The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-21
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Otis Skinner Will Produce viliOn the
NnenkOnd at the Academy Tonight.

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v~neahOnd at the Academy Tonight.
Otis SINNERS new play. wilton, the
Vagabond," Is described as q romantic
play. reminiscent of the sword clashins
novels of Doyle and Waymen, dealing
with an incident in the life of Francois
Villon, the poet of the fifteenth century.
The poems of Villon have, of late. been
the object of much research by anti
quarians and litterati, who have dis
covered among them passages of sin
gular beauty. The personality of the
old vagabond poet, now emerging from
a long obscurity, should prove an inter-
esting figure in the play, while the cpl
scdes of the court Of old Charles VII, of
France, are certainly fruitful In dra-
matte effect. 1t Is 'Villon, the Vaga-
bond" that Otis Skinner will present at
the Academy Of Music this evening.
This engagement will be one of the
dramatic events Of the season.
JOIl> Old Chums To.morrow Night.
at the Academy on Friday. There is
something about n farce-comedy that
takes, and big doses of humoristic elixir
have been injected into Jolly Old
Chums." Thomas ]. Grady and Budd
Rose are two of the funniest comedians
on the stage to-day. They enact the
two leading comedy roles. Miss Carrie
Lamont. the cNuTIllFS Siiu'cttc, WllpSe
many admirers will gladly welcome her
in n part that gives her ample room to
display her many talents. Miss Lillian
| Stillman assume the fernale comedy
role. Miss JEANNE Graves sings like a
nightingale and Misses Edna West and
Hattie Bernard sing sweetly and dance
as gracefully as fairies.
Wang at the Academy Saturday.
D. w. Truss & Co. will for the first
time present to the theater-going peO-
pie Wang" the popular comic opera,
which has by its wholesome merriment,
bright melodies and its series of elab-
crate stage pictures already gained the
favor of theater parties, will again be
heard here Saturday matinee and night.
Wang" always one of the most
sumptuously mounted spectacular
operas, has had a richer and an entirely
new outfit provided for the coming sea-
son. Not an inch Of scenery, not a scrap
Of the properties and not a costume used
in previous seasons has been retaied.
Not only is everything new, but 1t Is
also more elaborate. more costly and
more perfectly Siamese than ever be-
fore.
ncncdict's FabiO Romani.
On Monday night a dramatization of
the Vendetta" will be produced at the
Academy of Music. The New York
Evening Sun says Of IT.: Alden Bene-
diets Pablo Romani', a dramatization
Of the Vendetta was produced last
night at the Grand Opera House. A
large audience assisted on the occasion
and showed its appreciation by fire.
quent and hearty applause. The play
is essentially sombre In tone, but Is re-
lieved by comedy. The situations are
thrilling. and the motive strong and
dramatic. The false wife Nina, was
well played by Miss Therese Milford.
The scenic effects, particularly an erup-
tion Of Mt. Vesuvious, were very pre-
tentious. The Spanish skirt dance by
Miss Grace Hunter was repeatedly en-
cored. The living pictures were mar
velous visions Of loneliness"
Sardou's Gismonda.
Sardou's ''Gismonda," with Fanny
Davenport in the title role, will open
at the rockingham Nov. Is, 20 and 30.
All the grandeur which marked the
New York production will be retained.
The costumes and scenery are the most
magnificent that have ever been seen
on the American stage. Miss Daven-
port has won for herself a distinguished
place both as an artist and producer Of
plays on the American stage. She may
be likened or compared to Henry Irv-
ing in her striving to place before the
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both as to detail and artistic finish.
At Davis Thcater.
Rose Sydell's London Bellies big show
is the attraction at Davis theater the
last thre days of this week. They come
direct from Chicago, where they have
met with great success the past three
weeks, and promise us the Chicago pro-
duction intact. including the famous
German comedians. Campbell and
Shepp, Leo and Chapman, Kelly and
st. Clair, Madeline Forrest, the great
Elwood, Jones and LaPearle, Miss Rose
Sydell and a chorus of twenty. The Co.'S
tunes are gorgeous II the music new
and catchy.
Nat C. Goodwin's New Play.
Manager Burgunder has reason to
feel highly flattered over the unusual
interest being manifested over the COM
ing of Nat c. Goodwin on Tuesday
evening to the Academy of Music. The
demand for seats more than attests the
popularity of Americas greatest m
dian and the esteem In which he Is
held by Scranton theater-goers. In Mr..
Goodwin America a truly roast of its
representative artist. His equal does
not exist in either Europe or America.
His entire career has been one Of honor
and triumph and In his latest prcsenta-
ton Of ambition" by Henry Guy
Carleton, he has achieved the most pro-
nounced endorsement that has ever been
accorded an artist in this country. The
plot Is a simple one. but yet SO intensely
interesting and deep that the auditor is
fairly electrified and astounded at it's
b%rilliancy. The moving incident of the
play the conspiracy Of a
| United States Senator n a sugar king
to induce Senator Obadiah Beck Good
win), chairman of committee on foreign
affairs, to abate his efforts to have the
Cuban insurgents recognized as bel
ligerents. Even the portfolio of the
secretary of state which the president
offers him is no inducement to swerve
him from his duty. The conspirators
gain control of the national! convention
through bribery, II offers Beck the
nomination of presidency If he will
abandon his bill. They have an inno-
cent ally in the sugar kings daughter,
whom Beck loves. Yet Under this pres
sure he stands to his duty. In the end
he gains control of the convention
through trusty agents and dictates the
nomination. The company supporting
Mr.. Goodwin is the strongest he has had
in years., while he stage settings will
prove a revelation. The company
here intact from the Chestnut street
opera house. Philadelphia.