Evening journal., 1904-01-04
DELAWARE LOAN co.
THEATRICAL NOTES

THEATRICAL NOTES
Annie Russell has become one Of the
dramatic events of the season. Thea
tre-goers can always look Tor an inter-
esting play and feel sure that Miss
Russell viii be fitted with a role that
gives her an excellent opportunity to
show her charming personality. Ac-
cording TO all reports she is again
scored in Mice and Men" 1t was pro-
duced i'm December in Washington then
was seen in Baltimore for one week.
Her New York engagement then fol-
lowed and it ran out the season of the
Garrick Theatre, Philadelphia. An Op-
portunity TO judge for ourselves If all
the good things said OF il are true
when it appears here at the Grand
Opera House tonight.
That droil, humorous Hibernian, The
Funny Mr.. Dooley" with forty other
mirth makers comes to the Opera
House tomorrow night. 1t is the latest
musical farce comedy that New York
has sent out this season and it is al
ready the most talked of. 1.-The Mr..
Dooley' Of the stage is the handiwork
Of Frank d. Bryan.
Arthur Wing Pinero. from all re-
ports, seems 10 have excelled himself
when he wrote Iris" the latest of his
problem plays. and in the opinion Of
those who have seen It. his greatest,
in which Charles Frohman viii intro
duce Virginia Harmed in the stellar
role at Grand Opera House on Thurs.
day night.
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has on more than two OCCASIONS stated
that only a great artist one who has
mastered the resources Of his craft,
could have written such powerful
play. This play was brought out in
London more than two years ago,
where il met with instant favor, the
same that followed its New York pro-
duction at the Criterion Theatre last
season, causing it TO be the subject of
more general discussion than any
drama that has been seen in this eoun-
try for a long time. Miss Harmed IL
must be admitted, has added additional
laurels TO her already established rep
utation as the heroine Of Mr.. Pinero's
latest offering.
~The Second Mrs Tanqueray' is the
story Of an innately good woman fight
ing antagonistic circumstances. and be-
ing conquered by them. Sadie Martin
OTIS representation Of Paula Ray is a
fine exposition of this difficult charac-
ter. Her struggles against the newt
able consequences Of sin committed
through ignorance, and the after rev.
elation of her real self when she is true
TO the pronptings Of her better nature,
afford opportunities for the display of
Miss Martinots suberb art in depicting
many varying emotions. Miss Martin
OF has long been famous as the most
extensively dressed woman on the
American stage. Her costumes win be
a revelation to those who attend the
performance Of 1.-THE Second Mrs.
Tanqueray" at the Grand Opera House
on Saturday afternoon and night.
Another instance of the ability Of Uncle
Sans postal employees to decipher puz-
zling mail addresses was offered short
while ago by the delivery to Gertrude
Wallace Mace Of "a Chinese Honeymoon"
Company Of q Better addressed to her 10
Chinese hieroglyphics. The letter was
mailed to her from New York by her sis
ter as a Joke, the sender having no idea
that the missive would ever reach its des-
tination at the Illinois Theatre in Chicago.
where Miss Mace was appearing. but it
did. Without the slightest delay, the
strange characters were read properly
and the setter delivered with the prompt
moss customary with the government Of
fclals. "a Chinese Honeymoon" viii be
al the Opera House on Wednesday night.
ODo of the best scenic productions
OF athai season is said to be Wealth
and Poverty which will play an en-
gageaient at the Lyceum beginning this
afternoon. This new play is from the
pen OF Lawrence Underwood and has
scored an emphatic success wherever
Il has been presented. It is under the
enlargement of John ]. Brophy who
promises a fine cast headed by Homer
Mullaney and Miss Minnie Stanley.
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The attraction at the Lyceum Janu-
ary q, and will be NJ. w. Taylor's
latest record-brealing melodramatic
triumph. IF Women Were Men," and
al indications point to tremendous bus
iness for this attraction. 1t appears as
though public interest in modern drama
has never yet been aroused to such an
extent as in the case Of the forthcom-
Ing production OF this widely discussed
play. viii c. Murphey. the author, is
also responsible for that reigning sue
cess "Why Women Sin," and judging
from ali reports concerning IL Women
Were Men" It IS but putting It mildly
to say ne has excelled himself In this
his latest and nose pretentious effort.