Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-17

Edward Van Sloan, who will appear
at Keeney's Theatre during the first
half of the present week in his own
playlet and with his own company,
will undoubtedly prove a big drawing
card, as he is one of the most popular
actors who ever took part in local
stock productions. Last season Mr..
Van Sloan played leads, heavies and
character parts at the Orpheum. His
versatility was generally commented
upon, as he seemed quite as much at
home in one part as in another.
Among those who will assist him here
Is Edmond Sorhagen, also a local
favorite. The playlet is entitled
THE Scoop" and deals with trag-
edv in which two newspaper reporters
play leading parts. The action is
tense and the denouement exception
ally powerful
Frances McHenry, the new leading
woman at the Orpheum, which will
open next Monday with the Forsberg
Players is probably one of the best
known stock leading women IN this
country, having held similar posi-
lions with leading stocks throughout
the country. She has a large per-
sonal following in most of the large
cities, from the Pacific coast to the
Atlantic seaboard and from Winni-
peg on the north to Jacksonville on
the south.
Her repertoire includes most of the
roles played by our leading actresses
for the past five seasons She has
played nearly all the parts created
by Julia Marlowe, Maude Adams,
Ethel Barrymore, Viola Allen, Grace
George, Margaret Ellington and Laur-
cite Taylor during that time.
For the past season, as a change
from stock work, Miss McHenry ac-
cepted the leading role in Charles
Frohman's company presenting THE
Conspiracy" which part she por-
trayed with conspicuous success
! throughout the country.
She is an attractive young woman
of svelte figure. Her histrionic range
Is unusually great, her comedy forte
being equal to her capacity for emo
tional work, a versatility extremely
useful, If not essential, in stock work,
where a new character must be por-
trayed weekly. In securing her for
his company Mr.. Fosberg considers
himself unusually fortunate and an
ticipates that she will achieve imme-
date popularity at the Orpheum.
Her opening role in Bought and
Paid For" will serve to introduce her
in a character that calls for the
deepest sort of emotional powers, as
well as the lighter touches of comedy.
Matinees will be given daily.
Much of the success of the Wild
West Show at Hillside Park is due
to H. C. Mcintyre, known through
out the show world as one of the
most versatile of performers Mr..
McIatyres functions at Hillside in
clude direction of the show generally,
riding, roping, and an extraordinarily
clever shooting act. Nobody to look
at him out of the ring would identify
him with the Wild West life. He is
comparatively slight in build and
hardly more than average height. To
those who imagine Wild West per-
formers to be the toughest of GUS
toners, uncouth and illiterate. the
conversational powers of Mcintyre
and for that matter of the members
of the Hillside company in general
would prove to be pleasing disillu-
sionment. Mr.. Mcintyre not merely
talks like a gentleman and acts like
gentleman, but he writes well, with
practical literary knack. For very
many years he has entertained the
sightseeing public with his feats of
skill and daring. One of his best
stunts is to swing head downwards
from a trapeze, and from that unsub-
stantial coign shoot the smallest tar
| gets with unerring accuracy. His
act is well-nigh equaled by the
courage of his wife, who holds be-
| tween her fingers and lips the tiny
objects at which her husband aims.
The Orpheum will open next Mon
day with the Forsberg players, in
! Bought and Paid For"
The company's founder, Edwin
Forsberg, is a well-known actor and
stage director
Although new to Newark, this COM
pany has been well and favorably
known for several seasons in other
large cities. Numbered in the com
pany are Miss Frances McHenry, a
leading woman of unusual ability and
considerable beauty who has won her
spurs in the companies of Charles
Frohman as well as establishing her
self as a favorite in many of the large
cities: Charles Dingle, a young man
of considerable experience and who
in addition to his ability as an actor,
possesses an unusual amount of that
equally valuable attribute-person-
atty, also well-known as stock favor
lite in st. Paul. Chicago and other
Western cities.
Consul and Betty. the world-famous
monkeys. are feature at the Lyric
the first three days this week. Nellie
Prawcfar a we'll known musical