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19 New Play Brings Claiborne Foster to Flatbush 'Mile. Modiste' at Majestic BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930. FRITZ LEIBER MONTH IN THE COUNTRY The Theater By ARTHUR POLLOCK wife and her parents find them. After a domestic fiareup, punctuated by the arrival of the police, he runs away to South America with the girL For Claude Cooper, who played the husband's chauffeur, last night's performance was a welcome back to Jamaica. He played there a year ago with a stock company.

Those in the cast In addition to Kruger and Cooper are Kathryr. Marvin, Anne Sutherland, Edwin Maynard, Mary Fowler, Florence Auer, Edward Colebrook, Jack Bennett, H. H. McCollum and Oeorge Le Soir, who Is also stage manager. 'Virtue's Bed9 'House Afire a Comedy of Suburban Life, Is Seen at Werba's Flatbush Theater With Claiborne Foster in the Leading Role A comedy called "House Afire" came to Werba's Flatbush Theater last night with Claiborne Foster in the leading role.

It will open In Manhattan next Monday evening without Miss Foster In the leading role. That means that Brooklyn can see Claiborne Foster in "House Afire" but Manhattan cannot. That is a break for Brooklyn. It is also a break for Claiborne Foster. "House Afire" is a pretty homely form of entertainment.

What fun it brings to Brooklyn is supplied chiefly by Jack Hazzard. Last. night's audience found it worth while to reward him frequently with laughter. Mann Page, the author, unfolds a new version of the story of a wife and her husband who are victims of circumstances, victims in this case of the partial payment system and the desire to own a home, a Hodge Cuts Up Star Writes Himself a Play With a Bed in It Dialogue of a rather homely wit, but no treat to the lnte runs through the three acts of William Hodge's latest play, "The Old Rascal," which opened at the Bijou Theater last night, with the author playing old Joe Adams, who 'hasn't served on the bench for 20 years for nothing." Old Joe, after living 39 years with a wife whom he lectured and begged for years to give him children and whom he finally left to taste a bit of life in the Big City after she smashed all the bottles in his wine cellar, is no fool. He is wide awake from the start to the racket of the valet, the maid and the lawyers, who want to swindle, him of the money he made because he happened to have the land that "squirted" oil.

The audience was obviously bored during the greater share of the first act but aroused itself to titter at the exposure of a complete suit of flannel underwear, "that never came rather well until an erstwhile customer turns up to expose her. At a dinner party in London she tells her t'jory tx a horrified group of friends and begs for their friendship. Their own Uvea, she warns them, have been none too virtuous. Her plea fall on deaf ear and her new friends quickly shun her. She eventually runs away with her exposer.

The subject is one on hich many plays and books have been written and "Virtue's Bed," although moving and entertaining, offers nothing new to the discussion. It Is being produced by Lohmuller and Emery. Ara Gerald headed a well chosen and capable cast at last night's opening. Others in the cast included: Vera Hurst, Sarat Lahtrl, Robert Strange, Doris Covert, A. J.

Herbert, Camilla Crume. Shirley Gale. Valerie Dale, J. Keruy Hawkes, Ethel Rcmey, Albert Hayes. Opening Delayed The opening of the musical play, "Jonica," in Washington has bem postponed until Wednesday night due to a delay in the completion of the scenery.

The show goes to Atlantic City next week and opens at the Craig Theater, Manhattan, on April 7. To Aid Afed Actors The management of "Broken Dishes" announces a special matinee on Friday, March 28 at the Masque Theater at popular prices for the benefit of the Actors Fund. "House Afire" A comedy by Mann Page. Presented at Werba's Flatbush Theater by Arthur Fisher, staged by CllBor Brooke. TUB CAST Mary Ogden Florence Earle John Ogden John Haazard Carmody Ann Elliott Claiborne Foster Willie John Haazard.

Jr. num Hnnnirtt Boulevard Presents New Play on Double Standard Based on an attack on the double moral standard, "Virtue's Bed." Courtney Savage's new comedy, appeared to please a sophisticated audience at its prior-to-Broadway premiere at the Boulevard Theater in Jackson Heights last night. It is the story of an English arm7 officer's wife who turned harlot in Africa when her husband died and left her ithout funds and her subsequent attempts to re-establish herself in English society. Aided by a large legacy, she is succeeding! AMUSEMENTS BROOKLYN A LOEW'S THE STANDARD Elliot Cabot, in tha Thtatttr Guild' at the Guild Thtater. ENTERTAINMENT SETS IN BROOKLYN WITH LOLW'g 8CPKRIOR A I'M VILLE LOEWS BAY RIDGE.

