The Washington times., 1924-02-21
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ClmeS Oy the RAM t1eaO Ray.
ers, including Alfred de Musset's
THE Door Must Be Open or
Shut" Rupert Brooke's ''Lith-
uania,'' :, and James Reynolds
Elizabeth Tudor" will continue all
Of this week at the Rams Head,
and will be given again begin
ming Wednesday night Of next
week, running through Saturday
night. They present an inter
eSting group Of plays strictly "of
the theater," the de Musset piece
which Is described as "a proverb
in one. act" being comedy OF
manners in highly superficial vein.
while "Lithuania" is q tragedy OF
situation" theatric rather than
haturalistic, and James Reynolds
Elizabeth Tudor" the third play
Of the trio, presents an episode
Of emotion. depicting Elizabeth as
queen" in 1.-THE first scene, and
Gs Tudor" in the second scene.
PRESIDENT - Leonard Wood,
Junior, in association with VIII
liam A. Brady. announces that
Whose Baby Are You?" a farce
comedy, will be presented at the
President for the week begin
ming Sunday. Whose Baby Are
You?" is a new work by Airline
Ludovici, author Of ::Her Honor,
the Mayor" which was offered
to Gothamites last season at the
Fulton in New York, and the
Washington production OF the
play will mark its premiere on
any stage.
For the Broadway showing
of Whose Baby Are Your"
Messers Wood and Brady have
assembled cast that is particu-
larly striking for its excellence.
Ralph Kellard, the new leading
man at the President, and Peggy
Coudray, will essay the principal
roles, and the supporting company
will include, aside from Emily
Smiley and Walter Scott Weeks,
stellar reinforcements, who will
make their Washington debuts
next week, the other President IA
vorites, Robert Harrigan, June
Webster, Bernard Pate, Margaret
Hume, Hobart Crane, jr., Hen
riette Tilghman, Ann Warrington,
Henry Crosby, Addison Smith and
Maxine de Sylvia.
Miss Ludovici, newcomer to
the playwrighting ranks, has con-
ceived in Whose Baby Are Your"
q cycle Of amusing and diverting
circumstances, the center position
in which cycle is occupied by a
bachelor, about to marry, who &C.
cidentally falls heir to a baby, left
by some unknown on the door
step Of his home.
GARRICK-Next Monday even
ing 1.-The Bat" will begin what is
not only the farewell engage
ment in Washington, but the
final presentations of the play in
America by Wagenhals and KEN
per, east of the Rocky noun
tains. The only further runs Of
the play will be in few Pacific
slope cities by the coast COM
pany, after the Washington en-
gagement. The Garrick engage
ment will be played by the orig
inal big Cities" company which
has played each and every pre-.
vious Washington engagement,
with one early exception, since
S1IO AA d4A10 OCCd4u0
This big Cities" company will
be the last of eleven different
organizations sponsored by Wag.
enhals and Kemper to close,
with the exception Of the coast
company. This, after five years
Of stupendous prosperity.
The Garrick presentation will
not only be the first engage.
ment here at reduced prices, but
the first popular-price engage
ment by the company in any big
city. The regular prices have
been maintained by this company
throughout its entire long exist
ence which now spans five sea-
sons.
NATIONAL-The coming engage
ment Of Earl CAROLS "Vanities"
to the National, Is Of more than
passing notice, as this youthful
producer, in less than q year,
firmly established his "Vanities"
as one Of the foremost revue type
Of shows. The gross business this
attraction has played too is men,
toned in figures which are as
founding.
Carroll seems to know what the
public demands in this sort of en-.
Gertainment, and has given 1t to
them. AS q beauty expert he
wisely engaged Miss Peggy Joyce,
perhaps tie best known Of inter
national beauties, then for the
comedy end Of his show he con.
tracted the noted Joe Cook, a
comedian who Ia a whole show
in himself, as q matter Of fact
the program mentions Mr.. Cook
and his "One man vaudeville
show" This is the combination
of talent which makes the Earl
Carroll Varieties, the funniest and
most beautiful of any similar en-
terpriseS, when 1t IL known that
he has engaged the sixty girls
from the ranks Of beauty prize
winners, headed by the celebrated
Dorothy Knapp.
The usual Sunday night opening
viii be omitted for Vanities as It
IL impossible to set the massive
scenic effects in ample time for
IN early curtain.
POLI'S-Sir Harry Lauder, the
international entertainer, who
comes to Polls Monday night,
February 26, for q week, jokes
about his farewell tours" but, as
O matter Of fact, It will not be
many years before the announce
ment Of his definite retirement
from the stage.
The last time Sir Harry was in
the United States he announced
that he was desirous Of making
a tour entirely around the world
before retiring to his estate at
Dunoon, Scotland, to spend his
ripened years as Scottish laird
This statement is recalled now
that William Norris, who has
been the director of the Lauder