The age-herald., 1897-09-05

| The formal opening Of ,he Arch under her | direction with '"rhe School for Scandal
 and Aunt Charl6tte's Maid" as he bill | Mrs John Drew, as a matter of course,
 was Lady Teazle; John Gilbert, Sir Peter; | Leak Joseph Surface; Mortimer Charles; | Wallace, Sir Oliver; Ringgold Sir Benja-
 min Backbise Scalian, Crabtree; Mrs. l Henri, Mrs CandOur; Mary Wells, Lady i Sneerwell and Emma Taylor, Maria.
 Charlotte Thomp sons first appeararce
 was on the 2d of September as Lady Alice, | in old Heads and Young Hearts" with l John Gilbert as Jesse Rural and Frank ] Drew as Bob; Drew also appearing as l Golghtly in Lend Me Five Snilings. | Mrs. S.oneall appeared on the 'h as Tip l pet in 'eAll in the Wrong" Miss D. Price, | who afterwards became Mrs. Charles 1 Fschter, was fist seen on the 23d as Nao- 1 ma in -Jcannette," French piece r1nr- .lated by Banon HiH and produced with | Miss Thompson in ths title role Miss
 Charlotte Adams was frs: seen az Fur | nish in the Way 10 Keep Him. on the
 lf.h of October, and Mrs. Alexina Fisher
 Baker appeared as Julia. in the "Hunch-
 pack on the 14th of December It was | not until Christmas nigh, when Loves I | Labor Lost was produced on scale of great magnificencs. that lhe name Of
 Craig, Hess and Johnson appeared in the | programmes.
 During the season, from the opening
 date to the close in May of the follow 1 ing year, Mrs. Drews long lis of parts | emb;aced many old comedy roles bsriies
 creating new parts as often as was re- | qulred. To form an idea of the work she
 accomplished the following list of plays
 Tn which she impersonated the principal
 female characters may be studied with | interest. It embraced the
 l Bells's $. S.rategem. ...... Mrs Racket | School for Scandal dal...........Ijadv Teazie All mn ''he Wrong. g......... Lady Re .t,ess
 AdVentures of Love I.etter..,... ..,..
 Catherine Btight 1 lsy1nOOh.... ........... ........J Julia na 1 I4fll0n A ,ad7 low SsT,a ,frsa | Way to Keep Him.. Widow Balmour
 Wives as They Were, eitc.. Lary Mary
 SSaf4ns S.i, WiIe. ':,;;:......:. Mrs. Oakley
 s she Would and She Would Not. Hypolita
 The House on the Bidge Of Notre Dame.
 Ernest de Ia Garde zambaro, Gypsy. lrlsh iHeiress. ........ ....Lady Daventry Up a the Hills. Ms. Colonel M.CAnar
 Schcol for Grown Children. Mrs. Reyel l Shiverer.. ..Dowager Duchess of Bruns- | w:ck Bnsybedy....,. ......... ........ .M.r,nda A.; Hlolst.; ....,.,..........s..... Violet I'uhcincdck.. .....-..... .itie'en L ap Ysar.... ............... Mss O'Ltary L 1CES ehSse.. :......... .t....... Cons tGnce Guihaumn Tell. .......... ....... Freedom ldiers Daughter.... ...... Widow Cheerly l Loves Is'bor Lost.. .. ... .Roearna Scdtto, or Scout and Spy. Hope Hurlestoyl 1 lrlsh Ambassadfor. ...Ledy Isahe af
 Delicate GFound..... ...........,.. Paul.. e
 fl.sh a.l Lion ''.......... s.... Mrs. F.tzgig | Ofls Hour f.,............. ..... Julia Dalton l Knight Of ArVa. Princess M arilra l Rose of Killarney. Alinn | Jchn Bull. l........-..........L Lady Carol'ne l Sunheuy or hrrors. ....... ..,.....A 5riana S.rious Family. Mrs. Otmsby Delnain | Srahofs- -Na-Btihcge.. .... Ally Dool ng | GaS, ln op. fe....... .............. Angela
 Irvls16le Prince. .Exqu'sitelit pet
