Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 262, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1924 — Page 5

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924

DUSE RESTS THREE DAYS BEFORE HER MURAT PERFORMANCE

Noted Italian Actress Will Arrive Here in Special Car and Will Go Into Seclusion Before Appearing in ‘The Closed Door' on Night of March 29. Eleanora Duse, famous Italian actress, will arrive here ihree days before appearing at the- Murat on Saturday night, March 29, in “The Closed Door.” She travels in a special car and on arriving here will go into seclusion at a local hotel She will see nobody and even declines to give interviews. Because of her advanced age and the demauds on her strength caused by her heavy plays, she will rest three days here.

Duse makes only two appearances a week. Indianapolis Is one of the few cities which will see her. Ona B. Talbot is responsible for bringing her here. -I- -I- I Here Is An English Synojkis of "Closed Door" Because of the many requests for a synopsis in English of “The Closed Door,’’ which she will present here, The Times submits the following cast and outline of the play which will be given in Italian at the Murat: OAST OF CHARACTERS Bianca Quereeta Eleonora Duse i A sensitive and finely poised woman. ! married to a carefree and selfish husband. holding in check the still ardent passion of her youth, struggling: with herself to keep the secret for her sfin’s parentage, to hold him near her and still to provide for his peace of mind. Giulio Quereeta Memo Benassi Her son. Inheritor of his mother's sensitive disposition feeling vaguely the Aloud over his parentage and eager Wfixainst his mother's wishes to plunge into the world of action and make a name for himself. Mariotina Maria Morino ■ Niece of Bianca. A hiph-spirited girl who cares more for Giulio than he for her. Ippolito Quereeta Giro Galvani ! Husband of Bianca concerned only with his own pleasures. Sympathetic toward Giulio's ambitions. Declo Piccardi Leo Orlandini Lover of Biwioa and welcomed as a friend in the household since their agreement to forget their passionate love for the sake of Giulio. years before. Don Ludovico Alfredo Robert Priest and spiritual adviser to Bianca. Broad-minded and sympathetic toward Giulio’s projects. Maurillio .. . Mario Galli Servant to the Querceta s. Christina Enif Robert Servant to the Quereeta's. SYNOPSIS OF SCENES The action takes place in the Villa of Ippolito Quereeta. near Varese. Italy, at the present time. Aid I—The Salon of the Quercete Villa Openuig at one side into a billiard room at the back into a moonlit Harden Evening. (Intermission ten minutes. Act ll—Decio's bedroom in the Quereeta Villa. Late the same night. (Intermission ten minutes l Act lll—Same as Act 1. A few days later. SYNOPSIS OK “THE CLOSED DOOR ACT I —Scene 1— . Bianca reading; Mariolina at the piano; Giulio by her side; De>-jo in the archway between the two rooms; Ippolito and Don Ludovico at the billiard table.) Giulio promises Mariolina. who is unable to find the Schumann waltz he likes, to obtain it for her when he goe- to Milan tomorrow. Bianca appears worried at the announcement of this trip, and after a few pleasantries between Giulio -and Mariolina regarding a gift for ner. and echoes of the C.e from the billiard-room, she calls Giu.io her and questions him about the tnp. iriuiio reaesures her that he is not going to run away, but she insists, asking him pointedly about the expedition of Galvani Seotti. Giulio promises, with some irritation, that he will not join the expedition. —Scene 2 Bianca. Mariolina. Declo and Don Ludovico. The game Is finished: Giulio and Ippolito go separately into the garden. Bianca discusses with Don Ludovico the t>oor under her charge and announces that before long she may make the country her permanent home. Mariolina downcast at this news, but Decio Jokingly assures her that he will see to it that she will have a good time in the city. —Scene 3 Bianca. Giulio. Ippolito. De<4o. Manolina and Don Ludovico. Mariolina answers a telephone call from her grandmother, with whom she is living, and arrangements are made for her taking her home. Don Ludovico announces that he is going to Milan tomorrow to meet a young priest in Seotti s expedition to Lucesia in East Africa. At this news, Giulio becomes excited, betrays liis intense inteiest in the project, and suddenly leaves the room. —Scene 4 Bianca. Ippolito, Decio. Don Ludovico and Mariolina. Ippolito tells Don Ludovico of Giulio’s de-ire to go with Seotti and of his mother’s refusal to give her consent. The dis-i-us-ioD which follows brings out Giulio's previous trips with Decio his resemblance to his mother, his di-similarity to Ippolito mil the latter* belief that the expedition - "illy a symptom of a deeper trouble with • iu io. —Scene 5 Bian si. ippolito. Decio. Don Ludovico, ilian- a j-,s* Mariolina to see whether the •( niobi’e i- ready and then pres -es the oint of Giulio's state of mind. Love is • uli and out a- th-; factor, and Ippolito eug—ts that Decio, who is most in Giulio's confidence, should flu 1 out what is the matter with him. —Scene 6 Bianca. Ippolito. Decio. Don Ludovico and Manolina. Mariolina. returning, bids everyone goodby. and Ippolito leaves with her. —Scene 7 Bianca. Giulio, Decio and Don Ludovico. Decio trie* to reassure Bianca about Giulio but entp-ises the tight rein in which -he has brought him up. He would not let him go with Seotti. but would try to find another outlet for his youthful vitality. —Scene 8— Bianca. Giulio. Decio and Don Ludovico. At Bianca's call. Giulio comes in from the garden. Don Ludovico says good-by and leaves. Decio proposes a game of cards, ■ut Giulio prefers chess. He is nervous and irritable. Bianca says goodnight to them and departs. —Scene 9 Giulio and Decio. As soon as his mother is gone, Giulio releases his pent-up feelings and cries violently. “I with to be free. I must go away." He tells Demo he must make a name for himself and begs Decio explain to his mother. Decio tries to calm him and gain his • •onfldence, only to be shocked by the boy vailing him “Father!** Caught by surprise, he is unable to deny the fact, and against Giulio’s protest that he doesn't wish to hear more, Decio persuades him to come to his room and listen to the whole story. CURTAIN. llntermission. Ten Minutes ) ACT II —Scone X Giulio and Decio. After interruption by the servant Maurilio, Decio. in his room, is compelled to listen to ihe story of how Giulio had instinctively divined the fact of his parentage, little by little, ever since childhood. —Scene 2 Giulio. Decio and Bianca's voice from the garden. At the sound of Bianca calling Giulio. i Decio turns out the light in the hope that ! (Continued on Page 7)

