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plotting Toby Belch and Feste the
clown. all calling for special gifts on
the part of the actors who would por-
tray them. Miss Marie Wainwright's
splendid reDute as Shakespearean
Interpreter is a guarantee that not only
is the role of Viola matchlessly pre-
sented, but that her supporting COM
pany is made up of skilled actors. The
play is most superbly staged and those
who are preparing TO attend the per-
formance at the Grand Opera House
on Wednesday night are assured OF a
night OF exceptional enjoyment.
The company which win present
"A Happy Tramp at the Grand Opera
House next Tuesday night, is the best
Of it's class ever put together for a
road tour, and together with the farce
presents a number of the best vaude-
Vile features of the New York houses.
To miss seeing "A Happy Tramp" viii
be to miss a treat.
The children win be Interested in
the character Of Little Bess in "A
Working Girls Wrongs" which comes
o the Grand Opera House tomorrow
afternoon and night Bess Is little
girl who figures prominently in tho
/ play and the character is delightfully."-
/ portrayed. At an matinees played by
this company this season, children have
formed a very considerable portion OF
The audience. and their appreciation OF
the character Of Little Bess' has been
delightful for the older spectators 10
witness. aside from their interest Ia
the play and its production.
OF the Shakespearean comedies,
Twelfth Night" is the most beauu-
ful, most varied and most perfect in
conception and execution. 1t runs the
whole gamut, from the lighter
vein to the romantic, and IL
IS particularly rich in the variety Of
characters it brings into view. There
are Viola equally charming as the
woman in her male disguise; Duke
/ Orsino. Malvolio and Ague-cheek, the
three wholly unlike rivals for the
hand of the beautiful Countess olivia.
and of course the. Countess herself;
and the little vixen Maria; and the
The plot Of Facing the Music" IN
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Opera House next Thursday night Is
based on the theme Of mistaken iden-
| tity which has supplied so much ma
terial for faroos in the past. but Il is
said that in this instance the author,
J. II. Darnley, has handled his mater
ial with an original method and it's
chief charm is the natural way IN
which the story unfolds itself and the
. Iaf
/ il is performed. Indeed, so untheatri-
cal is the treatment OF the piece that,
las one Chicago writer remarks. "it all
seemed so real ana so plausible that
the auditor feels that everything he
sees in Pacing the Music might have
happened to him in his own fiat"
preceding the comedy. Mr.. Dixey win
be seen in a playlet by Clay M
lRarebit," in which he and Mr.. Cooper
impersonate two old cronies of widely
different dispositions.
"Only a Shop Girl" in a new and
more elaborate production than last
season, with that queen of comedi-
lennes, Miss LOttie Williams as the
star. will be the attraction at the
Il4NEtUIM AAAAEE NANo hiEAAAAA4lAh AnNAIn-
day, October 16. The play has beer
improved by the addition of an entir,
new act. and new and novel musica
numbers and specialties. The COM
pany numbers thirty people.
Ethel Barrymores season In "Cou-
sin Kate" viii open at the Hyperion
Theatre. New Haven. October -.
!
Otis skinner and Miss Ada Rehar
have begun rchearsals at the Broad.
= way Theatre. New York Of the classi,
plays in which they win appear thi:
) season as co-stars, under the man.
! agement of Liebler & G. The roper
, toire will include 'The Tanning of th,
! Shrew," THE Merchant Of Venice" anC
"The School for Scandal" Their sea
! son win open at Atlantic City, Octo'
Der 10.
Kirke La shene is considering a sug
gestion TO dramatize II! NJ. Barrie
delightful apology for tobacco entitled
MY Lady Nicotine" He admits tha
; there Is not much Of q story In tn
book but thinks that the humor o
Barrie could be worked up so well tha
the slight plot OF My Lady Nicotine
e would matter little.
: It lxas only to have been expecte
!, that Blanche Bates. in THE Darlin
! OF the Gods" would reopen the Belas
= co Theatre with a rush Of prosperity
q for in spite OF the great run all las
season, there were sul thousands una