Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

GOmlIN1 ~ . ! EfAG lOls0.
December 29-sThe Ghost
With company Of sixty all stas
minstrels. an orchestra of twenty peo-
pie, three masnjficently staged spec
tacular scenes. dozen sol0sts, the
prettiest and funniest songs and the
Hittiest jokes which have ever been
heard with a minstrel company, Lev
Dockstader, the king OF burnt cork
comedians, comes to lae Eiks .theater
at an early date for an engagement
fresh from the Herald Square the
ater, New York. where his engage
ment just closed was i perfect tri-
anph botn III the applause with
which it was greeted and tIe tlnanci;,!
fecepts
Mir. Doelstader is happy in the be.
/ Iief that he has with him the great
est minstrel SNOW which has ever
been offered TO the public. Nell
/ O Brien, Carroll Johnson. William
H. Mcdonald, John King. Matt keefe.
Manuel Romano, Harry Ellis and
William H. Hallett are names which
are only less famous in minstrelsy
than that of Lew Dockstader himself,
and all of them are numbered in MI
Dockstader's company. That the
house will be sold out at every per
forlnance here seems assured
An early date is set for an eabo-
rate production here of "Monsieur
Beaucaire," the romantic play that
Won such laurels for Richard Mans
field Creston Clarke. son Of john
Sleeper Clarke and nephew of Edwin
Booth, is the star and a popular ona
hereabouts
The turning of the tide came ia
1866. \ mistake caused il. A whole
nation made the mistake.
Brand was published in hat year
IT'S hero is a minister religion its
theme The Norwegian people took
il for a defence of dogmatic religion
aud hailed its author as genius and
savior of society. The Gyldendahl
company Of Copenhagen. the largest
publishing concern ia the three north
ela kingdoms. undertoo'. to publjs9
anything that Ebsen might write after
that.
The fist edition OF brand con-
tlned 125o copies and was sold on
V Thin a month-an almost 0nhearI
# success in those days. For TIE
-ake Of comparison il may be men.
toned fdat 15.00o copie. ef tAe Dan-
j~h edition of John GabrIei Borf-
ran We're sold in less tbaa three
months from the aafo q publication.
Neyer was Ibsen's smile moro IRON
5cal than in those days Of 1SGG when
he was experiencing his first success
end the ministers OF Norway were
preaching 10 texts taEea from his
Brand glowing aeraignmeat
Of all compromises with ideals. He
aid not say word 70 correct The mis-
conception into which his c9untrymeo
had fallen All he did was 10 receive
the money thai began to flow in and
buy a new velvet jacket. a vafsrcoat
OF candy pattern. and a goIa-headea
cane He was then IS.
Tho League of Youth was pub. |
IIshed three wears later and nrt a
s@dden end 70 Ibsen's recently acqJIir-
- popularity. if nor his income Thai
play was regarded as a veiIed attack
on progressive political ideas. ana Is.
peeiafly on the IDEAS and men of the
liberal party in Norway
The author Was denounced as a dis.
gntsed reacfionarv When The frs
Performance took place at the=c Chris
tiania thearer. TIE students carried
their hostile administrations 10 such
a point fhaf the curtain had to be
dropped in the middle of The second
&et Another performance was noJ
attempted Al the timpz
nsen visited Sweden and Denmark
thai same year bur djd NOT cross IN
BOUNDARY Of his na1ivp country. Flo +
aid NOT put his foot on Norwegian
soil again mtj fSl7
They had lheu learned 10 admire #