Arizona republican., 1906-05-21
FAST LAKE TROUPE
 ARRIVES IN PHOENIX
The Personnel of the Company Which
 Will Play at the Park.

The members of the company which will appear this summer at the East lake Park theatef under the manage ment of Chas. Berger, arrived in the city yesterday morning, having come to the territory direct from Chicago. The company is headed by Lee Beggs who made up the personnel of the troupe and arranged for the visit to Phonix. In selecting the different members he had great difficulty in in- teresting them in Arizona at this sea- son of the year for exaggerated stories of the heat here are common in Chica- go.
 The leading lady of the stock com pany is Miss Agnes Mccarthy, who is making her first trip into the west. She has been prominent in her work for the past six or seven years during which l time she has played exclusively in | Chicago and the far east. For two sea- | sons she had a small part with Mrs. l Leslie Carter's company, and her work 1 attracted the attention of one of the | managers for the F'rohmans. who pick | ed her up and gave her a prominent | part in one of their stock companies. Later she came west and for the past two seasons has been at the Bush Tenn pie, in Chicago, where she has made many friends and admirers.
 MT. Beggs will play the male leads for the company. He is by no means a stranger in the west. For several | years following 1893 he played in stock 1 at the Burbank in Los Angeles, and during the past three years has | been on the road with several companies of his own. For the past year he has been the leading man with the New American stock company, playing in Chicago. MT. Beggs laugh ingly remarked that although Arizona was new to him the west is not for many years ago he said he played ev- cry opera house and barn in all Nevada and California. Those were the days when gold was the common money of the commercial world and also when he was just beginning his life of the stage.
 Other members of the company are Miss Nan Winters, soubrette, Mrs. R. F. Bennett, character, Miss Ann Dor den, utility, James Newton Drew. char acter Emanuel Fernandez, utility, Har- " Hayden, comedian, and F. E. Rain baum director of music. MT. Newton has been in vaudeville the greater part { of the past two years for several months past playing a sketch, entitled "The Under Dog" MT. Hayden has
 
 several years, and often played as un- derstudy to the comicaI Jule Walters Mir. Fernandez comes of a family ot amusement makers. The other mem bers of his immediate family make UT the troupe Fernandez, for years witf one of the big circuses of the country and head liners as acrobats. He was born in Spain and as an impersonatol is fine. All of the members of the company are able to do some form O, speciality, so that end of the summers entertainment will not be lacking rol material
 The company will open on Monday night May 2Sth, one week from to- night, and. until that time the different members of the organization will enjoy a rest after their tiresome journey from the east. The bill on the opening nigh will be "The Blue and the Gray" | } is a military play in which scenery and costumes cut a large figure in it. presentation. It also takes the entir, company to present it.