The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-17

ed. Birmingham theatre goers have ziegfieid Follies has equipped 1t with three gorgeous sets Miss Peggy Hoyt internationally renowned cos- tuner has furnished the dresses while the splendid cast is headed by Jefferson deAngelis and Marie Wells. the latter being the beautiful and talented Mississippi girl who has has taken New York and other large eastern cities by storm and who at the conclusion of her present tour with "The Merry Widow" Is to be starred in new musical offering on Broadway.
 Al G. Fields Minstrels
 With the golden-voiced Jack Rich ards, the inimitable Bert Swor, the cliubby-faced Billy Church and scores of other favorites, the dean of min- strelsy, Al G. Field. whose name will be perpetuated forever and a day by the Al G. Fields Minstrel Show, will again this season reminds us that 1t was he who knew how to gladden. the hearts of the tired business man" and amuse the "blase society woman" with jokes and quips and jests-song and dances-by plaek-faced artists of world-renown.
 Travelling minstrels have little time to devote to athletic recreation and those, who have suffered inocula :. tion withl the golf bacillus find It, tie opportunity to improve their drive" while the theatrical season IS on. Perhaps that explains why Dr. rector Edward Conard of the Al C.. Field Minstrels has incorporated a golfing number in the current pro duction of the big show.
 Members of the company can keep their hands in with tho golf clubs and practice putting" within the theater, even if the opportunity to visit the links does seldom afford It. self.
 Return Engagement of toThe Bat.
 The Bat" to be seen here this season is still the sensation of the theatre world. Now in It's third year at the Morosco theatre, New York, its remarkable run comes to an end on Saturday night, Septem- Der ?. With the final performance. tho close of one of the most re- markable chapters in the history of American theatres will be reached.
 The Bat" played for more than 300 consecutive times on Broadway. More than 100000 persons who paid over $3,000,000 into the box of flee, witnessed the play during those Vh6 CAAcHiS. III dCludl uuIHptF ol persons attending and In the gross receipts. no play has ever equaled the mark of "The Bat" in New York city. More, the run of the play. which is admittedly based on mys- tery. is three times greater than any other play of like character.
 In all, more than 5,000,000 persons who have paid well over $7.000, ,000 into box offices have seen this super play. And the end is no where in sight.
 Also Return Engagement of sInry''
 Mary" will also play a return engagement at the Jefferson. so great has been the demand for this popular musical comedy which has been one of the greatest favorites of the stage for the past two years.
 Five Stars in Cast of "The Circler
 Probably the most pretentious of fering of the season at the Jefferson will be 'The Circle" Somerset Maug- hams clever play. which will in clude in it's cast five of the best known stars of the day, Wilton Lackeye, Norman Hackett, Henry E. Dixey, Charlotte Walker and Amelia Bingham.
 The Circle" was requested here by the president of the Birmingham center of the Drama League of America, as 1t Is regarded as one of the outstanding plays of the past few years.
 >"Pony Peachtree" in last Sundays Atlanta Georgian speaking of "The Circle" and it's presentation there this season, said:
 Do you remember what stir Norman Hackett created in Atlanta when he headed the stock company at the Lyric? How he was lionized by debutante and dowager? How he played for charity, lectured for liter ary cults. mounted and put on plays by local playwrights, drank tea with flappers. dined with state officials, supped late with society Bohemians. starred society actors. and was the toast of the town generally? How Hackett dreamed and helped to plan the municipal theater?
 "If an address on the achievement of great historical figure was deemed an acquisition to a study class or patriotic society's program, only Norman Hackett seemed the ac- ceptable lecturer. When a group of profound students of literature stu died o. Henry as the model of short story writers among Americans, sud- denly 1t was remembered <that Nor man Hackett was a friend of the Porter family. and as such was the only O. Henry lecturer to be con- sidered Finally, at the benefit per formance for the Joseph Habersham Chapter. Norman Hackett led the grand march which opened the stage reception scene. with Mrs. William Lawson Peel, regal figure, on his arm, and Mrs.. John A Perdue. then regent of the chapter. following in their immediate wake. It was . glorious night, that benefit. As was the performance of Mrs. wylie's Golden Goose"
 What Q preamble-af1 reminiscent ito the announcement that Norman Hackett will be at the Atlanta thea ter for a. week in October, one of the all-star cast playing "The Circle" with William Lackaye. Henry E. Dixie; Amelia Bingham and lovely Charlotte Walker, native Georgian, whose entrance into the dramatic world of New York was literally as star.
 Charlotte Walker used to visit the