The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-25

Three really Good Attractions &c the
Theater Before New Years

Ih@atGE IEEDTe new Years.
Manager Newman. the popular man
ager Of the Grand opera house, who is
doing much to increase its business, an
nounces three Of the best entertainments
that come west this season, for his house
this week.
sin Old Kentucky viii be here Dec.
81; a jolly Good Fellow" the new
comedy Of high life, which Mr.. Charles
Dickson Will present at the Grand, Dec.
2e is said to have been constructed and
written with q view 90 tit him like a
glove. This viii doubtless please Mr..
DicksOn's many admirers, who de-
sire to see him IN a role which
viii permit him the display Of his YER
satile talent Its scenes are laid at West
Point on a graduation day. at a fashion
able watering resort In London and in
Washington, d. 9.
Incidental TO the comedy Mr.. Dickson,
who is the possessor of a magnificent
baritone voice, will sing ST. Peter aud
the Fool" and The Man, Girl and
Fiddle" two new songs music by Julian
Edwards and Harry Pepper respectively.
He will also InterpOlate sci nicht Bos. .
a German ballad the reigning success
aud sung at all the principal opera
houses in Germany.
The announcement Of the coming Of
that always entertaining comedian,
Stuart Robson, December 20, pleases his
many admirers here.
1ir. Robson and Mr.. Joseph jefferson
are now the sole active represen natives of
that old school of comedians. which
gave the American stage such men as
Warren, Hackett, Burton, Brougham,
BOucicault Raymond, Sothern and Flor
ence. IL WIS a school and regime in
which both brains ana good taste were
required BY actor and auditor alike, and
it is refreshing to have, if only once a
year, worthy representative of those
regretted days, who can racial to us the
best traditions Of the most famous com
edians from David Garrick d0wn-tradi-
tions. which, much as we may depIore
the fact, are bound to be lost to us for
ever in few short years
1t is doubtful If any other man Of the
time has had occasion to enact a greater
number of parts than has stuart Robson,
since the day when be started as an &C
tor in a barn at Baltimore. with his
schoolmate, Edwin Booth, also an enthu-
siastic amateur in black face theatre
Gals.
Mr. Booth became the worlds greatest
tragedian and AIr. Robson was anxious
to be, but he didn't happen to be built
that way, although it took him several
years to find it out. and decide TO let fate
lay out the career that has been 50 sue
cessfully achieved in the line Of standard
comedy.
interchangeable as ever in his desire to
present the best humOr of the old Eng
lish masters, Mr.. Robson has chosen
his chief reliance for popular support
this year, a diverting bit of farcical com
edy known to the elder generation of
theater goers as Leap Year, or Ladies'
Privilege" Blackstone, the author. who
was the prince Of comic playwrig hts,
was also a famous comedian, something
after the style of Mr. Robson himself.
and as the play was a favorite with its
author, it can readily be understood that
in the part of Dimple and his lady love,
Miss O'Leary, who inspires his tender
passion, which she brings to an avowal
by means Of the ladies' leap year privil-
eye, Mr.. Robson is fitted to the role.