Show FLORENCE ROBERTS COMPANY DISBANDED SATURDAY miss roberts is to rehearse for new play at denver and new company take ann la mont from standard s announced in this paper some r ago miss florence roberts who re hearse paul armstrongs Aim strongs play ann idmon in this city last fall and who ha been that play since Is noi IQ make a stellar appearance in isea york this year at least the critics in the affairs of florence roberts company seem to have come to a head at a t vicksburg fee last week and the company was disbanded on saturday night manager john cort of the northwestern theatrical syndicate aavo tha members of the company the option of leaving or of going to denver with miss roberts where she is to rehearse for her new play it has been generally known ever since the company was here last september that there was considerable discord between miss roberts and the other members of her company it being openly charged by at least two of the members of the company that miss roberts did not conform to the interpretation terp of her part as designed by mr armstrong and that as a result there was constant friction between the two when hero last september mr armstrong after having seen a number of rehearsals said that miss roberts lacked stellar ability 0 an order that would warrant her appearing in new york as a star and his judgment has been sustained by every dramatic critic in every city in which miss roberts has appeared when ann lamont was launched with miss roberta as the star it was announced that she was one of the great stellar attractions of the country and that she would appear in new york as such and it was upon this claim that her work was criticized criticised almost every criticism that has appeared has said that alsa roberta lacked creative ability of a high order and her work was completely out shown by the other members of the company notably that of max figman and mr northrup this sort of criticism was not pleasant reading for miss robert and was the cause of much hard feeling between herself and the other members of tha company what the name of the new play is in which she is to appear has not been announced but it can be stated that 1 ts moro in alno with miss roberts ability ir is understood that paul arm song will reorganize the company and play the eastern states and new york |