Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-15
BIG EVENT OF NEXT WEEK
IS ENGAG EMENT OF SKINNER

Otis Skinner. who began his theatrical
career in HARTFORD when q small boy by
giving amateur theatrical in his fathers
barn, returns to indianapolis with new
play In which he creates a role never be-
fore played by him in his long and bril-
liant career.
This season Mr.. Skinner has elected
10 use A Z. W. M0sOn's mystery play
AT the Villa Rose as his starring We
htcle and viii be seen IN the role Of
Haaaud, the greatest detective in all
Franco. Hanaud IS a gentleman. Hanaud
IS a new type Of detective and liver up
TO the best traditions Of what we con-
slider to be the better type Of Gaelic
Bleuth- He IS imperturable, suave, pol
1shed, a man Of the world, well read
travelled, courteous and charminglv de-
zerenuaI to women, understandingly
sympathetic to the woes of the perse-
cuted, possessing a rapier-like wit and
keen analytical brain, he is hard as
chilled steel when he finally closes his
clutches upon the yiOlatOrs Of the law
Mr.. skinner huns an aria, examines a
piece of bric-a-brac. scrutinizes the pill
! low on q davenport. sympathizes with
&c murdered wOman's maid, who has
ga drugeed and bound by the assassin
~Sjks her II she wrote letters the night
away, as she believes, to the hospital fo1
further treatment, but in reality she
motors to a prison cell.
Another stage favorite is in the sup
PORTING company which Charles FrOh-
man Inc, has gathered for the support
Of Mr.. skinner and is Madeline DeImar,
his leading woman. Miss Delmar was
last seen as Tea Flower in The Chinese
Wife"
Jefreys Lewis, one OF the best
equipped actresses on the American
stage, viii be seen In the role Of Nine.
DaUvray, the superstitous, ignorant.
vulgar. old ex-balIet dancer who pos
Eesses q marvellous collection of Jewels.
Miriam Lewes, an English actress, who
created the role Of Adele Tace in the
London production OF the Play. VIII be
seen IN the same part, that Of a cold
bloOded, beautiful English adventures
Others in the cast are Octavia Kenmore
Clarence Derwert, A. Romano Calendar
and John Rogers.
AT the Villa Rose viii have its local
premier at English's opera house,
Thursday, Jan 20, beginning a day
engagement with matinee on Saturday.
NIGHTIE PARADE
ANNOUNCED AT MURAT.
Again a member OF the bedroom type
II a farce IS headed this way and will
arrive next Tuesday for a five-day stay
at the Murat under the title Of Mighty
Night" This show has seen the light
Of Broadway as well as Chicago
The story disclosed by Martha N.
Stanley and Adelaide Matthews. the
authors. shows in an hilarious manner
what may befall a man who withholds
the truth from his wife even in the most
trivial of matters. The hero of the farce
has had a harmless affair with a little
dancer in his early life, of whom his
wife is intensely Jealous. He happens
By accident to meet the young lady on
the train, and says nothing about it on
his arrival home, although he has been
seen by his sister. To add further to
his troubles the actress is discovered In
the guest chamber Of his own home,
somewhat lightly clad IN nothing but a
light robe. This adds to his troubles
and they are more complicated by the
arrival of the actress husband, who IS
Of very Jealous nature, and threatens
to shoot the man who would trIfe with
the affections Of his adored one.
Many complications and amusing situa-
lions arise with the little actress rush
ing from one room to another in her
''nightie" for two acts. OF course every
thing is all explained and everything
ends as 1t should at the finish.
Bruce Gilmore, viii be seen as the too
much troubled and untruthfuI husband
and the rest Of the cast are Olive Shelley
Emma Cunningham, Lucille Wall. RUBY
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