The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-05
SUE DEAR LIGHT
SUMMER COMEDY
NEW ON BOARDS
Play Gives Hilarious Evening of
Song, Dance and Pretty
Girls.
THAT DAY. LABELED GOOD
New Shows Being Tried Out
Along Summer Resorts
Route.
THAT DAY. LABELED GOOD
Ru DIXIE HINES

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-"Sue Dear
Is one of the new plays on the boards
here. And she is mighty attractive
little miss who masquerates as a shop
girl when, all the time, she is no less
than the daughter Of Senator Cum
berland of Maryland. the mink. But
before this interesting biographical
secret is divulged she has converted
a professional woman hater-by the
way, he didn't impress any one as
being especially antagonistic TO the
feminine gender-and brought to an
end a hilarious evening Of song aid
dance. music and pretty girls, girls in
undress and girls otherwise, blonde
and brunettes. tall and short, pretty
and prettier.
In other words. it is just a first rate
summer show, written by Bide Dud-
ley, Joseph Herbert, c. S. Montayne
and Frank H. Grey. If it is not the
most original play Of the season, at
least It follows the line Of least resist
ance in musical comedy construo-
ton. and what Is done is well done.
Maxine Brown, Maurice Holland. Ma
define Grey. Douglas Cosgrove, Brad
ford Kirkbridge, Olga Steck, John
Hendricks, Bobby O'Neil and Alice
Cavanaugh are among those who con-
tributed to the gaiety of the affair by
song, dance. wit and beauty.
That Day." a new play by Louis
x Anspacher, staged by Iden Payne
for the new Belmont Theater Com
pany, with Bertha Mann, Hedda Hop
per, Ellis Baker. Frances Nelson.
Agnes Atherton, George MacQuarrie.
Frederick Truesdell. Raymond Hack
EFT, Edward Fielding and Henry
Mowbray, comes in early in the fall.
For weeks New York playgoers resid-
ing in Atlantic City and other sum-
mer resorts have had a chance to get
a preliminary peep and the runlor
reaches the Rialto it is all that the
press agent claims for it.
Hans Bartsch. agent for foreign
plays, arrived last week with scores
Of the most pronounced European
successes. Most of them already
have been sold to those American
managers who either have visited
Germany, Austria and Hungary. or
else have agents seeking material in
those countries. Mr.. Bartscb has
brought plays from the leading for
eign authors, many of whom have
not contributed to our stage for cev-
eraI years.
The latest arrival to these shores
is Irene Palasty of Budapest, where
she was member Of the Royal Opera
Company, and later sang and danced
in such plays as Blossom Time"
Wit vrrr oh
young artistic is to make her English
speaking debut in the fall
Equity Players Make Plans
The Equity Players. under the ar
tistic guidance of Augustin Duncan,
viii produce plays at the Forty
Eighth Street Theater next year. is
fast rounding into form. This new
producing organization may mean the
beginning OF cooperative playing in
all important cities In the United
States, thus restoring to popular IA
vOr dramas and comedies which have
been denied playgoers since the popu-
larization of the so-called movie.
Madeline Delmar and BENJAMIN
Kauser are to become actors and
managers next year. They have taken
q New York theater and will operate
1t on repertory lines. They are the
first from the acting field to under
take the direction of a playhouse as
well this season.
Ethel Clifton, author and actress,
VIII have two plays on the boards
next year. One is to be acted by
Henry Walthall, THE Little Colonel
Of 1.-THE Birth of a Nation" The
others is For Value Received" a
play Of tremendous power which has
been revived and is now scheduled for
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