San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW January 16, 1909. THE SAW FRANCISCO Dramatic Review Mnaic and Drama CTH A3. H. VAKSKLL, Publisher iturday Address all letters and money orflerfl to San T r a n c i sco Dramatic .Review, Van Ness Thetlre Bldg., Van Ness Ave. Telephone (newnumber not yet secured.) Entered at San Francisco as Second-class Mail Matter. Established 1880. Darrell Standing One of that splendid body of men that consf'tute a large portion of the \ alencia Stock Company, who has made a marked impression here by the quality of his work is Darrell Standing, who. upon the sudden retirement of Sedley Brown from the director's chair, was called upon to assume that position. .Mr. Standing will step nicely into the place, for he has had a long experience in a similar capacity when he and his father had their stock company in London. Mr. Standing is an actor who impresses his audiences with the intellectual and finished quality of his work. Mr. Standing has been connected with many of the best companies in this country and England, and he is distinctly an addition to our theatricals. Great Benefit for the Italian Earthquake Sufferers The best benefit performance ever given in San Francisco was that pulled off at the Van Xess Theatre, Thursday afternoon, for the earthquake sufferers of Italy. A crowded house produced over $2,000.00, and Walter Hoff Seeley, he of the eloquent tongue and persuasive voice, got seventy-five dollars of this sum by auctioning the original drawing of the programme cover. The individual acts were all superlatively good, and the appreciation of the audience was pleasing to witness. A great feature of the programme was the appearance of Mine. Gadsfci. She sang the aria from Tannhauser, and answered an encore call with Rnmhilde's Cry from Die YValkyrie. Arthur Cunningham and Mackenzie Gordon were the other soloists. Cunningham sang The Donovans, answering encores with Barnev from Killarney. and one of Dennis O'Sullivan's hits. Gordon sang Mother o Mine, a Scotch border song. Disappointment and Loch Lomond. Kolb and Dill with Netta Yesta and the Katy Strauss Girls, presented one of thei>' sketches, involving one of the best effects from The Politicians. Besides the Yoscarys, the Orpheum donated Hilbert and Warren in the musical act, The Singer and His Valet, and Hyman Meyer of the road show with his German musical absurdity, The Man at the Piano. The Valencia Stock Company produced the third act of The College Widow, with its football scene. The second act of Sweet Kitty Bellairs was the donation of the Alcazar Company. The programme was closed with the third and last act of George M. Cohan's musical melodrama. Fifty Miles from Boston. Quite a sum of money was taken in from the sale of the programmes, which was conducted by a number of girls from the various theatres. Ida Escamilla of the Valencia Theatre won the distinction of selling the most programmes and was presented with a pair of gloves by Sam I.overich. The flowers, which were furnished by Joseph Goldstone, with the programmes, netted $143.25. All money taken in was clear for the relief fund, as there was not a cent of expense attached to the performance. The large orchestra was donated by the Musicians' Union; the stage employes volunteered their services, and the hauling was done free. The stage was under the direction of John Alden of Brewster's Millions Company. The associate stage directors were : Fred J. Butler, Alcazar ; Harry Omdorff. Orpheum; Charles St. Clair. Princess : Lester Templeton, Fifty Miles from Boston Co. Philip Hastings, who has invariably acted as press representative for the Associated Theatrical Managers, engineered the news department this time. Over $1,000 was added to the funds of the relief movement by the performance Tuesday afternoon at the Vakneia Theatre, under the auspices of the Salesian Fathers of Corpus Christi Church. The sale of programmes, boutonnieres and favors at the door by Misses Helen Lackaye, Grace Travers, Louise Bolton and Ida Escamilla of the Valencia Theatre netted another $50. which will also go to swell the funds already in hand. Following an opening address by Jeremiah Sullivan. George R. Baldwin. Jr.. Charles Farwell Edson, Gerald Harconrt, Arthur Weiss, James Gallet, Darrell Standing, Fay Carranza, Joaquin Wanrell. Gino Severi, Gustav Schultheis, Arthur Cunningham, Antoinette Crawford. Joseph Murphy, Peggv Monroe, Frank McGlynn, Rose O'Brien and Robert Leonard contributed to an excellent entertainment, which concluded with the last act of The College Widow by the Valencia Stock Company. Good win s T wo N ew Plays Xat Goodwin, who is now in Los Angeles, has announced that he is booked for a seventeen weeks' engagement with Klaw & Erlanger, which will begin late in February. Two weeks of the engagement will be given in Los Angeles at the Mason ( )pera House. The plays have not yet been definitely decided upon, but they probably will be The Master I land and The Lottery, two new N ew York productions. that all interested