The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-20

ment In Philadelphia while present
Ing the Brieux play. The university
performance of Damaged Goods"
was given at a Friday matinee. A
special stage had to be erected In
the hall. The performance. was not
announced to begin until o'clock,
but before noon the students had
begun to- gather. and long before l
o'clock the auditorium was packed.
At the conclusion OF the perform.
ance the students gathered on the
campus In the pouring rain and gave
Mr.. Bennett and his co-workers re-
markable tribute OF cheers as they
drove toward Philadelphia for the
regular evening performance.
There, Is promise Of one OF the
most delightful musical events OF the
theatrical season in the coming OF
Christie Macdonald to the. Detroit
opera house in new Victor Herbert
operetta, .Sweethearts." Monday.
March 80. "Sweethearts,' in addition
to the charming quality of its melO-
dies and the lively Smith-deGresac
story has been considered during the
half-year run In New York and the
remarkable Chicago engagement just
ended, to have the best cast heard In
light opera for many seasons. In ad.
dition to Miss Macdonald. there Is
Tom McNaughton who made thou.
sands laugh In THE Spring Maid"
Lionel Walsh. another English come
dian Of note: Carl Gantvoort, Frank
Belcher. Robert O'ConnOr, Edwin
Wilson. Ethel duFre Houston. Ele-
amor Henry. Nella Mccoy, Gene Pei
tier, Edith Allan, Gretchen Hartman,
Cecilia Hoffman and Gertrude Rudd.
and an unusually large and well.
trained chorus, and the Victor Her.
bert opera orchestra.
The present artistic endeavOr OF
Holbro0k Blinn as leading actor and
director of the Princess Players from
the Princess theater. New York, In
the presentation Of one-act plays, is
not MIR. Blinn's first effort in this
line by any means. In recent years
he has appeared with Arnold Daily
and Mrs. Fiske In q number OF no
table one.act dramas. In London he
Is celebrated for several one-act char.
acterixations, such as lib" in lib and
Little Christina" and as Rain-in-the-
Face. In 1.-The Great Silence" In
"The Cat and the Cherub,," Chester
Bailey Fernah's Chinese drama, Mr..
Blinn played Wing Shee; with Arnold
DAILY he played In The Strikers" and
other strong one-act dramas and with
Mrs. Fiske he appeared In "The
Shadow OF the Glen" Mr.. Blinn's re-
markable versatility is shown In the
great variety of roles he has essayed
during the current engagement Of the
Princess Players In the Garrick the.
alter, where he has given nine differ
ent Characterization during the week
Olga Roller IL the prima donna OF
the Madame Moselle" company, the
musical comedy production which
will be seen next week In the Gar
rick theater. Miss Roller IL native
OF Vienna, which IL termed by many
''the cradle OF prima donnas." She
received the greater part of her vo-
Cal instruction at home, and at the
age Of II was sent to Paris for the
finishing touches. which she received
under the tutelage Of Frank X. Clark,
an American with AN international
reputation for developing the vocal
talents Of his pupils. Among other
accomplishments Miss Roller Is .
capable violinist, and her graceful
dancing fits her exceptionally well
for the musical comedy stage. She
has been seen In the title role Of 1.-THE
Merry Widow and also appeared In
THE Soul Kiss" and the "Follies OF
1911"
"The Globe OF Death II the start
ling title of the headline act booked
for the Miles theater, next week. II
10 thrilling. riding spectacle In which
. man and woman race around In.
side steel globe on bicycles and
motorcycles. IL II said to be one of
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