A-- & "rtf i i tP a THE PLAYGOER'S WEEKLY TALK -j m- K . rf" ,'i B, T. & ,T ITTLE doca the nvcrnge theatre- t,, ' Rocr Know oi me trims nnu irinuiH Ijjp f tlons p( thnt category known generally ' as tnc press ngenis, wioso uuiy ii is KBkJ . J Intq a city nud herald their forthcoming columns nnd the electric signs. Besides attending to the preparation and Vplanting" of the many notices, stories, cojiy for ever-changing advertisements n the nmuseincnt columns, etc., the nrcss aecnt must be able to adapt him- "?' self to any emergency that, may arise t inopportune aud. unexpected mo ments. Tim tntnnevnmnnt nt stnrn 1ft CMirf' ly the most touching sltuitlon to be Handled. They must nave tneir names dlsplayeil In certain -sized type, care fully related to the size used in the title of the show; hi some Instances being larger and preceding the play title; nt Other times the same size beneath the title uid numerous variations. The niithor must have hi name displajed In a certain manner, likewise the stage director cannot be neglected aud the composer must be pleased, and last but Jcast of all, the producer must approve of the whole regime. Mistakes of com 'posltors and printers nre often the a cause of the birth of gray sage brush pn the cranium of the poor press agent. Herbert Corthell is being featured In the musical corned) at the Opera House, ml boasted this week that he has as sisted more advance men in collecting material for press-agent stories than any other comedian before the American public today. When "Fifty-Fifty" tvas in the course of organization Mr. Corthell spent many hours in .scheming and figuring out new and unique pub licity stunts to be used on the present tour of "Fifty-Fifty. " 0XK doesn't ccpcct 1'ike county, I'a., , to set the fashion, but Fred Hilli brand, of that section, with n twenty -stx-inch wniit line and Inside troucrs scam measuring thirty-nine inches, is fort o' built to wear clothes and not be bothered witii wrinkle. Hillebrand moved away from his natal apot some time ago. and i making his first appearance in Philadelphia in "Take It From Me." now playing at the Shubert In addition to having tho longest legs of nny one in these parts, he N a singer, dancer and a "nut" comedian. Before he was engaged for his pres ent tanglefoot role he was plawug small time, nud was kuown as n "nifty" dresser "on and off." THE American stnge is just begin ning to feel the effect of the closing of the great war ArtNt placed under contract during the war and later are beginning to Hock to this country to fill engagements. Some have been over here before, but othero are making their initial tour, principally those ap pearing in vaudeville "N'ilkie Bard and Talbot O'Farrell, who appeared nt Keith's recently, were among the newcomers, while Alice J,lo.vl. AVIh Wynne and Lily Iena. 11 of whom nppeared in this country several years ago. have returned nnd arc playing vaudeville. Miss I.enn has only recently come back to America and is to be one of the Easter week features at B. F. Keith's Theatre In this city. Miss Lena nt home is nn "idol of ! the 'alls." and she is duplicating the popularity in this couutr gained on j her first visit. ' She is called "Ung- , land's Fashion Plate Comedienne. ' She has nn extensive repertoire of exclusive