Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-02

he presents Buster in "Auntie's Visit"
supported by George Ali as "Spike,"
the dog, and a company of six. The
rest of the leading features include
James j. Morton, the monologist;
Johnny Ford and Mayme Gehrue, ex-
pert dancers; lie Brun Grand Opera
Trio in operate selections; Orth &
Fern, farceurs; Marzella & Millay,
comical gymnasts; THE Girl Behind
the Drum" a picturesque novelty;
Naomi Ethardo, skilled equilibrist,
and others. The continuous concerts
every Sunday at the Union Square
from one to ten-thirty, are always
crowded and the bills include the
stars of the preceding weeks shows.
P~roctor's Newark Theatre.
The high standard set by f. F.
Proctor in arranging programs for
the patrons of Newark's theatre
Beautiful will be much in evidence
during the week of November D,
when the New Jersey Edition of the
now famous Vaudeville de Luxe will
be in full sway.
The headline feature will be Miss
Valerie Bergere and Company, who
will present that beautiful and artis-
tic playlet His Japanese Wife" This
sketch has no peer in the realm of
vaudeville today. Miss Bergere car
ries her W scenery and the stage is
set under her personal direction, in.
surfing one of the prettiest of stage
pictures. The Four Flying Londons
will be seen in a death defying exhi-
bition in mid-air. Kelly and Violette,
the Fashion Plate Duo, will be both
pleasing to the eye and a proving
their title is well earned. The music
al portion of the program will be ably
taken care of by those popular and
clever entertainers, Quigg, Mackey
and Nickerson. Jeanne Ardell and
her Picks will be another feature. Al
Carlton, 1.-The Skinny Guy" will de-
liver his ludicrous monologue. MAJ
Wits Singing Colleens, a group of
pretty girls from the "ould countrie,'
will sing some old and folk lore
songs. Weary Waggles, the Dandy
Dude Tramp" will serve to Introduce
Boramie and Neverro. These with
the ever changing animated pictures
will be a fit military of New Jerseys
edition of Vaudeville de Luxe"
Caesar and Cleopatra"
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude
Elliott, supported by their London
company and a large number of Am
erican players, presented George Ber-
nard Shaw's drama, Caesar and
Cleopatra" at the New Amsterdam
theatre last Tuesday evening and
scored a success.
Mr.. Shaw calls his play "a history"
The story treats of the visit OF julius
Caeser to Egypt at the end of the
thirty-third dynasty, Christian COM
putation October As B. C. to March
AZ B.. c., when he placed Cleopatra
upon the throne and defeated the ad-
herents of the youthful Ptolemy Di-'
onisus, her ten-year-old brother, who
was supported by Achillas and Lucius
Septimius, the Roman general and
the Roman military tribune. AL
though commanding a very much
smaller force, Caesar, through diplo-
macy and finally through the defeat
of the supporters of Ptolemy, makes
Cleopatra queen and departs FOR
Rome, promising to send her a pres
ent from that city in the person OF
Mark Antony, " a Roman from head
to heel" who had visited the country
four years previously and restored
her father, Athletes, to the crown, AT
ter he had been dethroned by Bere-
nice, the elder sister of Cleopatra,
and her husband.
The play is staged in four acts with
seven scenes representing the court
yard of an old Syrian palace, a Sphinx
in the desert, and a throne roo in
the palace; the council chamber OF
the %chancellors of the kings treasury
in Alexandria, Cleopatra's room and
the roof of a palace in Alexandria,
and the east harbor of that city. The
play has, of course, serious moments,
but there is a humorous side splen-
didly developed in Mr.. Shaw's bril-
liant satire and wit, principally re-
vealed in the lines of Caesar.
Mr.. Robertson was superb in the
role of Caesar. and, as Cleopatra,
then sixteen years of age, Miss Ell
lott gave a performance which far
surpassed in artistic sincerity any
part in which she had previously Deen
seen on the American stage. Mr..
Robertson and Miss Elliott brought
with them from England the entire
equipment of scenery and costumes