The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Inc kohrba~gh management never seor,.,
the nnbiic S"g elec, tnan IN Us offering for
| MrRht as II was presented last ,,iSh ~,
| Hurry Beresford and his excentionaiiS ~ w
craze Craze COMPANY II was a screaningly On.
InyHple evening everybody had lesf mst,b,
me house was-in a spasm Of lanahteru ssa,,
tne lise to the fall 81 the cnrtaln Il 't npal
Tpo arnsg fun Of the purest quality tha f
tras tbn 1870 taNf' and every man and woman
joyed it. i"r having ca
VI The EVIL Eye to be seen here soon
the Toledo Bee says
The Evil Eye" looked our nnon an a.a,
enGe az me Lyceum theater last evening
| which completely filed ali norfions 80 "ii Ky
house, including much Of the slsie sno ,uc
| room only "' s'apuns
nNid. and Nod" the mutes, acrobots
I bIothers kennard, and besides being stii
! 60 ~ their art, they are no mean cnIne
mans th either. OF course everybody knows
the story OF The Evil Eye who steals
me gold and the mountebank's dausbter
ana the consequent search for him Tho
| spectacular portion of the play IL beHii
lleerIiTng IN its effect. The mechanicsl posi-
| nlhIies are Wrought prominently into the
| foreground and serve we'll their nurnosa.
The Kennard brothers are original fsi
lows and their work in many instances
fTmeiteu , great applause The electrical ba'.
I
tunes Of each OF n dozen dancing girls
nlaErng with tiny electric bulbs. which give
pretty effect. s''e
There are lot of pretty girls in +be
production, and they make a iot of ca
tune changes and do clever LOT Of tArnsE
chorcan feats and drills, In fact, the nirIa
are quite bewitchlng
Numerous rs Of merit are introduced
me one which caught on to the greatest
length last evening being "You and TX
sung by Miss Brenner. who has au excel
I on n N To s-Ft.a
Charlie Loder. the German comedian and
miss Mayme Mayo, coincidence Introduce
| specialtieS which are worthy Of notice
inc play VIII drive dun care away for
! The, company remains the balance Of ihe
week.
OF THE Cowboy and the Lady" an nd
vance notice says:
particularly Interesting aud important
event Of the dramatic season will he the
production Of The Cowboy and tho Lady"
AT the opera house soon, when s. Miller
| Kent Will be seen In this brilliant comedy
| drama by. Clyde Fitch The play is es-
sentallv Western the scenes being laid in
Silyerville Colorado The interior of a
modern camp introducing cowboys and
| Typical Western characters In the rough Is
the scene of the first act. To this place
comes Teddy North, an Eastern college
man who soon shows the Western ranch.
men what good stuff there is in him. A
| typical dance han In such region -
shown In the next act, where some of the
most exciting scenes occur and the third
| act Is held ~ o Western court room. where
| CLEANS of humor break through the tragic
atmosphere Of a trial for murder. and the
! mystery Is finally cleared up, and the cow.
hoy wins his lady. Mr.. Kent. If course.
| plays the role of the college athlete
turned cowboy. and Miss Ethelyn Palmer
will ESSAY the role Of Mrs. Weston. the
lady with whom the cowboy falls in love.
| An exceptionally strong supporting com
pany has been engaged.
Jerome Sykes in De Koven and Smiths
Foxy CUTLER" is making great success
| all over the country.
Gus and Max Rogers in "The Rogers
Brothers in Washington" one of the best
vaudeville farces on the stage, are con.
timing to meet the success they had last
season
William Farmer in Ben Hur' Is meeting
| with great success wherever that magnih
| Gently staged play is presented
-
Although still a young woman, Kathryn
Kldder has been prominent star for sew
| eral years, Her first success was gained
as Madame Sans Gene" In molly Pitch
er" she has n role similar. as far as viz
lity and comedy are concerned, TO the
French madame molly Pitcher" appears
destined to achieve even greater success
than MADAME Sans Gene. This is prob
| able due TO the fact that the historic
Molly, through her galiantry at the battle
of Monmouth where she loaded and fired
a cannon, has always been immensely popn-
lar in America The scenic effects OF Mol.
ly Pitcher" arc said to be on more clab
| crate scale than any piece in which Miss
kidder has heretofore appeared. In the
last act of the battle OF Monmouth Is pre-
sented in all its ylvidnees Generals Wash
ngtop, Lee and Knox are introduced. II
| is reported that the realisms In this battle
scene equals that Of Bronson Howard S
| war drama, Shenandoah" IN three acts
Of the play comedy Is the predominant Gle
ment. Tho piece is full Of humorous stu
atoms and Is written in the best vein or
| Glen Marlborough, the author of several
well known comedies.
Blanche Walsh's next play will he Hunt
| for Happiness" She has long been deslr
| GUS of creating a strong emotional part
In her career as a star II has been her fate
to portray characters that have already
been created by other actresseS In the
| Sardou plays she followed the late Fanny
| Davenport and in More than Queen the
character Of Josephine had already been
acted by Julia Arthur. Even this season
| the play in which MISS walsh is actluS
| Janice Meredith" was originally acted by
| Mary Nannering. So II has happened that
| for three or four years past Miss walsh mas
| been impersonatng characters that other
| actresses have made famous In the Hunt
| for Happiness" however. she has found a
| part which she thinks exactly suits her
| temperament and ability and in which she
| has had no predecessors. The Hunt for
| Happiness is play which has been much
| sought after, and the American rights Of
which Miss Walsh purchased about year
| ago, The foreign rights have already been
| disposed of to some Of the most prominent
| artists In Europe Bernhard has them Tor
! France, Duse for Italy and BeeLbohm Tree
| for England
| From all accounts Charles b. Hanford 10
having very great success in Delcher aud
| Brennan's handsome production of Tho
! Tanning Of the Shrew" His recent engage,
ments In Texas showed excellent financial
results and added luster 10 the fame Of
| this fine actor, who has long been favor
| tie in the South and West,
~
| Tomaso Salvini, Eleonora Duse and era
brielle d'Annunzlo, perhaps the hest known
| ia America of Italian celebrities, are com
| ing TO America to produce Francesca da
| Remini" on grand scale.
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