Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-01
DRAMATIC CIRCLES.
THE WONDERFUL SUCCESS OF THBRRVIYAI
OF BRMBNIB.
Pauline Hall Makes Great Hit-Lydia Thompson S
Daughter as a Sar-R9land Reeds New
Comic Song La TOsca's Plans.
General Notes.
Special zslegram to The Sunday R.qtsser.

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NEW YORK, November 29.-There never
was such success in light opera as "Et-
mimic" The audiences at the Casino last
week were greater than ever before. 1t
has once more caught the public fancy,
and will prove the best attraction Mr. Ri
dolph Aronson could have selected for the
holidays. Pauline Hall has renewed her
success in the title role, Georgia DENIM
has blossomed out as new favorite in the
part of JdUOtte. and James T. Powers Hs
Cdddy and Edwin Stevens as RGUenRes,
have effsctually effaced all memories Of
their predecessors. Toe demand for seats
indicates big business for the future, and
Ii is safe to say that the opera will add an
other one hundred nights to its already
phenomenal record of twelve hundred.
Ia very modest way the daughter Of
Lydia Thompson is making herself known
to Eastern theatre goers as promising
star. Everybody will recall her as Y fife
Tlllbury, the plump and jOlly-fscsd gil
whom Mary Anderson brought over here
first, and who was liked for her sprightli-
ness and her musical voice. She Gid rot
have all her mother early shspeliness,
bat she lacked none Of the maternal viyac-
ity. There was surprise expressed VIXEN
1t became known that she wanted to star.
A hacker was quickly found in John f.
Ccsgrove, Lowell manager Of good stand
ing, and manager was already secured in
Napier Lothian, JT., who hsd directed the
stage for Miss Anderson. TINS equipped,
Lydia Thompson's daughter has gone out
without much fuss, not in burlesque, but
in good comedy and serious drams. She
does not play at the highest prices. A fsw
days agO young Lothian secured for her
from II. S. Taylor the right 10 produce
''ROsedale," the old Wallack favorite.
Miss Fanny Davenport is having 60
much success with LA Tosca" tina; she
has decided 20 appear in nothing else this
season. Next year, however, the popular
actress will be seen in al elaborate pro
duction OF a new plsy which is now IL
preparation.
Robert Manten is the happy possessor
of half a dozen gold and silver medals won
by him when member of the Ulster
Athletic Club, Of Belfast, Ireland. He is
very fond of athletics and devotes much
of his spare time to fencing aad club
swinging
Another comic opera light who wants to
get out from the bushel of other manage
ment and keep his own lamp trimmed and
burning is De Wolf Hopper, of the Nc
Caull Opera Company, "Tne De Wolf
Hopnar nonn;o Oporo Ccpnnouvu 10 a roagi-
bility for next season, say the gossips, and
it's projenitOr will endeavOr to make it r
'corker."
The Hanlons' "Fastasma" companies
are said to being doing exceedingly well
this season, and this famous spectacle
seems to have Lost none of It's drawing
powers.
In spite of the success that Mr.. FredeE-
lex Warde has achieved in the production
of 1.-THE Mountebank, " he will not play it
after this season, but devote himself eX-
clusively to the legitimate, and will in.
sugurste his tenth consecutive season as
tragic star by the production on a most
elaborate scale of one Of Shskspeare's his
torical plays.
Roland Reed ID again in New York at the
B jcu Theatre where his funny impsrsoBa-
ton of Samuel Bundy in ''The Woman
Halter" is being laughed at by large audi
ences. Mr.. Reeds new comic song emit
tied cit is a Dream" Parody on Sulli-
vans Let BE Dream Again" by Sidney
Rosenfeld, has TO be repeated many times
at every performance il order to satisfy the
audience.
Rumor has it that Lillian Russell will
be at the head of her oRr comic opera COM
pany next season, with backing of IN.
told wealth from Wall at eet. II the fair
Lillian is wise she will remain with Ru-
dolph AronsOn and bank the large salary
which he pays her every week.
Robert Mantell has MADE hit as Louis
and Faben del Frsnchi in 1.-THE Corsicsn
brothers" at the Walnut Street Theatre in
Philadelphia, where he lie now in the sec
ond week Of bis engagement and drawing
very large audiences M. Mantell's act
ing in this play is picturesque and effect
i've and probably the best seen on the
American stage since TIE late Charles
Fechter. Mr.. MaDtell viii present "The
Corsican Brothers" in New York st the
Fourteenth Street Theatre on January Is.