Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-05
HIGH CLASS SHOWS
Will be More Numerous in
Morgantown Next Winter.

I
of Bookings Which are Impartially
Reviewed Below Regular Season
Opens September sth but Few At
fractions appear Previous to that
Date.
Morgantown theatre-goers gave such
substantial announcement to the
| few high class shows that appeared
here last season that Manager Swisher
has banked on continuance of the
| patronage OF this class of amusement
goers and has booked a great many
fine grade productions for the coming
season. He fully realizes that in so
doing he is taking great many
chances as all the profits made in the
history of the house have gone to
make up the deficits when attractions
of this nature were booked.
Theatre-goers should make it a
point TO encourage such productions
| to visit the town and this encourage
ment can best be shown by patronizing
| the advance scale for this is the only
way that paying business can be as
sured the management. An advance
sale brings the dangers If rainy
night or some opposition ia amusement
form to be no longer feared and these
are generally the things that contrib
ute to give Hgood shows poor houses. !"
The local theatre is so small that
even at advance prices show cannot
| play to over $500 gross, here, while
the same show play to as much as
$500 at Uniontown Fairmont or
Clarksburg-due Of course to their
larger seating capacity. With these
things against the town Manger Swish
er has some difficulty Is persuading
managers OF fine attractions to visit
the town for if they do shit it lucky"
they have no chance if making s'big
money" on this account.
The theatre has been we'll cleaned
| and everything is being gotten in shape
| for the coming season. The regular
opening will take place September 8th
| when Kellar, the magician, will ap-
pear but in conformance with the Gus
| tom elsewhere Manager Swlsher will
have short preliminary season dur
| ing which two IT three different CON-
panies will appear, beginning with
Weary Willie Walker" on the twenty
second of this month.
Mr.. Swisher is we'll pleased with
| the business the theatre did last sea-
son and his bookings given below are
PROFESSIONALLY very strong bid for a
continuance of the patronage.
The feature OF the coming season
will probably be the appearance of
Joseph and William Jefferson, sons of
the great Joseph Jefferson, In their ia
theirs masterpiece-s'The Rivals. !"
An event of almost equal Importance
will be the appearance of "The Pris-
oner of Zenda" which is under the
same management as Walker White
side and ''Pudd'nhead Wilson
Thomas jefferson, another son of
the great Joseph will appear here in
"Trip Van Wrinkle" Walker White
side will come again in either Ham
LETT, his original success, or his new
play Sin days of Old when Knights
were Bold" Another special produc-
tion will be "The Fatal Wedding"
which made such a big hit in New
York last season and which is to have
a London production this fall. s'David
Harum", William III. Cranes great sue
cess of last season visits here without
Mr.. Crane, of course, but with SUBJ
stitute that Will be sure TO please.
Paul Gilmore, whose ''Three Musket-
GERS" made such big hit in Chicago
three seasons ago, will visit here and
has promised Manager Swisher to pre-
sent his new play. In addition to all
these in the way of dramatic offerings
there will be "Romeo and Juliet,
Porter J. White in "David Caruth,
| Olga Verne as "Margueritel Faust,
sat Valley Forge" Edward Waldman
(the great German tradgedian), and
Rebecca Warren in sEast Lynne, -
and Notwithstanding the old play that
| Miss Warren has chosen the produe-
| tion will doubtless draw one of the
| largest houses of the season and. the
writer can promise theatre.goers, more
especially the ladies, that few dramat-
| ic offerings are more enjoyable.
The pastoral drama as represented
| by 'sYork State Folks" made big
hit last season. This style of show is
meeting with favor everywhere and
Manager Swisher has booked several
OF the best of them. 'sYork State
Folks and "1he Missouri Girl" VIII
both visit Morgantown again. sour
New Munster" which many Fairmont
people liked better than "York State
Folks" when it appeared there last
season, will be here; also Zone Night
in June" and "a Minister'S Daugh-
ter"
Musical comedies were all the rage
in the cities last year as the popular
! ity of the "Floradora" and king
Dodo" selections among local must
clans at the present time will prove,
and several Of the very best will come
here. Among them will be "Mam-
selle Awkins' "The Evil Eye, 1.-THE
Devils Auction" "a Night of the
Fourth" and Hunting for Hawkins. :"
Others that should be included
among the high class shows are: Flo
Irwin Ga sister of May and her vaude-
vile company, Kellar, the magician,
and the funniest farce OF modern
times-'sAre you a Mason"
/ Several good melodramas will de-
| light those who like to see the heroine
have all kinds of bloodthirsty escapes
from the terrible william and his ac-
completes. "Old Arkansaw" will re-