The herald., 1896-01-23
AT THE THEATERS

Los ANGLE THEATER.-Th opening bill
to be offered by Mr.. Louis James tonight
at the Los Angeles theater will be Hamlet.
If one may correctly Judge of his work
from the recent criticisms which he re-
ceived for this characterization at the Cali
fornia theater, San Francisco, his perform
ance will surprise even his ardent admir-
ers. His conception does not touch deeply
upon the metaphysical side of the charac-
ter, but is the tlesh-and-blood Hamlet
which results from the assumption that the
Prince of Denmark was sane man who
was feigning insanity for the purpose of
avenGing the death of his father.
In his scene with Horatio after his meet
ing the ghost, he will be seen to make es-
pecial stress of the admonition to his
friends not to disclose what they had seen,
whether or not he should choose "to put
an antic disposition on.''
Therefore his assumption of the charac.
ter is from first to last a natural one. He
does not attempt to rant in the part, play
ing it very quietly throughout, nor does he
attempt to delve so deeply into it as to dis
cover hidden meanings which may or may
not exist.
Mr.. William Greer Harrison. the cele.
brated California playwright and author of
Runnymede, after seeing Mr.. James Ham,
My DEAR JAMES;-I have seen all the
great Hamlets for fifty years. and so can
speak. You are right in with the greatest.
l am charmed and delighted with your
work; it is the very highest form of art
Go on and take the great prize.
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Los ANGELES THEATER.-The sale of
seats commences this morning for the
Tavary grand opera company, which will
at fpr all nf
next week. Aida will the opening bill. and
it serves as a good introduction to bring
out the strength of the company. This OPP
era season will bring before the music
loving public some of the greatest lyric
artists now on the stage, including Marie
Tavary, Mile. LIGHTER, Nine. Theo Dorre,
Nine. Tomline, Suzanne Ryane and Sofie
Roman among the women. Chev. Albert
l.. Guile. William Stevens, Payne Clarke,
Sig. Michelena, Sig. Abramoff. William
Schuster and Max Eugene are few of the
celebrated singers for the many parts of
the famous operas presented.
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ORPHEUM-The bill at the Orpheum this
week is one overflowing with good things,
and it is regarded by the best critics as by
far the most attractive offered this season.
1t eclipses even the bill of Christmas week,
which proved such drawing card. The
Manhattan Comedy Four, both in comedy
and vocal efforts, is far ahead OF the Goth
am City Quartet. Edmonds, Emmerson
and Edmonds, the comedy trio; Gilbert
Goldie. comedians: Bernard Dyllyn, the
great vocalist; Mons. De Birsell, the light
ming modeler in clay; the Phote Pinaud
troupe, excelsior pantomimists; Newell
and Sherette. triple horizontal bar artists,
and the De Bolien brothers, acrobats, all
contribute to make up very strong bill.
Matinee Saturday and Sunday, at which
the full bill will be produced.
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The BURBANK Manager Cooper has
shown excellent judgment in strengthen
lug the support of Milton Mobiles and Dollie
Mobiles. The new acquisitions to the COM
pany are Miss Rose Stilman and Miss
Georgia Woodthrope and they are both
doing some very acceptable work this week
in A Son of Thespis. The principals are
also seen to advantage and the play is one
that deserves large audiences. Hereafter
the matinee prices to all parts of the house
will be % cents to adults and 10 cents to
children. Manager Cooper is making
move in the right direction, and one which
will undoubtedly prove to be most popu.
lar idea. A Son of Thespis will be given
all of this week and at the matinee Sat-
urday,