The Washington times., 1923-01-25
GILLETTE DUE
In SHERLOCK
REVIVAL
Comes to National Monday
Blossom Time" Returns
to Polls.

~>-NATIONAL-At the National,
for a week beginning Monday
evening, William Gillette, whose
visits here are always among the
most welcome events of the thea,
trical year, will be seen in a re-
vival of that first of all mystery
plays, Sherlock Holiness" writ
len by Mr.. Gillette himself around
the adventures. of the famous
Conan Doyle character, these adj
ventures of gripping suspense and
interest being of Mr.. Gillette's
own continuance and not based on
any particular Conan Doyle story.
The revival has been given
superb production and the Charles
Frohman Company has surround.
ed Mr.. Gillette with a most dis
kinguished and capable company
of players, headed by Nora Swim
burne, a young actress fresh from
a two years triumph in London,
where during that long interval
she has been playing the leading
role in the. English production
of "The Bat" Other important
roles are interpreted by Zeffie TIL
bury, Ada Sinclair, Raphaella Ut
tiaho, Mary Rawlston, Edward
Fielding, E. J. Radcliffe, William
Podmore. Harold West. Thomas
A. Braidon, Ralph Kirkwood, Les.
lie Stowe, T. c. Matthews, Dorian
Anderson. Henry Morey, Fred Full
ton, Cyril ingram, Robert Bert,
Harry. James, and numerous 9TH
erS.
1t is particularly emphasized
that during the engagement OF
Mr.. Gillette the curtain at sll
evening performances will rise
promptly at s o'clock and at the
Wednesday and Saturday. matt
nees at 2.
POLI'S-"B Blossom Time" will
be presented at Polls Theater
next week, beginning Sunday with
matiness on Thursday and Satur-
day. The title of this piece indi-
Gates its delightful qualities. No
more agreeable musical piece has
been seen in America in years
than this charming and diverting
Viennese opera. Dorothy Donnelly
indicated her splendid capacity as
adapteds by her rewriting of the
original book and supplying a. new
set of lyrics. In the original this
musical play was by A. M. Will
ner and H. Re:chert. The score
is made up of music from. the mel
odies of Franz Schubert, new
music by H. Berte, of Vienna, and
the entire score adapted by Sig
mund Romberg.
Laurel Nemeth will be seen as
Mitzi, and it will be recalled by
those who saw Blossom. Time
before, that she made a very con.
siderable hit in this role. Teddy
Webb will be seen as Mr.. KrantZ,
while Franz Schubert will again
be impersonated by Hollis DaVen-
ny. Bellabruna will be played by
Halina Bruzona.
Observation-Disclosures long since
eclipsed the record for lengthy en-
gagements in Washington, "Abie's
Irish Rose" will continue it's
meteoric career at the President
by opening it's tenth successive
weeks engagement next Sunday
night at $50 o'clock, with the
regular matinee at 2:30 p. m,
scheduled for Wednesday and
Saturday. "Abie's Irish Rose" is
the sensational comedy success
that has made the name of Anne
Nichols it's author, as well as
the President Players, under
Arthur Leslie Smith and Henry
Duffy, household words in Wash
ington during the current winter.
GAYETY-Irons and Clamage's
Temptations of 1922" coming to
the Gayety Theater next week for
weeks engagement, advertises a
chorus of '"Tantalizing temp
tresses in journey through
laughland with musical stops"
The show is in two acts and ten
scenes, staged under the direction
of Don NJ. Clark. Mr.. Clark, who
is considered one of the best light
comedians in burlesque, heads the
large cast. In support will be
found Danny Murphy, Johnny
Crosby, Exile Butler, Jules and