Evening star., 1932-03-13
ONE-ACT PLAY TOURNAMENT.

ONE-ACI PLAY TOURNAMENT.
THE One-Act Play Tournament, an
annual feature conducted by the
Community Center Department with
the object of enlisting the efforts Of
widely separated groups and individuals
in Washington in a unified adventure
in the arts of the theater, will be
brought to a close Tuesday evening in
the Mckinley auditorium with the pre-
sentation of the plays selected by the
preliminary judges for the final con-
test, in which the final Judgment will
be made and the winner declared.
The judges in the final competi-
ton will be Gideon A. Lyon, associate
editor of The Evening Star; Nelson Bell
OF the Washington Post, Mabelle Jen-
nings of the Washington Herald, Elean-
ore Wilson of the Washington Daily
News and Andrew r. Kelley of the
Washington Times.
For number of years this annual
tournament has been conducted by the
Community Center Department and
each season it becomes more and more
an interesting element m the Winter
program OF amateur drama in the city,
With the standards eacn season SEEM
ing to rise higher and higher. 1t al
ways calls forth varied and interest
ing responses and seems 70 be becoming
rapidly distinct and distinctive ele-
ment in cultural development in the
National Capital
ARTS CLUB PLAYERS-Wednesd
THE Arts Club Players will be pre-
sented in a group of one-act plays
at the club Wednesday and Thursday
evenings under the auspices of the Dra-
matte Committee.
Ihe plays are: "Bumblepuppy," a
comedy, by J. w. Rogers, directed by
Ruth Harsha Mckenzie, with a cast of
three men-Robert E. Miller, E. r. Nc
kenzle and William S. Hepner; The
SWeetmeat Game" tense drama of
San Francisco's Chinatown" by Ruth
Comfort Mitchell directed by Emma L.
Ostrander and played by Edna Ellis
Hilton, Miner Ellis, Andrew Dent and
Harry Angelica, and Queens of France"
py Inornton Wilder, a clever bit of
characterization, directed by Mrs. Will
nam j. Peters and acted by Murray
Sheehan, Anne Ives, Grace Peters John
son, Anne PEBBLES, Emily Read Jones
and Clara Hepner.
DRAMA GUILD OF WASHINGTON.
MEMBERS of the Drama Guild of
Washington are busily rehearsing
Tor Berkeley Square" the third pro-
auction of the current season, which
viii be presented at Wardman Park
Iheater Friday and Saturday evenings,
April l and 3.
This role of Peter Standish will be
nlled by Bernard Barton, a newcomer
70 Washington, and formerly one of
the very active members of the Har-
Vard Dramatic Club. The cast also in
Guides Eleanor Wells as Helen Petit
grew. Dorothy Crosby as her sister
Kate, Eldred Wilson as the brother
Tom, Grace Peters Johnson as their
mother, Lady Anne Pettigrew: Murray
Sheehan as Mr. Throstle, Miriam B.
Hilton as Mrs. Barwick, James Otis
Porter as the Ambassador, Hester Wal
ker Beall as Marjorie Frant, Lenore
Romney as the maid, Maurice Jarvis as
Maj. Clinton, Helen Burton as Miss
Barrymore, Caroline Mckinley as the
Duchess of Devonshire, Ray c. Mont
gomery as Lord Stanley and Thomas
M. Cahill as the Duke of Cumberland.
j. Minor Dorey is directing.
Under the direction Of Col. John
Otto johnson, a technical staff Is work.
ing on the stage set which has been
designed by Robert M. Wick. This
branch of dramatic activity enjoys
little Of the glory which attaches to