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4 THE STAGE to Continued Part THE AVEXUE THEATRE TEMPLE THEATRE HIT OR MISS 1 Of 3l It ts imu 1 court overruled the decision and It IUa hitrhar jA he has fold them 'gWSSp 1 has been just as pronounced as she won on the' legitimate stage ottering constructed 'for her by Rosen is a clever sketch entitled jT 4 1 At comedian will return 'with a invoice of witticisms and' jokes 4 whose schemes are much discussed by the Parisian prfess is said to bo preparing forM Coquelin a new adaptation of stimulated by original anti wholesome efforts The second feature on the bill is Sam troupe of educated elephants This will be the last portunity Detroiters will have to see these mastodonic performers upon the stage? for Mr Lockhart has recently closed negotiations for their 'sale to James Bailey proprietor of the Barnum circus or the past several Johnstone Bennett Tops an It is not ago that Detroit folks has a thorough technique and a that never falls favorite the every street piano in the land is playing MARCH 15 1903 Gossip Comment Anecdotes and Theatrical News The announcement comfes from To ledo that Kiaw produc tion of will be given its last presentation in this part of the country at the Valentine theatre in that city during the week of March 30 Detroit was among the cities booked this season but owing to the con struction p'f the stage at the Detroit Opera house it was impossible to ar range for Its appearance here at this time The beautiful theatre here has steel girders spanning the Stage and this it said tinakes It impossible to lower the floor the required depth THE DETROIT REE PRESS: sujnvay and Maron in black face com the acrobatic wondetS the Bell in feats of strength and daring Esher sisters singers and dan and Jay Quigley comedian a finale the entire company ap pears In a burlesque called The This is a glimpse of the side of the metropolis taken from life and introduces a num her of characters well known to dwell ers In large cities A girl who had features quite Ro man Remarked: is surely an omen I act although I have plenty of dough" Then make you a star" sald Charles rohman A Prussian 'Appellate Court has prohibited the production of Paul drama of Magdala? in Berlin The police of Berlin en tered the first protest and a city 4 Among the new: stars spoken of tot next season is Miss Marion Ballou who js a play written for her by Mr rederick Paulding Ther latter Is at present playing CassiuS with Mr Richard Mansfield in ius Caesar" r1 at MARIE DRESSIER Talented Comedie nne at the Temple Theater company and Aub'rey Boucicault "A Bit of Old and other play lets are to be presented Mrs Annie Teamans Thomas Seabrooke William Burress and Minnie Dupree will be iri the supporting company CHARLES BARTON Of Rice A Gaiety tCo at the Empire Theatre Marie Dressier and Elephants Are the Big eatures Marie Dressier the versatile come dienne will be the shining feature of the bill of varieties selected to furnish entertainment for theatre pa trons this week This clever Woman is one of the few appearing Before the footlights whose work IL is a difficult matter to describe for it is a well known fact that she is not like anyone else and no other per former has ever been able to imitate her is said of her that she never does the same thing twice alike that she goesupon the stage and creates lines of a ludicrous order that suggest themselves to her by a combination of existing circum stances persons' in the audience and her own ebullient imagination To whatever cause or talent may be at tributed her humorous Abilities makes very difference to the average theatregoer so long as he receives his worth in that are S' Miss Ednorah Nahar the young Indian woman who has dramatized Gilbert "Translation expects to bring her sion of the Parker novel to country and have it produced her ambition to star In character roles 'trrf If Clyde itch can complete his plans he may go to art island in the Pacific Ocean for a year or more so as 'to regain his health which re fuses to permanently mend nvenrow nVAX V'TT ketcli lA Qnlet Evening at the Avenue Theatre Spring is Here 'distinction df being the creator in this cpuptryof fpur heroines in the plays of four op most fa mous authors belongs to Har ried who was the Ives In Henry Arthur Dancing the Lady Ursula in Anthony Adventures of Lady Ur in the dramatizatiori of George Du novel and IrisJii 'Artriufe Pinero's play of that title The old Rosiria Vokes idea of short plays is tp 'be revived in New York the falter part of the season by Katie Barry new of "The CWaesq springs and flip flaps on the slack wire is only fun for this great artist Johnson Davenport and Lorcllo are comedy acrobats who are set down do an original and novel act sat watching ja 'performance of in Stockholm Ha rose white the lips to leave the He fell fainting In the aisle When he was revived he whispered "The les son has come too late to help me Says 'Ainelia' Bingham: "The headT lines in several papers said risky Mrs Johnson is not frisky Intended by my author to be frisky The critics find that out