The herald., 1896-04-17
AT THE THEATERS

LOS ANGELES THEATER-A large
and fashionable audience gathered at
this house last night to greet Roland
Reed and his excellent company. in
The Politician, play which deals with
the expedients to which political boss
may have to resort in order to defeat
an opponent. Mr.. Reed in the leading
character has role suited to the
dry style of humor for which he is fam
Gus. He gets into all sorts of complca-
tions from which he just manages to
extricate himself by his persuasive elo-
Quence, and gives many unique views
on politics, from those which existed
among the ancient Romans down to
those which animate twentieth CEN
tury politicians. Mr. Reed, is ably Sec
onded BY Miss Rush. who az repre-
sentative of the twentieth century wo-
man, thoroughly imbued with suffrag-
list ideas, is enough to turn the head Of
the most confirmed anti-suffrag gist ex-
tant. Mr.. Sheridan Tucker as Peter
Wooley, the simple minded old gentle
man who is torn. as 1t were. from his
beloved greenhouse to be pushed into
the garish light Of political life, has a
most happy conception of his part and
carries it through with consistency
to the end, while William Bernard, as
a confirmed Anglo maniac, who has
been so long abroad, don't you know"
toms Of his native country, fairly
brings down the house. Miss Maud
White is charmingly natural as Anna
Wooley, the political candidates.
daughter, and Mrs. Myers gives an ex-
cellent presentation Of his ambitious
widowed sister, who already sees her
self mistres Of the White House.
Owing to special request Mr.. Reed
will repeat The Politician this evening,
giving The Woman Halter at the Satur-
day matinee and Lend Me Your Wife
Saturday evening.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-Peter
+. Daley will be seen for the first time
in John J. McNally's latest success. The
Night Clerk. at the Los Angeles theater
next Tuesday, Fiesta week. The piece
comes direct from the Hollis Street
theater, Boston, where it has met with
a phenomenal success, and the company
will include Jennie Yeomans. Raymond
Hitchcock, Gertrude Fort. John Sparks,
Freda Depew, M: J. Sullivan, Hugh
Mack, Rita Emmerson, William
Keough, BERTHE Dyer, Charles Sturgis.
Ida Rock, Peter Randall, Eva Butler,
Lawrence Sheehan and the Olympia
quartet.
ORPHEUM-The bill at the Orpheum
this week is one of the best Of the sea-
son, and is drawing good houses. Tho
act by the Corty brothers is alone worth
the price of admission. Little Gertie
Carlisle has made great hit in her rem
dering of the old-t time song, Don't
Want to Play in Your Back Yard. The
Orpheus quartet received several en-
cores last night. Basco and Roberts re-
peated their successes, and the Kins-
Ners never appeared to better advan-
tage. Carter and Gaywell were we'll re-
ceived and the Andersons got no end of
applause.
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HAZARDS PAvILION--A large
audience witnessed the production OF
The Plunger last night at the pavilion
and was pleased with the play and the
players. The band which the Elleford
company carries with it is an appre-
ciated feature. .
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BURBANK THEATER-Tonight al
the Burbank will be the last opportun-
| ity of hearing the Carleton company ir
self mistress of the White House.
matinee Pinafore and The Charity Girls
will be presented for the last times.