The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-04

the Glrl III the laNl Is tne latest
successful play to open in Chicago.
Miss Lillian Russell has started in
her new vehicle, The First Night
Chic Perkins will appear in new
vehicle in the Auditorium early in Feb
ruary.
David Belasco is this season reviv.
ing "The Girl of the Golden West, one
of his most successful plays.
G. Tenyck Clay, who is "Banister"
in The Only Law" was leading man
in the original New York production
of THE Climax"
Montgomery & Stone have made an
other big hit in THE Old Town" a
musical comedy by George AIDE and
music by Gustave Luders.
Hugo Koch, leading man in "The
House of a Thousand Candles" will
try out his new piece, THE Port of
Missing Men" the last of this season.
He might return to Norfolk the last of
April.
Beverly" a sequel to "Graustark,"
is an early booking at the Auditorium.
1t is under the management of William
Morris, entirely different from Grau-
stark. The cast is said to be unusual.
ly good.
A poor show with a good advance
agent is really much better off at the
end of the season, than a good show
with poor agent Miss Smell has a
good show alright, but her advance
agent didn't make the right impress
sion.
The George Amusement company,
who send "St. Elmo" to the Auditorium
early in February, say: I'VE are send
ing you a complete production of st.
Elmo and you can guarantee it to be
the very best show at the price to
THE Third Degree" the successful
police drama of Henry b. Harris,
which appeared in Norfolk six days
after leaving New York, played Omaha
several months later, and the very
same company does not get into Sioux
City until April of this season.
THE Travelling Salesman" has just
played a most successful four-night
stand at the Boyd theater in Omaha.
The Bee says it is one of the best they
have had. Efforts are being made to
bring the same company to Norfolk on
its return from tour to the larger
cities of the Pacific coast. The COM
pany plays Sioux City tonight
Transportation is one of the largest
items of expense for big production.
THE Merry Widow" travels in a spe-
cial train of six cars. Cohan & Harris
use a special train for their Honey
Boy Minstrels." George NJ. Cohan has
two private cars in his special train.
Polly of The Circus" carries a big
white horse, several ponies trick dogs,
etc, in three baggage cars.
Frank Bacon, who plays the lovable
but impractical pOverty-stricken in
ventor.druggist in The Fortune Hunt
err" at the Olympic theater in Chicago
is find" credited to Cohan and Har
ris, the producers, and Winchell Smith
the author of the play. Mr.. Bacon,
who comes from California, was dis
covered" on the evening of his second
appearance in vaudeville in New York
after his arrival there from the west.
The producers and the playwright had
just dismissed a couple of candidates
for the Chicago Fortune Hunter" COM
pany in disgust. BY chance they wan
dered to the music hall, saw Mr.. Ba-
cons performance, and Immediately
decided that he was the man for the
role. Mr.. Bacon named his price and
signed his contract. On the Pacific
slope he is known by his first name in
nearly every city. For seventeen years
ne III olOCh at TIC hlidndi
Grand opera house in San Francisco,
seldom missing performance. With
a weekly change of bill, playing fifty
two weeks, year in and year out. Mr..
Bacon estimates that he has appeared
in no less than 700 roles. These in
clude nearly every classical and mod
ern drama known to the stock houses,
and his interpretations have always
been careful, scholarly and interesting.
Mr.. Bacon was director of the Bur
wood Stock company when it present
ed The Devil" to Norfolk people. He
played the part Of the artists servant.
A BAD SEASON FOR BAD PLAYS.
The Real Successes, However, Are Not
Suffering.
For the week ending November 20
fifty-four attractions playing the first