The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-22
MISS R0BS0NS RETURN--ADA REHAN'S
REPERTOIRE AT THE NEW GARRlCK

The return Of Eleanor Robson should
prove a source OF dramatic qualification
to Miss Robson and to her friends. it was
in St. Louis that her art first began to at
tract attention. She became favor!te at
the Columbia Theater when Charles Z.
Salisbury directed a stock company there.
Mr Salisbury. now Miss Rehans man
ager. is in ST. Louis this week Miss Rob
sons success refutes the accepted tradition
Of the 'unlucky thirteen" She playei
her first part December 1S. 1851 1t
was in the character of Dorothy Knox. in
Men and Women" with the Frawley
Stock Company of San Francisco. From
stock insenue to the highest stellar ranks
within a period OF seven years is a record
almost without parallel Her goodness
in the Zangwill comedy. Merely Mary
Ann has been generally praised in Lon
don. She will play single welcome
home" matinee in New York and come di-
rect to st. Louis to begin an engagement
al the Olympic Monday night
The box office of the new Garrick The
atei Will open this morning Miss Rchan's
engagement IS to begin next Monday
evening Monday. Tuesday and Saturday
urday matinee. The Tanning of :he
Shrew' will be presented. with Miss Re
han as katherine. and Mr. Charles Rich
man as Petruchio. Wednesday Thursday
and Friday evenings The Scnoul for
Scandal will be given. with Miss Rehan
as Lady Teazle and Mr. Hickman as
Charles Surface. Monday and TCesiay
evenings of the second week and AT the
try Girl is TO be tho offering. with Miss
Peeev Thrift. wednesday and Saturday
evenings and at the SATURDAY matinee
The School for Scandal will he repeated.
while on Thursday and Friday evenings
The Tanning of the Shrew viii he given;
Manager Shubert reports a large iemdn!
for seats by mail
Evelyn Vaughan. the new leading voU'-
an of the Odeon Stock COMPANY who is
scoring such a hit as Glory Quavle in
The Christian" this week. is a Missouri
girl Her hcme is in Kansas City. She
has only been en- the stage a short time.
but has advanced rapidly
When Miss Burt became, i'll last Monday
and suffered a nervous colianse AT rehcar-
sal. Miss Vaughan vas given the long
barely twenty-fcur hours TO perfect her
self All that night she studied. not tax
ing more than a couple of hours slee7
and was down on the stage at : o'clock in
the morning because she can study bet
ter in her lressiEg-room than anywhere
else
sion at tn. besir ming Of the Odeon season.
when she played the designing Princess
In I'm the Pala"" Of the King
At that time The Republic called atten-
would be heard from before the season
was over Tn" prediction has been quick
" verified.
one Of the characters in The Virgin
ian is :, hen-not a common hen. but one
that IS so firmly !mbued with the .mpor-
tance OF her mission on this earth that
she spends her time in perpetually sitting /
on any article which can by tn. Widest {
stretch of fancy. be thought TO resemble {
an egg. She sits on 4 piece of rock. On po- |
tatoes. on dOcrknoDs. on Jumps os chalk !
on glass eggs and on cobblestones She !
is hen of high purrose. and everyone /!
who has read owen Wister's novel knows |
that she is real. live parsonage. in /
whom their interest is always strong |
Emily is said to figure prominently in |
the dramat!zaiion.
Rilly Clifford has taken his dainty voice |
and pleasing person out of the influence |
OF vaudeville and implanted himself siren |
uously in the soul of musical comedy.
How He Won Her his opening venture /
will be seen at Haviin.s next week.
Dustin Farnum. who created the role of |
the dashine young lieutenant in Arizona
will play The Virginian at the Century.
He has been appearing in the East in the
last few years. His current performance
Is said to he notable picture OF the real !
cowboy.
On Thursday next the advance sale Of
seats begins for Richard Mansfeid's en-