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Show "THE DEVIL" About every ten years the history of the stage shows that there comes some particular play which, out of all proportion, pro-portion, attracts the theatergoer beyond be-yond all Its competitors. "Trilby" was Buch a play. "Florodora" accomplished accomplish-ed similar results in a musical way. More recently "The Merry "Widow" has awept over the civilized world and now comes Franz Molnar's Hungarian play, "The Devil." When tho news of "The Devil's" success suc-cess in Budapesth first reached this country, nearly every American manager man-ager immediately cabled his foreign representative to secure the rights for this country. Henry W. Savage, 'now-ever, 'now-ever, who was In Europe at the time, forestalled all these efforts. It is his production that will be seen at tho Grand Opera House Monday evening, January 4. It will be presented by a splendid company, by permission of Mr. Savagr, who insists that cast aid j production shall be equal, in every wav. to the home company now turning turn-ing crowds away nightly at the Garden theater. " . |