The Washington herald., 1920-03-28
Arts Club Players
Appear in Four
Amateur Selections


presented by the Arts Club of WASH
ington Players at the Postonfice
Theater last Friday evening repre-
sented types ranging from broad
farce to artistic romance. Each play
had been chosen by the club as a,
perfect technical specimen of its
kind. while considerable effort had
been exerted in directing casts Of
former professionals and talented
amateurs in preparing for the per-
formance.
The radical change in styles of
women's dress in the past sixty
years were featured in ''Everybody's
Husband" by Gilbert Cannan, a
novel bit of romance. Back of the
Yards by Kenneth Goodwin Saw
yer, a young American playwright
who died in France during the war,
contained melodramatic grip.
"The Dear Departed" by Stanley
Houehton. was selected from among
the best English comedy. The Pot
Boiler by Alice Gerstenberg, was
a humorous act of the bare stage"
type.
In each play the Arts Club Play
.ers' standard has been maintained
in the clubs effort to develop a love
for good drama in the present age
Of what might most delicately he
termed EXTREMES" on the stage.
Members of the four casts are: Wal
ter Beck, DIR. Clifton P. Clark, Denis
Connell. Miss Virginia Cross. Mrs.
Sarah Deeds, Miss Betty harrington,
Miss Edith Goode, Finley Hayes,
Miss Ann Ives, Maurice Jarvis. Miss
Maude f. Lee, Mrs. Mabel kipp-
Lewis, Miss Harriet Murphy. Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith. Arthur B.
White and Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Woodburn.
The Parkview Players. an anna
teur organization. recently formed
to promote dramatic effort in the
Parkview Community Center. pre-
sented in the auditorium OF the
Parkview School last Friday. Jer-
ome K. Jerome's latest farce, Fanny
and the Servant Problem"
The leading role OF Fanny was
taken by Mrs. Aurora Edwards. the
director of the club, who has had
previous professional experience.
Lord Bantock. the hero of the cast,
was impersonated by Lieut.. Thomas
Connolly, a member Of the United
States Aviation Corps. The entire
cast are residents of Parkview:
willard Miller. Mrs. Laura F. Ward,
Robert Hilliard, Miss Augusta Cox,
Misses Helen and Emily Mann, Sgt.
Clinton d. Miller and E. ]. Ward.
A chorus, representing the various
dependencies of the British Empire,
consisted of Miss Maude Haughey.
Miss Edith Shannon. Miss Harriet
Freeman, Miss Elizabeth Shannon,
Miss Margaret Shannon, Miss Cath
crime Culverwell and Miss Lois
Shipley.
Robert u. Leonard, who directed
Marion Davies in april Folly" her
new Cosmopolitan production, re-
leased as a Paramount Aircraft pic
ture and to be shown at Loew's Co
lumbia today, attributes the beau
tiful stars great success on the
screen to her previous experience
as a dancer and on the stage.
"a woman who has been a pro-
fessiona1 dancer" said Mr.. Leonard
recently. will walk we'll. carry her
self gracefully, and handle herself
in a polished manner before the
camera. Women who have had ex-
perience on the legitimate stage are
always far easier for the director to
handle than those who have not
They do the correct thing instinct
lively. Their work on the stage puts
them at least five years ahead of
the actress who has appeared on
the screen only Miss Davies is the
finest illustration of both of these
statements that know"
April Folly" was adapted from
Cynthia Stockley's famous magazine
story of the same name. 1t tells
the story of a thrilling pursuit for
a noted diamond and of a pretty
girl who was not quite what she
seemed. Conway Tearle is the lead
ing man.
Miss Janet Richards, whose regu-
lar course OF twenty lectures closed
last Monday. viii, in response to the
requests OF many of her patrons, give
two more talks at the Knickerbocker
Theater on Mondays. March %. and
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