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The Atlanta Georgian.
second section;
VOL. 1. NO. 182.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1906.
PRinr. In Atlanta two cents
I. JULCl. oil Trains rjVB CENTS.
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A Week’s Offerings in Atlanta’s Playhouses
"THE SILVER KING"
TO OPEN WEEK
AT NEWEL 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
iiiHiuntaneoas' hit wherever played. It
alii be mounted with new scenery,
/minted especially for this production
by the company’s artist, Robert La-
puuyade. 1
The story of the play Is a simple one.
The . hero,. .Wilfred Denver,, Is forced
to leave home, thinking he has com
mitted 'a-miirdef. He goes West and
there strikes .It rich In a mining veto-
ture.-.'artd Is known as the Silver King.
In the meantime theta Is.a man found
In a train'wreck who looks like Den
ver and Is Identified as him. Denver,
umv a white-haired man, returns home
is the Silver King and the piny pro-
■eeds along* these lines. The action is
rapid and snappy throughout and
there Is not a dull moment or line
from the rise of the curtain to the full.
There are many occasions for strong
. omedy work which will be In the com
petent hands of Mr. Pollock and Miss
MISS SARA LEIGH,
Who appears in “The 8ilver King at the Eldorado next week.
“THE ROYAL CHEF.”
STARS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
KEEP ATLANTA THEATERS
LIVELY FOR SIX NIGHTS
Deen engagea uguin lor me rum-
y, and will appear for the first time
iday night In tho "Silver King."
s Seymour comes here direct from
MISS BLANCHE WAL8H,
Who rsturns to tho Grand, this
tlmo In the Russian drama, "The
Krsutzer Sonata.”
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Pringle. Mr. Buhler will take the par.
"f Wilfred Denver, nnd It Is said to he
his strongest part.
"Tho Sliver King” hud on Ils opening
and throughout the tnno It’s been pro
duced what has been probably the
greatest run ever known to any tnelo-
druma. After a record-brouktng run In
Mew York, It was taken to other North
ern cities. In every city It Immediate
ly achieved u tumultuous success
among every class of theatergoers. Tho
ihlnking playgoer found Its vital prob
lems of most engrossing Interest, while
the dilettante, who regards the tho-j
itter merely as « place ot amueetneui. j
was enthralled by Its heart story nnd I
t finance.
Tho old favorite ot the Baldwin-,Mel-
vllle Company, Miss Blanche Seymour,
has been engaged again tor the com
pany, i “ *■“ " “
Monda
Miss Seymour
New York, where she has been playing
In melodrama for some time past, in
her return the cortpafty gets one of the
heat and most popular uctresses in the
United States playing stock. She Is
sure to make an Immediate hit, and
will go at once to the top place among
i he Atlanta favorites.
"The Sliver King” will be given
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with
matinees Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with
matinees Friday and Saturday, and u
special Thanksgiving matinee Thurs
day, Bret Harte’s great Western melo
drama, "M’llss,” will be the bill.
BLANCHE WAL8H IN
THE "KREUTZER SONATA.”
The "Kreutser Sonata,” the most
i onaplcuoua success of the season, and
which Blanche Walsh Is to produce at
the Grand Monday night. Is a new play
in more than the ordinary sense. The
author, Jacob Gordin, has written
seventy dramas; twenty of them have
been called master pieces. Of these the
"Kreutser Sonata,” which perhaps Is
■ he most remarkable. Is the first of
bis works to be performed In English.
It was written originally, as were all
Of Mr. Gordin's plays, In Yiddish, and
was performed In this language at
i he Thalia theater, New York, where
It enjoyed a continuous run of over
three hundred nights. It Is a play which
does not depend upon, the elaborate
nature of Its scenic effects for Its In
terest. Its characters are not puppets
Put on the stage to tell a story, but
leople of flesh and blood. It shows
how, under certain conditions, racial
prejudices will lead to tragedy and
' time. Its Important characters all
are members of one family, and there
fore, Its atmosphere Is domestic and
understandable by every one. The flrst
act Is laid In Russia and the last three
acts In America. Miss Walsh will be
ably supported by George Sumner,
Alexander Von MltxeL William Trav
ers. William Wadsworth, Miss Maude
Turner Gordon. Eleanor Carey and
"then. The piece will be seen for one
iKwformanee only.
Five plays will be seen at the Grand
next week, giving a total of six night
performances and three matinees. The
liooklngs never promised better enter
tainment. Each play Is said lo have
tvqn~ well.merited applause from theater
goers till over tho? country, wljfie the
Staging and costuming I* reported to
bo of the very highest order. The bill
goes tjte gamut of tragedy, drama and
light opera. .
tin Monday night Ulnnchc Walsh will
ho seen In her latest and greatest suc
cess, "Kreutser Sonata." tin Tuesday
nlghl "Simple SiiimnRImple" will be
seen. "The Virginian," with Dustin Far.
nunt in the leading pan, will be pre
sented Wednesday and Thursday
nights and u Thanksgiving matinee on
Thursday. Friday night "Tho Royal
Chef will be presented. Paul Gilmore
will conclude the week with' Ills per
formance of “At Yale," whirl) has been
received all over the country us a gen
uine college play. -
At the IHJou "in New York Town”
will hold the boards for the jveek. with
t’hurles Howard and James R. (.'arson
as the piincipul fun rurntshers and a
host of singers and dancers to enliven
tho plot.
At the Kl Dorado the bill at the open
ing. of. the week will be "The Silver
King," a favorite which has been one
of the greatest money makers for many
seasons. It Is as steady as “The Old
Homestead" and Is always new.
