The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-11

T with s.1'he Prince OF Piisen. Com
pany. has been engaged for Eddi,
!. Foy'sE part in Nixon & Zimmerman,
Forthcoming production OF he Stroll
:. ers. Mr.. Eones. succeeded Eddie 70,
in the old extravaganza company
! playing ''Sinbad. y ALI Raba, etc.
and is the nearest approach 20 tina,
comedian on the American. stage,
: Rehearsals are the rage in Fhila.
delphia Just at present. It is now
: as busy getting ready ground as
. New York. Irene Myer5 is rehearsing
:. at the Peoples this week; Al Woods,
4 Dealers in White Women company.
rehearse there next week. while
Rachel Goldstein. the attraction
Which opens the Peoples Theatre on
August 20. arehearses there during the
week OF the 18th. AT the Park Thea
ire. the Nixon & Zimmerman Opera
! Company are getting The Strollers.
i into shape. their season being inaugu.
/ rated at that house September 5. At
the Broad Street Theatre the Miss
/ Bob White" Company are brushing
into shape, while the Chestnut Street
I AiSe-Si G,=Ao LIZ SA~AiS.g. al. NllSOll y
E"Prince of Tatters'' company, which
opens at the Park Theatre, Saturday.
August %. AT the National Theatre
Yale & Ellis World Beaters are shap.
ing up for the coming season. which
| opens Saturday evening next New
York will have to work overtime to
beat Philadelphia just now.
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Alice Graft Benson. high soprano
OF rare culture. is the latest acquisi-
ton to the Nixon & Zimmerman
forces. Miss Benson will be the new
Goldenrod in ..Miss Bob White.
which opens its season at Atlantic
City, Saturday evening, August 81.
Willie Collier has made the success
OF. his career in Richard Harding Da-
Wis The Dictator which run all
last season in New York, and which
again opens the Criterion at the end
OF this month. 81
Frank Deshon, of the miss Bob
White" company. has been spending
his vacation atCenterville Cape Cod, T
~'NtA'.7.'t LILY LAG anu MCCLURE, OF
the same company, bought lodge,
and have been camping.
: Gus Edwards. formerly of Cobb 4
Edwards, now part of the Witmark
forces, is writing some special music
for The Strollers'. which is to be
presenat at the Grand Opera House.
this city. in December.
Willard spenser, author of Miss
Bob White" has gone to Sullivan
county, New York, for vacation.
Spenser is an ardent fisherman, and
the Northern New York region best B,
suits his purpose.
The Park Theatre will open its sea {
son August p, with PhiladeIphia's ia
vorite singing comedian, al n Will {
son, in Yale & Ellis bright romantic s
1rama. "a Prince of Tatters," in I
which he has always been most sue c
,essful. Mr.. Wilson's company is al 9
most identically the same as that of +
ng or the Yarn" wait Till MY Ship tc
~o1HeS Ii, Love An In All and | :
lis other attractive songs, he has one y
IT two new ones which will be sung t
or the first time in public Saturday.
august 27, which will mark both open t
ng of star and theatre
Nixon & Zimmerman annually make
ne great big operate production or !,
evival. Two years ago it was a :
production of ga Chinese q
honeymoon; last season, Francis =
Wilson's elaborate revival of Ger
1ine' with an allstar cast; this year :
is to be an elaborate revival Of =
The Strollers." The manner in which S
his delightful Smith-Englander com :
dy opera will be mounted can be i'm !,
gined by the merits Of the excellent !
asst they have engaged for its pre- :,
entatioE- Robert Lett, OF last sea- :.
On Sultan Of Sulu'' company will :,
e the August Lump, the part former J !;
played by Francis Wilson; Joe Do =
er. who was last season member of -
The Prince of Pilsen' company, will r..
e. seen in the part originally. assum- i,