The herald., 1898-03-20

The next production by Edward H.
Sothern will be 1.-The Courtship of Nor
rice Buckler,' by ]. /. C. Clarke, drama
tization in prologue and four acts from A.
E. w. Mason's romantic novel of that title.
Nat c. Goodwin has purchased outright
Henry Guy Carleton's play, Ambition"
Coming Attractions
LOS ANGELES THEATER.-(Advance
Announcement On Tuesday and Wednes-
day next a more than usually attractive
bill will be presented, consisting of the
play in one act entitled
'"rhe Cat and the Cherub," and the sue
cessful three-act farcical comedy, "A Gay
Deceiver." The latter piece will also serve
as the vehicle to introduce Mademoiselle
Anna Held to the Los Angeles public. The
Chinese play is q dramatization by Chester
Bailey Fernald of his original story of the
same name, which first appeared In the
Century magazine. 1t portrays life and
character in the Chinatown of San Fran
cisco and is strikingly tragic In its denoue-
ment.
In distinct relief to the almost gruesome
Chinese story comes the light, frothy, far
cical play, "A Gay Deceiver," full of comic
complications and laughable incidents,
dealing with the troubles which come to
young married man. who, to explain some
pecadilloes, tells his wife that they were
the escapades of twin brother, who bears
a remarkable resemblance to himself "a
Gay Deceiver" has a company of more
than ordinary merit, including M. A. Ken
nedy, w. G. Beach, Edwin Holland Harry
Mills, Lizzie Evans, Marie Valeau, Char
lotto Deane, Dolores Lettani and others.
The final scene introduces the feature of
the evening, Mile. Held presenting her
French and English songs. One or two of
the numbers she renders in her native
tongue, but two or three of her songs are
in the English language, and are sung by
her in broken English, with an accent and
manner that are peculiarly fascinating
During her engagement here she will sing
1.-THE Contra Bass" II Want Some One tc
Play With Me-" and II Want Dem Pres
ents Back" AS beauty, Miss Held has a
worldwide reputation. Almost every
i, theater-goer and newspaper reader is IA
miliar with her features through the illus
trations of her which have appeared in the
American press. Her beauty is certainly
beyond criticism. Miss Held has created
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| Guilbert.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
March Gath to 26th, including Saturday
matinee, James A. Herne will be seen a
this theater in his own beautiful play
[ "Shore Acres" which has d record of A.
performances in New York, 175 in Bostor
and 1888 in Chicago. Just year ago "Short
| Acres" was played in Los Angeles for {
week, and drew not only crowded houses a
every performance, but excited an amoun
of enthusiasm on the part of lovers of th'
sterling domestic drama who seemed to o'
never tired of singing its praises. AS on
of his eastern admirers says, Mr.. Herne''
art has not been confined to the making o
this play. but its building up into the form
and somblance of life may be given al
| further evidence OF his master genius a
a worker for the stage. The selection ant
the drilling of the people intrusted with th
various parts has been so cleverly dom
that through this accomplishment alone h
might be placed as a worthy contempor
ary of the great Irving but when one con
siders the simple environments OF the pla
and the wonderful effectiveness of thei
handling there can no longer be any dues
tion of Mr.. Hernc's position as first anon
the masters of stagecraft of this day."
O O O
ORPHEII IM.-(Advance Announcement
An unusual number of new attractions ar
promised at this theater next week. Fac
has all the indications of merit, SO far a
advance descriptions of their entertain
| 4, a ra SI1f
ficiently well known to be counted on as o
the best. There will be five new turns
introduced, in addition to three holdover
from last weeks great bill
An abundance of tuneful music is in
cluded in the program. Two good aero
batic acts are promised, some clever min
strelsy, a bit of monologuc character POI
travail, q pot pourri of juggling feats, an
for a final relish the biograph with ne'
views. 1.-THE globe equilibrist' is the dc
scriptive title accorded Mandola, who pei
forms on slippery ball the difficult ba
ancing and eontortionists' feats attempte
by others on immovable surfaces. He is
genuine novelty in his field.
A new thing under the sun" in the wa
of q musical performance is promised b
the Whitney brothers, who have invente
and perform on a musical stairway, a
electric melotone, Il musical handicap an
other strange devices for evoking melod
They carry with them a clever buck an
wing dancer, whose gyrations they a.
company with guitar music. The o
pheum has had cake walkers and colore
comedians galore, but now come Sma
, and williams, who are declared to be IL
, real thing and top-notchers in their clas
They have a record as fun makers tn;
| should guarantee good performanc
{ Among the new people is Will H. Fox,
musical comedian. He is to present a SIX
called "Paddewhiski." The biograph h;
, just finished run of sixteen weeks at IL
San Francisco Orpheum. Entirely ne
views will be presented here. Among the
! is splendid picture of the wrecked battl
ship Maine.
+ | The holdovers include Miss Lima Pan
zer, the slack wire artist; Drawee, the ju
gler and George w. Day, the monologis
, in new songs and funny stories.
Thackeray: "An intelligent wife ca
make her home, in spite of exigencie
3 pretty much what she pleases.''