The Washington times., 1923-03-11
RAMS HEAD CAST
MAKING NEW PLANS
AS SEASON CLOSES
Have Made Notable
Contribution To
Theater Art.

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is extremely short In retrospect;
and already the Rams Head
Players season. planned with
such care and executed with such
fidelity, IL well In the stretch,
with only one lap ahead. AL.
ready the sixth and last Of their
seasons productions is announced.
to be presented on Wednesday
evening next. with their closing
date on Saturday, March "a.
That blessings brighten al
they make their flight Is true
Of this little group Of players
who, under the able guiding
hands Of Robert Bell and walter
Beck, have been growing iii art,
In reputation, and IA wisdom in
the selection Of their plays since
the new year ushered iii their
brief season at ''the tiny GeOr-
gian theater in the residence 81
the late Alexander Graham BelI,
with entrance on Eighteenth
street,
Their final program promises
much BY way Of interesting con-
trasts. including as it does, Lord
Dusany's beautiful idyl Of the
desert, The Tents Of the Arabs. Z,
and Joint Owners III Spain
an episode Of New England char
acters and eonsciences written III
Alice Browns best vein. A pro.
gram well worth while, indeed.
and to be given, one IL very sure.
with sincerity. artistry and
beauty, even as was 'sL,Enfant
Prologue" the exquisite pafto-
mime. regarded Is the Rams
Heads most difficult and dis
tinctive effort, and excepting
Grania, it, most artistic and
delightful accomplishment.
Il may be truly said Of Robert
Bell, whose appealing impersona-
ton of the prodigal Pierrot Il 4
mastery portrait done in nan
tolnime. that he holds the stand
ard of his art--the art Of the
theater- very high indeed. Beauty
In art is his desired goal, beauty
OF color, Of rhythm, Of music:
beauty Of thought. or language,
of laughter; beauty in ali things.
for beauty is the need Of the
human soul, call it by what name
you will, : Surely this lifts the
Rams Head standard high above
the stars.
PEA KING recently. at the
Women's National Press Club
luncheon. OF the aims and hopes
and plans OF the Rams Head
Players, Mr.. Bell said: when We
are q little older we shall under.
take much that we could not try
during our first season; from time
to time we shall use & greater
number Of local actors: we shall
use, we hope. an everincreasing
number of original plays"
The play contest announced by
the Rams Head Players for the
end of the present season mas
been postponed until next fall. for
a number Of reasons, but chiefly
because James Reynolds absence.
In Algiers, in search of material
for new ''Follies" ballet, tempo
rarily deprives the Rams Head
Players OF their art director, un-
der whose personal supervision
the settings and the costumes for
all productions are made.
In their more or less distant
future. this little group has, in
vision, a marble walled theater. of
the best in architecture, the best
in mural paintings, the best in
scenic and lighting equipment, the
best directors, the best actors, the
best plays, YES. and a school OF
the theater as well.
And in their Immediate future
well, there are numbers OF Of
fers being made to the Rams
Head Players and their directors
for extensive summer tours, some
one Of which 1t Is just possible
they may accept. after Saturday.
March "a.