The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-01
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good sized house greeted The
,,e..,na Hunter" at the Grand last
s,aht and were well pleased with the
arsormance. Denton Vane, Thomas
p l,n,,a and Grace Childers, in the parts
~, - Nathaniel Duncan. Sam Graham
"a BETTY Graham, we're warmly ap-
Ga for their work In the respect
,ro roles and showed an ease Of man
~ that Immediately won them q
u loo in the hearts of their audience.
,a,ss childers made charming hero
49,. 80, and Den.on Vane, as the good
s sas idler from New York, was
snlendid in the Interpretation Of the
character Sam Graham, played by
Thomas Rolfe, was perhaps the most
5;a7c,,lt role, but Mr.. Rolfe handled
!, nerfectly, in Warfieldian manner
Nat greatly impressed his hearers.
The support received by the leads
raa satisfactory, each bit receiving
,,s share of applause The Fortune
YJnnter again demonstrates the activ.
,ty Of the management Of the Grand in
securing only the best for Keokn;s
theatre goers.
Writing Scotch Play.
Graham Moffat, who wrote "Bunty
pulls the Strings" might have been
4 famous author long before he did
had his father placed confidence in
his boy. The youngest boy Graham
used to .selocute'' much to the disgust
CT his stern parent
AFTER father died." said Mr.. Moi
fat. Il had to turn to something, and
nv sister and myself began giving
recitals. In 1908 hired hall in
Glasgow and presented several one
act plays in Braid Scots" My idea
was to institute society in Scotland
for the exploitation Of national drama
similar to the Irish players at the
Abbey theatre.
"You know it Is remarkable thing
but there has never been any Scotch
plays performed in Scotland. There
may have been scattered instances
AT any rate am proud OF the fact
that introduced Scottish plays by
Scottish actors.
II became playwright by force Of
circumstances. | often found 1t ex
tremely difficult to obtain sketches
for my entertainments, which was
giving with my sister in the smaller
towns. So | commenced writing them
myself. From that the idea grew, fol
saw no reason why work written
for the platform should not prove
even stronger if adapted for stage
purposes. | found it infinitely easier
to write piece for five or six charac
tiers, backed up with all the hundred
and one theatrical articles, than tc
write for concert platform where
the only stage setting is usually a
table and chair and glass Of
water.
1T was this way that 'Bnty' grew
from slender sketch. The finished
play represents many years work, but
1t was always work of pleasure, be
cause love the characters-every
one Of them. used to polish up the
sketch from time to time. Finally II
occurred to me to elaborate the idea
and make it into three act comedy
The result you have seen.
Bunty Pulls the Strings" will be
at the Grand theatre tomorrow even
ing. Seats now on sale.
The advance sale OF seats FOL
'Bunty Pulls the Strings is very large
and shows that Keokuk Is appreciat
ing the kind of shows being brought
to the Grand. If you have failed te
get seats for "Bunty" do not delay
any longer Keokuk people who have
Witnessed this performance in Chi
cago and elsewhere, praise it very
highly. Mollie Mcintyre, with the
original company. appears in this city
"a Modern Evc.'
The family of Casimir Cascadiel
really presents not one but three ex
amples Of "A Modern Eve" the title
Of the Mort II. Singer Berlin musica
success which will be seen at the
Grand opera house, Monday, Oct. Z
First, of course, there is Nine. Cas-
cadier, believer in the equality o.
the sexes, lawyer and a woman
whose energy of character keeps ev
erybody about her on the jump. Their
mere are the two daughters, Renee
and Camille. the former an artist
and the latter physician Eoth are
sprightly winsome damsels who dc
much to aid their mother in hel
methods of keeping things lively
such attractive girls as these are, o.
course. besieged by suitors. Camille
decides that an Englishman, Dick,
rutherford, is the man for her, ane
Renee succumbs to the graceful WOO
ing of Justin Pontgirard Diverse diff
calties at first interfere with the hap
plnesS of these lovers: and even af