The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
New York STAGE.

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his annual engagement, which is this sea
son limited to seven weeks. The popular
actor was seen for the first time here In
"old Limerick Town." n new play by Man
| ager Augustus Pitou. Tho combination OF
olcott and Pltou is an interesting one, as
| Mr.. olcott composes the songs aud Mr.
! pitou writes the plays The new drama
| gives olcott an opportunity 20 show all his
! PAGES and he is apparently suited down
TO the ground" in the character OF Neil
| O'Brien. scion Of wealthy family, who
has run through his fortune In record
breaking time. Neil is a ine fellow and
| when put to the test comes out wonderfully
strong, winning not only fortune but a
sweetheart as wei. In the play something
is told of the lace industry ia Limerick, and
also of the institution OF Mont de plete, a
charitable loan society. lhe scene is laiG
near Limerick with the river shannon and
the falls of DOoa as 4 background. Me
Oicott . songs are, as usual, a leuture and
were received with very great enthusiasm
ana many enCores by the large audience
that hlleu every seat and all the standing
room IN the tbeater. "Old Limerick Town
rs the best play hat MIR. OlcOtt has ever
mad and IN II he has scored an uncommony
strong success, At the end OF the third acc
both Manager Pitou and Mr.. Oicott were
ounged 10 ADDRESS the audience.
'"The Silver slipper n musical comedy
by the authors of 'Florodora," was made
known az the Broadway theater Monday
night rhe piece which has goou story
ana bright dialogue, has been arranged for
thiS country 10y Clay AT. Greene The prin-
| Cpal comedy role, Snowman, card sharp
aud all round fakir -clevorly taken by sam
! Bernard--is furnished by MIR. Geeene. The
| stoy tells Of an lnqusltiVe young woman
in the planet Venus who kicks her slipper
| into space The slipper is found In tho
! garden of an eccentric astronomer, who
| runs a school for the ftudy of his favorite
! science. The students take no interest in
astronomy, prefcrripg to have good time
and they have It, too. In addition TO
Bernard the leading people In the cast are
| Snitz Edwards, Edna Wallace Hopper,
Helen Royton and Cyril Scott. There Is "A
| seXtct OF young women with exquisite
| forms--ln fact It Is seldom that such "A gal
| aXy Of beautiful curves Is gathered in one
| exhibition. The sextet is billed as the
| six Girls from Venus" Come, Little
| Girl, Tell Me Truly" is the song composed
| to succeed Tell Me, Pretty Maid" 1t was
! received with applause ana half dozen en-
cores, Helen Hoyton, as the girl from
| Venus, is a statuesque beauty and a capital
! foil for the dlminutive Mrs. Hopper. The
| piece Is all that the management has
claimed for 1t and Is as much of success
| as "Elorodora" was. 1t Is beautifully
staged, the scenery and costumes being
marvels Of richness and color. strong
feature of the performance Is u cham
|
| some costumes, and as many young men In
evening clothes come on the stage. In a
moment the men retire and soon return
| with six tables and chairs. The young
| women seat themselves after several intri-
! cate maneuvers Again the men retire and
come back with champagne bottles, from
| which they pour out something that looks
| like wine, but isn't Then follows song
| and dance, which Is attractive and clever.
Mary MHnnering comes To the Garrich
| theHter next Monday in a new Clyde Fitch
play, called The Stubbornness Of Ger
aldine." II It is a success Manager Frank
| Mckee will Immediately arrange to pre-
sent It and his star in London next spring
| Miss Mannering is an English woman, but
| she has never appeared as n star In heI
! native country. One Of her dearest wishes
| Is to appear in London and make sue
cess. MIR. Mckee Is Of the opinion that she
has fine chance IN the new play, whlcl
| he SAYS is one OF the best That he has
ever read. Here's to the beautiful Mary
May she live long and prosper
OF reviving Macbeth" at the Empire
| theater late IN the present season, with
Margaret Anglin as Lady Macbeth II,
does not mention the name of the actor fol
the title role, but IL viii probably b'
Charles Richman. who played the eo-callec
Legitimate" roles many times while
pany. The entrance OF Miss hnglin int
trs gedy IA likely to he watched with in
terest Right here y can be said thq No NC
II O'Neili as LADY Macbeth at an early date
with George Rignold. an old-time English
coming; Nj. Joseph Callahan, who once
starred I'm "FHust' Is getting up spec
tecular revival Of this play. and says that
than anything ever before shown en- the
stage. He viii he managed by w. M
| Wilkison, who for several years directed
the tours Of the late Alexander Salyini.
Manager j. Wesley Rosenquest tells me-
that although "The Village Postmaster" Il
in its seventh season, q 10 doing. a large
I -. In t10n cat
where It is now being presented Ia some
| cities for the fourth and hfth time. the
seats are all sold before the arrival Of tbs
| company. The old play Ia doing so wei
| that he has decided to send It through tht
South and to all the Important PaeinC
Il; Soa Inn 'o" NJ Joseph Wheeiocf VINO is vel
| and faYorably known IN this city, is re
| ported to have made hit In the leading
part Of Seth Huggins, the Village Post
! master"
Martin Harvey has made an artistic sue
| cess in 1.-THE Old Way" at the Herald
square theater. He has magnetism, charm
and distinction, and the American public
| Is likely TO become extremely fond Of hun
| His Sydney Carton is an artistic perform
with that Of any English speaking actor
He deserves all the good things which are
being said of him. Moreover, he is not
| crank; has no mannerisms and rs a mod
est, genial, companionable gentleman.
| So Louis James Inns celebrated his six
tieth birthday. Years age. when AugustiI
| Days Fifth avenue theater was locates
| In what Is now known as the Madison
| Square theater, Mr.. James q leading mem
| her OF Mr. Days company, was recognized
| as a first class actor. Later he Joined law
| renee Barrett and made successes rs tn;
| lester in "Francesca da Rimini." Brutu
| in "Juiius Caesar" Othello and othc
| legitimate roles. This season he Is addinl
| TO his reputation by n clever impersonatloi
Of Caiihan In The Tempest IN which M
Is Joint star with Frederick warde, an
| other fine actor
Manager David Traitel has about com
| pleted his arrangements for a production
| here in the spring Of Lord StfathnoFe
| an emotional play founded on OuidaI
novel The new drama was made KNOW
| scored a real success Miss Virginia Drew
| Trescott. California actress IS the stai
| n Mr. Traitel's company.
| Annie Oakley who WAS for several years
! a popular feature az Buffalo Bills Wilc
West. yin blossom out as stax some