The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW June 6, 1914 BlaKe and Amber Amusement Agency (Under City and State License) Talent supplied for all occasions. Our AUTHOR'S EXCHANGE has on hand at all times a number of original dramatic and comedy sketches and plays for sale or on royalty. TIVOU OFEBA HOUSE—3rd floor. Flione Oougrlasa 400 Cort Theatre William Ihuli^c has once more en- deared himself to San Francisco play- goers. In Jim Whitman, the siiiiny mainstay of The Road to Happiness, which starts on its second week at the Cort tomorrow, this nni(|uc star has found another role that allows full play for his peculiar gifts. I*"or the \\'hitman play is the kind of entertain- ment that people like to remember, and remembering it, they want more of the same kind. An ancient ei)ic told us that a play was its own best ad- vertisement, and that is still true, with the addendum that a i)lay is sometimes its .star's best advertisement. Mr. Hodge has been particularly fortunate in his vehicles. He made a hit in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, and after that was trusted with the leading part in The Man from Home. It was all an experiment, ior Hodge, as well as the play, was an unknown (|uaiitity. r>ut both caught on and Mr. Hodge was starred. He contin- ued in that role, now famous, until one always thought of Hodge and The Man from Home as equivalent terms. He toured in the ])lay for five years. The next attraction will be (iuy Bates I'o.st in Omar the Tent- maker, Richard Walton Tully's I*er- sian love play, which has been a suc- cess of the season in New \'ork. Alcazar Theatre The regular summer season at the .Mcazar Theatre will l)e inaugurate 1 next Monday night with the advent of Bessie Barriscale and Tiuirston Mali. The oi)ening vehicle for the two stars will be l^rnest Denny's delightful com- edy of youth, love and laughter, .All- of-a-Sudden Peggy. In this play Bes- sie Barriscale will have the role of a winsome and humorous young Irish girl, while Thurston Mall will be cap- itally cast in the opposite role of her English sweetheart. The schedule of summer prices at the .Alcazar will go into effect with this engagement. At all of the evening performances the scale will be 25c, 50c and 75c, with an excellent orchestra seat for 50c. At the matinees on Thursday, .Satur- day and Sunday the prices will range from 25c, 35c and 50c, with box seats at 75c. Gaiety Theatre It was The Isle of llong Hong, pro- duced as a fir.st offering of the new regime, that has placed this pretty ])Iayhouse in the van. where it belongs, of local theatres, and has demonsti^ate I once more that if the ])ublic is pre- sented with what it wants in the mat- ter of theatrical fare it will be liberal and enthusiastic in its response. The Isle of Bong Bong is strung rich with melody. It is ])rovided with jusl enough of a plot to hang humorous and whimsical episodes on; it is cos- tumed with ])crfect ta.ste, yet .gorge- ously ; it is offered by a ca.st of prin- cipals which puts to shame most of the $2 shows that come irom Broad- way to San l""rancisco, and it is given under the best of stage and musical direction. Walter Lawrence takes care of the former, and his ])raises have not ceased to be sung for the manner in which he put on the show for the opening night two weeks ago', l-'rances Cameron, Will H. .Sloane, Walter Lawrence, Louise Orth, .\r- Coast Costume Co. American Theatre Bids'., Market and 7th WABDBOBE AND COSTITMXS FXTBinSHBD FOB AI.^ OCCASIONS Largest aiiti Rest Musical Comedy Wardrobe in the West Phone Park 5101 thiir Clough, Maude 15catty, Myrtle nin,i»vvall, Willard Louis and dainty Margaret luhvards in classic dances, are some of the leaders in the chorus of fun that is found at the (iaiety the.se nights and on Thursday, Satur- day and Sunday afternoons. The Thursda}' matinee is a "pop" perform- ance, at which the prices are 25 and 50 cents and no higher. The Orpheum The ()ri)lieum announces for next week another great show. There is no more dazzling ])ersonality on the .American stage today than \'aleska Suratt, who will head the new bill in her latest and greatest triumph. Black Crepe and Diamonds. The characters in Black Crepe and Dia- monds are Damosel, L<ive, Woe, Dance, Light and Gaiety, and they are im|)ersonated by Miss Suratt, Cieorge Baldwin, .Ada Dunbar, Paul Higgins, \'era Iliggins and Alfred (ierard. The musical director is Leon I 'elocliok. The home coming of Wal- ter De Leon and "Muggins" Davies should prove most gratifying to themselves and their friends and ad- mirers. They will introduce their song hits from The Campus, of which Mr. I)c Lenn i-^ the author. .\'ew Stuff is the title of the one-act play in which Irene Timnions is the bright particular star. James II. Cullen, "The Man from the West," who is making his fifteenth tour of the Or- pheum circuit, will introduce a new monologue. I'proarious fun is the object successfully aimed at by Stell- ing and Revell, English comedians and acrobats of renown. The Belleclair P>ros., athletes, will return after a three-years' tour of the world. Next week will be the last of Harry P.. Les- ter and Eddie Foy and the Seven Lit- tle Foys. The Pantages I'or the week commencing June 7 the Pantages will offer a new sketch, entitled Virtue, a story of the under- world, .with Myrtle Vane in the lead- ing role. Other acts on the bill will be I'rank Bush. J. lulwin Crapo & Co., Brown and Jackson and the I'our Mil- itary Maids and .some of the latest feature iiiolion pictures. Laurence Irving and Wife Drowned in River Disaster Laurence .'