though because they all left be fore the performance was over Why I Manager Whitney? Islikely to produce as 'a pendant to "When Johnny Comes Marching a ver sion of Kehr aus der which will be called Return of the Edwin Milton Royle was asked why he made changes in a play that had been so think you s' Rice Barton Open With Their Big Gaiety 'Company This promises to be at the Empire beginning with the regular Sunday matinee when Rice and llarton and their big Gaiety Com pany will hold the boards There is not a more clever or popular comedian on' tfie 'Circuit than large jolly Charles Barton who has made that sly bene dict Benjamin Bowser one of the fun nlest Characterizations in burlesque Although he has an entirely new vehi cle for exploiting his laugh creating ability this season in Night At Buckingham' Da he still retainsthe roic of Bowser Supporting Mr Bartdn is a company of considerable strength and a of women singers dancefs' and comediennes The skit Night At Buckingham Pal Is in three scenes with musical numbers to relieve the monotony of continuous 'laughter In the olid are Mlle Raye premier dancer the little effervescent girl May dylla Vyner Vp to date songs and sayings: Eckhoff and Gordon musical comedy the minstrel Mit chell edy trio the cers It Will possibly interest many of Mr Charles feminine ad mirers to know that despite many 3 reports to the contrary Mr Haw trey is still a bachelor if not a con firmed one It was his brother who' was recently married in England Klaw Erlanger have a schema on foot for next season which means the 'starring' of Nat Goodwin irt an elaborate production of Shaks pearb's Mr Goodwin will of course play Nick Bottom the weaver had the opportunity otj giving almost the highest prices charged for theatre seats to see Miss Johnstone Bennett as the star of emale Drum Her creation the part of Jane in the rohman comedy of that name placed her before the public as one of the foremost character actresses of the This Week she will be the headlingr at the Avenue theatre Her success in vaude ville that Her Lew Quiet Evening at and af fords hef opportunity for appearance in five different characters The types which she impersonates covers a wide range a New York society Woman Mrs? Jack Hereford Hattie McGinn of' Hogan's alleyWillie Yuenglin a blase boy about town Eva Vas sant a soubrette from Butte Mont She is assisted in the sketch by Ernest Howard Ja capable comedian Paul Barnes and company will ap pear in a very funny one act play called "Wanted an Mr IJarnes is comediarf iOf delightful natural ness lie' has good 'support And his offering ought to be one of thelaugh produclng numbers of the billl Pickaninnies when they are clever and have an attractive woman to lead them are' always amusing 'i lt is said thatLeona' Thurber and her'comedy the best act of this kind in vaudeville Holcbmb rind Curtis return with a new act which they call Winter which is a sequel to New their former sketch and constructed somewhat upon the same lines It is said to be even funnier than their old act Maddox and Wayne Messenger Boy and" the also Canterbury of King Robert of Sicily in his play for next season by Mr McCarthy of the poet Chatterton and of King David In the last few weeks he has received sev eral for consideration that are based on the characters of Omar Khayyam Napoleon Bonaparte red erick the 1 Great Oliver Cromwell and Sir Walter Raleigh Irt Blanche face according to the New York Press looks bleary her jowl's are heavy and animal her complexion is flushed her lips ard Weak her 'eyes are alternate ly suspicious cunning and maudlin It is a study of degraded nature as wonderful as the thief of Irving in Lyons In this act more thah all thd: others Blanche Walsh proves the advancement of her art It is the tragedy of a soul and she plays it magnificently Thati is no diversion for the: young person is a strong story fear some in the prison scene interesting in its fellows But however the play may be regarded it is essential that the quality of Blanche Walsh should be considered This young actress inade stich remarkable progress in her" art since that her future seems like to be allied to trie best achievements of our drama Miss Walsh is the most consistent artistic and powerful stroke in acting 'that hs bqen don? thlsV season the exception of Dubarry The Roger'iBrothers will ibe in Lon don nex season not literally but in make believe tor they will open the neW Amsterdam Theatre New York in September With another vaudeville entitled "The Rogers Brothers 1ft by John MacNally 4 Anew piece by Jerome KJerome called "The will be presented Work before by one of Charles 'pompapiejs Clyde itch was repdTtect an orig inal play with the same title for the production of the chariot race Consequently the engagement was can celled for i the andr those in' this Who desire to see the noted spectacle will have journey to' Toledo during the stay there or the accommodation of Sk pa trona from here a specials reduced rate has been 'on the rail roads and reservations can be made In advance by sepdlng mail orders? with remittances to