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Show - - C . - - "Tomorrow Tomorrow liTomorrow liT - " omorrow - NighT Night Nghf . . Eas'S EasS East ' ' Lynne Lynne"Remember LynneRemember ! " Remember RememberThat _ That Dear Old Drama ? York Just Jusf 75 Years Ago AgoThis AgoThis New in Produced Producedn n Era . First Ths This , "Tear-Jerker "Tear Tear Jerker " - " of the Mid-Victorian Mid Victorian MidVicforiafl - . , Second to to"Uncle "Uncle Uncle "UncleT "Uncleom's " "UnCleTom's This Month Month1 Month1Was Was Truw Favorite . - - . . - of . Touring Stock Sfock Companies Comparl0S and Became I Ill IY1WIIIII | . T Tom's Toms om's oms ' Cabin , . " the Most Popular Playin Play in Historyof History of the American Stags Stage Stagee Stagec e c Western Newspaper Union By ELMO SCOTT WATSONSCENE WATSONS WATSONCENE WATSON WATSONOCENE OCENE CENE The Op'ry Opry ' HouseIn HouseIfl House HouseJ SCENE S > J in Ifl the old home townTIme townTime town townTime Time A FrIdaymght Fridaynight Friday mght night nightback , , . ' old days days"of daysof " back in m j-n j n - those good of Yesteryear The YesteryearThe curtain has Just 3ust ] ust come comedown comedown comedown down on the last act of Lady LadyAudley's LadyAudley's LadyAudley's LadyAudleys Audley's Audleys ' Secretor Secret ' -or or - - or per per- perhaps perhaps perhaps - haps it was ' ' The Drummer DrummerBoy DrummerBoy DrummerBoy Boy of Shiloh " or The Mar Marble Marble Marble ble Heart " I Out from the wings wmgs steps an anactor anactor anactor actor He s still in costume costumeand costumeand costumeand and you recognize recogmze him as the thevIllam theijillain thevillain vIllam ijillain , that hateful person personwho personwho personwho who has just 3ust been foiled after aftercausmg aftercausing aftercausing causmg causing the lovely herome heroine heromeand heroineand heroineand and the stalwart hero all allsorts allsorts allsorts sorts of troubleBut troubleBut trouble troubleBut But he's hes ' not "m m "In In " character character"now characternow " now and you realize real1ze that he heIS heis heis IS the manager of the BIge- BIge BIgelow Bigelow Bige-low Bige low - - low Brothers Refined Dra DramatIc Dramatic Dramatic matIc Art Company jvhose whose productions are indorsed mdorsed by bythe bythe bythe the clergy , , the school and andthe andthe andthe the press " Now he is rats rais ratsmg raising raising mg ing his hand to still the bus bustlmg busthng busthng tlmg thng murmur of the depart departmg departing departing mg ing ingaudience audience ' Ladies Ladles and gentlemen gentlemen'It gentlemenIt ' ! It gives me great pleasure pleasureto to announce that in m this the theater theater theater ater we will present tamar tomor tamarrow tomorrow tomorrow row mght- mght night- night mghtEast nightEast night - East LynneI Lynne I ' " a * . 0 * . C * . S * . C * . CTomorrow Tomorrow night - East EastLynne EastLynne EastLynne Lynne IDoes I ' , Does that have a famlltar familiar famlltarsound familiarsound7 familiarsound7 familiarsound7It sound sound7 ? sound7It It should ' For next to Uncle UncleTom UncleTom UncleTom Tom s Cabin this classic melo melodrama melodrama melodrama drama which was first presented presentedJust presentedjust presentedjust Just 75 years ago has been the themost themost themost most popular play m In Amencan American Amencanstage Americanstage Americanstage stage hIstoryEast historyEast history historyEast East Lynne was first shown shownat shownat shownat at the old WInterGarden Winter WInter- - Garden in m New NewYork NewYork NewYork York city on March 23 1863 1663 With WithLuctlle withLucille withLucule Luctlle Lucille Western playing the thedouble thedouble thedouble double role of Lady Isabel and andMme andMine andMroe Mme Mine Vine Vme For the next halt haltcentury haltcentury halfcentury century or more every famous famousactress famousactress famousactress actress from Helene ModJeska ModJeskaand Mod Modjeskaand ) eska eskaand and Clara Morris