The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-03-08
Theatres.

CHksTNUT CTREET L THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA
''The House of Thousand Candies
play of mystery, love and adventure,
dramatized by George Middleton from
Meredith Nicholson's widely read story of
the same name, was presented by the Or
pheu1n Players at the Chestnut Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, last evening. AS
a play 1.-THE House of a Thousand
Candles" created quite a sensation, be-
cause it proved to be a drama of absorb
ing interest, full of tense moments, thrills
and surprises The dramatization follows
closely the book and retains all the char
acters and the more important incidents
of the story. 1t is in four acts, all being
laid at the home of John Glenarm, the
eccentric millionaire, whose magnificent
home IN Indiana has been dubbed ssThe
House of Thousand Candles" The
Orpheum production is a picturesque
one, with Wilson Melrose as ''G1enarin''
and Marion Barney as Marian the
ssprightly heroine. Robert Cummings
has returned to the company, playing vii
famous lawyer, who is prominent in the
action.
Next weeks attraction at the Chestnut
Street Theatre will be ''Heartsease" love
poem in prose.
FORREST THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA
No play in which De Wolf Hopper has
appeared in recent years seems to have
met with popular approval to such an ex-
tent as his most recent offering, "a Ma
tlnee Idol, in which he will be seen at
the Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, for a
limited engagement, beginning last even
ing. Mr.. Hopper will be seen in a role
quite different from anything he has be-
fore attempted, that of tragic actor. He
will be seen, too, without the adventurous
aids OF grotesque makeup, appearing in
modern dress and without other facial
adornment than that accorded him by ma
ture. Everywhere that "a Matinee fdol''
has been seen it has been agreed that in
it Hopper has found a vehicle for his
talents which will last him for years.
PHILADELPHIA OPERA HOUSE
A double bill, consisting of Ga Navar-
raise" and "Pagliacci" will be sung this
evening, when Massenet's one-act martial
opera will be given its third presentation
this season. As "Anita" Mile Gerville-
Reache is seen and heard at her best.
Her enactment of the "mad scene'' upon
the occasion of the operas presentation
here last year, evoked tempest of APP
plause such as been seldom heard in the
Philadelphia Opera House.
In the "Pagliacci" performance Orville
Harold, the young American tenor whom
Mr. Oscar Hammerstein has started upon
vocal career under singular1y favorable
auspices, will make his second local ap-
appearance as COME" The voice of this
young singer is one of exceptional beauty,
and combines dramatic quality with lyrical
sweetness. His success upon the occasion
of his first appearance last week was of
such dimensions as to leave no doubt as to
his position in the musical world.
Louise" spectacular presentation of
life as it exists among the Bohemians of
Paris and especially among the under
world, and an opera in which Miss Mary
Garden has won undying fame, will be
given its first local presentation this sea-
son at the Philadelphia Opera House next
Saturday evening. This four-act master
piece of Charpentier is the opera which
first brought Miss Garden into the notice
of the Partisan public and in which her
artistic work has never been surpassed.
It depicts Partisan life as only the Paris
ians live and know it, and to the French
it is the climax of their musical art. To
succeed in the title role was feat which
was thought impossible to any save a ma
tive-born French woman, but the triumph
which Miss Garden achieved at the Opera
Comique several years ago, when, at a
notice, she sang the part and
was Immediately accorded a premiere
place among modern prima donnas, is
well remembered, and she has since estab-
lished her right to many laurels in tire
musical world.
M. Dalmores, after an absence of sew
eral weeks, will be heard in bis splendid
performance of ''Julien," the lover of Lou
Use. This role is the one in which the
great French tenor made his debut here
two years ago and it affords numerous &C.
casions for the exercise of the splendid
artistic equipment possessed by NJ. Dali |
mores. Nine. Doria will be the mother |
Of Louise, by far one of the best roles in |
the repertoire of this versatile contralto, |
while NJ Gilbert will once again sing the |
music OF the father of Louise.
The second performance of "Othello"
will be given Thursday night, when Nico-
q Zerola, the tenor whose wonderful high
notes are the source of unbounded admit
alton, will again voice the altitudinous
music of the deceived Moor. Nine. Car
will, as before, be the "Desde-
nona." sHerodiade" will be sung at the
saturday matinee, when this exceedingly
Massenet opera will be pre-
ented with the plentItude of gorgeous
ais en- scene. As on previous occasions,
lille. Lima Cavalier, as 'Salome," will
q delight, both to the eye and to the
ar It is regarded as the most artistic
'ork of the beautiful prima donna. M.
,enaud will, of course, be "Herod," a ii
art that abounds with vocal ard histrion- !
opportunities that are made much of I
y this great artist.