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The Atlanta Georgian.
.SECOND SECTION.
\'OD. 1. NO. 182.
ATLANTA. GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 190(J.
ppTPIi’. In Atlanta TWO ORNTK.
1 ‘VJV l'j. on Tnilua FIVE i.'BNTK.
A Week s Offerings m Atlanta’s Playhouses
'THE SILVER KING"
TO OPEN WEEK
AT NEW EL DORADO
Baldwin-Melville Co.
To Produce Old Fa
vorite Drama.
The Baldwin-Melville Stock Compa
ny opens the week with “The Silver
King,” a melodrama that has made an
Instantaneous hit wherever • played. It
will be mounted with new ' scenery,
pointed especially fur this production
by the company's artist, Robert La-
pnuyade. ■ ■ ,\
The story of the play Is a simple one.
The hero, Wilfred Denver, is', forced
in leave home, thinking he has com
mitted a murder. He goes West and
there strikes. It rich In a mining ven
ture, and.Is known as the Silver King.
In the ineantlme there Is a man found
In a train’ wreck who looks like Den
ver and Is 'identified as him. Denver,
now a white-haired man, returns home
as the Sllver/Klng and the play pro
ceeds along, these, lines. The action is
rapid and snappy throughout nnd
there Is not a dull moment or line
from the rise of the curtain to the fall.
There are many occasions for strong
comedy work which will be In the com
petent hands of Mr, Pollock and Miss
MISS SARA LEIGH,
Who anpesrs in "The Silver King at the Eldorado next week.
STARS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
KEEP ATLANTA THEATERS
LIVELY FOR SIX NIGHTS
MISS BLANCHE WAL8H,
Who returns to tho Grand, this
time in the Russisn drams, “Tht
Kreutzer Sonata.”
Pringle. Mr. Buhler will take the part
of Wilfred Denver, and It Is said to be
his strongest part.
"The Silver King" had on Its opening
nnd throughout tho time It’s been pro
duced what haa been probably the
greatest run ever known to any melo
drama. After a record-breaking run In
•New York, It was taken to other North
ern cities. In every city It Immediate
ly achieved a tumultuous success
among every class of theatergoers. The
thinking playgoer found Its vital prob
lems of most engrossing Interest, while
The dilettante, who regards the the
ater merely as a place of amusement,
was enthralled by Its heart story and
romance.
The old favorite of the Baldwln-Mel.
Flve plays will be seen at the Grand
next week, glylng a total of six night
performances and three matinees. The
bookings never promised better enter
talnment. Each play is said to have
won will merited applause from theater
goers all over the country, 1 wh'lio the
staging and costuming Is reported to
be of the very highest order. The bill
goes the gamut of tragedy, drama and
light opera. ,
On Mnnduy night Blanche Walsh will
be seen In her lutest anil greatest suc
cess, "Kreutxer .Sonata." On Tuesday
night "Simple SlmunSlmpIc" will be
seen. "The Virginian," with Dustin Far.
num in the leading part, will bo pre
sented Wednesday and Thursday
nlghts nnd a Thanksgiving matinee on
Thursday. Friday night "The Royal'
Chef will he presented. Paul Gilmore
will conclude the week With Ills per
formance of "At Yale,” which him been
received dll over thp .country as u
ulne college play.
gen-
At Ihe Bijou “In New York Town"
will hold the boards for the week, with
Charles Howard and James' B. Carson
as the principal fun furnishers and u
host of singers and dancers to enliven
the plot.
nany, and '
ar for the first time
I appeal _.
-Monday night In the "Silver King.
Miss Seymour comes here direct from
New York, where she lias been playing
In melodrama for some time past In
her return the company gets one of the
best and most popular actresses In the
l iilted States playing stock. She Is
sure to make an Immediate hit, and
"ill go at once to the top place among
■he Atlanta favorites.
"The Sliver King" will be given
matinees Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thursday. Friday und Saturday, with
matinees Friday and Saturday, and u
pedal Thanksgiving nmtlnoe Thurs
day, Bret Harte’s great Western melo
drama, "Miles," will be the bill.