Morns to Etta Reed ReedPayton ReedPayton ReedPayton Payton and Nance 0 Nellat Neil Nell at one onetlme onetime onetime tlme time or another included mcluded it in her herrepertory herrepertory herrepertory repertory because of its opportu opportumties opportunities mbes mties for emotional emotlonal acting Its Itstltle Itstitle Itstitle tltle title became synonymous wIth wIthhea withheav withheav hea heav > sentiment sentlment and COpIOUS COpIOUStears copioustears copioustears tears so that many a theater theaterwhere theaterwhere theaterwhere where East Lynne Was ws played playedwItnessed playedwitnessed playedwitnessed wItnessed the truth of the famll faniil famlllar faniiltar famillar lar tar saying that there wasn t a adry adry adry dry eye in m the house For who whocould whocould : could fail fall to be stirred stlrred to pity by bythe bythe bythe the plight pltght of the poor heroine or orto orto orto to hatred for the stern father who whobade whobade whobade bade her go and nev ah dah ken kenmy kenmy kenmy my do ah again ' ? ' Tomorrow night - East EastLynne EastLynne ; Lynne IIt IIt I ! It has become a familiar famlhar phrase phrasein phraseUI In UI the American Amencan language and andwhat andwhat L Lwhat what memories of the old days m mthe iii inthe t tthe the theater that phrase conjures conjuresup conjuresup I Iup up ' , It recalls too other melo melodramas melodramas melodramas dramas of the Victorian em era I . , . . - - - - - - i- i ici - ' ci ci.eh .eh- .eh . .ehst1 : - - st1 _ JW-u11I JW u11I - I1 I rc'i rci ' i ' II I J 1 ! I1 ' i I 71 ( II R 1 * ? ThA ThAI ThAr3 I r3 ! A ' . ' L IJ . - ri------- ri rit ri'a - - - - - - - . - t I 'a- 'a a 'aI ' . _ _ - - - = : I ' ' c : - a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There wasn t a ' dry eye In the house ' when they gaTed ga7ed upon thIs thIsscene thisscene ; scene In n East Lynne ' Ticket TJchet of Leave Man was James JamesDalton JamesDalton JamesDalton Dalton alias altas Downey alias altas The TheTIger TheTiger TheTiger TIger Just how the transfor transformatlon transformation transfermation matlon mation of James Dalton to JIm JImDalton JimDalton JimDalton Dalton to Jack Dalton came about aboutis IS 15 not clear But it seems to tohave tohave tohave have been accomplished in m colIo collo colIoqUlal colloquial colloquial qUlal quial speech and through the theears theears } , ears Jack Dalton has become becomethe becomethe becomethe the symbol slmbol S ; } mbol of the stage villain vIllam vIllamThe villainThe villainTheTicke The TheTicke Tlcke Ticke of Leave Man was wasproduced wasproduced wasproduced produced by Tom Ta Tailor ) lor br in itt Lon London London London don in m 1863 so that this year IS ISthe isthe isthe the diamond jubilee of both thIs thIsplay thisplay thisplay play and East Lynne The fol following following following lowing year it appeared on theboards the , [ boards at the New York Wmter Winter WinterGarden WinterGarden Garden with the Irish comedIan comedianW 1 . W J Florence later ( ( later famous for forhIS forhis forhis hIS association assoclatlon with Joseph Jef Jul Jefferson Jefferson Julferson ferson in m The Rivals ) plaYIng plaYIngthe playingthe playingthe the part of Bob Bnerly Brierly Florence Florenceis IS said to have appeared in m thIs thIsrole thisrole thisrole role more than 1 500 times bmes timesa a ' Thrills Thxills and Chills "Four Four " Four years later New York saw sawthe sawthe sawthe the first production of a melodrama meo meodrama melo ] . drama which for thrills and andchIlls andchills andchills chIlls has probably never been beenequaled beenequaled beenequaled equaled - Augustin Augustm Daly s Un Under Under Under der the Gaslight Gasltght first presented presentedon on August 12 1867 The clImax dhma clImaxof clima-tof clima tof ' - of this play was "as as vas " the scene In InwhIch inwhich inwhich whIch the hero was bound to the therails therails therails I rails of a railroad by the vIllam villain vIllamCan villainCan