The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-23

George c. Min has revived Julius
Caesar" In a successful manner at the
Broadway Theater. New York, Mr.
Miln's leading woman Is Mary shaw,
an actress Of exquisite intelligence
and one Of the few women who have
been successful IN Shakespeare on our
stage. In Mr.. Min himself there Is
and has been for a number Of years
considerable popular Interest. For
many years be was a clergyman, hay-
llng succeeded Robert collyer IL the
Unity chureh. Chicago. and hls hrsi
1 attempts 70 achieve success upon ths
stage were amid more Or less derision
on the part Of the press and the public.
He IL not q man who possesses many
advantages for the stage, but his great |
perseverance has carried him through,
and Ne must rank hereafter AZ an ae-
cepted shakeapeaman star Mr. Mia
playa Mare Antony n Julius Cesar
1e vacated lhe pulpit some fourteen
years ago because bis opinions had
changed. and Al once adopted the
career Of a shakespearean actor. Since
then he has played the plays Of Shakes
peare In all parts Of the civilized world.
including Australia. From Australia
be iourneyed TO the orient. playing In
} Ceylon, INDIA, purmah. and China.
One Of the three successful plays OF
the season Is rThe Prisoner Of zenda,"
, and II would not b. fair 10 speak Of
ihh play without mentionins the ex-
B uulsile performance Of Miss Isabel r.
! Wing, the leading lady. who plays the
{ part Of the Princess Flavla. Mlss Irv-
4 lng's art Is OF the gentle and winning
e type, and her performanets have much
I 70 do with the success o. ne play. OF
Virginia Earle and Marie Dressler a
great deal Is being said al present
time. Miss Earle Il small, blonde.
o enthusiastic young person who plays
heroine In The Lady slavey" company
8 snd aancea and slngH With much ap-
parent happiness lhroughoui the play
Il Il the custom to launch into VIC.
lent abuse Of theatrical manager
whenever the degoneracy Of The stag
u spoken Of. Il cannot be denied tha
sensible. well-balanced. and Intellect
usl people are gradually givi -
theater-going on account Of the
lessness Of the playa presented
critics and reviewers helabor tht
agers with their pens because
ere no good plays; but hey nigh ,
well save their energy, for every on
acquainted with the dramatic az
throughout the world Al this precisl
time must be aware that the play
wrlghts are TO blame Il Is an astound
ing fact. but a fact nevertheless. tha
there has not been great successful
- play produced anywhere In the WORT
this year. by this We mean an origina
- play. In London and New York ther
have been three great successes; tw
y Of them were dramalired IRON books
viz. ~Trllby" and ~The Prisoner q
~ Zenda" and the third success Is -Th
q, Squire Of Danes" which was write
- by Dumas thirty years aeo. But con
H.. pared with great plays they are an
" worthy OF notice.
ses
~ Very considerable interest Il Ger
u tered in the temperance In New Y0T
~ Of Julia Marlowe, who has had ! care'
Of ups and downs for eight or ts
"a years She Is playing al Palmer
IA TheateB which Il across the stree
from DAYS.. and Al the latter theatl
l.i are Mira Potter and Ale, Rellew. AL
80 MarlONe recently married your
melodramatic actor named Taeer. vi
~ has developed into an acceptable act
:, Of the romantic school
Charles Louis AMBROSE Thoms