The billboard (Dec 1905)

Ttie Billboard OKCEMSER 1^ IMS. ^^^^^ ^(^^ OPENS TO ECLAT iife^ HsU Been Heralded in Hovd Manner Aadt Ksssell Opens in New Bernard Shaw Play. Major Bai1>ara—^The Piece is in Three Acts and Follows the Anthor's usual S^e vi PiscasMOO. SmIA Titran—w. w*a govern Us . xak» HemtMT •raalas; ^ee. 4. at the BiMd Azcet StesDc P htli a ripliH . Pa. Olie eompmr was cut «a foBows: Conrtiicx Kaae. .^.Tan Bondaer Wlweler Xcr. 31una>.'mniui^^.>'WIIIUm EUott Mr. Antes ..»»^^ii..'^.»w.fTinT Barwood Hie BlAop ...............•-.Urron Cillce 3rcd Bancder ..^ Cbazies WTOSatc AdeQ)crt Fcebica Gcorse W. LeaUe Jfr. _ Hanlaoii Eenron ...J. j. Hirrey ,^.JBarotx Bain Feisnaon Seott nddas:^^'_i:bii~.....9eMaiet Brown Aaj FleUccs t:.';..j^~:ilannee Budolph SjlTla Antoi ^........Xts Dennlaon wj«>jnwf^. Anten ...^.....^...Markm Locae Biltee Smltbcn ....^......eeerste O'BaawT Hnul Waitress Zoe Edmnnd IX>r aercnl weeks PbHadelphla had been sniped wltli the word "Spansles." snd carios- Itr was rmicb aronstd. When tbe Bioad Street Theatre was opened Monday erenlnc there was a msh for seats, and the imw lCTl pleeca made Ha t>ow before e iioaae. J^MtjnB, tbe <locr3. ^, . Tbe new piece U aald Ml of . . —- It was r»- . er from the ' t» tta end. It Is band- iBdIeatlras pobit to a cnc- aaccr te the Vlrdltnser prodnet- Tbe —«-r*-r la ane oC tbe best ercr east tor mn- iMal cnmar._ Md-»-■■■*« *t,tt*.t ™il B it plajera scoced taatTMHs^^Nik ^'Otf'''-i Gcotte Benurd Sbaw's new plar. entitled Hajar Bartaara. -waa clTca its premiere Toca- dai-.cTCBtaK. Otor. at ' Inc Iowa: Z«dy B(ttMiie'-.nMhi^aft.^Baaina FiUppl Stepbcn HMhMB ......Afbert Haiben Morrison ..'....I O. I>. Delph Bart>ara Undei^iatt ........Ananle PirssfTl Sarab Underahaft .Basel niompsan Charles I<nnax Dawaoo MUIward Addpbas On^ns Gianrllle Barker Andrew Dnderabaft Iionis Calrert Bnmmy ig ft*****"^ .............Clare Greet Snobby Priee Artbor l^eeby Jenny Hm Dorotby Mlnto Peter sutler ...F. Oremlln Tbe iaeW:,yl|V ^ llilled as a "dlacosslon.** It is In tbiaa MtK'>*Presentlcs three Bcccesslre days in Janaair. Uw, In Ixxidon. The Brat act takes place in tbe library in Lady Brlto. mart Dndecahaft's boose In wnton-Crescent; the second in tbe faeadquarters of tbe SalTa- tlon Army; the first scene of tlie third act in wnton-Cteseent. and tlie eeeood scene among tbe bigh exvoalTC ikeda at tlie Arsenal of Messrs. UndBiAatt ft Immna, aaar tbe inodel town of E<atialtk'' tt. ABOmn. m»* (tremlsia vaa aeeeCded a lisM xeyal wd- come at tte taada at a cnnrded and biflltant audience. Amons IImwm present ware Pzeoilar Balfoor, air. Jameson, of Tranaraal fame, and Sir Oltrer Joseph Ix>d«e, president of tbe Unl- TCTSity of (Birmingham. The oonrentioiiaUsm of society and Eovemment In eeneral came Im. jog A MTCce riuUnc -iq> In tbe latnt Shaw Itae new tl>eatre in St. Peter, formally opened to ttie public Qlondar eren- 1ns. KoT. 87. with (FIoccBce Boberts ia ber aew play. Ann Talftot Amnng tbe laii a t < »--^.^ - . tte pe ople erecting so Mantma a plajtwiBe. He alav emapUmented lilsa Boberta npcn bcr new play and her talent St. CMBT VOB IMtt a piajIwiBe. UNDERQOE8 OPERATION ON SHUBERT8 SECURE MANN AND LIPMAN Anaagenenla bave been made wltereby iLoulis Mann and Clara Lipmaa wlU open under the Sbnbert manasement Hnr Ibufm Dv k New York City In a new phV HlM'IMHi^ en- title Jolie Bon Bon. . Tliis.docs not eooe ta tbe nature of a snr- prlse to the readers of Tlie Billboard. Inaamnch as audi actta was pradieted teeently. 