72d At 3d RAMON N'OVARRO. Devil May Care: RI TH ROYR LOEW'S BEDFORD, RAMON N'OVARRO, Devil May Care; Harry Barna LOEW'S 4UTH 46 dt N. Utrecht. RAMON NOVAHRO, Devil May Care; Pred Ardath LOEW'S GATES. Oates.

tc Ramon Novarre. Devil VarlelrLaat LOEW'S METROPOLITAN, Pulton. PHIL BAKER. YU MA BANK Y. Lady to Lve LOEW'S ORIENTAL.

86th A 18th RAMON sovARRn m.v v.nii. desire that chains them to the com- monplace. The wife is the chief victim, for the husband is content to work and save and accept as reward a dull, uneventful life. The wife would like to go back to the city, live there in their old small apartment, spend a little on going to the theater and having a good time instead of sinking all they make in a cheap house among similar cheap houses tenanted by people with no imagination. And when their house burns down she is delighted.

Now they will get $12,000 insurance and can play and be irre sponsible again. They can go to Europe, too. That's what she thinks. Her husband, on the other hand, has no aim other than to build another house on the same site, a new house, a little larger than the old, and have in it the radio they have saved from the first dwelling. Between whiles they go back to their old apartment and we see them dressing up for a costume dance, Claiborne Foster in cute little black pants, Betty Blythe, a beauty of the movies, in something like the raiment of the Queen of Sheba, and another friend in less than that.

This shows what lovely times people can have if they don't care about owning their own homes. They are to get the check for their insurance that evening. They do not get it, however. Instead, their friend the insurance agent breaks the news that the wife is believed to have set the house on fire herself because she disliked living in it, and that unless the claim is withdrawn she will be arrested. Gossip, a gasoline can and one or two other bits of inconclusive evidence have resulted in the arson accusation.

Later it turns out that she did not do it. This is a dull recital of the chief Reverting -By RIAN LOLW'g WUXARD. Woodhaven RAMON ON LOEW'S PERFECT LOFWjS ALPINE. Bflth ft 5th RAMON uirecni. i Roitnss THHrt! Hit LOEW'S RREVOORT, Brevoort-Bedfd.

MA KAII.L. Ureal Divide; Embarrassing Momenta LOEW'S BROADWAY. B'way-Mvrtle. RAMON N'OVARRO. Devil May Care: Lansden Com, LOEW'S CENTI RV, A OI'ITTED, Sam Hardy; Mounted Htranrrr LOEW'S CONEY Surf dc SUl'l.

PARTY GIRL. Fairbanks Prevost: CHOPIN LOEW'S HILI.NIDE, Jamaica Ramon No.arro, Devil May Care: 00 Miles from B'way LOEW'S KAMEO, E. Pkway-Kostrand. BURNING UP. Arlen-Brlan; Dennett Comedy LOEW'S MELBA, sjlvlngston-Hanover.

TROOPERS THREE; Schildkraut In Night Ride LOEW'S FIRST SPRING CARNIVAL SHOWS ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN Oh, Lady, Lady, take my word: A male's a worthless guy. He'll break your heart with charming ways And laugh to hear you cry. He'll swear the while he loves you With a love deep as the sea. But some sweet day he'll leave you, And then where will you be? So if you dont want your heart's blood To quench his manly thirst, Oh, Lady, Xady, take HIS heart And bust it first! FOX In te licitt of liruokiyn yiatbuK A yrvin tit. 33c to p.m.-AOe to p.m.

itmm tj pretenit "Let's Go Places" WITH ALL STAB CAST VtIM rube wolf Fanchon A Marco's Idea of Love a Llpa will give First 100 P. Irons on Mondays, Tuenrtavs, Wwlnwdsvs.Thnri,. days, si 1 1 a.m. show I HMtUI ATK I RfcE HKADINGS. MAJESTIC The Ever Glorious Star FRITZI SCHEFF In Victor Herbert's i "ML MO 1ST NEXT WEEK KEATS" NOW ilhliSIIH.

