The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
THE THEATRES
SMITHS.


 This evening, there. should be big audience at the closing performance of Harry D. Bakers fine Western mel odrama, ''Montaha-' This is one of the strongest plays of it's class which has been seen here this season, and with the strong cast and fine stage produc- tion which have been provided, it makes an entertainment which Is above the ordinary.
 In '"The Prima Donna,'' the new light opera success in which Fritzi Schef will appear Monday evening, there is a scene which will delight ev- eryone who has been abroad. Tt is the first act, and represents the interior of one of those little cafe chantantes that are visited by everybody who ev- CT sets foot in Paris. The gaiety, the sparkle the general air of careless in some subtle manner to the audien- ces. At every moment the stage is full of life and action. The soldiers sing and drink and make love to the pretty girls. The artists who act as entertainers do their various specialties and then pass through. the little au- dience on the stage soliciting money. The musicians play, and everybody Scenically, the act Is a perfect repre- sentation of a little inn just outside of Paris. Seats are selling very rapid Iy for Mime. Scheff's engagement, and | the dIITdClIOu IS CcTldlli Ol d OlS dl- tendance, if not a record breaker for the current season. All reservations of seats should be taken up before the box closes this evening, or they will be released for resale Monday morn ing. No seats will be held longer than ten o'clock tonight.
 In Ragged Robin.' the play in which Chauncey Olcott will be seen Tuesday evening. there are more popu- lar clements than in any play of the kind that has been produced in years. While the plot of the piece rests on a pretty little love story and strong hu- man interest, there is a wefrdly beau tiful supernatural feature in it that is indescribably fascinating. Folk and fairy lore is interwoven with the hu- man story, and though purely inciden- tai, is one of the most attractive DOT tions of the performance. The fairy idea is carried out well, by means or beautiful scenery, elfin dancers, and strange lighting effects. Ragged Robin'' is the only Irish drama that has been produced in nearly half cen tury with the fairy element There are songs, of course, and some of the best that MT. Olcott has yet written, wealth of scenery, and a nne cast
 Fred Niblo, the American humorist- tourist, in another of his Talks of Travel in Distant Lands," well be here again Thursday evening. The title or
 
 be Egypt, From Cairo to Khartoun." :" MT. Niblo is properly credited by lead ing theatrical managers with a chance for big things in his line. He has ac- complished this success by originality in method, enterprise in travel and by avoiding the usual beaten path of so- called lectures" MT. Niblo never lec- lures or discourses-he just talks, '' and his pleasing, entertaining knowl- edge-giving travel talks always re- ceive recognition as such. As before mentioned, the talk on Thursday even ing will be zig-zag journey through Egypt, starting from Cairo. the weird and wonderful, the city of the Arabian Nights. with it's mosques and temples and tombs, rich in it's oriental charm and splendor vile in it's dirt and dogs and flies and hideous customs, where men buy their wives and sell their daughters, the harems of the rich and the novels of the poor. Then up the | Nile to Khartoum, the Suez Canal Port Said, the land of Goshen, the mystic Mohammedans, their festivals and religious ceremonies, the great dam | of Assuan, the awful Desert and its | strange tribes, all are beautifully DOT trayed in colored views and motion pictures and entertainingly described b1 MT. Niblo. In none of MT. Nfblo's travel: | has he been rewarded with such excel lent photographic results, especially the marvellous motion pictures and | panoramic views, as on this most re-
 markable pictorial pilgrimage to the