bongs, and from this has selected a ' program of lyric stories. j SHAKESPEARE'S frequent employ' merit of ghosts and witches as vital ' forces in his dramas lends to such plays as "Hamlet," "Macbeth" and "Uich i ard III" a new interest in a period of ' I psychic investigation like the present Mr. Mantell's repeating all these at the Broad next week, so one has an op portunity to see how the bard views the ( worldly phenomena. . A belief in ghosts and witches was I common with all elases of soeiety in Shakespeare's time Ben .Tousou. con temporary dramatist aud close friend of Shakespeare, frcqiientlj un ap paritious, and the tw.o may Time talked over the phenomena in thp nVkering candlelight of the Mermaid Tavern Queen Elizabeth, the strongest -minded woman that ever sat on a throne, ilid not doubt the existence of witches, and her father, nenry VIII, of equally i trong intellect, whatever may be said of bis morals, sanctioned the law passed bj his parliament, providing severe punishments for "offenses of evil spirits or of witchcrnftes " EASTER -WEFK PLAYBqj-q , ! Hm - i " ON i LHaaaaaaaaaaaaa 9aBaV? VP a aayVvaa z.. . .. .nw.. .... r wAvrT-wj .Gamr'!iiF7 - "PKTHACD TIL" V lvBfmHI W Waltou I J RMif dANE HOUSTON. C3DRS1A OfRAMEY,' R5s2- ' Ty "GUEST OF HONOR OUl MADAMC" ULY Jm$$y Lyric- pwudfflpTiia- i heatrical Hills t r: :;,. y- i ' for the Next Week ''1JJ JKk I J-: J a Af ii 'M HJIIIIM it From Music to Comedy ' i .Tane Lormg. vlm is appearing in1 "The Oiliest of Honor ' started iirofes- sioual life as a violinist, but gave it up to go upon the stagi Hr Dancing FOR A REAL GOOD TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BROAD ABOVE COLUMBIA AVE. I Columbia Ul'ij; liM mm is'" "'" 4.TI1L t l Ttachct lor Calf Viawtxnt 6BJH ir ll'.iJmif JTJO for Appoint' incut a. v Special Knster matinees will be given at several houses on Moiulav. New Attractions GARIIICK "Mary," "a musical com eilv. IntroduciiiK to tho public a new organization. Oeorso M. Cohan's comedians, included belli? Georgia Calne. Charles Judels, Jenet Velio nnd Klorrlo Millershlp. Score bv Lou Illrsoli, hook by Otto Harbach and Frank Mnndel. Staged by Julian Mitchell Tho Joyous adventures of a ounp American who starts out to solve the high cost ot living. BROAD Mr. Mantell will conclude his successful return engagement in the following choice dramas of his reper toire: Monday, "Macbeth"; Tuesday, "Richard IJI" . Wednesday matinee, "Hamlet" . Wednesday night. "Mer chant of Venice" ; Thursday. "Caesar" ; Friday, "Macbeth" . Saturday mat inee and Saturday night, "Caesar." WALXl'T "Katzenjammer Kids," mu sical show based on the populnr car toons. Notable for specially interest ing electrical effects nnd the size and merit of Its chorus, described as "a riot of girls " Georgia Campbell is tho prima donna and thirty Blngers. dancers and comedians nre in the cast "Bathing Girls" and "Fashion Girls" aro featured rOTHlEST "Don Quixote. Esq.." the thlrtv-seennd annual Mask and Wig" show of the University of Pennsylva nia, acted and danced by students. Coutinuing Attractions PHILADELPHIA Victor Herbert's 'Out Madame," rich in Herbertian mclodj and with a consistent and hu rnorrms book Georgia O'Ramey, sing ing comedienne; Harry Kelly, of "His MATT1EPELICE. ROSELAND GIRLS" GYPSY