Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-05-21
SEASON CLOSES TONIGHT.
RESUME OF ATTRACTIONS AT THE
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
During Past Eight Months sixty-Seven
Performances Wero Given by Forty
Companies Under Opera House Man
agement-'Parish Priest" tho Last Play.

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play by the press and opera house
managers in towns where it has appear
ed, no more appropriate attraction
could have been secured to end the
season. 1t is a remarkable coincidence
that Mr.. Sully's company will also close
tonight-Freeland being the last town
in which 1.-The Parish Priest" will ap-
pear this season.
During the season which ends tonight,
which Is the first conducted under the
House Company, sixty-seven perform
ances were given, not including plays,
entertainments, lectures, etc, con-
trolled by others than the lessees of the
house, of which class twelve have been
produced and three more are booked.
Tho sixty-seven performances noted
above included sixtyfve evening plays
and two matinees.
Forty separate travelling companies
appeared here during the season.
Thirty-two companies played one night
each, two companies two nights each,
two three nights each, one five nights,
one six nights and two showed six
nights and one matinee each.
The season covered period OF over
eight months, opening on September IL
last with 1.-The Hustler" This was
followed on September Is to go by the
j. E. Toole Company. Two nights of
minstrels, the Fields and Hanson Com
pany, were next, on September 22 and 90.
Morrison's Faust" which drew tho
largest house, both in attendance and
receipts, that was ever given to any
company in Freeland, closed the month
on the 27th.
October was devoted almost wholly to
repertoire, the Leyburne Bon-Ton Com
pany opening on the cd for six nights
and one matinee. On the 9th THE
Stowaway" was produced. Mitchell's
All-Stars played six nights and matt
nee, beginning on the 23d.
In November six attractions were
here, Daniel Sully giving "O'Brien, the
Contractor" on the 9th. On the 9th
1.-The Prodigal Father" was produced,
Diamond Bros. Minstrels showed on the
14th, Barney Gilmore in kidnapped In
New York" on the Goth, Amy Lee in "a
Determined Woman" on the 22d and
"Maloneys Irish Visitors" Thanksgiv-
Ing night, the 3Oth.
1.-The Passion Play" pictures opened
December on the 1st, showing two
nights. Isl Plunkard" appeared on the
4th, Hearts of the Blue Ridge" on the
9th, the Jeffries-Sharkey contest pic
lures on the 11th and Agnes Wallace
Villa in 1.-The World Against Her" on
the Goth. On Christmas night the Gems
Repertoire Company opened a five-night
engagement.
January brought Augustus Pitou's
new production, 1.-The Gunner's Mate"
The week of the sth was occupied by
the Tommy Shearer Company. "Finne-
gans Ball" played on the 18th, "Old 81
Stebbins" on the 25th and Vogel &
Deming's Minstres closed the month on
the 31st.
1.-THE Merrymakers" held the stage
three nights in February, beginning on
the 5th. John Kernel and Tim Cronin
in "What Happened to REILLY" on the
9th, Fred and Sadie Raymond in 1.-The
Missouri Girl" on the 10th, Daisy Chap
lin in 1.-The Corner Grocery" on the
Goth, election night, and j. X. Emmett
and Lottie ellison In "Fritz in q Mad
house" on the 23d filled the balance of
the month
On March l9 Bartlett and May pro-
duced "A Woman in the Case" Hoyts
"a Milk White Flag" was the attrac-
tion on the 10th. Stetson's "Uncle
TOMS Cabin" came nearly breaking the
record of attendance, held by Faust"
on the 2lst. Irene Myers in 1.-The
Burglar" on the Goth was next and
1.-The Span of Life" on the Goth ended
the month.
In April What Happened to Jones"
showed on the 4th and 1.-The Cherry
Pickers" on the 9th. "Martha" was
given on the 10th by the Andrews Opera
Company and Hoyt's ga Day and a
Night" on the Goth. The 3Oth saw
1.-THE Queen Of Chinatown" The only
attraction in May is 1.-THE Parish
Priest" to be given tonight.
Only once during the season were the
patrons of the house disappointed by an
advertised performance not being given.
This occurred on April 81, when the
Brady pictures of the Jeffries-S -Sharkey
contest could not be shown on account
of lack of the necessary kind of
electrical power
The season, as a whole, was satisfac-
tory to the management and appeared
also to satisfy the opera-goers. The
travelling companies and their managers,
with some few exceptions, were also
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