Evening journal., 1901-02-18
AMONG THE PLAYERS

striking pcculiarity of plays COM
posing the repertoire Of the COrse Pay
tor Comedy Company is that they ap-
peal with equal force to all classes OF
theatre-gCcrs. There is nothing In any
on the productions with which the
most fastld.ous taste or the most moral
sensihflity could find any fault. Mr.
Payton recognizes that mis- patronage
is derived from the best class OF peo-
pie, of which women and children form
al Important element. and it is with
view Of entertaining without nau-
seating that he has selected dramas
with the idea Of entertaining and in
teresting without vulgarty and yet
free from the fault OF insip.dity. The
CoIse Paytn Comedy Company will
begin a weeks engagement at the
Opera House tonight, presenting the
popular and successful play THE
Prodigal Daughter which will be
given with the most careful attention
to every detail and in manner ccm-
mensurate with the requirements Of
the public and with the merits of the
play The night prices Will be 10, 20
and 80 cents. Matinees will be given
daily commencing tomorrow after
noon, at which time the prices will be
10 and 20 cents.
The consensus OF critical opinion in
New York is that William A. Brady
has found another "Way Down East, /"
in the new Clyde Fitch play, Lovers S
Lane"
More famous players than were ever
before combined in Uncle Toms
Cabin have been engaged by William
A. Brady for his mammoth spectacular
revival of the ante-bellum drama at
the New York Academy of Music,
March 4. The case includes Wilton
Dackaye as Uncle Tom; Ode.l Williams
as Phineas Fletcher; Theodore Rob
eTts as Legree; William HarcOurt as
George Harris; Emily Rigl as Cassie;
Mrs. Annie Yeamans as Aunt Ophelia
and Maude Raymond. wife of Gus
Rogers, as Topsy
Grace George will play an engage
ment OF ten weeks in New York next
season. presenting a romantic drama
by one of the best-lnOwn American
Iplaywrlghts, and a dramatization of a
very popular novel.
BETSY Ross" the new romance of
the revolution. which William A.
Brady and Joseph r. Grismer produce
In Philadelphia in April, is by II. A.
De Suchet author OF MY Friend from
India" 1t concerns that sprightly
young Quakeress. whose fair hands
made the first American flag and
whose old home, in Philadelphia. is
about to be purchased as a memorial
by popular subscription
Phoebe Davies, for the past four sea-
Sons the heroine of "'Way Down East. -
will create the title role in Betsy
Ross" when it is produced in Philadel-
ph.a by William A. Brady and Joseph
Grsmer next Spring
The new Clyde Fitch play. Lovers
! Lane" has jumped into great popu-
.arity in New York, and is doing an
overflow business at the Manhattan. It
Is quantity humorous portrayal oi
life in country town, peopled with
types new to the stage. 1t happily ap-
peals alike to high and low, rich and
poor, and will be another gold mine for
d william A. Brady.
"Way Down East" is being played
by three companies in California, BOs-
ton and New England, and each is
drawing capacity audiences. 1t is one
OF the vital rustic pays that appeals tC
human nature regardless Of sectional
n training or habit Of life.
Alice Nielsen's Opera Company
comes to the Opera House On Saturday
q March 2. Alice Nielsen has a sister
Hortense. who is making a little stir il
& Washington theatricals. Hortens,
@ Nielsen recently has been engaged by
Manager Fred Berger, of the Lafayette
p Square Theatre. that city. TO play th'
}, ingenue roles in stock compan.
a which has just been established there
r. She is said to bear a striking rcsem
u blance to her more celebrated sister
chs only difference being that Hcrtens
d is q decided brunette. She has ha'
u some experience in the West as a le
n gitimate actress and has ambition il
B. that line Of efnolt quite as pretentiOu
as those which her sister has gratifier
in comic opera.
The Alice Nielsen Opera Compan
o comes to the Opera House on March
q Il is said to be the largest threatrics
"a organization now travelling in thi
10 country. The company proper nun
n bers over 100 people and in additio
l. there is am orchestra OF twelve mus
NJ clans. Five large scene cars are n
n Quired to transport the properties an
~, scenery. This large equipment is n
4 ccssitaaed by the fact that Miss Nielse
is this year for the first time presen
ing both her operas, The Singin
Girl" and '"The Fortune Teller"
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