Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
OVERS of the play in Wash
ington showed both apprecia :

wright. and to David BelaSCo. hei
guiding star. for the delightful en-
tertainment afforded during the week
by Call the Doctor" There were
no vacant seats at any performance
apparently and not once during the
entire week did the humor OF the
play fail to manifestly amuse. es-
pecially the men. 1t was the great
Greek philosopher who bitterly OPP
posed theatrical offerings constructed
solely for amusement purposes, and
on one occasion it is recorded ne
rebuked an actor who vas winning
popularity with his tragedies" be-
cause, said Scion. the plays would
tend to make lying popular and be
an encouragement to sedition IN the
state. There will be some protest.
doubtless. from the masculine ele-
ment against the basic facts of call
the Doctor; some criticism that 1t
is not really a great play. But
enough knowing ones during the
week made their confessions so
lieve the argument of one-sidedness
at least. 1t was not happy real1za-
ton for 1.-The guilty" to be made
acquainted with "woman's weapons
But the manner in which they com
pletely vanquished and routed the
pnilandering husband and compelled
him to again make love to his
neglected but loving wife. and hnally
to carry her of by sheer muscular
force was evidence that the weapons
diciously used. Who knows? Miss
Archibald may have furnished an
argument against giving woman any
more power than she already has.
H. H Frazee. some time during the
season. promises to bring to wash.
ington a play, MY Lady Friends.
which tells "a story Of truthfulness."
according to the advance notices.
that a man with plenty of money can
have a platonic interest in several
young ladies. without his wife's
knowledge. and still be guilty of no
wrong" This is news for the tired
business man."
Meanwhile. within fortnight. Com
stock G. Gest, will send to the Belasco
a new comedy called The Cave Girl.
by George Middleton and Guy Bolton,
authors of Polly With Past" and
Adam and Eva" Nothing in the way
of peaceful assurance has yet been
announced for the consolation Of the
wife of the man with plenty Of money.
The establishment Of a permanent
children's theater in New York is said
to be an assured probability. for
which Rachel Barton Butler is to be
credited. Miss Butler has been in
terested in the project for some time
and recently produced her own version
of Alice in Wonderland with much
success Next year. it Is said. she
proposes to direct a season of sew
eraI weeks, adding to the repertory a
number of new plays and her own
adaptations
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Walter Hampden Is to add Tanning
Of the Shrew" and The Merchant Of
Venice to his Shakespearean roper
tory for next season
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Poe" a play by Iden Payne. the
Frohman art director, and Thomas
Wood Stevens of Carnegie Institute.
which was produced in Pittsburgh
short time ago. is scheduled for pres
entation in New York next season.
whitford KAYE. the unctuous come
dian whose skill. in character portray
ais has won high .enown in this coun-
try, has completed an Irish comedy
based upon the dream of natives and
descendants of the land of the sham
rock. a model Irish republic.
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New York is having a run Of orr
entail drama, and burlesque is said to
be preparing its travesty for next
season under the title Tee Hee"
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Inspired by the success Of John
Drinkwaters Abraham Lincoln,
Thomas Dixon, he Of THE Clansman."
from which 'The Birth of Nation
was evolved. is said to be now ap-
preaching the theme of the great
emancipation.
Betty. Be Good" musical comedy
adapted from the French. with the
score by Hugo Risenfeld. has been
produced in New York.
Kate Claxton. identified with the
Two Orphans" recently addressed
New York club. giving her remi-
niscences.
.Honeydew." a musical comedy. with
book by Joseph Herbert and score
by Efrem Zimbalist, is to be pro-
duced by Joseph Weber.
Sargent Aborn the coming fall will
produce The Broken Wing" by Paul
Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The
role.
hits for production in this country
One is a drama called my Man" and
the other is a musical comedy called
Phi Phi"
Arthur Richman. whose play Not
full productions in New York. viii,
write for Lee Shubert period" COM
edy and modern play.
\
A recent production in New York
WAS Foot Loose" by Zoe Adkins, an
Me-Not." in which a number of ac-
tresses. including Jeffreys Lewis. Rose
Coghlan and Genevieve Ward. won
note years ago. Emily Stevens had
the chief role.
In Paris box seats for a gala opera
performance for the benefit of the
French prisoners in Russia sold for
81 900 apiece. Several Americans were
among the purchasers.
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Billie Burke is to star the coming
School for Scandal" Thomas Wise
and Norman Trevor will be in her
company. Later on she will appear
in a new comedy.
Virginia Fox Brooks has been com
r1issioned by the Shuberts to trans
late and adapt Maurice Donnay's COM
edy, The Man Hunt" which is now
running at the Varieties Theater in
Paris.
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The gross receipts Of the Sothern-
Marlowe season of thirty-three weeks
amounted to s675.000, the largest be-
ing in Washington. The biggest sim
gle performance in Pittsburgh, when
Hamlet was given to a house of
S4,4s3.
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Robert Courtneidge, the English
theatrical producer, is to make pro-