Telegram-herald., 1890-03-09
MUSIC AND DRAMA
Current Attractions n the Local
TheaIers.
aKEE RANKIN AND 'OLE OLS0N. y
Little Lord FAuntieTOy'' and hiralfy :
"LageFdere"-Jana Pare
veil Nisit-Notes Abont Plays
and Players.

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aeter actors oR the stage today. The
public have seen hm SO long and often
IN the role of heroic miner or back
wOodsnan, that q sight Of his most
clever versatility has been lost. But to
witness ms performance as Arthur
Eastman N "The Runaway Wife,
which he gave here last season, dlspels
the idea OF his inability TO assume gem
teel heroic parts. and stamps hun as an
actor Of merit and strength. The
play is one OF decided interest, and Is
q pleasing story of domestic life.
A young and talented artist marries i
high born lady all for love. a too con-
slant devotion to has art causes the loss
of his eyesight, and through circum-
stances he II forced to take his wife
and child to his sister, a harsh, cruel,
uncharitable woman. She, by a sys-
tenn of persecution and Ill. treatment,
| forces the wife TO run away and desert
both husband and child.
After lapse of time, believing her
husband and child to be dead, she weds
title of nobility in the person of SIR
Talbot VaEe, an old friend of child
! hood. But the husband had lived and
reared his child as an artist, who
achieved deal of fame under the
name Of Arthur We're. The son has
met in London Lillian fTaye, the
niece and ward of Sir Talbot
Vanc (afterward Lord Charm
leigh, and has fallen III love
with her. He is invited to Il fetc at
CharnleIgh manor, where lie meets
Lady Charnlelgh, VINO is struck by
something in his look which tells her
| they have nct before. While there his
| father arrives in London and comes TO
| Charnleigh manor To visit him. Lady
| ChaTnleigh is introduced 10 him, and
recognizing the husband whom she be
lieves dead, falls fainting tot the ground.
| The next act IN the play IS LAID IN
Arthur's studio. Lady Charnlelgh, her
| heart fairly breaking to clasp her son
TO her breast. IS sitting Tor
her picture. In the next room
the father is sitting. He hears her
voice, recognizes her, and groplng ms
way into the room, proclalms her to hls
| son. In the next and last act OF the
play, Lord Charnleigh has been killed
III a stceple chase, and Arthur Eastman,
who in the meantime has returned to
America, has his sight returned TO hlnl
/ through the successful operation OF a
famous physician. The wife has fol-
| lowed him, and is at the time. \
| happy reconciliation follows. The IN
dicatlOns are that Mr.. Rankin will be
greeted 10y large audience at Powers
on tomorrow evening.
Great interest Is manifested in the
appearance of Little Lord Fauntleroy"
at Powers Grand next Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. 1t is doubtless
if any play has ever appealed to and
reached the hearts of all classes and
conditions of people rs has this drama
tization of Mrs. Burnetts sweet and
affecting story. Ere the end of the
week we VIII have many better children
in Grand Rapids for they Will all be
trying TO emulate the character of
lOyable little Cedric Enrol. The de
mand for seats yesterday was very
large. A special matinee will be given
on Wednesday afternoon for accommo-
dation of the ladies and little ones, ut
which time popular prices of admission
VIII be the rule. The cast Is assigned
as follows:
Earl of Dorincourt urt.................. King Hedlev
Cedric Errol Lord Fauntleroy aihar a9s t,enaag e,
Mr.. Havisham. a solicitor John sutherland
Mr. HOODS. grocer--.----.-. ,.-.----..E A. Locke
Dick, boOtblack herman Blsckmore
Higgins, farmer. Edward v. Pitkin
wilkins. groom George Marston
Thomas footman. Harry Flohr
Mrs. Erro Dearest" Laura Alberta
Florence Foster
Mary. da Browning
Jane...-..-........-. ..Emrla Latimer
The attraction this week at Red
mOud's Opera House will be the Swedish
| dialect comedy "Olc Olson which cn-
| Joys the distinction of being the only
one of lis kind IN existence. cole
| Olson" IS said TO bc on the order of
| Fritz Emmct's German play, substitut-
| ing the tondeI-heartod Swedish Cmi-
grant for the stercotyped Teuton. Gus
| ]. HeeCc, who assumes the title role.
! spent five year, IN the patient study of
| the quaint and difficult dialect, and Is
| said tOmouth itqutcas well as native.
| Among the company are Chas. T.. Ed
/ ridge. who starred last season IN Hum
/ bug. Jennie Eddy, Of Natural Gas'
| fame, and sadie Connlcy. During a
recent engagement of the ole Ols0n
company IN Minneapolis. Mnn.. the
newspapers state that standing room
was at premium. and at the last four
performances the orchestra was
banished 10 the stage and camp chars
sold IN tho space vacated By them. and
| stil people were turned away. Patrons
| of Redmond 3 Opera House should bear
/ IN mind that the reserve seats for any
| performance at that theatcT can always
| be secured one week IN advance.
Thos. T. Murray. Of Murray &
Murphy. tired to give AN orginai and
uncertain impersonation 81 Col. Gil
/ hO0Iv IN "Our lr.sh Visitors at the
oncra house % Marion, Ind. ono even
T ing last week Murray came on 80 the
T stage in p maudlu state aud hs pres
I ence became 80 offensive that the local
manager had The CuTtau Tlng down
and attached TIC effects of the com
psuv for damages. Murray knocked o1t
f two OF three members of tne company.
and was finally arrested and fined. An
actor who will make such = sZustsnE
exhibition 0f himself should r.
drummed out of The profession.
Tbeater-goers should note the an
+ nonrccment. that Falfy's "Iaeer-
derer VIII ba ~ Powers next Friday
ard SATURDAY evenings, with saturday
matinee. 7 saw ths pretty spectacular
r8e odraus ~ Nlbio's Ittle over tv0