Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-17

Louis Mann and Clara Lipman will end their season in s"All On Account of Eliza at the Harlem opera house in New York the week beginning Monday, the 18th inst. Next season they will not appear under the direction of Rich and Harris. Both stars will play inde- pendently under different manage ments.
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 The Bostonians are scoring a great success in De Koven and Smiths Maid Marian,'' sequel to Robin Hood" Monday evening, the 12th inst, they began a run at the Boston theater in Boston. Next September the Bos- tonians will make q revival of Robin Hood'' at the Academy of Music in New York.
 The American company presenting 'Ben-Hur" closed at the Colonial the- ater in Boston April 26. It's season was very successful and up to the standard of its two former tours In one week alone in St Louis it's receipts were $27, 7,101. playing two perform ances on Saturday to $6,134. It's fourth season will open early in Sep tenber and will be confined to the larger cities.
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 1 Francis Wilson closed seventeen weeks run in "The Toreador" at the Knickerbocker theater in New York the Sd inst, and last Saturday departed for Europe, where he will remain til September He will open his second season in this place at the Chestnut Street opera house in Philadelphia Sep tember B. MT Wilson's run at tht Knickerbocker was the longest and most successful both artistically- ant financially he yer played in New York
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 The new musical comedy which vii be presented by Jerome Sykes nex season will be departure in this clas of entertainment, marked by novelt. in it's construction and remarkab1 Inagnificence in it's mounting. Tn , company will number over 100 people . The cast of principals will be made III
 of large number of players who hay f made wide reputationS as entertainer in light musical productions. Tn 2 book is by Harry B. Smith and tn music by Gus Kerker.
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 2 Friends of General Lew Wallace wh l saw him in Charlottesville. Ind, Err 9 day, April 4, and read the cable dis t patches about the opening of sBeI 3 Hur'' in London the night before. i n which he was described as sitting i n the audience in Drury Lane theatel 0 with Mary Anderson, have wondere e who the correspondents could hay v mistaken for him. The gentleman see l. with Miss Anderson was Frank Sar
 ger, manager of the Metropolitan oper
 house. who went to London to witnes V the first. performance.
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 II Notwithstanding the violent attacE : of the London critics on the Englis ' production of Ben Hur' at Drur Lane theatre. this play has scored Il ! greatest success in the history of II 1T foreign stage. It opened to the Ia Il gest receipts of any dramatic eyel 'I ever held at. Drury Lane theatre ar Il in the first twent- performances dre ? nearly S50.000. Its Saturday perfor1 anees always exceed S6O0O on the da y and it's average weekly receipts al T. uniformly over sos, ,000, making it Il ' greatest financial success London h: Il ever known. It's artistic value Il vouched for by the great audiences tn IT witness 1t. the opinions of the dramat II writers in reference to the religious a
 peet of the play are very much at va
 fence. Those who have adversely CT " icised it from q religious standpoi if are not supported by King Edwa C. and Queen Alexandra both of who haya yifnaScpd q paffor11auca from ar special box erected in the pit. rat ,f cally new departure for royalty. Sc " eral Americans who have been to Lo ly don to witness tue premiere of sB C. Hur" at Drury lane have express I. surprise that they did not hear t )n misses and boos" of dlsapproyal abo ,n which the English papers had so mu a. to sav.
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