The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07

seen next Monday night. But a third ele- ment enters into the calculation. It is the mob When the acting has not been all that 1t should be, 1t is the mob that has suddenly become the star of the tragedy. There are three brilliant acts for the crowdsi attending Caesar on that tri- umphant processional to the Lupercoe Games; in the riots in the forum over the conqueror's body, and in the pictures of martial splendor on the plains of Phil ippi. It Is fair to believe the enthusiastic reports that have preceded MT. Mansheld's coming. The play itself must be inviting to his artistic tastes He had his scenery and costumes all made from designs from Sir Alma Tadema, R. A., and of costumes and armor there are said to be no less than AT pieces. His company will number 300 people. The great tests for the star will come, of course, in the celebrated quarrel scene with Cassius in the ghost scene and the final incident of the death of Brutus. The handling of the ghost scene is the chief innovation of the Mans field arrangement of the tragedy. Here tofore, the ghost has always appeared, But, as MT. Mansfield will contrive 1t, the ghost will be seen by no one but Bru- tus, or, to be more exact 1t will not be seen by any one, because the apparftion exists only in the perturbed imagination of the haunted man. This method, 1t Is claimed, helps the impressive epicquality of the scene. The performance will be di- vided into six acts. The first will repre- sent a rublic place in Rome on the occa- sion of the feast of Lupercal. The second act will be divided Into three scenes-the garden before the house of Brutus and a street in Rome, Act III. will show the capitals with the death of Caesar. Act ". will be confined to the forum. Tn the fifth act win be shown the camp near Sardis. and the final act will be divided between the incidents on the plain of Phil irpi and the death of Brutus. MT. Mans field, of course, will appear as Marcus Brutus. Other important roles will be played by Arthur Greenaway Alfred Nu- gent, Arthur Forest, W. H. Denny, A. c. Andrews, Leslie Kenyon. Earnest c. Warde, Edward Fitzgerald W. T. Sfmp- son, Maude Hoffman and Dorothy Ham, fnond.
 After struggling through a month of vicissitudes and mishaps which, at times, have threatened to wipe Mrs. Osborn's playhouse off the theatrical map, an att tempt will be made to pull the place to- gether and put 1t on a new footing to- morrow night. Tommy Rot" has been rewritten Into a new burlesque entitled, Fad and Folly" by Paul West. The performance will be practically new. The frayed edges of the half-amateur com- pdny nave Deen trimmed OH, ana Harry Conor, the amusing Hoyt comedian of other days, has been chosen to lead the new hope. Blanche Ring, the mainstay of the old organization, has been retain ed as have also Margaret Aver, who will have new songs, worthy of her talents, and Drina De Wolfe. whose pretty face will still adorn the stage. A chorus has been recruited which, 1t is hoped. will have the ability to perform its functions and be something more than an orna- , mental background. Stafford Waters has composed three new songs for the piece. Henry Waller has written a new overture
 and John w. Bratton has contributed a composition called "She Reads New York Papers Eevery Day" Even Jack son Gouraud has been brought Into the list of composers