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FLONZALEYS WILL GIVE RECITAL AT ACADEMY OF MUSIC Matinee Musicale Will Present # ‘Cinderella’ at Masonic Temple, T s— ~~ HE Flonzaley Quartet will give a recital at the Academy of i_J Music at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon under the direction of the Indianapolis Maennerchor. The quartet includes Adolfo Betti, first violin; Alfred Pochon, second violin; Iwan d’Archambeau, violincello, and Louis Ballly. viola. It is the only organization of the kind holding supreme rank both in Europe and America —has for nineteen consecutive seasons in America —has played in over 400 different American cities, made 1,700 appearances in America, and over 500 in Europe—since its foundation has suffered!only one change In Its personnel—is the first quartet to have I made great success with Its records, which are put out exclusively by the Victor Company. Has introduced to the American public the names of A. Schonberg, Op. 7; Max Reger, Op. 74; Ernest Bloch, MS.; Rosario Scalero. MS.; Paul Roussel. Me.; Alberfc Magnard; Igor Stravinsky, MS.; Albert I*e Guillard: Darius Milhaud; Emmanuel Moor, and unearthed many compositions of old masters of the eighteenth century. Has aided in the promulgation of American music by playing for the first time works by Charles Martin l.oeffler. Daniel Gregory Mason. David Stanley Smith, Templeton Strong. Charles T. Griffes, Samuel Gardner, John Beach. A. Dilienthal, Victor Koiar, E. Grasse. -I- -I- -I“CINDERELLA” TO BE GIVEN AT THE TEMPLE Or Friday afternoon at 3 b’clook, the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale will present “Cinderella.” an opera in three acts. It will be given in English. Helen Warrum Chappell is the director. Miss Helen Julia Smith will play the piano score. Incidental music wili be played by Mrs. Robert Bonner. Miss Yuba Estelle Willhite, Mrs. Franc Willhite-Webber and Mrs. Louise Schellscmidt-Koehne. The cast follows: Cinderella Helen Warrum Chappell Prince Charming . . Mr*. S E. Fenstermaker fatly Godmother . Mildr-rl Daugherty Emry Vme. De La Haltiere. . Mi*s Norma Mueller Naomi Miss Mary Ann Porter IJorothee . Mrs. C. C. Carson Six Sprites; Miss Myrtle Freeman. Mi*s Ruby Steinruek, Mrs. Don Webster. Miss Raffaela Montani. Miss Grace Rush and Miss Ruth Beals. Voices Off Stage: Miss Lucille Rowe. Mrs. L. C. Felton and Miss Haze! Gutknecht. Ballet: Betty Ann Noland. Helene Keywan. Dorothy Games. Betty Davenport. Catherine Jenne end Jessie Fisher -I- -I- -IPI'BLIC PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCED BY SCHOOL The public performance class of the Metropolitan School of Music will give a program next Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Odeon. The program is open to the public. A

Times Tomorrow—Matinee hums & Mclntyre & cook s zardo ALLAN ROGERS —AND—LEONORAALLEN DISTINGUISHED SINGERS IN FAVORITE MELODIES, ASSISTED AT THE PIANO BY CHARLES LURVEY Wm. L. GIBSON & REGINA CONNELLI IN ONE NIGHT IN SPRING BY WILL M. HOUGH THE FOUR DIAMONDS IN A PERFECT SETTING JACK L.AVIER ALLEN TAYLOR & BARBER All In the Spirit of Jest Two Girls and a Fellow McDonald trio Alice morley Cycle of Beauty and Daring ' High Moments with a High Brown ADDED COMEDY FEATURE BERT FITZGIBBON THE ORIGINAL DAFFY-DIL AND BRO. LEW PATHE NEWS—TOPICS—FABLES Week March 24 SIGMUND BREIBART BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER The lr*r King Creator of Better Cle.

