Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
In the Spotlight.

| In the Spotlight.
A. II. Woods is to produce play
by Samuel Shipman called The Won.
an. a Guarantee"
Booth Tarkington.s ''Penrod"- is re.
ported to be exceptionally successful
on the road.
John Halliday has been engaged foi
one of the leading roles In THE
Dance" a play by Edward Locke
II" has been postponed from this
weeks Keith bill to n later date.
The Velvet Lady" a comic opera.
lrecantly shown in this city. wifi have
its New York production this week.
Irene Franklin and Burton Green
| entertained the wounded soldiers al
Walter Reed Hospital last Friday.
A Roosevelt memorial meeting Is
being arranged to occur at h. y.
heith's theater next Sunday forenoon.
One of the soldier shows is.caaed
| Lets Beat It" All the men ta':ias sa-t
are said to have seen the hardest kind
of fighting.
Oliver Morosco is negotiating win
William H. Crane to play "Cappy
Kicks" in Chicago.
A H, Woods is on his way to Lon
don. taking with him fifty plays. ten
of which he says he expects to produce
personally in the English capital.
Nine. Adelaide Hermann, widow of
the famous magician and herself nota-
bic in the same line. is reported seri-
ousiy i'll in New York.
| The premiere of Good Morning,
Judge" at the Shubert Theater. New
York, will take place next Thursday
night instead of tomorrow night.
/ For Adam and Eve" new comedy
by Guy Bolton and George Middleton.
Ray Conlstock has engaged a cast
including Ruth Shepiey, Otto Kruger,
Harry Harwood and Adelaide Prince.
Booth Harrington is to write a play
for Alfred Lunt. young actor. who
with Alexandra Carlisle in The
Country Cousin"
Louise Galloway. seen here recently
| In Polly With Past" was the
heroine in WAY Down East" She
sand times.
Georges Plateau. the young French
| actor who made a lift In service"
| will shortly appear in a new play
being written for him. in which he
\ mill no Nv fln -
Byron ongiey, has returned to the
stage in "Everyman's Castle" which
recently had a successful opening. in
Toronto.
Beatrice Prentice. Geofrey. Stein
and Grace Morse are recent additions
| to the cast Of "HobohemiR." Sinclair
Lewis new comedy. which wifl oyep
at the Greenwich Village STheater
| February s.
| J. Hartley Manners has written a
play for. Laurette Taylor. in which
she will play the role Of the wife
| of the Italian ambassador to an inn
| portant country. She will irve to
make a number of speeches in Ite1ian
and so is studying that language.
! Mar1Orfe R2mBcSu, soltoWIl's !
| enra senent in ewes Of Youth VIII
appear Ia New York in The Fortune
| Teller" a meiodrama by T-ei'shtnn
Graves Osmun- The production VI
be made by Arthur Hopk'as. ""
| New York opening Is scheduled TT
| February "a
Owing to the serious illness OF 81:
| mother. Katherine Emmett, WHO iia.s
| been playing the role Of ~
| savieres@ in The MARQUIS de ortela
| at the Liberty Theater. New Fo- HIS
i been Obliged to leave for CnHfornia.
Her part is being taken by Kath-
crime Grey:
| A musical play to be produced
New York has an unusual ris- oev
It was written by Lieut.. Ey~-Ht'
/ Butterfieid, formerly of the CDR -
players Of this city. and also r.
her Of the lambs Climb. who ~
| wounded in France and VINO
the play during his ccnvalesceEse
as produced frst ut BourEes o. VIZ
year eve under the title of The Rs
Of Bourses" It is now called "Li''y
! from Louis
! Miss Annie HUGHES. .prominsr
| member of Mr.. Cyril Mauaes cor
remarkably long career fer one
| co,nparatively young. A good s'-a-
years ago she origfpated the title 70
in Little Lord Fauntleroy' in tina
FIRST production of that play n Low
don. Since then She has played -
support Of almost every inportsn-
star on the British stare, and WAS
herself a star for several seasons
Charles Coburn, the actor-manace-,
u,ho has ma de the hit Of his career rs
old Bin in. The Better, OLE at ire
Cort .Theater New York. doesn't be-
Neye In theatricafism or stage
! tricks in playing q part He THINKS
that absolute sincerity and simpiicit!
are the most direct routes TO the heat
a. the public. The success Of his Ola
BiIi seems to prove that he is right
Never. IL is said. has a more naive or
,,ntheatricsl character appeared usoa
the New York stage. and never mas
a stage creation gained such a quick
hold upon the affections OF ire
theater-going public.
John E. Hazard. principal comedian
of .aThe Girl Behind the Gun. says
that the worst chorus girls make the
He declares the worst chorus girl
il usually. a girl with brains. ara
finsiing 1t dificult to follow. out ire
IDEAS OF the stage director and to be
merely a part of a machine. and nav