Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
ADJUSTMENTS A
KAISER, THE BEAST or HERLIN.
THE PLAYHOUSE


THE PLAYHOUSE
This is synopsis of The kniser, the
Beast of Berlin" ut The Playhouse all this
week, every afternoon and evening
In IOuvain, IL the house of Marcas, the
blacksmith. Marcas is a mighty man,
monarch of the quaint old smithy which IS
the gathering place of all the villagers. \
daughter. Gabrielle. betrothed to LOUIS
Iomenie a son, Jean and old Grandmother
Marcas, make up his family. In palace
in Berlin lives man whose hfe ~ not
governed by faith and love and who Is an
enemy of peace and prosperity. He Is
Emperor William IT. In an cxccrabic
mood, the Kaiser sets out to inspect the
new palace guard. Captain won Woih-
bold. commander of the guard, hnds
difficulty in restraining the insults h'lnR
his way by his War Lord. Later, the
Kaiser cruelty humiliatcs the officer III the
presence Of the courtiers who arc asseinp'-
ed in the reception room. Unable 10 pear
these insults TO his manhood and terman
honor, Captain Won Wolhbold demands
private audience with his ruler. Accord
ing to Prussian procedure, the 0incor
demands satisfaction and when caller
Swine for his pains. torEetS h'ihscii ="
far as To knock the Kaiser down. AS q
prissian officer, but one course Is "it
him He commits suicide. The court
physician privately tells ono ot the as
sembled courtiers that had The blow land
cd three inches higher, II would have
broken the poison cancer IN the Kaiser q
car and SO rendered him madman.
Whatever effect the blow may have had
tho Fureror shortly afterwards speaks tho
word which scts the world atirc. Rumors
reach tho people of Louvain that their
country is to be invaded. Alarcas. the
blacksmith. endeavors tn calm the fears
of his fellow citizens with the assurances
that Belgium is neutral But the kaiser
has no regard for treaties. In his Military
Council Chamber, he tears UP The treaty
in which he had guaranteed Belgium s
neutrality into scraps of paper and So
takes The first step towards DESTROYING
a nation. The Itaiser's subsequent
brutality is wildly portrayed
The balance of the week there will I've
three showings daily $50. 80 and 2 -,
which makes ono. instead If two. in the
afternoons. There will he a children
matinee. however, at 1870 Saturday
morning
''rHr LAUGHTER OF FooIs'
''The Laughter Of Fools" VIII ch David
Bclaqco aud Charles FIohnan Will pres mt
AZ The plavhnnsc. April T. : and q, PRIOR
to taking it TO New ork. belongs to that
seriee of joint productions VIII Ch began
with the all-etar revival of ~ telei rat ed
Case at the Empire Theatre. New York,
IN the spring of 1915 That production
was such q success that Mr. Belasco and
Mr. Frnhman agreed ~ make one such
Joint production every spring Then Mr.
Frohman set sail for Europe on tho
I,usitania and fell victim to German
airocity The Charles Frchman tompany
however. which was organised to carry on
his work in the theatre has combined witt
MIR pelasco To continue this series .
presentations. The Laughter of Tools,
| the piece chosen for this vear rrnduc
| ton. is comedy hv II + Malthv thai
! has already scored 2 big hat IN l,ondo'
! where it had run of several months a
| the Prince Of Wales Theatre
CLEVER COMEDY ar THE aAEHtCK
Clever cnneiv character,Eea the bill a
| the Garrlck Theatre and 1t made ? bIg HI
, with the first nlghtors last night som
| big headline acts are on the bull. and al
| met with the approval Of the audience
| In ''W no is She3 Joseph 4 Bernard an,
his company did splendidy Away
good. Mr. bernard appeared to he al hl
best IN TIA act nf fun. which was especially
written for him hy Willard Mack Th'
Schwartz brothers. international pantOm
imists were particularly good IN thei
wordless comedy The Broken Mirror.
which Is based on q very clever aud IN
ccnious riee Of one Of tho numbers Ih
three Rumanos presented = real danclns
classic which Is quite fantastic and full o
merit and novelty ~ jerks and Victor;
Allen Who hail from tho country. arc yer,
cornical in their DAY IN the City There
are q number of other good features on th,