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• - ' - ■ r- ,y.\,■ ..BelascpT-Ed’win 'Ard^ tt^fDie Impor-. ^tafica; of Bei?ig ; Earnest*?9Edwin ^feen, one of t/e ifcost popular players who ever Appeared In. Washington at the head ota Summer atock. company, will Inaugurate the spring /and summer season at the Belasco The^jter to-morrow night With the presentation o£ - Oschr Wilde's brilliant society eom.edy, “The Importance .of Being Earnest.” Mr. Arden brings .to Washington' one . of the piost' capable , summer organ izatlops 'everf seen here, and judging' by Mb opening play, ho 13 to oiter an excedinly interesting and entertaining array of comedies. *Tne In**-portariee df Being Earnest”- is considered Wilde’s most br'lllant play. It is a smartsociety* comedy of life of tp-day. Throughout the three acts there. Is .a prevailing spirit of tlie lightest of ‘satire, and the most subtle of social burlesque.Mr. A.rden will-be seen as, John Worths ihg, and the roie_ of Gwendolen will be played by Misffr cj|jryptal1 Herne, leading woman,wfjh Mr_^ Arden's company. Charles Hammond will appear as Algernon, Mop-crleff. arid* Miss Jessie Qlendlhnlrig will be seen as Cecily Cardew, a wise Tttle coun-.try girl. ? Miss Alice Butler: w!U. assumethe role .of Lady- BracknelU a ’ society leader who \speaks In ' epigrams at all times. . . ' “ .y \ , -In view of the interest aroused, In- the;: reappearance of Mr. Arden,. and jtbe great number of .friends and adrhlrerfcwho..will he in the audience to-ipo*row ntgfc, the management; anounees tliat ’ a -riashllglit photo of the audience winrbe .taken at the-ehd of the first- act, - and aCbppy. will be presented to each persdb Ih'tW audience as a souvenir, 1 •.
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, May 12, 1907
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