The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-04
By EARLE DORSEY.

b,, been reserved for the more Monday night
leaving the legitimate theatrical field entirely free tonight
for the presentation CONNECTIONS of than
usual promise.
of girls and ggg sponsored
and presenting something Of novelty in stage
the performance revoves with gddy speed about
what might Edgar Smith provided the plot and
dialogue Alfred Bryan the lyrics Jean Schwartz has
affair with lot of harmony and the show will
get away at $40 o'clock tonight
said of amusement
part the Shubert Apparently
annual affair The present show under in Man
haitian last July and the temperature of the piece being e high
Theater moved the cooler
of the Winter Garden from whence issued forth for
run of several weeks at the Majestic.
Across the Avenue at things being brushed
for 1.-The Royal Vagabond George NJ Cohans
vampd thoroughly metropolitan musical hit which
Washington than and in less than month
brought Broadway its footghts and called into being new
adjective "cohanzed"
Washington peculiar "The Royal Vagabond"
The piece premiere Baltimore when Conan
was having his There
production together by certain Of the Cohan
encourage prior Baltimore opening Cohan had stepped
out of There raced Baltimore
midnight train called early Sunday rehearsal and his
people through their PAGES until his endurance gave
Then followed week Baltimore during which
time things seemed to have happened The Royal Vaga
opened in Washington the following Sunday
night, Mr. Cohan hand.
At that time Washington praise production though
held dissenting opinion the ground that
sarical genuine but nbetween element
robbed of effectiveness Mr. Cohan witnessed the first
in Washington Sunday night and despite the adula
dismissed his ordered the production into the stohoue and
began revision of the letter and spirit of the work
Later, experimental Atlantic City and
then the "COhanzed" of this Grauaan musical
opened Broadwas delighted and THE Royal Vagbond"
talkedabou enterprise As it stands, the production
different from the Washington under the
The mus-by Anselm Goetz thinkhas been thor
ougy Cohanizd also with good effect though when the Cherry
Fall" remains the outstanding musical selection of the
Offering Fleming Newbod the original Vagabond comedian, has
during the months of the Productions Broadway
NewbOd laid envable laugh records He to
Washington with the OF the New York production
The Garrk comes through with new play tomorrow night
of the Moon Here's another play by Ceaves Knkead
whose Common high ladder
b Mood of the ACQUIRES additional distinction bv reason
player, Alma Tell whose last effort excluding the
play, Eyes of Youth" The other Knkad play
Clay Harvard production which Jane
John Mason found employment for The latest
produced by the Shube who have
surrounded Miss Tell with exceptionally able The piece
its action involves drama of
life Paygoers anticipate something unusual this piece
which has much commend it as it stands.
The Beasco has Hodge vehicle "The Guest of
Honor evolved fertile
in "The Man From Home Less than Hodge showed
Washington his "a Cure for Curabe but while it deserved
special not particularly enthusiastic piece of
work and had little difficulty in fancying that would
threadbare
The Guest of Honor" gathers. has carefully built
Hodge personality and its chief role gives that gentleman
thespc He asserted built
selection number of characters of striking individuality genial
atmosphere combined with firm of optimism, have
outstanding characteristics of Hodges plays in the
surprise occaoned by the word that his EFFORT
liberal quantity of both elements The supporting
said be thoroughly distinctive.
Hodge himself rather individual and "The Guest
of Honor like "Th Road to Happiness" Fixing Sister" and
"A Curab" large writing
by "The Man From Home" TarI-
ngton but subsequent plays Hodge has rewritten
either in whole the original playwrights work Hodge
his first experience writing plays with the late James Hane
Sag Harbo Heane that being the associated
performers by of his ncorgble habit
lines and speeches. habit donceng
methodal associates In Hodge however Hearne
dueisf of ddad
formances of Sag Harbor" that paIed
Hearne that time asked Hodge why play
81 wish l could" Hodge replied.
Anybody ad-lb
though
conception
tehnicsn to improve the technique