New-York tribune., 1920-01-09
The Stage Door

-~'AN"J cNCAlASs Jduudfy lS,
John D. Williams will move Richard
Bennett, in "For the Defense" to the
Morosco Theater. "Civilian Clothes"
goes from the Morosco to the Crescent
Theater, Brooklyn. Laurette Taylor
Theater at the same time to continue
her engagement in lone Night in
Rome" Grace George, in "The Ruined
Lady" comedy by Frances Nord-
strom, will open at the Playhouse and
Otis Skinner will begin his New York
season in "Pietro," by Maud Skinner,
his wife, and Jules Eckert Goodman,
at the Criterion Theater, both on
January 10.
Oliver Morosco will open the Little
Theater with Rachel Barton Buffers
comedy, "Mamma's Affairs on Mon
day evening, January 10. Effie
Shannon, Robert Edeson, Kather erine
Kaelred, and Amelia Bingham are in
the cast.
"The Passion Flower" with Nance
O'Neil, opens tonight at the Columbia
Theater, Far Rockaway. Next Tuesday
evening it will have its New York
Theater.
"The Sweetheart Shop" by Anne
Caldwell and Hugo Felix, will be pre-
sented for the first time at the Acad-
emy of Music, Baltimore, Monday
evening. Harry K. Morton and Esther
Howard are in the cast.
The American Academy of Dramatic
Arts will present Betty Comes Back"
a comedy by Emile Benson Knipe and
Alden Arthur Knipe, on Friday after
noon. January l6. Circles" one
act play by George Middleton, will also
be on the program.
D. w. Griffith has written letter
to Laurence H. Rich, the producer of
"The Wayfarer" at Madison Square
Garden, praising the beauty and i'm
pressiveness Of the spectacle and sug-
gesting that it be made into motion
picture.
Douglas MacPherson, who has been
leading juvenile and assistant director
Of the Arts and Crafts Theater, De-
troit, will make his New York debut
in Henry W. Savage's production of
"Shavings."
Work will begin at once on the Atlas,
new theater to seat $500, according
TO an anNOunccWeHt Dy D. >. MODS. i ne
theater will be situated at Prospect
Avenue and 161st Street. the Bronx.
The Grant, also Moss house, is being
built at fremont Avenue and 10th
Street, the Bronx.
An additional performance Of Bronx
Express" by Ossip Dymow, will be
given at the Jewish Art Theater on
Thursday evening
Experience" will be produced in
Yiddish at an East Side theater by ar
rangement Of Joseph Mandelkern and
Edward A. Relkin with F.. Ray Com
stock and Morris Gest. More than 100
people will be in the cast and the pro-
duction is expected to take place early
in March.
What Next?" musical comedy by
Antoinette FrueauR and Mercedes de
Acosta, will open on January 6. The
thcater hiss not yet been announced.
The performances will be for the bene-
fit of the New York Probation and Pro-
tective Association and Girls Protec-
tive League.
Paul Gordon has been engaged by
William A. Brady for the title role IN
"rhe Man Who Came Back" which is
now playing q return engagement ut
the Shubert- Riviera.
Scandal" now at the Thirty ninth
Street Theater. has been translated
into French and will be produced in
Paris in the spring.
Harold Seton, appearing with Loo
Ditrichstein in "The Purple Mask" at
the Booth Theatcr, has received q let
ter from tho White House in which
the President and MIS-. Wilson express
their appreciation Of "The Evening
Star" poem written by Mr.. Seton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ditrichstein will be The
guests Of honor At u dinner given by
the public speaking classes Of the Gem
trail Branch Of the Y. M. C. A.. Brook
lyn. Tho dinner will be held 1T the
Hotel Astor tonight after the members
have seen "The Purple Mask" at ths
Booth.
Ruth Shepley, who was out OF tho
east OF adam and Eva" has resumed
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