Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-12
FACE VALUE OF AUDIENCE.
Looks Like Seventeen Cents-G Good
Stock Company Lacks
Patronage.

Going, going, gone. Every seat
gone at the Colonial Theatre on Mon
day night at seventeen and one-half
cents. and on Tuesday night the
theatre was not half filed at thirty
five cents. The face value of local
audience is therefore seventeen and
a-half cents, marked down from
thirty -five-Q. E. d.
Before an audience that could easily
be counted, had any one taken the
trouble, there stepped in front of the
curtain last night at the Colonial
Theatre the leading man of the Park
Stock Company. Ut is not often a
player has to step before the curtain
in Annapolis. He announced that
owing to the illness of Miss Blair mot
Eugene), the leading LADY, the CON-
pany could not produce the play bill
ed for last night, A Oonyict's Daugh-
ter, +" but would give one equally as
good entitled Lost and Won. This
change accouned for no programs, and
the newspaper people didn't know
where they were at.
When Lost and Won" was pro-
duced it turned out to be " A Fatal
Wedding with another name. There
was the counterfeiter (the bogus
j.
complete, the ingenue, plotting to sep
arate a man and his wife, the wronged
wife. the gullible husband, the two
Irish servants, the children and even
the minister with the marriage cere-
mony to about be performed between
the divorced husband and the schem-
ing woman who has ''won him at
last. " Every detail of 1.-THE Fatal
Wedding was on tap except the choir
bows and perhaps the suddenness of
the change of bill was the reason for
this omission.
AS to the characters, (the omission
of programs prevents the mention of
their names) some of them were very
well cast. The "Mr. Gray" of the
night previous, was Mike" last
night He proved himself equally
clever on each occasion, and was
natural and pleasing in his role. One
of his specialties with hoops was ex-
cellent and he exhibited cleverly "a
twist of the wrist that sent those
Hoops rolling behind the scenes in q
most approved fashion. The Irish
woman servant was especially we'll
cast The leading man was a little
too unbending and too solemn, but
perhaps this was his role. IN her cast
of the wronged wife, the leading
woman won the approval OF the Ru di-
ence and the child (she who sings the
illustrated songs between the acts)
performed her part well. The ingenue
was the French maid of the night
previous, and made the most of dis
agreeable character.
The audience, though small. was
enthusiastic and Missed the villain
and applauded the telling points of
the play with animation. A larger
part of the audience, unhappily, was
made up of men, some of whom jeered
and behaved boisteIously. They had
to be quoted by Manager Hollebaugh.
Not being satisfied with having sup
piled the inner man with liquid re-
freshments outside the theatre, some
had bottles and their presence was
disgusting, besides being an annoy
ance, to those seated near. Manager
Hollebaugh will not permit any I'M
seemIy behavior in his theatre, and he
Immediately elected the offensive par
ties. The Stock Company, which is
above the average, and is worthy of
more liberal patronage will tonight
give last nights bill, as advertised
"A Convict's Daughter" At Satur-
day matinee they will play Tom
Sawyer with specialties pleasing to
children. Admission, 10 cents. No
reserved seats at the matinee. Unless
the patronage is more liberal tonight
it will make Annapolis look like
seventeen cents.