The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07

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George Edwardes' London company
under the direction of Klaw & Erlanger
opened its engagement in ''Veronique'
at the Broadway Theatre, New York. last
Monday evening and made one of the mos
remarkable successesever scored by comic
opera in New York. The piece is entirely
different in its artistic daintiness from
anything eyer seen here and the company,
in point of personnel and talent, was en-
Enthusiastically praised, both by the first
night audience and the reviewers in the
New York papers. Ruth Vincent sang
the title role. She is beautiful young
woman with a superb voice and unusual
dramatic talent. Lawrence Rea. young
American who is one of Mr. Edwardes'
most talented artists, sang the opposite
role, Count Floristan. He, too, scored a
marked personal success. John LIE Hay
as Coquo nard, the comedy character. and
Kitty Gordon as Agatha" showed them
selves artists of the first rank. In fact,
from the principals to chorus, company
stronger in ability and personal attractive
ness has never been seen on Broadway.
"Versnique" is staged in three acts and
scenes which represent Coquenard's flow
er shop in Paris, a glade at Romanville
and the reception room in the palace at
Versailles. These scenes and the costum-
ing are artistically magnificent, presenting
color schemes which have never been sur
passed, either on the London or the New
York stage. The favor with which "Ver-
unique" was received at the Broadway in
dicates that it will repeat its London sue
cess here.
Joseph Cawthorn, in "Fritz in Tam
many Hall. remains at the Herald Square
Theatre, New York, playing to great
audiences. Mr. Cawthorn is the cleverest
entertainer in his field on the American
stage, and in the artistic fnesse of his
comedy reminds one of the late J. K. EN-
met and Joseph jefferson. "Tammany
Hall' is a big fun show, full of comic
situations, novel specialties and brilliant
musical numbers. Mr.. Cawthorn's song
to sixteen children, bad Mans Land, I"
would make the success of any piece.
| Miss Stella Mayhem, his leading lady,
has made hit second only to the star,
scoring particularly in her comic songs
''In Tammany Hall' is a bright, clean,
wholesome performance which appeals
particularly to those who delight in re-
fined comedy.
1.-THE White Cat" began it's run at the
New Amsterdam Theatre, Thursday even
ing, and proved even more gorgeous than
the previous Drury Lane spectacles which
Klaw & Erlanger have presented during
the past four years. 1t is larger in the
number of people employed, more magnifi-
cent in scenery and costumes, more novel
in features and more brilliant in musical
specialties, and is conspicuously excellent
in the talent of the principals of the COM
pany The wonderful ballots, "The En-
chanted Orchard, I" '"The Triumph of Hy-
men" and Christmas of All Nations"
Tod
the American stage. The Ercole- Ariaza
troupe of Castilian dancers and trou-
badours-nine women and four men
the only organization of its kind ever
formed, created sensation, and are the
talk of New York. William r. Hodge,
William Macart, Edgar Atchison Ely and
Herbert Corthell are the principal come
dams, Maude Lambert, Mazda Snyder,
Edith st. Clair and Harriet Worthing-
ton play the leading women's roles.
The company numbers over 500 people.
As a large audience was leaving
prominent New York Theatre recently a
very refined lady was heard to remark to
her escort. THAT play is sweeter and
prettier than the clover blossoms down in
Glover Lane" The play she had just wit
messed was the more than pastoral play,
"Uncle Josh Spruceby." Could anything
pTeLJltT DC Sdlu VI d uIduid uOO,
and the manager of the company when
told of the remark said that he considered
it the greatest compliment ever paid
to any play, and it would be the head
line for his handsomest announcements.
1t is pretty play and one to please all
classes. The comedy is comedy, and the
heart interest is of more than ordinary
pathos. BY many of our best critics it has
been compared to 1.-THE Old Homestead,
and not without reason. We see all the
beauty and freshness of the green fields,
and almost imagine we inhale the fra
GRANGE of the new mOwn hay, as we gaze
with admiring eyes on the elegant stage
settings. In this tale of farm life the au-
dience is introduced to country life as it
really is with the joys and its sorrows,
its laughter and its tears. 1t is a play
that will make you feel better after seeing
and make you glad you did not miss the
performance, at the same time promising
yourself that you will surely see it again.
The company this season is one of the best
and no expense has been spared in the
production. To appear at the Auditorium,
Burlington, Monday evening, Nov. 49,
"Muggs' Landing" billed to appear
at the Auditorium Theatre, Burlington,
on Wednesday, November 9Th, is without
doubt as well known and as much ad-
mired as any comedy drama that has ever
been presented to the American public |
From the dreamy eyed denizens of golden
California to the rugged rustics of North
ern Maine, the simple, beautiful story is
known, and an honest affection exists in
the hearts of those who have witnessed
it years ago for this quaint and consistent
narrative of Down East occurrences.
There are certain classes of dramatic pro-
auctions in which the theatre goer seems
to take constant delight. These are the
wildly realistic, strongly told dramas
of coHtemporaneous human interests, such
as Mugs Landing" has proved to be.
This drama, while it contains a number
of sensational and startling incidents,
which are given by the aid of the latest
scenic and mechanical devices, and are
calculated to almost make the hair stand
on end, is pervaded throughout by a
healthy moral tone and a hearty humor
which relieve it of all idea of sombreness,
and make it teach its lesson in a way
that is most fascinating to the audience.
Mugs Landing" was one of the series
of great American successes at the Lyceum
Theatre, in New York, and is the only
one the public never tired of. Its run at
that theatre was an unusual one and its
popularity in every city where it has
been presented has been equally marked.
1t is the only one of those plays that is
still before the public, and it is stronger
to day than ever. The inherent strength
of the play, the very human character
of the people, the many strong situations,
the rich, homely comedy, all go to aid in
keeping it in favor.
Hal Reid, who has just collaborated
with Harry Gordon in the making of the
record breaking success, ''Slave of the
Mill" produced by Messrs. Gordon & Ben
nett. is the author of seventy seven plays.
This in itself is not remarkable, as Dion
Boucicault was said to have written four
hundred The remarkable thing about
Mr. Reid's work is that he has never had
failure Mr.. Reid started out in the the
atrical business some thirty years ago
as super" under Barney McCauley,
at Robinson's Opera House, Cincinnati, o.
The very first thing he had to do was to
get under green cloth stretched over the
stage to represent the sea, and bob his
head up and down to make waves for a
storm at sea-" The next week the Kiralfy
Brothers came along with their original
production of Around the World in
Eighty Days" Reid was cast to Garry
the banner"-which was to carry banner
which had on it White Goose, and, as the
procession had to be long one he went
off the stage at one side, and ran around
to the other side to get in line again.
Next week came that prince of fun makers,
John T. Raymond, in 1.-THE Gilded Age"
or Colonel Sellers" Reid was cast for
the Second Juryman," so called because
during the court scene Raymond whis-
pered into this jurymans ear, presuma-
bly, to Fix" the jury for his client
1t was Reds first chance to makeup"