The Detroit times., 1912-05-04
THE STAGE


AFTER an absence Of several seasons
jones X. Hackett VIII visit Detroit,
appearing in the Detroit opera house,
Ia bis new. play. THE Grain Of Dust,
Monday evening, May 10, for hall
weeks engagement Mr. Hacketrs
company includes such distinguished
names as u. NJ. Holland, Frank Bur
beck, Frazer Coulter. Olive Harper
Thorne, Ann Crewe, and severai
q Others.
aAlexander's Ragtime Band" an
organization of is colored people,
bingers. dancers and musicians, Will De
the "big noise" on the Miles Dill OF
vaudeville next week. The band VIII
be heard here for the first time. IL -
hailed as the largest and best-costum'
ed act of its kind in vaudeville. sol
Berns and Lew Williams Will be I'M
nortant contributors with their latest
skit, I'm the Alps Both are We'll
known to Detroit vaudeville lovers
Y Other acts booked fer the week are
The Harmony Beaux and Belles, III
hieh-class singing novelty; the lhiee
Eimersons. in Fun IN SWimilllh5
E POOL" Floyd Mack, the "dapper DAM
err" Homer Barnett. character oa'f
tone, and the Gaumont weekly
The Sheehan English opera com
many will come TO the Detroit opera
nctisc for three weeks, beginning Mon
day. May 90. Among the principals
win be Joseph L. Sheehan, Francis j.
BOYLE. Charles Swickard. Francis
TYLER. William ]. Jorgenson, MISS
GLADYS Caldwell, Miss Elaine De Sell
lam. Miss MarEare, Crawford, MISS
Ahnabel Carleton and others. ne
opening opera will be Gounods
y Faust"
The coming OF Nine. Emma cave
aud Signor Calico Gasparri 10 tue De
troit opera house. Thursday, May '. -
creating much interest and Burton
Collyer. who IS the local manager, says
ne has stacks OF mail orders for seats
The famous prima donna will present
with Gasparri, a series Of scenes from
Carmen" In costume and scenic SET
ting, and will sing arias and duos from
aranG operas, with which her name
las been synonymous, In miscelane-
olis first part OF the program. Brahm
van den Bergh, a Dutch pianist anf
Conductor, will be heard as soloist and
as conductor OF the orchestra.
"a large number Of so-called Amer
lean idioms and slang phrases are 10
be found in Shapespeare's plays, SAID
T. II. Sothern recently. The fact IL
that a considerable number or people
who think they are using catch, or up
to-date words or slang, are merely re-
peating PHRASES used by Shakespear-
can characters. Not one OF these
purists would think OF using the word
knock in the sense of fault-fndipg,
and yet Shakespeare puts 1t in the
mouth Of. Grumio in The Tanning of
the Shrew.' Nor. would they say %,
believe me, or oh, very well, both
phrases to be found in the same play.
"A London. literary publication lately
complained that the high summer tide
ofAmerican travel over seas wis sery
ing to corrupt. English speech One
crsthe words which the London editor
complains OF was bully in the sense
os excellent. A Harvard professor,
who happened to be In London, wrote
tothe editor and calles his attention
70 the works OF Shapespeare: o sweet
Lliily Bottom "a bully knight, and
bully ST. John All the editor had to
say in reply was that he objected to
this verbal reincarnation.'
rAs the boys say, Bully for him.
Sd II Is up to you, gentle theater goer,
tobwatch for the other fellows favor
tie slang expression, in the plays to be
presented by Mr.. Sothern and Miss
MArlowe, in the Garrick theater, the
Week of May 20.
Zallah, one of the strongest drawing
Al. Cffn
returns to that playhouse next week.
Zallah IS now at the head or her own
company of burlesquers. She will be
seen In musical burletta called THE
J;niissed Oriental" and in addition to
playing the principal character will
contribute one Of her famous dances.
The show opens with the musical
tfavesty, "A Rehearsal at the Folies
Bergere." This will be followed by
several specialties. Among the play
ore assisting Zallah are Lew Christy,
Ike Wall, May Belle and Tom Barnett.
"The Ourbar in Kinemacolor" has
many fascinating features, among
these being the state entry into Delhi,
the most gorgeous display of eastern
magnificence in the history OF the
world. Every uniform and costume,
and every bit OF heraldry. is perfectly
reproduced in color by this wonderful
process of animated photography,
which is the reigning theatrical sue
cess Of London, Paris and New York.
The company coming TO Detroit 10 the
Garrick theater Monday evening, May
G, with daily matinees, will make a
presentation identical to those which
have made the international hit
Miss Mary Boland, OF Detroit, is
John Drew's leading woman again this
season and will be seen with that fay-
orite comedian, in the Detroit opera
house, Thursday evening, MAY lG, in
the new play "A Single Man. the
comedy is said to be typically John
Drewish and to provide the situations
and conversation that satisfied pub
lie likes best to associate with Mr.
Drew's stage work. Miss Boland IL is
declared has a good role in the girl
who makes the single" man, double, =
before the play is over The engage.
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