Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1923, Page 15

V AMUSEMENTS Washington Opera Company in “Rigoletto.” “Rigoletto,” Verdl's opera based upon Hugo's drams, ‘Le Roi s’Amuse,” was played and sung in ex- cellent fashion before a crowded house by the Washington Opera Company at the President Theater * last night. This, without question, is the best performance of opera ats tempted thus far by the ambitious local organization, and Edouard Al- bion deserves much credit for the admirable quality of every phase of the performance. Washington society turned out in brilliant throngs to grace the open- ing performance ot Washington's 1irst mttempt at grand opera through tho edlum of the Washington Opera * Company this season. And it plauded enthusiastically production invites com «ven that paragon of Amerl the Metropolitan, and, fror indication ne w ¥ v operatic pretation. His _rich bariton » of the b¥st ever hear in Washington imation awford, in the role of a_soprano of great possibilities. ¢ than equal her duet dering or voice that found Lis singing of th Mobile” in the third Donna and was ner that lef: ilizabeth B soprar spirited desired, mezzo Trow- e splendid bass siderable coloring to heard in the first act | Albert Shefferma ) Louis Annis, uce Alvin Lake, ¥ Polllo, Marguerite Mes n all sang small roles ef- nd the w Ably good her stiff wman was ¥ cleag-cut und stood out in favorable compari- son_ with that of the Metropolitan itself. The chorus a: hole showed ining and co-operation. o Papalardo, orchestra for this pre his skill as director of the ¢ ging and rumental parts of the upera in a w that merited the en- thusiastic applause meted out to him Paul Tchernikoff directed the ballet, | which had & short dance in the first | wct that might have been a great ad- | ditfon to the entire performance had | the dancers had sufficlent room which to do their dance, | they seemed to be endless tangled up and treading other’s toes On t whole, hington has a . company of which may be proud. The distinguished company witness- | ing the perfor included several | a generous number residents in the or- in s it was, getting on each | W, * Pittman H. Wil Princess Mrs. Alexander Ramsay Thompson, Maj . Squier, Leander McCorniick and Ciarence Stetson. Senator and Mrs. Ho land were guests of Mr vest, whose oth and Mrs. William O Mrs. C] Selder s. Ra with them in their box Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran Hill, Mr. and Mrs. ngham Lawrence Townsend and 3 Frederick E. Chapin. Mrs. Willlam J. Roardman and Miss Mabel Boardman entertained in their box Representative and Mrs. Louls A. Frothingham, Representative A. Piatt Andrew, Mr. and Mrs. Chand- ler P. Anderson and Maj. C. E. D. Mrs. Elonzo Tyner entertained her guests at dinner before the performe ance, taking them to Le Paradis. In the company were Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Crittenden Calhoun, Miss Katha- rine Sutherland, Miss Virginia McKen- ney, Dr. Paul Lessinoff, Dr. Bedoya and Senor de Buenavista. Princess Ghika was hostess at din- ner preceding the opera, where she oc- cupied & bo: Her guests were Mr: George H. Ehle, Mrs. Robert F. Mac- kenzie, Mme. Zaldivar, Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, Capt. Richard Flournoy w United States Ambassador and Mrs. George T. Marye were guests of Mrs. Joseph Schwarz, who also entertatned Mr. and Mrs. Klafoth and Mr. “Samoloiff of New York Others at the opera were Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Miss Pren- tice, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Hol- combe, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. Clarence Richmond Day, Mrs. T. De- Witt Talmage, Mrs. Willlam Haywood, Judge and Mrs. William Bailey Lamar, Mr. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten, jr.; Mrs. Alice Pike Barney, Mrs, Jo- Seph Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. John Dil- lon, Miss Alice Harriman, Mrs. Frank Walter and Miss Elizabeth Duryea Walter. Flonzaley Quartet. ‘The Flonzaley Quartet>played un- der the auspices of the Washington Society of the Fine Arts in the Cen- tral High School last evening. A pro- gram including “Quar in B Flat ajor, Opus, 76, No. 4, by Haydn ‘Quartet in G Major, Opus, Novak: “The Frank Bridge spearean falry Speaight. In the charming and gay quartet by Haydn the refined and reflining rt of these four players was exhib- { ited convincingly. The Novak quartet, marked contrast national in to the F onsonances, Londonderry h melody), by the Frank Bridge, the viola, in the hands of Louis Baill had much to say and to most elo quent purpose. In the latter part all the strings sang together with a I hymnlike effect. Last on the program Puc from kespearean characters, by Josef Speaight hman living in London. This on was written in the mod- , so greatly used now, showed also = dectdedly Mendelssohn- like quality. A | Everything was played by the four artists in a way to inspire and de- light. The audience heartily testified its app! tion. . NATIONAL—"“Duloy.” “Dulcy” {8 a delight—three acts of it. Opening at the National Theater last Inight for its first visit to Washington, this comedy by George S. Kaufman_and Mare Connelly, which made New York laugh for months, did what was cx- pected of ft—it made the Washington first-nighters chuckle and at times double up with mirth, Dear, delightful, well meaning, tact- less Dulcy Smith, her last name, like her conversation, is not unusual. A kind of modernized Mrs. Malaprop, she is unique as the central figure of a play. She has perfect faith in her abllity to handle any situation. She is the busybody who seeks to straighten out her husband’s business affairs and to marry off the daughter of the man whom her. husband js seeking to join in a big consolidation. She is irre- | pressible. Dulcinea, the full name ascribed to her in the program, is played by Miss Lynn Fontanne. . Miss Fontanne has created, by her acting,. a picture of Dulcy that is little short of a master- piece, & picture that will stick in the memory of those who see her—no matter who may come after her in this part. As intended by the.authors, $Dulcy dominates the action of the ! But the production includes other parts well