'when air. Minn laetltaM Mit afttaHt Obii. B. IXI- tlie actor a aa: bad declined to play. In prlTaie Ufe Miss UpaaaB la lbs. iMla Mann. Aa .•UieiDE ON STAON Vsdi n g lady Co., waa taced to 1 a Pnllinan -while cs recently, iiecanae of a A Bann happened to be on the train wbcB tbe yoong lad^ was seised with a stran^inc spell. lie immediately turned the car into an operatlng.room and performed tlie operation which in all probability sared her life. , wmm .-Williams Is a natlTe of San Frandaeo. ■ hill opened at the Gnoid See. 4. SsTSce has notUed tbe Drama'tic Oab of the Iowa nniTenity not to use George .Ade's Tbe CSomity rt,mir„^-w, witlioBt paying the jpuini tojalty. 'Vli appears ttat the CI^. accBsd tte play ftw a. pbatleal have In •aSk. aad reheaxaalB had rCBNT MILOOIUiMA who is credited with being the Ikther «f tCD-cent Tanderille in the west, haa coiapleted anangements whereby melo- (kama win te presented In bis bonaes at tbe — he watched .with to- FXesB Oab^ flist aanaal It hdd at »Ilh^ Thes- is Tcry hsitdseme Ca r i rt a tliw J in detaiL otter attractlTe featnres an a*»»- — — " Kr Pwi ci oC Am J. W. McConnell. Vm. Owes Ob^.^'*' i*** .;>'^|BHL tbe borne of Rejane, Bernhardt and SMhIMie. the Incobator of emotions and tbe ecttter of sensatioos, last week contrfbnted an- itber scene to the world's great, onrebearsed drama. While portraying the part of the hero'- in intense lore aeeae at a leadlac theatre in l-aBochelle. Mile. Loaaa,' a acettx- and aeeom- pUAed aeticaa^ taeke «nr tnm her lorer's embrace, and. a t«pp»ag ta-'the tesHiabti, slMt becadf In the heart -with a cetalrcr aad tell dead. The ipeetade 'was too inch Car nuny members in the audience, and talatc the cur- tain coDld be lowered a namber of w oa a en had tainted. Mile. T^iM" iiad been la s of mUd " anotlicr COQUEUN : AINS . REOOVEMNG AIna. tte eminent French actor, la to ha reeoreilns from ills recent 111- ea o s e d coosiderable alarm amons keen appearing •e Oalte, and week before last waa bed. Tbe physldsns oongestioa of the ~ msgnnsed <ke meKAr ss WHfCICAULT AND JANW Tzom Tbe Prodigal Son to musical comedy is quite a jnmp, bnt perhaps after a month's rest at Ut. Clemeas, Midi.. Aohrey Boodcanlt wHI be able to make the ttanaformatlon tne. cesitnlly. It is annoanced that Mr. Bondcaalt has been engaged to play leads with Elile new musical comedy, entitled The Cop, Which opus alMat Jan. 1. WOmrMINOTON CmES-ABROAD ■Wcrtiilngton, the sterling aetor who with Mavaret AngUn In DAVID-WARnnH BANQUBTBD Dramatists' Clnb held a han- qoet at Delmonlco's New Xork, Dec 8, in booor of DsTid Wardeld. tbe Belasco star who has won sncb great sneeess In The Maslc Maater. Brooaon Howard presided, and amoag the gnests were many of the leading playwrights and prodncers of tbe dsy. Msny eniogistlc speccbas were made, and Warfield himself addreaM* tte.eittHlMtld dience on tbe importaaee dC tti llW ■ tt^ success of the play. Cbarles Klein, anthoc eC and DaTld aelasc» the both bdeOy , _ _ s. 8ARDOU NO TRAVELER TJctorlen Sardoo. tlie French playwright Is abont to cross the gngi!