San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

December 2nd, 1899 ingthe guests at Manager Bulter's Standard Theater. Digby Bell heads the list of vaudevillians at the Columbia this week. The other features are Sam, Kitty and Clara Morton, Whitney Brothers and James McAvoy. Hopkins' Theater Stock Company is magnificently doing The Silver King this week. The scenic effects are superb. The vaudeville features are a Hawaiian troupe who sing and dance in their true native style, and Charles A. Loder and Otto Emmendorfer. Manager C. M. Southwell of the Castle Square Opera Company is delighted with the success his magnificent lyric organization is receiving in St. Louis. They have been singing to packed houses. Mr. Southwell has made legions of friends in St. Louis, and if permanent opera can be made a paying venture in this city, Mr. Southwell is the man to do it. Martha is the bill this week with Adelaide Norwood and Alma Powell alternating as Martha, Maude Lambert and Mary Linck singing Nancy, and Miro Delamattaand Rhys Thomas as Lionel. Next week the Castleites sing Mikado. Anthony Hope's two novels, Rupert of Hentzau and Phroso, are underlined next week at the Century and the Olympic. James K. Hackelt as Rupert, and Odette Tyler in Phroso. W. H. West Minstrels, with Jose the contra tenor, Carroll Johnson, Tom Lewis and Frad Warren, are the Thanksgiving offering at Havliu's. A Wise Guy comes to the Grand next week, and Sam Devere and his torrid burlesquers are at the Standard. Lawrence Hanley leaves for the coast next week to play a six weeks' engagement in Frisco. He is entirely recovered from his recent illness, and is eager to be back on Market street. Emma Nevada sings at the New Odeon next Friday night. Manager Sam Gumpertz of Hopkins' Theater is in Syracuse, New York, visiting his wife. Gaty Pallen. CANADA Special Correspondence ST. John, N. B., Nov. 27. — Opera House, A. O. Skinner, Mgr. The Real WidowBrown disported herself to fair business 13 to 16, with matinee 15; good specialties by Luna Cooper and Gillette and Booth. Mr. R. Watkin Mills, the noted English basso, had a good house the 17th, considering that he was playing against a stable fire about ico yards away that looked extremely dangerous in its early stage. (This pun was written before it was thought of.) Lewis Morrison's Faust Company played to good business the 18th, with matinee. Peachey Carnehan. TEXAS Special Correspondence Tyler, Texas, Nov. 23. — Darkest Russia played at the Grand last night to a small but appreciative audience. The Nominee will hold the boards Monday, the 27th. E. Hanwasy. DENVER Special Correspondence. Denver, Nov. 23.— As usual, the Tabor, Lyceum and Denver Theaters opened to packed houses Sunday night, the 18th. And yet there is some talk of trying to close the theaters here on Sundays, but I think that is where it will end, in "talk." Frederick Warde and his excellent company of legitimate actors, began a week's engagement at the Broadway on Monday night, opening with Henry Guy Carleton's play, The Lion's Mouth. Mr. Warde gave an excellent performance of Paul Di Navarra; the supporting company was good throughout, Minnie Tittell Brune being especially clever. Mr. Chas. Herman, whom we had the pleasure of seeing here last sea son with Madame Modjeska, deserves much praise for his portrayal of the part of Fra Angelo. The repertoire for the remainder of the week will be Virginius, Tuesday night; The Merchant of Venice, Wednesday matinee; The Lion's Mouth, Wednesday and Saturday nights; Romeo and Juliet, Thursday night and Saturday matinee. It was announced by the management that on Friday night Mr. Warde would produce for the first time on any stage a new play Fortune's Fool, but after today's rehearsal he decided to postpone it until some future time, as the actors were not "easy" in their lines. So San Francisco may have the first glimpse of the new production. It is quite a disappointment to a number of Denverites, as it is so seldom that we have a first night here. So far, the Broadway has this week done the best business of the season. Beginning Monday, the 27th, we have there a grand revival of Humpty Dutnpty. Bartley Campbell's White Slave is the offering at the Tabor this week, and though it is not new to the public, it is doing its share of the business Mr. Harry Leighton was well received, being well known here, as he played a summer season at Elitch's Gardens. Mrs. Fanny Burt is also remembered here for her clever character work with the Giffen and Neill Stock Company at the Broadway in '94. Next week, the 26th, at the Tabor, we will have Al. G. Field's Big Minstrel Company of "40, Count 'em." This will be Mr. Field's first visit to the West. The Lyceum is this week presenting the best bill of the season. It is a pleasure to walk into into this pretty little theater and see every seat taken, and shows that we are being educated to high class vaudeville. In the bill this week we have Mr. Frank Leary, (formerly a Denver boy) and his wife; Edgar W. Pelfrey, an excellent trick cyclist; the Standard Quartette;Carl Charles, Equilibrist; Stephens and Taylor, Eccentric Comedians; Davenport Sisters, song and dance artists; Dolline Cole, the female baritone, and the Church Choir Celestial, presented by Miss Gertrude Haynes, assisted by Master George Loose, the boy soprano. It is just