taken. temperamental “scenari; mannered, well groomed “nu { cessful but lrritable business man, & voung girl who believes she is ro- mantic, and a young advertising man whose thoughts cannot sear above a contract and the thought that pays to advertise, not to mention Dulcy’s brother, a mere broker, all of | whora Duley seeks to manage. Oh, ves, und her husband, Gordon Smith, into whose affairs Dulcy mixes. “Duley,” the play, is produced in a natural, everyday sort of way, 8o that the auditor is constantly think- ing “that’s just like so-and-so.” The action takes place in the home of i Dulcy, near New York city, A week- end party, gathered mostly by Duley, to_be of assistance to her husband in solving his business problems. The scene of the party has scarcely been set before Dulcy beglns to “scram- ble the eggs” The scrambling proc- s continues until the Jatter part of third act, and then, aw is'usual in 1 it_seems impossible to } unse That things turn out | t in the end is in spite of Duley, of course, But from Dulcy’s stand- point, the most important fact is that ‘they do turn out right. Her brother had said this was the firat week-end party doomed to end Fri- day. But he was wrong. - At times the situations are almost farcical, due to the activities of Duley. ~Her conversation, & traves- [ty on the small talk employed so often in so-called soclety, is trite and banal fn itself, but so malapropos that it is often excruclatingly amusing. Dulcy's husband, by force of bu: ness circumstances, is compelled to seek a combination of his business, There Is Still Time —to join our Xmas Club. 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Ask your fruit dealer for Sealdsweet Florida oranges and grapefruit. Insist that he supply you with them. which is the manufscture of -immi- Ro tation jewelry, with o8, o back of him: ac m. Duley takes it into her hands to bring about a better deal for her husband.. In the cast, which gives Miss Fon- tanne admirable support, ar an ., 48 the romanticglly incifned young thing; George Abbott, as Dul- cy's brother; Wallis Clark, as the ir- ritable business man; Rikel Kent the Gilbert Douglas, as James Gleason, as Duicy's Richard Osgood, as the-at- vertising engineer, and Lill Bliss, as the wife of the irritable business man. GARRICK—“The Green Scarab.” . “The Green Scarab,” a new comedy drama by John Stapleton, is the of- fering at the Shubert-Garrick this week, opening last night befors a mych too small audience for such an entertaining short play. Mr. Stapleton has used as the “text" fof‘ his play “As a foul odor from a sweet flower, such is a lle upon the "”i of a lovely woman precious gem much o collectors for .its rnreneu-ov::nf!u t:z pure joy of possession, and by thieves or its value in money, is not a new theme for theatrical produétiogs, but Ilt is always a good pivot on wx] h to balance a plot, and Mr. Stapleton has fashioned this faithful old standby into a very clever comedy-mystery dr:}imu. H. Cooper Cliffe is cast in the leading Tole, that of Cape. Markee, traveler, sportsman and collector of Egyptlapg art treasures and scarabs. Possessifn of a particular emerald has made him the champion collector of egyptology in the world, and the efforts of an internationally known diamond thief to steal the green scarab have kept the police of two continents busy for some time, aside from a bit of sleuthing done by, Capt. Markee himself. How Titus Roék, his pretty, brainless wife, and his wife's very beautiful and faithful sister fig- ure in the mysterious affair it would be unwise to tell here. Only elght persons comprise the cast, and the whole play takes place with but two scenes, one In the home of Titus Rock and the other in the hotel apartment of Capt. Markee. Both interiors are artistically finished. Mr. Cliffe, as Capt. Markee, is a finished actor, each word, look and act being the work of one fully versed in the proprieties of his art. ST Luctle: SBears is very attractive as Jewel Conway and Lilllan Walker in- imitable the selfish, spoiled and absolutely brainless Mra. Titus Rock. Henry Mowbray is cast as Titus Rock and Victor Morley as the very-much- liked+by-himseif Mr. Nestor. Perley Morton s convincing as the private agent of Capt. Markee, and Julla Shaw and Edward Colebrook com- plets the cast. James Shesgreen, manager for this W general manager for the Pl producers of “The B B. F., KEITH'S—Gus Edwards' , “Song Revue.” Gus Edwards {s making his annual appearance at Keith's this week and brings with him a handsome group of young girls! in a song and dance revue. With the exception of Alice Furness, who sings well, the company is entirely new and very clever, KEdwards has a good voice and knows the business so thoroughly that every little incident Ix taken adyantage of to put the revue over the footlights with a telling punch and lots of “pep.” He sings “The Let- ters That Lighten Broadway” and this serves to introduce the company in ing them In along the popular highway. The costumes in this number are elab- orate and rich in coloring and texture. Heretofore, Mr. Edwards has not paid a at deal of attention to costumes, re- ying_on his pretty girls to carry the act, but this year he has come to the front with dress designs that will bear compgrison with thy big New York spectacles. The act runs about forty minutes and the audience contiuually applaud the different enjoyable num presented. The addition of Ch Fredericks has resulted in a big boost for the act, as this youngster is a wondertul dancer. The Willle Schenk company fur- nishes a surprise when a pretty girl and Schenk do an athletic turn that for originality and deft execution has not been surpassed here. The girl makes her appearance shot from an enlarged megaphone attached to a phonograph and is caught by Bchenk as she sails through th¢ air, Keats of hand balancing that are supposed to belong to the sterner sex exclus sively are then performed, many of them bordering on the sensational Tumultuous applause greeted th act. Others include Venita Gould-in imi- many different dharacters that are pack- properly and rensonably. Your old Louis W. Labofish, Mgr. [ (Continded on Twenty-first Page.) 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