The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
BROAD STREET THEATRE.


BROAD STREET THEATRE.
The Philadelphia North Ameyzcan has
the following on "The Climax" now
playing at the Broad street theatre, Phila-
delphia, for an indefinite period.
"Some busy American men and women
who are leading rather matter-of-fact lives
object to the theatre ON the ground that
it is the home of artifce. To all such,
THE Climax" Edward Locke's play,
which opened the season at the Broad
Street Theatre, would appear as both a
surprise and delight. For this little
charming play is of an even tenor with
our ordinary life, and is a gentle, sweet,
unrestrained story of a few persons whose
story is decidedly worth listening to.
These persons number but four. The
scene of the play remains the same
throughout, modest apartment in New
York city. These persons live along
through their days much as all of us do.
And so, to degree positively fresh and
delightful, this uncommon play seems
hardly to be of the theatre at all. Music
suffusing the play throughout with melo-
die sweetness, aids in lifting it out of the
theatric and into a region of tender
emotion. For, by a ssmingling of spoken
word with constantly recurring lyrical
strains, ''The Climax" is more than a
play, it is dramatic lyric. The story is
simple enough: A pretty girl from west
ern village is studying singing under an
Italian in New York, is living in his
house, and is loved by his Temperament
al'' son. A doctor from her home town
loves her and deceives her into believing
that she has lost her voice in order to win
her from the stage and for himself. The
play is of this girl, her shattered am
bition, her love for the doctor, his final
confession, the beautiful voice restored,
the storm to which their love is subjected.
It is a most beautiful and delicately
wrought texture of human relations,
warns with the glow of human love and
ripping with irrepressible humor. Moth
ing more completely natural and captivat-
ing than this little play has been seen in
Philadelphia for many season. Mary
Ouive, sister of Grace Van Studdiford,
carries the burden of the play with SPLEEN
did variety and spontaneity. Throughout
the play there runs a wealth of melody,
which She sings with rare beauty. Harry
Burdhardi acts the Italian teacher with a
fine grace and a deep hurnor. Walter
Dale, as the ''temperamentaP' son was a
constant outburst of delightful wrath.
Frederick Forester did we'll with the
doctor, character which has been care
fully drawn by the author. Not a play,
but bit of life, that is '"The Climax"
AUDITORIUM THEA TIRE.
"His Honor the Barber
S. H. Dudley, one of the best known
and withal funniest colored comedians
on the stage, will head the famous Smart
| Set company at the Auditorium Theatre,
Burlington, tomorrow night. The organ
ization will present new three act must
cal comedy entitled ''His Honor the Bar
ber." The offering is said to be the best
| in which this remarkable troupe has APP
peared in years. Edwin Hanford wrote
the book, Messrs. Brin, Smith and Burris
furnished the music and lyrics. All the
songs possess happy and catchy swing
and several of the numbers are certain to
be whistled before the engagement is half
over In the cast are S. H. Dudley, Chris
Smith, Jennie Pearl, James Burris, Alene
Casse1, Irving Allen, Matt Johnson and
Andrew Tripler.
'sPaid In Full"
P1aygoers of discrimination tastes will
welcome the coming of Wagenhals and
Kemper's production of Eugeue Walters
great play of contemporaneous life in
i America, t'Paid in Full'' which, at the
4 Astor Theatre, New York, has proven
itself the sensation of the past two seasons.
| A special cast gave the play for six
months at the Grand Opera House,
Chicago, and on Thursday, September 10,
Wagenhals and Kemper will present it al
the Auditorium Theatre, Burlington. In
every particular, it is promised, the per
Torrance will be equal to the New York
company and production. paid In Full
has been described as the greatest play
produced in fifteen years and in it there
is forceful, virile treatment of great
moral issue in our national life. 1t has
4 stamped the author as man of originally
daring and forcefulness and the play Is
destined to live for years.
These days of the great early twilight
and the yellowing countryside are signi
ficant and busy ones in the theatrical pro
fession. The Farmland, busting out t
harvest the autunal crops, meets the
leading lady, sun-burned of nose, hurry
ing in for the first rehearsal. Light anc
perfume and laughter comes into theatre:
that have been silent and dark and dusky
the long summer through. The season:
opened. Out of the B. c. Whitney Offices
; this year comes four attractions, mis-
Idlewild, >" "The Isle of Spices" 9Th,
Show Girl" and "a Knight for Day.
They are all said to be of the high stan
dard which Whitney productions have Sc
: for themselves. Those which already
have the proof and the prestige of sea
son or two's continuous run behind then
are dressed new throughout and in ever
detail of costume, scenery, song-hits ant
dances are virtually brand new production
miss Idlewild'' is to be given its frs
performance the last of September. 1t i
8 brand new musical comedy, by Bert St
I John and Kirk B. Alexander. and is pro
tiuced by the A. K. Pearson Co., Inc, b,
/, special arrangement with Mr.. Bert c
Whitney. 1t is one of the most origina
, and spectacular attractions of musica
! character ON the road. The shipwrecl
! scene, the new song numbers and tn
sparkling dialogue are expected to carr
q miss Idlewild" to immediate popularity
The lyrics are by Peter Johnson Gilchrist