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part n. The Week's Bills AUDITORIUM Dark. BELASCO "Before and After." BURBANK "Mistress Nell." GRAND Dark. LOB ANOELES "How Baxter Hutted In." William Collier In "Caught In the Rain." ORPHEUM Advanced vaudeville. EMPIRE.

7 FISCHER'S "The Flying THEATER ROYAL, "The Girl with the Golden Vest," second edition. UNIQUE i Tabloid "Chimes of Normandy:" "The Freeh Mr. Clark." y. CHRONOPHONE Moving, singing and talking pictures. SACCHARINE DRAMA; WHOSE THE BLAME? BY SIDLE LAWRENCE IN Washington the other day James K.

Hackett revived "The Prisoner of Zends." The version presented was that made by Edward E. Rose, but in somewhat revised form. The re' too, not 'j only did violence to Mr. Rose's work, but Anthony Hope's as well, for Mr. Hackett killed offthe dissolute king, thus leaving 'the Princess Flavla free to out her destiny when Sapt's prediction be fulfilled and "the English-nan come again to Rurltanla.

Via This ending to the play, which is neither Mr. Hope's nor Mr. Rose but Mr. Hackett's own, the sequel drama. "Rupert of ilenSati, since that play is -upon Flavla's marriage to the king-Moreover, It Is a much weaker ending TbStha old one, which left the cess In contemplktlon of a distasteful marriage toward which she is impelled by her sense of duty to her people.

Mr Tlackett's reason for the change sacrificed dramatic he may meet the wishes i of thlt considerable class of American who demand sugarcoaC dmma and who. when denied their saccharine, sop, carry awayAvlth them from the playhouse a feeling closely akin to resentment. habit of "happy endings is nerhaos the most curious, as It certainlver the silliest of the American stage I' Tftore than any other one thing It has trough? American playwrights Into SSSpSta; aboard, particularly the Tn'senLtlonal melodrama, the penny shocker of the popular priced houses, endings 'are Invariable.Here however they have a legitimate Plays of this class present but one the variously garbed battle of right against wrong, It virtue versus Moreover, they to suit' the Intellectual persons to whom what is "Tf Ot bVe here It could do no hlrm and much good, but it does Vno The contagion has spread Our rriost skillful playwrights lngly. our ted to the detriment work the attenuation of the A drama's slnlty and the demoralisation normal men In most" respects themselves decline to I the.plajwriß""' condlUon i assume blame upon and attempt they theatergoers whose vi would hearing for their ln not sfop to consider, or. having they.nfred Ignore their own part In considered.

ignore conttt gion. It ls an ii ou habit tie Graving for drama in? saccharine solution Uis a in saccharne solution. dl Is -not easily ce a ce ponsibility ls not th. the playgoer, who must take the with the but a discovered 1 a sugar coating serves nicely Jto cover deficiencies and to obliterate de" Mr. Hackett makes no to defend to himself his own tempt with regard to this.

particular course itn noteworthy a course which is noiewortny 1 that It significant of the 1 IS, It was something than 7 yearT ago. I believe, that "The loner of was first presented thw country on the stage of the vceum theater In New York city. In iK-ifi? see tho demand for sugar" coated drama had not dcs veloped. Since then we have traveled I'm- and fared one of i few 'American; actors who is now devoting himself to the Interpretation of Shakes i'ipearean to the Ma-9 ion! opera house next week, where he i will present I a I repertoire of -no fewer than six of Lear "Macbeth," i "The Merchant of Venice, "Hamlet," "Othello" and "King RichiW ard 77" Mantell occupies an enviable pofeij sition I uporj 1 the American I stage and fortunately his I devotion to the classics Iras I brought with Its I own reward. His leading woman this season and for 7 many seasons "past is his talented wife, 1- PLAYS AND PLAYERS known professionally as Mario Booth Russell.

7. i Since the death of Richard Mansfield Mr. Mantell has enjoyed the distinction of being the only man who has made Shakespeare pay in New York city. Doubtless the accounts of his success In that endeavor were somewhat exaggerated before they reached the coast, but the fact remains that he played a season of considerable length In the metropolis, his manager says, to satisfactory box office receipts. 8Y77 A FIRST NIGHTER LEWIS S.

