The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13
PLAY BILLS THIS WEEK
STUART ROBSON IN .sTHE HENRIET-
TAo REVIVAL AT ENGLIsHs.
DonneIIy and Girard Coming In s'The
Gsexar--"BIue .geans' ut the Park
Buriesque at the Empire.

Stuart Robson will come to English's
Tuesday night with Bronson Howards
great comedy, THE Henrietta" which is
still the strongest play in Robson's roper
tory, notwithstanding it has had a dozen
years OF successful exploitation in every
part Of the country. In these days of suc-
cesses which endure couple of seasons at
the outside, a play which not only holds
good for a decade, but proves as great a
drawing card then as when in the flush of
Its first success must be acknowledged to
be an extraordinarily good play. That it is
the best OF Bronson Towards plays the
great playwright has often acknowledged
without hesitation. 1t has made Stuart Rob-
son a wealthy man and Howard has de-
rived a steady revenue from its royalties
It's great beauty is, however, that it has
furnished one of the most delightful and
Quaintest comedians the American stage
has ever had with medium for displaying
his greatness. The BERTHE of Mr. Robson is
one of those creations which will live side
by side with the Dundreary of the elder
Sothern, or the Mulberry Sellers of John T.
Raymond. 1t not only fits Mr. Robson, it
becomes him as no other character he has
taken. The human quality of the play, the
distinct flavor of its Characterization, its
wit, hunor and pathos all combine to give
1t a superior quality which few plays seen
in the last twenty years have had. Mr.. Rob-
son has well selected company this year.
Mrs. Robson will again be seen in the char
acter of the Widow Opdyke, a role which
she made famous from Maine to California !;
Thomas S. Wise, the Cuban of TOO Much
johnson" fame, will take the part of Old
Nick; Edwin Holt, Ernest Lamson, John
ar I'm
Edna Brothers, Gertrude Perry and other
clever people. The play will BE- staged with
special scenery.
Donnelly ard Girard, of Natural Cas-
and city Directory fame, will be the at
traction at Englishs for a matinee and
night performance on Saturday, March 10,
in their new spectacular operetta, 1.-THE
Geezer," which had a long run at Weber &
Fields's New York Music Hail. DonneIy
and Cirard, always alert for a good thing,
secured the sole right of production from
the author, Mr.. Joseph w. Herbert The
play pictures famous teahouse of China,
presided over by Two Hi, the proprietor,
whom Nellie Fly, on her trip around the
world, seeks to secure for her an interview
with Ambassador Ii Hung Chang who is
preparing to visit America to secure an
American heiress to wed the Emperor of
China His arrival in New York city and
the grand reception rendered him by his
eountrymen in Chinatown, his aptness in
acquiring American tricks, his sale by auc-
ton of Chinese maidens, his success in Sc
caring the coveted prize and hasty depart
ure for home, the banquet given him by the
Emperor in honor of his success, his efforts
to force the heiress to wed himself and
subsequent events are all humorously set
forth. The play abounds in ludicrous situa-
tons, witty sayings, new songs and catchy
music. Besides themselves, Donnelly and
Girard bring such well-known favorites as
Mark Sullivan, Mae Lowery, Nina Berto-
lima, Charles H. Prince, Nettie Black Nell
lie Gilcrist Emma Watson, Will Redstone,
Mabel Rivers, Lee Easton, Bessie Pope,
Fife Gillette, Bessie Grey. May Shaw, Bes-
sic Montgomery, Leslie Marion, Emma Por-
ter, Lillian Beck, Margaret Rivers, Irene
Carlisle and large chorus, together with a
carload of newly-designed scenery and cos
TUNES.