The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-31

OF which he charged him TO his father:
The latter has also passed away ana
Robin has become Sir Robert Harcourt,
and the possessor OF vast estates He
tress OF manY old friends and. then
looks for Margaret, who has beenimade
free by the death OF her husband. He
learns that Lowing -Dafeys- estrava-
Rance. ruin has been brought upon the
Grattans and that they are cutting turf
in distant bog for livelihood; In a
dream he Is shown by the fairies the
way across the moor and DOMINIC his
old Ragged Robin clothes he dashes
through the darkness OF the night. A
friendly will-o'-the-wisp guides him
through the, gloom and as dawn breaks
over the hills the lovers are united.
What promises to be an event OF sur
passing interest," not only as regards
Detroit but in the making OF theatrical
history as well. will be presented Nov;
In the Detroit opera house OF Paul
Bourgeois great drama, Divorce" the
, English version OF which has been
made by Mr.. Stanislaus STANCE.
Paris. where It created the greatest
furore in years. was not only struck
by the possibilities of Its adaptation for
the American stage, but determined to
present II as few dramas have been
presented in this country. For this
purpose he has engaged Miss Marion
herself one OF the greatest actresses on
tho English stage, to create here the
leading role OF Gabrielle Darras." In
Detroit she Will make her first appear.
ance in the United States, and the event
is one worthy OF particular notice. Mr..
whitney presents the play here with
been gotten together In this country.
Mr.. STANCE comes here TO personally
direct the initial production OF his
II the protest against divorce. Yet this
Is not all. With consummaf Skill he
has shown the sorrow arising from re,
Na0f In a lI a
order and called free union. The ex-
ponent OF this, beautiful and talented
though she is. nevertheless suffers
keenly as the result of her socialistic
tendencies. honest and sincere as they
nay seem to her to be. In this lies the
great moral lesson,
church, expounds the theory. that d.
vorce leads 10 endless strife where there
are children, OF different parents In the
moment ne tells the wife, who would
break up her home to answer the call
of a newborn. RELIGIOUS belief which has
lain dormant in her for years. that her
place Is with her husband. For. says
he. the church Is founded upon the
home IN ike measure as the home
Bourget has been consistent and con-
vincing and he has evolved play that
French critics have said will 1--we In the
dramatic literature OF the period.
TEMPLE.
Temple theater patrons. and lovers OF
in the news that J. H. Moore viii pre-
sent the coming week genuine grand
opera. called The Patriot" The music
IS by that well-known composer Julian
Edwards. and the story was evolved by
the equally well-known writer Stanis-
laus STANCE. both OF whom collaborated
Johnny Comes Marching Home" M
The Patriot" has large and fine
company. the prima donna being the
Ill. enA nj IL
teeette ae Bran and se the Character Of
George Washington, which IL the prin-
cipal male role. is by that well-known
concerns an experience OF washington
at Valley Forge, where he went into a
Tory farmers house during a storm.
10 kill Washington and the lot fell to
Mannheim, father OF Marion (Antoinette
lie Brun). Marion overheals the plot
She guides Washington to a bed other
than that chosen for him by the father
and she occupies the bed assigned to
Washington. The father creeps up to
the room and believing the form OF
his daughter to be that OF Washin < on.
stabs and kills her.
most rretentious act vaudeville has
ever shown, and that the opera is writ
ten right up 40. the highest musical
The special feature number OF the
bill Is also brand new to Temple pa :
tr9ns. ], is a comedy with that ex-
lius in the principal role Crolius will
be remembered Tor his artistic work
as the tout" in Peaches" In which
in which crolius received all the other
hopors.
The special added attraction on the
bill IL the Eight Original Berlin Mad
caps, who are the stellar feature OF n.
c.. Whitney's "A Knight for a Day."
which had such a long and successful
run In Wallacks theater, New York.