STONE'S resignation from I the Belasco company, to take effect July 12, was the biggest news event of the week 'ln local theatrical circles. Several months ago it was said that Mr. Stone contemplated making a change, the report was then)denied. Last Tuesday, however, he submitted his 'resignation in writing Resident Manager John Stone himself says there is reason for his going other than a desire to get back east. His relations in the Belasco company and with the Belasco he says, have been most It seems to be merely a case of wanderlust.

The lure of New York fastened itself upon the Belasco's leading man, just as, several months ago. It fastened Itself upon the Belasco's leading woman. Lillian Albertson went to New York and made a success. Doubtless Mr. Stone will do the same thing.7 Miss Albertson, by the is to be married next autumn to A.

J. Levy, reputed to be a San Francisco Mr. Stone already is married. -i His wife, then Miss Margaret Langham, was a member of the Belasco company when he Joined it, fwo years So far only one man has been suggested as Mr. Stone's successor, Joseph whoi will the leading role at the Belasco this week in "Before and and who preceded Stone in the position which he may now resume.

Mr. Stone has many friends here, both personal friends and across-thefootlights friends, while they (will regret his departure, will wish him all success jln his new field of activity, wherever lt may be. Play plans at the Burbank have undergone Blight change, the production of the new Morosco-Bachman society melodrama, "A Society being postponed for one week in order to allow plenty, of time for building the scenery. Mr. Morosco promises that his latest play will be given the most elaborate production ever, seen at the Burbank.

That sort of thing takes time; hence the postponement. Present plans call for the presentation of George H. Broadhurst's amusing comedy, "The Wrong Mr. Wright," next to be followed by Ade's "The County Chairman," and then by "The Pilot." "The Wrong Mr. Wright" was staged on tour foe.

several' seasons by the late Roland Reed and remained a popular feature of his, repertoire until his death. Following the i final performance the Ulrlch stock company at the Grand opera house the other; night." Gilbert Gardiner, the company's stage director, and Thomas Baker, manager of the house, entertained the players at' a bohemian supper, tables. being laid on the stage. The affair was something ln the nature of. a wake.

A skull and cross-bones entered Into the decorative scheme and.there were, numerous pla- cards, presenting appropriate words of mourning. It was a jolly little supper, however, for all: of that. Everybody made a speech to which nobody listened and everybody told stories to which all paid close attention. The rotund and hlrsutlcally deficient manager officiated as historian and sketched briefly the career of the Ulrlch company through its several seasons. He did not, however, explain the origin the The hit of the evening was a pathetic tale told by Gilbert Gardiner anent a credu- MARIE 1.

BOOTH RUSSELL, WITH ROBERT MANTELL LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 31 1008. lous hen, a nestful Jof easter a suspicious rooster and an innocent peacock. Mace, Greenleaf, formerly leading man at the Burbank theater and whose home Is ln Los will leave for San, Francisco next August to resume his stage work in that city. Mr. Greenleaf will play the leading roles ln the stock Mortimer Dodge Is organizing to occupy the new Valencia Jheater, which is expected to be completed by September 1.7 "The Rose of the Rancho," the Belasco-Tully play which soon will presented at the local Belasco theater, has Just broken! all records for a two weeks' run In San Francisco.

The play was withdrawn last night to make room for Herbert Keleey and Shannon, who had been specially engaged for a short season with the Alcazar stock company. The Alcazar company will revive it, however, the week of June 29, at the McDonough theater, Oakland, when. Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske will occupy the Alcazar. Incidentally, when Mrs.

Fiske comes here to play at the Belasco the stock company will go to, San Diego. Hobart Bosworth went north to see the San Francisco production last week and upon his return remarked that as "The Girl of the Golden, West had run i eight in Los Angeles he though. "The Rose of ought to run eighteen. This, of course, may be Interpreted to mean eltheir that Mr. Bosworth has unusually high opinion of the Belascolzed "Juan- Ita San' Juan," or that! he doesn't much care for "The -7- Dick Ferris writes -me from Minneapolis to take exception to the claims advanced by the management of the Belasco theater that all previous records have been broken at that house in the run of "The Girl of the Golden West." Mr.

