Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-31
Lambs GambOI
in Varied Mood

terlocutor and there were solos by John
McCloskey, Eddie Foy. Mr.. Bispham, Nat
M. Wills. George Hamlin, Charles Evans,
John Hendricks and Andrew Mack, the
latter singing his own 'Mistah Moon"
There followed the one dramatic feature
of the program, a scene from Julius
Caesar" Contrary to the printed pro-
gram, Robert Mantell played Brutus, In
place of Wilton Lackaye, and William
Farnum was an intense, forceful Antony.
Though not familiar to us as a shake
| spearean actor. Mr.. Farnum was impress
sive for his virile impersonation of the
impetuous young champion Of the dead
ruler. Others in the cast were Frederick
| warde, James O'Neill, Louis Massen,
| william ]. Kelly, Dustin Farnum, Charles
]. Ross, William Courtleigh, Frank Gill
more, John r. Peachey, Joseph W. Her
bert, Edward ]. Connolly, Vincent Ser
rano. Brandon lyman, Robert Edeson,
William Riley Hatch, Harry Overall and
| William Muldoon.
An ovation greeted David warleld as
he appeared in his old, f~rst-success role
Of the jew hat peddler. Fred Niblo was
his victim.
Old times returned with a rush as he
told of his friend R~osenstein, who had
a fine position in court as a turpen-
tine" "oh, you mean an interpreter;.
he translates from one language to an
other" yes, yes; he does that, too"
As to That Corbett Fight.
Thomas A. Wise and Frank Mcintyre
were the 'bottleholders'' for the Mont
gomery Young Corbett-Stone Old Cor
hiatt aoht uhicb folioured md Iafroroo,
de Angels acted as referee. This act
may be seen, but not written. Words
fail and laughs may not be transcribed.
A charming conceit was a Dance
Dream" designed by Hassard Short
with music by e. Ray Goetz. As the
dreamer sings girls dressed In costumes
Of the periods from colonial days with
Vatican effects and Mendelssohn min
uet steps, to the hobble-skirted turkey
trotter of today, stepped forth and
danced with him. Van Rensselaer,
Wheeler was the dreamer and the
dreams were Paul Evans, Eflngham
Pinto, who was a marvel of grace In
a hoopskirt: Hassard Short, A. Bald
win Sloane, Tack Devereaux and Err
nest Truck.
1.-THE Actors Fund Fair" by George
V. Hobart, provided place for general
cutting-up and a real climax that filled
one with sorrow at the thought of going
home. Here took place the other trag-
edy of the death of Frank John Drew
Caesar Mcintyre, judge of beauty,
mourned by Eddie Foy (would we could
publish his speech).
Here, too, Brandon Lyman, as David
Belasco, gave q lesson In acting to Miss
Helen Pa%bstenpfeffer, of st. Louis. 1t
was her desire for a good leading man
that caused Charles j. Ross to summon
the stars In their most familiar roles.
There were Charles Hopper as Chimmle
Fadden; William r. Hatch as Captain
Williams; Vincent Serrano as Denton in
Arizona" w. J. Kelly as Ben Hur;
Edward Connolly as Marse Covington;
William Courtleigh as John Swiftwind;
Frank Gilmore as King of Bothnia; Ed
ward Abeles as Monty Brewster; Charles
e. Evans as 1. McCorker; Nat NJ. Wills
as Happy Tramp; Jefferson D'Angelis as
the Jolly Musketeer; Robert Edeson as
Strongheart; Andrew Mack as Tom
Moore; Digby Bell as Mr.. Pipp; William
Farnum as Captain Cary In The Littlest
OoC u6 ~
Brandon lyman as Robert Emmett; Frank
Mcintyre as the Travelling Salesman; Will
ton Lackaye as svengali; Thomas A.. Wise
as the Gentleman from Mississippi; Eddie
Foy as Over D. River; David Montgom-
cry as the tin man, and Fred Stone as
the scarecrow In ''Th~ Wizard of Or"
William Muldoon as the Fighting Gaul:
Raymond Hitchcock as the Man Who
Owns Broadway; George Hamlin as Lieu
tenant Merrill; David Bispham as Telra-
mund; David Warfeld as the Music
Master; Frederick Warde as Richelieu;
James o'Neill as Count of Monte Cristo.
and Robert Mantell as Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark.
During the intermission the shepherd Of
the Lambs offered n souvenir program,
autographed by the members of the com
pany, for sale. The pamphlet was sold
to Alexander p. Holbrook, who bid SIS.