The Washington times., 1920-09-05
Richard Bennett Opens Shubert- Carrie
Beyond the Horizon" Com
ing Next Week-"lWild
Cherry" Opens at Polls.
"East Lynne" Should
Attract Old-timers
This Week.

week Will give washington theater- :
eoers q view at once of Richard
Bennett, easily one Of the leading
actors in America, and at two plays
which have been widely discussed.
~For the Defense" and Beyond the
Horizon" An ambitious season Is
planned for the Shubert- -Garrick, as
the coming of Richard Bennett in
dicates.
Besinins next Sunday evening and
continuing up TO and including the
Thursday matinee. Elmer l.. Rice's
For the Defense" viii be the offering.
This is a mystery drama with more
than a few thrills.
Beginning Thursday evening and
fnishing out the week, Eugene @,
o'Neil's Beyond the Horizon" will
be played. This was a sensation last
season in New York. winning the
Pulitzer price of $1,000 as the best
American play OF the year
Mr.. Benefits company has been Sc
lected with an eye to adaptability. the
members appearing in both plays with
equal success.
WEST INDIAN ROMANCE.
A West Indian romance. by Laurence
Eyre. author of Mis- Nelly OF NOT
leans" comes to the Shubert- -Belasco
next week, with the original cast. In
GLIDING Miss Josephine Victor and
Arthur Hohl Martinique" Is the
name of this newest Eyre production,
and 1t Is said to be filled with the color
of that French West Indian island In
the Caribbean. Walter Hast, who Is
producing this play. is going to Lon
don to supervise it's English presenta-
a nnt4 knr
Next week at Polls will be seen
up in Mabels Room" typical A. II.
Woods farce. After breaking all rec
ords in Boston, this play was taken
to New York. where il filed the
Eltinge Theater for months. The
company appearing here includes
Julie Ring. Sager Midgley, James Nor
val, Josephine SAKE, Harry Bradley
and Grace Fielding.
up in Mabers Room" starts with
q harmless pink chemise. 1t succeeds
In embroiling Garry Ainsworth in
quarrel with his wife. The produc-
tion is ella borate and has a special ap-
peal to women owing to it's display
Of new modes in gowns and lingerie.
NAUGHTY "JIM JAM JEMS."
Jim Jam Jems" comes next week
to the National. with Ada Mae Weeks
heading the large cast. Advance no.
tices hint that Jim Jam Jems" Is
naughty, not quite SO naughty as the
pamphlet from which it obtains its
name, but naughty, just the same.
Ada Mae Weeks is surrounded by
peppy dancers and sweet singers. in
cluding Elizabeth Murray, Frank
Fay, Ned Sparks, Joe Brown, Percy
Pollock, Gattison Jones, Landonr COM
pany Parish and Peru, the King Sis
ters. Virginia Clark and Press and
Lane.
Tonight Mitzi., the adorable, ap-
pears in Lady Billy" at the. National.
and there is no reason why this
charming comedienne should not play
to filled houses all week Henry w.
Savage has given her strong sup
porting cast and, II all reports are
true, vehicle which should carry
her far.
FRANCES STARR COMES.
Tomorrow night there will be two
premieres. Frances Starr will be at
the Shubert-Belasco in "One," her
third play from the pen of Edward
Knoblock, written especially for her.
Ruth Shepley will debut in Guy Boil
tons latest comedy, wild Cherry at
Polls.
Little need is there to say much
about Frances Starr. She is too we'll
say that "One" is said to enable her
to score quite as much of a success
rs she did in Marie Odile" and
"Tiger! Tiger"
East Lynne" beloved Of our faith
ers and our mothers in the days when
il was delight to weep and have
ones withers wrung, will be at the
Shubert-Garrick all week, beginning
tonight. Inasmuch as East Lynne"
has not been offered Washington
audience in nearly twenty years. 1t
should attract many of the oldtimers
who will thus be permitted to renew
their youth.
George Arliss has begun rehearsing
Booth Tarkington's "Poldekin." 1t
opens next Thursday at the Park The
ater, New York.
Alan Dale's new comedy. "Nobody's
Fool" featuring May Robson. has got
under way at Paterson, N. j., on
tour of the country.
Tickle Me" is to be Frank Tinney's
nnal blackface vehicle. He has just
signed hVe-year contract with Ar
thur Hammerstein and will appear in
whiteface comedy only.
Ethel Barrymore has begun rehcar-
sails of "Declsssee" preparatory to
taking II on tour. 1t is expected to
come to Washington at an early date,
Ibsen's AN Enemy OF the People"
starts a two weeks engagement at
the Manhattan Opera House, New
York, tomorrow. Few performances
OF this Ibsen play have been given in
this country, Sir Becrbohm Tree ap-
pearing in them.
John Drinkwator's Abraham Lin
coln,r which has been running contin-
uously at the Cort Theater. New York,
ever since last December. is about to
end it's metropolitan appearance. II
has ono more week before going on
tour.
John Doran, the English singer,
now playing in "Chu chin Chow at
His Majesty's Thcater, London. has
been engaged by Comstock & Gcst to
play Abut, tho clown, in Mecca the
musical extravaganza due to open in
New York late this month,