Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05
CHERR|ANS WILL
STAGE THE ED|CTATOR"
Famous Farce Comedy To Be
Presented Two Evenings,
Dec. l4-l5

On Thursday and Friday evenings
December IA and 10, the Cherrians will
present at the Grand theatre. Richard
Harding Davis internationally famous
farce comedy, "The Dictator" with an
all-star east of Cherrian actors.
If this modest announcement, fresh
from the throne of the new King Bing,
fails to properly impress you, listen
for here comes the details. Not all the
details, of course, for according to Man
ager Deckebach the event is going to be
of such magnitude that il would take
! columns and columns to tell all about
it-but here are some of the details:
The Cherrians, after weeks of pre-
paratron, are ready to appear in play
not moving picture play, or any,
thing like that, but regular play. The
late King Bing Deckebach has had the
matter under his crown ever since "The
Fortune Hunter'' last spring blazed
out upon the local theatrical horizon
and startled Salem theatregoers into a
new and amazing conception of the
phrase "loeal talent play.n And so
early in the fall the King Bing called
his vassals together and they decided
that the next big local talent affair
should be staged by the Cherrians. His
majesty figured that the Cherrian
roster contained nearly all the dramatic
talent there is in town, and that it was
shame to let it go to waste. He also
figured that the Cherrians need lot
of money in their unique and continuous
campaign Of boosting Salem, and that
this was an excellent way to get it.
Hence the play, which will doubtless
be the talk of the town for some time
to come. James Mott, who staged "The
Fortune Hunter" Tor the Social Service
Center last February, was summoned
before the King and commanded to find
a play in which the Cherrian actors
would be seen to the best advantage,
and after carefully examining all the
big comedy successes which have beer
produced during the past 10 years Mr..
Mott selected 1.-THE Dictator and the
therrians AT once entered into an ar
rangement with Chas. Frohman Inc,
the owners of the play, for permission
to stage it.
1.-The Dictator" is perhaps the best
known of all the comedies of Richard
Harding Davis, author of ''Soldiers of
Fortune" " EVAN Bibber," "Ranson IS
Folly" and a host Of others. II was
recently produced by Chas. Frohman at
the Criterion theatre, New York, with
William Collier i'll the title-roe. The
east also included Jack Barrymore,
Marie Doro, George Nash, and many
Others of almost equal prominence. The
play ran for more than.a year at the
Criterion, after which ii was transferred
with the original east to Mr.. Frohman IS
London theatre, The Duke of York S,
where it played continuously for anoth
er year-the longest run ever scored by
an American comedy in the Bsitish me-
tropolis.
The Chcrrian production will be
staged with brand new scenery, built
and painted especially Tor it. Here is
the east:
Brooke Travers. alias ''Stcvc' Hill.
................... James Mott
Simpson, his valet, alias elm Dodd.
................. Perry Reiglcman
Charley Hyne, wireless operator for
the Rod Line ..... Carl Gabriclson
Col. John r. Bowie L. :. Consul to