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Show BARD OF AVON z HAS COMEBACK Jy JJ Shakespeare and Classic of , Drama to Be Abundant h Next Season 8V JOHN CPDONNBSjL : NEW YORK July 1 On the heels i nf the obituary notice of tho late and lamented theatrical season of 1021- i 7 922 come the gleeful tidings from! Iliroadway managers announcing the II- i hritening preparations for 1 f 2 J 1923 It Tho chirstonlng water probably will Ihe brought from the fair stream of : .Avon, for In 1922-1923 the public will have Shakespeare and classic drama ie f to the hilt Classic drama and the ic best of hlstronic art Above all Shakespeare I U least In tho prepar-nlorv prepar-nlorv a nnuum emcnt.-. A resume of t lie advance plans sug- jests (Broadway conversation will re- wniHU- :i discussion in the advenced , I drama cla.s ETHEL BARRYMORK'S PLANS. 5 Shakesspeare. O'Neill, Ibsen and 2 !M;;.:m urn will provide a repertoire ; program :': I J t lie 1 liarn more. There Is to be a month of the Com-I Com-I f.j; Francalse and another uf the iosoL) Art Theatre. f Eleanora Duse has been plucked from hci 12-year retirement and will il Appear in three plays "The iady Bf rom the Sea." "Markwell Prague" ! ' I and Tli'' Clo.s.-d I i Joseph Schildkraut will be seen in j t Hi.- 'f 1 1 ttiv- Cuihl- pri-diiction of J "Peer Gynt." All of which promisee I i er well. Although Cthfl John and Lionel I La rr n i on- arc uul-r th Hopkins lia i i r i i ii i iiouii' i in thai they w ill I appear together at an time. No definite plana hav been made for John Barrymore. Lionel is to I pnpcai parly In the season in the new O'Neill play, "The Fountain." ithel Harry mure s plays have not I ueen 1 Probably her Shake- I fineriai characters will include I Rosalind and Juliet, and Hedda Gab- I pic uom the laben group SHAKESPEARE ON BROADtfAY I The- Shakespeare program for j im Broadway will begiii with the lo ig-'I ig-'I promised Bela.-co production of "The. ; I Merchant of Venice" with David I I Wartield as Shylock In addition there will be the repertoire programs I or Forbes-Robertson ami Phyllis Nell-son Nell-son Terrv Wall'-: Hampden with the a Mr un of "Othello." and a Tin ate 'iuilj re- ' vival along novel lines which may give Schildkraut his i nance at Romeo are further ..ddiuon io the Shake-; Shake-; - c h i.. ! i i o mis cs Besides there is the promise from I the Actor's Theatre of the ESquit I that t He interesting venture 1 1 1 - have undertaken will Include a revival of I the lesser known pi ay a II E.en Marjorli flambeau Is said to II have yearnings t plaj Rosalind and I Viola but this is probably publlcit) I chatter. famed Silks and spices of the Indies and the tur.s of Muscovy for the woolens wool-ens of England, the wines of Spain and the best craftsmanship of other lands. Th- Coun. il of Uibor and defense de-fense at Moscow b.is spent :; 4 .finO.Oun. -000 of Soviet rubles tothis end |