Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-04
pLAYSO THE WEEK


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she saiu, s'ilss Psxlsy not only gives
everybody chance, but actually sug-
gests ideas whereby member of the
company gets more out Of = situation,
bat sne 10 delighted when the lesser
folks make hits-
Stuart Robson writes to selena Fet-
ter anent her recent marriage TO Edwin
nsiton koyie; .Wouid be more than
pleased TO meet the msn who won you,
II only to zee II you have really sell
ected man - handsome 40 am. We
Are scarce, ] know. but ! truly hope
you nave caught one OF Us.
Salvini has no rival today on the
stage, and ~ = romantic actor his per-
formances are eagerly looked for.
Since Charles Il. Tnorne and FechteE
nobody has taken exclusively to the
field In which 1.-The Musketeers" aud
similar romantic plays are exploited.
Sol Smith Russell says: "Some crit.
les have been trying to discover Why !
am populaf. One said il Was my win
ming smile, another that IT was the
downright homeliness Of my face. and
still another that t WAS due to my
pedal extremities."
Donneliy and Girard are fairly COIN
ing money this year, and Natural
Gas" 10 making another fortune Tor
them ~ large as that possessed by any
company or other favorites who have
acquired competence from success
full series OF seasons.
J. b. Polk has been engaged by Helen
Barry-A. :. Llpman is said to have
n An -
Mat Goodwin's New York engage.
ment has been extended three weeks
"My Official Wife" has made . hit IN
San Francisco.
"Ali Bahia. David Henderson's great
burlesquo 10 doing big business on the
Pacific coast. The hosts of pretty girls
have taken California by storm. The
production otherwise is . bewilderlne
maze OF gorgeous costumes and fine
scenery.
The coming Of Mrs. Carrie Lane
Chapman, q beautiful woman and one
of the brightest speakers on tho ladies
course of lectures, will be hailed with
pleasure 1T the Ladies Literary cluk
rooms on Sheldon street December 6.
Lysander Thompson, the actor
sculptor who died last week in New
York, was . brother of Charlotte
Thompson, who gained sOhd celebrity
some years ago by q remarkable char
acterization Of Jane Eyre.
Mr.. j. NJ. Hill intends shortly TO pro
duce an American play on an elabOr-
ate scale. He will do everything per.
fectly, as he has done in comic opera
and he is now selecting Q star cast fol
its presentation.
Hoyt's "a Trip to Chinatown" cole.
brated its four hundredth consecutive
performance at the Hoyt Madison
| Square theater December with one oil
the prettiest souvenirs ever given II
New York.
Charles Barton. late Of the New York
Casino, who went to Europe solely fol
| pleasure, two or three weeks since, has
secured the American rights to "The
Outsider," Forbes Dawson's melo
| drama.
A philadelphia manager keeps q six.
horse coach going about, with announce
ments thrown on its Window by an In
terror apparatus, the vehicle being in
all other respects conventional.
Mascagni's new opera, 81 Rantzau.'
produced at the Teatro Costangi las
week, had thirty recalls. The subjec,
is "Romeo and Juliet" in tanner form
and with happier ending.
| Hoyt's "a Hole in the Ground" vii
be the attraction for the Powers Crane
Saturday evening. 1t 10 . nonsensica
sklt replete with bright dialogue anC
ludicrous situations.
George w. Cable and Eugene Fielc
have started on the road with dia
loRue entertainment, IN which they ar
very successful.
Frank Daniels has changed tho nam,
| of his new play from Blood Will Tell
to doctor Cupid."~
Lillian Lewis in 'sLittle Lii" is amonI
the future bookings at the Powers
Grand.