The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26

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and A. Leach. Popular prices of 25, so
and 70 cents will prevail for reserved seats.
The last performance OF Carmen" at
the California will be given this evening.
Charles Frohman will bring out sUnder
the Red Robe" at the Empire Theater in a
few months.
"The Masqueraders" will be the third
play by the Empire Theater Company at
the Baldwin.
The Empire Theater stock company
will be the next attraction at the Mac
donough Theater.
The Empire Theater Company is re-
hearsing an entirely new play which is TO
be produced shortly.
The farewell performance of the stock
season at the California Theater will be
given tonight week.
George Cayvan has gone to the White
Mountains to read over her new plays
prior to her starring tour.
1t is said that Denman Thorn pson comes
with the production of 1.-The Old Home
stead" to the coast next season.
Joseph and E. NJ Holland are at Buz-
yards Bay with Joseph Jefferson. Their
tour to the coast begins in September.
Kathryn Kidder and her entire support
ing company come across the continent to
open the next tour of Madame Sans
Gene in this City.
Robert Hilliard has secured the rights to
new comedy entitled 1.-THE Mummy"
and has sold his English rights of "Lost-
Twenty-four Hours"
1t is said that the Trilby Company in
Australia is doing the largest business of
any attraction that has played in that
country in many years.
Among other plays. Wilton Lackaye
will appear in "a Gold Mine" and "The
Great Unknown with the Frawley COM
pany at the Columbia Theater.
William A. Brady has shipped by the.
steamer Hitchcock the entire scenery to
be used at the Columbia Theater in the
play Humanity" from New Y ork City.
Chauncey Olcott will be pleasantly re-
membered by San Francisco theater-goers
as the popular first tenor OF Emerson's
Minstrels at the Standard Theater on Bush
street.
The original cast will present ''The Gay
Parisians" in this City next month. This
is the comedy that holds forth above all
others in London, and is undoubtedly up
Tor acontinuous run of couple or seasons.
The Herald-square Theater will open in
September with the temperance OF
Evans and Hoey in their popular farce
comedy, ga Parlor Match" after which it
will make coast tour under the manage
ment of Friedlander, Gottlob & Co.
1t has not yet been decided who will
succeed the late Frank Mayo In the title
role of "Pudd 'nhead Wilson," 1t was
reported, however, that Daniel Barkins,
who has ably supported Richard Mans
field for number of seasons, had been
selected.
Rose Coghlan. who has secured the
American, Canadian and Australian rights
of the new play "Heartsease," by Paul
Blouet MAX O'RelD, viii receive by ex-
press from London next week the manu-
script It viii be produced in London at
the Haymarket Theater, Septem Der q,
by Forbes Robertson and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell.
Heartsease" is reported by the London
Daily Telegraph to have one OF the
strongest stories of any play that has been
written in recent years, and has been
favorably compared with Sardou's "Dl-
plomacy." Miss Coghlan will give it a
fine production in New York after her
season in Carmen" and will be seen
later in "Heartsease'' in San Francisco,
while on her Way to Australia.