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Show lOIO'TIIIItT j OKI THEATRE ; IXTIill Otis Skinner is regarded as one of the staunch pillars of the American theater and every new achievement of I his is a source of real delight to his numerous admirers. He has made a 'big ha this season in "Cock o' the Walk," the comedy written especially Tor him in Henry Arthur Jones, the English dramatist, and local theatergoers theater-goers will have an opportunity of seeing see-ing him in this play at the Orpheum ne i Thursday, April 13th. Tiie play tells the story of how An-I An-I thonj Bellchamber gets his chance to j play Othello at the Shakespeare tercentenary ter-centenary in London Bellchamber id an "old school" actor who has spent his life "barn-storming" in the English proWnces. He is typical of his class. He has Shakespeare and the traditions tradi-tions of the stage at the tip of his ! tongue. His elocutionary powers have j been de eloped to the utmost and he i will spout and does spout the works I of "The Immortal One" ore rotundo on every occasion. His admitted love of strong drink on what else, he wants to know, can one hope to give j tongue to Shakespeare has made the j London managers wary of him, al-I al-I though in his own opinion it Is rather their fear of his superior ability, and j so his art has been wasted upon beg-j beg-j garly benches in provincial towns In the play he has come up to London, 3 "stony broke," to ibeg a part from his old 'pal," now a knighted actor-man-3 ager, who complains that he can't a simply can't keep the "matinee girls" out of his theater. Bellchamber Is e turned down, but soon afterward he r discovers Sir Matinee Idol bestowing l "fatherly ' kisses upon one of the prettiest of his adorers and that discovery dis-covery provides him with the club with .which he compels the fulfillment of his fondest ambition to play Othello In London. The role of Bellchamber fits Mr. Skinner perfectly and the play a clever bit of dramatic fooling Is full of amusing situations, splendid splen-did charactor drawing and witty lines Tho supporting company includes Janet Dunbar, 'Enid Bennett, Luclla Smith, Walter Gibbs, Walter F. Scott, John Rogers, Harry Dodd, Henry Crocker and Ernest A. Elton. |