Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
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Amelia Bingham Appears in Her De,
IightfuI Comedy, 1.-THE Lilac Room"

Amelia Bingham Appears in Her De-
IightfuI Comedy, 1.-THE Lilac Room"
Amelia Bingham, the celebrated
American Coincidence, and the most
successful actress manager in the
country, appeared before a fair-sized
audience at the Odeon Wednesday
evening in her delightful English COM
edy success, "The Lilac Room" from
collaboration of Evelyn Greenleaf
Sutherland and Beulah Marie Dix. Miss
Bingham scored distinct triumph in
this, her initial appearance before a
local audience, and should she ever
favor Marshalltown with another visit
her patrons will include all who saw
her last night, and many more.
Miss Bingham is thorough artist,
and in her personification of typical
American girl on a visit to her English
cousins, she is given every opportunity
to display her artistic comedy. She
has surrounded herself as Amelia
Bingham would be expected to do, with
a coterie of artists, especially selected
from their native heath to display the
language, mannerisms and customs OF
the land affording the scene plot. There
is not weak place in the entire cast,
altho, quite naturally, the story is
builded about the central character of
Emily Painter, whom the star herself
portrays. Noticeable in Miss Bling
hams support are Charles Hammond,i
as Captain Austin Philipson- Wingate;
Herbert Mackenzie, as Herbert Train
or; Joseph Mann as the Rev. Aubrey
Vaine; Harold DeBecker, as the Hon.
Yardsley- Yardsley; Fred Powell, as
Commander Sir Ethelred F'ramlingham.
r. NJ; Charles Butler, as Juggins;
Miss Jessie Glendenning in the ingenue
role of Muriel Philipson- Wingate; and
Miss Gertrude Osgarde, as Blossom.
The story of "The Lilac Room" deals
with the visit of Emily Painter to Eng
land to visit at the Wingate home. AS
the guest, she is given the lilac room,
which has had reputation for years
as being haunted. In reality the secret
passages and hollow walls afford
rendezvous for counterfeiting gang,
the leader of which is Herbert Train
or. a member of the household Train
or pretended an infatuation for Muriel
Wingate, whose income attracted him,
and held over her packet OF letters,
written while Trainor's wife was living,
and when Muriel was mere school
girl. Emily vows to get the letters,
and does so, but at the same time
places herself in an embarrassing po-
sition when found alone with Trainor
by Captain Austin Wingate with whom
she has fallen In love. ,Muriel confides
in her, brother the real purpose for the
visit, and all ends we'll Other love
matches are interviewer during the in
depreciation. of the comedy, with the
usual charming effect.
Miss Bingham has gorgeous pro-
lduction in every way and more elab-
crate stage settings are not often seen.
Especially realistic was the rain scene
in the first act. when the occupants OF
the house were compelled to sit under
umbrellas because of leaky roof.
There is probably no more successful
woman on the stage today than Amelia
Bingham. A woman doesn't often
manage her own productions, yet this
is just what Amelia Bingham has done
for years. Few men on the stage to-
day, who are artists before the foot
lights, have ever been successful from
box office standpoint, yet Amelia
Bingham has shown that such a thing
is possibility a woman. Miss Bing-
ham made big hit in 1.-THE Climbers"
few seasons ago, also in "a Modern
Magdalen." One of her companies in
the latter production was here a few
seasons ago, but the star herself was
not member of the company visiting
the OdeOn