The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
THE S7AcE

Interest is keen in the season or
grand opera To be given by the
metropolitan company in the Detroit
Opera house. the end of this week.
and music lovers have visited the box
Office In a continuous stream since
the sale opened The wonderfui
/ beauty OF Wagners music is always
potent attraction. and the perform
anc0 OF "TannhaUser" which opens
1.-The engagement Friday evening prom
| lses 10 bring out all the Wagner de-
voices In the city The balcony and
upper gallery are almost sold out
now, while indications point to a
standing room only house from
orchestra 10 gods for Mime. Butter.
| ny" in which Geraldine Farrar Will
sing. Saturday evening. The double
matinee bill should prove magnet
! from the fact that "Haensel uni
/ Gretel' is quite unknown to Detroit
ana Is one OF the most charming AMI
delightful operettas ever written. fhc
melodies OF Il Pagliacci' are familiar
and IL is one OF those operas that the
public never tires OF hearing. With
l5nch a compipatJan- tor,.a9 .astaEaae4.s
Performance, the theater should De
/ illeG The manage ment OF the De.
| troit reports that there ave still plenty
OF good seats 10 ye had for all per-
lforaiances despite the heavy sale.
The Turning Point, "a new drama
| from the pen o. Preston Gibson. the
brilliant young playwright, will have
/ introduction in the Garrick theater
! next week Mr. Glbsons latest effort
is said TO exceed anything he has yet
! undertaken in the dramatic line, and
| his forthcoming production should
create some unusual interest among
( tEeater-goars Tho play deals with
phase OF Wall-st lfe and in some
strong lines the social game OF the
| Great White Way Is laid bare. The
company includes Grace Filldns, Guy.
Ter Hastings, Edward See. Edna Arch
er tTawfoT Charles tUrrhUfd, Charles
y. Greene. Amelia Mayborn and Ber-
nice Golden.
| The man who likes 10 have his rlsl-
lbilit:es aroused will laugh heartily
when j. E. DodsCn, the distinguished
character actor known 10 theater-
| House Next Door" in the Detroit opera
house mex. week The engagement is
! for all OF the week starting Monday
Chs comedy was played in the Gayety
theater, New York. for the better part
Of TWO seasons Ghe first act is SAID
Ito be pure farce. while the second and
third acts are all comedy with strong
situation or TWO and some pathos as
+ the final curtain approaches. Mr. Dod-
son interD' cts crCsty, grabbed. dis"'
i.rceable old aristocrat. whose irasci-
hility is 80 intense that IL is positively
amusing Becaus" he is well born. ne
Idetests anybody who cannot boas-,
Ialso OF noble lineage. His next door
Ineighbor is one OF the latter, The
other members OF the two families are
very intimate but the heads Of eacn
are always at odds. brought about by
the opinions OF the aristocrat of his
lneighbor. whom he takes every oppor.
tunity 10 insult A fine cast viii in.
IterpIet the play, the scenes are hand
some, an the appointments complete
| George AIDES quaint story Of rural
! college life, The College Widow viii
! lie the offering Of Mr. CHASER and his
excellent company during the coming
week F,Cm the types in country
coiiege ana town MI AIDE has evolved
| a play chat makes lasting impress
/ sion II Is a series 'of breezy. whole
some and lauglahlc tnet5erlts. ttlgI
| nave the surety TO make the observer
1 hold his or her own sides. The APP
/ relation college widow" has been
! given the leading feminine role on ac-
count OF her numerous fiirtaliOns and
the Growing climax Of the play Is
reached when Bolton. the hero. learns
10 his discontinue that he has been
hoodwinked into matriculating a mis-
rival college The various comedy
parts crowd eacn other for the honors.
END the / agular company will be aug
mented BY numerous young ladies and
gentlemen from the Detroit schools
who will lend the proper atmosphere.
Beginning with the Sunday matinee,
"A Man OF Myetery.' a high-class
Imeodrama by Mark T.. Swan. opens
IN the Lafayette for weeks engage
ment The piece was one Of the first
tha; helpd TO bring Mark Swan prom
uently before the American public
-Iyprotism plays an important part in
TIE play. and il L. around this wonder
al art that the author has woven his
story II shows the many different
ways in which a criminal might use
hypnotism I'm evading the law. The
company is headed by Alice Irving
and Tedd Bracket, who are supported
by a clever cast The production Is
deliberately mounted and promises TO
be one OF the besi offerings OF the La
tayette this season.
I'm the Detroit opera house. Thursday
afternoon April II, will be given an
entertainment unique in local theatrj-
Gals The local harvest for the Ac-
tors Fund Beneht entertainment, the
drst 10 b. given in this city, VIII pe
earnered ON that date. The various
;ocal managers have united in thor
efforts to make this a big event and
the I.yceum Garrick, Temple. Gayety
Avenue and Family houses will send
their head,iners to the Detroit 20 help
cake out bill that will be as interest.
tug as IL will be varied There is ab.
somtely no gain 90 the local managers
ri the DptfOit ODpTa house