San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW October ii, 1913 Columbia Theatre l\) tlic star, aullior and producer of The Trail of the Lonesome I 'ine, wliich lias been presented throughout the current week, are theatregoers of San I'rancisco certain to fee! a debt of gratitude. The Trail of the Lonc- s )nic Pine, with Charlotte W'alker as June, the little mountain heroine is sure to have a successful engagement, for no greater pleasure has ever l)een had at a local theatre than that af- forded the patron of the Columbia this week. .\ company of splendid and convincing i)layers has lieen brought together for the important characters in the story, and among whom, beside Miss Walker as June, are W. S. Hart, Lillian Dix, George liancroft, Willard Robertson, George Woodward, all having created the roles in which they are now portray- ing in the production. A second and final week will begin Sunday night. Matinees are given at the Columbia on Wednesday and Saturday. The mid- week matinee is given at special ])rices, ranging from $1 to 25c., the evening and Saturday matinee prices range from $1.50 to 25c. Cort Theatre Kitty Gordon, the much-heralded— she of the gorgeous gowns and daz- zling beauty—has captured San Fran- cisco. There is no one on the stage c|uite like Kitty Gordon. Hers is a .somewhat different personality. She radiates charm. She corrals all eyes the moment she appears upon the stage, and seemingly without effort. ]n this instance, at lea.st, the press agents have not used their suiierla- tives without cause. The second and final week of the engagement begins with Sunday's performance. On Mon- day, Oct. 20, comes Wm. Faversham"s elaborate presentation of Shake- speare's Julius C.'esar, with R. D. Mac- Lean and Constance Collier, in addi- tion to Favershani himself. Alcazar Theatre Your Neighbor's Wife, a comedy by Elmer Harris, is announced for next Monday evening and throughout the week, with Chas. Ruggles, well and favorably known to Alcazar patrons, specially engaged for the role filled by him in the original production, and the best talent of the regular com- pany rounding out the cast. Your Neighbor's Wife treats of suburban life, its scenes being laid at Fruitvale, Alameda County, California. Mr. Ruggles will be seen as tiarry Miller, a young bookkeeper, married and ad- dicted to staying out late o' nights. He and his wife, Alice, who possesses all the traits of a good housewife, live next door to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robbins, the formre being thoroughly domesticated and his helpmate the contrary. The two husbands decide to try the experiment of exchanging wives in order to establish harmony in each of the households, but one week of the arrangement satisfies them that they blundered and that real hap- piness could only be attained by cling- ing to the women who had accompan- ied them to the altar. I'^m is fast and furious throughout (he three acts, the complications develo])ed by each of the men trying to get rid of his legitimate partner and each of the women endeavoring to retain her law- ful .spouse keeping the audience in a steady gale of laughtcT. Elaborate staging is promised, the places shown i)eing the exterior of the two homes, tile living room at the Millers' abode, and the interior of the Robbins' domi- cile. The Tivoli The very successful season of light opera will be concluded this afternoon and evening, when Girofle-Girotia, Lecocq's charming comic opera, whicii has made such a great hit, will lie ])resented for the last times. On Sun- day the Tivoli will be dark and devoted to rehearsal, and on .Monday night the Western Metropolitan Opera Co. will inaugurate a season of grand opera. This organization is made up of artists of world-wide fame, and their advent has created a tremendous stir throughout the entire musical com- munity. The chorus includes sixty young and well-schooled voices, the orcliestra numbers fifty master musi- cians, and there will be, in adtlition, an excellent ballet. N'erdi's masterpiece, .Villa lias been ciiosen for the opening and will be repeated at the Wednesday matinee and on Saturday night, with Lucia Crestani in the titular role, Fan- ny Anitua as .\mneris, Umberto Chi- odo as Radames, Luigi Montesanto as Anionasro and Eniilio Sesona as the high priest. La Tosca, Puccini's won- derful work, will be given Tuesday and Thursday nights, and at the Sat- urday matinee, and will serve to in- troduce to San Francisco the celebra- ted soprano. Carmen Melis, and Luca liotta, the young Italian lyric tenor who has achieved tremendous fame during the last two years. For Wed- nesday, briday and Sunday nights, that most seductive of operas, Carmen, will be given, with Mme. Tarney, the ])rima donna who created such a sen- sation here during the season of the F'rench Opera Co., as the cigarette girl. Pietro Schiavazzi, the magnetic tenor who achieved sucii a success at Covent Garden, London, last year, will sing Don Jose, and Giorgio Mascal, the b'rench tenor so well known here, will be the Toreador. The prices for tiiis season of grand cpera are most reasonable, and the advance sale of seats promises a very piosperous en- gagement. Oriental Theatre The Oriental Theatre players will produce The Confession next week, commencing Tuesday evening, and it is sure to arouse great interest, as few plays of recent years have occasioned so much discussion. The Confession, which is by James Halleck Reid, has received the endorsement of the lead- ing dignitaries of the Catholic Church as well as ])roniinent city officials and church organizations. The i)lay abounds witli strtjng situations, and in tile hands of the ca])ai)le stock coni- ])any .should draw large audiences to the Mc.Mlister Street playhou.se, for- merly known as the Savoy. Thomas liartiett, a ne'er-do-well of the Bart- k'tt family, and his