MEREDITH. NJVm.'Rmti j Honor the Mayor" fame,, and Vinton Freedley aro leads. OPERA .HOUSE "Fifty Fiftv." a "'tempting musical show." Funny Herbert Corthell heads cast. Associated are Gosnian sisters, Arthur Allen, Dorothy Qulnette, Cosner and Odette and other well known single and team acts. ADELPHl "Vp In Mabel' Room," fnrcc, with Hazel Dawn. John Arthur, Enid Marky and Walter Jones. A hilarious plot SHVDEHT "Take It From Me," clever musical farce with scenes in a depart ment store. Diverting book and tune ful score. LYRIC "Tho Guest of Honor." fea turing William Hodge nt his charac teristic best Vaudevlllo KEITH'S Valeska Surratt and com pany, In "Scarlet," an elaborate act; Holmes Dickinson and Oracle Deacon, novel song nnd dance; Frank Orth and Ann Cody, comedienne : Lily Lena. England's fashion comedienne; Kharum, Fcrslnn pianist :Mollte Ful ler, singing sketch ; Herbert Brooks, magician: Davis and I'ello, gymnasts; McConncll and Austin, cyclists. ALLEGHENY Toto, clown; Guy J. ftampsel and Lily Leonhard, singers; Espo nnd Dutton, entertainers; tho Irving Berlin Trio, singers'; Norma Talmage, In movie, "She Lores and Lies," and musical comedy, "My Tulip Girl." GLOBE Jack Rose, the Brazilian Nut; Nana nnd company, dancing; Mlna Schall, singer, tho Majares, wire walkers; Fisher and Hurst, skit; Uie Old Homestead Five ; Fern and Marco ; James Kearney and company, playlet; the Gilbert Sisters; Magzfys, wonder workers. Blngers; Joe Armstrong, witty sav"OAD-George Arllss. In ings; leien nnu voiks, skic; j,a Costa and Clifton. "The Turner"; Madallne Wood, Edna Brown and Sara Myers, singers ; Alvln and Kenny. Jimmy Hodges heads bill last half of week. WILLIAM PESX Nat Nazarro and company : George Bobbe nnd Eddie Nelson, comedy : Amanda Gilbert Trio, songs ; McGreevy and Doyle, skit ; Gvnsv Meredith and comnany. oddltv. "Slim" Kellam and Patricia O'Dare head bin last nan. BROADWAY Jimmy Hodges; Mabel Berra, prima donna; Harry Tlghe. musical comedv; Haag and Lovcre nnd movie. "His House In Order," with Elsie Ferguson, Sunshlno Com edy Girls last half. XIXOX Tcschow'B Cats; Chinese Jazz Trio ; Jimmy Saxo nnd compnny, comedy; Joo Fanton nnd his comedv athletes: movie, "Tlllle's Punctured Romance." Now bill last half. GRAND Jack Trlnceton. sketch; the Beattlo's. singers nnd dancers ; Dolly's Pets, animal act; Froslnl, nccordeon; Itoof Entertainment VTALTdit The Pierrot' Coot Boot' will ' i'.VP an especially largo program. vviiucsido nnd Burdock Boys, versa tjlo eccentrics; Nina Paine, "The Somewhnt rirrrAnt nanMf1 Phvllla nnd Dngmar Oakland, novelty dances and. songs; Florence Andrews, "'The Ulad Girl" ! thn Tlnekon. sensational equilibrists ;,Holalne Lyhn. Blnglng comedienne,' and Margaret Irving, late company. Stock OfiPffllJlf"Polly of the Circus," the tender little play In which Mabel Taliaferro won stardom. Mne Des mond will play tho appealing role of the little circus girl and tho minister will be enacted by Frank Fielder. Sovcral circus acts will bo staged ln- ciuoninuy to tho action. 