The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-09


Albini 1T win be the first opportunity
the general public of this city will have
10 see the great wonder worker. There
are none greater in the business than
Albini Among the others entertainers
who will take part in the beneiit are
Nellie Mcguire. the English character
artist; the three acrobatic Albion
brothers: Zeno, the contoritionist: Suiii-
van and Gaynell, an Irish team Of run
makers; Sherwood and Meredlth, ID
clever black face team. The beneflt VIII
doubtless net a good sum for the Cuban
relief fund.
ON Tuesday night Sanford Dodge. the
tragedian, supported by William Lloyd.
Gate of the Thomas Keene company. Will
he at the Mcguire. The play Will be
John Banims romantic drama, Damon
and Pythias.' in which Mr.. Dodge IS
pronounced inimitable in the role OF
Damon The critics have been dealing
very generously with Mr.. Dodge. one
of them says: He Is the greatest
Damon on the American stage to-day,
possessing, as he does, all the component
parts which constitute the tragic star.
His wonderful voice. his perfect concep-
1ion and characterization of Banms
classic creation. his natural grace ana
admirable figure and tout ensemble or
ahe Pythogorean hero. have inspired as
great an admiration as the genius of his
personality has charmed and Won the
hearts of his public Never on the dra-
matte boards did the friendship of man
for his fellowman appear so actually
sublime and intensely thrilling as when
portrayed by Mr. Dodge through the
medium of this far famed, touching
drama. He not only carries his audience
back to Grecian life and Grecan scenes
300 years ago, and lnciteS thelr
rhought-he makes them feel. and the
nightly ovation which has invariably
greeted the popular actor during his
auspicous career as tragic star IS
abundant testimony that the people
consider him a benefactor as well as
an idol Mr. Dodge stands for the
purity of the modern stage. and his ef-
forts in the legitimate drama have ever
been a factor towards ennobling the
tone of the profession and elevating the
public taste. This is recognized and APP
preciated by his myriad of admirng
friends A staunch adherent of the prin-
ciple that care in the details constitute
strong and symmetrical whole. Mr.
Dodge has left nothing undone in the
embodiment of every acquisition for a
perfect representation of Damon and
Pythias.
The company is a splendid one, num-
bering among its members such actors
as William Lloyd. Miss Emma Muncy.
Ernest Fisher, Adolph Moss and Hugo
Irving. late of the Empire theater, Ber-
ln. On Wednesday night "Othello"
will be given.
on Thursday night Lincoln j. Carter's
latest play. Under the Dome" will
have its first production in this city at
the Mcguire. 1t was first produced at
the Lincoln theater. Chicago. on Sept
u. and proved to be big hit. It's ac-
tion takes place in Washington, New
York and the Samoan islands. IT is
said to be very strong dramatically,
very elaborate in a scenic way and as
regards realistic mechanical la.ail en-
GELS even the Heart of Chica go aud
THE Tornado" its most successful
predecessors.
One of the special features of the piece
Is the hurricane scene in the harbor at
Apia. This scene is as nearly perfect
a copy of nature in her angriest mood
as it is possible to conceive of. II is
reproduction of the awful storm on
March Is, 1883. in which the German
men-of-war Elba. Aller and Olga and
the American Trenton. Nandalia and
Nipsie We're wrecked and from which
the British man. n-of-War escaped by
performing the most perilous maneuVer
known in history. Another effective
scene is the ferry boat trip from Jersey
city To New York by night As the
boat leaves its slip the lights and build
ings of New York can be but dimly
seen. AS the shore rs approached the
lights shine out larger and brighter
and the outlines of the buildings be-
come more and more distinct. until the
view of the surroundings entirely.
The failure of her new play, Loves
at War" is given as the cause of kath-
Tyn kidder's Illness. and her determine
tion never to appear in public ON the
stage again. The unfortunate train of
circumstances which led up to her de
cision To desert her present calling
prostrated her. and it is reported that
she lies seriously ill at the home of a
friend l.DIliZ The Iilnbp- I1nDln-
crat tells this about her unhappy eNper-
sence:
Miss Kidder's prostration and the
disbanding of her company can be
Traced directly to the failure her new
piece, Loves al War. met with last
week on its initial production in ST.
Louis. Miss Kidder had put her heart
and soul into the preparation of the
play. Ten years of experience in the
theatrical business have brought many
strange vicisSitudes to Miss Kidder. In
all parts of the country, wherever the
name of the young star was mentioned,
she has been respected and admired for
her amiable disposition and womanly
qualities In the East she won the
plaudits Of all in her production OF Sans
Gene. The West did not take SO kindly
10 the young lady and her French sat
ire She struggle long ard hard to win
the approval of the West. \ Western
girl. with fer family and Interests in
the middle West. she cared most for the
approval of her own people. She
spent two years in the preparation Of a
work. into which she tried to infuse
some of her own charming force and
personality. With this production from
her own pen she hoped TO win the
hearts Of the West as she had the East.
The rehearsals We're carefully conduct
ed and Miss kidder's heart beat high
with hope.
Her father saw 'book-rehearsar Of
the play and shook his head in doubt.
Other Of her friends suggested that the
play be first produced in the East Miss
Kidder persisted Had she not been
personally We'll received in the West
Was not her play a part of her. Would
not this win for her the plaudts which
she so desired? The play was produced
In this city. The result of that first
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