The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-03
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS

Only a great actress could so thorough
IN ABSORB assam and then irnpart to mod
ern eyes and ears the atmosphere Of the
gave Us from Mrs Burnett's book as Miss
Eugene Blair, who viii be in Topeka to-
That Miss Blair is a great actress was
ing her engagement at the Grand Opera
house. when she began her present sea-
10 her personal beauty and dramatic
ability have been added all those charm
womaf by women; and the keen insight
into the affairs of the world so admired
power to be the presiding genius Of her
play. "a Lady Of Quality Miss BAR
detail connected with the production
Property building, scene-painting, cos
ton. gesture g1ving-everythin has en-
anated from Miss Blair.
ity in New York this season, opening at
the Grand opera house there on hot
produced on Broadway. The ovation lie
received was the GROWING tribute to her
alike accorded her the fun appreciation
her beauty and ability. entitled her to
mans ana Of Purple Lady fame por-
trays the part of Sir John Oxon. Thor
which Mrs Burnett wrote. his rendition
Of the character Is finished master
piece.
Eleanor Montell. another member Of
Miss BlalrS company, came in for her
a
Lady Betty Tantillion.
Miss Blair and her company, which in.
GUIDES some other well knewn names, viii
TO the New Crawford tonight
'sThe Christian the play dramatfzed
from Hall Gaines very popular and sue
TO the Grand opera house on Friday
night. TheatergOers (and many that ara
not so classed) are familiar with the phe-
nonenal success or the play when trst
produced two years ago with Viola Allen
as Glory Quayle-its central character
and there IS no doubt that the engage
nent here will test the capacity of the
theater. The stage settings, accessories
ana eitects that were a feature of the
original production viii be in evidence
here. Miss Julia Stuart will be seen as
she has attained signal success. Lionel
Adams will be the John Storm, and the
long list Of other Characters will be In
scented in a prologue and four acts. The
scene Of the prologue is laid in the tilting
grounds in the ruins of Peel castle Isle
of Man. The first act of the play takes
in a salon OF the Colosseum music hail
London, where Glory Quayle has made
clubroom Of St Mary NagdaIene's
church. Soho. where John storm has be-
End Of London the third in cs si-51r,S
Quayle's apartments in the Gordon house
Clements inn, London, and the fourth in
the clubroom of John Storms church
In several respects Mrs. Fiske's produc-
ton of Becky Sharp her new play
ant event Of the theatrical season. 1t has
excited wide and peculiar interest. for
obvious reasons 1t is a lively topic in
theater circles, among patrons OF the
playhouse generally, and especially in the
literary world Other plays from lesser
novels than Vanity Fair do not sweep
in the same universal circle For the first
time. by common consent, Mrs Fiske is
ideally fitted with a character The rec
ords do not disclose that any woman has
ever made a great success as Becky SharD
in the occasional and not notable plays that
have been made from Thackeray's novel
IN the past Nor does the record tell of
any other actress naturally fitted for this
character. Vanity Fair is still as vital
as literature as it was twenty or even
forty years ago. UnquestiOnably Mrs
Fisl1e is artistically the Becky Sharp that
success in the character is one of the
achievements of the modern stage Mrs.
f1ske comes to the Crawford tomorrow
night.
Comic opera by the Bostonians IS the
Offering at the Crawford Saturday night.
ms famous organisation will present for
me me nhsl Llne mere their latest success,
The VicerOy," produced in New York
last spring with all the scenery Access
series and light effects that marked its
1.-The yiceroy's is thoroughly saturated
with beautiful music in Victor Herbert's
best vein, and. the song Madonna Mia
as rendered by the beautiful young So
prano Hilda Clark, is conceded bv CRITICS
70 pc one OF the most popular and effect
i've ballads composed in years. Henry
Cay Barnabee, the droI comedian, has
several of the gems entrusted to his role
IN this work, while w H Macdonald
George rockingham, Albert Parr. W. H
Fitzgerald, Belle Fremont, Adele Rafter
ted unsteady as well as in character sit
uat1ons- The ViceroyN will enlist the en-
tire services of the company, in which
nearly 100 people will be employed Seats