Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-25
Plays and Players.


ANY man with a sense OF humor,
will not fail To add som,
thlng TO his entertainment " he vii
stand near the box.offlsN window @
the opry- house In any small tow
and listen 10 the Rubes as they max,
known their wants to thct man who
peddles the tickets, "Out In Obi,
one afternoon ] was standing nea'
the b~ox-office window a lew minute,
before the beginning OF a matines
given by n friends combination. A
fine old boy from the co%untry--one Of
the kind that sees about one show
In two years-approached the win
dow, his roll in hand. and delivered
himself the following: Saw. young
feller!' lin a voice loud enough ia
be heard a block away Gimme a
good seat! want II right down the
middle lane and close up to the exer-
cises" -Harper's Weekly.
Henry Miller has completed the
cast for Henry v. Esmond's play,
"Gierson's Way" which he Is soon
to produce In New York, Mr.. Miller
viii play the part Of G!erson, Fred
Thorne that Of the retired sea cap
tain, Guy Standing will be seen ms
an English officer. Harry Woodruff
as a celebrated violinist Ida Water
man as Miss Grierson and Rebecca
Warren as Miss Ball. There will be
no other characters In the play.
The attractions at the leading Bos.
ton theatres this week include Marie
Cahill In "Moonshtne" at the Ire
mont, William Collier In THE Heart
OF the Sparrow at the Hollis. Blan.
che Walsh In "The Woman in the
Case" at the Park. EDNA May in 1.-THE
Catch Of the Season" at the Colonial.
Sarah Bernhardt at the Boston. and
Wonderland" at the Majestic.
Viola Tree. the daughter of Beer.
bohm Tree. is soon to be seer In the
leading role Of 1.-THE Lily of France"
In London. The play Is by L. N, Park.
err and tells the story OF Joan Of Arc.
The maid Of Orleans will be the most
prominent figure on the stage next
year II all the actresses who plan to
represent her remain in their deter
limitations.
The Christmas number Of the New
York Dramatic News was rather late
IN putting In an appearance. but It
Is none the less interesting. The
holiday features are of unusual ex.
cellence and are selected SO that all
sides Of the profession are given al
hearing. The usual features are In
their accustomed places and the many
half-tone cuts Of unusual value.
Klaw & Erlanger haze bought from
Hartley Manners a four-act play call
ed "A Marriage OF Reason" which
may be produced in the spring. II
deals with the courtship Of a Chi
cago girl by an English nobleman.
the novelty seems to lie in the fact
that the Chicago girl Is refined and
rational. The scenes are laid in En-
gland.
Thompson & Dundy. the owners OF
Luna park and the New York Hip
podrome. are reported to hae bought
Fort George, a place on the Hudson
rier Just a short distance from. New
York and easily reached by the sur
face cars. 1t is said that they are
to make an immense pleasure resort.
Ernest Denny seems to have had
and Supe >nan" in mind when
he wrote "Allof.a-Sudden-P Peggy" for
Fay Davis. The plot deals with the
witty and wilful young woman who
picks out a husband for herself and
then forces him to marry her in
spite Of IL efforts to escape.
Sarah Bernhardt made her debut
at the Theatre Franchise on August
II. 1861, as Iphigene. A newspaper
Of that day described her as pretty
and elegant" and said that her enun-
citation a nearly perfect" She
won her first honors In "Ruy Bias
and king Lear"
Louise Morewin.' who was seen
here last in 1.-THE Heir to the Hoorah'
died in a hospital ! n Chicago a few
days & as the result OF a fall in an
elevator shaft at Newark, N. j.. Dec.
ember 26. She played the part Of the
motherin-law and was a promising
actress.