The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS
About paid in Full" keokuk Gets
the Eastern Company.


whenever new play is advertised
70 appear in city outside of New
York or Chicago, the first remarks
made by the average playgoer are;
DO we get the original company? WHY
mats a No. 2 company, the real one
is playing in New York or Chicago
mat Show can't be any good. so-and.so
are not In the cast" and dozens of
similar remarks. When Messrs.
Wagenhals and Kemper first contem-
plated sending paid in Full on tour
lhese same remarks stared them in
the face and it took considerable study
| to overcome this.
lt mas been the custom of some of
/ the producers to lavish time and mon
! eS on metropolitan production. gath
j erlng UP a great array of stars backed
F., Dy weird effects and sumptuous pro
! auctions. and as soon as success is
assured inferior companies are thrown
! together and sent out to the waiting
playgoer of the smaller cities.
| In order to demonstrate to the pub.
lie at large that Messrs. Wagenhals
and kemper intend to live up to their
past reputation In giving the cities
outside New York and Chicago pro-
duction fully as good, if not better
than the one now appearing in Man
haitian they presented paid in Full
at Weber's theatre Wednesday, Aug
ust l9, with three complete companies;
the one which is to appear here at the
Grand playing the first act. the west
ern or coast company the second act,
and the New York cast doing the last
two acts
Of this performance the New York
World of August goth says:
For the first time in many moons
Broadway's theatrical dog had a
chance yesterday to sit upon it's hind
legs and howl.
The bowling and wig-wagging came
at Weber's theatre, where the two
companies soon to present Paid in /
Full on the road were given a try !
out along with the original New York !
company. Each played one act of the
drama and then the home company
finished up the entertainment.
When a so-called No. 2 company
is formed to present in other cities a (
play running successfully in Manhat-
tan, the public often gets the idea that
it is second-rate affair. Generally
this is the right idea. In the present
instance such an assumption would
be entirely wrong. Seldom has a play
been better presented than this one
by the organizations to go on tour
The first act was given by the eastern
company (the one which Is to appear
in Keokukl begins it's tour at Read
ing on Monday Thomas Coffin Cook
as Joe Brooks gave a remarkably fine
as the frivolous mother, was much
superior to the woman playing the part
here. Frank Burton was by far the
most convincing captain of the trio
and New York would do we'll to re-
tain him. One thing is certain, the
road will see some fine presentations
of Paid in Full this fall and winter.
Any one of the companies would be a
credit to Broadway
The Sun of the same date writes
There was some fear at first that
the audience would have SOME Difficult
Ly in following the characters pre- l.
sented by the different players after
each curtain, but so closely did the
of each part follow that in
the original company that none in the
audience We're confused
The New York Herald says: :
Yesterdays performance of Paid in
Full was distinctly novel in theatrical
history, the parts were portrayed by
the three sets of players in perfect
and in unusual even
conceptions of theme and character
f either one of the road companies s
we're left here, the New York COM
oany would not be missed if sent on :
our"
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