The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-12-08
angela Is Twenty-Five
Will Open January
10Th For Three Nights
TOUR MIDDLE WEST
Famed Author Will
Take Lead In His
Own Play

Sinclair Lewis, former Sank Gen.
treite, famed novelist and Nobel
Prize winner, who recently decided
to extend his activities into the field
of acting, will be seen in Mime
apolis this winter as the star Of his
own play, angela Is Twenty-Five"
A tour Of the middle west will be
made preliminary to a Broadway
opening in late winter or early
spring. Mr.. Lewis will appear with
the play at the Lyceum Theatre,
Minneapolis, for three days begin
ming Thursday evening, January 10.
angela Is Twenty-Five" has been
written by the famous author in
collaboration with Fay Wray, well
known star Of the screen. The de-
cision Of Mr.. Lewis, considered by
many critics to be the outstanding
American novelist, to act in 1t him
self, has created great interest
throughout the country, and his ap-
pearance here will be one of the
outstanding events of the theatrical
season.
Mr.. Lewis emergence as actor Is
sequel to his first thespianic ex-
perience last summer, when he as
sumed, largely as an experiment,
the leading role in dramatization
of his best selling novel, 1T Can't
Happen Here" at Cohasset. Mass,
a resort south of Boston. Original
ly scheduled for one week, every
seat in the theatre was sold before
the opening night, and 1t was found
necessary to continue the engage
ment for a second week to accom-
modate disappointed applicants for
tickets.
ANGELA Is Twenty-Five" Is be-
ing produced by John Wildberg,
New York theatrical attorney and
producer, and staged by Harry
Wagstaff Gribble. A cast of we'll
known Broadway players will ap-
pear in support Of the author-star.
The play, described as a romantic
love story, concerns successful
physician of 81 and a girl Of %
with whom he falls in love. Mr..
Lewis will have the role Of the ply
stefan, and Flora Campbell will
play the part Of the girl.
Although his name has been iden-
titled chiefly with the writing of
novels, Mr.. Lewis had his first adj
venture with drama as long ago as
1919, when, comparatively unknown,
by wrote "Hobohemia," which was
produced at the now defunct Green
witch Village Theatre in New York.
Several years ago he elaborated
with Lloyd Lewis, Chicago dramatic
critic, in a play called "Jayhawker,"
in which Fred Stone appeared on
Broadway.
Several of his novels, in addition
to "It Can't Happen Here" which
was acted all over the country by
Federal Theatre groups, have been
dramatized. 'Dodsworth," put in
to play form by Sidney Howard and
acted by Walter Huston and Fay
Banter, was a huge Broadway sue
cess and was also made into a film.
Main Street" and ELMER Gantry"
have been done as plays, and "Ar-
rowsmith" provided a successful
film story.
Mr.. Lewis has appeared on the
lecture platform in extensive tours
of the country. His last novel, 1.-THE
Prodigal Parents" was published
last spring.
Rehearsals have begun in New
York for the play which will open
in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday eve
ming, December 30, and after three
performances in that city will go on
tour Of the middle west.
The booking for the first five
weeks Of the tour, as announced
recently by Mr.. Wildberg, follows:
Cleveland, Jan. 2, Cincinnati, Jan.
5, Indianapolis, Jan. 8, Milwaukee,
Jan. IL, Madison, Jan. 16, st. Paul,
Jan. II, Minneapolis, Jan. 10, Dav-
export, Jan. %, Des Moines, Jan.
"a, Omaha, Jan. Is, Kansas City,