The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-26
ADJUSTMENTS
The Play Last Night.


In spite Of the very bad weather.
Paul Gilmore in the romantic comedy
drama, Captain Alvarez" played to
a good-sized house last night, and re-
captured Pensacola.
Paul Gilmore has often played to
good houses here, but never to a more
appreciative audience than that Of last
evening, in this romantic play to which
he is so well adapted. What the Count
OF Monte Carlo was to O'Neill, and
Faust to Louis Morrison. Captain AL
varez seems destined to become to
Paul Gilmore, and he held his audi
ence last night not only by his por-
trayal but through the merits of the
vehicle he has chosen. which is so
admirably fitted to him.
Following is the cast OF characters:
Cast of Characters.
Don Mateo Arana, (Foreign Minister
to John Manuel Rosas, president of
the Argentine Republican,. Louis
Lytton.
Bonita. Don Arana's niece-Miss
Mabel Scott.
Mercedes, Bonita's companion-Miss
Hazel Freeman.
Senior Del Carpio, Alias Tirso the
Spy. a Castillan-Mr. Jas. Mace.
L
cival r. Seaman.
Pablo, a bandit-Mr. A. Beasley.
Sancho, an old Indian Slave-Mr. r.
NJ. Dever.
Garcia. Federal Corporal-Mr. S.
Mountford.
Robert w. Wainwright, from the u.
S-Mr. Paul Gilmore.
Federal Soldiers. Bandits, Etc. The
action takes place in the Republic of
Argentine in South America during the
early fifties.
Synopsis Of Scenes.
Act THE garden of Don Arana's
residence in the Province Of Buenos
Ayres, a few miles from the City of
Buenos Ayres, on a morning in early |
June.
Act IA room in Don Arana's resi- |
dence-Eight months later on the |
of February 3rd, 1852.
Act II-The same-Fifteen hours |
later. Scene Midnight. Scene 81
At daybreak the following morning.
1.-THE Actor and the Girl"
That was the title of the offering |
to the patrons at the Empress last |
night, for the second of the tri-weekly |
change Of program and the result was
the most laughable bill that has ever
been offered to the patrons Of that
theatre.
Billy WEIGH, in the roll of Farmer
Tubbs" is the nearest character OF q
typical Down Easter that Pensaco-
n many months.
Jack MINIS, who took care Of his
1ificult part admirably, while Carrie
Brewer as Rosie the Maid" was very
Margaret MINIS in the cast of
Minerva Skinnem," is very clever
title woman and was well received.
The hit Of the bill, as was the case
n the previous plays, was that funny
elbow, Charlie Brewer, in the roll of
Rufus a negro character, and he had
he audience in an uproar of laughter
rom curtain to curtain, especially SO
When he takes the place of the statue
which has disappeared.
The musical numbers were all well
and were as follows with the
lame Of The artist who led the num-
Ter: Dolly Ferguson-"The Good Ship
dary Ann" Jack Minnis-"Get Out
nd Get Under" Billy Welch-"Do
Eou Take This Woman For Your Law
ul Wife? 1 Do, I Do" Margaret Min
Get You"
All had to respond to several en-
ores. The next change OF program
hat the Dixie Girls" will offer to the
atrons on Friday will be a rural COM
dy entitled, Quick Lunch"
Friday night Manager Jones has a
nique offering for the Empress pa
rons in the form OF a sketch taken
rom DockStader's Ministries of 1913,
reduced by two local boys, and which
romises TO be very entertaining as
yell as out Of the ordinary.