The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-26
THE STAGE

Englands daintiest comediene anu
songbird. Miss Alice Lloyd. IL TO APP
pear In any theater OF this country Is
enough To pack the house. Three
years ago Miss Lloyd created a furore
in the Tempe.
Miss Lloyd Is back at the Temple
this week, and more than repeating
the success achieved on her first visit
Her reception AT each performance IL
In the nature OF personal triumph.
She has the faculty TO a marked de-
gree OF instantly commanding atten-
ton, and this interest develops into
a glowing admiration as her work pro-
ceeds. She a personality. and her
art Is such that IL conceals the
artihce; that Is TO say, although she
may have spent many months upon
a single song, 10 put II over the foot
lights In the most effective manner.
the audience Is never aware OF the
fact. and .imagines that II might have
been learned only the day before.
The songs which made Miss Lloyd
famous when she was at the Temple
on her last vsit-such as Splash Me
in the Ocean Blue" and The Love
light In Your Eyes"-still linger de-
lightfully In the memory. Miss Lloyd
has now new repertoire OF lyrics.
both original and exclusive. that the
best critics affirm TO be matchless In
musical perfection and fitting her
graceful talent to = remarkable de-
gree. Some OF her new songs are up
Like Rocket Went Georgia. The
Wise and oFolish Virgin, The Morn
ing Promenade" The Lass Who
Loved a Sailor" IF | Were Master
Cupid" The She Policeman,
Whore You Telling the Tale To?
and The Lady Burglar
Miss Lillian Lorraine. the prima
donna OF The Follies OF 1870 which
comes 10 the Detroit opera house
next week, is said to be the prettiest
girl on the American stage. This en-
gagement will mark Miss Lorraine's
first appearance in Detroit as up 10
this season she has never performed
outside OF New York city. Miss Fan
ny Brice. Shirley Kellogg. Vera Max.
well. Airline Boley, Margaret Morris,
Florence Gardner, Fawn Conway,
Bessie Fennell, and Betty NELL are
among the other female principals OF
the Follies."
Arthur C.. Aston. who will be re-
membered through his production OF
AT the Old Cross Roads" Will oner
his latest acquisition, AS the Sun
Went Down." in the Lafayette theater
next week. The story Is one OF the
west. dealing with two brothers, one
gambler and the other q minister
whose identities are unknown TO each
other as the play opens. We have the
mining camp atmosphere, the law OF
the pioneer and the law OF the church,
elements that are sure to result In an
active interest.
The sweet and now famous story OF
the love Of very superior cowboy
for a pretty Vermont school teacher
will again be seen In this city for the
week commencing Sunday matinee
when THE virginian" will be offered
in the Lyceum. The dramatization
faithfully follows the book and the
episode OF the Scrambled babies
the pet hen that tried TO hatch out
four sweet potatoes, the camp al
Horse Thief Pass, the lynching of the
cattle thieves and the tragic ending
of Trampas are all introduced with
telling effect in this very popular play
of the plains. William L. Gibson, an
actor OF rare ability, has been en-
gagged for the part OF the Virginian.
When II was announced shor'
time ago that Robert Mantell, per
haps the foremost English-speakins
exponent OF Shakespearian drama nov
appearing on the English-speakine
stage. would appear In the Garrici
for the week commencing next Mon
day night, there was an immediate
manifestation OF interest on the par
| of the followers of the drama at Its
best. Probably never in the histor,
OF the city has such list Of Shake
spearean and classical plays beer
promised, for. according to the an
nouncements, the eminent actor VII
cover practically the entire field o.
Shapespeare's acting plays. his versa
tility adjusting itself to a range ex
tending from the melancholy Dane
TO the gay and debonair Orlando. The
complete repertoire for the Mantel
engagement Is as follows: Monday
night. Hamlet; Tuesday light, Mac
beth: Wednesday afternoon, The Mer
chant of Venice; Wednesday night
Richelieu; Thursday night, Kins
Lear: Friday night, Othello; Satur
day afternoon, AS You Like It.; Satur
day evening, Louis XII.
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