Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

NATIONAL PLAYERS-"Rain."
''Rain" the play in which Jeanne
Eagels won fame, will be the next at
traction at the National Theater, begin
ming Monday with two matinees, on
wednesday and Saturday.
Written originally as a short story by
Somerset Vaughan and called Sadie
Thompson" a play was made from the
dramatic material of the Englishnan by
John Cotton. a California newspaper
man. who adapted the story to the stage
and with it gained fame and fortune,
for Rain was an instantaneous success
from the moment it was first presented
in New York.
No play in a decade caused more
comment than this story OF coquette
driven from San Francisco to the Isle
of Pago-Pago. where the persecution Of
the girl. Sadie Thompson, by a hypo-
critical missionary leads to a thrilling
climax.
The entire cast of the National Thea
ter players will be called upon to enact
this stirring drama, and splendid parts
have been assigned to Edith King. Roger
Pryor Mrs Hubbard, Helen Wallace and
Edward Arnold
An incessant downpour of rain
throughout the play has given an added
task to the studios of the National The
alter Players, where scene, the exact
duplicate Of that used in the original
New York production, is in course OF
construction.
SYLVAN Sherwood"
Sherwood" Alfred Noyes' play of
t'Robin Hood and the Three Kings"
will be presented tomorrow evening at
q - ~ NJ 81 CYI,ro
alter in the Monument grounds 1t will
be the final Offering for this season by
the Community Drama Guild. Effort
has not been spared to make the pres
entation the most spectacular outdoor
production seen here in a number Of
years.
The romance of medieval England in
the reign of Richard Occur de Lion will
be featured in settings. costumes and
properties. Music composed especially
for the play by Edward A. Mueller, said
TO be strongly reminiscent of that pic
turesque period In, its ballads its madri-
gals and its old chorales will be played
by the United States Marine Band Or
chestra, conducted by Capt. Taylor
Branson. Dances by the Caroline Nc
Kinley Dancers and chorus numbers by
the Epiphany Church choir will be
other features Of the production
Although written in prologue, five acts
and epilogue by the author. the version
to be used here is by J. Minor Dorey.
az II is believed to be more effective for
alfreSco presentation. The various
scenes are laid in Sherwood Forest, at
the court of King Richard. in a monas-
terry and in the castle of Lord Fitz-
walter
In case of rain on Thursday evening.
Sherwood will be played Saturday
evening at the same hour in the Sylvan
Theater.
In addition to the large cast of princi-
pals, players to be seen in Sherwood"
include Clarence RuebSam as Much, the
m1ller's son: Craig S. Carmack as Rey-
mold Greenleaf; Esteban Cerdan as
Blondel, the kings minstrel: Edna Ellis
Hilton as Lady Marian's maid: Jane
Plumn1er Rice as prioress of Kirklee:
Hannah Stolar, Dorothy A. Lawrence,
Mary Ellen Wager. Ruth Molyneaux
Amy Clement Lesvitt. Yvonne Levy,
Harry Westcott, G. Newell Atkinson,
Edwin Paul, Andrew Dent, Melvin Y,
Wilt and Irving j. HICKMAN.
Chair tickets at so cents and 81 are
now selling at the Franklin School
Building, Willard newsstand, T. Arthur
Smiths bureau and the A. A. A.
COLUMBIA-"The CocOanutS."
The four Marx brothers, Mary Eaton
and Oscar Shaw come to Loew's CO.
lumbta Saturday IN the screen version
Of their well known musical comedy sue
cess, THE Cocoanuts," next week, The
picture Is their great $3.50 stage hit
which played New York for a year. It
Is talking. singing. dancing laughing
production by Paramount. The music
Tor the production was written by Irving
Berlin, who has added another theme
song, when My Dreams Come True"
The setting Is the picturesque seashore
playground of Florida. reproduced with
lavish beauty and imagination. Groups
OF Beautiful girls make UP a dazzling
chorus and the photography introduces
many unique and surprising effects.
Laughs also come so fast that they are al
ways stepping on one another's heels"
for 1.-THE CocoanutS" is a. laugh show
from start to finish. Harpo, with his
dumb show, and his constantly chang
ing pantonine; Groucho, the laxative:
Chico with some of the funniest stuff
of the entire Aim, and Zeppo playing q
straight fell for his brothers humor. 1t
is all the distinctive Marx brand of
humor, absurd and ridiculous.
Metro Movietone acts, the Fox Movie
tone News, the M-G-M News, short
subjects and the Columbia Orchestra
will complete the program.
EARLE-"The SquaII."
After two long engagements on
Broadway, both as stage play with
Blanche Yurka and more recently as
First National Vitaphone picture, THE
Suuall' comes TO the Earle Theater for
one week only beginning with the Fri
day midnight premiere. The screen YER
sion of THE Squall'' Is an all-talking
production with Myrna 10y as Nubi, the
Gypsy gale of passion from which the
picture gets It's title. It is an adapta-
ton of the stage play by Jean Bart and
has been transplanted To the screen with
eery few minor changes.
However, the screen offers a much
Uider scope for presenting the Gypsy
customs and manners, Of which little
was seen in the stage version. Beautiful
Hungarian countrysides and colorful
Hungarian people add greatly to the
pictorial beauty of the screen narrative
The story concerns peaceful Hun
garian family, into whose home comes
Nubi, the Gypsy girl. She seeks sane
tuary, claiming that she was stolen by
q band of Gypsies and that she is not
Gypsy at all. After she is accepted
ss a servant she proceeds to destroy
the love she finds within the home. Her