Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-29
Olympic Park Performance Ri
walls cohan's Original PRODUCE
ton of Geo. Washington, DR.

A George M. Cohan's show, with all
the Cohan music retained and a lot
of extra numbers thrown in for good
measure and with a splendid COM
pany putting on the production,
marks the ninth week of the Olympic
Park Opera Company's summer sea-
son, where George Washington,
Jr..." is on view this week.
A Conan show is usually a pretty
hard thing for stock opera COM
pany to handle, but the Olympic
company, with the addition of three
newcomers to play the dramatic
roles of the play and one to take the
part originated by Conan himself
got away last night, to a start that
promises to fill the big theatre at
the park before the week is over.
Garrett Plays Cohan's Part.
Harrison Garrett played the role
of George Belgrave, made famous by
Cohan. and he more than made good
He has pair OF nimble legs that are
very much on the order of the Yam
kee Comedians. With all these adj
vantages he put lot of vim into his
work last night and had the audi
ence right with him from the start.
Another newcomer was Charles P.
Morrison, who a couple of months
ago made a distinct hit as the Ameri-
can detective, "the Unknown" in
another Cohan show, Little Johnny
JONES' at the Newark Theatre In
George Washington, Jr.," Mr.. Nor
rison has a role something like 'the
Unknown" in that 1t is full of witty
lines which Mr.. Morrison knows how
to bring out in manner all his own.
He has droll method of reeling of
American slang phrases that earned
him deserved applause last night.
Other Newcomers at the Park.
Other newcomers to the cast were
Miss Henrietta Lee, stately and good
looking, who played the part of
widow last night and played it we'll.
Besides being a capable actress she
has q wealth Of handsome gowns
and knows how to wear them. John
Flemings, who played the part Of
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senator, who wanted to turn Eng
lishman. but who was foiled by his
patriotic son. George Belgrave other
wise George Washington, jr., is the
fourth newcomer
Miss Laura Jaffray again carried
Off the honors In the female end of
the production and never appeared
to better advantage than she did as
Dolly Jones, the Southern girl, who
is in love with George washington,
jr., and who has to fight everybody
to win him. Miss Jaffray was in fine
voice last night and besides render
ing the regular songs of her part, in
terpolated pretty little thing in the
third act entitled That's All I Want
for Nine" In this she was assisted
by Charles Fletcher who first aided
in the chorus from the spotlight box
high above the heads of the audience
and then Joined Miss Jaffray on the
stage. The pair were forced to re-
spond to four encores before the au.
dlence was satisfied.
Miss Campbell scores Again.
Miss Georgia Campbell repeated
her success of last week in her role
of the Hon. Evelyn Rothburt, an
American girl masquerading as a
titled Englishwoman for the purpose
of trapping the English-loving Sem
ator Beigrave. Her best work was
in the second act where, besides do
ing a clever piece of melodrarnatio
she also sang, as a special number.
A.
Chocolate SoldieF" in which her
splendid soprano voice was heard to
advantage
Jack Henderson added honors In
another comedy role to his already
long list by playing Eaton Ham. a
negro servant. In dialect, actions
and makeup Mr.. Henderson was
perfect and got many deserved
laugh out of the audience bv hi.
clever work. Arthur Burclxlv was
another of the regulars to mako
good,
Some Clever Artists.
Gustav Blum as the hotel cIerk
Miss Anna White as the teIenhona
operator, and Miss Georgia LeMaa
as the bell-boy was pleasing in
sIhaH roles, MISS LeMae helping out
the gayety in the second act with
an especially clever bit Of soft shoe
dancing, Of which art she is splen-
did exponent.
Next week sthe first of the oneraa
given as a result of the voting com
test by. the Olympic Park patrons
VIII be- produced when The Tender
foot made famous by Richard
earle. will be the bill. This opera is
a story of Western life ana Is Allied
with pretty music and good comedy
and includes in its Characters cow
boys and cowgirls. Indians, Next
cans, Texas rangers and soldiers. Civ
Ing an opportuniting for splendid
display of costumes.
The voting contest closed last
night and THE Tenderfoot, had q
big lead for first choice. Other op-
eras that rank high in the ballot
ing, the result OF which viii be an
nounced later. are Mile. Modesto"
The Red Mill, Tack and the Bean-
stalk, 7 The Fortune Euntax'' ara
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