'Minstrels DUMONT'S A bountiful Raster Week bill Is underlined. Tho .travesty will bo "Your Next Door Neighbor, or tho Scandals of 1920." Emmet Welch, tho nweei voiced tenor, will slnptiow oai. lads. "All Aboard for DixiiT will bo no nnaie of the first net. Burlesque c'lVp Dan Coleman's New Show win Introduce tho comedian In a new V'licio rrco from horseplay and slap- Stick. Alien Ttnllor nnrt TTnrol T.nr. mine lend his feminino supporters and tiT i i " D'B nnu cotnoiy cnorus aiso. iun:u sellings nro promised. TROCADERO "Midnight Maidens" will ?, vo ft clover musical burlesque, "The Boys From Home," with special nnd excluslvo song numbers. George Nlblo nnd Helen Spencer aro the stars and wio cnorus is Bald to be a winner. uiJOU "Parisian Flirts" will bring back tho popular Charles Itoblnson. Ho has n two-act burletta with lots of jazz and a largo and good looking tnurus. A numoer or musical comcuy specialists will aid htm. PEOPLE'S "Rosoland Girls" nre to offer "Before. After nnd After That." a runny and spectacular vehicle In eight scenes. Harry Coleman nnd Belle Hart lead In tho cast and the chorus is described ns beyond the average. Future Attractions APRIL it LYRIC Sothcrn and Marlowe First week's repertoire: Monday nnd Thurs day nights and Saturday matinee, "Twelfth Night": Tuesday and Sat urday nights, "Hamlet" ; Wednesday nnd Friday nights, "Taming of the Shrew." FORREST "The. New T1ctnlnr." 7111 llngham's new music cqmcdv, based on "Dick" Davis's farco. with music by Silvio Hcln, Flora Zabellc, Marlon .Sunshine. Jed Prouty nnd William Burress featured. "Poldlkln." an Americanism and anti-Bolshevist drama uy uootn Tarkingtoii. APRIL 19 OPERA HOUSE "Lincer Lonzer Lob tv." Oliver Moroscos newest muslca.1 comedy, featuring eccentric Clutrlotto Greenwood, hilariously remembered II- l.fltffV." from "So Long, Letty. APRIL SC LYRIC Jane Cowl, MAY .1 Thiough.' in "Smilln1 FORREST "Zlegfcld Follies," with Bay anu .lonnnv jjooiey, jserx vvuuarr Marilynn Miller and Eddie Dowhng, Another Morocco Graduate Enid Markey, already kuown to the public as a movie star, began her career with the Morosco Stock Co., Los Augc les. nnd later played an engngement with Nat Goodwin in "Oliver Twist." She has made a hit as the bride in "Up in .iiuuci " ".... PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING THEATRES UNDER DIRECTION OF LEE . J. J. SHUBERT- s SAM S. HUBERT POPULAR MAT. WEDNESDAY. 2000 SEATS, $1.00 AN OPTICAL BANQUET MAT. TODAY 2:15 NOW yu vpiira jn uqyc )V9A!t99 America's Gayest Musical Show &MWT IT .pv " t r ii . '".'.vfOrTi aJi-T t n njroftP?y IHCrO L? esPTiE ww"fe- e rrfifedh THE WORLD'S RECORD FHaH maw: iwu awmim ay mm FOR MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH Produced Under Direction JOS. M. GAITES It's Fashionable to be seen A. H. WOODS' LATEST DELIGHTFUL DIVERSION JsTIDIOUSJ nr wii.son cor.i.iso.v umi otto icahuacii HAZEL DAWN, WALTER JONES, JOHN ARTHUR, ENID MARKEY and others JI51EI DUI S1.00 MAT. THURS. NIGHTS AilCLrlll $1.50 MAT. TODAY g.20 PHFTIMI TT T opera house TmilD TRICMPIIANT WEEK $1.00 POP. WED. MATINEE-$1.00 LAUGHS, tmK ii luil ojenk ?wt:7imL2L. m?mm ftrnjmm. musicale Vefi$vcifrifGi& &)JrjJ N GLADNESS jLJvl.. !i Mini HERBERT OORTHELL "fDNMER Tn,N EVEB" rHESS SPIC, SPAN, SAUCY ENSEMBLE OF CLASS pF NEXT WEEK IS THE EVES.at82t .WEO& 9 nn (..i.u MATill WIK.lt. I LASTWEEK LYRICI " HODGE IN HIS (SREATEST SUCCESS -GUESTHOHOR TTS&Km LAST TIMES NEXT SATURDAY MONDAY, Apr. 12 SEATS MONDAY 2 WEEKS ONLY A E. H. JULIA Sothern Marlowe Flr.t WetWi Mori.. Tbur. NifhK, Sat. Mat.t "TWELFTH