Evening star., 1935-11-30

TOdu DeIOTe IL OpeIlS HtTt W 1dCe
a city audience. The out-of-
twon "tryout" will be presented De-
cember 9 at Riverdale, Md, home town
of T. c. Gardiner, who has the leading
role.
The play will be at Pierce Hall on
the two following nights, with the
authors New York agent. Miss Edith
Gordon, in town for the local open
ing. Others beside Mr.. Gardiner in
the cast are Mary Lillias Garretson,
Charles A. Bell, Felice Lloyd, Clar-
ence Ruebsam, Yerby Pannill, Ed
mund Evans, Neota Silvers, William
Austen Davis, Evelyn Schweizer.
Francis S. Koonce, Lois Alexander and
Roy Poole. Mr. Baer's comedy is be-
ing directed by Howard wentworth.
THE First Legion" drama of the
lives of men following religious voca-
tions in Jesuit community. will be
presented here during the first week
in February, produced by the Black
friars Guild and sponsored by the
Catholic Students Mission Crusade.
John Victory was named executive
chairman Of arrangements and a
general committee, composed of Rev.
Louis c. Vaeth, Rev. John McLarney,
o. P; william Mcdonald, C. j. Wit
tier. president Of the Blackfriars
Guild. and Richard Brady. was ap-
pointed at meeting last Sunday at
the Willard, when the joint presenta-
ton was decided upon.
1.-THE First Legion" had its premiere
in New York and has played to capac-
ity audiences in Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago. This is its first local
showing.
Seven nights a week aren't even
enough for the Columbia Players.
They are rehearsing Susan Glaspell's
"Inheritors," building scenery for the
play. keeping Uncle Vanya" in re-
hearsal, reading scripts for next sea-
son, teaching new members stage and
back-stage technique and completing
work on a modern switchboard.
They're carrying on a subscription
campaign. too. so they really could use
more time if week could be stretched.
Besides the two plays mentioned
above the group will do Sailors of
Cattaro," Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak
Model and "The Shining Hour"
"Inheritors" will be presented De-
cember 18 and l9.
The Drama Guild is to present the
first playing in this country of James
Brides Tobias and the Angel" De-
cember II ahd l8 at the Wardman
Park Theater. The play is being di-
rected by DR.. De Witt Croissant, head
of the English department at George
Washington University, who saw the
original production in London.
Cuvier Metzler, who appeared in
plays when he went to Eastern High,
has one Of the leading roles in. the
production of Death Takes Holi-
day." at Delaware, Ohio, by the Wes-
leyan Players of Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity.
Yerby Pannill and Esther Marshinan
will be the two merry wives" when
the Shakespeare Society presents the
bard's Merry Wives of Windsor"
Monday night at st. Paul's Auditorium.
Their jealous husbands will be Kent
Dyer and John Victory, and Jesse
Veitch, Ada Louise Townsend, Vir-
ginia True. William Milton, Stanley
Karmazin, James M. Rawls, Paul
Murphy, Charles A. Bell, Lawrence
Gichner, A. L. Diket and John Chad
wick are in important roles. Mr..
veitch and Mr.. Dyer are doing the
directing.
This will be the first full-length
play on the seasons schedule by the
Shakespeare Society and will be, ac-
cording to report, the first time
Merry. wives of windsor" has been
seen here in Is years.
Alice Louise Hunter and four of
her smallest dance pupils will augment
the Merry wives" cast, presenting q
dance number as. an integral part of
the fifth act. They are Betty Israel,
Gloria .Masgoret, Ann Matthews and
Margaret Reisling and they will be
costumed by Mrs. Anna Castle.
"The Tinker" modern comedy
which grew, out of a study Of the life
Of st. Francis of Assist, will be played
December 10 and II by the Thespian
Dramatic Society of Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church at the Massa-
chusetts avenue chapel.
The cast includes Leo Quacken-
bush, George Rose, Vernye Barrett.
Isaac Avery and Anna Mae Poor. Mrs.
william II. Wagner Is directing.
Mary Eta Callahan win present her