The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
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Vaughan CHASER and his company
are putting I'm long hours In the
Lyceum, rehearsing the new play. AT
the Mercy OF Tiberius," which Mr..
Chaser will present for the first time
next week. The play Is dramatiza-
ton OF one of Mrs. Augusta Evans
/, Wilson's favorite novels. The plot
hinges on the conviction of young
girl of the murder Of her grandfather,
although she Is innocent. Dunbur.
the prosecuting attorney, who Ia nick
named Tiberius. falls In love with her
and secures her freedom. The story
Is full of action.
Beginning next Sunday In the La
fayette, Eugene Miller and company
will present The Kings Enemy" a
romantic comedy drama by Gilbert A,
A. Beckett and Mark Lemon. Mr..
Miller Is personally directing the
company and high:class production
is promised. Ii Is play that requires
an extensive wardrobe. There will
DE no advance in price.
Miss Manhattan" will follow THE
Oriental Beauty Show" in the Avenue
theater next week. the second In the
present stock season of burlesque en-
tertainments. The current Offering Is
proving very successful and Miss
Manhattan" Is said to be fully as in
tertaining. The new company Will
have the services OF Louie Dacre and
Mile Omega, who will hold over for
another week. Miss Dacre will offer a
new bundle OF comic ditties and Mile
Omega will present THE Dance of the
Seven Wells" The Miss Manhattan"
company will appear In the hurrah
comedy, "The Telephone Girls" filed
with fun, songs and dances.
Norman Hackett, who has been
starring successfuilysin Classmates. =
is going TO take IA brief flyer In
vaudeville, and Detroit, his home
town. will be one OF the two cities
favored. The only other city Mr..
Hackett will appear In is Buffalo. The
Temple engagement will be the week
Of June Is. Mr.. Hackett Is under con-
tract to star In a new play next sea-
son, but he has received permission
to make his brief excursion in vaude
vile with the little play, THE Out
post" which he has secured from
AtobCit I<uCoohs hC idttCt hoCo thN
piece as curtain raiser to The
Noble Spaniard" during his engage
ment In the Criterion theater New
York, and the experiment was SO sue
cessful that the playlet was continued
for the remainder OF the season. The
piece is by Capt. James Archibald,
formerly a war correspondent on the
staff of Golfers The scene depicts
a tropical view in the Philippines and
the action takes place during q
skirmish with the insurgents. Mr..
Hackett has secured the original
scenic equipment used by Mr.. Edeson.
In the Detroit opera house, May Is,
Ia and Is, one OF Americas most fav-
orite actresses, Margaret Anglin, will
begin an engagement after an absence
OF over two years. The distinguished
actress has enjoyed prolonged run
at the Savoy theater, New York. where
she has been appearing with emineni
success, in THE Awakening OF Helena
Richie" play In four acts. adapted
from Margaret Deland's well-known
and widely real novel of the same
name. II has been made by Charlotte
Thompson, who is praised for preserv-
ing the fine transformations and
splendid humanity that Mrs, Dclani
has breathed into the pages OF prob
ably her most successful work The
play liz a happy mixture OF tears and
laughter, an dcontains much that an
peals to lovers OF drama. The period
Is 1860, thus affording opportunity for
quaint dressing and delightful settings.
Altogether, the play would seem to
have caused genuine sensation In
New York and elsewhere.
The sale OF seats will begin Thurs
day morning.