The Detroit times., 1913-02-26
THE STAGE

The Quaker Girl, the muslcaI
comedy success now playing q week
engagement in the Detroit opera
house, made her New York debut
with Richard Carrie in Jumping
Jupiter" and scored an immediate
hit. Her next engagement was In the
Folies Bergere. with specially that
was introduced in one OF the revues.
When Henry b. Harris began looking
around for q prima donna 10 sing the
title role in The Quaker Girl" he
tried out three well-known singers.
None Of them fitted the part, as 1t
required an Edna May personality.
Finally, despairing OF having the part
properly played, he asked Miss Claire
10 come to a rehearsal, and the i'm
preston she made was SO favorable
that she was Immediately taken from
the Folies Bergere. Everyone now
declares that another Edna May has
blossomed forth in this little girl
whose beauty, charming personality
and sweet voice made her q Broad
way prima donna at the age OF Is.
III. Fl. Grace, the manager whose
Silver Wedding Is now in the Gar
rick theater, will present Wilton
Lackaye and James X. Hackett, In
Especial performance OF "Othello," In
the stadium Of Berkeley university,
California, the week Of May IL. Mr..
Lackaye will play Iago and Mr..
Hackett. Othello.. Maude Adams and
Margaret Anglim are the only other
professional players to have appeared
In the stadium.
The comedy skit Fun in a Board
ing House." will headline the Broad
way theater bill, next week. Other
good acts on the bill will include j.
Herbert Frank & Company in The
Arm OF the Law" Lohse and Ster'
Ling, In q high.bar act; Eva Shirley.
In songs and dances; Creighton Bros,
In Relics Of 81" and Barrett and
Earle, in q novelty number.
So mastery 10 the preservation OF
the purpose OF Ben Hur' in scenic
settings that the original beauties OF
the theme, SO deity penned by the
late General Lew Wallace. and
dramatized by William Young. will be
reproduced with wonderful correct
ness In every detail, when the play Is
seen in the Detroit opera house the
week OF March 10. From a religious
standpoint, whence the spectacle Is
more often viewed than any other.
"Ben-Hur" is succession Of bril-
liant pictures regarding the incidents
OF the time of Christ upon earth,
which are a form OF instruction. In
fact, It Is the religious sentiment
which dominates the entire drama
that has made IL SO popular with
thousands OF Neople who do not at
tend the theater. as a rule. on &C
count OF religious scruples.
John J. MCGOWAN, who plays the
Portuguese barber In THE silver
Wedding" now I'm the Garrick thea
ter, was personally chosen by Ed
ward Locke. author OF the play. for
the role, because Mr.. Locke knew that
Mr.. MCGOWAN was an adept in dialect,
MCGOWAN had never before played
Portuguese character, but he immedi-
ately repaired TO the New York \.
NJ. G. A., which numbers several
Portuguese young men among It's
members. He had considerable diff
fculty In picking mp an acquaintance
with them. but after few days he
IOTmeQ one Win WHOM ht uetdute
quite Intimate Every evening, Nc.
Gowan would invite the European TO
cafe or restaurant. where the two
would talk for hours. the actor all
the while studying the articulation
and intonation OF his guest. In few
weeks, he had mastered the dialect,
and those who know the character
say that McGowans work is perfect.
Jocinta. Is the violinist OF the village
string quartet, in the play, and MIR
McGowan has an opportunity to dis
play his knowledge OF the violin our
ing The action OF the comedy.
T.. VI. Newman will give the second
IN n series OF traveltalks in the De-
teoit opera house Sunday evening.
March ., on Turkey vanishing EN-
pire." Prominent among the motion
pictures are panoramic scenes OF the
golden horn and sail through the
Bosphorus TO the Black sea. followed
By night view OF Constantinople
when silence lays over the city. Since
the Young Turk has been in control,
marked strides have been made and
Mr.. Newman's pictures will contras.
the new conditions with those at the
time Of his previous visit many years
ago. The cities CT Cons.antinopie.
Salonika. Brousa and .Stamboul VIII
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