The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-22


 ben, Charles Prince. Stella Beardsley, Kitty Baldwin, Fred Heck. Frances Golden, Grances Cole, Mae Clark and others who have distinguished themL selves on the comic opera stage, in- cluding the stunning bridesmaids and a chorus and ballet of fifty. The story of the book has to do with certain young Engiishman. Samuel Pineapple. who, having married his typewriter. goes to China on honey | moon. His bride, having been told by | a reader of character from handwrit- | ing that her husband Is fond of firt- | ing, decides to take with her as sort of watch on the susceptible Pineapple. her entire company of bridesmaids, eight in number. The nephew of Sam | uel has arrived in Ylang-Ylang. and there has fallen in love with young maiden whom he believes to be a sing | perors daughter in disguise. The Emperor has sent hts Lord Higb | Admiral. abroad in search of a woman who shall be Empress, but has forbid | den the telling of the imperial suitors rank, preferring to be loved for him- self alone, and therefore ordering the admiral-to represent him as paper | hanger. The Admiral returns without having found the bride to be, and is
 
 | Pineapple. who in a moment of pique at what she considers her husbands | inconsistency, consents to play bride to the loving ruler. The Emperor is pleased with her, is photographed in the act of kissing her, and the be- trothal of these two also becomes a | necessity.
 The second act has to do with the | unravelling of these complications, and in an atv har nF value than is found in the majority of | the musical comedies of the day. | The music Is tuneful and essentially 1 popular, in so far as its fitness for be- ing whistled and hummed Is concerned. "Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde." Elwyn Strong, the clever American actor, who is appearing with such marked success this season in a fine production of that famed and we'll known drama "Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde," has been stamped by the crit ics as an actor who Is sure to have a brilliant future. MT. Strong's first por- trayal of that dual role of Dr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde is a carefully studied, clear cut effort.
 The fascinating story loses none of it's beauty by the stage version, but on the other hand the numerous in-  ten sified by the pictures presented.The company carries cleverly devised and excellently execued special scenry which show to great advantage. This attraction comes to the Mont gomery Theatre Tuesday night. Creston Clarke in "Beaucaire." There is unmistakable evidence of a pleasurable anticipation, concerning | [ lxA ak hA sr.sNR Theatre Wednesday matinee and night of Creston Clarke. a more than de- serving actor, who has long been counted among Americas most honored own. And 1t is much more than grati- flying. to note with what kindly inter- est MT. Clarke's triumph in Monsieur Beaucaire," (the, same having been chronicled all along the line of his this seasons travell has been received in the role that plays the most conspicu- ous part in the clever adaptation from Booth Tarkington's widely read and universally admired book creation. A native of Philadelphia and a pupil of enc of the Quaker cities public schools. Mir. Clarke was in early years taken by his father, the late lamented John Sleeper Clarke, to Paris, where at the College of St. Croix he completed his fine education.
 
 abroad he was allowed to make his first stage appearance with his famous un- cle Edwin Booth, who was then touring Europe, receiving everywhere such an ovation as had never before fallen to the lot of an American actor. This was in 1882, in England, and even rela- tionship or recognized talents of the highest order, failed to gain for him favors beyond general utility business an haf fHa hrV Ex spear carrier, he gradually worked his way up until invited to join his fathers incomparable comedy company, In 1886 MT. Clarke became a member of the noted Lester Wallecks Stock Company. then in the zenith of it's in | tense popularity, and at the close of the session with a proud record of many splendid successes, his ambition brought him as a star to the old Rich mond Theatre, Richmond, Va, under the management of John T. Ford, where his grandfather. Junius Brutus Booth. many years before him, had made his | first bow to an American audience. On that occasion, MT. Clarke chose Ham let" for his initial performance, and had no difficulty in proving his position to the front ranks of the worlds best Shakesperean players. Other legiti- mate portrayals were included in his
  saved by him, meant equal success, and he would at that time have continued his stellar career had 1t not been for the flattering offer made to him by Au- gustin Daly, with whose organization he was subsequently, prominently iden- tif1ed for the seasons of 1S91-02
 From that period. until within a very recent date, Mir Clarke's experiences have been a matter of familiar &C., quaintance to theatre patrons, \ who have kept a careful watch upon7 his many brilliant achievements, and will, therefore, unquestionably be delighted with his artistic endeavors in connec- ] tion with "Beaucaire," a fanciful crea- tion. which it would seem, ought to fit his temperament and subtle art to per | lection.
 Jules Murry, the reliable purveyor of l top-class theatrical attractions, under whose direction Mir. ClarkA is present. ing this fascinating comedy-romance, has manifestIy shown his full faith in his newly acquired star, and the abso- lute worthiness of the play in ques- | tion, by offering an exceedingly gener- ous equipment of scenic arrangements and costume details, and has still fur ther evinced determination to strengthen his purpose, securing a company of such artistic balance, as to 1 leave nothing to be desired towards a performance of altogether genuine merit.
 Grace Van StuddifOrd to be Seen l Again.
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