Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03
Coming Attractions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS X"


This play, by Henry Bernstein, will be
next weeks offering by the National
Players 1t has been called the worlds
greatest emotional play.
N. Y. THEATER GUILD-Repertory
The New York Theater Guilds Rep
ertory Co. will visit Washington next
week to present at Polls Theater. un-
der the local sponsorship of Mrs. Wilson
! Greene. three selected plays by a.group
OF distinguished players who were
especially chosen by the guild to make
the organization better known through
out the United States in an effort to
revive 1.-The road show through the
/ means of an exceptional repertory pre-.
sented by special companies OF noted
players.
, Monday evening March II. Ned
! McCobb's Daughter" by Sidney How
ard. Will be presented as the opening
| attraction. and this play will be re-
peated Thursday evening, March IA.
| Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, also
at matinee on Thursday and again
Friday evening, The Doctors Dilem-
! ma" by George Bernard Shaw. will
be presented. Saturday March is, at
matinee and again in the evening,
will be presented John Ferguson by
ST. John Ervine.
Med McCobbs Daughter is drama
OF basic conflict between New England
conscience and New York business
| cynicism. The scene is in Maine.
McCobb is retired sea captain, a
substantial man. His daughter is faced
with disgrace when her husband be-
comes involved in financial difficulties.
His brother in New York sees a way
out; will help il the Maine family Will
aid him in his bootlegging ventures.
Therein Is the dramas conflict
In "Th Doctors Dilemma" George
Bernard Shaw directs the barbed ar
rows of his wit against the medical
profession. His thesis is that scientists
are far less scientific than they think;
that the artist is often nearer truth
than the man of the laboratory. 1t Is
a brilliant satire-but it is also spar
king drama.
Reservations may be made for the
Theater Guild engagement at Mrs. Will
son Greene's bureau at Drops, Thlr-
tenth and G streets, and also at the
theater box office.
STRAND.
Next week the Strand Theater prom
1905 OIlc Vi tIic SlidPpiCSb buA .eodN~
shows on the Mutual Wheel. with a
galaxy Of stars. all bearing high-class
regulations for wit, talent and per-
sonality.'
One Of the leading lights will be Nellie
Nice, with Fred (Falls> Binder. come.
dian, and chorus Of young girls, GOOD
to look upon.
Thursday night there will be a
wrestling match between local favorites.
"THE BLUE BIRD"-March IA.
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird" will be
presented March IA and Is in Barker
Hall OF the Young Women's Christian
Association by the business and profess
sional womens department, with Mrs.
Alice Sigworth Morse as director, both
of the play and of its delightful dances.
The play is to be given on lavish
scale. with costuming, scenery and
lighting effects unusual for an amateur
production. Dances, including THE
Hours" THE Stars" Perfumes" and
will O. the Wisp," as created by Mrs
Morse, will be presented by group Of
10 dancers of Washington.
Among those taking part in the play
are Margaret Ringross, Ruby Collins
Sheila Doody, Viola Randolph. Suzanne
Morse. Dorothy Criss. Nellie M. Crosby
Ora Smith, Nina Moore, Josephine J.
Hoffman, Evelyn Woolard, Helen
Stewart Findlay, Ruby r. M. Weik,
Adele Woolard, Florence Thomas, Lii
liam M. Frizzell. Frances C. Sicily
Helen Sioussa, Mona Eldridge, Florence
Sauer. Mabel Daley, Gertrude M. Ben
son, Flora Robinson, Maybelle Boyce,