BLANCHE WALSH IN
THE “KREUTZER SONATA.”
The "Kreutxer Sonata," the most
"uispicuous success of tile season, and
"hlch Blanche Walsh Is to produce at
'lie Grand Monday night, Is a new play
hi more than the ordinary sense. Tho
author, Jacob Gordin, lias written
seventy dramas; twenty of them have
"•■en called master pieces. Of these the
Kreutxer Sonata,” which perhaps Is
' he most remarkable, is the llrst of
I is works to be performed In English.
II "ns written originally, as were all
■f Mr. GordinV play*. In Yiddish, and
"as performed In this language at
the Thalia tliegter, New York, where
f enjoyed a continuous run of over
"•ee hundred nights. It Is a play which
■hien not depend upon the elaborate
nature of Itif scenic effects for Its In-
11 rest. Its characters are not puppets
Put on the stage to tell a story, but
People of flesh and blood. It shows.
under certain conditions, racial
prejudices wilt lead to tragedy and
’ rime. Ita Important characters all
"re members of one family, and there-
' oe. Its atmosphere Is domestic and
understandable by every one. The drat
act )■ laid In Russia and the last three
ucts Jn America. Miss Walsh will be
'bly supported by George Sumner,
Alexander Von Mltxel, William Trav-
:„r». William Wadsworth, Mlxs Maude
'urnpr Gordon. Eleanor Carey and
"'hers. The piece will be seen for one
performance onlv.
At the El Dorudu4be bill at the u|iep.
lng of the week will be "The Silver
King,” a favorite which has been one
of the greatest money makers for many
seasons. It la as steady as "The Old
Homestead" and ls‘ always now.
The Star has a new bill for the
week, with live vaudeville and pretty
girls.
"8impls Simon Simpls.”
The one genuine novelty of the the
atrical season, “Simple Simon Simple,"
will be the attraction at the Grand
Tuesday afternoon at matlnor, and
again at night. "Simple Simon Simple"
Is a cartoon, musical extravaganza and
Is Nixon & Zimmerman's newest and
best production. It Is a clever combina
tion of old English pantomime, op
eretta and farce, nnd requires a string
singing company of sixty people to In-
terpret It. Simon Simple nnd his col
ored, companion in mischief, Mose, are
thF Central figure* about whom the
story revolves. Hlmcii and Mose are
two of the best known >cartoons now
before the public, and are to be seen
every Sunday disporting In the colored
comic supplements which every city
newspaper Issues on that day.
Associated with these mischievous
youngsters will also be found Judge
and'Mrs. Slmnle, Hans Hplegleberger,
Ihe Joking German; Tony, the Dago;
Swatted, the cop, and numerous other
cartoon personages, nil of whom usslst
in making "Simple Simon Simple” the
"freniled fun festival," ns The New
York Herald proclaimed It to he when
seen in that city. .
DUSTIN FARNUM AND MABEL WRIGHT,
t Who will appear at the Grand in the great Western drama, “The
irginian,” dramatized from Owen Witter’* stirring story.
STAR VAUDEVILLE
BILL IS ENTIRELY
‘ NEW NEXT WEEK
New Artists to Bow to At
lanta Public in Popu-
„ lar House. j
BIJOU PROMISES BE A UIY
AND FUN FOR ENURE WEEK
WITH “IN NEW YORK 7 OWN"
Next week!* utlraclloli Cur .life BIJrtU
give* prom tap of being the r«al thing In
the munlcftl comedy line. It hear* the
catchy title of "In Now York Town.”
Home Idea of the performance may
be gulned from the following, taken
from The t’huttnnooga Evening New*:
Well*’ Bijou theater opened f is third
week Ia*t evening with the beat show
which luui.been prottaoed «t thp.popular
new play hou*e and one of the beat at
traction* of It* kind which ha* beon
*een In Chattanooga thin *en*on. “In
New York Town” a* a title 1* not sug
gest Ive of anything varying from the
generul run of farce comedy, but the
production »o entitled proved'to be h
blight musical comedy In three part*,
STREET SCENES IN ATLANTA
THE PASSING THRONG ON A BUSY CORNER "OF AN AFfERNOO.
