Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-10-09
PLAYSANDPLAYERS

The Three Lamay Brothers. in gro
teseque acrobatics. open the show at
the Garrick this week. and they are
followed by several high-class enter
tanners in a variety of comedy and nov
city that would be hard to excel. Hugh
Stanton and Florence Modena, in a
sketch, For Reform" have a singu-
larly pleasing number. for which their
talents are very well suited. Frank
Young and Kathleen Devote have a
dancing act that is very creditable. and
TenBrooke lambert & Company. in
PROF. Schmalz's Academy" provoked
no end OF laughter. The Three Ma
carte Sisters make their first appear
ance in a remarkable wire and trapeze
act that has the merit Of novelty and
worth, and Henry Give, in a talking
number and The Kinetograph, showing
How the Office Boy Saw the BAH
Came add much to the interest of the
program.
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Clusters Last Fight, a melodrama
with plenty Of startling situations, IN
dams and other Western. characters.
and a pretty story, was the attraction
at the Lyceum Theatre Yesterday and
as usual business was big. The piece
Is prottily mounted and the players arc
I eonsidefably better thHh, the average.
General Custer appears more upon the
stage and Buffalo Bill also gets promi-
hence. The company Is capable and in
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/ j. Louis Ungerer. Franklyn Starlight
Harry Lorraine, George L. Kennedy
Mart Reagan, Jack Andrews Fred
/ Wright, John Hopkins, Dorotny NJ
Lyons, Margaret Nelson. Fanny Abbott
lBaby Frances Abbott, Frank Atwood
tFrank Norris and a number Of Indians
The audiences yesterday were i'm
mensely pleased with the production
and big business is expected. The
same company win appear again this
evening and tomorrow afternoon and
evening.
The sheen Of silks and satins, the rini
and clash of swords and an air ofromanc'
onvelops the new costume play His Ma
jesty and the Maid" which Mary Elmer
son has elected to appear IN during IN
season Of 19O6-07. Miss Emerson is now en-
rolled under the Nixon and Zimmerman
banner. being enc Of their numerous star
which includes such names as Henry Irv
ins, Jr. Viola Allen. Porter J. White ant
others. Miss Emerson is surrounded thi
season by the strongest cast she has eve
had. Among the most prominent member
being Robert Sanford, Conrad Cantzer
| stuart Beebe, Russell Z. White, A. L
Maggie, James T. Nichols, James White
Roger Ackor. Edith Tones. Louise Mul
dcner, Violet Fisher and May Hobby. Tn
minor parts are likewise in capable hands
ellis Majesty and the Maid" is a play O.
the lines OF THE Prisoner of Zenda" an
"Ruponl Of Hentzau," in that the realr
/, Of the reigning king is a fictitious one an
designed solely to further the romanti
elements Of the piece. Alicia is the char
acter which Miss Emerson plays, the rol
being that Of the kings daughter VIII
has been brought up by peasant famil
IN ignorance Of her royal BIRTH Her sui
| souuent discovery of this fact, her say
ing Of the life of her father who is bese
py foes and her ultimate reunion wit
hnr sweetheart, Lieutenant Otto Haupi
mann. are but a few Of the incidents c
! the pay which teens with action OF III
most spirited kind. Miss Emerson VIII b
seen at the Grand Opera House this al
, torrcon and evening. and chat interest
, hcY coming has been awakened Is evincc
By the numerous inquiries Tor the open n
Of the seat sale.