The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

dition to appearing in the leading the- atfes, the Ben Greet Players acted at Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Rutgers, Converse, Beloit. Queens (Gan- ada), Butler, Belmont and Mount Holy oke Colleges; the Universities of Penn sylvanfa, Toronto, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee. the South, Kentucky Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and the West Point Military Academy. During the summer open air plays were also given at Oxford, Cambridge. Carisbrooke Castle, Chats worth Hall and the Crystal Palace, London.
 Performances were given under the auspices, or with cooperation of the New York City Department of Educa- ton. the Boston School Committee, the Philadelphia Teachers Association. New York Peoples Institute New York Ed ucational Alliance, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, Toronto Teachers Association, Pittsburg Art Society and the Cincinnati University Settlement.
 In previous years visits have been paid to Oxford and Cambridge (twenty consecutive years) Harvard, Columbia. Wellesley, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Iseland Stanford, Brown, Groton and St. Paul's Schools and the Universities of Cali fornia. Nevada, Wisconsin and Wash ington.
 MT Alg11uLSt bl lhH OHlfSESlly of Rochester will give brief talk on "Everyman" at the Girls High School next Thursday afternoon at 3:SO o'clock.
 '"The Black Crooks
 At the BIJou Theatre commencing Thursday matinee Messrs. Miller and Plohn will present a spectacular pro- auction of the classic extravaganza. ''The Black Crook"
 The old time melodramatic spectacle has been given an entirely new dress, new music has been provided and mod ern dancing has suppainted the almost obsolete pallets. As to the story, how ever, but little change has been made and the original idea as conceived by Charles Barras. remains the plot of the play; although the version used Is the one that was played in Boston for the revival of "Tbe Black Crook in 1876.
 The story will bear telling anew. Rudolph and Amina are pair of youth full lovers. Amina is also loved by Count Wolfenstein, villainous noble man, who has employed as a hench- man, Hertzog. called the "Black Crook" from deformity, and from the fact that he always dresses in the most sombre of hues. Hertzog has made ai compact with the Devil, whereby he isl to gain a proiongation of his life, inI re turn for the corruption of human SOufS. A HinElG SOut oiuBAC year is the compact. He seeks to destroy Rudolph and to. bring Amina to his master
 Stalacta. the fairy queen, interposes in their behalf, however, and Hetrzog and his villainous employer, Wolfen- stein, meet with the same fate they had intended for Rudolph and Amina. This story has given plenty of opportunity fer scenic display and the introduction of novel musical numbers. an advan tage which 1t is said has been fully by the present manage ment
 New scenery has been provided from the studios of Frank Dodge, electrical effects by Kleigel Brothers, and 8 f wealth of marvellous dresses from sev- 1 eral prominent costumers. As an add | ed feature, several European vaudeville ! acts have been provided. including the Donazetta family of acrobats, the Eight English Girls, in a novel dancing spe- i eialty
 The dramatic cast includes Robert B. Mack. Harry E1vin, Emmett o'Connor, | Wallace Hopper, Colt Albertson, Eugene | Barry Thomas Haydon, John Gerome, | Leo D'Artega, John Rochette, Nellie V. | Nichols, Mirmiafn Norris Hester Phe- | Ian, Maude Hartley and Edith Carlisle. |