The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-24
Observation-Disclosures
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LOS ANGELES THEATER.-A great
many people will be pleased to learn
that On the Bowery, Davis and Keogh's
immense scenic production is to be pre-
scented tonight. This. comedy-drama
depicts exciting and amusing events
in New York life, and one of the most
conspicuous people in 1t Is Steve Bro
die. He has the useful and always pop
ular part of helper of the prosecuted,
the rescuer of the imported: Few
American celebrities have achieved the
success that Steve Brodie has. This is
due to his unique and interesting per-
sonality. For two seasons crowded
houses have applauded the lifelike
scenes and comic characters that
abound in the play. Sensation is not
wanting, however. Brodie's defiance of
the villain and the police, his jump from
Brooklyn bridge to save the life of the
woman whose evidence can clear the
hero of the charge against him, and his
subsequent rescue of the same woman
from the burning watchhouse of the
pier, are incidents realistic and sensa-
tional in the extreme. The scenery, too,
is remarkable, and much applauded
feature of the production. Perhaps it
is the extraordinary rich fund of real
istic comedy that has done much to
make On the BoWery so exceptionally
entertaining. The second act, which is
almost as long as all the other acts put
| together, is series of the most laugh
able scenes imaginable in Steve Bro
dies Bowery refreshment resort.
COMING ATTRACTION.-In New
York, when the English version of
| Madame Sans Gene was produced
| there was much complaint over the
| translation. A lynx-eyed critic discov-
cred that the translator had used eX-
| pressions that were not possible in the
| day of the emperor. This up-to-date
Columbus did not stop to think that
| there were, perhaps, slang expressions
| in the original Sardou book that We're
not in the dictionary of slang at the
| time Napoleon lived. The idea Of the
author of Madame Sans Gene was to
convey the notion that Catherine Hub
| scher, Washcrwoman in Rue Sainte
| Anne, was don't-care sort of a per-
| son. In order to do this it was neces-
| sary for her to carry the same idea TO
| her audience, both in manner and in
| speech The surest way to do it was
| in the use of slang-the nearer the peo-
pies minds the better. Sardou or the
| New York translator might have used
Sanscrit for all the good they could
have gotten from the version that would
| have presented no street talk. The slang
Is of necessity that of the period, or the
whole idea of the piece is lost. An ex-
ample of the situation presented is best
| explained in this way: Catherine Hub
scher, washerwoman in Paris. is raised
to duchy through the promotion of her
husband, who was only Sergeant Lee.
febvre when she married him. She car
ries into the court of the emperor all
the peculiarities of manner and speech
that had earned her title in the Rue
Sainte Anne of Madame Sans Gene.
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BURBANK THEATER.--Thise even
ing the New Private Secretary and Joe's
Girl will be again produced, and Friday
evening the mirth provoking Our Board
ing House will be the bill. Crowded
houses all week are certain.
THE ORPHEUM.-The superb bill OF
vaudeville attractions at this house thi.
week has been packing the auditorium
to the doors. The program is one Of tht
best Manager Petrdch has given us thi,
season. 80 - :