The morning call., 1891-08-09
gether brilliant composition. will be played
tomorrow evening for the first time in San
Francisco
MIR. James III. stoddart, Actor.

MIR. James IL. Stoddart, Actor.
There are few professionals on the stage
to-day more highly esteemed in San Fran
cisco, as well for admirable personal traits as
for conspicuous dramatic ability, than Mr..
James ii. Stoddart now, we presume, to DO
classed as veteran. Few are more widely
known in the United states. He is an actor
of the old school, and, while never attempt
ing to pose as star" in the modern sense.
has more intellectual culture and polish, is
more thorough histrion, in the widest
sense of that term, than any of the self
named ''Stellarites"-mOst of them half
equipped-who are now strutting their brief
hour before an uncritical and charitable
public.
SCOTCH EXTRACTION.
Mr.. Stoddart comes from a Scotch fam lily
of actors, his father having played for
twenty-five years at the Theater Royal,
Glasgow. The subject of this brief bog-
raphy was born October 26, 1926, in York
shire. England, where his parents happened
to be playing ali engagement When his
father became manager of the Scotch thea
ter just mentioned, young Stoddart made
his bow TO a Glasgow audiences in the part
OF page. Subsequently, after playing for
some time in Aberdeen, he got an engage
ment IN Liverpool, and remained there i've
years, tlllng old mems parts.
In 1858 he came to the United States
armed with letter to the elder Wallack.
On his arrival in New York that manager,
whose theater was located at the corner OF
Broadway and Broome streets, engaged him
for minor parts. Mrs. Hoey was member
OF Wallack' s company at the time, and also
the beautiful Miss COnover. the singing
lady" of the theater who not long after
ward became Mr.. Stoddarts wife. With
MIR. Waliaek be remained four seasons and
then accepted an engagement from Laura
heepe. lie played CORN in LAS You Like
H." when Miss Keene. having left the Win
ter Garden. opened on the east side of
Broadway, November is, 1856, the new and
magnificent theater built for her, and which
bore her name. 1t was during Stoddart's
his first appearance in New York. al the
Pangoss in 1.-The Hetr-at-Law,' followed
by Butterfly in The Victims" Pierre
Rouge in The Husband of an Hour
Botcherbyi in AN Unequal Match" Dard
People" and others. Mr.. Stoddart was
Jefferson's leading support in all these
pieces. appearing as Stedfast, LIE Clerc and
in many other parts.
WITH BoUCICAULT.
He played at the Winter Garden for the
first part of a season when that house was
managed by the Irish dramatist and Jack"
Stuart, in 1859. where he also supp0riel
jefferson toward the latter part After
ward lie played at the Olympic for five
seasons with Mrs John Wood. that peren-
NAL actress, who is still in high favor with
the London public. Here Mr.. Stoddart may
be said to have made his first great hit as
the lawyer, Muneypenny, in Bouc:cault's
The Long Strike Although the New
York public had always appreciated him.
they had never realized fully his sterling
quality as an actor ill they saw his consum-
mate realization of this character In the
year 1S73-one of great commercial dis
aSter-Mr. Stoddart was induced to try
season on he road with 4 company formed
to play The Long Strike; but the com
bination did not prove a success, and he re-
turned 10 New York disgusted with one
night stands and more than ever satisfied
with home work
WITH PALMER.
He soon accepted an engagement from A.
NJ. Palmer at the Union-square, and, with
the exception OF two seasons, when Mr..
Palmer was abroad, has since continued
under that gentleman'S management. Be
sides M0neypenny, Mr.. Stoddart can num-
Der among his striking successes Pere
Michel, Seth Green, tie brothers James and
Jacob Ranlzau, III the decentralization
great work. He visits US now to add
another leaf to his laurel wreath by the
impersonatiOn of Colonel Preston in
Thomas remarkable American play Ala
bama." This parL IS conceded to be among
his stage triumphS. He wall, without doubt,
be warmly welcomed at the Baldwin to-
morrow night,