Kansas City daily journal., 1896-05-24

Laugh and tho world laughs with you,
Weep and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow Its
mirth,
1t has trouble enough OF its own"
II Manager Bande. Of the Auditorium
stock company. had kept the above lines
well In mind ;he opening week of his sea-
son he would have before now given his
patrons a high class comedy bill. Not that
Benedict Arnold" did not please those
who saw 1T. not that Captain Swift"
splenlidly played and exccllentiy staged,
did not hold the audience from act to act,
but Just at this particular time of the year
folks want to be amused when they go to
the theater more than to be entertained or
educated. Appreclating fully now the val
We OF the stan1a quoted above, Manager
Blande will present, beginning tomorrow
night, n big double comedy bill. The per-
fOrmance will commence with three scenes
from Henry w." In which William +.
owen will appear as the obese, jovlal and
sack loving knight, Sir John E'alstaff. MIR.
owens reputation as the exponent of this
character Is national, and is locally famll-
lar. The New York Evening Sun of March
20, in critlclsing the performance of Henry
w" by the Julia Marlowe company at
Palmcr's theater, said: THE Sir John Fal-
staff of William +. owen was excellent.
intellectual side of the fat knight than any
but the very greatest of those who have
played the part. This scene in which F'al-
staff tells of his encounter with the thieves
was done In u manner that left nothing
20 be desired. The best proof of the excel
lence Of the work lay In the fact that there
was no want of correspondence between
Falstaf on the stage and the Falstan as
we know him in the real play. In make
up. voice, unetuous manner and al M the
Ing ,presentment OF one of the greatest Of
Shakespeare's creations
This bill will last n little more than half
an hour and will be followed by the anus
ing comedy" Pink Dominos," which is in
three acts, and from the pen of the En-
glish playwright, Albery. =, This play Is the
Charles Wyndham scored his first success,
and 1t ran for over year at the Criterion
theater, London. 1t Is of the farcicnl or
rapid action from start to finish. The
stock company has given us full PROOF OF
solid type type. and much interest assuredly is
awakened to see how 1t Will present COM
edy.
last week. business at the Auditorium i'm
proved considerably, and the company by
its excellent performance Of captain
Swift amply demonstrated that 1t de-
served all the pleasant mention that has
been made of 1T in these columns II II con-
tinues. as II assuredly will, to furnish such
first-class entertainment at such reasohaple
prices its stay in our midst will not only
be a source of pleasure to its audiences, but
of profit TO itself. -,
The cast of the Henry w. scenes VIII
be as follows:
Sir John Falstaff. William T.. owen
Prince Hal ............''.:. ..'hehTy ioushts
poins ....... Thomas L. Coleman
Byrdolph ,..... ..................E. l.. Duane
peto ..,..... ...............'....,,a "a ~ II,ct
Gadshill .........'.''''''r i,,h .iiii
'pnk Dominos'' will be given by this
cast: w.. ,,.
Mir. Charles Gaythorne ......Henry, Jcwett
iIsrrv t.....................A. Il. Price
Mr.. jaskyn Tubbs .......William L; owen
Briskct ....... ....'.'.'.'.''''N w altcl, Wams,
sncnnd waiter r...,..,,..........A. Rlhani
Third waiter ...................C. II. faaIett
Hirg Gnythorne Frances Hastings
10 Wnrstaff ,,,.....Isabel Pitt Lewis
NJ 1'uhbs ...,.............Rose Eytnge
Rcbccca -. .,............Daisy Lowering
Miss Barrow .................'paisy Lowering