as I heard a young lady belonging to the 400 remark as she came out of the theater, "It is the cleanest vaudeville performance I ever saw." Manager Frank Readick of the Denver has a money winner this week in the RentxSantley Burlesque Company, the house being well filled at each performance. Gus Bruno, the comedian who heads the company, does and says some very funny things. John T. Baker, Leo Zanfretta, and A. C. Lawrence are all splendid in their respective lines, and receive their share of the many laughs. They have some beautiful and shapely ladies in the company whose costumes are unusually fine. Next week the offering is Side Tracked. Manager Readick informs me that he is organizing a company to play Black Crook, Jr., on the Pacific Coast, leaving here about the first of the year. Frederick Warde and his daughter, Miss May Warde, were entertained on Tuesday afternoon, by the Jewish Women's Council of this city. Douglas Fairbanks, a Denver boy, is a member of Warde'a company. Bill Justice, who for a number of years piloted Lincoln J. Carter's shows through thiscountry, is ahead of Al Field's Minstrels. I understand that our neighboring town, Colorado .Springs, is to have a new Opera House in the near future. The students of the Broadway Dramatic School will be seen in the three act comedy, Confusion, on December 5th. Your correspondent, who has one of the finest collections of professional pictures in America, received last week an excellent photograph of Sir Henry Irving, made quite recently by Histed of Ixmdon, and bearing the esteemed actor's own autograph. Bon Bei.l COLUMBIA r-t IHOINO THIATIR BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER ITH SECOND AND LAST WEEK Jacob Litt's Great Revival of Rronson Howard's SHENANDOAH As it has never been seen here before NO INCREASE IN PRICE. MONDAY DECEMBER 1 1 T H Frederick Warde California Theater House RESERVATIONS BV 'PHONE MAIN 1731 ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. Magnificent. Artistic Triumph Of "OUR OWN FRAWLEY COMPANY WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT, DEC. :IRD Tne Most Beautiful Romantic Drama ever written An Enemy to the King The Song of the Sun Dial Charming I.ove Scenes Thrilling Stage Eight Picturesque Costumes Delightful Stage Pictures : MARY HAMPTON in her original ; role of ; Jt 1.11: r>B Varion IN PREPARATION Cumberland <d! WIGS Made to Order and Dressed SWITCHES 16 inches $1 00 21 inches $5 00 1H 20 20 22 22 24 1 50 2 00 2 50 3 50 4 50 I 00 24 26 28 28 30 00 8 00 10 00 12 00 15 00 Very Fine Wigs to Order, $20.00 Look perfectly natural. HAIR DRESSING 25c* G. LEDERER 123 Stockton StKet Opp City of Paris MAIL ORDERS FILLED Siebe <5w Greer 1.. Bill Posters and General Advertisers. Post for all the Leading San Francisco Theaters. Finest locations in the city. Orphe 1/771 GEORGE FULLER GOLDEN EMMONDS, EMMERSON AND EMMONDS. THE TENNIS TRIO: JESSIE MILLAR; A. D. BOBBINS; PETE RAKER: SIGNOR ALBIM; THE BIOGRAPH; THE yUEEN OE COMIC OPERA, CAMILLE DARVILLE Reserved seats. 25 Cents: Balcony 10 Cents; Opera Chairs and Box Scats. 50 Cents. MATINEES WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Alcazar Theater Fred Beiasco, Lessee Makk I'male. Manager 'PHONE MAIN 251. FIRST TIME ON ANY STAGE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK Francis Powers' (author of the First Born) new Mexican Tragedy in Two Acts. Mother Earth Exquisitly Mounted ana Strongly Cast Mammoth Double Orchestra, with Music a Feature. UP TO W ATKINS A Bright One Act Skit Prcceeding. Alcazar Prices — I5c, 25c, 35c, 50c. TivoliOperaHouse To-Night CAYALI.ERIA & PAGLIACCI Sunday Evening OTHELLO CLOSE OF THE GRAND OPERA SEASON Next Week, TheaterClosed Five Nights for Decoration. Re open Saturday Evening. Dec. 9th, Gorgeous Production of the Famous Comic Opera Tar and Tartar Re-appearancc of FERRIS HARTMAN, Everyone's Favorite. ANNIE MEYERS Returns to the Tivoli. Double Company of F'avorites in TAR AND TARTAR Popular prices, 25 and 50 cents. Telephone for seats, BUSH 9. GRAND OPERA HOUSE Telethon!-: Main 582 LAST TWO NIGHTS OF Evangeline WEEK OF MONDAY, DECEMBER ITH Elaborate Production of the Original Comic Opera Hi<s Majesty Music by EX. J. Stewart. Libretto by Peter Robertson Incidental to Act II a Stately Court Minuet By Attractive Coryphees. Incidental to Act III, Charles II. Jones' Latest Device, The March of The Royal Pages, by A Bevy of Beautiful Girls. Popular Prices— 50c, 35c, 25c, 15c and 10c. A good reserved seat at Saturday Matinee, 28 cts. Branch Ticket Office Emporium. New Alhambra Theater Ellinghoise ft Mott, Lessees Eddy and Jones Streets. Telephone South 770 (The People's Plsy House) TO-NIGHT AND MATINEE TO-MORROW SUNDAY, LAST TIMES OF In Old Kentucky One Week Commencing To-Morrow Sunday Night, Constructed for Laughing Purposes Only Mr. Plaster of Paris A FARCICAL COMEDY Matinees, Saturday and Sunday. Popular Prices. NEXT ATTRACTION Original Georgia Minstrels OBERON O'Karell .street, Near Stockton. GRAND CONCERT EYERY NIGHT by the American Ladies' Orchestra, Louis N. Rit7.au, conductor, Miss Maud Goode and Mr. Berber! S. Medley, Ductists. and Mr. Maurice Montague, Tenor. New Moving Pictures. Admission Free; Miss Eva Tenney SOPRANO SOLOST, Teacher ol Singing. Soprano !) at Plymouth Church and Hush St. Synagogue. Studio, 1199 Bush Street. Reception Day, Wednesday I'elephone Sutter 226,