villainCan ( Can t you just see the evil sneer sneeron sneeron sneeron on his face and hear his demon demonlacal demonlacal demontacal lacal tacal laughter as he makes hIs hIseXIt hisexit hisexit eXIt and leaves the hapless VIC VIChm victim vietun hm tim to his fate ? ' ' > ) ) If you saw that play in m your youryouth youryouth youryouth youth it s not likely that you 11 U 11ever Uever 11ever ever forget the thrill of that mo moment mornent moment ment rnent In the distance you heard heardthe heardthe heardthe the whistle of a locomotive locomotlve Now NowltS Nowits Nowits ltS its headlight appears ( up stage stageand stageand stageand and right nght center ) MercIful Mercifulheavenst Mercifulheavens I Iheavens heavens heavenst ' Is there tJ-ere tJ ere ti-ere ti - - no hope for forI forthat forthat forthat I that bra\ bra brat bra\e bra e brae \ e boy boy7 boy7But ? ' ! i But wait ! Lo01 Loot Lool-1 Lool 1 - I ! The heroine heroineplayed heroineplayed ' ( ( played by the famous Rose Ey tInge Eytinge ) whom the villain vll1aln has tied tiedup tiedup ' up in a little shack at the side of ofthe ofthe ofthe the railroad ratlroad has seized an ax and andchopped andchopped andchopped chopped down the door doom Now she sherushes sherushes sherushes rushes out ' She cuts the ropes ropestthich ropesIv ropesthieh Iv thieh luch bind bmd her loved one and . c i \ ' ' C-P C P - ' c- c c5 - - - - - - : : -5 5 - - - - : The herome heroine saves the hero Just In the DIck nick DIckof nickof of trme time ' Twas Augustm Augustin Daly 5 s Under the GaslIght ID in which not only thrilled thnIIed their au , dlences diences audiences but left their imprint Impnnt up on upon our speech If you re accus aecus : tomed accustomed aecustomed to saying why he s a reg rug ular regular rugular hawkshaw in speaking speakmg of ofsome ofsome ofsome some one who shows shous shoiis ability as a detective adetective the chances are that thatyou thatyou thatyou you le learned leirned .rned rned : > . that synonym from fromyour fromyour fromyour your dad or mother t \ ho saw The Tlcket-of Tlcket of Ticket-of Ticket TheTickct-of TheTickct of TheTlcketof TheTicketof - - Leave Man in their theiryouth theiryouth theiryouth theiryouthFor youth youthFor For in m that play were uttered utteredthe the familiar famlhar words Who am I ' ? I 1 am Hawkshaw the detec detective detectlve detectivet tlve tivet ' , , accompanied accompamed accornpamed by the ges disguiseand dtsgulseand ture turn gesture gesturn ol of stripping strIppmg off a dtsgulse disguise and thatfamous revealing reveahng the identity ot of that famous sleuth And if at you re ac customed accustomed jokingmanner okingmanner to saying saymg in a JokIng oking manner to a friend fnend who has an noyed annoyed you Curse you Jack JackDaltoni JackDalton Dalton Daltoni I you re also perpetuat pempetuat perpetualing perpetuatmg pempetuattog mg tog a famous line lme from the same play sameplay For the villain of The drags him to safety as the trainthunders tram traii 1 thunders ' ' past ( Whew thatwas twas that tha t was a close call calll caIII ! Remember Reniembe Rememberhow : r how you sank . seatlimply back in your seat sea t I.1mply I1mply limply as the cu-tam cu tam cu"tam cutam curtain " ' - came bang ng bangng down down7) down7 ? ' ) down7)Such Such devices realISU real.c realc . . . added to a real L ISU tStk i . eo t n- n , , , - " , setting gave ntie tie the [ lease tease longwrites playa play a Ion long g of Itfe life writes a historianof historian historia historianan of nof the Amencan American n stage Indeed mdcc | IndeedIt dit it has been d one of o the mo most ' > t j pop po popl poplj popular ular poular melodramas 1 ' tias ever eYer wntten written wntteiL-in wntteiL in - m i ii CngItsh Cnglish CngItshand Cnglishand and naturally Its became author autho 'r r ' somethIng of ofa a In celebmitIn celebrity celebmitr celebmit r subsequent plays such suchas as A Flash of LIghtmng Lightning and The Red Re d Scarf he employed