The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-21

THE Midnight EAPIess' AAASAiH7
soldiers Of Fortune" Saturday.
After a performance of a Shakes
pearean play in a western city a local
newspaper critic remarked that he
thought it would be easy now to dis
cover whether Shakespeare or Bacon
was the author of the drama.
"How's that?" inquired some one.
why. open their graves and see
which one turned last night
Unfortunately there are too many
presentations of the works of the i'm
mortal bard of that sort but when
1.-The Tanning of the Shrew'' is given
tonight at the Grand as Ada Rehan
and Otis Skinner are presenting it on
their joint starring tour through the
country. no such criticism can be
offered The production used by the
Rehan-Skinner company is that made
originally by the late AuguStin Daily,
whose ShakesDearean revivalS always
were works OF art. Miss Rehan herself
was part, and a very important part,
of these original productions, and her
performances now are as convincing
and artistic as they were then. Mr.
Skinner has starred alone both as Shy
lock and Petruchio, and his success in
both roles is well remembered. With
the two leading roles in the great
drama played by such stars and with
the supporting company provided by
Iiebler d Co. and Joseph Buckley il is
safe to say that both Shakespeare and
Bacon Will rest undisturbed in their
graves and that so far as this perform
ance at least is concerned no test of
who wrote the plays can be made. The
complete cast tonight will be:
CHARACTERS IN THE INDUCTION
Christopher Sly. ............G George Clarke
"a drunken tinker.l
Hostess "A fT1c 80
A Page .-.........-.-..... Walter Lewis
Representing a lady)
Play Gordon tombstone john JOAN B sVIe
PERSONS IN THE COMEDY.
a rich gentleman Of f Padua- Srrey
Can old gentleman Of Pisa)
lson Of vineentio, loving Bia me 5'ai9
"a gentleman OF Verona, sutton to Kath-
GremiO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. RingeoId
IAN old gentleman, sutton to Bian 1,1ss
AoILenslO .----.-.--...-......J Joseph Weaver
a young gentleman, sutton to Bianca)
IAN old FELLOW set up to represent Vim
centio)
Gr, raiior .-.'-.--''.....-..., William Resell
Serving man to P 5e9Taeil GGaui0ro
B8londello ..-.......-......-.:.. Daniel Pencil
IranIo .-...................C Charles B. Welles
Servants to Lucentio) O-'1-
Katherine ....-...-..Ada Rehan
NIhe SnreW.)
Blanca ..-..--.-...--..........M Mabel Howard
(Her sister.)
A Widow .;....-.-..; 49,. Katherine Everts
(Who marries Hortensio)
III tlS fNf1te FLETCHER
(Of Petruchio's house aoId.)
Guests at the wedding-The Misses Laura
Sumner. Annie Lee, Dorothy Graham
May Finnegan.
A strong and interesting comedy dra-
ma, Man to Man. comes to the New
Crawford for one performance, tomor-
row night. The story relates the ad-
ventures and love affairs of a Harvard
graduate, David Morton by name, who
to regain his falling health, goes to the
Adirondacks, securing employment
there as manager of an alleged hotel
which is in reality a robbers rendezvous
presided over by a fugitive diamond
miser from Australia and his band OF
Italian cut-throats and assassins. Nor
ton meets and promptly falls in love
with Elsie, presumably a ward of Geof-
freys and thereby incurs the miser's
@nmity. who plots to throw Morton in
secret abandoned mine. close the en-