IMAGE EVALUATION TESi TARGET (MT-3) 7 ^ :P^ '^ // c^, ^ ^;>° «fsignifie "A SUIVRE ', le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmto A des taux de rMuction diff^rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, it est filmd A partir da Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche it droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^r^issaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la n.^thode. ita lure, 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^1^ T House I »"" Night Only I (%(% LONDON I MONDAY Jan. ^£ \ ' f «d Amcfica's punniest Woman JOLLY, VIVACIOUS, FROLICSOME /i FANNY RICE /, slieimid Hi'...". *<'">., Pilntoi-H, Toronto V w // opinions ^ of thd ' ^ Press... ... I i »>'<.oii8.,Mfej>t<. 'Ai^ <&>is. ^ix, •»!& At/^ la; New Orleans Teiexram. So natural that she carried her audience away with delight. One of the most artistic pieces of acting seen here in some time. Boston Herald A refined, jolly performance, brim full of surprises. Ihe theatre was packed, and hundreds turned away. Boston Advertiser An instantaneous hit. It appeals to young and old alike and is free from farcical vulgarity New York Herald Kept the audience in a roar of laughter for three hours. New York Sun Charming Fanny Rice made -i great success. The house was ])Hcked. Philadelphia Ledger Provoked exuberant mirth from a large and fashionable audience. Chicago Inter-Ocean A sure success, and vivacious and clever Fanny Rico is a talented and artistic addition to our stars. Chicago Tribune An audience that crowded the Opeia, House from orchestra rail to the ceiling laughed and applauded almost continuously. Chicago Mail A success raeritoriousl.N' earned. Cincinatti Enquirer A complete and gratifying success. Baltimore American ^ A large and fashionable audience thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Washington Post No entertainment has been given a more flattering reception, An audience that was large and fashionable. St. Louis Globe-Democrat A unique and refined entertainment. Pittsburg Dispatch Several strides ahead of the knockabout farce-comedians. Pittsburg Post ^ Not only funny, but it is refined. Kansas City Times Kept the audience in roars of laughter. San Francisco Bulletin Without doubt the best entertainment of its kind, with the best aggregation of talent, which has been seen in this city for a very long time. Fanny Rice is really fascinating and has a dainty way that charms ever^ body. San Francisco Call Fanny Rice has made an accounting at the box office far exceeding any attrac- tion since the openintr of the house. But then Fanny offers a most attractive performance. Droves of people have been turned awa> , unable to get seats, at every performance. away les of arises. kway . g and rtistic eilmg oend. iience nation r Rice ,ttrac- ftctive seats, 5an Francisco Examine. The frequent and hearty marks of approval in tlie way of applause, flowers and recalls, stamped the show a success from Ix^ginninB to end. Sati Francisco Chronicle Fannj' Rice gave us a greater variety of singing and acting than any star hafi yet given us. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, Jan. 2, 1900. Fannv Rice makes New Friends in the Farce, 'A Wonderful Woman.' 'A Wonderful Woman," is a piece of work with which an author might well he pleased. It is a mixture of Theo^ophy and nonsense, into which is interwoven a great deal of Fanny Rice. The addition of Miss Rice is cer- tainly a very important element in the success which the new farce pre sented at the Park Theatre yesterday scored. Miss Rice can he delightfully funny without a seeming effort, and it was undoubtedly due to her really captivating methods and manners that "A Wonderful Woman " takes on the air oi being (|uite superior. Certain it is that the charming comedienne added many to her list of local admirers by her spi-ightly and facetious impersonation of Polly Perkins, a female promoter, who operates in Wall Street with a boldness and dash that would make most male speculators appeal very tame persons indeed. The Theosophical element of tiie play is introduced, of course not with anj- serious intent, but simply as a fun-producing feature. So the services of a Hindoo adept, Oolah Moolah, aie enlisted, whose particular business it appears to be to mike a bit; t)lundt'r at the very start, which blunder takes on the form of losing control of tiie spirits of Polly Perkins and Dr. Catharine Call, which have been sent on an astral or planet «ixploring journey. It requires a great deal of time and effort for Oolah Moolah to consult with his Theosophical superiors and regain control of the two spirits, which, on returning to earth, steal into wrong bodies, so that Dr. Call speaks and acts through Polly Perkins, and vice versa. Dr. Call, by- the-way, is a woman, the role being well looked after in this instance by Miss Elenore Brodhay. It is this entanglement which is responsible for a score of comical situations and incidents. The plot is, indeed, unusually connected and apparent as farce-comedies go. Frank B. Blair is entitled to more than passing praise for his drawing of Oolah Moolah, a vary clever bit of work, the impersonation being well sustained throughout. PhiladelphiaTimes,Jan. 2, 1900 Fanny Rice, gay and frolicsome as ever, appeared in the new farce- comedy, "A Wonderful Woman," at the Park Theatre yesterday before an audience that crowded the house to the doors. From the moment the curtain arose, through the three acts of the play, bubbling with humorous situations, laughter and applause were heard, the curtain call at the end of the second act being especially enthusiastic. Miss Rice, in the character cf Polly Perkins, an enterprising young business woman, whose r'^rsonality has, by the occult influence of a Hindoo ^Mahatma, transmigratcl into the body of a friend, was seen to admirable advantage, her powers as a com- edienne being displayed in their full vigor, and she entered with spirit and zest into a performance in which there was not a dull moment. She sang a few ballads very neatly and made fun incessantly. Miss Elenore Brod- hay, as Dr. Catharine Call, the "other self" of the'transformed Polly, was an admirable foil to the latter role, an I among the other members of the cast who are esoecially deserving of praise were W. J. Dixon, Charles Cherry, Robert G^mp, Frank B. Blair, the latter as the freak-producipg Hindoo ; Sidney H. DeGrey, a French adventurer, and MisSes Helen Har- court, (rra^e Dudley and Susanne Hale. The imported gowns worn by Miss P.ice were .stunning revelation'a of the latest art of the Parisian modiste. ,r ''~^'-^:~ T 1^^ 4« ^^body's Fa. ^e ^ ...CLEVER... FANNY . RICE AIMO M£R EXCELLENT OOMRANY Presenting the New Farcical play Wonderful Woman -M A LAUGH PROVOKER FROM START TO FINISH DR. Q. W. PURDY Manager