The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
At the Birmingham Theatres the Coming Week
In the Show World

! ltere. conduct themselves on and off the
stage. When they are in the calcium
they are the embodiment of noisy hilar1ty
and mrth-creating activity. The drop OF
the final curtain marks complete
metamorphosis in them, as they are then
taciturnity personified. Seldom does
either open his mouth unless 1t is 10 an
swer a pertinent question or to eat
Milton and Sargent Aborn, who made
the first production ever given in Eng
lish In America of "rhe Tales of Hoff-
man." "Thais," Louise" La Gioconda,'
and others, and who introduced Han
sci and Greter' to the English repertoire
last season. have organized a new in
stitution. the Aborn Grand Opera COM
pany, which will make annual reyivals
of operas of this classification. Its Of
fering this season will be a spectacular
modernized production of Planquette
charming opera eomique. The Chimes OF
Normandy" which was originally known
as 1.-THE Bells of Cornevile.'
one of the important theatrical Of
ferings of the local season will be A.
G.. Delamaters beautiful scenic produc-
ton of "Freckles," a dramatizauon ny
Neil Twomey of Gene Stratton-Porters
widely read novel of the same title.
to Birmingham theatregoers, and they
are supported by company of 20, IN
Guiding a dozen chorus girls and several
principals
Every feature of the show is new. The
costumes were completed only four weeks
ago In New York. the songs were writ
ten especially for this show, the scenery
is brand new and every other feature
in keeping. The show has met with Won
derful success everywhere, and mas
broken house attendance records In every
city. There will be matinees every att
ernoon at 2:30 and two performances
every night, at 1880 and o'clock
The Richmond News Leader, one of the
conservative papers of Richmond, had
the following to say in regard 10 the
initial production of the Jolly-Nild COM
pany in that city recently:
.'rhe success of this deviation from the
established policy of the Empire as
regards the character of it's attractions
was attested by the enthusiastic manner
in which the Monday audiences well
! coined the fun. music and girl show and
it's joint stars, Edward Jolly and Winl-
| fred Wild
over Night In Boston is the title of
the piece, which is presented in three
| scenes The presenting company, pro-
| grammed as a tabloid musical comedy
organization carries in its rank and
| file talent that compares favorably with
that of the average song-and-girl show
offered in the first-cass theatres at first
class prices. The general excellence OF
| the production was a positive surprise
and most agreeable one. The un-
| equivocal success of yesterdays S presen-
tation of over Night In Boston argues
strongly for a perpetuation of the new
policy that will permit the occasional
entry at the Empire of organized touring
companies that will relieve the monotony
of an uninterrupted run of vaudeville.
"That the change was hailed with de-
light by the crowds of amusement SEEK
ers that filled the theatre yesterday af-
ternoon and evening was unmistakable.
True it is that Ed Jolly, an 'on-and-off
jolier of the jolliest sort, and volatile.
clever Winnie Wild, had already estab-
lished themselves as favorites here on the
vaudeville stage, and their personal
prestige contributed in no small measure
to the gratifying results Of the ilnova-
tion, but the production as Whole
scored heavily by reason of its general
| excellence.
s"rhe farce was well acted the musical
numbers we'll selected and attractively
rendered the scenic hablaments OF the
piece all that could be reasonably asked,
and the eostuming surprisingly lavish