Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-10-05
PLAYSANDPLAYERS

Viola Aliens production OF "Cymbe-
line" which comes to the Grand Opera
House on October 49, is said TO be as
complete and as deliberately beautiful
as We're her notable presentations OF
1.-THE Winters Tale and Twelfth
Night In Miss Aliens supporting
company are such prominent players
as Henry j, Hadheld, who made such
an impression by his splendid perform
ance OF the Messenger I'm THE Mes
sage from Mars" Fuller Mellish. G.
Leslie Allen, sydney Herbert, Jeffer-
son Winter Allison skipworth and Ben
Clark.
In the part OF Gerald McSweeney In
Mrs. Wilson. That's An the new
play I'm which May Irwin viii be seen
at the Opera House on Saturday after
noon and evening. october 6. John
Hazard IS required 20 wear a make
up which is an exact duplication OF
that assumed by the elder Sothern as
Lord Dundreary. It has Kept Mr..
Hazard busy for the past week or so
looking up old prints and photographs
so that he will look precisely like the
character that was popular with thea
tre-goers OF the last generation.
Mary Emerson. who Is this year a
fun nedged Nixon and Zimmerman
star and will be seen IN Ills Majesty
and the Maid" bears such a strong re-
semblance to Maude Adams that she
Is continually accosted and addressed
as Miss Adams. The likeness is cer-
tainly most remarkable and the re-
semblance could not be greater were
! they full fedged sisters. Miss Elmer
son comes to the Opera House Tuesday
afternoon and evening next.
one of the most perpleXing problems
that confr0nts the management Of a
modern stage production is the selec-
ton Of child artists when the play
wright insists on supplying the drama
with one The story OF Ninety and
Nine" which is at the Lyceum Theatre
on October H. 12. and 10, hinges on tn,
word OF transplanted gamin Of New
York's East Side district, and thu
character because OF the contrast e
the simple country folks amid whom
the waif has fallen. stands out as on'
OF the most difficult OF the piece ani
to secure a youngstor who coul'
! handle II IN keeping with the show wa
a task of no mean proportion. out o
: a long list OF applicants but one quail
fed, and she has been one Of the hit
OF the piece since its run in New
j York last season. Hattie Rimple i
her name, and she comes from a lonl
list OF player folks whose names hav
held honorable places in the history o
! stagedom.
While but a lad OF eleven. hold
promise OF developing into a splendi
actress some day.
The coming Of the great scenic an
historical sensation, Clusters Las
Fight" which viii be seen at IN
Lyceum on October 8. 9, and 10, shoul
I arouse the greatest interest anon
, theatre goers and the public at largl
e No event I'm the history of the Unite
j., states has been discussed as fully q
/, this great struggle with the redskin
d and no soldier has ever shown q
, courage and loyalty that the famo'
!, general showed, when, with his lit
!. band OF heroes, he tried 20 overcon
I the great odds against him and carr
out the commands OF his superiors.
a when the World Sleeps" a me'odrar
OF more than ordinary power. and Civ
IS By "A company considerably above 6
u average, was the Offering at the Lyceu
e Theatre last evening. There Is exceile
&c scenery and enough excitement to Ike
l. the audience interested but al the aar
n tifne the piece does not go beyond q
? realms Of possibility. Roy Apologize,
n excellent actor. IS Robert Carlisle q
n hero. Miss Pasaualina DeVoe, an actre
e OF ability, is Virginia Gray the heroi
'e who is alone In the world. Considered
may be expected from Miss Devoe and
is probable that before long she will
starring In a play OF her own. Frederi
Brandon, the county sheriff, II. Cord
Miller as Dick Hardy Elliott Seems
: the unprinclpled brother of the hel
N Louise Gilchrist as the wife OF the sher.
" Celia Rosewood as Triphenia, Martl
ie Laurence Davidson as Margaret, HIATT
r McDermott as Mrs. Jane Weatherby' at
Il a number Of others in the company
n excellent work. Charles Wirth as Groom
y a half-witted boy does one Of the be
a pieces Of acting Of that kind seen IN W
Is mington for sometime.
n r,,,.r,s.,,ta4t,,e Hiram Rodney BurtO