Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
THE FIRST ACT ON.
The Season Of 1925 Opens Auspieiousb
All Along the Line-whereabouts Of
the Various Stars, Companies
and Combinations.
THE COST OF RUNNING A THEATRE.

Mary Anderson begins her rehearsals
on the 18th.
Minnie Maddern's new play is called
"Wild Waves"
Lawrence Barrett plays in Philadel-
phia tomorrow.
Kate Claxton played at Brockton,
Mass, last night.
BARLEY Campbell is about to write
play on the Egyptian war.
ALT. Burnett opened his season at
Goshen, Ind, last Tuesday.
Mile. Rhea closed a weeks engage
ment in Brooklyn last evening.
Robert Griffin Morris new play IAN
Irish-American," is not success.
Miss May Livingstone, in Fun on
the Bristol" has had great success In
London.
w. H. Gillette, the Professor is
said to be worth fortune, made from
his play.
On account of ill-health, Miss julia
A. Hunt has been compelled TO cancel
her dates for the present.
The Passing Regiment" has been
withdrawn from Days \. ~ Theatre,
and mankind" substituted.
A New York manager states that one
third of the theater-going population OF
that city do not pay 10 get in.
Pauline Markham has!ceased playing
one of the 1.-TWO Orphans" along the
| St. Lawrence, andis now in New York.
Harrigan and Hart will find they have
/ l. al-a In a a
Mulligan series for the pathetic and emo
| tional.
The Hidden Hand" is being played
| out in Wisconsin. They are often played
out in Colorado-four kings and an ace,
at that.
| The ex-Rev. Mr.. Min Is said to have
S30OO0 back of his Chicago enterprise.
| He begins his dramatic career at the
Grand Opera House, Chicago J., ,c ;.
Der as Idgo In "Otheuo.".
Lawrence P.rrett has always been
opposed IT, poster and window advertis'
ing, stating that an artist should draw
entirely upon his own merits. He seems
Ia have changed his opinion, rs he !.
billing as heavily as circus this sea
| son.
NJ. Quad has been offered $1,000 fol
bis dramatization of the Limb Kiln
| Club" by Charles Frohman, Of the
Madison Square Theatre, New York,
who intended to use the second act as
minstrel niterpiece. The offer was re-
fused.
1.-THE Unequal Match" with Mrs.
I.angtry as Hester Grd:cbrOOk, will be-
gan a week'srun at the Imperial Theatre,
| London, OH September 10th. After
PLAYING R0sdliRd for the succeeding six
nights, the Jersey Lily will sail for this
country on the ""....
Tony Denier, with his new "Humpty
Dumpty" combination, which he claims
to be superior to any ever collected for
presenting this ever popular pantomine,
opened his season last night ut Aurora.
The array Of specialists he advertises Is
certainly long enough, and he has a
good record in the way of living up to
his promises.
Ginger ale and cider do duty for cham
payne on the stage-just as Dutch metal
paste and glistening calico are substi-
tuted for gold, silver, diamonds and
satin. At this time, however, 1t Is as
tonishing how many artists are look
ing forward to and cultivate a taste for
| nhannn1pn and in'vnlH ' '-'' 80
the looming by-and-by."
Last Monday Brooks Il Dickson in
cautiously advertised for Newfound-
land dog to be used in the production
Of "The Romany Rye" ando Tuesday
morning Booths theatcr was besieged
and the streets blockaded by Il crowd of
five hundred or more people bringing
dogs of every description from the ridic-
ulous black-and-tan 10 the brobdig-
nagian mastiff Much hard swearing
but nobody Chicago Times.
The London Era pays the following
| high tribute to our leading tragedian ::
"As an actor Edwin Booth IL justly re-
garded a. the leading American TRACE
dian. In some Of his great characters
he j. certainly without a rival. His
'Bertuccio' i'm The FOOLS Revenge and
his 'Brutus' in the play OF that name are
superb performances, gorged with SIMS.
ter spirit and animated by the most ar
dent artistic fire. In Richard Ill. he
gives a melo-dramatic performance ex-
celled only by his fathers mad triumphs-
IN the same role. In other classical
parts he runs the gamut from medioc-
rity to greatness. Whatever his NUTS
are, they are fewer and less Extensively
pronounced in their bearing on his per-
formance5 than those OF any other
trapic actor on our stage"