The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-04
FoOTLlGHT CHATTER


class shows been booked so early IL
tne season. This years productions
will exceed all other both in quality
and quantity.
| The new Shubert theatre to be built
in Minneapolis will be substantially a
replica Of Maxine Eliotts theatre at
New York. The cost is to be 100000
and the theatre is to be ready for use
soon after January /, 1910.
Fernando Eliscu, who will play An
ME Jeffries in the Western company
of Charles Klein's greatest success,
THE Third Degree" made her debut
on tae stage with Maude Adams in
The Little Minister" playing Micah
Dow.
OF the members of the Paid in Full
company in which the Wagenhals and
Kemper company will open their New
York season, VIM. Riley Hatch, Flor
ence Robinson and George Belden
have played in the piece more than
500 consecutive performances.
The famous play Polly of the Cir
rus" will ~ presented here at the
ltGHlllE =. IlC - lNtfa at nc wen aus
ton opera house Monday evening, Aug
ust %. This will be the second time
tnis successful play will be seen in
this town. Its first appearance de
lighted the audience. The attendance
on the opening night will probably
be one of the largest of the year.
The English actor presented coarse
and popular adaptations of famous
plays and from their own country Ii
was these strolling bands of players
that first introduced Shakespearians
pieces into Germany. The Italians
gave operas. The Dutch performed
farces and pantomimes. The French
introduced the plays of Moliere, Rae
inc and Corneille, and also ballets.
Lew Fields and Lee Shuberts an
nual benefit for poor children which
was recently given at the Aryerne
theatre, Arverne, l.. l.. was a big af'
fair. Here is the all-star bill and it
speaks for itself Mrs. Leslie Carter,
Blanche Ring, Nora Bayes, Jack Nor
worth, Marie DRESSER, George Mon
roe, Lew Dockstader, Eddie Foy, the
Marvellous Mil!ers, Melville Ellis, Joe
Welch, Fields & Lewis, Pony Ballet
and Lew Fields.
1t is estimated that 10000 popular
songs were published last year OF
which but six or seven will survive
but a short time. Among the greatest
successes were 'Yama. Yama,' and
"Cuddle Up a Little Closer" from The
Three Twins. by Hoschna, published
by Witmark, with a combined sale OF
about 100000 copies. "Yama, Yama'
sung by Bessie Mccoy, is a delightful
little song a very pretty lyric and mel
ody with unique twist distinguishing
1t from the ordinary trash OF this cal
iber.
At the close of the sixteenth cen
fury while London possessed six large
prominent theatres, Paris had but one
poor playhouse with a class of actors
hardly superior to common jugglers
The first theatre in Paris was called
the Theatre de Bourgogne, and deriv'
ed its name in having been built on
a site on which in former times the
Dukes of Burgunday had their castle.
This theatre was built In 154S by
Passion Brothers who had the privil- |
eye of producing plays from the crown.
This privilege was granted first in |
| 402. The first regular theatrical |
of stationary character In |
Paris was Valleran Lecomte'S
The California Climax" company |
gave two performances in New York |
Saturday at the Weber theatre and |
will depart direct for Los Angeles on |
next Thursday. The cast included
Ruby Bridges, Walter Wilson, Edwin
August and Albert Latcha. Mr.. Web
ar will send the original company in
,luding Leona Watson, Albert Brun-
ng. Effingnam Pinto and William lie
yers to Chicago this morning. 1t VIII
,pen at Powers theatre on Monday
evening. Margaret Mckinney, How
Ird LANCE, Carney Christie and Janes
RYAN who played during the past
week at Atlantic City, will open at
Vebers tomorrow night in the big
Weber success. There are still four
In rehearsal. Milton Mob
es will appear as the Italian music
eacher in one of the companies.
This is the fourteenth week in Chi
ago Oh "A NTtutltllithll IA I'm
H." and still it is playing along TO nlf {
d nouses. Last Wednesday was the
ottest dav of the summer to date, yet
he matinee was sold out In every
udience is a large number of men
nd women who have seen tne clever
omedy in New York City either III
IS Biiou run or in its Aerial Garuens
nlift and they are all of the express
d opinion that Chicago has all the
etter of it, so far as cast is concern
d. 1--WE like our Tom Wise, but on
M Rurr Mcintosh" would seem to
e the cry AS to VIII Deming, ais
dmirers here defy anybody to point
, another stage reporter one-half SO
ever; and the wonder is how VII
am A. Brady ever overlooked Dem
~ when he was making up the orig
lal cast of the comedy for New YORK