The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-30
THE STAGE

present ranks among the classics
The piece will be presented locally by
Vaughan Chaser and his splendid COM
pany OF players. all well known here,
and who will remain In the city in
definitely. following up the st. Elmo"
engagement with the regular spring
and summer stock engagement which
will begin Sunday night. April 10 The
story of ST. Elmo hinges upon a duel
IN which the offending principal. Muir
ray Hammond is killed. The Incl
dent leaves St. Elmo. aristocrat. gen
tleman and intellectual giant, n cynic.
abhorrent of the world and distrustful
OF all. Edna Earl. a pleoian. but am
bilious and struggling girl. Is thrown
into his path, and after years he rea.-
ICES his opinion of women musr
change, and the process of regenera-
ton begins through the influence OF
the girl who witnessed the duel ami
was the first 10 condemn him as
murderer Fay Courteney, and many
familiar people will be seen in the
cast.
The dance of The Spirit OF Cham
payne in the second act OF Klaw &
Changers new musical entertainment
The Silver Star which will be pre-
sented in the Detroit opera house for
one week beginning Monday. April %
with matinees on Wednes day and
Saturday is more interpretive. though
| II lacks none OF the ma gical technique
or the first three ballets IN act one.
AS the daughter OF the vine, Genee
| is a elorified embodiment OF the mo-
4 tion of the restless heart of cham
payne. In the third act Mdlle. Genee
| appears in a ballet called Spring"
/ Il is here that the triumphant dancer
| reaches the zenith Of her power
| technical and poetical In this mum
! Der she dances on her toes for over
: three minutes All OF Mdlle. Genee's
dances are new For her accompan-
! list, Klaw e Erlanger engaged the
celebrated composer. c. J. NJ CHASER,
OF Vienna. Alexander Genee. Miss
Genee's uncle and instructor re-
hearsed the ballet and the sixteen
young English coryphees who were
brought over from the Empire theater
/ In London, for the production.
William Faversham will present his
spectacular production OF Stephen
/ Phillips Herod in the Garrick theater
| next week. Upwards OF two hundred
people are employed in this play. a
play, by the way, that has proven as
excellent as literature as il is in
drama. Apart from its merit as
spectacle. Herod is. according 10 all
accounts, a play Of action OF move
ment, and OF strife. Those who have
read il found il a delight as litera.
ture, little understanding IT'S bigness
as a drama. The reason for this is
that the author does not Indicate In
tho text what is disclosed in the way
OF poignant suggestion In the play
He Intended that IL should be tne p
else he would not have written ~
play. for stephen Phillips was an
actor long before he tried his hand
at drama. And he is the one
Idramatist OF our time who. besides
being great poet is a great play
wright Another curious thing about
Herod Is this that while it's spectacu-
lar features add 10 it's interest. it
would still be q fine play If performed
by very few people But the great
lcrowds that people the stage were
INTENDED TO be there by the author:
and so Herod has a double interest
that OF higuess as drama. and
splendor as spectacle. The big
scene Of the play Herod's Hall OF
Audience is described as being one
o; the most magnificent sets ever seen
ON the stage. Mr. Faversham has
gathered about him very fine com
pany, and his own performance has
been generally commended as beng
the highest OF his achievements.
When Lillian Russell appears in her
newest success. The First Night" in
the Detroit opera house, on Monday.
| Tuesday and "Wednesday. April 4. :
and g. the principal comedy part in
her supporting cast will be looked
after by Digby Bell The piece Is an
adoption from the German by George
v Hobart and is tho funniest farce
OF many that have been brought 10
this country from the land where
! farce If handled at its best The plot
deals with a young wife who tries 20
have her comic opera produced with
out letting her husband know she was
in any way connected with a. Anus
| ing, complications and misunderstand-
ings are developed out Of this effort
/ Lillian Russell was so long associated
with the comic opera stare that She
will be perfectly at home In the sur