The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-16
Amusetnents.

The advent of Klaw & changers Ad-
vanced Vaudeville at the Chestnut Street
Opera House for spring and summer
season beginning on Monday, April 22nd,
will open a new era in vaudeville enter
prise. Messrs Klaw & Erlanger are form
ing circuit of leading theatres in all the
principal cities of America for their Adj
vanced Vaudeville and pending the com
pletion of Nixon and Zimmerman's new
and palatial Forrest Theatre which is to
be the permanent home of Advanced
Vaudeville in Philadelphia, the Chestnut
Street Opera House will be devoted en-
tirely to Advanced Vaudeville The
enormous capacity of the Opera House,
admitting the establishment of uniform
scale of popular prices and its central To-
cation with regards to the shopping and
trading districts specially convenient for
ladies and children for the matinees.
make the selection of the Opera House
for this purpose wise and popular enc.
Ia presenting their Advanced Vaudeville
Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger will undoubt-
eddy revolutionize this popular form of
entertainment Instead of the solitary
headliDer surrounded by a number of
mediocre performances (Which so far has
been the accepted form of vaudeville in
Advanced Vaudeville every act will be a
feature. A special item of each weeks
programme will be the presentation of a
short play. given by noted players and
mounted with special scenery and effects
and with as much care as In the highest of
dramatic productions. Messrs Klaw and
Erlanger in their selection of novel and
interesting vaudeville acts have almost
iimitless resources to draw from, both in
Europe and America, and their agents in
Europe are now active in securing some
of the greatest novelties of the age The
Advanced Vaudeville cannot fail to be a
surprise and a constant delight to all
amusement seekers in Philadelphia and
surrounding country. The opening will
be with matinee on Monday, April 22nd,
and there will be matinees every day with
precisely the same programmes as at the
evening performances. Early applica-
ton for seats for the first week is advisa-
ble Popular prices ranging from twenty
five cents to one dollar will prevail.
1t is a we'll known fact that the majority
of circus goers prefer the acts in which
the performers lives seem to hang by
mere threads. In the great Hargreayes
railroad shows, which will exhibit in Bris
toll on the afternoon and evening of Thurs
day, April rs, there are many conspicuous
exclusive feature acts which excite the
apprehension of the beholder lest the
performer should be killed. The intricate
feats performed by the aerialists. high up
in the dome of the "big top" without a
bit of netting beneath; the phenomenal
slides for life by the bold japanese artists;
the mad racing around the double hippo |
drome by the riders, jockeys and chariot |
drivers; the incredible stunts by the fe |
rocious wild beasts in the open arenas-all |
abound in hair breadth escapes from death |
in one form or another. In fact, as the |
press agent puts it, the great circus is
composed wholly of 'thrillers. There is
such a profusion of thrilling acts that
spectators sit in open -mouthed amazement
throughout the entire three hour program. -
The press representative is authority for
the statement that the Hargreaves circus is |
larger In every department than ever be-
fore Certain It is that the big show is
everywhere creating furore, and its ad-
vent is being eagerly awaited by thousands
of circus enthusiasts throughout this
section of the country. Watch for the
free street parade, at 10 a. M, on the above
day and date.
Robert Mantell, whose Philadelphia en-
gagement is to be divided between the
Chestnut Street Opera House and the
Garrick Theatre, appeared last night in the
former playhouse, as Macbeth, one of the
ak roles he acted when last in that city, in
January of last year. Macbeth is one of
the two big roles Mantell took up for the
first time in the course of his nine weeks
in the Garden Theatre, New
York city, in the autumn of 1905. The
other, King Lear, also will be included in
the arrangement for the first week OF his
new engagement. Of Mantell's three new
roles-Iago and Shylock, and Brutus. in
"Julius C@sar'-onlyi one. Shylock, will
be played by him during the week in the
Onera House. His revival of 1.-The Mer-
chant of Venice" will.be shown this eve
ming. and will be repeated Saturday after
noon. The play for.W ednesday afternoon
will be Hamlet" for the only time. it is
announced. in the engagement King
Lear viii be acted twice Wednesday |