brother, the Rev. Father J. J. Bartlett. a parish priest, are the jirincipal characters. The scene of the first act is laid in the rec- tory of Our Lady of Mcvcy Church, at (iloucester, Mass., to which Father Bartlett has just been assigned as pas- tor. One of his first duties is to re- ceive the confession of Josejih Du- mont, a French Canadian, guilty of a murder, and for which crime Thomas Bartlett stands accused. Father Bart- lett is called as a witness at the trial, but as he cannot divulge the secrets of the confessional, is obliged to see his brother condemned to death for a crime of which he is innocent. The scenes that follow in the prison and at the office of the Governor of the State are of absorbing interest. The role of I'atlier Bartlett will be in the hands of Walker C. (Graves, Jr., while F. Meet Bostwick will be Thomas Bartlett. b'ranees Carson will play Patsey Moian, a 14-year-old boy ])ickeil up in liie slums of New York by Father P.artlett. Ada C. Ncvil. \'ivian Blackburn, .Xndrew Robson, John Steppling. b'rank J. Gillen and Dan Jarrett. Jr., are others in the cast. Overnight, the farce comedy by Philip Bartholoinae, is the attraction this week, and is scoring a success. It will continue until Monday even- ing. There are matinees Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday at the Oriental, with bargain matinees Wednesday. The Orpheum Lulu Glaser, the comic o])era star, will head the bill next week. Her ofifering will consi.st of a play with music entitled First Love. Miss Glaser has never had a superior in her particular type of sparkling com- edy. She first came into prominence as leading woman for bVancis Wilson in The Little Corporal, and later starred in Dolly \'arden, Miss Dolly Dollars, The Girl and the Kaiser, Mile. Mi.schief and Miss Dudlesack. With Miss Glaser is Tom Richards, the handsome young American baritone. Swor and Mack will present their realfstic impressions of Southern ne- groes. They sing a number of good coon songs and the eccentric dancing of Mr. Mack is highly diverting. Mr. Swor does a burlesque impersonation of a negress. .\ silent game of poker by Mr. Mack in i)antomiiiie is one of the best things in the act. The Lang- don.s—Rose, Harry and Tully—will submit their original spectacular trav- esty, A Night on the Boulevard. The scene represents a boulevard. The Langdons dash on the stage in an au- tomobile and the fun immediately be- gins. Kluting's Entertainers, con- sisting of trained pigeons, rabbits, cats and dogs, will perform novel and re- markable feats. Juiiily Darrell and Charley Conway will appear in the little comedy, Behind the Scenes. Next week will be the last of Maude Lam- bert and Ernest Ball, Ed. Wynn & Co., and Charlotte Parry in her protean act. Into the Light. The Empress The craziest conglomeration of bicycles and near-bicycles ever assembled on the vaudeville stage w.ill be seen during the conihig week, when Happy Hearn's Seven Comedy Bike Riders make tlicir ap- ])earance as the headline attraction. The Tamer, written by the well-known playwright. Earnest \V. Cortis, will be the big special comedy feature of the bill. The scene of this comedy is laid in a Harlem flat during the early evening, and chronicles the attempt of a husband to prove that he is the "real boss of the ranch." Tom Dingle and Jack Corcoran, two mirthsmitlis, will beat a gi,ggle into a laugh. Maurice Brierre and Grace King will bring with them all of the cleverness and originality that made them prominent ON SAI.E OCTOBES FIRST H"li.ini:in i;r.i\c Pla\, The Fall of Ug A MASQUE OF FEAB liy Kiifii.s .Steeli- JOHN HOWKLT.,, PUBLISHER KIT CJraiit Ave.. San Francisco. Phone .-^iilU r Pi-ice Onv DollMr. Postpaid PWEBER d CO. 9hp Opera Chairs THEATBE AND HAI.I; SEATS 365-7 Market Street • 512 So Broadway Iios Ang-eles, Cal. members of the companies of Trixie bViganza. Elsie Janis and Bessie Mc- Coy during the past three seasons. You are cordially invited to bring your hottest and best flatiron or stove poker during the week and give it to Dan Bagyfy for lunch. He is the most peculiar chap in the world and nothing delights him more than to run his tongue around tiie tip of a white hot iron bar and watch the audience squirm in sympathy with his imaginary suflFerings. George F. Hall, who has just returned from a tour of the liritish Isles, where he made a trem- endous success as an eccentric Yankee type, will be one of the comedy fea- tures of the bill. Brady Strong on Impulse Win. A. Brady is a man of im- pulse. With him it is to think and do. He loses no time in trivialities. If he reads a play that api)eals to him contracts are entered into for its im- mediate production, and no one knows what he is engaged in until the actual announcement has been made that the production is ready. A few days ago his office was filled with applicants for one of his many companies. They were a weary lot, many ill tempered and peevish at the long delay. Mr. l'>rady ])assed through this army sev- eral times and he noticed one of the young women whose good nature never deserted her. She was, in fact, kee])ing up the .spirits of the entire assemlilage by her own inimitable ac- tions. Mr. Brady noticed this, and finally sent out a messenger. "Tell that cut-up out there to come in here," he demanded. The message was delivered and a rather attractive young women, Mary Reiian, responded. "What are you iloing?" Brady de- manded. "Nothing, but I am willing," was her quick response. "Actress ?" "Some say .so." "Ever seen Little Women?" "Many times." "Know the character of Jo?" "R-a-t-h-e-r!" "Well, you play it." j\iiss Rehan looked her astonish- ment, but before she could utter a word Mr. lirady added: "If you play it as well on the stage as you have been playing it ofT all morning, you'll make a hit. That's all. Rehearsals at three o'clock this afternoon. See Cromwell. "