The Washington times., 1920-10-10
Woods Farce ut Poll Is Breaks
Up Combination of Serious
Offerings for Capital
Theatergoers-David
Warfield on Way.
By LOUIS ASHLEY.


SlAkespearean productions. Wash
ind4on showed last season. when the
6othsrn-Marlowe company broke
/, alls records at Polls, that It just
dotes ON Shakespeare. and 50 Mr..
Havnpden should find his visit to
tho Nations Capital productive Of
oasiderable financial profit. Fur
thetmore, II Mr.. Sothern is TO be
believed, Washingtonians are quite
well disposed to display artistic
! satisfaction, too, when the immortal
| barl's marvels are offered for their
delt citation.
Mr.. Hampden is to OFFER at least
! four of shakespeare's plays. possibly
nv4 For the first week there will be
Hamlet" 1.-The Merchant of Venice.
"RQmeo and Juliet and The Tanning
! Of &he Shrew." Hamlet" Is respon-
siblc for the great popularity Of Mr..
Hampden. who played II sixty-eight
+; timss on Broadway. breaking all rec
J crds. During his first two weeks he
! will play this tragedy twice.
4 ID Mr.. Hampden's support will be
n
plays Katherine In THE Shrew" and
| Portfa in "The Merchant OF Venice"
| Mona Morgan Is the Juliet and the
Ophelia. % n
A WOODS FARCE. .a
IL Shakespeare be considered "se.
I rloas stun" for audiences surfeited
| with frothy musical shows, remen,-
| Der that Polls will offer you Florence
| Moore in Breakfast in Bed a farce
| guaranteed to make brass idol break
| out in laughter. Merely mentioning,
! that this is an A. II. Woods farce
telle more than columns.
However. insisting on giving Wash
/, ington serious week." the Shubert-
| Betasco Is offering none other than
] David Warfield in 'The Return OF
Peter Grimm" an old success for this
/ TALENTED actor, and at the National
wiz be seen 1.-THE AcQuittal." mys-
terry play by Rita Woman.
HAvid Belasco recognizes the appeal
tsf ipiritual plays just now. Witness
This staging of "One," featuring Fran
tces Starr. Now he revives this ia
nous "Peter Grimm" In which David
Warfield made hit almost decade
agS The star is surrounded by q
! hisf,-class cast, including Marie
Bates, Miriam Doyle, John Sainpolis.
Bertah Fiebach, Joseph Brennan.
George Wellington, John F, Weber.
Edwin Dupont, William Boag and Da
J vid Malcolm.
'The Acquittal' brings the original
company. which had long runs In
/, New York and Chicago. and includes
William HarriGan, Chrystal Herne and
! George Parsons.
TWO HOBARTs HERE.
This week two Hobart shows are
to entertain Washington playgoers.
At Polls tonight "Buddies," with
tuneful music. enters upon a week of
very probable success. Over at the
Shubert- Belasco tomorrow Mr.. Ho-
bart's latest, sonny" without music.
viii strive for popularity with the
multitude.
At the National is to be seen, be-
ginning tomorrow night, stepping
stones" by Louis X. Anspacher. This
is said to be "a very strong play with
a lot OF good comedy" Henry Miller
has gathered a goodly company TO
present It. Frederick Lloyd support
ed Frances Starr. Warburton Gamble
was the confidential friend in "Out-
cast" with Elsie Ferguson. A. E.
Arson was last herr with Bertha Ka-
fish in 1.-THE Riddle Wopan." Merle
Maddern Is Mrs. Fiske's niece, which
is quite enough. IndeeS. there Is not
a weak place in the cast
Thurston's magic marvels remain
enc moro week at the Shubert-Gar-
rick. II last week offers any cri-
terion. more crowded houses will be
in order at the popular F street play
house. Washingtonians just ,dote on
magicians. - M
For the first time in twenty-one
years. there will be. no "Ben-Hur"
company touring the land. Though
a high-class cast was rehearstng in
New York, the whole thing has been
called off, now that A. l.. Erlinger
and Maarc Klaw have been officially
dissolved as producing company.
Mischa Elman has written the score
of an operetta based on Rihard
Harding Davis SOLDIERS of Fortune"
scrambled Wives" with the original
New York cast opens what Is eX-
pected to be an extended engagement
ut the Playhouse, Chicago, tomorrow
night. This was one OF the hits OF
the summer season in the metropolis. !
FIRTH Schem has closed her vaude-
willie season. Following q brief rest
in New York, she Will porbably. be
seen with some touring company.
Owing to the great success OF Ed
die CANTOR in broadway Brevities,"
now at the New York Winter Garden,
the Shuberts have signed him to a
long term contract in which he Is to
star. Until a new play is ready for
him in January, Eddie will remain
with broadway Brevities."
..t. -t k.
After three weeks at the Colonial
Theater in Boston. Raymond Hitch
cocks "Hitchy-koo or 1920 opens at
the New Amsterdam in New York
next week. "Hitchy" has with him
Julia Sanderson, Charles Withers, an
English travesty star, and the Mos
conf Brothers The show Ia expected
10 visit Washington late inothe sea-
son. .tt.-. 4ttN
Clarke Silvernsil, who was with the
Garrick Players short time last
summer, has Joined the Son Daugh-
ter" company, now on tour with
Lenore Uric.