Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
page MISS VENUS
At THE PLAYHOUSE
First Musical Comedy OF the
Season There Will Open
Tuesday Night.

The Playhouse will be dark on Mon
day next. The next attraction booked
is Page Miss Venus" which COM
mences it's engagement on Tuesday
evening. There viii also be two per-
formances of the piece on Wednes-
day-at the matinee and in the evening.
Page Miss Venus" is the first mu-
sical comedy offering of the season. IL
comes here from Baltimore and will
be presented in this city exactly as it
will be given on Broadway on October
10. even to the complete orchestra
that is being brought from New York.
page Miss Venus" is in three acts,
sixteen songs and many novel dance
numbers. The book is by Lewis Allen
Browne and Adelaide French. authors
OF please Get Married" the farce in
which Ernest Truck and Edith Talia-
ferro starred in New York two seasons
ago. Leon de Costa, who composed
Fifty Fifty" You Know Me AL" and
other famous songs&is the author Of
the music for the new show.
Janet Velie. who was so greatly ad-
mired last season for her creation of
the title role of George NJ. Cohan's
production OF Mary" and. earlier, in
Going Up" and La La Lucille" +"
heads the notable cast. Guy Robertson,
who was last seen in Wilmington in
See Saw" and who last season was
leading man in the Chicago company
OF Mary" plays the Juvenile lead
In Page MISS Venus" Marie Flynn,
Roland Bottomley, Clara Thropp and
Edward Bedley are also in the cast.
chorus of singing. dancing Venuses
and quartet of Adonises will help to
unfold an unusually interesting story
that of a young man who, although
engaged TO the dearest girl in the
world. finds his happiness threatened
because of codici in his uncle's will
by which a 100000 inheritance is
forfeited If he fails to marry\a 100
p>- cent woman. Page Miss Venus
has that infalliable combination of
story, cast and music that make for
certain success.
"Little Old New York"
A resume of the successes that daz-
zied Broadway last season brings TO
light no more charming or more inter-
e.ting play than Little Old New
York." which Wilmington will have
nal New York company. The produc-
tion will be at The Playhouse begin
ming Thursday October 6. This delight
ful comedy by Ride johnson Young,
afforded heaps Of fun to modern New
forks during its run OF SO consective
weeks at the Plymouth Theatre
Little Old New York. is the produc-
tion of Sam II. Harris, staged under
the personal direction of Sam For
rest. The story of Mrs. Young's play
concerns the taking over by trickery
OF the property rightfully belonging
20 Larry Delevan, by Patricia O'Day
posing as her brother who died some
months previous. Eventually the
young woman finds herself in love
with the chap she has defrauded. The
period of the play is 1910. Among the
Characters introduced are Corneliu.
Vanderbilt, then a poor ferryman
John Jacob Astor. an astute Hollandei
with vision Of a great city; Wash
ington Irving, a young 'blooc,' who's
writings We're beginning TO attract at
tention; Henry Brevoort, the son o
the famous tavern keeper, and Pete
Delmonico. who was a peddler O
sandwiches. Genevieve Tobin, in tn
role of Patricia O'Day, lends TO tn
Character personal magnetism tha
is delightful. Others in the compan-
are Harry Benham, Joseph Green
and others. Seats for the enga gemen
go on sale Monday.