Show World (June 1909)

THE SHOW WORLD June 5, 1909. 22 NEW MUSICAL SHOW FOR CANADIAN CIRCUIT Harry S. Daniels Recruiting Strong Organizations in Chicago for Circuit Which He Praises. Harry S. Daniels, manager for Ernest Willis, general manager of the Western Canada (dramatic) circuit, was in Chicago this week organizing the Colonial Musical Comedy com¬ pany which is to open on the circuit at Brandon, Man., June 14, and which will leave here June 12. The company will comprise thirty- two persons in all and will play The Isle of Spice, Show Girl, Runaways and other well known successes, the complete productions of which will be carried. Among the people already engaged are Adele Oswald, prima donna; Nellie V. Nichols, late of the Newlyweds, soubrette; Essie Barton, characters; E. Coit Albertson, tenor; Frank Woods and A1 Foster, come¬ dies; Henry Burgess, characters; Frank B. Nelson, baritone; Frank French, stage manager, and Bradford Mills, musical director. There will be a chorus of twenty-two. The company will open at Brandon June 14 and will play there one week, to be followed by one week of night stands into Calgary, where it is booked for three weeks, with three weeks to follow at Edmonton. Paper has been secured from the Ackerman- Quigley company of Chicago and Kansas City. Prospects Encouraging. In speaking of the prospects, Mr. Daniels said: “I have just returned from a tour of that country through which we are booked, as manager of Florence Roberts, who, by the way, has gone into a stock at the Alcazar, Frisco. We had a remarkably good season, and I was most agreeably sur¬ prised at the growth of the towns through that section. Roberts, who played The House of Bondage, was the first big dramatic offering the Ca¬ nadians along that route had seen; imagine it! They have heretofore de¬ pended upon repertoire companies and cheap stocks. Someone else has dis¬ covered that this route is profitable for there are several big shows booked over that time for next sea- “Ernest Willis deserves all kinds of credit for the work he has been doing in upbuilding the Canadian ter¬ ritory over which he is destined to become the dramatic ruler. Already he has house in Calgary (22,000 pop.), Edmonton, (19,000), Lethbridge, (12,000), and Saskatoon, (10,000), all located in Alberta: while in British Columbia he has Cranbrook, (7,000), Fernie, (6,000), Nelson, (18,000), Cole¬ man, (8,000), Revelstoke, (6,000), and Kamloops, (5,000). Then they have Regine, (12,000), in the province of Saskatchewan and Brandon, (14,000), in Manitoba. The company, under the management of Mr. Willis, is about to erect at Edmonton a $75,000 house and a $45,000 house at Leth¬ bridge. All of these are up to date theaters. I was particularly sur- prised at the railroad facilities and' hotels along the route.” DANCE SUCCEEDS WHERE “JOE” HOWARD FAILED. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 2. The Majestic theater is playing to packed houses again after two sea¬ sons of indifferent business. ' The house has been remodeled and under the management of William H. Dance, a Chicago theatrical man, has come again into- the popularity it knew before taken over by Joe How¬ ard. Under the Howard regime the house was called The Barrison, in honor of the actor-playwright’s wife, but because of indifferent direction by a foreign manager, coupled with ill- advised publicity methods, business gradually dropped away. Mr. Dance has worked hard to give the public the best that could reasonably be ex¬ pected, and by adding a larger or¬ chestra and two new acts bi-weekly, has stimulated business wonderfully. BAUSCH & LOMB Projection Lens F OR FIFTY YEARS the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. have been manufacturing lenses of all kinds and all sizes. They produce more high class optical goods than any other factory in the world. 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Long runs are the style at the Tremont, as is shown by the follow¬ ing summary: 1908— Aug. 25—The Merry Widow, music by Franz Lehar, first time in Boston, 18 weeks. Dec. 28—Follies of 1908, by Harry B. Smith and Maurice Levi, first time in Boston, five weeks. HL : 1909— Feb. 1—Victor Moore in The Talk of New York by George M. Cohan, first time in Boston, two weeks. Feb. 15—The Waltz Dream } by Oscar Strauss, first time in Bos¬ ton, three weeks. Mar. 8—Kitty Grey, first time in Boston, three weeks. March 29 — The Servant in J the House, by C. Rann Kennedy® first time in Boston, six weeks.^B May 10—May Robson, in 5The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary, by Anne Warner, first time in Bos¬ ton, three weeks. The company did a tremendous business between Chicago and Boston. Will Donnelly, who was in advance, left Boston for Chicago. The com¬ pany is managed by Ralfe Harlaitk The organization will stay here un til Aug. 1, when it goes to the Herald Square in New York. CARRIE THATCHER SAVES STOCK PERFORMANCE Katherine Grey Ill and Understudy Makes Hit at Euclid Garden at Eleventh Hour. Cleveland, May 29. An interesting incident occurred in the production of The New York Idea by the Euclid Avenue Garden stock company, last Mondav. which was not set down on the program. Katherine Grey, leading woman, notified the management at the eleventh hour that illness would prevent her from appear¬ ing in the leading role. For a time pandemonium reigned. Each member of the cast, with but one exception, had been assigned to various roles. The one exception was Carrie Thatch¬ er. She was called upon. She had no time to memorize the lines but brave¬ ly consented to appear and read the part. She had just enough time to -pick up a few things and rush to the theater from her hotel, make-up, 'tM take the plunge. Management and audience agreed, after the performance, that Miss Thatcher did the thing beautifully, that, had it not been for the occasional appearance of a book in her hands, no one would have known but that she had been familiar with everv line. She was again called upon for the Wednesday matinee, when the au¬ dience was given the privilege of go¬ ing to the box office and getting^ money back. No one went and Miss Thatcher got a couple of curtain calls for her splendid work. Among others engaged for theicom- pany are Robert Drouet, George® Barbier, Louise Galloway, Harrison Hunter. Jeffrie Lewis, J. H. Butler. Ruth Rose, John Steppling, Edwin H. Curtis, Marie Hager, Harry Main- hall. Secret Service is the current bill.