The Washington times., 1923-03-11
TIE TINE CLOCK
2 EEP ING AT
THE STAGE
Equity's Demand for a Six-Day
Week Another Step Toward
Securing independence for
the Actor.
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actors warned away when. two
weeks ago. he tried to give =
''sacred and educational' concert
On > Sunday evening. The ''con-
cert" was ''La FIanme." with .
fun acting cast. For March
Hares." announced last Sunday
night as d benefit performances"
Equity warned its actors away
again after deciding the benefit
Was more FOR the promoters than
anycne else. Here. IN Washing
ton. the Equity ultimatum found
compliance BY Garry McGaxry's
Players. who were forced last
Sunday night 70 cancel an adver-
.tised performance. Mcsarry con-
feases he II strong for the idea,
that his company II too, ana that
20 long - the edict stands. the
Garrick Theater win be closed on
Sundays. And to help spread the
gospel OF one days rest ia seven
the Little Napoleon Ii today dele
eating to Tom Wise the role 81
missionary In behalf Of All actors,
IN arranging for the veteran
actor to address the congregation
o. one Of the foremost churches
here.
The alarm-viewers are again
perched on urban hen roosts to
watch Equity reach for the upper
branches. We are not sure W
WON'T amply for available space
On the same rcost. So long - the
actor gets 4 death.clinch on his
employers poclketboolk, our con-
cern IL Of less consequence than
one can imagine. But, whether
We can abide encroachment on
personal preserves Is what Maw-
russ explains to Abe as horse
of another race
It's not the holiday We Be.
grudge the boys and girls. but the
uplEeep of this principle. II six
days = week, why not five? FOUR
And 90 many words week; not
one syllable more. win eyebrow
Hitting by the trate dowager be
limited to six lifts . week; heel
kicking BY the ingenue to one
kick = day and mustache witch
ing BY Little NelTs Nemesis to
one witch for every two sneers?
Sounds silly, but what would
your What man has done man
can improve on. A bromide Of
our own manufacture but true de-
spite its obscure authorship.
Forfend the day when Rodney
Lashbrowine. the hero. pauses In
HIS dash towards the circular saw;
consuIts his watch and pulls off
his wig as he exclaims:
POUNDS and Zut! Me times up.
Put on . subj
|" HE debut tonight Of George
Barnes az leading man Of
the President Players,
marks Henry Duffy's temporary
exit from the fcotIights for a
golden chariot ride into the higher
realm Of producing manager and
owner. Mr.. Duffy plans nothing
else than . stock circuit Of such
eventual proportions as to rival
q legitimate wheel.
He has obtained the Crescent
Theater in BROOKLYN. the Academy
Of Music IN Baltimore; the Detroit
Opera House in Detroit and the
Pitt Theater in Pittsburgh. with
the President Theater which
Duffy. with Arthur Smith. con.
trolls, this affords these juvenile
Edaw and Erlanger editions five
houses which viii act as middle
man for author and big-time pro-
Aucers. In other words, the cir
cult win be used as try.out
wheel for new plays. The first
OF these. we are told, is the
Harvard prize offering. 1.-THE Re
bound" to be given at the Presi-
dent here in three weeks. "The
Dust Of Erin" also q new play
by r. W. Gibson, viii have its
premiere soon In Duffy's Balti.
more house.
Before Duffy discovered his
slender frame was cut exactly
TO box-office proportions, he acted
under the Morosco banner and
was last seen on the road In
'swait Till We're Married"