The Washington times., 1924-03-27
MRS. FISKE AND
MISS ANGLIN
COMING

NATIONALIST Paul kester's
play, "The Great Lady Dedlock,"
which Margaret Anglin is to pro.
duce at the National next Mon
day night. many of the old
familiar characters of Dickens
novel. BLEAK House." on which
the play is founded, have been
introduced just as they appear in
the book.
The author has made a fast.
moving, intensely dramatic play
OF plot and counterpart remorse-
ruby directed against the great
Lady Dedlock, who has beauty
pride, ambition and insolent re.
solVe enough to endow a legion of
her contemporaries.
MISS Anglin plays the Great
Lady Dedlock, who, having con.
Quered the world, has gone into a
MOOD of boredom and lev sus.
Rense, and also the French maid,
Aortense, whose relentless hate of
Lady Dedlock makes her go about
IKE an imperfectly tanned she.
"OAAs
Miss Angltn has directed and
superintended every phase of this
production.
BELAsCO-What a gallery Of
nne portraits tn American
eheater owes to the inimitable and
surprising art of Mrs. Fiske!
And now Washington is to have
the privilege Of seeing Mrs.
FISke paint a new stage portrait
because her appearance here at
che Shubert Belasoo Theater, next
week, will be in a new plav
Helena's. Boys" which offers a
woman who belongs emphatically
70 today. Her problem, which is
the complication which makes the
comedy, is the problem of the
woman OF today. 1t may be. true
as AangWiu says, that every two
generations are wide apart, the
one from the other, and fail to
understand each other. But isn't
this the first period in which the
children have frankly expressed
tneir challenge to their parents,
ana openly expressed their re.
1usai to respect the older point
of view?
In "Helena,s Boys" which is a
dramatization by Ida Lublenski
Enrich Of Saturday Evening
Post story by Mary Brecht
Pulver. Mrs. Fiske plays the role
or Helena Tilden, the mother Of
two sons, the one a poet and the
other a rebellious young student
She Is therefore in the thick Of a
dllema when she wants to try to
curb the rebel or understand the
poetry OF her poet son. The
story furnished rare opportunity
Tor comedy situations and nonG
or the opportunities are missed.
POLLS = Next weeks offering
at Polls Theater is Joseph NJ.
Gaithese and James P. Beury's
musical comedy revue, IN Say
She Is" with those champion fun
makers, the Four Marx Brothers
heading the cast and Lolita Miles,
Florence Hedges, Marcelle Hardie
and whole score of other noted
players, including D'Andrea and
Walters, the worlds greatest
classic dancing team, assisting
If recollections are right, Mr..
Gates was responsible for Take
1t From Me- and up In the
Clouds" and reports have it that
in "I'll Say She Is" he has out
done both in colorful environ
ments, enchanting ensembles, pic.
turesque groupings as well as in
his music score and lyrics both Of
his former offerings.
GAYETY Dancing Around"
the attraction at the Gayety next
week, has been most appropri-
ately named. 1t is dancing
show in each of its six artistic
scenes. Act one brings on the
speedy "Mirimba Girls" and the
second act ends with the Ban
dana Glide" The producers have
provided an exceptional cast,
headed by Harry Bananas
Steppe. and including Vic Cas-
more, late of Jack and JILL" Ar
thur Putnam, Tim O'Connor and
company, Elinor Wilson, Marie
Vernon, Rose Duffin George
Rose, Alan Walker, Anita White,
Dot Hanly. Tot Marty, Betty
Myers, Ethel Davenport and
Ernie Kay.