«4. channd for the first time In Ua Hfe, to be present at the ptemleie of Ue lies MerreOIeDses at Daly'a, ~ AL. O. FIELD, ORATOR AI. O. was the serrlcea Dec. 3. air. Field's address was fnU of tliose aentt- menta that mark tiie man of atrength and char- acter, and he was beard with deepest interest by tbe assembli^e. The proprietor ot the Al. G. Field Minstrels stands liij^ In the Elks order, and la recog- nised as aae at the leadcfs at ' CRT. HEHKT BELMEE PLAY P80DDCED New Yort by Heht Combines Sereral Novelties in SettiiiK aid Situations with ResntatiM^ Melodrama New York Sy iNlght. a new romantic comedy drama hr Besaj Bdnwr, was stTca its ialtlBl prod nethsa M mghg^^wsvlBfc jfcg, d^ ^.y -Me cast: OBABACTBRS IN FBOLOOaB. Wslter ralghtoQ ... Frank Karrisgton aowaid Boblnsoo R. G. Williams General Oaliymplc .....Archie K. Chnatle Olonte Kraa Walter James Jack WUiard Martin A. Somen ™q v^ ?aaar —• a»BUUa~^MHS|BB •••• Baby SUa UtUs OHASACISBS IK TBB FIJLY. Rosa Frank KarTiogtso 'Howard Boblnaon B. O. iWHIlams JohnDy-on-tbe-SpeC '....••llartlB A- SoeMtS Edwin I>alrymiile.AldUe K. Christie Qlonte Kroas Walter James Abe LlT-en-Esse Oiarlcs U. Seay- Clarence the Cop A. L Dooner Helen Boblnsoa Miss Engel Bommer Bhoda Delaran Loolse RApley Blale Paigbton \ Edith Gny 'Ragtime Kate Flo Tonng . Cittseas. gneats, boatmen, society people, etc. ids the aae aancsts, the aettlogt of at new piece are entirely -within New York City. Brooklyn Bridge. Long Acre S<inare aad a nwt- lopoUtin bote! fomlah mtterlal for tte Mcnes which were ably painted by Joseph Fhyaolc. There is tbe lost child who narrowly escaped from an aerial descent from tbe middle of Brooklyn -Bridge, tbe machinating villain who plou the crime, tbe black dressed, tendet- nearted heroine and the stalwart, brare and daring bero who dnips around Jnt In time to prove himself a benefactor. The play is by BO^means badly CDnstracted; In tact, it la away above the ordinary ran of melodramas. Mr. KarrlngtOD and Miss Leigh- ton wsre seen to tbe best advantage, and their anpponlnc mgipany -was ezeeptloiaUy cood. JfartiB X. OtagB ls MSpsMttle te tte — NOVA SCOTU Iiuured by Plethora of AtUactioiis Fan^y Accon^ «f Coodftions in Bbcassed oo tiie Inl : made Ih* Mora g eaM a trip last tkat K as ■Mw-caaaaaSa ■• there tUs etmlH has •■« Mr It vffl S oot of the — — ~ — towna in tte peaaiacca are acn^ aB *^eBl^ and natnrally tte aisaef w beik aTCsr attrae- tloo they can get. K twa «r Ihcfe ahows es into tliem eveiy weA It Is hapiTlli to get paying tioslness. last smimiet twenty «r tbtny managers got tiie "down east" idea and there was s scramble <ar time. Boose managers in- creased tbe rent, offlrtsls exacted nnreasonable hcenae fees, newspapers demanded almost pro- hibitive rates for advertising, bnipostera Id- slsted opon cash paymeots. in fsct, eveirone sot his bot the traveling manager. - The small towns In Hew Branswlck and Nora Scotia are not as good aa towna of ei)iial size la t^e States, and It la a qncatiaD If It la poUc;- to visit tiiem at alL However, compaoleit having a leaa expense.tlian flOO ptt day can get numey la tteia J&aMbcy arc the only atrac- tloa that weeBSK'^S^^-" Tbe larger dsaras'hse dae in April, -May aad Jancw bat antr lut aancr'a njiilisn It Is daabtM