The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.

Henrik Ibsen, ''The apostle of sincerity. of simplicity of directness and of the accumulative force of unbiased logic,'
 mmortalzed his name by writing one play, Peer Gynt" and while he wrote many others after that, this one contri- button to dramatic literature has done more to cement his memory in the hearts
 of the people than any thing else that emanated from his prolific pen. and the massive production which Richard Mans field gave this masterpiece, and which
 Louis James will present here in it's mag niffcent entirety. adds additional interest
 and significance to theme that has be- r come a subject of world wide discus sion.
 Louis James is too well known to need any recommendation as to his capabilities or abilities to play this complex and pro-
 tean character, nevertheless, it is said that this parsonage has given him greater opportunity for effective work as character actor than any thing he
 has done in years, and he has taken every advantage to grasp with authority the various phases of life depicted In this review of mans fraiity, and reveals characterization that will go down into
 history side by side with the Hamlet of Edwin Booth or the Kip Van Wrinkle of Joseph Jefferson. MT. James comes to the Jefferson theatre on April 26. MT. Harry Fl. Erazee hos purchased from the Askin- Singer company the road rights for next season of The Time The Place and The Girl, ' and "rrhe Girl Ques- tion," and has also purchased from the Princess Amusement company the road rights of "A Girl at The Helm" which he will send out next season under his own management in conjunction with the other attractions which he now has en tour.
 MT. Frazee has not bought out the As- n-Si ht4tl the exclusive rights to presene >he above named attractions under his own name
 There is a fascination about everything that young MT. Conan writes that seems to please ell classes His Running for Office" first brought him into promi- hence. ''The Governors Son. added more to his popularity, and then Little Johnny Jones' placed him on the pinacle of sue cess as native playwright. MT. Conan manages to Inject a plot into everything he writes and there Is a rhyme and reason for things and around the whole he weaves a delightful web of melody.
 Little Johnny Jones' comes to the Bijou Monday week for weeks engagement. The Birmingham Baseball association has been congratulated upon its choice of R. g. Douglas. manager of the Jef- ferson theatre, as secretary and treas urer of the association MT. Douglas Is familiar with box office affairs and his friends say that a better selection could not have been made. He has already held conferences with Manager Moles- ! worth and other officers of the company with view of getting the team in shape to win the pennant.
 So carried away was man in tho audience at the Hudson theatre the other night, witnessing ''The Third Degree" " ip ba fret yhar ard Jeffries. Jr., is made to undergo the sweating process of the police, that when he began to confess the interested spec tator arose in in his seat and exclaimed in loud tone of voice q object" For a moment the action of the play was halted.
 KeSe McLaurin has succeeded Beatrice Prehtice in the role of Julie Bagueau, with Robert Edeson in ''Ths Can of the North"