San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

May 4, 1901 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW 31 ^H^T THE Bp^THERyy PR9FESSIQJS ^ttg V9IJSG E. J. Blunkall joined the Dewey Stock in Oakland for the summer. Frank Cooley has returned to town and expects to start his new company out early in the fall. Irene Vanbrugh, the London actress, is betrothed to Dion Bouci- cault. D. Adna Brown, in advance of the Durno-Emmett Co. of entertainers, is in town preparing for the coast tour of his attraction. Marian M. Cook, who was on the Coast early in the season as press agent for Harry Carson Clarke, is now located in Carnegie Hall, New York, doing press work for a number of actors and road attractions. Stewart Allen, who is in Santa Barbara, has received two offers for next season. One from Wm. Brady, for Way Down East Co., and one from William Gray, manager for Ben Hendricks, who will take out from New York in August, a new comedy. Hunting for Hawkins. Mr. Allen will likely accept the latter. Max Steinle, who has come to be regarded as one of our foremost Ger- man comedians, as a result of his ex- cellent work as the German baron in Harry Corson Clarke's What Did Tompkins Do? will soon be in San Francisco to rest after twenty-four weeks of hard and exciting work. Mildred Holland, who has achieved an unusual success with the play. The Power Behind the Throne, will next season make a coast tour. An Eastern critic says of her: Miss Holland electrified by her remarkable powers of simulated emotion, her sin- cerity of purpose, her entire absence of affectation, and by a display of tal- ent that is little short of genius. S. Terry McKean, of Astoria, whose interesting letters on the stage have been a feature of The Review's dramatic page, has accepted a position in the Frank Cooley Company, and will appear in juvenile roles. Mr. McKean has been an earnest and in- telligent student of the drama for many years, and a host of friends and admirers predict for him a successful career in the profession to which he is so devoted. Chauncey Olcott begins his next season, July 22d, at the Columbia Theatre in San Francisco, opening in his new play, Garrett O'Magh, which recently had a prosperous run at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York. After his San Francisco engagement Mr. Olcott will appear in all the large Pacific Coast and Northwest cities. Daniel Frohman has decided to come to California next month to give personal attention to the fine series of Frohman attractions to appear in suc- cession at the Columbia, namely: The Dalys Theatre Company in Lady Huntworth's Experiment; The Empire Theatre Company in Mrs. Dane's De- fense, and Annie Russell in A Royal Family. Helena Modjeska sailed for Eur- ope Thursday with her husband,Count Bozenta. When she will reappear on the American stage, or if she ever will, are questions. She said the other day that she will not act in Europe, but is going to rest, as her health is not good. "I shall visit Cracow, the place of my birth. The town is now in Austria, and I am permitted to go there. It is only Russia's part of Poland from which I am debarred." She said she would surely come back to America, or more strictly speaking to California, to live, but her stage plans were indefinite and will be until September. Alf Wheelan, who has bsen ser- iously ill for the past week, is rapidly improving. Willis Marks has returned from Seattle and is considering a couple of offers for next season. Forest Sea bury is back in Frisco. Since he left with Stockwell and Cle- ment Forest has been playing the Frenchman with Broadhurst's Why Smiih Left Home, with very pleasing results. Harry Cashman is giving a very acceptable performance of the Hoot Mon at the Tivoli, in place of Alf Wheelan, who has been seriously ill from stomach trouble. Thursday night of last week Harry, who was en- joying the entertainment offered by the Orpheum, was called on sud- denly to take the part. In twenty-five minutes he was at the Tivoli, made up and going through the part he had never studied, well enough to win the applause of his audience. It was something to be proud of. The north wall of the Salt Lake Lake Theatre, corner of First South and State Streets, collapsed about 2 o'clock Thursday morning. So far as known no one was hurt. The build- ing, which probably will have to be torn down, was built nearly forty years ago, in the days of Brigham Young, and was one of thejlandmarks of the city. Quick Train The California Limited on Santa Fe leaves San Francisco at 9 every morning, with Dining Cars, Pullmans and all the fixings going through to Chicago in 75 hours. 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