San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

4 THE SAIN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW September i, 1900 DRAMATIC REVIEW (Sixteen Pages) San Francisco, Sept. i, 1900 dramatic review publishing COMPANY, Publishers, 36 Geary Street Telephone John 2"$1 CMAS. H. FARRELL . . Business Manager C. H. LOMBARD Secretary and Treasurer EASTERN EDITOR ROB ROV jiX West Thirtieth Street NEW YORK CITY; To whom all Eastern News Matter for the Review should be addressed. Ten Cents a Copy— $3.00 per Year For Sale at all News Stands The Review lias the largest circulation of any tl eatrical paper in the United States outside of New York. The Dramatic Review is entered at the postoffice at San Francisco as second-class matter and is supplied to the trade by the San Francisco News Company, 342 Geary Street. Tom Greene Saturday night Tom Greene acquitted himself of a feat of which he may well be proud. He had been spending his vacation in Los Angeles and was just preparing to mount his \\ heel for a ride when he was handed a telegram from the Tivoli saying that Avedano was ill — could he sing Tannhauser and if he could when could he leave ? Tannhauser was billed for Saturday night. Here it was Thursday. Mr. Greene wired back he could and would. He would start that night. 1 le got the book of the opera, took the owl Thursday night, locked himself in a drawing room and studied all right. Got here Friday morning and had a short rehearsal Friday afternoon. .Studied all Friday night and came on Saturday night perfect — and made one of the most substantial hits ever made at the Tivoli and certainly one of the biggest in his career. The audience gave him a magnificent reception, never dreaming of the circumstances under which he appeared. When we consider that Mr. Greene had never sung the part before and had only seen the opera once, ten years ago, the undertaking and achievement will appear in its true light. Tom Greene, with a magnificent tenor voice, can sing comic opera and grand opera and is one of the most reliable singers before the public. His ability to quickly memorize such a part as Tannhauser, one of the most difficult of operas, is one of the features of his success. He will later be heard during the grand opera season, and has been engaged for the regular season following the present run of grand opera. Juliet Crosby Talks to The Review Juliet Crosby, (Mrs. Fred Belasco), who returned last week from her Eastern and European visit, chatted pleasantly last Tuesday with Thj£ REVIEW editor concerning the impressions she gathered while away from home. She was in London ten weeks and in Paris about three weeks. During her stay in London, Miss Crosby was a member of Mrs. Carter's Zaza Company, and on the fourth week had the pleasure of playing before his royal highness, the Prince of Wales, who was good natured and looked very little the Prince in his free and easy demeanor. Miss Crosby noted a great difference in the theatres of London from those we have. There they are nearly all extremely nairow, it being impossible to see from the sides. There are no ushers, but women attendants, who seat you and then sell you a program for sixpence. The English theatres make a great feature of their lobbies and between acts, the audiences precipitate themselves into these flower bedecked places and chat with and visit their friends. Miss Crosby noticed that it was particularly difficult for an American to make an impression on an English audience, but when they do, it is perhaps, some compensation for the reluctant acknowledgment. As to the well dressed English actress, Miss Crosby declares she never set eyes upon her. They are the most impossible dressers in the world. What with peculiar taste and a straight up and down figure, the result in dressing must necessarily be something fearful. E. D. Price, who was a member of the Belasco party, declared one night, after a survey of an English audience and stage, that there should be a weight limit to all persons appearing in evening dress, as is the English custom at theatres. He thought that the human figure should at least show signs of a cer tain amount of flesh before it should be allowed to exhibit itself. Miss Crosby found in Paris the French sentiment against the English to be something extremely violent and a great many Americans who were taken for English suffered many slights in consequence, to say nothing of suffering in their pocket books, for all prices were raised 100 per cent, during the fair. In ^conclusion, Miss Crosby said she was glad to get home; that Paris women were chic and bright, but there was a great monotony about their clothes that is never seen in American cities, and as far as gowns were concerned New York and San Francisco were certainly every bit as well situated. In London, she found great pleasure in looking up old historical places. The cut below shows her with Mrs. ( * C. Cook, wife of David Belasco's London manager, in the vicinity of the Parliament buildings. On the left is Mrs. Cook, on the right Miss Crosby. During the race riot last week in New York a mob surrounded the New York Roof Garden, where Williams and Walker were playing, and assaulted Walker when he came out. A mob also chased Ernest Hogan, the negro who wrote "All Coons Look Alike to Me." C. F. RALSTON Representing Jessie Shirley Co. GEORGE D. McQUARRIE LEADS Jessie Shirley Co. HAROLD W. GILBERT Jessie Shirley Co. TOM B. LOFTUS Comedy and Characters Jessie Shirley Co. CHAS. C. LOWE Jessie Shirley Co. Season 1900-1900 LESS C. GREER Jessie Shirley Co. FRANK McQUARRIE Jessie Shirley Co. EFFIE BOND Jessie Shirley Co. MARIE BAKER Jessie Shirley Co. Standard Theatre BAKKKSFIF.LD, CAL. F. M. CARRII.I.O & CO., Props, and Managers The only First-class Theater and Largest Novelty Theater in Bakersfield. The Oldest and Most Reliable Variety Theater iu Bakersfield. All communications regarding engagements and bookings to be addressed to Mr. F. M. Carrillo, Bakersfield, or Mr. Archie Levy, 6 F.ddy St., S. F. Fares advanced to Artists of Reputation to any part of the State. Ingomar Theatre EUREKA, CAL. Playing Only First-Class Attractions. First-Class Prices, Seats 1000. Per Cent Only. Address, P. O. Box 565. WILLARD WELLS Ernest Hastings Leading Business Blanche Walsh CHAS. M THALL Treasurer Dailey's Comedians. RAYMOND WHITAKER LEADS Address this Office FRANK COOLEY Proprietor and Manager Frank Cooley Co. GEORGIE FRANCIS Juveniles Frank Cooley Co. ELIZABETH HALE Leads and Characters Frank Cooley Co. ZOE SAVO-RICE Characters and Emotionals Frank Cooley Co. EDWARD CLISBEE Alta Theatre