The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-29
Theatres.

A musical farce comedy, said to be OF
unusual excellence, will be the attraction
at the Mount Holly Opera House, on Mon.
day evening, February 4. Manager
Wright has been fortunate in securing the
three act farce comedy with music, "My
Wife's Family" the combined work of
Hal Stephens and Harry Linton, success
full writers of that style of entertainment.
This merry concoction of fun, music and
amusing frivolity, was greeted by warm
praise wherever presented last season, as
the jolliest, cleanest and liveliest of com
edies seen in the musical world, constant
creator of laughter, that is simply irresis-
tible. The comedy appeals to all that is
refined, while the musical numbers are all
of the jingling whistling order. The com.
pany presenting my Wife's Family" was
selected for each persons natural ability
to assume the various characters assigned
to them, with the result one of the best
drilled organizations on the road to-day
Clever comedians, pretty girls and whole
ensemble well nigh perfect in every way
The costuming, electrical and stage effects
are correct in every detail. The attraction
is under the management of the Whitney
Amusement Co. and includes the follow
ing well known artists: James F. McCabe,
Giles Harrington, Jeanette Paterson,
Gladys George, Minnie st Claire, Ernest
Lenore, Matte Edwards, Helene Delmar,
Clark Mounts, Chas. E. Adams, Perry
Lown, E. j. VonMinne nan, Freeman
Fiske and others.
After an absence of three years from
the New York stage, Klaw & changers
great production of 'Ben Hur" will be
presented at the Academy of Music, New
York, for brief engagement, beginning
Monday evening, February 25th. This
attraction, which Bishop Potter called "a
mighty play, was first presented at the
Broadway Theatre, November 10Th, $780,
and is now in its eighth season of wonder
full success. No dramatic production in
the history of the stage of the entire
world has met with the public favor with
which this has been received None ever
even came anywhere near equalling its
marvellous record of attendance. 1t has
now been presented 2,103 times before
audiences averaging 1900 people. 1t has
been seen, therefore, by over 3,785, 900
persons. This is certainly a marvellous
endorsement of merit of story and ex-
cellence in production. The greatest
presentation of ben Hur" was made at
the Auditorium in Chicago, where a vast
stage gave opportunities for effects, es-
pecially in the chariot race, which could
be had in no other theatre where this
drama has been seen. The stage of the
Academy of Music is, however, quite as
large as that of the Auditorium in Chicago,
and Ben Hur" will be staged in its com
ing revival in New York on the same
great scale, with the same number of
people and with five chariots and twenty
horses in the great race scene. This will
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been presented in New York with this
number of chariots and horses The
chorus will number 300 people and there
will be over hundred dancers in the
scenes in the Grove of Daphne The sale
of seats for this engagement will begin
one week in advance of the opening,
Monday, February 18th. Orders can be
sent by mail, accompanied by remittances,
directed to Mr.. Eugene Van Duson, bust
ness manager Academy of Music. A mail
order bureau will be established to fill
orders from suburban patrons, as during
the long run of this play at the Broadway
Theatre seven years ago.
Thompson & Dundys dramatic pro-
duction of George Barr McCutcheon's
story, "Brewster's Millions" has made a
great hit at the New Amsterdam Theatre,
New York, and is one of the most enter
tanning plays presented on the metropol
itan stage in many years. 1t teens with
humorous situations, delightfully."- toned
with delicate note of pathos and fas-
cinating heart interest. The story is one
of life and action and there is not a dull
moment in it. Its keynote is the effort OF
hitherto very sedate young man to spend
million dollars in one year, inherited
from grandfather as condition to the
inheritance of seven million from an
uncle. Montgomery Brewster finds this q
great task and to accomplish it becomes
a stockbroker, theatrical CANCEL" a de.
voice of the ponies, an adventurer al
Monte Carlo and world-voyageur and
finds how very difficult it is to lose money
when one wants to. Thompson & Dundy
have given the piece magnificent pro
duction, presenting wonderful nautical
scene on the deck of sea- going yacht dur
! ing a storm in the third act. Edward
Abeles plays Montgomery brewster anG
is supported by an exceptionally talented
company.
Lulu CHASER will begin her annual New
York engagement at the Criterion Theatre
New York, next Monday evening In Klav
& changers production of Sydney Rosen
fields new comedy, "The Aero Club" Ii
his latest contribution to the stage, Mr.
Rosenfeld has kept pace with the step o
popular interest in extraordinary thing
and has written play about ballooning
Incidentally he treats of some very fin
points in ethics Of aerostatics, which ar
quite likely to arise in the event this lates
diversion of the millionaire sportsme
attains to any great magnitude, an,
women, as well as men, indulge in flight
above the clouds. Miss CHASER. in thi
play, makes her first appearance in wha
may be termed "a straight comedy" role
and, practically, for the first time in tn
history of the American stage, the humol
GUS side of a comedy is almost entirel
J sustained by woman. Heretofore, Mis-
CHASER has only appeared in distinctivel
musical productions. The remarkabl
versatility she displays In this performanC
undoubtedly marks an entirely new d,
= parture In her stage career and justiti,
} the confidence of her managers in intrt
: ducing her to the public in a new field
stage work.