Vrrvt The Melodious Musical PUv 'THREE LITTLE GIRLS' Great Kinging Dancing Cast REVOLVING STAGE WERBA'S FLATBUSH Mts.Wed.Sst. VIV "HOUSE AFIRE" with CLAIBORNE FOSTER Nest Week "BLOSSOMTIMF" WERBA'S Jamaica OTTO KRUGER, 'They Never Crow Nit Wk Frllsi Scheff In "Mile. Modiste" rf i. Yl jaramouttt Air-Thriller "YOUNG EAGLES' On the Stale 1 RUDY AXLES and his Connecticut Yankees in Publix Revue with Sammy Cohen I BEDFORD Apollo. Pulton St.

Ae Throop Av Fox Savov. Bedford de Lincoln. Happy FEATDRE FILMS Had Shahttptarm repertory company at tha Shubtrt Thtater. A New Quixote 'They Never Crow Up' Opens at Werba's Jamaica If a man's desire for games has been stunted through early life while he piled up a fortune making skillets it will crop out later and turn him into a Don Quixote in search of adventure and youth later. That is the thesis which Edgar Bohlman set out to prove In his latest psychiligical comedy, "They Never Grow Up," which opened last night at Werba's Jamaica Theater with Otto Kruger, who appears to be making a specialty of misun derstood dreamer-husbands, in the leading role.

The role of the adventure-seeking husband whose wife wants to be conventional is not entirely a pleasant one. He becomes silly and lmbecrfio at times when goaded by a mother-in-law who appears entirely superfluous. In his search for adventure the husband, whose home Is in Cali fornia, drifts across the Mexican border and finds the daughter of a revolutionist anxious to be smuggled into America and agrees to bring her in, through border patrols, gunfire and what not. Seeking refuge from the police he takes the girl to his ranch, where his AMUSEMENTS MANHATTAN. OPENING TOMORROW at 8:30 P.M.

AL JOLSON "MAMMY" A Warner Bros. A Vitaphone Picture (Technicolor Hequenees) I Storv and Music by I IRVING BERLIN WARNKR Bros.jAftertheOpenlnir THEATRE iDally B'way A Sid St. Sunday Specially Equipped Seats tor Hard of Hearing. Tickets in Advance. Opening FRIOAV ataiSOP M.

JOHN BARRYM0RE In "The Man from Blankley'." A Warner Bros. Vltmphooe Talklns Picture Central Theatre ll'way 47th St. After the Opening Dally 3:458:45 Sunday 3 6 8:43 GEORGE ARLISS THE GREEN GODDESS' WINTER GARDEN R'wav A ftllth St. THURSDAY LAST DAY GEORGE ARLISS In "DISRAELI" CENTRAL THEATRE B'way 47th Warner Bros. A Vitaphone Plcturea Dally 8:45 Sundays 848:43 At Both Theatres CIVIC REPERTORY 50c, II, $1.50.

Mats Thurs. Sat. 2:30 EVA LB GALLIENNE. Director TONIGHT. "THE LIVING CORPSE Tomorrow Night "THE SFA GULL Seats 4 Weeks Advance Box olfico ana iown nan.

iu w. 43 LAUNCEL0T and ELAINE "Clear. Simple Beauty." S. V. Timet.

PRESIDENT THEATRE. S47 West 4Kth St. Evenings at 8:50. Mats. Wed.

de 8at. 2:30 ZIEGFELD 84 St. Ave. mats, xnura. Hat, ED.

WYNN "SSP Prlcea $1 to tX Mats. 11 to S3, No Tag KATHARINE CORNELL in "DISHONORED LADY" FMPIRF 4m" 9t" Eva. al 8 SO L.1IU Matineei Wed. A Sat. 8:30 "BERKELEY SQUARE" With I.ESLIR MARGALO HOWARD lill.LMORE LYCFIIM 44 Eastl Mala.

Thursday 1 lEUttl of B'wav I Sat. Fvc. Journey's End Henry MUler'i Mats. Than. Sat.

GEORGE "FLYING WHITE'S HIGH" De Svlvla. Brown A Hrnderson anna APOI If! w- 8t- Eves. 1 to $5 00 il ULLU Pon Aft Wert -Rut al-as NnT. UL HUUUUDm Uii LK presents Lawrence TIBBETT itt the Technicolor, 8ntHnf MfttMterie0 "The ROGUE SONG" Astor B'way 4Mb St Dally g-AO. Holldavsst 8.

