San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 1 8, Kjo8. Paid in Full Axiom might be piled atop axiom in writing of success once earned, but the sincere knowledge that the success is lasting is a genuine pleasure, and that is why Wagenhals and Kemper are sharing with Eugene Walter the delights of a triumph such as they have with Mr. Walter's new play of contemporary life in America. Paid in Full, now in its fourth month at the Astor Theatre, New York. Paid in Full is truly a great play, nothing stronger has been presented in New York for seasons past ; it is the play with the "gripping" qualities, and to quote Louis De Foe in the New York World, "No one who sees Paid in Full can escape its grip." Prior to the time Wagenhals and Kemper accepted Paid in Full Mr. Walter had hawked it from one end of Broadway to the other, and unsuccessfully, for no one wanted to try their hand with a new author. The play, secure in the triumph it is enjoying, will remain at the Astor Theatre throughout the long summer months, and at the same time a special company will be seen in the play in London. In Chicago, too, starting late in April, a third organization will be seen, and Boston is now asking for the attraction for one of its theatres for the summer. In each case Wagenhals and Kemper will organize their cast with the same care and discretion as marked their formation of the company at the Astor Theatre and the productions will be as complete in every detail as is the Astor organization. San Rafael The Military Minstrels presented by the Alameda Lodge, 1015, B. P. O. of Elks, wiH appear in the Garden Theatre, San Rafael, Saturday evening, April 25th. Mr. Phillips has arranged to bring the complete company of fifty people with their special scenic outfit and orchestra, as seen at Alameda, to San Rafael, and in order to do so has had to charter a special ferryboat, to return the company after the performance from Sausalito to San Francisco. Sidelights Walter Damrosch and his New York orchestra will come to the Coast early in May. Red Bluff will have its new theatre ready for attractions about the first of September. It will be one of the finest show houses in the State. Pearl Allen produced A Friend of the Family in Portland last week, with most happy results. The play is handled exclusively by the Great Western Play Agency of this city. One of the early attractions for the Van Ness Theatre is John Drew in the new play success, My Wife. Billy Burke is Drew's leading woman this season and has scored very heavily. Mclntyre & Heath will close their engagement at the Van Ness Theatre on Easter Sunday. The present engagement is the last here of The Ham Tree, as the blackface comedians are to have an entirely new vehicle next season. The Mclntyre & Heath chorus this season is the best San Francisco has been introduced to in many a day. The large stage of the Van Ness Theatre gives the small army of young women ample room for their inimitable dancing numbers. Anna Held, who has played The Parisian Model for two seasons in America with phenomenal success, will open in London on May 15. Mr. Ziegfeld will take over the entire company, including the handsomest chorus that has ever been seen in London. The San Diego Lodge of Theatrical Mechanics was instituted April 3 by Deputy Grand President W. B. Jarret. Brandon Evans is president ; George B. Hunt, vice-president ; E. C. Bangs, treasurer. All the local theatres are represented in the membership. A new one-act play by William Hamilton Cline, entitled Mame, is to be presented by Maude Gilbert at the managers' benefit in Los Angeles. Mame is in the same class as the original vaudeville sketch of The Chorus Lady, save that the girl, instead of being a humble actress, is a shop girl. For four performances, beginning April 23, at the Providence Opera House, Providence, R. I., Robert Edeson will be presented by Henry B. Harris in a new play entitled The Call of the North. The play is by George Broadhurst, Jr., and is founded on Stuart Edward White's story of The Conjuror's House. A meeting of the creditors of the Colonial Theatre was held on March 30. The theatre has passed from the hands of Messrs. Kurtzig & Mandelbaum, and all the assets that can be realized on are the chairs and scenery. George A. Storey, cashier of the Mutual Savings Bank, is the owner of the building and lot. Manager . William A. Brady some time ago remarked that he had one great ambition, and that was to see certain of his stars become the greatest comedienne, comedian, romantic actor, tragedienne and tragedian on the stage. The star he chose for the greatest tragedian is Robert Mantell, who is this season presenting a repertoire of seven plays. In the Burgess-Bunting company, now playing at the Seattle Theatre, are George P. Morgan, Eva Sargent, Caroline Morrison, Lou Morris, William Gross, Mabel Bell, Si Condit, Frank D. Lane, John Ball, Emma Bunting, Roy Applegate, William Morris, Clinton Delespine, carpenter; Tudson Lowe, properties, and Lloyd Carter, electrician. The Van Ness Theatre will offer a succession of leading male 'stars during the next few months, for the bookings include Francis Wilson, in When Knights Were Bold; John Drew, in My Wife; Robert Mantell. in a repertoire of seven plays, and William Collier, in Caught in the Rain. Comedy, high-class drama, tragedy and farce are represented. Well cast, Why Smith Left Home is always good for two hours or more of laughter, and that is just what the Burbank offers its patrons this week. Carrie Clark Ward's cook lady is a finely ludicrous characterization. She is the secretary of the Cook Ladies' Union, and the way she runs things to suit herself might give pointers to the most expert walking delegate in this part of the country. Incidentally she sings a song entitled "Mike." — Los Angeles Herald. Long Beach, April 8. — Three young women and a dozen unhappy young men, members of the "McDonald Vaudeville Company," which played here Monday night to a $5 house, were left stranded last night by the defection of their manager, known as "Doc" McDonald, who departed, leaving the baggage of his victims as security for their board. His victims say that he assembled his "company" last week and collected $10 each from the girls for the privilege of joining his aggregation. The stranded members today succeeded in raising funds to go back to Los Angeles, looking for their employer. Hotel St. James ' • \ l Cor. 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