The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-15
THE STAGE

decentralization OF a novel gensr-
ally appeals TO the play going public.
probably because 1t gives them tho
opportunity TO see their heroes and
heroines In flesh and blood, and SO
no doubt treat Is IN store for the
patrons or the Lafayette theater next
week when Estelle Allen will appear
Ia dramatization OF East Lynne.
Riotous comedy and jingling melo
dies make Mort II. Singers, The
Goddess OF Liberty" which comes TO
the lyceum theater next week, a
twentieth century novelty entertail-
ment. II is in three acts and pos
5osses score or musical numbers.
while the genius OF the electrician.
costumer and ensemble master has
been put TO the limit A large CON-
pany has been provided. including the
usual broiler and show girl contin
sent. and some clever singers and
dancers.
The Temple program this week Is
headed by that clever pair. William
Rock and Maude Fulton. Their char
actey dances are unique and are pre-
sented upon an unusually elaborate
scale. Their high reputation Is fully
lived up 10 and they are presenting
the same dance creations in which
they won fame on Broadway during
the last two years. Much interest Is
attached to the appearance OF DOC"
White, the genial finger for the chi
cago White Sox, who like Christy
Mathewson, Mike Donlin and others,
has been attracted by the glamour OF
the footlights.
In the Garrick theater next week
will be seen another "Ben-Hur" In the
production of The Shepherd King,
L play Of biblical history which has
worn we'll for seven successive sea-
sons and is today, apparently, more
popular than ever The leading part
of David is played by Wright. His
supporting company is large one.
Those partial TO biblical drama pre-
sented on the highest scale of mag
nlficence, will appreciate THE Snep-
herd King"
which Margaret Anglin will appear In
the Garrick theater, Monday, Feb. 81.
tells of the struggle Of young WON
an to save herself from the fate OF an
old maid At what age an unmarried
woman may be said to be ION the
shelf" IL an interesting question that
nowadays Is hard to answer. A Few
decades ago spinster of 80 summers
was considered permanently in the
old maid class, but with the develop
ment of woman's work, and her adj
vance in independence and self-reli-
ance Ii has become impossible to
class woman of any age as being In
eligible. Miss Anglin's play in its dis
cussion OF the question, is said to be
very amusing.
Rose Stahl has at last discarded
The Chorus Lady" the comedy. in
which she appeared In practically
every city OF any. importance in The
United States, and will appear in
Detroit oprea house. Monday, Feb. 81,
in a new play, entitled Maggie Pep
per-" This new comedy was written
by Charles Klein, author of The Mu-
sic Master" The Lion and the
Mouse" and THE Third Degree" and
presents Miss Stahl in the role of a
saieswoman In a New York depart
ment store. 1t il said that she has
many opportunities TO deliver that
brand of slang which has made her
famous, and the play Ii regarded by
those who have seen II, as a worthy
successor to The Chorus Lady
Henry B. Harris has provided Miss
Stahl with finely balanced company
which includes Frederick Truesdell,
Grant Stewart, Lee Kohlmar, Beverly
Sitgreaves, Eleanor Lawson and Beat
rice Prentice.
Nine. Bertha Kalich, an actress OF
great tragic power, will visit Detroit
for the first time, Thursday evening,
when she will open brief engage
ment, In the Garrick theater, In the
Langdon Mitchell adaptation of the
Jacob Gordin drama, THE Kreutzer
Sonata" Nine. Kalich had won he-
place as an actress of exceptional
power on the German and Yiddish
stage before Harrison Gray Ffske
Placed her on Broadway to play In
English to audiences that knew the
genius OF Bernhardt and Duse and
Nazimova. Nine. Kalich established
her position Immediately and today
is considered one of the greatest ex-
ponents OF emotional and tragic act
ing on tne American stage. Her hrst
arpcaTance in Detroit should arouse