6ft 3d BIG LAUGH WEEK COHENS and KELLYS IN SCOTLAND with CHARLIE MURRAY-GEORGE SIDNEY "on- "oon to Midnlte VOLONY Midnlte Shot? Sat. off, not even in June if it was cold." when old Joe was undressed by his valet after a night with the girls and put to bed like a baby. Meantime, the old rascal reminisced and observed with the discarding of each garment that he "liked his Minnie even if she was fat" and "New York girls don't dance, they aaveruse. The first-nighters came to their toes at the opening of the second act, when old Joe awoke to find himself in possession of a bed part' ner, pretty, to be sure, but just a part of the racket (this bedroom ousiness oeing, By the way, a new racket for Mr. Hodge).

After being under the river "seeing Brooklyn for two days," Joe Adams returns to turn the tables on the plotters and snow them how to use a gun. He "used to live," he says, "where those things grew." Everything turns out well in the end, even to Mrs. Joe Adams' succumbing, to the charms of her husband, whom -she never quite appreciated so much as now, when she Is about to lose him. She even drinks his liquor! Mrs. Adams is played with a vigor and convincingly by Alice Fisher.

Others in the cast are 'Margaret Mullen, Judith Windsor, Francez Edmund Dalby, David Morris, Donald Kirke, Douglas Wood, Hermann Lieb, John Martin and Maurice Barrett. Duplicating Costumes Fred Pichler is designing the costumes for the children's performance of "Bird In Hand," to be given at the 49th Street Theater Satur day morning. April 5, by the Juve niles appearing in "Topaze." They will be reproductions in miniature of the clothes worn by the English characters represented in the Drink- water comedy. AMUSEMENTS MANHATTAN RITZ LEIBER in onRKespcrean nepe noire TONIGHT, "MACBETH" Wed. "TWELFTH NIGHT" Wed.

"MERCHANT OF VENICE" SHUBERT 44th W. of B'way :1A.sstMt2:;iO:Hlo2.50 rbea.Masqne.W.45 Si. Et.8:50. Hat.Weil.Sat. "Scored Bit." Knthbun, Bun.

Broken Dishes br Martin Flavin with Donald Meek A Theatre Guild Production A MONTH in the COUNTRY nv i nur. nnv GUILD THEATRE. 52d. West of B'way Evenings 8:30. Mats.

Thurs. 2:30 1 A Theatre Guild Production APPLE CART DUE TO LARGER SEATING CAPACITY AT THIS THEATRE, SEATS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL PERFORMANCES MARTIN BECK 4.1th W. of 8 A v. Evenings 8:30. Mats.

Thurs. As Sat. 2:30 Majestic, W.44.Eva.8:30,Mts.Wed.ft Sat.2:30 LEW LESLIE'S INTERNATIONAL REVUE L-STAR CAST OF MO GRACE GEORGE in FIRST MRS. FRASER with A. IS.

Matthewe A Lawrence Orossmttb PLAYHOUSE. 4th Street, East of B'wav Eves. 8:50 Mate. Tburs 8at. 2:30 NOW AT AMBASSADOR W.

49th St. gves. 8:40. Mats. Wed.

and Bat 30 STU5ET SCEUQ 2nd YEAR TS NEW YORK CITY CLARK unci McCULLOUGH in "STRIKE UP THE BAND" TIMES 8Q. W. of B'wav Eves, at auu. inurs. as sal.

LUE GHOST rADDrCT W. 49 8t Evea. 8:50 rUriftLOl Mats. Wed. and Sat.

2:30 ARTHUR REBOUND HOPKINS Presenta A comedy by Donald OEden 8tewart with HOPE WILLIAMS PLYMOUTH Theatre, 4Mb W. of B'way Eves. Mats, rnurs. et sat. FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN with Wm.

Gaxton and Genevieve Tobln Eves. 8:30. Mats. Weds. At Bats.

2:30 LYRIC THEATRE West 42d St. 300 Good Seats $1.00 at Box Offlca THE GREEN PASTURES MANSFIELD THEATRE, W. 47 Street Matineei Wednesday and Saturday EVENINGS, 8:30 mm 4Sth of B'way. Eva 8:50 Matinees wsa. and sak.

A PASSION. Young Sinners ATE COMEDY KOXY Mth St. 1th Ave. Direction of 8. L.

