South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-11
Stage

After an unusually long barren
period during which standard al.
fractions at the oliver were unpre-
cedentedly scarce. comes the other
es0treme-so many offerings that
dates are so numerous as TO be con-
fusing- Tonight Up In MabeTs
Room" will be given the concluding
performance OF the engagement IL
IS a brisk farce. produced by a. r..
Woods, Tomorrow night The Boom
erang." unquestiOuaDfy the best
comedy OF it's kind in 10 years or
more. will be played here for the
second time II Is a David BelascO
production. Tuesday AID Wednesday
nights Tea For Three a clever
comedy. unusually well written and
splendidIy acted by Arthur Byron,
Frederick Perry and others Cthe
New York and Chicago cast viii
be the Offering that should appeal
strongly 20 discriminating playgOers
those who are particular as 20 how
plays are made and how they are
presented. Tea For Three" meets
very e1cacting requirements. It is
distinctly worth while and if 1t rs ac-
corded the attention II merits, the
Oliver viii be filled at both per
formances. Selwyn and company
are the producers. DewOlf Hopper
In "The Better ole" viii bid for
favor Thursday and Friday nights.
The star. very popular here. has
been absent for a long time. In his
eventfuI career. extending over more
than IS years. he is said 20 have
never had "a better part that is old
Bill in The Better Ole The Ell
tertainment is unique-somethin
different The Coburns, who have
acted Shakespearan plays here. pro
dbced il. In New York its success
was immense. IL is safe 20 guess
that The Better 'OIe" VIII be along
lar different lines than the usual
comedy with music. 1t is English.
Saturday and SUNDAY. Going Up"
a musical comedy version of "The
Aviator IS 10 be the attraction.
Cohan and Harris produced it and
long runs in New York and Chicago
are TO its credit 1t was also given
in London. The music Is very pretty.
Monday night Eddie Leonard, former
minstrel. will be at the oliver as the
star OF "Roly-BOly Eyes" q musical
comedy which recently left New
York, where 10 was at the Knicker-
boci1er-the theater managed by
Harry G. Sommers, who has the
Oliver At future dates George Arliss
in -Jaques Duval." William T.
IN %
Tom Wise IN ''Cappy Kicks" <. II.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe in
Twelfth Night" and others are TO
come. So playgoers are confronted
with the problem OF making choices.
When DeWolf Hopper in The
Better Ole" played a recent engage
Inent at a downstate university. the
following conversation took place
between two goods:
Are you gOing 20 see The Bet
ter OLE"
NO, I Just can't stand those golf
stories and I know that 1 wouldn't
like "a golf play"
Last week Mr.. Hopper appeared
IN The Better ole" az English's
opera house ia Indianapolis and the
indianapolis News reviewer I'm addi-
ton 10 expressing the belief that
The Better ole" is "a mighty en-
tertaing bit OF COMEDY ana music,
SAYS that in old Bill. Mr.. Hopper
has among the best roles of his very
long career. Some writer's insist that
Hopper is the best of an the Old
Bills In this country, the list includ
ing Mr. Coburn the producer; Ed
mund Gurncy, James X. Hackett and
nIaclyn Arpucllle. Mr. Hopper.
readily recalled here for his engage
ments IN 'CNr. Picl0wick." Happy
lIand" and "The Matinee Idol is to
be in South Bend I'm THE Better
'OIe" next Thursday and Friday
nishts He has not been here in
nearly 10 years.
I The Manhattan Grand Opera
company. recently organized. lasted
one week. The end came at Balti-
more. Maryland.
Singing the hero's role i'm PuccinTs
ia Boheme" at the metropolitan
opera house I'm New York, Orville
aIarrold won what critics have Ions
called "a veritable triumph I'm
s1me quarters Mr.. Harold is rated
as second only TO Caruso. He used
10 drive a delivery wagon at Mum
Gle. Ind. his old home.
Only two OF the many actors who
f15ve played the role of Hamlet have
worn the beard referred 10 IN the
INES OF Shakespeare tragedy The
bearded princes were Charles Eoch-
ter and Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
Addresslng members OF the In
dianapolis Rotary club recently, T..
h SothCrn said.
My productions OF Shakesp
PLAYS are not highbrow, they are in-
tended 10 be entertaining rather
than educational"
Mr.. Sothern declared that needed
reform OF the drama must come
from within communities. which
provide the patronage for dramatic
productions This WIZ be possible
through the work OF local dramatic