Manager Otto is theflfteenth pure ly American play presented by Mr MLI vnrmvr xr AH I vraiie waacj an I TOhiio tho mainritv of the theatrical profession have been cha'rmed by the quaint atmosphere which pervades Bonnie Brier and the finished work of 'J Stoddart the veteran actor there is a certain com? "pro who docs not enthuse over months these great beasts have been handled upon the stage by Mr Lock brother This time however Mr Sam Lockhart himself will appearbefore the: footlights with the red Hallen and Molly uller will present tlifeir one act play entitled which was written for them by George Cohan It is said to be 'very funny and is construct ed upon new ideas in the sketchllne Mr Hallen a graceful and versatile actor who never overlooks a point or stops at expense His partner is a pretty woman who knowledge of stake personal magnetism to make her a great Ada Arnoldson Is Vocalist who has been creating a sensation on the Or pheum circuit It "is said that her voice is' wonderfully musical and that it has been trained to the point of per fection The Clan Johnstone: troupe is new number in vaudeville The mefribers of this party execute Highland and character dances in way that has won for them the praise ofthe eastern critics They also play upon many Scottish instruments in a pleasing manner George Day the popular black face new that have been causing laughter wher ever he has told them XV II Murphy and Blanche Nichols two clever character: actors will apA pear in the one act comedy entitled Bifurcated" It was built for laugh making purposes purely and fill the bill in every partic Cadieux thebounding artist will pleasq all i'who crave sensational f(ats'7l 'burning somersaults hand and George from the housfe In the second act Marie marriqs the elder Rutledge who discovers that he has been 'duped alter his wJH aud 4 disown and is mur dered by Horton who then manages to fasten the crime on Jack and his frieirdThe third aretshpiys thcirlnter lorQf trie prison on Island Through the efforts pt 'ij mysterious prisoner No fa ridhe devoted sweethearts of tg two bbys Jack and Gforge make a seijsationS1 escape The fourth act shows the interior and ex terior of Moses pawnshop Moses is tool of who has a coun den in the building Jack disguises himself and manages to en ter the place In search of his sister whom Hortorf haS abducted He is as sisted by his sweetheart Jess and her brother George and after a des perate struggle Doris is1 released In the last act Jack cteVcrly traps Horton into a confession that he murdered the eider Rutledge and the guilty man meets a just death at the hands of prisoner NO 1109 Whom he wronged the Stroke of frill be presented at the Whitney theatre for one week beginning thls afternoori ages In a play that had unmistakably successful as he said a wa xtrhart VAL1 Vvlll LjjclillU I knoxv what the changes are You see I ten years ago when 1 wrote I I was tea years younger and full of I noetrv and I had not met Mrs Royio I so it did not seem quite so difficult to I hand over Marguerite every night to I the other fellow You see Karje that I the other fellow has had her how I ten years and it oecured to me uit lit was my (Jack innings I have thought it over carefully in the I light of nine years of wedded life I to the lady and now at every perform I ance you can see me getting the girlland living happy ever I Theodore Burt Sayre the author of I and Bold Soger I Ro Ims comnleted a play called Klives at the Valentine Hheatre To I The Adorable may ledo There has been a great de Have its first presentation in London sire on the part of residents here next season It is a ifostume piece witness the presentation of Gen Wa1' dealing with the times thirty years popular story in its spectacu I before Tom Moore lar form and many will doubtless take advantage of this opportunity The Maurice Grau has written to Olga prices will range from 50 cents in the Nethersole in London begging to be gallery to $2 'for the orchestra chairs I relieved of his contract to star her and all' scats will be sold with re Hn this country next season Mr Grau served scat coupons Matinees will I sayg Hia health is poor and that he be given on Wednesday and Saturday I Wjn not be in this country next fall Thomas Jefferson who is starring in Sothern lias another play by Van tells the story of justin Huntley McCarthy author of a friend of his who once attended a If were in which he will meeting where a Presbyterian minis his next season Details as to ter preached only ten a most the name or character of the piece unusual thing for a Presbyterian are not forthcoming said the minister wheJ is said that on May 9 Maxine EI hn stormed suddenly have a dog Hott will leave 'the cast of The Altar at home that mustbe peculiarly fond of anw of paper He has eaten that part of opo to prepare for her Hew York my sermon that I have not delivered opening next season Zeffle Tilbury I and 1U1 have to stop will replace Miss Elliott in the play After the meeting a woman met the Lawrence i3 the name of a clergyman at the door and after shak English actorwho has just ing