The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-09
THE STAGE

Francis Wilson. the popular come
dian who is successfully repeating his
asst years success in the NARROW farce.
When Knights Were Bold, is
unique figure upon the American stage
Mr.. Wilson has a vast store OF oook
lore and reads several foreign IAN
guages as readily as he does his own
tongue. More than this. his chiefest
delight Is in making people happy 1t
Is much easier 10 make the people cry
than IL Is TO make them laugh, and
Francis Wilson has devoted the best
part OF mis- life TO inducing laughter
To make people happy is. he thinks,
his particular mission. and he is most
optimistic all the time. In When
Knights Were Bold" he has better
opportunity for laughter-making than
I'm anything he has done since the
days when his name headed the Dig
comic opera organizations with which
he was associated, and In When
Knights Were Bold" there is said 20
be laugh in every line. Charles
Frohman will present Francis Wilson
at the Detroit Opera house the first
half Of next week.
.
The first 100 ladies who come to
the box Office In the Gayety theater
next Friday will be presented with
one OF the best reserved seats. free
OF charge, for the Friday matinee. to
see Rose Sydell's excellent company.
The Loudon Bellies"
The new melodramatic scenic sue
cess, Messenger Boy No. A." comes
TO the Whitney theater next week,
opening with matinee on Sunday.
The play is particularly rich in In
tense dramatic situations, the scenes
being laid In and around a large city
in the south. The cast Is said to be
strong one, each member having
been selected with great care for At
ness to assume the roles assigned. A
special feature OF the performance is
a group OF dog actors.
A combination OF comic opera
travesty and vaudeville Is what Andy
Lewis and his "Mardi Gras Beauties"
will present in the Gayety theater
next week. This attraction Is herald
ed as the best organization In bur
lesque. There Is big chorus of at
tractive and gingery girls with good
voices, with a corps OF men singers
"a feature new in burlesque organiza-
lions. There are splendid ensembles.
cleverly devised dances and pictures
que stage views. Original music has
been provided and many comic situa-
lions and scenes abound in "Whirl-l.
Fun" and THE Pooloolah In Ireland"
two musical satires. Mr.. Lewis has
full scope to display his fun-making
ability. and Maud Elliott. a sprightly
and dainty comedienne. figures 20 adj
vantage. both in the comedies and IN
sketch with Mr. Lewis. won at the
Wire"
One OF George NJ Cohan's most pro
nounced musical successes will be
the attraction in the Lyceum theater
for one week, beginning with Sunday
matinee, Dec. 10. II is entitled Fifty
Miles From Boston," and will be pre-
scented here with the careful attention
to detail that has characterized rs
presentation ever since II has been en-
tour. Fifty Miles From Boston" Is
rural in its atmosphere. in view OF
the fact that its scenes are laid in
and around the little village OF Brook.
field, Mass, which is about 80 miles
from Boston; hence the Otitle OF the
play. The characters that appear fla
the comedy are types from that local
ity, which Mr.. Cohan studied while
going to school there some Is years
ago. Innumerable songs. composed
expressly for this play by Mr.. Cohan.
thickly punctuate it's presentation.
Pat White and his Gaiety Girls will
follow THE Frolicsome Lambs" In the
Avenue theater. Mr., White is n pop
ular Irish comedian and season at
the Avenue would hardly be complete
without him. This year he has a new
show which embraces vaudeville. bur.
lesque and circus. The first skit u
"Doings In MudvIlle." a musical com.
edy in four scenes. and the closing
. $4,000 49, - q
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