The Star has a new bill for' the
week, with live vuudevllle and pretty
girls.
”8imple Simon Simple.”
The one genuine novelty of the the
atrical season, "Simple Simon Simple,”
will be the attraction at the tirand
Tuesday afternoon ot matinee nnd
again at night. “Simple Simon Simple”
Is'a cartoon, musical extravaganza nnd
Is Nixon ts Zimmerman's newest und
best production. It Is a clever combina
tion of old English pantomime, op
eretta and’farce, and require, a strong"
singing company of sixty people to In
terpret It. Simon Simple and his col
story revolves. Slmoi
ot I he Best kn6wn
Kefe
fore tho public, «n»l
ami Mo*e arc
artoonH now
to bo noon
comfr HiipplementH which overy city
ncwxpAper lasyen on that day.
Annooiated with IIicho mlitchlevoux
Hane Splegleherfccr,
!i; Tony
Blmple,
the joking demmn; Tony, the Dago
8 watt on, the cop. and numerous other
cartoon peraonugee, all of whom ax*lnt
In making "Simple Simon Simple" the
"frenzied ,fun feMtlval," as The Now
York Herald proohilmed it to be when
>ecn in that city.
DUSTIN FARNUM AND MABEL WRIGHT,
Who will appear at the Grand in tho great Western drama, “T
/irginian,” dramatized from Owen Wistor's stirring story.
BIJOU PROMISES BEAUTY
AND FUN FOR ENTIRE WEEK
WITH “IN NE W YORK TOWN”
STAR VAUDEVILLE
BILL IS ENTIRELY
NEWJEXT WEEK
New Artists to Bow to At
lanta Public in Popu-
, % lar House. ,
Everything that's good In vaudeville
can be seen and heard at the Star, and
then the comedy and melodrama fea
tures are good, too.
One of tho largest and strongest bills
of the season Is promised Star patrons
fur next week.
Many now 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 £t pretty girls
will be seen to advanfltgo in severs)
clever musical specialties. They win
)pear In brilliant new costumes and
III no doubt make a decided hIL
New Illustrated songa 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 hill
will bo a mixture of good vaudeville,
musical and comedy features without
a dull moment during the entlro per
formance.
This bill will be presented all next
week with usual matinees.
Next w eek's attraction /oi' the Rljoa
gives promise of being the real thing In
the musical comedy line. It l>Hli‘s,tlle
catchy'title, of "In New York Town."
Some Idea of the performance may
be gained from the following, taken
from The <'hoitanooga Evening News:
Wells' llljou thriller ol*ened Its third
week last evening with the host show
r which.hsiebeen produced at the-popular
new play house mid one of the best at
tractions of its kind which has boon
seen In Chattanooga tills season.
New York Town” ns a title Is not sug
gestive of anything varying from the
general run of farce comedy, but the
jirodqctlpn so entitled proved to bo a
blight musical comedy Jn' three parts.
RITA REDMOND,
Who comes to the Bijou in
New York Town.”
with no end of variety from beginning
to end.
■ The changes of scenery and costumes
nroalmost kaleidoscopic and the dancing
und chorus formations arc a well sprlng
of delight to the eyo. In short, the en
tertainment Is a feast of color und song.
Not one of tho musical numbers but Is
worth hearing tho second time mid the
work of the chorua Is not Inferior lo
what Is sometimes Jieard In light opera.
There Is all the fun and farco that one
could wish, but there Is music enough
for thoso who aro too serious to luugli
at legitimate nonsense. And then the
chorus girls are comparable to a bou
quet of rosebuds. Each of these Is
graceful In manner and movement and
enter with a seat Into their part.
| Of the leading fun-makers honors are
about evenly shared by Charles How
ard, as Ikey Hhlnalskl, and JameH It.
Carson, as Baron Von Esslgs. The
former Is perhaps better In most dra
matic essential, but the latter Is fun
nier as applies to his make-up. Both
are on the stage at the same time and
are the mainstay of tho comedy. Miss
Louise Carver te highly original us a
character comedienne and each of her
acts merited applause and attention.
Miss Rita Redmond, the leading wom
en, rendered musical numbers which
would have been a credit to more pre
tentious light musical productions, and
Miss Clara. Auatln was fascinating In
manner and In song. Miss Jessie Aus
tin was a most delightful little woman
In diminutive make-ups and her rendi
tion of several musical numbers, as
sisted by the chorus, was a feature ..f
the production as seen last evening.
She contributes a freshness, vivacity
and grace of manner to her Interpreta
tion of each song which is seldom
equaled. > /
"Raffles" at the Grand.
A fairly good-slxed audience gave s
Miller Kent an enthualaattc reception
at the Grand Friday night, when h*
presented "Huflies," and so enthusi
astic was this reception at one time
that Mr. Kent was called upon to talk
and he responded In a neat speech.
Like some other things they tall
about, the show might be termed h
Miller Kent—that's all. Hts.coneemioi
of what Raffles should be and Jus
how he should act In those trying situ
atlons the gentleman crook gets in
was excellent, and his acting the same
In the opinion of many he was cquall;
as good as Kyrle Bellew, who made >
hit In the same show, but Mr. Ken
was handicapped by a company tha
was not all-star by any means.
Frank McCormack, as Captain lied
ford, the gentleman sleuth whose In
tvllect was pitted against that of th<
gentleman crook. Injected too mill-:
Nick Cart^rlsm Into Ids acting and lo
overdid the aslnlnlty act. Of r.uii-S'
Captain Bedford Is supposed to lie at
Dieted with a P ol • gntl-m. Im
Mr. McCormack put it i n too Krotfi
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