San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

1 6 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW October 16, 1909 Initial Western Tour of the Reigning Dramatic Success ! ! HENRY B. HARRIS PRESENTS The Third Degree By Charles Klein, author of "The Lion and the Mouse." Direct from a seven months' run at Hudson Theatre, New York. Watch the San Francisco, Portland and Seattle daily papers. The following Coast time will be played : Oct 11 and week— Los Angeles MASON OPERA HOUSE Nov. Oct 18 2 weeks— San Francisco, Cal VAN NESS THEATRE Dec. Nov 1— Monterey, Cal T. A. WORK'S THEATRE Dec. Nov 2— San Jose, Cal THE VICTORY THEATRE Dec. Nov 3— Fresno, Cal BARTON OPERA HOUSE Dec. Nov. 4— Stockton, Cal YOSEMITE THEATRE Dec. Nov. 5— Sacramento, Cal CLUNIE THEATRE Dec. Nov 6— Marysville, Cal MARYSVILLE THEATRE Dec. Nov 8— Chico, Cal MAJESTIC THEATRE Dec. Nov. 9— Red Bluff, Cal RED BLUFF OPERA HOUSE Dec. Nov 11— Eugene, Oregon EUGENE THEATRE Dec. Nov. 12— Salem, Oregon NEW GRAND OPERA HOUSE Dec. Nov. 13— Astoria, Oregon ASTORIA THEATRE Dec. Nov. 14— Portland, Oregon HEILIG THEATRE Dec. Nov. 21— Seattle, Wash MOORE THEATRE Dec. Nov. 29— Victoria, B. C VICTORIA THEATRE Dec. 30-Dec. 1— Vancouver, B. C VANCOUVER OP. HOUSE 2— Bellingham, Wash BECK'S THEATRE 3— Everett, Wash EVERETT THEATRE 4.5_Tacoma, Wash TACOMA THEATRE 6— Aberdeen, Wash GRAND THEATRE 7— South Bend, Wash OPERA HOUSE 8— Chehalis, Wash NEW THEATRE 9— Ellensburg, Wash ELLENSBURG THEATRE 10— North Yakima, Wash YAKIMA THEATRE n_Walla Walla, Wash KEYLOR GRAND THEATRE 12-14— Spokane, Wash AUDITORIUM 15— Colfax, Wash NEW RIDGEWAY THEATRE 16— Wallace, Idaho MASONIC TEMPLE 17— Missoula, Mont CORT'S THEATRE 18— Anaconda, Mont MARGARET THEATRE 19— 21— Butte, Mont BROADWAY Spotlight* George M. Cohan in person surrounded by his father, mother and sister together with a hundred other players, will be seen in The Yankee Prince, one of Mr. Cohan's greatest success at the Van Ness Theatre late next month. Tom Lewis, the wellknown character actor, is with the company and plays the role of Steve Daly, the manager of prize fights. Victor Morley, the well-known musical comedy star, is at the head of the big company to come here with the production of Three Twins. Bessie Clifford, one of the most popular young women on the stage, is also in the cast. The Barrier, a dramatization of Rex Beach's noval by Eugene Presbrey, is one of the big successes of Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph Brooks. The play made an emphatic hit at its premiere in Rochester. Mr. Presbrey tells the story in four acts. In the first he has Mr. Beach's two virile men, John Gale, the trader (Theodore Roberts) and Dan Stark, the gambler (W. S. Hart), meet at the end of the frontier after eighteen years of flight The Greatest Cast of Singers Headed by THOS. H. PERSSE Tenor EDITH MASON Soprano Now Booking Season 1909 5 10 The Persse=Mason Go. In the New Operatic Comedy The Singing Bandits Book and Music by HERMAN PERLET Everything Complete New Scenery Excellent Music Quartette of Comedians THOS. H. PERSSE Sole Proprietor Permanent Address: Dramatic Review. Van Ness Theatre liuilding, San Francisco Season William Stoermer Presents 09-10 Millidge Sherwood In a Sumptuous Scenic Revival of . . . King Lear ... Car of Scenery 25 People Beautifully Costumed Two "Ahead" and pursuit. The curtain falls with the young Kentucky soldier aghast at the idea of having proposed marriage to a half-breed. Full realization by his characters of the situation develops in the second act. In the third primal emotions are permitted to sweep away the barriers of law and social conventionality. The two armed men fight in the dark. With the light comes the girl. The meeting of the two young people, a line of confession and forgiveness ends the play. Florence Rockwell, as the girl Necia, the supposed half-breed, has the best opportunity of her career. She reveals unexpected ability along emotional lines and deserves the approbation she has received. Alphonz Ethier gives a capital piece of character work as Poleon Doret, the devoted Frenchman, and Guinio Solola cleverly provides the relieving strain of humor as "No Creek" Lee. The Climax continues at Joe Weber's Theatre, New York, to audiences which show no signs of decreasing either in numbers or enthusiasm. The ambition, struggles, disappointments and ultimate triumph of Adelina, the girl with the prima donna voice, cause The Climax to be the greatest hit since The Music Master. The secret of this drama's success lies in its deep appeal to the heart. Each audience laughs and cries with Adelina. The Climax is now in its seventh month at Weber's Theatre, and will no doubt continue there for some time to come. Joseph Weber and his company in the travesty of The Merry Widow and the Devil, are now playing at the Broadway Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, for a short engagement prior to a tour of the country. Mr. Weber is booked as far West as San Francisco and will not return to New York until May, when he comes to the Academy of Music. The Merry Widow and The Devil played for over a year is the travesty of the Merry Widow, at Weber's Theatre on Broadway. An Englishman who found a picture in a magazine of Elsie Ferguson on the coast of Malay, wrote to the London favorite, who is now playing in New York, for her photograph, and got it, with her autograph. Pretty good press agent dope that, for Miss Ferguson, eh? Pacific Coast Tour early in 1910 1 Company headed by Estha Williams 1 AS THE SUN WENT DOWN By Geo. D. Baker Address ARTHUR C. AISTON Sole Owner Room 304 1505 Broadway N.Y.City Tel. 941 Bryant