The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-14

Adventures ~ Gerard" Mr. Clarke is
| the son If John Sleeper Clarke and Asia
| Booth Clarke. Edwin Booths only SIS
ter.
| Webb Stock Company. The unusually
| large cast was In harmony with the spirit
| Of the play which treats of the Jew-bait-
! ing days of the F.ighte-r Century. Wilma
| Won Hchenau. the leading lady. is a con
| slant source Of revelation To the audiences
| al the odeon. Last night az Deborah. or
Lean. the forsaken, by which name Amer
| leans know the character. she gave 4 fine
| chaGp c,erizatipn.
Agnes Waidmann was seen Hannah.
the sweetheart of Joseph. whom Max
the rather difficult lines. In fact these
two. who stood IN the center of the play,
We're AZ their best. Leopold .Iaboy. Ferdi-
nand Well and Richard With We're ex-
cellent In character parts. although they
were not in every scene.
Next Thursday evening the stock com
pany will appear in "Galsotto drama
ada pied from the Spanish by Paul Lindau.
Eugene Blair brought the BelascO pro-
duction OF 'Zaza' to the Grand Opera
house. and II very satisfactory perform
ance she gives. The play has the elements
OF heart interest. and II would entertain
even if presented BY company of less
than ordinary talent These who have
never seen Mrs Leslie Carter in the ia
nous role will eniov Miss Blairs ZaZa
immensely, She strives very hard to
measure. upon the uoint of view of her
autfsnce. AS is to be EXPECTED great
many little touches that made the original
offering delight are lacking.
MISS Blaif's associates include Alanson
Lessey Harriet Ross. who proves her
versatility by playing Florianna. Zaza.s
irene: Harry. G. Brown as Cnscart the
actor: Katheriae Du Barry as Aunt Rosa.
the funny old aunt first imnersonated by
Marie BATE and Frederic r. Duff as the
Hall Gaines 1.-THE Christian was the
bill at the Imperial. Lionel Adams.
young actor Of much earnestness. APP
peared as John Storm Blanca West
riayed GLORY QuayIe ard Theodore Terry
was seen az Lord Robert IRE. Mr.. Adams
and Miss West are quite as capable as
some of their more recent pre,,ecess 3rs
at the Century. You can near ~hat lne ne,
say and in the stirring scenes toward
the close of the drama they bring out the
emotional situations very effectively
mot Guilty" drama of life In the
PENNSYLVANIA coal district. came to Hav-
Inns. There are four acfs. and more than
that number of thrills in every act In
is murdered by his proflisate protege. a |
Young mine superintendent. who found the /!
body. IS charged with the crime. After
more than the usual number or meioura-
matte vcissitudes this clever chaps limo
c.nce is established and he weds the girl |
who at first believed him TO be guilty |
John Edwards an actor who knows sew,
eraI things about his art. impersonated
the much maligned hero. Dorothy Dane
was Constance, his sweetheart.
"AlDhonse and CASTOR. the farce in
which Opper's funny characters are the
was revived at the Crawford
Lloyd Ingraham and Harry Harvey were
very like the cartoonisi's idea OF the
of the time and enlivened the music spe-
ci,ltias introduced.
The Vanity Fair BurlesGuers. in a tra"-
psty satirizing several successful new
musical comedies are at the Standard
The vaudeville part of the show is given
bv Mile AMI the aerialist; Jack Gardner.
comedian and vocalist: Imhoff and Conn.
irish character artists: Sheridan and Au,
ger. numerous conversationalists and
Cook and Sylvia. daflcers.