The Washington times., 1931-05-16
EDY, THRILLS AND MYSTERY IN THE NEW PICTURES
GUILD OFFERS
NEXT SEASON
PLANS

The Theater Guild, in setting
forth its plans for the coming sea-
son in Washington, announces
that its own contributions to the
third annual subscription season
will be made from group Of
ten plays and that John Golden's
production of Rachel Crothers'
"As Husbands Go" will be includ-
ed in the subscription group.
AS in the past, the Theater
Guild series of plays will appear
at the National Theater. The
Guild has been pleased to notice
a steady increase in the number
Of its Washington subscribers and
present indications are that this
number will be greatly augmented
the coming season since the inter
est manifested in renewals has
been keen.
Plays Promised
In addition to "As Husbands
Co." which has been running sue
cessfully in New York at the John
Golden Theater, the Guild season
will include plays to be selected
from this group:
He" by Alfred Savoir, a sa-
tiric comedy, which has already
been successfully produced in
Philadelphia and Boston with a
cast which includes Tom Powers,
Claude Rains, Violet Kemble
Cooper, Pedro de Cordoba, Ed
ward Rigby, Cecil Yapp, and many
others.
Mourning Becomes Electra"
Eugene O'Neill's trilogy upon which
he has been working the past
three years. This group Of three
plays, through which the same
characters, pass, is laid in a New
England seaport town at the close
of the civil war, and O'Neills en-
thusiasts will be pleased to know
that, an act Of the second play
of the trilogy is laid aboard a
clipper ship.
"Reunion in Vienna" comedy
by Robert E. Sherwood, author of
The Road to Rome" among
other things.
A new play by Sidney Howard,
author of They Knew What
They Wanted" "The Silver Cord"
Lucky Sam McCarver," and Med
McCobb's Daughter"
THE House of Connolly" by
Paul Green. A play in which
the old South is seen in conflict
with the present, by the author
of I'm Abraham's Bosom"
Foreign Plays
Versailles" by DR.. Emil Lud-
wig. DR.. Ludwig's play, which has
been successfully presented in
German cities, shows the advent
of that most firm of the political
idealists, Woodrow Wilson, before
the Peace Conference, at the close
Of the World War, and of his
struggles with such practical poll
ticians as David Lloyd-G George and
Georges Clemenceau. Among the
characters Of the play are several
living people, Lloyd-George, Mrs
Wilson and Sir Basil zaharoff,
the munitions maker of Greek
birth who holds a British knight.
hood and who resides in France.
"The Coward" penetrating
psychological study by H. r.
Lenormand.
Three Times Waterloo" an
amusing Satirical comedy Of the
theater by Eugene Gurster.
"The Party" by Dawn Powell.
A shrewd American comedy in
which the competition in certain
lines of business is amusingly set
forth.
"The Sailors Of Cattaro," by
Friedrich Wolf. A play Of the
forces which impel opposing sides
of a revolutionary movement to
act as they do.
The members of the Theater
Guild Acting Company who are
scheduled to appear in Washing
ton during the coming season in
cludes Alfred Hunt. Lynn For
tame, Tom Powers, Glenn Anders,
Claude Rains, Franchot Tone, Er.
nest Cossart, Henry Travers,
Helen Westley and Morris Carnov
sky.