The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-10
The Stage

The past week was a noteworthy one In
che local dramatic world. Il was note
worthy in several different ways. An audi
ence of 5000 or more people heard "Lohcn.
grin at the Auditorium ON Monday night
and the attendance at Sweeney & Coombs'
theater was larger than was to he expect
ed under the circumstances all during the
week, notwithstanding the fact that the
house was open every night ana that three
OF the attractions charged advanced prices.
All this goes to show that Houston Is
progressing In more ways than one and
that her people are willing to pay liberal.
~ for their amusement If the amusement
Is Of the right kind. II is likely that never
In the history Of the city has SO much
money been paid into the box offices Of
theaters In single week.
Leaving the performance OF "Lohengrin"
out of the question, the event of the week
and of the season, for that matter, was Mr..
Augustus Thomas ION the Quiet" in
which Mr. William Collier and an unusually
clever company appeared Tuesday night
This was comedy treat of thc very high
est order. Too much praise can not he
given the play or the players, ~-Ar. Col
Her may be assured N a very warm wei
come on the occasion Of his next visits
Houston. 1t is hardly likely that warm
welcome would surprise him, however. He
is used TO them.
Richard Caryel,' which was the bin
Monday afternoon and night, suffered iinan-
cially, OF course. as a result OF the strong
counter-attraction at the Auditorium. The
play was something OF a disappointment
IN some respects. 1t is not as good as
the book from whieh it was made Mr.,
ruui ~ HuDs"l' lne star, ulu some c!eNet
i,o, ""N vas '"p""'S 'Npp'' ~" III WoSt
* Stranger in Strange Land" which
was seen on Wedneslay afternoon and
at,nrari WSS "a @''. W., ',NtlG "l tut pe",'e
session ~ n ro,si6er,l,l ,7,,,,,,,t S w. M
but the play was anything but a good one
tlQrodora was Tile bin ON Thursday
Sngts m ~ n .,l,,, 1nI , ll'.s name
from this high priced STANDPOINT "FI6ro.
dora" proved TO be something of theatrl.
o9' Soiu 95le5 WIN me gliding quite min
he prices Which Are .1siiv Pr5IraeJ l H
attractions OF D Ike nature there sill
would have been room for criticism There
in # VAIN S-'- ~. ,-l' & v Ins peop.e
Business was good at ali three pcfform.
ances
,,..s,, Ioof Est.allon, Nni f "as presented
the vccf.
The announcements for the coming week
contun IrIeffnte 10 only one attraction OF
4ng.ris ono az he NOS ,c1,,Isr no.1IC
opera stars who comes this way. win pre-
sent his new piece. "a Royal Rogue on
., +to -si., l.'i I've. "i,l anu ~,
expected. De Angels couldn't be ANYTIME
but entertaining u be- tried and II is safe
to assume That his uew opera Is worthy
Of him.
"Sorrows Of Satan dramatizatlon Of
Marie Corelh's novel ~ that name, will be
NI.a lF HrH..H bon t'HI 1H atH.F. sd
night The remainder % the week will bt
filed ont by the Baldwin Melville company
which Will GiTe two performances daily
Neyt week treat In the shape Of Charlie
r. Hanfords production Of The Tamin!
Of the Shrew' may he looked for.
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lhere If something radlc"ly wrong VIII
Houston audiences. In no other city Il
the country do theater.goers show sue
-cvat ,lIs-ars-,, fo- ~, I'M. o,., ,,nt-,,oa,
- $50 anu p'''''vE'
OF DINERS as 40 those OF Houston. IN
Post on several previous occasions has cal
ed attention to the very had nrocti,o q
- - .
seauns late coincrS 'urlnS me progress q
habit into which many have fallen of n,
ginning to stir around nrt ~, bots ,yr,n,
- ''""N' pN' w" u"'s' wrap
tain goes down. The first part Of the frs
act OF ION the Quiet last Tuesday nigh
was utterly spoiled for those who wer
In their seats on time by the noise on
confusion caused 10y those who came /
anywhere from five TO thirty minutes afte
the curtain had gone up There is no DO,
sttla evc,,s. f,- ..bt NJ. -. !,
''' '1''' '"P'' may ne uI
aFoidahiY delayed IN getting TO the theate
on occasions, but there is no earthly reaso
why so many of the patrons of Swernc
Coolnbs' should be so late aud shoul
cause so much confusion in getting To thci
seats Everybody knows. OF Shonld know
the hour at which performances begin. mi
boing the case, ARRANGEMENTS should b
made accordingly Manager Beraema
should take some steps 10 uhate the nuts
ance. II nothin. else can be done he shout
put IA force a rule which Will prevent tn
Seating OF anyone during the progress q
play. Such a rule might he Objected
by a few but II would certainly have
most sanitary enect
me otnef matter complaned OF Is Jus
aen FOR he Mid besfa Win NJ i niiG RI tb
majority Of those who attend the theatc
In Houston begin TO prepare 70 get on