natinees Quality street"
deallng with the love affair OF Phoebe
ihrossel and Valentine Brown, will be
revived
Old friends may be met and pleasant
memories revived at the Belasco Thea
ter next Monday evening, when Sam
bernard begins Il weeks engagement
with The Belle Of Bond Street in
which as Piggy Hoggenheimer, the rich
Londen bounder. his performance has
acquired an international vogue. Mr..
>sernard has surrounded himself with
an excellent cast consisting Of Mollie
King. Ruby Norton, Nellie King. Lii
Ian Hale. Sammy Lee. Cyril Chadwick,
Haroid Crane. Jere McAuliffe and 9TH
ers ana numerous lesser lights. The
choru" is said to be one Of the liveliest
ana prettlest on the road this season.
M. Bernard being specially noted for
having pretty chorus girls in his COM
pany.
The production has been staged by
Jack Mason. THE Belle Of Bond Street"
ducec in New York. and was taken to
London last spring where Mr.. Bernard
and his associates duplicated their sue
cess in this country.
The Little Cafe" which enjoyed
great success at the New Amsterdam
Theater In New York. and which has
Paris and London laurels to its credit,
Will be the attraction next week at the
Columbia Theater. The Little Cafe"
contains charming story. with lyrics
by {. NJ. Mcclellan and music by Ivan
Caryl that y sprgh,ly and melodious
and there are many attractive song
nlIInhaTl
people. including chorus that sings
wei! and dances even better it il said.
John T.. Young will be seen In his
original role of Albert. the millionaire
waiter. Marjorie Gateson will be
Yvonnc. Edna G. Munsey is Gaby
Gaufrette. Harry Dcpp and others of
metropolitan popularity will be seen in
the cast.
drama of plumed hat and hip-bpot-
ed romance. combined with tho condi-
tions of modern society-a dream play
that begins and ends in the twentieth
century with two intervening acts a
century or two back-is 1.-THE Road to
Yesterday" which the Poll Players will
produce next week. The play was writ
ten by B. NJ. Dix and +. NJ. Sutherland
and was first presented by a cast which
featured Minnie Dupree. The flavor Of
real romance is lent to the play by the
fantastic setting back of the calendar
|
In modern studio in London Then
turns back each OF the characters pre-
stnteu as thoHch in previous exist
| chce IN old London for two acts Again
the CLOCK Is turned forward and mod
crn London furnishes the setting for
the fourth act.
the funmaklng essentials of vaude.
Vile form the basis OF the B. F..
h"th Th"ater bill next week. Blanche
Walsh. the dramatic actress. with her
own company, leading the stellar group
IN ne Woman in the Case" a con-
densation OF her clyde Fitch success.
'orms the only exception. The Eng.
lsh music hall celebrity. Toby Claude.
ana u, COMPANY apprar Tor the first time
nnm.ds lm La Petite Revuette. a musical
laughter laurels with THE Love Bug"
Reinie Davies. supported bv threc
lively girls. Will he seen IN musical
feature. B. 4. RoIfe will present his
i-assies." Other a,tractidh- viii be
Coakle!. HanveN. and Dunlevv, The
Town Hall Minstrels;" the Arnaut
hrnthers. tumbiins clowns. and Martin
and Fabrfni. the dancers The sun
day concerts will present the attractions
of tho current week
Music lovers of Washington will have
their only opportunity this season to
near Mme. Julia Culp when she appears
al the New National Theater tomorrow
Afternoon at l::D o'clock. in Joint re-
cital With Emilio de Gosorza. the fam
Gus baritone. From an artistic stand
point at least this will be one of the
musical events Of the year. Few artists
who cone to the Capital have more en-
thusiasuc following than has this young
soprano and the combination Of her
program with that Of .the gifted bari
tone gives promise OF being a musical
treat of the highest quality.
"DaVe Marion and His own show"
will be the attraction at the Gayety
Theater next week. This year Mr.
Marion is presenting his latest two-act
musical play entitled 1.-THE Land OF
Impossible" the book. lyrics, and
music of which We're written by him
self. The company includes William
Mossey. Tom Odell. Chick Hunter,
Louis Scribner, Max Gordon. William
Mack, Ray Masruder, Agnes Rehler.
Anna Armstrong. Maude Clifton and
Marion Gray. A number of vaudeville