The Washington times., 1925-05-16
GOINGS-ON
At the T'heuters

NATIONAL-Whcn the NatioEal
Theater Players present Monday
night for the first time in stock
In Washington, THE Nervous
Wreck" at the National Theater,
the summer play season will have
an ausp cious start, not only from
the angles of d carefully selected
cast in an acknowledged laughing
hit, but parti :ularly because the
caliber of the entire venture is as
sured through the fact that mere
is the first repertoire company TO
engage the National Theater boards
IN twenty-eigEt years.
1t is needless to say that, IN
over quarter century, there have
been many tenders and liberal
ones, for a summer lease on this
house, but divers reasons denied
preferment to these solic tors. ana
the National, until now, has re-
mained over this great eXpanse OF
time, an institution, and MONT
ment to roadsnow attractions oiuy.
Tomorrow nj yht, then, witnesses
Introduction of a policy at the
National Theater which few OF this
generation have seen.
As to the play: Henry Williams,
q clerk from Pittsburgh, worries
himself into the last stages Of
exhaustion. On advice of D1y
sicians he goes 10 an Arizona
ranch for rest and quiet. There
but a few weeks, he meets the
raneher's daughter, frantic in her
efforts to escape marrying the
bulky and braggart sheriff, to
whom she has peen promised. Sh:
tricks Henry into eloping with
her in a flivver. They run out Of
gas; hide on a strar ge ranch; ac-
cept jobs as cook end waiter, and
finally are pursued and caugh.
by the girls father and her
fiancee. All of which is extremely
hard on the nervous wreck until
the situation demands he take
action. And the action he takes
10 so hurricanic, he is amaze:l to
discover he's no longer a wreck .
Minor Watson essays the role
OF Henry Williams with Miss
Lenita Lane as Sally Morgan.
Edward Arnold plays the buster
ing. pompous sheriff. Others of
the National Theater Players cast
who will essay important charac.
ters are William McFadden. But
Ter Hixon, Thomas L. Brewer,
Dorothy Tierney, Romaine Callen-
der, Charles Halton, Henry Mar
tin and Walter Soldering.
Matinees as usual during the
regular road season will be on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at
which popular prices will prevail.
KEITHS-A merger of two
noted vaudeville and vaudeville
comedians has been effected by
Billy B. Van and George LeMaire
and the result of the combination
will be shown Keith patrons for
the new week beginning tomor-
row. They will offer a tabloid
farce, Hello, Central" in which
the Wood Sisters, Trado Twins,
Jean Holt and Frances Holiday
support them. Ernest Evans will
offer an aggregation of talented
beauties in his new production,
"Ripples Of 1885," Will Cressy
and Blanche Dayne will present
1.-THE Village Lawyer" and other
acts will include Ed Healy and
Allan Cross, showing smart styles
In songs; Jack Haley and Helyn
Eby Rock in "Chic Risibilities;''"
Bessie Wynn in modern songs,
and Paul Remos and his wonder
midgets. The usual house fea-
lures will complete the bill.
EARLE-The L. 8. S. Leviathan
Band, an aggregation Of poppy
syncopators well-known to all
vaudeville goers, will top-line the
new Earle bill, commencing Sun
day afternoon. The United States
Shipping Board is sort of Off
cia1 sponsor for this organization,
though it needs none. The ship
board intrudes on the scene by
reason of this bands having been
selected to entertain passengers
on the first voyage of the Levia-
than after that vessel was COM
missioned for commerce, follow
ing the armistice. Other vaude-
vile features will be Frank LIE
Dent and Partner, a juggler with
ideas of his own: the Rialto
Four, offering melody, harmony
and personality: Cleveland and
Donrey in a satire on today and
the remarkable dancing team of
Kola and Sylvia with their group
of assisting artists. The photo
play feature will be Florence