The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-01
SAM HIRSCHER RETURNS FROM NEW YORK
AND TALKS OF ATTRACTIONS HE HAS BOOKED

The Tale of the Bumblebee. SO popular
in the East.
Dave warfield. the great comedian
has also been secured for Montgomery
this season and will probably be seen IN
The Auctioneer.' We will get san Toy
which has never been here and Frank
Daniels will give us a performance. the
opera he will produce has not yet been
determined.
'Floradora? Yes" said Mr.. Hirscher
1T Is too great success not to have u.
think the people want 1t and so closed
a contract for the musical comedy one
more time. We will also have Inc
Wizard of the Nile; Victor Herberts
tuneful comic opera, sung by a Good
company"
Speaking of OPERA" continued Mf
Hirscher. I'VE are strong on opera ana
will have the best that comes this way.
The Bostonians' will be here In a new
piece and we will have the Gordon-Snay
Grand Opera Company, an organization
that ranks high. This company Will
20 through to San Francisco and VIII
stop at a few places only. also closed
with the whitney Opera Company. which
will star Grace Cameron; perhaps In q
new opera Miss Cameron was here last
season with Jerome Sykes In toxey
CUTLER and she Is a favorite In Inc
East"
Mr.. Hirscher said It was very crafty
ing to him to secure SO many good at
fractions Of the character which ne be-
lieved the Montgomery public wanted to
see. .
He said many Of last seasons favorites
would be here as well as number OF new
faces and features. Among favorites Of
Il. xrrl,n m rQtdiFn Ia dainty
Adelaide Thurston. who will be seen here
in her new play Cosy Corners" which
has to do with rural New England life
Lovers Lane" the rural play of w
A. Brady has been booked as has The
Village Postmaster" Efne Ellsler Will
be seen In when Knighthood Was in
Flower" under the management OF
Frank Purley and Paul Gilmore a young
romantic actor, will be here at the head
OF a company producing 1.-The Tyranny
of Tears" Another interesting attrac-
ton will be Clyde Fitch's Captain JlnKs
Of the Horse Marines"
Messrs' wagenhals & Kemper, theat-
rical Arm which has a great reputation
| for sufnptuous scenic productions, have
contracted with Louis James and Freder-
lex warde to give a splendid production
| of"The Tempest and they have been
secured for Montgomcry's new playhouse.
| They will carry several carloads of seen
cry and Mr.. Hirscher says 1t Is very
| gratifying to him that the new theatre
| will admit of producing plays Of this
| character just as they are put on in tins
| big cities Wagenhals & Kemper have also
| signed Blanche Walsh to produce new
| play and she has been booked for Mont
| gomery
| Among the minstrel companies booked
by Mr.. Hirscher are Al Fields. who viii
be here early; Primrose g. Dockstadter
| Haverly's Minstrels and w. H Vests
Minstreis., The two last named are said
to be perpetuated by capable minstrel
men.
The foregoing is not by any means {
complete list Of Mr.. Hirscher's bookings
| In an interview with a representative o
| The Advertiser, he merely suggested a
| random some of the attractions secures
! so as to give p1aygoers an idea Of wha
/ Is in store for them.
Mr.. Hirscher said yesterday that 1t wa
expected the new theatre would open dur
ing the first week of September.