The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
WILL REVIVE
THE GOOD OLD
PAlMY DAYS
Miller and His Great
Company Here.
REPERTOIRE OF NEW PLAYS
TEN WEEK SEASON OF BRIL-
LIANT SUCCESSES.
Rare Opportunity to Sample What
Has Only Been Offered in Lon
don and New
York.

Henry Miller and his band of famous
players got in yesterday morning, MAX
ing the run from New York straight
through, with only one stOpover at Salt
Lake, where performance of The
Liars" was given.
The city of the Mormons, the dog on
which the company tried it's first COM
bined strength, proved a most enthusi-
astic canine, and the play and the people
were given one great, barking welcome.
The advent of Mr. Miller and his play
ers for ten weeks season at the Co
lumbia, beginning on Monday evening, is
a managerial experiment, that the thea
ter goers of this city will most certainly
profit by.
Mr.. Charles FrOhman presents in this
way the very latest successes, plays that
have never been seen outside of New
York with company, the like of which
in the ensemble New York has never seen,
and all at a reasonable cost to the man
agement. Heretofore each play was
brought out with the original company
and the run of 5000 miles was only broken
by stay in Chicago, with no dates what
SoeVer between the Windy City and here.
The expense thus incurred was enormous
and even tremendous business proved
inadequate to balance accounts.
The present scheme of ErOhmanS S is
only feasible during the summer, when
the theatrical season is at discount in
the East, thus permitting the banding to,
gether of notable people willing to lend
their strength and talent to perfect en-
Semble.
Miller came in fresh and vigorous from
his journey, with the determination to do
and win if good work, attention and tai
ent rightly directed can score. The plan
of the season is Miler's. Frohman is the
backbone that makes the actors ideas
possible.
I'VE have an excellent company" said
Mr.. Miller, and We hope to deserve sue
successes, plays that have never been
done outside of London and New York
Further than that we will produce
Brother Officers, the latest London sue
cess, that won't be done in New York
until next season. We open in The
Liars" with a wonderful cast and no part
has been considered too insignificant for
any Of the big people in our company.
The repertoire for our season includes be-
sides our opening play: Lord and Lady
Agy," "The Adventures of Lady Ursula. -
"Heartsease," "One Summers Day
Phroso' Julius Caesar and Hamlet
Mr. Miller, who by the va, started nj his
laide Nelson, has for years secretly been
cherishing the desire of appearing as the
melancholy Dane.
knew every line of Hamlet and have
been turning it over in my mind ever
since. To me Hamlet represents the
greatest form of the poetic drama
In Mr.. Miler's company are L. J. Nor
gan, the Lyceum favorite; Margaret Ang-
lin the original RoXanne in Mansfield's S
production Of 'CyranO de Bergerac''; Guy
Standing and Blanche Burton, favorites
of the Empire Company Earl Brown and
Margaret Dale, who were out here last
season with Mr.. Miller. and the valued
Lyceum actors, Mrs Thomas Whffen and
Charles WalCot.
Miss Anglin, the leading lady of the or
ganZatiOn, is a stranger on this coast
She has scored tremendous successes in
the East, notably with Sothern in Lady
Ursula Nevertheless she is as nervous
as a school girl over her first appearance
in this city.
IN New York they told me you San
Franciscans are so hard to please that I
am frightened half to death" said the
lady. The only thing that keeps me
alive is what your Blanche Bates told
me before leaving: Do your best. she
we admire-Ohr -