The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-02
spoken Of give assurance Of a very un-

spoken of give assurance of a very un-
usual line.
Three strong companies will inter
pref the sensationally successful drama
of mother-love, Madame X. In all the
modern history of the New York and
Chicago stages, there has never been
an emotional drama comparable to this
by Alexandra Bison in point of popu-
lar appeal and of dramaturgic power
More than half million Americans
have already attended the perform
ances in the two cities, with the vogue
of the play yet at it's zenith in BOTH
The Merry Widow will again be pre-
sented by two organizations, each of
the same high standard of excellence
that has hitherto marked the presenta-
tions of Lehar's deathless melodic
masterpiece.
The Prince of Pilsen, the perenniaIly
popular Pixiey- Luders musical comedy,
will be sent out again, this season with
stellar company that includes practi-
cally all the able players engaged in
the original cast. This will be one OF
the most brilliant revivals in recent
years.
Miss Patsy, the merry character
comedy adapted from the German by
Sewell Collins. will follow it's fine Chi
cago success by an early advent in New
York. Miss Gertrude Quinlan, whose
artistic reputation has been SO greatly
enhanced by her work In this produc-
ton, will be the featured member OF
the company
The Little Damozel, the comedy of
bohemian life in London which proved
the hit of the past year in the British
capital, will be among the leading feat
ures in the imported list. The play is
by Monckton Hoffe, and among the
players engaged for the leading roles
are May Buckley and Cyril Keightley
The Great Name is a comedy of SEN
timent that comes with the sterling
mark bestowed by the Berlin critics
and public. 1t is by Victor Leon and
Leo Field, and while not in any sense
a musical play, it has most effective
use of musical theme.
Oliver Herford's merry farce, The
Florist Shop, will appear in the form
Of a musical comedy, with score by
Robert Hood Bowers, and a striking list
of imported novelties as incidental
Theodore & Co., Partisan farce that
is still making quake the sides of the
gay boulevardiers after many months
of continuous success in that city, will
be presented in an adaptation by
oliver HEREFORD. The farce is absolutely
clean therein having distinct advan-
tage over its brother-pieces from that
source in recent years.
Little Boy Blue, a romantic operetta
by Henry Bereny, promises to be the
prime feature in its field. This is to
be the piece de resistance of the com
ing year in Vienna, where its adj
vent is eagerly awaited.
A musical comedy of American au-
thorship will be The Grape Girl, by
Gustav Luders, composer of The
Prince of Pilsen, and James Clarence
Harvey. 1t tells delightful musical
story Of the champagne country.
The Divorce Fund, by A E. Thomas,
is light comedy by an author who
has suddenly achieved rank among the
cleverest of our writer's for the stage
1t satirizes most amusingly the ultra
modern woman, and 1t is at once alb
solutely new and as trenchantly witty
as anything by G. Bernard Shaw.
Rupert Hughes's farcial comedy. Elk
cuse me is another work of native