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Show "THE DEVIL." Nearly every prominent theatrical producer attains one notable success In his career one that overshadows all of his other projects. And the records prove also that seldom does ono manager succeed in finding more than one such play. Edward E. Rice has "Evangeline" to his credit. The late A. M. Palmer derived a greater revenue from "Trilby" than from any dozen other plays that he ever produced. pro-duced. "Arizona" was the late Klrko La Shelle's champion success winner. With "Ben Hur" Klaw and Erlangor already have rollod up tho gigantio profit of two million dollars, and tho end la not yet in sight. "The Old Homestead" has served Donman Thompson for a generation and, "Way Down East," will perform a similar sim-ilar service for William A. Brady. Llebler and company have had "Tho Christian" and Charles Fiohman has had "The Little Minister." It has remained re-mained for Henry W. Savage to produce pro-duce two such sensational plays within with-in a year. Tho first to which reference Is made Is, of course, "The Merry Widow," the most popular musical play of a century. Tho other is "The Devil," a play which has gripped New York. Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburg and every other city in which it has been presented, is Henry W. Savage's version of this wonderful play, presented by special permission of Mr. Savage that is soon to be seen In this city and it will be given by a splendid company, headed by Ramsey- Wallace, the versatile vniinc American actor. "Go to the Devil." This Is the popular slogan in nearly every big city of the civilized word today. It Is the now watchword of tho drama, for Franz Molner's Hungarian play "The Devil," now translated into English. German, French and Italian Is the season's theatrical sensation. At the Grand tonight |