Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
ADJUSTMENTS

ADJUSTMENTS
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-one solid
week. Irene Myers and Company IN rep
ertoire tonight, sThe silver King
OPERA HOUSE Tuesday and Wednss-
day, Humpty Dumpty; THURSDAY. Inc
H.ghwayman;'' Friday "A Wise Woman
The apparent interest with which the
enga cement of Marie Lamour and COM
pany in Wilfred Clarke's great comedy
success, "A Wise Woman at the
Opera House next Friday night, is
fraught, is not to be wondered at when
one stops to consider the personnel OF
the company and the marvellous re-
ception accorded Mr.. Clarke's play on
its original presentation at the Strand
1'heater, London. "a Wise Woman
proved itself one Of the most remark
able comedy successes ever produced at
that theater from both box Office and
artistic standpoint, and the tour OF the
play in this country has so far sus-
tanned the splendid reputation that pre-
ceded it. Miss Lamour, who is being
featured in the title role, is a graduate
from Augustin Days company in New
York, in which organization she has
been seen in many important roles.
If "The Highwayman" lives up to the
nice things that have been said about it,
then De Koven and Smith and the audi
ence that will hear the opera at the
Opera House Thursday evening may
have reason to rejoice. The opera will
be performed here with a big cast and
chorus, and all the original scenery and
costumes carried complete for the three
acts. The company presenting The
Highwayman" has been selected from
among the greatest lyric artists and
comedians of our time. The success
which has attended their efforts being
proven in the phenomenally long run
of the opera, first at the Broadway The
ater New York, where it ran for over
$50 nights, and subsequently in the
largest cities of the country, and now
approaching the seven hundredth per-
Torrance, a record that has been at
tanned by few comic operas in the
recollection of the present generation.
A mammoth spectacular revival of
"Humpty Dumpty" will be on the
boards at the Opera House Tuesday
and Wednesday nights and Wednesday
matinee The master effort OF Dig
pantomime is, of course, the transfer
nation scene, which is intended to daZ-
zle the beholders and send them home
from the theater in a perfect intoxlca-
ton of delight. This scene in Hump
ty Dumpty' is reported to be the most
complicated and gorgeous ever mounted
in the country. An idea of its mann
moth proportions may be imagined
from the following figures: The drops
and borders have consumed $4,000
square feet of canvas, the paint or
which cost So, 500. Over $1,000 worth OF
metal foil was used and the movement
takes twenty men to handle the lines.
"A beautiful cfmysanthemuml curtain
masks in the set. This being raised,
the first scene represents Night. In
the center is a large pond, on the sur
face of which enormous water lilies
grow in profusion, scores of frogs leap
about the swampy shore and anon
plunge into the murky water. Toad
stools and other fungi of enormous
growth, cactus and palms choke the
swamp and send up a fetid mist which
envelops a group of nymphs of night,
which hover over the pond: the scene
is the Incarnation of Darkness.
The MANAGEMENT of the Grand Of
fers as the next popular priced attrac
tion the Little Irene Myers company,
superb aggregation of dramatic and
vaudeville talent which begins weeks
engagement tonight, presenting 1.-The
Silver King" as the opening bill. The
novelty Of the attraction should be the
means of attracting large audiences, as
Little Irene is the only known child
star, and the appearance Of child in
many of the leading roles is surely a
new departure. Although possessing
the face and form her age would indi
cate, she is endowed with marvellous
dramatic ability, her conception of the
parts she assumes displaying the de-
gree of intelligence of a person of ma
ture years. Her stage experience be-
gan at the age of three and half years,
and her career has been marked by
succession Of successes until to-day she
finds herself the star of a company of
more than ordinary merit. Daily mat
iEees will commence Tuesday.
Among the dramatic treats in store
| for patrons Of the Opera House before
the holidays is David Belasco's 'Zaza,
under the direction Of Charles Froh-
man. 'Tie Turtle" will also be pro-
duced here, and Willie Collier will be
seen in his new play.
Dance at Bearleys tonight. 131
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