Ferris wrote when he had just heard that the play was to enter upon its sixth week; Here what he has to say. on the subject: 7 7 "I have Just read in the Los Angeles Herald' that the- Belasco theater is to continue 'The Girl of the Golden for the sixth week." Good luck to them," and may they run it for seven or eight weeks, but I must statement that they have broken all records for attendance for any one play in Los Angeles until they can show, as I can, 116,000 paid admissions. It Is true that their run Is the longest consecutive run ever made by any stock company, but in point of attendance I will $1000 to $100 that more people saw 'The Holy City' during Its five weeks' run than ever witnessed one production made by a stock company in the United States." Naturally Frederick Belasco cannot see the subject from Ferris' viewpoint. The performance tonight will be the. seventy-third of "The Girl of the Golden West" in the Belasco theater.

The run is not yet over and thus exact attendance figures are not available. seating capacity of the Belasco, however, is slightly' less than 1200; and thus, if Ferris' figures are correct, the Main street house cannot hope to rival them. Mr. Belasco calls attention to the fact that several years in stock at his San. Francisco theater, he ran "The Born," Chinese play, for eighteen consecutive This, of course, claim which Mr.

SCENE FROM "CAUGHT IN THE RAIN," AT THE MASON Ferris that "The local run set a. new mark. for stock companies in point of duration. Hentz and Zallee, managers of the Unique theater, and C. T.

Wlppern, director of the Unique musical comedy company, have agreed to leave the decision -of a somewhat weighty argument that 'has arisen between them to patrons of that little; playhouse. The question at issue involves the relative popularity of' operatic melodies HERB BELL, FISCHER'S and so-called "popular" songs, Including'rag time. Wlppern holds out for the lighter of music. his tabloid operas invariably interpolates one or more I musical. numbers this character.

Thus in the tabloid "Fra Dfilvolo" week Kate Carlson stepped out of the: character of Zerlina long enough to sing a "Teddy bear" LULU WARRENTON, ANGELES ditty, assisted; by the chorus. This week. the bill is "Chimes of Normandy" in tabloid form, and again interpolated songs; appear, upon the lighter stuff goes better with his audiencea Mrs. Hentz declares he' ls mistaken, -v And now the audiences will decide between them, the received' by both I kinds of music being accepted as the meed of popularity. This Is as It should but Mr.

Wlppern should play the game fairly, which he has not always done In the Favoritism should not enter into the arrangement of casts, and the same care and attention should be given to working up an operatic finale that is -displayed. in staging a "popular" number. Lillian Hayward, whose stage experience has extended over a period of almost twenty years, is now having her first professional view of one-night stands. Miss Hayward left Los Angeles yesterday at the head of a company organized locally and-which-will present "East Lynne" In the smaller cities of the coast. The organization opened last night in' Santa Ana and -tonight will play in San Pedro.

Then will follow a trip north. In the company are several members of the late Temple opera organization, Including Robert Leonard, Eldred Messrs. Clawson, Eustis and oth-1 ers. William Hamilton Cline, formerly business manager of the company, goes in advance. Miss Hayward, who is being featured in role of Mme.

Vine, will continue In the part for a short time and then will return to Los Angeles. She says the termination of this brief engagement will mark her permanent retirement from the stage. In July she expects to join Her husband in Vancouver and to make her home there. Arrangements were made last week for the presentation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of Critio, or a Tragedy before the Friday Morning club, June' 26. The Belasco stock company, which presented the play at the Mason a few weeks ago, at a.

charity performance, will make the production, the two casts being Identical with the exception of one or two players who have since left the among them being Joseph De Grasse, now in San Diego. Manager Oliver Morosco of the Burbank, theater has secured the Los Angeles rights to an unnamed play by Howard. P. Taylor, which will be presented -at" the Burbank before many weeks. Mr.

Taylor, who is now in San Francisco, will come'here, to superintend the production, which will be the first on any stage. BESSIE AT THE ORPHEUM A preliminary meeting will be held tonight at 419 Squth Main street to form a local branch of the White Hats of America, the big vaudeville organization. The meeting has been called by James P. Lee of the Unique theater, who organized the San Francisco local and who has been commissioned to perform a similar duty here. All vaudevillians are invited to be present.

Herr Fischer, who already has the largest collection of theatrical costumes in Southern California, if not upon the entire coast, made an important addition to his supply last week. Now ho is looking for a place In which to put the gaudy apparel. You might argue, of course, that the clothes of a chorus girl should not occupy much space, and they when they are upon the girl. However, when it comes to packing those same costumes away, in a place where neither moth nor dust can corrupt and where thieves cannot break in to steal, the case is somewhat different. The Teuton manager already has several thousand different of his costume rooms are filled.

