The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
"Miss Nobody From Starland'


 Mort H. Singer has spared neither pains nor. money to give Miss Nobody from Starland" a gorgeous setting and not able cast. Tine scenery and costumes are pronounced the most pretentious ever assembled for a Princess theatre produce tion.
 The cast is said to be one of rare ex- cellence and contains Olive Vail as it's star.
 The chorus fully maintains the reputa- tion of the Singer management of pre- senting a bouquet of American beauties in the big feature numbers The most sensational novelty is big musical com edy. dress rehearsal scene. Before the performance the stage manager calls a rehearsal Stars, stage hands, author. comedian. chorus girls and boys and all the back stage characters are shown as in real life. And such a rehearsali It shows the stage manager czar before whom everybody bows. The stars fight for line and laughs, the author protests when his book is cut. the chorus girls forget their business and the stage hands fall down on their props. But the stage manager is undaunted and finally the cur tain goes up on a mock performances Here is more fun. The audience sees the performance from behind the scenes and witnesses the desperation of the stage manager when the actors Forget their lines and cues, stage hands forget to fire the shots In a battle and the float bearing the leading man to the prima donna at the height or the big scene re- fuses to work
 The continuation of the difficulties comes when one stage hand forgets to turn on the rain storm, which Is supposed to be the piece de resistance of the produc- tion until the curtain is down and the stage manager is yelling like wild man, Where the h--ll is the rainstorm?'
 Miss Nobody from Starland'' will be seen at the Jefferson theatre, matinee and night, Thursday, November 16.
 The management suggests that an early reservation for seats would be advisable.
 s "The Captain"
 Nat C. Goodwin will present at the Jef- ferson theatre next Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, "The Cap ,ain,' a rousing comedy by George II. Broadhurst and Charles T. 'Dazey
 By furnishing none but plays Of the cleanest and most wholesome character and by giving his personal attention to all his productions down to the smallest detail Mr. Goodwin has succeeded in at taining a place, second-to no other actor on the contemporary stage. On his cur rent tour MT. Goodwin presents his latest success. A few words VIII tell tne story of each act of "The Captain" but not in the way each situation is brought into exploding place for laughter
 In act one Capt. Jefferson Lorimer New York National Guard (Mr. Good win) and Capt. John Hastings, Y. s. A, hero of the Boxer uprising. both reach Manila. Hastings is carrying stolen Chinese treasure back to America for a friend. and three relentless Chinese are on his trail. To let Captain Hastings get safely away, Captain Lorimer agrees to mpersonate him until the time his boat sailed-a task he looks forward to with considerable pleasure on learning that attractive and blonde MT. Burton of whom he has caught only a glimpse, is an old friend of Hastings sister and is anxious to meet Hastings.
 Second act sees him in his troubles. There include an attempt to give ac- counts of his Boxer experiences threat