K Hie hsoses wffl be «mb im Mr. The esaalty- -wlB prove good tat • seaMMUe nmaher s( sHiatlluas sad already a good deal of time baa beca booked. Stock and melodnsus are i^iffsBF v^.tceeHcd and big mnslcal or- gaalsatleas caa da a tnmeodona bostness. bat the pe o ple deauad aieHtorioas companies and tbe lalrrlor sacs hare little ciiance. Managers expecting to make that coontrr will do well to commoDlcate ■with O. A. Sklnovr. St. John. S. B.. cr N. W. Mason. New Glas- gow. N. S.. either of whom will be glad lo give InfonnatloQ. Klrke Brown has added Tbe Clirtstlao to liU repertoire, the initial performance of which was elven at BMver Falls, Pa.. T^ankSRlvlnr olcht. Mr .Broim Is *n excelient John Storm and his lopport appnred to good advantage. Mr. Brown goes Into Nova 6cotla next snmrnrr, bot wlU play the larite cities otilj-. Tbe Holy City wma billed for an • appearance St tbe lAnnstrang Opera Boose, Johnsoiditirg. Pa., recently, bot wlien the company arrived tbe roof was oS tlie tln at i e , wtadi was aader- dergolns repairs. The eoavaay appeared at Mt. Jewet histead . nsnk MsAlntaah's Deaceted at the AMsr is prartnc aae a( the heat ■tMaaas that hes crer a ppeared la tbe aac'lg^C Mnda. T«e I^yceaai T b<atea> atrial m FaBs. Pa.. Is ayhnuS ttm aa^to gSSc badTtntoloSSo,who* th er e Is a snnt demand for retnm dates. r. W. Wtedmayer Is managing the op«ri boose at Leetonia. O.. tbis season, sod pttroo- ace Is Increasing gradnally. Mr. Wledma.rrr has eUmtnated the rowdyism tiiat formerly made It oAen iDcoavenlent for traveling companlea. The All-Americas SOwwa wlH be one of the new tested rentntcs next iamia'. Glut Sburtleir will be tbe general manager. Aa main office la located at Fairmonnt, W. Va. nie Grwood Sto<^ Co. opened Its season Nov. 27 In New F«lladel|>hla O. Bradaock. Pa., Is playing ooe attraction a week at Carnegie Bail E. B. 'ICBIBEDlTil. HAMMER8TEIN GRAND OPERA last week qaoMd tre TUMr-foartt atrect lato a home ac gr aad opera, and canine It the Manhattaa Qpefa Boose. Mr. -Hammeraheia has iost returned from Eorope. when, according to Ma own statetnenl.^ Europe, where, according to his own ststement. position to the MetnpoliUn Opera Hoose. of which Helnneb Ooorled Is the director. Bit enterprise waa so- tar saccessfni tbst be li» made amnsemeatt with the leaflag Italtaa tke rala of grand a aev ar- aboat the ecssMnr. He at grshd opera Iniprcans wlB aae for Mr. aamaeiatein. bat it le aae he has not tried—and • NEQRO CASE RENEWED The AppeUate Oonrt of New York baa dW- poaed of several theatrical cases daring IM present term, and among them U tbst of J-*- ■eph H. Dickinson afslnst Henry B. Harris tot alleged diserlmlnatlai sgaloat tbe negro » contrary to tlie laws ot the state. The case waa beard before In the Dlstilfl Coort. when a rerdlct waa rendered In favor ot tbe plalntm, awarding bim tlOO to ss- snage his wounded fe«lln««, bat npon sppcu to tbe Jnstiee pteatdliig, the order was srt Ooart laiS' trade le wB at-tbe diiMia eC A* District Ooort snd graoted a aew tilsL NEW THEATRE FOR NASHVILLE Col. J. H. Hopkins is perfecting plans for the erection of a new glOO.OOO opera boose In NasbvUle. Tenn. Parson OtTtea. 'Who is ssso- elated with Mr. Hopkins, reports that a chelce site has bees aecnrad aa Ckazch street, ^he