However, collecting costumes Is a hobby with him, and now that there is no more room in which to put them he is looking about for additional space. Frederick who came down from San Francisco week before last for the avowed purpose of stopping the run of "The Girl of the Golden West" and who failed to. do so, left for home Friday. Mr. Belasco, however, expects to return in time to assist Hobart Bosworth in staging "The Rose of the Rancho" some time next Play plans at the Belasco are uncertain Just at present, owing to the Illness of Miss Alice Treat Hunt, the company's leading woman.

Miss Hunt, however, is expected to be able to return to her work next week, ln which Christian" will be presented, with "The follow. Then will come the Belasco-Tully play. The "second edition" of "The Girl with the Golden Vest" will be issued from the Flournoy press at the Theater Royal tomorrow night. The first week of this travesty broke all house records and consequently it will be continued. The first act will be retained tn its entirety, but the second act has been somewhat rewritten.

All of the musical numbers will be new, and the chorous will be strengthened by the addition of several young women formerly with the Edgar Temple Opera company at the Auditorium, among them two of "Temple's Ponies." The matinee at the Royal last Wednesday was attended by a considerable number of professional players, among them a little party from the Belasco." The Belascoltes, by the way, seemed to enjoy thoroughly the burlesque of a play in which they had appeared continuously for some seventy-odd performances. I The day before they left- f()r the east James Neill and his wife, Edythe Chapman Neill, were entertained by Robert Morris and Elsie Esmond- Morris on an automobile trip through the actors', colony at Giendale. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morosco and their Mrs.

Jane A. Cockrell, Mrs. Ryder, Mr. and Mrs. Neill and Mr.

and Mrs. Morris. Stops were made at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Duffield, Mr.

and Mrs. Stockbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Mestayer, Mr. and Mrs.

Glazier and at the home of Mr. Stone, the costumer. William Bernard, formerly a member of both the Burbank and Belasco companies, paid a short visit to his family in this city last week, leaving Wednesday night, for San Francisco, where he will play a spicial engagement of one week in. "Mrs. Temple's Telegram." Later Mr.

Bernard will Join the Neill stock company. in St. Paul as stage director and to play the "heavy" roles. Harry. D.

Cottrell will come to Los Angeles within a few weeks to assist Oliver Morosco In the completion of "The Man from the a play which they began to write two years ago, but which was abandoned temporarily In favor of "The Halfbreed." E. P. Foot, musical director at Fischer's theater, is in Red Wing, where he was summoned a few days ago by the serious Illness and subsequent death of his father, S. B. Foot.

During his absence Fred Gambold is acting director of the stock company. COMING ATTRACTIONS that "Tho Girl of the Golden West" has retired from the Belasco stage the stock players will devote their energies this week to the rollicking farce, "Before and After." Tho piece is by Leo Detrichstein, author of "Are You a Mason?" It was played at the Belasco a year ago for two weeks with much hilarious success. Joe Galbraith, George Barnum, Harry Glazier, Florence Smythe, Eleanor Carey, Adele Farrington and others of the Belasco company will be concerned in the presentation of the farce. Following "Before and After" the Belasco players will give David Belasco and H. C.

De Mille'n well known comedly drama, "Tho Wife." see Burbank offers a relvval this week of that fascinating comedy, "Mistress Nell," written. by George C. Hazieton and made famous by Henrietta Crosman. Manager Morosco has secured the version used by Miss Crosman when she scored her big triumph in the east. In the cast will be William Desmond, Blanche Hall, Henry Stockbrldge, Byron Beasley, H.

J. Glnn. Willis Marks, H. S. Duffleld, Robert Morris, Harry Mestayer, Elsie Esmond, Maude Gilbert, Louise Royce, Margo Duffet and John Burton.

A largo number of auxiliary players also has been engaged. a LOS Los Angeles theater was reopened with a matinee performance yesterday of tha Herald Square Amusement company's musical comedy drama of New England life, "How Baxter Butted In." The present company includes many former members of the Ulrlch stock which recently closed a season at the Grand opera house, among them being George Clancy, Arthur Hill, Frank Richardson. Earl Gardiner. Miss Lule Warrenton and Miss Myrtle Selwyn. Others in the east include Miss Louise Glaum, John J.

