The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-24
Music and Drama
OF Attractions for
Wichita Audiences
MoREY STOCK COMPANY.

OhrlstnaS attraction the Morey Stock
company. who open a weeks engage
ment with q Christmas matinee. when
the bin will be the comedy What Hap
pened to Smith," At night "A Noble Re-
venge" viii be presented.
The company carry more special seen
cry and are said 10 present more COM
plete performances than any repertoire
company than has been here in e. long
time
The following is from the Arkansas
City Traveller, November %: The Mercy
Stock company presented "A Noble Re
venge" at the opera house last night
There was very small laudience in at
tendance. The company deserves much
better patronage. Last night, as on
Monday night, the two leading members
of the company received much applause
and their work was fine. The electrical
and mechanical effects. also the scenery
carried by this company, are more
elaborate and better than any other
week stand organization has ever
brought here
Manager Martling Of the Crawford
planatory:
My Dear Sir: To back ug the claim
have made that the present "a Trip to
Chinatown" performance is the greatest
and best ever given I enclose you the
criticisms of the various dramatic critics
of this city Kindly spare the thine to
look over them. Very truly yours.
FRED z. WRIGHT
This is a real Hoyt show.
If you have any pleasant memories of
trips to Chinatown in the past you need
not be at all afraid of disturbing them
by a visit to the Grand this week II is
true that Mr.. Hoyt himself is not inter
ested in the management of this COM
pany. but as a manager Fred E Wright
has done all that Mr.. Hoyt ever did. and
perhaps something more. There is not a
one of these fun hunting people who
make the trip to various places in San
Francisco who has not a legitimate
reason for being in the party, and when
you put a dozen clever men and women
into a party and tell them to do the best
they can as much of it as they can, you
may be sure of getting all the enjoyment
Taken as a whole there was never
better presentation of Mr.. Hoyts most
successful piece than is now being given.
Although mindful of the fact that Harry
Conor has played Welland Strong and
George Beane has played Ben Gay and
Anna Boyd has played the widow. one
must also be mindful of the fact that
there was scarcely such high average
of excellence as is maintained in the pres
ent production.
If Kansas City saw a Hoyt piece which
lacked dash and effervescence last week
the same charge cannot be made now,
for it is simply a race of good things
from the first curtain TO the last. Earli-
est consideration must, of course, be
given to Harry Gilfoil whom we first
knew as the waiter in this merry trifie,
and who has now stepped to the head of
the rank and is holding the most promi-
nent position 1t would be hard 10 give
a better idea of the extent and variety
of the talents of Mr.. Gilfon than was
given last night when he turned to his
companion and said:
THAT fellow is a world beaten"
From being merely a whistler and an
imitator of sounds, melodious and other
wise, Mr. Gilfoil has developed into an
actor-we found that out last year when
we saw him play Barren Sands in "A
Stranger in New York"-but he has also
become a very much better imitator than
he ever was. His noise producing is now
scattered through two acts. and the audi
ence never seems to get tired of it In
his acting Mr. GiIfoil has not made any
attempt to follow his predecessors in the
manner in which he plays the man with
one foot in the grave, but ne invests the
character with comical features of his
own devising.
The four women in the company are |
we'll selected. for they are !
which is much. and they can /
sing and dance. which is as much or !
more Mabel Montgomery is certainly a |
captivating widow. and she has glori- /
Gus amount of energy and vivacity. /
Eleanor Falk. as the French maid is a /
spirited creature. while Emile Gardner /
and Bertha Holly play the parts Of the /
two girls well and sing pleasingly
Gorge Shields. with a notably good /
voice; Guy P Thomas with some voice |
and satisfactory quality of acting |
ability: VIII Philbrick. who plays SER
vnat and gives particularly agile cake |
walk; Fin Reynolds. who is Ben Gay /
and is decidedly successful in his Danto-
mime. and Frank c. Young, who is one
Of the very best dancers who has been on
a Kansas City stage for this season, are
the other men in the cast.-Kansas City /
Times. December Il.