The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-02
PHILLIPS.
Entire Week--Fiigh class vaudeville.
Vaudeville at the Phillips.

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guine expectations. Owing to the fac,
that the bill is most lively one, II
has taken exceedingly we'll and the re
suit is that the audiences have aver
aged larger than in a long time II is
believed that this will continue to the
end of the week. Tomorrow a special
matinee will be given for children and
tomorrow night the usual double per
Torrance.
May Irwin-Gennett.
Miss May Irwin, undoubtedly the
most popular coincidence on the Am
erican stage, is to be seen at the
Gennett on Friday, March s, in a new
comedy by George V. Hobart called
Mrs. Wilson-Andrews." Mr.. Hobart
has been so successful in fitting Miss
Irwin with her new play that Mrs.
Wilson-Andrews" has just finished a
most successful season III New York,
having played for more than two
months at the Bijou theatre in that
city. Miss Irwin has personality
on the stage that is not hard to fit.
and it must be a source of much plea
sure to her dramatist to feel that his
preconceived ideas and situations.
and his speeches are going to receive
their full value. The buxom coined
ienne is one of the few women on the
stage who possess a true spirit of
humor, and it is not apparently the
slightest effort for her to be genuin-
ely funny and that too, without des-
cending to grotesque or undignified
actions. In Mrs. Wilson-Andrews,'
she has character of an up-to-date
society woman who is passionately
fond of bridge whist, and a game of
the prevailing fad forms one of the
most amusing scenes of the play.
Mrs. Wilson is the supposed widow
Of Murgatroyd Wilson, who disap-
peared seven years before the time of
the play and whom she believes to be
dead. She is engaged to Colonel An
drews in the first act and is married
to him in the second, when friend
of her first husband appears on the
scene and through mistake she is
led to believe that Mr.. Wilson is still
i'm the land of the living. Around
this situation the complications en-
sue, but of course everything is right
ed in the end, and she is assured that
she has not committed bigamy. One
of the scenes of the play is laid in
New York, in an apartment house,
and one of the comic characters is
an Irish janitress. There are other
good parts in the comedy and first
rate cast is promised, while Miss
Irwin has a budget of new songs, of
the kind which she is able to sing
inimitably.
Alberta GaIIatin-Gennett.
An odd relic of the Elizabethan
days in England was discovered by
Charles Major when seeking material
for his romance, Dorothy Vernon of
Haddon Hail." in the dramatization
of which Alberta Gallatin is starring
this season. This fact will prove of
particular interest to those who are
present at Miss Gallatin's perform
ance at the Gennett, where she is
booked to appear today, matinee and
night.
Arthur Dunn--Gennett.
Arthur Dunn, the clever comedian
last seen here in The Runaways"
will come to the Gennett on We'd
nesday, March 6, in his newest mu-
steal comedy success by Herbert
Hall Winslow. and A. Caldwell entitl-
ed The Little Joker"
Mr.. Dunn is remembered as one of
the most popular musical comedy
stars seen here in recent years and
his engagement in "The Little Joker"
will undoubtedly be welcomed here as
one of the laughing events of the sea-
son.
Besides having particularly in
teresting comedy he has surrounded
himself with a company of artists of
exceptional merit in their respective
lines and a chorus of singing and
dancing girls and some handsome
.show girls calculated to entrance
not only the men but also the women
for they are exqaisitely gowaed In
the latest creations of the dressmak-
ers' art, hundreds Of dollars having
been spent for original designs In
Paris.
The plot of 'sThe Little Joker" is
funny and aside from the
music would prove delightful ev-
ening's entertainment, but music, |
dance and laughter chase each other |
hilariously throughout the two hours !
and a half duration of the play.
Beautiful scenery, magnificent light |
effects, imposing stage pictures and |
hat rapid fire action possible only |
with a company of unquestionably |
clever artists are features of THE |
Little Joker" Chief among those in
support of Mr.. Dunn are Marie Gla-
.ier, Kitty Nelson, Jean Salisbury, |
Ann Dale, Bessie Franklin, Henry |
leone, Gus Thomas, Oliver Holden
ind Louis Christie.
Clusters Last Fisht"-Gennett
The big new melodrama. Clusters
LAST Fight" will be seen for the first
ime in this city at the Gennett on
lext Monday. 1t is a four-act his
orical play by Hal Reid and written
n his best style. Dealing with the
.arly days of the wild west, and with
he men who made possible the pros
,erous West of today, gives the au-
hor ample scope for thrilling and
situations, and he has
aiken advantage of all Buffalo Bill, N