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Show ELEANOR ROBSON'S CAREER, Eleanor Robson. daughter of Madge Carr Cook, will appear here next season sea-son In "Merely Mary Ann." Miss Rob-son Rob-son made the title role of "Merely Mary Ann." She made her first professional appearance at tho California theater, San Francisco. September 13. 1S37. with T. Daniel Frawloy's company, playing the role of Margaret Knox In "Men and "Women." Shortly afterward she Joined the Salisbury stock company at the Davidson theater In Milwaukee, where she played for a year. Tills was followed by a summer season as a member of the stock company at Elltch's gardens. Denver, and Immediately Immedi-ately after the close of her engagement there she joined the "Arizona" company com-pany at the Grand opera-house. Chicago. Chica-go. During her stock company experiences expe-riences MIso Robson was schooled In the popular drama of 'tho day. and by playing many and varied roles she found the true direction of her talents. Her best successes were made in sympathetic sym-pathetic ingenue roles. Among the characters that she Impersonated wero Sue Carey. In "Alabama"; Bess Van Buren. In "The Charity Ball": Mop. in "Lady Bountiful"; Hazel Kirke. Fan-chon. Fan-chon. Jane Eyre, Lavender. In "Sweet Lavender"; Kitty Ives, In "The Wife"; Louise, In "The Two Orphans"; Jennie.' in "Shenandoah." and Susan, in "Held by the Enemy." In 1900 she was engaged en-gaged by Messrs. LIcbler & Co., and played the role of Flossie Williams, In "Unleavened Bread," and Constance, In "In a Balcony." starring jointly In tho latter with Mrs. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne and Otis Skinner. In 1902 she was the leading female support of Kyrle Bellow in "A Gentleman of France," In which she added lo her popularity. This was followed bv a short starring tour In "Audrey." which, while the fair star mado a personal success, proved a failure. Last year Messrs. Llebler Sc Co., having secured Zangwill's "Merely Mary Ann." a dramatization dra-matization of his own story, Miss Robson Rob-son again was before the public as a star, and successfully presented this play for nearly 150 consecutive performances, perform-ances, and this. too. In spite of the fact that previous bookings forced hor to play in three different theaters, her run at each theater being broken Into In the height of her success. |