NIGHT"; Tut... Sat. Nlshtit "HAMLET'j Wfd., Fri. Niibt.l "TAMING OF THE SHREW" Stcond and Lait WeeUi Mon.. Thura. Nlghu. Sat. Mat.t "TAMING OF THE SHREW" i Tu.. Sat, Nlghtai "TWELFTH NIGHT", Wed., Frl. Nlihtu "HAMLET." PRICES $3.30, $2.75, $2.20, $1.10, including War Tax TOR BENEFITS AT ABOVE THEATEEfltJLPfI.Y 3ENEriT 3EPT.. 3HE8TWUT BT. OPEBA HOUBE BUII.DIHQ, OHEBTMUT BT.. BEtOW HTH fHONE LOOUBT 3860 Mf u (PHILADELPHIA FOREMOST THEATRES FORREST A Uronil and Banjom THOMAS M. LOVB naelneia Manager ONE WEEK ONLY BEGINNING nirMvirw a v "nioj.it?. at. n iVlVyillTL 1 JIATIKK WKII. " J & 8AT. AT BUS . THE GALA EASTER EVENT! aMaskaWigdub 32ND ANNUAL PRODUCTION "Don Quixote, Esquire" AN W-TO-BATK MUSICAL "COMKOY IV TWO ACTS " nr CIIART.ES ClILPIN, CIIAm.n.S S. MOIKIAN, .lit., V.. JI. I.AVINO nnd ,T. II. now MUSH) AND tAllirS V CIIAUI.KS CIII.I'IN STAGE DIKE0T1ON AMI IIANCIZS AltllANOI'.l) UY CIIAUI.KS S. MORGAN, JR. OVER 100 STUDENTS DRILUANT KNSI:MIM;S NOVEL DANCES ANlf SPECIALTIES TIIKMliriNVOICEU LKE CHORUS CORUSCATING SPLENDOR IN SCENERY AND COSTUMING THE BIGGEST AND BEST SHOW EVER! BEGINNING MONDAY, APRIL 12 tSsday ' CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S LATEST MUSICAL COMEDY " THE . NEW - DICTATOR with FRANK CRAVEN AND A Company of Distinction. A Refreshing, Witty Play. Beiuitching Music and An Army f of Pretty Girls! RROAD JLr rn-oad and locuit FRANK NIRDLINOER tluslneas Manager WIIn) Today ".MERCHANT OF VENICE" TonlBht "JULIUS CAESAR" NEXT WEEK LAST WEEKSa$v, g ROBERT B. MANTELL surroRTEii uy GENEVIEVE HAMPER .toNDAY MACBETH TUESDAY RICHARD III WED. MAT. ...HAMLET wed. night. . MERCHANT OF VENICE THURSDAY . FRIDAY ..., SAT. MAT. ., SAT. NIGnT ..JULIUS CAESAR ..MACBETH JULIUS CAESAR JULIUS CAESAR linn ORRICK HID" Clintnnt I & Janlper BAM'L NIXON NinDUNQEn I Ruilneai Manager rnicKs roil all ferfoiciiancks (kxi'kft Saturday McnT) 80o TO !.oo. MiUIIUAt .Mlilli, OUO XU X.0U. BEGINNING MONDAY, APRIL 12 8$SDAT QEORGE ARLISS THE DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER ACTOR, IN BOOTH TARKINGTON'S LATEST PLAY "POLDEK1N" (DIRECTION OV OEOROE C. TYLER) , J LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINNING iyinwn a v mlts. at iis ATAVyilX!. A JAT1EK tVKn. & SAT. AT StlS JOYOUS EASTER OFFERING! GEO. 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LISTEN LESTER GREATEST I ISTFN Wllh OF ALL WOlEill ADA MUSICAL I FCTI7R MMJ COMEDIES IjIOILiIV WEEKS And u Henautlonnl Cast pt Slnjero, Dancara and runmakera. FLYING EVERY SUNDAY Airdrome feia y&.W.r;1 Willow Grove at the . P.A.S.C. TROCADERO inni a Alien MAT. DAILY THIS AITEICMION nnd KVKMMI Sl.lllINd HILLY W.V1SOV AND Ills WOMII'.ltFUL S1IIIW WEEK C'OMMEN'IN! APRIL 5 .MIDNIGHT MAIDENS nith Thoait DnnrliiE iiiiiriniiiiiK, liroree HSHSspi v "srf 2am-, 1 I NIBL0 mid HELEN SPfeNCER AND M) OTHKIIK M ADIMIY Henta nt lieppo'a, 1I1K CliMtnut PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA TONIGHT at8:15S!KS Academy, Next Tuesday, 8:15 ENTERTAINMENT DE LUXE Eight Famous Victor Artists COMING Henry Ilurr Al Campbell John H Meyers Munroa SlUer Peorlcea Quartet IN PERSON Hilly Murray Krank Croton IYed Van Upj I'VanU Ilnntu Sterllne Trio In u (irosram nt Mirth. Muslo and Melody. Tickets, .SOc, 73c, 11.00. 1,00, (2,00. 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