The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

TZRA KENDALL, who is to spend
all Of the week in Minneapolis,
is one of the drollest mines on
the stage. He has a natural gift for
character comedy which enables him to
entertain, even when he does not con-
vince. Of late years he has not been
particularly happy in the vehicles fur
nished for his assortment Of fun, but
he has dispensed it, just the same, with
the generous hand of a Santa Claus.
1t is his habit now to come on the
stage wearing no other disguise than a
tall and antiquated hat. AS he has
been wearing this hat for some years
it really fails to disguise him very
much. Makeup he scorns. The old
when he was leaving a wake Of laugh
ter behind him as he travelled thru the
country in "a Pair of Kids some
twenty-five years ago. 1t was an ex
ample of the then new style of enter
tainment, farce comedy, and was i'm
mensely popular. Report does not bring
many details of his new Herbert Hall
Winslow play for this season, "Swell
Elegant JONES' but the title is at
tractive. The character he plays is that
of a mining millionaire trying to spend
his money in minute-and succeeding
% Arizona,' perhaps the best play of
a leading American playwright, Au-.
gustus Thomas, is coming to the Bijou
with its stirring pictures of military
: and civil life in the cattle country. The
f'rawleys are to give us Gillette's best
farce, 'Too Much Johnson,' at the
Lyceum. The Orpheum bill promises
rather better than recent performances
at this house In acrobatics the Six
Glinserettis are said to be paramount
;>1o a.
traordinarily good impersonator. The
Unique bill promises well and the Par
3 islam Bellies at the Dewey are well
bespoke.
A correspondent asks about Max Fig
man, whether he has ever been here
and what he played. He was here with
and also later on in "The Marriage of
and also later on in "The Marriage of
Kitty Figman is an excellent char
- acter comedian with a style all his own
and he is coming to the Metropolitan
soon in a decentralization of Harold Nc
Grath s clever book, "The Man on the
BoX.' This is his first starring season
and he has won great success already
in the far west.
From Los Angeles come the holiday
greetings of Dick Ferris and the news
- that on Christmas day his stock com
pany will open the fine new Auditorium
theater of that city. The bill will be
THE Great Ruby with Florence
Stone as the leading lady and Andrew
Robson, who has starred in "The Royal
Box and Orchard Carvel,' as lead
ing man. Los Angeles is off the route
OF most of the travelling combinations
and In consequence supports some fine
- stock organizations literally. There are
two stock companies besides the Ferris
organization. The latter will come back
to the Metropolitan of Minneapolis for
the summer season in late May.
The project of the New theater in
New York, which is intended in a way
or endowed theater, is we'll under way
= The necessary financial backing has
all been obtained and ground has beer
broken in Central park west and Sixty
second street for the building. It viii
take probably two years to finish it anC
$2,OOO,OOO will be required for that part
OF the plan alone. Heinrich ConreiC
of the Metropolitan Opera house has
already been selected for director an6
has accepted. He is to have two as
- sistant directors, one English and one
French, and each to be the best OBJ
tainable stage manager in his country
Mr.. Conreid's task will be a most
difficult one. He will be charged first
with the selection Of great company
OF actors, men and women at the heac
Of the profession who will be willing te
undertake the work at the sacrifice oil
some personal ambition That is to- say
- it will often be necessary for these
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