The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08
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 inclined vaudeyille and moving pic- turea all the week.
 Many brilliant weeks at the theatre have been enjoyed here this season. but none of these have been or the same genral excellence in the proouc- tions that will be seen here the forth coming play nights at the Grand
 Two of the plays to be seen are making their second tour through the South, but they are of such woItn tnat there will be but little wonder 1T many who saw them last year, Tne Vlr einian" and "The Lion and the Mouse, will not again be found in attendance:
 The other two pieces are heralded by such extravagant praise that they are certain to claim the attention oi large audiences. Stars of the first magnitude will appear in these, Tn Ethel Barrymore and Cyril Scott.
 Owen wister's quaint story, The virginian," dramatized with excellent Judgment opens the week Tuesday nirSt. This attraction was seen here last season, and is certain to draw good crowd again this year.: The com pany has been generally commendeo all the way from New York, and many l in the cast are the same as when the play was first sent on the road.
 On Wednesday night the wioely heralded "The Prince Chap" with the oririnai company will come. This piece is described as being entirely out of the ordinary, introducing, perhaps for the first time in this ksecticn, a character that grows, physically, tnree different persons being required 70 play it. First little girl. then one a few years older and then the women of eighteen. play, "The Lion and the Mouse: m winch John D. Rockefeller Is depicted will attract There is an intense draw ing power about this piece, ana tne recent conditions even adds interest 10 the action of the piece. The company this year is practically the same as the excellent one seen here last year.
 On Saturday night, Ethel Barrymore' descended from the famous Drew fami- Iy, will appear here for the first time In two seasons in a new play in which she is being starred by Charles Fron- man. Little has been heard Of the piece South as yet but the fact that MT. Frohman is producing it and that Miss Barrymore is playing it is sufficient guarantee that it is an excellent even kng's entertainment.
 Messrs Hirscher brothers have been beseived to have more matinees, put the uncertain railroad schedules, and the very close connections that all companies have to make in trying to play a matinee. has practically made 1t impossible to have any of the com panies coming from Birmingham give matinee here.
 Theatre Maggaxine for Christmas.
 The Theatre Magazine for Christmas s is a splendid issue, almost double in size and with two inserts in tints. The list of contributors is a notable one. Prominent among these is an article by Charles Frohman, d well-known man. ager who writes as an expert on the interesting subject, "Why Some of Our Dramatists Fail" George Sylvester Viereck, the poet, writes on the sub ject of criticism. and Archie Bell has ian interesting theory to advance re- ,garding the late Richard Mansneld. :. Other leading articles are "The Stage Door and Where It Leads" by Harry P Mawson. 4'Paste ral Plays and Play CTS in England, by William G. Fitz- Gerald; "The Mechanism of Grand Opera" by, L. s. Harlow; an interview with Percy MacKaye, the dramatist. by Ada Patterson; "The Elizabethan Theatre at Harvard University" by Ralph Bergengren, and 'Momus Tou- tours" by Benjamin DeCasseres. There is also story called "Inspiration py Maurice Montegut, and "The Ballad or the Hummer" poem, by fame Pea cock. On the cover Of the magazlne 2 appears a splendid portrait of David Warfield in hts new character, "A Grand Army Man" Among the other nictures are a scene from ''The Top O the World" a full-page plate of Ed ward H. Sothern in his new play, dramatization of Dostoievsky's novel, Theodore Roberts in 'NThe Right of Way" Virginia Hammond, MT. Soth- ern's new leading woman; Mime Han ako, a Japanese actress lately seen in New York; Chauncey olcott, Lena Asn- well, Olga Nethersole, Marie Doro. Olive .Wyndham, Bessie Clayton, Flor ence Reed. Mabel Hite. Donald Brian and Ethel Jackson in "The Merry Widow" Mime. Nazimova, Mime. Calve, Margaret Hington. Flora Juliet Bow lev. Dorothy Donnelly. Marceline. Mime. Flames, Percy MacKaye. Hazel Mackay. Bertha Kalich, Sig. Caruso, Blanche Ring. Julie Opp, Laurence Irving, Ger aldine Farrar David Warfeld, Bessie Abbott. Zenatello, Eleanor De Cisne- ros. Aiessandro Bonci. Mime. Gerville- Reache, Mary Garden. Mime. Bressler- Gianoli. Charles Dalmores, Mime Buck ardt, Riccardo Martin. Mark Ham bourg, Richard Buhlig and Ernest