South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-08
Stage


house next wednesday evening. Miss
Marlowe will appear in the charac-
ter she impersonated when she ma e
her first appearance in South Benz
lat the oliver. Jan. Il. 1889
4 more than 81 years ago. That was
little more than a year after she
dlled her initial engagement in New
York-Oct 20. 1887.
Thirty-one years ago, when Miss
Marlowe was Viola in Twelfth
Might" at the oliver. she came here
a mere girl Wednesday night, when
she reads the lines Of Viola on the
oliver stage the audience, which
will be Of such size as to I'll every
seat in the playhouse. will look upon
and hear the actress many eminen>
authorities put down as the greatest
Viola OF all time.
Miss Marlowe. after she gained
emiuence on the stage, did not come
20 South Bend as often as play-gocrs
here were anxious TO greet her. the
engagements being comparative 3
few. In 1890 she acted "Pygmalion
md Galatea" at the oliver and IN
1892 was seen there in The lunch
back" When she came 20 the Audi
forum in 1902 in when Knight
hood Was IN Flower" she set ~ "A
record agurc r large receipts, the
big playhouse having been sold out
for her engagement within short
time after the sale opened
T.. III. SOthcrn began acting in South
Bend a few weeks after Miss Mar
lowe made her bow here. his first
sngog-ment at the oliver having
been March 10, 1889. in Lord
ChumIey." Then Mr.. Sothern was
q, comedian. A year later ne again
played Lord Chumley' at the OIL
~. i'm 1891 ne acted THE Master
OF Wpodbarrow'F there and i'm 1892
he appeared before an oliver audi
cuce I'm Captain Letterbiair.
Thereafter. for a long period, South
BEND saw nothing of MIR. Sothern.
During his absence he had become
~ romentic actor and an exponent OF
.shak,spcare's comedies and TRACE
dies IN 1907 Mr.. Sothern returned
10 South Bend and acted IF ] Were
King." one of his achievements al
Tho Auditorium.
MIR. Sothern and Miss Marlowe be
came Joint stars ut the Illinois the
alter. Chicago. Sept 49, 1904. The
bin was Romeo and Juliet which
they acted at The Auditorium mere
June ne. 1905. They remained as
roi1t stars during the seasons OF
raOf-1eO5. 19C5-19O6 and l9O6-lSOt
i'm the fall Of 1907 they went ON tour
vith individual companies. Miss
,.arIowe produced Gloria and re-
vvcd AS You Like a." and Mr..
1 eotbcrn revived III / Were King.
1gpN-1909 Miss Mariowe pro
p~ucod THE Goddess of Reason
Joi1t starring tours OF Mr.. Soth-
rrn and Miss Marlowe were resumed
in 1909 and continued until 1914
,-hrr Hiss Marlowe, stricken with
lr4ss ON the Pacific coast, hurried
10 <ew York and her retirement was
..nnor.nccd. March Is, 1913. they
acted THE Tanning OF the Shrew
bore Sothern remained on tour af-
t,~ Miss NarI-we became i'll. He
PRODUCED "Charlemagne, - Justin
14untlev Mccarthy play. and il was
ROT n success. 'If 7 Were King,
Lord Dundreary" and Hamlet
wore used by him. In 1916 he pro-
duced The Two Virtues. ~ with
charlotte walker as his leading
-adv and Haidee Wright Blanche
,-urli and Orlando DAILY I'm the COM
r,n. Later he acted David Gar
,lrl- 80 with Alexandria Carlisle as
s.-e leading woman. His retirement
,-.s announced. In the fall 1916 inc
,rsvcd limited engagements i'm IF
Were King" ass a Red Cross bene-
.t
Last lau in New York. MT Soth-
arm and Miss Marlowo. both IN
..,Iendid health returned 10 the
.3ge. They made productions OF
..-r ming OF the Shrew." Twelfth
Nirht" and Hamlet" success was
t1stantaneous and unusually pro
uouuced.
I'm Twelfth Niglt' both stars are
"a their best-Mr Sothern as Nal
clio and Miss Marlowe as Viola
The Marlowe voice is one of tho
..-eat attributes.
The best remembered production
49, Twelfth Night offered i'm Souti
BEND up until this time is tina
which Viola Allen brough, TO the
auditorium iu 1904 IL was very
beautiful Mr. and Mrs. Coburr
played Twelfth Night here II