-Sydney linxlribb Irving,, who with his wife, Mabel Hackney, was a passenger on the Empress of Freland that foundered in the St. Law- rence River disaster last week, is the second and youngest .son of the fam- ous English'actor, the late Sir Henry Irving, and about forty-one years old He was educated at Marlborough Col- lege and later in Paris. .At that time he" had decided ui)on a diplomatic career, and spent three years in Rus- sia studving for the foreign service. He studied the Russian language and became a scholar in that tongue, and in his later years became interested in Russian literature and Russian ])lays. He left the foreign service be- cati.se he felt the "call" to go on the stage, as did his father. His first a])pearance was in 189,^ when he played in F. R. Benson's production of Shakespearean plays in Dundee. Later he was in various shows under Sir Herbert Tree, making a three-year tour of the British provinces during 1896-1899, playing A Bunch of Vio- lets, Trilby and Harbert Wariiig's part in Under the Red Robe. L'rom njoo to 1904 he toured with his father, to- gether with his wife, who was Mabel Hackney, of England. Mr. Irving married Miss Hackney, an actress, of Swansea, on May 2, 1903, the cere- mony having been performed secret- ly, it is said, and the news of the mar- riage did not become i)ublic until sev- eral weeks afterward. Mr. Irving was reported to have been engaged at one time to Ethel Harrymore. The following year he toured with i^roduc- tions of his own, his wife accompany- ing him and playing in the same com- pany. Air. Irving was a man of great personality and of commanding phy- sique, a deep student and a scholar, especially of his profession. He cre- ated the part of Crawshay in Raffles, winning great distinction in that char- acter. l)uring 1908-1909 he i)roduced manv sketches of his own authorship, making a tour of England and .Amer- ica, in which he scored a triumi)h. During the following years he pro- duced The Three Daughters of Mons. Dupont, and then became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London, his first 'experience in a managerial ca- pacity. He also played during the same time in The l^nwritten Law, one of his own plays, and Belasco's version of The Lily. Under Sir Herbert Tree Mr. Irving appeared as I ago, and in 1913 made another tour with a com- ])any of his own. Later he became manager of the Globe Theatre in Lon- don. Both while jilaying on the road or in the city, or performing the duties of manager of theatres, Air. Irving never lo.st his interest in writing, and produced many plays as well as sketches. Among the best known are Peter the Great, P>onnie Dundee, The L^nwritten Law, The Terrorist, and The Phccnix, together with transla- tions of Sardou's Robespierre and Dante, and Alaxim Gorki's The Lower Depth's, besides many other transla- tions and adaptations of Russian nov- els and plays. .Among the later writ- ings and plays are Richard Lovelace and The Fool" Hath Said in I lis 11 cart. Prize Play Selected The judges in the Winthrop .Ames Play Contest — .Augustus Thomas, president of the Society of .American Dramatists; .Adolph Klauber, former dramatic editor of The Xcw York Times, and Winthrop .Ames — have awarded the prize in that contest to a plav entitled Children of Earth. The author is .Mice Brown of I5oston, writ- er of New luigland novels and stories, and to her tlie prize of $10,000 has been paid. Sixteen hundred and GOLDSTEINS CO. j COSTUMERSss-Hs an'l Wiff .Stor« Make-iiii. Play Pooks, Kstablisheil 1876. ' Iilncoln Building', Market and Fifth Bta. H. Lewiii H. Oppenh«lm GORDAN TAILORING CO. 923 Markat St., hat. Powell and Mason TINS CliOTHZS MODXBATB PBIOBS No Branch Stores The Butler-Nelke Academy of Dramatic Arts Now localeil in Golden Gate Commandery Hall, 2137 Slitter St. Most complete and thoroiiglily enuipped dramatic school on tha Pacific Coast. Courses in Dramatic Art, Voice Development. Vocal Expression. Pan- tomime. Literature, French. Dancingr, F«n- cing and Make-up. Amateur clubs re- liear.sed; enf ertalnment.s furnished. Send for catalog. Miriam Nelke. director; Fred J. Butler, principal (stage director Alcaxar Theatre) forty-si.x inaiiuscrii)ts were entered in the contest, in adflition t(j a large number excluded for not conforming to the conditions. Children of l-^irth will be the first long play of Miss Brown's to be produce<l, although sev- eral of her one-act pieces have been staged. Aliss Brown was born of farmer folk in IIam])ton I""alls, N. II., and her first fourteen years was spent in that neighborhood. She then went to a girls' .seminary at Exeter. X. 11., taught for a little while, and left teach- ing to write. Her fir.st book, .Meadow Grass, a collection of short stories, brought her immediate recognition. Since then she has published a volume of poems, a book of essays on travel, a large number of short stories and several novels, the best known of which are The Story of Thyrza and Ro.se MacLeod. Air. .Ames i)lans to produce Children of Earth early next season. Amusement Permit for Ala- meda .\L.\Mi:i).\. June 2.—A building permit for $ioo,ooo was i.s.sue 1 today to the Alameda V enice and Swimming Baths Company for the construction of a big amusement park on the south shore, near the Washington play- ground. The sum will be expended in building the first unit of the i)lant anil wiil ccjnsist of two large buildings, housing over looo bathing boxes, a cement heated swimming tank, an open-air dance ])avilion and a long ])ier. The work i>n the bathhouses is nearly com]>leted. Fred Harriott Dead NI'A\' YORK, May 30.—I'rederick C. Harriott, husband of Clara Morris, the actress, died yesterday at his home in White.stone, Long Islaml, from jjaralysis, aged 74 years. Fr.\nk Burkk has joined the Cla- man Company in Red lilntT. lie had made arrangements to ])ut out a moun- tain .show with .Al/.Alden, but Claman made such a flattering offer that the idea of actor-manager was soon rele- gated to the realms of dreams.