The herald., 1897-01-31
EOS ANGELES HERALD. MORNING. JANUARY 81

songs ana spicy dialogue Pretty dances
and breezy specialties will serve to make
theirs an enjoyable feature.
A lively act will be furnished by the
two burlesque artists, the Bostons.
Pretty little Anna Caldwell will close
the show with a we'll chosen list of
catchy ballads.
BURBANK THEATER.-The fact
that Uncle Toms Cabin Is an old story
in fact, story almost of past gener-
ation-has not yet placed this attraction
on the shelf. Like Christmas day and
bring new joys and a revival of the
good, old fashioned ideas of half CEN
tury ago. When Harriet Beecher Stowe
first wrote the book she laid the founda-
tion not only of successful book, but al
SO play that will never grow old. The
immense crowds that assembled at the
Burbank last week testified to the pop
ularity of this play and honor the re-
vered authors name. Two matinees in
one day Is an unheard-of event in the
theatrical history of Los Angeles.
Next week a new company appears at
this popular play house; new faces and
new voices in new play to entertain
the many patrons. Several years ago an
unknown writer on q San Francisco
reportorial work, turned his attention
to play writing. His first play pro-
duced but small results. His second
Prince Karl-in the hands OF q clever
man like Richard Mansfield, was q de-
cided success; but his third, from his
most popular novel, Mr. Barnes Of New
York, was received in a way which graf
flied the authors proudest hopes. Since
then Archibald Clavering Gunter has
written many books and several plays,
but none of them so universally admired
as this peculiar and powerful effort. No
play of recent production has won such
an acknowledgment of picture beauty,
both from a scenic standpoint as well as
the striking tableauX produced. The
play is strong and original in conception,
and swift in movement. The Corsican
girl bound by an oath of Vendetta to
slay the man who killed her brother,
and maddened by her mistaken identifi-
cation of her lover as that person, proves
an intensely dramatic character in ac-
ton. The cool and audacious Barnes,
projected contrastingly into the roman
tic Corsican scenes, is not less enter
tanning in the play than he has been
when read. The plot never hangs, and
there is incident in abundance. From a
scenic view it is one of the best dramas
of the age as there is such variety
of places to be reproduced that admit
of color and costumes galore. Manager
Pearson has taken advantage of this,
and the scenic artists have turned out
a variety of stage settings that are
dreams of loveliness.
The duel on the beach is one of the
| most impressive and peculiar scenes ever
placed upon the stage; the seashore in
the early morning; the rocky shore and
the bay in the distance form fitting
background for this intense act The
4 H. ~ II -.
| tion between Paris and Nice will be one
of the most novel, ingenious and effective
railroad realisms ever produced on the
stage. The beautiful gardens at the
| Casino at Monte Carlo present splend-
| i'd opportunity for an elegant scenic eff
| feet, together with the exquisite toilets
| of the ladies, will give stage pictures
satisfactory to the most critical of the
ater-goers. Great attention has been
given to these various scenes. and the
reputation already made by the Burbank
| management for fine scenic effects will
\ be maintained. The company is an ex-
| cellent one, carefully selected to pro-
! duce this and similar plays, and the
scenery, costumes and cast will be
worthy of the extraordinary success of
| the novel and play. The engagement
| is for one week and Saturday matinee.
| day was a red-letter day at the Bur-
| bank theater, the first time in the his
tory of a playhouse in Los Angeles CIV
| ing a morning performance, an after
noon matinee and night entertainment
| all on the same day. Fully 5000 people
| witnessed Uncle Toms Cabin at this
popular playhouse. The opening per-
torrance was not early enough for some
of the patrons, for at $3.50 there was q
| line waiting to buy tickets and crowC
| clamoring for admittance. The inaugu.
| ration of the matinee" proper was wei
| attended, and much satisfaction was eX-
pressed at this new innovation. Long
before the doors were to open for the
| regular afternoon matinee hundred:
were waiting to rush through the doors
| which were opened three-quarters of al
| hour ahead of time to accommodate tbs
rush. Three ticket windows were openel
| and by o'clock fully 400 or 500 people
were turned away, The extra police
! sent down by the chief had their hands
full to keep children from being crushed
| 1t was the largest audience ever seer
within the walls of the Burbank. One
| lady insisted on going in; said she was
| from Pasadena, and lad driven over tC
see Uncle Tom. AS there was no seal
| for her, not even box chair, she eager
ly purchased standing room, brought ir
| two empty cracker boxes, and, placing
| them to good advan tage, remarked: "Il
enjoy my own box seats
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