The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-07
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Ethel Barrymore Seat Sale

Ethel Barrymore Seat Sale
 The seat sale for the engagement Of Ethel Barrymore at the Jefferson the- atre Wednesday and Thursday nights in Sir Arthur W. Pinero's powerful, play, "Mid-Channel,' will open at the box of flee at 9 o'clock this morning. Inquiries reaching Manager R. s. Douglas during the last two weeks concerning Miss Barrymore's engagement would indicate a rush for seats, and arrangements have been made to handle the crowd that will doubtless assemble long before the sale starts. The tirne-honored rule of first come, first served" will prevail this morning just as it has ever since Man ager Douglas has been in charge of the Jefferson There will positively be no discrimination in regard to seats. In .Mid-Channel' Miss Barrymore has the strongest play in her repertoire. Her playing of Zoe Blundell, who has got hold of marriage by the wrong end and made A mess of it. is a remarkable piece oc acting. Pinero has drawn the char acter with unsparing fidelity and Miss Barrymore fills out the picture with the sweetness and charm of her wonderful personality It is in the fine points of acting that she excels. The depth Of her study in character has always been her foremost characteristic. She IS called on to portray a highly emo tional and tempestuous role. Yet she does so with a kindness, a grievous thought to what might have been, that In even the heaviest moments of the play her charm asserts itself all the more forcibly. Miss Barrymore is splendidly. supported by Charles Dalton, H. Reeves Smith, Eric Maturin, Nina Severing. Phoebe Coyne, Marianne Thurber, Louise Rutter and others.
 Aborn English Grand Opera Co.
 The Aborn English Grand Opera com- pany. which comes to the Shubert Tues day and Wednesday, November and 9. will present three popular grand operas: "Il Trovatore,' ''The Bohemian Girl' and Faust" Two different casts will appear at alternate performances and three elab- crate productions are promised.
 The Aborn name has reached a high position in the operatic annals of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago and a few other cities where their companies have ap- peared for long runs of from five to twenty weeks during the past 10 years, but they have never before sent a com pany on tour. This company, which num- bers 100 persons, Is assembled especially for the first general tour of America of an Aborn English Grand Opera company, all of it's members selected from the six companies of similar size which were To- cated in as many cities last season. The organization embraces a double cast of alternating artists. including Edith Helena and Bartha Davis, sopranos; Domenico Russo and Henry Taylor, tenors; Louise Le Baron and Hattie Belle Ladd, con traltos: George Pickering and William Schuster, baritones George Shields, hasso Philip Fein, buffo; Elizabeth Har- ris, mezzo-soprano; Carlo Nicosia, con ductor; Frank Raney, stage director, and others in minor roles, with a powerful chorus and large grand opera orchestra, and carries elaborate productions for eight operas.
 Messrs. Russo. Fein, Pickering and Shields and Misses Helena Le Baron and Harris will form the cast of I'll Trova- tore" at the opening Tuesday night per formance. The cast for ''The Bohemian Girl' on Wednesday afternoon will in- cude Messrs. Taylor. Schuster, Picker ing, F'ein and Pritchard and Misses Davis, Ladd and Harris That for Faust on Wednesday night will embrace Messrs. Russo, Shields, Schuster and Fein, and Misses Helena, Le Baron and Ladd. Seats are now selling.
 sIn Panama" at the Bijou
 The first big musical comedy of the sea- | son is booked to appear at the Bijou the atre this week. It is Rogers brothers great Broadway success, Tn Panama, ' one of the cleverest of the musical com edies of the past five years. Klein broth CTS are playing the parts that Rogers brothers had and doing it exceptionally
 well from the reports received. and clever Sybil Brennan is the prima donna of the play again this season. She will be re- membered here by all who saw the play | last season. New songs, special stunts and a great pony ballet of English girls will be some of the features of the pro-
 auction, which Is new in the main. There
 W l be performances every night and
 matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day. It is probable that the public will
 welcome the musical comedy with out
 stretched arms for such shows are ex-
 ceedngly popular with Bijou patrons. 1 Orpheum-VaudeyIl