The herald., 1893-02-15
THE THEATRICAL MENU.
sOME OF THE COMPANIES wHIpH
ARE COMING TO THE COAST.
Manager AL Haynan Talks About Some
of the More Notable Companies
Which VIII Appear Daring
the Next Year.

The theatrical magnate of the Pacific
coast, AL Hayman, Is in San Francisco,
and in an interview in the San Francisco
Chronicle of Monday gives the following
idea OF what theater-gosrs may expect.
Most, If not all, of the companies mem
toned will be seen in Los Angeles:
II can promise You some splendid at
fractions in rapid succession" Mr.. Hay
man stated when asked about future
companies that are to come here under
his management. "You will listen to
the Bostonians in 8 short time. They
open next Thursday in Chicago, and will
jump directly here after that, They will
produce Robin Hood and two new
operas, The Knickerbockers and Dead
Eye.
Fred Warde and Louis James will
follow in series of truly magnificent
productions, including francesca di
Rimini, Msmnon and Othello. e. I'll.
Sothern comes next in his great success,
Captain Blair. Richard Mansfield will
appear in fine production OF The Scar
let Letter. After that you will see Nat
Goodwin in Gilded Fool. Then there
is Sardou's latest success, Americans
Abroad. This play will be one of the
features OF the coming Parisian season,
under the name of Les Riches. | had
almost forgotten my own production OF
Bronson Howard g new play, Aristocrscy,
which has been played this season with
phenomenal success at Palmer's theater,
New York.
''The Girl 1 Left Behind Me, one of
Delasco & Fyles' best plays, with
which 1 opened my Empire theater in
New York, will be produced here. It is
given the credit of being the best Ameri.
can play ever written. Fanny Daven-
port, Rosins Vokes and Gillett's specta-
cular company producing Ninety Days,
now at the Broadway, New York, are to
come. Wang, by the De Wolf Hopper
opera company, and another new opera,
will be heard, as we'll as great many
lighter farce comedies and melo- drama
tic successes.
''In addition to these attractions
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will be
here next September in series OF IL
performances. They and their company
will come here directly from the Lyceum
theater, London, and will open ct the
Grand opera house. From here they
journey directly to Chicago, where they
will play for six weeks during the
worlds fair at my Colun bia theater."
"You will hardly have recovered from
the Irving-Terry treat" continued Mr..
Hayman, "before the Abbey and Grau
Italian Opera company will be here, fol-
lowing their season at the Auditorium,
Chicago. The two brothers. De Retzke,
who are questionably the greatest
living tenor and basso, are with the COM
pany. There ia also La Sale, the great
baritone; Nine. Melba and Emma
Games, sopranos, and Ravogli, prima
donna contralto. This will make with
out doubt the grandest operatic comhi-
nation that has ever crossed the conti-
nent. My contract with Henry E. Alb
bey for that engagement of ten nights
has been closed with guarantee of SSO,-
900. John Drew will follow in The
Masque Ball. i-4..
Nov, | think there ia no reason for
complaint. One year from September
next Marcus Meyer will bring Patti
here. There is nothing going in Europe
or the east that is worth seeing or hear
ing that will not bring here if there is
any possible way of doing it.
Aside from Irving's performance the
only two successes | noticed in London
were Oscar Wilde's Lady Windsrmere's
Fan and MIR. Windam's production of
Crust of Society, in which Mrs. Langtry
appeared and achieved phenomenal
success. 1t is her beat piece of work.
This will be done here during the sea-
son of John Stetson's company"
Speaking of the combination of theat-
rical managers in this state that waa re-
Gently made, supposedly to impose con-
ditions upon eastern managers desiring
to play in Oakland. Fresno, Santa Bar
bara. San Bernsrdino, San Diego and
Los Angeles, Mr.. Hayman said: sAfter
the contracts l now have with these
managers expires will not play any of
my companies in the towns OF this state
except San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In the latter place I will show only at
the new theater. 1t is the province of
Q manager to esk the percentage he
deems advisable when he deals with
theaters where he proposes to show his
companies. If the percentage is. too
large, let the theater people refuse to
give it, that is all. cannot assume all
the risk and get no reasonable return in
the event OF success. II the Southern
Califarnia theater managers think ask
too much, let them refuse to grant nv
terms, and that ends it; I won't play
there. Where are they going to get 9TH
er companies to keep their doors omen ?u