The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-21

dramas ana on the same plane OF eAceiience
as Alabama" This piece possesses re-
markably strong heart interest, without
which no play can hope for success. and
besides has a broad vein of witty. crisp and
bright comedy that always affords amuse-
ment.
In the part Of Lucille, Miss Edith Lem
ment will have an opportunity to show her
dramatic and emotional powers. Mr.. Web
ster as Victor will for the first time here
during the present engagement play
straight leading part. Mr.. Bacon has the
role of newspaper correspondent, which
affords ample opportunity for comedy. Mr..
Nicholson plays the william, Dudley Mid
dleton, which is an old and favorite role
of his. The balance of the company have
all been assigned good parts. The story
of "a Prisoner of War is laid in Ken
lucky at the opening of the civil war. and
the plot hinges upon the murder OF the
brother of Lucille by Middleton. who ac-
complishes it in such manner as to throw
suspicion upon Victor, whom everybody,
even his sweetheart Lucille, believes to
be guilty. Victor belongs to the army of
the north, while all the other male charac-
tiers are in the Confederate army. One OF
the strong scenes is that of the second act
of this piece, where, after the murder OF
her brother, Lucille meets Victor and ac
cuses him of the crime. "A Prisoner Of
War" is in every sense harmonious, well
rounded and acceptable. AS this Is an
unusually strong attraction and also the
last week of this company and the last
attraction at this theater for several weeks.
a large weeks business should ensue.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Announcement
Felix Norris the famous comedian, for the
past year and now leading man in Daniel
| Frohman's Lyceum theater stock COM
pany, will provide the choicest It'd bit the
| Orpheum has ever offered for the delecta-
ton of its patrons. Morris art is far cry
from that which vaudeville performers
are wont to indulge in, but it's reception at
the Orpheum is hardly a matter of con-
lecture. He opens his summer season on
the coast at the Orpheum here. and will
doubtless duplicate the success achieved
by him at the big vaudeville houses in
Boston and New York. His entrance into
vaudeville is something of a mystery.
Cold is the only possible explanation.
He still retains his place as leading man
in the Lyceum company, and will play in
| New Ork as heretofore, next winter. he
will present here the little play adapted
| from the French by himself, "a Game Of
Cards. in which he Is supported by John
| Findlay. also a member of the Lyceum
company, and Miss Crothers and Mr.. Lard
ner.
| James Thornton, the man who wrote
those famous songs, "She Never Saw the
Streets of Cairo, my Sweetheart's the
Man in the Moon' ut Don't Seem Like
the Same Old Smile" "She May Have Seen
| Better Days and others. is billed to ap-
pear a "satirist and philosopher" He
is said to be even a better and more sue
cessful monologst than song writer.
| Valbon and Anthelmine, a team of
French vocalists and high kickers, have
a prominent place on the bill. They are
claimed to be very much superior to the
native brand of song and dance people.
| O'Brien and Buckley, blackface music
ians, will perform on a variety of musical
instruments.
| The three Angela sisters, William Win
| dom, with his Blackstone quartet and
Wilton and Stack, the triple horizontal bar
performers, complete the bill.