Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

/ III The country with t.The Comedy q
Errors. The members of4the compan.
were Mr.. Robson's guests at the Rlce
Hotel, where they had their Christina:
dinner between. the ma lnee. and q enenlne
! performances. The large private. dining
| room Of the hotel was decorated for the
occasion and the members of the com
/ I,any ate their dinner in their stage cos
|, times, which lent q picturesqueness &c
! the occasion and at the same time gave
them ample time for the holiday fest1-
vities without the necessity of shifting
their street clothes for their costumes
for the night performance. In addition
to the members of the company Mr..
!! Robson entertained some theatrical
I friends who were in town, some railroad
officials and newspaper men In all COW
ers were laid for forty-five.
Amelia Bingham's second company,
now on the road in "A Modern Magda-
lem is headed by Miss Roselle Knott.
At Miss Knots home. Hamilton, Ont,
the company, and especially the leading
woman. were received with SO much en-
tnusiasm that a dramatic writer of the
place remarked, "a prophet is not with
out honor save in his own country.
ki7ke La Shelle is shaping arrange
ments for the production of THE Smart
Set" in New York in the spring. It is by
Paul West and John Bratton.
@ ~ '
of the Party" returns to New York for
a weeks engagement at the Harlem
Opera, House January 9Th.
Eleanor Robson in Audrey, began
her last weeks engagement at the New
York Madison Square theatre, December
Goth. Miss Robson starts out to tour the
country, in her success, playing the
larger cities
Miss Blanche Bates and George Arliss,
s.-rl, s Nd inc
Belascos New York theatre to the last
row at every performance.
Through Miss Elsie De Volts kind
ness, her company spent a very happy
Christmas. She had intended to close
her tour in THE Way OF the World.
on December Goth, in Chicago, but in or
der that her company might have an
extra weeks salary. she extended her
tour one week longer. The business IN
the South was splendid, and IN Ioledo,
it was phenomenal
Lulu Chaser, in Dolly Warden, re-
turned to New York December goth. for
a weeks engagement at the Grand Opera
House This is Miss Glasser's fourth en-
gagement in New York i'll less than
year, in Dolly Warden
Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar, IN
Foxy Grandpa returned to Boston on
December Goth, for a weeks engagement
in the Boston theatre.
Mrs Leslie Carriers second appearance
in2tDu Barry" at the Hollis Street the
afre Boston. was just as great sue
cess as the first. The house was pack
ed, and the enthusiasm over the per-
Torrance was even greater than that on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Carter has had
a splendid welcome back to Boston. The
feeling which she aroused as Zaza is
surpassed by that in her latest offering.
1t is very evident that Mrs. Carriers en-
gagement will prove one Of the brilliant
features Of the Boston season.
The cast Of "Tho Bird in the Cage
Clyde Fitch's play, which Charles Froh-
man will produce at the Bijou theatre
on Monday evening, January 18th, will
include Sandol NIillkin, Guy Bates Post,
Grace Henderson. Arnold DAILY, Jennie
Satterlee, and Edward Harrigan, the
last named of whom will, in this play.
make his temperance on Broadway in
the line Of character work in which he
made such a success years ago at his
own theatre.
Marshall P. Wilder. whose success in
vaudeville is quite as great as anything
he has ever achieved, is as full of bright
and pungent stories as ever. Here is one
he tells of an ancient Hebrew gentle
man, who had retired from Wall street
with q competence:
II am afraid I am not going to live
long" said the Hebrew, to Wilder.
) "Pshaw, said the humorist you
are only so now, and I'll bet you'll live
to be 1907
NO, no." said the old broker. THE
Lord will never take. me at par when he
can get me for sixty
Miss Eleanor Kent has succeeded Mai
de villiers as the Queen of Venus in
"The Silver Slipper Mile dc Villiers
was brought to this country by John
c. Fisher under a contract for ten weeks
and was to have retired from the cast
last Saturday night, her contract having
expired, and Miss Kent was to have
made her first appearance as the Queen
on Monday night. Miss de Villiers was
taken suddenly i'll early last week, and
rather than permit an underiing to play
the part on Christmas day, Miss Kent
was called upon rather suddenly to open
at the :. ednesday matinee. a full dress
rehearsal was held early Wednesday
morning, and Miss Kent went on at the
matinee and scored a hit. After her first
performance Miss Kent recovered from
her nervousness, and is by far a more
acceptable queen than was Mile. do
Villiers.
The pIaygoers of Mobile. Ala, turned
out in such numbers on Christmas day
to witness Hose Coghlan's performance
as Paula in THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray'
that even the most sanguine expectations
of her manager, Jules Murray for a good
days business, were more than realized
Grace George reaches Chicago with
pretty Peggy, on February I'd, when
she begins a fortnight's engagement at
the Grand Opera House.
The new Ade-Lorraine musical comedy.
Peggy from Paris is rapidly approach
ing that point where it may be said that
it is ready for production. The cast is
to include some extremely good people.
and the chorus, which is to be one: of the
largest that have ever been gotten to-
gether for a musical comedy, has been
rehearsing for the past two weeks. The
name part is to be played by Helen Ber-
tram and in the cast will be Fred Lenox.
George Beane, William Hodges, Alice
Hageman, and Arthur DEACON. Peggy
from Paris is scheduled for production
January 18th, at the Studebaker theatre,
Chicago.