Rotbafel (BOXTI William JTo Pretmtt "The SKY HAWK" tell JOHN HELEN GILBERT GARRICK CHANDLER KMERY Hnry Rtane Praqram with PERCY WENR1CH (America's Popular Composer). Greta GARBO TALKS In ANNA CHRISTIE" A Mtr-OoMwyn-lttiier Pirtura EUGENE O'NEILL'S Immortal Drama Dava-Apollon stag Revue- Bunchuk "WAY 5i Screen's TwoTruniTiest Stersl FANMB BRUfil HA0RY GREEN I in "Be Yourselfl" I A 1 TO lmS 1 Nite Owl Shows! HERBERT BRENON'S Marterpiece "LUMMOX firm united b'w: B'way t8ti Beatrice Colony Mrs. Marie Haynes Miss Davis Doris Freman Oeorge Humphrey Earle Mitchell Walter Elliott Charles Lalte Chief Herb Charles w. Ritchie Betty Morrison Betty Blythe Billy William MrFadden Telka Virginia Daw incidents of the play. The play is hardly more animated.

Never is the humor of that crackling kind or of that truly human kind a play so disingenuous in plot must have if it is to be a good evening's enter' talnment. Mr. Page is not a gifted writer. He has little to say, says it maladroitly, cannot cover his play's defects with anything in the nature of charm. His characters are not only plain people but elm pietons.

Hazzard has the best luck in the playing and, for that matter, the most to contribute. His musical comedy methods are not exagger ated and If they were no complaint could be made against them, since the play is badly in need of energy of some kind to keep it moving from one point to another. Miss Foster Qlays, as always, sincerely. Hers is a nollow roleas are all the rest. Of Betty Blythe it may be said that she is of a pleasant design and looks well undressed.

Charles Laite the husband. The home that burns is situated in Kockport, Long Island. to Type JAMES- JESSICA. all Broadway on hand to Jend one the Kouznetzoff-Nicollna Trio, wowing the customers with our very pet seven-foot basso grabbing more tnan his share of the spotlight Marlon Sakl, a slightly Japanese young lady who has never appeared in a club oeiore, singing "Poor But. terfly," perched atop a cushion on the center of the dance floor, and rating beaucoup applause Jay u.

rnppen, the alleged wit, official ing as guest m. of and not even going to the trouble to learn how to pronounce the names of the wow acts it was his lot to introduce Raoul Lipoff's Tango artists, who are all of that Dolores Cordova Leo Beers Roberta West and all your favorite waiters re cruited from Texas Guinans in the merry throng A. J. Powers Sonny Barkas. Ring Phil Baker Fanny Ward Nat Lief Linda (June Moon) Watkins Al Kidwin and seventy-nine newspapermen who'd go farther than that even for Pro prietor Tommy Ouinan, an ace who deserves it and everybody had a perfectly swell time.

COMPLICATIONS SET IS OR A PRESS AGENT TELLS YOU THE STORY OF HOW A MAN BECAME HIS OWN GRANDFATHER A man named Smith married a widow who had a grown-up stepdaughter. Smith's father came to see him and, being a widower, fell in love with his son's stepdaughter, and married her. Smith's father, therefore, became his son's son-in-law, and Smith's stepdaughter, having married his father, became his mother. In due time Smith's wife had a son, who was, of course, his father's brother-in-law. At the same time, the newly born son was his own father's uncle, since he was the brother of his father's stepdaughter.

Smith's father's wife also had a ton, who was Smith's brother, and also his grandchild, since he was the son of Smith's daughter. Therefore, Smith's wife was his grandmother, since she was his mother's mother. And so. Smith was his wife's husband and grandchild at once, and as the husband of a person's grandmother Is his grandfather, Smith became his own grandfather! IRVING S. STROUSE.

Phew! It doesn't make sense, that's what It doesn't but Just see all the space it takes upl YARN Fanny Ward tells it. It seems this gay young Century Plant was crossing the ocean a few years ago on one of the big boats on which General Pershing was also a passenger. Talking with Miss Ward one particularly rough evening, the General asked Fanny how she liked the trip. "Not at all," averred the Mai production of Turgtntv'l comtdy Fritzi Is Back Fritzi Scheff in 'Mile. Mo- 1 diste' at Majestic "Mile.

