The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10
SARAH BERNHARDT
IN FIRE AND SWORD
Great Actress Will Be Seen in
Decentralization of SienkIeWIcz.
MAY IRWIN ON RETIRED LIST
Reiterates Her Intention Of Leaving the
Stage-vaudeviIe at the Casino.
Manager Wells has Pleasing
Bill for This Week.
May IRWIN ON RETIRED LIST

No,r is the time when the actor ieoNeS
his summering place, wherever 1t may
have been and HES him to New YORK.
h onc, more to help swell The mighty TIDE
on broadway For the season Is about
"a omen and rehearsals have been call
cd Those who have already signed are
Going about with a comp!acent smile,
while the others are on the lookout lor
u good belt for the season OF l'o--oo.
B and are haunting the agencies every
day. 80
In a week every stage ane every hail
In New York will be occupied by COM
panies rehearsins their pieces. For a
while the stage manager Will be the busl
& while the stage manager Will be the busis
est man in town. Under his direction,
tile pieces will be staged, and a great
deal depends upon his work.
The staging OF a piece has more TO do
with its success than the average the
atra-Coer ever imagines. Not every act
or is a stage manager by any means, nor
will years Of experience IN his profession
always qualify him TO act in this ca
nacj,y. Some of the best stage man
ayers are not actors. They couldn't
read the lines properly to save their
lives. but they come very near telling
the PLAYERS how they should be read
Just now, the stage manager is certain
Nv at" He is the man behind the
guns and before his work is finished
he will have undergone a strain that
only he could stand.
The Willard Buckner combination will
ssbe the attraction at the Casino this week,
and as this show is one of more than
ordinary merit, it will no doubt be
more pleasing entertainment than the
ccmbination that closed a most success
full week Saturday night.
Jake Wells certainly knows what sort
of entertainment is most acceptable TO
the play patrons. and the TACT that ne
mt together the last that closed Satur-
1. day is evidence of that fact. MI Wells
also organized the show that Will come IN
this week and other managers THINK SO
well of 1t that after the company plays
at Cream View next week ii VIII go IN
tact to New England to play over cir
cult embracing the largest cities in that
block Of States.
In putting the attraction together the
f manager was careful that there should
be no contiiction, but that there should
he a variety of good things that Will
please and in this 1t appears that the
effort was not without success. There
will be little Of everything acceptable
to local theatre-goers and nothing that
the ma ority or play-Soers care not to see,
The feature Will be WIZARDS spectacu-
lar Temple OF Music" in a production
musical, coaxing delightful melodies from
Queer instruments. The Wizards use more
than two thousand dollars worth OF mu-
steal instruments, and the stage effect OF
this mass of nickel and brass, dressed
with pushes and scenery. The act has
but recently returned from Europe. anG
all the managers over there mold con-
tracts for the temperance of the nov
city after 1t has made the circuit of The
Association OF Vaudeville Managers. TIE
novelty commands one of the highest
salaries paid in vaudeville, and as a
drawing card earns ali that is raii.
Another feature will be Arthur i3ucknec,
the sensational cyclist. Bucknar has
created great deal OF excitement in
New York theatres Tor the past three
months and was in Philadelphia ut
Keith's last week astounding the oauaers
with his exhibition OF wonder worlir Z
on a bicycle The young cyclst was the
feature at Eammersten's roof garden II
New York for ten weeks. and the critics
there gave him great notices. r
accomplishes feats on the wheel thar no
other cyclists have attempted. and his
act is IL great demand.
Charles il. Duncan, the fat comic
.Ineer' will contribute much OF the
comedy part of the bill, with number
OF funny songs, rendered in manner
tf.at has made him "a great favorite in
the East Amann and Harry, tile com
edy sketch duo. who were seen here a
couple OF seasons ago. will present a
sketch full of new ideas Of comedy and
good singing. Miss 1Ia:tly is one OF the
handsomest women on the stage, and Ter
gowns become the talk Of the town. me
8 Patterson Brothers, horizontal par N
merits will be feature in acrobauc
york. and Cook. Boyd and Oaks ne"
comedy team will help along the merry
I making.
The bill js & well-baiancad one. and an
other treat is in store.
6;enhewicz is dramatizinE his novel.