Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-10
THINGS DRAMATIC.

The stGold Brick'' was repeated at matinee yesterday, but the audience was very much smaller than the night before. Although there were but few present the members of the company endeayored to portray their respective characters as ably as possible and succeeded very satisfac- torily.
 A HISTORICAL ENTERTAINMENT.
 The historical entertainment given at the club house, Fairview, on Friday night was pronounced success. The curtain rose. revealing a full house to greet the first number of the programme, ''Ihe Professor at Home,' burlesque qIartette which was received by the audience with much merriment. The solo, "Song of a Thousand Years,' received well merlted applause. The orchestra entertained the audience at the fall of the curtain With selections which were much enjoyed. men followed the feature of the evening, the colloquy, "A Dream of the Centuries. This beautiful spectacular performance was most faithfully portrayed, from the excellent rendition of the lines oi eacn performer to the attractive coslumlng ln cluding the fur r-attired mound-builder, the gaudy Indians, -quaiut Quakeress, de- mure Priscilla, Spanish knights in armor' comic Du.chman, the r1ch orocades oI MITE MT, s' Murray of Murray Hill, the martlal soi 1, diers. the little boys in blue and gray, anu the beautiful classical robes of Colum bia, and Clio, the muse of history. The collo< quy concluded with march of the charac- ter of American history which was gwen 70 the inspiring strains of s'Hail ,Culumbla. This was heartily encored and repeated. {. At the close of the performance, the audi ence repaired to the dining hall where appetiziDg refreshments were served: Though all the returns are not yet ID, It can be said that not the least oi the suc- cess Is the finsncial feature.
 A DRAMATIC "REMINISCENCES.
 Twenty-six years ago, when MT. Wilfred Clarke, the present favorite America1 1 . comedian, was cooing in his cradle and crying after the moon, or some other equally impossible thing, his highness, the Prince of Wales, preferred request, which in monarchiai England IS tanta- mount to a royal command, that MT. Clarke's distinguished father should pre- sent at the Royal Strand theater his great impersonation of Maj. Wellington Desoo!s in Coyne's comedy of IA Widow Hunt" !" There were present at the performance' , Der 6, 1863, in addition to the prince, his wife, the Princess Alexandra; her majesty, the queen of Holland; the Hon. Reverdy Johnson of Maryland, the resident taches of the foreign legation, representa-. tives of the English military service ana one of the largest and most fashionable audiences ever gathered in the English me- tropolis.
 The play was voted an immense success, and the character of DeBoots the acme oi comic stage humor. Mr. Wilfred Clarke, who has developed talent for clever play writing and adaptation equally commen' surate with his marked powers of delinea- tion, is presenting this season an improved version of this great success of his father and his acting in the character or the gal lant major has drawn forth the warmesi praise from the critics of the press. MT. Clarke has surrounded himself with com pany of the highest order of excellence, which the revised version of the play made necessary, and the rendition of the comedy, now perfect in every detail, furnishes a performance which in it's line is unsur' passed on the American stage.
 Tomorrow night MT. Clarke will appear at O'Brien'a.