Modiste," another of the musical favorites of the past gene ration, which the Jolson's Theater Musical Comedy Company has vlved, is seen this week at the Ma jestic Theater Fritzi Scheff, who years ago quit the Metropolitan Opera Company and starred In this then latest Vic- tor Herbert comic opera, is again to be seen and heard in the role of Fifi. which she made famous. The years have not been unkind to Miss Scheff. Her voice may not be as fine a lvric soDrano as it was when first she stepped from grand opera to comic opera stage, but she still fills the Fifi role with flags flying. Vocal and dramatic training ably conceal what loss of voice she may have experienced, so' that hers is still a first class performance.

She was excellent last night in the many popular old melodies, not a few of which make consiaeraDie ae mands uoon a singer. Supporting her are several other good voices. Nathaniel Wagner as her leading man has a pleasing tenor. A perhaps still better voice is brought to the cast by Robert Rhodes, high baritone, in the role of Gaston, artist son of the milliner. And a high entertainment spot Is provided by Detmar poppen, oasso, in his singing of "I Want What I Want When I Want It." "Mile.

Modiste," it will be recalled, unfolds the love story of Fifi. employe of Paris modiste, and a young Army officer, the son of a count who is opposed to the match. On borrowed money she fits herself for a comic opera career and when "arrived" sings at a garden party given by the count and there wins the nobleman's consent to the marriage. An Albertina Rasche ballot fc a feature of the earden party. This revival of "Mile, Modiste" is well worth attending.

Weekly Bridge Lessons Start at Loew's Kings The entire foyer of Loew's Kings Theater will be roped off tomorrow afternoon to provide space for the lobby bridge instructions Which will be inaugurated at the theater. Mrs. Mllllcent WaddelL a recognized bridge expert, will not only instruct those present with the aid oi practical demonstrations but she will also answer questions on the subject. The hour's instruction in bridge at the Kings will be continued every Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock until further notice. Fill-Me-In Answer Today's solution: DEER, DEED, DIED, DIET, DIRT, DART, HART.

RESTAURANTS BROOKLYN. CONEY ISLAND FELTMANS' "Fisheree" Grill On Boardwalk Open All Tew "Moderate Chargee" Fish. Seafood Steaka Shore Dinners and not forgetting the Famous Feltman Frankfurter! "Bun bathe yourself on Boardwalk: we furnish steamer Chalra and RESTAURANTS MANHATTAN Jack "They can't be equalled!" "Just got in from the middle weal, Old Man. Say, I've sampled every kind of food from Kansas to Michigan. Some was fair: some was good; some was awful.

Gee, but it's great to be ack in the Big City again and sit down to one of those wonderful Hotel Bristol meals. Real home-like food and plenty of it, cooked to a King's taste and nicely served in pleasant surroundings. I've travelled thousands of miles; but I've yet to see the equal of Hotel Bristol's table d'hote luncheon for 50 cents, or their dinner for $1.00. I'm heading for the Bristol right Dinner every evening and Sunday noon 1-M) Famous Bristol Luncheon AO Mpecial Blue FlateaDinner (1.1)0 to HOTEL BRISTOL T. ELLIOTT TOLSON, Pre: 129 WEST 48th ST.

Vrr-A jfamouj RctttAursnt AMUSEMENTS BROOKLYN 1 N'OVARRO. Devil May Care; Frank Master TALKING SCREENS N'OVARRO, DcyII M.y Care: Dorothy Jordan Spring Carnival Showat On Two Magie Serotnt VILMA BANKY Talht in "A Lady to Love" CAPITOL THE A.ST AGE SHOWS assissUeesemUeiwai 1st LOEW'S SPRING CARNIVAL SHOW PHIL BAKER on person) mlf ft DA T'k "A Lady to Love" Brooklyn ACADEMY of MUSIC Last Performance of the Seasen Metropolitan Opera Company SAT. MAR. 29 A Borl: Olgll. Baslola.

Ludlkar. Bade, CehanovSKy. Haxselman. KNABE PIANO UBED EXCLUSIVELY n'ARTHELMESS 1 th.CODS" now st pop. pRicrs IS3SRD uth Ctmtatt "ftaqil (( KAROO lOmitntvi, MKMimnoi oiHimmoAinj SECTION TOMORROW Keys to Baldnate; also Lone Star Ranger Days, All-star Caat.

Same? Life; also Song of Kentucky Rsmo t'althron. Blackmail. All Talk Runs (hair: also Covered Wagon Trail Nat Carr The Mighty; It's a Great Life. Leva SECTION SECTION Mack, Why Bring That l'p. Up Lloyd, Welcome Robert Armitronc SECTION bECTION TOMORROW Di.