 2sHg, 1lg Jsan and Jonai han. Elinor Lalieisn 1 'iiuS oi Aoyu5s....... ............ Zuloika i The War Play at tine Arch
 l This season embraced A number oe novelties. The first of the season was
 Jeannette" which ram thre,- weeks. At the same time burlesqua of "Mazeppa" l has great run, with Frank Drew on tba hery, untamed rocking horse" Frank Drew also appeared in "Shylock" bur lssque The ether new pieces were ''rhe House on the Bridge of Notre Dame" e.oi aom Iaylors "Up at the Hills." thes 2hiy@ref, fnliN rom the French; "Guilaume 1 Tell, burls sque, and ''Scotto or Scout ana Spy, by Robert Jones, the first war l play at the Arch. IA v=ry important event of the season was a magnificent reVlVai or Loves Labor Lost" in which Mrs. AleXina Fisher Baker played the l Princess Of Francs. Mrs. Baker had pre- | viously appeared as Julia inf'Th= Hunch- back on the 14th of September, Mrs.
 Drew playing Helen, which she repeated l on the 18th of May 1862 to the Julia of
 
 l ently took the place Of Miss Thompson ana the latter appeared as a star at the Walnut before the close of the season. | Durlafg the run of Loves Labor Lost'' John Drew returned from a tour round l the world and b gan a special engage- 1 ment at the Arch on the 18th of January, 1 1862, which continued until the Sth of 1 May, close up t" his death One Of the features of John Drew's engagement was l the r. Nlval of the 'tCom dy of Errors" with the brothers John and Frank as l the two Dromos. The season closed with Jane Drew in a. round of charac- ters. beginning with Julia in "The | Hunchback"
 Each succeeding year. while displaying a constant change of atdractions, showsd no falling off in Mrs. Drew's marvellous 1 industry. The season of 1S62-3 opened on i the 3Gth of August, with Mrs John Drew | as Clara Douglas and introducing Bar | ton Hill as Evelyn, Albert Bradley as | Sir John Vesey and Miss Jane Laws as Lady Franklin in Bulwer Lytton's play, | "Mocey."
 Following her ct intervals as stars | cam. Maggie Mitchs Il, Miss Jane Coombs, | | Margaret Fillmore, Kate Bateman, John l s. Clarke and Caroline Richings in opera 1 and comedy; John Wilkes Boo1h in hlch- ard III. Edwin Adams, Mary Provost and | Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Many of these Mrs | Drew supported in leading roles, her characters for the s:ason embracing: Il Money ............. Clara Douglas; Il l Rivals Lydia Languish | She Stoops to Conquer Miss Hardcastle | | Jonathan Bradford ...... Ann Bradford | Poor Gentleman .... Emily Worthinglbon | Willow Copse .... Rose Fielding. | l School of Reform .... Mrs Ferment Faul Try ..... ..... .........PhoeDe l Giralda =. ...-.. ... ..... ...... Gira1da I Lonely Man ..... .. :. ....Eve HllingtonJ ] Pet=r Waxem Marian WoodYills l l Midnight Watch ....... Pauline | i Everybody's Friend Ms. Felix Featherly' | l All That Critters Is Not Gold. 'Aia | 1 .......... ..MaTtha Gibbs I | Sweethsarts and Wives ....... Eugeple i Our American Cousin. ........-....,,, y,fl ................ ...... Florence Trenchard. EtOn Boy .......... .....Fannl4 Cu1ryD4 Naiad queen ..... ....... LuEHneJ J | Dreams of Delusion. Lady Viola Harlejghtl | Wild Oats ........ ....,. Lady Amaranth l | Richard Ill.,. .......Queen Elizabeth |