The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-22
THE STAGE

Thomas E Shea and his company,
now playing a weeks engagement In
the Lyceum theater. presented The
Bells, Tuesday evening. the third
change In the weeks repertoire. Mr..
Shea's impersonation OF Matthias. the
burgomaster and miser. is well known
TO his Detroit admirers. The part
gives opportunity for powerful acting
and Mr.. Shea Is quite equal TO the
occasion. Matthias was one OF the
fayorite acting parts TO the late sir
Henry Irving, and It seems TO have
just as strong an attraction for Mr..
Shea. Both actors have found Il
box office winner.
Mr.. Shea Is ably supported In the
various characters OF the drama, by
the members OF his company. The
Bells VIII be repeated Friday even
ing. Mr.. Sheas new play, "A Man
and His Wife," will be given Wednes-
day Afternoon and evening and Satur-
day afternoon. and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" Will be the offering Thursday
and Saturday evenings.
Robert Campbell will offer in the
Lyceum theater next week a special
revival OF his father, BARLEY Camp
0SAA VIC AhClACah uIahds hC
White Slave" Mr.. Campbell, one OF
the foremost writer's on ante-bellum
days. In this piece tells a graphic
story OF young girl who has been
brought up In an aristocratic south
ern home. believing herself TO be an
octoroon. A slave dealer comes into
possession OF papers which prove her
to be a freeborn white girl, and he
huva hnr with
her lover and the story OF the flight,
the exciting chase. the heartaches and
tragic moments and the little COM
edles that are part OF plantation
LIE, makes an interesting drama.
Miss Cathryn Rowe Palmer, Is said
to have q role written To At her hand
and foot, In the new La Sale opera
house production which will be seen
for the llrs: time on any stage, Aug.
20, in the Detroit opera house Miss
PRlmer's part Ia that OF Miss Dolley
Dunno, by inheritance, the ruler of an
island In the South Pacific. Her
father, an old New England sea cap
tain was wrecked on the island,
when Dolley was a baby. The child
: was named for the boat that went
down, and the natives proclaimed her
a princess and her father king. II
Is the first contact of this queer
young woman with civilization that
makes up the story In the new must
cal comedy written by VIII NJ. Hough,
Frederick Donahey and Ben M.
Jerome.
The unusual strength OF this years
production OF George Evans Honey
Boy" Minstrels, now In the Detroit
opera house. is attributed TO the fact
that the diminutive minstrel COM
edian strives to prevent any OF the
minstrel favorites from leaving his
company and at all times attempts
TO Improve his production by winning
TO it's ranks the best talent obtain
. able. He is said to have a monopoly
OF the minstrel celebrities OF the
country in the present production.
Tommy Hyde, the clever soft shoe
dancer, TO whom has fallen SUI
premacy in this terpsichorean field
formerly claimed by Barney Pagan
and George Primrose, Is feature OF
the present show, appearing In an
elaborate southern dancing revelry,
assisted by the entire company.
A novel and pleasing act on the
Temple bill this week, is Will
Roehms Athletic Girls. The i've
young ladies are experts in fencing,
: boxing. bag.punching and wrestling,
and show their practical knowledge
by illustrating the famous blows OF
many of the great professional
fighters. The girls wear attractive
costumes and the stage settings are
effectively arranged The performers
are the Misses Edna Howard, the
Bothner twins, Aldah Chrystie and
Lillian Temple When asked as TO
the best exercise to fit them for their
strenuous athletic stunts, the girls
exclaimed In one breath "a long. long
walk every morning" Mr.. Roehm Is
a well-known ex-athlete and former
instructor In the Irish-American Atm
lett, club. OF New York.
There are animal acts and animal
acts in vaudeville, good, bad and In
different. but II is only once In sea-
sefa,.er two that so good perform
ance IL offered as Prof Sleeps AMI
NAL circus featured In the Miles the
alter this week. This Is Sleeps Sec
ond visit TO the Miles in two years,
and he is duplicating his former sue
cess. His big baboon, Doc, re-
i. christened Jack Johnson" is still
big feature OF the show Doc Is one
of the wisest OF simians. He Is so
intelligent that he even tries to con-
verse with Prof. Shepp in the monkey
language with fairly satisfactory re-
suits. The professor regards him as
the most valuable animal in his collec-