Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-09-21
THE STAGE.
Late Happenings in and About the Thea
tres OF the Country.

tres OF the Country.
The reports about Mr.. Edwin Booth $
Tim health are unfortunately TOO true.
. He is troubled with form of Sciatica,
and often when he rises 10 walk his legs
are unsteady and he is obliged TO lean
on d chair for temporary support. Mr..
Booth is recovering from the recent at
tack that caused anxiety 20 his friends
q week ago, but there is grave reason
20 think that me will never again act
with the old energy.
"A High Roller" is the fetching title
+ of the spectacular farce comedy which
CLAW NJ. Greene is now constructing for
Barney Pagan and Bob Siavin, who are
20 discard minstrelsy next season and
enter tine legitimate.6eld of amusementS
under the guidance of Managers Il. G..
Gilmore and Alex. COmstOc6 of the
I Academy of Music, New York.
The Soudau" was produced on Tues
dav night 40 the handsome Boston play
house of Eugene Tompkins. The prom
iscs made by Mr. TompkinS before the
presentation were many and alluring.
They have been more than fulfilled.
The play was produced with a wealth
of magnificent scenery and realistic
effects that totally overShad0wed any
thing ever previously attempted IN the
way of lavish spectacular display at the
Boston theatre during the regime oil
either the elder or younger TompkinS,
rhe rocklesSneSs of both OF whom IN eN-
penditurc ON first productions Is pro
verbal. The SOudan Is romantic
nIav with strong "hcart interest, 10
Tells love story which reveals its prin-
cfna1s 40 one time I'm historical quarters
I'm London. again I'm AtricaS great
deserts: at another period i'm the heat
of the S0udan campaigns and finally
back 90 Trafalgar Square, London Al
together. there are eight scenes, four oil
which are revolving effects. All are
marvels. Nothing so startling impress
,ive as the last act has perhaps ever
been staged I'm this country, if indeed,
In the world. LOng lines OF mounted
troops dash across the the stage. wnlle,
I'm the rear OF the stamping cavalcade
are military bands of every description,
fife and drum corps, Scottish piperS, and
ina tine wake OF these regiments upon
regiments of soldiery, footsore and war
stained. wounded soldiers and officers,
Arabian prisoners, dragging heavy
pieces of artillery, herds of camelS,
|drOmcderieS. elephants, OStricheS, etc,
.etc. This scene pictures the return OF
, the British regiments form their Soudan
engagements. Mr.. TompkinS promised
that there would be 500 people on the
stage iu this scene alone. 1000 would
D Doe nearer the figure crowded ON the big
stage Tuesday night THAT The Sou
dan Will crowd the Boston theatre
during it's stay there. no one who wit
messed the demonstrations of the andi-
ence on the opening night can doubt.
just where the profit of Mr.. TompkinS
comes in, under such extraordinary eX-
peuSe, is another problem. However,
there must be a way of doing those
things pr06tably. else il is doubtful if
they would ever bee done. The enter
prise of Mr. TompkinS an this occa-
sion is highly cOmmendable, and while
.it is naturally 20 be expected that his
ShrewdneSS as q manager will enable
him 90 realize on the production, he can,
I'm any event, feel q proud consciousness
in the fact that he has given the country
the grandeSt scenic display CT the pres
emit century.
Since It's first presentation, the "Old
Homestead" which returns to the
Academy of MnSic, New York, October
9th. for another year, has been pro-
duced over 1000 times; the books show
a total attendance during that period
of over two million souls, an average of
ZOO persons daily. The total receipts