The Washington herald., 1916-01-23
THE CURRENT WEEK.
Belasco-.The Greatest Nat,on.'

Belasco-sThe Greatest Nation"
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed IN the opening tomorrow night at the
Belasco Theater of new romantic play
by William Elliott and Marion Creighton
entitled THE Greatest Nation"
The play is In prelude and four acts.
with scenery especially designed by
Joseph Urban. The story has to do with
the fortunes of two royal families living
In adjacent Kingdoms that have long been
on the eve Of a great war. Nothing def
mite has been given out about the plot
by the express wishes of Mr.. Elliott. but
II Is said that a romantic love story may
be expected. and that II depicts the thrill
ing adventures. soul trials, and noble acts
| OF heroism that ever follow In the trail of
war. The play is being produced under
the stage direction of Cyril Scott
The principal role. that of ALAN. the
Crown Prince of Thor" will be played by
Mr.. Elliott himself. while opposite him
as '.Adris, Crown Princess of Adlon," is
Olive wyndham. recently seen in the
leading ingenue role of THE Man from
Home" Nine Yorska has a prominent
part. Others in the cast are Roland Buck
stone, ]. Hooker Wright, Hal Forde,
Zonie Travers. Charles Mussett. Sydney
Mather. Thomas P, Gum. Roland Rush
ton. C. L. Felter. Edward Duggan.- Henry
" AOwcF anu dotuOn DuEpy.
Nationai-"It Pays to Advertise
Tomorrow night at the New National
Theater Cohan & Harris viii present
'Tt Pays to Advertise" This Broadway
success comes here after solid year at
the George NJ. Cohan Theater. New
York. with the record of fifty-f1ve con-
secutive weeks of capacity attendance
and a run Of six solid months in Chi
cago. '1t Pays to Advertise" is mes
sage of inspiration. both as a love story
and a plea for the most powerful force
that has reyolutionized modern business
methods.
DO you eat duck eggs7 No, of course
not Well then, why not7 When a hen
| lays an egg II makes a noise about It,
doesn't it7 But when a duck lays an egg
the darn fool keeps quiet about II. The
duck doesn't advertise" Don't be a
duck. There you have the germ Of the
big idea of Roi Cooper Megrue and
Walter Hackett's play. Every one has
heard about this remarkable play, SO II
| is needless to tell you that It all begins
with the plot Of a wealthy soap manu-
facturer to get his easy-going son inter-
ested in business. His ,stenographer en-
ters into conspiracy. The two find
their schemes work only too well. On
money obtained from father the boy en-
barks as q rival soap manufacturer and
gives the old man a run for his money.
1t Is see-saw between them. and the ups
and downs make one Of the breeziest
Imaginable farces. Cohan & Harris Will
present the entire original production
complete in every particular, with the
| following cast: Edna Baker, Dorothy
Foster, Marjorie Poir. Carol Warren.
Richard Sterling, John Butler, William
Holden, Spencer Charters, Harry Matt
land, Edward McQuade. Bernard Thorn
ton, George Stilwell and others. -s
Poli's-ssThe Law of the Land"
| For the fifth time in as many weeks
the Poll Players will offer play entirely
new to Washington. and one which has
scored a big success in New York, and
other cities. The drama Is THE Law
of the Land" George Broadhurst's play,
which ran for an entire year at ths
| Forty-eighth Street Theatsr. New York
and in which Julia Dean scored thu
greatest success Of her career.
The Law Of the Land" is said to be
the most forceful play which Mr. Broad
hurst has written since ."rhe Man Of ths
Hour followed by his Bought ant
Paid For"