The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-26

The Theatrical World is Wishing for Summer to Pass
and the Curtain to Go Up

when Harrigan's new play, 'Under Gov
err is put on next season, is the first ac-
tor in the United States to take negro
part in opera, which role he is filling now
in when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" recently playing in Chicago. Mr..
Bray was in the origin Harrigan Hart
Theatre Company on the night OF It's
opening, December 18th, 1876, at 514
Broadway Prior to that he was men,
Der of the original Mestayer's Tourists
Company and played in the Hoyt farces
for twelve years, playing 1.-The Minister
to Dahomey" over two thousand times
He always was a great comedian, and is
great actor today.
The cast of the special revival of 1.-THE
Christian" which Liebler & Co. have ar
ranged to put on for a brief run at the
Academy Of Music, New York City, begin
ming Thursday, August 6, to be followed
by couple of weeks at the Boston Thea
ire, Boston. will be, in some respects, the
most satisfactory this managerial firm has
ever organized for presentation of the
great play. Evidences of this have not
been infrequent, and the recent engage
ment of Mr.. Handyside to double the
roles of Lord Storm and that of the Faro
King, is a case in point Not even in the
original company was so capable an actor
engaged in the dual role. That same sort
Of Judgment, and differences to expendi-
ture, is shown throughout the entire cast,
and will be shown throughout the entire
production, which will be on massive
scale. There will be between one hundred
and one hundred and fifty people on the
stage at one time in the great mob scene,
and the size OF the great stage will afford
opportunities for character work such as
THE Christian" never enjoyed before.
The spirit of the real old time Harrigan
farce music will dominate in New York
in Under Cover George Braham has
written the music. and he is a true posses
sor of the broad range talent which so
characterized his father, Dave Braham,
the composer of nearly all the old-time
popular Harrigan music, and therefore one
is not surprised to see on the newly-issued
Under Cover" cover songs bearing such
titles as "a Coon Will Follow the Band. .
whats the Use?", when Mamie. Sweet
ii Ollut, ut II1Se Oh 90
ciety." "Limerici's Running Yet, etc,
etc, all songs to be sung in the Hartman
new play. There is decided suggestion
of a new Maggie's Murphy's Home among
these titles said Mr.. Isadore Witmark,
who is getting out the music for Under
Cover and, he added, ''there is also the
promise of a good old coon song caper, of
the true Harrigan type, such as the pub
lie has not seen for many a day"
The first act Of mile. Napoleon" the
play which is being written for Anna, held
by Jean Richpin. author of 'Du Barry
and adapted by Joseph Herbert, was
brought from Paris recently by f. Zieg-
field pere to the office of NJ. Witmark &,
Sons, the publishers. Gustav Luders, the
well known composer of 1.-The Burgomas-
ter King Dodo'' and me Prince of
Pilsen," is now engaged in writing the
score of this new comedy The collabo-
ration of these three masters of their craft,
will doubtless accomplish a work of art
which will astonish and delight theatre
goers for many seasons to come Manager
Zlegfield promises a production that will
in every way eclipse the famous Little
Duchess -