The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
"The Two Orphans"

Beginning tomorrow night, the Bald win Melville company will present an elab crate revival of "The Two Orphans at the Bijou theatre. MT. Melville. George Boesel, the master scene painter, and their assistants have been hard at work for week putting on a production which will be perhaps the heaviest and costliest yet attempted by this company at the Bijou. No expense has been permitted to inter- fere with the arrangements and the re- suit is a production that is complete in every detail One of the prettiest set tings used will be the garden scene An elaborate lighting arrangement has been installed expressly for this scene and the properties were bought in Chicago. This scene will be a revelation of beauty in stageeraft, but the entire seven acts of the play will be given with a scenic investiture well worthy the fine old play. The costumes will be furnished by Will liam Beck & Sons company of Cincin- nati who supply most of the costumes used by the Baldwin Melville company. The scenery was painted in large part by Georage Boesel and the staging of the play has been done under the per sonal direction of Walter s. Baldwin, who has already demonstrated his skill in such work. The productions he has thus far made at the Bijou theatre have won unqualified praise from theatregoers. He promises that "The Two Orphans will be staged even better than his previous efforts.
 The revival of "The Two Orphans" just at this time bids fair to be exceedingly popular. There is no finer melodrama on the stage than this play, which has been seen by many thousands of theatregoers and yet retains it's hold upon the public. It is a play of such splendid human qual- a dra win C Sn done that the whole storyN has acquired a vividness seldom met with in dramas. The scenes of the play are laid in Paris. which readily lends itself to romance and tragedy. The various character of the piece, among them Henriette and Louise, the two orphans; old frochard, the chev- alier, the marquis. Pierre Frochard, Jacques Frochard, sister Genevieve and others, are among the most familiar cre- ations of the stage. They appear as old acquaintances with which we are on in- innate terms. Their good and evil traits are brought out with a sharpness of out line that is almost never found in the later melodramas
 Robert F. O'Connor and w. H. Mur- dock will return to the cast this week. MT O'Connor will have the important part of the Chevalier, while MT. Murdoch will play Jacques Frochard, part for which IodluWlH VIII dlSO De III lile cdSt Ile w III plya Jacques Frochard, a part for which he is well suited. Three new players have been added to the company. and these will add materially to the strength of the organization. They are John A. Lo- renz, George B. Sumner and Miss Eliza beth Ross.
 The complete cast for the week will be: The Chevalier, Robert E. O'Connor; Jacques Walter S. Baldwin, Pierre, W. IT. Murdoch the Marquis, John A. Lo- renz; minister of police. Frederick Jul ian; doctor of the hospital George B. Sumner; Picard, L O. Hart: Uafeur Ho- seph Echezaba1; Antoine Frank Harris; Henriette, Miss Jane Wheatley; Louise, Miss Lillian Sinnott; Marianne, Miss Ruth Creighton: the Countess, Miss Ada Glea- son; Frochard, Miss Elizabeth Ross; Sis ter Genevieve, Miss Louise Plunkett.
 The usual matinees will be given on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.