Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-15
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GENERAL rosr'' AT rnr PLAYHOUSE.

4 "oENERAL POST At THE PLAYHOUSE.
/ William Courtenay and Thomaa A.
! Wise, co-stars and comedians of first rank
will como 10 The Playhouse tonight and
tomorrow afternoon and night under the
, management of Charles Dillingham; in a
! delightful new comedy, General Post ="
II is n war play, but il is neither aad nor
! grim and is described as hinrously
delightful comedy depicting compcnsating
episodes of war Mars, the great lcveller
I Staying snobbery, and putting peers in
1.-The ranks, and tailors IN command" H.
I has enjoyed famous success in London.
! and has now been running for over year
! nj the Theatre Royal. In this country
, tho American produ ction III the hands Of
i Courtenav and Wise has proved q real
winner, and comes here direct from n very
successful engagement at the Gaictv
Theatre, New York The title of the plav
has been taken from an old English parlor
game sometimes called Stage Coach -
At the CRY Of General Post" everybody
must change places Thus General
Post means n general shakeup As in
the children's game. So in the game oi
life, the cry is applicable, and at no time
more than at the present, now that, under
the domination of Mars, we see peers IN
| the ranks and tailors in command.
| HnwEs TRAVEL FEarIvAb
| LYMAN II Iiowr's Travel Festival will
he at Tho Playhouse on March 22 and ~
| afternoon and night and people are look
, ing forward io the event with more than
| usual pleasure The visit of Howcs pic
tures always an event Ia large number Of
| people They are different from any
pictures which are ever seen here and thcv
are always interesting and entertaining
LAUGHTER or Foots"
''T'hc Laughter Of Fools declared To- be
| one Of tho best attractions which have over
hecn placed on the stage. will I've soon Of
Tho Playhouse FOR three DAYS beginning
! on April
ILIUsIoN At THE GARRtCE.
Patrons oi the Garrick Theatre are en-
| jnying to tho full this week The Girl in
| the Moon. which is ono ~ the most novel
| and illllsionarv offerings of the variei les
After the house has heon thoroughly
daikrned there appe arq from the darkness
of the stage what secms IN he section
Of the moon. with charming girl seated
thereon, and while the moon floats about
IN space over the heads of tho audience.
the girl sings, and nj times comes cloep
enough to people IN the audience to- have a
| musical chat with them II is . very clever
novelty and IS making big ht
"auiRLrY KAYF'' VICTORIA
Clara limhall Young, who is appear
ing AZ the Victoria Theatre today and
tomorrow for the laRt time in "Shirlev
Nave. ono of last seasons most popular
stage succosscs. has added to her forces
Corlisz Giles, whose work with Lon Tnl-
legen in The Ware Case" and 'fl'he King
of Nowhere" placed him in The front
ranks of tho Younger actors Ills engage
mcnt with Miss Young marks his first
appearance IN the pictures
IN Shirley Nave Mr. Giles pays tho
part " John Rawaon. tho Young railroad
magnatc with whom Shirley frat flirts
and then fallE ~ lowe ~ pleased was Miss
Young with hls support and his artistic
interpretation If the role that she lnduced
him tn Sign M Tor he Narnnettes.
her most picture
uFApts souTH QUEEN
Fvor,hodv il<es Douglas Fairbanks