Seven Km to Baldnate Sam Markaill, The Great Divide Sam wllh t'anrad Nag.t; Vaadcvilla OP CHM lth m. Pow.ll OF CH ANCE, with m. Powrll; VaidSUI OF CHANCE, with Wm. Pnw.ll OF CHANCE, with Was. P.well; VaadeTlUa or ch an ck.

with wm. Powil OF CHANCE, with Wm. P.w.ll: VliinOls or CUA.NCC, with Was. roweil; VaaferUM DAVE SCHOOLER at KINGS I 1 I SHAW LEE jt PITKIN iXTl MidnlteFealurrPlclareHhnwIngs I IVaVI Every Saturday at PITKIN SHOWING TODAY 1 From Chicago Fritz Leiber Plays 'Hanilel at the Shubert "HAMLET," William 8hakepeare'a tragedy In five acts, presented by the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society at the Shubert Theater. THE CAST Claudius, King ol Denmark.

William Courtlelgh Hamlet, Son of the former and Nephew of the present King Frits Leiber Horatio. Friend of Hamlet. Burke Polonlus, Lord Chamberlain. tjuln Laertes, his Bon Lawrence H. Cecil Courtiers Kosencramz inaver noDerLs Oulldenstern Grant Gordon Osrlck Charles Deshelm Marcellus, an omcer ttoDeri Alien Bernardo, an Officer Ralph Menzing Francisco, a Soldier Wilfred Mallory A Oravedlgger Robert Strauss Another Oravedlgger Claudius Mints First Flaver James Nelll Jr.

Second Flayer Charles Deshetm A Priest Wilfred Mallory Ohost of Hamlet's Father Hart Jenks Gertrude. Queen of Denmark and Mother to Hamlet Virginia Bronson Ophelia, Daughter to Polonlus. Marie Carroll Player Queen Vera Allen Hardly an intellectual but decid edly a strenuous Hamlet was seen at the Shubert Theater in Manhattan last night. The tragedy of the melancholy Dane was chosen as the first of a repertoire of Shakespearian plays brought to New York by the Chicago Civic Shakespeare society, an organization that opened the new Civic Theater in Chicago this season. Fritz Leiber, who was bom in Chicago, is the featured player.

He of the belief that Shakespeare should be played in a natural man ner and that the great dramatist wrote his plays to be acted and not to be studied. As a result, the production was decidedly interesting from a melodramatic standpoint, but never once did Leiber make Hamlet appear to be a thinking man, with intelligence decidedly higher than that of the other char, acters In the play. When it came to the melodra matic scenes the Western tragedian was more than satisfactory. In fact, the whole play has been speeded up, and to a person not familiar with it if there were any such in trie au dience "Hamlet" must have seemed a mighty good play of situation, But when Mr. Leiber reached the scenes that called for something more than theatrical force he seemed simply to be saying words that meant little to him.

As a result, the soliloauv read to a flickering candle, never for a mo ment created the illusion of a scholar meditating on one of the most important events that could happen in human life. Even Hamlet's advice to the players sounded like so many vords. The lines in the graveyard were better read; in fact, it was only in this scene that Mr. Leiber brought to life the intellectual side of the Dane's character. In costume and in general stage appearance this Hamlet follows conventional lines.

The company was decidedly better than the ones that are usually gathered around a Shakespearian star. The majority read their lines as though, they were acting the tragedy in' modem costume. For once Ophelia was played by a young actress. Possibly Marie Carroll, who played the role, did not get as much as could have been gotten-out of the "mad scene," but she made Ophelia pleasing to look upon. Hart Jenks was the Ghost of Hamlet's Father.

He did away with green spotlights and other stage tricks and kept very much in the dark. Philip Quin needs more voice to make the words of Polonlus better understood. Thayer Roberts and Grant Gordon minced through the role of two courtiers as though they came from the "Pleasure Man" cast. Lawrence H. Cecil as Laertes was more than acceptable.

The same hardly can be said of either William Courtlelgh as the king or Virginia Bronson as the queen. The production is a beautiful one and shows considerable care and thought. If the other plays of the repertoire are as well produced it would not be at all surprising to see the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society in New York longer than it first intended. Actor Tumi Anthor Donn Cook, leading man in "Re bound," at the Plymouth Theater, has completed a new play which a prominent manager Is now consid ering for spring production. The story deals with life in a stock com pany in a small town.

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