employedsImIlarly employedsurularl sImIlarly surularl y thrJlling thrilling trIcks In the latter for Ic ir | instance the device of the mill sawmill in which the saw sap r " hero _ is s resouiar rescued rescue d ( droni - - - - - from ron-i ron i the movmg moving Itreaches log Just before It reaches made pla3made the saw T Tese These ese plays pla3 pla3r r ineirI realistic reahstlc a strong ? aDpeal anpeal - - , " . by uy theIr the . ir stage devices and Ii by py the unblushing extravagances of ofI oftheIr 01their oJ oJr f I caused Daly Da13 Dalyto r theIr situations they ! to rank as one of the leaders of ofi ofIhe oi oif ofthe i Ihe the ten t\\ t tu tenty \ \ enty thirty school of ofmelodrama 01 01melodrama ofmelodrama ofmelodramaMention f melodrama melodramaMention Mention of the name Mazep Mazeppa Mazeppa pa and it recalls to many an old oldtlmer oldr oldtimer tlmer timer another theatrical thrill thnll of ofhIs 0 ofhis : r hIs youth-the youth the youth - - the play of that name namf namewith namewith I with the internationally mternatlonally famous famousAdah famousS famousAdali ; Adah Isaacs Menken in the tltle titic tltlerole titicS titlerole S role In 1861 she appeared at the theGreen theGreen S Green Street theater in Albany AlbanyN Albanym N Y as the heroine in Mazep MazepI Mazepr Mazeppa pa and created a great stir by byallowmg b byallowing r allowmg allowing herself clad in m tights tightsto tightst to be bound to the horse for thescene thEscene the t Iscene scene of Mazeppa s wild nde ride ndeHitherto rideHitherto Hitherto a dummy had always aiwayf alwaysbeen alwaysbeen ; been used for that purposeSays purposeI purpose purposeSays Says the historian hlstonan Adah AdahIsaacs Adahr AdahIsaacs I , Isaacs fsaacs Menken s daring darmg dIsplay displal displalI displayof r of her charms in Mazeppa was wasa wasa wasa I a prophecy The Black Crook Crookwas Crookwas Crookwas was its fulfillment This extrava extravaganza extravaS extravaganza ganza would never have been the thespectacular thespectacular S spectacular thing thmg it became but bul butfor butfor for the burning burnmg of the Academy Academyof Academya - of Music Just lust ] ust as Jarrett and Pal Palmer Palmer mer crier producers were on the pOint pOintof pointof pointt of introducing mtroducIng a large group of ofImported o ofimported : t Imported ballet dancers m In the theopera theopera t opera La Biche Blche au Bois ' WII Wil WIIbam Wilham William bam ham Wheatley manager of Nib Niblo NibJo 10 Jo s Garden in New Ne\\ Ne Nets NeYork \ \ Yorkcon York con concelved conceived conceived celved ceived the idea of Incorporating incorporatin incorporatingthe $ the idle ballet troupe in a play by George byGeorge Barras called The Black Blaci BlackCrook BlackCrook BlaciCrook Crook which he had contracted contractec contractecto contractedto to produce In order to do thIs thIsWheatley thil thilWheatley thisWheatley Wheatley found it necessary to tomake t tmake tomake make so many changes that prac hcally ticafly practically prachcally practicafly nothing notlung was left of Barras Barrasmanuscnpt Barrasmanuscript Barrasmanuscript manuscnpt manuscript but the tItleSlmllarly titleSimilarly title titleSimilarly Similarly Slmllarly when The Black BlackCrook Bind BindCrook BlackCrook Crook Crookopened opened on September 12 121866 1866 18613 the startled Victorians Vlctonans of ofthat o othat ofthat that period were convinced that thatpractically tha thatpractically t tpracticafly practically practicafly nothing nothmg was left to the theImagInatlon tht thtimagination theimagination ImagInatlon imagination so far as the female len-tall len tall - femaleform lentallform form Forthe divine was concerned For Fo : the corps de do ballet was com composed composed cornposed posed of 100 beautiful girl danc dane dancers daneers dancers ers cladaccordmg cladaccording clad according accordmg to a contem contemporary contemporary porary account in close fitting fittin1 fittingflesh fittin1flesh flesh |