Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04

placed devotion, i'm which a weak
bad man is revealed for what he is be
fore his unhappy and disillusionee
wife is shown in paid in Full" which
gives its farewell performance mex
Sunday at the Illinois theater. Eu
gene Walters powerful play is tho
only one which has ever been able t.
return so many times to the tri-cities
With the coming engagement II per
formances win be registered in favoi
|of Paid in Full in these three cities
Catherine Proctor. Agnes Hernd0r
Thomas Cook, Albert Andrus, Franz
Burton and Viana BouiJon will agair.
interpret their respective roles backed
by the same production seen here
upon their previous visit will again be
intact. Paid in Full goes east from
here, playing at Freeport, H.; South
Bend, Ind, and three cities in New
| York state, before it opens it's second
engagement in Boston At the Hi
nois Sunday, Feb. 7, evening Only.
Warrens of Vrsinia.-W a story
| that has called forth such SINGER,
praise for its author. William G.. IL
| Mile, presenting company of TN
questioned distinction, and produ-
ton of that combined beauty and i'm
| rressivcness which characterizes al
of the work Of David Belasco. ''Thc
! Warrens OF Virginia" will be seen fol
the first time in Davenport Feb 10 ii
the Grand opera house. AS the most
recent of the Belasco successes 70
emerge from that managers home
theaters in New York. The Warrens
of Virginia. will attract a great deal
of attention. The plot of The War
rens of Virginia. is one OF great
dramatic strength, and in its oenouo-
ment all of the members of the War
rem family are involved: the central
thread is the romance of the eldest
j daughter, Agatha. EGualing this char
acter in prominence is that of General
! Buck Warren. the father of the girl
and that the two are interpreted in I
manner TO bring joy to the heart of the
searching critic is assured by the fact
that the roles are in the hands of Mi S
Christine Norman and Frank KEENAN,
!, respectively. Concerning the latter, !
is unnecessary to recall his brilliant
career as a character actor further
than to say that he it was who origi
mated the role CT Jack Rance, the sher
if, i'll that other Belasco success tn
Girl of the Golden West to fix nj
, ability in the minds of local theate
| goers.
| Sing Gounod's "Mors ct Vita
Gounod's "Mors eft Vita" will be sivel
by the Choral union May %. TIL
Thomas orchestra of Chicago will b
here May "a and %. giving a conccr
with soloists May %, a symphony cor
cert on the afternoon of May %, an
! the grand concert with the ChOra
:. union the night of May 25.
Gounod's "Mors ct Vita was writ
ten in Birmingham, England, 1888,
Birmingham is the modern home o
the oratorio They hold triennial cor
icertS, for each one of which a ney
: oratorio is written. The first was civ
en- in 1876 Mendelssohn elijah.
Following THE Redemption" by Ricf
ter, "Mors ct Vita" was given in 1885,
= It became the sensation of the century
because of its peculiar form and tn
y way in which the chorus Throughout
the work holds the center of the stage
It's dramatic finish demands a mos
excellent work on the part of the che
n vii in, q
given in its first production. 1t wa
= given in English for the first time b
Il the chorus under DR.. Alum. 1t is il
tensely instructive and dramatic. TIL
work is built upon motives, and de
piCts death and the resurrection.
h will he given for the first time in thi
part of the country May 25 by tn
. Choral union, the Thomas orchestr
forming the musical background.