Cooke, Charles Wheelock and R. C. Durant. Matinees will ba given today, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Collier to the.

Mason for the week beginning tomorrow in "Caught in the farce in three acts by Mr. Collier and Grant Stewart. "Caught in the Rain" was one of the big laughing hits of the past season in New York, where it ran I for seven months at the Garrlck theater. I Florede comes to the Orpheum this week with an English singing and dancing act described as "the English Rockers." The "Rockers" are seven young woman i who dance, while Miss Florede is heard in songs appropriate to the scenes pre- sented. The eight Bedouin Arabs, an aggregation of whirlwind acrobats well and favorably known here, return with new tricks added to their acrobatic repertoire.

Shields and Rogers, two graduates from the Colorado cattle ranges, -will exhibit: their dexterity In the sports peculiar to the cowpunching fraternity. Bessie Bulpin will make her -Vaudeville debut a soprano soloist. May Boley remains another week. Julius Steger will repeat "The Fifth Commandment." Agnes Mahr and Floradora and Avery and Hart complete the program. 'y-y wA xmXx Cottew, danseuse, ls the head line attraction at Balllen's little Third street theater next week.

The girl, who is only 17 years of age, has already made a reputation for herself In her chosen profession. James A. Hennessy, "The Story Teller," has a lot of new anecdotes. Parks and Bayfield will do some singing and dancing. A novelty is promised in the act of "The Black and White "My Wife's Husband" Is the playlet in which the Empire stock company will appear.

The Hill sisters will offer two; new illustrated songs. Flying Trip," which is to be the comedy at Fischer's this week, concerns Itself with modern politics and the prevalent temperance wave. Jacob Ungbaldt, a wealthy brewer, runs foul of the law and arrested. His friend Philip Brandt, a practical politician, promises to "fix but the "fixing" doesn't work and the brewer goes to Jail. Ultimately he makes his escape and everything ends pleasantly.

Herb Bell is tha brewer in a fix; Willis West, the Fred Gambold, another German in trouble; Evan Baldwin, the Jail warden; Miss Bessie Tannehill, the brewer's 4 wife, and Miss Nellie Montgomery a maid In Ungbaldt's home. The musical numbers include "Get the Money," "Bye- Bye, Dearie," "I Want to Be Loved Like a Leading Lady" and "Dear Sing- Sing." The usual vaudeville act and pictures precede the ROYAL along the pathway blazed locally by the famous play on which it is a travesty "The Girl with the Golden Vest" will run for a second week at the Royal. Al G. Flournoy has revamped and improved the travesty by the addition of new situations, new comedy and a new program of specialties and musical numbers. Dolly Graham as "The Girl," Mr.

Flournoy as her road agent sweetheart, Eddie O'Brien 'as the sheriff. Gladys North and Lottie Darragh arc all provided with new congs. Fresh Clark," a one-act will be presented at the Unique this week, James i (Leoi taking the name part. Maxle Mitchell will sing "Come, to the Land of Bohemia." Lola Radcllffe, Charles Parley George Morrell, Rose Rehn and Jack, Howard complete tho cast; 7 The musical burlesque company will present C. T.Wippern's, tabloid version of "The Chimes of Normandy." Mauve Beatty will sing Germaina and Kan: Carlson Serpolette.

Rchn will: play the -old' miser and Hugh Metcalf the nobleman, while Billy Onslow and Lew take care of the comedy. i i of Fischer's "moving, singing and pic- ture show at the Chronophone'willibo' offered grand opera this week, the pr gram including selections': from men" and "Figaro," i "Let Me 1 Like -a Soldier Fall" and' oth- 1 er numbers 1 are "On with3 the ''The "Christians and Church Parade." 3 I The Week's Bills -'AUDITORIUM Dark. I i BELASCO I "Before and After." I BURBANK "Mistress Nell." 1 GRAND. i Dark. J.

LOB ANGELES i "How Baxter Batted In." 1 SJ. MASON-. 3 William Collier In "Caught in I' Rain." JV 'S ORPHEITO Advanced vaudeville. EMPIRE 11 11,. i FISCHER'S I "The Flying I THEATER ROYAL "The Girl with the Golden Vest," second edition.

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