him by the hand ask ed beon engaged as leading man by Sir I want to knowif that dog of vours has any pups If so 1 want I to get one of them and give it to my minister The manufacture of costumes Klaw spectacular musical productions has become so important a part in the enterprise Of this that they have organized va costume makingestablishment of their sown where they will give employment all the year roundto nearly 200 people e(jjan fairly well known in the and in the summer time wnen new fusion nrtHiuM inric nro h0ln flnnHtA I this number This concern will be I went over to Brooklyn to" see Stod conducted by Richard Anderson I dapt laat nighthe said "and the artist who has drawn Jthe gay much for the for the costumes foall' fclaW my boy it is a classic" said attractions since his work I the man to whom he spoke for see it at Lola arid Nellie' two of the "well I tpll the truth presentea my known trio of Hawthorne sisters hope LO unkAtv to star next season Rodrlguez card at the door and the Mankety business manager for Julia Marlowe I blanked manager jir is the husband of the third sister and Wa enhals Kemper are "working he is engineering the deal plans £or a dramatic festival Chauncey Olcott tells' this one: I in Ne PXt vWnrAwinriu a western city there is a police justice James and theatres who was formerly a bartender Mary I pear at one of nHvo qm Mulcahy was up before him for drunk I in several a enness on the occasion of his first ported by a num er appearance on the bench The justice I tors and actresses ie looked at her for a minute and then I be produced with an unusua said sternlv orate equipment of scenery and cos what are you here tumes and a large force of auxil 'yer said' I ries Temies copper pulled me as how was James and Warde are now appear drunk yer honor I drink witn so mueir I Merchant of Venice and said the justice' uncon will probably be presented sciously dropping into his old habits hag oftell wmndered why All right Mary have a Kirge sheU ROb had a from Sarah: I hit as Bonita in al better" is on I lowed her to pass out of manage tongue in New York just now This I ment The securing of is a phrase from Earl of Paw ty Liebier Co makes an interesting which is tised by Augustus little story When Arizona as Thomas the author In the most in I presented in Chicago George genious fashion io negotiate laughs leri manager of Liebier Co with the audiences through the me I that city and attended the pe dium of slow wltted Rngiish Lord ance Never having seen or heard of played by Lawrence Miss RobSon before he was wonder I fully impressed with her cleverness Lulu Glaser talking on the subject and hunting up Kirke La Shelle said of speechmaking recently said do to hint do you care if I steal hot see the ihapprripriatehess of a lady I uftle Robson girl from you?" Mr star making a speech from the stage shclla reDiled: object to If Richard Mansfield Nrit Goodwin I ur If? vou think you can rancis Wilson and of them ed Next day Mr can exercise this prerogative with pro offered Miss Robson a five fit to themselves and pleasure to their contract at more than double audiences why cannot a woman star she then Con indulge init too? I do not think it I vinced that Mr La Shelle was aware V10 lot Mr designs she signed the own contract: When Mr La Shelle was It Is said that David next I feasting Bonnie Brier he play vfefil entirely I came to Mr Tyier and offered 'him with which he is I several times the amount that Miss drawings fine during the cur I Robson received In forner rent season It will Jje built upon I services As Liebier Co tiad cast lines of greater 'seriousness than those I Miss Robson for lossie Williams in observed in construction of "The I Miss 1 Robson and the cential character I was uhable to appear in the La Shelle will be entirely unlike anything this I production 1 gifted player has everupdertaken to01 fnany years for Wil Heriry Miller is going to" produce Ulam Thompson to come into his Iron a one act play by I own but when the paper advertising Walter rith an English dramatist went upon the in connectiori rwith Richard Harding I 'boards the name of Mr Thompson comedy Taming of wls in letters two feet high and The Duke of Wellington is" of every admirer of artistic acting and course the leading feature? earnest endeavor felt glad It took I him a longtime to get str close to Augustus Pitou and Joseph Atthur I but he still has years have signed a contract with Jules ahead of him as the veteran Murry for their dramatization of the stoddart will 'tell him Mr Stoddart late novel ell in is 78 years of age yet until 4 he ap InVA With' His Mr MurrV peared In Bonnie Brief Btish" Love with mis vxiic air aiurry three season3 ago he never had been will produce the play early next sear I What the world terms a son It is in four acts 'J The number of historic Characters jSothern is impersonating example of rs angry I or studying to impersonate nr has a racing stable of her own One of agked personate has reach the most widely celebrated trainers in tontehirig proportions! 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