Evening star., 1930-12-10
Beaasce's 'sIt's . Wise Child"
Scheduled for National. December 70.
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Scheduled for National, December 70.
DAVID BELAsCo's production of
Laurence Z. Johnsons amusing
comedy. 'It's q wise Child" is sched-
uled to make its appearance at the
National Theater the week beginning
December 90. The texture Of the play
has been heralded as light and irresis-
tibly entertaining, the story being built
around o minor incident IN the daily
lives Of nice American family, from
which develop unexpected and humor-
Gus complications.
Outstanding in the cast which Mr..
Belasco selected for this holiday treat
Is Minor Watson, probably the most
popular leading man that ever ap-
peared In the National Theatsr Stock
Co. OF happy memory. Others win
include Sidney Toler, Harlan Briggs,
Porter Hall, Joseph Striker, Mildred
Lowell and Olga Kralow.
1e VIII be remembered that "Tt's @
WBe Child" has had a seasons run on
Broadway.
New show Coming to Gayety.
p pEFRESHNGLY new is the promise
Of the Mutual Buriesque Associa-
ton for ''Peek-a-Boo," the burlesque
and vaudeville attraction which comes
to the Gayety Theater next week. The
book Of the play is entirely new, and
almost ali Of the principals are favor
ties with wheel" audiences. Topping
tile cast are Mae Brown, q Peggy Joyce
type Of featured eoubrette; Harry Evan
son, aleW-talktng but dron boob"
ecmedia4, and Jean Bedini, speciality
performer Others include Kitty War.
Fen, herself q star Of bur1esque: Tommy
Miller, pantomime comedian; Harry
Ryan, Elsie Hun, Lew Denny and Dotty
Alexandria.
~Gosd Gracious, Godfrey"
@. w. D. TrOubadours, Tonight.
TIE Capital City's only collegiate
song and dance show written, COM
posed. directed and acted by local stu
dents Of George Washington University
WIN open q three-night engagement at
Mckinley Auditorium, Second and T
streets northeast, tonight, when the
truubadourS present Good Gracious,
Godfrey," tunef1l eoncoction from the
collahcrative peuB Of WeStbrook and
Henderson. Beattie, Jemison and Wells
end Others, which VIII take the q. W.
y. singers and dancers to the Rhine
land. where In an ultxa-modernistic
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are laid.
The sun room Of the sanatorium."
done in the best style Of John Red
mond. Dean Longfsllow and Edwin
Weihe. assisted by Jerry Cobbe, Jack
Smith, John Madigan and Bill Thomp-
son, win introduce the af11uent patients
in search Of health to the hero and
the villain Of the piece, Henry Nestor
and Al Perry, to be personal, and the
vfllainess, Jane Wilson, with the pseudo
detective, Bill Phil1ipA The second act,
ln Two scenes, presents - garden "a
Spring" and 'Lover1 Lane" with liRflt-
ing 6y Harold Jenkins Here the music
Wfn reach its most romantic heights as
sung and danced by Mary Whelchel.
Edith Brookhart, Ada Green, Marjorie
Mitchell, Wilhelmina Guide and others
OF the cast. Interruptions TO the main
theme will be offered In the form of
speciality dances by Dorothy Schencken
and groups Of the beautiful girls In the
tall, middle and little chorus, for which
the troubadours are famous
Reserved seats may be had at r. Ar
thur Smiths. 1880 q street, and the
Edith Reed Shop. 606 Thirteenth street.