Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-18
AT THE PLAYHOUSE
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sThe BlackmaiIers."
THE BIackmailers" will bring lite
Playhouse engagement 20 a close to-
night. Since Monday night the new
mystery play, built along laugh
producing, as well as tense lines, has
interested Wilmington audiences.
Many persons think the play one Of
the best melodramatic farces seen
here this year.
Miss Claiborne Foster. who takes
the leading feminine role, is play
ing her part with all the charm
that makes a great actress. Al
though under twenty years of age,
she has been on the stage six years,
her very carly ambition TO play
boys roles having led her into the
velvet Knockers OF Little Lord
Fauntleroy" about the time she
achieved her thirteenth birthday
anniversary. She has also appeared
in sThe Blue Bird" "Rebecca OF
Sunnvbroolx Farm" Romance" and
very recently in "A Full House"
She has never been far from
Broadway, which in itself marks the
attainment by her OF an established
place in the aristocracy OF the drama
which may well make her the envy
Of older members OF her profession.
s'Unloved Wife,
The best of the latest comedy
dramas, THE Unloved WIFE" play
IN three acts. IS by Florence Edna
May, and comes to the Playhouse on
Saturday with a matinee.
The play IS new and Il Is q sue
cess because OF two essential rea-
sons-the play and the acting. THE
Unioved Wife" IS decidedly one OF
the best things Of the season. II
Is a thrilling comedy drama with
some enchanting stage pictures. and
there is even more than the usual
interest in Il.
lionel Atwell.
THE art OF makeup Is a very
essential part OF the actors equip |
nent," declares Lionel Atwill, whom |
David Belasco will present in "The |
Comedian a comedy OF tempera- |
ments. adapted by David Belasco |
from the French of Sacha Guitry. at !
the Playhouse on Friday evening, |
January 20, for an engagement of /
two nights. with a matinee on Sat
urday. for the first time on any !,
stage in this country.
In modern comedies an actor al
ways endeavors to get away from
wigs and false hair as much as pos
sible. and this has unquestionably
had a great deal TO do with the
present custom OF casting actors for
certain parts primarily for their
appearance. Nothing looks worse
than TO see a man clad in nicely-cut
modern clothes, appearing spic and
span, with an obviously false mop OF
hair on his head or unnatural look
ing whiskers or mustache on his 1
face" Atwill declared.
Y. Y. Symphony Orchestra.
Explanations OF delight have
been heard on all sides at the in
rlusion OF a work by Rimsky-K or-
sakoff in the program which will
be presented tomorrow night by
he New York Symphony Orchestra
AZ its concert in the Playhouse
Except for Tschaikowsky It Is doubt
'ul II any Russian composer is more
popular with Wilmington music
overs.
Moreover the number TO be played
omorrow Is relatively new. It is from
he Tsar Saltan Suite and highly de- d
criptive. Owing to the other works G
n the program only the finale will b
2 interpreted by Albert Coates. the d
uest conductor and his seventy n
erformers.
Following IS a synopsis OF the 4
pera from which the suite is taken: "
'Tsar Saltan overhears three sis d
srs confding 10 each other views n