Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-06
THE BUSKINED STAGE
Holding the Mirror Up to
Nature These Days.
The Bostonians Hold Los An
geles Boards this Week.
Notes on Plays and Players in Lands
Near and Far.
Bernhardt Observation-Disclosures Plays in
Europe-High to be Made of Uniform
Pitch-Notes About the Players.

At the New Los Angeles theater the
Bostonians will commence weeks en-
gagement tonight. Manager Wyatt de-
serves great credit for securing such an
organization, for they are without doubt
the leaders in comic and English opera.
With such names as Tom Karl, w. HI.
Macdonald, H. G. Barnabee, Edwin
Hoff, Eugene Cowles, George Frothing-
ham, Peter Lang, Fred Dixon, Marie
Stone, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Juliette
Corden, Flora Finlayson, Grace Reals,
Josephine Bartlett, assisted by grand
chorus and orchestra, all their own, the
theater-going public are sure to hear the
very best OF opera. The Bostonians carry
ing double cast, no one artist singing
over four times a week, enables each
artist to always be in good voice for
labor.
The repertoire for the weeks engage
ment is very attractive one. Tonight
and Wednesday evening, also at Satur-
day matinee, the Bostonians will sing
for the first time in Los Angeles comic
opera which was written especially for
them by Reginald De Koven and Harry
B. Smith, entitled Robin Hood. This
opera is the first American work that
has ever made a success in Europe,
where it is now being played to enor-
nous houses in London, at the Prince OF
Wales theater, and will shortly be pro-
duced in Germany and Australia.
The cast for tonight will in
clude Tom Karl, III. G. Barnabee,
w. Fl. Macdonald, George Frothing-
ham, Flora Finlayson, Josephine Bart
lett, Grace Reals and Juliette Corden.
The opera is written in three acts. Act
first, Nottingham town, on market day.
Act second, Sherwood Forest. Act
third, public square in Nottingham.
The scenery is all picturesque; the
costumes very pretty and costly.
On Tuesday evening Oscar Wells
famous opera in three acts, entitled
Suzette. The cast OF this opera will in
clude Marie Stone, Jessie Bartlett Davis,
Edwin Hoff, w. H. Macdonald, George
Frothingham, Fred Dixon, Travette
Maffette. The opera of Suzette has
been one of the greatest successes the
Bostonians have ever had. The music
is particularly bright and catchy, and
becomes popular with an audience at
once; and the book is one of the best
that has ever been written. Whenever
Suzette is advertised with the above
cast, the theatres are always sure to be
crowded, and as it will be the first
appearance here in this opera of Miss
Stone, Jessie Bartlett Davis and Edwin
Hoff, Suzette promises to be gala
night.
Thursday evening Suppe's popular
opera, Fatinitza, will be sung. This
opera was first produced by the Boston
ians in America some ten years ago, and
has been one of the most popular
operas of their repertoire. The work is
true comic opera. The comedy is very
clever, and the music of Fatinitza is ex-
ceedingly and abundantly beautiful.
Friday evening the Bostonians will
sing Mignon. This opera has hosts of
friends wherever it is sung and no organ
ization can render Ambrose Thomas
work better than the Bostonians. Sat
urday evening last and farewell per-
formance, Bohemian Girl. This opera,
like Mignon, is always welcomed wher-
ever produced, and it is unnecessary to
say more than the simple announce
ment.
The sale of seats for the Bostonians'
engagement has been the largest for
many a year in Los Angeles. Mr.. Con-
ant, the treasurer of the Los Angeles
theater, has been kept very busy the
past four days attending to the calls for
tickets, and he predicts larger weeks
business for the Bostonians than they
have ever done before,
This is the way the Chicago Herald
talks of the greatest actress OF this age: :
Bernhardt is getting fat, and seems a
happy, merry woman. She laughs and
Jokes, and one can almost see dimples
in her cheeks. She impresses every
one who comes in contact with her as
being happier woman than when she
was here before. Then she was i'll and
irritable now she is strong and happy
and as satisfied as her big dogs are with
her surroundings. Madam looks out OF her
windows to enjoy the sight OF her dogs
chasing about Mcpherson square. She
was asked yesterday what became OF the
pet that she brought with her on her
last visit to this city : the Wild
cat. "He is dead" she replied. Il
cried four days after him." Nine.
Bernhardt has three servants with her
two men, one of whom is her cook when
she travels in her own car, the other is
a valet, courier, etc., and the third SER
want is a maid, who also looks after
petite Regina.
A London dispatch says this of a
bright American comedy: Bronson
Howard's The Henrietta was played to-
night at the Avenue theater and was a
great success; many Americans, includ-
ing Consul General and Mrs. New and
Mrs. Mackay, were in the house, which
was packed from top to bottom. Harry
Lee has got one OF the strongest COM
panies possible, and he has, to judge
from the reception given to the play to-
night, secured hit at last. W. FL.
Vernon, Lewis Walter, j. l.. Shine and
Harry Lee all got curtain calls for their
good acting, and Bronson Howard was
twice called at the close"
Harry Dam, not unknown to fame in
California, is in London and has written
a play. 1t is called Diamond Deane,
and has had good run.
In Europe even the intelligent are as
rule woefully ignorant of matters per
tanning to America. Two leading Paris
papers make curious blunders in motto
ing the death of Lawrence Barrett. The
one saws 1.-THE death is announced from