Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-26
PROMINENT PLAYERS
IN PoLPs COMPANY
Four of the Leaders Have Been Select
ed-SIight Change in Prices This
Season.

The management of Polls theater on
Friday made the first detailed an
nouncement of their plans for the
coming season and the claim that the
season will be far more ambitious
than last seems to be borne out by
this advance announcement.
Heading the company-probably the
one feature that more persons are in
terested in than any other-will be
Ellwood F. Bostwick. who will be re-
membered as leading man of the Mer-
ident Stock company. which played a
short engagement here at the end of
last season and Miss Blanche Douglas,
who also played a short engagement
here at the end of last season and
who has made most emphatic hit as
leading woman of the Waterbury Poll
company during the past summer. In
fact, it has been generally admitted
that she is the most popular leading
woman that has played the Poll cir
cult this year.
Miss Douglas contract was signed
but Friday, and that is reason the
announcement mas been delayed. Fol-
lowing her tremendous success in Wa
terbury she was overwhelmed with
offers from the New York managers
and had selected the berth that looked
best to her for the coming season and
was ali ready to sign contracts, but the
persuasive powers of Mr.. Polls rep
resentatives were not in vain and Nor
wich gets what is considered one of
the best leading women in stock cir
cles today. Miss Douglas is no strap
ger to local people, yet she did not
have opportunities while here to dis
play the exceptional talents that make
her such favorite in Waterbury.
r Job ha mr. mad
at his appearance here, yet his work
will be remembered with extreme
pleasure by all who saw his perform
ance of 1.-The Great Divide" The Mer-
iden company has continued all sum-
mer without a break, closing their sea
son tonight. and Mr.. Bostwick has ap
peared regularly each week. having
become a great favorite by his work
and personal qualities.
Another feature that is exceptional
in stock orga nizationss is the fact that
this years Poll Players Will embrace
the services of two leading women, for
Miss Caroline Locke, who was leading
woman with the Meriden company
when it played here and who has held
that position throughout the summer
in Meriden with great credit and Won
derful popularity, will be second wo-
man with the company. This fact IL
illustrates better than any other the eff
forts that have been made to make
this years company a strong one Miss
Locke has appearance. ability and clev
erness and the company will profit
greatly by her presence.
The second man. or heavy man, of
the company is another position that
has been filled with an exceptional ar
fist Carroll DAILY has been engaged
for, that place and he will also assist
in the direction of the company. Mr..
DAILY is an actor of exceptional talent
and is bound to be one of the most
popular members of the organization
Space forbids detailed mention of
the entire company at this time. AS
to the plays, the announcement has
already been made that the opening
production would be The Girl of the
Golden West. 1t is also announced that
during the first three months of the
season the following plays will be pre-
sented:
The Man of the Hour
Alias Jimmy Valentine.
The City.
Are You a Mason?
A Woman's Way.
The White Sister.
Graustark.
The Cowboy and the Lady.
These plays may not be given in the
above order. but will be presented as
circumstances may determine. The
above plays are all restricted for stock
production and to secure the rights
of production alone demands the pay
ment of unusual royalties. But the
experience of last season has shown
that the public demands the better
class of plays. and to be able to give
them regularly and at the same time
! make an adequate production II has
been necessary to arrange a slightly
higher scale of prices The new scale
means but a little to each person but
to the management it will determine
whether the high royalties can be paid
and allow the venture to continue. AT
nights the orchestra seats will be so
cents, the orchestra circle 80 cents, all
reserved, the balcony 20 cents, not re-
served and the gallery Is cents. Reg
ular matinees will be given Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday at which the
orchestra seats will be 25 cents the
orchestra circle 10 cents, both re-
served, and the balcony not reserved
at 10 cents. The season will open Sat
friday night. September 2, with 1.-THE
| Girl of the Golden West and this
| play will also continue throughout the
following week. On Labor day there
will be special matinees. The box
office will be open for the sale of tick
| cts at 10 o'clock Monday morning, al
which time the season ticket books