Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-12

and Sender is one of the biggest
of these.
''It always comes as something
of a shock when the present Is
about to become the past" he
says. when play approaches the
end of its run as is the case with
Death of a Salesman which will
close in Hershey, Pa, on Febru-
airy "a.
"It means the end not only Of
rewarding personal associations.
but also the end of what has been
one of those all too rare combina-
tons of great actor in a great
role.
II think that in the years to
come whenever people across
American chat about their out
standing experiences in playgoing.
the mention of Tommy Mitchell
as Willy Loman will accelerate
their pulses and bring a brighter
4lSAlO w U11C1 CyCSs
II guess between the two OF
us we would be hard put to recall
more than half a dozen similar
instances, Miss Cornell In The
Barretts,' Tallulah in Little
Foxes Miss Barrymore in The
Corn Is Green" and what others?
They tell me Joe jefferson was
mighty good in Rip Van Wrinkle.
that Booth and Barrett left their
imprints on Shakespeare and that
there was once an actor named
David Garrick-well, these were
before our time"
Hank is going back to Connecti-
cut after Hershey and February
"a, to wait for the next long
running production that needs
steady man. He will argue his nice
and understanding wife. Genie
we've. into travelling part way with
it, and him.
II 4 X +
Monday memoes: Darkness At
Noon" has moved into the definite
hit class on Broadway and is now
touted as strong candidate for
either the Critics Circle or Pulit-
ger prize or both Billy De
Wolfe. one of Hollywood's more
intelligent clowns, will open an
engagement at the Statler EN-
bassy Room, on Thursday of this
week . His last appearance here
was at a White House Photo
graphers' dinner The only
reason he did not steal that show
was the presence on it Of Betty
Hutton Anyone who steals a
show from Miss Hutton will do it
over her dead body Wolfe
Kaufman, former drama and film
critic. has written a volume of
satirical short stories about show
business, Call Me Nate" It's
due in April :. Most acid writing
of Critic George Jean Nathan
these days is devoted to William
Manchester's biography of H. L.
Mencken. 'Disturber of the
Peace" Mr.. Nathan likes bet
ter Edgar Kemler's 1.-THE Irrever-
ent Mr.. Mencken." Young Mr..
z. is now Washington resident
:. Tonight's big opening is Irene
Bordoni's at the Shoreham Blue
Room.
Mozart Story" will be the Apex
Valentine Day attraction Wednes-
day >. D. w. Grif1th's Abraham
Lincoln" is SO popular at the
Georgetown theater that it is
being held over an additional three
days It will run through
Thursday =. IAN Inspector Calls
will be the March attraction
offered by darlington Players,
with newcomer Richard William
in Thomas Mitchell's old role :.
1.-The Sea Gull" will be given two
more performances by the West
moreland Players in the church
theater next Friday and Satur-
day nights An extra. $50
pm, matinee Of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" is scheduled for this
afternoon at the Playhouse ). A
preview of Alexandria Little
Theater's one-act play tourna-
ment candidate. 1.-THE Man Who
Married A Dumb Wife" will be
given tonight The Cameron
street recreation center is the
place and curtain time is $3.50 pm