The Washington times., 1921-09-04
"A Wise Child" Featur-
Ing Viyienne Segal, Is
Headed for National
Theater. Greenwich
Village Follies' Will
Open Season at Polls.
News and Gossip Of the
Stage.
BY LOUIS ASHLEY.

ried," at the Shubert-G Garrick and
other Lives . new Marc Klaw
offering, at the National. As
soon as the Shubert- Belasco opens
It's new season Of Shubert vaude-
Vile, the Capital will be call set"
Tor the theatrical year. It may be
said offhand, too. that the coming
season, promises much in the way
Of real entertainment.
Next week to the National comes
Rida johnson Young's new comedy.
"A Wise Child" Just now having a
successful run at the Colonial The
ater In Boston. vivienne Segai. seen
and heard In "Ths Blue Paradise"
and other musical comedies, has the
role Of vaudeville singer. and, ac-
cording to Boston critics, she ''is
singer who can act and an actress
who can sing"
Charles Dillingham; has surround
cd Miss Segal with a capable COM
pany. Including Robert McWade.
Douglas Stevenson, Charles Able.
William Ingsrsoll. Ethel Wilson.
Wright Kramer. Walter Regan. Sara
Enright. Dorothy Leeds. b. N. Levin
and Bobby Dale.
0N Sunday night. Sept. IS. Polls
will open it's regular season
with "The Greenwich Village Fol-
lies" Savor and Brennan, Myers
and Hanford. Julia Silvers, Phil Ba-
ker, the Mccarthy sisters, Louise Ber-
koff and Sister Freda. Russell Scott,
Virginia Bell, Hap Hadley. James
Clemons. Olga Ziceva. Mildred Mann
and Harriet Gimble are among the
leading performers, backed by an
ensemble Of perfect ana exotic
beauty.
1.-THE Greenwich Village Follies"
has appeared only in three cities
aside from the Capital. New York.
Boston and Philadelphia have seen it
and admired 1t from the first to last.
It ran eight months In New York.
CT Owe BIRDS" with Pat Room
ey and Marion Bent, comes
to Polls on September rs. This
lively melange Of musical nonsense
and clicking dance steps had its de-
but at the same theater last year
with entire success. 1t served to
make stars of the hard.working prin.
cipals. Now Love" Birds" will tour
the land, doing its best to make
everybody happy.
MRS. JOHN DRINKWATER,
playing under the stage name
Of Cathleen Oxford, is in the Lon
don revival Of her husbands play.
abraham Lincoln" now ut the
Lyceum .Theater in London. She
takes the part Of Susan. This Is
no new experiences for Mrs. Drink
water, since she was one Of the
original members Of the brilliant
Birmingham Repertory Company.
which first presented Lincoln" and
on that historic occasion she played
this same part.
LIVERY member Of the Spanish
Love company, which begins a
tour of the country next week.
speaks Spanish and English. and
many also speak French.
John pRINKwATER's "Abra-
ham Lincoln" with Frank Nc
Glynn. when It opens its season
in Providence on September Il,
will have a complete new scenic
and costume equipment. With the
exception of three minor charac-
ters the cast which William Har-
ris. r., will send on the long tour
with this great play is tho same
that appeared in It all last sea-
son.
WHEN Fay Banter begins her
Nv tour Of EAST Is West" ut the
Davidson Theater in Milwaukee to-
night Il will be the s2oth time
that the brilliant young actress has
played Ming Toy.
TUE Mes~s. shubert have decided
In view Of the success Of 'The
Mimic World Of 1921" at New
FORKS Promenade Theater, to es-
tabiish an annual series of mimic
worlds to be produced late in
the summer Of each year. Harold
Attsridss and Owen Murphy. au.
tbors Of the book Of the present
"Nfimic World" and Jean schwartx
and Lew Pollock, its composers.
have been notified to prepare a
scene and music scenario for next
years mimic World at their leis-
ure. -.
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