YOU WILL MEET THESE PLAYERS ON LOCAL STAGE

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No. I—Genevieve Lee in “Stateroom 19,” at the Lyric all next week. No. 2—Patricia Salmon, who was discovered in a tent show at Shelby,

Hitchy Booked Here in “Old Soak” Soon The manaenient of the Murat announces the booking of Raymond Hitchcock in “The Old Soak,’’ which comes for four performances the last of this month. Hitchcock has not not been in Indianapolis for some seasons. “The Old Soak” has a most interesting history. It was first produced by Arthur Hopkins and played in New York at the Plymouth Theatre, featuring Harry Baresford. This company went on tour out of New York in September, with another company starting with Tom Wise opening at the Princess Theatre, Chicago, and was booked at the Murat next month, but it was suddenly decided that the Tom Wise company of “The Old Soak” was to go to the coast, and the booking was lost for Indianapolis, but the Hitchcock company was hooked.

fifteen minute play, “The Frog Fairy,” will be given at the conclusion of the musical program. Students taking part are: Bobbie Wolfe, Kamora Jackson, Harry Riddell, Virginia Rother, Ramona Wilson, Gene Smith, Ella Jean Ward, Jeannette Solotken, Frances Herrick, Alan Yule, Mary Katherine Kerr, Eugene Kerr, Mildred Grayson, Hortense Royse, Hazel Belcher, Eunilla Ward, Elizabeth Whetzel, Sara Crouch, Evelyn Louise Orostreet, Forrest C. Hinseley, Norma Shutteleworth, Pearl Katterjohn, Josephine Halbing, Maxine Gilliland. Emily Yucknat, Marie Shaner, Esther Hohlt, B'anchon Ftittig, Martha Emma Cox and Betty Lou Moores. -I- -I- -I“TWINKLE, TWINKLE” TO BE GIVEN AT MI'RAT The unexpected sometimes happens on Haresfoot tours, according to Vance Smith, a former member of the dramatic club of the University of Wisconsin which will bring its twenty-

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Mont., and who will be seen In "The Follies” next week at English's, opening Monday night. No. 3—The McDonalds at B. F. Keith’s, opening Monday.

sixth annual production, ‘‘Twinkle, Twinkle,” to the Murat, April 15. One year when Smith was traveling with the club, the leading “lady”— • the show, as always, ha<l_an all-male

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No. 4 —George Myors in “Receipt in Full,” at the Lincoln Square next week. No. s—Pauline5 —Pauline Russell in “Big

cast—was supposed to appear on the stage carrying a fluffy little dog. Just before one performance, doggie was nowhere to be found. Students frantically ransacked

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Sensation,” at the Broadway next week. No. 6 —A member of the team of ‘‘Three Aoes and a Joker,” at the Palace the last hajf of next week.

neighboring alleys and a moment later —to the roaring delight of the audience—the heroine sauntered onto the stage with a struggling airdale clutched under one arm.

TOLLIES’ 10 OPEN ENGAGEMENT HERE MONDAYEVENING William Collier, Jimmy Hussey and Others Are in Cast. After a run of sixteen months on Broadway and nine weeks at the Colonial Theater, Chicago, a feat never before accomplished by any of the previous Follies productions created by Florenz Ziegfeld, the “Ziegfeld Follies” comes to English’s Monday night for a week’s engagement. This Is the seventeenth of the series and .marks the climax of extravagant and pretentious offerings staged by Ziegfeld, it is claimed. The “Ziegfeld Follies” is the show window of the amusement world. The big department stores put their latest Paris models in their show windows and they are the ones the crowds see first, admire most and buy first. So all the beautiful girls in the beauty market of the world come to the “Fol-

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lies” and are placed In the show dow of the stage where the multitudes may gaze on them. This latest edition is in twenty-fou* scenes, with a cast comprising such stellar names as William Cojller, Jlm> my Hussey, Martha Lorher, Evelyn Law, Alexander Gray, Davy Jones, Elsa Peterson, Patricia Salmon, Wil* lie, West and McGinty, Katherine Littlefield, Kelo brothers, Simeon Ka ravaeff, Serge Pernikoff, Helen Gates, J. J. Shannon, Anastasia Reilly, Doris Vinton, Naomi Johnson, Hazel Webb, Hazel Jennings and others, together with eighty-four Ziegfeld beauties and sixteen tiller girls. The book and lyrics were written by at least a dozen authors and composers, among them being Gene Buck, Dave Stamper, Victor Herbert, Ring Lardner and'Rudolph Friml and the entire production was staged by Ned Waybum. Big Cast in “Code of Sea” Victor Fleming has begun the film, ing of “The Code of the Sea” at San Francisco. Rod La Rocque and Jacqueline Logan head the list of featured players. Maurice Flynn and George Fawcett are also in the cast. Marmont to Play Opposite Compsoo Percy Marmont has been engaged by Paramount to play the leading role opposite Betty Compson in Jamea Cruze’s production, “The Enemy Sex,” which is an adaptation of a novel, by Owen Johnson. Work is now under way at the West Coast Studio,

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