The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-27

Miss May Irwin at the Bijou Theatre,
New York, in 1.-THE Belle of Bridgeport, y
iiust now offers the only good, hearty laugh
of the theatrical season. The jolly play
is now in its second m onth and the public
seems to be approaching Miss Irwin and
| Irwinisms to fuller measure than it has
ever done before. Surrounded by the
| rythm and swing of irresistible songs and
| bubbling over with a cataract of laughter,
Miss Irwin is seen to easily the best ad-
vantage in this her latest success than any
of those which have made her famous.
Her list of songs is long and attractive
one Many new ones have been added
since the play was first presented one in
hit is the new coon song entitled 81 Amt
Gwine to Work No Mo- !"
The genuine comedy in the play is in
greater abundance than in any of
her previous farces, and nothing funnier
than her mock pathos in her love scene in
Act l., the burlesque on the modern So
ciety drama in Act II, and the satire on a
woman's athletic club in Act III. has been
seen on the stage in New York this year.
They have been declared to be the clever
est and most original bits of artistic COM
edy acting of their kind ever seen in New
York City.
The continued rush for seats for ''Ben
Hur'' at the Chestnut Street Opera House
is something quite unprecedented in the
history of the stage in Philadelphia. So
great is the demand for seats emphasizing
more strongly as time goes on the marvel
Gus success of Klaw & Erlanger's sump-
tuous production of the great drama
that it is evident that even the
spacious proportions of the Chestnut Street
Opera House will not hold all who are de-
sirious of seeing this great production.
Owing to the unprecedented success of
this incompatible production in Philadel-
phia, Messrs Zimmerman & Nixon have
prevailed upon Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger
to postpone the opening of the new Colon
ial theatre in Boston for two weeks, ex-
tending the engagement of Ben Hur" at
the Chestnut Street Opera House until
Saturday evening, December 18th; making
the run of this impressive spectacle three
weeks longer from Monday evening, Nov
ember 10th It is impossible to prolong
the stay of "Ben Hur" in Philadelphia
longer than December 18TH
No one should miss the remaining OPP
rtunities of seeing this superlatively
sumptuous production for it will not be pre-
scented in Philadelphia again. Nothing
like it has ever been presented in that city
before, and it has SO much to impress en-
thrall and astound that it is not to be won
dered at that it has taken hold of the pub
lie in that city and the surrounding
country for large distances in a manner
that has never been approached by any
other attraction that has visited Philadel-
phia. General Lew Wallace's sublime
story has most faithful and ennobling
treatment in the transferrence of its char
acters and incidents to the stage and the
religious atmosphere which has been SO
carefully and reverently handled has done
more to bring clergy and church people to
the theatre than any other influence for
good the stage has ever exerted. The
music. the marvellous scenic effects, the
chariot race, the Star of Bethlehem and all
the other wonderful effects seem to gain
new admiration at every performance, and
although the spectacular features are the
most wonderful that have ever been placed
on the stage, the fact remains that very
large share of the enormous success of
ben Hur' is due to the deeply impress
sve interest of the story told and acted
with such dramatic power and sincerity.
Seats are on sale for all the remaining per-
formances of "Ben Hur" and specially
quick application should be made for
seats for the Thanksgiving matinee and
evening
Twenty-one laughmakers have been as
signed to Philadelphia by Manager Keith,
and these comedians doubtless constitute
the funniest company seen here in years.
For a big comic opera, musical farce or
straight comedy production three or four
funny people are considered sufficient, but
here we have a score of people whose
work will unquestionably elicit laughter
In the palmy days of farce comedy Joseph
Harris new act. which will be enacted by
AlILeech aud three new rosebuds, would
have been considered great feature of
any production, but here it is but one Of