The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-12
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are d have personally Sc
slgetsd every player in their wang
scampan the attraction at the
srandS Opera House, this city,
seSSoHaInb erG 23d when We are to see
rch.taIked- of revival of the Hop
9peT 1asterpiece that delighted
sBroadwaya audience fol. nearly three
rs at5sthe Lyric Theatre, the
asaIessrs SShu bert's fashionable New
York I1otlse--fr the smallest char
to the most important part in
the piece, and the players, We are
told. were chosen solely upon their
behtting ability for the respective
regardless Of expense in the
way OF high salaries. The manage
& 1nent proudly points to the list OF
name in3the cast, and declares that
no. con11cSoper star is SO ably sup
ported in his stage work as Mr.. Hop
he piece is a too-well-known sub
cttostride wi tn in the cast, scenery
and costumes, said Charles Bradford,
S. Hopper's Representative, the 9th
evening. The majority of theatre
goerss e#fami1iar with Wang and
they are#capable of Judging as TO
sSsw1ethe an actor looks and acts
ssssss Wang character with any degree of
from the OLD standard
tina held forth SO long in years past.
49, m modern musical pieces and comic
operas ft3doesn,t seem TO matter very
much about these details: audiences
have no foundation for comparison
s the players Of pieces by modern
authors 81 they consider only mirth,
melody and the merry maiden, but
Withls our production matters are diff
sferent IN Wang they rot only look
s8sfor al the glories Of uptc=date comic
Opera and N musical comedy hand
some women, fine scenery etc.-but
they expect and actually demand old
time Wang tmosphere as well-and
they getsit They get it in costumes,
scenery and cast. The costumes are
designs approved Of by The com
gposerss and star fourteen years ago.
the scenery is a series Of color pic
lures painted from genuine photo
Of the original Wang scenes,
and the cast is made up Of players Sc
lecTed Solely upon their appropriate
physical and mental capacity MIR
Hopper and Mr.. Shu0ert. BON
DEMONSTRATING stage directors and good
Judges Of acting, engaged! tie best
in the profession-those they
Enough we're the best 1gr the Wang
stypesand "a glance at he names in
the cast will suggest 10 you how eX-
pensiYe aniIein this selection amounts
IN to. and no doubt explain one OF the
main reasons for the revival's great
success.
Regent Wang. of course, is inter
preted by the famous originator OF
theAqualnt character, De Wolf Hop
per. the same jolly Hopper whose
q starring tours in Castles in the Air
355s FL Captain, ;'Dr. Syntax. lie
S5CtharIatars and Mr.. Pckwick" made
these operas famous.
The boisterous Colonel Fracassc is
played by our old foolignt friend,
A Frank Belcher. who has for years
been a principal in the companies OF
both Mr.. Hopper and Jefferson De
ANGELS.
Handsome Lieutenant Boucher is in
B the hands of F. A. Bishop, who has
many times visited the leading cities
with other notable attnctions.
Pepat keeper of the sacred ele-
s2s5 ago gained fame for Alfred Klein-is
40 done by Frank Casey, a comedian who
has been trusted with many another
III weIl-known character role.
s8 NIataya, the handsome heir TO the
ssfEt hrone is played by dainty Marguerite
Is Clark, who gained fame in night
ri as PolIyin Mr.. Hopper's Pickwjci1
piece.
Marie, Widow Trimousse's bewitch-
ing stepdaughrer. is intusted to Miss
Il Sabry D'Orsel1, one OF the prettiest
women and sweetest singers in comic
opera to-day
Widow Frimousse, The matronly
creature with designs upon the heart
.5s8 Of Wang is cared for by Miss Ada
@Deaves, who, though in her stage art
81 fashioned quite as the playwright
would have her, furnishes in private
y life a marked contrast to the faded
footlight character she assumes, for
the@.y young lady is recognized stage
is beauty.
533:s And Panopin, the picturesque Cam
odian envoy, is represented by that