The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
LADY WTNDERMERE'S FAN.
1t VIII Be at the Grand saturday and
Monday NIGHTS.

1t VIII he at the Grand saturday and
Monday Nights.
The Topeka lheater going people are
looking forward with eager expectancy
TO the production of Lady Windermere's
Fan" at the Grand Saturday and Mon
day nights. Oscar Wilde seems to have
reached the zenith Of his well known
literary talent when he wrote this play.
1t is an English society comedy in four
acts and il is safe to say it is good or
Gustave FrOhman would not have given
it into the hands of one of his companies.
1t carries such people as Laura Calvary,
who plays Lady Windermere, John
Archer. who plays Charles DUMMY and
Olive Oliver, who does Airs. Eslynne and
wears dresses that are described as mag
nificent, in the role of the beautiful adj
ventures The advance sale will be
open tomorrow.
"Gloriana," another society drama, will
be at the Grand Monday night and Will
be handled by another Of Frohman's
companies. 'sGloriana" has been in To-
peka before. 1t was here last winter and
gave good satisfaction.
Nice People but Poor Actors.
The Tornado" closed TWO nights run.
at the Grand to poor business last night.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Carter thor
oughly understands putting a scenic
show on the stage, but if he expects to
hold his own with the public in the show
business he must get at least few actors
EAST MALI which was here last week,
was with a few possible exceptions
mediocre, but as com pared with that Of
the Tornado" it was superb The
theater going public demands good
show for its money these hard times
and no man can expect to make win
ming success in the play business even
through the benighted west if he per
sists in using a lot of good scenery to
hide lot of poor actors.
1t does not require very smart audi
ence to see behind the curtain of an anna
teur play Allowing that the audiences
were small and ''colda the piece could
have been much better put on If the
actors understood their lines and did
not spoil the ''business" The comedy of
the piece centers for more than half an
hour about the wild west antics of a
young man who is sea sick. For the first
five minutes it's all right but twenty or
thirty minutes of it is too much. If the
corn crop in Kansas had not been a
failure this year the company might
have been able to get better employ
ment. 1t is too bad that such nice peo-
pie, personally, are such poor actors.
Good Vaudeville at the 5Iusee.
The 10 cent show at the Musee last
night was great deal better than the
81 show at the Grand. The audience
was not large one but 1t was delight
ed one Mcintyre & Fitzgerald have
very clever vaudeville company Of eight
people, evenly balanced as regards sex.
Fitzgerald and Miss Lewis, his wife,
are we'll up in character work. McIn-
tyre and wife, Miss Rice, do a pleasant
little comedy sketch, and O'ROurke and
Miss Bennett. to whom he is married,
are good in their song and dance Little
Inez Pearl, who ID only 10 years
old, is good dancer. The show
closes with an hour of the English
drama called THE Bag of Gold" The
COMPANY was given their parts in this
piece on the train yesterday morning.
had one rehearsal yesterday afternoon
and gave a good rendition of the piece
last night without visible hitch. It is
not high class show, but it pleases, and
viii finish the week here.
On Sunday night DR.. Alexander Hume
and Kate Fox will give u spirituaiistic
entertainment at the musee.