in the arts may have the same end in view." Shall the State Subsidize Music? Charles Farwell Edson, a prominent musician of Los Angeles, is in Sacramento to present before the Legislature the claim of the schools, other public institutions of learning and the people at large for an increased music appropriation. Edson says he is aware he is a pioneer in his propaganda, but avers that it is a subject claiming serious attention among thinking men and women in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Said Edson: "The greatest musical need of the State is the need of organization, in order that some definite plan may be pursued all over the State, so Coquelin Is Near Death Paris, January 10. — Beret Constant Coquelin, regarded as one of the greatest actors in the world, is near death in his home here. The physicians say that his case is one of angina pectoris and that he cannot recover. Although the great actor has been in bed for several days, the fact that he was dangerously ill was not made public until today. He took a turn for the worse this morning and it was decided thereupon to let it be known that there was little likelihood of his recovery. Mr. Sothern Next Week at the Van Xess Theatre next week is to be the social and dramatic event of the present season. It can be said that Mr. Sothern occupies the position of the foremost dramatic and producing artist of this country, and he will undoubtedly be greeted with audiences commensurate with his eminence. Mr. Sothern's engagement commences Monday night, and he has selected a most interesting repertoire for his first week's engagement here, appearing in widely different characterizations at each change of bill. Monday night Mr. Sothern will present Hamlet; Friday and Saturday night he will be seen as the eccentric Lord Dundreary, a comedy role; and Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday nights he will appear as Richard Lovelace, his newest portrayal of Laurence Irving's romantic drama. Mr. Sothern's performance of Hamlet Monday night is sure to enlist the attention of theatre-goers. New Al Hay man Buys New York Theatre Xk.w York, Jan. 8. — The Empire Theatre, now under lease to Charles Frohman, was sold under the hammer today, together with three other buildings on Broadway, for $850,000 to Al I layman of the theatrical firm of Al Havman & Co. AMERICAN THEATRE Phone Market 381 Market St.. near Seventh THK HOl'SE OF SAFETY ANU COMFORT The Best Cohan Show in San Francisco Last Three Nights. Matinee Saturday GEO. M. COHAN'S FIFTY MILES FROM BOSTON Commencing Next Sunday Matinee Florence Roberts THE HOUSE Of BONDAGE Seats Now on Sale PRICES — Evenings. 25c. 50c. 75c. $1.00. Matinees. 25c, 50c and 75c — No higher Alcazar Theatre Tel. West 6036 Cor. Sutter and Steiner Sts. Belasco & Mayer, Owners and Managers Absolutely "Class A" Building .Monday Night. Jan. 18, Starts the Second and East Week of David Belasco's Comedy of the Heart Sweet Kitty Bellairs Adapted from Egerton Castle's Famous Story, The Bath Comedy PRICES: Nights, 25c to $1; Matinees, Saturday and Sunday, 25c to 50c. ORPHEUM Fills Street, near Fillmore Absolutely "Class A" Theatre Week Beginning This Sunday Afternoon Matinee Every Day ARTISTIC VAUDEVILLE JULIE HERNE AND COMPANY, in A Mountain Cinderella; JEWELL'S MANIKINS; BERT HOWARD AND EFFIE LAWRENCE ; THE CHAD WICK TRIO; THE JCSSELIN TRIO; EDWIN LATELL. Return for this week only, MR. AND MRS. GENE HUGHES, in A Matrimonial Substitute. NEW ORPHEUM MOTION PICTURES.Last week, immense sensation, THE THREE YOSCAEliS, Europe's Foremost Athletic Eccentrics. EVENING PRICES— 10c. 25c. 50c, 75c, Box Seats. $1. MATINEE PRICES (Except Sundays ami Holidays). 10c, 25c. 50c Phone West 6000 Princess Theatre Phone West 663 Ellis Street, near Fillmore Samuel Eoverich. Manager Absolutely "Class A" Theatre Building Matinee Saturday an I Sunday Curtain Rises at 8 Sharp UNTIL FIRTHER NOTICE The Famous Comedians Kolb and Dill And a Big Eastern Company, in Aaron Hoffman's New Musical Farce, The Politician PRICES Evenings, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1; Matinees (except Sundays and Holidays), 25c, 50c, 75c. GO— OF COURSE YOU'LL GO TO THE Valencia Theatre Valencia St., bet. 13th and 14th Telephone Market 17 The Only Steam-Heated Theatre in the City This and Tomorrow Afternoons and Evenings— Last Times of PRINCE HAGEN Commencing Monday Evening, Jan. 18 Sherlock Holmes William Gillette's Greatest Success Presented by the Valencia Stock Company, including Robert Warwick and Blanche Stoddard Regular Matinees. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 25c to 50c Evenings, 25c, 50c and 75c. Box Seats $1. Monday, Jan. 25 — PRETTY PEGGY GILLE PRINTING CO. SAN RRANOISOO THEATRICAL PRINTING OFALL KINDS P ■ 22! OSTER 2257 MISSION ST. Phone MARKET 186B s FRANCIS Show VALENTINE DfffffAFC CO <*<>c*e* Hooter "f*W# O Thirteenth St., near Mission, S. F. Cat. Spacious Headquarters ourtajgr a* a ok ft tor Theatrical Agents PHONE-MARKET 2114 Send Bills of LadlnK to us. We will take care of your paper