The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

e"hh u. htnsnaW VINO mas the part OF
man -about-town and looks A. MIR. Hen.
shaw's opportunities 10 show that which
is In him are few, but he makes the most
OF them, and scores the success expected
by his many friends and admirers Toe
piece is deliberately staged and In thc
matter OF scenery and costumes is up TO
the Lederer standard.
Down at the Fourteenth Street thenter
they are rehearsing musical comedy eu-
titled Mother Goose" II is announced
Tor production on May l. The piece Is in
Mother Goose. Little Jack Horner Little
Blue, Tom, Tom the Piper's SON, Jack
Sprst. Tommy Tucker, Smp.a Simon.
Peter Piper, Little Sally Waters Cody
Two-Shoes, Little Red Riding Hood. Little
Bo-Peepi in fact all our old friends OF
the nursery rhymes The east will be a
pretty strong one. including Olive Red
path Marie Celeste. Ella Chapman. Jessie
| Villars. Ida Mule. Amelia Glover. Alevan-
der Clark. Willard Sims, Gilbert Saroney
and others. The ballet viii be under the
1 direction OF Arnod Kiralfy. II Il said
! tibet one hundred and fifty people. includ
! ing forty or fifty children, will be ems
I ployed in the production, which Is bping
staged by Max Freeman.
There seems to be Inference o. opin-
ion among the critics in regard to the
merit of Citizen Pierre" Charles Cosh-
an's new play. and the performances given
at the Herald Square theater by the Mac
| Lean Tyler Hanford company. Mr.Cogh-
| Ian is unquestionably one Of the best
English speaking actors, who made a
| great reputation In London before he came
to this country. He Is n man of iutell-
gence and a capable author of plays.
Citizen Pierre" is good play. and what
| is more. II is liked by the public. The
/ Fifth Avenue theater holds large and de-
cidedly swagger audiences nightly, and
! there is abundant applause. with several
! curtain calls. What moro do the critics
wantp
The performances of "othello, Romeo
and Juliet" and THE Merchant Of Ven
ice" by the MacLean-Tyler- Hanford com
pany are literally patronized by our
theater- goers. The plays are staged AIDE
quately and in good taste. The actors,
while not SO good as Edwin Booth,
Lawrence Barrett. Mary Anderson and one
or two others, give complete satisfaction
and have made what might be called q
! popular success.
While Rupert Of Hentzau" can never
! become as popular as "The Prisoner u
zenda' it is an interesting play. Its
duel scene is one OF the most realistic and
exciting to be found in melodrama, anc
| young Hackett and Arthur Hoops fight Il
to an effective finish. In the title pnr,
| Mr.. Hackett is somewhat mechanical. but
for all that his work is probably the best
that he has ever done. He makes a pic
turesque figure and undoubtedly warns the
hearts of the matinee girls. Jobyna How
/ land, the leading woman of the company
is improving as an actress and makes 8
lovely queen. Her gowns are charming
| and her poses excellent--but how cold ant
| icy she is in the love scenes. Evidently
Jcbyna was reared in a cold storage ware
house
"Colinette,' Julia Marlowes new play
! appears to be n success. The Kncker
booker theater is completely filled at every
performance, and all hands wear lool
of conteutment Julia as gay favorlte o
the court acts, as usual, With her wig
and is full of girlishness and coduetry
All of this suits her admirers and as tic,
| pay TIM freight" 1t is not for me to inC
fault. Miss Marlowe Is not great actress
but she is popular and draws good none!
at the box office. What more can be saif
1t is rumored that Robert Tsber will b.
her leading man next season. There arr
good reasons for believing that this is no
true.
This week Kate Caxton "the fire
queen" is at the Columbus theater, wher
she is appearing In q new play entitlci
"The Two Orphans" AS curtain raise
she is producing "The Light that Failed,
Id VI tNiIilhb
novel Business is good and our Kate !
looking just as young as she did decad
ago.
Henry Miller, who was at the Crane
last week in "Heartease," appears to hav
acquired a very large head-if a story toll
me is true. At one of the performance
the gallery gods became a little too en-
thusiastic, mingling their applause wit
whistling and cat calls. This did not su'
or and hp cont word Manage
Pitou's representative that II the noist
was not stopped he would not finish tn
play He meant ii too, and had TO b
t coaxed and petted before he would con
sent to go on. Less than month az
this same actor addressed a New Have
audience as hyenas-and was sound!
t Kissed for his remarks. To my min'
! Henry is not much OF an actor but he
, Popular with the ladies' and where the VIC
men go the men have to. His engagement
In this city are always financially success;
full.
, Joseph jefferson is filing an engage
ment at the Harlem orera house, whe'
! he is appearing in The Rivals and ~
l Van Wrinkle" to overlooking audiences
. The veteran comedian tells Inc he is
splendid health, ana has not felt so we
G in many years He is certainly playin
: Bob Acres and Rip with all his old tin
) excellence. MIR. Jeffersons six week
e tour ends May 49, after which he goes
9 HIS summer home at Buz2ard's Bay. Ne
q season the veteran comedian will pla
y for twel,e weeks 1.-The boys" as he cal
y them filling UP the remainder of the tou
!. Chauncey Olcott plays a return engag
d ment in this city at the Grand opera hous
i beginning May %, He closes his seast
u June g.
h Mr. Wagenhals of Wagenhals & Kemp
was in town last week. He has conclude
e an important deal for next season.
IL THE Country Judge" is the name OF
t ney "hayseed" comedy by Alice y. "
y and Jerome H. Eddy.
e Tim Murphy closed his season last Sa
# urday and has returned to town for Il
summer,
The Countess Won Hatzfedt has bee
engaged for rart in Mother Goose"