Everything that’* good in vaudeville
can be eeen and heard at the Star, and
then the comedy and melodrama fea
tures are good, too.
One of the largest and strongest bills
of the season Is promised Star patrons
for next week.
Many new high-class vaudeville art
ists will make their Initial bow to an
Atlanta audience at the Star next Mon
day.
With Saturday’s performance of
"Happy Jack” the Star will close one
of Its most successful weeks.
The big Star chorus of pretty girls
will be seen to advantage In several
clever musical' specialties. They wHl
appear In brilliant new costumes and
will no doubt make a decided hit.
New Illustrated eonge will be a fea
ture of next week’s bill and:a collec
tion of new moving pictures will be
shown.
Taken altogether, next week’s bill
will bo a mixture of good vaudeville,
musical and comedy features without
a dull moment during the entire per
formance.
This bill will bo presented all next
week with usual matinees.
RITA REDMOND,
Who comes to the Bijou in “In
New York Town.”
with no end of variety from beginning
to end.
The changes of scenery and costume*
are almost kaleidoscopic and tho dancing
and chorus formations arc a well spring
of delight to the eye. In short, tho en
tertainment Is a feast of color and sung.
Not one of tho musical numbers but Is
worth hearing the second time and tin-
work of the chorus Is not Inferior to
what Is sometimes beard in’light opera.
There Is all the fun and farce that one
could wish, but thers Is music enough
for those who are too eerloue to luugh
at legitimate noneense. And then Ihe
quet of rosebude. Each of
graceful In manner and movement and
enter with a xeet Into their part.
Of the leading fun-makers honors me
about evenly shared by Charlea How
ard, as Ikey Shlnalskl, and James B.
Carson, as Baron Von Esslga. Tho
former Is perhaps better In most dra
matic essential, but the latter Is fun
nier ns applies to his make-up. Both
are on the stage at the aame time and
are Ihe malnetay of the comedy. Miss
Louise Carver Is highly original us a
character comedienne and each of her
acts merited applause and attention.
Miss Rita Redmond, tho leading wom
an. rendered musical numbers which
would have been a credit to more pre
tentious light musical productions, and
Miss Clara Austin was fascinating In
manner and in song. Miss Jesslo Aus
tin was a most delightful little woman
In diminutive make-ups und her rendi
tion of several musical numbers, as
sisted by the chorus, was a feature of
the production us seen last evening.
She contributes a freshness, vivacity
und grace of manner to her Interpreta
tion of each song which Is seldom
equaled.
"Raffles” at tht Grand.
A fairly good-slxed audlene%gave s
Miller Kent an enthusiastic reception
at Ihe Grand Friday night, when bi
presented "Raffles,” and so enthu-l-
astlc was Oils reception at one time
that Mr. Kent was called upon to lull:
and he responded In a.neat speech.
Like some other things they tnl:.
about. Ihe show might be termed S.
Miller Kent—that’s all. His conception
of what Raffles should .be and Ju-i
how he should art In those trying situ
ations the gentleman crook’ gets In.
was excellent, and his acting the same
In the opinion of many lie was squally
a.* good as Kyrle Bellow, who ui.nl> a
hit In the same show, hut Mr. Kent
was handicapped by n company lhai
was not all-star by any means.
Frank McCormack, as Captain Bed
ford, the gentleman sleuth whose In
tellect was pitted ugajnxt that of Ihe
gentleman crook, ■ Injected too much
Nick farterlsm Into his acting and lie
overdid the uslninlty acr. Of course
i’aptain Bedford Is supposed to be .>r-
I dieted with a bud case of egotl-ii. but
Mr. McCormack put It on t..o itrong
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