The Washington times., 1920-06-20
News Of Plays and Players
You'll See in the Capital

Everett Butterfield, of the Carries
Players. and petite Amy Leah Dennis.
who plays in the role OF Nita op-
posite Butterheld in "Parlor, Bed
room and Bath" which IL being pre-
sented for : second week at the Car
rick by the Garrick Players. found
the deluges that were dropped Il ON
the skies at various times during last
week quite to their liking for stage
uses.
ButterfieId and Miss Dennis. in one
part of the action, are required TO
appear dripping wet. Butrerfield
wears pajamas while Miss Dennis
wears a street dress. On dry nights.
the Garrick property man produced
q bucket of water and a sponge, with
which he generously annointed the
dripping players but during at least
two performances last week, the prop
erty man and his bucket were spurn-
ed. Mr.. Butterfeld and Miss Dennis
simply went out into the alley back
Of the Garrick during a hard thun-
derstorm and ran around in the rain
until they were properly moist.
Here's a story about "Parlor, Bed
room and Bath" that the Garrick
press-agent had the courage to write:
At last Friday nights performance OF
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath at the
Garrick Theater, patron in the rear
OIL the theater laughed so hard. he
was overcome with palpitation of the
heart. He recovered and not only de-
clined his name but refused to go
home. The press agent says he
wouldn't have the nerve to write
such a story II 1t hadn't been true.
George Thompson, the scenic and
stage chief of Keith's Theater. has
germinated several ideas lately that
have already borne fruit in the beau
tification Of the theater. He has dec
Grated Japanese room for green
room purposes, where the stage art
lists can receive their back stage
guests and a mighty quaint and dainty
room it is with Jap scenes in genu-
inely Jappy brush work importing
real Oriental color.
Another thing Mr.. Thompson has
done is the substitution of galvan-
lied iron boards for the cardboard
sheets on which hitherto the pub
licity department has been wont to
spread it's felicitous phrases with in
tent to arouse the curiosity and In
terest of theatergoers. He uses
wash paint for the background and
lettering. creating the contrasts in
colors and designs that have made
the Keith lobby display a matter of
widespread comment and admiration.
All this developed under the pressure
of the necessity occasioned by the in
ability to get cardboard in the usual
way.
Gomorrah. the house cat at the
Garrick Theater. has already had one
part in a production by the Garrick
That in 'pnl1Nann1'
Director Bell expects to, have at least
one more role for Gomorrah and her
kitten, Sodom. before the end of the
Garrick season.
Edwin ForsberE. OF the Gsrrick
Players. has natural, iron-gray hair.
when Forsberg went on in The Eter-
nal Msgdalene" wearing no wig at
all. some discerning soul in the audi
ever looked like that
Miss Clara Goodhue. who scored
such a pronounced success in ''Parlor,
Bedroom and Bath" with the Garrick
Players last week, is already regard
ed as one of the farce fnds of the
season Her discovery by the Gar
rick Players was entirely accidental
too. as she had played a mere bit
in ''Pollyanna" the week previously.
Everett Butterheld, the suave and
ssntimen tai comedian OF the Garrick
Players. has lsshed himself to a
apparatus until his
voice recovers from the strain en-.
gendeved by his part in "Parlor. Bed
room and Bath" He expects to rest
It up o bit in next weeks production
of The Woman in Room l3."
George Marshall. OF the Lyric Play
ers, Baltimore, was visitor at the
Garrick last week. Marshall was as
sociated with Director Bell in last
years season OF the Garrick Players.
Avery Hopwood. author OF "A Thief
IN the Night" was also a Garrick
visitor last week